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yesterday from Konig,b,rg for London, has pumps choked, and must dischat%:e. PLYMOUTH, JAN. s.—Wind E.—Arrd. Devonshire steamer, London tor Dublin; Shannon sieam?r, Dublin for Loudon. 4. Sid. Ipswich, Cadiz. 5. David Malcolm, Adelaide, South Australia. _ _ . DEAL, JAN. s.—Arrd. Mary Winch, and aid. for Li verpool. Arrd. from the river and ski., Litlicriand, Ho bart Town; Lady Jocelyn, C,clain; Queen Dowager, Cape Coast Casle; Edmond, Sierra Leone; Regina, Sierra Lnone; Wilberforce, liarbadoe:: ; Robert, St. Kitt's; Ot'awa, Mobile; Galatea, St. Michael's; Chrd b.n,ger, Genoa; Lady Wright, Palermo; lone, Malta; Mary, Valencia. LIVERPOOL. JAN. s.—Wind E.S.E —Arrd. 4th, Lau rel. Roach, Newfoundland, and not the Laura, as re ported yesterday. sth, Helen Jane, Horswell, Terceira, and nut the Elltn Jane, as reported yesterday. 51J. 4th, Maine, New Orleans; Emily, Naples. sth, Princess Royal, Calcutta; Castries, Sc. Lucia; 0 1 aria, Arica; Boadicea, N. , w Orleans; South Carolina, New Orleans; Amaranth, New Orleans; .Jane May, Leghorn; Guluika, Genoa; Milton, Gibraltar; Fernandez, Lisbon. FALMOUTH, JAN. 3.—Wind S.—Arri. 4th, Shannon (steamer), Dublin, and lft stla for Landon. Sid, 511, Nautilus (steamer), London. ILFRACOMBE, JAN. 5. —Arrd. Lively, Cuddy, Ply mouth, for Newport, leaky. DUBLIN, JAN 4.—Wind E.—Arrd. Athl , ,,ne(stoam , T); London, Coleraine; :-_coria, Caen. Sid. Thomas Wright, New Orleans; Odessa, New York; Chatham, Palermo. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Admiralty, Jan. 3, 1849. Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit to you herewith printed Notices to Mariners respecting aiditionel harbour lights t Ostend. (Signed) W. A. B. HAMILTON. Capt. G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secr'tary, Lloyd's. " ADDITIONAL HARBOUR LIGHTS AT OSTEND. - - " " Hydrographic-office, Dec. 27, 1848. "The Belgian Government has given notice that, at an early period, a fixed light will be established on the extremities of each of the two piers, or jetties, which form the entrance of the port of o.stend. " The light on the western pier will be green, twenty three feet high, and visible at the distance of four or five riles. " The light on the eastern pier will be red; of the same elevation as the former. " The green light will be shown at sunset, and extin guished at sunrise; but the red light will not be lighted till the flood-tide has thrown in at least nine feet of water between the pier -heads, and will be extinguished when the present tide lights are lighted. "As soon as the present tide lights are extinguished, during the ebb, the red light will be again shown, and continued till the falling tide has lowered the water be tween the jetty heads to nine feet, when it will be ex tinguished. " In bad weather, :when there can be no communica tion with the pier heads, these arrangements must of course be interrupted; and all vessels are cautioned not to attempt the harbour of Ostend when the tide lights are not displayed." MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. The demand for both fruit arid vegetables, the supply of which was tolerably good, ruled steady, at our quo tations. Fruit:—Pine-apples (Queen's), 3s 6d to 4s 6d; and Foreign Grapes (black and white), 8d to Is per lb; Apples, 4s to 63 per bushel; Pears, 7s to lOs per half sieve; Walnuts, 8d to Is ; Lemons, 5s to 95 , and Oranges, 4s to 93 per 100; Filberts, 96s to 105 s per 1001bs; Chesnuts, 2s to 5s per peck. Vegetables: — Red Cabbages, Is 6d to 2s 3d per dozen; Spinach, 2s to 3s per junk ; Horseradish, 3s to 5s ; and Celery, 94 to is per bundle; Asparagus, 3s to 5s per 100; Onions, Is 8d to 2s 6d ; and Ash-leaved kidney Pota toes, 64 to 8s per bushel; Cape Brocoli, Ss to 12s ; per dozen bundles; Mushrooms, 64 to 8s per Pottle; Spanish Onions, lOs to 12s per box; Endive, 6d to fid par dozen ; Savoy Cabbages, 6d to 8d per dozen ; Turnips, is to Is 6d; Carrots, 2s 64 to 4s; and Greens, Is 9d to 2s per dozen bunches ; Parsley, 2s per half sieve; Forced Sea Kail, ls 6d to 2,6 d per punnet; Cu cumbers 5s to 6s per brace; Forced Rhubarb, is 3d to la 6il per bundle; Rid Beet, is to is 3d per dozen; Jerusalem Artichokes, is to Is 3d per half Sieve. NEWGATE AND X.EADENEULLI.. MRAT MARKETB.—Beef, from 2s 6d to Ss 64; Mutton, 2s ad to 45 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Sibs, by the carcase. POULTRY MARKETS.—Turkeys, 4s td• 12s; Geese, 3 s ad to 7s; Ducks, is 9d to 2s 61; Tame Rabbits, le to 18104; Will ditto, 8d to is 14; Pigeons, 74 to 10d ; Pigs, 5s to 9s each; Surrey Fowls, 6s to 10s; ditto Chickens, 4s to ss; Barn-door Fowls, 3s to 6s per couple; English Eggs, lOs to I ls; French ditto, 8s to 93; and Irish ditto, 8s to 8s 6d per 100. Fresh Butter, 10d to is 3d per lb, GiME.—Pheasants, 2s 94 to 3s 64; Partridges, is to Is 6d; Hares, 2s to 3s 64; Woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s; Grouse, 23 to 3s; Ptarmigan, is 6d to 2s; Snipes, 8d to Is; Teal, 9d to Is; Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s 64; Wid geons, is to is 9d; and Plovers, 6d to is each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s dto 4s 6d; Veal, 3s Sd to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 6cl to 4s 8d per 81bs. WEITECIELAP36I4. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per Sibs. IaLLINGSGIVTZ. Turbots, 6s to 12s; Cod Fish, 3s to 7s 6d; Whitings, 3d to 6d; Lobsters, Is to 2s 3d; Crabs, 6d to 2s each; Soles, 6d to 2s per pair; Eels, 5d to Is, and Salmon, is to 13 2d per lb; Haddocks, 3d to 6d each; Crimped Skate, 6d to 8d; and Salt Fish, 2d to Gd per lb; Flounders, is to is 6d per dozen; Oysters, 12s to 25s per bushel. NUN GETWONLIS. This market was very moderately supplied with most articles to-day; nevertheless, the general demand was in a very sluggish state, and prices had a downward tendency. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from lid to 8d; of Household ditto, sid to 7d per 4lbs loaf. HIDE MARKET._ Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid: ditto. 641 b to 721 b, lid to ; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, lid t) lid; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 2d to 2-id; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 24d to 21,1; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 24d to 3-id; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b. 31d to 4d; Calf Skins, 4s 6d to 53 6d; Horse Hides, 8s to $s 6d; Polled Sheep, 33 63 to 4s 6d; Kent and half-breds, 2s 6d to 3s 9d; Downs, 23 4d to 3s. 6d. HAY MAZUELETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 7s to 31 13s; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 4/ 13s ; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 9s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 31 14s ; Clover dicta, a/ 10s to 41 103; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 11 103 per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHITECHA.PEL.--bleadow Hay, 2/ 7s to 31 13s ; Clover ditto, 31 103 to 41 14s; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 91 per load. Trade dull, at about stationary prices. COAL MARKET.— Y ESTERDAT. Davison'sWest Hartley 14s 9d Jonassohns ... 16s 611 Hasting's Hartley l4s 9d Lambton Holywell Main ... ..... 15s Od Russell's Hetton New "Canfield 143 Od Stewart's Ord's Redheugh rantield Moor Butes... 13s 6d Heugh Hall Walker's Primrose ... 13s Od South Kelloe ......... Wall's End, &c. Tee! , Framwell Gate ...... ... 17s 6d Hartley ............„ South Killingwurth ... 135 Od Ships at market, 15'J. Hetton ... l9s Od RAILWAY RET URNS RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rsil- WaYs for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the re spective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same weep in the previous year Week ending Last week. - - 5 - 04 • Q t r, - F*4 '',s •-, .R NAME OF RAILWAY. Aberdeen .. • • • • . ..... ••• • • Amiens and Boulogne . • • - • • • • • • • - • • • Belfast and Ballymena. • • • • • • • • • • ••• • Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Caledonian.... .. •• • ..... • • • •" • Chester and Holyhead..• .. • • • • • • • • • • Cockermouth and Workington.... • • • • Dublin and Drogheda• • •• • • •••• • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen • • • • • • • • East Ang1ian........................ Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • •• • • •• • • Edinburgh and Northern • • • •,• • • • • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancashire • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Eastern Union • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Glasgow and Greenock• • •• • • •• • " ' • Great Southern and Western • • • • • • • • Great Western, &c • • • • • • •• •. '. Kendal and Windermere •• • • .... " Lancashire and Yorkshire • • • • • • • • ' • Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • " " Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport• • • • Londonderry and ~nniskillen.• ••• • • • London and North Western, &c.. • • • • London and Blackwall.• • • • • • • • • • • • • London and Brighton . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • London and South Western . • • • • • • • • Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham. • • • Midland Great Western (Irish) •• • • • • Newcastle and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • • North British .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Paris and Rouen. • • • • • • • • •• •" • • • ' • Rouen and Havre .. • • • • • • • • " • • " • • Scottish Central •••••••• • • • • • • • • • Shrewsbury and Chester • • • • • • • • • • • • South Eastern and Branches •• • • • • • • South Devon.. . • • • • • • Taff Vale ........... . Waterford and Limerick.— • • • • • • Whitehaven Junction . • • • • • • • • • • Wishaw and Coltness•...... • • York and Newcastle ............ York and North Mid1and........... 1,196 783 [3,500 1,088 92 710 840 7:6 3,20'i 1,777 14,350 1,643 1,182 2,410 875 2,918 119 10,406 2,007 34,553 572 6,807 6,142 2,892 22,663 2,399 890 1,449 7.602 1,440 1,396 652 372 170 13,111 7,297 11,367 7,127 ----- THE MAIL ROBBERY. —W e are glad to learn, from u ndoubted authority, that the two registered letters Posted for London by the Devon and Cornwall Bank, and stolen from the mail on Monday night, contained chiefly bills of exchange, which were especially endorsed, and the cash cheques were so secured as not to LI nego tiable. Thus, although some inconvenience may accrue, the pecuniary loss will not amount to twenty pounds,— Plymouth Journal. RAILWAY ROBBERIES.—Letters have been lately received from Maynard and Garratt, in Bermuda, who Were convicted in 1845 of an extreoirdina.ry system of railway plunder and restoration in which it is stated that " th e right parties have nut yet been taken—that Williams-and Dalton were not there." •xt,yngd is at pr.!sent a schoolmaster on the hulk. end partial disclo sures are made and promised as to the mode of operation and the persons employed in those nefarious practices. %Urea of the convicts were discharged valets. lIE UN', LONtiON, SATUIRDA.Y A - VEXING', J ANUARY 6, 1840: LITERATURE. THE LILY OF PARIS; or the KING'S NURSE. By J. Palgrave Simpson. 3 Vols. The author of " Second Love" and " Gisella" now ranks among our most popular novelists, and his new work, " The Lily of Paris," will undoubtedly add to his popularity. We are told that it was partly composed at Paris during the scenes of the Revolution. A descriptioWof a popular entente, in the second volume, was actually written while the tumult of the 234 of February was resounding in the writers ears, until curiosity impelled bin to throw aside his pen, and turn front the charms of fiction to contemplate the strange incidents of reality. " The Lily of Paris," however, does not require the aid of any adventitious circumstances to render it an object f interest and attractkn. 'Without in any way disclosing the mysteries of the tale, we will briefly enumerate the dramatis personce who take part in• its eventful scenes, which enumeration will enable the reader to judge of the interesting nature of the work, both in an historical and romantic point of view. The scene is France during the reign of Charles Vl.—Charles the maniac and the " well-beloved," The character of this monarch, as here portrayed, durim his lucent in tervals, shows how well he merited the loving•epithet. Unhappily these lucent intervals were rare. The royal ruler of France is, for the most part, a gibber ing idiot. By his side, " her soul. subduing voice" scaring away the phantoms of his imagination, appears Odette de Champdivers—Lys d'Ange—the lily of France—a young maiden taken from the seclusion of a nunnery to enact the part of King's nurse. The skilful physician noticing the King's frequent paroxysms of terror on the approach of his ordinary attendants, having advised the selection of some lovely and gentle maiden as the fittest minister to a " mind diseased," faithfully and lovingly does Odette perform her task. The scenes between the sick King and his gentle nurse are detailed with a natural and most affecting pathos. The fair counte nance and pure heart of Odette truly justify her fanciful appellation the lily of France. Odette, whose heart throughout the first vo lume at least is wholly devoted to God and the King, is the object of the passionate love of three very different individuals—Perrinet Leclerc, her companion from childhood and her betrothed, whose violent passion is repaid by a sisterly regard— Charles, the Dauphin, who, after having presumed to regard the spotless lily with his libertine admiration, becomes himself transformed into a hero by the en nobling influence of his fathetis nurse—lastly, Odette is loved with an enthusiastic veneration, such as, ac cording to Helena, might be entertained for "some bright, particular star," by Yvon, a poor kloarek, a humble, friendless student, ungainly in appearance, and even slightly deformed. Yvon has been suc coured in his necessity by Perrinet, and repays that succour with the devotion of a grateful heart. Grievous is it to witness the agony of the poor kloarek, as his unsuspecting friend speaks to him of his love for Odette, and the love with which she re gards him. Hiding his emotion from Perrinet, the poor youth turns away to ask himself in an agony of tears, " Who, indeed, could love the poor kloarek ?" The kloarek, however, is not so well versed in the mysteries of the human heart as is the narrator of his history. Yvon's bodily defects are more than compensated for by his moral and mental excellences. Skilful with his pencil, he becomes the assistant of Jacquemin Gringonneur, the inventor of cards. Old Jacquemin and his daughter Lyonelle form a very at tractive pair. Lyonelle is, in her way, almost more interesting than the angelic Odette—her character is certainly a more natural one—endowed with all womanly perfections and imperfections. Having said thus much of the personages of the tale—we have, however, omitted to make mention of the Count of Armagnac, the rival of the Duke of Burgundy, who, at the commencement of the narrative, reigns supreme in Paris, while Burgundy is besieging its gates ; having thus .enumerated its heroes and heroines, we are fain to set before the reader one scene of the momentous drama—a scene in which the varied passions of the different actors are brought vividly into play in a manner which fully r,veals the author's skill. Albeit this scene may give an inkling of the plot, we cannot think that it will in any way prevent a reader from turning to the book itself—on the contrary. During the performance of a public masque an emeute (the esneute described during the revolution) has taken place, order is speedily re stored by the soldiers of Armagnac, and all the sus pected persons, innocent or guilty, are arrested and hurried to prison. Among the number is Yvon. Before the prisoners are removed, Lyonelle rushes from amongst the crowd, and throwing herself at the feet of Odette, passionately implores her to obtain mercy for him : " Appeal to him, poor girl," said Odette, pointing to Armagnac. " You are in presence of the Constable of ' France. He will heed your tale, and, when he knows all, will doubtless set him free. Poor girl! poor girl! soothe thee!" and she passed her pure white hand over Lyonelle's luxuriant black curls. "My Lbrd Count," she added, timidly, to the Constable, who had repeated his order for the removal of the prisoners, "will deign, I doubt not, to hear the proofs that yonder youth is in nocent of all guilt, before he allows him to be dragged to prison." " The fair Odette," replied Armagnac, sternly, " would do well to heed her duties about the person of her Lord the King solely, and not interfere in matters of state policy." "You hear him," sobbed Lyonelle. " Not to him can I plead, but to you, maiden. You will find favour in the King's ear—save him !" " He is your lover, maiden ?" asked Odette, deeply moved. 11,051,379 12,912,449 Exclusive of Advance 13,615,510 5 and Inch's' " No, no;" stammered Lyonelle, hanging down her head. " Your brother, then?" " No," replied the unhappy girl. " You love him, though?" said Odette. Lyonelle gave no answer ; but she buried her face Ln the dress of Odette, and sobbed hysterically. A new feelingyseemed suddenly to arise in Yvon's breast. He had looked on with wonder and emotion at the earnest ness of Lyon,'le's supplication; and now ho clasped his hand tightly to his bosom, as if to repress an agitation too tumultuous to bear—too new to understand. He gazed with emotion upon Lyonelle; and his eyes, too, filled with tears. The poor kloarek felt, although as yet he rendered no account of the feeling to himself, that he was loved. " Rise, I entreat you, maiden," said Odette; and Lyonelle, rising, flung herself, atter a passionat3 and troubled look at Yvon, into her father's arms, weeping aloud. Quarters ended Jan. 5. 4,111,862 3,256,480 1,564,855 1,914,783 4(;2,567 208,000 40,000 11,746 30,614 74,048 11,674,955 573,774 12,250,729 3 4 1 :2 6 4, 8 72 2 2, :1 3 539 9 8 : 1,921,013 423,434 195,000 3°,000 '21,709 84,254 35,261 88,634 140,695 12,361,161 12,361,161 ceeds from the grace and favour of the Dauphin of France!" exclaimed Perrinet, infuriated by that look. " The fellow shall be spared the pains of his refusal," said the Constable, with a sneer; " for, craving our fair cousin's pardon, we shall persist more than ever in our design to keep in close hold the persons of citizens so dangerous. Let them be taken hence to the Mitelet forthwith." "He is the friend of my childhood! Treat him not thus !" exclaimed Odette. " Perrinet replied to her intercession with a look of bitter reproach. " But not Yvon—not Yvon!" cried Lyonelle, again falling on her knees. " He, at least, is innocent of all crime." CHARGE. my poor Odette. To arms! to arms! Down on Ine English and the Burgundians. The English and the Burgundians are the black traitors. Mine are the men of France, with blood red courage on their face. To arms! to arms! Cut them in pieces!—take them pri soners!—Sus, sus, upon the black!" The eyes of the poor old King sparkled, and his cheek was flushed, as if he were about to engage in a real battle with the in vaders of his country. " Beat me ! beat me !" said Odette, laughing. " I wish no better issue." " Battle !" cried Charles. " Battle !" echoed Odette. The opposing parties set to work upon their painted combat with the energy of children, who act themselves into a belief of the reality of their sports. Odetta bad placed a deeper meaning and a deeper purpose on the issue of the game, and trembled lest she should win. The poor old King gave in to the ardour of the imagi nary struggle, as if the destinies of the kingdom of France really depended upon his victory or defeat at cards. There can be little doubt, as well from the expres sions used in their ancient records, as by the name of "As Lieutenant-General of this realm, I demand—" began the Dauphin, again. " To the King, your father, noble Prince, I am alone answerable for my deeds. Let them be taken hence," interrupted the Constable. After this we will reveal no further the secrets of the story, but turn to Jacquemin Gringonneur's descrip tion of his new invention—playing-cards : " There play be many who at first view," he con tinued, "might regard my poor pastime as fitting only to the minds of children; but those who will seek in it a deeper meaning, may find a signification in every figure, and an allegorical sense in each different form of spot. They const►tute altogether an emblematic image, not only of the art of war, but of sound government. Seel I have divided my devices into four parts. These hearts represent the courage and valour of the captains and soldiers in the time of war; these lozenge-shaped forms, which I have also coloured red, .1 have derived from those flat bolts, or quarrels, shot from arblasts ; they denote the weapons of atteck in battle. The pike heads, thou mayst remark, are such as our infantry bear upon their halberd-ends, and figure forth the wea pons of defence.* These trefoil clover leaves," pursued the old artist, " are intended'to remind the player of the pastime, that a good general should never pitch his camp in a field where forage may be wanting to his army.t To the four parties I have given four kings, as leaders," continued the old man, in explanation, "in order to demonstrate that, however brave and numerous the troops may be, it is necessary, in order to insure their victory, to have at their head prudent, ♦aliant, and experienced leaders. And see, I have bestowed upon them t:h• names of renowned chiefs in ancient history; David, Alexander, Caesar, and Charlemagne. But brave generals need bold captains also to execute their orders; and thus I have given to them varlets, or nobles of in ferior rank, to serve beneath them. Behold! there are Lancelot and Ogier, the great captains of Charlemagne, and Renaud, Lord of Coucy, and Hector of Galard, hold and knightly gentlemen of our days, under whose orders I myself have served. But women have, throughout all history, also played their part in the councils, if not in the active enterprise of war; and thus each king has his favourite dame." " Bat they have no names, Master Jacquemin," said the kloarek, taking an intense interest in the artist's explanation. "Shall we not bestow on them such desig nations :as may ennoble the great deeds of the bold female spirits of antiquity?" " No, no, boy," said the old artist, with a smile. " Perhaps it is well to let them bear no other names than those their lords and masters. wear; without disrespect to the fair sex, I would indicate thereby that the wife is nothing in herself, and derives from her husband alone her force and splendour. Let others give them names, as they will, according to the fancies of their hearts. It is well," he added, " that my saucy Lyonelle is not here; or her poor father might chance to get a reprimand for what he says." Yvon shook his head at this reasoning of Master Jacquemin, so common to the age, but offered no expos tulation. The artist continued: " battle" bestowed upon it, that.the first game of cards, arranged to please the maniac monarch, Charles VI., re sembl, d that still played by children, called, " Beggar my Neighbour." Each figure that was turned up on the board, was entitled to receive surrender of so many cards from the adversary, according to its rank and value, the ace, however, predomidating above the figures in the number it took: another figure intervening during the surrender put in its claim and turned the fortune of the day: the numbered cards, or common soldiers, were de livered over as prisoners, but exercised no other influence on the " battle:" the player, who in the various turns of fortune, at last got all the cards within his hands, had gained the fight. For some time the fate of war appeared undecided. Sometimes the - King uttered exclamations of despair, as the ranks of the English appeared to increase in bulk, and his own army diminish: sometimes he shouted with joy as a figure in his own hand, receiving full surrender of prisoners, carried off a heap of troops, that had long disputed the victory with various fortunes. " Battle! battle!" cried both the players as they threw down a powerful card. At last, at a moment when by chance almost all the cards of value lay in a heap upon the table, Odette in the payment of her prisoners threw down a Queen. " Dame of hearts !" she cried. " Ah ! I am afraid," said Charles pausing: " that is Isabel the Queen. In my fancy I have named it so. And she has gone over to the English and Burgundian side. She is about to carry off all—all—and leave me a deso late and dishonoured knight." " My prisoners—give them here—play—there is still hope for you," said Odette, although she trembled lest she should succeed. " I dare not," replied the King. " Courage!" resumed Odette. The political events recorded in its pages,' the treachery of the revengeful Perrinet-, the evil influ ence of Queen Isabella over her unhapit conlOrt, and many other matters of historical and fictitious interest we leave to the readers of the "Lilrof Paris." Whatever expectations the announcement of a new novel by Palgrave Simpson may have excited, the admirers of " Gisella" and "Second Love have no cause to be disappointed. THE QUARTERLIES. 7 1 11 E QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. CLXVII. 716 3,G2G 646 13,400 1,013 1,120 `2,357 1,166 1,571 8,787 1,117 35,08 2 693 6,266 8,603 2,100 20,199 2,112 635 8,138 :,464 652 190 " The various spots in each several packet represent the troops of smaller or lesser force, and common sol diers, obeying the orders of the kings and captains. To delineate the rabble would have occupied too much mis spent time. But, look thee here! This single spot, so simple in appearance, that is the master of them all." " As how ?" asked Yvon, anxiously. " It shall figure forth the force of money, which is the true strength and nerve of war, and which thus ob tains the greatest influence over all other cards, even the kings themselves; for even if a king possess it not to back his enterprise, he may be beaten by a varlet who has it in his power; and thus I have named that single spot the ' as,' which your good learning, Master Student, will tell you is derived from the Latin tongue, and signifieth money." iYvon acquiesced, smiling gently at this little piece (if pedantry in the soldier-artist. " Thou seest thus," pursued Jacquemin Gringonneur with animation, " that my invention is not the mere pastime of a child, without sense or meaning. It bears upon it a signification symbolical, allegorical, political, ay! and even historical if thou will'st. Imagine to thy self also the many devices that may be employed to make the movements of my figures, in different hands, subservient to every species of amusement and instruc • tion. And could they but find interest and favour i❑ the eyes of our poor king, a presentiment tells me that they might charm and soothe his wearied spirit." The benevolent purpose of the loyal artist is ful filled. Cards become a powerful solace to the unfor tunate King, as the following scene may testify—a scene which in a beautiful manner exhibits the tender ministration of the "King's Nurse:—" THE FIRST GAME OF CARDS. " My Lord the Constable," continued Odette, advanc ing with that dignified air of self-possession, which con tributed set greatly to her appearance of being a creature of a purer world, " you say rightly. It is net the place of a poor maid like me, who am at most the very hum blest of Ht aven's high will on earth, to interfere in matters beyond my sphere, or dare to raise my weak voice against the power and authority of the great and noble, who are set on high to rule and to control. But as a suppliant I come before you—be just—be merciful" —and Odette attempted to kneel, while the Constable made an impatient gesture to wave her back. " Kneel not, Odette," said the Dauphin, lifting her up from her half suppliant attitude. "My valiant cousin of Armagnac will not refuse to listen, at my entreaty also, to your supplication iu favour of this youth, since he interests you thus powerfully. He Rill grant him a brief exami ' nation at once in our presence, and, I doubt not, set him free." " My gentle cousin," replied the Constable, " I have never sought to interrupt you in your princely pastimes; and I, in turn, crave your indulgence not to seek to thwart me in matters concerning the rule of this most unruly city." The Dauphin frowned smith an abashed and embar rassed look, slightly shrugged his shoulders, and turned to address himself once more to Odette. Lyonelle had raised herself from her father's arms, and looked with anxious eagerness from one speaker to another. The colour had now heightened upon Yvon's cheek; and, forgetful of his own position, he gazed in embarrassment from the angelic being that was the object of his secret adoration, to the more earthly but scarcely less beauti ful girl, who had pleaded with such heartfelt earnestness in his behalf, and appeared to avow her love for him: the tumult of his mind was still too great, however, to enable him to analyse his own feelings. " My good cousin," recommenced the Dauphin, who, after a few words with the supplicating Odette, which racked the heart of the hidden Perrinet, again turned to the Constable, " I cannot let this matter pass off thus; there is evidently some mistake in the arrest of yonder poor youth, and his companion. Enough has already been done to terrify them into submission, if there be rebel spirit in them. I speak—l have the best assurance —but the will of my King and father in demanding that they should be set at liberty." Before the imperious Constable could frame a reply to oppose the demand of the young Prince, a sudden move meat took place. " From such hands will I accept no grace or favour," exclaimed Perrinet with a loud voice, advancing from his concealment among the men-at-arms, with proud and dogged look. " Let me be dealt with as may be, from the mouth of Charles Dauphin of France will I re ceive no pardon or indulgence, even be it just: and from the Armagnac who should expect justice?" " Odette uttered an exclamation of surprise and dis may, and clasped her hands. " Perrinet !" she cried, " imprudent—frantic !" The Dauphin started back at this name : he looked from the dismayed girl to the young armourer, rand seemed unresolved how to act. It was his rival, then, who was before him, and a prisoner 1 The consternation of the Carmelite was scarcely less than that of Odette: in the person of one of the prisoners, whose arrest and punishment he had urged for his own purposes, he dis covered the man from whose personal connivance in his schemes he had so much to hope. " Hear, you, fair cousin, how these rebels mouth it well?" exclaimed Armagnac, triumphantly: " and you , would spare the traitorous villains!" "Now, more than ever," replied the Dauphin, gene rously; " what personal enmity may be expressed by yonder man it is my right to forgive; and that right I exercise. Once more I ask the intermediate liberty of there prisoners." tienerous youth!" murmured o:letta, invoi . antsj.l . casting a look of tender thankfulness upon tie young " 0h!—I am most unhappy," repeated the king, un heeding her, " the most unhappy man of all my realm. There be those who suffer—but they have wife, er friends, or children. But I have none—they are all gone —lost—dead; and I am alone, a miserable old man." Odette looked at him with a spasm of agony; she thought, for a moment, that his senses were again de serting him. " Drive these sad thoughts from you, king," she ex claimed; " the sun shall yet pierce the dark clouds and shine upon your fortunes once again.".. "No' sun—no sun—all darkness!" murmured the king, without looking up. Odette rose with a feeling of despair in her heart. Her eyes fell upon the cards lying on the table, and a thought crossed her. " Let not the dark spirit come across your brain, my Lord the King," she said, leaning over his chair, and murmuring softly in his ear; " chase it away. It is I who speak—l, aiette, your nurse, your guardian. Nay, I will be obeyed !" and she removed his hands gently from his face. " You must not think now, it is forbid den. To divert your mind, see here is the game invented by Master Jacquemin Gringonneur. You took much . pleasure its devices yesterday—let us play again. Nay, I will not be gainsayed. I, your subject, order you, my king, to pl a y w ith me; an d m y p ower i s despo tic. I must and will be obeyed. Come !" The King smiled mournfully—then laughed more cheerfully—then shook his head and took up the cards. " Thou canst work thy will with me in all things," he said; " and, in truth, it is a pleasant pastime." " Come! let us to our battle," exclaimed Odette, cheerfully, kneeling on her footstool at the opposite corner of the table to the king; "I will be your adver sary—in play, mind me!—for I love you too well to be your enemy, even in name. To our battle-field! Let us see, King, whether fortune will not smile upon you. Your success shall be a good augury to the fortunes of the realm." Thus saying, the fair maiden took the cards from th e hands of the King, and separating the black from the red, divided the packet into two equal parts. " The red shall be your soldiers, my Lord," she said, handing him his portion; "the black shall be mine, and your enemies. Look you, that you beat me well, and take all m y arm y—king s , generals, soldiers—all, all prisoners." " Come, my brave men," exclaimed Charles with ani mation, and the pleasure of a child; " come, let us do our duty. Caviar I have, and Charlemagne; and Renaud, too, and Hector—bold captains, both. I shall beat thee, * In England the fancy of Jacquemin Gringonneur was not comprehended in after years; and these same spots on the cards were then denominated " spades," from a fancied resemblance to such instruments of la kli-, but perhaps still with the same idea of warlike I ,,;fe r•e, seeing the use of spades in the formation of en :; nc; merits. prince. " And I once more refuel) every indulgence, that pro t The resemblance of these spots to knotted club heads induced them afterwards in England to be deno minated " clube_4 THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING JANUARY 5, 1349. No. I.—An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of January, 1349, and sth of January, ISO, showing the Increase or Decrease on each head thereof. • QUARTERS ENDED YE AR QUARTERS ENDED YE.ta. 'i Year ended Jan. 5. 'Quarter ended Jan. 5 r - _______, , ended r ,---- , ended ,-..______ -A- ----, r ________,--.-, April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. .5, April 5, • July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, 1847 1847 1847 1848 1848 1848 1848 1844 1849 1819 lncrease .) Decrease. Increase. 'Decrease. ----, X X X X Customs .. 4,447,673 4,519,119 4,936,644 4,111,862 18,0.5,298 4 , 302 , ,5 0 4,447,832 5,406,483 4,682,395 18,929,360 , Customs • • 914,062 .. .. 970,553 •••• Excise .......... •••••• 1,652,865 3,291,0.52 3,539,946 3,246,883 11,730,746 f 2,002,601 3,473,803 4,102,574 3,253,162 12,832,140 1 Excise •.•••• . • • • • • 1,1(11,394 6,279 .. :. •• • • Stamps. .............. 1,817,282 1,869,464 1,707,945 1,564,855 6,959,456 I 1,618,668 1,557,640 1,461,942 1,472,598 6,110,845 ! Stamps . • .... .... 848,698 92,257 .... • • . • Taxes 130,892 2,075,001 213,885 1,914,783 4,334,561 143,902 2,034,133 215,656 1,921,013 4,314,704 ,' Taxes ............. •• • • 19,857 6,230 - - Property Tax - .... •• • . 2,033,072 1,036,517 1,918,645 462,567 5,450,801 2,041,640 988,401 1,892,890 424,434 5,347,365 Property Tax ... .. •• • • 103,436 •• • • 38,133 Post-office ............. 219,000 215,000 222,000 208,000 864,000 221,000 136,000 221,000 198,000 776,000 i Post-office .• . • ..... 10,000 • • • • 88,000 • • .. Crown Lands •••.• • • • .. 37,000 .. .. 40,000 77,000 21,000 10,000 20,000 30,000 81,000 Crown Lands ...... 4,000 .... .... 10,000 Miscellaneous •....... 92,593 7,461 73,126 11,746 184,926 56,307 89,022 13,923 21,709 101,166 Miscellaneous • ... - •• • • 83,760 9,963 •• • • --- Total Ordinary - Revenue 10,430,377 13, 0 13,614 12,612,191 11,560,696 47,616,878 10,497,764 12,736,831 13,334,468 12,-003,311 48,492,583 Total 2,019,456 1,143,781 593,005 130,390 China Money.... .... .. .. .. .. 455,021 • • • .. 84,284 539,305 China Money •.. • • • 539,305 .... 81,281 •••• Imprcst Moneys, &c. .. 53,559 85,632 43,537 30,614 216,642 , 24,452 85,605 168 , 43 7 123,895 485,384 Im p rest Mone ys , &c. 268,742 .... 93,231 .. • • Repayments ofAdvances 164,568 137,944 187,486 74,048 564,045 I 74,138 86,813 112,605 140,695 414,251 Repaymtsotadvnes. 149,795 66,647 •••• •••• ------, 111,051,379 12,912,449 13,615,510 12,352,185 49,931,523 - - - Total Income - 10,648,804 13,240,190 12,843,214 11,6•i5,358 48,397,566T0tal .. - 2,827,503 1,293,546 837,•)17 150X0 - Amount applied to Con-,Deduct Deduct solidated Fund* .. .... I 3,207,608 9,912,813 8,236,066 7,010,559 28,367,046 5,956,232 6,818,019 7 , 230,426 8,974,147 2 8,978,824 1,293,546 I Decrease 150360 [ Decrease Ditto, as Advances .•• • . ; 2,940,000 1,724,311 398,084 340,830 5,403,225 149,059 231,111 428,746 184,380 993,296 Ditto, as Ways & Means' increase Increase of the Year .• •• •• •• ••' 5,461,196 7,113,698 5,126,232 4,889,744 22,590,870 4,946,008 5,863,319 5,956,338 3,193,653 19,359,404 1,533,957{ on 686,827{ on the - - ---- ---- the Year. Quarter. Total ..... 11,608,804 18,750,822'13,760,382 .12,241,133 .56,261,141 1.11,051,379 12,912,449 13,615,510 12,352,1851 49,931,523 112,852,1851 49,931,523 'lye of Loan. No. ll.—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth January, 1848, and the sth January, 1819. Permanent Debt ....... Terminable Annuities................. .... ................................ Interest on Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund Sinking Fund .. .. .... The Civil List .. •••••••••• .. - Other Charges Charges on the Consolidated Fund •••• ..... •••••••••••••••••••• ..... •••• Total Charge ...... ..... Quarters ended Jan. 5, The Surplus . • • • • ....... • • • • 5,806,728 579,706 9i1,567 381,801 340,830 The Amount of Exchequer Bills issued to meet the Charge on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended Oct. 10, 1848, and paid out of the growing produce of that fund for the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1849 ......... .. The Amount issued in the Quarter ended sth January, 1849, in part of the Sums granted by Parliament out of the Consolidated Fund, for Supply Services The Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended sth January, 18 The Surplus Revenue, after providing for the Charges of the Consolidal ply Services in Great Britain, in the Quarter ended sth January, 18, 7,207,632 5,013,097 149 ..... • • • ted Fund, and for the payment of the Sup -49. . ... 5,805,737 575,675 1,032 12,250,729 3,193,658 5,316,201 in the columns of the Evening Chronicle, 98,892 184,340 379,236 7,044,953 5,316,208 12,361,161 1,562,007 2,122,550 560,543 rld subse- quently rose to his present paramount position as an English novelist. Douglas Jerrold wrote his histo riettes of the " Man of 'Wax," and the rest of that odd series of papers, many years ago in Blackwood, long before he had dreamt of the paunch and the griddle-cakes of the immortal " Hermit of Bellyfull." Gilbert a'Becket was a scribbler of such farces as The Man with the Carpet Bag, and was editor of the flippant fenilleton of Figaro , before that marvel of puns and learning, f o The Comic .Blackstone," had crossed his imagination. Albert Smith penned face tious trifles for the ./Ifirror, before " Mr. Ledbury, and his friend Jack Johnson," had germinated in his eccentric fancy. And so on, throughout the rest of the most generally read of our living nove lists. Before periodical literature became so prevalent, stripling authors used to practise themselves in the craft which ultimately carried them to celebrity in scraps which were circulated among their families and acquaintances, precisely as the bon mots and epigrams of the Court-wits in the reign of Louis XIV. were wont to go the round of the salons in manuscript. Besides, we have yet to learn that because an emi nent writer condescends at times to throw off a fri volity, his books are rendered the less worthy of perusal. At that rate the " Vicar of Wakefield" should be of inferior merit, now that it has been de clared by a recent biographer that Oliver Goldsmith was the author of " Mother Hubbard," and other renowned nursery doggrels. Upon the same prin ciple, also, the " Caxtons" should be considered as less entitled to our attention, because Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton chose a year or two back to address a pamp let on Hydropathy to Mr. Harrison Ainsworth. Toe objection, we maintain, is not in any respect founded in justice; and, beyond this, we maintain also that instead of having generally degenerated into the contributors to ephemeral publications, our popular writers have in the majority of instances ripened from that capacity into their final excellence as novelists. The subject upon which we have here commented is one not undeserving of serious consideration, for with it are intimately blended the merit and the durability of the literature of the present generation. There is a felicitous truthfulness, moreover, in the observations made by the Quarterly Review as to the influence of our romincists upon the bearing of strangers towards each other in society. "We meet over and over again," he says, "in what is called easy society, with the tacit understanding to go so far and no farther ; to be as polite as we ought to be, and as intellectual as we can; but mutually and honourably to forbear lifting those veils which each spreads over his inner sentiments and sympathies." As the readiest means of removing these veils of con ventionality, he regards conversation on a popular novel; an its characters and on the character of the novelist himself, to be singularly serviceable. "We invite our neighbour to a walk with the deliberate and malicious object of getting thoroughly acquainted with him : we ask no impertinent questions—we proffer no indiscreet confidences—we do not even sound him ever so delicately, as to his opinion of a common friend, for he would be sure not to say lest we should go and tell ; but we simply discuss Becky Sharp and Jane Eyre, and our object i 3 answered at once.' The accuracy of all this is admirable ; and, certainly, as far as his powers of thawing society into a more genial confidence go, Charles Dickens is quite as unrivalled as in the hilarity of his humour or in the exquisite naturalness of his pathos. To his genius, we ourselves owe many a true and inestimable friend. We make no question but that the paper to which we have here referred at so much length will meet with a more general perusal than any of the other contributions —worthy as those are of admission into the Quarterly. Four of the principal contributions to the Quarterly are of a very decided political character—one on " Austria and Germany," recounting the whole of the late Germanic movement, and casting derision upon the notion of constructing out of forty inde pendent states one harmonious nationality—another, which we have elsewhere noticed, on "Italian Inter vention," equally depreciatory of the efforts of the population of the Roman peninsula—another one, " Public Instruction in France under M. Guizot," in which a very high estimate (and yet an estimate not by any means too eulogistic) is formed of the in tellect of that extraordinary but unconscientious statesman—and another on the recently published " Castlereagh Papers," a work which does not fail to elicit the panegyric of the Conservative organ upon. the accomplished suicide, the first Marquis of Lon donderry. Two other articles are indirectly of a political nature—the first relating to the important question of the relationship which should exist be tween the Government and the railways through the medium of an intelligent and entertaining chapter on the London and North - Western ; the second being a criticism on the agreeable " Souvenirs et Pemees of the Baron Wessemberg." Only that we can comprehend the prejudice of the Tory Quarterly in favour of any zealous diplomatist of the absolute administration of Austria, the praise be stowed upon the frivolous garrulity of the old gossip ing Ambassador Wessemberg would appear somewhat unaccountable. Several specimens of his small talk are paraded in the review before us, and, most cer tainly, as examples of elegant twaddle, they are alto gether incomparable. The delineation, for instance, of the character of the Empress Josephine is as far from conveying a just impression of the virtues and excellences of that noble-hearted sovereign as the perverse pen of even a Bourrienne could have contrived. An ecclesiastical argument is given in the consideration of the Duke of Argyle's volume on " Presbytery," while an antiquarian!argument is con veyed in an examination of Layard's "Nineveh and its Remains?' The other paper, not yet mentioned, is a masterly criticism on two of the most popular novels of the day—" Vanity Fair" and " Jane Eyre," the chef d ceuvres of Currer Bell and William Make peace Thackeray. In the analysis of these remark able fictions the reviewer displays a keen appreciation of the requisites of the true no- 1 velist. According to his estimation, Becky Sharp is a female Wilhelm Meister. Speaking of the Dobbin of Thackeray's " Vanity Fair," and of the Welter of Lady Georgina Fullerton's " Grantley Manor," the writer seems to have quite lost a reco.- lection of the glorious Tom Pinch of Dickens's " Mar tin Chuzzlewit." Alluding to Dobbin, the Quarterly says," He reminds us of one of the sweetest creations that have appeared from any modern pen—that plain, awkward, loveable Long Walter' in Lady Georgians Fullerton's beautiful novel of Grantley Manor.' " Now, substituting " Tom Pinch" for " Long Walter," how infinitely more applicable is every epithet. The truth is that, however meritorious may be the origi nality of the authors of " Helen Middleton" and " Pendennis," Walter and Dobbin are merely faint ideals suggested by the tangible and palpable actuality of Tom Pinch—Tom Pinch ! Dear Tom ! Old Friend ! The conception of the character of "poor, sinned against, vile, degraded, but still true-hearted Rawdon," is of itself indicative of genius, for while we remem ber that he is a cheat, a blackleg, and an unprincipled dog, we cannot help acknowledging with the Rector, that after all " Rawdon is a man, and be hanged to him." Hitherto it has been complained, or rather, we may say, lamented, that our popular and most accomplished literary men have degenerated from the writers of works that time will not willingly let die into contributors of light articles, and ephemeral squibs, an d evanescent facetim to the floating periodi cals f the age—magazines and charivaris. We think the objection has been to a very considerable extent inaccurate. And that we are correct in so speaking has been recently proved, we take it, by Mr. Thackeray. After serving a long and brilliant Magazine and Punch, he foremost rank among our has apprenticeship now risen intoin Ft the s v e r e ' r a y most distinguished novelists. After " Yellowplush" and the " Snob Papers" he has produced " Vanity Fair :" and at the very time he is bringing out from week to week in Punch his quaint woodcuts of " An Author's Miseries," he is producing from month to month his serial story of Pendennis." Even Dickens, the brightest name in our contemporary literature, began as a contributor of casual bketohes ERRATUM.—In our Naval Intelligence of yester day, line 47, from the top of column, for" very estimate," read " navy estimates." THE FIRST LORD OP THE ADMIRALTY.—The re port gains ground at the clubs that Mr. Baring, M.P. for Portsmouth, will be elevated to the Peerage, and will be appointed Fi rs t L or d o f t h o Ad m i ra lty ; at that in the event of that Right llonourable Gentleman declining to accept office, some modification of the Cabinet will take place—that Sir James Graham will be introduced into the Administration, and that Sir Charles Wood will vacate the Chancellor ship of the Exchequer for a seat in the House of Lords, and the chief place in the Board of Admi ralty at Whitehall. The Premier appears most desirous of having at the Admiralty a Minister who has had some previous acquaintance with the routine of naval matters. In Mr. Baring Lord John would have a gentleman who has given some attention to the details of the navy, and it will scarcely be forgotten that Sir Charles Wood was one of the best Whig Secretaries of the Admiralty that ever undertook the heavy responsibilities inseparable from the duties of that most important office.—Herald. ST. GEORGE'S HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday a quarterly general court of the governors of this institution was held in the board room, Hyde Park-corner. The report merely embraced the internal regulations and transac tions during the past three months, and after the usual routine business had been transacted, the meeting sepa rated. DONVGATB WARD.—Yesterday Mr. White, one of the candidates for the representation of this ward in the Court of Aldermen, retired from the contest. The only gentlemen at present in the field aro R. W. Carden, Esq., citizen and cutler, and J. Pileher, Esq., merchant and late sheriff. The funeral of Alderman Johnson is ap pointed to take place on Monday. TUB WEATHER IN LONDON.—Within the last two days the weather has undergone some sudden and rapid alternations. instead of the intense frost which prevailed on Wednesday, we had on Thursday a rapid thaw, ac companied by rain and some snow, the latter, however, to no considerable extent. Yesterday the rain continued to fall in heavy showers, and towards evening was in termixed with an increased quantity of snow. At a later hour another and a more agreeable change took place. The moisture of the atmosphere was dispelled, the clouds disappeared, the moon and stars shone out, and a bright night succeeded, attended by a renewal of the frost. CHOLERA AT THE INFANT PAUPER ASYLUM, TOOT. ma.—At a special meeting of the guardians of the Holborn Union, convened at ten o'clock yesterday morn ing, at their Board-room, Little Gray's Inn-lane, for the special purpose of taking into consideration the con dition of the children in the above establishment belong ing to their union, and the mortality occasioned by the appearance of cholera, it was resolved to withdraw im mediately those who have not been affected by the epi demic ; for which purpose an interview was obtained with Dr. Marsden, the medical officer of the Royal Free Hospital in Gray's Inn-lane, and arrangements made for their reception there, with a view; to avoid alarm to the inmates of the workhouse, who are very numerous, as well as to the parish at large; where they will remain until it is thought perfectly safe to remove them to the Union-house. OPENING OF THE NEW LONDON CATTLE MARKET. —The spacious cattle market which has for some time past been in the course of repair at Islington, is to be opened on Tuesday next, the 9th instant. The gentle men who have the management of the concern have pur chased the valuable Islington estate, consisting of the market-house, seven public houses, thirty dwelling houses, houses, with the building's in the market, &e closing fifteen acres, with pens, stalls, bank ing houses, &c., erected by the latelliMeers.' wells,erkins, on twenty-two acres of land. The area itof Smithfield e xceed five Market for all purposes, does not,appears, acres. The new market at Islington,mits present state, can accommodate 8,000 ca ttle, and 50,000 sheep, besides h o rses, pigs, &e., safely lodged within its walls. The Junction Railway now constructing from Blackwall to the Northern and Eastern Counties and the G reat N or thern and Western Railways, will pass the m ar k et within 380 yards, from which a tram.-road will be laid into the market. On the evening of Saturday a slight s h oc k o f earthquake was felt along the cost at Ingomille, near Havre, running in th© direction of from •N.W to N.E., but it did no damage. Cbtrtt Mbition AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Dec. 30.—1 t is said that proposals have been made for the marriage of Francis Joseph, Empe ror of Austria, and Princess Amelia of Saxe Weimar, born 1830, youngest daughter of Duke Bernhard. Accounts just received from Presburg state that the fortress of Essegg has surrendered to the Imperial troops.—Hamburgh Papers, Jan. 2. M. Louis Itaveaux, brother of a deputy of the National Assembly at Frankfort, has just been con demned to death at Vienna, for having sold the com bustibles by which one of the bridges was destroyed in the insurrection. It was, however, hoped that the sentence would be commuted. FR tiNKFORT. A letter from Frankfort, of the Ist, says—" M. de Gagern, Chief of the Cabinet of the Empire, has had a conference with the Commissioners of the several German Governments, on the subject of their con tingents in money. As to the first payment of the fleet (1,500,000 florins), Austria declared that her own fleet had always been employed in the Mediter ranean for the benefit of all Germany, and that this fleet was worth a great deal more than the contin gents demanded. Austria added that she would pay less than ever at this moment, her relations with Ger- -, many not yet being regulated. Prussia had made her first payment, and even those for several States of the Zollverein ; but did not know whether the same thing would be necessary a second time. Bavaria said that she had done enough for the service of the empire by placing her troops at its disposal, and so far from being called to pay, she was entitled to payment. With respect to the expenses occa sioned by the Imperial troops, Brunswick declared that a little state ought to be allowed to profit by the presence of the troops on its territory, and that it would be unjust to make any Government, which had maintained order in its own territories, as, for ex ample, Prussia and Hanover, pay a portion of the ex penses of sending Imperial troops to Baden, Thu ringen, &c. Prussia declared that she would pay her own share of such expenses, subject, however, to a subsequent arrangement. Bavaria demanded to be recompensed for the concentration, at the demand of the Empire, of troops on the Bier." ITALY. A letter from Modena, of the 27th ult., says : " Yesterday public tranquillity was seriously compro mised in consequence of a corporal having seized a young man who wore a cravat of different co lours, telling him that the three colours were forbidden. The people took the man's part, and the corporal:would have been severely ill-treated, if he had not been saved by the Civic Guard. A detachment of a Hungarian regiment twice drove him from their ranke. Patrols of cavalry and in fantry constantly parade the streets, the theatre is al most deserted, and the town is in a sort of state of siege. Public indignation is very strong against the superior officers of the garrison, owing to the brutality with which they allow their men to act." BANK OF FRANCE The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on the 4th of January, 1849: ASSETS. ... f. 145,621,460 61 . . 116,739,717 00 ~. 489,678 96 Cash and ingots Ditto in branch banks Bills past due ••• Bills falling due in Paris, of which 15,607,176 f. 53c. are from the branch banks ... ... ... ... Bills in the branch banks ... ... Advances on coins and ingots... ... Ditto on French public securities ... Ditto by branch banks... ... ... Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... Rentes of the reserve fund ... ... aentes, disposable funds ... ... Investments of the new branch banks in 57,680,793 38 106,386,396 54 19,325,613 00 32,538,394 05 1,560,337 00 50,000,000 00 50,000,000 00 10,000,000 00 34,771,288 62 the public funds ... Hotel and furniture of the Bank ••• Real property of the branch banks ... Loan of 10,000,000 f. to the city of Paris Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks ... ••• Bills protested at Paris Ditto at the branches ... ..• Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the branches ... Miscellaneous ... Consolidation of Treasury Bonds ... 12,806,741 39 4,000,000 00 2,273,658 00 7,000,000 00 200,000 00 230,000 00 10,973,225 65 5,120,550 00 39,097 00 1,126,573 94 7,351,107 50 f. 676,734,632 64 LIABILITIES. Capital ... . . Ditto of the Branch Banks Reserve fund ... Ditto of the branch banks ... f. 67,900,000 00 ... 23,350,000 00 ... 10,000,000 00 ... 2,980,750 00 Reserve-immobiliere ... 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 404,916,000 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... .., 16,567,175 00 Ditto to order (post-bills) 415,572 18 Account-current with Treasury creditor 19,204,335 35 Various accounts currant ... 82,989,325 29 ... 26,573,759 00 3,411,800 00 907,657 00 Ditto in branches Bills payable at sight ... Ditto at branches ••• „ ••• Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ••• ••• ••• Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. Dividends payable ••• • • ... Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... Discounts, and diverse interest... ... Ditto branch banks Re-discounts of the last six months Ditto in branch banks Miscellaneous ... 5,677,888 47 2,489,019 00 3,199,545 25 330,714 04 650,495 53 212,736 00 246,051 47 455,275 00 219,334 06 f. 676,734,632 64 THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) STAFF.—Captain W. M. Mitchell, of her Majesty's 84th Regiment, has, we observe, been appointed an Aide de-Camp on the personal Staff of the President of the Council of India, and Deputy- Governor of Bengal. ARTILLERY FOR CHINA.—Her Majesty has issued a warrant, authorising a company of Gun Lascars to be raised for Artillery service in China, consisting of eighty eight men,. and to be attached to the Royal Artillery serving in that country. Pensions and Good Conduct Pay will be granted, and the total expense of the com pany will be charged in the Ordnance Estimates. DISCHARGED SOLDIERS.—Upwards of 4,500 men have quitted the service during the last year, and been awarded pensions under the existing regulations. THE RECRUITING SERVICE.—We understand that a reduction has taken place in the recruiting service in this country to the extent of six sub-divisions. This measure will remand six subaltern superintending officers to their regiments. THE WAR MEDALS.—We have heard with extreme regret that there is no chance of a distribution of the long-promised medals for at least two or three months longer, the silversmiths to whom has been confided the task of getting them out having disappointed the au thorities in their estimate of the time of delivering them. If the parties were fined 101. for every officer entitled to the :medal who dies since Christmas, and teithout re ceiving his long-earned distinction, there is little doubt but that the decoration would be ready for distribution in as many days. NATAL PENSIONS FOR WOUNDS.—Two pensions for wounds, amountinglto 182/. 10s. per annum, have fallen in hand during the past week by the deaths of Com mander R. D. Pritchard (1841), and Lieutenant Howard Moore (1815). The former was a Trafalgar officer, and consequently a claimant for the long-coming medals. THE LIEUTENANT'S HALF-PAY LIST.—In consequence of the deaths of Lieutenants Leech and Shireff not hav ing been reported, Lieutenants R. A. Hughes and S. Conner remain on the ss. per diem list, when they ought to have been placed on the 6s. list. By the deaths of Lieutenants Moore and Delap, this week, Lieutenants Timothy Parsons and George Mitchell (seniority March 2, 1815) become entitled to be placed on the 6s. per diem list. We regret to hear that Admiral Sir John West, K.C.8., has been suffering from indisposition during the past week. Wo are enabled to state that the warm-hearted Vice- 1 Admiral M'Kinley, now in his eighty-third year, although confined to his bed and suffering great pain, is recovering from—much to the satisfaction of his medical attendant—a sharp attack of gout. Lieutenant Willoughby Shortland, R.N., has en rolled his name as a life governor of the Royal Naval Benevo lent Society. THE ASSISTANT-SURGEONS OF THE ROF . A n L f N ro Ar;c We are enabled to state that a deputat i o n s svis s t i a n n c I: y s et rf e e a o r u n s e ; d. but Th th a e t h C e o a u d n e e d i Council b o y f the. r‘ ir. Gre Royal Green, , had College an n of i n s t e u r r gvieicti i i s ,z: reference tf f eh r L et h o n n eeel done att oe Earl of Auckland, a few day the grievances of Naval As result of the conference we heca anyth ug i like a brotherhood,compro sorryto learneintsi:daanr has ecrm gonei determined these learned gentlemen still the We arrenjbutterenhGeimsenyptrl a in n i d se no fo b r le t o h f ei t r he le m ss . ton Berkeley was being imme• s ß i s e t r a k n e t l .h e s y au f g s e 0 1 fortunate privileges. htoeavroryt pi ti fest Captain ln e i isnittlinheds exhibiting , i ty n heart .f he n aosn. the only eo d Hard-room ' • The conduct of ,-„ Berkeley is as much to be deplored • opposed Capta in order of C • Sir as is also the d th is e te ß ly oa g rd ra o n g oppressive . Captain James Stirling: "that one of the assistant. surgeons of her Majesty's• We would advise Sir James do visit the sick berths o ' ship Howe, nee in each watch at night." Stirling to countermand this prejudices. dNmi camsa.ablpetAr‘avison order, which is unnecessary and unprecedented. --.......___ NEW HOUSES AND WAREHOUSES IN LIVERPOOL• —The following is a return of the number of houses and warehouses erected, or in course of erection, within the municipal borough, from the Ist of January to the 31st December, IS4B, as presented yesterday by Mr. Pishton, the building surveyor:-74 undor 121. per annum; 506 from 12/. to 25/.; 48 from 25/. to 351; 28 from 351. and upwards; total, 656 houses, together with 6 warehouses. The comparative statement of the number of houses erected within each year since 1838 is as follows:-1838, 1,052; 1839, 997; 1840, 1,576; 1841, 1,761; 1842, 2,027; 1843, 1.390; 1844, 2,450; 1845, 3,728; 1846, 3,460; 1847, 1,220; 1848, 656; total, 20,317.—Liverpool Mercury. INCOME, Customs .. . Excise .• • Stamps ..... .................. Taxes Property Tax • • • . • Post-office •• . • . Crown Lands .. ......... Miscellaneous • China M0ney...................... Imprest and other Moneys .......... Produce of the sale of Old Naval Repayments of Advances... To Cash, being the final Instalment of the Loan of 8,000,0001. .. ••• • .. S U N •:. THE HULSEAN PRIZE, 184b,,: m t, ':±, r 1 V' UNIVERSITY INTELL , 14) JAN. s.—The late Rev CAMBRIDGE, having bequeathed to the University of eigAirifgeett' tain estates for the advancement of reliadikilarWKA2, and having directed in his will that out of the rents an profits, so soon as annuities and other incumbrances would admit, an annual premium should be given " for the best dissertation in the English language on the evi dence in general, or on the prophecies or miracles in particular, or on any other particular argument, whether the same be direct or collateral proof of the Christian religion, in order to evince its truth and excellence," to be written by a member of this University under the degree or standing of Master of Arts; the trustees have given notice, that a premium of 1001. will this year be given for the best dissertation on the following subject— " The influence of the Jewish and Christian Revelations on Pagan writers." The dissertations are to be sent to one of the trustees (the Vice-Chancellor, the Master of St. John's College, or the Ma=ter of Trinity OoUege) on or before the 20th of October, 1849, with the names of the respective authors sealed up. The author of the essay best approved is to print it at his own expense, and is ;lot to be a second time a candi date fur the premium. THE SEATONIAN POEM. The subject of the Seatonian Poem for the present year, as announced by the electors, is " Edom." s e p name, tieshmi s t ab o tenra t tm h h eee next,Vws same c imwt e t - ei,, C tnh h t wi a ms n iote e mh e i l etn l 0 0 , Each candidate is t o sen d hi s performance, without his the vae or r sspae l :imepfloprroei, Latin the it ;dy2ea9urntsph: a ' s a en t n l i in n d o hw n eith the outside. The electors also give notice that if any poem shall appear to possess distinguish e d mer it, a premium of SOL will be adjudged. POISONED PARTRIDGES. Dr. Henry William Fuller, of St. iie;rge'Ts pital, has sent to the .Lancet a communication of cu. rious interest : " For some months past, in certain parts of Hamp shire, partridges have been found dead in the fields, presenting a very remarkable appearance. Instead of lying prostrate on their sides, as is usually the case with dead birds, .they have been found sitting with their heads erect and their eyes open, presenting all the semblance of life. This peculiarity, which for some time had attracted considerable attention among sportsmen in the neighbourhood, led to no practical result until about ten days ago, when a ; covey of ten birds having been found nestled together in this con dition, two of the birds, together with the seeds taken from the crops of the remaining eight, were sent up to London for examination." By analysis, Dr. Fuller discoved considerable quantities of arsenic in the viscera of the birds: this was traced to the seed-corn in their crops. In quiry established that " inHampshire,Lincoln shire, and many other parts of the country, the farmers are now in the habit of steeping their wheat in a strong solu tion of arsenic previous to sowing it, with the view of preventing the ravages of the wire-worm on the seed, and of the smut on the plant when grown ; that this process is found to be eminently successful, and is therefore daily becoming more and more generally adopted ; that, even now, many hundreds weight of arsenic are yearly sold to agriculturists for this ex press purpose; that although the seed is poisonous when sown, its fruit is in no degree affected by the poison ' • that wherever this plan has been extensivel y carried out, pheasants and partridges have been poi soned by eating the seed, and the partridges have been almost universally found siting in the position I have already described ; and lastly, that the men employed in sowing the poisonous seed not unfrequently pre sent the earlier symptoms which occur in the milder cases of; poisoning by arsenic." The question was then suggested, "Might not the flesh of birds so poi soned prove injurious when eaten ?" Dr. Fuller cut off the breast of :a bird, and gave it to a fine healthy cat. " She ate it with avidity ; but in about half an hour she began to vomit, and vomited almost inces santly for nearly twelve hours, during the whole of which time she evidently suffered excessive pain. After this, nothing would induce her to eat any more partridge.—l kept her without food for twenty-four hours, but in vain; she resolutely refused to touch an atom more of the bird. This being the case I gave her some beef and some milk, which she eagerly. swallowed; proving, beyond doubt, that her instinct, and not her want of appetite, induced her to forego the dainty meal which had just been offered her.' Dr. Fuller also found in every part of the flesh of the other bird strong traces of arsenic : the bird could. not have been eaten by a man without very serious consequences. "It is notorious," Dr. Fuller says, " that many of the dealers in game are supplied through the agency of poachers and others who have a direct pecuniary interest in supplying them with the largest possible number of birds. It is certain, moreover, that if men of this sort were t o fi n d a cove y of partridges in a field, dead, but fresh and in good condition, they would not hesitate to send them with the remainder of their booty to the poulterer; who would as certainly, without suspicion, sell them to his customers." The conclusions are, that " sus picious cases of bellyache" at this season are not always to be taken for cholera; and that. the practice of steeping seed in arsenical solution may become matter for restrictive legislative interference, both on sanitary and medico-legal grounds. LOCHCARRON.—The herring fishing has failed in Lochcarron this season, and there are few potatoes in the place. The people on the coast wbo depend on the fish ing will be very destitute when the present stock of grain is consumed. The grain cannot last long.—Ross shire Advertiser. Advices from Bordeaux state that the holidays had during the week interfered with business. The markets were firm, however. Accounts from Smyrna, of the 15th ult., represent much dulness: in trade, which was much increased by the character of the news from Europe. From Con stantinople the news extends to the same date. The grain market was very quiet, with accumulating stocks. Good qualities were firm in price. A resumption of bu siness was, however, shortly looked for. The rage for the gold mines of California proceeds with gigantic paces. Besides vessels for that quarter of the globe previously advertised, Mr. John Shepherd, of Lime-street, advertised one for this modern El Dorado on Thursday, and in the course of the day he had no fewer than twenty-five applications for passages. An effort is to be made in Aberdeen for the aban donment of open fishing-boats, and the substitution of small- decked vessels, with air-tight compartments, to prevent sinkii g. The boats at present in use cost 501., those proposed would cost 130/. ; but, then, instead of being employed, as at present, for some six weeks in the herring fishing only, they could be at sea all the year round, for every kind of fishing trade. B USINES S IN TILE WESTMINSTER COUNTY' COURT. —The number of causes entered for trial in the West minster County Court during the year 1848 amounted to 14,600. Of these, upwards of 14,400 have been heard, and judgments given upon them, but of this name b2r but twelve have been tried by juries, thus showing that litigants, in the present day, are desirous of getting law as cheap as possible (the cost of a jury being some thing like 145.), and abide by the decision of one man, sitting in the capacity of " Judge and Jury." TO enable the Judge (D. C. Moylan, Esq.) to PI through this immense amount of business (which is ex clusive of applications for summonses out of districts. &c.) he was compelled, during the first portion of the yk ar, to sit six days in each week, and latterly, fnou.r sattlh'i:ldth:vbeetr(:l3ish op , days; frequently , from ten o'clock in the morning _u the six or seven o'clock in the evening. In several of samet: other courts the judges do not sit more than as days in each month, and yet they receive th r e om . one amount of salary. Taking the above returneef 'lsidore out of the nine courts in the metropolis into who must tiOD, it will show the great number of persons u r ng ACTOR. J oe ANECDOTES OF JOE HAINES, . TU I B 7OI, WU no I be interested in the proceedings of them d i the yea. Haines, the comedian, who died n i e n _ .... d his wick ,: in danger on pranks than for his acting. II celebrated for his great fa d e e d an English Peer, and eti tir u o w w 'ai n s i s nt m o u the B '1 ". ash e at occasion of being seized a t n to him, mig in London he was g they 3,000 livres in debt. for a debt of 201. by on 1 - - 7 arrested in the street ...,. was . a couple o. t h e Bishop -yy Passing in his coach. Paris, for having personated bailiffs, as Joe to the bailiffs, "here's withinf E i three or four h a t n y d e h n e tur 'll e r sa y ~ Ahr said let m o thought k time my cousin, the ;Jet beiliffs Bishop _ yards of him; so up goes c lose to the coach, and taking off his • J.,93 s cience, that I fear who L ho or h d a sh v i e p ordered the coach to stop, while Joe, thrusting his head oe, i n at the window, said and, calling loftily, " My Lord, here are two. great h eavy scruples of con• stuocshpeak with them." " Certainly," they may hang themselves, and I be come tome to-morrow • to the bailiffs, said, "You s p e o e o c c h ln y e o n u morning, and I'll satisfy yon." The men bowed and went away,' and Joe, hugging himself with this fallacious advice, was permitted to go free. In the morning the bailiffs, expecting the debt and charges, repaired to the Bishop's, where, being introduced, " Well. said the Bishop what are your scruples of conscience?" " Scruples !" said the bailiffs, " we have no scruples; we are bailiffs, my Lord; arrested your cousin, Joe Haines, for 20i Your Lordship promised to satisfy us to-day, and wo hope your Lordship will be as good as your word." The Bishop, reflecting that his honour and name would be compromised if he refused to pay, was reluctantly obliged to discharge the debt and costs. FOREIGN OILS.—By the revised tariff (8 and 9 Vic., cap. 90), train oil, blubber, spermaceti oil, and head matter, the produce of fish, or creatures living in the sea, caught by the crews of British vessels and lal ported direct from the fishery, or from any British pos session, in a British vessel, were declared to bo free; and train oil and blubber, the produce of fish, or creatures living in the sea, of foreign fishing, and spermaceti oil of foreign fishing, were charged with six and fifteen pounds per tun respectively. The same enactments provided that the former-mentioned oils s hould be free of dutyon and after the let January, 1847, and also declared sper maceti oil to be free on and after the Ist January, 1849. Spermaceti oil, of foreign fishing, is now thereone free of duty, the privilege having come into operation on the Ist inst. STATUE OF CIIARLES I. AT CIIARING•CROSS.—" A. subscriber " writes—" I think it is much to be regretted that some effectual step is not taken to restore the beau. tiful pedestal of Charles the First's statue at Charing cross before the ornaments and mouldings have so en tirely perished as to preclude the possibility of twin , e a u she one or the other."—Builder.