The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,_ SATURDAY felt i t 1.---'7"----"P -IA oc e1 , 18 .. (10 y to differ with their Lordships on the ittii jars 0, because if n party was entitled to might i t t P . the ground, alluged, iI , i n el °,4 atid, by this new rule of law, be pre , tunny persons . ~° 't' L ,„„, 4 u ,,, r °ught to justice. When a felony 7a ;t I - " th a be be a n absurdity if the rules of pleading ' 4..°44tetett nviction being cbtoined. roi l A , n '-`,DIMSON—The conviction is quashed. 0 Ne of . PLE A . orn leCu4l"ii----'--------S —(T HIS D j A 3 Y.) eithe_ Interest Came before the Court . th . m c Itt the sittings in Banco dr at Nisi Prius. f,„,,,, ---------.............___ A r: `vc.STREET.—(T HIS DAY.) 1 :7' 11 1 Irish woman, a NTell-known prostitute, - htlwi th ili ',g Placed at the tar, before Mr. Henry , : aloroforminr, aentlemen and assaultm6 v"taasti l hi a w t. - the • ' f his duty. Lit t ,. I nue inxecution o out able 140 P division deposed that - he was ao, —40 w-street last evening, when 4 I,' eat ae to hi required elc o l t re and told him that he was _ -,i / . Long-acre, a tespectalile 141 ti °ur., Long-acre. He wint thither, and iltletitipitisoner and another prostitute dragging a thr e w thr oe 0 - L ti at .,'ugh the ;purt against his will. lie ap -Iht'llow ' l "et l , an if chloref..n; had been alied—a it o plat(,sZerally resorted to It ' i ll P4 ' itl l3 POWexful agent in a handkerchief, and by am low prostitutes ? tor iatti j' i the face of those they wish to rob. 11 '',llet ,",e) went to release the gentleman, but the . i ki qlf - , ls "d on him with such force, and kept him ree, 1i,, 11 ti e ,' s° long 4 time, that the other woman Ila -4164. TaPe with the geutleman, who was quite us: ~lb a nd t n'quind the assistance of another c . on . , 10 . , gelliielnan to convey her to the stauon ,ti,,h''a coustible's face was much bruised by the 1 e N ieh e Mle struck him. - 40rLlitted for a month. '4l, 1 , A L ha ./,,kla .../ICENSED VICTUALLER'S.-ESCAPE 9 . 5" e_Pec ec i Lits•-This morning (Saturday) au extensive ,31 c o ,_,i . it the ale stores in 6horeditch, opposite the 1401 es Railway station. It broke out about ha f eli clo c k 0 nt liiii. 4 the first floor and in the rooms above i ti t6 : 4 lle rt i s ‘a s ': r e e ra a l t .P e rs° os , who were aroused by the po il ti ll r% 1,, d al Societe fire -escape was brought to the spot, g. 'gut cloth le t L ane ea . es on. Several of the brigade and West dnlic ulfY, they reached the street with ere k n ish e d F,L'l,es arrived, and in an hour the flames w e ited u'aildi t ; b ut a considerable loss of property and daning le 0 ,,,g were the c onsequences. How the fire °rip- II; ati lia l; were the Great assistance was rendered Ti I) back 3 ' reil waY men and police of the G division, in • 1 4 most It„ Sla ts Minaerous and disorderly mob. i l l 1 , 1.° `1 oe si L G ' °,,CCURRENCH IN CONNEXION WITH h letth is t iloYia. ADELAIDE•-One of the unfortu k ' r ma In th e wr k . • k I lose , na me oo of the above-named steamer was 11 ei7 l 4f aan i"," Canavan, who had been a servant in a i n t h , ter t oi ,,'Y neer Passage; his loss was . rendered still s a, %am Cs usfoitunate family from the circumstances I to io 0 4, oil to I, 1, 6 in the vessel on the night she was p „ 1 : havligws"ipo belo.nged to a regiment lately ordered off I t,,tY10 0 1.• -es this poor man's daughter, who . was a 4 uer 'Hag girl aet b t his b e purposes with ro t,eer , ai l ,' _ el , aou as 147 fath er, v 'Wally Persuaded her to go off with him. , ie•Pitieed hersseliately on bearing she had left where vi ~ Si b , a ; /,, ee •,,,r, -4 ef he_ n a ' ll Cork understanding where she . wen , I '44 ol ,lea s the Jr, and lost his life in endeavouring to li ef Ily i n . OrlGtlet of a " gentleman" has plunged i ste of lb rum and disgrace. It is mournful to think t 'l !''' - -Aria e nn haPPy girl herself.-Cork Examiner. te„ 'lei s ,, of ~ r ., 11 4 ', ,p,,nah lto -, "0 01 .111Etts.-A tragedy of a most . ti,: lio ° ,: t 4 lood ,' ° ° l t place in the military barracks of this of,": a l ,' ''....k , a *'• "'ening last, the particulars of which are 0 ,, , 1 i;:sre,aavate to of the 74th Highlanders, sta ll,: a hnrhitee'lld William Williams, a native of the county th; . iia,i ri d to I,.br'srir.g under a fit of temporary insanity, ..v •', th e 'us existence b shooting himself through Ik 4e 4 t r ti t ti ll ° St a b t 4l t l ig G ing in at the temple and quite through ri i, ee L , 4 ie other side. The horror of this 1 :4 ~ 404, scarcely subsided, when on the following 4, :i 7 ,1 s epet"., quarter -past "seven whilst the men were the n Li,; i 4 al l 7, l n te el l e‘;,(),E: °t the same dreLlful deed took place, h $ rei, t, 'in this instance being another private of i i i 1 hit° • eet, a Scotehman, named Duncan Love, by :'::l l , 4l4 iiii,,. r ' who also drove a musket-ball through his -,, t, ./inch',. ) , (4l e side and passing out at the other. i T e .. 1 , , 11 14 . th e 81. occurrences taking place in the same .t _ E t • 'te t ,' 441 shat of a few hours, is, we believe, h e;,, I\l,loeta-r'st Makes the matter strange is the f2a r c i t, that . it 4 tly 'e oz z i late mon had no acquaintance with each it A , h ar ,, .. erst and that one of them was a man par.ti ,Nipii:!......erised for sobriety, good conduct, and mill ,f ,: ti% ),C. ClOninei Chronicle. 1 ': 4 rn i t t 4 4 lBll,tlEarcGs.-The following is the list a:' kl 4 t z '. () take Place, nearly the whole of which . will . dies ii Anti kil!•er'liall : -- -Wesley an Missionary, April 29 , t , lin't'!rY llible, April 29; Church MissionnrY, tri Ite!es Alissio ar • - April, 30 ; Church Instruction, i• I 4, 41 i1y, V tl and Po n reign' Bible, May 1 ; Prayer , book . ;le e,' , e, 111 1t ' 44 7 1; Colonial Church, May 1; London City 4 /, 4,ley Irish Society, May 2 ; Sunday School h i I s •e' I sle ' C hurch of England Young Men's Society, , ile'te k 'on Societ m ';l k alt el' 3, 1 ,. Y for Jews, May 3; . Ale title me an '° * ll t ' I ti e)' t lci Ll'orei 3 um, '' ' 4 ls 'I May 4; 1 London Hibernian, May h A ay 6 ; Church Pastoral r :ti0,1,7), e h Mougli Ali S s e siZa i r'y May 6 ; Church Pastoral ! Is'l'',riib4 1-revention tif Cruelty ' to Animals, May 7; io,: s itsi o ,; in n• I \lay 8; Mondon Missionary, May_ 8, 100r',7, icf.,„and i•cripture Readers', May 9 ; London ' A Yl 4 ‘inio a ":',: 9; London Missionary, May 10 ; Ragge? ' t, i ay . ' ter, ° lay 14 . British and Foreign ailors , k %1 0 e, ili'l'e arid Forel n Sailors', Mae - 15; British Re. • ' o/Vieg,o4Y,l; festival g of Sons of Clergy, May 16 ;,, , '' e tiati af "•dlicati", May 20 ; Foreign Aid, May 21 , ! St it !fee t , i (4e Gospel, June 19. t i,i ' '' Ple a 4 Ceee s ,'' 01 th sor t t o b .XS FOR YOUNG MEN. - We have I,,°aß„,' City of ~Ibg able to announce that the corpora , t 'tttit:qtlt for - Lon able have presented the committee of 4 1 ,_ t lito A ll t. the conduct of the evening classes for the t Ne, e stioe l ,sg men with the sum of 50 guineas, for ;le l l i tm' °I their excellent intentions. The giant was 'lei ll 'acke r , 7 9' the most andsonie terms to the Rev. 4 ' t ep,Se ex,,-41.e, LA.., the indefatigable hon. seeretary, , qp, 4t atee` () nB these most useful means of instruction • e - ite ' I f: t ine l ' ie ttlee i e • p co Monday a !'4 , 4, ' , ~i li ter IN TERMENTS ...JILL.- n 4,,etii•ber.e, of ;e at the British Hotel, Cockspur.street, , Ilt t eoheotbi marnent, gentlemen, and others, to consider •, ,r ri4tptB.l3ille clauses and provisions in the Metropolitan .n k lee„! Per e , ' Preparatory to a public meeting on s in 4-sttel,.` one of adopting steps for their modificatie ‘ t ei t.4e Na ae . -,,, t ‘z: l . 11 14: ; COA L IRON COMPANY.-The Nai' In Pa ncras, of this company AND was held yesterday at the qt . It pl eree- lane, City-11r. R. of ft°l,l l 4 l,l l - ear ed that the ' company W. Kennard Kennard in the 4' 5 41 :ten et e reduction in the cost of manag n em ow en m t a ak . nM a e hh'larkehee,atrel'sown,er instead of horses, which had hitherto Ttee inspectors, /it c at ' l . ll, win , . coat to the company. tea see 4 tel eY, and Jones, consented to act s ti d ll fo t t h d e , tilPottierizand the retiring directors, Messrs. _ The t 44, 4 , v iegb e „ Ll ' i O M, and West were re-elected. 'll I t,.'rsae and"s. edopted, a vote of thanks was passed to 9t0,1-4011 directors, and the officers of the company. Ntitl4-tipinilli, APait, 25.-The bark Lillias, of Okl f h t) 1 \ : 3 wVes, Which left this port on the 12th inst., s !t ntoi' t 's rent ° r I r, laden with coal and passengers,. ' l tel lill ally '.mendsa last night by No. 13 pilot boat, having , 4 44 4:sec es. r,tee on the 19th inst. under extraordinary /e o e''.it sad, the weather was comparatively moderate, o a ,sleei a rs the vessel became enveloped in the force I:,qi i , - ' 4 at, eri:kand in stantaneously the bowsprit and every t 'kAkt e tt NIT ails, yards riing Stc., were carried away IktN..kon'' Dor - " ea 'tl• - Although all , the crew and passengers - e e so ns\ , tv , st to I,: ere on deck at the time, not the slight - tee th e " occurred. The Lillias, b . y rigging . the 'll at scld, '.l t to l ae , Masts with a few sare sails, mas enabled k Until fallen in y the pilot boat before 1 t i et i *4 011411 C re trr t „ RARGED WITH SENDING A THREAT -14'1.44,,0i11y the few darn since an anonymous letter, kil i t e, te a 1 de Halsted _l:ma-rk was addressed to Mrs. I,:rei4ll:lXirt•L'3:of Mr. E. G. Barnard, ALP. , 11 - d . `: 11 4 f '° o 1. 0 come from labourers who, the writer said, at Gosfield th 4 " l :r t ; 41 nit tn - k r w ant of work, and had agreed to meet one 4 ,A f at ,ate s ever, lo break into the mansion and murder 1.:ni,•5"01p1Ye..".01.:11..._,, Barnard bing from home at the time, te st or Ifs re laale 'rauy alarmed, and the . gamekeeper . with e l : tle Set 4, ed near the house during theni ht. In- Oleo,,,wiit or " 8 Sißee indefatigably exerted himself . g to de the ` 4 Go ' lll pli ' ' to • ' a nd on Tuesday last had obtained such 4 I Stott and Cate John Ward, the walking postman be !'aths beearn Halsted, as the author, that on laying "tl9, t -4 fel, theta G. De H. Vaizey, that magistrate granted er a , k elided Krehension of Ward, who is now in cus tto until to- w - Chelmsford Chronicle. . th ttl hoop ju4 to- mor ro w. -Chelmsford . i l . e °not . l '" --- 011 Wednesday last a young niail i i ) leb . 44 Nyea l'. succeeded in baffling and punishing with to 4t ,keir o 4 ,P O 4 °ll „ s4 gang of sharpers by whom he was . bese. ist} tn‘ with : s ell, and, after a good deal of wrangling,. e ,PO, -the ~4rne Men.los. They requested him - evt eie did .eeit. va ,,,, 101,t,;11,o ... u, Stamford, where they would pay kl , I N ,81 eta ' 411 d Pne of the party countedout ,, l el w ev a e n n t 4 1 41 4 r,' ) bl at t , g \'''e him the money ; ho said, t 4 4k i , tl-Zr , Ili . u,t'ille_liows persis . ted . in sayin that he sold the aimed; 4 Nig ~, e men then instated on having . the horse, itN'atlia,, marl refusing to give up possession, a scuffl an e , keel)i4nPuled him from the saddle, but he gave _ 114kInleatr,,t.e, ".home bold of the horse's head.. Some people ill? av ."'ts at ...` e Young man stated his case, and a . s . - t - 'ee ,4 a, 4 ,, -- ,,` once rend r saw him. He mounted his tl 4t t 14 W ar'd 4 4 B i _soon. aa hee a favourable opportunity, der 11 c1 th , "lard ae be could go, with had] in his gaie t , da tie rse . in his possession. He not been 111"dob W ednesday night, so that the sharpers 12flithIll W0:11•"---Li.licolnshire Chronicle. lot 'to n ' e diree-Lta RAILWA.Y.-Mr. Brunel, with seve 4t,t4tjeyed i t'll of this line, arrived at Cardiff on Friday teSai e l'lte. 4 1 .4 ' a locomotive direct to Newport. The whole a t) ,l ,_ e 9 (414.a.1)pealttihdeeirtI:liendiate neighbourhood present a most 11 l t toeei i " an ee, and promise a speedy opening of the ti t ,' t alti Alib TN ga -Monmouthshire Merlin. a ) .%fr f , e• 1) 6-,41'..--The popular steamer Albatross, CrciOt,\A.,7'"ison, arrived at Cincinnati a few _days it'lee ee A ~_ Uricans. During his trip up (sas the Com ?et mo-, .N.,..iiver,.:watross had occasion to stop at the mouth e ti t leaet i t C ri qlit out two hogsheads of sugar. She reach d 4 4 f looe i ght -no light to be seen-and the river was . 14, ate, 4--the t IP?) , ' 4 ; 4' h al loo . vn at the mouth being almost entirely ot e fr.. , tftit. ' cried the captain,_ " who ,keeps ''''''s ""at? ',„lti eh °Yourself; and be darned to you, sang ,th.l)tait.lls),:tillir,st of the darkness, " Where's our wharf r . slt, a 4 Te e gat, we've got freight for you, ' cried the ae, l ' l 3'. b e d you ant boat's drifted off, there ain't no lights . g,,,to to §tek e ~ land no freight," was the categ l ori t c u a s l AI . ee t. ,e e e e ‘ 2 , t ught,,, shouted the captain, " and e s t l l BWe ra'' ' 'Wla ss e-- ah°w a light yourself, and let me see to 4 Lath a voi : at , YOU ?' cried the captain. "Up a tree 1" ti tre s, tit Ifle boat sent in her yawl, and sure 4.), lit r i aie 0 0 With a bundle under his arm perched in fai th II ug waters stealing slowly upon his resting -Ith „ t4 e ._ it thi L4e I,,,.'vith a.,Ppeara„AT.--Almost cvery person is familiar on •d ?qestr utt lice of the common brown rat, and with his 1 1 „ . 'giti 5 1 4 the hi s Ze ha bits; but it is only known to those 1 . 1 ` 4 1 . 1 ) . ~rat of ,?rY of tee quadruped that he is not the 01 ° 1 st Ne Atinet , b,,l._'_°!e British islands. The real animal is t j ab WI anci4Xelng been almost rooted out by the supe troef4 t abit a , ts, I rocky of his foreign invader. One of the f„.l4,4iicelltsfafncath 14 t3' ; 1,:!Iii the other Sl a t in the hold of the ship, was tit k t'llea r '' et nalle r d,r l Y- His colour is a sleek, blackish „„nfes and kite as in Size, and by no means so unleasant 4rtotwn rat. Buffcn's summary of the tie g .,ter e , cult, gnaws , the old English rat .is curious. He . e pierces eN%s wool, cotton and linen clothes, and a nd the te es and e' • in walls, lodges and , the °pr e ~,, e tnaees• holes the ofe e „ W aine ea ,"' e in the vacuities of the timber work It " eer i e "et comes forth eel to look for food, 44 tt" la -est° "4 re t - te Whatever ty itcan drag , /ou n ,„Ying lee , lea . . 45. , ....6 1 , r . store of provisions, especially when ernees Courier- LITER AT U RE• THE FOREST AND THE . FORTRESS. 3 Vols. By Laura Jewry. Already has the authoress of these beautiful volumes celebrated her abilities by the eh - arming fiction of " Kirkholme Priory," and, still more, by the exquisite romance of "The Ransom"—a work conceived in that lofty school of Anglo-Oriental fable, of which Sir Walter Scott's " Talisman" may be regarded as, at once, the originator and the repre sentative. Had Miss Laura Jewry never again ad ventured upon any enterprise as a novelist, she would still have maintained, to our thinking, her high posi tion in contemporary literature, through the honour redounding to her from that solitary production — "The Ransom," reveling the sweetness of her sensi bilities, the graces of her composition, and the rich ness of her versatile and comprehensive imagination. Happily, however, for all those who rejoice in the perusal of this' department of literature—a depart ment not more bewitching in its beauty than bene ficial in its influence when presided over by one of the master minds of a generation-Lour charming romancist is proving herself as industrious in the cultivation of her great powers of fancy, and of her remarkable capacities for delineation, as in the development of her genius and in the extension of her reputation. Having depicted with a most felicitous pencil the domestic scenery of England in one narrative, and the voluptuous land scapes of Palestine in another, she has here broken new ground for the display of her inven tion, ground hitherto untouched by the imaginative writers of Great Britain, but such as will not, we eenceive, be henceforth overlooked by novelists in search of arenas of incident, unhackneyed in descrip tion. Through " Thaddeus of Warsaw" the English 'readers of romance acquired a familiarity with the aspect, the manners, and the customs of Poland' and the Poles. Through " Gisella" they obtained an in timate acquaintance with the topographical peculiari ties of Hungary, and with the social characteristics of the Hungarians. Through the " Forest and the Fortress" they will obtain a delightful knowledge of the appearance of Servia, and of the many noble and admirable qualities distinguishing its heroic popula tion. What Miss Porter had accomplished in refer ence to the children of the land of Sobieski ; what Mr. Simpson has more recently accomplished in regard to the valorous but unfortunate Magyars ; Miss Jewry has effected in behalf of that portion of the great Slavonic multitude who acknowledged as their leader, the terrible Kara George—a hero re nowned as their ill-fated but illustrious Gospodar. Kara George has been here daringly selected as the principal personage in the romance; and of all those wonderful men whose careers are recorded in history, not one could have been chosen more peculiarly suited to the requirements of the historical romancist. For the whole story of the life and death of the great Servian chieftain consists of a rapid succession of vicissitudes, startling iu their suddenness and marvellous in their character. To the Servians, Kara George was what Wallace was to the Scots, what Tell was to the Swiss, what Hofer was to the Tyrolese—a hero born from the national cala mities, clad in homespun apparel, but crowned like the warrior-monarchs of the middle ages with a diaderned helmet, and elevated as a sovereign from the ranks of the people on th e buckler of a revolution ! Such was the extraordinary being who rent asunder the manacles imposed upon his fellow-countrymen by the Government of Constantinople, who displayed in time of war the genius of a great soldier, and in time of peace the genius of a great statesman, who di rected with his own masculine intellect the whole affeirs of the state although personally illiterate, and who, although destroyed in the midst of a military commotion, left behind him a memory so replete with awe and glory that his influence was thereby ren dered hereditary—insomuch that the child of his loins is at this very day wielding the sceptre of the Servians, adding one name more to the list of the ruling princes of Christendom. It is this wonderful adventurer, the hero of Servia, who is the hero of " The Forest and the Fortress." Miss Jewry has been wise, we repeat, in her selection. For, while recounting to her readers the memorable struggles between the crescent and the cross in that pro• vince of the Danube, and reviving to popular recollection the singular career of the Gospodar George, she has best enabled herself to impress upon their imaginations the prominent features of Servian society while enhancing thereby the attraction of whatever is fictitious in her narrative. From the opening chapter the story is invested with an enthral ling atmosphere of attraction, the interest excited in behalf of the principal characters exercising its fasci nation uninterruptedly to the conclusion. Driven from their native land by the grinding domination of the Moslem conquerors of Servia, George Petro vich and his aged father, Petroni, are disclosed to us at the commencement of the narrative, hastening to the banks of the river Save, to escape from th'e pursuit of a party of Bosniaks into Slavonia. Tee terrible in cident which transpired on that occasion is recounted in a strain of simple and touching eloquence, the young patriot, in an agony of bewilderment at the sudden refusal of his parent to cross the frontiers and by that means evade the cruelty of their antagonists, killing Petroni with a pistol shot, and disappearing immediately after the perpetration of that tremendous act of parricide. When next we are introduced to the unfortunate hero, the future Gospodar of the Ser vians is acting as forester on the domain of a monas tery of Benedictines situated near the southern borders of the Danube, hard by the town of Mohacs in Hun gary. His companions are a littlechild named Venda, subsequently the heroine of the romance, and a wolf hound called Laser, whose value has attracted the in terest of a Magyar nobleman, one Count Wessolim. Several years have elapsed after the introduction of these personages before the tale is resumed, and then, Venda, having grown into a beautiful maiden under the guardianship of her adopted parents, the Count and Countess of Wessolim, and George, her previous protector, having gradually acquired the leadership of the insurgent population of Servia, the vicissitudes of the novel are entered upon in earnest. From this moment the charm of the book increases in proportion to its advancement, carrying the reader on with an ever-extending curiosity until the last terrible and mournful catastrophe. Our obligation to Miss Jewry for the deep and peculiar pleasure she has afforded us by spiriting our fancy into a realm of singular loveli ness, half historical, half fictitious, would of itself be sufficient in the present instance to preclude us from marring the beauty of her narrative by giving a dry epitome of its events and of their bewitching alterna tion, even were such a custom not already one totally averse to our ideas of judicious criticism.. Under ordinary circumstances we are disinclined to interfere thus perversely with the aim of every novelist, namely, that of exciting the anxious solicitude and the earnest" inquisitiveness of whosoever - may adventure upon the exami • nation of their compositions. Especially, therefore, are we indisposed to strip, fr out " The Forest and the Fortress" the spell which our gifted authoress has thrown around them from the riches of her fruitful imagination, and from the glow of her delicate and contagious sympathies—knowing well that we could give no compensation for so doing by mapping out the labyrinthine trails through the Forest, or by drawing out a sectional plan of the windings of the Fortress. Before a syllable of the present notice was penned we had devoured the volumes of this brilliant fiction, and we are the more explicit in this intimation, from perceiving that such does not appear, in its instance, to have been the course adopted by the mass of its reviewers. Having derived ourselves extreme gratification from the last effusion of Miss Laura Jewry's fancy, we regretted to observe one of our contemporaries, after the fashion of a certain eccentric worthy in the me tropolitan corporation, pertly and flippantly putting down" The Forest and the Fortress," as a very so-so attempt at an Hungarian romance ! Whereas, had tbes critic only troubled himself sufficiently tq glance through the work upon which he pronounced this very peremptory condemnation, he would have found that it was about as much a romance of Cockaigne as it was a romance of . Hungary. Servia, and not Hungary, is the land upon which all its interest is con centrated. Servian leaders, and not Hungarian leaders, are the prominent characters involved in its succes sion of vicissitudes. Venda, its lovely heroine, is a Servian. Kara George, it is needless to say, so far from being a Magyar, is not only a son of the soil of Servia, but its Gospodar and its Liberator. A bril liant variety of other characters, almost all of them, with scarcely an exception, Servian, add an additional merit to the story from its revelation of the workings of the human heart, and of the versatile and volatile capacities of the human intellect. Erfrem Petro vich, the brother of Kara George, is the principal villain of the work until he is succeeded and exceeded in rascality by his son Laser (curiously enough called by the same name as the wolf-hound of his uncle, when the latter was a forester to the Benedictines). Milan, the lines of Rudnik, a most lovely and love able character, especially enlists the sympathies of the reader ; and the mournful episode of poor: Helena clirgs to the recollection with a peculiar and alinost painful tenacity, even after her history has become eclipsed by the more conspicuous history of her friend and companion Venda. Of the whole description of Rudnik we must speak in terms of admiration, conveying, as it does, a vivid and life-like idea of the aspect, the manners, and the domestic economy of a beautiful Servian village. We rove through the plum orchard with Liubitza and her lover Milosh—we watch the good Wiehnia superin tending the arrangements of her household—we sit by the side of Helena's blind old grandfather—at the potent bidding of the novelist. Again, we are com muning in the solitudes of the forest with the mystic phantom of a Wili—we are reclining by the side of Shirine in the gorgeous aparttnents of the Pasha of Belgrade—we are storming the citadel in the ranks of the Servian patriots, led onwards by the heroic Gos- Pdar — we are mingling in a conclave of she Woiwodes, or ringing a street ballad with the Golu hitza, or gossiping with the barber Jowen, or writing dispatches with the priest-warrior 'Luka Lastravith —we are at one moment in the midst of a troop' of Momkes and at another surrounded by a tur baned band of the Osmanlis—according as the ro maneist wills us to direct the current of cur imagina tion. All her scenes are painted in language as fluent as descriptive. Her powers in dialogue, moreover, are singularly conspicuous ;.and the abounding' glitter of incident, wild, horrible, or astounding, imparts to the entire fiction a charm of peculiar and commanding fascination. It must consequently be apparent, from what we have already observed, that the work before us is one of no ordinary ability, and that its excellence is raised far above the dead level of a meritorious mediocrity. As an historical romance, illustrative of the Servian revolution, " The Forest and the For tress" must hold a higb, and anything but evanescent popularity in this beautiful department of literature. If it fails to eclipse in our estimation the brilliant merits f the " Ransom," at any rate it immeasur ably surpas , es in ability the still charming and agree able fiction of " Kirkeholme Priory." While we acknowledge that we expect yet greater successes from the hand of Miss Laura Jewry, we can felicitate her on rot having caused her admirers any disap pointment whatever, but on having brought to a feli citous conclusion a romance which will tend greatly to the enhancement of her reputation. DIARY and CORRESPONDENCE of JOHN EV.ELYN. Vol. 11. English history, ,English travel, English criticism on Art, English custoals, English literature—are all aided, advanced, and illustrated by the estimable diaries of the good and garrulous Evelyn. We turn to them ever with en intreasing zest, conscious that in examining, even in our most idle moments, the apparent lumber of all this gossip, we are safe to light upon some precious curiosity or other, stored up for posterity in the midst of its confusion. In reading most writers • upon matters political, historical, literary, biographical, or critical, we feel, as it were, seated beneath the rostrum of a lecturer, listening to the staid and rounded periods prepared for our im provement after long and careful deliberation. When we are reading, on the contrary, the diaries of such men as the excellent Mr. John Evelyn, or even, as friend Dogberry would call him, of that " naughty varlet," Mr. Samuel Pepys, we are transported away from all sense of mere perusal, over the gap of a century or two—and find ourselves, so to speak, sauntering through the reigns of the last Stuarts with the hand of the narrator on the lappel of our coat. The effect of the mere style is be w itching=so conversational and familiar, yet pointed into occasional wit, and glittering with frequent anecdotes. Compared with "Pepys's Diary," "Evelyn's Diary," it is true, has none of the at tractions of a most humorous eccentricity. Yet it has other qualities that make it equally agreeable, and some characteristics that compel one, however reluctantly, to yield it the preference. With all our predilection for the odd, comic, and ultra-grotesque confessions of Mr. Pepys—his•secret licentiousness of temperament, his gnarrels yith Mrs. Pepys ,behind the bed curtains, his epicurean particularity in de scribing his dinners, his abominable - little peccadil loes in ogling pretty girls in church, and getting pricked with pins in the fleshy part of his thigh by way of recompense, his ostentation in his carriage, his vanity in his dress, his miserly affection for his gold pieces —we are yet forced to regard the Diary of Mr. Evelyn as immeasurably more deserving a frequent examination. The extent of his numerous journies through the' continental countries, the mul tiplicity of his acquaintance, and those acquaintance, too, among the foremost men of his generation, the variety of his parts, the versatility of his talents, the distinction of his numerous correspondence, his fami liarity with the events occurring in the reigns of the first and second James, and of the first and second Charles, and of the Commonwealth with all its illustrious soldiers and statesmen, his protracted and industrious career extending almost to the vene rable age of ninety, qualify him eminently for the office of an instructor of posterity. As such he must always be regarded. Meanwhile, the amenity of his disposition, the goodness of his heart, the purity of his life, the gentleness of his manners, the earnest ness of all his friendships, and the tender devoted ness with which he clung to the ties of family, must perforce secure to him the sympathy, the love, and the admiration of all those acquainted with his personal history. To us there are few characters in the records of English literature more winning in every essential particular than that of the good and learned John Evelyn. Ills venerable name always possesses for us an irresistible attrac tion. If for no other consideration, he would be en titled to respect as one of the founders of the Royal Society. His exquisite work on forest trees, entitled, if we recollect rightly, " Sylva," is about the best tes timony of his genius, both as a cultivator of science and of literature. But the composition which has preserved for him, up to the present day, a very wide and per manent popularity, is the one here being republished in a cheap and beautiful form by Mr. Colburn. The enterprise evinced in this regard by that distinguished publisher is deserving of all eulogium and encourage ment—the cheapness of the re-issue being as re markable as its beauty and compactness. The work in its present form is a necessary companion to the popular histories of our country, to Hume, Hallam, and Macaulay, to Lingard's " England," and Car lyle's "Cromwell ." Its elevation to the boo k-shelf, I as among the best diaries and correspondences in our language, cannot but serve to adorn any library, no matter how fastidiously selected. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, FRIDAY.—Tbe English barque Spartan, Brown, from Jamaica for London, put into this port on Tuesday last with the loss of her mainmast, having encountered a severe hurricane on the 2d inst. near the Western Islands, and was thrown Lon her beam end3, which obliged the master to cut the mast away ; in this almost disabled state she reached this port. The master on his arrival proceeded to London for the advice and assistance of the concerned, and the steam-tug Copeland has been sent down here to tow her to the river. As soon as the weather moderates the barque will proceed to London with the tug, which arrived here yesterday afternoon. Married, at St. Mary's Church, West, Cowes, by the Rev. J. B. Atkinson, on the 24th inst., Captain Tatn.all, 92d Highlanders, to Diana, youngest daughter of Thomas Williams, Esq., of Ivy House, Cowes. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. The secretary has sold the Flirt yacht, of 155 tons, the property of Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart., Vice- Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron, to Sir Charles Al'Leod, Bart. ; the price is said to be twenty-three hundred pounds. THE MESSLNGER BALLOONS TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUly. Stn,—ln the Morning Herald of Wednesday last, Mr. l'ileplaerd, the messenger balloon projector, makes a proposal to the subscribers of that paper to raise a sum of 801. to defray the expense of constructing 15 balloons, with' apparatus for filling them with gas, printing the dispmche, &c., and to be sent out with Captain Ross's expedition. A number of these mes senger balloons have already been sent out to the Arctic regions, and from the statements which have at different times appeared in the papers respecting the experiments mode in London, much is expected from them by the Admiralty and others. It is proposed to dispatch these balloons from the vessels when they arrive in the Arctic regions, and by means of them to scatter over the ice or water a quantity of slips of paper and silk, having printed on them, for the information of those who may find them, a statement of the position occupied by the parties who dispatched them, and their object in doing so. Now I cannot see of what use these messenger bal loons will be if employed in this manner. We are told that these messenger balloons are to assist in dis covering Sir John Franklin ; how is the discovery to be made by Mr. Shepherd's plan ? We will sup pose that Sir John Franklin falls in with one of the paper slips which informs him that parties are in search of him. and where they are to be found ; of what value will this information be to him ? If he is alive he will naturally suppose that search is being made for him. By picking up the slips .he would certainly be made acquainted with the position of the searching vessels, but how is he to get to them? If he could do this, one would suppose that he would not remain where he is. Thus it appears that Sir John Franklin is to find the vessels in search of him, and not they to find him. Now, these passenger balloons would have been of great value to Sir John Franklin, if he had adopted the plan proposed by Mr. Hampton, the aeronaut, in 1845, at the time the expedition was being fitted out. Mr. Hampton proposed that Sir John Franklin should take out a number of these balloons in case he should be locked up in the ice, or otherwise prevented from proceeding on his voyage ; then dispatches could have been sent off with the balloons stating that he was unable to proceed, where he was situated, &c. These would have proceeded to a considerable dis tance, and being picked up by other parties either at sea or on land, measures might have been adopted for the relief of the sufferers. The only thing that now remains to be done with balloons that appears to be of utility is in adopting the plans of Mr. Hampton, or of Lieutenant Gale, in sending out an aeronaut with a large balloon to make surveys. Much might be done in this manner, for an immense circle of view would be laid before the aero naut, and with powerful telescopes objects could be more distinctly seen from a balloon than from a ship on the surface of the water. This is certainly the best plan yet proposed for assisting in the discovery of Sir John Franklin, but unfortunately it has been re jected by the Admiralty and a useless one adopted. Before I conclude I may state that these balloon projects, generally supposed to be new ones, are not so. As early as the year 1785 Cavallo proposed the use of balloons in carrying letters from ships that could not safely land, &c., and, in 1826 an anonymous writer in the Mechanics' Magazine suggested that balloons might be employed in releasing whalers from the ice.—l am, &c. CHAS. HY. BROWN. Meanwood-road, Leeds, April 28, 1850. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CURTI/WIT APRIL MEETING —THURSDAY. The morning was wet and disagreeably, and the at tendance equally bad as on Wednesday; the course laravy from the quantity of rain which fell on the pre vious night and this morning. The racing was poor, both in quantity and quality. The Queen's Plate ex cited a good deal of interest and mutes speculation, in consequence of the St. Leger nag, Chatterbox, coming out; he was backed before starting at 6 to 4 agat the field, but got a bad start, and was not even placed, Blucher, the winner of the Plate on Tuesday, again proving victorious. The challenge of the Madrids was won easily by Captain Grant, St. John having been drawn, fur the purpese of running for the Second Class this day. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas for horses, &c. Three yrs old, 7st lib; four, 9st 41b; five, 9st 131 b; six and aged, 10,t 41b. Red Post. 3lb allowed to mares and geldings. Mr. Kelly's ch h Blucher, by Harkaway,s yrs(Dawson) 1 Mr. Murphy's ch c Brother to Dough, 3 yrs (Dunn) 2 Mr. Watt's b c Chatterbox, 3 yrs (Fallon) 0 Mr. Disney's b c Victory, 3 yrs (Keegan) 0 Mr. Wallace's b c Sir Simon, 3 yrs (Monahan) 0 Mr. Cullen's ch g Hark Over, aged (Farrell) 0 Mr. Farrar's bl c Viscount, 4 yrs (Owens) 0 Mr. Davies's b e Launeelot—Penelope, 3 yrs (Taylor) 0 Betting-6 to 4on Chatterbox, 3to 1 agst Blucher. After one false start the lot got off well, with the ex ception of Chatterbox, who lost fully a dozen lengths be fore he could be got on his legs. Blucher immediately took the lead, and made the running at a slapping pace all the way, with Brother to Dough and Victory in his wake; Chatterbox tried to get up at the turn, but could not re ash the leader, who won in a canter by a dt zen lengths, Brother to Dough second, Victory tame up third, Le, tiny., Chatterbox by about a neck. Blucher is in the Chester Cup with the light weight of 6.t 131 b. Challenge of the Madrids of 25 soya each, and 5 sovs. ft. Mr. Disney's ch c Captain Grant, Bst 91b (Wynne) 1 Lord Waterford's Bro to Johnny, 7st 41b (Doyle jun) Mr. Knox's br c St. John , B s t 41b dr2 Betting-2 to lon Captain Grant. Brother to Johnny made the running, at an indifferent pace, to the distance, where Captain Grant collared and passed him, winning easily by half a length. Selling Sakes; eweep,takes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 sovs. added, for all ages; three years, Est 41b; four yrs, B%t 4111 ; five yrs, Bst 131 b; six yrs and aged, 9st 510. One mile and a quarter on the Peel Course. Mr. Mangan's b f Portia, 4 yrs--501. (E. Keegan) 1 Mr. Irwin's ch g Pie None, 3 yrs-150/.... (Lynch) 2 Mr. Watts's b f Poosey, 3 yrs-50/ (Grillion) 0 Mr. Bell's eh c Ormsby, 4 yrs-50/ (Jones) 0 Lord Waterford's hr h Due-an-Durres-150/ (Doyle) Q Mr. Quinn's ch h Farewell, 5 yrs-100/ (Magee) 0 Mr. Peel's ch g Poor Yoriek, 5 yrs-50/ (Doyle) 0 Betting-3 to 1 agst Portia, 3to 1 agst Ormsby, 4to I agst Pio Nono, 5 to 1 agst Due-an-Durres, 5 to 1 agst Farewell, 5 to 1 asst Poosey. Portia made the running, with Farewell and Pio Nono close in her wake; the latter made a fine rush opposite the Stand House, and was only defeated by barely half a length. Poosey threw her jockey at the hill, and ran all the way with the leading horses. The winner was sold by auction, after the race, for 1051., the surplus over 50/. to go to a race this day. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAB ES.-6 to 4 egst Pits ford, 35 to 20 agst Beehunter (t),.3 to 1 agst Hardinge, 12 to 1 eget any other. DERBY. 5 to 1 agat Bolingbroke, 7to 1 agst Clincher (t), 9 to 1 agst Maven., 10 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum, 12 to 1 agst Voltigeur (t), 14 to 1 agst The Nigger, 15 to 1 agst The Italian, 20 to 1 agst Knight of Avenel, 23 to 1 agat Mildew,2s to I agst Cyprus. CHESTER Cur. 9 to 1 agst Peep-o'-day Boy (t), 12 to 1 agst Miss Ann, 12 to 1 agst Essedarius, (take 13 to 1), 13 to 1 egst Glance, 17 to 1 agst Ellerdale, 18 to 1 agst Chantrey, 20 to 1 agat John Cosser (t) , 20 to 1 agst Rola nd, 20 to 1 agst Cossack, 20 to 1 agst Fugleman (taken freely), 33 to 1 agst Woolwich, 40 to 1 agst The Knout, 50 to 1 apt Captain Grant, 1,000 to 15 agst Fern (offers to take). TO THE EDITOR OF THE MIN. SlR,—Did Lord George llentinek ever stars the horses for the Denciister St. Leger, and when?—Yours, THACKRAH. SAdle Hotel, Briggato, Leeds, April 22, 1850. [Yes; Sept. 17, 1845, when The Baron won.]—En. Sun. RAIL WA Y RETURNS R►ILWAT TRAFFIC.—The folloWing aro the Total Receipts o f Be. gays for the past week—that is to say, up to the Elate to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous rear Week ending April 20 21 20 21 NAME, OF RAILWAY. Aberdeen .. •• • • ...• ••••• • • • • • ... : ... Amiens and Bonlopae ••• •• • • • . Belfast and Ballymena ••• • • • ••• • • Birkenhead, Lancashire, and CheshW. Y.ir Bolton, Blackburn, Clilheroe , and e Bristol and Exeter •••••••••• •• Caledonian.......• • • •• • •"• • ' '• • ' • • Chester and Holyhead.. • .•• • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Drogheda. •.• • • •• • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • •• '• • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen.. • • • • • • East Anglian.... • • • • • • • • • • • ********* • • • '• Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • • • Edinburgh and Perth •••• " • Eastern Counties and North Eastern.• East Lancashire •••••• • • • • •' .......• Eastern Union • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ' • • •'• • • • ' • Glasgow, Kilinarnock, and Ayr • • Glasgow and Greenock.• ••• • " • • • Great Northern and E. L.• • • • • • " • • Great Southern and Western • • • • • • • • Great Western, Ikc • • • • ...... • • • • • • ' Lancashire and Yorkshire.. • • • • • • • • " Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • ******** Leeds and Thirsk • • • • •••• • •• •••• • • ' • Liverpool, Crosby, and Soutbport.• • • Londonderry and Enniskillen .• • • • • .• London and North Western, &C.. • • • • London and Blackwall• • • • • • • • •• " • • Londcn and Brighton . • • ...... • • • • •• London and South Western. • • • • • • • • Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham • • • • Midland Great Western (Irish) • • • • .• North British • • • • • • • • • • " " • • • • • • • • Paris and Rouen. • • • • • • •• • • • • Rouen and Havre .. ••••• • •• • • •• • • 9eottieh Central • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Scottish Midland ••.••••• • • • • • • Shrewsbury and Chester . • • • • • • Sh ro pshire Union .. •• • •• • ...... •• • South Eastern and Branches • • • • • • .• South Devon.. • • • • • • • 3 T,I Yale •• • • • • •• t - Waterford and • Limerick—. ••••• • • • " - Whitebaven Junction .• •••••• • • • • • York s.nd Newcastle . •• • • •• • • • • •• " York and •• • • ••.1 Last o' week. '43 ; 1,02& 1,283 518 1,027 3,851 6,100 5,C 2,346 940 795 531 €94 3,867 3,1 2,191 1,1 14,176 15; 2,888 2, 2,060 1, 2,925 2, 923 3,187 1, 4,656 4 20,016 21, 11,622 11, 3,430 2 ; 788 138 148 43,552 40 8,032 9,340 5,302 20,450 1,230 3,105 5,t)77 2,?8,) 1,269 418 1,440 450 10,160 2,124 2,1'29 14,130 7,324 THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTEABirTON, APRIL 27.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam .ship Jupiter, Captain Meet‘an, arrived this morning, at three o'clock, with the mails, in charge of Lieutenant Langton,. Admi ralty agent. Her dates of sailing were—Gibraltar, April 18th; Cadiz, 19th ; Lisbon, 21st ; Oporto, 22d ; and Vigo, 23d. The freight of the Jupiter consists of 14 packages of specie, 10 tubs of leeches, 224 chests of oranges, 1 case of silk, 1 horse, and 11 packages of sundries. A large quantity of cargo, intended for the Jupiter, did not arrive in consequence of the vessel being un able to descend the Tagus in time for shipment. - Off the Burbinges, April 18.—The screw-steamer Levantine had fallen in vrith the barque Amphitrite, of Ipswich, abanC.-Jried, with loss of mizenmast. Sent the first offner and four men on board, who had con veyed her to Lisbon. The Amphitrite has received trifling damage. Arrived at Lisbon April 20. On the outward and homeward voyage of the Ju piter she was admitted to pratique at Cadiz, and on her return voyage at Vigo. There is still a doubt whether the ships from England will not be in qua rantine for the next two or three voyages ; still some assert the contrary. THE GORHAM CASE.—We this day report the judgment of the Queen's Bench on the Bishop's last move. The venerable Prelate, it appears, has found a mare's nest; with not even a single egg in it. We venture to express a hope, as a friend of the family, that the bishop will now put himself into a decent state of obedience to the law, and set that example of submission to authority which he has been paid so handsomely to teach. We desire to say nothing further to the distinguished Prelate on this point. We hope, that having fought the question now through all its stages with unexampled tenacity, he will display that re signation under defeat, which becomes the religion he teaches, and the office he holds. Western Times. AUXILIARY EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR J. FRANKLIN.—We are enabled to state that:the devoted Lady Franklin has just purchased the ketch Prince Albert, of 90 tons, of the Messrs. White, of Cowes, to proceed to Prince Regent's Inlet, and send parties across from Brentford Bay to the western side of Boothia, which will explore to the Strait of James Ross; whilst another party will explore the eastern Bide of Boothia as far as Lord Mayor's Bay, in searli of her Ladyship's gallant husband. The Prince Albert will be im mediately fitted out at Aberdeen, and will leave that place in about three weeks. By permission of the Admiralty, who answered his request immediately it was received, Corn mender Codrington Forsyth, an experienced surveying officer of the royal navy, will command this expedition.— /Jerald. THE TWISTED TOWER AT PISA.—Mr. rAnson makes the following remarks on the campanile at Pisa:— This is usually called the "leaning tower ;" but this name does not convey a real notion of the bearing and form of the building. It is not a leaning tower, but a contorted or twisted tower. Like a tree, which, springing out of the shelving side of a rock, strives to become perpendicular, and bends its trunk by the force of vegetation,— so similarly have the architects, as they proceeded in the work, after the first sink , ing, endeavoured to right the building. The consequence has , been, an irregular curvature in this great trunk, and an irregular connexion of this irregular curvature with straight liees, which couldn no perspective b eshown vive Nina can mroedieirles ho represent satisfactorily, the and which great , est attentive and aieety.--43xilckr. _ l \ w~ APRIL 2,7, 1850. [The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night :—] SPA IN. The following is the project of law which the Finance Minittter has prepared for tie Eettlt went of the national debt : " PROJECT OF LAW. " Art. 1. All the credits against the State contained in any of the existing categories of the public debt shall be converted into Three per Ce»t. Annuities, issuing new documents for the purpose, in bonds payable to the bearer, or in transferable inscriptions at the choice of the parties interested. "The debt proceeding from treaties with foreign powers, which shall not be subject to the dispositions cf this law, is excepted. " The home and foreign Three per Cent. Debt created, cr which may be creates under existing laws, the which shall (reserve its present situalion without change, is also excepted. " Art. 2. The conversion shall be realised at the type of 33 1 3 per cent., i e., with the reduction of two third parts of the capital of the Convertible Debt, the capital of each class of debt being taken or reduced in order to t ffect !het reduction in the following manner:— ~rThe capital if the Active Foreign I),lit, and that of the Interior 5 per Cent., shall be taken fur the whole of their nominal value. " Thet of the Four per Cent. end Cosolidated Voles comprised in it, shall .be taken at kin...filth parts, or 60 per cent., eccordieg to the relation if their interest with that f the Five per Cents. " The capital of the. Coupons, duo and not paid, nor eepitalized; of the Active Debt; and of the Five and Four per Cent. Internal Debt; the Deuda Corriente of Five per Cent, with interest in paper; the Non-Conso lidated Vales; the Passive Foreign Debt and the Debt without interest, shall be taken for as much as corre sponds, according to the respective and proportionate value of the same effects, with that of the Five per Cent. Internal Debt, which results from the average price which the one and the others have been quoted at in the year 1849. " The Deuda Provisional shall be taken divided into two classes, for the conversion; that proceeding from capitals which enjoyed interest, and that which derived its origin from other bonds. It shall have option to convert itself, as Deuda Corriente, con interes a papel, increasing or lowering the type of conversion of this latter in proportion as the said interest exceeds or falls below that of the Five per Cents. Of the second, that proceeding from securities eiven, deposits, salt and tobacco taken possession of, capitals coming from America, or others of which the Government of the respective epoch took possession without title, shall be converted as the Non-Consolidated Vales. TLe rest shall be converted as Debt without interest; and the same shall be done with the unliquidated interest of the Deuda Corriente, of the Life Annuities, and of the Deuda Provisional proceeding from capitals with interest. The Life Annuities shell be capitalized at three per cent., and the capital which may result shall he taken and con verted as that of the Five per Cents.; but in place of in scriptions or bonds of perpetual annuities, certificates shall be issued, payable during the life of their pos sessors. " Art. 3. The credits against the State still pending liquidation, shall continue belonging to the correspond ing classes of debt, according to the dispositions in vigour, and the new values shall be convertible at the will of their holders in the New Three per Cent. Annuities, according to their class, under the rules es teblished in the preceding article. Att. 4. The certificates of the Old Debt, denomintated Deferred, issued at Paris in 1831, shall have the option of coming into the new conversiou, their capital being taken as that of the Passive Debt. " Art. 5. The documents of the Old Foreign Debt of Five per Cents., which were not converted in virtue of the law of 1834, in consequence of not having been, pre seated within the periods assigned, shall also have option fur the conversion. " These credits shall be recognised now, and be taken with respect to twc-third parts of their rep: esentative value in Active Debt, and one-third part in Passive Debt. " Art. 6. For an equal reason the capitals of the Old Foreign Three per Cent. Debt, which were not pre sented at the epoch referred to, shall be admitted for conversion, being taken as Active Debt on two-third parts and as Passive Debt on the other third, alter deducting two-fifth parts, corresponding to the difference between the Five s and Three per Cents. " Art. 7. Tho Coupons duo up to November, 1833, and the cedulas of premium which were not presented for conversion at the proper time, shall also be admitted for conversion, taking them as Active Debt for two-thirds, and Passive for one-third. " Art. 8. The conversion shall be voluntary on the part of the creditors. "Art. 9. The-interest of the New Three per Cents. shall be paid half-yearly, on the 30th of June and 31st December of each year, and its payment shall be effected in Spain. " Art. 10. The conversion shall begin from the Ist January, 1851. The new interest shall begin to date from that day for those who present themselves for con version before the let of July of that year. Those who tney present themselves subsequently shall only have right to interest from the Lalt-year following that in which they effected it. " Art. 11. Tho Government is authorised to create, besides the New Three per Ceete. necessary for the conversion, those strictly required for meeting the legal obligations emanating from the conversion of 1834, and those which may have been unpaid, giving account to the Cortes of the use they might make of this authorization. "Art. 12. The Government is equally authorized, under the came obligation, to give account to the Cartes to arrange and compromise the accounts of tee old leans which should be still pending, in the terms which it may consider most equitable and advantageous to the State. " Art. 13. The-result of the conversion and the number of the new documents which may to issued, and their amount, shall be published periodically in the Madrid Gazette for the satisfaction of the creditors. " Art. 14. Beyond the amount actually destined for the debt which in reality enjoys interest, and the increase which that sum must have in fulfilment of the disposi tions in vigour, there shall be consigned in the general estimates of the State the sum of 80 millions of reels for the payment of the interest and redemption of the New Three per Cent. AnnuiticE, applying especially to the second object the surplus which, after paying the inte rest, may result is each year out of the said eighty millions. - Art. 15. The. faculty which the purchasers of na tional property now enjoy of giving money in certain cases equivalent to the stock in payment of the price, is extended to all cases, permitting them to pay what they owe for the instalments now due, or which become due, in stock or money. "In the first case they may realise it in the values actually signalised, or in the New Three per Cent. Stock, admitting it with the increase proportionate to the reduc tion which those values should have suffered through the conversion. " In the second case they shall deliver in money the sum corresponding to the effective value of the stock, according to the quotations of epoch in which the pay ment takes place, or that which may result from the average price of the same stock for the five years from 1845 to 1849, at their option. " Art. 16. In future, all the sales of national property which may be alienated under the dispositions in vi gour, shall be made for money. The price shall he paid in twenty yearly instalments-6 per cent. in each of the first ten years, and 4 per cent. in each of the re mainder. "At t. 17. The products in cash of the sales of estates effected in consequence of the two preceding articles, as well as the amount of the promissory notes payable in cash, given by the purchasers of the estates of the secular clergy, and which has not been disposed of up to this day, saving the responsibility to which they are affected, shall have special application to the payment of the in terest and redemption of the New Three per Cents., - forming part of eighty millions which has to be assigned in the budget for that object, with reference to what is disposed in Article 14. " Art. 18. All the surplus which may result for the future, after covering the obligations of the budget of the respf cave year, shall be applied to the redemption of the debt. " Art 19 The Colonial Debt, the credits of the pos sessors of offices alienated, those of capitalizations, and others whose recognition and payment are now pending, shall be the object of a special law, which the Govern ment will submit opportunely JUAN o the BCRortes. " AVO MURILLO. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. " Madrid, &c." (sic.) GERMANY. A letter from Frankfort states that the congress of Plenipotentiaries of German States, which Austria is about to assemble in that city, to replace the federal ,ja commission, is destined to be the precursor of the 7, restoration of the German Diet. " This then," , says the letter, " the last vestige of the , German revolution will ,in a few days have disappeared from the surface of the country, , 00 if not from the minds of the people ; and the resto -170 ration of the Diet, which, a few months back was Lr4l 'oi considered perfectly impossible, will be accom -102 plished. Ia the spring of 1848, Germany went ;24 too far in advance ; but in 1850 she is retreat ing too rapidly." Although the proposition of " 4 Austria encroaches on the interests of Prussia, 643 476 the latter power (says the letter) is disposed to 04 a dhere to it ; and as for all the petty sovereigns, it is 632 892 not doubted that they will rally to it joyfully, as it 0 66 will lead to the restoration of their former ,784 the counc il s o f Germany. It was said in Fra nkfort ,115 pow er in go that the Hanoverian Government had sent a dispatch 984 declaring that for the future it will demand the exe ,9B9 .090 cution of the treaties of 1815. MARKET 1N TEL LIGEN CE. (From the London Ave , Price Current, April 26.) SUGAR --TO-day British West India Sugar was pur chased with caution for both the pan and scale, and rather lower rates were acceded to, making the tall since last Friday 61 per cwt. At auction 6 hhds 26 trcs 96 brls Barbadoes went at a similar reduction; low to good yellow at 363 to 40,t s i, and ord brown 333 to 33s 6d p• r cwt. Today 520 were sold, making for the wezle 1,890 hhds, REFINED.—To-dAy Refined Sugar was purchased with caution for all purposes, and the rates accepted are 48s fa. brown, and 483 6d to 506 for fair to good grocery Lumps. Crushed Sugar is dull of sale, at former rates. IMAIIRITIUS.—This afternoon former rates were barely suprret.d at a, public sale of 850 bap, which went at from 34s to 375 for low to good yellow, and at 33s for tine brown. EAST INDIA.—This awl noon Bengal Sugar was dealt in with caution, and of 2,795 bags at public sale not above half bold at barely former terbia; ord and good white Benares went at 36s to 38s 6d, good and fine ruptcy. Enwarda official assignee, Sambrcok-couets strong white 42s 6d to 449 6d. Of Madras 973 bags Basinghall-street; Smith, Stennieg, • went at 30s to 32s for low and fair damp yellow,_ and hall-street; Stenning and Carueil, T at 275 to 29s for old to fine brown. John Pattinson, grocer, Liverpor FOREIGN.-Tc-day there was no improvement in the at eleven, at the Liverpool District demand for Foreign Sugar for home Use or export. At j assignee, Liverpool; Tyrer, Livery°. public sale 209 hhds 95 has Porto Rico sold rather I John Stanford end Henry Bent cheapt r; good mid to good yellow at 38s ed to 40s, and Titford, Halelowere 'Worcestershire low to mid 35s 6d to 3es per cwt. The private sales for 3, at eleven, at the Birmingham Die the week are only 1,000 chests brown Havannah, duty official assignee, Birmingham; Sm, raid, at 36s 6d, a cargo of brown Bahia in bond 18s, and mingham. one of white Paraiba 24s Gd. Alexander Speers Corrick, tine' MoaessEs.-The amount of business concluded in I May 8 and June 5, at eleeen, at West India has been small; prices are a lso on the de- Court. Acraman, official assigner cline, and ruled at from 13s 6d to 17s for low to fine Bristol. finality. East India met with little atteetior, and eau John Powell, cattle dealer, Upper Cabalva, Radnor fall in the price of H one y i s apparent. At public sale tri l.:3 ; tto C ic; oeuein;lip•ltio,rct:ea. Radnor be obtained at a reduction; the a!ne - is 12s to 13s. A shire, May and June 5, at elever, at the Bristol Dis -100 puns of Cuba Molasses were taken in at 15s 6d Hay, Breconshire; Britton and Sons. Bristol. k rit e a n in di : n April 23, per cwt. ti;s ine p r a ic id a 7 24 payable 24 d. pet thereon cv cwt. l COFFEE.-To day the market was in a quiet position The ., , ne i tepge price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, cm iu l tt Miller, e scrsn :hlrcesittlEf:liot:Ofir.Fi assignee, Ala,:ci. Bristol; Pugh, for Cetice; there was no public sale, and the amount of of business concluded by private treaty was small for all 13s. llid purposes. There were sellers of good ord Native Ceylon , From the British possessions at 463 per cwt. COCOA.-There has beer, no public sale of West India, From the Mauritius 258. 9-}d. , this week. Few purchases I are been made •by private Average price of the three foregoing '- From the East Incise - 21 s. " de treaty, and prices continue to give way--Trinidad red seriptioes of suear, jointly, computed as sr (Hie; et Saa to 445. and Grenada red 54s to 38s per above, aud exclusive of duty ... cwt. Few sales have been made in Foreign by private llneeer Beei l e 3 N Y :t u e t ., ba (3 ) l r e i r t.3 l; () o f f t i ls 'a e r G l:r4n roc e e n ris t "Comp:ny. treaty, ard at auction 408 bags lice red Bahia were taken Grocers'-hall, April 26. in at 30s Too . cwt. TEA. -A much better demr.nd has been experienced for common Congou this week from shippers and home els alers, whilst rather higher rates have be ea obtained; the latest prices have been at 91d to 91d per lb; other sorts met with more attention for the latter purpose; at present, however, there is no rise iu the value-Medium selling at 10d to is ltkel, and better kinds is 2d to is Sd per lb In Scented Orange Pekoe a good deal has been done at Is 2d to Is 4d, end sales to a fair extent have been made in Scented Caper at is to Is 4d per lb. Good and fine Green Tea sells more freely at last week's terms. For ordinary and middling rather lower rates having been acceded to caused the trade to operate with more freedom. BIM-There are free sellers of East India at the reduced rates of last w, el:, still only moderate pur chases have been made, and almost exclusively for ex portation. The private operations are 5,000 bags white Bengal at from 8s to 9s 6d, Madras Bs, and pearl barley 7s 6d to 8s per cwt. At auction 3,900 bags and 699 pkts Bengal were nearly all taken in at 9s to lOs for middling to fine white. A few lots of ordinary sold at 8s per cwt. In the market for Cleaned Rice much dulness exists, with free sellers of low to fine Patna at from lie to 20e, and broken lOs to lOs 6d, town dressed Carolina 20s to 265, and American ISs 6d to 19s per cwt. To-day at public sale 963 bags Bombay went at eesy rates-mid small white at 83 to 8s 6d, and damaged at 5s to 83 per cwt. t,AGI.-There are few buyers ot Pearl, and prices are on the decline. At auction 108 cases were sold at 20s 6d to 22s for mid and good small white. Sago Flour dull of sale at 21s to 225, but Farina sells more freely at 15s to 16 , . Of Tapioca 120 packages at auc tion were taken in at Gd for fine white Rio, and Para low to middling 2id to aid per lb. Arrowroot is cheaper, and in large supply. At auction 1.000 tins and 260 pkgs were mostly sold. St. Vincents from 5-1 d to 10d, damaged 4d to 7d, Jamaica sound 5?0:1 to 10d, Barbacloes 2id to 4d, St Kitts 4d, Ber muda Is to Is 2d ; 40 bags Manna Croup taken in at 353 per cwt. Sricas.-The market for Jamaica Ginger has a quiet appearance, and former rates are not to be obtained. Of East India supplies are getting, larger. At auction a small part only cf 1,875 bags Bengal sold at 17s 6d to 18s for mid and good rough dark, and at 13s 6:1 to 15s for damaged. Of African 20 bris and 368 bags da maged went at the reduced terms of 21s to 325, and at 34s 6d to 375 for good bold, whilst 110 bags Malabar were taken in at 25s for small rough, and 300 cases Chine preserved at led per lb. Pimento-Of 1,200 bags at public sole not half sold at 4-, 7 -,d to bid for low to good. For Black Pepper privately only limited sales have be en made fir all purposes. 01 890 bags Malabar at auction small part sold at 34d to 3il for good clean. The value of Sumatra is from 31 to 311. White is not much wanted, and rather lower terms are taken; 100 bags at public sale were only in part sold at 5d to 5-0 for mid and good mid. Cassia Lignea is not offered at any further decline, but there are few buyers, and a small part only of 800 chests at public sale sold, pile one at 85e, ditto two and three 76s to 795, and out of condition 683 to 755. For Cloves rather lower rates are taken, and few buyers are to be found. Of 200 packages at auction a small part only sold, Am boyna at lid, and Bourbon &id to 7id. Nutmegs have been in fair demand at the former value, and 27 packages were sold at 2s 6d to 2s 91 for mid to good mid brown. For Mace prices are rather lower, and at auction three cases were sold at Is 10s1 to 2s 6d for low t ► good. For Cinnamon the market is dull, and the public sales de clared comprise 1,800 packages Ceylon. SPIRITS.-Leeward Island Rum is not offered at any further reduction, yet operations have been to a limited extent only at is aid to is 4d proof. East India cannot be obtained under Is 3d proof; few buyers are, how ever, to le met with. There has been little passing is Demerara, and sellers are willing to accept 2s to 2s 4d per gallon for 30 to 40 per cent. over proof. for Jamaica Bum much dulness exists for inferior and middling kinds, whilst prices continue to decline. Former terms are required for good and fine, yet shippers and home dealers make purchases with caution. Th. value ot 20 to 29 per cer,t, over proof is 2s 2 , 1 to 2s 7d. SO to 38 over 2s 8d to 3s 3d, and superior 3s 4d to 4s 21. There is still a smaller stock than last year, and delive ries are much larger, although prices are as low as at that time. Only limited orders have Leen executed for Brandy. The rates accepted fur Cognac beat brands of the vintage of 1849 are 4s 3d to 4s 5d ; 1848 ditto 45 5d to 45 V. 1847 ditto 5s to 5s 2d ; and inferior sorts 2, 7,1 t:, 41 3d per gallon. For Geneva the market is dull at Is 7,1 for old, and at 2s 3d to 3s 3d for fine. The value , at British made Spirit is 9s 5:1 to 9s 6d proof, and Gin 7s 10:1 to 8a 4d for 17 to 22 per cent under proof. Tu-enay the sales of num were only 100 puns of Demwrars at 2s 2d for 32 to 35 per cent. over proof, and 50 pu,s Jamaica at 2s 9d to 3a for 33 to 35 per cent. over proof. SALTPETI:g.-T , - day the market was in a dull state, and at public sale 1,253 bags Calcutta were all taken se at 25s tor ord 10 to 104 per cent refraction, good ditto 26s 6:1, and fine 24 per cent at 27s ad per cat. INDIGO.-`The quantity declared for public sale on the 14th May has been increased to 11,125 chests, aud fur ther parcels will be added shortly. Former rates are supported for East India of all sorts. For Spanish prices have fallen Id to 2d per lb, and public sales of 170 teronr, Guatemala went at from 2s 4d to 4s 3d per lb. COCHINEAL.-To•day the public tales of 240 bees went at about former rates, and mostly sold-Honduras silver at 3s Gel to 4s 4d-Mexican, mid 3s 7d, black 3s 7d to 3s 10d, and fine 5s 6d per lb. TALLOW.-To-day at public sale 639 pkgs South American sold at 33s to 36s 6d, and 163 casks of Sydney at 35s to 37s 6d, those are better prices. Was.-Operations in Repeteed Oil have been upon a limited scale only, and rather lower terms are acceded to, sales of brown having been made a t 37s Gd to 38s 6d, and pale 39s to 40s. Palm met with little attention, and sellers are willing to accept 30s to 31s for first sort, as there will bee better supply at market shortly. For Cocoa Nut the market is dull at from 39s to 34s for low to fine. Prices continue to decline for Olive, and operations have been to a limited extent only at from 431 to 461 per tun. Linseed Oil has been in good demand for home trade pur poses, and several export orders have been completed. Prices are firm, and rule at 32s 3d to 32s 6d per cwt on the spot. Cod Oil has been only in limited demand, but sales cannot be made under 341 lOs per tun, as the stock is small. Seal continues to attract little, pale is offered at 36/ to 361 10s, and other kinds 311 to 354 The value of low to fine Southern is from 32/ to 344 still few orders have been completed. Sperm is in better supply, but at present there is no variation in prices. Tc-day at public sale 90 tuns Sperm Oil sold; fine 831 to 84/, other sorts 741t0 781 ss; 55 tuns Southern 321 to 331 10s; 83 casks Palm Oil out at 29s to 31s. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) AuAccount, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victori a. cap. 32, for the Week ending ou Saturday, the 20th day of April, 1850. ISSUE DLPAILTBSENT. Notes i55ued........ 23,873,000 :X29,873,000 Dated the 25th day of April, l 8; Government debt •• 11,015,100 Other securities • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 15,663,113 giver bullion ••• • • • 209,817 £ 29,873,000 ". MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. oI6r.iITNEN T. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 25, 1850. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Edward Grit* , fiths, Esq., Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, to be Super intendent of Liberated Africans at St. Heletia. WHITEHALL, APRIL 26. The Queen has been pleased to present the Re!„ Robert Stewart to the church and parish of Traeest, in the presbytery and county of Haddington, va cant by the death of the Rev. John Hender son, late minister thereof. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 26. 10th Regiment of Light D rago ons—L ieu cetenLlo ant d 9_eordge Webb to be Captain, w i thout p u rchase, vi . tyt cea sed; Cornet Cornet Robert C lements to be Lieu enan nt , vi ce n J. Percy Smith , app ointed Adjutant; Lieutena Joh Percy Smith to be Adjutant, vice Webb, promoted, Jan. 29. 1001 Regiment o f Foot —Major Thomas Miller to be Lieutenant -Colonel, without purchase, vice Young, de ceased; Brevet Major Henry Erriugton Longden to be Major, vice Miller; Lieutenant John Robert Graham ?mason to be Captain,. vice Longden; Ensign John Edmund Whaite to beLieutenant, vice Pattison, F e b. 21. 2 4 t i; Foot --Ensign Lord Frederick Montagu to be Li e utenant , 7 ittiout purchase, vice Mowb ra y, d e ceased, Feb. 17; E ut ig , n Francis Freeman White, trom the 73d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Lotd Frederick Montagu, April 26. 49th Foot—Ensign John Augustus Conolly to be Lieutenant,by purchase, vice Powell, who retires, April 26. 50th Foot—Ensign Parr William Kingsmill to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mullen, deceased, April 16. 73d Foot—Captain Wyedham Edmund Bewes, from the 45th Foot, to be Captain, vice Murray, appointed to the 83d Foot, April 26. 78th Foot—Lieutenant Hamilton Douglas Gordon to be Captain, by purchase, vice Caldwell , who retire s; Ensign Henry Bagsban e Harrison-Rocke to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Gordon, April 26. 83d Foot—Captain James Florence Murray, from the 73d Foot, to be Captain, vice Douglas W. P. Labalinon there, wbo retiree upon ba;f-pay. 45th Foot, April 26. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Government securi- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity).. 14,292,170 Other securities .• •. 9,779,210 Notes •••• • • • • ...... 9,537,560 Gold and silver coin.. 756,601 Z. 14,355,541 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. EASTER TERM, 13TII. VICTORIA. 26th April. This Court will, on Thursday the 9th, Friday the 10th, and Saturday the 11 th day s of Ma y next, hold Sittings, and will proceed in disposing of business then pending and undecided. BY THE COURT• The motion in, re Barber (part heard) will be the only business taken at the Sittings atter Term• BANKRUPTS. William Chittenden, draper, Paddington, to surrender, llsy 7, at twelve, and June 7, at one, at the Couit of Bankruptcy: Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Cooke, King-street, Cbeapside. Charles Veneer, builder, Toubridge Wells, Kent, May 7, at two, and June 4, at eleTeD, at the CMS Of DMA- and Croft, : :,, 1 - Tonbrid•• A OMIkk..." C 001. v,,,• ‘,.:,7 ...,4P - 3... - i4t, anis re, •.. stria . IP" • • • . . • 1 ' ' 141" 11tH 1.). .Ipa ~Itit.. ~ • ...4 ..: ~...1 ~. ~i-r . ~ , • ' . • i e _,/,....,,, ......., aber a ill : a iii it gii " i* the It r igtc :: l - • , cc, Bristol ;'-'ll/•ii , EVENING, BANKING D] Proprietors 'capital.. 14,553,000 Rest • -••••. • • • • . 3,050,246 Public deposits (In eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts) • • 4,627.318 Other deposits •. • . 10,b4ti,312 Seven day and other bills • • ...... .... 1,158,G35 £31,365,541 Dated the 25th day of April, IS PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The Orphan of Geneva, one of the prettiest operas that has been produced at this theatre, was performed last night with complete success for the first time. The music is by Signor F. Schirha, who has made a rapid stride in the favour of the public, and the libretto (which is a drama of intense interest,) is by Mr. Charles Jefferys of Soho-square, who has dis played great judgment in taking the familiar story of Theresa as the foundation for his work lie has accu rately followed the development of the plot of that most interesting of melodramas, and has most judi ciously preserved the old familiar names of the various personages. Miss Louisa Pyne sustained the part of • the heroine Theresa ; Mr. Allen was the Count de Merville ; Mr. Weiss, Carwin ; and Miss Villiers, the Countess. The subordinate characters being well sustained by Messrs. Corti, Latter, and Wynn. The words of the songs are very beautiful, and are not only calculated for dramatic purposes but for teach ing, and we predict a great run, for many of the ballads, which are really charming. During the evening there were several encores ; the overture, which is nicely put together, and effectively instrumented, was encored. The sweet me lody, " A poor unfriended outcast," was given by Miss Louisa Fyne with the greatest feeling, and an unanimous encore was the consequence. This song is very much in l3alfe's style. One of the most effective and original pieces in the opera is the sestette, "What fearful mystery is this ?" the staccato of the male voices responding to the female has a very novel and good effect, it was rapturously encored. The same honour was awarded to the song, "My young days are o'ershadowed," which is a flowing, pleasing, and very original melody. The duet between Weiss and Miss Louisa Fyne, "I know not of my noble birth," is highly dramatic and was well acted by Mr. Weiss. The duet, " Turn not from me those lovely eyes," between Allen and Miss L. Pyne, was charmingly given, it is artistically instrumented, the wind instruments being introduced with charming effect. The cadenza at the conclusion was novel, and sung with a perfect ensemble, a rapturous encore followed. In the third act the harp accompaniments in the scena, " Let me soar on the wings of the wind," produced a very pleasing effect. This was, indeed, most sweetly given by Miss L. Fyne, who is now an established favourite here. But what shall we say of the finale, " Ah, yes, 'twas with prophetic pow er ;" it was a blaze of brilliancy, and was executed a la Sontr.g by Miss L. Pyne, with all that elaborate faciltd for which she is so distinguished. in fact we migut *ay every piece in the opera is good, and again we repeat we are sure it will have a long run. Mr. Allen, us the Count de Merville, sang two solos with his usual artistic finish ; the exquisite melody " Unhsppy maid, her reason wanders," was the acme of pathos and good taste ; he was rapturously and unanimously encored. Mr. Weiss, although he had a very disagreeable part to play, was, as he always is, exceltent ; his fine voice came out with fine effect in the morceaux d'ense2nble. Mr. Wynn was encored in a very clever comic aria, " She was once so demure." He is daily improving, and is a capital buffo when he does not outstep the bounds of propriety. The prin cipal artistes were called before the curtain to receive the unanimous greetings of a very full house, and the talented composer received a triple salvo of applause. CRIMINALS or PARIS.—We read in the Paris journal the Pays :—" During the last fortnight the police have arrested 1,489 thieves of the worst description, who are classed as follows t—Escarpes (murderers), 3; Grecs (black -legs), 12; tirancheurs (thieves who carry on operations at the lairs), 25; voleurs a IS fermit.re (men who sell false jewellery to the country p eo p le), 17 ; voleurs au. m ailechort (men who sell counterfeit pl a t e ) , 10; serinettes ou chanteurs (these are the infamous wretches who extort money by threatening to divulge real or supposed offences), 17 ; briseurs, 50; voleurs a la confrerie (sham priests , 5 ; pitancheurs ti la tirage (keepers of low lotteries), 7 ; droguers a la haute (men who collect subscriptions with false tales of calamities), 19; roulletiers (sham carriers), 5; pilliers de puquelins ( sham commercial travellers), 11; em porteurs (men who frequent estanainets to commit robberies), 150 ; voleurs d la bonne franquette (men who lay wait for country people to rob them), 35; valtranciers (men who steal trunks), 18 ; voleurs a la carre, 111 ; cambrioleurs (thieves who get into houses and rob rooms), 189; sans chagrin, ou batteurs de dig- dig (impostors who pretend to have epileptic fits), 9 ; soliciteurs de zif (thieves who offer goods at low prices), 55 ; pupilloneurs (men who rob washer women of linen) 19; trimballeurs de pilleurs de boutanche (thieves who rob linen-drapers' shops), 27 ; voleurs d la di ligence (robbers of diligences), 7 ; voleurs a la location (thieves who enter rooms at quarter -da y when they suppose there is money laid by to pay the rent), 133; voleurs aux deux lourds (persons who have goods brought to them, and who disappear by a back door), 2 ; voleurs a la limace, ou au manteau 1 ; voleurs au bonjour, 9 ; voleurs a la cire, 12 broquill ' eurs, 27 ; aumoniers, 4 ; avale-tout-ru (thieves who take and swallow diamonds and otheious (stothieves nes), ; voleurs a la detourne , 110 ; voleur7s au p r Kec oivrier who rob drunken men), 51; charr i eu rs, ou voleurs a l'Ame ricaine, 100; and voleurs ae tire (pickpockets), 101." LEINSTER GRAND JURY v. IRISH BOARD OF WORKS.—In a case of alleged extravagance on the part of the Board of Works in yeland, in their expenditure of a sum of 904/. odds, on the building and repairing of bridges, a jury was empanelled, and the evidence of Mr. Crawford, the county surveyor, taken on the part of the grand jury. Among the items were 2671. odds, for a new bridge at Bally finboy, which the surveyor said was no better than others in the county, built fur 71. a foot, making the amount in all u which found t e t s o u revoenysot construct osetta forte stated that 7s 1401. Another item was 2831. odds, for a brid g e o f 25 feet arche contractors B r acltloyrls dbe i o w o n o ey l , s respectable pan o a Mr. M. Farrell, the Board's inspector, supported the charges made; but the jury decided, on Mr. Crawford's evidence, to retitle° the amount to 5291. in all, inclusive of interest on money borrowed.—Builder. AN EFFECT OF \VAR.—The Cologne Gazette an nounces that the manufacturing firm of Uruman. of Elbing, which employs more than 1,000 workmen, had been obliged. to suspend payment. The liabilities exceed 1,000,000 thalers, but the creditors had accorded six months' time, and the authorities of the town had solicited au advance from the Government. The failure is stated to be one of the conse quences of the war with Denmark. At Memel, also, houses engaged in the timber trade have greatly suffered froia the same cause.— Liverpool Times, WATERFORD.—This week more pawns left our port, destined for America, than any other during the season. On Thursday the Mars and Fo y le, Liverpool steamers,wceae accommork ried a large number. The f ollowin g vessels sailed this also :—The Medina , a beauti ful su p erior brig, h 109 pas dations of a first - rate charac ter, fur Quebec, 7v6lt passengers; sengers; the Countess of Durham , for Quebec,n ele ) Eliza, for the Sophia, for H a lifax, 79 passengers ; New York, 79 passengers. The greater maisajooriatygwreearte man h y e better class of farmers, and there were a artisans andothers from this and neighbouring towns.— Wa terford —A meetinz was h eld C A NTERBURY SETTLEMENT • on Thursday at No. la, Adelphi- terr ac ? e ; b t y i oen t a t ls i egwdee.nd T n r t e le p m ha n of colonists ato are about to form the first boidnyNe z a : e s e s m e passed ;e whoa found the settlement of C anterbury, ing was well attendedseveral rlu society was form ed, entitled the es Society of Canterbury Colo nists; a committee of management was appointed, and a regular course of business orgauized. This meeting was in one point of v i e w peculiarly interesting. It was the foretaste of that self government which it must soon become the duty of the culonists to exercise in their new homes, and gave abundant evic:ence of their fitness for the discharge of that important trust. THE WINDOW TAXING OF LODGING.HOUSES. — * As at present regulated, the window-tax falls particularly heavy on model lodging-houses. A house having less than eight windows is exempted from duty; a house having eight windows pars nearly 2s. ld. for each windows be y ond that number not only is each window chargeable, but the rate of tax per window increases with the number; thus a model lodging-house haying 100 windows would be charged 291.8 a. 6(1., that is, at the rate of no less than ss. 10d. per window. The immense produce of the window -tax is the objection to its repeal ; but in the spirit of the Act itself, lodging-houses on a large scale for the labouring classes, should be exempted from duty. Distinct chambers in the inns of court are no, so are those in universities and in public hospitals, as also houses divided into different tonernents, being distinct properties.— Builder. rf • ,nd ;V th th t 'h ; ti , 0 oc° Lig 4' o: of ;et 'OO %LI/ 30 II