The Sun. — London, England, 1847-03-08 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respcztfully informed, that TO-MOITROW EVENING, March 9, will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled NINO. Nitwit, Signor Coletti ; Idaspe, Signor Corelli ; Arotasphe, Signor Bonehe ; Fencna, Mdlle. Fagiani ; Abigail, Mdlle. Sarehioli. After which, a new and original grand Ballet, in five tableaux, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled COlt ALIA ; on, LE CHEVALIER INCOT.STA.NT. Coralia, Mdlle. C. Rosati; the Knight liuldebrand, M. Paul Ta H glioni Squire, M. Geuriet ; Bertha, Millie. Petit ; Page, Mdlle. onore ; Duke, M. Gosselln ; Fra.isondin, M. Venefra; Fisherman, M. di Mattis. The doors open at Seven. The Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. On Thursday, March 11, a variety of Operatic Entertainments will be presented, combining the talents of Mesdames Castellan, Fagiani, Solari, Nascio, and Sancllioli ; Signori Fraschini, Superchi, Coletti, Bouche, Corelli, F. Lablache, and Cardoni. The Entertainments in the Ballet will comprise the talents of Mdlles. Rosati, I'. Stephan, Baniourt, Honore, Cassan. and M. Tagllonl ; MM. P. Taglioni, L. D'Or, aid the whole of the Ballet Department. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, Established for the purpose of rendering a more perfect performance of the Lyric Drama than has hitherto been attained in this country. Under the Direction and Management of Mr. BEALE. The Nobliity Gentry, and Patrons of Music, are respectfully in formed that the Royal Italian Opera will open the tint week in April. It is proposed to produce, in the course of the Season, some of the established works of Chnarcra, Mozart, Rossini, Meyerbeer, and others of the more modern Italian School, including Operas by Beilini, Dont zetti, Mercadante, and Verdi, on a scale of the utmost perfea!on in every department ; to which intent the ma= ement has assemb'ed Company embracing the greatest and most varied talent in Europe. PRIME SOPRANI.—Madame Grisi and Madame Persiani (her first appearance in London for three years), Madame Ronconi and Steffanoni (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, her first ap• pearance in this country). CONTRALTI.— Signora Alboni (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan, Ind of the Imperial Theatre in Vienna, her first appearance in:this country), and Mademoiselle Corbari. TENORL—Signer Mario, Signor Salvator Lavia (of the Impel :al Theatre of St. Petersburgh, his first appearance in this country), Signer Tulli (of the Theatre San Carlo, in Naples, his first appear ance in this country), and Signor Salvi (ot the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, and of the Imperial Theatres in Vienna and St. Petersburgh, his first appearance on the Italian stage in England). PRIM! BASSI BARITONI—Signor Tamburini and Signor Giorgio Ronconl. PRIMI BASSI PROFONDI—Signor Marini (of the Theatres San Carlo, Naples, La Scala, Milan, and the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, his first appearance in this country), Signor Angelo Alba (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid, his first appearance in this country), and Signor Polonini (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, kis first appear ance in this country.) PRIMI BASSI COMIC! —Signor Pietro Ley (of the Theatre Royal Madrid, his first appearance in this country), and Signor Agostino Revere (of the Theatres Royal, Naples, Milan, Vienna, and St. Pe tersburgh, his first appearance in this country). Seconde Donne—Madame Antoinetta Mollidori (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan), Mademoiselle Amalie Linari, Mademoiselle Luigina Bellini. aleconde Tenors—Signor Emmanuele Slane (of the Theatre San Carlo in Naples). Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor—Mr. Costa. A powerful and numerous CHORUS of chosen and experienced Singers will complete the Vocal Department. Chorus Master— Signor Bonconsiglio. Prompter—Signor Mouterasi. The ORCHESTRA, formed of Articles possessing the highest executive powers, will comprise among its members Eighty distin guished professors. The Military Band of the Coldstream Guards will be under the direction of Mr. Godfrey. An ORGAN, of extensive compass, has been expressly erected in the theatre by Messrs. Flight and Son. Organist—Mr. V. Novelle. The II tLLET, of a brilliant and costly character, will close the performance of the evening, and no Divertissement will be suffered between the acts of the Opera. The Director has the pleasure to announce that he It concluded an engagement with Mademoiselle Fanny Elssler ; and, during the season, the following eminent Danseuses will appear:—Premieres Dansense—Madetnoiselle Inuni latre (ef the Grand Opera, Paris), and Mademoiselle Plunkett (ot" the Grand Opera, Paris), Mademoiselle Detain (ot - the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, tier first appearance in this country), Mademoiselle Neodot (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Mademoiselle Marietta Baderna (of the Theatre. La S.cala, Milan), and Mademoiselle Fuoco (of the A.cadeinieltosetle Pari(). Monsieur Pe.ipa (ot' the Gr d Opera, Paris), Monsieur titanic (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Monsieur Ferdinand() Crose, Monsieur Delferier (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Auguste Mabille (of the Grand ()sera, Paris). Maitres des Ballets—Monsieur Albert (of the Grant Opera. Paris), and Monsieur Blasis (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan). Leader of the Ballet—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Regiaseur tie la Danse Mr. O'Bryan. Comp eer—Signor Alee:sandro Curini (of the San Carlo Theatre, Naples). THE THEATIt E.—To render the Interior at once commodious, elegant, and comfortable, it has bees entirely reconstructed and decorated, tinder the immediate direction and after designs of Albano, Eal., C.E., with every attention directed to its proper ventilation. The Decerat ems have been (executed by Mr. Ponsoeby. The Management has hapaii4: seemed the artistic skid of Signori Ferri and Verardi (of the Theatre Italics, in Paris), to embellish the ceiling awl to prepare a New Drop Scene. The approaches to the Theatre will ha Mend improved, be a cam riage way being formed iminediwely under the Portico in Bow-street, whereby parties can leave or enter their carriages without exposure to the weather ; and by increased facilities for ingress end egress. The Refreshment Room will be tinder the superinteiulence of Mr. J. G. Watson. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, for the night or season, to be obt (hied at the Boa Oalee, limy-str, et ; and at Messrs. Cramer, Bea'e and Co.'s, 201, Iteaent-street. THEATRE LOYAL, DRURY-LANE. Tut:: EVENING Will be performed the new Gram Opera, entitled M &TIT, 0 A OF HUNGARY. Count NI:1;0ml, Mr. Borrani; Podiebrad, Mr. Itarrt• son; Mathias, Mr. Weis; Matilda, Miss Rainforth; Ulla, Miss R. Isaacs. To conclude with a new Ballet, entitled SPANISH GALLAN TRIES. Principal chara.ters by MM. Croce, Adrien, Tell ; Baderna, Louise, Adele, St. Lonin, and Lenard. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Udder the ManAgernent of Mr. R. Webster, sole Lessee. THE% EVENING_ Will he performed a new and original Comedy, called THE SCHOOL FOR SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far ren, Stuart, Ituckstone, Howe, Selby, Brindal, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Humby, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Fortescue, Miss Bennett, Miss Rey colds, &c. During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, " Lac iks Fees," " Plantagenet," " Rose," and Helen" Polkas; Waltz, by Lanner ; Galop, by Strauss ; and the " American Polka." _ . To conclude With - the Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE ; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Norton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia‘tennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Drama, TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keely will appear. After which, the Farce of THE ETON SOY. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Turner, Keeley, Miss Dickinson, and Miss Turner. To conclude with the splendid new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TILE ENCHANTED FOREST. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear, supported by the whole talent of the Company. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. I nder the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVENING Will be perfo:med the celebrated Drama, called THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Dennis, Mr. Cullenford ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Captain Dartois, Mr. Worrell; Madame St. Aubert, Madame Celeste ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates; Nelly O'Neil, Mrs. Fitz- William. To concicde with the Drama of THE CABIN BOY. Henri, Mr. Worrell ; Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ballandier, Mr. Munyard ; Lar gacette. Mr. P. Bedford ; Juan, Madame Celeste ; Jenny Laroche, Miss Taylor. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Principal characters by Messrs. Granby, Ryder, Vin ing, Cowell, Walton, Compton, Miss Flower, Mrs. Stirling, Miss A. Romer, and Mrs. Fosbroke. After which, a Concert by the New Orleans ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS. To be followed by the Comic Drama, called THE TWO RAIN BOWS James Rainbow, Mr. eiranby ; Peter Rainbow, Mr. Cempton ; Caroline, Mrs. Hughes ; Matilda, Miss Homier. To conclude with the new and original Musical Romance, entitled THE SEVEN MAIDS OF MUNI 211 ; or, The Ghost's Tower. Bertrand, Mr. Fisher ; D'Armincourt, Mr. Barker; Bellejambe, Mr. Delavanti ; Adolphe, Mr. Wynn ; Gros4los, Mr. Compton ; Bristle bach, Mr. Walton ; Bumps, Mr. Milner ; Seven Maids of Munich, Misses Flower, Rourke, Homier, ❑incks, Millar, L. Marshall, and Laporte ; Uric!, Miss Marshall ; Madame Groutz, Mrs Fosbroke. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Comet] e-Vandeville of MA THI LDE ; nu, T. 3 Jalousie. M. Darbert, 3i. Lafont ; Mathilde, Mdlle. Fargueil. After which the favourite Vausleville, entitled LES DEUX BRI GADIERS. Rameaudor, M. Latent; Francine, Millie. Fonquet. To conclude with the Vaudeville of L StEUR DE JOCR (SSE. Jocrisse, Mon. A. Tousez ; Charlotte, Millie. Fouquet. Boxes, 6s. , Pit, 3s. 6d. , Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office. ETHIOPIAN iERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of repeat ing their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, TO-MORROW EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment com mence at Halt-past Eight. The MORNING ENTERTAINMENT will take place every MONDAY MORNING during Lent. The Performances will commence, each day, at half-past Two o'clock. The Programme will be varied on each occasion. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2e. ; Amphitheatre, 25. AST LLY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, • Proprietor, Air. W. Batty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and other Members of the Royal Family. THIS EVENING Will he performed Sir Walter Scott's KENILWORTH ; or, The Golden Days of England's Elizabeth. Entire change of the SCENES of the CIRCLE. The Royal Pa geant of Francis I. And the Performance of M. Pablo Fanque and his highly-trained Steed, (his first appearance in London). To conclude with THE ROYAL FOX-HUNT; or, Life's Course of Men and Steed. Box•ofilce open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at half-past six o'clock. —Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Domestic Drama (founded on the Novel of the same name), entitled LILLY DAWSON ; or, A Poor Girl's Story. Principal characters by Messrs. Lewis, Johnson, Ilesiop, Saville, Phelps. Fredericks, Webb, Neville, Miss Terrey, Mrs. Vining, and Mrs. Saville. After which, Messrs. ASHBY and lIARDING will appear in a Scene from Donizetti's Opera of " The Elixir of Love." To conclude with the Burletta, called NICHOLAS NICKLEBY ; or. Doings at Do-the-Bev; Hall. In which Messrs. Mesiop, Johnson, Wilkinson, E. Stirling, Webb, Fredericks, Vining. Mrs. Williamson, Mrs. Saville, Miss Richardson, Miss Terrey, Miss Barham, Mrs, Daly, &c., will appear. Box-office open from eleven till four o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Boxes, Is., Half price, 6d.; Pit, 6d.; Gallery, 3d. Private Boxes, H. Is. and 10s. 6d. THIS EVENING Will be performed WILDFIRE, THE GIPSY HORSE-STEALER; or, The Fortunes and Chances of War. Characters by Messrs. Hicks, Dale, Searle, Bird, Raymond, Forman, Howard, Miss Vin cent, Mrs. Lee, Miss Pearce, &c. After which, THE MAGIC HARP OF ALTENBERG ; or, The Orate of the Old Abbey Ruins. In which Mr. Hicks and Miss Yin tout will pertorm. To conclude with THE HOUSE DOG ; or, Different Positions. CANDLE on ua I s edn AIARRET, INVERNESS. — This market was held town did not v 7day, Thursday, and Friday last. The pom es such busy a occasions. Still t h ere the manufactures of the was a ppearance as on previous good display of pottery, and of tinsmith and cooper Yarn, fine, stron g , an d of good colour also, was o n the streets. displayedin considerable quantities ; of cheese on ly produced 24. The horpsr.ienel and butter carts Friday erica, as anticipated, was prices were high. A pair of fine good, with a large &mend; ; draught from 251. to 45/. ; horses brought I()0/. horses from 22 s . the stone, garcons 101. to 161. Butter brought! ' Plaiding from 261 b. ; and cheese 6s. to 7s. per stone Is. 3d. to Is. Gd.; yarn 20. to 3d. percut.—i nyt ,..... courier. WHALES. —Last week the islanders of - - .41 a3T, Ork ney, captured , out of a large flock of whales, 149, in - Fierce ness Bay, after vets' little trouble. They have since so ld them in town for 2161. The " bottle noses" are very fat at this season, and the above lot is thought to be a good Bp, c or the purchasers.—Jdin o' Groat Journal. THE REPRESENTATION OF LEWES. — Sir lIOP 111 - .41 Elphhastone Bart., is about to reign his seat for Lewes, a :d R. Perfect, ' Esq., a gentleninn whose estates lie in East : • nerset, but who has spent a great portion of the last five veins in Brighton, and belongs to most of our local charitable institutions, will take the field on the Liberal interest. Mr Perfect is a gentleman in all prime of life. of great intelli gence and experience in public aflairs, and has always taken a decided part in politics on the Liberal s;de. Mr. .1 ) , r'ect's address to the electors of Lewes will appear today, at d the election will, it is supposed, take place within a fortnight. The town has been i3 ri ca g r ton ass li ed er , a il: there is no doubt of Mr. i Perfect's return.— THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1847. 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. DISRAELI'S NEW WORK, TANCRED; OR, THE NEW CRUSADE, WILL BE READY FOR DELIVERY in a few days, and those who desire early copies are requested to give their orders imme diately to their Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlboro•igh•street. Now ready, in ONE VOLUME (comprising as much matter as twenty ordinary volumes), illustrated with 1,500 Engravings of Arms, &c. 38s. bound. B URKE'S PEERAGE and BARONETAGE, FOR 1847. NEW and REVISED EDITION ; Corrected throughout to the present time, from the personal com munications of the Nobility, &c., and CONTAINING all the NEW CREATIONS. " The most complete, the most convenient, and the cheapest work of the kind ever offered to the public."—Sun. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE WEATHER.--SIIN OFFICE, MARCH 6. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 33; Highest, 41 ; Noon, 38. BAROMETER, 30 2.—Wnw N.E., hazy. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TILLS DAV. Morning .. 23 minutes after 5. I Evening .. 40 minutes after 5, inconvenience attendant on a doubtful and unst*led state of the law, particularly on a point in which such vast numbers are interested in one way or the other. A. period of nearly fourteen months has now elapsed since litigation commenced between the cre ditors and individual members of the provisional committees of the several schemes which owed their origin to the temporary in sanity that prevailed so extensively in the year 1845. And it is not too much to say, that greater doubt and uncertainty prevails as to the legal effect of certain acts than at the commencement of that period. In fact, at the time when the debts, the sub ject-matters of the several actions, were incurred, and the proceedings instituted, and during the earlier trials, no difficulty was imagined ; the full responsi bility of every single person, who permitted his name to go forth to the world as a member of the committee, for every debt that was properly incurred in furtherance of the object for which he had consented to act, was uni versally supposed, as well by the creditors as by the committeemen themselves ; on that faith the credit was given. No tradesman hesitated to trust a com pany that numbered amongst its promoters and managing members persons of undoubted solvency and respectability. Every such person was bound by law to have an interest in the company as a share holder; it was his bounden duty to see that no ex pense was incurred or debt contracted that could not be liquidated in dtte season, and if he neglected the duty he so assumed, and suffered the persons, put forward w ith his consent and approbation as the servants and agents of the company, recklessly to involve the company in debt—whether is it 'more just that he should be the sufferer, or the innocent tradesmen who, without any hope of gain save the fair profit on the sale of his goods, delivered his property to the use of the company? It haslong been justly remarked, that in ninety-nine cases in a hundred the decision of law will be found to be according to that of common sense and common justice, and that a man of sound judg ment, wholly unacquainted with law, will arrive at the same conclusion, although by a different process of reasoning, to that which the most learned judges would come to. We should be well contented to leave the ultimate decision of the question to be tried by this test, and would have little fear of the result. In BARNETT v. BURDETT, the first of the cases brought forward, and which was tried on the 20:h of January, 1846, the learned and eminent counsel who appeared for the defendant scarcely attempted to deny his responsibility, and Baron ALDERSON, the presiding judge, declared, " that there was not the least doubt about the matter that the defendant was responsible as soon as he became a member of the provisional committee, and that when a man becomes a member of a provisional committee, from that moment he is liable for the contracts of the company; and the man who enters into those contracts for the company stands in the posi tion of agent for the committee." And this view was sanctioned and approved of by the Chief Baron on the trial of WILLIAMS v. BRADLEY, which took place the following month, and was unanimously confirmed by the full Court of Exchequer, who refused to set aside the verdict had for the plaintiff. This latter judgment, which was arrived at coolly and deli berately, after hearing full argument, and without the hurry incidental to nisi prius decisions, declared that it was well left to the jury to say whether the defendant, by joining the committee, had sanctioned the supply of goods from that period, and that there was no ground for disturbing the ver dict ; and yet, notwithstanding these opinions so strongly expressed, and at the time so universally received and acteron, we find the matter again in volved in doubt and perplexity ; creditors tied up, and obliged to hold over the actions they have long since commenced, until the judgment of the Exche quer Chamber shall be obtained on the vexata questio; and principles, the reverse of those then put forward, receiving the judicial sanction. We trust most sincerely that some ar rangement may be speedily made, by which uni formity of decision may be attained ; that it may be consonant with the principles of natural justice, and such as will merit the public approbation ; and that we may be spared from again finding a jury protest ing, as in the recent case of BARKER V. TAYLOR, against the direction of the presiding judge, and. stating, "that if they were at liberty to consider the honesty of the case, they could not agree to a verdict for the defendant." Strange as is the proposition, and not less im practicable than novel in its character, yet has it not taken us by surprise, that, when the proper period for sowing seed had arrived, some Member of the House of Commons should suggest and call upon the Government to undertake to furnish a wholesale supply of seed to Ireland, with the view of enabling the proprietors and occupiers of small holdings to invite the people to return to the culti vation of the soil. Such was the purport of the speech which was made last evening in Parliament by Mr. J. O'CONNELL, M.P. for Kil kenny. The staff which would be required to super intend all the operations necessarily incidental to such a scheme for insuring the due application of the resources, which the Government were hereby de manded to place at the command of the impoverished landlords and tenants, would be enormous, and its expense proportionably great. The Government, had the suggestion been acceded to, must have taken a lien upon the crops. Mr. J. O'CeNNELL recom mended the Executive to compel the absentees to con tribute towards the heavy expenditure which would attach to his plan. The respective replies of Mr. LABOUCHERE and Lord J. RUSSELL were precisely what we should have thought every one might have anticipated. Temperately, but firmly, and, we may add, most wisely, they declined to entertain the sug gestion in any the slightest degree. Had they acted otherwise, they would have undertaken not only what no Government ever did, not only what it is not within the power of any State functionaries to accom plish, but they would have engendered evils of an insuperable character. Private enterprise would have been effectually paralysed, and, from the loss of this motor of public wealth, the Irish nation would have been inevitably involved in national bankruptcy. Because there happens at this moment to be the ex traordinary spectacle of 700,000 persons being em ployed on public works, it appears specious enough to propose that this huge expenditure, with which the national treasury is, to a great extent, tram melled, should be directed and allocated to the tillage of the land. It must be remembered, however, that the existing gigantic operations, to which we have been beneficently impelled, to rescue thousands from misery, famine, pestilence, and death, are fraught with seeds of destruction to the social system. " The sys tem of public works," observed Mr. LABOUCHERE, " has grown to such a magnitude as to have become wholly uncontrollable and unmanageable." What may be defended upon the ground of temporary ex pediency, and has been rendered inevitable by the dreadful visitation which has spread throughout Ire land, could not be justified, but, contrariwise, would be held vicious in the extreme, if legislation were to be resorted to calculated, by measures of a per manent tendency, to supersede private enterprise by means of State interference. All that has been hitherto done we willingly concede was indispensable, sed revocare gradum Mc labor, hoc opus est. For this purpose, the first step taken by the Go vernment is to administer food in the place of wages to the stricken population. This is sound policy. It will set labour free, which we hope to see will be rapidly employed in its primary and legitimate chan nel, the cultivation and improvement of the land. Whilst, therefore, we deeply lament the unavoidable displacement of labour that has occurred, and enter tain a natural anxiety to witness its earliest restoration to its proper sphere of action, we cannot too highly extol the decisive resistance which the organs of the Government on Friday evening presented to the proposition of the Member for Kil kenny. Mr. LABOUCHERE well said, that upon such an occasion " doubtful, ambiguous language, which may lead to misconceptions of the intention of Government, is not true humanity, but is most likely to lead to deplorable results." The conduct of some of the Irish absentees, who have been liberal in their contributions, according to their means, was freely praised by the Irish Secretary, who, nevertheless, truthfully remarked, that " he would not compare anything that could be done by an absentee with that which it is in the power of a resident Irish landlord to do, for he is able to encourage and support those around him, both by his example and his adviee." Of other absentee landlords Mr. LABOUCHERE did not hesitate to speak in terms of severe reprobation. " Some absentee landlords, I am bound to say, sadly and shamefully neglected their duty, and, I am sorry to add, I know many instances like those mentioned by the Hon. Gentleman, where the resident proprietors have come forward with their time and their money to assist their distressed neighbours, and where there are owners of a very consider able property held in the district who refuse to come forward with anything whatever to relieve the destit u tion of the place. I assure the Hon. Gentleman that I agree with him in thinking that the proper place for an Irish landlord, under the present circumstances of that country, is in Ireland • but I must say, that if a sense of their duty to their dependents and of their public duty to their country does not operate with them to produce that effect, I am afraid that a resolu tion of this House would have very little efficacy to bring about that result." We seriously advise those landlords whose proceed ings have evoked this trenchant language not to impose too far upon the forbearance of Parliament. Selfish apathy may be persevered in beyond the limits of tolera tion, and, when too late, the landlords may be dismayed by the discovery that Parliament will be disposed to bring them to a due sense of their past and present errors, by something of a far more stringent nature than what could be embodied in the shape of resolu tions. Lord J. RUSSELL himself intimated, at the close of his speech, that, upon a future occasion, he should be prepared to express his views upon this subject. " Coming events cast their shadows before." The Augsburgh Gazette of the 28th ult. states that " after the departure of the Turkish Ambassador from Athens, the foreign Ministers in that capital waited in a body on M. COLETTI, tnd inductd him to write a letter of apology to the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, whilst King OTHO should on his part write to the SULTAN to explain the subject of difference." The Paris Presse, however, which copies the above para graph, observes that " the fact stated requires con firmation." The Nuremberg Courrier states, that according to a rumour which was in circulation at Vienna, the Prus sian Government was about to propose a general law relative to the press fur all the states of the confe deration, and to which most of the Sovereigns of Ger many had already givc:n their adhesion. It was added, that this Bill had been communicated to the Court of Vienna with an invitation to adhere to it. A letter from Berlin, of the 25th ult., announces ;,that the Council of State had just terminated the examination of the measures alluded to above, and that it was to be forthwith submitted to the KING, with the expres sion of a wish that it may replace the censorship now existirg. A letter from St. Petersburgh of the 17th ult. says— " The EMPEROR has just issued an ordonnance, which is to be annexed to the military code of the empire, und which orders all commanders of corps n-t to require from such Jewish soldiers as may be under their com mand any service during the Jewish Sabbath or feast days, so a, to allow these men to repair regularly to the synagogue." The jubilee on the occasion of the accession of Pius IX. to the Pontifical Throw is to commence in Paris on the 14th inst., and will continue to April 4. It is reported, that on the 18th ult., the POPE had an attack et epilepsy, but from which he soon recovered. It is said that the attack was brought on by grief at hearing of the decease of his brother, to whom he !vas much attached. We are sorry to hear that this excellent Pontiff has had a sudden attack, but we trust that it was epilepsy, and that it was occasioned solely by grief for the decease of his brother. We cannot, however, forget that eNery POPE who has attempted to introduce reforms has been considered as an enemy by the Jesuits, and has died suddenly. Letters from the Romagna of the 23(1 ult. state that the POPE intended shortly to grant permission for the establishment of a National Guard throughout the Pon tifical dominions. A collision had lately taken place at Faenza between the people of the town and the inhabi tants of the Borgho, who had been instigated by Austrian agents, in which six persons were killed and eleven wounded. The Legate of Ancona, Monsignor RUSCONI, had caused two clergymen, who were endeavouring to ex cite a popular movement, to be arrested and removed under an escort to Rome. At Sinigaglia another clergyman, who had preached against the POPE, was apprehended, and, being considered insane, was confined in' the lunatic asylum of Pesaro. Monsignor RIIBCONI had entertained at a dinner the captain and officers of the Neapolitan war-steamer Intrepido, which had been lying at anchor for some days in the harbour. This demonstration seemed to have greatly dissatisfied the commander of the Austrian squadron, which was cruizing off the coast. The King of NAPLES had evinced of late more liberal sentiments. During the Carnival his MAJESTY . appeared in the Corso, with his aide-de-camp, dressed after the Italian fashion of the middle age, and bearing the banner of the Lonsbardian League. The Madrid mail had not arrived in Paris on Thursday. The Foment° of Barcelona, of the 25th ult., publishes the following circular, addressed by MANUEL LESCALA, the Political Chief, to all the alcaldes within his district, which fully confirms the rumours which have been for some time in circulation as to the force and the success of the Carlists in Catalonia. A band of rebels, commanded, as it appears, by the fero cious Mosen Benet , having appe are d i n th e prov i nce o f Lerida, I consider it necessary to give due notice thereof to the 'inhabitants of the province under my orders, in order that by their loyal conduct they m a y e s ca p e t h e terrible misfortunes which have already begu n to be felt in other localities Her Majesty's troops are ac tively pursuing those misdoers, and will inflict on them the mostietriplary punishment; but., i n or d er t o accomp li sh this, necessary that the inhabit an t s s h ou ld l en d t h e i r assistance . This is, moreover, for their individual interest, as that cannot but suffer from a protracted continuance of such disorders. In order to prevent such calamities to the extent of my power, I have adopted the best means o f ascer t a i n i ng the names of those who in this their duty, and they may rest assured that the guilty will not escape the m o st exem pl ar y punishment. I charge you to give this circular the grea t es t , ess ible publicity, and to assist its operation by every means in your power." ARRIVAL OF THE LISBON MAIL. A telegraphic message was received at Lloyd's this morn ing, announcing that the Ripon steamer, from the Mediter ranean, had arrived at the Motherbank at half-past three this morning. She reports that the Pekin left Gibraltar at 11 A.M. 25th February. The Pottinger, at Gibraltar, 25th February, all well, would sail 26th. Spoke the Oriental, all well, 26th, ninety miles west of Gibraltar, and saw the Erin, 5 4th inst. off Ushant. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were4,ooo bales, with a dull market. Prices were without change. Shares were flat. Therd'are no late ship arrivals to-day. • The principal variations in the Balance-sheet of the Bank of England during the week to Feb 27, were these:— Notes Issued £25,349,820 Decrease Notes reserved ... 6,016,695 Increase Bullion . Decrease Public deposits increase 58,964 Other deposits decrease 484,602 Other securities decrease Rest, increase The , ontinued decrease of bullion and increase of notes in the banking department indicate the restriction which the bank directors are compelled to put upon their issues, and should inspire due caution among the mercantile interest, especially as the exports of bullion continue both to the United States and to the Continent. The Money Market is in a disturbed state, and, contrary to expectation, the funds are more depressed than before the payment of the deposit on the new loan. The causes assigned for the sales that have been made are the unfavourable tenor of the accounts from France relative to the grain and money markets, the little difficulty that has arisen in Greece, the willingness of the Great Western and Birmingham Railway Companies to borrow money at 4►/. 2 and 5 per cent., and the specie re• mittances still in progress. This has been a heavy week, however, and the heavy payments for bills due and the loan, are quite sufficient to account for the reaction. Consols are as low this morning as 89 1 / z for transfer on Tuesday, and for April have been marked the same, though upon the opening of the market they were called 89% to 90. Consols Scrip has been % to % premium. Exchequer-bills have brought 3s. to 6s. premium, being steady. The New 3 1 A per Cents. have been 91 3 4 to 92%. Bank Stock was firm at 204 to 205. The Foreign Investments have been depressed. Spanish Five per Cents. have declined to 22 3 / 4 %, and the Three per Cents. to 33 V 2. Brazilian Bonds have been marked 86 to 87. Dutch Four per Cents. are 92 1 4. The market for Railway Shares has experienced a further decline. Sales have been made to some extent, and parties seem to apprehend, that in the event of money becoming scarcer, they may experience a difficulty in getting accom modation upon share property. As in all periods of excite ment, too, there are not wanting parties who exaggerate the difficulty, and by so doing, really create the pressure they predict. Such is our contemporary the Times, which is again at its old work to-day, never taking a pleasing view of any thing. Circumstance a are unfavourable, but why make them worse ? BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PR B ES. Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. •• 205 204 204 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 8934 % 89% Three per Cent. Console Annuities .. .. 8934 Ti, 89 1 /, New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 92 1 4 9IN 92 92 Long Annuities. Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9%)i 9 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. •. •• • • •• Ditto, under 1,000/. .. .. .. .. par par Consols for Account, April 15 .. .. .. 8914 90 89%34 Bi% Consols, Scrip .. .. .. .. .• •• 0 %%% p 0 5'4 p Exchequer Bills. IN d. I L 6 d. 1,0001... .. .. •• 3 6 pm. 6 p Ditto, Small .... 10 pin. 10 p ONE CLOSIN( O'CLOCK. PUKES, FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, for the Account .. Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. 86 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. Ditto, Deferred .. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, for the Account .. • • .. 22 3 % Ditto, 5 per Cent. '38,39,40, d1v.1841 21% Ditto, t'assire Bonds .. 5 Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. 335 i% % Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent Ditto. 4 Der - Cent. Certificates 53% .. 92 4 BUSINESS PAID. DONE AT CLOSINt PRICES • ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. 30 .... 28X % .... •• • • Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2% .. 2 %..•• • • • • Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... ••• • • • .... Birming., Wolver., & Stour Valley 5 .... •••• • • .. . Birkenhead, Lancash., & Cheshire Junction • .. .. 4 .. .. 4 th .. •• .. Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham 7 .... 614 Bristol and Exeter .. .. 75 .... ....... PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. P 264 2% 20% 4 !4 Ditto, New Buckinghamshire ........ Caledonian 30 .... 2654 ..... . Ditto, Half Shares .. -- •• • • ...... Eastern Counties .. .. 20 .... 2054 % ........ Ditto, York Extension .. 4 .... 4 1 4 . • •• • • Eastern Union .. .. 40 .... 5554 56 • East Lancashire .. • . .. 14 .• 16% •• • • Ditto New .. 5 .. • • .. Ditto, ditta New Scrip • . .. 154 .• • • 2% %..•• .. • • East Lincolnshire •. .. 4 .... 7% •• • • Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .... 77 .• .. • •• .. ' Ditto, Half Sharers .• • 10 .... 20 tq ••.•• • . . . Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% .... 18% 18 ...... Ely and Huntingdon 12% 13)6%.. • • • • .. Great Northern (London & York ltegd.) Great North ot Engla,nd -,. Ditto, New .. - - g i Ditto, New .. 151 • • .... 18% Great Western .. 85 •• .. 117 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... • • 7' Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 1254 .... 19 1 A • • ........ Ditto, Fifths .. .. 20 27% . • ........ Ditto, New 4%854.. Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 50 ...... Ditto, New • • • .. .. 5 .... 10% ..... ..... Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manchester 2754 .... 33% ..... Leeds and Thirsk • • 2251 .... 21U . ..... Ditto, New;.. 4% • Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. .. 351 .... Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 2 54.... • • London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. ..... Ditto, New, No. 2 .. • • 11. 13s. 4d. % p.. ••• • • • % p London, Brighton, and S Coast •• 50 .. 54 54 54 Ditto, Consol. Eighths .. .. 10 .. • • 13% • ..... .• 1351 Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 .... • • London and Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d. 9 4 91,4 London an North-Western • .100 .... 183 184 . 182% .. 184 Ditto, Quarters . .• .. 2 ..... ... 21 Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .... 1394 4 .......... 14 Ditto, Fifths .. .. 2 18% • • ........ 18 ;4 Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 ...• ..... •• • • 7 u London and South-Western-41/. 6s. 10d.•.... • .... 63 r Ditto, New .. 22% .... 25% .. • 2514 Ditto, Scrip.. .. .. .. .. 5 .... .... . 5% Ditto, ditto .. • • .. .. • • 4 .... ••••• • • • • • London and York Extension Scrip 2% ••• • • ..... Lynn and Ely .. .. 20 Manchester and Leeds .. Ditto, Half Shares .. Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths • • • • • • • • .. Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) .. • • • 84s. p. • • • Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. • • • • p• • . • • • • • • Manchester and Southampton .. 2 1 Midland .:100 .. • 120 Ditto, New .. 30 ...• 35 •..... 34 Ditto, New .. • • • • 2 •• • • ••••• • • • • • 5 % Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 .... 9454 .. • • ...... 94;4 Midland, Birming. & Gloucest...loo ....124 124 Newcastle and Berwick •• 20 • • 34% 35 34% 35 34% 3454 Newmarket and Chesterford .. 10 .. • . 10% • ••• • • • 1054 Ditto, Extension • • • • V. 12s. •• .. ••••• • • • • • 34 p Norfolk .. .. • • ..100 •• .. 140 •• .. ...... 140 Ditto, Ilalf Shares -. .. 10 . .. •• • • ...... 13% Northern Counties Union .. 2% .... 158 1 North British .. • • 25 .• • • 35% 35 .. •• • . 34% Ditto, Half Shares .. .• 1214 •• .• • . ....... 16% Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 2 34 .... 434 % Ditto, Extension .. • • .. .......... 11,4 Ditto, Thirds • • .. • • • • 1 .... 33. E % 3% North Staffordshire .. 5 .... 8 North Western • • .. . • 4 .. • • ...... • ... Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverhmptn. 17% . Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 •• • • 54% • - .... • • 414 Scottish Central 15 .... 22 1 ,4 %•••••• •• Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3 .... 3j a 4% ...... 4 Ditto, Class B • • • • • • 1 14 •• • • 154 ••••• • • • • • 1% Shropshire Union .. . 42s dis... ..... dIsI South Eastern and Dover .. •• 335 , 4 ••37 38 . 37% Do.. New (do. 33/. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 12 Do.. New (do. 30/.) .. No. 3. 15 „„, ~ 17 Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 3% 4% South Wales .. • • •• 10 ..• 8 % ••• • •• 8 Trent Valley and Midland Junc. 425. % p % p West Riding Union • • • • .. 425. • • York and Newcastle .. • . 25 '47.,Ditto, New.. • • • • .. .. 10 ... • 16% • • ..... • 1654 Ditto, Preference .. .. 4 York and North Midland .. .. 50 .... 86% ••••• • • • • • 86 1 ,4 Ditto, Extension • • .. .. 20 .... 36% 37% .. • • 3754 Ditto, Preference • • .. .. 2 . Do. E, and W. Riding Exten.— 10 - 22% •• . ..... • • 2254 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 18 .. 1 Bord., Tool., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 .... . „ Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 ...• sq .. Louvain ala Sambre .. • • • . 6 .. Lenternbourg Namur and Liege .• .. 10 •• .. 5% .......... Northern of France • • .. • • 8 .... 1251 .......... Orleans and Bourdeaux .. • • 6 .... 7 .......... Paris and Lyons • . .. 8 7U „„ „ Rouen aid Havre -. .. 20 .... ..... West Flzmders .. • • • 6 .... 214 . .. . . ,-F. MINES. . ..100 .... - .... .... 38 .. . 1 ... ...... .... . 104 3334 214 49% 16% 10% 2%p % I) 2% 4% 12% Real del Monte, lJnrezistered 3%„„„ ; 334 3% Amsterdam .. ....C.F. 12 3% Gibra1tar.............. Ditto, at sight • 12 1 Leghorn ........ • . . • 30 20 Rotterdam .... ••2 U. 12 4 Genoa .. •... 25 85 Antwerp. •.. • . . • .... 25 80 Milan . .. • • ilamburgh .... • • M.B. 13 103 Venice.. ...• ..... •• • Altona • • ••• • • • Naples ..... ....• 40% Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 45 Palermo, perm. ... 121 Ditto, 3 months...... 25 75 Lisbon.... • ...... 53 Marseilles ••—••• • •• • • 25 85 0p0rt0.... Bourdeaux.. •• • • 25 85 Rio Janeiro • • ...... • • 28 Frankfort on Maine.... 121 Bahia .. Petersburgh, 3Us .• Buenos Ayres .. • • • - Berlin ...... •• • • New York, 21 days' sight Vienna, effec.flo ••• • • • 10 3 Philadelphia .... ••• • •• Trieste, ditto .... ...... 10 3 PRICES OF BULLION, TEL oz. Madrid 36 Foreign Gold in bars ...£3 17 9 4 Cadiz .•• .. : ........ 36% New Dollars ••.. • • 0 4 10 Bilbao •••• • • • • Portugal Gold Coin • • Barcelona .. •• Spanish Doubloons .. 0 .0 0 Silver in bars ...• .... 0 5 0% THE POTATO DISEASE.—At the meeting of the Botanical Society, held on Friday, at the Society's Roo ms, 20, Bedford -st ree t, Strand; J. E. ' Gray, Esq., F.R.S., Pre sident, in the c h a i r . M r . Monro communicated a paper "On the Potato Disease." The author was of opinion that the disease originated in our neglecting to secure thoroughly ripened tubers from which to produce our future crops, and he thought that the most probable means of restoring the plant to its pristine vitality, would be to commence with the practice of a mode of cultivation more consistent with its nature and habit, than that which has been followed for a series of years. At the latter end of November last, the author commenced raising a portion of his crop, and found that, among potatces grown from sets taken from tul, ra which had undergone what he called the sedative process h r two years successively, only about half a dozen in a bushel were affected. A crop raised from sets, which were left in the ground last winter, taken up and replanted early in April last, exhibited tainted tubers to the amount of one in fifteen ; while another crop, raised from tubers, which were sfaeallsyon two of 1816,sshofoltvhede taken up early in Nove mber, 1845, and secured in a pit , after the usual manner , un til the p lantin g the taint in a most in veterate form, entire crop being diseased. ia TAmousi BENEy )LENT INSTITUTION.---T 1 lb tenth igas anniversary of this excellent charity was celebrated on Friday evening by a public dinner at the London Tavern, under the re de icy of Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P. About 3CO *alb rs attended. After dinner the noble chairman P 1o ed the toast, " Success to the In s tit ut i on. " The seerro e- y then read the report and list of the subscriptions, limn which it appeared that the receipts exceeded the e r .end"l by 1,3701., and the subscription s o f t h e evening aml\ounted-i-o nearly 9 /0/. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting broke up at a late hour. . L . .....--ii. "v..; 30106..diti,70"1 ' 77.7 4 41101111‘.‘ AI; '4 . -:''''''''' ' ' *' 711 ‘ .1 ....r ° 1 : : ( 3 41 1 O \ T• ' .: 't l, - ,:',„ 4 .;r r ' '' ' :OR - 0 111 1T ' .!.. 714'' '1' ."."4.t: Miontiat 2int LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1847. Legislation, from being the most complicated of sciences, admits of perpetual improvement, and re quires an almost endless modification. So compre hensive is this principle in government, that the whole business of the Legislature may be said to be comprised in the labour of reconstructing, and re adapting, and reforming, and re-organising the Code of laws by which the body politic is bound together, and from the peculiar colouring of which the Con stitution derives its character and its individuality. Notwithstanding the genius which has been lavished upon the science cf good government from the re motest periods of antiquity, that science is every day proved yet more plainly to be in its very embryo and its adolescence. The philosophy of the heathen sages, the wisdom of LYCURGUS, the fabulous sagacity of rommaus, the intelligence of JUSTINIAN, the assiduity of CONSTANTINE, the industry of ALFRED, and the generous and masculine powers of CH ARLEM AG E have been in effectual in sweeping away the vaster abuses of the social condition. After ages of experience and generations of experiment, the commonest evils still continue to flourish, the moral maladies consequent upon the congregation of men together in states and cities still remain unchecked, and, what is more disastrous and appalling than all these considerations, is, that crime seems to propagate itself with re doubled energy :under the very punishments which have been contrived for its correction and eradication. In lieu of a diminution of depravity in consequence of the greater extension of civilisation, the licentiousness of the more abandoned classes of the community appears to thrive and deepen upon a ratio nearly equivalent to the advarcement and elevation of their more prosperous and more fortunate neigh bours. We become satisfied with the alterations made upon the statute-book, we relap.T into the lethargy of confidence; but the evils we conceived to have been either vanquished or provided against, accumulate in number and extend in enormity, until we are re awakened to a knowledge of their existence by a sense of danger and a consciousness that some more effectual measures of prevention and expiation must be administered. Just now we are precisely in that position. The deplorable inefficiency of cur criminal regulations has loomed upon us in spectacles so rife with atrocity, that we are compelled, from sheer horror, to pause and scrutinise its details. From that scrutiny we have been latterly deriving a dread ful but salutary lesson in legislation. We have looked into the abysses of sin which have yawned before us in our penal settlements, and from the dismal disclosures of those abysses we have derived the experience of many centuries. The pernicious effects resulting from indiscrimi nate transportation have, however, been long since recognised. Even before the abolition of the assign ment system—a system that actually held out temptations to the destitute to become com paratively affluent by becoming felons, or, in yet plainer words, to become the favourite objects of the solicitude of the law, by becoming the flagrant de riders and infringers of the law—even before that wanton system of leniency had been thoroughly ex ploded, cries of indignation were raised against the broad principle of transportation as in efficient in preventing the commission of crime, and as inapplicable to all species of offences against the State. Now, however, that clamour for the re vision of our criminal code in reference to theinflic tion of secondary punishments has penetrated the region, and, what is more, has reached the ears, and, what is more, has satisfied the judg ments, of our deputed legislators. Last evening the Earl GREY pronounced the doom of the obnoxi ous system of indiscriminate transportation. The complete re-organisation of the law in this particular, is, therefore, we take it, inevitable. The days of the old blundering system are numbered. Our annual number of convicts will not henceforth be shipped off in cargoes to the penal colonies to be pampered into irreclaimable ruffians by being surrounded by unusual luxuries, or to be goaded into the commission of those heinous and almost incon ceivable crimes that might well "fleck the skies with blood," and " turn the sunshine black." That transportation has always been a most un equal punishment is universally acknowledged. Both before and after the abolition of the assignment system it has been unequal. To the outcast of the workhouses and rookeries the salubrity and purity of a tropical climate are immeasurably more than com pensation for the supervision of an inspector, the compulsory labour of so many hours each day, and the banishment from a country in which his very existence is a misery and a degradation. On the other hand, transportation is a monstrously disproportioned punishment, to the less'criminal and the more affluent members of the population. Satisfied as we are with the scheme proposed by Earl GREY in reference to the treatment of felons, re joiced as we are at the abandonment of a plan by which humanity is violated, and Norfolk Island transformed from an earthly paradise into a habitation of beings very little removed from demons, we are, neverthe less, persuaded, that there is much reason in the re mark uttered by Lord BROUGHAM, that the total abolition of the system of transportation is undesirable, seeing that it is to many criminals the most awful of all the visitations of authority. According to the scheme traced out by Lord GREY, the present system of transportation is to be wholly and " totally abo lished." Felons, instead of being dispatched forthwith to the penal settlements, are to be retained at home for a limited period. During the prior portion of that period they are to be subjected to a rigid con finement at Parkhurst, at Millbank, at Pentonville, or elsewhere ; and in the subsequent portion of that period they are to be employed upon the public works. It is in the arrangements connected with this industrial employment of convicts on public works that the principal merit of the Noble Earl's proposition consists. Here the most profligate and hardened will have a final :opporttinity of working out their social and physical redemption. By honesty, assiduity, and sobriety they may in this stage of the expiation of their offences obtain the remission of further punishment on the solitary condition of their instant emigration. Meanwhile, in these instances, the wages of their labour on the public works will have been accumu lating until the time has arrived for their conditional discharge. In all these provisions we recognise only the combination of rigid justice and a noble clemency. The only point, in the proposition laid before Parliament by the Noble Earl, her Majesty's Secretary for the Colonies, which to our thinking admits of emendation, is the one wherein is intimated th e " total" abolition of the present system of transportation. Otherwise the scheme of secondary punishments undertake n by the Government is as sagacious as it is benevolent. We, on Saturday, inserted an article from a corre. spondent on the deeply interesting subject of the liability of provisional committeemen. In fact, it is hardly possible to estimate too highly the great public We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. Ii or a wonder, none of them comment upon Spain or S pan ish affairs. The Debuts mentions a repo now c urrent on th e Continent , that it is the intention or the King o f SARDINIA to construct a railroad from Genoa to Chamberry, with a tunnel under Mount C6f,is, eight miles long. Should this railroad be con structed, Genoa will become a formidable rival to Mar seilles, and the route by Genoa will, in that case, pro bably be found preferable either to that by Marseilles or by Trieste, for the conveyance of the Overland Indian Mail. The Constitutionnel has a long article developing a plan for the military colinization of Algiers, and the Presse sneers at the idea of our having a day of general fast and national humiliation on account of the famine in Ireland. "It is a calumny on PROVIDENCE," says the Presse, " to attribute to:it the deplorable misery which desolates Ireland." Doubtless the Presse would insinuate that the potato rot was entirely occasioned by the mis government of per/Ede Albion, and it might, in support of its argument, adduce the case of Poland, where under the mild and paternal government of its especial pet, the Emperor NICHOLAS, the potato rot has not appeared. Clearly the potato rot is the consequence of misgovernment. In the meantime, if we are to believe the National, the distress in France is progressively increasing. It says— " By the admission of the Minister of the Icterior, our necessities are progressively increasing, and it appears doubtful whether the last grant of 4,000,000 f. demanded by the Government will be sufficient for a situation which is really deplorable. The price of wheat continues to rise, and the consequences are felt by every branch of trade; whilst the greater number of our manufacturing towns are on the eve of a crisis. At Rouen, particulary, the operatives are me naced with an interruption of employment, and the conse quences of a suspension of the factories is anticipated with apprehension. The supplies voted by the Chambers are mere alms, insufficient for their professed purpose. We live unprepared, and when any serious circumstances arise, the Government only thinks of applying a temporary remedy, and when the crisis is passed we again fall into our habits of torpor until a new calamity awakens us from our lethargy. This is called governing ! A nation so administered must necessarily within a certain period, arrive at a dreadful crisis.* The Presse will in this case be scarcely inclined to proclaim that the distress of the governed is attributable to the faults of the governors. A compromise has been come to with the parti pretre on the subject of the appointment of M. lIEBEnr., That gentleman will bo appointed Minister of Justice, from which the department of public worship is to be se parated. The Ministry of Public Worship will be con ferred on M. CARNE, who may be considered as the nominee of the Jesuits. - The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday at 78f. 40c. ; the Five p er Cents. 118 f. -oc. ; the Orleans Railway Shares, 1,273 f. ' 75c. • Rouen, 867 f. 50c. ; Havre, 690 f. ; Great Northern, 628 E 75c. Avignon ; 2 c. c ;. ; L s y p o a n n s ish and Actives, Avignon, 45°80c.f. ;; 830 f.; Vierzon, 582 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux , 535 f. ; Boulogne ' ' 400 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 300 f.; Basle , 210 f. ; Dieppe 335 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 465 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 467 f. P Bo ar rd is eau an x d an L d " C n e s t"te 4 , 9 4 1 5 f if 5 25 . 3 3 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 35. Lyoxs, MARCH 2.—Avignon and Marseilles, 836 f. 25c.; and Vierzon, 585 f. ; Northern, 632 f. 50 c. ; Paris Lyons, 491 f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 5. Boulogne and Amiens, 14 —East Indian, o rs —Northern of France, 12} —Orleans and Bordeaux, 7 —Rouen and llavre, 26%. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from de Colonial Office, for the Governor of Gibraltar. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual airings on Saturday in the vicinity of Osborne 'Luse. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice walked and rode on Saturday morning in the pleasure-grounds of Osborne house. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary attended Divine service yesterday morn ing in Grosvenor Chapel. Baroness Hammerstein and Baron Knesebt & were in waiting on the Royal Duchess. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yesterday morning in St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Italian Opera with her presence on Saturday evening. Lady Augusta Cadogan, Baron Knesebcck, and Mt. Edmond Mildmav were in waiting on her Royal Highness. A Cabinet Council was held at half-past two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Lord ohn Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Earl Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Morpeth, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Lord Chancellor arrived at four o'clock, and joined his ' colleagues. The Council broke up at a quarter-past five o'clock. Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard had an interview with Sir George Gray at the Home• office on Saturday. Prince and Princess Callimaki; accompanied by Monsieur Zohrab, have returned to town from Cowes, Isle of Wight, whither they lied gone to witness the launch of a tine steamer, built by Messrs. T. and J. White, for the Co!toman Go , ernment. The vessel wes named by the Princess Calli maki, with the usual ceremony, the " Rassitee Tidjaret." A deputation, consisting of Lord Monteagle, Viscount Mas sareene, Right Hon. Frederick Shaw, M.P., Mr. Hamilton, and Mr. Grogan, had an interview with Lord J. Russell on Saturdav, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Ross had an interview with Earl Grey on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. The Rev. Dr. Cooke had an interview with Sir George Grey on aturday. _ _ . At the Chapel . Royal, St. James'', yesterday, the sermon was preached at the early service by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sacrament was administered by the Bishop of Lon don. The Duke of Wellington and the Dowager Countess of Erroll were among the communicants. At the daily ser vice the praveis were read by the Rev. J. V. Povah, the les sons by the itev. Helmore, and the Communion service by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Winchester. The anthem, " Save, Lord, and hear us" (Hayes), was sung by Messrs. Bennet, Franci , , and Bradbury: Mr. Turle presided at the organ. Lords Gran yi!le, Listowell, Castlereagh, and W. Graham, were among the nobility present. MR. BUNN'S BENEFIT AT DRURY- LANE THEATRE. On Monday, the 15th March, Mr. Bunn takes his annual benefit at Drury-lane, and, considering his many claims to the patronage of the lovers of the lyrical drama, we cannot doubt but that he will have a bumper. Balfe, Wallace, and' Benedict (from his long sojourn amongst us, we are entitled to rank the latter among English composers)are each indebted to Mr. Bunn for their first introduction to the English public; and if we look only to the last season, we • shall find that Mr. Bunn has greaVy increased his claim to public patronage and support. '1 he fame of an English lady who on the Continent had well sustained the musical rep u tation of her country, and had for two seasons b , en prima donna of the San Carlo at Naples, had reached her native land,• and Mr. Bunn lost no time in securing her services for Drury-lane. Madame Anna Bishop was ergaged, and,_ during the whole of her engagement, which lasted until December, drew crowded housea. This engagement afforded Mr. Bunn - an opportunity of introducing a young English composer to the public, and the success of Mr. Lavenu's first opera was such as to atfird brilliant promise for the future. At the conclusion of Madame Bishop's enpagement, the opera of The Bondman, the chif d'ceuvre of Balfe, was pro duced, and its success was as complete as it was deserved. A less enterprising manager than Mr. Bunn would have been content with these successes, hut even while The Bondman was still drawing crowded houses, it was withdrawn, to make way for a new opera by Vincent Wallace, Matilda, the most gorgeous and magnificent grand opera ever produced within the walls of Old Drury, the glories s. f which eclipse even those of Gustavus and Lestocq. In the ballet department Mr. Bunn teg.in the season with the engagement of Flora Fabbri. To her succeeded Sophia Fuoco, who achieved a more brilliant success than any danseuse who has ever appeared on the English stage, and when her engagement was concluded, the lovely and fascinating Hadema made her avatar. Such is a bare enumeration of some of the claims of Mr. Bunn to the favour of the public, and if there be anything' like a just arpreciation on their parts of the enterprise and talent which has been exerted in catering for their amusement, there will _ not be a single place unoccupied within the walls of Drury -28 lane by seven o'clock on the evening of the 15th of March. MUSICAL MEMORANDA. JENNY LlND.—This charming nightingale of the north, who has just created such a sensation at Vienna in Meyerbeer's Camp of Silesia, is expected in three weeks at Paris, en route to London, where she will im mediately make her debd at her Majesty's Theatre. Fraschini, the eel, brated tenor, who is shortly ex. pected at her Majesty's Theatre, appeared at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, in a new opera by Maestro Battista on the 4th of last month, and was highly successful. Verdi's opera of I Due Foscari (that is in ac'ive pre paration at her Majesty's Theatre) has been very slut cessful at Rome. All the artistes who performed in this .opera were much applauded. and especially Madame Montenegro, who has created quite a sensation. Lucite-Grahn has appealed at the Theatre Royal. de la Monnaie; at Brussels, in Giselle, La Sylphide, I e Dieu et la Bayadere, and Esmeralda. She is nightly received with acclamations by the public, and showers of bouquets are thrown to her by the enraptured spec tators, to testify their admiration of the charming danseuse. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. CHESTER Cur.-300 to 15 agst Mendicant (taken)-300 to 10 agst Punch (taken)-500 to G agst Silvanus (taken). THE DERBY.-6 to 1 agst Van Tromp ( taken to 50/. ) Offers to back three agst the Field for the Coventry Han dicap. Nothing else mentioned. - HOOTON PARK STEEPLE CHASES. The Hooton Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft. and 100 added. Mr. Abbott's Proceed Hon. R. Lawley's Roarer .. Forrester, Sir Abstrupus, Railroad, Othello, and Ballybar also ran. Won easy by seven or eight lengths. The Storeton Stake's of 5 sovs. each, and 50 added. Three miles. Mr. Lockwood's Barmaid, lOst 41b (Owner) 1 Sir. Fowler's Beggarman, lOst 41b.. ••• Basquine, Maid of the Castle, Robin Adair, Black Bess, Yellow Dwarf, and Sir William, also started. Won in a canter. The Hooton Hunt Stakes of 3 sovs. each. Three miles. Mr. Hind nd Jupiter, II st 711) . (Mr. Thomas) 1 Mr. Willoughby nd Five-pound -note Mr. Lennard's Coal Black Rose Roland and Laudicanalso ran. Won by two lengths HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Findon hds., Tues., Parham Park ; Thurs.,. Nipping Thorns ; Sat., Piecombe— 11. Wheatland lids., Tues., Lound Coppice ; Fri., Cound--103 1 . Herefordshire lids., Tues., Ullingswick Village ; Fri., Tin Hill. Ludlow hds., Tucs., Wigmore Rolls; Fri., Orleton Com mon-10. United Pack, Wed., Mainstone Wood-9. Earl of Harewood's hds., Mon., Kirk Deighton ; Wed. , Bilton Banks; Fri.. Bickerton Bar-10i. Holderness hds., Mon., Tickton ; Tuee„ Beverley Queen's Gate Tollbar ; Thurs, Burton Constable; Sat., Warter hall. Cheshire hds., Mon., Warningham Village; Wed., Booth's Obelisk; Thurs., Duddon Heath; Sat., Sutton I- infold-11. Sir W. W. Wynn's lids., Tues., Iscoyd ; Wed., Wynnstay"; Fri., Nescliff; Sat., Holt-10%. Montgomeryshire lids., Tues., Cock Inn, Forden ; Fri., Kerr 3. Mr. Trelawney's lids., Tues., Train Brake ; Fri., Plym Bridge. Mr. Deacon's hrrs., Wed., Roborough ; Sat., Lamberton Green-10. Suffolk lids., Tues., Pakenham-street; Fri., Dalham Hall. Baron Rothschild's stghds., Thurs., Aston Clinton. Sir C. Constable's stghds., Wed.. Conistan-11 1 /. Bedale lids., Wed., Camp Hill ; Fri., Streatlam Village-11. Essex and Suffolk hds., Tues., Bradtield-street ; Fri., Dal. ham Hall-101. V.W.H.,,Tues., Three Magpies; Thurs., Wroghton; Sat., Eastcourt Mouse. Berkshire hds., Wed., Fyfield Tree ; Fri., Buscot Park. Mr. Brand's hds., Fri., Coleman Green-10/. . Cleveland hds., Thurs., Osburn's Rush-10 1 / 2 . Mr. Theobald's staghds., Wed., Quy ; Fri., Eight-mile Ditch. Devon hds., Thurs., Sandy Gate-11. Essex Union lids., Wed., Beckingham Hall; Sat., South minster. Mr. Drake's hds., Tues., Soulderon Gate; Thurs., Edgcot Village; Sat.,.Byfield Tollbaf. Lord Parker's hds., Tuei., Thame Park; Fri., Farley. F. B. Ws., Wed., Tresillian Bridge ; Fri., Bishop's Wood —lO%, • Earl Fitzwilliam's hds., Wed., Gadden Windmi4,l; Fri. By tham Tollbar--10. Badsworth lids., Tues., Barnsdale-bar ; Thurs., Askern ; Sat., Brierley-10i. Wed., Newsham Lodge; Fri. , Cr L os o b r y d hds., Inßsehdaemsdualea'lsi.hds., Wed., Eyford ; Fri., New Barn ; to House n —lO%. Sir Tatton Sykes's lids., Wed., Belman, Stamford-bridge, Ch . h 1 e ey Hall; Sat., Milton Mill Haydon hds., Wed., Causburn House; Sat., Lough Green. Oakley hds, Thurs., aSnaLdt.o9Helmsley ; Fri., Scamps _l4 to 11. th hds., Tues., Croft Sat., Leven Brid ge Mr. Horndon's hds., lifton Park-101. Hurworßridge; —lO%. Mr. S. Lowndes' lids., Wed., Drayton Cross Roads ; Sat. Twnmile Ash-11. Puckeridge lids., Wed., Peverils ; Sat., Layston-10/ 2 • Raby hds., Wed. , Hartforth ; Fri., Hamsterley-11. WESTMINSTER RAILWAY STREET.---111 this scheme it is proposed to form an open cutting, with four lines of wooden rails, and a double set of rails to each line, one of the bi oad and the other of the narrow gauge, the whole to be worked on the atmospheric principle, and the banks to be planted with trees, and bridges to be built at the intersections of the roads. By these means an almost noiseless railway would be obtained, and it would not present an eye-sore, as most lines at present do.—The Builder. The subscription raised in Cheltenham for the relief of the distress in Ireland and Scotland has reached the amount of 3,000/. OXFORD UNIVERSITY SILVER SCULLS.—The banks of the Isis were crowd e d on T ues d a y an d Wednesday last. to witness the annual scullers' race for the challenge oars, for which no less than 14 boats contended. Several of the heats were well contested, and caused much excitement. The prize was carried off by Mr. Edward Burton, student of Christ Church, who, in the deciding beat, beat Mr. Heygate, of Blertor, UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.—OXFORD, Mancn 5. —This afternoon Mr. John Rice Byrne, commoner of Univei - sity College, and Mr. Bull, from Rugby School, were elected scholars of University College. There were upwards of 20 candidates. Yesterday the Rev. Richard Joynes, M.A., senior scholar of Corpus Christi college, was elected a Fellow of that society, in the room of tho Rev. R. G. Macmullen, who has turned Romanist. REPRESENTATION OF CANTERBURY. —.Mr. Twisden Hodges, it is understood, will come forward . as candidate for the representation of Canterbury ; and it is stated that IJe will have the entire support of he 1 - )!.el rrn:22!vat , .ve Liberal party. A candidate on Protective principles is also spoken of, but a contest at the present time, a dissolution being so near at band, is not at all likely. MA( AZINEF-(CONTINU ED). Cli RAS - TOMER TAILt-OLE, By Albert Sti tt Illustrated by John Leech. Part VIL In the last number we left Sir F rederick and 7e. Gudge retiring suddenly from the dinner-table of n_ . latter, frightened from their propriety by the Ull es * pected appearance of Mts. Hamper sad her nephew the latter, a Mr. Ellis, is the brother of the ulotb e ci r . Christopher ; hence the agitation of Sir Fre den t he He is, however, re-assured by Gudge, and rejoio company. " The dinner was dull—dull as a standard copm4d.t;vire!bwe--: November twilight ; or an amateur work, or a ture—dull as only a cmventional dinner can be, in te a circles besides Mr. Gage's. For you must have recouee, many parties to which you have been asked. whose vtri ghastliness almost made them amusing ; where dreary people had been cruelly collected together to get l OW thing comfortably ; and to all appe arances, for no _Ns purpose but to be shown silver spoo ns and newattting champagne glasses . , and forced into the necessity- of rePe s neve r the same absurd celmonies in their turn. Slte considered it it a complitmsnt to be asked to a dinner, we r ; ire play was palpably the wain cause of g ivin g it, an bid , whole attention had been 6.;rected to collecting sboWY t a tter on the table, which money could procure any tban agreeable persons round Whenever you belf2Pcer, viduals spoken of a, • great dinner people,' you mai 7 0 .04 tail they can shine in no other w,ly but with the lo r fell lustre of their epergnes and hash-nsishes. If pleasentooto ings and social erk:oy ments canno ,s • be g ot off co heavy crockery and plain joints, they will ne ver come fron boo plate and chilled made cUshes. On the contrary these a tendency to weigh down the lightest spi?its. 4 , 8 lsdie s " The gentlemen were not more • lively V•fben nitclr had left than before. Mr. Snash amused himself with ing into the Government generally ; at t r ibuting, half, Toes the crimes and evils of the State to the Stamp s an he bed The Baron wished to unfold to Sir Frederick a achern e „,i of for emancipating Poland by a company with a e31 )2 7 i i r jes hundred millions to be raised in shares. and, if Sir Feq.. its name was down amongst the directors, would eosll`vopls Sir; in the 4 03 4 success with enormous profits—' in salt, domestic article of salt alone,' :t.s be energetically hu"Artici him, as he went off into a series of complicated saline snot that would have driven Cocker hiniself into Bedlam te r tbe followed; to all of which Sir F rederic bowed, but, fe, world, could not have told the next minute what be h5c,.,41 listening to. Mr. Gudge and Mr. Flack got up a little oft'ive conversation about bills ; and Mr.. Ellis, who bad bee, l3 dared by Mrs. Hamper, not knovring an sat 0 self and appeared to wish that be .was any else- A t length Christopher annotm ced that tea wits Tr to ' o , upon which Mr. Gudge did not v.ait, according to and , until the information had been re,aeated, but asked body, at once, if they would have ."LoY as the manner in which the questiCu was put euTbei an answer in the negative he poposed thet should join the ladies • which , everybody', alWear o ped, o more vrials....,ed ready to do except Sir 'Frederick Arden ; an'' l h e e ',l to t" quietly, whilst Mr. Gudge waited behind in th- pod * what wine remained in the glasses back in to tAe" and lock them up." ;-;„ Des o Driven to desperation by (he vulgar obstrlls ; e 4beff Gudge, Sir Frederick determines to take off Cr s ' o ptif so as to free himself from the clutches of -w e s ; o 4 cipled attorney, and finding Christopher alone 0 1 t o chambers one evening, he induces the boy to `43,0111.6, cab, drives to some livery stables, engages hood hurries off to Weybriclge, in which noighbasrb; poi old servant of hie keeps a beer-shop. 11 1. 514 ;4 this place, and asks Andrews, the keeper, to b o° 4 ol of Christopher, and carry him safely to Sc cor, navigat'r is sleeping on a bench, waith , g re!, boat; he awakes, and Christopher, to his horr,°;-:,400,1 nizes Hockey, who engages to see him safelYPlye.(lelv„ the address at Southampton, which Sill:los.% gives him, and, notwithstanding the cries and t h e of poor Christopher, he is once more give,: into — t. of Hockey, and by him carried to the cacs lb( 2 l . l oo l4 ,, Frederick then enters the chaise, a nd orderOt ,, v' f ooe to return to town. In going over a / 1 4. 1- , o rith. il bridge which spans the junction of the cowry', river Wey, the horses, frightened;by a flash of 1 "; 4 or . :, back against the parapet, and the chaise f„,a l ,;, e " r, the horses falling half across the flood-gates' Sr boy escapes, but the chariot, with Sir Frede f ; l loo falls into the deep water of the lock. The nely brings us back to Sprouts and his frieo&l'oo jolly man, Mr. Chirpey, makes an so Miss Twits, end is accepted, and a gra040,2 andd Lb Thy canhad suppert b e. a r l is i a s o.ri g vese i , vrmhenoon, however, ‘te. in igvn h ergar o ,pnwihoiniut graphically interrupted optdthe. described,ehd u b bm et yo r tu o h t re h e festivities ln a - b Gudge, who has come to seek Skittler, who 1 : 1 . ,010ib Kingstonnce professionally as the fiddler, and wboall dispatches to in search of Cheis t , o- ;$ has ascertained that it was for Kingston 6.4. had ordered the chaise at the livery .stables. _ -- l oio bst L'ECO DI SAVOLVARO.LA h 'lO _aig We have here submitted to our notice the fit ace - ,I of a little publication of an unusual and ilworitF;i character ; namely, an Italian ' periodical. 0 P o printed, and published in London. I S sot/ examined it with care and impartiality, an reiireif ourseli es singularly disappointed. To u s ho t l'A tolerance is everything; and we - reverence t_ on ciple so truly, that we are prepared to co ntenir co o t t o at home as much as the bigotry of an Inqui elti ot.a Smithfield wan da-fe. Here is an example of tbe t ii of the EcodiSavonorola, page 27 .—" Ls religion,: c 00; a religione di amore, rappresentandoci it SignotOti padre delle anime the egli ha create, sPeel a r , — ,ste d g) c,,1!)r0 the credono nel Van ge l o d e l se e Figlio "'" P" ti religione di Horns . a religion di terre,L e " 061% rappresenta it nostro Dio come un Oa's - I* , sednto sovra trono di maesik guardando cot. of! sdegnoso le sue creature, e lanciando folgori Petl i ess, i r i loro peccati, ele luro fralezze. In una parole . I rdatlT, modellato le sue credenze sulle tavoladelle Legg e e '.• sul Sinai. e not sul Nuovo Testament° die s seritto Dio e Carib." That is not oc i lerance we can applaud ; that is In t a . i f il othfearagguem;enitt is sn not th accordancethe toleration with a t the Ministers of her Majesty's Government on th t. _ et e reading of Mr. Watson's Bill, or the toles jp_iv o lo nounced, on Tuesday evening in the House of Col' by the late Secretary for the Home Department' -----_ ionthwe hliielsherwalaissmarg_oessvp4 k 0 1 THE PATRICIAN. PO' 01 In this number we have an interesting I,;theesi Bagley, the far-famed domain of Lord Lytteltol!!, . , h , in the most picturesque part of Worcestersoe:i ~,b; glories of which have been sung by Thomsen , 9 ',„, of. o o from its connexion with the literary his t° „; cer / i country, may be regarded as classic ground- t e oefievi trials connected with the aristocracy are e ell . ~I of 0 we have in the present number the tVIO trOwdiellto Mohun for murder. These trials are curiotshalye,s, singular insight into the state of the streets 0 .,, u 0 0, 1 71 of London towards the close of the seventeenro of, o f and a view of the outrageous lives and ee, uu s es.7 s ll l roués and gallants who frequented them. u ri . d Csiole, December, 1692, Lord Mohun agreed to 1 5 1 1 ,34 bO4 hill in an endeavour to abduct Mr s . u m a . o ol : 0' the celebrated actress. Capt. Hill's suit to W l ' o loloo been previously rejected by her at the instane, e ',. s 4, l its gined, of Mr. Mountford, an actor. airs. .„-',.. rst'lsle oil had been sp, nding the day at the house ofa ' l l;* ii tow DI ury-lane ; as she was quitting, at ten n'el ec , - ,lts° Captain Hill and Lord Mohun seized her ettjgbttap, 0 to force her into a carriage. Her cries br''" 8 ,00110 , Page and his friends to her assistance, °tying" were overcome, but they insisted on accomfo,",llo,o6 Bracegirdle and her friends to her house; s lat e j :f o r4. street. Having done this, they left, and, g o eter, swords, paraded before the house of sod $ 44 in Nurfolk-street, awaiting his return , , etilool ing vengeance against him. While tin ot Ot h iell they were encountered by the watch, who u e- to " di - e t, Lord Mohun why he had his sword dra wn ' bie d V he replied that he was a Peer of the realm, u_. n ifterv,dej touch him if they durst. Mountford shot* f eenlio arrived, and Lord Mohun engaged him in Th. him. sl' - eon' e, during which . Hill came up and stabbed ''',, - 4 se 4 escaped, and Lord Mohiin was taken, tried , ,, E as ted by his peers. A few ye a rs afterwardsr be es jet' tried for the murder of Mr. Coote, who hsu bier - 00 in a duel, and again acquitted ; and at length pre lent career was cut short by a violent deatb• it , 0 killed in a duel with the Duke of Halni U l, ll s eiSe 4 ol park, who also fell. The present number 14`ere,tir410 tains several literary articles of merit, besidef er various new publications, and critiques on the productions and exhibitions of the month. fifl J fe SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL MAGA-Zi isi 11 0 s It is melancholy to open- this periodical fo r t off et considering that one of its very ablest contout o oti, o e perished since its last publication, and t hat t jos'iol, very mournful circumstances. Charles Honte u esiOde terly been so emspicuous in the pages of the ~, r o s by the republication of Ws " Sketches of TeP;,410,4 and Scenery," that the account of his decess e dia bo% . matter of sorrowful interest for all its readersf_ n b w ie r n . o bers, and contributors. Another of the depierl o efif stances of poverty and misfortune in e c i;:bee - jf with literary powers of' some eminence is for ° , te r u sti the career and demise of this lively d .fi el i n , t/ 101110 American society. Unlike poor Hewlett, scs e " the, Ad g not appear to have been a long sufferer &or° 00? incident to the precarious income acquired Vi e d+ e for the periodicals. Of this at least we are re4,40:(1, until these miserable catastrophes become less y en : , 0 until indeed their recurrence be altog et her E ss i o p o wo shall regard the "Literary Fund Aseeut,„l inefficient, and of a very suspicions utility is, as usual, varied and entertaining' FINE ARTS. Juli a ' BURGER'S LEONORA. Translated bY,,,g i ,11,. i , Cameron ; with Illustrations by Daniel Macnr,"' e rain, .Among the numerous offerings of song fro!" n i - r s.bi e , this noble and celebrated ballad is one of the l c ", go: and it is hero produced by Messrs. Longma n ` ll r - ian w-8 geous arabesqued binding, printed on glazed PliP, e " 0 cbt as massive as cardboard, and in typo of the Ge r 'i e k ( t ; ratter. To the lovers of ballad poetry wh at 2 1 f P''' o e „do not here! The genius of Burger, then ccuree.v Cameron, and the imagination of Maclise! Anntorof was not already familiar with the verses of 0 0 1 Who had not already hung over that thrillingocee rivetted by the horror of its catastrophe end ett grefi A (// by the music of its diction? Who Wad 0 0 $ b ow; mourned for, and with Leonora, and followed h er ..." - e o°. lessly through her flight with ' the goblin b ° , — he i II ; 01 ,, Those who had not will find a now field for i s like miration in the present version, embellished as it 1 00, the poetic fancy of Daniel Maclise. Thos e 1, 13 , (4 f0rt l o o urselves, were, long before its publication in i' ; l., es atty yers of this masterly ballad, will derive Il e° rbeen ve from its appearance under a guise so novel and en t oe of fu lly appropriate. Although there is a glaring 6 ,, 1 the renowned lines in toe translations of Ter" Scott— " Tramp, tramp, across th e land they rod e, Splash, splash across th e sea; rig ii that very omission is admirab le as a token of t i l. 0 0 manner in which Miss Camero n has adhered to tu U t o n o ti• of the origingl. Besides , as that lady judiciousl 71 ' '' - :I; ', ~,.-. , ,! „ i,,t, • tit•ri of the beat "Vbe interior of G r nany, is somewhat of a solecisni!...eiti 33 success with which Miss Cameron has rendered 1" ~~ • Linda into syllable, i strictly to tramnaels drank dee. been tb Leman ca. e cgzaved two of thi that vier] ROme wedtru i n , In. animi W hich co' the solitai battali ons throu g h t "long 6, 1114 fnep, nan o Attio tr Sher, in is Portio n t the thee no m. v cloth i s h erself do ne :, 1.1 Gud and verse__ It i ve the %he h.. b utter 5 4 %he ! It t l by I u lg the The I Vectr a l unati 4 beat 80y, Gladl this ton , very leiebr a t )10biosi se lls in chik iret filatu re , Z 1 taani dn iddlet mach s ski len t% *high ; ep PY `lvo,lhe Triß O&I 4 , L eviir y *um I Ira thei %Ad pa Vi rays otlr BD9 4 1 (41 1; **Vent : lit' ve1,,.. i' Stra itia u d. t *: Pine is totai ! ) een h At i s I dra in , fttk be art, tl more an ea terpic can e " Dee Croe( Rube died 1 1 C of Lb tier! con li tratil Prins Stlrp d 1