The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-06 00:00:00

DRURY-LAN-t.

Last night Mr. Bunn took his benefit, en which OCeasion the variety
of attractions presented in the list of entertainments would alone have
been sufficient to draw one of the most crowded and brilliant audiences
ever assembled within the walls of the theatre. There was the legiti-
mate drama, farce, ballet, spectacle, and a concert.
The play selected was Shakspeare's Merchant of Venice, in which Mr.
C. Kean assumed, for the first time on the London boards, the part of
Shylock. There are few characters which more ptit to the test the skill
and power of an actor ; and for this reason—that it presents no field for
the display of those more artificial acquirements o 2 an actor which often
supply the place of genius or talent, " hiding the weakness, with fair or-
nament." It requires that most difficult attainment of histrionic art,
the pourtrayal of human passion, not as ;he shallow, yet noisy, current
of some agitated streamlet—but as the, deep, though calm, flowing of a
mighty river—tranquil, from its vc,ry depth, and only roused to fury
by the force of some opposing power. The passion of Shylock is Sit)
deep-seated, that it disclaims to show itself in outward turbulence, or
agitation, Except on :One 'occasion, when lashed into frenzy, the fire
that has been so long smouldering bursts forth with volcanic fury,
ha
does not deign to clothe his feelings in the too feeble " eloquence of
words." There is little scope, therefore, for " action, or utterance,"--
for striking attitude, or graceful demeanour—for loud declamation,
or sounding rant. The actor must have recourse to a language, in the
command of which consists, after all, his greatest triumphs, be-
cause, emphatically, they " speak the soul"—the countenance.
and eye. Hence ordinary actors utterly fail to make
lock intelligible. They give us nothing of that tremer,alo.o_
power of passion which alone accounts for the frightful car:,.stroP" which Shylock is willing to produce, and without which, hls story 3P'
pears an Impossible exaggeration. The fact is, they make him only revengeful man, with a dark face, and a black beard. We see nothing
of the Jew but his exterior. And yet, it was the revenge of a Jews
not merely for the insults and contempt which he bad personally
received from Antonio, but the revenge which had been bequeathed by
the tribe, whose " badge," through bygone ages, had been " sufferance's
to their descendants,along with the heritage of ignominy and degradation
the accumulation of centuries of oppression and scorn—the inextin-
guishable, and, to any but a Jew, almost inconceivable rancour of that
hate with which, in those days, a Jew regarded a Christian—it was this
alone that could have made a Shylock. And to Pourtray this might and
strength of passion, requires an energy, a fire, a genius nearly as super.
human as itself. The elder Kean, who was so glorious in this character,
has been said to have sometimes acted rather beyond than up to nature.
But in such a character as this, even he could hardly overact. We
have been led to these'remarks, in order to account for the somewhat "faint
praise," which we feel bound to award to Mr. C. Kean's personation of
the character. Undoubtedly it was a highly talented performance, ex.
hibiting a power and a skill combined which no living actor has ~lisp-
layed in the character. But there was not throughout that sustained
majesty of passion with which Shakspeare invests Shylock. O', course
we are far from thinking Mr. C. Kean an ordinary actor; but It struck
us that he fell in this case too much into the common vulgar idea of
Shylock, which we have just noticed, of representing him merely as a
revengeful, wicked man—without sufficiently keeping in mind " that ha
is a Jew." In short, we saw too much of Mr. C. Kean—we did not
behold—

" The Jew
That Shakspearc drew."
Yet there were portions of the performance which it would be diffi-
cult to rate too highly. Such were the pronounciation of the expostu"
lation—_, Signior Antonio, many a time and oft," Bee., and the look of
mingled hate and irony with which he regarded Antonio at the words--
"
Fair Sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last,
Another time you called me dog,
And for these courtesies I'll lend you so much money.".
The scene with Tubal was admirably played. We seldom., heard anY-
thing so terrific as his fiendish boast of exultation, when hearing of
Antonio's losses—
"ls it true? Is it true I thank rod;'
Fully as excellent was the delivery of 4.7. at impassioned burst—" Ile
hath disgraced me—hindered me of 'dolt a million," &c. There we/
something really grand in his uttertmce of the words,
" If you wrong us, shall we not revenge ?"
There, indeed, we belvfid Shylock himself The trial scene was charge.
able with the defect we have before adverted to. But still it was marked
with no ordinary power. We particularly admired the calm, imrnovabie
manner in which he walked up to Bassanio, and rejected his offer 01
thrice the amount of the bond.
" If every ducat in six thousand ducats
Were in six parts, and every part a ducat,
I would not have them—l would have my bond!"
His quiet scorn to Gratiano—
..

" Till thou can'st rail the seal from off my bond,
Thou but offend'st thy lungs to speak so loud ;"
and his look of despair when, as' if struck by a thunderbolt, he dropt
the scales, at hearing the decree of Portia. This reminds us of another
excellence which we cannot avoid mentioning, the cool, lempossessed
way in which, on the enquiry for the scales, he said
(Producing them)—*
Oh I have them ready."
The other parts were well played, especially Miss
Romer's Jessica, Mrs.
Ternan's Portia, and Mr. Russell's Gratiano ; though last, lot least in our
esteem, Mr. Compton, as Launcelot, than which we never saw a more
humorous piece of acting.
We have only time to Say that in the farce of the Mayor of
Garratt, Dowton, as Major Sturgeon, and Russell, as Jerry Sneak,
made the audience roar with uncontrolable laughter. The in-
flint pianist, Miss Day, then performed in a manner that at
once delighted and astonished us. When we mention that
this youthful musician is apparently not seven years old, it
will excite surprise to hear, that she executed a difficult fantasia in A
style that called down thunders of applause. Then followed some dn.
singing by l3alfe, Phillips, Seguin, and Guibelei. Miss Poole gave, in
character, the" Merry Drummer," in capital style. She beat the druul
with truly military precision. In conclusion, the ballet of " The Daugh-
ter of the Danuge" was presented with great magnificence.

IMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

LD COURT.
The trial of A. Myers, for arson, had just commenced When our Re-
porler
Mr. KELLY, Queen's Counsel, is engaged to conduct the prosecution.

NEW COURT,
PERJURY IN THE HOUSE or COMMONS.— At the sitting of the Court
this morning Mr. BALLANTYNE moved that four persons, against whom
the Grand Jury had found true bills for wilful and corrupt perjurf.
namely, Samuel Sheppard, Enoch Ward, Samuel Plant, and F.oberl
Clallymore, be allowed to enter into their own recognizances in the suns
of lOW. each, to appear to take their respective trials when called ul)°°'
The COII3ION SEILIEANT said that as this was the ordinary course
hI
should feel no difficulty in granting the application. "fie expressed a
hope that this would be the last he should hear of th.edefendants.
It is
of Queen generally
Bench. understood that the trial win lake place In the Court
s
The Court was occupied the gre`tter part of the day in the trial of
Mint prosecutions. They v,reve„wholly devoid of interest.

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LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SOCIETY.—Toe mut-
guration dinner of the new Governor and Committee ,41. the
Licensed Victuallers' Society took place yesterda!,,
evening at
Lobh's tavern, Toolev-street. At seven o'clorfac , sat clown to an excellent dinnerm the company
, comprisir:g ev dlicleY c"
the seon, and prepared in a style which woulder hy avee reflected
credit Upon the first hotel in the metropolis. The wines (in-
cluding an abundant supply of Champagne) were of first.rat•
, tre
'iuelity. The chair was taken by Mr. Lancaster, and Mr.
Saunders acted as Vice-President. The usual loy,
and some
and pa-
exceioti toasts
llent speeches made by the Chairman, Mr. Osborne, the
NON drank in the course of the evening
',4w Governor, Mr, Proctor, Mr. Saunders, and others, for
which we regret we cannot find space.
1.40N(i SERVICE.—The Kirkstall Forge Compn:Oy
leave lit their service 52 individuals, who have been etr;oloyed
M the works as follows:—ode GO years, one 57, fr;cir 55, one
53, one 49, two 47, four 44, three 42, two 40, `‘wo 37,
36, three
,5,, ten 30, three 25, and ten 2`‘) yearn. This is a
f„;2 4h-no,st nAprecedented, p.:,zi alike creditable to the employ-
cil a. 11,4 k v"ployed.—Falmouth Express, three

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CICHART'S LIFE OF SCOT7'.— VOL.
Cadell, Edinburgh, 1838.
The Life
of Scott is here brought to a conclusion ; and
we may justly say of it, that a more attractive piece of bio-
graphy, or one more calculated to impress a valuable moral
lesson on the minds of those who read it with attention,
'l, not for years issued from the English press. Mr.
Lockhart does not keep us at an awful distance, but admits
is to the closest possible intercourse with his illustrious
relative ; he throws wide the doors of Abbotsford ; intro-
Ikea us to his fireside ; places a chair for us in that che-
rished sanctum sanctorum ; and then leaves us to form our
own opinion of the man, whose private character he has thus
given us the best possible opportunities of estimating. And
Scott does not lose by this proceeding on the part of his bio-
grapher, but, on the contrary, gains considerably by it. We
see him frank, simple, and unassuming ; a man of the world,
yet without that callousness of heart which worldly wisdom
is so apt to engender; and as modest in prosperity, as he is
resolute and persevering in adversity. Another noble trait
ho his character is his abhorrence of all cant, pedantry,
and what Mr. Buiwer calls "literary envies." His
taagnaninsity indeed is fully as remarkable as his ge,
bens ; and in this respect, as in many others, he reminds
111 of Shakspeare, whom, judging from his writings, and the
love and reverence felt for hint by his contemporaries, we
should conceive to have been among the most magnani-
Mous of men—certainly of authors. The volume before us
Commences with the publication of Scott's Life of Napoleon,
and closes with his-death at Abbotsford. It is painful to
read, for it shows us " a great man struggling with the
storms of fate," boldly pursuing his course of duty in the
face of a thousand obstacles ; and at length yielding only—
and even then not without a stern, final struggle—to the
fiat of inexorable destiny. In the voluminous annals of lite-
rature, we know of no incident so affecting as that of Scott,
striving, when his mind had become sensibly affected, to
make a last effort benefit his creditors by engaging in
a work of fiction i To this onerous task he buckled with
unshrinking resolution when abroad ; but the effort, as was
to have been expected, was too much for him ; for " Pros-
pero's wand was broken," and he had lost even the power
of steadying and disciplining his thoughts for ten minutes
togother. The last stages of his decline are rather hinted
at, than described, by his biographer ; but we can gather
Sufficient from his brief, significant allusions, to convince us
that they must have been painful, lingering, and marked by
an almost total aberration of reason. On his return home
from a fruitless search after health, in the genial climate of
Italy, Sir Walter was seized with a paralytic affection while
voyaging down the Rhine, and was conveyed in a state of
hopeless imbecility to England. As in the few lucid inter-
vals with which he was visited, he expressed a wish to be
taken home to Abbotsford, his wishes were complied with.
The following are Mr. Lockhart's details of his arrival
there, and of his last moments

"On this his last journey, Sir Walter was attended by his two daugh-
ters, Mr. Cadell, and myself—and also by Dr. James Watson, who (it
being impossible for Dr. Ferguson to leave town at that moment) kindly
Undertook to see him safe at Abbotsford. We embarked in the James
Watt steam-boat, the master of which (Captain John Jamieson), as well
as the agent of the proprietors, made every arrangement in their power
fur the convenience of the invalid. The Captain gave up for Sir Walter's
use, his own private cabin, which was a separate erection, a sort of cot.
Cage on the deck ; and he seemed unconscious, after laid in bed there,
that any new removal had taken place. On arriving at Newhaven, late on
the 9th, we found careful preparations made for his landing by the mana-
ger of the Shipping Company (Mr. Hamilton); and Sir Walter, prostrate
in his carriage, was slung on shore, and conveyed from thence to Doug-
las's Hotel, in St. 'Andrew's-square, in the same complete apparent un-
consciousness. Mrs. Douglas had informer days been the Dukeof Buc-
clench's housekeeper, at Bowhill, and she and her husband had also
Made the most suitable provision. At a very early hour on the morn.
log of Wednesday, the 11th, we again placed him in his carriage, and he
lay in the same torpid state during the first two stages on the road to
Tweedside. But as we descended the vale of the Gala, he began to gaze
about him, and by degrees it was obvious that he was recognising the
features of that familiar landscape. Presently he murmured a name or
two—" Gala Water, surely; Buckholm—Torwoodlee." As we rounded
the hill at Ladhope, and the outline of the Eildons burst on him, he be-
came greatly excited, and when, turning himself on the couch, his eye
caught at length his own towers, at the distance of a mile, he sprang up
with a cry of delight. The river being in flood we had to go round a few
Aisles by Melrose bridge, and during the time this occupied, his woods
and house being within prospect, it required occasionally both Dr. Wats
son's strength and mine, in addition to Nicolson's, to keep him in the
carriage. After passing the bridge, the road for a couple of miles loses
sight of Abbotsford, and he relapsed into his stupor ; but on gaining the
bank immediately above it, his excitement became again ungovernable.
" Mr. Laidlaw was waiting at the porch, and assisted us in lifting
Lim into the dining-room, where his bed had been prepared. He sat
bewildered for a few minutes, and then resting his eye on Laidlaw, said,
ta. Willie Laidlaw 0 man, now often I have thought of you!" By
"s time his dogs had assembled about his chair—they began to fawn
upon him and lick his hands, and he alternately sobbed and smiled over
then; until sleep oppressed him.
Dr. Watson having consulted on all things with Mr. Clarkson and
big father, resigned the patient to them, and returned to London.
None of them could have any hope, but that of soothing irritation.
Recovery was no longer to be thought of : but there might be
Ruthonasia.
" And yet something like a ray of hope did break in upon us next
morning, Sir Walter awoke perfectly conscious where lie was, and
•xpresaed an ardent wish to be carried out into his garden. 'We pro-
cured a Bath chair from Huntly Burn, and Laidlaw and I wheeled him
out before his door, and up and down for some time on the turf, and
among the rose-beds then in full bloom. The grand-children admired
the new vehicle, and would be helping in their way to push it about. Ile
sat in silence, smiling placidly on them and the dogs their companions,
am:d now and then admiring the house, the screen of the garden, and the
tlowors and trees. By and by he conversed a little, very composedly,
with us—said he was happy to be at home—that he telt better than I,e
had ever done since he lett it, and would perhaps disappoint the doctors
after all.
" He then desired to be wheeled through his rooms, and we moved
Lim leisurely for an hour or more up and down the hall and the great
library " I have seen much," he kept saying, " but nothing like my
sin house—give toe one turn more!" He was gentle at an infant,
and allowed himself to be put to bed again, the moment we told him
at we thought he had had enough for one day.
44 Next morning he was still better : after again enjoying the Bath
chair for perhaps a couple of hours out of doors, he desired to be drawls
into the library, and placed by the central window, that he might look
down upon the Tweed. Here he expressed a wish that I should read
to hint, and when I asked him from what book, he said—' Need you
ask? There
is but one.' I chose the fourteenth chapter of St. John's
Gospel; he listened with mild devotion, and said when I hash done,
Well, this is a great comfort—l have followed you distinctly, and I
feel as if I were yet to be myself again.' In this placid frame he was
again put to bed, and had many hours of soft slumber."

" On Monday he remained in bed and seemed extremely feeble; but
after breakfast on Tuesday the 17th he appeared revived somewhat, and
was again wheeled about on the turf. Presently he fell asleep in his
chair, and after dozing for perhaps half an hour, started awake, and
shaking the plaids we had put about him from off his shoulders, said,
This is sad idleness. I shall forget what I have been thinking of, if I
don't set it down now. Take trle into my own room, and fetch the keys
of my desk.' He repeated this so earnestly that we could not refuse;
his daughters went into his study, opened his writing.desk, and laid
Paper and pens in the usual order, and I then moved him through the
hall into the spot where lie had always been accustonted to work. When
the chair was placed at the desk, and lie found himself in the old posi.
he smiled and thanked us, and said, Now give me my pen and
leave me for a little to myself.' Sophie put the pen into his hand, and
he endeavoured to close his fingers upon it, but they refused their
office—it dropped on the paper. He sank bock among his pillows, si-
lent tears rolling down his cheeks; but composing himself by and by,
motioned to me to wheel him out of doors again. Laidlaw met us at
the porch, and took his turn of the chair. Sir Walter, after a little
again dropped into slumber, When he was awaking, Laidlaw said to
me, Sir Walter has had a little repose.' No, Willie,' said he—
'no repose for Sir Walter but in the grave.' Ihe tears again rushed
from his eyes."

" As I was dressing on the morning of Monday the 17th of Sep-
tember, Nicolson came into my room, and told me that his master had
Llnroke in a state of composure and consciousness, and wished to see me
in-s'nediately. I found him entirely himself, though in the last extreme
of fecbleness. His eye was clear and calm—every trace of the wild tire
of delis `urn extinguished. Lockhart,' he said, I may have but a
minute to !peak to you. My dear,
.be a good man—be virtuous—be
religious—bo a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort
when you cone to lie here.'—He paused, and I said, ' Shall I send for
SOPhia and Anne No,' said he, don't disturb them. Poor souls ;
I know
they were up all night—God bless you all.'—With this he sunk
into a very tranquil sleep, and, indeed, he scarcely afterwards gave any
of consciousness, except for an instant on the arrival of his sons.
,44,Y, on learning that the scene was about to close, obtained a new
leave of absence from their posts, and both reached Abbotsford on the
About half-past one P.M., on the 21st of September, Sir Walter
dbreathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful
..7"---30 warm that every window was wide open—and so perfectly still,
!r. at the sound of all others most delicious to his ear, the gentle ripple of
'1:1 Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around
thel
beds and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes."
'in alluding to the publication of Scott's great historical
Work, " The Life of Napoleon," and the reception it met
with both at home and abroad, Mr. Lockhart, we perceive,
takes occasion to speak of the defects of its style, which are
trivial and scarce worth talking about ; but makes not the
slightest mention of the more signal errors that deface it.
l
1 e,e are numerous, as must always be the case where a his-
tory is got up in haste, and its materials are not sufficiently di-
/ICested• From Sir Walter's preliminary account ofthe French
rt"hition, no one would suppose that Mirabeau exercised
at prodigious influence over its movements, that it is well
it:ldt)", be did• His character is feebly and briefly drawn,
eet-1 almost thrown into the back-ground, just as if the
:th°r felt conscious of his inability to grapple with it,
upong in, there is far too much scorn and sarcasm lavished
411.4 this portion of the work, which is written more in the
spirit of 114i,tparty pamphlet, than in the calm, unbiassed
alike, °rY• Sir Walter plays the Jutius with. all parties
Constitutionalists Brissotins, and JaeOhlii,S, are all in
Lail eyes e
thatequally guilty. He has a good word for none but
etack-b;ained enthusiast Barbaroux. His sketches of
for for
, es ,
for force 't ? pierre, and Marat, admirable as they are
of the andnov. effect, show too much of the picturesque skill
vividi 'hit. especially that of Marat, which reminds us
Y of
Vin4l44 de la Mark, ip quentin Durward, nut

This is a very creditable likeness of Queen Victoria, ono
cf the mutt effective portraits, indeed, that Paris has ever
painted. The attitude, too, in which her Majesty it re-
presented, is full of grace apparently she is standing up
in her private box at the theatre, holding tome flowers in
one hand, and resting the other in the front of the box.
She is dressed in the simplest and most becoming attire,
and in her countenance, which is in a state of repose, there
is an expression of calm and gentle pleasure, very different
from that lackadaisical sentimentality which Parris, the
most sentimental of modern artists, is so fond of throwing
into his female faces. There is one defect, however, in the
picture, and that is, the exceeding thickness of the arms,
which are sadly out of keeping with the slim, and delicate,
and youthful appearance of the rest of the figure. The
engraver of this portrait, Mr. Wagstaff, has fulfilled his
task with much ability. The drapery is flowing and easy, and
utterly devoid of anything like stiffness, and the lights and
shades of the countenance discriminated with infinite tact.

STANFIELD'S SKETCHES.
.Hodgson and Graves, London, 1838.
These are landscape sketches of the Moselle, the Rhine,
and the Meuse, drawn on stone in exact imitation of Stan-
field's original designs, all of which were taken on the spot.
They are not less than thirty in number—have been exe-
cuted under the immediate directions of Mr. Stanfield him-
self—and, to quote the words of the prospectus, "have
been printed with the advantage of all the recent improve-
ments which have advanced lithography to its present high
estimation." We have seldom seen a more spirited
collection of lithographic plates, or one better selected,
in point of subject. Nor is the execution in any way
inferior. The artist has manifestly exerted all his
powers, in order to make his productions worthy
of public encouragement. We have already had views
enough, and to spare, of the Rhine—a river with whose
pieturesque banks the majority of Englishmen are now
nearly as well acquainted as they are those of the Thames
—but the scenery of the Moselle, beautiful as it is, was, to
a certain extent, untrodden ground, which the footsteps of
Art had scarcely ever explored ; Stanfield's sketches there-
fore came on us like a glad surprise ; and will go far to con-
vince the most enthusiastic admirer of the scenery of the
Rhine, that that of the Moselle is little, if at all, inferior to
it, in picturesqueness and variety. The sketch of Milo:,
which is situated on the left bank of the latter river, wears
a very romantic aspect, with its castellated ruins half-
buried in foliage, its ancient Gothic church, and its snug,
secluded little hamlet, stretching along the declivity of the
hills. Mill and Bridge at Pallien, which is also on the
Moselle, is a sketch of gentle sylvan character, thoroughly
English in appearance, and reminding us forcibly of some of
the more homely Berks scenery in the neighbourhood of
Shinfield Common. Bielstein is a river landscape of the
boldest caste. The castle, which is in the last stage of de.
cay, unroofed and open to all the winds of heaven, stands on
the summit of a barren, precipitous rock, overlooking—and
in the feudal days of its power, no doubt, affording protection:to
—a small village which nestles at the base of the precipice, in
a sort of gorge, or deep sunken glen. The foreground has a
very cheerful, bustling look, and is occupied by groupes of
peasant fishermen who are busy mending their nets, and
making the necessary repairs in their boats. Castle of
Marienburg on the Moselle is the most striking plate in
the collection. It represents a castellated edifice, in the
same picturesque state of decay as the Castle of Bielstein,
perched upon a steep rock, which is crowned with vestiges
of towers, having moats and drawbridges. The grim old
fortress shows to the greatest advantage in this spirited
sketch, with the fragments of its battlemented tur-
rets, and shattered windows, through which streams
the meridian sunlight. The winding Moselle sweeps
past the base of the rock on which it stands, while
in the distance appears a long, undulating line of hills,
rising in some places to the dignity of mountains. A most
difficult perspective is managed in this engraving with un-
common skill. Entrance Gate, C'ocham, on the Moselle.
This is a sketch of an ancient gate-way, situated close by the
river's side. The foreground is composed of one or two
cottages, of a truly primitive fashion of architecture, in
front of which arc some gossiping peasants, and a group of
sleepy, indolent boys. The vista through the arch is very
adroitly managed. We have selected soma of the best of
these ; engravings but there are many others which deserve
all the praise we can bestow on them.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

DEAL, APRIL s.—Wind W. S.W., moderate.—Came down from the
River, and proceeded, the Achilles, Duncan, for Ceylon ; Duke of Rox-
burgh, Thompson, for South Australia ; John and Mary, Wheatley, for
Bermuda; Wilmot, Miller, for New South Wales; Ilindostan, Lamb,
William, Mures, Earl Bathurst, Stewart, and Fingalton, Primrose, fur
Quebec ; Piayle, Bosuston, for Pernambuco, and remain in the Downs.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL s.—Wind W. N. W., fine.—Arrived her Ma-
jesty's ship Camelion, from Lisbon, in 14 days, on the Ist inst. Thirty
miles west of Scilly spoke the barque New Volunteer, of and from Bris-
tol, for Demerara

PLYMOUTH, APRIL s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Alonzo (transport),
from St. Sebastian. Arrived off port, the Hebe, from Odessa. Sailed
the Bolivar, Richards, and Ipswich, for Quebec ; Florentia, for Sydney.
FALMOUT7I, APRIL 4.—Wind N.N. W. to N., moderate breezes and
fine.— Arrived the Hope packet, Lieutenant Reel, from Vera Cruz,
sailed 6th Feb., Tampico 14th, Havannah 9.Sth, on fre gilt 1,173,500
dollars. Sailed the Mutine packet, Lieut, Pawle, for the West Indies;
Bragela, Richards, for Quebec ; Royal Adelaide, Vivian, for ditto. The
French brig Courrier de la Guayra, from Bordeaux in 54 days, was
totally lost at Vera Cruz on the 3d Feb.

LIVERPOOL, APRIL s.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrived the Pennsyl-
vania, Smith, from New Turk ; Havre, M'Hown, from New Orleans ;
Clydesdale, from St. John's, N.B. ; Trinacria, from the Mediterranean ;
Caledonia, from Tarragona ; Anaxibia, Tregarthen, from Terra Nova ;
Lochidvar, Allen, from Marseilles ; Ann Paley, from Lisbon ; Pearl,
Love, from ditto. Arrived off, Sarah, from Palermo. Sailad the Shark,
Holmes, from New York ; Bootle, Wilson, from Lisbon.
CRDEK, APRIL s.—Arrived the Fanny, Thomas, from Leghorn.
MARGATE, APRIL s.—Arrived off port, the Mayor, Corntortio, from
Limerick.

DOWER, APRIL s.—Arrived the Blandford, Hutchings, from Alicant.
SCILLY, APRIL s.—Arrived the Wave, Edwards, from St. Michael's.
DUBLIN, APRIL 4 —Arrived the Ballinasloe (steamer) from London.
WATBRFORD, APRIL 3.—Arrived the Falcon, Brenan, rom
Cephalonia.

LIMERICK, APRIL 3.—Arrived the Hebe, Elliot ; Ariel, Carter;
Eleanor, Oake ; Harriet, Moyse; Ellen, George ; and Emily, Smith,
from London.

LIVERPOOL, APRIL s.—The Jane (not the Jane, Ritchie) outward
bound, was at the S. W. pass of the Mississippi February '2 4 , had sus-
tained some damage, and the crew refused to proceed to sea. A large
British ship, with painted ports and loss of topmasts, was seen let ult. off
Cape Cod.

No. ll.—income and Change ot the 04tisoliciaida rah& hi the quarters ended the sth April, 1837, and the sth April, 1838,

Quaiters ended A Oil 5.

DARTMOUTH, APRIL 4.—The Blandford arrived at this port from Ali_
cant ; saw off Ushant two ships waterlogged.
ST. ALBAN'S HeAn, APRIL 3.—The Neptune, Hardy, from \Vey.
mouth to Portsmouth, and the Alarm, Toppen, from Newport to New-
castle, got an shore near the head, the former on the 30th ult., and the
latter Ist inst. ; both were assisted off bp the coast guard, without ap.
parent damage.
YOUGHAL, APRIL S.—The Penelope, Hunter, from hence to Liver-
pool, with cotton from • the Mount Zion, in going out yesterday got
upon the bar, but got off on the flood and proceeded.
New YORK, MARCH 10.—The Lancashire, Alexander, arrived at this
port from Liverpool and the Western Islands, experienced very heavy
main yard, and jibboom, &c.
weather, and lost foretopnlast,

The James Porter, Spode, to Halifax, was spoken, Ist ult., in lat. 43.
lon. 47.
The Alert, John Mould, from St. Michaels to London, on 17th
March, in lat. 45.47 N. lon. 30 W., fell in with about 400 casks of oil,
succeeded in getting two on board marked A, which proved to be
Palm oil.
The Providence, from St. Übes to Dublin, was abandoned at sea on
the 17th ult. being in a sinking state.
The Lord Melville (packet) from Falmouth, arrived at Havanna 7th
February.

THE DUCHESS OF LEINSTER'S JEWELS.---Her
Grace recovered her valuable jewels last Wednesday. They
were found by the police in the house of a respectable private
gentleman at Dublin, who was perfectl unconscious of the
treasure in his keeping. Nothing is missing. The case in
,
which the property, to the full valise of 13 000 guineas, was
contained, having been recovered unbroken. The person in
whose charge it was found, believed, it is said, that the plain
mahogany box was the repository of nothing more valuably
than a case of duelling pistols. The inspector of constabulary
who recovered the property has not been permitted (such
being the regulations of the new police force) to receive the
300/. offered as a reward for the recovery of the valuables.
Out the most extraordinary and mysterious part of the business
rogaiw t 9 tPldr There will be no prosecution.