The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-20 00:00:00

Mr. WILsoN PATTEN defended the Committee of Se-
lection. A long conversation followed, in the course of
which it was stated that the objection was not to Mr.
EmacE personally, but to the place which he repre-
sented. After which, the subject dropped.
In answer to a question from Mr. BORTHWICK,
Lord PALMERSTON said that the Government had re-
ceived no official information of any intention on the
part of the French Government to establish hospitals
and coal depots at Port Mahon, and that the tendency
of such information as they had received induced them
to believe that such a report was unfounded.
On the order of the day for the House going into
Committee on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill,
Mr. CALLAGHAN, on the part of the gentleman re-
siding at Mallow, who, it had been stated., had 10,0001.
a year and kept hounds, and had yet refused to subscribe
to the relief fund, denied the statement t-la at had been
made. He certainly was indignant at the conduct of the
Rev. Mr.I4PCAETHr, and had not sent Iris subscription
to him, but he had employed the people, around him,
and had given the Rev. Mr. BALDWIN 101.. for the relief
of the poor of Mallow.
Sir B. HALL had made his statement on: the authority
of the Rev. Gentleman whose name he hied mentioned.
He regretted that anything he had said: should have
annoyed Mr. COURTENAY, the gentleman. to whom Mr.
CALLAGHAN had alluded.
Mr. CALLAGHAN said that the gentl cozen had not,
for the last six months, kept one dog.
After a few words from Mr. SHAW, :MY. J. O'Cos-
NELL, and Sir. W. BARRON, the subject dropped.
After requesting Mr. P. SCROPE, who had notice of a
motion on the paper, not to offer any opposition to the
House going into Committee, Lord J. RUSSELL said, "
wish to avail myself of this opportunity to state, that I
have observed with great pleasure and satisfaction the
munificent subscriptions that have beeLt raised in the
United States of America for the relief oaf the destitute
poor in this country and in Ireland. I tllink it is not
improper in this House for me, a British saubject, to state
that I am extremely gratified to find Om t the United
States have not forgotten their common origin; and that,
actuated by charitable feelings, they aro making great
exertions to collect large sums_of money for the relief of
the existing distress."
The House then resolved itself into Committee on the
Bill.

On the first clause being put,
Mr. POULETT SCROPE objected to liodting out-door
relief to the permanently disabled, and' moved as an
amendment, the omission of the word permanently."
This amendment was opposed by th e Government,
and after some discussion was withdrawn,. and the clause
was agreed to.
On clause 2 being proposed,
Mr. SI4AW objected to the unlimited per.ver the clause
gave to administer relief to the able-I)3db 3t I poor.
Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN moved an amedment, vesting
the power of giving out-door relief solel.t, in boards of
guardians, which amendment was opp( Nied by Sir G.
GREY, and ultimately withdrawn.
Mr. SHAW proposed the omission all -,0 gether of the
clause authorising the giving out-door relit !1.
Lord Joss RUSSELL having addressed the House al
some length, and Mr. SHAW having replied, the Com-
mittee divided, their numbers being—
For the Clause
.... 242
Against it 36
Majority
The House then resumed, the CHAIRMIAN reported
progress. and obtained leave to sit again 4 m Monday to
consider the remaining clauses of the Bill.
The Prisons' Bill, and the Custody of (Wenders' Bill
were read a second time, and ordered to b e committed.
The other orders having been disposed t the House
adjourned at a Quarter before One o'clock.

There is a consistency about the explanatory
observations by which Lord JOHN RV. HELL endea-
vours night after night to reconcile his opponents in
Parliament to the measures proposed by' GoTernment
for the relief of Ireland, that promises t 10mirably for
the operation of measures so well dig e sted and so
cautiously arranged. The Prime Ministt ;I! is showing
himself fully competent for an emerge n cy which is
altogether without any parallel. Unapt is lied by the
accumulated perils of the moment, he has entered
valorously upon labours greater than all the fabulous
labours of llEnouLns, combined—he has; to slay the
Nernean Lion of Famine—he has to 'cleanse im-
purities from the landlord-and-tenant : stem of the
sister island more numerous and mol v; loathsome
than the impurities of the Augean stabl is i—he has to
strangle the serpents of selfishness and -mendicity—
he has to lop off the penury and idleness cv hich sprout
snore exuberantly from the odious pry 4 tice of ab-
senteeism than the heads of tl- Lerncean
hydra. On the assumption of • office by her
AIAJESTY'S present Ministers there wer, a embarrass-
in
fosruecighn misunderstandings
d have induced.
as enough to overcome the confidenc a of the most
sanguine
woul
and veteran statesmen. The. ri 3
were indi-
cations of
and_ of domestic
destitution
i nduced • men of less
reliance upon the integrity of their
own -position and
upon the soundness of their own ability to despair
those.; foreboding
of effecting any diminution of

one,

difficulties otherwise than by requiring the
most enormous sacrifices from the empire.
We have now tolerably well advanced towards the
Easter vacation, and what is the condition at which
we have arrived ? What are the sacrifices we have
been called upon to make ? What are the preven-
tive measures that have been taken by the Legisla-
ture ? What has been the ardour evinced by the
Administration ? What the exertions and delibera-
tions of Parliament ? As conscientious journalists,
we are impelled to take this retrospection. As
conscientious journalists, we are compelled (with but
a comparatively few exceptional considerations) to
express our satisfaction with what has been pur-
posely avoided, and what has been actually accom-
plished.
In reference to our foreign relations, it must be
acknowledged that if no decisive term has been put
to the jealousies which have latterly sprung up be-
tween the European Cabinets, a calamitous out-
break has hitherto been avoided. If a cordial re-
conciliation has not resulted from the diplomatic
correspondence of Lord PALMERSTON, an open rup-
ture has at least been prevented. If we have failed
to restore Cracow to its republican independence, we
have at least protested against the atrocious crime of
the Absolutists, and we have protested with a dig-
nity and a loudness that must have penetrated the
Imperial sanctuaries of St. Petersburgh and Vienna.
If we have failed to effect a mediation between the
United States and Mexico, we have at least the
somewhat sorry satisfaction of knowing that we are
in no manner implicated in the infamous act of
aggression of the former. If we have failed in bringing
the affairs of La Plata to a satisfactory settlement,
we have at least taken every rational measure to
accomplish the object so long desired. If we have
failed in our proposition to arrange the differences
which have estranged Queen MARIA DA GLORIA
from her subjects, we have at least protected our own
interests in Portugal, and preserved an honourable
neutrality. In every quarter of the globe our pro-
ceedings have been creditable, if they have not been
profitable or permanent, since the formation of the
Russell Cabinet.
In reference to domestic affairs we must admit that
very much of an ameliorative character has been ac-
complished. No one but a maniac could anticipate
that such miseries as those which have descended
upon the British islands during the past eight
months, could be dissipated by the breath of the
Legislature like the winged-seeds of the dan-
delion. No one but a maniac, we say, would
expect that further measures of assistance
could, with any degree of security, have been adopted
by a Government under similar circumstances than
those measures which have already proceeded
from the official chambers in Downing-street. Other-
wise we might look to the performance of political
miracles, we might hope to see a harvest germinate
and ripen at the beck of a Lord-Lieutenant, or
the empty meal-bins of the peasantry be-
come replenished at the bidding of a Secretary
of State, or the sunken cheeks of the famishing
plump and bloom at the announcement of a Parlia-
mentary division. What has been actually under-
taken by the Legislature for the assuagement of
the existing calamities of the country has proved
to a great extent effectual, by distributing
public moneys to the penniless ; by giving em-
ployment to the workless ; by facilitating the
introduction of food to the localities most affected by
the dearth ; by restraining the operation of those
injurious systems, both agricultural and municipal,
which have chiefly tended to produce the notorious im-
poverishment of Ireland; by strengthening the bonds of
a common reliance between the tenantry and the pro-
prietary ; by encouraging agricultural enterprise, and
lastly, by rendering the poverty of Ireland dependent
for assistance upon the property of Ireland. This final
measure of the introduction of the poor-laws into the
four provinces of the afflicted island is, to our thinking,
among the wisest provisions made by the Government
for the moral and social elevation of the Irish multi-
tude. It will render a systematic mendicancy henceforth
impossible. It will ensure the application of all the
muscular strength of those among the able-bodied
labourers who, are thrown out of employment by
adverse circumstances, it will ensure the application
of all that muscular strength to remunerative
works, and especially to the further cultivation of the
soil. These are the considerations which are ine-
vitable to every unprejudiced mind on reviewing the
bygone labours of the session, and they are consi.
derations which necessarily demand from us an ex-
pression of our satisfaction.
lr
The extraordinary financial arrangement which has
just been entered into between the Emperor of RUSSIA
and the Bank of France, or, more properly speaking,
betwean the Russian and French Governments, is
deserving of the most serious consideration, and
should awaken the utmost degree of vigilance
in those to whom the direction of the foreign
affairs of this country is intrusted. In ordi-
nary times, and under ordinary circum-
stances, such a transaction might appear sufficiently
simple, and not deserving of any particular comment.
It would seem natural enough that the commercial
interests of one great country should assist those of
another, which, by the failure of the harvest, or any
other calamity, might be involved in temporary diffi-
culties, and anxious to obtain aid for a time sufficient
to extricate them from their embarrassments. Such
an act would be not merely natural, but praiseworthy,
and would tend to improve the feelings of amity and the
mercantile relations between the kingdoms. But at the
present time, and in the present state of affairs, and
considering the manner in which the proposition was
made and accepted, it assumes an aspect of peculiar
significance, and would
_appear to indicate that some
great alteration has taken place in the existing rela-
tions between the Cabinets of Paris and St. Peters-
burgh.
The negotiation has not taken place between
bankers or traders. It is ostentatiously put for-
ward by the representative of Russia as coming
directly from his Imperial Master to the French
Court. It appears as a token of forgiveness from the
Autocrat to the King of the Barricades, a recognition
that the latter is prepared to give in his adhesion to
the Absolutist doctrines to which the former is so en-
tirely devoted, a desire to extend the Russian influ-
ence in France, and to strengthen the hands of those
smitten with Anglo-phobia, the extremes of all par-
ties, who forgetful of the best interests of their coun-
try, and of the constitutional liberties of the many in
all parts of the world, would gladly see a Muscovite
alliance substituted for the entente cordiale, to which
the perfidious conduct of the French Government,
in the affair of the Spanish marriages, gave a death-
blow. The season is propitious for such an advance.
It is needless to advert to the hatred of the CZAR to
the principles of the revolution of 1830, or to the
readiness with which he would have crushed the ex-
pression of the national will, had
,England remained
neutral, or refused to recognise the new dynasty
called to the throne by the people. Hitherto that

dynasty has been merely tolerated, not approved of. It
was viewed with suspicion as the supporter of

universal freedom. In the French Chambers the
wrongs of Poland have ever been fearlessly dilated

on, and an annual protest against the extinction of
Polish independence has been almost unanimously

carried in both assemblies. Meanwhile England and

France were united together by the closest ties, and

by their union were placedin the proud position °I

guardians of the liberties and the peace of the world

With such feelings as then existed there was little

danger of an attempt at the destruction of any minor

state, or, to use the more favourite expression, its
incorporation into the dominions of a more powerful

The ambitious designs of the Emperor were

checked. He would not rashly provoke two such

powers, bound together in close and friendly alli.

once. He sought not, therefore, to conceal his real feel-
ings, the true character of his sentiments with regard to
the French Government and the French people. Insult
and contumely were consequently heaped upon the
former, and the KING himself was scarcely admitted
to a place in the family of Sovereigns, or his children

considered worthy of being received in _ mar-

riage into the house of some-petty German Prince.
A change, however, took place. The sacrifice

of that English alliance, so beneficial to the people of
both kingdoms, and so essential to the preservation

of free institutions, for the unworthy purpose of ob-
taining a large dotation for, and the personal aggran-

disement of, the youngest son of the French ICING,
afforded an opportunity for which the wily Autocrat

Madrid papers of the 13th have arrived.
The Herald() publishes a letter front Senor CATE'.
TANO DE ZUNIGA, Director of the Treasury, con-
tradicting the statement which had appeared in the
Clamor Publico, that the Government had paid
Queen CHRISTINA several millions of reals previous
to her departure for Paris.
The Espanol says it is assured that it is intended
by the Government to nominate thirty new Senators,
and that several of them will be members of the
Progressist party.
The Clamor Publico states that a considerable rise
had taken place in the price of bread in Madrid,
and that in many parts of the capital, the people had
assembled, and uttered reproaches against the Go-
vernment. This journal adds, that if some means be
not_taken to relieve the public distress, very serious
consequences may be expected to ensue. The same
journal mentions a rumour that the Government had
received dispatches from Pampeluna, announcing
the discovery of a Carlist conspiracy. The object of
the conspirators was, it is said, to get possession of
the citadel, and rouse the people of Navarre to revolt
in favour of the Count DE MONTEMOLIN.
General Jose DE LA CONCHA has refused the
Government of Valencia. This fact is officially
announced by the Herald°.
The debate on the Address had not concluded.

MADRID BOMA, MARCH 13.—Tbe Three per Cents.
were done at 30j for cash ; the Five per Cents. at
19i ; the Debt, without interest, at 51 ; and the
Coupons at 17.

We have received the Paris papers of Thursday.
The National has the following observations on the
Asf
thhasserumouredoopurchased
renter
as
h e which aboutffraoc t yes-
terday w
itn
i pos-
sessed has :
Convention just entered into with the Emperor of
RUSSIA by the Bank of France:--
"We were surprised, and we must even say confounded,
hy a p piece
morning,of andintelligence
which
was
which wasofficially confirmed in the
o
evening. This incredible—yet certain—intelligence is the
se followingßanks sed
fora
otr
France:
sumT he
theofsEmperor
greatest,
o oo OO
of
°P ilßussiaatt
known the Three per Cents. went up in half an hour lf. 20c.
The details of this affair are these—M. Kisseleff, the Minister
of Nicholas, at Paris, went on March 11 to M. Guizot, and
communicated to him a dispatch of M. Nesselrode, in which,
assuming a mild and generous tone, that Minister expressed
in the Emperor's name a certain sympathy for the difficulty,
which France might experience, obliged as she is to pur-
chase supplies at Odessa. In order to encourage the com-
mercial relations between the two countries, and to aid our
position, the Emperor offered to purchase the inscriptions of
French rente, held by the bank to the amount of 50
millions of capital, at the average price of the day on which
the dispatch should arrive at Paris. M. Guizot sent for
the Minister of Finance, whom he placed in communication
with M. Kisseleff, and afterwards with M. d'Argout. The
latter replied that he could not take anything on himself,
and in order to have the matter treated secretly it was
entrused to the members of the commission previously
charged with the negotiation with the Bank of England,
composed of Messrs. J. Lefebvre, Hottinguer, and Pillet-
Will. These gentlemen, after having discussed all the
conditions, sold at the average price of March 11, two
dtaw
millions of Five per Cents., and 145,000 f. of Three per
albsoullaiton, the
w lidiieshP"hael
Cents., which represent a capital of 50 millions. It
had been proposed that five millions should be paid
htpeeei
ry. Tr o
irl
shorti
ipo l
oh sec
twenty
in
ens dates. Bank
having tyThe remaining mil-
lions
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do it no B
were
afcona sir
knwh
ao.brfi
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rather
m
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paid in grain from Russia, and for
whichpro-
posedit
w h
would
dt
de sum
r a
wbills. This arrangement was accepted.
When the Bank shall have repaid the twenty-five millions
borrowed from England, it will have twenty-five millions to
appropriate to the supply of corn ; and this operation, being
effected with paper only, will not augment the monetary
crisis. We relate the present advantages of this affair, and
in the way in which they who are its partisans represent
them. But supposing them to be ten times greater, we ap-
peal to the most simple common sense, and ask how could an
act of such blind imprudence be committed? What! in
the present state of our finances, in the general situation
of Europe, to give the Emperor of Russia so powerful
a means of action on our public funds! To announce
officially that Nicholas can on any day he pleases
crush down our credit with the weight of fifty mil-
lions! Is it then so difficult to foresee one of these events
which may shake political order in France, throw men's
minds into perturbation and cause alarm to capitalists? Is
this difficult with a King seventy-four years of age? Ima-
gine at such a moment the Emperor Nicholas, acting bn the
Bourse, and adding to the depreciation of the public funds!
Is it in favour of such a friend that an establishment like the
Bank has parted with that rente which it kept so carefully?
The hatred which he entertains for the revolution, the
haughty contempt which he professesfor our institutions and
our ideas are known to every one. His insolence makes no
mystery of the matter. A few months ago he gave us a new
proof of it by the confiscation of Cracow. But at least he
could attack us only in his own possessions; he wounded us
in our sentiments for Poland—we were then out of his reach ;
at present he is introduced into the very midst of our affairs;
our money market, for who can deny the power which in a
moment of danger a man must possess who can fling on the
Paris market fifty millions of francs?"
The Debats merely alludes to the subject as the I
exclusive topic of conversation in political and finan-
cial circles, " where it caused, we are bound to say,
considerable astonishment." The Commerce is the

only other paper which offers any observations on
this transaction. It considers the arrangement
highly satisfactory. It says—
" The news of the arrangement of the Bank with the
Russian Government produced last evening a great agita-
tion amongst the speculators, who meet in the Passage de
I:Opera. All kinds of suppositions were made as to the mc-
tir
es which could have decided the Emperor of Russia to
this financial operation. However that may be, it will, we
believe, exercise a great influence on the situation. It frees
the Bank of France from its embarrassment, and renders
nearly all its capital disposable. We ought, therefore, to
congratulate ourselves on this event. It is not a mere tem-
porary measure, like the loan made by the Bank of England,
which only postponed the difficulty, without removing it.
The definitive sale of the recite possessed by the Bank re-
stores to it its liberty of action ; it is no longer at the mercy
of the wants, more or less considerable, of the Treasury.
The stipulated price is fixed at the average quotation of
March IL In its balance-sheet the Bank had estimated the
value of its Five per Cents. at par; it will, therefore, have to
divide amongst the shareholders the additional sum that has
been obtained. It is to be remarked that Russia is to pay in
a great measure with the money which we have sent her for
grain."

M. VERNES, the Deputy-Governor of the Bank,
was to leave Paris for St. Petersburg on Friday.
The Journal des Debats has a long article in

TANCRED ; or, THE NE TV CRUSADE. 3 Vols.
There is no modern novelist whose works excite so
much public attention, are so much read, so much talked
of, and so much admired, as those of Mr. Disraeli.
Although a very great number of his readers—ourselves
among the number —dissent entirely from many of the
principles he advocates, and many of the opinions he
puts forth, yet there are very few, if any, not willing to
bear testimony to the great amount of ability maii.
fested in his writings, and the great amount of amuse-
ment afforded by their perusal ; and something
more than amusement—though the power of amas-
ing is no insignificant one for a novel. In ad-
dition to this, in addition to the pleasure affhrded
by their admirable sketches of society, by their accurate
delineations of men and manners, by the lively sallies
and brilliant sarcasms sparkling in almost every page,
and in addition to the interest attached to many of the
characters, either from their being identified with real
individuals, or being the embodiment of some graceful
ideal,—in addition to all this, one great characteristic of
these novels, and that a very important one, is their
tendency to engender thought. They are not to be
lightly skimmed over and thrown aside; unless the reader
be of most obtuse comprehension, they must inevitably
arrest his attention and excite his meditations. Whether
we coincide with some truthful and beautiful idea—and
there are many such to be found in these pages—or
whether we are startled by some strange proposition
which we find it impossible to agree with—and there
are many startling things to be found here—we are
irresistibly induced to reflect. We either follow the
author through his course of happy illustrations, or
endeavour to find a refutation for his fallacious argu-
ments. We not only read ; we think. Can it be other-
wise, indeed, when we reflect that, for the most part,
these arguments that surprise as, and this irony
that we admire, are employed for the perpase of un-
masking and overthrowing what custom and prejudice
have induced us to consider favourably—or, perhaps,
about which we have not Considered at all. This was
peculiarly the case in " Coningsby," which was not
more remarkable for its satirical sketches and personal
allusions than for the boldness with which it exposed
political illusion—asking of Conservatism what it con.
served? &c. After " Coningsby." appeared " Sybil,"
which, following in the same strain, aspired to pourtray
not only the condition of politicians, but of the
people. Like " Coningsby," it contained many
brilliant sketches of London life, but it did more—
besides relating to the aristocracy, it spoke also of the
poor ; besides telling of the gorgeous gaieties of the
one nation, it spoke of the gloom and sorrow of the
other, and spoke of them, moreover, in terms of sym-
pathy and encouragement ; and, inasmuch as it did this,
we are inclined to regard " Sybil " as a more valuable
and more interesting work than " Coningsby." Last
year Mr. Disraeli's admirers were disappointed ; they
had no three-volumed novel from his pen. His lively
sallies and eloquent adjurations were confined to his
Protectionist speeches. Differing entirely, as we do, from
Mr. Disraeli upon this subject, and admiring his abi-
lities as cordially as we do, we were grieved to
find those abilities only exerted in an ineffectual endea-
vour to make the worse appear the better cause, and
only available in imparting " the last glitter to a dying
faction." It is therefore with pleasure that we this year
find him in his true position—for, however brilliant his
power of debate, he ranks far higher as an author than as
a politician—and we welcome him back with double
pleasure, because in this new book we find no allusions
to the lost cause of monopoly. " Tancred" is doubtlessly
by this time in the hands of many, and the first volume is,
perhaps, affording them much pleasure, and the more so
because they will recognise in it not only a repetition of
the lively sketches which delighted them in " Coningsby"
and "Sybil," but also the heroes and heroines of those
former volumes. Already, perhaps, they regard " Tan-
cred" as the third, and not the least delightful, of
" Disraeli's brilliant political novels," as they are termed,
when, lo! the first volume is finished—all is over, and the
scene is changed. They are in another world—all is
altered—the scenery, the incidents, the style; they are
reading a different book! The title of the work might,
perhaps, have led us to anticipate a visit to the East,
but we were rather inclined to regard it in a figurative
light—a crusade against some of the abuses of the
present day ; but it is not so. Something very
different is meant by the " New Crusade," but
what that something is it is rather difficult
to define—of this, however, anon. It is quite impossible
to speak of this work as a whole, for each volume has
almost a distinct character—we must therefore review it
in detail, in which manner it certainly appears to the best
advantage. The first volume is filled with sketches of
London life, and the others with scenes from the Orient,
and, especially, from the Holy Land. It will be readily
conceived that such a combination must be most inhar.
monious—perhaps, the various scenes are better regarded
as a contrast, and not as a combination—like a collection
of beautiful pictures of totally different style and subject,
utterly incongruous, but by their very difference
rendering their mutual attractions more conspicuous.
The first chapter of the first book, alter describing the
peculiarities of a certain part of the parish of St.
George, " which is bounded on one side by Piccadilly
and on the other by Curson-street," introduces us to
the presence of two celebrated cooks—we beg pardon,
two celebrated chefs—and we listen, with a mixture of
interest and amusement, to a conversation with which
M. Soyer would doubtless sympathise. One of these chefs
is young but a genius, and consequently surrounded by
difficulties, and he comes to seek advice from
his more experienced friend ; in doing so he feelingly
explains to him his embarrassments, and the other as
feelingly responds. He tells him how he has been dis-
appointed by one of his underlings, to whom he had en-
trusted the sotifjlees, a most important matter, and how
only, by the most desperate personal exertions, all was
prevented from being lost.—" It was an affair of the
bridge of Arcola!' " Ah!" those are moments,"
sympathisingly exclaims the other, the pere
Prevost. He, too, has anecdotes to relate; he
" has served under Napoleon," that is, in the
imperial kitchen. Had it not been for Waterloo he
would have had the cross; but the Bourbons and the
cooks of the empire never could understand each other.
They brought over an emigrant chef, who did not com-
prehend the taste of the age. He wished to bring every-
thing back (Bourbon all over) to the time of the ail de
key); " When Monsieur passed my soup of Austerlitz
untested, I knew the old family was doomed." After
this we are favoured with the history of the noble
family of Bellainont, and here again, as in his former
works, Mr. Disraeli endeavours to show the
rather undignified manner in which some noble families
have attained nobility. A Mr. Montacute having mar-
ried the heiress of the Bellamonts, and acquired with
their property, their Parliamentary influence—five votes
in the House, besides his own—by means of this iuflu
ence obtains the possession of all their rank and titles,
" their ancient baronies and modern coronets." But
this was not effected without difficulty, every concession
had to be wrested from the minister. The time however
was favourable, the time of the American war. Mr.
Montacute's support was very necessary, but he was in-
dependent, and not only so, " he was conscientious, and
had scruples. Saratoga staggered him. The defection
of the Montacute votes, at this moment, would have at
once terminated the struggle between England and her
colonies. A fresh illustration of the advantages of our
Parliamentary constitution ! The independent M.r. .M n-
taeute, however, stood by his Sovereign; his five votes
continued to cheer the Noble Lord in the blue ribbon,
and their master took his seat and the oaths in the
House of Lords, as Earl of Bellamont and Viscount
a
Montacute." Unhappily such an arrangement
is by noe -
means improbable, and, very possibly, such arrange_
ments are by no means rare ; but are we th(.ll jus-
tified in citing such a proceeding as an illustration of
our Parliamentary Constitution ? What, are we to take
an abuse of a system as an illustration of that system ?

In the same way, on hearing of an accident on a railway
le. tlilJu :ti it' amitsee to Ci.e 0. Gi e va; iiGs eaeer-
intending it) we may exclaim, " A fresh illustration of
the advantages of modern inventions !" or en hearing of
a murder committed with a knife, or any similar
weapon, " Behold an illustration of the advantages of
using such weapons." We are rather disposed to re-
gard Mr. Disraeli's example as a fresh illustration
not of the advantages, but of the abuses, of our Perlia-
mereary Ceestitteien ; neve; s which hay ,
measure, been overthrow;; by the Reform viii—ablieee,
the last remains of which every succeeding reformation
is tending to sweep away. The whole of the first
volume is, in style and character, a fit companion for
" Coningsby " and Sybil ; we find here the same admir-
able delineation of character ; brief sketches, yet
each with an individuality, like the portraits
of Punch, consisting but of a few lines, yet
conveying a life-like resemblance. We hear again the
careless dialogues of the idle habitues of the Clubs ; we
are again introduced to the fashionable ball, the recherche
dinner, or the matin dejeuner. We meet again with
many of our former friends and favourites, Coningsby
and Edith, Sybil and Egremont, and their companions,
just pass across the stage. It is, perhaps,
not to " the rule " to introduce in one tale
the heroes and heroines of another, but the heroes
and heroines of Mr. Disraeli's recent novels may
form a very allowable exception to this rule, for from
the circumstance of their adventures having been
brought down to the present day, and their fortunes
being interwoven with passing events, we are accus-
tomed to regard them, not as the fictitious heroes of
a novel, but as real inhabitants of the world we live in—
many of them, indeed, do exist under other names and
the characters of all are drawn with such exactitude and
minuteness, that we can readily believe they have living
prototypes. We are so accustomed to regard them as
living personages that the casual introduction of them
in "Tancred" occasions us no more surprise than would
the meeting of some acquaintance in a public assembly.
Brief, however, as is the mention of them, we are favoured
with a full-length portrait of Edith Coningsby—a very
different person from the Edith Milbank of former
days—very different from the timid girl wine, on
Coningsby's first introduction to her at Milbank, could
hardly summon sufficient courage to perform her duties
as a hostess, when "she looked at the chicken and then
at Coningsby." Now she appears before us as
a prominent character in the fashionable world—
a wit as well as a beauty. " She could describe
in a sentenceand personify in a phrase." Mrs. Coningsby
was the fashion. The change, or rather the develop-
ment of Edith's character, is very forcibly and happily
pourtrayed; it is doubtlecs true to nature, at least to the
nature of artificial life. Nevertheless, those who may
have sympathised with the former love story of Co-
ningsby and Edith, will be, perhaps, disappointed with
this picture of their married life. Mrs. Guy Flouncy's
doings since we last saw her, some three years back,
give occasion to some very lively and amusing details:
no statesman had ever a more difficult or laborious task
in acquiring eminence, no conqueror had ever more
difficulties to avoid, or more obstacles to overthrow, in
his ambitious career, than had this most patient and
persevering lady in obtaining the grand ob-
ject of her life. But, notwithstanding the
difficulties, the object is attained. Mrs. Guy
Flouncy is now one of the exclusive sat. In the very
amusing account of her doings we are somewhat en-
lightened as to the miseries and mysteries of fashionable
lite. We find that to give a ball is a matter of the
utmost difficulty; at one time Mrs. Guy Flouncy could no
more think of giving a ball than of proroguing Perlis
ment, and we are told that there are many, who with
every apparent qualification, have been waiting and
watching for years for an opportunity of giving a ball !
We have said enough of the first volume-
be most to the
"ad-
mirers of " Coningsby" and Sybil" it will
interesting; indeed, it can hardly fail to interest and
amuse all who read it. Turn we now to the second
t,olurne. Tancred, the son of the Duke of Bellamont,
who has mingled very reluctantly with the gaities
of fashionable life, resolves to go to Jeru-
salem ; and, opening the second volume, we
find ourselves in the East. Not only dues the scene
of the story change, but the style of the author
changes also ; and with this we are not dissatisfied, for,
remembering the beautiful tale of David Alroy, with
its eloquent orientalisms and gorgeous descriptions of
Eastern manners the lavish magnificence of
which were indeed worthy of the M die et un.
Nuits, we know that Mr. Disraeli is as well
qualified to delineate the men and manners, and to
expatiate upon the, beautiful reminieeeertees' of the-East,
as he is to pourtray the doings .and ^satirize the follies
of the inhabitants of what we denominate the West.
Nor are we disappointed. The descriptions of the
Holy Land are full of pathos and beauty.
There is a most eloquent and touching description of
the scenery round Jerusalem—the street of Calvary—
the garden of Gethsemane—the path that leads to
Bethany. Yet beautiful descriptions of such pieces are
hardly needed, their very names are sufficiently sug-
gestive; as Mr. Disraeli himself observes in speaking of
the scenery of the sacred land—" a land," as he beauti-
fully terms it, " where the Creator deigned to dwell,
and over whose impending fate Omnipotence had shed
human tears." The readers of " Coningsby" must
.be
well aware how highly Mr. Disraeli "holds in estimation
the Hebrew race. He has gallantly and resolutely
come forward to rescue the despised Jews from
the contumely with which prejudice and bigotry
have overwhelmed them. It is certainly a some-
what arduous attempt, but one worthy of all approba-
tion. Considering the difficult nature of his object, we
can hardly be surprised at the means which he makes
use of, if he goes to the other extreme, and in place of a
despised and scattered race, whose badge is suffer-
ing, tells us of the " Hebrew mind," which,
according to his showing, governs the world.
"Tancred" there is much of this ; speaking of
Jerusalem, he cannot fail to speak of the Jews. The
East—the cradle of the human race—is to him pecu-
liarly the home of "the children'of Israel;, nay, even the
Christian religion, which was founded there, becomes
merged in the Judman. The Virgin Mary is to him a
Jewess, and he loves to speak of the Saviour of
the world as a Hebrew Prince—a Prince of the
royal house of David. Tancred, who had sought
the Holy Land only from religious motives, be-
comes unintentionally involved in political speculation.
The third volume opens with a description of the
various tribes and parties into which the inhabitants of
Judea are divided, and gives an account of the
combinations and disturbances which occasioned
the • Syrian war. This is followed by a
description of the people of Ansarey, a remote and ex-
clusive tribe, to whom Tancred pays a visit. His ad-
ventures here are most romantic. The young queen
who rules the Ansarey is captivated by her European
guest, and a tale of love and jealousy ensues. Tancred
however, escapes, and the whole ends somewha
abruptly.

Eiou; this brief sketch it will be seen that the work
is of a very various character. A manifest want of unity
is apparent in the whole ; but this we readily forgive,
because, however discordant may be the several parts,
the brilliant sketches of London life, the impassioned
descriptions of Jerusalem, the history of the Asiatic
tribes, or the romantic episode of the Ansarey each
is either amusing, interesting, or instructive in
its?lf, and the effect of each is rendered more strik-
ing by its contrast with the others. But in one re-
spect we are dissatisfied with " Tancred;" we cannot
understand at what it aims. We close the third
volume; we have been amused, we have been instructed,
interested, perhaps delighted ; but we are at a loss—
we do not comprehend it. " Coningsby" had a definite
object, it was written to expose the state of party
and unmask the doings of political coteries. We under-
stood and we applauded the object of " Sybil." " Con-
tarini Fleming" pourtrayed the history of a poet ;
" Alroy " was a beautiful picture of the East ; " Hen-
rietta Temple," a love story ; in short, each of Mr.
Disraeli's former works had some distinguishing
characteristic, but " Tancred," inasmuch as we can
comprehend it, has none. With another thing, also,
we are not quite satisfied. Tancred, like all the young
Englanders, laments the great want of faith in the pre-
sent day; he mourns over the want of principle mani-
fested by his countrymen ; he desires inspiration
from above, and to attain it he seeks the
Holy Land. Now the idea in the abstract is not
without a certain degree of propriety and of beauty.
The idea of youth turning with disgust from the
narrow views and mean policy which are too much
the characteristics of our social life, and seeking
for a higher impulse and a holier teaching, is in
itself sublime. But why go to Jerusalem ? The
sky is over all the world—are we only to pray in Asia?
The mercy and goodness of God is manifest wherever the
sun shiucs; can His will only be made known at Jeru-
salem ? We are quite unable to comprehend what Mr.
Disraeli would mean by the " New Crusade," and,
therefore, we must leave it in its mystery. We have
marked many passages for extract, but must reserve
them for another opportunity.

Madame Knispel, the charming German vocalist,
has arrived in London for the concert season. She has been
visiting Paris, where she appeared with great success.
DARING ROBBERY.—On Thursday afternoon, in
broad daylight, the window of Mr. Chappellsmith's shop,
Dean-street, Westminster, was cut, and large cards of knives,
show-cases with brooches, and valuable mathematical instru-
ments were stolen therefrom. It was done by four well-
dressed men, who were seen about the window, and who
shortly after, were observed in Moody's-gardens, Horseferry-
road, where they threw the glass-cases down a privy.
THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—In pur-
suance of the pledge given to the Government by Mr.
Barry, the architect, that he would sufficiently complete the
new House of Lords for the reception of their Lordships
after the ensuing Easter recess, the works and fittings-up in
the interior and of the necessary apartments required for
use are proceeding with great rapidity, and in order to pre-
vent any hindrance or obstruction to the progress of the
works, no person but those employed will be allowed to have
access to the building after this day. The interior is a gor-
geous display of modern art. In the public hall the flooring
is of great magnificence, being composed of Minton's
encaustic tiles in colours. The outer gates of their Lordships'
House are made of brass, and are of exquisite workmanship.
In the works at the new House of Commons not much pro-
gres is making.
ALLOWANCES TO WITNESSES IN THE NEW COUNTY
COLTETS.—The judges of the superior courts have fixed the
scale of allowance to witnesses in the New County Courts:—
Gentlemen, merchants, bankers, and professional men, 7s. 6d.
a day; tradesmen, auctioneers, accountants, clerics, and yeo-
men, ss. ; journeymen, labourers, and the like, 2s. Travel-
ling expenses per mile, one way, 6d.
INCENDIARISM AT ACT9N.—Yesterday morning,
at an early hour, a fire, the work of an incendiary, broke out
upon Tubb's farm, situate at Friar's-place, Acton, the pro-
perty of John Tillyard. It commenced in a large rick, con-
taining nearly fifty loads of hay. The engines from King-
street station and the West of England Company quickly
attaided, and both were set to work from a pond on the
farm, but before the fire could be extinguished at least one-
half the rick was consumed. Unfortunately Mr. Tillyard
was not insured.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS'

The Cot ton MCarikeit,liat Liverpool this
week, has den In~
I,d. to ti,d. per ib. on American sorts. Sales, 16,450 bar'
Stock now, 455,350 bales, against 831,000 at this time
year.
cd
The sale of Railway Shares
.yesterday, by Messrs. Laloid
and Co., went off with much more spirit, and Maresca,'
readily at full quotations. The following are a few O'
principal .ale:—
t,reat Western of Bengal g 0
East Indian
Louvain ii la Sambre ...... .•
1 3
Vale of Neath •0
15 ,0
Eastern Counties. York Extension ......
Manchester and Southampton 1 2 6
Leicester t: Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 12 6
Shropshire Union and Canal 1 4 6
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate, ex int 4 17 6
London and York Extension
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B) ...... ,
1 8 6
North Staffordshire
Taw Vale Extension and Dock . 3 0 0
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4
Great Northern (London and York Reg.) 2 9 0
Accounts from Antwerp state that large purchase:so
grain had been made there for French and German beneli
and that buyers were evidently attracted by the eXoeilo,
disposition of the Belgian merchants to deal fairly byitb
boa
and accept moderate profits. About 100 vessels had Tik
advised as arrived or about to arrive with grain in the,di
gian ports, and Constantinople appears to have sent u"„'
supplies.
There was an improvement here yesterday in the OW
the foreign exchanges.
The following are the results of a comparison of the B
sod
of England averages during the week to the 13th jot"
that to the 6th inst.:—
Notes Issued, now £24,786,340
Decrease
Rest, increase
Public deposits increase 144,461
Other deposits increase
Seven-day and other bills decrease 48,30
Notes decrease 160,600
Other securities increase
Bullion
Decrease
The circulation of notes, therefore, has again been leseelly-
but the Bank continues to discount liberally
The idea that there' may be some political object in
toth.
arrangement made between the Bank of France entlio
Emperor of Russia, although not presenting any.,„ft
formidable aspect, is made available by the P74e
to keep down the prices of stock, Consols L
been 883/4 to 89 for transfer; and 883/4 to 891/4 for_.„it.
count. The Scrip is again at 14 discount. Exel°,.
bills are par to 3s. premium. Bank Stock for Account°s
higher than 205%.
The Foreign investments are very quiet. Stuuthidea
merely nominal. Portuguese Four per Cents re "'-
quoted 34. Mexican Stock is worth 21%.
Railway Shares have been dull.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
the Official
Three per Cent. (
ConsolsFrom Annuities Itlst.)
.. 88% 89
Long Anauities, Expire Jan. 5, 11160
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860
India Bonds, 1,000/. .. .• _
Ditto, under 1,090/. • • .. 8 p
Bank Stock for April 14 .. 205% , 016
Consols for Account .. 88% 89 88%
Consols, Scrip .. .. • . • • .. diS
Exchequer Bills. INd. 2d.
oiD• 1,000/. .. par 3 10,
500/. .. •• • par 3
Ditto, Small .. par 4
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCX•
(Adman Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. ..
Ditto, Deferred •• •. 53
Mexican, 1816, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account .. •• 213(
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • 83
Ditto, 4 per Cent • . ..
Ditto, for the Account • .. .. 34
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 111 110
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Csnt.
Ditto, Passive Bonds • • 5
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian, Two-and-a-Half per Cent. 533( 524
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 5834 %%,,„,/
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91% 92 v.xock
BUSINESS DONE !N RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE o'o'
RA ILWAYS. - PAID. rsa sitaar•
Birmingham and Oxford Junction • • 5 .. • • 13% • • W
Buckinghamshire •• ..6/. 45.... • 4 p•• to
Eastern Counties .. .• • • • • 20 .... 19%%7b to -
East Lincolnshire .. • • • • 4 .. • . 6% .. • • t° 231$
Great North of England .. •• • • 100 ....23234 to
Dit,o, New.. .. .. 5 59% .... tO
•
Ditto, New 20 .... 57 •• • • t°
Ditto, New 134 .... 18 to
Great Western.. • • • • .. 85 •• to
Ditto, Half Shares .. .• • • • • 50 .... 66 ••
Ditto, Fifths 20 .... 2634 .... to
Ditto, New .. •. • • •• •• 4% •• 7% ••• • t°-
Hull and Selby • • • .. 5O —.103 to
London, Brighton, and South Coast .. '5O
.... 53%34 .. to •-•
Ditto, Csnisolidated Eighths •• 10 12%.. to ;",
London and North-Western • • • - 100 .. 178 179. • to
Ditto, Quarters .. . • • •• 2 1834.. •• t°
Ditto, 10/. Shares • • M. and B. (C) 1 .. • • 7% .• •• t°
London and South-Western 411. 6... 10d. .... 63% to
Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) . .. 50 .... 5334 •• • • W
Ditto, Scrip .. 5 34„to
Ditto, ditto .. .. • • .. 4 .... 4 •••• t°
••--
Ntanchester and Leeds .. • 82 —•• to
Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) 45... • . 2% p.. to
Mancht•ster and Southampton .. •• 2 •• 114 to
Midland too to itiw
Ditto, New .. 2 5%'A.. to
Ditto, Birmingham and Derby ..100 .... 90 •••t° --
Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 20 .... 2934 •- to
Ditto, New •
• • • 5 ... to
--
Norfolk •.. • •
..100 . • • 136 •• • • to
North British .• •• .. 25 .... 33% id to 33
Ditto, Quarters .. 2% .... 4 .. •• to
• • • . ... •-••
Ditto, Thirds .. 1 3% to
Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... 55 •• •• to
North Staffordshire .. 5 8 W
Shropshire Union - • • • . 425.• •.• 1 c 118.• • to
Sotith Eastern and Dover •• • • 33/.28.4d. •• •• to
Ditto, New (do. 150 No. 4 .. 3% •• • • 434 %.. tO
south Yorkshire. Doncaster, & Goole 2 .... 234 •• •• ,_--
rolr3kittaon.dNNeewwcasta.e.• 1205 3155}1%34 Ww --
Ditto, Preference . 4 .... 11%•" „,
-
York and North Midland .. so to —•
Ditto. Extension .. •. 20 3614 tO
Ditto, Preference •• ••• • 2 1136 %to
FOREIdN RAILWAYS.
• Boulogne and Amiens .. •• .. 20 .. •• 1634.... to .•-•
B ord., Toulouse, & Cette (Constituted) 4 -. •• 2 ••to
Louvain ala Sambre 6 .... 1% .... to 1
Northern of France • • • •• 8.. •• 13% to
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
•• • •• 40 .... 28 to
MINES
Real del Monte, Unregistered

Australaala

COURSE OF EXCHA
Amsterdam ...... C.F. 12 3%
Ditto, at sight ...... 12 1
Kotterdana 2U. 12 4
Antwerp .......... .... 25 80
liarnburgh .... • • M.B. 13 10%
Altona ..... ......
Paris, 3 days' sight ...• 25 45
Ditto, 3 months .... 25 75
Marseilles .. • . 25 85
80urdeaux.......• . • • 25 SO
Frankfort on Maine.... 121
Petersburgh, 3 U 5....

Berlin .. - ..••• --
Vienna, efree.fio.. •• •• 10 3
Trieste, ditt0.......... 10 3
Madrid 36
CCadiz 36
adiz •• • : ........ 36%
Bilbao..
Barcelona .....
sevi11e... .

9 3-16

• • •-• •• •• 336., .. to .....
NGE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Gibraltar.. •• • •••• • • • •
Leghorn .. • • • • • • • • 30 20
Genoa ••••.•• • • . • • •25 15
Milan .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Venice
40
Naples .• • .
:• •
IP:
p Lisbona
ooeer t
onjr Palermo, oAe:,
Janeiro
ore..
er:
so.:
.z:
New Yo
FYICYB OF 3 17
• •
Foreign Gold in bars.. X 0,,
New _Dollars .• • 0 4 1,..°1
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0- ri
Spanish Doubloons •• 0 !Cr ,TiL
Silver is bars ........0 • v7.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY)
LONDON, MARCH 20.—Wind S., light breeze and cloudy
DEAL, MARCH 19.—Wind S. to S.S.W.—Arrd.lConte,n
fof
Martins, Batavia for Holland ; Auguste, Busing, Batavia
Bremen; Mary Kemp, Bombay; J. H. Adams, Reiint
Eapatoria, ter Bremen; Borneo, Haussen ; Arundel, TriniuA,
Sid. the whole of the wind-bound.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 19.—Wind S. to S.S.E.-creed,
Cape Coast Castle.
OFF FALMOUTH, MARCH 19.—Wind S.S.E.—Aspnniattd,
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 19.—Wind S.S.E. to S.S.W.--.Wsr
Ann, Dingwall, Porto Cabello. Sld. London,
_nio,
Orleans; Hydasper, Calcutta; Nina, Valparaiso; Fri'''.
Rio Janeiro; Citizen, Trinidad; John Brooks, St. Theinas,
Pests, Havannah ; Milicite, New York; Fanny, ,aslifSs'
Adelaide, Halifax.
BRISTOL, MARCH 19.—Wind S.—Sid. Louisa, Lima.
NEWPORT, MARCH 19.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Ann 1'
Cecilia, Pernambuco; Edward, St. Thomas.
OFF THE WIGHT, MARCH 18.—Sarah Maris.
St.
BRIDPORT, MARCH 19.—Wind S.E.—Sld. Hunter,
John's, Newfoundland.
SUNDERLAND, MARCH 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrd.
Finlayson, Honduras. Sld. John and Richard, New York
CORK, MARCH 17.—Wind S., foggy.—Arrd. Sycille°
Claude, Boness ; Norfolk, Virginia,
HULL, MARCH 19.—Wind E.—Arrd. Charlotte, lian`kil*
Bombay. Std. Prince of Wales, Davis' Straits.
CLYDE, MARCH 18.—S1d. Deogann, Calcutta ; Alt!
Baltimore; Great Britain, St. John's, New Brunsw/s''
Roger Stewart, New York; M'Donald, Baltimore; Indus
Pernambuco and Bahia.
SWANSEA, MARCH 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. ExPr
Strutt, Valparaiso; Regalia, Perededes.
WATERFORD, MARCH 17.—Win yd S.—Arrd. New --°
packet, Drury, Santa Cruz and Patagonia very leaky. RAMSGATE, MARCH 19.—The Perseverance London to
Waterford, has been got off shore and brought in full of
water.
Liver'
DROGHEDA, MARCH 17.—The ship London, from
pool, came on shore this morning north of the Bar, but Ga 1336
off, and is proceeding back to Liverpool.
10 GUERNSEY, MARCH 17.—The Flora, from Matanzas,
discharging her cargo in a damaged state.
Ned LIVERPOOL, MARCH 19.—The Queen Mab, from
Orleans, has pat back with loss of bead and cutwater, as
bowsprit sprung, having been in contact yesterday °
• la
Holyhead, with the Jenny Wren, far Calcutta, which has
also put back with loss of -head and cutwater. A ship or
barque, of about 100 tons, in a sinking state, was fallen .1"
with at 3 A.M. 14th inst., lat. 31, lon. 9, by the Prima Dnalf
arrived here, which lay by her, but suddenly lost sight
her lights, and at daylight could not discover her.
KINSALE, MARCH 17.—The Dublin. of Newcastle, ill(
Monte Video to Liverpool, is wrecked on the western side
the Old Head.
MA

RKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
COVENT-GAMDZAT.
Pine Apples, 6s to 8s ; Hot-house Grapes, 5s to 8s per
b ; Dessert Apples, 20a to 26s ; and Kitchen ditto, 6s to ,"e„
per bushel ; Oranges, 8s to 153; and Lemons, 10s to
per 100 ; Filberts, 115 s to 120 s per 100 lbs. ; Savoys, " t°,
2s per dozen ; Greens, 3s 6d to 5s 6d per dozen bunches
B ' rocoli 2s 6d to 5s per bundle ; Forced }ranch Beans, 2s to .
:
per 100; Potatoes, 8s to 12s per cwt; Turnips, 2s 9d to 456 d
and Carrots, 58 6d to 7s per doz. bunches; Horseradishs.,"
to 6s per bundle; Rhubarb, is 6d to 2s 6d per bundle; Drll.
sets Sprouts, 2s to 2s 6d per half sieve; Mushrooms, 221 to
Greens, „. per pottle ; Turnip 2s 6d to 3s per bushel; Leeks, `"
to 4s per dozen bunches;
Parsnips, 6d to is 6d per dozen;
Onions, 7s to 9s per bushel ; Celery, is to 2s 3d per bundle.
1111NGE3217032.D.
The trade generally was dull to-day, and prices bad s
downward tendency, owing to the increased supplies of most
articles offering.
1.441 AND 3633.11.DENICALL.
We had an extensive supply of Meat on offer, and which
met a very slow inquiry as follows :—Beef, from 2s 4d"
Sc 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s 2d to 6s; Ve.s4,,_
4s to 5s ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per Sib'
by the carcase. Turkeys, 5s to 8s 6d; Geese, 4s 60,
to 6s 6d; Ducks, is 9d to 2s 6d; Tame Rabbits, Is 4d to
Is 6d ; and Pigeons, 6d to 10d each ; Surrey Fowls, 6s to
9s; ditto Chickens, 4s to 6s; aid Barndoor Fowls, 386 d to
6s per couple. Eggs, 103 to 14, per 100; Fresh Butter,
Is Id to Is 3d per lb; Hares, 24 to 3s; and Wild Ducks,
Is 6d to 2s 6d each.

NEWPORT.
Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s fid to 48 4d; Velar
4s 4d to 53 2d; and Pork, 4s 6d to 58 per 81bs.
WRITECHAPEZ,
Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4di
4s 4d to ss; and Pork, 4s to 48 108 per 81bs.

LL G
BIINSGE.
Turbots, 9s to 18s ; Brills, 2s 6dA toT4O 6d; Cod-fish, 2e to
7i; HaddoclA Sd 0 18 6d; WhitiDgs, 4d tV 8d; ttlid 1490.