The Sun. — London, England, 1848-07-13 00:00:00

'' r- MONEY and COMMEIWIAL WS. CITY, QUARTER TO 7 BREE „ The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very firm, and a large business was done. Sales 8,000 bales. American was Id. per lb. higher. In Railway Shares there was a 1 slight improvement, and very little stock was offering. The letters from abroad note some further progress made by the Austrians in Italy, but as a counter-balance confirms the fact of an armistice having been concluded between Denmark and Prussia. The funds at Paris are also stated to have been rather firmer. The Societe Generale of Belgium have issued the new five-franc notes, and the only complaint against them is, that they are not engraved upon sufficiently strong paper. The sales of wheat in the markets which governs the duty are returned for last week at 116,209 quarters. We have been favoured by the Secretary of the East India and China Association with a comparative state ment of the shipping engaged in the India trade. It appears that the entries inwards at London, Liver pool, and the other chief ports during the six months ending the 30th of June last wete 469 ships of 215,544 tons, being a decrease compared with the corresponding period of 1847, of 88 ships and 22.572 tons. The outward entries were 485 ships of 217,745 tons, giving an increase of 59 ships and 25,543 tons compared with 1847. The decrease is to Calcutta, China, Singa pore, but it is balanced by the augmentation to Bombay, Ceylon, New South Wales, and the Cape. The report received by the last mail of the position of the North. Western Bank of India gives the liabilities at Ts. 5 3 ,73,665 8 4, including re. 11,88,923 1 3 in de posits and rs. 50,205 13 1 in profit and loss. The assets comprise loans and credits rs. 29,82,091 1 4; cash and bills, 2,87,056 12 6, Government Securities, re. 1,33,493 9 1, and branches and agencies, r 5.19,55,356 15 5. There is an exceedingly quiet, but at the same time a very firm, market for the Public Securities, the more remarkable perhaps as it can scarcely be conceived that the account is adjusted. To-morrow will probably tell. Consols have been 871 to Bank Stock is 1921 to 194. and East India Stock has taken the wide range of 235 to 239. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 87i to Exchequer-bills have risen to 445. and 475. premium. In Foreign Stocks scarcely anything is doing. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 12, and the Three per Cents. 211. Brazil Bonds are at 70. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 444 to 45i. Shares are again looking firm, and holders are not disposed to make sales unless at improved rates. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONR O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 19 2 1 /4 .194 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 8 7 1 4— IA 3 per Cent. Consols Anna 8 7 ,4% New 31,E per Cant. Anas. 87 % 8 14, Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 B% Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860.. 8 9-16 India Stock 235 239 Do. Bonds, 1000/... ............... Ditto under 1.0001 26 p Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills. 2 1 / 2 d. June. March. 1,0001. 500/ — 46 44 p Small 37 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 6 per Cent Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 4 5 14 44% Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSLNESS DONS, IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAII. PAW PER SLIAIIit. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 3 3 / 4 — to Ayrshire and Galloway 2 1 / 2 Belfast and County Down .. 16 .. Birmingham &Oxford June... 20 Birmingham, Vol., & Dudley 10 ..... Binning., \VoI., & Stour Val. 121.45. ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction... lO Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds Buckinghamshire.. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead 4 2 1/ ..... 21 Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Goy. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 — • to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 30 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17% ...... East Anglia, 251. L. & E., and L. & D . Ditto, 181., E. & H Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3% — to Eastern Counties ..... ........ 20 Do. New Gu arant . 6 per Ot. 2% 314 C 4... to ..... to Do. Perp e t.,s per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d ...... to Do. d 0....... ......... N 0.2,6/. • 13s. 4d — ••• •• to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. ......... ... 50 . to Do., Quarter .... . ............ 12% ..... -- to Do., New .................... 23 ** " .. Eastern Union, Class A (late ...... E. U. Shares) (1ate..... ... .. 25 ...... to Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 ..... . Ditto, do, Cl ass B (I. & 13) 20 Ditto, do, Cl ass C , ditto... 17 1 / 41 — Ditto Sc r ip (gua. 6 per et.) 10 Ditto, ditto ........ -.—.... 20 ...... to Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per e t. 91 A East Lancashire - 17 6 1 4 - Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter ShaShare 9 -- 14 ... to East Lincolnshire — ... 20% — Edinburgh and Glasgow 15 Ditto, Halt ShareslW to % Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 Edinburgh and Northern 4 ...... Ditto, New •• ••• to Ditto, New port l3 334 — ...••• to -- Ditto, ditto, New Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% to _ Ditto, New Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-8/. 65.8 d... - ..• to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Ditto, New to Do. Preference Consolidated 15 .. -- __ ... ... .. to Great Northern ... 15 6% ex int. to Do. London & York Eaten. 2% ...... to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% ...... to _ Great North of England 100 Ditto, New 401. ls Ditto, New 301. Ditto, New 151.-- ... ...... 11%...... . Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 .. Hudde.rstield and M anc h ester 28 . •... to Ditte, Third 5......,,,, . ........ 9 Hull and Selby ................ Ditto, Half Shares . ........ .. 25 ..... Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds... Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... to Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 6 1 4-- to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 2% — to Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Rudders. and Shelf.) 38 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract. and G001e...-. - ....... 50 Do., West Riding Union.- 6 .... . . to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 1 / 9 — to Leeds and Bradtord bo ..... Leeds,Dewsbury,& Manches. 471,4 •— to Do., Half Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) .. 21,4 — ...... to Leeds and Thirsk ...- ... ...... 45 Ditto, New Do-,d0., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. .... Liverpool, Crosby, and South port. ........................... 3% — to Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2% "' ...... to London & Blackwell ......13/. 6s. 8d — ...... to Do. Ext ension Lond., Bright., & South Coast 2520%, ...... to 31 3 / 4 to Do. Consolidated Eighths... 40 ...... -- ... Do. Guaranteeds per Cent. 9 ...... De. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... .. Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... Do., Ne w , guar. 6 per cent. 2 London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d — Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... ..... to London & North We5tern.....100...125 126% 127 to 126% Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 D-). New Do. Fifth s ..... 7% to Do. 40/. Shares....L. & M 20 ...... Do. 101. ... M. and B. (A.) 9 .... . Do. 101. .. M. an d B . ( B .) 9 ..... Do. 101. —M. and B. (C.) 1 .. ••• to London and S. Western....... 50 Ditto, New 501 ...... - to . Sated) 50 to Do. Tenths Consolidated) 40 ..... Ditto, Thirds ...... .111. 13s. 4d ... D 0., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls 13s. 4d.... 1 4 die. to Landon, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% ...... - Londonderry and Coleraine... 27% ...... • •. to Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 ...... .. : Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 ...... Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.. 3 Blanch. Buxton, & Matlock 4 ...... ... Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo ...... Ditto 1 4 Shares (No. 1) ... 18 ...... ..... Ditto, % Sha . res (is 3) . ...... to —4 Jit .', ,_ . - a -- ...... t o Do., New 101. Preference.. 1 5 0 9% _lO% ....••• to ......... —.. Ditto Grimsby Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto =— to Ditto ,ShefEeld and Line. 10 ...... _ . ..... to Ditto, Grimsby Dock Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2s — ...... to .... Manchesterand Southampton 24 — ... -- to —.. Mid1and........• 100...105 1 ,E 105 106 to 104% Ditto, Consol. Preference 100 - Ditto, 501. 5hare5.......... 20 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... - Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 ......119 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 ... .. Ditto ditto 14/. 185... Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . Midld. Great Westena (Irish) 40 Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 Per cent. guar. ..., ..... —,... 50 ~~" `, Newcastle and Carlisle ......100 ...... - Ditto Quarter Shares N ewmar k et Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s. — Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Ilostrevor Norfolk lOO Ditto New 20/. Ditto Extension Do. Guaranteed 5 1 /, per et. 5 .. ... Do. Scrip, 1847,N. of Norflk 2 Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Northern Counties Union .... 4 North British Ditto Half Shares...—. Do. Quarters: 6 1,4 — ...... to Ditto. Extension 5B —. Ditto Thirds.... ........ —... 4 1 4 ...... North and South-Western... 2 .. .. .. North Staffordshire... .. ...... 12 1 4 l O l4 to North Wales 3l/e North Western 7i i i — .... to Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton .. . 45 Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7% ...... 6% 3 4 to Royston and Ilitchin Scottish Central Scottish Midland ... ......... ... 25 Ditto, New 12% — to Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 7% — to Do. do. (South Div.) 4 ..... Shrewsbury and Rinningkara 8 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 5 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W . Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... Ditto, Uswestry l6 Ditto (New) Ditto 8 per Cent. Pret 8 ...... Shropshire Union . South Devon ....... ...... ... 45 Ditto, Preference 25 ...... ...... to South Staffordshire 5% — .. .. to South Eastern Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, N 0.2 22 Ditto, New, No. 3 25 Ditto New, No. 4. .. 8 3 / 4 South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... . 6 - Thames Haven Dock and Railway l 7 l /2 — Taw Vale Extension ... 6 Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 1 5 1,4...... Waterford and Limerick ... .. 42%..... Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed _ Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ..... . .. 7%..... . to West Cornwall Whitehaven and Furness l3 ... .. Windsor, Staines, and South Western 9 % ..... to Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 35 17ork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 .. ... 31 Do. Eiden. No. 1 (Y. & N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 10 ... .. 11 3 4 to Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 York and North - Midland .. 50 - Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension ... .. ...... 25 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 7 1 4%... to Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) Ceylon Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. ..... Dutch Rhenish East Indian Great Indian Peninsular Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ......... 7 1 / 2 — ...... to Luxembourg 7 •••••• Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege . lB ...... 3 Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux ..... 6 Over Yssel - Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans... 2O Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbourg ...... 8 ...... Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse - Strasburg and 8a1e........... 14 Tours & Nantes ...... 8 ...... to ioUrnay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - 4.• ..,•• ur•.. .... British North American .... 50 Colonial Commercial of London London Joint Stock ...... 10 London and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland 2 2 12— ~ to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New Union of Australia - Ditto, New 2 j 3 — Union of London ........ 10 Union of Madrid - COAL MAitRE Buddle's W. Hartley 14s 3d Carr's Hartley Chester Main l3s 6d Dayison'sWev,tHartley 14s 3d East Adairs Main l2s Od Hasting's Hartley l4s Od Holywell Main ..... 14s Od North Pon top Original Tanfield I Is Od Tanfield Moor .... l3s 6dl Townley l3s Odi Walker's Primrose Wylam West Wylam Wall's End, &c Acorn Close Brown's l3s 3d Eltu Park Framwell Gate ..... 14s Od Gibson Hedley .......... 14s 6d Hedworth ..... I I arton Hotspur.... l3s 9d Ililda Killingworth l3s Walker Wharncliffs Washington T. -TESTS RDAY. Eden Main Lambton Primrose Braddyll's Hetton lss 3d Bell East Hetton Haswell l6s 3d Hetton Keepier ILarubton Morrison l4s 3,1 'Russell's Hetton 'Stewart's Caradoe . .. ..... Iss Od . !Hartlepool Hudson's Hartlepool l4s Oa Heugh Hall South Hartlepool Thornley Adelaide South Durham l4s 3tl Tees West Cornforth \Vest Tees l4s Od ICowpen Hartley I,illerwentwnter Hartley l3s 9d 4HoNyard's W. H. Neth l4s 3d Hartley t,l4s Od [ ' Powell ' s Driffryn Stm 2os 3d Ships at market 202. MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO — to Asturian Mining Company... 12 ...... 1 3 / 4 to Australian 2li — ..... to Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 60 Bolanos Scrip - British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 24 .. — •..... to Galvanized Iron Ditto, New Real del Monte, Unregistered . .. .. to Do. Black Debentures — United Mexican SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under Sheriff BURCUELL•) GELLATLY V. BUCKTON.) The plaintiff is a plumber, and defendant is a builder in the City. The action was brought to recover the sum of 181. 18i., for work done. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted, but did not appear to support the plea. Evidence having been adduced, a verdict was given for the amount claimed. - The plaintiff's attorney applied to the Learned Under- Sheriff for his certificate, that it was a fit action to be brought in the superior Court, in order that plaintiff might recover the costs, of which he was otherwise de prived, in whole or in part, under the County Courts Act. The UNDER-SIMAIFF said that he had no power under th© Act. _ _ _ _ LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JULY 13.—Wind E.N.E., light breeze, and fine clear weather. LIVERPOOL, JULY 12.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd.Martha, Marley, Charleston. 11th. Sid. Oreaaba, Africa; Par thenon, New Orleans; Lehigh, Philadelphia; Rockshire, Quebec; Chircot, Montreal. 12 th. Rafael , Shanghai; Choice, Buenos Ayres; Merchant, Virginia. Off port, Lord Hardinge, Bonny, Constitution, New York. CoRK, JULY io.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Norval, Kirk, Pernambuco; Royal Sovereign, Caddell, Pernambuco; Ireland, Morton, Rio Grande; Bess, Cave, Tutang. Off port, Hong Kong , Boyd , Havannah Creole, Footer, New Orleans for Liverpool. BELFAST, JULY io.—Arrd. Orynthia, Watson, Mira michi. 9th. 61d. Tom Bowline, Brodie, Quebec, and put back 11th, Leaky. JERSEY, JULY 10.—Arril. Cmsarea, Bichard, Bahia. NEWPORT, JULY W.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Eldon, Gil lespie, Quebec. COWES, JULY 12.—Wind S.—Arrd. Tyen, Krause, Rio Janeiro, for Altona. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 12.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Tier Majesty's ship Kingfisher, Ascension, sailed May 20th, Cape Coast Castle 31St. MILFORD, JULY 10.—A sloop just under weigh, with everything standing, and sails furled, was seen in Jack's Sound on the 9thlinstant by the Troubadour steamer; the day being foggy it is supposed she must have struck. DEAL, JULY 12.—Wind N. to N.E.—Arrd. Tasket, Snow, St. John's, New Brunswick; Caroline, Bell, Pug wash. Arrd. from the River and sailed, 10th, Ratcliffe, Philipoon, Hobart Town; Jane Goudie, APLeod, Laun ceston, Van Diemen's Land; Blue Bell, Wilson, Algoa Bay; Rifleman, Hammack, Aden; Delta, Gover, Now York. The ATTORNEY submitted that he had, under the London Act, for regulating the London Sheriff Court for the recovery of small debts. By the 104th section there was a general power by which the judges of any of the superior courts could grant the certificate. The UNDER-SHERIFF said, he could not see how an Act passed for the city of London could affect any other district any more than one passed for the city of York. The ATTORNEY believed that he had put the right interpretation on the clause. The UNDER-SHERIFF said, it was unnecessary to dis• cuss the question on that point, as he was not a Judge of the superior court. The ATTORNEY suggested, that for the purposes of the Act he must be considered so, as he was trying the cause brought in the superior court. The UNDER-SHERIFF concluded the argument by re fusing to give the certificate. Another case was tried on a bill of exchange for 101.; but no point arose. The remainder of the cases were struck out, the at torneys not being present. The UNDER-SHERIFF said he could not inconvenience the jury by detaining them. OFF ABERDEEN, JULY 9.—Sterling, Quebec, Dun bar; 10th, Richibucto, Ganson, ditto; bt. Laurence, Tulloch, ditto; Lord Metcalfe, Rossie, ditto. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) John Fowler and Wm. Cassidy Stainton were charged with being drunk and disorderly at the entrance of the Adelphi Theatre, while the performance was going on last evening. It appeared that the prisoners demanded admission at the pit entrance at half-price, and were refused on ac count of their drunkenness. They then went to the box entrance, where they were again told that they could not be admitted. They refused to go away, however, and became so troublesome that Mr. Andrews, the check taker, was obliged to give them in custody to the consta ble on duty. Stainton said he was not drunk. He had been for some time suffering severe illness, and was very weak. Last evening he very imprudently drank some half-and half and some brandy, and as he had not eaten anything all day it •rather influenced" him. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. 1 Yesterday we attended the last rehearsal of e Nozze de Figaro—a w or k o f suc h mer it, gi:en with such a cast, command s a tt ent i on . Th e wa y i n which it is interpreted speaks for itself. It is ee.y to ima gine what is the perfection of the Cast, when two small parts, despised by second-rate singers, are un dertaken by such artists as Bouche and Lablache, Mdlle. Lind has manifestly bestowed on the part of Susannah that minute a tt ent i on w hi c h characterises all she undertakes. It is not only that her acting has all the spirit, the archness, and abandon of the " Cara Susanetta," and that she displays in the part all the resources of her voice, but she sings the music con scientiously, without i nappropr i ate rou l a d es or fiort. tare ; we see that she has appreciated the full reach of the creative mast er gen i us of Mozart, an d , submissive to his marvellous inspiration, she does not venture to change the least tittle of the music, whilst she seeks to give the utmost value to each note. In the concerted pieces s h e s i ngs as energetically as if they were solos, an d i n t h e solos, duets, and trios she sinks all egotistical ambition, and appears most of all anxious to supp or t h er companions and do justice to the author. Cruvelli' s f res h powerful voice and handsome person suit admirably the part of the Countess—this part has seldom had so efficient a re presentative. The same may be no less truly said as regards Mdlle. Schwartz's fitness for the part of the mischievous page Cherubino. Her light agile form is admirably a d apte d , and both these young and dis tinguished vocalists have the advantage, from their first musical education in Germany, of feeling the due reverence for Mozart, of understanding his spirit, and possessing all the vocal traditions of the part, so well preserved and deeply cherished in their fatherland. The great harritone, Coletti, who performs the Count, needs no support of eulogy ; if his principal characte ristic of Alm av i va b e not so much liveliness and agility, there is a beauty, freshness, and deep melodyof tone in his voice that no contemporary can exceed. Those who have seen Belletti in Il Barbiere will readily believe that a better Figaro could not be found. He has the breadth of style, the sincerity of tone and conscientiousness of interpretation of the German vocalists, combined with the faultless pronunciation, the easy, elegant phrasing, sweetness of modulation, and lively acti on o f the Italian singer. He never fritters away th e music, the sentiment, and the me lody by exa ggerated grimace and pantomime—he never confounds th e style of that headlong carica turist, the buffo Napolitano with the refined comic spirit of the caustic buffo Toseano. The former style is suited . to such parts as th a t o f t h e husband i n Il Turco i n Italia, but is totally inappropriate in repre senting that character of wit and infinite resource, the Figaro of Beaumarchais, whose identity Rossini and Mozart had too much genius to deface by cari cature and inappropriate strains in their music. It will thus be seen, by what we have observed, that the ensemble to be presented to-night in the Arozze di Figaro is likely most amply to repay the eager ness the public has shown to be present on the first performance. Mr: HALL fined them ss. each for being drunk. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) A child, named Catherine Baily, under twelve years of age, was charged before Mr. Hammill (of Worship street Police-court), with robbing her parents. From the statement of the parents it appeared that the girl was confirmed in very bad habits, and had fre- quently stolen money and clothes. On Monday she stole a new pair of trowsers, of her father's, which she now acknowledged to have pawned. The magistrate, on questioning the parents, found that they did not live together, and that the father was cohabiting with another woman. They said that the separation was by mutual consent; and the mother strongly denied that the girl was ill-treated by either of them. They were both very anxious that she should be sent to prison, in order that she might get into a penitentiary. Mr. HANDIOND said that he thought this was a fit case for the exercise of the discretion which the law allowed him. The father could afford to keep another woman besides his wife, and he should afford to keep his child. He (Mr. Hammond) would therefore send the prisoner to the workhouse, where she would be put to a good school, and subject to a wholesome discipline. 'The father must reimburse the parish for her cost. The Chief Clerk, addressing Henry Reid, the shop man of Mr. Flood, of St. George-street, pawnbroker, (who had taken in pawn from the little prisoner the trousers which he now producrA) asked him whether he had brought three pounds to pay the fine for taking a pledge from so young a cl - ,jid ? The shopman said fL ia t h e had not, and Mr. HAmmoND ordered p roc eedings to be forth w ith taken against 13'.01 under the Act of Parliament. CLYDE, JULY 11.—Arrd. Mary Ann, Trinidad. DUBLIN, JULY 11.—S1d. Diamond, Barbadoes. LEITH, JULY 1 I.—Arrd. Thames, Bell, Quebec. Hula., JULY 11.—Brutus, Mitchell, New York. FRENCH PLAYS. ST. JAMES'S 7REATRE. The performances last night were for the benefit of Mr. Mitchell, and, as might have been expected, the house was crowded in every part, and the audi ence was one of the most brilliant and fashionable of the season. And truly Mr. Mitchell had well ca tered for their amusement. Four new vaudevilles and a pas de deux by Carlotta Grisi and Perrot. Such was the entertainment provided by Mr. Mitchell for his patrons. The vaudevilles were all from the repertoire of the Palais Royal Theatre, and therefore were, as a matter of course, all of them "screamers." The first is intitled Pere et Portier, and consists of the adventures of a certain Adolphe (M. Lacouriere), a youth who, although the son of Dumarteau, the porter of the hotel, in which he is re siding, would fain pass himself as a young man of fashion. The father, admirably acted by Sainville, is a tailor as well as a porter, and there is one rich scene in which the father and son quarrel over a coat which has been made for the latter by a fashionable tailor, and in which between them the coat gets torn, which told admirably. After a series of most amusing contretemps, of course the imposture is discovered, but not until the sides of the spectators are left aching with laughter. Then came a one act vaude ville, entitled l'lnventeur de la Poudre, with the plot of which all English playgoers are well acquainted, through the medium of a translation successfully produced at the Princess's some season or two since, under the title of the Barber Bravo, in which Charles Mathews sustained the character of the hero, which was on this occasion sustained by Ravel. He is a country barber, who is sent for to the Court of the Prince of Puonbilo by the Princess, who believes him to be the inventor of a dye for turning red hair black, a dye which she has long used but her supply of which is exhausted. Receiving from her a lock of her hair, he fancies she is in love with him, and sends a lock of his own in return. The mystery observed in hiding him arouses the sus picion of the Prince, who fancies he has a rival in the palace, and meeting with the barber, he mistakes him for a bravo, and hires him to cut his own throat. At length the barber discovers the object for which the Princess has sent for him; but alas ! fancying himself regularly installed as court favourite he has destroyed the recipe for the dye. However, he invents powder, and the lady comes forth with her hair powdered, in order, as she ex plains, that out of compliment to her husband she may appear as grey as he does. The Prince is delighted with the compliment, and the lucky in ventor of powder is rewarded with the post of court barber. how Ravel could act the mystified, yet vivacious barber, and how Sainville could be majestic, dignified, gloomy, and grand in the Prince, those who have seen them may imagine. To those who have not seen them we say, go on Fri day next, when they appear in this piece for the last time this season. This was followed by Un Jeune llomme Presse, a vaudeville, in which are only three characters, and those three are sustained by Ravel, Sainville, and Alcide Toussez. Pontbichet (Sainville), a respectable glove manufacturer, is knocked up at two o'clock in the morning by a rattling fellow, who announces himself as Un Jeune Honsni e Presse. He proves to be a certain M. Dardad (Ravel), a hot-headed Bour deaux man, who, having seen Sainville and his daughter at the theatre, had fallen in love with the young lady, and had immediately followed them home, and knocked up the father to demand her hand in marriage. The glove maker tells him that the young lady is already engaged to M. Collar deau, who resides in the next apartment, but the Gascon will not leave, and astonishes the old man by ordering 40,000 pair of gloves to be packed in two cases, one all right-handed gloves, and the other all left-handed gloves. They are to be im ported to England ; the one packet to be sent to London, and the othr to Liverpool. Of course they will be seized, as he will pay no duty. They will be sold for a trifle, he will buy both packets, and thus re alise his speculation. Th e old man is struck ; he sends for Collardeau (Mcide Toussez), who appears in the costume of a Grand Turk, having just returned, tired to death, from a masquerade. What would you do to smuggle gloves into England? asks Pontbichet. "Ma toucher," is the stolid reply of the sleepy Collardeau, given with that oily humour which is such a distinguishing cha racteristic of the acting of Alcide Toussez. The scenes of contretemps that follow c har a c character, of the most outrageously . farcical In other hands they would be dangerous, but in the hands of Ravel, and Sainville, and Alcide Toussez they achieve a brilliant success, and all are reconciled by the discovery that the ladye love of the gascon is the sister of Collardeau, and not his betrothed. The pas de deux by Carlotta Grisi and Perrot followed, in the course of which a slight accident occurred. As the fair Carlotta was revolving on the point of her toe her foot slipped, and she fell, dragging Perrot after her. They, however, recovered themselves, immediately, and finished the tarantella amidst the applause of the audience, The vaudeville of Le Corporal:and:La Payse (with th e E ng li sh version of which, " Seeing Wright , " every play-goer i s f am ili ar ) concluded the entertainments, Ravel sustaining the part of the Corporal (the policeman of the English version) with infinite humour. The theatre was last evening attended by the Condo de Montemolin and suite, the Prince of Syracuse, the Prince Lubomioski, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas, the Marquis of Douro, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Sligo, the Marquis of Titehfield, the Earl and Countess of Kil dare, the Countess of Malmesb ury, the Earl of Auck land, the E arl Bruce, Viscount Chelsea, Lord Tulla more, Lord Batema n, Lor d Charles Clinton, Lord Cranstoun, Lord and Lady Holland, Lord 'Ward, Lord and Lady Ilenley, Lord Ossulsto n , L a d y F. Beauclerc, Lady Moleswo rth, Lady Lyndhurst, the Hon. Miss Copley, Lady Clerk, the Count Kielmannsegge, the Count d'Avigdo r, Baron Nicoi ai ' Baron holier, B aron Anthony de Rothschild, the the I Baroness Rothschild, Sir Meux,_.ion. M r . an d M rs. C ust, Henry and Lady Sir George and Miss Talbot , Sir Joseph Copley, Sir Henry Webb, Sir Hugliand Lady Hum e C amp b e ll, Si r Claude Scott, Sir William Clay, th e H on . H enry Howard, Mr. Culling Smith, Mr. H enry G rev ill e, M r . Henry Baring, the lion. Captai n an d Miss Villiers, Captain Maxwell , Major _Marlyn, M r . S pencer Drum mond, Mr. W. Drummond, Mrs. Standish Standish, Mr. l'ulsford, Mrs. Brunel, Mr. Goldsmid, Mrs. and Miss Liddell, Miss Beauclerc, Mrs. Prinser, Mr. and Mrs. Wodehouse, &c. LYCEUM THEATRE. The new farce called Poor Pillicoddy, brought out at this theatre last night, is one of those extravagan cies which, resting chiefly upon the shoulders of Buckstone, is sure of immediate acceptance with the public. The hero belongs to a class of personage in which that artist shines—that of the perplexed hus band, who, labouring under imaginary fears, tortures THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1848. I himself unnecessarily, but in the meanwhile occasions a vast deal of diversion to the spectator. Poor Pilli coddy, a Hampshire florist, has married the young and blooming widow of a certain captain O'Scuttle, an Irish sailor, and his perplexities arise from the ap prehension which haunts him that the aforesaid cap tain, who has been reported drowned, may perchance re-appear and rob him of his bride. The little man is thrown into a state bordering on frenzy by the arrival of a rough, weather-beaten tar, bearing the dreaded name of " Scuttle," who comes to the florists' house in search of his wife, who has run away from home in a fit of jealousy. The agony of the sensitive and uxorious Pillicoddy, when groaning, under the conviction that this is the realization of the phantom which has for so long a period pervaded him, is the mainspring of the merriment, and Buckstone, we need scarcely add, makes the most of it. In cha recters of this kind there is no one upon the stage who can approach this popular artist. The skeleton which is afforded him by the author he clothes with the most comic adroitness, and his mingled timorousness and desperation, while clinging to the smallest vestige of hope, would have saved a much more worthless piece from destruction. The farce was admirably played throughout, particularly the part of the terrible O'Scuttle, which was filled by Mr. H. Hall with an amusing Milesian accent, and a ferocity of deportment calculated to terrify all the Pillicoddies in the 'world. Miss Marshall represented a pert servant girl with her usual smartness and spirit. The authorship of the piece is attributed to Mr. Maddison Morton, who has been indebted for its substance to a French vau deville. LITERATURE. THE HOME OF THE LOST CHILD. One Vol. pp. 223. A graceful little bo - ok of a very peculiar character, " The Home of the Lost Child," disarms criticism — it is evidently written with an object so very good and beautiful. The story is simply that of the recla mation of a young girl, Rachel Ambrose, from a life of sin and frivolity to habits of virtue and penitence. Although the writer of the tale is, according to an announcement in the preface, a member of an ascetic establishment at Hammersmith, and although the whole tone, or, so to speak, the whole sentiment of the fiction, is one peculiar to a particular class of Christians, we mean the Roman Catholics—the volume can be read without prejudice, inasmuch as it is not in the smallest degree controversial. On the contrary, anything approaching to theological dispu tation seems to have been especially avoided. The style of composition is pure and unaffected, and the vicissitudes of feeling in the young heroine are re counted with a singularly delicate and winning re finement. ADAMS'S GUIDE TO THE TVATERING- I PLACES OF ENGLAND. One Vol., pp. 268. By E. L. Blanchard. After Murray's inimitable hand-books for the continental tourist, who shall ever have the temerity to contemn the literary guide, who shall ever call the writer of such a volume a fribble, who shall ever deny that a work of this unpretending character may combine at once the grace of the rhetorician, the in terest of the romancist, the elegance of the scholar, and the bon-hommie of the boon companion? No one. The panegyric of the guide-books is visible in the very fact of this publication. Therefore it is that we are disposed to award to the present little volume a praise higher than its unostentatious title seems to warrant, but certainly not higher than it merits intrinsically. In descanting upon our various watering-places, E. L. Blanchard has revealed all his love for nature, for the sea, for the air, for the earth, for the sky, for the sunlight ; he has shown to us that he is no mere babbler of faint praise to the beauties of our insular scenery, but that he has earned a right to become its encomiast by his loiterings as a pedestrian. Among the sea-coast towns and harbours depicted by his exact and enthusiastic pencil are Weymouth, Plymouth, Exmouth, Sidmouth, Yarmouth, Tyne mouth, Alnmouth, Margate, Ramsgate, Southend, Gravesend, Swansea, Torquay, Dawlish, Bangor, Hastings, Dover, Brighton, Maryport, Southport, Warkworth, Harwich, Walton, Scarborough, Herne Bay, Sheerness, Cromer, Lowestoft, &c. Among the districts, the West Coast and the South Coast, including the New Forest. Among the islands, the Isles of Wight, of Man, of Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, and Alderney. The book is divided into two parts, em bellished with a variety of capital illustrations on wood, from the practised graver of F. G. Delamotte. Occasionally there is detectable a subordinate error in the letter-press, as where the triangular stone is mentioned as standing in the New Forest, on the spot where the oak grew, from the trunk of which glanced the doomed arrow of Tyrrel before it pierced the heart of the Red King ; but no mention is made of its iron inclosure shielding the stone as effectually as the tomb in 'Winchester did the dead body of Rufus ; or, again, as where Torquay is described as having a theatre when that is one of its most conspi cuous wants. Excepting these, however, the book is as worthy of reliance as it is delightful in tone and tendency; it is as useful as it is unquestionably en tertaining, and the author affords us a testimony not only of his industry, but of his good fellowship and in telligence. SYLVAN'S PICTORIAL i IANDBOOKS. To the Scenery of the Caledonian Canal. 1 Vol. pp. 97. To the Land o'Burns. 1 Vol. pp. 52. Another handbook, graceful, gossipping, and pic torial ! Sylvan has sped further northwards than. Cumberland; he has continued his delightful pere grinations to the exquisite scenery of the Caledonian Canal and has crossed over to the famous isle of Staffs. Ultimately we shall expect from him a Pic torial Handbook to the Hebrides. Some of the em bellishments to the present publication, especially the frontispiece representing the Fall of Foyers, are ad mirable. They amount (besides a map) to upwards of fifty illustrations from original sketches by Thomas and Edward Gilks. Clever as their preceding em bellishments have been, those comprised in the Hand book to the Caledonian Canal are perhaps the very best—they combine an almost microscopic minute ness with a softness like that of mezzotinto. This is beautifully displayed in the frontispiece to the second volume—being an admirable likeness of Burns, drawn and engraved by Thomas Gilks. Sylvan, has already grown into a favourite, and here are fresh titles to popularity. TOWN LYRICS AND 0 HIE 11 POEMS. 1 Vol. pp. 102. By Charles Mackay. Charles Mackay has already proved himself to be a poet. Not by unwieldly epics, or grandiloquent odes, or unactable dramas, but by songs such as the people lore to listen to, by verses which are stamped with the golden die of the popular ambition, by rhymes full of passion and vitality, because pregnant with the thoughts of the age. Beranger calls him self a balladmaker—Charles Mackay would not dis dain the same epithet as that claimed by the greatest of the bards of popular song. His " Hope of the World," his " Salamandrine," and his "Legends of the Isles," are of a loftier character, but his " Voices from the Crowd " and his " Voices from the Moun tain," and the present work, " Town Lyrics," are still better calculated to extend his already eminent re putation, and to render his name a pleasant household word with the multitude. Dr. Mackay knows how to acquire celebrity. Here is his recipe : " Seize the Spirit of thy Time, Take the measure of his height, Look into his eyes sublime, And imbue thee with their light. " Know his words e'er they are spoken, And with utterance loud and clear, Firm, persuasive, and unbroken, Breathe them in the people's ear." That he does himself, and by so doing he is steadily acquiring a poetical reputation very far indeed above mediocrity. lie evidently agrees with the Abbe de Lamennais that ," the future, the future is now the great source of inspiration." In token of this his " Appeal to Paris," written and printed before the revolution of February, was absolutely prophetic. " The Death Banquet of the Girondins ' is grandly conceived—at times almost worthy of Lamartine ; and " The King IA the Nightingales " will be de voured with interest by the readers of " Harold." The following strikes us As being strangely and beau tifully poetical : CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended July 13, 1848, made up from the Returns of tht Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BARLEY.I OATS. RYE. BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE I 485 ItX 30s ld 20s 8d 311 Od 36s 8d 373 4d DUTIES ON FOREIGN COIN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. 1 OATS. I RYE.' I BEANS. I PEA t. lOs Od 2s 6d 2s 6d 2s Gd 2s Gd s 9 G A 4 MARKET NEWS.--(TH DAY.) VEINGATE AND E.7, - ,ADEN nitz.z. These markets were fairl:i supplied with each kind of Meat, the demand for w l :iich was in a sluggish state, at Out little alteration prices. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per 81bs by the carcase. MEAT MitILEETS. SountALL, JULY 12.—? rime Beasts and Sheep com manded a steady sale, at very full prices. Otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 4s to 4s 10d; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 6d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 4d per 81bs, to sink the offals. RONFORD, JULY 12.—Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with fat stock, the demand for which was steady, on the following terms.—Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 4s to4s 4d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 255; Quarter-old store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Mikh Cows, with their small Calf, 151 to 171 each. LEWIS, JULY 11.—Beef, from 3s 6d lo 4s 2d; Mutton, 4s to ss; Lamb, 5s to 5s 6d; Ve".. 1 1, 4s to 4s 4d per 81bs. A. moderate supply and a stQarly demand. HAY 7 "i..11.11,1LET5. SMITIIFIELD.—MPddow Hay, 31 to 4/ ; Clover ditto, 41 t o 51; P,- i d Straw, 11 4s to 11 103 p er l oa d. A sb ort supply; and a steady trade CumnEßLA,.ND.—Meadow Hay, 315 8 t o 41 2 s; Cl over ditto, 41 U.. 4 ! 18s; a n d S traw, 1 1 6s to 1 1 lOs per load. Supply limited, an d trade firm. 41 to 51 3 8 NV lIITECIIPEL. — DIeadow Hay, 31 to 41 ; Clo ver ditt o , ; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ lOs per load. Trade firm at the above quotations. New per load. Ah'iadow Hay was selling at from 215 s t o 2/ l 5 -.-,_: SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Croxteth Stakes of 15 sovs. each, h ft, with 30 added. Mile and a quarter. Mr. Green's Maid of my Soul, 3 yrs... ...(Fenn) 1 Mr. Meiklain's Godfrey, aged... ... ..• ... 2 Mr. Brooks na Voyager, 3 yrs... ... ••• ... 3 Mr. Merry's Pilot, 6 yrs ... ••• ... 4 Sir J. Gerard's De Witt, 3 y rs Mr. Skerratt's Romance, 5 yrs ... ••• ... 6 Betting-5 to 2 agst Maid of my Soul, 3to 1 agst Romance, and 7 to 2 agst Voyager. Won by half a length, Voyager a bad third. Run in 2 min. 15 secs. Free Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 25 added. Mr. Worthington's Shars -T to • n Y ;s c ir ' s, Bst 715 (W. Oates) 1 Mr. e F 's o E x Fox's I l e s a a lua h s ge s r, ye 6 s• y 6 r s s, s 7 1 s 2 t th 111b ••• 0 2 Lord Glasgow's Discontent, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b •... 0 Captain Scobell's Pri 3s n ty c l e c , sa, 3 lsra :• ts r i s ln , og 6 ieb s r t , 51b l 0 A i le rn . eu S tt ni rina i yg th l 's ßs N et l oa a l2 s it t ya e g, r . Downes, 6 yrs, ist 41b . ... •.. 0 3 — t . o 1 agst •• Sha • r • s • ton o , and 7to 2 each agst Elimea and Reality. Won by a length, Prince and Psalmsinger well up. Run in 51 secs. The Mersey Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with 50 added; for two yrs old; the second to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes. T.Y.C. (17 Subs.) Lord Eglinton's Elthiron (Marlow) 1 Lord Stanley's Strongbow 2 Mr. B. Green's Garrick sss • 3 Lord Glasgow's fby the Provost ... 4 Mr. Jones's Didsbury ss 5 2 to 1 on Garrick, and 5 to 2 agst Elthiron. Elthiron took the lead, made all the running, and won easily by a length; the same between second and third. Run in 52 secs. Produce Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft; for three yrs old. Mile and a half. Lord Stanley's Archery, Bst llb (Holmes) 1 Mr. Davies's Red Knight, Bst 51b ... 2 Mr. Mostyn's Laccadive, Bst 41b 3 6 to 4 on Red Knight, and 10 to 6 agst Archery. Won by four lengths. Run in 2 min. 40 sees. Sweepstakes of 200 old. sovs. T.Y.C.eh, (2 ll o f s t , ; ub fo o r .) two and three yrs Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman ... (Marlow) 1 Lord Stanley's Escalade ••• ••• ••• •• F Lord Glasgow's bf by Lanercost ..• ••• Mr. Meiklam's cby Lanercost ••• ••• ••• s 4 3 to 1 on Flying Dutchman, and 6 to 1 ag st Escalade. Flying Dutchman made all the running, and won easily by a length and a half. Run in 50 secs. The Sefton Stakes of 30 sovs. each, h ft; for three yrs old fillies, Bst 71b each. (6 Subs.) Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Miss Orbell ••• 1 Mr. Merry's Aspasia ••• 2 The Plate of 601. for horses that never won 501., the second to receive 10 sovs., one mile and a half, was won in three heats, by Mr. G. Davies's Idle Boy, 3 yrs, 7st, Douglas's R gMr. os M ali e n i d k a lr 4 yrs, ive Bst nd3 's G Josephine, 5 yrs, Bst 91b. LATEST CUP BETTING. 3 to 1 agst Cawrouch lO to 1 agst Sylvan 21b, 1e and 3Y M rs t : . F 7s o t ;st M er r. 5 's to 1 agst Executor 110 to 1 agst Grimston 6to 1 agst Prince Charlie I 11. to 1 agst Montpensier 8 to 1 agst Glen Saddel Chanticleer was s DE Offers to take 14 , ;ratched last night. LB Y. 1 about Elthiron. LIVERPOOL RACES, (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNES CUP BE' 5 to 2 agst Cawrouch 6 to 1 agst Prince Charlie —taken 6 to 1 agst Executor—t 8 to 1 agst Glen Saddel 10 to 1 agst Montpensier SDAY NIGHT, 12 o'CLocK. ;TTING. 10 to 1 agst Sylvan 10 to 1 agst Grimston 16 to 1 agst Tuscan 20 to 1 ngst All's Well 20 to 1 agst Ulysses —t 33 to 1 agstMaidofmySoul BY. 25 to 1 agst Borneo—t 33 to 1 agst Chantrey 33 to 1 agst Nunnykirk— taken 40 to 1 agst Montague DE, 10 to 1 agst Flying Dutch- man 11 to 1 agst Elthiron 12 to 1 agst Honeycomb—t 20 to 1 agst Uriel GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE WITH THE ART IJNioN.—A deputation of the following gentlemen, viz. —C. Lusbington, Esq., M.P., J. Jackson, Esq., Sir W. Ross, R.A., J. Illidge, G. R. Ward, F. Gush, T. Fahey, G. Fripp, and E. T. Niemann, Esqrs., had an interview yesterday morning with the Right Hon. 11. Labouchere, at the office of the Board of Trade, for the purpose of presenting a memorial, praying them to withdraw their proposed interference with the Art-Union of London, which has for its object,the depriving of the prizeholders of the right of selection. A LOVER'S FANCIES. " What sounds like pewter," said my Rose, in play— " The fall of earth upon a coffin lid." " Like tin?"—" The cock-crow heralding the day, Or infant wailing that its mother chid." " Like steel?"—" The quick sharp twitter on the spray Of numerous sparrows in the foliage hid." " Like gold?"—" The strong wind over forests borne, Or full bass singer chanting prayer and creed." " Like brass?"—" The neighing of a frightened steed, Or roar of people clamouring for corn." " Like iron?"—" Thunder-claps suddenly woken, Startling the city in the summer night." " Like silver?"—" Thy sweet voice that speaks delight, And breathes Love's promise, never to be broken." As a mere rhythmical eccentricity, the " Water Tarantella " is curious ; and the chaunt of " The Mowers " has about it an awful solemnity. For his " Town Lyrics," as well as for his " Voices," Charles Mackay has our benison. SHAKSPERE. A Romance. By _Henry Curling. 3 Vas. Oar first sentiment on taking up this work wao one of surprise at its author's audacity—an audacity which had attempted to pourtray Shakspere as he might have been, when his own pen has so empha tically demonstrated what he seas. Mr. Curling's attempt was an audacious one, and his task suffi ciently difficult. The result, however, has been suc cessful ; he has overcome, or evaded, the difficulties which beset him, and the attractive character of his accomplished work incline us to forgive the audacity which initiated it. Were we to judge this work only as a novel we should find in it much to commend and also some things to censure. But we do not propose to weigh " Shakspere" by the ordinary standard : our chief object of interest in turning over the pages WIIS to see how the immortal bard had been pourtrayed, and our comment now shall be confined to that particular feature. Mr. Curling's portrait of S are inclined to think, a happy one. In pourtraying hat ie his ideal Shakspere, Mr. Curling has evidently_s been guided not so much by the brief record of hi s his .. t s o e r a y , with which we are acquainted, as by_th.se a sc tt e e n m ed tin this timents represented in his plop.. Ili respect has been somewhat. shimtilar to the p chemical process of resolution, by whic he dissolved .. particles of a body are reduced again to their primitive sub stance. The soul of our au thor ;becomes, as it were, diffused in his wr itin g s, his individual character and adventures a re parhosetially represented by the creations of his fan T cy. who knew Shakspere w h en living would doubtless have recognised him in the spirit of his plays—but Mr. Curling 5 has been a more difficult task. Knowing Shakspere, it were easy to un derstand his plays , but Mr. Curling, understanding his plays, has w ished from the m to know Shakspere. In these volumes the gentle Willieaappears to us mixing in those scenes which we m plays. For y suppose t'''' e over s=ample, m p t l the , have been the prototypes of his we find him musing in the lonely Roods c h a racter of the melancholy Jaques, or dreamii;g a dream of a Midsummer night. Again, in the midst of a jovial b an d of deer-stealers, we see him eer-stealers, before Sir Thomas Lucy had missed the deer from Charle cote, leading the hunting chorus " What shall he have who slew the deer ?"—one of these boon-com- Ipanions representin g the original of Falstaff. We watch the vicissitudes of his mi . iginary career as a lover, finding him at first devoted to a gentle maiden of high degree, who might have suggested to him Miranda, and Juliet, and Desdemona ; she is taken away by death in the early period of their loves, and we then follow the inconstant suitor in his woo ing of Anne Hathaway. We listen to him serenad ing her with the musical invocation of Cymbeline " Hark, hark, the lark at Heaven's gee sings," and perceive him throwing in at her window the original of that love-song containing that exquisite and lover• like play upon the name of Hathaway— " To melt the sad, make blythe the gay, And nature charm Anne, bath a way— She bath a way, Anne Hathaway, To breathe delight, Anne hath a way." Shakspere and Anne are married, and the romancist passes briefly over the discord of their unhappy married life. The unfortunate Duchess of Praslin has beautifully and truthfully said " sympathy is the marriage of souls." No sym pathy united the poet and the illiterate village maiden —they were spiritually uncongenial and disunited. After the deer-stealing at Charlcote, Shakspere takes refuge in London. Here we find him engaged "to snuff the candles and sweep the stage" at the Globe Theatre, and afterwards, when his own plays come to be broughtforward on the stage, we see the humble woolcomber's son transformed with marvellous cele rity into the favourite of royalty, and the friend of Raleigh, and Essex, and Spencer, and the chief gal lants of the Court. The description of the first re presentation of " The lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," which is introduced in this portion of the narrative, is detailed in a very effective and most interesting manner. At this phase of his existence Mr. Curling takes leave of his hero, and concludes the third volume of a work, which, if it be in some particulars imperfect, is, on the whole, both attractive and interesting, from its happy illustration of the career and character of Shakspere. VANITY FAIR. By W. M.Thackeray. Nos. XIX, and XX. These numbers complete the work, and Mr. Thackeray may now boast that he has completed the best English novel that has been produced in the 19th century. THE STUDENTS SELF-INSTRUCTING FRENCH GRAMMAR. Fifth Edition. By D. M. Aird. We observe that this admirable little work, noticed on former occasions by ourselves, has already reached its fifth edition. The panegyric thus pronounced upon it by the public is fully justified by merits which are as conspicuous as they are numerous. French is certainly made easy by Mr. Aird in a little volume of seventy pages. Those who do not acquire a knowledge of the language by going through those seventy pages consecutively have only one consola tion—they must be possessed of an incorrigible stupidity. We may mention that the present edition is both enlarged and corrected. :s OLYMPIC THEATRE. This house, under new, and it may be hoped suc cessful, management, re-opened last night for a " summer's season," with a company composed of many established favourites. Mr. Wigan, Mr. F. Vining, Mr. A. Younge, Cowell, H. Cooper, &c., appeared ; and Mr. Compton, and Mrs. Brougham, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Mrs. Wigan are announced. Mr. Leigh Murray is the stage manager. Mrs. Gil bert, of the American stage, made her first appear ance, as did a Miss St. George, who plays with considerable vivacity. It is intended to perform light and amusing pieces after the old plan of this house, and the prices being moderate, the house comfortable, the attendants civil, and the company fully equal to the average, it may be hoped that an effort of this sort will be attended with success, especially if dra matic writers of established reputation are engaged. CRICKET. J. ZINGARI V. THE ROYAL HORSE GUARDS (BLUE). —Yesterday these celebrated elevens met on the Surrey Ground, the Oval at Kennington, upon which the gipsies had pitched their tents, fully prepared for the reception of the attack of the detachment of the Blues, which had been selected with a view to the rout of the " wander ers." The ground was numerously attended by the nobility and gentry, and there was also a considerable sprinkle of members of the Marylebone, Surrey, and South London Clubs. The gaiety of the dress of ",1, Zingari," as usual, imparted a liveliness and interest to the scene to which a cricket-field is a total stranger, except on the occasions when these houseless and home less folks make their appearance. The toss having been won by "J. Zingari," they took the bat, first commencing with Mr. Whitehead and Mr. Micklethwaite. The largest scores ob tained by this side were by Mr. Micklethtwaite, who, in the one hand, scored 35, and in his second 38. Mr. Harkopp 8 and 12, Mr. Morse 9 and 6, the Earl of Darnley 8 and 37, the Hon. E. Bligh 16, the Hon. R. Charteris 27, Mr. A Ricardo 10, and Mr. Baldwin 10 and 14. The first innings amounted to 129, and the second, with four wickets down, showed 38. On behalf of the " Blues," Saunders made 16, Mr. Baillie 9, the Hon. G. Milks 53, Thornton 6 and 15 (not out), Mr. F. Benkeley 11 and 5, and then there was no other double score. The total of their first innnings was 146, or 17 ahead of their opponents. The final score stood thus:—Zingari, 129 and 119; the " Blues," 146 and 38. As a day's play, therefore, the Horse Guards won by 17 on the first innings. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 2. SUNDAY TRADING (METROPOLIS) BILL. Order for Committee read ; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mir. Speaker do now leave the Chair." Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word "That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " this House will, upon this day six months, resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof :-- Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 75. Alcock, Thomas Graham, Sir James O'Brien, Sir Lucius Armstrong, R. B. Greene, Thomas Pearson, Charles Arundel, Earl or Grey, Sir George Perfect, R. Bagge, William Hall, Sir B. Reid. Colonel Baines, M. T. Hamilton, G. A. Richards, Richard Rentinck, Lord 11. Heald, James Robartes, T. J. Blandford, Marquis Heathcote, Sir W. Sandars, Joseph Buller, Sir J. Y. Hodgson, W. N. Sumer, 11. K. Buxton, sir E. Hood, Sir A. Sheridan, R. B. Campbell, W. F. Kershaw, James Sidney, Alderman Christy, Samuel King, Peter John Spooner, Richard Clay, Sir W. Lewis, G. C. Stafferd, Augustus Clive, Henry B. Lindsay, Colonel Stuart, Lord I). Cowan, Charles Lockhart, A. E. Thicknesse, It. A. Dalrymple, Captain Lockhart, W. Thompson, Colonel D'Eyncourt, T. Lushington, C. 'Purnell, Henry Dundas, G. Mackinnon, W. Vyse, It. 11. Egerton, W. T. 31`Naghten, Sir E. Watkins, Colonel Elliot, J. E. M'Taggart, Sir J. West, F. It. Farrer, James Manners, Lord:G. Westhead, J. P. Forbes, William Maule, Fox Williams, John Frewen, C. H. Milner, W. IL Wilson, Matthew Galway, Viscount Moffatt, Geo r g e Wood, W. P. Gladstone, W. E. 3fonsell, William TELLERS. Godson,lltichard Mailings, J. K. Hindle Charles Goul burn, Henry Napier, Joseph .Brotherton,..T. MINORITY—NOES, 47. Anstey, T. C. Fox, W. J. Mitchell, A. T. Bailey, Joseph Fuller, A. E. Mostyn, E. Berkeley, H. F. Gooch, E. S. Mowatt, Francis Berkeley, Craven Greene, John Muntz, G F. Bouverie, E. P. Grenfel , Charles W. O'Connor, Feargus Brown, W. -- Ilallyburton, Lord Ogle, S. C. Butler. P. S. Hastie, Alexander Pattison, James Caulfeild, J. M. Hayter, W. G. Pechell, Captain Cobden, R. Hodges, T. L. Smith, It. V. Crawford, W. S. Howard, P. II.: Sturt, 11. G. Dick, Quintin Hume, , Joseph Thornely, T. Divett, E. Lowther, Colonel Tynte, Colonel Ellice, Edward Mackenzie, W. F. Worcester, Marquis Emlyn, Viscount Maitland, T. Fagan, William Manners, Lord C. TELLEB.S. Forster, M. Melgumd, Viscount Wall, C. 11. Fortescue, Chichester Meux, Sir 11. Slaney, Robert A. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Within the last few days considerable sensation has been excited in theatrical circles, in consequence of a rumour, followed by placards and advertisements, announcing the opening of Drury lane on the 17th inst., under the patronage of her Ma jesty, the company to be composed exclusively of British artists, and the object the restoration of the legitimate drama. Upon inquiry it appears that in consequence of a negotiation pending between Mr. E. Smith, auctioneer, New Bond-street, Messrs. Chappell and Beale were in duced to enter into an agreement with Mr. Fox Cooper to let him Drury-lane Theatre for a summer season of ten weeks, to commence on the 17th of July, at a weekly rent of 150/, one week to be paid in advance, and a bond for 2,0001. to be given for the fulfilment of all engage ments; this agreement having been dikly signed on the 3d inst., and the rent paid in advance, it was settled that Mr. Cooper should enter upon the lesseeship on the 11th inst., and on the 10th a bond was given to the Messrs. Chappell and Beale for 2,0001., and the securities hav ing been accepted, arrangements were entered into, and engagements in many instances made. On Monday, however, Mr. Cooper was informed that the Committee objected to the low price of admission, which was met by the observation, that they were the same as charged by the French riding company (Franconi's); and he was further informed that he must await a meeting of the Committee, which was fixed for the next day (Tuesday). The result of this meeting was a formal rejection of Mr. Cooper as a tenant. Mr. Smith then presented himself, producing a correspondence which had passer' between him and Colonel Anson, from which it ap peared that her Majesty would patronise the under taking, and offered himself to give sufficient security, and bcome lessee. He was, however, it is stated, re jected. RORBERIES ON THE MEDWAY.—EarIy on Tuesday morning, two robberies of a most daring character were effected on the river Medway, a short distance from Rochester-bridge. About one o'clock three men boarded a collier, lying off a wharf against Gas-house-point, at which time all hands on board were asleep, consisting of the captain, the mate, and five men. The two former being awoke by the noise, were surprised at finding their vessel boarded. A desperate struggle ensued, on which the villains then made their escape, over the side of the vessel, into a small boat, which, it appeared, they had helped themselves to from the neighbouring build ing-yard of Mr. Cheetham. In making their escape from the cabin, the captain seized one of the fellows by his leg, and tore off a part of his trowsers. In this instance the thieves only possessed themselves of the captain's watch. Although the captain states that he and the mate called lustily for assistance, and raised the cry of " murder," the crew on board his vessel slept soundly on, unconscious of what was passing; and this also seems to have been the case with the crews of the several vessels lying near at hand. The same parties next visited the Columbus, a foreign vessel, lying in Bridge-reach, possessed themselves of the captain's watch, a braided hair-guard, new frock-coat, and a pair of blue trowsers, in the pockets of which there were about 165., together with a bunch of keys. The parties are supposed to be those who, for a length of time, have carried on their nightly depredations on various parts of the Thames, off Gravesend, Northfleet, &c. Everist, the constable of the latter place, states, for a certainty, that ho saw the three men on board the half-past nine steamer, at Gravesend, on the same morning as the robbery. A case of supposed death from violence at,..ethe. recent election is in course of investigati on at Ch I tenham. A cabman named Mulcock dead in a brook near Pitville. The water bein g found g s sc p a l r a c e t e d d in it ed. y 18 inches deep it is supposed that dece ased r afte r death. A post mortem examination has been ordered. IMPRISONMENT OF BANKRUPTS. Bill now before portant provision in the new Bankruptcy to to give power to a Committee of the House of Lords , "on a bankrupt on —There is an im commissioners of bankrupts to impris 308th article, It is declared by the adjourning his sine die, or suspending not been found heretofore vested in the court ha o v r e the cer ti powers ticate. suffi cient for the prevention of fraud . term of imprisonment bank rupts as traders. by m l isco t n hh d ait u s ct by will be added thTehceomlLmaxiirsetle.ol FINE ARTS. THE DRUNKARD'S CHILDREN ; a Sequel to the Bottle, in Eight Plates. By George Cruikshank. Although the original idea of " The Bottle" was unquestionably suggested to Cruikshank by poor O'Neil, the bard of temperance, it is equally indis putable that the hand which pencilled these sixteen plates, has been guided solely by the inspirations of an innate and unsuggested genius. At last George Cruikshank seems to have recognised the true field for the exercise of his great artistic abilities. The success of his first series in illustration of the vice of drunkenness has encouraged him to the production of a sequel, descriptive of the career of the drunkard's children, which sequel, if it be not as powerful as that series of tableaux, has at least this advantage over its predecessor, that it contains perhaps the masterpiece of our distinguished artist. The story of the career of the two miserable children is told as powerfully as that of young Oliver Twist by the novelist, with this peculiarity in the fiction of the draughtsman, that it is told in little more than a dozen lines of letter-press. Plate I. represents the interior of a gin-shop, accom panied by this explanatory label—" Neglected by their parents, educated only in the streets, and falling into the hands of wretches who live upon the vices of others, they are led to the gin -shop, to drink at that fountain which nourishes every species of crime." The scene is a calotype—witness in it the horribly old-fashioned face of the little baby, who is having a precocious drain of Hodges's best, in the arms of the lucifer-match vender. Plate 11. is the interior of a still lower haunt of de bauchery, the beer-shop. Thus speaks the artist— " Between the fine flaring gin-palace and the low dirty beer-shop, the boy thief squanders and gam. bles away his ill-gotten gains." The old fellow " bonnetted," and getting relieved of the superfluous cash in his waistcoat pocket, is a pictorial epi sode Pierce Egan would have revelled over; and the drayman and the unfortunate Cyprian who have exchanged their hed-gear, are of the carrica turist whose first theme of artistic fun were suggested by the plaster bust of Shakspere, with a dudheen stuck in its mouth. Plate 111. is a sketch borrowed partly from Cremorne, partly from the Garrick' s H ea d, and partly from the Walhalla—"From the gin-shop to the dancing-rooms, from the dancing-rooms to the gin shop, the poor girl is driven on in that course which ends in misery." The scene is sufficiently repulsive —but that, us a matter of course, in an establishment where the charges of admission are, for gents. 6d., for ladies 3d., and where a placard announces that "all liquors are to be paid for before delivery." Plate IV. is thus described—" Urged on by his ruffian companions, and excited by drink, he commits a desperate robbery. Ho is taken by the police at a threepenny lodging-house." The nonchalant air of the policeman (accustomed to these sort of things, you see that in a glance), the sleepy face of the lodginghouse-keeper, the suspicious side-look of the negro, and the terror of the culprit just frightened out of his sleep by the glare of the lantern—are all in character. Part V.— " From the bar of the gin -shop to the bar of the Old Bailey it is but one step." In spite of the half-jocular tone of the punning underline, there is a deep domestic pathos in the engraving —the young girl with her face buried in her handkerchief is drawn with a touch of exquisite feeling. Those who are familiar with the precincts of the Old Bailey —we, of course, mean as spectators merely—will recognise among the sketches of the legal gentlemen capital portraits of .air. Clarkson, Sergeant Wilkins, kc. Plate VI. is simple b u t t ouc hing; it is this :—" The drunkard's son is sentenced to transportation for life ; the daughter, suspected of participation in the rob bery, is acquitted. The brother and sister part for ever in this world." Plate VII. has power in it ; but the scene is too horrible to be pleasing—" Early dissipation has destroyed the neglected boy. The wretched convict droops and dies." Plate VIII., the last of the concluding series, and the consummation of this " sad eventful history," is the plate we have already alluded to, as the master piece of George Cruikshank. " The maniac fat her and the convict brother are gone—the poor gir l ,_ houseless, friendless, deserted, destitute, and gi n -mad , commits suicide." The body is in mid air, in theh act of falling, the clothes flickering upwards fr om hby velocity of the descent—the moon, partia ll y d bri d ge clouds, shining through an arch of L t e a n ri n over the tall shipping—avision of faces staring g spectacle, stricken over the parapet—th e whole orror is finely conceived, and is pe ncilled Cruikshank bad never deli neatedso true to nature, and so tragic b: i c t a h us t e ho s h o an tru d o e f , real genius. If George o i risen llustra lit ti illustration of called the Bridge into celebrity. anythin g those noble lines of Tho ma s depicts the harlot's suicide : It el i s s e t h h e e o w n 1 1 31 i o lov d o h , r a t v b e y of Sighs, wmhaedrefrohme Glad to death's mystery, Swift to beep url d, life's history, Anywhere, aywherve,, Out of the world . A T JOUIUVAL FOR JULY. T HE ; .i te R e n g raving by C. W. Wass, from the An exq u ''' - -„,,1 0 f "Cupid and Psyche," by W. Ettt e h x e q u hc ,: u s E i ril t .A.:_ l i y g s ' the frontispiece to the Art Journal for current month; and the other engravings are Mother" of Westmacott, and the ATrethusa of Carew. One admirable contribution we m ust mention at once ; we mean a paper entitled The National Gallery, Past, Present, and Future." It is worthy of a very general and attentive perusal. The History of Costume in France" is also clever, though its excellence is of a perfectly different cha racter. Some of the original designs for manufac tures are admirable, as, for instance, " The Fairy Summons," the design for a hand-bell, but the majority are rather inferior to their predecessors. PERSIAN PRECOSITY.—Letters from Tabreez men tion that the heir -apparent of Persia, a youthful Prince of 16 years of age, lately appointed to the governorship of Az:Tbijan, promises to be a second Fatteh Aly Shah, his paternal great grandfather, for he has already taken unto himself nine wives (selected from the most lovely maidens of Circassia and Georgia), and has publicly signified his royal will and pleasure that the Chamber lain of his household shall and do provide him with an addiLional new one every Thursday night, until the number of 365, in which his vigorous ancestor luxuriated, is fully made up and completed. Lady Theresa Lewis had a soiree at her Ladyship's residence at Knightsbridge, on Monday night. - Nearly 200 fashionables were present. M. LAMARTINE.—" A work lately published in England, entitled L'isvenu de la France et de l'Angle terre, and ascribed to the pen of M. Lamartine, has oc casioned some observation in England, and much sur prise to the reputed author. We have authority to state that M. Lamartine is iu uo way connected with the work in question." SEATS IN THE PA.nxs.—By order of the Woods and Forests upwards of 200 chairs hare been placed in Hyde- park, and a . proportionate number in St. James's° park, for the public accommodation. ‘- he 4111 ler !re on the ble all for ling of last üb nd- ay . ° sold IAT. The , r a don text ;ted ned was i it , With ~ to aids :TO lay- the On' NI at A Flu• hie[ rill heir tire :heS lour ,t as ded 'rer• tbis ',Op► ich 111.411 M