The Sun. — London, England, 1837-04-24 00:00:00

JACK BRA G. Three Vol.g Bentley, London, 1837. Those who relish a hearty laugh will do well to Pertisa this tale. It is the most side-splitting work of .ne season. Jack Brag, the hero, is one of those lying, vulgar, upstarts who, being cursed with an ambi tion above their capacity, and smitten with a passion for fashionable notoriety, are constantly getting them selves into scrapes. He is a grotesque compound of Congreve's Captain Bluffe, and Foote's young Wild ing, possessing all the swagger and cowardice of the one, combined with the inventive faculties of the other. His habit of lying, in fact, amounts to a dis ease ; and the manner in which he packs up his false ' hoods, and bolsters up one, by another still more pre posterous, would do credit to " plump Jack" himself. That the, author, while drawing this character, had an original in his eye, we have not the slightest doubt ; but in his seal to convulse his readers with laughter, he has allowed himself to depart from the life, and degenerate into a thousand extravagances. Jack Brag is thrown into situations which no man is ever thrown into, except in a farce. His whole court ship, for instance, with the widow Dallington and her sister' where he makes love to both, and is accepted by 'ooth, is irreconcileable with even the remotest pro b'ability. But Mr. Hook is by no means fastidious in the selection of his incidents. He cares little about their fitness, provided they be such as to furnish mate rials for laughter. To keep his reader's risible muscles in constant play, seems to be the chief object of his ambition ; and it is but justice to say, that in this respect he is successful beyond any other writer of his day. There are scenes in Jack Brag, where the reader, however anxious to preserve a grave face and hurry on with the narrative, finds himself compelled to lay down the book, and fairly have his roar out. Were he to resist longer, he would split. Next to the hero, the two best characters in this novel are those of the quiet, polite gambler, Colonel Stiffkey, and the hen-pecked Mr. Peckover, who is always enforcing his own opinions by the authority of Mrs. As for the females, with the exception of the vulgar, good-humoured Mrs. Brag, they are pure nonentities. In describing his amiable and beautiful heroines Mr. Hook catalogues their attractions in the matter-of-fact, business style of an auctioneer cataloguing the items of a sale. Hence we take little or no interest in them, and feel relieved when they are shuffled aside, to make way for one of those worldly male portraits in which the author, addicted though he is to caricature, always draws from the life. T-; AND PROGRESS OF THE BRITISH POWER IN INDIA, VoL. I. Allen, London, 1837. Mr. Auber, the author of the present work, has brought to a difficult task, much skill and research. The volume before us commences with the year 1600, and goes down to the year 1785, when the English Government in India was settled on a firm basis, to which the judicious and vigorous system of Warren Hastings not a little contributed. In alluding, at the close of his volume, to the impeachment of this cele brated statesman, which, as is well known, was almost exclusively the work of Burke, Mr. Auber states that " Burke even at the close of his life, when suffering under severe domestic affliction in the loss of his son, still retained the strongest feeling against Mr. Hast ings, and th e id ea t h at he was to be rewarded with a peerage seems literally to have haunted his imagina tion." This is a curious, and to us novel, trait of character in the author of the imperishable " Reflee- • tions on the French Revolution," which, however, will trot surprise those who know the tenacity with which he Clung, through evil report and good report, to a prejudice which he had once adopted. It is a singular circumstance that Warren Hastings not only outlived all the managers of the impeachment against him—one of whom, Burke, would have brought him to the scaffold, if he could—but on his last appearance in St. Stephen's in 1813, where he attended to give evidence on the renewal of the Company's charter, was wel comed with enthusiasm by that very Legislature, which upwards of twenty years before, had been all but unani mous in the determination to have him impeached ! Mr. Auber's history, so far as we have been able to judge from a hasty perusal, is written in a tone of im partiality ; but its greatest recommendation is the re search that it displays in every page. The will and codicil of the late Mrs. Fitzherbert has been proved at Doctors' Commons by Sir George Francis Seymour, Knight; John Gurwood, and Samuel Foster, Esqrs., the executor:. The amount of personal property is sworn un der 35,0001. The testatrix has bequeathed several legacies, among which are two to her nieces, Mrs. Smythe and Lady Bathurst, of 1,0001. each, and a like sum to Mrs. Craven. By a codicil in her own handwriting, dated April, 1836, are be quests of annuities to her servants, from hO/. to 2001. The resirine of the property is left to her t•.to daughters. Ice, four .inches thick, was found o:le day last Week in a garden at Brighton. —/Irly hton Gazette. The Sultan has appointed a Frenchman to teach hip native language at Constantinople, at the charge of the Government. , It is in contemplation to substitute a first-rate lata.`ue of his late Majesty, in place of the brick and mortar burlesque on royalty that now ornaments the summit of the Police -station at Battle-bridge. MR. MORIER'S NEW NOVEL " ABEL ALL- Wurr."—Mr. Morier has hitherto confined himself almost ex clusively to the delineation of oriental manners, and certainly Be work of the kind has ever le,:en more popular than " Hajji Baba," the Gil Bias of the East. His romance of e Zohrab the Hostage," showed that he possessed a still higher vein— P r oving that the most h umourous wr i ter a l ways possesses the ezftirest command over the finer and deeper feelings of the heart. " Abel Allnutt" is of a different class from either of the pro ductions we have noticed. It presents a succession of Eng lish domestic scenes and characters, varied by the introduction cf those eccentric personages who abound in all artificial so wtles- In th ese vo l umes t h e aut h or exhibits an acquaintance with English characters, feelings, habits, and modes of life in a great variety of grades, and depicts individuals with a degree c ' f nicety and t ac t w hi c h at once p l aces t h em b efore the mind's It 3 ' i e s ° l the re a d er . " Ab e l All nutt " i s a very interesting story ; 4z ."fl r4 rfn. morever, by the hand of a m as t er ."—Edinburgh Post. FALSE PR OPIIETS .— There were some pr o ph e t s i n "" last century who foretold the end of the eorld with the be Crack of d oom, t h e en d o f the world was adjourned, and A , and anther, and another last day appoited. When most ignoranot and credulous began to reflect n on the num er cf fine doomsdays they had passed in vain, fears there was an e nd ; of faith i n t h e prophets who had run their authority aare ga ` ris t the exi s t ence o f the world. Our political prophets co mmitted to the same discredit by their repeatedly prog nostications of the destruction of the country, which never is, bui.t alway s to b e, 11 ruined. Th ere h as not b een a measure o f propo.sed withi n t h e l ast seven years which has not car often,a a d oomsday w i t h i t, according to his political seers. Heave the n „ ind eed: have we b een rem i nded of Swift's spider, which ht that the world was at end when its web was swept SevenvaY by a b room l—Fonblanque's England under the Last Administrations, just published. ALGIERS UNDER THE FRENCH.---" We found inarselves, aft er we had passed the gate, in the broadest street he town ; the houses right and left were in ruins, the street is Pret te haying thr own t h em down to increase the width of the : 1 everywhe re t h e stones and rubbish lay about, the trans t)vort of which caused unceasingtumult. The porters. o ft en _ o e t or si x f or one object, mostly ran along ; and those who did rdlowlook b e f ore them ran au imminent risk of being knocked e dno, particularly b y t h e long beams which some of them car black n their heads. Costumes of every kind surrounded us,— spiend d abyles f rom Mount Atlas, in white cloaks ; Moors in many -colour e d dresses ; Negroes in harlequin jackets, embroidered all over with bright, variegated flowers and stars ; °lll,losoant Fr enc h officers; Suaves and Spahis in Oriental French littterrin ; Parisia n wa i ting-maids and Aloorish matrons, the covered with linen in such a way that only their eyes are viQi 'le, and looking exactly like corpses risen from the bed of _mate,atc_,toe gaze once more upon the living ; Jewesses, their feet o'er dwitinly wearing sandals, but in recompense glittering all long, In filligree and having on their heads tuyans three feet i n the stre o t f : all th ese diff erent costumes swarmed e s, intermingled with as strange a medley of ani- Sensilesso in Africa," by Mr. Princ e Puchler Mushau. Lover's new Irish Story, " Rory O'More," to be Published on Wednesday next by Mr. entley. expect d fromtees are full of that rich comedy which might be e Mr. L • The work, Lover. re songs introduced in this illustrative are very nurnurc'us and beautiful, and the fifteen not less . e tching - s by the author, will render " Rory O'More" unique than attractive. COURT CIRCULAR His Majesty will receive the Recorder's report on Wednes day, at St. James's Palace. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria attended Divine service yesterday morning, at the chapel in Kensington Palace ; the Rev. Joseph Jackson officiated. At the evening service their Royal Highnesses again attended, when the Dean of Chester officiated. The Duke of Cumberland went, on Saturday, to his resi dence at Kew. The Princess Augusta dined, last evening, with the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria patronise the Grand Fete Champetre to be held in Lord's cricket ground, Marylebone, next month, in aid of the Royal Dispensary for Diseases of the year. A Cabinet Council was held at the residence of Lord Glenelg, in Great George-street, on Saturday afternoon. It was attended by all the Ministers. The Council sat near three hours. The Earl of Belfast and Mr. Sharman Crawford, accompa nied by a deputation of malsters, including Messrs. Miller and Martin, had an audience with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, in Downing-street. Despatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of Eng land had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. Messers Villiers Stuart and Kennedy had interviews with Viscount Melbourne on Saturday, in Downing-street. Colonel Arthur transacted business at the Colonial Office on Saturday. The Duke of Argyll and Sir William Fremantle had an in terview on Saturday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord John Russell had a dinner party on Saturday, at his residence in Wilton-crescent. WINDSOR-SUNDAY. The Duke of Cambridge arrived at the Castle on Friday evening, and left again this afternoon, for Gloucester-lodge, Piccadilly. Yesterday the King drove out in a close carriage, accompa nied by Mdlle. d'Este. The Queen is convalescent, though her Majesty is not yet sufficiently well to join the royal dinner party. Dr. Chambers waited upon her Majesty yesterday. Viscount Ashbrook dined at the Castle yesterday evening. Divine service was performed this morning in the private chapel of the Castle, by the Rev. Isaac Gossett. The King and the different members of the royal household attended. On Wednesday next their Majesties will go to town should the Queen be well enough, and remain till Friday or Saturday. Wednesday there will be a levee, Thursday a drawing-room, and on Friday their Majesties will go in state to the National Exhibition. Viscountess Falkland is recovering from her late indisposi tion, and Sir Andrew Barnard, we are happy to state, is now quite well. Since his late accident, Sir Andrew has had a very severe attack of erysipelas. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl of Home, at Montagu House, from Hirsel House, Coldstream ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol, and Lady Georgiana Hervey, in St. James's-square, from Ick worth, Suffolk ; Lord and Lady Clive, at Earl Portia's, in Berkeley-square; Sir John and Lady Buller, in New-street, Spring-gardens; Lord and Lady Stormont, in Hertford street, Mayfair; Admiral Hall, at Steven's Hotel, Bond street, from Chichester; Captain Gardner, at ditto, from Windsor; Sir Robert Guerney, Bart., at ditto, from North amptonshire; Sir James Barker, at ditto, from Derbyshire. DEPARTURES. Mr. and Mrs. Howard, from Stevens's Hotel, Bond-street, for Shrubshill, Surrey ; Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, and Miss Burns, from ditto, for Scotland; Captain Creighton and Mr. Arkwiight, from ditto, for Canterbury ; John Smith Wright, Esq., from ditto, for Leicestershire. The Duke of Norfolk is about to diminish his yachting establishment in the Isle of Wight. His grace's yacht, the Arundel cutter, is still in Shoreham harbour. On Friday last the bishop of Worcester narrowly escaped a very serious accident. His Lordship was inspect ing the church, now nearly rebuilt, at Hartlebury, when a large stone fell from the building, and came so near to his Lordship's head as to graze the brim of his hat. Lord Lyndhurst, accompanied by his private secre tary, Mr. Winslow, arrived in town from Paris on Thursday. Mr. Justice Park is prevented from attending the Court of Common Pleas by severe indisposition, having been confined to his house by the advice of his medical attendant since his return last Monday week from the circuit. The rumour is revived that Count Matuszewic will, at the close of the present season, be appointed Ambassador to this Court from that of Russia. Mr. Ker, M.P. for Downpatrick - , is building a new quay there for the use of the Liverpool steamers, at his own expense. The Earl of Eglintoun is on his way to t own , f rom Eglintoun Castle, 'Ayrshire. It is uncertain whether his Lordship will subsequently proceed to Paris. The Marquis of Lothian is expected to arrive at the Duke of Buccleuch's, Montague Hou3e, from his scat, New Battle Abbey, Mid-Lothian. Lord Suiteld left the Clarendon Saturday morning, for Newmarket. The Marquis of Lansdowne entertained a party to dinner on Saturday at Lansdowne House, Berkeley-square. Letters from Naples say that the almond-trees in La Puglia will be very unproductive this season. The Duke of Rutland and Lord John Manners left Bolton-street on Saturday, for Cheveley-park, Cambridge shire, where his Grace will entertain a select party during the races at Newmarket. The Countess of Radnor gives a splendid ball on Thursday next, at her house, in Grosvenor-street. Th e Countess of Wicklow gives a grand ball and supper on Friday, 28th inst., at her house, Cavendish-square. The Marquis and Marchioness of Aileshury had a grand dinner-party Friday evening at their elegant mansion in Grosvenor-square. The Duchess of Beaufort, Earl and Countess of Wilton, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Lord Rokebv, Lord Castlereagh, Count and Countess Danneskiold, Hon Colonel and Mrs. Anson, lion. George and Lady Agnes Byng, Hon. Colonel Dawson Darner, Colonel and Mrs. Mon tague, and the lion. Henry Baring were amongst the guest?. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton left Bridgewater liouson Saturday forthe 0 atlands . 11 er Ladyship will commem e her parties the first week in May. A series of theatrical fetes, on the ssme scale of splendour as last season, are to be given to tile haut toe. We have to announce the death of the Rev. Sir R. Peat, Bart., which took place at an early hour Friday morning, at his residence, the Vicarage House, New Brentford. Active preparations are already making at Tun bridge Wells to celebrate, with more than usual rejoicing, ti►e ensuing birth-day of 'tier Royal Highness the Princess Victoria. The inhabitants intend to evince their grateful sense of the marked distinction which the Royal party have shown to this peculiar spot, in preference to others in greater vogue in the higher circles. The Hon. Sarah Copley is extremely indisposed at Paris, which has delayed Lord Lyndhurst's return. Miss Copley is in her 16th year, and remarkably like the late Lady Lyndhurst. The interment of the Hon. Miss Hill took place on Thursday at Paddington church. The funeral was quite plain. The cortege consisted of a hearse and two mourning coaches, and the private carriages of the Marquis of Ailes bury. Lord Ernest Bruce, and Mr. Wentworth. '1 he poet Wordsworth has just left London for the Continent, where he will remain some months. His health is at present rather impaired. The Russian Ambassador and his nephew, Colonel Pozzo di Borgo, launched two elegant new carriages on Thurs day f.'t the drawing-room. The marriage between the Viscomte Rochefoucalt and Miss Trotter is reported to be broken off. It has excited considerable sensation in the fashionable circles at Paris, all of whom bear testimony in favour of our fair countrywoman, and sonic of their journals assign mercenary motives to the Viscomte. It is much more likely that the young lady's family have raised a decisive objection to the match, in conse quence of the difference of religion, and the relative ages of the parties, the Viscomte having a family grown up. It is said at Paris that the spirited and decided conduct of Sir Ccutts Trotter and his family in the affair has caused much chagrin to the Viscomte and his connections, who had not an ticipated such a result. The Superior Council of Commerce of France has sign'fied its approbation of the project of forming bonding warehouses at the Antilles and the lle de Bourbon. A very grand and solemn festival is in preparation at Mayence upon the Rhine, in honour of the memory of Gut tenburg„ the first printer, who was a native of the place. The celebration will be performed upon the 24th of June next, and, it is expected, will be attended by numbers from all parts of the world. Sonic of the more morbid of the German journals strongly question the moral justice of this ceremoay, as they doubt whether, from the number of bad books, and worse newspapers, which the art has called into existence, another fate than that of deification ought not to be awarded to its dis covery._ B - y late accounts from 13ttenos Ayres we arc informed that great alarm prevailed there on account of an exp ec t e d attack fr om a l arge b o d y o f I n di ans , w h o , it was feared, were about to make a descent upon the city, for the purpose of capture and plunder. We are authorised to give the most unqualified con tradiction t o a statement that appeared in the True Sun of Sunday, of the arrival in town of a " deputation from Man chester, to have an interview with Lord John Russell upon the alarming state of the country, and to confer on the means by which the distress of the working people can be alleviated." Nothing of the kind has taken place ; and, indeed, the accounts received from Manchester yesterday, so far from being of the desponding character described in the article to which we refer, were very much more cheering than for several preceding days. The condition of the hand-loom weavers continues unhappily to be such as to excite deep compassion, but there were hopes of improvement; and we are quite sure that nothing but evil can result from false or exaggerated representation of a state of things which will find its most certain cure in the preserva tion of public tranquillity.— Morning Chronicle. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1537. UNITED STATES' MONEY MARKET. ( From American Papers received to the 4th inst. inclusive.) " TO HR. N. BIDDLE, PRESIDENT OF TIIE BANK GF THE UNITED STATES." " New York, March 28, 1837. " Sir,—ln' consequence of the peculiar position in which the commercial community is placed, it was resolved at a meeting of merchants held this day, that the Bank of the United States be invited to interpose at this conjuncture by a shipment of coin, and by the use of their credit, so as to meet the exigencies of the occasion, and by the sale of bills of exchange on Europe, by the issue of post notes, payable at Philadelphia, and of bonds payable at soma distant day in Lon don, Paris, and Amsterdam, to facilitate negotiations at home, and furnish safe remittances abroad, and thus, not only be of service to this city, but to the United States at large. " By order of the meeting, "J. A. STEVENS, Chairman. " C. A. HECK SCHER, Secretary." (Signed by 101 houses.) " New York, March 29. " Sir,—l had this day the honour of receiving your com munications of the 28th instant, accompanied by the signatures of many highly respectable citizens of New York, requesting the interposition of the Bank of the United States to assist in removing the existing embarrassments of the commercial community. The Board of Directors, on learning from a Committee of your fellow-citizens the existence of these difficulties, directed me to visit New York for the purpose of ascertaining their nature and the most effec tual mode by which the Bank could be useful. All the suggestions for that purpose contained in your letter will accordingly be presented to the Board of Directors, from whom they will receive the most respectful and early at tention. In the mean time what my own observation suggests as the cause of these troubles is, that recent events in the south end in Europe have, in concurrence with reasons of an earlier date, produced a paralysis of private credit, which de ranges the whole system of our foreign and domestic exchanges. For this the appropriate remedy seems to be to substitute for the private credit of individuals the more known and esta blished credit of the Bank, until public confidence in private stability has time to revive. To the foreign exchanges I wou!d apply that restorative, by issuing the engagements of the Bank, payable in London, Paris, and Amsterdam, to be remitted in lieu of private bills. These will be ready by the next packet, and they will enable the country to make, without injury, an early provision for the adjustment of the foreign ex changes, by the natural operation of remitting its produce and its coin. A similar operation I shall recommend to the board in respect to the domestic exchanges, by an enlarged and im mediate purchase of bills of exchange on the distant sections of the union. " These are the two measures which seem to be the best adapted for the present emergency. They arc proposed with the sincerest desire that they may be useful, and with a clear conviction that, aided by the spirit and intelligence which be long to this community, they will carry it triumphantly through its present temporary difficulties. The surest ground of confi dence for others is confidence in ourselves ; and I have seen this community bear up against calamities which would have broken the spirit of a less free and generous people. " N. BIDDLE. (From the Courier and inquirer, April 3 ) " THE MONEY MARKET. " The English and French packets, whose regular day o, sai:insr, was the Ist instant, will in all probability sail this morning. The remittances carried out by these conveyances consist principally of bonds issued by the United States Bank already described, and of which about 500,000/. sterling have been sold, and of bonds of the Morris Canal and Banking Company, in favour of and endorsed by the Bank of North America, at twelve months' date from the Ist of March, paya ble in London at the house of Messrs. Morison, Cryder, and Co., bearing interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum. These, in the first instance, were sold at 112} per cent. for paper ; they were afterwards sold for 109 per cent. for cash, as were also the bonds for the United States Bank under the original price at which they were purchased, for the purpose of raising money on them. In Bills of Exchange. no great amount was remitted ; the exchange varied from 11} to 12 ; the latter was, however, only paid for a small amount, the average price being 11f. " The above amount of bonds sold by the United States Bank is about one-half that they purpose to issue. The question of a shipment of specie by them will be submitted by the President to the board for its decision at the next meet ing. That institution and the Morris Canal Company con tinue to purchase southern and south-west draughts. " The purchases made of the bonds above alluded to hav ing taken a considerable amount of paper our of the market, there was no great press for money on Saturday, and the rates of discount were consequently lower. The banks, too, have discounted more liberally than they have done of late. United States Bank shares sold at 119, and we learn were afterwards sold in the street at 120 for cash " Intelligence reached here on Saturday morning of a very heavy failure in Philadelphia, and by the express mail yester day we received accounts from New Orleans of the suspen sion of , another house for a very large amount. We regret to add, that the state of things in that city is of the most melancholy description. The fourth day of this month is looked forward to there with the greatest apprehension, as on that day some very heavy payments are to be made. For the last three months few of the transactions which have taken place have been for cash, and in consequence the amount cf paper afloat there baffles all description. Bills to a large amount drawn by the Atlantic cities, New York Phila delphia, Providence, and Boston, in particular, have been protested. 'Mississippi bank-notes were at a discount of 6 per cent. Ohio bank-notes were unsaleable, as also all bills drawn by the most respectable houses on those sections of the country. In Mobile matters wear no better appearance ; large failures have also occurred there, and confidence is en tirely destroyed. _ " We are informed that the Manhattan Bank of this city will shortly issue bonds redeemable in 20 or 25 years, bearing an interest of 5 per cent. per annum, capital and interest pay able quarterly at the Bank of England, with which institution the Manhattan Bank has established a correspondence. " New Orleans advices to March 21st state as follows " The Morning Papers announce the formation of the firms of Reynolds, Bryne, and Co., at New Orleans, and of Reynolds, Marshal, and Co., at Natchez. The draughts drawn through the Banks on the Josephs will be withdrawn, and payment assumed by the firms, which will be a great re ref r the Josephs and others." " The New' York Journal of commerce remarks on his : " This new concern takes the place of Hermann, Briggs, and Co:, Thomas Barrett and Co. show a surplus of 1,000,000 dollars, and will be furnished with the necessary means to re sume their payments.' _ _ " A letter from New Orleans, dated March 23, thus an nounces another failure : " I regret to inform you that the firm of Brander, M'Kenne, and Wright, whose character and credit stood so high at New Orleans, have suspended payment. It is confi dently reported that though their liabilities are very consi derable-5,000,000, their assets to meet them are much more so. Hence it is inferred that their creditors will not suffer by this momentary suspension. " Many stoppages of small houses are spoken of, and many more must go overboard should this state of things con tinue much longer. Indeed things look had bad ( From the New Orleans Gazette of March 22.) " The temporary calm for the last 12-or 15 days has proved deceitful. Another house has gone by the board for 5,000,000. There is some deep-seated disease in the body commercial. A long and continued prosperity engenders maladies that can not be cured .without violent convulsions. The tampering of the Government with the currency has brought on the crisis sooner than it could have been realized in an undisturbed state of things. We stand on hidden fires, and the commerce of the country must yet receive a shock from which it will take years to recover, unless the currency be restored to a health ful condition, and placed beyond the reach of interested dema gogues. But, apart from disorder of the circulating medium, New Orleans stands at present in a peculiar situation. " Cotton, our great staple, is declining, and other articles of produce are tending downward. An immense amount o capital is now locked up, or totally lost to the general tradef by the late heavy suspensions, and the banks are consequently compelled to curtail and cease discounting. Thus are trans actions in real estate impeded, while a damper is put upon the operations of commerce. The scarcity of money in New York and Philadelphia, joined to the difficulties here, present anything but agreeable prospects. Reference to the post tells us that we are on the eve of a revolution in the commercial world. The Government can, if it pleases, avert the storm. That it will not, we have the experience of the past and the present to assure us. " Transactions in produce are light, and no material change observed." Yesterday was the anniversary of Shakspeare's birth and death. He was born at Stratford-upon- Avon on the 23d of April, 1564, and died at the same place on the 23d of April, 1616. The Shakspeare Club dine together at Strat ford to-day, at which Dr. Connolly will preside. Sheridan Knowles will deliver an oration at the theatre in the evening. Cardinal Weld died at Rome on the 10th. Mr. Kean concluded his engagement in Edinburgh last week ; for eight and twenty nights the theatre has been crowded to excess, and nightly honoured by the presence of the Literary Society. Such a theatrical excitement has not been known in that city since the days of his father and Miss O'Neill. Mr. Kean has realised, it is said, 1,2001. b y hi s v i s i t to Edinburgh alone; he now proceeds to Glasgow, Liverpool, and Dublin. STATE OF TUE TOWN.—We are happy to say that the indications of riot and disturbance mentioned in the Guar dian of Wednesday have not been followed by any serious con sequences, although there have been a few cases of demanding provisions by bodies of men in different parts of the town, and more numerous instances of asking for charity in the outskirts under circumstances which savoured of intimidation. The police-officers, however, have evinced so much promptitude and spirit in the capture of a few of the ringleaders, that a very timely check has been put to these•highly objectionable and illegal proceedings. We are glad to state, too, that the borouglireeve and constables have made a large temporary ad dition to the police force, the greater part of which is posted at convenient stations in those parts of the town where disturbances are most likely to originate ; and arrangements have been made for procuring the speedy assistance of the whole body of police watchmen in case of an apprehension of any formidable breach of the peace. We have little doubt that these precautions will be found amply sufficient to repress all attempts which may be made to disturb the tranquility of the town, without resorting to the aid of a military force.--Manchester Guardian. LATE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE KING OF THE FRENCH. TRIAL OF MEUNIER, LAVAUX, AND LACAZE. COURT OF PEERS, PARIS, APRIL 21.—FIRST DAY. The excitement produced by this long-expected trial was infinitely less than That which prevailed among the public during the lengthy and solemn investigation into the cases of Fieschi and his accomplices, and during the more brief but not less solemn ordeal to which Alibaud, their successor in crime, was submitted. Up to the moment of the opening of the doors not the slightest tumult or of itaticn was perceptible on the outside of the Palace of the Luxembourg, where but - at few loiterers had congregated; not more, in fact, than we have generally observed on the occasion of an ordinary legis lative sitting. The Court assembled in the ordinary hall in which the Peers" hold their legislative sittings. The doors opened at eleven o'clock, and the public galleries were gradu ally, but by no means speedily, filled by those who had been favoured with tickets. No ladies were admitted. The internal arrangements of the Court were precisely the same as during the proceedings in Alibaud' s case . Th e bureau occupied by the President during legislative sittings had been removed to make room for a number of benches, capable of accommodat ing altogether about eighty spectators. The dock set apart for the prisoners and their guards occupied the place of the Parliamentary tribune. The law officers of the Crown, Messrs. Franck earns, Plougoulm, and Eugene Peril, were seated in a box on the left. at one extremity of the prisoners' dock. At 12 o'clock the three lawyers retained for the accused (Messrs. Ledru Rollin, Chaix Estanges, and Delangle) took their seats. Baron Pasquier, the President, and his colleagues entered by one door, and the accused by the other. Meunier wag the first brought in. He was held under one arm by a turnkey of the prison, an d on the other side by a m un i c i pa l guard. Lacaze and Lavaux next followed under similar escort. Meunier's appearance was extremely mean, and his air of insignificance precluded the idea of his having alone conceived his regicidal project. Lavaux seemed to be far above the class of society to which Meunier belonged. His face denoted keenness and dissimulation. Leceze, in appearance and dress, was a decent-looking mechanic. Meunier appeared perfectly indifferent, and his fellow-prisoners equally unconcerned. After this proceeding was over, the President told Meunier to rise, and questioned him on his age and profession. Meunier replied with great coolness—My name is Pierre Francis Meunier; I am 23 years of age, born at La Chapelle St. Denis, a commercial clerk by profession, and living in Paris, No. 24, Rue Montmartre. Lavaux, to whom the President addressed the same ques tion, repliel that his names were Charles Alexandre, that he was 27 years of age, born at La Villette, a saddler, living in Paris, Rue Montmartre, No. 30. Lacaze said his name was Henri, 22 years of age, born and lived at Auch, and a commercial clerk by profession. The Registrar read the bill of indictment, which has been already some weeks before the public. The three _accused appeared to follow the reading of this document with the utmost attention, and betrayed no emotion at the charges it contained. After the Recorder had concluded, the President ordered him to rend out the names of the witnesses, and who were 57 in number. The President then ordered the accused to stand up, and again repeated to them the charges of which they were ac cused, and asked them if they had any formal objection to make. The President asked Meunier if it was he whe fired on the King on the 27th of December last. Meunier replied it was, and then proceeded to state with great apparent ormdour the manner in which he became pos sessed of the pistol with which he committed the attempt. He said that he took it out of Lavaux's cupboard in presence of several persoks, and that he had obtained the powder and ball in the preceding month of October. The pistol being pre sented to hire, he admitted it to be the same he had used. He afterwards said he had a natural antipathy for the House of Bourbon, and the Orleans branch in particular, and that he had strengthened that hatred by reading the 14formateur and other republican journals. During the trial of Fieschi and his accomplices he, Lavaux, and Lacaze, had been one night drinking together. In the course of conversation one of them having said that the only means of saving the prisoners would be to kill the King, they drew lots, and it fell upon him. His object in committing regicide was to bring about a republic, and in June, 1836, he had planned an attempt to kill Louis Philippe on his way to the Palace of Neuiily, but which he was unable to effect. After he had committed the act, and was in custody, he de clared that th,re were forty persons ready to do the same thing; and if No. 3 did not execute it, No. 4 would. When in prison he had taken steps to procure poison, and would have made use of it if he had procured it ; he had committed the attempt upon the King in order to keep his promise; he would have thrown himself into the Seine if ho had pledged his word to do so. Lisbon. g tr The prisoner Lavaux,in answer to the President, said that Le had always considcred Meunier as his fricnd, and had cm- ployed him in his business (saddlery). He occasionally went out with him, and on two occasions they went to a shooting gallery, but merely for amusement. He had.also been to the theatre (Les Varietes) with him. The prisoner then denied in the most positive terms all Meunier's declarations implicat ing him as an accessory before the fact. The prisoner Lacazc denied all knowledge of the facts stated against him by Meunier. Cauvin, clerk tea hardwareman, declared that Meunier was frivolous and extravagant. He made strange bets, and was ill one day from eating an enormous quantity of cheese. Marie Anne Flee, a semstress, was next examined. Do you know the prisoners ?—I know Lacazc very well— Nleunier a little, but not Lavaux. (Here the witnuss fainted, but, by the application of salts, she soon recovered.) President—When did you last see Meunier?—On the 27th. Ile told me he was holydq-keeping, that he had breakfasted with some friends, and eaten 17 dozen of oysters. Did you ask him with whom ?—Yes, but he told me that it was no business for women. M. Barthel, tailor, deposed—l know Meunier and Lacaze. Have often seen them at the Cafe Jacquct. Meunier never talked on politics. He is a sort of madman. President—Lavaux, what have you to say ?—That I never meddled with politics, and that Meunier is a calumniato Tho Courtolicljourned at Five to Saturday, at half-past 11. APRIL 22.-SECOND DAY. The Court was opened this day at eleven o'clock, but it was not until nearly twfalve that the galleries were filled. It was remarked that amo*st the Peers earliest in attendance was Marshal Soult, who looked uncommonly well. Shortly after twelve o'clock the Peers followed the Presi dent into Court. The President then ordered that the wit- ness Simonet should be called in, who deposed to the loose and irregular conduct of Meunier, but added that he was ra ther an unfortunate:than a vicious fellow. l3reteuil, a soldier of the waggon train, but who bad worked with Meunier at Lavaux's, deposed to his having heard Meu nier, when in an epileptic fit, exclaim " Philippe (the King) if you have al i t) , accounts to make up, lose no time, for I am come from Hell to kill you. Where is my dagger ? I know well that I shall be guillotined, but that is all equal to me." Dauche, a clerk on Lavaux's establishment, gave a good character of havaux. As for Meunier, he was not aware of his political sentiments, and thought him too great a fool to waste his time Ist speaking to him on such subjects. Left sitting. CHURCII-RATES.—We observe that Mr. North house's Pamphlet on Church-rates has already arrived at a second edition, and that it has been adopted and reprinted by the Reform Association. We understand there is now a Club formed at the " West End," in which neither gambling nor tippling will be permitted. hi this singular instance, it may be truly said, that these vices have " a termination without a beginning." A numerous meeting of the ribbon weavers of this city took place at the Mayor's Parlour last Friday evening-, for the purpose of petitioning her Majesty on the prevailing dis tress in the ribbon trade, with a view of eliciting that patronage in the consumption of ribbons of English manufacture which shall tend to vtacir relief.—Coventry Herald. That there is now going on throughout the country a lamentable and alarming increase of crime, cannot be denied. The calendars presented at the late Assizes have shown a fearful augmentation in the number of offenders. In Somer setshire the number of prisoners at the Assizes just concluded, joined with those at the preliminary Session, and the calendar at the Bath Quarter Sessions, all of whom, but for recent re gulations, would Ove been brought up for trial at the Assizes, amount to nearly two hundred and fifty !—Devizes Gazette. Letters reached town yesterday morning, announcing the death of the Hon. RaAdal Plunk - et, at Liverpool, on Sun day last. The deceased was taken suddenly ill on his way to London to attend to his Parliamentary duties.—Dublin Free man's Journal. On Saturday afternoon a very shocking accident oc curred in Whitehall to Captain' Pritchett, a gentleman resid ing at Hammersmith. The Captain was crossing the road opposite to the Duke of Buccleuch's, Privy-gardens, when he was knocked down by the carriage of the Marquis of Ailsa, in which was the Marchioness and Lady Ann Baird, the fore wheel on the off side went over his body. The carriage stop ped immediately, and the Captain was taken up greatly in. jured. The Marchioness expressed great concern at the acci dent, and directed every possible assistance to be rendered to the gentleman. No blame is attached to the coachman. Lady Augusta Gordon, formerly Lady Augusta Kennedy, is appointed to the situation of Housekeeper at Ken sington Palace, held by the late Lady De Lisle. DR. DALTON.—We deeply regret to state that this eminently great and good man suffered a serious attack of pa ralysis on Tuesday morning, at his residence in George-street, ia this town. On the following day he rallied, and indicated appearances of convalescence. On Thursday morning, how ever, he sustained another attack. Since the first attack he has been unable to articulate even monosyllables, but has signified his wishes by signs, which have happily been understood by his attendants. —lllcrachester Times.—[We understand that Dr. Dalton was still alive on Saturday afternoon, and the symp toms were more favourable, but little hope is entertained of his recovery.] The murderer 137rtlett, before his execution at Gloucester, expressed a desire that his head should be exa mined by a practical phrenologist. This circumstance is sup posed to have led Dr. Elliotson, whose phrenological tact far exceeds even his stethoscopical acumen, to examine the head of Greenacre, which, through the official e phanntl of Mr. M‘Murdo, the Newgate apothecary, he was enabled to accom plish. We understand the doctor's examination was highly satisfactory. Greenacre submitted to the application of the callipers without a frown, and appeared intensely anxious that the measurement pf his head should coincide with his confes sions.—The Damen Medical and Surgical Journal. _ k , LORD J 4-1 Return to an Order of the Ho s tommo dated April 12, 1837, for Cop o Ifyie4eit , from Comn dore Lord John Hay, containing an Account of the Co-ol ration afforded by the Seamen and Marines under his Co mand to the Troops of the Queen of Spain on the 15th a 16th of March, 1837. " His Majesty's Steam-ship Passages, March 18, 1837. " Sir,—l have the honour to enclose, for the information the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the duplicate of letter which 1 have this day addressed to Vice-Admiral William Hall Gage. " I have, &c., "JOHN HAY, Commod..re. " Charles 'Wood, Esq., Secretary, &c., Admiralty." " His Majesty's ship North Star, Passages, " March 18, 1837. " Sir,--I had the honour to acquaint you by letter, bearin date the lOtir iwt., of the successful attack made by her Ca tholic Majesty's forces on the entrenched positions of the insur gents in this neighbourhood, and the part which his Majesty' naval forces took in the affair. " The severity of the weather, it appears, delayed any fur ther operations until the 15th inst., when her Catholic Ma jesty's army crossed the Urumea, and immediately advance to attack the Venta, a strongly fortified height, with a reduub and some large guns on its summit, and intreuched in ever; direction. " On the first advance of her Catholic Mejnty's army tin insurgents retired within their parapets, which were vigoronsl attacked at 6 p. m , under a heavy fire of artillery ani musketry, and after a most determined resistance the position! were carried with great gallantry. " At daylight the following morning her Catholic Majesty' army advanced to invest the town of Hernani, and at about f. a.m. had succeeded, after considerable resistance, in occupyin{ all the height; mirth of that town. About ten the insurgent: were observed to receive large reinforcement; by the folost road, and which co:itinued to arrive until noon, when a most vigorous attack was made by them on the position held by het Catholic Majesty's forces, and which was so far successful as tc oblige the troops on the left to retire, with loss, to the posi. tions they occupied the previous evening. " The position on the right of the Venta, or where the artil. lery was placed, was also vigorously attacked by a strong co lumn, which was success,i:ully resisted, and the insurgents com pelled to give wny. '• To this point Lieute . aant-Colonel Owen had advanced the battalion of Royal Marttes to support the artillery. The im portant service rendered so her Catholic Majesty'; army by the judicious conduct of this zealous and excellent officer reflects the highest credit on him,. and I had great satisfaction in no ticing the steadiness and determination displayed by the offi cers, non-commissioned aiccrs, and privates of the battalion under his command. " The check which the insurgents met with at this period of the day left Her Catholic Majesty's army at liberty to main tain its position or not, the insurgents appearing to show no inclination to renew the attack. " As I considered the force belonging to his Majesty's squadron employed on this occasion had rendered all the as si,tance they were calculated to afford, I directed the different detachments to return to their ships, and the marine battalion and artillery to the positions, they occupy for the protection of His Ilajesty's ships in the ports of San Sebastian and Passages. " Some time afterwards I observed Her Catholic Ma- jesty's army retire to the Aycte lines, on the left of the Ururnea, which they continue to occupy, with the positions on the right of that river taken from the insurgents on the 10th instant. " I have the greatest satisfaction in stating that the differ ent detachments belonging to His Majesty's squadron, the Royal Marine Battalion, Royal and Royal Marine Artillery, ordered to co-operate with her Catholic Majesty's army during these opeFations, conducted themselves much to my satisfac tion ; and I am particularly indebted to Lieutenant Colquhoun, commanding the Royal Artillery, and to the commanders and commanding officers of His Majesty's vessels at San Sebas tian and Passages, for the zeal, judgment, and gallantry with which they carried my orders into effect. " The losses sustained by Her Catholic Majesty's army from the 10th to the 16th inst. amounts to about 1,300 killed and wounded, and the most authentic information reports that of tile insurgents to be 2,000. " Her Catholic Majesty's forces in the action of the 16th did not exceed 9,000 bayonets, and it is accurately ascertained that that of the insurgents amounted to 16,000. " I have the honour to enclose lists of the casualties sus tained by the force belonging to his Majesty's squadron. " I have, &c., "JOHN HAY, Commodore. " Vice-Admiral Sir W. H. Gage, G.C. H., ABSTRACT OF THE RETURNS OF KILLED AND WOUNDED. Royal Marines—One private killed ; I sergeant, 1 corporal, and 6 privates, severely wounded; I staff; 1 sergeant, 1 cor poral, and 15 privates, slightly wounded. Royal Marine Artillery—Two gunners severely wounded ; 1 bombadier, and three gunrners slightly wounded. Royal Artillery—One gunner killed ; 2 gunners severely wounded ; 1 subaltern, and 3 gunners slightly wounded. Royal Engineers—One subaltern slightly wounded. Royal Sappers and Miners—One private slightly wounded. Amongst the presentations at the late drawing-room, that of Lady Mary Grimston, the youngest daughter of the Countess of Verulam, who made her debut at Court, excited the especial notice of Royalty from her great personal at tractioLs. It is tumoured that another of his Majesty's daughters is to hold the appointment of Housekeeper at Ken sington Palace, vacant by the death of Lady de Lisle. The emolument is about 7001. per annum, besides apartments in Kensington Palace. Viscountess Falkland is much indisposed ; her Ladyship has suffered severely by the shock of h'.7r sister's decease at Kensington. The Countess of Effingham is not likely to leave Brig' ton for some time. The Hon. Charles Howard is stay ing with his mother at that fashionable watering-place. The Ambassadors from Madagascar are 01 the point of leaving Paris for Italy, the cold and humid state of the Parisian atmosphere having more or less affected the r health. VICE VERSA.—" Well, Sir," said one person to another, to whom he had, in a matter of business, made a very absurd offer, "do you entertain my proposition ?" No, Sir," replied the other ; " but your proposition entertains me." Liston, the comic actor, has been seriously indis pcsed, and is not even now able to leave his room, although the epidemic with which he was visited has to a certain extent subsided. A man was last week committed for three weeks' solitary confinement, in Devizes Bridewell, for not having tile horses ready for the mail on its arrival at that place. The number of persons who passed along the Greenwich Railway since the 14th of December, 1836, was 450,000, nearly one-third of the whole population of London. We learn fronT Naples, in date of the Gth inst., that, for some days previous, the crater of Vesuvius had emitted considerable volumes of smoke and flame. The Journal du Havre states, that sit ce the wind has come round to the westward, fifteen whalers have arrived, bringing between them about 28,000 barrels of oil. At the present market price of this article, the value of this arrival, including the whalebone, must be estimated at more than 2,000,000 francs. The new drama at Covent-garden, Brian Boroihme, is one of the earliest, if not the very earliest, of Mc. Sheridan Knowles's dramatic productions ; it was first played at Clon mel, or some adjacent town, in Cherry's company, about 1810; Mr. Kean (then Cherry's tragedian) representing the hero. No doubt Mr. Knowles has remodelled this juvenile per formance. Kean always spoke highly of the piece. Tne wheat in this neighbourhood never looked so badly, and is in fact worse in appearance than it was two months since. Oats are very unhealthy. Peas and beans generally look worse than when they first came out of the ground. Early planted potatoes have been in many places, where they have not been well covered, nipped by the frost.— Maid.stone Gazette. THE SANGUINARY ORDER.—Colonel Thompson asks his constituency if there is any person in their neighbour hood who about nine of the clock in the morning of Sunday the sth of July, 1807, heard Major Trotter, of the 83d Re giment, carry the order down the column in which was the right wing of the 95th or Riflemen, in the following words, " Spare the old men, the women, and the children, but every man able to bear arms, put him to the bayonet." In Bedfordshire twenty pounds an acre have been offered in vain for turnips, and if the severe weather should continue only a very short time longer, some of our farmers will not have an atom left, either hay or turnips. These ar tickSare now doled out upon the most stingy scale, and every means resorted to which ingenuity can invent, in order to eke them out. —Bucks Gazette. A man of the name of Taylor, at present confined in the Lewes House of Correction for stealing a watch, has confessed being concerned in a murder at Hadlow, seven years ago, on a person named Sands, who lived with him in the ser vice of Mr. Kipping, of Hadlow. The deceased was missed in the month of March, 1830, and was not heard of until Sep tember in the same year, when he was found by some hop pickers in a wood, about halt a mile from Mr. Kipping's house. A cord was tied to a tree, which had not the appearance of be ing rotted asunder, which is accounted for by Taylor admitting that he passed by the place four or five months after, and, in order to deceive the eye of the public, he tied a cord round the tree to have it supposed that the deceased had hung himself. A Coroner's inquest was held, and a verdict, of " Found dead " was returned. Anolher person, whom Taylor states to be im plicated in this horrible affair, has since been apprehended, but persists in his innocence. The deceased had some of hi.: teeth knocked out, which Taylor has carried in his pocket ever since. —Kent Herald. The Austrian Observer says that the bulletin of the health of the Archduke Palatine, of April 10, stated that the fever had abated in the night; that he had slept two hours, and that with the perspiration a rash had appeared, with some alleviation of the symptoms. At noon the patient was worse, in consequence of increasing debility. In the evening he was rather better. The Archduke John is gone to Ofen to-day. The bulletins of the 1 1th are more afflicting than ever ; the symptoms are more alarming-, and the illustrious patient is so extremely weak that almost all hope has vanished. There has been another sitting in the Council of State on the affairs of Hungary. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 22.--At a congregation on Wednesday last the following degrees were conferred:— HONORARY MASTER OF ARTS. Frederick George John Foster, Trinity College. MASTERS OF ARTS. __ _ William Henry Trentham, - Fellow of St. John's College. Rev. Hugh Arthur Bishop, Catharine Hall (comp). Rev. Alfred Phillips, Jesus College. George Peregrine Phillips, Trinity College. RACIIELORS OR ARTS. Frederick Ricardo, Trinity College. William Smyth, Trinity College. William Charles Sharpe, St. John's College. Edward Richard Golightly, St. John's College. William Armstrong, St. John's College. Robert Boswell Jukes, Corpus Christi College. Robert Keningale Cook, Corpus Christi College. William Henry Smith, Corpus Christi College. James Chadwick, Corpus Christi College. William Nicholson, Christ's College. Henry Newton Heal, Christ's College. Frederick Ibbotson, Christ's College. Juhn Wright, Christ's College. Francis Simpson, Queen's College. James Sabben, queen's College. Arthur Scrivenor, Queen's College. George Gibbon, Catharine Hall. William Rolfe F. Boggis, Trinity Hall. Frederick Fitz-John Trench, Magdalene College. George Green, Caius College. Charles Popham Miles, Caius College. The Rev. Edward Stanley, of St. John's College, in this University, and Rector of Alderly, Cheshire, has been ap pointed to the vacant see of Norwich, Mr. Stanley proceeded to the degree of B. A. in 1802, when his name appeared in the list of Wranglers ; M. A. 1805. The Rev. George Fisk, B. C. L, Rector of Darlaston, and late Curate of St. Botolph, in this town, has been presented to the vicarage of Walsall, vacant upon the resignation of the Rev. J. Baron ; patron, the Rail of Bradford. We under stand that Mr. Fisk had no personal knowledge of his Lord ship, and that Lord Radford, in offering the living to Mr. Fisk, was influenced only by the desire of using his patronage in advancing the true interests of the Church. Mr. Fisk re quested some days to consider of the offer, and having at length accepted it, he will now resign the rectory of Darlas ton into the hands of the trustees, the patrons of the living, of whom the late Rev. Charles Simeon was one. The Rev. Oliver Lodge has been appointed to the rectory of Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. M. Holvvorthy. The Rev. John Carter, M. A., of St. John's College, in this University, has been unanimously appointed by the Gover nors head-master of the grammar-school, Wakefield, on the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Naylor. The Rev. John Matthews, B. A., of St. John's College, in this University, has been instituted to the rectory of Wetwang, Yorkshire, on the presentation of the Rev. H. Markham, the patron. On Monday last the Rev John Walker Dolphin was insti tuted by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol to the vicarage of Lower Guiting with Farmcote Chapel annexed, in the county of Gloucester and Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Thomas Bowen :—Patroness, Mrs. Walker, of the Hermitage, in Lower Guiting. On Wednesday last the Rev. Job■ Lloyd Crawley, M. A., was instituted by tha Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol to the vicarage of Arlingham, in the Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, by the death of the Rev. John Sayer :—Patro ness, Miss Elizabeth Hodges, of Thornbury. We understand that the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol intends to hold his next General Ordination on Trinity Sunday, at St. Margaret's Church, in Westminster. The Ladies of the British Church at Havre presented last week to their Minister, the Rev. George M. Jukes a very costly and beautiful gown, as a token of their esteem and re. gard for him. GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. (From the Gardeners' Magazine.) The change in the weather has set gardeners on the move a little, and we recommend our readers to examine the entire directions for the last six weeks, and lose no time in doing all that remains undone. Weeding is, and will continue to be, a most important and not to be neglected task; vegetation will be rapid, every day, will produce its work, and not an hour is to be lost. Plant all k'nds of vegetables for general crops, all the cab bage tribe, lettuce, cauliflower, brocoli, &c. CELERY.—Prick out that which is large enough two inches apart, to advance for planting out. PEAS.—Stick those which require it, still sow the large kind for succession crops ; earth up on dry days those which are sufficiently high to require it. POTATOES. —No time is to be lost in completing the planting for late crops. Few ought to have any out of the ground after such a long dry favourable season. BEANS.—PIant a few white blossom and green Genoa; they are small, but finely flavoured while young. Earth up those beans which are sufficiently advanced. CARROTS, PARSNIPS, ONIONS, and SMALL CROPS must be carefully and promptly cleaned from weeds, which grow faster than either, and would soon retard, if not destroy them. Larger crops may be hoed well. Vines propagate by cuttings and layers, they will take root almost immediately. Dress the vine borders with good rich compost. WALL FRUIT.-Blossoms must be protected carefully from the frost by old netting, bunting, or other light covering, which can be removed easily. AURICULAS are now expanding their blooms. They who de sire to have these flowers in perfecticn mutt carefully dispose the pips by bending down the outside ones to give roopi to the inner buds, the smallest of which may in many cases be ad vantageously removed by a pair of tweezers, as those which are manifestly crowded and stunted will never open in time to be useful ; cover all that are under hand-glasses from the effects of the sun. If any one pip has opened very much i❑ advance of the rest, so as to be spent before they are likely to overtake it, remove it at once. Cover up warm of a night. TENDER ANNUALS.-Prick out in pots or frame= to encou rage their growth, and strengthen them, for planting in the borders or potting. Tut.trs may now without disadvantage have any warm gentle showers, but if there be any indication of a frost, let the mats at night be doubled, and reach the ground, .the water which will lie in the heart must not be allowed to freeze, as it would inevitably damage the bloom, or if that has advanced, cause the stem perhaps to die off in that part, tins destroying the bloom altogether. If by any chance your foliage is fro zen, water them all over, and keg) off the ~ sun until they hare recovered. Roes of almost every kind may he forced, to brill.- a them forwarder to a g i ven t i me, severa l seasons o f bl oom by those out of doors may be secured by different periods or different modes of pruning. Those now cut back to the last two eyes, or the last one, which has not begun to swell, will be ajert night or three weeks later than such as were cut a month ago. GRAVEL WALKA should, if not done before, be now turned, dressed, and rolled, when necessary. LAWNS.—Mow in wet weather once a fortnight or even oftener, if it grow long, while the growth is rapid, the colour and texture will suffer. Roll also a day or two before each mowing. BORDERS AND CLustrs.—Clean and dress, take out dead and damaged plants, clean and cut into moderate compass spreading herbaceous plants ; keep all plants mid shrubs with in proper dimensions by reducing them to handsome shapes, and when too large remove them, and replace them with some thing more appropriate. Stake standard shrubs, roses, &c. ing plants which require support. Greenhouse Plants, whenever you can conveniently accom plish it, should have all the benefit of open air, remove the plots out altogether, let them have the benefit of a warm shower ; this will increase the beauty of every pinnt that will bear it. Stick and tie all flower- The Metropolitan Society's Grand Show at Beulah, has been postponed from the 22d to the 29th of June, by special desire. At the exhibition on Thursday next, at the Hano ver-square Rooms, plants and flowers will be received till ten o'clock. The Show at Worton will take place on either Tuesday the 16th, or Tuesday 23d of June. The first class of prices are worth 15/. each, or the winner may have 101. in money. The second'class are worth 71. 10s. each, or 5/. in money. The third class 3/. cach, or 2/. in money. The fourth class 11. 10s. each, or 1/. in money. The fifth class 15s. each, or 10s. in money. None but successful exhibitors at the Metropolitan or Iloiticultural Societies will be allowed to show. A DURABLE ItoAn.--The road made by Appius the censor from Rome to Terracina, and afterwards continued to Brundusium, is still, after twenty-three centuries, one of the most remarkable monuments of the Roman power and greatness. A German quack, who lately left this countrs• with ample means of spending the remainder of his days in affluence at home, it is said always gives as his first toast after dinner, " the health of the credulous nobility, gentry, ladies, ani mer chants of England." We have the satisfaction of stating that men arc now at work in all the collieries on the Tyne and Wear, ex cept Cramlington and Seghill, and at both those concerns the owners have a considerable stock of coals on band. The strike, therefore, partial as it was, may now be considered at an end. —Tyne Mercury. Letters from Dantzic, under date of the 7th inst., say that w sudden thaw set in on the sth inst., the ice on the Vistula broke up immediately, and on the 7th the navigation of the river was already open.—Borsen-halte. Cider is now become an important article of export from this county, and within the past week a quantity has been shipped for Glasgow and other places. It is scarcely more than three years since the cider of Devonshire was first intro duced iuto that part of Scotland, when little idea was enter tained that the speculation would answer; the trial, however, succeeded, and it has become a regular and increasing article of import into that place.—Devonport Telegraph. Owing to the extremely cold weather the mackerel fishery has been hitherto unusually backward and unpro ductive. We learn from Berlin, that the Prince Royal of Sweden is about to visit that Court. The malady of M. An cillon, which has already been announces, Las been greatly increased by a mistake that had well nigh been fatal. A medicament, intended to be used as a lotion : was administered to him by his attendant as a dose.