The Sun. — London, England, 1849-02-26 00:00:00

A commission to prepare the project of the organic lays of the Republic was also appointed, consisting of STURBINETTI, ARMELLINI, CARLO RUSUNI, ONApARTE, GALLETTI, AGOSTINI, LAZZARANI, and rtAZZA. The Minister of Finance then brought up the report on the finances, from which it results that the revenue for 1849 amounts to 8,023,814 crowns, and the . e xpenditure to 13,192,000, leaving a deficit of °, 168,186 crowns. The representative CARPI proposed to declare that the national public debt was Inviolable. This proposition was well received by the Chamber. E he Minister of Justice proposed, on behalf of the .zecutive Commission, a decree abolishing all eccle- Zastiem jurisdicti on i n c i v il and criminal matters, as well re l ating to persons as property, except as regar d s utters purely spiritual. The Assembly has also voted an alliance, offensive a nd defensive, with Tuscany. ARMELLINI an nounced that the executive of the Roman Republic h ad dispatched charges d'offaires to Paris, London, il° canY, Piedmont a nd Switzerland. F rom Florence we learn that the Republi c was R e claimed in that city and in Leghorn on the 19 th. Afn-"e,,„ acting Government, composed of GuERRAZZI , TARELLI, and ZANETTI, has taken the name of the Junta of the Roman Republic in Tusca n y . ZZINI is engaged in negotiating an union between Republics of Rome and Tuscany. There is some uncertainty as to the whereabouts of the ex-Grand Duke. The Neapolitan correspondent of the French National announces his arrival at Gaeta, ; w hilst other accounts state that he has joined General at Viareggio, and placed himself at the head of the militia, who remain faithful to him. The Costituente Italiana of Florence of the ] 7th announces that Lieutenant-Colonel BANCHI has in 'armed the Provisional Government, by a dispatch of the 13th from Porto Ferrajo, that the whole garri 80a of Elba had taken the oath of fidelity to the „ r evolution, according to the form prescribed by th e Minister of War. The Provisional Government of Tuscany has solemnly declared that it is has re ceived no protest from LEOPOLD against its acts ; and that whenever such official document shall be re ceived, it shall be immediately published. It is said that King CHARLES ALBERT will not interfere in the affairs of Tuscany. The popul ar i rr it a ti on aga i nst the Sw i ss i n Italy has 4 4ained a hi g h d egree at V en i ce. On the 29th of Jan. the c l u b s o f t h at c i ty called on the Government t O expel all th e S w i ss, if w i t hi n a month the Sw i ss tro ops had not quitted Naples, and if the measures e en against the Italian refugees by the Federal e nne a il were not revoked. SE TTLEMENT OF THE DISPUTE B ETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND MOROCCO. Gibraltar, Feb. 13,1849. for have the honour to acquaint you for the in - reati en of the members of your establishment con nected with the trade of Morocco, as well as hers, that th e l ate di spute b etween t h e S u l tan an d these overnment, which gave rise to the presence in waters of the squadron under Admiral Sir Charles o‘b , Napier, has been brought to an le conclusion by the Moorish Government at sat ed consenting to two British merchants being nonai hed by J. H. Drummond Hay, E:q , hr r Majesty's eme4rogs d'Affaires in Morocco, to examine and adjudi d n the claims of Mr. Redman, of Mazagan, for in lieetne cification of losses arising from the withdrawal of a t oi l :1 1 . 8 ° to export wheat in 1846, which had been granted bY the Sultan for certain services rendered by tre° defending Mazagan against the Kabyles during ; g ar with France in 1844. reference in question was made to myself and u s , Ross, of this city. and the amount awarded by korlo,ooo dollars, will be immediately paid by the p u ° e r eo Government in sight of our decision. ti ro of the squadron has already departed, and the th r ainder will sail, I believe, in the course of two or i e t e day s . M ai i s consid ere d t h at very great cre dit i s d ue t o h er ti r r n elit .)'s representative in Morocco for his very un ttridt e xertions a n d zea l i n o bt a ining ample justice for subjects on this, as on all occasions where the t eetio nal interest h as requ i re d hi s i n t er fe renc e a nd pro ' ra ona n *, Moreover. the precedent which Mr. Drum truit; 'IN has j us t s u c ceeded in establishing for the of t i;: i t t : ' o l2 of such questions in this manner is deemed - highest importance. I am respectfully, Sir, Your most obedient servant, J. LANGLANDCOWELL, Agent for Lloyd's. 'ro Captain Halsted, R.N., Secretary to Lloyd's, London. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING. k n ii rr ivaits up to Sunday afternoon :—Moßador, Sir hilt ard, W o l ver h ampton , A ra b R o bb er , I ron D u k e , do t 4ll lx ,' Napoleon Allred, Mulligan, Farewell, Cale " and'Postillion. CRI MINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT: The session of the Central Criminal Court was If ee n this morning b e fore the Lord M a y or , th e 4, order, M r . Ald erman F a i r b rot h er, Mr. Alderman q ll ‘)°(lh B, art Mr. Ald erman Musgrove, and Mr. Sheriff Who calendar contains the names of 211 prisoners, of whom are charged with murder, 3 with 2 mwainth hiNhter, 57 with larceny, 3 with burglary, l man hi 4 with forgery, 1 with child s T te h a e uig,l with ar e -se stealing, 17 with housebreaking . . s remainder e pude u p o f c uses of uttering coanterftit coin, cutting /P i e ' w ounding with intent, &e., embezzlement, misde- Tanour, and receiving stolen goods. i, grand jury having been empanelled, tol'e ItEcoanEa proceeded to deliver his charge. He said ' e Nile.. " 131 number of persons charged with offences in the of ar exceed 200,and he was afraid that in the course b e th e performance of their duties there would e‘,131 considerable addition made to the list. The charges It ZP r ehended cases of cutting and wounding, attempts t4nhrder, setting fire to a house, rape, manslaughter, c ue t wo eases of murder; but the great majority of the 8 ' in point of number, consisted of charges of lar canY, • ttte either simple, or larceny by force and violence,. ley„ e l Y,. larceny by servants, larceny from dwelling te;:iest ,and larceny from the person. There were se charges he thought six or seven, of cutting and ti t ; tlcl ing with intent to do grievous bodily harm. There There charge of robbery accompanied with violence; i'e were chars of criminal knowledge of children a ether the age oft welve years. There was one instance le tid a rge of that description which appeared in the Ca ite"et to be a charge of rape; and there was a very it Portant charge whicb would form a subject for i l ,i. a t ir Y against a soldier for accusing a party an infamous c r i me w ith a view to ext o rt mon e y. sg e e i r , e 3 , l yete four c ases i nc l u d e d i n the ch a r g e o f l a r ce ny some one individual on the persons of children; in d ee a of them th e c hild ren were represente d to h ave b een ° l e d.ttway for th e p ur p ose . Wi t h r egar d t o th e chargesaid of murder, it would be material for them to eon er w hether the evidence brought hcree the charge to Pettyigat as being the cause of death. In one w an ce the party lost her life by the violence of another, es;"l.sthe child is represented to have died from the effect el`i:hrit violence which was alleged to have been com- Ply t : i d 1 : 1 Y the parent. In cases of bodily violence sim the , W ould be material for them to consider whether infer rtes was of that nature from which they could * e , intention to destroy life, seeing no instrument th e - ,r9, though the party was accused with throwing h meceased on the floor with great violence, by which h er th at d eath was occ as ioned. If it was clearly pr ove d that to tt- ^as the c ause o f d ea th, then it would be f or them 0 1 . - I V whether it resolved itself into the crime of murder ra ati olaughter. With regard to the setting fire to the bathes,hs by which the death of a party was represented_ it ... s 0 been occasioned, if there fire was proof that w a pe rt , a wilful act of setting to a Y 3 clothes, undoubtedly that would be nothing sea t han murder, ittil death ensued. It appeared t o hi m , in probably both of those cases there would be e vidence that they would feel them ea a ca deg e r ci eeof upon to send the cases to a further inquiry. child 5 f h was a most painful case, the parents of the lost of e its life being charged with the commission cattthe ln the other case the husband was the y crime. e titt 7 who was indicted.. With regard to the offence of wer e tu g and wounding, the surrounding circumstances N s most material, to . determine whether the offence such as was stated in the indictment. For instance, str:p.,'"et the wounding or cutting was effected by . an in. fr o "'eat calculated to produce serious mischief, tn e , • ie te hich they might reasonably infer that it was 11 h:"d to produce consequences of that kind; and Seri an I ta instrument was calculated t o produce that t hese s injury, of course it would be very strong proof of t hat 7, 141 M not only of the cutting and wounding, but \Nib "was done with intent to do grievous bodily harm. i of t il r d e r g e it u rd to the charge of rape and carnal knowledgej under twelve years of age, by the law,_ as e cift es ent Stood, it was not necessary to prove all th stances which formerly constituted the necessary e of iggie t i l de uts in proof of the charge of rape ; but by t (1 vie as Was an express provision that if it was an ac . cleetv—`ence, proof of penetration was sufli e-tirldithout further proof in respect of the charge. With to children under 12 years of age, as it regarded cli feu f d a ra, tke law wisely presumed that it was impossible a ° es i r , °f such : tender age could deal with such a subject I _ ll l 3 Pr l ij i ,g`le a lawful consent, and to be subject to the r e a ° Of a man under such circumstances so as to carnal sting party ; and, therefore, to commit an act *as %,,'„,Knowledge with a child under ten years of age Ported ° "ence of felony, severely punishable with trans lteelf I.ll,4nt,,a,lthough the child might have so conducted h eti "it was an adult person consent might have ftetil Inferred. With regard to the offence of larceny v thieh the , Persons of children, there was a statute I.4 Pe ti " a d made various provisions in that I,°ne apse he thought they would find in every *ye p ""se charges that the party must be proved to ahe,,-nntrnitted the act of stealing from the person itself. a' l ( 1 5 . 1 :as 11 Charge to which he had before adverted, of 41 0 4 St - ' ca using a person in the condition of a acvntle -y iteß,7 clergyman of an infamous crime, with e t the Petite /1 ;1°f that accusation, to extort money from seeded charged. The Learned Recorder then pro the e to define what constituted an infamous crime in Of manil a a o the law. There was one charge, he continued, tie. nghter, to which he begged to call their atten the t Would be impossible to disguise from them that ae cee l e tle . to which be adverted was one that had tilleulearedY attracted public attention, through those communication which were open to them all, tai Re should act on all those unauthenticated com- THE SUN, LONDON 4 . 9 MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1849: munications which reached us day by day in the public prints; but it would be idle to say such commu nications on subects of deep interest, involving the happiness and comfort and the lives of li.e humbler classes of society, could be addressed to the minds of men without exciting a certain degree of s3mpailly, and possibly crewing a prejudice, at all events deep interest, of which it was im possible wholly to divest the mind. They would, however, exercise their calm and quiet judgment on the parti culars that would be laid before them, and draw from the facts that would be detailed on oath before them their own sober conclusions, unmixed with any impres sions previously made on their minds by unauthorized publications, however well intentioned Filch publications might be. The charge in question was one of having occasioned the deaths of as many as four children by a degree of criminal neglect in administering of proper food, and by the act of crowding the parties together in an unwholesome atmosphere, and of inattention to those precautions necessary to preserve the health of children in a state of ordinary bodily health. It appeared several parishes, under the direction t f the proper authorities of those perishes, had found it convenient to place in an establishment, at a stipu lated price per head, for the care and support of poor children, at Tooting, a great number of children; and that this number, though it was not clearly apparent what that number was, appeared from the depositions to have reached so high, that this establishment was incon venient for their proper reception ; that they were crowded in rooms and beds together, to an extent that was calculated to endanger their health, and to render them liable to contagious disorders, or to the effects of any epidemic. In any charge of that nature which would be laid before them, it would be pro bably alleged in the indictment that it was the duty of the master of that establishment to supply necessary food and clothing, and to take the precautions to which he (the Recorder) had referred; and probably it would appear in evidence that that duty was cast on the defendant by the contract with the different parties for the support and protection of those children in this establishment. He believed it would appear, from the depositions, which were extremely voluminous and con tained a vast deal of matter scarcely admissible in point of law, and conclusions from facts without stating the facts from which those conclusions were drawn, that these children died from an attack of cholera, and pro bably there would be a good deal of speculation how that cholera was induced, and whether, with more care and more food, those children would have been the ob jects of an attack of cholera. Ordinarily, when a man was charged with manslaughter he was charged with an act which was directly conducive to the death of the party, In consideration of the case they must confine themselves to the particular treatment of the children who died, because nothing seemed more unjust than that if a person who was perfectly well, and who did not die had an insufficiency of food, to turn round and say that that child had not a sufficiency of food, and therefore was liable to an attack of cholera ; therefore, if the in quiry was what act was done in the management of this establishment by which the child was being piepared, as it were, to catch this disorder by some tr( atment or act done by the master, then it was essentially necessary that the accused should have conduced by some act to the death of the deceased. Assuming that the legal duty was cast on the defendant to supply sufficient food, and not to crowd the parties together so as to render the atmosphere unwholesome, and assuming him not to have taken all the precautions proper and ordinary, it would be necessary to ir.quire when did the criminal act occur with reference to the particular chil dren who died. They would have to say what concur rent circumstances there were that occasioned the death of the deceased by the defendant. They would have to consider whether it appeared by the evidence laid before them that the defendant did any act that caused those parties to catch the disorder of cholera. Ile might be properly responsible for neglect of duty if he had given them insufficient food. It it could be proved that the food given was unwholesome in quality, and that by crowding them together in an unwholsome at mosphere their health was debilitated, he would be cri minally responsible. But the question was, when be was charged with the felony of manslaughter, what act they found proved against him, which he had done, and which conduced to the death of these parties. There were no parties who were more proper objects of protection of the law than the unprotected poor; they would proceed to that inquiry with a proper sympathy with any sufferings that may be proved before them; but they would know to discriminate between the melancholy Ise!ing that was engendered by an awful calamity, and the attributing that calamity to a party without acts were proved to their satisfaction connecting him with that awful catastrophe. The grand jury then retired, and the Court was pro ceeding with the business before it when we went to [ress. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-(MONDAY.) During the week ending on Saturday evening the supply of English Wheat received up to our market, coastwise and by land carriage, was small in the ex treme, and of very middling quality. The receipts of all other grain, as well as Flour, by water carriage, were trifling; but those of Malt and Flour, by railway, proved tolerably good. From Ireland and Scotland the arrivals were confined to a few parcels of Barley, Malt, and Oats. A considerable decrease, on a comparison with those of many previous weeks, took place in the imports from abroad, which were confined to 8,405 quarters of Wheat, 851 ditto of Barley, 1,387 ditto ut Oats, 130 ditto of Rye, 300 ditto of Beans, 177 ditto of Peas, 210 ditto of Tares, 93 ditto of Mustard Seed, 418 ditto of sundry see , 's, chi, fly Clover, including 250 quarters of Indian Corn ; 4,789 sacks of Flour from France, and 50 barrels of ditto from Baltimore. Judging from the appearance of the Sound list, it is evident that large supplies of Foreign Grain are close at band. Offers for Wheat and Flour have come in freely from abroad since our last. A very limited supply of Wheat arrived fresh up for our market to-day from Essex; but from Kent, the receipts were slightly on the increase, though of very inferior quality. The stands acre again scantily filled with samples of both red and white ; nevertheless, the de mand for all descriptions of English Wheat was in a very dull state. Really fine qualities—which were scarce—sold at prices about equal to those paid on Monday last. The out-of-condition sorts were certainly lower to purchase. At the close of the market, the bulk of the supply remained in the hands of the factors. Although the imports of foreign Wheat, last week, were small, we were well supplied with that article this morn ing. The inquiry for all kinds was confined to retail quantities, at barely stationary prices. To effect large sales, a decline of one shilling per quarter must have been submitted to by the importers. 'The supply of Barley was very moderate, owing to the falling off in the foreign arrivals. The best malting qualities changed hands, at last week's currencies. Grinding and distilliug sorts were heavy, and the turn in favour of the buyers. There was only a limited in quiry for even the best Afalt, at late rates. Inferior qualities were almost nominal in value, with a limited quantity on cff,r. Notwithstanding the show of Oat samples was comparatively trifling, that grain met an extremely dull inquiry, and prices were from 6d to, in some instances, is per quarter beneath those ruling on this day se'nnight. The dealers generally are short of stock ; but they are waiting future arrivals from Germany, prior to effecting purchases. There was scarcely tny demand for Indian Corn or Meal, both which articles were lower to purchase. Beans, though in short supply, were much neglected. No change took place in the general quotations, yet damp parcels were decidedly lower. White boiling peas supported late rates. In other kinds of peas scarcely a transaction took place. The top price of the best town made Flour remained as last. Country marks, as well as barrelled qualities, were offering at reduced figures. The large influx of foreign Flour is greatly interfering with the trade here. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, i Blalt—Chevalier...... 593 to 60s Red. .• • . 408 to 48s Ditto,White, New 44s 565 Norfolk and Lin coln, Red... • • 435 478 Ditto, White• • • • • • 448 49s Irish, Red ...... • • —s —5 Ditto,White.... • • —5 —8 Rye—Old .......... „ New. .• • • • • • . 28s 30s Barley—Grinding. .. • 24s 275 Malting . • • • • 29s 308 Chevalier • •• 31s 32s Ilfalt—Suffolk and Nor folk . • • • • • • 578 58s Brown •• • • • • • • 41Is 54s Kingston and Ware 588 59s Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Fetd. 170 204 Potato Youghal and Cork, Black . Cork, White Scotch, Feed •• • • 21s 25s Beans—Tick .• ..... 27s 31s Pigeons Peas—Grey •• .. 33s 34s Maple White... •• •• • • 3:- s 37s Boilers • • ••• • • 37, 39s Flour—Town-made ..• 39s 44s Suffolk .•••• • • • • • 32s 34s Stocktn & Norfolk 32s 344 SMITHFIELD. The continuous decline intice;alue of live stock, especially Beasts, in this market (though long since anticipated by us) is creating no little uneasiness in the minds of the graziers generally. In the past week the trade has been dull almost beyond recollection, and prices of both Beasts and Sheep have given way quite 4d per Blbs. That the returns have been below a pay ing point will be obvious, when we state that, with very few exceptions, the highest figure realised for the best Scots on Friday last was only 3s 6d per 81bs—a much lower price than for many years past—and the top quota tion for prime old Downs in the wool did not exceed 4s 6d, shorn Sheep selling at 3s lod per Blbs. At those rates great difficulty was experienced in effecting sales. The only mode by which prices can be enhanced is a withholding of a portion of the stock destined for con sumption in London. Its effect, however, would be but temporary, as the numbers of Loth Beasts and Sheep in Norfolk and Suffolk are considerably in excess of those at many corresponding periods of the year, and a rise in the quotations would be productive of heavy importa tions from France, Holland, and Germany. A some what novel importation, which, if successful, is likely to interfere to some extent with the production of stock in this country, has recently taken place into London, viz., 1,636 canisters of preserved Beet and Mutton from Buenos Ayres. This arrival has been submitted to public competition, and withdrawn at 6d per lb. The condition of the Beef has turned out tolerably good, that of the Mutton rather inferior. We understand that similar imports will shortly take place from South Australia. From ilamburgh tied Bremen, several casks of fresh Pork and baskets of fresh Beef have come in since our last, and which have sold at from 3s to 3s 4d per Sibs. Two vessels have been dispatched to Oporto to bring home live beasts. They may be expected at Southampton about the latter end of the present or the beginning of next week. The number thus to arrive is about 300 head. An arrival, consisting of 16 oxen and 30 sheep has taken place in the Thames from Cork. The Irish supplies by sea aro decidedly superior to those which have come to hand here this year via Liverpool. The total imports of foreign stuck in the metropolis last week comprised 1,966 head, or 55 less than in the pre ceding week, but 420 more than during the same period in 1848. A decrease of 313 head has taken place in the number of beasts as given in the official returns, but which show an excess in the supply of foreign Sheep of 209, and of Calves 30 head. The first arrival of Lambs has taken place from Antwerp. The annexed statement shows the quarters from whence the supplies hay a been derived:— IMPORTS INTO LONDON. From Beasts. Sheep. Calve?. Lamb".. Rotterdam 262 ... 521 ... 121 ... Harlingen ..... 204 ... 457 .. 2 ... Ostenu.. . .. 213 ... ... Antwerp ... .. ... 86 .. 54 ... 10 Ilavre ... 3 ... -- ... -- ... Hambnrgh ... 24 ... ...... ••• Total 493 ... 1,277 ... 186 10 Corresponding week in 1848 764 700 ... 82 ... - Difference ... 271 less. 577 more. 104 more. 10 more An increased supply of stock has been received at the northern outports from Holland, it having comprised about 800 head, chiefly beasts and sheep, by steamers. There was a decline in the numbers of foreign stock exhibited in to day's market, compared with those shown on Monday last. Still, however, the trade was excessively heavy, and sales were with difficulty effected at depressed currencies. Notwithstanding there was a falling-off in the arrivals of home-fed beasts fresh up this morning we have again to notice unusual heaviness in the beef trade. The weather being somewhat un favourable for slaughtering, the attendance of both Lon don and country buyers small, and Newgate and Leadenhall markets largely supplied with each kind of meat, especially with Beef, Mutton, and Pork, which were selling at extremely low currencies ; the prices of all kinds of beasts were fully 2d per 81bs. lower than on Monday last, being the amount of depression noticed on Friday. With very few exceptions, the best Scots produced no more than 3s 6d per Sibs., and a large number of short-horns, &c., were turned out unsold. The droves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire amounted to about 1,500 Scots and short-horns Those from the North of England were 200 short-horns; from the western and midland districts, 600 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c.; from other parts of England, 500 of various breeds; and from Scotland, 310 horned and polled Scots. With Sheep we were again scantily supplied as to number, but their general quality was extremely good, and the same observations may be applied to the beasts. All breeds of Sheep sold heavily at Friday's fall in value of 2d per 81bs, the top general figure for the best old Downs in the wool being 4s 6d, and half-breds 4 per 81bs, and a total clearance was not effected. There were about 500 shorn sheep in the market, the prices of which ruled from 6d to 8d per Sibs beneath those in the weol. Calves, the supply of which was again small, moved off slowly, at last week's quo tations. In pigs, scarcely any business was trans acted, and prices had a downward tendency. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. a. d. to I. d. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts.. 2 6 2 8 Second qual. Sheep 3 6 310 -3scond quality • • 210 3 0 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 0 4 2 Prime large Oxen.. 3 0 3 2 Southdown Nether 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots •••• .. 3 4 II 6 Ditto eut of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 2 Large Hogs Prime small ditto .. 4 4 4 8 Small Porkers •• 3 8 4 4 4 ucklitig Calves ..17 0 24 0 Quarter old Pigs -.16 0 21 0 Inferior Sheep 0 3 2 Lamb5 .. z 1 ,...... :2 ••• • 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Sheep. 1 Calves. I Pigs. I 17,370 1 109 180 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 636 1,070 63 IV XI VIMATH AND I. SAX, XI MI ILL L. Beasts. 3,176 An immense quantity of country-killed Meat has been received up to these markets in the past week, vie., 600 carcasses of Beef; 2,000 ditto of Mutton; 20 ditto of Lamb; 200 ditto of Veal; and 4,000 ditto of Pork. The supplies on sale slaughtered in the metropolis having con siderably exceeded the wants of the trade, the general demand has ruled unusually heavy, and prices have given way from 2d to, in some instances, 4d per 81b, and clearances have not been effected. About 600 carcasses of foreign Meat, killed in London, have been on sale. From Hemburgh 7 baskets of Beef and 7 casks of Pork, mostly legs; and from Bremen 3 casks of Pork have come to hand. The quality of these arrivals has turned out by no means prime. At per stone by the Careen. s. - d. to s. d. s. d. to s. a. Beef ,inferlor 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior •• 2 4 2 -- middling • . 2 6 2 3 - middling.. 210 3 0 - primelarge 2 8 21• - prime .... 3 2 3 8 - prime small 3 0 3 2 Pork, 1arge........ 2 8 3 4 Veal.• ••• • . . . WOOL. Large numbers of buyers from the manufacturing dis tricts, as well as from the Continent, have been in at tendance at the public sales held since our last report. The whole of the colonial and a large portion of the foreign wools offered have changed hands at the late advance, viz., from lid to 3d per lb upon the former descriptions. In the value of the latter no material al teration has taken place. Several parcels of Port Philip have gone as high as is 10d per lb for scoured sheep's, and 2s 6d to 2s 7d for scoured lambs'. Australian sheep's has sold at from 9d to is 10id ; and South Australian 10d to is Id per lb. Last week's imports were confined to 124 bales from New Zealand, Ham burgh, ar.d Ostend. Privately the demand is by no means active, yet higher prices are generally demanded. South Down hoggets, lld to 14d; half-brad ditto, lid to 13d; ewes' clothing, 10d to 12d; Kent fleeces, 100 to llid; combing skins, 7kd to 11d; flannel ditto, 9d to 130; blanket ditto, 6)td to 12d. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supply of Potatoes received coastwise since Mon day last has been very moderate, viz, about 1,800 tons, chiefly from Yorkshire and Scotland. The foreign im portations have been again on a somewhat extensive scale, viz, 144 tons, 200 bags, and 280 sacks, from Antwerp; 203 tons from Havre, 431 tons from Dunkirk, 375 bags from Calais, 83 tons from Nantes, 30 bags from Ostend, 908 bags from Rotterdam, 300 tons from Rouen, 38 tons from Gravelines, together with 10 sacks from Guernsey, and 54 tons from Jersey. Wo have sill a steady demand for selected samples, at full prices. The middling and out-of-condition sorts are dull in sale, and tle turn in favour of the buyers. MELI.X.OW. Our market, both on the spot and for forward delivery, is heavy. In prices, however, no change worthy of no tice has taken place since Monday last. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 40s per cwt. Town Tallow is 41s per cwt. net cash; rough fat 2s 3id per Blbs. BOROUGH IZOP MARKET. The best Hops of last year's growth continue to move off steadily, at fully last week's prices. There is rather more inquiry for the middling descriptions. Old and in ferior Hops, though offering at unusally low prices, com mand little or no attention. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. ghere was an active market for Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday, and prices bad an upward tendency, all descriptions bringing extreme rates. The business done included 2,500 American, on speculation. The sales were estimated at 8,000 to 9,000 bales. 7,000 American realised 3id. to 5 4 d.; 250 Permam, 41d. to 51d.; 100 Egyptian, 64d. to 71d.; 1,000 Surat, &c., 31d. to 4d.; and 30 Sea Island, Bd. to 9}d.—Railway Sharea were steady, and a good business done. Very favourable accounts have been forwarded from Birmingham upon the subject of the Iron trade. A writer in Aria' Gazette states:— " We have Rauch gratification in being able to con tinue our favourable report of this most important trade. The tendency to improvement noticed in our last account under which sales were being refused in expectation of better prices, has since rapidly progressed, until at the commencement of last week several leading houses found it requisite to declare an advance of 20s. per ton on ma nufactured iron, to escape an acccumulation of speculative orders that were being so abundantly forwarded. This a lvance has been well received, and there appears little doubt that it will be fully established by the next meeting of the trade, some dealers having already cheer fully submitted to it for parcels in immediate requisition. The demand for all sorts of hardware goods is also re viving, and, under the expectation of more animation as the Spring advances, manufacturers are yet in the market to provide themselves with materials. The demand for pig iron has been checked a little, but we have heard of some sales having been made at an advance of 109. per ton. Several furnaces have been set to work, or as it is termed, blown in, since we gave our last list, and others are being prepared for speedy resumption. A prevalent cause of delay, however, presents itself in the short supplies of iron-stone, the small stocks on the banks having in most instances been bought up. By the reports of the Welsh and Scotch trades, we also learn that much activity prevails there, and a large ex tension of make is likely to take place. Rejoicing sine cerely as we do, in such a prospect of full employment for the labourer, with remuneration to the master, we cannot refrain from repeating a word of caution, lest an improvident extension of make urged by visionary expectations, should mar the continuence of permanent benefit. The late discoveries of an abundant and, as reported, almost inexhaustible supply of the precious metal has already revived the drooping spirit of industry, and given an unusual impulse to our mercantile affairs, particularly with the United States, and should this supply prove as extensive as it is represented, it must continue to operate favourably during the whole period of its dispersion, and, perhaps may ultimately induce:a considerable alteration in the re lative value of money generally compared with labour and produce; but it should be borne in mind that no unusual channel of consumption for iron has been developed, nor are railway undertakings in a position to create any heal y demand, while the agricultural interests, which have hitherto been, and ever must be, the foundation and support of all others, are unfortunately steadily declining. A relapse, therefore, into the distressing condition from which we are scarcely yet securely extricated may be experienced, should we !Tana fall into the error of over production." The following from a report upon the London dried fruit trade, is furnished by Messrs. Witherby and Hanson:— " The bulk of the currant crop having come in unusually early this season, and more heavily at this port than at the outports, the stock in London is con siderably larger that it was at this pericel of last year. The arrivals for the remainder of the season will be comparatively light, both here and at the outports, whilst if the clearances keep on a par with those of last season they will amount to 5,000 tons for home consumption between this and the end of August. We may, how ever, expect that more will be consumed this year, and that a portion of our stock will be taken for the con tinent, from whence we were shut out last year by poli tical events. "A dullness has prevailed in the market throughout the month, caused partly by a succession of public sales of d:►maged fruit, some of which was sold at very low prices. Fine Patras fruit is scarce and wanted. Island fruit is but little inquired for at present, excepting for export, at prices which the importers will not accept. On the whole the market is well supported, and a favourable opinion is generallyentertained of the articles." The Continental advices are favourable generally as regards money matters, but Italy and the Brussels Con ference still excites some uneasiness. There has been a very flat market for Public Seen , rities, and the supply of money stock is still in excess of the demand, although the buoyant condition of the Con tinental markets might be expected to strengthen values here. It is, however, no doubt as stated, viz., that better employment for surplus cash is at present to be found in trade, and in foreign shares, &c. Consols have been 93, and since 92i for Transfer, and 92i to 93 for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 93i to 94, and the Three per Cents. 92i to 93. Bank Stock is firm at 194 to 196, and East India Stock at 243 to 246. Exchequer-bills have been -425. to 455. prem., and Indiaßonds 575. to 595. premium. The Foreign Securities have been very quiet. but are t 'rm generally. Venezuela have risen from 25 to 26; E quador are 34; Grenada 17; Chilian Three per Cents. ha me been quitted 55 to 56, and Brazilian 84; Mexican Stt ck is worth 26 to 264, and Peruvian, 494; Spanish Thi ee per Cents. are nominally 29f to and Portuguese Fettle per Cents. 25 to 26. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per cents. have been at 50f, and Russian Bonds at 1084. Railway Shares are again firm, and there is an im ps ovement in the value of some of the lines. The Fr such Shares are still buoyant. ONE CLOSING Nth !ES OF BEITISG FUNDS. O'CLOVIC. JPBICES. Bank: Stock 194 196 196 3 per Cent. Reduced Amis..-- 92% 93 92 3 4 92% 92% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93 92% 92% 92% New - 3 1 ,4 per Cent. Aims.— _ 94 93% 94 94 LongAmns. to expire Jan. l 860 .... „ _ .. Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 814 8 3 / 4 India 'Stock 243 246 246 India Bonds, 1,0001. Con Dole for Account xchequer Bills. 2 1 ,4 d. & 2d 921 93 9”4 . 92% 92% E 1,0001. June 45 42 p 42 p Small. June. Ditto Advertised, June 36 38 35 38 p 28 p PRICES OF FOREIGN MIDS cnrE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES . Brazilian Bonds _ .. 84 84 4•11 Z Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... Ditto 3 Der Cent ▪ 56 55 55 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per cent. Scrip, 1849.. 6% 67% p 8 p Equador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 26A % 26N Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 49% 49% Portuguese 5 per Cents. —.-- Ditto, 4 per Cent — 25 3 / 4 Russian Bonds ... ..• 109% B Ve ali ne i z s u h el s a p ß er on C cl e s n , t 2 " 1 4 184 :er Cent.. „ 17 . 25 26 108% % 27 Dividends on the above payable in London. 1X:587D oNE c82:50fL:152:710c: French Rentes, 5 per Cent. .... s: Exchange Dutch 2% per Cent., r l A 2:ui n ld u . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 80%14 80% PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 5O ...... - .......... ..... - Do. Preference "...... 2!4...... 2% .. ......... ... 2% Birming, Wolverh'ton, pd, 0 andDr with udley,; x c u a a l l r s a d n u t duly 10 .. ... _ 5 ...... . .. ...................... 15: Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ... .. 5 5%........,,.. sit Bristol and Exeter Ditto, Thirds .... ..... 27% 19%.. ............ 19 LA 2 Buckinghamshire... 161. 40 Caledonian .... Ditto, Quarter Shares 11% . 11 1 4 •• • ......... . .M. Do. New 10/. Pref..... 10 ..., 11 % 14., .. ..... Chester and Holyhead... 50 Dto i t , Anglia,sL, L & Preference 2 15 ...... 13 ............... 13 East E. and L. and D 25 ...... D0., 3/. 105. Eastern Counties 2O ...... 103/a 5 ,i% ......... 10% East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... - - 17 Great :; D e a i t t t Northerno Ditto, South. Half Shares and W es . : 2 14 0 05 ....................... 32_ 1 14 7 01 %LA . .:. . . 2. .1. .... . .. 10 1 4 Do., 1 ,4 B 6 per Cent... 6%...... 5 . 1 i (Ireland) Great Western 100 Ditto, 1 4 Shares 14 — ...... 14 Ditto, New 171. ..... 2 15 3 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... -- - Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 . ..... Ditto, % Shares ...... 46 ... .. 40 ...... Do. Quarter Shares... 17% ...... -- Do. Fifths... lO ...... 7%......... Do. Thirds ..... - 9 Do. ( W. Riding Union) 1 8 ...::. 4 ,6 4% Leeds and Bradford 5O .....•10 4 ..... ..... ... 104 London & Blackwall...l3/. 6s. 8d.... 6 1 14% 5% London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O „.... 354% 3 5 1,4 Do. Pref '5 per cent.... 50 .. „.. 5 0 London and .. N. Western 100 141 142.. .. ...... 140 1 ,E Lond. &b. Western 5O ...... 40% 3D% 89% Do. New 501. 42%, ... -- .....•••••• —• !IA - ... ..... _ .‘ Ditto. Thirds.. ....—... 15 s.. .... Do.. New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls 5 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...100 Ditto, New 101. Pref.. 10 Midland ... ...•..100 Do., do., 50/. Shares... 25 Do.Consol.Bristol and Birming.,6 per ct.... 100 ...... ... 125 Norfolk .... ....... ....100 Sorth British ........ ... 25 Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8 1 4 .. .. 4 10 ii 43i North Staffordshire Oxferd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 1 2 1,4.... 1314 .. ..... ...... 1314 Shrewsbury and Bins lO ...... — Ditto ditto, Class B. 6 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shropshire Union Smith Devon ..» 5O ...... —............— Do. Preference South Eastern Do., Scrip No 4 South Wales South Yorkshire, Don- caster, and Goole Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. ...... 50 ...... Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do; ... 12 1 4.... 17% ..........„ 17% York, Newcastle, and _ _ Berwick. .... .. ......... 25 .. 2B 27 1 4 ... ..... 27lig Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... ... .. 25 2 7 1, 4 1% ..... ..... 27 3 / 4 Do. E ItenaioN No. 1. 20 Do. do. No. 2. (N&B) 20 . 21 .... .... ..... 21M Do. G.N.E.Preterence 8 ... BY B B% York and North Midland 50 ...... Oit'e, Preference ...... 10 Dv. East and W eat Rid- _ . _ ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzou)... 18 Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. 91 4 t, 2... .., 9% Northern of France...... 12 ...... 10%% . l Ol Orleans and Bordeaux... 7 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 .... 35 ... . ...... Paris and Rouen ........ 20 ..... 21% 2 1 14 Paris and Strasbourg ... 9 Rouen and Havre . 2O . 1 3 4 34 1 3 3 /4 Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 5 . Tours and Nantes .. 9 .... . 2% 2% JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint 5t0ck...... 10 London Zs Westminster. 20 ...... 233/ 4 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) WIND AND WEATHER THIS MORNING, AT 9 A.M. Gosport S.W.,fine. Glasgow N., rost. Gloucester N., unsettled. Hull Leith Lowestoffe N.E., cloudy. Liverpool Newcastle Portsmouth Southampton N.W., fine. Yarmouth LONDON, FEB. 24.—Wind N.N.W • , moderate breeze and dull cloudy weather. DEAL, FEB. 24.—Wind S.W. to N.N.E.—Arrd• Bl ue Bell, Wilson, Algoa Bay, and sailed for London. Arrd. from the River, 25th, Victor, K er k us , H o bart Town ; Lalla Rookh, Henderson, Port N ata l ; S u perior, Jen kins, Demerara; Ellen, Petting a ll, T r i n id a d. Sld. 24th, Florentia. Adelaide, South:,Australia ; Seri n g a p ata m , Madras; Royal Shepherdess; Aden, Semarang , Cape of Good Hope; Julia, ditto; L eopar d , B uenos Ayres; Leo, St. Thomas's. Put back, 25 t h , all t h e o utward bound that weighed yesterday except the Fl or entia, Tind a l, Adelaide, South Australia ; Julia, Le Croix, Cape of Good Hope. ; Leodes, R o b- B b i o n y N d Boyd, w u t c o h r i l n e s a o n n s , ; B ir e h e o i a m , a s n a i l p e d u r ll d o e c ll . , LIVERPOOL, FEB. U.—Wi n d S.E.—Arrd. Janet 3 S o avannah; Emma Watts, Watt s , :di tto ; Sash Farrington , Purrington, iCtehsairelne,stnonern; Demerara; IJia.cHks.onß4Oohjyar. Alexander, M o bil e . 24. Sld. Lu c y, B om b ay; Inverna, Valp arais o; 25. P ar k er , Columbia, New York; Cala Brander, ditto; America, steamer, Boston. 25. L a B e ll e, C ey l on; Science, Avica; Jane Erskine, Li ma; L ancash i re W i tc h, V BuenosalpllisAarayres; Lady Sale, Santa Martha; General Mina, wrannah; Susan Island; Lord, Belmont New Orlean ; ps;hiElaqdueiltpyh,ial Elsinore, N ew York, i t to; Enterpris e , S tates William Spragno, ditto; Patrick Henry, ditto; Java, ditto; Avon, Boston; Anglo American, ditto; Herbert, ditto ; William Carson, St. John's, New Brunswick; Ocean Queen, Halifax, Nova Scotia' SHIELDS, FEB. 24.—Wind. W. — S id. Don, Cartha gene and North America; Elliotts, Gibraltar and Que bec; Eagle, Lisbon and Quebec. SWANSEA, FEB. 25.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. 24N Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Pitts Cuba. BRISTOL, FEB. 24.—Selina, Santa Martha ; Alice Brown, Trinidad ; Bo u rbon, Jamaica; Gregorios, New Orleans. steamer, sr- SHIELDS, FEB. 23.—The Chevy Chase rived here from Hamburgh, is leaky, and has thrown part of cargo overboard. PETERHEAD, FEB. 24—Wind, N.Y.—Sld. North of Scotland, Greenland ; Hamilton Ross, Greenland. YARMoUTH, ISLE OF II IGHT, FEB. 25.—Wind W.— Sld. IriQ, Algoa Bay ; Koophandel , Havannah. GRIMSBY, FEB. 25.—The Coaster, from Aldborough to Middleborough, has put in here with dam age , h av i ng been in co n t act w i t h t h e W i lling Maid of Scarborough, off Ilolderness, 22d instant. The Jean Augusten has arrived hero from Sunderland, with damage from con tact with a brig. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 25.—The Kopstad got on shor e near the eastern pi er , an d has sustained considerable damage—is being lightened. WinTny, FEB. 22.—The Comet, .Flushin g to nort h Faro, wa s t owe d i n h ere l as t n ight, with loss of mast. F EB. 25.—The MITE, Newcastle to Cadiz, was assisted in to-day, making a little water, having been on the Long Sand. ABERDEEN, FEE. 24.—Several pieces of wreck, ap parently belonging to an American vessel of about three or four hundred tons, have been washed on shore near ibis port. LITERATURE. JOHN JONES'S TALES FOR LITTLE JOHN JONESES. By G. P.R.James. 2 Vols. The indefatigable Mr. James has written two little volumes on the history of England for the amusement and instruction of youthful readers. Old John Jones makes his appearance in the first chapter, surrounded by a group of little grand-children, to whom he pro ceeds to relate a series of stories, which stories are contained in these little volumes. They constitute a full and particular, and very interesting history of England from the invasion of the Romans to the reign of Henry I. We presume that the re mainder of the history will appear at some future period. Children are proverbially fond of stories, and in these little books they will find an abun dance of stories, some very marvellous, and all true. Intermingled with these stories are descrip tions of the manners and customs of our Saxon ancestors. The two little volumes thus constituting a very interesting history of Eng land up to the twelfth century,written in Mr. James 's very agreeable style. LIVES OF THE BRITLCH ADMIRALS. By Dr. John Campbell. New Edition. " Campbell's Lives of the Admirals is an admirable book," writes Walter Scott to Lord Montague, on the education of the Duke of Buccleuch, "and I would advise your Lordship to redeem your pledge to the Duke on some rainy day. You do not run the risk from the perusal which my poor mother appre hended. She always alleged it sent her eldest son to the navy, and did not see with indifference any of her younger olive-branches engaged with Campbell ex cept myself, who stood in no danger of the cock-pit or quarter-deck." This quotation from so good an au thority, is very appropriately prefixed to this new edition of Dr. Campbell's popular work—a work too well known, and too widely appreciatad, to need comment or commendation. This edition is illus trated by numerous portraits, fac-similes, and en gravings. CELEBRATED TRIALS : CONNECTED WITH THE ARISTOCRACY. By Peter ___ Burke. The aristocracy of England has, it seems, contri buted some most interesting chapters to the romance of history, and afforded many repeated verifications of the proverb, " Truth is stranger than fiction." The history of the aristocracy is just now a popular theme in the literary world. We recently noticed " The Romance of the Peerage," which work was imme diately followed by one of very similar character, " Anecdotes of the Aristocracy ;" and both these compilations, interesting as they are, are now eclipsed by the superior interest of this elaborate production —a quarto volume of five hundred pages con taining the histories of thirty-three " Trials con nected with the Aristocracy in the relations of private life." The first of these is " the trial of Sir Edmond Knevet, Knight, at Greenwich, for striking a person within the King's Palace," in the year 1541 ; and the last in this volume is the action for breach of promise brought against Earl Ferrers by Miss Smith, in 1846. In the list are also the trial of Courvoisier, for the murder of Lord William Russell, and the Earl of Cardigan's trial in the House of Peers. The criminal law has always been a favourite study with the editor of this volume, he tells us, and he considers that this, his compilation, will be not only interesting to the general reader, but useful to the lawstudent, for " the form and process of the trials are almost invari ably preserved, and in every place where practicable the speeches of the counsel are given entire." This latter feature the editor deems of much importrnce, since all those conversant with courts of justice must feel and acknowledge how essential it is to be able to rightly state a case, especially where the obj ec t i s th e prose cution of a criminal o ff ence. " Th e s pl en did spec i mens of opening addresses contained in this collection, are," he adds " a study inj themselves, emanating, as many of them do, from men of the finest intellect and judgment and of immortal forensic reputation." Mr. Burke is careful to exculpate himself from any suspi cion of wishing, by the publication of this book, to depreciate the character of the British aristocracy. On the contrary, he bears a cordial testimony to their high character, and considers his volume, rather as a a vindication of their virtuous conduct, seeing that in three hundred years the trials in which they have been implicated are so few, and in many of them the aristocrats are complainants, not defendants—sinned against, not sinning. LETTERS OF EMINENT PERSONS TO DAVID .HUME. These letters are taken from the papers bequeathed by Hume's nephew to the Royal Society of Edin burgh, which papers were placed at the disposal of Mr. Burton, in order to assist him in his life of Hume. Having made the selections necessary fur his purpose, a number of documents still remained, " which," says Mr. Burton, " though they had no reference to my own, might be serviceable to the literary pursuits of others, and would afford pleasurable reading to those who are curious in biography, and the familiar correspondence of great men." Mr. Burton has availed himself of the privilege accorded to him by making these letters public ; for he considered it no less than his duty " torender accessible, to those likely to appreciate them, the intellectual treasures of so curious and valu able a collection. The lover of literary history," he goes on, " will require only to glance over the list of names under which the several letters are grouped to estimate the character of their contents. A very few addi tions would make the catalogue embrace all that was intellectually great in our own country and France during the twenty years which begin with the middle of the eighteenth century." Among these correspon dents are Horace Walpole, Helvetius, Bishop Douglas ;Lord Lyttleton, Mirabeau (the elder), Lady Hervey, Allan Ramsay (the painter), Colonel Barre, Sir Gilbert Elliot, Sir James Macdonald, Sir Alex ander Dick, Lord Hardwick, and many others. The French correspondents are Turgot, D'Alembert and Mdlle. de L'Espinasse, Malesherbes, Madame de Boufflers, Diderot, Buffon, Crebillon (the younger), &c. ice. As affording specimens of elegant epistolary styles, French and English, this work would be valuable, even independent of the interest attached to the distinguished characters whose letters it contains. FAIRY TALES FROM ALL NATIONS. By A. R. Montalba,twith Twenty-four Illustrations. By Richard Doyle. Here is a treasury of delight for youthful readers. Mr. Montalba has collected out of a " hundred vo lumes of the fairy lore of all nations twenty-nine fairy tales never before (as he believes) translated into English." Mr. Richard Doyle has illustrated the marvellous incidents of these tales in his own admirable way, and, finally, Messrs. Chapman and Hall have published this collection in a thick hand some volume, as attractive as good paper and clear typography can make it, bound, moreover, in an enamelled cover of palest rose colour. " The time has been, but happily exists no longer," says Mr. Montalba in his preface, " when it would have been necessary to offer an apology for such a book as this. In those days it was not held that Beauty is its own excuse for being;' on the contrary, a spurious utilitarianism reigned supreme in literature, and fancy and imagination were told to fold their wings, and travel only in the dusty paths of life." Happily, indeed, that;time is over, if that time ever was when fairy tales were universally condemned. Fairytales, which are almost invariably the favourite reading of children—and even of " children of larger growth "—are in general only allegories of life. They inculcate lessons of virtue and perseverance ; for in fairy tales, as in the world, if people only would believe it, the right side always triumphs eventually. Among the tales in this collection are those of " Siva and Mad hava," from the Sanscrit ; " The Prince of the Glow worms," from the German ; " The Dragon-Giant," from the Russian • " Fortune's Favourite," from the Hungarian ; " dagic under Difficulties," from the Italian, &c. &c. One of the shortest tales is " Per severe and Prosper," from the Arabic, the moral of which, can never be too often repeated—" He who earnestly wills can do much." THE ORIENTAL INTERPRETER, AND TREASURY OF EAST INDIA KNOW. LEDGE. By J. H. Stocqueler, Author of the " Hand-Book of India." The " Oriental Interpreter" is one of the most valuable books of its kind that have recently appeared. It is a dictionary of Eastern expressions in general use in this country. " It has been suggested," says the compiler, " by the almost universal ignorance of Oriental terms, phrases, expressions, and places. Every fortnight," he proceeds, " brings a mail from India, and the intelligence it imparts is fraught with words which perplex the multitude. The dispatches from India—the conversation of Orientalists—the speeches in Parliament, turning upon Eastern affairs —the Oriental novels, travels, and statistical works— likewise abound with terms caviare to the general.'" This ignorance will be speedily put an end to by the diffusion of Mr. Stocque ler's excellent work. It is invaluable as a book of reference to the general reader. Every Ori ental name, place, or expression likely to puzzle his inexperience is to be found at a moment's notice on reference to this dictionary, which is, of course, al phabetically arranged. As a sample of the manner in which the necessary explanations are given, we quote a column almost at random :-- v " PUN, Ilindostanee. A handful of co wries, equi lent to twenty guudas. Five puns, or 400 cowries, acon stitute one anna, the sixteenth part of a rupee. " PUN AII-BE-KIIODALI ! Persian. ' May Heaven protect us!' five " PUNCLIAIT, or PUNCIIAI'E t T o , An assembly or jury of five p e rsona • whomhomassembled. a is referred for investigation and decision. An ancient Ilindoo establishment. " PUNDIT, a learned Brahmun. " PuNc T ANOCIR, a fortified town 11:1 India, ii the province of Balaghat, situated about fifty miles north west from Vellore, in Lat. 13 deg. 21 min. N., Long. 78 deg. 3 min. E. It is the residence of a Polygar, gene rally styled the Punghnoor Rajah, who holds the town and a small adjoining district under tribute to the British. P U NJAB. See LAHORE. " PUNJAII, land in India that cannot be easily watered by artificial means, depending chiefly on the falling rains for irrigation, and, therefore, unfit for the cultivation of rice. "PUNKAH, a fan. The heat of the climate of India renders the constant use of a fan so indispensable, that in European houses there is usually a permanent one fixed in all the , principal apartments, and kept in motion by one of the bearers of the establishment. This de scription of punkah is formed of a thin kind of canvass stretched over an oblong frame work of from six to ten feet in length, and three feet in width, and suspended from the ceiling of the room to within four feet of the table. A rope attached to the centre of the punkah, and carried high above the heads of the occupants of the apartment, passes through an aperture in the wall, out side of which the servant sits and pulls the punkah. The agitation of the machine keeps the room, which would otherwise, at times, be insupportable, pleasantly cool. Many persons take much pride in their punkahs, deco• rating them with gold mouldings and ornaments, or painting them in distemper to correspond with the walls, and finishing them with a fluted linen fringe. The halal' punkahs, which are of various dimensions, are formed of the leaf of the cocoa nut tree (see TALIPOT), or of kuss kuss, silk, or talc, but the latter are more for ornament, on occasion of bridal processions, nautches, &c., than for any useful purpose. PURANAS, Iliadoo mythological poems." Persons travelling to India will find abundance of valuable information in the appendix to the dictionary, which contains, moreover, an Indian Gazetteer. THE COMPLIMENTS of the SEASON ; or How to give an Evening Party. By Piers Shafton. A near namesake of Sir Walter Scott's "exqui site," Sir Piercy Shafton—Sir Piercy Shafton whose refined phraseology, it will be remembered, on one occasion nearly cost him his life, when disguised as a milkwoman he answered to the interrogatories of his pursuers, "I am she, oh most bucolic juvenile, to whose care are entrusted the milky mothers of the herd "—a near namesake of this superfine gentle man has published a little volume, gorgeously attired in ultra-marine and gold, with the following dedica tion :—" To all ladies who are about to give evening parties, the author with the most friendly regard for their serenity of mind and their husbands' pockets, begs most respectfully to offer 'the compliments of the season.'" As example is better than precept, Mr. Piers Shafton, instead of penning a treatise on the art of giving parties, has related a chapter in the history of Mrs. Traverse Higgs which answers the purpose admiraby. Mrs. Traverse Higgs has been wedded twice twelve months, and like Mrs. Gilpin, "she no holiday has seen." In an auspicious moment she obtains from Mr. Higgs a reluctant permission to invite " a few friends," an expressio❑ understood literally by Mr. and most figuratively by Mrs. Higgs. The prepara tions fur the party are admirably detailed. "Up to this moment Mr. and Mrs. Higgs have been a miracle of conjugal felicity ; now, however, the scene changes. The house is thrown into confusion, every room ren dered uninhabitable, only chops (Mr. Higgs' abomi nation) for dinner, but Mr. Higgs is of a peaceable disposition ; he sees his wife become more haggard and careworn from day to day, and at last begins to sympathise with her. " Well, my dear, as the thing must now come off, the sooner it does the better." - - "I shall be heartily glad when it is over; for I trs sure the labour and anxiety—and you men know nothing at all about it—is really killing me." " I really don't see," meekly suggested Mr Higgs, " why all this fuss should be made about a few people." " A few people! Why, Mr. Traverse Higgs, you can not be aware that I have issued cards of invitation to ono hundred :lad seventy odd." The eventful evening arrives ; all Mrs. Higgs's meri torious exertions are successful. She surveys her drawing-rooms with pride —rooms barely capable of accommodating about one quarter of the expected guests. But what cannot determina tion accomplish ? " The sashes having been removed from the windows, and the balcony covered over and carpeted, and the doors taken away, their capacity seemed doubly magnified, and the effect was on the whole very pretty, while, as if Aladdin had been called in as architect, a magical addition ap peared in the form of a third room, which was formed over a water-tank, the entrance being through the back drawing-room window." Ingenious Mrs. Higgs We pass over the events of the evening, which, if our readers are curious to learn, they will find admirably set forth by Mr. Shafton. Among other contretemps, they will see how the speech, in which Mr. Higgs had proposed beforehand to return thanks after supper, was rendered inappropriate by the extraordinary compliment of the gentleman who proposed his health. The cainphine lamps having, as is too often their custom, rained down a sooty shower during supper time, a witty individual, anxious to show off his abilities, proposed the health of their host, as a man who, "following the bright footsteps of those illustrious pioneers that had gone before him—the Wilberforces, Buxtons, and Clark sons—had taken upon himself the lofty attributes, and richly earned the designation of the Emancipator of the Illachs!" One scene, however, we must quote for the benefit of those who may not meet with Mr. Piers Shafton. (We have omitted to state that among the guests is one who, from his extraordinary size, is known by the appellation of the "Elephant.") " The rooms became oppressively hot, and some of the young ladies relieved the monotony of the amusement with a fainting fit or two, of the genuineness of which there was no suspicion. All at once it was suggested that the coolest spot in the house was, in point of fact, out of the house—in the temporary room, or tent, which had been constructed over the water-tank. " This agreeable discovery having been made, a rush of guests immediately invaded the spot, the Elephant,' gallupading with a plump dame, leading the way. Nothing could be more agreeblc—the canvass walls per mitted the fresh air to - penetrate them, and the cool feel of the leaden floor under the carpet was pronounced quite refreshing.' At this propitious moment a fancy seized the Elephant that it would he a most eligible spot fora Scotch reel. Accordingly with his plump partner, and a gaunt looking gentleman in the Highland dress, one was commenced, the band playing Over the water to Charlie' with great spirit. The air was lively, and the dance proceeded with uncommon animation; as many of the guests that could cram into the temporary erec tion did do so, and formed a ring round the dancers. The Elephant was ardently enjoying himself, and not content with jumping incredibly high (for a gentleman of his many stones weight), and making a most vigorous stamp on the leaden floor (which in honest truth was the roof of the water-tank), he insisted on giving what he pronounced to be the true Highland fling.' Hardly was this tour de force accomplished before there was observed by the startled guests a gradual but perceptible sinking towards the middle of the floor, which was suc ceeded by the Elephant and his two associates in the reel being thrown in a heap together in the centre, and in another moment there was an awful splash, followed by a more awful shriek, and the Elephant and a part of the guests disappeared as through a trap door, and a deluge of water occupied their place! The chandelier from the roof shook ' Like guilty things upon a fearful summons;' the carpet was sucked in by the intruding element, the canvass walls all at once gave way, and the glasses and wreaths of flowers which ornamented them tumbled to gether, and fell in a common ruin; Then rose from flour to roof the wild farewell;' then there was a shouting of the gentlemen, screaming of the ladies, till the head of the Elephant re-appeared above the water chaunting in dismal tones— ' By the sad sea waves.' " With much difficulty he and the rest of the involun tary bathers were extricated from their perilous position, and after the tank had been well dragged it was found no lives were lost. This was declared to be a damper,' and the party broke up, the Elephant with his teeth chattering, making a most heartrending attempt at a joke about the party going off swimmingly, and suggesting to their scared hostess not to forget, at her next party, to send cards to the Humane Society men, with particular directions to bring with them their drags and life- boat." Such is the reward of all Mrs. Iliggs's ingenuity ! Nevertheless, the moral of the tale is sufficiently in structive. The little volume is embellished with more than a dozen illustrations, some very effective and some exquisitely ludicrous. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE.-411T. Batty determined not to be outdone in catering for the amusement of the public, has entered into an engagement with the cele brated young American equestrian Master liernandEs, whom we are given to understand is the most g raceful equestrian in the world, and w h ose f ame has extend e d over the whole American continent, where be has b ee n The hailed with enthusiasm wherever he has a PPe n a i r g e h d ts. We engagement is made for a limited number of s on send cannot, therefore, do better than re commend fmu m a end our readers to pay a visit to this popular pa judge for themselves. He makeslhl ei first app eara Monday next. nce Dunum, FEB. 24.—The Sarah , tby the Syren, of this of Inverness, for Dumfries, was run into last port ; the former sunk, but ha s been raised, and will discharge. 1 , FED , v.—The stern of a QUINISU, BY TOBERDIOR,, , , some have been washed on logs and deals, and ome vessel, marked " Cleopatra,_ ~" a piece of board marked • N. shore on the Island of Mull. ROYAL ARTILLERY. WOOLWICH, FEB. 24. -- Major Griffin's company left Woolwich this morning to proceed by sea to Leith Fort to relieve the company at t h a t s tation, the latter , being ordered t o h ea d- quarters. Captain Fit . zeasyer s company leave Woolwich on Wednesday for Dublin, to relieve a company at that sta tion under orders to return to head -quarters. w AR MEDAL. Lieutenant- Colonel Sir Henry Bally, K.H., of Lyme Regis, has received his medal with five clasps, for the following battles: Corunna, Fuente d'ilonoro, Salamanca, Vittoria, and the Pyrenees, in the last of which he lost his left arm. The Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel enter tained the Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge and the Hon. Miss Hardinge, Lord and Lady Ashburton, the Right Hon. Sir James and Lady Gra ham, Sir Henry Lytton and Lady Bulwer, M. Guizot, 'Sic., to dinner on Saturday. " WITERE,THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY." We have faith in old proverbs full surely, For Wisdom has traced what they toll, And Truth may be drawn up as purely From them, as it may from " a well." Let us question the thinkers and doers, And hear what they honestly say, And you 'll find they believe, like bold wooers, In " Where there's a will there's a w a y," The hills have been high for Man's mounting, The woods have been dense for his axe, The stare have been thick for his counting, The sands have been wide for his tracks, The sea has been deep for his diving, The poles have been broad for his away, But bravely he's proved in his striving, __ That " Where there's a will there's a way." Have ye vices that ask a destroyer ? Or pasions that need your control? Let Reason become your employer, And your body be ruled by your soul. Fight on, though ye bleed in the trial, Resist with all strength that ye may, re may conquer Sin's host by denial, For " Where there's a will there's a way. * Have ye Poverty's pinching to cope with? Does Suffering weigh down your might? Only call up a spirit to hope with, And dawn may come out of the night. Oh! much may be done by defying The ghosts of Despair and Dismay, And much may be gained by relying On " Where there's a will there's a way." Should ye see afar off that worth winning, Set out on the journey with trust; And ne'er heed it your path at beginning Should be among brambles and dust. Though it is but by footsteps ye do it, And hardships may hinder and stay, Keep a heart, and be sure you'll get through it, For " Where there's a will there's a way." —Weekly Dispatch. ELIZA COOK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l have been a reader of The Sun daily for the space of nearly two years, and such has been the plea sure I have felt (especially) in perusing your leading articles, that I could truly say of you, as it is written of David, concerning his Divine Master.—You are a man after my own heart. The reason of this has been your straightforward and manly defence of democracy. Your defence of the late French revolution, and more espe cially your defence of that man who has scarcely an equal in the world—viz., Lamartine, who in the midst of turmoil, strife, and blood, fled to the helm of the vessel of State, and steered her through unparalleled difficulties into the haven of a happy Republic. That Republic you have also nobly defended against the intrigues of the Reactionares and Legitimists, you have also raised your ♦oice against the despots of Germany, and boldly defended liberty where ♦er found, either upon English or foreign ground. In feet, whatever changes have taken place in the year of revolutions just past, my language has been, what says the Sun? I always felt confident that if liberty or democracy needed a defender against its enemies, it would find it in yourself. But judge of my surprise, Sir, these last few weeks, in reading your remarks upon Italy and Rome, leaving out of the ques tion the character both of Leopold and the Pope; how ever liberal they both may have been, their people have gone ahead of them, and established republican forms of government (I think the best] kind of government under the sun, and far the cheapest)—judge of my sur prise, I say, when I found you advocating interventions, in order that their forma of government should be set aside and the old monarchical Government established. Sir, is not liberty as dear to the Romans and the Tus cans as the French; most undoubtedly it is, and they seem fully as capable of appreciating it as Frenchmen. Whatever you may say, Sir, in defence of intervention, I trust Providence will so overrule events that the infant Republic of Rome may gather strength daily, and be come the head of distracted Italy. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A REPUBLICAN. Oldbury, Feb. 24, 1849. On Wednesday next her Majesty will hold her second levee this season. The levee will commence at two o'clock in the afternoon, and will be held at St. James's Palace. LOYAL UNITED FRIENDS.—On Wednesday evening last the fourth anniversary of the No. Is Lodge was celebrated at the Lodge.house, the Peacock, Great Tri nity-lane, Bread-street, on w hi c h occas i on up wa rds of sixty persons partook of an entertainment which, whe ther for quantity or quality, reflected much credit on the worthy host, Treasurer Adams, and gave general satis faction. S.P. Watson presided as chairman, as did P. Utley, deputy, and were supported by several past and present officers; among whom we noticed P.S.P. Heath, Treasurer Payne, P.S.I'. Fitzgerald, P.P. Bradshaw, P.P. Hughes, P.l'. Williams, P.P. Lee, P.P. Turner, P.P. Fawcett, P.P. Greenfield, P.P. Burgess, and P.P. Dean. After ample justice bad been done by the com pany to the good things provided for them by the libe rality of the stewards (who by-the-bye acted in the most courteous manner), and the cloth had been withdrawn, the Chairman proposed " The Health of the Queen and the rest of the Royal Family," which was received with much applause, and the National Anthem sung in good style by Messrs. llubbard and Thomas, the company joining in the chorus with much animation. After which, Prosperity to the Order of Loyal United Friends" was, also given from the chair, and drank amid much ap plause; this toast was responded to by P.S.P. Heath. "The Gilt Funds of the Order, particularly the No. 17 and No. 18 Gift Fund," was received with much cheer ing, and acknowledged by P.P. Burgess, who congra!u laced the company upon the fact of the fund having nearly 5001. in hand, and possessing nearly 600 mem bers. The Chairman afzerwarcls proposed " The Cha ritable Funds of the Order," with which lie associated the name of P.P. Hughes, the representative of the Lodge in the Relief Committee; this toast was well received, an.l elicited from P.P. Hughes a speech replete with good sense, and was listened to with much atten tion. The healths of the Chairman, Deputy Treasurer Adams, and the Stewards were severally proposed and drank with great enthusiasm, and acknowledged by the parties in a very suitable manner, several songs were sung, and the conviviality of the evening prolonged to a late hour, when the company broke up, evidently highly entertained with its proceedings. The Earl and Countess of Eglinton gave an ele gant dinner, in compliment to his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, on Saturday, at their residence in St. James's-square. The illustrious Prince was attended by Captain Goedeche ; and there were present to meet his Royal Highness the Marquis of Ely, the Marquis of Granby, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, his Excellency the Russian Minister and Baroness Brunnow, Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, Viscount Ilawarden, Lord Brougham, Lady Stanley, Lord and Lady Dalmeny, Lord Foley and Hon. Miss Foley, the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Mr. B. Cochrane, M.P., and Mrs. Cochrane, Mr. Montgomerie, &c. Covers were laid for twenty-two personages. The circle separated soon after 11 o'clock. DRURY-LANE TERATRE.—Her Majesty appeared highly delighted on Saturday evening with the perform ance of the French equestrian compa?y, and frequently evinced her applause in the most significant manner. The Ho) al party were rec. ived by the lessees, M. De jean and Mr. O'Reilly, in full costume and remained to the conclusion. BIRTHDAY OF H.R.H. Till DUNE OF CAMBRIDGE. —Saturday was the birthday of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Some of the foreign Ministers sad many of the nobility called and left their names for his Royal Highness during the day, at Cambridge House. Her 11,yal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester received their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary at dinner, at Gloucester House. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by Baron Knesebeck and Msjor Stephens. In the evening the tradesmen of the Royal Duke illuminated their houses. Early in the morning a new and magnificent royal standard floated from the tower of the church at Kew. At one o'clock a royal salute was fired from the Greec Shortly afterwards upwards of eighty children attached to the parochial school sat down to a plentiful supply of good old English fare. In the evening, at six o'clock. Edward Scard, Esq., one of the county magistrates, and perpetual churchwarden, gave a sumptuous dinner hl e t w lif large assembly room of the Rose aid Crown hotel, of Kew green, to celebrate the gratifying fact of the,Datuy e .. e Cambridge having again taken up his residence; at to w. Nearly sixty gentlemen and tradesmen sat d ow n an entertainment replete with every delicacy of the season. circle of the Lord Stanley entertained a numerou s tdinner on Satur stL:ro,rVd Viscount Members of the House of Commons n James's ds q a t y i a e r v e . e n i Covers °lone' Cecil twenty-four guests; the company Newport,on g o ' v c a r t s w h i e s r e p c! v i d ate for re tw l w. Begot, the Hon. H. A. Cole, Sir B ar t., Sir 11. Meux, Bart. Sir R. Forester, the Hon. Gor comprising L Lennox, ord B r t o h Brooke, e e , Marqu i s Hun. Lord eOuos of t l s t :l a r s o t n o r t c n . e c , Knox, Captain Mervyn i rc hd a u , B W. C. C ET ' °rdtr a. ill'L ' t:lno'nel3l Mr. Augustus Stafford, Mr. W. Mr. T. L. Taylor, Mr. J. G. Smyth, Captsiu T Bolder', alsez, Mr. W. Bagge, Mr. R. H. Beresiord. Mr. • MR.r. H owa ed Vyr, S. Lane Fox, Captain Somerset, and Mr. Henry Lowther. The Noble Lord has another Parliamentary ext. OkT.—On S a t ur d ay th ere dinzAernsonclliV o e d y n x e s d s ai x n A was launched from the building -yard of Messrs. Wigram. of Blackwell, a steam-boat of the Medea class, the Co lumbus, built for the Spanish Government; length, 190 feet; beam, 32 feet; depth, 20 feet; tonnage, 900. Her armament will consist of two 68-pounders, long guns, and eight 3 2-pounders, medium. Messrs. Wigram are building a sister steam-ship, to be called the Piserro, to be armed in like manner. FARRINGDON DISPENSARY.—Yesterday morning, before the Right lion. the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, a sermon on behalf of this most excellent charity was preached by the Rev. R. Bickersteth, M.A., at the church of St. Andrew's, Holborn. A very energetic discourse was delivered, during which a charity havinc, many claims, and much needing the co - operation of the bene volent, was very warmly advocated, and at the conclu sion of Divine service a collection wai made, amounting to 361. 3e. 6d. SMITHFIELD MARKET.—A requisition has been presented to the Right lion, the Lord Mayor, requeet ing bui Lordship to call a special Court of Common Council to consider hir. J. T. Norris's motion for the removal of Smithfield market ; a Court will, therefore, be holden at twelve o'clock on Tuesday, to consider the matter. Great interest is excited as to the result. The modified views of many leading mem berst l ength be and Mr. Norris's reputation and influence in the C ourt a pp e ar to justify the hope that a remedy may at looked for. His Excellency Count Sehimmelpenhinck Eve a grand dinner to a distinguished circle on Sm ut y , is she Dutch Legation in 13111a491"`145"'