The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-19 00:00:00

Ditto, Half Shares .. ..
Eastern Counties .

31%

2
....
20_ 20%1„i

Ditto, York Extension .. 7y .. . . 6Ft
Great Northern 6 .......

Do., London & York Extension 2% .... 2% 2........
Great Southern & Nast. (Ireland) 32)%.... 30 ......
Great North of England . ..100 ....
Ditto, New 30/. .. . .. 30 .... GO
Great Western .. 85 ........ .

Ditto, Quarter Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle

.. .. 15

20%... ......

Ditto, Thirds .. .. 10 15
Liverp., blanch., & Newc. Junct. %
London and Blackwall .. 161. 138. 4d. 7U . •
London, Brighton, & South Coast 50 •• • • 551,4%
London an North-Western • .100 •• .. 180% 179....
I)itto, Quarters . L. and B. 12 .... ,
Ditto ditto, New Shares . • .. 2 .... 13 .
Ditto, Fifths .. .
Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. .. 40 .... 70 ......
London and South-Western 411. 6s. 10d... 68% 68 .•
Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 •• .. 502 50
Ditto, New 501... 32% 38% 38 .. • •
Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) • • 50 •• • • 57 .•• . ,„
Ditto, Scrip 501... • • • • • • 5 •• • • 477 i •• • •
Ditto, ditto 40/. • • • • • • • • •• • - 3/s ••• • ..
Lynn and Ely • • • • • - • • "ha •• • •
..
Midland .. • • • • • .. ..100 ....128
Ditto, 401. Shares .. .. 40 •• .. 48%
Do., Consol. Bristol and Birm.
Six per Cent. ..
Newcastle and Berwick • . .. 20 .. 30 29% 30% • 29% 29%
Ditto, New .. • • .. • • 5 .... 9%
Norfolk .. • • • • .. • • ..100 ....123% •• • • 123%
North British • • .. • • • • 25 •• .. 33 ..
Ditto, Half Shares .. 12%••.. 15%......„•• 15%
North Staffordshire .. 7% .. • • 10% • ..... 10%
Preston and Wyre.. .. 25 .... 37% • ... ...• • • 37%
Ditto, Half Shares (A) ..
Ditto, ditto (B) • • . .. • • 1%
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .... .....
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3%.... 3% 3..
Sin opshire Union ..
.- 4 .... 2%14
South Devon .. . • .. .. 40 ....
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and
Goole ..
West Riding Union .. • . 4/.25... %p••• • . • • • P
Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 428..... P• • • • •• • • 3 p
York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .... 37% 381,4
Ditto, Extension.. .. • - .. 10 .. • • 17% 1716
Ditto, Preference .. 8 .... 12%% 12%x i
York amd North Midland .. .. 50 ....
Ditto, Extension . • .. .. 25 .. .. 43 .. • • 431,4
Ditto. Preference .. 6 ••••• • .. • • 16
Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.. lb 27%

Ai
71,4
55
- 179

3%
.... ...... 25
128
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4

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. 0 .... 15% % ........
Ceylon .. ss. ...
East Indian . 58. ....
Luxembourg
Namur and Liege .. .. • • .. 12 .• 614 ..........
Northern of France • • .. •• 10 .... 124
Orleans and Bourdeaux .. 6 .... 53 ..........
Paris and Rouen .. .. 20 .... 38
MINES.

M.

Real del Monte, Unregistered .. .... 2X•••• - • • •

1%
53,4
3
2
29

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JIiLY 19.—Wind E.N.E., light breeze and
cloudy.
DEAL, JULY 17.—Wind N.E., strong; 18th, Wind N.E.—
Arrd. Ellen, Bell, New York ; Granville, Rio Grande. Sld.
Hamlet, Sydney, New South Wales. Arrd. from the River
and skl. Winchester, Launceston, Van Diemen's Land; Strat-
ford, Mauritius ; Thomas Jones, Trinidad ; Constance, New
Orleans; Zealous, Newfoundland; Charles Grey, Bermuda;
Ellenborougb, Calcutta, Catherine, Aden ; Helen Mary,
Algoa Bay; Rowena, Sierra Leone ; Druid, Trinidad; Nia-
gara, Quebec.
LIVERPOOL, JULY 17.—Wind E.S.E., moderate; 18, N.,
light.—Arrd. Jos. Annand, Hart, Antigua ; Stenton, M'Kay,
Picton ; Jessie Mitchell, M.Call, Mauritius; Constitution,
Britton, New York. Sld. St. John, St. John's, New Bruns-
wick; Vigilant, Mauritius; Energy, Monte Video and
Buenos Ayres; Standard, Demerara ;,Burlington, New York
Lady Faulkland, ditto; Renfrewshire, Dalhousie; General
Wiltshire, Bahia. Off port, Mary Ray, St. Vincent's; Planter,
—. The Wave, from Malta, went on the Rock Ferry,
16th inst., but came off this niorniug.
EXMOUTH, JULY 16.—Arrd. Speculator, Miramichi.

MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY.

For our market last week the arrivals of all kinds of
grain, as well as flour, of home produce, were on a very
limited scale; while the receipts from Ireland and Scot-
land were trifling. From abroad the imports were on a
full average scale—they having principally amounted to
30,847 quarters of Wheat, 5,203 ditto of Barley,
12,435 ditto of Oats, 6,412 ditto of Indian Corn,
and 20,000 barrels of Flour, a large portion of
which was landed in warehouse. Fresh up this
morning there was a decided increase in the receipts of
Wheat from Essex and Kent, btit those from all other
quarters were small. Notwithstanding the supply of
that article was larger than for many past weeks the
actual quantity of English Wheat on offer was small.
This fp.ct, together with several somewhat unfavour-
able accounts having come to hand from our large
agricultural districts respecting the appearance of the
growing wheats, and the inferior condition in which the
foreign supplies are now coming to hand, produced rather
more inquiry for Wheat of home produce, at an advance
in the quotations of from is to 2s per quarter. In one
or two instances 3s per quarter more money was paid
for very superior parcels of Kentish Red of last year's
growth. There was a large supply of foreign Wheat
on offer. Selected qualities of both Red and White
were in steady request, at an improvement in the cur-
rencies paid on Monday last of fully is per quarter. In
the middling and inferior kinds only a limited business
was doing, at rate rates. The Sound list of to-day
shows that upwards of fifty sail of vessels passed the
Sound on Saturday laden with Wheat and Meal.
No English Barley was at market. The show of foreign
was by no means extensive ; yet the demand for all

descriptions was in a very sluggish state, at bat little,l •
13y, alteration in value. The supply of Malt was vet"
trifling. Still, how( vcr, the trade was very dull, and ill,
some instances the rates were nominally unaltertid.
Owing to the short arrival of Oats from all quarters. the
Oat trade was steady; but we can notice no improve'
ment in value, as large supplies are shortly expected.
Beans were inef, etually held at more money. The
transactions in them wire small, at late rates. In real
scarcely a tr..usticlion was reported. The supply 0'
Indian Corn was ;:0.,d, and sales progressed slowly,
at
late rates. Flour au?, dull, and the nominal price of the
best town-made was 65s per 2SOlbs. Barrelled Flout
commanded very little attention.
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE
Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier 73S to 785
Red. .... • .72s to 80s Oats—Yorkshire and
Ditto,White, New 785 86s Lincolnsh., Feed. 285 3?.
Norfolk and Lin- I'otato ...... 305 3"'
coin, Red..... 75s 80s Youghal and Cork.
Ditto, White ••• • • • 78s 84s Black ...• • • • 275 rA:
Irish, Red.. • • • • • . —s Cork, White. 285
Ditto, White.... —s —s Scotch, Feed..... 33s 35.
Rye—Old ............ —s s Beans—Tick ..... 445 465;
New. .......... 603 63s Pigeons ...... ...• 50 u
5 6,4;
Barley—Grinding .•. • . 37s 42s Peas—Grey 525 „
Malting .• . 475 bus Maple • 52s 5'
Chevalier .... 51s 52s White 555 5"
Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers
f01k.... 70s 73s Fleur—Town-made • • 605
Brown 655 67s Suffolk .......... 55s ",n,
Kingston and Ware 70s 73s Stocktn & Norfolk 535 u"
STUITHIPIELI).
The past week's imports of live stock into London
have been as under:—
From whence. Oxen. Sheep.
Rotterdam
Antwerp -
Boulogne ...... 35
ti Diep ...... .. 72 ... 403
Hamburgh
Harlingen 224 ... 531

Lambs. Calves.
63 ... 172
7

1-95 ::: 178
...---

Total A23
724 ... 2,312 ... 258 ...
The arrivals at Hull, Newcastle, &c., have comprised
nearly 2,000 head of Beasts, Sheep, Lambs, and Calves'
with a few Pigs, chiefly from Holland. There were °ll
offer this morning about 400 Oxen and Cows, 1,82„
Sheep and Lambs, and 40 Calves, from abroad. S°°l„-
of the former were extremely well made up; but tue
general condition of the foreign supply was inferior'
Still, however, a total clearance was , ffected, at Mil
last week's quotations. With home. fed Beasts we Were;
the time of year considered, scantily supplied, andlo
have to report a great deficiency in their quality. 11;„
scarcity of really prime Beef; the favourable change r
the weather for slaughtering, and the increased atone'
ante of country buyers—mostly from the west of Ent'
land—produced a very steady, though not to say brio
inquiry for the best Scots, Herefords, runts, Devons,'
short-horns, at fully the currencies obtained on this dad
se'nnight—the lot mer breed selling freely at from 4s 10
to .5s per 81bs, hut the middling and inferior kinds °
Beef met a slow sale, yet late rates were mostly Sup,
ported. Our advices from the large northern grezail
districts are to the effect that viry moderate droves e
short horns will be received hither during the next throe
or four weeks; hence the prices of Beef are likely to e
e, bfe,
fully supported during that period. From Norfolk, l
folk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received about 8
Scots, home-breds, and short-horns; from the sort
counties, 500 short-horns; from the western and raiclittr
districts, 800 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c.; from 0,,,t11,
parts of England, 350 of various breeds; an from Drefhe
land, 200 hcrned and polled Scots—the remainder el
supply being derived from abroad, and the neighb,°""or
hood of the metropolis. On the whole, the supply de
Sheep was limited, owing to which, the Mutton tlet
was steady, at prices quite equal to those paid on Fi,pb'e
last—being 2d per 81bs higher than on Alonday. ,;do
best old Downs sold at 5s 4d, and superior half-yrtel
quite 5s per 81bs, at which rates a clearance was epee ~
4
without difficulty. The number of Lambs was tolere7,
good, but of very middling quality. Compared the
that experienced on some previous market days' Sala
Lamb trade was very firm, at Friday's advance in 10
quotations of 2d per Blbs, the best Down qusht.o.
realising 6s 4d per 81bs. With Calves we were but Pio.
derately supplied, while the trade was heavy at late rate
In Pigs next to nothing was doing.
Per Sibs. to sink the offal.
s. d. to e. d. s. d• to 9
4
Inferior Beasts 3 8 4 0 Second quality ditto 4 6
Second quality • 4 2 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 410 ; 4
Prime large Oxen 4 6 4 8 Southdown Wether 5 2
['rime Scots ......4 10 5 0 Ditto out of the wool 4 0
Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Large Hogs • • •... 4 0 5 0
Prime small ditto 4 8 5 0 Small Porkers ••. • 4 g 0
Suckling Calves 0 218 028 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 16 6 4
Inferior Sheep • 4 2 4 4 Lambs .......... 5

SUPPLY AT MARKET. MO*
Beasts. Sheep. Calves. I
29e
I I 2,968 26,290 327
NEUTGATE AND MILIADIENHAX.36' Nod
Scarcely any country-killed meat has come to
for our markets since Monday last, owing to the onife
ingly hot weather; and as most of the butcherti„ieul
been compelled to increase their purchases in So3ii°
from that cause, the supplies on offer killed in the 'be
tropolis have been very small. Generally speaki*
demand has been steady, at, in most instances,: 8)Y
prices. About 500 camas( s of foreign meat ha."
poured on sale, and been disposed of at late rates.
At per atone by the Carcase.
S. d. to s. d. S.
An' to g;
$
Beef, inferior• ••• .. 3 4 3 6 Mutton, inferior ••3 1- 4 6
- middling .... 3 8 310 --middling.. 4 6 0
- prime large .. 4 0 4 2 prime •••• 4 !A 4
- prime small .. 4 2 4 4 Pork, 1arge...... •• 3 'vs 4 '
Veal•• ••• • • • 310 410 - small .• ••.• • • 4

Lamb. 5s to Gs.
BOROUGH HOP radiREET. ,a
With the exception of there being a slight increo—foli
the demand for the best yearlings in pockets, at_ get
prices, the Hop trade is in a very depressed state,bly
Itp2iasirettoni et:
idai:t
:1;4,
barely late rates. The supply ou offer is SeaSo:2ooo4
good;51 lOe
us
sSussex
andp(ic
pockets,
the duty
(u,4lltlyl:;,otiss4tbackedcl
eoisi
t;
dlbivtyt-7(5,a,(1,
msdloe Wh
to 5/ ss;
rionouan. .11XD SPITALFIELDS: 00
Very large supplies of new Potatoes have nee' -.-
offer in these mat kets since A/I,4lday last; nevertbele;
the demand is active, at from 7s to 16s per cwt. 1!:,19„g
all parts we continue to receive the most flatted
accounts respecting the new crop.
VJOOS..IV. ere
Last week the imports of Wool into London r,OO
composed of 250 bales from Hamburgh, 82 ditto 'lwo
St Petersburgh, 78 oitto from Monte Video, 700 auto
from Sydney, and 500 ditto from Algoa, Bay. °lion,
whole, there is more firmness in the demand by Pr nef
contract. and in some tew instances a trifle more 02v.
has been realised for selected qualities of English.
5E1.1.0
Our market still continues inl 317'. a
very inactive s,titril
and, when sales have been pressed, a further it p.
depression has been submitted to in the quotatirice
T.Y.C. on the spot is heavy above figures. Then& oir.
for forward delivery is 47s 3d per cwt. The suProvillP
Town Tallow is by no means abundant, yet the 11°-
price does not exceed 43s to 48s 3d per cwt.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATO.abi
„
Mr. Lumley is not one of those who are sr--1,000
success, for, successful as has been his present!' doe.
and it has been successful beyond all precedent, Pe /tIV
not relax one jot in his endeavours to render heroic!!
jesty's Theatre in every way worthy of the nape bed
it bears and of the high and distinel A
patronage with which it has been honoureePoiag
less enterprising, a less conscientious, a less fr:pbo
manager than Mr. Lumley, would have regal pod
oars for the remainder of the season, seeing that tine
Lind draws to the house every night at least Weed
as many persons as the house can hold; and llttifieell
Lumley been the manager for this season only, "en 0.6 r.
have been an useless waste of capital to have be
any other talent, seeing that the house ee tora
but filled, but as Mr. Lumley is not only manager °t the,
season, but proprietor for all time, we consider tne,otta
liberality which he is exhibiting in bringing %hell
novelty after novelty is a judicious economy en'
acts of liberality are remembered hereafter,,oro
tend greatly to increase the subscription list lecipo
ensuing year. The public know apti fer•bsof
liberality in a management, and Air. Lumleitoof
during the course of the present season, bed c ttlf
gratifying proofs that not only does the pub Ali oeC
predate liberality but that it rewards also, all"" bead
tainly never has public favour and patronage sf'
more fully eareed than it has been by; „t"
Lumley. On Saturday Taglioni— the TaglinAbe
La D‘ese, made her first appearance this seas( nt in •►far famed Pas de Quatre, supported by Carlotta 'or
Cerito, and Rosati, who took the part formerly' "in,
tained by poor Lucile Grahn, who is still in
capacitated from appearing by a complaiotor
the foot from which she has long been suffering• d
lioni looks, and acts, and dances as well as ever, t
the old enthusiasm +,‘ as revived by the Pas de,' 001
Bouquets were showered on the stage, Pel'hibite`f,
was the same spirit of friendly partizanship e/li.
by the worshippers of the respective Daises t"loptif
wont of yore to be so exciting. It was a great tOred
and Mr. Lumley may now boast that be has o°olo
her Majesty's Theatre the services of the prima' oorld•
the primo buffo, and the premiere danseuse of 0°003,11
There is no lyrical establishment that can Prebo arerival to Jenny Lind, or Lablache, or Taglioni, °we,
all at this moment engaged at her Majesty's The°

THE POTATO DISEASE:,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE Stifo:d o.lg
SIR,—A letter has appeared in the Stan,A--- 40017
from it has been copied into many other perr*Aieds°'
that " the potato disease has shown itself in bur tits
acres in the neighbourhood of Barnstaple." belzelober''
the author of the letter in question (Mr. Charles 7-f pob,.:
of Beckington, ngar this place) did not intend it e; t 11,1
lication, but thirit was sent to the papers (Witsl;lesr"
knowledge) by the gentleman to whom he had oaf,' ai
it as a private communication. Be that as i ~0101111,
the statement is one calculated to occasion ultler,vith°ll.
in the public mind, I think it my duty to stlY "'the T'
imputing to Mr. Roberts, in the slightest degrrh' rain
tention to excite unnecessary apprehension vvtgubjefi
to the crop), that the reports made to him on to-
the
are not confirmed. I will not undertake to in th
nothing like the potato disease has appearetVo 0,"
neighbourhood ; but, if it had exhibited itseillolo,,
it certainly is as yet to a very limited extent, 31°'^ to
that in many places. in which the plant seel°7„ce
attacked a fortnight or.three weeks ago, it has fieoitor,
covered a perfectly healthy appearance. I d°ll,,„°;Ain th
to pronounce that the appearance of the potaw--nsi
district (as of all the other crops) is generallY
raising, and inspires sanguine hope of abtuldainrapomr
this note relates to a matter of fact, and of gren oar
tance, I append my real name, and have the b°l3
remain, Sir, your obedient servant, veva
of Ef
IV. A
Mayor arlist4
Journal Office, Barnstaple, July 17, 1847.

The Belfast News Letter says that Air• surd
Knowles " indignantly declined the offer of
Russell" to settle on him a pension of 100/.11 185br tr. tbe
A premium of 1,000/. has been offered of 0
Royal College of Chemistry, for the discovery oa.
method of rendering iron, when applied to ordil3sll
poses, as little liable to rust as copper. ,

~

LITERATURE.
1/I„ORMANS BRIDGE ; 01?, 7'HE MODERN
MIDAS. By the Author of Emilia Windham. 3 Va.
All who remember " Emilia Wyndham" will, likeoUrselves, rejoice in the appearance of a new work of
fiction by the same author. Among the numerous
novels and romances which have appeared since the
Publication of " Emilia Wyndham," we have not met
with one which, to our thinking, has surpassed, or
sl'en equalled it as an interesting domestic novel, in.
Chleating a sound moral lesson. The main incidents
of the story were certainly at variance with the ordi-
nary laws of romance, and, perhaps, in consequence,
found little favour with the " sentimental" class of
novel readers. Nevertheless, the story, on the whole,
Was one fully calculated not only to reflect credit
upon its writer, but to confer a benefit upon
all who might attentively peruse it—the benefit
of a good example. Generally speaking, the most
improbable legend, or the most impossible fairy tale,
is supposed to inculcate one moral by its denouement
which almost invariably exhibits the punishment of
vice or the reward of virtue, to effect which, some-
times the most unlooked for transformations take
place, and the most marvellous achievments are
cocomplished. In so much the stcry of " Emilia
Wyndham" resembled its more romantic confreres,
but the happy result which crowned the fortunes of
its heroine was obtained only by very ordinary
Wens. Placed in a most trying situation in
the midst of unpropitious circumstances, she 1
le rendered ultimately happy by no lucky chance or
110 sudden change of fortune but in patience and
Perseverance, and a zealous discharge of daily du-
es, she pursues the even tenor of her way, and the
WaY becomes smooth and her lot peaceful. The
obstacles in her path are overcome, by no violent
TShock, but are rather melted away impercepti-
heas the dripping water wears away the stone.
lesson, consequently, was likely to be effective—
a 4,
battle of life," fought with weapons within the
l'erach of all. The story of " Norman's Bridge" is
1)4 an opposite character ; it aspires to teach by re-
pulsion rather than attraction. Not by pourtraying
the beauty of a virtuous life, does it bid us " go and
do likewise," but by exhibiting its baneful effects it
inspires us with detestation for an unhappily but too
c°lllll-I°4 s sin—" covetousness, which is idolatry." As
i whole, perhaps, the story is hardly so pleasing as
i, fllilia Wyndham," but individual portions are ex-
-eedingly beautiful. The stle is forcible
earnestand
agreeable manner. ikhere is acertain abruptness in the manner ofnarration
into a superabundance of breaks, dividing the chapters
separate fragments, whichperhaps savours some-
what f
o affectation,produces
although it certainly .
effect. The story is so entirely different from the ordi-
naryyoutine, that without briefly mentioning some of
itsan chiefid incidents, it will be impossible to give even
beinea of
its
peculiarities. The first volume
alludswith the suddenness to which we have
ed. " Tai,
Take heedcovetousness.
Twee
heed and beware of _
covetous ) my brethren, I say, and beware of
abundanceness • for a man's life consisteth not in the
is the of the things which he e
text of a in a little chapel in
the sermon preached mountains of Scotland one Sunday in the last
eenturY• Among the humble congregation are the
hero and heroine of our tale. Michael Grant, the
modern Midas" whose chequered career serves to
ulustrate the demoralising influence of avarice, is a
shepherd youth, whose early life had passed some •
What like that of the far-famed Norval; but like many
another , humble individual, Michael is ambitious, and
ion .._
•n g 4 I() fill a prominent place in the world. Survey-
s mankind with a shrewd, but superficial glance,
f"? result of his reflections shows that money is the
srine agent
ins the affairs of men, and, consequently,
thatgre
great
poseior of. great wealth is necessarily a
money Tan. What is birth in comparison with
after ythe " Who cares for a Duke in rags ? Who asks
Who asks ancestry of the poor ?" Or knowledge—
_ 80,v after the ability of the poor ? " Michael
croensi. ea to be a rich and, possessing
iderable abilit* man'
is not • abilities, the task, though arduous,
impossible. He to England,
and the first ' e proceeds
and • voianae records his perseverance
in a pars'
i i'llnnY while filling the office of clerk
his
aar-e
66 establishment, and endeavouring, out of
w. ges, to save up money enough to buy a part-
nership in the business. But he is not alone, .
kar learned from Scotland by his young bride.
ih41,,,...,Y, " than whom never Scottish Mary was mor?,
ilsYiumore lovely, more tender, or more true.
ye', ary is a very beautiful and natural character,
limy beautifully and naturally pourtrayed. The
resages which relate more especially to her, which
_anal her secret emotions, her devoted love, and her
y trials, are written with much -simplicity and
genuine feeling. It is in these portions of her work,
Nv
iotrhes
te specially, that the authoress is revealed,, nootld-
AI „anding her assumed disguise. The '
an, Under
whose name she writes,
on e Enterd so readily into Mar's sorrowful feelings,
" parting from her Ifriends have told us how
eveire. . earl y , or
's
roof,`Y IN °man of feeling, when she loves her father
i_
gret looks round with something of the tender re-
volumeof Eve
when quitting Paradise." The first
tains Ls, perhaps, the most interesting, it con-
hilt almost a perfect story in itself, namely, the
lear°„rY of the early troubles of Michael and
aftee occasioned chiefly by poverty, but which.
kind. Wards gave way to others of a more painful
pov The old but often refuted adage—,, When
at ertY comes in at the door, love flies out
reversed,
the
window,"—was, in their case exactly
mutualersed• As their poverty decreased, their.
then As
and sympathy decreased likewise,
Ivarice of Michael increased with his wealth, and
'logh tenderlyattached his wife he could not part
with i to
contribute
to her s gold even to gratify her wishes or _ .
and she became aware of this, and
thou e. comforts,
left go still devoted to him as entirely as when she
becamell for him, the love subsisting between them
renders ultimately somewhat akin to the light which
,
"hope which
Kee - • oarkness visible," or the
14..1)3 alive despair." In this, as in other instances,
Zlebael fulfils his character of the " Modern Midas,"
perr'ing Nvh t he touches into gold. nut, nevertheless,
like _II a
ts__ , 4 other misers reversing the spell of the philo-
Zllners stone—that was intended to transmute base
"ietals into a precious one, but they literally fulfilling
the desire of Brutus " coining their hearts and drop-
ping their bl d "only convert priceless
drop-
affections oo for drachms,
ns and precious feelings into what is after.
.all
but
, a metal, and base when compared with what it is
bartered for. We have lingered so long over this
portion, that we can only enumerate the other inci-
dents of Michael's career, many of them are pose
sessed
the .-of much and even immediate interest owing to
circumstance of their being interwoven with
Passing events, forthe f • and distress of
leo° example amine
, and the influence of a currency which
bear paper
a conspicuous part in the fortunes of the miser.
On the approach of the famine, Michael, with his
uaftsual foresight, buys up corn at a low rate to sell it
lucrative
at a high one' This speculation, however,
as it ultimately proved, had nearly cost him
his life, he being seized upon by the mob during a
corn riot, and only rescued by the zealous interfe-
rence of Lord Strathnaer, a young nobleman, pos-
tessing property in the neighbourhood. Michael is
conveyed to his house ; and here, while recovering from
the effects of the injuries he had received, forms
daring plans for the future. Looking from the win-
dows of Lord Strathnaer's castle, which is situated
near the mouth of a river, he remarks how the waters
have receded during a few years, leaving a bare ex-
panse of unsightly mud banks. He proposes to Lord
Strathnaer to confine the waters by a dyke and flood-
gates at the mouth of the river, and then to drain
the estuary, and convert it into corn fields, thus
affording to the starving population present employ-
ment, and a prospect of future plenty. Lord Strath-
naer agrees to the proposal, but Lord Strathnaer is
poor; Michael
advances
the money. Foreseeing, how_
eat though they be, will be
ever, that his supplies, gr

exhausted before the remunerative repayment can
take place, Michael, who enjoying the unenviable
title of miser, is possessed of credit almost in-
finite, resolves to turn it to account ; and,
accordingly, sets up a bank, and pays in paper.
The sudden transformation effected by the em pl oy-
!tient of labour and diffusion of money in the hitherto
desponding village of Norman's Bridge is very vigor-
"sly described, and bears out the observation of the
author that " the circulation of money in the body
politic is as the circulation of blood in the body indi-
vidual. A free and rapid circulation is what invigo-
rates the frame ; the same mass inert and languid
nourishes not." It is needless to pursue the story
further ; from this brief sketch it will be seen that it
Possesses materials of general interest, and is likely,
therefore, to afford amusement to many not generally
included in the class of novel readers. While the
domestic career of Mary, to which we have already
alluded, and the history of her grand-daughter Joan,
and the family of Lord Strathnaer, will serve to in-
terest those of a more romantic taste. Apart from
the moral which they are intended to convey, these
volumes are chiefly attractive from the general spirit
°f kindliness by which they are pervaded; from the
genuine simplicity and naturalness with which the
domestic incidents are pourtrayed ; and from the in-
ehr.esting and life-like delineations of some of the
is lef personages of the tale. The moral of the whole
B very forcibly expressed in a sentence by Bishop
oreridge, on the title-page, which can hardly be too
as7l repeated. " Will riches do it ? ; I may
he'°°rl undertake to fill my barns with grace as my
art with go ; and as easily stuff m ba gs with
Virtue as everld es with w satisfy my desires lth.

of -1-4,IIBDECTION OF THE FOOT ARTILLERY.—The whole
w Lueiten battalions of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich
ieri! inspect, d on the Common, at ten o'clock on Friday,
c 4; "eavY marching order, by Sir Thomas Downham,
titlntaandant of the garrison, and his staff of officers.
of i!aatPla?arance of the men and the reports of the officers
tie
teethe gave great satisfaction to the commandae
th conclusion of the inspection of each comp,,..ny
e B,•toid Were permitted to march to their barracks to
uruiecessery exposure to the sun.

THE TREATY WITH THE
ZOLLVEREIN.
Tim following are extracts of the more interesting
Portions of the papers relative to the notice given by
Prussia, on her own behalf and on behalf of the other
states of the Zollvereiu, of the termination of the treaty
concluded with Great Britain on the 2d of March, 1841
(just presented to both Houses of Parliament by her
Majesty's command):—
THE CHEVALIER BUNSEN TO VISCOUNT PALMERSTON.
(Translation.)
Prussian Legation, May 10, 1847.
The Prussian Government, in its own name, and in
the name of its confederates, the members of the Zollve-
rein give notice of its intention to cause the provisions of
the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, concluded
with Great Britain on the 2d of March, 1841, to cease,
in such manner that, from the Ist of January, 184 S, that
treaty shall no longer be considered as in existence, or
as binding upon the two high contracting parties.
The reason of this determination is to be found solely
in the conviction that the treaty in question, according
to the experience of the years which have elapsed since
its conclusion, has not produced that development in the
commercial relations of the Zollverein with Great Bri•
tain which had been looked for. The concession made
to the ships of the Zollverein i❑ the first article, by which
the ports between the Meuse and the Elbe are to be
considered as ports of the Union, has hardly been
found of any practical utility. But what appears to the
l'russian Government to militate principally against
the efficacy of the treaty of 1841 is the want of re-
ciprocity unhappily existing with respect to the laws
which rule the navigation of the two countries. For
while the Prussian legislation, founded on the principle
of liberty of navigation, allows British ships to import
into Prussian ports the produce of all parts of the world,
the ships of the Zollverein can only import into British
ports (as regards the enumerated articles, including
almost every article of importance) the produce of their
own country. These enumerated articles were, more-
over, increased in 1827, subsequent to the treaty of reci-
procity of 1824, by 13 articles, among which are to be
found wool and other objects of primary necessity. So
exceptional a measure could not but augment the want
of real reciprocity to the prejudice of the Prussian flag.
The treaty of 1841 does not allow Prussia, as the
aggrieved interests and public opinion in Germany,
which powerfully support those interests, would require,
to restrict in an analogous manner the admission of Bri-
tish ships; for the second article of this treaty accords
to Great Britain the right of the most favoured natioa
with respect to the importation of sugar and rice.
The expiration of the treaty at the end of the present
year will restore that liberty to the Prussian Govern-
ment, and a change in the laws affecting navigation has
been the subject of serious consideration.
The nomination of a Parliamentary Committee to
examine the English navigation-laws, and to report
(luring the present session of Parliament thereupon, has
nevertheless held out to the Prussian Government a
hope that Great Britain will at no remote period, by
means of a general legislative measure, cause the re-
strictions to disappear which at present weigh upon
German navigation and commerce, and which so noto-
riously impede the development and commercial relations
of the two countries.
Animated by the desire to see these relations con-
stantly extend, and to avoid everything which could
even for a brief space of time retard a development so
much to be wished for for both countries, the Govern-
ment of his Prussian Majesty joins to the preceding
notice relative to the cessation of the Treaty of 1841,
the following proposition.
The Treaty of 1824, as general treaty of reciprocity,
shall remain the recognised basis of the relations of
commerce and of navigation between the two countries,
and shall continue to remain in force as heretofore, as
long as notice shall not have been given of its cessation.
The existing status quo shall, moreover, by means of
diplomatic declaration be de facto maintained, and de-
partmental orders shall be issued for that purpose to the
respective authorities in order to afford to the high con-
tracting parties the opportunity of coming to an under-
standing with respect to an application of the principle
of reciprocity as perfect and extended as possible.
Notwithstanding the expiration of the treaty, a modes
vivendi would thus be established, which need not termi-
nate till three or six months after one of the high con-
tracting parties shall have made a declaration to that
effect.

In order to render this status quo endurable to Prussian
commerce, and, in as far as practicable, conformable with
the principle of reprocity, the Prussian Government ex-
pects with confidence that the British Government, from
feelings of equity, and out of regard to the intimate
relations which unite the two Governments, will accord to
the vessels of the Zollverein the same concession which
has in late years been made by Great Britain in favour of
other Powers, relative to the ports of the Baltic, a conces-
sion which at present greatly injures the interests of Prus-
sia.. It will no doubt be considered but fair by the British
Government that the vessels of the union shall hence .
forth be permitted to import freely the produce of all
the non. Prussian ports of the Baltic, as if those vessels
came from Prussian ports, in the same manner as Rus-
sian and Hanoverian vessels arriving from Prussian
ports of' the Baltic are received with their cargoes in the
ports of England, as though they had arrived from na-
tional ports.
The undersigned, &c.
(Signed) BUNSEN.
VISCOUNT PALIIERSTON TO THE CHEVALIER BUNSEN.
Foreign-office, June 14, 1847.
The undersigned, &c., has the honour to acknowledge
the a ceipt on the 13th ultimo of the note addressed to
him on the 10th by the Chevalier Bunsen, &c., giving
notice on the part of Prussia and of the other States of
the Zollverein of the termination, on the Ist of January
next. of the treaty concluded with Great Britain on the
23 of March, 1841; but at the same time suggesting
the provisions o that treaty should, after its expira-
tion, be allowed to remain in force provisionally, until
the high contracting parties shall have seen whether they
may not be able to come to a more satisfactory under-
standing; provided, however, that the privileges granted
by Great Britain to the shipping of certain other Staten
shall be in the meantime extended to the shipping of the
States of the Zollverein.
In reply, the undersigned begs to say that her Ma-
jesty's Government has already communicated to the
Prussian Government, through her Majesty's Minister
at Berlin, their view of what was understood to be the
intention of the States of the Zollverein as regards the
treaty of 1841. In the communication so made, the un-
dersigned had the honour to explain to the Prtissiai
Government, that if the engagements of the treaty of
1841 have been unproductive of advantage to the States
of the Zollverein, they have proved equally so to Great
Britain ; and that her Majesty's Government would
only regret the termination of that treaty, because it
puts an end to relations which were conceived in a
friendly spirit, and from which there seemed at one time
reason to hope that mutual advantage to all parties con-
cerned might arise.
The reason assigned by the Chevalier Bunsen for the
notice thus given by Prussia and the other States of the
Zollverein, is the want of reciprocity in the navigation
laws of the respective contracting parties. But that no
great benefit has resulted to Great Britain from that
indirect trade with Prussian ports, which the state of
the Prussian law enables the Prussian Government
to grant, is sufficiently manifest from the fact which
has already been stated to the Prussian Government,
through the Earl of Westmoreland—namely, that in
the year 1846 only four British vessels, of the aggregate
burden of 530 tons, found it their interest to avail
themselves of the privilege which, under article
one of the treaty, British vessels enjoy, of en
tering Prussian ports from third countries; and
the undersigned cannot, therefore, but believe that,
however insignificant the corresponding advantages may
I be which are derived by Prussia from the provisions of
that same article, the concession made by Great Bri-
tain by this article may at least be regarded as a full
equivalent for that which is made by Prussia. The
undersigned would also beg to observe, that if the prin-
ciple of strict reciprocity is to be assumed as the indis-
pensable basis of the commercial relations between
Great Britain and the Zollverein, there does not seem
to be any good reason why that principle should be con-
fined in its application to the navigation laws nor why
it should not also be applied to the tariffs of the re-
spective parties.
As, however, it appears, from the Chevalier Bunsen's
note, to be equally the desire of the Prussian Govern-
ment, as it assuredly is of the Government of her
interests Ma-
jesty,shtandg
puttdohnewd
question
will
conducive
fotrona theiant
present,rem fu taohnfedr will
examining both parties,atonce
n ce
. to endeavour by negotiation to come to an under-
one
rdt, moreorsni go nf ee
t thise
state how far it will be in the power of her Majesty's
Government to accede to the wishes of the Prussian Go-
vernment as stated in the Chevalier Brunsen's note.
Her Majesty's Government are ready to consent that
the provisions of the treaty of 1841 shall provisionally
remain the acknowledged basis of the trade aid navi-
gation between the two countries, but the undersigned
would at the samuetsiziuesuggest that the term of notice to
be given
six nof such provisional arrange-
ment
should be es
of the
a months rather than three, as the
latter term might notafford sufficient time for making
the arrangements which would. be necessary previously
to a change of the commercial relations between the two
respect to the additional concessions which the
Governmentem e
n trequires,as t
Cinhevalier to render this
countries.
With
provisional Prussian
arrang
endurable to Prussia, the undersigned has to
states,
regret that the advantages accorded by Greeatexgrress his
certain other States as regards ports of the Baltic, Should
to
be considered to have been injurious to Prussian
com-
merce. That they should be so was assuredly not the
intention of the British Government, which, in grant-
ing those advantages, was solely guided by principles
of equity.
The privileges accorded to such of the above-mentioned
states as are German States, but not members of the
Zollverein, are only such as, in consequence of their
geographical position, those States would have acquired
wade:• the treaty of 1841, if they had become members
of that union ! and surely the Government of Prussia
could not expect that Great Britain should withhold
from States which have always treated British commerce
ill the most liberal manner advantages which those States
have acquired by associating themselves rita a
system of commercial policy less favourab:Le to British
interests. Her Majesty's Government ',lave, on the other
hand, no desire to withhold from Prupia such of the
advantages in question which Prussian vessels do not
already enjoy ; and the undersigned has accordingly to
say that the British Government is willing, during the
existence of the proposed provisional arrangement, to
consent that Pt ussian vessels, together with theircargoes,
when coming from any port between the Meuse and the
Elbe, and between the Tray° and the Russian frontier,
shall be admitted into the ports of the United Kingdom
and of the British possessions abroad, in as full and
ample a manner as if the ports from which such vessels
may have come were all within the dominions of Prussia.
This would add the ports of
Mecklenburg and the port

of Lilbec to those with respect to which Prussian vessels
have already enjoyed the above concession.
As regards the privileges which have been granted to
Russian vessels arriving in Great Britain from Prussian
ports, the undersigned has to observe that those pri-
vileges apply only to vessels arriving from two or
three Prussian ports at the teouths of rivers which have
their sources in, and which flow through a great portion
of the Russian empire. The concession made to Russia
is therefore precisely similar in principle to that made to
Prussia as regards the ports between the mouths of the
Elbe and of the Meuse. The British Government was
able to make both of these concessions under the exist-
ing provisions of the British law; but the concession
now sought for by the Chevalier Bunsen, as regards the
ports of Riga and other Russian ports not situated at the
mouths of Prussian rivers, could not be granted by the
British Government without the sanction of a fresh Act
of Parliament; and although her Majesty's Government
would have no objection to introduce a Bill into Parlia-
ment for granting the privilege in question, and would
hope to be able to obtain the assent of Parliament thereto
if such a measure would be likely to promote a perma-
nent commercial arrangement with the Prussian Govern-
ment, yet her Majesty's Government would not like to
undertake to propose to the Legislature a law of this
kind for a merely temporary purpose.
(Signed) PALMERSTON.
The Undersigned, &c.