The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-28 00:00:00

14• n act of je" ey have or e, of whi cD universe ,, ' agreeiug is exclude as_ uable the renae°l which COI and e quitl in creating their oval at once hi Chamber e name °' riisticAg. the :allies, fro° I out, seta e but, as 0° me quarter, ,rary wind!: small rob' ?,r cent., fr ° on the gol d s fic steame r ' Irpool, 110° -The Perli n ' [adrid, Cao' ails for VIVI . passenge o A for Cadiz, an, it CompsaY iP preparing 11) a lexican, an, na, with t " Mexico, The 'Unite': ggins, saile d man, French' y l arge carg b ion of whin o Late fonitore P s ; Tuscany h' 4 " and Pistojit nsequence y the 31st 0 ; tied to sle et rhole railway expiration mdent write ial depart iot been a' i9 one bundre a returns with carries bac Lst two bu il, r impersoas, r.—A reP° 4 ling that tbd io ooturnittL ed from the is untrue"' The I )°°r ption of the i n pursuit °f AKEVELD.-": tion ems, 0 1 akefield, lc° )ags (13 cot' ;he )3r le quano:; the magl s evy ing analy ,ch and W,; erution, at iustruoted to included" . C ou rt-hou i l were ordere d i~ ~_-. GE. MONEY MARKET AND comnERaIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoch.. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed very firmly, but without animation, and prices of Americans were 1-16 d. per lb. against the buyer. All other kinds were at full rates. The sales were 10,000 bales-1,000 for export, and 1,000 011 speculation-comprising 660 Pernani and and Maranham, at 6d. to 61d. ; 250 Bahia, at 61d. ; 300 Egyptian, at 6d. to 70. ; 2,000 Surats, 1 " 30. to 4id.; and 100 Sea Islands, at 101 d. to 2s. sd. per lb. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, at previous prices. The National Bank of Belgium haw issued a Itatement of their financial operations daring the Past year, showing a satisfactory increase to the amount of business compared with the transactions of 1854. The net profit of the establishment at trussels, and the several branches throughout 13 elgiam was 2,915,927 f., against 2,692,995 f. ' 111 854. Out of this sum a dividend of 2t} per cent. w a s paid on the subscribed capital of 15mil lion francs for the first half-year. At Brussels the amount of bills discounted was 402,362,228 fr., being an ;increase on the previous year of 4 ., 9 ,498,385fr. On the 31 st of Decembe r, 4 , 85 5, the assets of the Bank amoun t ed to t 5,418,900 frs., of which 69,099,780 frs. was in lAecie, and the remainder in treasury notes. The increase in specie was 2,227,589 frs. The rate of discount charged upon bills was from seven to eight per cent. The total amount of notes issued at the chief establishment, and at the branches, was 150 millions, being the Maximum allowed by the Government. In Flan ders the discounts were about thirty-one millions. At Charleroi they had increased from sixteen to twenty-two millions, and at Nivell-s from 9 23,000 francs to 7,845,000 francs. The other branches at Tournai, Mons, Arlon, Verviers, Hug, and Dinaut, exhibit equally satisfactory results. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up ;)t. to this date, are in round figures as under :- 3 1856. 1855. 10 ( heat Western North-Western "uth-Western 11,991 9.175 Brighton 2o 0 Midland t iouth-Eastern Caledonianlo,24B 10,059 50 ~..4 r eat Northern Laneasbire and Yorkshire alanehestsr, Sheffield, and Lincoln 8 . 051 7,149 25 Bast Lancashire. tristol and Exeter 4,735 4,281 B'2s Chester and Holyhead t. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverh. 3,005 2,647 3t. Glasgow and South-Western 4,346 4.339 56 Aberdeen and Scottish Midland OreetWestern of Canada There has been rather an unsettled market for English 2l' Securities, and at one period the prices were at a decline of nearly per cent., but this has since, however, b ee n partially recovered. As .4t , sometime must necessarily elapse before the 50 ,result of the Paris Conferences is known, 4t. 4 feeling of uncertainty is experienced amon g st. t he speculators, and the announcement that st. Jlord Cowley will return on Saturday next for the Purpose of taking advice upon questions raised 8 during the deliberations has produced some it. 26 an Theheavinessxiet of the Rentes on the Paris Bourse i o naturally occasions a movement in Consols. The s t . coney quotations for the latter this morning were St. as low as 911 but they are now 91A 1. For ac- 10 count they have been 911 91k f, and at present ,_ tile at 94 1, being firmer. The Scrip is 1i prem. i' t t ?, ; Achequer Bills are 3s. to ls. discount for those of 10 March, and the June do. are 2s. discount to 2s. remium. The Scrip is 1i premium. The New -Uhree per Cents. are 921 to 921, and the Reduced 4to 92. Bank Stock is 2131 and 215. India 4 ; . Stock is flat at 222. si. The prices of most of the Foreign Securities are st. 'trooping. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 94i 1, and the 4 per Cents. about 991. Spanish 3 per Cents. -4 ~aro 421, and the New Deferred, 23 1 . Sardinian st; - 13 0 rids rule firm at 891. Russian 5 pe r Cents. 1041 XlO5. Mexican Stock is 20 k , and Belgian 4,A per tits. are 951. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Ntoos s: -Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6171; Mexican, st st . 201 ; Peruvian, 79 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 57 ; 2 -, Portuguese 4 per Cents., 47 49 ; Russian 5 per .Cents., 104 6 ditto 4i per Cents., 9 2 94 ; Spanish 2 : 6 per Cents., 42 43f; ditto Deferred, 23i 24 ; ditto 2 Certificates, 41 5 ; Ditto Passive, 61 1. 2 5' The arrangement of the account in the Railway 1( Market is proceeding satisfactorily, and the rates for , ceontinuation " are not heavy. The quota tions are mainly influenced by operations made in connection with the settlement. Paris and Lyons 1 1 are heavy. London and County Bank Shares have im proved. Itrin 3H FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES, (Prom the Opial List. Btrene-- done. t ank Stock th 3 ,, per Cent. R e .ced Annuities... . ........ 91 I' 2 fi tPer Cent. Consols Annuities 9l,i 4 4 New 3 per Cent. Annuities ...... 9 2 ii3iii 4 'per Cent. Annuities ll3 4 ng Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 .. Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l4 15-16 tudia Stock 222 Itdia Bonds, £lOOO . . Ditto, under £lOO3 1 d Consols ?nr kecount Ditto Ssrip .. l4 tpm Exchequer Bills, 24d. March. Ju ne. £IOOO X 560 1 d I 2 p Small . Ditto Scrip Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent.. 97 Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DIY. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent., 12 Guilders Laud Warrant sk Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cont. Pt Ditto Account Bl Russian Bonds, 5 per Cont., 1822, £ St lOll 5 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cont. . bpinigh Roads, 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Turkish Rends; 6 per cent 95 1 44 bitto Account . . , Ditto 4 per Cent 991 100 991 Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. t elgian, 24 per Cent., ex. 25 francs — Ditto 44 per Cent.. ex. 25 frames 954 THREE O'CLOCK. Console, money Ditto Account, March 11.... .. 91i i ROYAL BENEFICENCE.--Her Majesty the Qmien has been pleased to present to the London Orphan Asylum, Clanton. the sum of 800 guineas, to purchase for his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales the right to keep one child always in the asylum, daring the lifetime of his Royal Highness. His Excellency M. Musurua, Turkish Ambassador at the Court of St. James's, has left town for Paris. His Excellency occupies apartments at the Hotel du Louvre. His Excellency the American Minister was prevented dining with the Lord Mayor at the Mansion-house, last evening, having been commanded to dine with her Ma jesty at Buckingham Palace. THE LATE DUKE OF NORFOLK.—We are informed that the second son of the late Duke of Norfolk, Lord Ed Ward Fitzalan Howard, will succeed to considerable Property in Derbyshire by the demise of his father. Lord Edward, it will be recollected, married Miss Talbot, the heiress so long the inmate of a convent at Taunton. The late duke was the possessor of large estates near Sheffield, which, with the hulk •f the property, go to the present holder of the title. STAR CLUB.—The first meeting of the members of this club, for the present session, was held On Wedn•sday last, at Fenton's Hotel. Present—Mr. Wickham, M.P., Mr. Tite. M.P., Mr, Lee, M.P , Mr. Dighy S , ymnur. M.P., Mr. Roebuck, M.P., Mr. Hadfield, M.P., Mawr Reed, M.P., Mr. Arden, Mr. Oliveira , M.P , Mr. Steele, M.P., Mr. Martin, M.P., Mr. James Grant, Mr. Rowland Hill, the Master Cutler of Sheffield, Rev. Ge o . Jepson, M.A., &c. Mr. Oliveira , M.P.. presided. The funeral of Madame Allan Despreaux, of the Theatre Francais, took place yesterday morning, ard Was attended by the entire company of the theatre and a vast concourse of mourners. The spectacle of the actresses of the Francais, following the coffin on foot in deep mourning, and sheddiag no unreal tears, was very touching. Madame Plessy-Arnould, Who had known Madame Allan long at St. Peters burg, and who was to have played with her in a new Piece on the day she died, was particularly affected. Madame Allan, who has been cut off almost suddenly by a malignant cancer, in her 46th year, was considered the most finished actress of the Theatre Francais. The theatre was closed yesterday evening out of respect to her memory. AUDACIOUS BURGLARY AT A LICENSED VICTUALLERS. —Yesterday morning information was given of a bur glary at Mr. Jonathan Bates's, Princess Victoria Tavern, Castle-street East, Oxford-street. The thieves took part of the roof off the parlour, got down the hole near the ventilator, and ransacked the bar, but only suc ceeded in obtaining a few pounds, the cash having been taken up stairs the previous night in consequence of a man coming in very late for change for a sovereign, and watching the movements of the worthy landlady. Early in the morning the landlord heard a noise, and went dow n st a irs with a six-barrelloaded revolver. Tof thieves decamped by the street•cloo: before he got down the last flight of stairs. SHAR.II MARKETS. (rruls DAY.) RAILW AYS. lid.l RAILWAYS. Clo:ling Prices ski, day 25 27 41 - 8 - Ri 16 - 15 13 .- 9 -- 87 -- 57 - iii ... ""' - 2 8 - 84 126 - 13 - 32 - 34 22 - 24 72 - 74 51 - 91 - 26 - 27 85 87 tie— 7 ' 95} - 96! , 80 - 82 123 • 125 106 - 7 08 60 - 603; 73 - 16 6i - 6 7 82 :- 82 71 - 74 9 6 - 986 102 1026 - 1 td P 1 926 - 931 -24 i i Id 71 711 41 43 ... •""' -• 10 - 11 50 - 52 3 3i 29 30 77 - 5A 4 - 15 - -6 52! 5R4. %.0 - 92 : 9i loi 22 - 24 - 106 74 - 76 46 -JS 114 1 2t' 66 - 67 71 - 73 4 --- I li - 20 - - 3i erCkei.:l . • ;. Arabg. N0tvig..13,4; aria Es.stu. Jurcet.„ ail Bolfast Rti llagymek, , ,, %II 'slrming. Waive rb Stour Valley ..... . Lau:AL. Cheahirc, June:.... Alt 'in. Clieh. & Birk., £5O and £25 C-)nA I'2 Do., £20...... .. all Alytb. &Tynoorigina £25 (iascl. at £471:. 100 Bristol and. Exetov...i .100 , Jalodouian.... ~if; illarm. tt.tpl. Ow digits:. all Chester liolyiwal. tit Ocrk and Bmaificm al: 1 1:: , ork, Black, 8s Pas , . all I Do. A. 8 Do. B li. r`rle Junction 4S sablin&BolfastJul. - x. i all I.)uu. P. & Ac.-r. Jut'. 1.00 El.s• t Arg1ian....,,.... 1 al P.:astern Countios— l.oo ' , last. :Trion, A ftl 1 PP.% 6.p B. 5t0.t.„.,., :.: Do., New A.. 10 East Kent 1:U - - ,,st. Lmicashire ,„., 100 .' - clintru clila Ulan; c all i iinb. and Peebleri Edin. Prtin & Dur 9 9`orth Sr Clyde Jun t., al] Furness. all Do. Extension........ 100 lasaow&d w , st. • . all reat N. of Scotlnd. 100 preat Norther,' 100 po., A. 5t0ck....,. 1 00 Do., B. Stock 1J( Sth. kWestalro .Ireat Wcstern 11 . * Do. Stour Val, Rail Grta. Stk all 1/.0. South-Fs.6tcr - r all TAncs.sto '4 4 .0)•., Thirds. 8 Do. New Thirds__ Laneash.andYork,-1. i D3. ' AN'st. Riding I, ln all Edv.Crsby.StSouth.7t all London & Blaekwal 10C Lend. Brig at & 4.C, t. 100 Lond. and N. West: , 16 , 00. Fitthi, . ..., , 54 D0.101.6n ;Bak li , C 1.,, Do. Eighths . ....., WO London andS. Wostr 1 all I Do., £s' , all Do., L 46 all Ladndrryds Clolerahr all Lndridrr. & Ennlsif 110 Maneh.Shef.& Li a.ll -2g. no., Mar.. tit Lin. tria 1 Metropolitau .. ... UV Aidlano .. . 190 I Jo. Birmng. &Der' all Kidld.G. West. (Ire„ all Do. Half Shares Ail Si9weastle At Carlislr all Nwpt.Aberg. &Urn $ ; Newry it Enniskillor all Newry Warrenpoi.o` and itostrevor.,„.... sorfolk 34 Vorthn.Countiosl:•l; 1100 - tiortit :gth Pev ,, o & 1100 Deck Stock . 'lOO ~ 0 ., A Stock... .11 mac., B Stock ail Do., B Guarante , :. , [iY N.Eastern—Berwicl , 21i Do. do. Eatonaion j 5 Do.do. G. N. E. isnrcli a' Do. Leeds 100 Do. Y0rk......... 100 'North London „. 31 . &S. W''trn. I stead, and City JO,. i7i 'Fortli Staffordshire,. ~`• North Western & S. Wastrn.JUYv ILinneaton, And , 1 Ox, Wore.. .kt Woh 8 Port! - ,,,0ut1t 1.0 4 .) %eottish 1.0 f) too .4hropshire a' , South Devon V. ISoutb Eastern ;100 !?nnth Wale? .1 Irrkeb.&lti';.l3;2. Ho V=.o.-arne , _‘, l ro. k, Wo 4 ' Stookton. Darn do ~ Tal Vale .... e.! !Do. Pref., No. ';.2 j . l"araes Hay. Tl.& 11, D ',Olverstone & Lanus Ail l iWaterfi. litlkennyl WaterforldtLitner , elt all West Cornwall. 0 all W.3st End of Loud , n • and Crystal Pala., , 5 all Do. 5 3 Do, B ..... ',C . Ai . West Londou .0 all WimblednhCrorior. 40 I Do. 5 p.c. 0b149. con. in Sh . at par till '64 i 0 A.rdenues 4• &flg:an Eagtn. hric 14 dealers to Grass Bombay, Barocl a, , An'' Central India„Ser! , 8 all Do. a. i I Demerara 11 Inutch Rhenish al" Eastern of France ~ 13 Do. New al' East Indian, g. 5 p.' , 15 Do. Itsl.eliql , - , +.. all D0.46p.c.13nd5.,' 57 L.; ! Do. ..1,.. do_ Nt- 4 . 4 16 'Gee ong ', Melboulte guar. 5 per • nt. A7l. I Do., Lon. allot., do. 226Gd.Tk.of C5lllO4laA 1 Do. 9) Do. Cert of Doben. con. into Stk. till '‘;' all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 14 Gt. CeLtral of Fran all Gt. Indian Peninsni , 14 Great Luxembour: Constituted Share: , Lll Do, Obligations... .. 11 Do. re-is. forftd. Sh. al" Gt.Westery of ()awe. al Shares 56 Do. New al). Do. Bds., payahle'7,' with option till 'ss' all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, without option ' all Hamilton & Torontr. all Do. 8 por cent. 17 Lake COTIA. & Basle' all Lierre and Tnrnhout ~i 1 Lucca ,1 , Fist. sp. c.p 16 Lyons and Goneva , 14 Lyons 4 Ttfediterrar all Nfadrae, gitiv. 4 : p.e L, 10 Do. New , 0., 6P. o 0 5 Do. 4i p. c. Exton Ili all &aria rintonit ..•• ,ft all Do. do. New 10 31) , Namur & Liege interest)....... ~... 1)o. (ex interost) ..... Northern of France. D0.20/..Shs 'Do. 201. 3 p. c Ilds (fmy.l3.4..Arns.Sks. NorwezianTrunkPre Paris ani. Lyons., , Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Rome and Frascati.. B.•yal Danish RoyalSweilish Do. Obligations .... Sambre and Iftiouso... Do. 5, p. rtont. ?ref. Scinsh , guar. 5 p. c 10 all t 6 all 20 1.11 £0 all 10 , kl) 20 all 40 all 10 all 10 5 20 ali 5 all 4 all 20 all Id all 20 5 20 all 10 ?AI 20 +6 k Do Southern of France St. Andrew's anc! Clueboe (A). West Flanders Do 5 A rer c. Pret w. &N. W. of Fr tnet West. of Switzerland, Wiesbaden .„. mut 81 1 i 0 al 20 IS 20 -u 6 all 20 all Btudnese done thli d#ty G~ -• FOititiGN. 1 P 2} 2;U 1 d 2 3 !' 12 - 140 - 22 - 12 - 10 14 - 15 73 75 81 - 84 2011 20, p 4 - 5 3 - 2? 3 - 99 - 100 120 - 125 120 - 125 107 109 25 -• 25, 120 - 125 _. r~r•~ 9l .- 10 - 141 4 7 - 2 - 5i - 6 51. - :;81 - 39, 111 - /2. ••• - 49t - 49 49 - 5 19 -- 20 ••• - •• 9 - 1 - ... -•N 3i--• 4 330 I.Bi -- JOINT-STOOK BANAL • 0 11 '•...:Azrp' •,,. : 5 100 50 Bank of London .... 64 66 ,to d , Iri. Col. sik.& tin. C .. ' - . - -i0 si' tritish N. American American... - .. 25 5 lhartd. Bank of Atli , . par —1 . p 0 4 Thrtd. Brk. of India, A.netraiia, it China 1 -- Id Loo 50 City .. ... - 68 100 15 Colonial .. —, .„ 100 20 Commercial of Lend ., 20 * a illne..4cot.& kna•Cht IPI 171 20 all Loud. Man- Bk of Australia. 20 5 Ditto New 4 3l 50 20 Lendon and County. ... __ ... 351 100 50 Tand.&E.Bnkg.Corp, par 2 p 50 10 London Joint S , •o' , , _ 100 10 London and Paris li - - i a tOO 20 (National tic, ,efittniust.: ... 7 , 411 5 100 35 National Pro. of Eng 20 10 Do. New... ........ .- • ..- 50 22 , , Natiwas , of Irelnut • ... •• • , 37 20 all - New '3outh W2.1e1, - - 39 25 all Otent...l Bank of Corporati:m I . 39 41 00 125 Prortneial of Ireland ... ... 10 all Do. New 5 1 It Ains :Sr Gr, Tm , , ... -- 100 50 Royal British ......... ... ~. 25 *ll South A , lstralir; ..... 33 40 25 aP Union of ,S,-.3,•tra115... 71 - 73 New., ...._ „ i M 50 10 Union o London ._ 27 29 ' 20 5 E s 13( Mt LONDON, THURSDAY EVENI N G-, FEBRUARY 2s, 1856. FIXED 1.31W1221 L ITERATURE. conveyed in the easy language of conversation, and with the unassuming tone of an equal and - a-companiorr. - -In deed his mind seemed to comprehend in distinct but her ntonions method the whole history of human thought, from the earliest speculations of the friends of Job to tho latest subtleties of the disciples of Kant. With rare im partiality of mind, and a charity of disposition still more rare, he gave its full weight to every opinion, and made the fairest allowance for every error. Not less copious and instructive was his knowledge of civil and political history ; the conduct of Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, the projects of the Crusaders, the views of the leaders of party during the French Revolution,—all found in him a searching inquirer awl an impartial judge. On lighter subjects he was equally at home ; epigrams, farces, • and novels wore not lass faini!lar to him than the treatises of Groans or the annals of Thuanus. Possessing a good share of wit and humour, ho took his part in political war fare, armed no less with the -" tart reply" than with the "eloquent harangue." I remember sitting by him when a great lawyer, disclaiming, from the Treasury Bench, all participation in the opinions of the Liberal party, said, " I coif(' see nothing to tempt me in the views of the gentlemen opposite.' 'For views read prospects,' whispered Mackintosh to me. Thus endowed, conversation was his favourite employment and his chief Deduction. His style in writing was far from being clear and idiomatic ; his manner of speaking in Parlia , nant was too' elaborate, perhaps too didactic, and his voice harsh and hoarse; but in society his gentle bearing and kis vigorous tone made him powerful and pleasing, victorious and delightful." _~ ClO.l y this day 41131. t• 336 this dap. THOMAS MOORE. Memoirs, Journal, and Correspondence of Thomas Moore. Edited by the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P. "Vols. I. to VI. Longman and Company. 96 - 93 94 - 1-8 11 - 13 "Spiral adict:, amor !" It is the motto stamped upon the - title-page of every volume by an affectionate and faithful friendship. And the tend sr words of Horace are echoed here, indeed, most truthfully and appro priately. It i 3 a fragment of verse flung upon the grave of a popular favourite, like a shining wreath of immortelles. Every body almost—(for we have not forgotten one painful little epi soda consequent upon the issue of an earlier portion of these " Memoirs" through the press)—thinks of him in the same spirit—remembers him with the one prevailing sentiment of admiration—recalls him to mind not as Mr. Moore, but as Tom Moore, as Anacreon Moore, as the poet of _LAIN Rookh, as the Irish Melodist. Occa sionally, of course, we cannot but revert to his other characteristics, we cannot but think of him sometimes as the historian of Ireland, as the humorist of the " Fudge Family," as the scholarly adventurer within the laby riuths of religious contro versy, as the biographer•ofS lieridan, and Byron, and Fitzgerald. Now and then he returns to our. recel leotion as the facetious Pasquin of those delightful " sooterkins of wit," the once famous OdeS upon " Cask, Corn, and Catholics"—or again as the-classic fabulist of the mysteries of "The Epicurean,''—or yet again as the sparkling fribble of the ." Two penny Post Bag" and the " Blue Stocking." It is peculiarly, however, and almost exclusively as the wit and as the songwriter that Moore lives iu our own and in the general remembrance. We have heard him spoken of by one of the most gifted men of our own time, as the most brilliant companion in the whole range of his recollection. We all know what thefastidious Byron called him— " the beloved of all circles; the idol of his own !" We remember too how even the cynical Rogers exclaimed in a letter to him (August 5, 1820), "What alucky fellow you are ! surely you must have been born with a rose in your lips, and a nightingale singing on the top of your bed !" We remember still more delightedly the glorious asseveration of Sydney . Smith—" By the beard of the prelate of -Canter bury, by the cassock of the prelate of York, by the breakfasts of Rogers, by Luttrell's love of side dishes, I swear that I had rather hear you sing than any other person I ever heard in my life, male or female. For what is your singing but beautiful poetry floating in fine music, and guidel by exquisite feeling ?" It is as the songster, as the ballad-writer and the ballad singer, as the animated talker, the couversational wit, the humorist, the melodist, the perfect mas ter at once of repartee and anecdote, that Tom Moore lives at this moment, and will long continue to live, in the national memory. As a companion, we think of him individually, precisely as Sr Wal ter wrote of him in his " Diary" (Nov. 22, 1825), viz., as " a little man, a very little man," who "always enjoys the mot pour rire." Conspicuous upon his busts and portraits, are there not, don't we all remember there are, those two bright organs of wit shining upon his fore heal like little moons of merriment ? Looking at his face at the age of forty, as it has been preserved to us by the pencil of Phillips, cannot we recognise iu the alert carriage of the head, in the clustering hair, and the sparkling eyes, even in the nez re trousee, and in the very cook of the ear, in the dimple on the chin, and the piquant lines about the mouth—plain face though it is, altogether ac cording to Scott's judicious estimate of its general character—cannot we recognise in it just a glimpse of what we mightfancy Dan Oapid might have grown to be when tetat XLa, a mixture of the quaint and the comely, the gay and the pensive ? At nineteen (1798) he may Lave been shy in society, as he him self asserted at the time (1. 71.), but that shyness must surely have faded ..,ut very soon after the bashful age of nineteen. For it, as ho remarked in one of his letters to Lady Deneeal, he was "little, like Horace," and "loved dozing in the morning, like Montaigne," he had all Horace's zest for human intercourse, and gave ample reason for his mornings' doze by his midnight carouse far into the small hours, at ball, and rout, and theatre, and masquerade. This same gay gregarious life he began early and terminated late ; entering upon his long round of pleasures in the dear old Dublin times, the times of Eanuet and his compatriots, with— .41 ... 4i !105 - 107 23; -24 i 1071 -112 i 2h -- 2i Better still, here is the ex- Premier's delightful pic ture of that cleanly and politer Rabcllais, the— 92 - 55 P - tP -- 57 EBV. SYDNEY SATIL - - "If it is difficult to convey any notion of the conver sation of Sir James Mackintosh, it is hardly possible to describe that of Sydney Smith. There are two kinds of colloquial wit which equally contribute to farde, though not equally to agreeable conversa tion. The one is like a rocket in a dark air which shoots at once into the sky, and is the more surprising from the previous silence and gloom ; the other is like that kind of firework which blazes and bursts out in every direction, exploding at one moment, and shining brightly at an other, eccentric in its course, and changing its shape and colour to many forms and wally hues. r, as a dinner is set out - with two kinds of champagne, so these two kinds of wit, the still and the sparkling, are to be found in good company. - Sheridan and Talleyrand were among the best examples of the first. Hare (as I have heard) and Sydney Smith were brilliant instances of the second. Hare I knew only by tradition; but with Sydney Swim I long lived intimately. His great delight was to produce a succession of ludicrous images : these followed each other with a rapidity•that scarcely left time to laugh ; he liimself laugh ing louderdmil with more enjoyment than any one. This electric contact of mirth came and went with the occasion ; it cannot be repeated or reproduced. Anything would give occasion to it. For instance, having seen in the news papers that Sir lEneas Mackintosh was come to town, he drew such a ludicrous caricature of Sir ...Eaeas and Lady Dido, for the amusement of their namesake, that Sir Janice Mackintosh rolled ou the floor in fits of laughter, and Syd ney Smith, striding across him, exclaimed Ruat Justi tia His powers of fun wore a% the acme time united with the strongest and most practical common sense. So that while •he laughed away seriousness at one minute, he destroyed in the next some rooted prejudice which had braved for a thousand years the battle of reason, and the breeze of ridicule. Tee letters of Peter Plymley bear the greatest likeness to his conversation ; the description of Mr. Isaac Hawkins Brown dancing at the court of Naples in a volcano coat with lava buttons, and the comparison of Mr. Caming to alargo blue bottle fly with its parasites, most resemble the pictures he raised up in social conversa tion. It may be averred fur certain, that in this style he has never been equalled, and I do not suppose he will ever be surpassed." 132 74 - S 3 -- 20 82 - 31 83 • 85 ~ kitlK +l'+. ,ti - yi 9G 98 -16 i s} 95 - 100 75 - 80 P I i 2 - r2i G 7 G 9 1U 7 - 119 Admirable ! It is Sydney to a hair, to a t,—not a miniature profile of the humorist so much as an actual callotype of the man,, with every comic wrinkle at the corners of his blithe eyes and every subtlest dimple at the angles of his kindly month ! It is Sydney Smith as ho lives to us in his own deliciously wise, absurd, most shrewd, and most preposterous Peter Plyinley—ts he looks out anew, posthumously, upon the ,world he gladdened so often in his lifetime, through the p ages of Lady Holland's recent biography of him—as he here laughs, again and again, through the pleasantprattle and agreeable gossip of Moore's " Diary," laughs through it here anti there, not loudly or boister ously, but contagiously and inextinguishably ! Does he not ? Econtez I Hear him (through page 75 of vol. v.) as he runs over with "comicality and fancy" at Rogers's bretkfast-table on the 27th of May, 1826, keeping them all in roars of laugh ter ! Hear him discoursing of the stores about dram-drinkers catching fire [before the father of Captain Marrya "Jacob Faithful," and the rag-selling Krook of Mr. Dickens's "Bleak House" had been dreamt of as " going off" by spontaneous combustion] --hear Sydney' Smith talking upon this theme, and (apcording to his wont) " pursuing the idea in every possible shape !" "The inconvenience of a man coming too near the candle when be was speaking, ' Sir, your observa tion has caught fire 1 Then imagined a parson breaking into a blaze in' the pulpit ; :the engines called to pUt him . out ; no water to be' had, - the man at the waterworks being an Unitarian or au Atheist." And so forth. No wonder they "roared with laughter !" No wonder the Leitrers of Syd ney left him often with their sides aching ! Fancy hearing him talk of some one on the very same occasion, as a man who " has no command over his understanding—it is always getting between his legs and tripping him up !" Fancy his saying a day or two afterwards (May 30th), when it was remarked of a dinner party at Agar Ellis's, how well and good humouredly the host had mixed his guests all up together—" That's the great use of • a good conversational cook, who says to his com pany, I'll make a good pudding of you ; it's no matter what you came i6to the bowl, you must come out a pudding. Dear me,' says one of the ingredients, wasn't I just now an egg?' but he feels the batter sticking to him," &c. ! Why Heraclitus himself must have. paned under the in fluence of such a conversationalist, and Democritus have rolled himself into convulsions on the carpet ti la Mackintosh ! It is the twofold charm of Moore's Diary that it displays continually the most exqui site sense imaginable of a joke, however subtle or however extravagant it may be, and while doing this perpetuates for after-times the little fleeting whims and oddities of the men-of-mark encoun tered by the Diarist, whims and oddities often conveying to the observer's mind the liveliest ap preciation of apparently the most trivial, but in reality the most significant, of the subject's odd and whimsical characteristics. (To - be continued.) 109 -- 111 - 103 -- 105 a ar' 9i 10 6 - 91. - 93 81 - h 3 81. - 83 95 100 9/ - 10{ 16t - 16 i 9i -UJ 71 - 73 184 - 194 - 14 -J4 1 - 32 184 s•• ''''''' 1.1.0 •• • - •• •F •.. • - 134 4 - . • "Toe feast of treason and the fl iat of punch;" (i., 247) — and ending them in the still dearer old London nights—the Nights of BelgravianEutertaininentj ust before the subject of these recollections retired to die iu the pretty rural qnietude-of his little lose covered cottage at Sloperton. Well , the blithe days are over now for him, there is an end come to the merry moods of Yoriek, " Where be your gibes now ? your gam bols ? your songs ? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar ?" Where ? They are for the most part here ! They are in the "Fudge Family" already mentioned, they are in the Irish Melodies, they, are in the "Twopenny Post Bag," they are in the "Cash, Corn, and Catholics"—above all, in reference to the conversa tional fun and sparkle of Moore, they are here in these pleasant volumes of his " Memoirs, Journal, and Correspondence." Volumes edited, as all the world knows, by his personal friend and literary executor, Lord John Russell. Excep tions, we are aware, have been taken in : ertain quarters to the manner in which Lord John has acquitted himself of the responsibilities of his editorship of Moore's " Memoirs." Nevertheless, with these exceptious we cannot by any means coincide ; regretting though we do sincerely the oversight which led to the earnest but courtly ex postulation of the late lamented Lord Londonderry in reference to allusions in one volume erroneously made to himself when Sir Charles Stewart and to his distinguished brother when Viscount Castle reagh. Lamenting, moreover, though we do, very earnestly, the mistaken retention upon the poet's Diary of certain pettish and petty sneers which, thus retained, become gallingly per petuated into the posthumous, and provoked from the friend thus sneered at, as it were, from the buried coffin, a virulent and atra bilious and even (we must out with it) a brutal blow and kick aimed at the crumbling bones of the dead man—aimed at them through a malevo lent article—through the pages of the Quarterly. Regarding these two blunders as unquestionably most reprehensible, and deploring them as sources of grievous pain, iu one instance to a gallant old sol dier, and in another to a sour old critic, and ulti mately by means of the ferocious vengeance pro voked from the latter to a sweet-tempered and most gentle lady, the widow of the departed poet, whose memory was thus heinously and cruelly out raged—apart from all this we cannot for the life of us see where it is that Lord John has failed so egre giously in the responsible and delicate task of editor ship. Little else was surely wanted than an occasional foot-note scattered here and there as sparingly as possible by way of explanation. Memoirs—Journal —Correspondence, otherwise speaking for them selves. Lord John has appreciated this perfectly I well and has acted accordingly ; but besides the casual notes in question he has given the reader of these volumes a preface of twenty-seven pages to vol. i., and a preface of fourteen pages to vol, vi., written in pure and idiomatic English , and in a style sparkling and epigrammatic. Examples from which we may here take occasion to give in refer ence to one or two of Thomas Moore's more re markable contemporaries, men whose silhouettes have thus been delicately defined, to the very life, in vivid black and white, with a glib and tren chant ease at once commanding our admiration. It is something, we conceive, to secure as editor of _ one's Memoirs, Diary, and Correspondence one who has during six years of his life wielded the destinies of this mighty empire as Prime Minister of Eng land, and who, after all the hackneyed labours of a long Parljamentaay and administrative career, has the faculty of turning sentences which, in the nervous strength of their diction, in their brilliant and polished animation, in their humorous fresh ness, and rhetorical finish, are not unworthy of the disciple of Somers, of the political descendant of Chatham, of the dispassionate appreciator of the genius of Burke, of the personal friend and minis terial colleague of Macaulay. High praise, but praise to our mind such as Lord John, especially in the second preface here referred to, appears to us to have eminently well deserved. Let us give an instance, so that our words may not have to sus tain unsupported the imputation of conveying eulogiums so entirely and , unjustifiably exagge rated. Here is Lord John s sketch of— 99 - 92 - 5f --• 5i i : id fai _-ii. !. ... 2.4 - Ti; 97 - 9 9 94 --9 i ... - _ p - 2p ••••' a• 4 24 - Scottish Heroes in the Daps of Wallace and Bruce By the Rev. Alexander Lew. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. It would be difficult to find a more interesting page in history, than that which is here unfolded before us. It is not from wonderful feats of arms being performed, nor from mighty events taking place, that the attention is awakened ; but from the spirit that reigned pre-eminent and triumphant. Opinions vary, and the wisest and most learned differ as to the relative merits of the conquerors of the earth. It is not possible that an unanimous decision can be arrived at in analysing the motives that urged them and the actions they achieved. But if there is one thing which more than another attracts universal homage,' t is the career of the patriot, whose life is devoted to the service of his country, and whose death is a sacrifice offered up at her altar. Ambition has a lofty standard to aspire to in such a cause, and the zeal and ardour of a warrior can be aroused by no nobler inspira tion. Tint sublime spirit of patriotism was never more grandly displayed than by those heroic few who came down from their rocky fastnes•.es, their mountain 'strongholds, "in the garb of old Gaul, in the tire of old Rome," to confront the flower of Europe's chivalry, and to dare perils of their own countrymen joined to dangers of the foe. Success ie generally the criterion of merit ; but if the in trinsic value of motives be analysed, the tribunal of after ages should award a purer fame to those who deserted not the oriflemme of Wallace in the darkest trials than to those who afterwards exulted under the victorious banners of Bruce. Among those whose mission was to point the way to others more than to achieve himself, the name of William Wallace is distinguished. He was not favoured to see his beloved country free, nor did he know the full extent of his own labours, as they consisted more in influences that are apparent when their planter is no more. The truth of the adage, so hard for the pride of human nature to compre hend, " ono sows that another may reap, was manifested in a striking manner in the career of Wallace. What a life of honour might not have procured his native land, a death of igno miny obtained. The thought of his unburied re mains had a more stirring effect on his countrymen than the marble monument where princes held the pall could have produced. The vanity of human wishes is seen in this retribution of tyranny and cruelty. The act which Edward thought would seal the doom of Scotland sounded the trumpet of her freedom. The heroic spirit is not extinguished with the hero's life, and of Wallace it might be said with truth, " E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires," for the key-note of independence was the memory of his name. It was cherished in the heart of his country ; it was re-echoed by her mountains and floods, till it swelled into the song of praise that recorded the victory cf Bannockburn. By his cruelty the tyrant prepared the way for the greatest defeat that his country ever sustained in battle. The style in which this chronicle of events is written is one eminently suitable to its purpose. The author is treading a beaten track, but every step is made interesting by its owe importance, added to the simple and effective manner of its description. As may be suppos ed, the principal portion of the volumes is that dedicated to the con sideration of the exploits of Robert Bruce, although cast into the shade at the outset by the brightness of the career of Wallace, when that hero had been rendered a martyr ; then did th? .., star of his suc cessor rise into the ascendant. or the indecision of his early life Bruce paid a heavy penalty, and suffered years of toil and hardship ; but not the less is there reason to admire the energy, persever- ance, and discretion that characterieed his eon duct. Few crowns in history have been -more hardly won than was his, and when he at last was enabled to rejoice as undisputed sovereign of Scot land rest was not for him. The cares which he had. undergone in reaching the goal prevented him from appreciating the success. The pains and infir- I 'pities of a. premature old age came upon him, and he was unwillingly compelled to relinquish entire per formance of his duties. However lives like those of Wallace and Bruce are too full of incident and adventure while they last to allow of a chance of their reaching to the extreme limits of mortality unimpaired and unehequered, and if Bruce had been spared he might not have done more essential service. The details of the years that intervened between Falkirk and Bannockburn are equal to the legends of romance and the fables of tradition. The circumstances which are recalled to the me mory in perusing this work are striking. A more forcible moral as to the value of perseverance can nowhere be instanced in history than is offered in the life of the wisest of Scotlaaa's king. It is observed here that " the history of Robert the Bruce is certainly of a most romantic description, and being himself a chivalrous knight, of consi derable strength and matchless valour, the simplest narrative acquires the interest and embellishment cf romance." Foremost in interest and import ance these pages stand the details of the battle of Bannockburn—a name inseparably associated with that of Bruce, of whose life it was the glory, and of whose labours it...was ..the crown. It is declared that " This engagement entitled him to take his rank among the most distinguished con querors of ancient times, and further on it is truly said that " the effects of that battle are felt at the present day ;" also that in the union which took place between England and Scot lend many of the privileges secured to the letter country were the fruits of Bannockburn, " Ireland was a province of England ; but Scot land has always been blessed by that enlightened knowledge which springs from civil and religious liberty—that noble independence which is to be traced back through five centuries—to the heroes of this day." Second only to the exploits and achievements of their chief are the wonders effected by his friends Douglas and Randolph, and his brother Edward. This prince was daring, rash, and impetuous ; but though he does not appear thus to advantage by the side of the shining wis dom which cast so bright a halo on the head of It:short, viewed by himself he is a noble knight. Sir James Douglas was distinguished for nothing . more than the determined zeal with which he res cued again and again the castle of his ancestors from foreign invasion. So numerous were his de vices, and so daring his deeds, that by his enemies it was styled "the perilous Castle of Douglas." There is something touching as well as solemn in Bruce exhorting, at the last moment of his life, his faith ful awl tried companion in arms, and friend in pri vate, to carry his heart to the Holy Land. There is also au attracting interest in the last passage in the life of the good knight—" Lead ou as thou west wont, and Douglas shall follow thee or die," were his last words, as his spirit passed away on " the death-bed of fame." This work combines the interest of biography, with the importance of history, it joins the merit of reality, to the records of those heroes ; who were the shining ornaments of their country, knights who were the glory of the chivalry of their age, patriots who are the pride of their people for all time. In their rude laud, in those days of ignorance, they effected achievements that have not always. been equalled, by the wealthiest nations in the most enlightened periods. It nety surely be queStioned if the nineteenth cen tury in its progress, has made advance or retrograde movements, in the wisdom of its warriors. After comparing the relative advantages and actions of the present and the past, the reader of this book may look back with regret to the days of romance, and wed' that some one of their mighty men of valour had existed in these times, to vindicate his country's cause, and lead her semis to victory, a wish that was expressed by the poet in his lament over disasters and want of judgment, when he ex claimed— Oh ! Dougla9, for thy leading wand, Fierce Randolph for thy speed. for an hour of Wallace Wight, Or weli•skilled Bruce to rule the fight." After Dark. By Wilkie C )11ins. 2 vol 5. Smith and Elder. The reader will be probably surprised on opening these volumes to meet old friends with a new face. They do not contain, as might . naturally be sup posed, a new work of fiction, but consist with one exception of stories that have previously appeared le the pages of " Household Words," linked toge ther by an introductory chapter and a series of prologues. This introduction is entitled " Laves from Leaks Diary," and tells us the story of a poor portrait painter, who, being threatened with blindness, is compelled to abandon his profession for a time. As his family are de pendent on his labours, be is despondent and miserable at the prospect of forced inaction, when the happy idea occurs to his wife, the Leah of the diary, to collect and publish the many stories he has heard from his sitters. By this thread the stories are joined together. During the day the wife is too much occupied with her household duties to afford her husband the necessary assist ance in transcribing, but " After Dark" she writes front his dictation. From this the book de rives its title, which is certainly a most appropriate one, for the stories are most of them of that descrip tion which is most properly read, like Sir Walter Scott's Erl King, by the light of an unsnnffed candle. For the satisfaction of the lovers of the marvellous we may add, that the two most hor rible are founded on fact, namely, " The Terribly Strange Bed," and " The Yellow Mask." The former of these will be readily appreciated by the visitors to the Drary-lane pantomime, where a wave of harlequin's magic wand brings down the top of a four- post bed upon the unhappy clown. In the story, however, the intention was a little more serious. Au Englishman, who had won largely, was persuaded to stay the night in the gambling-house. Unable to sleep, however, he lay watching a picture hanging opposite, of a man in a high Spanish hat crowned with a plume of fea thers. Suddenly, while his mind was wandering on the events of the night, a strange thrill shot through him. The Spanish hat had disappeared ! What was the dusky object that shut it out from view? The bed-top rapidly and silently descending ! The intended victim, it need not be said, speedily made his escape through the window to the nearest police-office. An examination proved the exist ence of this mysterious agent of murder, by which imprudent winners were quietly and effectually disposed of. The clever "Lawyer's Story" of the Christmas before last, will hardly be recognised under the title of "The Stolen Letter." It is nevertheless the same, and will readily Le remem bered on perusal. The only original story in the collection is called " The Lady of Glenwith Grange," and is in no way superior to its compa nions. The writer thinks it necessary to inform us that the tales are entirely of his own imagining and constructing. The fact that some of them are laid in foreign countries seems to have given rise to the idea that the stories are of foreign origin. He combats this suggestion most emphatically, as suring his readers that they may depend on the genuineness of all his literary productions, and hint ing that such is the fertility of his imagination, that the idea of his being reduced to the necessity of borrowing is perfectly impossible. The stories, however, are certainly striking and uncommon, most of them possessing some marvellous incident or thrilling tragedy to preserve them from the charge of being common-place at any rate. The writer possesses talents fur description, which he has employed to good purpose in some of them. As we have before remarked, they will be specially a - tractive to all lovers of the mysterious and ter rible ; and, if a shade of improbability may appear to sober-minded persons to deprive the stories of reality, it will only deepen the interest of others by removing the events de - scribed front the range of ordinary experience. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. LINES R A fLTFATIIi Olmpar.; 114udan N. We •... E. 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E-:: ... p• ''' i - i .. '-- .. -- 3- 11 - 26 -- P 66 --- id -- 16 2i • id - 'i 1 7 0 .SIB, JAMES 'MACKINTOSH. " Of all those whose conrersati 0n is referred to by Moore. Sir Jas. Mackintosh was the v.bl -st, the most brilliant, and the best icformed. A competent judge in this matter, Sydney Smith, has said, • Till subdued by age and illness, his conversation was more brilliant and instructive than that of human being I ever hail the good fortune to be ac quainted with.' His stores of learning were vast, and of those kinds which, both is serious and in light conversa tion, are most available. Ho was profoundly acquainted with the doctrines of the ancient sects of philosophy and the modern churches of Christianity, and he so tempered, assisted, and controlled his memory by his judgment, that if he were referred to on any disputed point, his answer would give, not merely the fact, but a condensed argument on the controversy. So that not only was the hearer correctly in formed of the exoct nature of the tenet which he inquired about, but such light was throw n upon it that he could ac count for its Ilse, its prevalence, and its tendency, without fuitilerinvestigation. This information too, which no book or number of books of reference would hare giren, was Si 57 1 95 6 123 i 60 591 9,31 .0 2 , ',lOO u.; all sli 5 111 !e all LO 1 1100 'a_ 1(u) It. 100 1100 1.2 i 74 10 ! ! it. 1 100 20 11 r l.OO It. 100 t. .0 all I all o! all 0 all it 100 31 1 ; ail tC , al 11.00 ft. 400 to.:; t- I lii,c It I :00 all 3t. 10 9 4 21 It. lir It. 100 It. 100 . 1 .0 all !O all 0 all 5 I 4i 1 1 10s 10 4) 5 25 all 11l I sll :0 28 1 1 1 108! 21 i 4} f - 3 Naval and Xilitary Intelligence. Tho Charon and the Haughty, 1-gem boats, 252 regretter, launched from Messrs. Pitcher's building-yard, North• fleet, are to be brought up to Woolwich to-ciao to be fitted for immediate service. Ths screw transport Amity has arrived at Woolwich froae Rataklava, and is shipping a cargo of timber and military stores for the army in the East. The schconers Charles Thomas, the George, aid the Wells are discharging at Woolwich some heavy cargoes of shot and shell from the contractors' works at Lowmoor, Yorkshire. Other vessels have likewise arrived there with similar cargoes from the Middleburgh and Seotc foundries. The Lark, of Brigham, sebooaer, is embarking guns, gun-carriages, wheelbarrows, and shot, and ahout 90 torte of general Ordnance *tore, from Woolwich for Dublin. The Ordnance craft Somerset has hauled alongside the Arsenal-wharf, Woolwich, and hes commenced discharging returned stores from Portsmouth. Some experiments took place on Monday in the Woolwich marshes, for the purpose of verifying the qua lities cf the shell brought out by Captain Boxer, called the diaphragm, over the old speci e s, t h e s h rapne l], Several specimens of both sides were fired. The ship's company of the Victory were paid six niceatus' wages on Tuesday in the presence of Captain Rah:neon, of the }loyal George, and Captain Cordon, of the Victory ; and the ship's company of the Algiers, 91, were "paid down" yesterday, and such of the crew as belonged to Ply mouth were granted a paseege there by her Majesty's steam-sloop Gorgon, 6, Commander Crawford. The Meander's portion of the crew will be distributed to other ships, as the Algiers is to be merely the depot ship of the first division of the gun-boat flotilla, her lower deck guns being removed and her complement reduced to about 530 , - men. , e . - - The new screw-frigate Shannon, 51, at Portansoath, is ordered to be got ready for immediate commission. The waste:rakers are busily eueployed in Portsmouth dockyard, working until 8 p.m. (by torchlight) getting masts and spars ready for gunboats. The China Mail of the 15th of November - thus notices the return cf the squadron to Hong Kong : " Since the return of the fleet nothing has been heard of the squadron under Commodore Elliott sent to search far the Russian chips which formerly slipped out of his hands. so that as yet the only trophies of the season are the 27i unarmed Russians taken in the little brig Greta, which vessel and her cargo have just been condemned in the Priz-o Court here (Hong Kong). We must and that among the inglorious results of Admiral Stirling's conimaad have been four courts-martiel—two on officers for drunkenness aggravated in one case by assault; another on an officer for writing an insubordinate and disrespectful letter ; and the fourth on a bandsman, for attempting to strike the car penter with an axe. All were founeguilty, and, except the third, who was reprimanded, dismissed the service." In consequence of the desire felt by the authorities it the 'War-otiice that the whole of the troops attached to the provisional battalion at Chatham should be thoroughly ac quainted with the use and practice of the Enfield ritle,pre vious to their ernbereetion for foreign service, Colonel B. Jervis, the commandant at Chatham barracks, has been directed to furnish a number of troops from the depots now at Chatham, who will proceed to the School of Musketry at flytho to-morrow, for the purpose of undergoing a course of instruction is rifle practice, under Col. C. C. Hay, per manent instructor at that station. The whole of those se lected will, on rejoining their regiments, act as instructors to the rest of the corps. Dr. ft. Hessard, of the Royal Artillery, less been ap , pointed to take charge of the Garriaon Hospital at Chat ham, in the temporary absence of Dr. Maclean , who has received leave of absence for the recovery c,f his health. Acting-Assistant Surgeon T. B. P. O'Brien, of Chatham garrison, having been appointed to the 2d West India Re gioueut, is ordered to proceed te Southampton forthwith, for the purpose of embarking to join the head-quarters of that corps. Sporting Intelligence. LI VERPOOL SPRING ME ETING.-TUESDAT. DIE LIVERPOOL SPRING CEP.-ADDITIONAL PARTICrLAILR. Mr. Saxon declared to win with Shelah. A false start was made, M:A.y, Shelah, and Lightning being left st the post. The others raced round the course, the jockeys thinking. the &gnat "to an" had been properly given. Little Davie, who made all the running, came in first by half a length, Alonzo was second, and Prince Plausible a bad thud. Capt. White, the actgng . steward, declared, on the evidence of the starter, that the race must be run oser again. Eulogist, Baroness, Prince Plausible, and Pollux did 'not go to the post the second time. Before the false start the betting was 2to 1 agst Thiry, 9 to 2 agst Alonzo, 5 to 1 agst Little Davie, 10► to 1 agst Prince Piausible, 12 to lap;St Shelah. The betting, however, ultimately closed as under to 4 agst 3to 1 agst Little Davie, ti to 1 agst Shelah. On the seeltel attempt to get the horses away, Shelah jumped rourd L and was lett far in. the rear. Mary lay off until rounding the bridge turn, when .she gradually drew upon Little Davie, who was making the runaing, caught him at the distance, and won in a canter by half a length. Lightning was a bad third. The others did not pass the post. WEDNESDAT. The Junior Selling Stakes of each, with 20 added, fur two•yr•olds ; cults, S,t, 71h ; tillies and geldings, BAt 21b ; the winner to be sold for 120 sous, allowances if entered to be sold for less T.Y.C. 4 subs. Mr. J, o.borne's I by Cbantidecr, Est 91b (301.) Cballotter 1 Mr. Buckley's Good Girl-, -60.91/r (01b) Ducker t: Mr. Williams's Seducer . Singleton, 7st (301.)., ...Bate. _ _ . . . Mx. Drown's fby Vatican, gib (301.) Tohnson 4 Betting.—Even on tho Hopet.'ui filly, 2 to 1 apt Se ducer Singleton, 4to 1 eget Good Girl. Won easily by a length ; two lengths between the :;econd'and third ; bad fourth. The winner was hi)nght in for 50 guineas. The Sefton Handicap of 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 ECM each, 3ft ; second to save his stake. Mils and a quarter. 18 subs. Mr. Saxton's Mary, by Idle Boy, 4 yrs, 7st, Fordhara 1 Mr. Andrew's Little Davie, aged, 7st 2lb Sapp 2 Cant. Seynsour's Haddam, 4 yrs, 6st 81h, Withington 3 The following also ran :...Alonzo, Prince Plausible, Alfred, Shelah, and De Ginkel. Betting--ti to 4on Mary, Sto 4 eget any other. Mr. Saxton declared to win with Mai-y. Won easily by a length ; a head between the second and third ; Shelah was a good fourth, Prince Plausible was fifth, Alfred sixth, and De (}juke' seventh. Alonzo .was pulled up and did not pass the post. The Grand National Steeplechase (Handicap) of 20 soya each, h ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added ; the second to save his stake; whiners of any steeplechase from the time of declaring the Weights, once 6lb ; and twice or more 101 b extra. About four miles. 51 subs, 12 of whom declared . . Mr.W. Barnett's Freetrader, aged, 9s filb, G.Stevens 1 Mr. Davenport's Minerva, d yrs, fist lelb R. Sly' Mr. G. Hobson's Minos, aged 9st 41b James 3 Tha following also ran :—Sir Peter Laurie, Frauk Picard, Jean du Quesne, The Pasha, The Seaman, The Emigrant, Forest Qaeen, Hopeless Star, Juinpaway, Potter, Itritish Yeoman, Little Charley, Dan O'Connell, Banstead, Tester Emmanuel, Stamford, Liverpool Boy, and Harry Lorrequer. Betting at Starting--5 to 1 each aget Jean du Queen* and Harry Lorrequer, 7to 1 agst Seaman, 10 to 1 agst Potter, 12 to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie, 16 to 1 each agst Forest Queen and Stamford, 100 to 6 eget Emigrant, 25 to 1 each agst Hopeless, Star, Junspe.way; Freetrader, and Minerva, 40 to 1 each agst Little Charley and Bris tish Yeoman, 50 to 1 each eget Banstead and the Pasha, 200 to 3 agst Dan O'Connell. Won by a length ; half a length between the' second and third ; Hopeless Star was fourth, Little Charley fifth, both well up with the third. The next lot consisted of Emigrant, Forest Queen, and the Potter, who were pulled up at the distance. Far behind them were Seaman, Jean du Queens, and British Yeoman, who had been pulled up, and not persevered with. These were fol lowed at a very long interval by Liverpool Bey, Pasha, and Juvispaway. The chapter of accidents did not comprise any very exciting incideuts. Harry Lorrequer ran against same people on nearing Beecher's Brook, at the very outset of the contest, and on passing the Grand Stand the first time he was hopelessly in the rear. Sir Peter Laurie, who seemed to break down after crossing the water jump opposite the Stand the first time round, was pulled up and took no further part in the race. Victor Emma nuel fell at the second fence, got loose, proceeded rider lees over the remainder of the distance, and cause in with the loading horses. At the fence facing Beecher's Brook Emigrant, in the first round, made a " mistake," got hie reins over his head, and was not righted before the lead ing horses were far in advance. In the second round Banstead fell at the fence beyond the road, and dislo cated his shoulder so severely that it was feared he would have to be destroyed. Stamford was pulled up after crossing Beecher's Brook the second time. Dan O'Con mall, whilst running pretty fOrward, fell at a fence by the canal side before entering the race course coming home. Lritish Yeoman, who was also well up with the leading horses broke dews' on entering the race course the last time. The horses that formed the first division were is front throughout. The Potter, Frank Picard, and Jess do Quesne also showed prominently in the race until after re-entering the race course. The pace throughout was very severe. In canclusion, we are glad to state that no injury was sustained by any of the jockeys. The All-aged Selling Stakes of 3 soya each, with 25 added ; for two-yr-olds and upwards ; optional selling allowances, iec. 1 mile. 5 subs. Mr. Baeks's Menzie, 4 yrs, 9st 21b (30/.) ...J. Osborne Mr. Higginbottom'a Little Tom; 6 yrs, 9st 31b (201.) Kendall .t.l Mr. Lane's Clara, 3 yrs, let 11h (20/0 Snowden 3 Mr. Worthington's f by Birdcatcher, 3 yrs, eat (201.) Barker 4 RBetting-5 to 4 aget Menzie, 6 to 4 agst Little Tom. Won by half a length ; a length between second and third ; bad fourth. Won by six lengths. Handicap Hurdle Race of 3 soya each, with 40 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; the second to receive five core oat of the stakes. Two miles. 13 subs. Mr. Hodgman's Stamford, aged, 9st 21b ................ Mr. Maslin's Freedom, aged, 9st Sib ..................... ?. Mr. Davies's Wild Rose, aged, Set 71b .................. 3 Won by six lengths. BETTING ON THE COURSE. THE TWO THOUSAND. to 1 agst Fly-by -Night (taken freely) DERBY. to 1 ag st Ell;ngton (taken) 1000 to 20 aget Bi rd-in-Tland (taken) 7 'llls weather was favourable, and the attendance of NUS pa ay much more numeroue than on the preceding day. The Board of Trade returns for the month end ing 31st of January were issued this morning, and show au increase in the declared value of our ex portatioun still larger than that exhibited in the preceding month. it was then 1,470,9691 slid in the present instance it is 1,509,9901. This is partly attributable to the impulse given to opera tions of all kinds during the last two weeks of the period by the announcement of peace, cotton, linen, and v,-oolen yarns having been largely shipped to the continental manufacturers, who then regained confidence. Almost all classes of goods, however, h av e participated in the increased business, with the exception of cotton manufactures, the falling off in which was to be expected after the extraor dinary increase presented in the previous return. It is to be remarked, however, that this falling-off is intrinsically greater than it appears, since allow ance must be made for the advance in the price of the staple since the corresponding month of last year. A ,further improvement in the total of Haberdashery and a moderate increase in hard wares, cutlery, and leather tend to indicate a re -11 Atoiczo.—This horse is struck out of the Doncaster vival in the Australian trade. Handicap and the Granby Handicap. With regard to imported commodities, most Gt..' the principal articles show an increased consump-• tion. For the first time for some months, how ever, the quantities of breadstuffs do not present , an increase. Tea, coffee, wines, spirits, tobacco, and spices, all figure for large totals. Sugar st;:li exhibits a heavy falling off. We are sorry to read the death of Colonel J. F. S. Clarke, in command of the South 'Wale's district, and lately Assistant Quartermaster-Geners►i of the Hone Guards. lie died at Newlands, on Sa%urday. Colonel Clarke was born in 1802, entered tb e service in lelB, and 34,,tained the rank of Colonel in ) S3l. 38i I