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NETArnATE AND LEADEN - R/IMM, L '-' 3lllE 'what uxtehstve suppli es o f colio;ry-liil'el meA— auout 3,800 eareases—gave come to hand for thes ,, mar kets since Motalay last, chiefly from the North cf a1g ,4441 Those on offer slaught , e red in the Inf:tropclis have i ? . ee n seasonably ex•.ertive. The primest Beef and aluttoa have sold some what steadily, at full rats of e . tirrpn ey. In all othr.-r kin taunt nextnothiLg, has been doing, at barely stationary prices. At per stone ny the Carcase. P. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. ter. i nferlor....• • 2 2 2 4 . 'Mutton, inferior .. 2 8 210 middling •••• 2 4 2 6 -- middling.. 3 0 3 2 prlmelarge .. 2 8 210 -- prime •... 3 4 3 6 prime small .. 3 0 3 2 Pert, 1arge........ .2 10 3 4 •• •• •• •• •• 3 0 310 - small •••• •• • • 3 6 4 0 nOitOUGII AND SPITALPIELDS. The innports of foreign Potatoe3 into I,ltldon last " (3(1, , Was again extensive, though by no means so large as those reporte d by us on Monday last.. Th.- total ar rival hag amounte d to 9,329 tone, d er i ve d as f o ll ows ru geA,l2o; Antwerp, 185; S'. Valory, 120; Nieuport, 510 ; R•gterdArn, 235 ; 155; 2t7 ; Dankirlc, "55; Diuppe, 101 ; and 1., , u : 41n, :A)9 tins. C oa stwi se a n d by railway, about 3,50(1 P 1" have come to hand, in good condition. For all Kinds the demand is excess i v ely heavy, and prices n ate farther receded fully 5a per ton. Present rates Is under : Per Ton. Per Ton. Tl:Prk* Per 80s to 105 s Common Whites 50s to 75s !_.,totttoetiShaws —s to —s Kent Kidneys —sto s Regents 60s to 75s Essex Regents —s to —s ) ,.tto min. C u ps 60 s to 70 s Di tto Sh ows - Ia Buffs ... —ato a Ditto Kidneys ". —s to —s French Whites LY OS . —s ',;! l eolti.Regents. 75 s t o 90 s B e : g i an Whites 6os to 65s P l 'beach ditto CUs to 80s Dutch Whites 2itto Kidneys .. —s to s Ditto Reds .......• —s to —s Berwick Regts... 70s to B.'.s German ditto WOOL. The arrivals of Wool into London since Monday last, Tate amounted to 2 bales from Boulogne; 50 from Leg r r al 200 from Alexandria ; 90 from Hamburgh; 595 It Algoa Bay ; 170 fr o m Mogadore; and 36 from Ireland. The quantity of Wool on offer in the private —4 tract market is small; while the demand for all de scriptions is steady, at very full prices. 1307zotTGH 110 P MaItKET. pl 4 Public sale of 150 bales American Hops has taken Z il e°. The whole of the parcel was withdrawn at 75s ewt, duty paid. The imports from abroad last week Opt uned to 104 ales om Nw York, 46 ditto from nd, t and 50 ditto from Antw e erp. Our market is in V erY inactive state fur all kinds of Hops, at prices barely Zual to th ose o bt a i ne d l as t wee k. N ew Mid. an d E ast a• et it pockets, 61 6s to 111 11s ; new Weald of Kent mitt 0 . 61 3s to 8/ 54 ; new Sussex ditto, 5/ 8s to 61 10s ; „ yearlin g -etv Farnhams, 12/ to 134 yearling Kent=, 31 to 4/ Ss ; Sussex, 2/ 8s to 3/ 12s ; old Hopso/ to 3/ 10s. TALLOW. el thou our last report thts market has ruled steady. Vneugh only a moderate quantity of Tallow has ( I, 4 °Ked hands, prices have advanced 64 per cwt. To e„--/ r• Y. C. on the spot is quoted at 37s to 37s 3d per ' t • There are offers for the delivery of new during th e last th ree months at 38s 6d per cwt. Town Tallow h i mproved Is per cwt. The net cash price is 37s per A",t• Rough F a t 2 s Id p er Blb e . Our St. P e t e r s b urg h ‘ter states that the total supply fur the season will be I s" 4 ,Y 150,000 casks, including the quantity left over Year 1846. Sto ok this d ay •••• • • i 17,834 tNoe Y. C. [ t0 42 4 5 35 9 0 d d L il l'erY last week • • 918 A r , s 7 from June 1.. • • 7 5 ,3: 5 6 hz,Nola last w eek - • 707 - ' 44 0 fro m J une 77,380 Neo of Town ...• • • 45s 6d 1847. 1849. 1850. 10,281 9,762 29,081 37,030 51s 3d 50s Od 405 fid to 375 Od to Os Od to 59s 3d Os Od to 37s 2d 921 1,780 1,590 1,518 70,844 185,004 82,660 76,272 82 1,299 438 35 70,502 86,655 101,208 87,831 53s Od 51s Od 148 s Od 39s Gd PRIVY COUNCIL. Kid The Queen held a Privy Council and Court on BY afternoon, at three o'clock, at Buckingham p i rne Council was att en d e d by his Royal Highne ss t i, rl nee Albert, the Lord President, the First Lord of ofTr easury , t h e S ecretar i e s o f St a t e f or t h e H ome, of °re ign' and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor the Duchy of Lancaster, the President of the L oard o f Control, the Postmaster-General, the Secre '4l'Pat-War, and the Lord Chamberlain. the Majesty gave audience before the Council to Marquis of Lansdowne. The report o f th e J u di c i a l C omm itt ee on th e ap eal Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter," prom the C O Urt of A rc h es , was a pp rove d o f by the Qu e en i n for were made in the names of the sheriffs yr the counties of Monmouth and Merioneth. Ihe Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in waiting. Lord John Russell had an audience of the Queen. Lord Foley had an audienee of her Majesty. h At the Court, Mehemed Pacha, the Turkish Am- L'. B ador, had an audience of the Queen, to deliver a 'etter from the Sultan. I,,Le Com man d eer M arques Lisboa, the Brazilian ` qu ister, had an audience of her Majesty, to take leave on temporary absence. Mocaleti had his first audience of the Queen, to l ent his credentials on a special mission from the ``"Publi c of Nicaragua. v,Their. Excellencies were respectively introduced by ls count Palmerston, G C. 8., the Queen's prin. t i , 1341 Secret ar y o f State for Foreign Aff a irs, and ducted by Colonel the Honourable Sir Edward C ult , her Majesty's M -.. aster of the Cere onies. • hTtle Court was attended by the Captain of the o of n• Corps of Gentlemen at-Arms, the Marquis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting, the Treasurer 6 the Household, the Vice-Chamberlain, the j ° , t hPtroller of the Household, Lord Dufferin, Lord 'li r Waiting, and Sir Edward Bowater, Groom in COURT CIRCULAR. h His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on Zseback on Saturday morning, attended by Colonel nverie. g,,e Queen had a dinner party on Saturday at s e 'e'cingham Palace. The company included his the Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, e Portuguese Minister and Viscountess de Mon th 0, the American Minister and Mrs. Lawrence, buchess of Sutherland, the Marquis of Donegal, eebunt Hawarden, the Bishop of London and Mrs. th°T6irld, Lord Seaton, Sir George and Lady Grey, l i e 'light Hon. Fox aule, the Right Hon. 'l'. B. 6 Ll l:leaulay, L or d M arcus Hill, and Colonel the Hon. The Grey. O 4 -he band of the 2d Life Guards was in attendance yleg dinner, and played the following pieces : p e rture, " Euryanthe" ttisian Polka el l Red ou bl e (V oca l) (l e .ection, " Pi" Weber. all oy Schulhoff. tj h he Queen's private band afterwards attended in 6 Palace, and played the following pieces:— Overture, " La Scompiglio Teatrale" { Earl of West moreland. e zla , and Aria, " Faust" thehe Queen and Prince Albert, the Princess Royal, itladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the do keatie household, attended Divine service yesterday 4 111. e.!ng in the private chapel in Buckingham Palace. e r e ,lion. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley o ffi ciated. t t `,"e Royal Family took their usual exercise yes ,,uaY in the garden of Buckingham Palace. ktl , - their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge F Princess Mary, and his Serene Highness Prince jlederick o f H esse, h onoure d t h e L yceum Th ea t re ~,th th e i r presence on S atur d ay even i ng . t e , (l ,is Royal Hi g hness the Duke of Cambridge at fued Divine service yesterday morning in the chapel Iv the F emale Orp h an Asy l um. B aron K nese b ec k I v in waiting on his Royal Highness. The Royal tb n ge , visited Christ's Hospital School yesterday ening4 Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by , 1 9rd Joh n R usse ll , t h e L or d Ch ance llor, the Marquis Viansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Veount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Earl of Car eei John Hobhouse, the Right Hon. H. Labou here) the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right ° L e. Fox M au l e . Th e C o uncil sat two hours. 141441- deputation, headed by the Duke of Richmond, ti a an interview with Sir George Grey on Satur- Agi at th e H ome - o ffi ce , to presen t a memor i a l t o th e t e en) in favour of an application to Parliament, to th. t an end t o th e wo rki ng by " shifts" in factories, k e ‘,‘ being a n evas ion of the spirit of the Factory 11 14 , and greatly prejudicial to the working people. deputation consisted of Lord John Manners, 1 10 ;,,• ; Sir Robert Inglis, M.P.; Sir George Strick 4,ViP.; Mr. Brocklehurst, M P.; Mr. George 11 - „L'es, M.P.; Messrs. Thomas Fielden, Samuel NIC A TI, J. Mellor, Grant, J. Cobbett, Mills, Pitt, 11 0 ulow, Kay, Hargreaves, Unswortb, Balme, and Sot B low, and the Rev. G. Bull. 4 41 r,„. George Hamilton, M.P., had an interview with 4.o' i glit Hon. H. Labouchere on Saturday. Sir latrme.nY Perrier and Mr, Power, M.P., had also an Ote v iew with Mr, Labouchere on Saturday, at the A n e of the Board of Trade. Al ci deputation on prison labour, consisting of Mr. errnan Farebrother, the Rev. Mr. Fry, Messrs. tervi!ter, R. Taylor, Nicholay, and Roper, had an in liublevf on Saturday with Sir George Grey. Lord pu t e rt Grosve no r was unable to accompany the de ation Albhe Duke of Wellington, the Duchess of St. th e ar is, and the Marchioness of Salisbury, attended jearly service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. I?re u es ' B . The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated and Pte u . '" e d the sermon. The Bishop of Norwich ched th e sermon in the daily service. 4lt tra nsp Glo be ired on Friday that a clerk in the esti,tanes-office had absconded in consequence of defal tibo4, the amount o f w hi c h was 89 ,0001. H e h a d be e n piallt twelve years in the office, and had effected his 1 1 , 8 ,bY making a lt era ti ons i n the books. It appears th4t4l,', mixed himself up with dramatic speculations, and Ass she closing of the Olympic Theatre last Thursday t„4 : esult of his inability to carry it on. The , l e 'r d, • 4 4 a re in search of the delinquent, Mr. W.— y Palo LITERATURE. THE lIISTORY OF ENGLAND. _rift Edition. 10 Vols. By John Ling,ard, D.D. Upweids if thirty yeershave elapsed since the first appearance ot this celebrated production, and through out that period the reputation of Lingard has been steadily ripening into that of one of our greatest an nalists It is peculiarly fortunate that this distin guished historian survives still amongst us, adding his venerable name to the list of those illustrious con temporaries whose genius and erudition are destined to illustrate to a remote posterity the glories of our national literature. Otherwise his labours could not have been perfected by the publication of the present splendid edition of his " History of England," an edition which has just issued from the press, the re sult of a prolonged and scrupulous revision, re arranged in several parts with extraordinary perspi cuity, and altogether materially enhanced in value by a very considerable enlargement. Remembering the enormous accessions to the bulk of historical know ledge made of late y ears through the in dustry of many profound antiquaries and philologists, the student will experience no surprise on finding that Dr. Lingard has deemed it advisable, on the one hand, to subject his great work to a col lation so peculiarly stringent; and, on the other, to increase the scope of its excellence, by such conspi cuous and remarkable extensions. Those, however, whose acquaintance with the progress recently made in researches of this character has bL en restricted al most to a nullity, may, from the explanatory obser vations of our author (see Vol. 1., pp. xiii.—xxviii.), obtain some insight into the responsibilities devolving upon him as annalist, in consequence of the recovery ot documents hitherto imagined to have been de stroyed, or, still more, in consequence of the dis covery of manuscripts previously overlooked. From his own specific acknowledgments, it will there be perceived how numerous have been these literary revelations, spreading as they do, according to his emphatic declaration (1., xiv.), " over every period of cur history, from the mention of the tin-islands by fierodotus, to the flight of James 11., in the seven teenth century." Among the more notice able, or voluminous, of these additions to the materials of English history, many have been carefully enumerated in a Preliminary Notice, wherein Dr. Lingard has set the stamp-royal of his commendations on the works of these pioneers of the annalist. Nor can we be amazed at the earnestness of some of his sententious panegyrics when we con sider the toil, the ardour, and the assiduity requisite to secure the success of such herculean undertakings. What ardent studies, for example, were essential to wards the accomplishment of the enterprize realised in the Corpus .Historicum, where every allusion to Britain contained in the classical writers of Greece and Rome was extracted from their compositions, and the whole mass of such references accumulated to gether by the late Mr. Petrie and his assistants! Again, what untiring zeal in the prosecution of those inquiries of Dr. Giles, which have summoned from the obscurity of dust and mildew so many inestimable documents relating to the reign of Henry 11., and illus trating the career of A'Becket of Canterbury, docu ments enshrined in his singular production, entitled Patres Ecclesice Anglicanw ! No light task,;moreover, was that of Benjamin Thorpe, the translator of the " Homilies of .tElfric," and the compiler of our " Ancient Laws and Institutes"—an effort of scholar ship emulated with kindred ability by John M. Kemble in his " Saxons in England," as also in his " Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici." Out of the precious archives of the Tower of London, in like manner, it has been the high prerogative of Thomas Duffus Hardy to select, among other estimable curiosi ties, the " Close and Patent Rolls," having reference to the reigns of John and Henry 1111, documents throw ing a broad flood of light upon the dissension exist ing between the former monarch and his Pontifical antagonist, Pope Innocent 111. Similar in nature were the researches made by Sir Francis Palgrave, acting under the authority of the Record Commission, to which researches, it cannot very speedily be for gotten, we are indebted for the publication of that vast variety of writs dating back as early as the reign of Ed ward 1., and the importance of which has induced Dr. Lingard to comment (I. xvi.) in so many words upon the "immense value of the collection." Besides some lesser collections dragged out of the darkness of the State Paper Office, and embellishing the already copious annals of the reign of Henry VIII., with new testimonies of the arrogance of Wolsey, and of the servility of Cranmer, the historian has of late obtained an extraordinary increase of data in re gard to the reign of Queen Elizabeth, from the " Bowes Correspondence," from the " Leicester Cor respondence," from the Lettres de Marie Stuart, edited by Prince Labanoff, as likewise from the De peches of Delamotte Fenelon, produced in this country under the superintendence of Charles Purton Cooper. Beyond what has been effected by the fore going philologists and antiquaries, effected, be it re collected, since the year 1819, the year in which Dr. Lingard's " History of England ' first appeared, lesser, it may be, yet not less laudable revelations have been made through the instrumentality of John Bruce, of John Gough Nichols, of the Rev. Joseph Stevenson, of Sir Thomas Phillips, of Sir Harris Nicholas (subsequently deceased), of Sir Henry Ellis, and of Sir Frederick Madden—besides other labourers in the same vineyard of erudition, too numerous to particularise. Having enumerated these substantial reasons for a new and revised edition of the invaluable composition now before us, it only remains to be observed on this subject, that Dr. Lingard has especially commemorated, in his introductory remarks, the literary achievements, not long since brought to a successful termination, by two of the most popular among the miscellaneous authors of our generation— Miss Agnes Strickland in her "Lives of the Queens of England," and Thomas Carlyle in his " Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell." To the former composition our great annalist makes the following complimentary allusion. "There remains," he says (I. xxi.), " however, one name which shall not be passed over in silence, that of a female writer, Miss Agnes Strickland, whose claim to the distinction is of a different kind, and peculiarly her own, the dis covery of a new mine of historic lore previously unexplored, a mine which she has also worked with great success, in those attractive volumes, her ' Lives of the Queens of England.'" From the powerful interest, also, which is naturally associated with anything relating to that remarkable work on his Highness the Lord Protector, which may be regarded as constituting his literary apotheo sis, we shall, we are satisfied, be gratifying the curiosity of the great majority of readers by tran scribing the allusions made by Dr. Lingard to that singular performance. " The next large collection of docum eats," says the great historian, (I. xix.) "comprises the ' Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell,' which have been collected and published with great care and accuracy by Thomas Carlyle, Esq. In these the character of the principal personage is not drawn, as was that of Queen Elizabeth, by the pencil of another, but by the man himself; and in them we may discover all the idiosyncracies that marked his conduct from the time of his derange ment at Huntingdon, to his death at Whitehall. On that account these documents are well worth the serious attention of the historical student: I mean the letters and speeches themselves,": not the run ing commentary with which the editor has accom panied them, in language most glowing and oracular. In every edition of this work I have allotted to , Cromwell that share of praise which I thought, and still think, his due,—a, much larger share than he has received from many other writers • but I feel no disposition to fall down before the idol, and worship him at the command of his panegyrist." A sedate and deliberate conviction as to the peculiar merits and demerits of that man, whom Mr. Macaulay has aptly designated " the greatest prince that ever ruled the destinies of England,"—such as can be no surprise even to the infatuated and enthu siastic temperament of Mr. Carlyle. That in this, as in so many other estimates of historical character, Dr. Lingard has been affected by no precipitate tendency to opposition, by no perverse antipathies, or by no extravagant predilections, but that he has here as elsewhere, evinced a feeling of calm and unimpassioned impartiality, we conceive is sufficiently well demonstrated by that memorable epitome of the conspicuous characteristics of the genius of Crom well, beginning (VIII., 546)—" Till the commence ment of the present century, when that wonderful man arose, why, by the splendour of his victories and the extent ofhis empire, cast all preceding adventurers into the shade, the name of Cromwell stood without a parallel in the history of civilized Europe." It is with an excusable, or rather we should say, an ad mirable, complacency that our annalist refers to the confirmation of his three most contested opinions, by all the subsequent revelations of facts made in the disclosure of some of the documents al ready mentioned, through the researches of literary antiquarians. These opinions, it can scarcely have es caped public recollection, had reference to the cha racter of Sir 'William Wallace, to the character of Archbishop Cranmer, and to the cause of the mas sacre at Paris on the feast of St. Bartholomew. From the estimate originally formed by him of the career and vicissitudes of the famous Scottish chieftain he has not discovered any reason (11., 573) for making any deductions whatever. Upon a review of the life and actions of Cranmer, his words are still permitted to remain (V. passim) as heretofore, stern and uncom promising. While in regard to the lamentable mas sacre in the French capital on the festival of St. Bartholomew, he declares that from the. publication of the secret dispatches of Salviati (I. xxiii.) he de tects only additional corroborations of his own state ments, and supplementary justifications of his own most reviled deductions. Hence it is but natural that he should rejoice in the tacit approval of his judgment thus afforded by disinterested and unimpeachable witnesses, especially bearing in mind how the statements alluded to, on their first appear , once, according to his own expression (1., xxii.), " were received with bursts of indignation, and con tradicted with sneers of contempt." Before pro nouncing any general opinion upon this standard history of our country, this history AV hich, in the esti mation of many of our greatest intellects now living, has already risen to the dignity of a classic, we would briefly but seriously direct attention to the dis claimers put forward by its veteran author, first, of making any pretension whatever to what is termed the philosophy of history, but which he him self felicitously brands as the " philosophy of romance" (1., xxv.), and secondly of adventuring upon any discursive or episodical themes with a view to render his narrative more palatable, preferring as he intimates (1., xxvii.), the composition of " pure history" instead of "an incoherent medley of fragmentary and elementary essays," and justifying his preference by a quotation from the Great Roman historian, Annal. XIII, 31. And so, deeming thin to be the last edition he can expect to see, he withdraws finally into the shadow of his scholastic seclusion, saying to us nobly, because victoriously, in the language of the retiring veteran in Virgil— " Ilic ccestus artenique repoho_f _ . Takirg into consideration the . magnitude of the under . taking here perfected with inimitable care in the ripe ness of his autumal years—remembering that it is nothing less than the record of the history of this illustrious island during seventeen centuries—bearing in recollection the multiplicity of authorities that re , quired consultation, the complication of events that needed sifting, the diversities of opinion that de manded reconciliation, and the perpetual involvement of occurrences that it was absolutely essential to nar rate sequentially throughout calling to mind, moreover, the various and, in some in stances, gifted intellects which had previously been directed to the very effort here attempted by our an nalist—we do not conceive it to be beyond the pro vince of sedate and unbiassed criticism to proffer to Dr. Lingard on the completion of his great history our earnest and cordial felicitations. In 1819, when the work was first issued from the press, its author was in the fiftieth year of his age, consequently, in 1850, when the present revised edition is published with the last finishing touches from the master hand yet warm upon,it, he is fast approaching the eightieth anniversary of his nativity—an age at all times ve nerable, but especially so when attained, as in the present instance, with intellectual faculties of the very highest order not only unimpaired, but in all their pristine energy. To us, we must acknowledge, there is something inexpressibly solemn and elevating in the contemplation of a career thus drawing towards its completion in the midst of so much moral serenity, and surrounded by the increasing celebrity of an al ready matured and permanent reputation. That the fame acquired by Lingard's " History of England" has not originated in a temporary fascination of the public mind, but that it has been built up on its many enduring excellences, may be recognized best by those who have qualified themselves to appreciate the worth of historical composition by a familiarity with the classic annalists of antiquity. It is only, in truth, through an examination of his work according to this lofty standard that its real merits or demerits can be estimated with accuracy ; for otherwise the mind, sated with the gorgeous panoramas of events disclosed in the narratives of a more modern and, we fear, less enduring school of anna lists—such annalists we mean as are almost peculiar to the soil of France, and whose meretricious histories may possibly have been originated by the hybrid tastes engendered by the revolution—might experi ence some want of gaudy colouring and eccentric eloquence, and picturesque partizanship in the sedate style, the impassive precision, and the measured ora tory constituting the prominent characteristies of Dr. Lingard. Familiar, however, with the classic models of historical composition—acquainted with the exqui site perspicuity of Herodotus, the inexorable fidelity of Thucydides, the sweetness and purity of Xeno phon, the energy of Polybius, the amplitude of Livy, and the masculine animation of Sallust—the student of history will be, of all other readers, the best enabled to recognise the indisputable beauties and unquestionable vigour of these re markable volumes, penned by the strong and virile band of Lingard. Clear and cf admirable sim plicity throughout, writing as he does invariably to the point, and in the purest idiom of our noble Saxon tongue, his voice on occasions can rise to a strain of burning and sustained eloquence capable of proving his depth and capacity as a rhetorician. In this respect his description of the great plague of London in 1665 (IX., 107 et seq.) is a passage which, for the very loftiest kind of oratorical excellence, is worthy of having fallen from the lips of Cicero, or from the pen of Tacitus. We must remember, however, that our office in this criticism is rather to comment upon the qualities of the present edition than to utter a detailed opinion of the work as a history, or of the author as an annalist —any such latter endeavour being little less than an impertinence with a reputation so fully established. Referring to the edition under review, therefore, we can aver, with all possible emphasis, that it is par excellence THE edition of the "History of England" by Dr. Lingard, revised to the utmost attainable degree of exactitude, and issued altogether in a form and manner worthy of so remarkable and valuable a pub lication. Referring to the illustrious historian him self, now, as hitherto, living in a renowned and academic retirement, we may say as the Abbot Cuth bert said of the venerable Bede, an annalist with whom, be it observed, Dr. Lingard has many things in common, his age, his genius, and his profession,— El rectum quidem mihi' videtur, ut tota gens Anglorum in omnibus provinciis, übicumque reperti sunt, gratias Deo referant, quia tam mirabilem virum illis in sua natione clonavit ! THE DUBLIN . UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. This able periodical for the present month sustains its usual high position in the serial literature of the day.' It opens with a very able and elaborate article, as far as it goes, on a subject upon which there has been recently some difference of opinion between political economists, entitled "Absenteeism : its Social and Economic Effects upon Ireland." The writer takes a cursory glance at the enactments of different periods against absenteeism both in this and other countries. In England absenteeism never existed to any mischevious or prejudicial extent, and for very obvious reasons, yet at various periods of her history, very stringent laws were enacted against it. In the reign of King John, the Anglo-Normans, who held estates both in Normandy and England, were ordered to make their election betwee❑ their two estates, and to reside in the country of their adoption. In the reigns of Edward the First and Third there were also several severe and penal enactments against ab sentees. The able writer of this paper then goes on to show that the English Legislature at former periods attributed to absenteeism many of the evils of Ireland, and enacted several laws in the reigns of Richard 11., Henry IV., Henry V., and Henry VI., by which several of the English nobility forfeited the whole or great part of their Irish estates in conse quence of non-residence, and concludes a very in structive paper by an admirable picture of the moral and social benefits likely to attend a resident pro prietary. The other papers, constituting the present number are, " I Never Can Forget," " Bertha's Cross —a Story of the Middle Ages ;" " Irish and Danish Antiquities ;" " A few more Random Records of a Ramble in the East ;" " Some Remarks on the Evidence for the Origin of the Round Towers," by the Rev. G. S. Faber; "Annalists of the Restora tion ;" " Lays of the Famine ;" " The Price of Blood—a Story of Gold ;" "Irish Theatricals," second article; " Irish Tourists—Giraldus Cambrensis ;" " Law Reform." The subject of this last paper will perhaps be noticed by us elsewhere. We will only say here, that we do not concur in the remarks of the writer on the Bills proposed by Sir John Romilly, for the amendment of several branches of the law in Ireland. THE BRITISH POLITICAL, COMMER CIAL, ECCLESIASTICAL, and HISTORI CAL GAZETTEER; Travelling Road-Book, and County Atlas. The proprietors of this important work omit no opportunity of.rendering it both useful and instructive, and giving it as it progresses additional claims to the support of the public. The present number contains a map which will be found of the greatest utility to travellers—" A Key to British Railroads." It also contains a well-executed map of the county of Wilt shire, and is embellished with a fine engraving of the Royal Institution, Manchester. THE MAGISTERIAL FORMULIST, being a Complete Collection of Forms and Precedents for Practical Use in all Matters out of Quarter Sessions; adapted to the Outlines of Forms in Jervis's Acts (11 and 12 Vict., cc. 42, 43) ; with an Introduc tion, Explanatory Directions, Variations, and Notes (brought down to 12 and 13 Viet.) By George C. Oke, author of the " Magisterial Synopsis." A practical compilation of forms and precedents such as this was rendered essentially necessary since the passing of the Acts of the 11 and 12 Viet., cc. 42 and 43, introduced by the present Attorney-General, and known as " Jeivis's Acts." The object of these Acts was to facilitate the duti es o f j us ti ces o f the peace with respect to " indictable offences" and " summary convictions and orders ;" and Mr. Oke, a gentleman of great practical know ledge and experience, seeing the want of uniformity in the forms and precedents in use previ ous t o th e passing of these Acts, and their want of strict appli cability to many special cases since the passing of these statutes, has, with great but successful labour and industry, supplied this desideratum, and has ac complished a most desirable end in adapting unifor• mity of form to uniformity of practice. Mr. Oke has upon former occasions supplied admirable compi lations for the guidance of magisterial functionaries, ' both in their ministerial and judicial duties; and we cannot too highly commend the present volume to every magistrate and magistrate's clerk in the king dom. It is beautifully got up, and reflects much credit on the publisher. QUESTIONS for ,LATV STUDENTS on the THIRD EDITION of AYEBOURA"S NEW CHANCERY PRACTICE. By John Switt bank, Solicitor in Chancery. We think the public will, as we certainly are dis , posed to do, receive with commendation every effort to advance the important science of the law ; and we believe there is no method by which that desirable end can be so speedily and solidly attained as by the test supplied by the practical questions of volumes like the present. To the student seriously anxious to acquire a knowledge of his profession such little books are invaluable, while the practitioner who can satisfactorily answer these questions will not be likely to injure either his own reputation or the in• terest of his client by a blunder. There are nearly 2,000 questions in this little volume which, -when the student has fully mastered and can satisfactorily an swer, we think he may be- fairly entrusted with the conduct of a suit in Chancery. The compilers of little volumes like the present deserve the en - couragement both of the profession and the public. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday the 6th, the debate was re sumed on the Marriages Bill. There were some points about the resumed debate, which are worth re marking on. One was, how completely the pretence of Levitical authority was driven out of the field and given up. It might be hard to insist on inferring any analogy between our quoters of Scripture, and the enemy of mankind who appears to have been himself a quoter of Scripture in his time; but assu redly there is a strong resemblance between the ways in which the two comport themselves, upon being met with the resistance we are invited to make to the latter. Another remark is, the abundance of the specimens of those peculiar descriptions of argument which a witty Divine has immortalised in the inimitable " Oration." If the present Bill is passed, why should not an Act be next passed to enable men to marry their sisters? Simply, unfortunate one, because no body will petition for it, speak for it, vote for it. If these are not reasons enough, none can be. But are not the people demanding to be allowed to act contrary to law ? All amendment of law, is to allow men to act contrary to that which was worse. But is not all that anybody may have suffered, the mere result of the supremacy of the existing law ? Slavery and the Slave Trade would have always been justified on the same principle of jurisprudence. On Thursday the debate ran high on the ques tion of Relief to the Kilrush Union. The case is certainly one having many bearings, and not to be settled on the instant by a headlong charge of phi lanthropy. But can it be altogether right, that when men have been reduced to famine by the potatoes to which they trusted being found to have gone through the ship's bottom and disappeared, the commander and his officers should take that opportunity of dis solving the tenancy, and pulling down their b er th s and covering s , by way of enforcing th e i r c l ear i ng his decks by jumping into the sea ? It is clear th a t in the actu a l p os iti o n of things, it is a simple wa lki ng of the plank ; and the question I have to put is, whether this comes within the captain's ordinary right to have a choice in his passengers. It looks as if the moment was badly * chosen. It looks as if means might be found to invite the commander to exercise his power either before or after, but not to fix on that particular moment to push his passengers into the water. On the same evening the annual motion was made for the establishment of the Vote by Ballot. It was met by the old routine of stale and oft -repeated ar guments. One of the great uses of a Parliament, is to enable the people to judge of the strength or weakness of their rulers. It is only when the string is worn out, and its weakness too palpable for further use, that an unwise Government provides for the necessity. After the acknowledgments that change is on the road, it would appear as if something might have been done, on the principle of the shipmaster who takes in sail before the squall reaches him. But nothing will be taken in here, till something is blown away. 'There is an admission of the danger, and at the same time a refusal to do anything to ease it, which are curious in combination. The division demonstrates, that the squall is near ing fast ; 123 votes in a House of only 299, is ti large advance on any previous display. On Friday came on the Member for the West Riding's motion for the reduction of expenditure. The event was like all the rest. Nothing will be done, till there is reason. It must be the business of the country in its preparatory processes, to make it. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, 11th March, 1850. REVIVAL OF THE ANTIGONE" OF SOPHOCLES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—Your remarks on the superb way in which Judge Talfourd's fie tragedy of ion bas been lately represented at Drury-lane Theatre comes very apropos, in aid of those who are longing to witness the revival of the Antigone with its Mendelssohn nian music, at the same theatre. If lon can be so well put upon its stage, how much more attrac tively to the public might the Antigone be given— seeing that the original Antigone would come out in full force—(not in only quarter force, as in the slightly interesting and subordinate role of Clemanthe) —by the side of her father's magnificent Creon ; and seeing, furthermore, that Mendelssohn's glorious choral and lyric strains and symphonies would be a grand and entire addition, over and above any attrac tion which appertains to the tragedy of lon. Add to all these 'considerations, that the learned world, our collegiate friends and celebrities, would be in evitably anxious to witness the representation of a play enacted more than 2,000 years ago before the Areopagus and the people of Athens ; and that her Majesty, with her Court, would in all probability bestow her patronage on a representation which owes its first introduction to our own times to the fostering patronage of a crowned head—viz., the King of Prussia—and I think enough has been said to indicate that the revival of the Antigone unex hausted and unworn out with the public as it is, would be a matter of th e hi g h est po li cy , cer t a i n remuneration, and lasting credit to the present lessee of our great national temple of the intellectual drama. I am, Sir, &c., A FRIEND OF " OLD DRURY." Inner Temple, March 7, 1850. - - - ..„ PORTRAIT OF LORD D. C. S TU A R T. —A beautiful proof impression of a very excellent portrait of this nobleman, the liberal and popular representative of the borough of Marylebone, has just reached us. It has been printed by Hanhart, from a drawing on stone by Napoleon Ploszczynski, and pourtrays the features of Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart somewhat felicitously, especially in the upper portion of the countenance. As an accompanying prospectus very judiciously observes, "All who admire his lordship , s upright and amiable character should secure an im pression early, as a limited number only will be thrown off, and the stone destroyed, to prevent the circulation of inferior copies." A HISTORY OF HUNGARY AND LYRICS, BY A. B. M. WILDMAN.—A neat little volume, under this title, has recently been printed in Bradford, and a copy having fallen into our possession we can afford the author our felicitations. Some of his verses having originally appeared in our columns may be in the recollection of those interested in the progress of the Hungarian movement. The modest volume before us is rendered additionally attractive by the preservation in its pages of some of those famous documents and speeches which even in England have secured to Kossuth a high reputation as a poet and an orator. LEGAL R EFORM. —A b r i e f but exce ll ent pamphlet has within th e l ast f ew d ays ap p eare d i n the form of " A Latter to the Right Hon. Lord Brougham and Vaux on the Amendment of Common Law Procedure," by W. H. Smith, attorney-at•law. From the ability displayed by the pamphleteer in the lucid suggestions thrown out by him in reference to the improvements necessary in the com mon law procedure, it is to be hoped that he will apply his attention in a subsequent brochure to the considet a- Lion of the changes requisite in the laws relating to real property. His remarks go far towards the elucidation of many difficulties at present experienced by our legal reformers, especially in the simplicity and compactness of the forms of action proposed by him in lieu of those antiquated, if not obsolete ones now employed. COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS.—John Porter Atthill, Esq., late Attorney-General of St. Lucia, is appointed Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court in that island. Louis Le Case, Esq., Solicitor-General, succeeds Mr. Atthill as Attorney-General; and C)prian Millet Pont, Esq., is appointed to the vacant office of Solicitor-General. George Garcia, Esq., is appointed Solicitor-General for Trinidad. David Jardine and Joseph Frost, Eiqs., are appointed members of the Legislative Council of Hong- Kong.—Observer. TIM EGYPTIAN MEDAL.—The following are the names of some of the survivors of the Egyptian achieve ments of 1801, who are no longer in the service:— Thomas Davis, Esq, formerly assistant surgeon 20th Dragoons; Lieutenant Colonel S. J. Cochrane, for- Ensign 3rd Guards; M. L. Este, E!q., formerly 3rd Guards; Lieutenant L. A. de N( e, formerly of the 10th Foot; Lieutenant Colonel D. Baby, formerly Lieutenant 24th Eoot; Major Campbell, formerly Lieutenant of the 42nd; Lieutenant Colonel Fulton, formerly of the 70th Regiment; Captain Metcalfe, formerly 79th Regiment; Lieutenant Colonel Gunning, ditto; Lieutenant Colonel Marsh, ditto; J. H. Soden, Esq., ditto (Assistant Sur geon); Lieutenant Ross, formerly 88th Regiment; Captain S. Nicoll, formerly 26th Cameronians. RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.—Captain Harness, se cretary to the Commissioners of Railways, is appointed to a high position in the Mint. He is succeeded by Captain Simmons, as secretary, now one of the inspec tors of railways. Capt. Laffan is re-established on the 09131TaibaiPLI Ra invecVa.-13ritish Army Despatch, TILE SUN, LONDON MONDAY EVENING, MARCH ll, 1850 THE GREEK QUESTION. Note addressed by Count Nesselrode to .M. Brun now on the subject of Greece, dated the ith (19th) of February :-- "No sooner had the dangers that menaced the peace of Europe, and caused by the precipitation with which Admiral Parker entered the Dardanelles, been removed than the appearance of his squadron on the coast of Greece perilled it anew. Russia finds it difficult to comprehend this anxiety to create complications in the East at a period when the repose of the west is exposed to so many perils." The note recounts how the British fleet unexpectedly presented itself at the Pincus, in a moment of profound peace (en pleine paix), and without the slightest intimation of the intentions of the English Government ; how Admiral Parker, after having been courteously and cordially received by the King and Queen, changed, the very next day, into an imperious ultimatum a demand for the settlement of claims of trifling impor tance, some of which were in progress of adjustment, &c. "A man," observes Count Nessclrodr, "is the best judge of his own dignity, and Russia does not pre tend to contest the right of the English Cabinet to ap preciate and maintain its dignity as it thinks proper. Europe, more impartial, however, will decide if the measures resorted to were worthy of a mighty power like England towards a feeble and defenceless state. But what we are perfectly justified in remarking, and what we have a right to complain of, is the total want of courtesy towards the two powers who were parties to the trtaty; who established the kingdom of Greece; who ever since the 6th if July, 1827, have invariably acted together, and who have ever taken the same in terest in the affairs of that conutry. Russia was well aware that England had private claims to settle with Greece, and that in 1547, during the administration of Colletti, she was on the point of adopting measures fur their enforcement. But since that period she heard no more of them; and considering that far more important objects called elsewhere the attention of England, she, indeed, little expected that the solution of that ques tion would appear to her so urgent as to justify the exercise of extreme measures. Had Russia received any intimation on the subject, she would have coun selled Greece to attend to those claims, and if the latter refused to satisfy them, then, indeed, England might have adopted such measures as suited her to obtain redress. But England did not act so ; England did not condescend to apprise either Russia or France of her intention. No communication to that effect was made, either at St Peterburgh or at Paris ; and it was only when the evil:was done, and the mischief consummated, that the Russian and French governments were informed of it. The Russian minister at Athens twice offered his good offices to Mr. Wyse, who twice rejected them, saying that ' he would not accept the ar bitration of the two powers in a question that did not concern them.' Yet Greece is not an isolated state ; she cannot be said to be a power that is indebted to herself alone for her existence (et ne relevant que de lui-meme). Greece is a state created by Russia and Fiance, in virtue of the same rights, and on the same terms, as it was by England. The three powers founded it in common, and bound themselves, each towards the two others, to respect its independence, to maintain its integrity, and to strengthen the dynasty they placed on the throne. Surely neither of those three powers can pretend, nor does it become either of them to undo its own collective work, to threaten the independence of Greece, to encroach on its integrity, to endanger (etranler) the existence of that dynasty by humbling it in the eyes of the world, by disturbing the tranquillity of the country, or expos ing it to the attacks of factions, encouraged, as they may be, by the presence of the English fleet, and perhaps to the horrors of civil war. Russia and France are essen tially and materially interested in the maintenance of its repose. They have lent it funds, the repayment of which both these states desire no less than England. But they must necessarily condemn measures that are likely to incapacitate G reece f rom d o i ng honour to her pecuniary engagements . uniary engagements. They hav e th ere f ore a right toinquire into the cause of a quarrel which is produc tive to them of such eerious consequences, and to regard the affair, not by any means, as the British Minister asserts, in the light of an exclusively English question, but as one which, in an equal degree, affects both France and Russia. It is true that England communicated to Russia a list of her claims, but judging from the information supplied by the opposite party, they appeared somewhat exaggerated. At all events, whether we regard their amount or their object, they are out of all proportion with the means em ployed to enforce them. The same may be said, a for tiori, of the two small islands contiguous to the Hellenic rrit o i in a I demanding question, and in continent, and which E ng l an d c l a i ms as belonging to the lonianonit Russia islands. and This France e e s justified ate virtue of what title England presumes to change a status quo that has lasted for 18 years; to take upon herself to reconstruct the map of Greece, and to appropriate any portion, how small Bowser, of her territory ? This is a question that must be examined into by the three Powers. Russia, England, and France having assigned to Greece a certain extent of frontier and coast considered suffi cient for her defence, you will ask if that object can be obtained if England be authorised to have a footing in these small islands, one of which is situate within one eighth of a mile from the coast ? The Emperor instructs you to make serious representations to the English Go vernment, and to invite it in the most earnest manner to hasten the cessation of a state of things which there is nothing whatever to render necessary, or to justify, and which exposes Greece to disasters and dangers of a most serious kind. " The manner in which your representations will be received will throw much light on the nature of the re lations which we may hereafter expect to entertain with England, and, I will add, on her position with respect to all the powers, great and small, whose coasts are ex posed to sudden attack. It will also enable us to judge whether England, abusing the position afforded to her by her immense maritime superiority, contemplates in future to pursue a distinct and isolated policy (politique disolement), regardless of those engagements which bind her with other Governments, to free herself from all joint and common obligations, and all community of action (solidarite d'action), and to authorise each of the great powers, whenever an opportunity shall offer, to tollow, as regards the weak and defencelesp, no other rule but their own good will and pleasure; no other right but that of material force (a ne reconnoitre envers les foibles d'autre regle que sa volante, d'autre droit que la force materielle)." THE PENINSULAR MAIL.-SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 9.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Sultan, Captain Brooks, from Constantinople, &c., ar rived here this afternoon at three o'clock. Her dates of sailing were : — Constantinople, Feb. 20 ; Smyrna, 22 ; Malta, 26 ; and Gibraltar, March 3. The Sultan had fifteen:paqsengers, principally Hungarian refugees; a full general cargo, comprising fruit, cotton, opium, 1,100 bales of silk, 730 packages of goats' hair, a large num ber of packages of sundries, and specie to the amount of 98,000/. On the 20th ult. a steamer had been dispatched from Constantinople to Varna with Hunga rians. The same steamer was to return to Malta with a number of Pules. At Constantinople things were re presented as boing remarkably quiet—little business being transacted. The Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs was about to return to Alexandria. Diplomatic relations between the Austrian Charg6 d'Affaires and the Porte had not been resumed. The Jane Ellis, for Glasgow, and the Azores Packet, for Liverpool, left Gibraltar on the 27th ult. The Exile, for Liverpool, left on the 2d inst. When near Gibraltar the Sultan passed a portion of Commodore Martin's squadron, comprising two line-of-battle ships, four frigates, and two steamers, steering to the eastward. Exchange on London, 90 days, 501; on Paris, ditto, sf. 36c. In freights there was no change since our last. --- - FIRE ANNIHILATOR,.—SeveraI interesting and suc cessful experiments were exhibited on Friday last, at the London Gasworks, Vauxhall, before a numerous company of ladies and gentlemen, invited to witness the effective power of Mr. Phillips's new invention for ex tinguishing fires. After adverting to the inefficiency of water as a means of quenching flame, and the consequent loss sustained annually throughout the kingdom by the destruction of prcperty, to the amountof about` ,000,000/ , he introduced one of the smaller of his own machines, and explained that the agent by which he sought to ac complish his object was a mixture of gas and vapour. After several experiments on a small scale, to show the success he had attained by these means, the attention of the company were directed to a compartment of a largo open building, quite twenty feet high inside, which was fitted up with partitions and temporary joisting of light wood well soaked with pitch and turpentine, and over hung besides with rags and shavings soaked in like manner. The torch was applied to this erection, and the flames, which ascended immediately, at length roared with a vehemence which drove the spectators back to a distance of forty feet, and was already beyond the power of water. The inventor then brought forward one of his hand machines, and threw out a volume of gaseous va pour, which, in half a minute, entirely suppressed all flame and combustion; and to show that the vapour which now filled the space was quite innoxious, Mr. Phillips mounted into the loft, and passed and repassed through the midst of it with a lighted candle in his hand. The machine with which this effect was accomplished was rather larger than a good-sized coffee-pot, and consisted of three tin cases, one within another and mutually com municating. There was a small quantity of water in the bottom of the machine, and in the centre case was a composite cake, of the size and colour of peat. con taining, in the middle of it, a phial of sulphuric acid and chlorate of potash. In order to put the machine into action this phial is broken, and a gaseous vapour is ge nerated so rapidly and in such quantity that it immedi ately rushes out from a lateral spout with great impe tuosity. Mr. Phillips explained that a machine of any size could be made according to the purpose for which it was intended, and that a company was at length formed to carry the invention into effect. The com pany present, who seemed to be taken by surprise, very cordially expressed their satisfaction with the success of the achievement. THE CrOREIAM CASE.—The following is a list of the division in the Committee on the question placed bi fore them: —Assenting—Lord Campbell, Lord Langdale, Baron Parke, Sir S. Lushington, Mr. Pemberton Leigh. Dissenting—Sir J. Knight Brace. Of tte Right Rev. Prelates who sat as assessors, it is understood that the Archbishops of Caeterbury and York were assenting, and the Bishop of London dissenting. THE GORHAM CASE AND THE METROPOLITAN CHURCH UNION. —We are authorised to state that im mediate steps are in contemplation on the part of the Metropolitan Church Union, for the vindication of the Church's autonomy in matters of faith, in consequence of the judgment pronounced yesterday by the Judi cial Committee of the Privy Council. We understand that the union has been hitherto silent on the subject, from a persuasion that the question might De taken up with much greater practical effect after the delivery of the sentence.—John BVI • A SCRUPULOUS CRIMINAL.—A person named La bouette %as on Friday condemned by the Court of A.B4lzes to ten years' *gloating fez haviug embezzled a sum of 211,444 f. belonging to the family of Laroche foucalt Doudeauville, in whose service be had been for many years as steward. Be was also condemned to re store the sum in question, or, in default, to undergo five years' additional imprisonment. His peculations had amounted in reality to more than double, but the Duchess de Larochefoucault, now deceased, generously pardoned him for the enormous frauds which had been discovered some years age, and retained him in her ser vice. The Duchess de Bourbon, in whose service he had previously been, left him by will 25,000 f. in cash, and 3,000 f. a year for life, This fellow, who, it appears, was an accomplished hypocrite, carried throughout the trial the same air of sanctity which enabled him to plunder his benefactors. At the moment the sum total of his peculations was totted up, adding the interest, he begged leave to speak. Immediately profound silence prevailed, and it was thought that the criminal was about to make a public confession of his conduct, and to express penitence. " Well, what have you to say," asked the judge. " That the item of interest is exag gerated," was th e rep l y , w hi ch the crow d , after a moment's hesitatior, received with shouts of laughter. Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte, representative of the Seine, and cousin to L ou i s N apo l eon, P res id ent o f the French Republic, has just arrived in London from Belgium. Prince L. Lucian, who is so well known in the scientific world by his important discoveries in chemistry, will only make a short stay in England, the object of his journey being limited to his scientific pursuits. A statue representing the Republic has been placed in the Salle Casimir Perier, at the National Assembly, in the place which was two years since occupied by one of Louis Philippe. The statue, which is the work of M. Barre, sculptor, is about nine feet in height; it has the right hand resting on a hive, the symbol of riches and of industry; in the left hand it holds a crown of laurel, and at its feet are the fasces of the Republic, the Gallic cock, and a broken hatchet. THE SEWERS COMMISSION AND THE PARISH OF ST. JAMES.—At a vestry meeting of the parish of St. James, Westminster, held on Saturday, the subject of the proceedings of the new Commission of Sewers was discussed, and considered very unsatisfactory to the ratepayers, when the following resolutions were pro posed :—" That the vestry learn with surprise and re gret that the New Commission of Sewers for the West minster district, in which this parish is comprised, have sanctioned a large outlay of the rates for the construc tion of a new and additional sewer, which is to have its outfal into the Thames, thereby, in the opinion of this board, contravening the great object of the appointment of the present Commission, which was to devise a plan for diverting the sewage from the river.—That the vestry have learnt with equal regret that the Court of Sewers have appointed an additional officer at the large salary , of 1,500/. per annum, whose first act has been to con tinue the old system of partial and objectionable drain age.—That they had looked forward to the present Commission as a guarantee against any farther outlay of the rates in new works until the great object sought by the public was decided upon." It was ultimately de cided that as soon as the returns ordered by the Rouse of Commons, upon the motion of Mr. Hume, should be obtained, a committee of vestry should be appointed to call a public meeting, if necessary. NAVY.—By a statement just published the sum required to be voted to defray tho excess of the naval expenditure beyond the grants for the year ended March, 1849, is 211,159/. 3s. 7d. FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM.—Yesterday morning his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, accom panied by Baron Knesebeck, the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, and the Under-Sheriffs, attended service at the Female Orphan Asylum, Lambeth. Prayers were read by the Rev. S. R. Cattley, the chaplain; the sermon was preached by the Rev. H. Howarth, rector of St. George's Hanover-square; and Mr. Hasley, who has been attached to the asylum for more than fifty years, presided at the organ. The collection was more than 501. NEW HousE or Costmores.—The sum required for the completion of such portions of the New House of Commons as are necessary for the convenient transac tion ot business is estimated by Mr. Charles Barry, in a statement recently issued, at 102,180/. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—The gossips of Melton and the neighbourhood have just been de prived of a rich treat, in the settlement of a matter which was to have given the gentlemen of the long robe a cause for trial; and, strange to say, the unusual feature would in this case have been reversed, for the plaintiff is not a female, but a person in holy orders, and no doubt claim ing succession from the apostles. He is an exportation from the Emerald Isle, and at present officiates as curate in a village not a hundred miles from Melton. The fair defendant is a lady well known here, and rather re markable for the extreme simplicity of her manners, and the general urbanity and kindness of her disposition. It is said that the immediate cause of the rupture was a prior attachment to a younger branch of a noble house, and which became renewed by a temporary visit. This roused the suspicion of the plaintiff, and letters written by. the lady were freely handed about and shown to several people in the town. An action was then com menced, but it is now withdrawn, the plaintiff accepting a money compensation, with which he is quite satisfied. —Stamford Mercury. DEATH OF GENERAL PAKENHAM.—Major-General the Hon. Sir Hercules Rowley Pakenham, K.C.8., brother to General Pakenham, who fell at New Orleans, and brother. in-law to the Duke of Wellington, died suddenly on Thursday evening, the 7th instant, about 10 o'clock, at Langford-ledge, the family residence in the county ot Antrim. General Pakenham was about 70 years of age ; and, as an cffie. r, had earned a high character by his services in the Peninsular war. Sub sequently to his retirement from active service, be re ceived the appointment of Governor of Portsmouth. Latterly, he lived in the enjoyment of great domestic felicity, on the peaceful banks of Lough Neagh, amidst the cheerful society of an amiable and exemplary feuily. Sir Hercules served at the siege and capture of Copen hagen, in tSe year 1807 ; also in the Peninsular cam paigns c f 1808, 1809, 1810, 1811, and 1812, including the battles of Roleia, Virniera (wounded), Busaco, and Fuentes D'Onor, siege and storm of Ciudad Rodrigo, two sieges and storm of Badajoz—severely wounded at the assault. Sir Hercules received a silver medal and two clasps for Roleia and Vimiera • a gold cross for B usaco , Fuentes D'Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, and Badsjez. His commission as ensign is dated July 23, 1803 ; as lieu tenant, March, 3, 1804 ; as captain, August 2, 1805 ; as major, August 30, 1810 ; as lieutenant-colonel, April 27, 1812 ; as colonel, May 27, 1825 ; as major -general, January 10, 1837 ; as colonel of the 43d Foot, September 9, 1844.—Northern Whig. VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S SOIREE. —Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained at dinner (pre vious to her Ladyship's assembly) the Marquis of Angle sey and Lady Adelaide Pager, the Earl of C ar li s l e , t h e Earl and Countess Granvill, Viscountess Jocelyn, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord Elphiustone, Mr. Tufnell, M.P., and Lady Anne Tufnell, Mr. Rutherford, M.P., and Mr. Macdonald, on Saturday evening, at their resi dence in Carlton-gardens. Soon after ten o'clock com pany began to arrive to the soirée, and it was after eleven when carriages ceased to set down visitors. There were close on 300 of the elite of society and most of the foreign ministers present at the re-union. THE SPEAKER'S LEVEE.—The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons held his second and last levee on Saturday night, at his temporary official residence in Eaton-square. As usual, the Right Hon. Gentleman had a Parliamentary dinner, the guests in cluding the Marquis of Douro, Viscount Jocelyn, Lord Norreys, Lord Ashley, Lord Seymour, Sir Robert H. Inglis, Hon. Robert H. Clive, Lord Melgund, Lord Robert Grosvenor, &c. At ten o'clock the entire range of rooms was thrown open, and brilliantly illuminated. The Right Hon. Gentleman received his visitors in the principal saloon, which is hung with the portraits of some of his most illustrious predecessors in the chair. Lord Gough was among the visitors, the Noble and Gallant General meeting with a cordial reception from the Hon. Members present. There were about 200 Members os the House of Commons in attendance. THE EXHIBITION OF ♦LL NATlONS.—Yesterd ay (Friday) morning his worship the mayor received a beautiful emblazoned card from the Lord Mayor of Lon don,:by way of invite to attend a dinner at the Mansion House on Thursday, the 21st instant, on the subject of the exhibition of all nations. His Royal Highness Prince Albert will be present. The dinner will be con ducted on a scale commensurate with the importance of the occasion. Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the provisional committee took place at the Council House, for the purpose of carrying out the views of the meeting held on Monday, in connexion with the grand forth coming exhibition of fine arts. The mayor was in the chair; and after a short conversation a sub-committee was appointed, whose duty it will be to carry out the necessary mechanical arrangements. At the same meeting it was determined to issue an address, and an executive committee was elected, it being contemplated, by means of a public meeting or otherwise, to invite the co-operation of the working classes. _Brisk( Journal. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday an inquest was taken by Mr. Bedford, at the Westminster hospital, on the body of Francis Barry, aged 44, who was killed by the horses and carriage of Earl De Grey. On Wed nesday week, about ten o'clock at night, the deceased was crossing the road opposite Fendall's Hotel, in Pa lace-yard, when the carriage, of Earl De Grey came from the direction of St. James's Park towards the Houses of Parliament ; the coachman called to him several times, but deceased appeared tipsy, and staggered against the pole of the carriage, and he was thrown down, the fore and hind wheels going over him. Had he stood still the carriage would have passed him, and the coachman did all in his power to pull the horses up. He was at once conveyed to the Westminster Hospital, where he appeared to be suffering from the effects of some severe internal injury, and he died on the morning of the 6th instant, apparently from inflammation of the lungs, accelerated by the accident. The jury, after a very short consultation, returned a verdict of " Acci dental death." NOTTINGHAM TRADE. —Lace—We have again to report a quiet market. All Leipsicfair arenow here, the German buyers who genera lly purchase for the but their operations have been so limited that theyhave scarcely been felt. We understand that it is probable the Americans will soon be in the market again, and there is every prospect of their doing an extensive trade. The prices of all descriptions of goods are stationary ; where any trifling alteration is made, it is in favour of the buyer. Hosiery—We cannot notice this week any material alteration in our trade; the demand for the home market is of a more limited character than we have noticed in some former years ; buyers are now operating with very great caution, and only purchasing for immediate wants, and even on these terms at prices very unremunerating to the manufacturer. The stocks of goods now on hand arc below the average, but still quite equal to the de mand, notwithstanding the shortness of supply arising from strikes, and the workmen generally nut producing that quantity which they did when prices were much lower. Yarns at present maintain their high prices, although very little is doing in the market, and th e operations on a much smaller scale than useal for this period of the year.—Nottiegham Mercury. DIABOLICAL MURDER AT ABERDARE.--It will be remembered that information was recently given to the police authorities at Aberdare that the lives of several families had been placed in peril in consequence of having been shot at by some colliers who had " struck," who bad threatened the lives of all who returned or re mained at work. In one case a stocking, containing a large quantity of gunpowder, with a fusee attached, was thrown at night through the window of a man named John Williams. The breaking of the glass awakened, him, and he jumped out of bed, but not in time to pre vent the explosion, which blew the roof off the bow i e, and injured the unfortunate man to such an extent that he expired in a few hours, leaving a wife and several children to lament his loss. An inquest has been opened on the body, but in consequence of time being required for the preparation of some documents, it has been ad journed. Active measures are being adopted for the ap prehension of the murderers. ALLOWANCE OF SPlRlTS.—Admiral Dundas!'s pro position, nos: the subject of consideration by a ccrumittee sitting at the Admiralty, is, that the pay of every officer and man shall be increased 35. per month, and that half only of the present allowance of spirits shall be issued to them. All persons under 13 years of age not to be allowed any spirits or additional pay. A period to be fixed, from and after which date all ships commissioned should come under this new regulation, and their officers and men receive 3s. a month additional, with half the present allowance of spirits. The estimated expense of this alteration at the present price of rum wo u ld be, for the number of men voted for 1849-50, 40,000 (after de ducting marines on shore and boys), and also taking into account the saving of spirits (the price of rum being Is. 4d. per gallon), about 38,0001. per annum; however, as it would not come into operation for the whole fieet at once, but gradually become general in about three years, the cost would be for the first year about 13,0001.; for the second, 26,0001.; and for the third year the sum of 38,000/. as already mentioned. SOCIETY or ARTS.—The committee has not yet finally decided upon the day when the exhibition of ancient and mediaeval art shall be opened. Objects of the highest interest are daily sent in, and only the day before yesterday the Queen, at the instance of Prince Albert (the President of the Committee), sent in four most beautiful cups of carved ivory and gold, of Italian workmanship. Her Majesty has alscsallowed the society to exhibit the shield which Francis L gave to Henry VIII. on the Field of Cloth of Gold, and the beautiful partisan, belonging to the same monarch, of gold, silver, and steel. Complete suits of armour of different periods have been brought from the Tower and placed in the principal room, which is hung with old tapestry. Yes. terday the Duke of Devonshire sent his Lismore Crozier, ' and that exquisite relic, carved by Holbein, the rosary of Henry VIII. The Society of Antiquaries have lent the oldest clock in the known world, dated very early its the sixteenth century, which is so perfect that it goes accu rately even now. Mr. Rothschild and Mr. Magniac, and many others, have liberally contributed, and the apart ments, when opened, will be found full of objects of the highest value and interest. ADVANCE OF WAGES AT WIGAN.—We have been informed that it is the intention of the millowners of Hindley to make an advance of ten per cent. on the wages of all the factory hands in their employ.—Man. Chester Examiner. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY-4N. CREASE OF TRAFFIC.—The great increase of traffio which has taken place upon the London and North- Western Railway since the commencement of the year must be extremely gratifying to the shareholders. The augmentation for the week ending the 3d instant was 1,3751. in the passenger and parcel, and 2,3031. in the merchandise and cattle traffic—together 3,7681. The total increase for the last seven weeks over the corre sponding period of 1849 has been 18,6621., or upwards of 2,000/. per week. This increase is exclusive of the traffic of the Huddersfield Canal, Shropshire Union, North Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, and Manchester and Buxton Railways. TUB AMERICAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. —Shortly after four o'clock this afternoon, the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara, Captain Ryrie, sailed from the Mersey with the usual mails for Canada and the United States. The Niagara goes to Boston, after calling to land and receive the mails, &c., at Malifax. She carries out a number of passengers. There is not any incoming American steamer this week, but the packet ships, Constitution and Roscius, both of which will bring later dates, m a y arrive ero the America, from Boston, with advices to the 6th instant inclusive, announces her entry into the Mersey. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT. -- MARCH 9.-- There is still a disposition to withhold from purchases either of goods or yarns except at reduced prices, and a general want of confidence in the present rates is ap parent. Hence dulness is the prevailing characteristic of the market. In low numbers of yarns prices have receded; but fine numbers continue firm, and are pretty much inquired after. The business done in the cloth market 3 eAerday wore a more healthy appearance; to day, however, a change has taken place, and the market has been very dull indeed. There was less animation exhibited in it than on Tuesday last, though there is no change in prices. EXTRAORDINARY BIRTH.—On the first instant a married woman named Cole, 39 years of age, whose husband is a bricklayer living in Charles-street, Wind sor, was safely delivered of two sons and a daughter, all of whom are likely to live', and have been registered by the names of Robert, William , and Priscilla.—Buchs Herald. REVENUE OF THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL. The accounts of the revenue of the Duchy of Cornwall up to the end of 1849 have been published. The whole in come received, including arrears of outstanding accounts, amounted to 51,882/. 13s. 2d. The sums paid to his Royal Highness's use out of the gross income amounted to 29,557/. 10s., end the payments to the account of the Duke of Cornwall at the Bank of England were 3,7501. These BUMF, together with 5,244/. 16s. remaining at the bankers to the credit of the account of the Council of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and the various items for salaries, law expenses, repairs, tithes, &c., mske up the expenditure side of the balance. ELOPEMENT.—An elopement, under circumstances of a peculiarly painful character, occurred in Chelten ham last week, and—as may be supposed would be the case—has ever since formed a principal topic of conver sation throughout our fashionable circles, the family of the young lady having been many years resident in the place, and participating a good deal in its gay doings; the gentleman, if such he must be called, had also, during the past six months, become known to many of our resi dents and visitors, but is better known to the public by the notoriety acquired by him in connexion with cer tain court-martial proceedings, which, a few months ago, deprived him of his commission in her Majesty's service. As events of this kind always undergo exaggeration, we will endeavour to state the facts of the present unfortu nate affair as briefly as possible:—At the time of its occurrence it appears that the father of the young lady, who has long been known as the intimate friend of the Hon. Craven Berkeley, bad accepted an invitation from Earl Fitzbardinge to spend a few dap with a party of gentlemen at Berkeley Castle, his family, of course, remaining at home. On the Monday following—last Monday week—after her mother and sister had retired to rest, which they did at au early hour, the fair subject of oar notice effected her escape unheard—not the slightest suspicion of such an intention having been ex cited by her previous conduct—and, it would seem, re paired to the house of her betrayer, in Rodney -terrace, distant not many hundred yards from her own. "[ere, we understand, she was discovered next morning by the police, and brought home, where she remained until last Saturday, when she again escaped, and is supposed to have gone gone off by train to London—the object of her attachment having, it seems, left Cheltenham on the a Thursday previous. Not the least sad part of this sad is the fact that the gentleman is known to be a married man, and the father, we are told, of two children. The father of the young lady, who returned from Berkeley Castle immediately he heard of the first incident, repaired to the metropolis in pursuit of his daughter on Monday, and bad not, down to the time at which we write, returned.—Chetenham Looker-on. ROCHDALE SAVINGS BANK.—The following notice has been issued by Messrs. John and James Fenton : " In consequence of the position of the Rochdale Savings Bank, Messrs. John and James Fenton beg to inform the public that they have decided to receive at their bank any sums not lower than V., hoping that shortly some other means may be afforded for the public con venience. Their present rate of interest is 2/. los. per cent. Should the deposits of the Savings Bank be paid in cheques, Messrs. J. and J. Fenton will be glad to acr commodete the depositors by taking the cheques at their bank, the same as money. —Rochdale Bank, 6th March, 1850."—Manchester Examiner. Mn. B. DISRAELI, M.P.—We are happy to learn that the Hon. Gentleman is recovering from his recent severe attack of influenza, and is expected shortly to resume his duties in the House of Commons. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—The re• port by the directors of the Edinburg h and Glasgow Railway Company, er e e ar o Y n twenty-fourth n held h the 12th instant has been issued. The traffic • receipts for the half-year ending January 31 show a decrease of general meeting of the to sha t r h e e ho t l w de e r n s t , y t - o 7,073/. Ils. 5d., as compared with the corresponding period of last year. This falling off is attributed to the competition with the Caledonian Railway. The balance of revenue being 37,0261. 7s. 11t1., a dividend is recom mended at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, which will leave a balance of 3,676/. 7s. 11d. to be added to the rest.—North Br itish Mail. AGRICULTURAL RIOT ATFoepnAm.--This formerly peaceful village has, during the last week, been the scene of disturbance, occasioned by a re d uc ti on of the labourers' wages from Bs. to is. per wee k. T o this they were de termined not to submit, and, consequently-, re f use d to work ; and a number of the most daring of them peram bulated the village with flags, bearing the motto "Free trade for ever." They went round to the, different farms, and threatened those whom th e y found at work, unless they immediately desisted and joined them. Every precaution was taken to restore tranquillity, and the magistrates were obliged to have recourse to swear ing in a number of special constables. Threatening letters have been since addressed to the authorities, stating that they are neither done with nor forgotten, and that fires and robberies may be expected. A number of Mr. Fyson's ploughs have been cut and broken to pieces. Sewn of the more clamorous of the rioters were taken into custody on Wednesday the 27th ult.., and being t a k en b e f ore J. Dobede and A. C o t ton, plaarrimialplyremises held by carried into eff ec t ; R. D. aboutas on eleven Thursday Esqs. were committed to Cambridge gaol for a month. The threat to burn down the premises of the far mers w o sd ,c a l y ock n , h ig t ht e Fyson, Esq., near the church , were fired, and th e b arn , stables, sheds, &e., and a quantity of corn, with straw and clover stacks, were totally consumed. The led is estigniod mow,....staptlyrd Maury, l I