The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-28 00:00:00

resolved to remain entirely mute on the subject which so deeply interests my very life. but, fearing that I might have made a somewhat rash determination, 1 was glad of your offer to *Vi sit me again this afternoon. I have seriously e: - ...: w i lercz Your kind proposals again and again, "L nrttl the that I de c li ne answering affirma Believe me, Sir, if I result is , eiy felt disposed to repose c°:Lcience in any Yourself'. The le one, it would be read so atter:j,rely le who wrote the letter, which we have all over, is the same person to whom I alluded m y -statement aat my trial. She has already taken ne in 'r7inaterial step i n my favour, and a very welcome o eed it is to me. lam now convinced that she will not sober me to be sacrificed through her silence. It is in her bower to clear me, and the will do it. I. cannot do anything 1 1 !itil she comes forward voluntarily. lam fully aware that . de ferring such an all-important disclosure, I expose my -7.1,_ to the most immi nen t d anger , an d thi s I h ave f e lt th roug h ILute ,„,k tue of my misery, since the moment I was appre ,,,^" "'„ ed- Ido not understand why she should, at such a time RLuis, have o ccas i on to go to Bristol. I cannot compre °,N that part of her letter at all. My opinion is, that she ;ill either make her appearance here, or write again to ott"r°w, or Thurelly. God grant she may—until she do e or the otter, I shall be in the most agitated state of sus veanns,e—'l, remain, Sir, your most grateful, and obedient ser- THOMAS H. HOOKER. All Sheriff Sidney, Ludgate-hill, Tuesday evening. The other was as follows : ,_.ldonoured and dear Sin—The knowledge of being per intted to address you by letter I did not venture to antici re, and such that I cannot half convey my sense of obliga- T ti to you. M y con di t i on i s now a pa i n f u l one i n d ee d. ae o n l y prospect which this life at present holds out to me a n nuns ediate dissolution attended by the cruel exultation of .unsympathising mob, and every species of ignominy. I keen) not assure you that I feel my unhappy lot keenly—most tt e i ! nl Y—tliough I may try to shut my eyes against (1,.! recurrence of former and happier scenes. My w l u o r parents —my unfortunate brother and my friends, 14 still own me, will force themselves upon remfmbrance, rendering my distress well nigh u Pportable. I am very,, far from wishing that any. one 811 (iuld l oo k upon my late strength of nerve as constitu dearaig°r acquired 1:r . ; callousness and obstinacy. No, no, my feelinp. lr e ' I never boasted the possession of a heart devoid of am',.."-ernother's misfortune, much less for my own. I crernned to die the death of a malefactor in accordance pe - r : t at deliberate, and, I trust, conscientious decision of 12 the —3* countrymen. May they never have cause to reproach 41selreswith hastiness in the discharge of so solemn a duty. p r i n til lerfectly resigned to my fate. I hope not from, stoic swf h e lPies; but from having seriously contemplated the really for :" consequences of quitting this bitter scene unprepared q ae uu rnortality. I pray that pardon may be awarded me on P contrition and prostration of soul, for my past youthful t .,Prliden ce and sinfulness. lam persuaded that unless the 4:Altai heart be broken, and renewed by Divine mercy, how taer noble an d amiable it may be deemed by the world, it o h never think of eternity without inwardly shuddering. that the rock of ages may so fix my wavering and a(a'e‘'nf,' mind, in his love, compassion, and power, that I may Ivi t i t i ,Y own wickedness and depravity, and look upon th t ' 4 ith and humility as my guide and Saviour. It is time t I draw to a close ; but before I conclude, suffer me for one , h eilnc-'et to d we ll on what perhaps ought to have formed the s oll e ,, f , hepubject of this letter. While I was at Clerkenwell the very " Newgate Prison" struck terror into me. I thought in l - ( 6n I should leave it, I might bid farewell to kindness, th„ l "est, good-hearted men for tver. I found the officers tr so many exceptions totheir general character. They I e s ru me witli th e grea test considerati,n and kindness, and hok hands w ith th em a ll at parting with a heavy ,i,..T While I listened to their good wishes for my happy b ut 7 8 * I came hither expecting nothing but harshness, was I surprised to find that the same bent • ex a - r - ' ' f eelings which I had so lately met with were had t i sea almost more fully, if possible, by every one who ca ne ° dO with me here; and now that I think of it, 1 , fth ot but mention the brotherly sympathy and attention h ear t nlan who is appointed my keeper, to whom 1 owe a , full of thanks ; when I have been at times melon wa.}T Or unwell he has taken it as much to heart as though abaci his devoted friend, indeed, he is the companion and 111, ( s )f an feelings--may he always have such a friend 416 . 7 43 been to me. But * in justice to all connected with he a - r PL a cea ought not to particularise,yet I must not for- Wh ile `uu names of Mr. Davis, Mr. Cope, and Mr. Wright. w riting of them, every grateful acknowledgment m ill rn h .°ll( "Ns• Last of all, though I may truly say the first `"oughts is yourself, how can I speak to you as I feel th at 7 know-of interested yourself in m misfortune in a manner to y eti. no of no other title than that of father that i . s suited lx , or f h may yo never have th bittr exprience of my an f at h e r , but be u rewarded with that e peace of mind and phit (ainuillity of c onsc i ence , w hi c h ever a tt en d the Christia n glo ry ~th is t, and ma y y ou u lti ma t e ly c o me to that crown of 4 part a k e rfadeth not away, of which I humbly hope to be se_ 'vent Believe me, Sir, your most grateful and faithful kr. Sheriff Sidney. T. H. HOOKER. 8 ORTING INTELLIGENCE. • - (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET. SUNDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR TO-MORROW. Plan 501. Last three miles of B.C. "antagenet, 4 yrs, and Trudge-it, 4 yrs. Sweepstakes of 20 s , ivs. each. D.M. Oakley, Evenus, and Amaryllis filly. The IN Handicap. T.Y. C. fat gib :loor Soldier, 5 s, 7st 131b—Anonyme, 5 yrs, Amaryllis filly 3 y rs, 6st 21b—Seakale fi lly, 3 yrs, b. Tith e Y others paid. Th e f I wo Thousand Gnineas Stakes (Tuesday). )4, 4 ollowing horses have been scratched :—Weatherbit, kid 3 ' fl an, The Prior, Golden Fleece, Moulton , Le o p ard, Adri anople. One Thousand Guineas Stakes (Thursday). ' Jet and Pilgrimage are scratched. Newmarket Stakes (Friday). An °ll ee alment, Golden Fleece, colt out of Zany's darn, Lady .Is' o o s li a n etting d Leopard are struck out. MARKET NE W S.-(TIIIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—MONDAY. r the time of year, the receipts of English Wheat up to o f f Market in the past week have been moderately good, and 15, ah average quality. Of English Barley, Malt, Oats, and t as, the arrivals have proved small, but the imports of little Barley and Oats have been liberal. Fresh up, very tha'e English Wheat cau se to h and; h ence th e quan tity of t v description of prod uce offering was dull. Still, how as the atte n d ance of both town and country buyers was demand for it wa s i n a very sluggish state, at about equal t o th ose o b ta i ne d on th is d a y se , nni . ght, izel at which a c l earance was with difficulty effected. From titiparters the accounts respecting the appearance do u b e Y° ll og wheat plants are very favourable, and which, no eo,nt, had some influence upon the Wheat trade here te-day. the I. atively speaki ng , very littl e Wh ea t w as on offer, yet s ,, with it was i n a very sluggish state, at about lastmost quotations. Bonded grain was a mere drug, and al e4s,!%nominal in val ue . M ost o f th e l arge maltsters being to leave off work, we had a very dull inquiry for all k ie c orip it t ions of B ar l ey , an d prev i ous quo t a ti ons were with / taJ a nnorted. The Malt trade, though the supply sales Kiel!, ruled ext reme l y d u ll, an d i n some instances where Oat s W th ere pressed, the rates had a downward tendency. ugh in short supply, were not so active as last and neve rtheless, prices were mostly supported. Beans sales toes° few e filt a ateadY demand, at full prices. In Flour very plan. CURRENCY PER IMP "e4t---itE_.ssex & Kent, hitt ° •••• • • • • 38s to 45s 1,10 k and .... • • 42s 54s coinMaLin- Red• •• • • ns 43s te 40s 478 Ye I t . W• h **** ** ** ** ** •. : 8 5 407 i; •" • ...... • 3s 34s arley ••••• • • • • . 3 5s 36s 'At ah . r aiding 23s 28s ing li t ••• •• • • 52s 44s alt °‘ ff„er . : 36 5 --s nd Nor t. •" ••"••• • • • • • 58s 63s 11 1(1 •••• • • • 56s 60s a s ton sad Ware 60s —s meat_. F OREIGN* GRAIN A ditzie • • • • • • , 2s to 36s 11 01 5 an ' l xtrgh '3.4 — 5 Cs 44 .."* . • " 4 .... •• • • 20s 2 s # tea " ...... • • 19s 23s ••• • . SIWITHWIELD., 4 4 1 LI n Vorts of live ste , ck for our market since this day ° i f 14,"A1 t have been very extensive, they having consisted ~,iiiitc,„`'aen and Cows from Rotterdam, per the Batavier, Co istel:;e', Royal Adelaide, John and Catharine, Ocean, and nur n b c ,^Jn, for the most part, fair average condition. The Past on sale did not exceed 50 head, the remainder of the Alt,6",ek's imp or t s b e i ng di s p ose d of on Friday last. da rn , ugh f oreign stock in general was tolerably good, the te r .4 l ( l for it thi s morn i ng was h eavy , on somew h a t easier be eti ' Our l etter from Hull states t h at 21 B eas t s have ~r 2 tei v ed there from the above port ; hence it will l ong rnined that a decided increase, as we have Pres,lnce anticipated, is taking place in these arrivals. Ilervr,,f` e rfolk and Scotland rather a large increase was ()b -out In the arrivals of Beasts brought up to our market, go c , ( : . ° l ° other quarters the receipts were only reasonably e qual ()w ing however to the numbers being more than t ver N , ° the wants of the dealers, the Beef trade was in a of ,i,it'ecl)re3sed state, at a decline on last week's quotationsiieeSgure t fo d i per 81bs. Although we quote 4s t the highest one r 'Jed, it must be understood that the more general was not not exceed 3s 10d per 81bs, and at which a clearance th e L eff ected. Notwithstanding the shortness of Beef, cep t came to hand in good condition, if we ex- Nae,'"ft fact that a large portion, both Beasts and Th e were suffering from the effects of the epidemic. no m tr a , sact . ber of stock animals was small, yet very few drov e . & a nis took plac in them, on low terms. The BulloFk cetieCZ°rt; N orfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire t°rthe rn - of 2,2 00 Scots and home-breds • while, from the wen t ,. - countries we received 200 short:horns ; from the 'Sze. ; f . ll and Midland districts 300 Herefords, Wilts, Devons, 'lntdf ro r° „, ra c , other parts of England 150 of various breeds; Shea oeetland 410 horned and polled Scots. The supply fnp ext en : , was somewhat on the increase, though far from p r i„ e . Prime old Downs commanded a ready sale at rat ee Tv- 4 ; but all other kinds met a slow inqui, at late t o sh It Will be observed that our prices r ry efer solely t alalb7 P Ou t of the wool. From the Isle of Wight 135 ree,iearae to hand by railway ; but from other parts the active were only moderate. The Lamb trade was decidedly chil e ' and in some instances the rates had an upward ten titerrejilrevailoves were in short supply and heavy demand, at 'la currencie es s. In Pigs—the numbers of which ev"u—very few sal were effected, at unaltered rates. 'ERIAL ➢IEASURE bl alt—Chevalier • • • • • • 64s to 65s Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed. 22s 23s Potatoe .••.• • .. .. 24s 25s Yougha.l and Cork, Black ... • . 20s 22s Cork, White . • Scotch, Feed. • Beans—Tick . • • • • • Plge,ons .. ..... Pease—Grey. • • • • • Maple . . • • • • • • .. 215 23s .. 22s 23s .. 345 36s 38s 39s 348 36s 35s 36s - . White .••• • • • Boilers ••••• • • • • 36s 38s Flour—Town-made •• • 42s • 8 Suffolk • 33s 35s Stocktn & Norfolk 33s 35s D FLOUR IN BOND. Beans • • ••.• • • • Pease •••• • • • • 28s 32s Flour—American .• •• • 19s —s Baltic • Per Blbs. to s _ lllfert,,r Beal s. d. a. d. s. d . to s. d. ile tor ; i ta ...„ 2 4 2 8 S e cond quality ditto 3 2 3 4 l'i'ira: i g n alitY ditto. 210 3 2 Coarse-woolledditto 3 6 3 8 14 41 ; aStrge Oxen.. 3 4 3 8 Soutbdown Wethers 310 4 2 ,Lee B ; , t° ts ••••• • 3 10 4 0 Ditto out of the wool - - 6 rillk;;°arst Calves 3 4 4 2 Large Hogs ••• • " 3 0 3 4 0 Eilicklii ditto ••• 4 4 4 6 Small Porkers . •• • • 8 il lferl4 ( ,_ al.v ets. • •18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs —1 3 6 0 20 0 gee •• • • 2 8 3 0 Lambs ..4 10 6 0 li e " . SUPPLY AT MARKET. 3 ,325 Sheep. I Calves. I Pia. 26,650 I 83 320 / 3 114 - WOOL M.ARZET. tf :1 28. ng the past week the imports of Wool have consisted b al . tales from Algoa :Bay 1 208 bales from Sydney, 10 i r 'a from n •-•Porto, 160 bales fr ' om , Hamburgh, :and 200 bales 4:ii'let v othe r quarters. Public sales of about 10,000 bales,, 41 0ed i 7 . e° , 1 °nial, will take pl ace a b ou t the middle of next tllp„rted rr iVately, very littl e i s d o i ng , y e t prices are mostly r. !ilk the offal. Prix:M .97 o*ZZ AND parts LEADENNA b ZIE. Scotland di of Enlandvie have re els lltther an exten and sive fferent supply of Beef a nd Mutton during il liel:„..reek, in, for the most part, good condition. Of ttrlo c r,„? Pork, as is almost invariably the case at this eu I . A .L the year, the receipts have been rather scanty, yet t !'titic:,,.. ec l t tate to meet the wants of the trade. In addition ,N4,7„..va1s given below about 500 carcases of Lamb have „NA (cluefly_per railway) from the western districts •It tee,gallire• The quality not being very prime, low the 4. °l ' otn 4s 10d to 5s 4d per 81bs have been paid for l oci zzout, 30 carcases of Thitcli Beaks have sold ai from " al Per MIA With Meat killed in the m e tropolis veavily supplied, owing to which the —.Jana 11:s ruled inactive, and the currencies ob ...tined on this day , e'nnight have not been supported. At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. 1. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior .. 2 8 210 middling • • prime large .. 3 ill 3 2 prime 3 4 3 6 prime small .. 3 2 3 4 Pork, 1arge........ 210 3 6 Veal.. ....•• Lamb, 4s 8d to 6s. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs. 27 540 400 30 600 480 20 120 100 16 200 190 30 350 30 34 290 100 100 40 380 120 200 fi 40 30 12 220 90 110 16 300 30 200 we have been rath.- ' enerai Scotland ............ Yorkshire • • • • Norfolk ........................ Suffolk .. Cambridgeshire ••• • • • Essex Surrey ••• • • • •. • • Devonshire •••• • • • Wiltshire .. Other parts •.. Total •••• • • • • ...... 233 3,040 340 2,040 Previous week's arrival.... .. 171 2,745 500 2,515 Difference since our last 62 295 160 475 BOROUGH AND SPITAMPIELDO The supplies of Potatoes continuing large, the demand is extremely dull, and the inferior qualities are selling on some what easier terms. About 100 tons have been received from llolland, but they are only worth about 35s per ton. BOROUGH HOP IMELWItZT. Since our last report the demand for all kinds of Hops has been in a very sluggish state, yet we can notice no material variation in prices. The accounts from the plantations state that the plant has been already attacked with flea. TALLOW There is but little alteration in this market ; since our last a fair business has been doing for the time of year, and prices are fully supported, both on the spot and for the autumn. Town Tallow is not abundant ; the price is 38s to 395. 6d_nett cash. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, on Saturday, were 6,000 bales, including 2,000 on speculation. There was no alteration in prices. The market for Railway Shares was not so firm for scrip as for established lines. Barnsley Junction, 4 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire, 8 7 v 8 ; Blackburn, Datwen, and Bolton, 4 5 ; Belfast and Bal lymena, 7 3 / 4 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liver col, 11 1 % ; Caledonian, 11 II ; Ditto, Extension, 3% %' • Cambridge and Lincoln, 7 3 / 4 %; Chester and Birkenhead, New Shares, 41 1 , ; Ditto, Half Shares, 22 1 • Chester and Holyhead, 16% ; Chester and Preston Brook, 2/. 18s. 6d.; Churnet Valley, 7% 1 / 2 5/8 1 4_,• Clydesdale Junction, 7%; Cork and Killar ney, 3 ; Cork and Waterford, 2% • Dublin and Galway, 31% . % ; Dundee and Perth, 3 1 4 ; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, 3% ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 514 1 / 8 ; Eastern Counties, 19%; Ditto, New Shares, 5 ; Glasgow and Dum fries, 245. 255. 6d. ; Grand Junction, New Shares, 441% ; Ditto, Eighth Shares; 19%; Great Southern and-Western, Extension, 12 3 4 %; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 7% 9 ; Inverness and Elgin, I%_; Inverness and Perth, % 3 4 •, Limerick and Waterford, 8 1 4 % ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 535. 6d: 2% ; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 44; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 4 1 4 ; London and York, 4%; Direct Northern, 44 % ; Leeds and Dewsbury, 5% 6 3 / 4 ; Leeds and Thirsk, ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 6 1 4 V s • 'Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares 9%; Ditto, ' New Shares, 5 1 4 %; Manchester and Buxton, 5% ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 18 1 4 ; Manchester, Shef field, and Midland Junction, 8%; Manchester and Leeds, 143 140; Midland Railway, 153 ; Ditto , 40 /. Shares , 181% ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 3 3 / 4 ; North British, Half Shares, 4% Ils. 6d. •, North Kent, 4%; North Union, A, 145 ; North Wales Mineral, New Shares, 6%; North Western, 4% 4; North Wales, 3 ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 4% ; Oxfiurd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, ; Sheffield and Manchester, 120 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 13% ; Shrews bury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 5% ; South-Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. I, 16; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3, 7% 1 .8 ; Trent Valley, 18 1 1 2 ; Ditto, Continuation, 1 3 4 2% ; Water ford and Kilkenny, 4%; Welsh Midland, 3 prem. ; Lyons and Avignon, English, 2%; Northern of France (Laffitte), 5%; Northern of France (Itosamel), 465. 465. 6d. ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, English, 11 10%; Paris and Lyons, English '(Laffitte'a)' 2 3 / 16s. 6d. ;`, Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's), 2% Ils. ; Sambre and Meuse, 7%. There are very numerous colonial and foreign arrivals bringing ship letters, and in some instances of a later date. The Prince Albert furnishes advices of the 3d inst. from New York. The stock market was tolerably buoyant, and cotton had been in request. The exchange was 109% to 3 / 4 . There was a fair- demand. for cotton--arid flour. From the Cape of Good Hope there are accounts to March 1. Affairs on the frontier were tranquil, and also at Natal, if we except isolated cases of theft by the natives. Mauritius papers of Feb. 8 have been received, but their contents are of local interest only. The Funds are quiet again to-day, but hardly so well sup ported as on Saturday. The settlement to be effected to morrow in Shares causes a few sales of stock. Consols have been 99 to % for Money, and 99% 1 4 for Account. Exche quer-bills have realised 58s. to 60s. premium. The flatness on the Paris Bourse, owing to the reported temporary retire ment of M. Guizot, to recruit his health, has a slight influ ence, no doubt. Bank Stock has been at 209% to 210; East India Bonds have been marked 71a. to 745. premium ; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 100% to 101 1 % s ; and the Three per Cents. 97% to 981%. An improvement has occurred again in Mexican Stock, which is now 38 to %. The Deterred is 18 1 / 2 . There is nothing new in the American accounts calculated to affect this stock. Columbian Bonds have been 15% to %, and Brazilian 88%. Portuguese Converted have been 66% to 67 1 4 ; Spanish Act ives 30% %, and the Three per Cents. 40% to 41. Danish Stock is 88, and Dutch Four per Cents. are 97Th % Share market is flatter in most cases, but there are exceptions where sales for a fall have been lately made too freely. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New 3% per Cents 100% 101% 101% Long Annuities to expire J an. 1860 11 7-16% 11Y 8 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5 , 1860 India Bonds, 1,0001... Ditto under 1,000/. . ....... .- 74 71 - 71 Consols for Account... .... ... 99% 99 1 A Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 1 1 Ad. ... 58 60 58 pm. 60 Ditto 500/. . Ditto Small ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Ditto. Account ..... ... ...... -88 Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela 15%% 15% Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent BB 88% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 33% 38 1 A Ditto Account Ditto, Deferred lB% 18% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converte d 67 Ditto, Account 66% 67% 67% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 . Ditto, Account Ditto, Deferred lB 17% 8 Ditto 3 per Cent. . . . Belgian Bonds, 4% per Cent — 101% Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Ceram. ... 97 1 / 2 % 973 / 4 PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING PRICES. Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Birmin and Gloucester. 100 13 61 Jo. New Bristol and Exeter ..... 70 Do. New . . Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1 1 / 2 Chester and Holyhead... 5 Cimniet Valley . 2 Coventry and Leicester 1 1 - Direct Northern Dublin and Belfast June 2 1 % lO3/1%74 Dublin and Galway 2%..... 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 2% E as tern Counties Eastern Union l5 .. ... • Ditto Extension ...... 1 % 2% % Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, New Quarters.. 2 1 4 Ely and Bedford .'. ... -.. 1% 2 3% Great South. and West. a(lreland) - 5 Ditto Extension Great North of England.. 100 Great Western BO .. . ...187 188 Ditto % Shares Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 2% ... .. 5% ... - 51A Harwich Hull and Selby 5O Ditto Quarter Shares 12 1 ,4...... 22% Do. Half Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 20 London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...235 236 236 Do. New Thirds London and Blackwall. 16/. 13 s. 4 d 98% 94... .. 9% London and Brighton... 50 - .... 63% Do. Consolidated Btbs 16 London and Croydon,93/. 15s. 9d. London and S. Western 41/6s 10d 801 A 79% Do. New . 2% 14% 15 Do. New London and York ...... ... 2 1 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham 1 8 3 1% 5 3% Manchester and Birmin. 4 0 Do. Quarters 4 ...... 9 Do. New Quarters ... Manchester and Leeds... 73 Do. % Sh ar es Do. Quarters Midland 100 Do. New Midland,Birm r ,Derby 1 00 117 2% 134% 32% 32% 7 12 1 4 16% 7 1 24 4% ..... 10% 4 5 1 ;1 20 Newcastle and Darling ton Junction Do. New Brandling... 10 Newcastle and Berwick 11/ 14% 14% Newark and SLeffield ... 1% 4% 5%......... 5 4 Newry and Enniskillen. 2 % North British Do. New Northern and Eastern... 45 North Kent N o rwich and Brandon Do., New ............1 Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Central Scottish Midland 1%... 3% • 3% Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2%..•.• 4 1 %%,... 4 1% South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... Do., No. 2. Do., No: 3 1 N/ Staines and Richmond... 1 South Wales 2% s4' yB Trent Valley York and North Midland 50 10 2 1,% Do. % Shares Ditto*.Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby Do. Extension VI 16% 16 ... ..... FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Animas... 4 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Great North. of France.. 4 Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... . PA Namur and Liege Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 ...... Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 ...... i0%3A..... .. •• Paris & Lyons, Laflitte's 2 Faris and Lyons, Gan neron's, Paris and-Orteatts '2o .....•:' 471 .. • • • ~ - ' 411 i1 Paris and Rouen 2% 6% 2ys 1 r IT SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1845. Paris and Strasbourg 2 Royal North of Spain 2 Sambre and Meuse 4 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 l2 JOINT STOCK BANKS. • Provincial co!' Ireland ... 25 ' MANCIIthTER STOCK EXCRANGE, 'APRIL 26.—The sales are :—Manchester and Birmingham, New Quarters, 5 1 4 % prem. ; North British, New Shares, 4 ; Barnsley Junction, 3 3 4 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 1% ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 8 1 4 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accring ton, 6% ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 4% % ; Cam bridge and Lincoln, 7% 7 ; Clitheroe • Junction, 3 prem. ; Churnet Valley, 7% ; Direct Northern, 4% ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1 1 4 ; Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and Manchester Junction, 17s. 6d. 19s. ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junc tion, 5% cum new ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 8 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 7% ; Leeds and Thirsk, 5 1 4 %; Leeds and West. Riding Junction, 6 1 / 8 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2% 3 ; 1?ondon and Worcester, Rugby and Oxford; 4 ; London and York, 4 1 %; Manchester and Buxton, 5% ; North Western, 434 s ; Preston and Wyre Extension, 2 3 4 prem. ; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 1 1 ,6 9-16 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction, 5; Trent Valley, 18 1 4 ; Trent Valley Con tinuation and Holyhead Junction, 2 1 4 % prem. : "Great Northern of France (English), 5% ; Manchester and Liver pool District Bank, 12%. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 2s.—Wind southerly breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, Aran. 27.--Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Mary Gray, Stork, Valparaiso ; Agnes, Fox, Trinidad ; Chanticleer, Hoare, - Jamaica. 27. Henrietta, Henderson, South Seas; Elizabeth Buckhann, Boyden Launceston ; Castle Eden, Reads, and Forfarshire, Symons; China; Agincourt, Nesbitt, Ellenborough, Close, Bucephalus, Bell, Southampton, Bowen, Florist, Huggup, Maria Somas, Baker, Bolton, and United, Bertrand, Calcutta; Malabar, Pirie, Bombay; Royal Albert, and Lotus, India; Thomas Blyth, Hay, Janet, and Kite, Ritchie, Mauritius; Zenobia, Owen, and John, Ichaboe; Betty, Valparaiso; Dorothea, Craig, Grenada; Prince Albert, Sebor, New York ; her Majesty's ship Nauti lus, Portsmouth. Sld. Cambria, Quebec; Hannah, Mont real ; Roding, Bordeaux and Calcutta. Put back, Sir Chris topher Forbes, Honduras; and Lady Faversham, for Quebec. SHIELDS, APRIL 25.—Percival, Kay, Ichaboe. WHITEHAVEN, APRIL 24.—S1d. Ainslev, Quebec. SOUTHWOLD, APRIL 25.—The Sarah and Ann, Tweddell, of this port, sailed from Ncwcastle prior to the late gale, and has not since been heard of. MARGATE, APRIL 27.—The New Holland, Parsons, from Alexandria, was in contact to-day in Pace Sand Hole with the Southampton from Calcutta, lost bowsprit, foremast, &c., became leaky, and was towed into the bay and run aground, where she remains, but is expected off this tide ; cargo dis charging. The Post Boy, from Lisbon,-got on the Long Nore yesterday, but came off without assistance, and pro • ceeded. OFF NORTH FORLAND, APRIL 26.—Ernst Gustav, Bre men, for the westward, with emigrants. LivEnrooL, APRIL 26 AND 27.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.— Arrd. Pickwick, Cornish, Islay ; Barlow and John M'Lellan, Ichaboe; Eliza Ann, Burns, Rio Grande; Unicorn, Tobasce ; Mentor, Angostura; Crescent, Antigua; Charles Kerr, Free man, Honduras; Lochlebo, Taylor, Mobile; Merse y , Tucker, Apalachicola; Aderondack, Europe, J. R. Skiddy, and Shef field, all New York, sailed Ist inst. ; Concord, Herald, and John, Ichaboe. 27. John Land and Lysander, China; An gelina, Gray, Singapore. Arrd. Bengal Merchant; John M'Vicar, M'Leod ; John Pauter, John Woodall, Williams, Mary. Hartley, Bartlett, Thomas Mellor, Palethorpe, and United, Calcutta; Thomas Whitney, Sumatra; London, Madras ; Earl Lonsdale, Mauritius ; C , :quett and Cadet, Cape of Good Hope; Mary, Lloyd, and Prompt, Panjore, Ichaboe; Ann, Wright, Sierra Leone; Jos. Porter, Fred. Huth, Wil helmina, and Mary, Cousens, Africa ; Tera, Gay, Valparaiso ; Homily, Rio Janeiro; Envoy, M'Kattrick, New Orleans ; tosalama, Buckley, Mobile; Acadia, M'Kenzie, Savannah. LOSS OF THE ISABELLA, OF ABERDEEN. Advices were received at Lloyd's this morning from their agent, the British Vice-Consul at that port, informing them of the loss of the above ship. It appears that the barque Isabella, Captain Leask, of and from Aberdeen, in ballast, and bound to St. John's, New Brunswick, sprung a leak, which filled her full of water, and caused her to heel over on her beam ends, thus obliging the masts to be cut away to partially right her. In this perilous condition, having .lost all their boats, and nearly all the fresh water and provisions which were stowed in the hold, they remained for seventeen days, keeping the 'vessel aflbat by the emplOyment of bUckets, their pumps being choked. Exhausted with continued fatigue and privation, and redUced for quenching their thirst to the only fresh water that fell from the clouds, they would inevitably have perished had not Providence sent to their relief the Spanish brig Trasmerano, Capt. Pola, who was boun d from Havannah to Santander, and having discovered them bore down upon them, and sending his boats to the wreck received them on board (seventeen in number), where they remained sixteen days, when they were landed at Santander, during which time they received from the Spanish captain and his crew the most kind, humane, and generous conduct. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND public 04nitton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The Moniteur contains the Bill which has lately passed the two Chambers, for calling out 80,000 men in 1846. It is signed by the King, and countersigned by the Duke of Dalmatie, Minister of War. The same journal states that M. GUIZOT drove out in his carriage on Friday to the Bois de Boulogne, where he walked for some time ; and adds, that the general state of his health was most satisfactory. On Saturday he paid a visit to the King. In the Chamber of Deputies, on Saturday, M. Dozon brought forward his proposition for preventing, by fine and imprisonment, the practice of duelling, and asked the Chamber to appoint a day for his bringing the matter before it formally. The Minister of Justice opposed the proposition, on the ground that the common law was sufficient for all the purposes which the Hon. Deputy sought. Letters from Romagna anuounce that the military com mission sitting at Ravenna had condemned to death three political prisoners, and a number of others to the galleys. Among the former was a young man, under eighteen years of age. 1 he Commission on the railway from Tours to Nantes, and from Paris to Strasburg, is composed of Messrs. Richond des Bros, Gillon, Larabit, Dutier, Combarel de Leyval, Hallez, D'Hunolstein, General Paixhans, and De L'Epee : The Com- mission is favourable to the scheme, two only dale members, Messrs. Larabit and Combarel, are opposed to it. The Legislative Chamber of Portugal was prorogued on Sunday, the 20th, by the Queen in person, preparatory to a dissolution. _ _ -.- The Swiss Diet on the 22d inst. prorogued its sittings in definitely. The whole of the diplomatic corps left Zurich for Berne after the day's proceedings. The following is the distribution of the Mediterranean fleet, according to the accounts from Malta of the 15th of April :—At Malta, the Formidable, 84, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, the Commander-in- Chief; Ceylon, 12, receiving-ship, bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Sir L. Curtis, second in command, and Superinten. dant of Malta Dock-yard; Amazon, 26; Snake, 16; Locust, war-steamer, and Beacon and Bonetta surveying vessels. At Gibraltar, the Scout, 18; Fantome, 16; Medea and Flamer war-steamers. On her way to Malta from the West Indies, the Inconstant, 36. At Barcelona, the Devastation war steamer. At Corfu, the Orestes, 18. At the Pirmus of Athens, the Tyne, 28, and Geyser war-steamer. At Smyrna, L'Aigle, 24. At Constantinople, the Hecla and Virago war steamers • and at Beyrout, the Warspite, 50. The Semaphore de Marseilles contains a letter from Con stantinople of the Bth inst., stating that the affairs of Greece continued to occupy the Divan. Chekib Effendi had lately addressed a note to the representatives of the three protecting Powers, in which he set forth the complaints of Turkey against Greece, and declared that if the latter continued to menace the peace of the neighbouring Ottoman provinces, the Porte would be under the necessity of adopting energetic measures and stationing corps of observation atolls , the Greek frontier. This note was forwarded to the Ministers of Eng land, France, and Russia in Athens, by whom it was sub mitted to the Hellenic Government. Coletti gave the three Ministers the most satisftctory explanations, which con vinced them that the apprehensions of the Porte were un founded. _ _ According to a letter from Constantinople, Russia is making great exertions to increase the Circassian army to the amount of 180,000 men. 100 transports are to be col lected in the Black Sea, for , the transport of troops and stores, and the command of the whole farce is to be given to Count Woronzoff, the Governor of the Crimea. This army is, it is said, to be concentrated at Sebastopol and Stavropol, to operate by sea and by land. _ - COURT—FASHIONABLE. Lord and Lady Brougham had a grand dinner party last evening at his Lordship's residence in Grafton-street. The Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz honoured the Noble Lord and her Ladyship with his company on the occasion, and among the other distinguished personages present were—The Duke de Broglie, the Austrian Ambassa dor and the Countess Diestricbstein, the Hanoverian Minis ter, the Dutch Minister, the Duke of Wellington, the Mar quis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, and the Hon. Colonel Dawson Darner. The Duke of Richmond left Portland-place on Saturday for Goodwood. His Grace, with the Duchess and the Ladies Gordon Lennox, is expected to return to town for the season in the course of the present week. Prince Albert de Broglie left the French embassy late on Friday evening for Paris, charged with dispatches for the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Earl and Countess of Harewood and family are ex pected to arrive to-day at Harewood House, Hanover-square, from the Duke of Buccleuch's seat, Boughton House, near Kettering, Northamptonshire, where the Noble Earl and Countess have been staying since their recent domestic be reavement. Viscountess Palmerston has a grand ball this evening at her Ladyship's mansion on Carlton House-terrace. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, will honour the Noble Viscountess with their company on this occasion. Among a distinguished party who visited the Great Britain steam-ship on Saturday, were the Marquis of Normanby, Lord Brougham, Lord Lennox, Lady Essex, Mrs. Montgo mery Martin, and Mr. Young, of the Treasury. Most of the party afterwards dined at Lovegrove's. IVIISCIELLANZOUS. This being the season for the introduction of the summer fashions from Paris, the steamers from the Continent are bringing a very large quantity of silk and fancy goods over, of every c haracter, value, and description, f or th e supply of the shops of the metropolis, and to enable them to put, forth an attractive show of novelties usual at this time of year. The great influx of these articles lately has had the effect of causing a great deal of business to be going forward at the quays and warehouses adjoining the Custom house, and the'revenne officers, who, from their greater capa city or more extensive knowledge of the value of these va riable descriptions of merchandise, are placed on these sta tions, have been very fully employed. Some further returns respecting corn were issued on Satur day, by order of the House of Commons. It is shown thereby that in the year ending sth of January last, 781,036 quarters of foreign, 3,392 quarters of British colonial, and 37,727 quarters of Canadian corn, were the quantities upon which duty was paid for home consumption---making a total of 822,156 quarters, paying a duty of 673,811/. altogether. The foundation-stone of the Royal British Orphan Asylum was laid at Devonport on Wednesday. Earl Fortescue, as Provincial Grand Master, came purposely from Ireland to attend the ceremony. The Committee of the Foundling Hospital are gratified in announcing the receipt of the very handsome donation of 250/., through the medium of John Francis Maubert, Esq., Ralph Ricardo, Esq., and David Haes, Esq., t rus t ees of the. Children's Friend Society. 2001. of this sum is to be applied to the generar imirposes of the hospital, and thsk re main i ng 501. to the benevolent fund lately established - tor the relief of aged or distressed persons brought up in Uri limite. RAIIAV AY COMMITTEES. ('I'IIIS DAY.) Group T. SYSTON AND PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY. MONDAY, SIXTH DAY. The Committee met to-day, to consider the clauses of this Bill ; Sir George Grey, Bart., in the chair. Mr. WHATELET, on the part of Lord Harborough, re marked that he could not assent to the clauses the Com mittee had drawn up since Saturday, relative to the mode in which the line was proposed to be taken through his Lord ship's grounds. The clauses had been drawn up on the recommendation of the Committee at the close of its sitting on Saturday, founded on an arrangement which it was said the Company had ef fected with the proprietors of the Oakham Canal, which passes through his Lordship's grounds, and along which it was proposed to take the line of railway. The CHAIRMAN suggested that any opposition to the clauses should be offered when they came in regular order before•the Committee, and that the objections should be confined to the adequacy of the clauses to carry out the arrangement come to on Saturday. The preamble of the Bill the Committee had considered proved, and the); could not consent to the re opening of the main question. A number of clauses were then read, but no discussion took place till those relating to tolls were brought under con sideration. The CHAIRMAN and Mr. RINDLEY considered the rates both relating to passengers and goods too high, and gave several instances of lower rates in old-established lines. The Great North of England, the Newcastle and Darlington, and the Manchester and Ashton-ulider-Lyne Railways were cited as cases in point, along with several others. The clauses were ultimately postponed, in order to enable the Committee to collect definite information respecting the average rate of charges on other lines. The clauses relating to the carrying of the line through Lord Harborough's estate were then gone into. The first clause in reference to this matter was then read, which was to the effect that the line might be taken through the park, according to a line marked in a plan produced, either on the site of the canal, or outside of it to a distance of a hundred yards, as circumstances might require it. Mr. WHATELEY said it was the understanding on Saturday that the railway should be substituted for the canal through his Lordship's grounds. Now, there was nothing respecting this in the clause just read, so that it gave the Company the power to take the railway through the grounds, without using the canal as had been agreed to. There was, there fore, the possibility of a double nuisance ; there might be both the canal and railway existing at the same time. There was no security whatever that the canal would be used for the purposes of the company, as the latter could do nothing in regard o£ using the canal without an Act of Parliament. He thought the Bill ought to be postponed till an Act, empowering the company to take up the canal, was passed. The CHAIRMAN stated that the Committee had considered the objection of Lord Harborough to the original plan of the a c i o d m e r p a a w n 3 e , a y s iel o a n ti e ee of e f a p s r e i r v io a u te s n p a r t e u p r e e r , ty in ; v had felt desirous of a better arrangement being c ome h v i e n n g c e, a t e° h eny to. Now, however, he thought the clause proposed quite as favourable as the proposition for taking the line along the canal, inasmuch as the line if not carried along the canal, in the event of the arrangement with the proprietors not being satisfactorily concluded, it would be taken outside of it, and at a greater distance from- his Lordship's house. Mr. TALBOT, on the part of the company, said they were willing to add an additional clause to the Bill, in order to give time for negotiations with his Lordship, and the canal proprietors. It was in substance that no land should be taken from his Lordship's ground without his consent within a twelvemonth from the passing of the Act. After some further discussion this clause, in addition to the other clauses relating to this portion of the line, were agreed to. The clauses respecting Stamford-bridge were next taken into consideration, and severally agreed to. They provide that 5,000/. shall be applied by the company to the widen ing of the bridge ; and that, for the additional accommodation of the inhabitants of Stamford, a footbridge shall be erected. A clause was also agreed to, that at the point where the line meets with the Eastern Counties Railway, near Peterborough, the speed of the trains should not be more than four miles per hour. After agreeing to several other unimportant clauses, the CoMmittee adjourned till Thursday, at twelve o'clock. Group X. The Committee appointed to investigate the merits of the Bills comprised in group X met this morning in Committee room No. 16 ; present, Lord Courtenay, Chairman, Mr. Darby, Mr. P. Scrope, Mr. M'Geachy, Mr. B. Wall. The Committee had the following Bills before them, namely,—London and York—Lincoln, York and Leeds Direct Cambridge and Lincoln Direct Northern Eastern Counties (Cambridge and Huntingdon) Eastern Counties (Ely and Whittlesea) Eastern Counties ( Hertford and Biggleswade)—Eastern Counties (Finsbury Extension) —Eastern Counties (Ely and Lincoln Extension)—Midland Railways E xtension (Swinton and Lincoln)—Midland Railways Extension (Lincoln and Ely) —Rotherham, Bawtry, and Gainsborough Junction—Shef field and Lincolnshire junction—York and North Midland and Doncaster Extension—Tottenham and Farringdon street Junction. At the sitting of the Committee, this morning, strangers were ordered out of the room in order that the Committee might deliberate as to their mode of proceeding. On the re admission of strangers, they ware informed that no one but agents and counsel would be allowed to remain. The reporters were rudely expelled, but they forwarded a note into the room to Lord Courtenay, signed by the reporters for the Times, Morning Chronicle, Morning Herald, and The Sun. The answer to this note was, that one reporter might be ad mitted, but only one. This proposition was, of course, rejected, and another note was sent into the Chairman, and the answer to this note was, " that the press could not be admitted to day, but perhaps they might be admitted to-morrow." We may add that the Committee Clerk, whose name is Creed, was principally instrumental. in the refusal to admit the reporters. Group B. WEST YORKSHIRE DISTRICT. MONDAY, EIGHTH DAY. The Committee sat this di at twelve o'clock. P. M. STEWART, Esq., M.P., Chairman. The CHAIRMAN announced that there were some clauses in the Bill they had under their consideration on Friday which they should postpone the consideration of, as they related to tolls; other Committees having adopted the same course in respect to similar clauses. The Solicitor to the Bill then read the other clauses left undisposed of on Saturday, in which some mere verbal amendments were made. Several Counsel announced that they appeared on behalf of tehp the r Company, Mr. Edwards, Dlr. Slayden, Col. the Bradford Board of Surveyors, and s and West Riding line. others, :: i Lemoreigrainjsetn thek iJenkins, s Leeds The CHAIRMAN said they would now proceed to business with the LEEDS AND WEST RIDING LINE. Mr. AUSTEN said he would occupy very little of the time of the Committee with his opening statement of the Leeds and West Riding scheme. In this line he begged to say that he included the branch from Cooperbridge h ai‘ di e a‘ would ent ge l e r a w v ca e so t mp h rp a oa t pno t 3 o s. t d h at e ne v v db i e t n w i s s i t o Huddersfield : but of that he w o u ld say no more now, as e e s r i la n undertaken the The e bf form line he the ofeL e was eadi now an in verted S, and included Halifax and Leeds, and Wakefield and Dewsbury, and many other im portant places before the Committee on the map. The Leeds and Manchester Company had already made one line, which had been found to be of great advan tage to the public. The communication which the Leeds and Manchester Company had already given be tween Leeds and Manchester was sixty-one miles; and they now proposed, by what they called the West Riding Line, to give the shortest possible mode of communication, by reducing the length of the distance from 61 to 47 miles, thereby saving a journey of 13 miles, by opening a communication by way of Halifax. Besides that, they brought within the sphere of Leeds and Man chester the important town of Bradford, which was eight miles from Birmingham. The population of Bradford was 105,000, and therefore it would be a great convenience to that mass of people to bring a railway station within 2i miles of them, instead of eight miles, and they also put Halifax on the line; and that town had a population of 130,000 inhabitants, and therefore it would be unnecessary to point out the• importance of having this line carried us to this town. The second object of those who proposed this line was to cause an inter-communication with Brad ford, Halifax, Dewsbury, and another district, not on the map, but which he would call the Clackheaton Valley, and which was a most important branch. In fact, what was wanted was, that some giant station should stand at the cross of Lemore and spread out his limbs all over this line of country, in order to enable the people engaged in all g the departments of such trades as dyei n g , weaving, fulli n slubbing, wool stapling, &c., all of which were of very great im portance, as well as for the convenience of a number of people who did much of their work at home, and therefore wanted a cheap and expeditious mode of going for and taking back their work to the manufactories. Therefore, the objects of the Leeds and Manchester Company in this scheme was economy of construction, quick transit, and low fares, all of which could best be achieved by the lines being made by one Company. There was already a branch from Leeds to Halifax, and therefore it was pro posed to begin at Copley Mills, where the gradient would only be 1 to 100, and no private property would be inter fered with. They then went on from Halifax to I. .omore, which was the highest point on the line. [LEFT SPEAKING.] The on Eccles i asticalu Commissioners for England h a d a afternoon. There were p resen t th e meeting a t rday Bishops of London, Winchester, Chester, Hereford, Lichfield, and Worcester. 4 .. The commission recent l y a ppointed to inquire into the expediency and usefuln ess of remodellin g and redistributing hear,the circuits to of t h e the d e termination of recommending to Gov ernmen t judges in England and Wales, have already, we T the the division of the present N orthern Circuit i nto two. Manchester and Liverpool, with their s atellite towns, are, it is proposed, to are o m to ftohremneedw, agreedcirc circuit. t. to aahveise Crown to create a new court of commissioners have, m oreover, we common law at Westminster; and for that purpose to withdraw two judges from the courts of Common Pleas and Exchequer, and to appoint two additional judges. These recommendations can scarcely fail to meet with the general approval of the profession and of the public.—Chronicle. TRANSFER DAY.—In the course of the proceedings before the county magistrates, at Evans's Hotel, on Saturday last, a special application was made b y Mr. Chil ds , on the part of Mr. Newhouse, proprietor of the Ho rse and G room, Maiden-lane, for a renewal of the license of a house known a s the Amphitheatre, situated in Niewcastle-street , Strand, of whi ch he had also become the proprietor. It appeared, tom the statem en t o f the applicant ' s solicitor, that the house belonged to Messrs. Richmond and Co: ; that the late landlord, a Mr. Christian, had become bankrupt, and the trade assignee having neglected to apply for the license on the part of the creditors, it had been refused, and the house had been for some time closed. _After some-discussion, and it being shown that the new proprietor was a respectable licensed victualler, the application was granted. CONSTABULARY FORCE IN IRELAND —From a re turn issued by order of the House of Commons on Saturday, it ap pears that the effective streng th of the force in that country on the h l o st rs j es en ; n t ar he y re la b s e t in w g as als g o a reserve ,l93tn force enin nt ofhe general force, and 288 203 men and 22 horses. The total expenditure for 1844 was 443,392/. 14s. 2% d. On the Ist of January last, also, there were the following stipendiary ma gistrates% existing :—one at 1,0001. a year, besides extra expenses ; three at 6051. 7s. ; two at 4614 tes- od., besides 184/. as lodging allowarEes per annum; one at 5001.; eight at 4001., besides 1001. as lodgAng allow...mei; thirty-three at 4001.; and twelve at 3501. - Th ie Lords of .the Admir al ty have authorised Sir Willi am Symonds; the Surveyor of the Wavy, to build at Pain broke two first-class steam-slogps of about 1,000 tons each, to be provelled by the screw, and each ,to carry ten guns. , Tho-name Of one is to be the Contict and of the - other the Desperate.—United t rvfee qaulit • LITERATURE. HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND EM PIRE OF FRANCE, UNDER NAPOLEON. By M .A. Thiess. Vol. 111. This volume has destroyed all the favourable anti cipations of a true and impartial narrative of events which the English reader was led to form from the details given in the first two parts. M. Thiers being a man of some standing in society, laying claim to the character of a historian, and well furnished with original documents for the work, was expected to re late the history of his country during its most event ful period, with a correctness and impartiality which might render it not only acceptable to Frenchmen, but to all civilised nations. We certainly had looked to the publication with such expectations, imagining that a man who had raised himself from the lowest rank to that of prime minister of France, would have avoided all undue nationalities—all party spleen and falsehood, in order to reach a more difficult and more honourable position than that of a cabinet minister— a faithful ant elegant historian. We, however, have been miserably disappointed. Throughout, this volume, wherever English affairs are mentioned, truth is obscured by the most perverse and violent dis tortion of facts. A colouring in favour of France is given in every chapter and page, and no merit is al lowed to England, except what he could not deny, that in every principal encounter with the fleets and troops of France, those of England by some chance or another came off best. He could not come to any other conclusion, because the fact is known to all the world, but it is evident from the excuses which he invents for the failures of his countrymen, and the extravagant praise which he bestows on the most trivial victory, that if he could by any possibility have had the whole field of history to himself, the English would have been denied even the least particle of justice. But, luckily, this departure from truth brings its own punishment, and never was mendacity less successful than in the case of M. Thiers. By inventing pleas of excuse for the defeats of the French, he has done the greatest injustice to that gallant and ingenious peo ple, and made their admirals and generals utterly ridiculous. To begin with Admiral Ganteaume, who he describes as " a very brave man, a good sea man, and an excellent officer." This gentleman set out fr in Brest with a fleet of seven ships of the line, two frigates and a brig, all fast-sailing vessels, carry ing 4,000 troops destined for Egypt. After escaping the English squadron, and performing wonders, one of which was " preparing to board an English frigate," which, unfortunately for his glory, continued to manoeuvre- and escape the danger, he reached the Straits of Gibraltar, and as Admiral Waeren, the only enemy in that quarter, had but four ships, and Admiral Keith was locked up in some bay on the coast of Asia Minor, the gallant Ganteaume had only to sail direct to Alexandria, land his troops, and secure Egypt to the French. But, strange to ;a y, this very breve man was absolutely afraid of every thing like an English flag. When he saw Warren's fleet, consisting, as we have said, of four ships, he vowed he saw seven or eight, and under pretence of escorting to Toulon a frigate which did not sail to his liking, he proceeded in that di rection with his whole fleet, merely to bear the lubber of a frigate company till she could run into a French harbour. He, of course, bad no intention of entering Toulon himself, but un luckily when in the Gulf of Lyons he again caught sight of the English squadron, and "ran in conster nation into Toulon." " This fatal conduct," says the faithful historian "lost us Egypt ;" yet he affirms, in another place, if Ganteaume had proceeded direct from Elba, where he was on the 25th of April, more than nine weeks afterwards, he might have been the saviour of the army in Egypt. But " the brave man, the skilful seaman, and the excellent officer," had many adventures during that period. lle stayed at Toulon precisely one month, and was at last ac tually forced out by the urgent remonstrances of the First Consul, but on going out of the harbour, the ship Constitution grounded, and two days elapsed before she could be got afloat. At last, he fairly put to sea with a gallant fleet, consisting of seven ships of the line and several frigates, and made sail towards Sardinia • but when almost within sight of Africa, one of his captains, in command of the Dix-Aout, most unskilfully ran foul of the Formidable, and the Gallant Admiral, so much alarmed at the damage done by this rencontre, fled again back to Toulon. There he remained for twenty days, and at length mustered courage to run the risk of looking at the English. After reaching Porto Ferrajo, then in our possession, and firing a few shots at the place, he gallantly proceeded towards his destination, when a contageous disease broke out in his squadron. He put the sick on board three ships, and consigned them to the care of Admiral Linois, and with four ships of the line and two frigates having on board 2,000 troops, he steered for Egypt, and finally anchored off the coast of Africa, a few days march to the west of Alexandria; but most un luckily about the 30th of May—(we wish to be par ticular as to dates when speaking of great events)— " he thought that he perceived the English fleet; he no longer deliberated, hoisted his boats on board and slipped his cables, without taking time to weigh an chor, lest he should be attacked at his moorings, set sail, and was not overtaken by the enemy." But, indeed, there was no enemy there. However, he met one in his flight, a solitary English ship, the S wiftsure, half-manned and half-mounted, and, says the histo rian, in language rivalling that of Caesar, " to give chase to her, to surround, rake, and capture her, was an affair of a few moments. The Gallant Admiral entered Toulon with the trophy. This ludicrous de scription of Ganteaume's adventures is put forth to ac count for the loss of Egypt ; but unfortunately for his purpose, M. Thiers is not satisfied with disgracing French sailors, he must also exhibit French soldiers in a still more contemptible light, all for the purpose of praising Bonaparte, and proving that when he was not present the French army had not fair play. This is a strange compliment to his countrymen, for Bo• naparte was a foreigner. Anything, however, serves M. Thiers when he detracts from the merits of the English, and that is always. Menou, after the assassi nation of Kleber, commanded in Egypt, and accord ing to Thiers was not a very bright General, though appointed to the chief command by Bonaparte, after mature deliberation. In this instance he forgets his favourite, to diminish the glory of the gallant Aber cromby. Menou was a bad General, but he bad good officers under him—Regnier, the gallant Friant, and the gallant Lanusse, Belliard,.Verdier, and many others, to whose names he prefixes high-sounding epithets. Unfortunately, however, they would not work together. They caballed and even conspired to depose the Commander-in-Chief. Menou was too powerful for them altogether—shipped off some to France, punished others ; yet discontent prevailed, and paltry disputes disgraced the army, even in the presence of the enemy, whom, M. Thiers says, the French might easily have surrounded and driven into the sea. Phrases of this kind occur so fre quently as to become ridiculous, but they are always accompanied with an if, or a had, or a possible, and a but. The self-confidence of the army, too, is adduced as a cause of failure :—" Our troops had formed the habit of fighting in Egypt one against four—some times one against eight, and they thought that the English could not withstand a charge of the bayonet?' And Thiers adds with great naivete, " This was a fatal illusion." Thus, every circumstance was against the French. They had a bad general, the staff officers quarielled with him, and with one another like children, and cried for their beautiful France. They were soured by exile, and everyone would b e m aster, and the very English deceived them by not fighting like the wild Arabs, and standing a charge of the bayonet. Under such circumstances bribery was easy. Abereromby and Hutchinson had no merit; envious fate caused the mischief, and " all that remained to be done was to capitulate." We will allow M. Thiers to tell his own tale, and leave the reader to judge if we have at all magnified his vain-glory and his contemptible excuses for every failure. The following is his ac coutit of the battle of Alexandria. In it we find no fewer than ten buts, independent of ifs, and one if, a very important agent in the business, for the Eng lish were found to give way," and if Menou had done so-or-so, they " would have left the French a secure victory." "BATTLE OF ALEXANDRIA. " On the 21st, before daybreak (30th Ventose), our troops were in motion. The regiment of dromedaries performed, with exactness, the duty which had been as signed to them. They rapidly crossed the dry parts of the lake Mai Las, alighted before the head of the dyke, carried the redoubts, and turned the guns against the enemy. This was enough to deceive the English, and draw their attention towards the lake Mar4atis. But, to insure the success of the plan agreed upon, and which was to be carried out on the sea-side, a precision was necessary, such as is difficult of attainment when a manoeuvre is executed in the dark, and still more unat tairrible, when there is not at the head one supreme directing mind to guide the enterprise, and competent to compute both time and distances. "The division of Lanusse, manoeuvring in the dark, advanced without order, and created confusion among our troops in the centre. The first column, under the orders of General Silly, marched boldly to the redoubt, which was thrown up before the Roman camp. Lanusse directed it in person, and led it-on to the redoubt. But suddenly he discovered that the second column had missed its way, and instead of skirting the sea-side to attack the Roman camp, had approached too close to the first. He rode towards it, for the purpose or pointirg out the position assigned to to it. Unfortunately, at this moment he received a wound in the thigh, which proved mortal ; a most fatal event, which was to entail deplor able consequences. The troops being suddenly deprived of the c mimand of th;s energetic officer, the attack slackened. The day, which now began to dawn, enabled the English to discern the point against which they should direct their fire. Our soldiers, galled sitnultalie. dud) , by the fire from the gunbo a t s , f rom the Roman :camp and the redoubts, evinced adrailable. krmn 5 acid bravery:' 'But; ere long, all th e i r superior officers e be weunied, they were left w ith out commanders, andla back behind some slight eminences of sand, scarcely high enough to cover them. Meanwhile, the first column, which Lanusse had left to proceed towards the second, had just carried the first redan of the redoubt, erected on the hill towards the right. It then marched onwards to wards the main work, with a view to storm it, but, being baffled in this attempt, wheeled round in order to attack it on the flank. The centre of the army, under Rampon, perceiving that column foiled in its attempt, likewise turned from its object in order to support it. The 32d demi brigade, detached from the centre, also came up to storm this fatal redoubt. These general concurrent efforts led to a sort of confusion. They pressed furiously against this obstacle, and the rapid operation, which was to have consisted in carrying, in double quick time, the line of the works, was converted into a long, obstinate attack, in which much valuable time was lost. The 21st demi-brigade, which belonged to the centre, leaving the 32d engaged before the redoubt, the possession of which was so hotly disputed, alone executed the plan originally laid down, passed the line of entrenchments, and, ad vancing boldly, deployed in the face of the English army. It received, and returned, a most tremendous fire. But it needed support, and Menou, during this time, incapable of commanding, paced up and down the field of battle, issuing no orders, but allowing Reynier to extend his line uselessly in the plain on the right, with a considerable force, without any duty to perform. " Menou was at this time advised to undertake with the cavalry, which was 1,200 strong, and of incompara ble valour, a general charge upon the mass of English foot, which the 24th had alone advanced to encounter. Menou, adopting this advice, gave orders to charge. The gallant General Roize placed himself immediately at the head of the 1,200 horse, crossed rapidly the line of the enemy's destructive fire, formed by the redoubts which our infantry were in vain attempting to carry by storm, got safely over to the other side, and finding the 21st demi-brigade at close quarters with the Englis, fell im petuously upon them. This gallant body of cavalry first leaped the ditch which separated them from the enemy, and then dashed fiercely upon the foremost line of the English infantry, drove them back in disorder, and cut down a great number of men. The enemy was thus forced to give way. If Menou, at this moment, or rather Reynier, supplying the place of his chief, had brought up our right wing to the support of the cavalry, the centre of the English army, thereby thrown into cinfu sion, and driven beyond the works, would have left us a secure victory. The works, isolated, cut off from all support, would have fallen into our hands. But the cal.e was far otherwise. The French cavalry, after having broken the enemy's line, seeing before them still other lines to overcome, and having only the 21st demi- brigade to support it, fell back, repassing under the exterminat ing fire of the redoubts. "From this moment the battle could not possibly have a successful issue. The left, deprived of all energy by the death of their general, poured an ineffectual fire upon the entrenched positions, which returned it with most murderous effect. The right—deployed in the plain, near the Like Mare_ais, in order to make a diversion, which had no longer any aim in view, since the en ga,zement, now become general, had fixed each party in its respective position—in this way performed no ser vice whatever. Without doubt an energetic general who would have recalled it to the centre, and with this additional force have renewed General Roize's attack, might have attempted a second inroad upon the main body of the English, and thus have changed, perhaps, the fortune of the day. But General Menou gave no such commands, and Reynier, who at that moment might have taken the initiative, which he assumed inoppor tunely on other occasions in civil matters, confined him self solely to venting complaints at not receiving direc tions from the Commander-in-chief. In this state of matters, the only thing which remained to be done was to retreat. Menou issued the orders, and the division fell back, presenting a bold front to the enemy, but suf fering fresh losses from the fire of the works. " 'What a spectacle war becomes, when the lives of men, when the destinies of empires, are thus confided to incapable or disunited chiefs, and when blood is made to flow in torrents, commensurate with the inaptitude or the dissensions of those who are invested with command ! "It could not be said that the battle was lost, the enemy not having made a step in advance ; but it was virtually lost, inasmuch as it was not completely gained, for it was essential that our success should have been com plete to enable us to drive back the English towards Aboukir, and compel them to re-embark. The loss was great on both sides. The English had about 2,000 men killed and wounded, and amongst them was the brave General Abercromby, who was carried on board the fleet in a dying state. The loss of the French was about the same. Exposed during the whole day to a downward fire, both in front and in flank, they had suffered severely. The troops displayed admirable coolness. The spirit with which the cavalry charged had filled the English with surprise and admiration. The number of officers and generals wounded during the battle was greater than usual. Generals Lanusse and Roize were killed ; the General of Brigade, Silly, commanding one of Lanusse's columns, had his leg carried off ; General Baudot was wounded so severely that his life was despaired of. General Destaing, also, was badly wounded. Rampon had his uniform riddled with balls. " The moral effect was still more disastrous than the physical one. No hope now remained of being able to force the enemy to re-embark. We were about to have upon our hands, besides the English who had landed at Alexandria, the Turks, already on their march from Syria ; the capitan-pacha, about to arrive with the Turkish squadron, and to disembark 6,000 Albanians on the coast at Aboukir ; besides the 6,000 Sepoys brought from India, by way of the Red Sea, and ready to land at Cos,eir, upon the coast of Upper Egypt. 'What was to be done in the midst of so many en. mies, with troops whose courage, doubtless, was unimpaired, when called upon to fight, but who, when the affairs of the colony grew deperate, were always ready to say that the expedition was a dazzling act of folly, and that their blood was sacrificed unavailingly to a mere chimera ? "In the three engagements of the Bth, 13th, and 21st of March, we had lost the services of nearly 3,500 men, of whom one-third were killed, one third severely wounded, and one-third incapable of returning to the ranks for some weeks to come. Although the army was greatly weakened, we could, nevertheless, now, as at the beginning of the campaign, rnanceavre rapidly between the various bodies tending to-form a junction, beat the vizier, if he should enter by way of Syria, or the capitan pacha if he should attempt to penetrate by way of Ro setta, or the English, if they should advance on the narrow tongues of land which communicate with the interior of Egypt. But the 3,500 men whom we had lost rendered this plan more difficult then ever. If 3,0(.0 men were left in Cairo, and 2,000 or 3,000 in Alexandria, only 7,000 or 8,000 would remain to manoeuvre in the open field, even supposing that all the available forces were col lected, and that the secondary posts were evacuated, without any exception. With a very resolute and able general success would have been doubtful, yet still within the bounds of possibility ; but what could be expected of Menou and his lieutenants ? " It is hardy necessary to give more instances of M. Thiers' total want of fidelity as a historian ; but the affair of Algeziras, which in honour of the French he calls a brilliant engagement, and the flight of the French and Spanish fleets from the Bay of Gibraltar, pursued by Admiral Saumarez, are too characteristic to be omitted. At Algeziras M. Thiers claims a great victory, the French and Spanish fleets too—at least what of them the English and accident had spared, entered Cadiz, in a sort of triumph, and the inhabitants " filled the air with acclamation, at the sight of the Formidable, returning victoriously into the harbour ;" but it is a curious fact that all the vic tories which M. Thiers recounts were gained when the French were in full flight, either before only one half of their numbers, or before an imaginary enemy, when the Swiftsure was taken by four ships of the line and two frigates under Ganteaume. The French were flying as fast as wind could carry them to Toulon before Admiral Warren's ghost, and Jerome Bonaparte was one of the runaways—at Algeziras, Linois run his ships aground to escape from Sau marez, and by aid of the batteries, and owing to one English ship, the Hannibal, running aground in the pursuit, even according to Thiers, she was taken. Another English ship, also, according to the same faithful narrator, was taken, but, unfortunately, the victorious Linois could not keep her, and when the combined fleets entered Cadiz in triumph, they had only saved themselves by flight, and such a dis• graceful flight! They consisted, says M. Thiers, of nine ships of the line and six frigates, while Admiral Saumarez had only five- ships of the line and several frigates ; but M. Thieri,takes care not to say how many (probably not more than two), yet with this disproportionate force the Englishman took one ship of the line, destroyed two, and the forts of Cadiz saved the remainder. But this result, ac cording to the ex-Prime-Minister, did the Engliah no honour, for it required not fewer than three English ships of the line to capture the San Antonio, and be sides the San Antonio " defended herself without that order and coolness which are indispensable to put in motion these gigantic engines o f warfare," and the other two vessels were destroyed, but not by the Eng• lish. They absolutely fou g ht with each other like the Kilkenny cats, though their destruction was more complete. The English, of course, must have been at the bottom of the mischief, for agreeably to the dishonourable s ystem of warfare carried on by "perfidious Albion," Admiral Saumarez ordered the Superb to fire red-hot balls into the San Carlos, which took fire—ran foul of the Santa llermenegilda, and the two friendly ships, taking each other f enemies, fought like very devils, till both blew up with frightful explosion. M. Thiers of course claims the glory of the day, or rather of the n ., ght, for it was pitch dark, and modestly says, the English soul I do no less than admit thbeefefo been theact,and " they m i g ht ht.. quite accidental beate n r e t ( n s i e . e se ° v n e s r id al ere e a nco a t s mt h e a r v s, ing but r et d h; s a ta and: n e htei : wassthdge h o t t not on u l i r d s e w n s e e sta ng, 7 Tg e eh s ine o ,E f lin t t h gs e li g l a o s r y r o e s f p t o il e e t t s d the actual loss, it was equally divided. If the Fret ell had lost one ship and the Spaniards two, the English had left one vessel in our power, and had two so dis abled as to be rendered quite unfit for further service. But for the accidental occurrences of the night, they might be considered as having been quite beaten in these several encounters. The battle of Algeziras, and the re turn of the Formidable into port, were amongst the most distinguished exploits known in the annals of our naval history." A similar false account is given of Nelson's attack on the Boulogne'flotille'" Oa that occasion," says the author; " it was riot an unsuccessful attempt, it -wars aixiiitive defeat That which added still more to the delight occasioned by this brilliant action was, that wa had beaten Nelson in person." Not a word is 102% 10% 21/2 6IA 15 10% 2% said of the French authorities being so terrified by the very name of Nelson, that they had chained to gether all their gun-boats to prevent them being cut out. He makes no allusion to the circumstance, because he knows it to be a fact. No men tion is made of chains, though he admits an iron cable saved one boat. That boat was com manded by Gueroult, an energetic officer, and while he was defending himself on deck, the English vessels which surrounded him endeavoured to cnt.the cables. " Fortunately one was an iron cable, and resisted all tl.e efforts to break it." This is the only allusion to the scheme which saved the flotilla. From these details it is evident that M. Thiers' history of every battle between the English and French must be regarded as a mere fable, and utterly destitute of truth, except the conclusion, which he could neither gloss over nor deny. He does not injure England, but he injures himself and his gallant countrymen, by perverting the truth of history, and exhibiting one of the bravest of na tions in the most contemptible light. What a con trast between his chicanery, his inventions, his falshoods, and his bigoted hostility to Englishmen, and the animated descriptions of Colonel Napier, in which the fullest merit is given to the French officers and soldiers engaged in the Peninsular war, and if any favour is shown, it is by the candid and generous Englishman shown to the enemy. We may read a lesson, however, of vast importance, in this single volume. Should M. Thiers ever be re stored to the Cabinet, war with England will be his darling object. His vanity makes him confident of success, and his malignant spirit will never rest satisfied till lie has tried the hazardous expe riment of another bloody contest. Some have been inclined to blame Lord Palmerston for the rapidity with which he brought the Eastern question to a crisis—but Palmerston was right—he knew his man—he was admitted behind the scenes—saw the storm must come soon or late, if Thiers remained in power, and like a man of spirit he brought the question at once to an issue. He was resolved that there should be no mistake, and M. Thiers, finding he had met with his match was forced to resign. Luckily for the peace of the world, this far famed work proves that M. Thiers is utterly desti tute of judgment. THE IMPROVISATORE ; or, Life in Italy. From Cie Danish of Hans Christian Andersen. Translated by Mary Howitt. To Mrs. Ho witt we owe our acquaintance with the literature of the North ; by her translations the novels of Sweden are familiar as our own. She now directs our attention to Denmark, introducing us not only to a new country, but to an author differing entirely from the preceding. Miss Bremer's tales were cele brated as descriptions of real We—as perfect delinea tions of domestic character ; " The Improvisatore,' on the contrary, is the history of genius, the faithful picture of a poet's trials, described with all a poet's power. In the introduction we find a sketch of the author's life ; and here we have a key to the whole work. What he relates, he has himself endured : the hero's adventures are the reflection of his own. " Hans Christian Andersen," says the biography, " is one of those men who, from their earliest youth, have had to keep up a warfare with circumstances ; a man like Burns and Hogg, who seemed destined by Fate to end their lives unnoticed in a village, and yet through an instinctive sense of their destined pre-eminence in the beautiful regions of art and literature, and sus tained by an irrepressible will, have made themselves a part of the great world." Like all those who have fought their way to fame, the life of Andersen has been a constant and unceasing struggle, a continued series of frustrated hopes, an un ending source of bitter mortification. Of humble origin, reared in penury—he had no education, no hope of improvement ; but the mighty spirit was strong within him—the seeds of genius find deepest root in the soil of adversity. Like many an ardent enthusiast, he battled with the storm, but unlike the majority, he lives to see his triumph. At the age of fourteen he was to become the apprentice of a tailor, when he earnestly implored his mother to let him first make a voyage to Copenhagen, to see the theatre; she reluctantly consented, and friendless and alone he reached the capital. Here he remained for many yeafs, struggling with his fate. Here, by the aid of chance friends, he obtained the instruction he so much desired, being ignorant even of his own lan guage ; and here at length he appeared as an author. His poems obtained celebrity for a time, but the un known poet had many enemies. His rivals were powerful and relentless, and again he was doomed .to despair. At this time he received a royal stipend to enable him to travel through Germany and Italy. This good fortune excited general envy—even his friends wrote to him to say they too thought that " his day was past." His day was past indeed, but it was the day of doubt and despair—the day of leis triumph was to come. Full of hope he reached Italy, and there " a change came o'er the spirit of his dream." The genius which had dawned amid the northern snows, burst forth in full glory under the Italian sun. In that beautiful land he awoke to a new life —his was no common patriotism. Italy was the country of his soul, to her he turned with all the ardour of a poet—the devotion of a patriot. In the " Improvisatore" he poured forth the feelings of his soul ; the hero, like himself is a child tee song ; in him are reflected his own daring hopes, tit, bitter realities of experience, the proud consciousness of genius, above all, the adoration of the sunny south. A tone of melancholy, the melancholy of his own life, pervades the whole poem; for it is a poem, though dressed in the garb of prose, though translated to s foreign language, no transformation can affect the poetic spirit breathed in every line. Though un acquainted with the original, we feel certain Mrs. Howitt has done it justice, even as we decide on the truth of a portrait, without knowing whose likeness it is, because we feel the spirit that animates it, and know that it must be real. This book changed the fate of Andersen—envious murmurs were turned to flattering plaudits, his enemies became his humblest friends—he found, like all the world, " success is ►irtue, and misfortune blame." This sudden altera tion is related in the biography. " Immediately after his return he published his novel, The Improvisatore,' which was received with universal applause—which was read and re-read, and which the public never tired of reading. That a work of such singular originality and beauty was universally admired was not at all remarkable ; but an extraordinary effect was produced which, it seems to me, tells greatly to the honour of the Danish heart. Not only did Andersen's friends, and the public generally, acknowledge the merit of his work, but they who had treated the poet. with severity came now forward and offered him the hand of congratulation, and among them was the rector of the school, the hard-hearted teacher of the poor youth, who had taken all possible means to crush into the dust the talent which God had given him. He now came for ward, acknowledged his fault, and deplored it, which touched the good heart of Andersen not a little. And this is but one of the many instances of generous enthu siasm which was excited by this beautiful work towards its author." We cannot join in Mrs. Howitt's astonishment at this .change of conduct, it is ever thus, it seems the stern decree of Fate during the hard struggle up the hill of fame every obstacle is thrown in the way of genius— when he has reached the summit and is above assis tance every hand is proffered. The history of the world has no severer trials than those endured by the young and ardent ; where can they look for counsel in their hour of need— " Who will hear the friendless lay? Whci dare the modest youth approve? The world is mute—he turns away, W hile envy tears the laurel'd bay, By Fancy's fairy fingers wove." Andersen has passed through the trying ordeal, may he long live to enjoy his hard-earned fame. We subjoin an extract of his praises of Italy, and one of his poetic descriptions : " Beautiful Italy !" shout,d Federigo, triumphantly. " Yes, thus stood thy image before me in the distant north. In my re membrance blew this air which I now inspire with every breath I draw. I thought of thy olive-greves when I saw our willows ; I dreamed of the .abundance of the oranges when I saw the golden apples in the peasants' gardens beside the fragrant clover field ; but the green waters of the Baltic never become blue like the beautiful Mediterranean ; the heavens of the north never become so high, so rich in colour, as the warm, glorious south. It is gladness was inspiration, its speech became poetry. What longings I had in my home ?" said he ; " they are happier who have never seen Paradise, than they, who having seen it, are driven forth, never to return. My home is beautiful ; Denmark is a flowery garden, which can measure itself with anything on the other side of the Alps ; it has beech-woods and the sea. But what is earthly beauty compiled with heavenly ? Italy is the land of imagination and beauty ; doubly happy are they who salute it far the sceond time ! " We had now arrived at the great blocks on which many strangers were standing. I also mounted one, and before me, down the mountain-side, glided slowly the fresh torrent of lava ; it was like a redly glowing fiery slime, as of melted metal streaming from a furnace and which spread it out below us far and wide, to a vast extent. No languege, no picture, can represent this in its greatness and its fearful effect. The very air ap peared like fire and brimstone ; a thick steam ft sated upwards over the lava stream, red with the strongly reflected light; but all around was night. 'lt thundered below in the mountain, and above us ascended the pilfar of fire, with its glowing stars. Never before had I felt myself so near to God. His omnipotence and greatn6ss filled my soul. It was as if the fire around me burned out every weakness within me ; I felt strength and courage ; my immortal soul lifted its wings. " Almighty God !' breathed forth my spirit, I will be Thy Apostle. Amid the storms of the world I will sing Thy name, Thy might, and majesty ! Higher s shall my song resound than that of t he mon k in re. lonely cell. A poet I am ! Give me strerl . g_t t i % n r i of . ser've soul purzr trel_the'44utLargbors-Id3l, 'Nature's ought to be l f folded my ban 3 red out my thank and, kneeling amid fire and cloud, polys to Him whose wonders end whose greatness spoke 0 ply soul. '