The Sun. — London, England, 1854-05-18 00:00:00

bfrb vx'bitiort SHREWSBURY RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SALOPIAN STAKES. St. Clair Medal ... .... Five ran. LOUGNER MALL STARES. Ethelbald Donald Eleven ran. CLEVELAND H4NDICAP• Montague ... Lurley Liberty QUEEN'S GUINEAS Defiance .1 .2 3 ..walked over NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES of 10 SOVS. Pebble Chorus Four ran. TWO-YR-OLD SWEEPSTAKE. Para. Contention . Six ran. MlTcrt. Orinoco beat Nathan. SWEEPSTAKES of 10 SOVS. Half A.B.M Handsome Buck .........• 1 ........................ 2 5° . 13i 1 27i 2 Freckle HANDICAP PLATE. Seaostris filly Five ran. LATEST BETTING. DERBY. 7to 2 agst Autocrat (taken). 7to 1 agst Dervish (taken). 10 to 1 agst. Andover (taken). 20 to 1 agst Hermit (taken). 25 to 1 agst The Trapper (taken). 25 to 1 agst Neville (taken). 6to 5 agst Autocrat and King TOM (taken). THAMES NATIONAL REGATTA. The preliminaries for a grand public fete in contem plation, bearing the above title, under the presidency of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, have so rapidly pro gressed, that the days for it to take place have been named. It is to be, as in the time of the Tham es Grand Regatta, at Putney, on the 25th, 26th, and 27th of July, and should the committee, through the liberality of the public, be placed in possession of suffi cient funds, we may anticipate a regatta such as its name should indicate, and one of which, not only Lon doners, but the whole country may be proud. There cer tainly never was a time when we were more interested than now in inciting the aquatic propensities of our coun trymen, and no amusement can be con- idered more univer sally beneficial, than one tending to improve the physical condition of our watermen and boatmen. From this class, in Ldndon alone, no less than three hundred have volunteered into her Majesty's service since the late warlike preparations have been made, who would soon become efficient sailors, add, for arming row-gun-boats, such as are now or likely to be mostly in vogue in the Baltic, will be invaluable. It therefore behoves not only the public, but Government, to do all they can to foster such an undertaking as the present ; the chief and most deserving feature of which is, to make it annual and permanent. This, once effected, would tend most materially, to the improvement of men, not only in the trade by which they get their daily living, but qualify them to be useful to their country on any national emergency ; and as this is an art not to be learned in a year or two, the annual exhibition of proficiency will enable those who would despair of success in one year, to achieve it in the course of several, by perseverance and determination. The prizes announced for competition are for men of every grade and class of the rowing community, from the lordly oar swan in his aristocratic eight, to the humble apprentice "in his teens." They are for ty watermen (open to the world) for 8- oare d, 4-oared, pai and sco o p n and the same for tradesmen and gentlemen. Then follow boatmen of the coast in their galleys and sculling boats, and lastly two coats, and two badges, besides other prizes for apprentices, both above and below bridge. The general nature and amount of these awards offered for competition, cannot fail to give universal satisfaction if carried out, and it is to be hoped that nothing will arise to prevent the favourable consummation of the plans formed by the committee, which are well worthy of public support. MABA&T NE I)AY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended May It , lBs4, made up from the Returns of t , e Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Lngiand and W ale , Per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. RTE. BEANS. PEAS 78, 9u 37s Id 294 5,1 521 Id 48. 91 46s 9d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. EARLEY. OATS RYE. BEANS. PEAS. 7811 3d 1 36s lld 1 28s 2d 50s 7d 4Gs 8d 44s 3d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHIM I SARTAIN OATH. EYE. MANS. PEAS 18 Od Is Od Is Od Is Od 1 Is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WE K. Wheat, 57,450; Bar ey, ,9 218; Oats, 14 385; Rye, 82; Bear! 4,877; Pt a 351 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITEIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 5/ 5a ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 61 Oi; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 2s per load. Supply moderato, and trade tolerably firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2115 s to N Os; clover ditto, 3/ 12s to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 2s per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—These markets con tinnue firm, and prices are well supported, as follows : Beef, from 3s 2d to 4e 2d ; Mutton, 38 6d to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 48 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SourruALL, May 17 supply of stock here to-day was moderate. On the whole the trade ruled steady. as follows :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 48 4d ; Mutton 3s 10d to 4 , ; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 4d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 6tl to 4s 6d per Blbs, to sink the offals. RomFono, May 17. —We had a fair demand a this market to-day for each kind of stock, on the following terms :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 841 to N Od ; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d ; Veal, 4s 03. to 5s 2(1 ; Pork, 3s 6d to 43 6tl per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 22s to 25s each. LLOYD'S SiIIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 18.— Wind this day at Noon, N.W. ; light breeze, and cloudy weather COWES, May 17.—Wind, variable. Arrived Hydra, from Rio Janeiro, for Antwerp. DARTMOUTH, May 17.—Wind, E. Sailed—Jet, for Mel bourne. OFF DOVER.—Uhlani, from Bremen, for New York. MALTA, May 11.—The following are the names of the British vessels that slipped from their moorings and put to sea on the morning of the bombardment of the place by the allied fleets :—Ba.i ques—Wexford, of Wexford; Martha Kay, of Sunderland ; Conciliator, of Shields ; John Old ham, of London • Themis, of Sunderland ; Menaesia, of Wexford ; and the brig Adelphi, of Shields. The follow ing 'vessels were dirlarging wheat in the Inner Mole, and - unable t o ge t out : —B arques —Billow Queen, of Arbroath ; Sea, o f S underland ' and the b r i g J o h n Eleanor, of Shields. The foll ow i ng not allowed ballasted vessels were and ready to sail, but barque SWif to Cathezine of go out ;—Brigs—Regina, of Sunderland; Rus sian authoritie s Le bad dema nded Richard Mount, of London ; and the Swift, of S hields. On the Ist of April the Rue of all the British - anti obtained the registers STROMNESB, vesse l s m ay in Port. ( cu. .—Wind, E. Arrived—lsabella, Aberdeen); Elizabeth, do., both for from Shields Quebec, leaky. ELSINORE, May 11.—The Jantina Jikkina, from Memel with lose of mizeu-mast, to London, put in a b s er o e ri t vo 4 i , l7; from contact with (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,)LIVERPOOL, Thurs day , Wind, N.; cloudy and dull. Eglintoun ( 10.30 a.m. Arrived--largaret (s.), Havre ; Lad y London. ca .), Off the Port—Witch of the Wave and Troubadour (a). (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.3 a.m. Wind, N.N.W.; tide, five hours ebb; fresh. Arrived, 17th - Patrioten, Gulf of Bothnia ; Baron Osy ( 8 .), Antwerp ; Alar (8.), Dunkirk ; Eliza, Belize ' • Con cordia, Lemoeg ; Rhi ne (s.), Rotterdam ; Earl of Auck land, Rotterdam. Sailed—William Jaffe (a.), Calais ; Twee Zus t e r s , Port Philip. DEAL, Thursday, 9.37 a.m. Wind, N N.W.; fresh, and cloudy. Passed—Rangoon, Madras ; Woodstock, Arena, and Vere, Jamaica ; Robert Newto n, S . Kitt's •, Gilbert Munro, St. Lucia ; Leila, Nassau ; Cer es, O p orto ; Racer, Newport— 11 from London. Anchored—Panama, Callao for London; ILM.S Bell isle, Portsmouth for the Baltic ; French war steamer, Cherbourg for the Baltic. EVENING SCHOOLS FOR ADULTS.—In taking the census, accounts were obtained of 1,545 evening schools for adults in England and Wales. The amount of weekly payments varied from ld. to 2s. ; in the majority it did not exceed 4d. There were 39,783 students attending these schools, nearly a third of them females. Returns were made of the occupations of the above two-thirds ; 14,405 were artisans, 4,418 factory hands, 6,709 agricultural la bourers, 1,317 domestic servants. Reading, writing, and arithmetic were the thing -, taught in these schools generaly, but some were of a superior class. Grammar was taught in 339. geoL!rapliy in 344, history in 172. mathemath s in 135, modern languages in 36, bookkeep ing in 29. These schools are di.tribut4l all over the country, but Lancashire and toe West Riding of York shire stand at the head of the list of couuties, greatly exceeding 41 others. the righ t witness th e of May 12' . the oweer. B tely in this d the X 8, 0" soon as the he Englis h ie hope of ralia, thes e k being de . Any, w llO l they coil °. 'erne to the e, and hi profit the ral ian cow that thos e the British her iu the d, after th e of three t° en month°► It 66f. 95c. , he month t 93f. 90 0 . ; vay Shart Of. ; Grea" ew Shar e°, ; Lyo ns of Franc e ' ;at Centrio ieva, 47 1 f. v. shed an so' • 1853. It is. treaty of 1 that has commerce lA° that A lauenburg; condemne d to rather a resent at ti anabaptnit ,tates from ie as sertion of Prus s ia of Prussia, St rumour to send arl lead of the Le Prince 0 ' especial re: on the V° h of th eir 'al familY. the Perla' as taken an es and ma' k e place to the troop s n tontine n t^ s, of observa surpris • e in sent of ar The head t to Gellool bring her iry respect' tke place. :ution was, , celebrated The king, isters, and Titles were bred up 41 with tom' bols inter while the ule on the, Tison lined e adjoining hedral We g bled m ulti' lily to th e cession, Se The King he Piazza oNESDA Ir. I dalena 10 ld dates to Callao th e Company n the 20th ie Russia n of March' 'lie British it the last Llloa. The overnale ob xkets were T low, th e numerous, scarcity 01 :ance is I° , Paz, O a the Peru' about to y of Cog ° the 16 01 be in the mivue re' 'Tell at the 20 days t° berater Ol Ariquipa• iment was Dlutionari ship An n on the 7t l ' 'here were Cuinehas B La For nen were 000 e Xtrti ug at th e me. BIL . " es, 5 PI% IL. 'k Alt' SHARE ' K ET S. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. ,Paid.l RAILWAYS. Closing Prices! this day. AN Aberdeen.... S:, Aulbg Nottug. Bost and Eastn. Junct.. all Belfast & Ballymena all Birruing. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ..... 2S Birkeuhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Juuct all Do. Chesh. & £5O and 4:25 Con 181 Do., £2U 30 Blyth &Tyne origina £25 (issd. at £45, 100 Bristol and Exeter... 100 Caledonian all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon.. all Cork, Black, & Pass 12 Cornwall 4 Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth &Aber (leen Junction all Do. New ...... ....... all East Anglian.... all Do., (.£lB E& H) all Eastern Counties.... all Eastern Uuiou, A Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 8 Do., New A .00 East Lancashire .00 Edinburgh di GlaagoN , 5e Edinb. and Peebles.. .00 Edin. Pith di amide( 1 ..orth & Clyde June, 00 Hasgow &S. Weston .00 treat Northern Stk ,00 Do., A. Stock LOO Do., B. Stock 100 A,. Sth. &West.(lre. LOO .Ireat Western 12 Irish South-Easton all Lancaster & Coxlisl, 11t Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancasii. and Yorksi , 18. Do., Fifths 11: D 3., Wst. Riding Uu all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt all Loudon & Black wa 8 : . Loud. Tilb. &Sthenu 100 Loud. Bright &S.Cst 100 Lond. and N. West, 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lol. Sh., M&B ‘ 2.: Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Wean 42. Do., .C5O 4 Do., £4O all Ludndrry&Colerahn all Lududrry. & Ennisk 100 danch.Shef.& Line 11, , )0., Man. & Liu. Uu. 100 didland 100 0. Birmug. & Derb; 47, ifidld. G. West.(lm, 17: )o. Half Shares . all Newcastle & Carlisle. 100 Newmarket 5 Do., Bury Extension 17 - N wpt.Aberg. & Hrfd 7. Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warreupoint and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 3 4orthu.Counties Uu. 100 North British iii north Devon, No. 1. a ll .)0., No; 2 all 'O., A Deferred 8 Jo., B Guarantee all North Loudon 5i ro. Now £lO I/ l a N.&S.Wstru.,Hamp stead, and City Ju.. 17,', North Statfordlihire all North Western 10 N. &S. %Vestry,. June , 1 Nuuentou, Hinckley ' and Leicester.. too Oxford, Worcester,& I Bu Mess done St, this day. 50 St Wolverhampton 2/ 2,, t'ortsmouth i0(1 Scottish Central 00 Scottish Midland too Shrewsbury too Do. L. &N. Western Guaranteed St 10 Shrewsby. & fletefd all Shrewsby. & C2,estel (N. W. Min ; all Do. Halveso. all Do. Oswestry 6L Shropshire Union „ Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per cent, all south Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dui 5 Do V 2E Staines, Wok &Wok all Stockton & Darling Stockton & Ilartlepl WO Taff Vale 8 Do. £lO shares 100 Do. Pref., No. I_, 21 Mamas Haven Docl and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkeunl all Waterford&Lhnerick 16 West Cornwall. 1 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West Loudon. 51s. Wimbledn&Croydoi. , 100 YorkNewetl.&l3crw. 20 Do. Extensions 13: Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &, N. Midland.,. FOR: ( . 1 - k.ntwerpattotterk buy 3 telgian Eastu. Junk'. 8 .3eziem to Graissossa& 2s. :lombay, Baroda, auk: Central I u clia.,Seril ventral of Italy ..... illarleroi di Erquelin all ' )enierara 14 ►ijou and Besancon 9 )uteh Rhenish Nast Indian 2 Do Extension all 'lt. Indian Peninsul , 10 id. Juliet. of Franc , 7. Ird. Trunk of Canal r ; ;!o. Debentures all Jo. do 10 'lt. Central of Fraud , ali lt.Westeru of Coma , Shares i )0. Boa& (Ist is. )'5; all • laruiltou & Toront' all Au. 6 per cent. 5 [Ake Cuust. & Basic all (Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c pref 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 :/o. Pref 3 Do. (Canal) 5 Do. 6 p. et. pref... 8 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & Mediterrau 13, dadras 33., Maria Antonia all Do. do. New 2 Nfelbourne Dk. Ry all Namur & Liege (wit+• interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds all (fniy.B.& AM& all NorwegianTrunkPre , 10 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds ..... all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 10 ParisCaen &Cherbrg. 10, 4uebec & Richmonn all Ponen and Havre 12 Loyal Danish 2 RoyalSwodish all iambi . ° and Meuse 6 Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. 6 ioutheiT of France. 8 it. Andrew's ant Quebee (A) all West r lauders all Do 5 per c. Pref 10 Western of France 7 West. of Switzerlani 2 Wiesbaden 15 Zealand St. 812 s 46 31 —3ld an 1 4 4 3d id i p 4 d 2 - 6 - 7 ti d par .8i -19 i par Ip -7 9 p ••• • die 3 34 14 14 2 201 .. ... id par ~. .. .•• ''' •*, 6i - 74 3'.#=32 8 —9 xnl 16i 16ip 43 --- 45 35 -37 30i - 30 - pui ... - • 2i - 1 & - ... - pm - 3- 4 p 3 - 44 5 .. 6 . - - 41 I MISCELLANEOUS all Dubin Coal and Iron. 17/. istral.ian Agricult. 14 k ustralsn.Pcific.Mai 8 .kiistraln. Royal Mail 4 terlin Water Works 40 irit. Amorican Laud I .rit. & Coin. rimeltg and Reduction Co.. :32 ; Atia ,d, , 5 'rystal Palace.. 4 Do. N ew •-••• 2 'rystal Pal. of Prance 3 Eastern Steam , 20 ElectritTelegraPh(A') all Do. (B).. 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir L 4 ';en. Steam Navigat 18 Ireneral Screw Stean! 7! ; Irish Beet:oot Sugar 10 Magdalena •4t. Navig. all Nat. Pat. Steam Ptiel 3 Netherlands Land._ 1 N. S. \V. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. all N. B. Australasian._ A Do. New 10 irth.ofEuropeSteam all Peel Br. Ld. 4SD Miurl. all 4 'eninsular Ori D euta o. 5 Do. all. Portland Iron Co ;oval Mail Steam all ieot. Austral. InveE. all 110. Regis ered.. . all l) S i a ° b u . ni th ar A . u T s t e t l r e m g l ;a l :p: ll :: : VA,u Diann 1494 ... - •:_._ 46 - 4 7 - 75 - 85 - 71 - - - i =- 1• - -.} - iP - 36 - 38 - 1 - 1 121 30 20 1 1 1 10 1 1 all kzna Fria all Anglo Austrin. Gob all tuglo Californian 2 kustralasiau (i tustralian all tustraliau Cordillera all tustraliau Freehold all tve Maria all laden (Gd. Duchy of) all 31aeuarvon Ir. &Coa , all :ifitish gustrln. Gold 13.: iritish Iron 241, trazilian Imp.(issue , I at L 5 pm. all Do. Coeaos do Cuiad 15 Do. St. John Del Rey arson's Creek • lareudou Con. Min Co. of Jamaica...... all . - ;obre Copper 1 lolonia.l Gold. 15 ':opia.po all 'opper Min. of Eug all Do. Pref. p. cent all English and Austrin Copper Smeltg. Co all leueral all great Nugget Vein._ all Do. Registered all 13reat Polgooth all !Aberty all Linares all !ioud.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co all Aariquita 9 •lexica❑&S.Americn all New Granada all New Linares Mining, and Smelting Co ! all Nouveau Monde... all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Miu. 4 Smelt 1 Port Philip all tuartz Rock all thymney Iron 15 Jo. New 4autiago do Cuba all 'lab Australian 7 flu Croft all • Tuited Mexican all Nailer all West Granada all Nest Mariposa 12s. Vorthing Mining 01 Australia all Yuba 23 - 24 4j - 4i • ..... ••• 74 - 84 13 —l2d [l5 - 17 S 90 - !A - 13§ ii I - ii 7 - 8 M 12k -- - 60 53 - 55 = 58 62 86 87 71 ;3 Ll 9 - 121 88 - 90 731 134 53 - 87 10 - 12 u 10 - 12 60 -. 8-- 7 (t' 9; :►6 96. 10 -- lid id-ti 77 7d, ) 12 -- 14 10 9,1 19 - 20 - . 58 32 - 34 id 6 4 • 2t 6 - 8 45 - 47 3j ..1 SO ... 31 50 54 § d iP 61 1 - 26 - 28 gg 86 51 53 51 - 53 51 - 3 - 13. 15 6i 74 10 1 4 3id 591 - 34 - per cent. 59i 60 34i 30 - ••• -'" 3 - 17 34 -- 19 •• • """ 5 - 51 - 46 :GN. bl f)5 11. 10 551 5 124 k 864 I St. I 734 2 3 st ;20 25 834 734 St. 20 13 60i t 6, 6, 12 1 3: 8h 5 8 i 7i 100 99i 6t 961 6 4 Ott 77i 5 10 St. 5 581 i 1 s 31 St. St. St. 16 7 St. 20 i 15 8 8 17 10 di' I St. 25 7i 46i 25 12 5 x in I s, 10 25 10 ..01 Trip MN, LONDON, THURSDAY LI- THE WAR AND TILE MI ZsT2STRY. PROVIDENT C. E ASSURANCE AND BENEVOLP2NT ASSOCIATION. Leasing ;ompans. 'losing Prices this day. Huainan this day. A meeting of the members of the benevolent depart ent of this institution was held yesterday afternoon at le London Tavern, for the election of three clerks and . TO THE EDITOR OF THE 51711 . SlR,—There are some striking .rernil ri ts in your edi torial of the 15th instant on the su b j ect of the war. In one I particularly concur. There is no heart in the cause on the part of the Ministers as a Cabinet. Indivi duals of them are, I should hope, hearty enough. It there are such, why do they remain connected with a. Cabinet that bids fair to entail more disgrace upon old England than any Ministry that has existed in tin country fur a very long period indeed. It is all very fine for the Aberdeen Cabinet to say that they hoped against hope for peace.• It may almost be said literally that ninety-nine men in every hundred be lieved war to be inevitable at the time that the Cabinet hoped to preserve peace. Granting that they were sin, sere and conscientious in this their hope, why should they not have taken certain measures of precaution in case their hope's should be disappointed ? The Einperor of Russia 'neglected no measure to enable him to make war effectively as soon as the season would admit. An why should not we have have been equally prepared to enter upon active operations the moment that we knew we must wage war Were we so prepared ? The daily events now occurring tell us that no such precautions, as in common sense and common prudence ought to have been taken, were adopted by the Cabinet of all the talents ! These events are a sad and disheartening com mentary upon what has been done in contrast to what might have been done. There would not have been room for blame by any party had active measures o f pre paration been taken as soon as the resolve to send an ultimatum to the truthful Nicholas had been decided on. Transports might have been engaged, and many other matters discussed and arranged which would have simplified the execution ()tall the necessary arrangements for the embarkation of our gallant soldiers. More than a third part of the money now paid for transports might have been saved by engaging them conditionally only ; and instead of uncertainty as to the best mode of trans mitting our horse artillery and cavalry, by sailing or steam-vessels, the thing would have been decided, and executive action only would have been required from our commanding officers. Lord Nelson used to say that when he died, frigates, frigates would be found impressed upon his heart 1 The chances are ten to one that Lord Raglan will have equal cause to lament the want of horse artillery and cavalry as Lord Nelson had to regret the want of frigates. Thus, sir, the advantage of having all the talents as a Cabinet is dearly pain for, when, fur business-like effi ciency, we get incapacity and want of zeal in the service of the country. Take my word for it, sir, these men are not the men to conduct, because they cannot orga nise the preliminary measures to insure a successful war. Is there any lean that is satisfied with our want of preparation and readiness to strike a hard blow at the enemy ? Is there anyone of the Duke of Welling ton's officers that thinks as much has been done by dear Aberdeen and his friends as their old commander would have done Nu ! not even Lord ilardiuge, connected with these men as he is, can be sure that he has done justice to his country. lie has no doubt been restrained in part, and in part, no doubt, by hesitating and imbe cile instructions. Where the heart to do the thing well does not exist, there will be a want of precision, as well as decision, that will puzzle and perplex in all instruc tons coming from such a source. What new system of making war is this that is to save armed men as much as possible ? Uuwalled towns are, or ought to be, sacred against all active warfare ; but wherever there is resist ance to the hazard of loss of life, common sense and com mon humanity demand reprisals. Are the lives of her Majesty's Saitors and soldiers to be sacrificed to this new doctrine ? It is-aiarming, sir, to see the apathy of the people of this country to the manifest incapacity, and, as I think , something wo rse than the incapacity, of their rulers to conduct this war to a successful conclusion. It does nut require a professional person to see that there has been a total absence of that prescience of all the de tails of preparation for this war, and hence the state of our infantry now in Turkey, without artillery and with out c .vairy, fit fur nothing but the defence of fortresses or the erection of field works. There can be, there is nu doubt in the mind of any professional person, s oldier, or sailor, that we might now, and we ought now, to be striking hard blows at our enemy. The people of Eng ; land way depend upon it that the blame is nut with the com m a nders, but solely w ith an incapable and subser vient Government, abetted by the must unprincipled and inconsistent public journal in England, or it may be said in Europe. It is to be hoped, sir, that . Lord . Aberdeen will not much longer be allowed to a s,ast imperial friend in forty years as much as lie possi . bly . can, and that the people of England will, ere long, insist upon something more for their money than a sham, war remain, sir, your obedient servant, C. our widows of cleris, additional annuitants on the funds, Mr. R. H. Jones, the chairman of the board presiding. The resolution of a former meeting authorising the election of a further number of annuitants having been TH.' WAR-AUSTRALIAN SHIPS. tPald.l RAILWAYS. all :;e I ford and Bletchley .00 Buckglianisb all erlyd.esdale Jo .00 E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. all Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct all Do. New all (31str.1 Du. Fi all !irtlpl. Dk. &' Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares. all Do. Shares. all Lon.&Greenw all T)o.Proferen , t , ,100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. tUO Do. 6 per ct. all Mauch. Bxtu. and Matlock all Aiddlesbro' & Redcar. all Nfidld.Bradfd all northern and Easternsp. e. Do. 6 per ct. all Do. Fixeds p all Prest. & Wyr.• London v. wort ";t.Nrthn. Caldonian. Do It. 'West', fit. New. bti Berw. Y. Jo Do 3. &Atm, gorfolk. [4. & N. W. & Midi& itekton & Darliugt. Aidlaud . Couut 00 !)o 1.4. N.W. &Lu&Yk St. St, 25 12 Do. Shares, LOO Roystn.3z.Hit LOO 10.Shopth.Si [8 ihef. Roth 4t Northnl Gooleg.sp.e 9: S. St:omill]. all ArearVall4g: 6 per cent... Lancash& Yorksh. Ni.MCloat itockt. & DaFliAgt-. all 1 Do ioc 'gilts&Somrs• 4tWestu therdeeu . .......... 00 Do. No. 2, p. c. :30 lilyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. 501) LOO this. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 100 .Jaledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 54 per cent.... 64 Cork &Banclonsip.c. all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all gastAngliaa 108) 6 per cent all Do. (.E5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (X 7 17s) 7p. c. all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 all Do. No. 2 . all Do. New 6 p. c. St. all Eastern Union, Seri'. Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 10/. Debentr.Sh -100 East Lancash. 6p. cts. all East and West York shire June. Pref all &nub Prth.&Dund , 54 per cent. 1:)0 'llasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent , 100'seat Northu. 5 p. c. 1 100 )o. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. 10 Do. 44 p. e. Scrip 6 N. of Scot. Ist Fret all .t. Soutlin. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths)... 5 Do. 4 per c. Pref, Sli 6 ;t. Westu. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) 00 Do. coy. red. 4A pc. 00 Do. con, red. 4p. c LOO Du. irred. 4p. c.... 6 `km. & York. F. £2( LOO 'o. 6p. c. Stock 1:3 :,eeds N. 6p. c. No. I 9 Do. Quarters, 1845„., (10 isnidou and Brighto,' Guaranteed 5 p. c rOO Do. Pref., sp. c. St. all 'Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 [OO Do. New Guar.6 p: c. 100 [Jon. &N. W., Coy. & `cuneatou 5 '1011(10U &S. Western Cou. Thirds .ondonderry& Color Shares all L•ondy„ &Ennis.4Sh. & Lin., k Shares, No. 1. ... all Do. 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Val. sp. c. 100`forth British all North Staffordshire_ too Oxford, Worcester, Wolverh.Xls, - 6 P.C. 15 Do all Scot. Cent., New Pref all iiirews. & Birm.N.G. all ihrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon . Ow. fixed, 4i per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 1.00 Do. 4Apei cent. all YorkshAp.c.Guar all Stockton and Dar. lington, 4 per cent 5 Do. do. do all Stockton aud Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till let July, 1856 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.e. 100 York, Neweastle,an.l Perwick,4 p.c. Pref. 5 Do .0 irork&N. Midland R ! JOINT-STOP all Australasia all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all tritish N. America). 5 Ohartd. Bank of Asia 2 Link. of India, Australia, & China 25 lolonial 20 ;ommercial of Lond 12 .41nglish Scottish and Australian 18 :iond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 Loudon and County 10 i,ondon Joiut Stock 20 Loud. & Westmiustei 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22., National of Ireland all - `few South Wales all )riental Bank of Corporation 5 Do. New 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co ionth Australia 'Tnion of Australia + )0. New .......... .Tl,ir, 75 - 77 i -- - id li lid 5 4 dl - 1§(1 45 - 47 451 6i 5i 6 483/4 all all I 39 - 41 70 - 72 7 - 8 30' 40 704 70 74 PARIS BOURSE,—Ttie last accounts from the Paris yesterday evening s howed a rally of threeluarters per cent. fru.n the recent reaction. M. Vienna the money market has again taken an adverse turn, and the funds have declined, while the rate of wimp bag advarived to 1312. read TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—There is one point connected with the " War Question," like many others on the same subject, en veloped in a cloud of mystery, which undoubtedly may be highly proper in some cases, but which in my opinion might, without detriment to the secret service, in this case have official publicity given to it for the satisfaction of the public, inure especially that part, whose nearest and dearest interests are connected with it. I allude to the provision made by the Government for the safety of our Australian mercantile marine, and the emigrant ships with their precious freights, from capture by the Russian frigates now at large, two of which of 50 guns each, you will be aware were at Valparaiso by the last advices. What would be more easy for them than to put themselves in the track of our homeward bound ships by Cape Horn, with their valuable gold freights, and th. , captui e of one of these galleons would amply repay them the trouble, and act as a very strong incentive to recom mence operations ? A few days inure sail would also bring them in the route of our "outward bounders," with their large living cargoes, and from what we know of the Russians from recent events, their treatment, in the event of being taken, would be none of the tenderest, devoid as their captors are both of honour and commo❑ humanity. I do not assume in these remarks that our interests are not attended to in this respect. but I certainly think there should b. some definite assurance given that they really are so, for the tranquilising of a large number of individuals in this question, amongst whom is—Your obedient servant, Scarborough, May, 1854. LETTER T S, &c , FOR TIIE BRITISII FORCES IN TURKEY AND THE BLACK SEA. The French Government having liberally offered to place the British forces in Turkey and the Black Sea 1 upon the same advantageous footing with the French Mediterranean packets, and her Majesty's Government. having accepted this offer, closed mails will hereafter be sent to the British forces in Turkey by the route of France ; and all letters and newspapers upon which the requisite amount of postage has been pre-paid will be sent in these mails, unless otherwise addressed. Upon the correspondence so conveyed, the following combined British and French rates of postage must be paid in advance, viz. : For a letter addressed to . an officer of the British army or navy, or to a non commissioned officer or private soldier or seaman in Turkey or the Black Sea—weighing under t oz. 3d. ; weighing oz. and under t oz., 6d. ; exceeding oz , and not exceeding 1 oz., ls. ; exceeding 1 oz. and not exceeding 2 oz., ls 2tl. ; exceeding 2 oz. and not exceeding 3 oz., ls. 4d. ; exceeding 3 oz. an d under 34 oz., ls. 6d. ; exceeding 3& oz., an,l not exceed ing 4 oz., 2s. 4,1, And so on, a dding 2d. British for each additional ounce, and 10d. French postage for every 3i ounces. Newspapers will be liable to a postage of 2d. each, y which must also be paid in adva nce. the ostae is b As the French mode of charging p quarter ounce, it is necessary that a letter should be, under a quarter of an ounce in weight, in order to secure the advantage of the lowest rate. The French mail packets leave Marseilles for Constan tinople on the Ist, 6 th, 11 th, 16th, 21st, and 26th of each month, and the latest perio d for posting in London letters and newspapers intended to be forwarded by these packets will be the evenings of the 3d, Bth, 13th, 18th, 23d, and 28th ; but when the month has 31 days, letters, &c., may be posted on the 29th instead of the 28th. Letters must be posted on the previous evenings when any of the above dates fall on a Sunday. Letters for soldiers and seamen serving in the British army or navy in Turkey or the Black Sea may still be forwarded under the usual regulations for a postage of one penny, in the British packets by the route of South ampton and Malta, and thence by a vessel of war ; but the opportunities for the transmission of these letters beyond Malta are ilecessarily uncertain. TRANSPORTS SPO KEN.—'The Taurus screw steamer, just arrived at Live rpool frost Malta, spoke the follow ing transport ships : viz., The Pride of the Ocean (tpt.) and Melbourne (s.s) , both 4th May, 37 N. 6 E. •, Arno (5.14.), 7th, off Mala. ; Dunbar, same day, off Gibraltar; Medway (s.), same day, Gibraltar Bay ; Transport, No. 47, 10th, off Oporto , . THE PORTLAND BAZAA R. —Yesterday arid the two preceding days the committee of the London Ragged Schools had a fancy fair, under the patronage of the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, at the above well known b ,zaar, nssrs. Cremer, the proprietors of the Portland Bazaar, b caving generously placed at the dis posal of the comet ,*ittee for the three days above men tioned both ends of Vieir g allery for the sale of the new patent art toys, m zide exclu sivel y b y the children of the schools, and-also the whole of the profits arising from the sale of their own valuable stock during that period. On Saturday m ost of the articles made by the children we re privately exhibited at the resi dence of the Ea rl of Shaftesbury. On Monday the admission being is., the attendance was not largs, but 301. were t ,aken at the doors, in addition to a very considerabl e sale which was effected in the Bazaar. On Tuesday ti ,e galleries were thrown open to the public, and as we 6,000 persons, among whom were many members of the aristocracy, visited the Bazaar. Nearly the vvl Lobe of the articles manufactured by the children, and the greater portion of the stock were dis posed of dining the day. Yesterday, though the at tendance was not so tare as on the previous day, the galleries were , -thronged during the hours ofathnission, and the whole of the patent toys and remainder of the I stock were sob 1 13..f0re the e venin g . The committee con sider the untb nttaking eminently successful, and arrange 'fleas are o• ,(betted to be shortly made with 111.ssrs. Cremer to V ,eep a portion of their bazaar exclusively for the sale of articles made by the children of the ragged • ----- The CHAIRMAN said the directors had hoped to have seen one of the trustees present, but as none had attended he was called to occupy the chair in their absence. Mr. John Abel Smith, who promised to come, had suddenly been called from town. After carefully considering the resolution which had just been read, the board had Arrived at the decision announced in the advertisement, viz., that there should be three clerks and four widows of clerks elected upon that occasion. He could have wished sincerely that there had been no contest, but, unfortunately, two candidates would be disappointed, though he trusted that in this, as in former instances, they would not forget those who were unsuccessful (Hear, hear.) He might mention that another candi date who had been admitted had died, and that his widow applied to be placed on the list in his place, but as this could not be done under the rules of the society, the board, owingto her distressed circumstances, gave her a gratuity of 101. (Hear, bear.) He would take that opportunity of mentioning that a widow of a clerk had expressed to him her desire to get one of her children admitted into the London Orphan Asylum at Clapton. The child's name*was Charles Win. Kennett, and he was the son of James Kennett, formerly a member of the association, He alluded to this case, in the hope that some meuabers who were subscribers to the association in question might interest themselves on behalf of the widow: The Oases of the different candi dates before the meeting had already been fully pub lished, the desire of the board being that the members should judge for themselves, and not be influenced by 'tames, or indeed any other extraneous circumstance. The cases were stated just as they had appeared before the board, whose only wish was that the best and most deserving persons should be elected. It was a most pleasing occupation of the board to carry out in this way one of the main objects for which the insti tution was formed. In this branch of the society they had 34 annuitants, at the cost of 6001. a year, and they were now going to add to that number. Considering the time they had been esta blished and the means at their disposal, be thought all would agree that they had fulfilled the promises with which they commenced their career. (Hear, hear.) If any who were not members were present he could as sure them that, by a comparatively trifling subscription to the society, they would' aid in doing a great good, and, then, little did they know what they might them selves require hereafter. So many cases had transpired, showing the necessity of belonging to such an associa tion, that he felt it his duty to urge all cler ks, for whose relief and assistance it was specially designed, to become members without delay. (Hear, hear.) Mr. THOMSON HANKEY here entered the room, and was received with cheers. Mr. J. W. WELCH, deputy-chairman of the board, said it was extremely gratifying to find that the association had been enabled to confer such benefits upon its members, And particularly so to himself who had very strongly anti very frequently called upon clerks to give it their sup port. Perhaps his appeals were not responded to to the extent they might have been, but still he was glad to see that they had not been without their effect, and that there was a growing disposition on the part of clerks throughout the country 'to become members of this noble institution. (Cheers.) A circumstance had recently come within his knowledge which induced him to view with greater leniency the backwardness of some clerks joining it earlier. He had interested himself on behalf of a widow lady, whose husband die i recently, and he was happy to say that he had been instrumental in pro curing three of her sons situations. He then pressed on them the necessity of joining an institution like this, which, he said, was always ready, through its influence with bankers and merchants, to endeavour to obtain situations for deserving members, and which might be of ;rent use to them on a future occasion, if they happened to lose the friends they now possessed. They promised to become members, and the day before yesterday he re ,;eived a very beautiful letter from their mother, thank ing him fur what he had done, and alluding to the desire ,epressed by her sons to belong to the association. She assured him that the only reason they had not fulfilled their promise was, that being placed in very painful cir cumstances by the death of her husband and the illness of one of those sons, the salary received by one of the young men--- he was quite a youth—was totally absorbed in supporting the family in a state of respectability; but, he added, that so soon as they overcame their little dif acuities they would join the society without delay. (Hear, hear.) He mentioned this to show that clerks could not always be in a position to subscribe their guinea in consequence of having, like those boys, mothers or other relatives to support, or to assist in supporting. Therefore it was that the institution had a claim on the general commercial community of the country. They had already aided it nobly, yet still it required to be more known, and he was sure they might calculate on a large amount of additional assistance from the great body of traders if they made them acquainted with the good which the society did to that class of per sons who were so essential to their welfare. He thought :hey were fully justified in appealing to the public for support, and he doubted not that the fact of the associa tion transacting its business with a degree of delicacy which could not wound the feelings of those who hail once held a respectable position in society, would induce many humane and benevolent individuals to come for ward and subscribe to their funds in proportion to their 'means. (Cheers.) Mr. THoMSON HANHEY, M.P., could not forbear say mg a few words before the opening of the poll, upon what had lately very forcibly struck him as a matter likely to affect the institution. He meant the increased amount of income-tax which was about to be' imposed on all classes in the country in consequence of the neces sary expenditure of the war. As that tax had not long ego been extended to a lower class of incomes than for merly, it necessarily fell with pecuiiar severity on many of those in whom the association took a particular in terest, and whom it numbered among its menabsrs and supporters ; but now that it was about to be doubled in amount over the whole year, and rendered, moreover, in a certain degree, a tax of a permanent character, its payment by this class, who only had very moderate sala ries, would be still more keenly felt, especially when it was considered that they had just come through a period when they had unusual difficulties to encounter, arising from the high price of provisions. (Hear.) It could not, therefore, be too strongly impressed on clerks generally, that here was an institution, by subscribing to which they would not only make a provision for themselves in the event of being overtaken by misfor tune, but, if they were lucky enough not to want that, would know they were benefitting their less fortunate fellow-clerks. (Hear, hear.) If the advantages of the association were felt formerly, how much more so would they be now, and how peculiarly gratifying it must be to those who had taken time by the forelock by becoming members, and thus, as it were, anticipated a period when the lower or middle classes would be limited in their mean' by being obliged to contribute a larger share to the taxation of the United Kingdom. (near.) This was a point which he thought deserved some notice. It was, just one of those circumstances which corroborated and strengthened the arguments ou behalf of the associa tion. The ballot was then proceeded with, and was kept open from two till five o'clock. Shortly after the close of the poll, the CHAIRMAN an uounced the numbers to be as follows :- - WIDOWS OF CLERKS. F. G 2,898 M. A. G 1,799 A. S. 3,779 E. S 1,191 S. B. H. The CHAIRMAN, therefore, declared the election had fallen on CLERKS. J. G. 32' W. H. S 2,767 H. W. S. 2,674 R. W. 1,976 CLERKS. WIDOWS OF CLERKS. W.H.S., tonal anruityof 225 i G. F., to an annuity of 215 H. W. S. PP 25 M. A. G. 15 R. W. PP VP 25 A. S. 15 E S. 15 PP A vote of thanks to the chairman was then moved by Mr. H. B. Reynolds, and seconded by Mr. R. H. Menzie., of Prescot, Lancashire, after which the meeting termi nated. REPRESENTATION OF HULL.—A monstrous process is going on at Hull The report of Commissioner Flood has demonstrated that the bribery at Hull was originated, conducted, and avowed, by one of the members unseated by a committee of the House of Commons—the same who, it appears from the report, says. "no Reformer can be elected at Hull along with Colonel Thompson." —viz., because Colonel Thompson will not wink at bribery. And now the so-called Liberal paper at Hull announces that they will have nobody but this indivi dual's nominee. So the unfortunate freemen who have yielded to the solicitations of this individual are to be disfranchised for ever. But the individual who was the author of all the mischief is only to be ineligible till an other Parliament, and, in the mea ntime, is to appoint his nominee. Colonel Thompson was asked if he would come in as his nominee ; and replied, that he would as soon sell his daughter for a concubine at New Orleans. —Berwick .4 drertiser. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. —The anniversary meeting of this society for the election of officers, ,&w., will be held at Regent-street on Monday the 22d inst., at one o'clock. During the ballot the royal medals "for the encouragement of geographical science and disco very," will be presented to Rear-Admiral W. H. Smyth and Captain Le M. McClur e, R.N., by the president, the Earl of Ellesmere, who will then d e liver his annual , address. The dinner will take place at the Freemasons Tavern. ST. PETERSBURG.—The letters from St. Petersburg reach to the 9th inst., but contain nothing new, except ing that, in consequence of the amount of produce still in course of exportation, the rate of exchange on Lon don has recovered from 351 d to Id. From Riga the dates are to the 11th, when the weather was exceedingly warm and fine. "Although the British cruisers," it is remarked, " have not made their appearance here again, they have refused neutral vessels at Domesness to enter of Bagster's compre hensive Domesness is a neighbouring Russian port. PRESENTATION TO MR. SHERIDAN KNOWLES —On copy of with silver. Mr. Friday last, the anniversary of his birthday, th e stu dents of R.epney BAptist College, presented to this dis thtgsuiviseließdibaleu.theobribaorsaptleeiyididm his 70th year to Knowles has for wale weeks been delivering lectures on elocution at the college, and the students availed them selves of the occasion of his entering offer him this mark of their esteem. Aubrey. By the Authoress of " Emilia Wynd ham." 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. The writings of the authoress of " Emilia Wynd ham" have a peculiar fascination. They are quite dissimilar, both in the freshness of their style, and the originality of their sentiments, to the majority of those three-volumed fictions which, to the habitual novel-reader, present such a wonderful resemblance to oue another. Mrs. Marsh, for such we believe is the name of the authoress of " Emilia Wynd ham," has a most delightful manner of narrating her story, even although, at times, it degenerates into mannerism—she appears herself so heartily interested in her own characters, she talks i of them as if they were realities, as f she knew them. and loved them, and sympathised with them. Those who speak from their own hearts appeal most forcibly to the hearts of their hearers, and the earnest interest which this au thoress feels in her own creations is one cause, and not an insignificant on e , of the vivid interes t which they inspire in th e reader. In the incidents, as well as in the narration of her story, Mrs. Marsh oftens ventures t o d ev i a t e w idely from established routine. In " Emilia Wyndham" she did not hesitate , in opposition t o ever y c ustom of fictitious justice, to render her heroine ulti mately happy with the unattractive Mr. Darby, instead of following the custom of o ther novelists, by making Emilia a widow in the beginning of the third volume, and the happy wife of her early lover i n th e l as t chap ter. " Aubrey" has, however, no su c h sa ti s f ac t or y t erm ination. It is a record of the sufferings of sin and error, rather than a picture of the triumphs of virtue. The story is in many parts painful, and ' in some quite improbable ; nevertheless, it displays a wonderful degree of power both in the conception and delineation of the characters. Granted that many of the incidents of the tale are most impro bable—those incidents are but the framework for the development of the characters, and the un natural circumstances serve to exhibit a very na tural picture of human passion and action.. The t r uth of this may be se en b y a hasty glimpse at the main features of t he story. Lady Emma is o ne of those heroines whom Mrs. Marsh loves to describe, endowed with every natural pe , rfection, with good impulses, and a g ood heart ; out that heart being undisciplined by guidance, and those impulses unstrengthened by princip les, she is weak and yielding as a child to the circumstances around her, yet she evinces throughout her many sorrows so much gentleness and sweetness that we love and pity even while we blame her. In the first scene of this eventful history, Lady Emma is in a ball-room, and sitting on a little couch in a retired corner, listening to the conversation of an old admiral, she wins the heart of William Aubrey, who stands at a distance contemplating her. The admiral's conversation is about the gallantry and heroism recently evinced by a young naval captain—Edward Aubrey, the twin-brother of Wil liam—and while Emma's eyes are yet dimmed by the tale she has been listening to, the young captain enters, is introduced to her, and, like his brother, loses his heart, but, unlike him, obtains an equivalent for the loss. The char acters and the contrast of these two brothers afford one of the happiest evidences of the author's skill. Edward, who is the elder, is the darling of his father's heart and the heir to his immense wealth, whilst William is neglected and disliked, and allowed but the merest pittance, lest his claims should encroach upon those of the elder sou, though the difference of their ages counts by minutes rather than years. Edward's disposition is genial as the sunshine, easy, happy, and loving ; he regards his brother with affection, which, however, William finds it difficult to repay, fur from infancy his brother has unconsciou •ly robbed him of all he coveted—not his father's fortune only, but his father's heart, and the hearts of all around him. William is by far his brother's superior in intellect; his temperament is of that exquisitely nervous, and sensitive nature which renders neglect and unkind ness doubly severe. In the opening of the story our sympathies areentirely with William, most especially when, with a passion peculiar to such a nature, he attaches himself to Lady Emma, only to find her immediately afterwards destined to his brother. Ed ward Aubrey, with his good nature, is weak, and easily led away by evil companions. Lord Alger non, the brother of Lady Emma, entices him to the gambling-house. The jealousy of the over affectionate father is aroused by his favourite son's frequent absences from home, and want of con fidence towards him, and William for a time stands nobly between his father and brother as the advo cate of the latter, his own successful rival. We cannot pursue all the mazes of the story ; suffice it to say, that at last comes the catastrophe. ' Lord Algernon (and this is one of the improbable incidents to which we have alluded) forges a cheque in Edward's writing on Mr. Aubrey's banker, and, leaving the country immediately, draws away his unconscious friend. The banker, perceiving the mistake, sends to Mr. Aubrey, who, believing the writing to be his sun's, orders the money to be paid forthwith, and makes no inquiry. Edward's absence is deemed a confirmation of his guilt—he loses his place in his father's affection, and the inheritance is transferred to William. The hitherto neglected William now sees life open ing to him in a new aspect, and Lady Emma is within his reach, for Lady Euama's family are them selves so impoverished that a wealthy suitor is cer -1 tain of success. Poor Emma had just begun to dream of happiness. Edward was coming to hold important converse with her father the very day her unworthy brother summoned him to his side. The picture of Emma's eager happiness and gradual disappointment and heartrending suspense, as hour after hour on that day passed by, and he came not, is most vividly portrayed. The alternations of hope and fear—" the hope that keeps alive despair"—at length give way to heart breaking certainty. Information is given her of Edward's guilt ; her parents renounce him, and, with the prevailing gentleness of her disposition, she believes the terrible story she is told, and submits to the threatened separation,e yen while she cherishes in her heart her warm affection. Meanwhile Mr. Aubrey is dying. Edward has discovered his friend's treachery, and writes a long letter of excul pation to his brother, imploring him to explain everything to his father, and then he hastens to that father's death-bed. What a temptation to place in the hands of William !—a letter that is to rob him, not only of the rich inheritance, but of all chance of obtaining her whom lie loves, not wisely, but too well. William is absent from his father when he receives the letter. He does not deliberately yield to temptation, but he hesitates — he delays his journey a little, and at last, gaining a tardy victory, sets forward—too late. Mr. Aubrey is dead. Edward has arrived in time to receive his dying curse. We shall betray no further the incidents of the drama, but what we have done was necessary to corroborate both our commenda tion and our censure. Here is abundant evidence of the painful nature of the story, and of the im probability of some of the circumstances which it narrates, but the position of the characters is one well qualified to exhibit their ind ividual peculiari ties. Throughout the novel the character of William is admirably sustained. Yielding to the influences of an overwhelming passion he wanders in the path of duty, but no happiness can alleviate his after sufferings. A little of that courag e which springs from au inherent principle of right would have rendered William Aubrey a noble and a happy man. 1 A similar lesson is conveyed by the experience of each of the chief actors. Edward Aubrey is of an other order of being to his serious and sensitive brother. Such a fault as William committed would have been impossible t o his frank nature ; but he too f yields to another temptation, to o t ne . as i s t u s ie c d o ly ns o e. less powerful .attraction, and . queuces fraught with misery l y n e c . alc l u n f l t able. l The , lesson which " Aubrey' teaches is,.a er al ,t le lesson of life. The best of human beings,. the mhst intellectual and the most generous, the highest in gentlest heart, are alike as telligence and the aailai de by temptation, o . f . one kind or an• Without au abiding . sense of duty 'other. —without an adherence to principle rather than a blind following of a good impulse no virtue can endure, no individual excellence of temperament can sustain its possession in the clay of trial. Such lessons are hackneyed enough, such sayings are trite and commonplace, and yet it is necessary that they should be occasionally presented to our contem plation, awl most unostentatiously is the lesson set forth in " Aubrey." Not a word of sermonising is to be found. The moral may be drawn by every reader from the picture of life presented in these volumes. One character we have not men tioned—Alice Craven, the nurse of William. Her conduct is in many parts exaggerated, but her affection and her jealousy are naturally portrayed. A t the close of the third volume we learn that she is in reality the mother of her nursling, and this fact, which we had surmised long before, affects nothing as regards this story of " Aubrey ;" but from a hint in the concluding lines, we are led to expect that " Aubrey," like " The Wilmingtons," will have a sequel, and in consequence of the non relationship of William and Edward, the widow of the one may, we imagine, in the next book, become the wife of the other thus differ ing from the sequel of " Emilia Wyndham." More than once Mrs. Marsh has continued in a second novel the history of its predecessor, anl this is, we believe, attributable to the characteristic we have alluded to, her intense realisation of h t me individuality of her heroes and heroines. To . h er t they are living beings ; she cann ot bear to lose sig of them—she must follow thei r fortunes yet fur ther than. the prescribed period. Although We 2i 22 3 9 ,1 i 261 1 i SO i i i xd 45i 4i 6 7 15 i 291 i 92 113 1061 1 . 12 lf di' 74i 5 6 LITERATURE. I*.. tsS PAPE R. ~'; . • 7 .nerally Mare sequels, we can . allt • pc. - - these feelings in the authoress of "Au o; 4 ' :" C ', 1 and we shall look with interest to its futurifeoliciti sion. In that, however, and in all her future Nvoiksi,,,.AlL!:...'<".,r we would entreat Mrs. Marsh to do more justico = t S to her true appreciation of the beautiful, and her admirable delineation of the natural, and to avoid such improbabilities and exaggerations as are to be found in "Aubrey," such, for instance, as Lord Al gernon's forgery, and the deception practised by Alice. An abundance of startling incidents are not required to give interest to the pages of one who can so thoroughly recognise and so vividly portray the varying impulses of the human heart. 04 ( ~Se The Professor. A Novel. By Emilie Catlen, Author of " The Events of a Year," Jrc. 3 vols. T. C. Newby. This is one of Emilie Carlen's pleasing stories, simple and natural, conveying an impression of home life and manners. There are a great many personages altogether in the tale, and the variety of their characters and diversity of their actions form an effective contrast. The most pleasing is Rosa Widen, who is a charming heroine. Her father, Commercial Counsellor Widen, failed, and the whole family was reduced to great misery and privations. Rosa sustained them by her courage and constancy, and brightened the gloomy tenour of their life by her praiseworthy exertions. The young candidate, Frank Mannerstedt, is very per severing and talented, thus differing widely from the volatile and imprudent Frederick, the nephew of the old Professor. Professor Ling himself is an eccentric old man, full of kindness at heart, al though repelling and abrupt in his manners. After many disappointments and self-denials the two most deserving of the young group, Rosa andMan nerstedt, who were the favourit es of the Processor, were to be united at his house. Frank Manner stedt had been very successful at college, and was made rector ; he returned with a good reputation and profession to the town he had left poor mad almost destitute. As he proceeded on his tourney he was comparing the past with the present; I\e was now in a better worldly position than th e proud Counsellor Widen, who had looked downon him formerly. " His feelings can only be un derstood by those who, after a long and arduous pilgrimage over the thorny paths of poverty and self-deuial, at length find themQelves at the goal of a long-clierislipd though far distant hope. The soul lingers as between tw‘',a worlds; the past is the material ~ to rest, the fature is the living spirit soaring aloft to higher spheres on the wings of faith." The conclusion is sad, for the festival is interrupted by death. The kind friend of the young circle collected at the wedding had hardly wished them happiness, when he wa's called away from them for ever ; " and around Professor Ling's lifeless form kneeled, weeping, the beings whose happiness he had promoted." The Boatman of the Bosphorus. By the Osmmtli Abderahmau Effendi. 3 vols. Newby. An interesting and romantic historical tale a so me twenty years ago, in which Russians, Turks," Poles, and Jews form the dramatis personce. The na me will no doubt pr ov e a great attraction to many, but the work itself will repay perusal. The scenes and charac tern are diversified, and the events, though striking, not improbable. The in terest is well sustaiuod, and to those who prefer this description of roluance, with plots arrests, escapes, insurrections, a nd similar incidents, to the more q'iiet narrativ es of domestic life, thin work will give great satisfaction. The Railway Library.. Routledge. Though many are found to lament the diminu tion in the price of literature, and to fear that lt may lead to a deterioration of style, none can bring' forward these objections to reprints. " The Rail way Library" is especially remarkable for the ex cellence of the style of publication, and from tho fact. of the works selected being generally those which have attained some degree of estimation. Among those which have recently appeared in this series are "Singleton Fontenoy," and the " Lanca shire Witches." The fortner of these is a ttaval novel, by J. Hannay ; the latter, one of the nume rous and striking productions of Mr. Ainsworth., Among other recent republications of Mr. Rout ledge, we may mention " Sir Roland Ashton," Al novel, by Lady Long, and another naval story , by an author not so well known as Mr. Hannay. It is entitled " The Midshipman; or, Twelve Years at Sea." Deeds of Naval Daring. By Edward Gitrard. Murray. This is a second series of the Anecdotes of th• British Navy, which was published some time since. It is a volume especially suited for the juvenile lovers of adventure and daring. It is likely to divide the empire of " Robinson Crusoe" in its exciting and thrilling interest. But it is to be trusted that older and wiser readers will feel the exploits of British seamen to be a subject worthy of record. and remembrance. The reader of this work will indeed feel inclined to admit the truth of the song— _ . . "Ah, gentlemen of Englanil, who live at home at ease, How little do you think upon the dangers of the seas.* Every variety of risk and peril seems to be the subject of some courageous hazard or chivalrous adventure. To those, therefore, who are attracted by tales of daring and endurance, and who triumph in recalling the heroism of their countrymen, this work is especially suited. A Hand Atlas. By W. M'Leod, F.R.G.S. Longman. .. _ A very small, but clear and compendious atlas, comprising twenty-nine coloured maps. It does not, of course, pretend to the elaboration and com pleteness of large works of the kind, but as a pocket atlas, or for studying the outlines of geography, it is well calculated. It is principally intended for class teaching. The IVorks of George Herbert, in Prose and Verse. Routledge. This is a collection of the works of this eminent writer, edited by the Rev. Robert Willmott. His poems are, perhaps, better known than his prose writings ; this volume, however, will give his admirers an opportunity of comparing his styles as it contains about equal portions of prose and verse. It is the first edition that has recently appeared with the advantage of notes. It is els gaudy bound and illustrated, and the introduction gives us a memoir of the author. Russia as It Is. By - T. Reynall:Morell. Routledge. It is asserted that this little work is intended to meet the wants of a large class of readers. Cer tainly at the present epoch every one in contem plating the scene of action (or inaction) is desirous of knowing something of the disputants. It is justly observed, moreover, that many persons are better acquainted with the peculiarities of the an tipodes than with their " uncouth neighbours." The author, therefore, being desirous of presenting the curious with a manual of information at a mo derate rate, has published this little volume rro fessing to describe "Russia as it is, its Couct, Government, and People." It treats of all these subjects and many others, such as its history, church, its language, and illustrative anecdotes. A con cluding section relates to Poland and Cinlassia. It also contains a map of the Baltic. All those who, finding themselves uninformed on the great ques tion of the day, desire to correct their ignora - L:ce, would do well to study this little volume, wh i will explain to them the historical, geogra-phica.H and other peculiarities of the domains of th:` Autocrat. The Pocket Peerage. By H. Rumsey Forster. David Bogue. This is the fourth year of this useful little publi cation. It comprises the usual genealogical and historical accounts of the peerage, a list of the Archbishops and Bishops, the Baronetage, the Privy Council, &c. In presenting all this infor mation in an unusually small compass it forms convenient and valuable referee. Record of the Great Industrial Exhibition, of 1853. By T. Jones. Falconer, Dublin Numerous volumes and accounts of ilia Great Exhibition of 1851 have been published, but a com plete volume on the Dublin Exhibition is not so common. The present little work has therefore less to fear from rivalry. Those who were not present may here find a description and account have f the wonders they did not see, while those who ' witnessed it may take pleasure in having their im pressions revived, and t heir recollections of the various departments renewed by this little treatise. --- FREEMASONS' GIRLS' Scßoof..—The anniversary f el • tival of this most excellent charity connected with the order of Freemasons, was celebrated at the hall in Great Queen street last evening, the Right Hon. Lord Londes borough, P.G.S.W., in the chair, supported by nearly 350 of the brethren. His lordship pointed out the advan tages which the charity bestowed on the children of the brethren, and urged in eloquent terms the claims which were now n 6 o o w o h 6, 46 it bad on the craft for support. ghTippezear was most gratifying to b c l e i e i l n d c hildren c i a n t :r w istchhionoilt, its a w n a d l l t s h , o i t u feel that not one could be traced to have departed from the paths of rectitude. T.ie children having been intro insge,bNeveiniicp.h met with great approba— ducad, presented a most interesting sungtl Ot l. a - I k . 1 medal in n of h p a l V a i as the senior girl of the of res ' e s n ti t r e ig d toßh announced, the total appearance,od aD a anti via school, a subscription list wait which amounted to nearly• 1,5001., and the company separated between eleven *id twelve o'clock, 25 1 1 109 32 i ES