The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-06 00:00:00

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LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JAN. 6.—Wind E.N.E., moderate breeze and
fine.
ILFRACOMBE, JAN. s.—Most of the vessels in Moite
Bay, that sailed this morning, are now running back,
the wind being E.N.E., and w( ather very thick.
PENZANCE, JAN. 4.--The Chassemat‘i Jenne Marie,
Perrodo, of and for Nantes, from Bridgewater, anchored
last night in White Sand Bay, afterwards drove
athwart the bows of the Petronelle, Berckhove, from
Liverpool for Gand, when she was forced to cut away
her mainmast and cable; the crew escaped on board
the Petronelle.
wmuogp, JAN. 3.—Arrd. Eden, Filter, Neustadt.
WATERFORD, JAN. 3.—Wind E.S.E. to E.N.E.--"r
Arrd. Iris, Surgensen, Neustadt. Sld. Medora, New
Orlean'; Sio Dormasters, St. Übes.

DONEGAL, JAN. 3.—The Hope, of Annan, went on
shore at the Bosses, on the 15th ult., and had her rudder
broken. The Pursuit, of and for Sligo, from Liver-
pool, put into the Rosses, previous to the 31st ult., with
six feet water in her hold, and with part of cargo
thrown overboard, and decks swept. A schooner, with
loss of all her canvass, was seen about sixty miles ff the
Rosses, by the Gem, Hegan, arrived here.
GLINDORE, JAN. 3.—The King of the Forest, Davie,
from Marseilles to Cork or Falmouth, which went en
shore on Ardah Sand, on the sth ult., has got furl her
in on the strand, and her fastenings have all burst ; she
now lies much bedded in the sand, and within, three
feet of the cliff.
DOUGLAS, ISLE or MAN, JAN. 3.—The
Isle, Jones, of Beaumaris, from Newcastle to Dublin,
was assisted in here on the 26th ult. in a :sinking
state, having several feet water in her hold, and with
loss of bulwarks, sails, and mainboom, having eneoun'
tered severe gales.
BELFAST, JAN. 3.—The James, Hudson, for NewrY,
in beating out this morning went on shore in the Lough;
after discharging part of cargo she was enabled to get
off, and has put back leaky. The St.:Walfrane, Bara:
teau, hence to Bordeaux, has put back with damage, and
must repair.
LONG ISLAND, DEC. 26.--The Eclipse,
for Dundee, was totally wrecked the 24th
inC Lock,Clark oUefksTeo and
'ort Harbour; part of cargo (hemp and lin-
seed) expected to be saved; crew saved.
LEITn, JAN. 4.—Tho Ina, Dewar, which arrived here

• .
THE SU N 9 LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY-
1849 :
______• ............- ..........-,llr, .......... 6, •
yA.te-in, from TiThr;eb-rrs for London, his pumps LITERATURE. i PRIG
eaoked, and DI LI S E (iheil argi'. LILY OF the KING'S THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING JANUARY 5) 1849• .N BANKS, ASSI
PLymouTn, JAN. 5.-Wind E.-Arrd. Devonshire TILE
NURSE. By J. l'algrave Simpson. 3 Vols.
steamer, London tor Dublin; Shannon steamer, Dublin ___-....--_ n
for London. 4. Sld. Ipswich, Cadiz. 5. David Malcolm, The author of " Second Lov-e" and " Gisella" now
No. 1.-An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of January, 1848, and sth of January, 1849, showing the Fro,
Adelaide, South Australia. ranks among our most popular novelists, and his new Increase or Decrease on each head thereof. PUBLISHED EVERY
DEAL, JAN. 5.-Arrd. Mary Winch, and eld. for Li- work, " 'The Lily of Paris," will undoubtedly add to his
verpool. Arrd. from the river and sld., Litherland, Ho- popularity.
•We are told that it was partly composed QUARTERS ENDED YEAR QUARTERS ENDED YEAR i I Year ended Jan. 5. Quarter ended Jan. 5. LONDON,
ended , , ended
hart
Loa;T Lady Joecl3-n, Cochin; Queen Dowager, at Paris during the scenes of the Revolution. A r--
April 5, , July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, ,--,--..,..-.-___, i.----_,...--, JOINI
Cape ast Casle; Edamnd, Sierra Leone; Regina.
ile.,eription:of a popular entente, in the second volume, 1847 1 1847 1847 1848 1848 1848 1848 1843 1849 1849 ,
lllnoclrease. Decrease. Increase. /Decrease.
Sierra ',Pont; Wilberforce, l,arbadoes; Robert, St..- -- Name of Company.
•
,• as acillally written while the tumult of the 23d of.
Rates; tit a wa, M.,nile;-G...latz,a, Si. Michl.el's; Chal- • £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ i £ £ x z
Februnry was resounding in the writer's ears, until customs •.............. 4,447,673 4,519,119 4,936,644 4,111,862 18,0:5,298 4,392,00 4,447,832 5,406,483 4,682,395 18,929,360 i Customs ...... 914,062
••
~. .. 570,553 •••
1 nger, (1.-noa; Lady Wright, Palcrmo; lone, Malta; E \Thie..... .
' :3.5.4. 84.8.,G98 6.
'.2?.9
curioiity impelled Fitt to throw aside his pen, and •. ••
Mary, Valencia. Stamps. 1,817,282 1:869:464 1:707,945 1,564,355 6,959,456 1,618,668 1,557,640 1,461,942 1,472,598 6,110,848 1 Stamps . ..... ....
turn from the charms of fiction to contemplate the 92,257 Australasia ..........
LIvERPOoL, JAN. 5.-Wit:d. E.S.E -Arrd. 4 th, Lau- Taxes •... •
rel• Roach, Newfoundland, and not the Laura, as re- strange incidents of reality. " The Lily of Paris," Property Tax •••• • • - - 2,033,072 1,036,517 1,918,645 462,567 5,450,801 •2,041,640 988,401 1,892,890 424,434 5,347,365 Property Tax • ... • .
Post-office.... .•••• • • • • 219,000 215,000 222,000 208,000 864,000 221,000 156,000 221,000 198,000 776,000 Post-office ......... •• •• 103,436 •• • • 38,133 Ceylon •• • ..... ....••
ported yesterday. sth, Helen Jane, Horswell, Terceira, however, does not require the aid of any adventitious crown Lands • ..... •• • • 37,000 • • 40,000 77,000 21,000 10,000 20,000 30,000 81,000 I Crown Lands .•. • . . •• • •
4,000 88,000 •• • • 10,000 commercial of London
and not the Eden Jane, as reported y(,sterday. Sld. 4h, circumstances to render it an object of interest and Miscellaneous •••• • • .. 92,593 7,461 73,126 11,746 184,926 56,307 89,022 13,923 21,709 101,166 1 Miscellaneous •.• • • . •••• ....
•10,000 ;:lolonial.. •••••• • • • • •
• • • • 83,760 9,963 ....
,-768 12,736,831 13,334,468 12,003,311 48,492,583 i Total ........
•2,019,456 1,143,751 593,005 ---150,390 Gloucestershire •• •.. • •
--______
Ditto
Maine, New Orleans; Emily, Naples. sth, Princess attraction. Without in any way disclosing the ILownidann andWeWtmi-ns-t;
Total Ordinary Revenue 10,430,377 13,013,614 12,612,191 11,560,696 47,
Royal, oß,ieutta; Castries, Si. Lucia; o,tavia, Arica; mysteries of the tale, we will briefly enumerate the c hint]. Money ....-....... .. • - 455,021 • 84,284 539,305 ,' China Money ••• • • • 539 305
986346.:6,22:4.1
Boadicea, New Orleans; Suuth Carolina, New Orleans; dramatis personw who take part in its eventful Imprest Moneys, &c. • • 53,859 88,632 43,537 30,614 216,642
616,878 10,497
24,452 88,805 168,437 123,89 485,384 I Imprest Moneys, . 6,742 -• •
• • • • •• . •
•••• London Joint-Stock ..•
Amarant New Orleans; Jane May, Leghorn; Guluika, Repayments otAdvances 164,568 74,138 86,813 112,605 140,695 414,251 •i RepaymtsofAdvncs. Provincial of Ireland • •
scenes, which enumeration will enable the, reader to 137,944 187,486 74,048 564,046 •• • •
Genoa; Milt,,n, Gibraltar; FernaLdez, Lisbon. --. Ditto, New.• •••• • • •
Total ........ 2,8"7,.5.03 1:112:49er93,1:,75:94:56t 537,217 150,390 National of Ireland ..
judge of the interesting nature of the work, both in Total Income ••• 10,648,804 13,240,190 12,843,214 -1-1,665,-1358 ----48,397,56 1.1,051,379 12,912,449 13,615,510 12,352,185 I 49,931,523
FALstouTu, JAN, 3.-Wind S.-Arrd. 4th, Shannon --1.--
an historical and romantic point of view. The scene . I Nat. Provincial of Eng.
(steatner). Dublin, acid left sth for London. Sid, sth, Amount applied to Con-
is France during the reign of Charles VI.-Charles somteaFtme...... 3,207,608 9,912,813 8,236,066 7,010,559 28,367,046 , 5,956,232 6,818,019 7,230,426 8,974,147 28,978,824 1,293,546 150,390 r Deduct Ditto, New. •••• • . • •
Nautilus (steamer), London. , Ditto, as Advances .- • • 2,940,000 1,724,311 398,084 340,830 5,403,225 149,059 231,111 428,746 184,380 993,296 Decrease L Decrease South Australia ••• • ..
ILFRACWIBE, J AN. 5. -Arrd. Lively, Cuddy, Ply- the maniac and the " well-beloved.' The character of
Ditto, as Ways & MeansUnlon et Australia • . • •
mouth, for Newport, leaky. this monarch, as here portrayed, during his lucent in- of the Year ••••• • • • • • 5,461,196 7,113,698 5,126,232 4,889,744 22,590,870 4,946,008 5,863,319 5,956,338 3,193,658 19,959,404
,141 (,11,051,379 ,12,912,449 13,15,510 11,352,185 I 49,931,523 1,533,957/ onlncrease Ditto --••••_ •• ••
686,827 on the Union of London... •.
DuNLIN, JAN. 4.-Wind E.-Arrd. Athlone(steamer); tervals, shows how well he merited the loving epithet. --_---., the Year. Quarter. Union of Madrid .• •• •
Total. - - 11,608,804 18,750,822 13,760,332 12,241,133 56,301
London, Coleraine; Scotia, Caen. Sld. Thomas Wright, . Unhappily these lucent intervals were rare. The.
• Exclusive of Advances and inclusive of Loan.
New Orleans; Odessa, New York; Chatham, Palermo. ( royal ruler of France is, for the most part, a gibber-
:-.,. ;,4;,-,4. n‘, 1-,;. gide, " her soul. subduing voice" No. IL-Income and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth January, 1848, and the sth January, 1849. .
Name of Company.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Admiralty, Jan. 3, 1849.
Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners
if
the Admiralty to transmit to you herewith printed
Notices to Mariners respecting additional harbour lights
t Ostend.

(signed) W. A. B. HAMILTON.
Capt. G. A. Halsted, IZ N., Secretary, Lloyd's.
" ADDITIONAL EIARBOUR Litir rs AT
OST END.
" Hydrographic. office, Dec. 27, 1848.
"The Belgian Government has given notice that, at
an early period, a fixed light will be established on the
extremities of each of the two piers, or jetties, which
form the entrance of the port of Ostend.
" The light on the western pier will be green, twenty-
three feet high, and visible at the distance of four or five
miles.
" The light on the eastern pier will be red; of the same
elevation as the former.
" The green light will be shown at sunset, and extin-
Ruished at sunrise; but the rid light will not be lighted
till the flood-tide has thrown in at least nine feet of water
between the pier-heads, and will be extinguished when
the present tide lights are lighted.
"As soon as the present tide lights are extinguished,
during the ebb, the red light will be again shown, and
Continued till the falling tide has lowered the water be-
tween the jetty heads to nine feet, when it will be ex-
tinguished.
" In bad weather, :when there can be no communica-
tion with the pier heads, these arrangements must of
course be interrupted; and all vessels are cautioned not
to attempt the harbour of Ostend when the tide lights
are not displayed."

TILE LILY OF 1-.liti.s'; or the KING'S
NURSE. By J. l'algrave Simpson. 3 Vols.
The author of " Second Love" and " Gisella" now
leeks among our most popular novelists, and his new
work, "1 he Lily of Paris," will undoubtedly add to his
popularity. We are told that it was partly composed
at Paris during the scenes of the Revolution. A
description :of a popular entente, in the second volume,
aas actually written while the tumult of the 23d of
February was resounding in the writer's ears, until
curiosity impelled bins to throw aside his pen, and
turn from the charms of fiction to contemplate the
strange incidents of reality. " The Lily of Paris,"
however, does not require the aid of any adventitious
circumstances to render it an object of interest and
attractien. Without in any way disclosing the
mysteries of the tale, we will briefly enumerate the
dramatis personw who take part in its eventful
scenes, which enumeration will enable the reader to
judge of the interesting nature of the work, both in
an historical and romantic point of view. The scene
is France during the reign of Charles Vl.—Charles
the maniac and the " well-beloved." The character of
this monarch, as here portrayed, during his lucent in-
tervals, shows how well he merited the lovin4epithet.
Unhappily these lucent intervals were rare. The
royal ruler of France is, for the most part, a gibber-
ing idiot. By his side, " her soup subduing voice"
scaring away the phantoms of his imagination,
appears Odette de Champdivers—Lys d' Ange—the
lily of France—a young maiden taken from the
seclusion of a nunnery to enact the part of King's
nurse. The skilful physician noticing the King's
frequent paroxysms of terror on the approach of his
ordinary attendants, having advised the selection of
some lovely and gentle maiden as the fittest minister
to a " mind diseased," faithfully and lovingly does
Odette perform her task. The scenes between the
sick King and his gentle nurse are detailed with a
natural and most affecting pathos. The fair counte-
nance and pure heart of Odette truly justify
her fanciful appellation the lily of France.
Odette, whose heart throughout the first vo-
lutne at least is wholly devoted to God
and the King, is the object of the passionate love of
three very different individuals—Perrinet Leclerc,
her companion from childhood and her betrothed,
whose violent passion is repaid by a sisterly regard—
Charles, the Dauphin, who, after having presumed to
regard the spotless lily with his libertine admiration,
becomes himself transformed into a hero by the en-
nobling influence of his father's nurse—lastly, Odette
is loved with an enthusiastic veneration, such as, ac-
cording to Helena, might be entertained for "some
bright, particular star," by Yvon, a poor kloarek, a
humble, friendless student, ungainly in appearance,
and even slightly deformed. Yvon has been sue-
coured in his necessity by Perrinet, and repays that
succour with the devotion of a grateful heart.
Grievous is it to witness the agony of the poor
kloarek, as his unsuspecting friend speaks to him of
his love for Odette, and the love with which she re-
gards him. Hiding his emotion from Perrinet, the
poor youth turns away to ask himself in an agony of
tears, " Who, indeed, could love the poor kloarek ?"
The kloarek, however, is not so well versed in the
mysteries of the human heart as is the narrator of
his history. Yvon's bodily defects are more than
compensated for by his moral and mental excellences.
Skilful with his pencil, he becomes the assistant of
Jacquemin Gringonneur, the inventor of cards. Old
Jacquemin and his daughter Lyonelle form a very at-
tractive pair. Lyonelle is, in her way, almost more
interesting than the angelic Odette—her character is
certainly a more natural one—endowed with all
womanly perfections and imperfections. Having said
thus much of the personages of the tale—we have,
however, omitted to make mention of the Count of
Armagnac, the rival of the Duke of Burgundy, who,
at the commencement of' the narrative, reigns supreme
in Paris, while Burgundy is besieging its gates ;
having thus enumerated its heroes and heroines, we
are fain to set before the reader one scene
of the momentous drama—a scene in which
the varied passions of the different actors
are brought vividly into play in a manner which fully
reveals the author's skill. Albeit this scene may give
an inkling of the plot, we cannot think that it will in
any way prevent a reader from turning to the book
itself—on the contrary. During the performance of a
public masque an emeute (the emeute described during
the revolution) has taken place, order is speedily re-
stored by the soldiers of Armagnac, and all the sus-
pected persons, innocent or guilty, are arrested and
hurried to prison. Among the number is Yvon.
Before the prisoners are removed, Lyonelle rushes
from amongst the crowd, and throwing herself at the
feet of Odette, passionately implores her to obtain
mercy for him :
" Appeal to him, poor girl," said Odette, pointing to
Armagnac. " You are in presence of the Constable of
France. Ile will heed your tale, and, when he knows
all, will doubtless set him free. Pour girl! poor girl!
soothe thee!" and she passed her pure white hand over
Lyonelle's luxuriant black curls. "My Lord Count,"
she added, timidly, to the Constable, who had repeated
his order for the removal of the prisoners, "will deign,
I doubt not, to bear the proofs that yonder youth is in-
nocent of all guilt, before he allows him to be dragged
to prison."
" The fair Odette," replied Armagnac, sternly,
" would do well to heed her duties about the person of
her Lord the King solely, and not interfere in matters of
state policy."
"You hear him," sobbed Lyonelle. " Not to him can I
plead, but to you, maiden. You wilt find favour in the
King's ear—save him !"
" He is your lover, maiden ?" asked Odette, deeply
moved.
" No, no;" stammered Lyonelle, hanging down her
head.

INCOME.

Customs • • • • • • • • •
Excise • • • •
Stamps . ......

Taxes• • •• • • • • •
Property Tax

No. ll.—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth January, 1848, and the sth January, 1849.

Quarters ended Jan. 5. 1

Post-oflice •• •• •
Crown Lands •
Miscellaneous ••• •
China Money • • • • • • •• •• • • • • •• • • •• • •
Imprest and other Moneys • • • • • • • • • •
Produce of the sale of Old Naval
Stores, &c. • • •• • • •• •• • • • • • •• • •
••
Repayments of Advances .....

4,111,862
3,256,480
1,564,855
1,914,783
462,567
208,000
40,000
11,746

CHARGE.

30,614

74,048

11,674,955

To Cash, being the final Instalment
of the Loan of 8,000,000/..• .. • • •• ..

575,774

12,250,729

4,689,395
3,262,138
1,472,598
1,921,013
424,434
198,000
30,000
21,709
84,284
35,261

88,634
140,695

12,361,161

12,361,161

Permanent Debt ••
•••• • .
Terminable Annuitie5............ .•
••••••••
••••••••
••
••
•• •
•• • • •
Interest on Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund
Sinking Fund
•••• .. •••••••••• • • .
. . . . ..... .
Other Charges on the Consolidated Fund • •• • .
For Advances •• .

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
COVENT-GAUT:JEN.
The demand for both fruit aad vegetables, the supply
of which was tolerably good, ruled steady, at our quo-
tations. Fruit:—Pine-apples (Queen's), 3s 6d to 4s 6d;
and Foreign Grapes (black and white), 8d to is per lb;
Apples, 4s to 6s per bushel; Pears, is to lOs per half
Steve; Walnuts, 8d to Is ; Lemons, 5s to 9s, and
Oranges, 4s to 9s per 100; Filberts, 96s to 105 s per
1001bs; Chesnuts, 2s to 5s per peck. Vegetables:—
Red Cabbages, Is Gd to 2s 3d per dozen; Spinach, 2s
9d to
per junk ; Horseradish, 3s to 5s ; and Celery,
Onions
to is per bundle; Asparagus, 3s to 5s per 100;
,unkos, Is Bel to 2s 64 ; and Ash-leaved kidney Pota-
toes, 6s to 8s per bushel; Cape Brocoli, 8s to 12s ; per
down bundles; Mushrooms, 6d to Si per pottle;
Spanish Oaions, 103 to 12s per box; Endive, 6d to Sd
Per dozen ; Savoy Cabbages, 6d to 8d per dozen ;
Turnips,, is to is 6d; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; and Greens,
" 9d to 2s per dozen bunches ; Parsley, 2s per hall
Bieve; Forced Sea Bail, Is Gd to 23 Gd per punnet; Cu-
cumbers 5s to 6s per brace; Forced Rhubarb, is 3d to
ts 6d per bundle; Red Beet, Is to Is 3d per doz3n;
Jerusalem Artichokes, is to 13 3d per half sieve.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHAI.X.
MEAT NIARIZETS.—Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s Gd; Mutton,
4s 8d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 6d
to 4s 6d per 81bs, by the carcase.
PoULTRY MARKETS.—Turkeys, 4S to 12s; Geese,
3
td to 7s; Ducks, is 9d to 2s Gd; Tame Rabbits,
Is to Is 10d; Wild ditto, 8d to is Id; Pigeons, 7d to
2.(1; Pigs, 5s to 9s each; Surrey Fowls, 6s to 10s;
ditto Chickens, 4s to ss; Barn-door Fowls, 3s to 6s
Itlier couple; English Eggs, lOs to I Is; French ditto, 85
9s; and Irish ditto, 8s to 83 6d per 100. Fresh
Butter, 10d to is 3d per lb,
1 °AmE.—Pheasants, 2s 9d to 3s 6d; Partridges, is to
is 6d; Hares, 2s to 3s 6d; Woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s;
(3(1,!,e 2s to 3s; Ptarmigan, is 6d to 2s; Snipes, 8d to
io
94 to is; Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s 63; Wid-
geons, is to Is 9d; and Plovers, 6d to is each.
NEWPOUT.
Beef, from 2s 10c1 to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s dto 4s Gd;
Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs.
WHITECBAPEI+
Veal,
from 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s to 4s 6d;
3s 8d to 4s 64; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs.
BILLINGSGATE.
Turbots 6s to 12s; Cod Fish, 3s to is 6d; Whitings, 3d
to 6d; Lobsters, Lousters, Is to 2s 3d; Crabs, 6d to 2s each; Soles,
6dto 2s per pair; Eels, 54 to ls, and Salmon, is to
is 2d per lb; Haddocks, 3d to 6d each; Crimped Skate,
6d to 8d; and Salt Fish, 2d to 6d per lb; Flounders, is
to is 6d per dozen; Oysters, 12s to 25s per bushel.
nUNGEILZFORD.
This market was very moderately supplied with most
articles to-day; nevertheless, the general demand was in
a very sluggish state, and prices had a downward
tendency.

IBILEAD.
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are
from 7d to 8d; of Household ditto, sid to 7d pr
41bs loat.

HIDE WIARICET.
Market hides, 561 b to 64th, 11-cl to lid: ditto, 641 b to
721 b, lid to lid; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, lid to 11d; ditto,
801 b to 881 b, 2d to 24d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 2id to 241-1;
ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 24d to 31d; ditto, 1041 b to 1121b.3id
to 4d; Calf Skins, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Horse Hides, 8s to
A$ 6d; Polled Sheep, 33 6s to 45 6d; Kent and half-breds,
216 d to 3s 9d; Downs, 2s 4d to 3s. 6d.

HAT 115EARIEZICS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 is to 31 13s; Clover
ditto, 31 105 to 41 13s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 9s per
load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 31 14s ;
Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 103; aid Straw, 11 3s to
1/ 103 per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull.
AVIIITECIIAPEL.—Mea.invi Hay, 21 7s to 31 135;
Clover ditto, 31 103 to 4l 14s; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 91
Per load. Trade dull, at about stationary prices.

COAL MA MU h T.-1 ZsTE MINT.
bavison'sWestHartley 14s 9d Jonassohns ... 165 6d
Hasting's Hartley l4s 9d Lambton
llolywell Main lss Od Russell's Hetton ...... 18s 9G,
dew Tanfield l.4s Od Stewart's
Ord's Redheugh
rantield Moor Butes... 13s 6d Heugh Hall
Walker's Primrose ... 13s Od South Kelloe
„ Wall's End, &c. Tees
x rainvrell Gate ...... ... 17s 6d Hartley
~S)iitli Killingworth ... 13s Od Ships at market, 150.
iletton

RAILWAY RETURNS
4.24". WAY TILAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail-
w;l for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the
.f re.tive returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
m the previous year

Week
eliding

NAME OF RAILWAY.

Amiens and Boulogne. • • •• • • •• ••

Belfast and Ballymena • • • • • •
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Caledonian.. .... •- • ••• • • •
Chester and Ilolyhead :... • • • • •
Cockermouth and Workington.... •
Dublin and Drogheda • . •• • • • Dr0gheda...............
..
Dublin arid Kingstown • • • • • • • • • . .
Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen • • • • • • • •
East Ang1ian........................
Ediaburgh and Glasgow . •• • • • • • • • • •
Edinburgh and Northern • • • • • • • • • • • •
Eastern Counties and North Eastern..
East Lancashire • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••
Eastern Linton • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••
• • •'•. • •
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • ' •
Glasgow and Greenock• • • • • • •• • • • • •
Great Southern and Western • • • • • • • •
Great Western, &c..................
Kendal and Windermere • • •• • • • • • • •
Lancashire and Yorkshire.. • • • • • • • • "
Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport • • • •
Londonderry and t.nniskillen • • •• • • • •
London and North Western, 87.. c.••• • •
London and Illackwall.. • • • • • • • • • • • •
London and Brighton . • • • ..... • • ' • • •
London and South Western . • • • • • • • •
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Maryport and Carlisle •••• • • • • •• • •
Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham • • • •
Midland Great Western (Irish) • • • • • •
Monklands . • • • • • .•
•• " •
• • • • • •
Newcastle and Caxlisle •• .. ••• • • •
North British .. ••• • • • "••• • • • Paris and Rouen .••••••••• • '• • • • • • •
Rouen and Havre . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Scottish Central ••••••••• • • • • • • • • •
Shrewsbury and Chester • • • • • • • • • • South Eastern and Branches • • • • • • •••
•
South Devon. • • • • - • •
Ulster • """" " • •
) Taff Vale ...............
•
•
•
•
Waterford and Limerick.............
Whitehaven Junction .••.•••• • • • • • • • Wishaw and Coltness... ••••• • • • • •
York and Newcastle . .• • • • • •• • •
5 York and North Midland . ..........

Last 1 ,
gt.
weak. c,...,

1,196
391
783
[5,500
1,088

710
840
875
7,6 -
3,20 G 3,
1,777
14,350 13,
1,643 1,
1,182 1,
2,410 2,
875 1,
2,918 1.

119
10,40 G 8,
2,007 1,

34,553 35,
572
6,807 6,
8,142 8,
2,892 2,

Total Charge .. . • • • • •

22,663 1 20,
- -

857

2,399 1 2,
- -

The Surplus • • ....... • • • • • • •

The Amount of Exchequer Bills issued to meet the Charge on the Consoi
10, 1848, and paid out of the growing produce of that fund for the Quar
The Amount issued in the Quarter ended sth January, 1849, in part of
the Consolidated Fund, for Supply Services • . • • • • • • •
The Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended sth January, 184
The Surplus Revenue, after providing for the Charges of the Consolidated
ply Services in Great Britain, in the Quarter ended sth January, 184 P

890 -
1,449
7,602 8,
1,440 -
1,396
652
372 -
170

lidated Fund for the Quarter ended Oct.
'ter ended Jan. 5, 1849 ......... • • ....
the Sums granted by Parliament out of

13,111 11
7,297 7,

ceeds from the grace and favour of the Dauphin of
France!" exclaimed Perrinet, infuriated by that look.
" The fellow shall be spared the pains of his refusal,"
said the Constable, with a sneer; " for, craving our fair
cousin's pardon, we shall persist more than ever in our
design to keep in close hold the persons of citizens so
dangerous. Let them be taken hence to the Chatelet
forthwith."
"He is the friend of my childhood! Treat him not
thus 1" exclaimed Odette.
" Perrinet replied to her intercession with a look of
bitter reproach.
" But not Yvon—not Yvon!" cried Lyonelle, again
falling on her knees. " He, at least, is innocent of all
crime."
"As Lieutenant-General of this realm, I demand—"
began the Dauphin, again.
" To the King, your father, noble Prince, I am alone
answerable for my deeds. Let them be taken hence,"
interrupted the Constable.
After this we will reveal no further the secrets of the
story, but turn to Jacquemin Gringonneur's descrip-
tion of his new invention—playing-cards :4
" There may be many who at first view," he con-
tinued, " might regard my poor pastime.as fitting only
to the minds of children; but those who will seek in it
a deeper meaning, may find a signification in every
figure, and an allegorical sense in each different form of
spot. They constitute altogether an emblematic image,
not only of the art of war, but of sound government.
See 1 I have divided my devices into four parts. These
hearts represent the courage and valour of the captains
and soldiers in the time of war; these lozenge-shaped
forms, which I have also coloured red, I have derived
from those flat bolts, or quarrels, shot from arblasts ;
they denote the weapons of attack in battle. The pike-
heads, thou mayst remark, are such as our infantry
bear upon their halberd-ends, and figure forth the wea-
pons of defence.* These trefoil clover leaves," pursued
the old artist, " are intendedtto remind the player of the
pastime, that a good general should never pitch his
camp in a field where forage may be wanting to his
army.t To the four parties I have given four kings, as
leaders," continued the old man, in explanation, "in
order to demonstrate that, however brave and numerous
the troops may be, it is necessary, in order to insure
their victory, to have at their head prudent, valiant, and
experienced leaders. And see, I have bestowed upon
them the names of renowned chiefs in ancient history ;
David, Alexander, Caesar, and Charlemagne. But brave
generals need bold captains also to execute their orders;
and thus I have given to them varlets, or nobles of in-
ferior rank, to serve beneath them. Behold! there are
Lancelot and Ogier, the great captains of Charlemagne,
and Renaud, Lord of Coucy, and Hector of Galard,
bold and knightly gentlemen of our days, under whose
orders I myself have served. But women have,
throughout all history, also played their part in the
councils, if not in the active enterprise of war; and thus
each king has his favourite dame."
" Bat they have no names, Master Jacquemin," said
the kloarek, taking an intense interest in the artist's
explanation. "Shall we not bestow on them such desig-
nations :as may ennoble the great deeds of the bold
female spirits of antiquity?"
" No, ,no, boy," said the old artist, with a smile.
" Perhaps it is well to let them bear no other names than
those their lords and masters wear; without disrespect
to the fair sex, I would indicate thereby that the wife is
nothing in herself, and derives from her husband alone
her force and splendour. Let others give them names,
as they will, according to the fancies of their hearts. It
is well," he added, " that my saucy Lyonelle is not here;
or her poor father might chance to get a reprimand for
what he says."
Yvon shook his head at this reasoning of Master
Jacquemin, so common to the age, but offered no expos-
tulation. The artist continued:
" The various spots in each several packet represent
the troops of smaller or lesser force, and common sol-
diers, obeying the orders of the kings and captains. To
delineate the rabble would have occupied too much mis-
spent time. But, look thee here! This single spot, so
simple in appearance, that is the master of them all."
" As how?" asked Yvon, anxiously.
" It shall figure forth the force of money, which is
the true strength and nerve of war, and which thus ob-
tains the greatest influence over all other cards, even
the kings themselves; for even if a king possess it not to
back his enterprise, he may be beaten by a varlet who
has it in his power; and thus I have named that aingle
spot the ' as,' which your good learning, Master
Student, will tell you is derived from the Latin tongue,
and signifieth money."
iYvon acquiesced, smiling gently at this little piece
af pedantry in the soldier-artist.
" Thou seest thus," pursued Jacquemin Gringonneur
with animation, " that my invention is not the mere
pastime of a child, without sense or meaning. It bears
upon it a signification symbolical, allegorical, political,
ay 1 and even historical if thou will'st. Imagine to thy-
self also the many devices that may be employed to
make the movements of my figures, in different hands,
subservient to every species of amusement and instruc
tion. And could they but find interest and favour in
the eyes of our poor king, a presentiment tells me that
they might charm and soothe his wearied spirit."
The benevolent purpose of the loyal artist is ful-
filled. Cards become a powerful solace to the unfor-
tunate King, as the following scene may testify—a
scene which in a beautiful manner exhibits the tender
ministration of the "King's Nurse:—"
THE FIRST GAME OF CARDS.
"Oh !—I am most unhappy," repeated the king, un-
heeding her, " the most unhappy man of all my realm.
There be those who suffer—but they have wife, or
friends, or children. But I have none—they are all gone
—lost—dead; and I am alone, a miserable old man."
Odette looked at him with a spasm of agony; she
thought, for a moment, that his senses were again de-
serting him.
" Drive these sad thoughts from you, king," she ex-
claimed; " the sun shall yet pierce the dark clouds and
shine upon your fortunes once again."
"No sun—no sun—all darkness!" murmured the
king, without looking up.
Odette rose with a feeling of despair in her heart.
Her eyes fell upon the cards lying on the table, and a
thought crossed her.
" Let not the dark spirit come across your brain,
my Lord the King," she said, leaning over his chair, and
murmuring softly in his ear; " chase it away. It is I
who speak—l, Odette, your nurse, your guardian. Nay,
I will be obeyed !" and she removed his hands gently
trom his face. " You must not think now, it is forbid-
den. To divert your mind, see here is the game invented
by Master Jacquemin Gringonneur. You took much
pleasure in its devices yesterday—let us play again.
Nay, I will not be gainsayed. I, your subject, order
you, my king, to play with me; and my power is despo-
tic. I must and will be obeyed. Come !"
The King smiled mournfully—then laughed more
cheerfully--then shook his head and took up the cards.
" Thou canst work thy will with me in all things," he
said; " and, in truth, it is a pleasant pastime."
" Come! let us to our battle," exclaimed Odette,
cheerfully, kneeling on her footstool at the opposite
"I will be your adver-
ong; rI love you too well to be
cornersa r y ...._
ionf
play,th e t amb li en
mind
om e the_kfi
your enemy, even in name. To our battle-fit Id! Let
us see, King, whether fortune will not smile upon you.
Your success shall be a good augury to the fortunes of
the realm."
Thus set3ing, the fair maiden took the cards from the
hands of the King, and separating the black from the
red, divided the packet into two equal parts.
"The red shall be your soldiers, my Lord, she said,
handing him his portion; " the black shall be mine, and
your enemies. Look you, that you beat mo well, and
take all my army—kings, generals, soldiers—all, all
prisoners."
" Come, my brave men," exclaimed Charles with ani-
mation, sad the pleasure of a child; " come, let us do
our duty . Csesar I have, and Charlemagne; and Renaud,
too, and Hector—bold captains, both. I shall beat thee,

my poor Odette. To arms! to arms! Down on tine
English and the Burgundians. The English and the
Burgundians are the black traitors. Mine are the men
of France, with blood red courage on their face. To
arms! to arms! Cut them in pieces!—take them pri-
soners!—Sus, sus, upon the black!" The eyes of the
poor old King sparkled, and his cheek was flushed, as if
he were about to engage in a real battle with the in-
vaders of his country.
" Beat me ! beat me 1" said Odette, laughing. " I
wish no better issue."
" Battle !" cried Charles.
" Battle !" echoed Odette.

" Your brother, then?"
" No," replied the unhappy girl.
" You love him, though?" said Odette.
Lyonelle gave no answer ; but she buried her face
in the dress of Odette, and sobbed hysterically. A new
feeling seemed suddenly to arise in Yvon's breast. He
had looked on with wonder and emotion at the earnest-
ness of Lyonelle's supplication; and now he clasped his
hand tightly to his bosom, as if to repress an agitation
too tumultuous to bear—too new to understand. lie
gazed with emotion upon Lyonelle; and his eyes, too,
filled with tears. The poor kloarek felt, although as yet
he rendered no account of the feeling to himself, that he
was loved.
"Rise, I entreat you, maiden," said Odette; and
Lyonelle, rising, flung herself, after a passionate and
troubled look at Yvon, into her father's arms, weeping
aloud.
" My Lord the Constable," continued Odette, advanc-
ing with that dignified air of self-possession, which con-
tributed so greatly to her appearance of being a creature
of a purer world, " you say rightly. It is not the place
of a poor maid like me, who am at most the very hum-
blest of Heaven's high will on earth, to interfere in
matters beyond my sphere, or dare to raise my weak
voice against the power and authority of the great and
noble, who are set on high to rule and to control. But
as a suppliant I come before you—be just—be merciful"
—and Odette attempted to kneel, while the Constable
made an impatient gesture to wave her back.
Kneel not, Odette," said the Dauphin, lifting her up
from her half suppliant attitude. "My valiant cousin of
Armagnac will not refuse to listen, at my entreaty also, to
your supplication in favour of this youth, since he interests
you thus powerfully. He Rill grant him a brief exami-
nation at once in our presence, and, I doubt not, set him

free."
" My gentle cousin," replied the Constable, " I have
never sought to interrupt you in your princely pastimes;
and I, in turn, crave your indulgence not to seek to
thwart me in matters concerning the rule of this most
unruly city."
The Dauphin frowned with an abashed and embar-
rassed look, slightly shrugged his shoulders, and turned
to address himself once more to Odette. Lyonelle had
raised herself from her father's arms, and looked with
anxious eagerness from one speaker to another. The
colour had now heightened upon YVOICS cheek; and,
forgetful of his own position, he gazed in embarrassment
from the angelic being that was the object of his secret
adoration, to the more earthly but scarcely less beauti-
ful girl, aho had pleaded with such heartfelt earnestness
in his behalf, and appeared to avow her love for him:
the tumult of his mind was still too great, however, to
enable him to analyse his own feelings.
" My good cousin," recommenced the Dauphin, who,
after a few words with the supplicating Odette, which
racked the heart of the hidden Perrinet, again turned to
the Constable, " I cannot let this matter pass off thus;
there is evidently some mistake in the arrest of yonder
poor youth and his companion. Enough has already
been done to terrify them into submission, if there be
rebel spirit in them. I speak—l have the best assurance
—but the will of my King and father in demanding that
they should be set at liberty."
Before the imperious Constable could frame a reply to
' oppose the demand of the young Prince, a sudden move-
meat took place.
" From such hands will I accept no grace or favour,"
exclaimed Perrinet with a loud voice, advancing from
his concealment among the men-at-arms, with proud
and dogged look. " Let me be dealt with as may be,
from the mouth of Charles Dauphin of France will I re-
ceive no pardon or indulgence, even be it just: and from
the Armagnac who should expect justice?"
" Odette uttered an exclamation of surprise and dis-
may, and clasped her hands.
" Perrinet 1" she cried, " imprudent—frantic !"
The Dauphin started back at this name : he looked
from the dismayed girl to the young armourer, rand
seemed unresolved how to act. It was his rival, then,
who was before him, and a prisoner 1 The consternation
of the Carmelite was scarcely less than that of Odette:
in the person of one of the prisoners, whose arrest and
punishment he had urged for his own purposes, he dis-
covered the man from whose personal connivance in his
schemes he bad so much to hope.
" Hear, you, fair cousin, how these rebels mouth it
well?" exclaimed Armagnac, triumphantly : " and you
would spare the traitorous villains!"
" Now, more than ever," replied the Dauphin, gene-
rously; "what personal enmity may be expressed by
yonder man it is my right to forgive; and that right I
exercise. Once more I ask the intermediate liberty of
these prisoners."
" Generous youth!" murmured Odette, involuntarily
casting a look of tender thankfulness upon the young

The opposing parties set to work upon their painted
combat with the energy of children, who act themselves
into a belief of the reality of their sports. Odette had
placed a deeper meaning and a deeper purpose on the
issue of the game, and trembled lest she should win.
The poor old King gave in to the ardour of the imagi-
nary struggle, as if the destinies of the kingdom of
France really depended upon his victory or defeat at
cards.
There can be little doubt, as well from the expres-
sions used in their ancient records, as by the name of
" battle" bestowed upon it, that the first game of cards,
arranged to please the maniac monarch, Charles VI., re-
sembled that still played by children, called, "Beggar
my Neighbour." Each figure that was turned up on the
board, was entitled to receive surrender of so many cards
from the adversary, according to its rank and value, the
ace, however, predomidating above the figures in the
number it took: another figure intervening during the
surrender put in its claim and turned the fortune of the
day: the numbered cards, or common soldiers, were de-
livered over as prisoners, but exercised no other influence
on the " battle:" the player, who in the various turns of
fortune, at last got all the cards within his hands, had
gained the fight.
For some time the fate of war appeared undecided.
Sometimes the King uttered exclamations of despair, as
the ranks of the English appeared to increase in bulk,
and his own army diminish: sometimes he shouted with
joy as a figure in his own hand, receiving full surrender
of prisoners, carried off a heap of troops, that had long
disputed the victory with various fortunes. " Battle!
battle!" cried both the players as they threw down a
powerful card. At last, at a moment when by chance
almost all the cards of value lay in a heap upon the table,
Odette in the payment of her prisoners threw down a

Queen.
" Dame of hearts !" she cried.

Ah ! I am afraid," said Charles pausing: " that is
ksabel the Queen. In my fancy I have named it so. And
she has gone over to the English and Burgundian side.
She is about to carry off all—all—and leave me a deso-
late and dishonoured knight."
" My prisoners—give them here—play—there is still
hope for you," said Odette, although she trembled lest
she should succeed.

Fund, and for the payment of the Sup-

1~.

5,806,728
579,706

---
undo
MAIL ROBBERY.—We are glad to learn, from
-muoubted authority, that the two registered letters
Posted for London by the Devon and Cornwall Bank,
chle
and stolen from the mail on Monday night, contained
and
thflY bills of exchange, which were especially endorsed,
cash cheques were so secured as not to be nego-
tjable. Thus, although some inconvenience may accrue,
Pecuniary loss will not amount to twenty pounds.—
./mouth Journal,
r rLwAx ROlaßEßlES.—Letters have been lately
weceived from Maynard and Garrott, in Bermuda, who
r convicted in 1845 of an extracrdinary. system of
thatfLiwit?' Plunder and restoration, in which it is stated
' the right parties have not yet been rd is
ilhams and Dalton were not there." Maynard is at
psuresent a schoolmaster on the hulk, and partial disclo-
aurdes are made and
the persons promised as to the mode of operation.
employed in those nefarious practices.
Three of the eouvicta were discharged vaeta.

5,805,737
575,675
1,032

98,567
381,801
340,830

98,892
184,380
379,238

7,207,632
5,043,097

" I dare not," replied the King.
" Courage!" resumed Odette.
The political events recorded in its pages, the
treachery of the revengeful Perrinet, the evil influ-
ence of Queen Isabella over her unhappy consort, and
many other matters of historical and fictitious interest
we leave to the readers of the " Lily of Paris."
Whatever expectations• the announcement of a new
novel by Palgrave Simpson may have excited, the
admirers of " Gisella" and "Second Love" have no
cause to be disappointed.

7,044,953

:5,316,208

12,250,729

12,361,161

3,193,658
5,316,201

1,562,007

2,122,550

Charing-cross ...... • .
Southwrk, Nw Sub.A'v.
Ditto Nw of 7% p .c.
Waterloo .. ........ ..

prince.
" And I once more refuse every indulgence, that pro.

Ditto Old Ann. ofB/.

Ditto Nw ditto of 71.
Vauxhall .... ... Av.

560,543

Name of Company.

Birmingham . • • •• •• • •
East London..• • •• • • ••
Grand Junction .• • • ••
New Rivr Lndn Brdge
Vauxhall • • .• ........
West Middlesex . .

in the columns of the Evening Chronicle, and subse-
quently rose to his present paramount position as an
English novelist. Douglas Jerrold wrote his histo-
riettes of the " Man of Wax," and the rest of that
odd series of papers, many years ago in Blackwood,
long before he had dreamt of the paunch and the
griddle-cakes of the immortal " Hermit of Bellyfull."
Gilbert a'Becket was a scribbler of such farces as
The Man with the Carpet Bag, and was editor of the
flippant feuilleton of Figaro, before that marvel of
puns and learning, " The Comic Blackstone," had
crossed his imagination. Albert Smith penned face-
tious trifles for the Mirror, before " Mr. Ledbury,
and his friend Jack Johnson," had germinated in
his eccentric fancy. And so on, throughout the
rest of the most generally read of our living nove-
lists. Before periodical literature became so prevalent,
stripling authors used to practise themselves in the
craft which ultimately carried them to celebrity in
scraps which were circulated among their families and
acquaintances, precisely as the bon mots and epigrams
of the Court-wits in the reign of Louis XIV. were
wont to go the round of the salons in manuscript.
Besides, we have yet to learn that because an emi-
nent writer condescends at times to throw off a fri-
volity, his books are rendered the less worthy of
perusal. At that rate the " Vicar of Wakefield"
should be of inferior merit, now that it has been de-
clared by a recent biographer that Oliver Goldsmith
was the author of " Mother Hubbard," and other
renowned nursery doggrels. Upon the same prin-
ciple, also, the " Caxtons" should be considered as less
entitled to our attention, because Sir Edward Bulwer
Lytton chose a year or two back to address a pamp-
let on Hy dropathy to Mr. Harrison Ainsworth. The
objection, we maintain, is not in any respect founded
in justice ; and, beyond this, we maintain also that
instead of having generally degenerated into the
contributors to ephemeral publications, our popular
writers have in the majority of instances ripened from
that capacity into their final excellence as novelists.
The subject upon which we have here commented is
one not undeserving of serious consideration, for with
it are intimately blended the merit and the durability
of the literature of the present generation. There is
a felicitous truthfulness, moreover, in the observations
made by the Quarterly Review as to the influence of
our romancists upon the bearing of strangers towards
each other in society. "We meet over and over
again," he says, "in what is called easy society,
with the tacit understanding to go so far and
no farther ; to be as polite as we ought to
be, and as intellectual as we can ; but mutually and
honourably to forbear lifting those veils which each
spreads over his inner sentiments and sympathies."
As the readiest means of removing these veils of con-
ventionality, he regards conversation on a popular
novel, en its characters and on the character of the
novelist himself, to be singularly serviceable. "We
invite our neighbour to a walk with the deliberate
and malicious object of getting thoroughly acquainted
with him : we ask no impertinent questions—we
proffer no indiscreet confidences—we do not even
sound him ever so-delicately, as to his opinion of a
common friend, for he would be sure not to say lest
i
we should go and tell ; but we simply discuss:Becky
Sharp and Jane Eyre, and our object is answered at
once." The accuracy of all this is admirable ; and,
certainly, as far as his powers of thawing society
into a more genial confidence go, Charles Dickens is
quite as unrivalled as in the hilarity of his humour or
in the exquisite naturalness of his pathos. To his
genius, we ourselves owe many a true and inestimable
friend. We make no question but that the paper to
which we have here referred at so much length will
meet with a more general perusal than any of the
other contributions—worthy as those are of admission
' into the Quarterly.

Albion .. • • • • •• • • • • • •
Alliance Aril. and For.

Ditto Marine. •• ••

Silas .•
British Commercial ..
Clericl,3lled.l4; (len.Life
CJunty •• •• •• •• •• •• ••

THE QUARTERLIES.
THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. CLX VII.
Four of the:principal contributions to the Quarterly
are of a very decided political character—one on
" Austria and Germany," recounting the whole of
the late Germanic movement, and casting derision
upon the notion of constructing out of forty hide-
pendent states one harmonious nationality—another,
which we have elsewhere noticed, on " Italian Inter-
vention," equally depreciatory of the efforts of the
population of the Roman peninsula—another one,
" Public Instruction in France under M. Guizot,"
in which a very high estimate (and yet an estimate
not by any means too eulogistic) is formed of the in-
tellect of that extraordinary but unconscientious
statesman—and another on the recently published
" Castlereagh Papers," a work which does not fail to
elicit the panegyric of the Conservative organ upon
the accomplished suicide, the first Marquis of Lon-
donderry. Two other articles are indirectly of a
political nature—the first relating to the important
question of the relationship which should exist be-
tween the Government and the railways through the
medium of an intelligent and entertaining chapter on
the Londoa and North - 'Western ; the second
being a criticism on the agreeable " Souvenirs
et Pensees of ,the Baron Wessemberg." Only
that we can comprehend the prejudice of the Tory
Quarterly in favour of any zealous diplomatist of the
absolute administration of Austria, the praise be-
stowed upon the frivolous garrulity of the old gossip-
ing Ambassador Wessemberg would appear somewhat
unaccountable. Several specimens of his small talk
are paraded in the review before us, and,
most cer-
tainly, as examples of elegant twaddle, they are alto-
gether incomparable. The delineation, for instance,
of the character of the Empress Josephine is as far
from conveying a just impression of the virtues and
excellences of that noble-hearted sovereign as
the perverse pen of even a Bourrienne could have
contrived. An ecclesiastical argument is given in
the consideration of the Duke of Argyle's volume on
" Presbytery," while an antiquarian argument is con-
veyed in an examination of Layard's "Nineveh and
its Remains." The other paper, not yet mentioned,
is a masterly criticism on two of the most popular
novels of the day—" Vanity Fair" and " Jane Eyre,"
the chef d'oeuvres of Currer Bell :and , William Make-
peace Thackeray. In the analysis of these remark-
able fictions the reviewer displays a keen
appreciation of the requisites of the true no-
velist. According to his estimation, Becky
Sharp is a female Wilhelm Meister. Speaking
of the Dobbin of Thackeray's " Vanity Fair," and of
the Walter of Lady Georgina Fullerton's " Grantley
Manor," the writer seems to
.have quite lost a recol-
lection of the glorious Toni Pinch of Dickens's " Mar-
tin Chuzzlewit." Alluding to Dobbin, the Quarterly
says," He reminds us of one of the sweetest creations
that have appeared from any modern
, pen—that plain,
awkward, loveable Long Walterin Lady Georgiana
Fullerton's beautiful novel of Grantley Manor.' "
Now, substituting " Torn Pinch." for " Long Walter,"
how
wth iinsfitnhiatte,lyhmoworeevearppmliecraibtoleritsues very epithet. The
may
be the origi-
nality of the authors of " Helen Middleton" and
" Pendennis," Walter and
.Dobbin are merely faint
ideals suggested by the tang i and palpable actuality
of Tom Pinch—Tom Pinch ! Dear Tom ! Old Friend !
The conception of the character of " poor, sinned
against, vile, degraded, but true-hearted Rawdon,"
is of itself indicative of genius, for while we remem-
ber that he is a cheat, a blackleg, and an unprincipled
dog, we cannot help acknowledging with the Rector,
that after all " Rawdon is a man, and be hanged to
him." Hitherto it has been complained, or rather,
we may say, lamented, that our popular and most
accomplished literary men have degenerated from the
writers of works that time will not willingly let die
into contributors of light articles, and ephemeral
squibs, and evanescent facetive to the floating periodi-
cals of the age—magazines and charivaris. We
think the objection has been to a very considerable
extent inaccurate. And that we are correct in so
speaking has been recently proved, we take it, by
Mr. Thackeray. After serving a long and brilliant
apprenticeship in Fraser's Magazine and Punch, he
has now risen into the very foremost rank among our
most distinguished novelists. After " Yellowplush"
and the " Snob Papers" he has produced " Vanity
Fair :" and at the very time he is bringing out from
week to week in Punch his quaint woodcuts of " An
Author's Miseries," he is producing from month
to month his serial story of " Pendennis." Even
Dickens, the brightest name in our contemporary
literature, began as a contributor of casual sketches

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ERRATUM.—In our Naval Intelligence of yester-
day, line 47, from the top of column, for" very estimate,"
read " navy estimates."
THE' FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY.—The re•
port gains ground at the clubs that Mr. Baring, M.P.
for Portsmouth, will be elevated to the Peerage, and
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will be appointed First Lord of the Admiralty; but that
in the event of that Right Honourable Gentleman
declining to accept office, some modification of the
Cabinet will take place—that Sir James Graham
will be introduced into the Administration, and
that Sir Charles Wood will vacate the Chancellor-

ship of the Exchequer for a seat in the House of
Lords, and the chief place in the Board of Admi-
ralty at Whitehall. The Premier appears most desirous
of having at the Admiralty a Minister who has had some
previous acquaintance with the routine of naval matters.
In Mr. Baring Lord John would have a gentleman who
has given some attention to the details of the navy, and
it will scarcely be forgotten that Sir Charles Wood was
one of the best Whig Secretaries of the Admiralty that
ever undertook the heavy responsibilities inseparable
from the eludes of that most important office.—Herald.

ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL.---YeSterdtly a quarterly
general court of the governors of this institution was
held in the board-room, Hyde Park-corner. The report
merely embraced the internal regulations and transac-
tions during the past three months, and after the usual
routine business had been transact( d, the meeting sepa-
rated.
DOWGATE WARD.—Yesterday Mr. White, one of
the candidates for the representation of this ward in the
Court of Aldermen, retired from the contest. The only
gentlemen at present in the field are R. W. Carden, Esq.,
citizen and cutler, and J. Pilcher, Esq., merchant and
late sheriff. The funeral of Alderman Johnson is ap-
pointed to take place on Monday.
THE 'WEATHER IN LONDON.—Within the last two
days the weather has undergone some sudden and rapid
alter nations. Instead of the intense frost which prevailed
on Wednesday, we had on Thursday a rapid thaw, ac•
companied by rain and some snow, the latter, however,
to no considerable extent. Yesterday the rain continued
to fall in heavy showers, and towards evening was in-
termixed with an increased quantity of snow. At a
later hour another and a more agreeable change took
place. The moisture of the atmosphere was dispelled,
the clouds disappeared, the moon and stars shone out,
and a bright night succeeded, attended by a renewal of
the frost.
CHOLERA AT THE INFANT PAUPER ASYLUM, TOOT-
ING.—At a special meeting of the guardians of the
Holborn Union, convened at ten o'clock yesterday morn-
ing, at their Board-room, Little Gray's Inn-lane, for
the special purpose of taking into consideration the con-
dition of the children in the above establishment belong-
ing to their union, and the mortality occasioned by the
appearance of cholera, it was resolved to withdraw im-
mediately those who have not been affected by the epi-
demic ; for which purpose an interview was obtained
with Dr. Marsden, the medical officer of the Royal Free
Hospital in Gray's Inn-lane, and arrangements made
for their reception there, with a view; to avoid alarm to
the inmates of the workhouse, who are very numerous,
as well as to the parish at large; where they will remain
until it is thought perfectly safe to remove them to the
Union-house.
OPENING OF THE NEW LONDON CATTLE MARKET.
—The spacious cattle market which has for some time
past been in the course of repair at Islington, is to bo
opened on Tuesday next, the 9th instant. The gentle-
men who have the management of the concern have pur-
chased the valuable Islington estate, consisting of the
market-house, seven public houses, thirty dwelling-
houses, with the building's in the market, &c., lairs en-
closing fifteen acres, with pens, stalls, offices, wells, bank-
ing houses, &c., erected by the late Mr. Perkins, on
twenty-two acres of land. The area of Smithfiecl,
Market for all purposes, does not, it appears, exceed
acres. The new market at Islington, in its present state,
can accommodate 8,000 cattle, and 50,000 sheep, b
,ylhe
horses, pigs, &c., safely lodged within its walls.
Junction Railway now constiucting from Blackwell to
the Northern and Eastern spaCountie nd the Great
Northern and Western Railways, will ass thlel market
within 380 yards, from which a tram-road will e
into the market.
On the evening of Saturday a slight shock of
earthquake was felt along the coast at Ingourille, near
Havre, runningin the direction of from N.W. to N.E.,
but it did no damage.

* In England the fancy of Jacquemin Gringonneur
was not comprehended in after years; and these same
spots oa the cards were then denominated " spades,"
from a fancied resemblance to such instruments of la-
bour, but perhaps still with the same idea of warlike
defence, seeing the use of spades in the formation cf en-
trenchments.
t The resemblance of these spots to knotted club
heads induced them afterwards in England to be deno-
minated "