The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-22 00:00:00

-- Do. Goaranf. 5 per et.. 9 -- Do. Frefc.T. 5i - ar cent, 50 L . iit , ) gitio....„ 18:)? 50 .. - L L tioLandGreenvvichl2/1534d... 114 • 11 11 ... .... Ditt:), Prefer , ..,.. „ . 20 119 1 4118 3 / 4 1.19 2 ';0 L !;,i,n and N. WiAitem 100 t;itto, l''.: erx Quarters.. 12 - . 1) k i to, lift,' - .: Do. 411/.Sh arts ( L. M. ) 'ds / 5 '. 1 0 1 . (1‘1.,/k B.) C. 1 ... - 7 London ( - 1, S . 4 7estrn ..100 .. .- 691 / 2 Do, New 50/. • ....... 42;4.- - Do. New 401. Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 L ondonderry &Coleraine 25 Do. ix, sh am ..... ..,.... 5 Londonderry And Ennis killen .., ........ ... 25 ..-- -- a , Do. lh Shares 6 Lrowestoff, guar. 4 per ct 20 Ditto (6 par ct.) Man chester,Bnitton,and Matlock and Lincolnshire —lOO — «.Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 Ditto ditto (No. 2),.. 25 D 0.% ••• Shares (No. 3) 12% Do. New 101. Prot-- 10 .---* Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 Ditto ditto . ......... 20 1 tx2... — . --. : ..... . ... ........... .. D itto ditto Lincolnshire ...... - 25 . ... R.., Grim s by D oc k... 25 ...... D O ., itanchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.2 a. —, Itidlind • it 45444 Do. Consolid a t e d PreilCo -..., 00., do., am Shares 30 ... .. 7 1 4 x..i. Do.Birra.. grld Derby i(0 Do.Consel. Bristol and , birming., 6 per ct..... 100 • it'o ditto .......... 22/. 75... - 1 O. ErewahVal.,Pref. 50 bitto, Leieest.& Swan — nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo " 4 u tend tireat W cetera Irish 47% .... ...... ..•....... -- li ddlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per c ent. guar. e ` ew eaatle and Carlisle.loo ....... L O. Quarters g iVanark e t ..... N D°. Extension "'Port, Abergavenny, ~.• tz :. ad Hereford 6 •••••• ...... ..... 1, / *WrY end Enniskillen 7 si,i - X 45% Tai '' wr y, W arrenpomt, end Rostrevor 20 •• ••• -. 111)11 & •••••....... ..... ....100 ..._ be- New 201. ~... l5 - x.i ~,,I)0.:Ex tension 2O - ••• . - "0- Guaranteed 5 l A i pc. 5* - isl . lie. do. W aveuey V al. 2 ••• • - ... is.. h , 11 leru Counties Union 4 •-•••- ',orth British ........ ... 1 2% ...... .. .-. - 5 , 14 , 4 .. ........ .. 514 - itto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters ~, tititttoo, 6 1 / 4 - P l r h e i t r e d3 ren . c . e .. .:: .:: 8 5 . " " -- 1‘ • •••••••• •••• ..... ••• 7 qerth Staffordshire ... 17 1 / 1 % NNorth Wales • 3 l /2 - orth-Western .... ...... 13-lia - Ocerd, Worcester, and ,„ 10 Wolverhamton •••••• uu head i ng, D Guildford, and " al gate 78 ° Yalvu and HitchinCentral... . I ‘.• ••• 514 *,," " " 16% 6% teottish Scott - 'sh Midland - ,•••••-•••• - ' tto, New - - - ':' CI obl-rewsbury and Birni... 12% ...... -x. 1.... .. - x. x.- i i Dit to ditto, Class B. 8 - • - Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 - .-- Bshrewsbury and ileretd. 5 •••••• - ilrewsbury & Chester - Ditto(or. w. Alin.) - ••• _ 1 ) halves ... ditto 9 --.•- - B OsweestrY •'''' 18 1/2...... - in () N ew . 1 - ••• - bn - ......... - $ per Cent. Pref. 10 _ thro i , 6 LA I . - nue Limon _ 411111 Devon _ bo . 25 k . si , • Preference nth Staffordshire B% 2 0 1,4 -vattl East:T., i i 3 O , 1510.2. - ,„.. ....... ...•• -- 19 uu., No. 3 . - 30 - D o 1, --- B'' - , egistered No. 4 10 ...... - _- , ...... • a‘llo , .crip N o 4 - 18% Wades euth Yorkshire, Don 811s.4!‘er, and Goole l2 - ..- If:field, Rotherham, 86 1:31 e (N. Div.) Qua- 0 . ,0 (So 411te , e d 5 per cent. ... 16 1 / 4 - .. ....... 16% .... x.i 4, u. Div.) ••• 5 ***** "" ..... 448 - at Loughor & Ca rarlleron's Stm. Coal-. 7 - 1 W V ale Extension ... 8 - - me B Haven Dock _ V a l e Railway ..... ... 17 %•••• - - - ' O l of th, , h •10 i.., a., ... „„. ..... , faterford and Kilkenny 20 - •• - - W 4terf c:d and Limerick 47 1 / 4 -. attt l , Waird,Wicklw 1,11441 Lublin - . ....... .••••• - V alley 6 per Cent - tlgaro a nteed ... ... - 4,... - ,a: do. do. ... 25 - IV - do. do ; ... 15 - ••• ••••• - %ii ZiLeernwall ..... .... 71 4 R . • • ••. - tk. .aaaVeil & Furness 18 - - lnodsor, Staines, and - W 4 t r , ll Western ..... ... 14 - 8, Bonierset, & W ey x.iy r o t 2 lll ll ' ....... ......... 45 - x. i. . n`e, Newcaetle, and 16% - dick....... 25 - •• • ••• .° ewcastle Eaten. 2) ...... 11 ...... ....... 2% 11 x.i 4uo, ( IN . 6 ..... 8 2% ac i . ) • .E.PreiercuLe • • Hartlepool Dock - y and Railway . ..... 100 - °r and North - Aiidland 50 - -. I) Ltlt Preferer.c3 ...... 1 0 - 1 5% x• 1- LWAY:.• And ' . FOREIGN RA I ,Italian (late Ita- ••• - at;',6ll and Austrian). ••• 0 ,. 534 ...... - - ~_.,ognq acd Amiens... 4' ...... Zatr a: ••.. x.i le a a g f d ler V an ie ce rzol ( l) ) . r . - . 20 ...... - x. i - D u mb ara ..... ............ 17 1 4. - "-**"....". 2 ißhenisl ..... -.• 8 ". .. - • 4% x i ast I n d ian ... - x. i. •• ....' 4 Uitt° " 2 3 0 14 ...... - rt. :... ..... ... ••• - el Indian Peninsular 5 •••••• - - 4, 11 ° .. Do. . „..... los. L u 7 4111 ila Sambre ... 7 1 4 -1 . 1 8 /, x.i ' ' e mbou $ ...... 1. Ax. i b itto rg 10 - Madrid z; a •"- Valentia... 2 ~... - VAN .' l4 and Liege ...... 20 ... s. - _..,,, x. i - dui (4' %ern of France l4 l. 8 5... - " 1 - - ...- x. i tia r t 3lle and Bordeaux.. 7 •••••• - pat!S sad Orleans ... -- p ar , and Rouen 2O ......... --- ••• .. ... .. - Li It ei : and Strasbourg 4 1 : 13 1 1 and .Havre - 111 1it,..,.. r ° ea(' Meuse 2O ••• .., B Vi Toli•-‘.0urg and Ba s l e ... 14 - Du T rsarui Suites l3 - , de',gaY, Jurbise, Lan w , and Remelt ...... 20 - 4 ders ..... . ...... 83 4.• •- ''' ... - Au stral JOINT STOCK BANK:: - h ri.asia 40 -....••••-• ... ••• - IA Coi tt ' l l Nrorth American 50 -x. Hee div .. - x.d to enial .... . ....... .... 25 - _ 111 .. Mer t i a i ... " of London 20 - f;`_Klen Joint Stock lO - 'ldo l , R. ... Na ti -s. Westminster. 20 - - - ti,,7110 New . . , 10 - • • • ••• ••• •• • • • ''.... Fr o l( ?nal of Ireland 22%•••••• - . Jincial of Ireland ... 25 Anion igaw 10 - ex.div..... - - .... x.d - ••• • eie h . ••• .. - b.- of Australia - _ (3 )110 , New ... •2 1 ,4 - ' Rio ... •• ••• ••••••• 13 u„. 4 of London .. 10 -... 1 2 % ••• "41 of Uadrid ..- ... 40 - .... kb 1 HINES. _ stic4le4ican ktiat loo ;...... - - m u _ ali rag Coln- 154 tt ralian.... •••••• - *** _ j3j: ll ra Range ... , ,„„ 28s. - ...• ..... .. .. - , - ,oeliarvon Iron & Coal 50 - z.:..osbs Scrip ...... h r i a l z l 7 I imperial ... . .......... 12 - razYan imperial ...... 24 1 ,4 - - - Do ' St. 30 . ..".. 14 cobre p,t:John Del Rey 15 ...... 14 1 414 ....... _ Ge 4 " 4) l 3 Per ... rtecetral .... . ............ ...., 4° 20 - .... el 51onte, Unreg- - - ~/e. 13Iack Debentures - - Do. k B ittit* ''ed Ditto ... - - U n i t la ge de Cuba......... 10 ed Slexican ... . 281,‘ - .I.Ln , .. 1 - ~- - -g-P'SiffppiN G... ( THIS DAY., ....0 h,,,,, , kld fi ne N ' JAN- 22.-Wind at noon, S., light breeze b-tte, with frost. )4,,,4L, JAN. 21.----Wind E.S.E. to S.S.E.-Arr d. . d ne ,i tier, Ilasland, New Zealand; Sydney, Whit , , b) - r-05 ) 11 % Z e „,, v f Senlh Wales; Charlotte, Lyster, Calcutta; ecl., - -unro, Larding, Mauritius; Rose of Aberdeen, Lo °, for Aberdeen; Juliet, New York. Pain 'll , JAN. 21.-A brig, apparently ted bi. ' inside, with a yellow scr o l l , Ack Outside and white Swedish, Oiled Ur e .. head di smasted, water-logged, and aban- L ow w ea passed sth i nst. 45 N . 12 W . Nes s I, E !roFT, JAN. 21.-The Union is on shore on 5 0 „,.. t, and remains. 1 4 , alt f o i'll.AmPTox, JAN. 21.-Th e New Foresstt:rbforal qUar t 11' has put in with l oss o f m i zen - mast and t Yesseler d')Maged, having been in contact with a Dutch .................____ 1%1 4..1t le -‘,--' 27% ..... 7% - 316 - 636 - --0-ET NEW —(T6 HIS DAY.) Sk i rusir ZeLAIMETS. ditt 111, FlE LD.—Aleadow Hay, 21 103 to 3/. 10s; Clover l oad. ` 3 ` 5 * to 41 10s ; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 8s per e dull trade, at barely last week's rates. ditt Clover iI,tIib:RLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 12 sto 3/ 125; les"' ' 1 Si to 4/ 8s ; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 9s per titiot.atitonustb Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at our e l W4lTß enAprj„...._ m ea d ow Hay, 2/ 103 to 31 10; ; 1 0: 1 1 er Aitto, ai 53 to 4112 s • and Straw, 1/ 23 toll 8s per SuPPly good, and trado dull. Su o , COLONIAL. limited to Ig n ill• -- The saks of British Pmntation were Off,r "red l o t ' s at previous rates. 10,140 bags Maurit iu s thre-e' public sale went off without spiri', but abou t 6dte iis Vourths found buyers at full prices, from 37s _ for b 4 fur yellow 375 to 39+ fur grcy, and :20s to 345 6d ti ou 1.""ri• 01 7:300 bags Bengal also offered by sue asi t ilt aril 5,000 sold at extreme rates; Benares Nue• () 435, the remainder being held above the market i llet ID, „„ 10 . 0 0 hhds Porto Rico sold privately at 21s. tile ri l -tl tltY of British Plantation land( d last week at t itke ti l t Illclia Decks was 86 hhds I tierce ; there were welo !reit. tu a . t t it' hum, consumption 1,413 hhdr, 142 tierces, The stock in the same places is 10,094 ;14,zz656 ierces, 2,322 barrels. tilbli g ,t.f'''"',4 0 Market is quit , end in the absence of .witi the triguitatins two lilniMpOrlAnte RUM —The quantity landed list week at the East and Wca Ilia Decks was 160 puns 183 hhds; there were t tken inane: consumption 305 puns 12 !Ads. and exports d 49 plais 26 hhds. The stock in the same placts is 19 814 puns 2316 hhds. Ric E.-330 peakets Bengal found buyers at 8s 6d for very low 5, hit SPICES.-230 bags Black Pepper realised 4d for fair brown Bwav a, being an advance of id to id per lb. SALTPETRE,— 700 ba.s Bengal sold /It stiffer rates, viz., 26, 6] to 285 for o'l to 6 per cant refraction. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 393 per cwt on the spot, and Town 41s, TlCA.—The market is firm. LAW INTELLIGENCE. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. (THIS DAY.) THE BRAINTREE CHURCH-RATE CASE.—GOSLING U. TELEF. This long pending case, which has excited so much interest, came on f,r judgment this morning. The judges present were Lord Chief Justice Wilde, Mr. Ju,fee Cr. eswell, Mr. Justice Manic, Barons Parke, Alderson, Rolfe, Maule, and Platt. Their Lordships not concurring, read their judgments t er 7 at im. Mr. Baron PLATT, after going through the facts of the case, and reading some extracts from the judgments of the Court of Queen's Bench, observe I, that two ques tions had been raised, to the consideration of which the attention of their Lordships, sitting in error, had been specially called. The first was, whether the rate had been properly made. The next, whither the plaintiff was liable to the payment of his portion of the rate. Atter the most careful examination of the arguments and authorities bearing on the case, he (Baron Platt) was of opinion that the rate had been properly made, and that the plaintiff, being a person having property in the parish, was liable to his share of such rate. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL said ho Ras of opinion, that the judgment of the Court of Queen's Beach ought to be affirmed. Mr. Baron RoLFE was cf opinion that the judgment cf the Court of Queen's Bench was erroneous, and should be reversed. The imposing f a church rate was an act of legislation. The ques tion was not whether the parishioners should make a rate, but what should be the amount of the rase. That was clearly a matter to be decided by a majority of the parishioners. He could not consider that a valid rate which punished the majority, because sanctioned by a minority. For these reasons he thought that the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench was wrong, and should be reversed. Mr. Justice MAULE observed that, by the ancient law of England, the parishioners were bound to keep the church in repair. Even though a majority might ob ject to the rate, still a minority might make a valid rate. His Lordship was, therefore, of opinion that the judgment of the Court of Queea'a Bench should be affirmed. Mr. Baron ALDERSON was also of opinion that the rate was valid, and binding on the whole of the pa rishioner:-, though made only by a minority. For this reason he was of opinion the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench should be affirmed. Mr. Baron PARSE, after going over the facts of the case, said be was clearly of opinion that the judgment of the Court below ought to be reversed. He nas of opinion that no rate was valid which had not the concurrence of a majority of the parishioners. Lord Chief Justico WILDE, having referred to the law applicable to the imposition of church-rates, raid he was of opinion that a valid rate could only be made by a majority of the parishioners; he therefore came to the conclusion that the judgment of the Court cf Queen's Bench should be reversed. MARLBRO'-STREET—(T HIS DAY.) A COUPLE OF MISCREANTS.—John Munden, a plum ber, residing in Coleman-street, and Nathaniel Lukins, a gentleman's servant, residing at Ne. 19, Albemarle street, were brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with meeting each other to commit a nameless offence in Hyde-park. It appeared from the evidence of Police-constable A 244, that about nine o'clock on the previous night he was in Hydf -park, wa'ching some loose women, when his attention was called to the prisoners, who were standing together close to a Us within a few feet of the foot-path. On going up t) them, he found them in such a posi tion as to leave no doubt on his mind of their filthy in tentions. As such scenes had latterly become so preva lent, he took them both into custody and conveyed them to the station. The defendants said there was not the least truth in the constable's statement. They went to the tree for a certain purpose, when the constable came up and took them to the station. Mr. BINGHAM said he had no doubt of the guilt of the prisoners, and committed them both for trial. SONG TO BE SUNG BY THE RUSSIAN FOUR AND-A-FIALF PER CENT. BONDHOLDERS ON RECEIVING THEIR FIRST DIVIDEND. 'Tis nothing to us if the Danube be red With the innocent blood which the Cossack has shed; And we a-e not concerned if the loyal and brave, Have fAllen on the banks of the Theiss and the Jave. For though oft denied by the sages of old, There is nought upon earth has such virtue as gold; And many wise doctors most truly have said That conscience should never restrain us from trade. We cared not to see those wild Servians rebel, Nor the Croats break loose like legions ( f hell; And we don't care a snap of our finger and thumb, If patriots be shot to the sound of the drum. For our own coffers are full and our harvest is in, And when we are attacked 'twill be time to begin; And if while the sun is still bright we make hay, We can hoard up our gains fir a rainy day. We care not, though Hungary's maids were defiled, And Sclavonians destroyed all her women with child; Though the widow were slain with her orphans around, And the wife with her husband lay dead on the ground. For our fleets rule the sets, and we do not fear Either Jeilachich's sword or the hosti of the Bear; But ravishers, thieves, and murderers pay Lest, Since the fruit of their crimes they spend in the West. And we will not cry shame should they tear from the breast The suckling at Haynau's relentless behest; If the daughter who duteously seek to relieve The wants of her father may hope no reprieve. For our off-pring fill fatten on Hungary's spoil, And gold bus a taste far sweeter than oil; And Muscovy's government is far the most free, Since it gives five per cent., while England rays three. Though the merciless buteher together would slay The maid with the lover she will not betray;" Though the flames of Czliagrad have lighted the sky, And Turkey laid waste we soon shall descry. Our armies are strong, and our cliffs round our land Keep t a k the invader from t euehing our strand; Let our stomachs with beef and plum-pudding be full, And the Eagles may wave o'er the towers of Stamboul.f Let Austrian zealots tha Testaments burn, The true Rule t f Faith is " a penny to turn;" And though Israel's sufferings the despots renew, On the plunder shill thrive both Gentile and Jew. Let the slave-holding bigot then rule the Levant, Let Odessa the trade of our merchants supplant, Let Hungary's clergy be hanged at each shrine, We'll drink to the Emperor in stolen 'rokay wine. PEDRO TRANASSES VALDEZ. 4 Kingsbench-walk, Temple, Jan. 18. • See Haynau's Proclamation, The Sun, August 2. t Constantinople (Turkish name.) RACES T FEBRI 0 COME. Lincoln Spring Liverpool. LC LI. Doncaster Spriag War wick l9 IL. Catterick Bridge Northampto❑ & Pytch ley Hunt . Croxton Park 9 Epsom Spring ...... ll Newmarket Craven .., 15 Bath 23 Newmkt. First Spring• 29 r. Manchester 22 Epsom Summer 2B Edinburgh E. Newcastle Bibury 26 Stockbridge 27 .Y. Salisbury .... 18 Chester Spring Newm. Second Spring l4 Shrewsbury l5 Newton Ascot Hampton . l9 A.ti Newmarket 2 Liverpool lO Nottingham l6 Stamford l7 . __ Winchester 23 Goodwood lIST. Reading York 2l Stirling — Ripon ................... a Brighton 7 Wolverhampton l2 Eglinton Park ... 13 or 14 SEPTEMBER. Warwick .. I Li ch fi e ld OCTOBER. Newmkt. First October. 1 Newmkt. Second Oct.— 14 I Chester Autumn 8 Newmarket Houghton.. 28 ESPRIT nu Coups.—A very gratifying prcof of the generous and liberal feelings which exist amongst artists and dramatists was given last week, when a number of gentle men connected with the drama, the fine arts, and the liberal professions, presented Mr. F. G. Tomlins with a very handsome snuff-box, et a small festival to which he had Lem incited. Mr. Copt(, tt a well-known and justly-celebrated dramatist, presented the box, on which he had had ir scribed the following g' accful t( stlmonial :—" To Frederick G. Tomlins, this congratulatory tribute, on the succe s s of hi s T r ag e dy of Garcia, at Sadler's Wells Ti,e ore, Dec. 11, 1849, is presented by a few sincere friends. 'The torce, of his own writ makes his way: A gift that Heaven giv( s for him.' Remy VIII., Act I. Scene I." ARCHIBALD BO AB, ESQ.—In cur last paper we anrou►ii ed that this gr ntietnan had resigt el the office cf manager of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bark, which be has held since the institation of that establishment. On Friday last he was presented with a handsome gold snuff-bcx, Leing the unanimous tribute a the various officers uf the bank, and inscribed as a testimony of their respect and esteem during their official Caledonian Mercury. 'ARY. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE Yesterday evening the ninth annual general meeting of the members of the Mutual Benefit Depart ment of this laudable and excellent association was held at the London Tavern, 13ishopsgatc-street. Mr. R. It Jones, tha chairman of the board of management, occupied the chair, and was supported, right and left, by a large body of the managers, among whom we noticed Mr. J. W. Welch, Mr. J. Garke, Mr. A. Dawson, Mr. James Lintott, Mr. Ratray (actuary), Mr. Smee, Mr. Maitland, and several others. There was also a large number of members present. The CUAIUMAN called upon Mr. P. 11. Byrne, the secretary, to read the repart, which he did as follows : " The board of management, in presenting to the members the ninth animal report of the affairs of this association, have much pleasure in communicating to them that a considerable increase has taken place during the past year, both in the number of policies taken out and in the amount of assurances effected. "In the last year 568 polici:s have been issued for 115,8651., the annual premiums upon which are 3,2421.; 57 proposals for assurance have been declined, and 62 proposals aro deferred, withdrawn, or waiting for further information. " The • business for 1849 has consequently greitly ex ceeded that cf any year since the formation of the wise elation, and is an increase of 134 policies fJr 30,7551. uver the prosperous year of 1848. " The annual premiums payable in resrect of the policies in existence, together with the dividends on in vested capital, now amounts to 11.6251. " It is satisfactory to the board to be able to announce that, during the year 1849, they purchased 5,000/. stock, and that the total amount in the names of the trustees, on the 31st December last, was 20,000/. Three-and-a- Quarter per Conts. " The total amount of claims arising front 20 deaths during the past year was 3,8501. The severe visitation of the cholera and diarrhoea, by which this country was affected, augmented the mortality amongst the assurers by four deaths, amounting to 1,3001, but it is satisfac tory to know that in proportion to the number of mem bers the above claims are less than could have been an ticipated. " In the course of the past year deputations from the board of management have visited Birmingham, Man chester, Liverpool, and Edinburgh, on the subject (.f agencies and the general affairs of the association. The deputations were most cordially received by the princi pals f many of the leading mercantile and banking firms, and the business has since been consider ably increased. " The board are happy in having had the opportunity of making known through such means the peculiar ad vantages of this association in these important places. " In accordance with the rules, the undermentioned gentlemen go out of office by rotatior, and, being- duly qualified, offer themselves for re-election : Messrs. John Clarke, Alexander Dawson, James Lintott, and John White Welch." " The board having, at the special meeting of the Bth February, 1849, given a pledge that the auditors should be elected by the general body of members,. considered that as the time of carrying out that understanding a good opportunity presented itself cf making some alterations in, and additions to the rules; et:Tordingly, at Vie special meeting of the members held at the London Tavern, on the 2d of January, 1850, various other alterations and additions were proposed by the board, and approved by the meeting. These alterations were certified by Mr. Tidd Pratt on the 14th instant, and consequently are now in force. One of the most important alterations was to increase the amount to be assured on any one life from 1,0001. to 2,0001. "In order to give every f4cility to the extension of the business of the association the board have determined to adopt a table of premiums for assurances not participating in profits. "On previous occasions the I card have directed the at tention of members to the important privilege they pos sess of nominating any party to receive the amount of their policies free of legacy or prof_ we duty, or any other expense whatever; and they would again strongly re commend all parties, who have not already done so, to avail themselves of the great advantage they possess under the Act of Parliament, and at the same time to make it known among their friends to the greatest pos sible extent; the managers are satisfied that were the peculiar advantage thus enjoyed by this association ge nerally made known, it would lead to a great accession of business, promoting the irtarest of the association at large and of every individual member. " The board also direct the attention of members to the importance of having the age admitted on their po licies at the time cf effecting the assurance, or as soon after as possible, by which much ulterior inconvenience would be saved to the members or their representatives, and the business of the office would be greatly fa cilitated. " The board, in conclusion, whilst congratu'ating the members on the successful result of the operations of the past year are, nevertheless, fully impressed of the nue ,- wy for continued and increased exertion!, and they call upon the members generally to co-operate with them in promoting the business of this excellent as sociation." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, said the first thing that occurred to him was mutual congratulation that they had been spared to meet again on this occasion, when twenty of their members had been cut off during the past year ; this was the ninth time the board of management had had the agreeable opportunity of presenting themselves before the members, on all occasions receiving that hearty co- operation which he thought would be ex tended to them on the present occasion. They would observe by the report that the directors had greatly increased their business during the past year, out of all proportion to former years. To what cause to as cribe that it was rather difficult to say. It was re ferable to a variety of causes ; but the managers bad, during the past year, used no small exertion in various ways to accomplish what, he was happy to say, was so favourable a result. Whether it arose from advertising, from deputations, from the issuing of something like 16,000 circulars during the past year, or from whatever cause, certain it was that they had made a very rapid progress, and he hoped it would be continued during the present year. It cer tainly bore out the prognostications of the board on former occasions, that this society was destined to become one of great importance ; every day showed it was approaching to that position ; and, although they were all heartily pleased with the great addition made in the number of members, and the amount during the past year, that was not the only thing that was gratifying to them, it was the know ledge of the many members added to the already great number, whereby so many families were pro vided for, and so many wives, and children, were feeling that comfort which the provision made by so many members had procured for them. These were circumstances which were most gratifying to the feelings of the managers, because they had commenced the association wi.h the earnest desire that it should enable, till then, unthink ing men to make provision according to their means, more or less, for those they might leave behind them. They had beard in the report an allusion made to the process by which members in their lifetime might, by signing a certain form of nomination provided by the society,:save them selves a great deal of trouble now, and their survi vors a great deal of expense afterwards. It was a simple process by which the probate and legacy duty might be saved upon life policies, and also a great deal of law expense.—(Cheers.) Another important point was the arrangement by which the members might have their age admitted, which would also save an enormous deal of trouble. During the past year deputations from the society had held public meetings in Manchester and Liverpool, among other places. His friend, the deputy-chairman, who was present at the Manchester meeting, would probably make some reference to it in the course of the even ing. While at Liverpool several letters were re ceived from gentlemen in Ireland, expressing their desire to become members of this association, but it was not thought desirable by the managers to extend their affairs to Ireland.—(Hear.) But inas much as there was some opinion expressed by several individuals having the good of the institution at heart, that the applications from Ireland should be enter tained, and he (the Chairman) being at Liverpool, it was deemed advisable that he should go over to Dub • lin and judge for himself whether it would be prudent or not to extend the business of the society to Ireland. The result of his inquiries there was contradictory certainly, but being contradictory it was necessary to come to the determination not to extend their busi ness to that quarter. He would take that opportunity of alluding to a gentleman who had showed him (the Chairman) particular attention on that occasion, and had subsequently written to the board of management, he meant Mr. Codd, the Secretary of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, who was pointed out to him as a gentleman who could give him great information, and who had shown him, as a stranger, the greatest attention. (Applause.) He (the Chairman) would now publicly acknowledge that at tention. The Chairman concluded by inviting the gentlemen present to put such questions as they deemed necessary to elicit any information respecting the affairs of the .association, saying he would do his best to answer them, and by moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet.—(Cheers.) Mr. lsEust, in seconding the resolution, congratu lated the meeting on the fact of their having 20,0001. invested in the names of the trustees in the Three and-a-Quarter per Cent. Consols. It was quite evident that result had not been brought about without ex traordinary exertion on the part of the directors. Ile understood so diligent had they been during the past year that can many occasions the meetings of their committees h:d been prolonged to ten o'clock at , night, and that not merely oce ,, sionally, but always. The deputations in the provinces had been extended, and it was only by their exertions, assisted by those of the directors, that the knowledge of the association and the benefits it confers could be circulated through out the country. The resolution was then put and carried. Mr. DEARE moved a vote of thanks to the Board of Management, and also that the sum of 5001. should be awarded to them for their v aluable and efficient services during the peat year. Every member would egree with him that the managers of the association were entitled to their warmest thanks for the very efficient manner in which they had conducted its affairs, espe cially when it was considered that they were engaged in business during the day, and had to devote their evenings to the association, in order properly to dis charge the duties of their office. He congratulated the members upon the very favourable report which had been presented to the meeting,' and said he felt quite confident that a better board of management they could not have. The sum of 5001., he thought, was not at all equivalent remuneration for the time and labour which the board had devoted to the society ; but then he knew that they were actuated by other motives than those of emolument. . Comparing the expenses with the receipts, they were certainly great, but this might be easily accounted for—the expense of making the association known, and placing its object and advantages before the public being very consi derable, and indeed such was the benefit of publicity to a young society, that he thought a much larger sum might be expendtd in advertisements and in deputations to the country. Mr. Sreew brisfly seconded the resolution. The CHAIRMAN said the proposition had been made without his or the directors' knowledge, and certainly without knowing what their feelings were on the subject. They were very much indebted to the mover and seconder for the kindness which actuated them in proposing that they should have increased remunera tion, but they felt that the sum should remain as it did last year ; and he would respectfully suggest that 4001. should be substituted for 5001.—(Hear.) Mr. DEARE thought, as the business had so much increased during the past year, it would be hardly worth while altering the sum proposed by him. Mr. R. BELL said that 4001. appeared to him to be almost a ridiculous sum to present to the directors, considering their great exertions on behalf of the as sociation. He thought they were rather too sparing in the expense!, and the mover and seconder seemed to entertain the same opinion. It was impossible for any office; however little the business, to be conducted, at less expense, and they were much indebted to the managers for having such a ridiculously small sum as 6501. set down in the accounts for office expenses. They all remembered a trite but very excellent ob servation of their old friend Lindley Murray, that the well ordering of their affairs, and not mean saving, was the means by which great fortunes were made. This, he thought, might be applied to the associa tion, and he hoped that instead of limiting their ex penses, as they had done, they would considerably in crease them, for he was assured that the result would be a great increase in the amount of business. By being a little more daring, and launching at a little more in regard to their expenses, he was assured that great benefit would result to the institution. He had great pleasure in recording hi's vote for 5001. Mr. WELCH said he fully concurred in the obser vations made by the Chairman, and though he felt much indebted to those members who supported the resolution, he thought it would be advisable to allow the amount to stand as it did last year. Let them go on further and increase in prosperity, and then they would, perhaps, accede to the offer which, on the present occasion, appeared to have been made with so much unanimity.—(Cheers.) The sum was then altered to 4001., and the resolu tion was unanimously carried. The CHAIRMAN said he believed they would seldom find instances in which parties refused to accept what was given to them, but he spoke sincerely when he said, on behalf of himself and his colleagues, that they had no desire on the present occasion to exceed the amount which had previously been awarded to them. Remuneration had never been their object, but, at the same time, they thought _ that it was desirable and right that they should, on principle, receive some thing for their services. He begged to thank them sincerely for the vote of thanks which had been so kindly awarded to them.—(Cheers.) The retiring directors were then re-elected. The election of auditors, three innumber, then took place by show of hands, the successful candidates being Messrs. Bell, Coleman, and Hooper. Air. JENNING3 said he had been of opinion that fresh blood ought to be infused into the board, al though he meant not to cast any reflection upon the members who composed it ; but; they had shown so much interest in the association, and displayed so much good sense ,and spirit,, that he had altered his opinion with respect to them, and now thought they could not have a better board of management. He thought it well to take that opportunity of stating that he had been made the dupe of the late secretary, and had come to the meeting, held some time ago, much prejudiced against the directors, but from what he heard he was so satisfied that the directors de served the confidence of the members, that he sup ported them on that occasion, and he subsequently stated to the Chairman that he had been de - ceived as to the conduct of the directors.—(Hear.) Mr. MAITLAND proposed a vote of thanks to the Press, for its continued support and advocacy of the association during the past year, and pointed out the great advantages which had,resulted from obtain ing publicity in the different newspaper columns by advertisements and the publication of reports. Their office had not appeared in the Parliamentary return, which was copied into the City article of the Times, of all the assurance offices recently established, and though it, strictly speaking, did not come within the scope of that return, the di? ectors felt the import ance of publicity,/ and made a statement of their re ceipts and liabilities, and thus enabled the public to judge of its security and advantages..—(Cheers.) Mr. PRICE seconded the motion, which was carried. Mr. SCOTT said—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, as a very humble member of the press, but more especially as a member of this institution—(Cheers) —I cannot allow the motion, which has been so cor dially adopted, to be recorded without expressing my acknowledgments, on behalf of the press, for so flattering a mention of the services which they have rendered to this institution. Indeed, I may say, that the press discharges no more than its simple duty when it employs the vast influence at its command in promoting provident and benevolent institutions of this kind, which are so creditable to promote habits of forethought, our country, since they self-reliance, and independence, and relieve those who have the prudence to become members of 'them from a world of anxiety as t o th e con di t i on o f t h ose near laid when them thei r energies low i n failthe grave.— r their, ay e . — o r a w n h d e n d e deathar t o t h h e e m s directors, prom suggestion, ote h the N e v h m i cohs prosperitytl acceptable think o f (Cries of "Hear, h ear .") B ut, Sir, .1 rose f o r another purp ose — namely, to offer a t w he il l institution. toe te Atm members, the hr h es y , the and pre sent moment if a member wishes to obtain the loan of a sum of money fur a temporary purpose, though possessed of ample means not immediately available, he must come under the guise of distress to the benevolent fund for a loan, and even then, notwithstanding he may be able to offer excel lent - security, he can obtain no more than five-and-twenty pounds.—(Hear, hear.) lam per fectly aware that the Act of Parliament under which this society is enrolled requires that loans must be made upon mortgages of real property. Supposing, then, a man who, through the aid of those excellent institutions known as building and investment so , cieties, has been enabled to become the owner of a house of the value of 2001. or 300/., why should you not advance him a fair sum upon the mortgage of his property ? (Hear, hear.) It' a member has paid 100/. or 2001. upon his policy, and could give good leasehold or freehold security besides, I see no reason why he should not receive a loan to that amount out of the funds of the society. Whilst we have increased the amount of our policies, the qualification of our directors, and so much in prosperity, that I cannot conceive any amount of success which this society may not attain, we have done little or nothing to afford pecuniary assistance to the members commensurate with their requirements, and with the greatness of the society. It cannot be said that you have not sufficiently ample means wherewith to accomplish this, for your in vested capital amounts to upwards of 20,0001, which realises only three and a quarter per cent., whereas by adopting my suggestion a considerable portion might be made the means of producing Si. per cent., besides materially increasing your business. Why, 1 could name several assurance offices half of whose business is obtained by this means, and I assure you they find it very profitable, for not only do they get five per cent. for the money which they lend, but one or more policies, as collateral security, two or three times the amount of the sum lent, besides security of the most unquestionable kind.—(Hear.) See how the institution suffers from not acting,on the system adopted:most beneficially by almost all assurance com panies. As the editor of the Reporter—. a periodical which is devoted to societies of this kind— many questions are frequently asked me as to the stability of assurance offices, and as to those most fitted to the particular requirements of the querists ; and, the other day, a gentleman, le ho occupies an offi cial situation in a seaport town, where the society has no agent, and where, I believe, a good deal of business might be done by an intelligent agent, applied to me to recommend him an office which would lend him 2001. upon valuable leasehold premises. He off gyred to take out a policy of 5001, and to be come the agent of the society. I should recommend him, and being an active and intelligent mart, will, doubtless bring any office, with which he may be con nected a considerable amount of business. I never felt more disposed to do this office a service than in this particular case ; but I was reluctantly compelled to give the business to another office. There fore the society has lost a policy of 500/., a secure and profitable investment of its money, and an able and indefatigable ,agent. The present mode in which the society . lends money is very offensive to those who are not in distressed circumstances, but who, occasionally, require pecuniary assistance, upon undoubted security, for commercial or other purposes. Though I should be wanting in respect to the society if I did not say, in making this suggestion, that the loans of which I speak have been found most advan tageous by many, coming as they do at a time of difficulty, and perhaps of danger, and relieving much pain and touch anxiety. My suggestion is, that whilst you should pursue the benevolent work of lending small sums, at moderate interest, to members who are in difficulty, you should, at the same time, lend large sums, upon good security; fur commercial and other purposes.—(Hear, hear.) From the disposition which the board of directors have ever shown to meet the suggestions that are offered by the members, I feel confident that it on consideration they find the suggestions I have made to be practical and beneficial, they will not hesitate to adopt them. Of this, however, lam sure, that by doing so they will materially augment the business of the society.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN replied that the association could not, under the Friendly Societies Act, lend money upon policies, and could only do so upon mortgages of freehold property. As regarded the capital stock invested in the funds, the trustees ccnsiderd it advisable to go on till they had accumu lated 20,0001., and that had been accomplished, and,l he was happy to say, that since the 31st of Decem ber 1,5001. more had been invested.—(Cheers.) The directors were quite alive to the advantage of lending money, on the plan suggested by Mr. Scott, and the subject had not escaped their attention.—(Hear.) Mr. WELCH proposed— " That the thanks of this meeting be presented to the medic al officers, Dr. Jones, J. Gay, Esq., F.R.C.S., and A. &nee, Esq.F.R.S., W. Ratray, Esq., consulting ac tuary; Messrs. Lawfordr, the honorary solicitors, the provincial medical referees, agents, and local committees, for their valuable services during the past year." In allusion to the success which had attended their efforts in the provinces, he said that at Manchester they had obtained the patronage of some of the leading firms, and since they had held a meeting there they had an addition of several members. The importance of obtaining a foot ing in Manchester was apparent ; many of the commercial houses there employed no less than 100 clerks, and he was happy to say that many of the leading inhabitants of the town had taken a great interest in the association, and he could not avoid alluding specially to the assistance they had received from their agent, Mr. Langston, and from Mr. Yates, a warm friend of the association. Although the expenses for extending the busi ness in the provinces might be considered large, their missions had been productive of much good. They had received already, in consequence of them, 49 proposals, amounting to 14,0001., and the benevolent department had received donations amounting to 901.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) In many towns they went into they found the Pro vident Clerks' Association hardly known; therefore great exertions to extend the business in the pro vinces should be continued, and if a constant system of visiting a'l the mercantile towns in the kingdom could be kept up, he anticipated that much good would be done, provided the time could be spared, for they must be aware that such visits occupied a good deal of time and caused much anxiety ; but, so long as such a course of proceedings was successful, so long should they continue to labour, and the utmost gratification they cou'd experience would be the knowledge of the fact,. that they had contributed to the prosperity of the association. Mr. JORDAN had much pleasure in seconding the motion. Having been the companion of his friend in their late visits, and been with him in constant com munication with their agents and medical referees, he agreed with all he had said. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. SMEE returned thanks on behalf of himself and the other medical officers. The office of medical referee was a very subordinate one in a life assurance society, because, if the directors had not by their exertions procured business, they would, as a matter of course, have no lives to examine. Moreover, it would be very little use examining lives, if the ac tuary hid not developed the laws of mor tality yet, nevertheless, the duties of a me dical referee were in some respects important, inasmuch as each specific case came under his parti cular superintendence, and they were able to bring the facts and statistics which they gathered in the course of their medical education to bear upon the task they were called upon to discharge. And in a mutual office, like that, the experience which they obtained of the value of human life was great on account of the variety of persons they had to examine. They would remember that about that time last year he called attention to the fact that an awful epidemic• was impending over this country. That the epidemic was about to visit this country, was to those of his er of Bydo fact doing m s tracing o they knewits it progresswou would certainly arrive here, and he asked them all to get their friends to come and assure their lives before it iu professionother countries. a m att should visit this country.—(bear, hear.) He had entered into an examination of the effect which the epidemic had had upon this association, and he was prepared to state that the mortality among the members had not been one-half, in deed not near one half, of the mortality that had taken place among the best selected lives of all other classes of the community.—(Hear.) This important fact he could not pass over on the pre sent occarion, because he considered it an extremely remarkable and important one.—(Hear.) They knew that the epidemic proved fatal to those of weak and debilitated constitutions, or which, in medical phraseology, might be termed ` . lives below the average." From there being so small an amount of mortality in the society, he thought that they might fairly say that the whole of the lives were in all respects better than they had anticipated.—(Hear.) Before he sat down he wished to urge upon the members not only to induce other clerks to follow their example, and be • COIFS members of the association, but to induce their employers also to do so.—(Hear, hear.) There was nothing like the security and advantage of an assurance office that embraced all classes of the community, and looking at the amount of their invested capital, and to the excellence of the management pursued by the board of directors, he knew of no institution that offered . greater ad vantage, or which more deserved the liberal support of all classes of the community.—(llcar, hear.) Mr. WELCII had omitted to state an interest ing fact, that a friend of his, the chit f partner in a mercantile house in Liverpool, had informed him that, having examined their prospectuses and read their reports, he waslso satisfiEd that the society was firmly and securely established that he would assure his life for 2,oool.—(Hear, hear.) At that time they could not take so large a policy, but he assured his life for 1,0001., and he would increase it to 2,0001. This was an interesting Pict, inasmuch as if they could get principals to do likewise, and to take an interest in the association—and they could assure their lives with as much benefit and security in it as in any other offiee— their businoss would be materially augmented. Thus they would not only benefit themselves, bat induce those in their employ to follow their example. They could invite with great confidence principals as well as clerks to become members.—(Cheers.) Mr. RATRAY (the actuary) returned thanks. He wished to take that opportunity of calling atten tion to the extremely encouraging balance-sheet they had bad presented to them.—(Hear, hear.) When it was borne in mind that during the past year they had increased their income by 3,500/. from new business, he assured them, after a careful examination of the balance-sheets of numbers of offices in his professional capacity, that it would bear comparison—favourable comparison—with those of many other offices of greater standing. Few, indeed, of them could show the same amount of business—many offices of equal standing cannot do so ; and when, on the other side, they found that the expenditure bad been small, he did say that the whole aspect of the association was most encouraging. Tne utmost labour was devoted by the managers to the promotion of the success of the society.—(Hear, hear.) He could corroborate the testimony given by Mr. &nee that the board of directors were most indefatigable so also were those employed in the office.—(Hear, hear.) The alteration of the rule empowering the .directors to issue policies to the amount of 2,000!. was a step in the right direction, and when it was borne in mind that they possessed the important privilege not pos sessed by the majority of assurance offices—namely, the privilege of nominating others to receive the amount of their policies without legacy or pro bate duty, he did think that that society deserved the most extended support. If gentlemen would bestir themselves they could produce an amount of business of which hitherto they had no idea.—(llear, hear.) He thought they might by exertion obtain much support from the higher classes. The business was so encouraging, and the expenses so small, that the society could not fail to progress.—(Hear, hear.) The rules were so liberal, and the care, attention, and consideration of the directors so great, that the society mutt continue to recommend itself to the public. Mr. Bell, Mr. Hooper, and Mr. Coleman were then elected as the auditors for the ensuing year. Mr. Hoorn returned thanks for the honour con ferred upon them. No one, he felt bound to say, had devoted more care and attention'to the business of the institution than the Chairman—(liar) —and the im partial manner in which he had conducted the past and present meeting fully entitled him to the cordial thanks of the members.—(Hear.) Mr. LLOYD seconded the motion, and said it be hoved him to state that he had had an opportunity of SE eing the way in which the b u siness was transacted. He found the directo rs, during . the hot month?, during that dangerous season of the year, when a fearful epidemic was devastating the popula tion, the board frequently sat till ten .o olock at night i nTee ti gs ti n g.th• iffars.of the eociety.—(Hear, hear.) The Chairman, he considered, deserved the utmost thanks.—(lfear, hear.) He regretted the mo• desty of the directors would not allow them to take the increased reward that was offered them for their valuable services. Had he been the proposer or seconder of the motion he should not have withdrawn it; first, because they deserved it, and, secondly, be cause the society could afford it.—(l -r ear, hear.) And net only was the Chairman ably seconded by the directors, but by the gentlemen employed in the office. The books were excellently kept, the suggestions made were carried out in such a kind spirit, that he was satisfied no institution was so admirably managed. He thought they did not go as much into the country districts as they might, and thought it well they should hold friendly meetings within a circuit of five or six miles of the metropolis. The directors should adver tise now in the best periodicals.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN said he was extremely obliged for that additional mark of their kindness towards himself, and he must always include his colleagues The meeting might rest assured that any hints that had been thrown out in the course of the evening would be attended to by the Board of Management ; but if they did not adopt them it would be after consultation, in which it might be presumed it had not been advis able to do so. He hoped that at their next annual meeting they would Snd things going on to their entire satisfaction.—(Applause:) The meeting then separated. THE QUARTERLIES. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. CLXXI. Elsewhere we shall have occasion to refer to the two principal political papers in the current number of the Quarterly— the onslaught on " Free-trade," and the elaborate defensive paper entitled " Lord Clarendon and the Orange Institution." Upon the latter especially we cannot fail to have cause for par ticular animadversion, seeing that it is an article not less conceived in a most erroneous, we had almost said in a wilfully erroneous spirit, than it is penned in a most perverse and sophistical mood. As to the other contribution already mentioned, the diatribe against the Free-traders is quite of a character with the pre sent movement of the agricultural party throughout the United Kingdom. That party, from the fussy nature of their proceedings, really appear to be in some sort sanguine cf the ultimate restoration of pm tection. All we can say to them is—we wish you may get it I Before, however, these eagerly desired imposts upon corn can be revived the empire must be convulsed from one extremity to the other with ti e mind-quake (as Alison admirably calls it) of revolu tion. And those who would thus resort to the old subject of contention between the various sections of the community are the very antithesis of real conser vatives ; they are, in brief, and in fact, the true revo lutionists. Upon their heads will descend the re morse, and not only the remorse, but the actual re tribution of the infuriated multitude, in the event of society being driven to extremes by their wilful and most selfish machinations. A theme of more practical utility than that of reviving an obsolete and impossible tax, a subject of infinitely more importance to the agriculturists of England, Ireland, and Scot land, is discussed with much talent, and with remarkable perspicuity, in a previous article in the same number of the Quar terly—namely, the most judicious and practicable systems of drainage. To this contribution we would here more especially direct the attention of the British farmer; and we would do so with the more satisfaction from our conviction that in such argu ments lie the chief means for the restoration of British agriculture to its pristine prosperity. A paper of considerable interest to the ecclesiastical branch of the community immediately precedes this chapter on the science of agriculture, namely, tl - e one entering into a careful examination of the in fluence and working of the " Clergy Relief Bill." Those who are partial to the anecdotal records of I political autobiography will derive no small amount of entertainment from the gossipping criticism on the memoirs recently published, relating to " Lord Cloncurry and Mr. John O'Connell." The tone assumed towards those authors is as might have been expected, sneering and ironical, yet, through the atmosphere of derision, many shrewd and felicitous observations are discernible, and a perusal of the paper will be amply repaid by proving a source of no little amusement. Foremost among all the contributions to the present number of the Quarterly, however, in point cf situation is the ethnological paper treating of the " Natural History of Man," with especial reference to the scientific labours of the late, learned, and lamented Dr. James C. Prichard ; and foremost among all, in point of merit and interest, is the his torical article o❑ the beautiful but uefurtunate city of " Venice." At all periods a retrospect of the fortunes and vicissitudes of that romantic mistress of the Adriatic is fraught with marvellous fascination; but at this particular epoch, when we have witnessed the heroic efforts of the Venetians to revive the golden days of their Republic, a reference to its career as a Sovereign State is invested with an indescribable charm. Venice, called simultaneously by Lord Byron and by Lady Morgan, the " Rome of the Ocean"— must always continue to Englishmen a spot con secrated by sublime recollections ; and it was from a sense of this fact that we perused with so much genuine pleasure the fantastic and eloquent chapter descriptive of its appearance in a dream, scrawled oil by the pencil of Charles Dickens—a chapter that may be found on reference to his " Italian Pictures." Associated as it is with the poetry of Shakspere, and the romance of Boccaccio, and the despairing volup tuousness of Byron, Venice must always be a region dear to the admirers of genius ; and seeing that the true admirers of genius are always those who can best appreciate patriotism, the history of its efforts to preserve its independence, and, later still, of its struggles to redeem itself from the political bondage of Austria, must ever be to them a subject worthy of prolonged and sorrowing contemplation. While we are ready to recognise the ability of the Quarterly Reviewer, upon whom has devolved the responsibility of pourtraying the sequence of recent events at Venice, we cannot of course remain blind to the egregious party prejudices by which his otherwise admirable paper is obscured and tarnidied. T , tking his own comments, however, throughout, cum grant) salis, regarding as merely idle words most cf his very violent and condemnatory epithets, the paper will be found to be a clear and perspicuous narrative of events from the rising of Northern Italy, under Charles Albert the Magnanimous, to the final ex tinction of the hopes of Italian patriotism by the con quering legions of the veteran -Radetzky. As affording materials fir the future historian, the Sis mondi of the next generation, this article in the Quarterly will be found to be one peculiarly valuable. A HORSE FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.—OH Thurs day morning as a waggon, laden with coals, and drawn by three horses, was waiting for passage at the Bobbers Mill Gate whilst the great up-train of coal VI aggons to Mansfield passed by, the middle animal cf the to am be came so much alarmed, though v.ithout displaying any extraordinary violence of manner, that before the whole train, which consisted of upw aids of 30 carriages, had passed by, he dropped down and instantly expired.— .Notts Mercury. EXPLOSION AND Loss or LIFE.—On Thursday evening last, about six o'clock, a dreadful explosion took place on the premises of Mr. Mare'', 61, John-street, Tottenham-court-road, which resulted in the death f a youth named Moore, and the serious injury of a younger brother, who lies without any hope of recovery. The two in fortunate boys were amusing themselves with supplying a naptha or spirit lamp with spirit, when it flowed over and came in contact with the light, causing an instantaneous explosion. The shop front v. as set on fire, and the two boys were dreadfully burned. So great were the injuries inflicted on them that the eldest breathed his last on Friday morning at the University College Hospital, and the youngest remains at his ta tiler's house without hope of recovery. A CALIFORNIAN VENTURE.—A Liverpool mer chant,or who purchased 5,000/. worth o 4'l t , 2 u:u n flour at 225. per barrel, sent the whole, out to enture. The barrels sold at 864. each , C alif ornia C / this port, where it proved an exce. lent and he l c sred 10, 000 /. by the transaction.—Liverpool Chronicle. In o o m ns p e : q at u n e i n ng ee ( It t h h e e DAMAGE DONE I3 d y tenantry under theLor to their crops, Scc., his Lord shipdamage d one by game E John cot i t n has destroyed the whole of his extensive preserves in Warwicks hire, dismissed his keeFers, and given ditec- Lions n ants to keep the gam e down by sho o t ng to the truants thatall theysee on the land in th eir occupation. TEE 1-1 __ OR SE-RACE IN EGYPT, -- The Oriental Company's stea - ter Indus, Captain Soy, has left Sonth annton fur Alexandria with the Indian Mail. She had a number of splendid horses on beard, some of which, it was stated, were shipped to run against the Pacha of Egypt's horses, when the celebrated race comes off be tween English and Egyptian horses in Alexandria. CHELSEA PENSIONERS.—Ten men of the Woolwich division of Chelsea pensioners left Woolwich yesterday morning for Tilbury Fort. where a company, seventy in nu mter, is to assemble, to proceed with th© next con viol-ship as emigrants to Australia. THACKERAY'S CHRISTMAS BOOK. REBECCA AND ROWE IVA : a Romance upon Romance. By Mr. Michael Angelo Titmarsh. Neither burlesques nor travesties are much to our liking —and hence it is possible that we have failed to recognise the real excellence of the last effusion of the indefatigable and fastidious Titmarsh—now, to the joy of his friends, a valetudinarian. What has always appeared to us to be the principal merit of Mr. Thackeray as a writer of light literature is that keen perception of the ludicrous, as evidenced in modern society, which he has betrayed most conspicuously in his compositions in Fraser as Yellowplush, and in Punch as the Fat Contributor, in his Snob papers, and in his more pretentious serials, such as " Penden nis." Whenever he has adventured out of this, his peculiar province, as a novelist, he has ever, to our thinking, proved the least successful ; and having said thus much, it is almost superfluous to add, that in our opinion his present" Romance upon Romance" is very far indeed from ranking among his masterpieces. For ourselves, the mere notion of witnessin g a travestie of Macbeth or of Romeo and J u li et— Juliet bein g disguised in red shoes and a pinafore, Whil e R omeo i s habited in the costume of a " gent," with Joinville tie and paletot complete—is matter of heart -ache and chagrin. Therefore it is that we shrink w i t h disrelish from a book that might otherwise possibly be provo cative of amusement—wherein is contained a frivo lous travestie of " Ivanhoe," perhaps the noblest his torical romance of the greatest master in that branch of our literature—where Wilfred of Ivanhoe is described as clad in a wig and spectacles, while Rebecca is doomed to devour dog-biscuits in a back kitchen. Richard Doyle has in some measure redeemed the book from "forfeiting our malevolence for ever" by his exceedingly humorous coloured engravings. Even the little wood-cut decorating the centre of the ornamental cover is capital for its ab surdity—representing " Master Motley" with palette and brush, painting the lily. Richard Coeur de Lion, in the frontispiece, dancing the polka in the most approved fashion of the most snobbish of the casinos, is also eminently ridiculous—the Jullien of the age of chivalry being of course conspicuous in the orchestra. As a sort of vignette for the title-page, we bare Wamba as Clown, Isaac of York as Pantaloon, Wilfred of Ivanhoe as Harlequin, and Rebecca as Columbine—a disposition of characters in the burlesque not inappropriate at Christmas, the season of pantomimes. Richard warbling one of his real original ballads to Berengaria is the subject for another tableau; but the best of all the illustrations for grotesque extravagance is that representing the storming of the castle of Chalus by the English Sovereign. The laughable character of the whole sketch is infinitely delightful, and evades all our attempts at description. Several other droll embel lishments from the hand of the same gifted carica turist are scattered through the subsequent chapters. Among the best portions of the letter-press are the of which we transcribe th e fol.- rhythmical effusions, lowing as a fair specimen : COMMANDERS OF THE FAITHFUL. The Pope he is a happy man, His palace is the Vatican: And there he sits and drains his can, The Pore he is a happy man. I often say when I'm at home, I'd like to be the Pope of Rome. And then there's Sultan &Min, That Turkish Solder, full of sin; Ile has a hundred wh es at least By which his pleasure is increased; I've often wished (I hope no sin), That I were Sultan Saladin. But no, the Pope no wife may choose, And so I would not wear his shoes; No wine may drink the proud Payn!in, And so I'd rather not be him; My wife, my wine, I love, I hope. And would be neither Turk nor Pope. In concluding our notice of " Rebecca and Rowena," we would congratulate the admirers of Mr. Thackeray on his happy restoration to health ; and, yielding to him first our felicitations on that head, bid him good speed in his after labours, and all success to his " Pendennis." LEILA; or the Siege of Granada. Part I. By Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton. A republication of one of the earlier fictions of the most versatile and indefatigable author of our genera tion is here commenced Published in monthly in. stalments, and embellished with the original en gravings, copied from drawings by eminent artists, .uch for example as Stephanoff, Kenny Meadows, &c., under the efficient superintendence of the late Charles Heath, the whole will form, en completion, a volume of no small attraction and of no meagre interest. Leila herself, the heroine of the story, her Hebrew father, otherwise known as the magician, her lover Muza, the Moorish King Boabdil, his beautiful mistress Amine, together with the great Spanish sovereigns Ferdinand and Isabella, and a multitude of minor actors, such as the decrepit slave Ximen—people the gorgeous chambers of the Al hambra, and the lovely scenery surrounding Granada, and constituting the peculiar charm of Andalusia— apartments and landscapes delineated in such brilliant and matchless colours by the pen that has since written the epic of " Arthur," the romance of " Ha. rold," the comedy of Money, and the family picture of " Toe Caxtons." No one whose mind is thoroughly imbued with an affection for English literature can fail to derive satisfaction from retraversing the earlier steps of Sir Bulwer Lytton, now that his genius has become more fully developed, and his reputation more widely extended—the study of that extension and development is one which, to ourselves, is fraught with a singular fascination. OUR RAMBLES BY THE DOVE. ADDRESSED TO C. C., IN AMERICA. 'Tis well to proudly tell me of the glories of the West, Of the stream with rapid torrent and the lake with heaving breast, Of the mountain and the prairie, of the forest and the bluff, Savannah spot so fragrant and the jungle dell so rough. I know that there are wonders in your own gigantic land, The gorgeous and the beautiful, the startling and the grand, I know the cataracts are bold, the fields of maize are wide, I know the pines are thick enough to let the lightnings hide; But glad I am to hear thee say with warm and clinging love, Thou thinkest of Old England and our rambles by the " Dove.' Prize as thou wilt the banks that keep the clear broad ri vers in, Where panthers drink and light canoes bear on the tawny skin, Be speaking fondly as thou may'st of hills that climb around, And boast of wild flowers that bedeck the trackless " hunt ing ground ;" Magnolias are exquisite and humming-birds are choice, And " whip-poor-wilt" may charm thee with his melancholy voice; But canst thou quite despise the thrush that whistled on the thorn, And those " forget-me-nots " that wore the jewels of the morn, Canst thou shut out the green below and cloudless blue above, That led us still, still onwards in our ramb!es by the " Dove?" Oh, no, indeed I know thy land will never chase away The happiness we found in ?nine on that long, sunny day; I know thy great White Mountains cannot dim the winding steep, That lured us dreamily along to gain the " Lover's Leap." Du you remember how we sat, and tried to find a word That would express the plashing gush of water that we heard ; And how we watched the alders bend, as peacefully and light As though an angel's wing had passed and touched them in its flight, And how we said that Eastern clime held no Arcadian Grove Of more romance and sweetness than the valley of the " Dove." We were familiar with the place, we had been there before, But somehow on this August day we worshipp'd it the more, played. And every crag of old grey rock and every wave-washed stone Seemed touched with richer colouring, and breathed a softer' tone. T w h h a e t r tiny o golden r,h, perch ow andit crseipl silver e b r e d n a e c a e t h i nt glancingh the leaf ysh ade, frolic , Where granite fragments broke the flow, and made a And how it dashed in foaming innj h egos a y s ot t hnw e wai a tta d hrm o: eh , : n e.tai t tr h h e ytb m iavre o iim s s, s ; waterfall, f h And how l we stood cnwri Creator h thotr s y i g l e sl nci gliding let e great e e Goble trees that spring upon thy sod, 'hope Cloud" that standeth like a frown on the bramble arms that hugged us as spurnbrow, og we trod; DSOA r hi ihn o udl m l d p dsoao t opuw t :en i a t oto e uh: e tely t o P Thou wilt be seeing many things to win tby loudest praise, But let Old England's woods and dales yetstealth y gaze. upon Think of our merry travels on this narrow island earth, And own that we have often found rare spots of Eden birth, And when amid the vast and fair thy native footsteps rove, Call up our sunny rambles by the waters of the " Dove." I breathed a prayer while straying there (God grant 'twas not in vain), It asked the boons of life and health to seek that place again.— It asked that those around me then might share the future joy, The hope was earnesf, strong, and pure, G)d keep it from alloy ! Write on—and proully tell me of the wonders of the West, But glad I am that more than once thy spirit hath confessed Affection for our daisied fields, green lanes, and babNing -oyDfnuolnyl wall,oeow. brooks, O❑r orchards and white cottages, and fairy-haunted nooks, For I believe that thou wilt conic with all thy olden love, And let my prayer be answered by the waters of the " Dove. Weekly Dispatch. ELIZA COOK. MADAME liosstrru.—We have much pleasure in announcing that the wife of KoEsuth has escaped from Hungary, and had reached Belgrade on her woy to pia he: Wand ot THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1850.