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Jtwenile Night. , TILLS EVENING, Will be - presented, by her Majesty's Seriants, A New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, Allegories 1, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff Xing 'to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; 9r, }LEXRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, Te be fo7l.swed by The Operatic,. Play of ROB ROY MACSRECIOR ; er, Auld Lang 3yne. Sir Frederick Vernon, Mr. l►i&lear; Francis Osbaldistono, Mr. Rafter ; Rob Roy Macgregor Campbell, Mr. Cooper ; Bailie "Nicol Jarvie, Mr. Emery; Diana Vernon, Miss Ratter; Helen Mac gregor, Mrs. Terniai. ..Priyate boxes, 31. 35., 21. 12s. rd., 2/. 25., 11. I Is. 6d., and 11. Is. a. d. FIRST PRICE Stalls, ss. each. d. ' SECOND PRICE. Boxes - - 2 0 Pit - - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 No Ralf-price to Upper Gallery I', Mr. T. Posey. Boxes - - 4 0 Pit - - 2 0 I Lower Chary - 1 41 Upper Gallery - 0 6 Box-book-keep., THEATRE ROYAL,. HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, :Sete Leareo and Manager, Old Brampton. THIS EVENING, Will be presented a* entirely new and original Comedy, entitled LEAP YEAR ; or, The Ladies' Privilege. Sir Solomon Solus, Yr. Keeley ; Captain Mon:ier, Mr. iielby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. L'nekstons ; William Walker. Mr. Charles Kean ; Mrs. Flora Floweriew, Mrs. Charles Kean ; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mrs. -Fitzwilliam ; Mrs. Crisp, Mrs. Keeley. - After which THE NINTII STATUE or, The Jewels and The Gem. Principal characters by Mr. Mnnyard, Miss P. Horton, Dirs. L. S. Euckingham, and Miss K. Fltzwilliam. To conclade with BOX and (20_1. Tke Box-officals under the direction of Mr. T. 7'. Archer. THEATRII ROYAL, ADELPHL Undor tlse e;reetcn ci Mada.ne Calera, THIS EVENING Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed r6re , O. Smith, Worrell ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. Aiter which - FRANICBNSTEIIN ; or, The Model Man. franken itein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Zarniel, Mr. 0. 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To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Flea more; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. TRENCH PLAYS AND OPERA COISIQUE. Mr. MITCHELL begs reipectrally to announce that the French Performances at the St. James's Theatre will commence TO-MORROW EVENING, Eight o'clock, when will be performed LE MAITRE CIIAPELLE. To conclude with a New Opera Beuffen, entitled LE CAID. The Box-o±Gro of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven tlll FIVe. ASTLE Y'n BOY AL AM PUITHEATILE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. _ A Grand Javenile Night, commencing with the Pantomime win take place • TUIS EYES ti G. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Sevea, with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nelson Lee, called HAR LEQULN YANKEE DOODLE, 'oho came to Town upon his little Pony. 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 conclada with a new Grand Spectacle of THE KNIGHT OF THE EAGLE CREST; or, The Tourney ef Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats DAT orning, 11 min. after 4 J Evening, 32 min. after 4 To-Mozzew—Morning, 56 min. after 4 j Evening, 16 min. after 5 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 31. TEIENMOBIETER, Lowest, 28, Highest, 38; Noon, 37 BA.NOMETER, 30'23. WIRD S.S.E—dull hazy weather. • • ' , • .1 k A • -'• - • 4.zZreCi, !•-e' - 0z;‘11,11; LONDON, THLRSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1850. This, the closing clay of January, 1850, will prove we are satisfied, of no unmemorable character. As , the morning which witnessed the commencement of a Parliamentary Session destined to affect in no ordi nary degree the fortunes of the United Kingdom, if not the actual stability of the British Empire, com• mercial and colonial, it must always be regarded as the _initial moment of an epoch entitled to no indif ferent remembrance. How far we are justified in ppeaking thus emphatically of the opening of the Session just commenced, may be readily estimated by each 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, end 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, immediate settl ement, and but questions requiring evils demanding instant an 1 permanent rectification. These questions will come very shortly under discus sion in the Lords and Common - ; these evils will successively beseech the united attention cf the Cabinet and of the rarliament. Upon the policy u. cepted by the ruling powers of the State depend the maintenance cf our mercantile supremacy, the con tinuance cf 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 these other necessities already specified ; the more particularly so when we remember that the chances of success in the former instance are all but secured by the propitious train into which every improvement relating to the public health has been put through the instrumentality of the Noble Earl at the head of th e Woods and Forests Department. With the other subjects for legislation, however, which are above particularised, it is altogether different. There the want of legislative interference is imminent in the extreme, no ameliorative effort of any value having been of late adventured upon, and the causes necessitating some such interposition being perpe tually and alarmingly multiplied. Glancing, fur instance, at the want of improve ment in our Colonial Legislation, it must be suffi ciently manifest that something more is desirable towards the dissipation of many sinister forebodings than the temporary expedients adopted by the sagacity of the Colonial Secretary. 'When we recollect the disturbances which have occurred in the Canadas, at the Cape, in Australia, and elsewhere among our numerous and enormous dependencies ; when we re member the charges of misgovernment brought for ward against Lord ELGIN at Montreal, and Lord TORRINGTON at Ceylon ; when we take into con sideration the circumstance that the origin of all these outbreaks and of all these ill-feelings—feelings tending to insubordination, and, if allowed to pass unchecked, to a perilous and sanguinary demise 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 cf provincislization, 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 h;mediately affecting, also, the deliberations of the Legis lature. It is natural, it is surely rational end comprehensible, that the settlers in Southern Afdca should recoil with horror from the notion of finding themselves jostled by a swarm of reprobates gathered together from all the haunts of depravity in England, and disembarked upon their shores periodically in hundreds. It is re3sonable, it is surely allowable and judicious on the part of the aboriginal inhabitants cf 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. Ii is permissible, it is surely just and laudable in the mass of the Canadians to aspire to a position worthy ef 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 SOTEREIGN. They have felt themselves at periods treated in a manner different, essentially dif ferent, from that which characterises the treatment of the mother country. They found their local interests despised, the rites of their religion contemned and in sulted, and as, in the instance of the Cape Colony, the place of their residence threatened with an inter minable and terrible pollution, being rendered in fact the dust-bin, or cloaca, for the moral refuse of Great Britain. No wonder, therefore, that, at intervals, they have found it impossible to preserve with their accustomed serenity their attitude of loyal obedience. No wonder they have found themselves, on one or two occasions, driven to extremities such :as threat ened their violent separation from the English em pire. Every additional reflection upon this subject only tends to increase our conviction that the preserva tion of our vast and widely scattered dominions in both hemispheres is dependant upon the colonial policy about to be adopted by the Imperial Legisla ture. A similar attention to the necessities of judicious innovation in regard to our Navy, and of the pur suance of a wi=e course of proceedings in reference to our commerce, must inevitably lead us to a similar conclusion. And this it is which fills the mind and heart of every patriotic observer with so much and such profound solicitude, now that these three paramount problems for political elucidation are coming formally under the scrutiny of the Parlia ment. That the policy about to be adopted by the Legislature in regard to our mercantile and maritime position is intimately associated with those great and all-important topics, the Currency and Taxation, must be sufficiently obvious to prevent the necessity for any prolonged or detailed argument in elucidation. One cannot be brought directly under discussion without the other being indirectly introduced likewise ; and this consideration it is which so materially enhances their already consider able importance. Therefore, moreover, it is that a session destined to witness debates upon three re forms of a character comparable to those above in dicated, must be considered as one calculated to be in no small degree memorable; and hence, consequently, we have been induced to mention this morning, as one likely to be borne long in the national remembrance a morning which has witnessed, under s uc h 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 due to the talented and patriotic LORD MaAroa, 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 vexata 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 for the abolition of all commercial restrictions and an ut fAtered 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 wee, they determined to make a final attempt in the heart of the metropolis. Sufficient, however, ap peared to induce the principal requisitionists—those entrusted with the preparation of the arrangements for the contemplated gathering—to consider " dis cretion the better part of valour," and to avoid the inevitable defeat that must have been sustained if all classes and denominations of the citizens of Dublin had been admitted to " the Round Room." Hence the care and attention bestowed upon the distribution of the tickets, which rendered what might otherwise have been considered a "grand national demonstra tion," a mere " hole and corner" assembly of no practical value or efficacy. The LORD MAYOR was, however, resolved that the reactionaries should not escape so:easily. He would not permit them to obtain even the negative credit, which was all they ventured to seek. He was well aware of the sentiments of the great body of his fellow-citizens, by whom he had been so honourably selected to fill the mayoralty of their important city, thus exhibiting their approval of his conduct in his private capacity as a merchant, and his public situation as their chosen representative in the Imperial Parliament. He could, therefore, entertain noldoubt as to the result of a general appeal where all would be at liberty to attend and give expression to their cpinicns, 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 flrmer assembly was falsely ard mendaciously so denominated. The proceedings on Monday fully confirmed the soundness of his judgment. The " large room" WP S 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 elcquent 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 resolteion. Although personally as popular as his political creed is obnoxious and unpalstable 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 serted 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 cf 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, Ms.BUTT would have been the man. The earnest zeal and professional ability with which be defended the political prisoners —the learning and research which he exhibited on these occasions—the great and unexpected success which bad attended his exertions on behalf of Mr. DUFFY, and which, probably, saved that gentleman from the melancholy expatriation that awaited so many cf his political friends—above all, his disinterested generosity to the unfortunate PATRICK O'DoNoonun rendered him a general fa vourite, notwithstanding his political mistakes and errors. lie 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, ha is associated. lie is also reputed to be a zealous " nationalist," anxious to elevate his native land in the scale of nations, and though the means he would resort to for that purpose might not be productive of the desired results, still the end and object of his wishes and aspirations are deeply sympathised with by many who differ from him widely in other respects. Stronger evidence could not be afforded of the fixed determination of the people to resist any retrogression in the commercial pos licy recently adopted than the groans and interruptions with which Mr. BUTT was received, end 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 Alkiro, was duly put to the meeting and declared by the chairman to be lost, while 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, ce,ntrary 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 s been adopted without any how of o pp os i t i on , t h ey were carried ?amine 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 bensfit of a small and insignificant minority." THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The semi-official Pattie has the following:— " It is positively stated, that the Government has re c,ived an a^count that the English Cabicet had again claimed from the Greek Government the payment cr the arrears paid by England on the Greek loan, con tracted under the guarttatee cf the three P owers , France, Russia, and England. In support of this demand, an order had been giv e n, it is aMel, t) the Engli s h fl eet to sail Cr the Pirmu.. 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 of energetic measures against the manceuvres 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 cf 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 ray attention to tho demands which have lesn or are about to be ad dressed to them, the French Government will find itself placed with regard to Switzerland nearly in the same situation as it was with regard to the Republic of Maz zini at the moment when the armies cf 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 ef 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 et'.ended with immense incon veniences which are even yet felt, we may judge of the embarrassments and the danger which may arise from this new complication in European affair:. 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 Rom.ur 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. Gordy DE ROSLAN, First Secretary of the Em bassy, and M. ALBERT DE DALMAS, attaché to the French Mission at Buenos Ayree, 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. DEVOIZE, the Consul-General at Monte Video. The Committee on the Budget received a commu nication on Tuesday from the Minister of Public Works of the treaty concluded betwen the Govern ment and the directors of the St. Etienne and Lyons Railroad. This treaty authorises the company t o 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. Dumas . , the Minister of Commerce, authorising the PRESIDENT of the Republic to dispose of the produce 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. 20e. ; Three pe r Cents., 571. 85c.; Bank Actions, 2,367'. 50e. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LO.NDOIN STOCK-EXCHANGE, JAN. Boulogne and Amiens, 77y—Dutch Rhenish, 2—Northe:n of France, 14 dis.—Paris and Rouen, 23:4,—Ileuen 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 due]) 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 12i to and were done at the latter price ; Coupons, 7 to ; Passive Debt, 3i- to 15-16. Exchange on London, 50 35. G ERMA NY. 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 icc, there had been no morning and evening mails of the 27th from Berlin, liamburgh, Breslau, &c., nor any telegraphic communication respecting the transactions of the First Chamber, and the report of the Berlin Bourse of January 28." The following is the amendment of Count AEMIN 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 ( f the royal family of full age; 2d, ( f the chief, of the noble houses of Prussia, which ormerly defended directly on the empire, and ef the chiefs of families to whom a royal ordinance may conftir an heredi'ary seat by order of primogeniture in the Chamber of Peers; 3d, of members nominated for life by the King: their number cannot exccerl the tenth Fast of the members comprise I 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 ef electors fur all the electoral districts shall exceed thirty times that cf the peers, that is, tlat the total number of electors shall be 27,000 sth, f3O rnernb,:us nominated by the municipal council of the principal towns of the country. The total number of peer', c f the first three categories cannot exceed the total number cf peers of the last two. A dissolution of the First Chamber can only affect the elected peers. The constitution c f tl e First Chamber shall teke place on the 7th A 1852. Until thct date tie Ceoctore.l law of 6th December, 1843, for the First Chamber, shall remain in vigour." A letter from the Austrian capital, daLd the 23 , 1 inst , states that on the Northern Railway the snow was five feet higher than the telegraphic lines. Allny cases had occurred of sentinels being frozen to death. The thermometer was at 20 degrees Reaumur. DE Lacouri, the Ambassador of the French Republic, had been received in audience by the EMPEROR. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, JAN. 29. PCSTAL CON7ENTION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND BELGIUM.—TiIe Moniteur Beige of this day publishes the text of the postal convention concluded between his 3l. , jesty the KING of the Bracimis and her Alltht , ty the QUEEN of Great Britain and Ireland. The ratifica tions were exchanged on the 171 h. HOLLAND. TIIE HAGUE, JAN. 28.—Great satisfaction is felt at the approaching marriage of the PrinceEs LCUISA with the Crown Prince of Sweden. We learn from Christiania that a Norwegian flotilla, consisting of three corvettes, will join the Swedish one, and pro ceed to Lubeck in the beginning of May, for the purpose •cf taking on board the young Crown Princess of Sweden and Vice-Queen of Norway, the Princess Louisa. AMCTERDAM, 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 Gfertrude, who were in the most imminent danger, were saved on the 29th of August last. The owners of the ship have placed in the hands . of the Netherlands consul in London a few presents for the I3ftish 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.—Handelsbiad. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. A letter from Kiel, dated Jan. 2.5, contains the following :—" At a conference yesterday between the lieutenancy, the heads of Ministerial departments, and the confidential commissioners, it was unani mously decided that the Danish Cabinet should be written to, inforining it that under present circum stances all negotiafions should be considered as broken off. RUSSIA. Letters frcni St. Ntersburgh of the ISch state that the Russians have gained en advantage over the Cir cassians. An engagement took place on the 311 January on the right hank of the ASAP, with 3,000 soldiers of SCLIAMYL. The Russians took from them two standards, 30 prisoners, and a great number of muskets. The Russians had only three Cossacks wounded, while the mourtaineers left 300 dead on the field of battle. This, it should be remembered, is a Russian account. TURKEY. Count STURALEB, the Austrian loternuncio, has demanded that the refugees should be placed under the surveillance of the Austrian Consul and the Turkish authorities at Kutaia, whither thoy should all repair, which demand the Porte formally rejected. The Count also wishes the surveillance to be for life ; the Porte, however, thinks five years sufficient. The result is, that the Count has sent to his Government for further instructions. ITAL The Paris Constitutionnel publishes a letter from Rome of the 19th. General BARAGUAY D'IEMLIERS had returned from Portici "much indisposed" says the writer. From what follows we si:ould opine that his indisposition, if n o t a l toge th er po li t i ca l, was at least very opertune. It appears t h at A us t r i a h a d 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 18th the eight deputies from the French Assembly, sent to Rome for what purpose no one knows, left the city. It appears that during their four days' stay they were constantly watched at• tended by the police, who, in fact, prevailed upon them to depart. A report is prevalent that the French steamer, having on board the 20th regiment of the French line, has been wrecked on her passage to Africa. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) This being the last day of Hilary Term, th e Ixrd Chancellor took - appeal motions, but nothing of any interest came before the Court, and his Lordship rose at an early bour to attend the 'prang of Parliament in the House of Lords. ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) ALLFREY V. ALLFREY.—JUDGMENT. The MA STEIt ef 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. SKELTON.— JUDGMENT, The MASTER C f the ROLLS also gave judgment in this case, in which the only question was, whether interest should he paid on the purchase-money from the time of the purchase, or from the time when the Master made his report finding a good tit'e. His Lordship thought that interest should only be paid from the time the Master made his report, and ordered accordingly. Nothing of any interest occurred in any of the other Equity Courts. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) :Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice WILDE, Mr. Justice MADLE, Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) TEIORNE V. SIMMONS. _ Mr. GRIFFITHS, on the part of the defendant in this case, moved the Court fir a writ of prohibition to be directed to the Judge of the County Court at Luton, calling upon him to stay proceedings in en action in that court in which a verdict had been given fur the plaintiff fir 71. 12e. 6d. It appeared that this sum was the balance of an account amounting to 1671. 9s. 6d. which arose between the parties who were the joint overseers of a parish. The Learned Counsel moved for the prohibition, 9n the ground that the amcunt of 167/. 9s. 6d., except the sum cf 71. ocP, Pas a set off, and not a balance cf account ; and, theref)rr, that the County Court had no jurisdiction. The summons was returnable on the 28th November, and it was part heard and adjourned until the next Court eay, and, tilt - mutely, an order was made, on the 27th December, fir payment to be male on the 7th of February next, so as to give the parties time to come before this Court if they thought necessary t) argue the question cf juriedicion. The COURT said that the defendant having delayed bringing the motion before the Court uati, the hie; :lay of term, which precluded tho plaintiff showing caoße until next term, they were of opinion there was no ground in this case for deviating from the practice of the Court, which was not to grant a rule nisi f,r writs cf prohibition, except under peculiar circurostanceF, justi fying the exception, and ths.r.fire uo rule could go on the subject. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Bdore Mr. Jubtice ERLE.) JuNES V. LLOYD. In this case a rule bad been obtained calling upc;ri the plaintiff, and the Judge of the Cardigan County Court, to show cause why 00 proceeding Lhould net be stopp, d by a writ c f prohibition, on the ground of some inior n2ality in the original summons.. Mr. lustice ERLE now gave judgment, dismissing the rule without coits. The defendant, he said, had ap peared and pleaded to the plaint, and, admitting that the summons was informal, the tact of his appearing waived all obj , ction on that point. When any infor mality was visible on the face f a County Court sum mons or order, it 0u.0.1t to be akcted to at once, and a patty must act wait till judgment had been obtained against him before he came to this Court for relief. That, howc%er, was not the course that had been adopted here, and he was of opinion, therefore, that the rule ought to be discharged. itule discharged. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BuRcuELL.) CRIH. CON.- VICKERS V. BIRCH. This wai an action to recover damages for criminal corAcrsation with plttintiff's wif>. The datx ages were laid I - A 5,000/. Deierclaut suffered judgment to go by default. Mr. COOKE, who appeared for the plair.f fl, WAS pre ceeding to state the case, when Mr. EDWIN JAMES said be was instructed by his client to avoid, if possible, details which must be pair.- ful to all parties interested being gone into, and was willing t ) consent to a verdict fur 50/. Mr. COoKE sad he could not compromise his crept, hut if it Ras to be taken as a full admission, end so that no impediment should be thrown in the way of ulterior proceedings by plaintiff, and as a verdict was ono 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 slid he would consent, and a verdict was then given for 501. The parties were not described by either c.:f the Le4rned Counsel. The other cases were und,Leded, and the Court rose fl,tir a v ry shoat sitting. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 31.—Wind st noon, S.S.E., light brerze and clou!ly. COWES: JAN. 30. —Wind F.S.E.—Aird. Fredr rick, Wosserire, 132hia. • FOWEY, JAN. 29.—Wind W.— Arrd. Ocean Queen, Le Buuthtcer, Pernamtuco. FAL3IOUTII, JAN. 30.—Wind N.E. to E.S.E , fresh bre( zes. Off pert, Nen a:timberland, Purism, Madras; Matichetter (supposed), Rog,ers, Pernambuco. GITERNSEY, JAN. 29.—Wind W.—Arrd. Loui: a, Lush, Havannah. Ni.WPORT, JAN. 30.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Augusto, Hong-Kong; Charlotte, New Orleans. DEAL, JAN. 30.—WiLd E. t. Bergal, MiLeod, Calcutta. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 30.—Wind S.S.F.—SId. John Wesley, Purainagua; Chieftain, Savannah; Mersey, Ja maica; North Pole, Philippines; John L.lather, Ca'cut a; 11•Ceiline, ditto; Richard Cobden, Bombay; Sir Dairy Smith, Rio Janeiro; Supply, Bahia; General Wiltshire, ditto; Sir Howard Douglac, New Odom; Peter Marcy, ditto; Albert, ditto; G. Reply, Philadelphia; Savannah, New York; Funchon, Boston. Off port, Abbey Sands. B,AISISGATE, JAN. 30.—Wind E.—Arrd. Karstad, Van Hull, Care ef Good Hope for Amsterdam, put in here on account of the ice; Friends' Goodwill, IJuppe, hay sprung a leak, and is discharging; Lady DouglaF, Newcast'e for Critin , gen2; crew ref Factory. HOLYHEAD, JAN. 29.—The Economy, of and from Ab,rystwith to Liverpool ; sprang a leak yesterday about twenty miles to the westwatd, and was abandoned; crew :3svcd. WILLS, JAN. 29.—The Old Harry, from fllyth t Rochester, in coning into the (34,c1;:n Gal, was a-ried by the ebb tido on the Burbcr Sand, but was asz,isted oil, after remaining two hours, and brought into thp LYNN, JAN. 29.—The Thibert and Betsey, Specula tion, Navy, Cor , fucius, and Helene, which were on elute esterday,in the Channel, have all been got off, the fint suLtained damage. YAR3IOUTH, JAN. 22.—The 13raifurd, from London to Selby, was aisted into the harbour this day, with loss of topmast and rigging, having been caugl,t in a gale. PORT6MOUTII, JAN. 30.—The Arrow, Hall, from Sun deriand, in attempting t) enter the Cumber on the-: ebb, grounded on the Point, listed considerably to port, is being lightened, and expected to be righted on the flood. WHITEY, JAN. 29.—The Britannia, Hogarth, c f this port, in taking the harbour with a hut:sty 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 sa7ed. SUNDERLAND, JAN. 30.—Tbe rim], hence to Whit stable, and Euatneaus, of this port, are on shore; crew and materials saved, but tbrce persons were drownel in saving tie crew if 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 cf Reading resides a lady, the second wife of a pre fesrional gentleman, but who by a first marriage has several children, now arrived et 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 ef our seaports, and an attachment ensued, which, when known, was strongly disapproved of by the family, who thought the lover, the son of en 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 prof mnd 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 con ve y e d t o 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 be satisfied himself that he had laboured under a delusion. Ile 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, man y went to see what had occurred. Suspicion had fallen upon the unhappy lover, and his sudden appearance among the spectators ind uce d th e au th or iti e s to take Kirainto custody fer thus vi o l a ti ng th e l a w. At the pale 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. r) e do not pretend in this hasty sketch to verify every minute detail, but the main points are so literally true that we have perhaps been unnecessarily scrupu lous in withholding the names, which some may think to render this " ower true tale less credi• bleb—Berkshire Chron;clc. HIGH TIDE IN 111 E MEDWAY.—On Tuesday the tide rose in the Medway to an extraordinary height, and for more than an hour previous to the time of high water the river in many parts overflowed its banks, the weight of water breaking down the land-walls whereby it is usually kept within its limits. The various wha'es in the neighbourhood were flooded, and ita tho High street cf Strood a boat plie I for the convenience of pas sengers, many houcies bring 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 ordindrY spring tide. '; A TALE or BEEF TEA."—A Scotch minister, who ea-ed about no sublunary things (exeept flow an d then a visiora , ry tale of bawbees might cross his Mind), on one occasion Leing taken seriously ill, called in tlio (lector, and admonishing him first " not to draw a a bill, for he couldna, afford it," asked hitt; the nattir . e n e - 1 ' his complaint After feeling the parson's pulse, loohinb 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; geed away twa days sine, and I've no had apicltteo n have som e I brose since!" " Why minister, man, ye mau b e , f Le ," Lord, doctor, I hro nae tea in the house, nor beef either; ye maun be a feel to think wed, minister, I'll senin'yeos'omriendbienegf ony here." " Weel, el e put it in the bill." tea doun." "Na na, doctor, y Minister, send it doon free o'_ charge, and mind ye tak it." The doctor sent down t tli • beef tea, and next day called to see how his . ps tent was getting on. Neel, minister, how are • p eesiek I ever teak in ma life, I'm awfu' harl ; a' the t • L e da y ?" rf it;j l the beef tsa beats a'.' Wh o m il a y n, m i i t ti w ie i k d . n ,, a stay vri' me ava: it made me worse than ony minister, I'll try the tea m " Why, So putting some in a skillet, he armed it, tasted it, and told the minister it was excellent. Man," salts mi▪ nister, " is that the way ye sue it?" Whatshould it be suppit? It's excellut, I say miritt- ler ' way t‘ It may be guile that way, doctor, bet try it ni' ;h . cream and k sugar, man) try it that, and then see ye e it?" . It IS ntedless to say how the doet - or' laughed the simple minister fancying ths:t all tut should be taken with ;et and sugar. The Earl of Malmesbury has been for some days confined to his bed by rheumatic f,!ver, and will he ur able to attend his Pariiatnentary duties at the meeting of ~FRSCITI. -,,)1 A MILITARY AcADrNY.---WOOLIVICIT, JAN, 30. —Tne whnlo of the gentlemen cadets arrived ye - terday at the Academy, on Woolwich-common, and this upgraing attended their varivus chum at that imtitutio, T ,E ENIN-G OF PARLIAMENT. HER MAJESTY S SPEECH, Pal liathent was opened this day by Coimnissior. The House of Commons having been summoned, the Speaker, accompanied by several of the 111(nnber::, appeared at the Bar of the House of Lords, when the Lord - Chancellor read the Royal Speech a 6 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 Adeiaiie has caused her /Llajesty deep affliction. The extensive charity and exem plary virtues of her late Majesty wiil always render her memory dear to the nation. " Her Majesty happily continues ia peace and amity with Foreign Powers. " In the course cf the autumn, differences of a serious character arose between the Governments of Austria and Russia on the one hand, aad the Sublime Porte on the :other, in regard to the treat ment of a considerable number of persona whe, after the termination of the civil war in Hungary-, had taken refuge in the Turkish Territory. " Explanations which took place between the Turkish and Imperial Governments have fortunately removed any danger to the Peace of Europe which might have arisen ont of these differences. " Her Majesty having been appealed to oi< 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 a.iist by the employment of her good tfflces in effecting an amicable settlement of those differences, in a manner consistent with the dignity and indepen dence of the Porte. "Her Ll?jegy has been cngsged in communica tions with Foreign StnteF, upon the measures which might be rendered nece:.sury by the relaxation of the restrictions formerly impolcal by the navigation laws cf this country. "Toe Goi - ernmsnts of the United States of America and of Sweden have promptly taken steps to secure to Britida ships in the ports of ,their rc 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 Itjesty has 'received from nearly all of them assurances which induce her to hope that our example will speedily lead to a great and generi - ,1 di -Id nution of those obstacles which previously existed to a free intercourse by sea between the nations of the world. "In the summer and autumn of the past year the United Kingdom was again visited by the ravages of the Cholera, bat 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 subject.. Although the effects of former years of scarcity are painfully felt in that part of the United Kingdom, they are mitigated by the prcs;nt abundance of food, and the tranquillity which prevails. "ller 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 THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, " Her Majesty has directed the Estimates for the year to be laid before you. Tney have been framed with a strict regard to Ei:onomy, while the efficiency of the various branches of the Public Service has not been neglected. " Her Majesty has seen with sa ti s f action the present state of the Revenue. " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, I.; Some of the measures which were postpried at the end of the last sessior, for want of time for their consideration, will be again laid before you. Among the most important of these is one for the better - G)vernment of the Australian Colonies. " Her Majesty has directed various measures to he prepared fur the improvement of the condition of Ireland. The mischiefs arising from party processions; the defects of the laws regulating the relations of landlord and tenant ; the imperfect state of the Grand Jury Acts; and the diminished number of elec tors for Members to serve in Parliament ; will, together with other matters of serious conse quence, form the subjects cf measures to be sub- mitted fur your consideration. " Her Majesty has learnt with satisfaction, that the measures which have been already passed for the promotion cf 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 convulsions which during the last two years have shaken so many of the States of the Continent of Europe. It is her Majesty's hope and belief that by combining liberty with order, by preserving what is valuable, and amenditl what is defective, you will sustain the fabric of our institutiow, as the abode and the shelter of a free awl happy people." Their Lordships adjoutr ed durin g pleasure. The Invernegg Courier gives the history of ti pair cf bagpipes which have been played in that town during the Christmas holidays. They were manufactured about 100 gears ego for the Duke of Gordo:- ; and have been since in 32 military engagements in Cana la, Egypt, and the Continent. THE EXPERIMEWTAL BALLCON.—An experimental rceltage balloon, as sugg(Lt:d by Mr. Gee. Shcpbtrd, C.E., for communicating information with Sir John anklin in the Arctic Regions, will be di,ratched from London in the course of a f..w dr.ys. The mess - ages will be printed on coloured I aper as follows; many thou sands of which will be circulael:—Experinarn'al bl.l - Notice, London, Jan. 30, 1850. Any rerson who may pick up this slip of paper, is re:peetfully re quested to forward it imnaedb.trAy (p:r post) to the tic - cretary at tho Admiralty, London, ttiting the time and where f)rind.—Found at— on 1850. It Laving been reported that some of the Midland officials have hecn ' bearing" the stock to the extent of 40,C00/., we undors'and the shareholders Lave called for tv ynve6tig - aticr. Mr. Ellis has been v;l.:.tcri to on the 8,1 oi.,ct.—threpetl:4 Journal. 't E•ii E• A 7. !Y o EAD ~lAlLwAy.—Traf:c for t 1; . wac'z o•r , Jed 1550:—C unl 11. Main Line, 9981. si. 3d.; .Mold, 711. 6e. id.; steam-boats, 694 161. 91—T041, 4,094 Bs, id. LITERATURE. , TILE ,PETREL; or Love on the Ocean . A Tale of the Sea. By a Naval Officer . 3 V.°` 1 8. Novels are divided into almost innumerable clogs' eachA has its especial and its general admirersi Paineng them all the navel novel holds a Ar pin iven d place in the estimation of the general reader, an nibers a large multitude of peculiar adm irer ! . There is something fascinating in the theme en takes . us awhile from the narrow circuit of ordinallo 55 ,, seciations to lead us "o'er the glad waters of t ' ver y or b ,ark blue sea." There is something in the ganization of the little world on board shiP land.wbic possesses a charm for the most unsailerlike _ r, lubber. Even he "whose soul would sickea con: 0 ric er the bounding wave," if actually r.n i ed to voyage thereon, delights in imaginatialits svancer "far as the breeze can ' he ar the billows foam," and in fancy to dare the perils 0 f jk i 1 1 hurricane, or face the boarders of the enelnk• re a who are desirous of such • adventures have Pe Dbe t glorious opportunity for encountering their. . its I , s namesake, the Petrel of this narrative Puratte' of form way undaunted by elemental strife :of defiant of mortal foes. At the opening of the fi rs these three volumes, we learn that - , ( ", • ahe little Petrel bad been suddenly disPatchelrball the Commodore of a cruizing squadron in the I d a t i le; .Ocean,r. b search the Mozambique Channel, $O.OlO rumour bir slag° to the northward of it, for pirates, A ` de T e d an mour having reached that officer of vessels Pinnh die and crews maltreated in those seas ; and, th eli g - ,:tbal t, , believing the report, he felt it his duty to considei t hst route, which East Indiamon frequently tt,,,,,/c, ~ffi r , c , d which circumstance being generally nit& a powerful temptstion to marauders. Orarmisy Petrel, therefore, towards the close of se eruiz e c 'lit — ^ ll mentha' duration, was hastily completed with e'" 6 ' r from th e , i r la e d provisions and stale remainder biscuit f ships of the squadron, it being presumed that of " s ", r ,ist fresh provisions, of he th of which she stood ' a n t bet need, might be rca lily pr. - :cured in many pa rts - i . extensive route." °w hat Thus provided the Petrel sets out on her s°n3 r:otail l perilous enterpriee. She is commanded by 'f i c; bis Daunten, a man eminently well q ualified : i 'l and responsible position. His nobility of a rt - a 'Oh, kindliness of heart are manifested on marl c'e,,--,,stilr of on h.s none more beautifully than in the closing bon y is t career. Herbert, the first lieutenant of the Petrel, - the hero of the story, and the gentle l'lnr ab i a its is the heroine. Of their history, which .g i ve s it / second title to the novel, we shall only 5 3 Y - m en b sentimental interest is not diminished, but angcTioe y the very natural and in nowise exaggerate,,,tbert nor in which the various feelings of the father , t - w hich and daughter are described. The se s e n n e oredpiinsoaaristloifve: i" sarsill 'i tne trembling Mrs. Darcie confides I% : ie in $ secret to her Lava does not read like Andnovel ; it rather resembles an event in to say this is to express no mean conu llell and by th The various perils encountered by the Petrel! vo rk• ~,e ., other vessels incidentally mentioned in th is t r e stife .e described in a very interesting an d i e d-nt t a ° manner ; and necessarily so, for it will be ev , 'hie.' all who turn over these aces that the hre"" t 'is fele planned the intricacies of the n ' 'cal maeca 3sTre l a lle 54 eleciibed has before now executedaul. siteilart-„1: the in imagiration but in reality. Such a surall'e correct' — win b e dtoiri part of the readers of the "Petrel" for we believe that the "Naval Officer" all ud n e d a A t the title-page is Admiral Fisher, who conies teo the the blockade of Alt.xandria in 1840. In ad, d ' a - p il es t il l peculiar interest attached to the nautiosl • —ri c i, en' s k e tce tero t se l i , eious characters described are happily a hough the story is not one of very intenseAlri,ervel itis a pleasing narrative, agreeably told , an `WebA a rn we a l .r l ir t e o d i s n o t i r n o e duce a variety of sea advenlnree'e,'ng th° e it s h cr i i i u l l e s i iiia g o ls t passages for extract, one vi d . striking of the ship upon a coral reef, exeeption, perhaps, of a severe earthquake's t h , e sa he . alarming and perplexing sensation the pr ial d e ' , n e n r a l. g i, r i i n o e n d o ; ' f ' , a a n r d )nr a r n r o , t v he e r sn , o c p o o n f t r a o in nr ieg an a vvio P t ( ipl vs et 's ' o - 1 :I; an e it' o , o 6 tastroehe e (Vol. 111, page 214), but compels us to omit them. The stratag em , of a pirates .in luring their enemy within rang-iv:bell noavy gun concealed on th. , shore, at a nic al ' e e n e s gol rttreat was impereible, and the s ubsecl ll ` - or° 'entry of Herbert and death of Patin t°n ' t igh tli tbo w ,, c h admirably narrated. Many truth are to be found in the prises of the 6 4 Petre l° ;rig will repay the reader for the time spent in sell ea r etic a ,! l'or them. There is one which is full of P — a , al' wisdom ; alluding to a man who, "blase points, l3,l)- , felt even luxury a bore," it is observelerate ' The cup of true enjoyment is but °f 1-1!° core, capacity, and he who tries to force there'l, ats' than it is calculated to hold, because 11 , 1 _ 5 , 1 - e:0 15 blindness sees not its limit 7, only wastes the 1' fluid." Part ELIZA COOK'S JOURNAL. -. al ; oopo frf , Another instalment of this clever 311 `' :Ore ." periodical serves to confirm our favourable ye slot' of its merits, while it tends also to develnrof it` more strikingly than heretofore the capabilitle s nr ile; gifted editor for the conduct of such an ente r r,sP Eliza Cook is manifestly sustained in the labrl",silii responsibilities devolving upon her, in connellyth' the management of her weekly miscellany' . 0 0, flection that her success h as b een already " Al' tinguished and that her work is alresd.Y sc so ooe advanced. Asa journalist she evidences 3 C°'„ nd foils ness ef being no longer a novice : her be-rosio ieto the movements of its new exercise with in_ e m ee facility ; her having entered upon a second v°o(les manifested quite as distinctly by the roore i l oi ed tone of the different effusions, as it is P r°e 'stell' en , s o ‘ so many words by the mere business adver-ttoed to the close of each number, too, we are gib e .us to observe that she still continues giving ". - edialf.„ - , column of "Diamond Dust"—thereby each part a kind of fringe or tassel of ,-ojlecrett Several of the sententious sentence s i ; te under that appropriate heading are rep - l i t Wlt b a world of meaning, and others are fravg r th e ' the ineffable graces of poetry. Altoge i t i b n e z t„ evidence a large and most appreciative reau e :Onde;e her rhythmical contributions the editor:is s ' l A s e g o tigable ; and, needless to say, her verses are da/ marked by an incontestable ability. Ge oin 'lleocb ls , agreeable are her verses on " Receivicg d esb' W [leather, Gorse, and Fern ;" consoling u n v e ioir rrr i rating are those entitled, " There's a Silc er it ' A t Every Cloud ;' felicitous are the lines headed'ir, P e r Again" —being rhymes for young res", e t bis Pwr e thesweetesnd best of all her contributioll s tion of less c ate r journal —to our thinking, r i c e, the stenzss a dd resse d to C. C., in Alne-tee commemorative "Our Rambles by - n to, P , t if‘ Besides her own charming poetic fragro e t t, ot,P eir Cock graces the pages of her miscellany v:coptin'tire of various merit from the pens of differ en t e t f et t er , ' tors. Some of these are really excellent,_..'iateal est • scarcely comparable to the prose pape.rF, fo . f iff s. selected. Among the latter we recogn''S,, 'AF e te ample, our old favourite, poor Torn rci t e c o . Peck's Pudding." Stories, essays, and ot psb o i: laneous articles alternate throughout n t t ises i f n t el . which are sprinkl e d a l so w i t h critical i'reeP,s;fsil cative of con s id era bl e taste and actuneu °flsseek".elf; the reviewer. The work altogether can ' ee stio n :ge' to impart as much in s tr uc ti on as it Ogl snag affords entertainment. Under the adrnirsbool!.:o. meat of its celebrated editor, it is still cr e rolise hitherto with materials for information or $. 110 S. THE HAND-BOOK OF GA- for t oi, Mr. Bonn's very excellent " most part, present us with new and cheali befo re , , if already popular works. The volugle,.. r erfit it . which forms part of the " Scientific °r ig b_ t v o le,. however, not only to some extent a new to &m o ot is almost unique of its kind. It profess es " the most complete directions for plaYi n f ts h Pu en te skill and science yet presented to the Exg eit i,ell' is i, Its great predecessor, Hoyle," says the ad v 00 0 4 se " fur more than half . a century the 0 01 .1.' et 0 0 OP has now become obsolete or ituPef .1 eect,' spect to several of the princlP - too' ties' and more likely to mislead thec a p rtie bee st , The want of a comprehensive on don t,ll tv manual of this description having fre c l: re irie d j deter are pressed on the publisher, he de, ses ' w it undertake it, and confided the task ~"'b egi nt3 "fet!r Carleton." The " Hand-book of Games iut n ee (le consideration of Whist, which is divide o f t' The parts. Three of these are revised edition s Iles' the hsP e rections of Hoyle, Matthews, and Des,° e i e too',ol9: fourth is an original treatise by Mr. 01 4 10 e article on whist fills nearly two buno te dir e oft et printed pages ; hence the minuteness o dritte, .tio jer may be easily surmised. Piquet, Qun„ we etf 51 0 0 6 Vingt- un,Rouge- et-noir, and more than 111 0 te ller games are described with interesting Vat ic° 1300.1/ 39 es • also Backgammon, Draughts, Billiards Linea and American Bowls. Chess is not 0 0 4 0 One+ list. It is hardly necessary to do naoreewasteellioe rate . the contents of the " Hand-book c" the e%cr g the cannot fail to find a welcome wherever effect of games of skill and science in e sg e P e liee es! intellect and giving exercise to the _".. s ea! ties is duly eppreciated. The publisu i el rec tiot?!e in the adyertieen:ent, that the various_ eten t J aptea been submitted to numerous eill ) b e g 04 61 volutu h e ~,e pre :,1 9 , f 0 11 passing through c , Ivo c it nearly alidhe twofurt further years adds that that this has occasioned a very considerable () 13 1` 1 ,10 4 0 1 . 10 circumstance by no means surprising sider the abundant and valuable. L i , e o uj etef e . contains, and when we bear in mind t" , and seat,' references, examinations, cogita 5 1 15 . , res eet. At t tions required to bring it to _I! , I re or ;ye e t . appen.r ut bors i o c ror ee s The chapters on Whist, we are tol s d . e lc ob t ese l: lo9 o tb e o while at press, to several distinguL n i 0 c on o f., of ; d althe u g ' eo 50 0 03 e and lllr. Inßaoil?n' e n l o a t i e m s s ha f v o e r been himself article on Billiards, which he sayF, L., bas Deeoai, from Mr. White's celebrated t , hir e in 0 1 ;" e e tensively n'aered and correctea H e has re t 0 almost a new trcatife. seve ral 110 piling it, the assistance OinZurstant players, and Also of AJr• THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3l, iB6O , ,le I