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That a people so tenacious of their civil rights as the Ameri cans, and who claim them by a tenure which they merely profess to hold in common with every member of the human family, should not only retain their fellow-creatures in bondage, but zealously unite in an impious attempt to rivet their chains everlastingly by the degradation of their minds and bodies, is an ano' maly in national conduct which an honest Liberal cannot contemplate without a sense of the deepest mortification and regret. In no country on the face of the earth does slavery flourish under circumstances more strongly calculated to excite universal horror and. detestation than in some of the Southern States of the American Republic. To teach slaves to read or write, to seek to elevate them to the dignity of rational beings by any course of verbal instruction, which would con vey to them a conception of self-responsibility and Gospel equality, would expose the rash philanthro phist to certain destruction in the boasted land of popular sovereignty ! This is a stretch of brutal barbarism unknown in every other part of the world ; but it is one for which Congress, by the adoption of the following resolutions, is henceforth responsible. We quote them without abbreviation or omission : Resolved—That this Government is of limited powers, and that by the Constitution of the United States Congress has no jurisdiction whatever over the institution of slavery in the several States of the Confederacy. Resolved—That petitions for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia and the Territories of the United States, and against the removal of slaves from one State to another, are a part of a plan of operations set on foot to affect the institution of slavery in the several States, and thus indirectly to destroy that institution within their several limits. Resolved—That Congress has no right to do that indirectly which it cannot do directly, and that the agitation of the sub ject of slavery in the District of Columbia, or in the Territo• ties, as a means or with the view of disturbing or overflowing that institution in the several States, is against the true spirit and meaning of th• Constitution, an infringement of the rights of the States affected, and a breach of the public faith on which they entered into this confederacy. Resolved—That the Constitution rests on the broad prin ciples of equality among the members of this confederacy, and that Congress, in the exercise of its acknowledged powers, has no right to discriminate between the institutions of one portion of the States or another, with a view of abolishing the one or promoting the other. Resolved, therefore—That every petition, memorial, reso lution, proposition or paper, touching or relating, in any way, or to any extent whatever, to slavery as aforesaid, or the abolition thereof, shall on the presentation thereof, without any further action thereon, be laid on the table without printing, reading, debate, or reference. The first of these resolutions was adopted, without debate, by 198 votes against 6 ; the second, by 1:36 votes against 6 ; the third, by 164 votes against 39 ; the fourth, by 154 votes against 20 ; and the fifth, by a majority of 126 votes against 78. These resolu tions were not all carried without opposition ; but those who opposed them did not utter a syllable in condemnation of the atrociously disgraceful system which they are designed to perpetuate. Had those who voted against the resolutions—few in number as they are—been permitted, some of them would not have voted at all, rather than expose themselves to the ven geance of the slave-owners of the South. In the words of Dr. CHANNING, " these men throng and defile the seat of Government. Their slave markets and slave dungeons turn to mockery the language of freedom in the halls of Congress, and make Americans justly the bye-word and scorn of the nations." The same elo quent writer, in describing the licentiousness produced by slavery in the Southern States, assures us that it is no uncommon thing for masters having children born in slavery, to hand them over to the tender mercies of the overseer, or to sell them with as little compunction as they would beasts of burden. In some instances such children are reared tenderly, during the life-time of the master ; but at his death they are seized and condemned to a life of bondage and infamy, especially if they show indications of becoming pro fitable as slave-breeders. Among the pollutions of heathenism it would be impossible to point out an enormity so infernal as this. To turn the very pas sions of degraded wretches into sources of gain—to render profligacy in youth and infidelity in the marriage state, legitimate sources of wealth and social influence, is deliberately to attack the foundation of morality and religion. But the crimes of States are as sure to pro voke punishment as those of individuals. A day of terrible retribution awaits the Americans if they per sist in acting according to the spirit of the resolution s which we have just quoted. Slavery and liberty can not co-exist for ever. Let the Americans beware lest the poisoned chalice of which they compel the poor African to drink so deeply, may not at some future period be returned to their own lips, and they them selves be forced to drain its very dregs. A people by upholding the institution of domestic slavery, are qualifying themselves for becoming subjects of the most ruthless despotism. Nor are the above monstrous resolutions unaccom panied by evidences of their being only a fractional and the least unseemly part of a sy stem of oprresBion at this moment in full operation. From a file of the Cincinnati Philanthropist, just received, we have ar ranged near two columns of illustrations of the working of slavery in the Southern States, which, could we find room for them to-day, would do away with the neces sity of offering here a single remark upon the subject. We shall endeavour, however, to insert them to morrow, that our readers may judge for them selves of the honesty of the men who would revolutionize the Canadas, to confer the blessing of their Constitution upon British subjects I With the damning blot of domestic slavery upon them — branded with the moral infamy of slave-breeders, traf fickers in the blood of their own illegitimate offspring, they dare to talk of liberty as a tree solely of American growth I We laugh to scorn such pretensions. There is a feeling in England which universally repels the associating of public liberty with domestic slavery. Even the most ignorant among us know and feel that rational freedom and the moral turpitude engendered by the existing state of society in the Southern States of the American Union, are utterly incompatible. The Madrid Correspondent of the Morning Chro nicle gives the following character of the FRIAS Administration :—" The Duke of FRIAS, in a few words in defence of the message (sent to the QUEEN, relative to reprisals), threw infinite light on the rno• tives and objects of his perfidious Administration. What once appeared folly, turns out daily to savour strongly of the deepest treachery." It required no voice from Madrid to tell'this. Any one in this coun try who attended to the plots, intrigues, and move ments of the Court and Cabinet during the period referred to, could not fail to be convinced that they were based on treachery, and that there was a strong party in the Cortes as well as in the Administration prepared to sacrifice the Liberal interest to the most base and selfish pur poses. Indeed treason to the cause of the QUEEN was so marked, particularly during the latter part of their Government, that we can account for their es cape from public vengeance only on the supposition that they were backed also by many secret supporters. Their manoeuvring with NARVAEZ, whose subsequent foolish conduct has proved him a fit tool for their purposes, leaves no doubt that he was offered the com mand of the army of the South, on the understanding that he was to carry into effect their plans against the Liberals of Madrid—merely effecting a double benefit for Don CARLOS—arraying NARVAEZ against ESPARTERO, and one portion of the populace aganst another, and also against a large division of the QUEEN'S troops ; yet these men are allowed to remain members of the Cortes, to foment discord, and carry out, by some new intrigue, their treacherous plans. If Don CARLOS ever arrives at the capital, he will owe his success to that class, and it is a most numerous class in Spain, who sell themselves to the highest bidder. We are convinced that a new loan would only hasten the catastrophe. The money would be squandered among the minions of the Court and the civil and military functionaries, and they would then get rid of the payment of interest and principal, by handing over the Government to Don CARLOS, who would treat the new creditors as his brother treated the old—by wiping off the debt with a stroke of his pen. But Englishmen have already suf fered too much at the hands of this perfidious people to be gulled a twentieth time by any new scheme, however plausible interested parties may attempt to make it. To as many as doubt the extent of Russia's par ticipation in the disputes in which our Government is embroiled in Persia, and on the north-west frontier of our Indian Empire, we especially recommend the perusal of the subjoined article from the Augsburg, Gazette of the 21th instant—the semi-official ve hicle of the CzAß's European " feelers." That this article is of Russian manufacture, is so ob vious as to render proof altogether unnecessary ; nor did it appear in the Gazette before every line of it had underwent the revision of the Imperial Cabinet. Such of our self-sufficient Ministerial Contemporaries as affected to be amused with our discovery of a Rus sian intrigue in the siege of Herat, and a danger to the stability of our Empire in the East, in the possible fall of that important fortress, will no doubt be taken rather aback at finding the singular coincidence existing between our convictions and the actual designs of the Autocrat of all the RusseAs, as acknowledged and defended in the subjoined article. Russia regarded the fall of Herat as insuring "the fall of English supremacy in Southern Asia ;" and Herat itself in the hands of the SHAH was destined to "become the central point of Russo-Persian expeditions." This is quite as intelli gible as ever we expressd it; and yet in the teeth of this fact, and a covert threat of a declaration of war against Great Britain in the course of the sum mer, we are beset by noodles, official and otherwise, who would persuade us, if they could, that Russia is our dearest ally, and that the best thing we can do is to manifest our confidence in the friendship of the EMPE non, by suffering the shattered, worm-eaten remains of our long-neglected Navy to rot in the dockyards! Are we exaggerating ? Contrast the flippant assump tions of Sir JOHN BARROW and the leading articles in the Globe with the following Russian Manifesto : " All accounts from Poland agree in stating that the ge neral movement of troops in that kingdom and Southern Rus sia are suspended ; but that since the roads have been made practicable, heavy artillery is being transported towards the south, and considerable stores are collecting in the magazines newly established on the line of Poland ; these magazines may ultimately be carried to Kiew, a place which, in the spring, may become the general rendezvous of the military forces in Southern Russia. From these preparations of Russia, it may be concluded that a war with a great Power is considered probable next summer ; they prove, at least, that it is not merely a question of a campaign against the Circassians. It is useless to attempt to spread the opinion that diplomatic ef forts will allay the storm once more, and will remove the cool ness that subsists between Russia and England. The contest, which may become very serious, would present itself to Eng land in a manner the most inopportune, she having other em barrassments on hand. This, however, is the precise motive for Russia no longer to defer the contest, which has become inevitable within a certain time. It is strange that the jour nals drawn up in the opinions, and under the influence of Western Europe, should represent all the enterprises of Eng land and France as just, while complaints are heaped up against the violent acts and pretended aggressions of Eastern Europe. France may have the right of occupying Ancona and Algiers, and England may keep possession of Malta and the lonian Islands ; she may also extend her dominion in America, Africa, Asia, and Australasia; but Russia cannot conclude a treaty, rendered necessary by her geographical position, with the Porte, nor can she be allowed to punish her rebellious Caucasian sub jects. The height of absurdity, however, is to wish to find a Russian intrigue in the Caucasion revolt—an absurdity which denotes the greatest ignorance of the policy of that absolute Power. Without doubt circumstances are less favourable for Russia now than they were a few months since. At that time the fall of Herat might be counted on; tho loss of that place would have insured the fall of English supremacy in Southern Asia ; Herat would have become the central point of the Russo• Persian expeditions ; and from that place troops might have been sent to the Indies with greater rapidity than England could have sent them. In order to avoid the conse quences which such a catastrophe might have occasion, Lord Auckland is endeavouring to re-establish unity in Afghanistan, and it is difficnit to believe, as some Journals have stated, that he has received orders from his Government to renounce the campaign against Cabul. The choice, however, made of the aged Soojab, for the sovereignty of Cabul, may have been THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1839. only a transitory measure, destined to mark the restoration of his nephew Kamran, the energetic defender of Herat, to the exclusive sovereignty of all Afghanistan. Runjeet Singh would necessa-ily oppose such a project. This ally of Eng land would never allow himself to be shut in between two Powers, of one of which be would some day become the vic tim. The Sikhs, already endowed with a military education rather advanced, are, like him, too powerful to agree to their becoming docile instruments to the East India Company, and the proof of the spirit that animates them is the news recently brought that the passage of the Pendschah has been refused to the English. The alliance of the English with the aged Maharajah can only be looked on as a forced alliance, destined to be broken as soon as a rupture can take place without compromising the safety of the empire of Runjeet Singh. If Lord Auckland had shown, under these circutn stances, as much irresolution as he does towards the Bur trans, English interests would have suffered severely, and the work of the Russians would have been simplified. The situation of the English in India is far from being satisfac tory in any case ; a war with the Burmans seems to be ine vitable, and the inhabitants of Nepaul are only waiting for a favourable moment to make the attack. The English can oppose to these great masses of enemies the Indian army, already greatly demoralized ; and the reinforcements to be drawn from the mother country or the colonies are too in considerable to decide the struggle. In the interior of India the English have before them none but a hostile population, which support with impatience a foreign yoke ; the people have gained nothing by the English occupation of their country ; national industry has been completely ruined; the inferior classes are impoverished by the efforts of the English, whose machinery excludes all competition. These causes brought about the horrible famine which in 1837 and 1838 decimated the population. Russia, on the contrary, if a war should break out, would find even in India powerful auxiliaries ; and she would have for her the sympathies of the populations, tired of English domination. The English, who are aware of this state of things, neglect no opportunity of keeping fir them selves points of support in the East Indies. Hence the repeated efforts of England to establish more rapid communications with India by the Red Sea; hence the occupation of Aden, on the coast of Arabia. This ocmpatien seems more particularly to menace the Pasha of Egypt, who would become the vassal cf England, if that power could realize its plans, for Egypt forms the central point of the line of communication between Eng land and India." There is no important intelligence in the French Papers of Wednesday. On Tuesday Mars - hal SoULT wrote a letter to the KING, expressive of his inability to form a Cabinet. On Wednesday M. DUPIN was sent for to the Palace, when the KING charged him with fresh overtures, to be made to certain members of the moderate Opposition. As M. TIIIERS was not included in the list, it was not expected that the testy President would tie more successful than SOULT. The latest advices from Madrid are of the 23d ult. The substance of them is included in the subjoined brief extracts from the Paris Journals of Wednesday:— We find the following paragraph in a Ministerial journal this morning : Count Mole persists in his resolution to retire, as the ma jority is too weak. To induce Count Mole to change his re solution, it would be necessary for some new circumstances to occur to increase this majority by at least 20 or 30 votes. Le Constitutionnel. Alarming news from Malaga has been received at Madrid. That city seems to be threatened with some popular commo tion ; most of the wealthy inhabitants are leaving it. General Alvarez, who succeeds Palarea, who, as we have said, has been dismissed on account of the events on the coast of Africa, does not possess, as it is asserted, the prudence and firmness which are required to meet the events that seem to be ap proaching. It was reported at Grenada that General Narvacz had set out for London. No military event has yet taken place in the kingdom of Valencia. Cabrera, and the other Royalist Chiefs, are at Onda, where they were received with the acclamation of the inhabitants. Van Halen is at Segorbia. It is thought that these movements will lead to important operations.-- Gazette de France, Jan. 30. _ We would observe, with the Courtier Francais, that the King has sent for nobody since Marshal Soult's letter—that no overture has been made, and no combination proposed. Now, as that journal observes, the Marshal refusing, M. Dupin re fraining, and all others being excluded, what remains to be done unless to return to Count Mole ?—Le Commerce, Jan. 30. BIWSSELS, JAN. 30.—The average prices of wheat during the week ending on Saturday, the 26th, being 24f. 26c., and that of Rye 131. 96c., the importation remains free of duty, and the exportation prohibited. —Moniteur. BOURSE—PAIIe, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30. HALF-parr THEM—There has been much business done today, but the market has not been so firm. For the Account the Three per Cents. opened at 79f. 5c., fell to 79E, rose to 79f. 10c., and closed at 79f. 5c., a fall of 10c. The Five per Cents. from 110 f. 75c., declined to 110 f. 65c., last price, and a fall of sc. For money, the Three per Cents. are sc. lower, and the Five per Cents. are sc. higher. The Bank of France shares are sc. lower. The Lafitte Bank I,OOOE shares have declined SE, and those of .5,000 E, 25E The Belgian Bank shares are unvaried, as are also the Five per Cents. The Spanish Active is lower. The Railway Shares continue in the same inactive state. First Highest I OW' st Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents. 4 per Cents. 3per Ceti's. Bank of France 2635 ...2635 —.2635 —.2633 Lafitte Bank 1,004. Sli lO3O —lO5O —lO3O _lO5l 5:0011f. Sh. .,, 5270 —.5270 —.5270 .. 5270 Belgian S per Cents. 3 per Cents. 67 30 ... 67 30 ... 67 ... 67 Bauk 575 ... 575 ... 567 50 ... 570 Coupons Spanish Acti,e Passive 4% ... 4% ... 4% ... 4% New Deferred 74, ... 7% ... 75.2 ... 7., Portuguese 3 per Cents. Neapolitan Roman RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain 590 ... 590 ... 590 ... 55;41 Ve sallies, R.B. L.B. 220 ...: . 20 ....'l5 ... fl 5 Orleans 455 ...455 ... 4`.5 ... 455 Rouen Mulhausen to Thann ASPIIALTES AND BI 1 UMENS. S yetel (A) 2OlO —2OOO —.2000 ...IWO Dez Maurel, (B.) DUTCH FUNDS.—AZISTE,RDA3I, JAN. t. 9. Money. Bills. Aetna! Debt, 2 . 14 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. - 10114 Auiorteadic,4i „;', per cent 945k 95 Ditto, ditto, 314 per cent 7914. 2-014 Commercial Company, 4., per cent 1731i 17514 Ditto (1+ 1 32 and 1633) 5 per cent. Loan 1536, 4 per cent. Ditto 1637, 5 per cent........ 99 9914 Exchange on London, One month l2 02}c, Two months BELGIAN b UNDS—Baussm.s JAN.3O Actual Debt. '21: 4 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. 97 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 3 per Cent. Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent — Society of Commerce, 41-.;per Cent ll5 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 53 National S.4ciety . —Brussels Papers, Jan. 30. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.-131:11LIN, JAN. 25. Bills. Money. t. Schuld. Sch. 4 per cent. .. ~,,10;3. 102 1.4 PrusFiati English Loan, 1830, 4 percent. 102 1 A 101% }..xcliange on London, three months... 6 10 —Prussian State Gazelle, Jan. 26, PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.) The Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council met to-day, at eleven o'clock, at the Council Chamber, White hall. The Lords present were Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Brougham, Mr. Justice Vaughan, Mr. Justice Bosanquct, and the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty. IN THE MATTER OF I:OI.T.MAN'S PATEN T. The case was sp e cially appointed for to-day. It came be fore their Lordships upon the petition of Mr. G. Kollman, the organist to her Majesty, praying for an extension of his patent, granted in the year 1825, for an improved construc tion in pia , ,ofortes. That improvement consisted, in the first place, in placing the hammers and mecha nism above th e str i ngs, by which a muc h fi ner tone was produced by an a l terat i on in the soundi ng -b oar d, an d b y an entirely new plan of tuning. The grounds upon which the application was made were—first, the utility and supe. riority of the invention ; and secondly, that Mr. kollinan, in stead of having made a profit, had suffered a loss of nearly 3,000/., in consequence of the workmen he had(employed prov ing totally incompetent to the work they had professed they could perform. Dr. Ure, who was examined at some length, stated that the invention was a most valuable one, and a complete reform in the manufacture of pianofortes. Lord LYNDHURST—That is, it makes more noise.--. ( Laughter.) Dr. Ure---The sound, my Lord, is certainly much greater, but it is more pure, and wholly free from corruption.—(ln creased laughter.) After several witnesses had been examined as to the loss sustained by the patentee, and their Lordships had examined the construction o f t h e instrument, an d ascerta i ne d i ts supe riority of tone by th e performance upon i t o f M r. K o ll man , Lord LYNDII URST o b served that, in his opinion, the peti tioner had made out a case for the extens i on o f t h e paten t for seven years. The ATTORNEY - GENERAL, who appesred for the Crown, offered no opposition to the extension of the patent conceiv ing it to be a valuable improvement in the construction of pianofortes. Lord BROUGHAM hoped that Mr. Kollman, in the next seven years rsonld find that the public would appreciate more the the value of the invention than they had done during last fourteen. He must, however, recollect that he had a great monopoly to contend against; he had the whole musical world in concord among themselves, and in discord with him. —(Laughter.) Their Lordships then ordered the patent to be extended for seven years. This being the only case on the paper, their Lordships then adjourned. The further arguments on the petition of the Sergeants-at- Law against the throwing open of the Court of Common Pleas will be proceeded with to morrow. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Master of the Rolls sat this morning at his Court in Rolls-yard, Chancery-lane, for the purpose of swearing in so licitors and taking short causes. 75 solicitors took the usual oaths ; and his Lordship, after disposing of a few short causes, rose at ten minutes after twelve o'clock. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) The Court sat in Banco to.dav under the I,rovisions of Lord Denman's Act. The Banco Sittings will continue for five days, four of which will be devoted to the Special Paper, and the other (to-morrow) to the Crown Paper. The cases argued this morning, which were demurrers to pleas of ejectment, contained nothing of the least public interest. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) EXTRAORDINARY CA°E.-DYER V. lIAZLEWOOD. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the de fendant. in whose service he had formerly lived, for defama tion and false imprisonment, under circumstances of no ordi nary character. It appeared on the evidence for the plaintiff, that he had lived in the service of Mr. Hazlewood, a gentleman of fortune residing at Siougham-hall, Sussex, and a magistrate of the county. Mr. Hazlewood had his house broken into, and lost a quantity of plate and other articles. He had front the first, it would seem, suspected that Dyer was privy to the robbery, and had stated that such was the case to several persons at different times. Dyer having left his service, and gone to reside in London, Mr. Hazlewood procured a search -warrant, and went to Dyer's lodgings, where he found nothing which he could lay claim to but a hammer and a chisel, the former of which the owner of the house declared belonged to him. Shortly afterwards Mr. Hazlewood had Dyer brought up to Bow-street office on the charge of burglary ; and in his information stated that on a Saturday evening, after his family had united in prayer, and retired to rest, he had observed, before going to bed himself, that some plated candlesticks and a box of plate, which he had lost, were safe, and that the doors were secured. At six o'clock on Sunday morning, Dyer came up to his bed-room, and told that the house had been broken into, and the candlesticks and other things stolen. Mr. Hazlewood observed that it was lucky the thieves had not found the plate-box, to which Dyer rejoined that it was. When Mr. Hazlewood came down, however, he found that the plate-box was gone. Dyer re marked that he did not observe that before. A solicitor attended for Dyer at Bow street, and cross examined Mr. Hazlewood, who stated the value of the plate to be a hundred pounds, but admitted afterwards, that he could not swear that the tea-pot, the principle article, was worth fifty shillings ; and on the solicitor submitting that there was no evidence against Dyer, Mr. Hazlewood declared his belief that he (the solicitor) was an accomplice.--( Laughter. ) Mr. Twyford, the sitting magistrate, said there was no evidence to commit Dyer, who was thereupon discharged, pre viously, however, having been confined in Clerkenwe.l prison. Mr. Sergeant WILDE and Mr. CLARKSON appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD and Mr. PETERSDOFF for the defendant. It was past one o'clock when the evidence for the plaintiff clo.;ed. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD then addressed the July for the defence, with feelings of considerable anxiety he said, the more so, as the defendant was a gentleman who had practised some years at the Chancery Bar, now retired on his fortune. That he had sustained a serious loss was quite evident ; and the circumstances clearly proved, that throughout he had been actuated by a bona fide suspicion of the plaintiff. He had expressed no suspicion till a police-officer from London had come down, and from examination thought he had reason for suspecting Dyer; and it would be most injurious to the interests of justice that a gentleman, who from honest, how ever erroneous suspicion, prosecuted, in the regular course of law, a person for a robbery which he had sustained—should, if the charge was afterwards found groundless and mistaken, be subjected to an action. Who, under such circumstances, would prosecute a felon ? There could, in this case, be no idea for a moment entertained that the defe❑dant was ac tuated by any malicious motive; and to sustain the present action it was necessary that the prosecution should be " without reasonable and probable cause." BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.) Two ruffianly-looking fellows, named James Buckley and John Murray, of Buckridg-street, St. Giles's, were charged with the following barbarous conduct. Wm. Goode, 2, Charles-street, Drury-lane, deposed that at half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon he was sitting in his room, after returning from his work, when the prisoners, who were not known to him, and who appeared to be intoxi cated, burst in the panels of his door, attacking a large dog which lay at the fire by his side. The dog, which was very powerful, instantly flew at them, and he cried out to them to keep away, or it would tear them to pieces, but they persisted, and the animal caught hold of Buckley by the leg, inflicting a sev, re wound. The dog then took refuge behind the complainant, and to induce him to leave his retreat one of the prisoners enticed him with cheese, and the moment he made an advance to pick up the bait, the other seized him by the neck of the neck, and forcing him on the floor cut his throat half way with a knife. A constable was then called in, and he seeing the animal struggling and weltering in his bleod, was obliged to dispatch him with his staff in order to put him out of pain. Mr. THISTLETON, a county Magistrate, who sat for Sir F. ROE, observed, that such an act of cruelty seldom came under his notice, and called upon the prisoners for their account of the circumstance. The prisoner Murray said that he and his companion were going up stairs with two females, when the dog attacked and bit them, and they considered, under such circumstance, they were justified in destroying him. The complainant declined that the dog was not on tho stairs; and afterwards Constable Brown, 140 F, corroborated the greater part of his statement, and proved that the door was nearly all broken to pieces. M. THISTLETON said it was a case of extreme and wanton cruelty, and he should call upon the prisoners to pay a fine of 40s. each, or go to prison for fourteen days. CIRCUITS. OXFORD CIRCUIT. Days and Places appointed for holding the Lent Assizes. Before Mr. Justice ParrEsox. Berkshire—Saturday, February 23, at Reading. Oxfordshire—Thursday, Feb. 28, at Oxford. Worcestershire—Wednesday, March 6, at Worcester. City of Worcester—Same day, at the City of Worcester. Staffordshire—Monday, March 11, at Stafford. Shropshire—Monday, 18, at Shrewsbury. Herefordshire—Saturday, 23, at Hereford. Monmouthshire—Wednesday, 27, at Monmouth. Gloucestershire—Saturday, 30, at Gloucester. City of Gloucester—Same day, at the City of Gloucester. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. Before Lord DENMAN and Mr. Justice BOSANQUET. Northampton—Monday, March 4. Oakham—Friday, 8. Lincoln and City—Saturday, 9. Nottingham and Town—Friday, 15. Derby—Tuesday, 19. Leicester and Borough—Friday, 22. Coventry and Warwick—Wednesday, 27. COURT CIRCULAR. Viscount Melbourne and Lord Hill had audiences yesterday of the Queen. The Royal dinner party at the New Palace last evening included the Marquis of Brezdalbane, Earl of Albemarle, Vis count Falkland, Right Hon. Sir Arthur Paget, Sir George and the Hon. Miss Anson. The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance at the Palace during the evening. The Duke of Cambridge went to Kew Park for a day's shooting yesterday morning, attended by Baron Knesebeck and Captain Stephens. His Royal Highness returned to town in the afternoon. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the French Ambassador and the Countess Sebastiani with their company at dinner last evening, at their residence in Manchester square. A Cabinet Council was held at half-past three o'clock yes terday afternoon at the residence of Viscount Melbourne, in Downing-street. It was attended by all the Ministers except Viscount Howick. The Council sat two hours. The Marquis of Lansdowne gave a grand dinner last even ing, at Lansdowne-house, to the Cabinet Ministers and the Great Officers of State. During the evening the Roll of Sheriffs for the present year was settled, preparatory to its being pricked by her Majesty in Council. Mr. C. Greville, Clerk of the Privy Council, also joined the dinner party. The Mayor of Manchester and Alderman Kershaw had an interview with Lord John Russell on Wednesday, at the Home office. Mr. Culquhoun transacted business at the Colonial•ofce yesterday. Sir George Grey visited Lord John Russell yesterday. Mr. George Nicholls had an interview with his Lordillip on Wednesday. The Spanish Minister transacted business yesterday at the Horne-office. Despatches from Major-General Middlemore, Governor of St. Helena, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Oliveira, from Paris ; Sir John Rogers, Bart., at Stevens's Hotel, Clifford-street, from De vonshire; Mrs. Carnac, in Baker -street, from the Continent; Sir Edwin Pearson, in Conduit -street, from Brighton ; Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Edward Stanley, at their new residence in Wilton -crescent, from Cheshire ; Lord Frederick Paulet, Grenadier Guards, in John-street, Berkeley-square ; Mr. Barrett Lennard, at York-gate, Regent's Park ; G. W. Wood, Esq., M.P., in Manchester-buildings ; the Countess of Surrey, in Hyde Park-place, from Littlehampton ; Robert Hollond, Esq., M.P., in St. James's-square (south side), from Beaulieu, Hastings ; Countess Montara, in Montagu place ; th e M arqu i s an d Marchioness of Thomond, in Bel grave-square, from Brighton; Mr. Hervey Aston (Ist Life Guards), at Mivart's Hotel, Brook-street, from his seat, Aston-ball, Warrington ; Lord Foley, in Portman-square, from a Continental tour; the Earl of Surrey, in Hyde: Park. place, from his seat, Littlehampton, Sussex. DEPARTURES. The Earl of Meatl;,fromgt: James's-street, for Brighton ; Mr. Edmund Mac Donnell, from Mivart's Hotel, Brook -street, for Wynyard Park, Stockton-on-Tees, on a visit to the Mar quis and Marchioness of Londonderry. The Marquis of Anglesey arrived at Uxbridge House on Wednesday, from a visit to his friend Sir Harry Feather stonaugh, at his seat near Midhurst, Sussex. His Lordship is improved in health, and enjoyed the diversion of shooting on the preserves of the Baronet. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JAN. 3L—Strong breezes from E.N.E.—Sailed the outward bound ; the homeward bound remain. Poirrsmorrtt, J. 31.—1 t has blown a gale all this day, accom panied with much snow, from N.W. to N.N.W. Arrived the Pearls Bragg, from Limerick; her Majesty's steamer Spitfire, Eastward. Sailed the Britannia, Bowden, for London ; Assiduous, Vickery, Chi. chester ; Hibernia, Hughes, Poole. PLYNIOUTH, J►N. 30.—1 t has blown very hard in squalls, with snow, from the northward, for the last two days past. FALMOUTH, JAN. 30.—Wind N.N. W. to N.N.E., strong breezes, with squalls of snow.—Arrived the Siluria, Watts, from St. Michael's and Penzance. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 31.—Wind N.E., fresh.—Arrived the St. David (steamer), from Newry; Pilot, Dundee. The Lion, from Glasgow, is on shore near the Red Noses, bilged, and tills with the tide; cargo dis charging. The Hercules, of Maryport, supposed from Memel to Sierra Leone, was totally wrecked last night near Leasowl; crew drowned. The Victoria, from Charleston to this port (on shore near Leasowl), af ter every preparation being made for getting her off, received so much damage yesterday, that she will be condemned. The Ranger, from London (supposed), and Byker, from Trieste, are on shore near Ploy_ lake Beacon, ran on shore at highwater. The Pennsylvania has turned her head to the N.E. Coax, JAN. 2.9.—Arrived the Strathmore, Gavin, from Liverpool, to stop a leak, supposed in topsides, bound to Marseilles ; Hopewell, Cou.. sins, London ; John Peal, Leslie, Smyrna. BELFAST, JAN. 27.—Arrived the Horatia, Finlay, from Nantes. LIMERICK, JAN. 23.—Arrived the Ant, Pound, London ; Limerick Lass, Underwood, do. MARGATE, JAN. 31.—Arrived off, the David Scott. RAMSGATE, JAN. 31.—Arr=ived, the Charles, Ruddiek, from Cork. DOVER, JAN. 30. Arrived, the Maria Johanna, Valck, from Flanr. dingin ; Vrow, Johanna, Post, Mausluis. Cowes, JAN. 31.—Arrived, the Fame, Rawson, from Bordeaux, with loss of mainmast head, bound to London. SALCOMBE, Jam. 30.—Sailed, the Concordia, Ball, for Lisbon. ILFRACOMBE, JAN 30.--Arrived, the Thomas and Elizabeth, Hind, from Liverpool, leaky, with loss of bulwarks, bound to Waterford. HULL, JAN. 31.—Wind N.E.—Arrived, the Robert, Karstardt, from Stettin. Sailed, the James and Thomas, for New York. KINGSTON, JAN. 30.—Arrived, the Whitby, from London. DUBLIN, JAM. 30.—Arrived, the George and Henry, Ross, Oporto. HULL, JAN. 31.—The Lee, Lee, sailed hence 20th inst., canteci her cargo. off Cromer yesterday, and sank ; only the master saved. Since yesterday it has blown excessively hard from the N. W. till 9 A.m., when it suddenly veered to N.E. It is now (11 A.m.) E.N.E. LYNN, JAN. 31 7 —The Success, Richardson, bound to Inverkeithing, put back in consequence of striking onithe Lynn Knock Sand; making water, and will proceed without discharging. DONNAGIIADEE, JAN. 29.—The Stewart, of Holywood, in entering the harbour yesterday, struck the south pier, and was brought into the harbour in a sinking state, and put on shore. WELLS, JAF. 31.—The Lord Grey, Brunton, from Newcastle to this port, is on shore on the East Sands, and will become a wreck. LLANELLI', JAN. 30.—The Henry, Lea, of Cork, ran on shore on the Cornel Mason Sands, and is expected to be got off. BOURDEAUX.—The Emulator, Poland, from Teignmouth to this place, struck on the rocks off Cardonan, and sunk in the sands—master and two of the crew drowned. RorrEan.tm,. JAN. 29.—A brig, supposed to be the Arctusas, from hence to London, was seen with a signal of distress, soon after she got to sea, on the 26th instant, and nothing has been heard of her since. The Good Intent, Harwood, from Newcastle, which was on shore near Brancaster, has been assisted off and carried into the latter place. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE, There are this week moderate arrivals of English Grain and Flour and a good quantity of Foreign Wheat. The trade for Wheat remains dull, but lower prices than Monday are not submitted to. Barley also continues heavy at last quotations. Beans and Pease are unaltered. Oats have met a rather better demand to-day at terms last quoted. There is scarcely any trade fur Flour this week. ARRIVALS Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Flour English Irish _ - 7,410 Foreign SMITHFIELD. There was a small supply of Beef, but no alteration in prices. Mut ton was rather higher ; Veal 4d. per stone lower ; Pork at Monday's prices. Beef, 3s. 10d. to 4s. Bd.; Mutton, 4s. 4d. to ss. t:d ; Veal, ss. to 6s. ; Pork, 4s. Sd. to ss. Bd. Beasts, 433 ; Sheep, 2,820; Pigs, 344 ; Calves, 108. - brls. CITY FISH MARKET. To-day the supplies were very good, and prices were rather lower. COLONIAL MARKETS. To-day we find public sales of 2,500 bags Mauritius Sugar, 1,050 bags Bengal, 120 hhds. Barbadoes, and 900 bags Manilla, which fetched previous prices, where altered they are lower. In 13.1'. Sugar, Coffee, Rice and Pepper, but little done at previous rates. There was very little doing in the Provision, Tallow, Seed, and Hop Markets, and the price in each remain as last quoted. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'(ILOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON -MARKET, THURSDAY.—We have had only a moderate demand for Cotton to-day; the sales 3,000 bags to the trade, at previous prices. We have an arrival this morning of the French mail; but no ship letters. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date, Jan. 31, from which we extract the following:— BRUSSELS, JAN. 29.—SITTING OF TILE CHAMBERS. M. Persin—At the present moment we must remain calm and prudent : we must leave to the Government to act, who have not lost our confidence. But, Gentlemen, it is ne cessary that the Government should explain, and inform us if it is true that they have received the treaty, or a protocol, and if they can make a communication, my intention is not to press them ; I wish to give them time to reflect; I only de mand of the Minister of Foreign Affairs if it is true that he has received.a communication from London ; and if he can make, sooner or later, a communication, and when it will be made? Minister of the Interior—l hope soon to give a report, but Ido not wish to fix the day ; in the meantime the central section can examine the amendments which have been pre sented, and the sitting may be put off till Friday. M. Persin—Will the report be made on Friday? The Minister of Foreign Affairs—l cannot say at present but I declare that it shall be soon. The sitting broke up at three-quarters past three o'clock Friday's sitting will take place at two o'clock. _ _ The report on 'Change that three of the :Ministers bad pro nounced for peace, or to dissolve the Chambers, has not the least foundation.—Emancipator. A great fall of snow took place last night, which has impeded the carriages from proceeding on the railway. NEWS FROM THE FRONTIERS-CORRESPONDENCE OF THE OBSERVATEUR." They write us from Bechtel Limburg of the 28th:-- '° All the information I have previously sent, relative to the passage of the Meuse to Grave, by the Dutch, is correct. There is near Niineguen a considerable corps." They write from Diest, 28th January, that there is nothing new from the camp, all is tranquil at present. From the Dutch Journals of the 30th January :—" His Royal Highness the Prince Marshal, left;his residence yesterday for Talbourg, and is expected back again on Thursday next." They write from Bassett, 28th January, that General Mag_ nan has sent back all his baggage and other effects he is not in want of, and his officers are ordered to do the same. The fortifications of that town arc put in a state of defence. Letters from Cologne state that accounts have been received there from Berlin that they are arming with great activity the Prussian reserve. Letters from Aix-la-Chapelle of the 17th January say, that the Belgians are deceived if they think that Prussia wishes to remain neuter in the affaire of Holland. The Dutch Funds came the same as by the previous ac. counts. A Dutch mail has arrived this morning of the 30th ult. His Dutch Majesty recommends to his people to remain quiet, and put full confidence in him, as he will do what is right. Dutch Funds, Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 544. By the arrivals this morning from Belgium and Holland, we learn that in the Chambers at Brussels the report of the Minister respecting the treaty or Protocal of the twenty-four articles has been put off to this day. . _ _ Consols, which closed yesterday at 92i i for the Account and Money, opened at 921 with very little doing. Ex chequer Bills, 65 67 ; India Bonds, 62 64 ; Bank Stock, 204 203 ; Spanish Active closed 194 24, at present 14 20; Portuguese, 354 a ; Three per Cents., 224 s ; Bel gian, 99}; Brazilian, 794 Colombian, 281.; Dutch Two and-a- Half per Cents., 544 55; Five per Cents., 102-i PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. __ Bank Stock 203 India Stock :5 per Cent. Red. 934 si g , Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. 1L%% 1 South Sea Stock — 3k, per Cent (Pd Annuities - Ditto Red. lOO% i New Ditto - New 3 1 4 per Cent 100 9_9 ~,, Bank Long Annuities t oex pi re I Ditto I I 3Exh per .C B en il t ls . ,x i,o o Annuitie5,... 6 1 7 75 6 1 6 .. New 5 per Cent. 500 Jan. 5, 1860 l5 1-16' Ditto Small —6 S Oct. In, 1859. — ' Ditto Commercial — pm. Jan. 5, 1860 Ditto Advertised .. ..... pm, .. Jan. 5, 1880 —. Bank Stock fir Account — April 5, 1880 — India Stock for Account — Jan. 5, 1870 — Consols for Account 112% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — ! Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds .. _ Ditto Account Ditto Account 9,*k 9 Etyi . Portuguese Bonds Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Chilian Bonds 1) tto Account Columbian Bonds — Ditto Account Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic Columbian Bonds, 1824 28% Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Account. 19% 20 19% 201 Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent. f. —c Ditto Bonds, 1825 - 4 per cent. Ditto Account - 3 per cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cen).... —-- Exchange. —f. —c.. Ditto Account Dutch, '2 2 per cent. 54% Ditto, 6 per Cent. 24 ' Ditto Account 51 ., Ditto Account __. Neapolitan I Ditto ACcount PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Shale. British Iron Company Cobre Copper. Brighton Railway London and Blackwall Railway London and Croydon Railway Company , la ss. —.. Ditto New Scrin Union Bank of Australia ~ lll% 17 Worthing Tontine Il - ALF-PAST ONE. We have no further accounts. The Royal William, steamer, from New York, has not yet arrived, it being now 16 days since the time fixed for her sailing. She is anxiously looked for by the merchants. The Lisbon mail was due yesterday—also not arrived. Consols are rather heavy, and may be quoted 92 for the Account, and 92 I Money ; Exchequer Bills 67 66 68 ; India Bonds, 64; Bank Stock, 203. In the Foreign market Spanish Active 191 20; Portuguese 351 ; Three per Cents., 22k; Belgian 98i lower ; Co lombian 28f ; Dutch Two-and.a.half per Cents. 84 ; Five per Cents., 1021. In Shares scarcely anything doing; prices much the same as yesterday. Consols for the Account, 94. THREE 0' CLO CK. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACK IVO OD'S MAGAZINE.. In the notice of Barry Coruwall's " New Edition cf Ben Jonson"—which we reviewed some days since in The Sun> the writer lays the knout on poor Barry in the true Russian fashion—that is to say, in a spirit of the heartiest good will. Some of his mistakes are very properly exposed, but others of a more venial character are too severely insisted upon. " Dilemmas on the Corn-law Question" argues strenuously in favour of the continuance of this obnoxiou s impost. The writer, however, acknowledges that " since the Manchester Demonstration, it is apparent to everybodY that the great. question of the Corn-laws is rapidly drawing to a crisis." It is so, and no one can possibly doubt which way it will terminate. " Reflections on Punch—Moral s and Manners" is a lively essay of a rambling desultory' character. We have been much amused with these re' marks : " It is said we are progressing daily towards perfection' Our speed may be too great to allow us to stop and look ; " r d for any thing besides " deuced good feeds," " shares," a ll " good specs." The age takes that turn—and s o wor d s chang'. their meaning. The " golden age" in one sense is not th e " golden age" in another. Our most romantic writers, that would fain follow " the course of true love," as far as find it navigable, would as soon think o f endeavouring to dis' cover the source of the Niger, as to sail their little frail boa t a mile beyond Matrimony Point—as if it there terminated il l t huge swamp. Where i s th e t rue l oya l hi stor i an o f t h e sweet passion, who shall faithfully delineate all the home tende r ' nesses, and show the sunlit play of the perennial fountain ' ll the ever-blooming garden of wedded love, whose infants ar e endearing cupids, such as Bartolozzi drew and painted ill fleshy red, as pattern.; for connubial bliss ? He never told thelf patronage. They were so innocent they must have been the progeny of the angels'; or, more pr o b a bl y , o f some of Ange lica Kauffman's pairs. Modern historians of the passion stop short at the most interesting poi n t, w h en examples would 7, really serviceable ; and there we are , o bli ge d to embark Lie; a perilous sea, without stars, unless th e y b e ev il stars, an d rot" no compass at all. Great as the stat e o f we dd e d happine!', must, in most cases be, when not only hands and arms, herald'c, and otherwise, are united, but souls too are united, we have o° ' a dozen pages in literature, after Homer, that give us any n ° a . tion of it. Meagre, indeed, are the accounts of our Pertiasafl Arrias, with their Pmtuses and B utuses, of whom our 5 ", John Brutes are no descendants. I say since H omer , for t does all things well, and tells us the truth, th e w h o l e tru th, an d nothing but the truth ; and we have lovely portraits of Andr r , mache with her Hector and Astyanax—and o f t h e ever -lovint, and chaste Penelope, whose suitors, by-th e -b ye , ma y yet' much resemble our modern young men, for they did not call three farthings about Penelope for Penelope's sake, but in t o " deuced good feeds," and intrigued with the maid-se - 11 , 0 0 ', " Some Account of Himself" is an oinni um gathering so rt of article, in which grave and gay, lively an d severe, s wee t and sour, fancy and argument, are all jumbled together I: a very relishing manner, by one who sign s hi mse lf " Ao Irish Oyster-eater." "Mathews the CoMedian" is al t vourable notice of the recently publish e d M emo i rs of 0' over-rated actor. Kit North strives hard to make out case in favour of him, but it will not do. Despite Scot t goood-natured eulogiums., which set the fashion of the d 9, Mathews was not—had it not in his n at ure to b e an ytill more than a mere mime. Do you as k f or proo f s ? his own Memoirs. Coming in contact with such men Scott and Byron, whom, as he himself says, he was anxi° ll l to study, what do his reminiscences of them amount to? 10 :1 the former was a zealous antiquarian, an d a first-rate no; writer ; and that the latter was—the m os t b eaut if u l man had ever seen ! And this is positively all that this vaun te r observer of human nature remembers o f th e t wo greate r , men of his age ! " A Discourse on Goethe and the Ge r f mans" laughs to scorn the pretensions of the a uthor ° r o " Faust," who —s a y s th e wr it er —" h a d no one e l eme nt the poetic chara c t er i n hi s w h o l e compos i t i on ! " Th e Ir° 0 Gate" is a clever rhymed legend. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. The Chapters of " Jack Sheppard" are much better th i : month than they were l as t, as was to b e expected Wheio the author began to warm to hi s story . T he interes t of a more active character, and life stirs more brisk' throughout. But we o bj ec t t o M r . Ainsworth's 03g5.. 0 . rated description of the storm on the Thames. He he r e trays it with as much imp os i ng gran d eur as if he pourtraying the destructive course o f a h urr i cane across the vast Atlantic. Who would imagine that the f o llo 0 ; solemn, and somewhat pompous description, had referen,„ to a stiff g ale, or tempest, swee pi ng u p the Thames fr t T i Gravesend, and setti ng a ll t h e L o neon chimney-P ° throwing summersets, like so many conjurors ? The hurrican e h a d now reached its climax. The bled shrieked, as if exulting in its wrathful mission. Stunning - 0 1 continuous, the din seemed almost to take away the poste r m hearing. He, who had faced the gale, would have heeo,_' o , -1 stantly stifled, Piercing th roug h every crev i ce i n the elot,AP it, in some cases, tore them from the wearer's limbs, or bi his grasp. It penetrated the skin ; benumbed the fle b g paralysed the fac u lti es . Th e i ntense d ar k ness adde d to ` b , terror of the storm. Th e d es t roy i ng ange l hurried felt shrouded in his gloomiest a pp are l. N one saw, though alitioar presence, and heard the thunder of hi s vo i ce. Imaginaos, coloured by th e o b scur i t y, p eop l e d t h e a i r with phaill°l Ten thousand steeds a pp eare d to b e tramp li n g a l oft, cba:,,,olji, , with the work of d evasta ti on . A w f u l s h apes seemed to jo borne on the wings of the tempest, animating and directing fury. The actual danger was lost sight of in these wi ld ,, a l itl prehensions ; and many ti morous b e i ngs were scared beS" reason's verge by the excess of their fears. The chase on the river at midnight, in the m id s t of I § gala is sketched in a far better spirit, because it i s nero 11r, and graphic with ou t b e i ng stra i ne d . T he dialogue '4 tion, too, of' the chapters, more espec i a ll y w h ere Blues and Jonathan Wild are b roug h t upon t h e scene, i s no t 0 , 0 crorthy of Boz—that supreme master of the many difficu ltl o of dialogue. If carried on with as much animation ag evinced in the chapters before us, Jack Sheppard will, ' c a l think, beat even Rookwood in popularity. " The Eter ° o City" is neat and terse in point of style, but the subjec t r e far too hacknied to awaken much interest. We are a 9 miliar, in description, with the Coliseum at Rome as we art with the Falls of Niagara—and b o th are pretty nea,r,o, equal bores. " The D ea d M an ' s R ace " i s a quaint arn"o ing piece of diablerie, happily calculated for a Christ° fire-side. A poor benighted traveller finds his way in t °, deserted but at night, a nd th ere t o hi s aston i s h ment fin" ..0 dead man lying snugly and comfortably at full length ir', ol parish coffin. Out rushes the traveller, and out after l' l o , rushes the coffin with the corpse in it. The race is an as commonly spirited one, and, as might be expected tin h ig such circumstances, is a dead heat. The close of t a ' r , grotesque legend is remarkably sly and arch in its hute° l " o " That night," says the Author, " after the story had bt e ,, told, nobody would leave Walton Hall, and it was 101 ,1 pered that the maids were all so frightened, that not onel l them would sleep alone—perhaps they slept with Cl c , i other !'"ihe lines on the " Death of Mrs. Maele a :f are by Miss Camilla Toulmin, and are simple and 0 .' 1 "; fected in their pathos. " A Glimpse of London" 15 passable paper. " Oliver Twist" we have already no c 0 in its co ll ecte d f orm . " H an d y A n d y " contains 0,4 f, passages as piquant and racy a s an y t o b e f oun d in 1! Lover's " Rory O'More." A " Song for a Stortn), Night" is agreeably versified. In the " Sketches of An c ! is lusia" we have an imp ress i ve s k e t c h o f th e anc i ent g lori es of the Moorish City of Cordova. FRASER' S MAGAZINE. ds The biographical sketch of " Talley ran d," w hi c h he'll, this number, is as accurate as it i s m i nute, l a its dettlla of the career of this noted statesman during the 61 4 phrenzy of the French revolution, but is marked by a spi e r of theamost envenomed hostility toward s hi m . Th e wrt t 's scarce gives him credit for one singl e goo d qua li t y, u : ", seems to take a pleasure in putting the w ors t construetl on all his actions. Now, when the school i n w hi c h , leyrand was educated, is borne in mind ; when it is re aler , bored that he was a disciple of the Calonn es , the beaus, and the other intriguing master-spirits of a (l e n i when to intrigue was considered one of th e b est p ro ofs statesmanship, and as such was e ncourage d b y t h e Freoc, o Court, which was the very focus—th e h o t-b e d o f a ll sor t! of insidious manceuvrings ;—wh e n th ese thi ngs are tal‘ol into account, the wonder will be, not that Talleyrand I° 4 a Jesuit in politic?, but that h e was a bl e t o preserve be slightest shreds of public character As for his inveterat habits of distrust, which the writer lays special s tress e ij ; none who had witness e d w h a t h e h a d w it nesse d i n ' I , earlier career ; who had seen a Mirabeau succeeded by 0 Petoin, a Petion displ ace d by a D an t on , a D anton overt hrovi o by a Robespierre. a Robespierre, in his turn, overthrown 1 )) Tallien and a Barras, and these again overwhelmed by e ! crushing military despotism —none, we repeat, who witnessed all these startling changes, and been compel le d' from the force of circumstances, to take a share in mew g i of them, cou ld b e ot h erw i se t h an di strust f u l , i n t h e stron g% sense of the term, both as a politician and a man. We not here mean to vindicate Talleyrand's character—for t° swallower and digester too, of fourteen different consti t „ ti ; tional oath s , h as ren d ere d t h e t as k o f v i n di cat i on ne xt impossible—but merely t o accoun t f or some o f hi s ra °s 3 signal obliquities, such, for instance, as the deep-roo te d scepticism which gre w with hi s grow th, an d s t reng thene g with his strength, and reigned triumphant even in his dP j fi e , moments. Taiieyrand was no mo ns ter o f p o liti c al formity, as the writer would seem to imply ; he was sinl r y the creature of circumstances, who did no more than ca r 'j out through life the principles which had been instillee into him in youth, and which f o rmed a sor t o f secon d net 4; which h e cou ld no t, even if h e wou ld, s h a k e o ff. Stranger's Tale" is a wild, striking incident, narrated vi l e considerable emphasis. The introductory portion, I , o e , ever, is lame and tedious. " The Custody of Infan t a Bill" takes up the cudgels on behalf of Mrs. Norton truly chivalrous spirit. The article is written with nlar i ‘ k , ability. " A Railway Glance at the Corn-laws" is O c t , / less and intemperate, as is always the case with those p ar t d o diatribes which are bottomed on a principle of defiance min stra tress root eatil and to Brit 1)( clay bee► Etior able vhi th e , , AN