The Sun. — London, England, 1849-05-07 00:00:00

At par stone by the Caruso. a. d. to s. d. i s. d. to u. d. I l eef,lnferlor.... •. 1 8 2 0 i dfutton, inferior .. 2 2 2 6 "-- middling .... 2 2 2 4 readctling .• 2 8 210 ----- prlnielarge •• 2 4 2 6' ---- prime :mall .. 2 8 2la Pork, large ... • .... 3 0 3 6 L4inb. 4i 6,1 to 5s 81. nomoucza D SPITAXMIELDS. 13y land carriage, as well as coastwise, the arrivals of potatoes, last week, n ere on a very moderate rcale, and of middling quality. The imports from abroad, were, how ever considerably on the increase — they ha vin g comprised 230 bags from Ghent ; 1,224 bags from tone, ; 7 Amsterdam, 500 t ons , 5,621 bags from Rotterdam , 197 643 hampers Antwerp; 43 sacks from Dun kirkVCl bags from Hamburgb; 110 s acks, 6 0 tons from C a l a i s; 75 tuns, 2 bags, from Ilarlingk n; 72 tons, and 188 bags, from Ostend — formi n g a total importation of about 1,600 tons. The best pot atoes, being scarce, are held at extravagantly high prices Those of the middling and inferior kinds are on the advance. Per Ton. Per Ton. York. Regents 1603 to 215 s Essex Regents ... —s to —s Ditto Shaws —s to s Ditto Shaws —s to s Scotch Ruts l4os to 150 s Ditto Kidneys ... —s to s Ditto Cups —s to s French Whites ... 1203 to 130 s Ditto Whites :00s to 120 s Belgian ditto 120 s to 13t s Lineoln.Regents. —s to —s Dutch ditto l2os to 135 s 110ILOUGH HOP MARKET. We have no ne w feature to nutice in our market. Fine Flops are scarce, and quite as dear as last week; but all other kinds are a very dull inquiry. Sussex pockets, 21 4s to 21 18s; Weald of Kent ditto, 21 12s to 31 8 s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 3/ 5s to 61 18i. per cwt. WOOL. Very large supplias of Wool were received in the port of London last week, viz., 1,209 bales from Purt Phillip, 1,769 ditto from Algoa Bay, 575 ditto from 13 0n3bay, 41 ditto from the Cape, 22 bags from Ham burgh, 4 bales frcm Thisted, 452 bales 1 bag from Port Beaufort, 2,193 bales from Adelaide, and 4,767 ditto from Sydney, or a total importation of about I J, OOO balm This is one of the largest quantities ever re ceived in one week. The supply of 'Wool offering in the private market is not to say extensive, yet the dealers, owing to the approaching public sales, which will be de clared immediately after the late arrivals have been sorted, have purchased with extreme caution, at almost nominal currencies. TALLOW. Our market has continued in very depressed state since Monday last, and prices have declined quite 3d per cwt. Tc-day P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 38s 6d pir cwt. For forward delivery, the quotations are no minal. Town Tallow, 37s 9d to 38, per cwt net cash. Rough Fat has fallen to 2s Id per 81bs. Advices from St. Petersburgh represent the trade heavy. PA:). I~4ti. I•i7 1849. Stock th's day ...... 19,388 ors Gd PricyC. I to 3 , s Od Delivery last week' .. 1 , 535 Ditto from June 1.: • • 62,833 Arvivali last week . 660 Ditto from June 1 ... 83,230 11,217 , 9,238 42s 6d 47s 6tl to Os Od to Os Od 7,792 48s Od Os Od 24,818 38s 6d to Os Od 8 , 12 ' 41.71 84,54 q 78,627 337 6E2 20,259 ; 75,240 1,U:3 I 1 1,2,8 94,805 i 93,007 555 929 94,496 110,292 50s. 6d 39s 6d Price ef Town 41s Oct 44s Od ' 49s 6d EX CHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco ) WILLS V. BRIGHT. The Court granted a rule nisi in this case, in which a question arose as to the right of the plaintiff, as secretary to the Neptune Insurance Company, to recover a certain amount of calls from the defendant as a proprietor in the same company. A verdict to 1201. was found for the plaintiff at the trial, and the case turned upon the construction of a memorial of partnership of a private Act of Parliament. _ No other case of sufficient importance to justify a re port caxn.c on daring the morning. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The May Session was opened this morning before the Recorder and Aldermen Gibbs and Moon. The RECORDER delivered his usual address to the grand jury, and commented upon some of the cases, none of which era of a very unusual or important natare. The total number of prisoners waiting their trials was 131, a great proportion of which, as usual, consisted of petty larcenies, ani larcenies from dwelling-houses by servants. The following are some of the principal charge.: —Uttering counterfeit coin, 8 ; cutting and Wounding with intent, 6; uttering forged instruments, 2; rt-Aling letters from the Post-office, 1; manslaughter, 1; misdemeanour, 9 ; rape (by a surgeon), 1 ; receiving stolen goods, 6; sacrilege, 1; &c. The calendar is un flimsily light, which is accounted for by the short period that has elapsed since the last session. No cases of consequence were tried during the day. MARLBRO'-STREET—( THIS DAY.) Mr. Thomas Birhs and Mr. Sidney Montague Hamil ton, two well-dressed gentlemen, were placed before Mr. Bingham, charged with being drunk and creating a dis turbance at the Black Horse Tavern, Coventry-street. Mr. John Wood, the landlord, stated that on Saturday night, about ten o'clock, the defendants rushed into his house and inquired who was the landlord. Witness, who was in the bar at the time, asked them what they wanted. They replied that they wanted to know the number of the omnibus that had left at ten o'clock. Witness said he could not inform them, as he had nothing to do with the " busses." Seeing that they were much in liquor, he rc quested them to have the house. They refused, told him to be d—d, and called him a sharp of a landlord. Witness then went to the door for the purpose of putting them out, when Mr. Hamilton taxed him with getting up a row for the purpose of robbing him of his gold pin. AB they caused an obstruction to his business, he sent for a constable and gave them in charge. The defendants indignantly denied the charge of in toxication, and Hamilton protested that the row was only a ruse to rob him of his pin, which he lost in the scuffle. They would call tho inspector who took the charge to prove that they were sober. Insp etor Valentine, C division, on being sworn, proved that the defendants were very much in liquor. Mr. BINGHAM said he did not think the defendants had made out their case as to sobriety, nor rzni he think they had shown any reason at all to interrupt com plainant in his business. To mark his sense of their con duct, he should fine them 20s. each, and hold them to bail in their own recegnizances to keep the peace fox three months. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. On Saturday evening the opera of the Sonnambula Was repeated with Jenny Lind as Amina, and Cal zulari as Elvino. Jenny Lind was, if possible, more astonishing than ever, never has even she excited so intense a furore as sin did on Saturday; the applause was more than enthu. Mastic—it was a roar of delight and admiration, and the stage at the close resembled a beautiful parterre, 80 many were the roseate offerings made to the Nightingale. Her Majesty, who was present, fre quently applauded in the most marred man ner. Calzolari mpre than redeemed the pro mise of his first appearance—never has any tenor achieved a success so rapid, so triumphant, so de served. The emsar of song, Veni, vidi, vici should be his motto—he has sang twice, and has taken his rank as the first Italian tenor of the day. OUR TRADE WITH SICILY. The following is a copy of the correspondence on the subject of the war between the King of Naples and the Sictlians:— " Egerton Gr( ve, Stretford-road, near M chester, May 1, 1849. "My Lord,—Having been requested by tFe merchants residing in this city who have signed tbe inclosed peti tion, to forward it to your Lordship, and es there is no time to be lost by presenting it to your Lordship in the usual way, I have taken the liberty to forward it to your Lordship direct, trusting that the subject, and your Lordship's usual kindness and condescension, will par don my omitting the usual formalities. I may add, that the %hole body of merchants of this city carrying on trade between England and Sicily, with one or two ex ceptions, have signed the petition.—l am, my Lord, your Lordship's obedient humble servant, " J. W. HOPKINS. "To the Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston, M.P., her Majesty's Chief Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London." REPLY. "Foreign Office, May 4, 1849. " Palmerstonam directed by Viscount to ac knowledge the receipt of your letter of the Ist inst ,con taining a memorial from certain merchants residing in Manchester, on the subject of late events in Sicily ; and I am to state to you in reply, that her Majesty's Go vernment are led to hope, from accounts recently re• ceived, that an arrangement has been made between the Sicilians and the King of Naples, by which further hostilities between the Neapolitan troops and the Skit will be prevented.—l am,.Sir, your most obedient humble sery H. W. ADDINGTON. " W. Hopkins, Del., Egerton Grove, Stretford road, near Manchester." OLD FRIENDS.—On Thursday evening the second No anniversary supper of the .1. • 9 Lodge of the Anc ient Order of Old Friends was ce.e Luke's, on whic h the B r iti s h Oak, Baltic street, St. ' b ra ted at the lodge house , occasion a hi g hl y respecta bl e par ty of the members reflected and w their f r i en d s partook of an entertainmen t great credit to the worthy host, Treasurer Picking, and gave great satisfaction. C. Stanbury presided as chair man, as did P. C. Brabbs deputy, a nd were supported , among others, b y t h e following i n fl uen tial members!`' C. of the o r d er:—P. S. C. Gaunt, P. S. C. Ward, P. S . Clark, P. C. Gee, P. C. SMers, P. C. Butler, P. C. Wil liamson, P. C. N oe l, C. Dawes, C. Davies, and S. Bur gess. After the cloth was withdrawn, the Chairman, in a neat speech, gave .. Her Majesty, the Queen," which was drank amid much cheering ; then followed " Suc cess to the Ancient Order of Old Friends," received with much appla.use ; as was also "The Friend in Need Fund," proposed by Secretary Burgess. P. C. Dawes, in a very excellent speech, gave "The Gift Funds of the Order," with " The Health of Secretary Noel," whom he described as a very deserving officer, and fully de serving the confidence of the Brothers. Several excel lent songs were sung, and the greatest harmony pre vailed throughout the evening. The Treasurer and Stewards were severally proposed, and drank with every demonstration of respect, and suitably acknowledged. THE MONTCALM GALLERY.—The sale of the pic tures 3 forming this gallery was concluded en Saturday by MessrF. Christie and M tnson. The sum realised by the coll•!e7ion exceeded 10,0001 iini : , . - E , ; .::N" I) A BERG A \ ii,Nl'i ii,AILWA I' .--At the . hale 3« . ..r1•, n.;,:ring of tl - 16 rrc•h , i..t.,:r9 e:f 111- elt:4 l 6 this name on Thur s d a y, it eu4 r„.0i,.., on in:Jung a survey to ascertai n w h et h er it wou ld be practicable to convert the canal into a railway. LITERAT URE. HISTORY OF GREECE. - Second Edition. By Thomas Swinburne Oar, 111 A. After the standard composition of Mitford, and the celebrated works recently published by Grote and Thirlwall, it may appear rather a matter of superero gation, not to say of temerity and presumption, for any one to attempt a volume of this character. It must be premised at once, however, not merely in extenuation, but in commendation of the labours of Mr. Carr, that his production is an endeavour to make up fur the deficiencies of Dr. Goldsmith's abridgement, not to compete with the voluminous pages of his more ambitious predecessors. As the title-page indicates, the volume is intended " for the use of schools and collegea." It recounts the narra tive of the rise and development of those famous classic democracies whose citizens were the authors of the first civilization, and it does so within the corn pa's of 600 pages, without being either too diffuse or too abbreviated, without encumbering the memory of the youthful student with unnecessary particulars, and, at the same time, without omitting anything which could tend to bring more vividly before the dawning imagination the genius and the valour of the ancient Grecians. Remote as is the age which com menced with the rise of Codrus and terminated with the fall of Mithridates, the fact is patent to every educated man that, in regard to the principal incidents of that epochathere is no lack whatever of authentic materials. From Ilerodotus, whom Cicero happily designated the Father of History, we learn all the most interesting details cf the ate uggles between the Greeks and Persians, dating from the appearance of Cyrus to that of Xerxes. And in the nine eloquent books written , by him, "each of which has been elegantly called after one of the Nine Muses, we possess not merely the record of many extraordinary occurrences, but a perfect model of all that is lucid, oratorical, and poetically ornate in his torical composition. Thucydides, again, in his record of the Peloponnesian war has supplied posterity as well with the circumstances of that prolonged struggle as with a noble example of the fidelity, the concise ness, and the vigour which are requisite in an an nalist. The bo!d and compact beauty of his Attic dialect affords ample compensation for the absence of that rhetorical splendour which characterised the lonic dialect of his great contemporary Herodotus. Xenophon completed the glorious triumvirate of the Greek historians—adding a supplement to Thucydides, under the name of the Uellenica, besides penning the biography of the Great Cyrus, and describing the manner in which he himself conducted the famous Retreat of the Ten Thousand. These narratives he accomplished, moreover, in a style, of which it can never be forgotten that Quinctikan remarked it was formed by the Graces. From such works and from the fragmentary effusions of such men as Poly bins, as Diodorus Siculus, as Dionysius of Haiti carnassus, as , Appian, as Arrian, as Dion Cassius, and as Ilerodian, all subsequent authors have derived their authority. Their renowned volumes have been the mines worked by modern scholars, by Heeren and by Muller, by Ifockh and by Hermann, by Wacksmuth and by Schomann. They have called into existence the eminent English annalists of Greece already mentioned—Mittord, Grote, and Thirlwall. They have prompted other gifted minds to delve into the buried treasures of antiquity. And in this way Sir Edward llulwer Lytton was induced to forsake for a time the fascinating regions of romance, and to tell of the glories of old Athens in a strain which causes every intelligent reader to lament that he has left so noble an effusion unfinished. Mr. Carr—with a caution w hich we cannot sufficiently commend—has availed himself of the labours of all his distingushed predecessors both ancient and modern. He has carefully condensed into one substantial volume the history of classic Greece from the birth of the Pelasgi as a nation, down to the death of Alexander and the destruction of the vast empire conquered by the sword of the wonderful Macedonian. The book is no superficial gleaning from a library. It is the ripened produc tion of a clever and industrious scholar; and the mar ginal notes and references are of themselves a sufli cient indication that his aim has been that of affording the soundest instruction. The whole is written in a style remarkably pure and vigorous ; and it is not difficult to recognize that the learned historian, besides acquiring a perfect familiarity with the records of ancient Greece, has obtained a laudable mastery over the English language. ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE. Eighth Edition. Illustrated with Portraits. Vol. 11. This remarkable edition of the great historical masterpiece of Archibald Alison is continued—the second volume being embellished with three very striking engravings of three very hideous mortals, Mirabeau, Danton, end Marat. The two latter appear to us to be the most characteristic, the head of Mirabeau scarcely conveying that impression of grandeur which has made Hugo liken him to a Titan, and Chateaubriand depict him, in one of his sublime figures of speech, as the impersonation of Chaos. Marat, on the contrary, is evidently life-like. In the insolent ugliness of his features, you recognise the ruffian who emerged from the filth of his sub terranean haunts to thrust his loathsome dogmas upon the. Legislature. Through all that squalor and de formity, however, it is itnpo&sible not to perceive the intellectuality that dazzled the millions in the columns of his famous Anti du Peuple. In the coarse and contorted countenance of Danton, a countenance seamed with the small-pox and illumined by the daring of his undaunted genius, you look, and not in vain, for those evidences of courage, of self-reliance, of capacity, of good nature, and yet of ruthless and inexorable resolution, which made up the incongruous emperament of the man who, after organizing and carrying out with a pitiless will the mas sacres of September, retired to his native place with his young and beautiful bride to smother remorse in the midst of voluptuous pleasures. We are fain to hope that the next volume may— though somewhat after date—contain a portrait of the young, the loving, the eccentric, the witty, the eloquent, the bold, the fanatical, the unhappy author of the Vieux Cordelier, poor Camille Desmoulins. I'Ve must not omit to mention that the second volume is accompanied with the second part of the re-issue of the masterly Atlas, illustrative of the history. Every student of the wars of the Revolution awl of the Empire will find the plates in this Atlas inestimable treasures. FRANK FORBSTER AND HIS FRIENDS, By W. IL Herbert. 3 Vols. The author of " Cromwell" and of " Field Sports in the United States," two very dissimilar works to be written by the same pen, has now united the sportsman with the novelist, end produced a hook which possesses rqual attractions for the lovers of field sports, and for the general reader. Mr. Herbert is evidently an enthusiastic votary of the " noble science of Wood craft," as he terms it. According to the revelations of Frank Forester, it would stern that a thorough sportsman is something of an admirable Crichton. He can turn his hand to anything. The stern ap prenticeship, which an American sportsman must go through, endues him (according to Mr. Herbert, and very probably ho is right to a certain extent,) with almost universal knowledge, or at least it obliges him to make use of all his powers of observation, and all his reasoning faculties, and consequently he is (naturally enough) the very man fcr an emergency. No matter what the difficulty may be, whether to bring a murderer to justice, or to " make two lovers happy," tne sportsman's ready ingenuity and in stinctive quickness of perception will overcome it triumphantly. In proof of this peculiar talent we may cite two instances in which Frank Forester's sporting friend, Harry, greatly distinguished himself. Frank and Harry, and an old huntsman, were out shooting in the forest, when, hearing a shot fired at a little distance from them, Harry ran on to in quire the cause ' • on his companions overtaking him they found him contemplating the corp se of a man k nown t o th em all, who had evi dently been killed by the shot just fired. The bullet had pi erce d hi s brain, and was found in a tree at a little distance • his gun, just discharged lay by his sid e , it seemed evident that the unhappy t r h r h i a a ev n eh had ln., ot us c mg o ha m tn i ba t u t n e td d n soot sa suicide.onyiy'Surprise So Harry, thought Frank and spectator and grief would f in no wise diminished his powers of keen observation. He bade his friends notice that the bullet had descended in traversing the skull, the aperture at back of the dead man's head being lower than that in front. Had he shot himself the gun would have been pointed upwards, and the bullet would conse quently have ascended. Then maki ng F ran k stand at the corpse's feet, in the very place where the victim had stood when receiving the shot, he bade the old huntsman go to the tree where the bullet had lodged, and, looking at Frank, take the direction from whence the shot must have come. These pre liminaries being concluded, and it being evident that mu rder had been c ommitted, Harrys next care was to discover and trace the footsteps of the criminal. This was accomplished with some difficulty, the mur derer having made e co vering his footstep s w i u tz of branchesth I n a d n i a d n ' l s e a d v o e d s g ; e h u o f t ' Harry fugitive's traces. with a acquainted with this trick al so, and with a little trouble go t upon the we have said it may be seen that will not folovv him in his perilous pruinrskuFito;rfersotemews•andat. but that interest is not alwa y s of sue appalling ven t u res are in no way deficient in a interest, h character ; for example, on the other occasion to w ich we alluded above, when one of Frank Forester's friends found it necessary to " run away " with his promised bride, in consequence of her brother's invincible I oljoction 11r) Eogl+shmari, Harry c - ,l.l , iiict;!(l the elopf:lilent usual skill. We Nvi! allnviiitincr it, tpoit the veiy (•xeitiog description of how Harry drove the runaways in his sledge at full speed through field and forest, with the angry brother closeupon their heelo.:Thedenouentent is THE SU N, -LONDON, MON DA.Y EVENING-, MAY 7, _lB4 9. as surprising as it is successful. Such is the character of the tales contained in these three volumes. They are mingled, of course, with sporting adventures, and the whole is related in a lively and pleasant manner. SHAKSPERE QUOTATIONS. IValbran. By E. J. The title-page of this little volume describes it as a "dictionary of Shakspere quotations; being a collec tion of the maxims, proverbs, and most remarkable passages in the pays and poems of Shakspere, ar ranged in alphabetical order." As a work of refe rence this compilation will ba useful to those who possess a copy of Shakspere's works, while to persons not possessed of such a treasure, or not well ac quainted with tha great dramatist, this epitome of the wit and wisdcm scattered throughout his pages will prove an inestimable advantage. It is beautifully printed, and " well got up," and well adapted to the drawing-room table, where it would serve as an admirable source of profitable employment for an idle minute, or as a topic of conversation when the changes of the weather are exhausted. " A word in season, how good is it," and many a word in season meets the eye of the casual turner• over of these pages —words of comfort to the afflicted, of hope to the despairing, of reproof to the erring, vide a few ex amples chosen almost at random. "Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all"—" Men shut their doors against a setting sun"—" 0 that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains"— " 'Els the mind that makes the.b..dy rich, And us the sun breaks through the darkest cloud, So honour peereth in the meantst habit." " 'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall" —"Tell truth and shame the devil "—" Talkers are no good doers"—" Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow" "It is better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief And wear a golden sorrow." But our columns would soon be full to the exclusion of more important (?) matter if we attempted to quote all the wise sayings of Shakspere. We will ingly refer our readers to Mr. Walbran. Ile is well-qualified to perform the office of cicerone through this labyrinth - of treasures. LOFODEN; or the- Exiles of Norway. By E. W. Lander, Author of " The Bushman." 2 Vols. In the preface of "LotodQn" we find the following startling anecdote, related as an illustration that truth is stranger than fiction ever. dares to be : " Early in the summer of 1846, two Esglishmen were travelling can nprn earring° in the south-east of France. Whilst descending a mountain of terrific steep ness, down the side of which the road wound in a zig zag fashion, the wheel got jerked out of the skid-pan or drag, and the horses gradually increasing their pace, flew et full speed down the almost precipitous road. The travellers, perceiving the awful danger to which they were exposed, threw themselves down at the bottom of the carriige. Suddenly the leading !sorses shied at some object before them, and instantly dashed over the low wall at the side of the road, followed by the others, while the postilion threw himself on the ground. Down below was almost a sheer precipice of two or three hun dred feet. Over went the horses and carriage. One of the travellers afterwards described to me (Mr. Landor) his sensations. He said there was scarcely time to think, but he was peeectly conscious they were going down the precipice, and expected to be instantly dashed to pieces, when suddenly there was a violent jerk which almost shook them out of the carriage, their descent was arrested, .and they seemed to be almost hanging in mid air. They boih raised themselves cautiously to recon noitre their position. Locking down the , precipitous slope of the mountain, they saw far below them the horses lying together in a heap in the lower road, apparently dead. Looking upwards they saw above them the broken wall ; in a few moments the blank and terror-stricken visage of the postilion was seen r eerir g hopelessly over. Oa perceiving them it was illuminated with delight, which, the next instant, gave way to horror. The drr g of the carriage had become jammed in a crevice of the rock, and now . sustains d the whole weight of the vehicle as it hung upon the slope of the precipice. Ropes were procured, and the travellers were rescued." " This," observes the author of " Lofoder," " is an incident of real life, such as the most daring romance writer would not venture to introduce into a work of fiction." I - Ie has, apparently, cited it at the very commencement of his work in order to protect him self against the charge of improbability, for the pages of " Lofoden" abound with startling, adven tures. The first volume opens with a little incident that powerfully excites the reader's interest, a great thing for the first chapter of a novel, which is generally a most hum-drum affair. A wanderer is pursuing his way through a desolate tract of country, and his footsteps are closely fol lowed by a wolf, which is patiently waiting till dark ness and fatigue have rendered the lonely traveller his Frey. A violent snow-storm obliges the fugitive to take shelter in a small cavern, where the wolf fol lows him, but is kept at a distance from his destined prey by a light which is kindled by the traveller. The wretched man sees the protecting fire gradually expiring, and his enemy grimly watching him. He endeavours, while a spark of light yet remains, to frighten the wolf from the cave. At his load shout the cowardly animal rushes to the entrance--it is blocked up by the newly-fallen snow. This incident, which would have seemed to be the stranger's destruction, proves his safeguard. The wolf; no longer seeking to molest the man, rolls upon the ground in an agony of terror. A foot note reminds the re2sler of a fact in natural history, on which this incident is founded. "The most ferocious wolf, when it falls into a pit from which there is no escape, becomes overwhelmed with terror, and offers no resistance to the hunter, ho descends and leisurely dispatches him. When this animal finds his retreat cut off, he displays the most abject cowardice." This adventure is narrated with a minuteness and simplicity that gives it an ap pearance of reality, we almost see the wolf's eye glaring upon his ccmpanion as he stands at the en trance to the cave. The author of " Lofoden" possesses a power of description which gives a peculiar force and interest to the ter rible and exciting scenes of which he tells. The catastrophe, notwithstanding the adventure of the English travellers, we cannot but think somewhat improbable, and the character of Lofoden himself in no wise excites our interest or sympathy. Such a character, nevertheless, is a likely result of the cruel treatment which embittered the life of the exile ; we do not like him nevertheless. Beyond these two re servations we have no fault to find with " Lofoden." The old pastor and his daughters, the gentle Grace and the excellent Ellinor, interest us in their behalf, while the unhappy prisoners in the mines, virtuous men condemned from political causes to a punishment never awarded to the most heinous guilt, alternately excite our indignant horror and our heartfelt commis seration. These scenes and characters Mr. Landor has described with a mssterly hand, for example, the picture of the captive father and son—the stern baron, too proud to exhibit the tenderness and sorrow which overpower him, an 1 the gentle Orla, a victim of filial love fading away by his father's side, both re fusing to make any attempt at escape, because the punishment of such an attempt will be separation, is most admirable and truly pathetic. If Lofoden indi vidually do not very greatly excite our sympathy, the volumes which bear his name contain a variety of very interesting and attractive characters—the most attractive of which is:the wronged peasant-girl Olga. The baron's welcome home forms a worthy pendant to the harrowing scene of his captivity, but, alas! the gentle Orla is then beyond the reach of par don. We have spoken only of the scenes and charac ters of " Lofoden," but before taking leave of it we must net omit to remark that the principles which it enforces, and the thoughts to which it gives expres sion, are as excellent and beautiful as its incidents are startling. It is as good as it is interesting, and that is saying a great deal. LADY ALICE ; or, the New Una. 3 Vas, We sympathise deeply with the anxiety naturally felt by the novel-writer to find some new subject for his pen. Now-a days, when there are almost as many novel-writers as novel .readers, the difficulty must be almost insurmountable. The author of " Lady Alice" has, however, hit upon a rather unusual expe dient. He tells us boldly in his preface that he does not aim at beingf natural—a very unnecessary piece of information to any one who may peruse his pages. We will not proceed to discuss the various interesting or uninteresting scenes and characters of " Lady Alice," the tout ensemble of the novel is brilliant and amusing, we admit, but on this point we take our stand :—Should or should not a work of fiction bear the sem blance of reality ? Here we beg to differ from the author of " Lady Alice." To give a literal narrative of common-place events would, we allow, be a some hat low aim f or a man o f gen i us ; on the w contrary, we agree with this writer in his high estimate of the ideal excellence which should be the object of the true artist. But, his error lies in the notion that the real and the ideal are contradictory terms. There is a chapter in " Zanoni" (if we mistake not) which treats of the nice distinction between these terms, and we recommend its perusal to the author of "Llcly Alice." Let him bear in mind that the ideal is not a contradiction to, but an improvement on, the real; for example, how did the artists of Greece produce those ideal perfections which posterity still contem plates with " admiring de , pair ?" It is well known that they made use of real models—they copied the excellences of a hundred different beauties—the brow of one, the lip of another, the smile of a third. When the statue was completed, its glorious beauty had no earthly prototype, yet who should dare to call it un il It as reality ideali,ed. A n d so it s h ou ld thebe iii w \.\stohnear I s t if , prfections, that we may admire and imitate- - let idetunce h b i u m m g au ive n u a s t , u i r f e hepuwriifill,erpanerd n exce—e stutitieveuio THE DANISH BLOCKADE, The following letter has been addressed by Lord Ed. disbury, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Mr. bandars, : " Foreign-office, May 4. " Sir,—l am directed by Viscount Palmerston to ac .snowledge the receipt of your letter of the Ist instant, requesting his Lordship to take the opinion of her Ma jesty's Advocate-General upon certain points connected with the Danish blockade of the German ports. " The first question put by you is to this effect : " Supposing an English or neutral ship laden with grain at one of the blockaded ports (Stettin for in stance), finding no obstruction, leave that port, but on arriving at the Sound it is discovered by ber papers she has left one of the (nominally) blockaded ports after the time she had a right to do so, according to the terms of such blockade, then is it lawful for the blockading country to seize such vessel and cargo, as if she had cap tured her in the very act of breaking the blockade? " In reply, I am directed to inform you that the nature of the answer to be given to that question would very much depend upon the fact of the existence or non existence of a legal blockade of the port in question. The formal notification by the Danish Government fur. niches a strong presumption that an adequate force would be applied for the maintenance of the blockade; and if this were the case—that is to say, if an adequate force was applied to that purpose—an English or other neutral vessel coming out of a blockaded port with a cargo after the end of the time during which she had a right to do so would be liable to seizure at the Sound, or anywhere else during her voyage, until her arrival at her port of destination. The circumstance of her hav ing succeeded in leaving the port without obstruction is no conclusive evidence of tho non-existence of a legal blockade. It is not an accidental absence of the block ading furce, nor the circumstance of its being blown off by stormy Rinds or unfavourable weather, that will be es theusCffi g lonnelaowr mtoorreevmeosyseelsaowbiliocigktaodet,henodrarkwniellss the have that effect. acp n ie i en o h tf t cr to a fog, or to oth er accidental circum stances,.4 Oa the other hand, if there was no legal blockade existing—if there eas no Danish force sent to form and maintain the blockade, or if the same, after having been so sent, was driven off by a superior force of the enemy, then an Eaglish or other neutral ship leaving a port that was thus only nominally and not really blockaded, ought not to be seized at the Sound or elsewhere; and if wrong fully so seized, the owners would be entitled to claim, and it is to be presumed will receive restitution of their property, and not improbably with costs and damages. "I am further directed to inform you that her Majesty's Minister at Copenhagen has already been in structed to demand expltnations from the Danish Government with respect to the alleged ineffickncy of the Danish blockade of the Baltic ports, and that her Majesty's Government will take other measures for ascertaining the accuracy or inaccuracy of the state ments made by the Stettin merchants. " Your second question is to the following effect : "If it be not according to international law that a ration proclaiming any port or ports blockaded is bound, as far as weather will permit, to keep an efficient power at all times present to enforce the observance of such blockade? "In reply, I am to inform you that, subject to the observation before made, it is undoubtedly the duty of a blockading power so to do. A declaration of blockade unsupported by fact will not be sufficient to constitute a legal and valid blockade; and any person whose vessel or cargo has been seized for a breach of blockade when in fact there was no blockade, would be entitled to a decree of restitution.—l am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, " EDDISBUAY. " George Sanders, Esq., M.P., &c." ELECTION OF VESTRYMEN FOR ST. PANCRAS.— Oo Saturday night a crowded meeting of the ratepayers 91 St. Pancras was held at the Victoria Tavern, Morn ington-road, for the purpose of adopting measures to se cure the return of a list of vestrvmen proposed by the Colville-place Parochial Committee. Donald Frazer, Esq., churchwarden, presided, and having explaine d the objects of the meeting, observed that they were all agreed upon cue point, namely, that the infliction of church rates was an injustice upon all men who conscientiously difftred from the doctrines of the Church. The next point was, that there ought to be a more equal assess ment made for the benefit of the ratepayers generally; and that the strictest economy ought to be enforced in every department. The gentlemen selected by this Com mittee to be the vestrymen were actuated by . the same motives as Mr. Brettingham, and were determined to in treduce and maintain the stricte st economy, and were well deserving of the support of the ratepayeFs. meet- Dyke proposed the first resolution—" That ibis ing most cordially approves of the fair and open measures taken to secure good and proper .133MCS from ever y .l lo cality in this rnrish; and, believing that theyrfair y present the feelings of the r.atepayers at laybe, ple . dge themselves to support such list no t only at the nomina tion on Monday, but at the poll. " Batterbury se conded the resolution, ehich w as carried. Lay P.RPOOL, SAIL/MAY.-- The s t eam ship , Canada, ir no the Nttr:,ey t h is a, , teru , ,,,n, stir i;ai►iva old NUS Yolk, tukitig (JUL the usual 23,0001. specie on freight, and about 90 passengers. The mails and dispatches are in charge of Lieutenant Ray mond, &DT., Admiralty agent. UST. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. idealised; but let him beware of confounding the supernatural with the unnatural. It is here that sve take it lies the error of the author of "Lady Alice." For our own part we must admit, that, however highly we reverence the . ideal, we feel more interest in heroes and heroines somewhat idealised, perhaps, yet not altogether " too blight and good for human na ture's daily food." " Lady Alice" h a ppens to be neither one thing nor the other—neither an ide al ex cellence nor a real woman, as a slight sketch of her mar vellous adventures will testify. Lady Alice Stuart is the daughter of a Duke and Duchess of the pre, , ent day, greatly beloved by her parents, and allowed consider able exercise of her own free-will. The first instance in which she displays her charater is in rejecting her lover Clifford, because he is a Roman Catholic. This, of course, is an'act of principle which no one can find fault with, but the difficulty is soon overcome by Clifford's conversion. The marriage-day is fixed, when Lady Alice, who is a great heiress, is carried off by some parties desirous of compelling her into a marriage which shall give them possession of her fortune. Now the real interest and the egr e g ious impossibility of the story commence. The vessel in which the " New Uaa" is captive is shipwrecked, one of the villains escapes and saves the life of Alice, on her solemnly swearing to obey his instructions in good faith (unless they should be against her conscience). This incident opens a field of legitimate interest, we admit. A master of his art might here depict the struggles of a tender cconecience bound by suc h a vow. Legally, perhaps, the obligation might be dispensed with, but a " Una" wool t be expected scrupulously to adhere to her vow, alai Lady Alce fulfils it in a manner that is positively ludiercus. Af.er her abduction, a new " book' leads us to Italy ; a year or two has passed away, and Clifford, still melancholy at the extraordi nary loss of his promised bride (who is supposed to have been drowned in the shipwreck), and the parents of Alice and other friends are trying to solace their troubles by tra ve l. I n It a l y t he y meet with a young English artist, Fitzallan, whose pictures attract their notice—they form his acquaintance. Th's artist, who is a regular fop in his appearance, with his little cane, and his coloured crarat, and his paletot of the finest black cloth, is no other than the " New Una"—Alice herself ! The young lady had always displayed a talent and a taste for drawing, and now her persecutors having ordered her, in com pliance with her vow, to remain incognita and to keep her family unaware of her existence, she has set up for an artist. It is not so much the matter as the manner of this incident that , positively revolts us. The conscientious girl might have consented to a dioguile and cuouealment of her existence from those who loved her, but is"it probable, to say the least of it, that she would have gone to such an extreme, assumed such a costume, and adopted such an air and manner ? ller conduct seems rather in spired by a carnival frolic than a conscientious com pulsion. But the wonder increases. She actually joins her own domestic circle, talks carelessly with her mother and father, and still scrupulously preserves her secret. It is true that on the first meeting with Clifford, who wishes to purchase a picture, Fit zallan (we do not then know it is Alice) turns away abruptly, but after the first interview her woman's nature is quite annihilated by her con science. When Clifford calls at her lodgings to pay for the picture she talks with him. gaily, and takes him to the restaurant to breakfast with her, where we are led to believe that Alice does full justice to the skill of the cuisinicr. What do you think of this, dainty ladies ? If her vow steeled the heart of Alice, and she forbore discovering herself to her lover—if a forced gaiety was, perhaps, less difficult than a quiet conversation—could her conscience, think you, go so far as to rule her appetite, and enable the loving woman, in one of the most cruel trials to which her heart could be exposed, to carry out to the very letter the character of beau garcon and bon vivant ? Are we very wrong t hat the author of "Lady Alice" hasmista leen in th sa l ing unnatural for the ideal? BARNABY BUDGE. By Charles Dickens. We have already spoken in terms of eulogium of the cheap edition of the,works of "Boz," issued by Messrs. i Chapman and Ha ll. It s unnecessary, now, that it is so we ll-known and well appreciated, to speak of the clear typography, or elegant appear ance of this highly valuable work. " Boz" is, essen tially, a " people's favourite," and the publication of his works in this cheap and attractive form is, indeed, a popular boon. The new volume of the series con tains "Barnaby Rudge." :•CsaEnpdrßactical work has just is aYn A P Forms.p lt p A en C drx l o C f Eu. T lA/ra Third c third N i aE.EleddDiittiiioorne edition of o ti f A on t N s 1 fTrmorntahseA press. r c e h s b s o .ur.7T/e The e n a d cu. Herbert t e acuteness, s s A s y cc c u k r b a o c u y rne a . nd of the compilers deserve the encouragement si o nu f acil3eud t y l s i t e ry profession. The work is divided into four parts. The first comprises all the ordinary proceed ings in a suit, from the commencement to the decree, inclusive ; the second part, various particular pro ceedings, either of an incidental or secondary nature ; the third treats of proceedings in the Masters' of fices; and the fourth part, of proceedings connected with particular parties in a suit. The practical di rections as to the mode of carrying out the several proceedings, after the manner of "Archbold's Prac tice," will be found of incalculable utility to the prac titioner. The present editi on co ntains much new respectm pmr a eo t nd t t e u r c , toi p of a n rt t ic ro u uf l s a t r -d l f y ouen w udm i s th enitnst;ou acnod uponinquiries trotu;re straining and stop orders; the invest men t o f mone y, and the pay the practice u in the Masters' offi ces upo n sales ; the as to heirs of law and nex t o f ki n . IN erc addi tions have been made to th e A ppen di x of Forms, the u index has been newly arranged and made more copi ous; all modern cases of importance bearing upon the recent orders have b een care f u ll y co ll e cted. It con tains the orders of the several Chancellors , Master of the Rolls, and Vice-Chan ce ll ors' from March, 1844, to the present time. Al so an account of the Chan cery public i offices, thei r l oca li ty an d hours of busi ness, both n and out of vacation. This very conve nient treatise is comp re h ens i ve i n design, though " not swelled to an inc onven i ent b u lk." It is easy of reference, simple in arrangemen t, an d contains all th© necessary forms and p r i nc i p l es f o r the conduct of a suit in equity. The s o li c it or an d Chancery lawyer will find it essentially useful as a book of practice. COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon, went to the Horti cultural meeting at Chiswick on Saturday. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Mar chioness of Douro, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, the Earl of Morley, General Wemyss, and Lieut. - Colonel t he Hon. Alexander Gordon, honoured her Majesty a Theatre with their presence on Saturday evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, also honoured her Majesty's Theatre with her presence on Saturday evening. The Royal children took their usual exereite on Sa turday. Yesterday her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic house hold, attended Divine service in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Guardsthefoi. performed (under the direction of The band of the Royal Regimen t o f Buckingham P alace on lowing pieces during dinner in Bu Friday evening:— Selection, Matilde de Schabran Rossini. Waltz, Comte de Esse Labitzlty. Overture, Domino Noir F T H ut o t r o s n e ) Quadrille, Fete do Chasseurs .......... Polka, "La Coquette" D'Albert. Her Majesty's private band attended after dinner in Buckingham Palace on Friday evening, and played the _ following pieces : Overtura, "Les Mousquetaires de la ine" lialevy. Selection ' " Figaro" March, "Die Weihe Der Tone" Spohr. Marien Walzer _ Strauss. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge went from their residence at Kew on Satur day to the Horticultural Show at Chiswick. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the Fo reign-office. It was attended by Lard John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. IL Labouchere, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Mar- Quis of Clanricarde. The Council sat two hours and a half. The Duke of Wellington and the Marquis and Mar chioness of Salisbury attended the early service, and re ceived the Sacrament, ye,terday, in the Chap:l Royal, St. James's. The sermon was preached by the Rev. T. Mills, and the S .crament Was administered by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. At the daily service the prayers were read by the Rev. T. Helmore; the lessons by the Rev. G. Rep ton; and the communion service by the Rev. Dr. Wes ley. The sermon was preached by the Rer. T. Mills. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. Saturday, at a very nu merously-attended meeting of the vestry of St. Mary- lebone, the rector, the Rev. Dr. Spry, in the chair, on the minute passed on the previous Saturday, declaring the expenditure of the sum of 6/., by the Baths and Washhouse Commissioners in refreshments fcr the work men on the occasion of laying the foundation•stone of the parish baths and v‘ashhouses, and calling on the commissioners to refund the same,. being read for confir mation,—Mr. H. C. Wilson rose to move that, that minute be non-confirmcd. He observed that he felt justified in this course from the fact that, at the time the division was come to the vestry was exhausted by public business, and many members had left the board. Mr. Nieholay seconded the non - confirmation, and de clured his conviction that the feelings of the great ma jority of the parish was adverse to the resolution. After .:roe dit:g.. , :l;.,,siGia, on ti!e- cc. t .stion be I:,g an t t o n s h ow o f 1 1:14t , (1, the chtirtrtz.n deeilt . cd the tl,ltioit e3rricd by a, u:k.,.;);iir.)- of 3';:: to 19 . . 11 alit :3101k bk,ialg cailtd fur, the numbers were ! —For non-confirmation of th e m i nu t e , 33; for confir ma tion, 19; majority for resci n di ng t h e rose lution, 14. The veitry then broke up. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE METROPOLITAN REFORM ASSOCIATION. I Sir,—On Wednesday the 2d, Lard John Russell in reply to question from the opposite benches, de clared that the Government were going to leave what may be called the giving of the Royal assent to the Act of the Canadian Parliament now exciting great violence on the part of the minority in that assembly, to the discretion of the Governor as in ordinary course of law. This leads to grave reflections. If the plot for turning out the present Ministers by the Protectionists shoulesucceed, one instant consequence is a struggle in Canada, of the same nature as would have taken place in England or in Ireland, if after the Reform Bill or the Catholic Emancipation Act had passed both Houses, the Orangemen could have laid tem porary hands on the powers of government, and in terposed the refusal of the Royal assent. It needs no pretence to prophecy, to foresee how grave the dangers are which would accompany a month's possession of power by the Protectionist and Absolutist party. A struggle for the Corn Laws here, with a general war en the Continent and another in Canada for an agreeable diversion to the public mind, would be among the natural results. The opportunity of preventing all this was in the hands of the Free Traders in Parliament. But as the proverb says, there are two bad paymasters, Pay never, and Pay beforehand. So when the Free Traders had exhausted the glories and advantages of one campaign, they sat down under their laurels and left the enemy to get back as fast as he could to his old positions. On the same day the Clergy Relief Bill was got into Committee. An unadvised attempt was made to get up a show of resistance on the part of the Dis senters, to a Bill which, if there be any substantial prospect of its passing, does a century's work at once, or s weeps away what the last century might have been spent in struggling for without effect. This having gono over without much damage, a serious attack was made upon the Clause which en examina tion appeared to contain the poison-bag to the ser pent's tooth, and it was summarily ejected by a majority of 118 against 57. It was quite clear, from the naiee admissions of Members on the other side, that the plot and plan was, though carefully kept under in the wording of the Clause, to put the seceding clergyman into the position of one excom municate, which, as was said in the House, was the next, thing to putting him into a white sheet. Well meaning gentlemen on the other side, could not see any difference between this, and the natural enjoy ment of the power of an established church. On Thursday was moved the second reading of the Bill for legalizing marriage with a deceased wife's sister. Without wishing to trench on the right of private judgment, it may be stated that to thos e who took a view favourable to the Bill, the case seemed little more then a repetition of the same claims to ecclesiastical tyranny as in the preceding. Loud were the complaints uttered in the name of the poor persecuted Church of England, if it should be refused the liberty—not of taking its own course with respect to what it would direct or prohibit to its own mem bers—but of seizing on the law of the land and making it the organ of its dictation on the whole community.the Member o T r h s e o u r t i p h o a s m i t p i opposition n w ( a m s r a . b c l repl ied t , Q 0 . , c by .). The Catholics took different sides, one being repre sented by Lord Arundel, and the other by Mr. O'Connell ; of whom, none seemed to doubt, that the first was strongest. After a rather heavy debate upon the whole, the question was adjourned to the morrow. As proof of public interest, the strangers' gallery was crowded ; and it was the report of the House, that it had been collected in a quarter best calculated for information, that there never were so many ap plications for places in the pigeon-holes through which ladies are allowed to peer into the proceed ings of their legislators. On Friday it was resolved in - Committee without a division, to grant " 300,0001. out of the Consoli dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the purposes and under the provi sions of any Act in force to facilitate the improve ment of landed property in Ireland by owners thereof;" and" 200,0001. out of the said Consolidated Fund, to be applied by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, for making loans under the provi sions of any Acts authorising the said Commissioners to make advances for the extension and promotion of drainage acrd other works of public utility in Ireland." In return fur this there will be no end of violent language on English cruelty, and augmenta tion rather than the contrary, of half-threatening demands for more. Of course the Government has acted on the principle so long impressed with regard to Ireland, that statesmen must exercise their talent if they have it, and do the needful irrespectively of how it may be met. After some further speeches, the Marriage question was adjourned to Tuesday. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, May 7, 1849. ,SPORTI :GENT CE. " My election Is led on in the conduct of my will ; My will enkindled by mine eyes and ears, Two traded pilots 'twixt the dangerous shores Of will and judgment."—SiucsrEßE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—My anticipations of the Chester Meeting were realised in all but two instances, the Chesterfield Stakes, and' The Cup;" for the latter, my selection, Blucher, was scratched on the morning of the race' being, as his trainer asserted, " dead amiss;" he had suddenly be come so in a most mysterious manner. In the opinion of that clever veterinary surgeon, Mr. Ferguson, he had been dosed, of this I think there is but lit.le doubt, his dull eye and sluggish pulse, telling tales of woe, most unmistakeable to his too confiding backers. In Septembea last I announced the entry and accept ance of Blucher for the Cup, which, provided be was weighted under 7st 121 h, was sure; from that time to last Tuesday night, I stuck to him as the certain winner of the greatest uandicap in the world, when I had my ears saluted with the disagreeable intelligence that it was all U. Y. with him; this was too late to give your readers the benefit of an alteration in my judgment; had he run, from the position of certain horses in the race, he must have been either first or emend, at least I think so. During the past vretk Stebbing's stable has been in immense force, winning eight races cut of seventeen; of these, seven are to Mr. Green's account, the eighth, the Cup, to Mr. Scebbings, with Malton, a well-bred hone by iheet Anchor, out of Fair Helen, by Priam. Flatcatcher won both his races, the Grosvenor Stakes and her Majesty's Plate, in the easiest of canters; and Jelly Fish reptsatecl the Bath dose ' winning the Palatine Stakes cleverly, beating My s ti c al, Cigarette, Cingari, and Priestess. For the Mostyn Stakes, my fancies, the Countess of Albemarle and Harriott, ran firet and second; in the ring neither were backed, yet, strange to say, both found admirers at elle sporting houses at as little as 3 to 1. The Dee Stakes brought four to the post, Stanton by Culwiek, Garrick, Abbot of Meaux, and Elthiron, the latter waited on Garrick to the distance, then went to the front and. 'won in a canter by three lengths; it for cibly remind mo of Flatcateher's victory for the Port Stakes, both xaces being won in the most ridiculous of canters. This• victory of Elthiron's gave him a lift in the Derby betting, from 40 to 17 to 1, and advanced " the crack" to 9 to 4; Eltbiron will see a still better price before the 23d instant, and will obtain a good place in the great Surrey struggle. Cosslick'a position at the conclusion of the race for the Tradesina n's Plate, warrants the confidence placed in him for the Emperor's Va - ie, but should Van Tramp come " fit " to the post, I should take him in preference to the representative of Day's stable ; Surplice, Flat catcher, and Chanticleer, look the next best on paper. The Newmarket Second Spring Meeting commences on Tuesday, with the usual 50 sovs. Plato for three years cld, this, with several other stakes close and ❑ame the evening before running. The match between La Beau and La Belle for 200 soya. over the first half of the Ab. mile, will be a close Weir, ending probably in favour of the former. In the other matches I prefer Seraph, Bst 71b to Re tail, Bst 21b, over the T.Y.C.; and Rose Pompon, 7st slb to First Chance, Bst 71b, over the first half of the Ab.M. For the Suffolk Stakes, most of the following will le art— Collingwood, Diplomatist, \Veneta, Beauciere, Keraun, St. Autoni°, Cigarrette, Essedarius, Retail, Legerde main, and Midia. Those that will most probably be missing at the post are—Wanota, or St. Antonio, Ci garette, Diplomatist, and, perhaps, Retail. The three year olds are literally turned loose to this division. I shall look for the winner, and expect to find him or her in Legerdemain, 4et 71b, Resell, 4st 131 b, or Essa darias, sst 101 b, taking the first for choice. Oa Wednesday St. Rosolia, Sir Launcelot, Sidney, and the Valance colt, will run for the Champion Stakes; the race will be between the Duke's mare and Sidney— the latter having to give the termer 7lbs. may perhaps just turn the scale in St. Rosolia's favour. A Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, over the last three miles of the 8.C., must end in favour of Sotterley. A Match for 200 eacb, over the T.Y.C., between the Bishop of Romford's Cob, Bst 21b, and Saddle, Bst 81b— if in his old form will be won by the former. On Thursday a sweepstakes of 10 toys. each for two yrs old, will bring together a good field, to be selected from the following :—lmpression, La Belle, Harding stone, Virtue, Sic) on, Le Beau, Catalan, Michael Brenton, Bastinado, filly by Nutwith, out of Agnes; filly by Birdeatcher out of Retrospect, Oadino, Gosling, and the sister to Pet of the Fancy ; of the above fifteen three only have as yet appeared to public ; the winner, I expect, will spring from the " dark division," in fact will be Le Beau, Michael Brunton, La Belle, or the Retrospect filly; Mr. Green's nag, with a start for choice. I am, Sir, May 7. Your obedient servant, TilE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. RACES TO Newmarket Sec. Sp:ing 8 Shrewsbury . 9 Hungerford Ascot Hampton l3 Beverley, hull, &E. 13 Newton Knighton l5 Carlisle Newmarket 3 Liverpool ll Oxford lB Br:ghton Ripon Chelmsford . . Derby Lincoln Wolverhampton Canter bury ....... Warwick Lichfield Weymouth Doncaster Leicester COME, 1849. Epsom 22 I Manchester 3O NE. Presteign Bibury .. , Stockbridge ' Newcastle Wiachester 2B Salisbury 2B •LY. AUG SEPTE: OCT Newmarket Sec. Oct.— 8 Newmarket Houghton.. 22 NOVE ..... 20 :.. 25 Lancaster Go - Awoed Ludlow Huntingdon 2l York Great Yarmouth 2B Radcliffe 29 Egham 29 Lothians Club 3O Bed ford Manchester 2O Newmarket Eirat Oct— 25 Wrexham Walsall )13F.rt. Worcester [TIER. Hunt 5 Yorkshire Uniol IRISH RACES TO COME, 1849. Curragh April 24 Down Royal Corpo• Bellewstown May 29 ration July 24 Carragh June 26 Currilgh Sept. 4 The Heath July 3 Curregh Oct. 16 The Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Lady Wilde received a distioguishel party to dinner on Friday, at their residence in Stanhope-street. LORD ADOLPHUS FITZCLARENCE.--It affords us much pleasure to announce that the noble and gallant Lord is considerably improved since Tuesday last, on which day the fever left him. Although he has re gained much strength he is still compelled to keep his room from the continuance of gout. ASYLUM FOR AGED GOVERNESSES.—This asylum, now building at Kentish Town, will be opened by the Duke of Cambridge on the 12th June. A fancy sale is to he held on that day and 13th, to augment the funds of this laudable institution. The patronage is distin guished, and consists of the elite of the aristocracy. °TEEING Or ST. GEORGE'S BARRACKS.—On Fri day the new barracks, called St. George's, situate within the Tower of London, and erected on the site of the Tower Armoury, burnt on the 30th of October, 18-41, was occupied by the Ist battalion of the Grenadier Guards. The building, which is very capacious, will, when complete, accommodate several thousand troops. It is in the Norman style of architecture, harmonizing with the White Tower, the materials being Kentish rag stone. The Old Mint, the most interesting part of the fortress, is to be entirely removed. TILE tIORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The May exhi bition of the floricultural specimens produced by the competitors for the prizes given by the Horticultural Society, took place at the grounds of the society, at Chiswick, cn Saturday. It was understood that a vast number of tickets of admission bad been issued, and preparations were made for the reception of a very large company. The storm which came on at two o'clock, and which continued at intervals till five o'clock, prevented the expectation of a numerous attendance from being fulfilled. Thtre was, however, a great number of visitors assembled, and it was fortunate for many of them that a very splendid marquee, newly ereeed by Mr. Benjamin Edg,ington, of the Borough, resisted the pelting of the hail and the rain, and furnished the protection which some of the old tents failed to do. The " show " of flowers was good, but not equal to some former ones. There was only a small display of fruit, as no medals aro distributed in May for fruits, unless of the very highest order of excellence. Amongst the company were his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Dukes of Devon shire, Sutherland, and Northumberland, the Duchess of Northumberland, the Earl and Countess of Harror o b r y, Lord and Lady Grey, Lord and Lady Ashburtono,f Life Bridport, &c. The bands of the Ist Regiment stream Guards, performed BCIII3 excellently. Guards and the horse Guards l music in the intervals between the rainy carter called a f a h r e r a C n o g l e d d - A PAINTED SPARROW.—A coun ry: _ town councillor, not a bundre abne'ara few days ago at the private redrseiddmeinitecosefboreto s a a g ß ei no t et i l e el m u, oking ing in his hand what app e and be bad caug ht it. T a i n t t o h r e d e e r a rtnomep v life, s preserve eesnetrreo its said, canary. The b ird, hes thhaaedowesrpeodf t f h ro e m a th n e sio house, car ter alleged it would soon die in his hands. Hied,th a m s t a h h n e , the oba d canaryio such was as tbr accepted b ut of n escaped silver was given in exchan g e, and the man de- PBaor as Some ed. But a more skilful ornithologist, whose opinion was asked, soon found that instead of the pretty warbler, the alleged canary was a painted sparrow! The fellow who indulged in this clever trick makes, it is said, no inconsiderable sum by similar hoaxes. The " painted canary" continues to be a standing joke in the hands of the worthy councillor's personal friends.—Liverpool , Chronicle. A SECESSION 110 M Romr.—The Rev. Pierre Con nolly, chaplain to the Earl of Shrewatry, who was last year sent on se mission to the Pope, has renounced the Rotnish faith.—Hereford Journal. Mr. Hume, who has been sonewhat indisposed, is now, wo tore glad to lit ar. eent• v. hat niter. itE GREAT COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—The sub scription for the widows and children of the sufferers in the calamity at Darley Main amounts to upwards of 2,0004 SOUTHAMPTON, M s.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, commanded by Captain C. F. Burney, RN., with the usual Peninsular mails, in charge of Lieut. W. P. Newnham,R.N., Admiralty agent, has arrived. The homeward voyage of the Iberia was fine, but head winds the greater part of it. Her dates of sailing were—Gibraltar, April 20, Cadiz 27, Lisbon 29, Oporto 30, Vigo Ist instant. She brought home forty five passengers, amongst whom were—Lord and Lady Aberdour, Dr. Wells, Sir William Don, Bart., Lieute nant Blakeney, Dr. Cowper, Lieutenants F. Canatead and Sykes, Mr. Stanhope, Mr. and Mrs. Gaskin, Mr. and Mrs. Attic° and son, and Miss Roberts. The freight by the Iberia consisted of 11 packages of specie, 590 boxes of oranges, 60 cases of almonds, 5 casks and 3 cases of wine, 11 tubs of leeches, 2,680 cases of raisins, and about 20 packages of sundries. STATIONS VF UER MAJESTY'S SHIPS.—April 24, at Lisbon, her Majesty's brig Harlequin (12); April 26, at Gibraltar, her Majesty's ship Queen (110); April 29, at Lisbon, Harlequin (12), reported to leave for Eng.. land shortly. STATIONS OF VESSELS OF WAR OF FOREIGN STATES. —April 22, at Vigo, Martin Alves (3), Spanish schooner of war; April 24, at Lisbon, St. Lawrence (50), Amer ' ican frigate; May 1, at Vigo, Martin Alves (3). SHIPS OBSERVED ON THE VOYAGE. April 21, ex changed colours with Company's steam-packet Indus, homeward bound, off Cissargos, coast of Spain; off Cape Finisterce, exchanged colours with Company's steam packet Jupiter, homeward bound; April 20, at Gibraltar, arrived same evening, Company's steam-packet Ripon, outward bound to Malta; May 1, at Vigo, Company 'a steam-packet Montrose, outward bound. At Gibraltar all was progressing well under the new Governor, who is very popular and hcapitable. At Cadiz all quiet; a largo Manilla ship had just arrived when the packet left. At Lisbon everything political was effervescing, and confused by intrigues as usual. Commerce dull and spiritless. More stringent laws are being enacted in the law courts. The crops are said to be very abundant this year. FOREIGN FUNDS. . BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussELe, MAT 3. Actual Debt, 2 1 ,i per Cent ••.••• .• .• •.• Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ••• • • • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• •• Ditto Threeper Cent • •• • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions,ditto ••• • .• Ditto,ditte,lB4o.. •• ••••• • • • .. •. • . 90% Ditto,ditto,lB42•. •• •••• • • • • ........ • • 90%, Ditto, 1844..........• ...... ... 82 Ditto, 1838 • • ••••••• • • • •• • •• •• 5 9 Ditto of the City, 1832 .. •• .• •• •• • • ................ Ditto, 89 Bank of Belgium.... • • .•• •. 70 Issue of 1841 ... •... Exchange on London, 25 45. AI7STIZ F UNDS.—VIENNA, APRIL 27. bper Cents. .. •• ••..•••••••••• •• • • • • •• 89% 4 per Cent—. • ............ 214 per Cent. ..... ................. Ditto, 1839.. • . • • • . • • .. • . Bank Shares .............. Esterhazy's Loan ........ - •• •• •• - -1,130 ISAILWATB. The N0rthern.... ........ Glog,gnitz . ........ Milan .. ................ Leghorn .......... ...... .......... 69% SERIOUS FlRE.—Yesterday tnorning., between four and five o'clock, a fire of a serious character, in which one person was most seriously, if not fatally burnt, broke out in the premises belonging to George Gossett Hill, Eq., No. 24 Portland-place, Regent's park. The flames commenced, from some unexplained cause, in the stab ling and coach. house in William's mews, at the rear of the private mansion, and although an in instant alarm was given, and assistance promptly arrived, yet before the coachman and his family had time to get up, the whole of the lower part of the building became enveloped in flames. By great exertion the man succeeded in res cuing his wile and children, when he returned to the stables for the purpose of saving, if possible, his master's horses and carriages. Although the flames were mounting most terrifically, the man succeeded in bringing two horses out uninjured; but whilst in the act of leading the third out, the heat became so great, as to overpower both man ani horse, and they fell in the midst of the flames. A police constable of the A division, who was on duty there, at the risk of losing his own life, rushed through the fire, and suc ceeded in pulling the unfortunate man out, but not until he was so seriously burned as to be obliged to be re moved to the hospital, where he at present rem a ins. . Without a moments delay the engines of the London brigade attended. Plenty of water having been ob tained, the engines wero set to work, but the firemen were unable to get the mastery over the flames until the stabling, coach-house, three valuable carriages, and a horse worth 100 guineas, were burned; besides which, the rooms occupied by the coachman and his :amity were destroyed, and their contents consumed. One of rho carriages burned was nearly new, and cost 300 gui neas. Three other fires occurred; namely, at Bermond sey, Southwark. end Hoxton, but the damage at each was inconsiderable. TIER MAJESTY'S THEITRE.—The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the perform ances at her Majesty's Theatre on Satt.rday evening with their presence. The suite in attendance upon her Majesty and his Royal Highness included the Marchio ileas of Douro, the Hon. Miss Macdonald, the Earl of Mosley, U corral Wemyss, and Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon. Tier Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also honoured the theatre with her presence. In attendance upon her Royal Highness was Lady Augusta Bruce. [ter Majesty Queen Adelaide's box was occupied by his Serene Highness Prince William of Hesse Philipsthall, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of SaxeWeimar, the Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester, Lady Jane Field ing, the Earl of Denbigh, and Captain Taylor. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold of Naples (Count of Syracuse), attended by the Chevalier Colonna, also visited She theatre. Amongst the audience were his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, the Duchess of Leeds end Miss Lane Fox, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Alicia Powlett, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Prince Scnornberg, his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Baroness de Brunnow and Mademoiselle Olga de'Lechner, his Excel lency the Swedish Minister and the ^ Baroness Rehausen, i his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Coloredo, his Excellency the Neapolitan Am . bassador, his Excellency the Peruvian Minister, his Ex cellency the Danish Minister, the Countess Reventlow and the Countess Hilda Reventlow, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Donegal, the Marquis of Bentley, the Marquis of Granby, the Marquis of Stafford, the Mar quis and Marchioness of Abercorn, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl of Bradford, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Lansdale, the Earl of Cardigan, the Countess Dowager of Essex, the Countess of Cardigan, the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, Viscount Cantilupe, Viscount Clifden, Viscount Enfield, Viscount Somerton. Viscount Anson, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, Viscount mud Viscountess Alford, Miss Burdett Coutts and party, Mr. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P., and Mrs. Dis raeli, Lord and Lady Francis Gordon, Lord Sandys, Lord Harry Vane, Lord Ward, Lady Graham, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Lady Fitzroy Somerset and If it Somerset, Lord W. Lennox, Lord G. Pagf-t, Lord Foley Lord G. Lennox, Lady Frances Eentinck, &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA COVENT GARDEN.-11e? Majesty's box %s as occupied on Saturday evening by Mr. George Edward Anson and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Lady Louisa Primrose, and Miss Herbert. .Amorg the visi tors were—the Conde de Montemolin, Le Marquis de Sauli, the Marchioness of Westmeath, Le Marquis d'Azeglio, the Earl of Cardigan and Mr. Hubert de Burgh, the Earl of Besborough, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, the Count de Jarnac, the Countess of Kinnoul and Lady Frances Llay, the Earl of March, Viscount Dupplin and Lady Blanche Dupplin, Viscount Templetown, Lord Forester, the Hon. Cecil Forester, M.P., Lord Saltoun, Lady and the Hon. Miss Vernon and Miss Lambton, the Hon. Miss Foley, Lord George Manners, Lord Henry Lennox, the Hon. John Fortescue, the Hon. Spencer Cowper, the Hon. Henry Coke, the Hon. Sidney Pierrepoint, the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Fitzgibbon, the Hon. G. Milks, the Hon. H. Liddell, the Hon. Mrs. Murray, Sir William de Bathe, Bart., Sir John and Lady Harrington, Sir George and Lady Armytage, Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Sir F. Booth, Bart., Sir George Clerk, Bart.. and Lady and Miss Clerk, Sir Augustus Clifford, the Misses Clifford, and Captain Clifford, Sir Richard and Lady Joddrrll, Sir At chibald and Lady Maclaine, Sir Charles Marshall, &c. On Saturday the members of the Royal Academy of Arts gave their anniversary dinner at their apart ments in Tra'algar,quare, which was attended by a numerous assemblage of guests of the first rank and talent, among whom were the Archbishop of Canter bury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Presid ent of the Council, First Lord of the Treasury, Lord P rivy War, the Commander of Departments; . the Seeretaryat 2 Z dmiralty, Lord the Forces , Forces, First Lord of t h e s Secretaries of State for the Houi,i Foreign , and colonial ker Treasurer of the berlain, Lord Steward, the pea Land American, and th e Board of Trade, Chancellor of Ex chequer, of Navy, First Commissioner of th e R evenues, th Pre sidentthe French and T ur k ish Ambas sadors; the Prussian S p w l i e n d i s te t) ; ; B elgi a n, o r B d l cil i h a i n ei Justice of the Common Pleas, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Baron, the Vice-Chancellor of England, the Attorney and Solicitor General, the Lord Mayor, Gov ernor o f the Bank, Chairman of the East India Comp Chair man of the Board of Customs, M aster and Wany, arden of Dulwich College, President of the Society of Antiquaries, Presidents of the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, Dukes of Northumberland, Bedford, Rutland, Newcastle, Argyll, Beaufort; Marquises of Anglesey, Westminster, Northampton, Granby, Waterford, Worcester; Earls De Grey, Cawdor, Lincoln, Arundel and Surrey; Vis count Ilardinge ; Bishops of Llandaff and Oxford; Lords Charles Townsbend, Ashburton, Stanley, Brougham and Vaux, Colborne, Monteagle, Holland; Right Honourables Sir Robert Peel, Sir G. Clerk, Sir J. Wigram, Sir J. Graham, T. B. Macaulay, W. E. Gladstone, Sydney Herbert; the Hon. F. Charteris, Justice Coleridge, Colonel Douglas Pennant; Baronets It. H. 'lnglis, G. Staunton, H. Ellis, 11. De In Beche, J. Muichisson ; Messrs. S. Rogers, H. Munro, B. Hawes, A. Milne, Sergeants Talfourd and Thompson, Jones Lloyd, T. Baring, J. E. Anson, Professor Owen, J. Arden, J. Bell, G. Young, D. Salomans, Major-general Fox, C. Hampden Turner, J. K. Brunel, J. Neeld, W. Russell, B. Disraeli, J. M. Peto, J. Cree sin g barn, Ae M. Thackeray, E. Majoribanks , S . Cartwri g ht, Messrs. Guizot, S. Rucker, H. Hallam , J. IL Green, &c. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. - Mendelssohn's " Elijah," which was announced for perlormance next Wednesday, 9t h i n st., has been posponed until Friday, the 18th inst., w hich will be the last performance of As fayourile work tilis 0414916 1