The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-11 00:00:00

__--- ) but O, , n Grind' ttention• move d ind floe deliver,/ orted it well 0 lers AF deserif )me ur iiitort(l3l s some as is lover on the and la 4 lea ever moved tad 'Ol hte 0114 CS, iw• is to 6P 165 ; 41 21F. 16s 1 .4 1: 17s 21s 34s 'iv 36. .44 33 , 4 '05 36 • 4 05 37$ 4 65 410 3 , 5 31$ 341 ok ink`' r, vi P we re ' 1 10"; HE FRENCH EMPE;E. At the present moment the question of education occupies a great space in public attention, not only in England, but on this side of the Channel. The °ray difference is, that while the English Govern ment and Parliament are exerting themselves to extend the blessings of education to all classes of the people, the Government of this country is em ploying all its ingenuity to restrict the system al ready in use, and to discourage the pursuit of knowledge among the middle and lower classes of society. Our readers are aware that some of the regulations introduced last year are so framed that the knowledge of the classics will henceforth not be absolutely necessary. There is now a proposition by which the expenses of education in the colleges and other establishments will be increased, so as to be a great additional burden on the fathers of families. The Siècle accuses the Government of f l pving brought forwa r d thi s pl an i n th e li o p e th a t A' wo uld diminish the number of students in the i Tees and other institutions connected with the tL iliv ersity, and increase the number of students in me ,petits seminaires, which a re u nd e r the control of the clergy, and which are not affected by the Measure. The Debats, however, looks on the pro- Position in a less unfavourable light, for, while it approves of the proposed measure, it thinks that its effect will be very limited. A decree in the Moniteur states that from the Ist of November of the present year all stamps used Will bear the new marks decided on in consequence of the change effected in the form of government. The old stamps may, however, be used until. July 1, 1854. The holders of papers stamped extraor dinarily are allowed a delay of three months from April 1, 1854, to get them marked with the new stamps, without any charge. The Tancrede steamer from Constantinople, Which place she left on March 25, arrived at Mar seilles on Thursday night. The passage was a bad one, rough weather prevailing the whole time. She was detained at Syra the whole of the 29th of March by the tempest which prevailed, and at Malta during the 3d and 4th of April. On March 30 she had communicated with the French fleet near Cal amata. • The Moniteur announces some further changes among the Prefects, among which are two dismis sals, namely, that of M. de Rornand Prefect of the Creuse, and M. d'Epercy, Prefect of Cautal, who are appelle d d'autres fonctions, or, in plain lan guage, dismissed. aThe Count de Hompesch, nephew of the last r and-Master of th e or d er o f Malta, died two d ays 0 in the debtors' prison of Paris. , The Northern and Strasbourg Railroad Com- Li i a l 'ies are to have conceded to them what is called ) ,2 Ardennes line, which passes Mezieres, and n; "'tes with the Northern line at Givet and Valen ,'ennes. The estimated cost of this enterprise is .*u ?„, 00 0,000f. - Lne Bourse of Saturday was active for Rentes a nd,,_ Bank Stock, and prices were not only steadily a 'a p Jzitained, but an improvement effected of 35c. "' 55 e. in the Three per Cents. for Cash, and the Lceount, and of 30c. on the Four-and-a-Half er Zents• for the end of the month. Bank Stock ro p se 2 1 74 5 f., but eventually closed at 2,740 f. Con lilltung prices :—Three per Cents., cash, 89f. 30c. ; pn .".,?lult, 80f, 500. ; Four-and-a-alf per Cents., cash It 45c. • Account, .Io3f. 75c. In the able 7 ° he principal rail Ways there was consider atusitract, • and, in nearly all cases, Blightly improved prices. At the conclusion of , 1181 ness the quotations were:—Northern, 907 f. 50c.; vleans, "1,052 f. 50c. ' Paris and Strasb ourg , 84'7f. 50c. ; Paris. and Lyons, 951 f. 25c. • Pa r is j and Rouen, 1,032 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediter ronean, 815 f. ; Western of France, 750 f. SPAIN. The following are the prices of stocks :—Three per Cents., 43g ; ditto Deferred, 24 9-16 ; Redeem able Debt, first class, 11; ditto second class, 51. Coupon Certificates have fallen again, and are quoted at 4, sellers. Exchange on London, 5110. GERMANY. ~._ The pr es id en t o f po li ce has published a notice ex l'uning and fully justifying his grounds for the l ,.dissolution of the so-called " Sick Provident t.,' ll n i , ell2 ' It appears from this document, which is ---- ion- to s. 0 admit of translation, that several of the ill e `Lividuals recently arrested and most seriously 4 1)te aised, such as Falkenthal, M.D. ; Levy, a one re oth t radesman ; Goldhammer, a cutler ; and chai ' et % Whose names are given, were either n u j u rna n . etnia) S tewards, treasurers, or officers of the other I'D at the society was the "mother" of sundry le zee, f all ellelubs ; that, under the mask of benevo denkocralcillain object was the dissemination of exelusivel republican principles, and its objects association rtotori* l3 the ex common councilman Runge, , ens f ,„,_ , . ___-_ that three "Jr thal, Ries, of txuhes "socialist-communist activity ;" „,, principal medical men, Falken rio b e : B ; th a t 8 7 4 Abarbanell, are similarly notoe n rep ea+ _ - ,Yeral .other trading members._ 1 .11(1 furth.. l 3 7 compromised 00 4/Ail ed thus4n that i medical practitioners benevolence to rr apt and se ves of the mantle in of l r i s ti a c a n d i o stewards uenc evs; It i s further Proms that pervert the deficit in the cause, whi ch at there is alarge to r ziallst either have 'en from malversation h a .legitimate p u rposes, or from the committee atillng reduced the entrance-money far below the ~, Plilated amount. According to the books, the ZeMbers inscribed amounted to some 12,000, from 'different guilds. Among these were 1,046 shoe makers, 1,614 tailors, 240 printers, and 4,180 engin e and machine makers. The police had not -- PdY dissolved the society, but seqnestrated the 1, 1131 ._ di - 23r0 tempore. At the same time care has 'eell taken that the sick shall receive proper at -IL'▪ endance. The numerous creditors will, it is said, ( I )se their money, as, from. the association not nle.bitileorspn.oe „ vi ng. had corporate rights, its president and ;,,, e 7 s , a rds - cann o t be prosecuted as a body. Nothing ainstrs therefore but to prosecute individually, b ar f or the amount that may be due to each nrm arm7, a n endless an d f ru i t l ess undertak i ng. arm s and polic e and watchmen continue to pick up Which are a mmunition in cons id era ble . quantities, thrown into the streets at night by per -3.0118_ who fear that the domiciliary visits may lea I to detection. These arms and ammunition bear through the of having been obtained by or 184,5, The disgraceful plunder of the arsenal in state that teache e Ministerial Zeit says that it regrets to are more or 1 coveedrs. a . nd lecturers at the university rece n tl y dis es s Implicated in the demagogic plot 1 % G-1; k er e *h., It quotes, among others, one fended fro his ' was formerly rosecuted and sus nlademntittted u, functions, but pardoned and re- Pen. his entering into an express engage ; ' 3 aust ain from politics. M. Gherke has been aga-n sus iDen , d 8110 01 committee'---e y order of the so-called provincial universityW Another lecturer of the same -Thhaersgee larer:efsinagrrested three or four days past on connected with the conspiracy. moose d uty „acts prove that many of the persons th e - h lb is to abstain from politics, and who t he _ _, read la y snail neu 7f ,the State under condition that . 4 ..,:w5, avail th sate morality and respect for the th ee, mo s t pe emselves of their position to instil el l" Pupil rniej°lls doctrines into the minds of The Berlin . or reward. to for 4lagis trates have established prizes produc e a n :11'1,a/its upon principles calculated are divided iut r , - 7_' - 'elat ' moral effect. These prizes conduct. T h - classes for different grades of good ° l l the 29 th 11 8, at the last award which took place uMs for e Utlt., four female servants rece i ve d pre and A A I raordinary good conduct, and 22 males the --•* emales, who had lived the longest period in _ e s ervic e of the same masters with unblemished u rtificates received the rewards for that class. The - maxinium service of these 66 persons was 28, the minimum 13 years. The Zeit has the following : " Numerous complaints have been made of the treat_ went (behandlung) to which goods transitory through Austria were subject. We have great satisfaction in Eltating that through the representations of the Prussian tiovernment, that of Austria has readily adopted mea sures for removing part of the evil, and every prospect exists of the remainder being soon set aside." Doctors.Abarbanell and Ries (mentioned in the Police notice above cited as having been well-known agitators for the subversive party) have published a refutation of this charge, and declare that they shall take the necessary legal measures to protect their honour and rights. Englishmen, or those of. the United States, pro- Pesing to travel in Germany, will do well not to wurinithg with them, a s common l y th e case, espec i ally tie latter, the so-called calabrese, or any other Misshapen hats whatever. If they do, they must submit to the consequences, which will either bo police interference or other inconvenience. The remaining naval stores, arms, ammunition, and so forth, of the e x -G erman fl eet, are to b e sold b y auction at Geestemunde, below Bremen, en the 18th inst. BELGIU The i ns t a ll at i on of the Duke de Brabant, eeA l ann of th e King of the B e l g i ans, as member oft l he Senat e , took place at Brussels on April 9, with Feat ceremony. All the Ministers high function aries, and members of the diplomatic body wera present on the occasion, in grand costume, and Jim Palace of the Senate was guarded by a considerable numbe r of troops, to do honour to the presump th'e heir of the Crown, who has just attained his lierity. The young prince before taking his at, swore fidelity to the Constitution, and was i;l_,"Proclaimed a member of the Senate' by the ilce,de Ligne. THE NATIONAL DEBT-RESOLUTIONS OP THE CHANCELLOR, OP TILE EXCIIEQUE.R. (Front the Times City Article.) The _resolutions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer regarding the national debt have, upon the whole, been received in the city with satisfaction, since hi their amended form they are in a great measure free from the features which had at first excited alarm. Consols there fore have been steady throughout the day at quotations slightly below those which prevailed when it was thought there was danger of an improvident bargain for the country in favour of the fundholder, but sufficiently high to denote that there is now an expectation of ultimate advantage for all parties. From the explanations, the immediate course contem pitted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer can now be concisely stated. In the first place, the holders of the various petty 3 per cent. stocks to the extent of 9,500,000/. are to be paid off at their own option, either in money or by the substitution of 821. 10s. Three-and-a-Half per Cents., yielding 2/. 17s. 9d. ; 1101. Two-and-a Half per Cents., yielding 21. 155., or an Exchequer bond of 1001. for 40 years, yielding 2/. 15s. for a certain portion of that term, and 2/. 10s. for the remainder ; such option to be determined on or before the 3d of June next. Be yond this, as ragards the 500,000,000/. Three per Cents., known as Consols and Reduced, the holders are to have the privilege of changing them for 34 per cent. stock at the rate of 821. 10s. for every 1001. of the Three per Cents. to any extent they may think proper. They will also have the privilege, to the extent of 30,000,0001., of changing them either for 1101. Two-and-a-Half per Cents., or for 1001. Exchequer bonds, subject, apparently, any diminution of that amount which may arise from the holders of the 9,500,0001. that are to be paid off having previously accepted these securities, the total issue of each of which is not to exceed 30,000,0001. The time allowed for the latter operation—that is to say, for the conversion of Consols and Reduced—is to the IQth of October next. While the general scope of the plan is thus specified, there are several points of detail on which, for the benefit of the public, the Chan cellor asks a discretionary power, in order that he may ultimately make the best practicable bargain. For in stance, the period during which the Exchequer Bonds are to bear 2/ per cent. is not to exceed 10 years, but in the proposals for their issue that term may be shortened, if it should been found expedient, and the Government may also arrange to reserve to themselves the power of paying off these bonds at the end of 40 years, or of con tinuing them at 24- per cent. With regard to the mode in which the persons desirous of changing Consols or Reduced for such portion of the Two-and-a-Half per. Cents. or of the Exchequer Bonds as shall remain after the holders of the 9,500,0001. of the petty 3 per Cents. shall have made their selection is to be effected, the Chancellor proposes that the power shall be left to be exercised by the first comers, and that the books shall be closed as soon as the limit of 30,000,0001. shall have been reached. This, however, may be found highly objectionable, since, if the number of applicants should be such as to desire 40,000,000/. or 50,000,0001. instead of 30 ,000,0001., the result would be a mere scramble. As it stands, however, in its present modified state, all violent objection to the general scheme has evidently subsided, and, while its main features are regarded with satisfaction, there is also a confident feeling arising from the disposition manifested by the Chancellor to avail himself of such rational views as public discussion may bring forth, that it will assume a final shape, such as will meet the approval of most persons, At the same time the idea of sanctioning the creation of any form of stock that will ultimate increase the nominal amount of the debt, even although on a limited scale, is regarded with unconquerable aversion. From the first the fact was recognised that the contemplated reduction of interest, would, if the saving were applied_ to a Binking_fund, . return far more at the end of 40 years than the 101. additional principal proposed to he created, and likewise.. that, the security being an an nuity,.. and, not. a .debt which can be claimed, the chief point both for present and future generations to consider, supposing that 'there is no hope or intention of wiping• it off, is to look, not at the amount of the principal, 'but at the annual payinent which it involves. The publie,l however, with great propriety, are indisposed, to sanc tion anything that shall look like a declaration that the capital is never intended to be paid, and, however distant and difficult the prospect may be, they would be pained to witness any step that should cause it to appear more impracticable than ever. They are aware, moreover, that there are methods by which so long as the creation of stocks at a low rate of interest is avoided, the extinction of the national debt, although it may take centuries, can still be rendered certain, and that in one part even of the Chancellor's present plan an illustration of this fact is furnished. He proposes to create a Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, which will effect a reduction of 171. 10s. in the principal of the debt, and become liable to be paid off at par at the end of 40 years. When that period arrives the Minister of the day may offer the holders a still smaller amount of stock, upon condition that they shall be again exempted from the dread of reduction for a further term ; and this process might go on at inter vals of 20, 30, or 40 years, until our liabilities had dwindled to a point at which their payment, even in money, would not be difficult. With the creation of a Two-and-a Half per Cent. Stock all reasonable hope of any such consummation is removed. Some persons appear to think that the rate of money is to go on declining, and that it will at a future day be as easy to reduce Two-and-a-Half per Cents. to Two per Cents. as it would now be S to convert Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. to Threes ; but this is merely a result of the fallacy that the gold dis coveries are to have some wonderful effect on the rate of interest. Inasmuch, however, as the only alteration they can produce in that respect will be by opening up ' new countries, so as to increase the profits of commerce, and render the use of capital more valuable, whatever influence they exert must be exactly in an opposite di rection. Under these circumstances the public will still regret that the creation of the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. has not been altogether expunged from the scheme, leaving the proposed Three-and-a-Half per Cents. and the Exchequer bonds to be fairly tested. With the pre sent option the state of feeling as regards the Three-and a-Half per Cents. will not be tried in any way. A St. belief prevails that in the absence of a more attractive 5 alternative they would have been taken to a con- St. siderable extent, and so strongly is the tide of opinion in favour of this mode of conversion, that it St. would have been desirable to improve the terms rather St. than to substitute any other system. .As regards the be lief that the Chancellor has been premature in propos- 6 4 ing any alteration, and that by waiting a little while he might have done much better, it is to be remarked, that there is little to warrant such a conclusion, since the in- .St creasing multitude of new companies brought out every week, together with the thre tof one flagrant foreign 16 loan, - if not of several otherr, s'iows that the public, after S exhibiting for years a childish timidity from which no S thing could arouse them, have embarked on a tide that will prevent all prospect of a renewed glut of money, and must some day end in severe pressure. If they would be content with the things they have already un dertaken, there would be no danger but, although these should be considered sufficient for the next two or three years, they will go on every day adding to them in an increasing ratio until they have contrived to bring dis credit upon the whole. The quotations of Exchequer-bills to-day were again merely nominal, and doubts increase as to the possibility of their maintaining their position. At the same time, however, there is much misapprehension as to the degree in which the contemplated Exchequer bonds are calcu lated to compete with them. Many persons speak as if there were scarcely any difference between them, ex cept the difference of interest, but the fact that one is always redeemable within twelve months, and that the other is to be for 40 years, is a distinction sufficient to show that while Exchequer-bills consti tute an excellent banking security, the bonds, ex cept in very small amounts, can never approach to that position. Apart from the higher rate of in terest, however, there are so many facilities con templated in the new bonds, such as the half-yearly coupons, the absence of any necessity for sending them in to be renewed, and probably the arrangement for the interest being payable at the branches of the Baiiks of England and Ireland, as well as at the head establishments, that unless some new inducements are given to the holders of Exchequer bills, the temptation to prefer the bonds will, perhaps, under almost all cir• cumstances, prove too strong. In a great measure the difficulty might be met by restcring to Exchequer bills the especial value they possessed as a banking security, when they were at all times receivable for the payment of duties. Some years back this feature was altered, and the value of the bill weakened for no useful purpose whatever, since, by giving notice of an in crease of interest, any inconvenient tender of them could be at once stopped ; and, if the step were now re traced, it would be an advantage both to the Govern ment and to the mercantile community. Tian Av. _ STR. LIAN MAIL ..A CONTRACT. —The Royal Austra luau Steam Comp an y h ave rece i ve d notice from the Co vern ment of the withdrawal of their contract. morning a se HOSPITAL FOR livered at St. Mark .Nsuurriox, BROMPTON.--=-Yesterday ,s Church of the above charity was de- Carlton in ' gmen.tAle.rnapnnurch, Kennington, by the Rev. the Durin g a very eloquent discourse, the good effected by the gave a variety of statistics 'of institution, not merely among the afflicted of a single portion icc/fiethe metropolis, but of patients The hospital every district of for k s te class ed Unit Theieents having peculiar institution luinanagement was established n th si e nce its claims upon the benevolent. which had marked the career of the careful commencement, and the facilities afforded t o r ment of a most trying malady, had rend ered the hospitaltreat one of the most important in the cou n t /7 A li8?ral service. collection was made at the conclusion of di v i ne In further aid of the samebenevolent cause, th e Marcinifil of Westminster has undertaken to preside over thean niversary in June next. LAUNCH OF THE ELFIN WOOLWICH STEAM-PACKET. —The directors of the Woolwich Steam-Packet Com pany, in order to keep pace with the improvements in steam-packet construction, have had another fast boat, built by Mr. Thompson, at Rotherhithe, added to their little fleet of fast river steamers. At 20 minutes before two o'clock on Saturday last, the directors, with their friends, proceeded from Woolwich to the Commercial dock, and shortly after three o'clock the ceremony of christening the new vessel was performed by Miss Col lins, a granddaughter of one of the directors, and the Elfin glided into the water amidst the cheers of the nu merous spectators of the scene. Mr. 0. W. Lang, as sistant to the master shipwright at Chatham dockyard from whose design, similar to those of the Dryad fast steamer, the Elfin was built, was present, and the launch took place to the entire satisfaction of all present. The i Elfin is to he fitted with the engines formerly used in the Ariel, and it is expected she will prove one of the fastest boats belonging to the company. .. ', . Y. • r • 1 T ftr n: Ter if 74 " 1 THE 'SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APR - 141--11, 185 3. THE SHARE MARKETS, BILITISHAILNV . AYS. Stir. I Paid 3t. 1100 20 1 8i R AILwAys. . Closing Prices this day. Aberdeen Nottng. Bost & Eastu. Junct Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh. Cheshire Junet. Do, Chesil. & Birk., ,ZZ,O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 29:1 - 3 5i - 6 A I all Business done i this day. 291 i 58 GI,- 5i a I 28 i 2 184 ;t. 100 M. 100 50 all ;0 all ;0 all X) 1 45 15 1 all 15 I all 5 all LS all !CI aM 5 all ro . ;5 all It; 100 i 0 all ;t. 100 [0 14 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 It. 100 ft. 100 L 2 11 X/ all [6i ni 100 !O 15 ,4 114 50 all . 30 all Lll- all LO 3 it. 100 t. 100 !O• 12 10 1 It. 100 9 - 7i - OP Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock and Passage Dublin&Belfast Jun c D andee Perth&Aber-, deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (E 25 L and E. & L. & D.)' Do. Do. ( 181. E.& H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Unior, Class A. (late E. 11. Sh.) Do., do iDo., B. and C.. East Lancashire 'East & West Ind. D.l 1 & Birining. Jurc Eclinbr-gb & Glasgow Flu. and Peebles Edin. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow &S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock IDo., B. Stock Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern, Lancaster & Carlisle, •, Da Thirds LauCash.& Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un, Leeds Northern Liv.Crnby.&Southpt. London & Blaekwall Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Brigt. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do., Fifths Do. ,£lO Sh.M. &B. C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O Londerry. &Coleraine Lnclndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Lincln Do. , Man. & Lin. lJn Wdland Do. Birming. &Derby Mieland G. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares Neweas - :le & Carlisle. Newmarliet Do. Bi'ry Extension. Newp. 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LITERATURE. Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria. By Charles Boner. Chapman and Hall. This interesting work consists of various sketche s Of chamois hunting in Southern Germany. It is neither a work of fiction nor the relation of extra ordinary achievements or perils. The author simply endeavours to describe chamois hunting as it is ; he presents to the reader a narrative of his adventures in the Bavarian mountains, describing the habits and peculiarities of their inhabitants, both human and animal. The perpetual warfare that exists between the jiigers (keepers) and the poachers resembles much the border warfare of the Cheviots in olden times, when each pass and road was watched ; their mutual hatred is so great that in some parts they fire at each other whenever they get, a chance. There is scarcely a ridge or pass that has not some tale of deadly struggle or secret murder. The mountains possess a charm winch the ,Bavarian cannot resist, and out he must be with his rifle, although he knows, that if he pass any spot where a jager is concealed, he will, in all probability, be shot dead. The description which the ,author gives of the chamois is interesting. ".The Chamois is no goat, but belongs to the antelope genus (Antilope rupocapra) of which it is the only speci men inhabiting Europe. It is. larger and more strongly built than a roebuck, and is much heavier. A good buck will weigh 551 b., and one above 601 b. is a particu larly fine fellow. My friend, Count Arco, has, however, shot some that weighed 741 b. and 821 b. But such are rare and difficult to get at ; for these old bucks remain alone in their inaccessible fastnesses and the most se cluded places ; and it is only- when the winter has set in, and the rutting season begun, that there is any chance of seeing them. In order to do so, the hunter must brave the intense cold, as well as all the dangers'of a re gion of snow and ice, for he will be led to places where good nerves are required, not to feel overcome with horror at the scene around. The hair of the chamois changes its colour at various seasons of the year, as is the case with the roe and the red and fallow deer. In summer their coat is of a red yellowish brown ; in autumn it grows much darker, and in winter is quite black. But though the changes here indicated may be looked upon as the general rule, there will often be found in the same herd one or more differing strikingly from the rest, of a buff colour perhaps, while all the rest are of a reddish brown. The hair of the forehead, around the nose and lower jaw, and the inside of the ears, is of a yellow ish tinge, and remains throughout the year the same. The belly, the inside of the legs, and the shaggy hair that overhangs the hoofs are also of this colour, and never change ; the black stripe too on both sides of the head, extending from the eyes to the corners of the mouth, remains a striking feature under every circum stance. The outer hair is long and coarse ; that over the ridge of the back is of greater length than on any other part of the body, especially in winter, and of this the ornament " Gems-bait " is made. Each hair is tipped with white ; so that when a number of exactly the same length are bound together and spread out like a fan, a white line is seen to border the black surface, and presents a pretty appearance. The longer the hair the more it is esteemed for this purpose. The eye of the animal is large, dark, and intelligent ; it is full of anima tion ; but this, in its expression of: - keen watchfulness, is the animation of fear. It carries. its head erect, and its graceful ears pointed as if prepared against surprise. The horns, which are black rise from the head just above and between the eyes ; they are round and rougher at the base, but incline somewhat to flatness towards the top, which is smooth and polished. They do not stand up perpendicularly, but slant forward at right angles to the forehead ; their points, which aro very sharp, being bent back and downwards: -- This 'Feature , is not peculiar to the buck alone.; there is- ' —howover, considerable dif ference 4 between. the.thorns of'the sale and female, which often" assists the sportsman -in.qistinguishing the two. The horns of the . male chamois are thick er an d alto gether stronger looking than , Oose of ' the female ;• and instead of diverging from each. other in so straight a line as hers generally do, their outline describes a a slight curve as they rise upwarcln and apas from each other. But a still more striking characteristic of the buck is, that the points of his horr is are bent much more inwards than those of the doe, her: from a semicircular curvature towards the back, whale his, turning over abruptly, form rather a hook. Thi.s gives the head quite another expression ; it has sou rething more resolute .bout it, as well as a dashing air srnd a look of bravado. The horns of a very good buck will be seven inches high, but I have seen some that much exceed this measure ment. The head of the chamois is admirably constructed for uniting strength with the gfeatest possible lightness. The frontal bones are extremely : thin, so much so, in deed, that they would of themselves be liable to fracture on the' slightest casualty. But to make them strong, and at the same time retain their lightness, a second set is thrown over the first, and the space between is divided into cells formed by the arched girders of solid bone, which uphold the roof, and bind both together. The system which Nature has here ad(ipted, is exemplified in the cells in the upper and lower parts of the tube that forms the Britannia Bridge. There is perhaps no animal so peaceful, and at the same tine e so timid, as the cha mois. Nature, therefore, besidos endowing it with a facility of climbing into the most inaccessible places, and thus avoiding pursuit, has enabled it to guard against the approach of danger by the great acuteness of its senses of sight, smell, and hearing. It is this that makes it so very difficult to get near them. A. rolling stone, or a spoken word, at once at tracts their attention ; and they will look and listen to discover whence the sound has come that breaks the silence of their mountain solitude. For an incredible time they will then stand gazing fixedly in one direction, Iquite immovable, and if it happen to be towards some thing in your neighbourhood that their attention has been attracted, you must lie still. indeed to escape their observation. The eyes of the whole flock N - %;11 be fixed on the spot in one long steady stare ; and as you watch them from afar, they almost look like fragments of rock, so motionless are they while they gaze. You begin to hope that they have found no cause for alarm, when, Phew !' the sharp whistle tells !they have fathomed the mystery, and away they move to the rocks overhead. Unless panic-stricken, they stop from time to time to look behind; and then uttering the peculiar shrill sound, again move on A chamois, when dashing down the mountain will suddenly stop, 99 if struck by a thunderbolt, some yards from the spot where recent human foot-prints are to be found in the snow, and turning, scared away, rush off immediately in an opposite direction. The taint which the presence of the hunter has left behind is perceived by it long after he has passed. The agility of the ells rnois has become almost proverbial ; but to have any idea of what it is, one must be an eye-witness of the bounds they make, and see th e places they w ill race down at full speed when pursued. A smooth surface of rock, so smooth that a footing there seems impossible, and of nearly . perpendie u l ar steep ness, is no obstacle to their flight. Down they go, now bounding, now gliding, with a velocity which seems to insure their being inevitably daihed to pieces. The chief strength of the animal is in its hind legs, which, if ex tended, would be longer than th e others. n this account it springs upwards with more ease than it descends the ountain and on level ground ground its walk is clumsy and ungraceful. It is 'not made to run, but bounds along over the ground. The hoof is cloven, long, and pointed, and the slot of the chamois resembles that of the sheep. The edges are sharp, which causes it to slip easily on the ice, and on this account it rather avoids passing the glaciers. NI , nen standing, the hind legs are always bent, as if the aninral were preparing to lie down, which no doubt helps considerably to break the fall when leaping from a great height. Notwithstanding this, croup is still somewhat higher than the fore part of the body. The elastic force with the hind legs is immense. With a sudden bound the chamois will leap up against the face of a perpendicular rock, and, merely touching it with its hoofs, rebound a g ain in an opp os it e di rect i on to some higher crag, an d thus escape from a spot where, without wings, egress seemed impossible. When reaching upwards on its hind legs, the fore hoofs resting on some higher spot, it is able to stretch to a considerable dis tance and with a qui c k s p r i ng w ill brine- up its hind quarters to a level wr 'Jr the rest of the body, and with all. four hoofs close together stand poised on a point of rock not broader than your hand. On narrow over hanging ledges some thousand feet high they walk and gaze about enjoying the security from pursuit which such yots afford." Mr. Boner has received much valuable informa tion from his friend, Count Arco, who is a first-rate authority in all that relates to the chase. " His collection of (at Munich) antlers, of the red deer, and the roebuck, with a fair number of the horns of the chamois, is perhaps the finest in the world. Never were antlers of such magnificent size and strange formation collected together. 30,0001. has been offered and refused." The chamois possesses a fascination over the hunter as powerful as the serpent over a bird--he can not resist the influence. Count Arco's de scription of a feat lie once performed when in pur suit of a wounded chamoiais one of the most dar' , ig ever attemp:;ed. He had wounded a chamois, P.nd, as is usual with those animals, it had climbed up wards, and at length gone along a narrow ledge of rock jutting out from the perpendicular side of the mountain, some 3,000 feet above its base, and hav ing advanced about 203 yards, reached a spot where a few shrubs were growing, and laid down and died. From an opposite mountain the Count could see him, and being determined to possess the prize, in spite of the remonstrances of his companions lie ventured on the ledge, accompanied by a forester and a woodcutter. He describes the ledge as being at its widest parts not more than 17 inches, and in some parts only 7 inches, with an almost perpendi cular rock on one hand and a precipice on the other, so that to advance at all he was obliged to face the rock and move on side-ways. When lie bad proceeded about half-way, suddenly he came to a cleft in the pathway of about 5 feet. It was too wide to step and impossible to jump, so they bad to return and cut down a small tree, and drag it after them to form a bridge. In re turning, the Count says that he felt for the only time in his life a feeling of fear and nervousness come over him ; it Was not . giddiness, but fear in contemplating the difficulties before him, and he drained his spirit flask, an d sa t d own with leis legs hanging over the ledge f or a quarter of an hour i s recover himself. A c ur i ous anecdote is rel t d r o an idiot who wand ers a b out the Bavarian a e of tains. He has been up th e peaks of almost all the mountains in Bavaria. 'The Zu g Spitz, the ascent of which is very diffi cu lt, an d has only been accom- LONDON, April 11.—Wind this day at Noon, N., light breeze, and dull cloudy weather. DEAL, Aprillo.—Wind, W. ; p.m., N. Arrived.—Cadet, Sydney, N.S.W. ; Apropos, Porto Rico. Arrived from the River—Lord Sidmouth, for Quebec ; Triton, do. Ar rived from the Ri ver and sailed—Rostock, f or M e lb ourn e ; Celestial, Madras ; Vivid, Buenos A yres ; Christiana, :New York ; Elizabeth, Q ue b ec • Watchful, Poll; Philip ; Wil liam, Quebec ; Jonen Armando, do. LIVERPOOL, April 10.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived — Eleanor Thompson, Mobile ; N e pt une, Galveston • Janet Kidston, Mobile ; Wm. Tapscott, d o. ; Alberi; G;(lla,ton, New York ; Canada (s), Boston, ie..; 30th inst. Sailed— Evadne, Calcutta ; Favourite, Melbourne ; Duchess of Lancaster, Singapore ; Pbcenican Pernumbuco ; Impmial St. John's, N.B. o.:f Porgy—Black Cat, Tagus, and Inca. DOVER, April 10.—Wind, W. Arrived—J. W. Bad duke, Galveston for Lremen, with damage, having been in contact ; London for Buenos Ayres, with loos of bowsprit, &c., from contact with a brig o.? Beachy Head. COWES, April 10.—Wind, N. Arrived—Ellen, London, for Trinidad. PORTSMOUTH, April 10.—Wind, W. Arrived—H -21.'s steamer Scorpion, Bermuda. Sa ;, ed—Coromandel, Hobat t Town. RAT, April 10.— The Virginia, London to Naples, eame on shore to-day, waterlogged, from contact with a barque, will be got off next tide. SOUTHAMPTON, April 10.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—Harp ley, Australia ; Teviot (s), Brazils ; Ava, Quebec. PLYMOUTH, Aprillo.—Sailed—Princess Royal, Quebec ; Rose, do. ; Agnes, do. FALMOUTH, April 10.—Arrived—Wreath, Matanzas ; Novo Venecdor, Pernambuco. Sailed—Norman, Janeiro; Cquutess of Durham, Quebec; Yorkshire I,rm ds. • Gem, Geelong ; O ne or O nn i , M e lb ourne. *EYMOUTH.—Sailed—Naiad, St. Thomas' ; Atlant'••, Quebec. CLYDE, April 9 . — Arrived—Fluere de 31a , ie Pernam buco ; Fama Habaner te , Matanzas Lueonia, New York ; Huron, St. John's, N ew Brunswick; Glasgow (s), New York ; Bal . .on, St. John's, Newfoundland. Sailed — Mary lifou:s, New Yo'-k; Leo, cv.tto ; Coiling wood, Dal housie, New Brunswick. LEITH, April 9 . — Called—Royalist, Quebec; George, Quebec. _ DULLIN, 9.—Arrived__Di ana Barbadoes. SWANSEA, April 10.—Wind N.W. Sailed, Francais Ham, Calcutta ; Joinville, Porto Grande ; Madame Reeamur, Calcutta,. GRIMSBY, April 10.--Wind, S.E. Sailed—MatFide, Porto Plata. GOALL.—Arrived—Jane Erskine, Pernambuco. ELSINORE, April s.—The Caspian, of and, from Whitby, put in here leaky, March 31, having been on shore, must repair. . _ ,X4.I.TA, April 2.—Fhe Amphetrite, Odessa to England, put in here, March 26, leaky, &c. IXAVANNAH, March 2L—The Luisa y Yesusa, Liverpool to this port, was totally wrecked on Ginger Key, 16th inst. ; crew saved. putN rtoYeroatce,syoarn:hl92th6.—insTttevSeerbyoloeissk, leaky. to Cork, 35k 14 8f ST. PETERSBURGH.--The letters from St. Petersburgh of the Ist inst. state that the tendency of the rate of exchange was still favourable to this country, the quo tation being &Sid. to id. ARRIVAL OF HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.—Yesterday Mrs. Stowe arrived at Liverpool, a passenger by the Royal Mail Steam-ship Canada, having left,Boston on the 30th ult. DEPARTURE OF THE ARABIA.—LIVERPOOL, SATUR DAY.—The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Arabia, Captain C. H. E. Judkins, from the Mersey this afternoon, with the usual mails fo - the United States and the British colonies in North America. 110 passengers, and a large and valuable cargo of merchandise on fi eight. Her mails were carried out in charge of Lieutenant J. Grant Raymond, R.N., Admiralty agent. The Arabia since her last trip has undergone several alterations, it being found that the floats of the paddle-wheels, which were 36 inches deep, lifted too much water, and thereby proportionably re duced her speed. To obviate this, floats of 20 inches i n depth have been s u b s tituted to the extent of half of the whole number, and the remainder will be altered before the next trip. The screw-steamer Osmanli, Captain Corbell (one of the Fox line of packets to Australia), also sailed from the Mersey, for Melbourne and Port Philip. She carried out 25 passengers` and about 5,0001. in specie. Her mails are very large, the letters alone amounting to nearly 100,000. • EXECUTION OF MOORE FOR THE MURDER AT ASH FLATS.—On Saturday morning, at eight o'clock, Charles Moore underwent the extreme sentence of the law in front of Stafford County Prison, for the late atrocious double murder of the old couple named BlackbUrn, whose bodies were discover- d shockingly mutilated and partially burned in their beds. It is satisfigtoi yto know that that the unhappy cul p iit, in reply - M the so licitations of the Revs. E. Ru ddleston and P. O'Sullivan, Roman Catholic priests, who have bee n untiring in their attendance on him since his c onviction has made an ample hwomhosus was suspicion rest e d, from anyconvicted with hi m an d confession of his guilt, entire l y exoner ating the yot , -..,er Blackburn,other parties uponW al s Walsh, cipation in the crime. On Wednesday a respite for W ;h, who was convicted with Moore, was received from the Home-office th e result of the strenuous exertions of the Hon. and Rev. A. C. Talbot, one of the visiting jus ces of the jail. THE G OLD MARKET.—The gold of Vi c t or i a i s fi ner i n quality than that of N ew South Wale s , and sells ; f or half-a-crown an ounce morq in the Sydney market. In Melbourne the price has gradually risen to 70s. an ounce, at which it will probably remain as long as the present wasteful system of exporting bullion and importing specie continues, and the banks continue to bo able to exact an arbitrary rate of exchange—that price being about the maximum which affords a remunerating profit to the ex porter. The competition in the gold-broking trade is, of course, very great ; and on the outskirts of the busi ness hang some few dealers not distinguished for strict integrity in their transactions. A case has just been brought to light, disclosing a system of fraud by the in termixture of alloyed gold with genuine samples, arid it is surmised that this species of fraud has been exten sively practised without having been detected. Sonie of the gold sent to England will probably be found, there fore, much below the standard of the genuine metal, and thus the character of the Victoria gold may be depre ciated unjustly. To prevent frauds of this kind it has been proposed to compel every gold-broker to takelout a licence from the Government ; but it is obvious hat no system can exclude all dishonest persons.—Melbotlrne Argus. 428 348 6k 6 t. PREFERE. ,t. 100 Aberdeen . 5 all Do., No. 2,7 p. c ,t. 100 Eris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St 20 5 Do. 4p. c, Shares , t. 100 Caledonian £lO 15 an Cbester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent. 6 1 Cork&Bandonsl 61 all Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 3i all E. Aug. (705.) 6p. c. 5 all Do. (X 5), 7 per cent. 7 2 Do. (..C7 17s), 7. p ct. 6i all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l 6 all Do., No. 2 all Do., New 6p. c. St all Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 100 Fast Lanca.sh. 6p. cts all Edinb. Prth.&Dund 1 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. 5 p. c., Redeem at 10 p. c. prem., , all Gt.S outhn. & Westn (Ireland) Eights 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks St Hants Ex. 5 p. C.) 100 Gret.t Western, fixed 4i per cent 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c 100 Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St all Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar. 6p. c 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds 10 Londonderry & Coler Shares all Londndry. & Ennisk t Sbvres all Manch., Shef. ,& Lin., Shares, No. 1 all Do., New, £lo 3 Do., £6 all Marypt. & Ca-1.4 p.c. all Do. 4t per cent 82 Do ......... 100 Mid. Consol. 6p.c. St 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent 5 Do. Pref. 4t percent all Norfolk Extension all Do. Guar. 5t per et all Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent 100 North British all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford, Won-ester, & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. 9 Do. all Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed all Shrewsby. & Chester, Nor. W. (Min), 3 p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent. all South Devon Do. New all ,S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) .f £1 Os. 6d. all S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar. 3 Wate:fd.&Kilk.6p.c. 100 York. Newcastle, and, Be: wick, 4 p. c. Pref. 10 61 5 Do 10 York & N. Midland, Q. & S. Purchase... plished a few years ago, is little less than 11,000 feet high.. He one day returned to his home, and said that he had been up the Zug Spith. Every body laughed at him ; this hurt his feelings very much. He said nothing, but set off again, was absent several days, came home and told the people that he had been up the Zug Spitz again, and if they looked they would see a pole at the top. No one believed the tale now more than before, but, on looking with their glasses, there, sure enough, was the pole stuck on the highest point. Thus he not only found his way up the mountain, but bare footed and without any food, dragged a small tree up after him. He after this exploit ascended the Spitz Berg, being the only person that ever succeeded in the attempt. We find also some amusing extracts from old books of Venery, in which the most marvellous powers are attributed to the stag and other animals of the chase; amongst other wonders the stag is supposed to live IC , ) years, to eat se r p en t s w h en ill and old, to have a bone in its h ear t, & c. The work is embellished with several e ngrav i ngs b y Horschelt, which are beautifully executed, represent i ng var i ous scenes in the mountains, and the reader, on closing the volume, will lay it aside for re-perusal. Tb Book_ of the tie _look of ti,., Garden. By Charles M'lntosh, F.R.S.S.A, In 2 volumes. Vol. 1. Blackwood. This is the first volume of one of the most com plete and extensive works on this subject that has appeared. It is not a botanical treatise, but is de voted to a .practical consideration of the formation and arrangement of ft sit gardens—the walls, hot houses, pits, frames, &c. The different styles of flower-gardens, - also, engage the author's atten tion. The directions given are likely to pr ove eminently useful, especially as they are the work of an undoubted authority. Mr. M'lntosh being a member of three horticultural societies—the London, the Caledonian, and the Massachusetts i , and late curator of the Royal Gardens of the King of the Belgians. The utmost exactness is observed in the treating of the different subjects, and one chapter is entirely devoted to " practical dia grams explanatory of the rules for laying out gardens." This first volume is entitled structural, and relates to first principles, such as the manner of laying out the grounds, the building of the walls, the heating of the hothouses, and the details of the construction of different edifices. So tho roughly has the subject been treated that it con tains 776 pages and 1,073 illustrations, many of them plates of a large size. It has been publishing for some time in five .shilling parts. We presume the second, which is now in course of publication, will contain instructions to the uninitiated relating to the management and preservation of the garden when it is at length arranged, laid out, and the style of the flower-garden fixed upon, which would not be an easy task, from the variety and elegance of the specimens appended. The following account of the different national styles is interesting : " During the dark ages, gardening, like all other arts, languished; but upon the revival of learning, the inven tion of printing, and the Reformation, commerce began to flourish and peace to prevail ; and Italy shared, to a certain extent, in those blessings. The family of the Medici revived and patronised the art of gardening in, Italy ; and their gardens, which were of the geometric and architectural stiles, long served as models for most of. Europe, and continued to be imitated in France,, Germany, and Britain, until the introduction of the P1.t411,. or, &Lit has ,Veen nailed, the natural style—the • PPneeption. of Bridgman, Kent, Wright, Browne, EmeS, Price, Knight, and Repton,A aided , by the pens of Addi; soar, Dope, s4enstene, George Mason, WhateleY, GrflY,; and MasoP, the poet. • • . _ ; "Garden architecture, so,.4te, as t hotlion * ses .are oon cerned, has made little progress in the south of Europe, because the climate is naturally sufficiently warm to render them all but useless: There are, however, in stances of plauthouses both in Spain and Portugal, as at Madrid, Coimbra, and Montserrat. TlKse countries are, at the same time, not deficient in architectural gar dens, having, it is presumed, on the authority of Jacob, still the remains of Moorish gardens existing. Other travellers inform us that the walks of their gardens are paved with marble, bordered with parterres planted with evergreens, and shaded with orange trees ; and, however strange it may appear to us, they have con trivances under these walks by which they can force up jets of water between the joints of the pavement ; and as Sir John Carr remarks, ' they take much ple asure i n directing the water of these reversed showers against ladies.' Fountains, alco ves , t erraces , statues, trellis work, temples, grottoes, covered seats, and bowers ar e the principal features f Spanish and Portuguese gar dens. The Dutch and French styles of gardening very much resemble each other, the characteristics of both being symmetry and abundance of oiarment. The gar dens of the former are more confined, crowded with frivolous and often ridiculous embellishments, ald almost invariably intersected with canals of still and frequently muddy waters. So partial are these people to water even to this day, that however limited the space it must have its place. The humidity of the climate being fa vourable to the growth of green sward, we see there grassy walks, terraces, and slopes ; and these, with their straight canals, may be said to form the really distinctive character of their grounds. The French style may be said to have arisen about the middle of the seventeenth century, during the luxurious reign of Louis XIV. In this reign the arts in France flourished, and that of gar dening received a fresh impulse by his munificence and the talent of Lo Notre, the most celebrated gardener of his time in Europe. Lo Notre's style rapidly spread in all improving countries. The celebrated gardens of Ver sailles constituted his grandest effort. Landscape gar dening, and the adoption of the English or natural style, were, soon after their establishment with us, introduced into Germany ; and, whether from a greater amount of baronial wealth, the spirit of enterprise, or the love of imitation, it is certain that greater progress has been made in the art in that country than in any other on the Continent. In Russia, although tho climate is adverse, many of the nobles are rich, and they as well as the Emperor have most extensive hothouses and gardens. The intro duction of a taste for either cannot be carried back be yond the time of Peter the Great. Within that period a 11,le styles of garden already noticed have been in vogue ; at present, the English style introduced by the celebrated Empress Catherine about 1768, is the most popular." It will be seen that the author possesses a thorough knowledge of bis subject, and he has succeeded in presenting a most co _npendious and instructive volume to the practical gardener. The Modern Housewife or Menagere. 13:7 Alexis Soyer. Alexis Soyer is not only one of the notabilities of the present day— Dne of those whose names are " familiar in our mouths as household words," but a substantial benefactor of the community in his generation. Not:restricting the refinements of the cuisine to the epicure and the man of wealth, his g'stronomical doctrine is eminently popular, and numberless are the grateful disciples of his art among the intelligent middle classes of the British empire. The " Modern Housewife," recently pub lished by Messrs. Simpkin and Marshall, is a volume of exCeeding practical utility. It comprises nearly one thousand receipts for the economic and judici ous preparation of every meal of the day, and those for the nursery and sick-room ; with minute direc tions for family management in all its branches. Considerable improvements and additions have been introduced into this edition, and there can be little doubt but that its sale will be commensurate with its merits. From M. Soyer's pages may be learned the practicability of combining culinary economy and exc e ll ence , an d h ence they deserve to be adopted as a rade mecum by all families desirous of domestic comfort and regularity. Some useful hints upon carving poultry, and " Soyer's Chari table Cookery," first published in 1847, during the author's mission to Ireland, are added to the volume, which is illustrated with numeroas engravings, one of which, illustrative of a letter on' he physiology of tarts, pies, and pie -crust, presents two striking por traits—one "of an apple-pie as it ought to be, taken from still life"—the other, " of an apple-pie i n a fit, as they often are, taken from real life." Deploring the pr.( sent barbarism of the pie manufacture, the inditer of the. epistle impresses the necessity of amelioration, in a process, so universally, but so inartistically practised. " Believe me, says Hortense, " believe me, lam not jesting, but if all the spoiled pies made for the dinner of one single Sunday in London were to be exhibited in a row, near a railway line, it would take above one hour, by special train, to pass.in re view those culinary victims ; therefore see the im portance of the subject. If we could only rescue every year in proper standing half a mile of pi es and pie -crust, I think we should de Servo a di p s i c e i c p e le o s, f plate, or, at least, a piece of one of our pies. Gaze with admiration and hor ror on these two family portraits." It is unnecessary to enter into a detail of the fea tures of a book which wilt find its way into the hands of everybody, and we shall conclude our e b • f notice of this excellent an d va l uable productionnof the Napoleon of Cooks, by transcribing a curious calculation of the quantity of 7)c i consumed by an epicure in a period of 60 yea rs . Hear th e in structive and suggestive 9Ybsers. isations of the Modern Housewife" on this head, and then ac knowledg• the importance of economy and atten tion in the preparations of the viands which a necessary to a Healthful and comfortable existence. re What is on appetite ? life, after all, un l ess good digestion wait "I shall propose to take 70 years of the life of an epicur e , beyond w hi c h age many of that class of bon vivant s arrive, and even above 80, still in the full enjoy ment of degustation, &c, (for example, Talleyrand, Cambacdres, Lord Sefton, &c.) ; if the first of the said epicures, when enterin g on the tenth spring of his ex traordinary career, had been placed on an eminence, say, the.top of Primrose -hill, and had had exhibited be fore his infantine eyes the enormous quantity of food his, then insignificant person would destroy before he attained his 71st year—first, he would believe it must be a delu-. sion ; then, secondly, he a ould inquire where the - money could come from to purchase so much luxurious extra- it. 100 15 all 50 3 1 it. 1011 16 13 L 6 61 8 all 8 5 . ) ,0 171 !O all tO' 10 , It. 100 ;t. 111 'rt. Iwo 10 8 !61 all 3il all :0 6il 9 all t. 100 all 9 15 119 17 9 al i 0 al l 13 0 1/. s LO 1 't. 100 ?,5 20 ;t. too FOREIGN. 10 3 Antwrp. &Rotterdam 5 3 Belgian Eastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquehn .10 8 Dijon and Besancon, Mo 8 Dutch Rhenish ?,0 all East Indian 10 1 Do. Ea.;;ension 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula !O 7 Gd. Junct. of France 301 151 Gt. Westu. of Canada Shares 5 2 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref h) 15 Luxembourg .0 10 Do. (Railway) 5 2 Do. 3 Do. (Canal) 2 Do. 6p. cent. pref 7 Lyons & Medterran 74 Madras 29 Maria Antonia 10 Do. New all Namur & Liege (with interest all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds (:my. B. &Ams. Shs.) all Norwegian Trial , - Pref 10 Paris and Ly0n5,,,.,, all Paris and Orleans.,., all Paris and R o t ten •. all Paris and Strasbourg 4 Paris Caen &C erbrg. 51 Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre all Sambre and Meuse 4 Do. 5i per cent. pref 4 Southern of France 2s. Upper India Scrip._ all West Flanders,._, 6 Do. 5A pet' c. 9 , Western of France 2 West. of Switzerland 3 New Zealand... vagance ? But here I shall leave the pecuniary expanses on one side, which a man of wealth can easily surtukont when required. So now, dearest, for the 'v_Ttraordiilol fact ; imagine on the top of the above -mentioned hill it rushlight of a boy just entering his tenth year, snr ! rounded with the recherche provisions and delicacies claimed by his rank and wealth, taking merely the medium consumption of his daily meals. By closely calculating, he would be surrounded and gazed at by the following number of quadrupeds, birds, fishes, &c. : —By no less than 30 oxen, 200 sheep, 100 calves, 200 lambs, 50 pigs ; in poultry, 1,200 fowls, 300 turkeys, 150 geese, 400 ducklings, 263 pigeons ; 1,400 part ridges, pheasants, and grouse ; 600 woodcocks and snipes; 600 wild ducks, widgeon, and teal; 450 plovers, ruffes, and reeves ; 800 quails, ortolans, and doterrels, and a few guillemots and other foreign birds ; also 500 hares, and rabbits, 40 deer, 120 Guinea fowl, 10 pea cocks, and 360 wild fowl. In the way of fish, 120 turbot, 140 salmon, 120 cod, 260 trout, 400 mackerel, 300 whitings, 800 soles and slips, 400 flounders, 400 red mullet, 200 eels, 500 haddocks, 400 herrings, 5,000 smelts, and some hundred thousand of those deli cious silvery whitebait, besides a few hundred species of fresh-water fishes. In shell fish, 20 turtle, 30,000 oys ters, 1,500 lobsters or crabs, 300,000 prawns, shrimps, 'sardines, and anchovies. In the way of fruit, about 8601bs. of pine-apples and grapes, 600 peaches, 1,400 apricots, 240 melons, some hundred thousand plums, greengages, apples, pears, and some millions of cherries, strawberries, raspberries, currants, mulberries, and an abundanee of other small fruit, viz., walnuts, chesnuts, dry figs, and plums. In vegetables of all kinds, 5,475 lbs. weight, and about 2,4341b5. of butter, 684 lbs. of cheese, 21,000 eggs, 800 ditto plovers. Of bread, 44 tons, half a ton of salt and pepper, near 2i tons of sugar ' • and, if he had happened to be a cove t ous b oy , he could have formed a furtificatien or moat round the said hill with the liquids he would have to partake of to facilitate the digestion of the above-named provisions, which would amount to no less than 10,5161 gallons, which. may be taken as be low:-49 hogsheads of wine, 1,3681 gallons of beer 584 gallons of spirits, 342 liqueurs, 2,3941 gal lons of ( co ff ee, cocoa, t ea, & c., and 304 gallons of milk, 2,736 gallons of water ; all of which would actually protect him and his anticipated property from any young f sp e a l s o ul a w t ne - d s a c u h o dfo Monte n y i r e , m l e k hu e r esAlexandern fromDo wt a s ehaer he pi ratessa ? l o u t e r h d exaggerati ng in you puzzling i: fancy vno ey th o a u t , lanadmtop re d ptioet ef yw y a o y ur ; butbra brain o tcoonno purpose, I also enclose you a medium scale of the re gular meals of the day, from which I have taken my basis, and in 60 years it amounts to no less than 59 tons, 5 cwts., 1 quarter 201 lbs. weight of meat, fari naceous food, vegetables, liquids, &c. ; out of which I have named in detail the probable delicacies that would be selected by an epicure through life. But observe that I did not count the first 10 years of his life, at the beginning of which he lived upon pap, bread and milk, &c., also a little meat, the expense of which I add to the age from 10 to 20, as no one can really be called an epicure before that age ; it will thus make the expenses more equal as regards the calculation. The following is the list of what I consider his daily meals : " Breakfast. —Three quarters of a pint of coffee, four dunces of bread, one ounce of butter, two eggs, or four ounces of meat, or four ounces of fish. " Lunch.—Two ounces of bread, two ounces of meat or poultry, or game, two ounces of vegetables, and half a pint of beer or a glass of wine. " Dinner..—half a pint of soup, a quarter of a pound of fish, half a pound of meat, a quarter of a pound of poulti y, a quarter of a pound of savoury dishes or game, two ounces of vegetables, two ounces of bread, two ounces of pastry or roasts, half an ounce of cheese, a quarter of a pound of fruit, one pint of wine, one glass of liqueur, one cup of coffee or tea ; at night one glass of spirits and water. ..:" Now that I have given you these important details, perhaps you will give m e some littl e cre d i t for my exac tion and se we' :ty respecting*the. attentiod.which ought '‘ - o. be dailygpaid to the — intlispensable and usefiil art of :'•cookery by lour middle clasges.' shall also observe to you, that those masses of provisions above described in the expose of 60 years, have been selected, dressed, and served, by scientific hands, every real epicure choosing through life the best cook, and consequently the best of provisions, which, had they have fallen into the hands of inexperienced persons, would very likely have wasted one-third, thereby increasing the expenses, and never g:ving any real satisfaction to the consumer ; therefore, let us act in a small way as becomes us, as the wealthy do according to their incomes ' • let every hous e k eeper devote more time to th e s t u d y of domestic and practical economy ; and in many instances it will increase their incomes as well as their daily comforts, for, as I re marked to you that the pleasures of the table being not only th• most expensive part of human luxury, but also the soul of sociability, they require more attention be - stowed upon them than is done at the present day." Glees and Madrigals. Printed for the Society, and sold by Ewer and Co. Leader and Co., and other booksellers. " Glees and Madrigals," sung by the Concordia Society, are lying before us, and remind us of the pleasure we have derived from the able perform ance of the same at the Society's rooms. We happen to be among those who appreciate and love the quaint compositions, in word and note, of such writers as Herrick, Carew, Lovelace, Shenstone, and Sir J. Suckling ; and such musicians as Mornington, Horsley, Callcott, Webbe, and Wilbye, with a host of others of similar genius and feeling. The choral of these exquisite strains must ever afford a pure delight to all who have a soul attuned to Nature's key note ' • and, for our own part, we wo u ld ra th er listen to the harmony of When the wind blows," " How sweet in the woodlands," or " Come with me, and be my love," than be doomed to sit out a " modern opera." There is something in the rhy Liles to these old fashioned melodies, we suspect, which materially helps the charm.. Who will not admire the follow ing simple and pretty conceit ? " In going to ay lonely bed, As one that would have slept, I heard a wife sing to her child, That long had mourned and wept. She sighed sore, and sang full sweet, To lull the babe to rest ; That would not cease, but cried the more, Upon its mother's breast. She was full weary of her watch, And giieved with her child; She rocked it, and rated it, Till that on her it smiled. Then did she say, ' Now have I found This proverb true to prove, ' The falling out of faithful friends Renewing is of lov e r Then let any one hearken to these words with Horsley's beautiful music wedded to them, and many of our every -day " ballad-mongers" will lose by the comparison, we fear. ' " When the wind blows in the sweet rose-tree, And the cow lows on the fra.rant lea, And the stream flows all bright and free, 'Tis not for th ee , 'ti s not for me, 'Tis not for any one here I trow The gentle wind. bloweth, The happy cow loweth, The mei ry stream floweth, For all below. Oh ! the Spring, the bountiful Spring, She shineth and smileth on everything." We warmly congratulate the Concordia Society on the patronage it deserves and appears to meet with. Newton's London Journal. This useful repertory contains its usual account of recent , patents &c., and all other mechanical and scientific intelligence. • The Art Journal. The three plates of this number represent "The Suppliant, "Nymphs Bathing," and "Dr. John son in the Ante-Room of Lord Chesterfield." They are of the usual degree of merit. No. 21 of the " Great Masters of Art" is devoted to Cornelius B ega, a Dutch painter of the seventc .nth century. " An A rtist's from Antwerp to Rome " is continued, illustrated. ' "Dress as a Fine Art" also progresses, and the figures given are numerous. The article on the " Dublin Exhibition " presents us walt a number of specimens of vases and orna ments. Life andl3F, rai The Church of England Quart er l y R ev i ew. There are remarks made in thi s number on seven p u ‘ L ‘ e n tt r e. • eIn J o s o t s e w p o h r u t s h , y " of attention is th e f i rst article on the " Holy "Niebuhr's ortaiit Scriptures and th e H e b rew Language. " Among other reflections on the vast influence and sublime dignity of ling aage, it is suggested that lan guage is not riglily respected. Its universality and rity prevents us from regarding as one of the highest boons of Heaven. It is observed on this subject : o! "Many p ersons suppose that language is an invention man —that it was very rough and imperfect in its ori g.nal state, and became more polished and more copious as civilisation advanced, and the wants of mankind were multiplied. In the case of Adam, such a supposition is obviously untenable. The language he spoke was that which he bad first heard from God, and it must therefore have been a perfect language as coming from God himself; and the faculty both to comprehend its meaning and to give it utterance must have been implanted in the first man by the Creator. The child who needs to 'be taught to speak, and the savage who speaks enly a jargon until he is bei.ter insti acted, are not anomalous cases, for Adam never was a child—never was in the condition of a savage. He was created a full-grown man, perfect in body and mind, and his speech, like everything alike before the fall, was pelf 3t—not, as is supposed, rude at first, and gradually pearected by use. We maintain that the primitive language was perfect, and that all deviations from this standard have been co..aptions rather than improvements, when language is regarded in its highest application as having reference to spa ;tual and eternal things, and not merely to the things of earth and the passing events of social intercourse." WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL-lEs Grace the Archbishop of, Canterbury preached a sermon yesterday morning at the church of St. Margaret, Westminster, in the pre sence of Vice-Chancellor Sir J. P. Wood, Mr. Whateley, Q.C.,. Dr. Sutherland, and a crowded congreg a t ion , i n aid of the funds of this charity. The appeal produced a collection of 43/. 7s, 10d. ~D / / 3 , / r:- - l'i , C / Un' 4 r -00 R 3 l, 0 J 3 • 4 4 : ,5 f.', l I 4 ,1 • Pt tt /41 ' ; • 3 4 4' 44 ~~