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It b 4 a rrM 4 r the the But h e ! c c a the ,i n utego' o t he sg, a," a 'judge: by 1,0 0 05 1, of tour i t . 13 11 t tO PaY the sing I : viic gcs• i f its Pr h l ic h the t to vc "abto' t. uld lot. roga the ari9e' t IWO nel alcl flee r ' Icg r e e • me l ly for a EVEN iNG EDITION. party on account of excess in the execution of the e arrant of the House. Now, should the House agree well him, he should propose to call in the officers and hear from them what had been their proceedings and if their ac count was not considered correct by Mr. Howard (who doubtless corresponded with certain gentlemen actuated ey the purest motives in the advocacy of his case) he could present a petition to the House, and" it would be compe tent for the House to give him redress.—( Hear.) Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that he had received a let ter that day from Mr. Howard, and he believed other Members had done so also, and it would appear from that letter that what Mr. Howard complained of, was not the warrant of the Speaker, but the excessive use which had been made of it. It had been said that Mr. Howard might have petitioned the House on the subject, but he ( Mr. Duncombe) thought that Mr. Howard had already had enough of that House.—( The Hoe Member here read the note of Mr. Howard, in which he stated the grounds of his complaint.) Sir W. FOLLETT said that he entirely approved of the course adopted by the Attorney-General. The war rant of the Speaker was a sufficient protection for parties acting under it, but at the same time it did not justify the excesses of those parties. After a few words from the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that he bad al ready so often laid before the House his opinion on the question, that he should merely say that lie could not agree in the course pursued by his Hon. and Learned Friend, the Attorney -General. The House then divided, when the numbers were— For the Motion Against the Motion Majority CHARITIES. Mr- C. BULL ER said he thought it stood to reason that the House should grant the Returns which he now loved for, and which contained information of the highest importance: —I. An Analytical Digest of the whole body of Rep orts made by the Comm i ss i oners f or i nqu i r i ng i n t o Übarities upon the plan adopted in a Digest relating to ce rtain Counties, in pursuance of an Order of this House made on th e 27 c h day of March, 1835.—1 I. A more par ticular Digest of ell Schools and Charities for Education ?ported on by the said Commissioners, setting forth, as ar s appears fr om t h e sa id Reports : 1. The date and mod of foundation. 2. To what persons the govern- T ent is intrusted. 3. To whom the patronage be ,eanegs• 4. Whether there is any special visitor. 5. qualification required in the masters. 6. The !instruction prescribed. 7. - Who arc entitled to the free oal of the school. 8. Whether any e xhibitions are aetached to it, and whether they ate made available. 1 ) „', The amount of th e i ncome , di s ti ngu ishing whether it ' r eProveable or not. 10. The state of the school at the t ime of the inquiry, with the date thereof, as regards the instruction aff or d e d t h ere i n , and the number of free and other sch o l ars , w i t h a note o f suc h o b servat i ons es the Co mmissione rs m a y h ave ma d e on t h e case , and that such di gest • may distinguish and classify such schools and chari tiesin the following manner : —First, all schools in which Greek or Latin required to be, or is, in fact, taught ; s ecoudly, all other schools; thirdly, all Cbarities for the Purposes of Education not limited to any particular local ' este blishrnent.—lll. Return of all Charities for the Poor t i e l luY parish or district, the income whereof is or may distributed in money, fuel, or other articles, with a nc'te of such observations as the Commissiouers may have il c ia k d e, on the case, distinguishing and classifying such the"aritles as follows :—First, those given for the Poor, or use or benefit of the poor, without any directions, or reputed directions, by the donor as to the description of or perso ns , or t h e mo d e o f di str ib u ti on . S e c o ndly, thoselimited as to which the donor has, or is reputed to have, the application only by describing the objects as 07 , 1 1 4 .00 r not r ece i v i ng par i s h re li e f." Thi r dly, thos e in other le the do nor h as , or i s repute d to h ave , g i ven some Charity, directions as to t h e se l ect i on o f th e o bj ec ts of the or as to the mode of distribution. Sir R. PEEL sa id t h ere s h ou ld b e a measure f or a summary remedy for some cases, to supply occasional errors through neg l ect— ( H ear , h ear ) —as , f or i ns t ance , Where Vacancies among trustees had not been filled up regularly, and where th e i r powers were consequently cost or nullifi e d . An appointment to Chancery would ;s i t Some 701 . or 1001. for such a s i mp l e purpose a l one. ay, in some cases , t hi s wou ld engross two y ears ' in- Come ßill of the endowment.—( Hear, hear.) Could not a be framed prud en tly, so as w i t h ou t d ang er to supply the required remedy 2---(Hear, hear.) , ,The ATTORNEY - GENER AL sa id t hi s was cer %llly an object of great national importance.—( Hear.) been yond all doubt th e en d owments f or e d ucat i on h a d n ot and were not of half the public benefit they might be h eHear)—and it w ou ld g i ve hi m rea l sa ti s f ac tio n to meet object s uggeste d b y t h e Ri ght H on. B aronet , t h oug h considerable difficulty prevailed on the question. Mr. HOPE said he had a Bill before the House de signed for a similar object. Mr. BROTHERTON said the abject was of the greatest importance. Mr. ESTCOURT said he knew of two cases in which !light difficulties of the formal nature which had been al luded to had, through the heavy expense attendant on alt a PPeal to Chancery—its only present course—been fatal to the progress of the charity.—(Hear, hear.) R Mr. SLANE Y cons id ere d th e motion of the Right on Baronet-- of the utmost value. He ventured also to suggest the great importance of establishing a good system of inspection, especially on Educational Charities. He knew in many of such charities the trustees were very ig norant—in one case he had heard that they had deprecated gelling, thinking that the children who could not read made the best servants.—(A laugh.) Mr. J. STEWART thought in such cases as had been mentioned a simple reference to the Chancery Master might be at one° allowed. Sir R. PEEL —What isthe expence ? Mr. .1. STEWART—Very trifling. Some pounds cer tainly, but the main expense of bill, answer, counsel, &c., in open court, would be sav e d. Mr. HOPE said that was the principle of the Bill he had brought in. The Returns were agreed to, with the addition, en the suggestion of Mr. SLANEy, of an index. CLERUY RESERVES (CANADA.) Mr. PAKINGTON moved for a return of " the re ligious bodies or denominations of Christians," who would be entitled, in the event of the Royal assent beim.- given to the Clergy Reserve Bill, passed by the Legislature of Upper Canada, to receive a portion of the proceeds of the reserved lands. The Hon. Member said that in an inci dental matter of this kind, he would not enter into a dis cussion of the entire subject, to which the returns he moved for referred. He should say, however, that the question was one of so important a nature, that the Govern ment should not refuse the House the information which the returns he moved for, might afford. Sir R. H. INGLIS seconded.the motion. Mr. VERNON SMITH said that be should not oppose the motion of the Hon. Member, though he differed with him on the subject of the Bill, as he believed it would be attended with beneficial results. After a few words from Sir R. H. INGLIS and Mr. HUME, the motion was agreed to. Mr. HUME then moved for a return of the amount Paid for pensions, superannuations, and retired allowances trom the Colonial revenues of Malta, Ceylon, Trinidad, and Guina, the Cape of Good Hope, New South Wales, and Van Diemen's Land, in the years 1837, 183 e, and 18 39, stating the name of each person, the amount, and the date of his pension or allowance, his age, length of service, and offices held ; also the reasons for granting the said pension or allowance, and under what authority granted. The motion was agreed to. LORD SEATON. Mr. PARKER b rought up the Report of the Com mittee on Lord Seaton's Pension Bill. Sir R. H. INGLIS thought that Sir Francis Head wa a also entitled to the gratitude of the country for his services in saving Upper Canada. Sir C. BROOKE VERB gave his testimony to the great merits of Lord Seaton. Mr. HUME t h oug h t that the cases of Lord Seaton and Sir Francis Head were entirely distinct, and that the Hon. Baronet was not in any way entitled to the praises be stowed on him by the Hon. Member for Oxford. The resolutions were then agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be brought in by Mr. Vernon Smith and Lord J. Russell. Mr. HUME said, that he would take that opportunity of objecting to the amount of the grant. ADMIRALTY COURT BILL. Mr. VERNON brought up the Report on the Adm raltv Court Bill, Judges' Salaries, &c. &c. The Report was received. EXCHEQUER BILLS(PUBLIC WORKS) BILL The Report on the Exchequer Bills (Public Works, Bill was brought up and agreed to. TOBACCO AND GLASS DUTIES. The Report on the Tobacco and Glass Duties Bill was brought up and vgreed to. THE BEER BILL. Mr. WARBURTON presented several petitions from Bristol and Middlesex, against the proposed alteration of the Beer Lasts. Mr. ALSTON presented petitions from various places in Hertfordshire, is favour of the opening of the beer trade. They said that the partial opening that had taken Place, had been productive of great advantage to the agri culturist, and to the public in general. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER pre sented a number of petitions from the Metropolis and other places against Mr. Pakington's Bill. Mr. PAKINGTON then moved the second reading of the Saleof Beer Bill (No. 2.) Mr. ALSTON opposed the motion. He objected to the third clause, which limited the right of obtaining licenses in some districts, to hhuses rated at 15/. and in others to houses rated at ill. In many districts there were no houses rated even so highly as 11/. so that in t hem, if this Act passed no beer could be sold. He also stated that it was an insuperable objection to the fourteenth cl ause, that by means of it, in many districts, all the sellers of beer, no matter how licensed, would be obliged to give uP their business. The existing Beer-laws had been pro ductive of great advantage. There had been an enormous increase in the growth of barley and in the consumption of malt. The Hon. Member quoted the returns of the con sumption Of malt in the several years from 1810 to 1839, and he showed that the increase had been very great in the ' l ino years since the passing of the Beer Bill. A Bill so obnoxious and full of injustice he, as one, could not allow to roceive the sanction of the House by a second reading, and he sheuld therefore move as an amendment, that it be read a second time this daj six months. Mr. JAMES, in seconding the amendment, said that w . hilst he admitted that there were great evils in the beer- Ps, and in the licensed victuallers' system also, the Bill w ould not have any effect in remedying the evils. He ot ?d e e r no distinction between the licensed victuallers and the Qi . ° _, 0 8 . The proper cure for the disorderly management . l_ na tu se houses was to be found in an improved police sr- L in e t _, and the education of the people. If the Bill went Coma° Committee he would propose that the c - unt • of eriand should he exemptcd from its operation. 1 _ Mr. R. PALM ER said he had always been and still should to otn be consume d on t h e premises. He thought beer ought be sold with as little restriction as any other arti .....—__ (1:s. Bet be foresaw at the time of the passing of the Beer Bill the evils which would follow from the establishment of houses in rural districts where the beer should be drunk on the premises. He gave his cordial support to the Bill of his Honour able Friend. Mr. 'WARBURTON did not think the Hon. Gen tleman who had just sat down could have read the Bill.• The first clause certainly raised the tax upon the certifi cates of persons where beer was sold upon the premises, but other clauses raised the rating of persons who sold beer to be consumed not on the premises, and placed other dif ficulties in their way—what, then, became of his admission that be wished to see beer sold freely like bread or cheese? The object of this Bill was io restore the monopoly as it existed before beer-shops were established. The com plaints of Gentlemen had been hitherto confined to beer-houses where beer was consumed on the premises, but this Bill would put down nine-tenths of the beer houses of all descriptions. This was a measure not for confining the sale of beer to respectable houses, but for destroying the trade entirely. The Hon. Member for Hert fordshire had alluded not to the large brewers,butto those who had brewed purposely for these houses, and who had invested large amounts of capital in their trade. Hon. Gentlemen opposite seemed to have a romantic attachment to publics houses and persons who brewed their own beer. It was nonsense to attempt preventing the same laws which regu lated capital in other trades regulating it llewise in the beer trade. They heard a great deal of the immorality of their houses, but nothing of the immorality of the vic tualling houses. There was tippling in clubs and in vies walling houses, and it was rank hypocrisy to talk of the tippling in beer houses. It was proposed to put on an ad ditional tax on the licences. Why these, houses already paid 45,0001. a-year more than the victualling houses. He trusted the Chancellor of the Exchequer never would sanction such a plan. Then, with regard to increasing the rating, he would contend that property was not the test of respectability, and in this he was borne out by the Noble Lord the Member for Cornwall. Every crime had been attributed to these houses. Chartism, it was said, had sprung out of them. How Hon. Gentlemen blew hot and cold. It you looked to Ireland and Father Mathew, they told you temperance was the origin of all evil. If you looked to England, every crime was attributed to beer houses, so that whether the people tippled, or whether they were temperate, there was no satisfying Hon. Gentlemen. The Noble Lord, the other night, in allusion to the out break in Monmouthshii e, had said that it was not the tip plers who were Chartists—the Chartists had other objects in view. There was a Mr. Wright, who attributed all the riots in the agricultural districts, to the beer houses. He was glad to hear that charge, because it showed what ex cellent historians Hon. Gentlemen were. Those riots oc curred before the Beer Act came into operation. The fact was that Hon. Gentlemen opposite wished to get back the power they had lost by this Bill. The remedy for crime was what Hon. Gentlemen opposite were so averse to—a good system of police, and an extension of education. He hoped if the Bill reached a Committee the present Chancellor of the Exchequer would adopt the course pursued by his predecessor. Lord SANDON would not follow the Hon. Gentleman n attributing motives ; the complaints against the Poor laws originated not with the Magistrates alone, but with all classes of the community. The whole of the Roman Catholic clergy of Liverpool had petitioned against the present Beer-laws. He intended to adopt the course he bad pursued last year when the Bill was in Committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would not attribute motives to any Gentleman. Undoubtedly, there was a great and, he believed, a most exaggerated idea throughout the country of the evils produced by these houses. The Hon. Gentlemen opposite must be aware that there was an interested and a rival party which had been very active on this subject—he meant the Licensed Victuallers.—( Cheers.) They had, during the course of last year, instituted a very active canvass on this subject, not on the score of morality, but because they thought by putting down beer-houses they should improve their own property. That, however, he believed to be a most mis taken view, and he thought that if a Bill sim;lar to that which was brought forward last year in the House of Lords were to pass into a law, the result would be that they would have annual motions on the subject, and the licensed vic tuallers would be placed in the same situation in which the beer-sellers were now placed : they would not know for twelve months together whether they could venture to carry on their trade or not. He should, with regard to this Bill, pursue the same course that his Noble Friend bad pur sued last year with regard to a similar Bill, and not oppose the second reading. There were two modes of consider ing this question—the one was by returning to the old system of monopoly, and destroying beer-houses alto gether ; and the other was by the introduction of mea sures for their better regulation. If he thought the object of the Right Hon. Gentleman in introducing this Bill was to return to the old system, he should feel bound to oppose its second reading—( Cheers)—but he believed his only object was to introduce a better system of regulation. It was, however, his duty to look narrowly into the pro visions of the Bill, in order to guard against its having the effect of destroying, when it was only desirable to re gulate. He did not disapprove of the regulations being made applicable to houses which only sold beer, as well as those where the beer was consumed on the premises, be cause the result of limiting its application to the latter de scription of houses would be, that persons would take out a license for beer to be sold out, and they would violate the law by permitting it to bo consumed on the pre mises. —(Hear, hear.) The Honourable Gentleman the Member for Berkshire had admitted that those houses which sold beer for consumption off the premises ought to be encouraged ; it therefore behoved them to be very care ful in the examination of the provisions of this Bill, as if they were of too stringent a nature, it should be recol lected they would act equally upon those whom they ought to encourage, as well as upon those whom the Hen. Gen tleman wished to discourage. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was of opinion that the rating and rental were, by the proposed Bill, fixed at much too high a rate. The object of the Hon. Gentleman lie understood to be, merely to put down those houses which were the worst conducted, and, from returns which he had seen, he did not think that object would be attained by the means proposed. He must object to the rating clause—the operation of it in rural parish es mus t necessar il y b e to t h row t h e tra d e i n beer into the hands of one or two individuals, and a great power into the hands of the squire or his steward. So also the necessity of certificates. The result would be that no one obno x i ous to t h e steward would ever get their ' licenses. —( Hear, h ear .) Th e Bill required six certifi cates from persons rated at 12/., so that if a butcher or a baker were rated at th e d es i re d amount, the plt apican for his certificate must deal with th em un d er all circuni stances. If such a system was necessary he would rather, much as he would object to going back, but if such a power were absolutely necessary he would rather again lodge the power in the hands of the Magistrates, for they were gentlemen acting openly before the public. They might pass what laws they pleased, but until they had an effectual and efficient police—( Hear, hear)—they would do no good. He had refrained from bringing the question before Parliament because the House of Lords had last year agreed to resolutions which showed him that they would not agree to anything but a return to the old sys tem. Ile strongly deprecated the annual agitation of this question ; its only effect must be to prevent any prudent or honest man from venturing his property in a trade which he is not sure he will be allowed to continue for six months. For the reasons he had given he would not op pose the second reading of the Bill, but if it were not greatly altered in Committee he would feel it his duty to oppose it in a future stage. Mr. DA RBY supported the motion, on the ground that the beer-houses were, in the country, nothing but re ceptacles for crime, and places for the concoction of of fences against the law. The practical working of the measure was, that the brewer generally put in a man who had nothing but his tables and benches—generally men who would not work, but were lazy and improper charac ters. Do away with the system of certificates as proposed, and the evils of the present system must remain. Bill upon the subject would be introduced year by year, unless Hon. Gentlemen on the other side of the House would afford their assistance in order to correct the evils now existing. . _ Mr. - GISBORNE considered the Bill as one for the suppression of beer-houses, not a Bill for their regulation, and that was easily seen by a reference to the Bill, clause by clause. Even the avowed intention of the Bill was to very much reduce the number at present in existence, and all its parts were eminently calculated to effect the object. As to the certificates, the Chancellor of the Exchequer had exposed that provision of the Bill. Undoubtedly it was a correct principle, that houses open to public resort should be liable to police regulations; but he ( Mr. G.) believed this Bill would have the effect of undue repres sion of the trade, and he should vote against it. Sir T. FREMANTLE said be should support the Bill, though some of the provisions he thought were too strin gent, and should he altered. He knew that in many cases the numbers of the beer.shop-kerpers were so great, that they could with difficulty get a living—and thus their re spectability was lowered, and it would be desirable, by some regulations, to reduce the numbers. He knew that often, they were men of straw set up by the brewers.— ( Hear, hear.) He could state that in Buckinghamshire the meetings of the rioters ; during the late unhappy dis turbances, had taken place in beer-shops; and of the only two men executed, one was a keeper of a beer house. Let it be recollected that the Beer Bill passed in 1830, and in subsequent years disturbances had occurred through the country. Mr. M. PHILLIPS concurred in the desirableness of some distinct Legislation on that subject after such repeated discussions —( Hear, hear.) He had wished that a Parliamentary Committee should be appointed to con sider the question. He was one of those who had Leen deeply disappointed by the result of the Beer Bill.— ( Hear, hear.) In large towns and populous districts police regulations were more effective, and then the abuses of the Beer-shops had been less glaring there than in agricultural districts. One point he considered of great importance—that tha hours of the beer-shops and the public-houses should be made the same, or else it would only encourage persons to go from the first to the latter, closed at a later time —( Hear, hear, hear.) It was his intention to vote for the second reading of the Bill, in the hope that in Committee they might introduce into it the necessary improvements. Mr. GILLON was surprised at the speech of the Hon. Member who had just sat down. lie wou'd for his part oppose so tyrannical a measure as that before the House —a measure which w ou ld mater i a ll y i nter f ere as ith the comforts of the poor, a n d w hi c h h e thought was entirely r a . nc E li vte S , oTtluiCioduOgnUto, thought tact r s tf u he p re eprnowretiaet measure introduction,e wcooulli,lif.obretsa o fbea n o n e) f_ fi oc the Bill, lie thought that the meastwe would be a beneficial uncalled for. the M r . HUME a q reed w ith t h e l ast speaker, that whatever on u iel : the drunkard. i:* the other House might do, this House should do its duty in respect to legislation —( Hear, hear.) Ile agreed with all that had been said by the Chancellor of the Exche quer, and he hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would take this subject into his own hands. He agreed with his Hon. Friend (,Mr. Gam) that the interference of the Legist,_ tore with the comforts of the poor was the great cause of the discontent of the people, out of which Chartism l e id grown. What was the cons t ant declaration of the Cilar fists ? That the House did not represent the people; and in THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1840. proof or that they referred to the disregard of the interests and pleasures of the people in all cases, and contrasted that disregard with the indulgence extended to the aristocratic classes. Why did riot the Hon. Gentleman interfere with the taverns of the richer sort, in which the wealthy indulged in wine and late hours to the injury of their health and fortunes: —( Cries of " hear, hear," and a laugh.) Why ?-13teause he was one of the class.— ( Hear, and a laugh.) When the Hon. Gentleman said that his object in limiting the number of houses in some districts was, tha! there were now too many for all to make a living, why did he not apply that to other trades ? to the bakers and butchers, for instance ? If he carried out his principle, whenever a butcher or a baker said there were too many of the same trade in the neighbour hood, he ought to enact that there should be no more than a certain number in that district, and shut up the shops of all the others.—( Hear, hear, hear, and laughter.) The secret had came out—that the Honourable Member was friendly to the monopoly which ex'sted before the Beer Bill, and wished to restore it.—(Hear, hear.) This Bill was to create a property qualification to sell beer, —this was carrying the property qualification to a great extent,—why should not a butcher or a baker have a simi lar one ? Why should a grocer have the impudence to sell without this property qualification ? This measure would never restrain crime. Why did they not educate the people? that would be going to the root of the evil. Believing the Bill to be unjust and productive of evil, instead of good, he should give it every opposition in his power.—( Hear.) Sir THOS. FREMANTLE explained. Mr. RICE thought some regulation was necessary, and that they should rather promote the comfort of the poorer classes by this measure than otherwise. In giving his vote for the second reading he did not pledge himself to the details, but be would observe that a more efficient system of police would more effectually secure the object they had in view. He hoped the vote they would that night give would counteract that of the House of Lords, and induce the Chancellor of the Exchequer to take the Bill into his own hands. Mr. PROTHEROE said he rose to retract an opi nion he had formerly held on this subject. He had adopted the advice given him by a witty friend of his some years ago, "to put off Saxony, and put on corduroy." He bad done so, and had gone into the beer-houses and drank their beer, and never was a legislator more disappointed.— (Laughter.) He thought they had failed to give the poor a good and wholesome beverage. He should, therefore, support the Bill. Mr. MUNTZ could not allow this Bill to go to a se cond reading without stating his objections to what he considered a most unjust and unnecessary measure. He had yet to learn why beer was not to be sold as other articles. His experience on the subject was very considerable, and, so far as that went, he had never seen a great increase of crime occasioned by the beer-houses. One circumstance Gentlemen had forgot, or rather, perhaps, never knew, when they said that if the beer-houses were shut up, publicans would not take in the same men. They were much mistaken. All publicans had two classes of customers—one higher and one lower, and took low company as well as the beer houses. He believed there had been a great increase of crime, and particularly within the last twelve months, but to what was it to be attributed? Not to the beer-houses, but to the pressure on the working classes, which always increased crime ; but if he could agree to the general principle of the Bill, there was one provision in it he could never vote for, which was the disfranchisement of those parties who now held licenses under a certain amount, which he considered would be most unjust—as unjust to the beer-house keepers as the establishment of beer-houses was to the Licensed Victuallers. Sir CHARLES BURRELL supported the Bill. He thought the late Act had done great injury to the people, because it gave them bad beer where they ought to get good, and he approved of the present measure because it changed the system. Lord G. SOMERSET would support the Bill, think ing that in many districts the beer-houses had had a most unfortunate effect upon the morals of the people. Although he could not concur with all the provisions of the Bill, be did not think that was a ground for preventing its being read a second time. Mr. B. WOOD would vote against the second reading of the Bill, because he saw no probability of a measure so full of defects ever becoming the law of the land. If he had wanted anything to convince him of the impolicy of a measure like the present coming from any source but the Government he had it in the speech of the Right Honour able Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer. To his knowledge ten millions of property was taken from the licensed victuallers by the passing of the Beer Act, and a new property was created which it was now sought to confiscate.—(Hear, hear.) This mode of le gislation was trifling, and the Government ought to take the burden upon themselves of legislating on this subject. He should on these grounds, as an act of justice, both to the licensed victualler and the beer-seller, oppose this Bill. Mr. PAKINGTON, in reply, complained of the con duct of the Hon. Member for Bridport, in moving an ob solete standing order on a former occasion, for the purpose of preventing the further progress of this measure. Pe titions complaining of the existing state of the Beer-laws had been presented, signed by the most respectable and wealthy persons in the country.—( Hear, bear.) The petitions on the other side came almost exclusively from brewers, maltsters, and beer-sellers ; and therefore were not entitled to the same attention as the others. It was most amusing to hear how completely the seconder of the amendment differed from the mover of it—the one calling it a measure of confiscation, and the other opposing it because it was petty legislation. The measure which he proposed had the approval of the Committee of 1834. If he could get no other remedy he would try to repeal the law, but he should prefer a moderate remedy like the present. It was unfair to charge him with a desire of restoring the monopoly of the Magistrates, he had no such wish. He thought the rating clauses had better be discussed in Committee, and if they were found unfair he would alter them—he had no intention or wish to destroy all the beer-houses. It had been said these houses were supplied by brewers; now the great object of the Act had been to do away with the monopoly of brewers. He did net believe that the increase in the barley trade was attributable to the Beer Act. The licensed victuallers were under the power of the Magistrates, who could withhold the licenses, but the beer-shops were under no such control. Property, he had admitted, could not always be taken as a test of respectability; but, at all events, it was so to a certain extent, and was a test of responsibility. He had never asserted that Chartism was the fruit of the beer-houses. What he had said was, that beer-houses were much used by that class of persons, because of their low character. He thought it was the duty of the Right Hon. Chancellor of the Exchequer either to take up his Bill, or give him his support to legis late upon the subject. He utterly denied that he was influenced in his conduct by any wish to conciliate the body of licensed victuallers. He took up the question upon public grounds, and public grounds alone. He thought it was far better to prevent crime by regulating these houses in a proper manner than to punish it after wards by a police force. The Hun. Gentleman read se veral extracts from the evidence given before the Hand loom Weavers Commission as to the evils of the beer house system, and implored the House, as it valued the morals of the lower classes, to give a second reading to his 13111. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when the nurnberi were— For the Bill Against it Majority - - The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and he House adjourned at Eleven o' Clock. THE MEMOIRS OF THE PRINCESS DASCH xaw.—These long-expected Memoirs, the announcement of which created so much interest, have at length appeared. They are comprised in two large volume:, illustrated with portraits and autographs. Among the many distinguished women that the last century produced, perhaps not one could be named who played a more extraordinary part than the Russian Princess I)aschkaw, who, at the age of seventeen, not merely plotted, but literally carried into effect, by the aid of her astonishing saga city, personal courage, and presence of mind, that great revolu tion which placed Catherine 11. on the throne of Russia, and thus laid the foundation of all the subsequent greatness of that now wondrous empire. But this was only one of the many ex traordinary incidents in the career of this truly singular woman. She was for several years President of the Academy of Arts and Sciences of St. Petersburg ; and during an unusually pro longed life she maintained a character arnr.ntluence that no ether woman ever enjoyed. The publication of the autobio graphy of such a person as this, coming from a source which leaves its authenticity beyond the reach of doubt or cavil, can not fail to excite a more intense interest than has attached to any work of the kind for many years. From Henry Cowper, Esq., of Tewen-waters, Herts, to Messrs. S. and B. • Solomons, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly :—Gentlemen,—Having been deaf for many years, I was induced from recommendation to try your Invisible Voice Conductors, nod I have great pleasure telling you that they enable me to hear persons in company and at a place of worship most distinctly; and in conseuence of the great advantage which I have derived, I have recommended many persons to von, and their report is similar to mine, most favourable. The 'Spectacles and hand-glass which you have sent me are very excellent, and suit my sight precisely, and surpass anything of the kind I have ever tried ; the transparency of which is so brilliant that, although I have passed my 86th year, the 22d of May last, yet they enable me to • read, &c., by candle-light with the greatest ease and comfort to myself. Gentlemen, I return you my best thanks, and' remain your most obedient servants, HENRY COWPER.-272t1 of June, 1839." Mrs. N. M..RoOrsehild, widow of the late emi nent Hebrew capitalist, has given to the Jewish Free School, for some years past, the truly beneficent annual donation of 5001., besides expending at least, very nearly the same amount yearly in clothing 450 children, male and female, educated there. The same lady subscribed 4001. in support of the family of Mr. Aaron, the melancholy suicide of whose daughter ex cited so much sympathy in the city last week. - - ANOTHER ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY. -0:1 Saturday morning a sweep named Ridley, who had been sent for to sweep the kitchen chimney of Lord Colchester, con trived to get into the study and drawing-rooms, where he bagged a gold pencil-case, a silver inkstand, and several o th er valuable articles. The robbery was discovered soon after he left, but although pursued he has as yet ecared the vigilance o f the police. A reward of 2.51. has been offered by Lord C o l_ chester for his apprehension. TROPHIES TAKEN AT ADEN.—Saturday ti lt " brass guns were landed from the Jupiter at Woolwich ; they were Ldely captured at Aden, in the East. Indies. On th(, t w) largest arc inscriptions in the Hmdostanee language. Th e i r great length makes them appear singular when compared with our British guns. The following are the dimensions, weight, &C.:—Length of the largest, 18 feet 2 inches ; weight 6 tons 16 cwt. 2 qrs. 14 lbs. ; diameter of the muzzle, 1 foot 3 inches ; carries iron shot 102 lbs. weight. Length of the second, 17 feet 1 inches ; weight 6 tons 4 cwt. 15 lbs. ; diameter ( . .f breast ring-, 2 feet ; diameter of muzzle, 1 foot 2 inches ; diameter of bore, 8 inches ; carries iron shot of 86 Ibs. weight. Length of the third, 15 feet ; weight 4 tons 14 cwt. I qr. 9 lbs.; diameter of breast ring, 1 foot 3 inches; diameter of muzzle, I foot 1 inch ; diameter of bore, 8 inches ; carries iron shot of 72 lbs. weight.. Mrs. Wyndham gave her first assembly for tl!e season on 116mlay, at Egrrmont House, Grosvenor.-place, when the superb saloons nbieh have been re-embellished since the death of the late Lord Egrernont, were thrown open ard illuminated with great taste. It was a brilliant party, soi l graced by th ree h un d r ed distinguished fashionables. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACK W 0 OD' S MAGAZINE. From an unusual press of Parliamentary, and other matters, we are compelled to be brief in our Magazine notices this month. Blackwood gives us an excellent Number, and leads off with " Ten Thousand a Year, which would be much more effective as a story, if it were not quite so diffuse. Though a clever and prac tised hand at description, the author is far too lavish of it, and never knows when to stop. Yet still we read on, for his tale—leosely put together as it is—teems with exciting incidents, which are wrought up with unflag g ing vigou r a n d an i mat i on . I n p a rticular, the scene between Mr. Aubre3 and his wife, where he gently hints to her the great probability that there is of his losing all his fine fortune of ten thousand pounds per annum—the rightful heir having been just discovered — betrays an accurate knowledge of the deep and subtle workings of the human heart. So far as it has yet pro ceeded, the most striking features of the story, arc first, ;ts breadth of manner, and secondly, the adroit con trasts of character, and groupes of character, that it ex hibits, as shown in the family of the aristocratic Au breys, and the friends and dependants of the plebeian Titmouse. " A not h er P assage of Autobiography" is chiefly taken up with reminiscences—some of them amusing enough—of the author's boyhood. Here and there we meet with some piquant scraps of criticism, which, generally speaking, are judicious enough ; though we must beg to enter our protest against the author's estimate of the tEneid. In the notice of Horne Tooke's well known " Diversions of Purley," we arc assured that this work is " one of the most consummate compounds of ignorance and presumption that ever practised with success upon human credulity." How this may be we know not, for we never read the work in question, hav ing no great respect or relish for etymological studies. " Khiva, central Asia, and Cabul," argues on the hypo thesis that throughout the east, British influence has for some time been sapped and supplanted by Russian ma chinations, and praises the Cabul expedition as a spirited stroke of policy. " Shaw on Salmon Fry" is a lively notice of a work lately published on this, not very attrac tive subject. In the diatribe headed " Anti-National Faction," the writer of course speaks vehemently against the opponents of the grinding Corn-law monopoly ; but his logic is very loose and sophistical, as was to be ex pected from the side he has thought fit to advocate. The " Veto" is a sprightly poetical squib. We quote the subjoined stanzas from the commencement of a poem entitled " Aboukir WHAT see I on this barren strand?— A burning sky, a burning sand, A shipless sea, a lifeless land ! Yet Time ! thou old destroyer, Time, Thou'lt seen it earth's most glorious clime, All throne and temple—all sublime. Of earth's wild drama wildest stage; Of mind's first flight, war's darkest rage, The Soldier, and the Archimage Then sank its sun in midnight gloom : Its life was treasured in the tomb. Egypt was all—the Catacomb ! Yet on that strand was Europe freed I The world beheld that battle bleed ; And mighty England did the deed. 'Twas eve ; and on the horizon pale, Like cloud on cloud, uprose the sail ; And warrior-echoes fill'd the gale. There, squadron'd on the sunset tide, With day's last gold and amber dyed, Came Britain's sea-kings in their pride. Splendid the thronging pomp swept on, To cannon.fire and trumpet tone ; Each war-ship like a floating throne. Who led them on ? A deathless name, That through their bosoms shot like flame— Nelsen ! the noblest son of fame I Startled, yet stern, the Frenchman's line Saw in the sun the red-cross shine, And felt it Ruin's judgment-sign. " Charles Lamb was very fond of a rubber of whist.. lie sat down one night at the house of a friend, to which Elliston had also been invited. Elliston arrived late, had evidently taken too much wine, and was, as usual on such an occasion, extremely grand. It chanced, in cutting, that Lamb and Elliston became partners. Elliston's PlaY was , under the circumstances, of course, very bad, which, joined to his affected hauteur, raised the ire of Lamb, who rt the end of a game suddedly exclaimed, in his stuttering manner, If dirt was trumps, what fine hands you would have, Mr. Elliston.' " "OrENINO OF A 111E1.0-DRAMA. " GASPER.—The morn is breaking. " NICHGLAS.-.-Let it break and be d—d ! It owes me nothing." " On the English translation of the card of a French inn, between Boulogne and Abbeville, these words are printed : ' The wines are qf that quality, they will leave you nothing to hope for.'" " Miss B— (the Danseuse and Columbine) was mar ried to a Mr. S—. My friend Barnaby inquired the profession of Mr. S—, and was informed that he was an eminent butcher. ' That accounts for it,' said Barnaby; ' Ile fell in love with her calf.' " FRASER'S MAGAZINE. the clever tales of Boz torm the subject of the first article in the current Number of this Maga zine. The Reviewer speaks of them frankly and boldly, pointing out their defects, while at the same time he does justice to their beauties. One of his principal charges against Dickens is, that his characters are not maintained with suffi cient consistency, and, in proof of this, he adduces the well-known Mr. Pickwick. There is certainly some slovenly and incorrect drawing in this portrait, but its leading traits, namely, bonhontazie and simplicity of character, arc kept fu:ly in view throughout, and it is only in some of the minor details that we find it wanting. When, however, we bear in mind the necessarily hasty manner in which it was sketched, we can make every allowance for these trivial blemishes. With far more show of justice, the Reviewer urges against the orphan parish boy, Oliver Twist, that his acute sensibility and innate refinement of nature are over-drawn; end that one, reared as he was, and surrounded daily by such associates as Fagin, Sykes, and Co., could never, by any possibility, hare been such a paragon of grace and innocence. We made the same objection ourselves to this character some months since in The Sun, and are glad to find our opinion backed by such an authority as Oliver Yorke. " Blue- Friar Pleasantries" treats slily and humourously on a very delicate and difficult question—viz., how to " pop the question " to a young lady ; and the author illus trates his theme by a variety of apt anecdotes. Here is a brace of them for the edification of the inexperi enced suitor : We forget where we met with the following laconic example of " popping the question :" " Pray, madam, do you like buttered toast ?" Yes, Sir." Buttered on both sides ?" " Yes, Sir." Will you marry me ?" The mode adopted by a certain eccentric physician is almost as condensed. A lady came to consult him. He prescribed and took his guinea. " Madam," said he, " I wish to see 3ou again this time tomorrow. In the interval, take the medicine here prescribed, and ere we meet again, make up your mind to give a plain " yes," or " no," to the question I now put to you. lam inclined to wed, but have no time to woo. Will you allow me to lay out my fee in the purchase of your wedding-ring ?" The severely logical character of the first of these two anecdotes cannot be too warmly applauded. Con ceive a gentleman prefacing a proposal of marriage by an allusion to buttered toast ! How appropriate the in troduction ! How natural—nay, how inevitable—the sequel ! " Specimens of Persian Poetry" may, or may not be, genuine ; at any rat^ they are readable, which is nearly all that is looked for in an article of this far : fetched nature. " On Manners, Fashions, and Things in General" is a smart, desultory series of con tinental sketches, chiefly of Germany. " Scenes in the Desert" is the continuation of a clever, descriptive paper, the first part of which appeared last month in Fraser. The scene is laid among the vast range of de sert on the borders of the Euphrates. "Who are You ? or the Modern Salathiel," is a story whose ex travagance is not redeemed by its humour. It is, in truth, but a mediocre affair. " On, Stanley, on," are three laughable sonnets from the pen of that eminent wag, O'Doherty. " What's What" is an agreeable trifle, from which we quote this characteristic anecdote of Napoleon : His imperial Majesty had given instructions for altering the Salle de Spectacles at the Tuileries ; and one day he took Telma with him to see the improvements he had sug gested. They were alone in a dint theatrical light, when Napoleon thus addressed the tragedian :—" Do you know that there is many an Englishman who would give a good round sum to be in your place ? If one of their emissaries could surprise me here, he would find it a good opportunity for getting rid of me." " Ah, Sire I" exclaimed Talma, " you make metremble—should any one lie here concealed." " Don't be alarmed," returned the Emperor, tapping Talma familiarly on the shoulder, " history respects itself too much to let me die in a trap like a hero of mclodrame. I am persuaded she has something better in store for me.' MONTHLY CHRONICLE. We like the liberal tone of thinking that pervades this periodical. There is nothing sectarian or exclusive' about it, whether in religion, politics, or literature. The interests it advocates are those of the many, not the few ; and all its subjects are discussed in a manly, searching, and impartial manner. The " Financial Po licy of the Whigs" forms the theme of the first article in the present Number, and certainly the writer makes out a strong case in favour of Ministers, without at all debat ing the question in a partizan spirit. Stubborn facts he takes as the groundwork of his arguments, and this is a foundation that no sophistry, however ingenious, can shake—much less overturn. He proves, by incontro vertible documents, that under the existing Govern ment the industry, wealth, capability, and resources of the country have started forward at an accelerated rate, and advanced with far greater rapidity than they ever did under any Tory Government. " A Night- Watch by the Sea," is a poem from the pen of Miss Barrett. There is something very solemn and touching in the sentiment, but we cannot say much for the mea sure, which is quaint, rugged, and not devoid of affec tation. We give a specimen of the author's manner. The thought in the last couplet is a striking one : Nods the nurse to every tone, little thinking how upon Her charge, the death is winning ; While the sick man, dreamingly, takes the rushing of the For eternity beginning." The " Oxford Tracts " speak in a style of fitting reprobation of the tone that prevails throughout the recent theological speculations of some of the learned pundits of Alma Mater. In the notice of " Shelley's Translation of the Banquet of nato," justice is done to the taste and skill of this elegant scholar, who was not a mere verbal pedant, great in points and commas, but thoroughly imbued with the spirit of the surpassing literature of Greece. " Kate Anwyl," is a pleasing story, told feelingly and unaffectedly. " King Boat). (firs Lament for the Loss of Grenada,' is a very com mon-place ballad. The subject required that it should be terse and spirited ; instead of which it is tame and diffuse. " N a vigation by Steam," is a dull statistic essay. 'ln the " Sketches of Spanish Generals," we find the followint , far from flattering portrait of the pre sent Duke of Grenada, a haughty aristocrat of the old regime, and one of the staunchest supporters of the cause of intolerance and Don Carlos : . . " In personal appearance the Duke of Grenada is mean ; in mental endowments he is the lowest of the low, his intellect being only one remove from that of an idiot. In the field of battle he is a miserable poltroon, whilst in scenes of private massacre, where two or three arc to be tortured by fifty, as in the instance alluded to above, he is ferocious and savage as a tiger maddened by rage and hunger. In religion ho is a fanatic of the most stupid and bigoted kind, crawling in the dust at the feet of a monk. In his personal habits, he is, of all voluptuaries, the most grossly, and the most disgustingly sensual. Pre vious to the commencement of the war, and before more active pursuits changed for a space the stagnancy of his life, his mornings were spent in the church, his even- ings (strange, too, for a Spaniard) in gluttony, and the solitary indulgences of the table, and his nights in sicken ing debauchery. This man was residing at San Sebastia❑ about a year before the death of Ferdinand. His family consisted of a wife and six children, five daughter-, the eldest seventeen years old, and a son about six. During the whole of his stay there his life was one and uniform ; his mornings, until mid-day, were passed in the Cathedral of Santa Maria, and his afternoons in the society of the most abandoned women he could pick up in the streets, under the very roof with the Duchess and her daughters. He was on his knees to every priest that met him in the streets and squares, whilst his domestic life was one con tinued outrage on decency. A mad and stupid fanatic, a bloodthirsty coward, whose only laurels were won by assassination and massacre, an effete and jaded sensualis• —such was the chief councillor of Don Carlos." SPORTING REVIEW. In this NunWertiiereM;riotless than three engrav ings, the most curious of which is entitled, " A Scene from the National Steeple Chase at Liverpool, March 5, 1840," and represents three or four horses all tumbling, together with their !liters, headlong over a wall, which they have been unable to clear. We can conceive no thing more offensive to humanity than these desperate steeple-chases, which are always attended with the greatest perd to the poor horse, who, in some recent cases, has been known to drop stone-dead on the course from sheer fatigue. If men will be such fools as to ha zard their necks in such rash exploits, let them ; our sympathy is not fin. them, but for the generous and far more sagacious animal they involve in their danger. Among the literary contents is an entertaining Paper by Nimrod, headed " My Horses." THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGA 7/N F, The public is more indebted to this magazine I'o7 elcnfant translations of some of the finest lyrical toesu. ,ions of Germany. Turkey, and Arabia, than 1 ot h e r montl4 period cal- In the present number of II:, Litcroe Olik.ntales,"lnstice, such as we deemed the lan guages of Western Europe incapable of admitti ng , it done to soinc of the ?lost characteristic sp ec i mens . Arabian, Persian, and I urkish verse. • There is sonic. NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. " Telling One's Troubles" is a fertile theme, worked out with exceeding spirit and ingenuity—indeed it is the best paper in this Number. The sketch of the querulous " Ego" is as true to human nature as one of Boz's ablest characters, and the incidental reflections scattered throughout the article are replete with arch humour. How true arc these remarks, and how neatly turned, in point of style !- 7 " When we recommend the miserable to tell their troubles, we should perhaps ad vise them to catch their friends first. It is as well when you mean to take a man by the button, to be cautious how he gets hold of your's instead. There are mour ners about town, whose hearts are so continually burst ing with a sense of innumerable grievances, that they will allow nobody to relate a heart-rending story but themselves—their's must be all the misery or none— there's no slipping in a sigh edgewise with them. It is desirable with sufferers of this class, to dash at once into your agonizing narrative, before they can sob out a syl lable, or depend on it they will get the start ; and who ever starts first in these cases, has the stage to himself throughout the tragedy." Of the " Widow Marrie,ll we need say nothing, as we have already given our opi nion of the work in its collected form of thrce vo- luines. " Tangible Immortality" is too vague and rambling. It is a series of detached passages strung together without rhyme or reason. " Privileged Persons" is by no means deficient in common sense, but it is somewhat prosy. Had it been just half its present cngth it would have been far easier reading. In Theo dore Hook's " Fathers and Sons" there is some racy conversation between Colonel Bruff and his cunni,g housekeeper, who, in her outrageous passion fur the gen teel, is bent on becoming Mrs. Bruff—which we feel morally persuaded she will be, towards the close of the third volume. " Nimrod in France" very happily de scribes a French postilion as a " stti-gerwris sort of ani mal." Nimrod is an accurate observ,r of all that lies on the surface of social life in France ; but his remarks want depth. In the reminiscences of " Gibbon and Voltaire"some laughable anecdotes are told of the squab bles between these two great men. Despite his intense ugliness, which bordered on the supernatural, Gibbon, it is well known, was a personally vain man, and once quarrelled with Johnson —as he is here shown to have quarrelled with Voltaire—for calling him "an ugly dog!" We quote the following sketch of the Dol drum Club, from the Editor's tale of " Fathers and Sons" : " At the Doldrum, the coffee-room (as the dining.room of a club is universally called, it being the room in which, except as a tail to one's dinner, coffee is never taken) was by ten o'clock at night as dark as Erebus, and as still and gloomy as if Trophonius were house-steward of the esta blishment, the waiters being instructed to diminish (for economy's sake) the number of lamps, by which it was earlier in the day enlightened, at the rate of from six to one, thus reducing any kind of refreshment, which after a prescribed hour in the afternoon might be required by members who dine late or sup early, to a mere matter of taste and feeling—ocular demonstration being wholly out of the question; much to the disparagement, as a punster would sa), of the ancient proverb (somewhat musty) touching the advantage of light suppers. The Doldrum, however, possessed all the advantages of fine rooms, and everything else that shsuld seem to conduce to sociability, and that interesting exchange of sentiment and opinion, and all that sort of thing, which to people who are rich and sentimental, and have none of the cares and worries of every-day life to annoy and agitate them, is no doubt ex ceedingly agreeable ; but no—a dead solemn silence pre vailed throughout the rooms in the evening, and the ob jects most probably presented to view were—one man doz ing over a book at the side of one fire-place, another man fast asleep over another book at another fire-place ; two men equally lost in slumber, one on either side of a table (the books having fallen from their hands), and another gentleman awake, turning over a file of last month's newspapers " BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. Tom Ingoldby's " Tale of a Shirt," though undoub. edly it contains passages marked by all his accustomed drollery, is not, as a whole, in his best manner. It is too much spun out, and there is an appearance of effort about it that detracts from the effect intended to be produced. Mr. Ainsworth, in his present chapters of " Guy Fawkes" devotes far too much space to the legerdemain tricks of that arch-quack Dr. Dee, whom Walter Scott—a far more wonderful conjuror-- has sketched so vividly in his " Woodstock? , We have no great relish for these melodiiiinatic incid en t s , though we must do Ainsworth the justice to s a y t h at h e has displayed much adroitness in his mode of h an dli ng i them. But why doe s he not infuse more of the warm breath of life into his characters ? \Vhy besto w hi s chief attention on incident, which at best is, and must ever be, but a seco ndar y consideration in fictitious lite rature? In the generality of his tales, hi s personages, with scarcely o ne exce p tio n , speak in the same cold, correct style, and mimic life about as accurately as those painted puppets which the showman pulls by con cealed wires. This should be guarded against, for verisimilitude a nd individuality of dialogue are the very salt of romance. The " Picture Bed-room "is a capital ghost story the sort of th in g t o wonder and shod -der at over a Christmas fire-side, when th e o ld h a ll clock is striking. twelve, and the candles, not snuff e d f or the last halt hour, are dim and cabbaged at the wick. "An Impudent Monkey pert and sprightly enough. The " Two Cousi ns," with its detailssth ou t the cup board full of gold, and the concealed trap-door, wou ld tell well at the Coburg in the , popular l fo rm o f a melo drama. We recomme nd Mr. itzball to attempt its perpetration. He has a fine conception of the murder ous. In the " Soul Agent" we inlet with an inge nious surprise, where a dexterous vaiet disguises him self as the devil, in order to promote his master's marriage with the daughter of a spit-fire German baron. This is natural enough, for the devil h as more t o do with matrimony than is generally s t , posed. " Stanley Thorn" and ``Colin Clink "main tain their interest unimpaire d. " Watty Flah er t y " i s an amusing Irish sketch . The " Portfolio Of P e t er Popki n "is chiefly filled with anecdotes. W e quote one or two that arc new to us : Tom C— was eating oysters ; he took one into his mouth that was not quite fre , h ,t ut not likin g to eject i , ' be resolved to swallow it. On takin g anot her in ithell „ a by-stagger remarked, 'Torn, that is a flue ;talive - " Pun mighty glad of it, fur the last was a setikr.'" thing more generally accordant with the sympathies of European readers in the joyous than in the plaintive warblings of the Oriental muse ; but such ballads as the " Howling Song of Al-lilohara," " Night is Nearing," the " Daunishmends Lamentation," and the " Time of the Barmecides." arc calculated to become popular in every country. The translator has our best thanks for what he has accomplished in one of the most difficult departments of elegant literature —namely, that of giving in an English dress, but in a readily recognizabl e form, specimens of the ballad , poetry of the Rut. " Charles O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon," is continued with great spirit in this number. " Oh, that's the man for Galway," one of the classic Odrs with which it is enriched, hill soon, we have no doubt, be in great de- i mend in the Irish mnropolis. The second article on Bulwer's Dramatic Poetry" is not equal to the first. " Laws and Lawyers" is a clever review of a book a l_ ready popular ; and " Dr. Wild's Maderia and the Mediteranean" is another efficient notice of a book de serving of popularity, and which has already been fa vourably noticed in our columns. The other articles arc above mediocrity, but call for no particular notice. UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL. Here are several well-timed and well-digested arti cles ; and among them we may single out as well worthy of an attentive perusal, the account of the " Expedi tion up the Niger ;" the " Storming of Sarnanap"— which is as graphic as one of Napier's descriptions of sir.tzes—and the curious particulars respecting the " Khanato of Khiva." LONDON AND EDINBURGH PHILOS°. PHICAL MAGAZINE. R. and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion-court. This unwearied pioneer in the field of science mak t ains the character which the general voice of the learned has assigned to it. We find among the contributions to its pages, communications from men of the first eminence in the scientific world, while the well-digested reports which it contains of the proceedings of learned So cieties, give such readers as cannot enter into ques tions purely scientific, the opportunity of seeing with what success the votaries of philosophy are pursuing their discoveri es i n t h e var i ous paths which lie before them. We observe in the number before us a very curious paper, in which Dr. Roget has solved a problem which has exercised the ingenuity of mathema ticians for a long time—even Euler left it unconquered. Dr. R. has invented a method by which the Knight may be moved over every square of the chess-board, without going twice over any one, commencing at any given square, and ending at any other of a different colour. For the mode in which the solution is accomplished we must refer to the paper itself. THE LONDON MAGAZINE. A periodical which is just what it purports to be—" a Protons in politic; and a cameleon in literature." The articles are all light, graceful, and amusing, without any pretensions to higher merit than that of putting the reader in good humour. The Bishop of Exeter figures at full length, as one of the two illustrations which .adorn it. We have just counted the articles in this Number, which exceed forty ; so that among them he must be a fastidious reader indeed who finds nothing to produce a hearty laugh —a greater benefit than is to be extracted from many works of much higher pretensions. THE MONTHLY LATV MAGAZINE. The Number before us opens with an article on a thread bare subject—Mr. Sergeant Talfourd's Copyright Bill ; and this clever article is followed by another equally clever, on a subject equally threadbare, entitled " Purism," being nothing more than a resuscitation of what the T or i es ca ll " Th e N ewport and Monteagle Job." The articles on Stenography and Medical Juris prudence are more professional, and therefore not so generally interesting. The Law Magazine is Tory to the backbone, and as a Tory organ very ably conducted. PAUL PERIWINKLE, OR THE PRES S GA AV 6 1 .6 One of the almost countless works of fiction which the popularity of the " Pickwick Papers," " Nicho las Nickleby," and "Jack Sheppard" has called into a questionable existence. It has reached the eleventh Number, which is embellished by two illustrations from the humorous pencil of Phiz. The illustrations for this month are, however, as grim as can well be imagined. THE TOWER OF LONDON. Part IV. In the present chapters of this work occur some striking dialogues between Lady Jane Grey and her husband, alter misfortunes have begun to thicken upon her ; and a graphic sketch of the Cauncil that east to depose her and procla'm Queen Mary. The illustra tions by Cruickshank are neither better nor worse than usual. THE CATHOLIC MAGAZINE. The only remarkable article in this number—at least the only one which calls for any notice in the columns of a newspaper—is on the " Religious Persecution in Poland," which rages in that unhappy country to an extent hardly credible. A proposal made by a Ca tholic Missionary for the substitution of the English language for the Latin in the celebration of the Mass, and the other rites and ceremonies of Roman Catholic worship, has led to a correspondence little creditable to the boasted liberality of the Missionaries by whom that very sensible proposal has been opposed. The fallow ing extract from the article on religious persecution of the unfortunate Poles, will serve to convey some idea of the atrocities of which that doomed people are now the I victims : After the Czar Nicholas had destroyed or shut up many churches and seminaries; after he had contrived, by in sidious and disgraceful means, to influence the election of parish clergymen, and other spiritual pastors, and thereby to render himself the virtual head of the National Church in Poland, be directed all his violence, all his machinations, against the laity, in order ro force them to embrace the .Russo-Greek religion, and consequently, in order to de. story, with the cherished creed of their ancestors, the strongest link of their nationality,—that nationality which he has sworn to uproot, in futherance of his nefarious de signs against liberty and knowledge. The commanders of regiments had express orders, from the Czar, to enter places of worship even during divine service, if they sus pected any rebels, that is, any patriots, to be therein ; the licentious Moscovite soldiery, helped by the Jews, took full advantage of this permission, and generally selected the most solemn part of the service for the signal of their appearance. They seized, then, on the male portion of the congregation, indiscriminately ; and, in some instances, when a show of resistance was offered, massacred the clergyman at the altar, as well as numbers of the people, without distinction of age or sex. These barbarous acts took place in almost every parish of Lithuania, particularly Oszmiany, Kieydany, Blsa,gota, Uzwenta, and \Yornie, in which the Cossaks, by the orders of their sanguinary generals, Kabtukow and Knoring, (men infamous for their cruelties in Lithuania) set fire to the churches during divine service, and left the majority of their inmates a prey to the devouring flames. At Oszmiany, the Cossaks rushed suddenly into the church, and massacred the whole of the congregation, with the officiating clergymen : these bar bar2.rians were afterwards seen tearing the car-rings and other ornaments from the persons of the murdered women and children, and exchanging them with the Jews for spirituous liquors. At Bcysagota, the same regiment of Cossaks attacked the church, dragged down the priest from the pulpit, and carried off the congregation to the fields, where they shot the clergyman, and, after having shaved the hoods of the men, sent them, loaded with chains to the frontiers of Persia. in spite of the cries and lamen tations of the widows and children of the unhappy prisoners, who were destined to behold no more those dearest objects of their affections. FROM A CORRESPOND EN T. —A remarkably clever and novel invention has . just bee. patented by feßsr, Cook, Rowley and Co., of Liquorpond-street, coach-builders to her Majesty, and which eall be found of very considerable importance to the comtOrt mid health of all those who have the good fortune to ride in carriages, and more particularly to the fair sex and the invalid. Every one is awai e what a very un wieldy affair the present glass frame or folding shutter is to open carriages, and that the occupants may be drenched with rain ere they can screen themselves behind its ponderous folds. This invention is to supersede the old method, and is certainly eminently adapted so to do. It is termed a spring German shutter—is simple and elegant in its construction, and under the perfect control of a chil i ; consequently, in case of accidnt, or the necessity of continually getting in and out, its advantages arc 'manifold and of great merit. Mr. Bapge, M.P. for W es t Norfolk, gave a splendid banquet, at the Clarendon Hotel, on Mon rav ins day. to the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, the lion. Oc { Dun e First Life Guards , Si r henry Smith, Mr. Eaton, M. Hon. C 9 aptain Duncombe , Colonel, Wood, M.P., Colonel Bush_ Brooke, Fector, M.P., Sir John Tyrrell, Ai. Neeld. M.P., Mr. Round, Captain Boldero, Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Blackstone, Mr. Burroughes, Mr. Chute, and Viscount Ingestric. Lady El t ea p n re o se r n i t l :t a n s • Lord Stanley :Intl his sister, wood, arc the mem bers of Lord Derby's family a ins at Knowsley . Lad y Stanley remains at Lor d Skelmeis ' : dale's, Lathom House. Lord and Lady Sussex Lennox have arrived o n a visit to Mr. an d Lad y Louisa Ti g h e , at Woodstock Hous e . l Ell; Lordship's health, which has been for some time in an impaired state, is somewhat improved. Lord Clifford, after an absence of nearly twelve mor.ths on the Continent, returned to e ' brook his seat in Devon, at the close of the past week. There have been a great number of men employed for some time making improvements to that beautiful estate. THE ESSEX LANDLORDS.—At Chehnsford, on Friday, there was a strong muster of those persons who suppose themselves interested in perpetuating the iniquitous Corn-laws. Lord Western of course played first fiddle. There were there also the following gentlemen :—Lord Rayleigh, T. W. Bramston, Esq. ; M.P., J. J. Tufnell, Esq., T. B. Len nard, Esq., IL C. Haselfoot, Esq., J. Nortidge, Esq., J. Roggis, Esq., and R. Schneider, Esq. Sir J. T. Tyrrell, G. Palmer, and C. G. Round, Esqrs., were prevented attending. Petitions in support cf the Corn-laws were of course adopted. POSTAGE.—A Scotch paper intimates thatheco col lectors, surveyors, and other officers connected with as sessed taxes, have received orders not to pre-pay eirtletters of intimation, or any correspondence they may Ba re l with the lieges. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, accompa niedu) by Lady Augusta Somerset, arrived at Beaufort s u of ase (n parties ai 11Ionday from Badminton, for the season. will be giv by the Noble hike and his amiable Duchess of ore Easter. The Marquis and !lioness of Dovmshite intend receiving a select parlAylarellillsborough Castle, Down_ shire, Ireland, until after the a.,aster recess, when aw family leave for. Hanover-square. EVENING EDITION PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSUW ANCE COMPANY. SHARES &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 31. Number litrfacnd of per Shares, Annum C ANA LS. rer' raid. Shue ....-...... 1,766 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham-At crag e97l.ltis.sh. 121 ~082 41. Ashby -e-1e.Z.,...h ......A-;rage 11:11.sh 72 1,2'30 Basingstoke ; POLhh. 5 1,015 St. Brecknock end Aber gav rimy 1501.0. -. 8,0)01.16th. 91 Os. Birmingham, 1.16 th 'hate --qt. & 711. I'll 9 4 000 . Ditto and Liverpool Junctiv . :l. 01.100 pd IX 600 Si. Bridgewater and Taunton .100/. at.. all pa 403 41. Chelmer and 'Backwater 1001. sh . 101 500 41/, Coventry 100/..vh, 660 4 . 545 ....... Croydon. - 2,060: 41. 10s. Dudley ... 1001. sh. 99 €O3 13,. Derby 109/.,11 . 11+ 10.1.01 4 per cent. Oanutie and Mayne 3 .5751 4/, Ell,sn....reandChester...Avelrgel33/.sk. F 9 2 3 1 62/ . Erewasri 101;1.4n. SC 0 1,Z7 30/. +,600 10 Forth :.nd Clyde ....Averaye 4(231.161.th,, 4!!'. lOC/. sh 11;k., :2114:8(14,;(!9064/ 4:711;:r.celll. ( .1 t 7'r ) D rr i rand a t n o f,. Sur r ey u: : : r n : t r ° . c : c , n , yl; l, , ai . „ , ~ ICOI sb 2. 1001. sh. Is „, 1001. t,: v 3.196 roo vv. 1 tzs. rid. Glamorgan:hire, Aver. cost 17V. 135.4 d. Kr. 749 Ina, Grantham 150/. sh. 203 f1,2:,8 21.05. Fl:ilderslield Average 574. 6s. 6d. sh. At. 100 Kensington 5.112'3 U. ss. Kennet and Avon, Aver. 39/. ISs. 10d. sh. '..6 2,8 , 71 30/. Leetleand Liverpool 1001. sh. 7,50 5451 15f/. Leicester l4O/.lh. :JO 1,8)7 5/. 10s. Leicester an .l N orthampronAver i-31.1ii5.. t 6 2.400 101, Monmouthshire 1001. sh. 1 71 130 11(1. Melton Mowbray lOW. ?h. tr'.; 500 251. Mersey and Irwell lOO/. sh . 14.5 30100 I!. 10s. Macclesfield MU. sh. all pd Al 217 /7/. Neath 100/.0, .44'S 2,400 41. Peak Forest AVal...ge about 7F;/.sh. 9! 1,118 Its. Regent's (or London) Av. 33/.165. ed. sh. 11 5,6119 Of. per cent. Rochdale Average .34/.sh. 1) ~ s°o FL Shropshire ../161.5h. IA. 510 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal .....1 50/. sh. 154 3,6001. 41 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/. Iris, sh. 11 700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4O/.sh. 675 5151 161, Shrewsbury 1251. sh. ..'., 300 9/. stourbridge .. .... ... 1451. sh. 31,,' 3,617 2/. us. Strafford.on.Avon Average 791. 9s. tAl.sh. 45 533 161. Swensea , lts IL sh. 265 1332 11, 15s, Severn and Wye and Railway Ar. 35/. sh. Nti ? . .6(mtstr. :421.105. Treat and Mersey, I share 100/. sh. f,CI , 8.119 1,00:1sh.1 161. Warwick and B;rrola.gham ... . 100/.Fn 258 1.0004. h. 950 Is 7. Warwick and 'llaptvn . . 100/. sh, 19; ) 6;100 1/. I.s ; N‘Vv.i,irtsce,,,,s;l: E a n e t r i k l , hr A ro i r e n r g a li c a e m o A L s , i 7 o ri s. /. 8, 81.. sh. 6 ,. i. . 5,11;k 1 25s 125/. sh fOll Os. - .ft 5 riev and Essi n g ton ..ti6 tv.sne-co lO5/.Bh. 905 IL Wey and Arun 1101. h. 2-7.‘ DOCKS. "‘" * i 3 c Commerc al 'OOl. sh. . t Bh 1.065 f sh. P . . Stork 106 East and West India 3.2:38,310;/. 60s. p.ct. London Steck CT Ditto Rands lOl 2,209 3/. 6.. Id. Bristol 68,3241. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 10:3 1.3032,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine St ock 114: 500,000 41, per cent. Ditto Bonds 100.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years I ,-, 4.500 . .... Deptford Pier °el. sh. 20/. pd 1 BRIDGES. Hammersiniti! ... Southwark, Old Ditto, New, of 71 r, cent........50/.sh. 1:11 Waterloo lOO4 sh. 5 Ditto, Old Annuities of Si. fio/. p 4 21 Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 19 Ditto Bonds 99 Vauxha11............Av erase 701. 10s. 3d. sh 25 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2..000 3110 s Albion .5001. sh. M. pd 73 50,000 S 6 per c l e s Z t ' l Alliance Britisn &Foreign 1001. sh. 11/. pd 19i 50,000 fl percent. Ditto, Marine 1004 sh. 54 pd to 41,000 el. per sh. Atlas 'M. sh. 51. pd 13 I,2ooesh. 5/. Birmingham t ire .. O5Ol. sh. 554 pd 104 20,000 41. per cent. British Fire.. 250/. :h.50!. pd 40 12,000 61. percent. British Commercial 'lOl. El= . 5/, pd :4 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical & Medi..Tl Life, ICOLsh. 2/10s pd 44 4,000 21 15s County 1004 sh. 10/. pd 4? co,coo ss. Eagle • ••• 50/. sh. 51. pd 5 r 5 per cent] Economic I.ile lOOO4 sh. 250!. pd 406 .'" and 301 bs. 2,271 225. per cent. European Li . z 0 04 sh. all pd 52 40,000 2s. Ditto, New .0/. sh. 21. Ixi 11 I ,000,000/. 64per ct Globe Stock 128 2.0,000 5/* (112,..:t1ian 100!. oh. 27e/ pd 574 'O,OOO e. Se.. Hope 2,400 51. 7.1. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 501. pd 131 7,500 Os. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 10!.1x1 101. 13,458 41. per cent. Indemnity 31. - aine leo/. sh. 8!. pd 2:1 2,020 31 10s Kent Fire 501. sh. all pd 012 31. Ditto Life 501. pd 7il 10,000 111 s. Law Life 100!. sh. 10/. pd 30 NOM 10s. London, Fire "Si. sh. 12!. Ito. pd 101.. 3,900 10s. London, Ship ~ 1 sh. 124 10s. pd hip, 1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. oh. 500,0001 30,000 Sl. per cent. Palladium Life 50/. oh. 2!. pd 217 s 50,000 41 per cent. Protettor Fite 'N)!. sh. 21. pd Ifla Ni 10,0 - 4 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters 1(0!. oh. Si. pd !•4 0,500 11. Provident Late lOOl. sh. 10/. pd IS 00,100 ss. Rock Life "OZ. sh. 1/. pd CZ 59,220/ 5/. per cant. Royal Exchange Stock... sra 0,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. 5!. pd 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. Si. pd 71 JOINT STOCK BAN K 3. 25,000 8 percent. A gric. and Com. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd 5,000 Australasia 404 sh. 40/. pd si , 10,•./00 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 5O/. sh. 101. pd 1: , ,1 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank .... 501. sh. 10/. pd 2:4. 31,000 spercent. London and Westminster IMF sh. 20!. pd tr , . 00,000 54 London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 104 pd .g. 3 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster ........ ........... ..... 1004 oh. 201. pd :, _5,1100 . ...... .. Liverpool 100/ sh. 101. pd 2*.' 50,000 7e per cent Manchester and Liver.] 504 sh. 15! pd 1: pool District 20,000 7 per cent. blanchester 100/. sh. 25/. pd tr; . 20,000 .... ..... Provincial Bank of I relandlool. sh. 25/. p 4 44; 50,e00 National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh. 174/. pd :fit 10,000 b per cent. National Provincial Eng. 100!. sh. 351. pd rfi 10,000 • Ditto New Wt. oh. MI pd 1;4 10,000 Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 10!.1x1 50 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 54 pd n 1,900 10s. 7,‘2:31 1,700 It. 15s. ..... 5,000 225. Oil. 5,000 19s. 34. 30,0001. 51. per cent 5,848 17s GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. ~ 0 0 16s Od Bath -„5 2O/. sh: - 1t;/. pd 5,000 British 4O!. sh. 161. pd "1 1,p ,,,, r tand 51.pe8 s. rcenti Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pd .25 - 6s. 928 5110 s Birmingham 50/. sh. 96 t,250 '2l Os Bristol 20.. sh. • 3/s. 2,25f1 3/ 10s Brighton „201. sh. 11' 750 31 Ifis Ditto, New 2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General ' l O/. sh. all pd p 1,000 61.105. Continental Consolidated .... 73!. 09.11.0 110 1,900 101. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 195 1,000 6/. Ditto, New 4,000 3/.os. Equita ble 50/. pd ...5 10100 2; per cent. Imporial 800 51 per cent. Isle of Thanet 25/. sh. 201. pd In 2,1350 6/. per cont. Independent 3O/, sh. all pd f.t, 0,00(, 41. per cent. Phoenix 50/. Ms. 39/. pd tno?.• 1,000 4!. per cent. Ratcliff 100/. sh. 80/. pd t 0 4,000 South Metropolitan stl/. sh. 181. pd 17 .9,200 4/. per cent. United General 5O/. s h. 46/. pd. 321 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 5(11. sh. 5:1 400 N. per cent Wakefield 251. sh. 2-...? ',OOO 3!. Westminster Chartered ....... 5Ol. sh. 85! 6,000 12 3 . Ditto New - 730 per cent. Yarmouth 20/. sh. 181. pd wATEn WORKS. 1,1400 lo s . Birmingham 25!. sh. 25/. pet 20 4,484 6!. East London .. 1001. sh. Ico von 2 . 10s. Grand Junction Average 411. 13s. 4,1. oh. 00.1 2,000 '2 l . Kent 100 sh. "4 . 3 74 Int. Liverpool Bootle 09.0/. sh. 9:27 1,500 2110 s Nrw River Loudon Bridge Water Ann !.04 6 , 458 2! 103 Manchester and Salford lOOl. sh. 54 1,000 4 per rent. South London 1001. sh. 101 4 8,284 4/. West Middlesex Average (DI. 12s. 9d. sh. 61 1,360 1/ 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 05 IRON RAILWAYS. f, son IlitminAliam and Derby 001 pd 054 0,540 Birmingham and Gloucester 15,i in 0 Bristol and Exeter 1001. OE, 40 pd Pi MO 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western 1001. sh. 45/. 1 4 3,000 Clarence lOO/. sh. 100/ I A :;:4 12,000 Commercial Blackwall '10!. sh. 2!. p 4 51 6,000 Dublin and Kilkenny... ...... 1001. sh. 51. pd . 60,000 Eastern Counties . 7 5/ sh. 211. pd Grand Junction 100!. sh. !OM. p:: 0317 Great. North of England 55f. pd 4,? 5, , 1i1 0 Great Western lOO/. sh. 65/. pd 67i 2,000 thrtlephol 1001. rh. 1001. pd %. 6,000 Hull and tielby 501. sh. 35/, pd 2". 2,100 3/.per cent. Leeds and 5e1by........ 100 A. t.t,- , limo 1./.55. Leicester and Swannington .501. st L altpd 7.t 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and Id anchesterlo(l.sh. 100/. p.l 195 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter :Shares 25/. pit . 'NS 0(10 I...mdm and Brighton 'ilol. sh. 35! pd Sll 12, 11 00 London and Madman 501. sh.l7i/. pd 5C mono 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2Ol. Os. 00!. pd of 35,000 London raid Birmingham 100!. sh. 9( 1 1. pa • 154 Ditto Quarter Shares 'V psi 'A London and Solitham.pron Av. 38/, 17s. N. 41 London and Crovdon Trunl , 1.41. pd ..-4 Ditto New Seri.. NE. NI 7. London Grand Junction 'AL sh. 3/. poi 2, Manchester and Leeds ...100!. sh. 61./. pd lo Ditto Half Shares 501. It/. !II ft Manchester and Birmingham 7U/.sh. 25/. Ditto E\ tension 7l pit '..4 North Mi4land 100/. sh. 100/ pd 9.. Northern and Eastern 100/. sh. t5l. pd 1114. 2,600 Preston and Wyre 59 /. sh. SOL pi 41 ,. 1'41,000 South Eastern and Dover l5/. pd Li 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 24.;: i 0001 Thames Haven 501 . sh 2 /. 10 s , pd n- 1,400 ....... .. Westminster and Greenwichlso/. sh. 2/. pd 6,000 York and Nerth Midland 50 . sh. 401. pd b nl,OlO I 1,(N1) 6,t0) vz,onn ri,non l q , o 0 ..... , to,ooo lIP, ;:S, 8,000 Albion Corder 5/. s's :A/. pal 11 1, 000 ... ..... 000 U. ss. Alten 15 /. sh. 121 . I . : pd 11 I ), " Anglo Mexican, is's. 5/. pm. lOM ah. al l i d Ditto Subscription 1 ... - i/. no 9,000 i n /. Rolanos 150/. sh all pi 31 10,000 It. 10s Brazilian I inn. iy. 51. pm....2 „ 5/.s . h. 9 .., 0/ . . pd . 1; Macaubas el, Codhos United •-aton. .. , r. pa (I,ono Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. It/ pd i 1,000 10,000 Bolivar Copper Cornpany 204 eh. var. pd I 10,000 Ditto Scrip 10 / sh 10/ p 4 V .2.),00 .1 British Iron 5O/. Ph. 50/ pd n o ~ otlo it,ri .sh Copper 5/. sh. F. pd ;, C.ll ~ ..nca 0.13. Isd (.7alittonvi ..... '0;100 1 I Coni.no sh ISt. ptl . Columbian,R 50(1 ..?, , 011 . :1/. F,, , elish •20,01.0 Gencral Mining A RPOCiatioll2ol Sh. 184 pd S 0,155 Mexican Corn rally 100/. sh. 55/4 pd I :I,ll.iii Polheroil Consols. lO/. sh. 84 pd 4 11,500 .. itcal del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Not, 1504 pd 1110 90,000 United lklexiertn, ise. 2 prn. .40/. sh. all pd S Dart. Scrip ... 4 1 Ditto New Scrip I/ ps4 C,' West Cork 50/. sh 50/. pd 7.44 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS, 1,0(01 London, with Bronze Ticket... ........ sh. I!) 1,500 Lomlon University 100/. sh. all pd 1 700 Ito , ell 0 5ga. sh, King' College 1 00/. 111 11 1ISCF.LLANEOUS. 10,000 15s. A ustralim Agricultural.loo/. sh. - 2S/. pd 41 6,000 41. per cent. Erlti ! h Am er i can L and Company - •''.l,. pi 10 10,00Wi hi per coot. Canada Company 1004 sh. 301. pd ,:111 100,000 5/. pa cent. Upper Canaria Loan 9 , f - '... .. • Bonds ...... : City Bonds, 4 par cent I i)0 ; :31,000 11. as, General Stet.m Navi7atian 15/. :h. 141. pd r.b i l 10/. per cent. Hudson's Bay St oc k' 254 11. London Com. Sale Rooms Av. '75/. sh. ;9 Caoutchouc Company 1241. pd 12 Ncw Brunswick Land Compa . ..y ....•:0! pd 2,754 51. per cent. Reversionary Int. 50e....100/. sh. 1001.1x.1 134 2,03.1 51. per cent. Ditto Nev. lOO/. sh. 100/. pd 117 4,000 10,000 (is. Van Die.nch's hand Ilia sh. 17j/. pd fs,+ 2,000 8,000 LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PI?ICES, Al ARCII go, 1840. BAN KS. 1 , 503 . 0091 . 61. p. e t. Rank of SentlAnd ...W. fis Pd. ;ft all pd 174 t. 2,000,011e1. 51 p. ct. IN y.tl of Scotland MN. sh. al! pd I , 4 500.1)N./. S p. ct. British Liflen Company loni.sli. ,Il pd in , -, 500,4001. ed. p. ct. Commercial ............................................................. 1714155101411. 50;!,01)0s. ti n. ct. National .................... .lite.!.sh. 101. pd i ;) 1 s.yyyliq. Cf. p. ct. C la'sgtirs Union ............ tiLet. Fh. .1(./. pd tu i . 810,9b0/. LtS p. et. Western of Scotland —2OOl. sh 40/. pd 64 INSURANCE CO/iIPANIES. 254.(1005h. SI p. ct. Scottish Union 911/ sh. 1!. pd tie,. 7,500 61 p. ct. Hercules ICKII. oh. EY. pd 13y . 1(10,00 1i p. et. Insurance Co. of Scotland .10/. sh. all pd 9+, ;5 s 5 0_000 5 F). et. North British ..... ..., WV. A. lot, p d ipi • 100 5 1 , " 000 :n00 "1 31 56 P P . P: ct c, (11173 : 1 S ied 10 1 FS rl iO hn ti LiF a l n‘ r i ........ d I ' 1 51 es ,50.8 ... ..... (~..):14irt Fain. t. l3 : ( A 7 ,l lil rli L :tcal l ;i i t A cca:a. N nu E l n f na ) . 9r , /. sh. all 5,4,0 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stack Watcr `,' / h pd 471 2.0005 h II per cent. Shotts Iron I , ounoctV m‘2 5( 5( 4 1. 8 4 11 1'. 4,4 1 1 1 .1 ) ,d d . 4 ,1; 0,000 :" per ct,lt. Edinburgh & Leith Gl ' a;: . .Vo/.sh. 161. pi z;r 4,:: 1 7 0 i p i c ,e r: c e a n u t . 1 , I:ii e i i i i ib li ti C r c o l a " Coat l( ;, C Edinburgh a nd Dalkeith R 2. ai 's ` l w .jo s hh y : so :l 2 s i'd h L''i 44,,„ Ifti,e_ cant. Glaszow Ga.s ' 2' ...... —2(4 511 ' all p d 54 • ' , lgnitable Iman Company "Sl.sh.pd 96. 1I • 1,100 ... moo 5 net cont. WEATIIF.R AND HUSBANDRY.—Since Friday morning we have had a slight relapse of winter. Cold nurth easterly winds, showers of snow and hail, and a generally wt.. genial ;Ih - rip:The] e have been the characteristic of the weather. Seel, however, continues to be sown, and the farierr is still bui:y in preparing fur his green and later crops. Saving the earlier oats, and an inconsiderable breadth of barley, the wbelo of the white seeds may be said to have been got in under f;vonr: able conditions. Past ores ethibit scarcely a trace of vegetation but there is still plenty of turnip, fodder, and in-door .1 7 7.je Herald. ts. al to ler so me ould ,f this 1 r~ ~, *'