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

THE FRENCH EMPIRE. Active preparations are in progress for the inau guration of the tomb of Napoleon 1., on the sth of May. The expenses will be defrayed by a contri bution from the army. , In the L eg i s l a ti ve A ssem bl y ano th er scene had ensued, on the c ontinued refusal of M. Bouhier de l'Ecluse to take the oath to th e Emperor. The Assembly voted, by a unanimou s bulletin of 221, that it was incumbent on M. Bou bier to take the oath ; but on the latter rising to protest, he was stopp e d by th e P res id en t, w h o de clared that the forbearance of the Assembly had been carried to its utmost limits. The . Moniteur p u bli s h es an I m p er i a l d ecree an nulling a credit of ten millions of francs effected in 1 852, .and which has remained un e mployed, and restoring to the Bud ge t o f 1853 a cre dit of seven Millions, of which two are to be devoted to the railway from Paris to Cherbourg, and five to that from Bordeaux to Cette. The Assembles Nationale has received a " first " L am W arning," for having published an article in which 4 asserts the principle of a national right upon 'which rests the Imperial Government. The Presse and the Mode have also been " warned." M. Buschek, the European agent for the New York Exhibition, had been admitted to an audience b, the Emperor, who assured him that the Impe rial manufactures should be worthily represented.' The change in the weather which took place a Month ago, and which still continues, has, in a steat measure calmed the apprehensions felt in ' P rance with respect to the harvest of 1853. At Present the prospects are favourable, and if the cold. weather should not continue too long in the B Pring, there is every probabilty of an abundant crop. The accounts received from the great w heat-growing countries—such as southern Russia the principalities of the Danube, Hungary and the Baltic—are all favourable. In none of them am the young wheat suffered from the effects of the season. We mentioned yesterday that the Abbe de Lacor daire had been expelled from France ; but there seems to be some doubt if the order has gone fur . ther than requiring him to quit Paris, and not to Preach the Lent sermons for which he had been annowiced. The Government papers, which alone kention the thing, disguise the real nature of the . 1 2, i _easure, by saying that "he has gone to make a l'uur in the provinces, and therefore will not preach again in Paris during Lent." Realisations of profit led to some large sales yes terday, and the Rente has somewhat given way. The Pour-and-a-Half per Cents. are sc. lower, and t h" Thre e p er Cents. 25 c .—th e p r ice of the f ormer beingßank 106 f. 45c., and that of the latter 80f. 60c. M of France Shares are unaltered ; those of th e ' l. ortgage Bank are 17f. 50c. higher, and those of the Societe Mobiliere sf. higher. Railway Shares ar e 4. ," in general lower, the difference being from sf. '6 10 f. a share. Exchange on London (short), 25f. c ') money ; ditto (90 days), 24f. 90c. SPAIN. The Governors of Seville and of Guadalaxara, where the Ministerial candidates failed at the elec- Ae, have been dismissed. , The f un d s h ave r i sen sens ibl y ; t h e r i se is attri buted t o t h e general confidence in the Minister of ' l llan.ce. The Three per Cents. were at 42g. ITALY. TURIN, FEB. 26. ilhe_expulsi on of the Ticino Swiss from the Aus irk dominions continues to occupy general atten -11. The Government of the canton has issued a r_r?elamati on , ca lli ng upon t h e i nha bi tants to b e the Measures the circum s t ances , an d t o re ly u p on 7 Measures that will be adopted by the Con -m-eration. t he is little news of interest from Milan, where state of siege, with ultra-severity, is continued. e . " 1 ., 8 Confiscati on o f th e p ro p er ty o f all the Lombard „_7 lO B is said t o h ave b een d ecree d, b u t h i th er to a Equestrati on has been only laid upon the lands of . 6 , 114 Litta, whose palace at Milan has been turned 0 1° barrack. Six hundred soldiers and twenty c ers ire quartered there. Count Gyulai took pO There o f it pu bli c l y. Aere is much talk at Rome about the proposed trnation of a regiment of Irishmen, to support l 'aPacy. A Mr. O'Brien is said to have sub sthiss project to the Papal Government. The tegiment is nearly .complete. General Kai -I__'-tuatten lately sent 300 recruits from Switzer -kik& Rom disturbances at Milan have caused the gr ea t i l Police to redouble their precautions, and a b ee „ many persons have within the last few days co n to leave Rome ; amongst them are a '''' i cierable number of students from the pro rini!ces• Rome is, h owever , p er f ec tly t ranqu il. A_ ' I Y distributi on o f b rea d i s ma d e to t h e i n di gent, mho cannot find w or k on account o f t h e cont i nued bad weather. The number of persons who are in this position is said to exceed 8,000. AUSTRIA. Accounts from Vienna state that Austria has declared her resolution to press for the extradition of those refugees in England who have disturbed the peace of Europe, and will press the demand by forbidding English travellers to cross the Austrian frontier. The latest telegraphic dispatches from Vienna does not give any later particulars of the B ,t'ate of the Emperor's health , nor make any allu sion to the rumoured attack on the British em "4BB3T • but the health of the Emper or ma y be considered as sensibly mending. It is mid that an attempt has been made on the life of Baron Jellachich. It is to be supposed that L t he Ban escaped without a wound ; but no other r rticulars are known than that the conspirators assassins were arrested by the aides-de-camp. 0 The Funds continue to ride, in consequence of hos tilities Pacha having received orders to cease against Montenegro. Fives, 94k ; New i n ?) 106 i ; Bank 1,402 ; Exchange on London, ; Silver, 94 • TURKEY. . Letters f rom C ons t an tinople state that the Mar quis de Lavalette has succeeded in obtaining an 4 elnnity from the Turkish Government for the subscribers of the Loan but the a mount was not kteisely fi xe d . p i .the Constit u ti onn el says that the mission of thece Mentchikoff to Constantinople is to demand t o l t nlni of 9 millions, which Russia claims as due 'er on account of her intervention in 1840 ; and u settle th e ques ti on o f th e Protectorate of the "'Lip Sepul c h re . 4 118 11 , e Vien na Ll o yd, a s em i-official organ of the o tts „‘riall Government, publishes in very conspicu 4011qPe the telegraphic dispatch from Trieste, an witilling that the Ottoman Porte had complied .A.l all the demands of Austria. to ti ; th ough we have no very exact information as p'de B ,Precise nature or extent of the concessions ec "Y .the Porte to Austria, sufficient has trans nllt to show that 1 1 they are of a nature which aye deeply humiliated Turkey. The Count 4 0 t - nrangen's instructions were of the harshest, seems'' say most unreasonable, character. They T o g „"° nave been drawn up for the purpose of pro- Ve ro 7,g resistance, choice between for they leave the submission to insolent Wounded demands, and the unequal chances of cle agiinst overwhelming forces. The Journal Co° nstantin o pl e contains a letter of the 2d from ha. • th ro In 'which it is said that a direct heir to the Ile of Greece is to be expected. , AMERICAN NEWS. clav j'Y the Atlanti c w hi c h reached Liverpool yester th;' we learn that there has been little of note in Political world lately, cA4._ the house Mr. Seymour has very . . ably . adv_o viZthe Canadian Reciprocity and Fis T he h n er e e s tlir tv ! t was opposed by Mr. Fuller. is a v_iir from Washington, to the effect that this Ivrti l v ,,s, drawn by Mr. .Seymour, an _in conformity d it certainly vrew,`-jetieral Pierce's views— the , a, 4 4..`!" if passed, prOve advantageou . s to ,' lll States. It is probable that it will not pass too t s ja s e ti l o o n n s but that it will form the basis of new between the United States . jt with regard to all the subjects in a v il o d lv G o e o d r p e . y at_ 'S said that the proposed international signed t, convention has been actually at th:tijugton, and will be forthwith presented_ on ^'enate. But there is great opposition to it (:),. 1 ,, h Part of booksellers and publishers, many subject. Th e have flocked to Washington on the w a. Pacific Railroad Bill has made some little ote r e ' r t .lit pdople fear that it will share . the fate of lr ePortant measures in this do-little session. obi 'e " strike" for wages still exists at Baltimore,_ th e i r a Portion. of the mechanics having returned to hasr eroployments at advanced wages. The fever kbo extended tdk Washington, where most of the it i, ilt ers in the Navy Yard have also struck ; and ii e j o Probabl e that the epidemic will spread over the at the Great complaints are made in New Y o rk meat enornious expenditure of the city govern sl.9,l7,APor example, the reception of Kossuth cost toor, a ,'," , $ 3 ,700 of hich are unpaid. The " tea alo,ooo.°f the corporation last year cost nearly kr ll The immigrants arrived at New York tiot t i B. g the last three years were about a million of Th e „„, 'wed s '"'°rie propeller Ericsson is said to have ar prosafely at Norfolk from New York. to M exico we learn that Santa Anna was ex- R ettie 1, urn and if he should he will probably Putt, Le T ehuantepec difficulty in an amicable ' 41 . 0 4k, 0 be perceived by the details that 40 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, 109 k to 1101 ; Paris, 5.111 to 5.13/. Stocks are tolerably , active. United States Sixes (1862), 1151 ; United States Sixes (1867), 1204 ; Pennsylvania Fives, 98k. The Ohio arrived yesterday with nearly 2,000,000 dots. of gold on board, from California. The flour market was depressed, and prices had declined from 124 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 lc. 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 47c. 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 A nclerson, 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 the apartment where the unfortunate child was. The door was forced open, when 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 tho 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 the 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." Tan 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 Deo., 1852. With the balance in hand, the receipts in the year were 439,2031. Os. 9d., and the expenditure 390,6621. 15s. ld., leaving the balance 48,540/. ss. Bd. The sum. received from the parishes was 263,671/. 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 48,556/. 9s. id. From the police courts, with the balance in hand, the receipts were 46,1241. Os. 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 clothing; coals, 401 b. weekly to each married man-all the ear 401 b. weekly to each single man during six mont y , hs, and 201 b. weekly during the remain erof 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, ceed2d to examine the gas-meter, Mr. Walker pro 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 chance of saving her life was the amputation of both her legs, to which she patiently submitted the same night, but all in vain. After lingering in great agony, she died on Tuesday morning. A girl who was passing at the time of the explosion was dreadfully cut in the face by some broken glass from the windows, but she is in a fair way of recovery. _ SHOCKING ACOIIENT.—On Wednesday last an acci dent occurred, which, although it did not terminate fatally, mutilated"the sufferer i a shocking manner. A gentleman residing at Dover went out shooting ; e 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, and proceeded 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 whi c h h a d held the flask wa s 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 of 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 the smallest vessels are laid down. There is one now load 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, THE SUN, LONDON; THURSDAY" EVENING, MARCH 3, 1853. THE SHARE MARKETS BRITISH RAILWAYS. id I RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. 3o —31 i 6 i 10 - 10 6td 21 22 -- 24 d, 108 -- 110 23 -- 23 64f 1 1 184 -- 1941 -2p 9 8 - 5R -- 51 4 44 13i -- 13$ 11. -11 i i 75 - .771 57 60 76 - 78 id- 32 - 34 61 - 63 80 - 81 44 - 46 121 - 123 107 - 108 90i - 91 6i - 7 92 - 97 'l3 14p 77i -78 j 44 41(1 8i - 16 -16 i - - 2 1021 - 163 ! 119 - 119 3 P lg 111 p 90 91 4j — 3 d 3d 4 11 12 19 21 29j —30 i 3j 3 d 76j 77 45 47 , 49 -- 51 31— 8 i 38A -- 8 - ag d 56 -- 58 8 -- 84 38 -- 8 7 d 6/ -- d 21 2 d 41 44d 8 i -- 4 i P 47 -- 48 100 -- 102 64 - 66 65 -- 67 70 75 di, 18 -- 20 9 -- 10 14 -- 15 31 -- 3 d 21 -- 23 781 -79 i 36 -- 87 12i -- 131 4 -- 44 2 15 -- 16 i i9i --* 9 28 -- 30 -- 10 d p 69 - 70 - 7 2 -- 59 - 60 BiuJlnese done this day. 64 1 31 4 RAILWAYS. BeCon" and' Bletchley Birm. & Oxid. guarantee Do. witl` out gr Birm.Wolv. & D ad] eyg aar. Do. w thtguar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Je. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent .. . Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hrtlp'. D. Railway Hull & Selby. Do. Shares. Do. I Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Do. 6 per ct... Manch.Bxton. and lfatlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. . Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per ct.. Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. &Wyrc Do. Shares. Etoystr .& Hit. Do.Shepth.St. She". Roth. & Goole g.5.p.c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do 1 Wilts diSomrstl Leasing Company. ,London N. West.l Gt.Westn. Do ........ L. Caledon.., Gt. Notrhu i Gt. Westr. . Yk. New. di Berw.. Y.&N. 21d. Doa ...... Do ... S. Eastern Do Norfolk ... D 0......... Lu.&N.w. & Midld. Stcktou Darlingt. Midland... E: Count Do drLnez Yk Do Gt. Northn D 0........ Lancash.di Yorksh.. AlrMClean Stockt. di Darling . D 0......... Gt.Westn. Closing Prices this day. -31 --30 —3l -- 30 107xd 63ixd 152 33i 105 - 521 150 - 32i - 111 —ll3xd 554 —s64xd 264 —27: l xd 131 14,E 254 264 19 —lN'xd 24 26 3 - 31 Oa -- 1g 64 —66 ad ... ad ... ad .521 - - I n sl .51 153 - C d di - 33 - 104 MINES. 1 rll 'Agua Fria ....: — 4 P 1 4 10s. all Anglo Californian 10 2 Australasian lt —24 p 31 4 20 5 Australian 64 7 p 1 all Australian Cordillera par 1 all Australian Freehold. 4 1 all Ave Maria par * p 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par 1 all British Austrin. Gold 1$ 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 p 81 8 35 241 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 4 30 all Do. Coeaes & Cuiada 24 2i 2, i 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O 1 4 Carsons's Creek par p 40 all Cobro Copper 421 43} 5 1 Colonial Gold 24 2t 14 Copiapo Si. all Copper Min. of Eng 6O 70 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 74 —81 p 5 all Enlish and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co li d 4 20 all General l6i 17. 2 all Great Nugget Vein 2a —24 p 3 all Great Polgooth l4 —lg p 44 1 all Lake Bathurst.., . . d 1 all Liberty p 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co,- d 1 all Mariquita 4d— par 1 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 61 7 68 1 all New Granada P 1 all Nouveau Monde ll —IP 24 5 1 Port Philip 1 —11 p 2I 2 1 all Quartz Rock par 4 p 1/ 50 all Rhymme Iron 2l —23 p 22 15 Do. New ••• P 30 1.04 Santiago de Cuba 6l 1 all South Australian par p 10 7 Tin Croft •• • 281 all United Mexican 7 7i 1 all Waller — 1 all West Granada — 1 all West Mariposa liar— p p 14 1 1 all Yuba p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 92 94 94 3 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 2 —24 p 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lond — ... 4 English Scottish and Australian 3 34 P 7 4 4 7 20 74 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 54 —61 p 50 20 London and County.. — • 50 10 London Joint Stock,. .„ 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 20 2 London Bank of Aus • tralia and India ... 4 8 p 24 50 221 National of Ireland.. 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 53 55 54 5 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Profincial of Ireland 484 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co — 14 25 all South Australia 54 56 55 64 5 25 all Union of Australia 77 79 79 784 74 24 Do. New - 84 94 50 10 Union of London — 40 all Union of Madrid — MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian A grieult. 105 110/ 107 10 xPee 20 4 Australsn. fi e. Mail [ex Peel &xd [and xd 10 5 Australn. Royal Mail xd ... 383 Brit. American Laud 100 323 Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace — 5 i 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 100 50 General-Screw Steam 20 23 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. PM. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land —2 j 20 23 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 853 50 25 Do. Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 82 2 25 25 South Austral. Land 54 57 58 643 1 1 Submar, Telegraph., 5 2 Univeral Emigrati on .•• and Colonization 100 28i Van Diemen's Land 18 9n y fik i• i -- MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended March 3, 1853, made up from the Returns of the In•pectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and W ales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. 'EASLEY. BATS. RYE. BEANS. I PEAS. •• 45s 2d 3ls 31 I les 4d 30s 44 343 51 3ls 6d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN, WHEAT. EASLEY. I OATS. I STE, BEANS. I mu. Is Od is Od is Od is Od is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 86,001 ; Barley, 75,434 ; Oats, 21,869; Rye; 118 ; Bea! e, 7,659; Peas, 2,393 quarters. • HIT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 31 58 to 41 12s ; clover 41 Os to 51 Os ; and, straw, 11 85 to 1114 s per load. Trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 6s to 4/ 15s; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 8s to 1116 s per load. A fair average supply, and a sLeady demand. WHITECHA.PEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ 3s to 4/ 12s ; clover ditto, 41 Os to Si 5s ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1113 s per load. Supply rather limited, and trade firm. MEAT MARKETS. NENVGATE AND L R AD ENHALI;.—The general demand for each kind of meat ruled steady, at full prices. Beef, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutto2, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per 81bs, by the carcase. SOITHALL, 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, 3s 4d to 5s Od ; Veal, 3s 4d to 48 4d ; Pork, 3s Od to 3s 8d per 81b s, to sink the offal. LLOYD'S SHIPPINO-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, March 3.—Wind at Noon, N., light breeze, and clear :weather, with slight frost. DEAL, March 2.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Agenoria, Isabella Lei p th en , teo P rb e ep rt rot ua ß il ea se u rs-p - Sydney, N.S.W. ; Williams, Madras ; Rokeby, Colombo, Eliza, and Esther, Mauritius ; Manlias, Callao. Arrived from the River—Bristol, for Melbourne • Pantaloon, Ade laide, S.A. ; Marion, Swan River ; Natlialie St. Thomas. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Moore, for New Zea landSmidt, ; Lancastrian, Shanghae ; Beau fort ; Johann , Rio Janeiro ; Northumbde;er:edr,eN LIVERPOOL, March 2.—Wind, N. Arrived —Beeth oven, Manilla ; Duncan, Calcutta; Bucephalus, do. ; Jane I L P es a r : n gun w s ; se a;; a 3l l H co arv a n u , r e d t y j o u . G s :a .v. lb l3 e ra rm r i e th e o k : Jenny Lind, Mobile ; Johannas, Savannah ; John Wood, Kelly, f C o h u a r r , le c sto al n eu ; tt J a . ; C D . av C i a d lh m ou , n iv , er P , h ß ilad om e b lp a hi y a; Robert; New Orleans ; John Hancock, do. ; Cornelia, Savannah ; Eliza Mearns, Now York. Sailed—Jenny Wren, San Francisco ; Switzerland, Philadelphia; Andes (s), New York. Off Port—Rune, and Conrad. The Queen, for New Orleans, has arrived at Bardsey, partially di smai h ed. NAPLES, March I.—(Per Submarine Tel.)—Th e °rano (American barque), from New York, was lost on the 25th of February ; crew saved. LOWESTOFFE, March 2.—The Garrell, of and from Shoreham, makes water, having been on Barnard Sand. FALMOUTH, March 2.—Wind, N. to N,W. Arrived— Den 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.—III the course of 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. This is 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 60 4,0001. ; Cliouringee, 63,713 ozs., 255.0 001 . ; Three Bells , 77 , 80 3 ozs., 311,212/ ; and Alert, 43,132 ozs., 172,5001. A strong 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 of 51. per • ton took place on Monday in the price of English tin. This makes an a dvance of 151, per ton during the p a d mouth, , LITERATURE. 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 Fraoment of the Wre c k." It is with d e li g ht th a t we lacome 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 Rintoul " 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 wif e E u phi e : an d there is Euphie's sister Agnes loving and beloved by the shipwrecked Patie Rintoul ; and there is Auntie Ailie, other wise Mrs. Plenderleath—and 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 n a um nen b t er " o C f lu ß b l s ack an w d ood el , u th b e bis c t o s n ,' - ' for himself an opportu n ity indecorum of such dances a s tt o g or i p c e s s ibn n s u i v P t oe P t r h i g n e ht ghc against ge a r l rentnesmaking ta hkien g the waltz, the polka, and the 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 adyiee 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 " Bern was a junak (hero), and a very skilful leader Perczel, a hot-blooded church breaker—Messaros, an old sergeant in general's liniforra=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.—The 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 known, 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 2xe the work of some ma nager .or actor, as stage. directions are intro duced, and long speeches or scenes are struck out as if unsuited for performance. But it is evident the corrector must have continued his alterations from admiration of the work, and a desire to im prove its imperfect arrangement. The quarto edition of Troilus and Cressida, published in 1609, before representation, contained the following ex traordinary address to the reader :—" Eternal reader, here you have a new play, never clapper clawed by the palms of the vulgar." The writer justly observes, this was obviously not written by th e author of the plays. The different readings of various passages 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 gave 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 Gernian 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 uninhabit e d 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 here, as will be seen from the following epitome : " And now have we not laid before you a black cata logue of those who have worn the Crown Matrimonial' of France. Out of sixty-seven Royal and Imperial consorts, there are but thirteen on whose names there is no dark stain ofsorrow or of sin. Of the others, eleven were divorced, two died by the executioner, nine died very young, seven were soon widowed, three were cruelly traduced, three were exiles, thirteen 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 denied the rest of the grave : their tombs were broken, their coffins opened, their remains exposed to the insults of a revolu tionised populace, and then flung into a trench and co vered with quick lime. Does history show any parallel to this list of Queens and Empresses in any civilised country ? " In " Lectures at Mechanics' Institutes, a high eulooium is passed on Lord Carlisle and Lord Bel fast, for their praiseworthy efforts to ameliorate their fellow-subjects. The Right Hon. J. Napier, M.P., is here introduced to our notice in the "Portrait Gallery." An account of his laborious life and signal successes i s comp il ed for' the in formatiou of the reader, vhigh i derv, ing of regard, as it renders a just tribute ' to merit, tale n t, an d energy. " Sir Jasper Carew" is continued in two chapters, which termi nates the history of the trial, broken off last month at so 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. " Sp r i ng Ti me 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 Where 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 :' 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, roysteriug 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 Sidebotto 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 in asigles poor unfortunate little Jonas Nettlebe,d 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 comcs 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 Roial 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 given of the " New Arctic Expedition," in a paper duly notifying the extraordinary circumstance that there will be no less than sixteen ve.sels (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 fa.iatic 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 a criticism as of a biography. Ainsworth.—ln this month' s num b er 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. Perc.eval's wont of principle, we are astonished at being informed at the conclusion of the tale that " his soul may still be present e d pure before its God"—a most ill judging remark this, to hold out crime in such false i colours. Th e un f or t una t e Florence Hamil ton s again brought before our notice. She is at present is the enjoyment of a momentary calm, but the mistakes of the well-meaning Mr. Harly are very ludicrous. He persists in sending Pemberton to converse with Florence instead of Gertrude. " Was it a Ghost ?" is a most extraordinary tale of a haunted house—a murderconunitted—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 number before us is alto gether restricted to the chapters penned by hor 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, wh o 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 R oman W orld durin the happiest years of the Hu man Race," is the title of the first article in this periodical ; and it ind ee d appears true, as the w r it er o f it asserts, that the time in question has no r i g h t to be thus styled. The five emperors who then held grineastucinceartieorsn. throne were neither the " world's nor the epateadne foessoloisrl:lAy nsutorrnieusn their own." Nero did not ke jan was addicted to drink, Tra dered the conquests of h il isa a dr9 to his word, ronwdasa contourn 3 r p e t n f o o n r e s ] l a t u i t c Y t i o nrin gMhTsr ewuisoAureliusked wifein is la be i her atrocious proceedings, these remarks, At the conclusion of we are informed of the extraordi n"aTryheoGriuglnistaonf, o th r ° Rose Garden of Sadi," 'shop of Rome, Callistus. 1 a pleasing account of the Oriental author Sadn whose works it • redated by the English bear appreciated .1 ls tO be regretted, have not_ ey • impress of the . graceful flowing stYI - f r om tho chap ter the East. The fol ter othe ' ' n 4 manners of Kings :"-- lowing story is " They relate that once, during A. they were preparing for Mishirvananthe as roast meat. There was n • g expedition, hnn A i rs n t some game d they slave to a. Tillage to bring now' dispatched a 0 sa lt ' mi s hirvan. Mid, tPay .public. pot. Busincs this day. Shr. 1 Pi , Aberdeen . 8t Ambg. Noting. Bost & Fa stn. 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Do • all all all all 11 100 100 18] 65 xd xd xd xd 9k xd for the salt you take, in order that it may 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. " Era 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 an 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 mßst 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 multitude of enlarged and complicated duties which our instructed eyes have learnt to regard as portions of our daily task ; but the heroism which sustained Dolcino 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-concentrated 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 they had many 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 French Account of the War 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 th e B r iti s h fl ee t, h e 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 .Revietv.—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, igen. 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 manner the feeling of different sportsmen when, at the close of the "first run," the master of the pack asks his friends 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 Journal opens with the con clusion of the article on Moliere, which is interest ing 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 engraving of "A Hereford Bull," and a design for a building for farms of 200 to 1 400 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 reports of club meetings, &c.—The Ladies' Companion contains a variety of tales and verses, of which the most worthy of notice are " The Race for -Gold," 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 Church of England Magazine contains its general amount of theological and religious trea tises, and a picture of Ludlow Church.—Lc 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 DISCLOSURE.—SUSPECTED MURDER IN KING -STREET, ST. JAMES'S. —This morning an inquest was held in the Board-room of St. James's Workhous e Poland-street, Oxford-street, before Mr. Charles Bed ford, touching the death of a fine male child, name e r French, unknown. It appears from the evidence of police con constable 93 C, that on Sunday night in passing through epMosredjthTtc th rlicil and. King-street, St. James's, he found a parcel tied up in brown paper on the door -step of No. 2, B, on p en - i ng which he discovered the body of a fine male water, born alive ; i e n u s r t.: e n n t i l l y , t e o f o k m i a t 1 1 bo o the ro n Marlborough-street, , s e d . had every appearance of having been be lungs, heart, and liver were placed in the with great buoyance. It was a fine health er, and floated from any marks of violence, and, bthey child, free being separated in the usual man ne r umbilical cord of opinion that the mother had he vas decidedly assistance in her accouchement received professional any cause for death. The Coronerad he could not assign sergeant 11 C, and asked if the here addressed police been discovered, and h e • parents of the child had Mr. Bedford said, on holding answered in the negative, the body of an infant, h ng an inquest very lately on residing in the • e had ascertained that a female -a livelihood by theneighbourhood of Chelsea obtained disposing children nefarious and abominable practice of of fruits illicit a mours, and that she was in the 'the .. of ra _ ts &c., i n West End eetablishm habit of visiting u ser os : ,_ of offering establishments, for bl the p ysten i rP must be put a her services ; such stop to, and he requested ana th that thee system would keep a strict eye on her a delib f movements. era ion, returned the open ikad." PRINCE ALBERT'S MODEL COTTAG ES . —Our doubtless remember the two model H.R.H. Prince Albert, near Rutland of the Great Exhibition. The materials tages have since that time now been re-erected on the .road. common, facing the Clapham with The jury, after some verdict of—" Found readers cottages erected by -gate at the time terials Of these cot mineved, and they have been west side of Kennington- The, common itself a li<dit iron railing, similar . d ns from the is now being surrounded id Kensington-gar e will be to that which div . the course of the summer 4•and in Bayswater r o ad, tially planted with trees, by order of well turied an d p ar missioners of Woods and Forests. ELECTRIC To, E Cieci n TELEGRAPH A PROMOTER OF TRADE. vago, the captain of an emigrant ship at —A few da ys Southampton Purchased, Southampton s about an hour or two before his departure for Australia, tradesman, and 300/. worth of goods from a gave a reference for pay. 1 n to a highly respectable party in Bri s t o l . The tradesman e sman in question, before he parted with his goods, telegraphed through London to Bristol to know if he was all right in giving credit for such .an amount In t en minutes he received the following message.n. m Bristol :—" Trust Captainthe extent of 3001" He then handed over the goods to If is customer. The distance from Southampton to Bristol and back again, by way of London, is 400 'miles. Rad it not been for the telegraph, such a bu.si nem tranuk?tioncotcl not have taken place, t IGN. 48 7} 150 1 147 i 1061 261 21 3 20 i 6.n ad A d