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stated its power and supremacy. Jenny Lind, by her I
fire, carried the lagging orchestra, which had taken the
allegro too slow, to a quicker tempo, and the public, by
her acting and singing, to the highest pitch
Jenny Lind was at once engaged as prima donna. Yet,
ef enthusiasm. 1
while singing opera after opera—and the public would ,
listen to ne other vocalist—Jenny Lind and her master
struggling hard to conquer the inflexibility of
,er voice. Who, while listening enraptured tether now
pearly fiori tune would believe that at that period she could
scarcely, with the greatest exertions, achieve the slightest
cadence. Her notes, though pure and full, were with-
out elasticity, and failed altogether in the power of the
crescendo ; she was not to be intimidated, but exercised
her roice with the patience of the sculptor shaping his
marble. Whilst thus persevering in such arduous prac-
tice, she interpreted, during eie,hteen months, Euryanthe,
Alice; the Vestal, parts requiring exertions which were
most violent for her youth. Still, the applause kith
which she was rewarded made but a deeper impression
on her mind that she was not yet worthy of it ; that
her master had done for her every thing in his power,
but that the study of great examples and the finishing
hand were required to conduct her to that elevation in
art which she had ambitioned. Garcia was known to be
the first vocal teacher in Europe ; the wish of visiting
him in Paris ripened to resolution. Bat how to accom-
plish it ? Where were the means upon which to exist
while giving up her engagement and passing one or
two years in Paris ? She had been accustomed
to live in the first circles of society, beloved and
honoured by all who knew her. With ',the true
pride of genius she shrunk from seeking assistance, and
was resolved to trust to her own strength alone. Dur-
ing the vacation of the theatre she travelled with her
father through the whole of Sweden and Norway, giving
concerti at every town, everywhere creating a sensa-
tion ; and she returned to Stockholm with abundant
means to carry out her resolution. Declaring her inten-
tion to the directors of the theatre, and vindicating her
act by unanswerable reasons, the courageous maiden
obtained the wished-for leave of absence. Her parents
attempted not to dissusde her—they knew their child ;
firm. decided, silent, and earnest, she followed up her
resolutions steadfastly. Her parents knew her purity
of mind, the futility of temptation, and so they left her
to her fate. Occupied in their avocations, they could
not afford to accompany her during this long absence ;
ind so the girl of eighteen, alone, protected only by her
firmness, her innocence, and her sacred love for art.
journeyed to that capital which had already produced
so much greatness, and destroyed so much of the noble
and virtuous.
Arrived in Paris, her first visit was to Garcia, to whom
she had been provided with introductory lett, rs. It was
with the most intense anxiety she crossed his thresh-
hold. She stood now before the master on whose deci-
sion she had built her whole futurity. Garcia received
her kindly. She sang—he listened to her without signs
of approbation or disapprobation—and when she had
concluded, he said calmly, " My dear child, 1 ou hate no
voice --3 " dreadful word for Jenny. "Or," added he,
correcting himself, " you have had a voice, and are just
going to lose it. Probably you have been singing too
much or too early, fur your organ is worn and rugged.
I cannot give you any instruction at present. Do net '
sing a note for three months, and then give me another
call." Such was the comfortless answer of the man upon
whom rested all her hopes.
Three months were spent by Jenny Lind in profound
solitude ; in that entire loneliness one only learns to feel
rightly in such large capitals. "I was living on my tears
and the agony of the mal de pays," she said once, speaking
of her Pazisian residence. Nevertheless, nothing could
! induce her to return without procuring from Garcia
another trial. After the lapse of the stipulated time,
Garcia found that her voice had improved, and that her
instructions might commence At this time Garcia was
teaching a countrywoman of Lind's, Madlle, Nissen,
who possessed a very powerful, full toned voice, but no
mental abilities. Jenny Lind confes,es that it often
brought her to despair to hear Garcia h.-id up that lady
to her as an example, whilst she felt that she under-
stood more, and was pursuing loftier aims than
would ever be attained by her fellow- student.
Garcia was wont to say, " If Jenny Lind bad
the voice of Nissen. or the latter Jenny's in-
tetligence, one of them would become the greatest singer
in Etirope." Although Jenny used to compose the
cadenza and fiorituri to the airs she was studying, and
Garcia so much approved of them as to copy them, he
could never believe that she would ever rise above me-
diosrity ; and she often observes that, next to herself,
nobody would be more astonished about her successes
than her old master, Garcia.. In the following year a
Swedish composer was sent to Paris, in order to summon
her home, she being painfully missed both by the public
and management at Stockholm. Through this gentleman
she became acquainted with the celebrated Mayerbeer,
and his well-practised eye soon recognised the pearl under
the modest and unpretending shell. His single doubt
was, whether the peculiar charm of the flute-like purity
of her delicate voice would sufficiently tell in a large
space. He Therefore arranged a rehearsal, with full
orchestra, in the salon of the Grand Opera, and Jenny
Lind sang the three great scenes from Robert le.
Diable, Norma, and the Freischuts, with such effect
that Meyerbeer made her at once offers for Berlin.
Her love of home, however, and the word she had
pledged drew her back to Stockholm. Received with
enthusiasm in her native town, the young girl gave proofs
of her successful studies during her absence; she proved
an excellent actress, a perfect mistress of delivery, and
the possession of an organ which seemed when most
exerted more pure and beautiful. As she had formerly
been the favourite at Stockholm, she was now its pride—
all participated in her triumphs. The subsequent spring
brought Meyerbeer's invitation to assist at the opening
of the Opera. It was with grief Jenny thought of again
leaving her native place, but she was urged to obey the
call of the great master. As deep as her loss was felt in
Stockhohn, it was nevertheless, generally acknowledged
that Jenny Lind had to obtain a European reputa-
tion. and that it would be cruel to interrupt her in her
glorious career. The invitation was accepted. In Au-
gust, 1844, she went to Dresden, where Meyerbeer was
then writing an opera, in order to arrive at a better
MEMOIRS OF JENNY LIND. understanding with the master, and to acquire the Ger- '
(From a work
,jie.t published by 011ivier, 58, Pall-mall.) man language. At the request of the management at
6 This most truly original artist was born in 1821, the
th of October, in Stockholm, where her parents kept a Stockholm she returned, however, after a month's ab-
seems to havesence, once more to Sweden, to assist at the coronation
scheol. There been nothing in the dail of the King. It being now decided at Stockholm that
love
occurrences of her infancy to give an impulse to that Jenny Lind was to pass the winter in Berlin, they began
of music which was developed in her at a wonder- to Uar her entire loss, and a number of the most wealthy
fully early age. When she was yet only three rears old bankers proposed to the young artiste to deposit annu-
song was her ruling passion--every melody that struck ally a certain sum for ten years, so that, at the expire-
her ear was retained with an accuracy which reused den of that time, she would be in possession of a con-
general admiration ; no work was done without accom- siderable fortune, if she would consent to bind herself.
parrying it with her clear voice ; and no pain, during not to leave Stockholm.
frequent illness, prevented her from finding consolation Jenny Lind was touched to the heart by this gener-
in song. Thus Jenny reached her ninth year precocious . ems proof of the deep interest of her countrymen ; but
in mind and feelings, but by no means in bodily strength she had given her word, which was sacred. The even-
or beauty, when it happened that Mrs. Lundberg, an ing of Jenny's leave-taking was one of universal sot--
actress, heard the child sing ; and, struck with her pure row ; the public wept more than they applauded ; it
voice sod correct enunciation, strove to open the eyes was as though a beloved child was departing. The
of her parents to the tresieure they possessed, and urged streets were crowded by thousands on the day of her
them to devote their child to the stage. Jenny's mother, departure.
feeling those prejudices against theatres common among She knew then scarcely twenty words of the German
the middle classes, was at first horrified by the idea; but ' language ; but after two months' application, all admired
Mrs. Lundberg ultimately conquered them, and the ! the correctness of her pronunciation ; such is her quick-
parsing at last consented to leave the decision of the news of comprehension and facility of retention.
matter to their child. The quiet and retiring girl at Jenny Lind remained four months in Berlin, during
once declared herself determined to devote herself to which erne the enthusiasm of the public was hourly in -
tstage. the ,
its e.
etilenYmwasr conveyed by Mrs. Lundberg to Croe- creasing. Threueh all the districts of Germany, and
in,an.
jaomoir
became' er,wellknown in Stockholm. The old far beyond its boundaries, her fame was extending, and
enthusiastic on the abilities of his soon the managers of London and Paris were
outbidding
pupil; ho introduced her to Count Pucke, the managernew each other towin the northern
of the Court Theatre, requested bins to hear' herandte, obliged to retain'
wedeeigst , she
engage-
take her under his protection, The Count, measuring meet. She appeared at Berlin byin 11
To
rnia previous
sous
na buki .
the gentle, pale little creature with astonished eyes, , Camp ekt"Sile,da. and Fills du Regiment. Tile night mot her
angrily asked Croelius, what he meant to do with such a leave-taking was distinguished by marks of approbation,-
child, for she surely had nothing to fit her for the stage. such as, perhaps, had never been shown to an artist on
Croelius, nothing daunted, insisted upon the Count at that stage. It was not that loud burst of tumultuous
least hearing her, adding, if he should not then deem applause so frequently offsret to musical talent • no, a
lit r worthy of his favour, that he (Croelius) himself . desp silence evieced the intense interest. Scarcely had
would undertake her education on his own account, I the curtain concealed tier nun the eyes of the excited
p
for thet he considered it a sin not to reach forth hie public, than one rush was made upon the stage, to bring
er forward amidst the most enthusiastic cheers.
hand to talent where it was so manifestly revealing : h
. Previously to her return to Stockholm, she visited
it e' '; and so the Coont consented at Itst to listen. Already .
, most of (be other principal togas of northern Germany,
bar - sc,. pse •:11:sd that heart-searching quality by
evert where the same laurels. In Hemburgh,
a hi-.- • e i, es •,esottault,hed estist exercises so irresis- gathering
. •. ' ' '
able ssp .1 i •it f' i ihe-ke was overcome ; for scarcely. i ..., . ~
urrie a constant triumph.
lure. Her entireto y , was
hal ee eeeed tee eiteet inter when he generously de- '
,uremer she was ea to the
following .
King
cleO that she should anticipate in all the advantages of I Durilig the
!festivals on the Rhine, which the of Prussia was
t: le Eseee, or musical school attached to the Theatre Royal,
Stockholm. rieortly after Jenny aepeered hi children's i preparing fer the Sovereign of Great Britain. On this
parts, and excited an entleasiasin similar to that with occasion she appeared in Frankfort and Cologne. The
wh;ee Le-of:tine Fey, in her early career, 'moved all Cduntess Rossi (Henrietta Sontag) pronounced her the
Paris. Vaudevilles were written for the clever little first sineer of her time. I
gr ; and by her quaint humour, and the lively origi From November, 1845, till the end of March, 1846,
eelity of her perfortnancee, she soon became a perfect she fuifilhd her engagement for five months at the
pr dent. In the following year old Croelius confided tits Theatre Repel of .Berlin. She then proceeded to Vienna,
pi utegie to a younger teacher, fiery Berg, a profound where she oride her debut as Norms, on the 22d of April,
musician, who conducted her instruction with an equal in the Theatre' An Der Wien, before thee pubile to whim
zeal, and to whom she is indebted for that solid musical in Germany belongs the final adjudication in matters
science which forms so sure a basis to her lofty dramatic musical. She appeared and conquered.
delineations.
Pursuing her studies unremittingly, borne on by the im-
petus of appetuse— ever welcome, from the shrinking mo-
desty nt her demeanor, to the most brilliant circle of so-
ciety, Jenny Lind attained her twelfth year, and here the
rosy morning dream of her life became suddenly obscured.
Jenny L nd nad grown out of her famed children parts, and
her youthful form was unfit for higher tasks; her
charming high notes had vanished ; her voice became
!4115,diess, and vainly did her worthy master essay to re-
awaken the silver tones of his favourite scholar. The
'lope of eosessen for e her the Grand Opera was banished.
Jenny had a
in dram...
alZ,ared but rarely in the parts of soubrettes
former impression was iwzi usual with precocious prodigies di.
The child, wtmse
gras soon obliterated-
fate with resignation. e zest delight was music, bore her
... ever, pursued with the :arnusical studies, were, how-
Weber's Agathe, in .. Der Frei assiduity as hitherto.
her lyrical ambition.te " Pour years h ' was
the
ideal
of
she had ventured on any new atttrand now elapsed since
pened, however, that in a concert, Pitein public. It hap-
act or Meyerboer's " -Robert le liiablew"
hick the fourth
formed, a singer for Alice, who has a
shortest o be per-
act, was wanting. None could be found for ‘:11t) in this
nifieant 501.,," and Herr Berg, remembering his
pupil, thought that so slight an attempt might bev -cor
tured upon. Jenny Lind received her solo with mingled
joy joy and sadness, and commenced her task with e
palpitating heart. But, as though by miracle,
- on the evening of performance the long.
missing voice re-appeared ; the surprised public re-
cognised at once the notes of their former favourite, and
the most tumultuous and frenetic applause followed. It
is impossible to describe the delight, not unmixed with
terror, of the young girl, when Herr Berg, overjoyed, in-
, ...1 hit:ll44 she must, without delay, sing thetcntire
Nr. art the. The goal was reached at last; in this
7.z;,:;.,er-Oti; aitteit Z2itttrls Lind made her debut in the theatre of
e es atieennereijnenfi , with this, her first step, the maiden of
:..• sixteen aqui*, s .laced herself for ever on the pinnacle
i ~. ', Ate wairheneef hto occupy without a rival.
se
.- .- , . t,h§ AO st , '.. : • period, never acted a tragic part, and
Sc -' ' .hatj.noviriect . i instructions for that purpose; at the
---
tr, fix .he appeared as though immoveable--the
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FINE ARTS
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TRAIT GALTERY

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and eminent personages,
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_nes:4es, arnoni.r
ale Cr s.,a,-fesmen, of +' A
rt*el, and Burke, and Melbourne.
;d Lansdowne, and Huskisson, and Aberdeen, and
finning, and Grey, and Durham. Among distin-
guisb7l-lawyers there are Brougham, and Lyndhurst,
and Eidon, and Tenterden. Among warriors there
are Nelson, and Collingwood, and Rodney, and Wel-
lington, and Anglesey. Among poets there are
Byron. and Allan Cunningham, and Hemans, and
Wordsworth, and Heber. Besides these, there are
thirty-five other individuals commemorated by the
skill of the engraver, and the accuracy of the
Nograrer. Many of the plates arc dimmed by fre-
quent printing, but many likewise are nearly as
brilliant as though they were proof impression. The
aeries will be a treasure for the book-shelres.

H.EATIP S ILLUSTRATED NEW TES TA -
JTIENT. Parts L, 11., 111., and IT'.
Among the many magnificent works introduced
“.,kier the direction of Mr. Charles Heath, .
one more
truly poetical, more majestic and fascinating its
character, more calculated to exercise an ennobling
influence over the imaginations and the hearts of the
people, has not yet appeared than this periodical pub-
lication of the Illustrated New Testament. The theme
itself is too sublime to be treated with the ordinary
bearing of criticism. And sublime as is the subject
it is treated with a correspondent reverence by the
pencil of the eminent artist employed upon the em-
bellishments. The various parables are illustrated
with a grace and delicacy beyond all praise, and the
various incidents preliminary to the Great Atonement
are indicated with an energy that sometimes rises into
awfulness.:—The walking upon the sea, the raising
the virgin to life, the praying apart in the
mountain, the close of the transfiguration, the
dies irce foretold in the twenty-fourth chapter of the
first evangelist, and the consummation of all things
by the appearance of the Redeemer surrounded by
the pomp of his angels. It is impossible to exag-
gerate the importance, or to eulogise too highly, the
beauty of this splendid

THE BARONIAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
ANTI ,IC7I lIAS OF SCOTLAND. Parts 1.

and IL

Another elaborate and elegant work is here com-
menced noon those majestic structures, baronial and
ecclesiastical, which adorn Scotland in such proius:oo,
and tend so much to the visible perpetuation of many
of the proudest historical recollections of Caledonia.
Old mortality would have paused to look lovingly
upon the book, though the chisel and mallet had been
in
scription,
on his hands, and he had just detected an
on one of his favourite tombstones, more than usually
obliterated. The antiquary himself would have
gazed upon the pages with interest, though the
depreciating comments of Edie Ochiltree had
been ringing in his ears the while. Mr.
Robert William Billings is without question an
adzlst as an architectural draughtsman, and it is to
Mr. Billings, aided by Mr. William
.Burn, that the
illustrations of the periodical are consigned. Glasgow
Cathedral, the south- west exterior, the choir screen,
and the crypt and the choir (looking east), are the
embeilishm-nts in the first number. St. Anthony's
Chapel and Holyrood House, Holyrood Chapel anti
Palzce, the west front of the Chapel Royal of Holy-
rood, and the eastward interior of the same match-
less edifice, are rho ernbellishments ti the second
number. The werk. is roduced in a style of singular
richness.

THE H EROIA ES OF SHAKSPE RE
Part XIII.
Kenny neadows gives us one of the sweetest and
most fanciful physiognomies imaginable as the coun-
tenance of the !airy-queen " Titania ;" crowned with
a jewelled bauble, adorned with the plumage of a
peacock, her features appearing through a maze of corn
and blue-1)41s. To those who love to be, even in im-
agination, like Ebenezer Elliot :
" -- far from the sen-nal throng,
Wk.) scorn the windfbwer% blush, the blackbird'a
lonely song."
Tnis little engraving will be a dainty (Aka of con-
templation. " Mariana," again, the Mariana of
iliearure lilea.vure, is depicted with singular grace.
Looking at the expression imparted to her counte-
nance one can unriddle that chiming sentence of
her's—

" I cry you mercy, Sir; and well could wish
You had not found me here so musical :
Let me excuse rae, and believe me so,—
My mirth it much dispittas'd, but pleased my woe."
There is literally that saddened merriment in her
eyes which the poet would infallibly have indicated,
had he been a painter. The portrait of " Queen
Katherine," we are anything but satisfied with : ht,r
face has not that passionless purity about it which is
inseparable from the notion of that discarded matron.
These portraitures continue, however, to display the
fruii fulness of the imaginations of the artists engaged
upon their delineation.

GRAND CELTIC BALL.—We are glad to learn that
upwards of 400!. has been realised from this charitable effort,
and that Lord John Russell has kindly undertaken its distri-
bution amongst the most necessitous in the Highlands and
islands of Scotland, to whom it has accordingly been trans-
mitted by Captain Lamont, R.N., honorary treasurer.
Mr. Sullivan is appointed by her Majesty, Consul
at Ningpo, in China.—Observer.. •

MURDER OF THREE CHILDREN BY THEIR
I MoTHEft.—On Saturday, intelligence reached town of a
dreadful murder having been committed in the parish of
Llatibydder, in the county of Carmarthen. It appears
that a woman of the name of Mary Hughes resided at
the house of her sister-in-law, who keeps the Carriers'
Arw publi-hous,.., about three miles from the village
Wednesday last the landlady left the
thef i3ll
LhousbeYdadebor. On
about 12 o'clock at noon to go to the village,
leaving Mary Hughes, who had three children living
with her, via , two girls and a boy, of the respective ages
of five years and a half, two years, and twelve months,
at home with them. She did not return until seven
o'clock in the evening, ,when she i;nind the outer door
locked, and the key placed under the door. On entering
the house sh& found no one about, and cn going up the
children bein
stairs to see where her sister-ter-in law and the children were,
she observed the legs "of one of the children in a position
readfui sight
LI if the bodyd was 'suspended, and upon going up into
ran to a net 's -
the rocaz -ir
linesatmanstliyu retiatfrn:wenittih.'riby presented itself, the time
their necks to one of the
She rushed out of the house, and our's about a hundred yards off, who
down, but life was her and cut tahloenepoocorueldhilhclsr.evne
'woad had been for some'
imicelld no-where be found,
slbelerfotirtoto
her, and it is sup-.
Se her husband,
ctiommernit'tielidethwerderteehardruitieinae°eztehatierne,t
although strict search was rn
posed that she has gone to
who had left her a fbw day
iron factories in that vicinity or at I.rairnt.work in the
committed suicide. No Cause can be • Ygl°, or has
assigned For the '
murder,
_as destitution could not have canied.-her to ,
do
it, for although her husband had gone to 100 k ottiti:
work, the family had received every assistance from the 1
sister-in-law, and she had Also parochial assistance to
u aort the Children.
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MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FRIDAY EVENING.

TIMES.—A fu ther Russian annom:
cement has to-day
caused excitement in the City, and a rise
of 1 per cent. in
the funds. According to an ukase, a trans ration of whick,
will be found in another column, 30,000,000 of a
liver rouble
out of 114,000.000 which have accumulated as the basis q,f
the Russian paper ci -cu!ation, are allotted for " the gradual
purchase of public securities, Ru-siau and foreign." Of this
snouut, which may be roughly stated at 4,750,000/. sterling,
about 2,000,000/. has already been employed in the recent ar-
rangement with the Bank of France; about 750,0004 is sup-
posed to be destined for the Dutch and other continental
markets, where, indeed, it has probably already been in-
vested ; and, as it is not supposed that anything beyond the
accumuating interest will be appropriated to the purchase of
Russian stock, the remaining 2,000,000 i., it is assumed, will be
laid out in the English funds. Anticipations of some develop-
ment of this kind have been entertained, more or less, ever since
tne affair with the Bank of France, and hence while it has for
some time produced the advantage of lessening the amount of
gambling, by deterring men from mere speculative sales, it
has now beau followed only by a moderate rise of prices.
Doubts are also entertained whether the arrangements fur
such purchases as may have been determined upon have not
already been concluded, since it seems highly improbable
that the notice would be allowed to produce its effect di-
r-ctly in the face of the intended operation. The bearings
of the measure we,have already pointed out, in alluding to
that portion of it which has already been completed in
France. That it will afford present relief cannot be ques-
tioned; but it must be remembered that the terms upon
which this relief is obtained (supposing a purchase of English
stock to the value of 2,000,0001.) consist of an.annual pay-
ment to Russia of about 70,000/., with the certainty that, if
ever this payment be extinguised, it will only be by baying
the stock back at a greatly advanced price, or by paying it of
at the rate of 100/. for every 88/. now received. Severna
as this is, however, it might be looked upon without dismay
if it were accompanied by the certainty, or even by the pro-
bability, that henceforth the proceedings by which it has
been necessitated will be arrested, and that, having paid this
forfeit for our past improvidence, we shall now pursue a wiser
course. Unfortunately, however, this is not the case, since
there are no signs but that it will at once give a new impetus
to the reckless expenditure out of which it has had its origin.
Consols opened this morning at 864 tot for money and 86i
to 4 for the account, and upon the Russian ukase becoming
known a sudden demand for all descriptions of stock took
place, causing an advance of more than 1 per cent., the
quotations reaching 874 for money and 87i for time.
Throughout the day a severe pressure for money was main-
tained (6 per cent. being currently paid on Government
securities). and this produced a reaction, during which
Consols were quoted 874 for money. Before the close of
business, however, purchases once more gave firmness to the
market, and the last prices were 87i to 4 for money, and 874
for the account.

BANK RETURNS.

POST.—The English securities have to-day been done at
materially better prices. We mentioned several days ago
that the metallic resources of the Bank of England were
, likely to be recruited by the receipt of a supply ot gold from
Russia, a country which has of late years been greatly ad-
vancing in its mining operations, and which has that metal,
therefore, in considerable abundance. It transpired this
morning that intelligence had been received from St. Peters-
' burgh announcing that the Emperor Nicholas had, by a
ukase, dated the 12th instant, determined to invest in the
Russian and foreign funds 30,000,000 of silver roubles it
specie, a sum equal to about 4,600,000/. sterling. Consols,
which had opened at 86% for account, advanced, upor
:be strength of this information, to 87%, the announce-
ment in question being coupled with the intima-
tion that it was expected the greater portion o
the sum named would be invested in the Englisk
funds, and that the investment was intended to be one
of a permanent nature. On inquiry, we find that in this
arrangement the operation lately effected with the Bank ey
France is supposed to have been included, and that some
large purchases on Russian account have been made of con-
tinental securitius, so that the amount of stock that may be
secured in the funds of this country will perhaps be much
less than has been anticipated. We consider, indeed, that
the object of the ukase has already been pretty fully accom-
plished. The supposition that such must have have been the;
case is strengthened by the knowledge that Messrs. Baring
and C,.. have of late been drawing largely on the norther',
cities, and it is taken for granted that it is through the me.
lium of that eminent house the portion of the business.
whatever it may be, appertaining to this country, has been or
will be conducted. It has been said for some time past
that, since the failure of the house of Harman and Co., the
former agents of the Russian Government, an account had
been opened with the Bank of England. and what business is
now done on Russian account is, no doubt, to a certain ex.
tent, with a view to the convenience of the institution.
A deputation of gentlemen from Liverpool and Manchester
:ad yesterday, as we learn, an interview with Lord Join,
Russell, on the subject of the excessive scarcity of money.
It is understood as the result, that Government, through the
/lark of England, undertake to do all they can for the relict
of the manufacturing and trading interests generally duri4
:be prevailing pressure, and that the deputation returnee
:44 night more satisfied. The exchanges on the continent&
:ides ~eie much better to-day. The next accounts fruit
the United States are expected to advise a sensible advance
in the rate at New York on England. It will, in the opinio:,
of the merchants, probably be from 5 to 6 per cent. premium.
Orders may also be reasonably looked for, because, includint•
what has been carried out by the numerous emigrants pro-
ceeding to America, the remittances to that country cannot
:nave been to the extent of less than nine millions sterling.
An advance in the prices of European goods must be the
natural consequence, and there can, it is argued, be little
question that there must be a corresponding demand for Eng-
:ish goods. Much is calculated upon in this respect.
There was to-day a meeting of commercial men of the
Hall of Commerce, the object ot which was understood to be
an appeal to Parliament, calling for a mitigation of the pro-
visions of the present banking law. The point that wilt
be chiefly contended for is propably an extension of the limi-
tation ot the Bank of England to an issue of notes from tin
amount of 14,000,000/. to something like 18,000,0001., a sum
held to be more compatible with the large commercial in-
terests at stake. The meeting was attended by Messrs. Bar-
clay Brothers and Co., Messrs. Durant and Co., Messrs.
Gregson and Co., Sir George Larpent, Bart., Messrs. Lyali
Brothers and Co., Messrs. Palmer, Mackillop, and Co.,
Messrs. Sanderson, Fry, and Co., and others, some of whom
were for proceeding at once with a memorial to Parliament,
complaining of the oppressive nature of the new law of Sir
Robert Peel, as exemplified by the extravagant rate of dis-
counts now demanded by the bankers, but Messrs. Palmer
and Co., Messrs. Sanderson, Fry, and Co., and several more
were disposed to await the result of the resumed discussion
expected to come on this evening in the House of Commons,
as having a strong bearing on the matter.
We hear that there is no extraordinary pressure for money
among such of our merchants as are engaged in purely
legitimate commercial pursuits, and this is certainly a satis-
factory feature. It is the belief of some of the most intelli-
gent men we meet with that the scarcity of discount arise,
more from the constant calls making by railway companies
than from the partial withdrawal of bullion from the bank of
England; for although large amounts will be sent to the
United States by the next two or three steamer% there wilt
still be a large residue remaining to serve for domestic pur-
poses, until the time shall come when our importations will b..
paid for by the exportation of manufactured and other goods.

(From the London Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth
lictoria, !sp. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank
Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and
Wales, in Circulation dining the Week ending Satur-
day, the 17th day of April, 1847: Average
PRIVATE BANKS. Amount.
Abingdon Bank, Abingdon—knapp and Co 24418
Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co..
Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,235
Aylshain Bank, Aylsham—R. and E. Copeman 5,548
Aylesbury Old Bank, kylesbury—Bickford
and Hunt 43,822
Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade
Bank, ilaldock—Wells. Hogg, and Lindsell 36,986
Barnitapie Bank, Barnstaple—Drake and Co. 15,946
Basingstoke and Odihasr. Bank, Basingstoke--
Cube. Seymour, ant ........
Bedfoid Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard
Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford—
T,
Baker, and
eTwrdaipeyp ,
BHaanlkfl:eßade
w, adinedyC_oisT.
Crane
15,639
3icester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank. Bicester—Tubb, Wootten, and Co 26,983
3irmnigham Bank, Birmingham—Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co
23,750
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming-
ham --Lewis, Moilliett, and Co 18.221
Blandfnrd Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak
Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 77,127
Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co 14,107
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—E. &J. Sealey 9,710
Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Hanford, and Co. 39,135
droseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 25,065
Bucking ham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett,
Parrott, and Co.
luny and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market
Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co.
[iantury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney.
:latibury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb...
dati_ City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son .
•
3edeordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard—Bassett and Grant
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and
Lloyds
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H
and A. Harris
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co
Bridport Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West,
• and Borrer
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington—
Harding, Smith, and Co
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—
J. Worlledge and Co.
drotnsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms-
grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufforo?„ Biggs,
and Co.
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and
Sons
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge—Messrs. Forsters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and
Co.
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and
Sons
Chcrtsey Bank, Chcrtsey—Messrs. La Coste
Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green,
and Co.
Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex
Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester
—Mills, Bawtree, and Co
Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co
Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood-
cock
ity Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co
Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co.
'Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh,
and Co
Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co
(!hepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon-
mouth Old Bank, Monmc uth Bank, Brecon
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co.
i)erby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans
Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co.
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devize3—Hughes,
Locke, and Co
Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co
Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew,
and Co.
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster—
Cook.and Co.
Dover Union Bank, Dover—Latbani, and Co
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-
on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, and
Co

8,459

28,824

80,045
42,980
53,175
4,402

36,564

38,88

11,930
63,461
24,230

32,02

12,610

5,364

15,255

22,516

49,37

33,843

21,627
2,771

22,556

45,695
48,064

10,785
21,159

2,790
6,744

8,671
12,357
39,595

26,544

18,620
10,073

)evonport Bank, I)evonport—Hodge and Nor-

man

13,063

64,455

83,772

10,434