The Sun. — London, England, 1849-01-01 00:00:00

D 3. Extersiol. No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. '2.. ...... 15 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ... 771 4 8 7 3 4 ex.int. 7;Y, 1 x i Y0r'..:,...1, , 1 North rilidle.nd 50 ...... 55 ... . 55 Bain, Freferenca Do. East and NV estßid inz, Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 263 ia Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian) 5 ...... Boulogne and Amiens 20 ...... 81/q% ......••••• Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) l7 ...... Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley 4 Direct Bombay and Madras ss. . ... Dutch Rhenish ...... East Indian ..... - .... • Great Indian Peninsular M — Louvain ila Sambre ... 7% — Luxembourg.... Ditto Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. - Northern of France...... 12 • 8 11 e• Orleans and Bordeaux- 1 . 7 ...... 2 . .% Paris and Lyons Do. Do. • lO — Paris and Orleans ..... . 20 ..... Paris and Rouen ... ..... 20 ...... Paris and Strasbourg ... 9 Rouen and Ilavre Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes .. 9 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Ilasselt ...... 20 West F1ander5............ 8 3 % JOINT STOCK BAN K&. 8 1 / s 2 8 Australasia British North American 50 •• Colonial 25, Commercial of London 20 London Joint 5t0ck...... 10 London & Westminster. 20 National Prov. England. 35 1.);tto, New... .. ..... 10 National of Ireland 18% MARKET NEWS -(THIS DAY . CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. Fur our markets coastwise and by land carriage the arrivals of English Wheat, last week, were on a very imited scale. Those of all other articles of home pro duce were trifling in the extreme. From Ireland and Scotland scarcely any grain came to hand. The imports from abroad were again liberal, viz., 17,161 quarters of Wheat; 39,250 ditto of Barley; 16,426 ditto of Oats; 2,625 ditto of Rye, 786 ditto of Beans, 4,642 ditto of Peas, 2,267 ditto of Tares, 6,064 ditto of Linseed, 286 ditto of Rapeseed, 5 ditto of Mustard-seed, 15 ditto of sundry seeds ; 5,342 barrels, and 1,582 sacks of Flour. Since the above returns were made up, several foreign Grain vessels have come to hand, and rather large imports, should the wind prove favourable, may be expected this week. Fresh up this morning the supply of English Wheat was on a moderate scale, and chiefly from Essex. Generally speaking, the condition of the samples was improved by the prevailing somewhat cold weather. The stands were again scantily filled with samples of Essex, Kent, and Cambridgeshire Wheats; hence the demand for most kinds was firm, at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond the prices paid on this day se'nnight, and at which a good clearance was effected without difficulty. The quantity of free foreign Wheat on show, as the majority of the importers are placing their fresh arrived cargoes in bond, awaiting the total abolition of the import duties, was smaller than for some time past. As the attendance of country millers (most of whom appeared short of stock) was good, the demand for all foreign Wheats was steady, and late rates were well supported in every in-• stance. The duty is now 8s per quarter. Bonded par cels and floating cargoes were quite neglected, and, consequently, nominal ix value. The immense imports of foreign Barley had a depressing effect upon the trade for that article, and prices gave way quite is per quarter. In English Barley exceedingly little business was doing, at the above decline. We were scantily sup plied with Malt, nevertheless the Malt trade was in a very inactive state at barely last week's quotations. The quantity of Oats on offer was by no means large. Se lected samples sold to a fair extent at full prices. In the middling and inferior kinds exceedingly little business was doing. All kinds of Beans were very dull; in prices, however, we have no actual fall to notice. Peas were heavy, and rather easier to purchase. The transactions in Indian Corn and Meal were confined to retail parcels. Flour was a slow sale, at late rates. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier • • • • 59s to 60s Red. ........ 41s to 54s Oats Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 478 585 Lincolnsh., Feed. 17s 20i Norfolk • and Lin- Potato coin, lied. •• .. 47s 53s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White ••• • •• 498 565 Black .••• • •• 155 20s Irish, Red •••• • • .. —s Cork, White •• .. 171 22s Ditto,White.. •• • • —s —5 Scotch, Feed. •• • • 215 25s Rye—old .... ••• • —s s Beans—Tick .•••• • • • • 286 32* New.••.......... 285 303 Pigeons ..• .••• • • . 375 39s Barley—Grinding . 26s 295 Peas—Grey .. •••• • • • • 3 73 38 5 Malting . ........ 32s 34s Maple. ••• • • ... • • 375 39, Chevalier • ... .• • 345 35s White........... 345 37, Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers .•• •• 38s 4l folk ••• • • • 5713 59s Flour—Town-made ... 41s 46 s Brown .••••• . .. • • 485 563 Suffolk •.. 363 38s Kingston and Ware 585 598 Stockta & Norfolk 36s a°ll srarrzrxr.x.D. Very limited imports of forfign stock have taken' place into London during the past week, or as under:— From Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Pigs. Antwerp ... 10 Medemblik.... 23 Harlingen ... Rotterdam ... 38 Total 6l ... Corresponding week in 1547.. 841 ... SOS ... 439 ... 1,653 ... 10 ... 19 ... Difference ... 280 less. 83 z less. V 9 less. 1 more. The arrivals at the northern outpoi ts have been confined to about 600 head of beasts and sheep, almost wholly from Holland. There were on sale in to-day's market 140 oxen from Spain, a very u nusual addition to the supply at this period of the year, in very inferior condi tion. With Beasts, Sheep, and Calves, from Holland and Germany, we were very scantily supplied. From our principal grazing districts, the arrivals of Beasts fresh up this morning were seasonably good as to num ber, and of fair average quality. Notwithstanding the attendance of both town and country buyers was good, and the weather decidedly favourable for slaughtering, the Beef trade was in a very inactive state, at Friday's deprt.s,ion in the quotations of 2d per 81bs, and at which a total clearance was not effected. The highest llgure for the best Scots was 4s 2d per 81bs. From Lincoln shire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire, including Warwickshire, we received about 2,000 short-horns ; from the eastern, western, and midland counties, 800 Herefords; runts, Devons, Scots, &c., from other parts of England, 300 of various breeds; and from Scotland, 120 horned and polled Scots. There was a considerable increase in the supply of Sheep, owing to which the de mand for that description of stock was heavy, at a de cline in the prices of Monday last of quite 2d per 81bs. The extreme currency for the best old Downs was from 4s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs. Half breds and long wools were particularly dull. Al though the supply of Calves was limited, the Veal trade ruled dull; bat we have no further decline to notice in prices. We have to report a slight improvement in the demand for the best Pigs, at full currencies. Otherwise the Pork trade was dull. To show the extent of the heaviness of the trade in to-day's market, we may ob serve that Beef was selling at from 2d to 10d, Mutton 6d, Veal 10d, and Pork 2d to 4d per Sibs lower than at the corresponding period in 1848. Per Albs. to of a. d. to I. d. Inferior Beasts..... 3 2 3 6 Second quality - ... 3 II 210 Prime large Oxen.. 310 4 0 ink the offal. Prime Seas ...• .. 4 • 4 2 Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 0 Prime small ditto .. 4 2 4 6 Suckling Calves ..1s 0 25 0 - _ d. to I. d. Second qual. Sheep 3 8 4 0 Coarse-weolleddltto 4 2 4 6 SouthdownWether 4 8 4 10 .Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large Hogs . 310 4 4 Small Porkers • • 4 6 4 8 Quarter old Pigs • .17 0 22 0 Lambs 0 0 0 0 AT MARKET. I Calves. Pigs. 75 I 100 InferlOi 7 Sh;eis — .. " 1 - 3 ii Beasts. 3,891 TOTAL SUPPLY I Sheep. 21,090 FOREIGN Beasts. I Sheep. 250 150 INTETATGILICZI AND ILEALDENICALT... Since this day s , .fnnight the arrivals of country-killed Bleat for these merkets have been on a very limited scale, the time of year considered. The supplies on offer, slaughtered in the metropolis, have been small. Still, however, the general demand has ruled heavy, and prices have nut been supported. Scarcely any carcases of foreign meat have appeared on sale, and only four baskets of Beef have come to hand from Hamburgh. This morning there was a slight improvement in the trade, on the following terms:— Calves. I Pigs. _ _ At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to a. d. 1 s. d. to a. d. Beef ,infertor...... 2 8 210 Mutton, Inferior .. 210 3 4 -- middling .... 210 3 0 ; ---middling.. 3 6 310 - prime large .. 3 2 a 4 --- prime •• •• 4 0 4 4 - prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, large ••••• • • • 3 a 4 8 Veal •••••••• • • • • • • 3 G 4 4 •• •••• •• 4 2 4 8 nonouGn HOP MARKET. There is a slight improvement to notice in the demand for the best new Hops, in pockets, at fully last week's quotations. The inferior kinds of new, as well as old, Hops are very dull in sale. New Hops:—Sussex pockets, 215 s to 2118 s; Weald of Kent ditto, 21 8s to 3/ 5s ; Mid and East ditto, 21 12s to Si 17s per cwt. DOILOUGE. AND SPITALFXELDS. These markets are heavily supplied with Potatoes from our own coasts, as well as from Scotland and abroad. Their quality, however, is not to say first rate. The trade generally is dull, at drooping prices. The Im portations last week consisted of 36 tons from Corotoi, 380 ditto from Rouen, 300 ditto from .Antwerp, 82 ditto from Ghent, 100 ditto from Calais, 232 backs from Havre, 400 tons from Dunkirk, 124 ditto from Rotter dam, 156 ditto from llamburgh, 6 ditto from St. Valery, and 50 ditto from Estebrugge. Yorkshire Regents, 1003 to 150 s; Scotch ditto, 100 s to 120 s ; ditto Cups, 603 to 90 , ; ditto Reds, 603 to 80s ; ditto Whites, 60s to 80s ; French Whites, 60 5 to 95s ; Dutch ditto 45s to 65s per ton. Vicro ca,. Last week's imports of W ool into London were cona• and osedl 2 of onl bales y frora Haimbur IS bales fomrgh the C ape o f Good Hope, Li th e pr i vate contract . market there is a better demand for the beet qualities of English and colonial Wool, at very full prices. Other- wise the trade is in a sluggish state. The supply on offer is not to say large. TALLOW." Since ouf last report this market, from the heavy stock of fureiga and homemade Tallow, has ruled ex ceedingly dull, at a further decline of from 6d to 9d per cwt. P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at only 42s per cwt. The transactions for forward delivery are trifling in the extreme. Town Tallow, 42s 6d to 43s per cwt. net cash; QUO Fat, 25 4id tp 25 5d per 8)1;08. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. The Olympic games, as instituted by the Greeks, orisinating in their fine perception of all that was beau• tiful in poetry, painting, sculpture, and music, together with their love of beautiful form, became a principle in their religion, end the result was their being enabled to produce such extraordinary efforts in the various branches of the fine arts. Whilst the more savage and bloody amusements of the Romans outrage and shock our feelings of humanity, we find the Greeks occupying themselves by the innocent and delightful objects sought after in their games. They contended for glory by the peaceful arts, and chariot racing, running, wrestling, throwing the discus, gymnastics, acts of strength and feats of agility, were among the recreations of the peo ple; and if they were compelled, by less peacefully dis posed. neighbours, to war in defence, their peace was celebrated by these games, which contributed so much to domestic happiness and joy. These reflections have been elicited by witnessing the truly excellent company of equestrians of M. Dejean, and we wish to point out to our readers that they behold in them the true spirit of the Olympic games of Greece revived in modern days. We must also observe that the perfect air of re spectability that pt reticles the entire establishment of this gentleman, in dress and manner, leaves nothing to be desired for the most fastidious taste. All is elegant and unique in its way, and, to crown the charm, a total absence of all that vulgarity which is associated with our early recollections of circus performances. The theatre has been converted, with much skill and taste, into a perfect amphitheatre; the entire performance taking place in the arena, which was the true character of those ancient places of amuse ment. We have a vivid recollection of Ducrow's per formances (who received his education at Franconys), and the dramatic power of feeling which he threw into all his parts, must be in the remembrance of our readers. There was genius in all he did, and it is no more than a common act of justice to say, without any disparage. ment, that although there is no one member of this com pany who can be said to be his superior or equal, yet, as a whole, the troop of M. Dejean stands unrivalled in power, excellence, variety, and the indescribable elegance of the entire arrangement. The performances during the past week have been well attended, and most warmly received. We shall occasionally give notices of the va rious members and their exciting performances. Madlle. Caroline and Madlle. Anato are the two female artistes who merit the most attention from the public, and in noticing them first, we are only guided by the voice of the public. Madlle. Caroline exhibits in a style of riding sitting in the saddle. She is a fine-looking woman, with a beautiful figure, which she carries with much noble ness. She sits on the horse as if she were, centaur-like, a part of the animal itself. Whether the steed rears, plunges, capers, wheels suddenly round, leaps bars, gal !cps, or suddenly stops—there she sits as if it were pas time to her. Nay, such is her skill, that when you think the horse, from his wildness of action, must certainly throw her, you see her smile, and are relieved from the anxiety by finding that it is the most consummate skill of the rider. Jupiter, one of the horses she generally appears upon, is a beautiful creature, white, with a very intelligent head. He is an Irish animal, and his action most extraordinarily stag•like, plunging forward and striking out at the same time with his hind legs, in fearful style. Ruse, another hcrse she rides, is the most noble animal in the stud—a light grey in colour, with dark touches in the main, tail, and legs—a charger in figure with the bow neck of the war-horse. He has a wildness of action which is very fine, and paws the earth with his fore-feet. This fine animal was a present from the Emperor of Russia, and was not to be trained for the service of the army ; but Franconi has succeeded in training him. Mademoiselle Caroline gene rally wears a handsom e cos t ume o f bl ac k ve l ve t an d crimson riding habit, which contrasts well with the colour of the steeds. Her stele of riding exceeds anything of the kind we ever beheld. She sits with peerless ma jesty upon the herse, with a dignity worthy of a Queen of Amazons. Mademoiselle Palmyre Anato has a style and genius peculiar to her alone. In her is combined the true female artiste ecuyere to perfection. She mounts on the saddle on tip toe, and becomes inspired, acting in the most sylph-like style and ariel lightness. The perfectly ex quisite and finished manner in which she executes her beauty ~u 1 poses, and the elegance of her celebrated pas, has gained for her the title of the Taglioni of Eques trians. The unapproachable lightness of her spring— the neatness, rapidity, and precision of her gazelle-like bounds over the scarfs and through the hoops, never fails to call forth the most enthusiastic applause of the audience, and she is nightly recalled. To considerable beauty of person she unites much elegance, and a mo desty of demeanour which wins the favour of the audi ence. Her manner of dressing her person (which is little in need of ornament) is in the most chaste order of fine taste, and embraces a pleasing variety—from the pure white or the delicate pink, to the more dashing crimson ribbons and boddice—a crimson rose, or an ele. gant gold netting to tie her hair in the Grecian style. She takes her rank as the first female equestrian in Europe. The horse " Norma," on which she generally appears, is of a handsome dun-colour, with fine dark main, tail and legs, and is richly caparisoned; and his steady-going pace is admirably adapted to the exquisite finished riding of this fair Italian. SUPPLY, HAYMARKET THEATRE. The Merchant of Venice, as performed before her 31)jesty and the Court at Windsor Castle, was per formed at this theatre on Saturday evening; and great credit is due to Mr. Charles Kean for the admirable manner in which he has managed the exoisions from the text so as to render the play fit for representation before the Court. The drama itself is greatly improved by these excisions,and we have no doubt but from this time forth the "Court" version of the Merchant of Venice will be adopted at all our theatres. The effect produced by the performance on, Saturday evening satisfies us that the greater portion of the coarse vulgarisms which disfigure some of the noblest productions of Shalespere are not from the pen of the immortal bard himself, but are mere "gags" which successive generations of actors have introduced. We verily believe that the text of the Merchant of Venice as performed on Saturday night was a nearer approach to the text as originally written by Shuks pere than any performance that has taken place since the original production of the play. Mr. Charles Kean was the Shylock, a character in the delineation of which he stands alone, even as his father did—no actor can approach him in this part. Be is indeed " The Jew That Shakspere drew." Nothing could exceed the concentrated bitterness, the biting sarcasm with is hich he gave the opening scene; but he was impressive withal. Ho appeared to be no mere selfish wretch, seeking to gratify his mere personal malice—he seemed a patriot after a fashion, the repre sentative of a race which had wrongs to avenge and rights to vindicate, and who, in favourable circumstances, might have been a William Tell, and have restored Israel to her place among nations. The scene with. Tubal was sublime—it was a perfect tempest of con tending passions ; and the sudden change from furious hate to deep tenderness when he mentions his deceased wife was one of those exquisite touches of pathos which at once carry away an audience, and force tears, as if by magic, ft.= the eyes of the sternest. The great trial scene, too, was given with immense power. In his stern demands for " justice," in the greedy look of hate with which he seemed to devour Antonio, and in the manner in which he, as it were, petted the handle of the knife which was to minister to his revenge, he seemed to revel in the triumph of his intellectual superiority over the " Christmas fools." Christians might have physical force, and might rack the body, but he had moral force, and could rack the mind, and so had he fenced himself by their own laws that they themselves were forced to deliver to him his victim. his looks, his gestures, his manner, his tones, ,showed that he felt that he had not only profited by the lesson they had taught him, but that he had indeed bet tered the example. The sudden transition to that utter prostration of all mental and physical power, with which he is overwhelmed when he hears the judgment of Portia against him, was magnificently given. Mr. Charles Kean has before now done great things, but his Shylock is certainly his greatest. It is in every way worthy of the name he bears. Mrs. Charles Kean's Portia was a beautiful delineation, gentle, lady-like, and graceful ; in the trial scene she rose to tragedy, and the mercy speech was given with a power, a pathos, and beauty that left nothing to desire. As a piece of de clamation it was perfect. Keeley's Lancelot Gobbo was full of quaint Shaksperian humour; Webster rattled through Gratiano in admirable style ; and Mrs. Keeley as Nerissa was a paragon of pertness. The play was excellently put on the stage, and the house was crowded in every part. Almost every private box was occupied by persons of rank and fashion ; and we hail this as a revival of the taste for the drama among our upper classes, among whom it has, unfortunately, long lain dormant. Mr. and Mrs. Kean were called for at the conclusion of the play, and were enthusiastically received. (From the Times.) The revival of the Merchant of Venice with nearly the same cast as when it was performed at Windsor Castle on Thursday, drew a crowded house on Saturday. The private boxes were occupied by several persons of rank and fashion, and perhaps there may be something in the hope that the higher classes are beginning at last to bestow some attention on the English drama. Mr. Charles Kean's interpretation of the character of Shy lock is on the principle of bringing forward those traits which hint at the connexion of the Jew with the rest of humanity, rather than those which reveal his malice and vindictiveness. The broad expressions of rage and re vengeful triumph he indeed gives pa!pably enough; but when malice takes the form of sarcasm ho passes it lightly over. Thus his first scene, in which he makes the bargain with Antonio, was without a number of those points to which wo have }Nen accustomed, and did not produce much effect. Even hero the humanizing view was made to prevail, and in the recapitulation of the wrongs which Shylock had endured from Antonio, the line " And all for us© of that which is wine own." was the most remarkable, giving to the whole speech the character of rational expostulation rather than that of indignant reproach. Ilis chief force he had reserved for the third act, and the comparison between the Jew and the Christian came out with great power. In the scene with Tubal thei mounting exultation with which he heard tho misfortunes of Antonio was excellently ren dered, especially the gasping ejaculation, "I thank God, I thank Go:I I" But the best touch was the regret for the turquoise. "I had it of Leah, when I was a bache lor." This reminiscence of a young love, suddenly oc curring in the midst of a storm of hate, was deeply pathetic. Objections have been made to this "point," on the ground that so violent a revulsion of feeling is improbable ; but as the whole scene is, in fact, a series of violent contrasts, we do not see why the actor is to be re fused the opportunity of producing a striking effect here. the trial scene Sbylocit's faxed glance at Antoni 9 Ras well conceived, though here too the predominance of the pathetic over the vindictive might be traced. [The spite fulness of the Jew's mood was by no means prominent, but every one could sympathise with the deep sorrow which he felt when his fortunes were reversed, and the silent anguish with which he heard his sentence to "be come a Christian," was finely expressed. To sum up all, we should say that Mr. Kean has gained a sympathy for Shylock, by dwelltng with great effect on certain parts, and by sacrificing somewhat too liberally the de tails which tell on the other side of the question. When he leaves the stage the audience forget the evil qualities of the Jew, and are disposed to consider him an ill-used man. Mrs. Charles liesn's Portia is one of those highly finished delineations which she alone can give. The modulations of voice and graceful gesticulation which accompany the apostrophe to mercy render it exqui sitely beautiful. A very remarkable point, not gene rally observed by the house, was made with the appa rently unimportant words— " Shy lock, there's thrice thy money offer'd thee." These were delivered in a tone of persuasion and even companionate expostulation, as :if she extended mercy even to the Jew, and would not employ the crushing power she had in reserve till she had offered every chance of escape. Mr. Keeley's Launcelot Gobbo is a rich piece of Shaksperian humour, worthy to be placed by the side of his Launce. The ludicrous contention be tween the fiend and the conscience, when the poor ser vant seems physically pushed about by two opposite powers, was given with the greatest breadth, without an approach to exaggeration. Long as Mr. Keeley has been known and admired by the public, the full measure, of his qualities had scarcely been brought to light before the recent revivals at the Haymarket. When we have bestowed a word of commendation on Mrs. Keeley, who gave inimitable pertness to Nerissa, we fear our praise must stop. At the conclusion of the play Mr. and Mrs. Kean were called and appeared before the curtain. (From the Chronicle.) The Shylock of Mr. Charles Kean is, from beginning to end, a consistent, impressive, and often a masterly performance. Giving a full and poetic effect to the solemn allusions of the Jew to his people and his faith, as well as to the more rare touches of feeling which here and there chequer the sombre hue of the character, Mr. Kean carries, to a certain extent, the sympathies of his audience with him, so far, at least, as to allow him to give full and tremendous force to the final bursts of hate end revenge. He played the first scene with a stern, impressive power, which augured well, giving the keen, satiric speeches with concentrated bitterness. The opening portion of the third act was, however, his greatest triumph. He worked the passion gradually up, as a man maddens himself by talking of his own wrongs, breakinz suddenly and bitterly from the subject of Jes sica's flight to that of his own losses through Antonio, until he burst out into the full tempest of mingled wrath, despair, and triumph, at the news of his daughter's prodigality and his debtor's bankrupty. Still, however, Mr. Kean does not lose sight of the mere tender features of the character. Even in cursing his daughter, he flings a despairing mournfulness into the phrase—and the intense, absorbing passion of his " I thank God—l thank God—l thank God," is finely contrasted with the delicacy of that redeeming touch of gentle pathos, " I had it of Leah when I was a bachelor." The trial scene was given with great and sustained power. Mr. Kean infused a frozen doggedness intuhis demeanour, which, with the eager gaze fixed constantly on his victim, and the mechanical fumbling of the fingers round the haft of the knife, told exceedingly well. Mrs. Kean's Portia is one of those bright creations which she loves to embody- She threw, perhaps, a rather more decided tone of grace, ful comedy over the part than is generally given to it and the droll, yet pretty swagger with which, as the learned Doctor, she marched out of court, was full of character. Mrs. Keart's declamation in the trial scene is purity itself, and her by-play during the choice.: of . the caskets is full of subdued and natural grace. The house was a crowded and a brilliant cane. (From the Post) Whether occasioned by the prestige of the performance on Thursday, at Windsor, in the presence of her Majesty and the Court, or by the genuine attraction of the dis tribution of the characters, The Merchant of Venice, acted on Saturday night, collected the most crowded audience of the season. With but few slight exceptions, the cast was identical, and the result was generally satis factory. The costumes are rich and quaint, and the scenery picturesque and appropriate. The Shylock and Portia of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean will rank as amongst their most successful embodiments, and will prove profitable to the direction, independently of any extraneous aids. Taken in its entirety, Shylock is the most complete of all Mr. Charles Dean's portraitures— the colouring, though vigorous, is not overcharged, and the fellness is meliorated by touches of tenderness which soften without weakening. The conception of the elder Kean is adopted without any slavish adherence to the working of the original, though the family likeness has a tendency to carry the mind back to the creator of the peculiar school of acting. We have, however, thought that the besetting sin of this concep tion is the unmasked malice, and absence of all policy, in the presence of his oppressors. He throws aside, in his first interview with Antonio, all concealment, and rehearses to him, in a voice choking with his wrongs, a catalogue of his individual indignation, and the general contempt lavished upon all his tribe. The mere asking a Jew bill-broker to advance a sum of three thousand ducats on the acceptance of a prince-merchant of Venice would, we think, hardly excuse such an outburst of pas sion as the words are made to bear in the received ren dering. We doubt much whether this be the Shale sperian intention ; and, most assuredly, these passages, if enunciated wish a mixture of sarcastic humour and wily look, would place the uncommon nature of the bond de manded by hylock more within the bounds of probabi lity and more germane to the matter. The terms of the loan would not then strike so harshly, and the after scenes of the play would gain in truthfulness and dra mqtic effect. The inner contempt felt by the Jewf or his aristocratic persecutors, based upon his ever brooding thoughts of his ancestors, the Princes of Judah, imparts a subdued dignity to Shylock, which is readet ransparent through almost every line of the text; and the tenacity of his hold of the bargain, and his craving for the Chris tian pound of flesh, are caused by the memory of old and continuous insult, maddened by the recent flight cl Isis only child, who has not only robbed him, but sinned against the law of her people by " marrying with the stranger." The Jew is left desolate in his old age; he is alone, taunted by his enemies, trampled upon, and heart struck; revenge is left to him. Ile does not in his insanity rush forth to slay, for he has, or thinks he has, a bond for certain vengeance, and he follows out the old law of blood for blood—for his blood was his child, who had been stolen—he will have it legally, and he loses his claim through a verbal quibble, is condemned to lose all his earthly goods, and compelled to deny his God by the sentence of the State. The bond might have been for given, and the accumulated contempt of all Venice, with the spittings`upon his gaberdine, and the promises to do so again and again, might all have been forgiven and forgotten, had his child, his Jessica, been left to shed a light and a happiness around his home; but here is the true cause of his insanity, for lie knew full well that, had the pound of flesh been awarded to him, he must have fallen beneath the stilettos of a thousand Vene tians; but death was the only hope, and he would re join, in a better world, his Leah, the mother of his apostate child—she of whom he had the turquoise ring when he was a bachelor. What a host of memories does its loss conjure up in the old man's mind! Years of oppression fade away, the tricks and tradings of the mart, and the money-spinning, and the profits, and all the heart- hardenings of an overreaching commerce—all are gone, and for a moment he is again a youth beloved by the chosen of his heart. What a wonderful stroke of genius is this one thought of Shakspere—how full of true humanity, how touching, how exquisitely ex pressed, and with what a fine and picturesque orien talism does it terminate!— TIIBAL. One of them showed me a ring that he had of your daughter for a monkey. SHYLOCIC. Out upon her! Thou torturest me, Tubal; it was my turquoise ; I had it of Leah when I was a bachelor; I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys. This one line, like a flash of lightning, casts a ray of heaven on the withering agony and insane vengeance of " the old Jew." In the various phases of passion of this scene Mr. Charles Kean was admirable in his varying intensity, and there was ,a concentrated energy in his recapitulation of the wrongs he had endured, a fiendish exultation in his ravings for vengeance, a hideous joy as he listened to the relation of Antonio's losses, a deaden ing despondency and utter desolation as he heard of the wasting of his gold by his daughter, and a gush of ten derness at the memory of his wife, that called forth en thusiastic plaudits. The trial scene was given with great force and discrimination, and the sudden ehange from assured triumph to the frustration of all his bad hopes by the sentence of the Doge was as finely conceived as it was artistically expressed. Mrs. Charles Kean's Portia was charming, the gaiety of the earlier scenes, the modest and tempered interest evinced during the choice of the caskets, and the glance of wordless rapture when the prize was selected, were amongst the sweetest portions of her acting. As the " young and learned doctor" in the trial scene, there was no; sublimated dignity assumed, nor monotonous delivery of the famous lines commencing " Tho quality of mercy is not strained." These were given with a calm and religious fervour, yet natural and deeply im pressive—the delicious verse flossed on equably and mu sically, as the soft strains of an organ down the aisle of a cathedral. The audience was hushed to absolute still ness during the recital, and Mrs. Charles Kean was at their termination greeted with several rounds of ap- plause. The subsequent scenes were full of graceful comedy, and the pretty swagger when she has obtained the ring from Bassanio was richly humorous. Mrs. Keeley's Nt riasa was capital, and Mr. Webster's Gra tiano, Mr. Wigan's Bassanio, and Mr. Rogers's Anto nio, were carefully and cleverly performed. Keeley, as en exponent of Shakspere's clowns, stands alone. No actor in our memory may approach him in his felicitous appreciation of the quaint quips and cracks, or the as tuteness with which he grasps the philosophy of these singular creations. Commentators have differed regarding the source from which the plot of The Merchant of Venice has been borrows d, some attributing it to an old translation of the Gesta Romanorum, printed by Winkin de Word(); but all doubts have been set at rest by the discovery that the fable has been taken from a story in the "Pecorone" of Sir Giovanni Fiorentino, a novelist, who wrote in 1378; and the choice of the caskets from a tale of Boccaccio. The following translation of the tale alluded to will be read with interest:—There lived at Florence a mer chant, whose name was Bindo. lle was rich, and had three sons. Being near his end, he called for the two eldest, end left them his heirs; to the youngest he left nothing. This youngest, whose name was Giannetto, went to his father and said," What has my father done?" The father replied, " Dear Giannetto, there is none to whom I wish better than you. Go to Venice to your god father, wheats flame is Ausaido, he is childless, and has often written tome to send you to him. He is the richest ' merchant amongst the Christians, and if you behave we 11 you will certainly become a wealthy man." The son expressed his obedience to the wish of his father, tted having received his benediction and closed his eyes, departed to Ansaldo, who received him with open arms, and commanded that Giannetto should be obeyed and served with even more attention than himself. He then delivered him the keys of his ready money, and told him to keep a good table, make himself known, and acquire the good will of everybody. Giannetto lost no time in following this advice, end iu a short time became the favourite of ell Venice. It happened that two of his most intimate acquaintances designed to go with two ships to Alexandria, and, with the consent of Ansaldo, Giannetto suffered himself to be persuaded to accompany them. His uncle procured for him a fine ship, laden with merchandise, and well armed for its protection. In the course of the voyage, Giannetto passed a gulf, the port of which presented so fine an appearance that he asked the captain its name. The commander replied that it was the property of a widow lady, who had ruined many gentlemen. " She has made a law," said the captain, "that whoever arrives here must share her couch; and if he can have the enjoyment of her, he must take her for his' wife, and be lord 01 the country; but if he cannot enjoy her, ha loses all he posses:led." Upon this Giannetto gave orders to get into the port, and no sooner did he step ashore than he proceeded to the lady, who received him with great honours, and having ascertained that he was aware of the law she had made, sent for the nobility of her Court to entertain him. The night being come, the lady intimated that it was bed time, and Giannetto having expressed his readiness to attend her, she pre sented him with a goblet of drugged wine. This caused him to sleep soundly throughout the night, and conse quently the lady rose with the sun and claimed the ship, which was delivered up to her. She, however, presented Giannetto with a horse and money, and he returned to Venice; but, fearing his uncle's anger, repaired to the house of a friend, and sent- word to Ansaldo that his vessel had been wrecked. His uncle immediately took him home and consoled him for his loss. The news was soon known all over Venice, and every one was concerned for Giannetto. Some time afterwards his companions arrived from Alexandria very rich, and telling him that he might easily acquire the same good fortune, his uncle was persuaded to fit him out another vessel. His real object, however, was again to try his fate with the lady who had cap tivated his heart, he therefore once more repaired to the port of Belmonte, where the lady again received him with joy and revels, again gave him a narcotic, and again seized his ship when he had slept through the night. His return to Venice filled his friends with dismay ; but Isis indulgent uncle resolved upon giving him one more chance ; but the expense of the former outfits had so limited his means, that he was ten thousand ducats de ficient in the necessary amount for the new venture, in consequence of which he applied to a Jew at Mestri, and borrowed the amount named, on the condition that it was to be repaid at the Feast of St. John, or the Jew to take a pound of flesh from whatever part of Ansaldo's body he pleased. Again Giannetto departed, and again entered the port of Belmonte, where he was received as formerly, and the day passed in tournaments and other festivities. The lady, when it was the usual time, catching him by the hand, begged him to take his rest. When he passed the door of the chamber one of the damsels in waiting cautioned him, in a whisper, not to taste any liquor that might be offered. The lady said, " I know you to be thirsty," and handed him some wine, as on former occasions, but he poured it down his bosom, and consequently remained awake and won the lady for his bride. They were married with great pomp, and Giannetto was made Governor of the country; but his happiness caused him to forget his uncle, and the bargain that had been made for him would have entirely departed from memory but for a procession which his lady informed him was in honour of the feast of St. John. This at once reminded him of the dreadful penalty of the day, and he related to his lady the plight lin which his uncle stood. She instantly supplied him with money and attendants, and he made his way with all speed to Venice. The time being expired, the Jew seized Ansaldo, and insisted on having his pound of flesh, allowing him, however, a few days to give him an opportunity of embracing Giannetto before he died. Several merchants would have jointly paid the money, but the Jew would not hearken to the proposal, insisting that he might have had the satisfac tion of saying that he had put to death the greatest of Christian merchants. Giannetto offered twenty thousand ducats—thirty thousand--forty, and even a hundred thousand, but the Jew was inexorable, and as Venice was a place where justice was administered with the strictest impartiality, there was nothing left but to let him have his way. In the meantime the lady of Giannetto had followed her lord in the disguise of a lawyer, and being informed how matters stood, she made proclamation that a famous lawyer was come from Bo logna to decide all cases at law. The parties cense quently came before him, and as the Jew was not to be persuaded into mercy, the judge decided that the law must take its course. "Do you cut a pound of this man's flesh where you choose," said the judge, The Jew or dered Ansaldo to be stripped, and was on the point of using his razor, when,the judge said," Hold ! take care what you do. If 3eu take more or less than a pound, I will order your head to be struck off; if you shed one drop of blood, you shall be put to death. Your paper makes no mention of the shedding of blood; but says you may take the pound of flesh, neither more nor less. And now, if I see one drop of blood, cif goes your head." The rage of the Jew upon this may be imagined. An saldo was of course released, and conducted home with great joy by Giannetto, who carried a hundred thousand ducats to the inn to the lawyer, who refused it; but being closely pressed to take some recompense, Pointed to a ring worn by Giannetto, and said he would take no other reward. `• It should willingly be yours," said Giannetto, " but it was the gift of my wife, who bade mo always wear it for her beloved sake." The lawyer re marked that if the lady esteemed him as she ought, she would not bo displeased at her present being con verted into an offering of gratitude ; upon which Giannetto gave the ring, and the judge departed, re suming her own dress as soon as she reached home. When Giannetto returned he was received with appa rent coolness by by his lady. She asked him where was the ring she bad given him. "Itis no more than what I expected," cries Giannetto ; "and I was in the right to say you would be angry with me, but I swear by all that is sacred, and by your dear self, that I gave the ring to the lawyer who gained our cause." " And I can swear," says the lady, with as much solemnity, " that you gave the ring to a woman ; therefore, swear no more." Giannetto protested that what he had told her was true, and that he said all this to the lawyer when he asked for the ring. The lady replied, " You would have done much better to stay at Venice with your mistresses, for I fear they all wept when you came away." Giannetto's tears began to fall, and in groat sorrow he assured her that what she supposed could not be true. The lady, seeing his tears, which were daggers to her bosom, ran to embrace him, and, in a fit of laughter, showed the ring, and told him that she herself was the lawyer, and how she'obtained the ring. Giannetto was greatly astonished, finding it all true, and told the story to the nobles, and to his companions; and this heightened greatly the love between him and his lady. He then called the damsel who had given him the good advice in the evening not to drink the liquor, and gave her to Ansaldo for a wife; and they spent, the rest of their lives in great felicity and contentment. The play throughout Iwas received with much applause, and at its termi nation Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean were called before the curtain. (From the Herald.) Shakspere's Merchant of Venice was played on Satur day night, cast in all the essential particulars as it was last week at Windsor Castle. Coupled with the new Christmas piece, the attraction appeared to be of no or dinary kind, for the house was crowded in every part. Mr. Charles Kean's Shylock is a well• considered and thoughtful personation, and probably one of the most ef fective that he undertakes. The Portia of Mrs. Charles Kean is as graceful an embodiment as can well be imagined, and in the great scene in the fourth act singularly dignified and impressive. This, in fact, is the only situation of any real importance which the character evolves, and Mrs. Charles Kean re alises it to admiration. lier delivery of the apostrophe to mercy is finely beautiful, pregnant, in the calmness of simplicity of her utterance, with devout and exalted persuasion. Mrs. Keeley was the Nerissa, and Mr. Keeley Launcelot Gobbo—one of those pure Shakspearian " bits" in which he has never in our time had an equal. Mr. Leigh Murray and Mrs. Compton were exchanged for Mr. Caulfield and Miss P. HOrton, in the parts of Lorenzo and Jessica, the latter a substitu tion that could not be deplored. Among the other changes of the Palace east, it may be mentioned that Mr. Brindal and Mr. Tilbury were employed in lieu of Mr. Diddear and Mr. Addison as the Duke and old Gobbo. Altogether the play was re presented with a degree of efficiency that the town of late years has not been accustomed to— meaning by efficiency that prevalence of excellence throughout, which, while ensuring the gratification of the spectator as a dramatic performance, also secures a growing respect for the establishment. Mr. Webster has during the present season exhibited an improved wisdom in the principles and details of his management, evidently of service to his interests. The amalgamation of the Keens with the company, and their renounce ment of the privileges of " stardom" in the choice of pieces and the limitation of appearance, has proved prac tically beneficial to the house, and corroborates the opinion that we have often expressed, that though the public may be capricious, it is never virtually and de structively indifferent to that which really challenges consideration. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER CUP. ENTERED UP TO SATURDAY EVENING. The following horses have been named or this event; the entry closes on Monday night:—Cawroush, Ri baldry, Clermont, Loupgarou, Great Western, Egret, Vesta, Eagle's Plume, Reality, Lugar, Solon, Impostor (late Lanesborough), Rothersthorpe, Auricula, Peep o'Day Boy, Primrose, Sunnyside, Rodney, Burghley, Bedlam, Sir Peter Laurie, The Swallow, Bon-mot, Epi darius, Emily, Avenger, Ellen Loraine, New Forest Deer, cby Harkaway, out of Diana; Fireaway, Henry of Exeter, Windermere, Cossack, Cockermouth, Fore e'losure, c by Vulcan, 4 yrs; Mogador, The Stinger, Radulphus, c by Sir Hercules, out of Empress, Sister to Satirist, Idle Boy. LANGPORT, SOMERSETSUIRE.--AN EAGLE SHOT. —A prodigious sea eagle. (Halitus), messuring seven feet from wing to wing, and weighing upwards of nine pounds, was killed with an ordinary gun a few days since whilst wending its rapid flight over a wood in the neigh bourhood of High Ham, by Mr. William Thyer, of that place, a feat which must gain for him the reputation of being (in sporting phraseology) " a crack shot." The bird has been purchased by Mr. Edward Quekett, of this WWII; IYII9 intends giving iC Ogee iii his museum. MONDAY MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD. Although we recognise the hand of Alison in the first article for January, we give precedence to the contribution of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton— because in "The Year of Revolutions" we find only the marks of great political bigotry and intolerance, while in " The Caxtons" we perceive the evidences of a very brilliant and distinguished genius. If the concluding chapters of this beautiful serial be only comparable to those which have already appeared, " The Caxton*" will prove—or we are very much mistaken—the masterpiece of one who has already penned such works as "Harold" and " Zanoni. The interview between Pisistratus and Trevanion is an admirable piece of dialogue ; while reading it we were breathless with attention—so artistically is the interest aroused before its commencement. Hitherto we have heard it objected to " The Caxtons," that no one cares a straw what becomes of any one of the characters. The objection, we opine, will be re linquished even by the most exacting after the perusal of " Part IX." A profound sympathy is there excited by the author for the creations of his fancy —a sympathy which extends proportionately to Fanny Trevanion, to Pisistratus Caxton, to Augus tine, to Captain Roland, and in a lesser degree to the other personages whose fortunes are delineated in the narrative. We still miss Sir Sedley Beaudesert —Bulwer must not forget him, for he promises to eclipse Pelham, Maltravers, Ferrero, et hoc genus cline. Francis Vivian threatens to occupy the post vacated by Pisistratus—namely, as secretary to the Member of Parliament and future Minister. Should the adventurer be actually admitted in the capacity of amanuensis into the house of Mr. Trevanion, we calculate that his feelings of honour will not prove so punctilious in regard to the acquisition of the hand of the heiress. Vivian (doubtless, as we have already intimated, the reprobate son of Captain Roland, receiving under an assumed name the patronage of Pisistratus) will prove the evil genius of the fiction— repaying with misery, and anxiety, and confusion the generous efforts made in his behalf by the younger Caxton. How beautiful, how touching is that part beginning "And it was true, 0, my mother !" The tears brim into the eyes while reading it; and we say deeply and earnestly with this great writer, "We come to men for philosophy—to women for conso lation." Old Augustine, having begun the correction of the first proofs of his colossal work, discourses right eloquently on a crochet of his respecting the Hygeinic Chemistry of Books. The conceit is most felicitous, and abounds with the tokens of a very curious erudition. He presents to Captain Roland and to Pisistratus, each, a copy of the " Life of Ro bert Hall" (written, if we recollect rightly, by the renowned essayist, John Foster, of Bristol), telling them that the biography will affect them as a sove reign remedy for their afflictions. And so in truth it turns out—the memorial of the Bossuet of Eng land shedding a balm into the hearts of the mourners. The scene in which they meet, and mutually reveal the emotions aroused by that tale of genius, of pain, and of resignation, is peculiarly happy, especially to wards the conclusion. The Captain says— " What I have seen in this book is courage. Here is a poor creature rolling on the carpet with agony; from childhood to death tortured by a mysterious incurable malady—a malady that is described as an internal appa ratus of torture;' and who does, by his heroism, more than bear it—he puts it out of power to affect him; and though (hero . is the passage) his appointment by day and by night was incessant pain, yet high enjoyment was, notwithstanding, the law of his existence.' Robert Hall reads me a lessun—me, an old soldier, uho thought myself above taking lessons—in courage, at least. And, as I came to that passage when, in the sharp paroxysms before death, he says, ' I have not complained, have i, sir?—and I won't complain,'—when I came to that pas sage I started up, and cried Roland de Caxton, thou hast been a coward! and, an thou hadst had thy deserts, thou hadst been cashiered, broken, and drummed out of the regiment long not' " • " After all, then, my father was not so wrong—he placed his gun right and fired a good shot." " He must have been from six degrees to nine degrees above the crest of the parapet," said my uncle, thought fully—" which, I take it is the best elevation, both fur shot and shells, in enfilading a work." "What say you, then, Cap tain? up with our knap sacks, and on with the march!" " Right about—face!" cried my uncle, as erect as a column. " No looking back, if we can help it." " Full in the front of the enemy.—' Up, guards, and at 'ern!' " " ' England expects every man to do his duty 1' " " Cypress or laurel!" cried my uncle, waving the book over his head. It is long since there has appeared, even in Black wood, such a serial as " The Caxtons." We congra tulate the entrepreneurs of Maga upon the acquisition of Bulwer in a higher capacity than that of a contri butor of metrical translations. Alison—if it be Alison, which we could almost avouch—is clever, shrewd, and abounding with a miscellaneous kind of knowledge in the political retrospect upon 1848, "The Year of Revolutions." But.lie is uitra-preju diced on the side of the Reactionnaires. And, beyond this, he is just a trifle too sanguine as to the conquest of democracy by the counter-revolution. He will find in the end that it is the glory and not the shame of Pius IX. that he began the movement of political reform ; and he will find also, that however successful the tyrant of Naples, and the tyrant cf Prussia, and the tyrants of Austria may have been in putting the heel of despotism upon the nationalities of the Germans and Italians, democracy will vindicate its rights and its reputation by an explosion in com parison with which the revolutions of 1848 will be insignificant. " French Conquerors and Colonists" is an agreeable review of the volumes penned by Borrer and Alby. " The White Nile," a criticism on the Expedition of Werne, and an ornothological paper on " The Dodo and its Kindred," are eccentric productions which will afford amusement to those who like anything rather out of the way. Mr. Stir ling receives a deserved eulogium in the article en titled " Art and Artists in Spain ;" and after an in different tale of 1787, entitled " The Sword of Honour," Blackwood terminates its number for January with a review of the " Memoirs of Kirkaldy of Grange." At this rate, during 1849, Ebony will more than sustain its honoured and honourable repu tation. DOL4IIAN. A new series of Dolman's Magazine is here com menced. We hardly recognise the publication now that it has changed its livery from lilac to apple green. A. story, headed " The Catholic at Sea" leads off the periodical on its new adventure ; and the editor follows with a trivial but amusing account of an incident which occurred to Mr. Anderson, " The Wizard of the North," when travelling on a conjuring expedition through Ireland. F. A. I?. addresses him self in tones of indignation and remonstrance to the Romans—speaking to them in Latin verses and Greek verses. The latter are the better of the two, and there is a sound of dignified sadness in the excla mation— za‘pE, Xat Et 99o7yr i v svvacrai 0? - r,V0Vi . n ominEly, Tov Ppaxuv Ev evp-w 3 r4XXEo s'ovcSa )oycv." Nevertheless, we coincide somewhat in the opinion expressed by a celebrated critic, that if a man wants to delude the mass into the idea that he can write poetry he has only to string a few commonplace ideas together and clothe them in the gorgeous ap parel of the dead languages. In the present instance, however, the aim redeems the ideas, and thousands will sympathise with the writer when he cries out in anguish Fu ( T % -c: i avcxs. The Letters from Italy commenced in this number, will just now be an ob ject of peculiar attraction to the subscribers to this Roman Catholic publication. BENTLEY. The Gaol Chaplain opens the new volume of Bentley with the first three chapters of a new tale, entitled "The Coroner's Clerk." They are written with great power, and the tale itself promises to be one of en chanting interest. This article is illustrated by Leech. The other illustration of the month is en engraving, by Holl, of Grant's picture of Raja Brooke, on whose position in the Indian Archipelago we have an ela borately-written article by Mr. J. A. St. John. Mr. St. John is completely master of his subject, and satisfactorily refutes the sneerers who would fain give up our possessions in the Eastern Archipelago, and induce us to leave that fine region to be monopolized by the Dutch, the Spaniards, and the Malay pirates. He satisfactorily proves that not only have we a per fect right to settle and colonise these islands, without any violation of our treaties with Holland and Spain, but that the Dutch invasions of Bali, Celebes, and New Guinea are positive encroachments in vio lation of those treaties. Our now settlement of Labuan bids fair to be as€ cond Singapore ; it will be the emporium of the Archipelago so soon as the pirates shall be suppressed. Certain professors of ultra philanthropy have chosen to raise the cry of humanity against those who insist upon the necessity of de stroying these nests of sea-marauders. They are the innocent natives, we are told, and we have no right to interfere with their pursuits. As well might it be contended that the execution of a Thug was a wanton infringement of the rights of religious liberty. Murder can never be religion, therefore Thugs arc hanged. Piracy can never he legitimate trade, therefore pirates are to be extirpated. And those pirates of the Indian Archipelago not only plunder ships and massacre their crews, but land even upon the settlements of European nations and earry . off the inhabitants and sell them as slaves. This is con stantly happening on the Island of Penang, a a British settlement, and Mynhe rr Stosk.b iovi,va rich Dutch merchant of Samarang, was carried 1.1 i by these pirates and kept in s l a ver y for years_ an b..) . ' t: y e Sultan of Linga, and was at last ransomed d re stored to his family by a Chinese merchant. Our readers doubtless remember reaqing , o , f the massacre trators on board the " General Wood.' The porpe of that crime took refuge in the island of Puly Oby, and during the course of 1847 captured and plundered 70 trading vessels and massacred the crews. Towards the end of the year they were attacked and rooted out by the Phlegethon and thirty-five of them were taken to Singapore. Among the plunder which they had collected, besides the property which they had carried off from the General Wood there were found gun carriages, bayonets, time pieces, English boats' rudder, mast, sails, ladies work-boxes, card cases, &a. We are rejoiced to find that the Rajah Brooke, whose return to Sarawak was hailed by his subjects with the greatest enthusiasm, is about to propose a plan for putting a stop to these atrocities, The " Memoirs of Chateaubriand " are continued in this number, as are the delightful " Wayside Pictures." The:description of the steam-boat voyage up the Rance, from St. Maio to Dinan, is one of the most beautiful we have read for a long time. " The banks of the Rance may be compared to a va riety of pretty pastoral spots, mixed up with wild rocks, picked out of Switzerland and looked at through the wrong end of an opera glass. You can here fancy everything to the very breath of the steeps, to have come freshly from Interlacken, and twenty other such places in the recesses of the mountains, taken in the height of their summer beauty, and dropped like showers of roses over the margins of this stream. The variety is endless, all upon a small scale, but, by force of contrast, occasion ally assuming a character of sublimity. Sometimes the river runs into little bays and creeks, and sometimes it closes up and forms inland lakes, sheltered on all sides by hills covered with verdure to the summit ; in some places a chateau crowns a well-wooded height, or gleams out through the green depths of a valley ; then a village grows up before you, its white facades creeping along the side of a cliff, or disappearing in a ravine as the steamer sails past. As you approach the port of ju ts out (for so the French call the little quay that out here) you see the spires of several churches glisten ing above dense masses of foliage on the tops of the pretty miniature mountains, and now and then you get a glimpse of the old grey walls of the fortifications, with the dark outline of a mighty town standing on the heights with an air of tyrannio strength. A clatter of little boys and passengers from the town come down to convey back sundry purchases conveyed by the steam boat—an odd caricature or two of a sailor hanging, like a lizard, to the wall—some half-dozen idlers, such as are to be found at every place in the known world where a boat touches—and, perhaps, three or four English visitors sauntering about, and glad of an incident to break the sleepy routine of the day —are, upon the average, the first signs of life you may expect to en counter upan landing at the port of Dinan." The " Flaneur" is rather dull this month, and Al bert Smith is not so funny as is his wont. He gives us, by way of Christmas amusement, a batch of ghost stories from Glanville and Aubrey. Alfred Crowquill, however, gives us an excellent gossip entitled " Life," and Mrs. Ward a beautiful sketch of the scenery on the banks of the Coquet. Among the popular books of the month noticed in this number is Macaulay's " History of England." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SATURDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert took an early walk ;his morning in the Slopes and Home Park. His Royal llighness the Prince of Wales and ;he younger branches of the Royal Family walked n the Park. Lord John Russell and the Earl of Liverpool left he Castle this morning. There was no addition to the royal dinner party this day. SUNDAY. The Queen and his Royal highness, and the younger members of the Royal Family, took an early walk this morning in the Home Park. Her Majesty, the Prince, and Ladies and Gentle men of the royal household, attended Divine 4ervice in the private chapel. The service was performed and the sermon preached by the llon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay. There was no addition to the royal dinner party this day. Her Majesty's private band performed the follow pieces in the Castle, on Friday evening : Overture—" Le Rovine di Paluzzi" Romberg. Duo--" Colporteur" Onslow. March—" Fidelio" . Beethoven. Cavatina—" Freischutz" Weber. Sommerfreuden and Balmoral Waltzes.. Labitzky. March—" Les deux Journees" Lord John Russell returned to his residence, in Richmond Park, on Saturday, from Windsor Castle. 1:1 - birb -',7l)ttton TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING 9.1 x. o'CLocic. CHESTER CUP. 35 to 1 agst Cossack 40 to 1 agst The Tartar 50 to 1 agst Eagle's Plumo 50 to 1 agst Melody 50 to 1 agst Bltzo 50 to 1 agst Great Western. 50 to 1 agst Mrs. Taft 66 to 1 agst Chanticleer—taken 66 to 1 agst Keleshe—taken 66 to 1 agst Athelstane DERBY. 35 to I sgst Strongbow—taken 50 to 1 agst Elthiron—taken MA RLBRO'-STREET- (THIS I)AY.) John Taylor was brought before Mr. Hardwick charged with pot stealing. Stringer, 193 C, said, on Saturday night, about half past eight, he saw the prisoner and another man, not in custody, pass by him in Hertford-street, May-fair. Suspecting from their manner that they were pot stealers, he followed them for some distance, when the other man left the prisoner and proceeded in the direc tion of Shepherd's itlarket. Witness kept the prisoner in view till he got to Queen-street, when he (witness) went up to him and asked him if he had not got some pots about him. The prisoner said ho had not. Witness then searched him, and found two quart and two pint pots cut into pieces. Witness then asked the prisoner where he got them from. He replied that he must do something, he could not starve. Witness subsequently took the pets to:four different publicans, who identified them as their property. . The prisoner, who declined offering any defence, was committed for trial. Alexander Grinistone, foreman at Tollit's livery stables in Oxford-street, was charged with assaulting John Macarty, an errand , boy in the same establishment. It appeared [Eat the boy had a shilling given to him for a Chri.tmas-box. The defendant, according to the regulations of the yard, claimed the money as his own; and on complainant refusing to give it up, defendant threatened to stop it out of his wages. Complainant then became insolent, and defendant administered what he termed gentle chastisement, by kicking him in the ribs and pushing him down. The assault having been proved, defendant was fined 405.; the money was immediately paid. AUSTRIA. The Weiner Zeitung, of the 26th ult., publishes an important document, purporting to be an official de claration of the Government of Austria respecting its relations with the Court of the ex-Pope of Rome. This manifesto, after a brief recapitulation of the his tory of the Papal dominions since the accession of Pius IX. (in the course of which the worst motives are imputed to the Liberal party, the Pope himself being formally exculpated from all responsibility for the recent acts of his subjects), proceeds to announce the intention to resume diplomatic intercourse with his ex- Holiness—seeing that he now once more enjoys the freedom requisite for the execution of his " apostolic" office. An ambassador will accordingly be dispatched to Gaeta without delay. The name of the party to be charged with this important mission had not trans pired. It is certain that M. Von. Dietrichstein is not the man. The Austrian note does not even hint at hostile intervention in the affairs of Rome. IRELAND. DUBLIN, SATURDAY.—The arguments on the demurrer in the case of Mr. Duffy, were brought to a close yester day, by the reply of the Attorney-General, who con tended that the facts charged having been admitted by the demurrer, the judgment of the court should be final, without the intervention of a jury, as in a civil case, or a charge of misdemeanour. The Learned Gentleman, however, threw out a suggestion that the Court T a r , permit the withdrawal of the demurrer before judg _n i li if the prisoner was desirous of pleading. then " de . not be pronounced until Tuesday; and ic pond on the decision of the Court whether named for the trial. r determined to Mr. Dnffy's counsel, however, :aPP °tube Crown, that d kv resist the doctrine promulgate . e ,_,, 1. Dis possible, judgment on the demurrer must ~ , ,5 . .." bo withdrawn on however, that the demurrer the a day shall be trial would of course ye:lowing to the continued Tuesday, and in proceed. _ .5..... ___...,...._ , .... 2 ,.., that case Plit. RoEnticirmelfr, the Member fur Bury illness of Mr. 1 aaeter, precluding the bops of - ' whose malady is of a char . pc his being r rhamenta d • attend to his a , ry titles for some time able to . contemplation, it is in upon his resignation, to to come, .„,... J . A. Roe buck, the late Member for Bath, to invite AL, . . • stand in the Liberal interest. DirORTATIONS OF POLLTRY.—Large importations of poultry are taking place from the Continent. The quality of the turkeys imported from France is reported to be excellent, although, generally speaking, not so large and fine as those produced in England. A burglary was . • committed yesterday morning at the houso of Mr. Josephs, a jeweller and watchmaker, near Zion Chapel, Waterloo-road. Tho family were aroused by some neighbours, who saw the shop door open, and it was found that the whole of the stock had been stolen. Earl and Countess Grey left town on Saturday, for Ilowick Ilan, Northumberland. THE UNITED STATES. Although the principal details of the report of the Secretary of the Treasury wero forwarded to Europe by the last steamer, yet a few more items, embracing a wider field, will naturally excite interest. The estimated expenditures for the year ending June 30, 1849, aro 65,932,276 dolls.—estimated receipts, 35,100,000 dolls.—the excess of 30,000,000 dolls. being a remanet of the Mexican war. Then we have an estimate of the expenditures for the year ending June 30, 1850, of which the following are the chief items:— Dollars. Legislative ••• ••• ... ... 1,169,342 50 Executive ••• ... 918,054 64 Surveyors-general ••• —• ... 54,920 00 Secretary to sign patents for public lands 1,500 00 Commissioner of the Public Buildings ... 6,290 00 Mints of the United States ... 124,746 00 Judiciary ... ... . • ••• • • 583,300 00 Territory of Oregon ... ...• ••• 32,600 00 Annuities and grants Auxiliary watch ... Surrey of the coast Miscellaneous claims 750 00 6,775 00 186,000 00 500 00 Special examiners of drugs Recorder of land titles in Missouri 6,600 00 500 00 Assistant treasurers, &c. 23,000 00 Contingent expenses of their offices ... 15,000 00 Compensation, &c., to special agents ... 5,000 00 Insane paupers of the district of Columbia 6,400 00 Penitentiary of the district of Columbia 9,830 01 Expenses of loans and Treasury notes ... 20,000 00 Marine Hospital fund ... ... . . 15,000 00 Repairs of Custom-house, Plymouth, N.C. 100 00 Light-houses, &c. ... ... 478,603 33 Surveys of public lands ... ... ... 125,050 00 Completing marine hospitals . . ... 90,001 00 Payment to be made to Mexico ... 3,540,000 00 Salaries of ministers to foreign nations... 63,000 00 Secretaries of legation ... ... ... 14,000 00 Minister resident to Turkey ... 6,000 0% Dragoman to the legation to Turkey ... 2,500 i.lO Charges des affaires ... ... . 76,50:0 00 Contingent expenses of all the missions... 35;000 00 Ditto of foreign intercourse „. ... 30,000 00 Intercourse with the Barbary Powers „, 9,000 00 Consul at London ••• .641. • • 2,000 00 Commissioner to the Sandwich Islands... 3,000 00 Consulates at Constantinople, &c. ... 1,500 00 Commissioner to reside in China ..• 6,000 00 Secretary and Chinese interpreter ... 2,500 00 Consuls at the five ports in China ... 5,000 00 Consul-general at Alexandria ... ... 3,000 00 Consul at Beyrout 500 00 Relief and protection of American seamen 100,000 00 Clerk hire, office rent, &c., of American Consul at London 2,800 00 Army, proper ... ... ... ... 4,432,286 00 Military Academy ... ... ... 170,142 61 Fortifications ... ... ... ... 671,000 00 Armouries, arsenals, and munitions of war 893,581 00 Surveys, lighthouses, &c. ... ... 15,700 00 Indian Department ... ... ... 857,473 45 Pensions ... ... ... ... ... 466,400 00 Arrearages under Act May 1, 1820 ... 1,000 00 General services ... Marino corps ... ... 8,524,880 58 333,976 80 Total estimates ... 24,153,100 92 The following incidents in the life of General Taylor will interest many readers:—Zachary Taylor, born in Orange county, V., November 24, 1784; commissioned by Jefferson, May 3, 1808 ; victorious at Fort Hamlin, September 5, 1812; member of the Militia Board, 1826 i victorious at the Bad Axe, August 2, 1832 ; victorious at Okeechobee, December 25, 1837 ; victorious at Palo Alto, May 8, 1846; victorious at Resaca de la Palma, May 9, 1846 ; capitulation of Monterey, September 24, 1846 ; victorious at Buena Vista, February 22, 1847 ; elected rresident ©f the United States, November 7, 1848. DEATH OF MR. ALDERMAN JOHNSON. -- Mr. Alderman John Johnson expired at his residence, Millbank, at an early hour on Saturday morning, after an illness of somo months' duration. The deceased Alderman, in conjunction with his bro ther (who still survives), succeeding to his father's business, was, in early life, extensively engaged as a paviour, and both also inherited a large for tuno from their father, who made a fortunate specula tion in a stone quarry in Devonshire, since known as the " Hay ter Granite," and who also undertook the contract for the celebrated breakwater at Plymouth; this and other speculations tended to place the de ceased alderman at the head of the stone trade. In the year 1836 he was called upon to fill the office of Sheriff of London, and in 1839, a vacancy taking place in the ward of Dowgate, he became a candidate, and succeeded to the aldermanic gown for that-ward. In 1845 he was elected, after a poll, to fill the civic chair, and during the year of his mayoralty maintained the hos pitality and dignity of the office of Chief Magistrate in a state of almost unrivalled splendour, and among the many guests who honoured him by their presence at the civic festive board was Ibrahim I'acha. During the period he presided at meetings of a vast number of the metropolitan charities, to each of which ho was a liberal contributor. Of late years he advocated strong and de cided Protectionist principles, being a firm supporter of the navigation laws, and a decided oppo nent of free trade. At the last general elec tion ho was one of the candidates for the re presentation of the city of London. He also offered him;elf to represent the borough of Plymouth, but was defeated. As the deceased alderman ,has been ill for some time, several candidates for the aldermanic gown are already in the field. It is understood that the pre cept to the ward of Dowgate for the election of his suc cessor will be issued on Tuesday next. The death of Mr. Alderman Johnson :leaves vacant the gown for the ward of Dowgate, for which the late Sheriff Pilcher and Mr. Carden are now candidates. The Consolidated Board of Excise, Stamps, and Taxes, is to consist of the following :—Chairman, Mr. John Wood ; Deputy-Chairman, Mr. John Thornton ; Commissioners, Messrs. Hart Davis, Thomas llarrison, Henry T. Stephenson, Charles John ferries, Charles P. Rushworth, Charles Pressly, Alfred Montgomery.— Observer. _ _ LOLA MONTES.—This lady, who some time since caused so great a sensation in Bavaria—consequent on her elevation to the rank of a Countess by tho ex-King —is said to have arrived in London on Friday last. DISCOVERY OF TILE RUINS OF AN UNLNOWN CITY NEAR Bosoux, ASIA MINOR.—The Constantinople Journal gives some curious details regarding a city said to be discovered by Dr. Brunner, ono of the agents em ployed by the Government of the Sublime Porte in pene ' trating into the most remote and inaccessible regions of the empire for the purpose of a census. While occupied in exploring the ssndjak (excavations) of Bosouk, on the confines of Pontus, Cappadocia, and Galatia, Dr. Brun ner, whose attention was attracted by the bold and curious passages opened into the living rock, was ac coated by a villager who offered to show him things far more interesting on the other side of the mountain if he 7 would trust to his guidance. After some hesitation, tho doctor armed himself and followed his guide, taking his servant with him. Half an hour brought them round the mountain; and then the doctor found himself, says the narrative, in presence of the ruin of a considerable town. These ruins are situated to the southeast of the village of Yunkeui and to the north of the village of Tschei 6, distant halt a league from one another; and the doctor's profound study of all the accounts, ancient and modern, of Asia Minor furnish no trace by which he can identify them. The side of the town is half a league in length. It contains seven temples with cupolas and two hundred and eighteen houses; some in good preserva tion, others half choked, others half choked up with their own ruins and with vast fragments cf rock detached from the overhanging mountain. The houses have com partments of three, four, and six chambers—and the temples ale also flanked with chambers. The largest of these edifices is twenty feet long by twenty-eight wide. So far as the ruins would permit the doctor to estimate it, he conjectures the height of some of the temples to be fruit( twenty to thirty feet. There are traces of plas ter on the interior walls; but not an emblem or indica tion, says Dr. Brunner, to suggest the origin or dat e of thero ruined city. All hs inquiries on te suject duced from the natives no better answer h than th a t t he se ~ remains are "monuments of the infidels." Some old erted men remember to have seen birds nd trees fro co on the vvalls. Dr. Brunner h i deproposeselierum. city as a puzzle for the archaeologist.— risitabbed tO the A bailiff; named Sauvegrain, wasdebtor whom t h e heart on the 24th ult., at Droui by a ss h been arrested. was going to arrest. The murderer —Galignani. g child in her BEGGING TINMASICED.---tAt a late meetinga:Dotfedthe the Rev. Mr. Branch said he vs es m h e with a dyin t in- Sc ' eic . sited a room in w . ster, where he saw a t N h V a e t sl a e3 ;h an ort time Commiseratingcreature's condi arms. • w° the wretched into her history, and her tion, he inquire d in answer to means of livelihood, and , . ___,„ his questions, she „ oe, sir, my sufferings are great, and so are Missionarysie e replied, Mid ; but whe those of nka c „ ll bay child is gone, I know hat to do. Bat," not w observed Mr. Branch, " it will be a happy release for you and your child, as you on make no exertions while you aro burdened with her." " Oh, d ear ! Si " Sir pay ejaculated the mother, " when she i s g on e, I'll have to• while she Costs 9d. a-day for another child, nothing me nothing. Unless Ido so, I'll earn by begging, for it is the children that excite compassion." In another room in the house Mr. Branch found forty beggars, vagabonds and rogues, male and female, • }oung, old, lame, and blind, gathered round a fire, all relating their exploits, and planning for their next attacks upon the public. In a regular wareroom, in Westminster, he saw exhibited for hire and sale every variety of dresses, including widows' weeds and tattered rags, shabby genteel costumes, clerical suits, Sc., adapted to the different plans of mendicant opera tions pursued by the several parties who patronised this extraordinary bazaar, and who made begging a regular trade. The Rev. Thomas Dale has (says a correspondent) resigned one of his appointments, known as the " Gol den Lectureship," a pot, the emoluments of which are about 5001. a year, and the duties one sermon a week, delivered on Tuesdays at one of the churches near the Royal Exchange. There are already three candidates for the appointment—first, the Rev. Mr. Molyneux, of Woolwich; second, the Rev. Mr. Gurney, who will, of course, have the influence of his relatives, theelWashserrs: Hawes, they being members of the court of the dashers' Company, in whose gift the lectureshipls.i and third, the Rev. Mr. Melville—a gentleman l who_ is incipa of the East al ready chaplain of the Tower, , and pr 01 a . India College, with a salary of 2,00 The health of the Earl Talbot is reported in the Staffordshire Advertiser to be extremely precarious. His bad a relapse of a disease under Lordship has recently which he has been for some tulle niferizig, THE SUN, LONDON, EVENING, JAN UARY l, 1840,