The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-08 00:00:00

PiT S in pre" r i n 0 111- tile tinrb WOLVERHAMPTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PRODUCE STAKES. Whale bone Filly by Faugh-a-Ballagh Two ran. TRIAL STAKES. Calot .... lllayd ay ()diham . Eight ran. WOLVERHAMPTON STAKES. Doubt Nine ran. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, 11 01JSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Bayswater, Padding ion, and Holborn Bridge Railway Bill were considered and agreed to. The reports upon the following bills were considered and agreed to, and the bills were ordered to be read a third time :—Chaytor's Estate ; Duke of Cleveland's (Rarte) Estate ; Sunderland Town Moor and Freemen's Orphan Asylum ; Treffry's Estate ; Pidgley's Estate. PETITIONS. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from the medical profes Sion at Dundee, in favour of medical reform. ME TROPOLITAN SEWERS ACTS CONTINU- ANCE BILL. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Sir J. SHELLEY complained that this bill was the l ast instead o f t h e first order of the day for 12 o'clock to-d ay. The inhabitants of the metropolis were up in arms about the measure, as it proposed to give powers to the present commission to raise rates for the next 30 Years ; and he hoped, if the Government intended to Persevere with so monstrous a proposition, they would Place the bill i n a more favourable postion on the orders of the day. Mr. WIL SON said it was impossible to f i x any ti me for the bill until the Government got through the corn laittee of supply. fie believed that the noble lord the !Secretary for the Home f Department intended to bring it fo rward at 12 o ' c l oc k to-morrow, but that would de- Pend on the other orders being disposed to-day. Sir B. HALL considered that, as the bill would levy about half a million of money on the metropolis, an arn p l e o pportunity should be afforded for its discussion. After a fe w wor d s f rom C o l . SIBTHORP, the sub ject dropped. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS (IRELAND.) .".".• BUTT asked the Secretary of the Treasury .Ivhether any arrangements had been made or were in -Lended to be made by the Post-office to alter the pre r„t a rrangements u n d er w hi c h letters from the town of ulighal t o t h e neighbouring b oroug h town o f Dun l'arvati, distant s i x t een m il es u p on a good road, were °ll veyed by a c i rcuit of several h un d re d m il es, an d ° _ ec uPied tw o d ays i n t h e trans i t, as po i n t e d ou t i n th e veruorial forwarded to the Postmaster-General in March 4,8 t, from the Town Commissioners of Youghal ; and a oilar !question as to the communication between rere o I . l g bal and Tallow, complained of in a second t il . presented at the same time, and complained of me the an jurious effects of these arrangements on the postal lakrcourse of the south of Ireland ? p o lVir . WILSON sa id h e h a d commun i ca t e d with the 8 t office on the subject, but he had not yet received a ny reply. (LEFT SITTING.) MA RLBOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) CHARGE OF ROBBERY. dal Rogers w as b roug ht up b e f ore Mr. Bingham for al examination on the charge of having stolen a silver 61)0 William on, the property of the Earl of Lucan. Peto deposed that he was assistant to Mr. Vaughan, pawnbroker, of 163, Oxford-street, and that Oh :W ednesday, the 27th of July, the prisoner came into - c , %7 shop and offered the silver spoon produced for sale. th a t ,hess asked him where he got it from, when he replied a man h a d sent him with it. Witness told him . to :" e ha the man to hi m , which he declined doing. WA IL"! then gave him into custody. 11-Polle e -co nstable Lister, 146 D, said he was called into g e ' -Vaughan's hop, and took the prisoner into custody. street ici witness that he had picked up the spoon in the sq ua 4 . a lli that he swept a crossing near . Hanover- Ines th e . n c onsequence of this witness made inquiries spoon, out the owner of the spoo n. uurhood, and found a l la; ibeenov se lordship: w ood, under butler to the Earl of Lucan, 20 , l square stated that the prisoner had occasion lord Per va n t s employed to run errands by his lordship s The spoon prodaced was the property of his ilk The prisoner who persisted in adhering to the state trial, h e had made to the policeman, was committed for SHERIFFS' COURT,-(THIS DAY.) (Before R. Gurney, Esq., Q.C.) The a. EVERETT V. WILKS. Itr plaintiff in this action is news agent, in Broad eeet, City, and sought to reco ver of the defendant, to n, ", &c., at the Auction Mart , C it y , and Wolverhamp ,4l34, th e amount o f a bill for the supply of the Times 1 4 , 4: alin ing Journal, from August, 1852, to February cl e 'L L e Case had been adjourned for the attendance of the 1 511 ; e :iclant, wh o h a d, however, since gone to Irelan d on Nv a 7 ne ss• The defence was, that the Mining Journal has orde re d , although a friend in town had been d'i, c4 ken to about' it, but that in fact the journa l was sent lb - l et to him, and defendant, who was only occasionally h e " L aondon, the business being conducted by clerks, and cl a i e w nothing about the order or delivery, but the p t ,"` as to th e Ti mes was c orrect. Defendant not ap a.llg, and the positive evidence of the fact of the the remaining unshaken judgment was given for Plaintiff for the amount Claimed. VIRT op BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY •c d ay, r • o narnissioner Holroyd, the commissioner of the °ate , I wa e s e ,e.ngaged in his private room upstairs, over pri ,eLosT„„Lings- oti --G OF THE ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE.— th at `, s has been issued by order of the Lord Chancellor, vsi.iitiul t 3 ueofil c n e ex o t f . the Accountant-General in Bankruptcy October e closed on the 10th instant, and re-open on the r ing thus recess no dividend warrants will be issued STERN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. esti hogalafn" the -e East s Navigation Company Y d e , a iu r , l il y general meeting o 13atu ern team highly inte r . 1.4 1 at the London Tavern, when e a proprietorswas this held o o rn. tal't undertakin read, and unammo • 0 , A r ,.__ g was report from the directors construction t ofus unanimously im p adopted.o first ship the have been made for the engines and hull of the me former being on the aggregate the ofthe company, breadt h paddle , 83 feet; deth, 58 feet; wl Zhh,ors6eBopofweeert,; elqines. Such will b e t he of se these noble vessels, which of ship build the The in our presentgiagraentdicestpinroesorttoioncsau. rh g• The size above-mentioned yst. ' smallest that will insure the vessels will not be °rt, speed, and economy- These yes will carry all that i se re n equi considered site a of t o c 0 m b e . sThliged to call anywhere for coal but besides 5,000 tons la necessary for the entire voyage , space estimated to be ob frB of the first class, with am rila4llrement of merchandise, an p d le soo cabins for passen ower-elass The speed and est will reduce the twined . passengers. for troops and voyage is fifteen knots per hour, p cl e, an t d o thin between England and China, by en t E h n e gl C an a .uirty or thirty-three days, and between s. The hulls ostfutaLtralia to thirty-three or thirty-six u a "e vessels will be of iron, of unusual Water -tight compartments. -4ouble constru t. and divided into notice of c ion, thin remarks of the . 8 report we close with the following directo ' a ten Y of rs In concluding edic y.our directors would have refrained from publishing -3% ruo rk • t but tt,, estima es,having . to meet the Pr n the Present pus of failure made by those interested 1 t the ear our o la t a ii s eoifr veels, Calculationsth e they (madeth ink o it n right thea s t s o u state a p t t e i o = 9 the result t the ding capacity f or goods outward should be occupied FT I ,l t . 41. 10s. per ton, being considerably below present 'Nuts, and onl one-half of cabin room occupied, . rates for first-clYms passengers, 651. ; second-class, 351.,.; e aud third-class, 251 , including provisions, giving t° ' " f tl:l.e respective classes enlarged accommodation, and as bel-11g that only one-third of the vessel's capacity would . th e occupied on the homeward voyage), is that after making (slie most ample allowance for working expenses, depTe lati°ll t o w ear and tear, and insurance, a surplus remains Invesgoal forty per cent per annum un the capital talted. With these prospects, based on o sound commer- Principles, this company requires no Government -s. a Bt ' l 'eo •; all that is necessary is that no rival route or rival I company shall be subsidised to your prejudice. ' Such are the views and considerations with which your erectors have been led to make their final arrangements. taoYllsl believe, as they have before stated, that every cnrn , and every individual engaged in steam navigabon, as gradually become convinced by experience of the advan tage of size. , en conclusion, your directors desire to state that they believe the vessels of this company will su the .reat oesideratum of the day, and will afford the speediest, the safest, most punctual, and most economical means of coin- Munication ever devised. between this country and her Most distant Eastern colonial possessions." ------ THE C -,IIOLELIA.—The cholera continues its ravages in Denmark with scarcely any diminution. TJp to the 2d inst. 3 ,122 had fallen victims to the epidemic. Nearly ))0 , 0 00 of the inhabitants had quitted the city, which presented a most deserted and melancholy aspec It is stated that the disease is much aggravated by Chet.pr n of the yellow fever, brought here by vessels from St. Thomas obs e rvation, it presents some new features !9_oly of __ . MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The near continental markets have ruled steady for most kinds of grain, the prices of which have been well sup- Shr ported. In the Black Sea ports, the value of wheat has considerably advanced, with an active demand. The lat3st adviees from the United States are to the effect that wheat and flour were very dull and drooping. Most ef the country markets held on Saturday were fairly supplied with wheat, in which only a limited busi ness was transacted, at barely stationary prices. In spring corn and flour very little was doing. The arrivals of English grain up from market, coastwise, were but moderate. From abroad we received 40,747 qrs. of wheat, 5,120 barley, 37,323 oats, 850 rye, 148 beans, 133 peas, 130 tares, 7,205 linseed, 75 mustard seed, 120 sundry seeds, 2,230 sacks and 8,402 brls. of flour. Fresh up to-day the arrival of wheat coastwise from Kent was somewhat extensive, even the time of year con sidered, and we received a full average supply from Essex, in excellent condition. By land carriage the receipts were but moderate. The aggregate supply being good, the im ports from abroad extensive, and the news from Russia more favourable, the demands for all kinds of wheat of home produce ruled exceedingly heavy, at a decline in the prices of Monday last of fully 2s per quarter. There was very little business doing for forward de livery, even though the growers freely offered parcels at 2s to 3s per quarter less money. We were rather extensively supplied with all kinds of foreign wheat. Millers and 'others operated with great caution, and the trade was in a depressed state at a fall in the currencies of fully ls. per qr. Floating cargoes off the coast were very dull. In prices, however, scarcely any change took place. Indian corn for forward shipment was quite neglected. an duce s i a n m g p o le od of cnoenwditEionng_clishhabuagrle7—bathnds epraotdu3c9es.ofpeKrencitr,. Foreign barley sold at late ra tes, with a fair average quan tity on offer Malt was in fair average supply and moderate request, , at full prices. The show of all kinds of oats being very large, the oat trade ruled heavy, at a decline of from 6d to is per qr. Beans changed hands slowly, on former terms. The demand for peas was steady, at late rates. We had only a moderate inquiry for flour. In prices no change took place. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red •• new 455t0 51s Ditto• ••• • • ...... old 45s 55s oat°, White new 45s 551, Ditto... • .... old 475 67s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 45s 55s Ditto new •• 41s 505 Rye—Old •• .• • • 283 30s New u9s :s 1 s Barley—Grinding ••• •• 263 293 Malting .•• •• •• ?Os 32s Chevalier.. •• .•• 333 36s Malt—Suffolk and Nor - folk•• •• •• •• 52s 585 Brown .•• •• •• •• •• 465 525 Kingston and Ware 57s 60s Malt—Chevalier .. 61s to 63s Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsk., Feed 19s 245 Potato Youghal and Cork Black. Cork, White ..... 21s 24s Scotch, Feed. .. 24 , 27s Beans—Tick ......... 37 , 4 1 s Pigeons ...... :49 47s Peas—Grey .......... 33 38s Maple. ••• • • . .... 36 , 39s White... . • 39 435 Boilers ... .... 40v X 35 Flour—Town-made. 45s bOs Suffolk •.........37•s 39 s Stockta & Norfolk. 37s 42s SMITHFIELD. 8121 St. During the last week the import of foreign stock into St. London amounted to 5,273 head. In tho corresponding period of 1852, we received 7,733 ; in 1851, 7,885 ; in 1850, 6,250 ;in 1849, 5,248 ; and in 1848, 4,400, and in 100` 1847, 7,564 head. St. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Harlingen 23 ... 16 ... Tonningen Hamburgh 4l ... 1,867 Rotterdam 331 ... 1,384 Amsterdam Antwerp Ostend Boulogne.. Bremen ~ Calves. Pigs. 88 ... 67 ~ 243 ... 370 ... 38 4 17 ... 26 - ... - Total .... 733 ... 3,677 ... 243 ... 517 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. 1852 1,335 4,446 ... 950 ... 514 1851 1,135 ... 4,908 ... 520 ... 683 ... 1850 1,083 ... 3,999 ... 578 461 ... 1849 639 3,980 324 224 ... 1848 563 2,993 346 ... 498 ... The show of foreign stock in to-day's market was exten sive, but in very middling condition. The demand for was less active, at about stationary prices The arrivals of beasts fresh up to-day from our own graz ing districts, were tolerably good as to number, but very deficient in quality. The attendance of buyers being nu merous, the beef trade ruled steady, at fully last Monday's prices. The general top figure for beef was 4s 4d ; but a few very superior sorts realized 4s 6d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 500 Scots and short horns ; from the northern grazing districts, 1,700 short horns ; from other parts of England, 400 of various breeds ; and from Scotland, 240 horned and polled Scots. With sheep, we were tolerably well, but by no means extensively, supplied. The trade was decidedly firm, and prices were well supported in every instance. The best old Downs sold freely, at 5s per 81bs. Lambs—The supply of which was tolerably good, moved off slowly, at the currencies obtained on this day se'nnight, viz., 5s to 6s per 81bs. The supply of Calves was but moderate, yet the veal trade ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices. Pigs were very dull, but we have no change to notice in the quotations. Pigs. 4SB 639 129 Per Slbs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. ..nferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 4 Second quality.... 3 6 3 8 Prime large oxen 310 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 310 Second quality ...4 0 4 41 Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 4 8' Lambs 5, s. d. s. d. I Prime Southdown 410 5 0 Large crse. calves 3 4 4 0 IPrime small d 0... 4 2 4 S Large hogs 3 0 3 6 Small porkers 3 S 4 0 ISuckling calves ..21 0 26 0 Quarter old pigs 20 0 25 0 s Od to 6s Od. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts • • • • •• • • . „ „„ .2,276 a Sheep .. •••. •• ..........5,010 Calves..• ••• • • 7, TOTAL SUPPLY'. Beasts .. • • .............. 4,1432 Sheep and Lambs .. • • ....`c9,700 Calves . • . .•.-.. 361 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Aug. 9, 1852, and this day, Monday, Aug. 8, 1853. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Aug. 9, 1852. Aug. 8, 1853 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts ......2 4to 2 6 3 oto 3 4 S ec ond quality ditto ... ... 8 210 3 6 3 8 Prime large oxen ... ..• ... 3 0 2 63 10 4 0 Prime Scots, Ac 3 8 310 4 2 4 4 Coarse and inferior sheep ... ... 2 8 3 0 3 6 310 Second quality ditto .. 3 2 3 4 4 0 4 4 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... ... 3 6 3 8 4 6 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto ... 310 4 04 10 5 0 Lam b s 4 2 5 25 0 6 0 Large coarse calves ... 2 8 3 6 3 4 4 0 Prime small ditto ... 3 8 4 0 4 2 4 8 Large hogs ... ... 2 8 3 4 3 0 3 6 Neat small porkers ••• 3 6 38 3 8 4 0 Beasts... ... ,•• 4,416 4,832 Sheep ... ••• 32,880 29,700 Calves... ... 395 361 Pigs .................. 410 320 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Aug. 11, 1851.—Beasts, 4,209 ; sheep and lambs, 33,000 ; calves, 415 ; pigs, 410. Aug. 12, 1850.—Beasts, 4,129 ; sheep and lambs, 31,920 ; calves, 288 ; pigs, 205. NEWGATE AND LEADENH A.LL. The supplies of each kind of meat on offer in to-day's market were tolerably good, but in very middling condi tion. The general demand ruled steady, as follows : ----- - Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 8 3 0 1 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 4 Do., prime large .3 63 8 , Do., prime 464 10 Do., do. 5ma11.... 3 8 3 10 1 Veal 3 8 4 8 Pork, large 303 6 j Pork, small 38 4 2 Lambs 5s Od to 6s Od. BOROUGH HOP. All kinds of hops, the show of which is very limited, are in but moderate request, at last week's currency. Duty 14,0001. The imports have amounted to 28 bales from Rotterdam, 110 from Antwerp, and 6 from Ostend. Mid and East Kent pockets, 130 s to 180 s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 128 s to 145 s ; and Sussex ditto, 115 s to 130 s per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. St. No imports of foreign potatoes have taken place since Monday last • but the supplies of English on offer are very 15 extensive, and of good quality. A large business is doing 8 in them, at from 60s to I COs per to n . 10 WOOL. 10 The colonial wool sales, which will be brought to a close 25 on Saturday next, have been fairly attended by buyers 10 since our last, and the biddings have ruled steady, as 1.0. follows :—Port Philip : Clean sheep's, is 5d to 2s 4d ; scoured, is 10,1 to 2s 3d ; damaged do., is 6d to is 10 d ; St, grease, is to is 4d ; pieces, is ld to is 5d ; locks, 10d. to 1s 20 4d ; lambs', is 8d to 2s 5d ; clothing, is 9 d t o 2s ld ; skin, 5 is 2d to is 6d ; combing, is 9d to 2s.—Sydney : Clean St sheep's, Is 6d to is lOid ; damaged, is 4d to is 8d ; broken, is 2d to is 6d ; clothing, is 9,1 to 28 ; combing, is 8d to 2s ; hoggett, is 8d to 2s lA—Adelaide : Clean sheep's, is 4d to is 9d ; lambs', is 6,1 to is 10d.—Hobart Town : Clean sheep's is 6d to is 8d ; combing, is 6d to is 9d ; hard washed, is 6d to is 9d.—Cape : Clean sheep's, is 2d to is 8d ; grease, 10d to is lid ; lamb's, is 2d to is 8d. — Launceston : Clean sheep's, is 4d to is 8d ; other qualities, 10d to is 4d per lb. Rather large parcels of East India and foreign have changed hands at from 4d to is 6d per lb. In the private market there is rather more doin g Eng lishin wool, at very full prices. Last week's imports were 500 bales from Algoa Bay, 1,927 do. from Melbourne, 105 from Hamburgh, 67 from Gibraltar, 792 from Port Philip, and 10 from Venice. SEEDS. A few parcels of new English rapeseed have made their appearance, and changed hands at from 241. to 25/. per Ist. N ew carraway has also appeared. Linseed conti nues steady, at very full prices. Cakes are firm. Turnip,White, per bush. 9s to lls Ts 1 28 Tares,winter,new.... Os Cld Os Od Spring ••• • • . .. 4s 6d 5s 6d rthistB ih de i d le eß , r n o. 7s ed Canary, per quarter 403 44s Rye grass.. •.. • • 28s 33 Clover, Red Eng. (cwt.) 44s 64.3 White .. • • ...... 483 65s Foreign Red .. •• .. 443 623 White •• .. 51s 653 Trefoil, new.......... 243 283 Carraway.... •••• •• 46s 48s Coriander •• •• •• •• •• 113 14s Hempseed, per quarter 38s 42a Linseed, Eng.-4owing•• 5Gs EOs Crushing ••••• • •• 49s 51s Baltic ••••.. • • .. 47a 50s Odessa •••••• •• • • 48s 50s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— ; English •• . 81 Os 9 10s Foreign, per ton 7110$ 91 lOs Rape Cakes, pr ton 4/ 153 5/ 5s Hapeseed,Ncw,prlst 24 Os 27/ Os TALLOW. Owing to the pacific news from Russia, our market has become heavy to-day, and prices have a downward tendency. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 52s Gd; and for delivery during the last three months 51s 9d per cwt. Town tallow is 50s Gd per cwt. net cash ; rough fat, 2s 114 per 81bs. 1849. 1650. I 1851. 1852. Stock this day ...... 22,645 25,380 1 32,541 I 41.3 83 18 ' 2" Price of Y. C. .. 39s 3.1 36s 62 to 37s 92 to 38s 6d 529 6kl t 3 .. ito 00s 02 00s Od 38s 0.1 to 00s Od 00s Od Delivery last week .. 1,207 ' 1,272 1,424 1,308 1,6.i1 Ditto (rum June 1.... 11,741 11,493 13,052 9,345 13,917 Arrivals last week .. 149 1,591 312 153 1,247 Ditto from Jwae 1 ..• ' ! 8,917 :11,249 9,060 10,100 8,860 i Price 0 Tom .... 1 401 Od Oa Od 391164 $9l 64 534 6d 5 I 60 . - St. HE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1853. SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid.' RAILWAYS. Cbsing Prices ttaturday. Business done 1 50 this day. ART-UNION PRIZES. on until about three years since, when we were intro duced to Mrs. Tom Ashton, who appeared an unwieldly, brazen-faced, flippant, middle-aged lady. " Why, what ever induced him to marry such an unsuitable person ?" asked we whilst discussing the wonder. "I'll tell you, my dear," said an old gentleman, "she had thirty thou sand pounds, and that was the heaviest ' dibber' Tom has ever been knocked down with." " Indeed," we ex claimed, "and that levelled him with the married and happy, did it ?" "Query," returned our old friend, " just watch him and judge." Sure enough Tom sneaked about the rooms as though he were afraid of meetin g what belonged to him , an d seemed to h ave lost all his " big talk" and self-esteem. "So you are really mar ried, at last," said we as we greeted him M a quiet cor ner. Tom av•ided answering, but we sat down and talked of old times. "Do you remember the scarlet beans ?" we asked with a smile. " Ay," said Tom, with anything but a smile, "they were happy days then. What a fool I was ever to pull up those beans ! but never mind, have you any commands for Australia ?" and sure enough within six month, Tom Ashton went to Australia, but without his wife. Ah, Tom ! our wooden dibber gave you an ugly blow on the face, but we sadly fear the golden dibber will leave you an uglier mark on your heart, and that the fate of our second sweetheart is worse than that of our first. LITERATURE. stances, and on it demand from his powerful patro owed the satisfaction, eventually afforded him, of the removal of the Governor of Genoa to another govern ment. But how many acts of similar, and even of mor e gross misconduct, were left unpunished, for a single one that was not entirely so ! "The sway of the Commandants in the small towns 4 as arbitrary and unlimited as that of the Governors, was still more immediately oppressive. In populous cities individuals escaped notice, but not so in country towns, where each man was known by name and by sight to the Commandant, and where, for instance, it became an unpardonable crime to pass before the little Paella with out taking off your hat. "Next in authority, or rather in unlimited power, ' to the military, were the clergy, and the monks of ev ery hue, especially the Jesuits. This celebrated sect had, as it were, e nveloped the whole kingdom in a net. They had establishments at Voghera, Nice, Aosta, Chambery, Turin, and Genoa. These two last towns were their head-quarters. They had, more over, under their influence and immediate direction, many brother hoods, half religious half political, such as the Ignoracn telli, Ladies of the Sacro Cuore, the Congregation of St . . Raphael for children, that of Sta. Dorothea for young &c., &c. With such multiplied means of action, it is not surprising that they succe e ded in monopolising public instruction. Primary schools, colleges, univer sities, all were under their autho r ity. Th e Jesuitica spirit reigned at Court, among the hi g h functionaries, andinvaded every branch of governmental or judicial administration. In short, to get on at all, affiliation, real or supposed, to this sect, was necessary. By means of the confessional, and by corrupting servants, they obtained possession of domestic secrets, which th e y com municated to the police, thus causing divisions in fami lies, scandalous law-suits, and reprimands ; in short, all the variety of measures termed economical (econontiche), a general name for all kinds of arbitary injunctions, and petty interference in all and every . act of private life, on the part of the police. Two Jesuits offered to the direc tor of police of Genoa to furnish him with all the infor mation he could desire. "Tbe bishops, whose affiliation to the sect was nearly general, supported the Jesuits with all their might, and were in their turn supported b y them in the moat arbi trary and unjustifiable acti ons. The Bishop of Acqui caused a Jewish girl, afflicted with mental alineation, to be torn from her family, on the plea that she had mani fested some inc lination to become a Christi▪ an. .The mo ther and two brothers of the unfortunate gi▪ rl, guilty of having claimed her, instead of redress were thrown into prison. The only daughter of the Belgian Chargd d'Affaires at Turin fell in love with a young man whose situation in life forbade his aspiring to her hand. Her father was a Protestant. It sufficed that the young girl had whispered into the ear of a lady connected with the Jesuits that to marry her lover she was ready to become a Catholic, for the father to find one night his daughter carried off. ' After infinite searc h, it was discovered that the young lady was under the protection of the Ladies of the Sacro Cuore, but all the demands and solicitations of the diplomatic body failed to obtain the restoration of the misguided girl to the parental roof. " No warrant was necessary to p ut a citizen into pri son. The governor, the commandan t, the director of police, the fiscal advocate, the justice of peace, the mayor, the carabineers, down to the lowest agent or spy of the poli ce , eac h h a d a r i g ht to arrest ; but if it was easy to get into prison, it was terribly difficult to get out again. A prisoner might be set at liberty to-day by order of the magistrate, and to-morrow an order from the governor, send him back t the director enfi tocrofnpemoliecnet,. o the hceortaanmdaenhst, a thousand. against ms some miygoehreaas alleged e d gl ae wd common teroeus pr council ta)ss " the The Marchioness of brought a criminal action o nher non-suitedf tl e estates.t b h u e r Thema r o f . P se e n ce a t te to, (t f h or e c hioness, and acquitted the defendants. The judgment of the Senate seemed an insult in the eyes of the family of the marchioness, which was powerful, and had friends at court. So one day the mayor and the common coun cilmen of Pecetto were arrested and carried to the prisons of Turin. The barrister who had defended the cause before the Senate hastened to the director of police, and showed him the senatorial decree of acquittal. The director merely answered with a smile, The Senate has pronounced well, but I have done better,' and so sent away the lawyer without any further explana tion. The prisoners were not released till it pleased the marchioness that they should be so, and were ob liged to promise that they would in future behave like honest men, with the fear of God and man, before their eyes.' " A political prisoner, who had been long detained in the fortress of Mondovi, made repeated applications to the commandant for permission to be shaved. The com mandant referred the question to the governor of the province of Cuneo, who granted the requisite authority by the following dispatch, which I give verbatim : ' The prisoner shall have his hands, arms, and legs tied to a chair. Two sentinels shall be placed, one on his right, the other on his left, and behind him a soldier with a naked sabre. Fronting him shall stand the com mandant, with the major of the fortress on one side and his aide-de-camp on the other. In this attitude,' con cluded the dispatch, the prisoner is permitted to have himself shaved at his ease and pleasure l' (con tutto 8150 coniodo )." Lorenzo about this time fell desperately in love. A fair Italian, the sister of one of the Carbonari, overhears him taking the oath of that society ; and. with the sudden and wild affection of an Italian wo man, writes to him. Italian love-making and Italian lovers have been so often written on that little need be said on the subject, except that, true to her nature, she first loves to distraction, grows jealous, trifles with her lover, vows revenge, and as a climax, when lie is on the point of being arrested, she warns him of his danger, and is willing to sac rifice everything for him. At length the fatal day arrived when all was to be brought to light. Hundreds were arrested, and tortures of the most revolting nature resorted to by the unscrupulous authorities to obtain confessions, and many of the unfortunate prisoners were forced to make false statements to be spared further torments, and to be released by death. The unfortunate Lorenzo, at length, after hairbreadth escapes and great suf fering, reaches the French shore, where he is re ceived with open arms by his friend Fantasio. His less fortunate brother Caesar, and other of his com panions, were shot or hanged without even the show of a trial. So ends the narrative of Lorenzo Benoni, the Italian patriot. Whither he went, or who he is—. who were his companions who, under fictitious names, have figured prominently in these pages— he leaves no clue. They alone who took part in those disastrous struggles will be able to identify the master mind of Fantasio, or the chivalrous devotion of Caesar Benoni. THE TURKISH SQUADRON. (Front the Press.) We have just received the following particulars, im portant at this moment, respecting the present state of the Turkish fleet, which is described to us as being, generally speaking, in capital order, and animated with the best spirit. We can vouch for the authenticity of the information we give, in all its details, excepting as to the names of some of the Turkish vessels, which we Are doubtful whether we have rendered quite correctly:— IN BUYIJK. SERVAN. Owls. . 51 . . 42 . .40. 24 . Men. 500 - 400 400 200 Navik i bakri Mirate safer Farsli ilak Messeri Ferak IN BUYUKDERE BAY. 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[OO IDo. , A. Stock 1.00 D0.,l B. Stock ... . .... 100 Gt. Sth. &,West.(lre.) 100 (Great Western _ . 11 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 113 Do., Thirds [OO Lancash.andYorksh 16 Do., Fifths 11i D 3., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwall 7 Loral. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Loud. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths ' 1 Do.lo/. Sh.,M&B 0 100 London and S. Westn. 42L, Do., £50. ... 34 Do., £4O all Lndrry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef.& Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. & Derby 471 Midld. G. West. (Ire.) 171 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket 4i Do., Bury Extension. 171 Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd. 7,1 Newry & Enniskillen, all I,Newry Warrenpoint' and Rostrevor. 100 Norfolk 31 Northn.Counties Un 100 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1. 111 Do., No. 2 all Do., A A Deferred 8 Do., B Guaranteed 171, North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central ~, 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury &Biting 100 Do. L. &N. Western Guarante ed Si ok 8 Shrewsby. & Herefd all Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; all Do. Halveso. e all Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do 163 Stockton & Hartlepl. 20 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Linterick, I 14 West Cornwall I 21s. Wimbledn &Croydon 100 York Newctl.&Berw. i 20 Do. Extensions i 110 Do. G.N.E. Purchase ;. 100 York &N.Midland PREFEREN 1100 Aberdeen 100 Do. No. 2, 7 p. c 100 Bris. R.: Ex. 4p. c. St 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead. Guar. 5? per cent Gi Cork &Baudonsip.c all Dundee Perth &Aber- deen Junction all !EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent all Do. (X 5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7 p. c all Eastern Counties Ex- tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. c. St. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 100 East Lancash. 6p. cts. all EdinbPrth.&Dundee per cent. 100 Glasgow & S.Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northu. sp. c 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. .. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Scrip.... all Gt, Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths)... 6 Gt. Westu. (Berks & Hants H Ex. 5 p. c)... 100 Do. cov. red. 4i p.c 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c IA Do. irred. 4p. c 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock .., 100 Loudon and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c 5 Loudon &S. Western - I Con. Thirds 10 iLondouderry&Colcr, Shares all Lowly. &Ennis. iSh all Man., Shef., & Lin , Shares, No. 1. all Do. New, £lO 3 Do. £6 all Marypt. Carl. 4 p.c all Do. 4 per cent 8 Do 100 Nfld. Consol .6 p.c . St 100 Do. Cousol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent 5 Do. Pref. , q per cent 6 Norfolk Extension 100 Do. 5 p. c. Est 100 Do. Guar. 5:3, per et._ 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c 100 North British all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £ 15,6 p.c. 12 Do all Shrews. &Birm.N.G all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon li Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4 per cent. Pre. all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 100 York, Newcastle,aud Berwick,4 p.c. Pref 5 Do 10 York&N. Midland II and S. 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L•k,N.W lO7 109 107 50 all ClydesdaleJc. Caledon 541 5 54 . St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 150 152 _l5l 25 all Glstr.& Dn.Fr Gt. Westn 33 34 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Bcrw. • 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NMd 1131 1141 25 all Do. 1 Shares. Do 56 57 121 all Do. Shares. Do 271 28? ) 13i all Lon.& Greeuw S. Eastern 14i xd —lli 20 all Do. Preference Do 26 27 20 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk 9B 100 20 i.OO Do. 6 per ct. 51 all Manch. Bxtn. L.& N. W. and Matlock & Midld. 3 3 1 50 all Middlesbro' & Stekton & Redear Darlingt. • • • 00 all Midld.Bradfd Midland.. 108 109 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count. 65 67 50 all Do. 6 per ct. Do - ••• 50 all Do. Fixeds pe Do ••• 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N.W &Ln&Yk ••• 121 12 Do. i Shares. Do • St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. GtNorthn 150 152 St. 100 Do.Shepth.St Do 150 152 25 18 Shef•Rothand Lancash& Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. . • 12 91 S. Statlordsh. M.MClean d 50 all Wear Valleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt. •• • 25 all Do Do 32 3 3 St. 100 Wilts&Somrst GtWestn 1024 --- 103/ MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 6d psi 10s. all Anglo Californian 10 2 Australasian ld par 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera a 0 1 all Australian Freehold a 0 1 all Ave Maria i A d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 4d f ar ._1 all British Austrin. Gold a d 20 13.5 British Iron 35 244 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 3 44 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 2i 34 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 314 321, 1 4 Carson's Creek - pia 40 all Cobre Copper 414 —Om 5 1 Colonial 15 Copiapo Si. all Copper Min. of Eng. 60 70 25 all Do. Pref. 7 p. cent. 7 8 p 5 all English and Austrin.' Copper Smeltg.Co. 24 2 d 21 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget Vein — i r 24 2 all Do. Registered 3 all Great Polgooth -id 1 all Lake Bathurst 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. A a 1 all Mariquita 10 9 Ilexican&S.Americn 64 74 1 all New Granada i (1-- 4 p 1 all Nouveau Monde 4 If 1 IA 10 5 Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg. . • ... 5 1 Port Philip A 4 a 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 15 Do. New 64 74 30 104 Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian 10 7 Tin Croft •• ... 281 all United Mexican 1 all Waller ...._. r. d 1 all West Granada 1 all West Mariposa, 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia BO 82 50 all British N. American ... „. 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China a 4 p 100' 25 Colonial — x d 100 20 Commercial of Lond ... ... a d 20 10 English Scottish and Australian par 4 p 104 20 15 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia l4 2}p 50 20 Loudon and County ... ... 50 10 Loudon Joint Stock _ ... ad 100 20 Lond. & Westminster _ ... 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India ... ... ... 50 22L National of Ireland.. _ .„ 25 all Oriental Bauk of Corporation 4B 50 25 5 Do. New — ... 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... _ 10 all Do. New ... 5 1 RosiacloAlduslturalpinc.Bol.c.g dis— par 25 all South Australia 44 46 25 all Union of Australia 7O 72xd x 2J Do. New 74 84 50 10 - Union of London x d •• ... ..• 40 all Union of Madrid..., ... ... MISCELLANEOUS. 5 1 5 Aubin Coal and Iron) 100 35 Australian Agriculti 31 33 321 3 2 20 8 Australsn.Pcific.Mail ..• 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail ... 50 38i Brit. American Land 64 67 5 1 Brit. &Coln. Smelt and Reduction C 0. ....- 100 32 Canada Company..... 5 5 Crystal Pa1ace.,,,,,.., eifi 4 2 Crystal Pal, of France P 20 1 Eastern Steam.. . . .... 1 1 Electric Tel, of I re l. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ▪ ••• 20 14 General Screw St eam ..• 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar • • 20 4 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel ▪ 10 3 Netherlands Land.... 4d 3, 1 all N. B. Australasian... par I P 1 g 20 7i Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 5 all Peel Rr. Ld, & Minrl. 1 p 64 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... 50 25 Do. d o , 2 all Portland Iron C 0,,, • 100 60 Royal Mail Steam.... ••• all Scot. Austral, Invest. •10 2 p 3 1 Do. New Scrip. .. ... 25 25 South Austral, Land 3 . 5 37 37i 8i I all Submarine Telegraph ... ••• 100 28, 1 , Van Diemen's L and I 5 16 1.6 i OUR SECOND SWEETBEART, A private view of the pictures took place on Satur day, at the gallery of the British Artists, Suffolk-street, which have been selected by the prizeholders of the Art-Union of London. As these pictures have already been noticed in these columns, when they were first seen in the various exhibitions of the present year, it will not be necessary to allude to them at any length. The most remarkable change which we observed by the difference of hanging, was No. 4 of the present catalogue, entitled "Th e Ci ty o f Sy r acuse, from the an ti e nt quarries where the Athenians were impri soned, B.C. 413," Which, certainly, does not gain in our esteem by being brought nearer to the eye, and therefore justifies the high position in which it was placed at the Royal Academy, concealing, as it did, the pre-Ra,ffaelite detail of the near objects, and proves that " distance lends enchantment to the view." The price paid for it, namely, 2501., the odd 501. in excess of the prize being added by the Hon. F. Lygon, is at least highly creditable to the liberality of that gentleman. Another example of a similar kind will be found in the selection, by Mr. T. H. Maudslay, of a view of " Cwm Ogar, Glamorganshire, No. 84," by T. Tennant, the amount of prize being only 801., and the price of picture 1251. In this instance we not only compliment the buyer on his liberal spirit, but also congratulate him on having vindicated his judgment in selecting a fine, deep-toned, and powerfully painted pic ture well worth the sum he has paid for it. The rest of the pictures have found buyers at about the valuation put upon them by the artists, and do not, conse quently, require furt her notice in that respect. We cannot help saying, however, that No. 44, " The First Appearance of Columbus in Spain," by Mr. Hurl stone, is very reasonable at 1501., and Mr. H. Wil so n ought to be well satisfied with having obtai ne d, on terms so easy, by far the best picture the artist ever painted, and we ar e not q uite certain whether, upon the whole, it is the most s uggestive production of the year. "The Walk to Emmaus, by Mr. Henry War ren, is a water-colour drawing of considerable preten sions ; and although the general breadth of style in which it is treated is rather interfered with by the botanical detail, of which we complained when it was first exhibited, still we are happy that this approach to the high style of art should have found a liberal patron, to the extent of o ne hundred guineas, in the person of Mr. W. A. Richmond. These are the the person points of the present exhibition of prizes— the r emainder consist of specimens by many of the established favourites, and when the difficulty of ob taining a picture to fit the a mount of the prize, and to suit the fancy of the prizeholder, together with the frequent want of pecuniary means to make the neces sary addition to o btain a more desirable picture, are taken into consideration, we think that it must be ad mitted that the present display of selections gives a rather favourable indication than otherwise of a gradual improvement in th e p ublic tast e , and sastains the hope th a t great benefit wi ll be ultimately derived from the lottery of the Art-Union. -.-..•••••••......1•••• HORRIBLE DEATH. —On Friday last a frightful acci dent occurred to a young man named William Abbott, engaged as foreman painter, in the employ of Messrs. Heathcote and Co., of Tiverton, which shortly after wards terminated fatally. It appears that, on the day in question, the deceased was at work at Wiveliscombe, when he accidentally fell into a partly filled furnace of boiling liquid ; the unfortunate sufferer was, after a short space, rescued by some persons taking hold of him by the hair of the head. Surgical aid was called in, but the case was hopeless, and the poor fellow, after lingering in great agony, breathed his last the following morning,— Exacr amette. nt EtIZA COOK. ( From Eliza Cook's foarnal). Do not think, gentle reader, that we intend to indite a book of revelations, touching all the wooers we have had in our train : certainly not ? We shall betray no serious feeling, and trespass upon no delicate ground. No breach of faith shall be made in any way ; but as the harmless truth of the portraiture of poor Ben Hewitt, our " first sweetheart," appeared to give general satis faction, we are induced to believe that a few w ords re lative to Tom Ashton, our second devoted admirer, may prove welcome to those who can smile over " simple annals." At the time of this " tender attachment," we were living in the suburbs of London, and had just arrived at what should be, and what really was with us, the gawky rollicking age of twelve. We are perfectly aware that in this fast age, young ladies of such a matured span begin to have definite notions of bridal dresses, and learn to "con duct themselves with propriety ;" b u t we were brought up in a different atmosphere. We had a mother who cared much more for our principles and constitution, than for our politeness and conventionalism, and we had the constant fellowship of brothers, with whom we played, quarrelled, and fought, on the broadest system of "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity," to say nothing of our natural predilection for anything save " worsted work," or "sitting up like a lady." It must be admitted that we were about as rude a specimen of primitive Tomboyism as ever horrified a finishing governess. We were " dreadfully uninformed," often tore our frocks and trousers, and scorned a parasol ; but our spine was perfectly straight, our disposition as frank as daylight, and our mind untouched by the sentiment of French novels. We were quite as innocent as when Ben Hewitt lifted us up and kissed us, just as a life guardsman might Tom Thumb ; and we had certainly lost nothing of the audacity which had prompted us to empty Dame Hewitt's jug of camomile tea and fill it with her best October brewing instead. The four years which had passed over our head had done little for it but deepen the shade of its curls. Would to Heaven the darkening shadows had always kept outside ! We had acquired .no accomplishments beyond a most crude notion of ex ercising our toes in Paine's First Set, and our fingers in the Battle of Prague, and a pretty mess we often made of both,—in short, we were as wild and wilful as any scion of civilised humanity could be, and have often won dered since how we grew up into such a quiet reserved adults as we proved. At this time our brothers made acquaintance with Tom Ashton—a small-limbed, dark-skinned, black headed boy of about thirteen. He was the only child of a corn-factor in the neighbourhood, had never known his mother, and had been brought up between a very severe aunt and a very indulgent father. Tom held that ex treme degree of contempt for anything in petticoats which we often see entertained by boys of that age, and when he excluded us from "Catch-ball," refused to turn the skipping-rope for us, and said we were not wanted at "Hide and Seek," our amazement and indignation were not slight. He impressed our brothers, too, and they were becoming despotic in their adoption of the Salle law. Tom evidently despised us. We bore his abominable conduct as well and as long as we could, but at last the crisis came. We were working in a strip of ground, honoured by the name of garden, and with a tool in our hand, known as "a dibber," were planting scarlet beans. In came the boys, with Tom Ashton, and of course we must "get out of the way" directly, and let them finish the beans. There, be off," said Tom, " and give me that dibber." " I shan't," was our emphatic and laconic reply. " Yes you shall," said he, "for I want it directly," and he forthwith attempted to take it by force. We resisted vigorously. At length he gave us, not exactly " a blow," but something between a hard gripe and a desperate "shove," which sent the blood of all the Howards into our right arm ; and we have to record the disgraceful fact of positively knocking him down with the dibber, and that our brothers chee red us lustily for the feat. Tom got up, looking very crest fallen, tried to cough, and said it was " only his fun ;" while we stood over our yard and a half of beans with is face like a crimson "passion flower," if there be such a thing, and quite ready and willing to " fight it out," if necessary; but Tom's masculine tyranny was crushed for ever; whether it arose from admiration or fear of our courage, we never questioned ; but certain it is, that he was in spired with a different feeling toward us from that moment. He allowed us to bathe his temple, only beg ging that none of us would tell a word about the affray. He wanted to shake hands and make it up ; and on the instant we offered him the disputed dibber, the rest of the beans, and a lot of sweet peas into the bargain. Tom's nerves were rather too much astonished to allow him to accept our generosity just then, but he came the next morning, black eye and all, and while he set the beans, we covered them with earth. Adam and Eve could not have agreed better in Eden. He even insisted on carrying the heavy watering-pot for us—an attention which we soon after returned in the shape of a beautiful new marble-bag. Tom never turned us out of any game we could play at, after this incident ; and if we hap pened to be reading a fairy tale while the boys were at leap-frog, he would suddenly leave them, and asked if we would read it " out loud" to him. Then Tom began to give us ounces of " hardbake," wholesale portions of peppermint, and as for parched peas, the amount de voured between us was unknown. Within a short period, the annual vacation ball was given at Tom's school, and we were among the invited. During the preceding fortnight, Tom betrayed a strange anxiety to learn a few steps, and actually asked his father to let him join the dancing class, applying himself so suc cessfully that a quadrille ceased to be a mystery, and a bow a disgraceful impossibility. We shall never forget his asking us to be his partner in the first set, nor how he stooped to tie our sandal, nor how he took a large slice of cake with extra citron upon it apparently for himself, and slily insisted on exchanging it for our sweetmeatless piece, nor how he squeezed our hand at breaking up ; but then Tom had had a number of glasses of negus. One day we admired a pair of primrose gloves on a young gentleman, and when Tom next appeared he sported a new pair of pale yellow kids, which har monised beautifully with a very school-boyish jacket and trowsers, all grease and grub, and considerably whitened at the wrists and knees. Then we fancied some white mice, and Tom brought us a " darling" pair in a round about cage ; but as the perfume from these little ani mals affords no trace of rose or jasmine, an ejectment of summary character was served on them by our paternal guardian, to Tom's great vexation, and so severely did he threaten the peace and well-being of the ejector, that we trembled lest he should commit a per sonal and murderous assault on the head of the family ; however, the mice were ensconced in Mr. Ashton 's corn-loft, and Tom was never so happy as when he could persuade us to go there three times a day just to see how they were getting on. We went on in this fashion for two years, when matters become so serious on Tom's part that he worried his father for a tailed coat, and had the temerity to send us a valentine. It came very early in the morning, and put a temporary stop to the rapid consumption of a huge slice of bread and but ter. It consisted of a sheet of highly-glazed post, em bossed with pink, blue, and silver flowers of some "genus" unknown, saving that they are generally seen to grow in " fools' paradise." In the centre was a re markably plump Cupid, in ballet costume, flinging a remarkably plump heart at a young lady with scarlet roses and yellow shoes, and the perspective afforded a miniature likeness of St. George's, Hanover-square, and a sort of sage-green gooseberry bush with a couple of doves perched thereon. Beneath the imposing emblems, the following original lines were printed:— Loved of my soul, this heart of mine I give to thee—Oh give me thine ; But if thou wilt not deign to take it, Thy cruel words I feel will break it; and in an autograph P.S. was added, "your most de• voted admirer, T.A." We remember that many remarks were made on the subject, which we could not fully under stand. We distinctly heard our parents declare that valen tines in general were very silly things, and that Tom's one in particular was the silliest of the silly; and Mary in the kitchen, to whom we confidentially showed it, said some thing about "Master Ashton being rich when he ‘growed up,' and being able to keep us a carriage if we'd like to marry him by-and-by,"—both observations being swept from our consideration by the announcement of " Punch and Judy" being before the door. At this period, Tom was placed out in the world at a merchant's office, and we were taken into the rural shades of extreme Surrey, where we grew and flourished along with the other weeds and wild flowers. Tom had given us a " love of a work box" before we parted, and we had presented him with a tiny silver snuff-box, of no earthly use to either ; but people generally do make presents of what the recipients least need. Tom had uttered many words of folly on the strength of the valentine, and wanted us to promise , eternal love and fidelity ; our parents were too wise to interfere in the matter, or possibly we might have deemed our case a very important one, and obstinately have fallen in love with Tom ; as it was, we only thought it "a bit of fun." During the summer months, Tom kept asking for undue holidays and got them (what a premium his father must have paid), and came down to our cottage on the pretence of fishing. As autumn to came on he merged into a consi derable dandy, began talk a great deal, and whistled opera airs when we asked him to climb the wild cherry-tree for us. At last he began to hint that we were not sufficiently womanly, and did not think enough of ourselves—information which we could not quite fathom the meaning of, but which nevertheless excited an inclination to box his ears. Then he mentioned the charms of Miss Louisa Newton, his master's niece, and implied that she was a very superior young lady to what we were. She had such lovely black hair in Grecian bands (ours was only common brown, and strongly emulative of limp corkscrews), her skin was like the spring snowdrop (ours was the tint of autumn wheat), her eyes were a sparkling black (ours were sober grey), she danced like a fairy, she sang like a syren, she talked like an a n g el, and in short it was becoming quite evident that Miss Newton had knocked him down with another sort of dibber. How lucky it was we had not vowed eternal fidelity ! How lucky that we become perfectly indifferent w rr y s s ing about his attentions ! b t u l s a w s c k e a usb boasting e alwayswoi n th e ready t n t dt l Little w D hi a c l p k t nd ll sildoe eh ne e tp w mo h n e oy e r, l e w o? r r i rgr g o h o day of how many times he had danced with the above named lady at the Polish ball, and how she had compli mented him on his white teeth, until we l ost all patienee; so upstairs we went and brought down the huge workbox : "Here, Tom," said we, " take back this rubbishing thing, for it s no use to us, and don't come bothering down her e ' again, agai n f b o u r nobody was t e w d a e n v t o s t you ed ; " and Tom sever ever did ata c comehiswains o afterwardsf Miss Newton for a whole year. We met him four years wick us fe that Tom itha verywas a fie fair-haired kle young lady. A friend told a fresh affection every few months, quicksilver, and and had a sure enough heard within another year thathe enga gedwa s girl ; however, he brok e th a t off, and s another chughtir of Eye, and this gava workboxes t o a Spanish w t,o e is ths way Tom wen -- - Lorenzo Benoni ; or, Passages in the Life of an Italian. Constable and Co., Edinburgh. The reader may form whatever opinion he pleases as to the object of the author, for the work may be considered a work of fiction, an anto biography, or, what it appears to us m ore strictly to be, reminiscences of early days, written by an Italian refugee. The thoroughly English style in which the book is written proves beyond doubt that the author must have lived long in this country. The first half of the narrative is con fined to the childhood and school-life of Lorenzo , which, but for the occasional introduction of amusing anecdote and description of particular character, . and a brief sketch of the manner in which Italian education was carried on some thirty years ago, would prove tedious to the reader, if his risible faculties were not awakened by the ex traordinary precocity of children of from ten to thirteen years of age ; for certain Lorenzo Benoni had an overweening self-esteem as a boy. On his leaving college he becomes a great dandy, which, however, he is soon ridiculed out of by his uncle ' a matter-of-fact Genoese merchant, who, in all his after-troubles, is his staunch friend. His mode of life is a sample of that of the generality of the Genoese merchants at that time : "Uncle John's style of living was, like that of the greater number of the burghers of Genoa at that time, simple, and even parsimonious. The house in which he lived was situated in a narrow dirty street, as most of the Genoese streets are. It was choked up in front by another mansion rising just before it at the distance of a few feet, and at the back overlooked a filthy yard. In buying this house, some twenty years before, my uncle had been determined by the single consideration that it was not above five minutes' walk from Bauchi, and that it was sure to let. As to air, open space, or light, he had thought no more about them than if things of the kind had never existed. Air, light, and prospect were superfluities ; if you could have them into the bargain, so much the better, if not, you did just as well without. " The suite of apartments which my uncle occupied on the second floor—the other stories were let—was spa cious and lofty, but dark, and looked empty and cold. It was, however, be it said to its credit, deliciously cool in hot weather. The walls were whitewashed, and their nakedness was 'rather set off to advantage, than con cealed, by the half dozen or so of old family portraits that hung here and there. Thinly scattered through the apartments, at a great distance from each other, there stood a few old-fashioned, heavy, dark pieces of furniture, looking so lonely in their corners as to make one feel sorry for them. An ancient Venetian mirror, six feet in height, a dozen old chairs covered with faded yellow velvet, and an enormous clock in tortoiseshell of exquisite workmanship, constituted all the luxury of the drawing-room. But the walls of this drawing-room, which was very large and lofty, were, by a happy excep tion, filled to an inch by pictures of the best Italian Masters. No arm-chairs, no sofas, no carpets, no lamps, nothing of all that contributes to comfort. Uncle John did not feel the want of it, or rather was not aware that there was such a thing in the world. He had, in common with most of his countrymen, a strong pre judice against fire, which he declared to be very in jurious to health, and the only chimney that existed in his apartment had been accordingly walled up. His only precaution against the cold, sometimes intense, consisted in rubbing his hands, or, in extreme cases, in going out to walk. " His meals were of patriarchial simplicity. A cup of coffee for breakfast. For dinner, soup, most frequently the national minestra aseiutta (that is, a pottage of macaroni or other Italian paste, boiled for a short time, then drained dry, and seasoned with gravy and par mesan cheese), a dish of meat or fish, a salad, and frui or cheese. For supper, a dish of boiled vegetables with oil and vinegar, and nothing more. Such was the fare, from which he never deviated, but which he imposed on no one else, for his guests—when he had any, a thing of rare occurrence —always found an excellent table at his house. And on state occasions, such as his own birth day for instance, Uncle John would give us a truly princely dinner, both as to the profusion of choice dishes and wines, and as to the luxuries of linen, china, and plate." Being destined for the law by his father (who, be it known, was an affable and agreeable com panion to the world, but a sulky old bear at home), lie enters the high college, of the manage meat of which, and the conduct of the professors, the author's own words can best express : "It was strictly required of the professors that they should call over the roll of their auditors at the beginning of the lecture, and mark down those who might be absent, After three absences thus proved, the profes sor was forbidden to give his signature to the student's card, which occasioned a loss of three months. No thing so provoking was ever invented —nothing giving. rise to so many acts of servility on the one side and of gross partiality on the other, as this confounded system of calling over the names. It was a sword of Damocles, continually suspended over our heads, and really put us at the mercy of our professors, for where was the student sure of not being three times in three months a minute after the hour, and who might not want a little in dulgence on this score ? For the youth of independent character, who was above condescending to entreaty . , the fatal cross was scarcely ever effaced, whereas it readily disappeared for one who could bow low, and make himself acceptable by fawning. "The letter was everything, the spirit nothing. The student who showed himself assiduously at the lecture, especially if very submissive, even although he never looked at his books, stopped short at the most simple question, and conducted himself in other respects no matter how, fulfilled the letter of the law, and that was sufficient—he was irreproachable. On the contrary, a conscientious young fellow who was above cringing, let him be ever so studious, ever so unimpeachable iu his morals, was unmercifully pounced upon at the least in fraction of the letter of the law. The aim was to form machines not men. The University was like a huge press destined to squeeze out of the rising generation all independence of spirit, all dignity, all self-respect ; and when I pass in review the noble characters which never theless have escaped from this bed of Procrustes, I cannot help thinking with pride what strong moral ele ments our much-slighted Italian nature must possess, to come forth pure and vigorous from such a deleterious atmosphere. "A kind professor, who might sympathise with us— and there were some such—dared not give way to his good-will so much as he might have wished, for he knew that he was watched as well as we, and that an unfavour able report might cost him his chair. The professors and the students were equally subjected to the espion age of the servants of the University, such as porters, beadles, janitors, watchmen, &c., &c., who were all in formers —informing being a condition, sine qua non, of their obtaining and keeping their places. These wretches did their best to overhear our conversations, which they reported after their own fashion, sending up notes con cerning various individuals. They felt their power, and used it like uneducated creatures as they were—th a t i s' by conducting themselves with rudeness a n d i nso l ence. And the student who might be tempt e d t o ma k e one o f th e se men know his place, entered upon a perilous un dertaking, for between the affirmation of a student and that of a servant, the latter was su re t o obtain cre dence." - During this part of his career, being about twenty-three years of age, he, together with his brother and som e o ld colege associates, begin to take part in the political agitation which then agi tated Italy. The machinations of the Carbonari, to which sect they belong, is, however, discovered, and the little party is almost annihilated by the sudden arrest of Fantasio, their leader, who is, however, only banished from Italy ; and at Mar seilles again infuseglife and vigour into his party, and organises another conspiracy, the fatal termination of which took place in 1833. The tyranny exer cised over the inhabitants of Northern Italy, and what the unfortunates suffered, is vehemently de picted, and many examples of injustice and oppres sion are given as examples, although the public need them not, for they have but to read the daily accounts from Milan, or any of the Italian states, to meet with parallel cases : " Piedmont lay prostrate under the worst of all des potisms, the despotism of the sword. Milituanryy gover nors and commandants lorded it over the b c: ing tr true Pachas. The power of these m th en unlimited, daily encroachments. on i urisd ilci country, like the civil authorities became inevitab e ; and in the inex tricable confusion and constaintetosftreuogeghlea fsotratseuopfrethnzys: which were the natural r h e o su knew neither where to seek the peaceable citizen, w f course the sufferer. 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We have n ot receiv• ed such precise details riespecting the state of the Turkish laud forces, but the f4)llowing, we are informed, are substantially to be reliod on Si thousand men, regulars and Itedif (Lat tdwehr), are assembling in the fortresses on the line of the Danube, and at Schumla and Varna ; and ten thousand ii regular Albanians are marching to occupy the passes of the Balkan. All these are under the command of Omer Pasha, a Croatian by birth, a renegade, who ran away from the Austrian army twenty-five years ago. He is the only general in Turkey. lie has been successful in civil war with the Kurds and the Albanians, but has never had regular troops opposed to him. He has the merit of looking well after his men, by whom he is much beloved. In Asia forty thousand men are being assembled, in the direction of Kars. The weak points of the Turkish army are want of good officers and the absence of a commissariat. 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