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THIS EVENING, WM be presented, by her Majesty's Servant., A New Grand ilisterical, Metaphorical, Allegoric:o, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff Sing Hal ' to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN 13E64 ; or, MEERIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, To be follcwed by The Operatic Flay of ROB ROY MACGREGOR ; or, Auld Lang dyne. Sir Frederick Vernon, Mr. Diddear ; Francis Osbaldistone, Mr. Rafter ; Rib Roy Macgregor Campbell, Mr. Cooper ; Bailie Nicol Jarvie, Mr. Emery; Diana Vernon, Miss Rafter; Helen Mac gregor, Mrs. Ternan. Frtrato boxes, a/. as., 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 25., 11. lls. 6d., and 11. Is. s. d. SECOND PRIM Boxes - - 2 0 Pit - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 No Half-price to Upper Galleey . , Mr. J. Povey. Stalls, Ss. each. s. d. I FIRST PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 Fit - - - t 0 Lower Gallery - I • Upper Gallery - 0 6 Box-book-keel Tilt A FRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, tole 1.4-asee and Manager, Old Brampton. THIS EVENING, Will be presented aa entirely new and original Comedy, entitled LEAP YEAR ; or, The Ladles' Privilege. Sir Solomon Soh's, sir. Keeley ; Captain Mouser, Mr. Selby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Buckstone ; William Walker, Air. Charles Kean ; Mrs. Flora Flowerier', Mrs. Charles Kean ; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mrs. Fitawilliam ; Mrs. Crisp, Mrs. Keeley. After which THE NISTH STA.TUE or, The Jewels and The Gem. Principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Miss P. I.lorton, Mrs. 1.. S. Tliickirahain, and Miss K. Fitswilliam. To conclude with 110 X and COX. The Box-al:lee is under the direction of Mr. I. 1. Archer. ROYAL, ADELI'III. dlreellon cn Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called TILE WILLOW CO°SE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hu;hes, Wright, P. Bed lort , O. Smith, Worrell ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Wooigen Atter which FRANKENSTEIN ; or, The Model Man. Franken stein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Zamlel, Mr. 0. 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To conclude with KIN( JAMIE; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paolo; Clown, Mr. ilea more ; Columbine. Miss Fawcett. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS AND OPERA. COUNT:E. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the French Feritrrcances at the St. JA:I,C3'3 Theatre will commence 10-MOIiROW EVENING, Eight o'clock, when will be performed LE MAITRE CHAPELLE. 'Jo conclude with a New Opera Boaffon, entitled LE CAID. The rox-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five. • .ISTLE, MP' AL AMP tirriiKATits.. Forenrietor, Mr. W. Batty A Grand Jarcnlle Night, commends; with the ranter*line will take place T11.1:4 tVE2.I , ,t, The performance will commence at a Quarter to Sere'. with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nelson Lee, called HAR: L EQUIff YANKEE DOODLE, who came to Town upon nis little ropy. To be to'lowed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of ,he Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. To conclude with a new Grand Spectacle of THE KNIGHT OF THE EAGLE CREST; or, The Touraay of Lore, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear. Mox-oftica open from Eloven till Four. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT orning, 11 mill. after 4 I Evea'ag, 32 min. after 4 To-Moaftew—iforrelx, 56 min. after 4 Evening, la min. after 5 THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JAN. 31. Tammozdatza, LDwest, 28, Highest, 38. Noon 37, BAROMITER. 30.2!. WIND S.S.E—dull hazy weather. eV - 10111V LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1830. This, the closing day of January, 1850, will prove we are satisfied, of no unmemorable character. 13 , the morning which witnessed the commencement of a Parliamentary Session destined to affect in no ordi nary degree the fortunes of the United Kingdom, if not the actual stability of the British Empire, com mercial and colonial, it must always be regarded as the initial moment of an epoch entitled to no indif ferent remembrance. How far we are justified in speaking thus emphatically of the opening of the Session just commenced, may be readily estimated by such as have watched the recent progress of events, and who cannot, therefore, have failed to appreciate the extraordinary importance of the resolutions about to be unfolded by the Government, an d e i ther adopted or rejected according to the preponderance of prejudice or predilection in the two Houses of the Imperial Legislature. Internally and externally there are not only causes for deep anxiety to the Administration, but questions requiring immediate settlement, and evils demanding instant and permanent rectification, These questions will come very shortly under discus sion in the Lords and Commons ; these evils will successively beseech the united attention of the Cabinet mid of the Parliament. Upon the policy ac- j cepted by the ruling powers of the State depend the maintenance of our mercantile supremacy, the con tinuance of our maritime dominion, and the preser vation of our scattered possessions. For the principal problems of a political nature now asking solution, have reference to the marine sway of England, to her trading prosperity, and to her colonial authority. Almost every other object of legislation must be re garded as, for tfie time being, immeasurably subordi nated to these ; almost every other aim of the national ambition must be viewed as placed in temporary abeyance. Otherwise the affairs of the country, already embarrassed by anxieties upon these heads, will inevitably fall into deeper and yet deeper con fusion. Even the necessity for taking into considera- tion the advancement of the beneficent labours of the sanitary reformers is small when compared with those other necessities already specified ; the more particularly so when we remember that the chances of success in the former instance are all but secured by the propitious train into which every improvement relating to the public health has been put through the instrumentality of the Noble Earl at the head of th e Woods and Forests Department. With the other subjects for legislation, however, which are above particularised, it is altogether different. There the want of legislative interference is imminent in the extreme, no ameliorative effort of any value having been of late adventured upon, and the causes necessitating some such interposition being perpe tually and alarmingly multiplied. Glancing, for instance, at the want of improve ment in our Colonial Legislation, it must be suffi ciently manifest that something more is desirable towards the dissipation of many sinister forebodings than the temporary expedients adopted by the sagacity of the Colonial Secretary. When we recollect the disturbances which have occurred in the Canadas, at the Cape, in Australia, and elsewhere among our numerous and enormous dependencies ; when we re member the charges of misgovernment brought for ward against Lord ELGIN at Montreal, and Lord TORRINGTON at Ceylon ; when we take into con sideration the circumstance that the origin of all these outbreaks and of all these ill-feelings—feelings tending to insubordination, and, if allowed to pass unchecked, to a perilous and sanguinary defiance of the central Government—when we take into consi deration, we say, the circumstance that the origin of these outbreaks and of all these ill-feelings has refer ence to the great questions of emigration and trans portation, of convict labour and of provincialization, we shall have reason enough surely to appreciate the extent and depth of those anxieties which are at pre sent agitating the public mind, and immediately affecting, also, the deliberations of the Legis lature. It is natural, it is surely rational and comprehensible, that the settlers in Southern Africa should recoil with horror from the notion of finding themselves jostled by a swarm of reprobates gathered together from all the haunts of depravity in England, and disembarked upon their shores periodically in hundreds. It is reasonable, it is surely allowable and judicious on the part of the aboriginal inhabitants of Ceylon, to shrink with terror from the permission of punishments regarded by them as insults to the gods of their adoration and as desecrations to the sanctuaries of their religion. It is permissible, it is surely just and laudable in the mass of the Canadians to aspire to a position worthy of an English dependency so capable of large and rapid development. Yet it is precisely against these elevating aspirations for progress, against these honest instincts of self-preservation, against this earnest and beautiful reverence for the august and venerable, that the majority of the efforts of British legislation in, regard to the British co lonies have, generally speaking, been directed. True, doubtless there has been much occasion ally in the conduct of the population of Ceylon, of the Cape, and of the Canadas, to justify the most stringent efforts at the repression of rebel lion ; yet, after making every allowance for the required exercise at times of a stern command over those three divisions of our colonial community, we do aver that there has been also much reason for the heartburnings of those sections of the subjects of our Most Gracious SOYEREIGN. They have felt themselves at periods treated in a manner different, essentially dif ferent, from that which characterises the treatment of the mother country. They found their local interests despised, the rites of their religion contemned and in sulted, and as, in the instance of the Cape Colony, the place of their residence threatened with an inter minable and terrible pollution, being rendered in fact the dust-bin, or cloaca, for the moral refuse of great Britain. No wonder, therefore, that, at intervals, they have found it impossible to preserve with their accustomed serenity their attitude of loyal obedience. No wonder they have found themselves, on one or two occasions, driven to extremities such as threat ened their violent separation from the English em pire. Every additional reflection upon this subject only tends to increase our conviction that the preserva tion of our vast and widely scattered dominions in both hemispheres is dependant upon the colonial policy about to be adopted by the Imperial Legisla ture. A similar attention to the necessities of judicious innovation in regard to our Navy, and of the pur suance of a wise course of proceedings in reference to our commerce, must inevitably lead us to a similar conclusion. And this it is which fills the mind and heart of every patriotic observer with so much and such profound solicitude, now that these three paramount problems for political elucidation are coming formally under the scrutiny of the Parlia ment. That the policy about to be adopted by the Legislature in regard to our mercantile and maritime position is intimately associated with those great and all-important topics, the Currency and Taxation, must be sufficiently obvious to prevent the necessity for any prolonged or detailed argument in elucidation. One cannot be brought directly under discussion without the other being indirectly introduced likewise ; and this consideration it is which so materially enhances their already consider able importance. Therefore, moreover, it is that a session destined to witness debates upon three re forms of a character comparable to those above in dicated, must be considered as one calculated to be in no small degree memorable; and hence, consequently, we have been induced to mention this morning, as one likely to be borne long in the national remembrance, a morning which has witnessed, under such extraordi • nary circumstances, and with such remarkable aus pices, the re•assembling of the two Houses of the British Parliament. The long-expected and anxiously looked-for open meeting, on the all-important subjects of Free-trade and Protection, took place on Monday, at the Rotunda, Dublin, and, if any doubt could have existed as to the feeling of the great majority of the Irish people on these question, alter the results of the Downsbire, and other county " demonstrations," it would be completely and fur ever set at rest by the recent appeal to the inhabitants and visitors of the metropolis of Ireland. A deep debt of gratitude is due to the talented and patriotic LORD IlLixott of Dublin for the prompt and manly determination at which he arrived to ascertain the real sentiments of the citizens, of whom he is the efficient Chief Magis trate on these vexatce questiones. It was manifest that no reliance could be placed on the proceedings and resolutions of the so-called National Demonstration, from which all persons were studiously excluded save those in favour of the re-imposition of a bread tax—and where, even if admission bad been obtained by a Free-trader, no voice could be uplifted save on the side of protection. " Unanimity" thus attained could be of no possible value as indicating the lean ing and tendency of public opinion. The advocates of monopoly bad dared to assert that a great change had taken place in the minds of Irishmen, and that they w ere now as strongly in favour of protective duties, and of taxes on the chief necessaries of life, as they had formerly been urgent for the abolition of all commercial restrictions and an unfettered trade with all the nations of the world. These statements had been so often reiterated, ,so loudly and confidently► proclaimed on all occasions, that some, at least, of the interested parties were induced to give credence to them, and.to believe that a reactionary policy would be received with approbation at their side of St. George's Channel. Undeceived by the nu merous and decisive failures that followed every effort in the provinces, as well among the Orangemen of Ulster as the Liberals of the south and west, they determined to make a final attempt in the heart of the metropolis. Sufficient, however, ap peared to induce the principal requisitionists—those entrusted with the preparation of the arrangements for the contemplated gathering—to consider " dis cretion the better part of valour," and to avoid the inevitable defeat that must have been sustained if all classes and denominations of the citizens of Dublin had been admitted to " the Round Room." Hence the care and attention bestowed upon the distribution of the tickets, which rendered what might otherwise have been considered a "grand national demonstra tion," a mere " hole and corner" assembly of no practical value or efficacy. The LORD MAYOR was, however, resolved that the reactionaries should not escape so easily. He would not permit them to obtain even the negative credit, which was all they ventured to seek. He was well aware of the sentiments of the great body of his fellow-citizens, by whom he had been so honourably selected to fill the mayoralty of their important city, thus exhibiting their approval of his conduct in his private capacity as a merchant, and his public situation as their chosen representative in the Imperial Parliament. He could, therefore, entertain no doubt as to the result of a general appeal where all would be at liberty to attend and give expression to their opinions, whatever they might be. He accord ingly convened the great meeting, which took place on Monday, and which might, indeed, be hailed as a grand national demonstration with as much truth as the former assembly was falsely and mendaciously so denominated. The proceedings on Monday fully confirmed the soundness of his judgment. The " large room" was crowded to suffocation, and every nook and cranny was thronged by a dense and anxious multitude. The Protectionists, indeed, showed some degree of fight. Mr. BUTT, the eminent Queen's Counsel, incompa rably the most talented and eloquent member of the party in Ireland, who as far exceeds his Irish asso ciates in mental capacity and oratorical power as the distinguished Member for Buckinghamshire surpasses the stolid herd of Nnglish Protectionists, came forward to move an amendment to the original resolution. Although personally as popular as his political creed is obnoxious and unpalatable to the great body of his countrymen, even he was unable to obtain a patient hearing. There was no personal violence attempted, no stones or brickbats were re sorted to, as exponents of public opinion In that respect the meeting afforded a favourable contrast to some of those recently held in this country ; but " groans, hissing, whistling, cockcrowing, and a medley of indescribable noises" prevented the as sembly from hearing the speeches of Mr. BUTT, the Earl of MAYO, and of those who followed on the same side. If any person could have obtained an audience on such a subject, Mr.BUTT would have been the man. The earnest zeal and professional ability with which be defended the political prisoners—the learning and research which he exhibited on these occasions—the great and unexpected success which had attended his exertions on behalf of Mr. DUFFY, and which, probably, saved that gentleman from the melancholy expatriation that awaited so many of his political friends—above all, his disinterested generosity to the unfortunate PATRICK O'DoNoGnun rendered him a general fa vourite, notwithstanding his political mistakes and errors. He is also generally believed to be infinitely more sincere and honest in his views than the great majority of those with whom, unfortunately for him self and for the country, he is associated. He is also reputed to be a zealous " nationalist," anxious to elevate his native land in the scale of nations, and though the means he would resort to for that purpose might not be productive of the desired results, still the end and object of his wishes and aspirations are deeply sympathised with by many who differ from him widely in other respects. Stronger evidence could not be afforded of the fixed determination of the people to resist any retrogression in the commercial po licy recently adopted than the groans and interruptions with which Mr. Burr was received, and which, not withstanding the creditable exertions of the LORD MAYOR and other well known and influential Free traders, were continued with rare intervals during his entire address. The amendment which he pro ' posed, and which was seconded by the Earl of AfAro, was duly put to the meeting and declared by the chairman to be lost, while the original resolution was carried almost unanimously. 1 subsequent amend ment to the second resolution met with no better fate; the proposition that " any tax on human food, having for its object the increase of its price, and thereby rendering the sustentation of human life more difficult, is wrong, contrary alike to Christianity and sound policy, as has been too fatally illustrated in the history of Ireland for the last half century," having been affirmed by a majority so clear, and of such unquestionable authority, as to amount to all but unanimity. After these decisive defeats the Protectionists appear to have abandoned the field. The remaining resolutions and the petition to Parliament having been adopted without any show of opposition, they were carried nernine contraclicente, and with a spirit and enthusiasm that reflected the highest credit upon the citizens of Dublin and their excellent Lord Mayor. Mr. REYNOLDS may well be proud of the valuable assistance he has rendered to the good cause, by having thus stripped the Protectionists of the argument which they might otherwise put forward, " that the people of Ireland were in favour of a tax on human food, or that the prices of articles of primary necessity should be unduly increased, for the exclusive benefit of a small and insignificant minority." THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday The semi-official Patric bas the following-:--. " It is positively stated, that tie Government bas re ceivcd an a-count that the English CabiLet had again claimed from tE• Greek Government the payment of the arrears paid by England on the Greek loan, con tracted under the gum statee of the three Powers, France, Russia, and England. In support of this demand, an order had been given, it is adeei, t) the English fleet to sail for the Firm!. The Greek Government is said to have placed itself =lei.: the protection of the Minister of France." We find . the following in the Ordr•e " The news of an ultimatum having been signified to Switzerland by the Continental powers relative to the taking of energetic measures against the manoeuvres of the refugees, was yesterday the subject cf much conversation in the Assembly. It is said that the intended sending of v Russian Minister to Paris to counterbalance the influence c f the English ambassador is connected with this question. If these rumours are confirmed, and if the Helvetic Cantons, some accused of weakness, and others suspected of a kind of complicity with the foreign radicals, who dream of the overthrow of Europe, refuse to pay attention to the dewed& which have been or are about to be ad dressed to them, the French Government will find itself placed with regard to Switzerland nearly in the same situation as it was with regard to the Republic of Maz zini at the moment when the armies of Naples and Aus tria threatened to march on Rome. The difference would be that the present situation would be more serious, as there would not be in this case the question of protect ing a Catholic interest common to the different powers who might be divided on the subject of political interest. If the expedition, although founded on the most power ful considerations, was attended with immense incen venicnces which are even yet felt, we may judge cf the embarrassments and the danger which may arise from this new complication in European affairs. Never had our Government greater need of prudence and firm ness. We hope that it will pass through the trials which are preparing for it with glory to itself and to us." The Bill regulating the relations of operative weavers with their employers, was read a second time in the Assembly on Tuesday. It is said that the election of Deputies to replace M. LEDRU ROLLIN and his companions will not take place until the 10th March. Copies of the judgment of the High Ccurt of Versailles were placarded on Tuesday at the doors of the last residences of such of the condemned as were Members of the Assembly. M. GOMY DE ROSLAN, First Secretary of the Em bassy, and M. ILBRILT DE DALMAkS, attaché to the French Mission at Buenos Ayres, left Paris on Tuesday night for Brest, where they embark for South America. They are the bearers of instructions from the Government for Rear-Admiral PREDOUR and for M. DEvonE, the Consul-General at Monte Video. The Committee on the Budget received a commu nication on Tuesday from the Minister of Public Works of the treaty concluded betwen the Govern ment and the directors of the St. Etienne and Lyons Railroad. This treaty authorises the company to construct a double line of rails from Lyons to Guion, parallel to the Lyons and Avignon line. The ma jority of the Committee declared themselves fa vourable to the , treaty. A Bill presented by M. DuMAe, the Minister of Commerce, authorising the PRESIDZNT of the Republic to dispose of the produce I t• 'i•kt‘ '4., . A . d6f t - 4 ,5,4d.,,',-, ..... '..._., , 4 , :•..;',. tkv.illi.- - ILlllllli ffil lt, ~,' :Itt. ll -2,.• , — l,- - iw7mAl':! - k"4 V'IA . 2 ,, 41.4k4t I ;', :' illi " 14 „ '' • '-'. 't" •,-''•••••, ' i, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, /850 of the national manufactures of Sevres, the Gobelins, and Beauvais, with certain restrictions, was sent on Tuesday to the Standing Committee of the Legisla tive Assembly for consideration. PARIS BOURSE, JAN. 30.—Latest Prices :—Five per Cents , 95f. 20c. ; Three pe r Cents., 57f. 85c. ; Bank Actions, 2,367 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, J.N. O. Boulogne and Amiens, 73i—Dutch Rhenish, 2—Northern of France, PA dis.—Paris and R men, 235 A —Rouen and Havre, 10—Sambre and Meuse, 3%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 24th have been received. In the Chamber of Deputies SAiscuEz SrINA and the Minister of the Interior (who recently fought a duel) made mutual explanations, the result of which was a reconciliation. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 24.—The Funds have im proved to day. The Three per Cents. were done at 29f cash ; the Five per Cents. are 12! to 4, and were done at the latter price ; Coupons, 7 to ; Passive Debt, 3i to 15-16. Exchange on London, 5035. GERMANY. A second edition of the Cologne Gazette says— " That as all communication with the opposite bank of the Rhine is broken off in consequence of the ice, there had been no morning and evening mails of the 27th from Berlin, listnburgb, Breslau, &c., nor any telegraphic communication respecting the transactions of the First Chamber, and the report of the Berlin Bourse of January 28." The following is the amendment of Count ARMIN on the subject of the Prussian Chamber of Peers, which was adopted by the Second Chamber by a majority of 12 :- 4. The First Chamber shall be composed—lst, of princes of the royal family of full age; 2d, of the chiefs of the noble houses of Prussia, which formerly depended directly on the empire, and of the chiefs of families to whom a royal ordinance may confer an hereditary seat by order of primogeniture in the Chamber of Peers; 3d, of members nominated for life by the King: their number cannot exceed the tenth part of the members comprised in the first two categories ; 4th, of 90 members nominated by direst suffrage in the electoral districts fixed by the law, by the electors who pay the most taxes, so that the number of electors for all the electoral districts shall exceed thirty times that of the peers, that is, that the total number of electors shall be 27,000 ; sth, of 30 members nominated by the municipal council of the principal towns of the country. The total number of peers, cf the first three categories cannot exceed the total number cf peers of the last two. A dissolution of the First Chamber can only affect the elected peers. The constitution of the First Chamber shall take place on the 7th Aptit, 1852. Until that date the electoral law of 6th December, 1848, for the First Chamber, shall remain in vigour." A letter from the Austrian capital, dated the 23d inst., states that on the Northern Railway the snow was five feet higher than the telegraphic lines. Many cases had occurred of sentinels being frozen to death. The thermometer was at 20 degrees Reaumur. M. DE LACOUR, the Ambassador of the French Republic, had been received in audience by the EMPEROR. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, JAN. 29. --- POSTAL CONVENTION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND BELGIUM.— The Moniteur Belge of this day publishes the text of the postal convention concluded between his Majesty the KING of the BELGIANS and her Majesty the QUEEN of Great Britain and Ireland. The ratifica tions were exchanged on the 17th. HOLLAND. THE ll.tcuts, JAN. 28.—Great satisfaction is felt at the approaching marriage of the Princess LOUISA with the Crown Prince of Sweden. We learn from Christiania that a Norwegian flotilla, consisting of three corvettes, will join the Swedish one, and pro ceed to Lubeck in the beginning of May, for the purpose of taking on board the young Crown Princess of Sweden and Vice-Queen of Norway, the Princess LOUISA. AMSTERDAM, JAN. It will be remembered that by the exertions of the crew of the English frigate Minerva the whole of the crew of a wrecked Netherlands barque, the Geertrude, who were in the most imminent danger, were saved on the 29th of August last. The owners of the ship have placed in the hands of the Netherlands consul in London a few presents for the British sailors. Among them was a large silver inkstand, with a suitable inscrip tion, to Commander Moir; a gold watch to the mate; and silver watches to the sailors.—Hundelsblad. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES, A letter from Kiel, dated Jan. 25, contains the following :—" At a conference yesterday between the lieutenancy, the heeds of Ministerial departments, and the confidential commissioners, it was unani mously deoided that the Danish Cabinet should be written to, informing it that under present circum stances all negotiations should be considered as broken off. RUSSIA. Letters from St. Petersburgh of the 18th state that the Russians have gained en advantage over the Cir cassians. An engagement took place on the 3d January on the right bank of the Assa, with 3,000 soldiers of SCEIAMYL. The Russians took from them two standards, 30 prisoners, and a great number of muskets. The Russians had only three Cossacks wounded, while the mountaineers left 300 dead on the field of battle. This, it should be remembered, is a Russian account. TURKEY. Count STURMER, the Austrian loternuncio, has demanded that the refugees should be placed under the surveillance of the Austrian Consul and the Turkish authorities at Kutaia, whither they should all repair, which demand the Porte formally rejected. The Count also wishes the surveillance to be for life ; the Porte, however, think s fi ve y e ars sufficient. The result is, hat the Count has sent to his Government for further instructions. ITALY. The Paris Constitutionnel publishes a letter from Rome of the 19th. General BARAGUAT D'HILLIERS had returned from Portici "much indisposed" says the writer. From what follows we should opine that his indisposition, if not altogether political, was at least very oportune. It appears that Austria had expressed a wish that the Imperial arm should be replaced with the accustomed honours, but the POPS having inquired of the French general, if on such an occasion he would answer for the maintenance of order and tranquillity, the latter replied that he would guarantee nothing, and that he should confine his troops to their barracks, and take no part in the proceedings. Thereupon the matter was dropped. On the 18th the eight deputies from the French Assembly, sent to Rome for what purpose no one knows, left the city. It appears that during their four days' stay they were constantly watched or at • tended by the police, who, in fact, prevailed upon them to depart. A report is prevalent that the French steamer, having on board the 20th regiment of the French line, has been wrecked on her passage to Africa. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) This being the last day of Hilary Term, th e Lord Chancellor took appeal motions, but nothing of any interest came before the Court, and his Lo r d s hip rose at an early hour to attend the of oiling of Parliament in the House of Lords. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) ♦LLFREY V. ALLYREY.—JUDGMEST. The MASTER( f the ROLLS gave judgment this morning in this case, which came before him a short time since upon motion on behalf of the defendant, that the certi ficate of the Master, allowing certain interrogatories, might be taken off the file of the court. His Lordship dismissed the motion with coste. ROBERTSON V. SYELTON.—JUDGMENT. The MASTER of the ROLLS also gave judgment in this case, in which the only question v as, whether interest should be paid on the purchasc-money from the time of the purchase, or from the time when the Master made his report finding a good title. His Lordship thought that interest should only be paid from the time the Master made his report, and ordered accordingly, Nothing of Any interest occurred in any of the other Equity Courts. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice WILDE, Mr. Justice MAULE, Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, and Mr. Justice WiLLiems.) THORNE v. SIMMONS. Mr. GRIFFITHS, on the part of the defendant in this case, moved the Court for a writ of prohibition to be directed to the Judo of the County Court at Luton, calling upon him to stay proceedings in an action in that court in which a verdict ha eared given for the plaintiff fir 71. 121. 61d. It ap that this sum was the balance of an account amounting to 1671.95. 61. which arose between the parties who were the joint overseers of a parish. The Learned Couns.l moved f the prohibition, on the ground that the amount of 1671. 9s. 6d., except the sum of 71. ode, was a set oft; and not a balance of accout.t ; and, therefore, that the County Court bad no jurisdiction. The summons wus returnable on the 28th Nov( mbcr, and it was part heard and adjourned until the next Court eay, and, ult . - mately, an order was made, on the 27th December, for payment to be made en the 7th of February next, so as to give the parties time to cr,me bef ire this Court if they thought necessary t argue the question of jurisdiction The COURT said that the defendant having delayed bringing the motion before the Court until the last day of term, which precluded the plaintiff showing cause until next term, they were of opinion there was no ground in this case for deviating from the practice of the I Court, which was not to grant a rule nisi f,r writs cf prohibition, exc: pt under peculiar circumstances, justi fying the exception, and tiler:fore no rule could go on the subject. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice FILE.) JONES V. LLOYD. In this case a rule had been obtained calling upon the plaintiff, and the Judge of the Cardigan Cour.ty Court, to show cause why the proceeding should not be stopped by a writ ( f prohibition, on the ground of some infor mality in the ori,,inal summons.. Mr. lustice ERLE now gave judgment, dismissing the rule 'without costs. The defendant, he said, had ar peered and pleaded to the plaint, and, admitting that the summons was infirmal, the fact of his appearing waived all objection on that point. When any infor mality was visible on the face of a County Court sum mons or order, it ought to be ot , j( cted to at once, and a party must not wait till judgment had been obtained against him before he came to this Court for relief. That, however, was not the course that had been adopted here, and he was of opinion, therefore, that the rule ought to be discharged. Rule discharged. SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) CON.—VICKERS V. BIRCH. This vi a,- - ; an action to recover damages for criminal coLyersation with plaintiff's damages were laid at 5,0001. Detendant suffered judgment to go by default. Mr. CooKE, who appeared for the plaintiff, was pro ceeding to state the case, when Mr. EDWIN JAMES said ho was instructed by his client to avoid, if possible, details which must be pain ful to all parties interested being gone into, and was willing t) consent to a verdict for 501. Mr. CooKE said he could not compromise his client, but if it was to be taken as a full admission, and so that no impediment should be thrown in the way of ulterior proceedings by plaintiff, and as a verdict was one step, he thought he could accept the offer. The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said that the verdict must either be by consent or evidence must be given. Mr. COOKE said be would consent, and a verdict was then given for 501. The parties were not described by either of the Learned Counsel. The other cases were undefended, and the Court rose efLer a very short sitting. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 31.—Wind at noon, S.S.E., light breeze and cloudy. COWES, JAN. 30.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Carl Frede- 1 rick, Wosseriro, Bahia. FOWEY, JAN. 29.—Wind W.—Arrd. Ocean Queen, Le Boulittcer, Pernambuco. FALMOUTH, JAN. 30.—Wind N.E. to E.S.E., fresh breezes. Off port, Northumberland, Parish, Madras; Aanchester (supposed), Rogers, Pernambuco. GUERNSEY, JAN. 29.—Wind W.—Arrd. Louisa, Lush, Ilavannah. NEWPORT, JAN. 30.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Augusta, Hong-Kong; Charlotte, New Orleans. DEAL, "JAN. 30.—Wind E. t) E.S.E.—Arrd. Bengal, M . Leod, Calcutta. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 30.—Wind S.S.E.—SId. John Wesley, Yaramagua; Chieftain, Savannah; Mersey, Ja maica; North Pub', Philippines; John Mather, Calcut a; M'Culme ditto; Richard Coben, Bombay; Sir Harry Smith, Rio Janeiro; Supply, Bahia; General Wiltshire, ditto; Sir Howard Dougla s , New rleans. Peter Marcy, ditto; Albert, ditto; G. Eloply, Philadelphia; Savannah, New York; Fanchon, Boston. Off port, Abbey Sands. RAMSGATE, JAN. 30.—Wind E.—Arrd. Karstad, Van Hall, Cape of Good Hope for Amsterdam, put in here on account of the ice; Friends' Goodwill, Duppe, hay ii ,g sprung a leek, and is discharging; Lady DouglaF, Newcastle for Carthagena ; crew rt f,actory. HOLYHEAD, JAN. 29.—The Economy, of and from Aberystwith to Liverpool, sprang a leak yesterday about twenty miles to the westward, and was abandoned; crew saved. WELLS, JAN. 29.—The Old Harry, from Blyth to Rochester, in coming into the Cockle Gal, was carried by the ebb tide on the Burber Sand, but was assisted off, after remaining two hours, and brought into th• roads. LYNN, JAN. 29.—The Robert and Betsey, Specula tion, Navy, Confucius, and Helene, which were on shore yesterday, in the Channel, have all been got off, the first alone sustained damage. YARMOUTH, JAN. 22.—The Bradford, from London to Selby, was assisted into the harbour this day, with loss of topmast and rigging, having been caught in a gale. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 30.—The Arrow, Hall, from Sun• derland, in attempting to enter the Cumber on the ebb, grounded on the Point, listed considerably to port, is being lightened, and expected to be righted on the flood. WHITEY, JAN. 29.—The Britannia, Hogartb, of this port, in taking the harbour with a heavy sea, came on shore to the westward of the West Pier, and washed up near the battery, but is expected to be got off' ; crew - ssaved._ SIINDEULAND, JAN. 30.—The l'o%rl, hence to Whit stable, and thu Etnmeaus, of this port, are on shore; crew and materials saved, but three persons were drownoi in saving tie crew uf the latter vessel. A ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE. The following brief narrative we present to our readers as literally true, and we only wait for the legal denouement to give the names of the parties as well as their abode :—ln a town within an hour's ride of Reading resides a lady, the second wife of a pro fessional gentleman, but who by a first marriage has several children, now arrived at years of maturity. One of them, a daughter, by some means became ac quainted with a young man, holding a respectable office under Government at one cf our seaports, and an attachment ensued, which, when known, was strongly disapproved of by the family, who thought the lover, the son of an humble tradesman, an un suitable match for the young lady. It is not neces sary here to relate any passages of that " true love," which, according to the dictum of the most profound and the most tender of poets, "never yet ran smooth," nor will we say anything about the mental trials, which the poor young lady must have undergone—suffice it to say that her constitution gave way, and a few days ago she died. Her remains were duly conveyed to the family vault, some six miles from her late home ; the funeral obsequies were celebrated, the lover him self attending, an uninvited mourner, but, doubtless a most sincere one. Late in the evening he returned to the town where the lady had lived, in what con fusion of mind and utter misery the sequel will show. As midnight approached he retraces his steps to where the remains of her he loved were de posited. He could not nor would not believe that she was really dead. He forced open the church door, and, soon arriving at the entrance of the vault, he entered. Amongst the coffins there deposited he could not identify that of his departed, and therefore he opened more than one, until he satisfied himself that he had laboured under a delusion. He returned again to the town already indicated. The next morning the persons connected with the church were horrified by finding the sacred edifice had been desecrated, and the abode of the dead violated. Excitement and conjecture were at their height ; and upon its being known, many went to see what had occurred. Suspicion had fallen upon the unhappy lover, and his sudden appearance among the spectators induced the authorities to take him into custody for thus violating the law. At t he time we are writing, a judicial investigation is being held before the magistrates, an d next week we dou bt not we shall be enabled to commu nicate the result. We do not pretend in this hasty sketch to verify every minute detail, but the main points are so literally true that we have perhaps been unnecessarily scrupu lous in withholding the names, which some may think calculated to render this " over true tale" less credi ble.—Berkshire Chronicle. HIGH TIDE IN THE MEDWAT.—On Tuesday the tide rose in the Medway to an extraordinary height, and for more than en hour previous to the time of high water the river in many parts overflowed its banks, the weight of water breaking down the land-walls whereby it is usually kept within its limits. The various wharfs in the neighbourhood were flooded, and in the High street of Strood a boat plied for the convenience of pas.. sengers, many houses being inundated to the depth of several feet. Anticipating a return of the visitation at night, various precautions were taken to exclude the intruder, but fortunately without cause, as the water then only attained the height of an ordinary spring tide. " A TALE or BEEF TEA."—A Scotch minister, who tarel about no sublunary things (except now and then a visior ary tale of bawbees might cross his mind), on one occasion being taken seriously ill, called in the doctor, and admonishing him first " not to draw a l ang bill, for he couldna aff ord it," asked him the nat ure o f hi s complaint After feeli n g the parson's pulse, looking at his tongue, tapping his chest, &c., the doctor declared that he was starving himself. "Lord, doctor," said the a hay pickle of e minister, " ye're a witch ; for Jean nie (his housekeeper) geed away twa days s ine, andla'av,eyne o maun had brose since!" " Why minister, na beef tee." " Lord , doctor , I hue nae tea in the house, some nor beef either; ye maun be a feul to thi n k o ' finding ony here." '« Weal, weal, minist er , I'll sen ' ye some beef tea done." Na na, doctor, yell ' i put it in the bill." " charge, minister, I'll send it doon free o' and mind Ye tak it." The doctor sent down th e beef tea, and next day called to see how his patient was getting on. Wee!, minister, how are y e the day?' I'te awfu' ;(f a' the ph ees i c k I ever teli ‘ k il i e n g' man! life,m h a . the beef tea beats a'.' Wh y, man, it widna stay we me ava :it made me worse t h an ony mittick." "Why, minister, I'll try the tea mysel." So putting some in a skillet, he a ar me d it, tasted it, and told th eminister it was excellent. " Mae," says the minister, "is that the way ye sup it?" What ither way should it bo suppit? It's excellent, I say " It may be gude that way, doctor, but try it the cream and sugar, man! try it wt' that, and then see how ye like it?" It is needless to say how the doctor laughed at the simple minister fancying that all tt a should be taken wsth tea and sugar. The Earl of Malmesbury has been for some days confined to his bed by rheumatic fever, and will be un able to attend his Parliamentary duties at the meeting of the session. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY.--WOOLWICII, JAN, 30.—The whole of the gentlemen cadets arrived ies terday at the Academy, on Woolwich-common, and this morning atteudeci their %risme chums tit that iublituti9u. THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. Parliament was opened this day by Commission. The- House of Commons having been summoned, the Spe Aker, accompanied by several of the Members, app eared at the Bar of the House of Lords, when the Lord Chancellor read the Royal Speech as foilows "Mr LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " We are commanded by her Majesty to assure you that her Majesty has great satisfaction in again having recourse to the advice and assistance of her Parliament. " The decease of her Majesty Queen Adelaide has caused her Alajesty deep affliction. The extensive charity and exem plary virtues of her late Majesty will always render her memory dear to the nation. " Her Majesty happily continues in peace and amity with Foreign Powers. " In the course of the autumn, differences of a serious character arose between the Governments of Austria and Russia on the one hand, aad the Sublime Porte on the ,other, in regard to the treat ment of a considerable number of persons who, after the termination of the civil war in Hungary, had taken refuge in the Turkish Territory. " Explanations which took place between the Turkish and Imperial Governments have fortunately removed any danger to the Peace of Europe which might hare arisen out of these differences. " Her Majesty having been appealed to on this occasion by the Sultan, united her efforts with those of the Government of France, to which a similar appeal had been made, in order to assist by the employment of her good offices in effecting an amicable settlement of those differences, in a manner consistent with the dignity and indepen dence of the Porte. " Her Majesty has been engaged in communica tions with Foreign States, upon the measures which might be rendered necessary by the relaxation of the restrictions formerly imposed by the navigation laws of this country. "The Governments of the United States of America and of Sweden have promptly taken steps to secure to British ships in the ports of their re spective countries, advantages similar to those which their own ships now enjoy in British ports. "With regard to those Foreign States whose navigation laws have hitherto been of a restrictive character, her Majesty has received from nearly all of them assurances which induce her to hope that our example will speedily lead to a great and general dimi nution of those obstacles which previously existed to a free intercourse by sea between the nations of the world. "In the summer and autumn of the past year the United Kingdom was again visited by the ravages of the Cholera, but Almighty God, in His mercy, was pleased to arrest the progress of mortality, and to stay this fearful pestilence. Her Ma- jesty is persuaded that we shall best evince our gratitude, by vigilant precautions against the more obvious causes of sickness, and an enlightened consideration for those who are most exposed to its attacks. "Her Majesty in her late visit to Ireland de rived the highast gratification from the loyalty and attachment manifested by all classes of her subjects. Although the effects of former years of scarcity are painfully felt in that part of the United Kingdom, they are mitigated by the present abundance of food, and the tranquillity which prevails. "Her Majesty has great satisfaction in con gratulating you on the improved condition cf corn ;tierce and manufactures. It is with regret that her Majesty has observed the complaints which in many parts of the kingdom have proceeded from the owners and occupiers of land. Her Majesty greatly laments that any portion of her sub- jects should be suffering distress. But it is a source of sincere gratification to her Majesty to witness the increased enjoyment of the necessa ries and comforts of life, which cheapness and plenty hare bestowed upon the great body of her people. " GENTLEMEN OF THE ,H0173E Of COMMONS, "Her Majesty has directed the Estimates for the year to be laid before you. Tney hare been framed with a strict regard to Economy, while the efficiency of the various branches of the Public Service has not been neglected. " Her Majesty has seen with satisfaction the present state of the Revenue. " Mr LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " Some of the measures which were postponed at the end of the last session, for want of time for their consideration, will be again laid before you. Among the most important of these is one for the better Government of the Australian Colonies. " Her Majesty has directed various measures to be prepared for the improvement of the condition of Ireland. The mischief's arising from party processions; the defects of the laws regulating the relations of landlord and tenant ; the imperfect state of the Grand Jury Acts; and the diminished number of elec tors for Members to serve in Parliament ; will, together with other matters of serious conse quence, form the subjects of measures to be sub mitted fur your consideration. " Her Majesty has learnt with satisfaction, that the measures which have been already passed for the promotion of the public health are in a course of gradual adoption ; and her Majesty trusts that both in the metropolis and in various parts of the United Kingdom, you will be enabled to make further progress in the removal of evils which afftct the health and well-being of her subjects. "The favour of Divine Providence has hitherto preserved this kingdom from the wars and convulsions which during the last two years have shaken so many of the States of the Continent of Europe. It is her Majesty's hope and belief that by combining liberty with order, by preserving what is valuable, and amending what is defective, you will sustain the fabric of our institution', as the abode and the shelter of a free and happy people." Their Lordships adjourned during pleasure. The Inverness Courier gives the history of a pair of bagpipes which have been played in that town during the Christmas holidays. They were manufa c t ure d about 100 veers ago for the Duke of Gordor, and have been since in 32 military engagements in Canada, Egypt, and the Continent. THE EXPERIMENTAL BALLOON.—An experimental message balloon, as suggest.d by Mr. Geo. Shepherd, C.E., for communicating information with Sir John Franklin in the Arctic Regions, will be disra*ched from London in the course of af w days. The messages will be printed on coloured 1 aper as follows; many thou sands of which will be circulate:lt—Experimental bal loon. Notice. London, Jan. 30, 1850. Any Fersfin who may pia( up this slip of paper, is respectfully re quested to forward it immediately (per post) to the Sc cietary at the Admiralty, I.ondor, stating the time and whore fonnd.—Found at on 1850. It having been reported that some of the Midland officials have been bearing" the stock to the extent of 40,0001., we understand the shareholders have called fur an investigation. Mr. Ellis has been written to on the subject.—Herapath's Journal. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—Trafi:c for the week ended Jan. 27, 1850:—C. and 11. Main Line, 9984 Ss. 3d.; Mold, 71/. 6s. Id.; steam-boats, 69/. 161, 91—Total, 1,139/, es. Id. LITERATURE. THE 'PETREL ; or Love on the Ocean• A 3 vols. lii of the Sea. By a Naval Officer. ovel are divided into almost innumerable classes, each has its especial and its general admirers. l Among them all the naval novel holds a prorainen! acein the estimation of the general reader, Spa numbers a large multitude of peculiar admiral,: takes There is something fascinating in the the Whicu us awhile from the narrow circuit of ordinall associations to lead us " o'er the g l a d waters of dark the blue sea." There is something in the ve r y ganization of the little world on board ship wa n d possesses a charm for the most unsailorlike lan liber. Even he "whose soul would sicker' d o'er the bounding wave," if actually ono' emned to voyage thereon, delights in imaginationt wander " far as the breeze can bear the billows foam," and in fancy to dare the perils of the hurricane, wh or face the boarders of the enenli,: a o are desirous of such adventures have " e ;kB i glorious opportunity for encountering them. " its stormy namesake, the Petrel of this narrative pursUes _ A rmy way undaunted by elemental strife !!,"07 defiant of mortal foes. At the opening of the fir° these “Tb three volumes, we learn that — e little Petrel had been suddenly the Co mmodore a n O . Ocean, of a cruizing squadron in the search the Mozambique Channel, a n d vague Archi [ °lag° to the northward of it, for pirates, l a f d il e l ;ed rumour and having reached that officer of vessels pion,. d i e . believing the report, he felt it his duty to consider „at dispetckeddibla our Outward-bound East Indiamen frequently volt 1 :; 11 route, which circumstance being generallY„k3ttle offered a powerful temptation to marauders. vellini-soy Petrel, therefore, towards the close of cruise °L — O 3 old e months' duration, was hastily completed with provisions and stale remainder biscuit from the t 5 .. 1 ,. 61.g a 0d ships of the squadron, it being presum ed that we "' eat fresh provisionti, of both of which she Wed r he r need, might be readily procured in many Par ts ° extensive route." Wils t Thus provided the Petrel sets out on her 11°- ri e t a le perilous - enterprise. She is comman ded by u,,aP r h is Daunton, a man eminently well qu alified an d responsible position. His nobility of sP ir , w a jOO 5 l kindliness of heart are manifested on many ° " rof on. none more beautifully than in the closing bgtrel, hcareer. Herbert, the first lieutenant of the pole is .s t he hero of the story, and the ge ntle Nor ah , its is the heroine. Of their history, which ga t i a t its second title to the novel, we shall only say t e nted sentimental interest is not diminished, but angudrion by the very natural and in nowise exaggerate . mother, ner in which the various feelings of the father, which and daughter are described. The scene iri vor alis the trembling Mrs. Darcie confides in secret to her father does not read like an ord el: l ° r , life. novel ;it rather resembles an event in inadotion, And to say this is to express no mean cenifu eD o d by The various perils encountered by the Petrel; wo rk, the other vessels incidentally mentioned thisffectife are described in a very interesting and !dot t p manner ; and necessarily so, for it will be et? w hich all who turn over these pages that the hrsinthereia planned the intricacies of the nautical man cenv re l a ss . described has before now executed similar p o t he in imagination bat in reality. Such a surntise er ect, part of the readers of the " Petrel wil l be e d t° for we believe that the " Naval Officer" all ud n e ded the title-page is Admiral Fisher, who comm a " to tbs the blockade of Alexandria in 1840. In add iti°ll es tb . peculiar interest attached to the nautical sh e d , 13 ,ket._terest various characters described are happilY although the story is not one of very intensediuseries it is a pleasing narrative, agreeably told, an d we hoc' well to introduce a variety of sea adventuree.., ing the marked some passages for extract, on e deaert ti .' e:t too , striking of the ship upon a coral reef, with exception, perhaps, of a severe earthquake, t he [a be al l arming and perplexing sensation that ' fil l c le• imagined ;" and another, containing a P°Wedriog scription of a narrow escape from an f sPa ce tastrophe (Vol. 111 , page 214), but went o f tba compels us to omit them. The stratagem eo f a pirates in luring their enemy within rang t wbea heavy gun concealed on the shore, at a mom° t retreat was impossible, and the subsequ eP ot ere lantry of Herbert and death a voor ho ugh! admirably narrated. Many truthful oicP are to be found in the pages of the will repay the reader for the time spent in, I „ efi rfi etic s i , for them. There is one which is full et r o . gt" wisdom ; alluding to a man who, "Na g points, felt even luxury a bore," it is observe- 0 300 s " The cup of true enjoyment is but ef 11 ! more capacity, and he who tries to force rain thereitltel than it is calculated to hold, because his 'otts „ re el blindness sees not its limits, only wastes t" fluid." ,4 petrel" roil Part if ELIZA COOK'S JOURNAL. D oe: Another instalment of this clever an"„: ro pre; periodical serves to confirm our f avour able sion of its merits, while it tends also to deve: ° : o f more strikingly than heretofore the capabilit' e ; p ritei gifted editor for the conduct of s uc h an efte„s en Eliza Cook is manifestly sustained i n the ie" ° : n r ai tb responsibilities devolving up on h er , i n c onnePlyth i the management of her weekly miscellany' o des reflection that her succe ss h as been ahead!' - 60 far anguished and that her work is alreadY c ioo 6. advanced. Asa jou rna li s t s h e ev id ence s ti C Ol/5 a 0 16 ness of being no longer a novice : her 1111°051 into the movements of its new exercise within t gee facility ; her h av i ng entered upon a secon d I° ,oe ° manifested quit e as distinctly by the wore r o d i ° Q tone of the diff erent effusion, as it i 5 P l.°C tef ile i fi t(l SO many w or d s b y t h e mere effusions afiver'W At the close of each number, too, we are gr b s e vol o observe th a t s h e still continues giving tedinllo- column of "Di amond Dust " —there by n i e d each part a kind of fringe or tassel °` coll e fith Several of the sententious sentences i e te under that appropriate heading are "Pat " e i aworld of meaning, and others are fran,t er th Att the ineffable graces of poetry. Alterd'ißog. evidence a large and most appreciative,restig oclevet. her rhythmical contributions the editor:iss.,e e bt tigable ; and, needless to say, her verses .solodrhigof marked by an incontestable ability. Ge n ' Dan c h or agreeable are her verses on "Receiving s r ,a OP to Heather, Gorse, and Fern ;__" consoling arPoilllty rating are those entitled, " There's a S j u iv e e s ded• Oat Every Cloud ;" f e li c it ous are the lines "adore. • nor Again"—b e i ng r h ymes f or young re sto tbisre sweetest and best of all h e r contribut i l it least er e! tion of her journal —to our thinki the stanzas addressed to C. C. in the v - .0 1%. 1 ng'A eneric a teLye. commemorative of " Our Rambles 'J men ts, the t , Besides her own charming poetic fr 3 g t , w ith ° ive Cook graces the pages of her miscells 9 . 7 _ s t cone` o re of various merit from the pens of diffe rv t, but 11 e nd tors. Some of these are really exeellen o r igin es' scarcely comparable to the prose pa pers lie, fO O selected. Among the latter we r eco s l o ol' 6 ample, our old favourite, poor Ton A ot her W o e' Peck's Pudding." StorieF, essays, and the tbe laneous articles alternate througn' noti ce- o rt °- which are sprinkled also with criticisl t ha t oil cative of considerable taste and Acuson ° 9 carn e . o l o alill the reviewer. The work altogether n' n nti oesl i- p oe, to impart as much instruction to it 11 . olen ili de d affords entertainment. Under the adrnlr c r°vi Ol e°. ment of its celebrated editor, it is still stallse hitherto with materials for informatio n AO HAND-BOOK mr. T B II O E IBvery most part, present us with new and cheat' be fore,, already popular works. The vohlu' e f ors l /,00 " librarj'-'eaitl°- 0,49 exceient OF To which forms part of the " Scientific "' w ork '00 1 ° ( however, not only to some extent a nev i to e tl- 0 °' is almost unique of its kind. It professe.sg, " the most complete directions for lob P o l g i pea 6 skill and science yet presented to the P i t e rtit a ti l P Its great predecessor , Hoyle," says the 9 r e Ot i P i re ‘‘ for more than hal f a century the e n r vf e ct ; $ 0 0 , 6 has now become obsolete or je'P e ; ° va c. ; 'Ted to several of the prina - i - t ick and T more likely to mislead On ti I to The want of a comprehensive, i l a n u eatild ir t ° manual of this description having l i f e j e rte e I, IT:, pressed on the publisher, be de ter DO' wit'', undertake it, and confided the task ,;begiaew Carleton." The " Hand-book of Games.Aed tfltbe be consideration of Whist, which is of parts. Three of these are revised editiraileo. Ole rections of Hoyle, Matthews, and Des,euffjfetos'osii: fourth is an original treatise by Mr. I r ed • Ofir; article on whist fills nearly two bon,;to printed pages ; hence the minuteness °',4ole, Pcoii g „ may be easily surmised. Piquet, Quit., o oti s Of' Vingt-un,Rouge-et-noir, and more than.'olofitellef games are described with interesting WI, nip $ 11 ! also Backgammon, Draughts, 0 111- 1 and American Bowls. Chess is 110 t CO l3 OO O en list. It is hardly necessary to do Were, aaal e. e jle ° „ rate the contents of the " Hand-book ' 3 ' A° e% c cannot fail to find a welcome wherever 1. " 010 1 ' tierP s effect of games of skill and science in 0 . - 've intellect and giving exercise to the r el l ec e ti ssu re lo ll ties is duly appreciated. The in the advertisement, that the various e e " ten t J o u tif il been submitted to numerous ccoP O s o° o and he further adds, that this volume the prt tor lf, nearly two years in passing through,, o f I ° o cal; has occasioned a very considerable out." l : v ben 11 00 10 circumstance by no means surprising ero b ina teriti os olee sider the abundant and valuable contains, and when we bear in mind th e c uff t oe' ft , 0 J, references, examinations, cogitaticll°' re sem,itt e pu blishe„% ec tiot!. s e tions required to bring it to Hs l e i re s ahPf o ref!: The chapters on Whist, we are told, iv, wh ist IV,pc' e while at press, to several distinguisheci. _ 02 , 0 30,/ ted and many notes have been appended oltorsbip Mr. Bohn claims for himself the saW tig h OP; 0 article on Billiards, which be say* al th° beer ° c oo ° bO 9 be 01° from Mr. White's celebrated work , .„ baye.„ co a tensively altered and corrected as ‘ e - i f ed,:, 3 loP„i almost a new treatise. ne has dis ll° so l4 " piling it, the assistance of severaton, po e players, and AlBO of Tblul