The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-17 00:00:00

OA 444 f C. i 4 W 4 , ‘ ikj- at° 3 4 WARWICK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE GOLD CUP. Minna Routh. 2 1 I 27! Thirteen ran. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. Ito M. de Lacour, the new French ambassador at 20 Constantinople, leaves Paris on Monday next to 50 take possession of his post. It appears, however, 25 that he is to take Rome on his way, and the belief is that Louis Napoleon wishes to profit by M. de 25 Lacour's popularity and influence, to induce his 25 noliness to hasten his visit to France. The ex- 18 cuse, however, made for M. de Lacour's visit to the 20 holy City is, that Madame de Lacour wishes to be 25 present at the grand ceremonies which are to take place during Holy Week. In addition to his ordi- 25 nary staff of attaches, M. de Lacour is to have two St officers of the French artillery in his train, who 50 will have the rank of attaches. A decree in the Moniteur declares that the oath prescribed by Art. 16 of the Senatus Consultum o f Dec. 25, 1852, must be taken by the engineers of the ponts-et-chaussees and mines, and by the per- ; sons employed in the department of public works. A Ministerial decision is to state when and where the said oath is to be taken. We read in the Constitutionnel : "The re-establighment of order and security has not been less favourable to literary than to other works, and proof of this is given in the documents recently issued on the publication and sale of books during the last three years. The number of publications, including 2 book s , pamphlets, and journals, printed and reprinted, pi has risen from 7,208 in 1850, and 7,350 in 1851, to 8,261 50 in 1852, making an increase on the former year of 1,063, 20 and of 911 on the latter. Out of these 8,261 works, 116 which appeared in 1852, only 1,626 are reimpressions or 10 new editions; 6,635 are new. 4,321 of these works r t: have been printed in Paris or in the banlieue, 3,925 in 20 the departments, and 15 in Algeria, which begins to 10 furnish its contingent. To this we may add that 4,519 St. engravings and lithographic prints were published in 50 1852, whilst in 1851 the number was only 2,961. The 40 number of pieces of vocal music has risen from 885 to 25 1,367, and of instrumental from 809 to 1,076. The 25 artistical movement has therefore followed the literary St one. The export of books in 1851 was 1,243,000 kilo- 8 grammes, of the value of 6,479,000 E, being an increase :.• r in weight of 145,000 kilogrammes, and in value of 748,000 f. over that of 1850. A proportionate increase i" - 5 ' • took place in the export of engravings and lithographic 100 prints. The weight in 1851 was 149,000 kilo- St. grammes, and the value 5,087,000 f., being 17,000 6 kilogranimes, and 443,000 f. more than in 1850. The 25 progress continued last year, the export of books, en- 50 gravings, and lithographic prints together having in- 20 creased from 1,230,000 kilogrammes in 1850, and 1 ,385,000 kilogrammes in 1851, to 1,512,000 kilo- St grammes in 1852. The increase in exports must not solely be attributed to the improvement in the political State of affairs, but must be considered as partly owing 1 to the conventions which the Government has entered ( into with foreign Powers, for the protection of literary ‘, and artistical property. To the treaties concluded with Sardinia, , Portugal, Hanover, and England, may be added those which have been this year signed with three States of the Germanic Confederation—Brunswick, the Grand Duchy of Darmstadt, and the Landgrave of liesse Homburg. Negotiations have also been opened 4 With Austria, the Grand Duchy of Baden, Bavaria, Den t mark, and Prussia, for admitting the rights of authors ‘,l and artists. A similar convention had been, as is well known, concluded with Belgium, but it h as been post-' , Poned until the definite conclusion of a general treaty' between the two countries. Thus the Government testifies its solicitude for the interests of literature and the arts by the protection which it affords them." St. St. St. St. The Stock Market was inanimate all yesterday, 20 and prices remain without much change. The 50 Pour-and-a-Half per Cents. are 15c. lower, closing 50 at 104 f. 10c. The Three per Cents. are unchanged, 20 at 80f. 75c. Bank of France Shares are sf. lower; 20 those of the Mortgage Bank 2f. 50c. lower ; and those of the Societe Mobiliere sf. lower. The new 25 Piedmontese Three per Cent. Loan is 10c. lower, 20 •at 70f. 60c. Railway Shares were firm. The 20 Lyons at first went up rapidly to 970 f., but after- so 'wards gave way, and closed at 955 f. It would 20 teem that the rumour of these shares being about 10 to be liberated at 400 f. rests on probable grounds. 10 ''Exchange on London (short), 25f. 5c., money ; • St. 25 ditto (90 days), 24f, 90c. 25 ITALY. The Milan Gazette of the 11th publishes the fol owing notification by the military commandant of g: Milan : 5 "By order of his Excellency the General of Artillery St. (Count Gyulai), commandant of the sth corps d'armee, 20 and military commandant of Lombardy, the notification St. , Feb. 19 last, issued by the military commandant of 15 this city, is revoked, and the following; measure pre- 6, scribed " 1. The illumination with lanterns is suspended from day, but in c „peace, every window on o of disturbance of the public 3, occurs nmtztfiLset illuminated of the street or 5 square where it m o ape t d h d e u i ri a n c t o t r E c t i e night, under the severest responsibility and, according to circumstances, also the lodgers. o In case the report of cannon be heard from the castle, all 61 the streets of the city must be illuminated in the same 10 manner. 20 " 2. Whenever there is a disturbance of public tran- St quillity, every landlor d must immediately have his door i shut. No one is to remain in the streets, as in case of s t. disobedience he runs the risk of being arrested under sus- Picion of having taken part in the disturbance. St. "3. From seven in the evening to seven in the morn- St. no one, whether on foot, on horseback, or in a car- Llage, is to remain on the bastions s urroundin g the city. 64 Whoever is met with there shall be arrested and severely 50 Punished. " General-Major Baron MARTINI. St. " Milan, March 10, 1853." The Giornale di Boma, of the 9th, states that on 16 the afternoon of the 7th the new cardinals present St. at Rome, viz., Recanati, Savelli, Caterini, and S t. S antucci, were presented to the Pope, who gave st. them the cardinal's hat. In the evening the Sacred 50 College, the diplomatic corps, the prelates, officers, and nobility publicly congratulated the new car- St. as also the French ambassador, Count de 50 ' Lc eYneval, who represented Cardinal Morlot, arch- 121 bishop of Tours. The city was illuminated on the O ccasion. 121 SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 11th are totally des titute of interest. A letter of that date informs us that the committee of the Senate, on the demand I ''f Marshal Narvaez to have his case examined by t he Senate, has decided against the proposition that he shall have a trial by his peers, and also against the proposition that the Senate should pass to the order of the day on his claims. •The committee has 4 _, _ow . to decide on the proposition that the Marshal mall be permitted to come to Madrid to take his seat as a Senator. The following are the prices of Stocks :—Three Der Cents., 44 ; ditto Deferred, 24i ; Redeem able D e bt, first class, 10 11-16 ; ditto, second class, ; Coupon Certificates, si. Exchange on Lon- BELGIUM. The Belgian Chamber of Deputies, in its sittingw. the 14th, voted unanimously, and without dis - Tissiori, a credit of five millions of francs applicable of t? the exp enses o f th e W a r Department. The end the sitting was occu pi e d by the second discussion ,f the credit to be appropriated to the depots of tlme at a reduced price for the benefit of agricul- The amount proposed by the Government (75,000 f.) was adopt e d. I n the sitting of the 15 th I' lB 6 bill for the dotation to the Prince Royal, who about to obtain his majority, was adopted with '3l4 discussion by a majority of 83 to 1. The bill grants an annual allowance of 2,000 f.; the enjoy -lent of the ducal palace at Brussels, and of the Place of Tervueren, with an allow ance of 50,000 f. Place them in repair, and 100,000 f. for the 'l: , ense of installation and the heavy repairsof the palace. The bill for taking off ce rtain prohibitive ...lities was a ft erwar d s brought forward and read a a ' e tond time, and adopted by a majority of 78 to 2. 16i 20 5 2 25 10 106 GERMANY. Advices from Vienna state that the health of the E mperor is completely restored. His physicians othmend him to make a tour of the Tyrol in the "'urge of the spring. Austrian letters of the 12th mention a rep ort vs t Austria had addressed to England a note on t he subject of the refugees. -1 : 11 e Emperor of Austria intends spending i m °ll ths at thq baths of Ischl, as soon as the weather some .o;Proves. The Archduke William is to preside at %Privy Council during his Majesty's absence. De 4 .,l i ie house of Mechanezola, at Vienna, has sus n'ted payment. The deficit is stated at 220,000 ori ns. Germanic of Diet have decided on an increase b, "- 1 37 50,000 troops, instead of 200,000, required J Austria and Prussia. TURKEY. l i lt' letter from Belgrade states that on th e 26th forty Turks were brought to that fortress set ting escort A plot had been discovered for set 4, fire to and pillaging Montar and Serajevo. NahaTurks have evacuated Montenegro. Omer IN-i,, el-I ,a had retired into Albania, Reis Pacha to such, and Dervis Pacha to Kowienne. Trieste journal says :—" We learn from Monte .* gro that Reis Pacha has withdrawn with his c)(138 Nicsitch, and Dervis Pacha to Kovienic. 10 20 20 20 THE SRABB MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterilay. Paid RAILWAYS. 291 - 30, 61 - 9 10; 7i —6oxd 21 -- 22 d 3i —2idxd 101 -- 105 64i -64 i 21 -22 i 18i -- 1N ll• ••• 1 -11, px.l 8 -- 5i -- 51 3i— 4i 13 --13ixd 10,3 - 11:25. -- 81 73 —74 ad 55 57xd1 74 76 32 34 62 64 81 82xd 45 47 122 —l24xd; -108xd —91 i 711 94 —76 a —4 d d l —16 i x d fixd — 1 41 3 1 1191. —3p xd ifipxd 31 d 43 d 1 21 SO 3d 100 'Aberdeen 8 Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Junct all Birmg• Wolverh. & Stour Valley . .. . . 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct. 11 Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 181 Do., £2O 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian all Chester & Holyhead a ll Cork and Bandon a ll Cork, Blackroek an Passage 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc a ll Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction all Do. New East ,Anglian (£25 L and y, 4, L. & D.) a n Do. Do. (1.84 )11.& a ll Eastern Conuties., a ll Eastern Union, Class 1. (late E. U. Sh.) 86 Do., do all Do., B. and C 00 East Lancashire a ll East & West Ind. Dk & Binning, June _OO ( Edinburgh & Glasgow la Edin. and Peebles 100 Edin. Prth. & Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100. Great Northern Stk 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock . 100 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 100 Great Western 11 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 62,. Hi Do., Thirds 100 leancash.& Yorkshire 15 Do., Fifths 1 . 11 Do., Wet. Riding Un a ll Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt 1 a ll London & Blackwell' 3 Loud, Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond. Brigt. &S. Cst. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do., Fifths. 1 Do. ,£lO Sh.M. &B. 0 100 London &S. Westernl 426 Do., £5O 31 Do., £4O a ll Londerry,&Coleraine, all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch. Shef. &Linen 4 Do., Man.& Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do.Birming. &Derby 47 Midland G. West.(lr.; 176 Do. 1 Shares a ll Newcastle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket 3 Do. Bury Extension 16 Newp. A.berg.&llftd 76 Newry & Enniskillen a n Newry, Warrenpoint, and Restrevor 100 Norfolk all Do., New 36 Northn.Counties Un 100 North British . .. . 13 North Devon, No. 1. 66 Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred . 1 6 Do., 1 B Guaranteed 17 North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. ;lune [OO Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton [OO Scottish Central • 100 S,..otlsh Midland LOO Shrewsbury & Birmg .00 Do., L. & N. Westn uaranteed Stock 8 Shrewsby.& Hereford a ll Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves do all Do Do. Oswesti y 61 Shropshire Union all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 5 Do. 16i Stockton & Ha.rtlepl 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford& Limerick 13 West Cornwall /.1s Wimbledon&Croydn 1 Woodford .00 York Newctl.&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions.. .. 111 Do. G. N. E. Purchase, .1 00 York & N. Midland. PREFERE. 100 Aberdeen ......... all Do., No. 2,7 p. c 100 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent. 34 Cork&Bandon 5i p.c. all Dundee, Perth, ands IE. Aberdeen Junction all Ang. (705.) 6 p. 0. all Do. (X 5), 7 per cent. 2 Do. (X 7 17s), 7. p ct. all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2 all Do., New 6p. e. St. all Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 100 East Lan cash. 6p. cts all Edinb. Prth. & Dund 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. 5 p. s., Redeem at 10 p. e. prem , all Gt. S outhn. & Westn (Ireland) Eights 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Rants Ex. 5 p. a.) 100 Great Western, fixed 4i per cent 6 Lan. & York. F. .£2O 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock 100 Londonand Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. 100 Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St. all Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 lop Do. New Guar. 6p. c j_. London &S. Western, Con. Thirds , 10 (Londonderry dti Coler, A Shares a ll Loildndry. & Ennisk Shares a ll Manch., Shef. ,& Lin. Shares, No. 1... all Do., New, £lO 3 Do., £6 all Marypt. & Carl. 4p. c. a ll Do. 4i per cont 84 Do ..... ............. 100 Mid. Consol. 6p. c. St. 100 Do, Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Pref. 4i percent. a ll Norfolk Extension... a ll Do. Guar. 5i per ct. all Do. Wayeney Valley 5 per cent 100 North British all North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. 9 Do. ........... ........... all Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed... all Shrewsby. & Chester • Nor. W. (Min), 3p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent. all South Devon Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Anr.) f . £l Os. 6d. all S.Yorksh. 4p. a. Guar. 3 Waterfd.&liiik.6p.c. 100 York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 5 Do 10 'York & N. Midland, H. & S. Purchase.: Business done this day. 291 30 114 -- i P . '--- ••. ••• ~ - •• 146 - 143 - i 224 4 -23 p 5:1 - 61 2 - 2,1 109 - 111 25 - 26 1 'ip 1 - 11 - 17 - 116 - par 261 20 i d 1101 - - 103 1 3 5/ par pl FOREIGN. 3 Antwrp. &Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. Jun 4. all Charleroi & Erquelin 8 Dij on and Besan9on 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian.. 1 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 7 Gd. Janet. of France 153 Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares 1 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per.cent. pref 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. 3 Do. (Canal)... 2 Do. 6p. cent. pref. 7 Lyons & Mediterran 44 Madras 29 - Maria Antonia 10 Do. New a ll Namur & Liege (with interest 7i 8 a ll . Do. (ex interest) 6 7 a ll Northern of France 36i 37 all Do. 201. 3p. e. Bds (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.] 14i - a ll Norwegian Trnk. Pref 8' 10 Paris and Lyons l B. 1 all Paris and Orleans 42 all Paris and Rouen 42 all Paris and Strasbourg 33 4 Paris Caen &Cherbrg. 4 -51 p 5i Quebec & Richmond i p all Rouen and Havre 2OA 21 all Sambre a nd Meuse 9 - 9 i 4 Do. 5i per cent. pref. ... ... 4 Southern of France 5 —54 p 2s. Upper India Scrip g —B p all West Flanders 4i i 6 Do. 5,i per c. Pref i d par 9 Western of France lO 11 il 2 i West. of Switzerlandl id par 3 New Zealand ). 7 -- Oi di id 1 14 13 14' 2 1 6 6. p p - 2 p -p i - ip 74 —Slain 41 1/ 1 —2 - xin P ip' 9 —ll p 2 24 p • 90 - 29 - '7 3 51 -- 44 - 50 - 31 - 3r - 31 - 9 - 10 53 - 55 - 81 2i - 2R 354 - 361 8 -- - d 3 4p 473 483 100 102 64 66 64 66 70 - 75 18 - 20 ; 9. - 10 14 - 15 3i - 3(1 21 - 22 78 -78 i 36 37 I 124 A -4 - 131 ,11 - 2 1 141 - 15 9 - 29 -- 31 9i -- 9i id- ip 69 70 7i —7 d 2 2td 59 60 .CE SHARE, 166 --- 108 - ... - 108 19 20 id gi --- 3 -__ 6i 3 4 g lb, --2 p -- 14 14-1 - 15 18i -- 19 34 - 3 1128 - 129 1110 - 112 si 7ixd !05 - 107 - 4 p ZO -152 • ... - • 50 - 1~3 - 3iPj 10 11 13 8 - 10,1 - i Pa I 2° 1 15 100 20 87i xin x in in x in 15i 9 9 p 1 434 43; 34 9 pm LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ir. I Paid, Les‘mit Compares. 0 I all ;01 'II *1 all ',04- all kh all it. 100 i 0 all 4t. 100 Z I all )0 all .311 an all iU 9 3ll 53 all io I all I2i 114 4. 100 4. 100 5 181 1 - 1‘ 0 all I 15 all ;t. 100 RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletchley.... Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm. Woly. & Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr. & Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.& Greenw Do. Preference l i owestoft gr. 4 P 6 e G@nt. PQ: per Mach. Bxtn. and Matlock 3fiadleshri,' Redcar. Afil:ll4.l3r4df4, Northern o.od Eaoternsp.o,l Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixedspc Proof, &WYre Do. 611are.s. Ropitn.Azifit• Do, Shopth.S t Shef.Roth.assi Goole g. 5 p.o, S. Staffordsh. p ,„ - r e rVeaellpet.g.r 'Do , Wiltatigowns 30 - 31 29 -30 i 30 -31 29 -30 105 -107 52i -53 i 151 - 153 32i - 33 i 111 - 113 55 -56 i 26 - 27 13 - 14 25 - 26 19 -19 i 25 - 27 sod -1 .OS -10 Q 64- 66 id L4O —lslxB 48-154x.8 - 32i- 3, 3 / 4 ... 1 103 - 104 London &I N. West. Gt.Westn Do IL. &N. W. Caledon.. Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NW. Do I. Eastern D 0......... Norfolk, Po., !• - .3i .1 1- Stckton Dvjingi: Mic4ancl.. IZ, OM] IDo D• L. &LW &Ln&Yk Do - gt N9rOln Do Laucash & YQrlisb. 11.1401444 Stockt. & Darlingt Do GWO44 Closing PriceS Yesterday MINES. 1. all Agua Fria - 1 p 102 all Anglo Californian 1 -ii p 10 2 Australasian. i - 2 p 20 5 Australian - N 6 1 all Australian Cordillera par - 4 p 1 k 1 all Australian Fracheld. i - 4 p 1 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par - p 1 AB British Austrln. Gold i - p 20 115 British Iron 7 - 9 p 35 244 lirmillan Imp. (issued at 5 pra.) 5 - 6 5i 30 all Do. Cocies & Omiaba 31 - 4 4 4 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 '- 30 1 1 Carson's Creek. - 40 all Cobra Copper 6 -- 47 V 7 5 1 Colonial Gold 2l -$4 p 434 14 Copittpo - Si. all CopperMinsrsof Eng 7O - 75 25 all Do. Preferenoe,-, t 74 -8i p 6 all English and Austin Copper Snaeltg. Co l4 - f d 44 g 20 all General lB -20 2 all Great Nugget Vein 3f -31 p 54 5 3 all Great Polgooth ll -11 p 1 all Lake Bathurst 4 dis- par 1 all Liberty..., ... ,• • . .. , 4- 1 3 p 1 all Load. &Californ. Gold Quarts Crush. Co I - 1 d 1 all Mariquita 4d - par 10 9 Mexican &S. Americ 8 - 9 8 4 4 1 all New Granada - a p 1 a ll Nouvew .Monde 1 - 7.4 p 2 a 5 1 Port Philip. , - li p 21 2 1 all Quartz Rock par- 1 p 50 all Rhymney Iron 22 -24 15 Do. New 7 - 8 30 Di Santiago de Cuba - 8 1 : all South Australian I - 4 p 10 7 Tin Croft ll - 13 281 all United Mexican 64 - 7 64 1 all Waller par- i p 1. all West Granada 4 - p 1 all West Mariposa 4dis - p 1 a ll Yuba i - - 1 4 ;. p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 93 -- 94 93 50 all British N. American ... - ... Go 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 24 -24 p 41 i 100 25 Colonial - •.• 100 20 Commercial of Lon don- ... ... 4 English Scottish and Australian 3 4 ,- 34 p 13 1 20 7i Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 5 tiiip 174 18k 50 20 Loudon and County ... - ... 50 10 London Joint Stock ... - ... 100 20 Lond. & Westminster ... - ... 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India - b 21 50 224 National of Ireland ... - ... 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 55 - 56 56 i 25 5 Do. New - ... 100 25 ProVincial of Ireland ... - ... 10 all Do. New - ... 5 1 Royal Austrahi.Bkg & Gold Imp. Co par- 4p 4 25 25 South Australia 5O - 52 51 25 all Union of Australia 7B - 79 784 94 84 ... 2i Do. New B4 - 9 50 10 Union of London.... ... - ... 40 all Union of Madrid - ... MISCELLANEOTIS. 100 35 Australian Agricult lO7 - 112 105 4 6 -.....• 20 6 Austrlasn.Pcific.Mail ... - ... 10 5 A.ustraln. Royal Mail ... ... 38A Brit. Americn. Land ... ,-- ... 100 324 Cauittla - 5 5 Crystal Palace 4 2 Crystal Pal, of France ... ... 20 1 Eastern Steam — ... 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat ... ... lop 50 General Screw Steam ... ... 20 21 Irish Beetroot Sugar, ... ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ... 10 2 Netherlands Land ... ... 20 24 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam .„ ~, 50 all Peninsular &Cliental' ... - ... 83 44 • 50 25 Do. Do. ... - ... 100 60 Royal Mail Steam..., - 25 25 South Austral. Lan d 57 - 59 564 3i 1 ' 1 Submar. Telegraph... ,„ - ~, 5 2 Universal Emigration 10 and Colonisation...l ... - ... .00 284 Van Diemen's Land..l 25 -26 234 3 23i 3 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, March 17.—Wind at Noon, N.E., light breeze, and cloudy: - _ _ _ DEAL; March 16.—Wind, E.N.E., strong. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Juno, for Sydn e y, N.S.W ; Cen taur,. Algoa-Bay ; Albemarle, Port Philip ; Euphemia, Geelong. Arrived—Preciosa, Rio Janeiro, for Abo ; Olden burgh, New Orleans, for Bremen. BRISTOL, March 16.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Jas. Tit comb, New Orleans. PLYMOUTH, March 16. Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Syd ney (s), Australia and Cape of Good Hope—on freight, 175,790 oz. of gold. Sailed—Elizabeth, Melbourne, Off Port—Ella, Charleston, for Amsterdam. PORTSMOUTH, March 16.—Wind, N.E. Off Port— Cygnet, Berbice. Sailed—Andalusia, New York. SOUTHAMPTON, March 16.—Wind, N.W. Arrived— Teviot (s), Brazils. LIvERPooL, March 16.—Wind, S:S.E. Arrived—Priam, Wilmington ; Marion, Rio Hache ; Carthagena de Colum bia ; Joshua Mauran, New Orleans ; Houghton, do. ; Emigrant, Mobile ; Scation, Apalachecola. Sailed— Presto, Melbourne ; Jenny Lind, San Francisco ; Town of Liverpool, Pernambuco ; Douce Davie, Honduras • Pro vidence, Vera Cruz ; Chesapeake, Balti more ; F ores t king, New York • Constitution, do. ; Compr om i se , d o . ; St. Johannes, Boston. The Mary Ann, arrived hence at Bos ton, had received damage, having been on shore. CARDIFF, March 16.—Sailed 1.R.L., New York. ALMEIRA, March B.—The Belmont, Carthagena to New castle, has been brought in with damage, having been in contact with a Guards. Castor. BELFAST, March 15.—The 'Archduke, of Dundee, is on shore at Garron Point, and the tide flows in and out of her. The Diligence, of Cardigan, ssruck on the Briggs, and is full of water. SHIELDS, March 16.—The Spring, of Yarmouth, is on Mushell Scarp, but is expected off. DUNDEE, March 15.—Arrived— qlymene, Callao. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Weekended March 17,1853, made tip from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales. per Imperial Quarter. .. IWHEAT.1 WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. RYE. BEANS. I PHIL 45s 8d 31s 9d 18s 6d I 1 1 30s 9d I 34s , id 32s 9d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. HEAT. is Od BARLEY. 15 Od OATS. I RYE. Is Od is Od BEANS. PEAS. 1s Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. wheat, 103,145; Barley, 69,093; Oats, 24,566; Rye, 122; Beans, 8,886; Peas, 2,495 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMIT HFIELD. and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 143 SMITHFIELD. --Meadow hay, 3/ Gs to 4/ 12s ; clover per load. CIIMBERL AND.—Meadow hay, 3 / 3 s to 4 / 15 s ; Tdirtatode 4dlulOl,sathndSpirts:s rather lower. clover ditto, 4/ Os to 5 / Os ; and straw, 1/ 7's to 1/ Hs per load. Supply good, and trade dull. WHITECHIPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 4/ 12s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ 58 ; and straw, 1/ Gs to 1/ 13s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. MEAT MARKETS. at NtEhWisGATLAIDtoL-ryDEruiNHedALLste.—adThype a g t en f e a ral p d ri e c ni es s . n — d Beef, 2s 4d. to 3s 6d ; Mutton', 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 2d to 4s 4 d ; Pork, 2s 6d to 4s per 81bs, b y the carcase. 6011THALL, MARCH 16.—The supply of stock on offer was very moderate, yet the general demand was sluggish, with little alteration :—Beef, 2s 8d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s 6€l. to 5s Od ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2 d ; Pork, 3s Od to 3s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. fßQouello ß ear cc gr F fi o oo ß lmßd n ees2tf M s:ref A 6rdo n Fm c ito ; s: l6.—Our market to-day has been tolerably firm, and the following are - the quotations : Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Pork, 3s Od to 3s 10d Per 8 lbs• 4 s 1 toBB° d .is t 0 2 ; 2d5; Mutton, each. mu tt 0 n 3: 841 t ° 5s 2d ; LEWES, MARCH 15.—A1l stock mov ed t o s ff o sl o ow s ly s , 2d al Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 8d per 81bs. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.—In compliance with a requisition, signed by about 100 of the leading mercan tile firms of the town, the Mayor of Manchester has convened a meeting of bankers, merchants, and manu facturers of the borough, to be held on Tuesday next, to consider what suggestions that community ought to make to the Government or to Parliament for the better deve lopment of the resources of British India, and the conse quent amelioration in the condition of the people. Business this day 211 21 !124 3 91i 1 Pm 76i6 x d 16i i i 119 k 19 k d lBi d 90 1 293 I 753 i i 49 1 2 78i8 111 70 I . 2 121 21 594 i _ IU. I 50 50 100 25 LIT .R E. _. _. , , . , Harry Muir. By the author of " Adam Grieme," &c. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. It is impossible to conceive a more simple tale than this. In the quiet and secluded country dwell its heroes and heroines, far away from the strife of politics, the m aze o f f as l uon, t h e di n of business, and the traffic of commerce. No won derful event is introduced, and no striking casualty appears, and yet, notwithstanding, it would be difficult to find a more interesting story, or to meet Wit h 4 ! -° l . c Powerfully-delineated dramatis persona. Nature is here shown forth, and truth speaks now. Scottish manners, customs, scenery, and life are veryaby drawn ; from th s little Maggie MacgillivraY f clipping" at her mother's, door in the sunlight,) to the aged dragon who guarded the familiar scenes from whence he had seen generations pass away. Harry Muir, the nominal hero, is only a secondary personage in the tale—the results of his doings are t"e4t4TP§ of e WPFIc and the effects he causes fora the subject-matter for remark ; but it is his eldest sister Martha to whom the first place must be given. Her vigorous Toad could well have borne her taenlibr through every tr ou bl e —b u t it was no t so to be. She, had to bear the heaviest burden this life can bring, to remain passive, when burning for action, to let things take Weir course of evil, when she felt that ex exertions they might be turned into a *afe and secure 04 444 4 in this, character the authoress aellieVe§ a signal triumph. Many may rileh on in the struggles of life and fall or win, but it is only a few who can control themselves, who can see their dearest wish es crumble beneath their feet, their cherished fabrics dashed down into the dust, and yet go on, i n w a ili ng strongth, hope, and courage. Their heart's desire, their soul's am bition, is gone ; it has become worse than dead—but the spirit will not yield ; it resists to the end. Martha is shown like this. At first she rebelled against her fate, and would not bend to circnra tances; but time, that shattered her 4iglAt haPes, and cast a shade over her yOung life, brought wisdom age might have envied, andfaith martyrs might have emulated, She is made pleasing in her manners, which is not often seen in those cast in her mould : her way of yielding the precedence to her young sister-in-law (quite a piild , her ways,) while conscious herself of surpassing other women in intellect, is very graceful and touching. Rose and Vi o l e t are charming girls, 4411 afford a relief tci the somb re f oreground of the picture, Cuthbert Charteris, with his determined and resolute conduct i is welcome, aft er the vacil lating and wayward harry. The indiscriminating multitude are always led away by such men as Harry ; but the far,seeing and wise-judging know that those who feel the least make others suffer the most, and that those who laugh in trouble and revel, without a care for the day, aro clouding others' sunshine, and laying . up in store many a sad mor row for those connected with them, 4n admirable lesson is here given for those unversed in such knowledge. No one is sent here to smile and enjoy himself, bit to promote the welfare, and, if possible, the happiness of others. Harry never cared for his wife, his children, his three sisters, his friends, his home, or his fortunes, All might go to wreck and ruin, provided he was amused —not that he was bad-hearted or evil-disposed by nature. But what is nature without grace, and what good worth mentioning is there in a man who cannot refuse wrong or trampling under his feet the snares of those he really, despises ? One point is very natural : Harry, so yielding abroad, was a very despot when crossed at home. He exerted his authority as mas ter of the house, but he could never be the master of himself. With his transitory physical advan tages, with health and strength buoying him up, he felt himself as king and lord of all, never caring or heeding for that inward power stronger than armed hosts, and " mightiest in the mighty," which can - stand forth unharmed in the midst of ill, meet the seducing tempters face to face, and resist and overcome them. As little Violet said in her precocious reflections, "Is it all the fault of those who lead away ? Are not people themselves to blame for being led away ?" And again, " You never talk of folks being led away for good." Many are the wise say ings of Martha in the long, wearying season of trouble which those wretched sisters had to endure. When Rose said her heart was breaking, Agnes (the miserable wife) exclaimed it would kill her. Martha, whose feelings for Harry, whom she had watched tendedand taught from infancy--combined a mother's!care, a sister's sympathy, and a wife's de votion, faltered not—her love was immortal in its depth and height, its foundation sunk far below earth's annoyances, its fervour exalted her above time and space, and sought the seventh heaven. Thus she entreated them "It must not kill you. Bairns, hear me; you must let nothing kill you, nothing crush you, even in your innocent hearts, till God sends the messenger that will not be gainsaid. Now it is coming —may be ruin, may be destruction, certain distress and anguish. But the end is coming which God knows ; you must not pine, you must not weep, nor waste your strength with mourning. Bairns, we have to wait, and be ready and strong, to meet it when it comes. This is what we have to do." The end was long appearing, but it came all too soon. Then did the heroic sister complete her per fect work, perfect as far as earth will allow, for it bore the stamp of Heaven, and spoke of the life to come. "To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die." Martha knew this ' • but the question i s , How do we lire in those hearts ? Many blamed, some despised, her brother. She had to reverse that blame, to change that feeling, and she suc ceeded. As far as the world outside and his home were concerned, he had only been extravagant ; he had laid down good plans, but not carried them out. Two thoughts suggest themselves to the mind at the conclusion of this work. A warning is held out, a promise is given. To all such as Harry ruin is near. Youth and strength are as shadows flying away at a breath ; riches, talents, and honours make themselves wings and are gone ; but the memory of the just is sacred ; in his home it is revered as a household god—in his land it is blessed by the generations of his countrymen ; and for those like to Martha it is shown that we are not to think we can be all we like or seek, although we crush selfishness and cast away folly. The ambition of good becomes an evil, unless we follow instead of leading. In the path assigned to us there may the endeavours soar, but it is not right or reasonable to mark out a course the fancy de sires, and, because success does not smile, call the world a &sort, full of vanity and vexation of spirit. Sorrowful was Martha most of the days of the years of her sojourn, but her sorrow turned at last to joy—not the wild zest of young hopes, but the tutored thanksgiving of a disciplined heart. Vain were her talents when exercised in her own way— her life was nothing, her brother's death struck terror to her hopes. It was not till yielding to the will of Him who gave the talents that she triumphed. She lifted up her eyes to the heavens, where she trusted her departed treasure had passed, before on earth she found peace. In the following pas sages will be shown the great force of the author in describing her characters :—Alexander Muir was an excellent old man, in whom age had no power to chill his affections to God and man, and who was young again in his love to the rising race around him. The conclusion, when Martha looks out by moon light on the scene sacred to the memory of sorrows passed away, sweet in in the bl esse d ness of hopes fulfilled, and shiningthe glory of promises in store, is surpassingly imagined. Her long day of work over, at evening tide she rested from her labours ; the glaring noonday of distracting trials was spent—the calm orb of night, the stars of peace, shone down upon her suffering heart and soothed her wearied spirit. With one alteration, •to her might be applied the epitome of Evangeline, " Fair was she and young when, in hope, began the long journey, faded was she and old when it ended," not in disappointment, but in love, that took the sting from sin and the - victory from the grave. "Alexander Muir was one of those whose end of life seemed almost as pure as its beginnin g . A sp i r it so blameless and placid that we might almost think it had only been sent here, because it is a greater joy to be a man, and know by certain experiment the wonderful mystery of redemption, than to be sati s fi e d w i t h suc h i knowledge as the sinless n heaven can gain. It is happy for us amid the dark records of common lives, that here and there God permits us one such man, born to be purer than his fellows ; so much lower than the angels, that the taint of native sin has come with him into the world—so much higher than they, that the mantle of the Lord has fallen upon him, and that he stands accepted in a holiness achieved by the Master and King of all. Lichened over with the moss of age, in quiet places here and there. live gracious souls of this happy class, and Alexander Muir was one." * "That night, standing on the turret, Martha looks ' out upon the lands of Allenders—the lands which her own labour had cleared of every overpowering burden, and which the same vigorous and unwearied faculties shall yet clear of every encumbrance, if it please God. The moonlight glimmers over the slumbering village of Maidlin—over the pretty houses of poor H arry ' s i mpa . tient fancy, where Harry's labourers now dwell peace fully, and know that their improved condition was the will and purpose of the kindly - remembered dead. And the little spire of Maidlin Church shoots up into the sky, guarding the rest of him whose memory no man dares malign—whose name has come to honour, and sweet fame , since it shone upon that tablet on the wall, an ch fulfilment,e ve r gained expres sion not one wish or pas sing or without endeavour or settled purp ose to ful fil ; and Martha's sn i p n r o j w e e c r t ofds rwhoseremains thoughts turn back — back to her own ambitious youth and its bitter disappointment—back . to th e b eau tiful ain m s without dawn of Harry's life—to its blight, and to its end. And this grand resurrection of her buried hope s b r i ngs t ea rs to Martha's eyes, an d humility to her full a n d swelling heart. God, wh ose g ood pleasure it once was to put the bar of utter powerlessness upon her ambition, has at *4 xd xd xd - . " • rast giv'erf her to r lo4 t upTn the work other hands—God, who did not hear, according to her dimmed apprehen sion,-those terrible prayers for Harry, which once wrung her very heart, gave her to see him pass away with peace and hope at the end, and bas permitted her—her, so greedy of good fame and honour—to clear and redress his sullied name ; and the angels know the deep, un speakable humility of thanksgiving which swells in Martha's heart. So to all despairs, agonies, bitternesses of the strong heart, which once stormed through them all, but which God has chastened, exercised, at length blessed, comes this end. Harvest and seed-time in one combination, hopes realised and hopes to come, all giv ing thanks morning and evening for fair days sent to them out of the heavens, and sorrow charmed into sweet repose, and dangers kept away. But though Martha's eyes are blind with tears, and her heart calls upon Harry—Harry, safe in the strong hand of the Father, where temptation and sorrow can reach him never more —the same heart rises up in the great strength of joy and faith, and blesses God, who knoweth the beginning from the end—who maketh His highway through the flood and , the flame—His highway still, terrible though it be—who conducts into the pleasant places, and re freshes the failing breast with hope, andfthe sleep which He gives to His beloved fell sweet and deep that night upon the wearied heareof Martha Muir." Zanoni. By Sir E. Bulwer Lytton. Cheap Edi tion. Chapman and Jlall. It is not without ample reason that the author of this noble romance ranks it amongst the highest of his prose works of imagination. Although we have not failed to recognise under the current of the ,fiction a variety of typical meanings of very profound significance, we have never been among the number of those who have resolutely regarded it as an allegory. It were as erroneous to treat it obdurately as a production of a simply allegoric character, asTit; would be—and in this we follow the hint contained in the exceedingly suggestive " Note" appendedlto!the present vplume—to treat in the same perverse manner the " F aus t" of GoUthe, or the " Hamlet" of Shalispere. indeed, we cannot altogether adopt as sufficient the:ingemous suggestion of the anonymous critic whose explana tion of the meaning of " ZA11011i" is honoured by insertion in the reprint before us, and who argues that the hero of th e s t ory s h ou ld b e considered as the incarnation (if one might so express it)of ism, Zanoni, the character we mean, and not the book, is something more than the symbol of Idealism —just as Faust is something more than the type of Intellectual Ambition, or as Hamlet is something more than the, embodiment of Human Irresolution. Each, we take it, must rather be regarded as a veritable IllioroCOsM : a being inspired by peculiar aspirations and acting under the circumsta nces . Singularly clever though the explanation here given by some unknO.Wit commentator (" one of our most eminent living writers," as Sir E. B. Lytton himself tells us in his " Preface"), undoubtedly is _it is to us, we repeat, altogether unsatisfactory. Zanoni, as we have seen, may, to a certain extent, be considered to represent idealism," and Mej nour " Science s " and Viola " Human Instinct ' , and, Aidon‘ai "Faith," and th e Dweller of the Threshold " Fear," and Nicot " Passion," and Glyndon " Unsustained Aspiration, and Mervale " Conventionalism"—but that is very far from all, there are beyond these inner meanings still =- penetrated, Nevertheless, although to a consider able extent dissatisfied with the argument ad vanced by the writer of this very curious Appendix, we must again acknowledge it to be so far ingenious that we are in a manner grateful for its publication. It may excite in the minds of the more super ficial or unoontemplative readers of " Zanoni" a train of wholesome and elevating speculation. It may afford them a clue through the labyrinths of its subtle and mysterious philosophy. During' the Preface to the present edition, our author takes occasion to remark somewhat earnestly--" I refer those who do me the honour to read Zanoni' with more attention than is given to ordinary romance, to the poem of ' King Arthur' for sug gestive conjecture into most of the regions of specu lative research, affecting the higher and more im portant condition of our ultimate being, which have engaged the students of immaterial philosophy in my own age"—a recommentation, by the way, which, if adopted, must prove not less pleasurable than profitable to the students in this philosophy. Of the romance, as a work of' art, it would be almost an impertinence in this place to offer any thing like a formal analysis. Its beauty has long since been recognised and appreciated. Its fasci nation we have all felt, deepening and enlarging as we advanced in the perusal, from the first wailing* of that wierd cremona of Pisani to the last hell born reverberations of that grizzly Reign of Terror (depicted in such ghastly and sombre colours to wards the close of the narrative), and which may be said to have only terminated with the yells of the populace round the guillotine when the axe descends, and " blackness rushes on the soul of Maximilian Robespierre." " Zanoni" must be re garded as invested with another interest not yet mentioned, and one, moreover, of a very remark able character—that of having tended to popularise in this country the otherwise recondite history o: the still not extinct race of the Rosicrucians. (Collected Poetical and Dramatic Works of Sir E. Bulwer Lytton. Vol 11. Chapman and Hall. Another volume of this excellent edition of the Collected Poetical and Dramatic productions of Sir E. Bulwer Lytton having just appeared, it only remains to observe that it comprises the first nine books of " King Arthur," an epic, the beauties of which we ourselves have already frequently com mended, after having subjected it as a work of art to the elaborate analysis of impartial criticism. New graces become apparent on every re-perusal, and that, we take it, is a sufficient token of sterling excellence in either ancient or modern contribu tions to literature. A single perusal, however, will amply satisfy the mind of every discerning reader that " King Arthur " is as assuredly one of the most remarkable of living effusions as it is undoubtedly and beyond all question our author's poetic masterpiece. The Natural Principles of Beauty. By D. R. Hay, F. R. S. E. Blackwood. A treatise which, in its ingenuity, not less than its subject, is exq u i s it e ly beautiful. 'Already, in a more elaborate production, the anther had ex plained how the msthetic developments of the human form coincide perfectly with that law of harmonic ratio which has been allowed to be an universal law of nature ever since the age of Pythagoras. Upon this coincidence Mr. Hay has based a new and very charming system of propor tion. He has expounded his system, moreover, with infinite elaboration. His last splendid volume will have sufficiently indicated this—the work is entitled, " The Geometric Beauty of the Human Figure Defined." His present treatise we take to be a yet clearer evidence of the correctness of his views, afforded through the medium of an indivi dualised illustration. It can scarcely fail to popu larise the system of which the author is the origi nator. As the writer himself intimates, at the outset of his new publication, the method by which he has founded upon the law of harmonic ratio a distinct system of proportion may be readily enough expounded. a It consists in dividing the semi circle by 2,3, 5, and 7, and multiples of these primes, in the same arithmetical progression in which the monochord spontaneously divides itself in the production of the harmonics of sound, and using the angles thus produced in applying har monic proportion to plane figures, through diagonal direction instead of vertical and horizontal distance. By this means," continues Mr. Hay, " divisions by 2,4, &c., give what may be termed, in harmonical phraseology, tonic angles ; divisions by 3,6, &c., dominant angles ; divisions by 5, 10, &c., mcdi ant angles ; and divisions by 7, 14, &c., subtonic angles." In all this we only recognise another and very admirable indication of the analogy traceable between the fine arts—an analogy which has long since, in various particulars, been more thaii • suspected. Colour and sound have long been felt to possess this analogy, to a degree that elevates into something more than the oddly fanciful that remark of the blind man, that Scarlet was like the blare of a trumpet. Hitherto detected in other quarters, this latent analogy has now been gracefully traced out by . Mr. Hay, and applied by him to the more inti mate association of form and number—according to the rules which had previously been known to link number to harmony by a series of symmetrical proportions. Besides the more com prehensive production already alluded to as having emanated from the same hand, there have appeared various others, all tending to establish the author's really exquisite Theory of the Beautiful in Form. This theory, as he him self reminds us in the preface to the elegant pamph let here submitted to criticism, " is applicable to every species of formative art, from an architec tural structure to the meanest household utensil." He has deemed it advisable, however, to restrict its application through the present treatise to the structure of the Human Figure. Even here he has still further restricted himself—and, let us add, we cannot but think judiciously —to the analysis of the Female Figure alone. The argument is illustrated by four engravings, besides a frontispiece. To quote once more the words of the author—" Here an attempt has been made to prove that the mind is capable, through the eye, of judging of symmetry, or of proportional beauty, by seizing on the prominent points of an object, and inquiring what are the relative direc tions which the other points occupy as seen from these." Furthermore, he observes—" It has been made to appear that the highest standard of sym metry, so estimated, is deduced from the simplest law that could have been conceived—the law that the angles of direction must all bear to_seme fixed angle the same_simple relatien which the different tones in a chord ,of music bear to the fundamental note—that is, relations expressed arithmetically by the smallest natural numbers. Briefly, it is here proved, "that man, the image of his Maker, has even in his low estate a frame based on the type of the most perfectly conceivable symmetry.' By founding (if we may so phrase it) this noble theory, Mr. Hay has covered his ;Time with, distinction, and has laid the basis, wei conceive, of no ephe meral reputation. By illustrating it anew through the medium of this graceful treatise, he has con ferntd a real boon upon the community, for he has afforded the public another opportunity of follow ing the golden rule of the poet—by looking through the holy and awful mystery of Creation to the holier, and yet more awful, mystery of Omnipo tence. The Boy-Htmters. By Captain Mayne Reid. Bogue. A companion volume has here been produced to that charming story of the "Desert Home," which we took occasion to comm en d i n the strongest terms—as it eminently well deserved—at the time of its first appearance. The present narrative IlLike its predecess or , i s avowe dl y written for children, and is desi gne d, as all such works should b e , t o convey instruction in the very process of creating amusement. Captain Mayne Reid has already shown in a remarkable manner his skill as a writer of fiction. His two earlier effusions, the animated and popular " Rifle Rangers," but, still more, the enthralling and picturesque " Scalp Hunters"—a production, by the way, that may be regarded as bearing to the North American Prairies the same kind'of relation that Herman Melville's exquisite ic Typee" bears to the South Sea Archipelago— rev ed no ordinary powers of originality as a fabulist or story-teller on the part of our new literary adventurer. This originality we did not fail at once to recognise ; and we have a gratifying remembrance that we were about the first to assert that Captain Mayne Reid had displayed merits as a writer such as augured admirably for his futur performance. We were not tardy in proclaiming this to be our conscientious conviction as re viewers. , Nor have we been disappointed in our anticipations. Without attempting any very extravagant enterprise, our author has endea voured to extend his popularity since that period, and in doing this he has displayed merits which in his regard we had not even conjectured. Aspiring to charm the imagination of childhood by the description of fanciful incidents, and of ficti tious characters, he has shown ver y unusual re sources of invention—but, more than this, an inti mate and enviable knowledge of nature, both animate and inanimate. These capacities, presented to our notice fo r th e first time • by Captain Mayne Reid in his " Desert Home," have been yet more strikingly developed in his new volume, entitled " The Boy Hunters.' Let us acknowledge, how ever, at once, that we cannot regard the latter to be in any degree comparable to the former simply as a work of imagination. It possesses none of its peculiar and alluring fascination. It retains not a vestige of that charm which led one on from page to page, from chapter to chapter, through the whole history of the lost faniily in the wilderness. It re calls to mind no sort of associating recollection of the famous " Swiss Family Robinson"—much less does it revive our early and loving remembrance of our inimitable Defoe's masterpiece. Unlike the " Desert Home" in these respects, this new tale - of " The Boy Hunters" bears more of an analogy to " Sandford and M er t on " th an t o t h e incomparable " Robinson Crusoe." It teaches by example. It is crowded, if not with " wise saws," at any rate with "modern instances" in abundance. The drift of the narrative may be very readily indicated, and from this the character of the whole work may be at once understood. We are taken first of all to Point Coupee, about three hundred miles up the longest river in the world—starting from its mouth or delta—the riper Mississippi. Here we are intro troduced to a farm settlement belonging to a Frenchman named Landi, one of Napoleon's old soldiers, a colonel of ch asseurs , w h o, on the downfall of the Emperor, has emigrated to this region of the globe, accompanied by his three children. Colonel Landi is presented to the reader at once in his true character—now that his military propensities have, by the misfortunes of his hero-idol, been denied any further development —namely, in the character of a Hunter Naturalist. Besides his three sons, the old Colonel has another companion—Hugot, a male domestic, formerly one of the soldiers in his regiment, now his attach e d and devoted adher en t. With neither of these, however, has the story much to do—with neither master nor man have we much interest, our atten tion being from the very outset almost exclusively restricted to the sayings and doings of Colonel Landi's three children. They set forth together at the commencement of the book upon an adventure which does not terminate until the very conclusion of the narrative. That adventure consists in the discovery and capture of a white buffalo—the skin of which, as a rare curiosity, Colonel Landi has been requested, by an autograph letter from Europe, to send to his friend Charles Lucien, Prince of Musignano—in alluding to whose merits, as a naturalist, our author says, to our mind drolly enough, "Not all the Bonapartes have been bad" —as naive an expression of intolerance towards the imperial race as a body, as even Walter Savage Landor himself would desire. Returning, however, to the purport of the present volume, it may be repeated, that, to gratify Prince Lucien with a surprise, by sending him one of those white skins which he has almost defied his friend to pro cure—they being regarded as scarcely less fabulous and unprocurable than ,the plumage of a phoenix or the horn of a unicorn—Colonel Landi resolves to send his three young sons out on an ex pedition of research into the buffalo-wilder ness. A wooden leg, won in the wars, pre vents him from going himself in quest of the desired booty. Hugot again must stop at Point Coupe° with his beloved master, his old Colonel. There consequently remains no alternative. The boys must depart—and they go accordingly—though not until after being provided with all desirable equipments. The book recounts to us—and in this lies its attraction—their various adventures. First of all, however, we are made acquainted with them individually—the writer describing them very cle verly, and with very agreeable niceness of discrimi nation. Basil is the eldest, a black-haired stripling of seventeen, a " mighty hunter" like one of old, the true " son of his father" in blood, and born a Corsican. Lucien is the second, a ybuth fair-haired and delicate (like his mother, who was a " blonde," and one of the Basques), ever busy with his book when he is not himself making personal researches after knowledge, a student devoted to natural his tory of the sciences comprised in which botany and geology are his favourit es . F ranco i s, a curly haired urchin, is the youngest, and is described by the author as quick-witted, " merry to madness," &c., &c.—in short, more than any of them, a French man. These are the three " Boy Hunters," who start upon the expedition in search of a white buf falo, and in the course of which search they en counter all sorts of interesting adventures. Of course, they obtain the coveted prize. in the end, but not until after they have passed through nu merous hairbreadth 'stapes and become involved in a series of enthralling difficulties. It must not be forgotten that besides the children of Colonel Landi, there are four other characters of some interest, who participate in these difficulties and adventures. These are of course, the beasts of b ur d en . B as il' s horse, which is a half-Arab, is known as "Black Hawk." Lucien's is a sober, quiet cob, named very appropriately "Le Bourgeois." Francois', like himself, a little skittish creature, more like a pony in size than a horse, though he is a full-grown horse too, being one of the fiery breed of the mus tangs, is called "Le Chat." Besides these, there is the she-mule, " wiry and wicked as any of its race," employed to carry the tent, the provisions, the implements, the utensils, &c., „a true-bred Mexican mule, designated " Jeannette." Such are the members of the little party which sets out upon this eccentric expedition. Basil on Black Hawk— Lucien on Le Bourgeois—Francois on Le Chat— and clattering after them the poor mule Jeannette. But no, there is yet another creature to complete the group, a noble dog—" A bloodhound with the cross of a mastiff"—Marengo. So they jog forth on their adventures. Exceedingly unlike angels' visits in these as in all other respects, these .same adventurers are neither " few" nor " far between." On the contrary, they are so startling and novel of their kind, and follow each other in such rapid suc cession, that the attention of the reader iskept in the h a e continited state of suspense and won d er i ng excite ment. Throughout the whole st ory C apta i n Mayne Reid shows a delightful familiarity with animate and inanimate marvels of the North American Contin en t. H e reveals angr in timate acquaintance with its fauna and it s flora, and " while undertaking sibility for the truth of his sto " "o no oh t h e e rl jes'lll2:yf observes in his preface, " the author Hunters' claims consideration for the truthfulness of the materials out of which it is constructed,, Several times during the co he of the narrative, c h o e n t t a e k m e p s t o a cca nd si occasion otatexpresspleasedto hismost Tt d call your Closet Naturalists. Against this w i un s nu ig , a e e must protest with all the force of conviction, and in no measured languagien:atAga we must protest, as against to some among t h e nobles+. • s a pe in c s i t es all of t go e h e w p titedr a: : :: :: gl; t a l n ie d s v ci e e r n y e e — of Natural His . to p ry lon . eeArsgaininst all h fl a ffrant fact, We must protest, as against a veil - can possibly heinous ingtitule. No one d • admire more than.. .we do the high 81' labours raf_such a man as Audubon, as Captain Mayne Reid might have called him, a type of your out-of-door naturalist. But we should conceive it to be disgraceful and ungrateful on our part to endeavour to exalt the reputation of such men as Audubon, by depreciating the value of the fame acquired by men whom our author has been pleased to sneer at, as your Closet Naturalists. Who are those men ? Why, such men as Buffon, and Cuvier, and Linnmus. Happily, the genius of those three illustrious men has not remained until nowadays iu order to be demonstrated. Every educated man knows the scope and value of theirgreat labours. It cannot soon be forgotten that until the time of Lin naeus there was a bewildering chaos in our ideas of the whole vegetable kingdom. It cannot speedily be lost to recollection-that Baron Cuvier may be said with peculiar truth to have "created a soul under the ribs of death," and to have evoked from a world of dry bones a vital and vivifying philoso phy. Beyond all, it cannot be passed by as unde serving our especial remembrance that it was Buf fon who fir s t conce i ve d the notion of becomi▪ ng the historian of the animal world, and that to that no tion we - owe the existence of a work unsurpassed in the eloquent felicity of its descriptions, and whi▪ ch must ever be classed—what though there were a hundred thousand Audubons—among the treasures of the earth's literature. Here it is, we conceive, that lies the only blemish in the present narrative. In its regard we cannot altogether ac quit the author o f th e charge--which we might find it di▪ fficult to conjectu re — o f either self-sufficiency or of affectation. We are fain to regard it as the latter. However this may be, in all other respects the book has proved t o us eminently delightful. .Several of its most surpri s i ng in c i dents have been illustrated by the pencil of William Harvey —whose embellishments to the tale number a dozen alto gether. As the frontispiece, we find the curious sketch of an ingenious portion of the narrative, entitled " The Ch a i n o f D es t ruc ti on, " the links of which are formed by the tarantula killing the humming bird, and the the chamelion tarantula, and the scorpion lizard the chamelion, and the snake the scorpion lizard, and the kite the snake, and the eagle the kite and—last link of all—Basil the eagle. Although, of course, nothing 'compar able to his " Scalp Hunters," or to his " Rifle Rangers" being, in fact, of a less pretentious cha racter, the " Boy Hunters," scarcely less than those more important productions, and scarcely less than the more alluring " Desert Home," reveals on the part of its author, the keenest observation of Nature, and a really delightful vivacity of i▪ magi nation. NEW MUSIC. " Pray for me, Gabrielle." Song. Dedicated, by permission, to the Countess de Jarnac. The Words and Music by Ernest Reinhold. Boosey and Co. Like all the productions of this talented author, the present bears the impress of taste and skill. The words aro touching and tender, and the accom panying music falls winningly on the ear. The plaintive pleading of the forlorn exile to his lost love will be repeated by many a melodious voice, for seldom have we heard a ballad more calculated to become a general favourite from its sweetness and simplicity. FATAL PILOT-BOAT CATASTROPHE. _...._ A most lamentable accident occurred off Grevt Yar mouth, early on Tuesday morning, which resulted in the loss of three experienced pilots. It appears that a boat, containing five of the body, put off from the port, and was rowed oui to sea towards Corton, on the look out for the London coasters. On nearing that place, it seems that the craft by some means got inside what is termed the outer bank, which is considered a dangerous position. Time would not permit them to extri cate the boat, before a heavy sea caught her broadside, and capsized her. Two of the pilots, Ben jamin Holt and Richard Garwood, succeeded in reaching the shore, although in a very exhausted condition, but the other three were imprisoned under the boat. Holt, the survivor, contrived, after much exertion, to raise the boat, but the poor fellows were almost past recovero. Otte of the sufferers, Abraham Wooden, was first conscious enough to recognise Holt, who was seized by the leg by the dying man. Holt having to clamber up a cliff to save himself, begged of the unfortunate fel low to loosen his hold. He eventually got clear of him, and reaching the summit of the cliff he gave the alarm. Assistance was then obtained, and on proceeding to the spot Wooden was found to have breathed hls last, and the other two unfortunate men, Isaiah Leggatt and George Fox, lying in the water, dead. They were at once conveyed to a neighbouring public-house to await a coroner's inquest. The deceased pilots were much respected at the port. ELECTORS AND POLLING PLACES.—Yesterday, a re am to the House of Commons was issued, from which t appears that there are 50,170 electors for counties in Scotland, and 133 polling places. MARYLEBONE FREE LIBRARY.—Last night a public meeting, emanating from the working-man's committee appointed to conduct the movement at present on foot in the borough of Marylebone for the establishment of a. 'free library to a successful issue, was held at 60, Pad dington -street ; Mr. Wilson was called to the chair. The chairman informed the meeting that the subscrip tions, including those of the Bishops of London and Durham, and several other influential promoters of the movement, amounted to 8001. Mr. Murrough, M.P., Mr. Oliveira, and Mr. Macgregor, M.P., moved and supported resolutions. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN TUNIN.—The attention of r the Chamber of Deputies of Turin was, in its sitting of tho 12th, called to a subject which has often engrossed the attention of philanthropists, by an occurrence, which although rare, is not the first of its kind. A man, named Antonio Sismondi, 25, had been hanged for mur der that very morning, when, being taken down, and carried to the cemetery, a slight cough issuing from the body showed that life was not extinct. The grave-dig ger called for assistance, and the patient was taken into a house and bled three times ; but notwithstanding all the assistance afforded him, he died a few hours after wards. This matter was brought before the Chamber the same day by M. Deviry, who moved as follows : —" The Chamber, inviting the Ministry immediately to provide for the reform of public capital execu tions, as also of the mode of execution itself, passes to the order of the day." The Minister of Justice con curred in the general principle of the motion of M. Deviry, who, he said, at the same time advocated the restriction of the punishment of death to one single crime ; but the ministry added that this was a matter requiring such serious consideration, that he could not for the present pledge himself to any course without further inquiry. M. Brofferio, expressing his conviction that the time was not far distant when capital punish ment would be done away with altogether, moved an amendment to the motion as follows :—" The Chamber, recommending the ministry to present a bill to correct the present enactment of the penal code respecting the punishment of death, passes to the order of the day." This amendment, being accepted by the Minister of Jus tice, was adopted unanimously. CONSUMPTION Or SUGAR IN THE UNITED STATES.— The usual annual returns have been published of the consumption of sugar in the United States during the past year. From these it appears that the total quan tity of foreign and domestic (produced from the cane) taken into use was 315,217 tons, against 288,485 tons in 1851: being an increase of about 9k per cent. About 13,0 . 58 tons, made from foreign molasses, and 11,600 tons, yielded from the maple tree, have to be added to this amount, and the aggregate consumption was there fore 339,875 tons. Out of this total the quantity of foreign was 196,558 tons, against 181,047 tons in 1851 ; and it would, therefore, appear that the consumption of the domestic production from the slave labour of Louisiana has increased in rather greater propor tion than that of foreign. As regards prices, the averages of 1850 and 1851 were almost the same—viz., about $5 50c. for' New Orleans descriptions, but last tsc y juo e obn l a ns r net s ii h un o f nec w net s t: il subsequently e dtd prospects, na c v t c e i i o n d n g at been ted s ei sn 4 r es B mvt l ae c atr . eiy , nd et low,t od h he btqeeua althoughotdhtyae. t i i o r a n pi s u_ a e t sr t : h t ii h e : y e n. of American d ea l ers t h at the crops now coming forward from nearly all th e pro d uc i ng countries will g be rather above than under an average. In Louisiana and Texas, it is said, the yield will exceed in quantity and quality vedartabl , but frOme. Porto The 280 ,000 hl d Th aalelofoournntiserfroonmesdobbeainagreelsetmatousis fa ßico, Manilla, J ava, and Brazil a full from beetroot in 'Europe has also to bet Sti pp k ly en is for ; while the effect of the increa,sing THEFT this nei L'-- ' ' uctio from EXTR.AORDINA.RY.—At a place on in lo t o o k ac ed . o c o n A u e n of ac count. tion had been abandoned, and RAILWAY e W ra IT a R y E s novel theft committed, a bystander saw an g t u h u e ou o r l irot, oo w d h en ere hu a t s i.e ta: moved, the other da before and after the and made himself accessory both no felony—for he looked on, presently venture forth and proceed thing, and allowed the sai l d esteci with his boot cunning felon to retire unmolested rat our art• • saw a fine sleek rat peer out from bel)to a s ingeni :us and lc" crunimsstation office, and neath the old iding where stood a carriar, " rolling b e, , not at that moment of the wheels by stock.' Climbing up one theomposi spoke% the rat reached the place where the F to the ' tion for lubricating the is axle kept, and, . if as lid, and manner born, he dexterously raised the spring held it up with one of his fore-pa to see if cat or hawk, or any of i abroad, he seemed satisfied forth with plunged his nose composed we believe of ate with as much gout towards the gre en and whiskers numbered amongst Then looking round and I''t in the yellow unguent, palm oil and tallow , survey, and were which he aldermen are said to exhibit hh w i e I l atso a vl of as turtle. But as circumspection fat whiskered thief from time to time seemed requisite, our - withdrew and i and during thee m se li . s head from the grease pan to look d, onoissanees he still held up his aroun fore- While exceedingly furtive and sagacious. p aw, looking As his apprehensio • ns became allayed by the general quiet of t resumed delicate the place -- for no one was stirring near—he palmy" feast,at epicurism sated, he withdrew, and suffered the lid to fall, and, descending by the spokes, returned to his abode. The cool and systematic manner in which this affair was transacted was such as to satisfy the astonished and amused spectator that ratty had paid more than one previous visit of the same kind. Railway officials should be on their guard against this new and unsuspected species of peculation committed on their property.—Manchester'' Guardian. 36 1051