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

THE FRENCH EMI Active preparations are in progress for the inau guration of the tomb of Napoleon 1., on the sth of 31 aY. The expenses will be defrayed by a contri bution from the army. I nthe Legislati ve A ssem bly ano th er scene ha d, ensued, on the continued refusal of M. z,,,,ouhier d e l'E c l use to take the oath to the Emperor. The Assembly voted, by a unanimous eu bulletin of 221, th a t it was incumbent on M. Bou bier to take the oath ; but on the latter rising to l ir otest, he was s t oppe d b y t h e P res id ent, w h o de clared th a t th e for b earance of the Assembly had been carri e d t o i ts utmost l i m i ts. The Monit eur pu bli s h es an I mper i a l d ecree an nullingl a credit o f t en m illi ons o f f rancs e ff ec t e d i n r 85 2) and which has remained unemployed, and estoring to the Budget of 1853 a credit of seven ,1 1011 8, of whi c h t wo are t o b e d evo ted to the from f rom P ar i s to Cherbourg, and f i ve to th a t LroM Bordeaux to Cette. The Assemblee Nationale has received a " first it arili ng," for having published an article in which a sserts the principle of a national right upon Which r es t s the ImperiarGovernment. The Presse and the Mode have also been " warned." Y ork Buschek, the European agent for the New b Exhibition, had been admitted to an audience J i the Emperor, who assured him that the Impe rial manufactures should be worthily represented" t3 T he change in the weather which took place a v r mllth ago, and which still continues, has, in a F e at measure calmed the apprehensions felt in pre sent with respect to the harvest of 1853. At ', e sent the p ros p ec t s are f avo urable, and if the e ` eid weather should not continue too long in the :D r ing, there is every probabilty of an abundant vir t t:T. The accounts received from the great ti ,"at-growing countries—such as southern Russia the principalities of the Danube, Hungary and ue Baltic—are all favourable. In none of them has the young wheat suffered from the effects of the kagon. ,We mentioned yesterday that the Abbe de Lacor -74t0 had been expelled from France ; but there ems to be some doubt if the order has gone fur ther, than requiring him to quit Paris, and not to ,__ 4 "teach the Lent sermons for which he had been :Lquounced. The Government papers, which alone Zention the thing, disguise the real nature of the t o ea sure, by saying that "he has gone to make a a a_r in the provinces, and therefore will not preach gain in Paris during Lent." Realisations of profit led to some large sales yes -I,'''taY, and the Rente has somewhat given way. the Three per Cents. are sc. lower, and . b e ? per Cents. 25c.—the price of the former M11: 11 ,g 106 f. 45c., and that of the latter 80f. 60c. of France Shares are unaltered ; those of the te"gage Bank are 17f. 50c. higher, and those of ar e Societe M o bilie re sf. hi g h er . Railway Shares toutA general lower, the difference being from sf. - L• a sh are . Exchange on London (short), 25f. *) money ; ditt o (90 days), 241. 90c. . SPAIN. w l lie Gov e r nors o f S ev ill e an d o f G ua d a l axara, t i h ere the Ministerial candidates failed at the elec t) have been dismissed. b„kne funds have risen sensibly ; the rise is attri i."l:l to The the eneral confidence in the Minister of ula tlee. g Three per Cents. were a 42g. ITALY. The TURIN, FEB. 26. triexpulsion of the Ticino Swiss from the Aus tioli dominions continues to occupy general atten pro,„ The Government of the canton has issued a cal illation, calling upo n th e i n h a bitants to be them under the circumstances, and to rely upon fed measures that will be adopted by the Con eration Tiler is - th e e little news of interest from Milan, where Th e "ate of sie ge , w ith u lt ra - sever ity, i s continued. e g ~e(Mfiscati on o f th e p roper ty o f a ll the Lombard e 8 is said to have been decreed, but hitherto a bPeatration has been only laid upon the lands of l i ne Litta, w h ose pa l ace a t Milan has been turned ok e a barrack. Six h un d re d soldiers and twenty AokseisBers, are quartered there. Count Gyulai took l lon of it publicly. forZe is much talk at Rome about the proposed the 'a of a regiment of Irishmen, to support A Mr. O'Brien is said to have sub tzwitae "uis project to the Papal Government. The oorb aa+ l :_ e giment is nearly complete. General Ka i .4211 d. - ' ll . lately sent 300 recruits from Switzer- The di sturbances at Milan have caused the teat Mice to redouble their precautions, and a r , - " l a nY persons have within the last few days c'liged to leave Rome ; amongst them heare a considerable number of students from pro lilces. Rome i s , h owever, perfectly tranquil. A ydistributio n of bread is made to the indigent, 7tio cannot find work on account of the continued l'a(1 weather. The number of persons who are in t ills position is said to exceed 8,000. AUSTRIA. Accounts from Vienna state that Austria has declared her resolution to press for the extradition °i those refugees in England who hay e disturbed thefo,peaee o f Europe, and will press t he demand by f,,, t widing English travellers to c ross the Austrian The l a test telegraphic dispatches from le nila does not give any later particulars of the m a te of the Emperor's health, nor make any allu -144 to the rumoured attack on the British era % ; but the health of the Emp eror ma y be 1 1 4. 40 red as sensibly mending. ,ls said that an attempt has been ma de on the c L Baron JellaChich. It is to be supposed that Pa e js ail escaped without a wound ; but no other a lcu lars are known than that the conspirators I ,l!sassins w ere arr ested by the aides-de-camp. () /4 " Funds continue to rise, in consequence of I "acha having received orders to cease hos -4: against Montenegro. Fives, 94A. ; New 52 °Ci • Bank, 1,402 • Exchange on London, te TURKEY. tt from Constantinople state that the Mar -In4 de Lavalette has succeeded in obtaining an 4 111 )se rai litY from the Turkish• Government for the . Dre • rib ers of the Loan but the amount was no t i h is elY fixed. Ae rb). Constitutionnel says that the mission of_ Pie Mentchikoff to Constantinople is to demand 67 of 9 millions, which Russia claims as due ,:„°, 1. 1 account of her intervention in 1840 ; and kto Q ,Lto the questi o n of the Protectorate of the 1,1; ,aepuichre. Vienn a Lloyd, a semi-official organ of the 0 44 C4ll Government, publishes in very conspicu holit3.l)_e th e t e l egrap hi c di spatc h f rom T r i es t e, an ~ithe,Ng that the Ottoman Porte had complied 4. Al t ' the demands of Austria. "° th,„ -°ll gh we have no very exact information as km e lPrecise na t ure or ex t en t o f th e co nces s ions Dir ec t u 3: the Porte to Austria, sufficient has trans -41, IN 0° show that th e y are of a nature which , s '4 e 1 ..0... av e deeply humiliated Turkey. The Count 'lot t,, — tungen's instructions were of the harshest, teki s ay most unreasonable, character. They oki n ° h ave been drawn up for the purpose of pro- Nra s g resistance, for they leave the Turkish Go °N47.ent no choice between submission to insolent 4 , i l Ph.r °ll4( led demands, and the unequal chances of ,mt 0 0 ~_against overwhelming forces. The Journal .yr a 7antinop/e contains a letter of the 2d from qko;:?:)vhich it is said. that a direct heir to the of Greece is to be expected. AMERICAN NEWS. Ilv 0 141.y"t0.'11„,e Atlantic which reached Liverpool yester qie " 8 earn that there has been little of note in Poll 1 bleal world lately. tatellcit,lte house Mr. Seymour hasably advo veu . / thich . " Canadian Reciprocity and Fisheries Bill, Nao, W as opposed by Mr. Fuller. T here is a that this bill 1 ,,"t froni Washington to the effect. conformity I viti t " n 4 drawn by Mr. Seymour, In it certainly o 1 `-teneral Pierce's views kli 0 i to the ti,terii ' f Passed, prove advantageous . —and S 4, a tates. It is probable that it will teßotitnn, but that it will form the 'kitaf,"4lons between the United States and Great basis ne o t f pass new , I t -;:, With involved. regard to all the subects ;AC '" - aid that the proposed international copy ,wa,,h. Navention has been actuallysigned at to 14, e elgton, and will be forthwith presented .. 0 the ,'hate. But there is great opposition to it ofn lier l. t, of booksellers and publishers, many subject. , Th - p ace flocked to Washington on the " 4 Y I . ' a cifio Railroad Bill has made some little (4 44 ";,, Il t People fear that it will share the fate of ~ Tii,,a4ftPortant measures in this do-little session. ,',llly - strik e ~ for waege3 still exists at Baltimore, lit:Portion of the in echanics having returned to . I _ l4 ta e:14., Pleyments at advanced wages. The few). i' 4 ,bon;"ilded to Washington , where most of the d '' is , el s B in. the Navy Yard have ' also struck ; and ion, that the epidemic will spread over the 4t tit Great complaints are made in New York 4l ti elit e e.Thilermous expenditure of the city govern -I'9,7on'e'r example, the reception of Kossuth cost 4,° 1 11 - ' P,700 of which are unpaid. The " tea ro,on,°' the corm) tion last year cost nearly tea gongl"". The • ' 2 " arrived at New York +l, immigrants a "4O last three years were about a million of Th rev e calo r i s af c propeller Ericsson is said to have ar -15 '''r c , ) , cL .. xit elY at Norfolk from New York. O et ed -"4-ieo we learn that Santa Anna was ex -ttje . .t i ? retur n, and if he should he will probably 11.14rit. I.:rehuantepeC difficulty in an amicable - ‘ e kieo `!fill be perceived by the details that i 8 "'"' 11() condition to do otherwise. It is, however, probable that a vote will be taken on the subject in both houses of the United States Con gress before their adjournment. A letter from Cuba states that during the great fire at Cardenas, the Spanish troops plundered the burning premises, as if they had been banditti, and not soldiers. There is a dispute between the British consul at Havannah and the Captain-Gene ral, and the former was about to demand his pass port, but has sent home a statement instead. The details have not transpired. The New York Stock-market was firm, and all leading securities had an upward tendency. The Money-market was at 6 to 7 per cent. Exchange on London, lon to 1101 ; Paris 5.111 to 5.131. Stocks are tolerably active. United States Sixes (1862), 115-4- ; United States Sixes (1867), 1201 ; Pennsylvania Fives, 981. The Ohio arrived yesterday with nearly 2,000,000 dols. of gold on board, from California. The flour market was depressed, and prices had declined from 121 c. to 25c. per barrel. Wheat in slack demand at almost nominal prices. Indian corn inactive, with large supplies. For cotton there was but a small inquiry • prices had declined per lb. since the last advices. The wool market has been excitable for the last three weeks, and nearly all the fleece in the country has changed hands, at an advance of from five to ten cents per lb. on both foreign and domestic. The latter ranges, for the finer sorts, at from 47e. up to 65c. for pulled and fine Washington county. Provisions without alteration. Freights to London—flour, 2s. 9d. per barrel ; turpentine and naval stores, 3s. ; measurement goods, 15s to 30s. per ton. STATE OF EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, FEB. 19. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pottinger, with the Calcutta mail of the 20th of January, arrived at Suez on the night of the 12th inst., and the Ripon, with the London mail of the Bth, arrived here yesterday, and proceeds this morning on her return voyage to Southampton. The Ripon takes 21 boxes of gold dust, of the value of 80,0001. sterling, brought from Sydney to Singa pore, and from Singapore to Suez, by the Penin sular and Oriental steamers. The Hon. C. A. Murray, our Consul-General, has returned to Egypt by the Ripon, and Mr. Paget, who has occupied his post for a short time, goes back to Greece. The Consul of Alexandria (Mr. F. H. Gilbert) is shortly to retire, and it is to be hoped that his successor will make the numerous reforms that have become requisite in the direction of the Consulate. Mr. Arthur Anderson, director of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, is now in Egypt making arrangements and suggesting improvements for the further amelioration of the transit. There is no doubt that the facilities that will be afforded by the railway when completed will create a great increase in the amount of goods passing through Egypt. The Viceroy (Abbas Pasha), considering the important interests he holds in common with the Peninsular and Oriental Company, treats Mr. Anderson with , marked attention, and places steamers and car riages at his disposal for his conveyance to any part of the country and across the desert. The Egyp tian Government has recently determined upon suspending the works of the barrage of the Nile, and in order to counteract in some degree the ob structions to the navigation of the river at that spot, will only complete the side locks, to enable boats to pass the bridge. During the last high Nile a great number of boats were lost at the bar rage, and it is quite time that some steps be taken to prevent further mischief. M. Mongel, a French engineer, who has been raised to the rank of Bey, had undertaken this great work, and has for many years past been in the service of the Egyptian Go vernment. On its being notified to him that the barrage would not be completed, he has had the coolness to ask, as an indemnification for the loss of glory and fame of which he will be deprived by the non-completion of the work, a sum of 10,0001. sterling, which it is supposed he will eventually get from his known pertinacity in urging claims. Prices of produce have fallen very much during the last week, and some of the Greek speculators will be severe sufferers from it. Shipping con tinues to be much wanted. FRIGHTFUL DEATH OF AN IDIOT.—Last evening Mr. Brent, deputy coroner, held an inquest at the Golden Lion, College-street, Camden-town, on the remains of Annie Wickham, aged 14, who was found almost con sumed to a cinder on Monday last. From the evidence of Mary Wickham, sister to the deceased, and other witnesses, it appeared that deceased was quite idiotic and of dirty habits. The sister slept in the same room with her, and it was her custom to place the bed of straw before the fire to dry every morning. The mattress was so left on Monday morning last, and deceased was left tied in a chair on the opposite side of the fire. Some time afterwards smoke was seen issuing from thq apartment where the unfortunate child was. The door was forced o p en , w h en a horrible spectacle presented itself. The bed and bedding were enveloped in flames, and the body of the child was reduced to a cinder. It was with difficulty that the flames were extinguished, which being accomplished, it was found that the floor of the room- was burned through. Deceased was in the habit of being left for many hours alone. Further evidence proved that deceased was treated with uniform kindness by her family, and that her sister was kept at home for th e express purpose of attending to her. The mother of the deceased, in her examination, stated that her husband had an objection to sending his child to an asylum. She had heen idiotic from her birth, and it was his only wish to see the end of her. The family of deceased appeared to be in very poor circumstances, and the house in which they resided presented a miserable ap pearance. The jury consulted for some time and returned a verdict of "Accidental Death." THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.—On Wednesday was printed in a Parliamentary paper the accounts showing the sums received and expended for the purposes of the metropolitan police, police superannuation fund, and police courts in the year ended the 31st of Dec., 1852. With the balance in hand, the receipts in the year were 439,203/. Os. 9d., and the expenditure 390,662/. 15s. ld., leaving the balance 48,5401. ss. Bd. The sum received from the parishes was 263,6711. 175., and from the Treasury 100,9281. 15s. 2d. On the superannuation fund the amount of stock is 104,1751. Os. 6d., and in cash 48,5561. 9s. id. From the police courts, with the balance in hand, the receipts were 46,1241. 9s. 10d. The fines, &c., from the courts, were 10,7551. 18s. 3d. In the year 44,8051. 10s. 4d. was paid, and the balance in hand 1;3181. 19s. 6d. On the Ist of January last, the number of persons employed in the force was 5,492, consisting of 1 inspecting superin tendent, 18 superintendents, 129 inspectors, 601 ser geants, and 4,743 constables. The first-class constables, 1,258, have 541. 12s. a year ; the second class, 2,359, 441. 4s. a year. - The sergeants and constables have e clothing ear, ; coals, w 4 e o e l weeklybk.lt ea e to i e n ac l h e married du ri m n a g n s a i l x l months, and 201 b. weekly during theg remainder of the, year. FATAL EXPLOSION OF GAS AT NEWCASTLE -ON-TYNE. On Saturday a tremendous explosion of gas took place in a provision shop in Buckingham-street, Newcastle, which has caused the death of the shopkeeper's wife, and seriously maimed two other persons. The occupier is William Walker, an engine-wright, his wife taking charge of the shop in his absence. An escape of gas had been going on for some time, and it became so offensive that, on Saturday evening, Mr. Walker pro ceeded to examine the gas-meter, which was in a con fined situation under the counter. He opened a trap door which communicated with the meter, and most imprudently having in his hand a lighted candle, the gas immediately ignited, and such was the violence of the explosion that the whole building was shaken to its foundation ; the counter was torn to pieces, and the shop windows blown away. Mrs. Walker was carried partially into the street, and her husband was rendered insensible. Both were conveyed to the infirmary, where every attention was paid to them ; and Mr. Walker, though much bruised, is recovering. His unfortunate wife, however, was so much mutilated that the only c le ta s n , ce o to which savingich she herlife w epatiently sübmittedthe th of e aboth same ninight, h her t, but b all in vain. After lingering in great agony, she p died on Tuesday morning. A girl who was si:n i g . at the time of the explosion was dreadfully cut in a t s h by some broken glass from the windows, but she i s in ac a e fair way of recovery. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday last an acci dent occurred, which, although it did not terminate fatally, mutilated the sufferer in a shocking manner. A gentleman residing at Dover went out shooting ; on re turning home in the evening he proceeded into the kitchen for the purpose of removing his wet outer clothes ; having done so, he placed his . copper powder-flask, &c , upon the table, an d p r oceeded to the back yard to dis charge the gun. While he was thus occupied, the ser vant, who appears to have had an inclination to amuse herself with the explosive compound, took the flask, and holding it in her hand over the fire proceeded to scatter a small stream, which, upon ignition, communicated at once with the whole, nearly a pound, which exploded with a terrific report, shaking every part of the house, to the great terror of the family . . The hand which had held the flask was seriously injured, the thumb being literally torn away. One of the detached pieces of copper had also penetrated through the clothes into the front upper part of the thigh, which it lacerated in a frightful manner. At first very serious apprehensions were entertained, but fortunately the woman is pro gressing rapidly towards convalescence.—South Eastern Gazette. AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION. —In the London Docks there are at present no fewer than seventy vessels bound for different ports of Australia, of which the greater part will have left for their destination before the expiration of another month. Of this number about one-half are ships o f from 500 to 1,000 tons burden, the remainder being smaller vessels. Nearly one half of the ships loading are foreign bottoms, chiefly Dutch, and all very fine ships. So great is the demand for ships, that oad- the smallest vessels are laid down. There is one now l ing of 150 tons only. In St. Katharine's Docks there are 26 vessels for Australia, 20 of these being for ports in the gold regions. There are also three fine ships load ing for New Zealand. St. St. St. St. 10 St. 25 25 10 25 10 106 10 20 20 50 20 114 10 St. 50 40 25 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 16b3. THE 211 ARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prio.s YesterAay. 184 100 100 all all 111 100 34 . all all 100 100 all 3i 100 6 all 100 all 100 20 111, 100 100 all 100 5 100 all Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bos k Eastn. Junct Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons, Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter , Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock and Passage Dublin&Belfast June Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (£25 L. and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (181. E.& H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) Do., do Do., B. and C East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. and Peebles Edin. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow &S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds ILaneash.& Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un, Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby. &Southpt. London & Blackwall Loud. Tilb. & Sthenc', Loud. Brigt. & S. Cst. London kN. Westerr Do., Fifths Do. ,£lO Sh. N. &B. C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O Londerry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Mauch. Shef. &Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Binning. &Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. i Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extension. Newp. Aberg.&Hfte. Newry & Enniskille Newry, Warrenpoint, and Restrevor..., Norfolk IDo. , New, Northn. Counties Un, North British North Devon, No. 1. Do No. 2 Do., 1 A Deferred ... Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire..' North Western...... .. N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton ... Scottish Central 'Scottish Midland . Shrewsbury & Birm:;. Do., L. & N. Westr. Guaranteed Stock. Shrewsby.& Hereford Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves do Do Do. Oswesti y Shropshiro Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yo rksh. River Dun Do. }Stockton & Hartlepl. l !Thames Haven Dock and Railway' Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledon&Croydn. Woodford . York Newctl. &Bern. Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland - 33 - 10 10 6i -- 646 21 -- 22 3 2A d 108 -- 110 63t -- 64 23 -- 23 18A -19 i .- 2 pi 8 •- 9 . - 131 - 11 113 8a 73 75 157 co I 76 78 Ad p 32 34 61 63 80 81 43 45 121 123 1.08 -- 109 91 -- 914! 6i -- 7 - ' 90 -- 95 13 -- 14 p, 774 -- 78 43 -- 41 d Si -- 2i d 15i -- 161 8i -- 9a 14 -- 2 p 103 i -- 104.4 119,E -- 1191' 3 -- 90 -91 P 4i -- 3id 4 -- 3 d 11a -12 i 19 -- 21 29; -- 301 3a -- 3 d 774 45 -- 47 1 49 -- 51 3 -- 3a 3 -- 3 d 34 -- 3i 8i -- 92 55 -- 57 8 -- 8i 21 -- 2a d 36 -- 37 6t -- 61 d d 4 4i d 8 84 Si 4Sp 47 48 100 102 64 66 65 67 70 75 ... —dxd 18 - 20 9 - 10 14 - 15 - 3 (i 21 - 23 , 791 - 79 t 36 37 13 -13 i 4 - 2 2 15 16 29 -- 31 9i -- 10 d 691 704 7. 7 2 2id 59 —6O ' Liusiness done this day. 64 80 4 122 i 91} 90i pm 77i i 103 119 19 29g 77i 6i 70 69i 30 20 1 40 50 50 ,00 20 59i 9 126 f 261 2f 3 x in x in x in x in 411 2 a pm all all all all all --z 10 all I 20 50 50 103 25 2i l all 25 60 25 1 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS, Leasing C onipans Bedford and Blotchley.... Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgi Birm. Woly. & Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.& Du. Fr Dk. & 1 Railway Hull & Selby Do. 1 Shares. Do. 4 Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowesto:t gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtu. and Matlock & Redcar ...... Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Eastern sp. c. Do. U per et. IDo. Fixeds p c 'Prest. & Wyre Do. A faliares. Roystu.&Hit. Do. Shepth . S t Shef.Roth.aud Goole g. 5 p. c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do London & N. West. Gt.Westu Do L. &N. W, Caledou.. Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn k. New. & Berw. Y.&NMd D 0......... D 0........ . Agua Fria , Anglo Califorhian A astralasian. . Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austrin. Gold i British Iron Brazilian Imp. (issued at £5 pm.) Do. Cocaes & Cuiab- Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek Cobre Copper• Colonial Gold Copif po CopperMinersof Eng Do. Preference English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co General Great Nugget Vein Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexican & S. Americ New Granada Nouveau Mondc Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New 'Santiago de Cuba South Australian En Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa Yuba JOINT-STOC. Australasia British N. American Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & C'hint Colonial. Commercial of Lon don English Scottish and Australian Lond. Chart. Bk. o; Australia 0 London and County 0 London Joint Stock 0 Lond. & Westminster 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 2i National of Ireland It Oriental Bank of Corporation. 5 Do. New Closing Prices Yesterday. 30 - 81 291 -30,3 30 -- 31 29 -- 30 LO5 --107xd 52. --534xd L5O -- 152 324 -- 334 11l --113xd 554 --564xd 264 --27 pl 13i -- 144 254 -- 264 19 --19ixd 24 -- 26 a 3,1 li BANKS. 'Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg, & Gold Imp, Co , South Australia .08 - 109 64 66xd xd •• • xd - pm 152 - 154 151 - 153 . xd i I d ii = ii 103 - 104 P 2 64 i 7 p Par P par p par p - P 7 9 p 4 - 44 29 24 • -30 21 - Par - i p 424 - 43 2B - 2/ p 60 -- 70 7i -- 8i p 1* -- 1 d 17 -- 18 2 2 p ld P d -1p # d }d-- p p 6i -- 7 it 1A p 16 1# p par— t p 21 -- 23 Gi -- 7i Po' — P 7 - 7. $ - $1) - tip - (Union of Australia Do. New 93 -- 96 Business this day. xd xd xd 65 x d x d x d 3i 1 3 3 i .2., 4~~~ z a 21 - 2tip 3 3-id C - Gip - 2A 2g 2 la 22 94 3 7 !Union of London.. Union of Madrid._ y~) ..• ."-- ••• 54 - 56 53 - 55 77 - 79 81 - 91 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricult ) 110 115 Aus trlas .Pc i e. Mail Australn. Royal Mail ,~Brii. Americo. Laud , Canada . . CI fatal Palace Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam Electric. Teleg. of Ir — Gen. Steam Navigat — General Screw Steam 1 Irish Beetroot Sugar, Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel; Netherlands Land ! N rth . of Europe Steam Peninsular &Oriental Do. Do, Royal Mail Steam South Austral. Land 54 57 Submar. Telegra pb Universal Emigration and Colonisation I Van Diemen's Land lB 20 5i 6 79 7 83 1 107 10 xPeol 5 ; 1 : 85i 82i 58 6 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Weekended March 5, 1853, made up from the Returns of the In•pectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wale , per Imperial Quarter. .. IWHEAT.1 WHEAT. BARLEY. I BATS. I EYE. BEANS. I PEAS. 45s 2u 31s 34 Ilas 411 30s 431 I 34s 53 31a 6d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. IP. Is Od is Od is Od Is Od is Od is ud QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 86,001 ; Barley, 78,434; Oats, 23.869; Rye, 118; Bears, 7,859; Peas, 2,393 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 12s ; clover ditto, 41 Os to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 fis to 1/ 14s per load. Trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 Gs to 4115 s ; clover ditto, 41 Os to 51 Os ; and straw, 1184 to 1116 s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 313 s to 41 12s ; clover ditto, 410 s to 515 s ; and straw, 116 s to 1113 a per load. Supply rather limited, and trade firm. LITEBATUBE. THE MAGAZINES. Blackwood.—Unconsoled for the absence from Maga of the long-accustomed instalment of Sir Bulwer Lytton's masterpiece, we turn almost in curiously to the lighter contributions contained, in lieu of that familiar favourite, in the pages of our contemporary. Candidly, however, through all our feelings of disappointment at the non-appear ance of any further chapters of "My Novel," there creeps out a sense of pleasure at the con tinuation of the serial entitled " Lady Lee's Widowhood." It is, moreover, with no merely ordi nary gratification that we notice this month the commencement of a new fiction, under the name of "John Rintoul; or, the Fragment of the Wreck." It is with delight that we welcome its initial pas sages ; it is with a sort of glow that we hail their publication. And why ? Because we recognise in it—we cannot fail to recognise in every sentence of it—the same gentle hand that penned some months ago the dear little story of the sor rows and adventures of blue-eyed " Katie Stew art." Yes, we feel convinced of this—we feel satisfied of having detected the paternity (or ought we not rather to say the maternity?) of the author ship. " John Hinton]. " will constitute a compa nion picture to " Katie Stewart "—a picture (each of them) as minutely finished as a Dutch Interior, with all the sparkle and freshness of a landscape by Constable. The narrative which is here begun in this goodly March number of Blackwood promises the same exquisite delicacy of treatment which we did not fail to applaud in its graceful and winning predecessor. The meaning of the rather odd title is explained already in this first instalment. John Rintoul's father and younger brother are lost one windy night in spring in the little sloop the " Euphemia "—all that is found to tell the tidings of the wreck is a fatal fragment of it picked up by the bereaved hero of the fiction, himself the skipper of the ill-fated Euphemia. Several other characters besides the two Johns (Pere et Fits) and Patie Rintoul are admirably drawn and charmingly grouped together. There is the elder John's wife Kirstin, and the younger John's wife Euphie : and there is Euphie's sister Agnes, loving and beloved by the shipwrecked. Patie Rintoul ; and there is Auntie Ailie, other wise Mrs. Plenderleath—anc? the wee bairn Johnnie —and a cluster of other equally natural characters. Only at the very close of " Part I." is the reader let into the secret that Patie Rintoul—supposed to have been irretrievably lost by his disconsolate relatives—has, in fact, been saved from the wreck on that fatal night of March by a Dutch smuggling brig, the " Drei Bruderen." Out of such an inci dent it is easy enough to foresee the construction of a romantic plot, very alluring when the fiction is told by a writer so winning in manner as the author of " Katie Stewart." A really delightful gossipping paper, anent " Clubs and Clubbists," opens the current number of Blackwood, the con tributor therein making for himself an opportunity to inveigh against the indecorum of such dances as the waltz, the polka, andthe galop. Another oppor tunity he makes for himself, and one of a very dis similar kind—being one, in fact, which enables him to " have at" Sir Charles Wood for that now noto rious speech of his at Halifax, by which, as Maga very justly observes, he stultified himself as a man, and disgraced himself as a Minister of the Crown." The writer adds, very sensibly, that the Emperor Napoleon 111. "is quite competent to conduct his own affairs; and, at all events, requires no advice from so very imbecile a quarter." There is a curious and rather interesting chapter in Maga on " The Vegetable Kingdom"—a subject suggested by Lindley's work so entitled, and by Schleiden's " The Plant, a Biography." We are indebted to another contributor for an insight into Dr. Neigebaur's recent " Rambles in Southern Sclavonia," —in the course of which, we are told that " Bem was a junk (hero), and a very skilful leader Perczel, a hot-blooded church breaker—Messaros, an old sergeant in general's uniform—Kossuth, a man who knew what he wanted, but not how to do it, and who dealt more in fine words than in wise counsels." There is subsequently in Maga an amusing critical glance at some recent volumes by MM. Gautier, Mery, and Nerval, the review being headed "A Trio of French Tourists." The blunders made by one of these same tourists (M. Mery), when speaking of Eng land, are something delightful as here pointed out by Blackwood. He talks, for instance of Edgar road in London, of the Adelphi fishmarket, and of somebody who " took in the Sun, merely to read the fourth page, containing the advertisements, like all the English !! !" After this comes an ar ticle on " Peace and War," already referred to in our leading columns ; and, finally, an argument on " The Malt Tax," which is the theme of the " po litical " for the March number of Blackwood. Fraser.—Tho first article in Fraser is very inte resting to all critics, and those devoted to literary analysis. It is entitled " Shakespeare and the New Discovery," and after recording some inte resting, facts, perhaps not generally k nown , it quotes several specimens of a work recently disco vered by Mr. Collier—a copy of Shakespeare's plays which appeared in 1632, which contains MS. altera tions and corrections innumerable. It is supposed that these emendations are the work of some ma nager or actor, as stage directions are intro duced, and long speeches or scenes are struck cut as if unsuited for performance. But it is evident the corrector must have continued his alterations from a ,l ' ton of the work, and a desire to im prov i- 'perfect arrangement. The quarto edit'. ilus and Cressida, published in 1609, before representation, contained the following ex traordinary addreAs til" -the reader :—" Eternal reader, here you have a new play, never clapper clawed by the palms of t.the vulgar." The writer justly observes, this c, was obviously not written by the author of the plays. The different readings of various passa,ds given are very entertaining and curious. The singu lar tale of " Hypatia" is continued, and we pre sume approaches its conclusion, as the present number chronicles the death of the heroine. The " Personnel of the New Ministry" presents us with the following striking and original view of political inconsistency : "In assuming office under the Minister whose later life had been spent in opposing his foreign policy, Lord Palmerston evidenced, at least his magnanimity ; while in thus presenting England to the eyes of foreign powers, at a serious crisis, as not disunited on the question of her foreign policy, he rave unequivocal proof of his self sacrificing patriotism.' The chief remaining papers are a curious article on fish, and " The proposed New National Galleries and Museums." Bentley's Miscellany .—" Aspen Court" is the pro minent feature in this magazine. Three chapters are given. "Demetrius the Impostor" is an incident in Russian history. There is a melancholy story, entitled " The Sculptor of the Black Forest," which describes the ill success attending a young German aspirant for fame in Paris. "My New-Year's Eve," and " Papa's Consent," are two comic tales, which do not possess more than ordinary merit. Mrs. Moodie gives us a tale of the prairie, founded on fact, " The Well in the Wilderness." An Eng lish family, emigrating - to America, imprudently take up their abode in an uninhabited spot, near a forest, which contains a dark swamp. The well, which is their only supply of water, is situated there. Some time after their arrival, the two children are seized with fever, and while suf fering from thirst exclaim eagerly for water. The mother ventures alone to the well, but does not return. Her husband, coming from his work, and finding her missing, goes in search of her, and dis covers a panther devouring her bones. It is, in deed, terrible to think this tragedy is drawn from real life. " Random Recollections of Campaigns under the Duke of Wellington" are continued, and recount the battles of Fuentes d'Onor and Albuera, with several other military adventures. There is an article on elephants, giving us many zoological anecdotes. Some verses, entitled " A Valedic tion," are pleasing, though possessing no striking originality. The Dublin University.—The first subject claim ing the reader's attention is one replete with in terest. Under the title of " The Crown Matrimonial of France," we are presented with a list of the Queens who have worn that diadem since the days of Charlemagne. " Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown" is indeed exemplified hel.e, as will be seen from the following epitome " And now have we not laid before you a t lack cata logue of those who have worn the ' Crown M. Ltrimonial' of France. Out of sixty-seven Royal and Imperial consorts, there arc but thirteen on whose names there is no dark stain ofsorrow or of sin. Of the othiTs, eleven were divorced, two died by the executioner, nine died very young, seven were soon widowed, three were cruelly traduced, three were exiles, thirtee:a were bad in different degrees of evil ; the prisoners and the heart-broken make up the remainder.. All those who were buried at St. Denis were den ied the rest of the grave : their tombs were broken, their coffins opened, their remains exposed to the insults of a revolu tionised populacd, and then flung into a trench and co vered with quick lime. Does history show any parallel to this list of Queens and Empress es i n any civilised country ? " In 4, Lectures at Mechanics' Institutes , high eulogium is passed on Lord Carlisle and Lord Bel fast, for their praiseworthy efforts to ameliorate their fellow-subjects. The Right lion. J. Napi er, M.P., is here introduced to our notice in the "Portrait Gallery." 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Beef, 2s 6(1 to 3s 6d. ; Muttoi, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d. ; Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, MARCH 2.—The demand for each kind of stock at this market to-day was of a steady character, at very full prices. Beef, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3,3 4d to 5s Od ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 3s Od to 3s Fol per 81bs, to sink the offal. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) N., light breeze, LONDON, March 3.—Wind at Noon, and clear weather, with slight frost. DEAL, March 2.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Agenoria, Sydney, N.S.W. ; Williams, Madras ; Rokeby, Colombo, Eliza, and Esther, Mauritius ; Manilas, Callao. Arrived from the River—Bristol, for Melbourne ' • Pantalo on , Ade laide, S.A. ; Marion, Swan River; Nathalie, St. Thomas. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Moore, for New Zea land ; Lancastrian, Shanghae ; Isabella Leith, Port Beau fort ; Johanna, Rio Janeiro ; Northumberland, New York. LIVERPOOL, March 2.—Wind, N. Arrived—Beeth oven, Manila ; Duncan, Calcutta; Bucephalus, do. ; Jane Prowse, Mauritius ; Breeknells, Para ; Peter F ou lk es , Laguna •, Harvey Galbraith, do ; Windermere, New Or leans ; Falcon, do. ; Vermont, do. ; Johann Smidt, d o . ; Jenny Lind, Mobile ; Johannas, Savannah ; John W oo d, Charleston ; J. C. Calhoun, Philadelphia Robert Bar four, Calcutta ; David 3/E`lver i Bombay ; Rob er t K elly, New Orleans ; John Hancock, do. ; Cornelia, Sava nna h ; Eliza Mearns, New York. Sailed—Jenny Wren, San Francisco ; Switzerland, Philadelphia; Andes (s), N ew York. Off Port—Rune, and Conrad. The Queen, for New Orleans, has arrived at Bardsey, partially dismasted. NAPLES, March I.—(Per Submarine Tel.)--The Orano (American barque), from New York, was lost on the 25th of February; crow saved. LOWESTOFFE, March 2.—The GaiTell, of and from Shoreham, makes water, having, N. to N.W. Arrived— been on Barnard S and. FALMOUTH, March 2.—Wind Don Affonsa, w York. Sailed — Naiad , Aux Cayes. Off Falmouth—Mina, Mauritius ; Leontina, Demerara. SOUTHAMPTON, March 2.—Wind, N.W. Sailed —Avon (s), West Indies. JERSEY.—Sailed—Messenger, Adelaide, South Austra lia ; Priscella, Barbadoes. ARRIVAL OF NEARLY A MILLION AND A HALF OF AUSTRALIAN GOLD IN THE RIVER.— In the cou rse o f yesterday and Monday, four ships arrived in the River Thames from Australia, with the large amount of 1,342,7121. of gold on board, or 354,648 ozs . T h i s i s the largest amount of the precious metal that has ar rived almost at one time. The vessels were the Rox burgh Castle, belonging to Mr. R. Green, of Blackwall, with 170,000 ozs.. of the value of 604,000/. ; Chouringee, 63,713 ozs., 255,0001. ; Three Bells, 77,803 ozs., 311,212/ • and Alert, 43 , 132 ozs., 172,5001. A stron g force of the police attended the removal of the precious store from the ships in the docks to the cellars of the Bank of England. Vessels with as valuable freights, are ex pected daily to be reported in the Channel. ENGLISH TIN.—A further advance o f Si. per t on took place on Monday in the price of English tin. This makes an advance of 151, per ton during the past month. ing of regard, as it renders a just tribute to merit, talent, and energy. " Sir Jasper Carew" is continued in two chapters, which termi nates the history of the trial, broken off last month at 89 critical a juncture. At the apparent close of the proceedings a new witness appears, who declares that he himself killed the man, sup posed to be murdered by another, and instantly fell down dead from excitement, his health having been previously shattered. "Spring Time Flowers" contains several excellent verses, thereby continuing the usual merit of this publication in this respect. " The Daffodil" is a very pleasing and graceful lyric. The best, perhaps, is " Nature's Teachings." Three of the verses are here given : " NATURE'S TEACHINGS. " Oh ! ye flowers blooming In your golden beds, Wild and unassuming, Lifting your fair heads ; Or your bright forms spreading In the meadows wide, And rich perfumes shedding Wflere glad streamlets glide ; Though boasted not in story, Each of you outvies The regal pomp and glory Of Solomon the Wise. " Oh ! ye billows rolling In your power and pride, ' Beyond man's controlling Onward ye will glide. Underneath you slumber, In a dreamless sleep, High hearts without number, Hidden by the deep. Yet will cease your power, Mighty though it be ; In God's appointed hour There shall be no more sea. " Oh ! ye bright stars gleaming From yon lofty sphere, In your splendour beaming On us mortals here, Deeming it your duty Darksome paths to light, Shining in your beauty, ' Watchers of the night e They who are forgiven, They whose faith endures, Shall yet wear in heaven Brighter crowns than yours." The New Monthly.—Several new characters are introduced by Mr. Ainsworth in the course of the new (being the third) instalment of his old English story of " The Flitch of Bacon ; or, The Custom of Dunmow." Foremost among them is honest, roystering Squire Monkbury—the lord of the manor of Dunmow—familiarly known as the Squire throughout the neighbourhood—as Alfred Tenny son sings of his " double" in " The Princess"— "A fine, broad-chested, genial Englishman." Besides the Squire, there are his boon companions the Vicar of Dunmow, hight Doctor Sidebottom, and the old huntsman, Paul Flitwick. Captain Juddock " comes out " gloriously as the narrative advances. He carols another of his jovial Baccha nalian ditties over a bowl of punch—a song entitled " The Wine-Drinker's Declaration"—and more than this he inveigles poor unfortunate little Jonas Nettlebed into a wager that he won't ob tain the Flitch, he (the Captain) betting him (the landlord) 10,0001. against 501. that he cannot—by any possibility—when it tomes to the oath—save his bacon ! There is great fun in the progress of the tale, and a promise of still greater when the plot becomes a little more developed. Conspicuous among the lighter contributions to the New Monthly for this present March is a story of " A Royal Whim," taken from the German of Wilhelm Meinhold, an author tolerably well known in this country as the writer of " The Amber Witch." A brief but by no means superficial account is giveif of the " New Arctic Expedition," in a paper duly notifying the extraordinary circumstance that there will be no less than sixteen vessels (exclusive of the Prince Albert) this summer in the Arctic Regions ! Cordially do we exclaim with the writer, from our heart—" Heaven protect them in their labour of love, and grant them success ! " Dudley Costello has again, this month, another of his odd, droll, quizzical contributions—an extravagance called by him (rather vulgarly)" The New Norman Conquest ; or, How Paul Brioche meant to have pitched into us." The New Monthly fanatic follows up his former rant by what he calls " The Sequel to A Word to England."' In addition to a great many other articles, not here mentioned, there will be found, towards the close of the magazine, an in telligent and very readable paper on " Sir William Hamilton," partaking as much of the character of l a criticism as of a biography. Ainsworth.—ln this month's number we meet with a goodly array of romantic tales. " Madeline Vernar" is a very unfortunate young girl, who was deceived by the attentions of a heartless man into believing herself the object of his regard. Too late she discovers he was trifling with her, and went home to die of a broken heart. Notwith standing this instance of Mr. Perceval's want of principle, we are astonished at being informed at the conclusion of the tale that " his soul may still be presented pure before) its God"—a most ill judging remark this, to hold out crime in such false colours. The unfortunate Florence Hamil ton is again brought before our notice. She is at present in the enjoyment of a momentary calm, but the mistakes of the well-meaning Mr. Harly are very ludicrous. He persists iu sending Pemberton to converse with Florence instead of Gertrude. " Was it a Ghost ?" is a most extraordinary tale of a haunted house—a murdercommitted—a difference in the number of windows inside and outside of the house, in consequence of the room where the corpse was kept being blocked up and con cealed by the furniture. "In Change" things certainly do not change for the bet ter, as there are misunderstandings on all sides, beginning with a party waiting for dinner, and concluding by a friend being roused at an un necessary early hour to listen to countless grie vances. " Sketches of Venice" conveys a melan choly idea of the inhabitants of the " Queen of the Adriatic." A graphic description is given of a gondola scene, in which an attempted assassination is prevented by the skill and address of the gondo lier. Altogether, to the lovers of the marvellous, the romantic, and the amusing, this collection will prove very attractive and fascinating. The inde fatigable author of " The Days of Margaret of Parma" has commenced a new story, " Nicholas Hamel." Bleak House. No. XIII. By Charles Dickens. —Confusion still continues to be the quality princi pally observable in the new fiction of our English Cervantes. Not a syllable this month about Esther Summerson, or rather from Esther Summerson— for we must not forget that her chapters are auto biographical. No—the 9 number before us is alto gether restricted to the chapters penned by her nameless interlocutor. It is divided—in scene— between Cook's-court, Lincoln's-inn-fields, and Chesney-wold : in time—between night and morn ing, or light and darkness : in personal interest— between the Smallweeds and the Dedlocks, Guppy and Tulkinghorn. The most telling incident de scribed in the present number is that which takes place in the Long Drawing-room at Chesney-wold, when Mr. Tulkinghorn recounts to the assembled company, in her hearing, the story of Lady Dedlock --of course, as of another person altogether. The lady has an interview that night with the sly and. mysterious attorney. Hablot Browne, by the way, has this month a graceful sketch of the Long Drawing-room, being a sort of companion etching to the one given by him the other month of " The Ghost's Walk." It is to that same Long Drawing-room that Dickens refers, in the only pas sage in the present instalment worthy of the incom parable author of " David Copperfield." It is where he is describing the effect of the sunset upon the family pictures. " A dense Justice in a corner is beguiled into a wink"—he says—" down into the bosom of a stony shepherdess there steals a fleck of light and warmth, that would have done it good a hundred years ago. One ancestress of Volumnia, in high-heeled shoes, very like—casting a shadow, of that virgin event before her full two centuries— shoots out into a halo and becomes a saint." Rick is evidently getting more and more involved in the toils of that horrid vampire of a . Vholes, who has a father in the Vale of Taunton, and three raw-faced daughters in an earthy cottage, situated in a damp garden at Kennington. The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Re view.—" The Masters of the Roman World during the happiest years of the Human Race," is the title of the first article in this periodical , and it indeed appears true, as the writer of it asserts, that the time in question has no right to be thus st y l e d . The five emperors wh o th en held in succession th e throne were neith er the " world's great masters nor di their own." Nero d not keep to his word, Tra jan was addi c t e d to drink, Haclian foolishly surren dered the conquests of his predecessor, Antonius Pius was a mere nonentity, and Marcus Aurelius is beyond contempt for sanctioning his wicked wife, i",. her atrocious proceedings. At the conclusions?! these remarks, we are informed of the extracT j . nary origin of the Bishop of Rome, Callitcsling " The Gulistan, or Rose Garden of sadi,;i'i er"Sadi, a pleasing account of the Oriental author been whose works, it is to be regretted, %S c. They f duly appreciated by the Eng lish bear the impress of the gracefel.sil°,.ll;J:igthsetYielapo there o. East. the Th The ""Mannersfo l following w o i f n K g they were preparing f " They relate that once, ng for s alt, _ as roast meat. Ther;'_r ng so roe. 1 Slave to a village to D''' 0- hunting expedition, ti d they dispatched a gishirvan said, 'Pay Kings from l e First some game c"Vishurryna'n3 for the salt you take, in order that it not become a custom, and the village be ruined.' They said, What harm will this little quantity do I' He replied, ' The origin of injustice in the world was at first small, but every one that came added to it, until it reached this• present magnitude.' " In " The Dead, as described by Homer," we are given many valuable opinions concerning ancient customs relating to the departed. The ideas of many of Homer's passages were taken from the Hebrews and, Egyptians. "Fra Dolcino and his Times " is very interesting. It is well Ob served at the commencement that these unhappy fanatics excite more compassion than those cele brated spirits who were advanced in their profes sion, and more impressed with their mission, were crowned with the wreath of martyrdom. The latter fought in au acknowledged cause, for an avowed purpose, but the former did not know why they were sacrificed, and for what they struggled. It is remarked at the close of these accounts of the works of that sect of which Fra Dolcino was an apostle : "The province of its most able men was, in fact, but that of carrying out sincerely the two or three truths, whatever those were, that had taken hold of them, while to the mass of their followers, faith in their leader was the animating principle. We must view the matter as it appeared to them. Were they true to their light ? If so, all honour to their memories. We may easily enough slight the value of the things - they did, by looking at them from amid the mui;itude of enlarged and complicated duties which our instructed eyes have learnt to regard as portions of •ur daily task ; but the heroism which sustained Dcicino and his Margaret, and many besides on their bare mountain top, and made all other parts of duty seem to them in significant, was the effect of a strongly-coneezitrated view of certain rights and certain wrongs. They Stood and watched their hour for Christ, doing in the time many a fierce and blameworthy act, but not conscience stricken, because their consciences were so partially in formed. It is to be hoped th e y h a d man y an ennobling aspiring thought, unquenched even by the necessity of self-preservation and warfare ; and the mountains and valleys where those great thoughts were born and nourished will never cease to impress the traveller's mind with a sense of their indomitable courage and their strong hope in immortality." The United Service commences with a long notice of General Sir Howard Douglas's essay on " The Principles and Construction of Military Bridges," together with some interesting extracts from the work, showing the difficulties experienced by , troops in crossing rivers during the Peninsular war. We find in this number three articles written by Frenchmen—viz., the continuation of " A F rench Account of the ar with China," which maintains its character for impartiality and exactness ; the conclusion of Prince de Joinville's " History of the French Navy, from its First Formation, since the End of the War, down to the Present Time ;" and notwithstanding that he inclines, from national prejudice, to undervalue the British fleet, he nevertheless occasionally shows that his " wish is father to the thought," in comparing the two squadrons when in the Mediterranean. He is, However, a thorough seaman, and his essay may, therefore, be looked upon as a fair history. " French Remarks upon the Invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar" bears the stamp of novelty, and the topographical sketches of the country, and other information regarding the south-east coast of England some nineteen centuries past, may lead the tourist to moralise when he thinks what " is now" and what "has been." " Notes by the Youngster of a Gun Brig" are no better than they were last month, and unless they improve greatly, we hope to see no more of them. The Colonial and Asiatic Review.—The first subject treated of in this number is " Jamaica Distress and its Remedies." " India and the Gold Question" is continued from the first volume of the magazine. The social condition of Melbourne presents a melancholy account of the state of affairs of that city. " The Overland Route" gives us a description of Ceylon. There is an article on the "Euphrates Valley Route to India," which promises next month to touch on the anti quities and resources of Asiatic Turkey and Wes tern Africa. The remainder is chiefly devoted to subjects of colonial interest. The Sporting Review.—The first plate in this number is entitled " The Passions of the Horse," in which a mare is represented caressing her foal. It is the first of a series of plates after designs by J. F. Herring, sen. The design is perfect, and the engraving well executed. The other, entitled " The Second Fox," represents a fox dead beat, with his brush trailing on the ground, endeavour ing to part company with a hound who is in as sad a plight as himself and evidently the staunchest of the pack,' who is close upon him, but unable to improve his acquaintance with him. A case in point on this plate, written by A. Softun , describes in an amusing mann er th e f ee li ng o f? different sportsmen when, at the close of the "first run" the master of the pack ask s hi s f r i en d s if they shall " try for another." " Scenes at Home and Abroad," by Lord W. Lennox, represents an amusing scene on board of a man-of-war, in which the bully of the midshipmen's mess is forced into a mock duel, nolens volens, when the coward is shown in his true colours. MISCELLANEOUS. Tait's Edinburgh Jo urna l opens w ith t h e con clusion of the article on Moliere, which is interest mg to all admirers of the French drama. " Norman Hamilton" is continued, and is to be completed next number. No. 12 of the " Governments of Conti nental Europe" is devoted to the Two Sicilies. " The Night Side of Civilisation" treats of a most important subject the criminal po pulation of our large towns. " Leaves from the Arabian Nights" gives the tale of the little " Hunchback" in comic rhyme. —The Farmer's Magazine has an engravin g o f "A Hereford Bull," and a design for a building for farms of 200 to 400 acres. A description of the plan is added. No. 44 of the letters on " Agriculture and the Rural Po pulation Abroad," gives an account of the valley of the Rhone . There are numerous repor t s o f c l u b meetings, &c.—The Ladie s ' C ompan i on con t a i ns a variety of tales and verses, of which the most worthy of notice are " Th e R ace f or G o ld," by Miss Pardoe, and " Letters to a Friend on Teaching the Piano."—The Work Table has some elegant illustrations, and there is a portrait of Adelaide Kemble.—Chambers' Edinburgh Journal gives its usual scientific and instructive articles. It would render this excellent journal more attractive if a few lighter subjects were added to its contents. The second volume of Chambers' Repository of Instructive and _Amusing Tracts has appeared, and presents us with information and entertainment. —The men t. —The Church of England Magazine contains . its general amount of theological and religious trea tises, and a picture of Ludlow Church.—Le Follet has three graceful plates. The chief contents are, the conclusion of " Lyddy Ragan's Choice," and some verses for music, entitled " Old Faces." HORRIBLE DISCLOSIIRE.—SIISPECTED MURDER IN KING-STREET, ST. JAMES'S.—This morning an inquest passing through was held in the Board-room of St. James's Workhouse, Poland-street, Oxford-street, before Mr. Charles Bed. ford, touching the death of a fine male child, name of a fine m r. m al e child, and unknown. It appears from the evidence of police con. • constable 93 C, that on Sunday night in deposed t G. French, King-street, St. James's, he found a parcel tied • up in brown paper on the door-step of No. 2, B, on Den i m ,. y hat ch th il e d, ch. fi i .e ld e een born alive ; the healthy which he discovered the body 1 i instantly a d e v er y ery took a p pe a r a nc e i t to the ofworkhouse, hapvilg d b inhvrater, and floated surgeon, of Marlborough-street, lungs, heatmrtha,urinydaonlifove:irowlleentrewecs:ldfi2ne being separated in the usual manner, he fromwith grea t was decidedly any cause for death. The C oro nerent' by the umbilical cord sergeant 11 C, and asked ' of opinion that the mother and he could not assign being if the parents of the assistance in her accouchem h ad received professional here addressed police been discovered, and. residing in the a livelihood by the child had disposing Mr. Bedford said, 0 answered in the negative, nt, he had ascertained that a f el l: i ll the body of an infa h holding an inquest very lately on n eighbourhood of Chelsea e of and children, the fruits of illicit amou rs ,_c ._ that she w • W was in the habit of visiting servants, & -t, m of west End establishments , for the p_ her services must be put a ices ; such an abominable system uld keep a stop to, and he requested that the police V7O ~ r some strict eye on her movements. The ju t l 7,_a/r, Found verdic of urpose of o ff ering deliberation, returned the open Dead." COTTAGES. —Oers PRINCE ALBERT'S MODEL %el cottages er e cted by model cot at the time H.R.H. Prince Albert, near The materials of these cot• doubtless remember the two of the Great Exhibition. west side of Kenningtou : now been re-erected o O n o, I am-road. . The, common itself common, facing the ,nroundedPulith a light iron railing, similar moved, and they lune . to that which `and . the course of the summer will be itsagneoswhbaevien sgi:ethiat:imtKheeenTseihnegtn in av • ter road,o ni n-krardens from the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. her Majesty's TELEGRAPH A PROMOTER OF TRIM ELECTRIC ; well furred and partially planted with trees, by order of THE the captain of an emigrant ship at few d a ys ago, . i departure for Australia, 3001. worth of goods from a Southampton purchased, about an hour or two before his Southampton tradesman, and gave a reference for pay i h o n , L b o e n f d o o r e n h t e o pßartri Zt ,l ol wi t t o h k ili no s w go if .od h s e m ent to a highly respectable party i n B r i sto l . The was all right in giving cr e d i t for h sue ten minutes he recei ve d the folio ' t t e rad leg e r s a m p a h n ed in th ci r u o e u s wian amount. I n Bristol :—" Trust Captain too theng message from extent of 300/." He then handed over the good, to his custom er . Th e distance from Southampton to :Bristol and ba c k aga i n , by way of Lond on, i s 400 miles. Had it not been for the telegraph, such a business transaction could not have taken place. f