THE FIELD. 
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Grandville was the George Cruik- 
bank, the Doyle, the Leech, of 
France. His illustrations of “Robin- 
son Crusoe,” “Gulliver’s Travels,” 
“ Bcranger,” &c., prove him to have 
been one of the most original and 
unsparing satirists with his pencil of 
onr times. Society high and low 
were held up to ridicule without 
the slightest pity, and his political 
caricatures were of the happiest kind. 
And yet this most popular of illus- 
trators, whose sketches were the life 
and soul of bookselling speculations, 
died at the early age of forty-three, 
tho 1 7th of March, 1847, a broken- 
hearted man. Misfortune seems ever 
to be the poisoned chalice bearer to 
genius. No sooner had he made a 
sensation by some droll work, than 
the palate of the public palled, and 
the mind went straining after fresh 
novelty, till he exhausted the whole 
world of animals, flowers, birds, 
stars, and fables. He then essayed 
the commencement of a series of 
heads, of which the annexed sketch 
is an example ; and we trust it will 
be as amusing to our piscatorial 
readers ns it has been to us, embody- 
ing what might possibly pass in a 
most un-Izaak-Waltonish brain, while 
patiently gazing on the stilly float 
of the motionless preserved waters. 
Here are pourtrayed an analysis of 
the fugitive and incoherent thoughts 
which “come like shadows, so de- 
part," and are born of the localities, 
with their road-side inn stories, and 
the passing events which are part 
and parcel of his peaceful pastime. 
Fishing in the Exe. — The de- 
scription of fish found in this river 
are the salmon, trout, dace, &c. In 
former days the river abounded with 
salmon ; but for some time past, 
owing to the high wears which have 
been constructed in and about Exe- 
ter, they have been rarely caught. 
The principal fishing is for trout, 
which, through the perseverance of 
the Tiverton Fishing Association, 
arc in tolerable abundance. The 
following is a list of flics best 
adapted for the river this month: — 
1 . The “Aller Bud,” sometimes called 
the “ Ore Fly,” is made with the 
barb of a peacock’s feather, ribbed 
with silk, hackle, with wings from 
starlings feathers. 2. Tho “ Granant, 
or Green-Tail,” has its body formed 
of rat’s fur, and a small portion of 
green silk with a grizzled cock’s 
hackle ; wings from the fenthor of a 
woodcock. Tho “ Green-Tail on the 
natural lly, is a bunch of eggs which 
tho insect drops on tho water. 8. The 
“ GrizzledPalmcr ” is mado with the 
barb of a peacock’s feather, ribbed 
with silver twist, and a grizzled 
liacklo over tho whole. 4. A “ Blue 
Fly,” made from tho light part of 
fox’s fur, ribbed with gold twist, 
and light cock’s hackle, no wings. — 
Exeter Gazette. 
Trout Fishing at Oowen Lake. 
— We are glad to find that great 
good has resulted from the preserva- 
tion of tho fish in Luka Ogwcn 
during the winter months. Tho per- 
son appointed for that purpose by 
tho lion. Colonel l’ennant appears 
to have performed his duties most 
satisfactorily. Tho lake is literally 
teeming with fish. On the first day 
of jho season two gentlemen from 
Bangor took no less a number (with 
the fly) than eight dozen in four 
hours, a feat unexampled, and prov- 
ing decidedly tho advantages re- 
sulting from tho lake being secured 
from improper treatment. Visitors 
can now not only bo sure of enjoy- 
ing the beautiful scenery and de- 
lightful breezes near the lake, hut 
may safely calculate on a good re- 
turn for their patient perseverance 
in angling on its shores — Chester 
Courant. 
Salmon Ova. — W ill our corres- 
pondent at Perth oblige us by send- 
ing through post some more newly- 
hatched salmon ova. An eminent 
surgeon in London is anxious to 
make a microscopic investigation for 
scientific purposes* 
A version of the compact between Austria and Prus- 
sia has been published, but it seems to be discredited in 
well-informed quarters. One article which it is sup- 
posed has been agreed to, is of a curious nature, being 
a stipulation that the two powers shall interfere in case 
the integrity of the Russian empire shall be qssailed. 
Considering how that empire has been made up, “ a 
thing of shreds and patches,” this provision, supposing 
it to be truly reported, is somewhat remarkable. Most 
persons look to the termination of the war as a period 
at which several of the provinces of which, during 
recent years, Russia has became possessed, either by 
fraud or force, shall be alienated from her, and if not 
restored to their original owners, which in the present 
territorial oondition of Europe might be inconvenient, 
may remain in the hands of the allies as “ material 
guarantees” for a faith which is now regarded as 
equivalent — when not guaranteed — to the ancient 
punioajidcs — that is, treachery. 
Numerous prizes have been taken in the Baltic, and 
brought into Copenhagen and Hamburgh, but as yet 
the state of that sea has not justified Sir Charles Napier 
in attempting a grand coup. Indeed it is well that the 
public should understand that usually the first or se- 
cond week in May elapses before the Gulf of Finlandia 
at all practicable. We are not inclined to think that Sir 
Charles Napier will delay his blow one hour longer 
than is absolutely necessary. 
France has determined to make a very large addition 
to the force she despatches to the East, and it is believed 
that we shall feel it desirable to do the same, and that 
before the end of the present year the French army 
will number 150,000 men, and the English one 50,000. 
The pecuniary exigencies of the French government 
are said to be somewhat pressing — that a new loan will 
be demanded, even if her legitimate methods of raising 
money lie not resorted to. Marshal St. Arnaud has 
taken formal command of the army in the East. 
In Austria the marriage of the Emperor with the 
Princess Elizabeth Eugenia, and the rejoicings con- 
nected with it, are, of course, the topic of the day, even 
in presence of the war. The young couple come to- 
gether at a disturbed time; but if the bridegroom should 
have the wisdom to inaugurate his married life by a 
manly adoption of the cause of Europe against 
that of the northern tyrant, the Gazette containing 
his declaration to the effect will be a richer present to 
his bride than the costliest jewel he has offered her. 
Some graceful acts of amnesty and pardon have issued 
in commemoration of the event; and if we could sup- 
pose that Austrian officials would carry them out fairly, 
they would be subjects of gratulation. 
From Spain there is no news of outside importance, 
but for those who can read the signs of the times, there 
may be the shaking of a throne in the events now going 
on in that unlucky country. Sensuality at Court, 
jobbing in Government, ana contempt towards both, 
among the mass, are bad omens. 
The overland mail has just arrived, and informs ub 
that the “war” prince of Burma has poisoned his 
brother and assumed his throne — a little family arrange- 
ment which may entail considerable trouble upon the 
successor of General Godwin. 
A WARNING VOICE. 
A"ain wc urge upon the government and the country to 
beware of false friends, and an apparent wilfully induced 
negligence that may cost this country its best defences and 
its honour and fame. The admirable letters of the Times 
correspondent from Gallipoli are such as to excite the dis- 
gust and loud remonstrance of every British subject. 
While frivolously childish experiments are being made in 
regimental costume, which entail ridicule on the wearers 
of°thein, our army in the East are literally without the 
common requisites of life. Gallipoli, truthfully described 
as the most picturesquely wretched of places, without any 
means of subsisting an army, is selected os the landing- 
place for our picked men, and, beyond a question, 
the finest looking soldiers in the world. The French, 
with real military foresight, secured by priority of 
possession the best quarters, and have their troops well 
cared for; hospitals, and everything needed for their sick, 
is nicely packed up, and labelled for immediate use, bread 
and biscuit bakeries, waggon trains for stores, every neccs- 
sary, every comfort, whilst our poor fellows have neither a 
mattress to lie down on, nor a blanket to cover them. The 
General is obliged to be sent to for a bottle of wine to 
sustain the sinking powers of one of our men ; and the 
hospital serjeant is seut out with a sovereign, and cannot 
obtain such common necessaries as coffee or sugar, “ as no 
change was to be had in the place.” Well might the 
Turkish boatman exclaim, when he saw seven French 
ships to our one, « Oh, why is this? The English infidels, 
who say they can defile the graves of the French, and who 
are big as the giants of Asli. Do they tell lies ?” What 
must our soldiers feel, what must our allies think, and how 
must our foes laugh at the boasted omnipotence of Eng- 
land ? Have we traitors in the camp ? This was not 
so in other times, when England proved she was true 
to herself, and her name was a bye-word for honour 
and faith. In our nation of colonies, and with all the 
sinful waste of our admiralty board, our military and 
ordnance offices, we have not transports to convey 
our men from one country to another, boats to load 
them in, nor waggon trains for supplies of necessaries. 
When they arrive at their encampment at Bulair, 10$ 
miles from Gallipoli, and which was sclected/or a large force, 
in ten minutes, by General Burgoync, they find it neither 
wooded, sheltered, nor watered; and, with the utter reck- 
lessness of the whole proceeding, heaven knows what will 
he the end. We are assured that two commissary officers, 
without knowing one word of the language, and without 
an interpreter, were sent to Gallipoli only a few dags before 
the troops, and that no instructions whatever were sent to 
the Consul to prepare for the reception of this force there. 
The supplies are obliged to be landed 7i miles from the 
camp, which is to be protected by field works and entrench- 
ments, occupying three months in tho making. What 
does it mean, is the question asked at every turn. Arc 
we indeed to assist the Turks in their struggle against the 
Russians on the banks of the Danube, or arc we merely to 
ingloriously await, with a force decimated by climate and 
neglect, the assault of Constantinople. In a strategic point 
of view, the Turkish army, if our information bo correct, 
it in imminent peril. The loss of Kostendje,a small but im- 
portant harbour on thcBlack Sea, and which formed the ex- 
treme right of theTurkish position, is a serious disaster, and 
that, it appears, onr fleets mightccrtainly have prevented. The 
Russians evidently intend, unless checked by Austria, to cross 
the Danube at or near Ziganctschti, and so turn the Hank 
of the Turks at Widdin and Kalafat, and if they succeed the 
Turkish army will be hemmed in, overwhelmed with num- 
bers, and, having the impassable Balkan in their rear, 
annihilation must ensue, even though assisted by their 
slow and not sure allies. As to our fleets in tho Black 
Sea, the more we read of them the more incredulous we 
become. We are told that though they have been block- 
ading and bombarding Odessa with four ships of the line, 
seven frigates, and ten smaller vessels, three foreign 
merchant-men had managed to get into port. The force 
of ridicule can no further go. Whilst this solemn burlesque 
is enacting abroad, we have the farce of dragoons being 
exposed to derision in silver grey sort of watermen’s coats 
and badges, and a colonel of lancers kicking up his 
heels, and lashing out at “ common sense ” and cherry 
coloured tights, through which folly his regiment have now 
earned the soubriqnet of tho vulgar name given to those 
boddiless little angels with wings that adorn our country 
churchyard tombstones. Ill preparation in the last war 
carried with it ill success, then let us not shut our 
memories to that dear-bought lesson, but let this most 
just and generous war be war in earnest — and God defend 
the right! 
To prove how rightly we have urged our fears of the 
worst, General Brown has commanded that the remainder 
of the troops arc not to he landed at Gallipoli, but at Con- 
stantinople. So much for the strategic ability in the selec- 
tion of “ the tented field ” by time-honoured generals with 
female military secretaries. 
HOME NEWS. 
The CounT. — Tho return of Her Majosty and the Court 
to Buckingham Palace on Monday last may bo regarded us 
the commencement of the fashionable season, though it is 
matter of doubt whether that season will be either a long or 
a brilliant one. There can be no doubt but that the stato of 
affairs In tho East will have its influence on tho world of 
fashion here, but whether it will work adversely or not, time 
alone will prove. Many arrangements arc being made in 
aristocratic circles for the giving a series of reunions ami 
banquets. Among tlieso the forthcoming bol costume, nt 
tho French Embassy, which our gracious Sovereign lias 
signified an intention of honouring with Her Royal presence, 
is tho object of mucli speculation. Tho bal is fixed for tho 
12th of May. 
On Monday afternoon, after tho Cabinet Council which 
was held at Buckingham Palace, the lion. John Duncan 
Bligh, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 
to tho King of Hanover, was presented at the Court by tho 
Earl of Clarendon, Secretary State for Foreign Affairs, 
and took leave of the Queen on returning to Hanover. 
Tho Duchess of Kent paid a visit of congratulation to tho 
Queen at Buckingham Palace, early on Tuesday, the birth- 
day of her Royal Highness the Princess Alice. 
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, ac- 
companied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, 
I’xince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, on Tuesday paid ti 
congratulatory visit to tho Duchess of Gloucester at Glou- 
cester House, on the return of her Royal Highness’s nutul 
day. The Queen and Prince Albert left tho palace tho same 
afternoon, at half past tlireo o’clock, for the Crystal Palace at 
Sydenham. * 
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, ac- 
companied by tho Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, 
honoured the Haymarket Theatre with their presence on 
Tuesday evening. 
The Countess of Dcsart lias succeeded Viscountess 
Canning as Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. 
