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Maria Antonia Do. New _ Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. S s. ) Norw egianTrunkP re f Paris and Lyo ns....`. Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. ct. Southern of France Upper Irdia Scrip West Flanders Do. 5i per c. Pref Western of France West of Switzerland .Zea1and........ 1 13 144 par p 24 2 dis p 2 p 2 —2p " idis— p par 1 p 1 6 —7ix in 4 11 —is ig d 2 2 p 6.i 7 32 i -323 an 1 8 144 - 9 13$ p 37 37 39 298 39 31 3 b par 4 p 19 84 91 li - 2j•P 43 7_ P ) d Id 6 P --- of dPI Baslness done this day. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, FEBRUARY 2, 1853. LITERATURE. ilusinesi this day. " SABBATH-DAYS. Bleck iluuse. No. XII. By Charles Dickens. - Esther Summerson has it all to herself this month in the, for once, uninterrupted continuation of her autobiography. Hers are the three chapters constituting the present instalment. In the thirty sixth we are at " Chesney Wold ;" in the thirty seventh we hear there of Rick's entanglement in the terrible case of " Jarndyce and Jarndyce ;" in the thirty-eighth, having returned once more to Bleak House, we accompany Esther on a trip to London, when she calk upon Caddy Turveydrop, and where we witness " a struggle" between the self-love and politeness of Mr. William Guppy, of Penton-place, Pentonville. It is all out about Lady Dedlock being the mother of Esther Summerson. They have a sudden interview in the wood close by Chesney Wold, when the pride of the fine lady melts away altogether in the warmth of maternal tenderness. The passion of the mother's mingled joy and grief—joy at discovering her child, grief at the blot upon her own reputa tion—has in it something very beautiful. Esther and Lady Dedlock part, however, pledged to mutual secresy, and with the understanding that they are never again to hold communication with each other. Stubbs, the pony, is a delicious fel low—quite a blood relation of our old friend Whis ker. We have in this number an exquisite little sketch by Phiz, of the Ghost's Walk at Chesney Wok! —a wild spot no less exquisitely de scribed by Boz—with the " old stone lions and grotesque monsters bristling outside.dens of shadow and snarling at the evening gloom over their escutcheons." Esther appears to be dreadfully dis figured, as we surmised. The small-pox seems to have made her ugly, in fact, if we may judge by the sudden revulsion caused in the feelings of Mr. Guppy, when her veil is raised. Nevertheless, upon the other persons in the story, the change appears to have but little effect, as is seen by the recognition of her by Rick, and Ada, and Caddy, and Prince, and even Mr. Skimpole. By the way Mr. Skimpole comes out again delightfully in this number for February. " The dear old infant" talks, for example, beamingly of what Mr. Micawber calls his pecuniary difficulties. He says he is "con stantly being bailed out, like a boat ; or paid off, like a ship." " Somebody always does it for me," he observes; "I can't do it, you know, for I never have any money. But Somebody do-n it. I g3t out by Somebody's means. lam not like the star ling. I get out. If you were to ask me who Somebody is, I couldn't tell you. Let us drink to Somebody. God bless him!" Again—alluding to this nameless philanthropist—he says that in one instance of embarrassment, " Somebody was so good as to step in and pay the money—something and four pence ; I forget the pounds and shillings, but I know it ended with fourpence, because it struck me at the time as being so odd that I should owe anybody fourpence." Harold Skimpole, in short, appears to be altogether incorrigible. What with him as a companion, and with Mr. Vholes as a legal adviser, Rick seems to be in a tolerably fair way of going, as Mr. Mantalini has it to the (demnition bow-wows) in his dance after good fortune in the case of Jarndyce and Jarhdyce. We have some comical scenes at the dancing academy in Newman-street, where we witness the doings of the little sprites of apprentices. At Pentonville, again, we make the acquaintance of a very queer old body, in the person of the mother of Mr. Guppy—a person whose incessant smile, combined with a large cap, a red nose, and an unsteady eye, gave her quite a waggish appearance. When Esther, accompanied by Caddy, knocks at the door, the good lady is " visibly in danger of cracking herself like a nut in the front parlour door by peeping out before she was asked for." When seated at last in a cor ner during the interview, she presents a rather ex traordinary aspect to her visitors, " holding her pocket handkerchief to her chest, like a fomentation, with both hands." Mr. Guppy, by-the-bye, appears at last by no way to advantage—rather mean, in deed, than otherwise—and selfish and vulgar—a disgrace to the office clerks of Conversation Kenge, and to the parlour-lodgers of Pentonville. The plot still continues in seemingly inextricable con fusion—a confusion one might fancy it almost de fying unravelment. Forest and Fireside Hours. Poems. By Westby , Gibson. Aylott and Company. Really, a little volume so gracefully and some times so exquisitely written as this book of the " Forest and Fireside," ought to command success, particularly under the shelter of such magnificent patronage. Among the subscribers we have names " enough and to spare" of our popular celebrities. Besides the Prince Consort, and Dukes, and Earls, and Viscounts, and Barons, and Baronets, we have all kinds of notabilities in literature. Among no velists we have shrewd Douglas Jerrold, and ironi cal W. M. Thackeray, wierd Harrison Ainsworth, and glorious Charles Dickens. Among poets we have the true-hearted Mackay, and the venerable Rogers, and the thoughtful Tupper, and Lander, and Procter, and a crowd of other favourites. And the book is not by any means unworthy of so very splendid an encouragement. It is unpretending, but at the same time really beautiful in its charac ter. Altogether it contains no more than seven teen effusions, but those seventeen effusions are stored with truth and loveliness. What is more, the work is accurate in its title. It evinces on the part of the writer, Westby Gibson, a homage for the hearth and for nature. The subjects selected by him for poetic celebration sufficiently indicate the fact that his sympathies for the most part are either rural or domestic. Take some of the names by way of illustration. Now the verses are upon " May, and now upon " Helen," the " Fall of the Leaf," the " Harvest Gleaning,", the " Early Violet." Simple themes all of them, but themes treated with a charming elegance, and evincing in their treat ment warmth and scope of imagination. Some of the word-painting is good—some of it even deli cious. In a piece called " The Woodlands," we penetrate the thickets, and peep into all sorts of dainty little nooks and corners of the umbrage. " Here the wild honeysuckles climb, and fold The gnarled boughs with spires and leafy knots ; And clustered blossoms, rich vtith ruddy gold, Veiling the light from green sequestered spots." Occasionally the phrases are inapt ; as when the writer says that " the golden-armoured bees"— " With sounding trumpets, march, from hidden hives " which they don't ! These, however, are the exceptions—for generally the expressions used are the very ones most appropriate. Here is a dainty mention of " Summer Twilight," in a piece so entitled : " The sweet mid-time, when Earth's glad heart is trem bling, Stirred by the warm bright rains and brooding heat, And through the rich May-grass, in childlike wonder, Steals happy June, with light bewildered feet." There are not wanting passages in which the author, without being guilty of plagiarism, betrays his knowledge of similar descriptions alreadypenned by others. In the same poem about the " Summer Twilight," for example, there are instances of this —as vague as, we doubt not, they were inadver tent. That stanza— " How sweet to feel, in this inscrutable darkness Of shadow upon shadow lying deep The ceaseless fragrance (nature's purest incense) Doth, all night long, its way to heaven keep." A thought almost identical in its nature and ex pression with that exquisite one in the Ode by Keats to the Nightingale " I cannot see what flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft incense hangS upon.the boughs, But in the embalmed darkness guess each sweet Wherewith the seasonable month endows," &c. Again there is that other stanza— " Slowly the sun descends—in gold and purple Royally clothed, like nature's King and Priest — His glowing arms outstretched in benediction On all the nations of the darkening East." Reminding us of that noble couplet by Sir Bulwer Lytton, occurring in his " New Timon " " Behold the Sun ! how stately in the East, Bright from God's presence comes the glorious Pripst." As a meaning,ilin ofg course, up of sweet names on the Sabbath, the Sunday, we cannot refrain f ro m transcribing the following sonnet : " Inese Sabbath-days are shining clues to Heaven !, The overflow of Mercy ! wide-thrown doors Into Joy's house ! sweet wayside shelters given When round our path forlorn Life's tempest roars ! Smiles of Eternity ! flowers in Time's dust ! Armour-of-proof beneath our pilgrim's-guise ! Luxuriant banquets after six days' crust ! Foretastes of Heaven ! true dreams of Paradise ! Fair garden walks--which, leaving for a time, Breaths of sweet air about us lingering play— Whence we may bear, as from the Eden-clime Poor Adam might have yearned, some balmy flower away." As a kind of companion picture, or rather as a graceful contrast to the foregoing, we are tempted to introduce in this place another " Sonnet, al though written by another hand—a sonnet not by Westby Gibson, but by J. J. Briggs—a sonnet not upon the Sabbath, but upon— " MIDNIGHT. " Silence hath set her finger with deep touch Upon Creation's lip. Like a young bride, the moon Lift's up Night's curtains, and, with countenance mild, Smiles on the beauteous Earth—her sleeping child. For joy the wild flowers weep—soft incense, such As steals from herb; in pleasant fields in June, Freights the Night air. Each light tree waving deep Is edged with silver —flocks lie motionless : How sweet are hours spent in such scenes as thii I When Peace looks down from Heaven in plaintive mp3d, • - • And Earth, in deep tranquillity of bliss, Becomes a suitor to fair Solitude. What noble actions spring to flowery prime— Spring—from the seeds Thought sows in such a time !" Returning to the author of the little volume before us, we augur well for his future success by so very happy and propitious a commencement. A Tour. of Inquiry through France and Italy; Illustrating their Present Social, Political, and Religious Condition. By Edmund Spencer, author of " Travels in European Turkey," &c. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett (Successors to Col burn). This author is well known to the reading world for his excellent descriptions of foreign life and distant lands. In the present instance, it is not his purpose to recount, for a thousandth time, the glories of nature, or the arandeurs of art, which Italy so la:vishly displ a y s , t io charm the fancy and delight the mind. The Eternal City of the Seven Hills suggested other ideas to him, and be endea vours to represent the actual state an]l condition of those who are now its denizens. He declares, at the commencement of the work, that his "aim is to enlist the sympathies of the generous sons of free England in favour of a country once the cradle of the arts, the home of science, literature, and learn ing, which has so long been overrun by foreign armies, and torn by domestic dissensions." Truly the picture is a most melancholy one, and none can withhold their regret at the thought that this land was once the foremost amid the empires and king doms of civilisation —that this people, so degraded, oppressed, and deceived, are the countrymen of the Cxsars, the descendants of the " Romans who shook the world." In the pages of this work we are informed of the gradual decline and fall of the old spirit of freedom and glory. The opinion expressed seems a just and true one, that the Italians are endowed with the utmost develop ment of the human mind, although the transcen dent gift has been abused, perverted, and partially obscured of late years by every species of tyranny, injustice, and fan.atidism. Another argument brought forward with much warmth and energy is this, that the spirit of the people is not so crushed and broken as it is asserted by some ; in short, that the " fire of old Rome " is not extinct. During the late revolution, the inhabitants of one city maint a i ne d a desperate resistance against the French, and at last the fight was only suspended by the exhaustion of both sides, the engagement having lasted the whole day. It is certainly de sirable for some one to have faith and hope for Italy and the Italians, although he be of a different race, creed, and country ; and it would be indeed a blessed thing if the visions here shown of national regeneration could be realised. It will be seen from this work how the Inquisition was the ruin of the country—that awful institution whose es tablishment has been the forerunner of death and disgrace to every land where it has found an en trance, and to every people who have owned its sway. It seems that a prophetic spirit warned the victims, for their resistance was unequalled in spirit and strength, but to no purpose. "In vain, it is said, the Lombards in the north of Italy, so nearly allied to the Anglo-Saxon in race and love of freedom ; in vain the Neapolitans in the south rose up again and again; in vain the republics of Genoa and Venice defied its terrors ; in vain the citizens of Rome threw open the dungeons of the Inquisition, and reduced the building to ashes." After the failure of these energetic attempts, ruin and devastation reigned paramount ; from thence may be dated the fall of the Queen of the Nations. It is added—" While the streets of Rome Were smoking with the burning pyres of the most illus trious sons of Italy, despair prevailed, the brilliant Italian mind set in darkness, and the noblest children of ruined Italy fled to the land of the stranger, carrying with them their genius, their industry, and their arts." In the following passages it will be seen how the system of tyranny worked against all improvement, and laid waste all efforts of genius to improve and adorn the land. The author eloquently remarks, that those men who upheld their country's cause and vindicated their birthright of free inquiry, " if they have perished at the stake, or in the torture chambers of the Inquisition, have hallowed the classic soil of Italy, and left names immortalised in the page of history." "There are certain races among mankind who ap pear to be endowed with that degree of intellectual superiority necessary for self-government, and we may reckon the Italians among the number, a highly prac tical people who have already shown they could enjoy and appreciate freedom. Again, how many illustrious men has not this country produced? In political science, we haVe Machiavelli, and the more recent Boccacio. We might multiply instances to prove that Italy before she fell under the demoralising sway of Spanish princes, and the leaden rule of the House of Hapsburg, led the way in all that was great and noble in the arts and sciences ; and if her highly-gifted sons have not continued in the van of European civilisation, it is solely to be ascribed to the political and religious disabilities under which they have laboured. Must we not therefore believe they would have fallen into barbarism did they not possess in a high degree the immortal development of mind—a, development which neither the tyranny of foreign des pots, nor the insurmountable obstacles thrown in the way of national education, has been able to crush." "After the Pontiffs had listened to the counsels of intolerant Spain, 'lt was then that the Jesuists, that priestly militia of the Church of Rome, first invaded the colleges, the schools, the pulpit, and the confessional. It was then that this ill-starred nation, hitherto the most enterprising and ind us t r i ous in Europe, sank into slavery. It was then that the bold conception, the manly diction, the finished execution began to decline in Italy. "There were schools and academies, poets and artists, as numerous as ever ; there was the same melodious language, the same vivid imagery, the same luxurious colouring ' • but the impul se o f c i vil and religious free dom which had previously given life to men's minds and their productions was wanting ; and the intolerant rule of this new horde of fore'gn invaders, the Spanish Jesuits, was sapping and undermining all that remained of that inventive, active, life-enterprise, and industry for which their fathers were so justly famed. " It was not only in architecture that the gigantic mind of old Italy revealed itself ; sculpture and painting were cultivat edwe sciencesretheofin o whichst most e e i re they h h e h i e g ry h a t e es weredt o ut /. to hs founders. f i while word he n r It universities nh e anatomy various there is scarcely a part of the human body that is not connected with the name of some illustrious Italian. Fabricius, Malpighi, lEselli Morgaqui. The erudite observations of Cisalpinus, an d the gigantic labours of Aldvorandi on the organisation of plants, heralded the investigations of the illustrious Swede, when, aided by those great Italian navigators, Columbus and Vasco di Gama, the botanic gardens of all the Italian universities bloomed with a thousand beautiful exotics until then unknown to Europe. Cassini drew the first meridian, Toricelli invented the barometer, Castelli explained the theory of running water, Galvani and Volta discovered the phenomena of galvanism and its effects, Paetaglia, of Brescia, may be termed the re storer of mathematics, and Galileo stands at the head of another constellation of illustrious Italians, who were, alas ! for the last time, to shed over their country the light of genius. Facts, undeniable facts, were now being elicited which the authority of a superstitious Church sought in vain to contradict. Wh o has not read of the Pontiffs of R ome ?—th e persecution fatto o e f t G ohfe al ß i lerouuboy, dungeonswth f heo illustrious the physician,lnqu ii ti , se a v n e who was thrown into the flames at Modena, of Barozzi, the mathematician, who expired by torture, of the mild and humane Jelesio, the bold f r i ar Campanello, of Ad and a ho s t o f o th er men. , who pe r i s h e d, e ith er a t home -or abroad, by the poi nards of the Inquisition r iai , V eminent i a u e c t h h i e , a V r t a s r di, and Ssaclipe sciences, Truly, it would be difficult to point out in any other age, or in any other country, such a galaxy of immortal names—men who united to the loftiest genius the cou rage of heroes, and the devotedness of martyrs." 111. A twelvemonth and a day have fled Since first we were united ; And from that hour," the young man said, "No change our hopes has blighted. Fond faith with fonder faith we've paid, And love with love requited." " True to each other have we been ; No dearer object seeing, Than each has in the other found ; In everything agreeing. And every look, and word, and deed That breed dissension fleeing." " All this we swear, and take in proof Our Lady of Dunmow ! For She, who sits with saints above Well knows that it is so. Attest our vow, thou reverend man, And bless us, e'er we go !" The Prior old stretch'd forth his hands " Heaven prosper ye !" quoth he ; " O'er such as ye, right gladly we Say Benedicite " On this, the kneeling pair uprose — Uprose full joyfully. Having proceeded so fitr merrily enough in the ballad, the author contrives most adroitly, in the subsequent portions of it, to give a clue to the origin of the queer old custom about the Flitch ; and ho does this, it will be admitted, in a manner at once quaint and graceful. The ditty is thus brought to a conclusion by Rose Woodbine : Just then, pass'd by the Convent cook— And moved the young man's glee; For on his back a mighty Flitch Of Bacon brown bore he. So heavy was the load, I wis It scarce mote carried be. "Take ye that Flitch," the Prior cried, "Take it, fond pair, and go ; Fidelity, like yours, deserves The boon 1 now bestow. Go feast your friends, and think upon The Convent of Dunmow." 111. "Good Prior," then the youth replied, "Thy gift to us is dear, Not for its worth, but that it shows Thoa deem'st our love sincere. And in return broad lands I give— Broad lands thy Convent near • Which shall to thee and thine produce A Thousand Marks a Year ! "But this Condition I annex, Or else the Grant's forsaken ; That whensoe'er a Pair shall come, And take the Oath we've taken ; They shall from thee and thine receive A goodly Flitch of Bacon. " And thus from out a simple chance A usage good shall grow ; And our example of true love Be held up evermo : While all who win the prize shall bless The Custom of Dunmow." " Who art thou, son ?" the Prior cried, His tones with wonder falter— " Thou should'st not jest with reverend men Nor with their feelings palter." "I jest not, Prior, for know in me Sir Reginald Fitzwalter. NIL . "I now throw off my humble garb, As I what I am, confest : The wealthiest I of wealthy men, Since with this treasure blest." And as he spoke, Fitzwalter clasp'd His lady to his breast. Strewn with dead blooms—dead joys that once were fair — Sad was my soul till yonder ray's caress — So Mara's waters 'mid the pilgrim land, Touched by the " rod," forgot their bitterness, And flowed in honey o'er the desert sand. Sad was my soul, but now 'mid yonder light I sing with thee, glad minstrel of the sphere ! Sweet is thy summons —wise thine upward flight, With wings for glory, who should linger here ?" There are among the other papers, not yet men tioned, further continuations of " The Confede rates" by the author of " Nichola s Fl ame l," an d of "Nicholaa Flamer by the author of " The Confederates." The Dublin university Magazine.—ln " Heroes Ancient and Modern," the subjects chosen for this month are Julius Caesar and Napoleon Bonaparte. A most diligent comparison is instituted concern ing their respective achievements, and a general epitome of their various chefs d'cruvres presented. It must be observed that the writer is devoid of enthusiastic predilections in favour of the great •men whose careers he describes and whose charac ters he descants upon. If there is a difference, however, he inclines to the side of the Roman Emperor. The article entitled " The Ducal Houses of 'Urbino and Milan," contains a great deal of inforn:ation concerning Italy and the various changes that have taken place in the arts. There is only one chapter of the story of Sir Jasper Carew, called Circumstantial Evidence," which leaves off at a most critical juncture. In the first part of this magazif. l2 , there is " Another Night with the Mystics," which contains many clever things. The following v;9rses, from a " Song of Labour," are very good : " If to labour on in sorrow, still renWred each coming morrow, Be the curse that God awarded, and our first traugression bore ; Labour is man's best obeying—Toil is man's j t est tribute paying. He that laboureth still is praying, this is deep anil holy lore, Laborare est orare,' man doth most the Lord adore When he laboureth evermore. " Labour on, thy grief repressing, God's decree as just confessing ) And the curse will turn a blessing, as the seer declared of yore : He that diligently traineth hand and heart while life re maineth, To observe what God ordaineth, shall be blessed more and more, In the field and in the city, and his basket and his store, Shall be blessed evermore. " Labour with thy spirit willing—labour with thy soul's best feeling— With thy whole heart do whatever finds thy harp to labour o'er, For thy body, soul, and spirit they are God's, and all they merit Is, with thankful patient courage, still to labour evermore. `Laborare est orare,' grave this legend in the core Of thy heart for evermore." Bentley's Miscellany.—" Aspen. Court" is the com mencement of this number. There are three chap ters, and in the last a great deal of mysticism oc curs. It is called " What Tenant Waited in Aspen Court." " Seated in a chair, in an attitude of grim jauntiness, is the pictorial death—a skeleton." There is a chapter by Professor Creasy on the impe rial Four—Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and Napoleon. A very long account is given of " the Cobra di Capello," which will prove of great ser vice to those . unacquainted with the nature and peculiarities of the serpent. " Near and Dear Ones, a Romance of the Pocket," is a very amusing little sketch. A widow of reputed wealth, and a bachelor of supposed fortune, were on the point of contracting a marriage, when each determined to be sure of the other's resources. They meet at Doctor's Commons, and the confusion that ensued may be imagined. Eventually it appeared that both were rich • but the affair terminated, as it had commenced, in nothing. There are some interesting lines on "The old old Woman of Elton," who died on the sth of last month, at the age of 122. Her picture was taken, but it did not appear at the Exhibition as was proposed. It is strange, as here remarked, that they did not exhibit the " oldest dame in Britain's isle." In the last verses it is said : " Not in vain did Mary live, To link with these the times gone by, And to life its duties give, Calmly waiting here to die. Not in vain, perchance, the cause— • To show the mighty power of God, Who, unbound by Nature's laws, Can reverse them with a nod, And bid the scorner apprehend How He could, in serener climes, To ages human life extend, To people earth in early times." The Colonial and Asiatic Resiew.—ln the first article, " Is India to have Railways ?" it is stated that the construction of a railway between Madras and Bangalore attracted attention so long ' ago as the year 1832. It also mentions that for twenty years we have been talking of railroads for India, and the wonders they would achieve, but as yet not one line is in working order, while in America, in the same time, 10,000 miles have been opened, and as many more are in course of construction. The next subject is the electric telegraph in India. Dr. O'Shaughnessy introduced it to that country. The following description of its construction in that region is interesting : " The overground lines differ totally from those in use in England and America, or any other country in this important respect ; no wire is used. Instead of wire a thick iron rod, three-eighths inch diameter, weighing one ton to the mile, is adopted—the heaviest wire else where used being only one cwt. to a mile. The advan tages of these substantial rods are these—they possess a complete immurqy from gusts of wind, or ordinary me chanical violence, if accidentally thrown down they are not injured, though passengers, bullocks, buffaloes, and elephants may trample on them ; they are not easily broken or bent ; owing to the mass of metal, they give so free a passage to the electric currents, that no insula tion is necessary ; they are attached from bamboo to bamboo, without any protection, and they work without interruption through deluges of rain ; the thickness of of the wire allows of their being placed on the post, with out any occasion for the straining and winding appara tus, whereas {,he tension of wires exposes them to frac ture, occasions expense in construction, and much diffi culty in repairs. The thick rods also admit of rusting to take place without danger, to an extent which would be fatal to a wire ; and, lastly, the rods are no more costly than thin wire, and the welding occasions no diffi culty. The rods, moreover, are not likely to be injured by crows or monkeys. Swarms of kites and crows perch on the lines through swamps, but they cause no harm—the correspondence flies through their claws with out interruption, though on one occasion a flash of light ning struck the wet rod, and k'lled some scores of them. The importance of this discovery of the superiority of rods over wire will be fully appreciated in a country like India, where the line must often run through a howling wilderness, tenanted by savage beasts, or more savage men. The lines must therefore protect themselves, and this is secured by thick rods." There is also an article on " The Australian Colony of Victoria ; " and a notice of a work of M. Leon Faucher on " The Precious Metals." The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Re view.—We here meet with " Memorials of John Home, the author of Douglas." It is remarked that the zeal of the Scotch in his behalf amounted to extravagance, and the man who called out at the theatre, on the play being applauded, " Ay, ay, whare's ye're Willie Shakspere moo ?" only represented the general feeling. The opinions of several critics are given concerning the merits and demerits of the tragedy. " The Roman Wall," refers to the works of Mr. Bruce, which has recently reached a second edition. There are several cuts which contain very interesting subjects for examina tion. It appears that by excavation many inscrip tions have been discovered, and they are very elaborately explained here. Two are at the station, Bremenium; now High Rochester, and some others at Houseteads and Bucdoswald. In the article on " The Baroness Oberkirch and Citizen Mercier," a comparison is instituted between these two, differing so widely in rank and character ; but both were writing in their peculiar wa y s at the same time. It is declared here that " the evidence of two such opposite witnesses is worth comparing, but the book of the lady will be ten fathoms deepin. Lethe when men will be still addressing themselves with pleasure to the pages of Citizen Mercier." In the diary of the, Countess she gives an epitome of the vices and follies of the Court. Mercier, on the contrary, describes the feelings of the people of Paris--the deep sentiments of disgust prevailing against all in authority. It is truly observed that in both the works the scenes and subjects are so different from the every-day objects around us that they read like romances of a far-off land. The remarks on " Giordano Bruno" are perhaps the m ost admirable portion of the contents. They con cern one of whom little certain is known in many respects, while in others he is famous. He is thus introduced to our attention :—" It is as a martyr of thought, not as the setter forth of any peculiar gpehiniluossopthhayt, weor as w e a ui m d an pr o e f s v e as nt t andop opinions ' n i s i lienvarious, Bruno to the veneration of true English minds. It was the man in him which made te philosopher, the orator, the prophet interesting, an iron per tinacity of will whose onset was irresistible—an intrepidity which nothing could daunt. These were what seized the ear and the eye, before his manifold mental faculties and resources came into full play." After many vicissitudes in various nations, in an evil hour he returned to Italy. He was arrested, and, after six y ears i n a d un geon, given up to the Inquisition, his death was instantly decided on. "On the 17th February, with osten tatious pomp he was led forth to glut the greedy LINES LEASED AT FIXED' RENTALS. 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Land. 43 45 -!!, 1 1 Submar. Telegraph.. 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonisation.... 100 28, Van Diemen's Land 14 16 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat in to-day's market was chiefly composed of Monday's unsold samples, the general condition of which was very inferior. The tendance of buyers was limited, whilst the demand was in a depressed state, at almost nominal currencies. _ The imports of foreign wheat are 5,750 quarters, chiefly from the lower Baltic ports. For all kinds we had a dull inquiry, and in some instances, prices had a downward tendency. Floating cargoes commanded scarcely any attention. Malting barley was held at full quotations ; but grinding and distilling sorts were dull in the extreme. In malt, very little was doing. The oat trade was heavy, but we have no further decline to notice in prices : _ Beans, pe;.s, and flour, were quite neglected. Wheat. 510 ARRIVALS MIS WEEK. I 82,250ar1ey. 2,630 I Malt. Oats. 80 Flour. 1 130 English .. Irish Foreign .. 5,750 10,210 WHITECHAPEL. Generally speaking the trade is firm, at full prices. Beef, 2s Gd to 3s 6d ; mutton, 384-d to 4s 4d ; veal, 3s 6d,to 4s 10d; pork, 2s 8d to 4s per Blbs by the carcase. . BOROUGH HOP. Higher rates have been paid this week for nearly al] new hops, the demand for which is somewhat active. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Feb. 2.—Wind at Noon, E.S.E. Light airs, and fine. It has been very foggy all the morning until now. DEAL, Feb. I . —Wind, N.W. Arrived from the River — Senator, Adelaide, South Australia. FALMOUTH, Feb. I.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived—Sarah, Bahia. Arrived LIVERPOOL, Feb.l.—Wi n d , S . S .W. to S.S.E. --Chase, Charleston ; Jas. Scott, Singapore ; Levant, Buenos Ayres ; Heart of Oak, Pernambuco ; Star of the West, New York ; Saracen, St. John, N.B. Sailed— Nederwaard, Port Phillip ; Isabella Harriet, Calcutta ; Berelaw, Buenos Ayres ; Arnoldmer Cathama ; Rio Janeiro, Spirit, ditto ; Matilda, Barbadoes ; Governor, St. Th omas ; J u li us, Baltimore ; Pelican State, Philadel phia ; J. A. Westerveldt, New "York ; Middl e t on , St. John' s , N.B. Off poi Prince Shanghae, Ferozepore ; Singapore; Golden Age, St. John, N. 8 .; Universe, Cor nelia, Conq ueror, Maria Dorothea, Nept une , John Peile. DARTMOUTII.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Sylph, St. John, Newfoundland. BRISTOL. — Wind, W. A rr i ve d—J ane Black, Africa. WATERFORD, Jan. 3 1.—Wind, S.W. to N.N.W. Sailed—Peru, Demerara. Pernamo UEENSTOWN, Jan 31.--W ind, N.W. Atzived—Spray, . HARTLEPOOL.—Sailed—Tapio Ceylon. SELBY, Jan. 31. Wind, S.S.'W., light. Sailed—Sur pass, Algoa Bay ; Express, Cape of Good Hope. SHIELDS.—Wind, S.W. Sailed —Douglas, New York. STRANGE DEATH.—Two yOung men of the Nillage of Brandes, in France, lately perished i n a very manner. They went out to shoot wild ducks, a in n tiu ? i , n r order to arrive at the marshy ground which the birds frequented, they determined to proceed down the canal in a boat, and then crossing over to the other side to walk the rest of the way. The waters beg unusually high in consequence of the ra - rs, the young men found that they could scarcely pas: under Vie arch in their boat. They thought, it is supoLed, that by lying down in the boat they could pass. It so ha,ppe.ied that the water was higher than they thought, end was risino every moment, so that when the boat h.a got under the arch, it stuck fast, thus enclosing the young men com pletely without their having any means of extricating themselvei. They were found two days after dead in the boat and clasped in each other's arms. • „, STATUE OF THE QUEEN AT GLASGOW.--The equestrian statue of the Queen, to be erected in Glasaow, is ap proaching comp l et i on and the west end o if* St. Vincent's place has been selected as its site. VIII. " In peasant guise my love I won, Nor knew she whom she wedded ; In peasant cot our truth we tried, And no disunion dreaded. Twelve months' assurance proves our faith On firmest base is steadied." Joy reigned within those Convent walls When the glad news was known ; Joy reigned within Fitzwalter's halls When there his bride was shown. No lady in the land such sweet Simplicity could own ; A natural grace had she, that all Art's graces far outshone : Beauty and worth for want of birth Abundantly atone. L'ENVOY. • Hence the Custom. What need of more ? That Loving Pair Lived long and truly so ; Nor ever disunited were ; For one death laid them low ! And hence arose that Custom old— The Custom of Dunmow. Assuredly never before did the dear old legend of the Dunmow Flitch receive so likely or so charming an elucidation. Another song is sung in the course of the story—this time by one of the new characters, Jack Juddock. It is a song about "My Old Com plaint "—sung by a right good wine-bibber—giving a history of the cause and the cure of this " Old Complaint "—the cause being thirst, and the cure, we fear, intoxication ! It is a capital bacchanalian. We have reason now to congratulate the readers of the New Monthly, not only upon the return to them of Mr. Ainsworth in his capacity as a " Story- Teller," but also upon his beginning once more for their pleasure, to interlard his romance with ballads like those which some time back imparted so much zest to " Crichton." and to " Rookwood." Nume rous articles of a very diversified character, impart the charm of variety to the number of the magazine for February. By-the-bye, there is among them one most surprising, and astounding, and porten tous, and preternatural, quite as surprising, as tounding, portentous, and preternatural as even Madame de Sevigne's grand news about the mar riage of the Great Mademoiselle ! The contribution is entitled " A Word to England !" A word -what about ? Can the French be coming ? Is the Emperor Napoleon 111. about to descend upon our shores ? Are we all going to be swallowed up by an earthquake ? No ; it is only another rattle of the bones by some •dear old Pell of Exeter-hall. Eng land is doomed, or rather, no, the writer says England is threatened, with a very different kind of conquest and subjugation. It is a lifting up again of the " raw head and bloody bones ' hobgoblin of—Popery. They were trying to frighten us the other day about Boney. The trick howbeit failed. Even in the night of our ignor ance we saw shining through the ghost—moon shine. Now the country is about, it would seem, to be horrified into convulsions by a new set of alarmists. Well—in truth—if all that is said by the writer of this article in the New Monthly be accurate, Father Ignatius may rub his hands with self-confident satisfaction—there can be no escape from a religious conspiracy so gigantic and in domitable. Ainsworth.—Several familiar names are Fel in the list of the contributors to Ainsworth's Magazine—for among them we find Mis. Edward Thomas, writing in poetry about the " Ship wrecked," and in prose about the " Two Christ mas Eves ;" we find Margaret Casson giving us, in the shape of a story, some more small, decidely small " Change ;" we find. Julia Addison continu ing her tale about " Florence Hamilton;" and Nicholas Michell describing the " Public Amuse ments of the Greeks and Romans." This month, between them, the writers in Ainsworth give us altogether thirteen contributions. From a charm ing poetic meditation by E. E. M. K., entitled "An Autumn Reverie," we must extract its elo quent and pensive conclusion : " Oh ! wondrous issue of so weird a way ! Sad was my soul when first this rugged song Born of thy gloom, oh sad—sad Autumn day ! Rose in rude chaunt from my untutored tongue. - Sad was my soul—though with such softened woe As tells of sympathy, grief's lealest friend-. Such as affliction's weary children know, Whom kindred spirits in sweet pity tend. Sad was my soul—for gazing on the earth, Strewn with the plumage of Time's hastening wings. The sleeping echoes of regret took birth Afresh—and murmured of departed things. The red-bright leaves that drifted at my feet, So ripe with news of Nature's green decay, Stirred the still ghosts in memory's hushed retreat, . And set me weeping with the Autumn day. The stricken flowers, too, smiling 'mid the strife, (As holy thoughts oft wrestle with despair), Looked like those Angels who in early life Trod this cold world with me, and made it fair. The change—the chill—the breathless awe around ; The spectral woodfi—the earth so wan and dumb In her groat fear—the glades without a sound Of life, save from the sobbing lips of some Poor stream whose banks the blue-bells once had nestled round ; These with their mute, mysterious language, spoke Of sympathy to my o'erswellin g h ear t. I was alone no mere ! My voice then awoke To bless thee, Autumn, joyless as thou art ! Then ope'd the storm like some most precious book, With wond'rous words to soothe my spirit's woe; In every phase I solemn comfort took, And paused to hear th' orchestral anthem flow. Grand were those dirges round the dead earth's bier, O'er which the ashen clouds so pall-like hung, Sweeter methought that death-hymn of the year, Than songs of jubilee in spring-time sung. For, ah ! when leaves put on their green array, Where are our sympathies?—heart — answers, Where 2 Since life is ever like an Autumn day, 301 30 30 all 109 all !1.00 63 i i 21 3 12 1 20 20 11? 100 100 121 St. St. 25 754 5 41,; 1161 17 1105 894 i 77i 8 71 i, 120 19} 89i 9 76 ii Xd pm Pin ex new 41 pm 108 A THE MAGAZINES, --- The New Monthly.—Another instalment of the new story by Harrison Ainsworth' about " Th e Flitch of Bacon, or the Cu s t om of Du runow, , , in troduces the reader to one or two amusing incidents, and makes him acquainted with two or three new characters. Doctor Plot, the mysterious personage who, towards the close of the l as t number, became rather suddenly the occupant o f the haunted room at the inn kept by Jonas Nettlebed, figures this brYut Chu with yet month in the narrative rather conspicuouslyrch at . The a rs c u co n un mo t w o w f theihllisbevisrietadtowith ere in Ol t dP s fi o t, greater interest, we doubt not, will an incursion be made into the Gamekeeper's Cottage. For there we become literally more "at home" with Second of o i d n bin fa e ci, g C iv h e a s pt u e s r a t p h eee_ p at her in t pP l r i a e ertt m tyt i h d ße st oSse o ec f oWn h d e; domestic retirement. Rose,oby the way, sings a song which we must decidedly characterise as the feature of the present instal ment. It is so charming in itself, and is sung too in tones of such delicious sweetness that it is honoured by Dr. Plot with an encore. We must, therefore, repeat it here ourselves, and the more readily, seeing that the verses are e xac tl y appro priate to the theme of this " T a l e of English Home." The commencement of the ballad runs as follows : - what seek ye here, my children dear ? Why kneel ye down so lowly Upon the stones, beneath the porch Of this our Convent holy !" The Prior thus the pair bespoke In faltering speech, and slowly. Their modest garb would seem proclaim The pair of low degree. But though in cloth of frieze arrayed, A stately youth was he ; while she, who knelt down by his side, Was beautiful to see. flames, which were less cruel than tlici44l4' co i tie priestly eyes that were gazing with fiendish Lion on a spectacle at once so infamo us glorious. Neither priestly hate nor torte i firo. could wring from him a groan, convulse 1 tit tarroi4: - / - face, or shatter- his adamantine will. Ii passed to the Mighty Father's bosom with 4nily calm that left its stamp on a forehead radia tit 1h inflexibility and with genius." A.1.'74 6 MISCELLANEOUS. The Eclectic Review opens with an article on the important subject of national education. Two of the most interesting subjects are the notices of . 91e " Memoirs of Thomas Moore" and the "Collopmes of Edward Osborne."—The Farmers' Magaz ine a portrait of Copenhagen, the favourite chat •ger of the Duke of Wellington. The " Agriculturall. Biogra phy" is continued. There is a paper on the "Effects of the heavy rains of 1852 upon landlord and to in 1853," and " The Details of an Experiment on Raising Potatoes in the year 1852."—The first cu graving of The Sporls»uln is of Irish Ilirdcatc her, who was thought by many to be the fastest 4 0 that ever run in Ireland ; the second is entit l od "The Forester" and represents a wild boar attack ed by dogs, while one huntsman. is coming forwa: 7tl with his spear, and another summons assistant e. The scene is laid in Le Morvau. "My Life ar.d Adventures," by Harry Hi eover , i s cont i nue d , at d there is a variety of papers on topics of sporting ill terest —Newton's London J ourna l g i ves us, amoAig other descriptions, the rece n t p a t ents of W. and 11. Smith and G. Little, for improvements in electric telegraph apparatus, and A. Siebe, for manufactur ing paper. There is also a patent f or preven ti ng smoky chimneys, which, if efficaci ous , m us t prove of the greatest service. The Belle Asseinblee, which is now incorporated with the Ladies' Coin panion, presents us with its usual variety of tales `and verses. The "Memoir of Madame de Grapigny," by the late Countess of Blessington, is continued. The " Work Table" and " Child's Corner" occupy their usual places.—The Church of England Maga zine contains several sermons and ecclesiastical and theological articles.—The first number of The Illustrated Magazine of Art promises well . for the future. It gives no fewer than twenty - one ill . ustra. tons, among which are portraits of William the Third entering Exeter, Sir Joshua Reynolds, .and Lord William Russell. There are also engravings of a patent express engine, and the New Houses of Parliament. It contains descriptions or accounts of all these subjects, and, at the low price of one shilling, offers entertainment and inforniation of a superior I:ind• IVY MADNESS OF LOVE. An Irish girl, about 24 years of age ( a na ti ve o f Limerick), named Brid011; M`Guire, who poss esses con siderable personal attractijuls, settled at North amp t on . About the same time (three years since), a yo ung me chanic (now not more than 21.1) went from Leicest er , an d took up his abode at the same place, having the re dh tained employment in one of the ironfounderies., Brid ge t became acquainted with this young mechanic, and a fond attachment sprang up betw.len them ; but it ap pears she left Northampton—under what circumstances we have not heard—and proceeded to Watford, where she says she was married to a mail named Clarke, who, however, at the time assun2 ed the name of Graves. The union did not prove a happy one ; for Clarke, in a fortnight after the celebrat'on of the nup tials, forsook his wife and went to Dunstable, where he married again. Poor Bridget, much disteopered in her mind, returned to Northampton, to seek ,her former lover. He, it appears, left Northampton About this time and returned to Leicester. Bridget:;. almost broken-hearted, resolved to proceed to LeicestOr also. She found out that he was employed at a large factory in Bond-street, and that he lived in Talbot-lane, with a female who was now the paramount object of admira• tion to her faithless lover. The young man thought to destroy the locust of ill-requited love, by calling the law to his aid ; and accordingly, he procured a summons against Bridget. When the case came be. fore the magistrates, he declared that his life was in danger, and Bridget, protesting that such was not the case, was required to give occurity for a month that she would not break the peace. This decision evidently astonished her not a little. " His life in danger. He knows very differently ;he knows I love him too much to hurt a hair of his head, but be with him I will." The requisite bond was not forthcoming, and the poor girl was given into the custody of Mr. Noon, at the borough gaol. Here she determined to die of starvation, and refused to eat or drink. At last, at the only hope left, Mr. Noon intimated to the girl that there was a probability that the young man would be willing to be bound for her, when he knew the state she was in, and promised that he would send for him in the morning if she would partake of some refreshment. At this promise her eyes glistened, and the desired effect was accomplished. Some toast and tea were sent from the governor's own table, and the girl at once made a meal lof them. The next morning Mr. Noon, according to promise, had the young man in attendance at the gaol, and it was agreed that he should find_bail for the girl. on condition that she left in Mr. Noon's possession a valuable watch she had until the bail had expired. Bridget was now out of gh,ol, and in order that no an noyance should be given to the young man during the rest of the month, she consented to spend Christmas a few miles from Leicester, in a family, where she had formerly resided as cook. But no sooner had the month expired than she again returned to Leicester, and haunted the young mechanic continually, both in his goings out and in his comings in. Throughout the day there would be crowds of people around his house to listen to the girl's tale of grief ; at times she would pace up and down the street ; then she would sit upon the steps at the door of the house she was watch ing, singing a plaintive ditty, and when the loved ono came out, the girl would quietly follow him to his work place, and then wait to escort him home. The conse quence of this conduct was a second charge before the magistrates. The authorities, therefore, issued a war rant for her apprehension, and on Thursday, the 20th instant, she was taken before J. Hudson, Esq., at the Town-hall, and there Mr. J. H. Stallard certified that she was a proper subject for the Lunatic Asylum, to which place she was at once removed. THE CHOLERA IN Russia.—On the 20th ult., thero were 591 cholera patients under treatment at St. Peters burg. During that day there were 55 new cases, 23 cures, and 21 deaths, leaving 577 under treatment. THE DIGGINGS.—As an example of the extraordinary excitement which at present exists here on this subject, it may be mentioned that there are at present 17 vessels on the berth in our harbour, bound for the Australian colonies ; and there are at least four more about to be laid on for the same quarter. When it is considered how many of the more energetic and enterprising of our population will be thus removed from the field of labor in this country ; the immense quantities of goods ex• ported ; and the large amount of gold taken by the emi grants—the consequences will be most inr_portant to our remaining population, and on the whole d e ,lidedly bene ficial.—North, British. Daily Mail. THE VICTIM OF SEDUCTION.—Some sensation was caused, in 1851, by the arrest of a man named Helliot in Paris, on the charge of having enticed to his house and seduced several young girls, and committed other scandalous excesses. This man called himself a Ru,ssian. Baron, but he was really only a French hair-dresser, who had obtained a large fortune at St. Petersburg. He affected great piety, and was an active patron of several charitable institutions. He was condemned to daughter r gst of . da Ara u hisoea victimsrs' wa s aimprisonment,young g tn li d alg,eodooofnir.y 14, respectable parents, residing in a provincial town near Paris, with whom he had been acquainted before his de- parture for Russia, and with whom he renewed his inti macy on his return. He had persuaded them to confide her to him, under the promise that he would protect her, pro vide for her, and at his death leave her part of his for tune ; but no sooner had he got her into his house than he seduced her and made her notwithstanding her ex treme youth, his mistress. When her parents learned this, which they only did by reading the account of his arrest in the newspapers, they were distracted. But he had the art to pacify them by promising that he would still duly provide for her ; and in consequence they not appear as complainants at his trial, whereby he was probably saved from severer punishment. After this condemnation, however, he refused to do anything for the girl and her parents. The latter accordingly brought an action before the Civil Tribunal to recover 20,00*. The defendant by hi s counse l endeavoured to prove that the girl had been seduced before he had anything to do with her. He also stated that his fortune was nothing like so large as had been represented. The tribunstly however, condemned him to pay 15,000 francs damages and ordered shat the sum should be invested for the girl in 41 per cent, stock. IMPORTS FROM BELGIUM.—The exports from Belgium to Great Britain during the year 1852, were as follow —Cattle, 2,321 heads ' • horses, 4,085 ; unprepared ba rk for tanni ng , 9,471,853 kil. ; tow, 2,136 kil. ; 447,761 kil. ; wheat, 244.203 kil. ; beans and vetches , 570,647 kil. ; barley, 277,220 kil. ; flour and bran, 9,'; 38 kil. ; raw flax 5,343,855 kil. ; books, 130,687 kil. ; machinery, 115,256 kil. ; potatoes, 48,338 hectolitres refined salt, 231,670 kil. ; refined sugar, 3,497,477 la ; cloths, kerseymeres, and similar stuffs, 53,593 kil. ; cot" ton tulles and cotton lace, to the value of 215,725 francs looking glasses, to the value of 19 5 , 957 fr ancs ;01 GI 1 -.! glass, crystals, &c ., 94,557 kil. ; window glass, , kil. ; and prepared zinc, 2,499,208 kil. t and Pills [ADVERTISEMENT.}— Holloway .. 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