The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-20 00:00:00

j THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The Moniteur of this morning contains the fol lowing :--" The Bureau of the Senate, the Bureau of the Legislative Body, and the members of the State Council, will meet on Saturday, at noon, at the Tuileries, to receive a communication from the Emperor respecting his marriage." Rumour repre sents that, after a good deal of reflection on the Emperor's part, the proposition for the hand of the Countess Teba was formally made on Sunday last, and accepted, and at a Council of Ministers held on Monday, the announcement was made by the Emperor himself, who intimated, at the same time, that his mind was already made - up on the point, and that it was a marriage of affection. The Ministers are said to have been taken by surprise, and one of them manifested decided signs of oppo sition, but finding the Emperor's mind fixed on the point, desisted. Another version is, that three of the Ministers remonstrated, and said something of resignin g . On the other hand, it is stated that they agreed to the marriage, that it was announced soon after in due course to the members of the Diplomatic Corps, who offered no objection , an d who have accepted the arrangement. It is even stated that the civil marriage actually took place on Tuesday night, that the reli g i ou s solemnisation will be held on Saturday week next, and that Prince Napoleon Jerome, the Emperor's cousin, will be married at the same time to the daughter of the Prince of Wagram, granddaughter of Mar shal Berthier. The marriage of Prince Napoleon Jerome, should it really take place, will not, it is said, prevent hi m from proceeding to his command as Lieutenant of the Emperor in Africa. Africa will be divided into three military divisions. the principal seats of which will be respectively Algiers, Oran, and Constantine. The Prince will have authority over the three mili tary governments, but that authority will be con trolled,by the superior direction of the War-office at home, and of course of the Emperor himself. Many persons are of opinion that Prince Napoleon Jerome will not long remain in his Vice-Royalty of Algiers ; and that his return to France may be soon expected. Marshal St. Arnaud is still spoken of as about to quit the War Department, and his successor is to be General Canrobert. Amongst the other rumours of the day is one with reference to the renewed at tempt at a fusion between the Count of Chambord and the Orleans Princes, and it is said—as it has been said many times—with every prospect of suc cess. It is added, that the Princes have some in tention of paying a visit before long to their cousin the Count of Chambord. Pierre Bonaparte, brother of the present Prince of Canino, and once an ardent republican, is about to be named to the command of a regiment of Zouaves. An Imperial decree, dated the 3d, nominates Ge neral de Division Allouveau de Monbreal, Inspec tor-General of Tr) f:intry, to the command of the di vision of occupation of Rome, in the room of Ge neral Gemeau, nominated Senator, and placed en desponsibilite. We read in the Patrie " The Portuguese Government, desirous of giving to Franc e a proof of the good understanding which it wishes to see reign between the two Governments, has suppressed a journal published at Lisbon, and which had expressed hostility against the re-establishment of the Empire." A violent hurricane was experienced at Dieppe on Monday night, which caused considerable da mage. Amongst other casualties are mentioned the stranding of the English brig the Henry Coles, laden with coal from Newcastle. It is expected that she will be got off with the loss of her bowsprit and some damage to her hull. The same night the Eleanor, of Sunderland, was totally wrecked within 400 yards of the western Pier. The crew were all saved with great difficulty. The English galliot Ariel, of Truro, from New castle to Bristol, laden with coal, has likewise re ceived some injury. M. Genestal, major in the sth battalion of the National Guard, gave a dinner on Monday to the officers of the battalion at the Trois-Freres-Proven eaux. After dinner Lieutenant Cote gave the toast " Conciliation," which he prefaced with the following speech : Gentlemen,—Napoleon 111. on ascending the throne I inaugurated an era of conciliation. He rewarded every act of devotedness, he assembled round him without distinction of parties all the men of merit and goodwill proud of serving the greatest and noblest of all causes—that is, the cause of the nation. My party is nowhere, said he one day, but my cause is everywhere—under the tent of the soldier and in th e workshop, in the palace as well as in the cottage. Let us imitate that example which comes to us from a high quarter. Let us distinguish ourselves likewise by our spirit of conciliation. Let all of us who desire the grandeur and prosperity of the country, above all thin come together and shake hands." Those words were listened to in silence, and were interrupted at the conclusion with applause. The news of the disastrous fall on the Paris Bourse is accompaned by a variety of rumours. The principal of these is that another of the mem bers of the Government is among the speculators who are unable to meet their losses. The Pays of this day notices the fall in the funds, and .endeavours to show that there is nothing in the situation of the country, either financially or commercially, which ought to inspire the slightest degree of uneasiness. It attributes the depression of the funds to the check which was lately put upon wild speculation at the Bourse, and anticipates that, when the re-action thus caused shall have re stored things to their proper level, the funds will be in harmony with what the Pays calls " the gene ral prosperity." It concludes its article as fol lows: " Once more, we repeat, there is nothing in this state of things, of which we can here only sketch the most salient points, which can cause alarm to the most timid minds. Everything, on the contrary, breathes security, confidence, and laborious activity, united to faith in the future. It is only malevolence which could wish to misrepresent the peaceful and tranquilising character of it. It is only ignorance which can credit these preme ditated errors. Is it hoped by these absurd inventions to alarm foreign capitalists, and turn their capital from e ntering into our industrial movements ? We certainly do not feel much uneasiness at these efforts ; capitalists understand their interests better than party spirit ; they go wherever important revenues await them, as it would be easy for us to show that our great industrial under takings offer them advantages superior to those which they could m ee t w ith i n th e mos t pro d uc ti ve na ti ons o f Europe ; but, and we say it with some pride—France has never much run after foreign credit, and now, perhaps, less than at other periods. Her immediate resources are sufficient for the development of her activity. Under the Empire, when she was at war with the whole of Europe, she was able to create new and powerful manufactories, to satisfy all the wants of her home consumption, and to extend enormously the combined elements of the national riches. Since that period—and thanks to more than 30 years of peace—her material prosperity has only increased. Our paper currency is not out of propor tion with the three milliards of cash which we possess. England certainly never had such an amount of coin at her disposal, when she was able for 20 years to feed her commerce, her manufactures, and the struggle of Europe against our armies. We are, therefore, pos sessed of great and powerful resources, and there is nothing to prove that it is necessary for us to have re course to exotic credit. All the great undertakings which have been organised for the l as t f ew years have been founded and maintained with French capital, and in the last few months the power and energy of national credit has been even more clearly proved. In these different points of view, we may boldly and fearlessly present our situation to the eyes of all nations as an ex ample of strength and progress. The blind passions of Party spirit will not weaken the materiality of these ob servations, and let it be well understood that in the state ?f general peace of the different States, and with the, i ncessant communication between modern nations, coa litions are as impossible in the financial as in the political world." The Bourse of this day was the most disastrous that has been experienced by the speculators for a rise ' since the coup d'etat of December. The Three per Cents., opened at 78f. 50e., and closed at 77f. 9 0. for the end of the month, being a fall of lf. ! 3 , 5 c. as compared with the closing price of yester `l43, ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 1 03 f. 50e. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 975 f. ; tone; 970 f. ; Havre, 490 f • Great Northern, 805 f. ; Basle, 340 f. ; P ar i s and Strasburg, 730 f.; Paris and Lyons, 835 f. ,• Lyons and the Medi terranean, 695 f. Caen and Che r b ourg , 580 f. ; Bor deaux and Cefte, 560 E; Dijon to Besancon, 515 E; Shares of the Bank of Credit Foncier (issued at 5 00 f.), 645 E ITALY. The Municipal Council of Genoa voted, on the 15th, its budget of expenses, and allocated funds to maintain a suit against Cardinal Lambruschini, who claimed certain rights as Abbot of San Antonio de Prato. The Imperial and Royal Council of War, sitting at Udina, pronounced judgment on the 31st ult. against eight indi v id ua l s —among whom were two clergymen. Six were sentenced to from six months to two years' imprisonment, and two were acquitted for want of proof. They were all accused of having concealed arms, with the exception of one of the clergyman, who, being a parish priest, was charged with havin g om itt e d t o s i ng the Ambrosian Hymn on at the Emp eror ' s bi r thd ay, of having celebrated on th day an office for the dead, and committed a disrespectful act towards the portrait of the Em peror of Austria. The Tuscan Monitor, of the 13th inst., inserts the following : " The journal Opinione published some time ago an article, copied in oth er papers, announcing the death of the prisoner Madiai, in the penit en ti ary establishment of Tuscany, and adding that hi 9 guffaws had caused his THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING-, JANUARY 20, 1853. demise. This false intelligence having been widely cir culated, we are authorised to contradict it. The state ment is unfounded. F i verybndy, on the other hand, knows that the persons confined in the prisons of the Grand Duchy are treated with kindness humanity, and philanthropy." The Genoa Mercantile Corriere of the 15th con tains the following : - - " The Pontifical Government, at whose request the de cree expelling the emigrants from Tuscany was issued has forwarded a list of them to the frontier authorities, with orders to arrest them, should they attempt to enter the Pontifical dominions. The circular was also sent to the Government of San Marino. As respects the latter, here is a less serious although curious fact. The Marquis Guartavillani, of Bologna, honorary captain in the army of the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, preserved the hat of the brother of Napoleon 111., killed at Forli, during the revolution of 1831. The Marquis resolved to set out for Paris with that relic, but in order to present himself to the Emperor with a more respect able character, he offered the Republic of San Marino to go and recognise the new Monarch in its name. The offer was accepted, and the Prince Regent of the Re public having written his letters of credence, M. Guar tavillani took his departure for Paris. The Grand Duke of Tuscany has definitively declined to accede to the Customs Union proposed by Austria. This course was suggested to him by the bad effect the very mention of the measure had produced in his dominions, and by advice coming from abroad." We read in. the Roman Journal of the 10th J. inst. "Twelve Roman ladies have executed with their own hands 12 carpets, intended to adorn the staircase leading from the Basilicon of the Vatican alla Confessione. On Christmas-day those carpets, which appeared for the first time, were much admired. They were woven by the fol lowing ladies : Princess Mary Aldobrandini, born d'Aremberg ; the Marchioness Claire Antici Mattei, born Altieri ; Princess Adele Borghese, born De la Roche foucauld ; Princess Theresa Borghese, born De la Rochefoucald ; Princess Josephina Lancelotti Ginetti, born Massimo ; Princess Hyacinth Massimo, born Della Porta Radiani ; Countess Amelia, born Ruspoli ; the Duchess Theresa de Poli, born Chigi ; the Duchess Arabella Salviati, born de Fitz-James ; the Marchioness Virginia Spinola, born Patrizi; Princess Theresa Torlonia, born Colonna ; the Duchess Frances de Zagarolo, born De Nompere Campagny. The 12 carpets are of equal dimensions. In the angles are the armorial bearings of the lady who executed the work, and those of her hus band." The Pope has conferred on the Bishop of Cahors the title of Attendant on the Pontifical Throne, and created him a Roman Count. SPAIN. The accounts from Madrid are to the 15th inst. The Gazette publishes four Royal decrees, coun tersigned by Count d'Alcoy, depriving MM. Satur nino Calderon Collantes and Francisco de Paula Orlando of their seats in the Royal Council, and appointing to succeed them General Fermin Salcedo and M. Ventura Diaz, late Governor of the Pro vince of Madrid. M. Antonio Benavides, Minister of the Interior, had named M. Francisco de Cardonas Under-Secre tary of State - of his department. It was rumoured that M. Joaquin Maria Perez was to be nominated Under-Secretary of State of the Ministry of Finance, and M. Amblard Director of Accounts in the same department. Count de Mirasol was indisposed and had not been able for some days to assist at the Cabinet Councils. Queen Maria Christina had returned to Madrid from her excursion to Tarancon. Donna Maria of Braganza, Marchioness de Louie, had left for Lisbon. The 11 eraldo announces that the King of Bavaria intended to visit Spain. The Three per Cents. were done at 42# ; the New Three per Cents. at 23 5-16 ; the Debt of the First Class, at lot ; and that of the Second, at sg. COAST OF AFRICA. The Prometheus, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Foote, arrived at Spithead yesterday afternoon, from the coast of Africa. She left Sierra Leone on the 27th of December, called at Teneriffe on the 7th inst., and left again with mails on the 11th. By this arrival, we are informed of the Abbra kontans being engaged with an army of 20,000 men in the storming of Addo, a town to the north of Badagay. They were, however, expected to be attacked daily by the King of Dahomey, who had threatened to lead a large army against them, and to the defence of the people of Addo. Commander Foote of the Prometheus, with Dr. Irving, of the same ship, had returned to Sierra Leone just be fore she sailed for this port, from a mission to the people of Abrakontah, whose town is about thinly miles to the north, the object of which was to open up friendly relations with them. This mis sion was perfectly successful—the people in question, through those of their chiefs not engaged in the war with Addo, receiving them with the greatest kindness, and showing a particular desire to main tain the best friendship with Europeans. They had abolished the slave trade, had received the mis sions from the coast with friendly manifestations, and were endeavouring to further the productive resources of their country, - which is described as a very fine one, capable of producing large quantities of cotton, gum, indigo, &c. Of the merits of the war with Addo, we have not sufficient information to speak. The British had been engaged in some hostilities on the Shebau ; the boats of the Poly phemus, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Philips, having landed some men there who had burned down se veral buildings, reported to be for slave purposes. The Prometheus reports the , following men-of war at Sierra Leone when she left :—Centaur, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Bruce ; Firefly, Polyphe mus, Blood-hound, Ferret, Pluto—all well. The mail steamer Propontis had called on the 26th of December, in the evening, to coal, having put in to Teneriffe on the 23d. She reported the Ferret, sloop, having put in there, after experiencing bad weather. _ V,LA J. The Sl following were in the Bights :—Britomart (senior officer), Cygnet, and Alecto on the south coast, Harlequin, Waterwitch, Volcano, and Spy. There was no slave trade going on at all. The Pro metheus brings home a small freight of gold dust, ivory, (tc., with invalids, among whom is Lieute nant Towsey, from the Firefly. BOW-STREET-(THIS DAY). DARING ROBBERY. —.Tanta Cooper was brought up, before Mr. Hall, charged with stealing from the person of Jane Moss a purse, containing a half a sovereign rand one shilling. Last night, about seven •'clock the prosecutrix was proceeding along High -street, Bloomsbury, having at the time her purse— containing the sum named in the charge —in her hand, when the prisoner came up to her and snatched it from her, and ran away. She pursued him, calling out " Stop thief," when he threw away the purse, and, just as he was , about making off, a constable came up and took him in charge. The purse was subsequently found in the road. The prisoner denied the charge, and said he was play ing with some other boys, when the constable came up and took him into custody. The prosecutrix said she could swear prisoner was the thief, as she had a distinct view of his face under the gas lamp. Mr. Hall committed the prisoner for trial. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. FOURTEENTH DAY. OXFORD, WEDNESDAY.—The result of the day's poll ing has reduced Mr. Gladstone's majority from 124 to 119. The nu m b er o f votes recor d e d was 39, of which 17 were for Mr. Gladstone, and 22 for Mr. Perceval. STATE OF THE POLL AT FIVE O'CLOCK. Gladstone 1004 Perceval BB5 Majority for Gladstone ..........-119 L OW. The polli ng took p C lac Aß eat Carlow yesterday. At half-past one, the numbers were— Alexander 95 Sadleir Thirteen remained unpolled. Alexander's return was considered certain. TO TrfE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The Bank of England may be quite right in raising the rate of discount ; but would not capital be kept in this country more effectually, if Government relaxed our absurd law of partnership ? A man having a little spare cash, rasher than incur the risk of being ruined under the Joint-Stock Act, invests it in foreign loans and schemes which do not involve any personal liability. Australia, California, and Free-trade have so far averted the panic now due ; but two or three foreign loans with a deficient harvest would soon change our prospects.--I spects —I am, Sir, your obedi en t servant, A FREE-TRADER. COMMUNICATION WITH FRANCE.-2Complaints are re ceived of the discontinuance by the French Northern Railway Company of the tidal trains in correspondence with the Folkestone steamers. If a direct service be tween London and Paris only occupying 12 hours, 'ac complished by day, and varied in the time of departure so as always to insure a favourable tide, is in eve r y case a great convenience to travellers, it is most of all so at this season. The mail service, conducted by night, and at fixed hours, cannot replace it, and is not only open to frequent irregularities, but, being arranged specially for the transmission of letters, and rightly . treating everything else as a secondary importance, It exposes passengers to many discomforts and inconveniences in cold and stormy weather, from which a tidal service exempts them. EMIGRATION.—The Emigration Commissioners have given notice that they will be prepared to receive tenders on the 22d. inst. for three vessels to take out emigrants to Western Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria. They are to b e rea dy to receive the passengers for Perth and Sydney on the 28th of February, and for Melbourne on the 2d of March next, TilE SHARE MAR ICE TS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Business done this day. Paid jAberdeen 4 Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. June Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh & Cheshire Junct Do. Cnesh. Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do., £20...... Bristol & Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Dub'in&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ....... East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... Do., (£lB E. & H.).. Eastern Counties..... Easte-n Union, Class A. lab E. U. 5h.... Do., do. Do., B. & C. East Lancashire East &We Ind. Dk & Birming. June— Edinluirgh & Glasgow' Edinb. and Peebles Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock ..... Do., B. Stock Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western.. Irish Sou.l-Easters. Lancaster &Carlisle Do., Third 5............ ILancash. Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un, Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & South At. London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthond. Lond.Briet.& S. Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths D0.,10/.5h.,M&8...0 London & S. Western Do., £5O.- - - Do., £40.. Lnndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 15/tar ch.Shef.&Lineln. Do., iisn. &Lin. Un. Do. Birming.& Derby l igidland G. vVe.t. (Ir.) Do. 4 Shr - es .......... Newcastle &Carlisle..l ( Newmarket ..1 Do. Bury Extensions Ne wpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & En iiskillenl i Newry Warrenpointl & Rostrevor Norfolk... ......... Do., New ........ Northu. Counties Un North British North Devon, Nod Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred , Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Westerr N. dz S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton.. Scottish Central !Scottish Midland.. Shrewsbury dr Birmg. Do., L. do N. Westr Guaranteed Stock... Shrewsby. & Herefd. Shrewsby. & Chester, (Nor. W. Mb.)...... Do. Halves, d 0....... Do. 03westiy Shropshire Union South Devo.i South Eastern South Wa S. Yorksh. River Dun Do . Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway.. .. . • • •• Vale of Neath.. Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerio West Woodford.... ......... York Newctl. &Berw.l Do. Extensions .. Do. G.N.E. Purchase York d; N. Midland.. 28i - 294 6i - 611 104 - 10 21 22! 3 —2i d 107 109 64 1 64 224 23 17 18 34 2icl 81 94 5A ,c") 48 4 12 —12 i 9 - 10 71 - 7i 72 - 74 55 -• 60 74 -- 76 - 2 6 - 28 60 - 62 75 - 77 39 - 40 118 - 120 ]O4 -- 105 89 -- 904 61--- 7 86 -- 90 11i 12ip 79 -- 80 41 -- 4 d 3- -- 2id 15i -- 16 84 - 103 lei p 120 —120 i 24-3 p 1B PI 18 - 89 1 6 —54 d 54 —44 d 11 12 194 —20 A 2*— 294 3 8 d 77 774 44 46 51 52 21 3 4 —34 d 2a 2g - 52 54 ri 8 3 2 d 34 36 d -2 d 2 4 1 1 d 8 8i ai 4 P 48 49 95 97 63 - 65 68 70 70 - 80 19 - 20 9i - 10 14 - 15 22 - 2i 23 78 - 79 38 - 38. 13 - 13. 4 - 44 2i • 2 14 -14 A 9 Gi = 2h 2 1 84 . - 9i 68 69 8 — 7d 2a 54 55 PREFERENCE SHARES, lAberdeen ..., Do., No. - 2, 7p. c... Bristol & Exeter 4p. cent. Stock ..... Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... Caledonian .£lO ...... i Chester & Holyhead Guar. 54 per cent... Cofk&Band on SL , P.C. Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction ....... EastA nglian (43 . 10;) 6 per cent. Do. (25) 7 per cent.. Do. (27175) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. Do., New 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... Ea 9tLancash. 6 p. ch. E iinb. Prth. &Dundee 5A per Dent.- ..... Ghisiow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Gt. Southn. &West'. (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Great Western, fixed , q per cent Lancash. & Yorksh., F. £2O ....... ...... Do., 6 p. c., Stock Lor don and Brighton Guanir teed 5 p. c no. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 ......... Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. Lon. & N. West. Coy. di Nun., 5 p. c. Stock. London & S.Western, Con. Thirds si 9 Londonderry& Coler.l Shares Londndry. & Ennisk. 5hare5............... & Lin., Shares, No. 1...... Do. New, £lO Do., £6 . ..... Diarypt.&Carl. 4 p. Do. 4i per cent Do Mid.Consol. 6 p. c. St., Do. Consul. Bristol dz i Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. N per ct Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. Do.. Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. S. Yorksh . 4p . c.Guar. l Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pref Do York& N. Midland H & S. Purch 1107 - 109[ 1071 19 20 id. ... 6 -- 64 -- 3 3t,-- 4 - ■P 1i -- -- 1. 11 p P 14 -- 41 18 -1! 3 - 3i 126 - 128 1112 - 114 1 -lipl 1081 - 1091 Par —1 PI 150 152 3i - 4 pi 8 -- AI 11- 131 9 -- 9 11- 1! P I --7-1-ip 150 152 A - 22 a I 23 P 5a 6 2 - 21 102 -104 A 25 - 26 11 2i p 11 -11 i 171 -17 i 1 P 16 -- 17 par— p 26 -- 19 -- 20 id —par 103 -- 105 5 / 1 51 - g I JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia British N. American Colonial Commercial of Lon don English Scottish and Australian Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminster National Prov. of Eng. Do. New National of Ireland Oriental Bank of Corporation Do. New Provincial of Ireland Do. New... Royal Australn. Bkg. & Gold Importing Company . South Australia Union of Au s tralia Do. N0w...,,, Union of London Union of Madrid..., 80 - 82 i2l-1 3i - 33 6i 1071 8 65 41 23 2i 17. 51 13 121 a 774 4 394 4 7 0 6 1194 91 i 90i 891 11* 11 16* 16* 5 1031 4i 4 1211 1 20 2i 89 90 891 8 291 9 78 7i 8i 71 6; LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. Leasing Compaus, Clos!ng Prioa this day. Bedford and Bletchley Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee Do. without gr Blrm.Woly. & Dudley guar. Do.wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway Do. Do. Hull & Selby. Do. Shares. Do. i Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference ,Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Do. 6 per ct... Manch.litaton. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. . M Ba idl s d t : n ra o d p f . d c. . Northern and Do. 6 per ct.. Do.Fixedsp.c Prest. dt Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn.& Hit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.c S. Staffordsh WearValloygr 6 per cent Do.. Wilts &Somrst London (II I N. West. Gt.Wostu Do L. ** Caledon.. Gt. Notrhn Gt. Westn.l Yk. Now. I & Berw.. YAN.3Id. D 0......... S. Eastern, IDo ........ Norfolk ... D 0......... Ln.&N.W. & Midid. Stckton & Darlingt. E. Count. D o ......... &Lnd/Yk Do Gt. Northn' Do Lancash.d; Yorksh., MrMClean Stockt. Darling Do tlGt.Westn 30 - 31 29 - 30, 30 - 31 29 - 30 109 - 111 53 54 150 148 - 32; -----; 113 .115 56i -57 i 27 -- 28 14 --14ixd 25i -26 i 19 -- 20 23 —25 3 - 3i liiii -109 64 - 66 . pm - 154 .52 - 154 I i d 103 —l p4 xd 132 103 x.d. MINES. Agua Fria Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianimp.(issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada De. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo . Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref, 7 p. cent English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. General.. Golden Mountain Great Nugget Vein Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Lond. &Oalifom. Gob Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexican&S.America New Granada . ..... Nouveau Monde... Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymme Iron Do, New Santiago do Cuba South Australian Tin Croft. United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa Yuba.. FOREIGN. 10 3 Autwerp&Rotterdam 14 dis 5 3 BelgianEastn. 'Tuna. 1 2 20 all Charfel•oi c Erquelin. 13 14 134 14 20 6 Dijon and Besanon.. 2 idis —4px in xin •20 8 Dutch Rhenish 20 all East Indian 54 5 p xin 20 1 Do. Extension ._ 14 p 5 al! Gt. Indian Peninsula 2 p 20 7 Gd. Janet. of Frauce 2 Ells 6 204 104 Gt. Western of Canada 4 d— 4 p Shares par Ipxn ex now 5 1 Lucca & Pistoja sp.e 20 15 Luxembo irg 7 74 74 10 10 Do. (Railway) 44 5 5 2 Do. 5 3 Do. (Canal) . 10 2 Do. 6p. et. pref idis par 20 7 Lyons & Mediterran 7 9 p 20 44 Madras l4 2tp 334 29 Maria Antonia — 10 10 Do. New — ..• 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) 74 74 74 20 all Do. (ex interest) 6 74 16 all Northern of F rance 3O 306 304 11 29130xn 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds. (Any.B.&Ams. She.) 134 14 10 an NorwegianTrunl:Pre 20 10 Paris and Lyons ... 20 all Paris and Orleans 144 —154 p 20 all Paris and Rouen 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 38 40 20 4 ParisCaen& Cherbrg. 38 39 101 54 Quebec &Richmond 304 31 20 all Rouen and Havre l7 —19 p in. 20 all Sambre and Meuse_ 74 84 84 4 74 84 10 4 Do. 54 p. cam. pre7 20 4 Sorthern of Fro 1i 20 2s. Upper India Scrip p 8i all West Flanders ... . 10 4 Do. 54 per c. Pref 4 d 54 pm . 20 9 Western of France 44 —54 p 134 x new 10 2 West. of Switzerland Id par 1201 20 Zealand...... ..... MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Aut..ralian Agricult. 230 —. 240 238 39 E4O 35 20 4 Australsn.Pcific.Mail x.d. 10 5 Australn. Royal Mail 384 Brit. American Land 100 324 Canada 5 5 Crystal Palace .... 2 2 Crystal Pal. of France • 20 1 Eastern Steam .. .. . 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 100 50 General Screw Steam •• • 20 24 Irish Beetroot Sugar • 10 3 Netherlands La n d._ ." 20 24 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam • 50 all Peninsular& Oriental - • • 50 25 Do. r / s 60 R 5 Croyysar Mail alae s of te Fran am . oe 100 81 2 25 25 South .Austral. 48 52 50 4 1 1 Submar, Telegraph 1 1 Univeral Emigration and Colonization • 100 284 Van Diemen's Land i 17 1Q 17 16 ::: ii 17 18 17 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) --- GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Jan. 20, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. !BARLEY. I OATS. Ry g. BEANS. I PEAS. .. 451 10d 298 10d 1 5s 7d 120 s 8(11 343 83 I 3Ge 7d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHE I Od AT. BARLEYOd. I OATS Od . I B " . Bum prAg. Is Is ls Is Od I is Od I is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. wheat, 111,555 ; Barley, 92,315 ; Oats, 24,972; Rye, 189 ; Beans, 5,984 ; Peas, 2,476 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 4/ 2s ; clover ditto, 3115 s to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 11 12s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather du11.2/ 16s to 41 4 6 ; c l over , 1/ 6s t o 1/ 12 s per load. A ditU m tolj od :43 e ßl ra Elß t s e LsA su thisT p D fly ls , Ma an a d da°n a wd sl s u ht g raa g y th demand. WHITECHAPEL. —Meadow hay, 21158 to 41 2s ; clover ditto, 3115 s to 51 Os ; and straw, 1158 to 1/ 13s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. MEAT MARKETS. Veal, 2s 10d ar li ca er s e e. to-day NEWGATE AND LEADENRALL.—The general demand at barely ruled less active to-day, yet prices were supported. to ße 4 ef s , 4d 2s 97—The SoITTL P : : , rk3 ;4I 26 : I3 . BCI I ; 2s 6d stationary prices. Beef, to 4s Od being on the increase, the demand was sluggish, ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 45 Od ; Pork 3s Od to 3s 10d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, JAN. 19.—Prime beasts and sheep moved off steadily, at full prices ; otherwise the demand was dull. Beef, from 2s sa to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; Veal, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; Pork, 3s Od to 33 10d per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 20s to 23s each. LEWES, JAN. 18.—Only a moderate business done, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 4s to 6s 2d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s Od ; Pork, 3s Od to 38 8d Per 81bs. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS D I r.) LONDON Jan. 20.—Wind at Noon, W. light breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, Jan. 19.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—N e pt une, Sydney, Now South Wales ; Sunmer, Manilla ; Ni agara, Shanghae ; Lancastrian, China ; Clarendon, M au b ma i n Bowes of Shoatham, Penang; Goleonda, Calcutta; Mozam bique, Valparaiso. Arrived from the River, and sailed— Calypso, for Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 19.—Wind, S. to S.W. Arrived—New Margaret, Calcutta ; Severn, Africa ; Town of Liverpool, Pernambuco ; Boss Grant, Gonaives ; Eva, New Orleans ; Charles Cooper, do. ; Bellcarry, do. ; Hebe, do. i Sailed— Caledonia, San Francisco ; Queen of the West m ß a u ti e l n d o n s , Ayres ; Sir Henry Pottinger, Shanghae ; Bedston, Masale pßaathaia ; m; Agnes,lndi ValparaisoTris,nidad; ;Bowlin ' do. nlla ; Alby, Vengeance, M g an Lalquayra ; John Henry, New Orleans ; Anne Armstrong, do. ; Westmoreland, do. Judah Tours, do. ; R. B. Tours, do. ; American Union, do. ; Mary Caroline, do. ; Allegro, A pa l ac hicola ; New York Packet, do. ; B ran dy Wine, do. ; Industry, Savannah ; Harriet, Charleston ; Massachusetts, do ; Scotia, Baltimore ; Mero Castle, do. ; Peter Rolt, do. ; Eastern Queen, Philadelphia ; Phoenix, do. ; Julia Howard, New York ' • Glenburn, Boston. Off Port—Cora, Dicky, Sam, and Australia. The Jane Watson, Sydney, C. 8., to Dublin, which was aband one d on the Bth of January, was passed on the 14th, in lat. 49 idt : o r fw down loarnd to t — i thet ( h s e ) latterNlaenplank N. long. 13 W. with loss of bowsprit and foremast. c t hi t s lit , h d e asyn" Alert, J waan f s. o r e2u W ot) The' Daniel. Webster' has put back with loss of bowsprit, main&c., lost fon ff co t o P n p o t m act r shoar. York. • • LITE.RATU.RE. THACKERAY'S NEW WORK. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Reign of her Majesty Queen Anne. Written by himself. Printed by Smith and Elder, over against St. Peter's Church, in Cornhill. 3 vols. The readers of " Pendennis," the lovers of " Vanity Fair," have been grievously di s appointed this season. No new novel from their favourite author ! No pleasant hours passed in the com panionship of William Makepeace Thackeray ! Somewhile since they were beguiled with a delusive hope that such a pleasure was in store for them. They looked forward to some new satire on the faults and follies of Vanity Fair, redeemed, perhaps, with more softening touches than were visible in the former exposition. They anticipated —but no matter what they anticipated ; they have met with, as we have said, a grievous disappoint ment. In the place of their old familiar friend, with his easy style and lively sarcasm, they find themselves suddenly face to face with a stranger, habited in unusual garb, addressing them in unaccustomed speech. The effect is similar to that which we have most of us experienced when the servant, throwing open the door, pronounces some familiar name : we rise, hasten forward to welcome some dear friend, and, lo and behold ! an unknown visitor presents himself ! The air of empressment changes into constraint, cold formal bows take the place of more cordial salutations, and, do what we will, embarrassment is perceptible on both sides. Mentally we feel wroth with the innocent cause of the mistake, and heartily wish that Colonel Esmond _ . had sent up his own card instead of substituting that of our old friend Thackeray ! Regrets are useless now, however ; the introduction is effected ; the acquaintance has commenced, and we musi make the best we can of our new visitor, Ifi the ars celare arten,, Mr. Thackeray has here assuredly proved himself a proficient. This is not a disguise, but an absolute transformation. In saying this, however, we intend only a very quali fied compliment. There are disguises, habitual among authors, which sit gracefully and lightly as his lady's scarf round the knight's accoutrements, which adorn, but do not encumber the wearer. Not so with the livery of Queen Anne, as assumed by Mr. Thackeray. In that grim attire, every natural grace is lost. But why are we speaking of Mr. Thackeray ? He is not in this hemisphere ; he is now beyond the Atlantic, and his spirit is not in this book ; it is the Production a Colonel Esmond. With Colonel Esmond, then, we have to deal, and let us deal with him accordingly. Henry Fimond is by right the Lord Viscount Castlewood, but the world is suffered to remain in ignorance of this fact. The marriage of his parents had been at first known only to a few, and when Henry becomes aware that such an event had taken place, he re fuses' from an exaggerated generosity, to deprive his benefactors of their imagined rights. In his youth, after his father's death, he had been kindly festered by the then Lord Castlewood, a cousin of his father's; he had been the playfellow and tutor of his lordship's children, Francis and Beatrix; and when Lord Castlewood is killed in a duel, and Henry be comes aware of his own rights, he has not the heart to dispossess the children of his patrons. He suffers Francis to lord it as Viscount Castlewood, and only aspires, himself, as the crowning ambition of his life, to win favour in the eyes of Beatrix, the object of his unavailing adoration. The history which oc cupies the three volumes, gives, in the first place, a detailed account of the author's childhood and youth, hinting at secret intrigues, having the restoration of James 11. for their object, in which Esmond's father and his second wife are implicated ; then, on the death of Esmond's parent and the succession of his cousin, an attractive picture is given of the domestic life at Castlewood under the new rule. The attractive portions of the picture, however, soon fade away ; some pages follow which will chill the hearts of the sentimental unless they meet the author's asser tions with an emphatic denial in the outset. This is one of the occasional instances in .which the censor of "Vanity Fair" appears to guide the pen of Colonel Esmond, as he gives with a masterly hand, an undoubtedly clever and cold-blooded analysis of the gradual decay and death of Love—a history of the decline and fall of the idol from its shrine—in fact, an elaborate illustration of that sad and beautiful thought of Mrs. Hemans : " to make idols, and to find them clay, And to bewail that worship." Lady Castlewood, on her first introduction to us, is young, considerably younger than her husband, beautiful, and gifted in no common degree. Lord Castlewood is a kind-hearted man, indulgent to others, but most indulgent to himself, and far in ferior in abilities to his wife, who regards him, notwithstanding, with a passionate devotion. Gradually, however, Lord Castlewood wearies of his lady's society, the chaso and the wine-cup are his delights • and as, in his indul gence of the latter, he sinks lower yet beneath her level, Lady Castlewood sadly awakes from her de lusion. Her disappointed heart turns for conso lation 'towards Esmond, her youthful protege. This affection is however a profound secret to all, and is only made apparent to the astute reader by the most covert hi n t s . O ne p assage , i n d ee d, ' exhibits the author's power ; it reveals no mean knowledge of the depths of the human heart, and considerable adroitness in their delineation. We allude to that passage when, on her husband's death, Lady Ca s tl ewoo d. visits Henry in prison, where he is confined for having been one of Lord Castlewood's seconds, in the duel which cost him his life. Esmond, full of sorrow for the death of his friend, full of gratitude and sympathy for his lady, and knowing, in his own heart, that he has just sacrificed his right ful inheritance in order to benefit the children of his patron,—Henry, feeling all this, is grieved and amazed when the widow, weeping for her husband, overwhelms him with indignant re proaches for having taken part in the fatal duel. In the vehemence of her sorrow and anger Esmond only sees unjust displeasure; but in every word the reader perceives the wrestling of a heart divided against itself. The old love for her husband, aroused by his sudden death, and her dawning affection for Henry, filling her with remorse, she gives vent to her self-reproaches in reproaching him ; but every word of anger is an unconscious avowal of love. Estranged for a while from his old friends, Henry Esmond enters the army, and takes part in the celebrated victories of Marlborough. These campaigns and the incidents relating to them are detailed with almost weari some particularity, varied by occasional visits to England, where Esmond resumes his in tercourse with the Castlewood family, and assays to obtain a victory, more difficult than any of Marborough's, over the unconquerable heart of Beatrix. No two characters could be more dissimilar than those of the mother and daughter. Lady Castlewood is gentle and submissive, and overflowing with tenderness; Beatrix is proud and ambitious, her heart is a stranger to love, and her hope is to surmount her beautiful face with a coronet. How can the nameless Esmond affect her ? In vain he wins distinction in the army— in vain for years he alternately pursues her with perseverance or retires in despair. At length a bold scheme suggests itself to the Colonel. All the Castlewood family are Jacobites at heart, and Bea trix is the most zealous of the number. As the death of Queen Anne draws near, the Legitimists grow doubly anxious for the succession of the old line, and Esmond proposes to bring over secretly the exiled Prince, the son of James 11., and the brother of Queen Anne. Young Lord Castlewood is abroad, and has been gained over by the exiles ; in his com pany, using his passports, the Prince travels to England. The old servants have been dismissed from the London residence of Lady Castle wood, and no one remains who remembers the features of the young lord. The strangers arrive, the Prince pas ses f or L ord Castlewoo, remain ing at home on account of ill health, and receiving visits only from those who are in the secret. Es mond and Lord Castlewood attend on the royal guest, and great is the indignation, and cruel are the tortures of the brother and lover, as they witness the undisguised admiration of the Prince for the fair Beatrix. The lady is sent home to Castlewood ; the Prince has had an interview with Queen Anne, the plot o f the conspiratorsprogresses, the day! of the grand attempt ar rives— all is ready for the coup de main, which shall transfer the Crown to the brows of the " rightful" King, when the principal pers onage is found wanting! The Prince has disappeared. He has followed Beatrix to Castlewood. Her brother and Esmond pursue him, the latter breaks his sword in the royal presence, and renounces his allegiance, and reads the Prince such a lesson on the laws of honour, as for the time impresses and converts him. The trio return to London, and as they enter, they hear, for the fi rs t ti me , that announcem en t which has since become so strangely proverbial, " Queen Anne is dead !" From their carriages they listen to the proclamation of King George I. The disap pointed " Pretender" retires from the kingdom. Beatrix follows him ; her fate Esmond scorns to tell, but his love—the love of so many years' dura tion—has perished. It ceased to exist the mo ment when Esmond discovered that she gave direct encouragement to the advances of the royal lover. The sequel of the story jars upon the feelings of the romance reader. Esmond, taught by experience to value the abiding affection of his " dear mistress," makes her his wife! Although Lady Castlewood's gen tleness and self-abnegation have won the reader's sym pathy, her marriage with the lover other own da,ugh - - ter—with one who had been accustomed to call her mother—is most unsatisfactory and repugnant. Esmond and his wife retire to some American estate belonging to the family, and there the Colonel pens this history of his early days. One or two passages we must quote as specimens of Colo nel Esmond's style. The first speaks of his visit when abroad to the grave, in a convent cemetery, of Sister Marie Madeleine, the deserted wife of Lord Castlewood : " 31/' MOTHER'S RESTING-PLACE. " Esmond came to this spot in one sunny evening of spring, and saw, amidst a thousand black crosses, cast ing their shadows across the grassy mound, that particu lar one which marked his mother's resting-place. Many more of those poor creatures that lay there had adopted that same name, with which sorrow had re-baptised her, and which fondly seemed to hint their individual story of love and grief. He fancied her, in tears and darkness, kneeling at the foot of her cross, under which her cares were buried. Surely he knelt down and said his own prayer there, not in sorrow so much as in awe (for even his memory had no recollection of her), and in pity for the pangs which the gentle soul in life had been made to suffer. To this cross she brought them ; for this hea venly bridegroom she exchanged the husband who had wooed her, the traitor who had left her. A thousand such hillocks lay round about, the gentle daisies springing out of the grass over them, and each bearing its cross and requiescat. A nun, veiled in black, was kneeling hard by, at a sleeping sister's bedside (so fresh made that the spring had scarce had time to spin a coverlid for it) ; beyond the cemetery walls you had glimpses of life and the world, and the spires and gables of the city. A bird came down from a roof opposite, and lit first on a cross and then on the grass below it, whence it flew away presently with a leaf in its mouth ; then came a sound as of chanting from the chapel of the sisters hard by ; others had long since filled the place, which poor Marie Madeleine once had there, were kneel ing at the same stall, and hearing the same hymns and prayers in which her stricken heart had found consola- lion. Might she sleep in peace !—might she sleep in peace ! and we, too, when our struggles and pains are over. But the earth is, the Lord's, as the heaven is ;we are alike his creatures, here and yonder. I took a little flower off the hillock, and kissed it, and went my way, like the bird that had just lighted on the cross by me, back into the world again. Silent receptacle of death ! —tranquil depth of calm, out of reach of tempest and trouble ! I felt as one who had been walking below the sea, and treading amidst the bones of shipwrecks." The next is of a very dissimilar character, and gives a sketch of some of the foibles and virtues of Sir Richard Steele : " The gentlemen ushers had a table at Kensington, and the guard a very splendid dinner daily at St. James's, at either of which Esmond was free to dine. Dick Steele liked the guard-table better than his own at the gentlemen ushers', where there was less wine and more ceremony, and Esmond had many a jolly afternoon in company of his friend, and a hundred times, at least, saw Dick into his chair. If there is verity in wine, according to the old adage, what an amiable-natured character Dick's must have been In proportion as he took in wine, he overflowed with kindness. His talk was not witty so much as charming. He never said a word that could anger anybody, and only became the more benevolent the more tipsy he grew. Many of the wags derided the poor fellow in his cups, and chose him as a butt for their satire ; but there was a kindness about him, and a sweet playful fancy, that seemed to Esmond far more charming than the pointed talk of the brightest wits, with their elaborate repartees and affected severities. I think Steele shone rather than sparkled. Those famous beaux-esprits of the coffee houses (Mr. William Congreve, for instance, when his gout and his grandeur permitted him to come among us) would make very brilliant hits—half-a-dozen in a night, sometimes— but, like sharp-shooters, when they had fired their shot, they were obliged to retire under cover, till their pieces were loaded again, and wait till they got another chance at their enemy ; whereas Dick never .thought that his bottle companion was a butt to aim at—only a friend to shake by the hand." Here, again, is a specimen of power displayed in a portrait of MarlboiJugh " Our chief, whom England and all Europe, saving only the Frenchmen, worshipped almost, had this of the godlike in him, that he was impassable before victory, before danger, before defeat. Before the greatest ob stacle or the most trivial ceremony ; before a hundred thousand men drawn in battalia, or a peasant slaugh tered at the door of his burning hovel ; before a carouse of drunken German lords, or a monarch's Court, or a cottage table where his plans were laid ; or an enemy's battery, vomiting flame and death, and strewing corpses round about him—he was always cold, calm, resolute, like fate. He performed a treason or a court bow, he told a falsehood as black as Styx, as easily as he paid a compliment or spoke about the weather. He took a mistress, and left her ; he betrayed his benefactor, and supported him, or would have murdered him, with the same calmr ess always, and having no more remorse than Clotho when the weaves the thread, or Lachesis when she cuts it. In the hour of battle I have heard the Prince of Savoy's officers say, the Prince became pos sessed with a sort of warlike fury ; his eyes lighted up ; he rushed hither and thither, raging ; he shrieked curses and encouragement, yelling and hooting his bloody war dogs on, and himself always at th e fi rs t o f th e h unt. Our Duke was as calm at the mouth of the cannon as at the door of a drawing-room. Perhaps he could not have been the great man he was had he had a heart either for love or hatred, or pity or fear, or regret or re morse. He achieved the highest deed of daring, or deepest calculation of thought, as he performed the very ' meanest action of which a man is capable ; told a lie, or cheated a fond woman, or robbed a poor beggar of a halfpenny with a like awful serenity and equal capacity of the highest and lowest acts of our nature. " His qualities were pretty well known in the army, where there were parties of all politics, and plenty of shrewdness and wit ; but there existed such a perfect confidence in him, as the first captain of the world, and such a faith and admiration in his prodigious genius and fortune, that the very men whom he notoriously cheated of their pay, the chiefs whom he used and injured (for he used all men, great and small, that came near him as his in struments alike, and took something of theirs, either some quality or some property—the blood of a so ldi er it might, be, or ajewelled hat, or a hund re d th ousan d crowns rom a king, or a portion out of a starving sentinel's three farthings—or (when he was young) a kiss from a woman, and the gold chain off her neck ; taking all he could from woman or man, and having, as I have said, this of the godlike in him that he could see a hero perish or a sparrow fall with the same amount of sympathy for either. Not that he had no tears—he could always order up this reserve at the proper moment to battle ; he could draw upon tears or smiles alike; and whenever need was for using this cheap coin, he would cringe to a shoeblack, as he would flatter a minister or a monarch ; be haughty, be humble, threaten, repent, weep, grasp your hand, or stab you whenever he saw occasion ; but yet those of the army who knew him best, and had suffered most from him, admired him most of all ; and as he rode along the lines to battle, or galloped up i n th e n i ck of time to a battalion reeling m before the enemy's charge or shot, the faint ing men and officers got new courage as they saw the splendid calm of his face, and felt that his will made them irresistible." - Notwithstanding such evidences of undoubted ability we must confess that we have perused Colonel Esmond's revelations without pleasure ; and we are afraid, we must add, without profit also. A similar feeling, we are confident, will be expressed by the majority of those who, like ourselves, have turned eagerly to the book on account of the double authorship. We are confident they will exclaim with .us—" Hold ! enough. No more of Colo nel Esmond ! But as much as he pleases of Wil liam Makepeace Thackeray." The First Lieutenant's Story. By Lady Catharine Long, author of " Sir Roland Ashton." 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett (successors to Colburn). The motto of this work is taken from " Prover bial Philosophy :" " Take care that the standard of thy soul wave from the loftiest battlements." The object of the authoress is to carry out this sentiment in her story, and she succeeds : the high est principles are laid down and the best feelings inculcated. Yet there is this objection to be made : there are too many solemn discussions and gloomy reveries described. The character of Captain Normanton is, it is to be trusted, unnatural ; for a greater wretch could scarcely be imagined. Melan choly is the pervading spirit of the tale. After all enemies are defeated and all troubles apparently ended, the principal actors retire to Italy, the birth _ place of the heroine. But peace is not 'to be their portion, nor can they find repose. The resistless enemy appears, and sweeps away the mother and child from the long-sought, dearly-valued home. The hero, Wilfred St. Clair, returns t o th e d uties of his profession—" his march was o ' er th e moun tain wave, his home was on the deep." M any years subsequent to these tragic events, he is sup_ posed to relate his story to a y oung friend in the silent watches of the night. It was a fitting hour for the recital of such sufferings ; the ocean rolling around was a true reflex, in its rage and restless ness, of the troublous scenes h e had passed through ; while the starry firmament abovethe serenityshedspirit, ham s l s n l u m b joosi most which f e a d v con - o e u l i n r --- versation exemplifies St.Clai able moment : " The pang that shot th rough me, as a suspicion of the truth all of a su dden flash e d on my m i nd, I cannot describe. If there was a being in the world I loved, next of whtoos whose happiness it w was he. Y e t here Bruce—if th ere was one i n t h e way w o o f u l a d for s n u o d t denl worldsfoun d h m a v y e s e s ll; t o o a d s , it all l I thought, betweensdo him and his best wi s h es —hi m an d hi s love ! t lookin g a t hi m i n consternat i on for a minute. Then, incapable of saying another word, I left the berth. " I sat down at the foot of the companion, and tried to arrange my thoughts. I was always rather given to day dreams—things which, if often of dangerous ten dency, are not always without their use—at least I have found it so. In my reveries I had often liked to fancy myself in such and such situations, and to think what would be my feelings and course of action under them. Amongst other things I had tried to fancy what I should do if ever I found Mary liking any one better than me ; or if I saw any one liking her whom I thought more worthy of her ; and in both cases I had imagined myself acting the most magnanimous part, and sacrificing m y happiness to promote theirs. " And now I really found myself in such a case. I had not the smallest doubt but that Bruce had fallen in love with her ; and no presumption of self-complacency could make me but acknowledge that he was infinitely my superior in many ways, and infinitely more worthy of her affection. What, then, should Ido Should I conceal his love from her ? Or should I tell her of it, and offer to give up my own claim if she thought she could like him best ? " But how could I give her up How even bear to run the chance of doing so ? The thought seemed to drive me mad Yet, where then was all the splendid generosity with which I had always determined to act ? Was the first trial to overthrow it ? I could not endure that thought ; and in a transport of self-devotion, I rushed back to the berth where I had left Bruce, deter mined to ascertain whether my suspicions were, or were not, correct ; and, if they were, instantly to inform Mary and give her perfect freedom. " Had I allowed myself a moment's pause I do not think I could have done it • and perhaps there was after d3e3 x :1 1 std,c m s,tb, l o sayye r ys e toadhfusa e nar f el yk c aahn h si ssa do i f v wioet a re r chivalry left him. may,thh nn n . I o sound!eu and sense n founds e in it Bruce a toge t h sittinge altogether. engaged ye d n g o to n oe e s7 b te u h " .o uc y go o hn u d , ani ' t iloennabglela engagement a y eo n , nn , `that hi in deed, tf. the heart I fully believe it to be on both sides now. But I was hasty in speaking to her ,- and she is young, and hasn't seen many people, and before the time comes for our being ready for everything to be settled, she might you know perhaps see somebody she might like better than me—who might deserve her better, and who might like her not better, but as well as I do ; and I only wish to say, and I hurried on as if I feared dying before I could get it out, that if it ever were so, I should not wish to stand in their way—l should wish her to be happy in her own way.' " And why do you wish to tell me this, in par ticularl ' said Bruce, without altering his attitude, though his voice trembled as he spoke. " 'Because you are the only person in the world that I know of, who, if he did love her, could love her, I think, as well as I do, and deserve her better ; and because I think you do love her.' And I felt as if I must have dropped dead when I ceased speaking. " I once read of a man,' said Bruce, still leaning down 'in some review it was—whose horrid hatred to another was so great, that, though he meant to kill him, he would not do so till he saw him in the act of com mitting a murder, which he himself had worked him up to, in order that he might be at the acme of his eller mities at the moment that his soul was hurled into per dition. Now, being your friend, St. Clair, if I had in tended to murder you, I would have waited till you had uttered the words you have just spoken—the brightest and best that ever fell from mortal lips !'" SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM JANUARY STEEPLECHASES. WEDNESDAY. Free Handicap Steeplechase of 10 soya. each, 5 ft, with 60 added, over the usual steeplechase course ; the winner to pay 10 soya, towards expenses. Twice round and a distance—about 4 miles. Mr. C. Higgin's Forest Lad, aged, 9st 81b (Weaver) 1 Mr. Sait's Sam Hood, 6 yrs, 9st 12 (Owner) 2 Mr. T. Barnard's Quickstep, aged, lOst 41b (C. Boyce) 3 Mr. Hilton's br g, by the Cardinal, 5 yrs, 9st 41b (J. Holman) 4 Mr. Barclay ns The Brewer, aged, lOst 41b...(P001e) 0 Mr. C. Higgin's Simple Peter, 6 yrs, lOst (J. Tasker) 0 Mr. Hill's The Brave Buck, aged, 9st 121 b (Burrows) 0 Mr. Mundy ns Robin Hood, 6 yrs, 9st 81b (W. Griffiths) 0 Mr. B. Land's The Screw, aged, 9st 61b (W. H. Treen) 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Quickstep, 7to 2 agst Cardinal gelding, 5 to 1 agst Simple Peter, 6 to 1 agst Forest Lad, and 6 to 1 agst The Screw. Won by six lengths; the same between the second and third. SELLING STEEPLECHASE of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added, for all horses, 12st each ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs., if demanded, &c., and allowances if to be sold for less. Three miles. Mr. Barnard's Young Lottery, aged, lOst (201.) _ (C. Boyce) 1 Mr. H. May's Susan, aged, lOst (201.)...(Donaldson) 2 Mr. Holland's Ottoman, aged, lOst (201.) ....(Taylor) 3 Mr. J. Brown's Bullfincher, lOst 71b (301.)...(Ab1ett) 0 Mr. Allibone's Cashier, 6 yrs, lOst (201.) ...(Planner) 0 Mr. Searle's Harlequin, aged, lOst (20/.)...(Hackett) 0 Mr. Smith's Harkover, 10st (Poole) 0 Betting -6 to 4 agst Young Lottery, 4to 1 agst Bull fincher, and 5 to 1 each agst Ottoman and Susan. Won by several hundred yards, a fine race between the second and third, which was won by a head. Winner sold for 110 guineas. FREE HANDICAP HURDLE RACE, of 5 sous. each, with 30 added, over six flights of hurdles. About two miles. Mr. Price's Tom Gurney, 4 yrs, 9st 101 b (Owner) 1 Mr. B. Land's Odiham, 4 yrs, lOst 61b (W. H. Treen) 2 Mr. Saxon's Caurire, lOst 81b (Hopwood) 0 Mr. Sait's Simon the Cellarer, lOst 41b (Owner) 0 Mr. Heaven's Gulnare, 5 yrs, lOst 21b (Higgins) 0 Mr. Barling's Harriott, 6 yrs, 9st 101 b (Eatwell) 0 Mr. C. B. Durston's Lady Babina, 6 yrs, 9st 81b Rodney) 0 Betting.-2 to 1 ags t C aur i re, and 3to 1 agst Odiham. Won easily by three lengths. The little interest the above events had excited was neutralised by the weather, which was gloomy and un inviting in the extreme ; and it is almost needless to add that the course was in anything but a fit state for racing, or that.the attendance was thin, speculation dull, and the meeting, as a p ecun i ary speculation, a failure. GIIANO.—The Governor of the Falkland Islands has just sent home despatches announcing that Guano has been discovered in large quantities in those islands. The climate there being less dry than at Lobos, the guano is not of equal value to the Peruvian product ; but there seems to be no doubt that this discovery in the Falkland Islands will prove to be one of great value, both in a trading and an agricultural sense. THE BICESTER RAILWAY CATASTROPHE OF 1551._ Another of the actions against the London and North- Western Company, arising out of the Bicester catas trophe, has recently b een se ttl e d . Mr. Neville, one of the sufferers who sustained injuries, and who in conse quence lay at Bicester for some time, brought an action against the company to recover compensation for the in jury done him. Ultimately it was arranged that the subject should be decided by arbitration. Under the award Mr. Neville has, we understand, been adjudged 300 guineas. We are informed that the company at one time offered him 2,0001. to settle the action, and that Mr. Neville required 3,0001. EMIGRATION PROM SOUTHAMPTON.—The emigrant barque Caucasian, 600 tons, the first vessel chartered by her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners for convey ing emigrants from this port, arrived yesterday from the Thames, having been delayed by the unfavourable weather which has recently prevailed. The Caucasian will embark as soon as possible 222 adult emigrants, and leave fo r Ad e l a id e, S outh Australia, with the utmost' de spatch. The new emigrant depot in the Southampton Dock premises, prepared by the London and South- Western Railway Company, is now nearly completed, and was on Tuesday and yesterday occupied by a large number of emigrants arriving by the railway, amount ing in all to nearly 450, who are waiting for embarka tion by the several ships which have been taken up by the commissioners. The arrangements at the depot for the convenience and comfort of the emigrants, although not yet quite completed, are very excellent, and have apparently given general satisfaction. Most of the emi grants who have arrived apparently consist of the under class of farmers, and of farm labourers and mechanics, with their wives and innumerable children. There are many single men and plenty of young and unmarried women, the whole being in high spirits for the commence ment of their long and promising voyage. The dietary scale adopted in the depot has been found most ample, and on conversing with the emigrants there appeared to be nothing they wished for to augment the com forts provided by the Government commissioners during their temporary sojourn in Southampton. Proper male and female officers are in charge of the depot, who exer cise a rigid supervision over the emigrants, and preserve most satisfactory order a n d regularity. The building is lighted throughout with gas, warmed with hot water, and the cooking and other appliances are of the best character, while the classification of the dormitories and sleeping apartments of the married couples, single men, and single women respectively, is properly adapted for preventing confusion and immorality. The Caucasian will be followed by the Calliope, Harriet, Ramillies, and Bolton, all to sail from Southampton this month for the Australian ports, the first-named ship being hourly ex pected at Southampton to embark emigrants for Mel bourne and Port Philip. SHOCKING DEATH OP A CHILD ON THE SOUTHDOWNS. —A painful sensation has been created in the town of Lewes from the death of a boy, named George Peters, the son of a labouring man, residing in the Cliffe, who, having lost his way o n Tuesday afternoon on the hills between Glynde and Lewes was exposed during the whole of a tempestuous night to the weather. It ap pears that the boy, who was between eight and nine years of age, was of a very timid nature, and was known to be'particularly frightened at thunder and lightning. On the afternoon of Tuesday he was induced to accom pany a boy of the n ame o f H o l mes t o th e r esidence of Lord Dacre's gamekeep er , a t Gly n d e , a ft er which they separated, the boy Holmes taki ng his way to Ringmer,s and the deceased the f o otp a th across the hill t Lewes, on which he was seen by a shepherd in thete afternoon) in Riley. He was then (about ploy of the trai true g ht course direction m ig might r havethe town, arrived a however, at d had thhaenit he hee bgyt pursued oo u aday light. There can be no doubt, howev wasveniTotitisdt . e. roue, and e au r d igh eo t n t s r t ac an k t as;flaanehdeeof lightning theevhertnniinngg were the d iero farecti the p on a o r f alyeed hills, it render id i i s e b .r e be cameanvedehmisplfeacteullytiFs insen sible, and it is most probably by my ow a g tp party thatr to ywho circumstance went iis that he was not discovered search of him on the hills with lights. At the inquiry before F. G. Gell, Esq., and a respectable jury, on Thursday evidence of the fi n di ng o f the body having been given,Mr. George Hother, surgeon, deposed : There was a mark on the left cheek, and a, few slight scratches on the face. There was nothing sufficient to cause death. Both hands were clenched, and had grass in them. The pupils of the eyes were much dilated, the mouth partially open. The hair appeared to have been raised on his head as if by fright. His clothes were quite wet through. 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