The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-19 00:00:00

ja ER MAJESTY'S 7IT EATR E. ; paper handed to him by Baron Roth sc hild , and Mdme. ALBONI. TO-MORROW Evening (Tuesday, May 20) will be per- read-- f ormed Belliini's Opera, " May 19, 1356. "Sir,—We beg to offei for the proposed lo an o f 5,000,000/. to b e p a id f or a% the perio'tls mentioned in the public notice of the Bth inst., at the rate of 108/. Three per Cent. Consolidated Annuities, with dividend from Jan. last, for every 1001. in money, on which we are ready to pay the required deposit. "To the Chancellor of the Exchequer." The Chancellor of the Exchequer.—That is not equal to our terms. How much is that equal to in Consols ? Baron Rothschild.—Very nearly 92g. Mr. Wilson.—Or 92i ? Mr. J. Capel.—lt is between 92i and 92g. Baron Rothschild—lt is within 9d. of 921. The Chancellor of the Exchequer—Well, that is not equal to our terms. Will the Governor of the Bank open the paper which I have placed in his hands ? The Governor having opened the paper read the minimum, terms of the Government, 107/.los. 7d., or equal to 93. The Chancellor of the Exchequer—There is therefore a difference of g. Baron Rothschild —Will you allow us to retire .'or a few moments, as before ? The parties then retired. On their return, Baron Rothschild, addressing the Chancellor of he Exchequer, said—We have decided on accept ng your terms. The Chancellor of the Exchequer —Very good You will please sign the usual paper. Baron Rothschild —Yes. Your terms are 107/. 10s. 7d., or Consols at 93. The Governor of the B tnk.—Precisely so. The contract was then signed in due form, and the parties immediately withdrew. From this we may form some opinion of the radical defects of the system. It is manifest that the Government "bill-discounter " was trying to FrlA c tutitteitats. — salsw?n - g ttiat there is no com petition, in consequence of the virtual monopoly he has established, he may bid as low as he I pleases. The sealed paper is then ,opened, the supposed secret—if secret it be—is revealed, and the bargain is concluded. What, then, can be the advantage of the affectation of mystery ? It does no good, but it prevents the general compe tition that might save a large amount to the Exchequer. If we could get rid of " red tapism " the price would be announced and the public invited to subscribe, and fifty, or or even one hundred millions, could easily be ob tained. But the middle-man system must be followed up at a cost that would, if better applied, admit of many valuable although apparently trivial reforms. When more than 90,0001. of anticipated profit has been so easily surrendered, we may form an estimate, nearly as accurate as any we may expect from the Financial Minister this evening, of the gains actually realised. It would surely form an appreciable item in the taxes levied on the general community, or a valuable contribution to the fund for the relief of the widows and orphans who have to deplore the losses of husbands and fathers during the late war. LA SONNAMBU LA. Arabia, Madame Alboni ; Lisa, Millie. Rizzi ; Teresa, Mdlle. Borgaro ; Elvino, Signor Calzolari ; Alessi°, Signor Vario ; and Count Rodolpho, Signor Beneventano. To conclude with the successful Ballet Divertissement, LES QUATRE SAISONS ; by Mdmes. Bellon, Boschetti, Lizereux, Pierron, Katrine, And M. Vandris. Pas de Deux, Mdlle. Boschetti and M. 'Vandris; Pas, Mdlle. Katrine, accompanied by Mdlle Pierron and coryphees ; Pas, Mane. Lizereux and Corps de Ballet ; Pas de Bacchante, Mlle. A. Bellon; Pas de Deux, Mdlle. Bellon and M. Vandris; Finale, Mdlles. Bellon, Boschetti, Lizereux, Katrine, and M. Vandris, and Corps da Ballet. Applications for boxes and stalls to be made at the Box office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. --The Opera will commence at 8 o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. R. T. Smith. ENGLISH OPERA. - THIS EVENING will be produced MISCHIEVOUS ANNIE. After which. CINDERELLA. To conAnde with THE YANKEE HOUSEKEEPER. Prince FREDERICK WILLIAM of Prussia is en route to England, and may be expected every day. The object of his mission is no secret. He is a suitor for the hand of the Princess Royal ; and it 'is unfortunately but too notorious that the matter is already arranged, and that nothing re mains but providing the dowry fur the Royal victim. It is, of course, impossible to say whether " the daughter of England" will be contented with her lot. There are few English parents who would allow a child of 15 years old to enter into a binding engagement before she could know her own mind, or form a correct judgment as to whether the intended match was calculated to promote her happiness. A brief respite might be allowed, unless queitions of "State policy" im peratively required the sacrifice ! M3rriages de convenances were never very popular in England in any rank of life ; and past experience has cer tainly not enhanced the feeling iu their favour. But perhaps the most unfortunate of any of the kind that have been contracted have been those of the Royal families, from the very earliest period of English history. But setting aside, so far as manly, generous Englishmen can set aside the personal question, let us look to it in the only point of view in which it seems to be regarded by - "the prevailing in fluence." Consider it merely as a question of State policy—and see whether it be beneficial to Eng land or the English ? We have had considerable experience of Prussian policy since the commence ment of the Etstern difficulty, and certainly no inducement has been thereby afforded to induce us to desire a closer connection. She has provei, beyonc the possibility of doubt, her entice and unmitigated selfishness. Questions of European interest were disregarded unless they affected Germany, and that part of Germany iu which Prussia was concerned. She wilfully and delibe rately abdicated the position she once occupied, and proved that there was nothing to be hoped for from her friendship, or feared from her TILE S LON vote a dower of even 7,000/. (to say nothing of 70,000/., which is perfectly ridiculous). Such a resolution may abate the ardour of the "love , sick" Prussian, although we fear it would not pre vent the marriage, the collateral advantages whereof to the Court of Berlin would induce it to accept the juvenile Princess without portion, alhough, according to its usual policy, it will, like the Irish patriot, " take all it can get, and keep grumbling." Owing to the inclemency of the weather there was no demonstration in the Parks yesterday. Had the day been specially provided for the Poor by Exeter Hall it could not have been more un genial. The rain fell in all sorts of showers, inter rupted at intervals by a momentary glimpse of sunshine, overcast almost immediately by wild gusts of wind charged with pattering hail—hail, on one occasion, of the heaviest description. No band could, under any circumstances, have played on such a day in the open air, and the people wisely stayed away. Exeter Hall is quite at liberty to make the most it can of the event. A table covered with communications from all parts of the kingdom, and from individuals of various classes in society, tes tifi?s, apart from what we have seen and heard, to the resolution of the public to do battle with Exet er H a ll on the Sabbath question --00111- muraications, it i s but justice to say, characterised by so much intelligence, and worded in a strain of such indignant earnestness, that it is with much regret we find ourselves unable, through want of space, to admit them into our columns. One gentleman wt.,. - --a satisfaction at the stand now being made by the London people against the hot-headed Sabbata rians, thus vindicates Yorkshire from participation in the Pharisaisni of the Leeds Mercury :—" I write to assure you that many of the most ardent admirers of Mr. BAINES, as far as regards his general politics, have been fairly sickened by the endless repetition of his' Pharisaical views against the observance of the Sabbath, and his long tirades against every system of National Educa tion which has been brought before Parlisment." Another, " A Presbyterian," testifies unequivo cally not only to the order which characterised these Sunday reunions, but also to their educa tional tendencies, and expresses the most pro found surprise at the undignified conduct of the Premier. So satisfied is ho of the good m ral effects of these reunions, that, though a " working " man, he is prepared to subscribe' a sovereign to the payment of the band. Another correspondent, apparently a professional gentleman, takes up and amusingly deals with the subject of sacred music, showing to what irreve rent tunes those who object to polka or waltz music in the Parks are accustomed to sing the praises of GOD. Another demands to be informed whether "the glorious and happy sight in the Parks is never to be seen more by those who have the bad taste to prefer our Great Master's own examp!e, and the teachings of such men as JEREMY TAYLOR, PALEY, and WHATELY, to SUMNER, CHIMING, and the Ranters." Again, this is addressed to the opposition, " Open our British Museum, our great national institutions, gardens, and galleries —you may then, and not till then, shut up our gin palaces and take away our park music." Others are in a more indignant key, but in one thing they all coincide, and that is in saying, g" Speak unto the people of London that they go forward." The people of London, we are per suaded, have sot their hands to the plough and will not go back. The wrong done them rankles deeply in their breasts, and we must say they would deserve to be turned outof their theatres and other places of week-day amusement proscribed by the Sabbatarian party also if they did not persist in having it righted. There will be a demonstra tion, possibly of triumph, next Sunday, if the weather does not resemble_ that of yesterday, and we would recommend our readers to use their utmost influence in getting up or in any way promoting the signature of peti tions for the restoration of the Bands in their respective localities. The House of Commons is on its last legs ; and i c2nsequently, is weak and timorous, and but too easily persuaded by the Sabbatarian party to vote against its inclinations. The Premier depends on the House, and, between the two, the cause of the people has fallen to the ground. Let them both be made aware, by host o bona fide petitions, that it will be their wisdom not to provoke the people too far ; fur, if any harm ensues, the Sabbatariaus won't be able to guarantee them their seats. In point of fact, the number of those who would absolutely with hold their votes from a non-Sabbatarian Member is much smaller than is supposed even by those who believe themselves well-informed on the subject. The difference between signing a petition and re fusing a vote is immense. We would fain hope that Honourable Members will arrive at the con riction that the London population, knowing what is right and proper for themselves, really desire Sabbath recreation, and will withdraw all ungracious interference with their enjoyment, so as to enable the Premier to muster up resolution to rescind the prohibition. The people really mean to succeed ono way or other —and peaceably if possible. HE ROYAL ACADEMY. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.— Vay 18. (FROM 017 R OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THE COURT AT OSBORNE. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived yesterday. Fier Majesty, the Prince Clusort, the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Prince Alfred, attended divine service at Whippinghain Church this morning. The Prince of Prussia is expected at Osborne to morrow. PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM OF PRIISSIA.—It is de. finitively arranged that Prince Frederick William, eldest son of the Prince of Prussia, will land at Dover to-mor vow afternoon, and will at once leave, attended by a nu merous suite, for Osborne, on a visit to her Majesty and bis Royal Highness Prince Albert. His Royal High. ness during his sojourn in this country, which it is con templated will not exceed the last week in June, will be the guest of the Queen. As our readers are aware, the illustrious Prince is stated to be the suitor for the hand of the Princess Royal. The Earl of Clarendon, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, the Right Hon R. Vernon Smith, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, have remained in town during the recess. Lord Panmnre returns to town this morning from the north. The Duke of Argyll, accompanied by the Duchess, comes to town to-day from staying with the Duke of Sutherland at Clifden, near Maidenhead. The Right Hon. Henry and Lady Mary Labeuchere came to town on Saturday from their country seat. The Earl Granville, the Lorl President of the Conn cii, accompanied by the C,,untess, arrived in town late inst night, from visiting Sir R )bert and Lady Eratly Peel, at Drayton Manor, Staff .rdshire. General Chesney and Mr. W. P. Andrew had an in terview with;his Highness Aali Paella, the Grand Vizier, at Claridge's Hotel, on the 17th inst., regarding the Euphrates Valley route to India. Lord and Lady Aveland and the Hon. Gilbert Heath cote, M.P,, have removed froni Langham-place t., En grave-square. Lord Aveland has purchased a long lease of the mansion occupied for many years by the late Earl Brownlow. Sir James and Lady Anne Mackenzie have arrived at Claridge'a Hotel, from their seat in Scotland. Mr. Rc , bcrt Stephenson, as President of the Institu tion of Civil Engineers, announces his Conversazione for Tuesday, May 27. Major-General Sir James Love, K.C.B. and K. 11., Lieut.-Governor of Jersey, is to proceed to the Austrz -li3:a ctidoniFs.-. United Savice Gazdef. (THIRD NOTICE.) AIrO in our two previous criticisms upon the R Academy Exhibition for 1856, we have given, t of all, a general survey of the promi nent oaeteristies of the collection ; and, se conclY, analysis of the chief contributions from the n( conspicuous masters in the old-new schoo i the Pre-Raphaelites. It remains for us nor' sdventure upon some more comprehen sive efitee of the 618 pictures disposed upon the wth of the three principal apartments. Ap propribv enough, the motto selected for the title-peeseF this year's Catalogue, is the senti ment rolLa Harpe—.." Lea Artises sont les en fans la Paix, ils sont bienfaiss-oats comme elle, et c'et pe elle qu'ils prosperent." Appropriately enoug, ere say, when viewed merely as an ab stractuiment, and not as one having reference to any imediate application of it—seeing that most of theoa:ntings at present exhibited on the walls of thelcademy must have been carried tolerably far toerds completion before this amiable Patron of Art was summoned anew into being by the Paris lenipotentiaries ! Theftoyal Academicians themselves are in some force tis season, notwithstanding the visitor looks in vain—as usual of late years—for any new ma nifestaion of the genius of perhaps the greatest of all lying English Painters, William Mulready 1 Although Creswick has retired, for once, from the annual competition ! Although Cape, and Her bert, aul Maclise have all restricted their energies of late to the advancement of the legislative palace at Westminster ! Although among the defaulters for 1856 may be yet fur ther enumerated —Knight with his speak ing likenesses, and Denby with his gor . alternately of the poet, and the novelist, and the chronicler. Regretting the absence of these emi nent names from the list of exhibitors, we have, nevertheless reason for some degree of exultation over the treasures of art actually contributed to the Gallery of the Royal Academy by the Royal Academicians themselves. Leslie, it is true, con tents himself with the display of but one solitary production, and that a very inadequate one, as a token of his rare abilities whether as a designer or. as a colourist. No. 144.—a statuesque glimpse of "Hermione," the Hermione, however, rather of the Atelier than of the stage, of Leslie than of Shakspere. Webster, again, delights his admi rers with no more than a single painting, but such a painting !—one so wondrously worthy in every way of this Hogarth of the Cottage, this Ostade of the Playground, this Wilkie of the Vil lagers—No. 114--" Hide and Seek." A picture in which the great artist-humourist has tasked his invention so very charmingly in stowing away a "dispersed cluster " of youngsters, one in the baby's cradle, with an obtrusive boot sticking out from under the coverlet ! another beneath an overturned basket, with a hand forgotten outside the wicker -work ! a couple of breathless urchins flattened together iu anxious complicity behind the opening door, through which the eager laughing boy-seeker is peering, in hopes of detecting hie perdu-playmates. Mother all the while, good, com fortable Mother, sitting in the midst with an evident though suppressed appreciation of all the fun lighting up the grave mouth and the laughing eye —as though she feared by the mere expression of her maternal features to betray the whereabouts of her boyish Romps and her girlish Hoydens ! - Stanfield, moreover, has but two pictures in the collection, but one of these two a very masterpiece, No. 94, " The Abandoned"— the hull of a wrecked vessel far away on the wild ocean, rolling heavily upon the rolling billows, luridly lit up by a sun-burst streaming down upon it from a sudden cloud -rent overhead—altogether the most wonderful bodying forth of a wierd ideal of solemn, pathetic, and uttermost desolation. Compared with this magical seascape, Stanfield's other marine piece, admirable though it is in several particulars, No. 191, " A guarda costa ridine out a gale at the mouth of the Bidassoa," dwindles into insignificance. A couple of paint ings are alone supplied this season, also, from the easel of Sir Edwin Lindseer, No. 147, " Saved," very appropriately dedicated to the Humane So ciety, and No. 208, "Highland Nurses," most inappropriately dedicated to -Miss Nightingale. The former picture being the representation of a panting Newfoundland, who is supposed to have preserved a little boy from drowning, though when must ever remain matter of the wildest con jecture seeing, that the child appears to be, some. how or other " - as dry as a bone," while the dog, no less strangely, seems to be only slightly damp about the hind quarters ! The latter picture being, on the other hand, a not very graceful tribute to the benevolence of the heroine of Scutari, through the medium of an incident not unusual in forest• life—where the fawns are seen tenderly licking the bleeding bullet-hole in the flank of a wounded doe, tumbled down in pain and exhaustion among the grass and fern of the green wood shave. "Saved," though hung rather too high to be seen to advantage will be regarded, we doubt not, as the painting the less unworthy of the two, as an exemplar of those rare powers which have secured to our great animal-painter his unrivalled and European reputation. Red,grave, has but two pictures in the present collection, as we hate just observed to be the case, in 1856, on the part of the animal painter Lenclseer and of the marine-painter Stanfield—Redgrave's companion contributions being, however, as neither in the instance of Stanfield or of Landseer, nently pre-Raphaelite in their general treatment. No. 68, " Little Red Riding H eel," a d ilicioue green vista of forest scenery, with a wondrous sil vered, moss-dappled, gnarled, and lichened bole in the foreground, the whole of the wondrous little wood view actually "lit up" by the scarlet cloak of the tiny, light footed lady of the nursery song; and No. 182, " Handy Janie," the " knowing est" little country lassie that ever had her portrait !leaned by the cunning brush of a pre Raphaelite academician ! Another of these potent academi cians, who tantalises us with merely two contri butions to the present year's very remarkable exhi bition, has yet to be particularised, as he ever deserves 4 be particularised most honourably and eulogistically —E. M. Ward—one of the youngest, as he is also one of the most gifted, of the R. A.'s of England: 'Both of these contributions, howbeit, are so admirable of their kind, that we have no serious cause to complain of the artist's indolence, or to speak of such pictures in sober earnest as in any way merely tantalising. No. 75, "The last parting of Marie Antoinette and her Son" --- another of Mr. Ward's pathetic mementoes of the dungeon life of the Bourbons, in the earliest and most terrible of the three great French Revolu tions. The painter, who has already celebrated upon historic canvass the incarceration of Napo leon Bonaparte during the first days of the Direc tory; and the passage of Charlotte Corday t© execution under th e g aze of Robespi erre, and Denton, and Desmoulins ; and the prison -griefs of Louis XVI. and his Family, with the Queen patching the threadbare vest and the Princess tending another Picciola in the window -sill —has here, in No. 75, no less gracefully, no less ten derly, no less pathetically portrayed, the last parting of the luckless and beautiful Marie An toinette from her unfortunate Children. Besides the Queen, the Dauphin, his sister, and the sister of the dead King, there gloom upon us from the background various members of the Revolutionary Committee, some terrible and some in their preposterous dresses absolutely and grotesquely ridiculous. Inimitable, too, is the litter of the still-life accessories of the picture, the canvass frame with its half-completed embroidery, the ball of worsted rolled into a tangle, the gut tered tallow on the neglected tin-sconce, the broken slate with its sums partially obliterated, the gaudy tricoloured sash wound round the waist of the child-Dauphin, then indeed regarded by the emigres as King Louis XVll.—all help marvellously to point the moral of that melan choly story of royal suffering and Republican de basement. Ward's other picture No. 587, "Byrou's early love," is altogether a smaller and 14s rretendilag work of art, claivfly noticeable for recesses of that diab o li ca l rea l m o f th e p ur l o i n i ng Di; and the ravished Proserpine. Tire effect of the picture altogether would be absolutely laugh able, but that it happens at the same time,to bt positively and irredeemably revolting. While orpheits fiddles—Eurydic3 seems to be gibberizag, $0 MONDAY EVENING, MAY 19, lB5 the skilful contrast of the wax-light of the draw ing -room interior seen through the lattice window and the moonlight of the rural-scene outside Annes ley Hall—the figure of Byron standing midway between the moonlight and the waxlight looking in upon the lovely form of his beloved whirling about in the dance—his own exquisitely chiselled profile being precisely turned the while to the gaze of the spectator, the ver y type o f a poet face ! Frith has three paintings in the gallery this year, one of these an universal favourite with ma nmas and little children —No. 131. "Many Happy Returns of the Day," a charm ing, peep for after times at the home-life of well-to-do English folk of our present comfort-loving generation. Grandpapa turn ing from his newspaper, and looking amused over the top of his spectacles, from his easy-chair in the chimney corner as the little puss at his el bow brines him (carefully) his brimming glass of wine—Grandtnamrnal,t silver-haired and good hu moured at the dessert-table—Papa, comely but al most Jewish in his smugness, giving out the Toast of the Day, the Health of the little Dar ling under the bowering arch of flowers !—it is 1 all admirable—admirable from Mamma herself verging prettily to the matronly epoch of embon point, or from her unmarried sister (who is never intended, we wager, to degenerate into an old maid, but who will doubtless, in a very few years, have cogent reasons of her own for wishing the same good wishes to others than nephews and nieces) to those same nephews and nieces in all the many stages of child-like excitement, or to the prim litie p?,Hour-maid in the back-ground bearing in her hand the birth-day present of a doll or a punchi nello ! It is all, we repeat, admirable :as No. 7 from the same hand, " A Dream of the Future," is exquisitely graceful, or as No. 341, also from the easel of Frith, " Garden Flowers," is really o.s...es_ - _ - -- amp," ~f something leetter than of in our earliest notice of this years Exhibition , of the Royal Academy—the notice which ap neared • in our columns on • the very day of the " private view "—in those earnest terms of ad , miration which are peculiarly due to the principal among his five very noteworthy contributions. No. 10, a wonderful interior view of " Christmas Day at St. Peter's, Rome, 1854 "—an interior resplendent by its marvellous combination of papal pomp and architectural magnificence. No. 337, " St. Peter's—looking back upon Rome ;" No. 383, " Venice—approach to the Grand Canal ;" No. 541, an "Old Temole on a Sunny Promontory ;" and No. 552, " A Monu ment at Venice," are exteriors by Roberts of sin gular and varied excellence, but his interior of St. Peter's, No. 10, is incomparably this year in every way the artist's chef d'oeuvre. Without subscribing to the rather pert opinion of Uwins, as expressed once upon a time to Mr. Morris Moore, by the Honourable Member for Perthshire, we may content ourselves with a hint that the old painter is somewhat paqsé, N )s. 261, 472, and 893 being scarcely passable, the picture, the least unworthy of his former fame being, without doubt, No. 454, his very English scene o f " Gleaners l eav i ng the Stubble-field." Jones's least unsatisfactory painting, again, for the pre sent season, is No. 186, being a very melo olramatic, smoky, theatrical reeresentatien of the battle of " Trukkee" (28th Feb., 1845), when Sir Charles Napier was a greater " God of War" than Dalhousie, " Lieutenant -Colonel to the Earl of Mar," conquering Scinde by a series of thunder. strokes, and only laying aside the sword of the Conqueror to take up the pen and the fasces of the Administrator. Witherington rejoices our sense of the beautiful in rural scenery as agreeably as ever ; while the two Pickersgills display their con trasting merits—larger promise being observable it, the Associate than in the Academician as cannot be said to occur in regard to the two Coopers —the Academician here revealing, .as hitherto, astonish ing ability as a painter of horses, and in regard to the mere number of his pictures more than ordinary productiveness. Of all his eight contri butions, the one which will doubtless be examined by the generality with the liveliest interest, being No. 245, the " Portraits of Two old Campaigners," M arengo, the white war-horse of Nap 'Leon, and Copenhagen, the bay-charger of his Grace, the late Duke of Wellington. Cooper, the Associate, in his turn, contributes half-a-dozsn of his Cuyp-like Cattle-scenes to the Gallery, one of them in combination with a landscape by LOT, according to their wont, as the Beaumont and Fletcher of the brush—Lee's noblest work this season, however, being No. 221, an exqeisite marine piece, a view of " The Plymouth Break water," a masterpiece of water painting, whether viewed in regard to the feathery curls of spray blown off from the crests of the distant surges, or in reference to the wide ample wash of the waves over the level stones of the breakwater in the foreground. Frost continues to be as ever clas sically conventional both in theme and treatment —but charmingly so, we admit, in No. 162, his group of the " Graces." Horsley, among five pictures of great beauty gives us one, No. 311, " A Novice," which we do not hesitate at once to select as of all the " best beautiful." G , odel 1 forsakes this year, for once, the field in which he reaped his first laurels, for one in which we cannot think he will ever add to them very considerably ; we mean that of historice religious painting to which he has exclusively dedicated his energies this year Cirough the mediuso of his one large picture, No. 359, " °releaser at the Traitor's Gate"—,a picture of which we are constrained to say (in spite of our admiration for the artist's genius) that it is dec'de(liv larger th an it is meritorious. Neither C-an we regard Frank Stone as having, by his one solitary production, displayed in this year's ex hibition, extended very considerably his reroute— let us say —as a love-painter ! No. 319, " Doubt " beiug (in spite of tw, t or three co:u ily f aces) both in general merit and in actual purpose, eminently doubtful. Poole hardly realises, for once, the expectations cherished, season after season, by those who appreciate, as it deserves, the genius of that Defoe of the Pencil : No. 373, " The Con spirators," being only remarkable for its chiaro scuro. Eltuore, on the contrary, has surpassed himself by his admirable historic picture N.. 175, portraying " Charles V. at Yuste" —he old Emperor bidding a last farewell to the earth with all its beauties, to 'king his last upon his favourite Titian, upon the portrait of his beloved wife, as she was in her youthful .loveliness, breathing, for the last time, the fresh and scented air floating in from the garden into the coolness of the cloisters, basking in the last gleams of the evening sunlight—prior to his being carried, for the last time, into the gloomy cell, from which he was to come forth no more alive I The aged M march, as portrayed by the brush of Elmore, is a marvellous limning of reverent and dejected senility. The accessories, many of them, are in troduced with singular adroitness—the favourite parrot upon the chair-rail with the nutshells littered on the ground beneath its perch —nay, the mere velvet covering of the chair, black velvet, old; worn, and threadbare—everything is painted with colours of astonishing verisimilitude. Conspicuous, if not preeminent, among the failures of the present year, is that pre sented by the one picture contributed to the walls of the Academy by the young artist who last section delighted the world of art with the im moose promise visible in his painting of a Pre- Raphaelite Procession. Leighton's picture for 1856 is again, indeed, a large one, and so far, but no farther, bears a resornhlance to its prede ceseor. It is, No. 508, entitled "The Thump!' of Music"—the subject of it being in reality n more the Triumph -of Music than its treatment by Mr. Leighton can be considered, in any way at all, a token of the Triumph of Painting. It is Orpheus, in fact, trying to redeem his wife from Hades ! Such a blear-eyed, hand-clasping, high sh )uldered, hobgoblin of an Eurydice, being, it, fact, the most horrible object, perhaps, Orpheus could anywhere have discovered in all the horrid We turn our glance from this big painting with a shudder of disgust, and happily find an exqui site relief by walking over to an opposite corner of the same apartment, where T. Faed, another artist who gave* large promise last year, has in some respects already justified the popular expec tations in his regard by a little picture, No. 592, of " Highland Mary"—a picture delicious in colouring, the red bundle on the lassie's lap har monising, with the loveliest effect, with her looped up kirtle of green, and the under petticoats of yel low and brown, toned down by the neutralising grey of the shepherd's plaid thrown over her shoulders —the charm of the whole figure being crowned by the lovely face so soon to be lamented in its grave by the tender heart and eloquent lips of the Poet Ploughman ! This cabinet picture of " Highland Mary" we take to be, in every way, a more notable contribution to the gallery from the easel of Mr. Faed than that larger painting, No. 273, " Home and the Hoineless," which is, strictly speaking, but a weakened repetition of the idea expressed by the artist's, popular picture of last year, "The Mitherless Bairn." Prominent among the successes of 1856, how ever, let us mark especially two most charming contributions to the walls of the Royal Academy by a rung artist of much more than large pro mise, already, be it said, of very considerable and remarkable achievement ! Pictures they are by J. M. Carrick : one of them, No. 86, " Brook Ford, Devon"—with its overhanging branches chequered into light and shade by the gleaming sunbeams, and the cool and transparent current underneath stirred into minutest ripples by the pleasant zephyrs and the hooves of the quaffing horse driven down to water by the little urchin bestriding honest Debbin : the other, No. 262, "The Village Postman" searching in his letter bag for good news for the expectant cottager— every detail of the rustic scene sketched in by marvellous - truthfulness, not theteiritt reginTo' the rural perspective, but in reference even to the tiles upon the house-top, the clambering ivy, the dusty road, and the twinkling leaves of tree and thicket. Another artist of the same name, popular now for some years among our most popular miniature painters, T. Carrick, the miniature painter of Lord John Russell, and Daniel O'Con nell, and Signor Lablaclie, and William Ferran, and other varied celebrities—with whose features the English public have been familiarised by no hand more successfully than by that of T. Carrick —appears during the past year to have been more than usually industrious and in some instances more than ordinarily successful. Instance this— Nos. 702, 709, 721, 727, 751, 778, 797, and 826 —particularly in regard to No. 751, the likeness of Miss Cushman, the celebrated tragic and melo dramatic actress, a Bete, clever, characteristic face, too often seen disfigured in the hag-like guise of the gipay witch, Meg Merrilies. Raturning from the Miniature R min into the priucip tl suite of apartments, we would more par titularly direct same few words of mist cordial admiration to a very noble picture, villatiously hung, close down by the ground, so that you are obliged to kneel to see it preperly, a remarkable painting by H. Wallis, No. 352, "Chatterton." Ur. Wallis has two other pictures in the gallery of no inconsiderable merit, No. 56, "Marten's Tower, Chepstow Castle," and No. 516, "Andrew Marvell returning the Bribe"---but this splendid work, depicting the suicide of Thomas Chatterton, white it is the finest production yet given to the world by the genius f Mr. Wallis, is also, ba it said, one of the most extraordinary works of art in the whole Exhibition. We may conjecture that the painter (for the exigencies of colour, per haps) has somewhat overdone the raiment of th. " marvellous boy, the sleepless soul that perished in his pride," depicting him in white silk (?) stockings, and violet satin (?) knee breeches, and—. on the chair by the side of his miserable death pallet--a crimson velvet (?) doublet clothes poor Caatterton (who destroyed himself after un dergoing two or three days and nights of absolute starvation) would certainly (if he had had them) have turned into bread at the pawnbrokers. But forgiving this sollicisin - as" to the app erel of the boy-creator of Rowley--what pathos may we not discover in this representation of his suicide ! In she lithe still, almost childish, figure, in the thin stripling face, in the wild disorder of the reddish auburn hair, in the torn and scattered manuscripts, in the clenched hand, in the very bloom which has been shed by the plant in the flowerpot upon the window-sill ! And the'distant morning view of the great city (this "stony-hearted " dreadful London of ours) seen through Cho dim and broken glass of the Brooke-street garret window—surely never be fore was light, seen thrOugh window glass, so won derfully, truthfully, astonishingly painted ! It is the very triumph of actual fact and tragic power in painting ! Honeur say we to the hand that could depict so powerfully, so poetically, and so re tyingly the death-scene closing that astonishing career of Chatterton. Another painting wo would also mention in terms of well-merited praise, No. 35, " Home" by Paton, the most pathetic memento of the late war that has yet come under our ob servation. And so—with a glance of chagrin into the dark and chilly store-room devoted below-stairs to sculpture —we pass once again into the daylight from this eighty-eighth Royal Academy Exl bition. LITERATUAE. A Stemmer itti Yortlorit rAtrope. By &lin% Bun. bury, au , ,hor of " LLfe in Sweden," &c. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is a very lively attl.agreeable hook of travels, full of sketches of national characters and descrip tions of scenery given in a pleasing and en tortaiu ing style. The authoress, who is already famur ably known to the public . both as a novelist and a traveller, has previously ,given us a narrative of her life and adventures iii Sweden during a northern winter. The present work, however, does not re strict us to one country, for we are introduced to scenes in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Gothland, the Aland Islands, of which we have all heard so much, and many other placer of interest. In al• she met with a most hospitable reception—indeed the description she gives throughout of her ac- Traiotanee with the inhaaitants of the North leaves a very favourable impression. Their kind ness and readiness to accommodate and oblige a total stranger was without excep ion, and the au thoress has well repaid thel friendly attend ins she met with, in the attractive picture she has drawn of then. She has evidently visited many countries, and is therefore in some degree qualified to judge of national character as well as of architecture and national features. Her descriptions of the latter are full of admiration of the wonderful effects of the northern winter, of which' she is an enthusiastic admirer. So vivid is her recollection of the splen dour of a northern night, with its clear spherical moon and glittering crystal snow, that she often refers to it, and depicts it even in the record of her summer excursions. She tells the tale of her own adventures very a,greeably, and many amusing mis fortunesarerelatedfor thereader'sgratification. One of these was on the occasion of her first landing in Sweden, when she only knew a few words of the language, but trusting to the information of her guide-book repaired to an hotel where English was said to be spoken. A. young woman appeared, to whom she put the question, " Can you speak Bug lish ?" and received the satisfactory answer of " Yes." The wearied traveller accordingly gav e her order ;•foremost in the list, of course, the Bag lish demand for tea. "Yes" was the reply to every inquiry or command, and the attendant disap peared. An hour elapsed —no tea. The bell was rung ; up came the English interpreter, who, on being asked if the r e f res h ments were ready, replied Yes," and went away again. Another hour and another ring at the bell. A stranger this time ,lame, and made the traveller understand that the E iglish flicks was out. At length she returned. •, We are tired of waiting for this tea," exclaims the traveller. " Yes," is still the oheerful reply. 1 new light breaks on the victim's mind, "Is yes Ole only word you can say ?I' she asks. " Yes, 'is ince more the answer ! How she extricated her , elf from her dill:lenity she does not tell us. Many ,f the old traditions and :semantic tales of the :ountry aro interspersed, and afford a pleasing variety. Many anecdotes of the famous Gustavus Vasa are also introduced, though the writer dues lot seem to regard that warlike monarch with much dmiration. Had he been unsuccessful, she says, ,ud ended his life as Gustavus Vasa, the Adven- urer, instead of King Gustav:the First, she might iave felt the same interest in his career as in that , it Charles Edward, but as history puts that possi- Jility out of the question, she cannot help differing entirely with her good friends the syredep, who THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. the Management of Mr. Hooligan'. THI3 EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by EL GAMBUSINO; or, £he Mexican Goldseeker. After which, GRIMSHAW, BAGSHAW, AND BRADSHAW. To conclude with TO If THUMB. ROYAL t•KlNt;&BB'zi tdr:AtitE Ol.*OrtD-4TREF.T. Under the Ifinagemont or %fr. CIZAHLES KEAN. THI4 EVENING, THE VICTOR VANQUISHED. After which, VIE WINTER'S TALE. nine/fat characters 50 , '.Kr. and Kra. C. Kean. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI. Proprietor and Kan ner, Mr. B. web s t ar . nir ";"riilN LIKE AND UNLIKE. Messrs. B. Webster, Wright, P. Be Pont. C cleny, Garden ; Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham. After which, ITRGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY. ASTLEY'3 ROYAL. AMPEIITHEAT RE. Lessee and Afan”er. Mr. Wm Cooke. Decided and unequivocal triumph ! THIS EVENING, The highly successful Romantic Equestrian Spectacle, called THE HORSE OF THE CAVERN', or th, M 'tinted Brigands of the Abruzzi, in which Mr. williarn Cooke's Horses, trained by him, will exhibit a number of novel eff •cts —turning the ponderous wheel of the cavern, fetching water from the well, kicking down the door of the guard-house, &c., &c. Aug' si Eruption of Vesuvius. After which, The EQI7ESTRIiN ACTS in the ARENA, concluding with a Gem of High Art. &,a-office open fr E'ev.n tit Fovr. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Nfr. v. Co die, Jun. WA.14 7 ..R. AT LONDON BUDGE. -- THIS DAY—Morn. 23 min. aft. I—Evening 45 min. aft. 1 T -MORROW—Morn. 2 min. aft. 2 —Evening 18 min. aft. 2 THE WEA. I'HER—SuN OFFICE, MAY 18. THERMOMETER, IN THZ SBADE. 63 -highest since noon yesterday. 47 —lowest this morning and during the night. 55 —this day at noon. BAROVETEIt, 29.55. WIND, S.W.—Fresh, with heavy squalls and rain occa sionally. Yesterday afternoon it blew a very strong gale from S.W., with heavy gusts, rain and hail—quite stormy. MAY 9. 60 —highest since noon yesterday. 47 —lowest this morning and during the night. 62 —this day at noon. • BAROMETER down to 29'52, now up to 29•92—a rise of nearly half an inch. WIND, W.S.W. to W.N.W.—Rather fresh, with fine weather—sunshine and cloudy. w. ,e it- 4 Ot LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 19, 1856. THE NEW LOAN OF FIVE MILLIONS, The Loan has been this day concluded. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has accepted the offer made, and he will this evening call on the soi disant guardians of the national purse, to affirm the contract. We have already explained the nature of the gross aggression on the unques tionable privileges of the House of Commons, which should atone be sufficient to prevent the ratification of the bargain. He has wilfully and deliberately usurped an authority to which he is by Ro means entitled, and that damning fact should prevent really independent members from sanctioning the transaction, however favourable it may be in other respects. By a time-honoured and excellent rule, any amendment of the 'Upper House on a financial question will be rejected ! Why, then, should not a similar regulation be adopted with respect to any interference on the part of the Crown, which would be even more objectionabfe than on the part o: the collateral legislative body ? In the present instance, as in that which occurred in February, Baron ROTHSCHILD was the only bidder. The conditions offered were such as to discourage any competition, and to offer a hand some premium to the middle men, or loan mon gers, who merely come forward in the first in stance without any intention of seeking perma nent investments. The tender was also below the minimum contained in " the sealed paper." Erebruary it was nearly 1.75. Gd. ; at present it is 9s. 3d. per cent., and nearly 22,0001., or 21,9331. Gs. Bd., has been saved to the tax-payers by " the sealed paper." The following is a brief report of the proceedings at the Treasury, viz. : A numerous attendance of capitalists took place this morning at the Treastfry to take part in the bidding for the new loan of 5,091,0 Y)/ Shortly after 10 o'clock a.m. the hour appointed for the business, thegentleme n in attendance, includ in! Baron E. Rothschild, Sir A. Rothschild, Dlr. J Lapel, Mr. Norbury, Mr. Biddulph, Mr. R and Mr. T. Thornton, Mr. B. C )hen, Mr. L Cohen, Mr. Marjoribanks, Mr. Lawrence, Mr Cazenove, d c., were reanivecl. by Lord Palmer ston, the Chancellor of the &;:chequer, an Mr. J. Wilson, on the part of the G .varammt, The Governor and Deputy-0-)vernor of the Bann were also present. The Chancellor of the Exchequer' having handed to the Governor of the B Ink a sealed paper, con taining the minimum terms which the Government were prepared to accept, Baron L. Rothschild observed there was ono rather important question which he wished to ask —What were the intentions of the Government with regard to Exchequer Bills ? The Chancello r -of theh Exc equer—l stated at our previous meeting what were the intentions of the Government. We hve no intention, at least no expectation, of issuing Excheq uer Bills. I pre sumo it is to issuing bills you refer ? i Baron Rothschild—No, not exactly that. The Chancellor of the Exchequer—w on, as to the rate of interest, all I can say is that notice upon that subject will shortly be given, but I am afraid I can't give any further information just now. Baron nothschild,—Tho Government then have no intention of funding. The Chancellor of the Exchequer.—No. That I stated before, that the Government had decided not to fund at present. Baron Rothschild.—The question to be decided is whether you will increase the rate of interest, for that may make a difference in the terms. Ex chequer Bills in their present position can scarcely ho said to float. The Chancellor of the Exchequer—They are n o :. at a very greatdiscount yet, and that is a question which at present cannot Ise decided. Is there any gentleman present who is disposeel to make an offer for the New Loan ? Baron Rothschild handed in a paper containing his tender. No other tender being offered, Th e Cimaajor of th e Exchequer oFenci th enmity. Should the nuptial conl - ract be concluded we cannot expect any assistance in the hour of need. Prussia will look solely to the " German" side of the question, or rather to that which seems most to her own advantage. But if, on the other hand, she should be involved in difficulty, then Eng land will be dragged into the scrape. We tannot suffer the husband of our own PRINCESS ROYAL to be driven from his dominions by foreign aggression or domestic discontent. After the pre cedent established in December, 1851, we cannot cope to find many Ministers who will declare that " England has no Cousins." We have suffered so much from the Hanoverian connexion that it should scareAly be necessary .to inculcate the impolicy of German Alliances. But setting aside even this important argument against the Match, let us look to what may be the consequences should there be a failure of the issue of her MAJESTY in the male line. There are at present four Princes, and it is to be hoped that •:otne may perpetuate the race without look ing to the House of HOZENZOLLERN for an heir to the British Throne. Bat we must remember that Queen VICTORIA was the representative of the fourth son of GEORGE 111. The Royal Marriage Act operates very unfavourably to lep:tintate and recognised offspring. What occurred in the beginning may also be repeated in the latter part of the century, and with many Noble Lords and Ladies, and Captains, Madames, and naderaoiselles descended from Royalty, there may be few wh ose c l a i ms to the Crown can admit of argum ent- Engl an d may t h en be amalgamated with Prussia The Prussian Sovereig n ma y ru l e over the United Kingdom and the C o urt o f St. James's be Pres i ded over by a Prussian Viceroy ! What may be the conse We already know -too quences of such a resu lt ? ur cost the effects of even I mitigated form of Germanism. Saxe Coburgis not very satisfactory. What would be the Prus sian rule? Every true-hearted Englishman can supply the answer. There is yet time to interpose the authority of the British Parliament—to address the Crown in opposition to the contemplated match, that may yet prove a firebrand to Europe. Let the so called guardians of the public purse take c,nd declare that thq will not s hold his memory in affectionate veneration ; name, she says, is a touchstone to Swedish enthly slastn. m a T i h n e following h the san hospitable ank usin anecdote i g nhabi t ts o f of a a d i l i l i e t r country post station were found on the arriva the authoress and her companion : " mere was an air of excitement abeue the quiet, out-ofthe-world little place, which was e videntbei r , i lessened by the report that an English traveller 1304 rived. The ho,te s, in p a rtic u l a r, seemed to be r e ti u ve, tress, ae o d discvering that my companion WAS ! 3 she appr ached her cetifi , entiary, and begged her t° ask me to tell them the Swedish for keek. " I naturally thouget of the English kick, but Itll i e r T ; nothing of keek ; ho w e ve r, the reas o n o f the ingt` o was soon made known. Some hours previouslyriirl English gentlemen had arrived there, as u sual lo tf eer change eof herses4leFrom the time that their to het, ekjuite departel, they had, the still wonder-stricke o ! e v e i t , declared, continued to move about, crying keek and saying no other word. " In vain they tried to satisfy the unintelligible 7 all that the house could afford w a s pre se nted in ,e' so and at every renewed offer the word keek, keek repeated. Whoever they met, whoever came to Ur i , heard only this word. At last a man who had beee_edii Norway, and had heard the word chicken,' ellr 50 guessed it was the English for that creature, called,' in Swedish. Forthwith, the good-hearted hostess, 'On hospitable thoughts intent,' e rushed nett and sacrificed her only hen, cooked it'll 4 mode n•,t most calculated to render its mas ticatio o ; n t laborious, and offered it up to the hun g ry and inlPa ! rie l travelers. Alas ! they left it uneaten, and only keek, keek !' more tban ever. " It certainly was a chick they wanted, howe ver, said Friherrinan. " And when did they cease to cry keek?' I as ked " Never,' said the afflicted host and hostess, , 1;; 8 fixedly in my face with profound g ravity— 1:4 Bor, os e They were saying it here for three hours while the Pee horses were being brought, and when they got into said, carriage and were driving off, the last word they ' Ol when skjuit-bonden was getting into his seat, keek, keek " I burst into an uncontrollable laugh. dis: Well,' said Friherrinan, 'your countrymen sot tress arouses you, yet you cannot tell what they toe, t he ' 'be " 0 yes, they said quick ! quick ! Th e y wants horses ; when they got them at last they wan terl ee t_ . ° to dievengeickLquick ! Travellers som e times s T oe s even It a 6 number are not.' " The feeling towards the English was ° ri e friendly, b u t many were disposed to regard,,t b 'he Russians with a l ess f avoura b le sentiment. 1' annexation of Finland to the Russian empire 3 , 1) e ; pears to hav e g i ven li tt l e satisfaction. The rea d will not be sorry to learn, however, that Ruse lo and the Ru ss i ans occupy a very small space in tob, volumes—indeed th ey are only casually I ne tioned. Neither does the war present itself to on notice, with the exception of a few incidental r e ' marks in the description of the Biltic islands. Among the most formidable of our authoress' undertakings was the descent of the Falun Mi ne. She was induced to make this adventurous exr , lition by the representations of her travelling 0° 131 ,i panion, who declar e d s h e was not afra id, an would encourag e h er . H owever,when equippe d fo r °r 0 the expl o it, s h e f oun d her leader had come to t conclusion to rema i n on the surface of the so rt instead of ven t ur i ng b elow it. Our traveller, Who ff ppears by no m eans d e fi c i ent in spirit, Set o, r Sh e h a d prev i ously read Dr. Cla,rke's , ~ ousts of his descent into two mines in Sweden ene a very clang•rous and diffi cu l t one, into t " iron mine o f P ers h erg, and another, a compar e ' .;ively easy o ne , i nto the copper mine of Fait However, sh e soon f oun d her hopes and expee . riot's di-4 , ippoiuted, as the following description will show : " The de-cent of this latter mine was easy virb el ; Clarke visited it fifty years ago, and continued to be ea° until about t wo years prev i ous to our visit, when an e"; tenisive run t sec place which destroyed the winding eas y flight o' steps, which I had understood led a ll the wag' for two h un d re d f athoms, down to the bottom. it descent, ther-fore, was, after all, to be made almost a' icily as Dr. Clarke describes the terrible descent int) the iron mine of Pereberg. "This was by means of perpendicular ladders, pia', in a series of very salad platforms, which serve". anding-places ; but each platform borders on a p rey dice, where you hear the s , und of water gurg ling lerkness ; the etaves of the ladders are cold, slippery' ivered with Mack mud and so f t i ce . I mag i ne an :9',l'; emp; to g ) d own t h ese i n thick tiarkne s e, with a gal ,tandi . g ou the platform above you. holding a to rebt vilich casts its light over your head only to b ew ilder d : 04' it you t urn th a t h ea d to look where your steps l ea d you on l y . see profound g l o en beneath, and, f o r auge, sou know, y ou are to step off that ladder into—veht That inqui r y th e men seems to think unnecessary--"'", 'ells you to go on. had " h e was in su c h a p os iti on that the extract I t", .bad fro m D r . C ar k e, and which had beeeo mistakineel applied to this mine ' unfortunat e l y occurred to me ee" ' In a dditi on to the danger to be apprehended from the elate of tee ladders, the staves were covered with ice au l, an I rend-ire iso slippery that we could have ee iependence on our hands if our fees failed us. Then, to ;otnplete our fears, as we mention this to the miners , they said, Have a care; it was just so one of ou r women fell as s h e was d escen di ng to her work.' And hat became of her r 'Became of her ?—she became partkaka ! "Here. indeed, another observation of his was als e ' tpdlicable As the lab ,urere are not accustomed receive strangers they never use precautions, nor effer, the assistance usually afforded in more frequented m ines. Che weight of a great pea-coat was a rather unfortunat e equipment to choose for such a descent. A miner fame up the ascending ladder ; as th e torch-light flashed on his face it appeared to me very like one of those that used to frighten my childhood , when seen in the reflection of blazirse spirits and sulphu r eurned on a pewter dish. He looked at me as vi e sassed, and his look seemed to say, am glad to g ° up, and you are foolish to go down.' "At length we came to the chamber where all the Kings of S weden, from time immemorial up to sing Oscar, have e aten a d i nner ; for by an ancient usage ties is one of the many penalties inflicted on the Swedish Kings. To dance in the town-hall on N ew _year's right, to drive through the Djurgard in procession 00 the lst of May, to descend into Store Kopparbergen on their accissien to the throne—these, and many similar ittle performances, are entailed on the possession 'of hat crown." " Not many visitors to this mine go further than this royal cha eb , r. And indeed the vision, to o ne who does so fer only once in a lifetime—lie first and only iine—may haunt him afterwards. Tne glare of fitful 'got, the eulpeuroue fame's of those who seem to have parted for ever hoe' the tireght sun and the light of earth—the sound of u see,' water—the horrid depths yawning so close that a single step aside would send one own as the mine-master's son sent a large block of wood for my instruction, teaching me bf action what he lid not say in words. All this, and more than thi s , yon sill see, and hear the sounds of the block as it rebounds From ledge to ledge, falling, falling, and bear the sound coming fainter, fainter, till after the lapse, 'should think, of nearly a minute, it is hear! no more. "It was the discovery that, on landing on one of the very small platforms, I had stepped back within half a foot of one of thee gulfs, that totally freed me from any desire to see more of the copper mine of Falun. After that my courage failed, and I only recollect clinging to et, upright ladder, and crying to my stolid guide, 'I will go up ! I will go up !' "He said afterwards that be feared then the chance of my ever going up was small, for he believed I should be physically deprived of the power of movement, and re' •Ilain there, encumbering, I suppose, the mine descent for ever." irtunately she "made an effort," and pre sently emerged into the light of day ; " but not for half the mines of Golcanda," she exclaims, "do I think I would again go into the copper mine of Falun." We think the reader will hardly be surprised at her arriving at this conclusion, especially when he learns that, in addition to her alarm and risk during the descent itself, that she was crippled from fatigue, as she pathetically de scribes it. Certainly her picture of Stora Kop parbergen, as the Swedes term it, is less attractive than her other northern scenes, and few of her readers aro likely to be tempted to make its de scent, even though it claims to have been worked in the time of Solomon's Temple. To all who wish for a gay and varied panorama of Northern life and scenery, and for a work full of information, conveyed through an entertaining medium, we commend these volumes, as among the most lively and generally attractive travels that have appeared for some time. CRYSTAL PALACE—FIVE SHILLING DAY, MAY 17. — Admissions on payment, 357; do. by season tickets, 1,333 ; total visitors, 1,740. THE AMERICAN MAILS.—The royal mail steam ship Africa, Capt. Stone, sailed from the Mersey, on Satur day, about 10 a.m., for New York, wil h the usual weekly mails for the North American Continent, ninety-three passengers, and a fair cargo of merchandise. An audacious robbery was committed ten days ago in Spain. A picture of the Assumption, generally ascribed to Murillo, or at least to one of his best pupils, was taken from the high altar of the church of Mendigaren, near Vittoria A VERY HIGH WIND—SERIOUS DAMAGE.—During yesterday a very high wind prevailed in London, and considerable damage was done in several parts in con -equence. In Hyde•park at least twenty.five trees were ini , re or less irjured, some of them being actually torn up by the roots. Two of them were blown down, while many people were taking shelter under them from the rain, ann it is very remarkable no serious injuries were , ustaiiied. As it was, however, several of the bystanders received brun.es on various parts of the body and had their clothes spoiled. In the Green-park also some o the trees were torn up by the roots, and huge branches of others were hurled to a considerable distance. The preparations for the forthcoming peace fireworks, which oad been erected opposite Berkley-street, Piccadilly, were for the most part .blown down, and other portions of the different structures were likewise injured. Many chimney -pots, &c., were blown into the streets, and some damage was done to the shipping in the Down but although severs laccidonts of a minor character ha V oczurrecl, we have heard of no lives being lot. '= :~~ -'.~~ ~~ .r.. Th Jong Legie for tE sever 4i per 3 per 0 New L Bank E Credit Belgiar Piedmc 01lean! Northe Lyons Medite "-lone Cqtte MC The closed estim a and 8 'sad, Per lb. and a Blight The Wass in the ne Durin ceeded of trai chan is expect In t amoun ti ons c has be °Pepe( to ase( taken. koney sc rip New cilleed txche The Ayres Th e 9 to 79. cents, Cents. The stocks c an, 2 54 6 ; Per c SPani 25 25 Th( quota Waste are 48 W t BAIT: a, per t N ow qe,„ 3 Long bitt IMia eqrianl e OnSol Zte 110 W the j est 3 posit of II of tt the i Gem had ' place sale , lions Brazil Dit b ,t ien( 14104e1 b , itl 'ortu tit; bit "411 sail I) it u 1 2Patij trk 41 1.5tl "nte] bit zt of A 111 1 ef ane c le eto the OVer by a s tun Ater,