The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-01 00:00:00

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was again a good demand for Cotton at Liver pool on Saturday. Sales 7,000 bales.—Shares still con tinued good. E astern Counties were 10i ; Grand Junc tion, 227 ; Birmingham Thirds, 41 ; South Western, 75 f ; Manchester and Leeds, 100 ; Midland Counties, 86 ; Paris and Orleans, 334 ; Paris and Lyons, 3 1-sth j II Paris and Ro uen, 3 2 1 ; South Eastern, 354 ; Ditto, New, 354 ; Gr ea t W estern, Fi fths, 19. There are some items ha the advices brought by the Acadia, of a consolatory tenour to the holders of Ame rican State Bond and Shares, at least of those sections of the Union that have become, and of others that would if they dared be, " repudiators." More than one of the non-paying States have, through their Go vernors, on the opening of the State Assemblies, thrown overboard the first doctrine. Pay they cannot, and they admit it ; but they say they will when they can ; and with a renewal of animation in the British trade no q ue stion can be en t erta i ne d that that o f America will o be benefit e d . This is satisfactory to the holders f securities issued by "r, pudiating " States, as these, by the honest resolves of their neighbours must be shamed into principles of honesty. So far, then, the news is good. The Governor of Vir ginia speaks out to this import :—The Governor holds the payment of its debts a matter of honour, more sacred than if compelled by law." The Governor of Tennessee holds similar doctrines ; and, perhaps, in the next arrivals similar expositions will be given by other States. As to f a ll en P ennsylvania, we can hardly hope for any display of honesty in that quarter. The same may be said, we fear, of Mississippi. It is not also an unimportant point, as connected with the inter course between this country and America, that the feel. ing was increasing against the present tariff among Practical men. True it is that the Secretary to the Treasury, i n hi s voluminous speech, does not recommend any alteration for the present, in the import duties, and to make up his budget, he must have resource to taxing tea, coffee, &c. imported. Money was plentiful in New York, but not a very favour able report is furnished of the condition of trade, owing, of course, to the advanced season. The shipments of the new crop of cotton were proceeding but scarcely so actively as at the corresponding period Of 1842. The quotations of the funds have been higher this morning than at the close last week, and are, at least as farms the Three per Cents. are concerned, full 5 per highe r than they were in the middle of 1843. The Commissioners have just purchased Three per Cents. Related at 974, to the extent of 10,0001., fianrm, ad this has rendered the market exceedingly and Consols for the Account have rallied from 961 4to 97, which is the present value. Reduced Three pe Cent ' r -- " s • have advanced from 974 to 974 1 Ex chequer Bills to 665. premium, India Bonds to 80s, pre mium and Bank Stock to 1851. The dividends upon the Sp an i s h Th ree per C en t s . h ave been in course ofliquidation this morning, pursuant to notice, and the prices of the Stock have advanced from to ito 30/ 4 ex div. The Active Bonds have rallied close 224, or about 4 p er cent, higher than they were at the rof the market on Saturday last. Portu ivise Converted B onds are at 44, without the 'i dend and upon Dutch S toc k t h e h a lf -year l y nterest is also in cour se o f payment. The Two-and-a-Half ker Cents. have been sold at 54 4 ex d i v i den d , an d the .Vive per Cents, at 994 4. Belgian are at 1031 ; Mexi can at 314 ; and Colombian ex Venezuelan, lii. Rus sian Stock has been bought at 17 per cent. over par, The tone of the Railway Shares is good this morning. The Manchester and Leeds have advanced to 32 prem., though the price is now 1/. lower, and the New Shares to 16 premium. The Northern and East ern command 8 premium; the Paris and Orleans about 14; the Rouen and Havre, 54 prem. ; Paris and Rouen, 134 prem. ; the South E astern and Dover (Scrip), 114 Prom. ; and the York an d N orth Midland New Shares, ' 3 l - i Prem. South Western are about the same as on Saturday, as well as Great Western and the Great North of England, Mexicali Mining Shares are at 3 per . BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY S AT ONE Share O'CLOCK. Bank (From the Official List.) Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 5 per C ent . R educed Annuities India Boncis, 1,000 Ditto under 1,000 B ank Stock for Account i C onsols for Opening 9 6 97 Exchequer Bills, lid. 14d. 10001. 5004 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent Alex lean Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent.......... Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent -Ditto Converted 44 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent. Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive B on d s Ditto Three per Cent. ._ 3014 Ditto for th e A ccount 3055a Dutch 21 per Cent.~.. Ditto for the Ace0un .. t .........---... s4li Dutch 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 994 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. R A ILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Bristol and Exeter...., ... ..... 70 •• ••• 641.-- to 651 Eastern Counties ...................... 23 ._ ll to Ditto Scrip ... ............... 8/. 6 s . gd. ...... 12/ Great Western .......• . ............ 65 Great North of Englan'd ••• •• I °° Ditto 1 Shares ••• 50 .....70 London and Brighton Ditto Loan Notes a •ondon and Blackwell Loudon and So uth Western ... 41% ... .. 751 744 to 75 Land on and Cr oydon ( Trunk). 131 144- to Manch ester and Leeds 13it tn New Shares.... Midland Counties ... Npor.thern and Eastern 45 s2il ... to 53 Paris and Orleans ois and Rouen 020 .. south ittot t r i :eann(ibc " v- e . r . ' • • 2 550 York and North Midl an d SO to Ditto New Shares 2O - to -- MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 30.—The laarket continues strong and prices are well maintained. I.,ilanehester and Leeds, 100; Manchester and Birming nam. 40; South Eastern, 354; Lancaster and Preston, 344 ; Ditto T hree - Quarter Shares, 235 LL0YD'5,,..........,___:„ SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) L ' uN D°N, JAN. I . —Wind, light breeze from N.W. and cloudy. It blew hard last night, with squalls, and snowed from six to eleven, A.m. S. DEAL, D EC . 30.—Wind N.W. and S.W., calm. 31. duras .W. fresh b reeze.—Arrd. General Wolfe, 011ard, Hon ; Natchiz, Boston. Sld. Haaber, Charleston. SWANSEA, DEC. 29 .—Arrd. Cobero, Jack, and Sir H. Goldsruid, Crawley, Cuba. 30.--Arrd. Alderman Pirie, Penrose, Cuba. ..._ OF F PENZANC E, DEC. 2 9.—William le Ban, Batavia ; Yortland, Robinson, St, John's, New Brunswick, PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 30. Wind, N.E. 31.—5. W., squallY,—Arrd. H.M.S. Bonetta, Sierra Leone, s a il e d 28 th 28th th alt ; Prince Royal (transport), Ki ng, A nt i gua, POOL sa ult. ; Acadia, Robson, Quebec. foundlan E, DEC. 31.—Arrd. Emma, Nesworthy, New , W illiam IV,, Honor, Labrador. _ OFF TORBAY, DEC. 28.—Flora, Miltopeans, Batavia, for Gothenberg, sailed from the Cape of Good Hope, Oct. 28, St. Helena, 13th ult. 30.—Arrd. Codrington, Iluxtable, Antigua. OFF DARTMOUTH DEC. 29.—Lady S e at on, Thomp son, M ontreal, SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 30.—Arrd. L a dy M ary Wood, st eamer, Gib ra l tar. S FA LMOUTH, D EC . 30.—Wind W.S.W., to S.W . , 31 . ".,r•W., to W., f res h b reezes.—Arrd. Abeona, Boden, St. hn's, Ne wfoundland, with loss of bulwarks, &c., and N part of orfolk ; the ca rgo t h rown overboard. Ski. Duke of , Tobago Lydford, Grenad a . LiRPOOL DEC. 30.—Wi n d W . S . W ., light. 31. Win vEd S. to W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Globe, Ward, Callao zl,(Sept. 17); Annabelle, Ward, Arica (Sept. 9); Norval, ic, Macao (Nov. 19); Sandbacb, Bellis, Demerara (Nov..\ 28); Medusa, James, Jamaica; Athns, Johns, Virginia; Acadia steamer, Boston, sailed from Halifax 19th ult. ; Laguenay, Murray, Quebec. 31. Manin, Cary, Paraiba; Apparition, Jones, and Warman, Gibbs, Porto Cabello; Moslem, Maranham; Victoria, Manza- nilla. Sld. K e lb y, New Orleans; Eagle, Bombay; Bri- t ° ll 's Queen and Symmetry, Mobile; Miracle, Savannah; Britannia and Loo-choo, New Orleans. Arrd. off Hand- Ware, St. John's, New Brunswick. The Mersey, Ha milton, from Quebec to this port, ran on shore on the rocks near Point Neuf (St. Laurence), on the 22d of November, and remained. Two er v essels ar e reported to be on shore near the Mersey, oth one supposed to be the Falcon. The Welsford, from Quebec to London, did not return to the former port as reported on the 28th instant, but was hauled into a place of safety O Bic, where sh e w ill w i nter. The Laurence, Forster, the ffotn V alparaiso to thi s port, put into Pernambuco, on 2d November, leaky, and with loss of bulwarks, &c., 41111 was disch arg i ng part of her cargo. The Aristides, ` lo na Neva, was getting in a new foremast. DUBLIN, DEC. 29 .—Arrd. Janet, Demerara. „ C ons, DEC. 28 .—Arrd. off, Lady Bute, M'Kinlay, ualeatta. Sld. Archer, Santa Martha. LIMERICK, DEC, 2 9.—The Parmelia, Ross, from Que bec to London, has been towed into the Shannon in dis tress, havi ng l ost her rudder and received other damage 3d inst., during a gale, and will come up here to discharge Andret pair. The Melissa, which was towed into Seat er/ Roads, has come up here to repair. . SHIELDS, DEC. 28.—The Bridlington steamer, of Blyth, 11 1 Making this harbour last tide, got on the rock near the bar, and remains. SHE ERNESS, D EC . 3 1.—The John and Mary; of Blyth, houndo to London, coal laden, g o t on s h ore on the Maplin b but is expected off without assistance. -......„____ SIN- 'GULAR DEATH OF A YOUNG WOMAN BY FIRE. -- On Saturd ay Mr. Baker held an inquest at the White Llart, Alfred -street, Bow, Middlesex, on the body of arab, Walton, aged thirty years. Mrs. Eliza Reeve stated that on g last, about half-past ten o'clock, the deceased went into a water-closet at the back oh Wof tile dwelling -house of a Mr. Atwell, at whose house Il ue WWI sp en d ing the evening. In a short time after a gre to at light w as o b served i ssuing therefrom, and going ascertain the cause, she found the deceased enveloped in flames. A can dl e s h e h ad taken with her }a i lls lying on the floor, apparently ext i ngu i s h e d b y the . Rer clothes were burning upwards. Deceased was ~Tpletelyparalysed, and did not e i ther cry or speak. Witnen raised an alarm, and procured immediate assist ance from several persons in the house, and the flames ;ferete put out, but not before she was dreadfully burnt all /Tedthe body. Dr. Ansell was sent for, who adminis di!the proper remedies, but she died on Friday morn frlnt the effects of the injuries she sustained. Ver t".4 4044Clittil Detttlie" THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EN gNING, JANUARY 1, 1844. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—MONDAY. Notwithstanding the returns show rather an extensive ar rival of English Wheat far the last week, the stands were by no means heavily supplied with samples, owing, in some measure, to the receipts just up being on a very mode rate scale. A large portion of the Wheat being some what out of condition, from the effects of the prevailing damp weather, and the attendance of buyers—most of whom were short of stock-goods—the demand for the finest qualities was firm, at prices fully equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight ; indeed, in some few in stances, a trifling advance was paid for such descriptions, In the middling and inferior kinds of both red and white a steady business was doing, at fully previous rates. The show of samples of free Foreign Wheat was not large, while we have to report a very steady inquiry for that description of grain, and full currencies were ob tained without difficulty. Barley, especially malting kinds, was in active request ; but we have no further improvement to notice in its value, which was well maintained. There was a free sale for Malt, and nearly the whole on offer found 'buyers, at fully last week's quotations. The Oat trade was rather slow, at low rates, with a limited supply on the stands. In Beans, Peas, and Flour, not much was doing, and prices re mained unaltered. CURRENCY PEn IMPERIAL MEASURE. WHEAT—EUCX & Kent, red............ 40s to 48i Ditto, white • 558 to 63s Norfolk and Lin coin, red 42s to 458 Ditto white 44s to 50s , Irish red 478 to 50s Ditto } white RYE—Old 29s to 33s New 36$ to 322 BARLEY—Grinding 24a to 27$ Malting Chevalier Ws to 34' MALT—Suffolk and Nor I folk 563 to 62s' Brown 50s to 54s Kingston and Ware 56s to 62s FOREIGN GRAIN AT WHitaT—Dantsic 49s to 6561 Hamburgh 3BB to 40,11 BARLEY 3OB t 0.3381 OATS —New lss t 0.1751 Feed l4s to 164 MALT—Chevalier 63s to Oan—Yorkshire and _ _ _ Lincohuh., ieed --- , 23s to 24a Potatoe Youghall and Cork, black Cork, white 19 9 to 20. 000000 *to ____ Scotch, feed ... 2ll to 23s BEANS—MeIt. 30s to 36s PEAS—Grey 3ss to 39s Maple 33s to Ms 'White 3os to 35i Boilers 32. to 38s FLOUR—Town made Suffo k Sis to SS' Stockton & Norfolk SAs to 36 D FLOUR IN BOND. BRANS 201 ts 26s PEAS 23s to 27s Floua—American Baltic Vs to Our market was on the whole but moderately supplied with Beasts the time of year considered, but their qua lity was very superior to that which we have noticed in many previous corresponding markets at this season. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather we had a large number of buyers in attendance, owing to which the Beef trade was active, at an advance on the currencies obtained on this day se'nnight, of from 2d to:4d per 81bs, and at that improved value a clearance was easily effected. Although a few very superior Scots found purchasers at 4s 4d, we consider the highest gene ral figure for Beef not to have exceeded 4s 2d per Sibs. The northern droves of beasts were composed of about 1,600 short horns. Those from the western and mid land districts comprised 450 Herefords, Devons, Herts, Scots, &c. From other parts of England, we received 350 of various breeds ; from Ireland, 30 beasts, and from Scotland, 90 horned and polled Scots. As to sheep, they came rather freely to hand, and, for the most part, in excellent condition. The butchers, however, were cau tious in their purchases ; hence the mutton trade must be considered dull, though last week's quotations were well supported—prime old Downs realizing quite 4s 8d per 81bs. The numbers of calves were about equal to meet the wants of the dealers, and nearly, or quite, the whole of them were disposed of at Friday's advanced rates. The Pork trade was rather active, and the rates were quite as high as those on this day se'nnight. During the past week, no importations of live stock have taken place for our market, and we had none on sale here to-day. ' a. d. to 3.411 s. d. to s. d. Inferior 8ea5t5.......... 3 2 3 4, Inferior Sheep 3 2 3 8 bacon uality ditto... 3 6 3 8i Second quality ditto 3 ,10 4 0 Prime large Oxen 310 4 0 ; Coarse-woolled ditto 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots. &c. 4 0 4 2' Seuthdown Wethers 4 8 4 8 Large coarse Calves... 3 4 4 01 Large Hogs 3 II 310 Prime small ditto 4 2 4 6 Sma ll Porkers 4 0 4 6 SucklingCalves.each 19 0 30 oi Quarter old Pigs, eachl6 0 23 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. Pigs I 2 , 758 23,280 78 239 NEW GATE AND LEADENEALL. Notwithstanding a very great falling off has taken place in the receipts of country-killed meat up to these markets during the past week, the supplies from most quarters have been seasonably large, and, comparatively speaking, of fair average quality. Although the supply of London-killed meat has been good, the trade with most descriptions—but especially with the best Beef, Mutton, and Pork—has ruled steady, and prices have been firmly supported. At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d.l s. d. to s. d. Reef, Inferior...." ...... 2 4 2 8, Mutton, inferior 3 0 3 6 210 3 0' - middling 3 8 4 0 - prime 1arge,..... 3 0 3 - prime ..... 4 2 4 4 - prime small . 8 4 36 1 Pork, large 2lO 3 8 Veal ....................«.. 3 4 4 4t ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Pits Scotland 2O 600 670 Yorkshire Norfolk Suffolk 3 140 ,70 Cambridgeshire Essex Surrey 24 280 138 270 Devonshire ' 4O 40 40 Wiltshire - 15 70 200 100 Other parts • 2O 60 100 200 Total„,„ , Previous week" a rr i val, In al. 594 2,480 5,190 639 2,372 880 4,982 Difference since our last... 432 2,510 _ _ TALLOW- _ _ 291 1,010 The Tallow Market has continued in a sluggish state. The quotation in our statement is the exact price for small parcels of Y.C. on the spot, while the price for January and February is 41s. The actual stock is 37,500 casks, including two or three vessels yet to ar rive. Town Tallow is plentiful, and the price 40s net cash. Melted stuff, 30s ; rough ditto, 19s. BOROUGH AND BIPITALTAPIET A DI3. A fair average ,quantity of Potatoes has reached the water-side during the weak. Although the weather has continued mild, prime qualities have been in demand at full prices. In other kinds of Potatoes, however, very little has been doing. BOROVOR HOP MARKET. We have still to report a very steady demand for all descriptions of new Hops, and prices, in some instances, are looking upward ; indeed, many parties have with drawn their samples altogether from the market, under the impression that the higher rates will be obtained within a few weeks. The quantity of Hops on offer is, therefore, unusually small. In old. Hops, the quotations of which are uncertain, very little is doing. WOOL MARKET. Since this day se'nnight, the imports of foreign and colonial Wool have been on a very moderate scale. As is almost invariably the case at this period of the year, the demand for most descriptions of Wool is heavy, yet we have noticed no alteration in prices. BRIGHTON. (From the Brighton Herald of Saturday.) The London contractor, Mr. Reynolds, of Bayswater, who out-bid all the Brighton builders for the completion of Mr. George Robins's recent purchase, the mansion at Kemp Town, is proceeding at a railroad pace in his task. He is bound under a heavy fine to finish it for oc cupation in four months. The mansion of the Hon. Hanbury Tracy was the scene of a brilliant entertainment on Thursday evening, a great portion of the rank, fashion, and elegance of the town being their assembled. Madame Oury contributed to the gratification of the evening by the display of her unrivalled talents ; and the extraordinary performances of Mr. Love were called into requisition, and afforded the greatest pleasure, the entre acts being enlivened by the sparkling music of Kirchner. Among the company present were her Grace the Duchess of Somerset, Lady Shaw Stewart, Lady Grenville, Lady Charlemont, Lord and Lady George Seymour, Lady Lowley, Lord and Lady Petre, Sir Matthew Tierney, and the Hon. Gen. Sir A. Upton. Mr. Charles Kean plays nex Friday evening at eur theatre, previously to his appearance at Drury-lane. Mrs. George Robins's sable muff, left by mistake - at the Old Ship after Madame Michau's academy was over on the 18th inst., has not come to light. It has unluckily got into bad hands. A reward of a guinea, it would seem, is not enough to tempt the dishonest possessor to exercise the redeeming virtue of repentance. We can only say let them adopt the old maxim of " better late than never." By this course their character will be only slightly damaged. A Sheriff's Court was held at the Town Hall yester day morning, before W. Furner, Esq., Deputy-Sheriff, for the trial of two actions. The first was Bernard v. W. Lucas, for the sum of 71. 17s. 3d., which plaintiff, a blacksmith and shoesmith, alleged to be due to him by defendant, a greengrocer, for repairs done to a cart, and for shoeing his horses, in 1842. Several witnesses were called in proof of the debt, and the jury returned a ver dict for the plaintiff for the full amount.—There was a second case of Dobie v. Richard, which was a claim For 51. for a quarter's rent of a house in Market-street. The defendant pleaded payment, and put in a stamp acl receipt, which Mr. Dobie admitted to be his handwritb.sg. In reply to this, Mr. Dobie's boy was called, who swore, on being sent to the defendant with a receipt, the defen dant put it into his pocket, and promised to call and pay, but he did not do so, and on being subsequently c ailed upon, he refused to give up either the money eir the receipt. In support of the boy's statement, a dresser, named Richard Allen, was called, and he de posed that the defendant, in a conversation w;dth 'him about three months ago, told him he had obtalT.led a re ceipt for his rent without paying the money. 'This was the plaintiff's case ; and Mr. Bennett, in reply, pointed out -that the receipt which the boy swore Um defendant took from him about the 29th September s 'was dated on the 12th October. The jury returned a, -verdict for the plaintiff. . . . _ A meeting of the Brighton Anti-torn-law Association took place, on Thursday evening last, at the SPussex Coffee House, Prince Albert-street, when the association was re-instituted for the year 1844. Colonel Ti ickey was appointed treasurer ; the Rev. Jas. Edwards„ hon. sec. ; and F. Carter, clerk. A Committee of Manage ment was also appointed. The Association meets again on Thursday next, and on the first Thursday ii.n..every month throughout the year. HAYMARKET THEATRE.--Madame Vestris and Mr. C. Mathews re -appeared hero on Saturday evening, after a short absence, arising from circumstances which have been already stated to the public. The perform antes were the lively burletta of Patter v. Clatter, and the -tittle Devil. The reception of Mr. and Mrs. Mathews was warm and cordial, and must have been most gratif3zing to both. The Gambols of Puck with the Elf King Obe ron, by Professor Risley and his clever son, Le Betite Mercure, were as successful and delightful as ever ; and the varied performances of the evening concluded with the delightful musical fairy extravaganza of the Fair One with the Golden Locks. We are authorised to state that the report of the intended resignation by Sir John Rae Reid of his seat in Parliament, for this borough, is without foundation.— POver Telegraph, DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAIL. THE HAGUE, DEC. 28.—The Second Chamber of the States-General received in its sitting to-day Royal Messages with the following projects of law :- 1. A project of law, authorising the State to dis charge a part of its debt (22 millions of florins) to the Society of Commerce. This sum is to be paid by means of the extraordinary tax, or, if that should be insufficient, by other means to be determined by the law. 2. The project of law for imposing an extraordinary tax on property, and also for a voluntary loan. This project is divided into two parts. The first relates to the voluntary loan. This loan to the State is to be for 150 millions of florins at 3 per cent interest. In scriptions will not be received for 100 florins, and the multiples of that sum. The instalments are to be paid before the Ist of April, 1844, for one quarter, and before the Ist :of July and the Ist of October, 1844, the Ist of January, the Ist of April, the Ist of July, and the Ist of October, 1843, per one-eighth. ,Every instalment is to be paid 30 per cent. in cash, and 70 per cent. at the option of the parties in terested, either in cash or in bonds, payable by the State, or by its transmarine possessions. These bonds will be renewed in payment at the following rates : a. The inscriptions in the great _book of the Na tional Debt Two-and-a-Half per Cents. on the certi ficates of that debt at 56 per cent. b. The inscription in the great book of the Na tional Debt Five per Cents., and the certificates of that debt at 100 per cent. c. The bonds of the Syndte Four-and-a Half per Cent. at 96 per cent. d. The bond of the same nature at 3} per cent. at 82 per cent. e. The Zosrenten of the domain (redeemable annui ties) Fire per Cent., at 100 per cent. The Zosrenten of the transmarine possessions are Five per Cent. at 100 perxent. The bonds must be accompanied with the coupons not yet due. Receipts will be delivered for the paymtntslb be made, which will be converted into inscriptions in the great book to be opened for that purpose. The second division of the project of law contains very detailed regulations relative to the tax on pro perty, which will be of necessity imposed in case the voluntary loan should not be effected. The tax will be 1 per cent. THE HAGUE, DEC. 29.—Advice has been received this afternoon, by express, from Helvoetsluys, that the mortal remains o 1 his late Majesty King William Frederick have arrived here, and were immediately conveyed to Rotterdam. The Minister of Marine and Governor of South Holland immediately pro ceeded to Rotterdam, to be present at the arrival of the steamer with the body, which they are to receive in the name of the King, and see it deposited in the great hall prepared for it. BRUSSELS, DEC. 27. 7 —The average price of wheat last week was 17f. 69c., and that of rye llf. 35c. per hectolitre. The duty on importation remains there fore at 37f. 50c. per 100 kilogrammes on wheat, and 21f. 50c. on rye, and the export duty on both at 25c. Count d'Arschot and M. Wyns, burgomaster of Brussels, have visited the Theatre de la Monnaie, to direct the final arrangements for the grand fetes which their Majesties will give to the inhabitants of Brussels. Their Majesties came yesterday to the palace of Brussels, and had a grand dinner, to which the Duke of Valentinois, Prince of Monaco, and several of the Foreign Ministers and persons of distinction were in vited. Their Majesties returned to Lacken at ten o'clock. We learm from Charleroi that a mill and 6,000 sheaves of corn have been destroyed by an incendiary fire. in the commune of Raves ; the fire was kindled by means of lucifer matches, a box of which was found on the spot. BnussuLs, DEC. 28.—The budget of the depart ment of Foreign Affairs and of the Marine, did not give occasion to many observations in the Senate. The principal speakers were on the sum asked for our Ministers of Foreign Courts, which was thought rather high, and to the affairs of the British Queen. The result was the adoption of the budget of the Marine unanimously, and of that of Foreign Affairs, with only one dissentient voice. The Moniteur of to-days (the 28th) publishes the text of the law which taxes the maximum of 80,000 man for the army in 1844, and at 10,000 men, the amount of the body for the same year. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, DEC. 29.—The King arrived at the Palace at eleven o'clock this morning, and at noon gave audience to several functionaries in the different branches of the Administration, both of the capital and the province, as well as to a great number of persons of distinction. The Senate continued to-day the debate on the Ways and Means, which, after some observations by different Members, was agreed to by a majority of 23 to 3. The Senate then _agreed to the vote of credit for the depart ment of public works ; to the law relative to the impor tation of barley and rye; and to that concerning the tolls on the canals and rivers. A deputation of six Members was then chosen to com pliment the King on the new year. TRIESTE, DEC. 18.—The collections for the Germans in Greece proceeds very satisfactory, and the inhabitants of Trieste show, on this occasion, their usual liberality. We hear that the French steamers, from Marseilles to Alexandria, are to go by way of Malta, aad not, as hitherto, by way of Syra. By this change we should be obliged to have our correspondence, to and from Alex andria, pass through Marseilles, which will not be indif ferent to our merchants. DEATH OF A ONCE CELEBRATED CHARACTER. An individual died hero a short time since, who ob tained an unenviable celebrity more than twenty years ago. This was the. Bishop of Clogher, who was indicted for a crime, committed in St. James's, London, in 1822, forfeited bail and tied, was degraded from his ecclesias tical dignity, and has never been heard of till now. He kept house at No. 4, Salisbury-place, under the assumed name of Thomas Wilson, to which he removed four years as;4o, having previously resided in Glasgow. His mode of living was extremely private, scarcely any visitors being known to enter his dwelling, but it was remarked that the post occasionally brought him letters sealed with coronets. His incognito was wonderfully pre served ; it was only known to one or two individuals in the neighbourhood, who kept the secret till after his death. The application for interment was made in the name of Thomas Wilson. There was a plate upon the coffin which he had got prepared some years before ; but without any name upon it. It bore a Latin inscription, the sense of which was as follows :—" Here lie the remains of a great sinner, saved by grace, whose hope rests in the atoning sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ." The preparation of this inscription years before shows that ho was deeply penitent. He was very anxious to conceal his true name, having got it carefully obliterated from his books and articles of furniture. He gave instructions that his burial should be in the nearest churchyard, that it should be conducted in the most private and plain manner, and at six in the morning. His directions were complied with ex. inept in the selection of the ground. His body was dr awn to the new cemetery in a hearse with one horse, followed by five mourners in a one-horse coach, at seven im the morning. Such was the obscure and humble death and funeral of the Hon. and Rev. Percy Jocelyn, The son of a Peer, who spent the early years of his life in the society of the great, and held one of the highest 'ecclesiastical dignities in the empire. He was uncle to I the present Lord Roden.—Scotsman. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. 30.—Messrs. C. J. Webber, C. V. Harcourt, H. A. Hervey, and C. S. Fortescue, have been elected students of Christ Church. The Rev. T. Dry, of Merton College, has been unani mously elected head-master of Sir W. Paston's Free Grammar School, North Walaham, Norfolk. The following clergymen have been installed as pre bendaries of Hereford cathedral :—The Rev. W. E. Evans, Rev. J. Veen, Rev. J. B. Webb, Rev. W. J. Thornton. The Rev. W. Grigsen has been presented, on his own petition, to the rectories of Whinbergh and Westfield, in the county of Norfolk—value 243/. per annum. The Dean and Canons of Windsor have presented the Rev. S. J. Lott to the perpetual curacy of Branniuch, Devonshire—value 1021. per annum. F. Nassau, Esq., has presented the Rev. B. Poring to the rectory of Fersfield;,,in the county of Norfolk—value 325/. per annum. • The Marquis of Bristot has presented the Rev. J. A. Smith to the rectory of Shotley, in the county of Suffolk —value 6041. per annum. The Dean and Chapter of Norwich have presented the Rev. J. Spurrell to the perpetual curacy of West Beck ham, in the county of Norfolk—value 61/. per annum. SUPPOSED CHEMICAL CAUSE OF TIM FIBS AT LIVERPOOL.—We have received the following from a correspondent :—" It is known that the strong smell of sugar, proceeding from the stoves of sugar-houses, is a gas liable to ignition. The places about the stoves are kept very air• tight. The particularly heavy atmosphere which has prevailed for a length of time may have assisted the accumulation and favoured the chemical changes to which this gas is liable to a point when explo ' sion must take place, without any contact of flame, but from the affinities and particular state of electricity governing the elements composing the sugar gas, to re ; solve itself into now combinations. We trust the sub ject will be taken up by scientific men." It was currently reported through the town that the men were locked in when at work, but there is no truth whatever in the tatatement.—Liverpool Journal. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD'S 2kIAGAZEVE. It is curious to see this high-Tory periodical— this staunch advocate for prerogative—this un flinching assertor fur years of " the right divine of Kings to govern wrong" —now, at length, coming forward and acknowledging that, " hitherto, the municipal laws and institutions of this country have been defective, inasmuch as they have made or little or no provision for the adequate instruction of the people. Much, no ' doubt,"bas been already done, but much still re mains to be done." What, is it Maga that thus insists on the education of the " vulgar masses, and alludes without a sneer to the " Great Un washed?" Is it Maga that has at last found out that the old " municipal institutions" were de fective—she who strenuously resisted every pro position for their reform when brought forward by the Whigs? We look to the title-page, &c., of the Magazine to see whether we are not in error—but no, the grave, but abominably ugly face of old George Buchanan oii the wrapper, convinces us that there is' " no mistake,' and that Blackwood is really becoming a very re spectable Reformer, like the rest of civilized humanity. What a striking evidence is here of the irresistible force of public opinion ! Five years ago we should as soon have thought of seeing this desperate Tory pe riodical advocate the education of the people, as of seeing the Bishop of Exeter play Columbine in the pantomime. The " State Prosecutions," in which the above remark occurs, is, we pre sume, the production of a lawyer, or, at any rate, of one who betrays in every page quite a nervous anxiety to display his legal lore to ad vantage. It is a heavy article, and as dry as a chip. The " Adventures in Texas" are resumed this month, which we are glad to see, for the series abounds in stirring variety of incidents, which are put together with the dramatic tact of a practised workman. In the political diatribe, headed " Position and Prospects of the Govern ment," the writer rings the Tory tocsin, and calls on all his party to organise, so as to neutralise the influence of the Anti-Corn-law League. " Let every existing Conservative Club, or As sociation," he says, be stirred up into increased action, and put into real working . trim forthwith." This is energetic advice, but it - is too late. The vantage ground on which they have stood for the last two years, is gradually giving way be neath the feet of the Conservatives; there is discord in their councils—vacillation among their chiefs—distrust and perplexity among their subordinates—and instead of rallying or organis ing, they are far more likely to split into sections, each of whom will make a point of keeping jealously aloof from the other. With their great opponent, the League, on the other hand, all is strict combination—strenuous, persevering action. Every move they make is as nicely calculated as the moves on a chess-board. They sound their way with the utmost precau tion—heave the lead so as to keep clear of shoal water. Hence their extraordinary success, which is the natural result of boldness chastened by judgment. In the present chapters of " Mars ton, or the Memoirs of a Statesman," we have some life-like sketches of the advance of the allied armies upon France under the Duke of Brunswick, together with a portait of that Quixotic republican, Lafayette, after his deser tion of his own troops. The Duke is painted in far too flattering colours, for he had little more of the soldier about him than his uniform, and with all his resources was never able for any length of time to make. successful head against the raw French conscripts. The " New Art of Printing." is a whimsical quiz upon the present mania for illustration, wherein it is ironically re commended that artists should be everywhere substituted for authors, and that novels, politics, reviews, &c., should be engraved in stead of written. The " Banking-house" is now brought to a close, appropriately winding up with the crash of Mr. Allcraft's establishment, his own utter ruin, and subsequent fall in a duel, where he received ample " satisfaction" right through the centre of the brain ! His last inter view with his clerk is worth quoting, and we give it accordingly : " ' Do not take on so, my dear Sir,' said Burrage, running to him. Pray, be calm. lam sure you are unwell. You have been ill for some time. You should see a doctor—although I am very much afraid that your disease is beyond their cure—in truth I am.' " Burrage,' said Michael in a whisper, and still sighing convulsively—' It is all over. It is finished. Prepare for the crash—look to your own safety. Hide yourself from the gaze of men. It will strike us all dead.' " You frighten me, Mr. Allcraft—you are really very ill. Your brain is over-worked—you want a little repose and recreation.' " Yes, you are right Burrage—the recreation of a gaol—the repose of a tomb. We will have one, at least—yes, one—and I have made the selection.' " ' Have you heard any bad news to-day, Sir ?' " None—excellent news to-day. No more hopes and fears—no alarms—no lying and knavery—eternal peace now, and not eternal wretchedness.' " ' Ilad you not better leave the bank, Mr. Allcraft, and go home ? Your hands are burning hot. You are in a high fever.' " Put up the shutters—put up the shutters,' muttered Michael, more to himself than to his clerk. Write bankrupt on the door—write it in large letters —in staring capitals—that the children may read the word, and know why they are taught to curse me. You hear me, Burrage ?' " ' I hear what you say, Sir, but I do not under stand you. You want rest—you are excited.' " I tell you, Burrage, lam quiet—l never was so quiet—never sounder in body and mind. Will you refuse to listen to the truth ? Man,' he con tinutheed,farcaei:in, i raising his voice e an — d aloobeggar. The bank is king the clerk steadily in at its last gasp. The doors are closed to-night-- never to be re-opened.' " God forbid, Sir ?' " Why io ?—would you drive me mad ? Am I to have no peace—no rest ? Am Ito be devoured, eaten away by anxiety and trouble ? Have you no human blood--no pity for me ? Are you as selfish as the rest ?' " ' Is it possible, Sir ?' "' It is the truth. But speak not of it. I will l,l o s , .n more. tale.llYou ho yu hearVhave your life if you betray m e until the event tells its They are very simple ‘o if you could nt guess their meanin g ?' " ' Oh—l have dreaded this—l have suspected it l' said Burrage, wringing his hands; ' but it has always Idoe closey the ou words.ts h ta e re door so, as no t o -night, to open it seemed impossible. Poor Mr. Allcraft l' " ' Poor!' exclaimed Michael. 'Do you begin already ? Do you throw it in fny teeth so soon? You are in the right, man—go with the stream— taunt me—spit in my face—trample mein the dust !' " BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. The most attractive feature in this month's Miscellany is decidedly Mr. Murray's " Phy siology of London Life." The theme has been often discussed, but it is one of those few of which we may say with truth that it is inexhaustible. For London is not a mere wealthy capital of vast dimensions, but an epitome of the whole world. It has its races-omits tribes—its colonies —each of which is as distinct from the other, and has as little in common with it, as the Yankee has with the Red Indian. Moreover, it has its strictly defined boundary lines which separate the regions of civilisation from those of barbarism; and we firmly believe that the inha bitant of Belgrave-square knows less of the manners, tastes, habits, &C., of the h a lf- savage mountaineers of Islington or Brixton-hill, than t he knows of the usages of the Esquimaux. It is not ten years since Mr. Croker publicly con fessedsesqu h a is re ig ; dis covery has been so tardy since that period, that we believe even now .the latitude and longitude ignorance n t c i e l e of progresshe of northern geography of Rus sell-square this all but terra i ncognita are not correctly ascertained. We once heard of a man of fashion who by accident found his way into it, and when some hours after be returned to his acquaintances at the Carlton, and . described the impression made on him by the singular appearance of the natives, it was considered a miracle that he had escaped the scalping-knife and the toma hawk. Many books have been written on " Ger many and the Germans," " Italy and the Italians," " Ireland and the Irish," but we think a work on ‘, Islington and the Islingtonians" would be far more curious and nove l, revea li n g, as it would do, primitive modes of life, costume, tastes, and prejudices, of which the fashionable West-end has little 9r no conception. To say nothing of other striking differe nces , midnight at Islington is high-noon at Belg rave - square; an d when the civilised denizens of the latter locality are just sitting down to dinner, the unsophisti cated tribes of the former have concluded their supper, and are journeying bed-ward. Mr. Murray, who writes so well about London and its suburbs, should take this theme in hand. We know quite enough about Africa, and it is high time we should know somethi ng o f that un travelled district lying eastward of Gray's Inn lane, or of the still more remote region of Brixton, which among other primitive luxuries, rejoices in the comforts of a treadmill. The " Fortunes of the Scattergood Family" opens with a lively sketch of the Essex marshes, and a journey in a night-waggon from Romnford to London. The author is Albert Smith, who always writes best when he relies on his own resources, and does not imitate Boz. The illustrations by Leech are excellent. The " Genuine Remains of William Little" is to us wholly unintelligible. It is well-timed, however, forming, as it does, an agreeable Christmas puzzle. In the " Fish street Catastrophe" the denouement is too long delayed, and the poem frequently hangs fire. The " Gaol Chaplain" contains a narrative of a " Banker's Clerk," which is supposed to be re lated by a policeman. The story is ably told, particularly that portion of it which refers to the Castlereagh spy-system. The observations, which we subjoin, on head-waiters, &c., are from an en tertaininti article entitled " The London Hotel keeper :" " Among the memorabilia of hotels is the übiquity and insomnolency of head- waiters. At all hours of the day, and night these wretched creatures are primed for service. The family which returns at four from a ball, or the family which rises at five to start on a journey, finds them equally alert, after having waited at all the tables, and slaved after all the rings of all the bells the preceding day. It may be doubted, indeed, whether they behold their beds throughout the season,—a slight ablution or change of wig, being their utmost refreshment. Hence the curious weazoned old-boyish air of this peculiar and much enduring race of men, compelled to curtsy and submission to as many masters as the toad lying under the harrow, when ilka tooth gave her a tug !" Be it not supposed that we have aught to urge against the venerable dignity of the Clarendon, or the modern refinements of Mivart's Apartment des Princes. These, and many others, are excellent after their kind. Moreover, if people choose to be victimized by a hotel-keeper, the act and deed is their own. We are ready to attest that, when an Irish peer adduced to a Brook-street hotel-keeper a charge of three-and sixpence a-bottle for soda-water in a former bill as a reason for having betaken himself elsewhere, mine host urbanely replied, Your Lordship ought to have told me what you intended to give. When properly arranged with, I can charge as reasonably as anybody. What can an hotel-keeper say more ? " But for this highway and byway robbery during the haivest of the season, how, in fact, could the hotel-keeper enable himself to get through the autumn, when his house might just as well be closed as her Majesty's theatres, for any moneys taken at the doors? Saving painters and white-washers, not a soul crosses his threshold ; unless, now and then, some skinflint of a dowager, on her way through London from Broadstairs to her dower-house in some midland county, who saving for the sops of her parrot, and the board of her maid, expends not a sixpence in the hotel ;—or a brace of tender parents conveying some young hopeful to Eton, and spending four- and twenty reluctant hours in London, for a preparatory visit to the dentist. For six or eight months, in short, every caravanserai stands empty as the heads of the honourables and lordlings who frequent it in May and July; its kitchen-range rusting; its curtains and hangings being required to down with their dust,' instead of its customers. Nevertheless, rent, taxes, and waiters, must be paid as regularly as if the hotel-keeper were not taking his pleasure at Rams gate, and his customers at three hundred miles dis tance. And how is this to be effected, we should like to know, unless by charging three-and .sixpence a bottle for soda-water while the sun shines, and the town is crowded ?" NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. We expected more entertainment from the reminiscences of " Prince Talleyrand" than we have met with. One or two of the anecdotes related of him are good—especially the hoax which he played off on an impertinent provincial functionary, who had visited him at his country seat,Valencay ; but altogether the article wears the appearance ofhaving been manufactured expressly to order, and if we are not mistaken, the Prince's account of his own melodramatic adventure with a friend of his in America, who suddenly went mad, and as suddenly conceived the project of his assassination, has already appeared in print. However, the article has some redeeming points; the incidental sketches of the chateau of Valencay and its aristocratic inmates are neatly hit off; and those who are not very exacting as regards quality of anecdote, but are satisfied with mere superficial gossip, will be pleased with it. And here, while on the subject of Talleyrand, we cannot refrain from expressing our surprise that no authentic memoir has yet been published of this extraordinary man. The materials must surely be abundant and accessible without much difficulty, for from the time when, as Bishop of Autun, lie solemnly consecrated the revolu tionary banners at the first celebrated meet ing at the Champ de Mars, down to the period of his last visit to England as French Ambassador, he was constantly before the pub lic—now holding office under the Directory— now concerting with Citizen Bonaparte the Eighteenth Brumaire—now conducting the most important diplomatic busyness of the Consulate and the Empire—now plotting the overthrow of the latter and the restoration of the Monarchy— and now, his last tortuous achievement, figuring as one of the chief confidential advisers of the King of the Barricades. The private life of this slippery and successful politician, who bade de fiance to the caprice of Fortune, and even made her his obsequious tool—his Slave of the Lamp, could of course only be written by a friend, but his public life is the history of his times, and might therefore be written efficiently by any one familiar with that stormy epoch. Mr. Alison, we think, would acquit himself of the task with great success. The " The Court of Cupid" is an ingenious idea whose skilful working-out will re commend it to all lovers of light reading. Lady Londonderry, we see contributes " A Narrative of her Visit to the Court of Vienna," and im presses us with a vivid idea of the conversa- iional talents of Prince Metternich. We have been amused by the following touch of aristo cratic prejudice :—" Five o'clock dinners," says the Marchioness, " are to n►e very disagreeable; they entirely cut up and destroy the day, and are extremely inconvenient to persons who like a long morning." In our old-fashioned simpli city we had forgotten that a West-end London morning does not commence till two P.M., and that midnight occurs about the time when we are busy with our breakfast. But we have one comfort—it is never too late to amend the error of one's notions. " Barak Johnson" is a tragic narrative, told vigorously and unaffectedly by Miss Strickland. The illustration that accom panies it, is too exaggerated in expression. The murderer does not look as if he were bent on dis patching his victim to the capacious bosom of Abraham, but simply as if he were making wry faces under the influence of a brisk dose of Epsom salts. " A Visit to Rousseau's Residence, Les Charmettes," has one besetting fault—namely, that it takes too favourable a view of the charac ter of this maudlin, vicious sentimentalist, who did more to corrupt his age and that which im mediately succeeded it, than any dozen authors of his time. We fear we shall shock the prejudieesof many of our readers, when we state our deliberate conviction that Rousseau never had a healthy, natural feeling in his life. lle was that meanest of creatures, a selfish, whining egotist, and we trace much of his malign influence in the earlier writings of Byron, and the rhapsodical bursts of Hazlitt. " People when at Home" exhibits, in a satirical, but not ill-natured spirit, the difference between a family circle made up for company, and the same family when alone in the retire ment of their sitting-room. Mr. Poole's essay on " Gentility—Vulgarity" reminds us of some of Steele's best essay's in the " Tatler." We sub join Miss Cook's " Song of the Winter Tree," chiefly for the adroit and ready manner in which the moral application is brought.in in the closing stanza : " What a happy life was mine when the sunbeams used to twine Like golden threads about my summer suit ; When my warp and woof of green let enough of light between, Just to dry the dew that lingered at my root. " What troops of friends I had when my form was richly clad, And I was fair 'mid fairest things of earth ! Good company came round, and I heard no rougher sound Than Childhood's laugh in bold and leaping mirth. "The old man sat him down to note my emerald crown, And rest beneath my branches thick and bright ; The squirrel on my spray kept swinging all the day, And the song birds chattered to me through the night. " The dreaming poet laid his soft harp in my shade, And sung my beauty, chorussed by the bee; The village maiden came to read her own dear name, Carved on my bark, and bless the broad green tree. " The merry music breathed, while the bounding dancers wreathed In mazy windings round my giant stem ; And the joyous words they poured, as they trod the chequered sward, Told the green tree was a worshipped thing by them. " Oh, what troops of friends I had, to make my strong heart glad, What kind ones answered to my rustling call ! I was hailed with smiling praise, in the glowing summer days, And the beautiful green tree was loved by all. "But the bleak wind wind hath swept by, and the gray cloud dimmed the sky, My latest leaf has left my inmost bough ; I creak in grating tones, like the skeleton's bleached bones, And not a footstep seeks the old tree now. " I stand at morning's dawn, the cheerless and forlorn ; The sunset comes and fines me still alone - The mates who shared my bloom have left me in my gloom ; Birds, poet, dancers, children—all are gone. " The hearts that turned this way when I stood in fine array, -- - - _ Forsake me now as though I ceased to be ; I win no painter's gaze, I hear no minstrel's lays, The very nest falls from the leafless tree. " But the kind 'and merry train will be sure to come again, With love and smiles as ready as of yore, I must only wait to wear my robe so rich and fair, And they will throng as they have thronged before. " Oh, ye who dwell in pride with parasites beside, Only lose your summer green leaves, and ye'll see That the courtly friends will change into things all cold and strange, And forget ye as they do the winter tree." HOOD'S MAGAZINE. Mr. Hood takes the field in strong force this month, with prose and verse of the best, serious and humorous, matter-of-fitct and fanciful, and plenty of all. Hi; prospectus prepared us for ainusement, and what is a very remarkable eir cuinstance—fbr prospectuses are notorious liars —it promised us nothing- which the Magazine, of which it was the avant courier, has not realised. We were told to expect poetry that should be something better than a mere tagging together bf rhymes, and lo ! we have it in the " Haunted House !" We were told to expect drollery, which should possess humour of idea as well as of expression, and, lo! it rises before - us in the shape of Mr. Burrage, the tee-totaller, and his drunken helpmate ! Henceforth let not pro spectuses be totally discredited, but let it be charitably conceded to them, that it is just pos sible that they may once in a way speak the truth, if only by accident! And now "to busi ness," as they say on the Stock Exchange. Tf►e " Haunted House" is a rhymed romance by the editor, of a stern and ghastly character, and abounding in descriptive touches as vigorous and circumstantial as any to be met with in the " Peter Grimes" of Crabbe, or the " :Mated Grange" of Tennyson. The story, such as it is, is vaguely hinted in outline, which—very judi ciously, we think—is left to be filled up by the reader's imagination. if we have a fault to find with this impressive poem, it is, that it is rather too much overlaid with description, and that the same images are more than once repeated, varied only in point of expression. We give a tew of the most graphic passages : " The keyhole lodg'd the earwig and her brood, The eminets of the steps had old possession, And inarch'd in search of their diurnal food In undisturb'd procession. " As undisturbed as the prehensile cell Of moth or maggot, or the spider's tissue, For never foot upon that threshold fell, To enter or to issue. " O'er all there hung the shadow of a fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted. " Howbeit, the door I pushed—or so 1 dream'd— Which slowly, slowly gaped,—the hinges creaking With such a rusty eloquence, it seem'd That Time himself was speaking. But Time was dumb within that Mansion old, Or left his tale to the heraldic banners That hung from the corroded walls, and told Of former men and manners. Those tatter'd flags, that with the open'd door, Seem'd the old wave of battle to remember, While fallen fragments danc'd upon the floor Like dead leaves in December. The startled bats flew out—bird after bird— The screech-owl overhead began to flutter, And seem'd to mock the cry that she had heard Some (lying victim utter! " A shriek that echoed from the jointed roof, And up the stair, and further still and further, Till in some ringing chamber far aloof It ceased its tale of murther 0 Meanwhile the rust- armour rattled round, The banner slittdder d, and the ragged streamer; All things the horrid tenor of the sound Acknowledg'd with a tremor. " The antlers, where the helmet hung and belt, Stirr'd as the tempest stirs the forest branches, Or as the stag had trembled when he felt • The blood-hound at his haunches. The window jingled in its crumbled frame, And through its many gaps of destitution Dolorous moans and hollow sighings came, Like those of dissolution. " 'The wood-louse dropp'd, and rolled into a ball, Touched by some impulse occult or mechanic; And nameless beetles ran along the wall In universal panic. " The subtle spider, that from overhead Hung like a spy on human guilt and error, Suddenly turned, and up its slender thread lion with a nimble terror. " The very stains and fractures on the wall Assuming features solemn and terrific, Hinted some Tragedy of that old Hall, Lock'd up in hieroglyphic." The lines which we have marked in italics are full of apt significance; and, in particular, the investing of the banner with conscious life by applying to its flutter in the wind the epithet "shuddered," breathes the true imaginative spirit. Mr. Hood must give us more poems of this sort, for it is a nobler intellectual triumph to stir the heart than to tickle the midriff. In the " Reminiscences of Bayonne" an affecting anec dote is related of a younw and ardent Spanish girl who became insane from having met with the very common-place catastrophe of a cross in love. Greatly to our satisfaction and somewhat to our surprise, she does not—as is the case with most heroines in sentimental magazine tales— go mad to the sound of soft music, with dishe velled tresses hanging loosely on her white mus lin gown. " A Tale of Temper" is rather eccen tric than humorous, and is thrown in, we presume, by way of make-weight. " Great fom of Oxford" is the narrative of a drunken collegian who fell—or dreamed he fell—into the ball of a bell, and while thus incarcerated, held an edifying conference with the tintinnabu lary Spirit. Parts of the story are well enough ; but, as a whole, it should either have been more humorous, or more bold and decided in its wild extravagance. At present, it halts tamely and timidly between the two extremes. " Mrs. Burrage, a Temperance Romance," is told in the quaint, desultory, arch, and roundabout manner of " Tristram Shandy." The humour, however, is the author's own, and it is turned to excellent account. " Albums" is very so-so twaddle. Luckily, it is short. 44 A Christmas Carol in Prose," is a generous notice—from the Editor's pen, we suspect—of Mr. Dickens's latest produc tion, which we reviewed a day or two since in The Sun. "Au Irish Rebellion" is a capital quiz, written in the imperfect and perplexing English of a maid-servant, of the formidable ac counts with which the papers have so long teenied, of the rapid progress of the Repeal agitation. In closing our notice of this new periodical, we must not omit to mention the admirable engraving which is prefixed by way of illustration, to the " Haunted Howie." We know not when we have seen a work of art more carefully finished, even to its minutest details. AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE. Mr. Ainsworth opens his new tale of " The Court of Queen Anne" with much animation and directness of purpose, bringing us at once, and without ceremony, into the company of some of his leading personages. In pourtraying the Duke of Marlborough, however, we will just whisper in his ear that the less he insists on that great General's " magnanimity" the better, for he had not an atom of it in his character. Am bition was his idol, and to this he unhesitatingly sacrificed consistency—principle—honour—gra titude—every quality, in short, that constitutes the real greatness of humanity. He was beset too, in his autumn and his old age, by that paltriest and most humiliating of passions, ava rice; how then could such a man be magnani mous? Passing this slight detect in the pre liminary sketch of the Duke's character, we may observe that Mr. Ainsworth has been sin gularly fortunate in his choice of subject; and his dextrous introduction of the wily adven turer, Guiscard, will give him an opportunity in due course of exhibiting his admirable de scriptive powers to advantage, in that im pressive and dramatic scene where the baffled spy attempted the assassination of Harley at the Council-table an incident which swift has told so feelingly an unusual the og with him—in his " Journal to Stella." The dialogue between Marlborough and his wife, where -Mrs. Masham is the theme of their dis course and the object of their suspicion, is in the authors m ost natural and forcible manner, being a correct inaex to character—the greatest recom mendation that dialogue can possess. Charles 011ier's " Adventure of a Benighted Traveller," though slight and barren in point of incident, is told so pleasantly that isimpossible to read it without interest. " Daphne of Antioch" de scribes with infinite minuteness of detail that enchanting, voluptuous spot, of which Milton has spoken in all the sternness of his Puritanism, and which Giffbon—for this sort of theme was greatly to his liking —has sketched with such unction in his unrivalled history. 31r. Francis Ainsworth, we perceive, is at variance with both these great authorities, and insists with more ingenuity than force, that the grove of aiphue has been shamefully calumniated by the satirists of the middle ages. In the present chapters of I Dr. Maginn's "John Manesty," the plot begins to clear up a little, and the sanctified merchant bids fair to turn out, as we suspected he would do from the first, a pretty considerable rogue— a change by no means uncommon among those who profess particular devoutness. For our own part, we must honestly confess that we infi nitely prefer a scamp to a saint. There is hope from the one; but when roguery once takes a pious torn, swindles by the agency of the Bible, and lifts tip its evangelical eyes while it is picking its neighbour's pocket, all chance of amendment is lost, and nothing is to be antici pated but Norfolk Island or the gallows. " Jeremy Scrap, the Optimim," is a sprightly tale, which inculcate s precisely the saute moral as Voltaire's " But Scrap is a more respectable "Optimist" than the philosophical lover of Miss Cuuegunds maid-servant, and is by no means sa4c or aphoristic in his turn of Mind. Mrs. " Long Hours" is conceived in a kindly spirit, and wa trust will have the effect of directing public zittention in some de gree to the sufferings of the poor, ovcrtasked female dressmakers who, Heaven knows, stand in need of all the assistance that can be extended to them. By way or wind-up to our notice, we may state tl►at a charming likeness of the Editor, from the flattering pencil of Machse, who has re presented him sitting in a most picturesque and exalted mood, in a high-backed Elizabethan arm-chair, adds greatly to the value and attrac tions of the Number. We quote a graphic description of the popular bustle on a Royal birth-day, from the new romance of the " Court of Queen Anne":-- " The Royal birthday was usually kept with extra ordinary splendour during the reign of Anne, but on no previous occasion was it accompanied with so much magnificence and rejoicing as on the sth of February, 1707. Preparations were made for a general illumination, and the bent of popular feeling was proved by the fact, that wherever the Queen's name appeared, it was sure to be followed by that of the hero of Blenheim and Ratnilies, while trans parencies were placed in the most conspicuous situa tions, representing the chief events of the recent cam paign. Bonfires were lighted at an early hour, and the French King, the Pope, the Pretender, and the devil, were paraded in effigy through the streets, and subsequently burnt. The weather was in unison with the general festivity, being unusually fine for the season. The sky sys , lisight and sunny, and the air had all the delicious balminess and freshness of spring. Martial music resounded within the courts of the palace, and the trampling of the guard was heard, accompanied by the clank of their accoutre ments as they took their station in St. James's-street, where a vast crowd was already collected. About an hour before noun, the patience of those who had taken up their positions betimes promised to be re warded, and the company began to appear at first somewhat scantily, but speedily in great numbers. The science of the whip was not so well understood in those days as in our own times, or perhaps the gor geous and convenient, though somewhat cumbersome vehicles then in vogue were not so manageable; but, from whatever cause, certain it is, that many quarrels took place among the drivers, and frequent and loud were the oaths and ejaculations they poured forth. The footpath was invaded by the chairmen, who forcibly pushed the crowd aside, and seemed utterly regardless of the ribs or toes of those who did not instantly make way for them. Some confusion ne cessarily ensued ; but though the crowd were put to considerable inconvenience, jostled here and squeezed there, the utmost mirth and good-humour prevailed. Before long the tide of visitors had greatly increased, and coaches, chariots, and sedans were descending in four unbroken lines towards the palace. The curtains of the chairs being for the most part drawn down, the attention of the spectators was chiefly directed to the coaches, in which sat resplendent beauties, bedecked with jewels and lace, beaux in their costliest and most splendid attire, grave judges and reverend di vines in their respective habiliments, military and naval commanders in their full accoutrements, foreign ambassadors, and every variety of character that a Court can exhibit. The equipages were most of them new, and exceedingly sumptuous, as were the liveries of the servants clustering behind them. The dresses of the occupnts of the coaches were varied in colour, as well as rich in material, and added to the gaiety and glitter of the scene. Silks and velvets of as many hues as the rainbow might be discovered, while there was every kind of peruke, from the courtly and modish Ramifies just introduced, to the some what antiquated but graceful and flowing French campaign. Neither was there any lack of feathered hats, point-lace cravats and ruffles, diamond snuff'- boxes and buckles, clouded canes, and all the et cetera Hof beauish decoration." ESCAPE OF CONVICTS FROM THE COUNTY GAOL, NOTTINGHAM. On Sunday afternoon last several convicts made their escape from ,the county gaol. Between four and five o'clock, on the second turnkey going down into the felons' yard, an attack was made upon him, the key taken away, and he was locked in the yard. Six convicts rushed up the steps, proceeded to the outer door, where, meeting with the head turnkey, they fell upon him, knocked him down with great violence, and, forcing the key;from his hand, which he resolutely held for some time, they un locked the door and out they ran. An alarm was given, but the men have all escaped. We have received the following description of them :—Joseph Smith, aged 21, stands five feet nine inches in height, fresh complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, and oval visage ; Joseph Bowers, aged 30, five feet six inches high, fresh complexion, dark brown hair, oval visage, and several sears on the left hand ; John Binns, aged 24, five feet seven inches high, fresh complexion, brown hair, and oval visage, lately lived in Derbyshire. These three men were convicted of the burglary at Sutton Binnington, at the house of the Rev. Robert Meek, and were sentenced to transpor tation for life, at the late special assize. Thomas Burton, aged 36 years, five feet nine inches high, dark com plexion, dark brown hair, hazel eyes, oval visage, and under sentence of transportation for fifteen years, for stealing ten lamb hogs at Farnsfield, in the county of Nottingham. Wm. Thompson, aged 22, five feet six inches high, fresh complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, and oval visage ; convicted at the late special assize of burglary at Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire, and sentenced to be transported for ten years. Thomas Green, aged 24, five feet nine inches high, brown hair, light complexion • convicted of burglary at Fiskerton, and was sentenced at the late special assize to transportation for life. The convicts all had the prison dress, and were without hats. A large reward is offered for their apprehension. Burton was taken in an hour and a half afterwards, within two miles of the town, near Colwick wood. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)—We understand that within a few days the whole of the members of the Cabinet will repair to the metropolis from their respec tive country seats. The object of this early meeting of the leading members of the Government is confidently said to be in reference to affairs in 'lreland. There is not the slightest doubt that there exists some foundation for such statement, as at the close of the last week cir culars from the First Lord of the Treasury were for. warded from Downing-street to the Duke of Buccleuch, at Dalkeith Palace, Duke of Wellington, &c. Sir Robert Peel, who has born passing the Christmas at Drayton Manor, surrounded by a select party of friends, is fully expected in town by }chitty next. COAL PIT Amin:Yr.—On Tuesday last, as soon as the colliers at Tongc-lane Coal-pits, Middleton, near Manchester, went to their work, an explosion of fire damp took place in one of the pits, and one of the miners, named Roger Gregory, was burned in a shocking and dangerous manner. Several others were slightly hurt, but net c langurously.—Liveipool MercUry. ACCIDENT TO FEARGUS O'CoNNoR.—A fish bone has been so firmly fixed in Mr. O'Connor's throat since last Thursday, that all efforts have failed to remove it. His medical attendant deems his situation so precarious that he has ordered him to abstain from all conversation. THE SALE OF LIEUTENANT MUNRO'S EFFECTS. — Notwithstanding the order of the Coroner prohibiting a sale of the property of Mr. Munro, in Brompton-square, the sale still continues to be advertised for Wednesday and Thursday next. It is stated that, subsequent to the stoppage of the sale, a communication was bad between Mr. Kirke's solicitor and the legal adviser of' Lieutenant Munro's family, and Mr. Maule, the solicitor of the Treasury, who, on the part of her Majesty's Govern. merit, most distinctly declared that the sale was stopped without their knowledge or consent. It is also stated that the furniture, &c., in question is not the property of Lieut. Munro, but of his la.ty, under trustees, and, therefore, not. liable to confiscation ; and that, 'Oven sup posing it to be otherwise, the only power the Coroner possessed by the Act of Edward L is to take an inven tory of the sale, and to attach the amount received, until the result of the trial has been ascertained. It is reported that, should the sale be attempted, Mr. Wakley will again interfere and prohibit it, but that he will be imme• diately served with notice of action by Mr. Kirke, Ste., who will still proceed with disposing of the property. THE QUEEN'S HouNns.—There was a "meet" of the Queen's hounds last Thursday; it took place at Hil lingdon-house, and was arranged with such secrecy. that very few out of the immediate Court circle could lecon anything about it; and it was a source of_ considerable amusement in the neighbourhood of Windsor to S ee the " gentlemen in scarlet" ridjug about the country for the chance of meeting with hounds. This, doubtless, was amusing enough to the lookers-on, and might furnish subjects for a joke, or a good-natured quiz —but " gen.. ticmen in scarlet" are not exactly the men with whom it is at any time safe to make sport, more especially when the said individuals happen to be owners of hind. It would, doubtless, take a great deal of provocation. for the Queen's hunt to be warned off any person ground, but recent circumstances have shown such, consummation to be by r 0 means impossible. FiA the sake of all parties, tio.reFore, it is to be hod dust the examples of George the Third, George the Folfrea, and William the Fourth, ~ . ill continue to be 'departed from.—Cheltenlurm Looker-on. at H a stings, Sussex, where the family l ilt? gm Thomas, married Lord Ken sington , not DEATH OF LADY KENsthOToN. --- We have to an. flounce the demise of this respected lady, why, exp i red on some length of time. 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