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

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.

From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
Rarlingen 497 ... 7 ...
New Diep
Flamburgh 26 262 ...
Antwerp...
Rotterdam 252 684 130
Ostend —
Calais .. .

Total -. 817 -. 1,068

181 ... -

The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1853 551 1,831 ... 282
1852 169 1,297 ... 212
1851 442 1,495 ... ... 186 ... 13
1850 725 ... 765 189
1849 372 1,180 177

For the time of year the show of foreign stock here to-
day was but moderate, yet it exceeded the wants of the
butchers. The receipts of beasts fresh up from our own
grazing districts were rather extensive and in excellent
condition. Although the attendance of buyers was tolerably
good the demand for all kinds of beasts ruled excessively
dull, at barely last Monday's decline in the quotations, in-
deed, in some instances, prices were drooping. The ex-
treme figure for the best Scots was 4s 4d per 8 lbs.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we
received 2,700 Scots and short horns ; from other parts of
England, 700 of various breeds; and from Scotland, 400
Scots.

'The numbers of sheep were moderately good. On the
whole, the mutton trade was depressed, and, in some cases,
prices were rather easier than on this se'nnight. The
highest figure for the best old Downs in the wool was 4s
lOd ; out of the wool, within a fraction of 4s 2d per 8 lbs.
The difference between the value of long•woolled sheep,
shorn, and in the wool, was 8d per 8 lbs.
The few lambs on offer sold steadily, at from 6s to 6s
8d per 8 lbs.
Calves were in short supply, and but moderate request,
on former terms.
The pork trade was heavy, at barely stationary prices.

Per Slbs to sink the offals.
s. d. s. d.
Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 2

s. d. s. d.
j‘t
rime Southdown 4 8 4 10
' rge crse. calves 4 6 5 2
rime small d 0... 5 4 5 8
Large hogs 3 0 4 2
Small porkers 4 4 4 10
!Suckliugcalves —22 0 29 0
Quarter old pigs 21 0 28 0

Second quality.... 3 4 3 6,
Prime large oxen 3 5 4 01

Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4
Inferior Sheep ...3 2 3 6

Second quality ._:.3 8 4 21

Prime erse.-wiled.4 4 4 e;

TOTAL SUPPLY.

Beasts .................. 4,395
Sheep ...... ..20,320

Calves .. •• ......

Pigs •3?5

A statement and comparison of
stock exhibited and sold in

SHARE MARKETS.

Pai.A.

100
1 8,)-

(THIS DAY.)

BRITISH RAILWAYS.

RAILWAYS.

lAberdeen .

Closing Prices
Saturday.

4nabg, Nottng. Bost.

Business done
this day.

204 -20 i
- 5

25
25
18
20
St.

20i f

andEastu.
Belfast & Ballymena.
Binning. Wolverh. &
Stour Valley
Birkenhd. Laucsh. &
Cheshire Junct
Do. Chesh. & Birk.,
£5O and £25 Cons.
Do., £20..... .......
Blyth & Tyne original
£25 (issd. at £45)
Bristol and Exeter
ICaledonian

Chester & Holyhead.
Cork and Bandon
Cork, Black, & Pass
Cornwall
Crieff Junction
Dublin&BelfastJunc
Dundee Perth &Aber-
deen Junction
Do. New
East Anglian
Do., (£lB E & 11)
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union, A
Stock
Do., B. Stock
,Do., New A

East Lancashire

Edinburgh & Glasgow
Edinb. and Peebles
Edin. Prth. & Dundee
Forth & Clyde June.
Glasgow &S. Western
Great Northern Stk.
Do., A. Stock
Do., B. Stock. ..
Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.)
Great Western
Irish South-Eastery
Lancaster & Carlisle
Do., Thirds
Do. New Thirds
Lancash.andYorksh
Do., Fifths

8i - 9

12 —lO dis]

16 - 18
64 - OA(

91 - 93
54i - 55,
15 - 16
10 - 12

100
17
11.1
all

ID 3.; Wst. Riding Un
Leeds Northern

all
8
100
100

Liv. Crsby. &Southpt
London & Blackwall
Lond. Tilb. & Sthend.
Loud. Bright & S.Cst.
Lond. and N. Westn.
Do. Fifths
Do.lo/. 5h.,M&8...0
Do. Eighths

100
42?2

8/ 281

100
100
474
14

Londmiand S. Westn.
Do., £5O

100
3
100

Do. £4O
Lndndrry& Col eraine
!Lndndrry. & Ennisk.
Nianch.Shef.& Lin chil
Do., Man. & Liu. Un
fidland
Do. Birning. & Derby'
Ilidld. G. West. (Ire.)
Do. Half Shares
Newcastle & Carlisle
Newmarket
Do., Bury Extension
Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd '
Newry & Enniskillen,
Newry Warrenpoi.nt
and Rostrevor.
Norfolk

I all
5i
1/ is

20
20
10
10

2/ 2s
100
100
100
100

10
26i
13A
20
20

Northn.Counties Un,
North British

121251

INorth Devon, No. 1.
Do., No. 2
Do., A A Deferred
Do., 3 B Guaranteed
North London

jDo. New £lO

N. &S. Wstrn. , Hamp•
stead, and City Jn.,
North Staffordshire ,
(North Western ,

N. & S. Westrn. June,
Nuneaton, Hinckley;
and Leicester

Oxford, Worcester, k
Wolverhampton !
Portsmouth

sottish Central ,
:ottishMidlanJ ,

Shrewsbury & Bizmg.
Do. L. di N. Western
, Guaranteed St tea._
Shrewsby. & Herefd.
Shrewsby. & Chester
(N. W. Min ;.,
Do. Halveso.
Do. Oswestry
Shropshire Union
Do. A, B, C,& D,fully
paid up at per cent
South Devon

luth Eastern_
)uth Wales ...,

S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun
Do..

Staines, Wok. & Wok
Stockton & Darling.
Stockton & Hartlepi.
Taff Vale .

42 - 44

7i - 8

16 - 17;

I`L~ --u;

36 - 40
24 - 26

161
100
8 !
!100
! 20

20
20
50
20

17
all
all
14

all
51s.
100
20
132
,100

62 - 63
58 - 60

23~ - 24;

1 91 92
80 81
124 - 126
89 - 91
78 - 79

92 -- 95
124 -134 p
12 -- 13 p
664 -- 67
-- 60

13 13/
8i
par A p
96A —97 A
.01A - .102
id— ip
Par
6
78 —80 d
11 10 11
10 9d

21i -

60i -- 604
34 -- 36

d par
54
2 24

6 - 8
47 - 49
3# 3
33 31
8 1011

-
52 - 55
- iP

4 - 7i

... '-' ...

31 - 33

88 00
54 - 56
58 - 60

55 - 60
3 - 2

16 -- 17
8 -- 84
12 -- 13
3i -- aid

14 16
62 63
343/4 351
2 d par
4 5

io ii

2i
15t 15,
- 5a
24 - 2ti
4 6

... - ...
6 - 7

676 68k
81 7iil
4A 4 d
476 -- 48i1

92 i
81 80i „

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16
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1011

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PREFERENCE SHARES.

Shr. Paid- RAILWAY/. Leasing Closing Prices Bnsinessaturday. tbLs day.
Compans.
50 all Redford and London &
Bletchley.. N. West ...
St. 100 Bnekghamsh.. L.&N.W. . . ..xd
50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon 48 —5O xd
St. 100 E. Lincoln gr.
6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 140 142
25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian.
Neils. Direct ••• •••
25 all Do. New. Do •••
25 all Glstr.& Dn.Fr Gt. Weetn 28 30xd
100 all Hrtlpl. DK. & Yk, New.
Railway & Berw.
50 all Hull Si Selby Y. & NMd 103 105 x d
25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 514 521 x d
12 all Do. f Shares. Do 25 —26 x d
131 all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern 13 13
20 all Do. Preference Do 244 —251 • x d
20 100 Lowestoft gr.
4 per cent. Norfolk._
20 WO DJ. 6 per ct.
5, all Manch. Bxtn. L.& N. W.
and Matlock & Midld. 2i 217,
50 all Middlesbro' & Stcktou &
Redcar Darlingt. . —x d x d
100 all Aidld.Bradfd Midland.. 95 97xd x d
50 all Northern and
Easternsp.c. E. Count. 56 58xd 58
50 • . Do. 6 per et. Do
50 all Do. Fixeds pe Do —
25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N.W
&Ln&Yk
123 12 Do. i Shares. Do —
St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. GtNorthn 135 —l4oxd
St. 100 Do.Shepth.St Do —
25 I.Bi SheLliothand Lancash&
Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh.
12 NS. Staffordsh. H.MClean 24 ixd
50 all Wear Valleygi Stockt. &
6 per cent... Darlingt. xd x d
25 all Do Do 29 30 x d
St. 100 Wilts&Somrst GtWestn 94 96

FOREIGN.
10 7 Antwerp&Rotterdam 31 3 d
5 3 Belgian Eastn. Juno. 1 11
20 8 BezierstoGraissessac 4 —31 d
20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and
Central India,Serip id p
pm
•• • • • Central of Italy —
20 all Charleroi& Erquelia
171 all Demerara
20 14 Dijon andßesancon p
20 8 Dutch Rhenish. 3l 3 d
20 all East Indian 2l 3 p
20 2 Do. Extension
5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula I p
20 10 Gd. Junct. of France ...
25 10 Grd.Trunkof Canada 43 4 d 51
100 30 Do. Debentures —
100 all Do. do 6 4 d
20 10 Gt. Central of France 24 2 d
201 all Gt.WesternofCana'
Shares 221 —22 i
Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 9 11
201 151 Hamilton & Toronto 11 —2 p
100 all Do. 6 per cent.
20 5 Lake Const. & Basle
5 all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c
pref die
20 15 Luxembourg 6 7
10 10 Do. (Railway) 4-- 41
5 2 Do. Pref — 1
5 3 Do. (Canal) 1 -- 1
10 5 Do. 6p. et. pref —
20 8 Lyons and Geneva
20 12 Lyons & Mediterran
20 10 Madras 3d par
331 33A Maria Antonia
10 all Do. do. New
20 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry —
20 all Namur & Liege (with
interest) 7l 71 •
20 all Do. (ex interest)' •
16 all Northern of France 29.1 —29 29
Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds
20 all (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.
10 all NorwegianTrunkPre 7i 8.
20 10 Paris and Lyons 124 —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 •- 29 281
20 10 ParisCaen &Cherbrg. —• pm
101 10i Quebec & Richmond 3 1 d
20 all Rouen and Havre
20 9 Royal Danish ld par
5 2 Royal Swedish d
20 all Sambre and Meuse 8 81
. . 6 Do. 51 p. cent. Pref —
20 6 Southern of France —pm
20 6 St. Andrew's and
Quebec (A) —
81 all West Flanders 3l 44
10 all Do 5. per c. Pref . . d
20 10 Western of France 23 - 3 p
10 7 West. of Switzerland d
20 2 Wiesbaden
20 15 Zealand
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
40 all Australasia 7B 80
40 all British Colonial Bank
and Loan Company
50 all British N. American
25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 11 —ON
20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India,
Australia, & China
100 25 Colonial •••
100 20 'Commercial of Lend.
20 10 English Scottish and
Australian 33 3d 61
20 15 Lond. Chart. Bk. of
Australia 1 id
50 20 London and County ... ... 14 131
50 10 London Joint Stock —
100 20 Loud. & Westminster ... 37
100 35 National Provincial
of England
20 10 Do. New — . .
50 22 National of Ireland ••• •••
20 all New South Wales 39 41xd
25 all Oriental Bank f
Corporation 46 —47 463 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 63
2; Do. New 7 71
50 10 Union of London —

St. 100 Aberdeen.. . . --... _---, - - - - ..... ... ...
f St. WO Do. No. 2,7 p. c ... ...
25 30 Myth and Tyne 10 per LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
c. pref. (issd. at 50/) ... - - ...
--....._
St. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. ... ...
20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares .. ... LONDON, March 13.—Wind this day at Noon, S.;
St. 100 Caledonian £lO 99 101 light, pleasant breeze, and fine clear weather.
15 all ,:iliester & Holyhead COWES, March 11.—Wind, W. Arrived—Hermann (a),
Guar. 5i per cent ... ... from New York, and left for Bremen—on freight 261,075
64 61 Cork &Bandonsip.c ... ... dollars, for Bremen.
64 all Dundee Perth &Aber- OFF DOVER, Match 12.—The screw fleet, under Admiral
/leen Junction
Wind, S.S.W., string breeze.
33 all EastAngliau (£3los)
6 per cent 3 3 Arrived—Marne Antoinette, from Port-au-Prince ; Loti-
-5 all Do. (R 5) 7 per cent 4 41 mer, Latzika ; Heath, London, for Port Natal, leaky ;
71 2 Do. (X 7 17s) 7p. c. i i p John, Aran ; Thor Petre, Alexandria; Johannes and
63 all Eastern Counties Ex- Adrianus, Galatz ; Mystery, Canada ; Drie Brrndt, Malta,
tension, sp. c. No.l k lip pm leaky, and with part of cargo thrown overboard ; Rubis,
6•`6 all Do. No. 2 k --lp pm Leghorn, with jibboom carried away. Witt* Val
10 all Do. New 6p.c. St 134 —l3lad PORTSMOUTH, March 11.—Wind, W. Arrived—Coun-
-20 all Eastern Union, Scrip teas of Durham, from Leghorn ; Breeze, Charente ; Florida,
Guar. 6 per cent
5 all Do. 51., 10 per cent ... -- ... Admiral Napier ; Egmond, for New Zealand; Chevalier,
10 all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- ... ... Melbourne ; H.M.S. Dauntless, Baltic. Off Port—Cape
St. 100 East La,ncash.6 p. cts. ... ad a d of Good Hope, from London, for the Cape of Good Hope.
5 all East and West York- PLYMOUTH, March 12.--Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—
shire June. Pref... ...
... Eliza Bell, from St. Domingo, for Antwerp; Golden
5 all EdinbPrth.&Dundee Fleece (s s), Leith, for Malta. Sailed—Eliza Fox, for
5l per cent.
St. 100 Glasgow &S.Western GLOUCESTER, March 11.—Arrived—Arabian, from St.
Guar. 5 por cent ... ... John's.
St. 100 Great Northn. sp. c 114 —ll6ad a d CROOKHAVEN, March 10.—The Eleanor Dodson, from
St. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., Odessa to Queenstown, or Falmouth, got entangled, during
at 10 p. c. prem... 105 —lo7xd 1054 5x d thick weather, March 8, and after slipping three anchors,
10 10 Do. 43 p. c. Scrip
10 6 Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Pref ... was afterwards supplied with an anchor, and is now being
61 all Gt, Southu.&Westm.
9.i7.4
______—__ 180x7.x:d.dd 9t i x d two chains, and two warps, was
towed into this harbour, without damage to hull or spars.
2,t).
1004
DHaDo
Hants
al
tcapsonevEdi
..),,r
c.Ee.
di
Sp: Eighths).,,
et.
fh.
cp.
)s). :
hc. .
.. : x d BELFAST, March 9.—The Harriot Preston (schooner), of
a d Barmouth, from Port Dinerwick, for Kirkaldy, struck on
S
50 6 t. Westu. (Berks & a rock near the entrance of Larne Lough, has been towed
St. 100 Do. con. red. 4-p. c. 90ABERDEEN, March 9.—The Felix (brig), of Exeter, was
St. 100 Dc,. irred. 4p. c.... 94 96 passed yesterday off St. Abbs 'Pr
—ead, water-logged and
16 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O Id p. abandoned, and apparently having been in collision by the
St. 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock ... 136 138 Albatross, arrived at Aberdeen.
20 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No.l ... ~ WIGTOWN, March 10.—Part of a poop deck of a vessel,
121 9 Do. Quarters, 1848... „,
„,
r
Guaranteed sp. c ... ... ~, --- 10095 984 98 • to our quays to-day, making water ; will have to discharge
to repair.
and other pieces of wreck ; also, a firkin of butter and a
St. 100 London and Brighton sailor's chest containing clothes, painted
St. 100 Do. Pref., SP. C. St. ... -.....
... the 7th ult., on the isle of Whitehorn.
Was wga
sr
he ee nd ,
ashore and withon
501 all Do. Convertible, sp. "James Rea, of Liverpool," on it,
HALIFAx, March 11.—The brigantine, Resolution, of
c., 1852 ..• ••• and bound to St. John's, Newfoundland, from New York,
St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c ... ~. with a general cargo, was totallylost on Black Lodge, near
St. 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. &
was
crew taken off and
Whitehead, Feb. 16 ; crew saved. The Frederic, of 'Pars-
fallen in with dis-
Nuneaton
50 5 London &S. Western
Con. Thirds 24 —2i ad x d taken to New York by the ship Grinnei.
x d
mastedboro',
121 all Londonderry& Color. GIBRALTAR, March 4.—The Spring, Na'Snd"
K from Odessa to
1 Shares • ••• Cork, was in contact with the Himalaya (a) to the East of
121 all Londy. &Ennis.lSh ll4 121 hence
unmanageable,t Liverpool,
and
the Rock ; she was towed hither, but submerged at the
25 all Kan., Shef., & Lin., entrance of the Bay, near the light-house. The San An-
-4 Shares,: o. 1 61 71 tonia, from Charleston to Barcelona, went on shore be-
-10 all Do. New, £lO
6 41 Do. £6 par bad a d water.
121 all Aarypt .& Carl. 4 p.c ... ... HARWICH, March 12.—The Tenth of June (brig), of
121 all Do. 41 per cent ••• ••• Dantzic, from Swinemunde to London, was brought in
121 101 Do ... ... here this morning, leaky, and with part of cargo (deck
St. 100 Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St ... ... load— timber) thrown overboard, having grounded on the 1
St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Gunfleet Sand, March 10, from which she was assisted off 1
14irm. 6 per cent 136 138 this morning.
164 5 Do. Pref. 44 per cent 14 —ld ad din ad ANTWERP, March 11.—The British Hero, supposed to
10 6 Norfolk Debenture
St. 100 Do. Pref. 4p. c. Stock ... ad lict, with bulwarks stove, and dismasted, and has been
St. 100 Do. 5 p.c. Eat ... ad x d brought in here.
St. 100 Do. 5i per ct.pre" ... ad GREENOCK, March 11.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Elec-
St. 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c. ... ad tric, from Mauritius ; Tusker, Porto Rico; Three Bells,
St. 100 North British — •.• New York ; Argonaut, Villa Nova.
20 all North Staffordshire ... ... WATERFORD, March 10.— Wind, S.W. Arrived—
St. 100 )xford, Worcester, & Arab, from London.
Wolverh. £l5, 6 p.c. 100 102 1014 a d --
15 15 Do 1 i p (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
84 all scot. Cent. , New Pre ... ..
LIVERPOOL, Monday, 10.30 a.m.
8 all Shrews. & Birm.N.G. 9 —lO Wind, South ; moderate, and fine.
10 all ihrewsby. & Chester
Arrived—Specimen, from St. Michael's a Kennett, Ter-
(Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 161 17 ceira • Ariel, Mazagan ; Moor of 'Venice, Malaga.
10 10 Do. 5 per cent lO 101 Off' the Port—China and Gilius (ships), and Bombay
25 all South Devon l2 —l4 Packet and Senator (barques)—all inward bound.
10 11 De. fixed, 4,i per cent id 4 •
0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading (By SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.)
Ann.) of £1 Os. Ed. 231 24 GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.15 a.m.
it. 100 Do. 44er cent lOO 102 Wind, S. ; tide, two hours' flood; fine.
20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar l7 —l9 Arrived, 13th.—Ravensbourne, steamer, from Antwerp ;
i 5 all Stockton and Dar- Fyenoord (s), Rotterdam ; City of Paris (a), Boulogne;
lington, 4 per cent. ... ~. Adonis (s), Bordeaux • Sarah Birkett, Berbice.
.• —• •••
l 5 5 Do. do. do. . Sailed— Sigisbart oezard, for Port Philip ; Walter
121 all Stockton and Hartle- Hood, Sydney.
pool, guar. 5 p. c. DEAL, Monday, 9.30 a.m.
till Ist July, 1856 ... ••• Wind, W.S.W. • light, and fine.
5 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. li lid Anchored—Ricliard Reynolds, from London, for Car-
;t. 100 York, Noweastle,tuid thagena; Priscilla, from Shields, for Havannah ; Anna
Berwick,4 p.c. Pref. 89 92xd Augusta, for Amsterdam, for Trieste.
.7 5 Do 34 —4 ad a'd Passed.—Arabella, from London, for Trieste.
5 10 York&N.MidlandH Remain—Caroline Agnes, Nelson's Plaoe, James Gibb,
and 14 PUPA Is ..... • 1 ""' 44 z d &Ala of iihrotwak, kanOioa, Ohio, }loom Morrison,

5
.10
St.
5

St.
20
12i
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8
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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1854.

THE QUARTERLIES.

The Quarterly Review. No. CLXXXVII.

Scarcely equal to its immediate predecess or—
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 affiance between Victoria and
Napoleon—between the English Monarchical and
the French Imperial Governments. An alliance
between the dynasties 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 Uum-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 romantie."

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.

LIT ERA TURE.

The Daughter of the South. By Clara Walbey.

3 vols. Hurst and Blackett.

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 purposes 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 inherited 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 st?ry, 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 genera
in general tone of the composition,
both in prose and verse, is imaginative and enthu-
siastic, which is 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 Colburu by Hurst

and Blackett.

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 Regnant. It gives the portrait of every
Queen, and it is curious to remark how much better
looking the modern sovereigns appear than their

pre, iecessors, which is not surprising, as the por-
trai is are generally taken from some ancient statue
or tombstone, Mich, 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-
toric a 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
th e ancient ballads, which resemble in some re-
spocts the " Arabian Nights," or the " Nursery
Rhyntes," for they have their admirers among all
classes, and all characters. They have outlived many
more ambitious attempts ; and even when they
hitve been refined or improved, the alterations
have soon passed away, while the originals remain
rin forgotten. 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 in 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
ballad:: 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 incient Ballad Poetry,' it is only necessary to state
that some additions have been made to it, and the whole
has 'poen re-arranged ; and though it is scarcely possible
to fix upon the exact period of all the pieces, yet some
attemp,'; 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, &c., 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-
clusion ; 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, fare 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 whole party had gone
through so many " hairbreadth 'stapes and hair-
breadth snares," the reader has not the satisfaction
of leaving them happy and united. The descrip-
tions of Indian 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.

(From, the Illustrated London News.)
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, one 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 Charley 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 bent 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.
20, Coventry-street, Haymarket, who had been for some
time in a very desponding state of mind, but who, it
was not apprehended, would make any attempt at self-
destruction, about one o'clock suddenly threw open the
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
Hospital.
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the Australian gold by the Elizabeth, and some parcels
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exports, including a sum of between 200,0001. and
300,0001., taken from the Bank on Saturday, are sup-
posed to have reached about 700,0001., the chief portion
consisting of gold to Paris.
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