The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-03 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1851.

LITERATURE.

I which were crowded morning, noon, and night, and cer-
tainly with the most mixed and motley coagregatious I ever
before vritnessod—whites, halt-caste, copper, mahogany,
!and blacks—delegates from every nation that takes any
tp Art or interest in the commerce or intercourse of the
world, their features !nor,: varied than their colours, end
their costumes representing the fashions of their several
' countries. The jargon of voices, mutters, and exclamations
of th votaries of for:une, made a must strange medley of
c00n.!., and you e mid !teeny well discover tile Val lOUS on-
tional characteristics of the players in the propes. of the
game ; the cool indifference of the Russian or the Turk, the
latter placidly stroking his beard under the frowns of the !
tickle goddtss; while the Frenchman at his elbow wasp
sibilating hi. metes, and the Yankee opposite cursing and
thumping th • table with boisterous vehemence ; Paddv down
at the e'l'l eQn.Olind himself withphilosophic rc-
flection, "Olt the worse luck now the better aguin"—
" Come my hearties, send round the ball—a faint heart
never won a fair lady—hurroo ;" the cloaked Spaniard and
the phlegmatic German laying down their stakes mechani-
rally from the outside; the Scotch chief poking in his head
from the same region, lest to se.: how the chances run
" afore he raked his er ;" while Italians smoked and
hunnued, and Chinese looked as innocent as if tricks were
no part of their training. All the new-corners staked coin,
the miners dust, some of them putting down large purses
at a single venture, exclaiming, "Now fin. it—home or the
digging "The aiggiu.., by Heaven!" as the president
raked the bag into the infernal cotrus ; and uppot the
miner to go ilig another fortune, nod again to have it
charmed from hts grasp.
The harbour was full of ships, and wages were
high ; the cost of tightening the tyres of a waggon
was:l2 dollars, and twelve were demanded for shoe-
ing a horse. While on his way to Sacramento, by
water, Mr. Kelly came into the following

Excursion folifurnsa. By Wx. Ktf.t.Y.
Chapman and Hall.
It would be strange if this were not a most inte-
resting hook, for the writer has two worlds to de-
seri!fe—CalifOrnia a,' 1 the Prairie. And, as if this
were nut enoagh, he recounts the schievements and
experiences of a march over desert, river, and moun-
tain such as, for length, peril, and difficulty, has per-
haps never been equalled. Mr. Kelly was foremost
in the first flight of the great overland emigration
to California. In the spring of Isl 9 he left the fron-
tier town of li.t.pendenec captain of a et-unmet little
band, composed of twenty-five young fellows, in-
cluding English, Irish, Scotch, and Yankees, •
all wearing, for convenience, a sort of half-mili-
tary, half-sporting dress, and armed both at the
belt mod saddle-bow. Their train consisted of five
light waggon,, drawn by forty-five mules, and ac-'
compamed by 13 hor-es for the riders of the party.
The road lay across the lirairie, through the hunting-
grounds of various tribes, over the Rocky Mountains'
and the Great Sierra Nevada. Nut one of the party
knew the pathless and =travelled route, its resources,
obstacles, or dangers; the expedition must suffice for
itself in progressive, constructive, and defensive
ability, as well as in provision for its sustenance.
• The journey was nevertheless safely and success-
fully accomplished, and here is its record.
'lo launch into the solemn stilness of uninvadcd
nature, on nn °manlike expanse of grass, extending
to the horizon—to pursue a journey of months over
meadows too quickly alternating with sandy wastes
and rocky steeps—to watch the trooping deer, the
bounding antelope, the shaggy buffalo, the fleet wild
horvc, and the wilder Indian; to travel for days
without water; to encamp nt night, knowing that
the nearest tree may conceal a savage enemy, or that
the wolfish oitject that prowls in the distance may be
nn Indian in disguise; to lie down in a cloud of mos-
quitoes, and feel an army of crickets warming their
cold toes about your mouth—these are only a few of
the elements which enter into the meaning of an
overlie= journey to California.
Mr. Kelly's party travelled from Independence to
Fort Laramie, as a small, defenceless, and shabby
trading station is called (700 miles). Thence to the
Pacific Spring (325), to Fart Bridget (139), to Salt
Lake Cite (112), to the head-waters of Humboldt river
(329), to the of the same river (200), to the base
of the Sierra Nevada (131), and thence 113 miles to
the first entainvinent in California at Weber-creek,
188 miles from San Francisco, making an entire dis-
tance of 2,316 miles, which was accomplished in a
hundred and two days, including stoppages. In
their progress they had to make corduroy roads
across morasses, dig away river banks, construct
bridges or rafts, be ides brushing off hostile Indians,
and contending with innumerable difficulties from
which caravans are now fortunately exempt. At
one time the whole party was busy lowering the
waggons and mule; down the almost perpendicular
sides of a rock, as drayinen lower barrels into a
cellar; at another the bed of the waggon was pulled
off its wheels to be used as a ferry over the river.
From the narrative of the journey which engrosses
the ',ages of Mr. Kelly's first volume, scores ofpic-
turesque descriptions and moving narratives might
be selected; two, however, must suffice if we arc to
have room to notice California. The first shall be of

PO.ITION.
The deck was altogether unsafe, for the bulwarks were
so low they afforded no protection from a sharp list; but as
her sails were lowered and not furled, I bethought me that
probably the beg of the foresail might afford a tolerahlo
hammock. So crawling forward during an interregnum, I
made fast the boom of it securely, and, dropping myself
down, was soon swayed into a pro:sound sleep, which was
broken in upon in the middle of the night by the noise of
the crew and the shouting of the captain to hoist the sails.
I could not instantly bring to mind my situation, and made
no effort to arise till I found the canon gipping sensibly In
folds front under me, and the boam swinging violently,
when I became conscious of my situation and danger, roar-
ing with might and main without making myself heard.
I then endeavoured to get upright, but every lift of the sail
upset me; and as it was last getting chock up, I felt the
peril of my position: grasping at the reef-points,
two of which I got hold of, and being in the
scroud row, they just enabled me to reach my
toes ;to the boom; however, as I was to leeward, the
basing of the sail to it stiff breeze made my hold very
in-..cure mid fearfully dangerous, tieing who'lv unper-
ceived in the dark, and the vessel going free, full eight
knots. I tried again to attract attention, but my efforts
were drowned by the rushing of the waters awl the whist-
ling of the wind through the cordage; my hold and footing
now got more difficult and uncertain, rendering me dread-
fully nervous and exhausted. Just a., I was about abandon-
ing all hope, the man at the helm, ruff ring li.r to take a
yaw to leeward, the sail jibed, and, as it passed over the
deck, I dropped down almost in a state of insensibility.
It was a miraculous and providential deliverance, and led
to the rvgistration of a vow on the suhject of hammocks,
which I would ncommend all travellers to imitate. It
seems our barque got :Moat in deli water earlier than we
expected, and there being no more shoals or banks in our
course, and tolerable starlight, the captain ordered the melt
to make sail, my lucky star being in the ascendant, else
there would have been an abrupt conclusion to my Cali-
fornian rambles mud adventures.

Atter a short stay at Sacramento, and a long at-
tack of its ague, Mr. Kelly once mom set out on a
clravan journey; this time to the mines to the north
of the city; travelling with oxen, halting, mining,
and again journeying. This part of the narratiro
continues to he almost entirely personal, until the
return to Sacramento. On this tract Mr. Kelly
had an

A PERILOCI4 PREDICAMENT.
The waggons, from the very tle..p sand and hi:h hills,
were constrained to make a wide circuit; hut with the
pack-mules we took an Indian font trail along the ricer in
a direct line, the hanks Is:coming Lich and I,D•cipibmg as
we proceeded, the path continuing to run close by the edge.
After a few miles' progress we commene,sl ascending the
hip of lofty sandstone bluffs in single tile, as the trail would
not admit of 118011`. It wound up the heights impending
over the ricer at such easy gradients, we scarcely perceived
our elevation, until we came to a sharp angle, where it
suddenly narrowed, and the side of the hill became per-
fectly upright, with the river foaming at its base. My
horse stopped short with a snort and a shudder that first
made me feel the imminence of the danger—there was
bar. ly apace for hint to stand, as he leant inwards, crushing
my knee and shoulder against the face of the melt. I looked
cautiously' round to see if there was any chance of retracing
our steps, 'hut immediately saw thene was none—not even
room fur a goat to turn round—while the horsemen and
pack-animals were all in a string, quite close together,
pressing aiminst one another in consequence of my stop.
I felt toy head queer, and would have dismounted if I could,
but this was impracticable. While wavering from nervous-
ness in this awful situation, my horse got a smart nip be-
hind from an impatient mule, that made him wince, and
what with the squeeling and noise in the rear, I knew they
were biting and crowding each other, of which I hail soon
further proofs by their shot inm bodily forward my trim-
Ming nag; so, seeing there was nothing for it but advance,
I gently urged hint, giving hint full rein, when,
with stooped head and distended eyes, he shuffled
forward a little ; leaning aside SA much, he km-
rated my knee very badly, till coming to a place where
the path shelved so quickly outwards as to render the
limited footing fearfully hazardous, he propped nut his fore
legs, as if resolutely bent on ;vilest no further; but there
was not time Mr a second's reflection, when the mules came
hump against him, with an impetus that sent him sliding
along. _ _ _

ENCOr N TER WITH • nr.A ft.
But stopping in a gully to look for water, I found a
little pool, evidently scratched out by a bear, as there
were footprints and claw-marks about it, and I was aware
instinct prompts that brute where water is nearest the
surface, when he scratches until In 1:01Alvi to it. This was
Mae Of very large size, the foot-mark behind the toes being
full nine inches; and although I had my misgivings about
the prudence of a tele...ft-We with a great grisly bear, still
the " better part of valour" was overcome, as it often is,
by the anticipated honour and glory of a single combat,
and conquest of such a ferocious beast. I was well armed,
too, with my favourite rifle, a Colt's revolver, that never
disappointed me, and a nondescript weapon, a sort of crossi
betwiat a claymore WO a bowie-knife; so, after capping'
afresh, hangieg the bridle on the horn of the ,addle, and
staking my mule, I followed the trail up a gully, urn, much
sooner than I expected, caste within slew and good shoot-
big distance of bruin, who was Seated erect, with his side
towards me, in front of a mauxanita bush, making a repast
on his favourite berry.
The sharp click of the cock causing him to turn quickly
round, left little time for deliberation; so, taking a ready
good aim at the region of the heart, I let drive, the ball
(as I subsequently found) glancing along the ribs, entering
the armpit, and shattering smartly some of the shoulder
bones. I c &alkyl as I saw hint stagger and COMO to his
side ; Cie next glance, however, revealed him, to my dis-
may, on all fours, In direct pursuit, but going lame ; so
I bolted for the mule, sadly encumbered with at huge pair
of Mexican spurs, the nervous noise of the crushing brush
close in my rear convincing me he was fast gaining on me;
I therefore dropped my rifle, putting ou fr,sh steam, and
reaching the rope, pulled up the picket-pia, and, springing
into the saddle with merely. a hold of the lariat, plunged
the spurs into the mule, which, much to my affright, pro-
duced at kick anal a retrograde movement; but in the exer-
tion, having got a amps.: of my pursuer, uttering a
snort of terror, he went off at a pace I dial not think him
capable of, soon wiahuiug the distance betwixt us anal the
hear; hut having no means of guiding his motion., he
brought me violently in contact with the arm of a tree,
which unhorsed and stunned me exceedingly. Scrambling
to my feet as well as I could, I saw my relentless enemy
close at hand, leaving me the only alternative of ascending
a tree ; hut in my flurried and nervous efforts, I had
scarcely my feet shove his reach, when he was right under,
evidently culeebled by the loss of blood, am the exertion
made it well out copiously. Afar a ment's pause, anal
a fierce glare upwards from his bloodshot eyes, he clasped
the trunk ; but I saw his endeavours to climb were crippled
by the wounded shoulder. However, by: the aid of his
jaws, he just succeeded in reaching the first branch with
his sound arm, and was working convulsively to bring up
'the body, when, with a well-directed blow from my cutlass,
I compmtly ..iort4 the tendons of the foot, and he
I instantly feh, with a dreadful souse and horrific growl, rho
blood spouting up as if impelled from a jet ; he rose again
somewhat tardily, and limping round the tree with up-
turned eyes, kept tearing oil :lie Lark with his tusks.
However, watching my opportunity, and killing down-
' wards, I sent a ball from my revolver with such WIWI effect
, immediately behind the head, that he dropped ; and my
nerves being now rather more composed, 1 leisurely distn-
huted the rem sing live balls in the most vulnerable parts of
his carcase.

I now yielded myself to fate, expecting the next In
would consign me to eternity ; and was so completely
robbed of conwiousness I did not observe how the Nis was
got over. When I was able to draw a full breath I saw we
had attained our greatest eminence, and though we had a
little more room for descending, it was so steep, the only
mode of getting down was by sliding on the breech. This
was fine fun for the mules, who are perfectly at home in
such places, and actually seemed to enjoy the terrors of the'
horses, as I have seen boys ridicule the apprehensions of
their more timid companions; fur when mine would essay
a cautious slide, the imp behind would cast himself off with
such reckess abandonment, tis to come on top of us in a
few Lards, his fore-feet on my shoulders, indulging in a
wu•• r pinch at every pause. As we descended, however,
both man and horse got :reassured, and I felt myself per-
fectly at ease, when my horse, to make up for a lung arrear
ofjoking and nipping, sent out his heels with a whizz that
put an end to the game fur the present. It wits it trying'
half-hour, and I tho not think I could be bribed by all the'
gold the mules could carry to ride over the same track
again.
The second shall be ludicrous:
• PRAIKIE RUPPER.
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But I mint not omit mentioning rather a ludicrous inci
el: t which occurred List night iu the dark, when Mr.
‘, to quiet the pinehings of hunger, thrust his hand
into the jerked meat sack for a piece of dried beef, and
nulled out what "'Karr,' to him a good junk, which, after
gnawing and tugging at for a long time without getting any
toothsome bits, he brought to the light in my tent to cut into
~trip. better a.laiited for ma.tication, when, to his groat dis-
may, lie t*.iund that he had Leen hiring and chewing one
of the old sweaty mocmoins 1 purchased from the filthy
Pawnee, that, by some means or other, found its way
amongst the meat—l strongly suveet by the agency of
some mischievous wag, who did not think proper to reveal
himself in the face of Mr. foaming vengeance,
which was of a very threatening character, and alarmingly
iiirgravated by the universal laughter that followed the
coscry.
Arrived at California, the party spent a novitiate
of three days among the Chilians and Mexicans of
tVeber-et eek, and atterwards split up into sections to
pursue their separate aims. Mr. Kelly chose to ram-
ble from oint to point, and observe the various gold
fields, and the different modes of working. Ilis ac-
count of the Americans at the diggings is anything
hut complimentary; their cunning, fraud, and brutal
violence perpetually alternating to victimise the Ger-
man and English emigrants. Of the morality of one
when dealing with Indians, he gives the Mllowing
illustration :

By this time I saw the muscular system totally relaxed,
on I de•cended with confidence, and found him quite dead,
and myself not is little enervated with the excitement and
the effects of my wound, which bled profusely from the
temple; SO. much so, that I thought an artery was nip-
tared. I bound up my head as well as I could, loaded my
revolver anew, and rctured for my rifle ; but as evening
was approaching, and my mule gone, I had little time to
survey the dimensions of my fallen foe, and no means of
packing much of his flesh. I therefore hastily hacked off
a few ,teaks from his thigh, and hewing off one of his hind-
feet as a sure trophy of victory, I set out toward., the
trailing-post, which I reached about midnight, my friend
and jay truant mule being there before me, but no horses.
I exhibited the foot of my fallen foe in great triumph,
and described the conflict with due emphasis and effect to
the e onpany, who arose to listen; after which I made a
transfer of the flesh to the traders, on condition that there
was not to be any charge for the hotel or the use of the
mule. There was an old experienced French trapper of
the party, who, jading from the sire of the foot, set
down the weight of the bear at 1,500 lbs., which, he said,
they frequently overrun, he himself, as well as Colonel
remont's exploring party, having killed several that came
to 2,000 lbs. lle :Wished me, should I again be pursued
by u bear, and have no'. other means of escape, to ascend a
small-girthed tree, which they cannot get up, for not
having any central joint in the four-legs, they cannot climb
any with a branchless stem that does not fully fill their
embrace ; and in the event of not being able to accomplish
the accent before my pursuer overtook me, to place my
back against it, when, if it and I did not constitute a bulk
capable of filling his hug, I might have time to rip nut his
entrails before he could kill me, being in a most favourable
posture for the operation. They do not generally use their
mouth in the destruction of their victims, but, hugging
them closely, lift one of their hind-feet, which are armed
with tremendous claws, and tear out the bowels. The
Frenchman's advice relicts rationally enough, and is a
feasible theory on the art of evading unbearable compres-
sion ; hut, unfortunately, in the haunts of that animal those
slim juvenile saplings are rarely met with, and a person
closely confronted with such a gri.zly vis-d-ris, is not exactly
in a tone of nerve for surgical operations.
After enduring great hardships in this journey,
the party returned to Sacramento, which had greatly
extendedits limits during his five months' absence. He
is satisfied, however, that the precocious start of the
city will not be sustained, but that the second-rate
great cities destined to arrive at eminence in Cali-
fonda, will be higher up on the river, and nearer the

THE •NTRIC %X AND SHP. INDIAN.
I saw three Californian Indians come into one of those
places while I was resting there, to buy a bottle of spirits, '
of which they are pasmonately fond; when the host better
than half tilled a bottle with alcohol, making up the residue
with water, fur which he charged them three dollars;
and afterwards, taking the seak to weigh their dust, put
in the quarter ounce weight, which I know was above the
standard, and kept that full quantity in payment, thus
robbing those ignorant creatures in the three branches of
that simple transaction; first, giving them half water;'
secondly, putting in a four &liar weight to get three dol-
lars; and, thirdly, having the said weight twenty-five per
rent. above par ; in addition to which, he charged a most
unconscionable price for an abominable compound.
As soon as they went out he turned to me and said, " I
reckon you smoked bow I sarved them at B— out." To
which I nodded. " You know," he continued, "no
Christian man is bound to give full value to those infernal'
red-skins; they are onsotfisticated vagabones, and have no
more bissnis with money than a mule or a wolf; they've no
religion, an' tharfire no consciences, so I deals with them
accordic:." " But,” I replied, not caring to get into an
ethical controversy with so undiluted a reprobate, " I be-
lieve you missionaries have already begun to enlighten
them, and are making preparstioas on a large scale to con-
vert and bring them into the Christian fold." "No doubt
they have," he said ; " but it is time enough for men in
trade to encourage them when they learn the truths of the
gospel:*
Mr. Kelly saw the society of California in its
nascent state. He says of the greatest attractions
of the town :

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From Sacramento Mr. Kelly proceeded to San
Francisco, whose harbour, streets, hotels, gaming-
houses, and cock-pits he describes with varying
minuteness. Subjoined is his account of a
csuroasisiv LAW COVILT.
Judges there sit on the bench, attired like other men, and
taking a leaf oat of Chief Baron Nicholson's book, puff
their cigars while laying down the law on the enlightened
principle of ex fume, dare lacem ;" nor do they haughtily

Tae P:

But the establishments that commanded the largest and
steadiest trade, and where the circulating medium beat
, with the strongest pulsation, were the pandemonium',

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• 'hesitate to accommodate with the glowing butt any of the 'pickle jars that he had taken of the children for a sight at
• I learned counsel or audience who may require a light; in his exhibitiou; and next to him was located a flower-
, fact, there is a degree of charming republican familiarity seller, with his:basket emptied of all its blooming and hag-existing betwixt the bench, the bar, and the public, which rant contents, with the exception of one or two of the more
mai:i(tize,eouatititia,en
Even to
a 111,celephrnapt
eerrye.tprti,arceeoialltrctlas itaawta,vir,g7.,
i‘i.x.itpt,,ates.tiv:i.r.pwlanats,..,eoutn::lstla,:tsl.4ei,
an.stiofhathoe missing flowers tided
! meats steler such a system are no longer dry and To walk down the various passages between the seats,
unintereving, but flaw sntoothly along, liberally lubricated and run the eye over the 'evert; lieeps of refuse, piled on
with tubeve saliva, and Famished with colloqued episodes the ground like treaseie, ma, to set the rain; wimseiing as
' that cont• with a delicious freshness upon the ear of a to what e nthd possi'ev be th., U.t.',l of each and every of
peruse before only accustomed to the oppressive profundity them. Everything there seemedto have fulfilled to the
lof Westminster practice.* I was being thus edified, sitting !very utmost the office for which it was made; and now that
in the jury-box (no jury being s•mprinellerl at the time), its functions were tiuislied, and it maimed to be utter:y
where I observed a row of new pine sticks, about the worthless the 'locks: to ouch scenes could not refrain trout
dimensions of a shilli•lah, standing in exact order in front ' marvelling what remaining purpose could possibly give
of the seats; and holing their number aneouating precisely' value to •• the rabbi-b."
!to twelve, it struck me they were part of the legal ma- I The buyers, too, were as picturesque and motley a group
t st,l se
i eliinery is ..... .a• .^ ; not was I astray, fur a sort of facto. almost as were the sellers—for the purelmsers were of all
turn—crier, usher, tipstaff, &c., who wore his hat as' nations, and habited in every description of costume. Soma
; officio, comadisseratingly informed me they were "desk were Greeks, others were Swiss, while others were tier-
Lmprotectors," which it was part of his duty as court-keeper , Mans. Some hut come there to buy up the old rough
provide as "whittling stuff for the gents," who would charity clothing, and the army grey great coats, fur the "Irish"
ohman., rut all sons of hieneflyphies and ineongrons market; others had come to purchase the ltareskius or oi4 devices upon the desks; an operation I afterwards saw' furs, or to give "the beat price" far old tea-puts mid tea-
gone through by a witness under the ordeal of a sharp' urns. One man, with a long fluorin,: !ward sad greasy
cress-examination, who cut with an increasing keenness into tattered gaberdine, was mid to be worth thousands; thither
the rail us the counsel cut into his credibility. I he hadeutite tumid another sixpence tu Ms hoard, by dabidiag
'legs custom-house department is only remarkable for ,in the r.: es and refuse, strewn about the ground in heaps. the insolence of the officials, and the arbitrary denuatieur, , roe sale:-others were there to purchase the old Wellingtons,
of the autocratic collector, who, like a late Irish judge I and to have them new-fronted or their cracks heel-balled
of punning eeleiwity, sticks it on with a vengeance if over, and then vended to clerks who are " expeet,tl to up-
parties befere his tribunal betray the slightest emotion or I pear respectable" on the smallest salaries. That Jewess is discontent as their invoices an assessed ;t taking, as it ' intent on buying up the left-ial wardrobes •• of the nub:-
6 co LP la: ti
tat thet' Englishmen, and
ainnattohrnoawm.inlttinstitult:itut-, ' Ititzs.'
issitiortittiat,t.alltir,spel„ t.ourf IttllLrat..liFetla;.ho;:sn-itkiii, thost atvitrkrotii,sp,o,rf
property without :toy investigations. In boxes, Yonder !,lii Fur elite, wno g 0,,. prowling between
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connexion with this depament we have the hoard of the seats, is looking out for such !dads garments as will
health, actuated by a similar anti. British spirit, and using admit .4 beiug '• clobbered " up, or " tuened" into •• gen-
' the quarantine laws to gratify it in a manner degrading tee: suite" for poor curates, or half-paid ushers of classical
to humanity, stretching them cruelly when a pour tempi st- academies. Nor slues he reject those whit It are wura even
tossed British emigrant comes within their juriscli, iiiet, threadbare in parts, for he well knows they will :taloa of
who, though dried up with sea-sickness, worry, and skirt being sraustermeil him the " best boys' tunics ;" white such
ship's allowance, need plead for no indulgence, no mercy, es are too far
.gone fur teat, he buys to be torn to pieces by
if there exist the flimsiest Vielele fur prolonging his misery. the •• devil,' and made up again into new cloth. or
" shoddy " as it is termed ; and others which his practised
• 3lr. Kelly draws a most discouraging picture of' y„hula' .haVU Id Mad). dOne that duty, he bids fur,
Califbritia, except in respect of its t.normotts gold- ku„,e;„.. s. will I r I. ilium ~ that they m sails mum a etlekt priee, t ven as producing capabilities, of which there is with hint manure for the ground. Seam of the buyers he se Como
no doubt. Its climate is decidedly- unhealthy, not principally to purchase the old .irk hats—and as they
wander wool; the heaps of old clothes and rage, and meta[,
only in the privations of the mines, but atniti the
Lh,eLtresit, ettliveryt:strliw.awniiilrttihiet.:,tzl. Brunt of up the obapsz
plenty of the towns. As Our author, when less expe-
—as icy c
riencitil, circulated u more favourable opinion through it —.. through the ilee or not," and those w hich the English press, he is properly anxious to lay will stand the test of their experienced touch,
his testimony very clearly before the public now they buy for the shops, to hate tmusertial into the
•• best new hats" for the country. Some, again, an
that his first impressions have been con-ected.
ther,• chiefly to "pick up" the old unilin•llas, w Rich they
of its agricult weal resources he says. that
cable act only for the whalebone ribs hut the mewl 11111 i.
tathettgh the soil is made up of consul uent
port, rs —the latter artich, furnishing the material the Mu
quashes and ingredients, capable of producing . grc.tter part of the irou skewer. of I—
_mien; while same of
any crop, the adverse operation of the Re:W.OIIK, the buyers, on the other hand, have come to louk aft, r the
which keep it saturated with water front November old linen shirts, which they osil again to the paper-mills, to
to April, renders it physically impossible to prepare be converted, by the altilnany Of Feit'llet , Imo the new,.
patsy, the the Iseg " Bath post,- or even the bunk-uote.
the land during that period, und then before July. it
tic warm
As the pun•ltasers go patiug up mid down lis So baked and cracked by the sun that alit ey,mtation pttlevays and pick their way, how among the ohl bottles,
is arrested, and everything above-ground crisped. bonnets, 'boots, revs, and now among the bones the i•ll
For its supply of bread stuffs California must be de- metal, the stays the gowns, this hats and coats, a thick-
pendent on the United States, Oregon, Chili, anti the lipped Jew-boy spouts Ilium his high stage in the cede.: of
Sandwich Islands. the market, " din vine a ha'penny a sonar ! a ha'penny a
• • ••• --
•• •

i Mr. Kelly lms relied rather upon the minute and
grnphic detail of his experience, than on the phases
of Californian life, for the interest of his work ; his
'second volume thus wants the unity which makes
the first delightful; hut he has produced what must
be considered one of the very best works yet written
on California.

• Judge—. 11.1:0a, Mr. Taper : I si,me gnu c Mme here to re,ilbse
the twice of them ar :utts,.' plApping the n-thee tegument kr, his
lege, which de.cribed two side. of :t triangle In the deck; but afore
I .tumor' up, it would th'e_te me to knot. on wht.t trutheegutical rule
)ota cut them ru.."
_ . _

bli:ifrber—'7M.rdl, I reckon it would he tom detable of :a kur.ons
ride 31 mutld apply to your csueer imittera."
Ereetmur Counsel- -..1 bunting name ire NIA. it tartar of cone!."
Judre Mr. Promr, an on." Argument ra-mtued.
* Lot, Ir timine-* goer on allure ond leg.ally, eipp
Calikkints LA been adt.ittted into the

Stories
T.
My }many Friewls seketc,l from thc Worhs ofT. S. Arthur. J. S. IlOdsun, Portugal-ntrect.
' Thaw stories consist of a munber of episodes in
child-life, gracefully and lucidly told, to meet the
comprehension of children. Each story has its moral,
showing how the good are ln,ppy and the wicked
miserable—a view of human concerns which, if it
does not satisfy the logical mind of the philosophical
student, is aticast a happy and a hopeful creed fur
the young. 'rho book is tastefully bound.

:" ilftweeh the scab.: too,.%•0141,11 worm tlieir Way
abotz. carrying ba,k,ts of "trotters" an I 4ereaming, as they
go. " begs of mutton, two fur a penny ! two for a penny
Who'll give me a hanilsell ?—st holt give me a handsel'?"
Atter them conies a man with a large tin can under his
win, and roaring, " Hut locos, oh! hot pens, oh !" In the
middle of the market is another vendor ot street luxuries,
with a smoking can of " hot eels" before him, and next to
hint is a sweetmeat stall, with a crowd of young Hebrews
Gathered round the keeper of it, Ka:Wiling eagerly. with
marble., for ...kap...ft rock" and etk.' ;" while at one
end of the market stands a coffee and leer--hop, and iie.ide
this are Jews playing at draught*, or settling and Wtall.6l-
- about the goods they have bought of one another.
When the Sandboys receive warning to quit their
first lodging, they make the following tunustug
IN e•E.t/tell or Lobt:lN.6.
On the morrow the tiandhoy .4 received formal notice to
quit the eet,bugneas of Mrs. Fokesell on that day week.
What was to be dote?
Where were they to go ?
London was Oiling rapidly. in the extensive lodging
district on the southern side of the •trattil, searedy a hid
was to Lie seat bearing the significant description of
APARTMENTS
TO EL LET,
ELEGANTLY FURNISHED,

BR; or, the Adernturce of Mr. and if,,. Sandboys. By
lii tar MAvaLw. lilustrata by GLOROII Coen
SHANK.

It will be remembered by those who have
followed this story up to the close of the
April number, that Mrs. Sandbovs had ex-
changed her husband's " inexiwessibles," US Mr.
ol , •
AlayneW . n ,og.taer with f.:rty P,slllltlas
Lank notes and her own marriage certihcate in the
pockets, for a pot of mignionette and a couple of
cut roses." This bargain is nut only a pecuniary
loss of a serious character, but serves, by dex-
terous turns of the plot, to bulge both Mr. and Mrs.
Sandboys in a station-house, and to achieve for their
pour family an ignominious expulsion front their
lodgings. If we are to judge these matters atter the
fashion of Quete let, to measuir t hem bythedeflned laws
of probability, of course they must be set aside as
utterly and truly ridiculous ; while, on the other
hand, if we are to accept them as pure inuiginings,
then follows the point for critical consideration how
tar the artist has displayed the power of realising
fiction. The "Arabian Nights" are accepted as
purely fictitious, and altogether without foundation
in human probabilities ; but then here the master
realises his imaginings—gives them tho VW/Ms/a-
/dance which constitutes their value and their charm,
and which enables the writer to set aside
the conventionalisms and the laws that govern
men. He interprets human nature from its
great sources, and his splendid insight teaches hint
to interpret it aright. In the instance before us
we have a strange jumbling of the impossible with
the common distortion of every-day life—
humorously distorted it is true, but nut the less
1,..,fft.0.;‘,.. to the literary 64;n5Q on that account. As
it would be tasteless and offensive to introduce a
pattern clergyman into a burlesque, so it is jarring to
find characters whom we recognise about us, and
whose portraits are carefully and modestly
limed., thrown into grotesque attitude and situa-
tions. The actors and the scene do not harmonise—
we have Kembie in the parts of Wright. This error
in execution is the more to be regretted, since the
work contains passages of much graphic
.power—but,
it must be said, they are jewels set m very base
metal. However,those who love a hearty laugh will
buy the " Adventures of the Sundboys," and hold
thitt cheap at the price asked. A fund of amuse-
ment there undoubtedly is here; and as a specimen
of Mr. Mayhew's peculiar power of word-painting
we may extract his description of the Clothes Ex-
change, whither his hero is kd in search of his lost
1 pantaloons :

land even where cants of vacant lodgings were to he seen,
an enormous were the present demands, that the ecouognieal
mind of Mrs. Sandberg stood aghast at the contemplation
of the weekly outlay.
The Chelsea and Camden-town colonies of clerks she had
. I explored ; but there nothing was to be had but bed-rooms
for single gentlemen who were expected to breakfast uu the
premises.
The great commerend rare its of Stoke Ne wington, Ilas,-
Igerntone, Clapham, andCamberwell, were likewise Camberwell, kewise scoured
in their turn, but with no better suc st. Attics were
quoted at ten shillings ; *vend-doom were at a high pre-
o mium; and very little loarlours and draietro,,,,
5.,, wet.
' letting at very ',urge prices.
/! The day of opening of the Grand Exhibition was fist
: 1 drawing near ; and the rumour had already spread over the
country that the Queen intended to open the " Great Glass
1 H !live' in state. Already did the streets 'wand with straw-
' colour-hair/al Germans, and ehicorpeotaplexiaaed Egyp-
tians—already was Itegcnt-street el.:tousled with beards, full
pantaloons, and felt hats—already was the terminus of the
Dover line daily disgorging some hundreds of Paridana
habited in quaint cut oaks, with hoods like huge jelly-
bags dangling at their backs—already were the thorough-
far xat the West-end crowded with holiday-looking folk.
and streams of gaily-dressed idlers seemed to he pouring in
the direct' of sonic fair in the outskirts—hairs 'seined to
have sprung up on Lite lips and chin of every other icosor-
by in a niotit, like mustard and cress—the huge waggons,
piled high a. the house-tops with large wooden eases, each
indorsed in bold letter/4 " For the Gnat Exhibition of All
Nations," lead ceased to appear in the streets, and all seemed
to be preparing fur the great fair—the world's fair.
The Sanolbs held a family conned, the revolt of 'clack
was, that it was unanimously agreed it would he advisable,
under the eircuaidanco, for them to retire some short /I:s-
-tance from the metropolis; and, acconlingly, espeditioos
were sent out, provisioned for the day, in search of the
suburban regions. After considerable difficulty, a hill was
discovered posted in it cheesetuongrer's window, announcing
that " Any nunther of ladies or gentlemen nosy be aceom-
mudated with apartments fur a limited period, in a healthy si-
tuation, within a Gil. ride of the Great Exhibition. Enquire
within." This was too good news to let slip. Accordingly.
Mrs. Sandboys 111 emitter received the information (non her
son Jobby, than she sailed forth, intent on aseertainin; fur-
ther particulars respecting thesuburbtut domicile. On In r re-
turn, she informed Mr. Sandboys that she thought it would
be the " very thing" for them. The lodging was close to
Wimbledon-common, ut an establishment fur young ladies,
where the Easter vacation had kin extended to is month,
in honour of the opening .if the Great Exhibition. Mies
Wtowita herself was at prevent staying, on n visit, with ono
of her pupils in the antropolis.,. und Mrs. Wewits had very
properly thought it a pity to allow so large a house, making
up, as it did, upwards el sixty beds, to remain unoccupied,
justlit a time when to many strangers were wanting a 'dim
to put their head it.
The next day Mrs. Sandboys made an excursion to \Vim-
!gigaton, and came back to town delighted with the " ladies'
establishment." Everything was so scrupulously clean,—
the bed-futuiture and the boards were rea white as the sour
milk gill opposite their window at Buttermere ; and tho
whole place was so airy and Iseautifully ventilated, that she
believed Johhy might have flown his kite in the principal
bed-ngunt. Tom Vol terms were so moderate, and the lady
so obliging—sits really thought she was one of the nicest
old bodies she had betn for many a long day ;—altogethcr.
aim was quite in love with the place, and everything and
everybody about it.
She haul arranged, she said, to go in the very next day
for really, that spiteful old thing of a Mrs. to se ukell did
make the house so uncomfortable, that the sooner they got
out of her power the better.
The part closes with an imaginary description of
the crowds of the Ist of May. Mr. Cruikshanre
drawing of the opening of the Exhibition, although
a wonderful concentration, and a beautiful specimen
of etching, partakes of the defixts we have pointed
out in the letter-press—it is a jumbling of the literal
with the imaginative; the building, fur instance,
being drawn with a huge dome instead of the tran-
bept. In conclusion, the Sandhoys are worth know-
, ing, as amusing adventurers, although not so eels-
iienlly presented as we howl to find them.

TILE EASTER TERM.--CALLS To TILE BAR of tho
Inner Temple were made yesterday, and comprinAl the
after-mentioned gentlemen :—ltoger Fenton, of University
College, London, B.A. ; John Harrison Miller, of Wisdlum
College, Oxford, M.A. ; William Stuart, E.g. ; James
I'ear.e Penchi y, Ego.; James Pearse, of St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridge, B.A. ; Thomas Hugh Markham, of Braise-
nose Colltge, Oxford, 8.A.; John Francis Campbell, EK.,
and Arthur Coild, of Trinity College, Dublin, ILA.

WOOL, TALLOW, AND lIIDES IN AUSTRALIA.—
The Sydnry Herald, of January 11, says: " The last ad-
vices (rum Engand (of tieptember) have had an evident
effect on this market, many lots of wool having within the
Last few days been placed privately at full rates; and at our
auction yesterday there was a marked advance of fully id.
per lb., nuked a small parcel of Port Philip, well scoured,
brought as high as 171 d., and good Moreton Bay clips m. t
with ready buyers, at 15d. to 1.50. The advance in the
English hide market has caused a corresponding
rise here, and as high as Os. 9d. each has been ob-
tained for those of fair quality, as quoted in our catalogue
annexed. Sheepskins maintain rates fully equivalent to
the &runs given fur wool. Prices current : Wool, superior
clips, Is. 4d. ; fair to good, Is. 2d. to Is. 3id. ; low to mid-
dling, lOid. to Is. d. ; grease, Sid. to flid. ; locks, skins,
pieces, dtc., Sid. told.; scoured, Is. 2d. to Is. Sid. Tal-
low, beef, 281.; mutton, 291. ; station tallow, 241. to 261.
Hides, each, Ss. to 71. Sheepskins, per lb., 3id. to 611."