The Express. — London, England, 1851-03-01 00:00:00

mai, will be notch admired, es elan a superb slab of cedar easuient.i by Mr. Thome. Y. C. Burnett. The tigrieul sand pruelnet. of the colony eompri.e a vanity of articles. Thi .iapiriur wimple. of rice cannot fail to attract attention, a • a 1... the fine white Muscovado •ligar prepared by of muskrat charcoal, unit hoard in an open Fin, be Mr. H. Warner. The Sea I.lxt.d cotton, grown at bus ll+tanic,ltiarlen, St. Ann'., from seed .M --tain..l from Jantaiivi, w ill equal anything of the kind at the I.:violet i..a. Of the prolluet. of that wonderful natural Curiosity of the ialand, the Pitch Lake, there is, AA there should I. , ey v..eit ty of specimen. 'lke Namhsrlisti!led by Mr. SR 111 is a very pure and •tiperior article; and the super,' c harcoal pulsated by Mr. If. Warner, from the pitch, for the puns.wc of ileculoniaine Cunt liquor, and by which 1114,111 , he obtain. tinn• perhetly white Mus flovarlo sux.cir no utioni d aboxe, will, no doubt, be Closely lookidthe Engli•li refiner.. Sep*. I fie eicor., t, re. a by PIM —eurs to the last Mavannaa., and -amples of the tobaeco from which they are inanufaithrid, ia also be found swung the col lection— w ion li comprise.. .a variety of ankh x equally curious and int, re.tina.:out laianut fail to create a very favourable opinion to tic , ..1.4 natural resourecs of this colony. We believe that as awn se the .Isipnimit h:is been completed and rent on, a list will be published he authority of the ankles fora anli.l and the names of the etintributor.. If pn, we hope a, lir Air to 811.11r0d a kw mates connected with th e , growth, manufacture. or locality, 6:c., of the articles sent, to eatt, it in on the thy, foe the inhirmation of throw accident. Hsi. colony, and re-iding in Eng had, who may vi-it the Exhibition, and who ra t fail to take a for At. r intere.t in the •peviincli. from 'I Floated than the mere tinted nu of .peetator.. We understand the spate allotted to Trinidad i. I,Mlfl square feet. PREPARATIONS IN THE LEEDS DISTRICT• The irreporutiou of inuehineew. goods. &c., front the Ils distrirt for tlw Groat Exhildti , di is going us most fuvourablz. We undcritand from Mr. Cawood that up wards of 400 ends of cloth are alrenly applied for to he admitted. These of eours•:, will hare to nailer -to the ordeal ••1 the local jury, before they run by received tutu the Exhibition. The w ar• 1i0n..., No. 12, Ilishopgate-street, where the fronds are at present &vaned, is carefully wawlied day and night by the the property is insured by the I:sccutivc l'oininittee, and every arrangement made, us far as ran hr forcsetn, for the proper char, of the articles entrusted to their ran, A jury, for general purpose', eon listing of C. G. Nluelea, Gas,rrgee lAntlier, It. S. Church, and Osburn, jolt., Esqrs., has been appointed, whose duty it wdl la• aloug 'with the secretary, to pass the articles not inciu•lell ;ander machinery, woollens, stuffs, and blankets; fur which separate jurieslutte been already ap pointed. The • stimate for tic' lilting up of the counters has been given to Messrs. Fos. Ilen•lerson, & Cu., and we believe tiny will Ire Mull in the mousier misted by the executive iu London, viz., ~t' rough dial boo and covered with suit able paper, calico, or clth. In our varied branches of numulacture we believe that our town and district, the most important and popii:ous in the large county .of York, will he amply represented. The amount of spore granted to us (althotegh tar (plow our wants', exceeds that of any other town in t h e county to u large extent. The woollen jury will inert next week, and we doubt nut will escreiso a sound di -entity', in *diving such goods as will do credit to the distriet. 11.0TAI. SOCIETY OF ARTS.---Ott Wednesday, at the 111U:11 meeting of the stwiety, Capt. r. l took the chair, and otter the routine 1 / 1 t4111 , 41 lout been di.pired of called upon the secretary, Mr, Grove, to read a paper descriptive of an electro-ntaattette clock, lately rouds+ d on a large male by the patentee of the invention, Mr. Charles Shep herd, told intended to be &catalyst at the Great Exhibi tion. 'the clerk itself, with it. work* and magnets, was arranged in the centre of the room for the inspeet• of the menders of the society and their visitor , . The w 13 1 fury read the paper, which was of con siderable length. The object of Mr. Shepherd had been to construct a perfect machine to keep time without winding up, and to strike the hour.; and this the patentee says has been amomplislool in this instancy by the 111,111.1 of electro magnetism. It is attained by causing the 1111111 tie influence to act upon a spring, whirl, lwemues bent to a certain tiled extent. .1111 , .ping and the vibration of the pen dulum towards it gibs the necessary 41111111 W to the pendulum, and the impuh.e to the pendulum is always the same, and use. as in ordinary clucks, with every fault in the train of s hid. carried down to the ix n &dom. In this nose the pendulum is the first motive power, and the ite.astiror of time for the train of wheels, they being m o ved ity electric currents touted simultaneously with the eibration...f the pendulum. One leading principle is this: from the mtion of • pendulum any number of elmke tan be 'natl., to chow exactly the sum time at any distance, provide d the electrical communication be properly maintained" so that, for example, a (-lock at Newcastle could be regulated by a 'N1111144111 at L o udon that should also syu chronically regulate the lands of a dial in the latter town to exactly the sante /1110111 of time. Another important fanproveno kit is that the striking of the enure—a difficulty which until now had never been overcome in electric sleek, —has leen at Litt aosonplished. The mode by which this rem& has bon anoints' may mirhape he molt: stood by some if we say that the bar uusgnets which owillote with the pellets that drier oho 11,11 F• wheels corme in contact with .primes t teem two ...owl. during the firm of striking the minds, of Wows stye ...try to indicate the hour. The patentee anticipates a gnat .saving of expense by the adoption of the printiple of this clock in large establish ments, such a. Ea tont. and railways, on account of the number or chalks that can be worked from the nue mistral pendulum. All the station docks, for raample, on a rail way, Call he regulated at exactly 'form time by the pen-' datum at the terminus. It is antienoted, also, that elp.1111• will be 'cool in winding up and in repairs, ms this clock will regains much repair than ordinary time pieces. The patentee contract , -d 0111 . in which, during the period of two years, the variation of actual 111,111 time was only 25 mo od, The eca O nitioo of the machinery illustrated by diagrams hung omit the walls ' and pointed nut by Mr. Sh. 'theca, junior, during the prornas of the kenos., was li.t.ned to • ith marked attention by the auditors. alt0011:4 wbanm 'At re many a ell knows, mechani cians and i.ract it al satthmakert. At the conclusion of the reading Mr. Silly said that the intimrtaue.. of the iuvention was S. 011,i1.11\ that there w ' .1. 110 11Iva to expatiate upon it in proposing a sot.' 1/1 . 1114111:, to Mr. Shepherd tor his very valuably - sicoition and esplanation of in. intention.—Mr. )lureltimii cordially -"settled the melon, and expressed the npt: that thus intention which they had just seen would h. q .• ..:be, mind, ith id as which would extend the prod tied oa•rat ion of the 44.1111 Ce of electro moan. limo. Tile t ote was carried utianiniousl.. A posed balloting matbine 1113 s nest by Mt. l'hamherlin, and a descriptive paper of the same was read by the territory. In a short addies• moth- by Mr. l'hamberlin. he Nili that his 10401111 e might be r.ilL.l a Mom: one, a.. if it acre lordly adopted, it would le imiewsible to bribe any man for his Tote,. ivas much a- he 1-0.161 tole 1123111.4 tin• twitting party. mili e u and corruption must therethre tall before it ; and then the poetic of England would have the power they ought of electitm their manlier• fairly and freely. Another bullot - ing iota was eshihited and &scribed, being a model of those used in the National Assembly in France. It wto said to bas callable of taking a divisi o n in live minutes. Some new metals wen' 0101140:k ti. old at the termination of the proem-dines the l'hainnon announced that the lloyal Society of .Irts had pertuitted the royal commission to aced ticket. 111 t the Great Exhibition in that plan' (the moult of the society), and that they might be obtained of Mr. Drove, the serretary, between the hours of It/and 4. EXIIIIsITION uF 11.tsTINtot CONTRIIII*TIONA.— Thla week, an eshiltition of the contributions to be sent to the Great Eshilution front Hastings has been held in that town. The crowd was soe.:Trut, that a large body of police men w.h, iteces.ary to clear the Cllttlittl. , 41111 reitulute the no,, no ut. i.itsea+. About 4.000 persons visited the Clhll.ll 001 during the two days (Wednesday and Thursday) it 11•111.1intli open. GRv.tt Eell 11111'10N EXPORWM. —A quest ion having arisen a ~,,, testa the exhibitor. of Great Britain and other countries as rodse way in which artisans, manufac turer., and exhibitors to the Great Exhibition of Industry of all Nations ran turn their inventions to profit. Itas in duced the proprietors of premises situated at 216 and 217, Regent-street, to open their ',remnant as an emporium fur the exclusive ale of such article. as are intended to be Ca- IlibittA in the great ery.tal Palace, nu the followiug toms; —L A rent of 0111: guinea per week ; for which sum desk ankle will be exhibited in the large show-windows; and, also, for counter room iu the saloon of t h e emporium, if tabu for one month only; but, if taken for six months, a redaction would In' 111:111... 2. A moderate commimtiou all go s h sold, for v. hielt the proprietors will, at their oink expense, employ on:tat:tent us.i.dants, who can speak the English, French, Spanish, Gentian, Italian, and other languages, and will Leconte responsible fur the safe custody 'dell insets entrusted to their care. AN liXllllllTOlts . INatiLtNCE StICIETY.—A mutual Insurance Societe nos been publicly suggested, as a com pany which exhibitors should orgauise Mr the protection of their gok.ls. The ILLIVs7IIATED CATALOCI . E.—The following is a list of the gentlemen engaged in the revision and annota tion of the Illustratol Official Cawhrguc l'rofooors Lindley, F. Boyle. Owen, E. Forties, An.hd, Bell, nos hing, * A. de Morgan, Bans Justus Liebeg; I'. l'usey, Req.. V.P. ; W. 'lite, Foto.; J. Ghtisher, Etat s : Captain J - L. Boseaweis Ibbetson; R a y. J. Barlow: H. T. Rope, Kin., M.P.; Robert Minot, Esq. Keeper of Mining He cords: James ettleg, Esq.; J. E. Gray , Esq.; R obert Esei. Aptly l'ellatt, Bog. ; J. Spurgin, Esti., M.D. Usury Maudslay, fic. The stitlititit revision and ry/arttioll of the work I. l'lltriPt l,4l to Robert Ellis. EN.. te. The historical introduction will be by Henry Cater Ems. The amount of the con.truction of the building by M. Diglity Watt, EN. The compilation of the rata ha. been entrusted to G. W. Yapp , Esq. ,ItOFEEDS OF TIRE GREAT EsulaiTtote. — The 3laarhester Guardia), publishes several meninges, drawn lap with gnat minuteness, of the proceeds of the Exhibition, supposing it O kept open for sax months. The highest Mates the probable amount at 769.6001.; the lowest at 617,000/. THE CRYSTAL Palace was visite(' by an immense eamcourse of persons on Sunday, probably not less than 100,000. It was ascertained by actual computation that, from two till five o'clock, 22,461 persons entered at the =opposite lipsley House, and 21,614 through Cumber- Hate. SALE OF SEASON TICKETS. The following circular has been issued by the I Royal Commissioner+ directed to all persons likely to re- quire season tickets : Sir,—l am direeted by the executive committee to for ward you the rule of charges which has been fixed on by her Majesty's coramissiouers for admission during the Exhi bition. lam instructed to my that the council of the So- 1 ciety of Arts having placed their rooms at the disposal of 1 the commissioners as a central tittle:, it has been decided' that the sale of season tickets shall take place there; and 1 the executive committee will therefore, be obliged by all letters and applications for season tickets being addressed to " George Grove, Esq., Society of Arts, Ailelphi, London." The price °fa SeaSull ticket bra gentleman is 3/. 3 ... and for ;.• lady 2/.2.. T he tirst issue wilt commence on Wednesday nest, Feb. 26. All applications by letter must be oceum- pried by a post-othee order, inade payable to " George (hove, Esq.. Charing- errs post-ottice, or an order un any' Loadua banker, cis.ssel with the name of Messrs. Coutbs. Upos receipt of the money by Messrs. Coatis, the tickets will be forwarded by the po.t.—l ion, Sir, dr., X. Ilium W Tarr Sec. —.. 1I:.11) n ItIES. On Monday, the royal emomissioners located an im portant document, of which we gave an account .0111 I: time 1.1• ,, e, Vit., • find report of the sections and groups into which articles deposited in the Glass Palave will be or ranged. 'fhb, ilorument is entitled Iliad Juries," and is ' compiled not only with a view to arrangement in th. building, but also to bring the subjects in a systematic Mil tier before the juries who hare to determine the merits ors the article+ contained in each class. 'f he subdititiotts the thirty scetiuns ore also useful, by showing to the exhi. bitor the section into which the artiebs sent by him nattc rally fall. Althonah it is rot the intention of the eaten tire to separate the goods of an individual exhibitor by an; dctailvil classification, still it is obvious that foridan coramil minus, their agents, and exhibitor*, would much facilitate the labours of the juries, and promote unity of arrange ment, NO etsential to the study of the thlferratt sections, if they allotted the goods to be /317:1•4141 in the giant's+ de scribed in the classified lid. We have already given a lita of the thirty sections of which the present report treats. PROTECTION OF DEMONS EXHIBITED. The following is the new bill, intituled "An net to extend the provisions of the Designs Act, 18.50, and to give protection from piracy to persons exhibiting new in eentions in the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations in its.ll." " Whereas it is expedient that Fowl protection as herein after mentioned ahould he afforded to persons desirous of exhibiting new inventions in the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations in ISM : Ile it therefore enacted by the Quern's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present parliament usseruloled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : "I. he proprietor of any piece of workmanship, mecha nical contrivonee, or manufacture, bring a new invention fur the rule making, exercising, vending, or using whereof letters patent might lawfully I/V granted to him, may at any time during the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one, but not afterward', pulniely exhibit the same in any place previously certified by the lords of the committee of Privy Council for trade and tierrign plantations to be a place of exhibition within the meaning of the !halms Act, Mid, without prejudice to the validity of any letters patent to he thereafter, during the term 01 the provisional registration hereinafter mentioned, granted fur such inven tion to the pnoprictur thereof. Provided always, that ouch piece of workmanship, mechanical contrivance, or manu facture have presiously to such public exhilation thereof been provisionally registered in manner hereinafter men tioned; and provided Mora, that the same be not otherwise publicly exhibited or need prior to the granting of any such letters patent as aforesaid. " 11. The registrar of designs acting under the Designs Act, lain, upon application by or on behalf of the proprie tor of any each piece of workmanship, mechanical con trivance, or manufacture as aforesaid, and upon being furnished with such drawing or deseription thereof in writing as in the judgment of. the registrar is sufficient to identify the tonic, and in which shall be distinguish d what part of such piece of workman ship, mechanical contrivance, or manufacture is claiand by such ,proprietors to be a new invention, and upon being abet furnished with the name and address of the person claiming to be the proprietor thereof, and with satisfactory evidence that such piece of wtorkmanshipo mechanical contrivance, or manufacture. is intended to be exhibited in such place of politic exhibition us aforesaid, shall register the same fur the term of one year ; and any piece of workmanship, mechanical contrivance, Or manu facture so registered shall he deemed to be provisionally registered, and the words ' pro, isionally registered' shall Ise marked thenomon or Intuited thereto; and the said registrar shall certify under his hand and seal of other that such pier of workmanship, mechanind cuntrivanta., or manufacture has been wow isionally registered, and shall also certify the date of such registnition, and the name said place of address of the registered proprietor. " 111. Such pno, bional registration as aforesaid shall during the term thereof confer on the proprietor of such piece of workmanship, mechanical contrivance, or maim' facture, with reepeet thereto, all the protection against piracy and other benefits which by the Dengue Act, Ifehl, arc conferrisl upon the proprietors of designs provisionally registered thereunder with respect to such designs. IV. All letters patent tee be thereafter during the term of any such provisional registra granted to the pro prietor of any pieta" of workmanship, mechanical cuu trivsnee, or manufacture: so pros isionally registeresl in respect of such invention shall, notwithstanding the regis tration thereof, and notwithstanding the exhibition thereof in such place of public exhibition as aforesaid, be of the same validity as if swell piece of workmanship, mechanical contrivance, or manufacture had not Min so registered or exhibited. " V. The protection and other benefits given by the said design', act, Isar, and this act, to the proprietors of designs and inventions pro, isionally regi"tered, and exhibited in such place "(public exhibition as athresaid, shall extend to all proprietors where designs or inventions shall he so exhibited as aforesaid, whether they be subjects of her Majesty or not. " the provisions of the Designs Act, 1850, relating or applivable to the designs to he provisionally registered thereunder, or to the pnyrietoors of sigh drawls, except the provision for extending the term of any such prosisional registration, shall apply to the pieces of workmanship, mechanical contrivance.", and manufactures, to be provision ally registered under this act and the ',kid I le.igns Act And this act shall be construed together us one act." lONIAN ISLANDS AND THE GREAT EXHIBITION. TO THE EPROM Of TMZ DAILY lIWS. Sta,--.. Save me from my friends," says the well knows sentiment of a sententious wit. Protect no from our protectors," is the err of the too well guarded lonians under the auspices of Sir 11. Ward. For thirty-five years, while her neighbours of Europe and even Asia were fast advancing in civilisation and prosperity, the genius of the septinsular republic has born sleeping one long dull slumber under the British oak ; and now, that the whole world has set out on a grand race to the Great Exhi bition of ISZA ; now, that every shore and island, from ice ! bound Greenland to far ratios% are sending their products or their handwork. to this grind show of all nation., the lonian Islands, of all the p05,......ain5, dominions, nod roto. nies of Great Britain, the lonian Wands alone, although situated in the most luxuriant latitude of Europe, will re- main unrepresented. So far, then, as regards these, once the richest, the most intelligent, the bravest and the noblesrt islands in the Meai trrranean, they might as well have been buried in the ocea n fifty fathoms deep, for all that their industry, the inudli gence, the activity, and the enterprise of their people, will show of their fruits at the Great Exhibition. ' This lamentable %loaner in the long range of shelves and ' counters devoted to the British possessions in the fairy halls ' of that magnificent structure, must not, how ever,be attributed to any supineness on the part of the lonians, but to the culpable indifference of those who rule them. We are, it would seem, governed and taxed only to keep up English regiments, and pay enormous salaries to statesmen wits may find it convenient or healthful to seek retirement. The English young gentlemen who lounge on our espla nade, and 101 l in the bureaux of our administritom, I what rare they for the low pursuits of track, or the dull aspirations of conieueree ? Ships with them are mere vehicics to be taxed according to their tonnage, and trade and commerce but food tar cottotuat dues. The people speak firc,k--so much the worse for them; and who is to learn their modem Greek to translate news about the great Exhibition for them ? And so no notice has been taken of it—no official report sent round by tiwir governor, as has been the ease in all the British possessions; our any mention made of it in the spetwhes of the Lord high Com missioner to the Assembly. The billion people knew nothing of the world's great wonder, amid the vast Ilene fits opentll by it to all the world's industry, simply because, being under British protection, the Proeonsid who rules them thought them beyond notice amongst the nations of the earth ! . _ Asa proof that I am not overstating the fact of this geese neglect on the part ut' sir 11. Ward, as Lord High Commie.. sleeve of the lonian Islands, I LOST to enclose you copies of a correspondence se hush has jest taken place on this sulgs et with the Royal Commission, by which it appears that the government of the lonian Islands, i.e. Sir IL Ward, " noti fied some considerable time sine,: that no space would be required for the islands ;" consequently no space has been allotted fur them. Of the singular injustice done in this instants , to the skill, industry, and products of the loniuus, 1 ueeil not speak further to your intelligent readers. It will nut be difficult for them to imagine how mortifying it must be to the lonian, when he reads in the government paper of the greet benefits and blessings conferred on his countrymen by British government, and hears a British minister get up iu the Howse of Commons to taunt and laud the tender care of their interests shown by the present Lord High Colt missioner, whom he knew to have imprisoned, hung, and flogged them at discretion. They can imagine, I say, how mortified as loniau must be at reading and ieming this, cold being expected to believe it, when he knows that in a mutter co important to the commercial interests, if nut to the personal t i tling and jealous pride of hi+ countrymen, so utter a carelessness, so supine an indifference, has bean exhibited by the " great praetical economist" end liberal minded statesman who now kid, his lash over the deatiuicer and the backs of the prostrated lonians In conclusion, I may ask what will be the feelings of the illustrious prism who originated this great exhibition of the products and industry of all nations, when he finds that the only part of Europe unrepresented are those very islands, in a hich his august consort hoe a personal interest as their protectress. " What," it will be asked, in high places " could not even a few feet of epees have been filled with their currants and their oil, that at least the name of the lonian Islands might have appeared in the catalogue of nations? lu truth, u must unworthy representative have we chosen to give expression to our good feeling and our good wishes toward, the benefit and prosperity of a people committed to our charge by a solemn treaty of the SOye• reigns of Europe." Such, I doubt not, will be the feeling, if not the expres sions of our gracious protectress ; a sentiment which will find an echo in the breast of every lonian, when he re ceives his country jaistpuited to all the world in industry, native wealth, mad intelligence, solely by too contemptuous iuditferenee to her interests, or ignorance of her value, dis played by Sir 11. Ward. I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, AN lON lAN. Erectile= Club, St. James-square, Feb. 20, Otil. TO THE HONOURABLY THE COMXISKIOICEIN FOR TILE YAM/UM% OF THE INI/VNTIIT OF ALL EATIoNs, 1851. "My Lords and Gentlemen,-1 have waited until the last moment, and scorched the very latest lonian papers, in the hope of learning that something was to be done in the matter by the goo eminent ut Corfu, .and am now at this late period induced to come forward from the tact that an opportunity is now afforded to your hon. counnission of allotting to the productions of the lonian Islands a portion of that surplus spare left over out of the 1,300 feet granted to Greece, which country, so I learn on the best authority, will net occupy the whole of that space. "There is yet time, between this and the let of May, to send a message and receive back articles for exhibition from the islands ; for it would be a grievous thing that the spot in Europe ',mocha' by Great Britain should remain even unnoticed in the Exhibition, where all nations will bring either their industry ur their products. " Nut leasing observed in the report* of the proceedings of your Royal Conunission any mention of the products of the lonian Islands, or any reference to the articles likely to be fomented from those states, I trust that, as an lonian (whom a sojourn of 30 years in England has made well acquainted with the language), 1 may be pardoued fur drawing upon theta your attention. " The many resources of those islands, I regret to say, relnnin undeveloped, the attention of the Lord High Com missioner sent there to represent her Majesty, our august protectress, having been directed rather to governing the people (1 use a very mild expression) than increasing their commerce, enlarging their products, or burin Mg their general condition. %Ve exported oil and currants centuries ago ; we do no more now, though for 3d years we have enjoyed a sure and continual peace under British pro tection, and our polity has beau during that period totally under the control of British officers. " But on this point 1 will be silent, fur in this generous and truly emmopolitan effort of your honourable commis sion and its illustrious patron, every thought of the preju dice of politics vanishes. 1 have only, therefore, to mention that, though not conversant myself with commerce, I cats point out. "That at Argostoli, in Cephalonia, a cotton cloth, or nankeen of strong fabric, is neinufactured, with which, in' former times, the Venetians used to clothe their army and navy. " That the ancient Tyrian purple is still found on the shores of Meganisi, and is USeil in 'lying this cloth. it That curium grows in the islands, and that an agricul tural richly nos some years since formed in Cephalonia for the encouragement of the cultivation of sugar and cotton ; and that, were proper encuuragement given and capital Mond, the latter ,article %mild he grown in very large quantities. The quality is that of the tea island cotton, nail the finest muslin, equal to that of ludic, might be manufacturial from it. "'That mines of coals and sulphur have been discovered, but left unworked from want of capital, and that quarries of grey marble hare also been worked. " That the chicory of commerce grows wild in the is:aads, and may be had for the gathering. It is used in large quantities by the paesuntry, under the name of " prim litho." That the liquorice root abounds, and that any quantity of what 1 we here, as Spanish liquorice, could be supplied. " That the wines of the country, so famous of old, though considered too delicate to bear a sea euyage, might be made so by common care, and are still, to a sinalldsgree, ex ported. "That the Maraschino of %ante and Cephalonia is famous throughout the world; that sweetmeats of remarkable mid' most exquisite delicacy are a staple manufacture of the Wands of Santa-Mauro and Corfu, sad that, were such once , introduced to this country, the demand fur such an article ' of luxury and taste would be very great; that the em broidery executed by the Lionel females is famous through out the eget ; and that silk stud. and carpets of goat's hair, such as are used in the Venetian gondolas, are still a staple produce of Zante, which also produces fiat, wool and cotton, pottery and soap. " The pitch-wells of Zautc would furnish curious speci mens, and there are other things, which, if opportunity were offs red me, I could point out. Should no more COTII• p tent person 'se already directed the attention of your lomourable eonsmission to these points, I will write to the islands, bringing the claims and value of the Exhibition under their notice. lam of opinion that some personal iu terference of this kind will be necewary, since, as I have ' before observed, in none of the 'onion newspapers have I yet seat any referent: to the Exhibition or explatiatiuu of .its objects. In conclusion, I may add, that I am convinced the lonians generully would be too h ippy to have an upportu nity of showing their personal loyalty to their gracious Sovereign Protectress, by contributing all in they power to the :clot of the Exhibition, so nobly initiated and patronised by her illustrious Consort. " I have the honour to be, my lords and gentlemen, your moat obedient humble servant, " G. DEACATO PAPLNICOLAE. Abiugdon-street, Westminster, Feb. 12." Exhibition Building, Feb. 18. 18.51. " am directed by the executive committee to thank you for your letter of February 12, respecting the con , ribu tion from the lonian Islands, and to say that it is nose In their opinion too late to re-open the question, as all the space has been allotted, in consequence of the frovemment of those Islands having some considerable time since notified that none would be required. I am, sir, your obedient servant, " W. G. DCOCOMIIE, for Mr. Rigby Wyatt. " 0. D. Papanieolas, Esq., Abingdon-street, Westminster." LITERATURE. Dahomey and. the ThAaninna. By FIIEDEHICM E. Tenors. 2 sols., Longman", Capt. Forbes was the commander of the Ilonetta, in the African squadron, during a great part of 184$, and having obtained leave from the commander in-chief to accompany the newly-appointed vice consul at Dahomey to that court, proceeded thither. In these volumes we have a full journal of his visit. The King of Dahomey is conventionally regarded as a sort of model savage-prince, with 2,000 wives, and a palace built round with human skulls. It is more important here to note that he is the para mount ruler of the slave country, and the great pro tector of the trade which we are paving our thous ands a year to suppress. Lying inland ou the Guinea coast, lietween the Niger and Volta, the kingdom of Dahomey is now the greatest military monarchy m Western Africa. The rule of its king is bused on slavery. Slaves are the object of his wars,—they arc the money in which he receives taxes and law chases stores; they are to him spoil, state, and ready , money. Hence he is, par excellence, the ting of the slave trade. The Dahoman people are not a true nation, but a vast body of banditti. Only the king and a fe.w nobles can claim to he of the Dahuman lace. and these are not of pure descent, the harems of all being replenished with the fruits of war. As a military nation theofficers are natives, but the soldiers - foreign ers or purchased slaves. The year is divided between war and festival. In the months of November or December the great slave war commences. During the interval of feasting the army clamour for war upon this or that neighbouring people, but the king, in leading them out, conceals the destination of the movement until within a day's march of the fated town. The army, which consists of about 12,1100 regulars and as many levies, dues not receive any fixed pay; the soldiery receive. a recompense adjusted according to the number of prisoners or heads which they bring in ; and the officers are rewarded according to their valour. The peculiar feature of the Dahomun army is T he brigade of amazons, which numbers ,5,000 women. The description of this force is so curious that we collate the. scattered accounts from Capt. Forbes's volumes, which are illustrated with a I lportrait of one of these viragos, in war uniform. grasping in her right hand a - Danish musket, and with the left holding a gory human heatL TUE AMAZO . MS. The assets are not supposed to marry, and, by their own statement, they have changed their sex. " We are men," say they, " not women." All dress alike, diet alike, and male and female emulate each other what the males do, the amazons will endeavour to surpass. They ;di take great care of their arms, polish the turrets, and, except when on duty, keep them in covers. There is no duty at the palace except when the king is in public, and then a guard of amazons protect the royal person; and, on review, he is guarded by the males; but outside the palace is always a strong detachment of males ready for service. The amazons are in barracks, within the palace in closure, and under the care of the eunuchs and the ram boodet or treasurer. In every action (with makes and females) there is some reference to cutting off heads. In their dances—and it is the duty of the soldier and the tuna sun to be a proficient dancer—with eyes diluted, the right baud is working in a sawlike manner for some time, a s if in the act of cutting round the neck, when both hands are used, and a twist is supposed to finish the bloody deed. — Vol. 1., p. 23 and '24. It is rarely that Europeans are celled upon to believe in the existence of HISUITORS,— righting women, prepared to do battle on all around, the terror of the neighbouring tribes, dressed in the attire of music soldiers, armed with muskets and swords. These sable ladies perform prodigies of valour, and not unfrespontly, by a fortunate charge, I save the honour of the male 'soldiers, by bearing down all , before them, discovering themselves to the astonished and abashed prisoners to be women, exceeding their male cowl jutors in cruelty and all the etrunger passions.—Vol. p. 132. In speaking of the two armies, let not the sensualist ima gine that a Dahoman campaign is disgraced by a freedom it would almost be natural to suppose to belong to %I/ curiously disposed an army, half male halt' female. On the contrary, the latter are in charge of eunuchs, officered by their men sex, and scorn the softer allurements of their nature. To use their own words, " they arc men, not women; their nature is changed! they will con quer or die!" Such expressions could not be openly used, even as mere boasts, by MutHell standing in a jealous posi tion, emulating the must daring acts and uchievements of of mau, unless fundamentally true ; and with the certainty of being openly contradicted, aud brought to Amine, by their fellow-soldiers of the opposite sex. Such, then, are the amazons, in whose chastity we may believe, when we bear in mind that the extreme exercise of one passion will gene rally obliterate the very sense of the others. The amaxunx, while indulging in the excitement of the most fearful cruelties, forget the other desires of our fallen nature.—Col. 1., pp. 133 and 134. In the I)ahoman kingdom the soldiers, male and female, are all slaves, with just privilege's enough to give them a direct interest in the number of prisoner!, captured. War in Dahomey is thus made a trade. fo get the slaves down to the coast and change them for their value in cowries, a number of Por tuguese merchant!, lend their aid. lu Whydah, the chief port, there arc, however, five very wealthy native slave merchants, who own thousands of slaves, and supply whole regiments to the annual war or ltunt: This natural bias of the African to the slave trade is thus remarked on by the author : AIUICAM LOVE OF THE SLAVE-TRADE. The Africans are by nature great traders, and require this habit to be encouraged. If not supplied by legal trade, the mercantile traffic in slaves occupies their attention. Of this trade there are sevensl classes, the highest of which is that of Dahomey, which, in a warlike view, has an apprisech of honour in it. In the ancient feudal times the prisoners were detained until ransomed, the conqueror deeming he had a right to enrich himself by his prisoners: but in Daho mey there arc no natives to ransom, and the Dahoman war becomes a war of extermination, and with the conquest falls the very name of the kingdom, never more to be revived. The more degenerate aro those that Imre been easiest up rooted, and probably less lucrative to the gamblers—the sale of relation,. Strength ever predominated, and the father either sold his son in his boyhood, or ran the risk of age changing the positions, when the son, now the strongest, bound the father and sold hint to foreign slavery. Such seentes are even WOE at times enacted in south-western Africa, but the laws of Dahomey turbid such an unnatural sole of human bein,gs. Of all the =nous of Africa, the greatest traders are those lying cast and west of Dahomey; the Akan' on the one side, and the Krems on the other. The Akoos are the Jews of Africa, and have ma end very rich representatives in Sierra triune. The Erma are the Gallegos, and prosper in parts where the natives starve, by undertaking any kind of tabour, and perforating it well. There is no reason why labour should nut be introduced into the central position, or that the neighbours of the Akuos should not learn the value of accumulating wealth. With the Delta of the Niger on the east, and Ashantee en the west, Dahomey may be said to lie between the two grated pillars of the dethroned slave traffic. While in Da homey silks arc eeldorn imported, and nothing but the re lax': of the market, greatly increased iu price by the addi tional duties aud freights of a voyage and lauding yin Brazils, is found in trade, it is far ditkrent with her neigh bours. The must choice articles are selected, silks of India and China, corals of immense value, champagne and all the higher wines, silver and gold ornaments; in short, all the higher order of trade in its perfection is to be found OH board some of the largest trailing ships in the world, in the Bonny and its neighbouring rivers, in order to be ex changed for palm oil. Captain Forbes's business brought him into direct intercourse with Gezo, the King of Dahomey. He describes him in the subjoined extract: HIS HAIIUMAN MAJESTY. King Giro is about forty-eight years of age, good-looking, with nothing of the negro feature, his complexion wanting several shades of being black; his appearance commanding. soul his countenance intellectual, though stern in the ex treme. That he is proud there can be no doubt, for he treads the earth as if it were honoured by its burden. Were it not for a slight cast in his eye, he would be a hand some man. Contrasted with the gaudy attire of his minis ter*, wives, aud caboutreni (of every hue, and laden with carol, gold, silver, and brass ornaments), the king was plainly dressed, in a loose robe of yellow silk, slashed with satin stars and half-moons, Mandingo *ambits, and a Spanish hat trimmed with gold are; the only ornament being a small gold chain of European manufacture. His Majesty seems to ape the airs of his European brethren with tolerable success. He has his dwarfs and giants, and also u court tool. During Captain Furbes's visit he was kind enough to propose the health of Queen Victoria, " greatest monarch of of whites, as King Gezo is of the blacks." During the festivals which are continued throughout the peace season, the Amazons daily surround his throne, and fill his ear with the most ludicrous praise— " Glory be to King Gezo, who can beat all other kings. and sell them for rum:" Such is savage s • .... .._. _ flattery. At these feasts the king is in the habit of indulg ing his subjects with the sacrifice of prisoners. Cap tain Forbes was compelled to witness ono of these brutal scenes. HUMAN VICTIMS. During the royal absence, a dead silence reigned, as if by zoneral consent; when by accident it was broken, it was reinforced by the cuauchi sounding their metal bells, tolling the knell of eleven human being.. Out of fourteen now brought on the platform, we, the unworthy instruments of BRANILEY TRAVELLING CLUB. TO THE T.DITOU OF THE EXHIBITION EXPREAS. Slit,--1 beg to hand you a copy - of the rules of a club just funned here (in o •xion with our institute, but open to the public generallv), which contains a provision I have not yet seen in any dthe published rules fur the go vernance of clubs. I refer to Rule IV., the N.B. to which provides for the admission of members who may not be wishful to pay their subscriptions by weekly instalments. These persines may be :Omitted members on payment of an entrance fee of tkl., with the option of paying in their con tribution, either by instalments or in one sum, at any time previous to July lot. Should you deem this suggestion, or anything else contained in our rules, worthy of recommen dation to the public, I shall be glad if you will do in the way you deem most convenient. We already monher about tat members, and expect a large accession. I shall be glad to answer any inquiries on the subject. I am, sir, sic., • B. WILSON, Jun., Chairman. Mcchanies Institute, Briuuley, mar Leash, Feb. 20. GREAT EXITIBMON OF - HAT MANUYACrtURERS. TO TIM IDITOIL OP THI EXHIBITION EXPAIBBA. Sir,—Aa manufacturers o-spiring to merit fur originality of design and other points in the manufacture and finish of goods, we gladly hailed the opportunity that would afford a fair tribunal of the prescut state of the manufactures of all nations, and made eery early applica tion for space to exhibit our productions, which has been met by refusal. We have twice appealed against this deei.ion, requesting examination as to the merit of our claim. but no tribunal is afforded us, contrary to the spirit of the Exhibition and the regulations of her Majexty's Commissioners, for obtaining Me beet of their kind. Mean while our competitors iu U....1ga and finish, the *. Parisians," are adopting the utmost meats to obtain these objects. Thus our final committees are deriding, without examina tion or inaniry, the future position of London as a Feat of manufacture. Trusting you will favour us by inserting our i case in your columns, we are, &c., Churchyard. Ellackfriu -- -- -' Feb. 2ti, 18.11 TIIESS AND Cu. KEEPING TILE PARK CLEAIL—The Commis,ionen of Woods and Forests have issued the following notice :- 1 " Her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests hereby given notice, than any person or persons who shall be found eapusing articles fur sale within Hyde-park, will be taken into custody, under the pros isions of the act 2 and • 3 Viet., c. 47, NV. i s .—By order of the Commissioners." This step has been taken to pretext the annoyance to visitors; the rides in the park having been made a complete fair of by itinerant vendors of all d. ,e.riptions. I TEsroai TILE BUILDING.—]IoyaI Arsenal, Wool ! wicb, Feb. 24.—Fourteen waggons, each containing one ton of shot, and drawn by four horses, in charge of three mounted non-commissioned officers end two gunners and drivers of the lineal Artillery, left the Royal Arsenal at 9 o'clock a.m. to-day for Kensington Palace, the shut being intended to be wed in testing the galleries of the Crystal Palace. MR. PAXTON'S SWEEPING MACHINE was tried at j the building in Hyde Park on Saturday morning, and was I found to answer exceedingly well. His Grace the Duke of Devonshire was present at the trial, and himself swept 'twenty yards of flooring. MONSIEUR SALLANDROUZE DE LAMORNAIN, Mins • missioner general of the French government for the Great Exhibition, has arrived from Paris, with his staff. EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1851. the divine will, succeeded in saving the live,' of three. t ing the hungry places in her mind, till fate should send Latched se we described before, there sturdy men met the !them a more tempting banquet. gaze of their persecutors with a firmness peefee tly astonish- ! Ido not wish to say one mord in vinditeition of net elut ing. Not a sigh was breathed. In all my life h.. I never saw 1 meter or conduct, for lam painting a most imperfect ?wing ; Ruch cattiness so near death. It did not seem real, yet it : but you must not pronounce her utterly worthl e ss on ice soone- soon proved frightfully so. One hellish monster p I laced hist- count of the fooli s hi, reek es game t she was: goingto pi ay. here was finger to the eyes of a victim who hung down hi*head, but, much levity, muc h in Edit h to nature ; but her finding no moisture, drew upon himself the ridicule of his !heart was pure and warm, and contained within its ....met - fiendish coadjutors. Ten of the human offerings to the' recesses many woman's noblest Mtn l.lutes. Whether th ew bloodthirsty mob, and nn alligator and a cat , were guarded would be nurtured into life and vigour, or perish through the multitude of reedit that grew around them, time und by soldiers, the other four by amazons. along the winding path of life, pity her when her In the meantime the king returned, and, calling us from circumstance alone could decide. Let its follow her pa unit ever bear in mind that we our would wish to witness the sacrifice. With horror we de- footsteps turn astr ay , . our St acs at the further end of the plattimm, asked if we neatly selves are pilgrims on the some journey, with fret asliable eves as t - ely u ttla et ,AM Vol jUdg. dated, and begged to be allowed to gave a portion of them . _ _ v.ith rin _ t b. d , . It, t with After some conversation with his courtiers, %tieing him wa- to stumble, • . . and last of the ten, while, at the same time, Mr. Beeercift Here most p c olde erring, I offered him a hundred dollars each for the first ments as feeble and imperfect as hers. will differ with the author. If made a similar offer for the first of the four, which was ac cepted, and the three were immediately unlashed from b elong( . this abounding indliness—this virg in purity lind in to Edith Laseelles, she could not have en their precarious position, hut forced to remain alienators of the horrid deed to he done on their low fortunate country• tertained the revenge she is made to plot--still less men. What maw have been their thoughts ? could she have carried out her *shone of wounded The king insisted on our viewing the place of sacrifice. vanity with the deliberation which marks her caner. Immediately under the royal awful, within the brake of ACACIA bushea, stood seven or eight fell ruffian., wine seined But tier faults are pane hest ; she in her turn is hum with clubs, others with seimetaes, grinning horribly. As ~,,, ,teisragep, she bled and contrite. After conceiving a passion for so acts that she almost forfeits we approached the mi) yelled fiarfully, ruid called upon dick ' the king to " feed them, they were hungry." It his love, and only regains his heart when he is on was at a similar fete that Athardee (President of his death-bed. Here is a well-described Jena), while looking into the pit with the king, MARISTAGIF: AT .e ortrit-nro. was seized, thrown down, and munlersd on the nen. flow different to that light and elegant costume in which Disgusted beyond the powers of description, we retired to Edith was to have gone as a bride to the altar—that costume our seats, wliere also the cha-cha had retreated ; not so his in which she had once arrayed herself with such girlish brothers, fur I regret to say they remained delighted some- pride and satisfaction was the simple robe of dark merino tators of the agonies of the death of these innuceat victims. that she put on with so little thought or carefulness ut pre- As we reached our seats, a fearful yell ran the air. The sent. In her younger days she Lid often amused herself vietims were held high above the head, of their lwaren, and and Margaret by planning her wedding drt•ss, and an odd train of thought arose uow in her mind, us she reflected the naked ruffians thus acknowledged the munificence of their princes Silence egain ruled, and the king made a how entirely the n•verse of all these varictua imaginary Coo speech, stating that of hi. prisoner he gave a portion to his tunics was the one in which she was really destiusel to pass soldiers, as his father and grandfather had done before. from girlhood into the dignity of a matron and a wife. Thee«. were Attalmahnts. Having called their name., the a But it natters little," the said to herself', as she turned one nearest was divested of his clothes, the foot of the basket from the glass that reflected her pale aud cares sin face placed on the paraiwt, when the king gave the upper part a It matters little whet dreas covens an :wiling heart; and the eveuts of this day will decide whether or not mine is ever an impetus, and the victim fell at once into the pit beneath. A fall of upwards of twelve feet might have stunned him, to be free from pain scout." and before sense could return the head was rut off, and the As she was !teasing out of her mom, Nettie met her, and explained that Mr.. Boisrainon was too unwell to be present hotly thrown to the mob, who, now armed with clubs and branches, brutally mutilated anti draginal it to a distant pit, at the ceremony. where it was left as Gaul for the beasts and birds of liet'S• But this is my doing, dear Edith," she continued, oh- After the third victim had thus been sacrificed, the king re- serving the others instant look of disappointment. " Mama would hate neve, ill as she is, but I entreated her not to do tired, and the chiefs and slave-dealers completed the deed which the monarch blushed to finish. mt. It will he an affecting ceremony to all of us, and to her There was not even the poor excuse that these men had I am sure it would be overpowering; so that she has agreed only to conic in when it is cosicluthel—and I think Edith, committed a crime, ur even bionic arms against the Daho although not a word le posed between toy mother and mans. No; they were murdered, innocent men, at Mast as bas far as their barharouto tyrant knew ; and if not, may ( .oil myeelf on the subject, that she will take you to her heart, forgive them in the world to rune . when you are really her daughter, with all the affection of As we descended the ladder, we came on another scene old times." of this tragedy. Each in the basket iu which the victim Edith's expressive countenance evinced the delight this opinion afforded her—and the two girls went down and had sat a few moments' before, lay the grizzly libelling took their breakfast together in the little parlour now heads, five on one side, six on the other. We could hut have expected icily merry would have been shown, anti brightened into cheerfaliteas by the long absent rays of tho therefore were prepared for this spectacle. blessed wit which shunt into the dark content, and played mer- Capt. Forbes's mission to Dahomey was not sue- rile uptiu the pictured malls, and mated 'mingle , upon those young filees, as if anxiety , to give them that aspe ct of cessful. Its termination is described in the account Pale Rummer gluthwes, which should have been the heart 's gif t of his last interview with the king. alone. TUE EIS° OF DAHOMEY 11,1 TIIE SLAVE TRAMP.. Before their simple meal was quite concluded. the doctor (an old friend of the family, who had agreed to act the part At noon we started for the palace, and at I. p.m. tonk our seats in (rout of the royal couch, iu the Male state 11% we of father, to Edith, on the meas . ) came in, and was toil lowed in a few minutes by the clergyman who wits IS per were before received. The same partite) were present a* on 1 the former royal haters iew. form the ceremony. Edith had oWCII both of these gentle men before, PO oche was able to greet them with tolerable As usual, compliments passed between us, and, after an immaterial conversation, his majesty child (each hieing owlepoeseseion now; and Nettie aeon left her with them, while 1 , 11,V went to prepare Alick the their reeeptiona possessed of the other's account of the expc•nditure at the customs, so much discussion was saved) that he new wished The next tt n minutes appeared au age to her whose fide to know the ulterior object of the embassy. was en apeedily to le• deeichal ; but at the end of this time la the first place, we unewered, we hoped he would put Nettie reappearwl, and, looking himself very nervous acid a stop to the alavt-trade in his slot dominions; and, in enter agitated, conducted them all in silence to her brother's room. to do that, we impressed upon hint the methods pursued by Edith went in first, unit Aliek, who was lying dreithel neighbouring nations, who, by encouraging the growth of upon the bed, welenitiwl her with !Slab:Sof quirt happinent, the palm-tree, had au well met the market, as now to have though the red flush upon his cheeks told of thesiderable a far MOM advanced and lucrative trade than the Portu- excitement beneath that unusually calm exterior; and guese and Bruailianto offered to Dahomey. That the first step caused the prudent doctor, on his entrance, to advise the to the establialunent cif the palm-oil trade must be the memo delky of the ceremony yet another day. But thix, of ragement of labour within his dominions ; and, instead of course, the bridegroom would nut hear of, and even Nettia devastating hi. neighbour,' territories (particularly those could not have the heart to mime.' it very strongly -go, Ma whose geographical position placed Dahomey between them few 'motels the temporary altar was funned—and the and the sea), he should, if war were unavoidable, reduce beautiful and impressive Runlet, began. them, binding them by treaties to join hi the pursuit of Edith's connect) throughout the whole of the ceremony agriculture aud trade, met then, by levying transit duties was admirable, and excited the astonishment and the praise on their gouda, cone them to enrich hint tier more than the of all. She W EIS deathly pale, but her voice was fine and mere sale of the stare's of the exterminating hunt. Thu '' , clear; and those touching monis " for richer, tior porer, in by making Dahomey the centre of a vast trading country, sickness and in health, to love and to cherish till death us do all kinds of good" would soon find their way into his king- rt," she gave with aso elemnity and tun atness of don, and, in s tead of b ring dependent on a few inerehauts ex p r ession that affected every tine who heard her. Alicia for the paltry article% with which they chose to supply him, was infinitely dews self-posecesed, and, though nn one could he might demand ilk.' choicest merchandise of the world—a doubt the deep sincerity with which his heart echoed the boon already obtained by many neighbours. thy thus sacred vows he was utteringehere was at interval* a troubled turning a military into an agricultural iseople, and raising look up hit countenance, anti a audited wandering in his himself into the envious position of a reformer of the ini- eye, that contrasted strangely with the calm composure of crams and fearful habits of Ida people, in the course of t h e pale young Arid,'. Ili. „..„,, however, wen , firmly tone he could abolish thew fearful sacrifice% he had already motiounecd, and, in putting one the ring, his eye sleight reduced in numbers, aid then his memory would lie revered l'alith'a With a glance of fond affection net to be mistaken. by all nations, and he handed down hi love and peace in- " Those whom God bath joined together let nu men put stead of slaughter. :tawnier." The king gave a history of trade, from its earliest rem- The words were apoken—the concluding blessing was mencement in Whydith sod Dahomey, down to the present given. All wan over. The clergyman and the deem! shook time. Eire, he said, the French came to Whydali bafere • Dahomey conquered it. War put a shop to trade the many I band , warmly with the young wouple, and then Imatened away' while at the ., moment entere d a vi d e an d d eep l y years. The white man left hyclah in Ah-dah-huon-zar a agitated fOatlll, who had been waiting nearly all the time time • the English traders were the first who landed there, hale the door. and bought ' slurs. Ilia father had impressed hint with the Aliek saw Lis mother, and smiled faintly upon her; but belief that the English were the first of white men; lie thought so, and desired much to he at peace with them. it Wile to his bride that he turned- -to Edith that his antis were extended, to her that his eye. wertwo granting) v rats. d. " Time had passed," he continued, " but the Dahomuns had And she, answering this mute appeal, sprang to her hus never given up slave-dealing. Ills people were soldiers, banda's enthrace; und the worth, " My mite, my own wife!" his revenue the proceeds of the slave trade (or the pale of came like the echo of same INIA.SSEIIe tone ups her ear. priaeuers of war.) Do we not observe the abeence of agri "MY wife, my own wife!" There was malting more. culture ? Other ultimo deal in slaves, hut not like Inc : they keep no customs, make no general disbursement. The A sunbeam entered into the room, and nated for a moment stav e- with steady brightneea upon the m•wly-wedded pair. But trade of these states must be napped berme I can treat.'We again obe•rved that he sews parting (for a small pe- it was charged witlt no mission to warm the cold, wild bridegroom, What could warm bins when his Etlittia century recompense) with the MUM'. Or all riches, labour; kisses had lost the power to do so ? when love's embrace that, if he retained his slaves and made them cultivate the failed to art in rapid motion the pulses of his languid veins ? soil, Dahomey (its resoutves tome developed) would beeome Till death us do part! Young wife, your task has not a great nation, and himself a great king. been a long one. Your dunes% are soon nt an end. Release The king (lieu dictated a letter to her Majesty, stating yourself from thaw encircling arms; the grave is your rival his anxiety for peace with Great Britain; his willingnesa to now. Muth and life can have no contact. lust the cold enter into treaty when the trade was stopped in the neigh wide ni. rest, 'touring petty chiefdoms; hia wish fur a British CIMNUI to . • be sent to his kingdom; fur misaionarica to visit Dalwatcy, After the death of her lover, Edith reforms, is very and made hi Whydah; and that the military state of lus denturo and quiet, and filially, in the third volume, subjects alone at present precluded his becoming the head consents to wed the youth who urea lac ed her through oran agricultural people. out the three. Capt. Forbes's volumes arc written without much A dexterity in the management of plot, a studied style or method. They do not greatly add to our gmee of style, and, as before remarked, a keen alive knowledtm of the Duhomans or the slave trade; but eiation of the anomalies of our tootial tieheme, raiso are chiefly valuable as presenting a truthful picture, tuts. Duniel's production considembly above the level painted by an eye-witness, of what they describe. of the ordinary entertainment in three volumes fur- The volumes have some coloured illustrations of nished to the tmaginative young ladies of the suburbs considerable merit. and provinces. FerldPy Manor. By Mni. MACKENZIE DAN ITTA. Newby. It is difficult to find an entirely new phase of soeinl life for the pen of the novelist. Ambition, love, and religion have from times remote been alternately taken up us points round which human characters could evolve their story for the amusement or instruc tion of imaginative readers. For many years past fiction has been cultivated as a literary art pnucipally by writers who have chained themselves to the formula of their predecessors ; and, with the leading dogma in their minds that to a modern fiction two volumes of misery and one of happiness and honeymoon rap ture are necessary, have supplied the market with more or less success. Although it cannot be CM adentiously affirmed that the author of " Fernley Manor" is far in advance of the industrious class by whom our circulating libraries are supplied, it may be fairly asserted that she brings to her task, of amusing imaginative readers a grace of thought and a purity of feeling which it is well to encourage and dutiful to applaud. The heroine of " Fernley Manor "—Edith Las celles--is a spiritual coquette, so finely drawn that her position is clearly marked out from the every-day specimens of perfection with which mediocre novelists furnish their readers. In the career of Edith Las eelles—in the pride and self-esteem which led her to dissemble to her first lover—to break the heart of her second lover—and after many trials to return to the mediocrity by whom she is adored—a simple lesson is told, which none need hesitate to leant. keen observations on the anomalies and curious points of life give to the narrative a piquancy and a weight which forbid a hasty and careless perusal. "Most of the lords of the creation prefer extend ing their patronage and hospitality to Blume of their own sex whom they tier certain no woman can admire" here is a fair specimen of the shrewd insight which is the distinguishing characteristic of Mrs. Daniels' work. In her con tempt, however, for coquetry, even in its pleasantest and most spiritual development, the author somewhat overdraws her portrait. Here is the heroine at the outset of her schemes PUBLICATIONS RECIUIVED. Gilbert's Poular Narralire of Ms Great F:xhibition. By Peter B&r lyn. Gilbert. The Palace of Industry: its Origin and l'rogtess. John 011ivier. The novelty of the Great Building which is now receiving specimens of the Industry of all nations, has act many ingenious men to work to describe it iu such a way that the details of the vast whole may be comprehensible to the tutprofessional public. Mr. Berlyn's neatly printed volume on the history of the Exhibition appears to be a careful digest of all the documents which the Exhibition Commissioners have published ; while the hook issued by Mr. 011ivier attempts to place before the reader, in a ilea, light, the various ingenious prom-sees which have Well brought to bear for the construction of the Crystal l'ulace. On Me improced Culture of IV/tut, &e., by Spade Labour and Dibbling. John Wright, Bristol.—A. pamphlet, de tailing the author's experience of the cultivation of wheat by spode labour, and promising specimens uf whcat so cultivated in the Great Exhibition. The Grasses. A Lecture, delirtred before the Members of the Petworth, l'ulborough, and .11idharst Formers' Club. By 0. W. Elliott —A practical lecture on the herbage and forage plants of England, more especially the grasses most suitable for cultivation iu this country. AMERICAN PRESENT TO TIIE PRINCE OF WALES.— We inspected, a day or two since, a very unique present to the Prince of Wales, consisting of a pair of superb sculls or o ars, enclosed in a ease of black walnut, exquisitely fashioned. The mountings are very costly. and the weight of silver attached to them is about eighty ounces. An in scription on a silver plate indicates the presentation. Thu sculls will be exhibited at the Crystal Palace during the summer, and cannot fail to attract much attention. Ac companying them will be a highly finished oar, thirty-six feet long, and two Lilliputian sculls of the sire of pens. The wood is white ash, manufactured by Mr. Page, of New York.—Liverpool CArooticle. INTERESTING AUTOGRAPHS.—A small but interest ing collection of autographs was sold yesterday by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, of Piccadilly. Lot 5, • short but good letter of Beethoven, which sold for 21. 124. Lot 9, a letter of Edmund Burke on the catholic question, sold for 21. Is. Lot 25, a letter of S. T. Coleridge, sold for 11. 15s. Lot 60, a parcel of letters of Dr. Philip lioddridgc, many of which were in whole or in part published, sold for 13/. Lot 148, forty-eight official letters signed by Marshal Ney, sold for 51. Lot 100, a letter of Pope, sold fur 14 Lot 181, a signature of Archibald Angus, who married the widow of James IV. of Scotland, sold for It. 2s. Lot 182, a signature of the Regent Morton, 'add for 11. lls. 6d. ; and the next lot, a signature of Cardinal kleatourt, sold for tho same sum. Lot 186 was, perhaps, the must interesting lot in the sale, being the original declaration of James 111., tho " Old Pretender," addressed to the people of England shortly before the attempted invasion by - Prince Charles Edward : the document was signed by James 111. in two places ; it sold for 11/., and, it is to be regretted, was not bought fur the national collection. Lot 14, a letter of the ";Old Pretender," sold fur W. ss. CAPTAIN ROLLEB, OP TUE SHIP NEW LIVER root., agailUt whom a warrant of manslaughter was issued some months since, in consequence of the death of some Lascars on board his ship, was apprehended yesterday at A WWIAN A % ENOEANCE. You will have seen already that self-esteem was one of Edith's besetting sins—it was a darling passion, and nut to be offended with impunity. Engine de la Tour had dared to question her fuseinations—he, a misshapen, miserable atom of a man, had presumed to doubt her powers of capti vation, and, therefore, he must be made to feel their sting. But to render her victory more triumphant, and prolong what was really an amusement to her, she resolved to goad him into hatred first, and then draw hint gently, but surely, to her feet. lle should crawl in the dust—he should bo . w his forehead to the earth—he should despise himself for the abject love he owned, and yet love the more for this self contempt ; and when all was accomplished, when the pre sumptuous boy had become a trembling worshipper, and learned to exist only in her smiles, then would she , puru kin from her, with long gathering scorn, and taunt him with his former insulting words. Such was the object that Edith Lascelles proposed to her self, as a remedy against vain regrets, and a means of feed-