The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-24 00:00:00

HAYMARKET THEATRE. R E - APPEIARANCE 01 ,‘ MISS CUSHMAN. After a long absence fron a the London stage, Miss Cushman made her appeara rice, last evening, at the Hay- Xnarket Theatre, before a very crowded and fashionable audience, as Bianca, in th ke five act tragedy of Fazio, end met with that cordial welcome which is only given , t ° great popular favoue,tes. Some few years ago, an knerican actor, whe, fancied himself slighted at one of u ur theatres, averre,d that with regard to his own eeuntrymea we did not reciprocate those kindly Seelings which, were evinced towards English devotee s t o th.e. histrionic art on the other side of the Atlantic. Of, course, no one who really knew our peo ple, an d ha 'A. any acquaintance with theatrical matters, 'Would endorse with his assent such an opinion, for, of all natior,s, we yield to none in the encouragement and 141 0 1313 °rt. 'which we giv e t o f ore i gn ar ti s t es . Of thi s Mi ss affords a remarkable example. From the first ' a Yqte trode upon the metropolitan stage, her career with has been one of uninterrupted success. Her genius, her enthusiastic devotion to her profession, and her exemplary li fe, amidst no ordinary trials and difficulties, have ob tained from us, no less than .n her native land, their, due teed of praise ; and she has attained a position, which - very few of our most celebrated female performers can Zaw boast of. Miss Cushman is no every-day actress. Her imperso laation of character is truly wonderf,ul. 'With a masterly blind she readily seizes upon thr; meaning and spirit of the Part she undertakes, an so incorporates herself W ith it, that you lose Wight of the mere per former in the traith and ex 7 oestness of her delineation. What, for instance, cou'al be more perfect than her Bianca of last night ? FAA)r whole soul seemed intent on 'what she did ; every • look, utterance, and gesture expressed eloquentl-1 and powerfully the passions w hich animated the breast of the loving but jealous, Ste injured but fc,rgiving wife ; yet nothing was over strained or unafitaral, all was in strict keepi n g w ith the c onception f a f ' the character, and hence it was not astonishing to End that a strong impression was made on the mind s of the audience, many in our vicinity shedding tears in no small abundance, being moved to .1 1e quick 'by the p a th os an d i ntens i ty of her acting. "e subjoi.D. extracts from the criticisms upon this lady by our s'everal morning contemporaries. At Che conclusion of the tragedy, Miss Cushman %tile forward and bowed her acknowledgments, in ' l bw:Aimee to a perfect storm of galls. The Fazio of Mr. Howe was distinguished by that ogre, ease, and gracefulness which we have frequently aoticed in that gentleman's representations. Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, who, as usual, was dressed magnificently, made an elegant Aldabella, but the repulsiveness of the character is enough to disv,rm praise, even if it be ex tremely well rendered. We may say, however, that, ba rring a little stiffnes,s., and a rather too unimpassioned delivery, Mrs. Bu'lLir.gham acquitted herself n asmall credit. The almost trifling part of the miser rtolo, was ma.de the most of by Mr. Chippendale, who an extremely clever personifier of old men. dutiful, and dresses, and other decorations were ve ry ya said much for the able management of ckatoiae. bliss ( From the Times.) wh en Cktarlotte Cushman, who astonished all London made her debut about a dozen years ago, and f ',ur. som e time has been rather a memory than an actual whiched last night as Bianca in Fazio, 112 e‘haracter first introduced her to our metropo a' The great characteristics of Miss Cushman are the 1." 1 ,e as they were in the days of her former career. An Xelleet restless to embody its conceptions, and an energy '' at dashes headlong to the most terrific results, still "? t talk the performance of this most original actress. Un "4oarrassed by notions of the ideal, the graceful, and the 80eitlating, it is her aim to express every passion with its 1 1 1 st fearful reality —nay, if you will, with all its hideous- NVhen Bianca, after the death of her husband, 14 , e _ues, a maniac, into the ballroom, Miss Cushman makes lir Most of' the situatio n by avo idi ng ever ythi ng alight in the least tend towards dilution. The de a: wild and unconstrained ; the hair is tossed about 4egardless of the laws of beauty ; the teeth are set with I,lalzfle meaning at the guilty and shrinking Aldabella. elid e e Sc enes that depict emotions less violent still give z ;rl i ee of the same principle. The vindictive wife, tQat her vindictiveness is past, offers to resign her l a r 'ea.nd to the seductive paramour, if she will but save 8 life through her influence with the Duke. It is not l ' l3ll Pathos of this situation which is seized iss tiah alan but the abject degradation of a strong nature, /1(1 the humiliation which allows the sufferer to clutch oven at disgrace, rather than fall into the abyss of i7 e rY, is rendered with frightful truth. Let it not be -- 'agined, however, that Miss Cushman can only repre lleut love when deformed by jealousy, lashed into re blorse., or crushed into d es p a i r ; h er ear li er scenes 40 1un'd in explosions of affection. When she has rea coved out the inference that jealousy may end in a ';_taal hatred of her husband, the sudd enness w ith w hi c h 41 Fie recoils from the thought and falls on Fazio's neck in -- 1 „ a gony of fondness, is really a grand burst of hearty, res erving, reckless devoti on . B u t, am id thi s di sp l ay ° l f st!.ong intellect and gigantic energy, there is still an element to make the portrait of Bianca corn .avfet,e—the element of fascinating softness. The Bianca '3lBB Cushman can overpower with her affection, can vr ad in her jealousy, can bite the dust in her d es p a i r , but r• c an more readily fancy the imaginative Fazio escap ig from the lawful fetters of her terrible charms than is '4 A 4 eri Nether h Co nsistent with the moral purpos e o f th e pi ece . galled a b of the tragedy Mi ss C us h man was l ou dly bu t strongly -Y an audience whose hearts she had not lured, shaken. (From the Morning Chronicle.) beltr• Bucks one's managerial campaign, which has lin en chiefly conducted in the comic spirit one may sup ,l;Be roost congenial to his own idiosyncrasy, last night too l l inled the tragic feature. The distinguished American iu stress Miss Cushman, made her appearance as Bianca, %r a n Milman' s F az i o. T h i s l a d y—we mean Miss 41C utn an, and are b y no means so sure that what we -1,,41°f her h I might be as safely p re dicated of Bianca— goerlia'waYs be welcome to two large classes of play tress. S he is an intellectual, if not a poetical th o „,) and while there is sufficient evidence of I t.a ,- - git and study in her personations to satisfy the d.:'itY of those who demand art in acting, she dis lottte",B, , 4 Picturesque power and an almost unequalled tensity which take the mass of spectators by storm. tegard her as the finest exponent of the melodrama, t h n k g the Word in its best sense, who at present treads I•tt uca rde ; and believing as we do that, for a variety of 1 4 . 0 -c ne, the highest form of drama is at present unap -48 aohable by English actors, we rank Miss Cushman, p oit tc t aY be inferred, in a position of no ordinary im te alle s• Her engagement, providing Mr. Buckstone li_ N t r ePared to exhibit her peculiar merits in a fitting 18 about the wisest step which has marked . to -ulzinistration—that is, if Mr. Buckstone design t te i,g,ve her characters in either revived or new 41"uranias of the best sort, and by no means to ellander her powers and injure his own interests by teithteeProduction of old "legitimate" plays, to which juati, r she nor the rest of his company can do -e 2 and which nobody wishes to see, if they could. e tru st to have to record that he has not only engaged Zoreizarkable artiste, but has shown that he knows how eak e ZP27 her powers, in which case Miss Cushman's en ds th at onc e a p ro fit a bl e specu l ation as re biterp,Ze -u ▪ arnarket, and a valuable service to the true physi°f the s t age. Mi ss C ushman is by no means in t i c i - ag fitted for Bianca, but she gave the points with Old ,..c'ecA, and i n th e s t orm i er scenes ev i nced al l her ever' p ow • But the part is unsuited to her in almost terv e V l Pect. Miss Cushman was received as she de to " be ; b u t we h ave i ndicated our hope as to the 136',411... Parts to be allotted to her in future, and of w hi c h .ca is certainly not one. ( From the Morning q _Herald.) Zt Was part of Mr. Buck s t one s scheme, when he com .l„'ftced the present season, to engage Mi ss C u sh man . ; 14 s romise he has redeemed, and that distinguished , -"stress appeared last night as Bianca, in Milman s Fazio, C haracter that has always, we believe, been . considered cl 4 ef her most remarkable personations. It can eely be considered . one of the most interesting, 1. tile tragedy itself is sorely artificial, .the sentiment I._l, and the pangs of the principal personage However, . with -Z i t little suggestive of sympathy.. I t 5 well-known play of the old Quarterly Reviewer tos have now little to do. It h . as . had . its day, and Miss Cushman and Miss Glyn is it ts t i n e d na eb ll t y ed e f n o j r o t y h s e . 'aetical exhumation which it occasionally ah e ' li scern no appreciable difference either in theap appear -4e or the i n t e ll ectua l v i gour o f this gifted American teßl Bt e• She had no rival, and her p re -eminen u c a e li in ty th e is f ke]deret has not yet been disturbed. The rich the force of her elocution, the superiority of Ikil'telugment, and the earnestness of her manner, tat.uetanding her manifold Macreadyisms, the a r calculated to keep her high in roll of Al i as es. She was well received by the audience und o Were mindful of her former triumphs and of her 4evbted claims upon the public admiration. Her s tha.illg throughout the whole of the tragedy wa. for Neterised, as we have intimated, by all its d :Qear a:l:lab:tea. The jealously of the fond an ba o l c l l g wife, which leads her to denounce her hus- Ztazrdating hi ot f rom a wanton; with no other object than that of furnishes her with a 14:e7nt.gurZaiyiurrafaeme for the display of certain of her most a d --a tic qualitieS. The studied formality of the 11::iotpreiatensteisl ge, and the mechanical nature of the images, which st,edarceleverness rather than facility and ap impediments which she vanquishes ~°nsunnate skill. There is a sincerity in the man h°l Mies Cushman which must always make its way. 3 :t she utters we know she feels, and her deep, gut tones bespeak the anxiety and the emotion within. ria i n .. a . t . e ver natur a l d e f ects apperta i n to her, her di scr i- Ztive ability blinds the spectator to their presence. e r deli neation of feminine tenderness, notwithstanding Nyitjlla seu line sentiment which one is apt t o assoc i a te " her touching; and we well their ° Yf with what f orce s h e ex p resses feeings which have in orig,_ in 1, la goaded and excited passion. Her power t io t -ie latter case is vividly exhibited in her denuncia- D,48 latter the Marchesa, whose blandishments have been ,l"`chased by the impressionable Fazio, while her mad vveti a genv, when she finds that she has ruined her th -4 nd vacillating husband, instead of saving him 2.3 1 :` 14, 1 hoped, signally illustrates the former. Miss Nyl le l b larl, in a wor d, rev ived all the good imp ress i ons " 4 She originally ouggeptecL She was applswisi with great heartiness, and was led on the stage at the close of the tragedy by Mr. Rogers, amid renewed con gratulations. (From the Daily News.) The reception awarded to Miss Cushman on her return to the Haymarket yesterday evening, was as warm and hearty as her most enthusiastic admirers could desire. The play chosen for the occasion was Fazio, one with which the critics have always found fault, but which somehow or other keeps the stage, notwithstanding their maledictions. It is true that its plot is improbable, and that the language often passes the line which separates poetry from bombast, but still it has fine situations, and an action that does not often lag, while there are frequent opportunities for the display of high histrionic power in the character of Bianca, the heroine. Miss Cushman has made this character all her own, filling the eye and seizing on the emotion of the audience from the rising of the curtain down to the terrible climax of the fifth act. Her acting last evening, while exhi biting a chastened and improved judgment, had lost none of the energy which created her success in for mer engagements. The gradual growth of her jealousy from a suspicion to a passion was finely pourtrayed, and the alternations between womanly fondness and wo manly rage, were marked with a truth and force which received warm acceptation from the audience. The whole of the improbable fourth act was sustained by her acting, but the mad scene in the fifth was her triumph. It was an effort of true dramatic genius and impulse, and was almost fearful in its reality. It brought down thunders of applause, which were repeated again and again when she re-appeared, in answer to an unanimous and prolonged call before the curtain. It is but fair to add that Miss Cushman was played well up to, by the ladies and gentlemen to whom the other characters were allotted. mces tice, COll - 3 in pass PB.) 23. 'clock b . she since inst., I 110 t 3d. V leaf, . li ; -jail°, 3. u LOUP to al th° ritish that l oodt 7dad• bola m t to Lod, , n of n t bi i O l .At A gAS' ors to ,tools' ~,noSet i 'er ied LOlif poor' - (From the Morning Post.) Miss Cushman made her re-appearance last night at the above theatre, after an absence of some years, as Bianca, in the tragedy of Fazio. She displayed all that power and passion which first rendered her perform ances popular with the ondon public ; and the applause which greeted her on first coming upon the stage, and was continued to her on every possible occasion thrrugh out the drama, sufficiently proved that time has not lessened the admiration which her rare histronic abilities formerly excited in this country. ( From the Morning Advertiser.) The performances at this theatre last night underwent a considerable change, Dean Milman's violent tragedy of Fazio being substituted for the lively Hope of the Family. The cause of this alteration was the reappearance of Miss Cushman, after a lengthened absence in America. This lady is possessed of some of the highest qualities of her art, and has a delicacy of judgment and fervour of feeling that enable her to give interest to the heaviest conceptions. Miss Cushman is a very fine actress, and her delicacy and intensity carry her delineations into the high est region of art. Whenever there was an opportunity , given, last night it was made the most of. Her ap prehension of the consequences of her terrible jealousy, where she sees it may produce the intense hatred of the very object it adores, was grandly given, and where her returning tenderness abhors the idea, was charmingly rendered. The conflict of her emotions when her hus band relapses.into his adulterous love for the magni ficent and high-born courtezan, was also admirable. The maddened denouncement of her husband has fine touches in it, and her remorse when she perceives the fatal results it produces, and her anguish and horror at his death were simply and grandly expressed. Her at titudes were easy and graceful, and her abandonment to the fearful emotions that so rapidly possess her showed her truly the mistress of her art. In the last scene, which is so violently anii-conventional, and so perilously constructed as to be in marvellous danger of sinking to bathos, she sustained the truth of passion by her sub dued and truthful expression. We cannot but regret this lumbering, turgid play, should have been revived, and that so much genius as Miss Cushman really pos sesses, should have been thrown away upon it. The applause was not great at the commencement, but the house warmed as the scenes proceeded, and it became general and enthusiastic at the close, and Miss Cush man was called for long before she re-appeared, and when she did so she was cordially and universally cheered. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. have watched the progress of the Russo- Turkish affair with considerable anxiety, and now come forward to offer you a few remarks on the subject. I assert that had an able English statesman been deputed to the Czar of all the Russias to confer with him to bring about an amicable adjustment of the dif ference, the affair might have been compromised at the onset ; and I have the opinion of many of the influential inhabitants of St. Petersburgh, which bearsme out in the assertion, that an able and talented negotiator, acquainted with the peculiarities of the Emperor, could have pro duced the desired effect. For it is obvious this war is against the commercial interests and general prosperity of Russia, and, I emphatically add, of the whole of Northern Europe ; for since its very beginning the de pression in the commerce most dependent on Russia has slowly and gradually increased. I will further add that if the Czar, as the Autocrat of all the Russias, bears the responsibility of carrying on the war on his side, he alone is the party to be nego tiated with—because, treating with an ambassador, you are subject to his partial misrepresentation at St. Peters burgh. Again, if you transmit conciliatory documents by inferior deputy, they either do not receive the atten tion you expect, or are on some point misunderstood. I trust, however, there will still be a medium of com promising the affair entirely or partially, so as to be in a position to withdraw our fleet from such a thankless ally. This will have the effect of placing commercial matters on a more solid basis, and will prove to the nations of the world that we prefer honourable peace to a useless and protracted warfare. Little did the ambassadors concerned calculate the consequence of war. They seem never to have given that an afterthought. Such careless diplomacy ! To hear them you would be made to believe that the war is a glorious thing, or, at worst, a matter of indifference. Peace ! or War I When I tell you that numberless operatives are gra dually being debarred the sole means of existence, and that, too, at a time when the bare necessaries of life had swallowed up their small earnings, and even their savings, if any ; and the high price of provisions and the severity of the winter has contributed greatly to that end. When I tell you that as long as the war hangs over us they will have little prospect of employment, you will agree with the old rhyme " Ah ! such are the miseries to which you give birth, Ye statesmen, ne'er dreading a scar, Who, from pictured saloon or the bright sculptured hearth, Disperse desolation and death through the earth, When ye let loose the demons of war !" It is not alone in Great Britain and Ireland. This state of trade exists in France, Belgium, Austria, and all the northern countries of Europe. Now, I again emphatically assert that all this might be prevented by a direct, a sensible, and able negotiation with the Emperor ; and I have not the slightest hesita tion in saying that it would appear the Czar has been misled into the affair, and maintained his position with a false regard for consistency. I hope that, while there is yet a wise and eloquent statesman in these realms, there will remain a chance of an amicable arrangement between the Powers at variance ; and I have the honour to remain one of her Majesty's loyal subjects, and, Sir, your most obedient servant, A LOVER OF PEACE AND TRANQUILLITY.' 24th January, 1854. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE.—Last night another ver sio❑ of the French drama, now playing at the Adelphi, was produced at this establishment, under the title of A Struggle for Gold ; or, A Mother's Prayer. It was com pletely successful. The scenes were excellent, particu larly the ice scene. The dresses and appointments were in admirable keeping. The acting of the piece deserved the applause and attention it met with, when we say Messrs. Searle, Worrell, Travers, Lingham, Hazlewood, with Mrs. Campbell, Miss Dawson, and the whole com pany were engaged, will vouch for our opinion of dra matic excellence. We must not omit to mention the Little Lady in the ice scene. She was very effective i❑ the small part she had to play, and was in look as inte resting as she was pretty. FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF RUSSIA. —According to the advices from Berlin, the Russian Government are said to have resolved upon an increase of 9,500,0001. in their paper circulation, to meet the armaments in progress, At the same time. to prevent the distrust that might thus be occasioned, statements are given out that the specie in the citadel at St. Petersburg amounts to 22,500,000/., while the existing paper circulation does not exceed 3 5,000,000/. Every allegation, however, regarding the sum of bullion in the hands of the Russian Government has hitherto been received with caution, and the total now mentioned is several millions beyond the most favourable previous estimates. The figures furnished of the amount of paper issues are, perhaps, equally liable to .question. FROM AUSTRALI A . n w r readers can no doubt months of sovereigns t r e e a w d a i r ly de re A c e al s l tr t a o h mind hi t e h h e h c u o t nt a in fueoue e full force ; the extensive shipments to th s at s i e n Cl e ll e n Tr a y s i o n f all kinds of produce and manufactures they areaerwe alesoopfwotrehtte exports ac quainted with ; but they are perhaps, n magnitude of the latte r, and be somewhat sur pri sed learn that the Cus tom-house valuatio n of th from London an d Liver p ool alone to the Australianx colonies, for the 12 m onths endin g the 31st of December last, exceeded 13,000,000/. By far the greater amount of these shipments have yet to be paid for, while the pressure in the London money-market in September, more especially as regarded those firms which were ex porters of gold to the colonies, has yet to be felt in Melbourne and Sydney, for their information from this country as yet is not later than Jul y. In the middle the of last year it was stated on very goo authority, that banks in Melbourne held a very large amount of sove reigns, estimated at fully 5,000,000/. It will thus readily be seen that the month of December promises to put in motion a very heavy amount of gold from Australia to wards England—financially, as well as commercially ; sovereigns, as well as nuggets ; a few weeks, however, must elapse before this can be fully seen or appreciated. Liverpool Albion. ODESSA.—From Odessa the letters are to the 11th. The arrivals of shipping were still increasing daily, and they wort: actively getting ear - roes. Owing to the de mand for labour thus occasioned, wages had risen to a point equal to those in Australia—half an imperial, or 16s. 3d, sterling, per day being freely paid. THE SUN, LON=DON, TUESDAY EVENING, JA / VARY 24, 1854. MARLBOROUG_H-STREET--(THIS DAY.) SHARE MARKET S.-(THIS DAY). PREFERENCE BRARES. CHARGE OF BlGAMY.—Elizabeth , Ileperoft was placed before Mr. Hardwick, chargel with intermarrying with Thomas Bauley, her former husband, John Hoperoft, being then and now alive. Thomas Bauley deposed that he lived at No. 16, Great Pultney-street, Golden-square, and that on the 13th of June, 1853, he was married to the prisoner, at Trinity Church, Marylebone. She was married in the name of Elizabeth Essex. He produced a certificate of the marriage, which he obtained on his wedding-day. The prisoner, who made no answer to the charge, was remanded for a week. BRITISH RAILWAYS. ROBBERY BY AN OLD SERVANT.—Tames Collins was charged with stealing an iron railing, the property of Messrs. Cubitt and Sons, builders, 3, Lyall-street, Eaton-square. It appeared from the evidence of Stringer, a detective officer belonging to the C division, that about six o'clock on the previous evening he saw the prisoner, who ap peared to have something weighty about him, in Gerrard street, and suspecting alll was not right, he stopped him, and asked what he had got in his bag. He said, "Only some old iron." Witness further questioned him, when he gave such unsatisfactory answers that witness took him to the station, when the pieces of iron rail produced were found in his bag. Witness had since ascertained that the iron had been stolen from a house in Eaton- James Brewall, foreman of the smiths' department at Messrs. Cuhitt's, said the iron produced was their pro perty, and had been stolen from a new building in Eaton square. The prisoner, who had been in Messrs. Cubitt's employ for nearly 20 years, was at work fixing the iron railing in front of that building. The value of the iron was about 4s. Witness added, from the length of time prisoner had been in the service of the firm, they did not wish the case to go to the sessions, and trusted his worship would deal with the prisoner at once. Mr. Hardwick said the prisoner must be a stupid fellow to sacrifice his character by committing such a paltry theft. Had not the prosecutors expressed a wish for him (Mr. Hardwick) to deal with the case summa rily, he should have sent him to the sessions to take his trial. Mr. Hardwick then committed the prisoner to the House of Correction for six months, with hard labour, for the unlawful possession of the iron. ROBBING FURNISHED LODGINGS.—TIumas Francis, who described himself as a reporter, was charged with stealing, from his ready-furnished lodgings, a blanket, and other articles, of the value of 135., the property of Amelia Christian, No. 3, Leicester court, St. James's. Evidence having been offered in support of the charge, Barker, 59 C, who took prisoner into custody, produced the duplicates of the property which had been pledged. The prisoner said he did not pledge the property ; it was pledged by a woman with whom he cohabited. Remanded till Saturday. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jan. 24.--Wind this day at Noon, S.W., with drizzling rain. COWES, Jan. 23.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Mathilda, from Callao ; Syphide, Africa, for Hamburgh, to await the opening of the Elbe. YARMOUTH, Jan. 23.—Sailed—Vivid, Constantinople. HULL, Jan. 23.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Falcon, from St. Michael's ; Maria, Rio Grande ; Sandsworth, Alexandria. BRISTOL, Jan. 23. —Wind, S.W. Arrived—Mary Falker, and Idea, from St. Michael's. Sailed--Cassandra, and Kate, for St. Michael's. TORBAY, Jan. 23.—Wind, W. Arrived—Buena Moya, from Matanzas. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 24.—Arrived—Maha Ranee, Carr, from Calcutta ; Regulus, Cubbit, Maranham ; Matilda, Porto Rico ; Antarctic, New York ; Alice and Dolores, St. Michael's. Off Port—Africa (s.), Commodore (s.) ; Fidelia, Alexander. Sailed—Gazelle, Azores ; Margaret Ridley, Newfoundland ; Nyverheid, Hobart Town ; Lady Flora Hastings, Ceylon • Zetland, Aden ; Queen of the West, New York; Garland, Smyrna ; Rhine (s.), Trieste. The San Francisco, (American steamer), from New York to California, was struck by a sea and disabled, 24th Dec. About sth Jan. 200 persons were taken off by the An tarctic, arrived here to-day from New York, and others were saved by the Three Bells, bound to New York, and Kelby, bound to America ; 142 persons were washed over board, and 59 died after being taken off the wreck. The San Francisco had on board 750 souls. The Tit Bit (schooner), from Lisbon to Liverpool, is ashore on the Horse Bank, as yet not much damaged ; a steamer has been sent to her assistance. A schooner is ashore on the main, near Crosby Point, and another schooner aground on Tay lor's Bank. SHIELDS, Jan. 21.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Gardner, Shediac ; Gleaner, Carthagena. Sailed —Atalanta, for Melbourne ; Helen Maria, Havannah. OFF BEACHY HEAD, Jan. 19.—Albrecht Beyling, from Batavia. NEWPORT, Jan. 23.—Sailed—Daedalus, for Ascension; Wilhelm, John Avilles, and Budolph, St. Thomas's ; Ade vilde (?), Alexandria. JERSEY, Jan. 21. Wind, S. Sailed—Lady Kingsale, for 'At. Michaels. SWANSEA, Jan. 23.—Arrived—Lady Ogilvy, from Co quimbo. CARDIFF, Jan. 22.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Clothilde, and Oscar, Havannah. WATERFORD, Jan. 22.—Arrived—The Appleton, from Mauritius, with loss of sails and bulwarks, in coming in struck several times both above and below Creadon Head, without any apparent damage, had to be run ashore on Ballyhack Mead, where she still remains. DANTLIC, Jan. 19.—The harbour is again open, and free of ice. iNVINEMUNDE, Jan. 19.—The river is open as far as the Second Battery, and there is but little ice to be seen in the roadstead. From hence to Stettin the river is covered with a firm sheet of ice. NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—The Albania, of Boston from Bristol (England), for Norfolk, with a cargo of railroad iron, is on shore at Cape Henry. The Empire City (s), from Havannah to New Tork, which was ashore on the sth Jan. on Baraegat Reef, was got off on the 7th, without material damage, and towed into New York on the Bth. ANTWERP, Jan. 22.—The Estelle, of Boulogne, froaa Marseilles, was totally lost on the coast of Spain, previous to 21st Jan. The Protection, of Plymouth, after riding quarantine at Lisbon, proceeded for Figueira to load for Falmouth, but encountered a heavy gale for three days, sprang a leak, was beached near Figueira, where she be came a total wreck ; master, mate, and one man drowned. (By SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 9.45 a.m. Wind, S.S.W., fresh and strong; two hours' ebb. Arrived—Leonne, from Gravelines ; Thea, Gravelines ; Sea Bird, Memel ; Superb, Dunkirk. Sailed—William Canynges, for Naples. DEAL, Tuesday, 9 a.m. Wind, S. W. strong. Passed—Roxburgh Castle, from Melbourne, for London. THE SHIPWRECK AT LAMBAY. DUBLIN, MONDAY EVENING. As far as it can be ascertained, it is feared that nearly 400 souls have been hurried into eternity by the wreck at Lambay on Saturday night. The Prince, Captain Dearle, belonging to the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, arrived at the North Wall this afternoon with 230 persons, leaving about 20 others, who, from the injuries sustained, were unable to be removed. The captain, and the survivors of the crew, were still on the island, striving to save any of the property washed on shore. The number of first cabin passengers amounted to 26 ; of these about three have been saved. The crew were all saved except six. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.—There is no alteration in foreign sorts, but both exporters and the home trade are cautious. There are a good many public sales to-day of West India, Mauri tius, Ceylon, die. Refined has been qu iet at 44s dto 47s for brown lumps, and for 45s to sls for grocery. The quantity of British plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,685 hhds 83 tierces 213 brls. There were taken for home consumption 1,457 hhds 160 tierces 590 brls. The stock in the same places is 5,493 hhds 826 tierces 736 barrels. COFFEE.—The market has been well supported for plan tation Ceylon, and the supply about keeps pace with the demand. There is no change in native descriptions. Rum.—A further rise has taken place, but not much doing. Demerara, 30 to 41 over, 5s ld to 5s 3d ; and Jamaica, for arrival, at 5s 6d, quality no- guaranteed. The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 676 puns 31 bhds. There were taken for home consumption 76 puns 29 hhds, and exported 186 puns 179 hhds. The stock in the same places is 5,290 puns 532 hhds. RlCE.—Thero is no change. Madras at 15s 3d, and Bengal at 16s 61 SALTPETRE.—The market was excited, and a further rise of is to is 6d per cwt. English refined is held for 37s per cwt. PEPPER.—At auction 241 bags Alleppi sold at 5d to 5Ad. COTTON has been quiet. - TEA.—The prices are aq follows :—Congou, ord to good ord, is Oid to is ld ; ditto blackish leaf, is 8d to is 10d ; Souchong, good ord to but mid, is 2d to is 4d; ditto mid to good mid, is 6d to 2s 3cl; Twankay, good ord to but mid is I . d to is 2d, ditto mid to hyson kind is 3d to is 6d, hyson mid to mid is 2d to is 3d, hyson good ord is 7d, ditto but mid is 8d to is 9d, ditto mid to good mid 2s to 4s, young hyson is 4d to 2s Gd, imperial is 4d to 2s, gun powder is 7d to 3s Gd, and Canton kind is to is 5d per lb. TALLOW. — After the prices had been made up officially yesterday morning for the weekly tabular statement, a rise of is 9d to 2s occurred, P.Y.C. being at 64s 6d per cwt. on the spot. It is now quieter at about these prices, and for March to May has been 655, all this month 64s 3d, Feb ruary and March 645, March to May 64s 6d to 655. No sellers of new tallow. Australian sheep more offering, beef 635,10 w 60s to 61s, South American 635, tallow elaine 61s, palm elaine 41s, palm oil 475, bleached 51s. HAY MARKETS. SnITHPIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 18s to 51 10s ; clover ditto, 41 Os to 61 6s ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ 2s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CTJMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 5/ lOs ; clover ditto, 41 Oa to 61 6s ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 4s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. W HITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 31 3s to 5/ 10s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 61 108 ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ 2s per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. EAST INDIA HOUSE FOR BILLS.—The amount paid into the treasury of the East India-house for bills on India from the Bth to the 23d inst. was 100,482/. REPRESENTATION OF BRECON.--MF. J. Lloyd Vaughan Watkins intends coming forward as a candidate for the representation of the borough of Brecon, rendered va cant by the death of Mr. Charles Rodney Morgan. Mr. Watkins is lord-lieutenant of the county of Brecknock, and represented the borough in the last Parliament, In politics he is a Libe•al, incli ne d t o support t h e genera l policy of the present administration. Nothing has yet been said of a second candidate, and it is thought that Mr. Watkins will be returned unopposed. I in LINES LEASED AT FIXED ItEN TALs. Leasing Closing Prices Badness Shr. Paid ILlthwess. Compans this day • this day. 50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W• Bletchley St. 100 Buckghamsh L. &N.W. 100 102 50 all Clydesdale Jo CaWon.— 50 5 2 St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr 6p. cent G.,.Nort 1111 139 141 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. •• • 25 all Do. New Do . ...... • 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr Cit.Westn. 30 32 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw.• 50 all Hull & Selby YAN.bid. 108 110 25 all Do. 6 Shares Do ...... 54 55 126 all Do. 4 Shares Do ......... 266 276 12f all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern. 134 13' 20 all Do. Preference Do ......... 246 -25 i St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Norfolk ... ... R. 100 Do. 6 per ct Do . . •** ••• 56 all Manch.Bxton and Matlock & Midld. 21 3 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton (ix Redcar Darlingt. ••• 100 all Midld.Bradfd. Miclland... 97 99 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count.. 59 61 5 all Do. 6 per ct Do ......... ••• 5 ,, all Do. Fixed 5p .cDo . . . . •• • " • 2 , ) all Prdst. &Wyre L. &Is. W. &LndzYk •.• • 1 12 Do. I Shares. Do . . ... . •• • S 100 Roystn.& Hit. Gt.Northn 138 142 S. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do ..... .. . . 138 142 2 , 180 Shef. Roth. di Lancash.& Goole g.5.p.c Yorksh..l . . • 12 9i S. Staffordsh MrMeleaM • . 24 lid 50 all Wear Valleyg r'6 Doe t ezi 6 per cent Darliug . --- 25 all 'Do Do ......... 2 9 1 30 St. 100 Wilts&SomrstiGt.Westu. 95 97 NEW WORKS OF FICTION are announced by Messrs. Hurst and Blackett, the successors to Mr. Colburn, as preparing for publication during the present season, from the pens of Miss Mitford, Mrs. Gore, Mrs. Trol lope, Miss Pardoe, the author of " Em ilia W y ndham,* and the author of " Margaret Maitland." THE GREEN PARS.—His Royal Highness, the Ran ger of the Parks, has caused two notice-boards to be placed on either side of the Wellington Statue Arch on Constitution-hill ; one of which is to the effect, that the gatekeeper has strict orders not to permit any persons driving any carriage or other vehicle to pass through the gate into the Green Park, unless they be provided with a pass ticket for that purpose, or who are not privileged to do so ; and the other states that the keeper has di. rections to prevent grooms or other persons from exer cising horses in the park, excepting those belonging t o the Royal Family. The British Quarterly keview. No. XXXVII. As a matter of course, there is a reference in this as in almost every other periodical, great or small, daily or weekly, monthly or periodically, to the interminable Eastern Question the British Quarterly, referring to it in an article headed " The War—its Seat and its Prospects." And almost equally, as a matter of course, there is an allusion here also, under the title of " Trades' Unions Strikes," to the recent disturbances in Lan cashire. Having turned over thes e pages with a sense of exhaustion, the reader will experience a feeling of relief in examining papers such as those weighing in the balance of criticism the philological labours of " Niebuhr," or portray ing the aspect of " Modern Syria," or introducing us to Coleridge as a Theologian. Among th e ..... mis cellaneous contributions in the new number the British Quart erl y ma y be es p eciall y noticed as curious one on " The Life and Writings of John Pye Smith," another of the innu merable luminaries bl esse d with that universal patronymic,Another, y e t more singular , paper is oddly entitled 46 Re cent Scientific Ballooning." Besides a d ou bl e Epilogue, on " Affairs and on our o ~ "Books,"contemporary the present number of contains a charming chapter Bea trice," a chapter at once criti n cal and biographi cal. Dante's amusing What is almost in this contribution, however, is the dogged the writer resolves that determination with which Beatrice must have been a real creature and no mere shadowy myth, or phantom all up to believe implicitly eVry. He makes his mind in Beatrice as a woman and not as a mere imagining of indignation : and he flies into a fury that whenever any one presumes to con jecturethan a symbol of she was nothing more substantial Celestial Wisdom, or what not, born of th e divine Florentine's abounding and vivific imagination. ST, PETRasBURGEL—The advices from St. Petersburgh are to the lOth just., at which date a st oa dy r i se Was taking place in the prices of imported articles, and especially of sugar, denoted an increased anticipation of war. The rate of exchange Wag lower. Paid I RAILWAYS. 100 Aberdeen ..... Amber. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. June Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh. 45; Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) (Bristol & Exeter Caledonian ............• 1 1 Chester dt Holyhead 'Cork and Bandon (Cork, Black. & Pass 'Cornwall IDUblin&BelfastJunc• 'Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction !Do. New jEast Anglian (£25 L & E. &L. & D.).._ ,Do., (XlB E. & :Eastern Counties Eastern Union , A. stk IDo., do. 8........ Do.NevrA(latelliirds' lEast Lancashire J lOO Edinburgh & Glasgow 3i Ed inb. and Peebles 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dunde ,, 1 'Forth and ClydeJunc. 100 :Glasgow & S. Western !NO 'Great Northern Stk 1100 :Do., A. Stock 'lOO iDo., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) 1100 Great Western 11 Irish South - Eastern. all Lancaster &Carlisle 111 Do., Thirds 100 Lancasn. &Yorkshire 17. Do., Fifths . ...... 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un. all Leeds Northern all Liv. Crsby. &South - pt all London & Blackwall 8 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Loud. Bright. & S.Cst. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do. ,16/.5h.,M&8...0 2? Do. Eighths 100 London & S. Western 42,i Do., £50......... •••••• 34 Do. £10... .• ••• ••• all Lndndrry.&C. oleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lincln. DO., Man. & Lin. Un. Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. z Shares • ... Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk.... ..... .......• Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l Do., No. De., i A Deferred Do., A B Guaranteed North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herold Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestiy Shropshire Union Do. A, B,C, & D, fully paid up at per cent. South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. RivsrDun Staines, Wok. , & Wok. Stockton & Darling Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do £lO shades Do. Prof., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway... Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limmiek West Cornwall.. West End of London and Crystal Palace West London—. . Wmbledon &Croydon York Newctl. &Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland all 51s. 100 20 116 100 Closing Prices Lhis;day. au; —20 A 42 - 4i it - 9 12 10 dl 16 - 18 6 - 5 4 93 - 95 49i - 50 14 -16 14 - 15 44 8 - 9 4i - 4i 14 -12 i 36 - 42 24 - 28 60 - 6 60 - 62 21 . : ii -81 56 - 58 125 - 127 99 - 101 78i 79 87 . = - 13 p 60i 8 . 7id 1i —la ..• par — 7 p 96 i 8 , 994 —lOO d part d ; 75 76 13 12 d 10 9 di ioi -- 204 -- d 58 -- 59 32 34 54 561 ••• id— par 'fi —5 d 2i— 3 6 8 4 4 1 —46 —34 d' 28 29 8— 10, - •.• it - 24 ". 64 - 7 i 52 ... 55 7i _ 8 1 d Par 32 - 34 90 - 92 54 - - 56 55 - 60 55 - 6O 2i - 2,0* 13 15 64 LO 12 3i . Sgo - 15 576 564 31 32 3- 2 d 4 5 27 -- : 30 2 21 14 3 / 4 i - 15 1 5 1 25 - 27 --- ••• 6 - 7 604 - 61i1 9#- 941 - 414 43 - 44 FOREIGN. Antwrp &Rotterdam Belgian East. Juliet Beziers to Graissessac Central of Italy Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara Dijon and Besagon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junet. of France Gd. Trunk. of Canada Shrs. and Bonds Gt. Central of France Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Shares Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 Do. bonds (2 i55.)1862 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent..., Lake Const. & Basle Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. Luexembourg Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. prof, Lyons & Mediterran, 10. 29 Maria Antonia 10 Do. New.... 2 Melbourne Dk. &By all Namur & Liege (with interest all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy. B. &Ams. Shs. all N o rwegianTrnk•Pref 10 Paris and Lyons 40 Do. bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg 10,f Quebec & Richmond all 'Rouen and Havre 12 Royal Danish 2 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse 6 Do. 5:4 per cent. pref 2 'S.E. of France 6 Southern of France 6 St. Andrews & Quebec 2s. jUpper India Scrip ~ all West Flanders 10 Do. 5; per c. Pref 10 Western of France 4 'West. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden 12 Zeal an 4 ......... •—• • 2i 2 d 1 ii 4 3d i• - 14 3/ 2id 2i 3 p 4d par par p 24 —21 p 44 —34 d 3- 2 d 2§ lid] "id --= i;rl 5 6 —1/ id - P, par . 6 p Oi - 7 24 : 29 •.• - i 84 12t 40 - i'i 36 - 3 8 281 -28 i ••• - _ i- -- 1 - d 17 -- 18 ld - par 7i - i* 2 ••• pnixin 1 d 2 4 ' 4 ~dl Business done this day. Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth & Tyne 10 per ct. pref. (iss. at£so) i:ristol & Exeter 4 pr cent., stock Do. Do., shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork&Baudon 5 p.c Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction EastA nglian (£3 100 6 per cent Do. (E 5) 7 per cent Do. (£7 l7s) 7 P. ct Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. £lO Deben. Sh EastLancash. 6 p. cts East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths Edinb. Prth.&Dundee 4 per cent. . ..... Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northr 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. pram Do. 4 percent. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. ,lst Prof Gt. Southn. &West'. (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per ct. pref. St 1 Gt. Westu. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Do. con. & red. 4i p.c Do. do. 4 per cent Do. irredeem. 4 p. c Lan. Qz York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Nu. 6p. c. No. 1 Do, Quartcrs,lB4B London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. Do. Pref., 5 p. e. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852. . Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. Loud. & N. W., Cov. & Nun., 5 per cent. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler. Shares . . Loudy. & Ennis. Sh Aanch. ,Shef. , 4 Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do. Now, £lO 1 Do., £6. . • Nfarypt. &Carl. 4 p. c Do. 41 per cent Do . Nid. Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Cousol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4 per cent Norfolk Debent. Sh Norfolk Extension Do. Pref. N , per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British . North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c Do Scot. Cen., New Pref Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent.. South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of RI. Os.6d. S. Yorksh.4p.c.Gnar. Watered. &Kilk. 6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.e.Pref Do York& N. Midland H, & S. 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Duchy of) Blamarvon Iron and Coal ( British Austrin. Gold IBritish Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo . Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7 p. cent. English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. General.. Gt. NuggetVeiuScrp Do. Registered Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Linares Loud. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. C 0.,. Mariquita. Mexican&S. A mericn Now Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada Wed Mariposa Worthing Mining o Australia all Yuba P 4 d ... par A d la 4 d' 2 2i a - - 11 i— i d 8 10, 5 - 6 2 - 3 29 - 31 t i d 4o 47 par — ip [2 134 60 70 4 5p 2 2i 14 l6id id Par lf li id 8 ... 11 * d 6i la --- ii; id par # p 28 —3oad 8 10 44 54 " 7 3 34 1 —la i - 1 MISCELLANEOUS. 5 Aubin oral and Iron L7i Australian Agricult. l L 2 Australsn.Pcific Mail 8 Australis. Royal Mail 2 Berlin Water Works 18A Brit. American Land 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co Canada Company 5 Crystal Palace 4 Do. New Crystal Pal, of France Eastern 5team........ Electric Telegraph (A) Do. (B) Electric Tel. of Irel Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land N. S. W. Coal & Inter Stem. Nay. Co all all all 25 N. B. Australasian Do. New Nrth.of Europe Steam Peelßr. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular 4 Oriental Do. do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam.... Scot. Austral. Invest. South Austral. Land Submarine Telegraph Van Dieneen's Land 60 all 25 all 36 - 38 JOINT-STO I Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan company British N. American Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China Chrtd. Bk. of Asia Colonial Commercial of Loud English Scottish and Australian Chrtd London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond.andWestminst National Provincial of England Do. New. National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank Cor poration Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Union of Madrid ... .-... 6 -. 75 - 80 i - i P 1 t- i P 16 - 18 16 - 18 i 7- id ia 1 ii, id— }a --- 11 lip 35 37 b d *P 13 14 BANKS. 74 - 761 1.• ••• dig ldis 2i lid i cl il) ii :: ii 43 - 45 d— par 70 - 72 7 - 7i all 1100 100 100 100 100 all 100 15 8 10 10 25 10 1.0.6 10 all 14 all all 13.5 244 1 10 1 1 all all 15 11i all all all all all 12a, 44 id 40 39 70j li 1 i Pm i lam 1174 18 1221 1021 231 1 1 i 45 1 13 i 4 .4 38i 8 7 i 31$ :f 6 5i THE QUARTERLIES. The Edinlncrgh Review. No. CCl.—Elsewhere we have referred in our leading columns to the most remarkable paper in the current number of our great northern contemp orar y. Th e contribution we mean in reference to the exceedingly oomph cated " Machinery of Parliamentary Legislation" —a paper evidently written by one perfectly mas ter of his subject, and calculated, we may add, to prepare the way for a variety of important and desirable innovations. The article is one in every way creditable to that sagacity and ability which have built up for the Edinburgh its high and stable reputation. Already, moreover, in the leading columns of this journal we have taken occasion to excerpt from the paper on " The Ottoman Empire," a declaration which commanded our attention to the new number of the Edinburgh almost from the earliest moment of its appearance. That earnest and decided declaration, which merits to be here repeated, to the effect that—" Every Minister of the Crown who advises, and every member of Parliament who votes for, a war with Russia, must, if he understands the true interests of England, be prepared to make the utmost exertions, to strike the hardest blow, and to inflict the deepest wound which the vast re sources of this country will permit." Observe— no partial measures, but—" the utmost exer tions, the hardest blow, and the deepest wound !" A reminder coming before the public signifi cantly from the organ of the Whigs, and ap positely just prior to the re-assembling of the Im perial Legislature. A recommendation that we do hope may not be lost either upon Ministers of the Crown or upon members of Parliament. A care futly-written and most commendatory criticism of " Lord John Russell's Memorials of Fox" leads off the Edinburgh for the quarter just commenced. The next contribution, having reference to " The Blind, their Works and Ways," will be found one of singular interest, and re plete with a variety of curious facts illus trative of the mode adopted in the process of their education. A store of valuable information may also be discovered in the paper relating to " Public Works in the Presidency of Madras." " Eccle siastical Economy" is the designation, moreover, of a Chapter on the Protestant Establishment, abounding in note-worthy statistics. Besides an article on " Government Education Measures for Rich and Poor, " there is still another contri bution in the Edinburgh not yet particularised—a genial criticism on the writings of " Thackeray." To this eloborate but confused criticism, the attention of many scores and scores of in telligent readers, we doubt not will be di rected. In it will be found no opinion whatever in regard to the wonderful Fitzboodle, or the still more wonderful 'Michael Angelo Titmarsh. Barry Lyndon and the Book of Snobs, Men's Wives and Brown's Letters, the Yellow Plush Papers and the Prize Novelists, are all passed over with merely a mention of them, strictly apologetic and incidental. The Paris Sketch Book, and the Irish Sketch Book, and the Hoggarty Diamond, appear to have been either en tirely forgotten by the reviewer or contemptuously overlooked. The notice of the Edinburgh only condescends to fix itself upon the " three great novels " mentioned at the head of the article— " Vanity Fair," and " Pendenuis," and " Henry Esmond "—followed by a supplementary sentence or two of eulogium upon the " Lectures on the English Humorists." Allusion, of course, could not be made in any way to the new serial story of " The Newcomes," from the same master hand, that work being still only in course of publication. But what is here said by the Edinburgh in regard to the remarkable works already specified, will be altogether satisfactory to the admirers (who are now "legion ") of the genius of William Thackeray. The criticism is from first to last eminently, and wisely, and genially appreciative. The reviewer has a wholesome horror of that " whimpering little goddess," whom Mr. Thackeray (says he) " deifies in every novel " —as for example Amelia in " Vanity Fair," and Laura in "Pendennis." Closing the notice of the former work, it is hero said of. Vanity Fair by the Edinburgh—" We have been reviewing one of the most remarkable books of this age—a work which is as sure of immortality as ninety-nine hundredths of modern novels are sure of annihilation." In allusion to one of the most admirable por tions of that great novel, that in which the scene shifts to the neighbourhood of Waterloo, the I critic very happily remarks : " Mr. Thackeray never was more happily inspired than when he removed his theatre to Belgium. Every ' reader will admit that the events in Brussels are those which ape the most strongly imprinted on his memory. Every one recollects, as well as if he had witnessed them, the perplexities of Lady Bareacres, the undaunted self possession of Becky, and the terrors of Joseph Sedley But it is not merely to the exquisite truth with which these scenes are imagined that they owe their apparent reality. The solid foundation of fact by which all that is invention is supported, gives to it a stability which no pure fictions can possess. We know that thousands I must have been startled at their mid-day meal, like Sedley and Mrs. O'Do wd by the dull distant mutterings of Quatre Bras. We know that tens of thousands felt Amelia's terrors when the cannon of Waterloo began to roar. Every Scotchman who visited the British Insti tution last year, and admired Drummond's charming picture of John Knox bringing home his second wife, felt what probability was given to its imaginary details by the curious gable ends and projecting windows and outside staircase of the still existing house at the head of the Netherbow, which the serious bridal procession is reaching." " Pendennis " is regarded by the Edinburgh, as by almost every one who has read the two works, as decidedly inferior to its predecessor. At th e close of the analysis of " Pendennis " we meet with this excellent suggestion : "We have said nothing about the tragical parts of the story—about Colonel Altamont and his frightful secret and mysterious threats ; or Warrington's discarded wife. They are tacked so slightly to the comic portions, that they might easily be detached altogether. And if Mr. Thackerary should think fit hereafter to lighten Pendennis, and so improve its chances of floating down to posterity, we recommend that these be the portions of its rigging that are first cut away." Speaking of " Esmond," the reviewer acknow ledges that "it is a wonderful tour de force" — adding a little later on : " Even Walter Scott, though, in order to please critics who are intolerant of anachronisms, be endeavours to copy the manners and feelings of a past age, does not try to speak in its language or in its style. His events may be mediaeval, but he relates them like any other novelist of the nineteenth century. Though the scene of Rob Roy is laid 140 years ago, and though Osbaldiston is his own biographer, he tells his story as if he had just finished his education in the new town of Edinburgh. The courage, the diligence, and the skill of Mr. Thacke ray have enabled him to avoid this inconsistency. Col. Esmond writes as one of the best of her wits might have written in the reign of Queen Anne." Nevertheless, says the writer, " we cannot avoid thinking that this merit has been purchased too dearly ; the reader feels always that he is listening to falsetto notes ; that he is looking at the imita tion of an imitaton." Towards the conclusion of the whole criticism it is observed with reason, " Mr. Thackeray, in his English Humorists,' resembles lit tle Mr. Thackeray as a satirist. He is as indulgent to his real as he is severe towards his imaginary charac ters." One thing in this review we are somewhat surprised at, namely, that from certain allusions at page 240, the writer of it does not appear to esti mate at its true value the loveable character of George Warrington. LI TERA TUBE. I,•••••• ......1, The Turkish Alphabet. Designed by R. B, Brough, and drawn by IL G. _Hine. Bogue. A glorious political squib, every letter of which, we wager,, will go off with a fresh explosion of laughter. A was an Aberdeen, wise in debates. B was a Bear, taught to dance on hot plates. Aberdeen being a highly respectable but timoroua old gentlewoman—the bear-leader a British soldier —and the hot plates the provinces of Moldo-Wal lachia. C was a Czar who would whip round the world. D the Defiance, that at him was hurled. The big booted Czar " absolutely" bounding into the air with the swinging blow of the knout be is bring ing down upon that great hum-ming-top, the world —and the defiance being nothing more than what is vulgarly called a "sight" taken at the aggressor by the embodiments of France and England, while the Turk is coolly lighting his pipe with the crumpled-up ultimatum. E was an Emperor, struck with dismay. F was a Frenchman in Besika-bay. The Austrian boy-Emperor actually livid with ap prehension—his crown lifted bodily upwards by the force with which " each individual hair does stand on end, like quills upon (an improvement ou Shak spere) the frightful porcupine " the Frenchman, by the way, evidently at sea and therefore exceed ingly unwell, apparently not farthdr off than Long Reach, though really in the neighbourhood of the Dardanelles. G was the Greeks, who for freedom would strike. H was a Hospwlar, warranted like. The Greeks (elegantly be it said) struck—all of a heap ; an d the Ilospodar armed with a red um brella like that memorable folding-tent of the im mortal Riccabocca. I was an Insult that hurt the Porte's pride. J was a Jassy, by friends occupied. The Insult, of course, none other than the over bear-ing atitude assumed about this time last year by Prince Menschikoff ; and the friendly occupa tion of Jassy being only second in brutality to the inhuman massacre at Sinope long afterwards. K was the Knife to which war was declared. L was the Lion, and how much he cared. The knife warranted " shear steel :" the British lion complacently smoking his pipe in an easy chair lined with the union jack —a pot of porter, in his paw, and suc h a com i c leer of indifference in the corner of his eye. It was a Minister sniffing a row. N was a Newspaper, Turkey's friend now. The minister no other than Lord Palmerston, a close prisoner in the Home-office : and the news paper the Times crowning the Turk with the laurel of applause so soon as the Czar had been seriously damaged at Citale and Oltenitza. 0 was an Own Correspondent so trusty. P was a Port(e) old, and thin, and turned crusty. The correspondent (note-book in hand) threatened with decapitation : and the Porte (plentifully cob webbed) surrounded by the fungi of luxury and. corruption. Q was a Question wh ose so l v i ng we all laugh at. R was a Rout of the Russians at Kalafat. The Question a maze of inextricable entanglement : the Rout a prophecy scarcely uttered before its fulfilment. S was a Supplement telling it all. T was a Tradesman who 'd sold for a fall. Such a Supplement—a fly-leaf from a printing house of Brobdignag : and such a Tradesman—a genuine Je d'esprit—a frequenter of Capel-court —a Bear not of Russia but of the Stock Exchange. U was an Urquhart for foresight well vaunted. V was the Vessels still ready if wanted. Urquhart naturally in a state of rapturous delight : the British and French commanders of the Vessels hobnobbing comfortably with each other—quaffing copious draughts of champaign—not sparkling, of course, but " still" champaign. W was a Westmoreland—teach kings he used to. X the X-tremities Russia's reduced to. Westmoreland a petit maitre in more senses than one : the extremities of Russia, an empty purse, worn-out boots, and three balls—not cannon balls by the way, but the balls of the pawnbroker. Y was a Yell for the Friends of the Czar. And Z were the Zanies who're frightened at war. The Zanies, Cobden and Bright, as any one might guess, trembling and cadaverous, but not at all com plimentary—the yell an intensified " yah ! !I! !" accompanied bj a shower of cats, rotten eggs, and brickbats—the very perfection of a caricature. Such is the Turkish alphabet. And often as we have already been tickled into laughter by the pen of Mr. Brough and the pencil of Mr. Hine, we must avow that they have never before yielded us such store of apposite and genial merriment. The Musical Directoey for 1854. Rudall, Rose, and Carte. _ _ Although without the goad of a competitor,, Messrs. Rudall, Rose, and Carte's Musical Dim- tory for 1854 does not betray by any appreciable deficiency the want of the wholesome incentive of competition. Within its moderate but ample compass are collected together all particulars of any interest whatsoever connected, directly or indirectly, with the musical profession. In this manner we have grouped together and given in a tabular or alphabetical form consecutively, a sum• mary of the " Musical Events of 1853"—a cata logue of the "Professors" with their addresses—a list of the various " Musical Societies" both pro vincial and metropolitan—and besides the foregoing a copious directory of music recently published, and of the sellers of music, and of the makers of musi cal instruments. UNION BANS OF AUSTRALIA. At the meeting of the Union Bank of Australia held yesterday, the dividend declared was at the rate of 20 per cent., and the report and accounts were unanimously adopted. The chairman (Mr. H. Buckle) stated that the business of the establishment continued to make satisfactory progress, and that the effects of the expansion of trade in the Australian colonies had been manifested by an increase in the deposits from 1,500,0001. to 3,700,0001. in the year ending the 30th of June last, while exchange operations had augmented the sum for bills drawn from 1,028,0001. during the six months end ing the 30th of June, to 2,111,0001. for a similar period ending the 31st of December last. Annexed is an ab stract of the report " The advices received from the branches since the date of those embraced in the last annual report afford strong evidence that the expansion of banking transac tions throughout the Australian colonies has not been over-estimated by the directors. The prosperity of this hank has fully kept pace with this enlargement of busi ness, the cessation of large profits in gold purchases having been in a very great degree compensated by an increase in the ordinary profits of the bank ; and it is satisfactory to state that the bank has not sustained any loss in the altered state of commercial affairs in the cold. nies. Mr. W. Fletcher having wished to be released from his duties as inspector, the directors have accord ingly named as his successor Mr. A. M'Donaid, the manager at `4ydney. The directors proceed to sub mit the statement of accounts, which presents an amount of profit for the six months now reported of 164,6931. 14s. 3d. This profit admits of 164,0001,, being appropriated for the purpose of dividend to apply as in- . terest on the paid-up capital, and the same will there fore furnish a dividend by way of interest at the rate of 20 per cent. (for the half year) on the amount paid up in respect of each share in the capital of the company, payable in London, free of income-tax, on Tuesday, the , 7th of February, and in the colonies, with the addition of 7d. in the pound, as soon as the inspector shall fix after the receipt of the advices. STATEMENT OF LIABILITIES AND ASSETS AT THE B RA NCHEB ON THE 30TH OP JUNE, 1863, ♦ND AT THE LONDON OFFICE ON THE 31sT OF DECE M BER, 1853. LIABILITIES. S. d. 879,242 0 0 . 3,730,360 18 1 475,302 9 10 179,767 0 8 Circulation Deposits ............................... Bills payable, and other liabilities.. Balanoe of undivided profit ............ Reserve fund........, £200,000 0 0 Paid-up capital ...... 820,000 0 0 ~. 1,020,000 0 0 £6,284,672 8 7 ABUTS. Specie on hand, and cash balances 1,706,134 5 3 Bullion 2,578,910 5 3 30,000 0 0 Bank premises and other propertj.'... Bills receivable, Government Stock, and other securities 3,475,762 3 4 Investment of reserve fund (3i per cent.) £6,284,672 8 7 179,078 6 5 164,693 14 , 3 343,767' 0 8 164,000 0 0 £179,767 0 8 £200,000 0 0 STATEMENT OF PROFITS. Balance of undivided profit at 1853 To which are now to be added the profits of the past half-year, ending at the branches the 30th of June, and at the London office the 31st of December, 1853 _ . _ Deduct amount of interest paid at Midsummer, 1863 Balance of undivided profit at this date RESERVE FUND As reported at June, 1853 RUSSIAN PRODUCE.--in the markets for limo l i an pro. duce there ha's nee::great additional exc i teumnt yester day. A further advance of is. 6 d. per cwt. has b eer , paid for tallow, and of it. per ton for hemp. At Live r . pool, also, there was a rise this morning of 21, per to n i s palm oil. Ral re of de to the ved ►me oza ave the een had to few 'irst ied- The lees- 1, of onier ;eve ,te of hem Slar- 3n ed• 1 the We il" biro • Z' in ' goiir , - obert Id. )f tea ic in 15 20 20 20 25 100 100 20 50 50 100 100 20 10 20 35 20 50 20 25 10 22 all all 2 i 2i it 13i 75 4 1.4 i 26/ i