The Sun. — London, England, 1837-05-05 00:00:00

Pleased to call, the " better observance of the Sabbath." As the Hon. Baronet did not enter into any explanation of the nature or provisions of his intended measure, we of course cannot offer an orAtion of its propriety, or otherwise ; but this much , we may say—namely l that if it ill be of ns astr i ngent and puritanical a r.haracter as the Bof last Session ; if it institute the same ungenerous distinctions between the privileged and unprivileged or ders, passing by unheeded, or nearly so, the amuse ments of the rich, in order to fall with the more crushing severity on those of the poor ; if it shuts up the baker's oven, and leaves open the West-end Hotel—if Sir ANnaEw's proposed new Bill be characterised by all these invidious peculiarities, then we shall not hesitate ari instant to denounce it in the same unqualified terms as we de bounced his former measures on this subject. The ques tion is one that should be left to the increasing intelligence of the people, and should not be regulated by Parliament. On this point Mr. WARD well observed that " it was ut terly impossibl e for the House, to any good or practical purp ose, There was a to take u p on i tse l f the task of Sunday legislation. growing feeling throughout th e country which 'would bri ng a b out the declared objects of the Hon. Baronet and his friend s in a much better and more effectual way than any coercive legisletiv e interference possibly could." Sir ANDREW AGNEW'S second Bill for " enabling local autbo rities ' under ce r t a i n restrictions, to remove Saturday and _Monday fairs and markets to other days," was withdrawn, the CH ANcEr.r.o tt of the EXCHEQUER pertinently remark. ing that th e effect of such a measure being carrie would b 0 " to put a stop to trade and commerce from on d e end of the. kingdom to the other." ...it! ibries have been most miserably disappointed in their canvass for Sir FRANCIS BURDETT. Not a single Promise can they get, except from those of their own Party, electors, INa.:lllen they accost the really free and independent d express a hop e th at t h ey " w ill not desert an to old friend," the uni versa l quest i on i s, " How come .VO/1 Ile the friends of Sir FRANCIS ? What makes y h ou %_ :i o eager for his success ? Times - are sadly favourite when Sir FRANCIS BURDETT •is become a 110avourite with you, or any of your kidney. No, no ; as ,ngas he stood by us, we stood by him. Now that _him'i has left us, and taken up with you, we have done with _7 This is the language of upright and honest men, who r equire no ghost to tell them that Sir FRANCIS BURDETT 1: cannot be p sound in p r i nc i p l e, and cannot, consequently, be roper re p r esentative for West m i ns t er , w h en J OHN WIL " eit "Ea, GEORGE DAwsorkt, and other inveterate v en emies of Reform, are now his warmest friends and most ct e iv , su pporters. Thi s i s a test o f Si r F RANCIS ' merits .;'cu no sophistry can get ove r , an d one , moreover , w hi c h (no humblest individual in Westminster can apply. fern.ln the mean time the Tories, rendered desperate by the Ci n prospect ordefeat, are circulating the most un ed falsehoods, in order to prejudice the cause of the Ref • orm in r, sa Candidate. A mong ot h er eng i nes, the columns of the V-intes have been used for this purpose. In that inurnal it is stated this morning that Mr. LEADER had re- Ingned in favou r of Lord MILTON!!! This statement, it is tteedless to say, is entirely destitute of foundation—a lie almost wi..0.9 gross even for the quarter from which it has proceeded. tchfertheless, it furnishes the friends . of the Tory Candidate . a pretext for placarding Westminster. Mr. LEADER'S ;8 -UCFeSa has, we have reason to know, been most triumphant far as his canvass has proceeded, and that he will be the cah be ut ul'e Rn e presentative of W es t m i nster no reasona b le doubt etertained. In ti; -Ile House of Commons last night Sir SAMUEL he HALL EY brou g h t f orwar d h i s mot i on for the repeal of • , winuow-ta x . It was lost—as was generally expected "en by th ose who voted for it—by a very large majority. This will not surpr i se the country. A further reduction not t axation, i n t h e present state of the national finances, is rt3t e xpected by th e peop l e, w h o only seek such relief 'tom their burthens as is safe and practicable. Now the reduc tion o f t h e Window Tax cannot be regarded as Viler safe or practicable, when such a measure would re tie the public income below th e expen di ture—unless, "eed, a d e t erm i nat i on b e ta k en to replace one impost by 4110 ther, i n a ll pro b a bi l i ty not less oppressive and quito as kl , n Pepula r . O n pr i nc i p l e we are strongly opposed to thetH Wind ow T ax, as we are to every tax which restricts e innocent and necess ar y en j oyments of the poor ; but , when tne CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER assures us, that after the load of taxes abolished or reduced by the Present Government, the Window-tax cannot be given up 'without causing a deficit in the Revenue as to create a ne cessity for some other burthen, we think it best to leave things just as they arc, until we can get rid of the grievance altogether, and in every shape. The Middlesex Magistrates are never at ease—never happy with themselves but when they are discharging the functions of a society of superannuated spinsters for the distribution of religious tracts. The smiling faces of the poor, whether on Sabbath or week day, 13 gall and wormwood to these grave dignitaries. F O are a f ew except i ons we admit—Sir CHARLES RBES, Si r J OHN S COTT LILLIE, Mr. APWILLIAM, and e other gentlemen, whom it is unnecessary to name, are uniform in their opposition to the fanatical cant about the vices of the poor which finds such favour with their 4,orshipful b ret h ren on the ben c h ; but they are borne ques e v by cla mour , an d out - vote d on a l most every tion tP of any mom en t. At a mee ti ng o f t h e Magis iates yesterday Mr. HUGHES H UGHES move d a reso l ut i on 'Thieh was carried, to the effect that all applicants for a re newel of Music Licenses should be obliged to state in their Petitions the dimensions of the rooms in which such public !ptertainments were to be given, in order that if their Worships thought the rooms too small, the licenses tuight be refused ! Persons of ordinary capacity would Z s e tit nate th e s i ze o f t h e rooms by the num r of th e company ; but so do not the Magisterial se es of Middlesex. They will grant no licenses unless the roo ms are as larg e as to th em s h a ll seem conven i ent ; thus leinetailing ruin u pon hundreds of persons who now have egos, but who cannot enlarge their premises ----and at fte g enie time d e p r i v i ng t h ose who are in the habit of 'otemp quenting such pl aces o f t h e only check to the grossest erance. The F- fi e High B a iliff h as fi xe d t h e nomination for the city °' W estmin s t er for Wednesday next. and Absenteeism is positively " the monster grievance" of Ire and has been so since the English conquest of that „ " 4' Lint rY• It i s a d ep l ora bl e f act, that for centuries the ; er grown landh o ld ers o f I re l and have neglected to per "3"ll all those obligati h they d when the Cro wn first conferred upon them the lordship contracte of vast tracts territory, and have seemed to conceive that the whole ansphere of their duty consisted in wringing rack-rents from e m ost impove r i s h e d peop l e upon the face of the globe, 41 squanderi ng i t upon the continent in senseless frivolity. Bo me strong measure will have before long to be adopted, t ° Compel the Irish landlords to fulfil that compact, which it will be found .they have almost invariably violated. Amongst the largest landholders in Ireland who are necessarily absentees are the London Companies, and it afford s us great pleasure to be able to state that, ge nerally speaking, 'they so Manage their estates as to diminish to a considerable degree the evils of absen teeisrn. - We have given a - hasty perusal to an important document, we mean the report of the Deputation of the Hon. the Irish Society, that visited the Irish estates of the London Companies last autumn. The able suggest lions contained in the Report, with the benevolent spirit which breathes throughout it, is highly creditable to the 61 1 c gentlemen who undertook the labour, and especially t ° J. E. DAvir.s, the intelligent and zealous Secretary of the Irish Society. '.oe Paris papers of Wednesday contain no political in tit:Higcnee of any interest. The speech of Count MOLE in i e Ch am b er of Deputies, in support of the Secret Service l en eY Bill, i s ca l cu l ate d to i nspire France with a hope that l ue KIN G in future will adopt a more conciliatory line of t 1)°I leY• Th e P res i dent of the Council stated that the o sacs whi c h opposed the Revolutionary Government sus oetl by th e events of 1830 were overcome ; and that it '3'llY remained to crush the designs of a few desperate but +solated wretches, whose notions were abhorrent to the tinciPlesand feelin gs o f the rest of the community. - The q_ ve rnment would take the most effectual measures to , i , i s troY these enemies of the personification of order ; after r e it would b e the study and delight of the Cabinet to °Move whatever could excite the patriotic jealousy of the P rn " P l e• He denounced as nonsense the demand of some wi t t "I's of the Chamber, calling upon Ministers to state vr what particular past Cabinet they would iden sleL th e,,,ir policy. The past never sufficed for the pre st r'oh epoch was composed of men and circum ares, ineapable of exact re-production, so as' to th e o f ideritification. Count JAUBERT, who followed President of the Council, protested that the great ob %tnet,Tf Ministers was to remain in office as long as they h " Had they been influenced by higher views they w ould rin2r, boot have onsented to the withdrawal of the Appa- A lie would make no sacrifice to public opinion. .1• 0 - 1 3 , t ° the Bill befor e the Chamber, he would vote for it, or at it "Y dem an d to protect the person of the KING ; but Ato ..l e ta me tim e he had no confidence in Ministers. M. duct—Art-11'El', Minister of the Interior, defended the con 13di. °1 the Government with respect to the Appanage s erifie l F t was qu i te true that the withdrawal of it was a was made to publis opinion. A Cabinet whose policy h ad 1 9 , 1 ."t0 as retricted as that of the existing Administration told drawn the Peerage Bill under similar circumstances, . ties ,..w.a_s not in consequence charged with betraying weak ' tie thought it would be very wrong in any Government to adopt either restriction or conciliation as it.s sole and ex clusive motto. M. de SAnt Complained that- the secret service fund s'as intreaAed instead of being altogether sup : presstd ds an unworthy means, which ought only to be Adopted under extraordinary circumstances. It was not from a numerous and well-paid police, but from good go vernment, that perfect tranquillity was to be expected. He had no confidence in Ministers, and would oppose the Bill. The Hon. Deputy was succeeded in the Tribune b ) M. GulAot, who made a long speech explaining the causes of his retirement from office, and asserting that his convic tions and interests were bound up with the prosperity of the middle classes. As his speech contained no new revela tion it was listened to with indifference. Thus remained the question, on Wednesday, the Cham ber not having decided upon it before its adjournment. It the Bill be lost the Cabinet must go out—no matter what may be its system. This event we care not to see accele rated. In the present state of Royal and public feeling, better m en th an t h e present Mi n i sters wou ld not b e called upon to succeed them. The latest ads•ices from Madrid are to the 26 th ult. Tl.e Cortes had then adopted fifty-nine articles of the Constitu tion. Letters from Bayonne of the 29th ult., enclose a procla mation of Don CARLOS, dated the 2.5 th, from Estella, to his army, in which he tells the soldiers that in " One month they shall victoriously scale the walls of his capital." Several Navarese hattalionF, with their officers at their head, have refused to carry the war out of the Bisenyan provinces, al leging that they only took up arms in defence of their uci es. (From the French Papers.) We 'nave received from Bayonne (by express), the follow ing letter, dated the 29th of April :—" Our Carfigs arc in consternation, in consequence of the last accounts that they have received from Estella. " The combined movements of Irribaren and Espartero have nearly defeated their projected expedition ; Espartero had marched from Bilboa, with 18 battalions, to join Evans, and as soon as the junction is effected they will act on the two lines of Irun and Elernani. The fear of this attack has caused the expedition to Castile to be put off, and Irribaren, who guarded the passages over the Ebro, has been able to return to Pampeluna. " The Carlists add, by way of explanation, that all attacks of the Christinos upon Irun must fail, on account of the forti fications which have been erected since the affair of the 16th." FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, MAT 3. Five per Cents., 107 f. 106 f. 95c. 90e. Four per Cent., 98f. 50c. Three per Cents., 7Sf 80c. 90c. 85c. 70c. Bank Actions, 2,400 L Bente de Naples, 98f. 95c. 9 , f. 9Sf. 95c. Roman Five per Cents., 102% 11 , 3 102%%. Spanish Actives, 2341 }a NA Spanish Differes, 8 Spanish Passives, 5%. Belgian Loan. Five per Cents., 100%. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 29 29% 29. EXCHANOR ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25c. 40c.; money, 251:37 4c Three months, paper, 251. 20e. ; money, 25f. 17%c -Cours Authenligue. LAST PRICES, Five per Cents., 107 f. 3 lc. Three per Cents. 79f. sc. Bank Actions, 2,4 , Of. Rente de Naples, 99f. 3fc. Roman Five per Cents., 102%. Brussels Bank, 1,420 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 29%. Spanish Actives, ?34. Spanish Passives 5%. New Differes, 8. Belgian Society, 1,050 f. BELGIAN I. UNDS-Baussus, MAY 3 Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. IlothschiliPs Loan, I per Cent. lOO% Loan of Thirty Millions 9l Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent 99% Society of Copimerce, 4%per Cent l3O Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 136% - Brussels Papers, May 4. AUSTRIAN FUNDS. - VIENNA, Aram 25. Five per Cents. hletalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1365% Zeitung, April 30. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.' CORN EXCHANGE. The arrival of all kinds of Grain this week has been tole rably good. The Wheat trade continues very dull, and hardly supports Monday's terms. Barley is still extremely heavy in sale, and last quotations cannot be maintained. Beans and Peas are unaltered. Oats remain at former prices. The sup ply of Flour is fair, and the trade dull. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. 4,8511 qrs. 4,730 qrs. 3,710 qrs. ' 5,310 , acko I IA - 6,2 0 Foreign 1,160 -- 5.;0, SMITHFIEL This day's supply was very goo alteration from the prices last qu( 3 MARKET d, and the sale was dull at little oted : PRICES PER STONE OF &es. TO SINK TUE OFFALS. s. d. to s. it 2, 4. to s. .t Inferior 8ea5t5....... ...... 2- 6 2 8 Inferior Sheep 3 0 3 2 Second quality ditto 3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto. 3 8 4 0 rime large Oxen 3 6 3 0 Coarso-wvolled ditto..... 4 4 4 8 Prime Scots. &c. Large coarse Calves 4 2 4 6 Large Hogs 1 6 4 2 ;rime small ditto 4 8 5 4 Small Porkers 4 8 5 0 S•ickling Calves e ac h ...16 ti 34 0 ( Quarter old Pig beach) 12 U 20 C Lamb Os td. to 7s. Od. SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep 5, 100 I Calves. 210 Beasts. 735 I Pies 38(i NEWOATE AND LEA , At per stone, I s. d. tos. d inferior 2 8 middling . ..... 3 0 prime large prime small 3 6 VQal Lamb s al tee ,1 28 3 4 32 2 6 3 SI 4 2 210 4 0 44 4 8 323. —P. —s. 400. 4Cs. Os. DENHALL MARKETS. by the Carcass. Beef, 2,lti Mutton, inferior 3 4 middling.. 3 2 prime 3 8 Pork, large 4 4 5ma11........ s• .. 4s. Ed to 6g. Bd. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK W heat. Barley. I Oats. Beans. Pease. Per Quarter. s. to s. Is. s. s. to s. s. to s. s. s Blandford I 46 30 27 51 Brigg— .' 52 62 34 40 20 28 38 50 57 31 25 40 38 Chard 52 61 32 40 24 30 41 48 32 88 Huntingdon 46 61) 34 38 21 29 39 48 Long Sutton-- 28 33 10 20 30 34 Louth 5:3 62 26 35 211 23 38 44 ! ynn 152 61 i 22 31 16 20 30 32 32 24 Newark !55 64 29 41 21 2S 43 51 40 Nottingham 31 29 28 31 111 28 35 42 Peterborough 49 62 35 42 22 •Z 9 38 4S Plymouth 40 50 30 34 20 2:1 Pontefract—. 07 43 27 43 Sleaford —.r 1 65 70 36 33 22 28 41 43 Uppingliam 143 64 24 30 jlB 28 32 44 13 02 I 20 30 32 LEEDS CORN M A RKET.— Y . _ Wheat, Norfolk and Stitlitlk, 60Ib. York. and Lincoln. 60Ib. •-1 575. nr !:'at Icy, Norfolk and Solna -- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding . Beans 63lb. I'L. to 41$. r4 e. Oats, l'otatoc fay %, —Meahog. bor. —il. to—d Eng. 1111. to 131. per stone. Shelling `..w./i. to 31!. per load. Rapeseed. English. :It/ to:161 ... 1 , -irrign, —.L to—l. ner last. Per Ouar er. 'Wheat, White Red Barley LEWES MARKEL—May 2. a. d. to s. d. I Per Quarter. s. d. tw s. d. s:i 0 60 oOats 24 6 26 6 52 5(1 .4 Pease 12 0 37 0 V) 0 43 0 Oil Cake...l:r. is. per 'l'housand. ti U 11. MARKET.—Mar 2. Wheat, 01.1 Foreign —s. s. s lo bond... —s. —s —s. Oats, Polan,l -- Small or Feed.... —4. 1113. 18S. -...5. .....S. LOS. -- Foreign Barley, Norf. & Suf ... —s —s. ?.2s. Line. & NVold —a.2Bs. -- Foreign Beans 325. 3 4 5. 4Ss. Foreign Pease, White..,.. 4 is. 455. 4fie. Grey 82s. 265. l'are.... lis. —s. 401 Foreign Vs. :-ifii. Bao.iseed. in bond none Free, gcr last 271. 9.81. The new Governor of Ceylon, the Right Hon. Stewart Mackenzie, has appointed Ensign Keith Mackenzie, of the 90th, to he his aide de-camp. The new Governor is a relation of the E ar l o f G a ll owa y, an d was a C omm i ss i on er of the India Board, with a salary of 1,2001. a year. As Mr. Baron Parke was proceeding yesterday to take his scat in the Court of Exchequer, he was unfortunately thrown from his horse. We arc happy to learn that the injury sustained was not of a serious nature, and that he' will be able to resume his judicial labours in a day or two. His Excellency Redschid Bey, the Ottoman Am bassador, is about to send a present to the Sultan of a superb suite of 'furniture, a la Anglais, manufactured by Messrs. Jackson and Graham, who have been appointed upholsterers to the Grand Seignior. We learn that a number of factories which have been shut' up for some weeks past, in consequence of the strike of the spinners, will be re-opened to-day, .for those who may choose to resume work. —Glasgow Chronicle. The Duke de Broglie will very shortly set out to meet the Princess Helen of Mecklenburg,, on the frontier of the kingdom of Westphalia ; and General Gourgaud, sent by the King, will wait the arrival of the Princess on the frontier of France. The marriage remains fixed for the 30th instant, at Fontainbleau. After the four days' fetes at that palace, the Court will return to the Tuileries for some days, after which their Nlajesties, the Duke and Duchess of Orleans, and the Royal Family will go to Trianon, where they will stay till the opening of the Museum of Versailles and the celebration of the festivals on that occasion. The period of the fetes to be given by the city of Paris is not yet fixed, but the preparations for them denote that they will be no less brilliant than those under the direction of the civil list.—Galignani's Messenger. CHARACTER OF TIIE FRENCH PEOPLE DRAWN Br BARRAS.—" The French are a strange people; agitation is their element and they cannot be kept tranquil. Such is their taste for violent emotions, that repose is painful to them. When they complain of inertness, they mean to say :—We rise and go to bed to. day just as we did yesterday and the day before : this is too wearisome. Release us from this insipid state of existence.”—Evening s with Prince Cambaccres. ECONO MY IN POSTAGE.—Some years ago, when it was the practice to write the name of a Member , of Parlia ment, for the purpose of franking a newspaper, a friend of mine, previous to starting or, a tour into Scotland, arranged with his family a plan for informing them of his progress and state of health, without putting them to the expense of postage. It was managed thus :—He carried with him a number of old newspapers, one of which he put into the post-office daily. The post-mark, with the date, showed his progress; and the state of his health was evinced by. the selection of the name, from a list previously agreed upon, with which the newspaper was franked. " Sir Francis Burdett," I recollect, denoted vigorous health. --Hill's Post-office &form. LIVERPOOL, COTTON-MARKET, MAY 3.—We have bad rather a dull market to-day—the sales 2,500 bags, at yesterday's prices. KING'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) Nothing of any importance took place this morning before ;he Court up to the time of our reporter leaving. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) MORRISON V. HASHER. Mr. KELLY on a former day applied to the Court, on the part of the plaintiffs, to enter a verdict for them on the first issue non obstante veredicto, on the ground that some passages in the libel complained of had not been justified by the plea, and in which the Court took time to consider. When their Lordships took their scats on the Bench, The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, that the Court having maturely considered the objections which bad been raised on _ the part of the plaintiffs, had come to the conclusion that the . application of the Learned Counsel must be refused. The Court then proceeded with the cases on the Peremptory Paper. EXCHEQUER COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Baron PARKE took his scat on the beach this morning. The only injury he appears to have suffered from the accident of yesterday is a severe contusion on the left side of the head, which has given him a. black eye. There was no case of the slightest importance. SITTINGS AFTER TERM. Tuesday, 9th, Middlesex.—Wednesday, 10th, ditto. Thursday, 11th, ditto, Revenue causes.—Friday,l2th, ditto. Saturday, 13th, London.—Monday, 14th, ditto. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, MAT 4.—Wind N.B. by E.—No arrivals. PORTSMOUTH, MAT 4. —Wind N.N. W. fine.—Arrived the Barbara Gordon, Ritchi e , fr om Tobago. FALmotrrn, MAY 3. —Wind E., light breezes with rain. LIVERPOOL, MAY 3.—Wind variable.—Arrivcd the Helen, Butman, from New York ; Memnon, —, Calcutta. CLYDE, MAY 3.—Arrived the Mail, Bryce, from Trinidad. CORK, MAY 2.—Arrived the Aurora, --, from St. Do mingo; Agnes Pt imrosc, —, ditto; Columbine, Brown, ditto; Mary Laing, Shearer, from Honduras; Polly, Fle ming, from Exeter, with l oss o f f oremast , b oun d to B at h urst . SOCKTON, MAY 3.—Off port, the Venus, —, Memel. SUNDERLAND, MAT 3.—Arrived the Belmont, Topliff, from Gottenburg. HULL, MAY 3. --Arrived the Wilhelmina, Peterson, from Kiel. LYNN, MAY 3.—Arrived the Harmony, Kemp, from Memel, GRAVESEND, MAY 4.—A loaded collier was run down near here yesterday by a steam-boat bound down. Coax, MAY l.—A wreck, apparently about 180 tons, fore mast standing; a bright mast, about five foot of main-mast above deck, yellow painted sides, with ports, was passed on the 15th ult., lat. 39, long. 46, by the Aurora, arrived at this port. Off Portland, the Anna, Robinson, from Canton. The hull of a brig, apparently American built, water logged, and abandoned, bowsprit and part of mainmast stand ing. billet or bust head, and white topsides, was passed on the 18th ult., lat. 34 N., long. 62 'N., by the Latona, arrived in the River, from Cuba. The Carl Johann, from St. Übe's to Bergen, was run down on the :Id inst. off Beachy Head, by the Camilla, bound to Jamaica. THE FUNDS.—(THis DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.' Our arrivals this morning are the French, Ostend, and Dutch Mails ; also Ship-letters from China and Calcutta of December 24. Accounts from Bayonne, received this morning, state that the combined movements of Espartero and Irribaren have checked the expedition of the Carlists. It appears Espartero had left Billloa with eighteen batallions to join Gen. Evans ; and the moment they had formed their junction, they were to act upon the two lines of Irun and Hernani. The Carlist accounts state, as a consolation for the abandonment of their expedition into Castile, that all the attacks of the Christinor against Irun and Hernani will be frustrated. The accounts from Berlin state, that the Belgian and Dutch question, which does not appear to come to any issue, is continually brought on the lapis; and the Prussian govern ment is heartily fatigued with the question. They are, never theless, anxious to see it settled on any condition which does not affect the honour of the parties. The reports which prevailed for these few days past, of failures of houses of the first rate, we are happy to state have blown over. We understand the parties have got through their difficulties; this morning all is again quiet in the city, and there is every prospect of its continuance. This happy result has been accomplished by the assistance of the Bank, a s well as by the friends of the parties. THE FUNDS. Consols closed yesterday at 901 II for the Account, and Money opened at 90i !le Exchequer Bills 28 30 Prcm. ; India Bonds 28 30 Prem. ; Bank Stock 203} 2041; India Stock 2571 2581.. The weekly meeting of the Bank Directors which took place yesterday terminated without anything being mhde public. In the Foreign Market little doing. Spanish Active closed at 21,i- ex Coupons—opened 22+ ; Passive, 51 ; Deferred, ; Portuguese, 47i 48 ; Three per Cents, 30+ a ; Dutch 'I wo-and-a- Half per Cents, 53i ; Colombian, 231- 24+ ; Mexican, 233 24+. HALF-PAST ONE. We are happy to state that all continues quiet in respect to commercial affairs. _ _ Consols, which were in the early part of the morning 902 to 901, may be quoted at present 904 for the Account; Money, 90i to 901; Exchequer Bills higher, 32 premium ; Indian Bonds, 31 prem. ; Bank Stock, 204; India do., 258 : 1. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 24 to 23 ; Ex - Coupons, 222 to 22.1- • Portuguese, 47i ; Three per Cents., 30-1 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half, 031; Colombian, 24. _ THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for She Account, 901. Z A NT E, 13th April.—Extract of a private letter:-- " We had a very violent gust of wind on the 11th of about an hour's duration, resembling the simoon of the E.ist Indies. Had it been general, it would have done serious injury to the olives and currants ; but we do not hear of any unfavourable result." LORD CHESTERFIELD'S ESTIMATE OF HUMAN LIFE.—" I have run," said he, " the silly rounds of business and of pleasure, and I have done with them all. I have en joyed all the pleasures of the world, and consequently know their futility, and do not regret their loss. I appraise them at their real value, which is truly very low ; whereac those who have not experienced, always over-rate them. They only sec their gay outside, and are dazzled with their glare. But I have been behind the scenes. I have seen all the coarse pnllies and dirty ropes which exhibit and move the gaudy ma chine. I have seen and smelt the tallow candles which illumi nate the whole decoration, to the astonishment and admira tion of an ignorant multitude."—lllustrations of Human Pfc. A most erroneous idea has prevailed regarding the use of animal food, which has been considered as best calcu lated to render mankind robust and courageous. This is dis proved by observation. The miserable and timid inhabitants of Northern Europe and Asia are remarkable for their moral and physical debility, although they chiefly live on fish or raw flesh ; whereas the athlet'c Scotch and Irish are certainly not weaker than their English neighbours, though consuming but little meat. The strength and agility of the negroes are well known, and the South Sea islanders can vie in bodily exercises with our stoutest seamen : and we have reason to believe that, at the most glorious periods of Grecian and Roman power, their armies principally subSisted upon bread, vegetables, and fruit. —lllillingen's Curiosities of Medical Experience. There is at present, says the Agranz Gazette, in the village of Berg'am, a very remarkable male child, named Zerzich. He is five years of age. His height is 4;1 feet, and he weighs 8011bs. • His head, which is rather large, is co vered with thick black hair. He is very broad across the chest and shoulders. Marks of a beard are visible on his up per lip ; he has 28 teeth, and possesses extraordinary strength. Ills intellectual faculties are not so precocious as his physical. His parents, as well as four brothers, are of the ordinary stature. At his birth, he had the appearance of beinc , very delicate ; but, at the end of six months, he had grown so large, that his mother could with difficulty hold him in her arms. On Thursday last one of the girls employed in the Stanley street cotton-mill had a most miraculous escape from being killed. It appears that she had climbed upon a box for the purpose, of reaching an oil can, and leaned over a revolv ing shaft, during 'which time her apron ,caught, and winding round, drew her above the shaft. In this condi ion she had the presence of mind to clasp the shaft with her arms, and round she went with it, at the rate of fifty revolutions in a mi nute. A man employed at the contrary end of the room saw her so revolving, and immediately ran to stop the engine, which was done as quickly as possible, though it is supposed that the girl must have been in this most perilous situation for nearly five minutes. When the machinery was stopped the girl was still clinging to the shaft, and on being taken off it was found that she had received no other injury than a dislocated ancle.— Preston Packet. CARLOW ELECTION COMMITTEE. LITERATURE. (THIS DAY.) In consequence of some misunderstanding as to the hour of meeting on the part of several Members of the Committee, the . proceedings could not regularly come before them until their number was completed ; but at the request of Mr. Austin, the CHAIRMAN received the evidence of William Groves, a messenger, who was despatched from Carlow on Monday last, with the " Rathvilly" poll:book, of which our readers have heard so much, and the purloining of which from the Committee room was so accurately sworn to in the course of the week. 'I he witness Groves, though specially despatched with the book in a sealed parcel, forgot it at Birmingham ; but it was forwarled from thence, and arrived this morning. It was not, however, put in evidence, as it had reference only to a class of voters which had been already disposed of. A few minutes before twelve, the Committee having been completed, Mr. AUSTIN objecel to the vote of Patrick Ryan, on which a disouss4 n arose, which bad not conclu led when our Reporter left. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The COURT was occupied the whole of the morning with consent petitions. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY b, 18..57 LOCKHART'S LIFE OF SCOTT. Cadelt, Edinburgh, 1837. JTO 7 2. It was thus that Scott was enabled with compara Like his great contemporary, Lord Byron, Sir Walter Scott, it is well known, was extremely partial to dogs. The following particulars, respecting the death of his favourite Camp, will be read with interest : " This favourite animal began to droop early in 1808, and became incapable of accompanying Scott in his rides; but he preserved his affection and sagacity to the last. At Ashestiel, as the servant was laying the cloth for dinner, he would ad dress the dog lying on his mat by the fire, and say, Camp, my good fellow, the Sheriff's coming home by the ford, or by the hill,' and the sick animal would immediately bestir himself to welcome his master, going out at the back door, or the front door, according to the direction given, and advancing as far as lie was able. Ile died about January 1809, and was bu ried on a fine moonlight night, in the little garden behind the the House in Castle-street immediately opposite the window at which Scott usually sat writing. My wife tells me she remem bers the whole family standing in tears about the grave, as her father himself smoothed down the turf above Camp, with the saddest expression of face she had ever seen in him. He had been engaged to dine abroad that day, but apologized, on ac . count of 'the death of a dear old friend ;' .and Mr. Macdo- nald 13uelianan was not at all surprised that lie should have done so, when it came out next morning that Camp was no more." This anecdote is as delightful as that famous one recorded in Boswell, of Johnson going out late on a rainy night to buy oysters for his cat Hodge. We shall look forward to the next volume with considerable in terest, for we see by the advertisement that it is to con tain Scott's own Diary of his voyage to the Shetland Isles. THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW. Ridgway and Sons. This is the best Number of the " British and Foreign Review," that has yet made its appearance. The subjects of the• articles arc sufficiently varied to suit the taste of every class of readers ; and the handling of them must convince the most fastidious critic that the contributors are men of first-rate ability. Of ten ar ticles which compose this Number, three are especially devoted to questions of domestic policy—three are upon subjects having more or less regard to our foreign rela tions—three are strictly critical, as that term applies to literature in an abstract sense—and the remaining one is confined to some points relative to our colonial this policy. The political papers--foreign and domestic— of for th e most part, r if e w i t h f acts , w hi c h are b roug ht t o bear upo periodical, t the arc generally the best. They arc, plain, b questionsdi direct, .cta cogent, issue y a a n d l ne ofargt- rnent at once convincing. They abound in illustrations—here quaint and recon dite," there familiar, even to domesticity—if the phraFe may be allowed us. Supported by the talent which now enriches its pages the " British and Foreign Re view" promises to become a powerful auxiliary to those who are fighting the battles of constitutional freedom throughout the world. - The article on " The Poli tical Press of France," affords an excellent bird's-eye view of the past and present state of periodical and diurnal literature in that country. The writer— who -thoroughly understands the bearing of the minutest detail upon the main object of his inquiry—com mences with the declaration of the French Constitu ent Assembly in 1789, establishing the freedom of the press ; and after enumerating the journals which this declaration called into existence, he continues to trace the perilous growth, and gradually acquired influence of this new power, down to the present time. He carefully analyzes its abuses, and traces them to their The present volume commences w►th the publication of the Lay of the Last Minstrel, in 1801, and goes down to the year 1812, when Scott was hard at work with Rokcby, one of the latest and most elaborate, but by no means the most successful, of his poems. The volume abounds in anecdote, and fragments of letters addressed _ by Scott to his English friends, chi e fly Ellis, Canning, Morritt, Gifford, and Southey, on the subject of his own literary projects, and the political events of the day. These last--more particu larly the disasters that signalised the earlier periods of the Peninsular war, previously to Wellington's assum ing the command of tl)c English army—seem to have exercised extraordinary influence over Scott's mind, keeping him in a constant, fever of anxiety. The wide-spread popularity, too, of the Edinburgh Re w, whose political tenets he held in undisguised ab horrence, appear to have been gall and wormwood to him, so thoroughly was he wedded to Toryism. We question, indeed, whether a more thoroughgoing parti zan ever existed. We always knew that Sir Walter was a Tory ; but we were not aware, till we perused this volume, how deeply all his thoughts and feelings were embarked in the cause. He would hear of no relaxation—no softening-off the creed—no such liberal interpretation as Mr. Canning afterwards endeavoured to put on it, so as to bring it more in accordance with the altered feelings of the day—Toryism was with him a system which, like the laws of the Medes and Per sians, should be immutable and irreversible. Actu ated by these feelings, Scott was among the first to get up an opposition to the Edinburgh Review ; and it was chiefly at his instigation, and by his urgent re monstrances, addressed week after week to his Tory friends in London, that the Quarterly was established, the editorship of which laving been offered to, and de clined by him, was ultimately assumed by Gifford. The most interesting portions of the present volume are those which contain the letters of Scott on this subject. They are full of shrewd, practical common sense, and impress on Gifford, and on those whom Scott proposes as contributors to the Review, to pre serve temper and moderation in their articles, and, above all, to refrain from petty and flippant personali ties. Of his literary habits, Mr. Lockhart gives us the following interesting details:— " He rose by five o'clock, lit his own fire when the season required one, and shaved and dressed with great deliberation, for he was a very Martinet as to all but the mere coxcombries of the toilet. Arrayed in his shooting-jacket, or whatever dress he meant to use till dinner time, he was seated at his desk by six o'clock, all his papers arranged before him in the most accurate order, and his books of reference marshalled round him on the floor, while at least one favourite dog lay watching his eye, just beyond the line of circumvallation. Thus, by the time the family assembled for breakfast, between nine and ten, be had done enough (in his own language) to break the neck of the day.' After breakfast a couple of hours more were given to his solitary tasks, and by noon he was, as he used to say, his own man. When the weather was bad, he would labour incessantly all the morning, but the general rule was, to be out and on horsebick, by one o'clock at the latest. It was another rule that every letter he received should be answered the same day." tive ease and readiness to get through that immense mass of intellectual labour, which is without a parallel in the annals of literature. It is greatly to the credit of his sagacity that he was the very first to predict the future triumphs of Sir Arthur Wellesley in Spain, and to state on every oocasion, that he, and he only, could restore the glory of the British arms in the Peninsula. The well-known victory at Assays had impressed him with the conviction that Sir Arthur was the first mili tary genius of his age, when he was yet a name unknown to a great body of his countrymen. On Sir Walter's first visit to London, after the publication of Marmion, he was of course the great " lion" of the day, and roared in the most fashionable societies, more however to the satisfaction of others than his own. Among other illustrious personages to whom - he was introduced at this period, was the unfortunate Princess of Wales, wife of George the IVth, of Tv 11 om we hare a charac teristic anecdote The careless levity of the Princess's manner was ob served by Scott, as I have heard him say, with much regret, as likely to bring the purity of heart and mind, for which he have her credit, into -suspicion. For example, when in the course of the evening, she conducted him by himself to admire some flowers in a conservatory, and the place being rather dark, his lameness occasioned him to hesitate for a moment in followin g her down some steps which she h a d t a k en a t a s ki p , she turned round, and said with mock-indignation, ' Ah false and faint-hearted trobadour you will not trust yourself with me for fear of your neck. " °tie causes -r-the absurd restrictions sought to be im posed upon it by the Republican, Monarchical, and 'Constitutional Governments. In his examination of the present state of the French press, he condemns the projects of . 111. de Girardin, a deputy, who has obtained some celebrity by the publication of cheap newspapers—riz., nnvspapers ruinous to the principle: of the purchaser and the finances of the• vender. " Centralisation and Localisation" is the best article that has yet been published on the subject of the Irish Municipal Reform Bill. It is the first attempt that has been made to reach the philosophy of the question, by an examination of the effect of municipal institu ,tions upon the feelings and habits of society in all ages and nations. Neither is it so abstract as for a moment to carry the reader beyond the . region of actual occurrences. The leaders of the Whig, Tory, and Radical parties, are kept passing and repassing before him, each more intent upon the fate of a ministry than the high destinies of a suffering people. The Reviewer exposes the disho nesty of the Tories in feigning such an apprehension of the overwhelming power of Mr. O'Connell, and de nounces the insolence with which the State Church claims for herself an absolute dominion in a land in which her foot-prints may be traced in blood and tears. " Churchism,” he observes, " has been—(duting the recent debates upon this Bill)—extravagantly candid and instructive. Last year she withdrew the mask with a sort of hesitating shame ; this year she throws it in our face in defiance. She tells us not clearly only, but insolently, what she has become and what she in tends to be. We no longer hear of Church-and. State, but of the State included in the Church :—in a word, the Church everything, the State nothing. Hence all the outcry about a transfer of power, and what is still more absurd, the practicability of prosecuting it ; a re fusal of general and positive rights, rather than risk the chance of transferring au existing unjust monopoly." This is so true, that to support it by argument, infe rence, or illustration, would only tend to weaken the impression which it must make on every well consti tuted mind. The capture of the Vixen by Russia, and the delay which the Imperial Government makes to offer repara tion to Great Britain for the insult offered to her flag, constitute the subject of an article which will make a deep impression upon the public mind of England. The Reviewer—to afford Russia an opportunity, we presume, of availing herself of Dr. Lushington's defi nition of what; constitutes maritime jurisdiction, the Learned Doctor having expressly declared that "At must be founded on possession de jure and de facto" —offers the following suggestion to the Russian Am bassador at the Court of St. James's, to which we pray his Excellency to give his best attention : " We would, with all reverence for her eminent representa tive in this country, recommend to his Excellency to make di ligent search in the archives at Ashburnham House, or if not there to be found, to write to his Court for the following do cuments, for the satisfaction of Lord Palmerston and the Bri tish Parliament, viz.:— _ " A statistical account of the number of square miles or versts possessed by Russia between the range of the Caucasus and the Euzine, from the embouchure of the Kuban to the borders of Mingrelia. " The particulars and extent of lands cultivated there by :he inhabitants owing allegiance to Russia, who pray fora con tinuance of the blessings enjoyed under her sceptre. " Further, an account of the number of native inhabitants in this Circassian and Abussian territory who pay tribute to the Emperor ; the amount of the revenue collected from the coun- try, a and the sites of the different public establishments there, exclusive of the forts of Anapa, Glrelerigik and Sukum Kal6, so honourably acquired from the Porte. " As subsidiary pieces justificatives,' it might be desirable to produce a copy of the appointment of the Governor-in- Chief of Circassia, a dignitary whose name and fame arc to tally unknown in western Europe, with a list of the Sub- Governors of the various districts or provinces, their places of residence and the range of their circuits in visiting the sub jects of his Imperial Majesty under their charge, for the ad ministration of justice, and their instruction in the duties of obedience, religion and morals, according to the catechism for the use of the Trans-Caucasian governments. " In case of difficulty in obtaining these returns, we would suggest the expediency of immediate recourse to the Porte for extracts from its registers on most of these heads relating to Circassia, when subject to its dominion and governed by Turkish - Pachas. " It would then be evident that only the rebellious character of the natives prevents Russia from enjoying the same autho rity and deriving the same advantages from the occupation of the country. The ingenuity of the Dragomans might be rather at fault to persuade the Reis Effendi of the existence of these records, of which be would never have heard. Should this be remedied, not a doubt could remain of the cession having really been made, and the right of the Sultan to dis pose of this portion of bis empire to his good friend and ally the Autocrat of all the Russias, ' for the better definition of their respective boundaries, and in order to repress the incur sions of the Caucasian tribes.' " The objections to possession de jurd and de facto being thus disposed of (with some illiberal exceptions), the case will be made out in due form, and considered sufficient no doubt to satisfy the dull intellects of the British nation, and relieve alarmists from their terrors of seeing the country disturbed for such a paltry affair as the seizure of the Vixen" To the Noble Lord who directs the foreign re'a- tions of this country, we recommend the perusal of an article on the " Fate of Cracow," which - though penned in a spirit far from favourable to his Lord ship's diplomacy, yet contains much of what the people think respecting the downfall of that ancient Republic. We have ourselves dwelt so frequently upon the oppressions endured by the Cracovians from the blighting influence of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, in ;he Councils of their little• State, that it is unnecessary 'or us to enter now into the harrowing details which are here collected of the tyranny of the Northern lespots. `The article on the " Ballot" is perhap the most powerful ever written against that measure, as in- tended to apply to the election of Parliamentary Repre sentatives. It will call forth a host of pamphlets on a question which already is all but settled by the country. COBBETT'S ENGLISH HOUSEKEEPER. Cobbett, London, 1837. This is the cOmpletest ork of the sort we have yet met with. The directions, which are numerous, are given with terseness and simplicity, so that he who runs may read. The authoress does not profess to be ha bued with the culinary lore of a tide, but:she is quite scientific enough to satisfy all reasonable gastronomists. Some books appeal to the head ; othets to the heart ; this appeals to the stomach. Not a few of the direc tions—those especially which regard venison stews, and pasties—are racy enough to create an appetite " under the ribs of death." . Then the bills of fare ! These have a flavor about them, equal to that memorable de scription of a French breakfast in .‘ Quentin Durward ;" and might operate as a provocative to the inost languid palate. If, as Peter Pindar has observed, " the road thro' the stomach's the way to the heart," then we have no doubt that this savoury duodecimo will enlist in its behalf the sensibilities of th ema j or i ty o f i ts rea d ers ; for the Barmecide's account of his visionary supper was not more unctuous than some of its con-amore receipts. But not content with giving directions for cooking, Miss Cobbett gives also directions for carving—a matter well worthy the serious consideration of all diners, whether at home or abroad. The art of carving scientifically is one by no means vouchsafed to the majority. It'requires patience, self-possession, and a steady hand, qualifica tions which belong to tl4 few, not the many. The au thoress's remarks on this branch of her subject display consummate knowledge of the theory of the art; we therefore recommend them to the attention of those among our readers who are anxious to acquire cele brity as prompt and judicious carvers. The hook is illustrated -with a variety of useful engravings. A BIRTH-DAY TRIBUTE. Fisher, London, 1837. This is a poem in honour of the birth-day of the Princess Victoria, and is from the pen of L. E. L. It is not saying too much, of it, that it is better than one lialf the odes in laud of Royalty that we remem ber to have seen. Miss Landon always versifies with ease and freedom, and frequently with sweetness, as the following specimens will show—some of the stanzas in which reminds us of Campbell's Lyrics. The work, which is a thin quarto, is embellished with a graceful portrait of the young Princei-. 'But. ;or our extract : H. R. H. THE PRINCESS VICTORIA. 'Twas in a woman's reign uprose That soul of enterprise, Which since has borne our English flag Through foreign seas and skies. Few were the first adventurous barks That ploughed the deep—but now What breeze but bears St. George's cross, What shore bu' knows our prow ? And more than glory, or than gold, May British merchants say ; Look on what blessings infinite IlavC followed on our way. To civilize and to redeem Has been our generous toil, To sow the seeds of future good In many a thankful soil. Wherc'cr to dark and pagan lands Our path has been decreed, Have we not brought the Christian's hope, The Christian's holy creed ? 'Tis from a woman's glorious reign Our English isles may date The honours of their after hours, " The triumphs of their state. And yet how much remains to do, How much is left behind Young daughter of a line of kings, Much is to thee assigned. Great changes have been wrought since first The Roman legions stood Beneath the ancient oaks that firmed, • The Druid's mystic wood. There frowned above the dank morass, The forest who -e long night Of noisome and of tangled shad.! Forgot the noontide's light. Men crowded round the victim pyre In worship vile as vain ; And God's. own precious gift of lire, Was flung to him again. We were the savages—of whom We now can only bear ; The change has been the mighty work Of many a patient year. The progress of our race is marked Wherever we can turn ; No more the gloomy woods extesd, No more the death-fires burn. The village rises where once spread Th' inhabitable moor; And Sabbath bells sweep on the wind, The music of the poor. The sun sinks down o'er myriad spires That glisten in the ray, As almost portions of that heaven To which they point the way. There is not a more lovely land On all our lovely earth, Than that, Victoria, which now gives Its blessing on thy birth. G OLD SMIDIr S HIS 7 ORY OF ENGLAND. Four "Vols. Allan Bell, London, 1837. We have here Goldsmith's popular History of Eng land, republished in four of the most elegant little duodecimos that have appeared for years past, and car ried down to the year 1836. This new matter coin- prises just two volUmes, and is written in an easy an perspicuous style. It is also accurate in its facts ; and, so far as we have been able to judge from a hasty glance, temperate and impartial in its wile. The editor has acquitted himself of a difficult task with skill and judgment. The work contains many good en gravings and half-length portraits of the difFeren Kings of England. It would form a capital prize book for schools. L.4RD.NER'S CYCLOR/EDIA. No 90. Longman, London, 1837. The present volume - of this Miscellany forms the second of Mr. Moore's History of Ireland. It com mences with the invasion of that country by the Danes, in the year 757, and goes down to the death of Donald O'Brian, King of Thomond and Ormond towards the close of the 12th century. It is long after this semi barbarous period that Irish hiEtory becomes interesting. Its early and half-fabulous traditions scarce repay the labour of research. ROWB 0 T HAM' S GUIDE TO GERMAN CONVERSATION. Dnfau, London, 1837. A useful practical work, chiefly of an elementary character, containing, together with a copious vocabu lary, tables of German moneys, weights, and measures, far the use of travellers, schools, and private students. By the help of this work a man may soon pick up quite enough of German to enable him to pass muster in ordinary conversation. EXCURSIONS THROUGH THE HIGHLANDS. Simpkin and Marshall, London, 1837. - There are some able graphic sketches of Highland scenery in this volume, which .is the production of the Rev. Mr. Smith, a gentlemen who has a quick_eye to the picturesque, and a ready talent for describing the impressions made on him by, what Mr. Bucke some where calls, "the beauties, harmonies, and sublimities of nature." The book is well embellished by a variety of choice engravings. MORTALITY. Fraser, London, 1837. There is no deficiency of graceful and feeling ideas in this poem, the versification of which is melli fluous throughou•. We must protest, however,•against the confirmed melancholy, deepening in some instances to despair, that pervades it. Why should poets take such a perverse pleasure in singing in the shade, rather -than in the sunshine ? "It is never too late to des spond," as a writer in the last Numher of the " New Monthly Magazine" has well o)seived. Let Mr. Jones, then, tune his harp to a blvther strain, and we will an swer fur his success. BYRON'S DRAMAS, Vol:. 11. Murray, London, 18.37. The volume before us cc\ntains Lord Byron's " Cain," " Two Foscati,' . " DJorirred Transformed," and •' Werner," which last, by the bye, is the worst of his dramatic productions. It is illustrated with a beautiful engraving of Venice, and contains most of the explana tory notes that were attached to the seventeen volume edition. FINE ARTS. PICTURES PICKED FROM THE PICKWICK PAPERS—No. 1. Ackerman, London, 1837. There is infi c nite drollery in this series of fancy portraits, which are from the pencil of Alfred Crow quill, one of the most humourous designers of the day. The Fat Boy asleep is a joke as broad as its subject, which is saying much for it. The sketch to) if the bland INIr. Pickwick running away without his hat from the troops at a review, who are charging him %ith fixed bayonets, is quite eqUal to the best of Cruikshank's late comic sketches. We hope Alfred Crowquill will continue these designs in the same droll spirit in which he has commenced them. The idea is a popular one, and will be sure to take. MR. BLAGROVE'S CONCERT.—This concert was held last night at the King's Concert-rooms, Hanover-square. The music was entirely of the chamber class. Messrs. Bla grove, Daudo, 11111, Gattie, Hausmann, and Lucas, played several concerted pieces in their own finished style. Madame Duleken played a brilliant fantasia of Beethoven's ou the piano, accompanied on the violin by Blagrove. Mr. Labarre dis played his powers of execution by a concerto of Hummel's on the harp ; and Puzzi performed a beautiful solo by Corelli on the horn. Madame Caradori Allan and Mrs. Shaw were the only vocalists ; the former sang an air by Lochner, the latter Mo zart's: charming " Addio," which was rapturously encored. We • have named every performer, and it will be seen, that though their number was small, they were a very choice as semblage. Only nine pieces were played, for Mr. Blagrove seems to have discovered the arcanum (such it is to many givers .of concerts) that a few first-rate compositions well executed afford more satisfaction than a vast quantity of works, some indeed beautiful, and others introduced apparently forth. sole purpose of making the audience wonder how they found their way into the list. Not a single piece by an inferior composer was performed last night. "'l'o the vulgar mind, display is pleasure, ceremony is good breeding, and expense is excellence."—" Abel All nutt," the new novel by the author of " Hajji Baba."