The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-17 00:00:00

Til 14: SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1847.

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY.

During last week the arrivals of English Wheat for our
market, coastwise as well as by land carriage and sample,
were on a very limited scale; those of all other articles of
home produce, including Flour, unusually small. The re-
ceipts from Ireland and Scotland were extremely limited.
From abroad, however, the imports of Wheat, Barley, Oats,
and Flour were liberal; those of other grain very unim-
Pedant. Fresh up to-day the supply of Wheat from Essex,
Kent, Cambridgeshire, &c., was extremely small, hence the
show of samples of both red and white was smaller than on
many previous market days. This falling off in the arrivals,
together with the large attendance of both town
and country buyers, caused "the holders of all kinds of
Wheat to be very firm, anti the trade must be considered
very brisk, at an advance in the quotations paid on Monday
last, of from FIVE to SIX SHILLINGS PER QUARTER, at which
amount of improvement the whole of the supply was cleared
off. The bast samples of English Wbite sold freely at from
one hundred and nine to one hundred and sixteen shillings per
quarter! This is the highest point of value realised for a
long series of years, and there is every prospect of a further
rise in the quotations. Although the imports of Foreign
Wheat last week were upwards 0f12,000 quarters, the quantity
of that description of grain on offer was small, owing to several
cargoes having been taken afloat for the French and Belgian
Markets. The trade was again very brisk, at an improve-
ment on last Monday's rates of from FIVE to SIX SHILLINGS
?ZR QUARTER, and very few parcels were unsold at the close
of business. We had a large quantity of foreign Barley on
show, but that of home growth was trifling. All kinds com-
manded a very steady inquiry, at fully, but at nothing
quotable beyond, last week's currencies. The show of Malt
Was limited, while the demand for that article was very
dead,- at, in some instances, is per quarter more money,
Upwards of 34,000 quarters of Foreign Oats came in last
week; and the supply on offer to-day was good; yet the
trade was very steady, at fully the late advances in the
quotations. Very few Beans were on show. Most kinds
.14314 readily, at late rates. Peas moved off firmly, at ex-
treme prices. Indian Corn was held at 2s per quarter more
money. The Flour trade was firm, but we can notice no
further improvement in value.

CURRENCY PER. IMPERIAL MEASURE
Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier . • • • 805 to 84s
Red, New ....95s to 106 s Oats—Yorkshire and
Ditto,White, New 104 s 1161 Lincolnsh., lead. 321 38t
Norfolk and Lin- Potato
coin, Red..... 90s 98s Youghal and Cork,
Ditto, White.. —• • 95s 1018 Black .• • • ... 30s 32s
Irish, Red.. .... —$ —s Cork, White .•• .. 30s 341
Ditto, White. .•. .. —s —3 Scotch, Feed. •• .. 37s 39s
4711-01 d ... ..... .... --s s Beans—Tick .... ••• • . 47s 52s
Is New• •••••• . • • • • . 60s 63s Pigeons .... 50$ 54s
arleY---Grinding • .. 45s 48s Peas—Grey .......... 53s 56s
Malting .•••• ' • 5" 60
3 Maple ..• • • • ... • • 55s 57s
Chevalier —• • •• • 60$ 61$ White .••• • • • - ... 583 60s
allat—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• . • • . 60$ 62s
f01k............ 73s 751 Flour—Town-made... 75s 80s
8r0wn,....
Xinitaton wad Ware 75s 80s Stockta & Norfolk 64s 70s
smnrmErszim.
The imports of live stock into London last week were
as follows
~,Yr°lll whence. Oxen. Cows. Sheep. Lambs. Calves.
!lob. tterdam .... 110 ... 319 ... 570 ... ... 121
"L-I,amburgh .. 16 ••• 8 ••• ••• •••
Jaarlingen
••...• 47 ... 100 ... 133 ... 4 ... 74
405 ... -- •..
dashingAn
t..... ••• •••
—4-werP .....«.. 17 .•• 4 .•• -- ••• ••• .--

Total . l9O 431 1,108 4 195
.At Hull and the various other outports about 1,100 head
t„di, Beasts, Sheep, and Calves have been landed in excellent
c,---`"erl• There were in the market about 700 Oxen and
300 Sheep, and 30 Calves, mostly from Holland, and
xfr''.:"stiniutpmhsetthtainasdmiynegr3n;hactiv.e demand at improved currencies.
al of beasts from our own districts,
or inegamwveresseasonably extensive, and of ex-
" Nat quality, an unusual degree of excitement prevailed in
as for all kin of fat stok. This must be attri-
Dated in agreat measure to the larg
eg number of buyers in
fiattendsmceg from Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Wake-
eld, Bristol, and elsewhere, the whole of whom purchased
ittrgely or those localities.::The Beef trade was very brisk, and
orequotations advanced over those obtained on Monday last
irma SiXPenCe to eightpence per Bibs, and at which amount
" 'lnprovernent a total clearance was speedily made. On a
1 132Parieen of prices, we perceive, that Beef is now selling at
plo
r4CI t 1
k• A., 3 d, Mutton I moony 2s, Lamb Bd, Veal Bd, Fid
Depc„,,-*u. per Blbs more than at the corresponding
I, -art. ,111 1846 ! and this immense amount of improvement
ikr,.,a,'en place in the face of full average supplies. From
abuZir-, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received
Wee! 1000 Scots, homebreds, and short horns ; from the
8,,,—`111 and midland districts, 800 Herefords, runts, Devons,
L. ; from other parts of England, 500 of various kinds ; and
Scotland 250 horned and: polled Scots—the remainder
the neighbourhood
Bullock supply being mostly derived from abroad and
yneighbourhood of the metropolis. With Sheep we were
et moderately supplied. As most of the butchers were
~7,short of supply, the Mutton trade was exceedingly
pt'r oat an advance on last week's currelicies of fully 4d
at ems, the primest old Downs in the wool selling freely
avn 4cl per 8113 s, those out of the wool producing 5s 8d per
oite At the close of the market a total clearance had been
1147;',1- From the Isle of Wight 230 Lambs came fresh to
rably and the receipts from other quarters were tole-
extre,.. g°, od• Still, however, the Lamb trade was
tins. "ielY brisk, at a further rise in value of fully 4d per
cult' the prim est Down qualities realising, without diffi-
efeal/z6gt.hB4uppeprlyBlbs. There was a large business doing in
of which was moderate, at a rise in value
tat Per 81bs. The Pork trade was very firm, and the quo-
advanced from 2d to 4d per 81bs., with a fair average
vet of Pigs on sale.
Per 81bs. to sink the offal.
fate*. a. d. to v. d. 1. d. to R. d.
liegsts..... 4 0 4 6 Second quality ditto 5 0 5 4
PriZ,qUalitY ••• • 4 8 410 Coarse-woolled ditto 5 6 10
priws ?tire Oxea.. 5 0 5 2 Southdown wetter 6 0 6 4
ocots •••• • • 5 2 5 4 Ditto out of the wool
coarse Calves 4 8 5 2 Large flogs ••••••• 4 0 4 small ditto .. 5 4 5 Small rorkers .. ••4 10 84
Tackling
Calves ..21 0 32 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 19 0 22 0
nferior Sheep .... 4 2 4 6 Lambs .......... 5 8R 8
SUPPLY AT MARKET.
easts. I Sheep. I Calves. Pigs,
3,253 20,370 131 I 310
ziniIUrGAMEI A
ron tall
The arrivals of Meat from Scotland and all part of Eng-
land have been unusually limited during the past week ; but
with that slaughtered in the metropolis we have been fairly
supplied. Still, however, the general demand has ruled
very firm, at an advance in the prices of Beef of from 2d to
4d ; of Veal 2d, and of Pork from 2d to 4d per 81bs.; those
of Mutton and Lamb being steadily supported. About 900
carcases of foreign meat have been disposed of.

At per stone by the Carcase.
s. d. to s. d. 11. d. to s.
Beef, inferior • • ... •3 6 3 8 Mutton, inferior 4 0 4 4
"--- middling .. ••3 10 4 o _ middling 4 6 4 8
---- Prime large .. 4 0 4 2 - prime • • 4lO 5 0
......-•
V.lll prime small .• 4 2 4 4 Pork, large 4 4 410
*•'••••• •• • • • • 4 8 5 4 - small 5 0 6 4
Lamb, 58 4d to Gs 4d
_ _

. _ -- --
BO IVIARICE.
The Plantation accounts being favourable, weT
have still to
Sreport a very inactive demand for all kinds of Hops ; yet
week's prices are steadily supported in every instance:—
84esex Pockets, 3/ 18s to 418 s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 4158
to ; Mid and East Kent ditto, 4/ 15s to 6/ 10s.
he im
29T nO
port s
ROGH AND SPITALPILBS.
U
Ul potatoes in the past week have been about
be° 3, chiefly from Holland. The arrivals coastwise have
t°n
en small. The best qualities are in fair request, at full
prices;
but all other kinds are a dull inquiry, at barely late
t's`?•--York Reds, 240 s to 260 s per ton ; Ditto, Regents, 240 s
al?,:480s; Ditto, Shaws, 200 s to 2205; Lincoln and Cambridge-
Regents, 200 s to 280 s ; Ditto, Kidneys, 200 a to 220 s ;
utch, 140 s to 180 s.

Sinn
tie
oe this day se'nnight the imports of Wool have con-
cept `e4 of
936 bales from Port Philip, 10,000 ditto from Laun-
A 34 .
otheorn ditto from Odessa, and 300 ditto from various
Daek quarters. The public sales, at which about 13,000
he Illes have been offered, have been brought to a close.
the rlualities were mostly disposed of at full prices, but
un7laiddling and inferior kinds declined from Id to 11,0 per
Vtlai„,eas • In
do the private contract market exceedingly little
la ing.
The TALLOW.
ito,k, co. nsumers of Tallow are still unwilling to get into
aide, ttithough the Money Market is easier, as they con-
tiler ar,Surrent rates too high as the stock is low, and the
for an gel es used as substitutes are high. IN edo not look
green
reduction. Rough Fat is 2s 8.1-d per Blbs.
up.
4-1
-AL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before Baron ALDESO)
11.;11:1, ° CR N
ourt was occupied all the morning with of
"Y larceny, which were destitute of any interest

ARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
The lion. George Percy Sydney Smythe, 68.Henley-
-Btreet, accompanied by Lord Manners, A. D. R. Cochrane,
Esq., M.P. for Bridport, and H. J. Baillie, Esq., M.P. for In-
Verness-abire, appeared before Mr. Bingham, in answer to a
summons charging him with inciting Lord. Viscount Pol.
lington to commit a breach of the peace by fighting a duel.
In consequence of his Parliamentary duties Viscount Pol-
lington was not able to be in attendance, but Mr. BINGHAM
thought that the justice of the case would be met if he called
upon the hon. defendant to find bail, himself in 5001., and
two sureties in the like sum, to keep the peace for twelve
months towards all her Majesty's subjects.
Bail was immediately offered and accepted ,when the par-
ties thanked the Magistrate and retired.
Thomas Kerne and Charles Berne, two respectably-clue,s3ed
younga men, were placed before Mr. Bingham, charged, with
creating
disturbance and assaulting Edward Towers, at
the Bath Coffee-house, Bath-street, sew-road. It appeared
from the evidence, that on the previous morning between
the hours of one and two, the defendants, accompanied by two
th„erg, not in custody, entered the complainant's house and
called for an abundant supply of coffee, bread, butter, and
?PI which, after being supplied with, they refused to pay
o,r unless they were served with a further quantity. Corn-
P`Rinant doubting the honesty of their intentions
I;_fused to serve them, and said if they left
e
house in a quiet manner, he would let them
without paving. The prisoners' companions
:nit the hint and made off as fast as they could; but the
ilit!oners refused to go, and said they would see the corn-
iiin4tlt defused
first, and they would stop as long as they
unT, As an earnest of their intentions, they began to tear
r;1Ile tables and break the cups and saucers. Complainant
leavunstrated with them, and did all he could to get them to
11l.,Place, e,the but instead of taking his advice they knocked
e—,4own and kicked him several times. The y were of to further acts of violence, when the arrival of a
th,, to constable put an end to their pranks, by conveying
The durance vile.
Or prisoners who denied the charge, were fined 10s. each
athriti_eo days to' e House of Correction, for the assault, in
prop4toyo 14s. 9J. for the damage done to complainant's

Gilbert THAMES.—(THIS DAY.)
mwonutd, a ship joiner, was brought up for final
earnination, charged with the wilful murder of his wife,
Riles 11I'Donald.
The facts
in the of the case have been so recently before the
Public, both police reports and the proceedings at the coroner's inquest, that it will suffice to state that the exa-
h In4tion of several witnesses proved that the deceased and
, ear (husband were addicted to drinking, and that 111.‘Donalnd
gattubre.eati frequently seen to kick and beat his wife. 0
_ an, and the man beat and
theru " , thei Bth inst., akicqkueadrrehlistiovoikfe
ipnlacsoe
sbaletawgeeeno
,f
erneer that she had to be removed to the London Hospital,
elne
had chre su.bsequently died from the effects of the injuries
received
.-- -
10T,ho.ad_ditional evidence this.day was that of the prisoner's
u A lAtt Abollt eight yearz of Age, who 011 6ho WM" Cr*

mination was not admitted to give evidence, but by direction
of the magistrate had in the interim been placed in the
workhotsaft under the instruction of the chaplain. The poor
little fensw seemed quite unconscious of the affecting
position in which he was placed. The substance of his tes-
timony was, that on the evening in question his father hit
his mother on the nose; that she afterwards fell down, when
he jumped upon her, and kicked her several times.
Mr. Nash, the house-surgeon at the London Hospital, also
deposed that on the morning the deceased died she said it
was her husband that did it. He described the appearances
presented on the post mortem examination. The body was
covered with blood and bruises, the cartilage of the nose
separated, the legs much bruised, the vessels of the brain
were much congested, her bowels were ruptured, and two of
her ribs were broken. _ _ _

The prisoner, who said nothing in his defence, was fully
committed on the capital charge.

WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
This morning, Hayward, a warrant officer of the court,
addressing Mr. Broughton, the sitting Magistrate, said that
he had obeyed his instructions in making the necessary in-
quiries respecting the melancholy case which was brought
before his notice a few days since by Mr. Coast, a relieving-
officer of the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, and had
found that it had not been in the slightest degree exagge-
rated. The particulars thereof are as follow :
Mr. Coast, in appealing to Mr. Broughton, said he did so
on behalf of an:unfortunate individual named Marshall, who
.iad lately become a bankrupt, and his wife. Upon visiting
them he found that they were both lying upon a sick bed,
Marshall being laid up with the rheumatic gout and other-
wise seriously ill ; and his wife, who was lying by his side, I
quite blind and labouring under a spasmodic affection. There
was no other furniture in the room but the bed and bed-
stead, which had been sent to them by some kind neigh-
bours, their own, notwithstanding their, dreadfully afflicted
state, having been taken from under them, under the fiat of
bankruptcy, and they were thus left with nothing but the
bare walls and the flooring.
Mr. BnouGHTox, in alluding to the circumstances con-
nected with this almost unparalleled case of crhelty, said
that he felt confident that no body of creditors -would have
sanctioned such a proceeding, and it was a case, he hoped,
that would come before the public. He should order a
sovereign from the poor-box to be immediately sent to the
unhappy individuals.
It was stated that Mrs. Marshall had given birth to no
fewer than twenty-four children, several of whom are, how-
ever, dead, and the others have families of their own.

DR. REID'S LECTURE IN REPLY

TO DR. FARADAY'S ON VENTILATION.
Dr. Reid delivered a lecture in Willis's Rooms, St. James's..
square, on Saturday night, in reply to one delivered some
time ago by Dr. araday, in the Royal Institution, on the
subject of ventilation, especially in connexion with the
ventilation of the new House of Lords. There was a nume-
rous and highly respectable attendance. Among the gentle-
men present we observed several individuals of distinction
iu, the scientific world. The lecturer, after a few introduc-
tory observations, said that the present step had been forced
upon him in consequence of Dr. Faraday having brought
before the public, in his lecture at the Royal Institution, a
variety of circumstances connected with the subject, and par-
ticularly with the new House of Peers, which he was de-
sirous of keeping in their original privacy, until some
matters between himself and the Government had been
adjusted. Dr. Reid complained that he had not been invited
to attend Dr. Faraday's lectures, although the subject was
one which so deeply affected himself personally. He then
proceeded to contend that.the plan on which the new House
of Peers was ventilated was, in all essential respects, a plan
which he had previously proposed to the Commissioners. It
was a plan which might be wished, but it was far from being
the best plan that could have been adopted. The lecturer
next proceeded to develop his views respecting the true
principles of ventilation, and in doing so performed a variety
of experiments. He afterwards replied at considerable length
to the attacks made upon him in the Times, the Atheneum,
and the Quarterly Review. Nothing, he said, could be
more unfair or unfounded than the representations of these
journals, in proof of which he made quotations from them,
and showed how inconsistent they were with the
facts of the case. Dr. Reid, towards the conclusion of this
lecture, complained in emphatic terms of the injustice
which had been done him by the Government, in taking
the ventilation of the new House of Lords out of his hands.
The lecturer wound up an address, which occupied an hour
and a half in the delivery, by intimating indirectly, as we
understood him, that he means to bring an action against
her Majesty's Ministers for the injury done to him in con-
nexion with the House of Lords, and gave as the principal
reason for the lecture of that evening, that it was necessary
previous to bringing the matter before the proper tribunal,
that he should be able to refer to the fact of his having re-
plied to Dr. Faraday. The lecturer expressed himself with
great moderation, though evidently under a strong sense
of the injustice which he believes to have been done to him,
and was most attentively listed to throughout his address.—
Observer.

OPENING OF THE CALEDONIAN

CANAL

We are glad to be able to state that the navigation of
the Caledonian Canal is now open from sea to sea—that
the works have been completed—and that vessels are
availing themselves of the admirable facilities thus pre-
sented to the public. These are greatly increased by the
recent improvements, and particularly by the establish-
ment of steam tug-boats, for towing vessels through the
lakes. By means of this important addition the passage
is rendered certain, and will generally be effected in two
days. When the great advantages thus held out are
once practically felt, it cannot be sapposed that many
vessels will hereafter encounter the tedious and danger.
ous passage round the west coast. The canal dues, we
believe, are fixed at a moderate rate, in order to hold
out every inducement to traders ; and the wharfage and
other conveniences have been rendered so complete as to
add most materially both to the quality and extent of the
accommodation previously existing. Indeed, Inverness
may now, in this respect, be fairly considered as on a
par with the first-class ports of the kingdom. The new
works have been very substantially executed, and were
last week surveyed by Mr. Walker, the principal en-
gineer of the Commissioners, who proceeded along the
whole line of the canal, accompanied by the contractors,
Messrs. Jackson and Bean. Mr. Walker expressed him-
self highly satisfied with the manner in which those
gentle!nen had brought their laborious and important
operations to a close; and from Mr. Walker's high pro
fessTnal character and well-known experience, his
opinion cannot fail to be equally gratifying to the con-
tractors and the public. We arc sorry, however, to hear
that the undertaking has been by no means a profitable
one to Messrs. Jackson and Bean. This has arisen
chiefly from the great increase in the price of labour and
materials daring the last four years, over which the con-
tract extended.

As an illustration of what may be done with the
facilities for communication now existing in the north,
we may here mention, that Mr. Walker, being on express
Government business to Ireland, after completing his
survey, proceeded in one of the canal steam-tugs, the
Speaker, from Corpach direct to Belfast. The passage
was made in seventeen hours, and if we estimate the
passage through the canal at ten hours, it will be obvious
with what ease future communication may be carried on
from Inverness to any part of Ireland, as well as to the
Clyde or to Liverpool. Our trade may thus shoot out
into new ramifications, conferring upon the whole north
the most important advantages.
We understand that Mr. Walter Strachan, so long
known in the shipping trade between London and Inver-
ness, and formerly commander of the Duchess of Suther-
land steamer, has been appointed by the Commissioners
to the office of dock-master, and superintendent of traffic
and steam-towage, on the line of the canal.—lnverness
Courier.

THE COURT.—Her Majesty will give a grand vocal
and instrumental concert at Buckingham Palace, on the 28th
inst., at which Mademoiselle Jenny Lind and the prin-
cipal artistes of both Italian Operas will assist. The invi-
tations were issued from the Lord Chamberlain's office on
Saturday last.
RESIGNATION OF A POLICE MAGISTRATE,—John
Beswicke Greenwood, Esq., who for many years has been a
police magistrate, and for some years has sat at Clerkenwell
Police-court, has voluntarily resigned his appointment, and
H. I'. Tyrwhitt, Esq., of Brick-court, Temple, special pleader,
has been appointed in his stead.—Observer.
EXTRAORDINARY HIGH PRICE OF WHEAT.—At
the Windsor-market, on Saturday last, some singularly fine
samples of wheat realised the enormous sum of 314 per load.
A similar price was also obtained for wheat at Uxbridge-
market en the preceding Thursday. At Chertsey May fair,
which was held on Friday last, the price of wheat ranged
from 271. 10s. to 301. 10s. per load. Several buyers from
London attended Uxbridge• market and Chertsey, who re-
fused to make any purchases in consequence of the advanced
prices. _ _ _

SALE OF Mn. ANDERDON'S COLLECTION OF PIC-
TURES.-The sale of this collection, consisting of 38 pic-
tures of various masters of the continental schools, took place
on Saturday last, in the great room of the establishment of
Messrs. Christie and Manson, King-street, St. James's. A
vast number of persons were present, and the biddings
were carried on with spirit. As the public had largely
availed themselves of the opportunity of seeing the collec-
arolueyr-h columns,
un andns, as
some
ti v‘a•chciocuhnotnocfe
iltormh ornamentaesdatlhreeady
f i Farley-hill,
'
will only be necessary to notice the prices fetched
Angels"
(Murillo), 111,
principal lots. Lot 9. "A Group of four, View .n
, I
appearedA
fa
of Dordt"lie
in s
(Murillo), fetched 53/. Ils. Lot 13.
(Cuyp), 2251. Lot 15. " The Virgin a red dress, seated,
I
holding a book with the Infant
,Cili.risss Lot 16. " Ant, and S. John
and St. Joseph " (Fra Bartolomeo),
BoyaNderid.-
iOnlgd IVh oe
her,"
n awitphicaturDeisl
n
his life of Murillo (Murillo), 202/. 13s. Lot 1
ockA
18. "A R y
of
mentionedl°r Porridge,
gel; by Peasant
Colone. • isVil-
lage Feast " (Teniers)., 2101. Lot
En-
trance to a Harbour, with a Ship careening, &c."
(W. Iran de Velde)
of Orange" (Van der Cappellen),
3411. 10s. Lot 19.
"The E-
mbarkation of the Prince
1391. 9s. Lot 20. "A Watermill," formerly in the collec-
tion of Lady Ilolderness (littysdael), 509/. si. Lot 21.
" Two Bulls and two Cows, cattle in the background"
(P. Potter), 75/ 12s. Lot 22. " Coral Fishers on the
coast of Africa ;" this picture was purchased in 1826 from
the collection of the Duc d'Ascoli (S. Rosa), 2101. Lot 23.
"Christ and the Disciples on the way to Emmaus" (Teniers),
137/. 10s. Lot 24. "The Triumph of David," from the Co•
lonna Palace (Guercino), 4001. Lot 25. "Alight bay and
gray horse, standing near a group of trees" (P. Potter),
704 Lot 26. " A road under a bank, with a sportsman
shooting at a bird on a decayed oak, an attendant holding his
gray horse, &c.," formerly in the collection of Lord Monson,
(Wynants and Wouvermans), 2571. 58. Lot 27. " The Re-
pose of the Holy Family" (N. Poussin), 551. 13s. Lot
28. " A Cavalier and a Lady haltine from hawking at a
Cabaret" (Wouvermans), 182/. 14s. Lot 29. "Joseph
and Potiphar's Wife" (Luino Bernardino), 931' 9s'
Lot 30. " A grand Landscape, . with a Warrior on a
gray horse and two attendants, a stag breaking through
the underwood, &c. (Domenichino) 1731. ss. Lot 31. "A
Stag hunt, a Cavalier and Lady on Horseback, 11unters,
&c." (Wouverrnans), 231/. Lot 32.
St. John baptizing
Christ," mentioned by Captain Davis (11111611 o), 96/. Us.
Lot 33. " Silenus with Bacchanals and Nymphs" (Rubens),
"
94. 6s. Lot 34. "La Carita," a female in a red dress with
three children (A. Del Sarto), 451/. 108. This picture is
stated to have been brought from the Ruspigliosi Gallery,
and purchased by the late Mr. Anderdon in 1826 of the
Coutessa Compagnoni 111arefoschi. Lot 35. " The Virgin
seated, holding the Infant Jesus, St. John presenting the
Cross" (Raffaelle), 325/. 10s. Lot 3G. "The Virgin kneel-
ing and extending her hands over the Infant Christ and St.
John" (Leonardo da Vinci), 295/. Lot 37. "Il Viaggio di
Itachele," formerly in the collection of the Coutessa Maria
Teresa Spinelli (S. Rosa), 640/. 10s. Lot 38. "The Saluta-
tion" S. del Piombo), 913/. 10s. The aggregate sum pro-
(laced by the sale amounted to niarly 7,0004

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP VI.

The Committee met at the usual hour ; Mr. Deedes,
chairman.

WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH
AMENDMENT (No. EE.)

Mr. Samuel Struchberrey, Fellow of the Zoological So-
ciety and Curator of the Bristol Philosophical Society, exa-
mined by Mr. ALEXANDER—He had paid particular attention
to the formation of the coal measures at Radstock. There
were four or five series in this coal-field. The first was at
present worked to about the extent of 50 per cent. ;
there was still, however, upwards of 39,000,000 of tons re-
maining to be worked out. He had calculated that in the
second series the quantity of coal was about 424,000,000 of
tons, and that quantity would take, according to the present
mode of working, 1,661 years before the yield would be ex-
hausted. He had also made numerous experiments as to the
quality of the Radstock coal, and it was his opinion that
they were in no degree inferior to the Welsh coal, and that
they exceeded the Newcastle in point of duration.

GROUP XVII.
This Committee re-assembled at the usual hour in Room
11; Sir J. Bulger East in the chair.
GREAT NORTHERN (DEVIATIONS BE-
TWEEN LONDON and GRANTHAM).
Mr. Mather, surgeon, of Grantham, was examined on
behalf of the opposition. lib was of opinion that Grantham
did not require the proposed deviation, and that it would
materially injure Mr. Ostler's residence.
Mr. Rastrick, C.E., on behalf of the Ambergate Company,
stated that the proposed deviation would greatly injure that
line, and would be of no advantage to the public as compared
with it.

GROUP XVIII.

COURT CIRCULAR.

Their Excellencies the Austrian Ambassador and the
Sicilian Minister were prevented from attending the Queen's
Eall, in consequence of the death of his Imperial llighness
the Arch Duke Charles of Austria, father of the Queen of
Naples and Sicily.
Mer Royal Highess the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen
and Prince Albert on Saturday.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback
on Saturday, attended by the lion. Captain Gordon,
The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, accompanied
by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing in an open
carriage and four on Saturday.
Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess
Helena, took their usual walks and rides on Saturday.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince
of Leiningen,_ honoured her Majesty's Theatre with their
presence on Saturday evening. The Royal Suite consisted
of the Countess of Charlemont, Hon. Miss Dawson, Lord
Waterpark, Sir Edward Codrington, Lieutenant-Colonel
Hon. C. B. Phipps' and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon.
Her Royal Higness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady
Augusta Bruce, also honoured the performance with her
presence.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic house-
hold, attended divine service yesterday in the private Chapel
Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courte-

nay oftcciated.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended divine service
yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Mar-
chioness of Ormonde and Earl Howe were in waiting on her
Majesty.
The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yester-
day morning in the chapel of the Foundling Hospital. Sir
William Davison and Major Stephens were in waiting on his
Royal Highness.
The Queen Dowager, attended by the Marchioness of Or-
monde and Earl Howe, honoured her Majesty's Theatre with
her presence on Saturday evening. The Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and
Baron Knesebeck, also honoured the performance with their
presence. _ _

- The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George visited the
Queen Dowager on Saturday.
His Royal Highness Prince George had an interview with
Sir George Grey on Saturday at the Home Office.
A Cabinet Council was held at half-past two o'clock on
Saturday afternoon at the Foreign Office. It was attended
by Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount
Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell,
Viscount Morpeth, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of
Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Macauley, and the Right
Hon. H. Labouchere.
The Council sat an hour and a half.

The following Members of the New Bishopricks Commission,
attended a meeting in Whitehall-place on Saturday : The
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord
John Russell, the Earl of Powis, the Bishops of Durham,
Winchester, Lincoln, and Chester, Sir George Grey, and the
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Turkish Minister and Princess Callimaki, attended by
Osman Bey and M. Zohrab, had the honour of being present
at her Majesty's ball on Friday evening.
Captain Moreno, Military Attache to the Argentine Lega-
tion, had the honour to attend the Queen's state ball at
Bucki❑gham Palace on Friday evening.
Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General to the
Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt, and
Mr. Tidd Pratt, had an interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer on Saturday at his official residence in Downing-
street.

Dr. Paris had an interview with Sir George Grey on Satur-
day at the Home-office, and presented the annual report from
the National Vaccine Board.

Lord Kinnaird had an interview with Mr. Strutt on Sa-
turday. Viscount Duncan, M.P., had also an interview
with the Right Hon. Gentleman at the office of the Commis-
sioners of Railways in Great George-street.
Lord John Russell had a dinner party, on Saturday, at his
residence in Cheshatn-place.
Dispatches were received, on Saturday, at the Colonial-
office, from the Governors of the North American Provinces,
and also from the Governors of New South Wales and New
Zealand.

LITERATURE.

THE PARLOUR LIBRARY. No. 111. WOOD

LEIGHTOIV. By Mary Howitt.
Caring not only for the intrinsic value of their
periodical but for the general variety of the publica-
tion, the proprietors of the " Parlour Library" have
here followed up the romances of Carleton and Dumas
with the simple, homely, and thoroughly English
fiction by Mary Howitt. " Wood Leighton" has
long since become familiar to the lovers of this species
of literature, and with many " Wood Leighton" has
become a favourite. As a portraiture of the inland
scenery of still beautiful and still merry England it
is singularly agreeable. We remember an American
author has somewhere said that we who are now
living are the true ancients—not the people of cen-
turies bygone. Hence may this country be called,
with more reason now-a-days, than it was in the
days of Elizabeth—" Merry Old England," for it is
many a score ofyears older now than it was then, and,
we trust, a very great deal wiser by experience. Merry
Old England then let it continue to be called,
and Merry Old England it is shown to be, by Mary
Howitt, in her story of " Wood Leighton ; or, a
"Year in the Country." In the very commencement
of " Pickwick," Charles Dickens described the a -
pect of the good old city of Rochester, and he judi-
ciously selected that spot for description at the outset
of his career in authorship, because, we believe, the
good old city of Rochester was his birthplace, or, at
the least, was a locality intimately blended with the
associations of his boyhood. Mary Howitt, doubt-
less, selected " Wood Leighton " from a somewhat
similar motive, for around the place which is depicted
under the soubriquet of " Wood Leighton," are en-
twined most of her childish recollections. With the
exception of a little over-colouring and exaggeration,
as for example in the delineation of the house, or
rather palace of the Nabob General Dubois, the tale
is clever and natural:

COWPER'S WORKS.
_Vol. I. Edited by the .Rev,

7'. S. Grimshawe.

.The superiority of these collected writings of
William Cowper, both in prose and poetry, over the
collection formerly published, has been admirably
and significantly expressed by the avidity with which
the previous edition was purchased. We are especi-
ally gratified, therefore, that the intelligent editor has
again undertaken the revision of the work in a cheap
and popular edition of this character. We are no
idolators of the genius of William Cowper; we con-
fess our incapacity, indeed, to recognise any genius
whatever in his poetical compositions ; but we reve-
rence the name of William Cowper notwithstanding ;
we see in him a pure and lofty, and richly cultivated
intellect—an exquisite and almost feminine sensibility
—a good and enthusiastic Christian. His verses,
moreover, though tame and wearisome to us, are the
limpid outpourings of an unblemished heart ; they
are occasionally adorned with the graces of a felicitous
diction, and are invariably inculcations of a sound
morality. Besides this, Cowper has the indisputable
credit of having ushered in a new and healthy school
in metrical literature. As he himself exclaims—
" Give me the line that ploughs its stately course
Like a proud swan, conquering the stream by force;
That, like some cottage beauty, strikes the heart,
Quite unindebted to the tricks of art.
When Labour and when Dulness, club in hand,
Like the two figures at St. Dunstan's stand,
Beating alternately, in measured time,
The clockwork tintinnabulum of rhyme,
Exact and regular the sounds will be ;
But such mere quarter strokes are not for me!"
It is solely as an epistolary writer that Cowper is to us
delightful reading. His letters are scarcely surpassed
by the most elegant and accomplished correspondents
in the language ; and in this department Cowper may
be classed with his brother bard Gray, with Lord
Chesterfield, and even with Horace Walpole. Speak-
ing of the letters of Cowper, it was observed by
Robert Hall that "to an air of inimitable grace and
carelessness, they unite a high degree of correctness,
such as could result only from the clearest intellect,
combined with the most finished taste." More than
two hundred of these admirable letters are comprised
in this edition than were originally contained in the
celebrated life by Hayley. On this account, therefore,
as well as on account of its extraordinary cheapness
and extreme elegance, the present issue must command
a large circulation.

HISTORY OF EUROPE. Vol. V. By Archibald

Alison.
Clearness and animation are acknowledged to be
the prevailing characteristics of Mr. Alison's history.
At this particular point in the narrative, those quali-
ties are more than ever requisite, and happily, too, they
are more than ever perceptible. Perhaps the sublimest
spectacle witnessed in the last seven centuries was that
of the youthful and beleagured republic of France
rising proudly and predominantly through the dark-
ness of its internal anarchy, and its external strifes—
led on from victory to victory, over the greatest gene-
rals of Christendom, under the banners of a youth,
who scarcely a dozen months before had been sub-
sisting on the charities of his comrade Junot in one
of the most miserable bye streets of Paris. The fifth
volume contains the account of the immortal campaign
of Italy in 179 G, when General Bonaparte at once
rose from obscurity into a renown that floated over
Europe, over the ocean, to the most remote regions of
America and Polynesia.

MURRAY'S HOME and COLONIAL LIBRARY.
No. XLY. Sketches of German Life. Part 11.

The conclusion of these scrambling and confused
sketches, is as miserably imbued with prejudice as
the commencement. Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
has transferred the original by Varnhagen Von Ense
into agreeable English ; but in doing so, he has pre-
sented to England a partizan writer—a being with
whom few can have sympathy. A history written by
a partizan is nothing better than the die of a medal-
lion ; it furnishes materials from which future nar-
rators may compile more valuable and enduring
works. Among such materials must be classed these
-sketches of what is called the war of Liberation in
Germany.

TIM CHRISTIAN IN PALESTINE. Part XII.

_
It were impossible to exaggerate the interest with which
this periodical inspires in us on each successive appear-
ance. Mr. W. IL Bartlett has selected the different scenes
in the Holy Land, with the discrimination of an artist
and the precautions of a poet influenced by the genius
of Christianity. He has here pourtrayed the " Pool of
Hezekiah," a pool as mystic in its solitary limpidity as
in its biblical associations ; a " Well at Nazareth," that
most reverent village ; the interior of the magnificent
"Greek Church at Bethlehem," a spot sanctified as the
region of the Nativity ; and a view of " Ramleh," look-
ing towards the indistinct hills of Judea. Every care is
evidently taken to render this publication as little un-
worthy of its theme as possible.