The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-25 00:00:00

Mr. Walter Thornbury's New Work.

Haunted London. By Walter Thornbury.
trated by F. IV. Fairholt. One Vol., pp. 518.
Hurst and Blackett.
Prolific though-Mr. Thornburyvery conspicuously
is among our younger generation of authors or pro-
fessional men-of-letters, he can, when he so pleases,

write as pleasant a book as well could be. In the
present instance he has so pleased. The subject has
evidently had a fascination for him. He has, more-
over—while thus running it cleverly through with
his steel pen and fixing it permanently upon paper—
" handled it as if he loved it," according to Izaak
Walton's famous recommendation. Already, within
these last few years, our author has contributed a

small library of his own to our bookshelves. Single

volumes in abundance of a very miscellaneous cha-
racter. Two-volumed books of travels, now in Tur-

key, now in Spain, just as the fancy of the hour
chanciid to lead him. Three-volumed novels one
after another dashed off currente calanzo. Criticisms
on art—commentaries on Shakspere, akin in some
measure to the very work here submitted to our
consideration, though relating to London, not at
all periods, but at one particular period, the period
that is of Shakspere individually. Now a labori-
ously elaborated biography of Turner, England's,
the world's matchless landscape painter—now a
brilliant anticipation of the same Life in a com-
pactor form for the new edition of the Encylordia
Britannica. Anything, everything, seemingly
has been as one to Mr. Walter Thornbury
during these last fourteen years or so—in sui-
gesting themes to him for the manifestation of his
plastic capabilities as a wonderfully industrious and
at the same time also an exceedingly popular contri-
butor to our light literature. Occasionally—in writ-
ing thus assiduously, almost, as one may say,
uninterruptedly, paper after paper, chapter after
chapter, volume after volume—he has failed to do
himself justice. As, in point of fact—considering
the number of his books—might be set down at
once as a thing inevitable. The fruitfullest land,
as we all know, requires either to lie fallow for a
while at intervals, or to have the greatest possible
care taken in regard to the regulation of the rota-
tion of its crops. As a cultivator of iris own
powers, or rather, it should be said, of his literary
reputation at the expense of his powers—he has
occasionally, and almost inevitably, overtaxed the
latter, in spite of their natural vigour, vivacity,
and copiousness. In other words, among a number
of able and sometimes brilliant works, he has given
evidence, just once in a way, that he has written
too much, or—to put the fact more accurately—
too fast and too frequently. Not as a rule, has
it been thus with him, however. On the contrary,
we should add that it has been thus with him
purely as the exception. At his best, indeed—
few can be more delightful among the profes-
sional men of letters of his time. Let him but

select for himself a congenial theme—let him but
give himself reasonable leisure—let him but be in

the vein for the work he has thus taken in hand,
and no one, we repeat, can be more delightful.
And of this same propitious combination of mood,
and time, and subject-matter, the goodly book here
under consideration affords the happiest illustration
that could reasonably be desired. True, that
the self-same theme has been, again and again,
descanted upon already, and that, moreover,
in several instances by writers as charmingly
anecdotal as Leigh Hunt—vide, for example,
" The Town" and " The Old Court Suburb."
Nevertheless the theme is in itself one, in its way,
reallyinexhaustible. Antiquarians, anecdote-mongers,
collectors of unconsidered trifles, may yet follow
hard upon the heels of one another through this
wondrous, mazy province of streets called London,
without marring whatever may still have to be said
by any after-comer with the like literary intentions.
There are room and verge enough for all, in this
vast wilderness of the twin capitals of London and

Westminster. It no more matters to Mr. Thorn
bury that Mr. John Timbs very recently, only a
year or two ago, in fact, brought out his book,
called " The Curiosities of London," than that
Mr. James Grant a long while ego, a good many
years since, brought out his book called " The
Great - Metropolis." Insomuch are the Histo-
rians of London apart from each other that we
might (were the two volumes but of equal size) put
Leigh Hunt's work " The Town," cheek by jowl
upon the same bookshelf with Walter Thornbury' s
" Haunted London." A capital title, by the way,
this last—the title of the book now immediately
under notice—Haunted London! Meaning by that
not merely localities like Cock-lane, but all Lon-
don. For, is it not Haunted, this London of ours ?
Haunted—happily—by Ghosts of Memories that
will not be laid ! What footsteps have not tra-
versed these causeways, climbed these staircases,
inhabited these dwelling-houses, prayed in these
churches and cathedrals, wept in these graveyards,
laughed in these theatres, loved and loitered and
coquetted and prattled in these green parks and
gardens ! And, of all these, Mr. Thornbury
discourses—shrewdly like
an observant man
of the world, gracefully like a skilled man
of letters, lovingly like a sympathising fellow-crea-
ture. Courtier and playwright, student and actress,
statesman and mountebank, peer and costermonger
—he has an eye for them all. Saunter with him down
any street he may seem fain to conduct you through,
and before you get to the end of it, we wager you will
be wiser than at starting—certainly, beyond any
doubt of it, you will have been entertained. Taking
our own street--(very naturally) this great thorough-
fare of THE STRAND—the Highway of the world, as
N. P. Willis called it once upon a time, so calling
it, by the way, not by any means hyperbolically,
this grand trunk-road connected London with
Westminster—turning into The Strand under the
guidance of Mr. Thornbury, what is there that
we want to know about the Strand that he leaves
untold ? If he pauses, for example, in it before Sir
William. Chambers's noble palatial pile of buildings,
called Somerset House, he thus recounts to us
how the old palace that was wont to occupy
the same site, presented a singular spectacle when
the clearance for the demolition commenced. "At
the extremity of the Royal apartments," he says,
" two large folding doors joined Inigo Jones's ad-
ditions to John of Padua's work. They opened into
a long gallery on the first floor of the water garden
wing, at the lower end of which was another gal-
lery, making an angle forming the original river
front, and extending to Strand-lane. This old part
had been long shut up and was supposed to be
haunted. The gallery was panelled and floored with
oak. The chandelier chains still hung from the
stucco ceilings. The furniture of the Royal apart-
ment was removed into lumber rooms by the
Royal Academy. There were relics of a throne and
canopy ; the crimson velvet curtains for the audi-
ence-chamber had faded to olive colour, and all the
' fringe and lace but a few threads and spangles had
been peeled off them. There were also broken
chairs, stools, couches, screens, and fire-dogs scat-
tered about in disorder." Again—there is the old
Strand Maypole, that we have all heard of—in regard
to which he tells us in so many words :
" The Maypole was Satan's flag-staff in the eyes of the
stern Puritans, who dreaded Christmas pies, cards, and
dances. Down it came when Cromwell went up. The
Strand Maypole was reared again with exulting ceremony
the first May day after the Restoration. The parishioners
bought a pole 134 feet high, and the Duke of York, the
Lord High Admiral, lent them twelve seamen to help to
raise it. It was bronght from Scotland-yard with drums
music, and the shouts of the multitude ; flags flying, and
three men bare-headed carrying crowns. The two halves
being joined together with iron bands, and the gilt crown
and vane and king's arms placed on the top, it was raised
in about four hours by means of tackle and pulleys. The
Strand rang with the people's shouts, fOr to them the May-
pole was an emblem of the good old times. Then there
was a mortis dance, with tabor and pipe, the dancers wear-
ing purple scarfs and half shirts.' The children laughed,
and the old people clapped their hands, for there was not
a bigger Maypole in Europe,"
Or, let us hear what he has to tell us about the
once famous but now almost forgotten Strand Ex-

change :
" Thomas Duffet, an actor of Charles ll.'s time, was
originally a milliner here. At the Eagle and Child,
in Britain's Bourse, the first edition of "Othello" was sold
in 1622. At the sign of the Three Spanish Gipsies lived
Thomas Radford, who sold wash-balls, powder, andgloves;
and taught sempstresses. His wife, the daughter of John
rlarawa farrier in the Savov before or after Radf

death, married drunken General Monk, became the vulgar
Duchess of Albemarle, and was eventually buried in West-
minster Abbey. At the sign of the Fop's Head lived, in
1674, Will Cademan, a player and play publisher, Henry
Herringham, the chief London publisher before Dryden's
petty tyrant, Tonson, had his shop at the Blue Anchor in
the Lower Walk. Mr. and Mrs. Pepys frequented the New
Exchange. Here the Admiralty's clerk's wife had "a mind
to" a petticoat of sarcenet bordered with lace, and probably
purchased it. Here also, in April, 1664, Pepys and his
friend Creed partook of " a most delicate dish of curds and
cream." Both Wycherly and Etherege have here laid
scenes of their comedies ; and here, too, Dryden's intri-
guing Mrs. Brainsick pretends to visit her "tailor" to try
her new stays.

How keen-wittedly and keen-eyed, too, Walter
Thornbury traverses the same paths already trodden
byLeigh Hunt and others, let his comment on a cer-
tain well-known, but as he here takes occasion to
designate, very foolish London tradition about
the statue of Charles the First at Charing-
cross, sufficiently indicate. " London," quoth he,
" Has its local traditions as well as the smallest vil-
lage. There is a village story that the sculptor of
Charles I. and his steed committed suicide in vexa-
tion at having forgotten to put a girth to his horse.
The myth has arisen from the supposition of there
being no girth, and retailers of such stories (Mr.
Leigh Hunt included) did not take the trouble to
ascertain whether there was or was not a girth.
Unfortunately for the story (like Charles ll.'s in
the pail of water) there is a girth, and it is clearly
visible!" Enough, however, in the way of illustra-

tive quotation from a book tempting us, let us
frankly confess it, to pilfer tidbits from it, thus,
unconscionably. There are abundant embellishments
scattered among the letterpress in the shape of
pretty little woodcuts, the pencillings of Mr. Fair-
holt. The whole work—printed as it is on the
thickest paper and bound in bevelled covers, richly
emblazoned—forming a very handsome volume, a
volume worthy of being pronounced to be an acqui-
sition either for the table or for the bookshelf of
any lettered Londoner.

MB. WILLIAM STEEVENS.—Our readers will be
surprised and sorry to hear of the death of this
well-known public character in connection with trials of
agricultural machinery at royal and other shows, and re-
cently as the inventor and patentee of the new steam
plough. Mr. Steevens died on Wednesday week, at his
residence, 6, Godolphin-road, Hammersmith, in his 56th
year. Mr. Steevens had many good social qualities, which,
with more leisure and easier circumstances, might have
proved highly valuable to society. These were demon-
strated by his being one of the originators and first movers
in forming the Royal Benevolent Agricultural Institution,
he having sought and obtained, through the courtesy of
leading officers of the royal household, an interview with
the late Prince Consort, and obtained from him the use of
his name and promise of patronage and support by sub-
scriptions. The subsequent history of this institution we
need not here relate ; but we feel assured we shall be ex-
pressing the sentiments of most of our readers by paying
this tribute to an ingenious, industrious, and a well-mean-
ing and trustworthy man.
THE LAW OF LIBEL.—The bill introduced by Sir
Colman O'Loghlen to amend the law of libel and
secure the liberty of the press provides that no criminal
proceedings can be instituted for libel, unless the object of
the libel has been to extort money or other valuable thing.
The bill also provides that in civil proceedings for libel, in
any public newspaper or periodical publication, "proof that
the alleged libel was a true report of a speech or part of a
speech spoken at any public meeting lawfully assembled for
a lawful purpose, open to reporters for the press, and that
the said report was published in the said public newspaper,
or other periodical publication boat fide without actual
malice, and in the ordinary course of business, shall amount
to a defence, unless it shall be proved that the defendant
declined or omitted, if required so to do, to publish in his
said public newspaper, or other periodical publication, and
in a portion of the same as conspicuous as that in which
the said alleged libel was published, an explanation or
contradiction of the said alleged libel, of not unreasonable
length, immediately after such contradiction or explanation
shall have been furnished to the said defendant by or on
behalf of the party complaining of the said alleged libel."
Farther, "proof that the defendant believed the alleged
libel to be true, and that the same was published without
any defamatory intent and with a lawful object, or,
bona fide as a fair comment on a matter in which the
public were interested, shall amount to a defeifee, unless
the plaintiff shall prove that he has sustained actual loss or
damage by the publication of the said alleged libel, :or un-
less the jury at the trial shall be of opinion that the alleged

libel is such as is fairly calculated to cause actual loss or
damage to the plaintiff by its publication." There are also
provisions for the payment of money into court as in other
personal actions, and that the defendant shall be entitled to
his costs where the damages do not exceed 20s. It is also
provided that a speech at a public meeting, reported in a
newspaper, shall subject the speaker to the same process as
a written libel. The privilege of Parliament or of courts
of justice, or of any other public body entitled to privilege,
in any way whatever, will not be affected by this bill. The
Act is not to extend to Scotland.

NARROW ESCAPE FROM D ROWNlllG.—OnWecines-
day forenoon Mr. Roberts, a shipowner from Lon-
don, went on board the Baron Clyde, a large ship lying on
the shore at the foot of Messrs. Robert Steel and Co.'s iron
ship yard, to examine her, a couple of hours prior to that
vessel's sale by auction on board the ship. The tide flows
in and out of the vessel, and being then high water there
was about 12ft. of water in her, into which he slipped while
poking his way along the beams near the after end of the
ship between decks. There was no possibility of getting
out of the water, except up a ladder by the foremast, which
fortunately for him was there, but which he did not at first
see; and being a good swimmer he made first for the side of
the ship, hoping to climb up one of the large iron knees, but
not being an acrobat, and from the weight of his overcoat,
heavy clothes, and boots, he found that impossible, so he
at once determined to make a raft of a few pieces of wood,
of which there was a quantity floating about, and sit-
ting it out on his raft till the auction party should
arrive and relieve him ; but soon espying something
like a ladder in the distance, near the foremast, he
made for it, and ascended with some difficulty, none the
worse for his involuntary swim. There was not a person on
board or near the ship and had the gentleman not been a
good swimmer ho must have been drowned, and nobody
would have known of it perhaps for weeks. The ship has
lain there for a year or more without any watchman. The
decks were covered with snow and ice, and Mr. Roberts
supposes a piece had stuck to his boot, and thus caused him
to slip in between two beams.—Glasgow Herald.
CRIME IN VICTORIA.—It is satisfactory to observe
that the criminal statistics for the year 1863 (issued
by the police department just before the departure of the
last mail) show that for five years crime in Victoria had_
been steadily and largely decreasing. Within that time
the number of persons taken into custody decreased from
30,357 to 22,255 ; the summary convictions from 20,218 to
14,302 ; the committals for trial from 1,428 to 1,081; and
the convictions by the superior tribunals from 755 (in 1860)
to 653. Thus, though the population of the colony has
largely augmented since 1859, the crime as measured by
the commitment, has diminished by 24 per cent. In many
of the more serious crimes there has been a very marked
reduction in recent years. In the year 1863 the great ma -
jority of the offences were not of a serious character. Of
the 22,000 persons actually taken into custody,
68 per cent. were summarily dealt with by the ma-
gistrates, 31 per cent. were discharged, and not
more than 5 per cent. were committed for trial.
In England, in the same year, the total number of persons
apprehended was 452,273, and of these 62 per cent. were
summarily convicted, 32 per cent. were discharged, and 4.2
were committed for trial. Of the committals, 60 per cent,
resulted in convictions in Victoria, and 75 per cent. in

England, while the proportion of acquittals was 31 per cent.
in Victoria and 24 per cent. in England. It would seem,
therefore, that justice is more sternly administered in

England than in Victoria. As regards the character of the
crimes committed in 1863, it is satisfactory to find that the
offences against the person are largely in the minority. Of
the cases summarily dealt with, only 784 were of this class,
while there were 1,778 crimes in connection with property,
and 11,740 offences of a miscellaneous kind. In this latter
category are included 6,976 cases of drunkenness and disor-
derly conduct, and 1,036 convictions under the Vagrant
Act, making together more than two-thirds of the whole.
—Australasian.
THE MONT CENIS TUNNEL.—The Turin corre-
spondent of the Avenir National, writing on the 13th says :
—" The Mont Cenis works will probably be completed
sooner than was hoped ; rocks have been reached much
softer than those hitherto found, and the progress may be
calculated at the rate of 250 metres per month. Should no
unforeseen obstacles arise the tunnel might be opened for
traffic towards the close of 1868. I can guarantee the accu-
racy of these details, which interest the whole world."
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 18.—The Government has
instituted a system of advanced schools, open free to all
classes of the native population. The question of the
secularisation of the Mosque property is again under the
consideration of the Government. Telegraphic communi-
cation is everywhere interrupted by the tempestuous
weather.—Reuter's Telegram.
ROBBERY AT A JEWELLER'S IN OXFORD-STREET.—
Last night, about 12 o'clock, it was discovered that
some persons had committed a robbery on the premises of
Mr. Nathan Woolf Jacobson, jeweller, &c., No. 312, Ox-
ford-street, a quantity of property (consisting of 80 gold
and silver watches, 17 bracelets, and a number of rings)
being carried off, of the value of £4OO. Mr. Jacobson's
foreman hearing a noise in the shop, the door of which had
been securely fastened, went upstairs, and then found the
shop door open, as also the show case, from which the
property had been taken. It is believed that the robbery

76 6TV. RACtrAtAd nriamica

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, Feb. 23.

The last number of the ministerial Provinzial
Correspondenz confirms the news already telegraphed
that the Ministerial Council has definitively drawn
up the conditions to which Prussia should adhere
in settling the question of the Duchies. These con-
ditions are also known to have been approved by
the King. The semi-official organ further denies
the statements of the Zeidlersche Correspondenz
as to the intended consultation of the notables of the
Duchies, and as to the communications the Vienna
Cabinet is said to have made here upon the Prussian
propositions. The official and complete notification
of the latter will not be delayed longer than the
ensuing week.
The Correspondenz endeavours at the same time to
complete the Government programme. It re-
peats that the Government cannot state any
opinion upon the person of the future Sovereign
until the Crown lawyers shall have sent in their
report. Under present circumstances it cannot
enter into negotiations with the various claimants
to the throne. It is essential first to settle the pre-
vious question, i.e., to come to an understanding
with the Austrian Government upon the relations to
be established between the Duchies and Prussia.
The choice of the future Sovereign must be based,
first, upon a solution of the succession question ;
secondly, upon the wishes of the inhabitants of
the Duchies themselves, and upon political conside-
rations. But before the designated Sovereign
is definitely recognised as in possession of the
Duchies the Prussian Government will make the
following conditions :-1. That he unreservedly ac-
cepts the programme of the Cabinets of Berlin and
Vienna, as to the relations to be established be-
tween the Duchies and Prussia, and gives satisfac-
tory guarantees for its fulfilment. 2. That the
arrangement in question shall be definitively exe-
cuted with the consent of the representative of the
Duchies.

It follows from this that whoever may be ap-
pointed Sovereign will find himself at the moment
of taking possession in presence of an accomplished
fact ; in other words, will not be permitted to ascend
the throne until after the definitive settlement of
the relations between Prussia and the Duchies, and
until he has entered into a positive engagement to
observe the conditions agreed upon.

It is apparent from this programme that some
time will probably pass before the much-vexed
Duchies question is definitely disposed of. Looking
at the position of affairs, it is difficult not to acknow-
ledge the justice of a saying some time back set
afloat, viz., that the annexation of the Duchies to
Prussia was already effected—the only question left
was how to disanno them.

THE PAPAL NTINCIO IN FRANCE.
PARIS, Feb. 24.

Full and comp satisfaction has been given by
the Court of Rome to the French Government in
the matter of the Nuncio Chigi, and relations be-
tween the representative of the Holy See and the
Minister for Foreign Affairs have been replaced
upon their former friendly footing. A proof of the
excellence of these relations is afforded by the mar-
riage of the Princess of Castelcicalo, cousin of M.
Drouyn de Lhuys, having just been celebrated in
the Nuncio's chapel. The Foreign Minister himself
was the bride's first witness. His Excellency and
Monsignor Chigi were observed to be upon the most
courteous terms.

The following details upon the diplomatic nego.
tiations which have brought about this denouemen
will be found authentic.

When M. de Sartiges, at Rome, received M.
Drouyn de Lhuyi despatch of the Bth inst., in which
the Emperor's Minister complained of the letters
addressed by the Nuncio to the Bishops of Poitiers
and Orleans, the Ambassador immediately repaired
to Cardinal Antonelli, who at once declared that he,
for his part, disapproved the conduct of Monsignore
Chigi. His Eminence, however, added that before
giving an official reply, it was his duty to consult
the Holy Father.
At his interview with the Cardinal, the Pope said

that he perfectly shared the opinion the former had
already expressed upon the act of the Papal repre-
sentative at Paris, and he desired Cardinal Anto-
nelli to assure the French Government nothing of
the sort should again occur. His Holiness added
that it was his desire that his representatives in
foreign countries should confine themselves to the
accomplishment of their duties, and should not com-
mit any act which might be considered as an inter-
ference in the internal affairs of the countries to
which they were accredited.
This satisfactory reply of the Pope was immedi-
ately telegraphed in substance to Paris, and the
Emperor was already in possession of the telegram
when he received the Nuncio at a private audience,
and gave orders for publishing the Note in the
Monitcur of the 19th, stating the explanation of
Monsignor Chigi, which put an end to the matter.
The detailed despatch of M. de Sartiges received
here within the last few days, confirms the tele-
gram previously sent. It reports the words of the
Pope and of Cardinal Antonelli referred to above,
and is couched in terms which show that the Roman
Court has given the Emperor's Government all the
satisfaction in the question that could possibly be
desired.

The publication of the " Vie de Cesar" will,

is reported, be delayed for a fortnight, the Viennese
edition not yet being finished. The Emperor,
however, has already received some 200 copies of
the French edition, magnificently bound, in which

he employs himself every morning in writing the
dedications to the distinguished persons to whom
he intends presenting the work. Although written
in a plain and simple style, it is said that the book
is very eloquent. The defence of Caesar is com-
plete and there are said to be portraits—that of
Cicero, for instance—to which it would not be diffi-
cult to find precedent in the contemporary history
of France.

BOURSE, Feb. 24.—The market is somewhat
unsteady. Threes, for the Account, having been
done at 67f. 50c., are now at 67fr. 45c. Mobilier
are unvaried at 917 fr. 50c. In Railway Shares
quotations remain about the same. The market
ose, and quotations had
Le following are the last

was firmer towards the c]
an upward tendency. TI
prices :-
41 per Cents 96 50 Italian Loan 64 80
Do. end month — Do. end month 64 90
3 per Cents. 67 55 Ditto Threes
Do. end month 67 50 Now Mexican
Credit Mobilier ... 927 50 Russian B9 50
Do. end month ... 925 Austrian
Bank Shares 3497 50 Spanish Threes ... _
Cr %lit Fonder l2BO Homo Debt
Roman
RAILWAYS.

Cash. Acct.
Orleans
Northern lOlO ... 1012 50
Lyons and Mediterranean 945 ... 947 50
Southern 582 25 ... 581 25
Western 540 ...
Eastern
Sardinian 306 25 ... 306 25
Austrian
Lombard 547 50 ... 548 75
North of Spain 332 50 ... 332 50
Saragossa 4OO ... 398 76
Ditto to Barcelona 172 50 ...

SPAIN.

MADRID, FEB. 21

The following is the text of the bill drawn up at
the instance of the Queen of Spain for the sale of
the Royal patrimony, three-fourths of the proceeds
of which will be delivered to the public treasury :
Art. 1. The patrimony of the Crown, perpetually
inseparable therefrom, will consist as follows :—The
Royal Palace of Madrid, with its stables, coach-
houses, parks, gardens, and other dependencies.
2. The Royal residence of Buen-Retiro, Casa de
Campo, and La Florida, excepting that part of the
first named marked out for new buildings and
for a public road in the bills for improvement and
embellishment already sanctioned by the General
Administration of the Royal household and the
municipality of Madrid. 3. The Royal residences
at Avanjuez, San Ildefonso, the Pardo, and the
Escorial, with, their dependencies. 4. The Royal
palaces of Barcelona, Valladolid, and Palma de
MAllnrp.A._ and the Castle of Bellver. 5. The Mu-

seum of pictures and sculpture. 6. The Royal
Arsenal. 7. The Alhambra and Alcazar of Seville.
8. The right of presentation to the MonastrY of
Sas Huelgas de Burgos, and to the Convent of
Santa Clara de Tordesillas, which contain tombs of
Spanish Kings and Princes, and the presentation to
the other religious houses declared to belong to the
Royal patrimony by the competent State au-

thorities.
Art. 2. That the whole of the furniture and
effects contained in the palaces and other establish-
ments comprised in the preceding article will als°
be considered in the patrimony of the Crown, Al/Ab-
out prejudice to the natural faculty resident in the

King to dispose of some or any of the same.
Art. 3. The town and country property
and
rents at present forming part of the Royal patri-
mony, and not comprised in Art. 1, are hereby fiat
up to sale.
Art. 4. In the sale of the domains the following
rules will be observed :-1. The purchase-runnel
will have to be paid in four equal instalments other
the
other
first on the spot at the time of sale, and the
at certain annual periods. 2. The sales will take
place at public auction, and the lots will be ad-
judged to the highest bidder. 3. The propertY will
continue until its alienation under the ,charge of the
General Administration of the Royal patrimony.
Seventy-five per cent. of the sum obtained by the
sales will be considered as the property of the State,
and be delivered into the public Treasury. DI
remaining 25 per cent. will appertain to the Royal
household.
Art. 5. In order to buy up the rents appertain-
ing to the Royal patrimony a certain time will a
allowed to the tenants, and the conditions fice,
which may appear expedient. At the expiratiou
this period the rents not bought up will be Put up
to public sale under the same conditions of purches
as those offered to the tenants. The amount of tlle
redemptions and sales of rents will be apportioned
and applied in the manner stated in Art. 4, relatilre
to the proceeds of the sale of the property.
to
the
Art. 6. The buildings and land belonging
Royal patrimony that may be considered necessa.;
for the State, will be purchased by the same at
:tell
fourth part of the amount of its valuation, W,ulto
will be deducted from the proceeds appertaining

the Public Treasury by reason of the sales. DS'
Art. 7. The allowances and widows and off' 1,.a .
p 1
pensions, pensions, and other obligations attached to
monial administrations of the property sold, ti
remain at the charge of the General Administrati°-
of the Royal Household and Patrimony. ant
g
Art. 8. To carry out the objects of the Pre -s
bill a Commission will be formed composed as
lows :—The President of the Council of Milliste,e,
who will act as Chairman, the Minister of Final':
Vice-Chairman, the other members of the Corafa:j
sion being the Administrator-Generals of the 11°1
Household and Patrimony, two senators and dept"to
ties elected by the respectivejegislative bocliesthe
which they belong, the Assessor-General of te,
Ministry of Finance and the Consulting-Advili.
General of the Royal Household and Patrill"-
The Secretary of the General Administration
also act as the Secretary of the Commission;
as
Art. 9. The duties of the Commission Avil'
sv- P:irea
follows :-1. To fix the regulations to be ebctate
in the transactions between the officers of the
_or
and those of the Royal Household and patrinituvr,
for the execution of the present law. 2. lie detoo
mine the periods and prices for the redev3P.oos
and sale of the rents. 3. To decide upon queoe
and demands pending between the State anu,os..
Royal Patrimony, upon the proprietorship ermor of
sessions of any property, determining the rig% or
the present bill. 4. To decide what edifiees,
lands belonging to the Royal Patrimony are I,euTo
sary for the public service of the State. u'oay
draw up any bill or bills, which in their oPiniellects
be expedient for the better fulfilment of the obJ
of the bill. the
Art. 10. On the termination of the labours efi.
Commission and the execution of all the disPlo
tions of the present bill, the Commission will 111.3,4.
a detailed report to the Cortes of its proceechnir
and of the results obtained.

M A RKE TS—This Day,

- 1 --

COVENT GARDEN. large'
Supplies of fruit and vegetables are seasonably
The trade is steady, at the annexed quotations :

• a •
e• d' 0 0
0 g roc) 6
Foreign ditto, Pun; oto 0
Filberts per lb • / .6to - "
' r 10° oto o 3
Walnuts, Pe ib . 0 0 0
IrChuerbreirersi,eps'ePrrlPb.t °,s oto 0 s
Cobnuts, Per 00to 0
per ...v".: 0 010 ‘' !
Currants, per b•s 0 oto 0 0
AF
ilgmst:nr de r , gor.;:,- . 0 00 toto n
.00
Plums, per .10- • . 0 oto
Damsons, pr 40. •
- - 0
VEGETABLES.
Greens, dz bunch 4 6to 5 61 Shallots, per lli4A• • 0 00 I°o : 0
Savoy do., pr dz.
Cabbages, pr doz 1 6to 2 6 I Horseradish, ~,n ~1 to (,) 6
It :id ditto
Caulitiowers, pdz 1 3to 2 6 Beet, 13 r doz.. " X oto „' 0
Brocoli 2l 06 So 043
00 ) PC
Celery,
y p,ir Cr
d" dt
tittot 0 li, 00
Ito() 0: ivo
010 to 1 0 Parsnips, per ao• 0" otO ;
Potatoes, per ton 60 0 to 20 0 Small salad. P. P. , i ulO 5 0
New ditto, pr pnt 1 oto 0 0 Mushrooms. PP,: 7, oto i, 0
Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 0 Artichokes, ea. ,'", 9to " 0
Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cos lett, score •• "„ oto g 0
Cucumbers 0 oto 0 0 Mint and savor y.•;', oto „ 0
Garlic, per lb
Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0, 0
Green peas, n.-sv. 0 oto u 0 Tomatoes, doz. • • oto 5
k'rench beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto , 6
Onions, doz. h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums
New Do., dz bun • 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun oto 0
Spinach . 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr de. ‘; 9to
, per do 0 9to ti 0
Brussels sprouts 16to 2 6; Seakale, per biol. 1 ;
POULTRY. a oc3
, o gSt
Turkeys, 48 Od to lOs Od ; geese, 6s Od to lu,,oothn 0
goslings, 7s Od to 9s Od ; ducks, 2s 6d .to 4s Od wild dol 0,
3s Od to 5s Od ; rabbits, is Od to 2s 6d each ;
_...,,,, foltlo,
to is 3d ; pigeons, Os 10d to is 3d each ; Su.":, ',d,r fof(061;
9s Od to 15s Od ; chickens, is Od to 12s Od ; barn ~"°,jo 40 At;
4s Od to 8s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s 6a to ,0- 6,
ptarmigan, is 6d to is 9d each ; pheasants, Os °cl,,d; solreto
partridges, is Od to 2s Od; woodcocks, 4s Od to 6s
'-' 2s Oa. 0,1
is 6d to 2s Od ; teal, is 6d to 2s Od ; wild duelc-08a to 0:ito
2s fid ; widgeons, is 6d to 2s Od ; plovers, 25,,5, WO,
each ; guinea fowls, 6s Od to 7s Od ; roasting 110 pg 0c1;
Os Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, ls 4d to 1s s'lo 114 to
1s 5d to is 6d per lb ; English eggs 10s Od a
French do., 8s Od to 9s Od per 100 ; 'leverets,
3s 6d ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od.
Os
10.4
BILLINGSGATE.;eeIs, low
Salmon, 2s 6d to 3s Od; trout, Os Od to Os Od ol,a to
to is Od ; prawns, Os Od ; pike, skate, sturgeonA 2s
.;0111,.;
but, 6d per lb ; turbots, 3s N. to 155 Od ; cVs Od 'ooo'
lOs Od ; brills, Os OtoOs Od ; doreys, ls Od t° ralA 501e.41
lets, ls Od to 2s Oda; lobsters, as Od to 45 6d ; coil t. 5 o,i;
to 2s 6d ; plaice and garnets, Os Od to Os °doe(' to la to
Os 3d to 2s 6d per pair ; common oysters, 120._ms, 46„, Odle;
natives, 84s Od to 905 Od per bushel ; whituTo to Os per
58 Od ; haddocks, 6s Od to 12s Od ; smelts Od to OS 0$ t/'
flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, Os Oubioatel.Bl)toce.
120 ; fresh herrings, Os Od to 10s Od per 120 ; Od per
to Os Od per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os v
10610;
NEWPORT. ~. 4a to -8 ss -
Beef, frem 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s ()writ,
lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; [veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; an
to 4s 6d per 81bs, by the carcase. i'egsl'
WHITECHAPEL. i f 40 I°`ll,;y i"
Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 6,,, -° ~ gib r-
-4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, Bs 6d to 4s 6d pe"
carcase.

FRUIT.

S. d. s. d.
Pine apples 8 oto 10 0
Foreign do., each 0 oto 0 0
Grapes,per lb 6 oto 10 0
Foreign do 1 oto 2 6
3lelons 0 oto 0 0
Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0
Apples, per hf-sv. 2 oto 3 6
Pears, per do 0 oto 0 0
Oranges, per 100..4 oto 10 0
Lemons, per 100 3 6to 7 0
Gooseberries hi sire.) oto 0 0
Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0

Oil
BREAD. I.io ge
The price of wheaten bread in the Inetrelle f d
to 7d, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b I°6 . ,to
6
go ty
HIDES AND SKINS. .72110,. gil
Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21d to 3d ; 641 b toto 4a i 0
3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3}d to 3id ; 801 b to 881 b, Sicliii, to liiglt
to 961 b, 4d to 4id ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 1,7 Ici,,g Oa
Od to Od. Horse hides, 8s Od to lOs Od ; cei.;;P,, .I,o' o'l
2s Od to 4s Od ; full, 6s 6d to Os Od ; polled e-Ts-eoa 9
14s Od ; half-breds, 10s Od to 11 6d • DovilA '
shearlings, ls 6d to Os Od. 8 7 101.
HAY MARKETS. cc 00 1.: lo
£5 lOs to 16 lOs ; and straiv.,
SMITH YlELD.—Meadow hay, £4los to wd- ill , Y- r
£1 8s to Xl' ' -v°
el.'
ejos' a.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, to Supply limited. r,,- 1.00 ; r 100
1.5 liioBdetomax62os ; and
straw, £1 9s OlOl a,
ECHArEL.—Meadow hay, 1.00 ; 100
ay, lOste;I: 00 Pe
er,
WHIT
£5 lOs to £6 10s Od ; and straw, 11 8s t° "'-
Trade steady. 14 lOs togi4o Pet

The Berlin journals °n n ajc
jOn:31)
geortelelievmedilaitarsn
which during late visit of
Is Wie'6l'ol,
taa—en_ ---
an
having fie tia 0, of
moved, replied,
that !" and
tation both h
ernmteedtothbee skill
iol shot !''
of
had a his
annylsdahienordspwbihta:otlhnofailditshual:tgdes,eitrYgit•oszeeticiiitfoeirol3ll:::to:
man,
~wish Order
to satisfy. " Yes, sire," replied the
wa, f 5 0
l ra dme
" I cannot satisfy so unchriatine the 9
left the bedside shedding tears' wpieja wh°
been able to tliVer
save his life. 011 B
A letter from large toiftj
Vienna states thav 3. cootiO 10,001
of Poles who had been assigned residences in, thoy P otet
in
Austria, but who can leave the country 0
raer to %o,
have
the a made
choice of Turkey for a refge, in :of eStstte foil
rmy there, or otherwise to find the Wean the it&elici/
The
.da men who have arrived in Vienna chir,rne„,to, 1",,1011
ys
are
sent, at their own request, to r't'u'e jt.'
they are conveyed in steam ships of war t°
'rontier. Tthhee
333.11i:gic:11? - a viis„r