The Sun. — London, England, 1837-03-13 00:00:00

E t S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK India Stock — Ditto Bonds 29 31 pie. South Sea Stock ....... , Old Annuities ( New Ditto — 13 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 — Exch. Bills, .£I,OOP 29 31 pm. Ditto ...............5f 1 -1 29 31 pm. i Ditto Small Ditto Commercial — pm. Ditto Advertised — pm Rank Stock for Acc0unt......... 207% I India Stock for Account Consols for Account 904% PRICES OF STOCKS THE lank Stock..... 3 per Cent. Red.' 3;3 per Cent. C ons 90 M0,06% ¢ per Cent...". •"•-•-• .... H ato Red.... ••• • .... New 3% p er Cent ••9 8 Bank New s ner Cent.. .. Bank LongAnnuitie3tocxpire Jan. 5, I,*o Oct 10, i 859 Jan. 5, ktiO JApril an. 5, .830 1830 ........ O mniunt Jan. 5, 1870... I PRICES OF POREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds . . Belgian Bonds 102% Ditto A cc0unt.............. Brazilian Bonds 87%Mi D itto Account — Baenos Ayres Bonds... Ditto Account Chillian 80nd5..., Ditto Account ..... Columbian Bonds Ditto Account .......... Colu mbian Bonds, 182 . 1 21% 4 Ditto Account . 243, 4 banish Bonds .... Ditto Account...... Greek 80nd5.... ............... i)itto Bonds, 1825 Ditto Account Stexican Bonds, 5 per cent Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditto Account.... ...... •••• Neapolitan THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account Ditto New Bonds .. 494 Ditto Account Ditto, 3 per cent. Prussian Bonds Russian Bonds, 1523...«..... 108 7 3 4 Ditto Account... Ditto Metallic Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1824 257 4 ii Ditto Account 25 V5% French, 5 per cent..... —: —c. -- 4 per cent. f. 3 per cent -- Exchange —f. --0. _ i Dutch, 2}6 per cent. .................... 53X% Ditto Account , ........ Ditto, 5 per cent ............. 103% !4 Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. A nglo Mexican Mining Company (iss. at 51. pm.) 100 Per Share 3 P: % eandonga Mining Company 7 g 7% c_astern oPiapo 12% 15 Counties Railway 2 0 % G reat Western Railway Company 4O 4714 6% 7 6 London and Bi rm i ng h am R a il way Company 75 103 Landon and Greenwich Railway Comn . 2,1 22 %1% London and Southampton Railway Company 35 Manchester and Leeds Railw a y Company ..... ( 1 1 North Midl an d R a il way Company South Brighton, Lewes, and Newhaven Railway 2 % Colonial Bank 10 7N MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. Arrived Due 0 America. 0 2 France .......... .. 0 0 Brazil ..... ....... 0 1 G uam 1 Lisbon. &Jersey 0 0 Malta 0 0 Buenos Ayres.. 0 0 Hamburg ........ 0 0 Mexico 0 2 0 Carthagena ..... 0 1 Holland ....... ... 0 0 Ostend.. ...... Dublin... ...... 0 0 Jamaica .......... 0 2 Flanders ......... 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 . 4) Sw Wat eden 0 erford . HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORRoW. Morning 24 minutes after 7.1 Evening...... 55 minutes after 7 HAMBURGH, FEB. 28, 1837. A LL those who may have to write to us are re quested to be particular in directing, HEINE BROTHERS, IN HAMBURGH ; but neither the denomination BANKERS, or LOTTERY CON TRACTORS, or MERCHANTS, nor any other, is required on the Address ; and Letters directed HEINE BROTHERS, IN HAMBURGH, Without any further remark s or d escr i pt i on, w ill d o f or any B ranc h of our multifarious Business. We beg further to observe, that a Letter with one enclosure doubles the postage only, but several en closures would by far increase the same; thus 25/. 50/, or 100/., for instance, if remitted in one Bank of England Note would only uuse double postage ; but 201. remitted in two Ten-pound N o t es , Four Five-pound Notes, would be liable to a much higher ell arge. It is, therefore, most advisable for those having to remit ?Insley to Hamburgh to forward the amount, whenever p oss ibl e , 111 One Not e , or One - Check, or one Bank Post Bill, &c. &c. The Tale is advi sa bl e on rece i v i ng M oney f rom H am b urgh. Of course, rg sums, amounting to some or many thousand s may rat h er b e re mitted in Bills of Exchange. ?All those havinft to ive any Order for such Branches of our u siness as must'be executed early in s MARCH are requcsted to ()se no time in forwarding the same. HEINE BROTHERS. TO CORRESPONDENTS. A Constant Reader is informed that Sir R. Peel's speech at the Glasgow Dinner appeared in The Sun very early on Sunday morning. Tf~ e publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Thrce o' Clock. f - 7", „ :e . ". .tsrfoh, r*, +^frt~ ~~~y h) LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1837. In the House of Lords on Friday, the presentation of Petitions on the subject of the Church-rates Bill led to tome conversational skirmishing. The Earl of RADNOR Uh\Veiled the practical process by which Petitions against the Abolition of Church-rates were got up :—the Peti tions were composed and printed in London, and then sent dow n into the country, with an earnest episcopal request, that names might be subscribed to them ! The Bishop of LONDON had previously conveyed to their Lordships the following somewhat extraordinary, and, We believe, before unheard-of intelligence, namely, that the People were in a state of the greatest alarm, on a ccount of the proposed removal of Church-rates !—a qarge which was more ancient than the right to any spe ies of property in the country !" After some other petitions, and the Report of the Fac :47 'inspectors, had been pres en t e d, severa l Bills were ad rancled a stage, and their Lordships then adjourned. Irk the House of Commons a great number of petitions " e re presented. ~. ti • DUNCOMBE introduced his Bill to repeal that por aon of:the R e f orm A ct which requires the payment of rates t ad face s in boroughs, as a condition for the exercise of t.cleetoral right. W.. RAE ga v e, no ti c e, that unless an inti ma ti on were ';: e ,% 1 before Easter by Government of an intenti on t o act ule Report of the Church of Scotland Endowment nu W ir lluission, he would bring the entire question b e f ore t h e ( e. . .. 3 rd G. LENNOX brought forward his motion for the pa *'°'ctrnent of a Select Committee to inquire into the pro , i lll° ,ticil of the officers of the Royal Marines, with a view of ; % ', i ng those officers more rapid promotion, and thereby ei:,' er ing them more effective. Considerable discussion s oft Ved ; th e resu l t of wh i ch was, t h e w i t hd rawal of the no; I n , upon the understanding that the Admiralty would d es glect a b ranch of the service than wh i ch none perhaps 1, 11 es better, or is worse rewarded. tini at he House then wen t i n t o C o mmittee on th e N avy Es q. l ea "• Th e amount, i t w ill b e seen, was l ess than that ti o .a3 t "veer. M r . W OOD h av i ng move d th e fi rst resolu -I)rci for the i ncrease d num b er o f men , L or d M AHON otlllght under the consideration of the House the policy , 15 MA.JESTY'S Government with regard to the affairs P r o :Vain. A long-protracted discussion ensued :—the th e l e, B earpiog at and condemning the course pursued by t er 1 13 everm ne,nt ; whilst the more enlightened and Li -444 Memben vindicated Lord PALMERSTON'S policy, ,o;._Ulaintained that our intervention clearly consisted with . ?i.eal wisdom And justice. Lord MAHON took nothing 3' his motion. The c -uft er 4 , ( mumons .oat on S a t ur d a y f or a s h or t ti me , w h en A tte ;no pre sentat i on of petitions, Mr. HUMS called the kitt i tion of the noise to th e mo d e o f p romo ti on i n th e e q n avy, and marine forc es , w ith a v i ew t o s h ow th e i n . t „ L which ex i ste d , and the injustice alleged to have ttzhn pliac.e the l a t e B revet promot i ons. H e d es i re d re of If aatiatit granted, would h e th oug ht ma k e ou t a case , y, and of misa asrd Ho pplication of the blic money. wicx explained, and after some remarks on the euhj eet by the Hon. Member for Middlesex, and Sir G. !;', ll lv r e , taza, the three first returns called for were agreed to. 84)onelAthediseussion there was an amusing episode, occa iolra_. Sir J. ELLEY asserting that Mr. HUME was not t ro 1 • E l •en‘.tuallY, of the several returns moved for, the o c a• litetion or some was agreed to, and others were with 4nd o er. LlumE's motion for a return of all midshipmen 410 cers o f the royal navy, distinguishing those on full I, ',PWf-pay, w as : .negatived by a majority of 49. of M c MACLEA N gave notice that be should avail himself t ar i ff_ ' o first opportozaity to move for copies of the Spanish thit i , 4t..re• 13_EANAL thee brought up th e re p or t o f th e Com -044"...4.01 o'c Supply, an& ihe House adj ourne d a t a Q uar t er - In Nt lock. 4:rdo of th e sacred hooks' we rea d t h e f o ll ow i ng sne 1- -- 1 " And the Priests' custom was that when 1 , 1 3 1 ; 1 4111 11 offered sacr ifi ce, the Priest ' s servant came t e ' l 7 the flesh was seething with a flesh-hook of three tr , o l tettle i nh r is hand ; an d h e struck it into the pan or cauldro n or pot ; all th a t th e flesh-hook t or T 3 g. l it up are Prie.3t took for himself." This is, un tl~bin too true a pictur e o f th e servan t s o f at : .Church in all countr i es an d all ages. When unre al, al neti by the civil power, when the ignorance and evePrerstition of the people peroit, the Clergy, how boo respectable many of them are as individuals, as a titare the same grasping and selfish pace. From the Nave of T IZOMAS A BECK ET t o t h e present t i me, Utz shown the. same thirst after wealth--the same Ao e' glazopen s it y - to thrust th e i r h an d s i nto t h e 41vvab8 I title people ; and while they do so, have titit-JRCCII care to cover their deeds under some &a.- e pretext' and to give any other re ason t h an t h e \lle for taki ng away t h e property o f others. At fotib tillie i theY aid it for the sake of religion, at another (33 91 the p oor , an d at anot h er f or t h e serv i ce of '4 it tb )' the most dali,, , Yerous plea of all; for under the cover th e -- eY have justified persecution, murder, hreacl . i t ,of viihntost solemn promises, , and almost every .t en t o .o rm us ' ( a" attempt was made, by the Constz_ u l of Ar ev-e.n,d_on, to regulate the lettinc , of Church - ands, to 41 ) , v l l t the abuses which prevailed in ecclesiastical affair,si: puta stop to tl4 usurpations of the Church, the Arc' Z•? bishop of CANTERBURY promised " legally, with good faith, and without fraud or reserve," to observe them; but when it suited his purpose to violate this solemn engage ment, he did it under the pretext that the words virtu ally implied a salvo for the rights of their order, which —being connected with the cause of GOD and his Church—could never be relinquished by any engage ment. When the light of the Reformation dawned on this country, and the Lollards began to expose the abuses of the Established Church, the clergy took the alarm for their possessions, and under the pretence of preserving the true religion, they got a law passed, by which heretics should be committed to the flames be fore all the people ; and under this pretence, within a very short period, there were hanged or burnt in Eng land 277 men, women, and children—above 50,000 in the Netherlands, during the reign of CHARLES V. —and nearly the same number in France. When, in the reign of HENRY VI., the clergy were called upon to contribute something to the public burdens, they rose in a body against such a sacrilegious proposition, pre sented an address to the KING, and the Archbishop of CANTERBURY at their head urged as their reason against it, that while others went in person to the wars, they who remained at home were employed, night and day, in offering imp their prayers for the hap piness and prosperity of the State. Their vast power, aided by the superstitions of the people, prevailed. The KING reprimanded the Commons for interfering with the affairs of the Church ; and, to show that he was in earnest, ordered a Lollard to be burnt before the dissolution of Parliament. And in later times, when part of their vast wealth was taken from them, the head of the Church insisted that "it should be restored to the utmost farthing ; that whatever belonged to GOD, could never by law be converted to profane uses, and every person who de taMed such possessions was in a state of eternal damna tion." The same, or somewhat similar arguments, are used to the present hour; and we believe there are men, too, who, covering their rancorous persecuting spirit under the garb of piety and a regard for reli gion, would carry the same principles into effect ; and but for the spread of knowledge and general civiliza tion, JOSE PH H UME an d DANIEL O'CONNELL would long ago have expiated their offences in Smith field —nay, another victim might have been added to those which the family of RUSSELL has already fur nished in the cause of religious and political freedom. But these days are gone by—the people are no longer to be deceived by such hypocritical pretences, and the Government may rest assured that, though they may be opposed by the Bishops and the Tories, by a few of the ignorant, and by many interested in abuses, if they only act with vigour, they will he backed by the great body of the people, and in a very short period Church-rates will be abolished in name, as they now are in reality. The appeal which has been made to the British üblic in behalf of the destitute inhabitants of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, requires no aid of ours to send it home to the hearts of the charitable and the humane. Who that has any pretensions to bene volence can read the detail of wretchedness described with such simple and touching pathos by the Rev. Gentleman, who has come among us on this mis sion of charity, without stretching forth his hand to relieve the distress of the unhappy sufferers ? Th 3 first impulse of every honest English heart is to suc cour the miserable. When the Englishman sees thou- sands upon thousands of his fellow creatures and fellow countrymen exposed to the horrors of famine and the ravages of disease—to destitution in all its hideous forms—he stops not to inquire how it has happened, or why it was not prevented ; it is enough for him that it exists, to call forth his sympathy and assist ance. Human beings must not be left to perish almost before his e%es, if his exertions can save them —even if they have been accessary to their own ca lamity. But, i❑ truth, nothing like this can be al leged against the poor natives of the " far north." They have neither consumed their substance in riotous living, nor are they desirous to eat the bread of idle ness. It is by no fault of their own that they are re duced to the deplorable situation in which we now find them. All die resources on which they have been accustomed to depend for employment and subsistence have suddenly failed them, by reason of those vicissi tudes of the elements, which human foresight and hu man power can neither prevent nor control. There may be, and undoubtedly there are, some things in the state of the landed tenures 'in the Highland and insular districts of Scotland that require to be altered, so that population may not outrun the means of subsistence, but let those things be set to rights when the present emergency is over. It is not the time to stand dis cussing points of political economy when our neigh bours are dying for want of food. It is like giving, them a stone when they ask for bread. No ; the ge nerous man—the Christian philanthropist—will. open his hand to his starving brother without asking leave of that cold philosophy which measures man by his productive powers, and that regards immortal beings as so many pieces of machinery. He will look to some nobler end, and be actuated by some higher motive ; and when he dispenses, at the call of suffering humanity, a portion of that abundance with which a kind Providence has blessed him, will think himself amply rewarded by the reflection, that " the blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon him." Mr. BUCKINGHAM, on Thursday, obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better regulation of the Mercan tile Marine of Great Britain. The subject is one of great importance, as well as difficulty. No one can contemplate the awful waste of human life —to say nothing of the immense loss of pro perty—which our maritime records annually ex hibit, without feeling the necessity of some immediate steps being taken by the Legislature to remove if pos sible the causes of those disasters which so frequently occur at sea. When it appears, as it does, from the in vestigations of the Select Committee on Shipwrecks, that a thousand lives, and property to the amount of three millions, fall a yearly sacrifice to the imperfection of our marine system, it is surely high time that that system should undergo some revision, with a view to amendment. The various causes to which these frightful losses are attributed by Mr. BUCKINGHAM, are the defec tive construction of ships, their want of strength, deficient supply of cables, anchors, tackle, &c., and also of provisions, the present mode of classifying them at Lloyds', and the want of skill in the masters. We have no doubt that much of the evil com plained of arises from the above mentioned causes ; but when it is stated that Marine Insurances operate in the same way —are, in fact, the primum mobile of the mischief, we cannot but demur to such a conclu sion. At least, we want more proof than we have yet seen, to convince us that the Underwriters who insure ships are not as sharp, as keenly alive to their own inte rest, and understand that interest fully as well as the Owners do theirs. We cannot, " as at present adv;sed," believe that the former would risk their money on the ships of the latter unless they had good grounds for so doing ; and, least of all, can we persuade ourselves that it is for the interest of the Underwriters that the ships on which they so risk their money should be cast away. On this point, therefore, we should deprecate any legislative interference as a very serious evil—as cal culated, indeed, to increase the calamities which it is the praiseworthy object of the Hon. Member for Sheffield to diminish. Much caution, too, we ap prehend will be required in dealing with some of the other points adverted to. The mould of a ship seems a thing which an Act of Parlia ment cannot settle so well as a ship-builder ; nor would it be tolerable, if it were possible, to have Go vernment officers in eaeli dock-yard to examine every piece of timber used, and every bolt driven, to see if it came up to a particular standard of quality. These things are much betterleft to competition among ship-builders themselves. The end which Mr. BUCKINGHAM has in view may, we think, be attained by a better classifica tion of ships, a strict survey of their state and equipment befo re procee di ng on a voy age , an examination b y coin petent persons into the qualifications of those who are to be entrusted with the command of them, and perhaps an improved system of measurement. We are extremely glad to find that the subject is to undergo discussion in. Parliament, and sincerely hope THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1A37 that the result may be such as the friends of humanity have a right to expect from an enlightened Legislature. The whole of the Paris Journals of Friday and Sa turday have been received, together with letters from San Sebastian of the sth, and Bayonne of the 7th inst. The Moniteur of Friday contains a Report, addressed by General BERNARD, Minister of War, to the KING, recommending the punishment of the twenty-nine officers of the 62d Regiment, who publicly protested against the charges of plunder preferred against it by Marshal CLAUSEL in his account of the recent catastrophe attending the French arms in Africa. General BERNARD recommends the KING to CCM-I nland nine of the officers to be placed on half pay, for having refused to obey the orders of the War Minister, commanding them to retract their protest against the Marshal's despat c h, tw o o f th e sen i or odi cers of each rank of the remainder to be similarly punished for making an apology subject to limitations, by which they only yielded a partial obedience to the Ministerial command ; and that the rest, without ex ception, shall be imprisoned for two months. His MAJESTY has approved of this report, so that it car ries with it all the weight of a Royal Ordinance. It is a curious feature in this proceeding that General BER NARD in his Report does not hesitate to pronounce the publication of the officers' protest in the journals, whereby an appeal is made to the nation, as the most heinous part of their offence. The protest itself might have been forgiven, but the Minister cannot forgive an appeal from the army to the people. In no country will the purport of such language as this be better un derstood than in France. The object of the Govern ment is clearly to make the widest distinction possible between the soldier and the citizen. We shall soon see in what way all these schemes will succeed. The war Minister incurs a heavy responsibility by his report to the KING, and his Majesty in approving of it provokes an opposition of which it would be fatal to miscalculate the influence. In the Chamber of Deputies on Friday a most cla morous debate took place on the bringing up the Re port of the Committee recommending the grant of a million of francs (40,0001.) as a dowry for the Queen of the BELGIANS. M. L'HERBETTE, Deputy for Soissons, violently opposed the printing of the Re port, insisting that before the Chamber could take it into consideration, the rent-roll of the ICING must be produced, and the exact amount of his MAJESTY'S private property be fully ascertained. He taxed Louts PHILIPPE with possessing, in addition to the vast domains of the Crown and the House of Or leans, the immense possessions of the late Prince of CONDE, which his Ministry held in the name of his son, the Duke D'AUMA LE ; and he maintained, ac cording to the 21st article of the law of 1832, the Chamber was not to be called upon to grant dowers to the KING'S sons and daughters, save only in case of poverty and inability on the part of their Royal parent. The scenes of uproar by which these observations were interrupted arc indescri bable. The Minister of Public Instruction thumped his desk, and• seemed half beside himself with rage, and MM. PERSIL, DUCIIATEL, JAUBERT,and FUL CHIRON rose in a body and appeared frantic with passion. The last named Deputy in particular was so agitated that he completely lost the power of articulating a single word, though he twice ascended the tribune in order to reply to M. L'HERBETTE. On the other side MM. MALLEVILLE, SALVERTE, UGUIS, and GLots-131zoix maintained that the Hon. Deputy for Soissons was perfectly in order, and encouraged. him to go on. The President during the greater part of the time these disgraceful scenes were taking place kept ringing his bell, and at last was about to move the " previous question," when M. L'IIER BETTE, who stood undismayed amid the hurricane raging around him, gave him a most severe and not unmerited rebuke for the partiality displayed by him throughout the discussion. M. D UPI N defended himself, but ii► a manner which proved that M. L'HER_ BETTE had galled him to the quick. The discussion closed here, the last named Deputy ending it with a declaratio❑ that " Princes would ever find ►n that Hall servile adherents and slavish partizans"--a declaration which appeared greatly to annoy the occupants of the M►nisterial benches. TI - e Report was then received ; after which the law on Public Works was put to the vote, and carried by a majority of 163. Iu the sitting of Saturday M. VA TRY prese►►ted a petition from Martinique, for the abolitio❑ of the slave trade. After a brief discussion, it was referred, together w►tl► some others on local subjects, to the President of the Council. Ministers have withdrawn the Bill introduced in the Chamber of Peers for the punishment of all persons neglecting to denounce plots against the Government of which they might in any way become cognizant, to the Minister of the Interior, or the Police. They were apprehensive that it would share the fate of the Disjunction Bill, so they have been forced to tell the KING that his MAJESTY must do the best he can without it. Of course there will be no want of plots or conspiracies, in order that an ignorant clamour may be got up against the Liberal Opposition in the Chamber of Deputies. Ministers are sadly in want of so-le fresh proof of their own loyal foresight, and of the indifference of their political opponents, to the preservation of his " accidental" MAJESTY, the Sovereign of the French. There is not a syllable of news worth communicat ing from the north of Spain. At St. Sebastian and Bayonne matters remained on the sth as they were on the first day of the month. Lord JOHN HAY, Captain MAITLAND, Colonel WYLDE, and Colonel WAKEFIELD, inspected the right bank of the Bidas soa on the 6th, and afterwards proceeded to Bayonne. All is ready for a movement, but it is extremely uncer tain when one will take place. ESPARTERO will not move till the Government sanction all his appoint ments-.a most loyal condition, emanating, as it does, from a conqueror by " accident." What arc the Mi nisters about, that they suffer such dictation from an officer of doubtful loyalty ? FRENCH FUNDS.-Pants, MARCH IA Five per Wits., 107 f. Sc. 15c. 10c. Four per Cents., 98f. 30c. Three per Cents. 791. 35c. 40c. Bank Actions, 2,412 f. 50c. Bente de Naples, 981 80c. 75c. Itoman Five per Cents., 1023 i,. Spanish Actives, 26% 27. Spanish Differes, 1144. Spanish Passives, 7q. Belgian Loan; Five per Cents, 103%. Belgian Society, 1,500 f. Portuguese Three per Cents. 31%. • Dutch Two and a half per Cents.. 53%, Haytian Loan, 3651 EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, -1. -c.; money, 25f. 35c. Three months, paper, -f. -e.; money, 25f. 15 -Cars Arithen!igue. FRENCH FUNDS-Parris, Malmo 11. Five per Cons., 1071. sc. 1061.. 95c. 1071: Four per Cent., 99f. 30c Three per Cents., 79f. 30c. 31c. 25c. Bank Actions, 2,410 f. Rente de Naples, 9 , 3 f. 85c. Roman Five per Cents., 102%. Spanish Actives, 211% 27. Spanish Passives, 74!.i. Belgian Loan. Five per Cents., 10.11. Brussels Society, 1,55 f. 1,5151 Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 31%. EXcHANUE ON LONDON. One month, paper,--c. -c.; money, 25'.35c. Three mouths. paper, -X ; money '2sf 15c -CoUrs * * LAsr PRICES. FiVe per Cents., 107 f. 10c Three per Cents. 79f. 45c.. Bank Actions, 2,4101: Rente de Naples, 991. [lnman live per Cents., 102%. Belgian Loan, 1034. Brussels Bank, 1,405 E Portuguese Three per Cents., 32. Spanish Actives, 27. Spanish Passives, 73(. Differes, Madrid Journals to the 4th inst. have beeu received. The Gazelle of the 2nd contains the Royal Decree, appointing Count ALMADOVAR Minister of .war. It is followed by an address from his Excellency to the army and the inhabitants of the disturbed pro vinces, full of the usual commonplaces and anticipa tions of victory. At Cuenca all was disorder, and in Arragon, Catalonia, and Valencia, the rebels were fast gaining ground, owing to the jealousies and dis sensions prevailing among the QUEEN'S Generals. The Portuguese Legion had openly revolted against its officers, several of whom it shot. Boßso, the commander narrowly escaped with his life, and on the 3d instant had reached the capital in a most miserable plight. The greatest part of this mischief has been caused, not by the Carlists, but by the supporters of MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA, TORENO, and the Royal Statute. The state of Spain is truly deplorable, and calls for active intervention on the part of England and France. Brussels and Gorman Papers hare ban received. The former announce that the French Professor in Russia, who had incurred the displeasure of the Em peror by persevering in a claim sanctioned by a verdict of the Russian Courts of Law, but which it had pleased his MAJESTY in' the plenitude of his power to set aside, has been conveyed to France, instead of being sent to "cool his heels" in Siberia. The influ enza is making dreadful ravages in several of the Ger man States. Its attacks art described as more violent than any experienced in ordinary cases in this country or France. The following curious article is copied from4,he Correspondent of the Allgemeine Zeitung. For obvious reasons, we decline for the present to offer any corn- ment upon it:— ATIIENS, FEB. 16. —The English Ambassador, Sir Edmund Lyons, was on b oar d the Aust r i a n steam-boat which went on the 14th to meet the Portland frigate. As soon as the steam boat reached the frigate, Sir Edmund, who was dressed in a plain riding coat, with a whip in his hand, like one visiting an intimate friend, asked an audience of the King, which he ob • tained. Immediately after the first salutations he asked the King whether it was true his Majesty intended to dismiss Count Armansperg? The King answered in the affirmative. Sir Edmund made an observation on the danger that might arise from the removal of this Statesman, " who was so highly honoured by the nation." The King, it is said, replied with , becoming dignity and earnestness that his determination was irrevocable, and that he regretted that he could not pay attention to the obsetvations of Sir Edmund. His Ma jesty is said also to have .expressed his surprise and displeasure. at the over familiar manner in which the ambassador had thought fit to appear before him, especially with such an ap plication. Still greater is the astonishment of the public that Sir Edmund Lyons, who is generally esteemed for his honour able character and the warm interest for the welfare of Greece which he has for these ten years manifested, should have been made the dupe of others to such a degree, as to take on him self so strange a task and then to execute it in so awkward a manner. Meantime the Chancellor and the other Ministers had assembled in the Piraeus, and went on board the frigate as soon as it entered the harbour. The Chancellor alone was first admitted to the King, who thanked him for his services hitherto, and at the same time announced to him, in gracious terms, that he had resolved to abolish the office of Chancellor of State, and to grant him the discharge which he had so often solicited. The King then communicated this resolution to the other Mi nisters, and at the same time announced to M. Rhizos that he designed to remove him from the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs. This news reached Athens late in the evening, and bJeame known to a few persons only. The Count's party have employed means, which arc hardly credible, to contradict the report which has so often been spread of the Count's re-. raoval from the office of Chancellor. The ordinance for the abolition of the office of Chancellor, and the appointment of M. Rudhart to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the Council, appeared the . same evening. It was reported that the Portland had brought the recall of the English Ambassador. BELOI AN I. UNDS —Bausst:Ls, Matzen II Actual Deid, 2;i, per Cent ... itothschild's Loan, 5 p er Cen t Loin oil hirty Millions... .......... Loan of Citv, 1532, 4 per Ceiit 99% Society of Commerca, 4 y.,irir Cent l3l Batik of Belgium, S per Cent 137 , Prussels Papers, March 12. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIImNNA, Masten 5. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three par Cents. Bank Shama —Allgemcinc Zeilung, March 8. DUTCH FUN DS—Amsutapato, Marc:: 10. Money. Bills. , ctiikl Delet, •.1.. , , per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A mot t :ivntlic, -11, per rent.... 9 2, 9314 Ditto, ditto, 31, per cent. 7134 7i commercial Company, 4 , :, per cent 1314 185% Ditto (163:2 and 18:3:3) 5 per cent. Exchange on lAmilon, (Inc mouth lt? ilIt; Two months HA MBURG BORSEN HALLE, ManciC7. Bills. Money. Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cont. Ditto ditto 4 per cent. — Ditto ditto 3 per cent. Ditto Bank Shares 1313 1346 Anglo-Russian Loan lOl% 104 !,6 l'aper Inscription, 6 per cent 75 74% Russian r - i per cents. Metal. Itusaian Inscription, Hope and Co., ad and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates Portuguese. Regency Bonds, 5 per cent 47 Ditto, 3 per cent. 30% 30% Dutch 2Yi, yer Creuts. Ditto flier Cents — Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. New 'Tickets 154 155 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 7 .2 FIN Norwegian Loan of 1831, I per cents. Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents — CottQs Loan, 5 per Cent Greek -I per cents. 1533, ' , !uaranteed hy France 992 3 —HamLurg Pawrs,Ecb. 17. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. lIAMLIVRO, MACCII 7.-13 S ! .i. ; two months, 13 634. riTocknot,m, FEB. 2•3.—Two montns, 11 30. CmatsTisrn A, Feu. 25 —three months, 5 10 BREMEN, Martell 3.-= fwo months, 01r2. Sr. l'urmisunnit, FELL 21.—Three months, 10 1-16. BEULIN, MARCH 4.—Three m • nths, o.•'•t. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. In the past week there were moderate ariivals of most kinds of Grain ; a large supply of Oats, and a middling quantity of Flour. The trade remained as on Monday for every article. This morning the fresh supplies of all descriptions of Corn have not been considerable. Fine parcels of Wheat readily obtain the terms of this day se'nniglit ; other qualities sold slowly, at no alteration in value. Barley continues to me e t a heavy sale, but prices are no lower. Beans are firm at last quotations. Boiling Pease are extremely dull, and again cheaper. Grey Pease support the rates of last week. The quantity of Oats for sale is considerable, and the trade has been heavy to-day at hardly so good terms as last Monday. In the Flour trade, transactions arc still limited, and the former prices arc unaltered. .PRICES ON El Wheat, Red (WI 51g. G!, 60:. 6 , 5. Red 1:136) l4; 50A. ------- Fine Superti e... s6i. (i 4), -NVII to (1836) 4fis. 522 Fine 5.s 58s. --- Superfine SO;. 62., Foreign free ye 34v 3s. llirley . '5.. 27, --- Grinding 274 28s. Malting 324. 354, Malt 4(i3. 545. --- Fil I e New 51; ms„ Prase, Grey, New 325. 31s, ---- Maple New , ''44. 36g, ----- Wilite ` 3 Bs. 40a. -- Boilers 405.42, SMITIIFIEL This day's supply was very go, alteration from the prices last go A An OF SHIP. PRICES PER STONE OF 23L S. d. to s. _ . Be.ins, Small Jim` 3Ss.42s. -.- (old) 448.505. -- Tick (new) 32s 345. -- ( - (old)' 405.445. ---- Harrow (new) 355.365. -- (old) 425.463. Ilrank Oats, Feed - New 225. 25a. - Poland New 238.275. - Potatoe 285.305. ---- New 264.225. - Scotch 29 31s. - Irish 20 • 22 , .25s Flour Town aier sack) 525. 555. Veconds ----- Country 40, 445. ilran lO 11 s. ,D MARKET (1, an;l the sale was dull at little +ted : I. TO SINK TUE OFFALS. ti. tO S 4 ~... __ ~ ... Interior Beasts Second quality ditto. 2lO 3 4 Second quality ditto Crime large Oxen 3 6 3ln Coarse-woolled ditto 4 4 4 8 Prime Scots, 11. , r .. 4 0 4 I So...J . :down \\Tethers Large coarse Calvos . 4 6 410 Large Hogs. Prime small ditto Slckling Calves each ...17 t! 30 0 Quarter old Pig each) 12 0 5.9 0 SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs 2396 23,500 I 102 334 About 400 of the 13,2.ns came up the St. Alban's road; about (150 up the other northern roads; about 6 9 (inelnding Irish) from the western arid midland districts : about 87') from Norfolk, Strirolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire; about 24) from K• nt and Sussex ; and most of the remainder lona the marshes. &c. in the neighbourhood of London. NEWGATE AND LEA At per stone, _ ts_ d. tos d s d to s d. Beef, inferior 2 4 2 6 Hutton, inferior 3 0 3 4 -- middling - ..... ....•. 2 3 210 - middling - prime large - prime 3lO 4 2 - prime titiail 3 4 3 6 i Pork, larg, 3 6 4 2 Veal DENHALL MARKETS. ;y the Carcass. NEWCAS7 LE-UPON-TYNE Co RN M ARK ET.— March 11. We had a moderate supply of Wheat at this day's Market, which met a ready sale at an advance of 2s. per quarter on the prices of this &ay se'cnniffht. Barley was a dull sale at our quotations. Oats were in large supply ; and sold at similar rates to last Saturday. In malt there is no variation, the de mand still being very limited. Rye remains without a change. White Pease are a better sale, and prices the turn dearer. In Beans and Grey Peas there is little alteration. Flour is a free sale at an advance of 6d. to Is. per sack. New. Old. Wheat, Northuinberland 4 I:. 5Ss. s3s. 62 .1 ----- Norfolk and Suffolk sss. 60t sBs. 63, Berwick and Scotch 5 0 ,. 6 ....3. 53'. --- Foreign Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk .ooreizn Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Sunidk 32s. 374 —s. —s. _ . ._.„ ~.g 2 , is ‘2B . --- Grindin and Fectling Malt, Norfolk and Suiiiilk sss. 0.2 i Beans, Small IS:. 42a —s. —s. -- Tick .. Ma. 40. —s. --s. Pease, Whits' 398 425. .... --5..-4. ---- Gray ` , 3: 36 , —s. —s. Oats, Northumberland, Pot a t o c 2fi3 258. 2 7 5. ------ Feed Foreign 4 :s. 465. Flour (per sack) KING'S TII EA Tlt E.—La Donna del Lago was re peated to a fashionable house on Saturday evening. Signora Angioli, the new prima donna, personated Elena with greater self-possession than on the previous occasions, and gave her music with oTeater power and effect. The compass and ea.. ' , abilities of . this young lady's voice, we are afraid, however, will never be able to fill the immense salle of the King's Thea tre; but, as a first singer, before Easter, there have been many worse with far more pretension. She has been well educated. Her pretty looks and sunny hair at first sight pro pessess the audience in her behalf. Fanny Wyndham is an enchanting creature, and would render herself still more so were she to play the part of Malcolm with more passion ; her music, while it is almost faultless, and her fine figure, admi rably suited to the character, are much deteriorated by her frigid manner. Catone, as King James, sang with taste and delicacy of feeling ; the charming cantabile, " Aurora ali I Sorgerai," given behind the scenes, was again warmly ap plauded and re-demanded. Bellini's lioderic•k Dim, if not a remarkably fine performance, was at least impassioned and vi gorous. The ballet Le Brigand de Terracina followed the opera. This is one of the prettiest ballets ever produced. Auber's sweet and sprightly music is exceedingly well adapted to ballet composition, and M. Pilati, who made the stlection, has executed his task with taste and skill ; nor is Deshaye3 less entitled to praise for the admit able manner lie has arranged the dances, chief in which is 1 - Icrmenie Eisler, 'elm, by the novelty and beauty of her pas, her gracefulness and agility, must be considered a great acquisition to the ballet of the King's Theatre. HOSTILITIES with NEW GRANADA. LATEST ACCOUNTS. (From the Hampshire Telegraph of Saturday.) • By the Jamaica papers, which have reached us to the 30t11 January, we find that in consequence of the Government of ' New Granada having refused to make restitution to Mr. Rus sell, our Consul at Carthagena, for the insult offered to him by confining him in the common prison, for having wounded a person in self-defence, Commodore Sir J. S. Peyton, on the 9th January, issued a proclamation, declaring the wh o l e coast of New Gran a d a i n a state of blockade, and sailed for that coast, from Port Royal, on the 12th, in the Madagascar frigate, ac companied by the Wasp sloop of war, to enforce his determi nation. Our Minister at Bogota had demanded the immediate release and reinstatement of Mr. Russell, a sum of 5,000 dol lars to be . paid to him as a compensation, and the disfitissal of all the functionaries who had acted so illegally towards him. The Granadians, it app ears , had dispatch e d a force of three small vessels of war and 300 men, and had driven away from a settlement, called Buccotoro, about 150 Englishmen. This was considered a very outrageous affair, as Buccotoro was no part of the Granadian territory. The people of Jamaica arc urging reprisals by taking possession of all atat part of the Isthmus of Darien which belongs to the Granadians, and not relinquishing it until arrangements are made for the immediate prosecution of a plan long in agitation—that of cutting a ship communication between the Pacific and the Atlantic. New Granada having thought proper to provoke a war, the honour of England demands that she should pay a penalty, and that penalty ought to be to the advantage of the commerce of England. Commodore Peyton was followed on the 20th by the Nimrod, 20, and on the 22d by the Forte, 44, Commodore Pell, and the Champion, 18. These latter vessels had arrived at Jamaica the preceding day ' - the Forte, with 350,000 dol lars, from V era C la d, an d the Champion from a cruise. The Echo steamer arrived at Jamaica, in 53 days, from Falmouth, on the 22d July, having on board, as pas sengers , C omman d er Belcher and M es s rs . O wen and Robinson, on their' way to join the Sulphur surveying vessel, in the Pacific. The Cham pion captured, off Cuba, in December, a Portuguese schooner, with 203 slaves on board, who were all landed at Honduras. The Racehorse, 18, sailed from Jamaica on the 29th for Car thagena, to join Commodore Peyton. The Wanderer, 18, -Thunder, surveying vessel, and Alban steamer, were left at Port Royal. The Ilarpy had been sent to Bermuda. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. DEAL, MARCH 1 W. to \V.—Arrived the Royal George, Wilson, from Bombay; William and Alfred, Alex ander, from Sierra Leone ; Swallow, Artis, from St. Mi chael's; his Majesty's steamer Vernon, from the Mediterra• nean Margaretta, Cooper, from Lisbon ; and Margaret, Littlejohn, front Galway. MARGATE, MARCH 11.—Arrived the Curlew, James, from Boston. DOVER, MARCH IL--Arrived ofF port, the Senator, from the Mauritius. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 12.—Wind S. W. to S. S. E., fine. COWES, MAacn 12.—Arrived the Johanna, Frudder, from Smyrna. FALMOUTH, MARCH 11.--Arrived his Majesty's ship Par tridge, from Lisbon, sailed the 26th ult. ; Carnival, Hamp ton, from Leghorn ; and Norval from Oporto. PENZANCE, MARCH 10.—Arrived the St. Raphaels, from St. Andero, leaky, bound to Liverpool. GUERNSEY, MARCH 10.—Arrived the Martha, Boyles, from Rio Janeiro. BRISTOL, MARCH 11.—Arrived the Henry, Allen, from Leg liqrn ; Tom Bowling, from Galipoly; and Jean Coupen, from Nantes. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 11.—Arrived the Elphinstono, Smith, from Van Dicman's Land. HOLYHEAD, March 10.—A box has been picked up to the eastward of the Skemis, containing papers that appear of little consequence; among them there is a bill to Hugh Crow, for bread, &c., dated Liverpool, 31st January, 1837 ' - and part a a note from Lieut. L ow t o Captain Ferris, ship Welschester, Pincre's Dock, Liverpool, with the names of Hugh Crow, Mrs. Crow, and child. DUBLIN, March 10.—Arrived the James Holmes, —, from Demerara. Coax, March 10.—Arrived the Slakestie, from Bar badocs ; Tory, Kelly, from Halifax. CARDIFF. —Arrived the Catherine Wilhelmina,—, front Memel. The Stirling Castle, late Fraser, from Sydney to Singa. pore, was totally lost 21st May on Eliza Reef, in lat. 34, long. 15. The Fisher, from Washington to Liverpool, was condemned at St. Thomas's previous to the 10th ult. Royal Swedish red Norwegian General Consulate, 7, Great St. Helen's, March 11. Sir—His Mljesty the King of Sweden and Norway having been graciously pleased to order a deviation in the quarantine stipulated for vessels arriving from the West India islands, I am free to band you enclosed the resolution to that effect, with a request that you will cause the same to be` made public in the usual manner for the inforination of all whom it may concern. I remain respectfully, Sir, your most obli ! zed servant, _ CHARLES TOTTIE. " 'I he Royal Quarantine Commission at Stockholm maketh known, that by a report of the 13th of Noventber last, his Ma jesty has been graciously pleased to order that the West India islands shall not henceforth be constantly suspected of the yel low fever, and that vessels arriving from those islands, when they do not come from places which, on account of the break ing out of any contagious disease, have been declared as con tagious, or suspected, shall only be subject to the same exa mination as to the state of health on board, and of their bills of health, as is ordered by the sth paragraph of the Royal Ordinance of the 223 February, 1834, for, vessels arriving from places situated in the Levant and out of Europe, - not being de clared as contagious, or suspected of cholera ;. and that also, with his Majesty's gracious rescript of the 9th of May, 1835, vessels arrived from the above-mentioned places, they are not generally bound to• proceed to a Swedish quarantine place for the purpose of undergoing the above examination. The qua rantine charges for vessels arriving from the West India islands, and liable to such examination, shall, whether the same be per formed at a quarantine place or not, be limited to the actual expenses attendant on such an examination, which, by his Ma jesty's gracious commands, the Royal Commission hereby make known for due observance. " CLAS CRONSTEDT. " C. E. VON WEIGEL. " A. P. VON SYDOW. " CHARLES ARFWEDSON." " Stockholm, Jan. 17, 1837." HE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, 1 W.ELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this moining are two French, two Ostend, and the Dutch mails • also a Lisbon mail by the Partridge. We have likewi se ship letters from Sierra Leone, Valparaiso, Bahia, Charleston, Barbadoes ; Sydney, Oct. 23 ; Bombay, Nov. 12 ; Van Diernen's Land, Oct. 29,. The Sydney papers state that "eleven sail have left this port within the last week for various parts of the world, whose tonnage exceed 4,300 tons. " It is understood that Captain Swanston and Messrs. Gellebrand and Dobson hare been led to undertake their voyage to Sydney as agents for certain parties to Port Philip new settlement, with a view of making satisfactory arrange ments with the Government of this Colony for the lawful purposes of the territory. COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OgFICE, Sydney, Oct. 18.—His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct that the period allowed to settlers for notifying their intention- to bring, out emigrants under the Government notice of the 18th Octo ber, 1835 (now republished for more convenient reference), shall be extended to the 31st day of December. In order to guard against the inconvenience of long outstanding claims against the Govyrnment, his Excellency is further pleased to notify that bounties will not be allowed under this notice, unless emigrants shall arrive on or before the 31st December, 1837. From the Launceston papers to the 28th October, we ex tract the following : The Tamar Bank had been compelled to suspend its pay ments temporarily, in consequence of their not being able to obtain a supply of specie for immediate purposq.s. Prepara tions were making to resume businese, having ample funds to meet the demand upon them." Accounts from King George's Sound state that the new settlement was going on prosperously. The emigrants who had arrived out by the Amelia, Thompson, bad nearly all been provided with situations. The markets at Sydney were lower. Wheat was at 3s. to 3s. 6d. per bushel ; Flour 15s. per 100 weight for the finest, and Bs. for inferior samples. Money is more plentiful for commercial affairs ; and, upon the whole, things have improved, but not as yet settled down. On Saturday there was no feature in the British market worth noticing. Consols closed at 931 buyers for the Account; for Money, 901 I.; opened this morning at 90a ; at present, buyers at 90} for the Account ; Money, 904 ; Exchequer Bills, 29 31; India Bonds, 28 30. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active heavy at 251 ; closed at 25,1- 26; Passive, ;a l; Deferred, I I to 11+ ; Por tuguese lower, left off at 491-; at present, 48 49 ; Three per Cents., 311 32 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53i 1; Five per Cents., 103 1 RALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK Letters are in town from Madrid to the 4th instant, stating that the Ministry had been completed, by the accession of Count Almodovar to the War department, and it consequently assumed an appearance, of stability. Various offers for ad vances of money had been made by agents of foreign houses, with the view of enabling the Government to meet the divi dends of May next. The grippe prevailed in Madrid to a considerable extent, but in - .a mild form, and no fatal cases had taken place. Other letters state that the Government had been offered 500,0001. in advance on bills on the Havannah, at various dates, which offer was under consideration. To the present time we do not hear of any further arrivals, either from France or Spain, though very anxiously looked for, it being expected that the combined operaticms against the Carlists have commenced ere this. Consols have improved since the morning, and reached at one period 90 5 ; since which they may be quoted at 9011, There is a lack of business in both the markets. Consols for Money, 908 ; Exchequer Bills, 29 31 prem. ; India Bands, 29 31 prem.. Bank Stock shut. In th . c Foreign Market Spanifh Active continues heavy at 251; Passive 74; Deferred, 111; Portuguese, 49_1'; Three per Cents., 311- ; Columbian, 24; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cenis., 531. The Sl:are Market i 3 rather lower, owing to accounts from Liverpool of the prices being lower there. THREE O' CL CK. C9asols fur the ACc"4O, 90 4.4. LITER _Z TURF.. CRICHTON. 3 Vols, Bentley, London, 1837. Mr. Ain:worth has improved greatly since the publica tion of his " llOokwooa." In that romance he exhibited superior powers of conception, but nothing equal, or even approaching to, what he shows in every page of his pre sent work. His fancy was th'en but in the bud—h ere see it in full blossom. There is n 9 straining after effect in " Crichton ;" no trite common-places tricked out so as to show like novelties ; no exaggerated portraiture, or start ling, melodramatic incident—all is harmonized and in perk et keeping throughout. There has been no tale published equal to " Crichton," since " Paul Clifford." In fresh and vivid colouring, accurate and life-like description, easy tran sitions, and picturesque groupings, it may- take rank beside a Scotch novel. Toe reader's attention is arrested on the very threshold ;- for. Mr. Ainsworth does not stand shilly shallying with his subject, as if afraid that it would be too soon exhausted ; but bounds at once upon it like one fully possessed with, and conscious of his own mastery over, it. The only fault we find with him is that in critical places he is apt to he too elaborate—we allude more particularly to the banquet scene at the commencement of the second volume, which though full of warm colouring, and alive - - - with racy touches of character, is rather over-done—that is to say, matters of little moment to the elucidation of the scene, arc brought too prominently forward. This, however, is a defect on the right side, and such as will be sure to es cape the detection of the reader for mere amusement. The leading excellence of the tale is the portrait of Crichton, in whom all its interest is concentered, and who stands out on the canvas, breathing and glowing with life, like one of Titian's paintings. To attempt the development of a cha racter like this, so well known, and from wiiich so much is expected, was a daring act on the part of an author ro young in years as Mr. Ainsworth ; but it is hut justice to say of him that he has fully succeeded. We do not merely read about the" Admirable Scot ;" but r.'e see him visibly be fore us ; now pozing the Doctors of the Sorbonne ; now moving with the Rector along the streets of Paris, the observed of all eyes, himself wrapped up in his own high thoughts; and now defending his countryman Ogihy, at the risk of his life, from the assaults of the infuriated stu dents. Anon-he is presented to us at Court, in the haunts of pleasure and dissipation ; tilting at the tournament ; whispering words of honied flattery in the approving ear of beauty ;—in a word, in all the mnltiplied phases of his ver satile character, as the wit—the gallant—the scholar—the adventurer—the wonder and admiration of Europe. Surely to paint an historical character like this, and take such full possession of it, as not only to l,id it live again, but speak in language which we recognize as appropriate throughout, is a high and rare effort of genius But this, though the greatest, is not the only,Tecommendation of this splendid tale. The knowledge of the period of which it treats ; of the various characters it pourtrays, the majo rity of which arc historical ; of the poet Ronsard ; the vo luptuous. Henry the Third ; of the inscrutable, remorse less, and serpent-like Catherine de Medicis, who makes us shudder every time she is brought forward ; of her agent Ruggieri ; and above all, of that mysterious Mask, who stalks like a ghost across the scene ;—these various and con flicting personages are drawn with a skill, and vigor, and appre hension of the latent springs of human action, which, judging merely from " Rookwood," we should never have given • Mr. Ainsworth credit for 'possessing. Of our author's Lyrics, which are lavishly interspersed throughout his volumes, we cannot speak in equal terms of praise ; for we are far from thinking so highly of them as many of our periodical Contemporaries. That they are ingenious and characteristic, is the -very utmost praise we can accord them. The Preface has three besetting faults. In the first place, it is too lengthy ; secondly, it is nearly, if not altogether, superfluous ; and thirdly, there is too ostenta- • tious a display_ of learning made throughout it. We must also object to Mr. Ainsworth's praises of Crichton's Latin poetry, which compared with the very worst elegy of Tibul lus or Propertius, or Ovid, or even Vincent Bourne, is little better than school-boy common-place. We allude particularly to Crichton's elegy on the death of Cardinal Borromco, in which his pentameters, though the poem is but a short one, are closed with polyssyllables in no' less than three instances. We should not have ha zarded .a mechanical objection like this, were we not aware that the construction of Latin verse is alMost wholly a matter of mechanism ; and its rules, therefore, should be rigidly adhered to. However, the Preface has nothing to do with the tale, which, as we said before, is by far the best the season has produced, and will, we are sure, have a run. We defy any one who once commences it, to leave off till he has come to the conclusion. We subjoia. by way of sample of Mr. Ainsworth's graphic style, Lis sketch of the personal appearance of the " Almira',3le Scot : " " The countenance of Crichton was one that Phidias might have portrayed, S 9 nearly did its elevated and ennOtrled character of beauty approach-to the ideal standard of perree tion erected by the great Athenian sculptor. Chiselled Me those of some ancient head of the Delphic God, the features were wrought with the utmost fineness and precision—the co :tour of the face was classical and harmonious—the moms divinior breathed from every lineament—the lips were firm, full, and fraught with sensibility, vet giving token of the most dauntless resolution—the chin was proudly curved—the nese Grecian—the nostril thin and haughty as that of an unbroken barb of the desert—the brow was ample and majestical, shelled by hair of lightest brown, disposed in thick ringlets after the manner of the antique. There was a brilliancy of colour ;Ind a sparkling freshness in Crichton's complexion, the more sur prising, as the pallid hue, and debilitated look of the toil-worn, student might more naturally be expected in his features than the rosy bloom of health. In compliance with the fashion o f the day, a slight moustache feathered his upper lip, andl short, pointed beard, clothed his chin, and added to the grir re manliness of his aspect. " Crichton's attire, which partook more of his clriva2+•t ius than of his scholastic character, was that of a complete ca. -0. tier of the period, and was calculated to display to its utnrast Ad vantage the faul►tless symmetry of figure with which Nat are, not less lavish than Art and Science, in her gifts, had en dowed him. A doublet of white damask, slashed with b lack bands of the same material, crossed by other bands so a ; to form a sort of grating, buttoned from the throat to the git dle, and fitting closely to the person, revealed the outline of his full Antinous like chest, as well as his slender cireumfere taw of waist ; while the just proportions of his lower limbs v • here as accurately defined by the satin hauts-do•chausscs, sin Mat in colour to his doublet, and similarly slashed, in which t itey were enveloperl. A short and singularly cut Spanish cloa kof black velvet, edged with gold lace, hung from his left shell! der, and descended as low as the elbow. His arms were ara pier and poirmard suspended from a richly ornamented gir •De. Boots oebuff-skin, sharply pointed at the toe, as was then the mode, were fitted upon feet that seemed almost diminutiv ein comparison with the lofty stature of the wearer. His 1): oad rimmed, steeple-crowned hat of black felt was looped w' . .th a diamond - buckle, and crested by a single green feather." ELLIS'S LAWS OP THE CUSTOMS, 6.1. Bailey, London, 1837. This is a work of great practical—indeed we migli most say—national utility ; contains an lumens:: nli) information on all the regulations, &c., which bear upo shipping trade ; and is evidently the result of many hard labour. Our readers, no doubt, will thank us fi following information respecting the duties of passeng cases of emergency : 7 --" Passengers in some respect: be considered as part of the crew. They may be on by the master of the ship in case of danger, either tempest or enemies, - to lead their assistance for the g safety ; 'and in the event of their declining, may be pi ed for disobedience. A passenger is not, hoivever, to remain on board the ship in the hour of ilipig(l. 3 r, may quit it if he have an opport un ity, and he is. •no (Fired t o take on himself any responsibility . as to o the c duct of the ship. If he incur any responsibility., an ,' form extraordinary services in relieving 'a vest:Ad in he is entitled to a cerrespondiug reward."' ought to be in the possession of' every Inerc:4 Jl 6l O man ,, for' it is one indispensable to his calling. 'File receipts of the London and,(; reennicli Rail war continue prorressively to increase. and the ave rage i s from; 4001. to upwards of 800/. per wo,„ The Liverpool Albio scribers, that fur the fu*nonoursees to country sub, ore those v ho me in arroais r 4, 0 reminded of the fact . n y the paper being sent thro . v i Pest-office in coloured franks. Lasit bight, about half -past eleven o'clock, ildestr tive fire, broke e•, - nt on the premises of . Mr. Frawn, plass lir far:nrcr, 40 1 Broad -street, Golden-square. Shortly efte. o'clock," 1 :lc premises were ascertained to be iu one bod flames. When. the fire was perceived, it appeared to have ginateil by the over-heating of the flues, for hi less thal minutes the entire building was enveloped in flames. fire ra one period threatened destruction to the entire how-hood. By th e e ff orts of the firemen, it wasconEued t premises in which it first broke out. At balf.o e nb: 12 o'( the fire was entirely extinguished, but not le.:lure tle hells totally destroyed, and all its contents ; awl other tees( jelein r , ,, , greatly damaged by the ne er . F rom the int titnt that cuuti,/ biz gained, the , l; j ss wilt exceed 6,0006 t al ,ss of i the years or the ers in may callea • &out 3neraE inish— oull4l Lug- t, - tto - Y of orl t 20 The o the lock, e way. sat-