The Sun. — London, England, 1861-03-30 00:00:00

u1ta,..c.,,,.............r ..dr.r...................- 4 .............. 10 ..............,..... MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEW& it fects jus- CITY, Two . O'CLOCK. nedy this The Bank of England return, completed to the - Lave been 27th inst., shows some rather less favourable .. 11 betray changes. The bullion has been slightly increased - by the arrivals from the continent, and the partial 1 TAIN. falling off of shipments to America, but the de- 8 id doing, mend for money has continued active, as shown by s iff, united an increase of about a quarter of a million on the 8 nonopelY, other securities. The reserve of notes has been nedy you diminished by about half a million sterling, while vs, which there is a decrease in the private balances of over American a quarter of a million. In the other items of the balance-sheet the changes are of an unimportant le against ridiculous character—they will be seen in the subjoined table : si Notes issued .. .. .. .. L 26,377,065 si Increase .. .. • • • • 72,445 et Id, silver, st Rest .. .. .. .. .. 3,840,975 per cent. Increase .. . • • • • • 15,534 si , ur yearly Public Deposits .. .. .. 8,415,844 at nd which Increase .. . • .. .. 191,750 st ixchequer Other Deposits .. .. .. 11 , 104 , 930 et Decrease .. • . .. .. 347,324 r payable st Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 573,232 nd labour Decrease .. .. • • • • 3,580 st Government Securities .. .. 10,599,072 st a b ound .. .. .. No st change. st Other Securities 19,967,528 Ft le p Increase .. . • .. .. 260,229 Lly 4s. 6 d. Reserve of Notes .. .. .. 6,967,990 st indle fre- Decrease .. .. .. .. 485,435 at xtend our gold and Silver. Coin .. .. 953,391 at d Increase .. .. .. 81,586 st ;tag), an stock of Bullion .. .. .. 12,855,456 st Increase .. .. .. .. 154,031 st st irther re- _ Acti v e Circulation .. .. .. 19,409,075 ell 25 per Increase .. , . .. 557,880 in on the The Tasmanian has arrived from the West at cent. on Indies to-day with £355,400 in specie. thout the Extreme quietude prevails in most departments st as our' e-third of of business to-day, and the attendance of the mer- 8 6 t a convey- cantile public is comparatively small. Since Monday last the imports of specie have of taxes, amounted to £555,400, and the exports to £340,356. 1 labour be The official returns relating to trade and naviga are not so tion for the two months ending the 28th February at Ls to sub- have been published ; from these it appears that the s s t , ender our total declared value of the exports from the United at al a nce of Kingdom have been L 16,718,419 againstX2o,oBB,437 at overeigns in the like period of 1860, being a falling off of 't ' breakfast £3,370,018, the chief decline being on beer and ale, at refits and cotton manufactures, haberdashery and millinery at ~ and the hardwares and cutlery, linen manufactures, and 19 here gam- Woollen and worsted yarn. the profits ),000,000, The importations of the principal articles have st he foreign been larger as regards raw cotton, raw silk, coffee, teeth child corn, flour, unrefined sugar, tea, tobacco, wine, and at sere (Auld- cheeps' and lambs' wool. st • at The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the st at market amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade at ) with our to be °nil for the entries inwards, as also for the clearances s t at not export outwards. at In the coasting trade for the two months there d by this has been a slight decrease in the tonnage employed ost to our for the entries inwards, while the clearances out st a d op t e d e wards show a small augmentation compared with st auk notes, those of the same period of the previous year. have been There has been an inactive market for Public ~ 1 our true Securities to-day, and a further slight decline has at its yearly taken place, Consols being 914- 5 for money, and at 94 -1- for the account. India Stock is steady at th enough 220 ; the 5 per Cent. Loan is firm at 104 ; the 51 • gold pro- per Cent. Enfaced Paper at 100 ; and Exchequer nblers and Bills remained at 15s. to Bs. dis. at onized. pod 1 but Foreign securities are rather inactive, but prices a l • infamous are tolerably well maintained, Turkish 6 per Cents. s s l , e with the , are 742, and ditto 1858, 541. Chilian have improved - [ng on our to 1031 ; Peruvian 3 per Cents. to 751; and Russian 41 per Cents., 92. Mexican are steady at 241 7,-. UNTON. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have - been very limited, and prices have shown further s )f 1807; slight depression in most instances. _ 825 ; The Foreign and Colonial lines barely maintain amerce; previous values. 51 v iolators J o i n t-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are st l Ru m or quiet, without material alteration in values. 51 , BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities Ditto 6 per Cent ~ 1001 en us a per- Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — a or our in - Ditto 51 per Cent .. 100 a 'lye us full Consols for Account 914 a s, si tax only, a Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d 8 15 dis s loor rates, FOREIGN FUNDS — CLOSING P RICES. a 81 Chilian 6 per Cent Mexican 3 per Cent Li Ditto Account SIAN Peruvian 4± per Cent — 3 4 Ditto 8 per Cent .. .. 751 8 Russian 6 per Cent. 1822, St .. Ditto 41 per Cent. e 7th of Turkish 6 per Cent Ditt o Account ddressed Ditto New Loan — Ditt o Account s4i s they, his 'Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. astantine Dividends on the above payable in London. s 8 TWO O'CLOCK. the maul- Consols Money 9ll ff the r ights Ditto' Account .. 911 i e moral and e peasants ALARM:2M ACCIDENT AT THE ALHAMBRA. s that had • lip, in th e , On Thursday evening, a b out eleven o'clock, great sense- : uestion 0 - tion was causd throughout the building in consequence of , rations Of nature occurring, viz., the 13 _ an accident of a very alarming falling from the trapeze of Magg elton, one of "the Rocky : ie impulse Mountain Wonders," whose performances have been at- : lesiroue of treating such crowds of late at this place of amusement. gratitude The performance of the acrobats consists of throwing E i mitt' with sommersaults, swinging by the hands and le g s and other , tart affair such dangerous evolutions while the ro p e to which the ) the 15th trapeze, a small wooden bar, is in full swing. The troupe I i upon to had nearly gone through the it performance, which had d reform, elicited more than the usual amount of applause, and it is n all DV supposed, being elated by the approbation of the audience, month of the unfortunate man attempted to introduce something mmitteest novel, but instead of accomplishing his intention he nation of missed his hold and fell with great violence on his nigh the head to the staging beneath the ropes. Great precau ;lamas to tions had been taken to prevent any harm resulting from accidental falls, but in his case all the arrangements er having were of no avail, for the poor fellow was picked up ap- Ire on the patently lifeless. Medical aid was immediately sent for, Id by the and everything that on the instant could be thought of was hose that done to render the slightest help. It was, however, quickly 'dent zeal decided that the best thing that could be done was to remove day your Maggelton as early as possible to Charing-cross Hospital, the sups - and, this having been accomplished, his injuries were r, the de- speedily attended to. vork, the The answer to the inquiry of our reporter this morning Lion of all at the Hospital was, that Maggelton was suffering from m ay, the severe injuries to the spine, and that for some days it would L finished ' be impossible to pronounce him out of danger. g ratitude THE WEATHER. 1 with the , he proofs METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. • activity. ial High- i I This Day, ttee have between 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. 'I. 11 Russia 9 a.m. et. The Nairn 2943 43 41 S.E. 3 6 c. 1 SEI of the Aberdeen 1, always Leith 2945 45 42 S. 2 90. 2 Berwick 2944 44 41 S. 4 9 r. 3 Li, we can Ardros san We have Portruah 3 3 5 b. i 3 Shields mans in Searborough 29•z,7 43 4t S.S.W. 3 8 0. I 5 ace, who Queenstown 29'52 42 40 W.S.W. 3 2 0. , 2 "Yarmouth 2 % ,71 45 44 S.S.W. 5 3 C. I 5 Dm plish- London 29.67 44 42 W. 1 9r. I to it. Dover 2972 48 45 S.W. 5 4 a 4 IcipatiOrt Portsmouth Portland ement of Plementh Ili:lisp:at - Penzance , alisatief t ...._ V.413T A I\T i 'MIN.-B. Barometer, corrected and reduced Icipation ement of adispen - Iniaatiou n bases• nder n 39 mber in nvietion in this ual zeal, h work, sated• EXPLANATION. —B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true — 'not magnetic. F. Force (1 to 12— estim ated ) . C. Cloud (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b,, blue sky ; c., clouds (detached) ; f., fog. ; h„ hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy); 0., overcast (dull) ; r., rain; s., snow; t., thunder. A letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb ance (1 to 9). ;ratefuit rDEB. THE OPERA 6EASON.—A letter dated Vienna March 26, says—The day before yesterday Madame Csillag left this city for London, where she is to sing at Covent garden Theatre. Csillag, who is a great favourite with the Viennese, was nearly smothered with wreaths and bouquets on. Saturday, when she sang for the last time as Leonora in the " Trovatore." The managers of the Vienna Opera house would fain have re-engaged the Hungarian star (the Hungarian word "Csillag" means "star"), but her terms were too high for them. If Mr. Gye should give Halevy's "Juive " this season, the London public will find that Madame Csillag is a great tragic actress as well as a first rate singer. AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE INCOME-TAX.—It is Stated in the last published series of reports from our con mils that in New Granada there is direct taxation, and the citizen__. who cannot present a receipt for his quota is not only debarred from voting, but cannot even be plaintiff in a suit. health' 'umber- a mber" chooner atorruY th rain• .tituti° ll 3ticable , vessel :r or to) 5 again, ng veil 3e, the r, being 'er, she captain drunk vard in I crew, Ay and THE IQNIAN ISLANDS.—The Malta ribserver says'_" By the Stella, screw steamer, arrived hereyester day, we learn that her Majesty's ship Orion had proceeded to Zan . te, in consequence of the excitement ex i s ti ng th ere regarding the c auses w hi c h l e d t o th e p ro rogation of the lozuan. Parliaments,' ;Ss--hie e in tll4l SNARE itIA.RKETS. ORDINARY SITARES AND STOCKS. Share' Railways. , Paid. ' Closing Business Price. Done iu beitast and &tilymena all Wol , and Str. Va l all 8 85 stock jßirk., La., and Ch June, 100 80 82 25 ;Myth and Tyne all 10 Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 55 65 stock IBristol and Exeter stock ICaledonian 10 'Carmarthen &Cardigan all 50 'Cork and Bandon all -- 20 Cork, lilrock., &Passage all 2 0 Cornwall .... all 55 6 10 I Do A(A gets no div. ( all 10 B until 6pc ,peran. all hasbeen • d. toll 50 !Dublin & Belfast June. all 42 44 2 .5 Dun., Perth, &Ab..lunc l all 8 85 stock East Anglian lOO 17 18 stock !Eastern Counties lOO 49 50 495 stock ;Eastern Union, A stock 100 37 39 stock Do do B do j 100 26 28 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds 135 stock !East Suffolk • llOO stock , Edinburgh & Glasgow 1100 83 85 stock I Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 255 265 10 IFort - 14 t Clyde Junction) all stock ;Furness stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 111 113 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all stock IGreatNorthern lOO 110 111 stock I Do do A stock stock I Do do B do 1 100 129 131 stock Ct. S. kW. of Ireland 100 105 107 stock 'Great Western stock Do Str Val gus. stock 100 60 62 12 Trish South-eastern all stock T.ancashire & Yorkshire 1100 1105 111 11015 5 stock London and Blackwall 100 61 62 stock Lon., Bright.. &S Coast I 100 118 119 1195 19 stock ILond.. Chat., and Dover 1 00 45 48 stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 955 955 954 stock Loud. & Qth. Western lOO 915 025 911 25 L'derry & Coleraine all 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 105 115 stock Han. Shef. & Lincoln lOO 45 46 45 5 5 • 50 Maryport and Carlisle j all 125 Do do 5 shares—. all 10 Metropolitan 75 3% 24d stock Midland 6.4.0. Do new. 14 p stock Do oirming. & Derby 100 98 100 975 50 Md. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do shares Mid Kent.. all 10 Do, ('ray Line . .all 100 Newcastle and C trlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def.. 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. all stock Norfolk.... ... 100 54 66 stock North British .. 100 625 621 stock 'cor.Dev.Rail&Dkstoct 1100 stock D A stk ; A recs no • until Spchas beenpd.B l 100 stock Do B stock .. 100 -- stock ;Nth. Eastern—Berwick) 100 1015 1021 1015 12 11 25 Dodo, G.N.E. purchase 116 134 5d IP stock no Leeds lOO 60 605 691 stock Do York stock North London 10 Do new 19.16.4'N0rth Staffordshire 174 ;' - 4 31 1 13 2 Irl N. and S. W. Junction all 9 1 19 5 stock Not. &Grantham Rail lOO 76 76 75 41 tO Peebles 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney.....- : .- stock Scottish Central stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 34 AS stock Do Scot. Mid. stock 1100 86 84 stock Shropshire Union lOO 47 49 10 sittincrbourne & Sheer. all stock South Devon 25 S.-Durham & Lanc.Un 225 stock Smith Eastern 100 83% 831 83 4 it stock South Wales .... lOO 59 61 stock S. York. and River Dun 100 94 97 95 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 7 25 Stockton & Darlington all 405 415 25 Do do ll 104 Ili p 25 Do New (1860) 3 6 05 p stock Taff Vale . stock Do Pref. ko 1 1 100 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 -- 50 Ulster . 25 Do 12 10 Do . : ..........'2... *p stock Vale ofNeath 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 111 11* stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 20 West London 10 Do lst class all 20 Do 2d class . , all stock WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail lOO stock West Midland—Oxford 100 43 45 stock Do. Newport 100 40 43 stock Do. Hereford 100 79 81 stock stock stock PREFERENCE SHARES. I . ,„,,, Closing Business Share Railways. '.`"'•`‘ Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at .£5 , All stock (Iris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 20 Do. do. do. Shares stock Caledon ,ZlO, 45 per cent 100 100 102 stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 1 00 61 iCork & Bandon, 55 p. c. all 20 Cornwall. 5 per cent all 20 21 64 I Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun. 14 Do Ist Clags Pref all stock lE.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c lOO 99 101 stock I Do. do. Class B 6 p.c lOO 108 113 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c lOO 105 108 stock E. Coun. EL sp. c. No. 1 100 107 109 stock Do. do. No. 2 100 106 108 stock I Do. New 6 per et. stock. 100 121 123 stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 108 80 82 stock I Do. 5 per c e nt. Lrllar. • • 100 stock 1 4 1din.&G'Ias. sp.c. shares 100 110 112 stock Do. 4p. c aua. S. &D. 100 90 92 stock ' Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 stock ' Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 stock '(; las.& S. West.g.a. sp.c. 100 stock .Grebe Northern. 50. et 100 113 115 stock , Po.sp.e.Redm., 10 p.c.pm 100 ill 113 stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 , Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.e. pm 80 83 . 85 104 10 t Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pr. all stock i Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 1 100 9 7 90 t p. ct, pref. stock ) 50 Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. sp. et.. 0 , stock Co. Redeemable, 45 p.m:. 100 97 99 98 9 stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 89 91 stock ,Do Irredeemable, do lOO 90 92 stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem Prof. 100 100 102 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares, all 94 104 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. all 17 18 10 Do. do. sp. et. pref .. all 101 101 stock 'Do Birm , .guar. stock.. 100 74 76 26'5 Do. Chester gua. shares all 20 21 135 Do. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. 100 Lan. & Carl. 45 pc. pref 4O sunk I Lan.&York 6p. c. stock lOO 135 137 stock I Do.Barnsl.st.Es 3s 10d pc 100 , stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) stock Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.gu. No.l 100 112 114 stock , Do. sp. C. No. 2 100 112 114 stock , Do. gua. 6p. c. stock IDo. do. 5 p.c. No, 4 100 112 114 stock ' Do. do. 44 per ceno'. 5 Do. do. 45 p. c. shares all stock IDo. 7p. et. Pret. stock lOO 148 153 stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) 100 128 131 stock Do.4p.c.S.(div.deftil '65) 100 70 73 stock Do. 4 per cent. Pref 100 —.— stock Lon. Chat. and Dover lOO 86 18 Do.W. A rceiv. no div. 10 1 Ex.A til 6pcis pd on all { • ' ^O. B B. & Brom ex. all 10 I Do. Metropolitan Ex B .25 stock I Lon. and N.W. Coy. and' I Nuneaton, sp. ct lOO stock I Lon. &S.W, 7 p. et. stock 100 stock Do. 40 per cent lOO 2s. 6c1.• Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 2s. 6d. all 121 I Londondy. & Cole. ssh all Do. £6 125 Londony. & Ennis. 4sh all 131 141 stock , Iran. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct 1 00 1126 128 X 3l 6 per cent stoc 6 k 100 68 ;0 10 I Do. redeem. 6 per cent 5 4 4 P 125 '7,larynort & Car., 4p. c. all 123 Do. 45 per cent. all stock Mid. Con. 6p c. stock lOO stock :Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. flp c. 100 133 115 stock Do. 45 p. c. pref. stock.. 100 100 102 6 , Do. 45 per cent 3 stock Do. , . I eic & Hit. pref. at lOO 91 93 stock Norflk sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 100 stock Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 . i stock 'Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 L stock .North British, sp. C. , stock ' Do. New, gm Sp. c lOO 1 08 110 ' 10 10 i Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs all _ 3 i 15 p IDo. do. do st ,Nitti.Dev.Ttail.&Dek.Co., 100 st , N-East.Cons. Pref. 4p. c., 100 91 93 at 'Do. 40 pe. redeemable., 100 at 'Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref.l 100 100 101 100 17 , Do. Berwick., 4 p.c. Pref. 8.13.4. 20 , Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 , 13 124 , Do. do. Quarters, 1848 9 ... ) .5 j Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 10 5d 5 p 20 North Staffordshire.... all 224 23 , 10 , Ithypaney Guaranteed. all 81 'Scottish Central, new pf all —, - - st Scottish North-Eastern 1 ' 35 p. a pref. stock.... 100 2 at Do_Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. 100 2 st Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 130 132 3 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 105 101 3 10 Do. Fixed 45 per cent all 3 1.0.6 , South Eastern (R.eading 5 Ann., 1.0.6) i 5 st I Do. 45 per cent lOO 99 100 2 st Do. Fixed 'ip.c. Ist is lOO 99 100 5 st , south Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO ' st Do. 45 per cent. lOO 08 100 I 4 st Do. 5 per cent' , 100 1 at I S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua ' 100 85 87 3 25 IStock. & Dar. Asp. c all 26 5 27 5 4 25 I Do. B 6 ner cent all 315 325 314 2 25 I Do. C 6 percent all 31 5 32 5 I st 'Wated & Kilkny, 6p. c. 100 45 48 at IW.Mid -Oxf Ist Guastk 100 122 124 d a t , Do. 2J. do 100 118 121 30 at Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. 100 98 100 0 at IDo.Perpet. 6 p. C. pt 1866 100 121 124 at Do. till 1869, Ist is. 100 114 116 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. - - --, --- , Leasing Railwa I Paid Closing) Business ys, Co.'s i Price. Done. 1 Bedford and Bletchley all iLn &N.W , . • • • Bu Ikinghamshire •_ . 100 iDo ....... 94 96 Chester & Holyhead... 100 1D0........ 53 53i 531 Do. 5i percent 100 Do 121 123 Do. 5 , 100 iDo. lO9 111 Clydesdale June „ lOO 'Caledon... 99 101 Colchester, Stour Val all ,E.U.&E.O 15i 1 6i E. Lincolnsh. g Rp ,, r c lOO Gt. North. 13't 134 E.Union,ll arwichShs all E.Counts. 41 4 Do. Woodbridge.. 100 , • Gls.Barr.&Neila.Drcl. 100 ,Cale ' don... Do. new lOO Da -. . . • Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail., all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby. I all 'Yk.N. Md. 109 111 , Do. hilves. - Do. - quarters .l all Da .._. •• . Lanc..Warl. gua. 5 p.c. 100 Ln&N.W. 201 204 London & Greenwich. 100 S.Eastern 61 63 Do. Preference .... 100 Do.. __ .. 112 117 Lon.,Tilbury,& S.-end 100 Peto &Co. 87 90 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk.. Do. 6 per cent 1 100 Do. — Mnc , Bxtn ,& Matlock all L NWer 31 3 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer .. ~ & E.Counts. p * P I all Do.. once Sock ' 100 'Midland.. 94 96 Newmarkt,BuryEx. I I r. r _ 55 57 so g rt ua h . n s & p li er a c s e tn n . t. s i.: c i . I Do. O P. c all Do. - Do. Fixed sp. c all Do. North Western , all Midland 151 151 l all IA NWI Preston and Wyre. , & L.Yk. ) R.nystndll ~ 'tell & Shp 100 I C t N tl 1.,0r 1. 132 134 Shrewsbry& Hereford lOO ,T.Brassey 100 102 1 t Do. * P Do. do. I Do, i Shares ...... A. all !Da a _ll M'Clean Di 11 00 Gt. B r t u b 89 91 -Staffordshire......; w S. sandsorne Wimbledon &Croyda.' all L.&13 at U. r la 8i 911, .... . 1 i • • THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY ‘ 7 E VENING, MARCH 30, 1861. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. LI7'ERA7URE. The will of the Right Hon. Maria Dowager Countess of Haddington, late of Tyninghame House, near Preston Kirk, N. 8., but who died at her residence, 43, Berkeleysquare, was adminis tered to in her Majesty's Court of Probate on the 18th of this month by George Wm. Hope, Esq., M.P., of Lufness, Haddingtonshire, and Rear -Admiral W. A. B. Hamilton. The personal property in the United Kingdom was sworn under £20,000. The will bears date, the Bth of June last. This lady is of honourable descent and distinguished connec tions being the only child of the fourth Earl of Macclesfield, and married the late Earl of Had dington, K.T., some time Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whom she survived but a short period,. Her ladyship has bequeathed: her property, which consisted both of realty and per sonalty, in the following manner :—To Com mander Thomas Drake, RN., who is a branch of the Countess's family, she has bequeathed the leasehold residence in Berkeley-square, with this peculiar direction, that a clock w hich appears to be let into the wall of her sleeping apartment should also form part of this bequest, and become the property of that gentleman. To Captain Cos patrick Hamilton, R.N., the Countess has be queathed a legacy of £2,000 ; and there are several legacies and bequests to various friends and others. The real estate and residue of the personalty de volves upon Rear-Admiral Hamilton, who is ap pointed the residuary legatee. There is a charitable bequest which involves much singularity in its bestowal—it is a legacy of £l,OOO to,the Society for Destitute and Homeless children in Great Queen street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, which is to be given and applied to that branch of the charity only which is devoted to boys, and not to be applied for the benefit of girls. Her ladyship has left a legacy of £2OO to her coachman, and £5O to her cook. This venerable lady, who died on the 11th of last month, attained to her 80th year, and died childless ; consequently the title re verted to the next heir, the present earl, who is a cousin to her late husband, the Earl of Had dington. The will of the Right Hon. Isabella Handcock Baroness Harris, of Waterstown, Ireland, and of Onslow-square, Kensington, was proved in London on the 22d instant by the Right Hon. George Francis Robert Baron Harris (her stepson), the sole executor. This lady is of Irish descent, was the only child and heiress .of Robert Handcock Temple, Esq., of Waterstown, and married Lord Harris, the eldest son of the distinguished conque ror of Tippoo Saib, one of the most treacherous, barbarous, and sanguinary despots that ever sat upon an Asiatic throne, or disgraced the pages of our Eastern history. The will of her ladyship is very brief, and, with one or two exceptions, confined entirely to the members of her family. To her eldest son, Robert Temple Harris-Temple, Esq., who assumed that surname upon inheriting the estate of his maternal grandfather, her ladyship has bequeathed her library in her residences in England and Ireland. There are other specific bequests, consisting of jewellery, &c., bestowed on her sons and daughter ; aid appointing as residu ary legatees her younger son, Lieutenant Arthur Ernest Harris, and her daughter, Louisa Matilda, wife of the Hon. Richard Handcock, eldest son of Lord Castlemaine. Lady Harris makes a singular direction with regard to her late husband's watch and chrysoprase suite, and other articles of jewellery, that they should be sold, and the proceeds given to the poorest families in Waterstown, Her ladyship's will is dated so far back as 1846, being one year after the decease of her husband, and she died on the 10th of January last, in the 57th year of her age. The will of William David Lewis, Esq., Q.C., of New-square, Lincoln's-inn, and of Kensington square, South, was proved in the Principal Registry on the 12th of this month by Charles Edward Lewis, Fsq., the brother, and Mrs. Lewis, the relict. It was executed only a very short time before his death. This gentleman devoted his attention to that branch of the legal profession which is desig nated " equity drawing and conveyancing.. Mr. Lewis unfortunately diminished a handsome compe tency, as he himself asserts, by contesting several elections for representation in Parliament. That he was of a kindly and benevolent disposition is ob viously indicated by the expressions of regret con tained in his will of his inability to provide further for those who were near and dear, owing to this excess of expenditure, otherwise than by leaving them very small legacies, and with this exception he leaves to his relict his estate, real and personal, absolutely, appointing her residuary legatee. His law and • other books he has left to his brother Charles and to his son, William Arnold Lewis, be queathing to the latter his copyright of the work " On Perpetuities, with a Supplement," of which Mr. Lewis was the author.—lllustrated London News. Ainsworth. THIS DAYS MAMMAS. ,~._.. COVENT GARDEN. The supply of vegetables has further increased to-day, but the show of fruit is still much restricted. Generally speaking, the deiand rules steady, as follows : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples, perlb 8 oto 12 0 Colonial do., each 1 6to 2 0 Grapes, per lb 8 oto 14 Foreign do 2 oto 3 0 Melons, each Peaches, perdoz 6 oto 12 /1 Nectarines, per dz 2 oto 6 0 Apples, per lif. sv. 2 oto 4 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 5 oto 15 0 Lemons, per 100 4 oto 10 0 Apricots, per doz 2 oto 4 0 s. d. s. d Cherries, per lb.. 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 6to 2 0 Cobnuts, per lb 1 6to 2 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Figs, per d0z..... 2 oto 4 6 Strawberries, oz. 1 6 to 2 0 Gooseberries hi sv 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries, pr ptlo oto 0 0 ABLER. VEGET. Greens, dz bunch 4 6to 6 6 Cabbages, pr doz. 1 6to 1 9 Savoy do., pr do. 1 6to 1 9 Cauliflowers, pdz 0 Bto 1 0 Brocoli, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 100 to 170 0 New ditto, pr pun. 1 0 to 0 0 Peas, per 4 sieve 18 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 3 6to 5 6 Carrots, pr do 7 6to 9 0 Cucumbers 2 oto 3 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Spinach, hf.-sv 2 0 to 2 6 Brus. sprouts, h.s 1 6to 1 9 Old onions, hf. sv. 1 6to 1 9 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6 to 0 8 Horseradish, p bn 1 • 0 to 3 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 2 to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 0 8 to 1 6 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6 to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 0 to 0 0 Small salad. p. pn, 0 2 to 0 0 Mushrooms,p pun 1 0 to 1 6 Artichokes, pr dz 4 0 to 6 0 Cabbage lett,score 1 0 to 2 0 Endive, per score 1 0 to 2 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 6 to 0 0 Tomatoes, hf sve 4 0 to 6 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 0 to 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 0 to 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 0 to 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 2 to 0 8 Asparagus, pr do. 5 0 to 8 0 Seakale, per pun. 1 0 to 2 0 Do., dz bun .. 0 oto 0 0 French beans, 100 3 oto 0 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to Ss Od ; poults, 4s Od to 7s Od each ; geese, 7s Od to 8s Od ; goslings, Os Od to 8s Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 2s‘ 9cl; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each; wild do., 9d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to lOs Od each ; large Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 14s Od ; chickens, is Od to 8s Od; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 7s Od ; capons, 4s Od ; hares, 2s Gd to 3s Od ; grouse, is 6d to 2s Od each; pheasants, 3s 6d to 4s Gd ; ptarmigan, 2s Od to Os ; woodcocks, 3s Od to 4s Od; snipes, is 6d to 2s Od ; teal, Os Os to is Od ; wild ducks, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; widgeons, is Od to is 6d ; plovers, Os 9d to is Od each ; guinea fowls, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; roasting pigs, 5s Od to 8s Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 2d ; English, is Od to is 6d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 8s Od ; French do., Os Od to 7s Gd per 120 ; leverets, 2s Gd to Os Od each. The Constable of the Tower. By W. Harrieon Bentley's Miscellany for. April contains the con clusion of the First Book of this, the last, the most elaborate, and the most gorgeous of all Mr. Ains worth's historical romances. By a singular coinci dence the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth chapters of this first book, comprising within them a. magnificent and detailed account of the funeral obsequies of King Henry Vlll.—have appeared simultaneously with the performance of a precisely similar ceremonial in the same identical scene, namely, in Cardinal Wolsey's Mausoleum. The interment there, within the last few days, of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent having so very recently concentrated public attention upon the particular locality here referred to—the reader of Mr. Ainsworth's brilliant description will follow that romancist with peculiar interest at this moment throughout his narrative—a narrative in which all the pomps of the proud Tudor Court are opened up to view as in one prolonged and sump tuous panorama. Speaking of this funereal ceremony, our author says :—" By its unpre cedented splendour, his (Henry's) burial worthily closed a reign which was one long pageant— a pageant for the most part gorgeous ; sometimes gloomy, tragical, and even awful; but ever grand and imposing." And he adds —"Luckily, ample materials for accurate description are provided for us, and we shall avail ourselves freely of them, in order to present a full account of the most remark able Royal Family on record." Of these profoundly interesting materials Mr. Ainsworth has availed himself to admiration. Mr. Ainsworth's record of the disposal of the Royal corpse is as follows : Embalmed by apothecaries and chirurgeons of greatest skill in the art, wrapped in cerecloth of many folds, and in an outer cover of cloth of vairy and velvet, bound with cords of silk, the corpse 'of the puissant monarch was at first laid out on the couch wherein, he had expired, with a scroll sewn on the breast containing his titles and the date of his demise, Written in large and small characters. The body was next cased in lead, and deposited in a second boffin of oak, elaborately sculptured, and of enormous size. Here is the novelist's description of the triumphal chariot of death, and of the wondrous effigy of the dead king, fashioned,by some nameless "carveller," and painted, after a marvellously life-like fashion, by - Hans Holbein Before the great hall do / or was drawn up a right noble funeral chariot, whereunto were harnessed seven Flanders horses of the largest size, wholly trapped in black velvet down to the pasterns, each horse bearing four escutcheons of the late king's arms, beaten in fine gold upon double sarcenet, upon his trappings, and having a shaffron of the king's arms on his head. The car was marvellous to behold. It was of immense size, and its wheels, being thickly gilt, looked as if made of burnished gold. The lower part of the vehicle was hung with blue velvet, reaching to the ground between the wheels; and the upper part consisted of a stupendous canopy, supported by four pillars overlaid with cloth of gold, the canopy being made of the same stuff, and having in the midst of it a richly gilt dome. Within the car was laid a thick mattress of cloth of gold and tissue fringed with blue silk and gold. Then was brought forward an object, considered the grand triumph of the show, which excited wonder and admiration in all who looked upon it. This was an effigy of the departed monarch, beautifully sculptured in wood by the most skilful carver of the day, and painted by a hand no less cunning than that of Holbein himself. Bedecked in Henry's own habiliments of cloth of gold and velvet, enriched with precious stones of all kinds, this image had a marvellous and life-like effect. In the right hand was placed a golden sceptre, while the left sustained the orb of the world with a cross. Upon the head was set a crown imperial of inestimable value. Over the shoulders was the collar of the Garter, and below the knee was the lesser badge of the order as worn by the king himself in his life time. The attitude of the figure was noble and command ing, and exactly like that of the imperious monarch. As the funeral procession is filing past the old gothic cross at the village of Charing—long afterwards and still the site of the noble equestrian statue of the fifth Sovereign after Henry—our first Charles —occurs the following ominous little incident At the foot of the noble Gothic cross a crowd of persons had been collected from an early hour. Amongst them was a tall Franciscan friar, who maintained a moody silence, and who regarded the pageant with so much stern. ness and scorn that many marvelled he should have come thither to look upon it. When the ponderous funeral ear, after toiling its way up the ascent, came to the Cross, a brief halt was called, and during this pause the tall monk pressed forward, and throwing back his hood, so as fully to display his austere and death-pale features, lighted up by orbs blazing with insane light, stretched out his hand towards the receptacle of the royal corpse and exclaimed, " In the plenitude of his power I x rebukedfor his sinfulness the wicked king whom ye now bear to the tomb with all this senseless pomp. Insph ed from above, I lifted• up my voice, and told him, that as his life had been desperately wicked, so his doom should be that of the worst of kings, and dogs would lick his blood. And ere yet he shall be laid in the tomb my words will come to pass." At this juncture two pursuivants rode up andr.threatened to brain the rash speaker with their maces, but some of the crowd screened him from tbeiK rage. " Strike him not I" cried an elderly man of decent ap pearanbe. "'He is crazed. 'Tis the mad Franciscan, Father Peto. Make way for him there I Let him pass 1" he added to those behind, who charitably complying, .the monk escaped uninjured. Theliteral_fulfibligat_ofjltis a_ppalling prediction during the course of the ensuing midnight is thus described 'with all that force of language Harrison Ainsworth knows full well how to use so pictu resquely : HENRY'S CORPSE AND THE BLOODHOUNDS. Constant watch was kept about the body, and the guard was relieved every hour. But, notwithstanding the vigi lance exercised, a singular incident took place,which we shall proceed to relate. A little before midnight it came to the turn of the three gigantic warders to take their station beside the body, and as the elder brother stood on the left of the hearse, leaning on his enormous halberd, he remarked that a dark stream had issued from beneath the pall covering the coffin, and was slowly trickling down the scutcheoned aide of the cata falque. Horror-•stricken at the sight, he remained gazing at this ensanguined current until some drops had fallen upon the ground.. Ha then uttered an exclamation, which quickly brought his brothers to him. " What alarms thee, Og ?" cried the two giants. " Look there 1" said the other. " 'Tis the king's blood. The coffin has burst." _ "No doubt of it I" exclaimed Gog. "'Tis a terrible mis chance—but we cannot be blamed for it." "A truce with such folly I" cried Magog. "'Tis the rough roads between this and Brentford, which shook the car so sorely, that are in fault, and not we I But what is to be done ? Methinks the alarm ought to be given to the grand master." " Ay," replied Og ; We ought to stay it." • How can that be done ?" cried Gog. Can we mend the bursten coffin ?" "but the flow of blood increases. "Others may if we cannot," cried Og. "No time must be lost in obtaining aid. These fearful stains must be effaced ere the bearers come to-morrow." _ _ Without more ado he hurried towards the great western door of the church, and was 'followed by his brothers, who seemed quite bewildered by the occurrence. But they had scarcely reached the door, when they were suddenly arrested by a fierce barking, as of hounds, apparently pro ceeding from the choir. Appalled by the sound, they instantly stopped, and, turning round, beheld a spectacle that transfixed them with horror. Within the barriers, and close beside the coffin on the side of the catafalque down which the loathly current had flowed, stood a tall, dark figure, which, under the cir cumstances they might well be excused for deeming un earthly. With this swart figure were two large coal-black hounds of Saint Hubert's breed, with eyes that, in the imagination of the giants, glowed like carbuncles. En couraged by their master, these hounds were rending the blood-stained cover of the catafalque with their teeth. "Tie Satan in person !" exclaimed Magog. " But I will face him, and check those-hell-hounds in their infer nal work." _ _ _ "I will go with thee," said Og. demon." "Nay, I will not bo left behind." said Gog, accompany ing them. But, notwithstanding their vaunted courage, they ad vanced with caution, and ere they gained the entrance of the choir the dark figure had come forth with his houndq, which stood savagely growling , beside him. They then perceived that the fancied infernal being was a monk with his hood drawn closely over his grim and ghastly features. Stretching out his hands towards them, the monk ex claimed, in tones that thrilled his hearers with new terror, "My words have come to pass. Henry sold himself to work wickedness, and I warned him of his doom as Elijah the Tishbite warned Ahab. The judgment of Ahab hath come upon him. On the self-same spot where Catherine Howard knelt before her removal to the TQwer, dogs have licked the wife-slayer's blood—even his bldod 1" Before the giants recovered sufficiently from their stupe faction to make an attempt to stay him, Father Peto, with his hounds, effected a retreat by a lateral door, through which it is to be presumed he had entered the church. " T fear neither man nor As may be readily understood from these extracts, the " Constable of the Tower" continues to fulfil our happiest expectations. The Worn Wedding Ring and other Poems. By W. C. Bennett, Bvo., pp. 186. Chapman and Hall. The mere title of this charming volume is a poem in itself. And it is a poem. not merely in name, for it is written by one of the very few who have proved to the world in these days that they can write poetry. Mr. Bennett's name upon a title page is pleasant greeting ; it comes to us as an agreeable augury and a right welcome word of introduction. Who that ever read his Baby May and his other exquisite little poems upon children, but will turn with an almost tearful gladness to hail the advent yet again of one whose hand has played not upon the tinckling artificial lyre of a mere poetaster, but upon that noblest lyre of the true poets among men, the reader's own thrilling and responsive heartstrings ? Assuredly, there is not one living English critic, not the most capti ous or the most purblind of our race but will hail as true poet and true man that gentle hearted singer whose voice—trembling the while with tenderest emotion—sang the lovely little ditty about Baby's Shoes. It may be, as some, we ob serve, have objected, that the root-idea of the first metrical effusion in this new collection of poems by Mr. Bennett—the one giving its daintily suggestive title to the volume —may be found already in no less of an old familiar favourite than the Scotch ballad warbled in the quavering accents of age by some nameless gudewife to her white headed jo, " John NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s Od; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s 4sl to 5s 2d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs. AVHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s Gd to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; veal 4s 4d to 55 2d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per Blbs. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 2s Gd to 3s Od ; trout, Os Od to Os ; eels, 8d to Is ; prawns,Os; 480 d to pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pei lb. Turbots, 2s Gd to 20s ; cod, 2s Od to 108 Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od ; doreys, is Od to 10s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 3d to 2s 6d per pair; common oysters, 16s to 20s ; natives, 45s to —s per bushel ; whitings. 4s Od to 12s Od ; haddocks, 5s to 15s Od ; smelts, is Od ; flounders, is 6d to 2s 6(1 per dozen ; mackerel, 50s ; fresh herrings, ss; bloaters, Gs to Ss per 100; carp and tench, Is Od to 3s per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 9id , of household do., 7d to 82d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 31d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3id to ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 34d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4}d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 41d to 41d. Horse hides, 8s 6d to 9s ; calf skins, light 2s O to 3s 6d. ; do. full, 6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 8s 6d to lOs Od ; half-brods, 7s Od to 8s 3d; Downs, 5s 6d to 7s Od; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, is Od to is HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. — Moadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5s Od ; clover do., £3 Os to £slss ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND. - T[eadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5s ; clover, £3 Os to £5 16s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s per lead. A slew demand. WirrrEcHAFEL. —Meadow hay, £2 Os to• £5 5s Od ; clove', £3 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. A slow trade. At the Norwich assizes, on Wednesday, lames Bloomfield Rush, sal of the murderer of that name, was charged with burgla , y, but was acquitted. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, a fire occurred on the premises of Mr. Perraton, printer and stationer, situate at No. 5, Holborn. The engines of the LonJou Brigade were quickly on the spot, but did not extinguish the fire until the house was entirely gutted. Fortunately there was no lives lost. PRISONS.—The Inspector of Prisons in the southern district o;/ England has made his annual report, and is able to state that the reduction in the number of commitments to pally of the larger prisons which he noticed last year has made further progress. The commit ments to the Houses of Correction for Middlesex and Surrey have been reduced by 1,365 and 479 after still larger reduc tions in the two previous years ; in some other of the larger prisons the reduction which is in progress in the ordinary commitments has been counterbalanced by an increase of military prisoners in consequence of the augmentation of garrisons in the district. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Paid. Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,BarodaSr.Cent Ind, Gu. 5 per cent..... Do, Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New . ...... Do. 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BANKS. 78 80 62 63 181 194 51 63 14 lid 201 21i 33 31 70 73 38 39 151 151 22i 23 33i 34i 21 I 83 65 50 62 16 17 38 40 23i 241 SECU 107 109 110 112 1004 101 108 1084, 108 109 1064 1074 08 99 98 99 97i 983 106 107 'IC7/ 10Si 97 99 id par OUS. 13 14 28 30 4} 4f 34 36 18 20 121 14i 114 118 29 80 102 104 Id} d 96 99 3} 31 I 'I, 1 1 1 1 21 31 11 11 Old d i 1 / 1 pr 4a 3a 47 50 67 69 10 11 18 tBap 16} 174 44_ 54 50 51 124 128 32 34 6 1 i I id ip 9 / 1 14 6 i i i 11631 3 16} f Si 391 i ,ITIES. MIEN' 68 7f Anderson." Yet the germ of that same root idea may be recognised as one so widely sown the whole world o'er, that the exception thus taken to "The Worn Wedding Ring," as another, the latest medium for its articulation, is nothing less than ludicrous as a distinct critical objection. As well object, in the same carping mood, to the lack of originality in any one daring yet nowadays to write a love song. There were Kings before Agamemnon. And there will be many more love lyrics yet, let us hope, after the gems culled from this charming lyrist's volume have long•taken their place among the classic fragments of our English poetic literature. Graceful, and singularly various in their grace, though the earlier poems in the collection here before us are undoubt edly—about the happiest efforts, observable among the contents of the volume viewed as a whole, are comprised within the group of Sonnets, here num bering up eighty•five altogether. Mr: Bennett has both the delicate ear and refined taste essential to the. Sonneteer. How many of these eighty-five Sonnets of his fulfil the condition defined by Keats as that of rising loudly Up to its climax, and then dying proudly I" That is a noble Sonnet, for example, written in the fly leaf of " Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome," closing, after an impassioned epitome of the dead and gone glories of antiquity commented upon in its pages, with the ejaculation,— " 0 marvel of a book !" As a Sonneteer Mr. Bennett sings appreciatively, and therefore, of course, lovingly, of intellectual benefactors of our age, like Charles Dickens and Alfred Tennyson. He addresses himself through this vibrant " trumpet" of the Sonnet most delightfully also to themes such as the names of Ruskin, and Thackeray, and Poe, and Hawthorne, and Browning might be supposed to suggest to his sympathetic imagination. There are sentiments expressed in several of these sonnets, nevertheless, particularly in some of them relating to Italy, diametrially opposed to those cherished in our own innermost heart of hearts. Yet the beauty of those very sonnets we cannot but frankly recognise. Else where, however, when our thoughts and feelings are akin we hail the success of our song-writer with unalloyed delight and unstinted admiration. Delicious are two of these sonnets addressed to our loved and lamented Leigh Hunt. "Leigh Hunt !" he cries in one of them— " With the dear gladness of the sound Into my close room all the country came ; Deep lanes and meadows streams rose with the word, And thro' the hash of woods, the cuckoo's call I heard." Here is one of these lovely sonnets, the opening lives of which Keats might have penned : • " 0 nightingale, thou wert fot golden Junes, Not for the gusts of March I Oh. not for strife With wind and tempest was thy Summer life, Mate of the sultry grasshopper, whose tunes Of ecatacy leap faint up steaming noons, Keen in their gladness as the shrilling fife. With smiles not sighs thy days should have been rife, With quiet, calm as sleeps 'neath harvest moons ; Thee, nature fashion'd like the belted bee, • Roamer of sunshine, fellow of the flowers, Hiving up honied sweets for man, to see • No touch of tears in all thy,radiant hours ; Alas, sweet singer, that thou might's not live Sunn'd in the gladness that thou cam'st to give I " Enough, however, in the way of extract from and comment upon a volume of verse, or let us say rather, as we may (for it is a rare opportunity nowadays) of poetry—to Which we can commend without hesitation all those who love to listen to the voice of a true song writer. A volume, they will find it, resounding with the melody and redolent with the fragrance of the green country side. Oxford _Lectures on Elocution. By Charles John Plumptre. 12m0., pp. 66. J. H. and J. Parker, Mr. Plumptre dedicates to the Lord Bishop of Oxford this valuable and interesting reprint of Four Lectures recently delivered by him before the alumni of that ancient University. Four intro ductory lectures elucidative of the principles and practice of elocution—particularly of elocution con. sidered in reference to the learned professions and to Parliament. Lectures they are, delivered by Mr. Plumptre at Oxford during the Michaelmas Term of 1860, by permission of the Rev. the Vice- Chancellor. They are inaugurative of what we hope we are henceforth to regard as an established system at the University, namely, a regular Pro fessorship of Elocution. By what the lecturer himself terms with reason, " a singular coinci dence," upon the same evening, that of the sixth of last November, while he himself was beginning the good work with a view to the establishment of this 'particular class of Professorship at Oxford —the Rev. Alexander d'Orsey was doing exactly the same at Cambridge. It appears almost ludi crous that we should have to notify only nowadays the commencement of such a department of study at our two great Universities. Here, moreover, actually in England, of all the countries in the wide world—where perfect freedom of speech is secured to all ranks and classes of the population. Yet it has absolutely been left until now for Mr. Plumptre at ~Oxford, and for Mr. D'Orsey at Cambridge, to stand forward as the pioneers upon this new and hitherto, in England, untrodden track in University Edu cation. Mr. Plumptre appears with admirable credentials before his pupils, before the Univer sity, before all those who either in Oxford or in London may aspire under his able tuition to prepare themselves by an elocutionary course for the Church, for the Bar, or for Parliament. He is himself a barristei at law of the Middle Temple. He is the Hon. Secretary of the Public Reading Society, of which Lord Brougham is the President. As one of the most accomplished readers of that Society he has frequently had occa sion to signalise here in the metropolis his capa bilities as an elocutionist—capabilities naturally very considerable, but beyond that by study and practice admirably cultivated. From among a cluster of remarkable testimonials to his ability we will select one as in itself amply sufficient. Nor can the selection we make be deemed in any re spect invidious, seeing that it is the testimonial penned by one who occupies so high a place among the pulpit orators of our times as the Rev. J. M. Bellew. That popular elocutionist writes thus of our Oxford Lecturer: — Mr. C. T. Plumptre has paid me the compliment of say ing that a testimonial from me would be of service to him in taking pupils for instruction in elocution. I have repeatedly been applied to by young clergymen and other professional men to recommend them a master for this purpose, and until now have been perplexed how to reply, being indeed completely at a loss. I am extremely glad to think that a gentleman of educa tion and social position is at last undertaking the task of teaching elocution, which has hitherto been commonly sur rendered to actors. Mr. Plumptre is well known to me, and I have frequently heard him read. I am also aware that he has accustomed himself to reading in public, and has studied in order to perfect himself thoroughly in the art. I can speak confidently of his high ability and great dis criminative power ; and of his taste I am equally sure, from my own personal knowledge of him. I would dwell with some emphasis on this latter point, because refinement of feeling and corresponding intonation, accentuation, drc., can only be taught by those who are themselves - native here, And to the manner born." In Mr. Plumptre, therefore, I feel that young profes sional men will have an advantage which has heretofore indeed been very rarely attainable • and look with entire confidence to the complete success o f tuition. Having quoted which authentic opinion of Mr. Plumptre's abilities as an Elocutionist, we cannot but deem . any additional word of commendation here superfluous. We may be permitted at any rate to remark that these four introductory Lec tures by Mr. Plumptre are most lucidly illustrative of the principles and practice of that art of Elo cution of which Mr. Plumptre himself is in both senses a Master: By these introductory lectures .of his at Oxford we trust that he has there in that ancient University permanently established his new Professorship. Arminius. By the Rev. Francis Smith. James Blackwood. We do not consider that the title of this work is altogether appropriate, inasmuch that it is a his tory of the German people from the time of Julius Caesar to that of Charlemagne, and not more than thirty or forty pages are devoted to the history of Arminius ; but the reason assigned by the author is, that Arminius was the founder of German liberty, the first man who was able by his talents and military genius to combine the rival and con tending tribes into which the people were divided, and successfully to resist the Romans. But though his name is cherished in the memory of his country men, his life was an unhappy one. Having mar ried Thusnelda, the daughter of Segestes, a rival chief, against her father's will, a civil war was the result, and Segestes succeeded in imprisoning Arminius and his wife, and confined them in his burg or castle ; Arminius contrived to escape and in his turn besieged the burg ; in this difficulty Segestes sent an embassy to Germanicus, the Roman general, emploring his assistance, which was granted with the greatest satisfaction, it being the interest of the Romans to foment international dis sensions among their enemies as much as possible. On the approach of the Roman army Arminius was obliged to retire, and Germanicus took possession of the burg, and made prisoners of Segestes and his daughter, for although he removed them to the Roman side of the Rhine, under the pretence of protection, Segestes himself died in exile at Rome, and his daughter never again beheld her husband, and her son was born in prison and a Roman slave. But although the capture of the wife of the redoubt able German leader was a success on the part of Germanicus, it led to results which he had not an ticipated ; th e l oss o f hi s b e l o ved Thusnelda stung Arminius to madness, and the author observes, that " Scarcely had Germanicus reached the Roman province before he was made sensible by signs which could not be mistaken that the labour of the year was not yet over. The sky lowered in the direction of the Weser, whence a storm threatened to break upon the Rhine, and he found that his irruption into the Cherusian land was only the signal for a general war, and that battles must be fought, and many a soldier lie low ere the army would rest in its winter quarters." If Arminius was looked upon with jealousy by the Adelings or nobles, he was beloved by the people, and his in fluence over them was very great ; he was soon at the head of a powerful army, and although fre quently defeated in pitch battles, where the disci pline and superior arms of the Romans gave them the advantage, he continued so to harass them on their marches, and to cut off stragglers to such an extent, that in the end Germanicus had to give up the contest, and although on his return to Rome he was treated as a conqueror, and was honoured with a - triumph, the Romans never again held authority in Northern Germany, and the Barbarians increased in strength until the tide of events turned, when, in the fifth century, the prestige of the Romans waned, and in their turn the once conquerors of the world were subjected to the miseries and humilia tion which, in the days of their power, they had so wantonly inflicted on their neighbours. Throughout the work Mr. Smith has taken great pains to fur nish his authority for every statement, and in many instancep he quotes from two or three ancient authors, and 'explains his reason for his opinions. The compilation:of so extensive a extending over such a length of time, and going back to so remote a date when history and fable were so often. confounded must have been a labour of years, and we regret that Mr. Smith did not live to see his valuable book published; This task has, however, been performed by his son, who informs us in his preface that he has been obliged to omit the many valuable notes of his:father, on account of the great additional expense that would have been. incurred by their publication—this is to be re gretted, as much valuable and interesting infor m ation would doubtless have been found in them. Mr. Smith commences his history in the earliest ages, and gradually as he advances describes the changes in manners, laws, and customs of the people from the tithe of C ae sar, who is his first reliable authority until he reaches the period of Charle magne. As a book of reference, both as regards Germany and the Roman empire this work is valuable, and as a study of the customs of the, ancients highly interesting. Useful Information for Engineers. By WilliP.m Fairbairn, LL.D., F.R.S. Longman. This is a second series of lectures which ha•i e been delivered by Mr. Fairbairn. The success of the publication of the first series has induced him to publish, in an extended farm, his later lectures. This volume contains much valuable information, and the results of various experiments carried on under his own superintendence of on the meeha. nical properties of glass and resistance of glass vessels to collapse —on the tensile strength of wrought iron at.varioas temperatures—the tensile, strength of rivet iron, and other subjects. His first lecture is on popular education, which subject ha treats with a liberality to be expected from a man of the author's general opinions. He advocates strongly the scientific education of working engi neers, and the lower orders generally. A lecture on the rise of civil and mechanical engineering, and its progress to the present century, contains much that is interesting. The reader is introduced to Telford, Smeaton, Brindley, and other celebrated, engineers of the past century ; and in the continue,- tion of the subject in a succeeding chapter, which brings the science of engineering down to the pre sent time, those of the present age are introduced. The rise and progress of steam navigation and rail ways is carefully discussed ; and much general in-. formation is to be found under the head of " The properties of steam, its management and applira don." Throughout, these lectures are highly inte resting, combining as they do much valauble information, with interesting details, and. the his tory of the lives and successes of eminent Alen. To all those in any way connected with 'engineering this work will prove most useful. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BIAMOPS 137 - THE LEBANONt The Moni \ teur publishes the following letter from the Roman Catholic Bishops of the Lebanon to 'the Interna tional Commission in Syria, in reply fo certain accusations brought against them in the British Parliament : " Beyrout, March 15.. "It was with affliction and grief that we read, In the Independence Beige of the 11th of February, the article of ' which a copy is hereto annexed. If this article, based on declarations made in the House of Commons by Lord John Russell, in the sitting of the Bth of February, concerned only ourselves, we should not have taken the trouble of re futing it ; but it concerns the Christian populations, whom it is attempted to represent as unworthy of the sympathies which their calamities have procured them on the part of the sultan's Government and of the great European Powers who have so generously hastened to their relief. It is there fore a bounden duty for us to re-establish the facts, and we are encouraged in so doing by the conviction that we shall not appeal in vain to the reminiscences of his Excellency Fuad Pasha, to the good faith of Lord Dufferin, whose thought must have hem imperfectly interpreted, and to the sentiments of justice of the representatives of the European Powers. " When his Excellency Fuad Pasha was about to under take the repression of the Druses he called around him six Christian bishops and requested them to name such of the more notable Christians, conscientious men and well ac quainted with passing events, as might be able to give him information respecting the guilty parties. The bishops re plied that the functions with which they were invested for bade them taking any part in a question which belonged exclusively to the judicial authorities. Fuad Pasha ad mitted the justice of that observation, and explained that he did not wish' them to act in a judicial capacity, but simply to give him the names of persons on whose in formation he could depend. The bishops then gave the names of 16 most respectable Christians, all laymen, who were charged by his Excellency to supply the &formation he wanted, and who all engaged on oath to say nothing but the truth. Some days after these notables handed to his Excellency a list containing the names of 4,600 Druses, Mussulmans, and Mutualis, living in the Lebanon, the Anti- Lebanon, and the Hauran, and chosen from among 30,000 combatants, and not from among only 8,000 Druses, as it is pretended, at the same time indicating the nature of the crimes imputed to each of the persons included in the list. " His Excellency again summoned the bishops to his pre sence to inform them that he well knew all the Druses to be guilty, but that the number given was too great, and tha it was necessary to select only the most guilty. The bishops replied that they had no knowledee either of the list or the persons mentioned in it, and that, owing to their character, it did not become them to take any part in the affair. But the 16 Christian notables, when again consulted by Fuad. Pasha, replied that the list they had drawn up by his orderit was only intended as information to enlighten justice, wad that neither they nor the Christian population would Qrink of demanding that the repression should affect so great a number of victims. However, at the demand of his Excel lency, they then reduced the list to 1,200 of those most compromised, leaving the judicial authorities to asdertain their guilt, and the Government to fix the extent and num ber of the punishments. " The bishops have therefore had nothing to do with the repression, and the notables only undertook to supply his Excellency with the information he needed for his guidance. As for the document mentioned in the Rouse of Commons, the undersigned bishops declare that they never signed any such paper, and that it would be utterly impossible to pro duce anything of the kind. " Such are the facts. In recalling them to the memory of the Commission, the undersigned bishops venture to re quest its members, in the name of the Christians against whom this strange calumny has been raised, in order to deprive them of the sympathy of civilised nations, to own _ municate this declaration to their respective Governments, and to publish it, so that the interest of which the Syrians are the object may not be diminished by the thought that they have shown themselves unworthy of it. " TOBIAS Aomsr, Bishop of Beyrout. " BOUTHROS BOSTANY, Bishop of St. Jean &Acre. " BASIL CHAHIAT, Bishop of Zahleh and polka. " MALATHIOS, Bishop of Baalbeck and dependencies. , THIS DAY'S SHIPPING: Westerly ; light breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain LONDON, March 30.—Wind this dayat noon, South in the morning. FLEETWOOD, March 2 Wind N.Arrived—lntiinsio, from Savannah. QUEENSTOWN, M a rch 28.—Wind E.—Arrived— Cityl o of Manchester, steamer, from New York; Lord Pal merston, from Ca a . B. P LYMO UTH, March 30.—wi n d N.E.—,Arrived_Raa. ',agora, from London for Melbourne, leaky. DEAL, March 30.—Vind S.S.W.—Arrived—Viscount from Calc Canning, utta from the Ri ver, and sailed for Calcutta; Surrey, (EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) urToN, y rning. Arrived, March SouTuAl 30— Tasmanian, Saturda from St ' w Thomas; Athens, from Capp of Good Hope. Sailed, March 29—Havre, steamer, for Havre; South ampton, steamer, for Jersey. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, March 30—Henrich, from Villa Nova; Luna, from Guernsey. Sailed, March 30—Ocean Mail, for Shanghai;. i s i a , for St. Lucia. DEAL, Saturday M Passed—Resnet, from Melbourne; Robertson, from Cen tral America—both for London. Anchored—Sunburel, from London for Bola; u. Put bask—Bengal, for Bombay, ;hare! 100 stk 18 20& 204 10 100 stock 100 stock 100 100 100 dock stock 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock 100 20'11 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 1000