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Now ready, M 2 vols. small Bvo., 21s. bound, SIR RICHARD HENEGAN ' S SEVEN YEARS' CAMPAIGNING, IN THE PENIN S ULA AND THE NETHERLANDS. " This book will take its place among the best works on the Penin sula war."—Britannia. ' These volumes combine a world of diversified amusement, excite ment, and interest. Teeming with adventures of love and of war, and many a hair-breadth 'scape ; it is impossible to open them without encountering some touch of pathos or of humour—some trait of des perate valour or of heroic sacrifice."—Naval and Military Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE. TIURKE'S HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY. A GENEALOGICAL and HERALDIC DICTIONARY of the whole of the LANDED GENTRY, or untitled aristocracy of Eng land, Scotland, and Ireland. Printed uniformly with the author's popular " PEERAGE AND B kRONETAGE." Three Parts of this impertant national. work are now published, price lOs. 6d. euh, and the Fourth and concluding part is in the press. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street, (To whom - all communications for the Author are requested to be addressed.) NEW EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS. :Tow ready, New and Revised Edition, with Additiois, and upwards of Forty Illustrations by Leech, price 2s. 6d., T HE PHYSIOLOGY of EVEN IN U PARTIES- By ALBERT SMITH, Esq. `• The treatment of the subject is worthy of Buffon, all the details being in admirable keeping, while interspersed among the lighter matter we stumble how and then upon a passage betraying the mas ter's hand, in which grave subjects are playfully and delicately handled, and a kindly moral lies concealed beneath the smiling mu face."—Morning Hera; d. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. 'V To be had also of all Itoelts,lie NOTICE. IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. DUBLIN TO GALWAY. Parties who signed the last subscription contract, and holders of Scrip , are informed, that petitions to both Houses of Parliament, " To stay the progress of the Bill, to cancel the liability of the subscribers to the contract, and return to the shareholders the umpent deposits," lie for signature !at the Shareholders' Committee-room, Founders' Hall-court, Lothbury, from 11 to 4 o'clock each day. April 21, 1846. R. THOMPSON, Secretary. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all Pavonrs, containing instructions, are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa snination at least one day previously to their being offered; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle -street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and th e Public are respectfully informed that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place When will be performed ( T for HIS the first EVENING tim ' e this season), Rossini's celebrated Opera, entitled IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosins, Madame Grist ; It Conte d'Ximaviva, Signor Mario ; Eartolo, Signor Lablache ; Basilto, Signor F. Lablache ; Figaro, Signor Fornasari. After which, a PAS DE DEUX, by Madlle. L. Taglioni and M. Perrot. In the course of the Evenin:, Selections from Donizetti's Opera, LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. In which Madame Castellan, Madlle. C. Brambilla, and Signor Corelli will appear. To conclude with the highly- successful New Grand Ballet, by M. Perrot, in Flve Tableaux. The music by Signor Pugni, entitled, CATARINA. ; ou, LA FILLE DU BANDIT. The principal parts stvtained by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn and Madame L. Taglioni; 11. M. Gosselin, Bertrand, Di Mettle, and Perrot. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Opera, entitled TIIE CRUSADERS, The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har rison, Itorrani, Horecastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. King, /Sib:a Romer, and Miss Rainforth. After which will be proJtved a New and Original Pallet, entitled IMELDA. The Duke, Mons. Adrien ; Count Alberti, M. Mathis ; Governor, Mr. T. Matthews ; Fabric.o, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Imelda, .1a..:111e. Sall. HAYI;A.IIKET. THIS EVENING ',e performed a New and Original Comedy - , railed,. A BEG(4AR ON HORSEBACK. Cy mon Foxall, Mr. Webster; More craft, Mr. W. FArren ; Sir John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. H. Hull; Horatio Wald4rave, Mr. Hudson ; Schnei. derniarn, alr. J Bland ; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. (Hover; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett; Emmeline, 31 ra . Seymour. The Band will perform the Overture, " La Symphonie," the Fantasie, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz ; the "Chatsworth Quadrilles ;" and the " Brunow Polka." After which, an experiment will be tried upon THE BIRDS OF ARISTOPHANES on which occasion they will be presented to the public with new Name:, new Feathers, new Songs, and new Tries. Principal characters by Messrs. James Bland, Hudson, Tilbury. Brlndal, Caulfield, T. F. ` , lathews, and Miss P_ Horton. To conclude with a New Comic Drama, caPed THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Ilumby, &c. THEATRE ROYAL. LYCEUM UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. 'Unprecedented Attraction for the Easter Holidays. Re-engagement of GENERAL TOM THUMB Great success of the New Comic Drama! THIS EVENING The performances will commence with a New end Original Comic Drama, In Three Acts, called HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vint,ig, Wigan, Didelear, and Keeley ; Miss Viilars, Mr 4. A. Arlan, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Extravaganza, entitled THE MARBLE !MAIDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Lnidlaw. To be followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en titled HOP 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and his Seven-League Boots. Hop 'o My Thumb, General Tom Thumb. To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Charactes by Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, Bellingham ; lasses Arden, Villars, and Howard. Stalls, is. ; Boxes, 45. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. `LIMATY.E ROYAL, A.DEIXILI. TIIIS EVENIN G Will be presented a New Drama, in Three Acts, called, IN DUSTRY AND INDOLENCE; or, The Orphan's Legacy. St. Amour, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Rollin, Mr. 0. Smith ; Sinsonet, Mr. Wright ; Mons. Delitmare, Mr. Perkins ; Batifole, Miss Woolgar ; Nini, Miss Webster ; Cecile, Madame Celeste. After which, a New Burlesque, entitled, PETER WILKINS ; or, The Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Munyard, tkc. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybun, Mr. Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. Honeybun, Miss Emma Harding. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, entitled ERNESTINE. The principal characters supported by Messrs. Cooper, Wallack, Leigh Murray ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss E. Stanley, Miss May, Bsc.. After which, TILE VIOLET. - Andre, Mr. Wallact ; Trin quet, Mr. Granby; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray; Blanche, Miss May ; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling, To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled LADY GODIVA AND PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY. In which Messrs. Walton, Wynn, Compton, tlranby, Oxberry Miss Taylor, Miss E. Stanley, Mrs. Fos . .roke, Miss Donner, &c., will anear. ASTLEY'): ROYA L ANI It ITHEATLIE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her most gracious Majesty the Queen, Pt ince Albert, and the PriNcess Royal.—Extraordinary hit of Mr. Leman Rede's New Equestrian Spectacle, whictl has been pronounced by the public press to surpass all former productions. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Original Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB AND lIIS DESERT STEED ; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. Magnificent effects, grand equestrian tableaux, &c. The Scenes in the Circle will, this present week, prove more than ord'narily brilliant, presenting the whole troop of British and Foreign Professors, aided by the inimitable Clowns, Barry, Wallet, and Rochez. To conclude with a novel Afterpiece. Box-oihce open from eleven till five o'clock.--Doors open- at six and commence at seven o'clock. 1. kvII - KIE'S ROYAL SURREY TIIE kT More Novelty! A New Drama. Great success. Crowded houses. THIS EYENINO Will be performed THE LAS:: KISS ; or, the Soldier's Grave. ife , srs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Lewis, Hedop, Wil liam:on, Mestlms. Vining and Martin will support the principal characters. Atter which, a New Farce by Mr. E. Stirling, entitled, ON THE TILES ; or, A. Night at Greenwich. To oe fo!lowed by a o.;rand Ball •t of Enchantment, called, DER CHAMOIS YAGER ; or, The Fiend on Earth. By the Deutin Family. To conchtle with a New Melodrama, call,d, THE BATS OF RAT CASTLE. I:nl'Ai. VICTrA - CA TIIEATgE. Great Success of the New Drair.a of "Laid up in Port." THIS EVENING Will he performed an entirely new Drama, entitled LAID VP IN PORT ; rr, Shark 4 along Shore. Principal characters by Messrs. Fredericks. Saville, Raymond, Tindell, niggle, S.arle, Burton; Miss Vincent, Mies E. Terry, &c. After which, THE BRIDE'S JOURNEY ; or, the Escapes of Adelai;:e of i resden. In which Miss Vincent will perform. To conclude with a New Drama, vilified THE FACTORY LADS; or, The Workman's Saturday Night. In which the whole Company will appear. NEW STIL THEATRE. ENTIRE CHANGE.—NOVELTIES AND MAGIC EFFECTS. " La galete est la sante de l'ame, La trtstesse en est le po:son." M. • PTIILLIPPE begs leave to announce that, in consequence of 1.,,e Triumphant Success that has attended his EASTER ENTER- ' TAT •INIXNTS, they will he repeated on every Monday, Wednesday, anA Saturday Morning, and every Evening until farther notice. Tuts ENTIF NINO, M. PHILLIPPE will commence the Entertainment by Lighting Two Hundred and Fifty Wax eaudles by a single Pistol Whet. This unique and brilliant Experiment was originally performed by Mona. Phillippe for upwards of 700 consecutive nights In Paris. M. Phillippe will also have the honour of introducing HIS GRANDMOTHER'S CAP, with all its laughable and rapid Trans formations. The Entertainmeats will be varied by the Daacing of the CTITARINI FAMILY, aral the Olympic Gambols of the AME RICAN BROTHERS. The Morning Performance will commence at Two o'clock ; the Evening at a quarter to Eight. stalls, 3 ,. ; B ox es, 2s. ; Pit, S. Gallery, 6d. ; Tate Boxes, U. Is., and 10s. lid. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL. 22. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 38; Highest. 53; Noon, 53. BAROMETER, 29.9.—W1ND E.S.E.. cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 0 minntea after 12. Everln2 .. 4 minatea after 12. ' .. 4 .. , f .* _ 7i , let. z 4 : . - . 6.. e'' . 1 : 4".• -, _:;' , •'° e- • - -... - -• 4 o '?,..,,, ,, 51 : ,...,-. ~. r•P: ..„' .' • -,' . i , • ‘, 4,,, SIT r . , •m 0 . .k E L ‘,.:... 1. , • _ , -.• • Mania 2'21114 LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1846. The Mouse of Commons met at Twelve. The order of the day for the further co nsideration of tho - report on the Friendly Societies 13: 11 was read. A long discussion ensued, and eventually clauses up to 16 were agreed to, with amendments, and the further con sideration of the report was postponed to Friday. A new writ was ordered for Falkirk, in the room of Mr. BUBO, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. ELPHINSTONE movod the second reading of the County Eletions Bill, which limit the time of polling in elections for COW!) ties to one day. Colonel WOOD moved as an amendment, that the Bill be read a second time that, day six mouth& The Bill was supported by Lord VVORSI.EY, Mr. BRIGHT, and Mr. BICKHAYI ESCOTT, and opposed b y Mr. NEwDIOATE, Mr. 13ECKETT DENISON, Sir Jeiszs GRAHAM, Colonel SIBTRORP, and Lord G. BENTINCR, THE 811 N, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 1846. revolutionary firebrands—from all which we gather that Lugo is still in possession of the insurgents, who have been joined, and aided, and assisted by. many recruits, including among them several of the soldiers of VILLALONGA.'S own army, and that the insurrection is spreading fro m Lugo, as from a centre, over the whole of Galicia. Catalonia also is in a very disturbed state. Attempts have been made to gain over the garrison of Barcelona, and procla- I mations have been circulated in the barracks headed "Con stitution of 1837," and "Prince Henry for Queen Isabella." No outbreak, however, had taken place, although if anything can cause an outbreak, the following bando, issued by the Captain-General of the province, the sanguinary Don MANUEL BRETON, Will most assuredly do so:— " The disturbers of public order still endeavouring to de prive us of the tranquillity which we have the happiness to enjoy, and it is so necessary to maintain in this populous and commercial capital, I order the following ; " First and only Article.—Any person belonging to any class that shall spread news tending to disturb order, shall , immediately be delivered up to the military commission, which shall permanently sit in the royal citadel of this city, in order verbally to judge the accused, and, after obtaining prcof of the ()fleece, condemn him to to shot." Anything more tyrannical and violent than this never before was issued even by a Spanish Captain-General ; and the past conduct of BRETON shows that he is fully capable of carrying out this bando to the very letter. The whole popula tion of the province i 3 at his mercy, for, be it observed, the court-martial, composed of his creatures, is to judge what is to be considered as "news tending to disturb order." He seems to have taken the French revolutionary tribunal as his model, and to be ambitious of acting the part of FOUQUIER TINVILLE on a small scale. Several persons have already been arrested on suspicion, among whom are several, who in 184,3, proclaimed the Central Junta. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 14.--e The Funds are higher to day 1 1 / 0 per cent., which would appear inexplicable were the Bolsa of Madrid like that of any other place. The Three per . Cents. are 31% cash, and 311 i for the 30th inst. ; thirty three millions done. The other funds are not quoted. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. They all attack the Debats fur its article of Saturday, in which it more than insinuated that LECOMTE had been excited to the commission of his atrocious attempt by a political con spiracy, of which he was the mere instrument. As might have been expected, all the Opposition papers are indignant at this attempt to give a political complexion to the crime of the assassin, and even the Ministerial papers disavow the Journal des Debats on this occasion. The Moniteur officially contradicts the assurance given by the Journal des Debats, that anonymous letters had been. received by the authorities in some of the provinces, stating that the attempt was to be made, and the Epoque, the Ministerial organ, thus comments on the article in the Debuts : " The Debats has created a phantom in the honest but puerile idea that royalty and the Government required this phantom for its defence. The Government and France have no need of such evocations. Their strength is in the country, and the country does not require to be alarmed. For the last five years its reason and its wisdom have been alone appealed to, and for five years it has more than at any other period given its contidence and its adhesion to the Go vernment. But there is in this something more serious; we are told of optimism, and of culpable and fatal indifference; we are told that the blow which would have struck the per son would have also touched the institution, and fur the pro fit of present royalty the Debats has not hesitated to bring the safety of that of the future into question. Yes, the pre sent King has saved royalty, and this is not the first time we have stated the same ; he has also saved liberty, which is the consequence of order ; but now, should the King be struck by the arm of an assassin or by the hand of God, royalty and liberty would Lot be shaken, fur all France would rise to de fend them. Those know little of the great King who governs us who think to flatter him by telling him that he has only founded his personal royalty. Louis Philippe wished to found a dynasty, and he has succeeded. That is the reason ashy he remains so calm whilst the balls are whistling past his ears. He knows that they might kill the King, but could not destroy royalty. The Count de Paris, supported by the Duke de Nemours, would lose nothing of the strength of Louis Philippe. And what, good God I would be a constitu tional Government if it were otherwise, if it were always necessary to have a great man to render a nation strong and prosperous, if it did not draw its vitality from its own con stitution. That after a revolution a man of genius should be necessary may be readily conceived, but it would be a con demnation of it to say that he was always necessary. The country, more•ver, is perfectly tranquil. Look at the Bourse, that thermometer of the emotions of the capitalist, who has such a dread of revolutions; it has been scarcely affected by the two shots of Lecomte. If they had been successful the great capitalists would have thrown all their milliprts into the scale to prevent a fall, because they are convinced, from the knowledge which is acquired by having great interests at stake, that their millions would be of no value without order in France—an order on which the peace of Europe depends. These capitalists have more inseinst than many political men. They invest their millions in railroads on the soil of France, because they know that it is not on that soil that the volcano of revolution will burst forth. France is Galin, calm as the King, and both have reason to be so, for the one has patiently founded a dynasty which the other has resolutely adopted.' The PreAse, after giving the addresses to the KING , and his MAJESTI'S replies, on his raturn from Foutain' blear, says : "In all these expressions it is easy to perceive that there is not a word tending to transform into a political attempt the abominable crime of Lecomte. This is an additional re ply to the ill-imagined article which the Dtbats published on Satursay, and against which the whole press protested yesterday with great reason. This article is an anachron ism, and that is the least of its faults. Fortunately, and for the honour of our country in presence of Europe, which is only but too much inclined to distrust, the morals of parties are notably ameliorated for some time. There is not one to day, however desperate may be its cause, which would con sent to find a last resource in a cowardly assassination. There was a time when the journals of the extreme Opposi tion did not fear to insinuate that the police might not be strangers to the attempts of a really political character which then periodically threatened the - King's life, alarmed the world, and caused 'doubts to be entertained of the future prospects of the country. Henceforward this odious system of tactics is given up. The National declared yesterday that such a course would be ridiculous at present, thus itself treating as it deserved a discussion to which for a long time it certainly was not a stranger. The progress of public reason is therefore evident and incontestible, and the fact must be stated with pleasure, in place of denying it, as the Debats did on Saturday in that inconceivable article, which we have heard blamed by men of sense of all opinions." The following is the justification of the Journal des Debats " It appears that we have made ourselves guilty against society, perhaps against the dynasty and even the monar chical system in France, by having said that we found it difficult to believe that the crime committed by Lecomte was purely a private crime, perpetrated under the inspiration of private vengeance, the motive for which was unaccount able. We shall not reply to the silly invectives thrown upon us on this occasion. Let those who will believe that in tiring at the King of the French the assassin did not seek to kill the chief of the state, but only the head of a family. We, for our parts, do not think that we deceived ourselves in expressing a contrary opinion, in declaring that we saw a political crime in an attempt at regicide. We base our excuse most naturally on the past. Were the at tempts of Fieschi, of the Pont Royal, of Alibaud, of Meunier, of Darmes, and of Quenis-et, private crimes ? Justice, we trust, will succeed in bringing to light what has passed in the mind of the wretch who has added his name to this list, which was, alas ! already too lung. Justice will tell us whether he conceived his crime in solitude, or whether the idea came front out of that dark abyss whence have already' sprung so ninny conspiracies, so many attacks. The magis trates will do their duty. tut whether the crime from which the King has again s o narrowly escaped being the victim, be a private crime, or whether it be, like those which have preceded it, a prditical crime, the people of France will equally condemn and mourn over it. It will not, in the one case more than in the other, have to justify itself or to blush for it." Duke PASQUIER, the President of the Court of Peels, and 31. HEBEP.T, the Prccureur-General, were engaged on Sun day, at the Conciergerie, in interrogating LECOMTE. The old prison of the Luxembourg having been pulled down with the other ancient buildings in the Rue Vaugirard, workmen were on Sunday employed in converting a room of the Luxembourg Palace, into a prison, to be used as a thither o:i Monday, and is now in the custody place of confinement for LECOMTE. H o e dy w o as f o tr e a c ns o f u e r rr t e o d f Peers. The Peers met on that day at one, in secret committee, to hear the Procureur-General's liquisitoire relative to tho attempt l6 th instant. made e L n o Lo u is last CoTuhrthdasyd not yet FaliccioLuiPnrtsß'sleftli,fe'thoen Thursday deserted him. He at first exhibited a great deal of bravado , issued their arra ISCOMTE'S spirits seemed to have but latterly he has appeared much depretsed. For two days he has refused all food, and expresses a hope that he may die of exhaustion ; his personal appearance also is greatly altered. Two keepers watch him day and night. The Chamber of Deputies met on Monday, and when the I post left they were discussing a proposal of M. DE MORNAY , for indemnifying the posting-masters of France owing to the detriment they suffer from railways. On Sunday, at one o'clock, the KING, accompanied by the QUEEN, the Prince, and Princesses of the Royal Family, and holding the Count of PARTS by the baud, received in the throne-room the Municipal Corporation of Paris, who were presented by Count DE RAMIIIITEALT, the Prefect of the Seine. The Count expressed to the KING the profound indignation with which the attempt on his MAJESTY'S life had inspired the population of Paris, and their affliction that such an act should have taken place. The Count's expressions were warmly responded to by the accla mations of the members of the Corporation. The RING, much moved, replied to this !striking manifestation by thanking, in warm language, the municipal body fur their loyal and affectionate sentiments. The conclusion of his MAJESTY'S address was greeted with loud cries of " Vice le Roi! Vicent le Famille Royale!" Thanksgivings were offered in all the Protestant churches in Paris, on Sunday, for the KING'S escape. Lord and Lad PALMERSTON dined with M. an d Madame THIERS on Sull y . to l n e d a a v y ing a o lt if ho a u: l h i t e . f h . e 7 r o: 40 T c .h;e } B l o v u e r p s r w c as e n r t a s t . l , l ix e r e day. The Marquis of N onNuNuY has arrived in Paris. rather firmerlower, on trifling change in the quot a ti ons — 1 hree per , g was " f. The market closed as follows :—Th ree per Cents., for cash, 83f 40 account, 83f. 40c.: Five per C an t s., f or cash, 119 f. 50c ; for account, ; for , 1191.70 c.; Bank of France Shar es , 3,410 f.; Neap.olitan,tou°if.nti Spanish Threes, 36% ; Ditto Five ' an d New Loan, not quoted, RAILWATS,—The Share.msrket was also Ilrtv er, moat of the lines closing at about the same as on Saturday. For cash—Paris l a? Orleans, 1,210 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,02!,f; Rouen and Havre, 740 ' d Avignon, 900 f Amiens, ; Strasburg and Bale, 225 f. ; Boulogne and t. 505 f,; Northern, 753 f. 75c. ; Horde ux, 613 f. 75c.; Paris aid Lyons, 566 f. 25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 515 f. ; Nantes, 5451. ; Dieppe, 4601 Montereau, Fampoux, and Vierzon, not quoted. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 21. Boulogne and Amiens, 12—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Espeleta), 214 —Dutch Rhenish, 6—East %--I, y „, and Avignon, 2 —Luxembourg, a ur and Liege, 11 —Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, s%—Rouen and Havre, 2956—Tours and 3 iantes Constituted, 04—West Flanders, 2. THE HERO OF A LLIWAL.—We have, heard it ru. moured that in the event of a dissolution of Parliament, Sir George Wakelyn Smith, Bart., G.C.B , will be invited to offer himself for the representation of this, his native county.— Curt/ridge Advertiser. and on a division it was rejected by a majority of 23 ; there being fur the second reading, 32, against it, 55. The Railway Deposits Bill, and the Commons En closure Bill were respectively read a third time and pa3sed, and the House adjourned. Sir R. PEEL, on Tuesday night, gave notice th a t he would, to-night, propose certain resolutions, as . sessional orders, in reference to the several railway Bills still pending before Parliament. These resolu tions, which at a later hour of the evenin g were laid upon the table, appear to be found ed on the suggestionof Mr. LABOUCHERE, who, when the me t asurepr posed by Sir ROBERT PEEL , previous toe recess, was brought before the H ouse, stated the h difficulty that there would be for parties wishing to put an end to any scheme, but unsupported by the directors, to assemble so large a number as one half of the persons h oldin g the scr i p to express their opinion on the projec t bein g carried into execution, and gave it as his opinion that the onus should be on the directors to obtain the consent of a fair proportion of those interested therein to the further progress of any Bill before it should receive the ultimate assent of the Legislature. The present plan appears well calculated to effect this object, and furnishes an additional security to that afforded by the measure then mentioned, that no Bill shall receive its third reading until the shareholders shall have full time maturely to weigh the advantages of the undertaking, and the probabilities of their being able to carry it into execution, notwithstanding the diffi culties to which it may be subjected by the present depressed state of the money market, and the unwilling ness on the part of the public to invest arty part of their spare capital in the construction of new lines of railway. The former measure is intended to enable persons (whether original shareholders or persons not parties to the Parliamentary contract, but who have, by the pur chase of scrip, acquired an interest in the projects), Rho are the actual holders of at least a full moiety of the stock, to have the measure wound up, the assets of the company vested in an official assignee or trustee, and, after ascertaining the liabilities of the company, to ob tain r. return of the amount of the deposits, less the fair expenses already incurred, to the parties entitled thereto. This was hailed with universal approba tion as a just and wise course, by which parties, who had incautiously involved themselves in railway speculation, would be enabled to extricate themselves. with as little additional loss as possible, and also as an indirect means by which the absorption of too large a portion of the capital of the country, in such enterprises, to the great injury of the great commercial interests, might be prevented. The present plan is not intended to interfere with that power, but provides that the House will not read a third time any Bill to empower any company (whether intended to be incorporated by such Bill, or already incorporated by Act of Parliament): to construct a railway, unless a certificate, signed and authenticated, shall have been deposited at the Pri vate Bill-office, there to be open to the inspection of all parties, three clear days before such third reading, and stating the following facts, viz.:— I. That a c o py of the Bill was su b m itt e d t o the considera tion of a meeting of the scripholders of the company, or (in case of a company already incorporated) of the shareholders or stockholders of the company, specially called f.,r that purpose. 2. That such meeting was called by advertisements, in serted once in each of two consecutive weeks in the London Gazette (if the railway be an English or Scotch railway), or in the Lonelan and Dublin Gazettes (if the railway be an Irish railway). and in each case in at least three London daily newspapers, and not less than . three times in each such paper, in each of such two consecutive weeks. 3. In the case of the company being intended to be incor porated by the Bill :—That such meeting was constituted of persons producing thereat Fcrip of the company representing not less than one-third part of the whole capital proposed to be raised by the company under the Bill (such scrip having been actually issued, or the depr•sits in respect thereof having been paid before the 31st of March in the present year). "4. In the case of the company being already in corporated :—That such meeting was held, except so far as is herein otherwise provided, according to the constitution of the company, and was constituted of shareholders or stockholders thereof competent to vote at the ordinary meetings of the company, and representing either personally Or as proxies not less than one•third part of the whole capital or stock of the company. 5. That at such meeting the Bill was approved of by per sons producing thereat scrip equal to at least three-fifths of the total amount of scrip preduced it the meeting ; or, in the case of a company already incorporated, by three-fifths at least of the meeting, the votes being given and computed according to the constitution of the company. The resolutions further provide, in the event of there not being a sufficient attendance at such a meeting, that the chairman shall be empowered to cause the votes of the persons constituting such meeting, approving or dis approving of the Bill, to be taken and recorded, and then to adjourn the same for a period of not less than three days, or more than one week, from the original day of meeting, and which adjournment shall be adver tised twice in each of three London daily newspapers ; and that the chairman shall be empowered at such adjourned meeting to cause to be taken and recorded the names of such of the persons constitut ing the same, as shall net have voted at the original meeting, and the total amount of votes given at the original and adjourned meeting shall be received as if given at one and the same meeting. The additional matters required by the resolutions are respecting the form of the certificate, which shall comprise particulars showing that the meeting has been held in accordance with the spirit of the foregoing regulations, and the manner in which the certificate shall be signed and authenticated. Such is the scheme of the Minister, and it is only to be lamented that it was not promul gated at an earlier period. The outline appears clear and simple, and couched in a spirit of fairness towards those interested in the several rail ways on the one hand, and the public at large upon the other; as, while there is no difficulty placed in the way of any well-devised or prudent project, the directors of which will easily be enabled to procure the requisite attendance and approval, no plan can be proceeded with contrary to the wishes of the majority of the share holders, although, from difficulties in their way, they may be unable to procure signatures sufficient to ensure the dissolution of the company in sufficient time to stay its further progress. The news from Poland is of a very contradictory cha racter. The Poet Ampt G(izette, under date of Posen, April 13, states that though order has been to all outward appearance restored, there still reigned a kind of dull feeling of uneasiness. Excesses had been committed at Ragusen where several of the public functionaries had been inaulted: A sentinel on duty had met with some indignity, and had discharged his musket at the party, who had taken to flight. No one was wounded, but the military authorities had pub lished a notice cautioning the inhabitants to refrain from such conduct for fear of more fatal consequences. A letter from Lemberg, the capital of Austrian Galicia, dated April 7, states that the greater portion of the bands of peasants who continued under arms had been dispersed, but that assassinations were daily taking place. Count GoLE VIOSKI had. been attacked on the previous day by a body of the peasantry, and murdered. In the town of Styria, a pea sant, who had taken a very active part in attacking the chateaux of the nobles, had died of his wounds, and was in terred with extraordinary pomp. The public authorities both civil and military, attended, and military honours were given—a circumstance so unusual and improper, that it dis gusted not only the Poles, but the Germans, and especially the ci o n ffie th ers of e -the army. other hand another letter from the same place, dated the day following, says : Jaslan. The public minds are "We receive the most gloomy dread of political outbreaks alone, but own, might decimate the population, if'ila not arrive. The work of pillage andine broken out with the peasants. They hav e 5,010 to 6,000, and it is said that ihev troops sent against them. The military /. to act with moderation, and even to fire in peasants were in no way intimidated, and and killed 50 of them. They then are now carrying devastation throughout \ e la:les from the circle of for there is not a .promptestof a civil war, which . succour does en iarism has again have from had 1 e repulsed the therece!ved orders fell air ; but the on the troops fled to the woods, and the country." Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived. Although that city continued tranquil, it would appear that the authorities feared, or pretended to fear, some outbreak, for not only has the Government adopted every possible precaution to guard against an outbreak, but domiciliary visits had been made in many instances, and several persons had been arrested, among them an ex-provincial Deputy, and one of the editors of the Eco del Comercio. They ate charged with having propa gated false news, and distributed proclamations subversive of order. The Eco del Comercio had again been seized. As an excuse for these proceedings, the authorities state that they have received information that a conspiracy was plotting in Madrid ; that the 13th had been fixed upon by the con spirators as the day on which the amide was to take place, and that the first object of the conspirators was to seize on the arms taken last year from the National Guard, and which are stored in the deptit of artillery. The Heralio stated that the Duke of SOTOMATOX, the Ambassador of Spain at the British Court, had applied for permission to return to Spain on account of the state of his health. . . . Notwithstanding the repeated assurances given in the official • papers that tranquillity was completely restored in Galicia, it would appear that such is far from the fact, for, notwithstanding the defeat of IRIARTE by Coticra, the insurrection, if we may judge from the proclamation of General VILLALONGA, which ap pears in these papers, still continues to spread. This pro clamation declares the four provinces of Galicia in a state of siege, and also declares that the insurgents at Luge, and all those who may join them, are traitera,"and chat the soldiers who have joined the movement, and who may return to their duty in twenty-four hours, shall be pardoned. The General has also issued an address to his soldiers calling upon them to I remain true to their allegiance, and not to be led away by MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, (From The San of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales, including 500 on speculation and 500 for export. Prices were steady and the market was quiet. Shares in es tablished lines improved, while Scrip was declining. Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s sale of shares yes!erday after noon went off briskly, and prices were fully supported up to their previous quotations. The number of shares submitted was greater than usual, and a very large business was done, more than 3,500 shares being disposed of at the hammer. These sales continue to attract much attention, and many of the jobbers obtain shares, or ease off some of their accumu lated scrip, through this medism. There are no arrivals with late ship letters of any in terest. The regulations which Government intends to propose to Parliament for checking railway Bills, where carried on con trary to the wishes of the shareholders, although they come very late in the day, are hailed with pleasure by the multi tude of persons involved in railway liabilities, and anxious to close at once with a certain loss, rather than to flounder on, and perhaps get deeper in the mire. The directors will find it no light task to obtain " assets" to the prosecution of such a scheme; and none but first-rate and eh ert lines, we conceive, will be at all likely to be carried out at present. Our contemporary the Times still labours in its creditable vocation of endeavouring to make " confusion worse con founded." One day the allottees are attacked, the next day they are championed ; on a third occasion provisional committees are reviled, and on a fourth are screened; and sympathised with. Every plain man of business in the City is at a loss to understand such inconsistency, and such laboured system to aggravate the existing evil, weighing now upon the innocent as well as culpable—the trader al most equelly with the speculator. To-day a provisional co mmittee-man has his turn, and because he has paid his 501. towards the expenses of a defunct concern, and this is proved to be insufficient, the Times advises him to pay no more. Such advice may be easily enough given, but woe be to the man who takes it. A Committee man is clearly liable for an equal proportion of the expenses with his colleagues, and if 50/. or any other first call be not enough, thanks perhaps to the " levanting of many railway worthies, he must submit to make up the difference, since creditors will never suffer quietly from the acts of men who went into these speculations with their eyes open, and with the sole object, as in all other speculations, of making money. The company cited by the Times, the Midland Grand Junction, it is stated that, the managing committee and others have paid a full contri bution,they will let any of their col leaguesso/. only was originally deemed sufficient. o ft ff n d fo it r i l s ess not b likely use The English securities have been rather 'steadier to- day, but the transactions are not extensive. Consolsrealise 95:X4_3/4 for the present transfer, and 95% to 96 for Account. The premium or Exchequer Bills has been 22 to 25. New Three and-Quarter per Cents are 96 1 / 2 %. Bank Stock is 2041 to 203%. The Foreign Stocks are a mere dead letter to-day. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 363 % ; Dutch Foar per Cents. are 91% to 92 1 4. Beyond this there have been no bargains. Shares are rather steady, on account of the relief which will be given by Sir Robert Peel's measure. 11111TISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. .. 204% 205% 205% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 94 8 4 84 Ts 94% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. • • 958 4 % 95% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 96%% b 6% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860 .. 10 1- 1G 3-16 10 3-16 Consols for Account .• .. • • • • 96 7 s 96 96 Exchequer Bills. I%el. I%d. 1,0001... 24 22 25 pre. 25 50t31. 23 P. 23 . Ditto, Small 25 23 pm. 23 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. 21% 41 57% FOREICN FUNDS. Grenada, 1 per Cent .. • • • • Ditto, Deferred .. .. • • . • • • Portuguese Four per Cents • • • • Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • • Ditt«!, Three per Cent .. .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. • • • • 3 G4 % Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent • • • • Ditto, Deferred .. .. • • • • • • Dividends on the above pay able in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent • • —f. c. Exchange .. • • • • • • —f. —c Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 120 r. --c, 25f. 75c, .. 91y.% 92% 92% BUSENE SS PRICES OF CLOSING PAID. DON EAT RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush 1%.... %... 34 Birmingham and Gloucester.. .. 100 .. .. 125 .. • • 125 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 •• • • ••••• • • • • • 1 Bristol and Gloucester .. • . .. 30 .... 50 5O Buckinghamshire .. .. .. .. 428. .... 1 di5..... •• • • 7. ills Caledonian .. ~ ~ ~ .. 10 .... 5% % SN, Ditto, Extension .. • • • • 21 4 ••• • - ••••• • • • • • 1 % Chester and Holyhead .. • . • . 22% ••• • •• • .... • • 21% Cornwall and Central Devon • • 2% •• • • 15 5% •••• • • • • 1% Derby, Gainsboro', & Gt. Grimsby 1% .... %...... .. % Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% •• • • 7 /s ••••• • • • • • N Direct Manchester (Itastrick's) • • 5 1i •• • • 3 % ••• • • . 3% Direct Northern .. .. .. • • 2 % •• • • IN•••• • • • • • • 1% Dublin and Galway .. . • • • 4 .... 1% % 1% Ii Eastern Counties .. .. .. 141. 165...., 22% 14 .. .. .. - . 229. i Ditto New .. ~ _ .. 8/. 165..... 7p • • .....• .. 7 p Do I'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 42. % p........ % p Ditto, ditto, .. .. .No. 2. 61. 13s. 42. .•• • • • % p Ditto, York Extension . • • • 108 l% .•.. • • 11 /a Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 72 Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .... 22% .......... 22% Great North of England . .. 100 ....212 215........ 212% Ditto, New .. .. . • • • • 1% •—• 14 —•• •• .... 14 Great Western .. .. .. .. 85 .. ..145 ..........145 Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • • 5 ••• • 17 '•••• • • • • ' 17 Hull and Selby _ .. .. .. 50 ....101 my, • • .... 100% Ditto, Halt .-.hares .. • . -. 7 .... 24% .- ••• • • ... 21% Leicester and Bedford .. .... Leicester, Tamworth, &c. ...... 425. .... 1 ills. ••..• • .. 1 dls London an I Birmingham . .. iOO .... 223 ..... ..... 223 Ditto Fifths .. .. .. .. 2 .... 24% 24 London and Brighton .. .. .. 50 •• .. 63% A • . . 64 London and Croydon .. .. 131. 15s. 9d. 21% 22 .•.. • . 21% London and South• Western.. 411. Gs. 10d. 77 7 6 ••.. • • Ditto, New . .. .. .. 12%.... 21%... ...... London and York .. .. .. .. 2% .. • . 1% A% • • ... • 1% Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. 2% 1% Lynn and Ely .. .. .. .. 10 .... 6% % .. 6 Manchester and Leeds .. .. .. 82 .. .. 119 .... • • .... 119 Ditto, llalf Shares .. .. .. 38 .... 54 .. • 54 Ditto, Fifths ............. • • Ditto, Sixteenths .. .. .. 6% .... 9 Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . .. 76% .•• • • • Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) .. 4 .... .. •• • • Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) .. 4 „„ Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. I „ „ g ......., , Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... -- Manchester and Southampton 2 1 ........ 144 Ditto, New • • •• • •• • .. 18 .... 30 29% •.• • .. 29% Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 ....US 117... ..... 117 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 .... 4.0 4 . . . 4 4 14 Ditto, New • • • • . 8% IA Br,( Ditto, New, Branching 25 43 . 431, Newcastle and Berwick 10 .. 18 17% 1814 x d 18%xa Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2% .... I M .. • • North British .. • • • • • • .. 20 2514 Norwich and Brandon ..• 18 .... 23% 24 ..... Oxill.,NVorcester, & Wolverhmptn. 12% .... 7% ......... Preston and Wyre • • • • • • 24 .... 34,c, ••.. • .... Ditto, Half Shares .. 6 Reading, Guildford, & Reigate .. 425.•..• Scottish Central . • • • Scottish Midland .. • • • • • . 10 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% .... 1 .... •• • • Shropshire Union • • • • • • .. 423..... 1% dis South Midland ••• • • • • .. 425..... dis S ou th Eastern and Dovor 33,4361{ Ditto, New (iss. at 321 .) No. 1. 16 L la 1 ro., New (do. 301.) • • No. 3. 15 D o ., sew (do. 151.) • • No. 4. 2% .„ . 2%.. • • .... South Wales . • • • • • • • • . 5 .... 1 • • Vale of Neath • • • • • • • . 2 .... 1 ........ Wexford, Waterford, & Valentia 1% ........ Welsh Midland • - • • • • .. 2% ........ West Riding Union • • • • • . 425. •• .. I rA p... • • York and Carlisle . • • • • • .. 2 1 ,x .. York and North Midland to Ditto. acarborough Branch .. 25 .... 47% .... •• . Ditto, Selby • • • • • . .. 30 .... 7l' .. •• • Ditto. Extension • • • • .. 15 .... 32 1 1 4 Ye •• • • 25q, 24 345 2 .. 6 • 1% • 13% 6 .. 1 (Its. • % dis. .. 37 ~. 18 14% ••• FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogna and ArnianS 12 ....... Dutch Rhenish • • • • • • .. 5 .... 6 5%..... East Indian .. • • • bs. ....... Louvain and Jemeppe .. 4 .. . lig I.yons and Alrgnon .. 2 2 Salim and Liege • • .. 4 Orleans and Vierzon 10 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 101{, Paris and Rouen .. • • .. 20 40 LA Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... 5}4, % R o uen and Havre . • . 20 Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 .... 6% • ••• • • West Flanders • • • • .. . 4 .... MIMES. Real del Mcßae, Unregistered .... 374•• • • • • .• • 3% Erratum in yesterday's List —Read Preston and Wyre 31 to 33%, Instead of 34% to 33%. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. • LONDON, APRIL 22.—Wind East, moderate breeze, and hazy. DEAL, APRIL 21.—Wind A M., N. to N.E., tine ; P.M., S.W.— Arrd. Aloveran, Jordan, New Weans ; Albertina, Sandinarck, New York ; Lord Jollingwood, Humphrey, Alexandria ; Dolphin, Burchard, lain Janeiro, and sailed for Ilamburgh ; Expedition, Nor denott, Hio Janeiro, and sailed far Bremen; Augusta Aldim, Meyer, Hayti, and sailed for Bremen. Arrd. from the River, Aneas, Towns end, Calcutta ; Yare, Harding, Barbatloes. OPP llmsozsress, APRIL 19.—Agnes, Bosse, New Orleans, for Bremen ; Mauran, Williams, New Orleans, for St. Petersburgh ; Washington, Smith, Charleston, for Norway; Goitre, Soonberg, Charleston, and sailed for Bremen. CLYDE, APRIL 20.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Lady Harvey, Millar, De merara; Triton, Smith, New Orleans; Adam Carr, Ewing, New York; Athol, Mobile; 3l'Donnell, 3l'Donnell, St. John's. 81d. Rolla, Tolmil, Nassau; Raby, Ewing, Quebec. DuziLiN, APRIL 19.—Arrd. Wanderer, Jenkins, Trinidad. Sld. Dykes, Henderson, Quebec. Imsacomaz, ApIUL 21.—Some square logs, supposed to be fir tim ber, were seen floating up the channel off this port last evening. WAINFLEET, APRIL 19.—The Good Intent, Graseley, from Boston to Wakefield, which drove on shore near Saltfieet yesterday, has been got off without damage, after discharging her cargo In good condition. COWES, APRIL 21.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Margaret, Wishart, Coast of Africa. OFF THE ISLE OF WtnnT.Arrd. Atalanta, Hansen, St. Domingo, for liamburgh. , v OFP 2T. ALBAN'S Il E an.—Pallaa, Radcliff, Surinam. NEWPORT.-- Sid. Horatio, Hall , Havannah. LIvERPOOL, APRIL 21.—Wind S. to S.W., moderate. — A rrd . May morn Hell. Rigby, New Orleans ; Cremona , New Orleans ; Philopontus, Jones, Savannah. Sailed Guatemala , Nlacmillan, Valparaiso; Emanuel, Burn, Staten Island ; Eliza beth, Tickle, Montreal; Ann, Blair, Newfoundland ; Swalian, Steele, La Guay ra ; Thetis, Philips, ' A Ilouduras ; Joshua Bates, Murdock, Bost on ; Jane. Abrams, Mon treal —rgo, Pearson, Newfoundlond. Off, Champion, La Guayr t ; Itabeda, Margar e t. An outward-bound sc hooner was a g round this back. ing on th e N or th Spit, but got off soon after , and Is now p u t tin g BEACRI HEAD.—Arrd. Duke of Wellington, Kelleway, Boston; Telegraph, Scharlan, La Guayra, for Hamburgh. OPP HOLILIRAD.—Arrd. Millicete, Huntar., Mobile ; Princess Char lotte, Nickels, Savannah. WATERFORD, APRIL 211.—Wind N. to N.N.E.-51d. Lady Begot, Williams, Quebec. F CERIGO. NOTICE lOCNE THE TO ISLAND MARINERS.O Admiralty, LIGHTHOUSE Levant trade, 1 An application by shipowners and others interested in the it or th i: enrencdteiorsntoeVa, lighthouse s e t oonbetimi the Island a t n o d t I i o e f Cerigo, at the south-east corner of the Morea, which is much wanted for the safety of vessels proceeding to the Archipelago, Smyrn-, Constantinople and the Black Sea. LI I-ITHOUSF: ON CAPE FINISTERRE. Anapplication, at the instance of t he Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, has been made to the Spanish Government, either to erect, or permit to be erected, a lighthouse on Cape Finnic Finisterre. As this is the most westerly promontory of Europa, and a point which vessels generally endeavour to make, on their voyages to or from Spain, Portugal. and the Mediterranean, it is a matter of surprise that a lighthouse has not long since been placed there. Had there been a good light on Cape Finisterre, it is considered the unfortunate loss of the Great Liverpool would not have happened. Viscount Merpeth and Lady nary }Toward are ex pected at the Earl of Carlisle's, Grosvenor-Place, at the end of the week, fl•om Caste 'toward, Yorkshire, where the Earl of Burlington and his youthful family stilt remain. A strange example of aberration of intellect was maul felted a f e w d ays b ac k in the comm une of Pelleport (Botiches,du- Rhone). A man and wife, named Dam at, conceiving that their child , a boy of tw e l ve years o f age, was abou t to be carried away by the devil, determin e d t o prevent so terr ible an act, and actually cut the boy in pieces with a r ealAng .hook I The brother of the wife also took part In this extraordinary de lu9"6ll and the etmsequent act, The whole three, who have been long suapect , (l of mebtal alienation from r 51151055 feelings, were arrested almost immediately after the crime and taken to prison. Duprat then attempted to strangle bitnself bis wawa, but ins prirrented.—Galignani. LATEST FRO vt POLAND. In the organ of the Polish Emigration, published in Paris, under the title of the " 31 of May," on Saturday last, we find the following paragraph :—" At this moment the news has reached us, on the strength of received correspondence, of the 'full up' burning of Tarnow and Bochnic, equally as the evacuation of Cracow by the Aus trians, and the occupation of the city by the Russians. The details of this correspondence are not clearly known to us. We canist vouch for their truth. We give them as we have learned on authority." The Gazette de Co'ogne gives a letter, dated Cracow, April 8, which states that the reflection of flames was seen in the distance, and that the sound of cannonading was heard, and that SZELAS, the chief of the peasants, had threatened to burn Tarnow, should any attempt be made to arrest him. COURT CIRCULAR, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace, and remained to luncheon with her Majesty and Prince Albert. The Earl of Aberdeen had an audience of the Queen yester day, __.s Royal Highness Prince George visited his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early walk yesterday in the garthns of the Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert afterwards rode out on horseback, attended by his Equerry in Waiting, Colonel Seymour. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Prin cess Royal took an airing yesterday in an open carriage, and was accompanied by the Dowag,r Lady Lyttelton. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice took their accustomed exercise in the garden of the Palace. The royal dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace included Lord Portman, Lord George Lennox, Colonel the Right Hon. G. L. Dawson Darner, and Colonel Wylde. The band of the Ist Life Guards was in attendance during dinner, and performed the following pieces : Sinfonia No. 3-Ist, 2d, and sth movements—Mendelssohn Walzer—" Lovely Rhein Klanga"—Strauss Potpourri—" Don Pasquale"—Donizetti Polka—" Kinder Freuden"—Labi!zky Introduction and air—" Stradella"—Flotorei. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by his Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen, and attended by the Earl and Countess Howe and the Earl of Denbigh, left town yesterday morning for Cashiobury Park, Hertford hire, the seat of the Earl of Essex. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Hereditary Prince, and at tendea by her suite, returned to Marlborough House in the afternoon. _ _ _ Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam briitge had a dinner party yesterday at Cambridge House. The company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl and Countess Howe, the Earl of Cawdor, Lady Georgiana Bathurst, Colonel and Mrs. Malcolm, Sir William Curtis, and Sir Henry Bishop. After dinner, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge (the Director for the evening of the Concert of Ancient Music) went, accompanied by the other Noble Directors, to the Hanover-square Rooms. Their Royal Ilignesses the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess of Cam bridge, and Prince George, accompanied by the other dis tinguished guests, also honoured the performance of the Concert with their presence. Lady Augusta Cadogan, Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. Edmond Mildmay, were in attendance on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. Mr. Billyard had an interview with Mr. Secretary Glad stone yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Commissioners of the Metropolitan Improvements re • sumed their meetings ) , esterday. There were present Vis count Canning, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, the Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Humphery, Mr. 11. T. Hope, Sir Robert Inglis, Hon. C. A. Gore, and Mr. A. Milne. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a gene ral meeting yesterday. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Winchester, Bangor, Carlisle, Hereford, Lichfield, Lincoln, Rochester, and Wor cester, and the Earl of Bessborough. The Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday. Mr. J. Moseley and Mr. C. Buller, M.P., had interviews with Mr. Secretary Gladstone yesterday. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Co lonial-office for the Governor of the Mauritius. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TuxspAY. SOMERSE 'SHIRE STAKES.-3 to 1 agst Lord Saltoun (t freely)— 7to 2 agst Intrepid (t)-6 to 1 agst Giantess-7 to 1 agst Queen of Tyne (t ). CHESTER Cur.-10 to 1 agst Best Bower-12 to 1 agst Sweetmeat —3O to 1 agst The Baron-30 to 1 agst Clumsy —3O to 1 agst Pedometer (t)-35 to 1 agst Inheritress-40 to 1 agstCritn.Con.-40 to 1 agst Redstrcak (t)-50 to 1 agst Roderick (t)-50 to 1 agst Ruff (t)-50 to 1 agst Lothario (t). DERBY. —9 to 2 agst Sting-13 to 2 agst Tom Tullock (t) —2O to 1 agst the Traverser-20 to 1 agst Brocardo-30 to agst Fancy Boy-33 to 1 agst Humdrum-30 to 1 agst Spithead-35 to 1 agst Thenericus-40 to 1 agst Malcolm -50 to 1 agst Sharston (0-50 to 1 agst Poynton (t OAKS.--8 to 1 agst Vanish. Nothing else named. BATH RACES.—YESTEROtY. The Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft; colts, Bst 101 b; and geldings, Bst 51b. One mile. (4 Subs.) Mr. I. Sadler's fby Venison, out of Temper walked over. The Durham Park Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 100 added for three yrs old colts, Bst 10lb ; fillies and geld ings, 8:t 51b Mile and a half. (15 Subs.) Mr. Godwin's Dexterous, half-bred (51bs extra) —Crouch 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Blackbird (51bs extra) The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord W. Powlett's c. by Montreal, dam by Dr. Syntax—Sir J. Gerard's Morocco—Hon. F. Ongley's The Warrior—Mr. Skerratt's Felix (h•b)—Mr Walker's Regalia-slr. Long nd Fleur de Marie—Mr. Bristow's Marietta—Mr. Holloway's Baronet. Betting-1 to 1 agst Blackbird, 4to 1 agst Dexterous, 4 to 1 agst Marietta, 9 to 2 agst Baronet, and 5 to 1 agst The Warrior. Won by a neck. Fleur de Marie and Felix well up. Baronet a bad fifth. The Bath Handicap of 20 sous. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 20 added. One mile and half a distance. 10 Subs., 4 of whore declared. Mr. Herbert's c by Venison, 3 ,yrs, sst 101b.—(J. Sharpe) 1 Mr. G Dumble's Rosin the Beau, 3 yrs, sst 71b Mr. W. Sadler's Sparsholt, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b Mr. Treen's Wild Roe, 4 yrs ' 6st 71b Betting-6 to 4 agst Wild Roe, and 2to 1 agst Pet colt. The City Cup of 100 sous., added to a Sweepstakes cf 20 sous. each, h ft. About two mi'es and a half. (12 Subs.) Mr. Wall's The Crown Prince, 3 yrs, 6st 61b. (J. Sharpe) 1 Mr. A. Johnstone's brother to Sir Henry, 3 yrs, Est 61b 2 Mr. Hook's Buttress, 3 yrs, Est 101 b Mr. Death's Thrapston, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b 4 The following also started, but were not placed :—Duke of Richmond's Tuguet, Mr. A. W. Hill's Salopian, and Mr. B. Collett's Pal. _ _ Even on Tugnet, 4 to 1 agst Crown Prince, and 5 to 1 agst Salopian. Crown Prince made all the running, and won by six lengths, Tugnet and Salopian beaten an immense dis tance. The York Handicap of 5 sans. each, with 20 added. Heats, one mile. (9 Subs.) Mr. Herbert's Ajax, aged, Bst 7113 (Sly) 0 1 1 Mr. Henderson's Lady Charlotte, 4 yrs, 6.tt 81b 3 6 2 Mr. Menzie's Teetotaller, aged, 7st 10Ib 0 7 3 Mr. Bean's Mitnie, aged, 75t.., 0 4 4 Mr. Jones' gr m by Venison, out of Maid of the 1 5 dr 3 Sir ri: G aPl . lae C rY o r'' c s k 3- e Y r Dulcet,resl ss s E t 4 s p )r o ' i 5 7 Jars, 21 b 9 st 2 1 b Nlr. Fowler's Yenton, 3 yrs, 6st 4lb 0 dis. The first heat was won by a head, the second by a length, and the third c'everly. THE DERBY. 1,000 to 30 agst Mr. Watt's Crown Prince (taken) Owing to the excessive rain the course was very deep, and thinly attended. ACCELERATION OF THIRD CLASS TRAINS ON THE SOUTII-WESTERN RAILWAY.—That travelling for the million should be the theory of all railways has long been contended for by the organs of public opinion. To the honour of the South-Western Railway Company be it recorded that they have been the first to make this theory a great fact. By an advertisement which will be found in another column, it ap pears that the South-Western Company have determined, from and after the Ist of May, to increase the number of their trains, to accelerate their speed, and to vary the hours of de parture to suit the public convenience—to carry second-class passenge:s with the r express trains—to abolish the sloto trains altogether, and to carry third-class passengers at the Patna mentary fares, with their ordinary trains, fur times a day, each way, and at hours to allow an early departure and Late return to and fro. This last is a great step in advance, and it shows a determination on the part of the South- Western Railway Company to comply not only with the letter, but with the spirit of the Act of Parliament, which speaks much for the liberality of the Company. They may rely upon it that the public will meet them more than half way, and that they will he more than compensated for the increased accommodation afforded to the public at a re duced cost (for they have revised the tariff of fares, and reduced it cor.siderably), by the increased travelling which will take place on their line. The South Western Company are the first who have acted on the principle of " locomotion fur the million," and we doubt not but the experiment will prove so successful, that every other company will ere long find that it is to their interest to follow so excellent an example. To the South. Western, however, belongs the honour of being the first to fairly carry out the intentions of the Legislature in favour of cheap and rapid travelling for the poorer classes. NUMBER OP PASSENGERS BETWEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE.—The following is the official return of the number of passengers who have passed between France and England, by the ports of London, Folkstone, Dover, Calais, tied Bou logne-sur-Mer, from the sth instant up to the llth inclusive : —By Boulogne, 1,045 prEsengers, 14 horses, and 16 carriages. By Calais, 216 passe ngers, 3 horses, and l. carriage. The corresponding period in 1845 was:—By Boulogne, 974 passengers; Calais, 358. The 1,045 passengers arrived at Boulogne were divid e d as f o ll ows : —Coming from London, 85; ditto from Folkestone, 441—total, 526. Sailed for I;. Lon don, 140; ditto fo r F o lk s t o ne, 379—total, 5 following is the number of passengers during the I fir o s 4 t s. quarter of 1846 :—Boulogne, 10,223 ; Calais, 2 6 7 . Havre, 2,360 ; Dieppe, 855; Ostend, 3,256; Antwerp, total of 20,090. It is expectedth of fthe line of steam- packets intended to be established n consequence 759, making a grand b 3, tlt e South E as tern Railway Comp an y , from Ramsgate to Ostend, in addition to their vessels b en etween Folkstone and ß Boulogne, th a t the number of pargers, this year toßelgium and France will be greatly increased by these facilities and cheap are THE STATE APARTMENTS AT WINDSOR CASTLE.— A new arrangement has just taken place, agreeably to an order issued by Earl Delawarr, the Lord Chamberlain, with reference to the tickets signed by his Lordship fur viewing the State Apartments of the Castle. In order to prevent, as far as possible, the hawking about of those tickets in the streets of Windsor, and the impositions practised upon those victors to the town who may be unprovided with the Lord Chanilserlain's orders, these tickets for the future will be available for only one week from the period at which they are dated. They are also for the future not to be transferable. It is also stated that, at a very early period, an arrangement will be made, so that the admissions to the state apartments will be procured by the public, at the office of Mr. Roberts, the recently appointed Inspector of Palaces, in the department of the Lord Chamberlain. The number of tickets, each to admit seven persons, issued by the four establishments in London, where they are only to be procured, since the Ist of January (the day on which the new Elrr4egement came into operati on ), up to Saturday last, exceeds three thousan4. ST. JOHN'S GATE.—The owners of this ancient struc ture have relinquishsd the idea of compoing the gate, and have determined to re-case it with stone where defective. The momenta' portiollS, supQ fts einhattieraents, fables, &c. are to be restored by the public, und er th e d irec ti on o f t h e committee end Mr. 'W. Y. Griffith, architect; The Builder, AFFAIRS OF THE RIVEit PLATE. The following documents relative to the affairs of the River Plate have been published. The first is a transla tion of a paper which was delivered, unofficially and confidentially, by the Argentine Government to the French Charge d'Affaires, the Baron de Mareuil, con taining the several bases, upon a recognition of which the Argentine Government was willing to enter into ne gotiations with the mediating Ministers for the entire and final pacification of the countries lying on both sides of the river. The other document is a letter from Lord Ponsonby, the British Ministerin the River Plate in 1828, in which he distinctly refused to give the guarantee of the British Government for the fulfilment of the treaty of that year between Buenos Ayres and Brazil. We subjoin the documents : "Translation of a document delivered confidentially by the Argestine Government to the French Charge d'Affaires, Baron de Ma evil, ores for the resumption of negotiations fur the pacification of the River Plate : "1. That the negotiation should be opened in a proper and honourable m inner by their Excellencies the Ministers of France and England with his Excellency the legal president of the Oriental Republic of the Ura guayr Brigadier Don Manuel Oribe ; and that the Ar gentine Government, in consideration of the events which have taken place, should participate and concur in what might be agreed upon in consequence of such negotiation. "2. That his Excellency the legal President of the Oriental Republ c, Brigadier Don Manuel Oribe, to whom the direction of the war in the Oriental Republic be longs, should deserinine concerning any proposition re lating to a sung, nsion of hostilities. "3. That on the re•establishtnent of the legal Govern ment in Monte Video, as already effected throughout the rest of the Oriental territory, in such way and on such conditions as might be resolved upon by his Excel lency the legal President of tue Oriental Republic, the foreigners who had taken up arms in that city should lay them down, delivering them up to the established Government; the English and French troops should be re-embarked ; Colonia should be evacuated, as should also any other point of the coast of the Oriental Re public of the Uruguay, or of the Argentine Republic, which might have been taken possession of by the British and French forces ; and that the auxiliary Ar gentine divisions should return to the territory of the Confederation. " 4. That the vessels belonging to the Confederation should be restored to the Argentine government, in the port of Manes Ayres, in the same state in which they were taken on the 2nd of August, by the French and British squadrons ; that as soon as this had taken place, the Argentine flag should be saluted by both squadrons with 21 guns each, and that the Argentine squadron should return the salute with 21 guns likewise for each. " 5. That the island of Martin Garcia should be re stored to the Argentine Government in the same rate in which it was taken. " 6. That the declaration of blockade and the ports and coasts of the province of Buenos Ayres by the Mi nisters of England and France, dated 18th of September last ; should be revoked. " 7. That the merchant vessels under the Argentine flag, with their cargoes, which might have been taken or detained by the French or English naval forces, should be restored. " 8. That in consequence of the perfect right which the Argentine Government has to regulate the naviga tion of the rivers Parana and Uruguay, which flow through the territory of the Confederation, and belong to its dominion, all the vessels:under the English and French flag. which might have penetrated into the afore said rivers should immediately retire. "9. That, as the belligerent rights of the Argentine Government had been disavowed by the refusal of the commanders of the British and French squadrons off Monte Video to recognise the absolute blockade of that port and of Maldonado, declared by the Argentine Go vernment, of which perfect rights it is in possession with the same plenitude as any other independent state; their Excellencies the Ministers of France and Eng land, in conformity with the laws and usages of nations, should declare, in the names of their Sovereigns, that said disavowal was not to be construed as a legitimate precedent. " 10. That the Argentine Government, whilst deter mined not to deviate from the policy of non-interven tion in the internal affairs of the Oriental republic, which is inseparable from its political principles, de clared expressly that neither this convention, nor any other which might be agreed upon for the sake of avert ing the serious complications which events had produced, or might produce, affected iu any way the rights which belong to the Argentine Confederation with reference to the Oriental republic, arising out of the convention of peace with the eaipite of Brazil, celebrated in the year 1828. That said convention remained in full force. " 11. That, in the same manner, the Argentine Go vernment declared that in any convention, whether the present or any other, which might be entered into with reference to late events, it did not recognise any title, in any case, either in France or in England, to interfere in the affairs of the two republics of the River I'late, and that the said 3overnments of France and England were not to consider themselves as possessing any right, in virtue of said conventions, to profess to 'constitute themselves guarantes of the sovereignty and independ ence of the two republics of the Plate. " 12. That for the sake of avoiding in future com plications prejudicial to the Argentine republic, and to the commerce of neutrals, any political intimation, or expression of its wishes, which either nation might wish to make to the Argentine republic, should be exclusively reserved for the diplomatic agents. That the corn menders of the naval stations should in no case be en trusted with them, and that proper instructions should be given to that effect. " 13. That the satisfaction and reparation due to the Argentine Confederation for all and each of the injuries and losses which had been inflicted on it from the time of the refusal to acknowledge the blockage of Monte Video and Maldonado, daring the course of the hostili ties, and until the conclusion of the same, should be re ferred to the arbitration of two friendly neutral powers, one to be chosen by the Ministers of England and France, and the other by the ♦rgentine Government. " 14. That it will belong exclusively to the legal government of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay to claim and stipulate the satisfaction and reparation to which it . may consider itself entitled. " 15. That the internal regulation of the Oriental Re public of the Uruguay belongs altogether to its legal government, without the interference or intermeddling of any foreign force or influence, inasmuch as in the domestic arrangements that its government might wish to make, the general voice of the Oriental citizens alone should have any weight. " 16. That no conference nor communication, nor official act whatever, should take place until these bases had been agreed upon privately and confidently between ther Excellencies the Ministers of France and England and the government of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, presided over by his Excellency the legal President, Brigadier Don Manuel Oribe, to whom a copy of said bases would be transmitted by the Argentine government. " 17. That in case this private and confidential ar rangement should be entered upon these bases, the Ar gentine Government would acquaint its ally his Excel- lency the legal President of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay with the special mission which their Ex cellencies the Ministers of Great Britain and France had announced themselves as the bearers of from their Go vernments, respecting the pacification of the republics of the Plate; that, at the same tine, the above-mentioned should be communicated by his Exe -11 ency the legal President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Briga dier Don Manuel Oribe, and by their Excellencies the Ministers of France and Great Britain, to the Argentine Government, and that this latter would then unite in establishing these same bases in public and official stipu lations, character, and form." mand of young Lopez, the son of the President of that Republic, had joined Paz in Corrientes, thus rendering him fully equal to any force which Urquiza cou!d bring against him, even if he was disposed to risk all for Resas, which those who know him best consider him very unlikely to do. Should Urquiza have joined Paz, or even have consented to remain neutral, the province of Santa Fe, which will then be the only province on the banks of the Parana favourable to Rosas, will not continue so long. For Santa Fe was for ages the great line of communication with interior provinces, and has been the greatest sufferer amongst the Riverine States by the exclusive system of General Rosas, notwithstand ing the bribe of 60,000 silver dollars which he has paid to it yearly to secure its acquiescence. We sincerely trust that the news of Urquiza's defec tion will belconfirmed, as it will secure the two great ob jects which render the struggle interesting and important to Europeans, and which induce five-sixths of the raer chants engaged in the River Plate trade to submit to prevent losses with cheerfulness. These objects are the preserving of the independence of Monte Video, a state which has given a most signal example of c.mmercial liberality to all the s t a t es o Amer'ca, and the opening of that magnificent river, the Parana, which will in a few years triple the trade of Europe with the River Plate. The whole object of Rose's anti-social policy has been to close the Parana and to crush -Monte Video, whose rapid growth in prosperity was a perpetual re proach to his own selfis' and short-sighted policy. LITERATURE. LETTER FROM LORD PONSONBY, &C. " Rio Jane ro, August 20, 1828. " The undersigned, her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of a letter, under date the 20th of August, from their Excellencies General BAlcarce and General Guido, Ministers Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the United Provinces of the River Plate, wherein their Excellencies desire to be informed if the undersigned, in his official capacity. can give any guarantee for the performance of the stipulations that may be entered into in any preliminary convention or definite treaty of peace. "The undersigned, in reply, has the honour to state that he has no authority from his Government to on tract any engagement for the guarantee o r f aenaye c and he prelimi nary convention or definitive treaty begs leave to r&er to his Excellency General G s e o i n m e i r r i knowledge, that the undersigned the British a a l rl ß y a s l i c t a u r a c t ( e ), 7l forwarded with this note a E wh n e vo n y h a e t h iTi l i, t a t h A o y no re u s r . and pleasure w to b! " The undersigned has . their rea l Excellencies, upon the b question for the strict ful filmentfrtter in answer to cer tam a i e n s t t e io rr a o o g f at t o h r e ie a s p m p apparent t b ( ) :r securities which may be the evacuation of the the belligerents, touching be tween . of such conditions c as may be agreed upon of this occasion to .* The undersigned avails himself fortresses of the Banda Oriental. as sure their Excellencies of his high esteem and consi deration. (Signed) "PONSONBY. "To their Excellencies the Ministers Plenipotentiary of the Republic of La Y ata, &c." LIVES OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND fume the Norman Conquest ; with Anecdotes of their Courts, y ! rc . By Thomas Roscoe, Esq. Vol. I. This first volume of a series contains a very ample bio graphical sketch of the illustrious Norman who, some seven hundred years ago, conquered England, and established a dynasty of which the present Queen is a lineal de scendant. It contains a variety of details that cannot fail to interest general readers—such as the birth and parentage of the Conqueror, his invasion of England, the battle of Hastings, his government in this country for twenty-one years, together with an account of the manners, customs, mode of living, dress, and amuse ments of the people, Saxon as well as Norman, daring that period. All the principal facts of the conquest are well known, but still they are occasionally placed in a new light, intermixed with anecdotes of the Sovereign and his chief captains, of the discomfited barons and their adherents, of the clergy and most other classes, drawn from official records and other authentic docu ments. It extends to great length -415 pages—and brings down events to the death of William, in the year 1087. Allowance, however, must be made for the ex tensive views taken of events during that reign, because on account of their influence on the future government of the country, its institutions, laws, and customs; but it would be prudent on the part of the author to curtail. with the exception of the more remarkable, the lives of the other kings, else the work will beeome quite dis proportionate to its object. The writer, with an ex cusable vanity, though it rests on no solid foundation, and may apply in different wars, attempts to prove that the subjection of England to Norman dominion was not a conquest, but simply a change of dynasty. "The new monarch," he says, " never openly interfered with, or presumed to question the constitutional rights of the English, although he gave up the country to rapine, and swept whole provinces with the Norman fire and sword. Dignified with the title of Conqueror, as wresting the crown from Harold, it constituted a title of succession, not of conquest, over a free people, whose monarchy was in great part elective." But no conquest ever was more complete. The Saxon king and his whole army were destroyed at Hastings, attempts to restore the original dynasty were repeatedly made under influential nobles, supported by large bodies of the people, but they were all successfully put down, and every defeat was marked by some additional national disgrace. Property to an unheard-of extent was confis cated, insult was added to oppression, the natives were reduced to the lowest depth of degradation, and many generations elapsed before one family of Saxon pedigree could attain so much as the rank of Baron, and (in the words of Hume) "as all ancient authors, who lived nearest the time and best knew the state of the country, unanimously speak of the Norman dominion as a con quest, by war and arms, no reasonable man, from the tear of imaginary consequences, will ever be tempted to rejeet their concurring and undoubted testimony." The author himself admits that an inveterate hostility be tween the two people continued for upwards of a cen tury after the conquest, and that the two languages, from the same cause, were kept almost as distinct. But this is a subject on which it is needless, because it can serve no purpose, to employ argument. We sub join a few extracts from the work, relative to the dress and customs of the times:— " The costume of the Normans, about the time of the Conquest and for some time afterwards, was simple and graceful. Soon, however, it began to degenerate into a certain fastidiousness and fantastic foppishness, peculiar , perhaps, to men who have just succeeded to an unexpected fortune; like that of Robert the Magnificent, when at the imperial feast, the dress of the nobles and their knights was excessively rich •, " gemmed and jewelled" in proportion to the spirit as well as the rank and office of the party. The caps and bonnets for the head, the shirts, doublets, and cloaks, partook of the same costliness, whil e s p ec i a l r i c hness was bestowed upon the hose and shoes, on which were lavished all the colours to be seen in the rainbow. The same gaudy set-off was applied to the rest of their apparel, so that ladies' caps and men's bonnets partook of the same variety, the latter being made chiefly of furs or cloth of different colours. The bonnets of kings, earls, and barons, richly emblazoned with diamonds and precious stones, pro duced a splendid effect amidst the gorgeousness of their re ligious solemnities and their public spectacles. But shirts made of fine linen were then a comparative luxury, con fi n ed is persons of rank and fortune. The doublets were worn next to these shirts, made exactly to fit the shape, and ex hibiting a fine field for fashionable caprice, iG regard to style, size, and colour, according to the ever ' varying Cynthia of the minute.' While the surcoats of royalty almost swept the feet, those of the inferior orders reach , d scarcely half the way, so as not to impede them in their manual or professional labours. " We need not enlarge upon the costume of the ladies, either of, or out of the court, that having been with ad mirable felicity already done. But we may observe, that the Anglo-Nermans were extremely delicate, not to say' dainty, in the choice and preparation of their food.. It is no fanciful theory to suggest that th , art of cookery was im proved by the f-udal tenures, for we are inclined to conclude , from many savoury data, that such was actually the gratify— ing tact. Coeval with the palmiest state of chivalry wa s the grand office of cook in all distinguished families. So highlY was it estimated that it became hereditary, each successor re ceiving at the hands of royalty or aristocracy, the best edu cation and the most enlightened views of the culinary art, so as to embrace in the least compass the greatest possible degree of piquant pleasure, combined with the most costly and magnificent display. " In great cities, particularly London, it was a favourite Norman sport to bait wild boars and bulls for the entertain• ment of the populace. Cock-fighting, betting, and horse racing held the next rank about the period of the Conquest; and some of the chief barons were as decided patrons of tbe csck and dog-pit s , as t h e most distinguished amateurs, i l l g, skating modern times, of the t ur f and of the ring. " In addition to hawki ng an d h untin seems to have been a fa vour it e diversion with . the Normans of William's reign, though compelled, we ate told, to perform their slippery evolutions upon the shank bones of a shett They were so de x t erous also as to tilt at each other in their career with blunted spears." .AIRD'S SELF-INSTRUCTING FRENCH GRAMMAR. Fourth Edition. The rapid circulation which this work has alreaaf acquired is of itself indicative of its meritl and a careful examination of the system upon which it is based con firms us in that impression, Mr. Aird has simplified the very simplicities of his predecessors, and has given or deuce of his capabilities as a lingual professor. Perban his most successful eff ,rt has been in the arrangement Of the verbs—the chief difficulty to all beginners in Frenchi its superiority in this particular over the plan adopted by Levizac is remarkable. One thing we must especiallY obse: ye as peculiar to this grammar : it initiates its reader into the subtlFties of Gallic pronunciation better than any other written explanation we remember £ 0 have met, and in this respect is only short of oral tuition. If the b )ok does not fulfil its title of self instruntl within a very brief interval of study, th e defaulters will evidence a most marvellous capacity for being dul l - headed. As an elementary volume, this work of gr' Aird is worthy of the highest commendation. THE BUSHRAA GER OF VAN DIEMEIV I LAND. By C. Rowcroft. 3 Vols. 4 To those who are acquainted with the first series 1 " these ••Tales of the Colonies," and with Mr. R owcro ft 0 vivid delineations of .• life in the bush," any ree oor mendations of these volumes will be needless. They d co ntain the same graphic sket c h es, the same anima te d descriptions, while they are ren d ered more interestt ob errensi confined to a narrower compess', incident—a remarkable passhage, nbyottshpereaattdenotvieorntbaeaianygyears, but concentrated on a sine which prevail in p markable man. The - counteract the . in the o e l 'ye o , f a t very o r t e ; the p c i e oc authors us t: t 'to l) r t the e tendencya anal Australian settlements—to show that tran'sportat t° , is, as it should be, a punishment, not a change of cotOl tr n i g nwaolf arrangements t he oj false c to be desired as holding forthprospect of 1 . o tl°- a liberty, and the • au opportunity of readily acqairing fell os and also to give an example of the certain punishuae and remorse w hi c h f o ll ow crime." He has found A vel fitting hero in the person of the Bushranger, 14 % r a Brandon, an escaped convict, a man apparently P_ llle sessed of every talent, without a single virtue- - ": 1 whom we must admire, though we cannot approve, :d, The accounts from the River Plate (says the Liver- in whose career, however reluctantly, we are intereaso pool Times), brought by the last Brazilian packet, state while his gloomy fate can hardly be deplored. M i r that an armistice had been concl u d e d b etween General commencement of the tale, Mark and five or six ci.oeir Urctuiza, President Rosas' c omman d er i n the province Panions, as desperate as himself, have escaped from t",,,, of Lntre Rio; and General Pa z , th e commander of the imprisonment, and are waiting off the shore, without 'A, united forces of Corrientes and Paraguay. We have sources, almost without a chance of ultimate safety- o f reason to know that this inteTgence was believed vessel ' in sight,English b • the properti le at appears Monte Video by persons generally possessed of the best a retired major, who, with his film ly, is prepared tu se i o f intelligence. If true, it is of the utmost importance, as in the colony. This little vessel, under the c omman' ha e such a Junction of parties, especially if supported by the mate, a genuine, thorough-going seaman, „ h ie England and France would secure the independence weathered every storm, an safely darrived almost , i . 1 Monte Video, open the navigation of the P of sight its dnot To the MI angers are over. Parana for at of port—but least fifteen hundred miles into the interior ' • Mark intro leen himsel f d .,rit , and would suspecting strangers reduce Rosas to the defensive. Urquiza's and G ' the character of a pilot, and being a skilful it, t.i; arzon 3 . influence in the Entre Rios have been the 'of dissimulation and deception, all •04 in the arts et main of his power for several years, as they have p supports assertions are, readily believed. His compal d , v. the union and co-operation of his enemies in threvirted are allowed to join him, to assist in the Oriental with those in Corrientes. The latter c have anda gerous navi s ratiosi, and by a bold manceavre by 0 cently been reinforced by an army of 10,000 men fromre" I become masters of the vessel. But the sea e u l , s . to Paraguay, and are therefore more formidable than to the assistance of her own children: overpower r o ., ' t he ever. If Urquiza, who has thus been placed between sudden storm, the convicts are obliged to conskcieeo two fires, has given way, General Rosas will by this ' management of the vessel to its legitimate rulers. ,-`'„ c ol?' time have the united forces of Paraguay, Corrientes, , ashore just as the soldiers come up in pursuit of tn' o f al, Entre Rios, and the Banda Oriental, backed by England , victs, fierce encounters ensue, but Mark and two °o e °,, and France, upon bis hands. What renders this pro- companions eventually escape, carrying with theft) .e t he bable is, that he appears to have offered no serious op- the major's daughters. It is impassible to pur_s' e u nt oro c i position to the advance of the combined squadron, the narrative through the perfect labyrinth of adv. i arie ..o which follow. The dramatis persona are of 13 3091 0 1 ( lite commanders of which had reached General Paz's camp character—from the sturdy and resolute British_s_,,ieg! in Corrientes, and were about to proceed to Assun and seamen, a strange compound of discipline and i a s : flO eion, the capital of Paraguay. The ' first division of to the " noble savages," wild in their native wo°' the army of Paraguay, 4,000 strong, under the corn- 16 10 3 4 40 1 4 5% 20% 21/2