The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-13 00:00:00

11(3 -NEY and. COMMET-?_CIAL N EWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was rather bettor, prices being firmer. Sales, 5 , 000 bales. Ame -lican, 4J. to bid. per lb. Railway Shares hav e also .been quoted at advanced rates, with an improved busi ness doing. Midland, Dover, and North Western were better. There are Cape of Good Hope papers to Jan. 26, by t he Vigilant, but this is not so late a date as we have already had. The letters from abroad are of no special import. Mercantile and monetary affairs seem in a very un satisfactory position every where and confidence was at e a low e bb i n many cont i nen t a l cities besides Paris. Y find the Dutch papers denying that the Netherlan ds Trading Company has been empowered to make over t ures to the Belgian Government for a treaty of com- Merce. Much satisfaction was expressed that M. Bille ,q had b een e l ecte d th e Envoy from France to B elgium. The election yesterday for directors of the Ba nk of •t influ ential and experienced e o gland resulted in th e appointment of five ver y info experienced gentlemen who have never before important office, and the result is likely to be increased efficiency, the old members of the board ` ;°-o Perating. __The settlement of the Consol account having been t e,t_lr:e f ted, or at least the preliminary arrangements made, 2_ 41 nods have now taken a downward turn again. For Present transfer, Consols have been 62f to 814, st i ll scar May 9, 824 to 814. Stock is therefore have rear for money than account. Exchequer-bills ~,Te e been quoted 37e. to 40s. premium, and India Bonds •to 225. premium. Bank Stock has b een 184 to 187, 74YealltnetisS r tock 2234 to 228. The New Thr ee-and-a- Cents. have realised 814 to 82/, and there Ipear rlit3e to have been sales by the public. Consols are at Frtsent about 82 to I. bt : the F ore i gn Market t h ere h as b e en scarcely any Thr ee Spanish Five per Cents. are 10 to 11, and the per Cents., 181. Brazil Stock is mark ed 57 for the In rt Sia itw a i l i l. 8 1 7 1texican Bonds have been 14 f to 4 . Shares there has been mo re dis p osition deal, t a bu t holders generally require bett er p rices, fi r is check s b us i ness . Th e French lines are much raer. CLOSING PRICES O ONE P BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES 187 Hank Stock lB4 187 80% a per Cent. Reduced Anns 8 1 82% 821 Ai iv Per Cent. Consols Annuities 82 3 4 1 4% 8 - .. 81 81 1 4 80% ~ r _ friv 314 per Cent. Anns 3i 82% 81 % ....$1 8 .i t '''.., 1 4? Anna. to expire J an. 1860 ..• 8 5-16 3-16 8 3.1 i 82,4 filfre 81% Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... ..... 8 3.16 231% India Stock 228 231% 22 p 14E14 Bonds 1,0001 82% Consols, 1 for ..ccount Exchequer Bills. • .......... 3d. 37 p 1,000/. .... 39 40 37 P 37 p ........ ... s BOOl . .... ,4137 P 37 al .. ... .. ................. .. ~, ~,7 p all .......... .. -- (lll:aims oF:guaror slams. offE PRICES. 56 57 Ditto, btnall Ditto, New, O'CLOCH. 57 55 1829 and 1839 D o sch e, ig 3 50 12% 4 .......... ..•••• G oads, I per Cent. 12% _ li txican, per Cent. 1846 — 14% Ditt, Account Portuguese 5 per Cents Ditto, Account .- .... •••••• Ditto, 3 per Cent SPonish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. Account ... 10 ••• •••••• .. Ditto, Passi ve Ditto 3 Der C en t — - Ditto, Account l B% Dividends on th e above payb le in London. 37% Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild — 5 3 Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE ~,, ILWFRIcEs OF PRICES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. , • 4....A.Y SHARES.CLOSING. Aberdeen 5O ....-• ......... *"... Amber., Nott., B oston , 1 4 and Eastern Junction 3 1 ,4(...... .. AYrshire and Galloway.. 2% — ........... Brlf ast & County Down 13 - ford ,Birmingham and Ox- Junctiala .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 .. 13 14 Darning., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 10/. 145... ••• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Jam.— 73q Boston, Stamfd Sr Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter B5 14 1 / 2 131/2 10% 2% 13 IA Ditto, Thirds 2O - Buckinghamshire... 121. 4s. Caledonian .... 5O ... . Ditto, Halt Shares .. 6% ...... - Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 - .Chester and Holyhead... 37 1 A...... 13 1 / a Ditto, Preference l5 ...... - . Clarence - Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 - Do. 21 Class, 5 per Ct. 10 - ••• Do. Government Loan, • 4 per Cent. - Direct London & Ports month_ - ............• Dublin and Belfast June. 25 ...- - Dundalk & E nn i skillen 17% -- .East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. end L. and D...... 25 -- - -•• Do., 18/., E. & 11.... 18 - ••••• Do., 3/. 10s. Eastern Conaties... ..... 20 ...." 1 3 % 13 13% D itto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1...... 6/. 13s. 4d.... IA dis % Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... % die•••• - 48 Do., No r th. & E astern 5 0 ...... 48 ~,bO . • Quarters ..- ..... 12% - y 0., Ne w 23 - .•• - Eas tern, Union 50 - • 'it l o, Quarter Shares 12 1 A - Ditto, Thirds..... -.138.4d.. •••• - (guar. 6 percent.) 10 ...... - •• • ..., - Ditto , ditto - East Lancashire - Ditto, New - , D itto, New Quarters 6% ...... 4% 'Gast Lincolnshire ...... 16% 14%% Xdinburgh and Glow 50 ..-.. - ••• -- '• "" Ditto, H a lf Sha m... 15 ...• - Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% - Edinburgh and Northern 25 • - Ditto,-New 3 i4 .•••... Ditto, Newport l2 - .1..0 .. " ~. Ditto, ditto, New 214- ... ••• 4 • Z eter,Yeovil, & Dorcb. 2% - n - Ditto, New - - mil lagow, Dumfries, and G Carlisl e - - u laagowaiih ria r., & Ayr 50 ...... - .••••• - - Ditto, New .„, ....•.... 40 ...... - o.Pr e f erence C onso l. 15 Gr eat No r th ern -, 1)0 .• London and York 2% ...... - .. - ur eat South. and West (• Ireland) uroat North of England 100 . • 222 .....223 222 D itto, New, 401 5 - - - D itto, New, 30/ 3O - r , Ditto, New, 15/ 6 IA ... .. - - ...... •••••• - 'Oat Wester n 9O .. .. 85 86 Ditto, % Shares 5O - Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths D itto, New 171........ 9%... .. 84 B% ri uddersfi e ld and Manch. 26 - - ..Ditto, Thirds - - I lan and Selby - Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 , Ditto. IA Shares - - - IPsWicL.& Bury St. Edro. 17% - - C 0.,, do., and Norwich 17% - ..... - "a., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2% ......... ••• • • - Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 - ..... ......... - Ditto, Thirds - Lancashire & Y or k s hi re 93 - .. - Ditto, ditto - ... ..... .... . - Ditto, IA Shares - - _Do. Quarter Shares... 14 1 A ... ........ ... - Do. Fifths... 9 - - 1 20. Sixteenth s 6% •••• - D. Thirds (Reg.)....10/.45...... - - Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 - Ditto 14 (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 - Do.(Wakefield,Ponte tract, and Goole) ... 50 - o.( W. Riding Union)4/. 25... ... - ••••••• o. (Preston & Wvre) 25 - ••• Do. % Shares( A).- 9 - i.eeds and Bradford Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 42%...... -- Do., Half Shares 17%...... -• ... Do.. (blue) Scrip 2 q... .. 16% Leeds and Thirsk - ••. ..... ..••.. Ditto, New ...... ...... 26 - ••• ••. Do., Prefer. ,6 per Ct. 3% - .......«•«•.. Liverpool, Crosby and Southport 2 - Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... 2%... - London &Blackwell...lU 63.8 d....." 4% DDo. New, No. 2 . ..... 5/.135. 4d.... Exten - o. on . ... London, Brig si 20 htor -- - - 13% 4 3 131% 4% 141/2 17% 28 17 . .igL...)n, and South Coast Do. G u arant. 5 17 per ct.. 9 Do. P re f. Con. 5 per ct , . 50 . Ditto, ditto..... 1852 50 •„• ._ London and Greenwich 1 2 / 1 " London, Preference... 18/ I °s 4(1 . .... and N. Western 100 73 2 .. d. .. .. ...... 126 127.-- 126% Do.Quartere (L. 5, B.) 2 2 Ditto, New .......... 2 ...... --- Ditto, Fifths ..... .. e . 2 ...... 4 3 N ..... D p o o. 4 1 0 0 / I ..S ( h A a f r . e sc s ( B L :) BI A. . ) 2 7 0 , , ......1 . 7 . 1 7 .... .............. .. .•• : :111 —__ Do. 10/. (M. &BO B. 7 ........ -- Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ... .. .2 ... 1 :i ... 4 . 32, 5 4 IA Lewd. & &Western 5O :. ... 43 , 7: ............ 35 /2 Do. New 50/. ... .. : .. :: 1 74 Do. New 401. Do. Tenths (ConsoL) 50 ...... 30% .... ...... 40 4 7 0 .. Ditto ditto . Ditto, Thirds .. ..... ... .... London, Salisbury, sad . Yoovil ..... .... •••••••• 1 S•••••• ............ .. Londondorry&Coleraine 27 5i — ....._ ....... ..... Londonderry and Ennis killen ... ••• 25 .••••• ••• ..... ~... ..... Lowestoft (4 per et ) ... 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) lianchester,Buxton,and Matlock 3 — - Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire —IOO Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 - •• • Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7 1 4 — Ditto, New 101. Pref... 7 1 4 — Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 30 Ditto ditto . ........ 9 ••• •••• 00 •••••• Ditto ditto ''/2 -- • ...... •••• •••• Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire nog Grimsby Dock l5 Manchest.& Southampt 2 1 ,4 ...... ••• IlKidipall Pt. 100 y...... V. 9110, I A 96% TIIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1848. Do. Consolidated Pref.loo - •" " Do. Birm., and Derby100 Do.Consol. Bristol and Binning., 6 per ct. —.lOO 115 ll5 Midind, Brut. & Glocstr. 36 Ditto, ditto ... W. 3s. Gd — .......... Midlnd, heicest. & &man nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle 100 Do. Quarters 25 --nrket & Chesterton' 18% Newmrketc..._ Do. Extension . ..... —2l. - 1 - 2 s•••• Newport, Abergavenny, and Heref0rd............ 6 Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Do. Man. &Lin. Union 41. 2s — Norfolk .......... ........ ...100 Do. New 201. Do. Extension Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pe. 5 Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk.... 2 ••• 00000 •..•• Do. do. Waveney Val 2 Northern Counties Union 4 — North British ... .... ... 25 Do. Half Shares 12%...... 2% 9 ...... Do. Quarters 5% — ... Do. Extension oo . ••• • •••• 000 Dittn Thirds 54 ..... North es South-Western 2 ...... •••••••• ...... North Staffordshire lO ...... 7 !‘ 7 North Wales - • North Western 7% — ...- ..- ..... Oxford, Worcester. and Wolverhampton ...... 40 ... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and llitchin ... 1% - ...... .. .• Scottish Central Scottish Midland 22% • ..- — Ditto, New ......... ..... 10 ...... ........ Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole .. Shrewsbury and Birra... 7 ...... ........ Ditto ditto. Class B. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) l6 Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ...... .. ... Ditto Oswestry ...... 14 Ditto New ' Do. 8 per Cent. Pref 6 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 Shropshire Union South Devon 40 - 000000000 •••••• Do. Preference South Staffordshire South Eastern Do., No. 1 24 Do., Nc. 2. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 20 ..... 9 ... ........ Do., No. 4 - 37 it South Wales ...... ......... 23 - ••• .• ........ • South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 3 — Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 6 Taw Vale Extension ... 6 Tkames Haven Dock and Railway ..........• 17 1 h — Vale of Neath ... .. 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 13 1 / 2 ....., Waterford and Limerick 40 — Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin 3 •••• • ....' - Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... ........ 42% Do. do. do. ... 25 West Cornwall ..— W hitehaven & Furness 11 Windsor, Staines, and South `Western..... .., 7 ...... _ Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth 3O York, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. Original New and Berwick ... 25 Do. Extension No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10 Do. Gi•N E.Preterence 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference Do. East and W est Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Central of Spain Ceylon Demerara 7% — ... Dendre Va11ey............ 4 Direct Bombay and _ Madras ss. . Dutch Rhenish ...... East Indian l4 • ••• . Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian.... 4 Jamaica S. Mid. Junction 1 Louvain ri la Sambre 6 Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege l6 ... .. Northern of France lO Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... Over Yssel 41354 d...... Paris and Lyons lO ..... 2 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... Paris and Rouen .. Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 4 1 / 2 ..... Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt 16 West Flanders — LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 13.—Wind W.S.W., moderate breeze and cloudy. PORTHCAWL, APRIL 11.—The Resolution, of and for Swansea, from Bristol, got on the Skerweather Sands yesterday, but got off again, and has been assisted in here very leaky and cargo much damaged. HULL, APRIL 12.—The Koning Willem 11. steamer, which sailed hence last night for Kampen, got in contact this morning with the Albatross steamer from Yarmouth, and both received considerable damage. DEAL, APRIL 12.—Wind W. to S.W., fresh and squally.—Arrd. Sophie, Bontzen, Hamburg, and sailed for Havannah; Souter Johnny, Ellis, China; Vigilant, Henderson, Cape of Good Hope; Horneby, Rio Janeiro; Alice, Palmer, Jamaica. Arrd. from the river, Grati tude, Adelaide, South Australia; William, Rio Janiero; Louisa Margaret, Quebec. Put back, Prince, Quebec; Cove, ditto. OFF THE WIGHT, APRIL 12.—Marys, Berbice; Mary Jones, St. Domingo. EILI3UTS.—SId. Speculator, Miratnichi. BRISTOL.—SId. Gambia, Coast of Africa; Lucy, An tigua; Bellona, Prince Edward's Island. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 12.—Wind S.W. to N.W.—Arrd. Orezaba, Vimns, New Orleans; Speed, Moses, Norfolk; Montreal, Eber, New York. Sld. Susan, Vera Crus; Westmoreland, Brazils; Sceptre, Pernambuco; Sylphide, Africa; Oliver Cromwell, Valparaiaq; Prince Victoria, Maranharn; Martha, Antigua; Eliza Bell, Hayti; Sealby, Tampico; Garrick, New York; Amelia, Boston; Chester, St. John's, New Brunswick; Lightfoot, Haliax; Bur rell, Kestigouche; Ocean, Newfoundland; Sylla, ditto. AYR, APRIL 11.—Sld. Samson, Quebec. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) ICEIVGATE :AND We had a very steady trade here to-day, and pries were well supported in every instance. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 5s 10d to 6s 10d; Veal, 3s 10d to ss; and Pork, 38 8d to 5s per 81bs by the carcase. MEAT IVEATI,EETS. SOUTHALL, APRIL 12.—Our market was very scantily supplied with each kind of fat stock, the demand for which was firm, and, in some instances, the quotations had an upward tendency. Beef from 3s 6d to 4s 63 ; Mutton, 4. to 5s 2d; Lamb, Gs to Gs 8d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. RomFoRD, APRIL 12.—Prime Beasts moved off readily, at an advance in the quotations of 2d per Blbs. All other kinds of stock were quite as dear. Beef, from 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s 4d; Lamb, 6s to 6s 10d ; Veal, 4s to 4s Bd, and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 18/ ; and Quarter-old Store Pigs, 18s to 23s each. IlAiLsitAm, APRIL 12.—We had a moderate inquiry for stock to-day, on the following terms:—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Mutton, 4s to 5s 4d; Lamb, 6s to 6s 8d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s lid per Bibs. ARUNDEL, APRIL 11.—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 2d; Lamb, 6s to 6s 6d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. A moderate supply, and a steady demand. CHICHESTER, .APRIL 12.—Prime Beasts and Sheep commanded a steady sale at very full prices; otherwise, tho demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 3s 4d to 45 4d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d; Lamb, 5s 10d to 6s 8d; Veal, 4s to 49 6d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, r 4 s,lB . s ali to E 2l E s T ea s. ch. rc SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 41 4s; Clover, ditto, 41 to 5/ ss; and Straw, 11 Bsto 11 128 per demand. load. A short supply, and a steady CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3! 8s to 41 5 a. Clover ditto, 41 to 51; and Straw, 11 10s to I/ 13s per load. Supply limited, and trade somewhat brisk. WHITEcHAPF.L.—Meadow Hay, 313 s to 4/4s ; Clover ditto, 41 to 5/ 7s; and Straw, 1/ Es to 11 12s per load. Trade firm, at very full prices. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended April 13, 184, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in EBgland and Wales per Imperial Quarter. 1 WHEAT. [BARLEY.' OATS. I RYE. BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE .. 515 6LI 32s Id 19s 7d 29s 6,1135 s 3d 385 3,1 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. vLiitsT. 1 BARLEY. I OATS. RYE. 1 BEANS. I PEAS. 7 s Oct 2s 3d 2s 6d 25 Oct 25 Od 2s Od - • TALLOW- CHANDLERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. Yesterday a general meeting of the friends and sub scribers to the above charity, having for its object the relief of indigent and incapacitated tallow-chandlers, their widows, and others connected with the trade, was holden at the Hall of Commerce, for the election of six additional pensioners, from a list of fourteen candidates; Mr. J. Cattley, president, in the chair. The report stated that, with the result of yesterday's election, there would be 34 pensioners on the funds, the males receiving 163. and the females 12s. per month, at a cost to the society of about 3001. per annum. SPECIAL CONSTABLES. —The promoters of riot call the friends of peace and quietness " The Constable's Punch. Miscellany."-- ) ! 73 CO URT CIRCULAR., CHARTIST CONVENTION. (THI6 DAY.) The delegates met this morning at the usual hour. UNION WITH THE MIDDLE CLASSES. Mr. CLARK supported the motion in favour of coali tion with the middle classes. Ho fat fully convinced that it was impossible for them, unaided by that class, to obtain the ends which they were seeking to attain, espe cially as they had not even now the assistance of the whole of the working classes themselves. Mr. WEST was oi opinion that the people of the coun try were slaves, and he did not think that any associa tion with that class which had established the Antt• Corn-law League, in order to promote their own into. rests acd oppress the people, would be likely to prove of any service to the cause of the Charter. The war that they were bound to wage was a war against the aris tocracy of the country, and if he could obtain the assistance of the middle classes in that object, it should be without a surrender of their principles. CHARTIST MISSIONARIES. A DELEGATE brought up the report of a committee appointed to inquire into this subject. The report stated that the committee had divided the country into eight districts, and had appointed two missionaries to each district. Considerable discussion took place upon the propriety of sending any delegates to Ireland. It was contended in support of the proposition that Ireland was a portion of the United Kingdom, and ought to be agitated as well as the other portions of the kingdom. Upon the other side it was maintained that Ireland was now fully occu pied with the question of repeal, and that no portion of the national petition had been constituted by the people of that country. Subsequently, however, three of the delegates were appointed to go over to Ireland as a de putation from the Convention. Neerly the whole of the missionaries nominated by the committee either moved for leave of absence, ex pressed a wish to go home and see their wives and fami lies, or declared in favour of working in their humble capacities as local agitators in the neighbourhood of their own homes, and were dissatisfied with the dise tricts assigned to them, and a motion was made to the effect that the delegates upon whom the choice had fallen, should retire, in order to settle their differences. Mr. CLARE moved, as an amendment, that the dele gates should not retire. It was most important for them to be present, to hear the debate that was to be resumed. _ A DELEGATE said that he did not see the slightest necessity for the whole of the delegates sitting there to listen to the same arguments and facts a dozen times repeated. The amendment of Mr. Clark was ultimately agreed to, and the debate upon the motion with respect to the union of the middle classes was resumed by Mr. Reynolds, who was followed by several other speakers. The motion was then agreed to. ALIEN BILL. Mr. KIDD brought forward a motion condemnatory of the Bill introduced by Lord Lansdowne in the House of Lords on the subject of aliens. The Convention then adjourned until the evening sitting. COMMON COUNCIL.-THIS DAY. PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO LORD HARDINGE. At twelve o'clock this day a Special Court was held in the Council Chamber, Guildhall, for the purpose of presenting Lord Hardinge, K.C.8., with the freedom of the City of London. The Lord Mayor and Aldermen wore their scarlet, and the Common Councilmen their mazarine gowns. As soon as the Lord Mayor had taken his seat his Lordship was introduced by Mr. R. L. Jones, and was accompanied by the Lin) y of the Merchant Tailors' Company. The Chamberlain read aloud the resolution unani mously come to by the Court of Common Council, that the freedom of the city, enclosed in a gold box of the value of 100 guineas, should be presented to Lieutenant- General Lord Hardirige, K.C.8., for the distinguished talent and the energy he had displayed in the administra tion of the resources of the British dominions in India and for the gallant manner in which he had conducted the operations of the army under his command in the battles of Sobraon, &c., fought on the 21st and 22d of December, and for the ',example of ,determination which ;he had exhibited to the soldiers under his command on these trying days. The Noble Lord was then formally presented with the freedom of the City, and installed a member of the Mer chant Tailors' Company. The usual oaths having been administered; ar d TheCnAMBERLAIN having addressed his Lordship in a complimentary speech, Lord lIARDINGE, who read his address, said that, in receiving this token of the approbation of the Corpo ration which represented the freemen of the metro politan city of the empire, he was deeply sensible of the honour which had been conferred on him, and felt correspondingly grateful for the :.obliging manner in which that honour had been conferred upon him. It was a source of gratification to him that the manner in which he had conducted the government of India had received the approbation of his Sovereign and of his country, and he was glad to say that in his experi ence the soldiers of the empire had maintained in India the reputation which they had in so many fields acquired. his Lordship then bi iefly referred to the transactions in the Punjaub, and in conclu sion, expressed his firm conviction that the sol diers would ever be found enlisted on the side of good order, and, in connexion with the citizens of this coun try, would, by their exertions, preserve entire the laws of the country and the stability of the Government. Mr. R. LiONES proposed, which was seconded and carried, that tho address be placed on the records of the Corporation. THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND.-(THIS DAY.) A meeting of noblemen and gentlemen - interested in the objects of the Scottish Patriotic Society was held this day, at the Freemasons"ravern, Great Queen-street, for the purpose of hearing the report of a deputation from the parent society in Edinburgh. The CHISHOLM, who occupied the chair, explained that the association was originated for the purpose of improving the condition of the Highland peasantry by encouraging a better class of cottages, and habits of cleanliness; and also introducing an improved method of agriculture, particularly of spade husbandry, on the system so extensively practised in Belgium and other continental countries. The present mode of " croft " cultivation was barbarous in the ex treme, and therefore the landlords of Scotland, with the view of improving the condition of the crofter, had formed themselves into the Scottish Patriotic Society. There was present a deputation from Scotland, who would explain to the meeting the progress already made and the success which had attended the efforts of the the Association. Mr. BOND, the Secretary, then explained in detail that to which the Chairman had only shortly referred. The object of the present meeting was to found a branch society in London in connexion with the pre sent Association in Edinburgh. Dr. M'KENZIE adduced much interesting information with respect to 600 improved ,five-acre farms (which were cultivated on Belgian agricultural principles) at Gairloch, in Ross-shire. These he personally superin tended, and the result was most satisfactory. He augured the greatest good to the Highlands of Scotland from the efforts of this society. Resolutions were afterwards moved, seconded, and adopted, pledgir.g those present to support the institution, and to use their best endeavour to extend its benefits by presents of seeds, and contributions in money. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. Ctirb 112bitton NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Sweepstakes of 100 EOM each. P.M. Corsican... ~. ... ... ... C by Don John, out of Impertinence ~. Won in a canter. Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each. D.M. Hornpipe ... ... ... ... ... Keraun ... • • ... ... ... ... Hccuba ... ... ... ... ... ... Won in a canter. Subscription Plate of 504 D.M. . Blackball ... ... .. ... ... ... 1 Fistiana ••• ... ... ... ... Craftsman ... 3 ... ••• .... ..• Cos chin... ... .. ... ... ... Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each. Criterion Course. The Fiddler ... .. ... ... 1 ... ... Good Boy ... 2 ... ... ... ... ... Telegraph ... 3 ... ... ... ... ... Dover ... ... ••• ... ... ... 4 The Countess de Landsfeldt (Lola Montes) arrived on Friday last from Geneva at Berne. IRON NE T sI) I7 y._T O TR . da yt the secondE. —V o o fr,v- the E R quarterlyr. i.l!o , lV meetingssD of the ironmasters of this district was held at the Swan Hotel, in this town, and was well attended. There were, however, few orders in the market, but the general be lief was, that the prices of the last quarter would be maintained. The meeting to-incr:ow at Birmingham will be decisive, as it is in that town the confirmation of previous arrangements take place. THE BUTCHERS 01 LONDON A ND THE ABATTOIR dinner was given last evenin g a t th e L ondon Tavern by the principal butchers of the metropolis, to celebrate their successful opposition to the " New Smith field Market and Abattoir" Company Bill s. The com pany included many of the gentlemen who had opposed the Bill in the House of Commons, nanacily, Mr. Lush ington, Mr. B. Osborne, Mr. George Thompson, M r . Warrington, and Mr. Wyld. THE SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION.—A t leeting was held last night in the Freemasons' 'rave ria, in Great Queen-street,.Lineoln's Inn-fields, of civil s;aveyors, for the purpose of forming an association to c( insist of the civil surveyors of England. Mr. Clout was called to the chair. The rules and all the necessary fo PIS for con stituting the society were duly adopted. - - . The V:ic,u;:4ss Jocclyn, Lakly in Waiting to her Majesty, arrived at Osborne on Tuesday.. Her Royal Highness tl o Princess Helena was taken an airing in the pleasure grounds of Osborne on Tuesday. There was no addition to the royal dinner party at Osborne on Tuesday evening, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Baroness de Speth, left her residence, Clarence House, St. J a mes's, at half-past twelve o'clock yesterday, for Frogmore House, Windsor. His Royal Highn( ss the Prince of Prussia visited their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, at Cambridge House. Mr. Scotland had an interview with Earl Grey yester day, at the Colonial-office. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a committee meeting yesterday, at their office in White hall-place. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. WEDNESDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, and only 5 ft if declared; for three yrs ols, &c. Cambridge Course. (7 Subs., 2 of whom paid 5 soya, each to the owner of L D o u r k d e c o fdßedford'sen,s Mantilla,Fistiana, 3 y9rs 4 st 6, 3 s • s r ts s t , 4 7 1 s bo t . . 7 71b the second horse.) Baron R. Maltzahn's Armin, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b ••• ••• s h The Bayonet,Cur, aged, 3 yrs, ••• •• Mr. Mr. Bolt's 5h......(Pe eacthti.t..)..ags4!:t Betting-7 to 4 agat Fistiana, and sto 2 The Cur and Armin. The Cur took the load at starting, and made running at a good pace to the turn of the lands, where he was passed by Fistiana, Mantilla, and Armin, the former leading; half-way between the Duke's Stand and home Fistiana and Armin joined issue, and ran a head-and head race to the cords, where the horse gave way, and the mare ran home a clever winner by a length, Mantilla a bad third. Run in 2 mi n . 8 secs . (Thi s race came off immediately after a heavy storm of hail and rain.) Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b each, &c. D.M. (9 Subs.) Colonel Anson's Backbiter (F. Butler) 1 Lord Exeter's Swordplayer , ••• "' Colonel Peel's Sesostris (allowed 31b)... •• • "' Lord Glasgow's Clerk of the Council .. ••• "' - Even on Sesostris, and sto 4 eget Backbiter. Back- biter made all the running, and won cleverly by half a length, Sesostris a bad third. Run in 1 min. 42 sees. Match, 150 soya ,50 ft. A.F. Duke of Bedford's Saddle, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (F. Butler) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Cecilia, 5 yrs, Tat 81b ••• ••• 2 9 to 4 en Saddle, who waited into the cords, and won very easily by half a length. Run in 2 mins. 22 secs. The Column Stakes of 50 soya. each, h ft; for three yrs old, colts, 9st 71b; and fillies, Bat 41b. R.M. (26 Subs.) Mr. Adams's Ellerslie, Bst 41b (Wakefield) 1 Colonel Anson's Corsican, Bst 71b ••• 2 Duke of Richmond's Hornpipe, Bst 41b 3 The following also started, but were not placed:— Lord Exeter's Swordplayer, Bst 71b 0 Lord W. Powlett's Jest, Bst 41b 0 Colonel Peel's Jenny Lind, Bst 41b ... 0 Colonel Peel's Teetotum, Bst 41b 0 Betting—Even on Corsican, 5 to 1 ag st Ellerslie, sto 1 agst Jest, and 6to 1 agst Teetotum. This race admits of very little in the shape of description, Ellerslie having made all the running, and winning very easily by a length, Hornpipe a good third, and Swordplayer fourth. Run in 1 min. 47 secs. Match, 200, h ft. A.F. Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy, Bst 71b, agat Mr. Grc yille's Geraldine, 7st 121 b—off by consent. Subscription Plate of 501. T.Y.C. Lord Exeter's Bishop of Romford's Cob (Barthok mew) 1 Lord Stanley's Bowstring, 4 yrs •.• 2 Mr. Barnes's Sotterley, 3 yrs ..• ••• 3 Mr. St. Aubyn's Julie, 5 yrs ..• ••• ... 4 5 to 1 on the Cob, and 7 to 4on Bowstring. A splendid race between the first two was won on the post by a neck. Run in 1 min. 12 secs. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each; for three yrs old. T.Y.C. Mr. G. H. Moore's Wilmot, Bst 31b ... (Butler) 1 Sir G. Hawley's Lovelace, Bst 31b • 2 7t04 on Lovelace. Won by half a length. Run in 1 min. 20 secs. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 14 to 1 agst War Eagle 17 to 1 agst Glen Saddel 25 to 1 agst Inheritress 30 to 1 apt Lightning TWO THOUSAND 6 to 4 agst Blaze 9 to 1 agst Springy Jack 0 to 1 agst Surplice 1 to 1 apt Glendower—t 3 to 1 agst Loadstone—t OA 40 to 1 agst The Magnet 50 to 1 agst Giselle—t 50 to 1 agst Sunnyside—t GUINEA STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Flatcatcher IBY. 17 to 1 agst Eagle's Plume 28 to 1 agst Swiss Boy 50 to 1 agst Sponge 10 to 1 agst Lola Montez 16 to 1 agst lodine 15 to 1 agst Queen of the 16 to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth May 20 to 1 agst Prairie Bird ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. Subscription Plate of 50 sovs. D.M. Mr. J. S. Douglas's Sam Hood, 3 yrs Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Black Ball, 3 yrs Mr. Lowther's Black Doe, 3 yrs Mr. Hussey's Embrace, 3 yrs Mr. Francis's Nautila, 4 yrs Sir J. Hawley's Millwood, 4 yrs Lord Orford's Craftsman, 4 yrs Duke of Bedford's Fistiana, 4 yrs Lord Exeter's Cosachia, 4 yrs Mr. Hargreave's No go (late Crim. Con.), 6 yrs Handicap of 20 sons. each, &C.; for four yrs old, &c. A.F. Mr. Barnes's Tufthunter, 4 yrs Lord Clifden's Sagacity, 4 yrs Lord Exeter's Cosachi a , 4 yrs Mr. Payne's Marqui s o f Conyngham, 5 yrs NEWMARKET, WED NESDAY NIGHT, 11 O'CLOCK. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Blaze (4 to 1 agst Flateateher—t. It CUP. 40 to 1 agst Magnet 50 to 1 agst Giselle 50 to 1 >unnyside—t. Lauri a e g_st t Sir Peter CHESTS 13 to 1 agst War Eagle 17 to 1 agst Glen Saddle 25 to 1 agst Inheritress 30 to 1 agst Lightning —t 50 to 1 agst DERBY. 9to 1 agst Springy Jack 18 to 1 agst Eagle's Plume 10 to 1 agst Surplice 28 to 1 agst Swiss Boy 11 to 1 agst Glendower—t 50 to 1 agst Sponge 13 to 1 agst Loadstone—t 50 to 1 agst Cervus 50 to 1 agst Rosslyn. The Handicap Sweepstakes for Thursday is no race. CHELTENHAM STEEPLE CHASES —TUESDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, &c., with 100 added. Four miles. Mr. Storey's Standard Guard, lOst 121 b ...... (Taylor) 1 Mr. Kitten's Link Boy, 9st 51b ........................... Mr. Brown's Dubious, lO st 101 b ......................... 3 All ran but Pullaw a y, B eltshazzar , the Dove and Gayhurst. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added. About three miles. (17 Subs.) Mr. Davenport's Thur garton .................. (Archer) 1 Mr. 011iver's Vanguard .................................... 2 Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added; All started but Redshank. Three miles Mr. Brotheridge's Free and E ........... 1 asy ............ Mr. Hawkins's Dursley ... Mr. W. Arkell's Conrad .................... . .............. 3 Match-1W sovs.. Four miles. 1 Captain Little's Pullaway ........................ (011iver) Mr. Stuart's The Dandy ................................... 9 12st each. THE LATE EXTENSIVE FIRE IN THE C I TY.— Yeiterclay afternoon M r. W . P ayne , the City Coroner, end a numerous jury, assembled at the Cross Keys hotel, Gracechurch-street, for the purpose of inquiri n g into the circumstances connected w i t h the late destructive fire which occurred upon the premises ofMr.Gladwell, carver and gilder, No. 21, in the same street. The jury re turned a verdict that " There was not sufficient evidence to prove how the fire originated, but they b e lieved it was purely accidental." • tube, wei g THE CO g NWAY TUBE. --Th e Conway in 1,300 tons, was raised 14 feet on Aconday morning, h during a storm of hail. Only ten men were em p loyed in the operation, and the presses were found to answer admirably. The rising was at the rate of twelve feet per hour. The operation was conducted by Mr. Edwin Clark, assistant engineer to Mr. Robert Stephenson, at Conway. CHRIST'S IIoSPITAL.--lit a Court of' Governors of Christ's Hospital, Highness Prince Alfred a h n am ext i r 3 a ige t o :— n, was appointed a Gover nor. Her Majesty had been . graciously pleased to h e ld on Tuesday, hi, Royal transmit to the hospital a donation of 500/. on behalf of the youthful Prince, with the expression of her wish that t b h y e Mr. ueen to announce to you that e li fo ic l h lo a w rd iag n i o s t he should be appointed a Governor, in a letter written it is her Majesty's wish that his Royal Highness Prince " I am authorised by the Q Alfred should become a Governor of that excellent treasurer, G . NV W. from Anson whichto A 1 t r h . institution of Christ's Hospital. Her Majesty most highly appreciates the benefits which Christ's Hospital confers throughout the country, and is glad of every op• portunity of marking her sense of its value." We give the following passage from the address of the Governors in reply:—" The Governors have received with peculiar pleasure this additional mark of your Majesty's approba tion and favour, inasmuch as the continued interest which your Majesty takes in the welfare of the school of Christ's Hospital affords to the country and to the world a pledge and assurance of the anxious desire of your Majesty to foster and extend the blessings of a sound, moral, and religious education to the poorer classes of your Majesty's subjects, which fits the objects of it for the business of life and prepares them to be useful mem bers of society, to be good men and loyal subjects. The Governors desire to express their ardent hope that your Maj-sty may live long in the enjoyment o f h ealth and happiness, to continue to Christ's Hospital the benefit of your exalted patronage, and to the United Kingdom the blessings of paternal government." There are now five members of the Royal Family Governors of Christ's Hospital—her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and Prince George of Cambridge. SUPPOSED SuIPwRECIC OF THE Sine EWART. A plank has been thrown on the beach in the Bay of Dinan, near Camaret, on which the name Ewart is written in gold letters. It is supposed to be the wreck of an English ship, lost in the storm of the 26th of February. THE POSTMAN BRADLEY.—The Lords Commis sioners of her Majesty's Treasury 1 ave, upon th e Iwo .a mendation of the Postmas ter-Genera l , granted Bradl n ? . the letter-carrier who was so brutally treated i n M . ly, are court, Wood-street, some time ago, while in the execu tion of his duty, the sum of 1001. per annum for his life. 1 Bradley will receive the amount quarterly in the form of a superannuation allowance , he having been discharged from . future duty. LITERATURE. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF- FEB RUARY, 1848. 1 Vol., pp. 383. By Percy B. St. John. The author of this attractive volume has been doubly fortunate—an a man and as a writer—in wit. nessing the late remarkable and glorious revolution. We, residents in England are fortunate likewise in the circumstance that Mr. Percy St. John was a sojourner in Paris during the immortal days of Feb ruary. He has appreciated so accurately the position of parties in the French capital ; he ob served the 6 meutes so vigilantly; he sympathised with the people so thoroughly ; he has de scribed recent occurrences with a pencil so vivid, so rapid, and so inimitably copious (considering that the book under consideration was completed within a fortnight after the transference of the Go • vernrnent from the Tuileries to the Hotel de Ville), that we may well congratulate ourselves on the coin cidence of his presence throughout the disturbances. Those who may erroneously anticipate from the title-page a narrative of the entire revolution from personal observation are sanguine overmuch, and (if the apparent play upon words is allowable) frivolous over more. 'They are associating the divine attribute of übiquity with the body of a mere bookman. No such description of the progress of events among than 0 .e o At h c f r c e fi w a eurg g ne h tue i arr c eni t h chay s e h a shall P arisians uo a ci l nton l hne ogbr(ceenel congenial o i given us his confidences in the shape of an autobio graphy, or until a semi -romance or demi-history shall the brother of the the gre a t b g ; i r e . a t Alphonse e x p ect e das t ronomer Lie M. ea mmsa Etienne r moret ine ) tt l e,h a ,ehte r maw q voDe u oefn i n s atttbyeeh d e e ecednhd, la ßori f riier P snepit e a rouea i h, l bn: l —al e tsil i f e a r nna i e o r. wedozenForthe e places at once, even according to the explicit reve lations of Mr. Percy St. John, and the gifted but Under-Secretary moat s ° g ai n a e r time tier s simultaneously, clothed in the trappings of the Garde National, and elevated on the shoulders of the gamins. Mr. St. John has judiciously collected his materials from a variety of authentic sources —from his own experience as an eye-witness, from the hearsay of trustworthy informers, from orations, reports, pro clamations, and printed sketches. The book evi dences in every sentence the hurry in which it was composed and the excitement with which it was pro jected; yet these very characteristics—characteristics which at first sight might seem . to be absolute blemishes — s thattiat t a h m ey ong au t t h h e e p n r t i i o c c at i e pal i m n er a its t o re f fm th a e rk v .a o b lu le me m , seeing r thein into 0 actualseventeen chapters, h andabp the late e lr e as x t, ec record.a it n excitement catastrophe. pe Theanr t ao partakes s w o rohkfcicti Chapter ae partitionedp they ter I. c o confusionn - consequent upon t first to last—was the earliest stock-jobbing trick from _ de finesXwl 8 3 1 1 . i o t c to "wtdthhhaeeet when browcauses transference ef L tenhr o ee u nt i oc s e recenttohfe Philippe thtr heerve crownll.dtai revolution"—causes is: miserable co i ef s eh Jul le s: ion of svt blunder iaa oyr,lli oTfutohhrs The variously c o —na f s uit t nas h ets the st dao d nf e tt t to h bt h r eb o e ern accuracye: e —c d e et d ht e eF s p ßr o e eteo.vefobl our Nut. o Revolution oneauth owillauthor's , s may b 0 government of Louis Philippe;appointment France by purchased majorities ; the entrance ofTcor reaction which has taken place ever the since; the per so nal government trial; the suicide of the Duc de Praslin; the Reform rpuupetiodn'Aiunmtoalethe as Go administration vern r ot. banquets; the King's Speech; the prohibition of public meetings." Algiers; o f t l l Br t e u3 oaogs e ettn s hhr t :eu e This accumulation of reasons for an insurrectionary movement has long been notorious. Chapter 11. displays the overt progress of the popular opposition as revealed by the " Reform Banquets " in the vicinity of the capital, and in the departments ; and thus preludes the opening of the newly-elected Parliament of 7 " To face the Legislature, composed of a compact majority of contented placemen, ministers, and personal friends of King and Cabinet, there was an old King, who for eighteen years had succeeded every day in adding some link to the chain of power, with one son, the future regent; another married to the heiress presumptive to the throne of Spain ; another Viceroy of Algeria ; another with a high position in the navy; a daughter the wife of a neighbouring King ; in close alliance with the Monarch of Austria, and ruling in Spain through his creatures; with an army general!ed and officered at his will ; a capital surrounded by the most extraordinary fortifications in the world, and commanded by eighteen detached forts ; a police the most perfect and extensive known to civilized society, and composed not only of constables, but of regiments of horse and foot;—he seemed to occupy an impregnable position, from which nothing but the thunder of the Almighty could dislodge him; a Cabinet, headed by a great orator and historian, though an impracticable statesman, enjoying the friend ship and support of its Sovereign, and commanding a perfectly servile cohort of Deputies in the Chamber. " The Opposition was in itself weak, but in the errors of their opponents they were mighty ; for the Cabinet of the 29th of October stood before the country con victed of corruption and servility; of alliance with abso lutism ; of opposing the liberal intentions of the Pope; of conniving with Jesuits to enslave Switzerland; of im pelling Ferdinand of Naples to resist the just demand of his subjects ; and, worse than all, of having, in their anxiety to curry favour with the dynasty, given way to every counter-revolutionary scheme of Louis Philippe. " In Chapter 111. " the opening of the Chambers " (the last session of the Parliament of the French monarchy) by Louis Philippe, in person, on the 28th December, 1847, is described with graphic brilliancy. Chapter IV. glances at " the February sittings of the Chambers," and recounts very mi nutely " the preparations for the great Reform Ban quet." Chapter V. begins the diary of the revolution with " Sunday and Monday, February 20 and 21 ;"‘ Chapter VI., " Tuesday, February 22 ;" Chapter VII., " The night of the 22d and 23d ;" Chapter VIII., " The last night of the French Monarchy." Chapter IX. is an interpolation, detailing a ' 6 pep sonal narrative." Chapter X. depicts " the fall of Louis Philippe." Chapter XI. gives a rather meagre outline of " the taking of the Tuileries." Chapter XII. details with a punctilious nicety " the last sitting of the Chamber of Deputies," a scene which Mr. St. John correctly declares to be " unparalleled in the history of any revolution." Chapter XIII. is another episode or " personal nar rative." Chapter XIV. records " the pr oc l ama ti on R Ee ep b u ru b a li r c; , Chapter chapter Xx pVI. i s o u devoted rtre y s " to the a biographic epitome of the car eers o f L ou i s Phili ppe —of Francois-Pierre Guiz o t, b orn 14 t h O cto b er, 1787—0 f Louis Adolphe Thi ers , b orn 16 t h A pr il , 25th th th o e f 1797—0 f Louis Mathieu Mole, born in 1780--of Odilon Barrot, born 19th July, 1790—and of Thomas Robert Bugeaud de la Piconnerie, born in 1786. Chapter XVII. concludes the volume with eight very different profiles, nam e ly, th ose o f t h e Mi n i sters of the Provisional Government— Alphonse du Prat, after wards called Lamartine, born 21st October, 1790; Dominique Francois Aran n, born 26th February, 1786 ; Cremieux, Ledru _Rollin, Marie, Marrast, Flocon, Louis Blanc, and Albert. Here are a few anecdotes of the revolution, culled from the present volume, in consequence of their novelty and signifi cance : THE FIRST DREAM OF A REPUBLIC. " One, a warm enthusiastic Republican, said, 'Mon sieur, give me a roun3 sum of money and a dozen reso lute men, and I will revolutionize Paris in one night.' I asked how. The sacristains of Paris, like the priests, are all Carlists. I would go round to th 4 m, and hold ing out hopes, that atter a revolution Henry V. would stand a good chance if he had the friends he was as serted to have. I would beg or buy admission into every church in Paris. In each I would place one de termined man, who tonight, at midnight, should sound the tocsin, when all would be over; the rising would be general; every one would rush to arms, and before dawn Paris would be ours. Bonjour, monsieur,' and the journeyman painter, who had been speaking, walked away, leaving me convinced of the deep-rooted hatred of monarchy which had put such notions into the people's minds." HEROIC DARING OF A " A formidable barricade had been erected. A com pany of soldiers of the line was ordered to take it by assault, when a lad of about fifteen, wrapping himself in a red cloth that served as a flag, flew• to the top of the barricade, knelt down, and cried cut, Fire now if you will!' The intrepid example of the g( min was imme diately followed by some men, who bad their breasts, and called on the soldiers to firei on unc amed men. The soldiers raised their guns, and refused to fire, amid loud cries of Vice la ligne ! ' ONE OF THE BRAVE CHILDREN OF PARIS. " A child, one of these admirable enlans de Paris, of which this capital alone supplies a typ €., and which the people have baptized by the name o F titis, flew about the Place, animating the people and p revoking the sol diers. Etienne saw him alternately to his right, to his left, opposite him, and, despite the gr: rvity of his per sonal situation, he admired, from th, bottom of his heart, the careless courage, the bold hi titrt of the heroic child, whose shoulder had been cut by a bayonet or a ball, whose shirt was all bloody, and rb oin the van, in the most perilous post, armed only with a sabre, and in a shower of balls, came to brave n wounds, or an althost certain death; and all this Ism ruse he had heart; because the smell of powder was as a loa istone; because, in fine, he was an enfant de Paris!" SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PRINTIrit G PRESS. " While I was reading, a friend tsr ped me on the shoulder. I turned round. It was a joy ous Republican, who dragged me up the dark stairs of the house, and into the office of the Reforme. At L table sat six persons writing. They were surrounded by armed men, who cried aloud for copies of the list . The six men were writing, as fast as they could, the l ,st, and handing it to anxious friends, who took copies, us td hurried away to proclaim the names on the barricade,* . I asked for a copy. " One for the Place Vendome!' crrt ed one. "' One for the Hotel de Ville!' cried! 21 nother. " Leave out that Marmot!' said a t bird, a short thick-set man, with a musket in his hand, know him. II a perdu la Tribune.' " The men continued copying in tht ; most imper turbable manner. " A Deputation from the Section of -,' said the doorkeeper, and one of the six men rosl to greet it. ' • Have you no printed copies?' exclaimed many. "' They are all exhausted,' said another, they were printed in the night. We did not expect such a de mand.' " Will the Nforrne appear to-morrow ?' " I know not. I believe the writers will be too much engaged.' " I believe them, for from the lead of a journal with scarce enough abennes to keep it alive, they have, by a bold stroke, attained to the lead of a nation. Fer dinand Flocon is one of the Provisional Government." Two of the subordinate actors in the Revolution of February must not be overlooked, namely, the work man (TuEonous Six, a carpet maker) who by a burst of rude eloquence preserved the works of art in the Chambre des Deputes from destruction, when the people were firing bullets into the great painting of "Louis Philippe swearing obedience to the Charter"—and the English compositor (GEORGE GOOD, formerly a working printer on an establishment in London), who was shot through the breast while cheering the combatants on to the assault upon the Palais Royale. Two engrav ings are prefixed to the volume—one a wretched caricature of the noble countenance of Lamartine, the other a beautiful sketch of the sinister visage of Guizot. MAGAZINES, ..,c.—(CONTINUED.) DOMBEY AND AS'ON. By Charles Dickens. Sorrowfully do we close the double number (XIX. and XX.) of ",Dombey and Son" just published. Our regret is not an affectation. We are neither writing the balderdash of compliment nor the hyper boles of panegyric. An old friend has left us—the voice of a dear favourite is silent— " Dombey and Son" is completed. Heartily do we regret this, for this true English story-book, which has appeared from month to month, with its chequered incidents, its exquisite and touching pathos, its fre quent, spontaneous, and fantastic merriment, its occasional grotesqueness, its pervading loyalty to the natural, the true, and the beautiful, its home-touches, its gleams of satire, its erotic benevolence, its unforced philosophy, and, above all its many, strange, original, life-like, and admirable characters—the true English story, we say, in which all this has been lavished with the abundance of a fruitful but untutored genius, has imparted so much zest to every successive interval in the course of its publication, has scattered, as it were, such sweet flowers upon the dusty path of life, while Time has bran rolling us all onward to Eternity, that we should be ungrateful were we not to lament its ter mination. We do regret it—thoroughly. That Mr. Dickens can sympathise in this feeling we know from his books. Th e i r c l os i ng sentences are genera lly dictated in a mood of sadness and lamentation. As lie hi • mself has happily expressed it in One of his brief but suggestive introductions, the author, like a dejected host, is fain to loiter upon the threshold e ven when he has dismissed bis guests, and bade th e l ast of them farewell. In "Dombey and Son," for example, are loath to i mag i ne th a t o ur acquaintan ce withtriee _ t c r ea ti ons i n t h e vo lume has terminated. Captain arn C u ttl e , e ith er as "Ed'ard C u ttl e home at ease," or er, who lives at with the instrument," i n a ll usi y assn l "the ge n tl eman to his h oo k, i s can , not exactly the man whos e fristidsliP again, without a sigh. Major LlAgstook e 3 resigneda , rough sto and tough, old J. B , Sir, Josh, Joseph, J.b ck, Joe 8.," or whatever abbreviation he might g please to call himself by in his delightful spirit of egotism, is one of those abominable beings one regards with a sort of contemptuous affection such we ourselves well remember to have experienced towards Daniel Quilp. Mr. Toodle, the stcker, " all cindery an d swarth;" Polly Toodle, otherwise Mrs. Richards, his better-half, in her way a kind of middle-aged Mrs. Nubbles ; and even that precocious imp the Biler, or the Grinder, the first-born of their large family of Toodles—are all such truthful specimens of our labouring classes as not to be abandoned wil lingly or forgotten very speedily. Then, more over, there is Towlinson, whose ambition is to set up in the green-grocery line, and whose parti cular antipathy are foreigners. There is the Major's Oriental helot " the Native," described in the last number (page 579), as " living in a rainy season of boot-jacks and brushes." There is Mr. Morfin, whose performancea on the violincello gave his deaf land lady only a " sensation of something rumbling in her bones." There is that grim and awful harridan, Mrs. Pipchin, with her partiality for sweetbreads and re lays of buttered toast, hot and hot. There is Dr. Blimber with his learned legs, like a clerical piano forte ; and Mrs. Blimber with her blue-stocking love for Cicero and Tusculum ; and Cornelia Blimber, a very ghoul among dead languages ; and Mr. Feeder, B.A. with his Herodotus and other stops—quite a barrel organ of erudition ! Then again, there is Carker, the manager—" deceased person with white teeth :" and Perch, the messenger, an oracle not on a tripod, but on a bracket; and Cousin Feenix, with his friend Shakspere—" man who was'nt for an age, but for all time.' There is Mrs. Macstinger, of Brig-place, the lady who cooled her temper by inverting her young est born, Alexander Macstinger, so as to bring him within the range of a sharp battery of slaps. There is the oracular Bunsby, and Mrs. Miff, with her mortified bonnet; and Susan Nipper, and good Mrs. Brown, and Lucretia Tox, and Mr. Chick, and Mrs. Chick, and Mrs. Skewton, and Cleopatra's page, commonly called Withers the Wan ; and Walter Gay, and Sol Gills, the instrument maker ; and there is Sir Barnet Skettles, and the weak-eyed young man at Dr. Blimber's, and Master Bitherstone, and poor Berry, and Diogenes, and Mr. Toots and the Game Chicken, and Alice, and Edith, and Mr. Dombey, and Flo rence, and little Paul Dombey ! Those, and there are thousands of them, who have, like ourselves, 'devoured the work bit by bit—familiarising them selves by long association with the every characteris tic of the ideal personages depicted in the narrative —and coming at last to regard with a sort of tender ness even the green covers of the monthly instalment, as being connected in some fashion with the joys and sorrows of the story, and by consequence with their own tears and laughter, will comprehend our regret at the dispersion of this imaginary multitude. It is not the least important or the least remark able among the numerous peculiarities of Mr. Dickens as a novelist, that he sketches a locality with as much vividness as a painter, and that he imparts to a fictitious being an absolute and visible individuality. The actors in his tales are no mere pasteboard funtoccini, moved by the threads of an ingenious plot, and coloured into the semblance of life by the lustre of his imagination— they are as actual as flesh and blood, as true as humanity, as filled with the heat of passion and as fraught with the vitality of sentiment as the creature modelled by the band of Prometheus and warmed into animation by the lire stolen from the celestial laboratory. If there were nothing worthy of admiration in " Dombey and Son" beyond the passage descriptive of the death of Little Paul, it would from that solitary passage have been worthy of a dis tinguished place among the classic books of our national literature. In that exquisite chapter -- a chapter stamped with the golden seal of genius— Mr. Dickens altogether surpassed himself, he surpassed his plaintive sketch of Tiny Tim's death in the " Christmas Carol," and even that most beautiful, and, as we had once imagined, inimitable, incident in the " Old Curiosity Shop "—the death of Little Nell. We envy not that man who can read for the first time the account of the death of little Paul Dombey with a heart unmoved and an eye tearless. We can have no sympathy with each other —we are separated in disposition by a wall of brass.. . Like most of the preceding fictions of Mr. Dickens, "Dombey and Son" inculcates a great moral inferentially, and demonstrates the omnipotence of virtue by the transformation of a temperament. In this manner " The Christmas Carol" proclaimed anew those glorious tidings which were sung by angels in the sky on the eve of the first Christmas — Gloria i n exce l s i s d eo, et in terra pax liom i n ib us. Peace, goodwill, brotherly love, universal charity one towards another was the moral of that matchless book. " Martin Chuzzlewit" in a different way asserted the policy of gentle feelings for our neighbours. "Dombey and Son," upon a similar principle, shows the hol lowness of egotism and the misery resulting from the isolation caused by self-sufficiency. Ebenezer Scrooge is changed before the close of the volume from a miser into a philanthropist. Young Martin abandons his selfishness foernerges gene rosity ; and Dombey, the great merchant, towards the close of the present h f is o to b r e y noble armour of his Pride, proving himsel a t ere. of For the For the hearted, generous, gentle, loving t enforcement of this beautiful dogmawhich are associated n of meekness, for the eloquent revelations of love Ic i lo fe ren a c n e d , t f h or e with every fragment i t n . n ofa reference child'sto the bewitching delinea child's death, in the person of exquisite picture of a little Paul—" Dmbey and Son" i s assuredl y the master pi e ce of Charlesn Dickens. There is in it no parallel passage',it true, to that most eloquent a n d even sublime reverie in the tower of Saint P au l' s C a thedral, which ma y be found in one of the r an d om and insulated chapters of " Master Humphrey's Cl oc k." There are no separate paragraphs inspired with such rhetorical animation as those in " Barnaby nudge," where the murderer is scared by the ringing of the alarm-bell in the mansion of Mr. Hare dale, or where the populace are casting fresh fuel before the burning doors of Newgate. "Dombey and Son" has , no Dick Swiveller, like the " Old Cu riosity Shop ; ' no Brothers Cheeryble, like " Nicholas Nickleby ;" no Sarey Gamp or Seth Pecksniff, like " Martin Chuzzlewit." It is inferior to " Pick wick" in point of sustained drollery, and to " Oliver Twist" in dramatic passion, and epic completeness. In the three particulars already specified, however, " Dombey and Son" sur passes every one of the preceding compositions of Mr. Dickens; and in several of the minor parts it is .... 11% - 6 'Ai 19% 6A _ % 9 3J/4 3 1 4 214 7 4% inimitably felicitous. Boxer is altogether, eclipse 4 by Diogenes; and the description of railivar tra: yelling is one of the happiest sketches- of ou r novelist. Captain Cuttle, moreover, is one of the very best characters ever painted by him—a .t cli'aracter which will after this occupy a prominent iksition in the Boz Gallery. Before we conclude our stragsking but earnest notice of the work, we must transcribe a capital glimpse of every-day life, contained in the final number : it is the account of the auction at Mr. Dombey's private residence immediately after all his servants have departed : " The house stands, large and weatherproof, in th e long dull street ; but it i s a ru i n , an d t h e rats fly from it. ' " The men in the carpet caps go on tumbling the fur niture about; and the gentlemen with pens and ink make out inventories of it, and sit upon pieces of furniture never made to be sat upon, and eat bread and cheese from the public house on other pieces of furniture never made to be eaten on, and seem to have a delight in appropriating precious articles to strange uses. Chaotic combinations of furniture also take place. Mat tresses and bedding appear in the dining•room; the glass and china get into the conservatory; the great dinner service is set out in heaps on the long divan in the large drawing-room ; and the stair-wires, made into fasces, decorate the marbl e c hi mney - p i eces. Finally, a rug, with a pr inted bill upon it, is hung out from the balcony; and a similar appendage graces either side of the hall door. " Then, all day long, there is a retinue of mouldy gigs and chaise-carts in the street; and herds of shabby vam pires, Jew and Christian, over-run the house, sounding the plate• glass mirrors with their knuckles, striking dis cordant octaves on the Grand Piano, drawing wet fore fingers over the pictures, breathing on the blades of the best dinner•knives, punching the squabs of chairs and sofas with their dirty fists, tousling the feather-beds, opening and shutting all the drawers, balancing the silver spoons and forks, looking into the very threads of the drapery and linen, and disparaging everything. There is not a secret place in the whole house. Fluffy and snuffy strangers stare into the kitchen-range as curiously as into the attic clothes-press. Stout men with napless hats on, look out of the bed-room windows, and cut jokes with friends in the street. Quiet, calculating spirits, withdraw into the dressing-rooms with catalogues, and make marginal notes thereon, with stumps of pencils. Two brokers invade the very fire escape, and take a panoramic survey of the neighbourhood from the top of the house. The swarm and buzz, and going up and down, endure for days. The Capital Modern Household Fur niture, &c., is on view. " Then there is a palisade of tables made in the best drawing-room; and on the capital, French polished, extending, telescopic range of Spanish mahogany dining tables with turned legs, the pulpit of the auctioneer is erected; and the herd of shabby 'vampires, Jew and Christian, the strangers fluffy and snuffy, and the stout men with the napless hats, congregate about it and sit upon everything within reach, mantel-pieces included, and begin to bid. Hot, humming, and dusty, are the rooms all day; and—high above the heat, hum, and dust —the head and shoulders, and voice and hammer of the auctioneer, are ever at work. The men in the carpet caps get flustered and vicious with tumbling the Lots about, and still the Lots are going, going, gone; still coming on. Sometimes there is joking and a general roar. This lasts all day and three days following. The Capital Modern Household Furniture, &c., is on sale. " Then the mouldy gigs and chaise-carts re-appear; and with them come spring-vans and waggons, and an army of porters with knots. Ail day long, the men with carpet bags are screwing at screw-drivers and bed winches, or staggering by the dozen together on the staircase under heavy burdens, or upheaving perfect rocks of Spanish mahogany, best rosewood, or plate glass, into the gigs, chaise carts, vans and waggons. All sorts of vehicles of burden are in attendance, from a tilted waggon to a wheel-barrow. Poor Paul's little bedstead is carried off in a donkey-tandem. For nearly a whole week, the Capital Modern Household Furniture, &c., is in course of removal. "At last it is all gone. Nothing is left about the house but scatt ere d l eaves of catalogues, littered scraps of straw a n d h ay, and a battery of pewter pots behind e the i h a screw- le drivers i v earls The mennd w i t h bed-winches earipnetto-c b aps blde gather ou up r them, and walk o ff. O ne of the pen and ink g e ntlemen shoulder them, goes over the hous e as a l ast attention; sticking up bills in the windows resp ect i ng t h e lease of this desirable family mansion, and shutting the shutters. At length he follows the men with the carpet caps. None of the invaders remain. The house is a ruin, and the rats fly from it." As a pendant to our previous notices of the fiction, as it appeared in periodical instalments, we must ob serve that extraordinary changes are effected in the situation of the dramatis personce before its termina tion. Mr. Morfin marries Harriet Carker ! Mr. Feeder marries Coreelia Blimber I Captain Bunsby marries Mrs. Mac Stinger And Mr. Toots marries— Susan Nipper! Dombey himself is utterly beg gared, and the account of his desolation in the empty , house, and of his ultimate reconciliation with Flo rence,is wonderfully touching. Through the interven tion of Cousin Feenix, Florence and Edith are brought together again for an instant, and are then very un satisfactorily separated. At last the solitary bottle of Madeira is broached, and the ruined merchant him self declares it to be " a very rare and most delicious wine !" Phiz has been singularly successful in the illustration of the volume, some of his etchings being really admirable. May his artistic powers be very speedily required again in the embellishment of some new creation of the genius of Charles Dickens ! TAIT. A very important subject is considered in the in troductory contribution for April—" The Wants of the Times." According as the political opinions of men are biased by education or circumstances those wants would, of course, be very differently stated. A reasonable view, however, is taken of the neces sities of the age and the people, by Tait--a view not unworthy of its established reputa tion. One John Wilmer reviews the condi- ti on of the " German Colony in Texas," and Sir Thomas Dick Lauder concludes his wanderings along the pleasant banks of the Tyne. " Edinburgh Lodging-house Association " is an essay upon a scheme which has our cordial sympathies ; and "An Evening at Victor Hugo's" is one of those agreeable chapters of literary small-talk which are more frequently met with of late in the pages of the popular periodicals, Bearing in remem brance the share taken in the Revolution of February z by Mr. Percy B. St. John, his tale of " Miranda has acquired am additional attraction, for " Miranda " is a story of the first French Revolution. It is continued in the present number, with an increased vivacity of style. There is afterwards con tributed a certain strange narrative of a Portuguese conspiracy in the reign of Philip the Second; it is poetically entitled " A Star Shines through the Mist." Goodwin Barmby's biographic sketch of Louis Blanc —the historian of the " Reign of '['en Years," the annotator of the French Re volution, the bard of Mirabeau, the panegy rist of Manuel, the editor of the Bons Sens, the founder of the Revue du Progres, the contributor to the National, the philosophic author of the " Orga nization of Industry," and now President of the Commission for the Government of the Workmen of Republican Prance—the sketch of this remarkable man, we say, is clever. Here is his portraiture : " My first sight , of Louis Blanc was at the palace of the Luxembourg. 6 Voila la petite!' said a Frenchman near me, as he entered. He is, indeed, a little man, with a great distingue—a pigmy of price—a dwarf in body, but a giant in mind. He stands hardly foui feet in height. His air, too, is extremely youthful, wit 4 his smooth, fair, hairless face, and his neat, slim, little figure. Although he approaches the manhood of forty, hi might easily be mistaken for a boy of eighteen. Although ho has a stern strength about him, it might be s z tli• posed from his first appearance that ho was of weak king evffiseimouianiatGe.oveHroemeenotteroefd, t h b o o we ß v e e p r, ob a l l o on o e f F deliver addresses to assemblies of in " h r is function of tors, collected together by him, them e --- a r weak the e 1 n , P a s r t o o: Government of the Pre sident of the Commission plan for the tion of industry. and even the masters were melted to tears, or earnest men were soft and showery, n an a d the working oWrgoarokimzmeni,listotonceins:letre,a. ndf.Hordoecspidoekeo, moved. in a blue coat with gilt . g convincing, deciding, with up, evidently awakening, action. There he stood, voice an d exp r e ssive least of the and energetic. With his l i ttle tfihgeurreebbouatttooonded, mounted p ou t n ig te h d t modulatedgreat men who now so r t i hd the, year. 2 8 pressth October, f ti Paris ari s though so small , deewnoatisaies of the France of the Third Louis the t t o I r ry o n d i a u n t c t b i M o i s n a3d t q st ue i n n b er o Paris in 1834, with letters of intro duction de scriptionir l u e v e o l o u v . t e i o r B n . il was Here it is : the collaborator of Armand Carrel in t il li sB e 6i‘lll3 lV ie;e a r t erht i sco o ett n oluCin e fsrg l ohn . cn.ieossdnefi ß isHtl , u t Conseil was like most Parisian journalists, he was everywhere and nowhere. Louis Blanc sought him for many days without success. At that time the National was published in the Rue Crois sant. One day, as the young author went for the tenth time to the offices of that journal, nearly despairing of ever finding the uncomeatable Conseil, he raised his eyes towards heaven, as if to call for it to witness the inutility of his efforts and perceived an inscription, bearing, in large letters, the words, Le Bons Sens. That journal was as advanced in the advocacy of reform as the Na tional, and Louis Blanc, having two articles in his pocket, decided on leaving one for the Bons Sens. It was, how ever, no small matter for one so modest to meet the editor in chief. Just as he was about penetrating into his sanctuary, a species of involuntary terror pervaded his limbs. ' What shall I say? ' thought he—' my young look will go against me again. They will suppose my articles are not my own.' The persp ira ti on o beforestood still in the he had not the strength to open it. 11 upon his forehead. The door was there t- ss At length the passage without advancing or rece din g .l f ac e ti hi n m, and said the porter. Louis to face with a d p o o o rt r er o . pen , e N d v , h a o n d d o h y e ou fo w u a n o d t h r imse ' `Come with me of the chief editor of the Botts Sens. Th rovi- Blanc was caught. ' Sir,' he rplied, `I seek the o ffi ce and I will lead you to it,' was the answ e er. a rea r p art in denne, in the shape of a porter, plv despited g of p himself MM. Rodde and Cauchois that he was conducted before the Bons Sens. M. the destiny of Louis Blanc. It was in Lemaire, then principal editors of He has as serious such Rodde received the young author with g reat affability, but M. Cauchois-Lemaire looked mor e g ra ve. avowed since, that he hesitated to ta ke . precocious maturity. He could not P?r the moment be-