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THIS EVENING, Will be presented an entirely new and original Comedy, entitled LEAP YEAH ; or, The Ladies' Privilege. Sir Solomon Solus, Yr. Keeley ; Captain Mouser, Mr. ielby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Buckstons ; William Walker, Mr. Charles Kean ' - Mrs. Flora Flower Jew, Mrs. Charles Keau ; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mrs. Fitzwillistm ; Mrs. Crisp, Mrs. Keeley. After which 1 lIE NIS TII STI.TUE or, The Jewels and The Gem. Principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Miss P. Liorton, Ira. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with BOX and COX. Tke Box-oflice is tinder the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THUAnt% ROYAL. ADELPHI. sder the dlrecrtton of Matigme Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW CC 'SE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed fore , 0. Smith, lirorrell; 31edame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. Arter whfc.ll FRANKENsTISIN ; or, The Model Man. franken- Ftein, Mr. Wright; the What is It Mr. P. Bedford; Zamiel, Mr. 0. Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woolgar ; Tidellewinez, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; Undine, Miss E. Harding. "To'ba followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Ilighbary Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford; Bob Twinks, air. Wright; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Uighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATKE. Under tat; Management of Madame Vestals. Viola Lessee, Mr. Charles Maths ws. THIS EVENING, jWill be performed WOULD BE AN ACTOR. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To 2onclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes 5v.: Upper Boxes, 43. ; Pit, 28. ; Gallery, Is. No tali-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15 New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATL:e.. Mr. d. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. TUN EVENING, Will be perfor:ned a new coatis Opera, entitled THE VALLEY OF ANDORK E. To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle Harlequin, 11r. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Flea more ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. sr. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH FLAYS AND OPERA COIIIQUE. Yr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the French Peril:um:mews at the bt. James's Theatre will commence 10-MOIiROW EVENING, --- Elf;lit o'clock, when will be performed LE MAITRE CHAPELLE. To conclude with a New Opera Boaffen, entitled LE CAID. The Cox-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five. &srLl ccutAi...:l2l,l - tll : ,- irltor, Mr. W. Batty A Grand Juvenile Night, commencing with the Pantomime will take place Mos 6Vt.141.ti5.. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a grand Equestrian Comic Pannmime, by Nelson Lee, called HAR LEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, mho came to Town upon his little ..cony. To be followed 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 Tourney of Love, in which Mr. N. T. hicks will appear. !soa•o[fice open from Eleven till Four. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TUI DAT ornlng, 11 nun. after 4 I Even ng, 32 min. after 4 To-'tioalow—lforniag, 56 min. alter 4 j Evening, 16 min. after 5 - THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, JAN. 31. TiIERMObIETEII, Lowest, 28, Highest, 38, Noon, 37. BAROMETER, 30'23. WrND S.S.E—dull hazy weather. 41.410cX11 Gilt q q ~? 4 'l la& itinng glut. LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1850. This, the closing day of January, 1850, will prove we are satisfied, of no unmemorable character. A l the morning which witnessed the commencement of ti 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 peaking 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, and either 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 "l"-ktaill'ip the Lords and Commons ; these evils will ~. , ively beseech the united attention of the ' ll ft.:i',..; --. ‘"4* - Ind of the Parliament. Upon the policy go. 24:Virlf:4 - 4,. ..,,i . - - - isl a 9 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 the 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 cause s 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 membe 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, alp, 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 froni 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 SOTERRIGN. 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, fur the moral refuse of Great Rritain. 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 colonia 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 wi.-e course of proceedings in reference to our comm erce, 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 went. 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 chlracter 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, after the results of the Downshire, 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 slue to the talented and patriotic LORD MAYOR 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 nexatte 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 had 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 had dared to assert that a great change had taken place in the minds of Irishmen, and that they were now as strongly in favour of protective duties, and of taxes on the chief necessaries of life, as they had formerly been urgent fur 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 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 Metro, was duly put to the meeting and declared by the chairman to be lost, ss hile the original resolution was carried almost unanimously. A. 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 nemine contradicente, 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 , has the following : " It is positively stated, that tie Government has re ceived en a-count that the English Cabir et had again claimed from the Greek Government the payment f the arrears paid by England on the Greek loan, con tracted under the guarantee of the throe Powers, France, Russa, and England. In support of tbis demand, an order had been given, it is addei, t 3 the English fleet to sail for the Firmal. The Greek Government is said to have placed itself under the protection of the Minister of France." We find the following in the Ordre : " The news of an ultimatum having been signified to Switzerland by the Continental powers relative to the taking el' energetic measures against the manccuvre3 of the refugees, was yesterday the subject of much conversation in the Assembly. It is said that the intended sending of a Russian Minister to Paris to counterbalance the influence of 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 demands 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 1111Z 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 of 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 Court 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. ALBERT DE DALMAS, 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. DEvoxzE, the Consul-General at Monte Video. 1 The Committ ee on t h e B udget 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. DUMAY, the Minister of Commerce, authorising the PRESIDBICT of the Republic to dispose of the produce 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." 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 cf 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 English 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. Burr would have been the man. The earnest zeal and professional ability with which he 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. DUIFY, and which, probably, saved that gentleman from the melancholy expatriation that awaited so many of his political frimds—above all, his disinterested generosity to the unfortunate PATRICK OTONOGRUE 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 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 , 951. 20c. ; Three per Cents., 57f. 85e. ; Bank Actions, 2,367 t. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCRI-EXCLIANGE, JAN. 30. Boulogne and Amiens, 7% —Dutch Rhenish, 2 —Northern of France, 1 1 ,4 dis.—Paris and R , ,uen, 23.; f4 —Rouen and Havre, 10—Sambre and Meuse, 3%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 24th have been received. In the Chamber of Deputies SANCHEZ SILVA 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 29i cash ; the Five per Cents. are 124- to 4, and were done at the latter price ; Coupons, 74 to -7,-; Passive Debt, 3i to 15-16. Exchange on London, 50 35. 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, liamburgb, 13reslan, &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 : The First Chamber shall be composed—let, of princes of the royal family of full age; 2d, if the chiefs of the noble houses of Prussia, which formerly depot:lid 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 pact of the members comprised in the first two categories ; 4th, of 90 members nominated by direct 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, of the first three categories cannot exceed, the total number of peers of the last two. A dissotution of the First Chamber can only affect the elected peers. The constitution of the First Chamber shall take place on the 7th April, 1852. Until that date the electoral law of 6th December, 1848, for the First Chaniber, 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 LAcoca, 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 Itioniteur Beige 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 HAGUE, JAr. 28.—Great satisfaction i s f e lt at the approaching marriage of the P r i ncess L OUISA with the Crown Prince of Sweden. We learn from Christiania that a Norwegian flotilla, consisting of three corvettes, will join the Swedish on e , an d pro ceed to Lubeckl 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 Lours. AMSTERDAM, JAN. 28. 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 G-eertrude, who were in the most imminent danger, were saved on the 29th cf August last. The owners of the ship have placed in the hands of the Ne!herlands 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.—Handelsblad. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. A letter from Kiel, dated Jan. 25, contains the following :--" At a conference yesterday between the lieutenatr - .T, the heads of Ministerial departments, and the confidential commissioners, it was unani tnously,idecided that the Danish Cabinet should be written, to, informing it that under present eireum stances'all negotiations should be considered as broken off. RUSSIA. Letlfers from St. Petersburgh of the 18th state that the Russians have gained an advantage over the Cir cassians,. engsgement took place on the 3d January on the right baiik of the Asse, with 3,000 soldiers of SCIIAMYL. 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 STITRMER, the Austrian Internuncio, 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 Portc-, however, thinks five years sufficient. The result is, that the Count has sent to his Government for further instructions. ITAL Y. The Paris Constitutionnel publishes a letter from Rome of the 19th. General BARAGUAY DIIILLIERS had returned from Portiei " 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 arms should be replaced with the accustomed honours, but the POPE 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 lath 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• who, in f ac t, preva il e d u p on A report is prevalent th a t th e F renc h s t eamer , having on board the 20th r eg i ment o f t h e F renc h them m ded to b d y ep the a rt. police, line, has been wrecked on her passage to Africa. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY. -(THIS DAY.) This being the last day of Hilary Term, the Lord Chancellor tools appeal motiony, but nothing of any interest came ,liefore the Court, and his Lordship rose at an early hour to attend the eleaing - of Parliament in the House of Lords. ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) ALLFREY v. ALLFREY.—JUDGMENT. The MASTER of 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 costs. ROBERTSON V. SICELTON.—JUDGMEN T . The MASTER of the ROLLS also gave judgment in this case, in which the only question NM, whether interest should be paid on the purchase-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 WILLIE, Mr. Justice MAULE, Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) THORNE V. SIMMONS. _ _ Mr. GRIFFITHS7Onthe part of the defendant in this case, moved the Court for a writ of prohibition to be directed to the Judge of the County Court at Luton, calling upon him to stay proceedings in an action in that court in which a verdict had been given for the aintiff for 71. 12s. bid. It appeared that this stun was the balance of an account amounting to 1671. 9s. 6 1. which arose between the parties who were the joint overseers of a parish. The Learned Counsel moved fir the prohibition, on the ground that the amount of 1671. 9s. 6d., except the sum cif 71. odd, rim a set off, and not a balance ef account ; and, therefore, that the County Court bad no jurisdiction. The summons was returnable on the 28th November, and it was part heard and adjourned until the next Court slay, and, ulti mately, an order was made, on the 27th December, fir payment to be made en the 7th of February next, so us to give the parties time to come bef ,re this Court if they thought necessary t.) argue the question of jurisdiction. The COURT said th at t h e d e f e ndant having delay e d 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 grouud trt this case for deviating from the practice of the BAIL COURT.-(TIIIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice ERLE.) JUNES V. LLOYD. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL. CRIH. CON.—VICKERS V. BIRCH. SUNDERLAND, JAN. 30.—The Pearl, hence to Whit stable, and the Emmeaus, of this port, are on shore; crew and materials saved, but three persons were drownel in saving the crew of 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 pro Lund 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 a uthoriti es t o take buninto custody for thus violating the law. At the time we are writing, a judicial investigation is being held before the magistrates, and next week we doubt not we shall be enabled to communicate 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• ions in ‘iithholding the names, which some may think calculated to render this " ower true tale" less credi ble.—Berkshire Chronicle. lIGH TIDE IN THE MEDWAY.--0a Tuesday the [de rose in the Medway to an extraordinary height, and for more than an hcur 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 OF BEEF TEA."—A Scotch minister, who cared about no sublunary things (except now and then a visiorary 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 lang bill, for he couldna afford it," asked him the nature of his complaint After feeling the parson's pulse, looking at his tongue, tapping his chest, &c., the doctor declared that he was starving himself. "Lord, doctor," said the minister, " ye're a witch; for Jeannie (his housekeeper) gred away twa days sine, and l've n had a pickle of brose since!" " Why minister, man, ye maun have some beef tea." " Lord, doctor, I hue nae tea in the house, nor beef either; ye ruaun be a feul to think o' finding ony here." " Wed, weel, minister, I'll sen'ye some beef tea clout]." " Na, na, doctor, t'e'll, put it in the bill." "Minister, I'll send it doon free o' charge, and m i n d ye tak it." The doctor sent down the beef tem, and next day called to see how his patient was getting on. " Wed, minister, how are ye the day?" " llegh, man! I'm awtte had ; cf a' the pheesick I ever teuk in me lite, e the bet' . i(a brats a'.' Why, man, it wid na stay w me siva: it made me worse than ony mittiek." " Why, minister, try the tea mysd." So putting some in a skillet, he a armed it, tasted it, and told the minister it was exceller.t. "Mar," says the minister, "is that the way ye sup it?" What ither way should it be suppit? It's excellent, I say minister." It may be gude that way, doctor, but try it we the cream and sugar, man! try it we that, arid then see how ye like it?" It is needless to say how the doctor laughed at the simple minister fancying that all tea Aould be takes 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.--WOOLWICH, JAN, 30.—The whole of the gentlemen cadets arrived yes terday at the Academy, on Woolwich-common, and this morning tended their various classes at that institutwa. Court, which was not to grant a rule nisi f)r writs of prohibition, exc- pt under peculiar circumstances, justi fyir.g the exception, and thertfore no rule could go on the subject. In this case a rule had been obtained calling upon the plaintiff, and the Judge of the Cardigan County Court, to show cause why the proceeding should not be stopped by a writ c f prohibition, on the ground of some infor mality in the orijnal summons.. Mr. :Justice ERLE now gavo judgment, dismissing the rule without costs. The defendant, he said, had ap peared and pleaded to the plaint, and, admitting that the summons was informal, the fact of his appearing waived all objection on that point. When any infor mality was visible en the face of a County Court sum mons or order, it ought to be obj(cted to at once, and a party must not wait till judgment had been obtained against him before he came to this Court fur 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. Hula discharged. This wai an action to recover damages for criminal coLiertation with plaintiff's wife. The dun- ages were laid at 5,0001. Defendant suffered judgment to go by default. Mr. COOKE, who appeared fur the plain - Cif, was prc ceeding to state the case, when Mr2tDWIN JAMES said be was inFtructed by his client to avoid, if possible, details which must be paie fal to all parties interested being gone into, and was willing to consent to a verdict for 501. Alr. — 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 he 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 after 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 rick, Wosseriro, Bahia. FOWEY, JAN. 29.—Wind W.—Arrd. Ocean Queen, Le BonHater, Pernambuco. FALMOUTH, JAN. 30.—Wind N.E. to E.S.E , fresh breezes. Off port, Northumberland, Parish, Madras; Manchester (supposed), Rogers, Pernambuco. GUERNSEY, JAN. 29.—Wind W.—Arrd. Loui:a, Lush, Havannah. NEWPORT, JAN. 30.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Augusta, Hong-Kong; Charlotte, New Orleans. DEAL, JAN. 30.—Wind E. to E.S.E.—Arrd. Bengal, M•Leod, Calcutta. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 30.—Wind S.S.E.—SId. John Wesley, Pararnagua; Chieftain, Savannah; Mersey, Ja maica; North Pole, Philippines; John Mather, Calcutta; M'Culme, ditto; Richard Cobden, Bombay; Sir Harry Smith, Rio Janeiro; Supply, Bahia; General Wiltshire, ditto; Sir Howard Douglag, New Orleans; Peter Mar c y, ditto; Albert, ditto; G. Hoply, Philadelpha; Savannah, New York; Fanchon, Boston. Off port, Abbey Sands. RAMSGATE, JAN. 30.—Wind E.—Arrd. K a r s t a d, V an Hall, Cape of Good Hope for Amsterdam, put in here on account of the ice; Friends' Goodwill, Duppe, hav ing sprung a leak, and is discharging; Lady Douglas, Newcastle for Carthegena; crew refractory. HOLYHEAD, JAN. 29.—The Economy, of and from A berystwith 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 t arried by the ebb tide on the Burber Sand, but was assisted off, after remaining two hours, and brought into the 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. WHITBY, JAN. 29.—The Britannia, Hogarth, 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 saved. ence Tit E ENING OF P ARIA A 'AE NT. "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 highest gratification from the loyalty and , attachment manifested by all classes of her subjects. Although the effect s o f former years of sca rc i ty 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 of com merce 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 have bestowed upon the great body of her people. " GENTLEMEN OF TILE HOUSE OF COMMONS, "Her Majesty has directed the Estimates for the year to be laid before you. They have 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. " MY 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 he prepared for the improvement of the condition of Ireland. The mischiefs arising from paity 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 for your consideration. "her Majesty has 19arnt 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 affect the health and well-being of her subjects. " The favour of Divine Providence has hitherto preserved this kingdom from the wars and convulsion s 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 whdt is defective, you will sustain the fabric of our institutions, as the abode and the shelter of a free and happy people." Their Lordships adjourned during pleasure. MONEY anti COMMERCIAL CITY, ONE O'CLOCK. The sales of CctOn at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 5,000 bales, a which 1,500 sore taken on speculation, and included about 4,000 American, 2,000 Pernam and Maranham, at 61d. to 71(1.; 100 Bahia, at 60. to 70.; 100 Egyptian, at 7d. to 7V.; and 200 Surat, at 40. to , qd. per lb.—ln ItAilway Shares only a limited business was done, at rather lower quotations. There are no colonial arrival'. The Frankfot t report of the 28th inst. quotes Austrian Meta Hies at 85/, and Spanish Three per Cents. at 291. At Amsterdam en the 29:h inst. the Home Funds were rather firmer ; Dach Twc-and-a-Half par Cents. 55 7-16. , In the funds there Las been some flatness, owing to a sale or two for money, Consols hale ranged from 961, to 96 for Transfer, and Hi to 96-i for Account. Mexican are 29 to and Spanish Three per Cents. 361 to 37. Shares generally are much the same. The North Stafford report is thought more favourable. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD HALLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended Jan. 27, 1850:—C. and 11. Main Line, 9981. ss. 3d.; Mold, 71/. 6s. ld.; steam-boats, 691. 16/. his—TotiO, 1,139/, as, Id. HER, NI AJESTY'S SPEECH.. Parliament was opened this day by Commission. The House of Commons having been summoned, the Speaker, accompanied by several of the Members, appeared pt the Bar of the House of Lords, when the Lord Chancellor read the Royal Speech Ls follows : "MY 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 Majesty deep affliction. The extensive charity and exe 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 Austtia and Russia on the one hand, aad the Sublime Porte on the :other, in regard to the treat ment of a considerable number of pers'ans who, after the termination of the civil war in Hungary, had taken refuge in the Turkish Territory. " Explanations which took plaQe between the Turkish and Imperial Governments have fortunately removed any danger to the Peace of Europe which might have arisen out of these differences. " Her Mlijesty 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 ninces 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. LITERATURE . THE PETREL; or Love on the Ocean. q y ls. Tale of tire Sea. By a Naval Officer. `" i t) t :. , cii has its especial and its general n cl ,„ fil i oe d E Novel 6 an- divided into almost innumerable c a ir s et Lnon . g tht m all the navel novel holds a Pr ° ''' g o place , .11 the estimation of the general reacter,irep , 1 1. 1 , 1 , 1m1 ers a large multitude of peculiar adrs..,hici re is something fascinating in the therne , ror i takes us awhile from the narrow circuit of o f erw g o associations to lead us " o'er the glad Wate rs ,or dark blue sea." There is something in tbe ver y ganization of the little world on board shiP land' Possesses a charm for the most unsailorlike .4,0 Wo uld 5 '. 00 . lubber. Even he "whose soul wave," if actually ti ; to oer the bounding damned to voage thereon, delights in ilnag lag r . the wander "far as the breeze can b e ., B o f the billows foam," and in fancy to dare the Perli s All hurricane,v,, or face the boarders of the ene in i h ire a ~, s - o. are desirous of such adventures ha ve Lihe ittsorious opportunity for encountering the n3 : sue s iti stormy way' the Petrel of this narrative Pi f , ' an d strl ta u 9t o f way undaunted by elements' defiant of mortal foes. At the opening ef the there three volumes, we learn that— tebect bl 'The little Petrel had been suddenly diall - pdial the Commodore of a cruiz" quadron in the d the Ocean,. to search the Motznagmgique Chann el ' , 7rtgu e , itrchirelago to the northward of it, for pirates,_odereu rumour having reached that officer of v essels ill% drat and gi" hat and crews maltreated in those seas ; and , -h : s idert- - , believing the report, he felt it his duty t° e° , -- voli th '' our outward-bound East Indiamen frequentt knownt, route, which circumstance being geonilloorlitt4 offered a powerful temptation to marauders: o f pisoi Petrel, therefore, towards the close of a 0 111 2 ol d sail ships of the months' duration, was hastily completed wit lorgel provisions and stale remainder biscuit fro m wa t t s° squadron, it being A j 0 fi ber fresh provisions, of both of which she stoourts of need, might b ' e reality procured in mai/ P s • hat extensive route." ~ i OW ; a Thus • provided the Petrel sets out on b e h is -cl espt s , ; - , perilous enterprise. She is commanded a l for.l Daunton, a man eminently well qua l fi l ' e irit I°- presumed that. esl responsible i. position. His nobility of s P oo siel kindliness of heart are manifested on Eo n / hoe ° on none more beautifully than in the closing,_e pe trel, i his career. Herbert, the first lieutenant of tn,_ Darla Sorse i c e , ite s the hero of the story, and the gentle is the heroine. Of their history, Whichitbatl second title to the novel, we shall °nil s ' igo leat e sentimental interest is not diminished, bu t ° T e d si tiri. exag geto ,rnot bett by the very natural and in nowise ner in which the various feelings of the filt h ; Wh ich and daughter are described. The scene 1 isir Ah's the trembling Mrs. Darcie confides :n ode i$ secret to her father does not read like an e d i) ivar I -! if n e. , rather resembles an even t in novel • it or eri d s tie-' And The to say this is to express no mean ee njl e j, sed bi retr bi, w ork, various perils encountered by the the other vessels incidentally mentioned i n a l effet e are described in a very interesting on y ijeat f i manner; and necessarily so, for it will b r ainb e viln c go all who turn over these p that th e „,. e ther e n 'i planned the intricacies of the angaeustical trialg ell.. o 6 lo os ° A - a peculiartfp for ret. tvblockadeb. in described has before now executed siret r ge oil '''i the title-page is Admiral 1' hwho coil l°1• „ to Ow is er, ~ d aitioe 5 the w ee d Alexandria in 1840. In A various characters described are happily ak e e e ipter es , imaginationtbhienelitee vroeefs tbAu attached readerst that in otfl reality.e the, , Naval to the nantie3l t bed, s ri t it although the story is not one of very i n gS er h le 'd is a pleasing narrative, agreeably to" tad i'v e " t a be "Petrel" S o uc ffi h c a e v t r 'l l, 1 a r : . b i u e - e: e r i ec to. is it t well to introduce a variety of sea adventnirtibisg;i6 marked some passages for extract, one u e „ s h — t be o °,,,t striking of the ship upon a coral reef, “ vvi."—the O'be alarming exception, perhaps, of a severe earth(Pllibe', ctn.; arming and perplexing sensation thaverfol de, imagined ;" and another, containing a e v oiog c ie j ; scription of a narrow escape from an ir°Pe t , of g oes astrophe (Vol. HI , page '214), but w all " ni of l 'a .compels us to omit them. The stratoge— of • a g e fief ) pirates in luring their enemy within l ' it ij e otic - d retreat gun concealed on the shore, a A to: t ot s r was impossible, and the en bse 'doe, 'hti lantry fi of Herbert and death of M ul- tboug"b aaremtiorabbelyfounndarirnattehde. pages of th t e ruth ful 0 c ab admirably .fettel bid .„ s ea rc h ) will repay the reader for the time spe nt 1- ; erec a ll tOr them. There is one which is full of tg 'poll '" wisdom ; alluding to a man who, "blan d cl --- to points, felt even luxury a bore," it is obserroJello "The cup of true enjoyment is but °' in 11/°r l c tb a a p n aci i t t y is acnaalcuhleatewdhototriheosldt,o be fo c r a c u e se t l ei o rse pr ni ec ei s tilill blindness sees not its limits, only waste s ` fluid." -ad ri ,/f. to r ELIZA COOK'S JOURNAL• n er n i Another i ns t a l ment of this cleve r itor e e t periodical serves to conf i rm our favoura" e loPs io sion of' its merits, while it tends also to del.tiesoi. snore striki ng ly th an h ere t o f ore the capterQft gifted editor for the conduct of such an , e bo ati'l r E e l s i p z Ons C iril l itie is s the management of her weekly miscelial , dt,.) r manifestlydevoli,iog uponsustaihneerd, in (I))riertjao....joboyO.lo3.,,, reflection that her success has been ahead,' 0 $l , tinguished and that her work is alresqvoicall advanced. Asa journalist she evidences ato her f, re ssl into of being no longer a novice : into the movements of its new exercise withi_no`looso facility ; her having entered upon a se cond , 00 64 e, manifested quite as distinctly by the m are l u a iale: o 7, tone of the different effusions, as it is Pr °c rt ioal lt e so many words by the mere business adi re o tigeti o l At the close of each number, too, we a re g the 13 ,,, ° to observe that she still continues ' giving „ co dina to , column of "Diamond Dust"—thereby 0 4900 each part a kind of fringe or tasse l Several of the sententious sentences ie te a under world t hoaft meaning,appropriate and h e o a t d h i e n r g s s a r r e e f r r e a P le h r t ; 1 ;1 the ineffable graces of poetry. Altoge;iis, evidence a large and most a preciative rea;ila inlet her rhythmical contributions the editor:is% os tigable ; and, needless to say her verses are marked by an incontestable G erli/I j3tin c h 'ir agreeable are her verses on "Receiving a a es to heather,. Gorse, and Fern ;" consolingiv 1 rating are those entitled, " There's a Sil ver a d ° yid Every Cloud ;" felicitos are the lines hft r e' fo r Again"—being rhymes for ycung re a 7,, this r o t o sweetest. and best of all her contributio ns •l eo sV oe s tion of her journal —to our thinking, a pr ies, f t e the stanzas addressed to C. C. in t' lm- t be Yiz g iits commemorative of "Our Rambles by on ts, '," he t s Besides her own charming poetic frog a/ ' ith ° t n' Conk graces the pages of her miecellenY 5 : c0 00 1 0 0 f venous merit from the pens of differe a bo t Y et t ioa tors. Some of these are really excellent', . g ioal er scarcely comparable to the prose papers , . I) ,, r e j v laps. selected. Among the latter we recn i grjs ample, our old favourite, poor Torn - 1 - I°- hs r 0- 0 5 1 Peck's Pudding." Stories, essays, a nd ot`' he laneous articles alternate throughou t n i t tees l i e t of which are sprinkled also with critical a ' t beps'oil cativo of considerable taste and acumen ° ll , m t ofa ri its reviewer. acaeinel T burc i a i h e t eldvi instruction editor d tco altogethertri,ona s un it i " ent c s lo t i s ° o v ig il e to p affords en t er t a i nment. Under the admira-ovedv" o t, i t i s s till c ., f it eea le hitherto w ith mater i als for information o r a' l THE lIAND-BOOK M 0 for e o , Mr. B o h n ' s very excellent " l ib ra riest ed itiol3-091 most part, present us with new and cheap be fore,' 0 already . popular works. The voluine r . hr oft,, t it which forms part of the " Scientific 1-41 " or lrh'i s iti . however not only to some extent a new vv to O°P O o f is almost unique of its kind. It professes " the most complete directions for plaY ing e, s h P tih eo 6 skill and science yet presented to the Eng - 1 .6 5 0 1 V, Its great predecessor, Hoyle," says the ad" au ttio ri r e " for more than half a century the only r i .„" t in ~eh has now become obsolete or inipe!l e ga te t• spect to several of the princip al inert t.Ol and more likely to mislead than Amy ea The want of a comprehensive and pt ly to manual of this description having frequeinEd Iv' pressed on the publisher, he detert J i 0 0 undertake it, an d con fid e d t h e tas k to iosy l fo or Carleton." The'" Handebook of Games" he,gi s to consideration o f Whi s t, w hi c h i s divide Woe parts. Three o f t h ese are rev i se d e ditions e yes. 00 rections of Hoyle, Matthews, and Descl e too., fourth is an original treatise by Mr. et; d cl a i e . o article . on whist fills nearly two Minn - , dir ee d -1 0 ,6, printed pages ; hence the minuteness 0 11 :1 1e may be easily surmised. Piquet, Qu a , cl _, ll , o ;l sl „ tti ore Vingt-un,Rouge- et-noir, and more than b" Ore games are described with interesting partical fts gate a be also Backgammon, Draughts, Billiards/ . o ' ec i ' e , and American Bowls. Chess is not conta in elle it list. It is hardly necessary to do more, th og oes ; i d rate the contents of the " Hand-book of exe eb, tie cannot fail to find a welcome wherever theeniag effect of games of skill and science in s harP •ee 114 05 , intellect and giving exercise to the refle c t u res fo e ties is duly appreciated. The publisher direct II 4 , in the advertisement, that the various dire judge been submitted to numerous coniPe te : c ecaP eo l and he further adds, that this volume h a p resSL nearly two years in passing through t he o f ftic", ( ;ey has occasioned a very considerable o utlaf ,ben 0 . 1 it circumstance by no means surprising I !_ e , whic big sides the abundant and valuable rnatern.%oertiee contains, and when we bear in mind . the cnr(ote, references, examinations, cogitations, re a s P eot . s tte j, bons required to bring it to its P_ eo s ebna e re, The chapters on Whist, we are told, were ~s t plof_ ce , while at press, to several distinguishedirolosecettio and many notes have been appended u IthorshiP of Mr. Bohn claims for himself the al eoraP e r Mtn° l op so r e article on Billiards, which he says, from Mr. White's celebrated work, has boe be_ o u rg . tensively altered and corrected as to. d in ." ii ed 1. almost a new treatise. Ile has dignity:4P piling it, the assistance of severaln cr a w players, and also of A.' , r, Ihgroto I - , 00