The Sun. — London, England, 1854-03-06 00:00:00

7!' 147- SPAIN Two hundred and forty Spanish soldiers of the Regiment of Cordova and 45 c;tizens of Saragossa had arrived on the 26th ult. at Erdax, on the French territory. When they crossed the Ebro they were 600 in number, but, finding their senti ments met with uo echo in Navarre, where they expected a rising, they disbanded themselves, a portion seeking refuge iu the mountains. The Lieutenant-Colonel who commanded them died on the march from fatigue and cold. The French authorities have assigned Pau to them as their residence. 'The Regiment of Cordova has been suppressed, and its place supplied by the Regiment of Cuenca. The capital and the rest of Spain were quiet on the 28th ult. The Three per Cents. on the 28th were done at 35g. The Madrid Gazette of the 27th ult. contains a royal decree, appointing Count de Quinto to the Governorship of the province of Madrid—a post he has occupied for some time ad interim. M. Manuel Bermudez de Castro, who was de tained in secret confinement at the Prefecture of Police, has been set at liberty, but has been or dered to take up his residence at Cadiz. Brigadier Vargas, in whose house, as has been stated, im portant papers have been found, is still in secret confinement. . The Three per Cents. were done on the 28 th mist. at 34, the New Three per Cents. at 18g, the Debt of the first class at 8, and that of the seocnd fit 4- t i ; Coupons, 3. THE MEDITERRANEAN. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navig ation Com pany's ship Indus, Captain John Soy, arrive at South ampton yesterday afternoon, bringing the heavy portion of the East India, China, and Mediterranean mails, in charge of Lieutenant Brydges, R.N., Admiralty agent. The Indus left Alexandria on the 19th, Malta the 23d, and Gibraltar the 28th ult. She brings 89 passen gers, among whom are Captains Hill and Gordon, from Calcutta ' • Captain Kean* and Major Pepper, from Ceylon F; Colonel Campbell, Major Smith, and Lieut.- Doran, from. Suez ; Capt. Stevens, from Malta ; Lieut.- Colonel Vickers, R.E., Lieutenant Stopfbrd, R.E., Col. 7pton, and Lieut. Vic kers,from Gibraltar, &c. The English screw-steamer Orontcs, an E g yptian line of-battle-ship, one Prussian corvette, and a steamer were St Alexandria when the Indus left. Her Majesty's ships Vesuvius and Ceylon were at Malta. On the 28th ult., at 325 p,m., off Tarifa, the Indus *poke her Majesty's ship Megnra with troops bound to Malta. On the Ist inst., at 6 p.m., off the Tagus, Signalled the British and. North American mail-steamer Cambria with troops bound to the Mediterranean from Liverpool, On the 2d, at 2 a.m., spoke a large steamer name unknown (probably the Himalaya), in lat. 39 45, long. 9 46, steering S.S.W. ; at 6 30 a.m., on the 28th ult., the Peninsular and Oriental Steam navigation Company's ship Ripon, with the Grenadier Guards on board, entered Gibraltar Bay after a passage of fire days from Southampton. The band of the regi tnent was playing, and the troops appeared to be in the finest spirits. After coaling the Ripon was to start immediately for Malta. The Royal Mail steam-ship Orinoco, with the Coldstreams on board, passed through the Straits of Gibraltar at 7 a.m. the same morning., steering for Malta, without touching at Gibraltar. The Indus saw nothing of the Manilla, which started from Southampton in company with the Ripon and Orinoco. THE CAPE AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday, March 4.—The directors of the General Screw Steam-shipping Company are about to recommend to their shareholders the immediate abandon- Silent of the Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Ceylon, and Calcutta mail packet line, and the forfeiture of the con tract with the Admiralty for carrying on this service, which has been hitherto performed monthly from South ampton and Plymouth to St. Vincent's, Ascension, the and the Cape, Mauritius, Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta. The directors have published in a pamphlet their correspondence with the Admitalty upon the sub ject, from which it appears that the present high price of fuel, and the inefficiency of remunera tion for the postal service, together with the refusal of the Admiralty to consent to any modifica tion of the company's contract, are the chief reasons which have induced the directors to recommend that the opera tions of their steamers on this route should be at once brought to a termination. To prevent any ineonve- Sience either I to the [Government or to the mercantile interest by this abrupt suspension of the line, the directors have consented to dispatch the Propontis on the 14th inst. From Southampton, and the voyage of this steamer will, it is understood, be the last one to be made to the Cape cif Good Hope and Indian ports. The subsidy received by this company for the Cape and Indian service has amounted to about 3s. id. per mile. The number of Utiles run was 287,724 per annum, and the capital ex pended in the construction of the ships over 500,0001. 'sterling. Following upon the breaking up of this line, the company have determined to commence an efficient steam communication with Australia, and for this pur pose have contracted with the Admiralty to provide an -Alternate monthly mail between Southampton, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney. The ships will go direct to Melbourne, a smaller steamer, the Bosphorus, being employed - 1n running to Adelaide, and, perhaps, to .Xing George's Sound. Under the terms of this arrangement, the remuneration of the company is dependent upon the postage earned by their steamers, both outward, homeward, and inter-colonial. The Queen of the South will be the first ship to start, and is to leave on the 4th of April. It is very pro bable that a monthly line will be kept up. During the charter of the large steamers Jason, Golden Fleece, and Prince by the . Government for the transport service, the Australian line will be maintained by the steamships withdravin from the Indian route, viz., the Queen of the South, Hydasj;es, Argo, Lady Jocelyn, Mauritius, Cal cutta, and Indiana, all of 1,800 tons, and 300-horse Power. The plan now adopted is the one proposed to the Government by the General Screw Company two Tears ago, but rejected by the authorities, who, headed by Sir Charles Wood and Lord Grey, insisted upon having a line to King George's Sound and Adelaide, and thence to Melbourne and Sydney, thus serving the most important ports last, and causing a delay of a fortnight. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.- (THIS DAY.) LONDON, March 6.—Wind this day at Noon, N.E. ; light airs, and dense fog. MARGATE, 'Lurch 4.—Wind, E. Arrived—Neptunus, from Ostend. RAMSGATE, March s.—Wind, E.S.E. Sailed—Albina, for Surinam. COWES, March 4.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Egmont, from London, for New Zealand. Sailed—Samuel, for Trinidad. PLYMOUTH, March 4.—Wind, E. Arrived—Culloden, from Mauritius. Sailed—Chandenagore, for Adelaide, S.A. Off Port—SusannahlGertrude, from Batavia, for Holland ; Antelope, New York ; Nova Vigante, Demerara. SOUTHAMPTON, March s.—Arrived—lndus (s), from Alexandria—left Gibraltar Feb. 28. Sailed—Ontario, for Port Philip ; Euxine (a), Alexandria. PORTSMOUTH, March s.—Wind, S.S.E. to S.E. Arrived —Foyle (s), from London, and left for Dublin. FALMOUTH, March s. —Wind, E., strong. Arrived— Active, from St. Valery ; Cornish Trader, S wansea , f or Charlestown, towed in dismasted. OFF PENZANCE, March 4.- Adonis, from New Orleans, for Bremen ; Neptune, Baltimore ; Pauline, Valparaiso. Hurd... March 6.—( Per Elec. Tel.)—Arrived—Transit (s), from Hamburgh ; Queen of Scotland, do. ; Helen ld'Gregor, do. GRIMSBY, March 4.—Wind, W. Arrived—Prensee Heubuss, from Honduras. ABERDEEN, March 4.—Sailed—St. Andrew, for Davies' Waits. ILFRACOMBE, March s. —Wind, N.E., foggy. Arrived —Amelia, from Marans, for Gloucester. rRIBTOL, March 4.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Nin o , f rom em. Sailed—Constance, for Africa • Admiral, M o bil e Curnr, March 4. Sailed — Venus (s.), for Melbourne Chieftain (s.), do.; Glasgow Citizen (a.),. do.; Euruk e , d o .; Kitty, Valparaiso. NEWPORT, March 4.—Anived—Charlotte Reed, from Rams, for Savannah. LIVERPOOL, March s. — The Karnac (s.s.), from Constan tinople, on leaving the Coburg Dock, grounded on the bank outside, yesterday, but was got off this morning, after being lightened. GIBRALTER, Feb. 28.—The Ann, which arrived here on the 19th, fx om Bordeaux, sailed hence a few days ago, and is stranded at Tetian, where it is feared she will be cfrae a total wreck. (13Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday, 10 a.m. Wind, S.S.E. ; moderate, and foggy. There is no intelligence of the mail steamer America, now in her 12th day from Boston. Arrived — L'Esperance and Mina, from Nantes; Rhone, screw steamer, from Trieste. Sailed—Arcole, for New York ; Nieuw Lukkerland, for Melbourne ; Jacob Von Cleef, for Galatz ; Auguste, for New York ; Garoupa, for Lisbon. Wind, E., strong. QUEENSTOWN, March 4. Arrived—Rivulet, from Cardenas, for Liverpool. Sailed— Paul, for London ; Standard, for Sunderland ; Cairo, for Portsmouth; General Chasse, for Cape de Verds ; Florsford, for Genoa ; Mariner, for Savannah ; Argyll, for Boston ; Presciosa, for Antwerp. WATIRFORD, March 4. Arrived—Caledonia, from Odessa ; Blythe, from Ga. lat z. Sailed—Maria, for Pernambuco. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) , Wind, N.E.• ' tide, 3i ebb ; GRAVESEND thick fog. Monday, 10 a . m. Arrived, oth—Lion, steamer, from Harlingen ; Wilber "'me, ate;aner from Hamburg; Fame, steamer, f rom Calais; Newcastle, from Fermonde ; Ocean Queen, from Hamburg • Cornillia ' f ro m Rotterdam ; Welnaart, f rom ,A.utwerp ;'Cricbardina, from Antwerp ; Hermina Nepper us , froui Antwerp ; Annaferlar Gantida, from Antwerp ; -' 3l lrel, from Antwerp ; Vrundschaft, from Worcum ; Triton, from Cadiz. S ailed —Ocean, steamer, for Havre. • /i DEAL, Monday, 9.10 a.m. W ind, E. li g ht , and thick fog. No ivp ~ch°red—Norman Morrison, for New Zealand; Wile LieLnuna Marini, for Hobart TOW. - SPORTING NOTES THE DONCASTER MEETING. A well-filled list of sport attests most satisfactorily the widely-extended popularity of this meeting. In the teeth of the most violent opposition, the promoters and getters up of the gathering have laboured long and steadily to establish the permanent success of their undertaking, and have effectually exposed and rendered inoperative the undue influences which were unscrupulously em ployed by certain members of the corporation to defeat their efforts. The programme sets forth attractions unusually pow erful ; it comprises ten items, and, to the five stakes which have already closed, there are appended long lists of nominations. Thirteen horses are entered for the Trial Stakes—Eulogist, Snowdon Dunhill, and Lord Lieu tenant appearing on paper to possess the most favour able chances. The Hopeful Stakes number fifty-five nominations, and from these it is not a little difficult to select the probable starters. All information, too, rela tive to the comparative merit of the youngsters is vague and unsatisfactory, I shall not, therefore, attempt even a guess at the winner. Bourton is now the top weight for the Steeplechase, having by his ♦ictory at Liverpool incurred a penalty of 101bs. This additional impost raises his weight to 12st. 31b., but in my opinion it is not calculated to de• stroy the possibility of his success. Still, however, it is questionable whether Trout will not be selected to do battle for his party. He also has 101bs. extra to carry, but with this addition he is still " in" on comparatively advantageous terms. Report speaks of the starting of Oscar, who is said to be actually intended ; regarding however, with suspicion the tactics of his owner, I shall not place confidence in him on this occasion. The foremost places in the race will, I anticipate, be occu pied by Trout, Spring, and Burnt Sienna ; the winner, perhaps, sporting the lucky scarlet jacket with the white belt. For the Sheffield and Rotherham Plate my "fancies" are Hazlenut, St. Clair, and Monimia. The supply of sport on Wednesday will comprise only the " legitimate" events. For the Spring Handicap Hungerford heads the list of acceptances at Bst. 131 b., and, notwithstanding his heavy weight, well-founded expectations are entertained of his ability to " pull through." If meant, Lerrywheut must not be neg lected. The other animals worthy of notice are Alonzo, and the intended of Mr. Knowles's lot—perhaps Baalbec. I shall not venture an opinion on the Betting Room Stakes. Contrary to my original intention, I shall not again refer to the recent " Doings" at Liverpool until after the settling which telr.c place to-day. A FRESH MAN. _ _ _ March 6. DONCASTER RACES. (By Electric Telegraph..) ABBlveLs (THIS DAY).—Clansman, Bourton, Rose, Alonzo, Romeo, Trout, Maley, Jumpaway, and filly by Charles XII. MALToN.---The following leave here for Doncaster : Daniel O'Rourke, Cypriana, Horatio, Cardsharper, Catharine Parr, filly out of Catharine Parr's dam, Snow don Dunhill, Julius Agricola, Great Prophet, Excite ment, Midsummer, Jack the Giant-killer, Little Fawn, Jewess, Lucy Neal. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, attended by the Hon. Mary Seymour, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, visited the Duchess of Gloucester on Sa turday afternoon at Glocester-house. Prince Albert rode on horseback, attended by his Equerry in Waiting. The Princesses Helena and Louisa took a drive in an open carriage and four. Her Majesty had a dinner party on Saturday at Buckingham Palace. The company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lady Fanny Howard, the Baroness de Spaeth, the Dowager Countess of Carnarvon, the Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Harris, the Right Hon. Sir James and Lady Graham, the Right Hon. Edward and Mrs. Cardwell, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, Colonel Sir Colin Campbell, Colonel Cator (Royal Artillery), and Mr. Frederick Peel. Mr. J. E. Jones had the honour of submitting his casts for the busts which he is about to execute of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household at tended divine service yesterday morning in the Private Chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated. The Duchess of Gloucester was very poorly on Satur day, but was better yesterday. The Queen and the Duchess of Kent visited her Royal Highness on Satur day, and the Duchess of Kent paid a visit to the Royal Duchess yesterday at Gloucester•house. Sir Alexander Spearman had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office on Sa turday to the Governors of the west coast of Africa. BANQUET TO HIS ROYAL _HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. The members of Boodle's Club gave a farewell ban quet at their Club-house, St. James's-street, on Saturday evening, to his Loyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, previous to his proceeding to Constantinople as one of the commanding officoir. rnnnart.inn with the expedi tionary army now en route to the East. An invitation was also sent to Lord Raglan, the Commander-in-Chief of the British force in question, but his Lordship has been so occupied with the important duties of his office, that he felt obliged to decline the honour intended for him. The dining-room was elegantly decorated, and the tables were set off witha brilliant display of plate. Covers were laid for upwards of 60. The Earl of Cardigan pre sided on the occasion, and Lord F. Gordon Halliburton officiated as vice-president. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge sat on the right of the chairman. Amongst tho company were the following noblemen and gentlemen : —The Marquis of Donegal, the Earl of Chesterfield, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Bateman, Viscount En field, Lord Hotham, Lord Milford, Lord Foley, the Earl of Yarborough, Viscou n t A nson , E arl Fitzhardinge Lord Hill, the Earl of Stradbroke, L or d M ethuen, the Marquis of Bath, the Earl of Kenmare, Sir John Trol lope, Sir G. Wombwell, Sir Bellingham Graham, Sir W. Gage, Sir Edward Bowater, Sir John Walsh, Sir Wm. Jolliffe, General Robbins, Colonel Wildman, Mr. Christopher, Mr. Hale, Mr. Delano Radcliffe, Mr. Solomons, Mr. Henry Waddington, Mr. John Wad dington, the Hon. T. H. Astley, Col. Stanhope, Major Hall, (Mr. Palmer, Mr. M. Milne!, Mr. Wells, Mr. G. Ransay, General Koaagh, Mr. Newdegate, Lieut.- General the Hon. Henry Murray, Mr. John Wormwell, Colonel Thornton, Mr. C. B. Ford, Major-General the Hon. Henry Cavendish, Mr. Richard Williams, Col. S. D. Williams, Mr. Duff, Mr. G. F. Duff, Sir W. Scott, Mr. Thomas Atkinson, Mr. B. Pearse and Mr. Knatch bull. The Marquis of Clanricarde was unable to be present owing to a recent domestic affliction. GRAND BANQUET TO SIR CHARLES NAPIER. This banquet is fixed to take place at the Reform Club to-morrow, at seven o'clock. Lord Palmerston has consented to preside on this interesting occasion, and Lord Dudley Stuart and Sir De Lacy Evans (the repre sentatives of the Great Western boroughs of Marylebone and Westminster) will act as Vice-Presidents. The First Lord of the Admiralty has also signified his intention of being present ; and, indeed, all the members who are members of the Club are expected to be present, unless prevented by previous engagements. The French admiral, Parseval Duchesnes, who is to accompany Sir Charles Napier with his squadron, was invited on Thursday, when it was known that he was about to visit this coun try ; and a telegraphic message was received from him yesterday, from Paris, to say that he would hasten his arrival in London iR order to be present on Tuesday, at this true banquet of fraternisation. The only other strangers invited are the French and Turkish Ambassa dors to the Court of London. The list is full comprising about two hundred, being the utmost extent of dining accommodation that can be contrived in the large coffee room of tnis splendid establishment. GRAND BANQUET AT VISCOUNT PALkERSTON'S. On Solurday evening, Viscount and Visrzountess Pal merstun gave a grand banquet at their mansion, in Carl ton-gardens, to their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary of Cambridge, and a bril liant circle. Twenty-four sat down shortly after 8 o'clock. The company comprised the French Ambassador and the Countess Walewski, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Sardinian Minister, the Hanoverian Minister and the Countess Kiltuansegge, the Duke of Hamilton, the Marquis of Breadalban; the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Saxon Minister, Viscount Jocelyn, Viscount and Viscountess Mandeville, Sir William Temple, and the Earl and C ountess the of Shaftesbury, Th e Royal party were re ved in vestibule by the noble lord. Baron Knese beck was in attendance. After the banquet, the Vis countess had an evening party, which was attended by a distinguished circle of the nobility and corps diploma tique at present in town. Mr. T. B. Simpson was hon oured by the engagement of hia celebrated Hungarian Band, who rendered several overtures and national airs in the most effective style, and a dancing circle was formed at the wish of the Princess. The Royal party re tired at an early hour. THE SPEAKER'S FOURTH PARLIAMENTARY DINNER. The following members of the House of Commons were present at the Speaker's fourth Parliamentary dinner, on Saturday last :—Viscount Goderich, Lord Dudley Stuart, Hon. Henry Berkeley, Hon. P. J. Locke King, Sir John Shelley, Sir De Lacy Evans, Sir William Clay, Sir James Duke, Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Hume, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. J. Phillimore, Mr. Wickham, Mr. Arch. Hastie, Mr. Williams (Lambeth), Mr. Wilcox, Mr. John Macgr e gor, Mr. Blackett, Mr. Otway, Mr. Fagan, Mr. Geach, Mr. French, Mr. Crau furd, Mr. Peto, Mr. Apsley Pellatt, Mr. Thorneley, and Mr. Lefroy (secretary). The Rev. Mr. Gamier (chaplain) being ill, the Rev. E. Repton attended in his place. The following gentlemen were prevented attend ing :—Mr. Alderman Challis, Mr. George Duncan, Mr. M‘Mahon, Mr. Thomas Duncombe, Mr. William Mar shall, Mr. Alexander Hastie, and Mr. Atherton. The Speaker will hold his first levee on Saturday next, March 11, at ten o'clock. , THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 185 4. MARKET NE W'S-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with wheat, in which only a limited business was transacted, at drooping prices. Barley moved off slowly, on easier terms. Oats, beans, peas, and flour met a dull inquiry. The continental markets have been inactive for most articles. In prices, however, very little change has taken place. The American markets have ruled steady, with fair average shipments to England. Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of English grain were small. From abroad, the imports were 17,206 qrs. of wheat, 10,649 barley, 10,364 oats, 47 beans, 160 peas, 109 tares, 10 linseed, 111 mustard seed, 2 , 087 sundry seeds, 243 sacks and 13,010 brls. of flour. The supply of English wheat received fresh up to our market, to-day, coastwise, was very limited, but in fair average condition. By land carriage, the receipts were small. Notwithstanding that advices have reached us from St. Petersburg, to the effect that the Emperor of Russia has prohibited the shipment of grain from the Black Sea and the Sea of Azoff, and that the show of samples was small, millers evinced no disposition to pur chase beyond immediate wants. The trade was, therefore, dull, and in some instances prices ruled is per qr. beneath those of Monday last. With foreign wheat we were well supplied. The sale for all descriptions was heavy, and the currencies had a downward tendency—the fall being about is per quarter. Fine qualities were, however, mostly held on former terms. We had an improved inquiry for fine malting barley, the value of wheat had an upward tendency. Grinding and distilling sorts were steady. There was an improved demand for malt, at the extreme rates obtained last week. Oats—the supply of which was good—were in moderate request. In prices, no change took place. The sale for beans was heavy, at barely late rates. White peas were very dull, and 2s per quarter lower. Grey and maple were unaltered, but very dull. The flour trade was heavy. American parcels gave way is per barrel. Sack flour was easier to purchase. Floating cargoes were held on former terms. utatKENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Whoa —Essex AD sent. Red .• new 74s to 87a Ditto .• • • old 74s 87s •Mtto, White new 76s 90s Ditto.. Aiorfolk end i.in. coln, Red, old 75s 86s , )itto new ...... 74. 86,1 Rye—Old •. 51s 52s New .• • • • • 50s 51s, Barley— lrinding..... 358 393 1 \falting . • • ...... 41s 44s Chevalier—. ... 458 47s afalt—Suffolkand Nor folh.• • 668 71s Brown .•• • . •. 603 62s 4inirVol and We re 73s 75s Malt—Chevalier • • • • 75s to 76s Oats Yorkshire and Line() l '4sl4., Feed 28s 32. Potato Voughal and Cork Mack. •• 28s 30s work, W ht'_e .•• .. 27s 53s Scotch, Feed. 32s 358 Beans—TM ......... 433 5I s Pigeons ...... 47, 61s Poas—Gr3y .......... 44s 48s V[aole. •• •• •• •• •• 47s 52s 56s 62s Boilers ... 58s 63s Flotr—Town-made... 70s 75s Suffolk .......... 603 68s gtockin be Noriolis 52s 72s SMITHFIELD. The imports of foreign stock into London last week were moderately g00d,viz.,2,331 head. During the corresponding period of 1853, we received 2,834 ; in 1852, 1,519 ; 1851, 2,327 ; in 1850, 1,318 ; in 1849, 1,695 ; and in 1848, 701 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs Harlingen 448 ... 137 ... 11 New Diep l6 Hamburgh 35 ... Antwerp 36 Rotterdam 240 ... Ostend Calais ..... . 164 ... - ... 992 ... - _ -- Total... ". 775 .. 1,333 .. ~. 223 ~. - The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1853 475 2,126 227 6 1852 944 985 190 1851 395 ... 1,5 - 1 341 ... 20 1850 529 552 ... ... 237 ~. 1849 369 1,142 —. 184 To-day's market was fairly supplied with foreign beasts, but the show of sheep and calves was very moderate. From our own grazing districts the receipts of beasts fresh up this morning were large, the time of year con sidered, and in excellent condition. Although the attend ance of buyers was good, and the weather favourable for slaughtering, the beef trade was in a dull state, at a de cline in the prices of Monday last of 2d per 81bs. A few very superior Scots realised 4s 6d, but the general top figure for beef was 4s 4d per Blbs. Tne arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire amounted to 2,600 Scots and short horns; from other parts of England, 700 of various kinds ; and from Scotland, 400 Scots. ESlVith sheep we were well supplied. In their general quality we observed a slight improvement. For all breeds we had a very inactive demand, at last Monday's currency. The best old Downs were selling vt 5s per Sibs. The few shorings on offer sold at 8s per 81bs under those in the wool. Calves were in short supply, and fair demand, at extreme rates. The top figure was 5s 8d per 81bs. We had a dull inquiry for pigs, at previous quotations. Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 2 Second quality.... 3 4 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 6 Primo Scots, &c. 4 2 4 41 Inferior Sheep ...3 0 3 41 Second quality ...3 6 4 2 Prime crse. -wiled. 4 4 4 6, I,La s. d. s. d. Prime Southdown 4 8 5 0 rge crse. calves 4 6 5 2 Prime small d 0... 5 4 5 8 Large hogs 3 0 4 2 , fliall porkers 4 4 410 Sucklingealves ..23 0 30 0 Quarter old pigs 21 0 26 0 TOT AL SUPPLY. Beasts •• • • ...... 4,501 Sheep .• ••• •• •• ....20,710 c!alves •. • • ...• •• .. 105 Pigs .. • • ...• •• • •• •• 410 FOREIGN SUPPLY. 8ea5t5......... ........ . 717 Sheep ..•• •• •• •• •• ......1,440 •• •• .......• 72 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, March 7, 1853, and this day, Monday, March 6, 1854. Per Sibs, to sink the offals. Mar. 7, 1853.; Mar. 6, 1854 8. d. s. d. s. d. s. Coarse and inferior beasts ... 2 10 to 3 0 3 oto 3 2 Second quality ditto ~. ... 3 2 3 4 3 4 3 6 Prime large oxen ... 3 6 3 8 3 8 4 0 Prime Scots, (Sze ... 310 4 0 4 2 4 4 Coarse and inferior sheep 310 4 0 3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto .. ••• 4 2 4 6 3 6 4 2 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 4 8 410 4 4 4 6 Prime Southdown ditto .., „. 5 0 5 2 4 8 5 0 Large coarse calves ••• ••• ••• 3 0 4 0 4 6 5 2 Prime small ditto ... ••• 4 2 4 6 5 4 5 8 Large hog,s ... •., 210 3 2 3 0 4 2 Nat small porkers ~. 3 6 4 0 , 4 4 410 Beasts... ... 4,407 ' 4,501 Sheep ••• 16,140 20,710 148 105 410 SUPPLIES ON SALE, March 8, 1852.—Beasts, 3,874 ; sheep, 21,900 ; calves, 138 ; pigs, 380. March 10, 1851.—Beasts, 3,779 ; sheep, 19,170 ; calves, 131; pigs, 330. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of both town and country-killed meat con tinue seasonably good. Generally speaking the demand is less active, as follows : Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 4 Do., middling ..... 3 6 3 8 Do., prime large .3 10 4 0 Do., do. small 0 4 2 Pork, large 3 4 4 2 s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 0 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 6 Veal 4 0 5 4 Pork, small 4 4 10 BOROUGH HOP. Last week's imports of hops were 5 bales from Antwerp, 65 from Ostend, and 26 from Rotterdam. For all kinds our market is very inactive, at the following quotations : Mid and East Kent pockets, 71. I.os to 11/. lls ; Weald of Kent ditto, 6/. 6s to 71. 7s ; Sussex ditto, 61. Os to 71. Os per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. These markets continue to be well supplied with most kinds of potatoes, in which about au average business is doing, at our quotations. Last week's imports were 5 tons from Rotterdam, 90 ditto from Belfast, 3 ditto from Waterford, 3 ditto - rom Dublin, and 3 ditto from Limerick. Kent and Essex Regents, 125 s to 165 s ; Scotch ( 114' 105 s to 130 s ; Irish whites, 95s to 105 s ; foreign, 1 00 ;7 0 ' 115 s per ton. WOOL. Wool have been brought to a T closehepuubullecrsafavoura blecolonial auspices. During their pro gress, the attendance e..., " buyers was good, and nearly the whole of the pP - .cels offered changed hands at full quota tions. In 0 .,e private markets, fine English wools are scarce, and in demand at fully previous rates. Long wools, es nt'aally low qualities, move off heavily, and the quota tions are in favour of buyers. Last week's reports were 201 bales from Algoa Bay, 130 bags from Hambro', 200 do. from Bilbao, and 3 bales from Ostend. SEEDS. There is rather more business doing in clover seed, yet red parcels are somewhat lower to purchase. Trefoil is dull, and 2s to 3s below last week's currency. Rye grass commands very little attention. Linseed is firm, and cakes command extreme rates. Turntp,4 l 7lilte, per bosh. 22s to 249 Swede ........ 22s 259 vinKard, 8r0wn...". 123 149 White, new 143 169 Tires,Wlnter,new...• 8s Od 9s Od Spring .. • ..... .. Os Od (30d Canary, per qu3rter • 543 60s Rye grz.3l.• • .. •• • • • 28s 34s Clover,RedEn',. (cwt.) 549 66s 54s 78s Foreign Red...... 563 70s, White.... 643 Trefoil, new.. • • .... • • 263 32,1 Carraway ••• • • • /.'.13 48e ; Coriander— • . les is Hempseed, per quarter t2s 44s , Linseed, Eng.io , viel.. 593 63s Crushing ........ 55s 58e Baltic • • ........ 503 55s Odessa 51 5 57 5 Linteed C ake, pr. ton— Engrish . 101 Os 11,10 s o:!e , ga, per ton 915 s 111 103 Repo Cake 3, pr ton 6110 s 71 Os ijßapeseed, New, p.'ist 30102 32!06 TALLOW. The business doing in our market is limited, yet prices are tolerably firm. P.Y.C. on the spot is 63s 3d, and for forward delivery 63s 9d per cwt. Town tallow, 60s 6d per cwt. net cash. Rough fat, 3s 40 per 81138. 1850. 1851. 1852. 1853. 1 1854. --- Stock this day ...... 37,030 • 39,612 49.344 37,818 35,702 Price of Y. C . 37s Od 38s 6d to 35s 9d t o 44 3 3d 3 3 3d to •• • • Delivery last week .. 1 [to 375 1 3d 00s Od 3‘31 34 to 44s 64 003 Od ,58 1,727 2,160 1,802 1,378 Ditto from J une 1.... 76 ,2 7 2 77,822 87,754 80,601 80, 160 Arrivals last week.. 35 224 278 2,664 101 Dittofrorn June 1.... 88,733 , 91,916 100,564 77,791 92,547 Price of Town ....•• 39s 6d I 39s 64 395 6d 455 9d i 63s 3d DUBLIN AND DROGIIEDA.—At the half•yearly meeting in Dublin, on Thursday, a dividend of 335. 9d. per old share, and 1 ls. 3d. per third share, being at the rath of 44 per cent. per annum, was declared. The dividend . amblinted to 12,8331., leaving a balance of 2,722/. to be added to the reserve fund. LANIASTER AND CARLISLE.- At the half-yearly meeting, held on Friday at Liverpool, a dividend at the rate of 84 per cent. per annum was declared. Unless the traffic be con siderably increased, it was probable they might not be able to recommend a similar dividend in August next. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW. —The directors in their report recommend a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, leaving 4,8431. The total sum expended is 3,244,7421. The receipts for the half-year, ending January 31 last, amounted to 1 9 2,055/., and the working expenses to 4 8 ,301/. a leaving a profit of 74,0211, SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. !Aberdeen Ambg Nottng. Bost. and Eastn. Junct.,. Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley , Birkenhd. Lanesh. Cheshire Juliet IDo. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20............ ... Bly - th & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Orloff Junction Dublin&BelfastJune Dundee Perth&Aber deep Junction..... . Do. New East Ang1ian.......... Do., (XlB E & H)..„ Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock .1)o., New A East Lancashire . Edinburgh & Glasgow Ediub. and Peebles Edin. Prth. &Dundee Forth & Clyde June. I Masgow & S. Western. Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.} Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksh Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. &South pt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud. Bright & S. est.' Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths IDo.IO/. Sh. , Do. Eighths London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. & Derby Midid. G. West. (Irc.), Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk .... Northn.Counties lin North British North Devon, No. 1 0., No. 2 Do., a A Deferred Do., .1, B Guaranteed ortli London .. Do. New £lO N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Ju North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westin. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, &I Wolverhampton Portsmouth (Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Bi i mg Do. L. dr N. Western Guaranteed Stook Shrewsby. & Derefd Shrcwsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ;.„. Do. Halves,: o. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. lelish. & Riv. Dun Do Staines, Wok. & Wok Stockton & Darling. Stockton dz Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Lime rick West Cornwall. West End of London. and Crystal Palace West London Wimbledn & Croydon York Newctl.&Berw.' Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase' York & N. Midland Closing Prices Saturday. • •. ... :ii - ' 4.6 64 - 66 62 - 64 25 - 27 90i 91 79 81 125 127 95 - 97 79i - 804 . .--. 1 . 6 - li 22 -- 23 di - 62 35 - 37 6 - 8 48 - 50 3 3Att 34 0 5 g 10 n - 11 6A - 52 - 55 4 -6P .• --- ••• 6 bi 7i 8 32 - 34 - ... ig 90 54 - 56 58 - 62 55 60 3 2 d 16 -- 18 8 -- 9 12 -- 13 34 -- 15 N 63 64 35 36 2 d par et 5 30 -- 32 - 15 15,E 5f - 24 - 26 6 - 7 6 - -"i PREFERENCE SHARE. Nberdeen .. Do. No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 500 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO 99 = !Chester & Holyhead Guar. 56 per cent Cork &Bandonsip.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (1:310s; 6 per cent 6 -- 61 3 -3: 4 -- 4s P lkp , 131 --13Bxd Do: (£5) 7 per cent. Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. c. Eastern Counties Ex.' tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- East Lancash.O p. cts. East and West York shire June. Pref Ediub Pith. &D undee per cent. Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per co , * Great "g i ' P p' c •• • xd 31 - 33 n 1-ii..x, o p. 0. Rctieena. at 10 p. c. prem... Do. 4 : i p. c. Scrip... I Gt.N. or Scot. r.rc 107 -109 xi, Or p)( (it, SOUOIL i . ‘Vestm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Prof. Sh Gr't. Westu. (Berks & Haute E. 5 p. c) Do, cov, red, 44 p.c Do. con, rod. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £.2C Do. 6 p. e ‘ BtOtdc Le4ds N. 6 p. c. No.l Do. Quarters, 1848 London and Brighton Guarau'wed 5 p. c Do. Prof., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p c,, 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton Loudon & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares Loudy. & Ennis. Sh Man., Shef.,_ & Shares, Nod. Do. NeW, £lO Do Marypt.& Carl:4 p.c. Do. 4i pet Cent, . - 7i - 84. xd 6 4 98 1 00 90 95 94 96 ---- p a 137 139 ••• ~. Xdi 21 --2 i ,d i . 1 "i 3 6 i 94 10 par ipxd Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol 8; Firm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4.1; per cent Norfolk Betenturo 130 11 —44 xd Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Ext Do. 5A - )er ct . Do. IV:w. val. 5 p. c North British xd • xd xd xd • xd North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, Wolrerh,kls, 6 p.e Do 102 - 101 1-p Scot. Cult. , Nesti ShreWS, &Birm.N.G, & Chester 04 -- 10 16i -- 17 10 -- 10) 13 --15" id -- }p 23A -- 24 (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.e, Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. fixed, 4. per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 t iper cent. S. Yorksh..4p.c.G uar Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent. Do. do. do. Stockton and Hartle. pool, guar. 5 p. e. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Neweastle,and Berwiek,4 p.c. Pref Do York&N. Midland H and 8. Purl 17 - 19 *VI '.....". 1,. 11 93 95xd' 3i —4 xd id 20i -21 i 5 -- 51 8i 9 12 —lO Llis 16 18 sid 94 - ss 554 - 56 15 - 12 1:34 - -- 122 -132 p 12 -- 13 p 672 -67 i 6 i -- 6bd par p 964 —97 A 102 • 1024 3 p F d 80 81 10 9 d 9 7 d d par 5 —41 a 21 2i n r 7 6J 1O I 68 6 8 8 - -70 12 11/ 4i Nil 49 501 48i Business done this day. RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletch ley. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Bias. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr. & Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. :1 Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. lanch. Batt). and Matlocl, Nriddlesbro' & Redcar 11i.did.Bradal 'Northern and Eastern sp.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixedspr ?rest. & Wyr. !Do. .! 3 Shares. Roystn.& Hit. Do. Shepth . St Shef.Roth.al6 Gooleg.s p.c. S. Staffordsb. Wear Valleygl 6 per cent Do Closing Prices Saturday. Wilts&-Somrs' 7 3 8 2s. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June Bezien to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip Central of Italy Charleroi & Erqueliu Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Grd. Trunk of Canada Do. Debentures Do. do Gt. Central of Francs Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c pref Luxembourg.. Do. (Railway) Do. Pref Do. (Canal)... Do. 6 p. et. pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Aladras Maria Antonia 00. do. New . Melbourne Dk. & Ry Namur & Liege (with interest) Jo. (ex interest) Northern of France Jo. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs.) No rweglanTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleivas Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Pari sCaen dt Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond. Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse... Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. Souther; of France.. l St. Andrew's and' Quebec (A) West Flanders all Do. 5 per c. Pref 10 Western of Franco 7 West. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden 15 Zealand Agua Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold! Ave Maria Baden (W. Duchy of j 1 Bla.enary on Tr. & Coal iiritish Austrlu. Gold British Iron Brazilianimp.(issued at X 5 pin Do. Comes & Cuiada' Do. St. JOllll Del Rey Carson's Creek 'Clarendon Con. Min, Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Colon a.! Gold. Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pre. 7.; p. cent English and - Anstrin Copper Sm el tg. Co 3eneral Great Nugget Vol.n. Do. Regisi.ered Great Polgooth Liberty Linares Lond.&Californ.Gol Quartz Crush. Co Hariquita Aexican4S. A mcri c n New Granada New Linares Min'ing• • and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgibaud Silva Lead Min. dr Smelt Port Philip quartz Rock R,hymney Iron I Do. New Santiago de Carla FquLli Australian I.n Crab United Mexican Waller West Granada vVest Mariposa Worthing Mining of Australia Yuba JOINT-S! A.ustralasia !British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. _American 'Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, S.; Chinali Commercial of Lend. F.nselislt Scottish and Australian Jond. Chart. B!L of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Gond. & Westminster National Provincial of England Di. New ot T , eland. New South Wales 9riental Bank of Corporation Do. New 2rovlncial o: Ireland Do. New Rorl Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co._ South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Aubin C oa l and Iron Australian A grieult. A us t ra lsn.Pcifie. Mail A u rtraln. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Lard Brit. d; Coln. Smcltg. and Reduction Co Canada Crystal Palace.. Do. New Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam Electrit Telegraph(A) D. (B) Electric Teleg. of Ir Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam trish Bectxot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Laud._ N. S. W. Coal &Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. N. V. Australasian Do. New Nr th. of Euro peSt cam Peel Rr. Ld. & Mimi.] Peninsular & Oriental Do. Do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest. South Austral. Land Submar. Telegraph 'Jo. Registered Van Diemen's Land 41 - 4,i ii = ie 75 - 86 1g - iR p 1.11 - 1i p •• • - P 17 - 18 • • • '''' ... * -- 2 a .. —• pa r .. id .. - .•• -- i - ..• 1$ 38 6 40 Rd t 3 / 4 pXO f,(l pa.] 13 14 13121 TH E BURGLAR HACKETT.—On Saturday Funnell, the detective officer, arrived from America, having seen this notorious burglar in the New Jersy State Prison, Hackett having been committed there for a burglary in New York. Funnell then made the necessary arrange. ments for his removal to England after the expiration of 1 .1i5 confinement in America Leasing Compass. London & N. West L.&N.W. Daledon... gt.Nrthn. Caldonian. Do 'Gt. Westn Vk. New. Berw. Y. &NAM Do 'Jo - 4. Easterr Do .Torfolk,. & Midld. i 4 t3ktouS.:. Dariingt. CounL. 00. 3:,LuSak Do Do [encash Yorksh. MClean - tockt. 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(From Eliza Cook's Journal.) Perchance, fair, high-born girl, you felt ashamed Of the young dotard-slave who dared so much ; Yet, Mabel Lee, you might as well have blamed The lute for giving music at your touch. For you had gazed on me with tenderness, When my devoted eyes made yours their shrine, And you had spoken words to thrill and bless A spirit far less rapt in dreams than mine. Oh ! you should not have wondered that my soul Grew sentient with a wild and gushing tone ; You roused an echo I could not control ; But, ah ! my heart was no cold Memnon stone. It throbbed and burned with the undying flame Which God has sent as Nature's beacon-light ; I read no human language but your name, I knew no life but when within your sight. I plied my pencil but to win your praise, I sang my Rhine-songs only for your ear ; My footsteps ever followed on your ways, Seeking you when afar—trembling when near. Like the rich hope-vine did you grew o'er me, Most beautiful to my enchanted view ; While I, poor fool ! dreamt not that you could be Like that fair-seeming vine, as bitter, too. I went on loving with an idiot's zeal, Strong as a martir, fervent as a saint. The morning and the evening saw me kneel With prayers for you—prayers neither few nor faint. At last, beneath your favourite cedar-tree, Where summer moons had often found us both, I stammered forth that love—just as the sea May pour its might and depth in broken froth. You laughed—Oh God ! you laughed in scornful glee, Called me " vain boy," and bade a light farewell ; That laugh, like earthquake rumble—could it be? It came again—and my heart's city fell. 'Tis over—and you shall not hear me sigh, Nor see a shadow steal upon my face ; The "vain boy" will not bow his head and die ; Hope has departed—Pride must take its place. Yet, Mabel Lee, I feel that you will cling About my future with a blighting power ; And, lady, it will be a bitter thing To bear my poison drop from such a flower. Wide seas will be between us, years will pass ; But years will fail in what they often de ; Time's misty breath will never dim the glass Where Passion, Truth, and Joy have mirrored you, You've changed the " vain boy" to a grey old man, The sapling has become a stricken tree; Yet my Life's dream will end as it began, And find its first, last thought, with Mabel Lee. ELIZA COOK. LITERA TUBE. Maude Talbot. By Holme Lee. 3 vols. Smith 'and Elder. Often as lovely young heiresses have shone as the heroines of romance, there is some novelty in the delineation of the one before us. Maude is not an ordinary young lady, nor even one of the excep tions to the rule, who, from native sense of superi ority, and peculiar delicacy of sentiment, are un satisfied with the common and coarse of every-day life. She did not mingle with her equals in station; but it was not purer feelings that separated her; it was haughty self-appreciation that held her aloof. The high, the titled, and the wealthy crowded round her path as she moved among them in the lustre and light of youth, beauty, family, and fortune ; but she remained unmarried, not because she did not recognise a congenial spirit, or meet a kindred heart in all the hosts submitted for her choice, but because pride could not decide where it would stoop the least, and ambition knew not which was the fairest prize to draw. Far from finding a fit companion for herself, she succeeded at last in un fitting herself for everything life contains worth living for. She grew harsh to her servants, cruel and neglectful to her tenants, careless of her friends, and unjust and unfeeling towards her young sister Lettice, who was the only being sh e really loved. This fair and fragile girl formed a striking contrast in everything to her overbearing and showy sister. Maude was brilliant and impe tuous, Lettice gentle and retiring. Maude in her youth seemed never young in mind or heart ; Let tice possessed those sweet and sacred attributes that thro w a charm around every age, and make the light and glory of a home, be it poor or rich, prosperous or adverse. The crisis of Maude's destiny is power fully described. In the old picture gallery of her princely home, at the still hour of twilight, she wandered striving to draw inspiration to • light her darkened way from the blazing records of departed greatness and seeking for strength to c onquer h er own feelings and affections in the might and majesty that crowned the memory of the heroes of her line. At last she surmounted the whispered promptings of her heart, and, with a spirit worthy of a better cause, she returned to the drawing room to drive away the only one she really cared for, and who would have enabled her to approach nearer to the standard her high nature was designed to reach. Pride had its fall in many an after year of care and heaviness when she found that she was stationary amid the pro g ress of a rising race. Philip Warburton had no ancestors t o' fall back on for renown; he worked and struggled till he made for himself a name that should shine in the future as brightly as Maude Talbot's had glit tered in the past. At last they met—he known and honoured as a celebrated minister, she only known where her name was execrated by the people, who despised her. One faint gleam seemed to steal in on her benighted mind, but she would not, at the eleventh hour bow her lofty head, or bend her stubborn will. At parting, one glance or one word might have changed her course, but, sub duing her feelings, she hurried away. A warning voice was with her which foreboded evil, and she shuddered at its import. Could the past ever be recalled, could another opportunity be again afforded her, but now she must remain in sus pense till Philip Warburton's long journey was over. You must wait, the voice repeated, " till he return, or till you meet face to face in the land beyond the flood of Time." The latter awful alter native was hers. The voyage she might have pre vented proved fatal, and the selfish Maude was forced to feel, as she perused the details of the death of him whose life she had so cruelly darkened and distressed. The picture is vividly given of the terrible scene in which Philip Warburton passed away. He was left with a few self-sacrific ing spirits on the wreck of the doomed vessel, while other more fortunate men, hurrying away to safety ii the boats that were there, as they departed turned to look their last on the devoted band when the storm completed its work. The wreck and its occupiers had vanished. "To the waves of the sea and the winds of heaven, and the tribunal of the Eternal, they were gone, while the boat in the dark night kept on its way." After her recovery from the shock this news occasioned, Maude Talbot grew yet harder, sterner, and fiercer. All softness had left her nature, and all gentleness her heart ; all light had passed from her life, and all beauty from her prospects. Lettice is a relief to the wearied attention to turn to, although she had many trials to endure. Her manner was so pure and simple, her style so un assuming and natural, that everywhere she was a chosen and favourite one. Besides these sisters in high places, there are some others introduced in the story who are worthy of attention. Nelly and Jessy Jefferson form good examples of the effects of a faulty education for the lower classes- The fate of the pretty little milliner is that of thousands who, in toiling for gentility, lose respe c t a bility altogether, and, in trying to be better Forst than their friends can make them, b ec ome what enemies would not have doomed them . to be. n Soiree other persons are well-sketched ;fo enar insta nce, ce Meynell, who meets with a fearful Miriam Sedley, quiet and unmeaning as her life appeared, was not so in herse She is represented as one of that wh os e .fmission on earth is to watch and want, them,but who, if the work had been given to wo uld have proved nobl e and energetic labourerss. In her r etire ment Miriam have f or med plans that would be en t he making of one like Maude could she have carried them out. one like Maude could she have carried them out. MaMaude lived all her days in splendid idleness. Miriam p as sed her time in modest and humble toil. It remained for death to decide which of the two had done the most and best in life. Such works as this, which contain principles aid demonstrate passions, are more than the pastime of an idle mo ment or the enjoyment of a delighted fancy. They appeal to the reason and awaken reflection. If not attaining their aim in some points, they reach further than might be expected in others ; and while many may find cause to criticise and censure, the right-minded will pay homage to their purity of purpose, and appreciate the powers that raise aid refine the elements of fiction. Agnes Valmar. 3 vols. Chapman and Hall. This work is very peculiar both in plot and style ; indeed the former is so extraordinary that the most experienced novel reader might be puzzled at the end of one chapter to say . what would happ en in the next. The heroine is introduced to us at the unusual age of thirty-two, but a retrospect of her history is soon given. Having been married at an unusually early age, she was disappointed in her expectations, and was glad as an object of in terest to take charge of the motherless child of a friend of her husband. The father dying soon after made her the only guardian of his son, who was • seven or eight years younger than herself. The most objectionable and unnatural point in the story, and the one that most effectually checks the reader's interest, is the introduction of the two who have been al mos t lik e parent and child in the relation of lovers ! This is most ill-judged and im probable, and without any object, for all the points of the story which depend upon the difference of age might have remained the same, if they had not become acquainted, till Walter Maldon was grown up. Mr. Landor died during the absence of Walter from England, and it is after his return that they are engaged. But the scruples and hesitations of Agnes respecting the difference of age mars their happiness for many years. She leaves Walter and rushes off to Finland, where she remains hid for two years. Meanwhile Walter, driven desperate by her departure, marries a Lady Lucy, whom he does not care for, and consequently soon gets involved in all sorts of difficulties and dangers. From these he extricates himself by shooting his wife's uncle, and taking his departure fur unknown lands. Upon this Agnes, finding she has not succeeded in her plans for his good, comes back to England. Lady Lucy soon after very conve niently dies, and the reader expects that all will be right. But he is mistaken. It is already three years since Walter and Agnes were first engaged, and it is seven more before a trace is found of the truant he . ro. He is then discovered in the wilds of South Africa, hiding, as Agnes had done in the wilds of North Eur o p e . H e h as b een consorting wi▪ th pirates, outlaws, and such chayacters. He returns to Engl an d, b u t th ey aro no t ye t happy. Owing to misunderstanding each other, they do not meet for about ano th er year, w h en they are reconciled and united. Th e au th or preserves a discreet silence respecting th e age o f the b r i de. Among the str i ▪ k ing impr o b a bili t i es of the plot, we must mention the transformation of Agnes from Mrs. Landor, a lady of slender means, to Lady Valmar, a million naire. Those who are wearied with commonplaces, and s eek only f or novelty, will certainly be grati fied in this tale . . The wild es t f eatures of romance , the most startling t ransitions, and deep-laid plots and plans, appear in the date of the matter-of-fact 19th century, and amid the scenes and habits of the present day. So far it may be striking from its novelty ; but those who look for high moral aims, for earnest and thoughful writing, for natural characters, and for proba bility of events, will cer tainly not find their wishes realised in ( 4 Agnes Valmar." The Poetical Works of Goldsmith. Collins and T. Warton. J. Nichol, Edinburgh. This is the sixth volume of the library edition of the British poets, published by Mr. Nichol, o f Edinburgh. It completes the first year's series, which comprises Milton's complete works, Thomson's, and Young's "Night Thoughts," and the present volume, for one guinea. The series for the present year will consist of Cowper, Butler, and one mis cellaneous volume, which will be followed by Dry den, Pope, Burns, kc. The present volume is a most interesting one, chiefly on accoun t o f it s pre senting, us with the ever-delightful " Deserted Village." The editor is the well-known Rev. Mr. Gilfillan, who gives us lives, critical di sser t a ti ons , and explanatory notes. lowever readers may differ in their opinions of the criticisms, the life of a poet is always a valuable addition to his works, and Mr. Gilfillan is well qualified for the task. Those who are desirous of possessing a standard edition of the British Poets, with useful information for reference, will do well to become subscribers for Mr. Nichol's series. The Journal of Agriculture, and the Transactions of the _Highland and Agricultural Society of Scot land. Published Quarterly. " Systems of Irrigation" is the first subject con sidered in this periodical, in which " a brief sketch is given of the agriculture of those countries where irrigation has been resorted to both in ancient and modern times." It is observed that, from the ear liest ages, the science of agriculture was well un derstood in Egypt. Many centuries have passed since Herodotus remarked that the " Egyptians gathered in the fruits of the earth with less labour than other people, because the river Nile came of its own accord, and irrigated their fields." After an analysis of the manner in which the cultivation of the soil was practised in Egypt, the writer treats of Africa and Syria. Finally, he passes on to Italy, when he passes a commendation on some volumes on Italian Irrigation, lately brought out by Cap tain R. W. Smith. The object of his researches in Italy is to enable him to carry out great im provements in India. "He therefore never fails to link his present work with that distant land, where he hopes yet to labour long." It appears that the system in Italy is far superior to that of India, in irrigation, although, of course, in the former country, the extent of the land is immea surably less. The other papers here presented to our notice are " Agricultural Statistics of France and Great Britain," " The Steam Engine : its Ap plication to Agriculture," tisc., which contain use ful information. The Art Journal.—The Art Journal gives us this month the promised engraving of " Peace," by Landseer ; a very beautiful plate of " The Ruined Temple," by Wilson ; and "A Bacchante," by G. Romney. Among the attractions for the ensuing year are mentioned "War," the companion to " Peace" of the present number ; " Hamlet," by Maclise ; and " The Village School," by Webster. There is a variety of artistic informati on an d criti cism, illustrated by the usual woodcuts. MISCELLANEOUS. - - The National Miscellany has several subjects of interest, in addition to the usual " Bosnia," and " Russia and its Resources," which, of course, are to be met with in every periodical. There is a criticism on the writings of De Quincey, which affords him the scarcely merited praise of being su perior to Macaulay ! We are told that " Macaulay makes men read ; De Quincey makes them think." How this is accomplished without their reading him is not stated ; but it appears to b 3 the fashion to decry our great celebrities, and to hold up less distinguished writers in their place. There is a pleasing addition to the magazine, in the introduction of some poetry.—Hogg's In structor has papers on " Lord Brougham," by Gil fillan, on "Masters and Servants," and " La Bru gere," and several other subjects of information.— Macphail's Edinburgh Journal has articles on "Modern Novel Writers," " Smith's Poems," " China," and various other topics.—Sharpe's Ma gazine contains the continuation of " Harry Cover dale," a biography of " Henry Fi e ldi ng ," " St u di es of Great Authors," an extensive list of literary notes, and two pleasing engravings. —The British Journal, though inferior in interest, also presents us with an amusing collection of tales and sketches.—Le Follet, in addition to its charm ing coloured plates, gives for the benefit of its readers an extra sheet of bonnets and laces.—Our Friend and The North British Magazine are two serials recently commenced, of an average merit. — The Family Economist, a smaller periodical of older date, finding its readers move among the middle class than the masses, for whom it was intended, is enlarged and improved.—The Penny Post . is an instructive little miscellany. The Fam i ly Friend is one of the best of its kind. Orr's Circle of the Sciences is not a mere outline for beginners, but is really what it professes to be, and is far more suited to the advanced scholar than to the unlearned reader. It sapplies a deficiency for the self-taught, who can easily procure cheap rudi ments of the sciences, but find all works of more advanced instruction are only obtainable at an ad vanced price. It is only twopence a number. The present instalment is on Physiology. The Charm is a charming little miscellany for juvenile readers, and has at present the attraction of a tale by the author of " Olive." SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S FLEET. Sir Charles is to have und, wand twenty sail of the lii consist of the following : r his own immediate com e, which we imagine will Guns. Duke of Wellington .... 131 Prince Regent Guns. 90 Royal George l2l James Watt 9l St. George l2O M a j es ti c Bl Neptune Waterloo St. Jean d'Acre ........... 101 Boscawen Princess Royal 9l Blenheim... ................ 60 Caesar 9l Hogne 6O Nile. Algiers 9l Ajax • 58 The other ships preparing for sea, and to be associated with the North Sea expedition, are the following, which will, we believe, be commanded in divisions by Roar. Admirals Corry, Chads, and Commodore Martin. Glum .... 14 •••• 16 Guns Imperieuse 5l Archer Euryalus 5l Lightning ,. Arrogant 47 Frolic Pique Dauntless Amphion.. , 34 f Driver Tribune 21 Horatioßosamond 1S Alban Leopard Odin l6 And others being brought Magicienne ...... Valorous Vulture Desperate .... Drapon Bulcdog Miranda l4 say more about in our next. Ten brigs of war will also form a cruising squadron for the coast of Scotland, as stated elsewhere.—Ramp. shire Advertiser and Pollan:natio //enact. 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