The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-13 00:00:00

NEIVGATE AND LE ADENITALL.

These markets continue to be rather extensively supplied
with both town and country-killed meat. Although a good
business is doing, the demand is far from active, at the
following quotations :

Per Blbs by the carcase.
s. d. s. d. I s. d. s. d.
Beef, inferior 210 3 2 Mutton, Inferior 210 3 4
Do., middling 3 4 3 6( Do., middling 3 6 4 0
Do., prime large .3 8 3 10 , Do., prime 4 2 4 6
Do., do. small ....3 10 4 0 Veal 4 0 5 4
Pork, large 3 4 4 2, Pork, small 4 4 4 10

SHARE MARKETS,

100
8i

(THIS DAY.)

BRITISH RAILWAYS.

RAILWAYS.

Aberdeen .

Closing Prices
this day.

Ambg Nottug. Bost.
and Eastn. Junet
Belfast & Ballymena
Binning. Wolverh. &
Stour Valley '
Birkenhd. Lauesh.
Cheshire Junet

Business done
this day.

20i -- 21
44 -- 5

27i
22
25

20i i

Do. Chesh. & Birk.;
£5O and £25 Cons.
Do., £2O.
Blyth & Tyne original
£25 (issd. at £45;
Bristol and Exeter...
Caledonian.

Chester & Holyhead.
Cork and Bandon
Cork, Black, & Pass
Cornwall
Crieff Junction
Dublin&BelfastJune
Dundee Perth &Aber
demi Junction
Do. New

East Anglian....
Do.,(£ISE&H)
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union, A
Stock

83 9
12 —lO dis

16 18
6, —• 54d,

50
16
16:4
P-1,1

100
114

Do., B. Stock..

Do.; New A..

1.00-
423

50
40
25
25

8/ 2sl

East Lancashire

100
100
174,
all
too

sj
25
50
20

100
32
1100

Edinburgh & Glasgow
Ediub. and Peebles
Edin. Prth. &Dundee
,Forth & Clyde June.
kllasgow &S. Western
Great Northern Stk.
Do., A. Stock
Do., B. Stock

all
Ld is

20
20
10
10

N 2sl
LOO
1.00
100
100 1

t3t.Sth. &West.(lre,
great Western

10
26
13A
20
20

[rish South-Eastern
Lancaster & Carlisle
Do., Thirds

2/ 2s
all
100
8
100

St.
St.
25

17
all
all
1.4

51s.
100
20
13,:,
100

Do. New Thirds .

Laueash. and Yorksh
Do., Fifths
D 3., Wst. Riding Un
Leeds Northern

Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt
Loudon & Blackwall
Lond. Tilb. &St'lend.
Loud. Bright& S.Cst.
Loud. and N. Westn.
Do. Fifths -

Do.lol. Sh. , M&8...0
Do. Eighths

Londoti aud S. Westn.
Do., £5O
Do., £4O
Lnudrry& Col eraiue
Ludndrry. & Euuisk.
Manch.Slief. & Litwin
Do., Mau. & Liu. Uu
Midland

)o. Diming.. &Derby
Nlidld. G. West. (Irg.)
Do. Half Shares
Newcastle & Carlisle
Newmarket

Do., Bury Extension.
Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd
Newry & Enniskillen
Newry Warrenpoint
and Rostrevor
Norfolk
Northn.Counties Un
North British

North Devon, No. 1
IDo., No. 2

Do., A A Deferred
Do., ; B Guaranteed
North London

jDo. New £lO..

N. &S. Wstrn ,Hamp•
stead, and City Ju.,
North Staffordshire ,
'North Western
N. & S. Westrn. June,
Nuneaton, Hinckley,
and Leicester .

Oxford, Worcester,Sz
Wolverhampton
Portsmouth

'Scottish Central „

'Scottish Midland

Shrewsbury & Bi i mg.
Do. L. & N. Western'
Guaranteed St oak
Shrewsby. & Herefd
Shrewsby. & Chester
(N. W. Min
Do. Halves, I e.
Do. Oswestry
Shropshire Union
Do. A, B, C,& D,fully
paid up at per cent
South Devon

South Eastern
south Wales
S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun,
Do.

->taines, Wok. & Wok
Stockton & Darling.
Hitoekton & Hartlepl
• raff Vale

91 - 93
55 - 55?,
15 - 16
10 • 12

Do. £lO shares.

Do. Pref., No. 1.

Phames liavou Dock

and Railway
Vale of Neath

42 - 44

Vitterfd. & Kilkenny
Waterford&Linaeriek,
Vest Cornwall

West End of London
and Crystal Palace
West Loudon

7i - 8

1G - 1T

Wirubledn & Croydon,
York Newctl.&Berw.
Do. Extensions
Do. G.N.E. Purchase
York & N. Midland

12g -12 i
36 - 40
24 - 26

61 - 63
58 - 60

-
23i - 2,4

92 93
80 82
L 24 - 126
90 - 92
78A - 79

92 - 95
124 -131 p
12 - 13 I,
66i - 67
6k --

15-

8k 8
par p
97 —9B
Al - 102
d p
par
4d
78 80
11 —lO
10 9 d

21 - 22,

60g - 60,
34 - 36

i d par
2i
qd
21

6 8
46 48
3Ad
336 ... 31i
8 10

Li - I.
6 - '4
52 - 55
i - 41)

6i - 5i
74 - 7t

31 - 33

88 90
54 - 56
58 - 60

55 60
3 2d

16 17
8 86
12 13
3i aid

14 16
623/4 633/4
34 35!2
2 d par
5

29 - 31

2g - 211
15
4§ -
24 - 2u
4 - 6

.••
6 -

67i 6S?
81 -
4A 4d
47t - - 48.

PREFERENCE SHARES.

17,
12t xd

62 li 2 „
59

92
31 BUA 1A 80 „
Pl
91'
78i 9 8A 1,,

67 61

13k d

1011

22A li
61 60/1

RAII•WAIII.
Closing Prices Business
Shr. Paid. Leasing
Compans. th s day, this day.
Bedford and _._ —..-
50 all Bletenicy.... London &
duckghauish. N. West. ... ...
St. 100 Clydesdale Je. L. &N .1V . ... ...xd
50 all S. Lincoln gr. Caled.on... 48 —5O xd
St. 100 ti per cent.
Gt.Nrthn. 1.40 142
25 all Glas. Barr- & Caldonian.
Neils. Direct
25 all Do. New...... Do .••
. -- •••
•••
25 all Glstr.& Dn. Fr Gt. west]] 28 30xd
100 all Firtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New.
Railway & Berw. ... ... 103
50 all
phou.ll:shSealrbeys
DY.o & . Mid 103 105
25 all Do. IL. ,Shares. Do sli 524
25. 264
1132 i all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern 13 134
20 all Do.Preferenee Do 24A —251
20 100 Lowestoft gr.
4 per cent. Norfolk ... x d
20 1.00 Do. 6 per ct. x d
N all Nlanch. Bxtn. L.& N. W.
and Matlock & Midld. 23 2-1,
50 all Uiddlesbro & 3tckton &
Redcar Darliugt. ... x d
100 all Ifidld.Bradfd Andland.. 95 Wad x d
50 all Northern and
Easternsp.c. E. Count. 56 58xd 58 7 x d
50 ~ Do. 6 per et. Do - - xd x d
50 all Do. Fixeds pC Do — xd x d
25 all F'rest. &IVyre L. &N.W
&Ln&Yk ...
124 12 Do. A Shares. Do —
St. 100 Roystn.&llit. GtNorthi, 135 —l4oxd
St. 100 Do.Shepth.St Do — •••
25 18 ihef.Roth a.,G Laneash&
Goolem.s p. c . Yorksh. ~ ..•
12 W 3. Staffordsh. 1131 Clean •2i —li !Id
50 all WearVallcygi itockt. &
6 per cent... Darlingt. ... ad
25 all Do Do 2B 30
St. 100 Nilts&Somrst etWestn 94 96

34 31

313 1
89i
56
581

6?i
35i

FOREIGN.
1- 0
7 Antwerp&Rotterdam 3i 3 d
5 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 1 1.
20 8 Beziers toGraissessae 43/4 3id
20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and
Central India,Scrip id p pm
Central of Italy
2▪ 0
all Jharleroi& Erqueiiie
1.'4 all Demerara
20 14 Dijon andßesancon p
20 8 Dutch Rhenish 3l 3 d
20 all East Indian 2» 3 p
20 2 Do. Extension
5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula I p 58
20 10 Janet. of France ...
23 10 Grd. Trunk of Canada 43/4 4 d 53/4
100 30 Do. Debentures —
100 all Do. do 6 4 d
20 10 Gt. Central of France 21 —24 d
203 all it. Western of Cana ,
Shares .
Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 10 —12 p
2▪ 0
151 Hamilton & Toronto 13/4 —2 p
100 all Do. 6 per cent.
20 5 Lake Coust. & Basle ...
5 all Lucca, & Pistoja 5 p.c
pref — dis
20 15 Luxembourg 6i 71
10 10 Do. (Railway) 4l 4i
5 2 Do. Pref 1 14
5 3 Do. (Canal) 1
10 5 Do. 6p. ct. 11 id
20 8 Lyons and Geneva
20 12 Lyons & Mediterran
20 10 Madras d par
333/4 331 Maria Antonia
10 all Do. do. New
20 2 Melbourne Dk, &Ry — •••
20 all Namur & Liege (with
interest) 7 73/4
20 all Do. (ex interest) — ••
16 all Northern of France 291 —3O 291
Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bds
20 all (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) •••
10 all NorwegianTrunkPre 7a 83/4
20 10 Paris and Lyons l2l —l3 p 221
40 all Ditto Bonds
10 all Paris and Orleans 43 —45
20 all Paris and Rouen._ 34 —36 xd
20 all Paris and Strasbourg 281 291 281
20 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. ..• —• pm
101 10i Quebec & Richmond 3 1 d
20 all Rouen and Havre
20 9 Royal Danish id par
5 2 Royal Swedish .2• d
20 all Sambre and Meuse 8 83/4
6 Do. 52 p. cent. Pref ...
2▪ 0
6 Southern of France ... pm
20 6 St. Andrew's and
Quebec (A)
8i all West Flanders 3/ 41 31
10 all Do 54. per c.• Pref d
20 10 Western of France 3
10 7 West. of Switzerland ... q
20 2 Wiesbaden
20 15 Zealand
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
40 all tustralasia 7B 80 79*
40 all British Colonial Bank
and Loan Company ...
50 all British N. American
25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 13/4 —od
20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India,
Australia, & China 13/4 1d
100 25 Colonial •••
100 20 Commercial of Lend —
20 10 English Scottish and
Australian 3 -34 d 63/4
20 15 Loud. Chart. Bk. of
Australia ll ld 14 131
50 20 Loudon and County
50 10 London Joint Stock — 241
100 20 Loud. & Westminstei 37
100 33 National Provincial
of England —
20 10 Do. New — . .
50 22 National of Ireland
20 all New South Wales 39 41xd
25 all 'Mental Bank of
Corporation 46 —47 463/4 7
25 5 Do. New - -
100 25 Provincial of Ireland
10 all Do. New .• .•.
5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg
& gold Imp Co
25 all South Australia 4O 42
25 all Union of Australia.. 67 6g 68
2. Do. New 7 73/4
50 , 10 Union of L0nd0n...,,

68 71
llt IP
47i 81 ,','

St.
100 .I.berdeen - .••
St. 100 Do. No. 2, 7p.c C. ..
25 30 Myth and Tyne 10 per LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
c. pref. (issd. at 50/) ... - ...
St. 100 Brie. & Ex. 4p. c. St. ... ...
20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares
St. 100 Jaledonian £lO 99 101 light, pleasant breeze, and fine clear weather.
15 all „pester & Holyhead ( 'FF DOVER, March 12.—The screw fleet, under Admiral
Guar. 5A per cent ... Napier, for the Eastward.
...
64 64 .:ork &Blndousip.e. ... ... FALMOUTH, March Il.—Wind, S.S.W., strang breeze.
64 all Dundee Perth &Aber- Arrived—Marse Antoinette, from Port-au-Prince ; Loti-
deen Junction
36 all EastAuglian (X3los) - • John, Aran ; Thor Petro, Alexandria ; Johannes and
6 per cent 3 3 Adrianus, Galatz ; Mystery, Canada ; Drie Brrndt, Malta,
5 all Do. (£5) 7 per cent 4 46 leaky, and with part of cargo thrown overboard ; Rubio,
7i 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7p. c i i p Leghorn, with jibboom carried away. ats 41
6i all Eastern Counties Ex- PORTSMOUTH, March 11.—Wind. W. Arrived—Coun-
tension, sp. c. No. 1 -1-,4 —IA p i pm tees of Durham, from Leghorn ; Breeze, Charente ; Florida,
6 all Do. No. 2 i —16 p London, for New York. Sailed—The Baltic fleet, under
10 all Do. New 6p.c. St 134 —l36xd Admiral Napier ; Egmond, for New Zealand • Chevalier,
20 all Eastern Union, Scrip Melbourne ; H.M.S. Dauntless, Baltic. Off 'Port—Cape
Guar. 6 per cent 226 236 of Good Hope, from London, for the Cape of Good Hope.
5 all Do. 51., 10 per cent ... -- ... PLYMOUTH, March 12.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived-
-10 all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- .„ ... Eliza Bell, from St. Domingo, for Antwerp ; Golden
St. 100 East Lancash. 6p. its. ... xd x d Fleece (s 8), Leith, for Malta. Sailed—Eliza Fox, for
5 all East and West York- Corunna.
shire June. Pref... .., ... GLOUCESTER, March 11.—Arrived—Arabian, from St.
5 all Edinb Prth . &Dundee John's.
sii, per cent.
St. 100 3lasgow &S.Western Odessa to Queenstown, or Falmouth, got entangled, during
Guar. 5 per cent ... ~. thick weather, March 8, and after slipping three anchors,
St. 100 ;matSt. Northn. sp. c ll4 —ll6xo 1146 x d two chains, and two warps, was put on the ground, but
St. 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., was afterwards supplied with an anchor, and is now being
at 10 p. c. prem... 105 —lo7zd 1056 5x d towed into this harbour, without damage to hull or spars.
10 10 Do. 43 p. c. Scrip - 10xd 9i ilox d . BELFAST, March 9.—The Harriot Preston (schooner), of
10 6 t.N. of Scot. Ist Prof ... ... Barmouth, from Port Dinerwick, for Kirkaldy, struck on
63 all .t, Southn.&Westm. a rock near the entrance of Larne Lough, has been towed
(Ireland) Eighths) 7i —8 xd x d to our quays to-day, making water ; will have to discharge
20 4 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh ... ad x d to repair.
50 6 .3t. Westn. (Berks & ABERDEEN, March 9.—The Felix (brig), of Exeter, was
Hants Ex. sp. c) 6 7 passed yesterday off St. Abbs Head, water-logged and
i
St. 100 Do. coy. red. 43 p.c. 98 100 981 9 8 abandoned, and apparently having been in collision by the
St. LOO Do. con. red. 4p. c. 90 95 Albatross, arrived at Aberdeen.
St. 1.00 D. irred. 4p. c.. . 94 96 WIGTOWN, March 10.—Part of a poop deck of a vessel,
16 6 Lau. & York. F. £2O Id and other pieces of wreck ; also, a firkin of butter and a
St. 100 00. 6p. c. Stock 136 —1 CI sailor's chest containing clothes, painted green, and with
20 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No. 1 ... .. James Rea, of Liverpool," on it, was washed ashore on
123 9 Do. Quarters, 1848._ ... ... the 7th ult., on the isle of Whitehorn.
St. 100 :-.,ondou and Brighton HALIFAX, March 11.—The brigantine, Resolution, of
Guaranteed sp. c
.., and bound to St. John's, Newfoundland, from New York,
St. 100 ')o. Pref., sp.c. St ...
... with a general cargo, was totallylost on Black Lodge, near
50, all Do. Convertible, 5 p Whitehead, Feb. 16 ; crew saved. The Frederic, of Pars-
e., 1852 .• ••• boro', N.S., hence to Liverpool, was fallen in with dis-
St. 100 Jo. New Guar.6 p. c ... —c,„ masted and unmanageable, and the crew taken off and
Himalaya (e) to the East of
St 100 Lo n. &N. W., Cov. & taken to New York by the ship Grinnel.
Nuneaton
50 5 Loudon &S. Western Cork,
Con. Third 5.........: 21 —2i ad a d the Rock ; she was towed hither, but submerged at the
126 all Londonderry& Color. - . GIBRALTAR,was
inc
0 ntact Marchw i th. —t
hTeh e
entrance of the Bay,. near the lighthouse. The San An-
Shares ... ... tonia, from Charleston to Barcelona, went on shore be-
-126 all Londy.&Ennis.6 Sh ll6 126 tween Marbella and Fuengirola, Feb. 27, and is full of
25 all avian., Shef., & Lin., water.
i Shares, No. 1.
10 all Do. New, £lO
6 4:4 Do. £6 par ipxd a d here this morning, leaky, and with part of cargo (deck
12t all 4arypt.&Carl.4 p.c ..• •• . load— timber) thrown overboard, having grounded on the
12:i all Jo. 43 per cent •.• ••• Gunfleet Sand, March 10, from which she was assisted off
124 104 Do ••• ."."
•00 this morning.
St. 100 Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St .•. —• .. WATERFORD, March 10.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—
St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Arab, from London.
Uirin. 6 per cent 136 138 1341 --
16'6 5 Do. Pref. 43 per cent 11 —id ad die ad (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
10 6 Norfolk Debenture
St. 100 Do. Pref. 4p. c. Stock ... ad Wind, South ; moderate, and fine.
St. 100 Do. sp. c. Est ... ad a d Arrived—Specimen, from St. Michael's ; Kennett, Ter-
St. 100 Do. 53 per ct.pref ... ad ceira • Ariel, Mazagan ; Moor of Venice, Malaga.
St. 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c ... xd Off' the Port—China and Gilius (ships), and Bombay
St. 100 North British
20 all North Staftbrdshire ...
St. 100 Oxford, Worcester, St ...
(Et SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.)
WolYerh.Xls,6 p.c. 100 102 1014 a d GRAVESEND Monday, 10.15 am.
15 15 Do Wind, S. ; tide, two hours flood; fine.
8i all Scot. Cent. , Now Pref ... . Arrived, 13th.—Rayensbourne, steamer, from Antwerp ;
8 all Shrews. & Birm.N.G. 9 —lO Fyenoord (s), Rotterdam ; City of Pazis (s), Boulogne ;
10 all ihrewsby. & Chester Adonis (s), Bordeaux ; Sarah Birkett, Berbice.
(Nor.W.Miu), 8 p.c. 166 17 Sailed— Sigisbart Cozard, for Port Philip ; Walter
10 10 Do. 5 per cent lO —10 i Sydney.
25 all South Devon l2 —l4 DEAL, Mcnday, 9.30 a.m.
10 14 De. fixed, 43 per cent id I p Wind, W.S.W. ; light, and fine.
.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Anchored—Richard Reynolds, from London, for Car-
Ann.) of Ll Os. 6d. 23. 24 thagena; Priscilla, from Shields, for Savannah; Anna
St. 100 Do. 43per cent lOO 102 Augusta, for Amsterdam, for Trieste.
20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar l7 —l9 Passed—Arabella, from London, for Trieste.
25 all Stockton and Dar- Remain—Caroline Agnes, Nelson's Paoe, James Gibb,
lington, 4 per cent. ... ... Rajah of Sarawak, Panthea, China, Nonnan Morrison.
25 5 Do. do. do. ... —•
•
.......
1.2 i all Stockton and Hartle-
pool, guar. 5 p. c. . .
RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN.
till Ist July, 1856 ... ... •
41;61WA 16Y.:
5 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 11 114 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH CCAST2 B
st. 100 York, Newcastle,and Traffic return for the week ending Merck 11,
Berwick,4p.e.Pref. 89 --92xd 91 1854 £11,461
17 SDo 3i —4 ad id Corresponding week last .year ~., -7,677 16 1J
95 10 York&N.Midlandfi. Total of the half-year to this date, 1854.,,„. 95,633 3.'
&MI b. ranbell Imp, 11"0 9i i i 4 ) zetig a thogival to tbis dot, UN al tai b
•~.. .

U
10
St.
5

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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1854.

THE QUARTERLIES.

The Quarterly Review. No. CLXXXVII.

Scarcely equal to its immediate predecessor—
though, from the extraordinary merit of that pre-
decessor, such continued excellence was hardly in
reason to be expected—the present number of
the Quarterly is still, in respect to one or
two of the contributions, eminently worthy
of its reputation. In the elaborate criticism
on the " Life and Writings of Gray," terrible
justice is done to William Mason, the author
of " The Garden" justice more terrible even
than that recently awarded by a Quarterly reviewer
to Thomas Moore in his capacity as a posthumous
autobiographer, and to the editor of his unlucky
" Memoirs," Lord John Russell. Another article
on " Humboldt's Cosmos" has reference this time
to the sublime and ever-enthralling study of
Sidereal Astronomy. Afterwards comes an
ingenious essay on " The Missions of Poly-
nesia "—followed in its turn by a paper on
M. Guizot, in which a deserved tribute is
paid to the genius of that eminent man, if not
as a statesman, at least as an historian and
a philosopher. Many curious particulars upon a
subject of immediate and absorbing interest may
be found by the reader on turning to the chapter
on " The Religion of the Chinese Rebels"—that
mongrel, and distorted, and half-paganised Chris-
tianity. In the review of " Castren's Travels among
the Laps" will be discovered, however, another store
of very useful information. The next criticism,
that on the " Memoirs of King Joseph," meaning
the elder brother of the modern Sesostris, the
King Joseph, first of Naples, and after-
wards of Spain, the " Good Joseph," as he is
always called in the delightful memoirs of Madame
Junot, the Duchess d'Abrantes—is the only really
(as we think it) vile article in the number—unfair,
untrue, ungenerous, infected throughout with the
taint arising from the evil passions of the last gene-
ration of Englishmen, the blind and deaf, but any-
thing but dumb hatred which has found its expres-
sion in one word, and that one word—anti-Bona-
partism. The time for anti-Bonapartism is gone
by. England and France are at length, thank
God, united by the bonds of a cordial and complete
alliance. It is an alliance between Victoria and
Napoleon—between the English Monarchical and
the French Imperial Governments. An alliance
between the dynastiAs so entire that the cousin of
the French Emperor, the heir presumptive
of his diadem, has paid a visit of friendship
to King Leopold, while the French Emperor himself
has since received the brother of his Royal Highness
Prince Albert as his guest in the palace of the Tui-
leries. The rabid hatred evinced for an illustrious
house, a house as illustrious as that founded by the
Emperor Napoleon the Great, the bitter and im-
placable hatred displayed towards this wonderful
family by the old Tory Quarterly will find nowa-
days but few to sympathise with it among the
masses of the British population. There remains
only one other contribution to the current number
of our quarterly contemporary to be particularised
—the political article of the quarter, "Turkey and
Russia, " a paper to which we have already in our
leading columns made direct reference in deserved
terms of commendation.

The London Quarterly Review. No. 111. Par-
tridge, Oakey, and Co.
In this, as the number indicates, we have the
third instalment of a new adventurer among our
quarterly publications. It already gives promise
of considerable excellence as a literary periodical.
It has that ever-delightful charm, the freshness of
youth and novelty. Several of the articles in the
present number, for example, are remarkable for their
vigour—while scarcely one amongst them gives any
particularly notable evidence on the part of its writer
either of immaturity or inexperience. The criticism
on " Modern Poetry ; its Genius and Tendencies,"
appears to us commendable in regard to almost
every one of its opinions, for the varied but not
conflicting attractions of earnestness, originality,
and independence. After speaking of some of the
more remarkable "poems" of the day—" poems"
here and there as splendid in imagery as they are
throughout, from first to last, in form and essence,
in conception and execution mysterious—the critic
speaks as follows, in a tone which we cannot but
consider as eminently judicious :

"The youth of England, if they are to meet manfully
the duties of their future life, must be hardy in their in-
tellectual pastime, as well as in their holiday sports ;
for the one is as necessary to their mental and moral
health, as the other to their physical maturity. To
steep their minds in poetry like that which we have
turned from, is about as wise as to spend their summer
evenings, and make their nightly bed, in a steaming hot-
house, only for the privilege of reposing under the leaves
of some huge exotic. How much better to follow the
muse of Scott over breezy heath and mountain fell ; to
watch the feast in Branksome-hall, or pursue the flying
stag as he seeks 'the wild heaths of Uurn-bar r It is
the fashion, we know, to decry the poetic achievements
of Sir Walter Scott, to style them (what, indeed, they
are) mere versified romances ; and we may admit that
many of his contemporaries, as Campbell, Rogers, and
Coleridge, struck loftier music from their lyres, and
warbled a sweeter and a rarer song. But let the new
generation of poets beware how they push the strain too
far, and give us so much that is intensely poetical (as
they intend it) ; and especially how they permit the ex-
pressional parts of poetry to overlay its more substantial
elements. The sure effect of this will be to drive us
back to the homelier but healthier standards, and among
the rest to the plain but nervous minstrelsy of Scott,
with its simple melody and vivid freshness, its hearty
sympathy with external nature, and its skilful blending
of the familiar and romantic."

Besides this criticism on " Modern Poetry,' the
London Quarterly has several articles which will
be found as instructive as they are interesting—
one on "The Mormons," another on " Madagascar,"
and another on " Thiersch," considered in his du-
plex character as a critic and as a theologian.

LITERATURE.

The Daughter of the South. By Clara Walbey.

3 vols. Hurst and Bfaokett.

This is a romantic story, pleasing and graceful
in its style, and not without merit in its structure.
The plot is ingeniously contrived, so that the
reader is for some time left in doubt as to whether
or not the hero is guilty of the crime laid to his
charge. Although the affair is enveloped in
mystery, it will not appear extravagant or exagge-
rated when it is borne in mind that all parties
had deceived in the first instance. Either with
good or bad intentions some truths had been with-
held, and some falsehoods propagated. Sir Arthur
is very well drawn ; his crafty purposed and his wily
attempts to gain the fortune of the heiress, were
overdone at last, and the very step he finally took to
attain his object, defeated it. Lord Derington is an
admirable character ; it is to be feared we will find
few prototypes for such a portraiture in real life.
Lady Ida forms a good contrast to Miss Loder—
the excess of cautious reserve is opposed to the
extreme of independent bearing. While Miss
Loder practised an eternal dissimulation, that the
world might think her different to what she was,
Lady Ida was perfectly indifferent as to what others
thought of her, as she gave utterance to her own
honest, though often imprudent, opinions. Geral-
dine Dernevor, or Horton, as she was afterwards
proved to be was of a very peculiar disposition.
Her feelings were a combination of the
Italian fervour, with the English reserve and
modesty ; while the genius she inheritpd from her
mother's land of song and inspiration attracted at-
tention and admiration, the grace and gentleness
peculiar to her father's country made her shrink
from display, and turn aside from ostentatious ex-
hibitions. Conrad Assulton in his career affords a
warning to imprudent and thoughtless young men
who rush into all sorts of dangers and difficulties,
for which in after life they pay heavy penalties.
The Italian brother and sister he heedlessly attached
himself to in his youth nearly proved his ruin. In
many passages of the story poetry is introduced, as
an evidence of the heroine's powers of improvisa-
tion. Some of the verses are very deserving of at-
tention, while the general tone of the composition,
both in prose and verse,
is imaginative and enthu-
siastic, which is in unison and harmony with the
spirit of the work. While perusing the eloquent
descriptions and impassioned delineations, the
reader may exclaim in the words of the heroine at
the commencement—

" Once more above me rise,
Glowing with heavenly light,
Ausonia's purple skies,
Ausonia's glorious night."

Diary and Letters of Madame D' Arblay. A new
edition. Vol. I. Published for Henry Colburn
by Hurst and Blackett.

The lively and agreeable diary of the authoress
of " Evelina" will always retain its interest, both
from the writer's personal celebrity and from those
with whom she was acquainted. The present edi-
tion will be completed in seven volumes. Each
volume will contain a portrait. The first is of
Madame D'Arblay herself, and a short introduc-
tory memoir of her is appended to the work.

Lives of the Queens of England. By Agnes Strick-
land. Published for Henry Colburn by Hurst

and Blaokett.

This is the third volume of the edition which is
now publishing in monthly numbers, in a cheap and
commodious form. The present volume contains
the lives of Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katha-
rine Howard, Katharine Parr, and Mary, the First
Queen Regnaßt. It gives the portrait of every
Queen, and it is curious to remark how much better
looking the modern sovereigns appear than their

predecessors, which is not surprising, as the por-
traits are generally taken from some ancient statue
or tombstone, which, of course, would not be so
well executed in the earlier centuries, besides be-
ing impaired by time. Those who are desirous of
possessing a complete edition of this standard his-
torical work will find the present series an excellent
one.

The Pictorial Book of Ancient Ballad Poetry.
Edited by J. Moore. Washbourne and Co.,
Ivy-lane.

This is a very elegant and complete edition of
the ancient ballads, which resemble in some re-
spects the "Arabian Nights," or the " Nursery
Rhymes," for they have their admirers among all
classes and all characters. They have outlived many
more ambitious attempts ; and even when they
have been refined or improved, the alterations
have soon passed away, while the originals remain
unforgotten. In many cases in the present volume,
while comparing the prototype with the more mo •
dern arrangement, the reader is struck by the
superiority of the former. There is an absence of
those quaint and characteristic phrases iu the
pieces of later date, which deprives them in a great
measure of one of their chief attractions. But
both classes will always be favourites, both
from their poetical or romantic qualities, and
from the vivid idea they give of the manners
of the age. Indeed, in some instances, ancient
ballads have filled a more important post, as
in the earlier ages songs and traditions were the
the only guide in some countries that the historian
possessed.
In whatever light they are regarded,
this works presents them in an attractive volume,
chronologically arranged, with the valuable addi-
tion, for modern readers, of a glossary and intro-
ductory notes. The following extract from the
preface will show the method which has been
adopted :

"In presenting a new edition of the Pictorial Book
of Ancient Ballad Poetry,' it is only necessary to state
that some additions have been made to it, and the whole
has been re-arranged ; and though it is scarcely possible
to fix upon the exact period of all the pieces, yet some
attempt has been made to place most of them in chrono-
logical order, so that as the earliest belong to the reign
of Henry VI., the volume will show the progress of
ballad poetry from that time ' • when, however, more
than one version of a ballad is given, it has been
thought best to place them together, the ear-
liest preceding the later. The doings of Robin
Hood and his Merrie Men, which form a prominent fea-
ture in this collection, and are comprised in ten pieces
embracing the earliest known ballad, and ending with
that upon his death, from Ritson's ' Robin Hood's Gar-
land,' printed at York, have also been kept together, as
to have separated them would have spoilt the interest
of the subject and lessened their value."
We must not omit to mention that a selection of
imitations from Scott, Southey, Coleridge, Chatter-
ton, Percy, Szc., has been added, and also to show
the resemblance and difference between English
and foreign ballads some translations are appended. '
The volume is handsomely bound, and the title-
page is beautifully illustrated.

Ticonderoga ; or, The Black Eagle. By G. P. R.
James. Three vols. Newby.
The numerous readers of Mr. James' works will
look with interest to the appearance of his first
American novel. It is of the time of the war in
the last century, and a battle scene is introduced
at the close. The chief interest of the tale, how-
ever, hangs upon an ancient Indian law. It is a
rule among the native tribes that should a white
man kill an Indian (unless in warfare), he must be
killed by the tribe, or the spirit of the victim will
not enter the happy hunting grounds. If the
murderer is not found after a diligent search, they
must slay one of his kindred, or if he have no kin-
dred one of his race will suffice. A white
man, in this tale, kills an Indian in self-defence,
and makes his escape. An English youth is
captured in his place, and the uncertainty as to
his fate is skilfully maintained till near the conclu-
sion. He is the son of Mr. Prevost, who lives,in
the forest with his two children, Walter and Edith.
They become acquainted with Lord H. (for the
author adopts the singular plan of giving his hero
only an initial for a name), who is engaged to
Edith. The curious point of the book is the con.-
elusion ; for Walter Prevost, whom the reader ex-
pected to die in every chapter, is left uninjured,
while Edith and Lord H., who seemed to be in
little danger or difficulty, excepting their anxiety
for Walter's fate, rare both killed in the battle !
This is not so improbable as it appears at
first, for Lord H. was an officer, and was
killed in attacking the enemy, ile Edith
had been taken prisoner by the French, and
while her long missing brother was rescuing her
she was accidentally shot. The catastrophe, there-
fore, is not an unnatural one, though it is to be
regretted that after the who]e party had gone
through so many " hairbreadth 'scapes and hair-
breadth snares," the reader has not the satisfaction
of leaving them happy and united. The descrip-
tions of I ntlian life and manners are interesting,
and the characters varied and attractive. The
Black Eagle is the name of an Indian chief, who
takes a prominent part in the story, which derives
its curious title from a military fort.

THE BALTIC FLEET.

BY CHARLES MACKAY.
(Front the Illustrated London 21'ers.)
Don't you know the wrong you're doing ?
Mighty Czar ! mighty Czar !
Don't you see there's mischief brewing ?
Mighty Czar !

France and England, ono in council,
Are impatient for the day,
And are steaming to the Baltic,
Ripe and ready for the fray.
We have hearts that never fail us,
So look out for wounds and scars ;
For there's Charloy Napier coming,
With his gallant Jack Tars !
For there's Charley Napier coming,
With his gallant Jack Tars !
Oh, you think you're very clever,
Mighty Czar ! mighty Czar !
But we'll do our best endeavour,
Mighty Czar
To convince you of your folly.
We are strong when duty calls,
And since reason will not teach you,
Here's success to cannon balls !
You shall rue the day you roused us
From the sleep of bygone wars.
So, look out for Charley Napier,
With his gallant Jack Tars !
So, look out for Charley Napier,
With his gallant Jack Tars !
'Tis a foolish course you've chosen,
Mighty Czar ! mighty Czar !
Russia's strong, no doubt, when frozen,
Mighty Czar !.

'Twas not you that beat Napoleon,
But your ugly ice and sleet ;
And we'll profit by the warning,
And we'll try you with our fleet.
Ere you feel the summer breezes,
You may thank your happy stars
If you do not yield to Napier,
And his gallant Jack Tars !
If you do not yield to Napier,
And his gallant Jack Tars !

SUICIDE OF A GENTLEMAN BELONGING TO THE GENERAL
POST-OFFICE.—On Saturday Mr. Oliver Window, No.
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time in a very desponding state of mind, but who, it
was not apprehended, would make any attempt at self-
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window of his bed-room on the third floor front, and
jumped headlong out, breaking several windows in his
fall, and crushing his head in a frightful manner. On
examination it was found that his skull was fractured.
He died shortly after his admission to Charing-cross
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