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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
TOPICS OF THE DAY. GLADSTONE ON THE TYNE. The Morn comes jocund over yellow hills, And down by springs that bubble 'mid the heather, Dipping her white foot in the merry rills, -—- Trailing her orient tresses all together By glade and valley, till her presence fills Wide wold and dusky woodland. Golden weather Buffets old Care away, the sombre spectre, And turns one's matin coffee into nectar. Rare month of leisure is the month of mists And sunsets, glad October. Hill and moor, Joyous to barristers and journalists And vexed M.P.'s, are trodden as of yore With dog and gun. A rare relief exists In this fresh ether, far from London roar- A power to brace the nerves and banish lassitude: lIe who neglects it has stupendous crassitude. But as men differ, differ too opinions And some there are who do not care to walk O'er the crisp ling, and mark the fluttering pinions. A most perverse propensity to talk Sends them throughout her Majesty's dominions Seeking an audience. Marked with whitest chalk The day whereon the folk of any city Will listen, and declare them wise or witty. Such Gladstone's taste-such Palmerston's, sometimes— Such, but a year ago, the taste of Bright, To whom we love to dedicate our rhymes. What has become of that vociferous wight ? Is he appalled by war in Yankee climes ? Or for Reform does he disdain to fight? Or has the truth made way into his noddle That Long Vacation's not the time for twaddle ? Gladstone, however, talks enough for twenty, Of th'Emperor and Cobden eulogistic; A happy orator, with words in plenty, Easy, unblushing, coolly egoistic. Egad, amid my dolce jar niente (Which now I interrupt to pen a distich) !is quite a bore to hear him prate of wine, Paper, and hops, to people by the Tyne. But Gladstone likes it, and Newcastle too— Also the Mayor, who owns a local paper, Which the wise Chancellor praised till all was blue. When from the lecture-room's applausive vapour Tyndall at Cambridge a hard snowball drew,* There was a lesson in't the astonished gaper Gould not perceive. The empty breath of praise Will turn to ice, perchance, in after days. Before these careless verses are in type Some other prolix talkers may have uttered Their annual bathos. Let them. Noon is ripe On the warm hill-side. Lo, a pheasant fluttered There in the copse. A landscape fit for Cuyp A Slopes to where Ocean his old chant has muttered All through the ages. Out into the air! Self-flattering Gladstone will not reach us there. C.-The Press. Vide Proceedings of the British Association. I THE JAPANESE.—A Japanese landed proprietor has Jte intelligence to discover that J he can work his mines "fist by steam, and accordingly he imports a steam- engine from England. Here is the readiness to improve, to turn foreign skill to the development of natural advantages! Not quite so. Two years afterwards Sir Alcock, stepping off the high road at the risk of his life, to visit the mines of this intelligent and spirited Proprietor, found the steam-engine lying unused and rusty, because it would displace hand labour. The same ^lightened sentiment in this country would have forbidden the use of the plough, and doomed us to this jfey only to such amount of the fruits of the earth as could b8 obtained from it by scratching the soil with a forked stick. We are not at all disposed to dogmatise about the of the Japanese. It may be that feudalism as made them what they are, and but for it they might ?*ve all the aptitudes Sir R. Alcock assigns to them, t4 posse, but what is the use of enlarging upon what a People might, could, would, or should be, or may be century or two hence, if a revolution were to take Place, of which there is at present not the most distant Prospect? Ages have made them what they are, and it pU take ages of an oppesite system to make them dif- Meanwhile we must make the best of our inter- course with them in their present state, compounding En and all its consequences. It is a pestilent nglish habit to have a hankering for revolutionising People whose institutions are not conformable to ann notlons* W. Napier brought about the conquest annexation of a nation in India, by no better Plea than that it was feudal, and its Government one of *«mroda; and the British Parliament of sportsmen and game laws, accepted the argument and its tmtta. Juster motions prevail now, and though we heartily rejoice at Seeing a nation shake off vices of government, and work PtLt its regeneration, like Italy, we have ceased to think it our errand to be the Quixotic redresser of grievances j° the whole world. But still we confess an uneasy feei- ng when we see the institutions of a country alleged to 1)6 the sole obstacle to certain, or rather uncertain, great c°tnmercial advantages. And is Sir Richard Alcock of opinion that our relations with the Japanese rulers will r 6 improved by the enmity they may expect from us, in |egarding them as the sole impediments to a largely ^creased and profitable trade ?—Examiner. GARIBALDI.-Few foreigners know what England is, Or what Englishmen think. No nation is more charac- e*istically unanimous in its ordinary judgment of oreign affairs. There was a time when the Government Od the upper classes, still impressed with the memory Napoleon's piratical policy, steadily supported the continental rulers against movements which might J^cilitate French spoliation. For many years, however, good wishes of England have attended every effort *j«xch has been made for the attainment of national J *%hts or of constitutional freedom. The zealous Liberals *ho subscribe to Garibaldi funds, though tbey possess ?either social nor political influence, only exaggerate, the natural pursuit of notoriety and importance, the which controls the policy of the Government **td the country. All England wishes well to Italy; and | j £ ere was scarcely a dissentient voice to question censure which condemned the useless and mis- jJUevous enterprise against Rome. The friends of ° <hi re8retted that tbe fabric of the new Monarchy yould be exposed to BO early a risk, and they were c^ost as much disappointed by finding that Garibaldi ovud no longer be trusted to maintain the liberty 1 "aich he had assisted in founding. Nothing could be ,?rther from English habits of thought than any tolera- i *on for the anarchic democracy which would supersede action of a legitimate Government by the caprice of 8 multitude, or of an individual leader. It was not .bl the skirmish of Aspromonte had removed the im- I Dent cause of danger that a melancholy satisfaction 3 as felt in the opportunity of once more indulging a wsonal sympathy with the fallen adventurer. The 1 "^versal opinion of England was favourable to an ^nesty, and some impetuous friends of the Italian cause subscribed a few hundred pounds for the purpose y J sending an eminent surgeon to examine the wounds oi F illustrious prisoner. Garibaldi by no means shared **e belief of the French journalist that Lord Palmerston § caK- ^r- Partridge £ 5,000 as the subscription of his ? fe i-net to a forei'gn insurrection. It is creditable to his f ehngs that he should he grateful to a nation which un- v-^otedly admires his character; but he ought not to mis- r r^aerstand a personal tribute as a proof th at the most sober 11 conservative of nations has suddenly fallen in love with ? ocialism and Red Republics. In an address written in 8ty!e of a suburban melodrama, Garibaldi appeals v in prejudices which are happily unknown I if« i?g Even if the population suddenly devoted self to the occupation of seizing property and cutting v throats of its owners, there would still be a general a e]udice against the servile adoption of French revolu- 4 th°Oary patterns. The "principles of '89," whatever may be, iare but faintly appreciated by a country fi,.ich has principles of its own several centuries older, iih' less has any party in England the smallest desire to Sl J^tate the still more questionable principles of 1793; {" Garibaldi thinks it prudent in two separate passages, applaud the French for their institution of the d fen ^P the Goddess of Reason. That highly dis- th is female is invidiously contrasted with Set ,Pe' wbo> as the supposed anti-type of the c J"»rlet Lady, is certainly not popular with the charity of Englishmen; but if it were necessary to U '°ose between Pius IX. and the notorious Mrs. Momoro, al persons would certainly not prefer the celebrated .Publican deity. English feeling is Protestant as £ ^eri-nst Roroanism, but the respectable subscribers to the t0 raical mission of Spezzia belong, -with few exceptions, A congregations, which have no respect what- tlw tor the brazen goddess of revolutinary Paris. If i>alrpare any fanitics who listen complacently to Gari- m wi!d and turgid rant, they are happily not worth hi ng in the mi°3t of a community which scarcely w *«air of their existence- An Italian who seriously tt iiw; to provide his country with useful allies will pi HOW POWER and influence are distributed A •oy nation which he may wish to conciliate, tt No enthusiasm for, Republican theories can affect the practical supremacy in England of those who sup- port the existing Constitution. The Government, the Parliament, the owners of property, the educated classes, are, one and all, opposed to the adoption of idle theories which embody themselves in pretended worship of god- desses of reason. Especially, they prefer freedom and order, at home and abroad, to military or democratic dictatorship, for any purpose, or under any pretext. If Garibaldi thinks that they are wrong, he must neverthe- less admit that they dispose of the army and navy, of the diplomacy, and of the moral influence of England. The English Jacobins, if they exist, are not worth count- ing, as they have no means of influencing the course of affairs in any part of the world.— Saturday Review.
COLLISION ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN…
COLLISION ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. On Friday night an accident which, as regards loss of property, was attended with serious consequences, oc- curred near the Guildford station. It appears that at about 20 minutes past eleven o'clock, as the goods train which leaves Alton at 9.35 was ap- proaching the station, the engine-driver observed the danger signal set, and immediately shut off the steam, reversed the engine, and used every means in his power to slacken the speed, but as the train had just arrived at the incline, which is at this place 1 in 100, and which extends for about two miles and a quarter, his efforts were of little avail, and the train went rushing on. The guard also applied the breaks, but a heavy storm which had just fallen rendered their application almost useless; the consequence was that the train went at a rapid pace down the incline, at the foot of which it came into collision with the "pick up goods train of the South-Eastern Railway, consisting of about 34 wagons, which was performing its ordinary shunting at the time. The engine-driver of the South Eastern Company's train, hearing the whistle of the approaching train, and being fully aware of the inevitable danger, with great self-possession immediately ran a-head, taking with him about half the train, which had been previously detached, and thus no doubt pre- vented a double collision, for which he deserves the greatest credit. Of the remaining wagons belonging to the South Eastern Company, seven were completely smashed and rendered unfit for use, including the guard's break-van, which fortunately was empty. Of the South Western train, which contained about thirty wagons, laden chiefly with market goods, four were. overturned and greatly damaged, whilst several others were shattered in a thousand pieces, the massive iron work being bent and broken like so many straws. The tender, which being before the engine, struck the guard's break, was much damaged, the water tank being driven completely out of its frame. The wheels of several wagons were broken off, and, as an illustration of the force of the collision, the trucks themselves were piled up one upon another nearly to the height of the railway bridge. A huge block of freestone, measuring four or five feet in thickness, was also broken in piece", and the damage done will amount I to a very large sum. Finding that a collision was un- avoidable, the engine-driver on the South-Western line jumped from the engine, and called upon the stoker to do the same. The former escaped comparatively uninjured, but the latter sustained a serious injury to the knee, arm, and other parts of the body. The guard of this trpin also jumped from his van, and escaped unhurt. Mr. Dyson, the station master at Guildford, was apprised of the occurrence, and was immediately on the Epot with a strong body of men, who were set to work clearing away the shattered remains of the carriages and other debris with which the line was strewn. Owing to the praise- worthy exertions of the men,tunder the superintendence of Mr. Dyson, the line was cleared for traffic at about six o'clock the following morning.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A MAGISTRATE'S…
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A MAGIS- TRATE'S SON. At the Southwark Police-court, on Saturday, Robert Easton, a young man of good education, who stated that he was the son of a gentleman residing at Fairfield- terrace, Rockferry, Liverpool, a magistrate for the county, was charged with attempting to commit suicide hy hanging himself. William Lee residing in the Southwark-bridge-road, said that about a week ago he met the prisoner in the street, when he told him he was starving, and in a miserable condition. He took him home and gave him food and lodging, and was endeavouring to obtain work for him, but on returning home on Friday evening, be found him hanging to a nail in the wall, having fastened his handkerchief tightly round his neck. Witness cut him down and sent for a constable, who took him into custody. The Prisoner said that about a year ago he enlisted in the army, but his friends found out Immediately what he had done, and they purchased his discharge. Since that time he had been discarded by his family, and in a moment of frenzy he attempted to strangle himself. He must have starved if it had not teen for the witness Lee. He begged to be allowed to return to his lodgings. Mr. Maude said he could not part with him until his father had been communicated with. He was then re- manded to prison for a few days.
THE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE.
THE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE. On Tuesday a numerously attended and highly in- fluential meeting, convened by requisition, was held in the Oak-room of the Mansion-house, Dublin, for the pur- pose of adopting measures to relieve the distress of the operatives in Lancashire. Amongst the present were—His Grace the Duke of Leinster, Sir Robert Peel, Bart., Lord Clonbrock, Most Rev. Dr. Whateley, Archbishop of Dublin; Mr. Justice Fitzgerald, the Solicitor-General, Professor Hancock, Alderman Atkinson, Rev. C. Dickenson. &c. The chair was occupied by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. The Chairman, in a brief address, stated the object of the meeting. The Lord Mayor's Secretary then announced the following subscriptionsHis Excellency the Lord- Lieutenant, £100; the Hon. Baron Fitzgerald, £100 the Lord Chancellor, £ 30 the Marquis of Clanricarde, £ 25 Benjamin Lee Guinness, Esq., £ 200. His Grace the Duke of Leinster moved the first reso- lution, to the effect that it was imperative upon Ireland to take immediate steps for the alleviation of the distress at present existing in Lancashire. Mr. Justice Fitzgerald seconded the resolution, and alluded to the extensive aid which Ireland received from England during the famine years of 1846 and 1847. He strongly urged the claims of Lancashire upon the meeting, and expressed a hope that Ireland would avail itself of the present oportunity of showing that she sympathised with England in her present pressure, and that she appreciated that generous assistance given to her by England during the years of her distress. The motion was unanimously agreed to. The Archbishop of Dublin moved the next resolution, which was: "That the recollection of the generosity poured into this country from all parts of Great Britain during the famine years calls for a generous tribute of gratitude and sympathy on our part, and that the pre- sent distress in Lancashire affords a fitting opportunity for our cordial reciprocation." Sir Robert Peel, in seconding the resolution, said he thought he was justified in saying that the present meet- iflg fairly represented what were the feelings of all classes of the community in Ireland as regarded their brethren in England. After referring to the American war as the cause of the distress in Lancashire, he said he was glad to see that the Protestant clergy of the land had taken up this question in a creditable manner, and would suggest that the Roman catholic clergymen should assist them in the good work of endeavouring to remove the distress which at present raged in the manufacturing districts in England. The resolution was put, and passed nem. con. Lord Clonbrock mov2d, and Alderman Atkinson seconded, the next resolution. The Earl of Meath addressed the meeting in support of the motion, referring in touching terms to the prevalent distress in Lancashire. He said be bad it from good authority that at the present time there were between 70,000 and 80,000 persons suffering in England from causes over which they had no control. The resolution was unanimously adopted. A subscription list was then opened, and sums to the amount of nearly £2,000 were received. Amongst the subscribers were — Colonel White, 925 Todd and Burns, £ 100; Henry Bewley, £ 25; George Roe, £ 25; Pirn, Brothers, £100; Sir Robert Peel, £100; Alderman Atkinson, £50. •» — A Danish paper states that on Tuesday last a
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number of the most respected citizens of Copenbagen held a meeting in the hall of the city council, when it was resolved to ask the citizens of Copenhagen to mark their sympathy with the royal Danish family through a public subscription to present a bridal gift to the Princess Alexandra of Denmark, on her approaching nuptials with the Prince of Wales.
IEPITOME OF NEWS.
I EPITOME OF NEWS. f The Nation announces that tha notorious Mr. John Mitchell is about to depart from Europe to take service in the army of the Confederate States of America. While Garibaldi declares his sympathy with the North, Mr. Mitchell gives his adhesion to the South. We (Northern Whig) could not desire better testimony to the intrinsic merits of the controveisy between the two Powers. The North British Mail states that the Perthshire moors and forests have been rented for the past season at a little under £20,000, and on a fair calculation between 60,000 and 80,000 head of game have fallen since the 12th August. The zealous Bishop of Capetown is pleading earnestly for the children of the African chiefs whom he is educating in an institution erected at Capetown for the purpose. A Government grant of JE1,000 a year, by which it has hitherto been supported, expires in a few months, and his lordship now appeals to English Church- man to supply the place, otherwise the work will have to be given up. Mr. Roebuck, M.P., has thought it necessary to contradict a report that he and Mr. Lever have obtained from the Austrian Government a. valuable railway con- cession. A very gratifying offer has been made to, and accepted by, the Manchester Albert Memorial Committee. The brickrnakers of the district, anxious to give expres- sion to their sympathy with her Majesty, have under- taken to supply, free of cost, the bricks required for the foundation of t be memorial to be erected in that city to the late Prince Consort. The yellow fever, says a dispatch from Vera Cruz, is making havoc amongst the men of the French fleet, whilst great apprehension is felt for the safety of a French convoy charged with the safety of a million dol- lars. The convoy h-ad been dispatched from Vera Cruz to Orizaba, and was ten days overdue. The Berlin Chamber of Deputies has just adopted the proposition of the committee to diminish by 30,000 thalers the secret fund of the police. It also expressed the desire that the administration of the police should be restored to the communal authorities all sver the kingdom, Berlin and Posen excepted. A telegram has just been received from Sydney announcing that New South Wales has remitted a fur- ther subscription of £10,000 for the Lancashire Distress Fund. The system of "jerry building is well known to be carried on in Liverpool to a very great extent. The matter has at length attracted the notice of the authorities, and, at the Liverpool police-court on Friday, a builder was summoned for having infringed a local building act, by the erection of three houses in the most flimsy manner. The builder was bound over in a very heavy penalty to raze the houses and rebuild them in a more substantial manner. At Wigan, a collier has been sent to prison for fourteen days for having left his work without notice. He objected that he was required to hew the coal instead of blasting it, the former being necessary on account of the part ot the Norley colliery in which he was employed being near an old working. He was offered employ- ment in another portion of the mine, but declined to work. An impudent robbery has been committed at the Peel Park Museum. A number of valuable spe- cimens of gold ore and nuggets of considerable value were exhibited in a glass case in the geological room. The thief broke the glass, abstracted the nuggets, and got away unperceived. On Saturday morning, about four o'clock, a severe thunderstorm broke over the metropolis. The rain, which fell with unusual violence, continued till a late hour in the morning. At Pickering, a day or two ago, a young woman, named Eliza Brown, residing in lodgings, during a fit of rage caused by drink, seized a knife and suddenly put out htr tongue and lutoff a considerable portion. Under the care 0" a surgeon she is progressing favourably. A letter from Pesth, in the Cologne Gazttte, says — Not a day passes without some Hungarians arriving here who have quitted the Hungarian legion in Italy. It appears that the Italian Government has taken but little care about their travelling expenses, for it has been necessary here to furnish them with the means of reach- ing their homes." A collection has been made amongst the friends of the Southerners in London in aid of the prisoners in the hands of the Federals. About -<5,000 was raised. On Sunday afternoon, a little boy, nine years old, named George Wiseman, the son of a cabman, residing in Clayton-street, SaJford. W3a attemntiflff *o pull a basket out of the river, when ne overoaiancea himself, fell in, and was drowned. It is stated that the Government will, in a short time, give a favourable reply to the petition for the restoration of the Galway postal grant. Crinoline has been shown by statisticians to cause a hundred fatal accidents to one caused by light- ning, and yet no precautions are used to render its use safe. The Grand Western Archery Meeting of next year is to take place in the week following the Grand National. Weymouth is confidently spoken of as its next year's whereabouts." The new Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Rose, left Aberdeen many years ago a comparatively poor lad, and, by unceasing industry in business, he has amassed a princely fortune. He has made his money in the same trade as did Sir James Duke, the famous Lord Mayor furnished by Montrose. The shipbuilding trade of the Mersey is, we learn, very brisk. At Birkenhead two war vessels are being built—it is said for the Chinese Government, the Chinese Government" being an alias for the Southern Confederacy. The inaugural ceremony which is to attend the placing of the bust of the Prince of Wales in the hall of the High School at Edinburgh, is fixed to take place en the 10th of November, the first "lawful day after his royal highness comes of age. The doctors who have lately gone to see Garibaldi have raised new doubts. They assert that the other doctors are in error, and that the ball is still in the leg of Garibaldi. There was launched from the shipbuilding yard of Messrs. Alexander Stephen and Sons, Kelvinhaugb, on Wednesday, a finely-modelled brig, intended for the Mexican trade between Vera Cruz and Liverpool. She is owned by Messrs. T. H. Ismay and Co., and was named, as she gracefully swept down the ways, Arriero," by Miss Allan, daughter of Mr. David Allan, Glasgow. The contract for putting up the chains of the late Hungerford-bridge and completing the suspension-bridge at Clifton has been taken, and the works are expected to be commenced in about three weeks. In anticipation of this long unfinished s'ructure being at length completed, Sir Greville Smyth, of Ashton Court, has sold 125 acres of land for the purpose of building villas on the Somer- setshire side of the Avon. Dean Trench delivered what is reported to have been a most interesting lecture-on "Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, the Champion of Protestantism in Ger- many in the Seventeenth Century," at Llandudno, last week. Her Majesty has contributed X100 towards the special fund now being raised for the purpose of adapt- ing freehold premises which have recently been pur- chased at Slough for the British Orphan Asylum, and which institution will shortly be removed from Clapham- rise. In Blackburn, the system of allowing payment to the sufferers from the present distress who attend the classes opened for their instruction is working well. About 7.50 young men and boys, and over 500 girls, are i daiJy at dance. The Brighton Hotel, on the King's-road, beside the battery, will cost £57,258 for building alone. Messrs. Sawyer and Co. are the contractors. On Friday a Government messenger, accompanied by an agent of police, arrived in London from St. Petersburg, in pursuit of two persons named Marcus and Hyains, charged with extensive forgeries on the Russian Bank of Poland ft Warsaw. The fugitives are supposed to have in their possession a large number of the simu- lated notes, doubtless with a view of disposing of them ] to the money-changers of London, Liverpool &c. ] The population of Michigan has grown in ] twenty years from 212,000 to 754,0U0; the value of real i estate from 38 million dollars to 263 million; tie wheat and i other grain grown, from 7 million bushels to 25 million; i the wool produced, from 153,000 lbs. to 4 million lbs; the i number of sheep and cattle reared, from 300,000 to < 1,700,000 and the quantity of hay grown, from 130,000 i tons to 761,000 tons. A sportsman, in the neighbourhood of the wood i Clairmarais (Somme), shot a few days ago an unusually 1 large raven, having round one of its legs a small iron < ring, on which were engraved the words, "Born at i Cuurtray, in 1772." This fact is a confirmation of the opinion of certain naturalists, that ravens live for a f century and upwards. j ]
OUR MISCELLANY.
OUR MISCELLANY. ♦—— Louis Napoleon's Persevering Faith.—On the day when I left London to repair to the Chateau d'Eu, the 6th of August, Prince Louis Napoleon, towards four o'clock in the morning, disembarked near Boulogne, and, with his name alone for an army, attempted, for the second time, the conquest of France. What would be the astonishment to day of any rational man, who, having slept since that date the sleep of Epimenides, should see, on waking, that prince upon the throne of France, and invested with supreme power ? I cannot read again without some embarrassment what was said by all the world in 1840, and what I wrote myself with reference to what we all called a mad and ridiculous adventure," and to its hero. Even if I could do so with full liberty, I should refrain, on personal convictions, from reproducing at present the language which was then held in all quarters. Providence seems sometimes to delight in confounding the judgments and conjectures of men. Yet there is nothing in the strange contrast between the incidents of 1840 and the Empire of to-day, beyond what is natural and clear. No event ever shook the confidence of Prince Louis Napoleon in himself and his destiny in despite of the success of others and of his own reverses, he remained a stranger to doubt and discouragement. Twice, vainly and wrongfully, he sought the accomplishment of his fortune. He never ceased to reckon on it, and waited the propitious oppor- tunity. It cune at last, and found him confident and ready to attempt everything. An eminent example of the power which preserves, in the dark shadows of the future, persevering faith, and a great lesson to all who dcubt and bend easily under the blows of fortune.- Guizot's Memoirs. The Architect of Blenheim Palace.- Van- brugh's work of Castle Howard recommended him as architect to many noble and wealthy employers, and to the appointment to build a palace to be named after the victory at Blenheim. This brcught the architect vexa- tion as well as fame; for Duchess Sarah-" that wicked woman of Marlborough," as Vanbrugh calls her—dis- charged him from his post of architect, and refused to piy what was due to him as salary. Sir Joshua Rey- nolds declared Vanbrugh to have been defrauded of the due reward of his merit by the wits of the time, who knew not the rules of architecture. Vanbrugli's fate was that of the great Perault-both were objects of the petulant sarcasm of facetious men of letters, and both have left some of the fairest monuments which, to this day, decorate their several countries-the facades of the Louvre, Blenheim, and Castle Howard." Reynolds was among the first to express his approbation of Vanbrugh's style, and to bear his testimony as &n artist to the pic- turesque magnificence of Blenheim. The wits were very severe on Vanbrugh. Swift, speaking of his diminutive house at Whitehall, and the stupendous pile of Blenheim, says, of the former;- At length they in the corner spy A thing resembling a goose-pie. Of the palace at Blenheim:— That, if his grace were no more skill'd in The art of battering Vails than building, We might expect to see next year A mousetrap man chief-engineer. This ridicule pursued Yanbrugh to his epitaph for, after his remains had been deposited in Wren's beautiful church of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, Dr. Evans alluding to Vanbrugh's massive style, wrote 'r Lie heavy on him, earth; for he Laid many a heavy load on thee. 8 > -Book of Days. I < A Feather-bed Soldier.—I knew an officer of the 18th Hussars, W. R., young, rich, and a fine-looking fellow, who joined the army not far from St. Sebastian. His stud of horses was remarkable for their blood, his grooms were English and three in number. He brought with him a light cart to carry forage, and a fourgon for his own baggage. All went on well till he came to go on outpost duty but, not finding here any 91 the comforts to which he had been accus- tomed, he quietly mounted his charger, told his astonished sergeant that campaigning was not intended for a gen- tleman, and instantly galloped off to his quarters, ordering"his servants to pack up everything immediately, as he had hired a transport to take him off to England. he left us before any one had time to stop him; and, though dispatches were sent off to the commander-in- chief, requesting that a court-martial might sit to try the young deserter, he arrived home long enough before the dispatches to enable him to sell out of his regiment.- Reminiscences of Captain Gronow. The Royal Academy.—A female artist sought and obtained, in this year (1861), admission to the schools rui d. n 'uõ ,1:. 0 -e:å"'l"L&V' Qutl .í\r. yatmlug at the Academy. No law was passed for the admission of female students, as none had previously existed forbid- ding it; and the only reason why they had not before obtained access to these means of study was, that they bad never applied for them. The number of female students has since increased to five, two of them having been permitted to study from the living draped mode). Some time previously (in April, 1859), a memorial had been forwarded to each member of the Royal Academy. by thirty-eight ladies who were professional artists, soli- citing his influence to obtain for women a share in the advantage of the study from the antique and from nature, under the direction of qualified teachers, afforded by the schools of the Royal Academy; but as this request would necessarily have involved a separate life school, the Royal Academy could not entertain the proposal in the space to which their schools are at present confined. — The History of the Royal Academy of Arts. An Archbishop Locked-in. — An anecdote is told of Leighton wh:ch strongly indicates his vivacious amiability of disposition, not without a dash of humour, and which deserves a place by the side of the story of air Isaac JNewton and the dog Diamond. He had a ne er- do-well sort of young fellow for his man servant, whose thoughtlessness and idleness he bore with the utmost equanimity. We may be very sure too that the good Leighton did not fail to give him serious and solemn counsel. One day it so happened that this young fellow took it into his head that he should like to have a day's fishing; he accordingly started off, locked the door, and took the key with him, leaving his master a prisoner. His occupation proved so interesting that he did not think fit to return till evening, and all that the kind bishop said to him for the bad behaviour that might justly have caused his dismissal was, "John, when you next go a fishing remember to leave the key in the door." -Old Jonathan. Sleeping out of Town.-We will assume that you are living at Richmond, which is barely to be reckoned as country. You happen to be late for break- fast, swallow it hastily lest the train be missed, and either take an imperfect meal, or take it with a rapiditv which taxes digestion. Munching a bit of toast as you hurry along, you are thrown into a flurry by heaving the whistle of the approaching engine you set off running at full speed, and dash into the station, blown and I heated. Dr. C. B. Williams alludes to this anxiety about catching the train as peculiarly dangerous to persons with any disease of the heart, I have known sudden deaths and several aggravations of valvular lesions to be caused in this way." But you are happily at ease on that score; there is nothing wrong about your heart. Still you have reached the carriage greatly heated, and are whirled to London at a rapid pace, the cold air blowing upon sour heated body from the open window, or windows. The risk of a sore throat, bron- chitis, low fever, or at least a cold, is considerable. Perhaps, after all, you have missed the train. You have then to cool down," much exasperated, on a windy plat- form, or in a waiting-room dreadful with draughts. Taree-quarters of an hour or more are spent in vexatious weariness, end by the time you get into the carriage you are thoroughly chilled. The cold air, which wa3 dan- gerous when you were heated, is not less dangerous cow you are chilled; but your fellow-passengers cannot think of having the window closed. You get to town, go about your business, and in the evening have to repeat the experience of the morning. How many days in the course of the season are these risks incurred ? and what amount of benefit derivable from sleeping in the country can fairly counterbalance them ?--Comhill Magazine for October. General M'Clellan's Popualrity.—Neverthe- less, too much praise cannot be given to General M'Clel- lan and to the generals under him, and specially General Hooker, for the manner in which they handled as un- promising an army as ever took the field. It is idle to attempt to analyse the grounds and arguments which v account for General M'Clellan's popularity. He is as much beloved and trusted by his men as the little corporal" himself. Nor can it be denied that, valuable as is his .army's enthusiasm on his behalf, the danger which would arise if anything befell him would be pro- portionably great. If M'Clellan fell either in action, or by disease, his army would become a rope of sand. But if ever again there is an attempt to depose him, and he thinks proper to resist it, the eivil authorities in Washington would rue the day. Nor can any one be blind to the fact that already M'Clellan holds the 20,000,000 of the North in the hollow of his hand. If he thought proper I to depose the President, to send a lettre de cachet to his I old and consistent enemy and detractor, Mr. Stanton, to let some such words as "Take that bauble hence!" b« heard in the Capitol, his army would stand by him to I the last man. There is, probably, not a purer or more unselfish man in the Northern States at this moment than General M'Clellan. But wielding, as he; does at this moment, an almost irresponsible power, it would be dangernus for civilians of any kind to provoke or thwart him.—Letter from, Baltimore.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN SPAIN.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN SPAIN. The following is the judgment of the tribunat of Grenada in the case of Teva and Matamoros for propo- gating protestant doctrines in Spain Are condemned —Jose Alhama Teva to nine years' imprisonment, and Manuell Matamoros to eight year. imprisonment, and both are for ever prevented from following the profes- sion of teacher, interdicted from all political offices and rights during the term of their sentence, and condemned to pay a quart ir of the expenses each. The books and papers seized will be retained." The other prisoners to the number or 11 are acquitted. The Correspondencia says:—"These men were con- demned not because they were protestants, seeing that nobody is punished in Spain for religious opinion, but because they openly, with tongue and pen, excited a propaganda in favour of protestantism, which is forbidden, by the constitution of the State—a constitution which in this respect is in harmony with the most democratic in- stitutions which have existed in Spain since 1812." The Siecle, commenting on this, says:—"That the protestants of Grenada have been condemned under law we do not doubt; but what surprises us is, that such a Jaw should be in existence in the 19th century in a civilised country, and applied with so much rigour; and this for having read the Bible in public, or lent it to a neighbour. The Correspondencia says that no one is prosecuted in Spain for his religious belief. But what ia a religious belief that cannot be openly professed without committing an offence, and which is prohibited from being embodied in worship ? Spain likes to boast of the material progress which she has made for s&me time past —of .her military glory, her industrial prosperity, and her agricultural resources. All this is not enough. It is by the generous principles on which institutions are based that nations are elevated or degraded. All her railroads, bridges, and canals will not raise Spain from the secondary position she occupies. If she wishes to take her place amongst the Great Powers, Spain must begin by adopting the principles of religious toleration which constitute the strength and superiority of France and England." The Temps notes the material progress Spain has lately made, and asks what is the value of such development of resources, and of the greatest agricultural and indus- trial prosperity, if unattended by a corresponding pro- gress in the manners, usages, and legislation of the country ?— Can Spain flatter herself that she may ba associated with the rest of Europe in what concerns the creation of wealth, and yet remain alien to those ideas which are the very essence of modern society? Spain has given herself representative institutions. Do we not there find a strange inconsistency ? a modern Govern- ment and an exploded legislation—institutions borrowed from the 19tii century, and a code still redolent of the superstitions of the middle ages. It is not forgotten that Spain made, not long ago, an attempt to take her place among the great Powers of Europe. The attempt was unsuccessful. It is fortunate that it was repulsed; it would have been too painful to have seen seated in the first rank of the council of nations a Power which, wittingly and voluntarily, continues to lower itself to a level with the very last." — The Press and the Law of Libel.—A meeting
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was held on Thursday in the Mayor's Parlour, Town- hall, Manchester, of gentjemen representing eleven hun- dred merchants, manufacturers, bankers, &c., of that city, who had subscribed to a testimonial expressive < f sympathy with the proprietors of the Manchester Guar* dian in the adverse verdict of Behrens v. Allen," and admiration of their conduct in supporting commercial morality. Thomas Goadsby, Esq Mayor of Manchester, presided, and the most influential members of the com- mittee were present. The mayor presented the address in an appropriate speech, and then handed the proprietors of the Guardian, Messrs. J. E. Taylor and P, Allen, a cheque for £1,457, the amount raised hy the subscriber?, 600 of whom were stated to be members of the Royal Exchange. Mr. Taylor replied for the proprietors. Votes of thanks were given to the press and to the secretary and other parties who had been instrumental in getting up the testimonial; and the proceedings then terminated. Uotttli of (TJaomfna Pillowed, Esq,—The Not* tingham papers announce the death of Thomas Fellowe?, Esq., head of an old-established banking firm in that town. Deceased, who was 73 years of age, and a warm supporter of the Liberal party, had in former years taken an active part in the political affairs of the borough. He also served various local offices, and at the time of his death was treasurer for the town. Mr. Fellowes had been suffering from disease of the heart, but not ef so serious a character as to confine him to his house, for on Wednesday last he transacted business at the bank. On Thursday afternoon, about half-past four o'clock, he walked in the garden which adjoirs his dwelling-hoase, and on h!s return to the library entered into conversation with his son and daughter in the most cheerful manner. He seated himself opposite the fire, when, a few minutes before five, he became insensible, and died in less than ten minutes, before even the arrival of his medical at- tendant. The Wool Trade.-The month of September has been one of considerable excitement, the worsted and woollen manufacturers having been fully occupied, and, therefore, having purchased freely. Messrs. T. and H. .Littledale, of Liverpool, report that large sales have been made for export to America, and that considerable operations have taken place on speculation, in consequence of a very prevalent opinion that prices of wool were below their relative proportion compared with other raw- materials. The result of these combined causes has been an average advance of about 2d. per lb. on prices realised at last July sales. The arrivals of East India to the present date are upwards of 16,000 bales, which are chiefly held for the approaching public sales. The sundry low foreign wools at present in the market for private sale are very trifling. The next public sales in Liverpool are fixed to commence on Tuesday, the 21st ir.st. A number of Italians have presented a statue and an address to Earl Russell in testimony of their ap- preciation of the services the noble earl has rendered to the cause of Italian unity. In a modest reply, Earl Russell expresses his gratitude for tbo gift, says that he believes Italians best able to judge of the means of se- securing the happiness of Italy, and claims no merit for what he has done beyond having, in conjunction with his colleagues in the Government, upheld the principle of non-intervention in foreign affairs. Italy, he says has been aided by the armies of the Emperor of the French, and now tie believes her fortitude, moderation patience, and constancy, are equal to the completion of -the edifice "of which the genius of her people have laid the broad foundations," Courageous Conduct of a Female Servants —George Scarnell, aged 19, who gave the address 16, Elizabeth-terrace, Liverpool-road, of no occupation, was charged, at Marlborough Police-court, on Thursday, with the following robbery of plate under a new dodge: —Miriam Pitman, housekeeper to Dr. Joseph Skelding, deposed-About eight o'clock this morning the prisoner came to the hcuse and said there was a lady at 26, Chap- man-street, who wanted to see the doctor as she was very ill. 1 left the prisoner in the ball and went up to mistress, and after telling her what prisoner had said, she (mistress) said she did not know such a name, or the place either, and directed me to go down and make further inquiry of him. As I came down stairs I looked over the balustrade and noticed the prisoner coming out of the dining-room. I did not mention this to him when I came down, but walked straight to the street door, against which I placed my back, and asked him to tell me further about the lady who was ill, when he said, What is the name here ? J, and on my telling him, he said, I suppose I have^come to the wrong place." I said, "Yes, I know you have; and what business had you in the drawing-room ?" He said he had not been in there and I said, Don't tell me that, but give up the plate which you have taken off the dining-room table." He swore at me, and said he had not got any upon which I turned round and rang the surgery bell, in the hopes that the cook would co-no to my assistance. Whilst I was so doing the prisoner threw down a bag he had with him, and seized me; and tried to throw me down but, as I scuffled with him, he failed in his purpose and threw me on one side, and ran out the doc r and along'the square. I pursued, keeping within about six yards from him, calling Stop thief," and as he got near St. Pancras Church he was captured and brought back to the house, and I went for a policeman, whom I saw take the plate from him. The magistrate, in remanding the prisoner for a week, complimented the servant girl highly on Ler courageous conduct, and hoped her master and mistress would reward her.