The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-04 00:00:00

rallied ::ek are "." rt ulation. at this d stite vith the 330 030 522 571 , 469 770 691 932 Tries* ;horn, is ng tenor. in other heard so t for im am lulled aishes no reight of 2r, advise .1 ds trade. ' 4 3h we ad- ; , 4 0 . ;ted, as prices, in rates pre' ,,/ Lugs is ths ~0 1 Liverpool. gjg r.onducted •eelts end- e gs having Ind in the n the pre manufao• acing cost movement they se' itracts e firmness e advances ced cost of he Cons° l ' xount has &teed 941; 9 5 1; >tocks this at the loir ts., for the r Cents. 0 36}, in th e and in the • ill ayerar o.day. 11 . official d CLOS - riucgo• 9.4 1 4 959A'0 94 10 P P 10 P cLos oo rnICFA 364 ,don. ,957 924 E cLOS,-4 c. 2N es 10 3~ 11 ~. a, ~~: 570 251 ...... ,•• • ~. • ...... •••• ~..... ...... • ••••• ' ....... ...... 01'1 • .••• • •.• . 00 .... •••• . ...... ,••• •• 64 ••••• ..•• •• • ... 1 3 1 J!i 3i 25 7 13 5 1 3 9 3 1 1 i 734 ..... .... . .... ...., ••••• ..... .•••• 67 •••• j 0,9 0.... • ••• . . 16$ 14 , 51' ! ••• i 874 0 ..• 00 474 ..• j "' 10A ...... 19 9 29 1 4 20, 12,1 : 54 • 2770 48,1 • . Lynn and El y - Lynn and.Dereham l5 - Prianehest e e an d L ee d s 82 112 • • . , Ditto fro Shares . ... 38 O. • o. Quarters l2 - 00000 ••• ..Fifth s 5 . . 11. s Do. Sixteenths 614 Do. Extension 42.5. Do. Liverp. and Bury 21 Do. do. Fift .......- - Manc hester,Buxton,and hs 1 N Matlock 425....... 1 1 ,4 A p p I Manchest. &Southampt. 2 ... Midlan d - Do. Fifths 2 Do. N ew - . Ditto, New 6 7 4 . , Do. Birm., and Derbyloo • Midland Great Western Irish ................. ..• 15 Newca.stle and Berwick 20 Do. No r th Shields ... 25 - Newcastle and Carlisle...loo .. Newm rket&Chesterfrd 5 N wort & A bergavenny 2% •••••• N, Ivry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warren point, Nor and folk RofArevcr 5 - .. ...... .... - .. „ D _lOO - • ..... ......... D i Half Shares - 9 • Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1547, North of Norfolk._ . Do. do. Waveney Val. Northern Counties Union 2 1 / 2 1 1"; •3 / 1' North British .. .... ... 25 ...... - • • Do. H a lf Shan s ...... 11 ...... - Do. Quarters ...... ' 1 1 4 3% %.........., Do. Extension - Ditto Thirds . - ' • Northern and Eastern... 56 - Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 50 - - . Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 / 2 - - Do. New ..... ......... 1 9 % North Staffordshire ...... 6 North Wales ... ........ 3% - • ~ Norther n an d S outhern ... Connecting ............ 2% - ' Oxford, Worcester, and - Wolyerhampton - .Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... •• - 13; ..... - ........ •••• ,of , „ Portsthotith Direct 31 1 / 2 Preston and Wyre _ Do. % Shares - Reading, Guildford, and Reigate „3f. 12s. Richmond ... . ............. Sc ls - yston and Nitchen ... 1% l 7s ottishCentral 141 21, / 14 Scottish Midl an d l 2 l /2 _-4 • Sheffield & Manchester 100 _ Do. uarter Shares... 8 _ _ Do. LiQ ncolnshire June. 1 1 4 Do. & Great Grim-by. 10 Do. do. Extension 425. .... - .... • . •••• •••• - 4 S hrewsbury and Bi rm ... 3 •••• • 5 - D itto ditto, Class B. 114 -14 dis _ ..... l4 dis S hropshire Union South D evon _ South Staffordshire Junc. 2 ,•_ 40 South Eastern & Dover. 33 1 1 i - Do., No. 1 2G Do., N c . 2. •••• •••• •••• -- Do., No 3 - Do.. No. 4 St.Alban's, Hattield,and Hertford Junction ... 425. - - • - - Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% South Wales Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 Tarr Vale Extension ... 3 Vale of N ea th ... .. ..... 2 'Wakefield, Pontefract, & • ... Goole - •• _ Waterford a n d Kilk enny 11. .... W aterford and Limerick 2714 • - - Waterfd,W x f r d,Wi c kl w, _ . < and Dublin Wexford, . aterford, and • Valentia - _ Waveney Valley 2 - Welsh Midland - West Riding Union 425........ 2 1 4 p••• ...... •• 2 ii, P Wexford an d Carlow 2 •• - - West C ornwa l l • - 3%.. Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth 38 1 A 10 ..... ... 10 1 / i York and Newcastle. ... 25 - Ditto New 3 ...... - ..... •••••• • -1 , Do. Preference ...... 2 .....• 8 cit - Tor o. and North Midland 50 - - , Ditto% Shares . . ... ... 25 - •• Do. Selby ............... 40 ••• 90 4 Dn. Extensiox ......... 20 Ditto, Preference ...... 2 13:h . ing Extension ...... 5 - - FO REIGN RAILWAYS. • Anglo-Belgian.- ......... 4 - Belgian.Bszbadoes .............. .... - - Eastern Junctn. 2% .... - - .. Boulogne and Amiens... 18 - ...•••• -- Bordeaux & Mediterran 2 - • ...... -Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 ... - - Cala Do. (Espelete's) ..... 2 .... • - - Dunkrk,andWest Flanders .. ......... - Calcutt a aid Diamond 2 .••"•' - Harbour ....... ... .. 75.... . ,, - Callao, Lima, and Pa ..... - Coast. .................... 1 . •• ••• .. ••• •• Central of Spain ... . •.. 2 - - Ceylon ......... .„ 53 - - . .... .. . Demerara .. .. ........... 2% Dendre Valle , : ...... -..-- Direct Bombay and Madras .... , ........ ss. - ..... "• '' • • - t ... • Dutch Rhenish. . 6 - Li 1... a• 1 / 4 % % n,llitn... ..... . n . sa. - r ainpoux & Ilazebrouk 4 - ,a Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... 1.1. 3 ,i - Great 'Western Bengal... - Great WesternCanatia..• 31 4 •••*** - _ Italian and Austrian.... 4 ••• - - .... Ja maica S.blid•Junction 1 Jersey ...... .. . 1 - •••••••• Lourain ala Sambre _. 6 Luxembourg. ..• • - ••• .... Lyon s and Avignon ... .., 2 4 - - Madras 1 - Madras, Nellore, and Arcot ' 14 Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... - Mauritius .. - Namur and Liege - Nn of France Constituted 8 North J ama i ca ... ...... ... 1 .. - Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 - ...... Orleans and Bord eaux ... 6 ....- - ••• •••• Over Yssel 4l 3a 4 d - Paris &Lyons Constituted 8 Paris and 0r1ea n5 ......... 20 - - Paris • and Rouen - ...... - •*"" 36 Paris and Strasbourg % Constituted 4 Rouen and Havre Sambre and )Meuse lO . • - 4 /A ..... Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 - , St.filaurence & Atlantic - - - 5 - .. - Talus and Nantes Con stituted .....•••••••••• Tournay, Jurbise, Lin den, and Hasselt....... 8 - Trinidad - West Flanders ...... .... 6 - 2 21 1 4 1414 34 13 - 81A COUR.I' CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, took walking exer cise in the forenoon of yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by , his Royal Highness Prince George and the Earl of Lin coln, and attended by the Hon. Colonel Phipps and Co lonel Seymour, enjoyed the sport of shooting yesterday morning. The Bishop of Oxford arrived at the Castle yesterday, on a visit to her Majesty. I heir Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince George and the Princess Mary, attended by the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Cam bridge and Baron linesebeck, left the Castle yesterday. His Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse accom panied their Royal Hignesses. The Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Caroline Leveson Gower, the Earl and Countess of Lincoln, and Captain Francis Seymour also took their departure from the Castle yesterday. This morning her Majesty and her Royal Consort walked in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Princes of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took walking exercise on the Eastern Terrace and Slopes. The Qieen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gen tlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, at tended Divine Service this morning in the Private Chapel of the Castle. The Bishop of Oxford officiated, astisted by the Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay. Her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent attended the rvice acco mpanicd by her R o y a l Hi ghness ' s Lady in Waiti ng . Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, returned to Kew on Saturday from Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck, arrived in town on Saturday from Windsor Castle. The Royal Duke visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House. Lord John Russell arrived in town on Saturday from his residence at Chorleywood. Mr. Bagshaw had an interview with the Right Hon T. Milner Gibson, on Friday, at the office of the Bosrd of Trade. MRS. TROLLOPE'S' NEW WOR K tt FATHER Ens- Taci."—While the social scenes make this one of the most amusing of Mrs. Trollope's productions, the graver portion s o f t h e narrative, as ex hibiting the most ardent passions and the severest struggles of the human breast, give the work a higher character, and entitle it to be placed among the best examples of.modern romance. The character of Father Eustace is highly effective and dramatic.. Possessed of rare talents, enthusiastic, m a i. able, and, as a Jesuit, pious and loyal, he is yet weak ; and when tempted, takes a middle course, always th e most. dativcri,as. His struggles between his sense o f c'u'y and his lov(s, are pourtraved ith much pow er . The charact er o f Juliana, the - heroine, is of a higher order than we commonly meet with in novels. She has the lively imagination and ardent susceptibility of genius. Her hcast is first touched through her imagination. She is impressed with the young Jesuit's taste, and with the wily world nis conversation opens to her view ; and it is beautiful to mark how, in turn, her it and.her Judgment became moulded by her heart.—Britannia. IRON TRADE. —At a meeting of the proprietors of Clay Cross collieries, held at Derby a few days since, it was determined to open iron-w. iks in conjunction ssi h that, colliery, without delay. The circumstance of beds of iron, little, and coal lying contiguous to each other at Clay Ctoss, will, it is supposed, render the un dertaking very profitable,—Sheifield THE FUNDS. the CITY, SATURDAY, JAN. reviewing movements of the Money Marks t, and the stiiius upli, id by the National Securities in the course of the past twelve months, a few preliminary remarks may, under circumstances, be permitted. It has been urged in some quarters that the views and opieions expr , ssed usually under this head are of too sanguine a temperament-- that, placing faith in the representations made, parties have held stock, and, beinsz ultimately compelled to sell; have sustained losses. Most true it is that it has not been the province of the writer of this article, upon any occasion to yield a ready car to whispers of coming panics, of internal and external alarms, the promulgation of which might have the effect of realising, the hopes and expectations of the Bear party in and out of stock ex changes. The careful policy of those who have to com municate the real state of monetary and commercial matters is to look to facts, not to heed reports. And well may the Government, and the public, and the steady holder of all our National Securities be proud of the position in which the credit of this country at present stands. Without a blemish upon the character of the nation's honour and credit, and amidst passing political events at home and abroad, of stirring, of painful, and of deeply anxious import, the close of the year 1846 saw the Three per Cent. Annuities (the largest portion by far of " the millstone" around the neck of our country men, as the late Mr. Cobbett termed it), within two per cent. as high as they were yesterday twelvemonth. To controvert this "great fact" your operatives fora fall, and those who may be deemed the avant couriers, in print, of alarms, of tightness in the Money Market, &c., have put fe.rth many versions—many bold assertions — that ere 1846 ran out, the Funds must be most materially depressed—confidence in our national obligations be im paired—that the Bank Directors must be compelled to put on the " screw"—and, of course, that the palmy days—long gone by—would revive of extensive specula tive business, but entailing losses upon those who had momentarily become alarmed, and disposed of Stock. Many, indeed, have been the events of the past year to create temporary distrust—to excite apprehensions—and to give a zest to Bear bargains in the Funds. But though the tocsin of coming storms in the political and monetary horizon, has very frequently been sounded, and loudly to boot, the efforts to induce a panic have " coma like shadows" and have so " departed." The great secret of the unpholding of the value of our own Funds has been a course of steady, though com paratively small, investments in Stock. And it cannot be questioned that where large sales of Money Stock hare occurred, the proceeds have been laid out in home securities. Whether they be in railway investments, or upon mortgage or what else, most true it is, that except ing payments of calls upon foreign projects of the second character just referred to, scarcely a fraction of British capital, the wealth of the country being, considered, has passed from our shores, in the shape of instalments upon foreign loans, in the last year. It would be waste of time and of space to enumerate here the many great events of the past year, all of which are well borne in mind, and how many have been the allurements held out for specu lation in Stock. But the past year, as far as time bargains are concerned, has yielded less profit to the jobber and the broker than any similar fa riod within the recollection of the " oldest" member of the Stock Exchange. It may be true that the new field of operations opened of late years in Railway Shares and Scrip have compensated parties for a lack of business in Consols. It is so, no doubt ; but how strongly does this fact bear upon the remarks already made, of the confidence of the vast body of the national creditors, in the maintenance of prices. Millions upon millions of capital have been, and are still being invested in the extension of old, and the constitution of entirely new lines of internal communication. But with all the great events in India, causing at the time of active ope rations intense interest, and no inconsiderable degree of apprehension as to the results, with an impending load of obligations, and calls anticipated (enlarged to an amount the practical effects of which would have broken the back of Hercules, when realised) in the railway world ; in spite, too, of the ruin prophesied in Protec tion circles at the passing of the new Tariff Bill—of in surrections, and loss of life, and fearful presages of destruction of property in the Emerald Isle—of a crisis in the affairs of the great metropolitan corporation bank —of commercial distress and vast misery—and other less important points, we find the reduction in the mar ket value of our Stocks has been upon the average, slight indeed. Was it not a justifiable course then to pursue to ease apprehension on the part of the stock holders, when false prophets were urging on a panic, and to counsel parties to hold on ? But figures speak more to the purpose than words. Here are a few of such startling remembrancers:—On the Ist of January, 1846, Three,:per Cent. Reduced Annuities were at 95; on the Ist of Januray, 1847, the price was at 94. On the Ist of January, 1846, Consols were at 941; on the Ist of January, 1847, they were at 931. On the Ist of January, 1846, the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. were at 97*; on the lst of January, 1847, they were at 95i. But it may be urged, that the lowest as well as the highest rates should be looked at. Of course they should, and the more so as the comparison will further demon strate how fallacious have been the prognostications of the Bears, that things must go from bad to worse. To give them credit, they have been most assiduous in their vocation. The following values are collated from official sources:— FLUCTUATIONS IN THE PRICES OF STOCK PROM IST JAN. TO 31ST DEC., 1846. Highest Lowest Value on Ist Jan., 1847. Bank Stock - 211 203 205 Reduced Annuities 981 i. 92 7 4 94 cd * Consols - - 97 941, 1 3 9321 3 d 0 t Exchequer B ills - 425. 4s. 9s. * Cum dividend t Dlr. off. A very marked fall will be observed in the premium upon the Unfunded Debt. It arose principally from the repayment of moneys to scripholders in many new rail way schemes, deposits for which were placed in the hands of the Acc , untant-General, pursuant to Act of Parlia ment. On the projects being abandoned, payments were made to those who had claims on the committees,— Observer. FUTURE POTATOE CROP. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir—The year which has past has been momentous to Europe for the scarcity of food occasioned by the preternatural abundance of the aphis vastator. Let us now forget the sarcasms of the journals of the unsuc cessful investigators, and take advantage of the know ledge acquired during the past year to regulate the mea sures for the ensuing season. I examined the subject as a scientific recreation for the summer evenings, and having discovered the cause of the disease, it now becomes my duty to point out in the public journals how the crops are in future to be treated, as my work on the potatoe plant is not likely to be perused by the poorer agriculturists, and it is mani fest that those who were unfortunate enough not to see the insects cannot render information on the matter. The vastator attacks many plants, and kills whatever It attacks. It destroys the potato, spinach, turnip, car rot, beet, and clover, &c. It will even live upon the wheat, and I am now writing with a wheat plant before me, on which the creature is feeding. Notwithstanding rain, snow, and frost, the vastator is still alive and active, and it is uncertain to what ex tent it may appear next season: on the one hand, it may destroy all our crops, on the other, it may be swept from the face of the earth and produce no further mischief. The potato plant, like all organic bodies when dis eased, retains its tendency to disease in future growths, which is not singular when we remember that the scro fulous father is liable to produce a diseased offspring. The vastator has heretofore not appeared i❑ profusion till July or August; hence we may in some degree, pre vent its ravages by getting our potatoes ripe before the vastator comes in great abundance All succulent and cellular growths are prejudicial, as liable to favour the disease, but on the contrary, the early deposition of fibre is calculated to enable the plant to resist the injurious action of the vastator. From the above statements we may deduce the following line of treatment, applicable for practise during the next two or three months:— 1. Cultivate all crops to the usual extent. 2. With regard to potatoes, use sets fr3m former healthy plants. 3. Select early varieties. 4. Plant early. 5. Use but little or no manure. 6. Choose a sandy or peaty soil. 7. Destroy the plants the vastator is now living on. I call the attention of the benevolent to the above rules, and recommend them to circulate these short di. rections throughout Ireland, the poor parts of Scotland, and England; I also beg to recommend them, as true charity, to send round sets of early kinds to those dis tricts. I myself am against the over culture of the po tato, for reasons which I have elsewhere stated; never- theless, as a secondary crop, too little culture will always be attended with great privations to the poor. At the early period of the year, it is desirable to de stroy such plants as the creature likes. It lives freely upon the shepherd's vane, mallow, and turnip; on this account the husbandman should destroy these plants as far as possible before spring advances to furnish it with abundance of food. The vastater causes the first damage to vegetables it attacks, and is thus the cause of the dis ease from which all subsequent changes take place as a consequence. Every farmer should know the form and habits of the creature, and every one should assist him to kill this destroyer of human food.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, ALFRED SMEE. 7, Finsbury Circus, Dec. 31, 1846. The accounts of the Quarter's Revenue will not be fully made up before Tuesday next. We believe, how ever, that the apprehensions felt in some quarters, or the predictions put forth in others, as to any serious falling off' in the receipts, will prove to have been entirely groundless. The great sources of the Public Revenue hold their ground, and exhibit a result from which nothing is to be dreaded for the stability and buoyancy of the national income. In spite of the dull season of the year—at the N ery time when the reduction of some, and the total abrogation of other duties on imports, by the tariff of last year, might be expected to be felt in some degree —and before the recuperative energies of the country were in full play—still the Customs' duties will not exhibit the falling off which had been so confidently predicted. This is one of the most gratifying and con clusive evidences in favour of the extension of free trade doctrines that has yet been prodi.ced. The Excise, too, the next large and important item, and which, more than any other, exhibits the condith on of the people of England, wilt show' no evidences of being, influenced by the partial destitution which so unhappily prevails. The other items are neither of such amount nor so much regarded as indicative of the national proverity or otherwise, and exhibit less variation. The whole financial condition of the country is most satisfactory. The first samples of sugar from Brazil, under the new law were exhited last weak at the office of Mr. Bramley Moore ; and as the sugar crop of this year in Brazil is most abundant, large imports may be expected. —Liverpool Mercury. 1 I/ 4 11 •?,14 -P 32 1 / i 34 N ; s 'a 153 • i 1 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, , JANUARY 4, 1347. f MAGAZINES-(CONTINUED] BELITLEY'S MISCELLdI I VY. Bentley opens this month ssith a glorious article from the pen of Albert Smith, entitled "Miss Perk apple, or the Gothics' Ball." " Miss Perkapple was the oldest young lady we ever knew; and we wager the world to a China orange— which are long odds, but which, at the same time, there is no possibility of settling. even if you lose, so they may always be laid with tranquillity—that if you had known her, you. would have thought the same. And we will even allow you to have lived amidst a legion of old young ladies, who had fallen back upon the calm of tracts and canaries, from the anxiety attendant upon man's insin- eerity. " Miss Perkuppl , 's nose was sharp, and always got red in cold weather before anybody ell• e's; and she had very uncomfortnble shoulders, with curious points and peaks about them, unknown in popular social anatomy. She had also great evidence of collar bone; and wore spect *cies, with spectacles of a light bluish tint : and she was accustomed to dress her hair in fanciful deigns, the like of which had never been seen before--not even in the imaginative range that begins in the Tashi ,n-books and ter-mina:es on the waxen brows of hair-dressers' dummies From these it may he conceived, by intelli gent minds, that Miss Perkapple was also literary." Miss Perkapple pays an annual Christmas visit to London, to her friends the Straggs's. Mr. Straggs, the principal of the house, being a most respectable tailor. Of course he patronises fancy balls, as every intelligent costumier ought, and at one of these fancy balls, at the Hanover-square Rooms, Miss Perkapple figures away as a Spanish girl. She is full of poetry and love, writes sonnets to her gondolier, for she believes in Venice, and regularly appears in the left hand eorner of a weekly provincial paper, as the inditer of Spanish heroics, or Italian love songs. At this ball she meets with a Spanish cavalier, attired 1 la Wal lack, as Don Caesar de Bazan. She dances with him, she flirts with him, she loves him. He, however, must , leave her—he has business of importance to transact before he retires to rest, and imagining she had cap tivated the heart of no attaché of the Spanish em bassy at the least, Miss Perkapple remains until it shall please the Straggs's to depart. At length the Straggs's prepare to depart. " Shawls were recovered; coaches called; and, in the cold grey of morning, amidst a mob of early risers who were loitering round the door to watch the company out, they drove away. " Miss Perkapple thought but on one subject—the partner of the evening; and, with her eyes closed, pre tended to be asleep as she conjured up his image before her. But she was aroused from her reverie by a laugh from Mr. Straggs, and a cheer in the streets, as if from boys, which somewhat startled her. Looking from the windows a spectacle met her own pair that well nigh brought on a fit of hysterics. They were in a west-end thoroughfare; and there, in front of a shop—a common normal grocer's shop—was Don Caesar de Bazan, as he had appeared an hour previously, taking down the shutters, to the delight of a crowd of boys on the pave ment, who were madly dancing about him. Some un provoked assault upon his cloak caused him to turn sharply round as the hackney. coach passed, and Miss Perkapple saw that he had only one moustache! The other had been danced off in the last polka, and was now lying on the floor of the Hanover-square Rooms; for he had trusted to composition instead of springs, which latter had set him so sneezing that he had well nigh blown his head off before he came. As he turned, his eye caught Miss Perkapple's. Despite the cold air of morning he blushed crimson, and shot the shutter he held down a grating under the window with a precipi tancy that looked as if he would have given worlds to have gone down after it; after which he rushed into the shop and disappeared behind a monster coffee grinder, but whether he merely hid for the moment, or committed suicide by throwing himself into it, remained a mystery. " The spell had been too rudely broken: and Miss Perkapple saw that the secret of his anxiety to " leave the halls of dazzling light" was fully explained. She suppressed the cry that rose to her lips as well as she was able, and pulling her shawl over her head, at the great peril of her cachucha comb, and she—shall we say it—and the back plait attached to it, was alone in her misery." Leech's illustration to this story, Don Cmsar de Bazan in difficulties, representing the Don pulling down his shutters, is the ne plus ultra of fun. It is quite worthy of the tale. Cooper contributes another chapter of Captain Spike, in which the chase of the Molly Swash is continued by the revenue steamer and a fast sailing schooner which has joined her. Spike, however, by superior manoeuvring, again man ages to escape, and the revenue people reluctantly give the matter up. " The Wofully Wedded" is a beautifully told tale of English rural life, by Mary Howitt, aril to which "The Broken Vow," by Mrs. Romer, is an admirable companion, albeit the scene of it is laid in Switzerland; but the feelings of the heart are the same everywhere, and those who feel for poor Agnes, the heroine of Mary Howitt, cannot refuse their sympathies to the broken hearted Antonio, the hero of the Broken Vow. Portfire, in his shots from an old six pounder, gives us some pleasant reminiscences of the days of pupillage at the Military Academy at Woolwich ; and The Flaneur continues his amusing sketches of Parisian society. D. W. C. Taylor gives us a very valuable article, full of historical research, on Queen Elizabeth and her dancing Chancellor, Sir Christopher Hatton, which is illustrated by a portrait of the dancing Chancellor. Brien O'Linn is continued ; and is followed by a short, but admirably written, sketch of poor Barham, the Thomas Ingoldsby of Bentley, whose legends were wont to set the readers of the Miscelany in " a roar." The portrait which accompa nies this sketch is life like in its resemblance. From a notice of W. Howitt's book on the " homes and !Jaunts of the English poets, we extract the following just, and barely just tribute to the merits of Moore as a patriot :_._. " Liberator n elo A d l i o e o s r Moore, of the were eh t h ei n e c r fian t t h iht a eo n llyi c O' sin o C o fr o e lnrn eeffiel l a l en , ade d i; e o s tu e hs r e v i nel Irish s t hwi h n e wn a t n i tg t i le of otnhaefl mind of England than all the speeches made by all the orators of the Catholic Association; and the Memoirs of Captain Rock produced a deeper and wider effect than the Simultaneous Meetings. When emancipation was denounced from the pulpit, it was preached from the piano; the husband may have voted on the illiberal side, but the wife and daughters propounded liberal sentiments, superadding the charms of melody t o th e fl as hi ngs o f wit and the force of argument. Parliamentary majori ties were scouted in the drawing-roo m , and the gra v iti e s of the Court of Chancery were routed by the gaieties of the saloon. Fully two-thirds of those who voted against the Catholic Bills of 1825, did so, not through any dis like of the measure, but through reluctance to have it settled by their intervention. P , el's speech of that year was not so much a reply to Plunket, as an apology to the boarding-schools; he felt that it was a hopeless task to answer songs by sermons; he felt somewhat like the a k r n m i g o h u t r in e o t u h l e tale of the d not resist the 110 diamondney a h p o o s ne wielded ponderous b the King of the Kobold3. Now, what has Ireland done rot. Moore?—simply this; it has neglected him in pri vate and assailed him in public—made no inquiry respecting his condition, and attacked him in the columns of the Nation." facts." We are glad of this determination, and we are glad that there has been any misconception on our part, since that misconception has elicited this avowal. After this announcement, and especially after a perusal of the article itself, we can undertake to say, that the series promises to be one of the most curious and interesting disclosures that has been made for many years. The editor has two circum stances greatly in his favour, he writes with a scrupu lous and even punctilious simplicity, and he writes, moreover, with an earnestness which at all times renders that simplicity striking and impressive. Besides at tending to his own laborious compilation, the editor is displaying a very laudable discrimination in the selec tion and arrangement of Dolman, and in the general supervision of its pages. With a continuance of the same industrious and watchful care, the publication must flunrish under his direction. "Gleanings in the Green Isle," and " The Fatal Flower Basket," are chrracterised by the usual bonhomrnie of John Keegan, who writes with quite an Irish precipitation, as though (to use a quaint Irishism) there were a spur in his pen. " The Holy Week at Oscott," by tho late editor of Dolman, Mr neon, is a remarkable composition ; it is written with an enthusiasm that sometimes soars into eloquence. The paper opens with a panegyric, and closes with an apostrophe. Here it is redundant with magnificent verbiage, and there ornate in the style and construction of its sen tences ; but throughout it is brimming with anima tion. One allegory there is in it which, but for the lavish splendour of the diction, would remind us of Addison. In conception, it has a feature in com mon with many of the inimitable allegories in the " Spectator." In this case it is an allegory on dissi pation. The Catholic man of letters is amusing in his library, his mind worn down with close and ha rassing occupations, his spirits exhausted : " Suddenly, a merry summons came to him to pass some time in that wild existence, so fair outside, so ter rible within, which, some time or other, allures every young man of warm blood, and strong passions, and quick susceptibility, who toils in London—that strange existence, that garden of fatal enjoyment, that pleasance of deceitful bloom, full of lu s t re an d l ove liness at a distant view, echoing with effeminate music, fragrant with in toxicating perfumes, teeming with sweet fruits, spread out for luxury and for drowsy repose ; but stored with all abominations, and impregnated with all pestilence ; distilling an universal poison in every plant, and shrub, and root, and breathing disease in the nostrils of every living thing ; the home of all creeping and venomous reptiles ; the paradise of perdition ; the gate of death, at which sirens sing, and on which inscriptions glitter, all false, hollow, fatal—where there are lost opportunities at every step, and lost health, and lost love, and lost happiness, and pale remorse, with troops of spectres ; where, in fine, broken hearts and bruised spirits enter never to return, the kingdom of despair. The name of that most false country is Dissipation. "From the happy fire-side of :home—from beneath the tranquil tree of domestic joy —from the yellow fields of honourable and, perchance, historic toil— from the dear arms of sisterly love and pure affection— from the noble tumult of lofty emulation—from the stormy joys of young ambition, of generous hope, of sweet triumphs, of intellectual inebriations, of courageous attempts—come the mad disciples of a madder discon tent. They come, they enter those fatal portals, they move forward with careless gait ; and the guardian angels of some creep timidly behind them. Here, there is a bower ; there, there is a grotto, not untenanted ; a bloom is over all things. The contagion of riotous and fearless youth seizes on the pulse. The future is hidden, the past is forgotten ; the laughter o f s t rong nerves, t h e drunkenness of ani ma l spirits, rule the hour. Further on, is an ancient and tottering temple ; and the name of it is Exhaustion. A pale, thin, and diseased Philosophy has written ominous inscriptions upon the wall ; and, from the steeple of that old ruin, glimpses are caught through the gathering mists of the land that has been left behind. Here, we know full well, some are rejoined by their guardian angels, who point to the onward road, and draw the attention of a still lingering compunction to the fading hues of that false landscape, and to the gibber ing faces of a thousand spectres that begin to hover round the pilgrim. Old times, and sounder joys, and the faint remembrance of a certain celestial music, that once rang in the healthful ears of their younger and happier time, almost break the fatal somnolency of that execrable scene. But a sort of false sublimity is undoubtedly there ; and the rapture of animal excitement once more transports the revived energies of the wanderer. It is difficult to return ; another stage of that journey, and it will be impossible. Two or three, perhaps, out of the innumerable multitude—two or three, reserved for some The rest, wo o w r t t h h ree, loud markeds houts, pass na r brighter t ne e t r of oatrhnedeh outer au g dt r e, e r a rd t e eac r r ok d i nl e . e s s t s i T n —t ; and, from that day, they are never heard of more—never. Such is that wild and terrible life, of which the generic name is Dissipation. Mr. Moiler completes his meditations upon " The Old Village Church," and Mr. Jerningham gives us a readable paper on " Predicaments of Peril." The January number of Dolman altogether gives bril liant promise for its career during the present year. memoir of Edward Bunting is next introduced, ac companied by a strange, bird-like portrait of the same Edward Bunting. "Another evening with our Latin Poets," is devoted to the elegant and (mostly) classical compositions of Mr. R. Monckten Milnes," especially his " Palm Leaves." The " Recoil( otions of the Burschenschaft of Ger many," is one of those glorious articles about Ger man students' life for which this excellent magazine is already remarkable. From a delightful review of the scores of " Christmas Books" just published— blue, saffron, cream-coloured, crimson, and gold—we quote a few sentences of loving admiration addressed with touching simplicity and truth to an old favourite t-- " Upon what have we laid our hand ? The Battle of Life,' by Charles Dickens ! Within whose heart does the name not touch a cord ? On our ear it falls like that of an old friend, well known, and long-remembered ; and yet we have never seen thee, Charles Dickens, and it is possible we never may, but should these pages ever meet thine eye, know that in this, our green island, there are few hearths at which thy name is not a pleasant household sound, and there are few hands at which, shouldst. thou ever visit her shores, would not greet thee with a kindly and a cordial wer come, for to us thou art a kindred spirit ; for thine own sake we would hail thee, and for the sake of those plea sant images with which thy name is associated—those bright and happy pictures thou bast created." What other writer of the day could make any reader speak in these terms of natural and spontaneous en thusiasm ? THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE REVIEW. _ . The wonderful impudence of th e ser i es s t y l e d " Historic Fallacies " elicited our honest condemna tion on its first appearance. Formerly the writer insisted that the Spartans were NOT brave! now he maintains that the Athenians were ungrateful—and he calls the contrary idea of the latter an historic fallacy. Why every blockhead that had ever spelt his way through Plutarch or Nepos knew perfectly well that the Athenians had evinced most despicable ingratitude on more than one occasion. And yet the contributor parades the notion as though it were some wonderful discovery of his own I It is refreshing to turn to the sensible and acute review of Landor's works, by which this first article is succeeded. When Ireland is in her present mournful and perilous dilemma the " Notes of an Irish Tour by an English M.P." are peculiarly well-timed and will be read with the attention they deserve. "The Church of Scotland" and "Regalia Sepulta " are the only other contributions worthy of Particular observation. In an " Advertisement " prefixed to the present number, it is announced that Mr. Toogood, the former editor of the Oxford and Cambridge Review, retired from that office during last April, and that henceforth "all the articles pub lished in the pages of the Review will breathe the same spirit of warm and strong attachment to the Church of England, combined with kindness and tolerance towards Roman Catholics and Dissenters." This is a plain-spoken and honourable compact with the public. THE NEW SPUR I ING MAGAZINE. An admirable likeness of the Hon. Member for Lynn, Lord George Bentinck, accompanied by a suitable memoir, is prefixed to the January number. The engraving is copied from a faithf u l p or t ra it b y M. Claudet. Lord William Lennox gives us a very chatty, pleasant paper upon Coursing ; Craven writes a digest upon the " Turf in 'Forty-six ;" and the editor continues his valuable " Hand-book of the Chase." The magazine has all the mellowness of a practised periodical, and all the freshness of one just commenced." SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE. As a cleverly illustrated and well•compiled maga zine this is about the cheapest of the numberless cheap publications of the day. There is nothing ostentatious about its appearance, nor anything pre tentious in its tone, but the original articles are mostly excellent, and the engravings are frequently still better. THE WEEKLY CATHOLIC MAGAZINE. In this periodical, we have an attempt to supply the Roman Catholics with a hebdomedal organ at what Tigg would call " the rediculous small amount of three-halfpence." It a digest of the weekly Catholic intelligence, varied by editorial comments upon passing events, reviews, sketches, and miscellaneous paragraphs. It cannot well interfere with the Tablet newspaper from the talent and supe riority of that publication ; but may probably be acceptable to the poorer members of the Roman Catholic religion. THE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. Upon the same admirable course as heretofore this journal "proceeds, with unabated industry and un stinted talent. Now, when the national agriculture has excited immeasurably greater interest in the popular mind than previously to the abolition of the protective duties, any monthly organ displaying the excellence of this Journal of Agriculture cannot fail of meeting with every success. in the shading are admirable. " Adoration," taken from the original of Murillo, in the Louvre, is copied with great care, by the graver of G. Paterson. The grouping of the Cherubims, and the disposition of the drapery, aro rendered very happily, and without anything approaching to stiffness. In the expression imparted to the face of the Virgin, there is a ma nifest deficiency. A charming composition, painted and engra ve d b y P . W . Topham, and entitled " The Wayfarers, completes the number. It is sparkling and animated. Throughout, the engravings are creditable evidences of the progress of art in England. THE CHRISTIANS IN PALESTINE. Part IX. Everything indicates enthusiasm both in the artist, W. H. Bartlett, and in the editor, Dr. Stebbing, in the manner with which the present publication is pursued from month to month. In sketching the various portions of scenery in the Holy Land, the former has evinced an admirable discrimination in his selection of " the point of sight." This characteristic is conspicuous in the different engravings headed " Tombs in the Valley of Jehoshaphat," " Mount Gerizim and the Vale of Nablous," and " Gibeah from Michmash." Each of them is a panorama ; each extends before the gazer with the most beautiful undulations of the earth, and with the most serene canopying of the skies. The delineation of the fair near Mount Thabor is a contrast not altogether un pleasing. When completed, the series will be an invaluable addition to every historical and theological library. SPORTING I NTELLIGENCE. CHESTER CUP. ENTRIES in Towx.—Pam, 5 yrs—Cossack, 3 yrs—Milden, 5 yrs—Patriot, 6 yrs—Horn of Chase, 3 yrs—Camera Ob scura, 4 yrs—Duc-an-Durras, 5 yrs—Flahowlagh, 4 yrs— Pal, 4 yrs—Chatterbox, 4 yrs—Sweetmeat, 5 yrs—Moon light, 3 yrs—Finvaragh, 4 yrs—Wolfdog, 5 yrs—Watchdog, 3 yrs—Morocco, 4 yrs—Little Jack, 5 yrs—Humdrum, 4 yrs —Marmion, 4 yrs Cawroush, hb, 4 yrs—Lady Wildair, 5 yrs—Jenny Wren, 5 yrs—Cherry, 4 yrs—Alarm, 5 yrs—Jo nathan Wild, 4 yrs—Geraldine, 4 yrs—Polka, 4 yrs—Mir millo, 3 yrs—Marquis of Conyngham, 4 yrs—Queen Mab, aged—Ajax, aged—Antler, 6 yrs—Sir Simon, 4 yrs—Robin Burns, 5 yrs—Pride of Eden, 3 yrs—Osprey, 4 yrs—Master Downes, 5 yrs—Grimston, 4 yrs—Mermaid, 4 yrs--Perpe tual Motion, h b, 5 yrs—Monarch, 6 yrs—Cranebrook, 4 yrs—Woodpecker, 4 yrs—Dolo, 4 yrs—Eryx, 3 yrs-- Plaudit, 5 yrs—Cameleopard, 5 yrs—Mickey Free, 6 yrs —Beatrice, aged—Regalia, 4 yrs—The Crown Prince, 4 yrs—Milliner, 4 yrs—Newcourt, aged—Gwalior, 5 yrs-- Sylyanus, 5 yrs— Emigrant (late The Fairy Queen), aged— c by Euclid, dam by Taurus, 3 yrs—Chamois, 4 yrs—Em meline, 4 yrs—Best Bower, 6 yrs—Mendicant, 4 yrs—Miss Elis, 5 yrs— Bourton, 4 yrs—The Farmer's Daughter, 3 yrs —lgnis Fatuus, 4 yrs—Precocious Youth, 3 yrs—Julia Ben nett, 4 yrs—Crozier, :3 yrs—Devil-me-care, 3 yrs—Projectile, 3 yrs—King of Morven, 3 yrs—Arthur, 5 yrs—Titbit, 4 yra —br m No. 45, h b, 5 yrs—Faith, 6 yrs—Dulcet, 5 yrs— Sting, 4 yrs—Campanile, 5 yrs—Queen Anne, 4 yrs—Heads man, 4 yrs—False Report, 6 yrs—My Mary, 5 yrs— Clumsy, 5 yrs—Roebuck, 5 yrs—Punch, 4 yrs—St. Law rence, aged—Farthing Candle, 4 yrs—lonia, 3 yrs— Mistress Jane, 3 yrs—Moodkee, 3 yrs—Hyderabad, 3 yrs—S o -nice, 3 yrs—Tom Tullock, 4 yrs—lago, 4 yrs—Turpin, 4 yrs— Refraction, 5 yrs—Doleful, 5 yrs—Flitch, 4 yrs—Lady Ce cilia, 4 yrs—Golden Bee, 4 yrs—Diomede, 4 yrs—lnfringe, 3 yrs. ENTRIES AT CHESTER, FRIDAY, FIVE O'CLOCK, P.M. — The Premier, 4 yrs—Lord Saltoun, 6 yrs—Emer a ld Isle, 3 yrs—Lord George, 3 yrs—lntrepid, 6 yrs—Romance, 4 yrs— Fantastic, 4 yrs—Emigrant, aged— Rufus, 4 yrs—Tom Tough, aged—Ratcliffe; 6 yrs—Queen of Tyne, aged—Ba nana, 4 yrs—Burgundy, 4 yrs—Duke of Richmond, 4 yrs— Bravissime, 4 yrs—Factory Girl, 5 yrs--Bantam, 4 yrs— Inheritress, aged—Lightning, 6 yrs—Poynton, 4 yrs—Ban nockburn, 3 yrs—Mentor, 5 yrs—Bedlam, 3 yrs—St. Leon, 3 yrs—Crim. Con., 5 yrs—Red Rover, 6 yrs—Wave, 3 yrs-- Lady Sarah, 6 yrs—Agnes, 3 yrs—Chertsey, 5 yrs—Jingle pot, 5 yrs—Counsellor, aged—Pilgrim, 4 yrs—Collier, 5 yrs —Whinstone, 5 yrs—Hope, 5 yrs—Marian Ramsay, 5 yrs— Spern Gregis, 3 yrs—Bit Nibble, 3 yrs—Sir Tatton Sykes, 4 yrs—Erin-go-Bragh, 4 yrs—Winchester, 5 yrs—Sagacity, 3 yrs—Smuggler Bill, 4 yrs—Little Hampton, 6 yrs—Maid of Tyne, 4 yrs—Annandale, 5 vrs—The Magnet, 5 yrs. EPSOM SPRING RACES, 1847. Entry for the Metropolitan Handicap. Finvaragh, 4 yrs—Wolfdog, .5 yrs—Buscot Buck, 6 yrs. Hydrangea, 4 yrs—Pineapple, aged—Best Bower, 6 yrs— Ajax, aged—Sir Simon, 4 yrs—b f by Elis, or Venison, out of Odessa, 3 yrs—The P rem i er , 4 yrs—Flahowlagh, 5 yrs—. Duc-an-Durras, 5 yrs—Meanee, 3 yrs—Comme it Faut, 3 yrs—b f by Heron, out of Hippona's dam, 3 yrs—Pimento, 6 yrs—Binnacle, 4 yrs—Marquis of Conyngham, 4 yrs—Queen Mab, aged—Ally Croker, 6 yrs—Ferney, 4 yrs .The Little Vulgar Boy, 4 yrs—Dexterous—lntrepid, 6 yrs—Duke of Richmond, 4 yrs—Shelforth, 4 yrs—Hannah Raine, 4 yrs— Plaudit, 5 yrs--Wyvern, 4 yrs—Ukraine, 4 yrs—Punch, 4 yrs—Humdrum, 4 yrs—Maid of Lyme, 4 yrs—Alli ance, 4 yrs—Diomed, 4 yrs—Annandale, 5 yrs— Lord Saltoun, 6 yrs—Emerald Isle, 3 yrs —What, aged—The Magnet, 5 yrs—Red Rover, 6 yrs—Akbar, 6 yrs— c by Amato, out of La Fille mal Gardee, 4 yrs—Roderick, aged—Satyr, 6 yrs—Secundus, 6 yrs—Gwalior, 5 yrs—Lady Sarah, 6 yrs—Morpeth, 6 yrs—Sir Peter Laurie, 4 yrs— Sheraton, 4 yrs—The Lamb, 4 y rs —Th e C omet, 4 yrs— A gnes, 3 yrs—Counsellor, aged—Miss Shirley, 4 yrs—lcicle, 4 yrs— Roebuck, 5 yrs—Boarding-school Miss, 6 yrs—Lynceus, 4 yrs—Buttress, 4 yrs—C by Euclid, dam by Taurus, 3 yrs— Arthur, 5 yrs—Rufus, 4 yrs—Driffield, 4 yrs—Cossack, 3 yrs—Bourton, 4 yrs—Pink Bonnet, 3 yrs—Lady Wildair, 5 yrs—Cherry, 4 yrs—Jenny Wren, 5 yrs—Bro. to Stitch, 3 yrs —Guaracha, 4 yrs—Mildew, syrs—Sweetmeat,s yrs—Mosque, aged—Giselle, 4 yrs—f by Lanercost, out of Camp Follower, 3 yrs—Little Jack, 5 yrs—Camera Obscura, 4 yrs—Crozier, 3 yrs—Devil-me. care, 3 yrs—Projectile, 3 yrs—Queen Mary (late Twysages), 3 yrs—Refraction, 5 yrs—halo, 3 yrs— ' Vampyre, 3 yrs—Doleful, 5 yrs—Flitch, 4 yrs—Gannet, 5 yrs—Titbit, 4 yrs—Dulcet, 5 yrs—Sting, 4 yrs—Campa nile, 5 yrs—Queen Anne, 4 yrs—Alarm, 5 yrs—Geraldine, 4 yrs—Polka, 4 yrs—Mirmillo, 5 vrs—Headsman, 4 yrs— False Report, 6 yrs—Laundryinaid, 4 yrs—My Mary, 5 yrs —Clumsy, 5 yrs—Witsend, 4 yrs—m by Samarcand, out of La Fille mal Gardee, 5 yrs—Correct Card, 5 yrs—lago 4 yrs —Tom Tullock, 4 yrs—Farthing Candle, 4 yrs—Moodkee, 3 yrs—So Nice, 3 yrs. Capt. D'Arcy has purchased for a large sum the celebrated steeple-chaser Culverthorpe, and has sent him to John Scott's to be trained. The celebrated Alice Hawthorn was ssld yesterday at Yor2 for 800 guinea. The Metropolitan Handicap Fund amounts to 560/. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Cheshire h.is„ Mon., Daresburs Hall ; Wed., Bruera Staple ford; Thurs., Oulton Park; Sat., Tatton Park-101. Sir W. W. Wynn's hds., Mon.,,Plas Teg ; Tues., Dudles- ton Chapel ; Thurs., Carden ; Sat., Penley Hall. Montgomeryshire lids., Tues., Coffronnyd ; Fri., Kerry. North Staffordshire hds., Mon., Stapleford Bridge; Wed., Stallington ; Fri., Whitmore Station-101. Badsworth hds., Tues., Scorsby Bar ; Thurs., Askern ; Sat., Ackworth Moor Top— l 01. Holderness hds., Mon, Whitlecross ; Tues., Lomlesbro' Gate; Thurs., Brandesburton Moor; Sat., Bainton New Inn. Baron Rothschild's staghds., Thurs., Aston Abb ots -11. Surrey staghds, Tues., Red Lion, Smitham Bottom ; Sat. Leatherhead. Cambridgeshire hds., Wed ,Henlow ; Fri., Whadden-101. Cleveland hds., Thurs., Hazlegrove-1. Devon hds., Thurs., New Inn, Stoven-11. Mr. Drake's lids., Tues., Souldern Gate; Thurs., Chester. ton Village; Sat., Thenford House-10i. F. B. hds., Fri., Kiggan Bridge. Haydon hds , Wed., Moss Kennel ; Sat., Langley Castle. Heythrop hds„ Wed., Bradwell Grove; Fri., Gawcomb ; Sat., Ensham Hall—% past 10, Hurworth hds., Tues., Deighton Village; Thurs., Middle ton One Row ; Sat., Croft Bridge-101. Mr S. Lowndes's hds., Sat., Winslow-11. Oakley hds., Tues., Calton Village; Thurs., Cranfield ; Sat., Shelton Gorse—l to 11. Lord Parker's hds., Tues., Thame Park; Fri., Harpsden —lo', Pytchley hds., Wed., Lilbourne ; Fri., Fox Hall; Sat., Spratton Bridge. Sinnington hds., Tues., Cawton ; Fri., Dalby-10, Lord Southampton's hds., Wed., Castle Thorpe ; Fri., Stowe Nine Churches; Sat., Woodend Green-11. Tindale hds., Thurs., Belsay-101 2 . Mr. Watson's hds., Wed., Eadington ; Fri., Butterwell -101/. York and Ainsty hds., Tues., Red House ; Thurs., Pill Moor Sessey ; Sat., Skipwith Bridge. Mr. Hildyard's hrrs., Tues., High Lewen ; Fri., Newby —lO. Val of White hds., the first open day, Kennels. Old Berkshire hds., Wed., Hinton; Fri., Step Farm. Lord Lonsdale's hrrs., Tues., Weston Tury ill ; Fri., Monk's Risborough. North Huish hrrs.; Thurs., Deptford Court-10. HIGHLAND FUNERALS.—There is at present a general movement throughout the towns and villages of the north to do away with the entertainment usually afforded on the occasion of funerals, so burdensome to the humbler classes of the people, and which often de generates into excess. In the remote country parishes it will be more difficult to eradicate this custom, in con sequence of the distance which many parties travel to be present at these solemnities, but the subject is well worth the consideration of the clergy and proprietors. A striking memento of the old Highland funerals may still be seen a few miles from Corpach, near the western terminus of the Caledonian Canal. On the southern bank of the canal is an ancient burying-ground, and be side it a curious green mound of earth in the form of a horse-shoe, which was constructed in that singular shape some centuries ago, in order to accommodate the attend ants at funerals. After the interment the people were seated on the grass in the curve, while the opening gave access to the servants to bring in the wine and spirits consumed on such occasions. It is still the custom to hold these orgies occasionally in this sequestered spot, and many a fervid Gaelic address and full quaich have been poured out to the memory of the various parties committed to the " narrow house" in the adjoining rest ing-place. The bag-pipe,.too, sometimes added the wild notes of a" lament," which heightened the effect of the . strange scene.—lnverness Courier. DESTRUCTION OF QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY-OFFICE By FIRE.—(SATURAY.)—We have to record the de struction of this office, situated in Dean's-yard, West minster, by fire. It appears that the first cause a l a rm o took place about three o'clock this morning, at a f lower room on the south side of the premises.lnforma tion was sent to the different fire-engine stations , and but a s hort time elapsed before the Chandos-street brigade engine was at the spot, very quickly followed by the County, Test of England, Watlieg-street, and other stations. There was a good supply of water from the Chelsea mains, and although the utmost exertions were used by the firemen, by five o'clock the whole of the building was destroyed ; but through the excellent management of the officers of the fire depart ments, by their well. directed exertions, the valuable documents were preserved from that destruction which for some time was considered inevitable. Through the excellent management also of Inspector Lowry and In spector Forbes, of the B division of police, the surround ing property was protected from a gang who infest the neighbourhood. As to the cause of the fire, nothing authentic could he ascertained; but the loss of furniture and other property must amp unt to a very heavy sum. NEWCASTLE•UPON-TYNE STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 31.—The sales were—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, ss. p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 31 die.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 265. 3d. p. —Newcastle and Carlisle, New, 111 p.—Newcastle and Berwick, 15i p.—North British, 11 p.—Ditto, Quarters, 455. p.—Ditto, Extension, IN—York and North Mid land, Preference, 12f p. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. THE INHABITANTS OF THE REGENT'S PARK, THE %\ OODS AND FORESTS, AND THE RE GENT'S CANAL RAILWAY. Saturday, at the meeting of the Marylebone vestry Mr. John Williams in the chair, a deputation of iahabit ants of the Regent's Park, amongst whom wer e M r . W . Williams, M.P., Mr. Peter Laurie, Mr. Bishop, of the South-villas, inner circle, and other gentlemen, waited upon the vestry, for the purpose of presenting the follow ing memorial in reference to the projected Regent's Canal Railway:— " To the vestry of the parish of St. Marylebone, the memorial of the undersigned ratepayers and inhabitants of the R 4 gent's Park and its vicinity, showeth : " That they have heard with regret and alarm that it is the intention of the proprietors of the Regent's Canal Company to apply to Parliament for rowers either to convert the present water way of the Regent's Canal into a railway, or to construct a railroad on one of the banks of nob canal. " That the retirement of the Regent's-park, its salu brity, and security as a place of healthful exercise and recreation, and the assurance of the Government that the advantages should be permanently secured to those who should invest their capital in erecting or purchasing dwellings, in or near the park, have induced a large number of wealthy and respectable persons to take up their residence in this parish, to the great increase of the parochial rates and general benefit of the trading and commercial interests of the parish. That such contemplated line of railway, from the annoyance and danger generally attendant on such a system of traffic, will materially interfere with the com fortable and secure enjoy - merit of the residences, and greatly depreciate the value of the property in the neigh borhood, thereby diminishing the amour available in aid of the parish rates, and injure, to a considerable ex tent, the trade of the parish. " That the memorialists confidently rely on the energy and discrimination of the vestry of St. Marylebone, as guardians of the interests of the parish, to take all neces sary steps for strenuously opposing a Bill for a private speculation so injurious to your memorialists and the parish at large." Mr. BISHOP said this memorial had been agreed to at a very numerous meeting of the inhabitants of the Re gent's Park, held a few days ago, and presided over by Sir P. Laurie, who was that day out of town. Mr. WILLIAMS, MT., said he attended the meeting at which the memorial was adopted, as one of the residents of Park-square, which might be said to be. in re.lity, in the Regent's Park. He was, therefore, like all other inhabitants of the park and its vicinity, much interested in the matter, and he had no hesitation in declaring, if the canal was converted into a railway, or a railway were permitted to run along its bai.ks, nearly all the property on the northern aide of Mary lebone would be destroyed, or so depreciated, as to render it almost valueless, and consetuently there would be a great diminution in the rates of the parish.—(Hear.) Ile intended, in his place in Parliament, to give the project his most determined opposition, and he hoped the vestry would aid in pro tecting the rate-pa) ers of the northern districts from being enveloper , in smoke and steam.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. P. LAURIE said he hoped the vestry would aid so large and respectable a body of ratepayers as the inha bitants of the Regent's Park, in opposing a private speculation which would inflict so much injury upon them, without the slightest pre tence of aff wiiing any benefit to the public. Ihe inhabitants lm ked upon the vestry as a most important body, and was desirous of securing their co-operation. With regard to the legal part of the question, the inhabitants had already called the attention of the Woods and Forests to the subject, and were in a position to prove, in the event of the Regent's Canal Company obtaining a Bill for converting the canal into a railway, that such conversion would be in direct violation of all the covenants and agreements en tered into by the Commissioners on the part of the Crown with the holders of property in the Regent's Park.—(Hear, hear.) He held in his hand the report of the Commissioners of the Woods and Forests, bear ing date 1823, the period when the park was laid out, and it was there declared that the plan attached thereto was the plan as finally settled, and that in no way what ever should any alteration take place. He also con tended that the construction of a railway along the banks of the canal, or in the water course of the canal, was an equal violation of the act of 1812, which gave the Regent's Canal Company the power to construct their canal. There was a clause which prohibited the use of any steam engine near that portion of the canal touching on the property of the Crown, and upon the faith of this understanding gentlemen had been induced to go to a large outlay in building their villas in the vicinity of and on the slopes of the canal. It must also be remembered that the Regent's Park had been laid out and beautified at an immense expense, not only for the comfort and recreation of the locality, but for the humble classes also, who were equally in danger of being killed or injured by runaway horses frighted at the ste am-engine or the noise of a train, as those who were either riding or driving them.—(Hear, hear.) There could be no doubt also of the great injury such a rail way would inflict on the parish, and he hoped to have the strenuous aid of the vestry in opposition.—(Hear.) Mr. H. C. Wilson concurred in all that had fallen from the gentlemen of the deputation, and said there was a committee appointed to watch the proceedings of the Bill in Parliament. Mr. MARTIN THACKERAY moved that the memorial just presented be referred to the committee, Mr. G. DANIELL seconded the resolution. He bad been invited to at:end the meeting presided over by Sir Peter Laurie, but being the chairman of the committee alluded to, he thought it better that he should not. He (Mr. G. Daniell) had, however, a few days since, at tended at Gwydr House, where he saw Mr. Drinkwater Bethune and a deputation of gentlemen who were with the vestry last time in tin ir opposition, but who were, he regretted to say, not so n..w. lie was very much surprised to find that the tr sd-rs along the banks of the can•il were now rt ady to support instrad of cppese the scheme. It appea, ed that the) ha•) "wide thcir own terms with the Canal . :'ompany, and eared nothing for the interests of oti.er people. He (Mr. G. Daniell) thought that those parties would, when to - ) late, find out their mistake ; that they were not to have the water taken away. Let the Canal Company once get their Bill for a railway, and they would soon leave the canal a dry ditch.—(i (ear, hear.) The Canal C .mpany tried to make it appear that the canal was very unhealthy, and gave those who resided near it a-thma, created ma laria and other disorders ; and they proposed as a cure for such diseases, smoke, steam, and noise.— (Laud laughter.) [hey proposed to carry a tunnel under Maida Hill, and immediately under a large and popular church there, as also under other of the most valuable propert) in Marylebone. Did the vestry suppose that people would live in houses immedi ately over a r nlway iunr.el?—(No, no.) The loss to the parish, if such a proj• et were adopted. woul.l not he less than 10,0001. per year, and tLeretore the vestry had strong ground in going to Parliament in opposition to such a scheme. Mr. JOSEPH considered the inhabitants of the Regent's Park ought to make an urgent appeal to the Commis sioners of Woods and Forests in tne matter. Hr. P. LAURIE said a memorial was already prepared, and signed by upwards of 120 of the Crown tenants, which would be placed in the hat.ds of Lord Morpeth by a d. imitation as soon as he arrived in town. The resolution was carried unanimously. DEFICIENCY IN THE REVENUE OF THE CHURCHES OF MA RYLEBONE. Mr. W. BAGSHAW rose to call the attention of the vestry to the necessity of a more extended circulation of the auditor's reports, with a view to inform the parishi oners of the condition of the affairs of the parish. The most important point touched upon by the speaker was the extraordinary want of church accommodation in Marylebone, and at the same time the deficiency in the revenue deriveable by the parish therefrom. Marylebene had a population of upwards of 150,000 persons, and all the paid sittings provided in the seven churches under the controul of the vestry amounted to 5,900, of which num ber about 900 were annually vacant. The returns for the last twelve years for pew rents was 58,0001., being 4,8341. per annum, or 16s. per sitting ; but the returns of expenditure amounted to 74,2401., being a deficiency of 11,8401. The whole amount of accommodation afforded by the church in Marylebone was 32,000 sittings, whilst the Dissenters gave accommodation to the amount of 27,000 sittings. He thought that the ratepayers at large ought to know that such a state of things existed, and with that object he moved " That measures be taken for a more extended circulation of the auditor's reports." Mr. H. C. Wu.son, in seconding the motion, thought it ought to be followed up by something like the proposal of a remedy. He thought the great fault was, that there was not a selection made of popular preachers for the churches, and he thought that was a subject the Crown, who had the patronage, ought to attend to. Had the vestry the patronage, they would take care to select such gentlemen as would benefit the public at large. The resolution was ultimately carried, and a committee appointed to consider the matter. A resolution of condolence, by the vestry, to the Rev. Dr. Spry, the rector, on the loss of his lady, having been adopted unanimously, the vestry separated. DEATH or MR. JOSEPH CALEIN.—We regret to announce the decease of this accomplished musician, at his residence in Pall-mall, on Friday afternoon, after a short but severe illness. Mr. Calkin was born in 1781. He was a pupil of Mr. L; on, and afterwards was arti cled for two years to Spagneletti, so many years leader of the Opera band. Mr. Calkin was a violin player in the Drury-lane orchestra in 1798, and was one of the few survivors present at the first performance of the Iron Chest, which was condemned, as Colman attributed, to John Kemble's bad iicting. Mr. C a lkin ass i s t e d i n the arrest of Hatfield when he fired at George the Third. Mr. Calkin was a tenor player in the Philhar monic band, of which society he was a member and honorary librarian. In 1821 Mr. Calkin was appointed one of the King's state band by George the Fourth. For many years Mr. Calkin was an active member of the Royal Society of Musicians. Ile was much re spected in the profession. THE GREAT SEA EAGLE.-.--One of the most perfect and full grown specimens of this splendid bird was shot lately at Glengarry. Its dimensions were full three feet in length, and weighing fifteen pounds. The great size and muscular strength of its legs and talons showed at once how easy it could destroy beast, bird, or fish, equal in bulk with itself. No wonder that the sea eagle has long been multiplied into, several varieties, for even among scientific naturalists each stage of the bird's pro gress to maturity had its synonyme as a separate species. The confusion did not end here ; for the remarkable similarity of the full grown sea eagle to the white headed or bald eagle—the symbol of the American States—induced some ornithologists to consider them the same. Closer observation disclosed a remarkable change in the plumage of the latter, which, when full grown, assumes a beautiful white over all the head and neck. It is a fourth less in weight than the European eagle.— Inverness Courier. HOOD'S MAGAZINE. Even the brief plea for the orphan children of poor Thomas Hood (a man whose memory we all love and venerate so much), prefixed to the present number of the magazine deriving its very title from his genius, is preferable to no notice whatever. Something must be done for those relics of the friend of the destitute and forsaken, or the wrongs of the world which he expiated by a lingering death of many years, will be perpetuated in his offspring. Now that Hood's wife is no more, and his children wholly de solate, we have a mournful satisfaction in transcribing the five stanzas by the dead poet, in which that domes tic calamity is literally foretold. The writer of the brief notice in the magazine terms the following most touching and most beautiful verses, the best appeal that could be uttered. TO A CHILD EMBRACING ITS MOTHER. Love thy mother, little one ! Kiss and clasp her neck again— Hereafter she may have a son Will kiss and clasp her neck in ♦ain. Love thy mother, little one ! Gaze upon her living eyes, And mirror back her love for thee— Hereafter thou may'st shudder sighs To meet them when they cannot see. Gaze upon her living eyes ! Press her lips that while they glow With love that they have often told— Hereafter thou may'st press, in woe, And kiss them till thine own are cold. Press her lips the while they glow ! Oh ; revere r raven hair Altho' it be not silvery grey, Too early death led on by care. May snatch, save one dear lock, away. Oh revere her raven hair Pray for her, at eve and morn, That Heaven may long the stroke defer, For thou may'st live the hour forlorn When thou wilt ask to die with her. Pray for her, at eve and morn ! T. Hoop. The " Avenger" and " Blanche Neville" are con tinued, and the author of the former contributes an agreeable paper headed " Success." The rest of the magazine is a compilation of the veriest odds and ends of literature, the very garbage of sentiment, the very broken bits of humour, and the very stalest of stale quotations. The editor is mistaken in acting thus ; he may be packing his "casket of gems" with mere sawdust. D dLIIIAN. We are gratified to see that the new editor of this magazine disclaims all intention of trespassing upon the ground already monopolised by .the writer of " Barnahy Rudge. We expressed our opinion last m. , nth that the editor had overlooked that publica tion, and was entering upon a field well reaped and gleaned by Dickens. This month the former dis tinctly observes—" we tread not in the footsteps of one of the most popular writers of the day." The Rev. Mr. Price tells us at once, that his serial about " The Last Days of the Penal Laws, and the Riots of 1779 and 1780," are not to be fictitious in the slightest degree. The narrative, he says, " will be entirely, even to the minutest particular, founded on THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. An oriental tale—a tale of the Phanar—poetically called " The Pearl of the Bosphorus," is commenced in the beginning of the January number. As an innovation of time and scene in a fiction, it is agree able, and we shall watch the development of the narrative with interest. The most successful attempt of this kind, in a recent novel, is contained in Miss Jewry's charming romance, " The Ransom." I n that beautiful story there are someadmirable seenes situated in the island of Cyprus, in the days of the crusade under St. Louis of France. If the delineations in this instance be at all comparable with those just men tioned, " The Pearl of the Bosphorus" will be emi nently successful. " Some Passages in the Life of Darius, the son of llystaspes, by Himself," is a right curious (and we at first imagined, a right merry) article. The writer, however, at once removes our misconception, by premising thus :—" In adding this new name to the catalogue of royal authors, we assure our readers that we perfectly serious." It required some emphatic declaration of that kind, to disabuse our minds of the idea that the contributor was at tempting to crack an intensely dry joke of a literary kind. As the explantion of how so precious a trea sure of antiquity has been discovered, and where it has been so long concealed, is of the highest interest, from its multitude of classical associations, we tran scribe the following paragraph : .6 T o des ce nd to part i culars. At a place in Media, called Behistun, or Bisitun, which is, beyond doubt, the Bagistan of Diodorus (a mountain sacred to Jupiter, where he tells us that Semiramis stopped on her way to Ecbatana), there is a vast precipitous cliff, portions of which have been artificially smoo thed away. On one of these sheets of rock, a t an immense height above the plain, though accessible by ladders from a narrow plat form extending along its face, is a s culpture, containing fourteen figures about the size of life. One of these is in the air, and was mistaken by the ignorant traveller, who first noticed the figures, for a cross. The other thirteen he imagined to be our Lord and his twelve apostles Major Rawlinson calls this figure in the air an angel ;' but surely it is intended for Ormazd, the supreme deity, to whose aid Darius attributes all his success. Of the figures below, one is evidently a king and a conqueror. Before the inscriptions were tran slated, Sir R. K. Porter, who copied the sculpture, con jectured that it was Salmaneser. We now know that it is Darius. He is represented as fully, six feet high, crowned and bearded. llis right hand is elevated ; his left holds a bow ; and with this and on e of his feet ho presses down the prostate Magian, who, with uplifted arms, is soliciting the mercy which he did not obtain. Behind the king are two figures of inferior height ; the foremost of them bearing a bow and arrows, and the other a spear. The Persian inscription which contained their names, appears to have been intentionally de• stroyed ; but there is an inscription in the Median cha racter, which the Major has not yet transmitted to Europe, which may possibly enable him to ascertain who they are. In front of Darius are nine rebel chiefs, whom he overcame after his accession. They are represented as dwarfish, and frightfully ugly. They have all their hands tied behind their backs, and are connected by a rope, which passes round their necks. The tortures and cruel deaths which were inflicted on them, are recorded in the great inscription. Above and below these figures, and on the body of one of the rebel chief's, are thirty three small inscriptions. They are in three different characters : eleven in the Persian, copies of which are given in the present publication ; twelve in the Aledian, including translations into that language of all the Per sian ones, and ten in the Babylonian character. These are all in nearly perfect preservation. They contain the names, and short descriptions of the persons represente d . Under this sculpture are eig ht columns of writing, three in the Median and five in the Persian char a cte r. The last of these is only partially filled, and contains the ac count of a rebellion, which took place subsequent tour pre completion of the narrative contained ceding columns. Its leader, Sarokha n s t eiodn ate o s f o its e Sardakha, for the name contains a blotch, which rend o e r r characters uncertain), the Sacian,' is re a p l r i e o se r The e w fi lo s m he is distance behind the other chiefs, r eraopm. distinguished by a high-peaked rt four and columns of this inscription are twelve feet in height, To the left of the sculp each contains ninety-six lines. tures are two columns its the Babylonian char Major Rawlinson supposes to be a translation of o w f h t ic h i e l Median, rig ht d of the seal to inscription below ; and to the these,an two of Baby arere four columns, two of lonian writing. We fear that all_ upper columns he p sed situation, or so so much injured from their ex , copied. The three inaccessible that they cannot columns of Median writing hav e Rawlinson has made use of them be ento supply co pied, and Major supply some of the defects which unfortunately ex i st in the great Persian inscription ; but the copy has not yet been commun i cated to the public, nor even to the Royal Asiatic have n e w in appea the re d." journal of whi c h the Persian inscriptions Two very indifferent sonnet, are addressed to Wordsworth, for which the poet .,h Laureate cannot , feel himself much indebted. ~ Magic," is a copious revie w of "The Occult work recently Sciences — translated from the French b y m • Salverete, by Dr. Thotnson. )' Rogue and Ra ing trifle. The romance arritte PP is an entertain areellnlr. Albert Smith in Bentley's Miscell ny, entitledn‘byrhe Marchioness de Brinvilliers," and the recent work ' o ' the pen of Sir E. L. B. Lytton,f " Lucrltia," from suggested the idea of the have evidently! aper which follows, called " Remarkable Female iminals—the Poisoners of the Present Century." The subject is a disgusting and loathsome one enough, b ut it is well that crime should have its scarecrows as we ll as corn. A. THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. Among the numerous contributions to the People's Journal the most interesting are first some admirable lines from the pen of the poet-artizan, John Critchley Prince, styled " Rhymes fur the Times," and secondly a spirited memoir of William Charles Macready, " the eminent tragedian," by Mr. Fox. The likeness of Macready is no likeness whatever though copied from an inimitable portrait. In all essential parti•. culars the Journal is equal to its preceding numbers. LITERATURE. THE SINGING BOOK. By James Turle, Organist of Westminster Abbey, etnd Edward Taylor, Gresham Professor of Music. This is the best book on the art of singing at sight that has yet been published, and that, because it is the most simple. The authors in their pre face say : " Let no one delude himself with the notion that there is any " short cut" by which the power of singing at sight can be attained, or that he can arrive at it by any other method or device than practice. But if this be true, it is most desirable that the time of elemen tary exercise should be rendered as attractive and agree able as possible, that no needless difficulties should be opposed, and no gratuitous Obstacles he thrown across the pupil's path. One of these, in our estimation, is the addition to the regular musical alphabet of a number of arbitrary and unmeaning syllables, Sol, La, Mi, &e. This is usually called, and o f ten suppose d to b e, " the Sol-fa system , ' as if it were one and uniform ; whereas no description of it can be more incorrect. Scarcely any two writers, in modern times, have used this plan in the same way, or for the same purpose." The " sol, fa" is, therefore, entirely rejected by Messrs. Turle and Taylor as a gratuitous obstacle thrown across the pupil's path, and the alphabetical notation is substituted for it. " The alphabetic notation must be known by every musician, because it is of universal employment. No other is used in any choir or orchestra iu the kingdom. The student may add to it some other, but he must learn this. If he learn the names by which the notes are univer sally called, the addition of another set of names is a needless addition to his labour. The preliminary exer cises in the following work, therefore, are either upon the names of the notes—A, B, C, &c. —or, more com monly, upon the numbers which, of themselves, tell their several distances. In each way, a correct idea of dis ' tance is connected with the scale. The same element— sequence—is attached to all. The notes ascend or de scend as the letters and the numbers ascend or descend." The general arrangement of the exercises in this book is progressive, begining with an explanation of the various notes and their value, followed by exer cises in the diatonic major scales ; then come exer cises on the intervals for one or more voices, until at length the learner is taught, in the section on modulation, how to attain the power and the plea sure of " Untwisting all the ch a i ns th a t ti e The hidden soul of harmony." The system upon which this work is constructed has been tried and proved in Prussia. Messrs. Turle and Taylor, at the conclusion of their preface, say : " Our own conviction of the utility of a work like the present, is strengthened by the fact of one constructed on a similar principle having been long in use throughout the Prussian dominions, where every child is taught to sing from notes. The work to which we refer is the " Musikalisches Schulgesangbuch," (the Musical School Singing Book), in which no use is made of the syllabic or Sul-fa system, under any form or modification. Every exercise is sung to words. The principle on which we have worked has therefore been subjected to the best possible test—it has been tried on a very large scale for many years, and it is found to answer. It has been satin factorily proved, that the power of singing at sight is daily acquired without the use of either the English, French, or Italian method of solmization. "It appeared to us, however, that a work on a similar principle might be constructed with a more systematic division, and a more clearly defined course of practice, than the Prussian Singing Book presents. To this point our endeavours have been directed, by fixing the learner's attention upon one thing at a time, and advancing an on ward step only, when the preceding one has become firm and sure." FINE ARTS. ROYAL GEMS FROM THE GALLERIES OF EUROPE.—Part X. The numerous excellencies which have been hitherto perceptible in the publication of this splendid serial, are as conspicuous in the tenth number as they were on the commencement of the undertaking. Each of the plates is the counterpart of some paint ing judiciously selected from one or other of the costly collections enshrined in the different European galleries. One in the present part is a copy from the work of Carl Sohn, entitled " Ile Sisters," and engraved by Peter Lightfoot. And an exquisite spe cimen is this of the modern German school of genre painting ! The engraving itself is drawn with remarkable truth, delicacy, and firmness. The proportion and graduation of depth 54 64 - , 2■