The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-15 00:00:00

VENINO, OCTOBER, 163 11441.

We are now told that, seeing the inutility of
longer residence in Madrid, or in Spain, and having
obtained all he wished, he intends retiring altogether
from the society of civilized men. It is said he in-
tends, after having arranged his affairs—which must
after late events be considerably increased in im-
portance—proceeding to Cuba, very likely as Captain-
Genei-al. General Serrano understands his own
vocation better than any one. Cuba is a land of
slaves, and there also men are bought and sold, as
they are in countries nearer home. Serrano has
begun to suspect that the mighty and mysterious
influence attributed to him by the Faro and Heraldo
is already failing him. He knew it the night he
accompanied Narvaez and Ros de Olano and the
Duke of Glucksberg, when he put the seal to his
reputation. He sees that Spain, fallen as she is, is
no longer the land for him ; and the peculiar traffic
so much to the taste of Captains-General of Cuba,
will not come to him unprepared. The difference of
colour is nothing ; they are still men by whom profit
can he made.
Previously to setting out for his new congenial
place of residence, Serrano, we are assured, com-
pleted his measures of bounty to his new friends,
and has given his consent to the recal of Maria
Christina. The Duchess of Rianzares, then, with no
doubt the whole brood of Munozes, young and old,
returns to Madrid, and will put the finishing stroke
to the work so well begun. It is not certain whether
General Serrano waits her arrival.
We are told that when the plan for which so
many acts of shame and dishonour were done is all
but ripe for execution, matters will be arranged so
that a division of the French army will enter Cata-
lonia—the merest pretext—such as the increasing
boldness of the Carlists—being sufficient ; and that a
division, of equal amount, of Spanish troops will be
recalled from the Principality to Madrid. For what
purpose the French will enter Catalonia, and the
Spaniards be recalled to Castile, it is scarcely neces-
sary to say:
The time for both events to take place will be, in
all likelihood, during some period of the approaching
session of the Chambers.
The paper charged with the defence of the late
Cabinet, and, in particular, of M. Salamanca, has
ceased to appear. El Correo no longer exists. For
an injured man, a martyr to good faith, like Sala-
manca, his silence is most exemplary and most edi-
fying. Can it be true that there are, at the lowest
computation, 150,000 reasons for that silence ?
" Once this act obtained," says the Eco del Co.
mercio, "for we will not say abdication,' as we have
a high idea of the energy of the Queen, andwe en-
tertain the intimate conviction that she will never

MADRID, OCT. B.—The work of undoing all that
h3d been done by Salamanca is gradually going on.
The present Government are taking a review of all
his acts, and are going back, with due regularity, to
the period of the amnesty, which, in all probability,
will meet with the fate of its companions. The Ga-
zette of this day has the following :
" Finance Office.
"EXPOSITION TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
" Senora,—The alienation of the property called
propios, now administered by the Ayuntamientos,
promulgated by royal decree of the 25th of Sep-
tember last, is a measure of such transcendent im-
portance as, in the opinion of the undersigned Mi-
nister, to require for its execution the concurrence
of the legislative chambers, to which it was sub-
mitted at the period of their suspension.
" They are now convoked for the 15th of Novem-
ber next, and until they decide on what is best to be
done he believes it,indispensable to suspend the effects
of the royal decree alluded to, and for which purpose
he has the honour of submitting to the royal appro-
bation of your Majesty the subjoined project of de-
cree.—Madrid, Oct. Gth, 1847.
•." Senora,—At the royal feet of your Majesty,
" FRANCISCO ORLANDO."
" ROYAL DECREE.
" In consideration of the reasons manifested to me
by the Minister of Finance, I hereby resolve that the
execution of my royal decree of the 25th of Septem-
ber last, on the alienation of the property called pro-
pios, be suspended until the Cortes shall have taken
into consideration this serious subject.
" Given at the Palace this 6th of October, 1847.
" (Signed by the royal hand.)
" (Countersigned)
" FRANCISCO ORLANDO,
" Minister of Finance."
EXPOSITION TO TIER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
" Senora,—The undersigned Minister, convinced
that the sale of the property belonging to charitable
institutions is a measure, from its importance, re-
quiring the concurrence of the Cortes to carry it
into execution, and thereby prevent the inconve-
nience likely to result, has the honour to propose to
the royal approbation of your Majesty the subjoined
project of decree :

" ROYAL DECREE.
" Taking into consideration the reasons manifested
to me by my Minister of Finance, I hereby direct
that, until the Cortes shall have assembled and re-
solved on what is necessary to be done respecting the
alienation of property belonging to charitable institu-
tions, the :execution of my royal decree of the 26th
of September last, relative to the said property, be
suspended.
Given at the Palace this 6th October, 1847.
(Countersigned) "FRANCISCO ORLANDO, &c."
" EXPOSITION TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
" Senora,—Any alteration in the monetary system
of a country is of such importance to the general in-
terest, that its adoption should alone be the result of
the most mature examination. In proof of this truth
are alleged the opinions which at different periods
have been emitted, as well as the various projects '
submitted to the deliberation of the Cortes. Without
their concurrence the undersigned Minister thinks
any innovation in the present system is highly dan-
gerous ; but he does not, at the same time, refuse to
recognise the necessity of doing all that is required
for the benefit of the State. With the due respect for
such a principle, he considers it convenient to suspend
for the present the execution of the provisions of the
royal decree of the 31st of May last, and has the
honour to submit to your royal approbation the sub-
joined project of decree.
" ROYAL DECREE.

affix her signature, provided they do not use violence
with her hand, to a document which would involve
all Spain in a series of countless misfortunes—once
this Act obtained by France, the French party given
over to the French Government, all either bought
over, or domineered over, the nation exhausted, the
army gained—all being prepared beforehand, so soon
as it is known that force was employed with the con-
stitutional Queen of Spain, in vain would Spain rise
in favour of their Queen, in vain would gentlemen
rush to the defence of a lady vilely and traitorously
sold. The French power enthroned, and, as it were,
surrounded by another 100,000 children of St. Louis,
would erect scaffolds and crowd them with the most

loyal sons of Spain. The treason would succeed a

once. That which would follow afterwards, the evils
which this country would have to suffer consequent
on usurpation, seeing the actual state of Europe, and
the opposing interests of powerful nations, God alone
knows. We have revealed all that is projected, all
that is being realised ; we have performed a sacred
duty—and that is to declare the truth. We have
neither declaimed nor exaggerated. If what we fear
come to pass, the fault is not ours, because we could
do no more than describe, and we have described it.
He who can prevent the evil, let him prevent it ; if
not, his be the responsibility—his be the fault."
The Countess of Montejo has been named to the
post in the Palace formerly held by the Marchioness
of Santa Cruz. Her son-in-law, the Duke of Alba,
is a member of the Mon faction. He is a deputy,
but his talents for legislation, like a true Grandee,
are confined to hearing and—voting when bidden.
The policeman Chico has resumed his former func-
tions in the service of his friend Narvaez.

"Agreeing in the opinion expressed by my Minister
of Finance, I hereby direct the suspension of the
execution of our royal decree of the 31st of May
last, relative to the monetary system, until the Cortes
shall have met and decided on the proper course to
follow.
" Given at the Palace, this 6th of Oct., 1847.
(Countersigned)
" FRANCISCO ORLANDO,
"Minister of Finance."
Another decree, countersigned by Arrazola, Mi-
nister of Grace and Justice, directs Senor Garcia
Goyena to resume his functions as Judge of the Su-
preme Tribunal, which he exercised previous to his
nomination as President of the Council and Minister
of Grace and Justice in the Salamanca Cabinet. The
same person is also to resume his place as Vice-Pre—
sident of the commission for the reform of the crimi-
nal law.

The ex-lampooner of the mother of the Queen,
the well-known Gonzales Bravo, has blessed Madrid
with his presence, after a sojourn of some length in
Paris.

At three o'clock p.m. on the 10th will be held the
levee in honour of the Queen's birthday, who will
have completed her 17th year. A grand ball will
be given the same night by her Majesty.
Three per Cents were quoted at 26i for cash.
Five per Cents at 17, paper. Passives, 51. No
operations quoted.
Exchange on London, 48d. 80c. M.
—Times.

Th• dispatches from the General, second in com-
mand in Catalonia, dated the 3d, state that a combat
took place between the faction of Castell and the
Queen's troops under Colonel Roure. The loss on
the part of the Carlists consists of eight men killed
and twelve wounded—the latter they succeeded in
removing from the field. A small quantity of arms
and ammunition was also captured, but no prisoners.
As usual, the loss on the part of the troops was
only one man wounded !

The same authority adds, that the combined fac-
tion of Castell, Vilella, and other chiefs, failed in
their attempt to enter into Berga, at least in the part
commanded by the fort. They merely succeeded in
taking some houses at the entrance of the town,
which they plundered, but with the loss of one killed
and several wounded_among the latter one of the
chiefs.

The opinion is entertained by certain parties here,
that if the Government of Narvaez have not yet com-
menced the outrages which always characterised the
man who figures at its head, the forbearance is less
owing to any partiality towards a just and legitimate
line of conduct than to the difficulties which exist in
the Cabinet itself, and which it would be dangerous
to augment. Perhaps this view of the case is not
entirely a mistaken one ; but those who look deeper
into affairs believe that a system of tolerance, and
even of forbearance, forms part ofi the role which has
been distributed to the actors by the great manager
in the Tuileries. Louis Philippe i 3, very naturally,
unwilling to compromise the great object he has in
view by any premature atrocities on the part of those
acting under his orders, and which might excite the
people to a pitch which would endanger the mighty
interests that are at stake. The despotic character of
the Duke of Valencia it is scarcely necessary to
allude to. Left to his own instincts, it is well
known what the hero of La Mancha is capable of;
and there is no doubt that his slightest nod would
beinstantly obeyed by the lesser dependents who,
for the nonce, play the character of his colleagues.
Narvaez is naturally imperious and overbearing—but
Narvaez has himself a master to whose interests he
is
bound, just as much as Orlando and Co. are bound
to him. Notwithstanding, then, the fears of a san-
guinary re. action, there would be nothing surprising
in the fact that a course of policy rather mild than
otherwise—that is, mild for Spain—will be followed.
None but Moderados will of course be employed in
the civil and military departments; but unless some
unforeseen occurrence takes place, perhaps there may
be no very active persecution of the Liberals, at least
such as characterised the sad and memorable days of
Narvaez s first entry into power. Such, at least
according to the opinion of men who look beyond the
of the
surface, is the purport instructions Narvaez
received from his superiors befori setting out from
Paris ; and the general conduct of the man, up to the
present, would seem to justify that opinion. If the
act of plunder meditated on the Crown of Spain be
successful,its value will not bethelless because it has
i been done n silence.

One would suppose that the earth had opened and
swallowed General Serrano.
avoids—
as he ought if all recorded of That person
him be true, even in a
small degree—the light f
and the contact of
those whom he is accused of betraying. There is
some rumour, I know not how well or, ill founded,
that that now welt-known person intends publishing
a sort of defence of the conduct to to him.
What will be the character of tbatt
ablefence it is not
difficult to say. Serrano will probably allege that he
saw himself surrounded with dangers
‘, and_ no longer
able to resist temptation. He
hope to
declare that it
still.
ettehe
was useless for him to
conciliate
object
o f
the Progressistas ; that he was r
their suspicion, of their hatred, 0f•
justiceth ir fears ; and
while admitting the impartial
of mankind
in the penalty inflicted on treachery, he will
perhaps say that no one could expect that he
should sacrifice himself, even in
- - recover
amongst men of honour. He will,
a place
defence be put forward by him in in case such
a tan
point to the neglect or contempt manifested e shapei
him by the most faithful follower ofhis
fo towards
rmef be-
nefactor, of him whom he betrayed •
m 1843 He
e
will, perhaps, complain that Colonel Gurr*his
at Madrid, did not visit high---did not on
ot make
himself the hearer of some words of kindness, of
friendship, on the part of Espartero ; and that his
failing to do so was the crowning proof of the hostile
feeling still cherished against him by the Liberals.
Yet who or what is Serrano to set up a claim to be
excepted from the ordinary rules of Spanish society,
and from which the Sovereign, the Government, or
the highest authorities, are only exempt? Is Ge-
neral Serrano the Sovereign of the country ? Is he
the Government? Does he hold a high official cha-
racter ? Is he, in reality, possessed of that vast
power for good or for evil which the Faro and the
Heraldo so long assigned to him under the name of
the " Influence," and which theyit so long held up to the
reprobation of the public ? Is , indeed, true that
the fortunes of the country have been again sold ?
and is the conduct imputed to him on all hands—in
public and in private, and never yet denied by the
organs of the French party— false, so mercenary,
so unfeeling ? Stories are told of scenes between
that man, and a person who must at this moment be
nameless, which, for a space at least, have to be left
untold; but which, if true, crown fitly the'career he
has hitherto run. Those scenes, heartrending as they
are described to be, have decided the fate of the
country for the present.

LTI`ERATURE. • RICE WITFi WIIRATEn 107.0ri ?o ;HAMS MA*
A DIALOGUE OF COMFORT AGAINST : Rice contains a great deal of. nutriment in a s!atal
TRIBULATION. By Sir Thomas More. crunpas.., and does not pass so quickly off the stomach
Gladly do we perceive a love for the natural and as some other substitutes for wheat flour do. It is S
healthful writings of our English classics growing up • good ingredient in broad. Boil a quarter of a pound
amongst us, and supplanting those spurious composi- of Hae till it it, quite soft ; tl*o put it on the tack
tions which have during the last half-century encum- part of a sie=ve .a drain it; and when ;t is cold, mis it
bered our bookshelves. The volume before us—being with three-quarters of a pound c.ic flour, two t.,ble
the third in a series entitled "The English Catholic spoonfuls of yeast, and one of salt; let it stand three
Library"—is a noble example of the wisdom and , hours to ferment, knead it thoroughly and roll it in
poetry in homely guise which has lain concealed about a handfill of flour, so as to make the outside dry
during successive, generations in manuscripts or in enough to put it into the' oven; after baking an hour
obsolete and garbled editions. What promise is there , and a quarter it will form a loaf of good white bread,
not in the very title-page—A Dialogue of Con fort weighing more than two pounds.
ce r
i
against Tribulation, made by the right virtuous wise Cost—Quarter pound brokenid.
and learned man, Sir Thomas More, some time Lord Two-thirds of a pound best flour, 1
Chancellor q fEtgland, which he wrote in the Totter of Firing, salt, and yeast •• *
London, A.D. 1534! How pregnant are those simple
words of the romance of history ! How they revive
the iiaeollection of one of of the most dastardly crimes
perpetrated by the meat ruthless despot who ever
disgraced the throne of these fair lands ! How they nonr_ ithou'
bring to remembrance one of the noblest men that
ever trod the-ground of England—one of the wisest
hearts that. ever throbbed under the ermine of the
Chancellor—one of the purest souls that ever fled from
this earth from the planks of a scaffold! Although
the editor of this new edition acknowledges in
his "Introductory Remarks" that the orthography
has been adapted to our own day, we are
rejoiced to find that the manner of the original has
been in no particular tampered with : it smacks still
of the sweet English dialect as spoken by Sir Thomas
More in his house at Chelsea ; it is racy of the spirit
of that England which he loved as his heart's blood;
it; breathes as pleasantly on our ears as the dulcet
tones of that right virtuous, wise, and learned man
must have done to his daughter Margaret, or his son-
in-law Roper. The thought, too, that this famous
dialogue was written during the period of his incar-
ceration in the Tower of London, that it was the last
gentle utterance of his intellect, that its production
may have caused him for a while to forget his own
personal misfortunes, and to rise for a moment in the
abstraction of philosophy above the common ills of
humanity—the knowledge, moreover, that it was in-
scribed with a coal (" his enemies having enhanced
the pains of incarceration by depriving him of all
ordinary writing materials"), and that it has been
preserved to us through a succession of disasters—
both the disasters of his own family and those of the
kingdom at large—serve to enhance the value, if
that be possible, which is at once avowed by us for
any work by the inimitable author of the immortal
Utopia. We turn over the leaves of the "Dialogue
of Comfort against Tribulation" as we would handle
the cup of the Goddess of Health—tenderly and
lovingly ; for it imparts to all who read it aright a
health better than that of the body—the health of a
Christian resignation under all afflictions, and of
calm, lowly, and philosophic submission to the de-
crees of an adverse destiny. How beautiful is the
simplicity of the diction, especially in the induction
of any homely truth ! as thus—" Sith a man is made
of the body and the soul, all the harm that any man
may take, it must needs be in one of these two." To
us, the " Complete Angler" of Izaak Walton has
always breathed of the blooms of the wild honey-
suckle on the hedgerows, and of fresh mould when
moistened by the pleasant lowers of spring. In the
same style of metaphor we should say that the
"Dialogue" of Sir Thomas More breathes of
the perfumes of spikenard, and ambergris,
and such precious gums and spices. In
it he embalms the flies of household
thought as in amber, but it is, as it were,
that amber which when touched gives forth
fragrance. Some notion may be formed of the diffi-
culties under which this celebrated work was pro-
duced from the note to the original title-page, pro-
fessing it to be " A Dialogue of Comfort against
Tribulation, made by an Hungarian in Latin, and
translated out of Latin into French, and out of French
into English." Under that elaborate mask did the
writer strive to address his countrymen upon matters
touching their religious condition, when to do so
openly would have been impossible. Above all, it
must be remembered, while viewing Sir Thomas
More as an author, that he is the most illustrious
martyr to truth who ever fell under the axe of the
executioner.

'Foul, 2d.; or It). per pound.
This small prDpnrtion of rice gives the extra wehtht.
Broken rice is preterribl,-; one pounti of vvhe;,.ten
flour !Oat. one pc; aid
two ounces

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LARGE AND SMALL FARMS ; and their In-
fluence on the Social Economy. By H. Passy.
Among the many distinguished political economists
of France, not one has evinced a greater readiness to
grapple a difficult question and to examine its bearings
to those very fundamental doctrines upon which it is,
as it were, an excrescence, than M. Passy. Cer-
tainly none amongst his countrymen have betrayed
so little inclination to gloze over any flaw in the con-
stitution, because its removal involved the necessity
of research and argumentation. As a Peer of France,
as a member of the National Institute, as Minister of
Commerce and of Finance, and in other less exalted
capacities, M. H. Pussy has laboured assiduously for
many years past to explain away the difficulties which
obscured some of the most important problems of a
politico-economic character, and, in doing so, ho has
brought to bear upon them the energies of a mind of
no common astuteness. When the Villele Ministry
of 1826 strove to re-establish the obsolete laws of
entail and primogeniture, it was M. Passy who gave
that project the master-blow in his treatise, entitled
" Aristocracy Considered in its Relations with the
Progress of Civilization." In that treatise he declared his
intention to consider in a similar manner a question
of almost equal interest, namely, the influence of
large or small farms on the social economy. Long as
his intention was delayed, it was ulEimately realised
in the production of the present work, which, in the
form of a memoir, was read before the French Aca-
demy of Moral and Political Sciences on the 24th of
August, 1844, and was subsequently published, with
a supplement, in the Journal des Economistes. From
that publication the present translation has been made
—a translation as faithful in spirit as it is elegant and
literal in expression. We are glad that an English
version 'such as the present has been issued, seeing
that it will enable many more of our fellow-country-
men to become acquainted with a volume which
assumes to itself a high position as a direct reply to
the arguments of M'Culloch and Arthur Young.
The notes given at the conclusion of the treatise, and
especially those collected by the translator, are most
interesting.

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four pou;

four Lble

spoonfuls of yeast, and salt as usual; kne.Jl it par..
titularly well, and set to rise before the fire ; some of
the flour should be reserved to make up the loaves;
thus nine pounds of very good bread will be produced.
If the rice should require more water, it must be
added, as some rice swells more than others ; give it
plenty of time to simmer. .

(TO BE CONTINUED)

SIGNOR BRIZZI'S SOIREE
MUSICALE.
The Soiree Musicale d'Amateurs, all of whom are
pupils of Signor Brizzi, was given on Thursday i wit,
at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth, before a gay am'
fashionable assemblage of the rank and beauty of the.
neighbourhood. The large and noble ball-room, at.
the Royal Hotel, was beautifully lit, and presented
as gay and animated a scene as we ever witnessed,
either there or elsewhere. The room was well
filled, but not inconveniently so, and the party was
given by Signor Brizzi, who has been for some time
past residing here.
The concert commenced shortly after eight o'cicek,
Mr. F. Williams accompanied the singers on a splendid
piano by Erard, from Mr. P. E. Rowe 's establishm ant,
in a style and with a brilliancy of execution that called
forth the approbation of all who beard him. His per-
formances of one of Thalberg's fantasies, and au
andante by Mendelssohn were greatly admired.
The choruses were sung with much sweetness,
and with an effect which was extremely beautiful,
Miss Gammell and Miss Rowe took the solos in
the choruses of La Carita, and acquitted them-,
selves admirably; as did also Miss Blackwood
and Miss Seale in the solos in L'Asia in Faville,
Miss Calmady, who has been for several years a pupil
of Signor Brizzi, showed by her style that she had
attained to a much greater proficiency in the art than
those who have been only for a short time under
Signor Brizzi's instruction. Miss Calmady's voice
is a soprano of great sweetness, and she was much
admired in the difficult romance of Meyerheer's
Robert toi que j'ainze. She was accompanied in this
piece by her talented Maestro, who most ably sus-
tained his high reputation, and their efforts called
down a burst of applause from an admiring audience.
Mrs. Charles Knapp's beautiful voice added a great
deal to the effect 01 the national anthem, in which she
sang the laseverse, and also to the pretty Cavatina of
Mozart, from Figaro. The Misses Bulteel really
showed what art will do in the training of young
persons, for they sang with singular taste and with
iiaultless execution, a pretty but intricate composi-.
tion of Gabussi's, besides several other pieces. Their
youth and promising talent made them objects ofvary -
great interest.

RICE, as a CHEAP and WHOLESOME FOOD
for ALL CLASSES, and Especially as a SUB-
STITUTE FOR POTATOES. By a Family
Man. London : Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper.
EXTRACT No. 11.
RICE TO BREAKFAST.
With cold meat, chop, ham, bacon, or fish, &c.
For each individual allow one small dessert spoon-
ful of rice washed in cold water; boil in a second
water, cold, at first, full fifteen minutes ; strain it, and
serve it in a covered dish.
This will be found to be a treat, and at the cost of
less than a penny for a dozen people.
Extract from an account of the Benefit of the Use of
Rice. By the Matron of the Foundling Hospital,
London.
" During the scarcity of wheat in July, 1795, one
of the measures adopted at the Foundling Hospital,
with a view of lessening the consumption of flour,
was the substitution of rice puddings for those of
flour, which, by the table of diet, were used for the
children's dinner twice a week. The flour puddings
for each day had taken about 1681bs. weight of flour;
,the rice puddings, substituted in their place, required
only 211bs. of rice to make the same quantity of pud-
ding; the result of the experiment being, that in a
baked pudding made with milk, one pound of rice
will go very nearly as far as eight pounds of flour.
" The use of the puddings has ever since been con-
tinued in the hospital, with this variation, that the
quantity of rice has been increased to 241bs. weight
for each day's dinner; and it now continues the sub-
stitute for nearly 1681bs. of flour before used ; the in-
gredients in the rice puddings at present being 241bs.
of rice, 61bs. of. treacle, and 18 gallons of milk ; and
the produce, upon an average, 1801bs.* of good sub-
stantial pudding, a Very sufficient dinner for the 170
persons who dine on it.
" The milk is the better kind of London milk,
about equal to good skim. milk in the country. The
expense of the dinner is as follows :-241bs. of rice,
Ss.; 61bs. of treacle, 2s. ; and 18 gallons of milk, 125.4
the total for 170 persons being 195., or rather more
than five farthings per head. The saving to the
hospital, by this use of rice during the year, was
something more than 2001.; and the national saving
in the consumption of flour, from that circumstance
only, during the same period of scarcity, being one
year, ending July, 1796, appears to be nearly
17,4721b5. weight of flour."
PLAIN BOILED RICE FOR THE DINNER TABLE,
Which may also be used with preserves, milk, &c.
Wash the rice in cold water, boil in a second
water, cold at first, full fifteen minutes, any quantity
required; salt to taste, just before it is removed from
the fire, strain it through a cullender, and, if thought
proper, it may be dried a little before a fire or in an
oven.

It would be difficult for us to say whom we should
praise the most where all performed so well, but we
ought not to forget the Misses Soltau, Miss .Hillyars,
Mrs. Bisshopp and in a duet with Signor Brizzi,
though last not least, Mr. Messingberd, who well
sustained his great reputation as being the Tamburini
of amateurs. That brilliant song of Donizetti's was
most rapturously encored, and he very kindly re.
peated it, to the great satisfaction of the audience.
During the evening the company appeared to be
highly delighted with the efforts of their young
friends, and it must have been gratifying to all parties
to have seen so pleasing an exhibition of musical
power, superadded to an elegant and highly culti.
vated style. Signor Brizzi was in excellent voice,
and sang occasionally most brilliantly; but he made
his efforts entirely subservient for the occasion rather
than for a display of his own talent. At the close of
the performance the Signor was presented with a
valuable diamond ring which had been subscribed for
by his pupils, as a token of their respect for bim, and
a souvenir of a very delightful evening. The ring
was supplied from the elegant establishment of Mr.
Page, in George-street.

After the vocal performances had concluded the
room was cleared for dancing, which was kept up for
some time. More than four hundred persons were
present.—Plymouth Journal.

" In order to ascertain correctly the comparative
weight of the materials in their liquid state, with that of
the pudding after it is baked, the weight has been care-
fully taken several times. The amount has not always
been precisely the same, but the average is nearly as
follows:
Weight of 18 gallons of milk, being about
lib. 3oz. the pint ...
241bs. of rice
61ba. of treacle

1711bs.
... ..: 241bs.
... ... 6lbs.

PAYMENT OF HOP DUTY.
Under the present circumstances of the monetary
world the growers of hops and those deeply interested
in the trade of that important article felt very anxious
for a pestponemenrof the payment of duty upon the
growth of the present year. Having consulted upon
the subject, a deputation from the growers of Kent
and Sussex was appointed to apply for an interview
upon the matter with the Right Honourable Baronet
the Chancellor of the Exchequer. According to au
appointment the interview took place yesterday, at
twelve o'clock, the deputation being headed by Messrs.
Plumptre and T. L. Hodget, Members for Kent.
Those gentlemen very strongly urged the views of the
parties interested upon the consideration of the Right
Hon. Gentleman, praying earnestly that, under pre-
sent circumstances, the boon asked by the growers
might be granted.
, Sir Charles Wood (who received the deputation
with the utmost courtesy) acknowledged the import-
ance of the subject. Having heard all they had to
urge upon the matter, he said he would give the whole
question his most serious attention • and, after full
consideration of all the incidents belonging to it, he
would communicate to the gentlemen the conclusion
at which he had arrived.
The deputation then withdrew.

WINDSOR, THURSDAY EVENING.—The cold easterly
wind to-day has interfered materially with the customary
out-of door exercise of the Court. The Prince Consort
had no shooting party to-day, neither has heir Majesty
and the Court taken their usual afternoon ride. In the
morning, previous to luncheon, her Majesty and the
Prince Consort, accompanied by their distinguished
visitors their Serene Highnesses the Duke of Holstein.-
Glucksbourg and Prince William of Holstein, and
attended by the principal members of the Court, walked,
' across the Home-park to the royal stables, the riding
house, Ste. Among the expected visitors at the Castle
early next week is his Grace the Duke of Wellington.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Lady'
Caroline Leveson Gower and the Marquis of Kidd
was celebrated on Wednesday at Trentham, the mansion
of the Duke of Sutherland. Among the noble guests
present were the Duke of Leinster, the Duke and
Duchess of Bedford, the I)ukc and Duchess of Argyles
the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of Stafford, Lady
Caroline Lascelles, &c. The service was read by the
Rev. E. d. Edwards, incumbent of Wrentham; and after
the ceremony the happy pair drove off in thedirection of
Lilleshall, the Duke's seat in Shropshire.
THE VALUE OF THEATRICAL SHARES.—Yesterdays
Mr. Robins, the auctioneer, put up tor sale at the
Auction Mart, two renters' shares in the Theatre Royal
Drury-lane. Each was entitled to a transferable free
admission, admitted on all occasions, and saleable an.
nually. They were respectively held for an unexpired
term of forty-seven years, and paid an annual dividend
of Is. 3d. per night of performance, the original income
being 2s. ed. per night. Fifty guineas were first offered
for each, and they were severally bought fur sixty-four
guineas. Last year one similar share fetched ninety
guineas.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—Yesterday
son of Charles Wilbraham,
Sussex-criscentht:
Hyde Park-gardens, was proceedinfae,Yatrateloinidedingby the in Hyde Park,
ball that he w carryingia crossingfe
fromat.n
Bayswater-road,
i nag
his hand and rolled awayllouttheof
fellow, in his haste to recover it, vriTs.knTochkeedimdorvir
a horse drawing a heavy tilted cart, and before Ike
driver could stop the animal the wheel passed over the
boy's legs, which were crushed completely flat. He wit
carried to his father's when immediate amputation wet
considered necessary by the surgeons, who were instatidif
in attendance.
Prince Louis Napoleon has addressed the folk:mit*
letter, dated London, the 4th, to one of the Old otTmere
of the late empire, who was present at the religion&
ceremony at Saint Lea for the ex King of Hollandr.*
" The marks of respect offered to the memory of enr
father on the 29th ult., have deeply affected me, and
was above all afft cted at learning that a great numbet
of old soldiers of the empire were present at this plat(
ceremony. I have now to thank these glorious veteran*
of our armies, through their worthy chiet, for the home*
paid by them to an old companion in arms. It is no*
the man whom chance and victory bad made a king fog
a short time whom you have honoured with your regret,
but the old soldier of the republican armies of Italy and
Egypt; the man who remained pare on the throne; the
man, in short, who by forty years of exile, paid for •
few years of glory, and who died isolated in a foreign,
land. The sympathy manifested at his funeral is more
than homage; it is a reparation. Permit me than, to
thank you for your co-operation; for to express to 704
my sentiments of gratitude is to soften the bitter grief /
feel at never having been able to kneel before the tomb
of my family; it is to forget for an instant that I tyro
condemned to remain for ever kept at a distance ont
the men whom I most love, and the objects wbanh ars
most dear to me."
The Swiss Federal Directory gave a grand dinnm,
at Berne, on the Bth inst., to Mr. Peel, the Brash Charge d'Affaires, at which all the authorities won'
present,