The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-11 00:00:00

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Ifis ... 171 ... 2IS ... 34s . 30!. ... 37 , :bik stock i_„ 1 ! year, 41 . 1 52, we' ; in lb' xes. 4 ..• •" 9 , 0 ••• , I 0 - ntler :< r.`. ,s. ••• ..• ••• JA. the ilkki ;51, 1" 186 3 . 2,61 3 2,90 0 2,80 4 1,66356 1; 1 ; lay's tion. hoo e p Led f$ l J ndsn'i; able , 14 " 0 , , na re.•.- )shirep 3srupcial.rs,o 1. o 3 , I 4 4' I 2 [0 0 '24 IS. .1: ". :Cc.; o f 0 E April (1. 0 to I ei 4 di 1. 0, 3 I 4 4 4 4 4 it , 0 1 1 '; Deb' 1,1 0100 to ;t 6 41 1 : to ,1f SO Pfl Evt, l is 1 7 r 4 , . 1 g 1 0 '1 O• 10 'HE FRENCH EMPIRE. At the present moment the question of education occupies a great space in public attention, not only in England, but on this side of the Channel. The only difference is, that while the English Govern 'neat and Parliament are exerting themselves to extend the tlessincrs of education to all classes of the people, the Government of this country is em ploying all its ingenuity to restrict the system al- , ady in us e , an d t o di scourage th e p ursu it o f knowledge among the middle and lower classes of eee ietY. Our readers are aware that some of the re gulations introduced last year are so framed that the knowledge of the classics will henceforth not be absolutely necessary. There is now a proposition by which the expenses of education in the colleges and other establishments will be increased, so as to he a great additional burden on the fathers of ,farailies. The SW/6 accuses the Government of ' l aving brought forward this plan in the hope that it would diminish the number of students in the cees and other institutions connected with the Univ ersity, and increase the number of students in of the clergy, the petits seminaires, which are under the .control measure. and which are not affected by the The Debats, however, looks on the pro /Pi -tier ' in a less unfavou r abl e li g ht, f or , w hil e it its a pproves of the proposed measure, it thinks that euect will be very limited. A decree in the Moniteur states that from the 4-B .t of November of the present year all stamps used will bear the new marks decided on in consequence tof the change effected in the form of government. he old stamps may, however, be used until July 1 . , 1 1854. The holders of papers stamped extraor qin, arily are allowed a delay of three months from APril 1, 1854, to get them marked with the new stam -- --Ts) without any charge. Th.e Tancrede steamer from Constantinople, 'which place she left on March 25, arrived at Mar seilles on Thursday night. The passage was a bad one, rough weather prevailing the whole time. She ',was detained at Syra the whole of the 29th of March sY the tempest which prevailed, and at Malta i i in,ring the 3d and 4th of April. On March 30 she a cram.unicated with the. French fleet near Cal- The M on i teur announces some further changes among the Prefects, among which are two dismis aalsu ) namely, that ,of M. de Romand, Prefect of the Cre are and M. d Epercy, Prefect of Cautal, who guageappelle d'aut res fonctions, or, in plain lan , dismissed. The Count de Rom Grand- sel l , nephew of the last Master of the order of Malta, died two days ago in the debtors' prison of Paris. The Northern and Strasbourg Railroad Com pthe anies are to have conceded to them what is called Ardennes line, which passes Mezieres, and e l i tes with th e N or th ern line at Givet and Valen lon'les. The estim a t e d cost o f t hi s en t e rprise is ' T ° ° l3 ,ooof. a n d b e Bourse of Satu r d a y was ac ti ve f or R en tes - ank Stock, and prices were not only steadily a i am,',..ained, but an improvement effected of 35c. A c in. the Three, per Cents. for Cash, and the ceeeentsnt, a n d o f 30 c . on th e F our - an d- a -H a lf per to . for the end of the month. Bank Stock rose clod 74 5 f., b u t eventually closed at 2,740 f. Con- Ac counting Prices :--Three per Cents., cash, 89f. 30c. ; 80f, 50c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 10a. 45c. ; Account, 103 f. 75c. In the able es of the principal railways there was consider at I.° ll silless transacted, and, in nearly all cases, bussnghtly improved prices. At the conclusion of ness the quotations were :—Northern, 907 f. 50c. ; 84°r71fleans, 1 ,052 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasbourg, and . R s° e• ; Paris and Lyons, 951 f. 25c. • Paris ' Rouen, 1 ,052 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediter ranean, 8 15 f. ; Western of France, 750 f. SPAIN. The following are the prices of stocks :—Three Per Cents., 43g • ditto Deferred, .24 9-16 ; Redeem -4014 Debt, first' class, 11; ditto secon d c l ass, 5/ . '° l lpon Certificates have fallen again, and are ( looted at 4/, sellers. Exchange on London, 5110. GERMANY. „Yhe president of police has published a notice ex rifling and fully justifying his grounds for the 'ssoluti on of the so-called ” Sick Provident tin; i" e n." It appears from this document, which is 00 letg to admit of translation, that several of the c oin recently arrested and most seriously 14, b P r r°raised, s uc h as F a lk en th a l, M.D. ; Levy, a tri ne e o w t ,tradesm an ; G o ldh ammer , a cu tl er ; a nd c hairr ee rs, whose names are given, were either union; t b , a ,stewards, treasurers, or officers of the other b rau ` the society was the "mother" of sundry c ree, 'hielub s; th a t, un d er th e mas k o f benevo • 2 131 °erati e '' A n- object was the dissemination of excl usively ' e Publican principles, and its objects asso ciation ; that the president of the notoii ees 1 . 0 18 It.ll_e ex-common councilman Runge, that three " - " 8 "socialist-communist activity ;" th al, Ri es °I t he Principal medical men, Falken tious • th ' and Abarbanell, are s i m il ar ly noto abeearu)rrtepeeaar tttehscileveral other trading members have m y comp rom i se d i n political offences ; h aVail e d themselves medical practitioners and stewards ep r rn t of the mantle of ben e volence-to p rov _P d. and. Pervert the members. It is further w. 1,0 that there i s a larg e d e fi c it in the caloii s i sc, for Must either have arisen from mal h a . I negitimat e p urposes , or from h \r ing red uce d th e en t rance - mo ney fart b e committee b o el o o k w s, tt b h e members e Sl ' l P U lated amount.• According to thee,xembers inscribed amounted to some 12,000, shoe ,ooo, from u" different guilds. Among thes e 1,614 tailors, 240 printers, and 4,180 engine and machine makers. _ The police had not only dissolved the society, but sequestrated the funds pro tempore. At the same time care has bee n taken that the sick shall receive proper at tendance. The numerous creditors will, it is said, lose their' money, as, from the association not having had corporate ri g ht s , it s pres id ent an d stewars cannot be prosecuted as a body. Nothing remains therefore but to prosecute individually, and for the amount that may be due to each mem ber—an endless and fruitless undertaking. The police and watchmen continue to pick up arms and ammunition in considerable quantities, which are thrown into the streets at night by per sons who fear that the domiciliary visits may lead to detection. Th ese arms an d ammun iti on b ear evident proofs . of liaVing" 'been" 'Obtained by or through the disgra ce f u l pl un d er o f th e arsena l i n 184 8. The Ministerial Zeit says that it regrets to state that teachers and lecturers at the university -are more or less implicated in the demagogic plot recently discovered. It qu o t es , amo ng o thers, one 1 2 1 • Gherke, who was fo r m er ly p rosecu t e d a nd sus pended from his functions pardoned and re mitted upon MS enturing Liao an express 9gage • tto abstain from politicr. M. Gherke has been again suspended b y order of the so-called prov i ncial u°°l e cmaraittee. Another lecturer of the same 'adver s it y Was c h arges of arrested three or four days past on These latter beingfacts Whose dut connected with the conspiracy. eat theit prove that many of the persons is to abstain from politic, and who they shall bread of the State under condition that laws, in t e h uleate morality and respect for the avail ei ne th e most _sm. elves of their position to instil th e i r pupii P s icious doctrines into the minds of The Berlin e rewards for ea g ist rates have established prizes aleT2duce ex 'nts, upon principles calculated eourvided into cleallent moral effect. These prizes on the Thus a t t ss b es ,_fer different grades of good luillinesf29orth lilt' - -etast award which took place and 44 fe ta e a l l t e r s a the servic e of ordinar_ " ibur female servants received pre ) Who h Y good conduct, and p 2 e 2 ri m od al in es -iad lived the longest certificate the same masters with unblemished Th e s, received the rewards for that class. taazi na ,„„ u▪ n eTri .tu lu n se y rgc rs e of these 66 persons was 28 , The Zeit has the following Numerous complaints have been made of the treat -1 et (behandlung) to which goods transitory through Austria were subject. We have great satisfaction in stating that through the representations of the Prussian G overnment, that of Austria has readily adopted mea sures for removi ng part of the evil, and every prospect exists of th e remainder being scoa set aside." Doctors Abarbanell and Ries (mentioned in the Police notice above cited as having been well-known agitators for the subversive party) have published a refutation of this charge, and declare that they shall take the necessary legal measures to protect their honour and rights. Englishmen, or those of the United States, pro- Posing to travel in Germany, will d o we ll no t t o bring with them, as commonly the case, especially with the latter, the so-called calabrese, or any other misshapen hats whatever. If they do, they must submit to the consequences, which will either be Police interference or other inconvenience. The remaining naval stores, arms, ammunition, and so forth, of the ex-German fleet, are to be sold by auction at Geestemunde, below Bremen, on the 18th inst. BELGIUM. The installation of the Duke de Brabant, eldest son of the Ring of the Belgians, as member of the Senate, took place at Brussels on April 9, with great ceremony. All the Ministers, high function aries, and members of the diplomatic body were present on the occasion, in grand costume, and the palace of the S ena t e was guarded by a considerable number of troops, to do honour to the presump tive heir of the Crown, who has just attained his majority. Th e young prince, before taking his , swore fidelity to the Constitution, and was then proclaimed a m em b er of the Senate by the wince de 'Ague. THE NATIONAL DEBT-RESOLUTIONS OP THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.. - .'G' , . -- (Front the Times City Article. The resolutions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer regarding the national debt have, upon the whole, been received in the city with satisfaction, since iu their amended form they are in a great measure free from the features which had at first excited alarm. Consols there fore have been steady throughout the day at quotations slightly below those which prevailed when it was thought there was danger of an improvident bargain for the country in favour of the fundholder, but sufficiently high to denote that there is now an expectation of ultimate advantage for all parties. From the explanations, the immediate course contem pl ited by the Chancellor of the Exchequer can now be concisely stated. In the-first place, the holders of the various petty 3 per cent. stocks to the extent of 9,500,000/. are to be paid off at their own option, either in money or by the substitution of 821. 10s. Three-and-a-Half per Cents., yielding 21. 17s. 9d. ; 110/. Two-and-a Half per Cents., yielding 21. 155., or an Exchequer bond of 1001. for 40 years, yielding 21. 15s. for a certain portion of that term, and 21. 10s. for the remainder ; such cption to be determined on or before the 3d of June next. Be• yond this, as ragards the 500,000,00 01 . Three per Cents., known as Consols and Reduced, the holders are to have the privilege of changing them for 3i per cent. stock at the rate of 821. 10s. for every 1001. of the Three per Cents. to any extent they may think proper. They will also have the privilege , to the extent of 30,000,0001 . , of ,l changing them either for 110/. Two.and-a-Half per Cents., or for 1001. Exchequer bonds, subject, apparently, o any diminution of that amount which may arise from the holders of the 9,500,0001. that are to be paid off having previously accepted these securities, the total issue of each of which is not to exceed 30,000,0001. The time allowed for the latter operation—that is to say, for the conversion of Consols and Reduced—is to the 10th of October next. While the general scope - of the plan is thus specified, there are several points of detail on which, for the benefit of the public, the Chan cellor asks a discretionary power, in order that he may ultimately make the best practicable bargain. For in stance, the period during which the Exchequer Bonds are to bear 24 per cent. is not to exceed 10 years, but in the proposals for their issue that term may be shortened, if it should been found expedient, and the Government may also arrange to reserve to themselves the power of paying off these bonds at the end of 40 years, or of con tinuing them at 21 per cent. With regard to the mode in which the persons desirous of changing Consols or Reduced for such portion of the Two-and-a-Half per Cents, or of the Exchequer Bonds as shall remain after the holders of the 9,500,0001. of the petty 3 per Cents. shall have made their selection is to be effected, the Chancellor proposes that the power shall be left to be exercised by the first corners, and that the books shall be closed as soon as the limit of 30,000,0001. shall have been reached. This, however, may be found highly objectionable, since, if the number of applicants should be such as to desire 40,000,0001. or 50,000,0001. instead of 30,000,0001., the result would be a mere scramble. As it stands, however, in its present modified state, all violent objection to the general scheme has evidently subsided, and, while its main features are regarded with satisfaction, there is also a confident feeling arising from the disposition manifested by the Chancellor to avail himself of such rational views as public discussion may bring forth, that it will assume a final shape, such as will meet the approval of most persons. At the same time the idea of sanctioning the creation of any form of stock that will ultimate increase the nominal amount of the debt, even although on a limited scale, is regarded with unconquerable aversion. From the first the fact was recognised that the contemplated reduction .of interest would, if the saving were applied to a sinking fund, return far more at the end of 40 years than the 101. additional principal proposed to be created, and likewise that, the security being an an nuity, and not a debt which can be claimed, the chief point both for present and future generations to consider, supposing that there is no hope or intention of wiping it off, is to look, not at the amount of the principal, but at the annual payment which it involves. The public, however, with great propriety, are indisposed to sanc tion anything that shall look like a declaration that the capital is never intended to be paid, and, however distant and difficult the prospect may be, they would be pained to witness any step that should cause it to appear more impracticable than ever. They are aware, moreover, that there are methods by which so long as the creation of stocks at a low rate of interest is avoided, the extinction of the national debt, although it may take centuries, can still be rendered certain, and that in one part even of the Chancellor's present plan an illustration of this fact is furnished. He proposes to create a Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, which will effect a reduction of 171. 10s. in the principal of the debt, and become liable to be paid off at par at the end of 40 years. When that period arrives the Minister of the day may offer the holders a still smaller amount of stock, upon condition that they shall be again exempted from the dread of reduction for a further term ; and this process might go on at inter vals of 20, 30, or 40 years, until our liabilities had dwindled to a point at which their payment, even in money, would not be difficult. With the creation of a Two-and-a Half per Cent. Stock all reasonable hope of any such consummation is removed. Some persons appear to think that the rate of money is to go on declining, and that it will at a future day be as easy to reduce Two-and-a-Half per Cents, to Two per Cents. as it would now be to convert Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, to Threes ; but this is merely a result of the fallacy that the gold dis coveries are to have some wonderful effect on the rate of interest. Inasmuch, however, as the only alteration they can produce in that respect will be by opening up new countries, so as to increase the profits of commerce, and render the use of capital more valuable, whatever influence they exert must be exactly in an opposite di rection. Under these circumstances the public will still regret that the creation of the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. has not been altogether expunged from the scheme, leaving the proposed Three-and-a-Half per Cents. and the Exchequer bonds to be fairly tested. With the pre sent option the state of feeling as regards the Three-and a-Half per Cents. will not be tried in any way. A belief prevails that in the absence of a more attractive alternative they would have been taken to a con siderable extent, and so strongly is the tide of opinion in favour of this mode of conversion, that it would have been desirable to improve the terms rather than to substitute any other system. As regards the be lief that the Chancellor has been premature in propos ing any alteration, and that by waiting a little while he might have done much better, it is to be remarked, that there is little to warrant such a conclusion, since the in creasing multitude of new companies brought out every week, together with the thrc yt of one flagrant foreign loan, if not of several others, shows that the public, after exhibiting for years a childish timidity from which no thing could arouse them, have embarked on a tide that will prevent all prospect of a renewed glut of money, and must some day end in severe pressure. If they would be content with the things they have already un dertaken, there would be no danger but, although these should be considered sufficient for the next two or three years, they will go on every day adding to them in an increasing ratio until they have contrived to bring dis credit upon the whole. The quotations of-Exchequer-bills to-day were again merely nominal, and doubts increase as, to the possibility of their maintaining their position. At the same time, however, there is much misapprehension as to the degree in which the contemplated Exchequer bonds are calcu lated to compete with them. Many persons speak as if there were scarcely any difference between them, ex cept the difference of interest, but the fact that one is always redeemable within twelve months, and that the other to be for 40 years, is a distinction sufficient to show that while Exchequer-bills consti tute an excellent banking security, the bonds, ex cept in very small amounts, can never approach to that position. Apart from the higher rate of in terest, however, there are so many facilities con templated in the new bonds, such as the half-yearly coupons, the absence of any necessity for sending them in to be renewed, and probably the arrangement for the interest being payable at the branches of the Banks of England and Ireland, as well as at the head establishments, that unless some new inducements are given to the holders of Exchequer bills, the temptation to prefer the bonds will, perhaps, under almost all cir cumstances, prove too strong. In a great measure the difficulty might be met by restoring to Exchequer bills the especial value they possessed as a banking security, when they were at all times receivable for the payment of duties. Some years back this feature was altered, and the value of the bill weakened for no useful purpose whatever, since, by giving notice of an in crease of interest, any inconvenient tender of them could be at once stopped ; and, if the step were now re traced, it would be an advantage both to the Govern ment and to the mercantile community. .. AUSTRALIAN MAIL CONTRACT.—The Royal Austra 11aeneMail Steam Company have received notice from livered ig at a th_oovernment of the withdrawal of their contract. morning FOR CONSUMPTION, BaomrroN.—Yesterday Carlton the ,revereenffdee'gMeeli St: in aid of the above charity was de- Lan . Mark's Church, Kennington, by the Rev. the afflicted of a During a very eloquent discourse, gentleman gave a variety of statistics of the good every district of by the institution, not merely among singletbe portion of the metropolis, but of a United Kingdom. K pa in ti g e d n o t m s .bavTinhge peculiar was established f or which had marked thee claims upon the benev ol ent. commencement, and theaerof the institution since its The careful management facilities afforded for the treat menti rendered the hospital of a most trying malady, one of the most important i ha d country. A liberal collection was made at the conclu le s n i t on of divine service. suannideertbaenkeenvotleo preside over the ofan niversary n Westminster f t hashe cause, the Marquis in June next. LAUNCH OF THE ELFIN 'WOOLWICH STE_ A m.p AcKET. —The directors of the Woolwich St eam - Packet Com pany, in order to keep pace with the improvements in steam-packet construction, have had another fa s t b oat built by Mr. Thompson, at Rotherhithe, added to th e i r ' little fleet of fast river steamers. At 20 minutes before two o'clock on Saturday last, the directors, with their friends, proceeded from Woolwich to the Commercial dock, and shortly after three o'clock the ceremony of christening the new vessel was performed by Miss Col lins, a 'granddaughter of one of the directors, and the Elfin glided into the water amidst the cheers of the nu merous spectators of the scene. Mr. 0. W. Lang, as sistant to the master shipwright at Chatham dockyard from whose design, similar to those of the Dryad fast steamer, the Elfin was built, was present, and the launch took place to the entire satisfaction of all present. The Elfin is to be fitted with the engines formerly used in the Ariel, and it is expected she will prove one of the fastest • boats belonging to the company. THE SHARE MARKETS. 184 100 1° L1 4 ?l all all BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. 291 30} 6 91 101 7A 6Ad 21 —22 d 3A 2Ad 104 105 63i 644 21if 221 19 20 Closing Prices Business done this day. this day. all 11t 100 2 - 3 pm, 8 - 9 - 51 13 • - 13/ 10 - 11 74- 7i 73 - 75 55 - 57 73 - 75 32 - 34 62 - 64 83 - 84 47 - 49 123 -125 108 —lO9 911 -- 92 6f -- 7i 92 -- 94 13 -- 13Ap 76i -- 77 44 -- 4A d 3A -- 3 d 16 -- 161 29i i 5i 6i 5i 1041 f 64i i d 22i 198 i 47i 8 7i J 1 13 i i 25 25 St. 50 St. St. St. St. 13i 20 20 50 10 106 10 20 20 lAberdeeu Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley.... Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Janet Do. Chesil. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock and Passage Dublin&Belfast June Dundee Perth &Aber- deen Junction Do. New !East Anglian (X 25 and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (181. E.& H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) Do., do Do., B. and C. lEasi Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk.l .& Binning. Junc 1 Edinbr7gh & Glasgow Edin. and Peebles 'Edin. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow &S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Great Southern and Western (Ireland), Great Western Irish South-Eastern, Lancaster & Carlis7e, Do Thirds Lancash. & Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Loud. Tilb. & Sth end. Loud. Brigt. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do:, Fifths Do. ,XlO Sh.M.&B. C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O Louder.. y. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Lincln Do. , Man. & Lin. Un INF dland Do. Lirming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares Neweas:;le & Carlisle Ne wma"•ket Do. Bury Extension. Newp. Aberg. &Hftd. 1 , 4 e & Enniskillen. Newry, Warrer.d3int, and Restrevor Norfolk Do., "Jew Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Weste 711 ...... N. & S. Westrn. Oxford, W orcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central ScoY.ish M'clland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Cuaranteed Stock. Shrewsby.& Hereford Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves do Do Dc. Oswestiy Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Sou:1 Wales S. Yorksh.River Dun Do. Stock on & Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock and Railway' Vale of Neath. Waterfd. & Kilkenny Water:ord& Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledon&Croydn. Woodford York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions..... .. Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. 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Arrived from the River—Lord Sidmouth, for Quebec ; Triton, do. .Ar rived from the River, and sailed — Rostock, for Melbourne; Celestial, Madras ; Vivid, Buenos Ayres ; Chri s ti ana , New loinld7rWweiantdhe. thisr day at Noon, N., light York ; Elizabeth, Quebec ; Watchful, Port Philip ; Wil liam, Quebec ; Jonen Armando, do. LIVERPOOL, April 10.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived — Eleanor Thompson, Mobile ; Neptune, Galveston ; Janet Kidston, Mobile ; Wm. Tapscott, do. ; Albert Gallaton, New York ; Canada (s), Boston, left 30th inst. Sailed— Evadne, Calcutta ; Favourite, Melbourne ; Duchess of Lancaster, Singapore ; Phcenican, Pernumbuco ; Imperial, St. John's, N.B. Off Port—Black Cat, Tagus , and Inca. Dovgß, April 10.—Wind, W. Arrived—J. W. Bad duke, Galveston for Bremen, with damage, having been in contact; Vivid, London for Buenos Ayres, with loss of bowsprit, Sze., from contact with a brig off Beachy Head. COWES, April 10.—Wind, N. Arrived—Ellen, London, for Trinidad. PonsmouTH, -April 10.—Wind, W. Arrived—H.M.'s stoamer Scorpion, Bermuda. Sailed—Coromandel, Hobart Town. RYA', April 10.— The Virginia, London to Naples, came on shore to-day, waterlogged, from contact with a barque, will be got off next tido. SourilemProN, April 10.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—Harp ley, Australia ; Toviot (s), Brazils ; Ava, Quebec. PLYMOUTH, April 10.—Sailed—Princess Royal, Quebec; Rose, do. ; Agnes, do. FALMOUTH, April 10.—Arrived—Wroath, Matanzas ; Novo 'Veneedor, Pernambuco. Sailed—Norman, Rio Janeiro ; Countess of Durham, Quebec ; Yorkshire Lass, tls. • Gem, Geelong ; One or Onni, Melbourne. *EYMOUTll.—Sailed—Naiad, St. Thomas' ; Atlantic, Quebec. CLYDE, April 9.—Arrived—Fluere de Marie, Pernam buco ; Fama Habanerm, Matanzas ; Luconia, New York ; Huron, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Glasgow (s), New York ; S t. John's, Newfoundland. Sailed — Mary Morris, New York ; Leo, ditto ; Collingwood, Dal housie, New Brunswick. LEITH, April 9 .—Sailed—Royalist, Quebec ; George, Quebec. - DUBLIN, April 9 . —Arrived—Diana, Barbadoes. SWANSEA, April 10.—Wind N.W. Sailed, Francais Ham, Calcutta ; Joinville, Porto Grande ; Madame Reeamur, Calcutta. GRIMSBY, April 10.—Wind, S.E. Sailoci—Mathilde, Porto Plata. GOALL.—Arrived—Jane Erskine, Pernambuco. ELSINORE, April s.—The Caspian, of and from Whitby, put in here leaky, March 31, having been on shore, must repair. - MALTA, April 2.—Fhe Amphetrite, Odessa to England, put in here, March 26, leaky, &c. HAVANNAH, March 21..—The Luisa y Yet3Usa, Liverpool to this port, was totally wrecked on Ginger Key, 16th inst. ; crew saved. NEW YORK, March 26.—The Seboois, Cardenos to Cork, put into Galveston, 19th inst., very leaky. ST. PETERSBURGH.—The letters from St. Petersburgh of the Ist inst. state that the tendency of the rate of exchange was still favourable to this country, the quo tation being 381 d. to Id. ARRIVAL OF HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.—Yesterday Mrs. Stowe arrived at Liverpool, a passenger by the Royal Mail Steam-ship Canada, having left Boston on the 30th ult. DEPARTURE OF THE ARABIA.—LIVERPOOL, SATUR DAY.—The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Arabia, Captain C. H. E. Judkins, sailed from the Mersey this afternoon, with the usual mails for the United States and the British colonies in North America. 110 passengers, and a large and valuable cargo of merchandise on fi eight. Her mails were carried out in charge of Lieutenant J. Grant Raymond, R.N., Admiralty agent. The Arabia since her last trip has undergone several alterations, it being found that the floats of the paddle-wheels, which were 36 inches deep, lifted too much water, and thereby proportionably re duced her speed. To obviate this, floats of 20 inches in depth have been s u b s tit u ted to the extent of half of the whole number, and the remainder will be altered before the next trip. The screw-steamer Osmanli, Captain Corbell (one of the Fox line of packets to Australia), also sailed from the Mersey, for Melbourne and Port Philip. She carried out -25 passengers and about 5,0001. in specie. Her mails are very large, the letters alone amounting to nearly 100,000. EXECUTION OF MOORE FOR THE MURDER AT ASH FLATS.—On Saturday morning, at eight o'clock, Charles Moore underwent the e xtreme sentence of the law in front of Stafford County Prison, for the late atrocious double murder of the old couple named Blackburn, whose bodies were discovered shockingly mutilated and partially burned in their beds. It is satisfactory to know that that the unhappy culprit, in reply to the so licitations of the Revs. E. Iluddleston and P. O'Sullivan, Roman Catholic priests, who have been untiring in their attendance on him since his conviction has made an ample confession of his guilt, entirely exonerating the younger Blackburn, Walsh, who was convicted with him, and other parties upon whom suspicion rested, from any parti cipation in the crime. On Wednesday a respite for Walsh, who was convicted with Moore, was received from the Home-office, th e result of the strenuous exertions of the Hon. and Rev. A. C, Talbot, one of the visiting justices of the jail. 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This interesting work consists of various sketches of chamois hunting in Southern Germany. It is neither a work of fiction nor the relation of extra ordinary achievements or perils. The author simply endeavours to describe chamois hunting as it is ; he presents to the reader a narrative of his adventures in the Bavarian mountains, describing the habits and peculiarities of their inhabitants, both human and animal. The perpetud warfare that exists between the jagers (keepers) and the poachers resembles much the border warfare of the Cheviots in olden times, when each pass and road was watched ; their mutual hatred is so great that in some parts they fire at each other whenever they get a chance. There is scarcely a ridge or pass that has not some tale of deadly struggle or secret murder. The mountains possess a charm which the Bavarian cannot resist, and out he must be with his rifle, although he knows that if ho pass any spot where a jager is concealed, he will, in all probability, be shot dead. The description which the author gives of the chamois is interesting. " The Chamois is no goat, but belongs to the antelope genus (Antilopc rupocapra) of which it is the only speci men inhabiting Europe. It is larger and more strongly built than a roebuck, and is much heavier. A good buck will weigh 551 b., and one above 601 b. is a particu larly fine fellow. My friend, Count Arco, has, however, shot some that weighed 741 b. and 821 b. But such are rare and difficult to get at ; for these old bucks remain alone in their inaccessible fastnesses and the most se cluded places ; and it is only when the winter has set in, and the rutting season begun, that there is any chance of seeing them. In order to do so, the hunter must brave the intense cold, as well as all the dangers of a re gion of snow and ice, for he will be led to places where good nerves are required, not to feel overcome with horror at the scene around. The hair of the chamois changes its colour at various seasons of the year, as is the case with the roe and the red and fallow deer. In summer their coat is of a red yellowish brown ; in autumn it grows much darker, and in winter is quite black. But though the changes here indicated may be looked upon as the general rule, there will often be found in the same herd one or more differing strikingly from the rest, of a buff colour perhaps, while all the rest are of a reddish brown. The hair of the forehead, around the nose and lower jaw, and the inside of the ears, is of a yellow. ish tinge, and remains throughout the year the same. The belly, the inside of the legs, and the shaggy hair that overhangs the hoofs are also of this colour, and never change ; the black stripe too on both sides of the head, extending from the eyes to the corners of the mouth, remains a striking feature under every circum stance. The outer hair is long and coarse ; that over the ridge of the back is of greater length than on any other part of the body, especially in winter, and of this the ornament " Gems-hart " is made. Each hair is tipped with white ; so that when a number of exactly the same length are bound together and spread out like a fan, a white line is seen to border the black surface, and presents a pretty appearance. The longer the hair the more it is esteemed for this purpose. The eye of the animal is large, dark, and intelligent ;it is full of anima tion ; but this, in its expression of keen watchfulness, is the animation of fear. It carries its head erect, and its graceful ears pointed as if prepared against surprise. The horns, which are black rise from the head just above and between the eyes ; they are round and rougher at the base, but incline somewhat to flatness towards the top, which is smooth and polished. They do not stand up perpendicularly, but slant• forward at right angles to the forehead ; their points, which are very sharp, being bent back and downwards. This feature is not peculiar to the buck alone ; there is, however, consid era bl e dif ference between the horns f the male and female, which often assists the sportsman in distinguishing the two. The horns of the male chamois are thicker and alto gether stronger looking than those of the female ; and instead of diverging from each other in so straight a line as hers generally do, their outline describes a a slight curve as they rise upwards and apart from each other. But a still more striking characteristic of the buck is, that the points of his horns are bent much more inwards than those of the doe, hers from a semicircular curvature towards the back, while his, turning over abruptly, form rather a hook. This gives the head quite another expression ; it has something more resolute about it, as well as a dashing air and a look of bravado. The horns of a very good buck will be seven inches high, but I have seen some that much exceed this measure ment. The head of the chamois is admirably constructed for uniting strength with the greatest possible lightness. The frontal bones are extremely thin, so much so, in deed, that they would of themselves be liable to fracture on the slightest casualty. But to make them strong, and at the same time retain their lightness, a second set is thrown over the first, and the space between is divided into cells formed by the arched girders of solid bone, which uphold Nat the urehas here ad roof, andbin o d pt b e or is exemplified in together. The system which the cells in the upper and lower parts of the tube that forms the Britannia Bridge. There is perhaps no animal so peaceful, and at the same time so timid, as the cha mois. Nature, therefore, besides endowing it with a facility of climbing into the most inaccessible places, and thus avoiding pursuit, has enabled it to guard against the approach of danger by the great acuteness of its senses of sight, smell, and hearing. It is this that makes it so very difficult to get near them. A rolling stone, or a spoken word, at once at tracts their attention ; .and they will look and listen to discover whence the sound has come that breaks the silence of their mountain solitude. For an incredible time they'will then stand gazing fixedly in one direction, quite immovable, and if it happen to be towards some thing in your neighbourhood that their attention has . been attracted. you must lie still indeed to escape their observation. The eyes of the whole flock will be fixed on the spot in one long steady stare ; and as you watch them from afar, they almost look like fragments °frock, so motionless are they while they gaze. You begin to hope that they have found no cause for alarm, when, `Phew!' the sharp whistle tells they have fathomed the mystery, and away they move to the rocks overhead. Unless panic-stricken, they stop from time to time to look behind; and then uttering the peculiar shrill sound, again move on A chamois, when dashing down the mountain will suddenly stop, as if struck by a thunderbolt, some yards from the spot where recent human foot-prints are to be found in the snow, and turning, scared away, rush off immediately in an opposite direction. The taint which the presence of the hunter has left behind is perceived by it long after he has passed. The agility of the chamois has become almost proverbial ; but to have any idea of what it is, one must be an eye-witness of the bounds they make, and see the places they will race down at full speed when pursued. A smooth surface of rock, so smooth that a footing there seems impossible, and of nearly perpendicular steep ness, is no obstacle to their flight. Down they go, now bounding, now gliding, with a velocity which seems to insure their being inevitably dashed to pieces. The chief strength of the animal is in its hind legs, which, if ex tended, would be longer than the others. On this account it springs upwards with more ease than it descends the mountain and on level ground ground its walk is clumsy and ungraceful. It is not made to run, but bounds along over the ground. The hoof is cloven, long, and pointed, and the slot of the chamois resembles that of the sheep. The edges are sharp, which causes it to slip easily on the ice, and on this account it rather avoids passing the glaciers. When standing, the hind legs are always bent, as if the animal were preparing to lie down, which no doubt helps considerably to break the fall when leaping from a great height. Notwithstanding this, croup is still somewhat higher than the fore part of the body. The elastic' force with the hind legs is immense. With a sudden bound the chamois will leap up against the face of a perpendicular rock, and, merely touching it with its hoots, rebound again in an opposite direction to some higher crag, and thus escape from a spot where, without wings, egress seemed impossible. When reaching .upwards on its hind legs, the fore hoofs resting on some higher spot, it is able to stretch to a considerable dis tance, and with a quick spring will bring up its hind quarters to a level with the rest of the body, and with all four hoofs dose together stand poised on a point of rock not broader than your hand. On narrow over hanging ledges some thousand feet high they walk and gaze about enjoying the security from pursuit which such spots afford." Mr. Boner has received much valuable informa tion from his friend, Count Arco, who is a first-rate authority in all that relates to the chase. " His collection of (at Munich) antlers, of the red deer, and the roebuck, with a fair number of the horns of the chamois, is perhaps the finest in the world. Never were antlers of such magnificent size and strange formation collected together. 30,0001. has been offered and refused." The chamois possesses a fascination over the hunter as powerful as the serpent over a bird—he can not resist the influence. Count Arco's de scription of a feat he once performed when in pur suit of a wounded chamois is one of the most daring ever attempted. He had wounded a chamois, and, as is usual with those animals, it had climbed up wards, and at length gone along a narrow ledge of. rock jutting out from the perpendicular side of the mountain, some 3,000 feet above its base, and hiv ing advanced about 200 yards, reached a spot where a few shrubs were growing, and laid down and died. From an opposite mountain ,the Count could see him, and being determined to possess the prize, in spite of the remonstrances of his companions he ventured on the ledge, accompanied by a forester and a woodcutter. He describes the ledge as being at its widest parts not more than 17 inches, and in some parts only 7 inches, with an almost perpendi cular rock on one hand and a precipice on the other, so that to advance at all he was obliged to face the rock and move on side-ways. When ,he had proceeded about half-way, suddenly he came to a cleft in the pathway of about 5 feet. It was too wide to step and impossible to jump, so they had to return and cut down a small tree, and dra g it after them to form a bridge. In re turning, the Count says that he felt for the only time in his life a feeling of fear and nervousness come over him ; it was not giddiness, but fear in contemplating the difficulties before him, and he drained his spirit flask, and sat down with his legs hanging over the ledge for a quarter of an hour to recover himself. A curious anecdote is related of an idiot who wanders about the Bavarian moun tains.. -He has been up the peaks of almost all the mountains in Bavaria. The Zug Spitz, the ascent of which is very difficult, and has only be en aocom. plished a few years ago, is little less than 11,000 feet high. He one day returned to his home, and said that he had been up the Zip , Spitz. Every body laughed a", hith ; fuis hurt his feelings very much. He said nothing, but set off again, was absent several days, came home and told the people that he had been up the Zug Spitz again, and if they looked they would see a pole at the top. No one believed the tale now more than before, but, on looking with their glasses, there, sure enough, was the pole stuck on the highest point. Thus he not only found his way up the mountain, but bare footed and without any food, dragged a small tree up after him. He after this exploit ascended the Spitz Berg, being the only person that ever succeeded in the attempt. We find also some amusing extracts from old books of Venery, in which the most marvellous powers are attributed to the stag and other animals of the chase; amongst other wonders the stag is supposed to live 100 years, to eat serpents when ill and old, to have a bone in its heart, &c. The work is embellished with several engravings by Horsehelt, which are beautifully executed, representing various scenes in the mountains, and the reader, on closing the volume, will lay it aside for re-perusal. The Book of the Garden,. By Charles Mclntosh, F. R. P. S•, F. R. S. S. A. In 2 volumes. Vol. 1. Blackwood. This is the first volume of one of the most com plete and extensive works 'on this subject that has appeared. It is not a botanical treatise, but is de voted to a practical consideration of the formation and arrangement of fruit gardens—the walls, hot houses, pits, frames, &c. The different styles of flower-gardens, also, engage the author's atten tion. The directions given are lik e l y to prove eminently useful, especially as they are the work of an undoubted authority. Mr. Mclntosh being a member of three horticultural societies—the London, the Caledonian, and the Massach usetts, and late curator of the Royal Gardens of the Ki ng of the Belgians. The utmost exactness is observed in the , treating of the different subjects, and one chapter is entirely devoted to " practical dia grams explanatory of the rules for laying out gardens." This first volume is entitled structural, and relates to first principles, such as the manner of laying out the grounds, the building of the walls, the heating of the hothouses, and the details of the construction of different edifices. So tho roughly has the subject been treated that it con tains 776 pages and 1,073 illustrations, many of them plates of a large size. It has been publishing for some time in five shilling parts. We presume the second, which is now in course of publication, will contain instructions to the uninitiated relating to the management and preservation of the garden when it is at length arranged, laid out, and the style of the flower-garden fixed upon, which would not be an easy task, from the variety and elegance of the specimens appended. The following account of the different national styles is interesting : "During the dark ages, gardening, like all other arts, languished ; but upon the revival of learning, the inven tion of printing, and the Reformation, commerce began to flourish and peace to prevail ; and Italy shared, to a certain extent, in those blessings. The family of the Medici revived and patronised the art of gardening in, Italy ; and their gardens, which were of the geometric and architectural styles, long served as models for most of Europe, and continued to be imitated in France, Germany, and Britain, until the introduction of the English, or, as it has been called, the natural style—the conception of Bridgman, Kent, Wright, Browne, Emes, Price, Knight, and Repton, aided by the pens of Addi son, Pope, Shenstone, George Mason, Whateley, Gray, and Mason, the poet. ' Garden architecture, so far as hothouses are con cerned, has made little progress in the south of Europe, because the climate is naturally sufficiently warm to render them all but useless. There are, however, in stances of planthouses both in Spain and Portugal, as at Madrid, Coimbra, and Montserrat. These countries are, at the same time, not deficient in architectural gar dens, having, it is presumed, on the authority of Jacob, still the remains of Moorish gardens existing. Other travellers inform us that the walks of their gardens are paved with marble, bordered with parterres planted with evergreens, and shaded with orange trees ; and, however strange it may appear to us, they have con trivances under these walks by which they can force up jets of water between the joints of the pavement; and as Sir John Carr remarks, they take much pleasure in directing the water of these reversed showers against ladies.' Fountains, alcov es , t erraces , s t a t ues , trellis work, temples, grottoes, covered seats, and bowers are the principal features f Spanish and Portuguese gar dens. The Dutch and French styles of gardening very much resemble each other, the characteristics of both being symmetry and abundance of ornament. The gar dens of the former are more confined, crowded with frivolous and often ridiculous embellishments, and almost invariably intersected with canals of still and frequently muddy waters. So partial are these people to water even to this day, that however limited the space it must have its place. The humidity of the climate being fa vourable to the growth of green award, we see there grassy walks, terraces, and slopes ; and these, with their straight canals, may be said to form the really distinctive character of their grounds. The French style may be said to have arisen about the middle of the seventeenth century, during the luxurious reign of Louis XIV. In this reign the arts in France flourished, and that of gar dening received a fresh impulse by his munificence and the talent of Le Notre, the most celebrated gardener of his time in Europe. Le Notre's style rapidly spread in all improving countries. The celebrated gardens of Ver sailles constituted his grandest effort. Landscape gar dening, and the adoption of the English or natural style, were, soon after their establishment with us, introduced into Germany ; and, whether from a greater amount of baronial wealth, the spirit of enterprise, or the love of imitation, it is certain that greater progress has been made in the art in that country than in any other on the Continent. In Russia, although the climate is adverse, many of the nobles are rich, and they as well as the Emperor have most extensive hothouses and gardens. The intro duction of a taste for either cannot be carried back be yond the time of Peter the Great. Within that period all the styles of garden already noticed have been in vogue ; at present, the English style introduced by the celebrated Empress Catherine about 1768, is the most popular." It will be seen thatthe authorpossesses a thorough knowledge of his subject, and he has succeeded in presenting a most compendious and instructive volume to the practical gardener. The Modern Housewife or Aienagere. By Alexis Soyer. Alexis Soyer is not only one of the notabilities of the present day —one of those whose names are " familiar in our mouths as household words," but a substantial benefactor of the community in his generation. Not restricting the refinements of the cuisine to the epicure and the man of wealth, his gastronomical doctrine is eminently popular, and numberless are the grateful disciples, of his art among the intelligent middle classes of the British empire. The " Modern Housewife," recently pub lished by Messrs. Simpkin and Marshall, is a volume of exceeding practical utility. It comprises nearly one thousand receipts for the economic and judici ous preparation of every meal of the day, and those for the nursery and sick-room ; with minute direc tions for family management in all its branches. Considerable improvements and additions have been introduced into this edition, and there can be little doubt but that its sale will be commensurate' with its merits. From M. Soyer's pages may be learned the practicability of combining culinary economy and excellence, and hence they deserve to be adopted as a vade mecum by all families desirous of domestic comfort and regularity. Some useful hints upon carving poultry, and " Soyer's Chari table Cookery," first published in 1847, during the author's mission to Ireland, are added to the volume, which is illustrated with numerous engravings, one of which, illustrative of a letter on the physiology of tarts, pies, and pie -crust, presents two striking por traits—one " of an apple-pie as it ought to be, taken from still life"—the other, " of an apple-pie in a fit, as they often are, taken from real life." Deploring the present barbarism of the pie manufacture, the mditer of the epistle impresses the necessity of amelioration, in a process, so universally, but so inartistically practised. " Believe me, says Hortense, "believe me, I am not jesting, but if all the spoiled pies made for the dinner of one single Sunday in London were to be exhibited in a row, near a railway line, it would take above one hour, by special train, to pass in re view those culinary victims ; therefore see the im portance of the subject. If we could only rescue every year in proper standing half a mile of pies and pie -crust, I think we should deserve a piece of plate, or, at least, a piece of one of our disciples' pies. Gaze with admiration and horror on these two family portraits." It is unnecessary to enter into a detail of the fea tures of a book which will find its way into the hands of everybody, and we shall conclude our brief notice of this excellent and valuable production of the Napoleon of Cooks, by transcribing a curious calculation of the quantity isf food consumed by an epicure in a period of 60 years. Hear the in structive and suggestive observations of the ‘4 Modern Housewife " on this head, and then ac knowledge the importanc e o f economy and atten tion in the preparation s o f th e viands which are necessary to a healthful and comfortable_ existence. What is life, after all, un l ess good digestion wait on appetite propose shall to tak e 70 years of the life of an epicure, beyond which age many of that class of ' bon vivants' arrive, and even above f 80, still in the full enjoy ment of degustation, &c. ,sz ( or example, Talleyrand, epicures, when entering Cambac4res, Lord Sefton,°il been thee placed if the first of the said spring of his ex traordinary career, ha r :d say, the top of Primrose-bill, and dahcead on d a e n xhi enu bited be fore his infantine eyes the enormous quantity of food his then insignificant person would destroy before he attained his 71st year—first, he would believe it must be a delu sion; then, secondly, he would inquire where the money could como froll2 to purchase so much luxurious extra' ' vagance ? But here I shall leave the pecuniary expenses on one side, which a man of wealth can easily surmount when required. So now, dearest, for the extraordinary fact ; imagine on the top of the above-mentioned hill a rushlight of a boy just entering his tenth year, sur rounded with the recherche provisions and delicacies claimed by his rank and wealth, taking merely the medium consumption of his daily meals. By closely calculating, he would be surrounded and gazed at by the following number of quadrupeds, birds, fishes, &c. : —By no less than 30 oxen, 200 sheep, 100 calves, 200 lambs, 50 pigs ; in poultry, 1,200 fowls, 300 turkeys, 150 geese, 400 ducklings, 263 pigeons ; 1,400 part ridges, pheasants, and grouse ; 600 woodcocks and snipes; 600 wild ducks, widgeon, and teal; 450 plovers, ruffes, and reeves ; 800 quails, ortolans, and doterrels, and a few guillemots and other foreign birds ; also 500 hares, and rabbits, 40. deer, 120 Guinea fowl, 10 pea cocks, and 360 wild fowl. In the way of fish, 120 turbot, 140 salmon. 120 cod, 260 trout, 400 mackerel, 300 whitings, 800 soles and slips, 400 flounders, 400 red mullet, 200 eels, 500 haddocks, 400 herrings, 5,000 smelts, and some hundred thousand of those deli cious silvery whitebait, besides a few hundred species of fresh-water fishes. In shell fish, 20 turtle, 30,000 oys ters, 1,500 lobsters or crabs, 300,000 prawns, shrimps, sardines, and anchovies. In the way of fruit, about 8601bs. of pine-apples and grapes, 600 peaches, 1,400 apricots, 240 melons, some hundred thousand plums, greengages, apples, pears, and some millions of cherries, strawberries, raspberries, currants, mulberries, and an abundance of other small fruit, viz., walnuts, chesnuts, dry figs, and plums. In vegetables of all kinds, 5,475 lbs. weight, and about 2,434 lbs. of butter, 684 lbs. of cheese, 21,000 eggs, 800 ditto plovers. Of bread; 41 tons, half a ton of salt and pepper, near,2l tons of sugar ; and, if he had happened to be a covetous boy, he could have formed a fortification or moat round the said hill with the liquids he would have to partake of to facilitate the digestion of the above-named provisions, which would amount to no less than 10,5161 gallons, which may be taken as be. low:-49 hogsheads of wine, 1,368 f gallons of beer 584 gallons of spirits, 342 liqueurs, 2,3941 gal lons of [coffee, cocoa, tea, &c., and 304 gallons of milk, 2,736 gallons of water ; all of which would actually protect him and his anticipated property from any young thief or fellow-schoolboy, like Alexander Dumas had protected Dante and his immense treasure from the pi rates in his island of Monte Christo. You, now,Cdearest, fancy that I am exaggerating in every way ; but to con vince you, and to prevent you puzzling your brain to no purpose, I also enclose you a medium scale of the re gular meals of the day, from which I have taken my basis, and in 60 years it amounts to no less than 59 tons, 5 cwts., 1 quarter 201 lbs. weight of meat, fari naceous food, vegetables,' liquids, &c. • out of which I have named in detail th e probable' delicacies that would be selected by an epicure through life. But observe that I did not count the first 10 years of his life, at the beginning of which he lived upon pap, bread and milk, &c., also a little meat, the expense of which I add to the age from 10 to 20, as no one can really be called an epicure before that age - it will thu s make the expenses more equal as regards the calculation. The following is the list of what I consider his daily meals : _ _ _ •` Breakfast. —Three quarters of a pint of coffee, four ounces of bread, one ounce of butter, two eggs, or four ounces of meat, or four ounces of fish. " Lunch.—Two ounces of bread, two ounces of meat or poultry, or game, two ounces of vegetables, and half a pint of beer or a glass of wine. " Dinner.—Half a pint of soup, a quarter of a pound of fish, half a pound of meat, a quarter of a pound of poultry, a quarter of a pound of savoury dishes or game, two ounces of vegetables, two ounces of bread, two ounces of pastry or roasts, half an ounce of cheese, a quarter of a pound of fruit, one pint of wine, one glass of liqueur, one cup of coffee or telt ; at night one glass of spirits and water. " Now that I have given you these important details, perhaps you will give me some little credit for my exac tion and severity respecting the attention which ought to be daily paid to the indispensable and useful art of cookery by our middle classes. I shall also observe to you, that those masses of provisions above described in the expose of 60 years, have been selected, dressed, and served, by scientific hands, every real epicure choosing through life the best cook, and consequently the best of provisions, which, had they have fallen into the hands of inexperienced persons, would very likely have wasted one-third, thereby increasing the expenses, and never giving any real satisfaction to the consumer ; therefore, let us act in a small way as becomes us, as the wealthy do according to their incomes ; let every housekeeper devote more time to the study of domestic and practical economy ; and in many instances it will increase their incomes as well as their daily comforts, for, as I re marked to you that the pleasures of the table being not only the most expensive part of human luxury, but also the soul of sociability, they require more attention be - stowed upon them than is done at the present day." Glees and Madrigals. Printed for the Society, and sold by Ewer and Co. Leader and Co., and other booksellers. " Glees and Madrigals," sung by the Concordia Society, are lying before us, and remind us of the pleasure we have derived from the able perform ance of the same at the Society's rooms. We happen to be among those who appreciate and love the quaint compositions, in word and note, of such writers as Herrick, Carew, Lovelace, Shenstone, and Sir J. Suckling ; and such musicians as Mornington, Horsley, Callcott, Webbe, and. Wilbye, with a host of others of similar genius and. feeling. The choral of these exquisite strains must ever afford a pure delight to 'all who have a soul attuned to Nature's key note ; and, for our own part, we would rather listen to the harmony of " When the wind blows," " How sweet in the woodlands," or " Come with me, and be my love," than be doomed to sit out a " modern opera." There is something in the rhymes to these old fashioned melodies, we suspect, which materially helps the charm. Who will not admire the follow ing simple and pretty conceit ? " In going to nay lonely bed, As ono that would have slept, • I heard a wife sing to her child, That long had mourned ma wept. She sighed sore, and sang full sweet, To lull the babe to rest ; That would not cease, but cried the more, Upon its mother's breast. She was full weary of her watch, And grieved with her child ; She rocked it, and rated it, Till that on her it smiled. Then did she say, Now have I found This proverb true to prove, The falling out of faithful friends Renewing is of love." Then let any one hearken to these words with Horsley's beautiful music wedded to them, and many of our every-day " ballad-mongers" will lose by the comparison, we fear. " When the wind blows in the sweet rose-tree, And the cow lows on the fragrant lea, And the stream flows all bright and free, 'Tis not for thee, 'tis not for me, 'Tis not for any one here I trow The gentle wind bloweth, Tho happy cow loweth, The merry stream floweth, For all below. Oh ! the Spring, the bountiful Spring, She shineth and smileth on everything." We warmly congratulate the Concordia Society on the patronage it deserves and appears to meet with. Newton's London Journal. This useful repertory contains its usual account of recent patents &c., and all other mechanical and scientific intelligence. The Art Journal. The three plates of this number represent "The Suppliant, " Nymphs Bathing," and " Dr. John son in the Ante-Room of Lord Chesterfield." They are of the usual degree of merit. No. 21 of the " Great Masters of Art " is devoted to Cornelius B ega, a Dutch painter of the seventeenth century. " An Artist's Ramble from Antwerp to Rome " is continued, illustrated. "Dress as a Fine Art" also progresses, and the figures given are numerous. The article on the " Dublin Exhibition " presents us with a number of specimens of vases and orna ments. The Church of England Quarterly Review. There are remarks made in this number on severa l important works " Dr. Fraill's Josephus," " Niebuhr's Life and Letters." The most worthy of attention is the first article on the " Holy Scriptures and the Hebrew Language." Among eyvernestpseucstefdr.om regardinglts unive i r t sa a , and other reflections on the vast influence and sublime one of dignity of language, it is suggested that language boons of Heaven. It • en. is observed on this subject : t f is h am e n i h l o i i t g ar h r i e t i e y g t i p lt L " Many persons suppose that language of man—that it was very rough and imperfect in it s ori ginal state, a n d became more polished and more cop i ous as civilisati on a d vanced, and the wants of mankind were multiplied. In the case of Adam, such a supposition is obviously untenable. The fromlanguag e h e s p o k e was th at which he h a d fi rst heard God, and it must therefore have been a perfect language as coming from Godhimself; and the faculty both to comprehend its meaning and to give it utterance must have been implanted in the first man by the Creator. The child who needs to be taught to speak, and the savage who speaks only a jargon until he Adam never better inst ruc t e d, are not anomalous ca ses , for never was a child—never was in the condition of a savage. He was created a full-grown man, perfect in body and mind, and his speech, like everything alike before the fall, was perfect—not, as is supposed, rude at first, and gradually perfected by use. We maintain that the primitive language was perfect, and that all deviations from this standard have been corruptions rather than improvements, when language is regarded in its highest application as having reference to spiritual and eternal things, and not merely to the things of earth and the passing events of social intercourse." WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL—His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury preached a sermon yesterday morning at the church of St. Margaret, Westminster, in the pre- Bence of Vice-Chancellor Sir J. P. Wood, Mr. Mateley, Q.C. Dr. Sutherland, and a crowded congregation, in aid of the fun& of this charity. The appeal produced PI collection of 431. 70. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1853.