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

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO 7 HREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very urn), and a large business was done. Sales 8,000 bales. American was id. per lb. higher. In Railway Shares there was a; slight improvement, and very, little stock was offering. The letters from abroad note some further progress made by the Austrians in Italy, but as a counter-balance confirms the fact of an armistice having been concluded between Denmark and Prussia. The funds at Paris are also stated to have been rather firmer. The Societe Gerierak of Belgium have issued the new five-franc notes, and the only complaint against them is, that they are not engraved upon sutficiently strong paper._ The sales of wheat in the markets which governs the duty are returned for last week at 116,209 quarters. We have been favoured by the Secretary of the East India and China Association with a comparative state ment of the shipping engaged in the India trade. It appears that the entries inwards at London, Liver. pool, and the other chief ports during the six months ending the 30th of June last were 469 ships of 215,544 tons, being a decrease compared with the corresponding period of 1847, of 88 ships and 22,572 tons. The outward entries were 485 ships of 217,745 tons, giving an increase of 59 ships and 25,543 tons compared with 1847. The decrease is to Calcutta, China, Singa pore, but it is balanced by the augmentation to Bombay, Ceylon, New South Wales, and the Cape. The report received by the last mail of the position of the North-Western Bank of India gives the liabilities at rs. 53,73,665 8 4, including re. 11,88,923 1 3 in de posits and rs. 50,205 13 1 in profit and loss. The assets comprise loans and credits rs. 29,82,091 1 4; cash and bills, 2,87,056 12 6, Government Securities, rs. 1,33,493 9 1, and branches and agencies, r 5.19,55,356 15 5. There is an exceedingly quiet, but at the same time a very firm, market for the Public Securities, the more remarkable perhaps as it can scarcely be conceived that the account is adjusted. To-morrow will probably tell. Consols have been 87+ to Bank Stock is 1921 to 194. and East India Stock has taken the wide range of 235 to 239. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 871 to I. Exchequer-bills have risen to 445. and 475. premium. In Foreign Stocks scarcely anything is doing. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 12, and the Three per Cents. 211. Brazil Bonds are at 70. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 44S to 454. Shares are again looking firm, and holders are not disposed to make sales unless at improved rates. 0 E CLOSING PRICER OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock per Cent. Reduced Anns ..... 87 1 4 1 , 2 87% 8 per Cent. Consols Annuities B 7 I A IA 87% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Aren5....... 87%% 877 LongAnns.to expireJan.1E360 Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... 8% 8 5 / 8 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 9-16 India Stock 235 239 239 India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001. Consols for Opening 8 7 1 4 1 /2 87% Exchequer Bills. 2 1 / 2 d. 1,000!. June 1,0001. March 5001. March 46 44 p Small, June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Do., New, 1843 ........ 661/ 2 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent 21% 21% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild 4514 44 3 / 4 44 3 % Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 69 70 3 / 4 70 3 / 4 PRICES OF PAID . BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen 2 0 14 Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 3 3 / 4 ...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 21 / 2 — Belfast & County Down 16 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 Birming.,Wolv er h'pt on , and Stour Valley 121. 4s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June—. 10 • ••• ..... • ••• Boston, St am fd & Bi rm. 5 . Bristol and E xeter B5 .... -- Ditto, Thirds B uckinghamshire... 141. 4s. .....• dis Caledonian 50 .... 291,43/4 3% dis . Ditto, Half Sh ares .. 83/ ..... 29% Diter ttClydesdale Jue 50 '4 Ches o, and Holyhead..n. 42% 2l Ditto, Preference 7 1 8 5 Clarence Do. Ist Cl ass, 6 per CL 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Gove rnment Loan, ............ 4 per Cent. lO Direct London & p orts : •••••• •••• ........... mouth ........... 5 1 / Dubli n an d Belfast Jun c. 30 4 -- Dundalk & Enni s kill en 171 ........ • ...• ...... ....... East Anglia, 251., L. & •• ............ E. and L. and D...... 25 Do., 181., E. & 11.... 18 •••••• •• .......... D 0.,....... 3 1 / • Eastern Comities... ...... ....... .. .. .. .. ..... Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent........... 3 1 4 •• Ditto Ex per ......... •••." Cent., No. 1......6/. 13s. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2...6/. 13s 4d.... Do. No r th . & E astern 50 • -- Do., 5 per cent. ...... . Do. Quarters Do. New 23 Eastern Union, Class A • 39 p 44 p 44 p 37 p 23 ! 4 147 31/4 (late E. U. Shares) 25 , Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1 Ditto, Class B (I. & and B.) 2O Ditto, Class C, ditto... 17 1 ,¢..••• Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 10 ...... ..... .. Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent...—. ...... % ....• East Lancashire 'Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 61.....• Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters - East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...-- ••••• " Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .• 11 1 % Ditto, Quarte r Shares 121 j2 — Edinburgh and Northern 25 — - Ditto, New.. 614 — ........ • ••••• Ditto, Newport l3 Ditto, ditto, New 3 34. .... Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2.:;8 — Ditto, New .. .. Glasgow, Dumf r i es , an d Carlisle ....... . ... — —B/. 6s. 8d.... Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ..... . -- Ditto, New ... ..... . . ....... Do. Preference Consol. 15 ...... ....... . Great Northe rn Do., London an d York 15 2 1 A ... ..... 6V B ex int .. .. ..... 6% x. i. .......... Great South. a n d W est. . ... (Ireland) ...... .............. . Ditto, New, 40/ l5 Ditto, New, 30/ Ditto, New, 15/ 1114.. .............. Great W es t ern 9O ... .. 88 .. ..... ••• Ditto, I ,¢ • Shares SO Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares Ditto, Eifths Ditto, New 171........ 13 ... Huddersfield and Manch. 25 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares Ditto; '4 Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares ... 43 ••• •• Do. Qu arter Sh ares l7l/2 — •••••• Do. Fifths... •• Do. Sixteenths 6 1 ,4 Do. Thirds(Reg.) l3 ••• Do. New, Gua..6 per ct. 2% •• ••• Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ...... 'Ditto % (l ate Hud- • , dersfield and Sheff) 38 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte- Tract, and Goole) ,_ 50 Do.( W. Ridi ng Union) 6 ••• --- .. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Leeds Bra • and Sha dfordres (A).— 50 914 — ••• _ Leeds, Dewsbury &c.... 47 1 / 2 • Do., H a lf S hares 2 2 1 / 2 ''' . . ^ Do., (blue) Scri 2%..• Leeds and Thirskp....— 45 Ditto, New ...... ....... 30 ••. Do., P re f er., 6 per Ct, 3% ••• .••••• Liverpool, C ros b y and Southport • .......... Newcastle Junction... 21,( London & Blackwall...l3l. 6s. 8d.... LondDo. Extension ..... ... 22%....... Bright on . and •••••••••.••••• on, DSouth Coast Do. Consol. Eighths, 40 o. Guarant. 5 per ct—, 9 ...... Do. Pref. Con., 5 per et. 50 •••• .. Ditto, ditto.... 1852 50 --- . ..... ..• Ditto, New 5/., guar. 6 per cent. ... ....... 2 ...... N... London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d..• Ditto, Preference... 181 I7s 2d... ..".." London and N. Wstern 10 0...125 126%.. ... F . 1 . 2 - 6 . DiDo. Quarters (L e .& B.) 22 ............... Ditto, New ............ 7 . -- . .... .. tto, Fifths ..... .. . 2 7% ... .. ...... .. ..... : Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 9 Do. 40/.Shares(L.M..) 20 ....... Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 9 .., - ................. Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ..., _ . ..... ... ......... ... Load. &S. Western 5O . ..... 47% ........ .. ... .... . , Do. New 50/. ... ."........ .. Do. New 40/. Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 - ••• •••• ..... „ Ditto ditto __ r, Ditto, Thirds ...... 111.135. 4d — ... ... ........ 2 % db. Do., New S cr ip, 1848, I"' Cent ref. 7 per . Alt. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls 11.135. 4d... dis....- ..... % London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Lo ndonderry&aleraine 27% ••••••• ........ Londonderry and Ennia killen ...... ........ ... 25 —• ••• "••• ... 'Lowestoft (4 per ct.) ... 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) kan ehester,Burton,azd Matlock. kanchester... .......... 4 Sheffield, and Lincolnahire...loo ........ Ado. Quarters (no. I) IS Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7% — • ••• Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 30 Ditto ditto . ... ...... 9 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire lO . ... Do., Grimsby Dock... 15 Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 4/. 2s. — Manchest. & Southampt. 2 1 4 ...... Midland ......... ..... ...100...105% 105 106 104% 105% Do. Consolidated Pref.loo 10,i .—YESTERTIAT Eden Main f.ambton Primrose Braddyll's Hetton lss 3 Bell East Het um 14s 0.1 illaswell l6s 3,1 IHetton Keepier Lambton iMorrison l4s Russell's Hetton 15s iStewart's 'Caradoe •• •• • Hartlepool Hudson's Hartlepool l4s 0. illeugh Hall !South Hartlepool Thornley .. l4s 6. Adelaide ... 15s Od South Durham l4s 3d Nees West Cornforth West Tees l4s Od I Cowpen Hart lev !D2 rwentwattrilartley ]3s 9d Howard's W. H. Neth. 14s 3.1 Hartley Od Powell's Duffryn Stm. 20s 3d Ships at market 202. COAL MARKE Buddle's W. Hartley 14s 3d Carr's Hartley Chester Alain 11 3 4 5s 6 3 (i d Davison'sWeaHartley 14s 3d East Adairs Main l2s Od Hasting's Hartley l4s Od Holywell Main ... ..... 14s Od North Pontop —.. Original Tanfield ; Tantield Moor .... Townlev l3s OW Walker's Primrose Wylam West Wvlam Wall's End, &c Acorn Close Brown's l3s 3d Elm Park Framwell Gate ...... ... 14s Od Gibson Hedley Hedworth . Harlon Hotspur ...... Hilda Killingworth l3s 9d Walker Wharneliffe Washington HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE: Yesterday we attended the fast rehearsal of Le Nozze de l'igWo--a w or k o f suc h me rit, given w i th such a ca.et, tt, comm an d s attent i on. Th e way inwhich it is interpreted speaks for itself. It is ea to ima gine what is the perfection of the cast, when two small parts, despised by second-rate singers, are un dertt.hen by such artists as Bouch6 and Lahlache, , Mdlle- Lind has mr.nifostly b es t o wed on the part or' Susannah minut e a t tent i on w hi c h characterises all she undertakes. It is not only that her acting has all the spirit, the archness, and abandon of the " Cara Susanetta," and that she displays in the part all the resources of her voice, but she sings the music con scientiously, without inappropriate roulades or fiori. ture ; we see that she has appreciated the full reach of the creative m as t er gen i us of Mozart, and, submissive to his marvellous inspiration, she does not venture to change the least tittle of the music, whilst she seeks to give the utmost value to each note. In the concerted piec es s h e s i ngs as energetically as if they were s o l os , an d i n the solos, duets, and trios she sinks all egotistical ambition, and appears most of all anxious to support her companions and do justice to the author. Mdll e. C ruvelli ' s fresh powerful voice and handsome person suit admirably the part of the Countess —this part has seldom had so efficient a re presentative. The same may be no less truly said as regards Mdlle. Schwartz's fitness for the part of the mischievous page Cherubino. Her light agile form is admirably adapted, and both these young and dis tinguished vocalists have the advantage, from their first musical education in Germany, of feeling the due reverence for Mozart, of understanding his spirit, and possessing all the vocal traditions of the part, so well preserved and deeply cherished in their fatherland. The great harritone, Coletti, who performs the Count, needs no support of eulogy ; if his Principal characte ristic of Almaviva be not so much liveliness and agility, there is a beauty, f reshness, and deep melodyof tone in his voice that no contemporary can exceed. Those who have seen Belietti in ll Barbiere will readily believe that a better Figaro could not be found. He has the breadth of style, the sincerity of tone and conscientious ness of interpretation of the German vocalists, combined with the faultless pronunciation, the easy, elegant phra s i ng, sweetness o f mo d u l at i on, and lively action of the Italian singer. He never fritters away the music, the sentiment, and the me lody by exaggerated grimace and pantomime—he never confounds the style of that headlong carica turist the buffo Napolitano with the refined comic spirit of the caustic buffo Toscano. The former style is suited to such parts as that of the husband in Il Turco in Italia, but is totally inappropriate in repre senting that character of wit and infinite resource, the Figaro of Beaumarchais, whose identity Rossini and Mozart had too much genius to deface by cari cature and inappropriate strains in their music. It will thus be seen, by what we have observed, that the ensemble to be presented to-night in the Nozze di Figaro is likely most amply to repay the eager ness the public has shown to be present on the first performance. Do., do., 504 Shares.- 20 ... .. 14% ex int 14% x.i. Do. Birm., and Derbyloo — Do.Consol.Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ......119 Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 38 ...... Ditto, ditto . ..141. 185.... Ditto,Leieest.& Swan- nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle andCarlisle..•loo - — Do. Quarters 25 Newmarket . ... 20 - Do. Extension .........21. 125.... - Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and liostrevor Norfolk .... . 100 Do. New 201. - Do. Extension 5 p ct. 20 ...... Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc. 5 - Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... - Northern Counties Union 4 ...... North British ....... ... 25 .. ... -- Ditto, Halves Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Extension. O% ..... .. ........ ... Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 4 1 /. .. .. North & South-Western 2 North Staffordshire l 2 l / 2.... . 10% North Wales .. ... 31j — North-Western . 7 1 72 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 45 Reading, Guildford, aud Reigate 7 1,4,.... 6 't3 :l / 4 Royston and Hitchin ... 1 % •••••• • Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (Nor. Div.) Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4 Shrewsbury and Birra... 8 Ditto ditto, Class B. 5 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) l6 Ditto Halyes ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ...... 16 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref 8 Shropshire Union South Devon... Do. Preference South Staffordshire 5 l/ — South Eastern .. 3 3 1 /6 — Do., No. 1 24 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 25 ...... SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under Sheriff BURCHELL.) GELLATLY V. BUCKTON.) The plaintiff is a plumber, &c., and defendant is a builder in the City. The action was brought to recover the sum of 181. 18s., for work done. The defendant pleaded that he was cot indebted, but did not appear to support the plea. Evidence having been adduced, a verdict was given for the amount claimed. The plaintiff's attorney applied to the Learned Under- Sheriff for his certificate, that it was a fit action to be brought in the superior Court, in order that plaintiff might recover the costs, of which he was otherwise de prived, in whole or in part, under the County Courts Act. ..... 101,i, The UNDER-SHERIFF said that he had no power under the Act. The ATTORNEY 'submitted that he had, under the London Act, for regulating the London Sheriff Court for the recovery of small debts. By the 104th section there was a general power by which the judges of any of the superior courts could grant the certificate. The UNDER-SHERIFF said, he could not see how an Act passed for the city of London could affect any other district any more than one passed for the city of York. The ATTORNEY believed that he had put the right interpratation on the clause. The UNDER-SHERIFF said, it was unnecessary to dis• cuss the question on that point, as he was not a Judge of the superior court. The ATTORNEY suggested, that for the purposes of the Act he must be considered so, as he was trying the cause brought in the superior court. The UNDER-SHERIFF concluded the argument by re fusing to give the certificate. Another case was tried on a bill of exchange for 10/. ; but no point arose. The remainder of the cases were struck out, the at torneys not being present. The UNDER- SHERIFF said he could not inconvenience the jury by detaining them. 6 3 4 1 253 A 10% P/8 2% 25 1 1 3/4 Do.: No. 4 Thirds 7: 8 3 4 6 5% South Wales South Yorkshire, Don- BOW -STREET.-(THIS DAY.) John Fowler and Wm. Cassidy Stainton were charged with being drunk and disorderly at the entrance of the Adelphi Theatre, while the performance was going on last evening. It appeared that the prisoners demanded admission at the pit entrance at half-price, and were refused on ac count of their drunkenness. They then went to the box entrance, where they were again told that they could not be admitted. They refused to go away, however, and became so troublesome that Mr. Andrews, the check taker, was obliged to give them in custody to the consta ble on duty. Stainton said he was not drunk. He had been for some time suffering severe illness, and was very weak. Last evening he very imprudently drank some half-and half and some brandy, and as he had not eaten anything all day it "rather influenced" him. Mr. HALL fined them ss. each for being drunk. WRENCH PLAYS. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The performances last night were for the benefit of Mr. Mitchell, and, as might have been expected, the house was crowded in every part, and the audi ence was one of the most brilliant and fashionable of the season. And truly Mr. Mitchell had well ca tered for their amusement. Four new vaudevilles and a pas de deux by Carlotta Grisi and Perrot. Such was the entertainment provided by Mr. Mitchell for his patrons. The vaudevilles were all from the repertoire of the Palais Royal Theatre, and therefore were, as a matter of course, all of them "screamers." The first is intitled Pere et Fortier, and consists of the adventures of a certain Adolphe (M. Lacouriere), a youth who, although the son of Dumarteau, the porter of the hotel, in which he is re siding, would fain pass himself as a young man of fashion. The father, admirably acted by Sainville, is a tailor as well, as a porter, and there is one rich scene in which the father and son quarrel over a coat which has been made for the latter by a fashionable tailor, and in which between them the coat gets torn, which told admirably. After a series of most amusing contretemps, of course the imposture is discovered, but not until the tiles of the spectators are left aching with laughter. Then came a one act vaude ville, entitled l'lnventeur de la Poudre, with the plot of which all English playgoers are well acquainted, through the medium of a translation successfully produced at the Princess's some season or two since, under the title of the Barber Bravo, in which Charles Mathews sustained the character of the hero, which was on this occasion sustained by Ravel. He is a country barber, who is sent for to the Court of the Prince of Pi( oby the Princess, who believes him to be the inventor of a dye for turning red hair black, a dye which she has long used but her supply of which is exhausted. Receiving from her a lock of her hair, he fancies she is in love with him, and sends a lock of his own in return. The mystery observed in hiding him arouses the sus picion of the Prince, who fancies he has a rival in the palace, and meeting with the barber, he mistakes him for a bravo, and hires him to cut his own throat. At length the barber discovers the object for which the Princess has sent for him ; but alas ! fancying himself regularly installed as court favourite he has destroyed the recipe for the dye. However, he invents powder, and the lady comes forth with her hair powdered, in order, as she ex plains, that out of compliment to her husband she may appear as grey as he does. The Prince is delighted with the compliment, and the lucky in ventor of powder is rewarded with the post of court barber. How Ravel could act the mystified, yet vivacious barber, and how Sainville could be majestic, dignified, gloomy, and grand in the Prince, those who have seen them ma y imagine. To those who have not seen them we say, go on Fri day next, when they appear in this piece for the last time this season. This was followed by Un Jeune Ifomme Presse, a vaudeville, in which are only three characters, and those three are sustained by Ravel, Sainville, and Alcide Toussez. Pontbichet (Sainville), a respectable glove manufacturer, is knocked up at two o'clock in the morning by a rattling fellow, who announces himself as Ilia Jeune Homni e Presse. He proves to be a certain M. Dardad (Ravel), a hot-headed Bour deaux man, who, having seen Sainville and his daughter at the theatre, had fallen in love with the young lady, and had immediately followed them home, and knocked up the father to demand her hand in marriage. The glove maker tells him that the young lady is already engaged to M. Collar deau, who resides in the next apartment, but the Gascon will not leave, and astonishes the old man by ordering 40,000 pair of gloves to be packed in two cases, one all right-handed gloves, and the other all left-handed g l ove s, They are to be im ported to England ; the one packet to be sent to London, and the other to Liverpool. Of course they will be seized, as he will pay no duty. They will be sold for a trifle, he will buy both packets, and thus re alise his speculation. The old man is struck ; he sends for Collardeau (Alcide Toussex), who appears in the costume o f a Grand Turk, having just returned, tired to death, from a masquerade. What would you do to smuggle gloves into England? asks Pontbichet. " Ale toucher, "is the stolid reply of the sleepy Collardeau, given with that oily humour which is such a distinguishing cha racteristic of the acting of Alcide Toussez. The scenes of contretemps that follow are of the most outrageously farcical character, In other hands they would be dangerous, but in the hands of Ravel, and Sainville, and Alcide Toussex they achieve a brilliant success, and all are reconciled by the discovery that the ladye love of the gascon is the sister of Collardeau, and not his betrothed. The pas de deux by Carlotta Grisi and Perrot followed, in the course of which a slight accident occurred. As the fair Carlotta was revolving on the point of her toe her foot slipped, and she fell, dragging Perrot after her. They, however, recovered themselves, immediately, and finished the tarantella amidst the applause of the audience, The vaudeville of Le Corporal and La Pape (with the English version of which, Seeing Wright," every play -goer is familiar) concluded the entertainments, Ravel sustaining the part of the Corporal (the policeman of the English version) with infinite humour. The theatre was last evening attended by the Conde de Montemolin and suite, the Prince of Syracuse, the Prince Lubomioski, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas, the Marquis of Douro, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Sligo, the Marquis of Titchfield, the Earl and Countess of Kil dare, the Countess of Malmesbury, the Earl of Auck land, the Earl Bruce, Viscount Chelsea, Lord Tuna more, Lord Bateman, Lord Charles Clinton, Lord Cranstoun, Lord and Lady Holland, Lord Ward, Lord and Lady Henley, Lord Ossulston, Lady F. Beauclero, Lady Molesworth, Lady Lyndhurst, the Hon. Miss Copley, Lady Clerk, the Count Ki e l mannsegge, the Count d'Avigdor, Baron Nicola', Baron Kolier, Baron Anthony de Rothschild, the Hnßaeronsr eiss. l e t n o d thr i h rs il . d c , u S s i t r , c_lenry and Lady Meux , a the lbd Lady Home ot, Sir. Joseph C o pl ey , Si r Henry Webb, Sir Hugh Sir George and Mi s s Talbot, Campbell, S ir , Claude Scott, Sir Wil liam Clay, the H on . H enry Howard, Mr. Culling Smith, Mr. Henry Greville, Mr. Henry Baring, the lion. Captain and Miss Villiers, Captain Maxwell, Major Martyn, Mr. Spencer Drum-. mond, Mr. W. Drummond, Mrs. , Sta n di s h Standish, Mr. l'ulsford, Mrs. Brunel, Mr. broldsmid, Mrs. and Mks Liddell, Miss Beauclerc, Mrs. Prinser, Mr. and Mrs. Wodehouse, &c. caster, and Goole 4 Swans. & Loughor & Ca- meron's Sttn. Coal. ... 6 Taw Vale Extension ... 6 - ••• •• 000000 ••• - Thames Haven Dock and Railway ..... ...... 17 1 / 2 — Vale of Neath .. .. 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 15 1 / 2 — ••- — Waterford and Limerick 42 1 / 2 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. ...... 42 3 / 4 ...... Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 7%..... W est Cornwall 6 ..• . Whitehaven & Furness 13 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 9 1 / 2 Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. ... .. Do. Original New and Berwick ........ Do. Extension No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2. ..... ~. 10 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 -••• • ...... Do. East and West Rid ing Extension 25 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amien5... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Ceylon Demerara l2 l / 2...... Dendre Valley... 4 Direct Bombay and Madras ss. . ... Dutch Rhenish ......... 71/2..... ... East Indian ...... .. 3 1% — .. •••• • Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian. ... 4 Louvain ila Sambre ... 7 1 / 2 — Luxembourg Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege lB ... •• 3 .. Northern of Fr•-)ce lO Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... ..... ...... Over Yssel 413 s 4d..... Paris and Lyons ll ..... 4 . Paris and Orleans ...... 20 - Paris and Rouen ... ..... 20 •••• — Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 3 Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes 8 ...... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt West Flanders 8%..... CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) A child, named Catherine Baily, under twelve years of age, was charged bef o r e Mr. Hammill (of Worship street Police-court), with robbing her parents. From the statement of the parents it appeared that the girl was confirmed in very bad habits, and had fre• quently stolen money and clothes. On Monday she stole a new pair of trowseri, of her father's, which she now acknowledged to have pawned. The magistrate, on questioning the parents, found that they did not live together, and that the father was cohabiting with another woman. They said that the separation was by mutual consent; and the mother strongly denied that the girl was ill-treated by either of them. They were both very anxious that she should be sent to prison, in order that she might get into a penitentiary. - Mr. HAniatru. said that he thought this was a fit case for the exercise of the discretion which the law allowed him. The father could afford to keep another woman besides his wife, and he should afford to keep his child. He (Mr. Hammill) would therefore send the prisoner to the workhouse, where she would be put to a good school, and subject to a wholesome discipline, The father must reimburse the parish for her cost, The Chief Clerk, addressing Henry Reid, the shop. man of Mr. Flood, of St. George-street, pawnbroker, (who had taken in pawn from the little prisoner the trousers which he now produced) asked him whether he had brought three pounds to p , :.y the fine for taking a pledge from so young a child ' r The shopman s a id that ne had not, and Mr. lIAmmoND orr l ered proceedings to be forthwith taken against him. under the Act of Parliament. LYCEUM THEATRE. The new farce called Poor Pdlicoddy, brought out at this theatre last night, .t, i s one of those extravagan cies which, resting chiefly upon the shoulders of Buckstone, is sure of immediate acceptance with the public. The hero belongs to a class of personage in which that artist shines—that of the perplexed hus band, who, labouring underimaginary fears, tortures THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1848. 1 hiiiiteif unnecessarily, hilt in Me ineithvrhile,becasions • a vast deal of diversion to the spectator. Poor f ills= cm - Hy, a Hampshire florist, has married the young and blooming widow of a certain captain O'Scuttle, an Irish sailor, and his pBrpletities arise from the ap prehension which haunts him that the atOrest,ltl crp tamp, who has been reported drowned, may perchance re-appear and rob him of his bride. The little man is thiown into a Rate bordering on frenzy by the arrival of a rough, weather- beaten tar, bearing the dreaded name of " Scuttle," who comes to the florists' house in search of his wife, who has run away from home in a fit of jealousy. The agony of the sensitive and uxorious Pillicoddy, when groaning, under the conviction that this is the realization of the phantom which has for so long a period pervaded him, is the mainspring of the merriment, and Buckstone, we need scarcely add, makes the most of it. In cha racters of this kind there is no one upon the stage who can approach this popular artist. The skeleton which is afforded him by the author he clothes with the most comic adroitness, and his mingled timorousness and desperation, while clinging to the smallest vestige of hope, would have saved a much more worthless piece from destruction. The farce was admirably played throughout, particularly the part of the terrible O'Scuttle, which was filled by Mr. 11. hall with an amusing Milesian accent, and a ferocity of deportment calculated to terrify all the Pillicoddies in the world. Miss Marshall represented a pert servant girl with her usual smartness and spirit. The authorship of the piece is attributed to Mr. Maddison Morton, who has been indebted for its substance to a French vau deville. LITERATURE. THE HOME OF THE LOST (WILD. One Vol. pp. 223. A graddui little book of a very peculiar character, " lhe Home of the Lost Child," disarms criticism— it is evidently written with an object so very good and beautiful. The story is simply that of the recla mation of a young girl, Rachel Ambrose, from a life of sin and frivolity to habits of virtue and penitence. Although the writer of the tale is, according to an announcement in the preface, a member of an ascetic establishment at Hammersmith, and although the whole tone, or, so to speak, the whole sentiment of the fiction, is one peculiar to a particular class of Christians, we mean the Roman Catholics—the volume can be read without prejudice, inasmuch as it is not in the smallest degree controversial. On the contrary, anything approaching to theological dispu tation seems to have been especially avoided. The style of composition is pure and unaffected, and the vicissitudes of feeling in the young heroine are re counted with a singularly delicate and winning re finement. ADAMS'S GUIDE TO THE WATERING PLACES OF ENGLAND. One Vol., pp. 268. By E. L. Blanchard. After Murray's inimitable hand-books for the continental tourist, who shall ever have the temerity to contemn the literary guide, who shall ever call the writer of such a volume a fribble, who shall ever deny that a work of this unpretending character may combine at once the grace of the rhetorician, the in terest of the romancist, the elegance of the scholar, and the bon-hommie of the boon companion ? No one. The panegyric of the guide-books is visible in the very fact of this publication. Therefore it is that we are disposed to award to the present little volume a praise higher than its unostentatious title seems to warrant, but certainly not higher than it merits intrinsically. In descanting upon our various watering-places, E. L. Blanchard has revealed all his love for nature, for the sea, for the air, for the earth, for the sky, for the sunlight ; he has shown to us that he is no mere babbler of faint praise to the beauties of our insular scenery, but that he has earned a right to become its encomiast by his loiterings as a pedestrian. Among the sea-coast towns and harbours depicted by his exact and enthusiastic pencil are Weymouth, Plymouth, Exmouth, Sidmouth, Yarmouth, Tyne mouth, Alnmouth, Margate, Ramsgate, Southend, Gravesend, Swansea, Torquay, Dawlish, Bangor, Hastings, Dover, Brighton, Maryport, Southport, Warkworth, Harwich, 'Walton, Scarborough, Herne Bay, Sheerness, Cromer, Lowestoft, &c. Among the ; districts, the West Coast and the South Coast, including the New Forest. Among the islands, the Isles of Wright, of Man, of Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, and Alderney. The book is divided into two parts, em bellished with a variety of capital illustrations on wood, from the practised graver of F. G. Delamotte. Occasionally there is detectable a subordinate error in .the letter-press, as where the triangular stone is mentioned as standing in the New Forest, on the spot where the oak grew, from the trunk of which glanced the doomed arrow of Tyrrel before it pierced the heart of the Red King ; but no mention is made of its iron inclosure shielding the stone as effectually as the tomb in Winchester did the dead body of Rufus ; or, again, a s w h e r e T orquay i s d escr ib e d as having a theatre when that is one of its most conspi cuous wants. Excepting these, however, the book is as worthy of reliance as it is delightful in tone and tendency; it is as useful as it is unquestionably en tertaining, and the author affords us a testimony not only of his industry, but of his good fellowship and in telligence. SYLVAN'S PICTORIAL VANDBOOKS. To the Scenery of the Caledonian Canal. 1 Vol. pp. 97. To the Land o'Burns. 1 Vol. pp. 52. Another handbook, graceful, gossipping, and pic torial ! Sylvan has sped further northwards than Cumberland; he has continued his delightful pere grinations to the exquisite scenery of the Caledonian Canal and has crossed over to the famous isle of Staffs. Ultimately we shall expect from him a Pic torial Handbook to the Hebrides. Some of the em bellishments to the present publication, especially the frontispiece representing the Fall of Foyers, are ad mirable. They amount (besides a map) to upwards of fifty illustrations from original sketches by Thomas and Edward Gilks. Clever as their preceding em bellishments have been, those comprised in the Hand book to the Caledonian Canal are perhaps the very , best—they combine an almost microscopic minute ness with a softness like that of mezzotinto. This is beautifully displayed in the frontispiece to the second volume—being an admirable likeness of Burns, drawn and engraved by Thomas Gilks. Sylvan has already grown into a favourite, and here are fresh titles to popularity. TOWN LYRICS AND 0111E8 POEMS. 1 Vol. pp. 102. By Charles Mackay. Charles Mackay has already proved himself to be a poet. Not by unwieldly epics, or grandiloquent odes, or unactable dramas, but by songs such as the people love to listen to, by verses which are stamped with the golden die of the popular ambition, by rhymes full of passion and vitality, because pregnant with the thoughts of the age. Beranger calls him self a billadmaker—Charles Mackay would not dis dain the same epithet as that claimed by the greatest of the bards of popular song. His " Hope of the World," his " Salarnandrine," and his "Legends of the Isles," are of a loftier character, but his " Voices from the Crowd " and his " Voices from the Moun tain," and the present work, " Town Lyrics," are still better calculated to extend his already eminent re putation, and to render his name a pleasant household word with the multitude. Dr. Mackay knows how to acquire celebrity. Here is his recipe:— " Seize the Spirit of thy Time, 'rake the measure of his height, Look into his eyes sublime, And imbue thee with their light. " Know his words e'er they are spoken, And with utterance loud and clear, Firm, persuasive, and unbroken, Breathe them in the people's ear." That he does himself, and by so doing he is steadily acquiring a poetical reputation very far indeed above mediocrity. He evidently agrees with the Abbe de Lamennais that ," the future, the future is now the great source of inspiration." In token of this his " Appeal to Paris," written and printed before the revolution of February, was absolutely prophetic. " The Death Banquet of the Girondins " is grandly conceived—at times almost worthy of Lamartine ; and " The King and the Nightingales " will be de voured with interest by the readers of " Harold." The following strikes us as being strangely and beau tifully poetical : rtitrb 92bit1on LIVERPOOL RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTIC TELEGRAPH.) THE LIVERPOOL CUP. Executor Sylvan ~. Miss Sarah Eleven ran. Derby Handicap. Jest Sharston Crazy Lad Miss Orbell ... 1 Flatcatcher ... 2 ... 3 Match. Uriel beat Fitzpatrick. Foal Stakes. Grosvenor Stakes. • • ... ... walked over LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONT-PON, JULY 13.—Wind E.N.E., light breeze, and fine uear weather. LIVERPOOL, JULY 12.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Martha, nancy, Charleston. 11th. Sld. Oregaba, Africa; Par thenon, New Orleans; Lehigh, Philadelphia; Rockshire, Quebec; Chircot, Montreal. 12th. Rafael, Shanghai; Choice, Buenos Ayres; Merchant, Virginia. Off port, Lord Ilardinge, Bunny, Constitution, New York. CORE, JULY 10.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Norval, Kirk, Pernambuco; Royal Sovereign, Caddell, Pernambuco; Ireland, Morton, Rio Grande; Bess, C ave , T utang. Off port, Hong Kong, Boyd, Havannah; Creole, Footer, New Orleans for Liverpool. BELFAST, JULY Io.—Arrd. Orynthia, Watson, Mira michi. 9 th. Sid. Tom Bowline, Brodie, Quebec, and put back 11th, Leaky. JERSEY, JULY 10.—Arrd. Caesarea, Bichard, Bahia. NEWPORT, JULY 10.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Eldon, Gil lespie, Quebec. COWES, JULY 12.—Wind S.—Arra. Tyen, Krause, Rio Janeiro, for Altona. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 12.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Her Majesty's ship Kingfisher, Ascension, sailed May 20th, Cape Coast Castle 31st. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended July 13, 1848, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in I Ng i am i and wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT.' BARLEY.' OATS. EYE.I BEANS. I PTAS. .d I 31s Od I 36s 8d 3 7s 4d PRICE .. I 48s 10d 30s ld 20s DUTIES ON r*OREIGN CORN. vinEkr. I BAiLEY. O A T,. RYE. I BEANO. I PEAS. - lOs Oil 2s 6(1 IGd 2s C,(l :2s Oil 2s Gd MAR,Ii.ET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NZINVGATE AND ZNADENHALL. These markets were fairly supplied with each kind of Meet, the demand for which was in a sluggish state, at but little alteration in prices. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per Sibs by the carcase. MEAT MARKETS. SoUTRALL, JULY 12.—Prime Beasts and Sheep com manded a steady sale, at very full prices. Otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 33 to 4s; Mutton, 4s to 4s 10(1; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 6d; Veal, 35 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 4d per 81bs, to sink the offals. ROXFORD, JULY 12,—Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with fat stock, the demand for which w as steady, on the following terms:—Beef, from 55 3s to 4,5; Mu tton, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; Lamb, 4s 10d to 8d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 4s to4s 4d per Bligs to 171 each.bs. Suckling C a l ves, 18s to 255; Quarter-old store 15/ P, 16s to 20s; and Mul c h C ows, w i th their small Calf, LEWIS, J ULY 11,—Beef, from 3s 6cl to 4s 2d ; M u tt on , 4s to ss ; L am b , 5s to 5s 6d; Veal, 4s to 4s 4d per Ribs. A moderate supply and a steady demand. --- - SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ad S d t e a d k . es ,IVERPOOL RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Crox.tetla h 11, with 30 Mokileisands°vas'queaarcthe,r. Green's Maid of my Soul, 3 yrs... Meiklam's Godfrey, aged... ... Brooks na Voyager, 3 yrs... „. Merry's Pilot, 6 yrs 4 Sir J. Gerard's De Witt, 3 yrs Mr. Sherratt's Romance, 5 yrs ... ••• ... .........6 Betting-5 t o 2 agst M aid of my 50u1,•3 to 1 agst Romance, and 7 to 2 agst Voyager. Won by half a length, Voyager a bad third. Run in 2 min. 15 secs. Free Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 25 added. Air. Worthington's S • hars ton, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (W. Oates) 1 Mr. Yorke's Elimea (h b), 5 yrs, 6st 121 b Mr. S. L. Fox's Psalmsinger, 6 yrs, 7st 111 b 0 Lord Glasg ow ' s Di scontent, 4 yrs, Est 121 b 0 CaptamScobell' s P r i nce, 3 yrs, Est slb 0 Mr. Smith's Muster Downes, 6 yrs, 7st 41b 0 Mr. Gray's Reality, 3 yrs, sst 10lb ••• 0 Betting -5••• ••• Bettin-5 to 2 agst P sa l ms i nger, 3 to 1 agst Sharston, and 7to 2 each agst Elimea and Reality. Won by a length, Prince and Psalmsinger well up. Run in Si secs. The Mersey Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with 50 added; for two yrs old; the second to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes. T.Y.C. (17 Subs.) Lord Eglinton's Elthiron ••• Lord Stanley's Strongbow Mr. B. Green's Garrick Lord Glasgow's fby the Provost ... Mr. Jones's Didsbury 5 2 to I on Garrick, and 5 to 2 agst Elthiron, Elthiron took the lead, made all the running, and won easily by a length; the same between second and third. Run in 52 secs. Produce Sweepstakes of 50 sovs, each, h ft; for three yrs old Mile and a half. Lord Stanley's Archery, Bst lib Mr. Davies's Red Einight, Bst slb Mr. Mostyn's Laccadive, Bst 41b 3 6 to 4 on Red Knight, and 10 . to 6 agst Archery. • Won by four iengt. hs Run in 2 MD. 40 secs. each h fl; for two and three Sweepstakes of 200 sovs. old. T.Y.C. yrs T •1(20 Subs.) Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman ..„ (Marlow) 1 Lord Stanley' s E s c a lade ••• ••• .. 2 Lord Glasgow's b fby Lanercost ••• 4 Mr. Meikl am ' s c by L anerc ost ••• ". 3 to 1 on Flying D u t c hman, and 6 to 1 agst Escalade. Flying Dutchman made all the running, and won easily by a length and a half. Run in 50 secs. The Sefton Stakes of 30 sovs. each, h ft; for three yrs old fillies, Bst 71b each. (6 Subs.) Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Miss Orbell ••• ••• 1 2 Mr. Merry's A s p as i a "' The Plate of 601. for horses that never won 501., the o second to receive 10 sovs., one mile and a half , was won in three heats, by Mr. G. Davies's Idle Boy, 3 yrs, beating Mr. Meiklam's Givendale, 3 yrs, 7st , Mr. Douglas's Rosalind a , 4 y rs , B s t 21b, and Mr. Forster's Josephine, 5 yrs, Bst 91b. Mr. Mr. M r. ...(Fenn) 1 (Marlow) 1 3 to i to 6 to 8 to (Holmes) 1 LATEST CUP BETTING. 1 agst Cawrouch 1 agst Executor 1 1 0 0 t t oo agst agst Sylvan 1 agst Executor 10 to 1 agst Grimst 0 n 1 agst Prince Charlie 11 to 1 agst Moutpensier 1 agst Glen Saddel Chanticleer was sc DER Offers to take 14 to ;ratched last night. 1.13 Y. 1 about Elthiron. LIVERPOOL. RACES, (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNE CUP BE 5 to 2 agst Cawrouch 6 to 1 agst Prince Charlie —taken 6 to 1 agst Executor—t 8 to 1 agst Glen Saddel 10,to 1 agst Montpensier SPAY NIGHT, 12 o'CLocx. ;TYING. 10 to 1 agst Sylvan 10 to 1 agst Grimston 16 to 1 agst Tuscan 120 to 1 agst All's Well 20 to 1 agst Ulysses —t 33 to 1 agst MaidofmySoul tBY. 25 to 1 apt Borneo—t 33 to 1 agst Chantrey 33 to 1 agst Nunnykirk— taken 1 40 to 1 agst Montague DEI 10 to 1 agst Flying Dutch- man 11 to 1 agst Elthiron 12 to 1 agst Honeycomb—t 20 to 1 agst Uriel GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE WITII TIIE ART -IThrioN.—A deputation of the following gentlemen, viz. —C. Lushington, Esq., M.P., J. Jackson, Lg., At . p . Sir W. Ross, R.A., J. Illidge , G . R. W ard , F. Gush, T. Fahey, G. Fripp, and E. T. Niemann, Esqrs., had an interview yesterday morning with the Right Hon. 11. Labouchere, at the office of the Board of Trade, for the purpose of presenting a memorial, praying them t o withdraw their proposed interference with the Art-Union of London, which has for its object,the depriving of the prizeholders of the right of selection, A LOVER'S FANCIES. " What sounds like pewter," said my Rose, in play— " The fall of earth upon a coffin lid." " Like tin?"—" The cock-crow heralding the day, Or infant wailing that its mother chid." " Like steel?"—" The quick sharp twitter on the spray Of numerous sparrows in the foliage hid." " Like gold?"—" The strong wind over forests borne, Or full bass singer chanting prayer and creed." " Like brass?"—" The neighing of a frightened steed, Or roar of people clamouring for corn." " Like iron?"—" Thunder-claps suddenly woken, Startling the city in the summer night." "Like silver?"—" Thy sweet voice that speaks delight, And breathes Love's prornio, never to be broken." As a mere rhythmical eccentricity, the " Water Tarantella " is curious ; and the chaunt of " The Mowers " has about it an awful solemnity. For his "Town Lyrics," as well as for his " Voices," Charles Mackay has our benison. SHAKS PERE. A Romance. By Henry Curling. 3 Vols. Our first sentiment on taking up this work was one of surprise at its author's audacity—an audacity w hich had attempted to pourtray Shakspere as he might iizzve been, when his own pen has so empha tically demonstrated what he was. Mr. Curling's attempt was an adacious one, and his task suffi ciently difficult. The iesult, however, has been suc cessful ; he has overcome, or evaded, the difficulties which beset him, and the attractive character of his accomplished work incline us to forgive the audacity which initiated it. Were we to judge this work only as a novel we should find in it much to commend and also some things to censure. But we do not propose to weigh " Shakspere" by the ordinary standard : our chief object of interest in turning over the pages was to see how the immortal bard had been pourtrayed, and our comment now shall be confined to that particular feature. Mr. Curling's portrait of Shakspere is, WO are inclined to think, a happy one. In pourtray2 his ideal Shakspere, Mr. Curling has e vident ly b guided not so much by the brief record of n h e i s s a h n i s d t s o e r n y , with which we are acquai n ted, as by the attemptsce in this timents represented in his plays.. respect has been somewhat shimtilar to the chemical process of resolution, by w.hicthe dissolved .. particles of a body are reduced again to their primitive sub stance. The soul of our author :becomes, as it were, diffused in his writings, his individual character and adventures are partially represented by the creations of his fancy. Those who knew Shakspere when living would doubtless have recognised him in the spirit of his plays—but Mr. Curling s has been a more difficult task. Knowing Shakspere, it were easy t; ln understand his plays, but Mr. Curling, understanding his plays, has w ished from them to know Shakspere. In these volu mes the g entle Willie appears to u s suppose to m i x i n g in those scenes which we may have been the prototypes of his plays. the lonely we find him musing in woods dreamingov r the a For example, character of the melancholy Jaques, A y or dream of a Midsummer night. we see him in the midst of a jovial band of de g e a r i - n s:tealers, before Sir Thomas Lucy had missed the deer f rom Charle cote, leading the hu n ti ng " What shall he n have who slew the d eer 25 chorus of these boon-com panions representing the ori o gin e al of Falstaff. We watch the vicissitudes of his i naginary career as a lover, 21% 42 11 1 / t 66% 19, 73 1 . 53 1 4 31% 7 % 47% - 9:% 5'A 3 s'‘i 4% - 31,‘ OLYMPIC THEATRE. This house, under new, and it may be hoped sue cesiful, management, re-opened last night for a " summer's season," with a company composed of many established favourites. Mr. Wigan, Mr. F. Vining, Mr. A. Younge, Cowell, H. Cooper, &c., appeared; and Mr. Compton, and Mrs. Brougham, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Mrs. Wigan are announced. Ur. Leigh Murray is the stage manager. Mrs. Gil bert, of the American stage, made her first appear ance, as did a Miss St. George, who plays with considerable vivacity. It is intended to perform light and amusing pieces after the old plan of this house, and the prices being moderate, the house comfortable, the attendants civil, and the company fully equal to the average, it may be hoped that an effort of this sort will be attended with success, especially if dra matic writers of established reputation are engaged. CRICKET. J. ZINGARI V. THE ROYAL HORSE GUARDS (BLUE). —Yesterday these celebrated elevens met on the Surrey Ground, the Oval at Kennington, upon which th e g ip s i es had pitched their tents, fully prepared for the reception of the attack of the detachment of the Blues, which had been selected with a view to the rout of the " wander ers." The ground was numerously attended by the nobility and gentry, and there was also a considerable sprinkle of members of the Marylebone, Surrey, and South London Clubs. The gaiety of the dress of "J. Zingari," as usual, imparted a liveliness and interest to the scene to which a cricket-field is a total stranger, except on the occasions when these houseless and home less folks make their appearance. The toss having been won by "J. Zingari," they took the bat, first commencing with Mr. Whitehead and Mr. Micklethwaite. The largest scores ob tained by this side were by Mr. Micklethtwaite, who, in the one hand, scored 35, and in his second 38. Mr. Harkopp 8 and 12, Mr. Morse 9 and 6, the Earl of Darnley 8 and 37, the Hon. E. Bligh 16, the Hon. R. Charteris 27, Mr. A Ricardo 10, and Mr. Baldwin 10 and 14. The first innings amounted to 129, and the second, with four wickets down, showed 38. On behalf of the " Blues," Saunders made 16, Mr. Baillie 9, the lion. G. Milks 53, Thornton 6 and 15 (not out), Mr. F. Benkeley 11 and 5, and then there was no other double score. The total of their first innnings was 146, or 17 ahead of their opponents. The final score stood thus:—Zingari, 129 and 119; the "Blues," 146 and 38. As a day's play, therefore, the Horse Guards won by 17 on the first innings. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, JULY 12. SUNDAY TRADING (METROPOLIS) BILL. Order for Committee read; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That [Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair." Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word "That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " this House will, upon this day six months, resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof : Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 75. Alcock, Thomas Graham, Sir James O'Brien, Sir Lucius Armstrong, R. B. Greene, Thomas Pearson, Charles Arundel, Earl or Grey, Sir George Perfect, R. Bagge, William Hall, Sir H. Reid. Colonel Baines, M. T. Hamilton, G. A. Richards, Richard Bentinck, Lord H. Heald, James Robartes, T. J. Blandlord, Marquis lleathcote, Sir W. Sandars, Joseph Buller, Sir J. Y. Hodgson, W. N. seymer, 11. K. Buxton, sir E. Hood, Sir A. Sheridan, R. B. Campbell, W. F. Kershaw, James Sidney, Alderman Christy, Samuel King, Peter John Spooner, Richard Clay, Sir W. Lewis, G. C. Stafford, Augustus Clive, Henry B. Lindsay, Colonel Stuart, Lord D. Cowan, Charles Lockhart, A. E. Thicknesse, R. A. Dalrymple, Captain Lockhart, W. Thompson, Colonel D'Eyncourt, T. Lushington, C. Tuthell, Henry Dundas, G. Mackinnon, W. Vyse, U. H. Egerton, W. T. M`Nagliten, fir E. Watkins, Colonel Elliot, J. E. M'Taggart, Sir 3. West, F. It. Farrer, James Manners, Lord:G. Westhead, J. P. Forbes, William 3laole, Fox Williams, John Frewen, C. H. Milner, W. M. Wilson, Matthew Galway, Viscount Moffatt, George Wood, W. P. Gladstone, W. E. Monsen, William TELLERS. Godson,;itichard Mullings, J. It. Hlndlcy Charles Goulburn, Henry Napier, Joseph Brotherton,J. MINORITY-NOES, 47. Ansley, T. C. Fox, W. J. Mitchell, A. T. Bailey, Joseph Fuller, A. E. Mostyn, E. Berkeley, 11. F. Gooch, E. S. Mowatt, Francis Berkeley, Craven Greene, John Muntz, 0 F. Bouverie, E. P. Grenfel , Charles W. O'Connor, Feargus Brown, W. ~.....-,:. Hal lyburton, Lord Ogle, S. C. Butler. P. S. Hastie, Alexander Pattison, James Caulfeild, J. M. Hayter, W. G. Pechcll, Captain Cobden, It. Hodges, T. L. Smith, R. V. Crawford, W. S. Howard, P. II.; Sturt, H. G. Dick, Quintin Hume,: Joseph Thoriiely, T. Divett, E. Lowther, Colonel Tynte, Colonel Ellice, Edward Mackenzie, W. Y. Worcester, Marquis Emlyn, Viscount Maitland, T. Fagan, William Mariners, Lord C. TELLERS. Forster, M. AI elguud, Viscount Wall, C. B. Fortescue, Chichester Meux, Sir H. Slaney, Robert A. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Within the last few days considerable sensation has been excited in theatrical circles, in consequence of a rumour, followed by placards and advertisements, announcing the opening of Drury lane on the 17th inst., tinder the patronage of her Ma jesty, the company to be composed exclusively of British artists, and the object the restoration of the legitimate drama. Upon inquiry it a pp ears t h at in cons equence of a negotiation pending between Mr. E. Smith, auctioneer, New Bonthstreet, Messrs. Chappell and Beale were in duced to enter into an agreement with Mr. Fox Cooper to let him Drury-lane Theatre for a summer season of ten weeks, to commence on the 17th of July, at a weekly rent of 150/, one week to be paid in advance, and a bond for 2,0001. to be given for the fulfilment of all engage ments; this agreement having been duly signed on the 3d inst., and the rent paid in advance, it was settled that Mr. Cooper should enter upon the lesseeship on the 11th inst., and on the 10th a bond was given to the Messrs. Chappell and Beale for 2,0001., and the securities hav ing been accepted, arrangements were entered into, and engagements in many instances made. On Monday, however, Mr. Cooper was informed that the Committee objected to the low price of admission, which was met by the observation, that they were the same as charged by the French riding company (Franconi's); and he was further informed that ho must await a meeting of the Committee, which was fixed for the next day (Tuesday). The result of this meeting was a formal rejection of Mr. Cooper as a tenant. Mr. Smith then presented himself, producing a correspondence which had passed between him arid Colonel Anson, from which it ap peared that her Majesty would patronise the under taking, and offered himself to give sufficient security, and become lessee. He was, however, it is stakd, re jected. ROBBERIES ON 'ME MEDWAT.—EarIy on Tuesday morning, two robberies of a most daring character were effected on the river Medway, a short distance frem Rochester-bridge. About one o'clock three men boarded a collier, lying off a wharf against Gas-house-point, at which time all hands on board were asleep, consisting of the captain, the mate, and five men. The two former being awoke by the noise, were surprised at finding their vessel boarded. A desperate struggle ensued, on which the villains then made their escape, over the side of the vessel, into a small boat, which, it appeared, they had helped themselves to from the neighbouring build ing-yard of Mr. Cheetham. In making their escape from the cabin, the captain s e i ze d one of the fellows by his leg, and tore off a part of his trowsers. In this instance the thieves only possessed themselves of the captain's watch. Although the captain states that he and the mate called lustily for assistance, and raised the cry of " murder," the crew on board his vessel slept soundly on, unconscious of what was passing; and this also seems to have been the case with the crews of the several vessels lying near at hand. The same parties next visited the Columbus, a foreign vessel, lying in Bridge-reach, posses s ed themselves of the captain's watch, a braided hair-guard, new frock-coat, and a pair of blue trowsers, in the pockets of which there were about 163., together with a bunch of keys. The parties are supposed to be those who, for a length of time, have carried on their nightly depredations on various parts of the Thames, off Gravesend, Northfleet, &c. Everist, the constable of the latter place, states, for a certainty, that he saw the three men on board the half-past nine steamer, at Gravesend, on the same morning as the robbery. A case of supposed death from violence at the recent election is in course of investigation a t Chel tenham. A cabman named Mulcock was found dead in a brook near Pitville. The water being scarcelyc,. 18 inches deep it is supposed that deceased was piu d in it after death. A post mod e m examination has been ordered. re is an IMPRISONMENT OF BANKRUPTS. power to a Committee of the House of Lords, to agbankrupt on im portant provision in the new Bankrup—tcyTßilielilvneow before commissioners of bankrupts to im g that the powers adjourning his sine die, or sus It is declared by the 308th article,not been found-sal ' heretofore vested in the court have misconduct by bank rupts for the prevention of fraud er suspending certificate. of imprisonment wruiputsbeas added traders. b y the e b c e ommillaxiilatter t'erui finding him at first devoted to a gentle maiden of high degree, who might have suggested to him Miranda, and Juliet, and Desdemona ; she is taken away by death in the early period of their loves, and we then follow the inconstant suitor in his woo ing of Anne Hathaway. We listen to him serenad ing her with the musical invocation of Cymbeline " Hark, hark, the lark at Heaven's gate sings," an d perceive him throwing in at her window the original of that love-song containing that exquisite and lover like play upon the name of Hathaway— " To melt the sad, make blythe the gay, And nature charm Anne, hath a w a y— She bath a way, Anne Hathaway, To breathe delight, Anne hath a way." Shakspere and Anne are married, and the romancist passes briefly over the discord of their unhappy married lite. The unfortunate Duchess of Pra slin has beautifully and truthfully said " sympathy is the marriage of souls." No sym pathy united the poet and the illiterate village maiden —they were spiritually uncongenial and disunited. After the deer-stealing at Charlcote, Shakspere takes refuge in Lond on . Here we find him engaged "to snuff the candles and sweep the stage" at the Globe Theatre, and afterwards, when his own plays come to be brought forward on the stage, we see the humble woolcomber's son transformed with marvellous cele rity into the favourite of royalty, and the friend of Raleigh, and Essex, and Spencer, and the chief gal lants of the Court. The description of the first re presentation of " The lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," which is introduced in this portion of the narrative, is detailed in a very effective and most interesting manner. At this phase of his existence Mr. Curling takes leave of his hero, and concludes the third volume of a work, which, if it be in some particulars imperfect, is, on the whole, both attractive and interesting, from its happy illustration of the career and character of Shakspere. VANITY FAIR. By W. M.Thacheray. Nos. SIX, and XX. These numbers complete the work, and Mr. Thackeray may now boast that he has completed the best English novel that has been produced in the 19th century. THE STUDENTS SELF-INSTRUCTING FRENCH GRAMMAR. Fifth Edition. By D. M. Aird. We observe that this admirable little work, noticed on former occasions by ourselves, has already reached its fifth edition. The panegyric thus pronounced upon it by the public is fully justified by merits which are as conspicuous as they are numerous. French is certainly made easy by Mr. Aird in a little volume of seventy pages. Those who do not acquire a knowledge of the language by going through those seventy pages consecutively have only one consola tion—they must be peasessed of an incorrigible stupidity. We may mention that the present edition is both enlarged and corrected. FINE ARTS. THE DRUNKARD'S CHILDREN ; a Sequel to the Bottle, in Eight Plates. By George Cruilishaut Although the original idea of " The Bottle" was unquestionably suggested to Cruikshank by poor O'Neil, the bard of temperance, it is equally indis putable that the hand which pencilled these sixteen plates, has been guided solely by the inspirations of an innate and unsuggested genius. At last George Cruikshank seems to have recognised the true field for the exercise of his great artistic abilities. The success of his first series in illustration of the vice of drunkenness has encouraged him to the production of a sequel, descriptive of the career of the drunkard's children, which sequel, if it be not as powerful as that series of tableaux, has at least this advantage over its predecessor, that it contains perhaps the masterpiece of our distinguished artist. The story of the career of the two miserable children is told as powerfully as that of young Oliver Twist by the novelist, with this peculiarity in the fiction of the draughtsman, that it is told in little more than a dozen lines of letter-press. Plate I. represents the interior of a gin-shop, accom panied by this explanatory label—" Neglected by their parents, educated only in the streets, and falling into the hands of wretches who live upon the vices of others, they are led to the gin -shop, to drink at that fountain which nourishes every species of crime." The scene is a calotype—witness in it the horribly old-fashioned face of the little baby, who is having a precocious drain of Hodges's best, in the arms of the lucifer-match vender. Plate 11. is the interior of a still lower haunt of de bauchery, the beer-shop. Thus speaks the artist-- " Between the fine flaring gin-palace and the low dirty beer-shop, the boy thief squanders and gam bles away his ill-gotten gains." The old fellow " bonnetted," and getting relieved of the superfluous cash in his waistcoat pocket, is a pictorial epi sode Pierce Egan would have revelled over; and the drayman and the unfortunate Cyprian who have exchanged their hed-gear, are of the carrica turist whose first theme of artistic fun were suggested by the plaster bust of Shakspere, with a dudheen stuck in its mouth. Plate 111. is a sketch borrowed partly from Cremorne, partly from the Garrick's Head, and partly from the Walhalla— "From the gin-shop to the dancing-rooms, from the dancing-rooms to the shop, the poor girl is driven on in that course which ends in misery. The scene is sufficiently repulsive —hut that, as a matter of course, in an establishment where the charges of admission are, for gents. dd., for ladies 3d., and where a placard announces that "all liquors are to be paid for before delivery." Plate J.V. is thus described—" Urged on by his ruffian companions, and excited by drink, he commits a desperate robbery. He is taken by the police at a threepenny lodging-house." The nonchalant air of the policeman (accustomed to these sort of things, you see that in a glance), the sleepy face of the lodginghouse-keeper, the suspicious side-look of the negro, and the terror of the culprit just frightened out of his sleep by the glare of the lantern—are all in character. Part V.— " From the bar of the gin -shop to the bar of the Old Bailey it is but one step." In spite of the half jocular tone of the punning underline, there is a deep domestic pathos in the engraving —the young girl with her face buried in her handkerchief is drawn with a touch of exquisite feeling. Those who are familiar with the precincts of the Old Bailey —we, of course, mean as spectators merely—will recognise among the sketches of the legal gentlemen capital portraits of Air. Clarkson, Sergeant Wilkins, &c. Plate VI. is simple but touching ; it is this :—" The drunkard's son is sentenced to transportation for life ; the daughter, suspected of participation in the rob bery, is acquitted. The brother and sister part for ever in this world." Plate VII. has power in it ; but the scene is too horrible to be pleasing—" Early dissipation has destroyed the neglected boy. The wretched convict droops and dies." Plate VIII., the last of the concluding series ,: and the consummation of this " sad eventful history, "father and the plate we have already alluded to, as the master piece of George Cruiksbank. The maniac and the convict brother are destitute, e gone—th aner girn. houseless, friendless, deserted, commitsmad, a e tof falling sui c , i t d h e e cl"oTthhees bodys flickering in up in w id arc l l a s i r er_o i m n . the velocity of the descent—the moon,parti o a o l partially d ridge faces clouds, shining through an arch of L e over the tall shipping—a vision of staringacesoies pectacle, horror stricken over the parapet — th e h v‘ so true to nature, and so tragic be ca use so true, ad never Crtukshank real genius. If George he would have risen at once is finely conceived, andis pen cilled . with the hand of deli neated those noble lines of T homas h harlot's suicide : I ly loo w d o , rt c h a y lle il d lus th t e ra ß ti r o i n dg o e f into celebrity. anywthhienre It l i s s e of Sighs, the on "Mad from life's ter Glad to death's DT Yr he depict h s is t to e ry Swift to be hurl e dt e Anywhere, any w Out of the world • THE ART JOLII?IVAL FOR JULY. An exquisite.. engraving by C. W. Wass, from the exquisite ~1 0 of "Cupid and Psy c h e ," by W. frontispiece to the A r t J ournal for c urren i month; and the other engrav i ngs are E. or i ginal I t n h a e l the Mother" of We s t macott, and the :: 5 1 "' PY of Carew. One admirable contribution we mu st mention at once; we mean a paper entitled ..The National Gallery, Past, Pr esen t, an d F uture. " It is worthy of a very gener a l an d attent i ve perusal. ATrbeethu il s 2 "'The History of Costume in France" is also clever, though its excellence is of a perfectly different cha racter. Some of the original designs for manufac tures are admirable, as, for instance, "The Fairy Summons," the design fora hand-bell, but the majority are rather inferior to their predecessors. P ERMAN PRECOSITY.—Letters from Tabreez men. don that the heir -apparent of Persia, a youthful Prince of 16 years of age, lately appointed to the governorship of A zcrbijan, promises to be a second Fatteh Aly Shah, his paternal great grandfather, for he has already taken unto himselt nine wives (selected from the most lovely maidens ot Cireassia and Georgia), and has publicly. signified his royal will and pleasure that the Chamber lain of his household shall and do provide him with an additional new one every Thursday night, until the nuniber of 365, in which his vigorous ancestor luxuriated, is fully made up ani completed. Lady Theresa Lewis had a soiree at her Ladyship's residence at Knightsbridge, on Monday night. Nearly 200 fashionables were present. M. LAMARTINE.—" A work lately published in England, entitled L' Avenu de la France d de r Angle (erre, and ascribed to the pen of AL Lamartina, has oc casioned some observation in England, and much sur prise to the reputed author. We have authority to state that M. Lamartine is in no way connected with the work in question." SzeTs is TOE PARKS.—By order of the Woods and Forests upwards ot 200 chairs have been plaeed in Hyde park, and a proportionate number in St. James's• park, for the public accommodation, MU.. for ding of last pub and- itise sold rede ,men the DAY. .The .Cr a elon next acted wing 7rned was g it, with .e, to ands kept iday. the iem- Hall at I iolu e to chief prin their i/tive tion, gher rlow 3e a - bt as ided :i'er- 3 of :~