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

NioNEy and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was rather better, prices being firmer. Sales, 5,000 bales. Arne rkiean, 4d. to 51d. per lb . R a il way Sh ares have also 'cell quoted at advanced rates, with an improved busi ne" doing. Midland, Dover, and North Western were better. There are Cape of Good Hope papers to Jan. 2G, by the Vigilant, but this is not so late a date as we have already had. ‘ .The l etters from abroad are of no spec i a l i mport. 'dernantile and monetary affairs seem iu a very uu B atisfactory position ever y w here, and confidence was W 4 low ebb in many continental cities besides Paris. Trailfiing Company find the Dutch papers denying that the Netherlands over tures has been empowered to make over to the Belgian Government for a treaty of com merce. Much satisfaction was expressed that M. Bille er?eq had been elected the Envoy from France to The election yesterday for directors of the Bail of England resulted in the appointment of five very influ ential and experienced gentlemen who have never before served the important office, and the result is likely to be increased efficiency, the old members of the board ee-operating. The settlement of the Consol account having been Pf teti, or at least the preliminary arrangements the f unds have no w taken a downward turn again. Fur present transfer, Consols have been 624 to 81i, 4 9d for m ay 9, 824 to 811. Stock is therefore S!till scarcer for money than account. Exchequer-bills or el ll bee n quoted 37c to 40s. premium, and India Bonds to 225. premium. Bank Stock has been 184 to 187, 1,/4 India Stock 2234 to 228. The New Three-and-a %uarter per C ents. h ave rea li se d 811 to 82i, and there ta ppear t o h ave been sales by the public. Consols are at present about 82 to k. business. the Foreign Market there has been scarcely any I . 4 ; ne ss• Spanish Five per Cents. are 10 to 11, and the Per Cents., the e ee lß/. Brazil Stock is marked 57 for bn i Tall• Mexcali Bonds have bees 144 to /. to In Shares there has been more disposition a ,„,ueal, but h o ld ers genera ll y requ i re bettor prices, this checks business. The French lines are much firmer. ONL CLOSING P RICICS OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CL O Ck. PRICES 187 Bank Stock 134 187 80% a it 81 1 A 110 a y_erreent. Reduced Anns 3 14 3 4 sl s 82% 82% ,„Ye t; lat. Consols Annuities.— .82 4 . i , • 3174 Lo '''s a lr 31i per Cent. &1n5.... it /4 8 1 , 4 CAnns. to expire Jan. 31 7 ' 82 1 / 8 1 'r4 $ 2 'A 115 13 1860 ... 8 5.16 3-16 8 3-13 Dtto, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 8 3-16 231% ... ••—• India Stock I ndia Bonds, 1,0004 „ 82% Consols for Account ..... .. 82% VI% Exchequer Bills. ..... ..... 3d. 1 ,000/. . 39 40 37 p 500/. *********** 4l 37 p Small *** ***** oNt O'CLOCK. kIeER OF FO REIGN FUNDS. Brazilian 37 p 37 p 37 p CLOSIN. I'HICF.S. Bonds - --- - 57 Ditto, ;malt;!• 55 Ditto w. 1829 and 1839 i „, 55 50 Do, Nevr, 1843 ..- 12% ...... •••••• Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. '- PortoMeican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — 14% Ditto, Account 1 4 14% 55 guese 5 per Cents. 55 Ditto, 4 per Cent Ditto. Account ...... •••••••- Ditto, 3 per • Cent ..... ....... Ditto. Account ..... ... ....- Ditto. Passive Ditto 3 Der Cent... Ditto, Account 1 8 5,4 Dividends on the above DAY butch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild — 53 ble iu London. 37% Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates cr4ar,/49 ~.. PRICES OF A ri , BUSINESS DONE . _ _ _ s., gAILWAY SHIRES. P " -- AT ONE O'CLOCK. ruic ...... E ...... •••••• Aberdeen... ... ............... 50 AMber., Nott •pßoston, and Eastern Junction 3 14•••••• A y rs hire and Galloway.. 2% Belf ast & County Down 13 -• Ilirrninglsarn and Ox Bir os Ju i k ncti• .......20 l 3ifoliogb am, Wolver , 441 nPton, and Dudley le ..... 13 '4— zirmin g ., Wolvertepton, and Stour Valle Birke n h ead, Lancay shirelo/. 145..• •••, and Cheshire Jun,; 7 34•••••• • ---- oston Stainfd & Birm 5 Bristol and Exeter B5 Ditto, Thirds Buckingan ••• hamshire— 121. 4s. Caledoni 50 ..... 25 % 1 4 25 Ditto. Half Shares •. o , :i ...... "* bitto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and H o lyh ea d... 37 %•••••• 13% Ditto, Preference l5 Clarence Do. let Class, 6 per Ct. 10 -.. Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, ... 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports ••• month Dublin and Belfast June 25 •••••• Dundalk & Enniskillen 17% — " ••.••••.•••• tes Et Anglia, 254, L. & . and L. and D.....• 25 ••"" Do., 18/., E. & H.- 18 ... Do., 3/. 10s. Eastern Counties— ..... 20 D itto,Extension,s per 13% 13 131 e ... 1 din ' 4 Cent., N o . 1.... ~6/. 13s. 4d 1,41 (16 _ A D itto ditto, N o . 2 ...61. 13s. 4d... lie din. din 13 0., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters .... 12% Ea 0., . Ne w st ern Uni on SO Ditto— , Quarter Shares 12% Ditto, Thirds 13 4d 11 0 , • ( guar.6 pe rcent .) 1 0 •••••• • •••• " uito, ditto •••••• - Ling Lancashire - Ditto, New 4% , Dito, New Quarters 6 1 4 k: sst L ip.colnabire ..... 16% . • ••• tdinburgh and Glasgow 50 .•-•• Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. •• , Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 •"-tlinbu ghandNorthern 25 Ditto, New- 3% ......... ....- Ditto, Newport , Ditto, ditto, New ..... ••••••• txtter,Yeovil, & Dosch. 2 3 ,' Ditto New Glas gow', ' Dumfries, and , Carlisle ....... ••• " 81 ' 6s. & ad.... ..... las guw,liilmar., Ayr 30 , Ditto, New ........... 40 -...- • ••• Greatbo•Preferenco Consul. 11 31,4 1 ..... _ ...... 13 i , Northern ; '"'° . London and York 2%....., .. (',eats South. and West. _ , ga tland) ••• u North of England 100 ......223 222 ...... ..... 2_22 Ditto, New, 40/ 5 _ Ditto New, 301 3O _ f, Ditto, New, 15/ 6%,,, - 86 kreitt. Western 9O ... .. 85 86 Ditto, % Shares 5O Ditto,Ditto 04 Shares , Fifth s ,Ditto, N ew 171 ... .. .. 9%~„ _ II and Manch. 26 ...... bitto, Thirds }lull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto Half Shares ... 25 --- , Ditto. 1,4 Shares - _ IlDanich& Bury St. _ 1, 1)°, do., and Norwick 17% — ••••• '-' O ., do., Extenk Scrip • , (late Camb. & Ely) 2% — ......... •••• • Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, .Thirds - ••••• ......... ire lo Lancash & Yorkshire 93 tat Ditto, ditto ......... 32 ••••• ••• ....... ** o ~, % Shares . ...... 43 ... .. .. •••• 1.-,°. Quarter Shares... 14% ••• ....... -••— D•" 0. Fifths.. 9 o Q• .. . ...... ••• ... • 'AZteenthS ...... ••• 61A — 1 -1 , 0 . Thirds (Reg.)....10/.45....., ...... ......• - Ditt o _ "9. Liverp. and Bury 43 14 (late Mid , dorsfield and Shelf.) 33 Ij oK W a k e fi old, Po n t e - tract, and Goole) ... 50 •••••• • °•( W. Riding Uni0n)41.25... ... -- . ..... -•••-• • 0 . (Pr eston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A)... 9 •••••• •••••• ......... Lte ds and B ra df or d 6O ...eod s, Dewsbury, Ike 42% Do., Half Shares ...... 17%...••; Do., (blue) Scrip ...... 2%..... 16% _ .... Leeds and Thirsk ...... 40 Ditto, New ...... ..-... 26 -. Do., Prefer. ,6 per Ct. .314.... —• Liverpool, Crosby and Manchester, Sou N ewcastle Junction., 2% ..... 4 London & Black wa11...13/. 6s. id.... 4 % Do. New, No. 2 5/.131.4d.... O. Extension ...... 20 London, Brighton, and South Coast Do. C onsol. Eighths. 40 ...... 17 . Do. G n atant. 5 per ct.., 9 .....• S 17 Do. Pref. Cor t .s pe r et. 50 Lon.. ... do , Ditto, ditto.... 185 2 50 n and Greenwich 12 / 1 5s 4d..• Ditto, Pr e f erence... 18/ 17s 2d... .•-- London ands . Western 100 . .....127 126 127.. ••• • 126% DDo.Quarts (L. & II) 22 — itto, New ............ 2 .. . . ... - 4 3% • ..... Ditto, Fifths ....... .. 2 Do 40/.Sharee(L) 20 ...... . ....... . - Do. 101. M. &h. A. 7% .... ..... Do. 10/. (M. & B.) IA: 7%... ... i - 314 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) c. 1 ••• •••• . ••• •• ............ Load. &S. Western ...... 50 ..... 433/4 44 43% 44 44 DDo. , New 50 . 2. ... ..... 37 0 %., ... _ o. New 4u/......... . 3 ...... _ Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 ...... 39% ..... .... 4 - 1 DiDitto ditto .. ......... 40 ...... ...... . ...... .. tto, Thirds.. . lO ....„ 6 .. *** London, Salisbury, and v - 1 1%...... —. L• Gov' ..... .... • •••• .. ... „. .... ondond erry &C o l era i ne 27% ...... -- .. .. . ........, Londonderry and Ennis- .... k lien .... ._ .... ••••••25 • Lowestoft (4 per et.) ... 20 ............... -- 3 - Ditto (6 per ct.) Marizh ester•Buxton.ani Matlock.... 3 Manchester, Sheffield, ••• and Lincolnshire _lOO _ . - Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 _ Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 _ Ditto ditto (No. 3) ..• 7% — _ Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 7% — _ Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 30 Ditto ditto • ••••••••• 9.....- ..••••••• -- _ D itto ditto .••• Ditto She ffi eld and. , Lincolnshire ........ .10 eido., Grimsby Dock... 15 z4.i,ncliest.& Southampt. 2 1 A ...... • ""8.441 96 95 . ...... •••..... ........... 100 134 134 4 3 13!,i 41 141,2 3 14% 814 17% Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 50/. Shares... 15 ••• •• 9 8 i Do. Birm., and Derby100 D i.Consol. Bristol and Binning., 6 per ct. —.lOO ll4 1)5 ll5 Midlild, Bust. & Glocstr. 36 Ditto, ditto ... ..... 11/. 3s. Gd... ..• — Midlnd, Leieest. & &man nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ...... Midle.nd Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Do. Quarters Newuirket & Chesterton! 18% — Do. Extension . ..... ...2/. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 •••••• Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor l5 Do. Man. & Lin.ljnion 41.2 s — Norfolk Do. New 20/. Do. Extension Do.Guaran teed 5 Li t pc. 5 Du. Scrip, 1547, North of Norfolk.... 2 ••• ••••• •••.• Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 ...... North British .......... 25 Do. Half Shares 124..... 10/2 9 •••••• Do. Quarters Do. Extension Ditt. , Thirds North & South-Western 2 ...... •••••••• ...... North Statiordshire lO • 7 North Wales North Western. 7 t Ai — -- Oxford, Worcester. and Wolverhampton 40 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin 136 Scottish Central Scottish Midland 22% — • •••• Ditto, New ..... 10 ....... • ••• •• Sheffield, Rotherham, andGoole ........ ... 5 Shrewsbury and Birra... 7 Ditto ditto. Class B. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ..-.• ........ Ditto Oswestry ...... 14 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref Shrewsbury and Heriatd 2 Shropshire Union South Devon.... Do. Preference South Staffordshire South Eastern Do., No. 1 24 Do., Nc.2. Do., N 0.3 ............. 20 ..-.• 9 .. Do., No. 4 South Wales •••••• 23 • • ••••• ••• .. ......... South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 3 Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 6 ••• • Taw Vale Extension ... 6 ••• • • Thames Haven Dock and Railway /7 1 / 2 — Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny I:P A .__ _ Watertord and Limerick 40 ••• Watertd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... ...... 42% — Do. do. do. 25 West Cornwall ••••• it hitehaven & Furness 11 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... 7 ..... . Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. 29% Do. Original New and Berwick .. Do. Extension No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 10 Do. G.N E.Preference 8 ......... 7 Ti York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and West Ek ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 16 Central of Spain Ceylon Demerara Dendre Va11ey...... Direct Bombay and Madras ss. . .. Dutch Rhenish ......... 7 ..• .. ... East Indi a n —.. 1 1„( — ... •••• * ...... .. ..... Great Indian Penin su l ar s s . . Italian and Austrian.... 4 Jamaica S. Mid. Junction 1 Louvain 11 la Sambre ... 6 Luxembourg..... 7 Lyons and Avignon 5 ••• •• • ...• •• • ........ •• • Madrid and Valentia 2 Namur and Liege ...... 16 ... . Northern of France.... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 413 s 4d...... Paris and Lyons lO ..... 2 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen ........ 20 Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ... .. 4 1 4 ..... ... ..... Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes .. 8 ...... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 16 West Flanders 8 1,4 .• ••• LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRU. 13.—Wind W.S.W., moderato breeze and cloudy. PORTHCAWL, APRIL 11.—Tbe 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 Aloatross steamer from Yarmouth, and both received considerable damage. DEAL, APRIL 12.—Wind W. to S.W., fresh and equally.—Arrd. Sophie, Bontzen, Hamburg, and sailed ior Havannah; Sauter Johnny, Ellis, China; Vigilant, Henderson, Cape of Good Hope; Horneby, Rio Janeiro; Alice, Palm-r, 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. EIMOUTH.—SId. Speculator, Miramichi. BnlsToL.—Sld. Gambia, Coast of Africa; Lucy, An tigua; Bellona, Prince Edward's Island. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 12.—Wind S.W. to N.W.—Arrd. Orezaba, Virnns, New Orleans; Speed, Moses, Norfolk; Montreal, Eber, New York. 81d. Susan, Vera Cruz; Westmoreland, Brazils; Sceptre, Pernambuco; Sylphide, Africa; Oliver Cromwell. Valparaiso; Prince Victoria, Maranhaw; Martha, Antigua; Eliza Bell, Hayti; Seal by, Tampico; Garrick, New York; Amelia, Boston; Chester, St. John's, New Bruaswick; Lightfoot, Halifax; Bur rell, Kestigouclie; Ocean, Newfoundland; Sylla, ditto. AYR, APRIL 1 I.—Sld Samson, Quebec. MARKET NE IV S.—( THIS DAY.) ATENVGATM AND 101121.BENUA1Z. We had a ♦ery steady trade here to-day, and prices were well supported in every instance. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 5s 10d to 6a 10d; Veal, 33 10d to ss; and Pork, 3s 8d to 53 per Sibs by the carcase. MEAT MAREETS. 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 6d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d; Lamb, 6s to 6s 8d; Veal, 4a to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the Itomronn, APRIL 12.—Prime Beasts moved o ff readily, at an adv ance i n th e quot at ions of 2d per gibs. 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 4. 6d per 81bs. Mitch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 11/ ; and Quarter-old Store Pigs, 18s to 235 each. 11Amsumu, 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 53 4d; Lamb, 6s to 6s 8d; Vest, 46 to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s lid per Blbs. ARUNDEL, APRIL I.—Beef, from 3a 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 Blbs. A moderate supply, and a steady demand. CHICRESTER, APRIL 12.—Prime Beasts and Sheep commanded a steady sale at very full prices; otherwico, the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d; Lamb, 5s 10d to 6s 8d; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 43 to 43 6d per Sibs. Quarter•old Store Pigs, 183 to 21s each. EAT M.A.XIILETS, SminiFlLLD.—Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 41 4s; Clover, ditto, 41 to 51 ss; and Straw, 1/ is t o 1/ 12s per load. A short supply, and a steady demand. C UMBEALAND.—bieadow Hy, 31 8s to 41 S i ; C lover ditto, 4/ to 5l; and Straw, 1 10, to 11 13, per l ou d . Supply limited, and trade somewhat brisk. WIIITECRAIPEL.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 3s to 4143 ; Clover ditto. 41 to 51 7s; and Straw, 11 as to 11 12 per load. Trade firm, at very full prices. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISIII CORN For the Week ended April 13,1846, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Ergland and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WERAT. [ I EMMET. OATS. I RTE. I BEANS. I PIA & PRICE j 51s Gd 32s 2d Its 7d 294 id I 352 8d 16. WHEAT. . ARL D xy Ij . T r S OA O T N s. FOREIGN CORN. RYE. BEANS. PEAS. 1,7 s Od 2s 3d 2s 6d l ls Od 2s Od I2r 01 TALLOW -CHANDLER S ' 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 164. and the females 12s. per month, at a cost to the society of about 300/. per annum. SPECIAL CONSTABLES. —The promoters of riot call the friends of punch , and quietness " The Constable's bliscellany."— P 14 1 / 2 131 At 1013 - 1 73 CHARTIST CONVENTION. (THIS 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. He felt 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 of 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 Anti- Corn-law League, in order to promote their own inte rests and 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 cow try, 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 disei.vsion took place upon the propriety of sending any delegates to Ireland. It was emit( nded 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 th• people of that country. Subsequently, however, three of the delegates were appointed to go over to Ireland as a de putation from the Convention. . Nearly the whol.e - Oi 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 dis 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. CLARK 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 notion 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 masarine 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 Livery 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 Hardinge, 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 gall Ant manner in which he had conducted the operation. 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; at d TheCuAsimEnwsz having addressed his Lordship in a complimentary speech, Lord HARDINGE, 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 ho had conducted the government of India }Led received the approbation of his Sovereign and of his country, and he was Wad to say that in his experi ence the soldiers of the empire had maintained in India the reputation which they had is so many fields acquired. His Lordship then briefly referred to the transactions in the Punjaub, and iu 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. L. JONES proposed, which was seconded and carried, that the 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"favern, Great Queen-street, for the purpose of hearing the report of a deputation from the parent society in Edinburgh. The CHISUOLM, 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. 1)r. %l'KENztt•: adduced much interesting information ith 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, pledging 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. Zbirb 92tettion NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each. D.M. _ Corsican... ••• ... , ... ... ... C by Don John, out of Impertinence ~. Won in a canter. Sweepstakes of 50 soya, each. D.M. Horn pipe ••• .se 000 ••• ••• Kerautn ... • • ... ••• Heculasa, ... ... ••• ... ... ... 1 ... 2 Won in a canter. Subscription Plate of 501. P.M. Black.;ball Fistiikna ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 1 ... 3 Craft" .man Cosac hia.. Svieepstukes of 50 sm. each. Criterion Course. The Fiddler Good Boy Tolegrnph Dover ••• 1 ••,, 2 ... 3 ... 4 The t";ountess de Landsfeldt (Lola Montes) arrived on Pride ,y last from Geneva at Berne. TH E IRON TRADE.---WOLVERUABITTON, WED NESDAY._ —To-day the second of the quarterly meetings of the it 'rimesters 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 maintain ed. The meeting to-morrow at Birmingham will be sive, as it is in that town the confirmation of previous sr rangements take place. THE BC 'TCHERS Or LONDON AND THB ABATTOIR BILL —A i !inner was given last evening at the London Tavern by . the principal butchers of the metropolis, to celebrate tl heir successful opposition to the " New Smith field Mriekr •t and Abattoir" Company Bills. The com pany inc lue led many of the gentlemen who had opposed the Bill in the House of Commons, namely, Mr. Lush ington, Mr. B. Osborne, Mr. George Thompson, Ale. arrin [ton, sod Mr. Wyld. THE - BtjavETOßS' ASSOCIATION.—A meeting W as held I *se night in the Freemasons"ravern, in Great Queen- .stneet,*.Lincoln's Inn-fields, of civil surveyors, for the p orpe se of forming an association to consist of the eivil surve ) ors of England. Mr. Clout was called to the chair- T he rules and all the necessary forms for con stiVatinv the society were duly adopted. 19 3 A GA _ -,,r, 22 9 :,.!:!,4 19 4 1 COURT CIRCULAR. The Viscountess Jocelyn, La:ly in Waiting to her ll.josty, arrived at Osborne on Tu, sday. ller Royal Highness tie Princess llelena 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 Spetb, left her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at half-„past twelve o'clock yesterday, for Frogmore House, Windsur. His Royal Highness 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 sovs. each, and only 5 ft if decla, ed; for three yrs ols, &c. Cambridge Course. (7 Subs., 2 of whom paid 5 sovs. each to the owner of the second horse.) tit) I LB D oa u rr k do e nc o li t t ' i B dAe e li d aeis foFistiana, t •• ..• IAIa Armin, i y n • ; 4 s 3, 3; 5 ' s rs t '4 7st6 b 7 Mr. Rolt's The C ur , age d , 9st ••• s tllb I b P " 4 Mr. Shelley's Bayon e t, 3 yrs, 6st • ••• ." 5 Betting-7 to 4 agst Fi st i ana, and sto 2 each agst The Cur and Armin. The Cur took the lead at starting, and made running at a good pace t o th e turn of the lands, w h e re he was passed by Fistiana, Mantilla, an d Armin, the former leading; half-way betwe en t h e D u k e ' s S tan d and home Fistiana and A rm i n j o i ned issue, and ran a head-anti the mare ran hom e a c l ever w i nner by head race to th e cor d s, w h ere the horse gave wa y, and a length, Mantilla a bad third. R un i n 2 m i n. 8 secs. ( Thi s ra ce came off immediately a ft er a h eavy storm of ha il an d rain.) Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft; f or t h r ee yrs old colts, Bst 71b e ac h, &c. D.M. (9 Subs.) Colonel Anson's B ac kbi ter • (F. Butler) 1 Lord Exeter's Swordplayer •... "• '•• Colonel Peel's Sesost r i s ( a ll owed 3 1b )... ••• - Lord Glasgow's Clerk of the Council .. ••• 4 Even on Sesostris, and sto 4 agst Backbiter. Back biter made all the running, and won cleverly by half a length, Sesostris a bad third. Run in 1 min. 42 secs. Match, 150 sovs ,50 ft. A•F• Duke of Bedford's Saddle, 4 yrs, Ist 81b (F. Butler) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Cecilia, 5 yrs, 7st tilb ••• ••• 2 9 to 4 on 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, Bst 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, Sot 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, Set 41b 0 Betting—Even on Corsican, b to 1 agst Ellershe, 5 to 1 agst Jest, and 6to 1 agst Teetotum. This race admits of very little in the shape of description, Ellerslis 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, agst Mr. Grt vine's Geraldine, 7st 121 b—off by consent. Subscription Plate of 50!. T.Y.C. Lord Exeter's Bishop of Rosnford's Cob (Bartholomew) 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 4 on 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. LITERATURE. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF FEB RUARY, 1848. 1 Vol., pp. 383. By Percy 13. St. John. The author of this attractive volume bas been doubly fortunate—as 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 emeutes 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 vernment from the Tuileries to the Hotel de Ville), that we may we ll congratu l ate ourse l ves on t h e 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 the Parisians can be expected until M. Etienne Arago shall (like M. Alphonse de Lamartine) given us his confidences in the shape of an autobio graphy, or until a semi-romance or demi-history shall appear from the pen of M. Alexandre Dumas, the hero of which shall be the Marquis de la Pailleterie. For the broth er o f the great astronomer seems more than any one else to have been in half a dozen places at once, even according to the explicit reve lations of Mr. Percy St. John , and theg ifted but eccentric author o f the " Monte , Christo" some time Under-Secretary to the Due d'Orlean s , now the most worshipf u l d evotee of the Republi can ' regime —figured in nearly twenty different q uartiers simultaneously, c l ot h ed in the trapping s of the Gard e National, and el eva t e d on the shoulders of the gami n :. 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 inform ers , f rom orations, reports,pro clamations, and print e d s k etches. 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 firstsight might seem to beabsolute blemishes —are among the principal merits of the volume, seeing that they authenticate in a remarkable manner the actual hurry and excitement of which they con. stitute the congenial record. The work is partitioned into seventeen chapters, and partakes of the confusion consequent upon the late catastrophe. Chapter L de fines " the causes of the recent revolution causes which date back even to the three days of July, 1830, when the transference of the crown of Charles X. to the brow of Louis Philippe I.—a miserable stock jobbing trick from first to last—was the earliest blunder of the dethroned despot. No one will gain say for an instant the accuracy of our author's asser tion that— " The causes of the recent French Revolution may be variously stated to be:—the Revolution of 1830; the reaction which has taken place ever since; the personal government of Louis Philippe; the appointment of the Due d'Aurnale as Governor of Algiers; the ruling of France by purchased majorities ; the entrance of cor ruption into the administration of affairs ; the Taste trial; the suicide of the Due de Praslin; the Reform banquets; the King's Speech; the prohibition of public meetings." 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 Parliamen of 1847 : " 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 generalled 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 au 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 Parliamant 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 29d ;" Chapter VIII., " The last night of the French Monarchy." Chapter IX. is an interpolation, detailing a " per sonal narrative." Chapter X. depicts " the fall of Louis Philippe." Chapter XL 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 proclamation of the Republic." Chapter XV. pourtrays " the 25th of February." Chapter XVI. is devoted to a biographic epitome of the careers of Louis Philippe n•an c ois-Pierre Guizoi, born 14th October, 1787—0 f Louis Adolphe Thiers, born 16th April, 1797—0 f Louis :Mathieu Mole, born in 1780--of Qdilon Barrot, born 19th July, 1796—and of Thomas Robert Bugeaud de la Piconnerie, born in 1786. Chapter XVII. concludes the volume with eight very different profiles, namely, those of the Ministers of the Provisional Government— Alphonse du Prat, after wards called Lamartine, born 21st October, 1790; Dominique Francois Arago, born 26th February, 1786 ; Crimieux, Ledru Rollin, Marie, Marrast, Flown, 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 : VIE FIRST DREAM OF A REPUBLIC. " One, a warm enthusiastic Republican, said, Mon sieur, give me a round sum of money and a dozen reso lute men, and I will revolutionize Paris in one night.' I asked how. The saeristains of Paris, like the priests, are all Carlists. I would gu round to them, and hold ing out hopes, that atter a revo l u ti on H enry V. wou ld 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 to-night, at mid n i g ht, s ho u ld soun d 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, wh o h a d been speaking, walked away, leaving me convinced of the deep-rooted hatred of monarchy which had put such notions into the people's minds." 4 , 4 Hay° yo.t no printed copies?' exclaimed many. 6 , "fhey are ill exhausted,' said another, they were printed in the night. We did nut expect such a de mand.' “ Will the. Reforms 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 (TuEopoßa SDI, 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 ballets into the great painting of "Louis Philippe swearing obedience to the Charter"—and the English compositor (GEORGE GOOD, formerly a working printer on an eatablishtnent 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, -e.-(CONTINUED DOMBEY AND SON. 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 been 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. Their closing sentences are generally dictated in a mood of sadness and lamentation. As he himself 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 even when he has dismissed his guests, and hade the last of them farewell. In "Dombey and laSucornienu,'a' ifnotrane:mple, we are l oat h to i magine that our with the diff eren t creat i ons i n t h e vo has terminated. _Captain Cuttle, either instrument," simply.a t E h ad e t' a iradst ease," rn tn as Cuttle , Mariner, who lives at not exactly the man Majorwholsae fri endshipusn " the gentleman h w ase i m th e" t can n his b e resignedhoo k , is Sir, B ag stoc kJos, J again, " rough without a sigh. J . .lBagstock, hjaießve9rabbreviatioonsee'mt i . f f ht please j an ne d t ß ou ., gh o , r ol w d to call himself by in his delightful spiri is one of those abominable beings one regardesgwolitshm; sort of contemptuous affection such we ourselves well remember to have experienced towards Daniel Quilp. Mr. Toodle, the stoker, " all cindery an d swarth ;" Polly Toodle, otherwise Mrs. Richards, his better-half, in her way a kind of middle-aged Mrs. Nubble' ; 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 57'9), as " living in a rainy season of boot-jacks and brushes." There is Mr. Morfin, whose performances 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 Tuscialum; and Cornelia Blimber, a very ghoul among dead languages ; and Mr. Feeder, 8.A., with his Herodotus and other stops— qu it e 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 hint 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, anti 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—fatniliariting 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 fantoccini, 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 hand of Prometheus and warmed into animation by the fire 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. W e 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 o f the preceding fictions of M r. Dickens, "Dombey and Son" inculcates a great moral infe rentially, and demonstrates th e omn i potence of virtue by the transformation of a temperament. In this manner " The Christmas Carol" proclaimed anew those glorious tidings which were angels in the s ky on t h e eve of the firstChrsisutnmgasb—y Gloria in excelsis deo, et in terra . pax homi n ib us . Peace, good w ill , brotherly love, of e,ur t ersal t c h h l arity n one k towards anoth er was the ma " Martin Ch uzz l ewit " in a differen a t way ma e asse e r es ted e ths policy of gentle feelings for our neighbours. "Dombey and Son," up on a s i milar 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 for gene rosity ; and Dombey, the great merchant, emerges towards the close of the present history from the armour of his Pride, proving himself to be of a noble hearted, generous, gentle, loving nature. For the enforcement of this beautiful dogma of meekness, for the eloquent revelations of love which are associated r with every f ragmen t i n reference to Florence,nd the for the bewitching delineation of a child's exquisite picture of a child's death, little Paul—" Dombey and Son " masterpiece of Charles Dickens. There is in it no _sin assuredly ' red a r ly son th o e f parallel passage, it is true, to that most eloquent and even Cathedral, sublime be found dinone tower of the random and insulated chapters o f "Master Humphrey's of Saint Paul's w reverie hich may p t ‘ inßarnaby Rudge," where the murderer aragra . phs , inspired w Cl i oc th k s . n " c is scared by the rin g i ng •he mansion of Mr. Hare h There rhetorical are animation ne separate e e s hose -bellin t the • populace are castin g f resh fuel before the burning doors of Newgate. "Domb ey and Son" Hare dale, the, o alarm lar w m -here has no Dick Swiveller, like th e cc Old Cu riosity Shop;" no Brothers Cheeryble, lik e " Ni cholas 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 " dramatic passion and, completeness. In the th ree particularsepicd specified, however, " Dombe l res Y and Son" sun , passes every one of the preceding compositions of Mr. Dickens ; and in several of the minor parts it is LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CIIP. 14 to I agst War Eagle 17 to 1 agst Glen Saddel 25 to 1 agst Inheritress 30 to 1 agbt Lightning TWO TLIOUBAND 6 to 4 agst Blaze DE 9 to 1 agst Springy Jack 0 to 1 agst Surplice 1 to 1 apt Glendower—t 3 to 1 agst Loadstone—t OA] 0 to 1 agst Lola Montee sto 1 agst Queen of the May 40 to 1 agst The Magnet .50 to 1 agst Giselle—t 56 to 1 agst Sunnyside—t GUINEA STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Flatcatcher 17 to 1 agst Eagle's Plume 28 to 1 ag6t Swiss Boy 50 to 1 agst Sponge 16 to 1 agst lodine 16 to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth 20 to 1 agst Prairie Bird ENTRIES FOIL THURSDAY, Subscription Plate of 50 Boys. I).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. HargreaYe's No go (late Crim. Con.), 6 yrs Handicap of 20 soys. each, &c.; for four yrs old, &c. A.F. Mr. Barnes's Tutthunter, 4 yrs Lord Clifden's Sagacity, 4 yrs Lord Exeter's Cosachia, 4 yrs Mr. Payne's Marquis of Conyngham, 5 yrs NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 11 O'CLOCK. TWO TIOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Blaze I 4 to 1 agst Flatcatcher—t. CHESTER CUP. 1 agst War Eagle 40 to 1 agst Magnet 1 agst Glen Saddle 50 to 1 agst Giselle 1 agst Inheritress 50 to 1 agst Sir Peter i agst Lightning —t Laurie—t 50 to 1 apt Sunnyside—t. DERBY. 9to 1 agst Springy Jack IS to 1 agst Eagle' 0 to 1 agst Surplice 28 to 1 agst Swiss Boy .1 to 1 agst Glendower —.t 50 to 1 agst Spong e 3to 1 agst Loadstone—t 50 to 1 agst Cerra ' o w a ee d p dG s eu t d a a. k r ed 'Thursday tl2miles.b .. . .. is r a n y : o r: lcuem: 50 to 1 agst Rosalyn. Pour CHELTENHAM STEEPLE CHASES—TuEsDAY. The Handica p Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soys. each, 10 ft, &c., with Standard lO r) 1 Mr. Storey Mr. Kitten's Link Boy, 9st 51b Mr. Brown's Dubious, 10st 101 b ................ the ..D ov e and 3 All ran but Pullaway, B e l tshazzar, G ayhurst. Sweepstakes of 5 B oy s . eac h , with 30 adde d . About three miles. (17 Su b s.) Mr. Davenport's Thur garton ( Arc h er ) 1 Mr. 011iver's Vanguard All started b ut Itedshank. Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added; 12st each. Three miles Mr. Brotheridge's Free and Easy Mr. Hawkins's Dursley .............. Mr. W. Arkell's Conrad ............. Match -100 sons . .. Four miles. Captain Little's Pullaway ...................... (011iver) 1 Mr. Stuart's The Da n dy ....... 2 13 to 17 to 25 to 30 to THE LATE EITENSITE 4: - L'l E Yesterday afternoon Mr. W. Pa :, t- IN Coroner, and a numerous jury, assembh.d- ne, the Cityhote_, at the Cross . Key . s I Gracechurch-street, for the ' purpose of inquiring into the circumstances connected with the late destr cave fire THE CITT.- - which occurred upon the premisesofM Gladwuell, carver and gilder, No. 21, in the same street. r. The jury to prove how the fire re turned a verdict that " There was not sufficient evidence originated, believedl was purely accidental." THE CONWAY TUBE.—Th e Conway tube, weigh ing 1,300 tons, was raised 14 feet on Monday morning, but theyi during a storm of hail. Only tea men were employed in the operation, and the presses were found to answer admirably. The rising was at per hour. The operation was conducted by Mr. Ed w in r. Clark, assistant engineer to Mr. Rober t Stephenson, at Conway. the rate of twe lve feet CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.-At a Court of Governors of Christ's Hospital, held on Tuesday, his Royal Highness Prince Alfred was appointed a Gover nor. Tier Majesty had been graciously pleased to transmit to the hospital a donation of 5001. on behalf of the youthful Prince, with the expression of her wish that he should be appointed a Governor, in a letter written by Mr. G. W. Anson to Mr. Richard Hotham Pigeo n , the treasurer, from which the following is an extract:— " I am authorised by the Queen to announce to you that it is her Majesty's wish that his Royal Highness Prince Alfred should become is Governor of that excellent institution of Christ's Hosp ital. Her Majesty most highly appreciates the benefit s which Christ's Hos p ital confers throughout the country, and is glad of every o p. portunity of marking her sense of its value." We give the ple as a u n r d e following passage from the a ddress of the Governors in reply:—" The Governors h ave received with p ec u l iar f a Sound, as classes of ftahvisouadr,diintiaosnmaulemhao the continuedfyourMajesty's approba tioninterest which your Majesty takes in the we lfare of the sch ool of Christ's Hospital affords to th e countr y and to the world a pledge and assurance of the anxious desire of your moral, Majesty and to religiousfoster educationex t end theto t he blessings poorer o your Majesty's subjects, which fits the ob j ects o f it for the business of life and prepares them to be useful m em . hers of society, to be good men and loyal subjects. The Governors desire to express their ardent hope that your Majesty may live long in the enjoyment of health and happiness, to continue to Christ's Hospital the benefit of your exalted patronage, and to the United Kin g d om 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 SHIPWRECK OF THE SHIP E WAIT. A plank has been thrown on the beach in the B ay of Dinan, near Camaret, on which the name Ewart is written in gold letters. It is supposed to be the wreak of an English ship, lost in the storm of the 26th of February. THE POSTMAN BRADLET,'"''Thit Lords Commi s . sioners of h er M a jesty's Treasury have , upon the recom mendation of the Postmaster - G eneral, g r anted Bradley' the lette r - carr i er w ho was so brutally treated in Mitre court, Wood-street, some time ago , while in the ex ecU . tion of hi s d u ty, t h e s um of 100 1 . per annum for his li t e. of a superannuation Bradley will allowance, t h the amount lay havingquarterly been di in the form schar ge d from future duty. HEROIC DARING OF A GAMIN. " 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 out, Fire now if you will!' The intrepid example of the gamin was imme diately followed by some men, who bared their breasts, and called on the soldiers to re on unarmed men. The soldiers raised their guns, and refused to fire, amid loud cries of. Vice la ligAe !" ONE OF TILE BRAVE CHILDREN Or PARIS. " A child, one of these admirable exfans de Paris, of which this capital alone supplies a type, and which the people have baptized by the name of title, flew about the Place, animating the people and provoking the sol diers. Etienne saw him alternately to bis right, to his left, opposite him, and, despite the gravity of his per sonal situation, he admired, from the bottom of 'his heart, the careless courage, the bold heart of the heroic child, whose shoulder had been cut by a bayonet or a ball, whose, shirt was all bloody, and who in the van, in the raost perilous post, armed only with a sabre, and in 'a shdwer of balls, came to brave new wounds, or an almost certain - death; and all this because he had heart; because the smell of powder was as a loadstone; because, in fine, he was an enfant de Paris!" SOYZREIGNTT OF THE PRINTING PRESS. " While I was reading, a friend tapped me on the shoulder. I turned round. It was a joyous Republican, who dragged me up the dark stairs of the house, and into the office of the Beforme. At a 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 list, and handing it to anxious friends, who took copies, and hurried away to proclaim the names on the barricades. I asked for a copy. " f One for the Place Vendome!' cried one. " One for the Hotel de Ville!' cried another. " Leave out that Marrast!' said a third, a short thick-set man, with a musket in his hand, 6 I know him. // a perdu la Tribune.' " The men continued copying in the most imper turbable manner. ' A Deputation from the Section of said the doorkeeper, and one of the six men rose to creel it . inimitably f e licitous. B oxer i s altogether eclipseii by Diogenes ; and the description of railway tra yelling is . one of the happiest sketches cf ou r novelist. Captain Cuttle, moreover, is one of the very beet characters ever painted by him—a cha racter which will aft e r thi s occupy a p rom i nen t position in the Boz Gall e ry. B e f ore we conc l u d e our straggling 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 p r i va t e res id ence i mmed i ately after all his servants have departed : " The house stands, large and weatherproof, in the long dull street; but it is a ruin, and the rats fly from it. ‘• The men i n th e carpet caps go on tumbling the fur niture about; and the gentlemen with pens and iak 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 ma r bl e c hi mney-pieces. Finally, a rug, with a printed bill u p on i t, i s hung out from the balcony; and a similar appendage graces either side of the hall door. I " 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, balascing the silver spoons and forks, looking into the very threads of the drapery and linen, and &spar:wing everything. There is not a secret place in the whole house. Fluffy and snuffy strangers stare into the kitchen range es 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 e 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, 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. All 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 a t them, ht fioeec w u.si: r i ia o ssa ci l twbi e ri u. enld w ata swocnes.oodtcedruka.rhi course satvteeyelhi scattered and fd C ar lle a el bedstead is carried off in a donkey-tandem. For nearly Capital Modern Household Furniture, u ip aav g eobsnaeot battery erNy ca t alogu e s , oot t hi p n e g w t s e left ri tep orte aboutpots b ht scraps ihned The n m d e n with bed-winchesthe int carpet-caps o bags , shoulder gather u and walk off: One of the pen and ink gentlemen goes over the house as a last attention; sticking up bills in the w i n d ows respecting the leaseof this desirable family mansion, and shutting the shutters. At le ngth he follows th e men with the carpet ?tips. 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 persona before its termina tion. Mr. Morfin marries Harriet Carker ! Mr. Feeder marries Cornelia Blimber ! 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 I,ew creation of the genius of Charles Dickens ! TAIT. A very important subject is considered in the in troductory contribution for April—" The IVants of 'he 'Times." According as the political opinions of nen 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 by Mr. Percy B. St. J o h n , hi s ta l e of " Miranda ' has acquired an 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 Ten Years," the annotator of the French Re volution, the bard of Mir a b eau, the panegy rist of Manuel, the editor of the Bone 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 France —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. 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 four feet in height. His air, too, is extremely youthtul, with his smooth, fair, hairless face, and his neat, slim, little figure. Although he approaches the manhood of forty, he might easily be mistaken for a boy of eighteen. Although he has a stern strength about him, it might be sup posed from his first appearance that he was weak and effeminate. He entered, however, as one of the Pro visional Government of the Republic of France, to deliver addresses to assemblies of working-men and mas ters, collected together by him, in his function of of the Workmen, to consult and decide on a and the Pre sident of the C o mmission for the plan Government for the nt organization of industry. H e spoke , working men were melted to tears, andeve n the masters were, moved. His tones were soft and showery, or earnest • h his little fi gure buttoned up tight in a blue coat with gilt buttons, there he stood, mounted up, evidently awakening, conv incing, deciding, with and energetic. •it ection. There he stood, modulated voice and expressiveef the gre at mon who now though so small, not the least rule over the destinies of the France of the Third Revolution." Louis Blanc was 1813; he is consequently introduction to the press of P ar i s is interesting. Here scription of his first is is : " He returned to Paris in borna 1834,Madrid, 28th October, in his 56th year. The d e . t But Conseil was like Lost Parisian journalists, " to with of Armand letters d o f intro- Conseil, the collaboratorman Carrel in the was everywhere a n d nowhere. Louis Blanc o d u ction him for many day s withou h t success. At that ti me t h e N a t iona l was pu bli shed in the Rue Crois sant. O n e d a y, as th e young author went for the tenth t i m e to the o ffi ces of that j ourna l , nearly despairing of. N de . s t o i v a n g a he e 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 perspiration stood upon his forehead. The door was there before him, and he had not the strength to open it. He stood still in the passage without advancing or receding. At length the door opened, and he found himself face to face with' porter. ' Who do you want?' said the porter. Louis Blanc was caught. Sir,' he replied, seek the o ffic e me of the chief editor of the Bons Sens." Come with and I will lead you to it,' was the answer. T h u s part in provi dence, in the shape of a porter, played a g rea t L t h h e e t d h e e sti w n a y e despi te of himself C h of con i l ui c a ted Lemaire, then principal editors of d auc the Bons Sens. M. Rodde received the young author Blanc. before R i n o dde an with great affability, but M. Cauchois-Lemaire looked more grave. He has avowed since, that he hesitated to take as serious such precocious maturity. He could not for the moment be-