The Sun. — London, England, 1849-04-05 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. 7 , :r74*-7 , V-ATIES A - raT9 1.7f1.2,1Dr7cr , : ~, : ;,-, The sale; of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti 'Dies° mat Lets wero heavy to-day on th: ; (Aiwa :;;;.; mated at 7,000 bales, and comprised about 6, , 00 Aim' terais:—Reet, from 2 s 2d t o 3 s 4d ; M u tt on, 2 s 81 t o rican at 3i-J. to 6d., 200 Pernams and Maranh inn at 5d 3s 8d; Lamb, 5s 4d to Gs 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4a 4d; to 50, ani 400 Surats at 31d. to 34d. per lb. The and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s 2d per 81bs. by the ctrcase. market closed with steadiness. Prices of American HAT IfikaAMMTS, SMITaFIELD.—Meact r,v nay, 21 lOs to 3: 18s; Clover have advanced i-tl. s i nce F r id a y l as t. Th e re was a very heavy market for Railway Sharer, but the business done ditto, 31 to 51; and Straw, 1/ 7s to 11 12s p r was very small. load. Supply moderately good, and trade dull. The accounts received from the Continental Stook CUMOERLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 4/ ; Markets are not of much interest. The Funds generally, Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 41 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to however, are reported as being firm. 1/ 12s per load. Trado dull, at drooping prict s. There is a rumour in Mincing-lane that the King of WHlrEcHApEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 10s to 3/ 18s ; Prussia has accepted the Imperial Crown. Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 5/; and Straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ Ils A correspondent sends us the following relative to per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. Canada, and although the point involved is one upon MEAT MARKETS. which there is great difference of opinion, we give the SOUTHALL, APRIL 4.—Our market to-day was fairly statement on its own merits:— supplied with each kind of fat stock, the demand for " The public and private accounts from Canada are which was in a very sluggish state, at barely last weeks' such as to create great uneasiness in the public mind, quotations. Beef, from 3s to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to both as to the social and political affairs in the colony. 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 45; and Pork, 3s to 3s 10d per 81bs, It has been most unfortunate for Lord Elgin that he to sink the offal. did not summon to his council as Ministers RoMFORD, APRIL 4.—We had a very inactive de men of known discretion and prudence. Meet- mend to-day, and , prices had a downward tendency. lugs are contemplated in Upper Canada to petition Beef; from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Lamb, the Queen to allow a negotiation to take place 5s 2d to 6s 2d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s; and Pork, 3s 2d to Re with the United States for annexation. This 105 per Sibs. Suckling Calves, lBs to 255; quarter old bold step has been adopted iu consequence of the store Pigs, 16 s to 21 s; and Milch Cows, with the ir sm a ll very general feeli ng of dissent among the English party Calf, 14/ to 181 each. from the appropriation of the public revenue to indem LEWES, APRIL 3.—The demand for fat Stock was nify the Lower Canadians engaged in the rebellion. heavy, and at barely stationary prices. Beef from 3s 23 Under every c i rcumstance, t h e time selected to make t o 4 s; M u tt on , 3 s 6,3 to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 10d; this public grant has been most unfortunate, for, inde- and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. pendent of the bad feeling it has created, the revenue is by no means in a flourishing condition. On the contrary, the falling of£ under the administration of the French party now in power is alarming. The revenue for 1847 amounted to ... ... ... ... £506,826 379,645 Deficiency --• ••• ... 127,181 "It is generally b e li eve d th a t Lord Elgin will be re ealled by Earl Grey. It was apprehended that if Lord Elgin gave assent to the Bill granting compensation for the losses sustained by the Lower Canadians, that his Lordship would be roughly treated on his way to the House of Assembly." The above may be received as a matter of information, not ofnpinion on our part, because necessarily we cannot be supposed to understand the feeling in Canada so well as those who have direct relations with the colony, and who certainly appear to be very much dissatisfied. There will be a suspension of business from this even ing until Wednesday next in the produce markets, owing to the usual Easter holidays. Many parties have already left town to make holiday, and consequently the Stock Market is dull, although the foreign accounts read tolerably well. We have nothing later respecting Denmark, which appears now to be the main source of -anxiety.--Consols have been heavy at 92k to for Transfer and for Time, being now 92-i Exchequer-bills have been quoted 445. to 48s. premium. In the Foreign Market the dealings have not been large, and Mexican Stock has been flat owing to sales made, but, as we believe, ral her on time than specula tion. The prices have ranged from 301 to 30k. Spanish Active Bonds have been 164 to 16k; and the Three per Cents. 304 to u. Portuguese Four per Cents, are 28 to Brazil Bonds have been quoted 794 to 80; and Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents. 50 to Railway Shares, without any particular alteration, are flat again. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols Anns Lung Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 — Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860.. 8 13-16 India Bonds under 1,0001.. Consols for Account ..- 92.36Y; i iolchequer Bills. 2d. June. 44 48p 44 45p 44 48 p I 'Ad. March. 1,0007. • 5001. .. Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Chi Han Bonds, 6 per Cent ., 91 x d Equador Bonds 3 34 . Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 30 % 5 /0 /2 Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto for the Account Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 Dividends on the above payable in London. French Reites, 5 per Cent. Exchange. Dutch 2 % per Cent., 12 Guild ... EO/ 4 - --- I 'I:4INESs DONE IN RAILWAY SIIARES3 AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. I'ea SnAar. Aberdeen Ditto, Preference .. .... ..... 2 1 / 4 2 3 /4 to Boston, Stamf., & Binning—. 5 Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 Chester and Holyhead... ..... 50 ..... Ditto, Preference Eastern Counties Do.Exten.,s perct.No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d East Lancashire Ditto, New Great Northern ... 20 Do. % A Deferred . . ... ... 12% 47i, ...... to Do. Extension ... Great North of Eng1and......100 .234 Great Western 100 Ditto, Quarter Shares - Do. New 171 Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds lO ...... 104 4 ...... to Leeds and Bradford 5O —.lOO London & Blackwell ... ..... . 1 2 % .... 5 1 4 to Loud., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 London & North Western...JO° ....133 1 ,/ to Do. New Quarters. LO. Fifths - Lc ndon and S. Western ....... 50 .. ... 36 3 / 4 to Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls .. ..... 5 . ... 534 .... to Midland......• ............. —IMO .... 76 1 ,4 to 77 Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... 25 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... North Staffordshire... .. ...... 17 1 ,4 13% to 14 Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Shrewsbury and Birmingham 11 Ditto. ditto, Class B. 7 South Staffordshire ... South Eastern 33%..... 23% 3 / 4 to Ditto, Registered No. 4 lO ... .. 7 ...... to Ditto. Scrip No. 4.. .. lO ... VA to York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ..... 24 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 13 ... York and North Midland .. 50 ...;.. 43 3 / 4 44 to 42% Ditto, Preference - to Ditto East and West Riding Extension 25 ...... 21 1 4 1 ,4% to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ... East Indian Namur and Liege... Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7 Paris and Rouen Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—('PHIS DAY.) LONDON, Amu. 5 —Wind S.S.W., light airs and dull hazy weather. IAISTLEY, MARCH 30.—The Nancy, Anderson, picked up off the Dudgeon, a small hatch measuring about four feet by two, and a piece of a combing, five feet by three. Both the hatch and combing are painted red inside, and branded "G. E,. T." Dudgeon light bearing E.S.E. six miles—Wind E.S.E. YouonAL, APRIL I.—The Sicilian brigantine, which was reported on shore last night on the eastern point of this harbour, is probably the Etna, Trapani, from Liver pool to Palermo, and it is feared will become a total wreck. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended March 29, 1849, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eagland and Wales per Imperial Quarter. I I WHEAT. 1 28s 1 I OATS. 124s E I IMAM. I PEAS. PRICE •• I 441 Id lod 16s 4d 6d I 283 111 323 2d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. EARLEY. OATS. I EYE. I DEANS. I PEAS. 13 Od Is Od is Od Is Od Is Od is Od PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM • SHIPWRECK. TO THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY. BELFAST, APRIL L—Arrd. Diadem, Parker, New York; Peltona, Hughes, New Orleans. Sid. 2d, Mi nerva, Philadelphia; Emma, New York. CORE, APRIL 2 .—Arrd. Catterine Jenkins, Gibbs, Valparaiso; Richard Cobden, Eldel, St. John's, New Brunswick. SIR,—In laying before you the model of a raft, which is intended to show how the means already furnished to every steam-vessel may be applied to an object worthy of your serious attention, viz., the preservation of life from shipwreck, I make no claim to scientific invention, or, indeed, to any merit beyond that of realising a conception which seems to promise to be made useful to the maritime world, and turning to account the never-failing resources of seamen in time of peril ; nor need I to affect to offer any other apology to the First Lord of the Admiralty, in calling his attention to the subject, than the obvi ous utility of the design, and the extreme simplicity of its construction ; and I only ask as a favour, that should it be found useful and deserving of your patron age, it may be called " Captain Bullock's Safety Raft," trusting that, sooner or later; it may connect my name with the cause of humanity, towards the pro motion of which your approbation would contribute most effectually, by causing its adoption, not only in the Royal Navy, but in every merchant steam-vessel in Great Britain. FALmou'ra, APRIL 4.—Wind S.E., fresh gales.—Arrd. 3d, Atalya, Cavern, Rio Grande, cailed Jan 9; Mecca, Hale, St. Dumin c ;o. 4th Caroline, Godholtz, ditto for Rotterdam. COWES, AraiL3.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. 4th, Cambyses, Smith, Bahia. If the difficulty of constructing a raft with suffi cient expedition, under trying circumstances, be generally admitted by experienced professional men, the great advantage of having such a means at hand, and ready on an emergency, will be apparent to any one ; and the consequence of wanting such a means has been exemplified by numerous disasters in times past, as well as melancholy occurrences of very recent date. The contrivance of a simple raft for saving a ship's crew, and transporting them to the shore through surfs and breakers which would inevitably swamp boats of every description, has long occupied my mind, but last year, when observing the fitting of the bridges in the Folkston e and Boulogne packets of the South-Eastern Railway Company, my thoughts on the subject assumed a definite form, and on my return from service I presented my model to Admiral Dundas, who most kindly entered into my views, and seeing there was no great expense attending the experiment, permitted it to be fitted to her Majesty's vessel Widgeon, at Woolwich. The raft is easily described : it is in fact the bridge —as the elevated and necessary communication be tween the paddle-boxes is called—and is formed of four pieces of broad plank, strongly united at the corners, and made more buoyant by the addition of cork, conforming to the breadth of the frame, to which I have added a centre plank for the conveni ence of carrying a boat of the lightest description, which will afford a comparative security for the weak and disabled. The bridge, instead of being a fixture, as heretofore, is now entirely detached ; and the planks being fas tened together by swivel bolts, allows it to adapt its form readily to the circumstances under which it may require to be launched or floated out of its place, and, in case of fire, to be passed forward or aft, between the mast and rigging, and prepared for ser vice at that part of the ship the most remote from the danger. Hum., APRIL 4.—Wind S., light—Sid. 3d, Latonl, St. Andrews; Queen, Dalhousie. JIARTLEPOOL, Aram 3.—Sid. Percy, Quebec. CETDE.—Std.• Broom, Quebec ; Ann Rankin, Quebec; Mariner, Miramichi ; Hibernia, Quebec; Mischief, Seville. GUEEisEr, MAiten 30.—A rr d. Li g h tning, Dulvocq; Pernambuco, and proceeded for Rotterdam. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 4—W iud, S.—Arrd. 4th, Bonanza, Callao; Cornelia, Mobile; Adonis, D uc k ett, Mobile; Chaos, Paxton, Savannah. Sid. 3d, Belemy Louisa, Cadiz; Aufumnns, Calcutta ;Leonard, Dobbin, Coquimbo; Gipsy, New Orleans; Sir Charles Napier, New Orleans; Seth Sprague, New Orleans; My Plessants, Philadel phia ; Albania, New York; Lemuel Dyer, New York; Diadem, Boston; Ocean, Newfoundland; Bahia, Packet, Newfoundland; Bridgetown, Quebec; John, Quebec; Martnion, Quebec; Coverdale, Montreal. POOLE, APRIL 3.—Sld. John Thompson, Quebec; Findon, ditto; Caroline, ditto. OFF PoRTsMOUTII, APRIL 3.—Armstel, Dun, Ba tavia; Jacob Roggeveen, Rolf, -ditto, both for Amster dam; Prince of Wales, Middleton, Callao; Noord, Over lem, Suri nam , f or the Texel. PonTsmovrn, APRIL 4.—Wind S.S.E. to S.—Arrd. her_Maje,ty' s st . Polyphemus, Gihraltar, left 20th ult. OFF DOVER APRIL 4—L • • a Baetger, New must= , Orleans for Bremen. IL) X 1, ; APRIL 4 —Wi 1 S.S.W.to E SE —3 Arrd. A P9 II O Schade, H L . a Gu ll a t yra for Hambu . rgh . ; Cornelia, Caleutt;;;l),:te 04. Mount Stuart Elphinstone, Holton, Barentlt Wales, Middleton, Callao; Willem Grieve, L i ‘?,,ndroat, Batavia for Ifolland ; Henrietta both' for B t re " in u n 4 Yrat Louisiana, Badger, New Orleans, Yergne, Houdin: Arrd. from the River, Ceres, Dau paragpi, Arrd. from the River, and sld., River gt. Law7etileeMuuritius ; Devereaux, Lutnaden, Scadaeond, Roalli•ns, i di llesperus, Carlii.g, Quebec ; Pilgrim, Clarke, ; ditto; Prince George, Taskar, 81d. laelared, Sierra Le St ' J r ," l -I'B, New Brunswick. Jamaica, • Ceres, flondurase;; p — r auabi a, ditto; Rambler, Law rence ; Wenham, New York; N rDise River St. .aterhen, ditto; Wood bine, ditto; George Wilkinson, Brown, Quebec; Percia, Gunson, Newfoundland. I may also affirm, from experience, that the raft would become a floating breakwater to the boats, whenever the crews were compelled, from any dis- tressing circumstances, to abandon their ship at sea, by mooring them to it un d er it s lee ; nor can the boat affixed to it by any possibility be capsized. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, FRED. BULLOCK, Captain, R.N. SIR. CHARLES NAPIER.—The Senzaphere of Mar of• Saturday, says-- ,, Sir Charles Napier, the new Conunander-in-Chi4 in British India, is to leave this port to-day, for Lcghorn, where the English frigate the Bulldog is waiting to carry hire and his whole suite Alexandria. TILE COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen end Prince Albert, attended by the Hon. Miss Dawson, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Seymour, honoured Mr. Landseer with a visit, at his studio, in St. John's Wood, on Tuesday. Mr. Frederick Bruckmarm had the honour of exhi biting Schropp's great model of the Cathedral at Cologne to the queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, at Buckingham Palace, yesterday. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, and the Princess Louisa, left town at three o'clock yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Charlemont, Lady in Waiting; Lady Caroline Cocks and the lion. Matilda Paget, Maids of Honour in Waiting; the Earl of Morton, Lord in Waiting; the Master of the House hold, Sir Frederic Stovin, Groom in Waiting, Colonel Buckley, Equerry in. Waiting; and Colonel Seymour, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were conducted to their carriage by the Lord Chamberlain, the Groom of the Stole to the Prince, Lord George Lennox, and Colonel Wylde. The august party occupied five carriages and four, and was escorted from Buckingham Palace to the Great Western Railway terminus by a party of Light Dra goons. - The Earl of Morton has relieved the Marquis of Or monde in the duties of Lord in Waiting to the Queen, and Sir Frederic Stovin has relieved Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. R. Boyle in the duties of Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. A deputation, consisting of Col. Caulfield, M.P., Sir William Verner, M.P., Mr. Thomas Bateson, M.P., Mr. Nathaniel Alexander, M.P., Dean Stannus, and Mr. Han cock, had an interview with Lord John Russell yester day on the subject of the drainage of Lough Neagh. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations held a meet ing yesterday at the Office of the Board of Trade. The Lords present were the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, Earl Grey, Lord Campbell, Earl Granville, Sir Edward Ryan, and Sir James Stephen. The School of Design had a meeting yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Lord and Lady John Russell loft town yesterday for Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park. Sir George Grey left town yesterday on a visit to the Hon. Locke King, at his residence near Chertsey. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood left town yesterday for their residence, Mickleton Hall, Doncaster. The Countess of Lichfield, Lord Anson, and Lady :larriet Anson left town yesterday for Shugborough. T h A u I r Au s d u ,Ni 'Thursday, ther DrAo;a-1 bounty To-da y bi was en d g istr Au i l b a ute n d da t y o Tarlimuunasl . thirty poor men and thirty poorwomen, at h Royal, Whitehall. The gift s about 31. in money, besides sundry articles of 1 hc ot es. The Right Rev. the Bishop of Oxford officiated Almoner. A as Lord High the chapel by tickets. great number of persons were •admitted to DEATH 0 SIR F JAMES HANHAM , to record the demiseof B ART.—.We have expired on Monday the above venerable Baronet, who Win bourne, Dorset, attelast at Dean's-court, near Win the 7th baronet, and, like e treme age of 86 years. Ho was the church. his father, was educated for The late bar the collegiate church of W°inebt was one of the priests of tersbourne Zelston. He married first, and rector of Win- Anne, daughter of the late Lieufitrt 16th April, 1793, who died in 1801, and secondly, 14th Dec., Pike, R.N., Eliza Pattey, of Wimbourne, and had 1815, Miss marriages. The deceased, who succeeded issue by both ceeded to the b a ronetcy in 18 06 , is suc ceeded b y hi s son William, s b e his first marriage, married to Harriet, d aughter of Mr. J. Morgan, of Mountclare, Surrey. REMOVAL OF SMITIIFIELD•MARKET.—A public meeting took place last evening at the London Tavern, for the purpose of taking into consideration measures for the abolition of Smithfield-market. Mr. J. T. Norris was called on to preside. Resolutions in accordance with the objects of the 'meeting having been adopted, Mr. White proposed, and Mr. Elliott seconded the ap pointment of a committee to carry out the object of the meeting, which was agreed to. The meeting separated after passing a vote of thanks to the chairman. THE ALPS OF TURIN.—The weather here has chopped about from wet to fine during the last week, pretty much as it does in England. The Alps, as seen from the environs of Turin, are the great lion of the place, and, when the sun is out, particularly about the hour of its setting, their snow-clad ranges, and the bril liant colours produced by the play of light and shade from the sun and clouds, form the most glorious spec tacle that ever greeted my eyes. Cnuncu CANONS.—The horses in the "apostolic stables" of Rome have been seized for the use of the na tional artillery. The horses so employed are expected to be more than a match for the Pope's bulls.—Punch. FINE ARTS THE AATIV UAL EXHIBITION IN THE SUFFOLK- STREET GALLERY. On Saturday we attended the private exhibition of paintings by the Society of British Artists, but the following remarks, although in type, have been unavoidably postponed insertion in consequence of the extraordinary pressure of intelligence. The As sociation has in the present year completed its first quarter of a century ; and the collection—numbering in all 635 productions—certainly evinces no dimi. nution either of ability or of industry on the part of the members and associates. On the first hurried and, comparatively speaking, superficial glance round the apartment, it would be of course impossible to obtain a proper estimate of the merits of the more successful, or of the demerits of the less successful of upwards of six hundred pictures. Especially is the difficulty in the way of arriving at any such conclu sion enhanced when the rooms are thronged to such an extent that, had it been July instead of March, we should have used the stereotyped phrase, " crowded to suffocation." The extraordinary number of visitors assembled on Saturday in the Suffolk Gallery spoke admirably for the popularity of the institution ; and remembering the general excellence, and in some few instances the real genius displayed by the artists who are there the competitors for public appro bation, we cannot but augur well for the future career of the society. Whatever we may say in our subjoined brief annotations it must not be forgotten that we are compelled to criticise under some such trifling disadvantages as those arising from interpos ing elbows, and obstructive hats, and out-of-the-way, and in-the-way, and this-way, and that-way bonnets, shawls, muffs, chatellaines , Jenny-Linds, cardinals, mantillas, and the rest of those inimitable contrivances with which young ladies are decorated by the atten dant spirits of the toilet. We shall comment, there fore, only on those pictures which particularly at tracted our observation, and which we were enabled to see more deliberately over the shoulders of the other spectators. Those who have watched the progress of this clever and already distinguished association are familiar with many names amongst its principal members, which would honour the " roll" of the Royal Academy. They will find that these eminent artists have during the past twelve months been more than usually industrious, and that in numerous instances they have been more than usually successful. Pyne has again proved himself to be a worthy contemporary of Turner and Stanfield. Although there are four other contribu tions (Nos. 47, 91, 131, 233) from the same gifted hand, of various and remarkable ability, we can only particularize the following :—No. 35. " Old Paper Mill, Berkshire."—A secluded scene, painted with marvellous truth to nature—the water limped and refractive—the air transparent and modulated in density with the perspective—the sky remote, and suffused with vapoury clouds—the earth sprinkled with moist herbage and sedges. The red of the old brick building glowing through the branches gives to the painting a mellowness of colour too frequently wanting in the works of our artist. No. 274. " Lying to for Anchors off the South Coast."—A small but marvellous sketch, showing the sea breaking high up into surf on the boulder-stones of a dreary and sequestered part of the coast. We want the pen of Mr. Ruskin, the Oxford Graduate, to do Mr. Pyne justice in this transcript from creation, to explain with corresponding eloquence all that his brush has done by dashes of white paint, spurting up in acute angles, and expressing with the boldness and facility of genius the foaming of the surge upon the shore. Woolmer has, in like manner, contributed six pictures, three of which we cannot do more than enumerate, Nos. 110, 198, 426: The other three we can only mention hurriedly as follows :—No. 211, " Pygmalion"—in which the artist has endeavoured to realise the masterpiece of a fabulous predecessor. The figure of the maiden in ivory, blushing into life, is gracefully conceived whatever the two petit maitres in art (whom we overheard) may say as to the drapery being an indistinct compromise between a tree and a curtain. No. 127. " The Destruction of the cities of the Plain"—a wierd representation of that ghastly episode in Scripture of the raining of fire from heaven upon Sodom and Gomorrah—wild enough in idea and eccentric enough in treatment for John Martin. Although the figure in the foreground of a livid blue complexion, and the blood-red and hell black confusion in the heavens are rather fantastic, the work is the remarkable vagary of a remarkable artist. No. 370. " A thought from Boccaccio" is one of the gems of the exhibition, and will not diminish the reputation of Mr. Woolmer. In the half emersed forms of the virgins revelling in the pool—in the deep liquid shadows--in the golden and roseate glimmer of sunset on the treetops —you have, indeed, realised here before you a thought from Boc caccio—a peep into the gorgeous dreamland of the Deccarnaron. Salter has four productions—Nos. 229, 340, 491, and 96. The latter is the everlasting " Judgment of Paris." But worn out though the theme has been by his predecessors, Mr. Salter has contrived to throw a charm over the symmetrical shape of the goddess with her back towards the observer. Herring has eight of his inimitable portraits from the farm-yard, the kennel, and the stable. He becomes every day more valuable to U 3, now that Landseer is depicting more frequently the " human face divine," and now that poor Bateman is dead—the creator of that admirable incident, " Give a poor dog a bone." The contribu tions of Mr. Herring are Nos. 23, 45, 99, 115, 148, 293, 338,415. The "Farm Stubble Yard" is wonderful, though comparatively small in dimensions, the horse, the pigeons, the pigs, all are life-like. Mr. Hurlstone, Mr. Hassell, Mr. Shayer, Mr. Zeitter, Mr. Montague, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Boddington, are conspicuous among the contributors for the number, and a few of them for the merit, of their productions. Nor has Hill been deficient in either quality. His four paint ings from rural life are indicative of the steady de velopment of his powers as an artist, and are expres sive of his love for the sylvan scene and rustic joys of the Welch and the Bohemians. Three of them are cabinet pictures, of single figures, as vivid almost as reality :—No. 243. "Boy scaring away birds." No. 400— " Child and Kitten"—a new illustration of the old expression, "Cupboard Love." No. 418." Welch Rustic"—one of those graceful village girls of Taffy land that the artist paints so entirely con amore —but the repetition of which may ultimately depress him into a mannerist. Better than these immeasurably is No. 67, " A Revel," by the same hand. Mr. Hill has here made a bolder venture than we can call to our recollection in his former compositions. And while we regard it as the most ambitious picture he has yet painted, we:look upon it also as perhaps in several particulars the most successful that has yet come from his easle. The scene is simple enough, but its very simplicity renders it picturesque : a party of gipsies dancing under the green branches of a wood to the " tweedle-dum and t weedle- dee" of a second Twangdidillo—a bundle of faggots blazing in one corner—a couple of dogs (such comical, natural, impassible dogs !) looking on, one with his paw round the neck of the other':---a little touch of coquetry or love making in one direction— in another, immediately in the foreground, an exqui site group gathering round an infant in the arms of its young mother. With one exception the picture is complete—and that exception is what appeared to us to be the somewhat feeble and watery colouring of the green vista through which the dancers are receding. Yet, taken alto gether, the picture is admirable and life-like in its animation. We doubt not that it will very materi ally increase Mr. Hill's reputation. We like strangely that odd illustration of alpassage in the delightful diary of rare old Mr. Pepys. "My wife this day puts on first her French gown, called a Sac, which becomes her very well," says the gossip. Mr. Noble has produced a capital picture from that brief hut suggestive memorandum. One of the best among the portraits is that by Mr. Williamson (No. 201) of an old lady. Nor must we on any account omit to mention No. 253, " Falling in with a Wreck the Day after a Storm," by Mr. J. Denby, which is a brilliant and effective composition, going far to prove that artistic genius is hereditary. Many of the con tributions to the exhibitions would merit observation from us had we the opportunity. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE METROPOLITAN STEEPEE CHASE ENTRIES. The Handicap Steeple Chase. Proceed, Victim, Knight of Gwynne, British Yeoman, Switcher, Pullaway, The Commoner (late Prince George), Donnybrook, Farnham, Miss Burns, Dicky Misfortune, Maurice Daly (late Flycatcher), Sparta, Pathfinder, Chaldean, The Doctor, The Rover (late Cruickshank), Aliboran (6 yrs), Liberty (late the Hack), Spring Bok, Valiant, Bold Davy, Hope, Wharfdale Maid, Oily Gammon, Tipperary Boy, Chatham, Rachel, Charity, Wolverhampton, Johnny Boy, Falcon, Agita tion, Hinds (late The Dove), Mignonette. Nominations for the Free Handicap. Zara (late Petticoats), Pullaway, Pride of Kildare, (l b ‘c..‘isa7i g rlitaitoce b eeh y liß k tn E euy,T l f, v uh a msje) s o , :ihts l3 :en e ivnu s acey w n: c TßaT k rhoh , iynee l:. y e p : Doau L uuidnnn a ytge n ea, c run e ,n r : The Outcast,Windfall,Pathfinder, T ho Callaghan, KnightG re y , S 0 Saturn, D t t u he r eb n u , a hn The eteel, Counterfeit, Sparta, and 'Vulture. THE NORTHAMPTON HANDICAP. With reference to the non-receipt of the result of this race yesterday week, we have ascertained that it arose from " Wolverhampton" having been inadvertently inserted in the message instead of Wolverton, the station to which, in the first instance, it should have been for %ranted. The agents of the Electric Telegraph Company were blameless in the matter. SCOTTISII MIDLAND.—We hear that, at it recent meeting of the d irectors of this com p an y , they resolved to prosecute the branch to Kirriemuir durin g the sum mer. Should this p rove to be the case, it would, we have rio t - L u m b e t n , shoe very traffic beneficial to to the tho company,west frem this place. as there is en —Dundee Advertiser. THE MAGAZINES. BLACKWOOD. On cutting ihe damp leaves of Maga, and reading through those double columns of letter-press which have become welcome to so many thousands, because familiarized by such enthralling contributions—we have to thank Christopher for the perusal of one of the best magazine numbers we can just now call to re collection. Blackwood for April, being the four hundred-and second number, is little short of being a model magazine. It is rich in verse and prose, in real and fictitious narrative, in biography and criticism. The criticism, moreover, is peculiarly varied, extending to poetry and the fine arts, to his tory, both profane and ecclesiastical, to the writings of anecdote-mongers, and to the delineations of the geographer. We must not be mistaken, however-- the different articles being of unequal ability. The commentaries, for example, on " Macaulay's History of England" are distressingly meagre and superficial, although the writer occasionally reveals in himself that discriminative faculty which is indispen sable in a reviewer—as where it is finely and judi ciously said by him that it were better for Mr. Macaulay's reputation as an annalist had he taken his seat " on the Bench instead of the Bar of History." Setter, immeasureably better, than the criticism on Macaulay, is the one subsequently given on Tenny son. Allowing for a little want of appreciation on the part of the contributor in reference to the musical versification of the greatest of the young poets of this generation —as in that melodious dirge of" Claribel low lieth ! " or, as again, in the fantastic " Lady of Shalott," the sweetness of which the writer has altogether failed to recognise—the estimate of Alfred Tenny son's powers, given by old Ebony is singularly felici tous. We. sympathise as heartily in the derision cast at such nonsensical verses as those ad dressed "To the Owl," as we do in the admiration expressed for " The Talking Oak." When, however, the critic complains of the iteration recurring in such stanzas as "Mariana" and "CEnone " he takes t oo li g htl y i n t o account the pre cedents of so many bewitching ballads and imperish able idylls. To our thinking Theocritus never sang words snore mellifluous or impassioned than those with which the lover complains of the shaft which had accidentally destroyed his betrothed : "The bitter arrow glanced aside, Oriana, The false, false arrow glanced aside, Oriana; The damned arrow glanced aside, And pierced thy heart, my love, my bride, Oriana; Thy heart, my love, my life, my bride, Oriana." And yet here. has Tennyson out-Tennyson'd himself in iteration. Again, there is not a word about " Locksly Hall," beyond the mere mention of its title, and yet " Locksly Hall" is the finest poem Tennyson has ever yet written, and perhaps the finest he ever will write. That " The Princess," his latest production, fairly " took his admirers by surprise," we agree with the reviewer in thinking, and we coin cide also with Blackwood in regarding Tennyson 'as having already risen to a level with the glorious pedestal of Coleridge. " Claudia and Pudens" is a graceful though rather abbreviated notice of the learned essay published last year from the manuscript of the distinguished biblical antiquary, the Arch deacon of Cardigan. Our old favourite B. Simmons has roused himself again from his long indolence, running his hands over the chords of his lyre, first in a plaintive chaunt about "The Life of the Sea," and afterwarkls in a strain of unexpected facetiousness. We are üb sentimental enough to prefer his grotesque lilies about the " London Cries"—more especially as they afford the poet an opportunity of celebrating the glb ries of good old Mr. John Harris, of St. Paul's Churchyard, " the Aldus of the nursery-nook," over whose story books we have all of us pored so often and so long, that we could almost go demented like old Scrooge and cry out in rapture " There's Alli Baba! and here's Friday ! and yonder goes dein- Robinson Crusoe with the parrot on his shoulder l" How heartily do we echo the malediction pronoun* by Mr. Simmons on the Organ-Fiend! And hok we relish that capital verse— " Why did not Martin, in his Act, Insert some punishment to suit This crime of being hourly rack'd To death by some melodious Brute ? From ten at morn to twelve at night His instrument the Savage plies, From him alone there's no respite, Since 'tis the victim, here, that cries." We wish in truth that Macaulay, Talfourd, Smythe, or Lord John would listen to the last apostrophci. Part XII. of " The Caxtons" carries the story on very lazily. As yet the interest stagnates in the ruined tower of Uncle Roland, though there is at length some promise of change in the dawning ambit tion of Pisistratus. For Uncle Jack we have lin ; bibed a sort of horror, second only to that inspired io us by the ever-abominable and detestable Mrs. Pipe chin. We wish Sir Edward would subject Tibbits to some excruciating torment, just out of revenge ; roast him before a slow fire, broil him on a gridiron, or stew him to a jelly in a caldron of boiling oil. Until he does we shall never sleep comfortably. Mr. Squills; too, is somewhat of a bore in his way—but dear, noble; wise, simple-hearted old Austin Caxton I we‘ look upon as one of the most beautiful of all the crea-) tions of the novelist. The dry, odd stores of learn-,I ing picked up in the n oo k s an d crann i es o f lit era t ure s and pouring out of his mouth in the moments of innocent garrulity, when he gets his hand in his waist coat—impart a n ove l f l avour to the dialogue that not a book-worm amongst us but will smack h i s li ps at. ' " Sir Astley C ooper " is the commencement of a , biography of th a t i llustrious surgeon an d ac complished g en tl eman, by one eminent l y quail fled to appreciate the eminence of his abilities and the purity of his character. It is just and appropriate that the life of Astley Cooper should be narrated by the hand that wrote the " Diary of a Physician." And few will fail to recog nise with us in the opening of this attractive series the masculine but sensitive and earnest voice of Mr. Warren. There is no mistaking the ring of his in exorable tomahawk upon the skull of Mr. Bransby Cooper, or the serene satisfaction with which he holds up to us the scalp torn off in his criticism—compli menting the unfortunate victim while he is still lying flayed and palpitatin g in his grasp. The excoriating review of the two volumes which have been penned by the nephew of the deceased surgeon in the shape of a memoir—the excoriating review of this work, with which Mr. Warren prefaces his own biography of the departed, has all the severity, without any of the coarseness, of Carlyle. Speaking of the theme chosen by him for consider a ti on, the biographer exclaims— " Oh that a Southey could do by Astley Cooper as Southey did by Nelson !" The ejaculation would of itself be an incitement. We shall observe how the aspiration may be realised. We may be permitted for once to be sanguine when the biography is that of Astley Cooper, and when the biographer of Astley Cooper is Samuel Warren. Besides these various and remarkable contributions, there are in the cur rent number of Blackwood some agreeable annota tions on the " Aristocratic Annals" of George Craik, of Peter Burke, and of Bernard Burke—an exami nation of the Treatises on Painting collected by Mrs. Merrifield—and a clever paper upon Mr. Johnston's important work on " Physical Geography." Maga has assuredly deserved our filial benison for a number, like this, honourable to the sway exercised by the • crutch of our immortal Christopher. BENTLEY'S. Bentley's Miscellany for April is m ore diversified in its contents. It opens with an instal ment of the "Coroner's Clerk," the pictorial illustra tionthan usually of which represents the imbecile heiress shower ing from her window , five hundrei sixpences, hsr " beggars' money," collected for that purpose, upon a crowd of eager beggars. This extraordinary scene is very effectively represented. " Sir James Brooke and the Pirates," by Mr. Augustus St. John, gives an in teresting idea of the settlement of Labuan, and the announcem en t m of u a,"r rave ll er w h o reminds difficulties encountered by the enterprising Raja. The author of "Stories of Waterloo" has cont r ib u t e d , i n his usual amusing manner, a narrative of "An Incursion into survivedC onn i e t ra ,,, ara ; us of the comments of Punch the other day on a gen tleman Who was presented to her Majesty at a recent which wi t startling an ac co ncem en t levee "On his return from Ireland." Palgrave Simp son, under his favOurite soubriquet of the " Flaneur," holds the mirror up, not to nature, but to " the mir ror of the French Republic"—the Parisian theatres. According to this . writer (but knowi ng his strong anti-Republican sentiments, we credit his assertions a discretion), at the commencement of the Republic, " it was gently but imperiously hinted to the theatres by the Provisional Government, that patriotic pieces, calculated to excite and support the Republican en thusiasm of the Parisians, would be very serviceable to their own interests. The theatres took the hint, but they were far, poor things, from reaping any benefit from their compliance: "The vaunted enthusiasm would not pay its money at the doors." Now, how ever, it is different. The theatres have adopted an opposite course ; instead of encouraging, they ridicule, Republicanism, and the result is a golden harvest, which, considering the pleasantry-loving propensities of the. French, is perhaps not to be wondered at. Here is a sample of one of these favourite satirical dramas, entitled "Proprilte! c'est le vol,"--Property is theft, the motto of the Communists : " The Republic has been established four years—the scene is in 1852; the doctrines of the Socialists, Commu• Lists, and furious Republicans have had time:to take their full swing; the consequences of these innovations in so ciety are produced upon the stage. Monsieur Bonnichon appears as the eternal victim of the progress of Socialist civilization. The right of labour' is established by law; Monsieur Bonnichon has been carried all over Paris by a cabman, who has insisted on his 'right of labour' by force; he in vain seeks repose at home; his wife has been attacked by twenty merchandes de modes, and obliged (not unwillingly) to order a new dress of each; his house is invaded by upholsterers and paper hangers, all demanding their right' to new-furnish his tpartmenti; a Variety of other claiments for the drbit au travail' assail him; a dentist insists on taking out his -SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1849. best tooth; and, to complete his distresses, the Serpent claims his privilege to measure Madame Bonnichon for a new pair of stays. The progress of Socialist civilization has, in the next act, proceeded so far—it is the year 1853,—that all traffic by means of coin is forbidden; all purchases are to be made in kind;' and ; trading com munication is only carried on by the exchange of objects. The scenes which ensue are of the most ludicrous de scription. The embarrassments of Monsieur Bonnichon, who exchanges his boiler for some beef, and then, finding that he has no receptacle to cook his meat in, sells his beef for a boiler, and afterwards discovers that he has again only his boiler without his beef are of the most absurd order of caricature, but full of whim and provo cative of laughter; his purchase of a patty for a stuffed crocodile, and the 'small change ' he receives out of this object in the shape of an old chair and a table de nuit, are subjects of immense fun to the Parisian audiences. Monsieur Bonnichon is finally arrested by the Serpent for claiming the purchased patty as his own, the use of the possessive pronouns being interdicted by the authority of the Socialist Republic, and proprietdires, or those who call themselves so, being subject ;to the utmost rigour of the law.' The scene of the trial, where Monsieur Bonnichon is convicted of this heinous crime, is full of witty satire against the doctrines of Proudhon. The speech of the Serpent (Proudhon) as accusateur public against Bonnichon, in which he denounces the use of the possessive pronouns as a ' triste :aveuglement' an aber ration de I' egoism,' is the very essence of excellent cari cature. The counsel on the side of Bonnichon, under the guise of Cremieux, in pretending to take his defence, only abuses him still more; and the unfortunate expro prietaire is condemned. This scene is, perhaps, that which is written in the liveliest strain, and with the best humour throughout the piece; it certainly contains some of the happiest strokes against the Utopian Republican creeds of the day, and is consequently one of those most favourably greeted by the crowded audiences of the Vaudeville.' " The legend of Aix—" The Dyer and the Dominican," which we noticed last month, is brought to a conclu sion in this number. The remarks which we made upon the opening of this poem apply to the conclusion. The manner is admirable, but the matter not deserving of much commendation. The versification of this second part of the legend is even more humorous and effective than the commencement—for example "All the world seemed alive, and prepared for display, Being out for the day, Save mine host of the tavern, who loved to be in— For the tin. Deacons, nuns, friars, cures, and bishops, moreover, Issued forth from their clover, To welcome the faithful who thronged to receive All the goods the Pope promised to such as believe. Now this Pontiff had issued dpastoral letter, Recommending mankind, rich and poor, to five better; And according the `just' that in Aix should appear, This particular day, Absolution in full for the following year: That's to say, By the way, That his long-headed Holiness meant by the just,' Such as had wherewithal to come down with the dust. Ready cash I for the Church never took upon trust. Furthermore, certain wonderful relics were sent For the eyes of the flock !—thus the cataloge went : The bless'd motto which Constantine saw from his tent;' Rusty cork-screw of holy St. Bibo and flagon ;' An idea of St. George, and some breath of the Dragon;' The original score of St. Vitus's dance,' With the skull of a rational being from France,' All the bumps of the which were sufficiently strong; Certain tears St. Flam shed, when he did something wrong, In the days of hot youth; and a Chinaman's gong;' Bottled groans, duty paid, from the bottomless pit,' With the government stamp: St. Cecilia's Kit." All attested in form by his Holiness' name. With the fisherman's seal duly fixed to the same." This very quaint and original writer bids fair to beCome one of the most amusing contributors of Bentley's. The conclusion of the poem tells how the luckless Dominican, escaping from . his bath of cochineal, made his appearance in the cathedral in the midst of a religious ceremony, to the horror and alarm of the assembly, which apparition is almost more astounding in its consequences than the reve nant priest of Thomas Ingoldsby, who, appearing in his funeral garb before his thirty quondam brethren, put the spectator in mind " Of the Council of Trent Engaged in reviewing the Diet of Worms." The procession through the church is very effectively depicted, and the change in the metre is admirably adapted to the changed theme. We should perhaps like it better but for its obliteration of that "one step" which should divide the sublime from the ridiculous. Nevertheless, as a piece of painting and as a piece of versification, the description of the church-scene is excellent, the description beginning— " 'Tis noon! the faithful kneel, a mighty mass, The golden Sun salutes each sculptured bier, Lending his glory to the stained glass, Whereon dim knights and pictured saints appear; Grim effigies of flesh, long gone to grass, With hands upraised, do seem to lend an ear Devout. The organ thunders to the skies, Or in a solemn, soft cadenza dies. " Cluster'd around the altar in array, A hundred tapers, of prodigious height, Burn pale and lurid in the face of day; To true believers in impressive sight. A sort of Will o' th' Wisp,' some authors say, To tempt to Rome, your errant Peuseyite. The Pope, it seems, to catch such rats as these, With' candle' baits his trap, in lieu of cheese.' " Devoted cite, with tapers, head the throng, As if condemn'd to penance. A long file Of boys, in surplices, a shade too long, Precede a corps of maidens veiled ; meanwhile, In rich brocaded copes, the lords of song Discharge their anthems through the mighty pile, And, winking at the damsels as they sing, Conceive they do a wondrous clever thing. " Next, acolytes throw incense to the sky : Anon the priests, in chasubles, implore A blessing on the sheep attendant by; 'Tis all the faithful get, and nothing more. A stalwart yeoman bears the cross on high, In velvet clad, and lace that smacks of yore ; The which rich mantle lets, through divers stitches, Bless'd daylight, to a pair of leather breeches." Another chapter of the "Memoirs of Chateaubriand," a very interesting continuation of the " Wayside Pictures through France and Belgium," which relates to the romantic and heroic war in La Vendee, " The Bye-lanes and Downs of England," " Forgiveness," a tale by Alfred Crowquill, " Musical Notes for March," Scenes on the banks of the Amazon," &c., complete the April number of Bentley. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. We are gratified in being able to bestow our usual meed of commendation on this excellent periodical. The number for the present month is rich and varied. We are glad to see some poetical contribu tions from new hands, yet we believe it will not create surprise if we say we miss Mangan and land M'Carthy from the "Poet's Corner." The first. paper is a notice of the curious and able work of Mr Layard, " Nineveh and its Remains, with an account lof a visit to the Chaldean Christians, Christians of ;Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, or Devil-worshippers; and lan inquiry into the manners and arts of the anc ient Assyrians. Assyrians." The introductory remarks on this work exhibit a profound knowledge of ancient history, and ,will be read with deep interest by all who feel a (pleasure in exploring the awfu l labyrinths of an itiquity, and examining the reliques of the mighty past. "Sympathies," by Speranza, is full of high and 'pure feeling. "The Sacking of Seville, " by J. S. ; this specimen of descriptive ballad poetry is founded on the conquest of Seville by a band of Norse Sea-rovers in 844—and exhibits poetical talents of a very high order. The " Portrait Gallery" next demands our Attention, and gratified as we frequently have been by the able and graphic sketches of eminent persons which from time to time have graced the pages of this magazine, we will confess we have never been more so than by the selection of the learned bio grapher on the present occasion. The nation owes a debt of gratitude to him who would rescue from an unworthy oblivion the name of the honest and eloquent Peter Burrowes. It is not difficult to draw a fancy sketch, and raise it into an idol, draped out in all the turgid and tawdry colouring of flattery, but judiciously to blend the lights and shades of hu man character requires the nice perceptions of a master mind. The biographer of Mr. Burrowes has eminently succeeded in this—he has touched with a gentle hand the amiable peculiarities of his subject while he has raised forth in high relief the nobler at tributei of his warm heart, his sound judgment, and his unswerving moral purity. Alr.Burrowes was one of the most eloquent advocates:of the Irish bar, and when that , bar was then composed of such men as Plunket, • Saurin, Bush, and Curran, this is no small compliment. In politics he was a Whig and a warm advocate of the emancipation of his Roman Catholic countrymen. - He was on terms of close intimacy with the then revolutionary spirits of his native land, yet he never for a moment wavered in his allegiance as a loyal subject. 'lle was. a Member of the Irish House of Commons, and a strenuous opponent of the Act of Union, and after having filled the office of Judge of the Insolvent Court for many years; he died in 1841, in the 88th year of his age—full of years and honour leaving behind him, in the words of his , graceful and eloquent biographer, "both as a public and a private man, a charactir for tranacendant ability and unblemished inte grity, quite unrivalled in the annals of his native land." Altogether, we have seldom been more pleased than in perusing the dignified simplicity and im pressive truthfulness with which the character of this amiable man has been so happily and so successfully sketched. "My First Legacy" is a short, simple, and graphic tale. We would suggest to the writer to eschew pocket-books and bank• notes, and apply to the gentle being he refers to with such tender ness, and if she can't cure his troubled fancy, and save him from the ghost of Mr. Savall t his disease is beyondfor our skill, and we would consign him to t he_ hospital incurables. The continuation of ‘ Ceylon r a u n u d h t ma h l e C ingalese" is as interesting and amusing Brougham, as o usual . The paper entitled t ' The .es 1 and the Irish Law Courts, ' written in a spirited and patriotic tone. " The Seamen of the Cyclades" is continued in the same graceful and classic vein which e voked our commendation in a former notice. The paper under the head of " Sir Robert Peel on Confiscation," is able and argumentative, but our limited space will not allow us to enter into the merits of the points at issue. " Northern India," a poem—though perhaps not appearing out of place at the present moment, should not have lain so long on the shelf; it is an effusion of genuine poetical feeling, full of pure and noble sentiments. "The Emigrante,' Ship," and " The Emigrant's Tomb," are simple and full of true feeling. The lines to the " Sybil" are playful and witty. This number closes with a paper on the " Tuscan Revolution ;" the closing sentences would seem to have been suggested by somewhat of a prophetic spirit. In reference to Carlo Alberto, the writer asks—" Or will he, failing to profit by the fate of the Pope or the Grand Duke, enter upon that fatal course which begins by an orgie of popular enthu siasm, and ends at Gaeta?" The fate of the Pope con veyed no lesson of wisdom to Charles Albert. His sceptre is in the talons of the proud eagle of Austria. In the present state of Ireland we must expect to find her national periodical noticing the political events of the day ; but we will confess we would wish to see the lair garden of literature as little as possible disfigured by the unsightly weed of politics. FRASER. Fraser opens this month with four chapters from the " Peace Campaigns of Ensign Faunce," by Michael South, which promise well. Michael South is a regular thorough- bred rollicking Tory of the genuine Maginn breed, a most amusing, impudent vagabond. John Sterling's " Richard Coeur de Lion" is con tinued ; since Byron's " Don Juan" we have had no such poem. The mantle of the Italian poets has fallen on John Sterling. The article entitled " Layard's Nineveh" is a most interesting notice of Mr. Layard's recently published work; we have also an excellent review of " Hunt's Poetry of Science," and a batch of recently published novels. The " Biographical Sketch of the Career of Joseph de Maistre" is spun out to too great a length. It is out of the power of Fraser to render famous the career of such an illustrious obscure as De Maistre, of whom even on the continent little is known and less cared for. In the paper on insolvent Members of Parliament, Fraser, of course, is all for the expulsion of them from the House of Commons, although he is as strenuously opposed to the adoption of any mea sures for compelling Peers to pay their just debts. This alone is sufficient to prove the animus by which these virtuous indignants are animated. The rough sketches of " Vienna during the Siege and after it," are very interesting. The writer became ac quainted with one of Jellachich's Seretshaners, who thus explained to him the nature of Croatian military service. " Sir,' said the Seretshaner, the Croat has no pay like the other soldiers. When at home he tills his land, which it is his duty to defend against the Turks. When the Turks come over and take one of his sheep, he collects his comrades and takes as many sheep as he can find in the nearest Turkish village. When the Croat goes to war his land remains uncultivated; his wife and children must starve, and the old woman that lives in his hut, his mother, perish for want unless he bring some booty. " And ,this wholesale system of robbery and murder is not only tolerated, but organized by the Austrian Government, which boasts of its love of order and civilization. The most furious red Republican, the maddest Communist that ever denounced property as theft, never thought of orga nising such a diabolical system of plunder as this which is maintained for its own purposes by the house of Lorraine•llapsbourg. The Emperor of Austria is King of the Bohemians in every sense of the phrase. It would appear from the accounts of this writer that Windischgratz is ill-natured, ill conditioned, obstinate, and excessively stupid, and therefore he must have been almost driven mad by the escape of Dr.,Schiate, which was not only cleverly managed as regarded the escape itself, but so managed as to be most annoying to Windischgratz and the Austrian authorities, who were, by the clever tact of Schiitte, made to aid and assist in his escape, for which they received his thanks accordingly. We subjoin the very amusing account of Schiitte's ad ventures : " But the cruellest cut of all was that which Doctor Schiitte gave the poor Prince. That strange man was particularly wanted at head-quarters; the giving up of him was among the first conditions of the capitulation which the Prince had offered the town. A large reward was offered to the lucky soldier who should succeed in catching him; and, in spite of all this, and while the distant frontiers were guarded, and while the agents of the police were rummaging the distant provinces to pre vent the escape of the arch-agitator, Doctor Schiitte re mained quietly at Vienna, where he had taken lodgings in the house of a fair widow, whose attachment to the reigning dynasty was too well known to make her an object of suspicion. Quitting Vienna at length, in the most impertinent manner imaginable, and sending Prince Windischgrdtz a letter of adieu, in which he thanked him for his protection, the Doctor proceeded through Hungary into Galicia; and imposing upon the governor of that province, he, by false pretences of course, swin dled that chieftain out of a passport and an escort of two hussars, who conducted the object of Windischgriitz's hate (and, by the bye, he prides himself upon being a good hater) safely to the frontiers of Prussian Silesia. Doctor Schiitte was by far too polite a man not to ex press his deep sense of gratitude at so much unmerited kindness. He did so in a letter to the Governor-General of Galicia, which he charged his escort to deliver. The message proved an unlucky one for the two fellows, who were put in irons for the fault which their superior had committed. Delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi :in plain English—' The master's folly is the servant's crime.' It may easily be supposed that the temper of Prince Win dischgriitz was not much sweetened by occurrences like these." TAIT. After another article on the all-important Colonial Question in regard to "Canada," we have in Tait a very curious and readable paper, on the " Architec ture of Liverpool Esthetically Considered." In it the writer calls for an improvement in the elegance of proportion in our public buildings—instancing, as a cause for emulation, the changes already effected in the domestic utensils coming from our manufac tures. "A Night in the Neighbourhood of Der went Water," though a rather, long title, is a some what brief chapter, penned in a poetical mood. The " Adventures of a Russian Droski Driver in a Ceme- tery," is of a very different, and altogether of a much more entertaining character. The most agreeable paper, however, in the number is the one recounting " The Expedition of Alexander to the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon "—a scholastic compilation from the accounts of that famous and (even as regards Pagan mytho logy) blasphemous enterprise, furnished by Plutarch, Diodorus Siculus, Arrian, and Quintus Curtius, sprinkled with interjectional criticisms on Mr. Bayle St. John's work about the " Lybian Desert." A contributor of the extraordinary name (perhaps a soubriquet) of January Searle gives us a capi tal; article delineative of Huddersfield. It looks as though it were suggested in some measure by the mention of Wolverton in Sir Francis Head's bril liant book " Stokers and Pokers." " The Gold Seeker of Guazacoalco" is appropriate just now, when so many are dreaming of the Mormon diggings of California. The story will be concluded in May. One of the best criticisms we have seen for a consi derable time is the review of " Layard's Nineveh," a work which would scarcely fail to render even the most indifferent comment interesting. Mr. Percy B. St. John is close upon the termination of his historical romance of " Miranda ;" and the reader will be more than ever disposed to regret the circumstance from the extraordinary attraction of the instalment just published. In the chapters before us, among other exciting descriptions, we have a vivid account of the devilries perpetrated in the massacres of Septem ber. . " Miranda " promises to terminate like " Zanom" in the midst of the Reign of Terror. In the " Political Register " we observe that Tait exults in the " for tunate" termination of the campaign in Piedmont. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THE SMALL-PARCEL COLLECTING QUESTION.—CROUCH V. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WES'T'ERN RAILWAY COMPANY.—An action was tried at the Warwick assizes, and a verdict returned for the plaintiff—damages 491. This has decided the right of the carrier to sue for lost parcels. The first action, brought in the Exchequer of Pleas, which is on a more extended scale, is expected to come ou for trial at the sitting after next Trinity Term, when, it is stated, the entire question of small-parcel delivery will be set at rest. Mr. F. A. Lewis is the attorney for the plaintiff in both these litigations. Mr. Frederick Wordsworth Haydon, son of the late lamented artist, has been appointed by Lord John Rus sell to a landing waitorship in the Customs Department. It will be recollected that Mr. Haydon's eldest son re ceived an appointment under the Crown at the hands of Sir Robert Peel when he was in office. It is with much pleasure that we have to record this proof of kind feel ing on the part of the present Prime Minister towards the family of this gifted and lamented gentleman. the S it ir a A te lo in nt A ag id ue ß f li wCihtohlmLoerleyd Edwin n ed off in favour Hill against. of NEWSPAPER STAMPS AND ADVERTISEVENTS.— ns n y : 1 hsatanaldmftppes2nyin Scotland, eh t n o arrnsyh 7,4 A return to the house of Commons, procured by Mr. J. n ewspapers the year exclusive 4 0 8 f Brotherton, M.P., shows that the aggreg ate number of stamps; and in Ireland, penny stumps issued for n t e o w . s 8,704,236 halfpenny 13 a i li n frp6e, li nB increased stamps. 7 0 64 exclusive of e xclusive of 44 i6n , 7 7 , 0 41 2 87468, h 7 a a6 1 m8 f 67,476,768. The number um l b so er , The amount of stamps issued in England') to 7,028,956, disnvgteortisements (at ls. 6d. each) whichsince Londoniccehl paid 2 4 i 2 d f papersroonm 8 5 6 0 3c , ,i 0 8r 8 c8 8 u8 , 1 1 aa 7 t duty to the amount of 64,7911. The number of English provincial papers in 1848 was 238, p ay i ng advertisement duty to the amount o f 60,3201. _ num ber was 97, payi n c, 17 5 1.; In Scotland the b and in Ireland, 117, paying 10,3421. Lord Brougham lefttown Paris. It is th e i ntent i on of the yesterday Noble o evening, rd t o pass the for Puri Easter recess in the French capital. Lady Brougham remains in town. The Earl of pinto, the Hon. Capt, Elliott, R.N., the Ladies Elliott, and suite, embarked at Blackwell yesterday morning, on board the General Steam-Navi gation Company's steura,ship.Giraffe, forßotttrdatp.- - - 1,.., .. . . ~ ~ ... , - T H_E A11,41t Y. that , . , ~ , - _ ~. 14 We have heard with great pleasure that tlieVicaficicii ; occasioned iu ' the 24th Regireenti;byi-the 'dreao - I a - - h 1„„,,A., - • / slaughter to which they were . 0xp05e..,.4n L05 i ,,...# Chillianwallah, on the 13th of Jantiarycgre - (9,114, 4 1 up by officers of the corps,: and that,l in‘ctiiiPqh , Major Paynter and Brevet Major Harriswill succeed to the Lieutenant•Colonelcies,and Captains Blachford and Brown to the 'Majorities. Brevet Major Harris is one of the oldest Captains in the - army, with tno less than forty-two years of full pay service; and by this arrange• went he will obtain the unusual but well merited promo tion of two regimental steps in the same Gazette. Lieutenant-General Lord Fitzroy Somerset will re turn to London on Friday morning. His Lordship having proceeded to. the Netherlands, to be present at the funeral of his old comrado in arms, his late Majesty, who, it will be remembered, was employed during the Peninsular war upon the staff of his Grace the Duke of Wellington. ` 4 =- 7. _ _`_..- NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FIRST LORD'S LEVEE.—The following officers at tended the levee of the Right Hon. Sir Francis T. Baring, Bart., at the Admiralty, on Tuesday:—Captains George Mensal, Thomas Baillie, W. Loring, M. Quin; Commanders J. West, G. E. Powell, Edward Franklin, H. Schomberg, J. T. Nott, Alex. Boyle, Joseph Scott, J. C. Provost, J. J. Macdonald, H. King (b), W. Rowlett; Lieuts. John Tyssen, R. D. Stupart, G. W. Tumour, J. B. Mossie, J. Compton, Vathors Baker, G. B. Dawes, Dr. Fitzwilliam Mansell. SENIOR NAVAL LORD'S LEVEL—The folloiving offi cers attended the levee of Rear-Admiral Deans" Dundas, C. 8., M.P., on Tuesday: —Captains W. Houston, Hast ings, Collier, Memel ; Commanders E. G. Fishbourne, Newland, Powell, F. Cameron, Anderson, Garrett, West, Lieutenants—Ponsonby, A. Gordon, A. La Touche John Hanmer, Bridge, C. H. May, C. E. H. Vernon, T. P. Darnell, Chapman, J. G. Raymond, E. W. Tumour, G. H. L. Ray. Master—H. Norway. Pay ' masters and •Pursers—W. B. Pearce, E. Maunder, W. Hamilton. Clerks—J. F. Phillips, John Hayward. GALLANT RESCUE.—THE GANGES.—Ono of , those gallant instances which must ever strengthen the ties of duty and affection—which bind the officers and men of the British navy—occurred last week on board the Ganges, 84, Captain Henry Smith, C. 8., now at Cork. While the crew were exercising sails a seaman fell from the foremast futtock shrouds, and would most certainly have perished, had not the first lieutenant of the Ganges, Mr. Jones, on the instant flung himself overboard, dived, caught the struggling man under water, and arose with him to the surface of the water, when they were saved by the ship's boats. The man was much exhausted, and, we believe, though doing well, is still suffering from his accident. Mr. Jones, after this noble rescue of his shipmate, changed his dress, and resumed his duties as if nothing had happened. APPOINTMENTS. Assistant-Surgeons —Douglas N. Tucker, to the Co lumbia, steam-vessel, fitting for surveying service at Chatham; Lowry J. Monteith, to the Comet, steam vessel, fitting for surveying service at Portsmouth; Ro bert Willcox (late of the Volcano), to the Scorpion, fitting for surveying service at Devonpoit; Dr. Mark Hamilton, fitting for surveying service at Portsmouth ; J. G. F. T. Forbes, acting, to the Rifleman, for Monte Video. Clerks—Walter Lomar, to the Victory, flag-ship, at Portsmouth; R. H. Bullen, to the Agincourt, ordinary depot ship at Devonport. Midshipman—Herbert P. Milman, to the Ganges, 84, at Cork. Masters' Assistant—F. P. Collins, to the Stromboli, stenm-sloop, Channel service. Dockyard—James Sturdee and John Potter, inspec tors of shipwrights, at Devonport. The Cressy, 80, building on the plan of Messrs. Read, Creuze, and Chatfield, is progressing rapidly at Chat ham. She is to be launched this year. The Lark, 4, schooner, Lieut.-Commander G. 0. B. Hall, was paid advance, at Devonport, on Monday, and sailed to-day with the mail for the Coast. We cannot speak too highly of the expedition with which this vessel has been fitted out, and has been off to her station. There has not been an idle hour since the pendant was hoisted. In ten days from the date of the commander's appointment she was ready for sea; in another tea days she had proceeded from Sheerness to Devonport, waited orders for a week of this time, and is now off to thecoast of Africa. The Leander, new 50• gun frigate, at Portsmouth, is being prepared for immediate commission, it is currently believed, under the command of Captain Charles Eden, late flag- captain to Rear-Admiral the Hon. J. Percy and Admiral the Hon. Sir Thomas Capel, and at present private secretary to the First Lord of the Ad miralty. The Harlequin, 16, Commander Seymour, was the only British man-of-war in the Tagus on the 29th ult. The St. Vincent had not been in there at that date. The Petrel, 6, Lieutenant-Commander Creser, was paid wages at Devonport yesterday, and sailed for Falmouth. The Hercules, 20, store-ship, Master Commander Fulton, on her passage from India with a cargo of teak, is ordered to Chatham on her arrival, to deliver her cargo. The Maneuverer lighter (Ross), sailed from Devon port on Monday, with stores for Woolwich. The Duck lighter (Savage), sailed on Tuesday after noon with stores for Portsmouth. The Polyphemus, 4, steam-sloop, Commander R. B. Crawford, has arrived at Spithead from Gibraltar, to be paid off, having been relieved by the Janus. Mr. James Babb, foreman of Chatham-yard, just re tired from the service, has been presented by the ship. wrights under his direction with a handsome silver snuff box and silver pencil case as tokens of the esteem in which he:was held by them. Tux RETIRED LisTs.—By an error in the " Navy List," just published by authority, Rear-Admirals Henry Thomas Davies and the Eon. Henry Dilkes Byng have been placed on the list of retired Rear-Admirals at 255. per diem. These officers have taken their rank ac cording to their seniority with those who have been promoted from the active list ; but they are still on their half-pay as captains of 20s. per diem. Three captains have been added to the list of retired cap tains at 18s. per diem during the quarter, via., Abra ham Crawford, George Haye, and Henry Russell Man ners, seniority, 1829. _ _ _ By these retirements, and also the removal of Captain Laugharne to the Greenwich Hospital list, Captains Lord Edward Russell and Henry Shovel! Marsham (1838); and Charles Crowdy and Thomas Manse' (1134), succeed to the half-pay list of 12s. 6d. per diem. Commander William Henry Herrick (1815) has been promoted to the rank of retired captain on the list of 18 40, vice Hoffman, deceased. Three deaths on the retired lists of commanders, under the order in council of 1816, have taken place. These vacancies have been filled up by the promotion of John Jones (a), George Walker, and William Larke, from the retired list of 1830 ; and three others have been added—namely, John Jones (b), Ralph Gore, and George Augustus Saville, from the retired list of 1830. The retired or brevet list of 1830 has been reduced by six officers, removed to the other list, and one ap pointment has been made—Lieut. George White (1809), vice Lugg, deceased. THE BRISTOL MURDER. TRIAL OF SARAH THOMAS. After the jury had retired to consider their verdict (which appeared in our paper of yesterday) during their absence a charge of horse stealing was tried, aad in the course of the trial some amusing evidence was elicited, at which there was a good deal of laughter, and no one laughed more heartily than Sarah Thomas. After an absence of half an hour, the jury returned with a ver dict of Guilty, accompanied with a recommendation to mercy on the ground of her youth. She evinced no emotion when the verdict was pronounced, but when his Lordship assumed the black cap she retreated and put her hands before her face, and said, "Oh, I cannot stand that." His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence of death, observed that, though she had been recommended to mercy, he saw no reason for concurring in that recommendation. When the sentence was pronounced, and the gaoler came to remove her, she implored him to beg his Lord ship to spare her life, and said she would not go ail he had done so, and before she could be removed a second gaoler was obliged to assist in taking her away. After her removal, and the lapse of a few minutes, his Lord ship told the jury that he would forward their recom mendation for mercy to the proper quarter. Perhaps this may be the appropriate place to notice the appear ance and demeanour of the prisoner. She was a Food looking young woman, with nothing in her face to mdi. cate the criminal tendencies which she had exhibited. At the commencement of the trial she was accommo dated with a seat by order of his Lordship, and remained seated throughout the trial, exhibiting (with the excep tions already noticed) no appearance whatever of emo tion except during the delivery of Mr. Sergeant Allen ' a s speech in her defence, when she wept incessantlY, afterwards while the sentence of death was being passed, when she seemed deeply moved, and wept in a manner which affected many of the audience. NORTH HANTS ELECTION. The following is the final close of the poll at the North Rants election : Portal Shaw ... 1,199 ... 86$ Majority in favour of Portal ... 331 MINISTERIAL MO VEIL/INTL—The Marquis of Lansdowne left Lansdowne-house yesterday afternoon to join the Marchioness and the family circle assembled at Bowood, Wilts, for the Easter recess. The First Lord of the Admiralty and Lady Arabella Baring and the Misses Baring left the Admiralty yesterday for Stratton Park, Hants, where the Right Hon. Baronet and family intend to pass the recess. The Right Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse is expected to leave Berkeley square on Saturday for his seat in Wiltshire. Lord and Lady John Russell and family go to Pembroke-lodge. Richmond, to-day, where the Premier has made arrange ments to reside during the Parliamentary recess. The Earl and Countess Grey go to their seat near Windsor, for the holydays. The Earl of Minto, we bear, con templates leaving Eaton-square in a few days, accompa nied by the Countess and Ladies Elliot, for the Hague, to visit his son, the Hon. Henry Elliot, attached to the British Legation at that Court. The Right Hon. Henry and Mrs. Labouchere leave Belgrave-square to-day for Stoke Park, near Windsor, for the hoolydays. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston leave either on Saturday or Monday next for Broadlands, near Romsey, for the Eu tor holydays. SUNDAY TRADING. - Yesterday a meeting was held at the Whittingham Club, Strand, for the purpose of considering the best means of abolishirg unnecessary trading in the metropolis. Lord Harrv,wby in the chair. Resolutions i n accordance with thrp st rzosed. objects havin - g been 'adopted, the meetiniv,e