The Sun. — London, England, 1860-03-30 00:00:00

BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism." —Morning Post. Gold Watches 4 to 100 guineas. Silver Watches 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. eO d 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches T HEAT'R.E-ROYAL, Lf:ts‘:.ee, Mr. J. B. Buz.k.st , me. THIS EVEIM4 . G. will be performed THE OVERLAND IROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chip- Padale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. With THE CRITIC. Mr. C. Mathews. To conclude with a BALLET. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.- Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. Last Week of the present season. THIS EVENING (oth time) the new Comedietta, entitled * l ll7, ARUNDEL-STREET, Sl' RAND." Principal charac ters by Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. J. Rouse, Miss Kate Saville, Ers. Campbell, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, will be performed the new drama, entitled THE ABBE VAUDREUIL ; or, The Court of Louis XV. The Abbe Vaudreuil, Madame Celeste ; Louis XV., Mt. H. Butler; Lieut. Henri Delcour, Mr. F. Villiers. Followed by Calleott's Magnificent Transformation Scene trwn "KING THRUSHREARD." To conclude with THE SERGEANT'S WIFE. Lisette, Madame Celeste ; Margot, Mrs. Keeley. Commence at 7. Saturday March 31, (Last night of the season), the admired drama of MARIE DUCANGI 4 :, with other Entertainments, for the Benefit of Madame Celeste, who will speak an Ad dress on the occasion. ROYA L PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee. Mr. A. Maris. THIS EVENING, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Mr. 'Melville, A. Harris, and Miss Clifford. After which, the Princess's "Rifle Volunteers " in full costume. p Followed by the Farce, . CRUEL TO BE KIND. Mr. A. Farris, Frank Matthews, and Miss Carlotta Leclercq. To conclude with the drama of PAULINE. Mr. Melville and Mrs. C. Young. MW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. ole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. • Last 2 Nights of Mr. and Mrs. Wigan's engagement. THIS EVENING, to commence with (sth time) THE STAR OF TIIE STREET. Mr. J. L. Toole. Chas. Selby, Billington, C. J. Smith, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Chatterlev, and Miss Laidlaw. After which, THE HOUSE AND THE HOME. Messrs Allred Wigan, C. Selby, and Billington ; Mrs. A. WiL;an, Kiss H. Simms, and Miss Laidlaw. To conclude with A MODEL OF A WIFE. Messrs. A Wigan, Toole, Selby, Mrs Billington, Miss Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven: Box (Aloe open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, or tsr bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. On Easter Monday, the popular Adelphi drama of TIIE. DEAD HEART, in which Mr. B. Webster will make his first appearance since his return from his successful provincial tour, and a Grand Musical fairy Extravaganza. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. Directress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passengers all hours of the night. Tli IS EVENING the performances will commence with BELPHEGOR. Mr. Charles Dillon. _ After which the successful burlesque of DIDO. Mesdames Wyndham, Clara St. Casse, Eliza Arden, and Mr Charles Young. Redtrced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform &nee commences at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor, Mr. Wm. BATTY. This World-renowned Ainphitheatre will OPEN on EAS TE it MONDAY, April 9, with, for the First Time, an en tirely New Grand Military Spectacle (in Four Acts and Ten Tableaux), founded upon the French Drama. "L'Histoire d'un Drapeau" and now performing at Paris with great success, entitled—" THE HISTORY OF A Frua," which will be pro duced upon a scale of unprecedented grandeur, with entirely new scenery, by Messrs. Cuthbert, Days, Herbert, and Thorne ; decorations and properties by Mr. Harvey • cos tumes by Mr. Bovey and Mrs. Masterman ; extensive military appo ntments by Mr. Wood, jun. ; the Music composed and directed by Mr. George Phillips ; and in order to give every possible effect to the production of this Grand Hippodramte, a New and Enlarged Stage, with every modern mechanical improvement, has been constructed at an immense outlay. The' Spectacle will be supported by the following Dramatic Company : Messrs. J. Holloway Mrs. Purday Walter Carle „ W. Carle „ F. C. Harris „ Thorne „ I. Hustleby „ Green Friend Miss Miriam Martiney Phelps „ Alice Seaman Herbert „ Howard Green, and „ Poole, and G. Belmore. „ Jenny Mason The Equestrian and Gymnastic Artists enraged for the popular Scenes in the Circle are— Madlle. Mathilde Monet, frOm the Cirque Imperiale, Paris, with her three highly-trained Manege Horses. 3ladlle. Marie, the most accomplished Equestrienne of the day, from Rentz Cirque, Berlin. • Madame Fernando, the fascinating French Equestrienne, from W'oolschlager Cirque, Berlin. Also, Madlles. Julietta, Pauline, Josephine, and Celina, from the principal Continental Cirques. Mr. H. Williams—The Greatest Double Horse Rider in Europe. Herr Fernando, the celebrated Trick Act Rider. Mons. Victor and Messrs. Devereaux, Wattson, and F. Wattson. Jonathan Jack, the Wonder of the Equestrian profession, is also engaged for a limited number of nights. Clowns, Messrs. Thorne and Wattson. Other important continental engagements are pending. The Theatre has been completely redecorated in a most costly style, under the, supervision of Mr. R. Harvey, and will be embellished with numerous beautiful Lustres and a gigan tic Centre CRYSTAL CHANDELIER, designed and manufac tured purposely by Messrs. Decries and Son, of Ilonndsditch. Every possible attention has been paid to the comfort and convenience of nee public. The Box-office will be open on Thursday, April 5. Director of the Arena—Signor Rivolti. Stage Manager—Mr. Wm. West. Soli Manager—Mr. Edwin Hughes. Treasurer—Mr..T. H. JOHN. CONCERTS.- CANTERBURY - HALL THIS EVENING. LUCREZIA BORGIA, (Donizetti). Donna Lucrezia Miss Russell. Matlio Orsini Mrs. Anderson. • Gennaro Mr. Henry Herbert. Don Altonzo Signor Tivoli. Conductor—Mr. Jonghmans. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), ST. V. Critchtield, and E. W. Alackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts (gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautitied, and constitute one of the most uniq,ue and brilliant sights of the metropolis. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATILER.--SUN OFFICM, MARCH 30, 1660. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 61—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 53—this day at noon. BAMOMETEII-29.75. WIND, SOuth-Epsterly; light, rather hazy. HIGH IArATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Txts DAY.—Morning, 6h. 29m.—Afternoon, 6h. '9ln. To-moßßow.-MQrning, 7h. 33m.—Afternoon, Sh. 15m. tj, -,.. '. -.6.- A ~ :-$ '-"-•`-..:-'".. ~ `• " tlii - 3 4 :; ,84eliffTi-i-,,:i•-‘").iiiV), ''.--- . ---- Tig..---e-' <,.iii :, ; . , 1,..; '':;2' (--,,,, '• ' ; ri;;:k,..pr,94 , ' - ' N• -, -!' ' • 11,..." -, ' , 'y '''' 1 , , - • ' , CA , i " ' l' •1, ~...j .'- '", ,,,,,.' 1:-. . - 11 ,1 • -. 41.'4 r-, '. - :2-"i:r--. THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1860. The political confusion consequent on the spirited declaration. of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S measured "distrust" of our august Ally is beginning to as. sume a graver complexion. The affected indiffer ence is becoming more and more out of place, and gives vent in several journals of a semi-official cha racter. This is but the beginning of the end, and the coolness consequent on the truth of our Foreigti Secretary's declaration May yet break the back c,f the famous "Treaty of Commerce" before it get a into working order. England will have little cause to grieve—and France may drink the wines she has specially manufactured for English consl imption We see by several signs that our neighbours feel ill at; ease about the turn matters have taken, thanks to the overreaching policy of the Emperor NAPO LEON and the indignant remonstrance of Lord JOHN RrISSELL stirred up as he has been by the people. " 'hie Opinion l'ublique contains an article on the spc 'MI of Lord John Russell and the cessation not to say the absolute rupture, of the cordial and erstanding between the French and English Gov ernments, and the too clever manner in Ncilicth the Savo y annexation has been effected. If (;n• is.to bediev,l what one hears about the private relat ions of that -. journal with official people, and it be is g' under the special protection of a par ticula r ,branch of the Houle DePartment, one w ou ld int,' - 21- that it is but the commencement of a pap(3r 7a...ifare as violent as that which was susper44 ‘l.,;, \ Cpo 'imancl.' some months ago." The 31 2 7,?.. ti re, just published, contains some interestil tg , paj t . i ci liars with respect to the French army.: ar It present 12 Preach marshals. The lacvr of the 1 I,h )f August, 18 . 9, limited the numb er of mar ,;.1113.1.s to Hix in time of peace, and to. i 2 i n fi tti c of sv.:Jr. Previous to the, death . .ofloiarsha 1 Mille there were 13 marshals. Prine4 Jerorn Napoleon figures on the list. The ree 1 ast-named are Marshals Regnault do :Jeal 1 d Angely, M'Mahon, and Neil. There are 80 generals of division on active service. The first on the list is Count D'ORNANO, Governor of the Invalides, and the last is General PICARD, who commands the 17th military division. There are 164 brigadier-generals. On the list of the reserve there are 77 generals of division and 168 brigadier-generals. The general staff comprises 35 colonels, 35 lieutenant-colonels, 109 majors of cavalry, and 299 captains. The Commissariat, created in the year 1817, and organised according to an Imperial decree dated the 12th of June, 1856, comprises 8 commissaries general inspectors, 26 military commissaries, 50 deputy commissaries of the first class, 100 ditto of the second class, and 80 adjutants ; making altogether 264. Nor is this all. We now learn that in order to mistify the public the Bourse has been tampered with in right Imperial style, in order to counteract the im pression prod uced, and soothe the irritable suscepti bility of the moneyed interest. But it will nota tail long—a fall will follow—and then look out for squalls. A panic is bad enough here, but over the water it is far more disastrous, from the too sensitive tenderness of an excitable temperament. The Paris correspondent of the Times says— " The influence to which I alluded yesterday was again Active at the Bourse today, and produced a further rise of lf. 40c. on the Three per Cent. Rentes—a rise regarded as unnatural under exist ing circumstances." It appears to be fast becoming the rule, and not the exception, that Financial arrangements should necessitate a series of novel and daring experiments. Whether it be a Budget for India or a Budget for England—the scheme submitted to the Legislature for the better regulation. of the balance of Income and Expenditure, strives now (invariably), not as heretofore after the old-fashioned merit of exceed ing simplicity, but rather, it should be said, after the new-fangled and somewhat questionable advantage of extraordinary elaboration. It has been thus, as the country is but too well aware, with the com plex Budget unfolded to view last month in a four hours' speech by our accomplished Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is thus now more recently in the Budget for Hindostan, proposed, after due deliberation, first of all in London and afterwards (noised) at Calcutta by our unquestionably gifted Indian Chancellor of the Exchequer—Mr. WILSON, late England's wonder-inspiring" Calculating Boy" at the Treasury. It must be admitted, however, at once, in Mr. WILSON'S behalf, that complication of some sort in his Budget (in the Indian Budget) was something inevitable and unavoidable. A Political Deluge had swept over our Indian Empire immediately prior to Mr. WILSON'S arrival in Cal cutta. It was not so much that many of the old landmarks had been removed in the confusion and turmoil of the Sepoy Rebellion and its subse quent suppression. It was, as we have said, that nothing less than a political deluge had passed over the land, from the Himalayas to Cape Comorin—the old schemes of Government have been uprooted and submerged—the Honourable the East India Com pany having expired and ceased to be among the ruling powers of the earth, the proconsular fasces being at length, in the fullness of time, transformed into another of the many sceptres placed in the grasp of our Constitutional Sovereign. Under this ❑ew order of things Mr. WILSON has had scarcely the possibility of going by any precedent. He has had to begin in effect from the very begin ning. He has had to create a new system, and to place that new system is accordance with the re quirements of the Asiatic empire, placed financially under his governance. Recollect, too, that when the Indian Chancellor of the Exchequer takes the Revenue of Hindostan into consideration, he does so with the coffers empty. It is not simply that there is an enormous deficit—but that there is rather before him (to call things by their right names) an absolute bankruptcy. The task imposed upon this eminent financier, therefore, is that of building up anew an entire system of Finance in India from its very foundations—up—to the tre foils of the parapet, to the apex of the loftiest pinnacle. This is absolutely what Mr. WILSON has been called upon to attempt, and this is pre cisely what he has with a bold hand resolutely striven to accomplish. The enterprise was hardly less of a miracle of ingenuity in its way than the Palace of ALADDIN that was raised in a single night by the Genius of the Lamp, in the Arabian story. The late Secretary of the Treasury, now an Indian Chancellor of the Exchequer, has so far already nobly acquitted him self of his enormous and suddenly imposed respon sibilities that—there at any rate is his scheme, such as it is, in its entirety before the British Parliament for candid scrutiny and impartial consideration. In due time, we doubt not, that consideration will be candidly and impartially accorded to it. Already, however, this passing tribute is at least demanded from all sides and from all parties with out exception—a tribute earned by the unflagging zeal and indomitable resolution which have con ducted Mr. WILSON to the fabrication thus rapidly of his Indian scheme of finance through a whirling chaos of difficulties. Mr. LINDSAY'S motion last night, seconded by Mr. HORSFALL, and unopposed by Mr. MILNER GIBSON, was, after some discussion, agreed to by the House of Commons. It could hardly in fact have been otherwise. It was simply to the effect that an humble address should be presented to her Majesty praying her Majesty to enter into nego tiations with the Emperor of the French, with the view of making a treaty for the reciprocal abrogation of all discriminating duties levied upon the vessels, and their cargoes, of either of the two nations in the ports of tile other ; and forprocurin g such alterations in the navigation laws of France as might tend to fa cilitate the commercial interecurse and strengthen the friendly relations between the two countries, between France and England. Nobody in their senses of course could seriously object to any such proceeding. For it was simply a recognition of the universally accepted truth that " Fair play is a jewel." All Mr. LINDSAY and the rest of our great shipowners want is just in so many words —" A clear stage and no favour." It is the same reasonable demand, in fact, as that urged of late in another way by our English paper manufac turers. When we talk of Free Trade we moan Free Trade ; and we merely demand, in justice and in honesty, that so .called Free Trade measures should, in point of fact, carry out in real earnest and not in mere appearance Free Trade principles. We cannot but think that a man so astute as the French Emperor will weigh well in his judgment, if only out of motives of self-interest, otherwise of interest for Franbe, the "inexorable logic" of those " facts" and figures which were ad duced last evening, in the course of his very able Qpeech, by Mr. LIND:;AY, in ininging forward this motion on the differential duties. Take, for example, the astounding contrast drawn batwcen the rate of insurance in our shipping under the old Pro tection system and that which has become ap parent (and with such extraordinary rapidity) since the abolition of the Navigation Laws. Mr. LINDSAY puts the question thus plainly. He says—" Under the protection system in the year 1721, the earliest period for which we had any reliable figures with respect to its operation, there had cleared outwards from our ports 430,000 tons of British shipping ; and in the year 1810, or 90 years later, there had cleared outwards 1,600,000 tons, showing an increase of 1,170,000 tons. Now," continues the hon. member, "con sidering that we had enjoyed througliout that period the command of the whole carrying trade of the seas, that was not a very considerable increase, but might be fairly regarded as a very small one. In the year 1820, under the operation of the reciprocity system, there had cleared outwards from our ports 1,670,000 tons of British shipping. We abolished our navigation laws in the year 1849, and in the year 1850 there had cleared outwards of British shipping 4,700,000 tons, which gave an increase of upwards of 3,000,000 tons as compared with the year 1820. In the year 1858 the amount of our shipping clearing outwards was 6,400,000 tons, or an increase of 1,700,000 tons as compared with the year 1850 ; so that in these eight years of free trade," Mr. LINDSAY exclaimed last night with an allowable exultation, " there had been a greater increase than during ninety years of a close pro tection." Those facts alone, with what NAPOLEON himself has called their " inexorable logic," con stitute an almost irresistible inducement for France to put an end to the old blundering scheme of differential duties, and enter resolutely upon the path which England has already traversed so far with such astonishing ad vantages to herself. Happily by the decision of last night the first step has been taken by the House of Commons. The sequel now rests, with all its solemn responsibilities, in the hands of her Britannic MAJEsTY's Government. There must be more in the Reform Bill than we had thought. The Opposition is disposing us to rub our eyes a little. They are, we know, notwith standing all. professions, really anti-Reformers. Their bill last year was produced only as a neces sity of their situation ; they did not, they said, want a Reform Bill, they were content with things as they were ; but Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S restlessness had compelled them to bid their best terms ; and, not so bad were they, for Conservatives, after all. Still, at least, they were then, and are now, opposed to increasing popular power. When, therefore, we find them straining every nerve to put off the second reading of the Reform Bill till after Easter, and when we also find noble lords asking for hos tile returns, and proposing to appoint a select com mittee to investigate the probable working of pro posed extensions of the franchise, all this looks like an opinion, on the part of the opponents of Reform, that the Bill does contain some considerable mea sure of that desideratum, Fat est ab host. doceri; and though we have hitherto seen but an insignifi cant minimum of Reform in the bill, the movements of the enemy would indicate that there must be a great deal. We know of but one counter supposition of our logic, and that is, that even a minimum of Reform • will always encounter Conservative opposition ; and, that party feeling is strong enough to prompt one political section to reject, when proposed by . another, what is as near as it well can be to its own proposals. There is much, we allow, in all this. Still the Opposition would not admit its ap plication to them. The precise tactics of the Lords show, also, that it is the extension of the suffrage which is the grievance. If the introduction of the fancy franchises, which Lord JOHN himself pro posed in 1854, and which, with slight modifica tions, Mr. DISRAELI proposed last year, were the improvement desired, it would, of course, be easy to add all these in committee; nor do we conceive that any party would care to oppose them. A lodger franchise seems to be approved by most, and will probably find a place in the bill. Against the others there is nothing to be said, but that they could nearly all be included in the new franchises. So nearly so that, for the sake of the few to be added, it seems scarcely worth while to complicate yet further the grounds of a right to vote. It is equally hopeful that our great Conservative morning contemporary is doing its best to get rid of, or, at least, to spoil, the bill if it can. Now it is that nobody wants it, which is, of course, a very accurate expression of the opinion of one important person not unconnected with Berkshire. Now it is that the new electors are to swamp and dis franchise the old ones. Surely there must be some thing in Extensions of the• Franchise which call forth such alternate contempt and vaticination ; the latter showing that the former is but ill-quired fear. As to the dis-franchisement, which we are pertinaciously told is involved in every en-franchise. ment, we can hardly comprehend it, at least in a free country. Have we, then, been increasing and extending our liberties ever since the times of CASTLEIIEAGII and SIDMOUTII, only to regard, with a selfish envy and jealousy, all who rise to share our privileges ? Do we really prize a vote the less because many more can join us in giving one ? Has all our zeal for education and enlightenment come to this, that instead of rejoicing that a hundred or a thousand more of our neighbours are educated up to the electoral mark, we are to go about trembling, wailing, and deploring that, alas, we are now only one of two thousand, when formerly we were one of a thousand ? Away, we say, with such exclu siveness ! The more the merrier in merry Old England. We enjoy the sight of a good shilling day at the Crystal Palace ; it is a heartier affair than the half-crown day. And we enjoy, too, a good soul-stirring constituency at an election. Not too large a one, as in a few boroughs—there is a difference between a cheerful number and a squeezing crowd—but enough to show that all classes are welcome, all interested. Not like one of the tame Arundels, Woodstocks, or Thetfords— not one of the landlord-ridden counties—saunter ing to the poll to vote to a superior's ordor. Glancing again at the new bill, we should not, ourselves, find out much to frighten Conservatives. To us it would seem singularly innocuous. The boroughs whose constituencies will be considerably enlarged, already, nearly all of them, return Li berals, most of them advanced Liberals—and to take counties, their new voters will be found, we are persuaded, of the most manageable quality. They will consist of just the classes whom the country parish clergy have just led forth to holy war, and most unholy defeat, in the Church-rate petition battle. Blacksmiths, wheelwrights, vil lage shopkeepers, parish clerks, job-work farmers, country cobblers, earriers,:with a few retired trades mentde (not Radi ca l s t h ey ) w h o have retired into the n tryina neat fora po brick ny. house, Such with a t end garden a paddockr we can tell the Lords' Select C omm i ttee b eforehand, country their r a n d d ay - s will be the chief of their new county constituents-- electors who will give the squires only larger regi ments, but equally well in hand, and equally ready with the present county electors to vote for those, whom they mast please, to live. We repeat, therefore, that the opposition in the Commons, the preparations in the Lords, and th e tin e Its of the Tories, give us a better opinion of the Reform Bill than we should otherwise have. There must be some good in what is thus resisted or de nounced. May it prove so ? Toe allowance on deposits has been raised by all the joint-stock banks to 3; 1 , per cent. except the I.(4ndon and Westminster, which allows on sums of £5OO and up wards, and 21 only on sum; below £5OO. The discount establishments have already increased their terms, the al lowance for money - at call being 2 1 per cent., and, with seven days' notice, 4, LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : ROME, THURSDAY, 1.45 P.M. To-day the act of major excothmunication pro nounced against those who have either promised to aid or who have counselled rebellion, invasion, or usurpation in the Romagna, has been published. The act has been posted up in several quarters of Rome. ROME, MARCH 29. This morning a proclamation, dated March 26, was posted up in five different quarters of Rome, by which the Pope hurls the major excommunica tion, and other ecclesiastical penalties, against all actors, promoters, coadjutors, councillors, and sup porters of the rebellion, usurpation, and invasion of the States of the Church. ANCONA, MARCH 29. General Lamoriciere arrived here three days ago by an Austrian Lloyd's steamer, and immediately left again for Rome. ROME, MARCH 29. On Tuesday last the Papal Government for warded to the whole of the diplomatic corps a pro test against the annexation of th© Legations to Sardinia. TRIESTE, MARCH 29. The Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, who has returned from the Brazils, will proceed with his wife to Vienna, having been summoned by the Emperor to sit in the Council of the Empire. MADRID, MARCH 29. It is asserted that the Court will leave an Tues day next for Araujuez. Marshall O'Donnell will return immediately. As soon as he arrives hero the Cort2s will be convoked. MADRID, MARCH 29. The official Gazette publishes the preliminaries of peace agreed upon between Spain and Morocco. Morocco cedes to Spain the whole territory from the sea to the hollow road of Anghera, and also a certain portion of territory at Santa Cruz. The convention of 1859, referring to Melilla, Penow, and Albueemas, is ratified. Au indemnity of 20,000,000 of piastres is to be paid to Spain. Tetuan will be kept by Spain until this payment is effected. A treaty of commerce is also to be concluded, guaranteeing privileges to Spain as to the most favoured nation. A representative of Spain and a missionary establishment to be permitted at Fez. The treaty of peace is to be signed at Tetuan before the 25th April. All hostilities to cease. The Spanish army, however, to be allowed to chastise the Kabyles. PARIS, MARCH 30. The Itloniteur publishes the treaty of cession of Savoy and Nice by Sardinia to France. This treaty is according to the summary already published, and has, besides, the following articles : A mixed Commission will determine what Savoy and Nice shall contribute to the payment of the public debt of Sardinia, and to the execution of several public contracts. The Sardinian Govern ment reserves to itself to finish alone the boring of Mount Cenis. The treaty will become executive for Sardinia after receiving the sanction of Parliament. The Moniteur also announces that the Senate has rejected by pass!ng to the order of the day—and with 116 against 16 votes—several petitions respect ing the intervention of the Senate in favour of the temporal power of the Pope. The Constitutionnel publishes a summary of the proclamation of Victor Emmanuel - releasing the in habitants of Savoy and Nice from continuing sub jects of his Majesty. The King, in conclusion, says—" France and Italy are two sister nations, whose destiny is to march at the head of civilization." The Petrie of Thursday states that the French regiMents in returning from Italy will stop succes sively at Chambery and Nice, but that a military occupation will only take place when the necessary formalities of the treaty have been fulfilled. The districts of Chablais and Faucigny will provisionally receive no garrison. ITALY. TURIN, MACH 29. Although the treaty for the cession of Savoy and Nice has to be sanctioned by the Sardinian Cham bers, the exchange of the ratifications will take place before the opening of the Chambers, in the same manner as adopted in regard to the Treaty of Commerce between France and England. Private messages received here from Rome con fir.m the statement that the allocution pronounced by the Pope in the Secret Consistory of the 26th inst. included the excommunication of the King of Sardinia. Without naming King Victor Emma nuel the allocution specifies his acts, which, it says, have incurred the censures pronounced by the Coun cil against the plunderers of the Church. By arrangements between France and Sardinia the civil and military functionaries of the provinces ceded to France, on passing under the French dominion, will preserve their rank and pay as un der the Sardinian Government. General Garibaldi would therefore obtain the grade of General of Division in the French army ; but he has already declared his choice to be Italy, and his intention to remain a subject of King Victor Emmanuel. LEGHORN', MARCH 29. Prince Carignan has arrived here, and has met with an enthusiastic reception. His Royal High. ness is expected to enter Florence this evening, where a splendid reception awaits him. RAVENNA, MARCH 28. The Papal Carabineers have taken off the esco cheon of the King of Sardinia from the house of the Sardinian Vice-Consul at Pesaro. BERNE, MARCH 29. The Federal Assembly has appointed a commis sion of 23 members, who will examine the report of the Federal Council, and will propose their resolu- ions to-morrow morning. ZURICH, MARCH 29. The followir.g is a summary of the report ad dressed by the Federal Council to the Federal Assembly : " The interests, the safety, independence, and neutrality of Switzerland, demand that her right in reference to the neutralised provinces of Savoy should not be encroached upon by the annexation to France. Even admitting that the neutrality of these provinces should continue, their annexation would still be against the treaties, and would threaten the rights and interests of Switzerland. The expectation of the good offices of the Powers concerning these questions reassures Switzerland, on condition that no occupation of those provinces by France previously take place, and that the status quo shall be respeet-ed: The following are, therefore, the proposals made by the Federal Coun cil : " That the Assembly may ratify the resolutions which have been adopted, and grant the necessary credits. " The Assembly should request the Council to continue to protect energetically the rights and in terests of Switzerland in regard to the neutralized provinces of Savoy, and to obtain that the status quo shall be respected. It may also authorise the President to take all necessary measures to that effect. " The Federal Assembly will again be convoked in the event of its becoming necessary to call out the troops, or should other grave circumstances require it." FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN, THURSDAY. Austria has notified to the Federal Diet her pro test against the annexation of the Italian Duchies to Sardinia. Prussia has repeated her reserve in reference to the question of the re-establishment of the consti tution of Electoral Hesse. The Federal Diet, in reply to Prussia, referred to its resolutions on the question. BERLIN, THURSDAY. The reply of Prussia to M. Thouvenel's note was sent to Paris the day before yesterday. Prussia disapproves the annexation of Savoy to France. Switzerland, whose rights were reserved by Sardinia, has made an appeal to the Powers. Those rights must .be examined and protected. Prussia concludes by announcing that she will treat the question of Switzerland in a special note. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. A Council of Ministers was held yesterday at the Tuileries, the Emperor presiding. BOURSE, March 29.—The market has been ex tremely buoyant, and a great deal of business has been transacted. Threes opened at 69f 85c, ad vanced to 69f 95c, and are now at 69f 85c. In the Share Market the demand was less active. Mobilier varied from 770 f to 775 f ; Austrian, 512 f 50c to 515 f; Lombard, 542 f 50c to 545 f ; Orleans, 1,425 f to 1,430 f; Lyons, 920 f to 925 f. ; Southern, 515 to 517 f 50c. The following are the last quotations :-- 41 per Cents. .... 96 50' Credit Fonder Do. end month .. 96 50 Belgian 4f 3 per Cents. 7O 40 Piedmontese (5) Do. end month.... 70 35 ' Roman Bl 50 Bank Shares 2BOO Austrian — Credit Mobilier BOO Do. Account BOO Spanish Threes 46 Home Dobt 4l 75 e ItAILWA.YS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 962 50 .. 963 75 New ditto 867 50 .. 870 Lyons and Mediterranean 930 927 50 Geneva 470 .. 467 50 Southern Western 595 .. 597 50 Eastern 660 .. 660 Sardinian Austrian Lombard .. Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 11c. ' • money, 25f. 81c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 871 c. ; money, 24f 85c. THE .ROAYL DRAMATIC' COLLEGE. Mr. Gye having placed his magnificent theatre at the disposal of the committee of the Royal Dra matic College, a dramatic performance in aid of the funds of the institution was given last night, which was attended with the most extraordinary success. The entertainment consisted of selections from celebrated plays, each character being sup ported in the strongest manner. The reception of Mr. Keeley, Mr. Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Toole, Mr. Creswick, and Mr. Buckstone was highly flatter ing, but that accorded to the veteran tar, T. P. Cooke, was extraordinary. Immediately he made his appearance, with his war medal glittering on his breast, in the well-known scene in "Black Eyed Susan," he was greeted with a burst of ap plause such as was never heard within the new theatre. After acknowledging the honour, the play proceeded. The following pleasant little incident occurred during the performance : William was re lating to Gnatbrain (Mr. Toole), the "yarn" about St. Domingo Billy,and on asking Gnatbrain what the sailors found inside the shark when they cut him up on deck, Mr. Toole, in the most humorous and earnest manner imaginable, said, " I'll tell you ' what they couldn't find—that's another T. P. Cooke." This observation called forth immense applause, which having subsided, Mr. Cooke shook hands with Mr. Toole and said, " That's very kind of you, but I don't wish to be found inside St. Domingo Billy—(laughter)---I don't intend to be made a Toole of in that manner." (Great laughter and applause.) Cooke's celebrated hornpipe con cluded this part of the entertainment, and the cur• tain descended amidst a complete storm of applause, which was incessantly kept up until the veteran once more appeared before the curtain. Imme diately he again showed himself the applause, if that were possible, increased in intensity, the ladies waving their handkerchiefs and fans and the gen tlemen their hats. A scene was produced that certainly within our recollection, and it extends over more years than we care to remember, is with out precedent. Silence having been restored, the entertainment proceeded to a satisfactory conclu sion. In addition to the dramatic performers, Miss Catherine Hayes, Miss Pyne, Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. J. W. Raynor and his band of Christy's Minstrels, added their talents, which, with that of Mr. A. Mellon and the orchestra, formed altogether a night's entertainment such as is seldom, if ever, witnessed. The house, it is nearly unnecessary to observe, was crowded to suffocation. MR. IiENRY LESLIES CHOIR. The third concert given last night in St. Martin's Hall was unquestionably good—scarcely a single item in the programme but what might be cited as a gem. The motet for quartet and chorus, " Source of all light and life," by Hauptmanu, however, might be objected to as unworthy a place in so fine a selection ; but even that work is remarkably well written, and is by no means ineffective. Merldels sohn's Forty-third Psalm—composed for the Berlin choir in or about the year 1845—was the great feature of the performance, and was sung through out with wonderful precision and firmness. Meyer beer's motet, " Pater Noster," was another splendid performance, and was encored with acclamation. Indeed, the choir were in their best force, and never surpassed the singing of last night. The audience, a large one, seemed thoroughly de lighted with the entertainment, and honoured Mr. Leslie with a salvo of applause as he retired from the platform. NOBTVICH ELBCTION. NORWICH, MA nen 29, G The polling took place to-day, amid considerable excite ment. The result was as follows : Warner Russell. 2,067 Forlonge Lewis 1,631 The result is hailed as a great triumph by the Liberals. The Times correspondence from Paris tends to confirm the surmise that the Bourse is being buoyed up by Government purchases, to show that the recent comments in England on the policy of the Emperor have not produced any impression. The scheme, however, as is frequently the case in such matters, has been overdone, since it is impossible that the present turn of affairs could naturally have created great buoyancy and a considerable rise. Some of the advises this morning in explanation of a further advance affirm that negotiations are on foot for a congress on the Swiss part of the Savoy question ; that Russia, Austria, and Prussia, are in favour of it ; and that the Emperor will positively submit to its decision.—limes' City Article. THE PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM.--" I am enabled," sap. the correspondent of the _Leeds Mercury, " front private and an undoubted source, to put you in pos. session of a piece of news which will interest many; it is that the Princess Frederick William (our Princess Royal) expects an increase of family in two or three months." LITERATURE. Transformation ; or, the _Romance of Monte Beni. By Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of " The Soar• let Letter." 3 vols. Smith and Elder. This is a work in every way out of the common, and the reader who wishes for something striking , will do well to peruse its brilliant pages. It can not be called a pleasing story, for it :is in many parts of a painful nature, but it is throughout nar rated in a very effective style, and the language is terse and vigorous. The author has not only pre served unsullied the lustre of his previous reputa tion, but in a great measure added to it by the pro duction of this superior novel. The secondary heroes are the most attractive, as so frequently occurs. Hilda, with her grace and gentleness, yet so strong in the force of her virtue and spotless life, " serene in youthful majesty," is a delightful study to contemplate. She seems pure as the doves who wing their flight around her dwelling, and holy as the most saintly devotee of the shrine of the Virgin, whose lamp she tends. Kenyon, the sculptor, is a fine character, and the little that is seen of him is one of the most pleasing portions of the volumes. He is married to Hilda at the con clusion, and they return to their native land, Ame rica, of which they are specimens suoh as any country might be proud to claim. Miriam is a strange person. Stie is drawn with consummate skill, but she :is pre-eminently of that sort which is always a masterpiece of the author's skill if well described, but an equally painful subject for the reader to dwell upon. She is mixed up with some mysterious crime that is never very clearly ex plained, which is better for the purpose of keeping the awful gloom of doubt and darkness that enshrouds her. She is unhappy in meeting with the man who was the sharer in her Grime, and he follows her about everywhere till her fate is wretched. The circumstances of the tragic end of this wretch are most ingeniously detailed, and the crowning stroke is put by the murderers discover ing their outlawed victim, as they supposed him, lying in state in the chapel of the Capuchines, as a zealous brother of that pious band who is about to be interred in all the formulas of his faith, and in the confident expectation of his brother monks that he has earned by his holy life a glorious immortality among the blessed. It is not the first case in which an over zeal has concealed crimes of the deadliest dye, instead of unfolding virtues of radiant light and loveliness. The account of Donatelo is most remarkable, and partakes of the style of legendary lore more than the reminiscences of old romance or the records of historical fiction. He was in some way connected with the awful story of Miriam, not in its darkest days, but he was so entangled with her entraining fate that his life became overcast, and the joyous nesss of his soul was for ever blighted. There is something quaint in its simplicity, yet holy in its spirit, in the passage which tells of the meeting of this guilty pair in the old market place of Perugia. Under the kindly influence of Kenyon,who was their strict judge, yet their herald of mercy, and their devoted friend, they formed a compact in which they were to renounce all dreams of mortal love, and thoughts of earthly happiness, but to endea vour to assist each other in working out, as far as possible, what reparation could be effected, and what good might be achieved. As they made this contract, and ratified this vow, the bronze pontiff, at the base of whose statue they were standing, seemed to stretch out his hands, and give them his benediction. He, whom the simple peasants around had thought to be their guardian for so many gene rations, could have bestowed his blessing on no better objects than sinners who repented ; and this , brief episode, simple though it be, is one of the most satisfying in the story. If it breathes of superstition, still it tells of penitence; and it is not only of remorse that it speaks, but of reparation. The most romantic part of the volumes is that which relates to the Tower among the Appenines, and many will be much pleased with the legends of the pedigree of Monte Beni, that are graphically told by the old relative of the family. The statue of the Faun of Praxiteles is ingeniously introduced at the commencement of the story, and the curious resemblance which the unhappy Donatelo bore to that renowned specimen of art is a fact now ac counted for in the revelations and recitals of Monte Beni. This work has already reached a second edition, which no analysing critic will be asto nished to find, since few of the fictions now issuing , from the press, in such vastness and vari e ty, b ear ' evidence of such depth of thought, vigorous con ception, and eloquence of expression. " Transfor mation" must take its place in the foremost ranks in point of ability, whatever may be objected to in its arrangements by cavillers. It is therefore to be considered one of those publications of mark and merit that all must hasten to become acquainted with. The _Life and Times of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. By Mrs. Thomson, author of " Memoirs of the Court of Henry- the Eighth," Sze., &c. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. A record of the life and times of one who filled so prominent a part in the history of his era, whose rare fortune it was to be the favourite of two suc cessive kings, and whose rash and reckless policy was supposed to have laid the foundation of the Civil War, can scarcely fail to supply matter of interest. Mrs. Thomson is an authoress of some repute and experience, having formerly given us chronicles of the turbulent career of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, the eventful life of Sir Walter Raleigh, the Court of Henry the Eighth, and other works of historical importance. Her present task is not a light one, since so much of the politics of the time is necessarily mixed up with her memoirs. She has, however, avoided all irrelevant discussion, and has preferred to keep as much as possible to the biographical style. She confesses to a strong interest in her hero, though readily admitting, what, indeed, it would be difficult to disavow, the serious evils he brought upon himself, his monarchs, and his country. However, the following passage contains some truth : " The blunders which James committed in his civil go vernment began before the subject of this memoir was in troduced to royal notice ; yet soon George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, figured prominently in that period which is supposed to have been the commencement of decay—the origin of the great rebellion has been attributed to his mal administration." Some extenuation for his errors may doubtless be found in his circumstances. Brought up by a worldly mother with the sole aim of succeeding at court, his education was merely superficial, and while still very young he attracted the notice of James, from which momen t hi s r i se was rapid enough to have bewildered a steadier brain and better disciplined nature. At first, his biographer asserts that the eagerness for place and rapacity for power and emolument of which he was afterwards accused were not perceptible. Th e a ff a i r o f Sir Edward Coke, the g re a t l ega l au th or it y , s h e admits, however, to have been most degrading. That her admiration for her faulty hero does not render her a partial judge, the following passage will prove. She has been referring to the celebrated letters of advice written by Bacon to Villiers : "Notwithstanding these admirable precepts, the years during which Lord B acon h e ld t h e G reat Sea l , an d Villiers ruled predominant, were, as it has been justly observed, the darkest and m os t s h ame f u l i n E ng li s h history. The domestic governm en t o fJ ames an d hi s f avour it e , in weakness and want of high principle corresponded too mourn fully with their foreign p o li c y ; w ith their indifference to tke great struggle for th e i n t eres t s o f liberty and of Pro testantism in Germany ; with their vacillating and oswardly counsels. 'Whilst the continental nations were their surpise and indignation in sallies of ridicule directed against England, the King, who had nothing to bestow in aid of a loyal cause in which the welfare of his own child was bound up, resorted to the most disg race f u l expedients in order to exalt his favourites." His coldness towards to the Lord Keeper, -Williams, because he ventured to remonstrate with the haughty Favourite respecting his condu c t w i t h re gard to the Spanish alliance is also cited as ex tremely discreditable to him. Buckingh am, li ke his royal patrons, could not believe that any o ne w h o dared to differ from him in opinion could wish him well. There is little cause to wonder at his immo derate presumption when we remember the unpa ralleled favour with which he was regarded at court. " Villiers had wit nesse d the disgrace of Somerset, the degradati on of Bacon, the execution of R Raleigh, and th e f a ll of Coke, with out experiencing in his own fortunes any symptom of decline." In one important point the authoress considers he has not been done justice to— his efforts in restoring the navy. When Bucking ham was appoint e d L ord H i gh Admiral he acquitted himself of the duties pertaining to that post better than any other of his numerous State offices. Some years b e f ore R a l e i g h h a d wr i tten many treatises on maritime affairs, reproving the lavish expenditure with so little result, the neglect of commerce, the want of an efficient fleet as a national defence, and the general decay of , the navy. No attention was paid to it by th e Ki ng , a l t h oug h Prince Henry was attracted by the subject, and would probably have interfered actively had his life been prolonged. When Buckingham assumed the power he immediately went to work with great energy, appointing commissioners to superintend the construction of new vessels and the repairs of old ones. As a war with Spain was anticipated he went further : " Buckingham then ilrew up a plan of assault as well as of defence, in order to lower the pride of the enemy. A com pany was, he proposed, to bo incorporated for the West, as well as the East Indies. A fleet consisting of two ships of the line, 18 ships and two pinnaces of the merchant adven turers, was to be equipped, and to this force were to b e added two N ewcas tl e s hi ps , f or th e nau ti c al skill and gallant characteristics of the collier crews were wisely resorted to in this emergency by the Lord Admiral. To meet th e ex ponces of the fleet, a g enera l subscription of all estates of men was proposed. The nobility were each to contribute a hundred pounds ; the gentlemen and yeomen were to be taxed to a certain amount; cities andcorporate bodies were to give a sum of £24,000. The merchants and the East India ComDany were not to escape the general infliction• Thus to man and furnish the first great fleet that England had sent forth, was the principle of arbitrary taxation com menced in this country." -----:- The project of erecting a lighthouse upon the Goodwin Sands was first suggested to Buckingham by Sir Thomas Wildrake and adopted by the duke, who made great efforts to guard the narrow seas and clear them of the numerous pirates who infested them in those d a y s . O ne o f the most interesting portions of the work is found in the concluding chapters, which, in describing the state of art and letters at that time, gives us brief but comprehen sive sketches of the celebrities of that brilliant epoch. The Duke of Buckingham was a liberal patron of art, if not of letters. His splendid col lection of paintings was afterwards sold, and many of them destroyed by the narrow-minded bigotry of the Puritans. The lives of Messinger and Ford, of Beaumont and Fletcher, and their great contemporary Ben Janson, are ably drawn, with those of many minor celebrities. Their chequered careers, for the most part, afford reason for thankfulness to the modern author, that he has exchanged a capricious or su percilious nation for the support of the public. The concluding passage of Mrs. Thomson's work ex presses her sentiments fairly : ;4," The popular error of many historians, who depict him as an arrogant favourite, a remorseless extortioner, a reek less invader of liberty, the minion of his own King, and the instrument of foreign Courts, yields before the more inti mate view of Buckingham's character which has been un folded in the collections now laid open to all readers of history. That he was impetuous, but kind in nature careless of forms, but courteous in spirit—led widely astral by mad passions, yet returning in love and penitence to his home—is now confessed. No instances have been found to substantiate against him charges of corruption, such as that which was commonly practised in those days ; he was loaded with presents of land, of money—he spent freely what had been thus bestowed—and the affection borne to him by his dependants is the best earnest of his many good qualities as a master and a patron. " Of all the imputations which were fixed on Bucking ham, that of a desire t o enr i c h hi mse lf , from motives of • avarice, is the most completely refuted by facts. During the four years that he enjoyed the unbounded confidence of Charles I. he became every day poorer. His affairs were investigated, and the result e'as proved. It is, indeed, a question, and a very serious one—how far any man is jus tified in spending, even on noble purposes , and certainly not in mere show, largely beyond his income, as Bucking ham did ; but his conduct is, at all events, more pardonable than the mere desire to co ll ec t a great fortune, from soArces which he seems to have considered should be expended either in doing honour to his Sovereign abroad in hi s em bassies—a notion param oun t i n those days, though out of date in ours—or by the encouragement of arts and sciences, and the duties of hospitality at home. " When we recapitulate the errors of this celebrated man —his omissions, his sins, his want of gool faith, his over looking the benefits he might hav e con f erred on his coun try,. until it was almost too late for repentence, his sacrifice of his Sovereign's best interests to his own will—we must, at the same time, admit great extenuation. No mercy was shown to his faults by the historians of his time, nor of the age succeeding ; they wrote under a sense of the deep in juries from which the Rebellion received its first impulse. We must not look for fairness in such a ferment. Even after the tomb had long been closed over his rem a i ns , it was scarcely safe, certainly scarcely prudent, to palliate the faults, or place the virtues of Buckingham in a fair light. We have now, however, the satisfactory assurance that Buckingham was conscious of his faults, contrite for his misdeeds, and earnest in his resolution to repair them, had. his life been spared." Mrs. Thomson has succeeded in producing a work of great moderation and candour, if somewhat de ficient in the vivid interest we should look for • in the record of a career so brilliant and romantic. It is excellently adapted for the study of the young, and will serve to correct many erroneous and extravagant notions respecting the Favourite. When we consider, however, the vast opportunities which Buckingham possessed, through his paramount influence over two successive kings, and the little good that resulted from it to any one but himself and his belongings ; the discreditable affair of the Spanish alliance; the rashness with which he plunged the country into two wars to gratify his own private resentment ; we can hardly regret that to this singular and gifted man belongs the distinction of being the last of our Royal Favourites. The True Theory of Representation in a State : or, The leading interests of the nation, not the mere predominance of numbers, proved to be its pro per basis. By George Harris, of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-law. London, Longman and Co. At this time, when the attention of the House of Commons and the public generally is so much ex cited on the subject of a further reform in our re presentative system, Mr. Harris's comprehensive and well-written little volume will be read alike with interest and advantage. After a very able summary of the principles laid down by the most important authorities of ancient and modern times on the theory of represen tation, he reviews at considerable length the several questions t h a t arise on the nu merical theory of representat ion ; taxation as a representative test ; the right of every individual to representation, and the essence of the representa tive element. These being thoroughly investi gated, Mr. Harris proceeds n ext to the considera tion of the State Interests demanding full repre sentation, which he classifies under six heads, viz. :—I. Interest of Virtue. 11. Interest of Intelligence. 111. Interest of Order. IV. In terest of Property. V. Professional Interest. VI. Popular Interests. Those State interests which are independent of representation are not forgotten, nor are they dismissed without full weight being given to their importance in the balance of political power. After offering a very in genious theory for the harmonious adjust ment of different interests, Mr. Harris shows what the various representative results of the last Reform Act have been, and then contrasts them with those that he believes would follow if his professed adjustment of the suffragal qualification and the theory of representation now advocated by him were carried into effect. We are bound to say that all Mr. Harris's pro positions are stated clearly and temperately, and are argued throughout with logical skill, judgment, and discretion ; and to those who hold that the leading interests of a nation, and not predominance of numbers only, should be the true and sound basis of representation, we heartily recommend Mr. Harris's able and timely volume. Conquest and Colonisation in North Africa. By G. Wingrove Cooke, author of " China in 1867," &c. Blackwood. This volume contains the substance of the author's letters to the Times newspaper descriptive of Algeria and its French conquerors. The writer states in his prefaee that he went to Algiers to find out what the French were doing there ; to ascertain if they were likely to restore that part of the world to its old importance; whether any thing new could be learnt from them in the matter of colonisation ; and to guess what was likely to be the effect on English interests of their thirty years' tenure of African soil. The results of all these inquiries h ave b een made familiar to the English public through the columns of the Times. The author has done wisely in collecting and re publishing his letters, as at the present time many may be glad to refer to them. Since the recent events, a vivid interest has been awakened with respect to that part of the globe, and as the political aspect of affairs in northern Africa is just now more im portant than any other, a work from the pen of a writer who has devoted so much attention to poli tical subjects has an especial value. He - gives us chapters on the degree of cultivation he found ex isting, on Arab life, on the products of Algeria, and its civil government. The concluding chapters discuss the position and prospects of Morocco, its natural defences, its relations with Europe, its trade with England, &c. We commend this work to those who wish to form an idea of the aspect of Algerian and North African affairs, as giving a succinct and sensible account of the author's un pressions. 34i life and Adventures : an Autobiography. By the author of " The New El Dorado,' &c., &c. Two Vols. Hall, Virtue, and Co. The author of this work has contributed many volumes to popular literature. His style is bold and careless, and inclines rather to the errors of abruptness and eccentricity than to the more common failings of diffuseness and tedium. The first volume is occupied with an outline of the hero's adventures while roving over the world. A ship on fire, an attack by a lion, and an American slave sale are among the most prominent events. We have a sketch of his travels to the Cape, to Brazil, Manilla, Ceylon, Egypt, Australia, and America. The second volume contains the narrative of his personal history, which is somewhat unfortunate. The catastrophes introduced are startling, and are told with singular abruptness; thus we hear nothing of the hero's being involved in debt until he is swept off to a sponging -house. We are given no 2 eas)n for the mysteriously sudden death of M. Levizar, and the crime and suicide of Arabella. are intro duced with startling suddenness. It is a singular work, but will probably interest and amuse those readers who are not disposed to be very critical when they have stirring events told in a ga y and dashing style. BREACH OF PROMISE.—In the Sheriffs' Court yesterday the jury assessed the damages sustained by Miss . Paxton, a niece of Sir Joseph Paxton, at £3OO, in cower quence of a breach of promise of marriage by the Rev. Henry Robinson, chaplain to the forces at Warner. CRUELTY TO A HORSE.—At the Thames Police court, this morning, a boy named Hall, in the service of tradesman in Stepney, was sent to prison for fourteen day/ for wanton cruelty to his master's cart-horse. .i dPer Lint. Lit Stock t o ltto 5 pe t o Enf b,4?itt oD 5 "I 0 ebt7 l [ll Ditti sols for "lequer it te small Itt e ' " °1 ti . 11411 g Po . t tigt . i.n 3 p i Dit viall 1 4 to 3 pet 4 8 t ia / 1 + ' 18 AC Cbitt o a itraini. 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