The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-08 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION '0 LICENSED VICTUALLERS VISITING THE METROPOLIS. CHARLES HTI3I3LE, Agent of the United Towns of Licensed Victuallers, begs to inform his numerous Provincial Friends, that his house, the SHERIDAN KNON4'LES TAVERN, in that central spot, BRYDGES STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, opposite the Box-entrance of Drury-lane Theatre, is now ready for their reception, replete with every comfort, and redolent of excellent Wines, Spirits, &c., on terms well calculated to meet the times ; his object being to make it in every respect his country Friends' Commercial House. N.B. Persons coming to London, on either pleasure or business, will here be able to obtain every information they may require. The principal Provincial Papers taken in. The Parliamentary Notes," " Times," and " Era" filed. H E E R A, T Of SUNDAY, APRIL 11, will contain, in addition to the Sporting Events of the week, ANTICIPATIONS Of the Newmarket Craven Meeting, By VATES. To be had of all Newsmen. Office, 20, Catharine-street, Strand. HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they,are NO LOTTERIESI °Ter many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Are now SELLING BONDS for the said DISTII.IIIU HONS. Persons desirous to purchase for one of the next Distributions may reTeive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PROS PECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH , OUT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains FIFTEEN HUN. DRED DIVIDENDS, amounting to £137,592, Tne Dividends being X 25,000 £BOO £2OO 5,000 600 150 2,000 500 120 1,500 300 110 1,000 250 100 £9O 80 70 64 62 P. S. HEINE BROTHERS have remitted this day, (9th March, 1841), TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS to London and its vicinity, from the Distribution of the Ist of March. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. U NIDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS ON EASTER MONDAY. APRIL 12, Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart., Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark• away, Mr. Bartley; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C, Mathews ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace Harkw.vay, Madame Vestris ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. Humbv. Alter which will be produced, a Grand Romantic Fairy Ex. travaganza, entitled BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Principal Characters by Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. Harley, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. Gilbert and Miss Bailin, Miss Fairbrother, Master and Miss Marshall, Miss Rainforth, Miss Grant, Miss Lee, and Madame Vestris. Doors to to opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Srien o'Clock. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. 2s. Gallery is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where'Season Tickets ly De had upon application. Private BOXCA to be had soi.ely of Mr. Andre ors, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. H- ruing i minutes atter 3 I Evening .... 22 minutes after 3 '''.!'- f' , 7 4-'''.,' _ ,-, au , m ~i e r-..e., .s.. • l AN - 4.4._. €: ' ' 0 e ~.. ~, . - V/ t . 1,:,. ".„ . '.. 4. tittufl LONDON: THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1841. Nations, like individuals, we apprehend, can not successfully attend to more than one thing at one time. Whenever a nation, consequently, has any great object to accomplish, he is not a wise man—he may be a vain man, a self-conceited man, a crotchety man—who essays to attract its attention to many things at the same time. Still less is he a wise man who admits the importance of some one paramount object, and yet is per petually frittering away and diverting atten tion from that to some crotchet or conceit of his own. Without meaning to be particularly per sonal in the application of these remarks, we must say that the Liberal or Radical Members seem to us to act in direct defiance of this princi ple, and try all they can to dissipate and divert attention from that which is most essential. It is not for us to assert that one grievance is more pressing than another, that the abo lition of Church-rates should have the pre ference to the abolition of the Corn-laws, that the revision of the tariff should pre cede both, or that the extension of the suffrage should come first of all; but we do say that the great mission of the Liberal or Radical Members is to remove or abolish grievances, and that they ought to make all their personal crotchets, plans, and considerations, subservient to that great public end. Their business is to study the wants and wishes of the people, and, disregarding their own views, to endeavour to give effect to public opinion. However flat tering it may be to Messrs. HAWES, EWART, GROTE, &c., to suppose that they are sent into Parliament, each man to embody his own pet crotchet into a law, we beg to assure them that such is not the case, and as popular representa tives they are bound to do the work of the popu lar party, not their own. If it be otherwise, what better off are the people than when they had a boroughmongering Parliament, and when Gentlemen, because they bought their seats, avowed that their time, their talents,, and their votes were at their own irresponsible disposal ? The only difference will be, that under the old system the man representing his pro perty had a common interest with other men of property, and was not likely to injure them ? while under the new system, if the representa tive disregards the popular voice, he will chase after his own visions, which may be of serious mischief to every body but himself. On these principles, we ask Mr. EWART where are the great number of petitions requiring the appointment of a Minister of Public Instruction, with which he would have diverted public atten tion if he could front all other things, the night before last? Did the public demand it, or was it Mr. EWART's own peculiar nostrum? We ask Mr. HAWES, too, when has the public voice cried so loud for his Medical Reform that it must, whether or not, be thrust on the public notice ? When such things are mooted in Parliament, the public are obliged to attend to them, otherwise we should be soon overwhelmed with noxious restrictions. But though the medical profession may be far from theoretically perfect, it answers all the purposes of society tolerably well, and those who most complain of it are men who, from some circumstances or other, have little or no practice. We must ask Mr. GRO TE a l so, where are the many petitions calling for a diffe rent appropriation of the New South Wales Land Fund, that he should wtake that the object of a repeated motion in Parliament ? Some little clique of jobbers in the City, anxious to profit by what is now called the bounty on emigra tion, may be deeply interested in that lane fund, but for the public here, for whose especial bene , fit the Parliament legislates, it is of the smalles conceivable importance. We make these general remarks because we frequently see the Parliament and the Ministers reproached with not redressing the grievances of the people, which is unjust as long as their at tention is continually occupied by new schemes, projects, and contrivances brought before them by the popular representatives. LUTHER did not accomplish his great reform by discursive dissertations on all the sciences; Mr. O'CoN NELL did not effect Catholic Emancipation by entertaining his countrymen with discourses on improving the Liffey, or providing for the poor ; and in like manner the public grievances never will be redressed, be they Church.rates, Corn laws limited suffrage, or any other thing, as long as our representatives imagine they may i n d u l ge their legislative fancies with schemes for pro moting Medical Reform, for establishing a Mi nister of Public Instruction, or for giving addi tional wealth to land jobbers in New South W a l es. As for Mr. EWART'S motion, it appears to us nothing better than a sorry imitation of the cus toms of other countries, a part only of which Mr. EWART sees and comprehends. In England the greater part of the education of the people is conducted by private hands, as a private specu lation. Few or none of our endowed and public schools, and none of our private schools, are un der the control of the State. Schoolmasters are not licensed, nor appointed by any council or board ; they engage in this work as a matter of trade. With us education has hitherto formed The account which appears in another part of The Sun of a meeting of the electors of Lancas ter, is for us a happy augury of the final and speedy success of the cause which we have much at heart. The electors of Lancaster have come to a resolution to promote the return to Parliament of none but Members pledged to the immediate abolition of the Corn and Provision laws. In that neighbourhood, as in other places, the farmers are beginning to perceive that they are not benefited by a law which impoverishes their best customers. At the Lancaster meeting— a glorious meeting, as it is properly called by our Correspondent —the greatest enthusiasm prevail ed, particularly when it was addressed by Mr.HEy- WORTH, the President of the Total Abstinence Society, who has taken up the cause of the abolition of the Corn-laws as a great moral and religious question. Such men's motives are above all suspicion, and such are the men we like to have for auxiliaries. Their Convictions are fervent, and they penetrate the minds of i others. The art of producing conviction seems little studied, but the main secret consists in being first convinced oneself. Mr. llErwoßni, the Rev. Mr. HAWKES, Mr. PRENTICE, Mr. COBDEN, and Mr. BROOK; are all thoroughly con vinced themselves, and they make a powerful impression wherever and whenever they speak. The enthusiasts in the cause are daily increasing, and we shall, ere long, have as many preachers against the Corn-laws, should they not be re pealed, as there are ministers of religion. We rejoice very much at the progress of free trade principles which our friends now recog nise, and our opponents cannot deny. We see with much satisfaction, too, that the Anti-Corn law men are all rallying around the great prin ciple of total repeal, which we have long steadily advocated, even in opposition to some of our most valued and most honoured supporters. When the principles of free trade may be embodied into law, when precisely the Legislature may give a technical form and its technical sanction to the growing public opinion in favour of the abolition of the Provision and Corn-laws, we cannot tell; but we are convinced that the principles of free trade have now been effectually sown in the pub lic mind, and they will in due time bear their proper fruit. Whether it be this session or the next, the Legislature must yield to reason and justice, and the sooner it yields the better for its credit, and the safer for its authority. The Ottoman fleet came safely to anchor at the Golden Horn, to the no small delight of the demure citizens of Constantinople, on the 16th ult. Some days previously a Council of Foreign Ministers was held at the palace of Lord PON SONEW, at Therapia, when it was unanimously agreed that the modifications which MEHEMET ALI required to be made in the firman were reasonable, and that it should be represented to the Porte, that if rejected, the SULTAN would obtain no further support from the Four Powers. Such a representation would materially assist in bringing the Eastern Question to a final settle ment, and we therefore trust that it has been made. Extract of EARTHQUAKES.Iette rt m z an te :. _ _ . A. , T , 43 Z n A t h N e .2h T 6 E t . of Februa r y, after thre e days and m violent gale owind nights of in c e ssan t ra i n, attended by a e must alarming s h oc k o f earthquake was felt ab out seven in the that of the 30th of October,evening. It was not so disastrous as the vibration being continued but the duration was much longer, while the former lasted inued from thirty to thirty-five seconds, was general and extreme only eight ,i or nine. The consternation filled with the terrifiedpeople te streets were in an instant to seek safety. In their hou,seenr toll ) but not knowing where ruins, in the streets they were drene e h y ed d•eaded being buried in with were all filled, it being the ho ur of the eveningrain. The chur c h es Virgin, offered up every Friday during - prayers t o t h e and confusion were terrible. Only afew er!t ; and the c r i es t i le in the town or the surrounding country ; others fell either swere more or less shaken, and, as the shocks recur daily, we ha fear that in the end the town w ill become a heap of ruins. reason to ms. After the earthquake of October 30, which destroyed nearly all the houses on the island, Zante experienced successive shocks more or less strong, during forty d a ys , making the numb er ' amount to no fewer than 259, and during the remainder of 1840, vibration of the earth, more or less perceptible, near l y every day. All the violent shocks were attended with dull rumbling sounds and subterranean explosions. Sometimes these noises were heard without being succeeded by any vibration, and sometimes the shocks were silent. Since 1514 Zante has experienced twenty-one earthquakes. That in 1514 divi , led the hill on which the fortress stood, and buried part of the ancient town in the ruins. In 1767 the shocks were repeated for three months, during which an epidemic disease prevailed. In 1791 the great shock lasted several minutes, cau!ed immense damage, and was followed by minor shocks for six weeks. In 1820 the earthquake, which once mere desolated the island, was preceded by a single flash of lightning. That of 1837 lasted with great intensity for 20 seconds ; and that of 1840 was the most disastrous of all. In fine, the unfortunate island of Zante has suffered during the sixteenth century two earthquakes; duringthe 17th three; dur ing the eighteenth, ten ; and during the first portion of the nineteenth century, six." The whole of the Paris Journals of Monday have reached us. A bulletin posted at the Bri tish Embassy stated that Lord GRANVILLE had passed a tranquil night, and felt himself much refreshed on Monday morning. It is confidently stated by several Parisian correspondents of German Journals, that France h a s signed a treaty, in conjunction with the Four Powers, for closing the Straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus against ships of war of all na tions, but opening them to all merchant vessels no part of the duty of the State. It has left the people to teach themselves. As the State cannot possibly know what sort of education will be useful to individuals, or suitable to their cir cumstances, the State acts only in accordance with the principles of freedom and common sense wherilt contents itself with protecting and enforcing the right of individuals, and leaves them to learn what is useful. This may be, in Mr. EWA RT'S opinion, and the opinion of some other gentlemen, a bad system, but we cannot adopt their conclusion. Looking at the great results, seeing the commanding po sition Britain has attained in Europe, seeing the talents and victories of her naval and military al- cers, and the intrepidity of her people, seeing the skill of her workmen, the superiority of her literature, the clearness of her practical philoso phy, and her equality nearly to other nations in most of the fine arts ; looking at the results of this system in the great renown of the nation, we cannot agree with those who decry it. ' In France and Prussia the whole of the educa tion of the people is under the direction or con trol of the State. No schoclmaster must teach without a license. No gentleman or lady take boarders, without the sanction of the public au thorities. Every high school in France is con nected with the University of Paris; or, in Prus sia, depends immediately on the Council of State, or City Authorities, which are under the General Government, as Parochial Schools are regulated by Parochial Authorities, which depend on the Provincial Governments. Their system may be better than ours; but, looking at the enterprise, mental independence, and success of the different nations, we do not think it is. But be that as it may, a Minister of Public Instruction may be very suitable to the general educational institu tions of France and Prussia, which are all de pendent on the State, and very unsuitable to our educational institutions, which are of the nature of private speculation. The returns of the Minister in France and Prussia would comprise every scholar in the kingdom, but the returns of such a Minister in England could not include the pupils of private schools. Those who keep such establishments would refuse to make returns, and they would resent the demand as an infringement on liberty. As compared with the number of scholars in France and Prussia, such returns might show a lamentable deficiency of instruction, and lead statisticians into grievous errors. Unless our whole system is to be made conformable to that of Prussia and France—and it would be disgrace ful, after heading them so far, to return into their wake ; after, in fact, surpassing them, to become the pupils—a Minister of Public In truction is wholly uncalled for. He would cause expense, and create confusion. Mr. EWA RT'S scheme, for the sake of which he di verts public attention from more important mat ters, would saddle the country with an additional public officer who would be to a large part of the community a nuisance. A despot mi g ht by hi s power i n fli ct suc h an in stitution on a free people ; it is unseemly for a popular representative to attempt it. Apart from the fact that the great mission of Liberal Mem bers is to procure the redress of those grievances of which the people complain, not plan new laws, and new restrictions, Mr. EWART de serves the public disapprobation for propounding a scheme essentially foolish. whatsoever. The 15th ult. is given as the date of this treaty, which puts an end to the isolation of France. We further find it rumoured that Lord PAL MERSTON communicated to the French Plenipo tentiary in London, a copy of fresh instructions, which his Lordship had sent Lord PoNsoNny, which were exceedingly favourable to MEHEMET ALI. The Noble Foreign Secretary accompa nied these instructions with the significant inti mation, that if Lord PONSONBY found them likely to place him in an unpleasant position with the Sublime Porte, his Lordship was at liberty to return to England for a few months, for the be nefit of his health. We cannot of our own knowledge confirm these statements, but they are nevertheless exceedingly probable. The Chamber of Deputies was occupied on Monday with the joint motion of MM. PAGES and MAGUIN, for diminishing the number of public functionaries in that Assembly. The whole number of Deputies does not much exceed 400, and of this number 179 are functionaries, more or less dependent upon the bounty of the Crown. The debate was proceeding when the mails left for London. The Papal Nuncio in Switzerland hasaddressed a second note to the Federal Government, justi fying his interference in any matter affecting the rights of the Roman Catholic Church. Letters from Rome announce the recal of the Nuncio, who is to be replaced by Cardinal ANDREA. The Pi'esse says that, independently of the troops of the line, 30,000 labourers are to be em ployed in carrying on the fortifications. The di rectors of the works have ordered 3,000 new wheelbarrows for the excavators. We find by the Journal de Toulouse of the 2d instant, that the domiciliary visits continued at Careassone on the 30th ult., and that a quantity of papers, brochures, and arms were seized on that day by the police. The Journal des Debats publishes a telegraphic despatch, announcing the departure on the •29th ult or the expediti-n des tined to revictual Aleleah and i\liliana. The Duke d'Aumale was at Blidah. The Toulonnaise contains the following news in its number of March 31, which has reached Paris to-day : There is not a sincle stone left. at the Camp of Foudouc, which has been just abandoned. This is another four millions thrown away. It is said to be in contemplation to evacuate the maison carree, the • model farm, and iMehelma. These unaccountable measures excite general dissatisfaction ; people are quite at a loss what to conjecture, and nobody has yet di vined the plan of the new Governcr- General. Meantime we begin to feel the bad effects of the system of General Bugeaud; they are not such as were expected. The Arabs continue their plundering incursions, and, with unheard of audacity, commit murders in the country almost at the gates of Algiers.•— La Gazette de France. The Moniteur of the sth of April has no official part. The Minister announces that her Majesty the Queen of Naples was happily delivered of a Princess on the 28th of March. SWITZERLAND. (From the private correspondence of the Constitutionnel ) BERNE, APRIL 2.—The last four articles of the project of the Committee have been adopted by an absolute majority of votes, composed of the twelve States which voted yesterday, in favour of the Ist article. There being twenty-three Cantons the absolute (the smallest possible) majority is twelve.—lhe 2d article invites Argovia to make its decree harmonise with article twelve of the Federal Compact. Article three fixes the middle of May as the latest time by which Argovia is to com municate its resolutions to the Vorort (the presiding Canton.) Article four determines that the Diet reserves to itself the measures to be ultimately taken, in case Argovia should not conform to the invitation made to it. Article five invites it to suspend all measures for executing the decree, which suppresses the convents. It seems certain that M. Guizot has offered the mediation of France to terminate the differences existing between Great Britain and the United States. This eagerness to relieve the English Cabinet, our determined enemy, from the embarrass ments in which it is involved cannot pass unnoticed. M. Guizot owes an account to the Chamber of conduct which in a country where opinions were more energetic, would be consi dered as an act of treason, and we hope that the Opposition will take advantage of the debate on the Supplementary Credit to question the Minister on the subject. We cannot, how-' ever, believe that M Guizot, not content with offering his ser vices as mediator, has threatened the United States (as a journal affirms that he has) with an armed intervention. Fiance invading the United States in favour of England ! It is an idea too ridiculous to be entertained, even by the men who abandoned Egypt to the mercy of the Powers.— Le Courrier Francais. THE SUN, LONDON. THURSDAY, APRIL Bl 1841. BOURSE --PARIS, MONDAY, APRIL 5. ?first Highest Low,,st I,ast Price Price. Pricy Price Fre..ch . 4 . - ter Cents ...... ;13 ... .13 5 ... 112 8n ... Ii: i4O 434 per Cents....._.. 101 90 ... 101 90 ... 10. 90 ... 101 90 4 per Cents 99 ... 99 ... 99 .. 99 3 per ...eats 7B 70 . 7 :i 70 ... 78 55 ... 78 55 lam. o; trance Lattitte rank 1,0001.50 . 1057 50 ...1000 ...100 51.; ~.1060 5, , 150f. Stares 51:0 ...5150 —5150 ...5100 klelgian Bank .sper Cents.....„ lol► ... 101% ... 101% ... 11 , 1% New Loan l l ll% ~. 1 , 1% .. 101 ... 101 Spanish Acave Passive 5% ... 5% ... 5% ... .i New Deferred ..„ 125 .. 12% ... 1231 ... 1214 Portuguese 3 per Cents 21% ... kO% ... :au% ... 203 Nea,nlitan lO3 40 ... 103 75 ... 1 % 4U ... 13 75 Roman ..... 10334 ... 103 34 ... 1033( ~.1(03s RAILWAY SHAKES . _. St 4,etrriatu Versailles.H. B 382 50 ... 582 50 ... 391 25 ... 581 2, LB. Rouen 4ss ... 455 4E3 75 ... 485 ... 484 75 •.. 485 Montpellier to Cette ...... 235 240 ... 235 ... 210 Mulhausen to Thann DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, APRIL 5. ICtURI Debt, *i per Cent Jiff°, ditto 5 per cent. A inert Srndic, 04 per cent BlO4 Ditto, ditto, 33.4 per cent 72 - ,2.34 Commercial Company, 4 , 2 per cent lti4l 1434 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1:37, 5 per cent. lf% 97% Exchange on London, One month l2 04 Two months Dutch Papers, April 6. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BERLIN, Arnim 2. Bills. Money, St. Schuld. Sch., 44, per cent. ......».....104 11%334 Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 100% 100% Nu:flange on London, three months —Prussian Slate Gazette. April 3 AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—V lansta, MARCU 27 five per Cents. Metalliques Four percenti, ................«.«....« 9Bl Three per Cents. Sank Shares " ................ ........ ...... if3s -.Aligemcsne Zeitu ng . Ap r il 1. CHAPLAINS TO WORKHOUSE SCHOOLS.—A Cor respondent inquires whether the Chaplains to workhouse schools, under the new Bill, are to profess Low Church or High Churchism—whe ther they are to be of the angelic, or the malig nant breed, of priests ? We really cannot answer this important question, but we presume it will mainly depend on which ism the guar dians profess, who have the appointment. If it should happen that a priest of one ism should be followed at any time, or in any workhouse, by a priest of the other ism, the angelic or the ma lignant will have an immense deal of trouble to root out of the minds of the youngsters the perni cious maxims of the contrary ism, which his pre decessor has implanted. That may be of some consequence to the public, but not of any to the priests, who will acquire by the new regulation all they care for—a great number of additional appointments, and the Church will acquire a great addition to its yearly income. As the re venue is declining, may we respectfully ask whether this may not be in part owing to the multiplication of what Mr. _Hume called "black coats" throughout the land, who obviously pro duce nothing, while they must be maintained by the labour of others? It is clear that the more such men are multiplied, the greater are the de mands on productive industry, and the less th ere is for the State. The wonderful skill and indus try of our artisans have hitherto sustained an im mense number of non-productive labourers ; but it is obvious that there must be a limit, beyond ,which industry cannot feed a number of idlers. it seems, by the late returns, that this limit is for the present nearly reached. “ ROYAL PROGRESSES.”--We have every reason to believe that it is the intention of her Majesty and her illustrious consort, his Royal HighneFs Prince Albert, to visit several of the principal provincial dis tricts during the ensuing summer ; and the intirnat!on we had last week the satisfaction of giving, with respect to the expected arrival of the Queen's hounds in the New Forest, has been followed up by the assurance we have received from well in:ormed circles, that arrange.. mcnts are making in Lyndhurst and its neighbourhood for the reception of the royal party, wish a numerous suite of distinguished personages. In the pleasant and picturesque village of Brook, which lies in the direct line from Salisbury to Lyndhurst, we understand that accommodations for the lovers of the chase are about to be prepared on an extensive scale. We should likewise presume, as we sincerely hope, that the ancient and time-honoured city of Sarum will be graced and ho noured by the presence of royalty.—Salisbury _Herald. THE QUEEN'S STAG HOUNDS.—W e have to record another excellent run with these hounds on Monday last. The meet was Beaconsfield, where the stag Rob Roy, a present from the Marquis of Breadalbane to the Noble Ala , - ter of the Buck Hounds, was enlarged a t a quarter past n s wr t starting obc he eo 1 l, ti buteo o k obfe t ioogt miles, h lle he turned s h or t i nto the thick a left de d o v i n e r a 1 ploughed il l Farm, twelve o' c l oc k to a field of eighty o r n i ne t y h orsemen. On field, a s i f after for high - covert f l'een-wood, where, however, he was too good to make a long stay. From this point up to Little Kingshill, a distance of about six miles, the pace was literally racing, and the fencing difficult. Leaving Kingshill behind him, he held on his course with unabated speed to Great Missenden, at about a mile beyond which place he crosed the high-road quickly' hitting off th e scent, followed over the high leading to Aylesbury. H ere there was a brief cheek, but the of hills to the north- east of Missend:li, thence across r H hao u :g n n t ed 's s green to Lee, and over the Charteridge hills, almost to Haivridge, where, being now closely pressed, he turned and three or four others, were up short into Chesham Bottoms, and was taken at the residence generally was scattered` far and of Mr. Field, about t h reei%ir. Gm.ilevsyfsreo,msTirriwngo.tkLioordwKyoinor Airldr,. The distance covered in this fine run Could not be at\v Lord orl thee y W ia . kce ß a,p e tb r a e ui s nt f o :Id Maxwell, fiweeildi , wide. be reckoned among the t le w s o s h th o a o ri rs 22 oo o d r 2 o 3 q miles oarte , r. whi F eh or was r.,aced,ocnoentiinousaoomoee,thainogd fudeonnoj MALTA, MARCH 15.—The Lotus steame r , about b d e a s b t le an fe d n s c e in ve g ;e i s t t m ru ay ns fa o i f r t ly he c s l e a a i s m on t : o 36 tons, with t wo twelve-horse power engines, ha s arrived safe here o n h er wa y to the Nile. She belongs t o the Oriental Company for the mails, and is looked upon as a wonder here. Th e c a pt a in is a fine great fat fellow. who trims her by mer e ly w a lking from ono part of the deck to auother. The French Papers state that Commodore Napier left Alex andria on the Ist of March, to proceed to Marmorizza, from whence it is stated he will go to Candia and Malta. According to the Augsburg Gazette it is stated that before Napier left Egypt he when to Cairo, where he had a gland con ference with Ibraham Pacha. Consols opened this morning for the Account at the leaving off price of yesterday, b 9 3% to ; for Money not quite so good, .693 to :r t . Ihe market at present has rather a flat appearance. Exchequer Bill, 9 11 prem. ; Bank Stock, 169 171 ex div. All the British Funds are open this morning for transfer, and in a few dies the dividends will be in course of payment. The report which prevailed yesterday afternoon of accounts having been received via St. Petersburgh of favourable intelligence from China, is not confirmed this morning. The Overland Express from India is anxiously looked for, and may be expected houdy. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active has receded from the leaving off price, 233 to 233 ; Deferred, 12a a; Passive, 53 a ; Portuguese rather lower, left off, 334 34, at present, 33/ 4 ; Three per Cents. 19/ 20 ; Colombian closed at 22/ 23, at present 224 4 ; Mexican, 30/ 31 ; Brazilian, 69 70; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 51i ; Five per Cents., 974 9S-A-. SHARES.—Great Western 271 24 prem. ; New 13 14 prem. ; London and Brighton 41 * dis. ; Blackwell, 5 3 / 4 i dis. ; Birmingham 65 67 prem. ; Southampton 56 57 per share ; Croydon 13* 4 per sh re ; Greenwich 81 per share ; Manchester and Birmingham 15,1. 144 discount. ; South Eastern and Dover 15 141 discount. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Eastern Counties Great Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths London and Brighton London and South Western 3B* 56 ... .. to Ditto Tenths ... .. Manchester and Leeds ... 70 North Midland Ditto New ... York and North Midland SO The Stock Exchange was thrown into the greatest confusion in the course of Ihe morning, owing to one of its oldest brokers and his son having absconded ; he was also broker to the Equitable Life Office. In consequence of the above event the General Committee of the House have be,:n settling and the managers of the House are now asem bled, and it is expected that'a Meeting will take place of the Committee of the Fund of the decayed members of the Equi table Lite Office to the present time ; it is not known to what amount he is gone for. 'the broker who has absconded bor rowed yesterday 10001. in the House. The above circumstance has tended to damp the Market, which is rather flat at present. Consols for the Account, 694 ; Money, 898; Exchequer Bills, 11 9 prem. rather lower ; India Bonds, 2 prem. to 1 dis. In the Foreign Market, little doing, Spanish Active, 23 a shade lower ; Deferred, 12% • Portuguese, 33, a l so l ower , have been 3.3*; Three per Cents. 29*; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 51% • Five per Cents., 98*. In Shares, little doing: —Eastern Counties, 9; Great Western 93; Ditto, New, 63*; Ditto, Fifths, 11 ; London and Brighton, 46 ; London and South Western, 56; Ditto, Tenths, 21/5. The Batavia Dutch steamer has arrived, by which we have received the papers of the 6th instant, bringing the prices from Amsterdam of the sth. Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 51 5-16 Five per Cents., 99 ; Ardoin's, 201 9-16ths. Consols for Accout, 894 i ; ditto 25th May, 901 i. Mexican, 301 i; Portuguese, 324 331 ; Spanish, 23i 23i. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 1691 India Stock 251 3 per Cent Red. BBl Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons B9l Ditto Old Annuities ... 31; per Cent Red 971 Ditto New Annuities... 874 New 31 per Cent 9t Ex. Bills, 1,000/....20 9pm New 5 per Cent Ditto 500/ l2 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small l2 pm Jan. 1860 ... 12 13-16'Bank Stock for 0pg.... Oct 1859 — India Stock for 0pg.... Jan. 1860. — Consols for Acct 694 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 33 Brazilian 80nd5.... 691 Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent ll4 Chilian, 6 per cent-- Ditto, Aletallie — Colombian, 6 per cent... iSpanish, 5 per cent 2") i i Ditto, 1824. Danish, 3 per cent....... 78 'French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 18:6, 5 per cent. ! Exchange —f. —e. Mexican, 5 per cent. ... 301 French, 3 per cent —f. ---e Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. IDutch, 21 p er cen t. ... 51e Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. !Ditto, 5 per cent 9Bl SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid ...... ..... 9 Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 63 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) 11 London and Brighton (50 paid) London and South Western ... ........... Ditto Tenths 2A London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) ...... 131 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... ... .... 6;4 North Midland Railway (100 paid) ...... ... Ditto New Shares (40 paid) South Eastern and Dover (33 paid)... 1;1 York and North Midland Railway (50 pd) 801 THE LONDON SOCIETY FOR THE PROTEC TION or YOUNG FEazaLEs.—On Tuesday evening a special meeting of the members and friends of the above Society took place at Exeter Hall, the Earl 'of Mountcashel in the chair. It appeared that the enormous expenses attendant on bring ing the parties engaged in the abominable traffic of juvenile prostitution to justice. the difficulties thrown in the way of their Secretary from the present state of the law in bringing them to trial, and the inadequacy of the punishment as compared with the offence which follows their conviction, are so palpable as to determine the society on going to Parliament for a• more stringent enactment, to enable them to fulfil the benevolent object for rchich it is estaidished. The meeting was, therefore, called to take into consideration a number of resolutions prepared by the Managing Commit tee. From a statement made by Mr. Talbot, the Society's Secretary, it was evident that the abominable traffic is, from the causes above alluded to, carried on to a most incredible extent, and that it requires extraordinary exertions to check if not prevent it. The Noble Chairman, Lord Viscount Gage, General Alexander, and other members and friends of the Society, addressed the meeting, and several resolutions, upon which a Bill is to be framed, were proposed and car ried ; and it was resolved that the Bill be presented without delay to the House of Commons. A resolution was also proposed, seconded, and carried, that a e:rcular be sent to the officiating clergymen of each parish in the three kingdoms, and minister of every dissenting congregation, pointing out the necessity of suitable exertions on the part of the public on this question, and containing likewise a draft of a petition in favour of an amendment of the law, and soliciting him to take such steps as may be necessary to promote a petition to Parliament upon the subject from his parish or congregation. The Nobir Chairman, in acknowledging a vote of thanks, pledged himself to use every exertion in his power to obtain the Bill, and the meeting separated. BERLIN, MARCH 23.—in consequence of the numerous representations of our Government oe may ex pect shortly a considerable reduction in the Sound duties in favour of our ships, by which the inhabitants of our sea coast, extending 450 miles along the Baltic, will be • I eyed in part, at least, from a great buithen on their trade. AUGSBURGI{, APRIL I.—The Malta papers contain the following news from Constantinople :—News has just been received ftem Circapia that the Ruseians, taking advantage of a heavy fall of snow, bad made an attack on Zibil with 3,000 Georgi ins and Mongrelians, and 2,000 regular troops. The Circaaians attempted to defend the place, but were put to flight with the loss of wo of their chiefs, 300 kilted, and 300 taken prisoners.-- Allgerneine Zeitung, April 2. AMERICAN NAVY. —In August, 1839, the following statement is give.l of thi4 great arm • f the na :.onal defence:—Ships of the line, three of 74 guns, even of 80. and one of 120—Total 11 F ies'es. one of 54 guns, fourteen of 44, and two of 36—Total 17. ithips et war Monty, hi ii,v two, echoooers eight, and steam-ships (small) two. With so feeble a force they could eviuentry offer no opposition to the British at sea, ,chile their extensive coast..!, and sever. l of their consider. able towns, gave no adequate &fences. They he opei. ..o the att ac k o f an enterpr i e i og enemyas Fast, their ex tended trade, which, in the course of a few weeks, would tie swept away from the ocean by the war steamers of thi , country, ranging, as they would do, along the whole escape the hostile o ti , on_ eliri. coast, and capturing every thing- in their way. The use of steam in navigation gives a fearful effect to maritime war. No sailing vessel could possibly :—We men. cruisers that are propelled by steam, and hence the Ame. sienna must plainly foresee, in a war with this Country, the total destruction of their foreign trade.—Edinburgh Courant. . . A morning paper has the follow ing our paper of Thursday last the approac'.ing marries,. Wea Nob le Duke and a young lady of great personal attraetions. alluded to the Duke of Dorset and Miss Montague. • MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The disappearance from Th., Ss , ek Market to day of a party who did a large bona f ide business in his capacity of broker, and who bare a highly-respectable character, has had an injurious effect upon the value of the public secu rities, wbieh closed a shade lower. Consols for immediate transfer ranged from 891 to 89k, closing at 891, and for the Account at 891 g. the latest bargains being at 891 buyers. Exchequer Bills were firm at 9s. to. 10s. pre mium, India Bonds at 2s. premium to Is. discount, and the New Three.and-a- Half per Cents. at 981 to 981. Bank Stock was steady at 1691 ex div., India Stock at 251, and the Reduced Three per Cents. Stock at 882 to 881 without the interest. The Foreign Securi ies were all rather lower. Portu. guese New Five per Cents. declined from 331 to 33. and the Three per Cents. from 204 to 19§. Spanish Active Bonds also receded, not ranging higher than 23 to 221. Colombian Bonds of 1824, were flat at 221, Mexican at 301 to 1, and Brazilian at 69,}. Danish Bonds reAliscd 78 to 1-, Russian 1121, and Dutch Ttsc-and-d-Hsif per Cents , . 51a: The Railway Shares were less buoyant. Great We•trrn Railway hrought 28, the New 13, the South-Western F7i, and the York and North Midland 30i pi emium ; Brighton Shares were 4 to 4} discount, and ;Manchester and Leeds 21 discount. Nothing transpired up to a late hour respecting ether the everLit,d mail from India or the Presi lent steamer, On the later inAtraaces were made a 3 high as 30 and 35 per cent. (From TIES Sun a Last Night. ) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 6.—We have had an unsually dull Market to-day, the sales not comprising more than 1,000 bales, which have been taken wholly by the trade on speculation or for export. Nothing whatever doing. LIVERPOOL SHARE„MARKET, APRIL 6.—The Market at the Stock Exchange has not been so animated as yesterday, but a good business has been done. The following are the trans actions :—Chester and Birkenhead, New, 7 1 4; Eastern Counties, debentures, 71. 16s. 9d. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 3 a ; Grand Junction, half-shares, 105; Chester and Crewe, 54; Lancaster and Preston, New, 24%; London and Birmingham, New, 24k. No news of the President. The excitement has continued beyond anything we ever knew rriative to slipping. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Aritll.6.—There is an improvement in Railway Sto k : —Lancaster and Preston, 33#; Great Western, Filths, 11-,1; Manchester and Leeds, Halves, 28 3 / ; London and South Western, 56i ; Ditto, Tenths, 24 3s. ; Grand Junction, 209 210 ; Manchester and Birming ham, 2434. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. The Oratorio of Jephtha was performed last evening at Exeter Hall, under the superintend ' ence of the Sacred Harmonic Society. This is one of the most beautiful and pathetic of Han ders compositions. The Messiah is perhaps the most sublime musical composition in the world; but although calculated to raise our feelings of awe, of devotion, and of gratitude to the very highest pitch, it cannot, from the very nature of the .subject, appeal to our human sym pathies like Jephtha. We have often thought that were it consistent with the usages of this country to introduce 'sacred subjects on the stage, the story of Jephtha would furnish ma terials for one of the most touching and heart rending dramas ever produced. Our classical readers may form some idea of the dramatic ca pabilities of such a subject from the recollections of the Iphegenia in Aulis of Euripides; but how infinitely more touching is the calm and willing self sacrifice of the daughter of Jephtha, and how infinitely more sublime are the impelling motives of Jephtha than those of Agamemnon? The music of Handel needs not words to give it expression. What, for in stance, can be more heart-rending than the reci tative, ". Deeper and deeper still ;" more ten derly pathetic than " Farewell, ye limpid streams ;" or more expressive of calm re signation than the " Waft her, angels?" This oratorio was performed, as all those got up by this admirable Society have ever been, in a manner 'worthy the sublime composer and the sacred subject. In fact it is impossible to give sacred music better than this So ciety has ever given it. Madame Caradori Allen, Phillips, and Pearsall were the prin cipal singers. We never heard " Waft her, angels" given with greater taste and feeling than it was given by Pearsall, who was raptu rously encored. The fine con t r ' a lt o vo i ce o f Hiss Atkisson told excellently in the beautiful air " Let other creatures die," and Miss Cubitt in the only. air she had to sing, " Happy Iphis," elicited loud, and most well-deserved, applause. The gem of the oratorio, however ? was the reci tative and air, "Th e smiling dawn," by Madame Caradori Allan. She was of course called on to repeat it, and nothing but the fear of fatiguing her prevented a second encore. The sublime chorusses were most efficiently per formed, and the concluding one of the first part, " When his loud voice," was encored. The or chestra and chorus were on the most extensive scale, and, indeed, it is only by having them thus full and complete that any thing like justice can be done to the productions of this most sublime 01 composers. The immense area of the hall was crammed to suffocation, and the announcement that the oratorio would be repeated on Friday, the 16th instant, was received with loud applause. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal, attended by the Roy I suite, arrived at the Castle at a quarter past five o'clock this afternoon, escorted by a party of the ht Life Guards, under the command of Lieutenapt Sir Cbaileb Kent. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady A. M Dawson, arrived from town early in the afternoon li the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was held up to the window of her carriage much to the gratification of the assembled multitude. The brlis rang out a merry peal on her Majesty's arrival. The Queen and Prince Albert left town at a quarter past three o'clock yesterday afternoon in a carriage ant; four, with outriders in scarlet liveries, escorted by a party of Hussars, for Windsor Castle. A. chariot and four. followed, containing► Colonel Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting, anti Colonel 13:itiverie, Equerry to Prince Albert. The carriage of her Royal Highness the Prince;s Royal followed, preceded by an outrider. Lady Barham, Lady in Waiting, Hon. Miss Pitt and Hon. Miss Devereus, Maids of Honour in Waiting, and the Mar quis of Headfort, Lord in Waiting, occupied a carriag, and four ; and the Hon. C. A. Murray, Master of the Household, and Vice Admiral Sir Robert Otway, Groom in Waiting, were in a chariot and four. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were con• ducted to their carriage by the Lord Chamberlain, the Mistress of the Robes, and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. The Royal Standard was lowered from the Marble Arch on her Maj.2sty quitting Buckingham Palace. Her Maj-sty and Prince Albert walked in the gar den of Buckingham Pa!ace yesterday forenoon. Her Majesty tine Queen Dowager, attended by tilt Countess of Sheffield, Lady in Waiting, Hon. Char;auk Hudson, Maid of Honour in viaiting, Earl of Sheffield. Sir Andrew Barnard, Clerk Marshal, and thfr Rev. J. R. Wood, Chaplain, left Marlborough House at twenty minutes past. ten o'clock yesterday morning fur the station of the London and Birming• ham Railway, near Euston-square, and left town, at tended by her suite,• by a special train, for Sudoury Hall. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Arnie Maria Dswson, left her residence, Iu• gestrie-house, yesterday, at half-past twelve o'clock, on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George honcured Mr. Salter with a visit yes terday, at his studio in Pall Mall. to inspect the picture of the Waterloo Banquet, of which ther Royal High uesses were pleased to express their approbation. Viscount Melbourne left town yesterday alternooi for his seat, Brocket Hall, Herts. The Marquis of Normanby left town yesterday for the seat of the Earl of Hardwicke, Wimpole Cambridgeshire. Lord 'Adolphus Fitzelarenee left town 3 eqerday for Portsmouth. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE ARRIVALS, The Earl Cadogan, in Piccadilly, from Hants; Lord and Lady Bridport and the Hon. Misses Hood, in Wimpole-street, from Cricket Lodge, near Chard, Some, set; Lord Blayney, in Jermyn-street, from Brighton ; Mrs. Manning, at Mivart's Hotel, Brook-street, from Devonshii e ; the Dowager Lady Garvagh, in Portman-square, from a visit to Mrs. Bonham, in Sussex • the Earl of March, in Po r tl an d- p l ace , f rom a visit to the Duke of Rutlaod at Belvoir Castle ; Lord Sudeley, in Dover-street, from his seat in Gloucestershtre ; Sir Hussey and Lady Vivian, in Pall-mail, from Sussex ; Lord Sondes, in St. James's-square, from Elham Half, Norfolk; the Earl and Countess of Cardigan, in Portman square, from Sussex ; Lord and Lady Melville and Hon. Misses Dundas, in Somerset-place, from Melville Castle, near Edinburgh • the Marquis of Salisbury, in A r li ng t on - street, from Hat fi eld House, Herts ; Mr. Culling Smith, at Beau fort House, from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, at Badminton; Viscount Lowther M.P. on Carlton house terrace, from the Continen : Sir ' Charies Coote, Bart., 51. P., in Connaught-place, from his seat in Ireland ; Lady E. Os borne, from Italy ; the Duchess of Sutherland and family, at Stafford House, from Lillesham, Salop; Lord Calthorp, in Grosvenor-square, from his seat near Birmingham ; the Earl and Countess of Lichfield and Lady Ann Anson, in St. James's_ square, from a visit to the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle ; Mr. and Lady Eleanor Balfour, in Grosvenor-square, from Whittingham House, Dunbar ; the. Earl of Cassillis, from a tour; the Earl and Countess of Verulam, in Grosvenor-square, from a visit to Earl and Countess Amherst, at Knowle nark, Kent. DEPARTURES. Lord and Lady Frances Egerton, from Belgrave-square, for Worsley Hall, Lincolnshire ; Lord Skelmersdale, and Hon. Miss Wilbraham, from Portland-place, for Latham Hou s e, Lancashire ; Mr. W. Wyndham, M P., for his seat in Hanta ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Themond, from Peigrave square, for Taplow House; Sir G. Talbot, Bart., from Ali cart's Hotel, Brook-street, for Warwickshire; the Rev. John and Airs. Peel, from ditto, for Wsresby flail, near Stourport ; Major Wildman, from ditto, on a visit to the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, at Enville Hall, Cheshire ; Sir Richard and Lady Bulkeley Phillips, from Portland-place, for Leamington ; Mr. and Mrs. Williams, from Portland-place, for the Bridge • House, Berkshire ; Mr: Edward Stanley, M. P., for Cal der Abbey, Cumberland ; the Dowager Countess of Sandwich, for Paris; Count and Countess Zichy, from the Marquis of Hertford's:, Dorchester House, for Italy ; the Countess of Westmorland, from Bond-.treet, on a tour; Air. H. Price, M.P., for Herefordshire ; Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, from Cleveland-square; for Frognall Lodge, Kent ; Lord and Lady Stanley and family, from at. James's -square, for Knowsley Park, near Prescott, on a visit to the Earl of Derby; Lady Mulcaster, from Hamilton-place, for Chelten ham ; the Earl of Devon, from Bryanston-square, for Devon ; Sir R. Gordon, Bart., from Bo:A-street, for Warwickshire. CHANGES. The Dowager Lady Castlemaine, at Bromley, Kent, from the family seat in the county Athlone ; Earl Compton, at Lin coln, from Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire ; the Earl of Dar lington, in Shropshire, from Leamington Spa; Sir Rufanc Donkin, on a tour of inspection in Wales, from Coventry ; Sir J. Walsh, Bart., M.P., and Lady Jane Walsh, at their seat it, Radnorshire, from Warfietd Park, near Bracknell ; Lord and lady Courteney, at Newcastle, county Limerick, from a visit to Viscount Ebrington, at Dublin Castle ; Lord Monson, at his seat in Surrey, from Brighton. The Countess of Kerry accompanies the Earl of Shelburne, AL•P. to the Continent. The Earl and her Lady ship embarked at Dover for Calais on Sunday en route to Paris, which capital they were to leave to-day for Lyons, and :rpm thence to Milan. We understand his Lordship, in com pany wish his amiable sister-its-law, will make a tour of seve ral weeks in Italy. The Honourable Horace Pitt, and Colonel My rick, have left for Suffolk. Lord John Russell vvll sojourn, during the taster recess, at the Duke of Bedford's beautiful cottage at Endsleigh, near Tavistock. The Marquis of Downshire, after dining with the Duke of Wellington on Saturday evening, left for East hampsttad Park, Berks, where the Noble Marquis and Mar- chioness, and Lady Charlotte Hill, intend residing during the holidays. The Earl of Hillsborough, M.P., and Countess of Hillsborough are visiting at the above seat. The Duke of Wellington lett Apsley House yesterday for Strathfieldsaye, Hants,- where his Grace will receive a sel ec t p ar t y d ur i ng the holidays. His Grace returns to town on Monday next. A Cabinet ordtit appears in the Prussian , State Gazette, announcing that judici,l con liericc. with he only removed in virtue of a ju(l;Ainen:, and no longer by a mere Ministerial order. LITER A T R E. BISTORY OF Lit/ EL LING. —2 VOLS. Bentley, London, 1641 . Doctor Millingen has here furnished us with a slight, sketchy history of duelling, which is calculated to be of great moral benefit to the community, by showing the absurdity of a prac tise against which the best and wisest men have in vain raised their voices. Though the Doctor's history is perfectly serious, yet it reads like the most cutting irony, so exquisitely• ridiculous are the majority of the quarrels which it gravely re lates. The author adduces numerous instances of fools who fought duels, and lost their lives - in consequence —no great loss, by the way—for reasons which they themselves were scarcely able to explain; and of cowardly desperadoes who thought it a fine act of courage and gentility to kill their man, and sought every opportunity of achieving such a disgraceful notoriety. Com mencing his work with the origin of duelling, which he considers contemporaneous with the rise of chivalry, Doctor Millingen pursues it down to the present day, closing with a circum stantial account of the affair of honour that took place a few months since between Capt. Tuckett and the Earl of Cardigan, a most appropriate close to a history whose details are a fine satirical com ment on the follies and vices of human nature. The old French aristocracy, of course, figure con spicuously in the Doctor's volumes; from the period of the reign of Francis the First, who sanctioned the monomac/sia by his own example, down to that of Louis the Sixteenth, who made every effort to suppress it, the Nobles of France were stanch advocates for the duel, fighting on the most trivial and ridiculous occasions, like the hot-headed Irishman, mentioned by Sir Jonah Barrington, Who demanded satisfaction of a pa cific old citizen, whom he met one night in the pit of Drury-lane Theatre, for venturing to dis pute his assertion that Othello was written by his friend Captain O'Flannaghan! But it was durin: , the Regency of the profligate Duke of Orleans that the duelling system was carried to its greatest height. At that period duds were not unfre quently fought in the streets of Paris in the open day, and one, which our author relates, and which grew out of a quarrel about an 'Angola cat, was so ineffably ridiculous, that when the Regent was informed of it, he drily observed, that the parties should have settled the matter in dispute with claws instead of swords. Among the most celebrated affairs of honour that took place in the eighteenth cen tury, was one between the Duke of Bourbon and the Count d'Artois, afterwards Charles the Tenth, which originated in an insult offered by the latter to the former's wife. After a world of diplomatic negotiation between their seconds, the parties met in the Bois de . Boulogne, when both having had their quantum miff. of fighting, the Duke biwed to his adversary, and thanked him for the honour he had done him in accepting his challenge, adding, " I feel penetrated with gratitude at your kindness ;" whereupon —adds our author—" the Count opened his arms, and the Duke flew into his embrace !" How tho roughly French is all this mock sentiment ! We subjoin two other anecdotes of duelling, which will give the reader some little insight into the character of Doctor Millingen's volumes : St. Evremont was another celebrated duellist of this period : he had discovered a particular thrust, which was honoured with his name, and called /a botte de St. Evremont. This brave was witty and capricious, and would accept or refuse a challenge according to the fancy of the moment. St. Foix was his rival in this pursuit of an honourable name. Some of his duels were remarkable. One day, at the Cafe Procope, at dinner time, he saw a gentleman seated at a bavaroise, and he exclaimed—" That is a confounded bad dinner for a gentle man I" The stranger, thus insulted, insisted upon satisfac tion; which was granted, wh.'n St. Foix was wounded. Not withstanding this injury, he coolly said to his antagonist_" If you had killed me, Sir, I still should have persisted in main taining that a bavaroise is a confounded bad dinner." Another time he asked a gentleman, whose aroma was not of the most pleasant nature—" Why the devil he smelt so con foundedly ?" The offended party sent him a challenge, which St. Foix refused in the following terms :—" Were you to kill me, you would not smell the less; and were I to kill you, you would smell a great deal more 1" One day, meeting a lawyer, whose countenance did not please him, he walked up to him, and whispered in his ear—" Sir, I have some bu s i ness w i t h you." 'I he attorney, n o t understanding the drift of his speech, quietly named an hour when he would find him in his office. The meeting was it course most amusing ; the expression of St. Foix being—" That he wanted to have an affaire with him," 3 term which is equally applicable to a duel and a legal transaction. FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW —No. 53. Black and Armstrong, London, 1841. The famous Russian Admiral Chichagoff, who, it may be remembered, defended the passage . of the Beresina against Napoleon, on nis disastrous retreat from Moscow in 1812, is, it seems, still living in a cottage at Brighton, in a state of comparative poverty and retire ment, notwithstanding the ukase - of Nicholas, issued ten years ago, ordering all Russians re siding abroad to return home, on pain of losing their property. This fact, with which we are now for the first time acquainted, is alluded to in a notice of a manuscript entitled " Meihoirs of Admiral Chichagoft; Russian Minister of State," which appears in the present Number of this pe riodical. Tile notice is chiefly interesting from the numerous extractswhich the Reviewer makes from the Admiral's work, who must be a man considerably advanced in years, for, we are told, chat lie " lived under two tyrannical govern ments, those of Peter and Paul,,and under. two despotic ones, those of Catherine and Alexandt r." Of Catherine he speaks in terms of the warmest admiration, observing that "she was the first aristocrat who conceived the idea of a progres sive government, by spontaneously making con cessions to the people at the expense of absolute power," and that " she desired to teach them to value the benefits of a social existence, guaran teed by institutions." History tells qui. e a dif ferent story of this powerful Empress, who coin-. ineneed her blood-stained and tyrannical career by the murder of her husband, ai - id concluded it by the subjugation and partition of Poland, whose liberal political code, drawn up by order of Stanislaus, and which extorted the approba tion of every liberal spirit in Europe, was a con stant thorn in her side. As for Catherine's de- Are to "give the benefits of a social existence" ,o Russia, this assertion is refuted by the fact that by her own open, unbridled licentiousness— ansurpa.ssed even by Messaliiia—she destroyed all .iealtiiy social feeling, and rendered St. Peters burgh the most notoriously corrupt and profligate capital in Europe. In fact, she was as inex orable a despot and as abandoned a woman as any that modern times have known, and the very .ast act of her life was to ioiprison all those of ner more enlightened subjects whom she sus pected of being favourable to the principles of the French Revolution. " Engraving, Ancient and Modern," is a curious history of the rise and progress of this art, in the course of which the Reviewer does every justice to the British school of engraving, adding " that we have only to enter the hou se o f H o d gson and Graves, Colt - well, or any other large establishment, to be hnme diately struck with the immense numberof beau tiful subjects from the hands of English masters." u the criticism headed " Rousseau's Nouvelle . cletoise, and the Mod e rn E x t ravagant Literature of France," the moral and intellectual worth of. Rousseau's writings is assessed at far too high a fate. What maudlin nonsense is _this !,--" His eloquent 'commendation of good morals and of domestic virtue in an age of philosophical profli gacy ; his secret partiality for religious sentiments "hen boastful impiety was rife ; his deep reve rence for the Gospel and its Divine Author at the time when the most blasphemous aspersions. of Christianity teemed around him—whilst they show the depth of Rousseau's intellectual capa city, have in themselveS something pathetic and sublime." And yet this " eloquent commender of good morals" clothed vice in its most seduc tive colours in his Nouvelle lieloise ; this advo cate of " domestic virtues" openly defended the propriety of his sending his natural children to the Foundling Hospital of Paris; this reverencer " of the Gospel and its Divine Author" was a mere sentimental Deist ! Rousseau has had, an d still has, many . imitators- among his countrymen, and much of the meretricious trash that now deluges the French capi tal, and wears the mask of philosophy, may he traced to the influence of his writings. This literary nuisance, however, will soon abate, for it is at variance with every dictate of good sense and healthy feeling. " Tezcuco" is a rapid sketch of the conquest of Mexico by Cortes—au intrepid adventurer, but debased by the most re volting crimes. The. article is cleverly writen, and will entertain those of our readers who may not happen to be familiar with the daring charac ter of Cortes's military exploit s . iii his criticat notice of the " Italian Drama," the Reviewer thus happily describes Alneri's plays :—" its tragedies are only a group of four or five statues, his characters are figures of marble, incorruptible, everlasting, but not flesh, nothing like flesh, hav ing nothing of its freshness and hue. de scribes' no scene. The statues stand by them— selves, isolated on their pedestals, on ti ideal stage, without back-ground, without con_ trast of lanthcape or scenery, all wrapped in their heroic mantles, all moving, breathing sta tues, perhaps; but still nothing but statues." or the remaining articles in the ti umber, the best is one entitled •' Romanism and Catholicism." PICTORIAL SHAKSPEARE —PART 31. G. Knight, London, 1841. This Part colitaiiis the ,:lay of Macbeth —the, noblest motion - Tut of Shaksileare's agic p owe A. It is embellished with numerous appro priate wood-cuts, and with a steel engraving, re- MORNING EDITION , • ! presenting Duncan's horse . the mountains in a state of frai ..e excitemea t t :.e.s.cribed by Russe in tile • that " they ate each other," like kenny cats s o o f ten alluded to by Mr. 0( 0 neil. This miraculous meal, however, noticed by the artist, whose define't of the maddened s t ee d s in their heti",,,i career reminds us somewh a t o f Fusen's manner. In the "Supplementary Notic e e v Editor introduces the fbllotViies intcezesting 0 5 , dote, wherein Mrs. Sidd ons d escr ib es the sions made on- her imagination by her firSt tu sta gy of Lady Macb e th :—" I t was my custom to stun lay clmara'cters at night, w h en a ll th e clua l `-` fe • cares of the day were over. On the nigiltP,,i ceding that on which I was to appear in th is -,; 1 (, tbr time t:rst time, stn.:: • nivs-cAr up, as a- os when all the family were retired, aid t he menced my study o f L a d y M ac b et h. 00 0 character is very s h ort , I t h oug h t I s h o uld 5. Or accomplish it. Being then only twenty Yel tt le age, I believed, as ma n y o th ers do,. that iv more was necessa r y th an to get the word s my head; for the necessity of diAcrilniti a tim e ' and the developement o f c h aracter , a t that a gi , tr of my life, had scarce l y entered into tr , to ie i 133 nation. But to . p rocee d. I went on w ita ao rable composure, in th e s il ence o f t he niz night I can n ever ' forget) till I cam e to t ' e ce te sassination scene, when the horrors of ti)e! for rose to a de g r ee t h at ma d e i t impossihoiledle me to get fa r th er . I snatched up my and hurried out of the room in a paroNY: d ia terror. My d ress was o f silk, and the 111 7 d of it, as I a scen d e d t h e sta i rs to go to bed, sees to my pani c s t ruc k f ancy l i ke the movenlel" spectre pursuing me. At last I reache' le ep chamber, wher e I f oun d my husband fast as.ble, I clapped my can dl est i c k d own upon time without the pow er o f putt i ng i t out; and 1 'el mySelf on my bed, w ith out d ar i ng to stay the to take off my clothes." We have I ,,ie re •4id' secret of the u nr i va ll e d power which lie s ' pie' dons at a later p er i o d t h rew i nto her reP re o' don of Lady Macbeth. "Si vi s me flere, dum est primum ipsi tibi," says Horace. c IRELAND, ITS SCENERY, CHA.Ri'il 6^C. PART 6. How and Parsons, London, 1841. Dig!' Well may Mrs. Hall speak in terms of dog admiration o f th e b eauty of the little is''(or Innisfallen, in the Lower Lake of Killarner if the sket c h o f i t i n t h e present Part be all tat rate one, it mu s t b e one o f the lovelies: s i the traveller's eye ever rested on. The t pg r monastery in the foreground, overrun witl:b); side plants ; the gleaming waterS, e d green, sunny hill s , i n t h e distance the 1 ipso' capes and prom on t or i es , here fringed with 10" riant copses, and there sloping down to w e n .ices in flowery lawns ;—all these various objects c il e spe picturesque and che er f u l beauty to the lau,,i(le which may b e equa ll e d , but cannot pos s :tili surpassed. Of a f ar diff erent character I,;tiot sketch of th e " Bl ac k Valley " in the c°a'botig Kerry, whi c h i s a d ar k , r u gged glen, ovel:oter with frowning rocks and precipices, WI bjeb sected by a tu r b u l ent mountain stream, -„ditig rushes down i n cataracts from the surrou;ililt heights. It is difficult to conc e i ve a inu re ,.,.. ob' gloomy, solitary scene t h an this, where eYei.' ject wears a chilling- and melancholy aspect' I s e, an engravi ng , th e s k etc h d eserves great P`, - . is 3 for its distan ces are f a i r l y marked, and ti e breadth and massiveness in its shadows , we do not often meet with in works of art ° , 0 ,10 class. By - way of frontispi ece , t h e pa rt c ate r a map of the co u nt i es o f Ti pperary and "1;60' ford, which i s s i ngu l ar l y accurate in its inca.," The letter-pres s p ort i on o f t h e work bleat's' e . usual, amusem en t w i t h i nstruction i n a ve l l ts ol lishing man ner . Th e d escriptions an d tro, the Killarney- Lakes are f u ll o f s pi r it, au d i t t „ ; 9 ol versed with char ac t er i st i c anec d otes, and tra'te Irish peasant life, w hi c h no one re l ates with „u piquant humour and genuine, unforced f-'e f $ than Mrs. H a ll. We subjoin her acCou l . 4t hoax passed on two American travel] ers by e s Killarney peasant. The anecdote we.; tolamo by the peasa n t hi mse lf , ' and she quote s his o words with infinite unction : " There were two young gentlemen here last sn , nl :s e l‘ r; mighty dandy chaps they were entirely, and we co uldu t ! d a l out what country they belonged to, puitending they eQu e ors understand us. And sure enough we could return the fla p pliment, for their words war fine drawn, finer than f us twenty cuts to the dozen—they bothered the life ou t ° 0 11' wid questions, and kept putting down every thing t he lf r O, or heard in th e i r bi ts o f note4,oks. One of em was Americy, I beli eve , an d hi s comrade ca ll e d him d c aa Well, they war j ust t h e sort—for we ' re use d to 'em, snp se asy enough whether the go y have a od tr e y or not ; they war just the sort to misrepresent every tu , ' , P .r e, being stranc, not out of badness, but from La some fine b•r• to our ways • and so we thought we'd gi ve • 'e b e Gap (point' t baste in t and that's the in gto a long-haired donkey few yards off), lies to carry home ; and we met the oriuinal Irish ass, your honor a ,. '1 the true _ heart to the bree. — that went down in the book cid al a d sketch. ',That's tl to eindant, a n d th e on l y one living in the counthry, y o ur :3011 of the rake one th a t O'D onoghue was riding the-eveu'l waters broke in o n hi m. ' Are you sure of that s'aiu ° It's as true, Sir,' I made answer, as that it's mal,'—well, that went down, too, and then chatted togetu: o and said, that's a singular fact I' And so I thot I'd give another to make it plural, There's an ould, ancient Iy in the Gap makes beautiful stockings out of its hair, I says, and if your honors would like a pair, just as a av d the rate !_v r, riosity, I think 1 could get them may be as a favouri,,,,' then no one could mi , doubt, when you had them to on; e ; • Welt, they took wonderful to the stockings, and got st: er ri floe grey stockings they war, made out of the wool of the kuts sheep ; and th e ould woman caught the wind of the w ord . d bei enough, and was up t o t h e thing at once ;—well, they P a ' st ' for them mo r e th an w h at she axed, and yet her conscietsee bo o not altogether tender about the price ; and oh, just to hear oetE they talked to each other, in a foreign tongue that gl u t: mighty like b og Latin, and put the stockings by so ca r Sute the strangers get many a laugh out of poor Padc l Y' it would ill be come us not to return the compliment !" --- STANDARD NPV.ELS.—No. 83. Bentley, London, 1841. A republication, in one compact, e's' v ei printed volum e , o f Mi ss F err i er ' s popu l ar a ace of " Marriage," which was first brought Into t. of it' tice by Sir Walter Scott's gener ous praise ° s in the Intr o d uc ti on to the, Third Sericluyeri " TaleS of My Landlord." The story, if' O l ds artfully conducted in point of plot, abear i /o pea characters nic e ly d iscriminated, and dev e ,e with a caustic h umour truly Scottish. Tnoth lume is illustrated with a whimsical full I : 3 figf portrait . of old L a d y M ac l aug h lan, one '31,00 Ferrier's must consistently maintained char' THE COWHERD. Knight and Co This little publication, which is a ddi rlio s rather to the m a st er th an t h e servant, e°lltitlet some valuable inf orma ti on on the bree d s of c'Tlie their diseases and general Ste history of th e b ree d s f rom the middle lic" i tie s the doddies i s g i ven w i th the peculiar qttli ot og of each, and some curious details on " b re- etic e in and in." The injurious effects of this pr;" be is not confined to the brute creation, as wl iodi ° seen from the fifflowing .extract. cc Soalc A "0 0 vidual gains an ascendancy in a town an' t, richer than those about him, and his fa 01 ";r0 1 ` keep the wealth among them intermarry cousins downwa r d s . Al l i s well for a 0.01°1,-as tt or two, and the Hobsons' or th e J ob"soll6'aerV may be, are t h e l ead i ng men. But a f;e:lflif tion or two more and the state of things i s altred. Mental deficiency always, aael rally set ofula, idiocy, and barrenness brea; and after a time the once leading pe oPi :dish from th e town . I t i s curious to es"fiefi°,l" the records of su c h a pl ace, and mar k ..the,rjeu , during which certain names have predoilv tl e - 0 0 1e and how th e y h ave a ll one after anoener b e ca ttl e extinct." In tre a ti ng o f t h e diseases 4 t so the writer states that the murrain which prevalent lately was in former times as E r l o l scourge to cattle a s p est il ence was to the 'l",rle, race. In the 18th century i t thinned the dieo, in every part o f E urope , and in 1747 ther'6.o not fewer than 70,000 in the three oett ll4l Leicester, iNottingham, and Chester. 11 3 " t LACE TH. A DE.—A ne w era seems opt suddenly arisen in th , 3 lace trade, whi c h prorhiljog ° f beneficial results to this district, namely, the 01 ' hrS fr. plat nets, in imitation of f ore i gn grounds, which a Te tio , in merited by the application o f t h e jacquard LIPP ° a r iass t exact ulna ion S the Val enc i ennes laces. The io winen tbe:e are sold are extremely high, and ye t ' e - tde • fiance of all former ilksp propensities,' they are i n a _g„ r a -g se e ! wand. The best patterns • f the,e plat nets we i' a i ; pic; • ore produced from the pusher machJie, not as t " - h t Sfr figure Is good, but the net and - the linen Oruro ! be the best imitatim of tho Valenciennes laces. I f s e ',ciao,- is said to b : a young man scarcely 22 years„,°, o ol‘ be only wants a few i nstruct i ons f rom an able "*. sta te , master to perfect him, It may bo necessary t° ,, ear that by a ratent granted to Mr. %%Ilium Crofts ktli di g na those' ods iol vets „fh t ß mt g bv iz' d ,, t ) ..hu :h ui „ii . ets ni t; t h l e h i d , m i n s bel: of ev4d.dorp.l pe and th,it a 51' 31 ' 1 1 :; 01 5, , ‘ t. nt ?A:: been ()Mame( by Samuell3: ll lF -r, c o avid ° the m e th o d o f making plain nets by h3vi , g " 4 . 0 t .',i hi tut eads CO one t oi:di". A patent has 1-,ecn obtain tilt. VVnjt ly, r i.et i-to-be-inipossibility it is v 4 rti•iir t•,e warp threa•ts oli the Narp pace ire , " 'but 8. c stiplteateit th,ti. basing no warp ban sil lite• lite ear, ii,ges ii. 140 tiers, and fron t , i f rom , atic t -el , ~ o make use net. —Noilingharl ► Journal. An Italian. nainetl arciii, well 1:110WI jo s anxious as a model, hazing recently broken a bl , e9 t (. l _ v _ e t we as , anxious to find his way home to Italy, but being% i no. hdel h a e siLi d il s s t u t b . scr ‘.,i ip ni ti and ti e by P. inee Aibert, and as soon as the accident, n u g ". oatsbentered d " b been t to be sent as her et.ntribution towards this charitable iii Nord, 'own dam.: of Ithellige. a fro' return to Italy beanie known to her Majesty, site cird_,ureAd... A gOOO ti days ag, lost er daughter, who c‘a,tnot w a t i . plass e h in es p e lo a s rt e_ i c t;tL to a Nord, who /las entered her one hundredth year u , c _ha:l e eigoty, exclaimed, while her eyes were filled i i always said I should nover rearthat poor child!' t lAMB]