The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-01 00:00:00

T v a• 7 . 73 VI A 2%.3 MONEY AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Letters 'from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed with a dull appearance, and prices of the finer descriptions remain' d un altered, but the lower qualities were 1-16 d. to id. per lb. lower. The sales were 6,000 bales, 1,500 of which were taken for export. The Railway .Share Market was steady, at a slight advance in prices. The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the past week have been firm, and a larger amount of business has been transacted than might have been expected, owing to the continued dear-_ tress of money. For sugar the demand has been very brisk, and at enhanced quotations. Coffee is dull, but holders demand high rates. In rice the transactions have been limited ; cocoa is rather dearer, and tea has remained quiet. In spices, saltpetre, and rum there has been no alteration of importance. Tallow has slightly declined. The public sales of foreign and colonial wool commenced yesterday, and the attendance of buyers Was less numerous than usual. The biddings were rather languid, and Australian qualities receded to lid. per lb. compared with the quotations realised in February last. In Lombard-street, and at the Bank of England, the demand for discount accommodation is very active, and full rates are current. This is observed as a dom holiday on the Stock Exchange, as the transfer offices at the Bank of England are as usual closed on the Ist of May to enable the of to complete the half-yearly accounts. A few of the speculators have assembled in the neighbourhood of the Stock Exchange, and Con- Bois are coaled 92i 93 foi the 7th proximo, and 93i for June. Some suprise has been caused in the City this Mottling among those connected with the Stock Market at the return of some of the cheques given by one of the jobbers on. se'tlement of the half- Monthly account yesterday. The cause assigned is the non-receipt of the country remittances against 'which cheques were drawn, and the inconvenience will no doubt be severely felt by those who had transactions with the party in question. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report that the market for American Securities c , ntinues without animation, and prioes are without change. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Redeemable. Per Cent. united States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868...103 106 i united St a t e s 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868 ... 105 106 i STATE SECURITIES. 41 a,,, bama 5 per Cent ... 78 80 „,utaryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 89 91 41 .,. i t%ssachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) ... 99 100 A lssissippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk Ponds k b ississippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... —•— ton nsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock P ennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds ....1877... 80 82 it,?nnessee 6 per Cent. Bonds . o ,.".rginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 83} 841 'lrginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1883... 84 86 LOANS OF CITIES. ./ gontreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... 82 84 evr Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... 75 77 RAILROAD BONDS. 11 / 1 60 % Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, not Conv er tible 18 7 5... 9 0 91 Illinois Central 6 per Cent... 1875... 86 88 i lbnois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds 1860...106 108 Illinois Central (Shares), $3O paid.... ... 27 29 p u uchigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1 86 0 ... IT Do. d o. do. 1869... ( .;0 92 li ew York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 92 94 " York Central 6 per Cent., not ,Convertible 1883... 8 1 83 ew York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort gar% 1883... 83 85 4• fork and Erie 7p. Cent, Convertible 1862 ... 77 79 •jork and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking 1, au 82 84 Pe am% 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1865... • unsYlvania Central 6 p.Cent..lstMort.lBBo... 88 b 9 BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES— . YESTERDAY. (From the Offiezal List:) Business done. !leek Stock ; Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 914 i i I T Per Cent. Consols Annuities 92 L i, f 1 : 7 3 per Cent. Annuities 9li B i 4g Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... .. _ Ditto 39 Years, expire 10th Oot., 1859 2 3.16 i ll IN Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO ......... ........ 9 d °TIB ° I •R roe A ccount ... .. .. 92i t ' n ija Stock Ditto Account 222 Z 2 nhegner Bills, 21d. March. 1 June.; £IOOO r:s9tl 5ma11...... «. 2 d 2 pi 5 dpar Brazilian OF - FOREIGN FUNDS — TEST Eit D .A.Y. zrazili An 5 per Cent. h Ditto New, 1852, 4 1 per Cent .... 'llium A yres Bonds, 6 per Cont. — Ditto Account .... . B5 ',-.:: Le xiean 3 per Cent .,- „ Ditto Account hessia n Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — 1,1 Ditto Small , 4. per Cent. 97 ”PitniEh e.0 1 . 1 d,5, 3 per Cent. ' 0 _ 13440 Now Deferred, 3 per Cen'; ..nicith Bonds, 6 per cent 923 i R i Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed. I per Cont. Dtvidends on the above ' , arable in Lln ion. Dat h e- Exchange, 2A per C0n,`,.., 12 Guilders 65 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certißcates 7HI EE OYYLOC.K. Consols, money 92a i Ditto, Account (May 7) 92t it 98 MART ET NEWS.—( rhis ay.) A.W INTELLIGENCE.—(This D ay.) SECONDARIES COURT. (Before Mr. Secondnry Potter and a Special Jury.) SMITH V. DIITERTRE.-EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF CRIM. CON. -DAMAGES 3,030/. This was an action for a criminal conversation with defendant's wife, and came before the Court undefended, for the jury to assess the damages. Mr. Wilde, Q.C., and Mr. Hollsnd appeared for the plaintiff. Mr. W.lle, in stating the case to the jury, said that the plaintiff in this case was a young n an of very high cannections, and in 1852 he was married to Miss Hill, the sul:ject of the present proceedings. They lived on the happiest cf terms, and visited the Continent, where they became acquainted with Mr. Wm. Henry Dutertre, the defendant in this action, with whom they Ereatne very intimate, frequently being in each other's company, and going out on sheeting and fishing ex cursions. In 1854 plaintiff had to leave Paris, by the sudden and serious illness of his father, aid, while gone, the defendant was in communication with plain tiff's wife and friends, and was on the most friendly terms. His father died, and plaintiff returned to Paris, where he joined his wife and friends. There the same happiness and tranquility prevailed. Plaintiff had to leave Paris again, in consequence of a bill that had passed the House of Lords affecting his property. He again returned to Paris in a short time. Nothing occurred in the year 1855 of any im portance. It was in the autumn of the year 1856 that the unfortunate circumstance arose which completely upset the happiness of plaintiff and his family. The learned counsel then read several letters which bad been written by plaintiff to his wife and vice versa, and showed that they lived on the moat affectionate terms. He then said that defendant and plaintiff's' wife appearen to be on the same terms in 1856, nothing more intimate; but on the 4th of Dec. in that year while plaintiff was in Paris, and his wife staying at the house of her sister, she suddenly disappeared, and nothing more was heard of her, although plaintiff came immediately to town, until it was discovered that she had gone to South. ampton, and that defendant was staying at Radley's Hotel, and when she arrived she rushed out of the train and affectionately kissed defendant, as thoeigh it was her husbend. After that it could be proved twat defendant and Mrs. Smith had been living together :or some days, and that plaintiff had found that the days which he thought this Frenchman spent in friendship had been used to seduce his wife. He would not go at any length into the particulars of the case, but with regard te the question of damages, he must remind them before a man could get divorced from his wife that a jury must give him damages, but he hoped Soon to see this state of the law altered, so that these painful investiga tions might be conducted more privately. The misdeed of the defendant, the manner in which he had broken every, tie that existed in the plaiutifl's bappines, could never be repaired with damages. Let them only ima gine the fearful chock to the plaintiff in breaking his happiness, and yet the defendant lived quietly in Paris with plaintiff's wife, and never came forward with even one word of explanation. The declaration laid the dam ages at 3,000/., bill - , if the jury gave that, it would not be a sufficient reparation for defendant's wrongs. Mr. John Wilson Smith said he was the only living brother of the plaintiff, who was a barrister. His father was a man of property. In the year 1852, Miss Hill, who was afterwards plaintiff's wife, came down on a visit, and they appeared very fond of each other. After they were married they often went to his father's house, when they appeared on the most affectionate terms up to the latter end of the year 1856. He was with plain tiff and his wife while in Paris, and the defendant with others were on visiting terms. There was nothing par ticular with defendant and plaintiff's wife. When he saw his brother at the end of 1856 he was in a most agitated state in consequence of what had happened with his wife. Mr. Isaac Penny, of Liverpool, said he married one of the plaintiff's sisters. He had often sem plaintiff and his wife together, and they appeared most happy and loving. On December, 1856, plaintiff was with him at Liverpool when the telegraphic message came from Weymouth stating that his wife had left. He advised plaintiff t') take the first train to g) to Weymouth. He did £O. Mrs. Seatel, a sister of plaintift . g, spoke to the affection which always existed between plaintiff an 1 his wife, as did also a cousin of Mr. Smith's, who spoke particularly to the engaging manners of Mrs. Smith, who was very accomplished and a general favourite. Mr. T., Ridgway, plaintiff a brother-in-law, and Capt. Fayrar, gave similar evidence—the latter saying that M. Dutertre, the father of Leopold Dutertre, the defeu pant, was a very wealthy man, being the highest in the place. Mr. Wilde, Q C., said he had many other witnesses to peak to the manner hi which plaintiff and Lis wife lived —but it was unnecessary to call ar.y more. The Secondary was of the same opinion. Charles Oliver was then called. He eatd he was head porter at the Southampton Railway station. He remem bered defendant being on the station in December last waiting at the station for the train, and when it arrived he recognised the Icily in the carriage. The lady got out, and when on the platform she kiised him. They spoke in French. He had since been to Paris and iden tified the lady and gentleman as M. Datertre and Mrs. Smith. - - Mark Flowerded, waiter at Rag.ill's hotel, South ampton, proved seeing deien(la,nt At the hotel btbre the arrival of the 11 o'clock train from Dorchester, and after that he waited at breakfast on Mr. Dutertre and Mrs. Smith. He identified them at Paris in the Rue de Luxembourg, No. 37. John Roberts, was servant to Mr. Smith, and went with the lait witness to Paris. When he went to the house the door wag opened by a sirvant, who said they were at home. He saw Mrs. Smith come out of the bed room, and she said, "Oh, Walter, is that you." Mr. Dutertie afterwards came out of the bed-room. Mrs. Smith wanted to speak to witness privately, and asked him if his master was in Paris, and how he was. Wit ness told hsr that he was going to England to his master. Mr. Westerton, cl. rk to I hintiff's attorney, said he CORN EXCHANGE. Th 0 .2 . 81 IPply of English wheat on offer in to-day's market, and by land carriage, was very moderate, and w t i ir condition. The amount of business doing in all ere w as by no means extensive, yet Monday's prices ext suPported Fine foreign wheats sold to a moderate elo en t. at full currencies. Infelior samples moved off on "tt o as dear former te•ms. Floating cargoes of grain were „, as on Monday. cg r 4he re was a fair inquiry for most kinds of barley , at full the n r c eZ as a fair inquiry far malt, at full prices. b" e had a f a i r consumptive inquiry for oats, at the late Beans,lsr - "eruet in value. pe n as, and flour realised Monday's currency. went to Paris to identify the parties. He saw them both. He served the writ on Mr. Dutertre while in bed, Iri sh •• • ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. I Malt. 3,430 1 I 3,590 Porei;i;::::: 1 3,-230 1 17,190 Oats, Flour. 360 2,140 1,690 -- 14,020 12,220 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Th e Shi,„ "Pray of beasts in our market to-clay was Eeason- For most breeds we had a slow inquiry, at tu e ° " a rs prices. Sheep, the show of which was by no L -48 extensive mved off heavily, at a decline in the tlcaitations of 2(l ' per Sibs. The lamb trade ruled heavy, €8 4d rice , gave way 4d per 81bs, the top quotation being 816 ,Per Sibs. We had a slow sale for calves, at 2d per much L te ss money, The supply was moderate. Pigs and c ows were rather droopkg in price. Per Bibs to sink the offa,s. Iste r i s. d. s. d.' s. 4. 8 . P r i: Be e . °fi nea4 qttality sts. ....3 8 4 OLA im rge erso. ca10...3 4to 3 6 PreSouthdwn 5 8 6 0 ve 3 6 4 2 6 Pri k e e l ,,, a rge oxen 4 2 4 8 Prime small do 4 3 8 6 5 4 2 Int el . ; 'cote, dte. 410 5 0 Large hogs Bee; j 7 Bo ep ...4 4 4 8 ) 3mall porkers 1 1 4, — "' quality ...4 10 5 Ouelcling ealves 23 0 3 0 , 0 -6 ` 4 r B e•-wlled.s 2 5 61Quarter old pigs 21 0 `,B 0 Lamb, 53 6d to 6s 4d. 13eas.. ETOTAL SUPPLY: FOREIGN surpLY. 40 Ghee ......... .. 120 C alves and lambs SS 1 ,, ,, i es .................. 192 Calves 1.8 ...... . ................ 239 Pigs — NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The , trade generally ruled heavy, at drooping prices. - s. d. e. d Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middlin. 3 8 4 0 Do., prime 4 2 4 8 Veal.... 3 4 4 8 Pork, small 4 4 5 0 a to 6s OJ. Per Bibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. b l t t o interiOr ...... 3 0 3 4 ahng..... 3 6 3 10 large e t ; prinae large.. 4 0 4 2 NV°. small ....4 4 4 6 ...... 3 8 4 2 Lamb, 5s and Mrs. Smith was in the bedroom iNith him. They passed 9,3 man and wife, and lived there together. There Th e ,, • BOROUGH HOP. good They la a steady, though not to say active, demand for and fine hops, at full prices. In other kinds, very 14 .! a doi ng, on former terms. (4-141,„ and East K en t pockets, 3/ 10s to 5/ 12s ; Weald . 11 0, 31 s to 31 Sussex, 3l Os to 31 Us ; year -108 to 3/. per cwt. were only two rooms. The Secondary summed up, and told the jury the only question wa3 for them to decide the amount of damages. Th Jury having deliberated, returued,a verdict for the full amount-3,0001. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) -----T - LONDON. May 1.--Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; light breeze and fine. FALMOUTH, April 30.-- Sailed—Surge, Coquimbo; Witch, Miramichi. Off Port—Gidour, Mauritius. BIDEFORD, April 30.--Wind N.—Sailed—lntended, for Prince Edward's Island; Inspector, Miramichi . QUEENSTOWN, April 29.—Arrived—Harriet, from St. John's, Newfoundland ' • Mindola, Callao. STORNOWAY, April 30.—The Sir William Wallaco, from Aberdeen for Quebec, has put in leaky, and must be taken to the Slip to make good her defects. OFF THE LlzAßD.—Zurich, from New York for Hoard. PORTSMOUTH, May I.—The Peninsula (s.s.) from London to Cadiz and Gibraltar, got in collision, at 2.45 a.m., It miles off the Owers, with the Imperial Prince (schooner), from Newport to Harhurg, which sank in a crarter of an hoar afterwards; mate and one man drowned; master and four men saved, ou board the Pt ninsula, which has bows stove, and fore compartment full of water. TE COLONIAL. r eQ . At the public sales of this article full prices were co ' ae d for good qualities of both greens and blacks. and roon congou sold at is per lb. ex lIG AIL —The demand for both home consumption and Portation l' continues active, and some large speculative urrhases have b een made at au advance of about 6d per e t wt °/ 1 previous rates. The refined market is firm with e° C goods on offer. °P PM —Plantation Ceylon met with less enquiry and quotations rather declined. Native ruled dull at previous tat e ,. ItlM—There has been a very limited business done and ,Prices generally rule rather easier. i ) -"ultSeveral large transactions have taken place in rnerara, and fully previous rates are current for superior qualities. P 4lc Es•—b fair amount of business has been don e i n e 2 e. nut megs, and ginger, at f u l ly f ormer prices, but SAer and pi mento were rather c h eaper. SALTPETRE.—Very little business doing and prices are "r6t allY unaltered. TALLow.—The market has been exceedingly quiet, and Aces may be quoted rather easier. P.Y.C. on the spot to 553 3d, last 3 months 53a Od to 643 per cwt. F 1-1 E SUN, fLOND6N, FRIDAY EVENING, MA V - 1 c 857, COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of public badness. DEATH OF THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER The LORD MAYOR read the following communication, which, upon the motion of Mr. Deputy DAKIN, seconded by Mr. CONNELL, was ordered to be entered in the j - mrnali of the Court : " Whitehall, April 30,1857. " My Lord,—lt is with great concern that I ieforna your lordship of the death of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, which took place at Gloucelter- House this morning at a quarter after five o'olock. "I request that y3ur lordship will give the dlreclions usual on such occasions for tolling the great bell of St. Paul's Cathedral.—l have the honour 0 be, my lord, your lordehip'e obedient servant, - (Signe " G. GBEY. "To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, &c. &c.:' QUESTION OF PRIVILEGIII. A. discussion t - onk place in reference to the proceed ings taken to investigate the charge against Sir W. Mag uey, on the motion of Mr. BLAKE -" That the members of this Court be permitted to inspect all the official docu ments in the possession of the City solicit)r affecting a member of this corporation." An amendmet t was proposed by Mt. ANDEBTON, but it was not seconded, and the original motion was carried. J• ;h ~d ' this pril ; Deing ) and past rable wring been,' aeon ; but to all lk was 'sides, 9th of Ivern er the iy had Yorks, 0 the re" d. The Georg e Ua ano33:lf ert r g kuy ye r ; o rnnio i ; St)P e bo F b e Of t' a to'o' 006 e. POut" ec tecl exP be b t oug » a re trie, wilts ol M 4 .'o it 3e C biL f; livieb vis itorP , v i s ite t° 0 Wag eo' bOdY e fo O r ovo' to down ad e a.- , deP" 130 or , la'/1 jr. LckPy h iteCvf ere have - ) ass "" Th t A W 0. e Cl° A .. 00 0 are w i c k t •t. ous oal If tbs ril* a beam a t6~ tii'tnbe tbay.:r 1-4 e , gym bt , G D i g v os' 111 149 " S (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind N. W. Arrived—Eliza Bane, from Cardenas; Janty Wilkins, Santand:r ; Blondine, Africa ; Affrain, Faro ; Fraternitas, Copenhagen. Sailed—Caroline, for Odense ; 1k Vio Maria, Narva Pliccnix, New York ; Mercury, Nowfoundlanl. QUEENSTOWN, April 29. Wind E.S.E. Arrived —Minlora, from Callao ; Harriet, St. John's Newfoundland. WATERFORD, April 28. Wind E. Arrived —Sates Maria, from Ibralia. Sailed—Erin. for Quebec. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.39 a.m. Wind northerly; tide two hour's ebb ; fine. Arrived, May 1 Tropic, from Barbadoes; Active, Os tend ; News, Charente. Sailed, May 1 - —Csrl, for Launceston; Emulous, Bar. badoes ; Naprino, Trinidad ; Winfield Scott, Port Phillip. DEAL, Friday, 9.27 a.m. Wind N.N.E., moderate. Passed, April SO—Crusader, from London, for Glasgow Orkney, from London, for Sydney, New South Wales Ann, from London, for St. Vincent. Passed—George, from New York, for Hamburg. THE TERMINI OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.—Some tokens of jealousy are perceptible in the the American newspapers, as well as in the Senate, at the fact of the termini of the Atlantic telegraph being both in British territory. Without advert'ng to the very obvious phy sical reasons for this arrangement, we may exdress our belief, as well as hope, that it will never become a matter of political importance. We perceive that Lieut. Maury has recently published his opinion that any direct line tb the United States would be impracticable, from the much greater depth of ocean, and from the prolong ation of the cable to 3,000 miles, a length probably beyon d the power of transmission of a single electrical current.—Edinburgh Review (New Number). NEWIVIAILKET RACES. (Th's Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 501. HANDICAP PLATE. Hard ick Eupatoria Elumbuz Eleven ran. NEWMARKET STAKES. Glee Sioger Kingmaker Young Hopeful Lollypop Colt Day) 1 (Kendal•) 2 (ihsrp) 3 (FlAmau) 4 Won by three-quarters of a, length. SWEEPSTAKES. Surrender . LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. ..walked over. 10 to 1 apt Dulcamara (takes) DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Skirmisher (taken freely) 9 to 1 agst Anton (taken) 30 to 1 agst Beeswax colt (taken) Spcning Intelligence. NEWMARKET FIRST ,SPRING MEETING. THE SUBSCRIPTION ROOM. WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ONE THOUSAND. 6to 4on Blink Bonny (taken) 4 to 1 a_st Ayacancra (taken) Bto 1 agst Arta 10 to 1 agst Imperieuse 20 to 1 agst Miss Whip filly 40 to 1 agst Blink Bonny winning tho One Thou sand, Derby, and Oaks (taken) CHESTER CUP 7to 1 agst Leamington (taken) 10 to 1 agst Mincepie (offered) 100 to 7 agst Turbit (..ffered) 100 to 7 agst Rieeber (offered) 100 to 6 agst Gamma di Veruy (wanted) 20 to 1 agst Van Dunck (offered) 25 to 1 sg-t Pretty Boy (zaker) • 80 to 1 agst Bay Hilton (alien) 50 to 1 agst Worcester (taker) DEBBY. Bto 1 agst Blink Boany (taken and offered) 8 to 1 agst Skirmisher (offered) 40 to 1 agst Beeswax colt (taken) THURSDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft. T.Y.C. (5 furlongs 140 yards.) Mr. Gratwicke's SAxe-Weimer, by Weatherbit, 3 yrs, 101 b (Humpage) 1 Baron Rothschili's colt by Ingo—Evening Star, 3 yrs, 83t 31b (Charlton) 2 Mr. B:,rne's Truelove, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Fordham) 3 Mr. Morris's Admiral Lyons, 3 yrs, Bst 7ib (Basham) 4 Betting—Even on Admiral Lyons, 4 to 1 each aget Saxe-Weimar, Truelove, and Evening Star c .It. Won by a length and a half, two lengths between the second and third, moderate fourth. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each for 3 yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 4th. The winner to be srld for 80 sovs, if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. (3 furlongs 213, yards.) 6 subs. Mr. Smith's Spinet by Orlando, Bst 41b (D. Hughes) 1 Mr. Boyce's colt by St. Lawrence—Azimuth, Bst 71b (A. Day) t Lord W. Powlett's Delusion, Bit 71b (S. Rogers) Mr. W. Evans'e Sorceress, B,t 41b (Mills) 4 1 Mr. M llish's Inspiration, Bst 71b (Wells) 5 Batting-2 to 1 on Spinet. Won by three-quarters of a length ; dead head for se cond place ; bad fourth. • The winner was claimed for Mr. Wadlow. Handicap Plate of 50 sea's, A.F. (1 mile 2 furlongs 73 yards.) Mr. G. Taylor's Newton-Is-Willows, by Melbourne, 3 ,yrs fiat Bib (Bray) 1 ' Captain Chrietie's Kestrel, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (W.-)1 ) 2 Mr. Howell's Billy %(late Cossey), 5 yrs, 8-t 21b (Quinton) 3 The following also ran :—Eloquence, Apathy, Ane mone, Renown, Old Rowley, Jolly Marine, Termagant, ' Cripple, Mary Ann, Friar of Aspall, Refreshment. Betting-2 to 1 agst Cripple, 4to 1 agst Apathy, sto 1 agst Kestrel, 10 to 1 each agst Newton-le-Willows, Eloquence and Refreshment. Won easily by a length, three quarters of a length be tween the second and third, Apathy was a good fourth, Jolly Marine was fifth ; Termagant, Renown, and Re freshment headed the next lob. The Newmarket Two-year-old Plate of 200/. ; colt; Bit 7ib ; Bit 51h. A winner of a plate or sweep stake 5,b.' xtra. Last five furlongs of R.M. Mr. Sut'.on's The Flying Duke, by the Flying Dutch man, Bst 7:b (Charlton) 1 Lord Ribblesdale's The Happy Land, Bst 121 b (in 51b extra) (A. Day) 2 The Duke of Bedford's gelding by Tadmor—Fistiana, B.t 7lb The following also ran :—The Farmer's Son, Young Dutchman, Victor Emmanuel, and Lady Nelson. Betting-5 to 4 agst Happy Land, 7to 2 each agst The Farmer's Son and Fistiana, gelding, 7 . t0 1 aget the Flying Duke. Won by a neck ; three-quarters of a length between the second and third ; a neck between the third and fourth ; bad fifth. The One Thousand Guinea Stakes, a subscription of 100 sovs each, h ; for three yr-old fillies, 8 , , 7ib each ; the owner of the second filly to receive back his stake. D.M. (7 furlongs 201 yards.) 35 subs. Mr. J. Scott's Imperieuse, by Orlando, Bst 7 , b (Flatman) 1 Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Tasmania, Bst 71b (Bumhy) 2 Lord Portsmouth's Ayacanore, Bit Day) 3 The following also ran :—Tricolor, Beechnut, Blink Bonny, and Arta. Betting-6 to 4on Blink Bonny. 4to 1 agst Aya eaiora, 12 to 1 aest Imperieuse, 15 to 1 agst Arta and Miss Whip fil y, 30 to 1 each agst Tasmania, Tricolor, and Beechnut. B)th Blink Bonny and Arta showed much impa tience at the post, and delayed the start. After three fei'uree, however, the lot got away, the favourite being last off, about two lengths in the rear. Ayacanora rushed to the front, with Beechnut second, and at a clear intervel behind them were the Miss Wbip filly third, Arta fourth, and Blink Bonny and Tasmania next, Imperieuse lying a little off on the whip hand. They ran thus until nearing the cords, when Blink Bonny was seen to drop away appa rently beaten, and Imperieuse took up the running. Half way up the cords Tasmania joined the leading bcr.es, and closing with Impel ieuse, shut out Ayacanora. Imp-rieuse went on with the lead to the end, and won easily by a length, Tasmania beating Ayacanora, who was pulled up, by three lengths ; two lengths between the third and fourth. Blink Bonny was an indifferent fifth, Tricolour sixth, Beechnut seventh, and Arta eighth. Renewal of the Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, half ft., for 3-yr-old colts, Bst 7ib. D.M. (7 furlongs 201 yards. 6 subs. Duke of Bedford's Keepsake, Bst 7ib (S. Rogers) 1 Mr. Combe's Traitor, Bst 71b (E. Sharp) 2 Won by a length. Match, 100, half-ft, both 2-yr-olds, 8-1 711) each. First half of Abingdon mile. Lord Glasgow's The Blacksmith received forfeit from General Peel's Know Nothing. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 apt Dulcamara (taken) 120 to 6 agst Wailock (taken) No other ch Inge of importance. DEBBY. 7 to 1 agst Skirmisher (taken) oto 1 agst Anton 15 to 1 agst Sydney (taken) 16 to 1 agst Lady Hawthorn (offered) 100 to 6 agst M.D. Oaken) 25 to 1 agst Saunterer (taken) 30 to 1 agst Beeswax colt 33 to 1 agst Blink Bonny 40 to 1. agat Strathnaver 50 to 1 agat Magnifyer London Racing Indicator Circular, on Saturday next, price thirteenpence, will contain Chi fney on the Chester Cup and Mee ing. Sent Vidette for the Guineas hat week, also previously Adamas and Skirmisher for the City and Suburban and Gnat Northern. Office, 1, Savoy-bill, Strand, London. The Era ne vspaper is a first-class Family, Theatrical, and Sporting journal, containing 64 columns cf original and authentic information, supplied by the most popular writers of the day. It bas been established nearly 1,000 weeks, and its 971st publication of to-morrow will give Prospects of the New Parliament—Sir Jimes Brooke and the Chinese—lreland and the Irish—lnfanticide and its Reproach—Shakspere's Birth-day—Mormonism and Slavery—Full account of the Grand Masonic Festival at Fr:einasons' Tavern—Theatricals and Music, and every interesting topic of the week. The Sporting news will be more than usually important, including remarks about the 2000 and 1000 ; also Touchstone's endeavours to spot the Conqueror for the Chester Cup, with list of starters, riders, and latest betting.—Order of all news agents, or send six postage stamps to the Era office, Catherine-street, Strand. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.—Yesterday the admissions on payment were 2,228 ; ditto by season tickets, 870 ; total visitors, 3,098. The lolonial wool sales commenced yesterday evening, with a numerous attendance of buyers both home and foreign, but the prices realised show an average reduction of about 11d. per lb. from those at the close of the pre ceding sales. The total quantity to be disposed of is about 60,000 bales. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT BIRKENHEAD. Between Monday night and Tuesday morning the premises of Mr. W. B. Blackwell, silversmith and jeweller, Argyle -treet, Birkenhead, were forcibly entered, and property to a large aliount was stolen. Upon Mr. Blackwell proceeding to open his shop on Tuesday morning he discovered that a trapdoor connected with one of the kitchens underneath had been broken open. The gable of the house is in Doom-place, and the burglars had re moved a grating at this part of the premises, and by reaching through a broken pane of glass they removed the window fastening, and thus succeeded in getting into the cellar. They then wrenched away the trapdoor, and found their way into the shop. The value of the watches And jewellery stolen is said to be about 3004 THE JEWISH DISABILITIES. Mr. ANDERToN moved "That this Court do again pe• tition both Jousts of Parliament that the Jews and all her Majesty's British-born subjects may have extended to them the right of civil and religious liberty., and be qualified to hod all civil offices in any of her dominions without any test of their religious opinions." Mr. Deputy LOTT seconded the motion, which was carried unanimowly, and the petitions to both Houses of Parliament were agreed to. Several motions for returns relative to the offices of the corporation, the cost of the construction of the prison at Holloway, and the annual atnount cif the income and ex penditure of the corporation were agreed to, and the Court adjaurned. THE QUEEN'S SPBECLE TO THE LADIES. ( Front Punch ) Members of Parliament and Peers of the Reelm being about to be instructed how they are to spend their even ings for the next three months, her mo t gracious Ma jesty has heel pleased to direct that a companion. speech might be prepared for her, in which she should apprise their wives and daughters how to get rid of the nights while consorts and papas are prosiug or sleeping for the good of the nation. Mr. Punch has been favoured with a copy of the Queen's Speech to the Ladies, and is in formed that in the event of her Majesty's absence at the opening of the session, it will be delivered by the Lord Chamberlain, who, as the peer most conversant with the topics ref. rrcd to in the a ldress, will folsw the Lord Chancellor, a peer not supposed to be very conversant with any topic at all. "My Ladies and Gills,—lt gives me great pleasure to announce to you that besides the usual number of balls, soirees, dancing-teas, at homes, and other desciip tions of parties with saltatory and matrimonial objects, a great variety of public amusements will be offered to you during the season. "At the opera-house which bears my name, you will hear a very deli.ghtful recruit from the ranks of the church. Signor Giuglini, a tenor of an admirable cbarae ter. That fascinating little personage, Mademoiselle Picoolornini, is again present with all her enchantments, and Mr. Lumley, whose talent for discovering the stars of the ballet rivals the skill cf Airy or Arago in ransack. ing the firmament, has introduced t yOu a most c'earm ing danseuse, Mademoiselle Pochini, whose achieve ments leave nothing to be desired except that she would perform them over again. "I regret to state that - the vulgar selfishness of ce:• tain dogs-in-the-manger, ordinarily known as Renters, has excluded Mr. Gye's operatic company from Drury lane Theatre, but it may be heard in great force at the pretty Lyceum, where my illustrious Sister, the Queen of Song, r.igns in superb health and unflagging vigour, supporte-1 by the illustrious Mario, Count di Candis, and by that consummate tragedian, Signor Roneoni. "My meritorious Baldwin Bucketone, at the Hay market Theatre, c ffers to such of you as possess an un vitiated taste for the drama a series of plays of an in teresting character, with highly entertaining farces, as also a burlesque, in which my English is quaintly dealt with by the ingenious Frank Talfourd, ard in which you will see spirited acting and elegant appointments. "I specially charge and command each and every of you, a: you value your Queen's good opinion, to visit 31r. Wigan's theatre in Wych.street, f,r the purpose of behol hug Mr. Rebson's performance as the " Miser." Such extraordinary acting has not, I am informed by eniversal voice, been witnessed since, the days of Mr. Edmund Kean, who, I am further informed, neve,g dis played genius surpa sing that evinced by Mr. Ribson in this character. You need not be ashamed of the tears he will elicit, as they will result from an exercise of the highest art, and as you will find the entire audi ence affected in common with yourselves. "Mr. Charles Kean has placed upon the stage of my daughter's theatre a spectacle in which the life of a liye gone age is reproduced before you with extraordinary fidelity and splendour, and you will have the additioral advantage of hearing, in the course of the spectacle, several era -selected peisages from a noble tragedy by Thou wig find th a t M r . NIL. A NN t - il L a e m A S d h t a i k p s h p i ea T r. h e eatre, y Benjamin Webster continues to present a series of most effective dramas, constructed upon that principle of in tense interest which may be regarde.l as the element of legitimacy at his establishment; and it is with great pleasure that I announce to you, that this distinguished actor, who can ill be spared from the stage (at present not rich in artists), re-appears in a character of import. ance, in which you will not fail to see him. " My trusty Mr. Mitchell is about to re-open the St. James's Theatre with a celebrated company of artists from the capital of my valued ally, the Emperor.of the French. A series of choice operetta, to be c , nducted by the composer to t:e Tueatie des Beuffes, M. Offenbach, will be given, and the list comprises some exceedingly charming works. " I could wish that you would all take an opportunity of visiting the only theatre where the works of Mr. Willtain Shakspeare are given as plays. I allude to the house under the management of Mr. Samuel Phelps, at Islirgton. The distance is trifling to those who, like yourselves, possess the means of vehicular conveyance, and you will he amply rewarded in Witnessing exceed ingly fine acting by Mr. Phelps, and a careful, intelligent and judicious performance by his exoe lent company. " I should deplore your omitting to delight the yr:zinger branches of your family by indulging them with an occa— sional visit to Astley's Amphitheatre, where the eques triau performances, under the direction of Mr. Cooke, are as extraordinary as ever, with the addition, as in the exploits of Miss E. Cooke and others, of , a gracefulness which commends itself to the cultivated eye. " Having thus indicated to you, my ladies and girls, how you may pleasantly dispose of the time while my lords and gentlemen are attending t) the business which I have marked out for them, it only remains for me to express my certainty. that amusement, however delight ful, will never engross the British female, to the neglect of her more eleva . ed and serious occupations, and with this hint to wish you a series of exceedingly pleasant evenings." NO MORE. No more, no more—at those brief words How many a tear will start, How many sad, but thrilling chords, That deeply touch the heart ; How many a scene of fond delight That time will ne'er restore, Like those sweet voices of the night, Brigllt, beauteous, but 7 -no more. No more, no more—that lute unstrung Again it brings to mind, Swett songs that were as sweetly sung, Still in my heart enshrined ; Too well that broken lute recalls The pleasant sounds of yore, As on the heart its echo falls, And seems to breathe—no more. No more, no more—when lips we loved Are sealed in cold decay, When faithful hearts, that friendship proVed, Long since have passed away ; Who has not felt the thrilling sound, Deep in his bosom's core, Nor sighed for all the sadness fuuud In those brief words—no more 1 J. E. CARPENTER. There is still an absence of gold withdrawals from the Bank. The 200,000/. brought by the Anglesey from Australia has not yet been delivered, but is expected to-day, when a portion, if not the whol., will be taken for exportation. A large sum may now be considered due from Australia, and if it should soon arrive much of it would probably be taken to the Bank. LINCOLN'S-INN.—April 30.—The uncle rmentioned gen tlemen were this day called to the degree of Barrister-at- Law by the Hon. Society of Linooln's-inn—viz. Edwd. Wood Stock, Esq. (S C.L., Cambridge), Chailes Seale Hayne, Esq., Wiltshire Stanton Austin, Esq., (8.A., Oxford), George Edward Mart; n, Esq., (M.A., Oxford), George William Mounsey, Esq. (A.A., Cambridge), William Samuel Fyler, Esq., Augustus Granville Ste. piston, jun., Esq., Newton Reginald Smart, EN. (8.A., Oxford), Charles William Bardewell, Esq., B A., Ox ford), Charles Foyle Randolph, Esq. (BA., Cambridge), Francis. Meade Eastment, Esq., James Albert Leaf, Esq. (8.A., Cambridael, Edward Winslow, jun., Esq., and Win. Wollastan Kerslake, EQq. MIDDLE TEMPLE, April 30. —The under Mentioned gentlemen were this day called to the degree of the Outer I Bar by the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple :—Theo dore Jervis, Esq., St, John's College, Oxford ; Francis Guthrie, Esq., BA., London University; and. Edward William James Tinney, Esq., of New-court, Temple. INNER TEMPLE, April N.—The undermentioned gentlemen were this day called to the -bar by the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple :—Messrs. Chalks Thomas Smith, ; Francis Stafford Pipe Wolferstan, B.A. ; Gilmore Evans, B.A. ; Albert De Rutzen, B.A. ; Thomas Grey Fullerton, M.A. ; Jules Augustin Virgile Naz ; Thomas Henry Griffith ; William Morris Beau fort, IRELAND. DUBLIN, THURSDAY 111"RNING. TIPPERAY BANS LITIGATION. The following is an abstract of the Judgement given by the Lord Chancellor yesterday, by whiei Mr. Vincent Scully is released (for the present at leas.) from his liability to be placed in the list ref contributories to the Tipperary Bank. It is said that two eminent members of the English Chan cery bar have given a strong opinion in favour of the judgments previously pronounced by the Chan cellor in the cs: es of Messrs. Hone and Sterling, both of whom shared t%e good fortune of Mr. Scully by the erasure of their names from ihe dis mal list of contributories. When the case was called on,-- "The Chancellor said, that it came before him as an appeal from the decision of his Honour, who had affirm ed the ruling of Master Murphy, so far as it went, to held the appellant, Mr. Vincent Scully, a contributory to the Tipperary Bank. It was contended, on the part of Mr. Scully, that he was not lial•le, in point of law, to be placed upon the list of contributors, ina<much as he had legally transferred his shares, and his name was removed from the list as the owner of the shares ho had previously held, and the name of Mr. Keatinge subeti toted ; and if that were the entire of the case he (the Chancellor) could not fur a moment hesitate to exonerate Mr. Scully from liability; but there was more in the case which it would be necessary for him shortly to refer to. Upon the part of the official manager it was contended that there never was, in fact, a bona fide and valid transfer of the shares in question to Mr. Keatinge ; and that, supposing there had been a transfer, it was a trans action of such a nature as still left Mr. Scully in the paeition of the legal owner, and therefore lialele as a contributory. In the first place, as regarded the trans fer of the shares, if Mr. Scully was an ordinary share holder, who had no other connexion with the bank but that of a shareholder, and that he had transferred his shares, as stated, and got his name removed, and that of the trausferree inserted in his place, he (the Chancellor) thought that it would be clear that his legal liablity bad ceased; but it was said that be stood in a different po ition from an ordinary shareholder, having been a director of the bsnk for several years, and never having divested himself of the character cf director, so as to free him from the position of a trustee. Now, there was no doubt but that Mr. Scully ' was a director, but it was equally clear that he was not one of the original direr toots. He was elected about the year 184&at the annual meeting. of the bank, which took piece shortly after the death of another gentleman named Scully, and be re mai, ed a director for some years, and one of the ques tions was when, if ever, did he cease to be a director ? The 80th section of the deed of the company provided that no director, excepting the managing or honorary directors, should hold his appointment beyond the next annual meeting unless re-elected ; so that Mr. Scully was only director for a year after his first appoint ment ; and to make bite a director afterwards he should have been re-sleeted at each annual meeting ; but that was not dens, for it appears that he was never re-elected at any meeting subsequent' to his original election, although it was also equally clear that . , with out going through the form of re election, he allowed his name to be put forward as a director on subsequent occasions, and down to the period when he became alarmed as to the safety of the bank. He was first ap pointed a director in February, 1848, and in the year 1854 he wrote to Mr. James Sadleir, declining to be a director thereafter; and even if elected after that it would -not, in his (the Chancellor's) opinion, be a valid election. Upon this evidence the Master of the Rells overruled the Master, and held that Mr. Scully was not to be considered a director after the meeting held subsequent to the date of this I tter, and he (the Chan cellor) agreed with his Honour upon that part of the cue- The question then came round to the transfer to Mr. Keatinge, and whether there was anything in that transaction from which Mr Scully should be et 11 coneidererras Halle ; and that depended on the con struction of the instrun eat executed on the occasion of the transfer. The instrument in quo tien was an agreement to sell the shares to Mr. Sadleir for 11,0001., to be paid in tie year 1857. Toe trans fer was made to Mr. Keatinge, and it was said that that gentleman was only a trustee for Mr. Scully, and that,l therefore, Mr. Scully was responsiVe ; but the terms of the instrument were altogether the other way, and showed that Mr. Keating° was the tru‘tee of Mr. Sadleir, and not of the appellant. Taking that to be the true state of the case, Mr. Scully could not have re called those shares, and up( n being paid the purchase money Mr. Sadleir had a right to a transfer of the shares to himself, and to the dividends, &s. There was nothing in the deed, from -beginning to end, to show any privacy between the bank and any person but the proprietor of shares appearing in the books ; and if the rights of proprietors could not be transferred he (-he Chancellor) did not think the liabilities could be trans ferre I. The question was, whether upon the terms of the deed it was competent to place on the lint of centii butories 50 persons who transferred -certain shares, and pass by the party holding the shares ? That was a proposition which he (the Chance 1 sr) did not find affirmed by any case ; on the contrary, the authorities were all the other way.. Toe contraot between Messrs. Scully and Sadleir was not made with the company, and there was no privity bet 'nen Mr. Scully and the company to the effect that be was to re ceive the dividends; and therefore he . ( - he Chancellor) did not see his way to hold the appellant liable as a con tributory, solely because he might have a lien on them. For then reasons he (the Caancell <r) did not consider that Mr. Scully's name shoe], I be retained on the list of contributories, and he would, therefore, vary the cr.:hard the Court below, and direct it to be struck off." AMERICAN COAST .75 EFBNCES. During one of the wildest s'orms of . the past stormy winter an American ship, the Nerthern Belle, was driven ashore and utterly wrecked upon the coast of Kent. The hardy seafaring inhabitants of that part of England assembled upon the shore, riot to gaze idly on the terrible spectacle before them, but to devise means for resell ng an imperil led crew. The lifeboat was manned by v. lunturs, boatmen of Deal, who contended with one another in their eagerness to rush to the relief of the help less strangers, through such a surf as landsmen never dream of when they sing the praises of the "wet sheet and the flowing sea," aronnd a cozy supper-t ib!e. Three timesthe gall int fellows fought their way to the ship, till, with a heroism never surpassed 4iefore the "imminent d-adly breach," or at the "cannon's month," Cloy had wrung the victory from the waves and landed every living soul on beard that beleaguered vessel in safety on the beach. The details of this noble achievement stir the heart as with a trumpet ; but we have neither time nor inclination.to dwell upon them here, for the occasion which should have been seized upon by our own people for doing fit honour to the brave Britons who had risked so much and wrought so stoutly in the service of American interests and American lives was suffered to pass us by un improved, and England was lent to pay the weed which we should have claimed it as our right to bestow. We recall the story now only to bring into vivid contrast with it that very dtfferent story of the loss of the ship New Hampshire, on the shore of Lon; Is'and, which was reported in our yester- - day's issue. The New Hampshire, like the Nor h ern Belle, was an American ship ; but it was her more cruel fate to be cast upon her native shore, and within sight of one of the "life stations" by ' law.established for the purpose, as it would appear, of deluding mariners to their destruction. Had she been wrecked in the neighbourhood of a mere fish ing village, where never a lifeboat was to be found, we do not doubt that the generous course of the people would have sent help to her in cockleshells within the first hour of her distress. As it was, however, she stranded within the range of official sa'vation, and her crew, cf course, were left to their own resources. Most fortunately for them the sea, although very heavy, did not ruu so high as to dash the sh , p directly to pieces, or to annihilate the boat is which they sought safety. They reached the shore in time to see the keeper of the lifeboat emerge from his eh( erful residence, and to receive ocular . demonstration that it was his intention to visit the ship when the surf should have, gone dovn sufficiently to admit of his making the trip without any great personal inconveni ence. If' the conduct of the Thal boatmen wh rescued the craw of the Northern Belle des reed the recompense of oblivion and neglect, it is clear that the course of the Long Island life-keeper, who allowed the crew of the New Hampshire a fair chance of going to the bottom quietly, ought to be rewarded with immediate promotion and a public dinner.' The qualities which were displayed on this occasi"n should commend their possessor to the suf frages of a municipal constituency for one of the highest posts in our city government, and as the new charter has made no provision for any alte rat io n in our sanitary system, we entertain a confident hope t hat he maybe called to Keside over the health of the metro polis, in the capacity of city inspector. How much of the dangerous and much-frequented coast of Long Island has been confided to the protecting aegis of this considerate guardian we do not know, but we cannot help thinking that the attention of the Chamber of Commerce might be profitably turned to the examination of the actual condition and working of our life-station system. Millions of pro perty and hundreds of human lives float yearly in and out of our harbour, at the mercy of the winds and waves, and we cannot see in what respect the interest of trade can be advanced by the addition to all other nautical risks of such an inefficient lifeboat system as is more likely to paralyse the self help fulness of endangered crews than to give them suc cour and encouragement. If the present-opportu nity shall be turned to the account of a thorough overhauling of our "coast defences" (for such in deed they are, and of more importance than our forts), we shall not regret the words we have spent upon theproceedings of a functionary who seems to have carefully modelled himself after the hero of an ancient and ridiculous song.—New York Times. A letter from St. P, tersburg says :—" The Grand Duke Constantine will next year visit the Caucasus, in order to make h►mself acquainted with that country, so important for Ruda.", _ _ LITERATURE. The Lije of Charlotte Bronte, author of "Jane Eyre," " Shirley," &c. By E. C. Gaskell, au thor of "Mary Barton," "Ruth," &c. 2 vols. Chapman and dal!. The names upon the title page of this work will at once excite the interest, and secure the attention of a large circle of nnders. There has always been great in'e a=t Mt in Miss Bronte from the time when " Jane Eyre " first startled the world of novel readers with its vivid originality, its vigorous sketches of character, its bitter knowledge of human life, and the moving power of its pathos. In spite of The objections raised by many to the plot, the style, the persons, all felt that a new and mighty competi!or had entered the lists, and that what ever the faults or drawbacks of the work, the pen that had written " Jane Eyre" was guided by the hand of a nias'er. The general excitement was la m eased by the strictly preserved incognito. The very publiclers of the book were ignorant of the re-.l name of. the author. Two subsequent works, qf varying merits, only confirmed the iinpr,ssion of the writer's powers, and by degrees the literary world were compeled to believe that th 3 author, who had attained such an eminence among them by the force of unaided genius, was the daughter of a country clergyman, residing ondesolate moors, whoie experience of life and means of knowledge, her position, charac'er, and circumstanceP, had combine! to reduce to very limited boundaries. It was rumoured that her life had been desolate and lonely as those bleak Yorkshire hills ; it was whis pered that the dark and gloomy views of life and me❑ were drawn from the forced acquaintance with trouble and crime ; it was`said that death and sickness had been busy round the hearth of the gifted writer, an I the shadovis of sadness and de spondency on her pacres were reflected from the clouds that darkened her own skies. It remained to be shown chat the wonderful powers of intelle3t were not her noblest part, that the spirit of self sacrifice, of ftmily devotion, of an earnest and un- flinching resolve to perform all her duties, upheld her again3t care and anxiety and disappo ntrae.it, a suffering body and a troubled m;nd. From her earliest youth she had mtny and painful causes of private anxiety and sorrow--causes th it public curiosity, however much it may be blended with kindly i'literes h, seems :ea,reely entitled to inquire int:\ Some of those are however naturally well known. The early death of her sisters, Em iy and Anne, which took place within afew . months of each other, was a deep afft aim' to her. They hid been friends, cmipanions, critics, all in all to each other, and their deaths left her almost alone. Her two eLlest sisters hal del when qutte children, the health of all of them havitg been much injure by th-ir rasidemle at Cowan's Bridge—a school established for the benefit of poor clergymen's _ _ daughters. This school, founded from tlebea of motives, was mi-erably mismanaged during the first years of iti existence, and we can hardy agree with Mr. , . Gaikell in regretting the severe censures passed on it, as those who undertook the entire charge of helples3 children cannot plead ignoranc3 or misplaced confi.lcncn in palliation of misused re sponsibility. Ono of ti.e sufferers hid an uninten tional revenge. All readers of "Jane Eyre" will re - newber anal Helen Burns. Th-y were portaits of Cowan's Bridge and Mafa Bronte. Many Scars lat,or, bell - 1g desirous of qualifying her- self for opening a's:h 01, Charlotte Bronte and her s'ster Early weut to Brussels. They rem tined some ►i►ne, and male striking progress under the tuition of a kind and appreciailtfg master. The sisters at liffvrent tinteA,Mcing milieus to increase their iwited income, alt filled situations as pvernesses, but in spite of their uncommon talents and infor mation they were not qualified by nitare fur such a position. They subsequently 'intended oprniog a school, but the idea was abandoue 1. They were in a dilemma which is, unfortunately, not ram They were conscious of unusual powers and de,irous of employing them to advantage, but were ignorant how to do so. Tbeir literary labours for a bug time brought them neither profit nor fame,. but they were a source of iuterest, and were resolutely. pur- sued notwithstanding ali discouragenaents. Their united poems were first patlished. ; of erwards ea‘la p-epared a tale and endeavoured to find a pub lisher. Charlotte's st3ry, "The Professor," is no.w announced for publication. Of this tale Mrs. Gaskell speaks as follows : " The plot in itself is of no great interest ; bat it is a poor kind of interest that depends upon startling incidents rather than upon dramatic development of character ; and Charlotte Broute never excelled one or two sketches of portraits which she has given in " The Professor," nor, in grace of womanhood aver sur..assed ono of the female characters there described. By the time she wrote this tale, her taste and judgment hal revolted against the ex aggerated idealisms of her early girlhood, and she went to the extreme of reality, clo-ely depicting characters as they had shown themselves to her in actual life . : if there they were strong even to coarseness—as was the case with some that she had met with in flesh and blood existence—she wrote them down an ass ;if the scenery of such life as she saw was ler the most part wild and grothsqne, instead of plessant er picturesque, she described it line ft , r The grace of the one or two scenes and characters, when nro drawn rather from her own imagination than from absolute fact, 'stand out in exquisite relief horn the deep shadows and wayward lines of others, which call to mind some of the portraits of Rembrandt." " Wuthering Heights" and "Agnes Grey" were the companions of " The Profess sr," and the three stur.es were despatchid. t 3 LOlld m t ,gether. Mtanwhile, a heavier anxiety was pres,ing on the writers, for their father's sight, which had loog been failing, ha-1 left him ; and it was at this ' period that, accompanied by his eldest daughter, he went to Manchester, to submit to an oper ition on his eyes. A sbron4_, proof of the firmness and per severance of AIL•s Bronte's disposition is afforded itx the fo lowing The three tales had tried their fate in vain tog.ther, at length they were sent forth separately. and for many months with still-continued ill-success. I have mentioned this here, because, among the dispiritin; circumstances connected with her anxious visit to Mauchester, CharlAte told tne that her tale came back upon her hands, curtly rejected by some publisher, on the very day when her father was to sub nit to his oiler Mon. But she bad the heart of Robert Bruce within her, and failure upon failure danet d her no more than him. Not only did " The Prafessor" return again to try his chance amorg the London pnb'ishers, but she began, in this time cf c.rc and depressing inquietude—in those grey, weary, uniform streets, where all faces, save that of her kind doctor, were strange and untouched with sunlight to her—there and then, di 1 the bravo genius begin " Jane Eyre." Rad what she herself says :--" Cut rar Bell's book found acee4- awe nowhere, nor any aelenowledgment of merit, so that something like the chill of despair began to invade his heart." An 1, rem:ember, it was not the heart of a person who, disappointed in one hope, can turn with redoubled affection to the many certain blessings tbatremair. Think of her home, and the black shadow of remorse lying over one in it, till his very brain was mazed, and his gifts and his life were lost ; think of her father's sight hanging on a thread ;—of her Eistet's delicate health, and dependence on her care;—an.l then admire it as it deserves to be ad mired, the steady courage which could work away at ' Jane Eyre,' all the time tlfat the on volume was plodding its weary round in London."' In t l to compostion of her next book she was atil more unfortunate : "Miss Bronte took extreme pains with ' Shirley.' She felt that the fame she had acquired imposed upon her a double responsibility. She tried to make her navel liko a piece of actual life—feeling sure that, if she but repre sented the product of personal experience and observation trelr, good would come out of it in the long run. She carefully studied the different reviews and criticisms that had appeared on ' Jane .Eyre,' in hopes of extracting precepts and advice from which to prat. " Down into the very midst of her writing came the bolts of death. She had nearly finished the second volume of 11,r tale-when Branwell died—after him Emily—after her Anne—the pen, laid down when there were three sisters living and loving, was taken up when ono alone re mained. Well might she call the first chapter that she wrote after this, ' The Valley of the Shadow of Death."' The character of Shirley Keeldar was drawn from her si-ter Emily. It was intended to repre sent what she would have been in health and pros perity. perity. It is difficult to reconcile what we learn of Emily Route's stern reserved nature with the frank decision of Shirley. Mrs. Gaskell remarks, " I mention this, because all that I, a stranger, have been able ,to learn about her, has not tended to give either me or my readers a pleasant impression of her. But we must rernem how little we know of her compared to that sister who out of her more intimate knowledge says that " she was genuinely good and truly g t att." The passage in Shirley in which she is b itten by a mad dog, and, walling into the laundry, herself e auter.ses the wound with a hot iron, was drawn from life. The accident really occurred to Emily with a simi lar result. In alluding to Mi-s Bronte's life after her first success, Mrs. Gaskell writes as follows with that true feeling and correct judgment that distingui-h the biographer no less than the subject of the memoirs. " Henceforward Charlotte Bronte's existence becomes divided into two parallel currents—her life as Curter Bell, the author; her life as Charlotte Bronte, tke woman. There were separate duties belonging to each character — not opposing each other ; not impossible, but difficult to to be reconciled. When a man becomes au author, it is probably reer,ly a change of employment to him. He takes a portion of that time which has hitherto been de voted to some other study or pursuit ; he gives uo sow«. thing of the legal or medic a l profession, in which he has hitherto endeavoured to serve others, or relinquishe-t port of the trade or business by which he has been stri' lug to gain a livelihood ' • and another merchant or lawyer, or d o ctor, steps into his vacant place, a nd probably does as well as he. But no o th er can take up the quiet, regular duties of the daughter, the wife, or the mother, as well as 1 she whom God bas appointed to fill that particular place: a woman's principal work in life is hardly left to her elm choice; nor can she drop the domestic charges devolving on her as au individual, for the exercise of the most splen did talents that were ever bestowed. And yet she must not shrink from the extra responsibility implied by the very fact of her possessing such talents. She mus toot bide her gift in a napkin ; it was meant for the use and service of others. In an humble and faithful spirit must sho labour to do what is not impossible, or God would not have set her to do it. " I put into words what Charlotte Bronte put into i actions. 1- " The year 18 d domestic disitrno, is necessary, however painful, to remind the render con stantly of what was always present to the hearts of father and sisters at this time. It is well that the thoughtless critics, who spoke of the sad and gloomy views of life pre sented by the Brontes in their tales, should know how such words were wrung out of them by the living recollec tion of the long agony they suffered. It is well, too, that they who have objected to the representation of coarse ness and shrank from it with repugnance, as if such con ceptions arose out of the writers, should learn, that, not from the imagination—but hem the hard cruel facts, pressed down, by external life, up sn their very senses, for long months and years tcgether, did they write ont what they saw, obeying the stern dictates of their consciences. They might be mistaken. They might err in writing at all, when their afflictions were so great that they could not write otherwise than they did of life. It is possible that it would have, been better to have described only &sod and pleasant people, doing only good and pleasant things (in which case they could hardly have written at any time) : all I F ay is, that never, 1 believe, did women, possessed of such wonderful gifts, exercise them with a fuller feeling of responsibility for their use. As to mis takes, they stand now—as authors as well as women— bdore the judgment-seat of God." The composition of Villette was delayed by fre quent atticks of ill-health and depression of spirits. The winter succeeding her I,rother's and sisters' d€aths was very trying to Miss Bronte. Her fa ther's age and secluded habits left her almost con st ntly alone, and the monotony of Ler solitude had become overwhelming to lior exhausted nerves and excitable imagination. She had no longer the physical strength to resist it and an alarming at •ack of illness resulted. At an earlier period of her life she had found the loneliness almost unendurable. Her active faculties longed for the means of exer cise, but with the resolution of a strong mind she forced her: elf to becontent with her narrow sphere, and so kng as duty called her nothing could induce her to seek a more congenial life. A friend of her's was going to the colonies, and thus describes their final interview " When I last saw Charlotte (January, 1845), shertold me she had quite decided to stay at home. She owned she did not like at. Her health was weak. She said she should like any change at first, as she had liked Brussels at first, and she thought that there must be some possibility for some people of having a life of more variety and more communion with human kind, but she saw none for her. I told her very warmly, that she ought not to stay at home; that to spend the next five years at home, in soli• tale and weak health, would ruin her; that she would never recover it. Such a dark shadow came over her face when I said, Tnink of what you'll be five years hence 1' that I stopped, and said, 'Don't cry, Charlotte!' She did not cry, but went on walking up and down the room, and said in a little But I intend to stay, Polly.'" It is a testimony to the sterling worth of Miss Bronte's character that, in spite of her reserve, the friendships she formed were life-long. It is a satis faction to know that at least she met occasionally with congenial minds and heartit, that their sympathy cheered her hours of depression, and their memories peopled her solitude. It •is a greater satisfaction to know that the close of her life was its happiest ; that affection and sympathy solaced her dying hours, and that it was permitted her to see one hope realised, to taste for a brief period the cup of domestic happiness unembittered. It is to be questioned, notwithstanding the general interest felt in the personal history of Mis Bronte, whether the public should have been gratified by the narrative of her dotne,t'c life. Tits dates are so recent, she whom we regret has so lately paved from among us, leaving surviving friends to de plore her, that it seems scarcely fitting to expose her troubles to the world. A few years hence wo might have learned them without the painful sense of intrusion. The footsteps of years must tread down the grave of the departed beford we feel that the dead are a part of the past. But the task has been committed to a worthy hand. With discri mination and feeling Mrs. Gaskell has discharged the difficult duty ; and though she scarcely ever alludes to the fact, it is impossible for the reader to forget that she is als) one of the foremost of our writers. The volumes now before us, while they point out the true source of all that was dark and repulsive in the works of Curer Bell, show us the authoress in her nobler character as daughter, sister, and fr:end. While re-awakening the regret felt by the public that a great genius has plssed from among us, they lay the tribute of admiration and respect on the grave of a self-sacrificing and suffer ing woman. The Eve of St. Mark : a Romance of Venice. By Thomas Doubleday. 2 vols. Smith and Elder. In these volumes Mr. Doubleday hss given us in every way a striking romance, presenting a pic ture of some of those remarkable pa , sages of medi aeval hist ry which so forcibly arrfst the attention and enchain the regard. It is very interesting to trace the career of the young Rtywond Del (ney. In consequence of the reltious divisions t .at then raged in England, he was compelled to reside in a country and among a people, who were widely dif ferent 'from his own, and with whose habits ani manners he could not assmilate. He was not d .s -tined to remain in obscurity, however. His talents and his high birth, together with his natural gifts and accomplishments, precluded the p( ssibility of such a chance. lie paid the price of ( elebrity in its hardest form. He soon became surrounded with enemies, and that word, in such a place, at such an epoch, was one of terrible significance. His for tune would have been very different, notwithstand ing all these d fficulties, l ad he possessed more prudence and foresight, an I not suffered himself to b 3 led away by any attraction, ho never dazzling, till he hail fiat ascertained its merits, nor listened to arguments, however specious and ph usi ale, without sounding their depth% and 'weighing their validity. The plot of the tale is very skilfully constructed, and the startling events are intro duced in SO dexterous a style, that they appear not improbable, although of such a nature as to render their recurrence in these days a matt r of impossibility. Ludolfo is one of those marvellous beings whose whole exidence Perms a puzzle to those who attempt to analyse it. Though now not often met with in those days to which this tale bears reference the earth was walked by many who might have a :rued for his prototype. By the power of their in'ellec!s they ruled kingdoms with a secret sway, influ enced the most mighty of potentates with their irresistible volition, and in th-ir machin ttions were the hidden links that connected persens and things apparently diametrically opposed to each other. Gteat though they were, these individuals generally failel in a signal manner, sooner or later, and in their downfall involved the ru'n of many. Such was the case with Ludolfo, among the first of whose sacrifices fell the hopes of the noble f anily of the De'ancy's, and the prospects of the Countess of Luchtsiui, long one of the fairest ornaments of Venice, whose talents rendered her at times an im portant member of society. The Princess of Santa Croce saves to display the sad fate apt tvtaining to those gifted with sense and reason to foresee the course of human events and purpose 4, but who are debarred from the privilege of using their ad vantages from the barriers by which a cruel con ventien bas hemmed them in. The padre Momoro furnishes an instance of what craft and cunning will descend to, in furtherance of their unchecked desires; and it is curious to notice how the tortu ous course of his Machiavelian policy produced results other than those he bad expected. It may be presumed that this episode of the "younger ages, when St. Mark's fair city ran its race of fame," will be welcomed by those who would gaze into the past through the vistas of retrospective romance. SALE OF THE ROYAL PANOPTICON. Much interest was excited yesterday at the auction mart, on Messrs. Chinnock and Galsworthy introducing this property to the competition of the public. There was a urge attendance, evidently consisting chitfly of ebareholdere, attracted to the sale to see the tx%ent of the inevitable sacrifice. Altera full description on the part of the a uctioneer of the property to be sold--its applica bility for other purpses than those originally intended ; the cost of the building, and expenditure since its foundation —the question of price was approached. It was some time before a bidding was made, when Mr. E. T. Smith commenced with an offer of 5,000/. The biddings progressed in five hundreds to 10,0001., when it was declared that the property could not be sold at that sum. There being no further competition, Mr. Smith was compelled to advance on his own offer to the reserve price fixed by the Master in Chancery, viz., 11,0001, at which sum the hammer fell, amidst much excitement, and Mr. E. T. Smith, the enterprising manager of Drury-lane Theatre was announced as the future owner of this favourite place of public amuse ment. As the Panoptic3n will now, under the hammer, be stripped of its works of art and scientific objects, in all probability it will be converted to other purposes than those of a scientific insitution. It is rumoured that Mr. Smith intends to take advantage of the present sea son and open the building, which is to be decorated on a scale of great magnificence, as a " Cirque Pranclise." ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. —The following ger. . atmen, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 29th ult. :—Messrs. William Maugbam, Carnarvon ; Alex. Mason M‘Dougal, Wyndford, near Glasgow ; Edward L'Estrange, Parsonstowu, King's County, Ireland; Thomas Owen Owen, Anglesea ; Joseph Balmfortb, Wakefield, Yorkshire ; and Joseph Bayley, thilharr, Rants. It appears that the dividend of the French Credit Mo biller this year is t o be at the rate of 23 p er cent. Lett y e ar it was 40 per cent. The assets of th e company are stated to consist of 9,000,000 f. in rentes, 30,000, 0 00f. in shares, and 75,000 000 f 'in advances on securities &c. After payment of the present dividend there w ire 2,000,001, to be carried to the mono fund.