1150 
the field. 
the Duke of Rutland, the Earl of 
the Earl of Leicester, Earl Radnor, Earl 
and Sir J. V. Shelley, M.P. lhe aotual amount of 
prizes to be awarded by the club exclusive of the gold and 
silver medals, distributed for those animals which exhibit 
more than ordinary- merit, is £680. The judges are eujomed 
in makinir their awards, to keep strictly iu view the object 
ferwUch the Smithfield Club was originally instituted viz. 
“ The supply of the cattle markets of Smithfield and other 
places, with the cheapest and best meat." The show of im- 
plements will be twice as large as that of last year, whilst 
the entries of live stock amount to nearly one-third more. 
The whole of the latter specimens must be in the show-yard 
before ten o’clock on Saturday night. The judges will make 
their awavds on Monday, and' the private view will take 
place on Monday evening. There are vast improvements m 
every part of the capacious building, and especially as 
regards its ventilation. 
Monument to Wordsworth. — A Btatue of white marble, 
from the chisel of Mr. Thrupp, has just been erected m 
Westminster Abbey, to perpetuate the memory of Words- 
worth. It represents the poet sitting iu the open air, in a 
contemplative mood. He is resting on a moss-covered knoll, 
with the green sward at his feet variegated with flowers ; the 
legs are crossed ; his right hand and arm are round one knee ; 
the left hand, with the fore finger slightly uplifted, is laid 
upon an open book, which the poet has just been reading ; 
the eyes are bent. The statue has been placed in a niche of 
the Baptistry, immediately on the right ou entering by the 
great western door. 
Good Material Wasted.— O n Wednesday night, at the 
usual meeting of the Society of Arts, W. Hawes, Esq., in the 
chair, a paper was read by Mr. P- L. Sinunouds, “ On Un- 
developed and Unappreciated Articles of Raw Produce from 
different parts of the World," comprising notices of the 
various productions of the earth, the seas, the tenants of the 
air, and the insect tribe. Referring to cotton, hemp, and 
paper, the author said that we last year received from Russia 
uo less than 41,819 tons of hemp, and 64,000 tons of flax, 
the whole ora greater part of which could, he believed, with 
attention and enterprise, be obtained from Ireland, Canada, 
India, and other foreign possessions, while the cotton ob- 
tained from America we bad every facility of soil and 
climate for producing in our own dependencies of Africa and 
Australia. Good paper also might be manufactured from 
kehiuda, plant of Ceylon (Zansiviera Zcylaniea), the Muddar 
( Calotropis gigantea), the Ceylon sack tree, the Ficus papyri- 
frra (used by the Kandyans), and from the Guidia crioccphala. 
Professor Owen, Messrs. Farley, Wilson, Sharpe, Bennock, 
Rowbotham, Stuart, and others, expressed their gratification 
at the paper read, and offered some remarks upon the various 
subjects mentioned in it, after which thanks were voted to 
the author. 
The Stamp Law. — A variety of communications continue 
to be received regarding the new Stamp Act, for which 
space cannot be afforded, but the subjoined correspondence 
refers to points of importance to all employers engaged in 
manufactures of trade — 
•• jo, St Mary- axe, Lcodenhnll-street, Nov. 27. 
■* si Pi — Might 1 request vour answer to the following questions 
relating to the now Stamp Act ? 
“1. My smith's account is kept in two books — one for him, one for 
me On this latter he gives me each week a receipt lor money paid 
him. 
•' 2. My foreman carpenter, who works solely by contract forme on my 
premises, enters also in n book all the work done and sums paid him. 
“ Can. in cither ense, the penny stamp be dispensed with, or does the 
Act make the use of it obligatory ? 
*> Thanking you beforehand for the favour of a reply, I beg to sub- 
scribe myself, 
“ Your obedient servant, “ Audin Chappvis. 
“ Thomas Keogh, Esq., Inland Revenue, 
Som erse t- house. " 
" Inland Revenue, Somerset-house, London, Nov. 29. 
»• Sir, — The Board having had before them your letter of the 27th 
Inst., I am directed to acquaint you that they are of opinion that re- 
ceipt stamps ore required in both cases therein submitted/ 
*• I am. Sir, your obedient servant, “ Thomas Keogh. 
*• Mr. Aubin Chappuis." 
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. 
FRANCE. 
( From our oien Correspondent.) 
Paris, Thursday, Nov. 30. 
Lord Palmerston — The Review Popularity of the English . — 
The Losses at Inker man. — English and French Soldiers . — 
Mr. Perry and his Eldorado “ in prospect." — The late 
Charles Kemble. — The writers of LevisOc’s Grammar. — M. de 
Koine Wei mars. — Robbery of a Theatrical Critic. — An old 
Proverb proved Pulse. — A Word for Despotism. 
The visit, or mission, of Lord Palmerston to Paris — for it 
is absurd to suppose that in the daily long interviews 
which hike place between his Majesty and the English mi- 
nister, politics are eschewed, as at a charity dinner — will, 
it is considered positive, lead to a closer and satisfactory 
alliance between the two nations. Without attempting to 
describe the nature of the understanding corue to — of which 
accounts are given, with amusing precision, by the myriads 
of “know-nothings," who run about this city with news — 
there is no doubt that arrangements have been concluded 
for the prosecution of the war, with the precise nature of 
the mode in which each country is to contribute its assist- 
ance — in broad terms, money on one side, and Boldiers on 
the other ; England, deficient in troops, to pay for the 
increase of the army which the war imposes on Fnmce. 
Lord and Lady Palmerston were, with the Emperor and 
Empress, at the balcony of the Tuileries ou Monday, when 
the Imperial Guard filed off before their Majesties. His 
lordship wears well, and looked as observant and animated 
as he did a quarter of a century ago. He was, of course, the 
“ observed of all observers ;" for, since the days of Canning, 
no Englishman has occupied so large a share of attention in 
France as Lord Palmerston, where, cn passant, his name was 
not always so popular as it is at present. Among the mili- 
tary who accompanied the Emperor at the review, was an 
officer of the Guards, — name unfortunately unknown. A finer 
representative of the English army it would be impossible to 
behold ; his large stature, gallant courser, brilliant uniform, 
and noble appearance, won universal compliments, particu- 
larly among the ladies, who were loud in their praise of “ le 
magnifique sold at Anglais." After the review, he rode down 
the Rue de la Paix, towards bis hotel, and was met at every 
step by marks of popularity which, a very few years ago, 
would have been Bet down as an impossibility for au En- 
glish soldier to elicit. 
The last wesk has been not only dull, but sad in Paris. 
The melancholy, though glorious news from Sebastopol, not- 
withstanding the telegraph had forwarded accounts of the 
great loss of life, yet when fully kuown it fell upon the 
public here with a shock of surprise, and many scenes of 
sadness and lamentation have taken place among the English 
residents The wives of many of the officers on service came 
over here, on the departure of their husbands, with a view 
of being some few hundred miles nearer to them, iu case they 
might perchance, be allowed to rejoin them in the East. 
Gedignani had been crowded for days previous with sad and 
oarer inquirers, among them being several ladies, for the 
lists of killed and wounded. Iu one instance, it is stated, that 
a lady, whose son is high iu the service, was so agitated ou at 
length receivingthe paper coutainingthe list of casualties, that, 
unable to open the paper, she experienced a succession of 
nervous attacks, from which she did not recover for some 
hours, and was conveyed to her hotel in a state of insensi- 
bility It was afterwards satisfactory to learn that the object 
of so much deep solicitude was not iu the dreaded list, being 
one of the few who escaped wholly unscathed m the bloody 
conflicts of the day. . ... . .... 
If any further proof were required of the genuine military 
spirit of the French, it would be found in the eagerness 
now evinced by every regiment in the service to be allowed 
to join the reinforcements now dispatching to the East. 
One would imagine that the terrible details of the late 
battle, the inclemency of the weather, and the harass- 
ing fatigues of a winter campaign, would caure some 
little hesitation; but no— the toil, danger, hardships to be 
encountered weigh as nothing against the glory of distin- 
guishing themselves against the enemy, and perchance 
w inning the cross of the Legion of Honour. Not only do 
the privates thus press forward by hundreds, but the War 
Office is inundated with letters from officers to the same 
effect ; and the cadre of non-commissioned officers being 
complete, corporals and sergeants have actually laid down 
their rank in order to be allowed to join as common sol- 
diers. Honour to France ! This is indeed the stuff of 
which fine armies are created. Still, the French themselves 
acknowledge, that once in presence of the enemy, and in a 
crisis, no man ou earth equals the English soldier. If vic- 
tory smile upon them, Frenchmen will march, run, climb, 
and overcome obstacles which probably uo other soldier of 
any nation could do ; but set him unsupported, an enemy seven 
to one against him, and he would never stand his ground like 
the gallant baud of English in the battle of Inkerman on 
the 5th. The French are brave and noble soldiers ; but no 
other troops in the world would fight for four hours as the 
English engaged iu that fatal, but glorious day. A French 
officer of high reputation, after reading the description of the 
battle (translated, by the way, from the London papers), 
declared publicly, that such a feat of arms against such an 
enemy, was without a parallel in the military annals of 
Europe. Put these together — the chivalrous enthusiasm of the 
one, and the unflinching firmness of the other, and you have 
a whole which may bid defiance to the world in arms. But 
this all-absorbing subject is running away with my pen, let 
us descend — “ paulo minora canemus. 
Talking of descents, the strange exposd, with the adven- 
tures and escapes of Mr. Perry, late of the 46th, have 
created much amusement in Paris ; and remarks rather the 
reverse of complimentary to the absolute wisdom of that 
" fortunate " youth. His discovery of the American Eldo- 
rado, which is to give him £50,000 before the end of the 
year, his “ disinterested friend," with his carnage and pri- 
vate hotel, as related iu the London papers, was a complete 
surprise, and certainly give an impression of simplicity on 
the part of the ex-penitent, not far removed from lunacy. 
The idea here is, that lie is, indeed, as he describes himself, 
“ a most fortunate man chiefly, however, in finding a 
friend, like Mr. Bessborough, to protect him against the 
effects of his own egregious folly ; and to save the little pro- 
perty contributed for him by the public, from the ruin 
which must inevitably have followed his insane speculation. 
The death of Charles Kemble was received here with 
regret, not confined to his countrymen, for he was for many 
years iu the habit of spending his summer vacations in Paris, 
where being, independent of the celebrity of his name, well 
known to the elite of society, he enjoyed himself very much, 
and used to say he came here to learn the art of growing 
youDg. He was a perfect French scholar — having been 
brought up at the Jesuits' College at Douai, but never spoke 
with a good accent, although a perfect master of the language, 
a circumstance proved by a fact, not so well known in Eng- 
land as here, and which merits mention, in justice to his 
kindly nature, and also that of his brother John, the great 
tragedian — he who bore to the stage 
“ The courtier’s, scholar's, hero's, poet’s mind, 
"Within the noblest form of man enshrined." 
The well-known grammar of Levisac, so familiar to English 
learners, and one 6f the best, or, at least, the most intelli- 
gible that was ever published, was, as is known, nearly all 
written by the two brothers. M. Levisac, who had been their 
tutor, died while the work was in progress, leaving his 
widow in great distress. On learning this, the two brothers 
undertook to complete it, set to work, finished, and prepared 
it for the press. The sale was great, and they had the satis- 
faction of having made a handsome competence for their 
friend’s widow. The fact was not publicly mentioned in 
London, as it mf&ht have injured the sale, but it was well- 
known in Paris, where this act of genuine disinterested 
kindness, always mentioned with gratitude by the friends 
of the deceased M. Levisac, won them both golden 
opinions ; but the frank gaiety and pleasant manner of 
Charles rendered him much the favourite in society 
until that most social of human maladies, extreme deafness, 
rendered him almost a recluse in the midst of company. He 
was a good comedian, sometimes most admirable — in Bene- 
dict , Mirabel, &c., bis acting was if he had never lived on 
anything but champagne. These displays were unfortunately 
rather the exception than the rule ; but he was always easy 
and gentlemanlike, and made a few characters completely 
his own. His Cassio was inimitable, but bis high tragedy 
was execrable ; and yet, strange to say, lie read and felt 
poetry better than all his greater contemporaries — 
Kttrai tv tipgvi ; / 
Fiorentino, the rather well-known theatrical critic of the 
Const it ut ionnel and, under a borrowed name, of the official 
Moniteur, has lmd the misfortune this week to have his 
apartment broken open and stripped of its most valuable 
effects by robbers, — “ Thus,” remarked a noted Parisian 
wag, “giving the lie to the old and time-honoured proverb, 
Lis loops ne se mangent pas entv tux " — vulgo, “ Wolves don’t 
feed upon each other.” 
M. de Lo&ne Weimars, whom the obituary terms an “ au- 
cien diplomat©/’ died in Paris a few days ago. Though he 
filled some diplomatic functions towards the close of hu 
career, M. de Lo&ne Weimars, like the late Mr. Southern 
was essentially a man of letters. He wrote in many infl uen ! 
tial little papers under the restoration, and afterwards in 
the “ Revue de Paris." Some remarkable political papers in 
the “ Revue des Deux Mondes" brought him under the notice 
of M. Thiers, ,who nominated him to be consul at Bagdad. 
Subsequent administrations, pleased with the tact displayed 
by the new diplomat, employed hun in other capacities, and 
at his death M. de Lofene Weimars was at the head of a f or . 
tune of nearly a million of francs. His haughty overbearing 
temper made him many enemies. In early life he fought a 
duel with M. Cane, also a well-known personage, in which, 
however, only the hat of one of the seconds sustained any 
damage, that useful habiliment having been shot through. 
Fortune has some extraordinary freaks. A private in the 
Sappers and Miners, in garrison at Lyons, now undergoing 
his imprisonment for some serious breach of military dis- 
cipline, has most unexpectedly come into a fortune of 
3 500 000 francs (£140,000). Almost at the saiue moment a 
literary man, once possessed of a certain reputation, M. E— , 
committed suicide to avoid the tortures of a lingering death 
by starvation. 
One little fact in conclusion, to show the rapidity with 
which building is carried on in Paris. Your bridge at West- 
minster will probably not be replaced for years. Three 
mouths ago the suspension-bridge near the Iuvaudes, over 
the Seine, was deemed unsafe. The next day a swarm of 
workmen were occupied upon it, and the river could only 
be crossed at that point in a ferry. As I write, all vestige 
of the pont susptndn has long disappeared, and a handsome 
stone bridge is being completed, and about to be thrown 
open to the public. Really, these things make one almost 
like despotism. _ But, then, to catch a decent one— “ Aye ! 
there’s the rub.'' 
From Paris we learn that a decree in the Moniteur con- 
vokes the Senate and the Legislative Body for the 26th of 
December. . 
By Advicesdated the Hague, Nov. 28, it appears that 
the Second Chamber objects to the Budget. Under the 
head of Foreign Affairs, a demand was made for a reduction 
in the expenses of the diplomacy of the country, but the 
motion was rejected. The question relating to the debt of 
the former Kingdom of the Netherlands is likely to be 
A telegraphic despatch from Madrid of the 28th an- 
nounces that Marshal Espartero had been named President 
of the Cortes, and General O’Donnell First Vice-President. 
Letters from Odessa of the 15th. state that the rams 
had rendered travelling in the south of Russia so difficult, 
that the couriers who not long since performed the journey 
from Sebastopol to Moscow iu five days now consume eight 
or nine ou the road. It is thought that St. Petersburg 
will cease for a time to be the source of the earliest news 
from the Crimea. The same letters speak of the diffi- 
culties which, from the same cause, impede the march of the 
few Russian troops still on their way to the Crimea. 
A Constantinople letter of Nov. 15th, in the Presse ot 
Vienna, accuses the Russians ofhaving crucified an English 
wounded officer. , . 
Duchy of Tuscany. — Official notice has been given that 
travellers leaving Paris for the Grand Duchy of Tuscany 
must have on their passports the lisa of the Tuscan Legation. 
COLONIAL. 
The “Entente Cordiale” at Geblono. A French 
phalanx marched in the procession of the inhabitants ot 
Geelong, when, on the 15th of August last, they wont out to 
meet Sir Charles Hotbam, the new Lieutenant-Governor ot 
Victoria. M. Procschel, a leading French resident, in an 
address issued a few days before the eveut, had requested 
the attendance of his compatriots iu order that the French 
flag “ may on this occasion float by the side of the British 
banner, as it does at this moment in other lands, and 
thus, in good and sincere friendship, unite in saluting 
the representative of her Majesty the Queen of Giea 
Britain." . _ 
THE LONDON GAZETTE. 
Tuesday, Nov. 28. 
THE BREVET. 
WAR OFFICE, Nov. 28. 
The undermentioned officers, who were placed upon retired full pay 
previously to her Majesty's Royal warrant of the Oth of October, 1854, 
to be each promoted to a step of Brevet rank, in order to place them 
in os favourable a position as those who may prospectively obtain 
retirement under the provisions of the said warrant, the rank in hot i 
cases being only honorary : — 
BREVET. 
To bo COLONELS in the Army. 
Lieutenant-Colonels. 
Henry Le Blanc, 6th Royal Veto- Philip Dundas, 4 7th Foot 
ran Battalion Richard Willington, 84tl» Foot 
James Lewes Basden, C.B. 89lh Richard Westmoro, 33rd Foot 
Foot Robert Pnttison, 13th Foot 
William Sail, Royal Newfoundland John Poole, C.B., 22nd Foot 
Companies Edward James White, 70tl. Foot 
Robert Terry, 31st Foot Robert Hunt, 49th Foot 
James W Foirtlough, CSrdFoot Edward William Bray, C.B., 
Henry C. Stroatfleld, 87th Foot Foot 
Henry Senior, 06tli Foot Aralander Tennant, 35th boot 
Charles Hughes, 24th Foot Robert Luxmoore, 16th Foot 
Joseph Kelsoll, 70th Foot Nicholas Palmer, 50th Foot 
William Blois, 52nd Foot Joseph Swinburne, 83rd Foot 
Edward T. Ii onson, 13th Foot Daniel Fraser, 42ml Foot 
John Singleton, 30th Foot Charles Highmore Potts, 1 Oth F°o 
Joseph Mark Harty, 33rd Foot Henry Edmund de Burgh Sidlcj 
Eyre John Crubbe, 7 4th Foot 50th Foot 
William Burney, Cope Corps Herbert Mends, 2nd West Inal 
Gerald Roclifort, 3rd Foot Regiment 
To be LIEUTENANT-COLONELS in the Army. 
Mnjors : — 
George Esdaile Elrington, 6th Ewan M’Phorson, 99th Foot 
Royal Veteran Battalion William Dempster, list Foot 
William Milne, 2nd Royal Veteran Charles Raynor Newman, 1 * 
Battalion Foot 
John Field Oldham, 8th Jloyol Charlton O'Neill, 97th Foot 
Veteran Battalion John Joseph Grier, 93rd boot 
George Lovell Spinlutr, Royal Alexander Campbell, .'18th Foot 
Veteran Company Henry Dixon, 81st Foot 
Edward Gonte, 35th Foot James Poynt/., 30<h Foot 
Stephen Noel, 92nd Foot Charles Donnld Campbell, 
George Pinckney, 82nd Foot Foot 
Philip Aubin, 57th Foot Edward Kenny, 89th Foot 
Samuel George Carter, 10th Foot John O'Grady, 17tli Foot 
George FitzGerald Stack, 24th Anthony Robert L'Estrnnge, 
Foot Foot 
