The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-08 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Nth b ft i yesterday an o th er we ll- a tt en d e d morning rw'entance at Drury-lane Theatre. Wednesday being genei a u 3' a half -holiday in scholastic establishments, the to "had sel ected it so as to enable families of juveniles , e , 4 4. tt end Without in conven i ence to precep t ors an d pa mad the appe nce of the house showed that p i t Tillit lie had b een taken of this arrangement, for t h e both kld bozes were filled with groups of youngsters of 2 "es• The daring but graceful evolutions of Ifengler on the tight rope, and the trained dogs th e 1:11°IlkeYs, seemed t o b e par ti cu l ar ly en j o yed ; but equestrian entertainments lost nothing of their fraction; th e 1 ° 1 ; neither did the tumbling and witticisms of clowns excite less laughter than formerly. What the of r ,benefit of Tom Barry's on the . 13th, the benefit to a close t h e •E. T. Smith on the 17th, which brings the Nagernent of th e p resen t eques t r i an c o m pany, and y o g r all 4 d bal masque on the 19th, Drury-lane will have 0 &1- 11(11 " audiences f or th e nex t f or t n i g ht— a thi ng 11€ -.4 et unheard of at an theatre so close upon the eve fi l i n f ` -4 . 8t131 a5, for which it is usual to keep all good gs m store. WZDNESDAY EVENING CONCERTS. hall Duthes °o ncert of' last night was not only the best that 4Bp rto been g i ven, b ut, if we may j u d ge f rom th e , 44 " e a Exeter-hall, the most profitable. There th e ,7111inusually large audience, and the excellence of tio la ' re gramme satisfactorily accounted for the attrac -4 It was another "Ni g ht w ith M en d e l sso hn." The ke . kr).- symphony, under the masterly guidance of c ec cliet, was played in su c h a manne r as to leave Pho:"'" for animadversion. The success of the sym elaime'ciWas greater than ever, and it may now be safely 4.1 4 "'long the few orchestral compositions of a 4,4B,eharacter that have acquired popularity with the eve n es ' Mdlle. Claws la ed the concerto in G- minor en bette r • 1 3 y 4011 4 than on the occasion of the first " Mendels her4;4.lglit." It was, according to the announcement, f° perform ance i n E ng l an d prev i ous t o h er depar eoil' St. Petersburg. A more brilliant " farewell " ot have b een d es i re d b y h er b es t w i s h ers. H er and en triic n was irr e p roac h a bl e ; s h e di s pl a y e d th e spirit -er gY imperatively demanded by the music, which th onn Ttqueed by Mendelssohn at a period when the erpp es ut.B that burn within are most eager for outward ; and gave the exquisite slow movement with atlll, 4 lent peculiarly her own. At the conclusion last "'lauss was recalled unanimously. The overture kie.llTilt Was th a t w hi c h i s en titled Fingal's Cave, the 414astl."';u6 °tefretshteing three concert overtures, and one of the mote of the art. The selection of vocal music sec ond part, which began with the overture to dei i c4 rtide, and ended with a march from La Donna Of p — „Vo, also included the polacca from Spohr's opera batir3t; which was played with great spirit by the ff 11 141 . 22 1 e hall was crowded, and the concert went o - ..uag,ging spirit. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, DEC. 7. ott lil h o e Queen an d P r i nce an d Duchess of Brabant rode r seback yesterday. The Royal c hil dren took t h e i r usua l exerc i se . tot: 3 P4rl. of Clarendon and Count Lavradio returned §don. a Stp,„,,ePiltation of the Metropolitan Commissioners of Yea tell had an interview with Viscount Palmerston of 4:: 44 ,3 7 at the Ho me - o ffi ce . Th e d e p u t a tio n consisted ° col Jebb, c h a i rman ; Si r J . F . B urgoyne , Lieut.- 1 41(1 -91 . Dawson, Mr. Baker, Mr. G. Spencer Smith, ' 4 er e tt ir - Redhead, commissioners; Mr. Woolrych, J A a TY ; and Sir William Cubitt, consulting engineer.. t4,hrtilltation on the subject of the juxtaposition . of witC„ e ntific societies of the metropolis had an interview eid er , 'lie Ran]. of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official ref %lee in Downing -street. The deputation consisted Bell, 11,,,,°,/ael Sabine,. V.P.C. Treas. R.S., Mr. Thomas CC4erit Linrucan Society, Mr. Thomas Graham, V.P. , kirtrieal Society, Sir Robert H. Inglis, Bars., F.R.S., M W. R. Grove, F.R.S. tti,,LrPutation respecting the interments in Hackney; NlZ'Yard had n interview, yesterday, with Viscoun 147,erston at the a Home-office. The deputation from consisted of the Rev. Thomas Oliver Good . - •titiTh i l: tr io recior of Hackney ; the Rev. Thomas Davis rector of Hackn; William Mr. William Holloway ; 1 1_4• John Barber and George Cole, church ellar - O s of Hackney, Mr. George Greenwood and Mr. A i d . '" Green, accompanied by Mr. Charles Horton - A eY, the vestry clerk. try, delmitation of the Board of Guardians of the parish ,c;arnberwell, Surrey, on the subject of the sewers and til riltary - )4t, 0 Messrs, Mmes,All'nedarse consisting of Mr. John Owen Hart, e a s innan ' Mitchell Greenaway, vice-chairman, A 4 l ': Deacon, Beattie, Ferdinand Richard Camroux, • • Jialn Henry I'Anson, Alexander Lod kli;,,lrvine, Samuel Straker, Frederick C. L. Stahl- George Webster, M.D., and Thomas W. Plum, %4:11 interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday. tmhop of London and Aw,ladeacou Elloclair had Ilterview yesterday with Viscount Palmerston. e 44. t Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and 11 1k k after taking leave of her relatives, the Duke and te-,Z e lle de Brat): nt, at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, bco'" t rOlv re turne, via Southampton, to Frogmore As k w Bel he Duke of Rutland has arrived in town from rh't Castle, Leicestershire, to attend the cattle show. ,':4 n j e Earl of Clarendon returned to town, on Aal e e - ~,,aY eveninm, from a visit to the Queen at Osborne, • ()1 Wight. Itlep i f William and Lady Molesworth entertained a d en t circle at dinner, on Tuesday evening, at their resi rn7 in Eaton-place. lip h 4 c l ie Marchioness of Lothian and family have ar 'kevi L a t . Newbattle Abbey, Mid-Lothian, from Mount 4 4 - ", the family seat in Roxburghshire. The youthful 1 5 14 411 ,,, 5, Who has just taken a first-class degree at Ox -4454:." expected to join the party shortly before Christ mi t e Duchess (Dowager) of Beaufort and the gotnerset are staying in strict retirement at 8ad ,440u A ` Lord and Lady Blanche Dupplin have left for 4 4if e - a n, his lordship's turn of duty, as an officer in the Ist at w.uards, Indsor requiring him to do duty with the regimen tonhe • tqa.„ t e Marchioness of Salisbury arrived in Arlin- T h tee t Yesterday, from Brighton. of Wilton, and a party of sporting geld s rg and gentlemen, are enjoying the sports of the - - , gerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray. N at , h e Earl and Countess of Harrington are pre from attending the ball at Derby this day, in con hit of the death of Lady Caroli lar ne Sanford, Lord etit',, - 4 - gton's sister. For this reason alarge party has been itteat Elvaston . Castle, invited there for the purpose of ` u rig the ball. n 1 -he lob -•• ortuguese Minister, Count La,vradio, and s tlef'_ BB returned to Gloucester-place yesterday, from a 'NI 1 , vl Sit to the Queen at Osborne House. The count Ilk fell:lain in comparative privacy until the Court mourn 4 - 11 4 4 ,7 the lat e Q ueen o f P or tugal expires on the 18th . Pred -e Duke of S u therland's second son, the Lord !t,q,il e nek L eveson G ower, w h o i s pursuing. his academical N rl l l , Ilg at Cambridge, is ou the eve of leaving that seat of to join the Rifle Brigade. tf k , it " Earl of Orkney and Edward Huggins, Esq., alt "Ills on Saturday last, as ma g istrates for the city of M inster. of Richard Sutton has been enjoying the sports t ea old amongst his old friends in this county during at week.—Lincolnthire Times. t()I I .., S LEY HOUSE.—This mansion is undergoing th,„ -I 'lerable alterations and repairs, during the absence of thZ.laoble duke and duchess on the continent, previously to tt ti ll. taking up their residence at the abode of their late Willcted and lamented father. The Great Duke :was . un -414 to sanction the requisite repairs during his life time, of Which had become necessary, and are now in course ~..."'Aug carried into effect. PALACE.—We are glad to learn that Ile ` - 'trace the Duke of Hamilton has now appointed the lls who are to have charge of showing to the public 1/41441)artments in Holyrood Palace and the Chapel Royal ; ail we have reason to believe that the new arrangements lael l OrY shortly come into operation. By these arrange degt intended by the Commissioners of her Ma -01E,',4, Works, &c., that the public shall be admitted to Vlaa" .44 oe and chapel on five days of the week, at the fixed fio,, °e of sixpence for each individual, while on Saturdays '"ltnission will be free.—Scotsman. ; F 3. , ~, figure 1 42 : ' 4 : 0 1) S EXHIBITION. —A highly interesting xthiliust been placed in the great room of this museum, this '4l represents the Sultan of Constantinople, and in the Particular time is sure to be viewed with much i . of the chief actors in t . 1 1 : 8 t by the public, as being o e i , .eeenes of war and stirring v n e e nts now being carried to ,1 the East. This figure of the e Sultan Abdul-Medji . d and represents his k, al, e leed in the. European costume z ' e with dark hair antl 15 8a: 1 ; 8 tY a man of thirty yea" of a l6!-- ua ffe and debility. Toil with much of the Oriental g all,z,Z ePitotriterasoit, moreover, is taken, twae understand, from 3, li i k r e . ne o s i s i . veir, and is no doub kiltbtroTlON OF THE WINE Dll „ T s l g E in ß o c . o — e d my 1 114 „..:, Writes from Bordeaux : arrival in %lir ' - "Y, I have received the greatest support, and . as -1.4A411ce ef the sympathy felt, in our eftstoob fe t l a t in by a 11,;muetien of the wine duties. The apprehension. t he Allt, p e rsons as to a deficiency of supp ly, u . 1 s h to meet any tibra Dresent is very large ; quite eno u g h g by quite futile. e. 4114 / 1 for the next three years, and . that time, if Illeasure is carried, there will be i d mmense tracts producing. 1 1: 6 °)Untry planted with vine. an are Plit vintage was a short one, and .1,1 l wines 4ellg dear vintage Yet much good, sound, agreeablee say wines, he t a I),‘ 1 3d. per bottle. lam happy that I leil- r ' r°lll the French desiring a reduction o t f e . dut s y _up a o n n t thro:fitles without any corresponding concession, I I) ee li Zedt on the best authority, that recent efforts on ha t ye e gließCade, and serious discussions taken place, d up fre h e all 342,1 t isdmitting into the ports of France, t t° gra -eri used in the construction of ships, as u w y e s ll th a e s , I lati oh ll t, to forein-built vessels the same priv . ileges t° tlie -a r' "eg- Enquiries are also on foot with reference a uttou Liood: ieasibility of a reduction in the duty upon c tß,..ai,grols_ith.pßO two important concessions be made, one on voh 'nut of objection will be removed from that sec /41t1 ve,„. ° l'euire reciprocity. Upon the whole, these j.,1'./, eatufactory indications. 1..41 the 'l4.4l'4—Jlle value of linen yarn exported was, R. 4 the first ten months of the year 979,554/. ; 41:40 Period it Was 935,0514' last year, LA TV' INTELLIGENCE-(THUS DAY). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE BROCK. This bankrupt was , d - e - ;;i1);:i; of Sackville•atrect, Piccadilly, tailor, and to-day was appointed for consi deration of the certificate. His Honour having referred to the proceedings, sus pended the certificate for six months, on the ground that the expenses exceeded the profits ; when granted, to be of the second class.—Protection was granted. IN RE SPENCELEY AND SPENCELEY. These bankrupts were described as of Wapping, ship store dealers, and to-day was appointed for the last ex amination, but the accounts having been filed only within a few days, an adjournment for a week took place. SHERIFF'S COURT. (Before. S. T. Hall, Esq., Deputy Under-Sheriff.) WILKINS V. JEWSBURY. WRIT OF ELEGIT.—This was an inquiry under a writ of elegit, to ascertain of what goods, chattels, lands, and tenements the defendant was entitled to within the bailiewick of the Sheriff of Middlesex. Mr. Miller, for the plaintiff, said that this was an ancient proceeding, by which a plaintiff, instead of tak ing out execution against the goods or the defendent's person, might enter on the property, and satisfy the debt for which he had obtained judgment, and than to account for the difference. In the present case the debt amounted to 181. Evidence was then adduced, from which it appeared that the defendant, who is an elderly widow, was enttiled an interest to the extent of 551. per annum in certain houses in Collier.street, Pentonville, and the Polygon, Somers-town. The jury gave a verdict for the amount. (Before R. Gurney, Rig.) ROE V. COLLINS.—IMPORTANT TO WORKMEN. This was an action to recover the sum of 1/. 18s. 6d, for money lent. The plaintiff is one of the journeymen in an extensive cigar manufactory. From his statement it appeared that the workmen had mutually agreed to subscribe so much per week as a sick fund, and he was appointed treasurer, and was instructed to advance money by way of loan to any of the men on interest, which was to go into the general fund, and he had at different times ad vanced the sum now claimed. Mr. W. H. Garry, for the defendant, submitted that the plaintiff could not recover as there were no rules, and that the money did not belong to plaintiff. The plaintiff said the money was given to him to lay out in his own name. His Honour asked him if, in the event of any loss arising, he would be held personally liable ? Plaintiff replied in the negative, as he took security from other persons in the shop. His Honour regretted that he could not make an order, but he would not allow defendant any costs. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 51 Ss ; clover ditto, 1/ Os to 61 6s ; and straw, 1114 s to 21 2s per load. A. full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 12s to 51 12s ; clover ditto, 41 Os to 61 6s; and straw, 11 14 s to 21 2 s per l oad. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to Si Ss; clover ditto, 41 Os to 6/ lOs ; and straw, 11 14s to 2/ 2s per load. Prices rather drooping. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade ruled steady at this market to-clay, at the following quotations : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s Od to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 5s Od per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, DEC. 7.—The supply of each kind of meat on offer to-day was seasonably good. On the whole, the demand ruled steady, and our last quotations were well supported. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ' ; Mutton, 3s Gd to 5s Od • Veal, 3s Sd to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, DEC. 7.—Beasts and calves sold readily, and the quotations had an upward tendency. In sheep and pigs very little was doing to-day. The prices are as follows :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 58 2d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s Bcl ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 26s each. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Dec. 8.--Wind this day at noon, N.N.E. ; light airs,_ and hazy weather. HARTLEPOOL, Dec. 7. Wind, N. The St. Lawrence, from Aberdeen, has been assisted in here very leaky. STRANGFORD, Dec. 6.—Sailed—Emily Allison, for Mel- bourne. REDCAR, Dec. 7.—The Unity, of Scarborough, Shields to Boston, ran on the rocks off here, became leaky, and was abandoned, which subsequently drifted off, and sunk in 4 fathoms water ; crew saved. YARMOUTH, Dec. 7.—The Wilhelmine, of Copenhagen, has been assisted off the Scroby Sands without damage, and will proceed for London. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 7.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—H. Russ. M.'s ship Aurora, for Kamschatka. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 7.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Rodney, from London, for Sydney, N.S.W. Sailed—William Bromham, for Sierra Leouo. FALMOUTH, Dec. 7.--Wind, N.N.E. Arrived—Sarantes, from Havannah ; St. John, Quebec. Off Port—Feronia, from Quebec. PENZANCE, Dec. 6.—Arrived—Sarah Louisa, from Que bec, for Hayti. SHIELDS, Dec. 7.—Wind, W.N.W. Put Back—The Emily, for London having been damaged bythe Thirteen. NEWPORT, Dec. 7.—Arrived—Johanua and Elise, from Hamburgh ; and Marquis of Hastings, London—both for St. Thomas's. REAUMARIS, Dec. 6.—Sailed—Congress, for St. Do mingo. ABERDEEN, Dec. 6.—Arrived—Leon,_ from Quebec. S U NDERLAND, Dec. 6.—Arrived—Lord Seaham, from Quebec. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 7.—Sailed.--Hermann (s.), for New York. JERSEY, Dec. 7.—Arrived.— Fisherman, for Arichat. GIJoN, Nov. 30.—A vessel, ship rigged, of 500 tons, figure-head a black, in a blue surtout, with white trousers, and a conic grey hat ; the first four letters of her name, " Core," surmounted by a dark green or black eagle; has been repeatedly boarded b y fishermen from this port, about three leagues north of Cape Penas ; she has lost her ru dder, and most of her deck is g one ; she is laden with spars, leals, and flour. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, 10 A.M. Wind S.S.E., moderate, and foggy. Arrived —Cormorant (A) from Rotterdam; Majestic, Archangel ; Jane Roberts, London ; Sedulous and Enter prise, Falmouth; Saldanha, Quebec; North Star, Bom bay ; Chimborazo, Callao ; Rosalie, Pernambuco. The steamer Royal William, from Dublin, that was ashore near the Red Noses, got off this morning, without having sustained damage. QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 6. Wind N.N.W. Arrived Lykk-eus Haab, from Alexandria • Kitty, Callao ; Zoe, Mauritius ; Santruce, Havannall , Star, Taganrog ; Sarah, Glasgow, to embark emigrants for Now York. gger, from Demerara, for Liverp ool ; and Off Port — Da Tonsbe7g, Cuba. Sailed —New Bottle, Auguste, Observer, Atkinson, Ma rietta, Matteo, and Fortune, for London ; Lotus, for Matanzas. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, THURSDAY, 10 A.M. CUSTOMS RETURN. Wind, N.W., moderate, and hazy ; half ebb. Arrived— Barou Osy (s.), from Antwerp ; Foulmer, Riga ; Eleanor, Memel; Sir John Ogilby, Cronstadt. Sailed--Tamer, for Sydney ; City of London (s.), Dun kirk. DEAL, THURSDAY, 9.20. A.M. Wind, E. Ly S., light and fine. Passed—Maid of Judah, from London, for Sydney ; Ipswich Lass, London, for St. Michael's ; Regalia, London, for Grenada. Sailed—Bussorah Merchant, Morning Star, and Ludovic —all for the river. STATE OF TRADE. ( From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) MANCHESTER, Dec. 6.—There is no noticeable altera tion in our own market. For some articles, a mode rate demand exists. The India houses are still pur chasing light shirtings and the lower qualitiesof jacco nets and mad ,pollams, as well as 40's, 50's, and 60's mule twist ; while the Greek houses are doing some thing in certain cloths and yarns. BIRMINGHAM, Dec. s.—During the past week circu lars have been issued by several leading houses'announc ing an advance of 20s. per ton upon all manufactured iron. The renewed feeling in favour of extending rail ways and railway accommodation, with their thousand attendant requirements of iron, joined with the extra ordinary consumption created by an immense influx of population to Australia had caused such a pressure of demand, both in our own and export branches, that, from the most careful calculations of those well acquainted with the statistics of the trade, it was evident that an equal supply could not be produced ; and when to this state of affairs is added the further stimulus that must ensue upon the reduction of the duties hereafter to be levid upon iron imported into France, and the favourable revision of the American tariff shortly , in perspective, there appears sufficient ground for con cluding the present advance likely to prove of a more lasting character than has usually been the case with such enhancement in value. ROCHDALE, Dec. 5.--We have had a very limited de mand for pieces to-day, but the last week's prices have been fully maintained. In the wool market there has been no change worth notice. HALIFAX, Dec. 3.—We cannot report any improve ment in the condition of the worsted trade. Except a few mixtures, of low quality, scarcely any goods have changed hands in our piece hall to-day, and there is no inquiry for heavy goods. The yarn market is still lan guid, without any change in the quotations. Wool is quiet, and rather hard to buy. SERIOUS ACCIDENT FROM A TRIFLING CAUSE.—Yes terday afternoon Mr. Bellchaml)ers, an d unhdertaksexton' er, of f Union-street, Lambeth-walk, proceede to te to make inquiries respecting Wthehilst funeral of o n ne of the e inhabitants of the par ish. conversing with neighbour, he slipped off the kerb, and broke his thigh in two places. A cab was procured, and the unfortu nate sufferer was removed to St. Bartholomew's Hos pital: Owing to the great age of Mr. Bellchambers- (up wards of 60), little hopes can be entertained of his re covery. - • y‘l 17 V 2 * ~ `t, ~~ ~ THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1858. SHARN MARKETS--(THIS DAY). .LITERATURE. BRITISH RAILWAYS, ;t. 100 it. 100 5 30 Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth & Tyne 10 per ct. pref. (iss. at£so) Bristol & Exeter 4 pr cent., stock.. .. Do. Do., shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 51 per cent Cork&Bandon 51p. c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (25) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. ct Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. £lO Deben. Sh EastLancash. 6 p. cts. East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths •• • . - xd LAMARTINE'S NEW HISTORY. Ha Ala g in la ' id ‘ tl a i s e id p e a t th h e e t f i a c se g o e s History of the Con s tit uen t A ssem b ly (1 789) . V o l. I. thofusthoef h By Alphonse de La mar ti ne. Vi zete ll y an d C o . afforded its inspirati on t o Al phonse de Lamartine.. the Great Tribune h as t a k en up once more the pen admi ist n o is ry t ' ra ' t h o as r, of the annalist. In his youth his hand trifled with the lyre of Erato—it has now, in his • riper age, grasped the trumpet of Clio. It is a noble and stately panorama—that career of Lama • rtme—a spectacle appealing as it advances more and more earnestly to our hearts and our imaginations. Fol lowing it, we are attracted first to the voluptuous beauties of an Italian landscape, where the strip ling diplomatist is lamenting over the grave of his beloved—discovering in the utterance of his ' grief the earliest articulations of his refined and elevated genius in poetry. Subsequently we are conducted by the trail of his foot-prints over the sterility and desolation of that awful Palestine, the solemnity and divinity of whose associations he, of all men, has most touchingly defined, and most tenderly appreciated. So afterwards, step by step, he leads us on through every phase of his intellec tual advancement. He reveals to us his con summate ability as a lyrist in his " Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses," as afterwards in his " Recueillements," or as previously in his " Me ditations." He sings at one time of the classic death of Socrates, and at another of the simple, village, domestic life of Jocelyn ; here of the fall of an Angel and there of the captivity of L'Ouver ture. Meanwhile he enters the Legislative As sembly of France in the character of a popular re presentative, and there, while in his study he is gathering fresh garlands of the bay-leaf, he wins in the Tribune the laurel wreath of the orator, and at last the civic-crown of the patriotic leader of an insurgent population. It was in 1848 that the life of this great man may be said to have culminated. It was in February, and during the three memorable months that followed, that his ambition may be said to have attained its apogee. It was then upon the steps of the Hotel de Ville that his renown reached its zenith, and that his noble attributes —poetry, valour, elo quence, self-possession—shone forth in the face of the whole world, and in their full meri dian. Since that redoubtable epoch since the sanguinary battle of the three days of June in the streets of Paris, when Socialism was wounded (des perately, but only wounded, scotched, but not killed) by the sword of Cavaignac the career of Lamar tine has been withdrawn from the public arena to the Amenities of private life, where the instincts of his genius have led him once more to the sedulous cultivation of Literature. Besides the celebration of the scenes and memories of his childhood, not (happily) like Chateaubriand d'outre tombe, but out of the warm fullness of his autumnal years— besides the loving commemoration of homely scenes and household events in the paternal dwelling near Macon, records which constitute the charm of his plaintive " Confidences"—besides his prose poem of one of the people in the " Stone-Cutter of St. Point," and his graceful commemoration of the loves of a domestic servant in the history of the fortunes of poor " Genevieve"—M. de Lamartine has torn a leaf out of the book of his life in the impassioned story of " Raphael," and another (blurred and blistered with the tears of his youth) in the sorrowful and distressing narrative of Gra ziella. Beyond all these effusions, ho has penned others which, with the majority, will appear of con siderably larger importance, requiring for their production, more laborious application, and cer tainly possessing on the whole more pretentious characteristics. Closing Pricey yesterday. Baldness done this day. 21 - 22 ;t. 100 L 5 all 6,7 64 6, , all 100 7 iiii 5i - sil 9 - 10 331 all 6 -- 61 4k -- 4# -- 6 --p lk 10 13i -- 144, 20}- 21 13 11 dl 17 - 19 5i - 6 all 7i 2 6 all Gil all .0 I all 96 -- 98 561 -56 f 16i 17 14 -- 16 .0 all it. 100 5 all 45i - 464 5 I all 8 - 8i !Edinb.Prth.drDundee 4 per cent . Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northr 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. , Redeem. , at 10 p. c. prom Do. 4 percent. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. ,lst Prof Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per ct. prof. St Gt. Westn. (Becks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Do. con. & red. 4} p.c Do. do. 4 per cent Do. irredeem. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Nn. 6p. c. No. 1 Do. 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Purch 38 - 39 90 -91 f 56 - 57 60 - 62 55 60 2 14 16 7 8 11 12 3fid 15 17 614 —62 i 33 34 34 -- par 4 -- 5 It will be remembered that immediately prior to the outbreak of the Revolution of 1848, there ap peared that gorgeous and rhetorical " History of the Girondins," which, immediately on its first appearance in 1847, we designated (in these columns) " the text-book of Republicanism," and which from the first we have regarded as the precursor, if not the provocative, of that astonishing movement in the French multitude. It will not be forgotten, moreover, that shortly after the consummation of the rising in Paris in 1848—shortly after the ele vation to supreme power of the representative of the imperial dynasty of Napoleon, and the downfall • of the chiefs of the Provisional Government—there appeared from the same facile and vigorous hand— from the hand that had hurled back the red banner of the anarchists in February—the hand that had penned the tragedy of Toussaint, and the " Voyage en Orient," and the "Meditations," and the "Har monies," and the " Recueillements," and the " Confidences," and " Jocelyn," and " Raphael," and " Graziella," and " Genevieve"—the hand that had carved out on the iron tablets of the Re volution the lives and deaths of the more heroic Girondins, of Brissot, of Sillery, of Fauchet, of Lasource, of Gensonne, of Vergniaud—threw a chaplet of regrets (sweeter and more fragrant than the flowers upon the grave of Nero) upon the tombs. of the later Bourbons—in his voluminous history of their temporary " Restoration." A more attrac tive (if possible), a more pathetic, a more enthrall ing theme than either of these—than the " His tory of the Girondins," or the " History of the Restoration"—is that which M. de Lamartine has undertaken to celebrate in the work of which we now possess, in the remarkable volume before us, the brilliant and propitious commencement. It is a narrative long promised. The " History of the Constituent Assembly," the history of the epoch of 1789, the history of the outburst of the first and greatest revolution, and that history written, too, by Alphonse de Lamartine, the originator and champion of the rising of 1848, the annalist of the Girondins, the poet of Jocelyn, the romancist of Raphael, the commemorator of the Restoration. Within the compass of this initial volume are comprised no less than five books—beginning with the beginning, and carrying the records of events down to the storm of the Bastile, its seizure and demolition. Wherefore—the stately and awful scene of that epoch of 1789 again opens before us at the bidding of the poet-historian ! Again we watch the pro gress of the celebrated intrigue of the diamond. necklace ! Again we hear the voices of the Depu ties taking the oath of the Jeu de Paume ! And what figures pass once more before us as we observe the unrolling of the Panorama ! Louis XVI., with his " sickly timidity and precocious corpulence." Marie Antoinette, with her " striking beauty, her active energy, and her noble character." Monsieur the Count de Province (afterwards Louis XVI II.), whose " mouth was delicate, whose features were graceful, and whose eyes beamed with intelligence." The Count d'Artoi , t (afterwards Charles X.), of whom M. de Lamartine says so wittily,—" All his policy consisted in a few chivalrous expressions, uttered against a period which no longer compre hended thm, and a threatening wave o his sword against future factions : it was the shadow of Fran cis 1., behind Louis XVI., in the face of Mirabeau." Then, added to this unfortunate Queen and these three brothers, all kings (two of them of the here after), comes that colossal phantom of Mirabeau himself, the ugly God of the Chaos, the Boanerges of the Revolution. And Necker, called by our annalist " the sphynx of the throne !" And La fayette, called so happily by Mirabeau—" Grandi son-Cromwell l" And Cagliostro, the visionary I And Camille Desmoulins, the demagogue ! What names—what memories—what characters ! It is ‘ so not surprising that with such m a t er i a l s i n the hands of such an artist, we discover masterpieceatheHistory of much symmetry and splendour in the Constituent Assembly," by Alphonse de La martine. Ha ving examined this volume with an interest in some degree proportioned to its attractiveness, and having discovered in its pages no cause t of any im portance for emotions of disappointment, we shall look mse d f obrowoaksrdinweiotl n i ti p n e u c a u v l i l o a n r curiosity for the pro operation of the bile t— Treaty,otnhrentedainithetkos ,theN Franceye translationsaoyf, hEnglishe o reader ga dibeforenearl prio r urr h iks a o n k st o s aa t tc b 0 ooht actually a h pku e excel lentbonosre International Copyright rm to the operation of the Intl . no tional Copyright Treaty ; but thanks a e lloy by l t h e small degree, to the enterprise clisP t i h a e Y ieen e from Messrs. Vizetelly and Company in gable ex their establishment of the more r e l l. e No , &er a, Ur • maples of contemporary Front s enter prise has more striking testimony 0 1 . 1 . t impor tant series of hitherto been afforded ttrractive volume here translations than by the..a_ „bl e b, when cora particularised—a pleted, cannot fail to enhance of M. de Lamartine. and comprehensive rep the already extended produheantioc: 27 = 30 2i 3 15 - 16 5 - 7 ... - ... 8 - 9 65 66 8 8 d 3 -- 3ad 49 50 A New Gazetteer of the Britislb Islands. By J ames A. sharp• In 22 Parts, or 2 Volumes. Long research. appears to have been t arY his laborious and remarkable coin man and CoinPanY• _ of i t o r terma a de FLl ch' t e v t e h r e y scrap 'eem - alm l o n st 'lation. It has the twofold merit of being at po filerce n i has n ut and accumulated comprehensive. together clr i n on relating to the United Kingdom possessing any value or interest whatsoever. Car ried as the work is now to a most successful com pletion, it may be declared without exaggeration to constitute a topographical dictionary of " The Bri tish Islands" more authentic, more detailed, more scrupulous in exactitude, and more microscopically careful (so to speak) in its particularity than any thing of the kind that has hitherto been attempted. Although it would be wholly impracticable to afford those who have not examined the two volumes for themselves anything like an accurate or adequate conception of its merits, or even of its general character—some glimmeringof an idea upon the matter may be conveyed through the enumera tion of a few among the advantages herein sub mitted to the public for the guidance of the intelligent classes of the population. It may be observed, for example, in testimony of the magni tude of the undertaking that Mr. Sharp's new British Gazetteer comprises, as the very title-page intimates, concise descriptions of somewhere about sixty thousand different places—cities, townships, parishes, hamlets, tithings, villages, hundreds—in cluding Seats, and Objects of Note, and Natural Features— a ll founded upon the best authorities. A punctilious reference, it may be remarked, moreover, is made under every name to the Sheet of the Ord nance Survey, so far at least as that survey has yet been completed. Particulars are likewise introduced of the boundaries, and registered electors of all the different b oroug h s sending members to Parliament. And a copious Appendix supplies the community, besides a general view of the resources of the United Kingdom, with an abstract of certain results of the last (1851) census, together with a succinct and admirably epitomised Chronology, startling though these Suggestive and peculiaritis ofte Topogra phical Dictionary before us cannot fail to be in the estimation of the deserving, now that they have y been considered pi ecemea l such as they are here simply catalogued—th ey are nevert helessalto the gether insufficient to indicate th e i mportance of pilation, or its utility as a work of reference. Scarcely any notion of these merits, indeed, could well be conveyed without some facts being specified by way of constituting an exemplar. Let us di rect attention, therefore, with this end in view to a single paragraph in the Dictionary taken hap hazard—say, turning over the second volume, and opening it for instance at page 959, under the ar ticle relating to the • " West Riding of Yorkshire." Therein we learn exactly every minute particular that could well have been collected together into one concise explanation. The paragraph informs us not merely that this inland division of Yorkshire is the largest and most important of the three—but it particularises the railways (such as the Lancaster and Yorkshire and North Midland) and the canals (such as the Leeds and Liverpool, Huddersfield, Dearne, and Don) by which it is traversed. It indicates the rivers (such as the Nidd, Wharfe, Aire, Don, and Calder) by which it is watered. It specifies to the utmost nicety its exact bounda ries. It tells us of its extreme length (92 in.) from Bawtry to beyond Sedburgh. It men tions the extent (280 m.) of its circuit. It in forms us that it contains in square miles 2,576, or in acres 1,648,640. It gives a minute analysis of the population, distinguishing be tween the male and female, the old and young, the manufacturing and agricultural, specifying the relative proportions of servants, and labourers, and professional men, and men of independence. It states the number of houses (227,357), together with those (21,191) which are either empty or building. It calculates that it contains altogether 194 parishes, and 30 market towns; having, besides a lord-lieutenant and custos, together with a high sheriff--400 magistrates and about 150 deputy-lieu tenants. It estimates the extent of its real pro perty, the number of its offenders, and the average proportions of its births, deaths, and marriages. It defines its geological peculiarities—its animal, vegetable, and mineral productions—the variety and distribution of its manufactures. Having enumerated these valuable and interesting particu lars—sprinkling them with the statistics already indicated—the compiler, thereupon, gives the re cord of the principal antiquities of this the largest and most important of the divisions of Yorkshire— nentioning in parenthesis here and there such anec dotal particulars as that at Knaresborough, be sides the spa and the dropping wells, there are the hermitage (where Mother Shipton was born), and the caves (where Eugene Aram murdered Clark) — or again, where lie mentions the river Wharfe, that it contains salmon; or where he speaks of Newhall, that it once upon a time belonged to the poet Fair fax ; or where he names Kirklees, that Robin Hood is buried there ; or where he informs us that Henry I. was born at Selby, Guy Fawkes at Bishopthorpe, Archbishop Bramhall at Pomfret, and Tillotson at Halifax, he adds in regard to the latter place (again in parenthesis), that there Daniel Defoe penned his immortal Robinson Crusoe. Enough has here surely been observed in regard to one paragraph—enough, at least, to indicate that the compilation is at once complete, exact, microscopic, comprehensive, and interesting. Ex uno disce omnes. As one among the additional and supplementary attractions of the enterprise, we have said that the Appendix comprises a succinct and cleverly epitomised chronology. It will be found on examination to be ingeniously arranged in a tabular form—beginning with the landing of Julius Caesar (55 n.c.) at Deal, and ending with (A.D. 1851) the Great Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations. Interspersed with what are consi dered vulgarly the more historical events, such as the occasion of battles, or the accession of sove reigns, are the names of a multitude of illustrious men, with the dates of their births and deaths— from (A.D. 12-65) Seneca to (A.D. 1788-1850) Peel. Altogether, the work which has now been happily completed by the industrious application of its compiler, Mr. James Sharp, commands, at th e hands impartial criticism—in return for so much toil, and ardour, and laborious investigation—the 'need of deliberate approval, and the tribute of sincere and unaffected admiration. The Poetical Works of Robert Montgomery, M.A. Oxon. Complete in One Volume. Chapman and Hall. The collected poetical writings of Robert Mont gomery—comprised in a single volume—will be welcomed, we doubt not, with all eagerness by the thousands among whom those writings have gained for him a wide, and, in many instances, au affec tionately-regarded reputation. There are grouped together in this edition, for the first time, the whole of these varied, and some of them laborious, pro ductions. Anything like a strictly chronological arrangement of the contents has been avoided, we cannot but think, judiciously. Insomuch that imme dia,tely after the "Omnipresence of the Deity" cc the "Christian Life"—th e "Ch r i s ti an Life" beinlll-egs the latest of theauthor's mo re e l a b ora t e prod uctions, whereas the " Omnip resence o f t h e Deity" was written before lie h a d a tt a i ne d the ripeage of . nineteen! Between th ose t wo e ff us i ons of hishear t and head, extends an i n t erva l of nearly a quarter of a century! Subsequently are introduced in • clue succession, " Luther" (extensively corrected, and in many plac es re - wr itt en and newly wl arranged)— " Woman," witho u t w h om ( shall we say, " which!") " le commencement de la vie est sans SCCOUTS, le mi lieu sans plaisir, et la fin sans con ..." solation"— Satan" (viewed in no wayas h e is viewed by Milton, Goethe, and Byron, but "as reflecting n himself, his destiny and deeds")—"Oxford" (respectfullydedi ca ,ted to the " Chancell or , Masters Schol ars o f th e Univer sity")—" The Messial:. and Messiah" with a view "to promote the spiritual elevation of character, whic h constitutes the true enjoyment of a being w hose destiny survives the world")—followed by Minor Poems," in c l u di ng " Wellington," and "The Sha dows of Death," and " A Vision of Ileaven," and " A Visi on of Hell," and au " Universal and the " Stage Coach," and ~ s ear borozgi prayer, a considerable number of the di d l 'under the head of " Miscellaneous." From extra othr A.aenin, versity, and, in several cases, the it is not ordinary maanitude of then s urprised ' , the author surprising (it has not erreArnold, in his twofold himself) that Kerchevean.,titn a critic, should say of character as a scholar d deliberately, that "few him, recollectedlr - . 1 experienced extremes of criti writers had q Y, fe e rr i a g to this reflection, Mr. Mon',;- I cism." ne " -- a-himself with saying—" How far , ry contents tcorrect, others will decide ; but if g0131(' w ag coffee , or not this d sires to have one illustration of what the reader e nt, he has only to compare the criti- Arnold meant, which appear more than twenty cisins n , ° g n o from the pen of Professor Wilson in the years o f a go Blackwood 's Magazine with reviews on the page s in its northern contemporary." Amanly sam e works d honourable evidence of equanimity. Added to an w hi c h our author, after observing with becoming se ntentiousness, "One thing is undeniable, viz., to a vast extent the history of criticism abounds with examples of condemnations reversed, and ap provals unconfirmed," remarks very beautif u ll y and touchingly, that "the proper effect of this fact is, not to provoke sardonic triumph on the one hand, or splenetic ill-humour on the other ; but 1 nc modesty of mind, diffidence in pronou • inc , our opinions, and that genial state of heart which prompts us rather to encourage effort than de press it—these are among the moral benefits which the contrast between individual • ' strictures and po pular decisions is calculated to - prod - - - uee." cannot but think th a t th e " G' We General which w i ref but e have m a d e these brief but Preface" from sufficient quo tations—the Preface to tl •us remarkable volume of his collected poetical w • ritincrs—will be recognised as among not th e least b graceful or least admirable of the manifold eff • usions of Robert Montgomery. It cannot but win towards him the regard and in terest of its reader and ' • the whole of the compre hensive edit' ' edition before us, we feel assured, cannot pm I Si, MINES. Agua Fria ..... Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) BlEenarvon Iron and Coal British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsous's Creek 'Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 71 p. cent, English and Austin, Copper Smeltg. Co, General Gt.NuggetVeinSerp Do. Registered Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Linares Lond.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexicau&S.Amerien New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgiband Silvei Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago do Cuba South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller I West Granada , . West Mariposa.. 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Darling . 25 all Do Do 3O 313 31i St. 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn• 98 100 99 St. 20 201 ICO 20 10 all 5 4 56 7 46i 6 8.3 i 4 68 1 71 111 77i 8 24 3i 1 SI 1 Si G4i 4 I 11 33 1 11 66 4 in 49 i LO ;t. 100 st. 100 i 12 i i all all [0 all 6 3 .2i all 23 all 24 10 ;t. 100 •t. 100 L6i 5 LO 6 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 4. 100 ?,0 all 3t. 100 L 5 15 8 all 8 all LO all .0 10 15 all l 0 1 0.6 all !O all 5 3 it. 100 .7 5 5 10 1 all 1 all M. all LO 2 !O 6 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all 50 all 1 all ;Cl 13.5 ;5 24:1 0 all 0 15 1 10 all 5 1 >t. all ;5 all 5 all !O all 2 all 3j all 1 all 1 all 3 all 1 all 1 all 9 1 all 1 all 1 all 9 all 5 1 1 1 T all 0 all .5 15 o 1 all [0 7 I Ni all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 12s. 1 I all 50 all 20 2 )0 20 ',O 10 ;0 I 15 ;0 221 ;0 all ).,5 all [0 all 5 1 •,5 1 all in 18 101 2 13 121 4111 but tend to influence the public mind favourably in reference to the scope and stability of his repu tation. A Bundle of Crowquills. Dropped by Alfred Crow quill—in his eccentric flight over the Fields of Literatu,re. G. Routledge and Co. Whoever may resist the invitation prefixed to this charming little volume by its author must be incorrigible either in dullness or in parsimony. Listen to them—these persuasive and scarcely re sistible invitations ! Firstly—" Address to the Public—Buy it !--Alfred Crowquill—Crowsnest, 1853." Secondly—" Preface—Read it !—Alfred Crowquill—Crowsnest, 1853." There ! Is not our intimation held good—that the author makes his bow somewhat decoyingly ? He has you fairly by the button-hole before you have well turned over the title-page. Then, having piqued you into curiosity by his " Address" and his " Preface,' he tickles you into attention by the " Contents' , of his volumette ! If we recollect rightly, the sketches—sketches, recollect, both of pen and pen cil—here collected together, originally appeared in the pages of our old favourite Bentley's Miscellany. Gathered into one group they are ingeniously en titled as the reader has already, no doubt, observed —" A Bundle of Crowquills"—Crowquills droppeut by the artist-scribe in his eccentric flight over tho fields of literature. A glance over the cable of contents will show pleasantly enough which way the crow c fl h i a e m s. ber Afte i r ns h p o o p o t n in g g aab,,osran about an l ~ lsword," peeping at a few " Reflections of a Pier-glass," ar tistically examining a " Portrait," prying down the barrel of a "Holster Pistol," perching upon an " Old Arm Chair," and cocking a stray feather in the band of a " Cavalier's Hat"--away (we pre sume out of the window of the " Old Manorial Chamber") away sails the old bird (not to be caught with any chaff but his own) in "his eccentric flight," as he tells us, " over the fields of litera ture." He wings his way through an atmosphere of , 6 Glimpses and Mysteries"—pluming himself contentedly first upon one subject and then upon another, just as it suits the first flight of his f ancy or is suggested by the latest crochet of his imagination. He sketches, among other curiosities of art, " The Author," and gives a pen -and-ink portraiture of that wonderful being " The Man who was once Respectable." He de picts " Th e N ew Neighbourhood, " and g i ves a pro file outline, as it were, of " The Old Woman at the Corn er ." " The Young Gentleman who never did Anything" is painfully true to the life ; but de4 lightfully true to the life is w t h h i e ci pei . acill'eg of "The Good-Natured Woman," afterwards. Another capter is which is of blue-fire glimpse of is a sly peep into a v 0 there ietir i s f a passing gibe at " Winter, after Le andn There Hood or Ingoldsby. Besides all which, the is enlivened by a variety of equally droll ant ; Lodging-House," g T i l n ie g_ A ll p o p u diversified contributions. Several of the wood -cuts aserivot,giloevdea. shortly afterwards. are capital—as, for example, that one at page 84, re presenting the little round-headed Irishman, with his head bound up in a handkerchief. As plea sant reading by a fireside, or in the corner of a railway carriage, Alfred Crowquill's " Bundle of Crowquills" will be acceptable as another con tribution to what is already so plentiful—the popu lar store of cheap literature. The Oliveira Prize Essay on Portugal. By J. J. Forrester, Wine Grower in the Alto-Douro. John Neale, High Holborn. A great deal of information is given to us in this book concerning Portugal. Besides the suc cessful pamphlet in question, there is evidence re garding that country taken before a committee of the House of Commons, and the author's surveys of the Wine Districts of the Alto-Douro, as adopted and published by order ; likewise a statistical comparison of the resources and commerce of Great Britain and Ireland. There is a large map at the conclusion, which presents a view of the Wino Districts of the Alto-Douro ; it is well executed, and is useful in forming an idea of the subjects treated of before in the work. In the preface the author mentions that he has been requested to omit certain passages in the pamphlet, as changes which he then asserted were necessary have since been made. However, he justly observes that he could not leave out that ene chapter, as all the others refer to it, and the circumstances then ex isting have given a tone to the whole of hig remarks. A memoir of Mr. Oliveira is given at the end of the book. A. letter from that gentleman to the author, declares his gratitude for the trouble and ability displayed in the composition before us. A list is given of the honours conferred on the author of this essay. The litonap, Hair . By Alexander Rowland. Piper and Co. This work is not so much devoted to the treat ment of the hair as to the consideration of the different styles in which it has been worn in dif ferent times and countries, and a scientific analysis of its properties and peculiarities, which are ex plained by illustrations. It is very curious to ob serve the extravagant fashions which have been popular. Two groups of portraits are entertaining, as showing the modes in which many well-known individuals arranged their hair. The Scottish Review. Vol. I. Houlston and Stoneman. The first four numbers of this quarterly have, been bound up in one volume. It is chiefly de voted to the objects of temperance, being published by the Scottish Temperance League, Glasgow, but contains many articles on other subjects. The preface asserts that its success has exceeded expeed tation, and attributes it to the absence of all at tempt to supplant others and the spirit of competi-a tion. Among the most interestinc , papers on the chief subject is a criticism on the talented work a " Harry Muir, the Laird of Alhinders." MUSIC, The Art of Singing : i.hen hereCt C ult Crivelli.t° made b Y a distinguished A no b l ß e a contribution Ba s s a l7 r ° t i c is e t . to B y l fo r aMsn of the the treasures already pos sessed by the musical world a in the form of elemen tary works of established reputation. The splendid volume before us is evidently the result of long labours have -1; study and sa peious observation. Completed as his een thus sati s f ac torily, in its regard, we offer M. C citations. u rivelli our unaffected and cord i a l fell. voice in e has therein dedicated h 1, is rare abi lities a% musical instructor to the proje ct of dimi. Wishing the difficulties encounter ed b y the base the process of its syst ematic cultivation. It A nd in the development of this desi g n we believe lie ,.. r will be found to have s ucceeded to admiration. His scheme of tuition is here ingeniously adapted with variations and new solfeggios—indicative of the intelligence of a master sufficiently gifted with originality to set aside, wherever he may em it lifeless, jog-trot d routine arra ngement of the re. The old, markable work u nder notice may be readily indi. o a f dv h is is ab predecessors. s t do ,the mated. After an " Introduction," in which M. Crivelli considers the whOle subject upon which he is adventuring, he defines very lucidly the eharac+ teristics of the different human voices, giving a table of them afterwards, together with art explanation of the vocal organ, bringing his argu ment to a close with a series of comprehensive " General Observations." Among these observa tions will be found due mention of the extent e)f the voice, of the style of music, of the management of the breath, of the change of voices, and even of th e method f ascertaining the quality of the voice —particulars sufficiently indicative of the fact that these lessons are calculated to prove of practical. benefit to the musical student. Subsequently are given some admirable " Exercises," to determine the quality of the voice, and to cultivate the ear, together with other exercises on ornaments, sub• joined to which come a variety of intelligent - re marks upon the exercise of the solfeggios,a n d m .,, fine articulation, accompanied by examples -1-'''" accentuation. After all this, the work of falga by fourteen scales, six exercises, and six is crowned —the exercises being devoted to six s6ifeg b -.33 accen tuation. Such is the character, prolonged aecen-. advantages, of this really admirable and suc h are the the vatic mecum of every b irable production fully dedicated, by the Maestro basso —a volume Right Honourable e Maestro Crivelli, grace" the E ar l of to the t,................___ Westmoreland. A _GONISING DEATH.— yesterday Mr. Brent held an inquest in the Martrebone Workhouse, on Elizabeth sh.ire-street, Portland-81 night of the late lb.. Bennett,. aged 63. deceased, who resided in Dero.u being run over6'pace,. was returning home on th.e e . missed her way, and in avoid ingleg. tee was ss eon she slipped off the kirb, fracturing her m out of Mr. Fillite ve where conveyed to the workhouse infirmary* r, progressingtho house favourablysurgeo surgeon, until the ino rt t i r fi t . tion., supervened, and after lingering for ' a whole week in the most frightful agony, d ea th ended her miseri es. The torture the unfortunate oman suffered is indiscribablo, as day by day the flesh was gradually eaten away by the disease. Verdict, "accidental death." ANOTHER FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH, OAKLEY-.SQUARE.—Yesterdayanotheedreadful. and it is feared, fatal accident, oc curred at St.Matthevv'a Church, w hich is in the course o f erection near Oakle7•• square, Camden Town, and which was the scene of AI fatal catastrophe a fortnight ago. It appears that tin several labourers were yesterday engaged in hoisting ladder, it suddenly Slipped and fell down a n hoisting them, felling several of the men to the earth. They were a,ll re l e ased without hav in g sustained any serious injur3T, ' with the exception of Michael Newman, aged 24, whovi right arm and leg were fractured, besides which he was( much bruised and crushed. He was instantly conveye d to the University College Hospital, where he lies in is precarious state. `~ J P of ed 4f. 'he ~i rho .~