The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-08 00:00:00

THE SU N, LONDON, WEDNESDAY_ EVENING, MARCH 8, 1848.

MONEY arid COMMERCIAL NEWF.

CITY, cu/AR TER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market as Liverpool yesterday was dull.
Sales, 2,000 bales. Railway Shares were flat.
The accounts to the 20th ultimo from New York. by
the Washington steatrer, do not bring any definite in
telligr,ence respecting Mexican athirs, as was confidently
expected. Still the conclusion of peace is held to be
very near.
" Among the various rumours and surmises in re•
ference to the treaty which it is supposed Mr. Trist has
either negotiated or proposed, we find the following
the Washington corresponience of the Journal of Corn
vierce of this city.

" The truth is that Mr. M'lntosh has unceasingly en-
deavoured
to effect a treaty. He persuaded Santa Anna
to treat, and assured General Scott that a treaty would
be made, and thereby brought about the armistice, prior
to the final battles before Mexico. Since that time, Mr.
11Pintosh has unweariedly operated upon the Govern-
ment at Queretaro with a view to effect a peace. He
brought the three commissioners from Queretaro to the
city of Mexico to make overtures, or rather to confirm
his overtures.
" The head of the commission was Mr. M'lntosh's
own legal adviser and attorney, and the other two were
also completely under his influence. They were ready
to sign anything that the Goverement at Queretaro
Would ratify. Their propositions have been, without
ratification by the Mexican Government, forwarded to
this Government, and they are in such a shape that they
cannot be recognised. They would justify the Presi-
dent in sending a suitable person as Commissioner to
Mexico to treat with the Government at Queretaro."
The prospect of pcaee has, however, most decidedly
increased, and we may yet hope ere long to hear of its
conclusion.
In the Money Market capital was abundant, and the
banks discounted liberally. Still the Government
Might experience some difficulty in contracting its
loan, unless European capitalists participated. The
.IVaio York _Herald is tolerably sanguine upon the point,
though it is impossible to say whether well-informed
or not in its statement regarding Messrs. Rothschild.
" There is no doubt but that this loan bill will pass
the senate at once, receive the signature of the Presi-
dent and become a law. In accordance with its provi-
sions the Secretary of the Treasury will issue proposals
for bids, and a few weeks will settle the question. A.
the loan must be made at par or above, no bids will
of course be made below, and the Secretary of the
Treasury will soon know what prospect there is of
success. Should European capitalists view the terms
of this loan in a favourable light, it is not improbable
but that bids may be received from the other side,
and we look upon this as the only chance of
its being taken at par. The statements made rela
five to the Rothschilds are something more than
mere rumours, as the circumstances connected with
the financial operations of that house in Mexico are
such as to make it a very great inducement to take the
whole or that part of this loan which would be re-
quired within the limits of Mexico. Other European
capitalists may become large purchasers of United
States stocks from second hands, and our capitalists re.
lioved in this way of much of the burden ; but the
Rothschilds must come in as bidders for the loan, it
they wish to make their funds in Mexico available for
the purpose of payment. So long as we retain posses-
sion of that country, so long will the restrictions con-
tinue upon the exportation of specie, and so long will
the funds of the Messrs Rothschild, or any other house,
be subject to the payment of the duty fixed by the
Secretary of the Treasury. It therefore appears that
the only way for that house to make their Mexican funds
available, is to take the loan of the United States autho-
rised by the Bill recently passed ; and if they did not
wish to hold the whole or any part of it, purchasers
could be easily found."
There are accounts from Berlin via Antwerp, of two
important failures having occurred in the former city,
connected with the Bourse, but the names are not given.
The mercantile markets have been dull here, but some
articles, such as Rum, for which a large Government
contract is expected, Saltpetre, &e., are held more firmly.
The Public Securities left off rather flatly last night,
at 814 4, owing to the slight disturbances here, and this
morning there was no particular improvement, the first
quotations being 81* for Consols. Since then the rates
have been 814 to 814. Excheq er-bills are 255. to 30s.
premium._ Bank Stock has ranged from 190 to 194.
Reduced Three per Cents. have been 811- to 82*.
The Foreign Bonds are heavy. Spanish Five per
Cents. bring 124 to 124, and the Three per Cents. 23 to
23i. Portuguese Four per Cents. are worth 16 to 17.
Mexican have not been quoted. Brazils Bonds have
been marked 78. Dutch Two sand-a-Half per Cents.
have realised 42* to 434.
The Railway Share Market is looking rather heavy
again, and prices are lower both for the English and
French lines. Northern of France have been down to
44 and 34.
OWE ceost-N
P leßti OF FUNDS. OVLOC/E. PRICES
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Anne .. 11131,% 82 82
8 per Cent. Consols Annuities.-- 81%3/4 8114
New 314 per Cent. Anna........... 82 821/
LongAnns. to expire Jan.lB6o ... i 13-16 11-16 11-18
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860.... 8%1/2 31/2
India Stock
India Bonds, 1,000/.
Ditto under 1,000/.
Consols for Account ...... 81143/43a34 SPA
Exchequer Bills. 341.
1,1001.
500/.
Small .....•g0 27 p 27 p

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN fUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. —
Ditto, Deferred 3,4 31,4
Alexicsui, 5 per Cent. 1846 — 141,4
Ditto. Account ..... ... ....
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 241,4 241/2
Portuguese 6 per Cents. 73 75
Ditto, 4 per Cent — 17
Itussian Bonds .
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto, Account
Ditto 3 Der Cent 231434 23 23
Ditto, Account . 231,4 23
Dividenis on the above payble in London.

Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 43% 42% 44
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certijeates 72 70 72 72
PRICES OF PAID DIMNESS DONE CLOSING
.
RAILWAY SNARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.'

_
iberteen 5O
Amber„ Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 314
Ayrshire and Galloway.. '21,% —
Belfast & County Down 111,4 —
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction .... 20
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 101. 145... ••••••
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.... • •••
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. I
Bristol and Exeter B5

22%

Ditto, Thirds .... ..... 20
Buckinghamshire... 121. 4s. ... ..
Caledonian
Ditto. Half Shares .. 3%
Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50
Chester and Holyhead... 371 h
Ditto, Preference l 2
Clarence
Do. let Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Belfast June 25 ......
Dandalk & Enniskillen 171,4 —
East Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and 11...... 25 ...... 8%.... 6%
Do., 181., E. &1i.... 18
Do., 31. 105...... 3lh ~. . ••••
Eastern Coanties... ...„ 20
Ditto, Extension, b per
Cent., No. 1......61. 13s. 4d....
Ditto ditto, Ns. 2.-61. 13s. 4d... I,i die. par
Do., North. & Eastern 50
Do., Quarters
De., New 23
Eastern Union 5O
Ditto, Quarter Snares 121 h
Ditto. Thirds .......135.4d.. ....
Do. (guar. 6 per cent.) 10 - . ...• •• .....
_ .

Ditto ditto
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 113/4 ......
East Llano:minks ...... 161 h
Edinburgh and Glasgow 60 ......
- ••,.

Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. 9
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,/'
Edinburgh and Northers 25
Ditto, New.. 3.i -
Ditto, Newport l2
Ditto, ditto, New VA_ --_
Exeter,YeoYil, k Dorch 25
Ditto, New
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle.....Si. 61. 8d....
Glaszow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50
')it - 48

Ditto, New ... •
Do. Preference Consol. 11 -
Great Northern
5%
Do., London and York 21/5...... ..••• ..•
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great North of England.loo
Ditto, New, 401 a
Ditto, New, 30/
Ditto, New, 151 6% ..... •
Great Western 9O 95 96 ex dig •••

Ditto, 1,4 Shares 4O ....
Ditto, 14 Shares
Ditto, Fifths
Ditto, New 171— .. .. 91,4... _
Huddersfield and Manch. 24
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ......
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ....„
Ditto, 14 Shares
Ipswich k Bury St. Edm l7l/, _
Do., do., and Norwich 15
.. a•••
Do., do., Extens. Scrip
(late (Jamb. & Ely) 21/2 — ......••••••. „
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 .....
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, % Shares ...... 38 -
Do. Quarter Shares... 14% — ...
Do. Fifths... ........ -.. 9 ti 1.1:
Do. Sixteenths 614 —
Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/. 45...... ...... .. ......
Do. Liverp. and 13ury 38
Ditto 1/ (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 33

81/2

Do.(Waketield,Ponte:
Tract, and Goole) .., 50
Do. (W. Riding Union)4l. 25......

Do. (Preston & Wvre) 25
D 0.1,4 Shares (A)... 9
Leeds and Bradford it
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 421/2......
Do., Half Shares
Do., (blue) scrip ...... 21,¢.....
Leeds and Thirst: ...... 40
Ditto, New
Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 31/i...... .......» —
I,iverpool, Crosby and
Southport . ... 2

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47R

Liverp., Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction...
London & Black wall 13/. 6s. 8d....
Do. New, No. 2 5/.135.4d.
Do. Extension 17%
London, Brighton, and
South Coast 5O 3034 31%
Do. Consol. Eighths. 40 20
Do. Guarant. 5 per et... 9
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per et. 50 .. .........
Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50
London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d — ..... .......
Ditto, Preference... 181175 2d —
Leudon and N. Western 100 ......134 135 x.d 133 x.d
L. itto, Quarters 2 - 6
Ditto Fifths 2 -
Do 401.Shares(L.M.) 20
Do. 10/. ( 11. & B.) A.
Do. 101. (51. & B.) B.
Do. 101. (61 & B.) C. 1
Lon,l. & S. W« stern 5O
do. New 50/. ..... 37%.. ........ ...... 28%
Do. New 40/. 3O
Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50
Ditto ditto .... 40
Ditto, Thirds 81.6x. 8d....
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ..... •-•
Londonderry &Colernine 27% — ........
Londonderry and Enniv-
lh..... ..... 25
1, ~westoft (4 per et.) ... 20
Ditto (6 per et.)

Ntan,_diesier,l3uxt6n,and
Matlock.... ... 3 eeeeeeee ••••••
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire ...100
Do. Quarters (Ne. 1) 13 ...,
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (N 0,3)..... 7% —

Ditto, New 101. Pref... 7
Ditto and Grimsby.— 25
Ditto ditto . 7
Ditto ditto
Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire

Do., Grimsby Dock... 12j.4 —
Do. Man. &Lin. Union 4/..28 —

3034
2 0

10%

7%

31anchest& Southampt. 21,4 ......
Midian.l lOO ......104 106 104 lo4x. d
Do. Consolidated Pref.100
Do. 401. Shares
Do. :401. Shares l5 ... 10 LAI lO L/2
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
Do.Consol. Bristol and
Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 ......
XI idlnd, Bnst. &Glocstr. 36
Ditto, ditto
Midlnd,Leicest.lk Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ......
__. _.

&Editld Great Western
Irish
Newcastle and Carlisle...100
Do. Quarters 25
Newinrket&Chesterforsl 18%
Do. Extension .........21. 125....
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford
Newry and Enniskillen 7 -
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor l5 - •••
Norfolk ........- ....... ....100 - . ..... 65 id
Do. New 20/.
Do. Extension
Do. Guaranteed 51,,,pc. 5
Do. Scrip, 1847, North
of N0rf01k....
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2
Northern Counties Union 4
iorth British .......... 25
Do. Half Sharks
Do. Quarters... ......
Do. Extension
Ditt,, Thirds
North & South-Westorn 2 ......
North Jtatiordishire lO .. {)%
North Wales
North Western
Oxford, Worcester. and
W olverhampton ...,.. 40 ...
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Royston and Hitchin ... 1%
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 22% — .
Ditto, New
-sheilield, Rotherham,
:k nd Goole - .. •••
Shrewsbury and Birm... 7
Ditto ditto. Class B. 4
Shrewsbury & Chester
( Nor. W. Alin.)
Ditto Halves ... ditto 8
Ditto Oswestry ...... 14
Ditto New
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref
Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 .....
Shropskire Union
South Devon
Do. Preference - •••• •••• ••••
South Staffordshire
-'outh Eastern & Dover. 33% 27
Do., No. 1 24
Do., Nc. 2. - ........ ...
Do,, No. 3 ....... ...... 20
Do., No. 4
South Wales ....... ........ 18
south Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole 3

_
94

91,t
434
I

Swans. Sc, Loughor & Ca-
meron's Stm. C0a1.... 6
Taw Vale Extension ... 4 ••• ••
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway ..........
Vale •1 Neath

Waterford and Kilkenny 13,
Waterford and Limerick 40
Waterfd,Wxfrd,W icklw,
aad llublui
W est Cornwall
A hitehaven & Furness 10
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western........ 925.
ilts, Somerset, & Wey-
m0uth.........30
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick. _

Do. Original New and
Berwick .
Do. Extensioa No. 1. 16
Do. do. No. 2......... 10
t)e. Gi.N E.Preference 8 ......89j%........... 6%
York and North Midland 50
Ditto, Preference ...... 10
Do. East and West Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 16

Central of Spain
Ceylon
Demerara
Dendre Valley... 4
Direct Bombay and
Madras
Dutch Rhenish 7 ••
East Indian
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
Italian and Austrian.... 4
Jamaica S. Mid. Junction 1
Louvain i la Sambre 6
Luxembourg.... 7 ••••••

Lyons and Avignon 5
Madrid and Valentia..• 2
Namur and Liege ...... 16 ... .. ••• ........ ...•
Northern of France...... 10
Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... 3 .., _ --2%
Over Yssel, 4138 4d...... II 21/,i dis
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen ... ..... 20
Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 •••••••••
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse
Strasbourg and Basle
Tours and Nantes ...... .. 8
Tournav, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasselt ..... 16
West Flanders ...
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London Joint Stock— 10 —
Provincial of Ireland ... 25
British North American 50
London & Westminster. 20 - • ••• •••
Commercial of London 20
Union of Madrid 4O - •••
National Pro f. England. 35
Australasia
Colonial
Union of London
Ditto, NOSY lO --
Union of Australia
Ditto,New... ...... ..... 2%...... •
Ditto New...
National of Ireland 22%...... ••..
MINES.

-
1%

Anglo-Mexican lOO
Brazilian Cocaes& Cuiba 30 ....
British Iron . .
Real Del Monte, Unreg

LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.)

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LONDON, MARCH B.—Wind S , light breeze and fine.
DEAL, MARCH 6.—Wind W.N.W. to N.E —Arrd.
William Ackers, Sargeant, Mauritius. Arrd. from the
River, for Amissa, Algoa Bay, Bombay, and Hong
Kong; Isle of Wight, Mauritius. Sld. Caroline Au-
gusta, Penang; and the rest of the outward bound.
LIVERPOOL MARCH 7.—Wind Hin-
dostan, Cushing, New Orleans ; Washington Irving,
Caldwell, Boston; Amelia. Agry, Charleston. Sailed,
Earl of Durham, Rio Janeiro and Bombay ; Grace,
Madras; Courier, Valparaiso ; Alice, Barbadoes ; Ho-
ratio, Santa Martha; Enterprise, New York.
DEAL, MARCH ;.—The Hope, from Port Arthur to
London, leaky, was passed in lat. 15 N. long. 32 W.,
by the Ariteola, arrived in the Downs. The Duhro-
vick, for Trieste, has put back with damage.
PLtstours, MARCH 7.—The Daniel Ross, Anderson,
from Rio Janeiro to Hamburgh, with loss of sails and
vat's and bulwarks, and part of cargo throws over-
board, put in yesterday. The Amazon, steamer, which
has been in search of the Waratah, arrived here
ye.terday, without having heard anything of her.
SCILLY, MARCH 6.—The Minerva, from St. Michael's,
with the loss of sails and bulwarks, and leaky, arrived
here on the 4th inst. The Francais Casimer, has been
got off shore at Trescon, without much damage.
,ABERDEEN, MARCH 6.—The Elizabeth of Aloa, from
the Clyde, struck on the North Pier, this morning and
sunk; crew saved.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd 6th,
Robert Stewart, Honduras. 7th, Lady Fitaherbert,
Wetherall, Mauritius, with loss of sails, bulwarks, stan-
chions, and crew disabled; Marie Laure, Batsey, Bristol,
for Mauritius, with loss of boats, bulwarks, and decks
swept.
FALMOVTR, MARCH 7.—Wind DIM. W., strong gales,

with violent squalls-51d. 6th, Crane Packet, Madeira,
Tenvritre and Brazils.

CARDIFF,. MARCH 6. Sld. Crusador, Naughton,
Brazils; Prince Thomas, Cape of Good Hope; Sir 1-I,:nry
Pettinger, Bermuda.
KINGSTOWN.—Arrd. tMonarch, Perceval, China, and
vailed for Liverpool.
HULL, MARC'S 7.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. 6th, Ghana,
Singapore.
:MARGATE, Mallen 7.—The Elizabeth and Mary, of
Charente, on shore, at Kingsgate, 2d instant, was got
off last night, after discharging about half her cargo,
and towed into this harbour.

PORT TALBOT, MARCH s.—The Talbot steamer was
iu contact 4th inst., between Scilly and Barry Islands,
with a brig, but sustained only slight damage.
GALWAY, MARCH s.—The Marine Plant, Wick to
Shields, which sank at Galway 28th ult., has been
raised, after discharging; she is logged, and appears to
have suffered considerable damage.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH- 7.—A quantity of shots, par-
tially burnt, and a topmast charred at the back, Here
passed sth inst., between Tuskar and Bardovy, supposed
to belong to the Chieftain, from Liverpool to Afi ica,
which was seen on fire 3d inst., seven miles N.E. of
Tuskar, by the Washington Irving, arrived at Liverpool.
WHITBY, MARCH 7.—The Eagle, of this port, i❑
taking the harbour last evening, struck on the bar, came
against the pier, and is expected to have received
damage.

MAGAZINES, &e. (CONTINUED).

FI?ASER.

Of the observations contained in Fraser's Magazine
respecting the miserable immorality and ignorance
prevalent among the humbler classes of the population
of %Vales we have already spoken in another depart
went. The writer is svidently ambitious of nothing
more than an enforcement of the facts enumerated in
the reports published by the Commission appointed
by Sir George Grey. Those facts are sufficiently
startling to corroborate to the uttermost the assertions
made by the late representative of Coventry (Mr.
Williams) at the commencement of the Parliamentary
session of 1846 ; and they are certainly enough to
justify the Government in adventuring upon some
educational scheme of an extraordinary character,
even supposing that scheme be alone applicable to
the principality of Wales. No tuition of a very
remarkable character is requisite in the first instance ;
let school-rooms be opened in the different parishes
with the simple intention of teaching the poorer
children the English language, and when that is done
much good will have been already accomplished.
Let the circumstance be borne in recollection
that the wealthier members of Welsh society are
habituated to the English tongue—a tongue
as foreign to their humbler brethren as the patter of
Timbuctoo would be to an Irish peasant—and some
conception may be formed of the estrangement of both
classes from each other. All the relations of life are
interrupted by this single casualty, and no practical
improvement can be effected until one idiom er other
is common to all the inhabitants without distinction.
" A Plea for Physicians" might have had an alias—
" An Onslaught on Charlatans," " Childhood and its
Reminiscences," is a didactic composition, which
might have been penned by Elizabeth Youatt, and
the delineation of Church-lane, St. Giles's (the last
remnant of the once notorious rookery), might have
been authorised by the signatures of the Commis-
sioners of Gwydyr House. Without possessing that
skill in the portraiture of a locality which is one of
the principal charms of " Box," the writer is as exact as
the most conscientious appraiser. We have been sin-
gularly amused with an article in the present number,
entitled (with more truth than was everintended by the
contributor), " Romance of Portuguese Revolution."
It is a critical notice of a novel called " The Student of
Coimbra," recently written by one Doctor Centazzi.
The book itself is a romantic effusion which the
author possibly imagines to be a historical novel.
Whether Dr. Centazzi is such a chamurros as to fancy
so or not, it is clear that the writer in Fraser is
possessed with the idea. Not only, indeed, does the
latter regard the work as a historical novel, but he I
actually reviews its revelations as history—with all I
the seriousness one would devote to Tytler or Rapin.
After uttering an incidental eulegium upon the im-
mortal " Lusiadas " of Luis de Camoens, he jeers at
the barrenness of Portuguese literature—a literature
which after the poetical King Diniz, contains such
names as Francisco Nascimento, Barbosa Bocage,
Albuquerque, Garrett, Carvalho, and Castilho. As
if a nation of scarcely 3,000,000 could be expected
to be as prolific in writers, and sculptors, and
painters, and musicians, as the more populous
countries of the European continent, especially
when it is borne in remembrance that Portugal
was toiling so long and so bravely in the very van of
European enterprise, and that it has latterly been the
prey, first, of British intermeddling in the Peninsula,
and secondly, of its own intestine dissentious. Por-
tugal is, in truth, the very last kingdom that should
be pointed at by the finger of scorn, for if it has pro-
duced very few great thinkers, it has given birth to
very many great actors— actors, not upon the petty
stage of a provincial playhouse, but in the broad
arena of Christendom. Few histories are more
glorious than the history of Portugal—of that Por
tugal which, by promoting the science of navigation,
gave a sublime and irresistible impetus to the cause
of civilisation. If France has its Charlemagne, Por-
tugal has its Prince Henry ; if England has its
Chaucer, Portugal has its Camoens ; if Spain has its
Ximenes Portugal has its Vasco da Game; if Rome
has its Rienzi, Portugal has its Diaz ! It is an act of
ignorance and ingratitude to scoff at Portugal
as a country that is low in the scale of
European nations, when it is not to be
forgotten that its princes were the first geographical
adventurers in Christendom. But the contributor to
Regina only ceases to ridicule the Portuguese when
he begins to distort the history of Portugal. He
recounts, with punctilious exactitude, the arrival of
the corvette Lealdade (from Rio Janeiro) in the
mouth of the Tagus, bringing news of the royal
decree by which his Majesty Dom Pedro IV. (the
Emperor of Brazil), gave a constitution to the Por-
tuguese, and resigned the crown of Portugal in
favour of his daughter, Donna Maria 11., who was
to marry her uncle, Dom Miguel. This, of course,
was in 1826. He tells, also, of the rejoicings which
commenced on the 31st of the July of that year in
Lisbon, immediately this decree was officially con-
firmed. But when he begins to recount the rise of
the adherents of Dom Miguel, and the proclamation
of that prince as King of Portugal, he outrages all
common sense by his exaggerations. We doubt not
that his ears would tingle with horror at the sound
of 0 Rai chegau —" The King is come !"—the first
stirring words of the Miguelite war-song. He
has scarcely patience to mention the capture of
Oporto by the Miguelites, and the ocupation of the
Portuguese throne by Dom Miguel; he hurries on to
the fitting out of Dons Pedro's expedition atgerceira,
and its arrival at Oporto in July 1832—the expedi-
tion consisting of a fleet of two frigates, two corvettes,
three brigs, fifteen gun-boats, and a number of trans-
port ships, having on board 2,400 seamen, and 8,029
soldiers ; the British brigades being commanded by
Shaw, Cotter, and Bacon. The contributor then
refers to the entrance of Dom Pedro into Oporto on
the 9th of July ; the blockade of that city ; its bom-
bardment; the heroic assault made upon it by the
Miguelites on Michaelmas-day; the mutiny of the
fleet under Sartorius, and its re-organization by
Napier; the presence of Maria in Lisbon, and the
ultimate capture of that capital by the Pedroites and
their British auxiliaries. All these things, however,
appear to have been re-capitulated in the magazine,
principally for the purpose of showering the most
vulgar and scurrilous abuse upon the head of the
unfortunate Domi Miguel. In one passage he is "an
absolute king, who gives way in the moment of
victory to " a bloody reaction ;" in another, he is " the
tyrant Miguel ; ' in another, he is described as a first-
rate charioteer, "like the Nero whom he in many re-
spects resembles." The Limoeiro is painted as a second
Bastille ; the Fortress of St. Julian as another Bicetre;
Telles Jordao as a monster little less infamous than
Marat ; and Cardoso as not much better than Henriot !
" Can such things be,
And overcome us like a summer cloud
Without our special wonder?"
There are thousands now in these islands who can
well recollect the time when Napoleon Bonaparte was
looked upon by Englishmen as a sort of devil incar-
nate, a sensualist, an adulterer, a wretch guilty of
every crime from incest to intoxication, a man accus
tomed in his paroxysms of rage to kick his mother
down the stairs of the Tuileries, to swear at his at-
tendants, and occasionally (perhaps by way of
variety) to 4‘ pitch into" his Field Marshals. There
are thousands now living in England who can recol-
lect that such things were actually believed of the
First Consul and the Emperor. The late John Murray
published books seriously stating as much with
all the grave veracity—not of verse, but of history—
we have read the books ourselves with disgust, and
believe they were called, if we recollect right, " The
Revolutionary Plutarch." Since then the true spirit
of history has vindicated the character of Napoleon.
The same spirit will in like manner dissipate these
bugbear stories about Dom Miguel: posterity will
see him more justly than we do. Other articles are
contained in Fraser for March, and the number con-
cludes, as usual, with a clever epitome of the events
which have occurred throughout the world since its
last publication.

respective temporary lodgings, to ponder rather upon
their plans for the ensuing day, than to reflect upon the
dangers they had incurred in their proceedings.
" The four women, to whose care the body of the
queen had been thus confided, were the four faithful, unit
attached, and chivalrous maids of honour, who had
attended upon Anne in the Tower, and accompanied her
to the scaffbld. These, when her head was severed from
the body, took charge of both, suffering no one to touch
them but themselves, and having wrapped them carefully
in a covering they had provided, and placed them in the
old chest, which had been brought thither to receive
them, they went with those who were appointed to bear
away the body to the church, and did not leave it till
they saw it completely enclosed in the grave which had
been so hastily opened to admit it.
" One of these four was Mary Wyatt, and one of the
four men was her brother, Sir Thomas Wyatt, who could
not endure the thought that one whom he hud once so
fondly loved, whom he had always admired and esteemed,
should be buried like a dog, and thrust into the grave as
a thing dishonoured and despised ; and, when a mes
senger brought him word that Anne, but a moment be-
fore she knelt down o■ the block, whispered to his sister
to implore ber brother to bear off, if posssible, her re-
mains frees the Tower, and to give her the rites of
Christian burial in a place she named, he determined at
once to encounter all risks, to fulfil, if practicable, her
dying request.
"There was, undoubtedly, great personal danger to
himself in the attempt. He had very narrowly escaped
being sent a prisoner to the Tower, with Norris, Wes-
ton, and Brereton; and, had he accompanied them, he
would undoubtedly have been executed together with
them, two days before. He knew and felt this ; and
that his life was not worth a week's purchase.
"But there were other difficulties to contend with,
and other considerations to be given to the subject, than
such as arose from any personal dangers to himself.
Alone, he was powerless. Yet, who would be his con
federates in a scheme that threatened the loss of life to
all engaged in it ? Who would enter into a hostile
Tower, well garrisoned, and vigilantly guarded, and
brave the vengeance of a governor, by carrying away
the body of a queen, of whose person, whether living or
dead, he had the custody ? The poor queen could give
no thanks: her friends were all in disgroce. Wyatt had
no money, and no influence or authority ; but that
helped him which has helped so many others, and which
has so often achieved success in still more perilous en-
terprises—he had man's love for woman to appeal to.
" Those chivalric maidens, who braved without fear the
frowns of their king, and the insulting speeches of his
courtiers, to attend upon their unfortunate and maligned
queen in her degradation and distress, were not likely to
have either pusillanimous lovers or brothers ; and the
men happened to be in this case worthy of the women.
They entered immediately and cordially into Wyatt's
plan, and separately, and without an hour's delay, made
their way to the Tower, to make inquiries as to the
health and well-doing of their respective favourites.
When there, various reasons were found for their stav-
ing during the night. The ladies themselves would all
depart the next day, and the assistance of such friends
in their removal was more than desirable.

" Besides, other circumstances within the Tower in
some measure favoured their projects—the hurried pre-
paration for so many executions within the walls during
the last few days—the arrival of so many nobles and
counsellors, to sit in judgment upon the prisoners—and
the arrival that day within the Tower of the King's
brother—the Duke of Suffolk, the king's son, the Duke
of Richmond, and other high officers of state, to witness
Anne's execution—and their hurried departure, after all
was over, with their numerous retinue, deranged the
usual customary duties of the guard, and made them
less inquisitive than they would otherwise have been, as
to the persons they admitted.
_ _ _

"In addition to this, all the prisoners, who had
caused this excitement, had been disposed of—all were
executed, and, moreover, buried. There was no one re-
maining within the Tower cared for by any one ; and
the extreme vigilance of the constable, Sir William
Kingston, so long as he had the prisoners in charge,
and until he had in every respect obeyed the King's
stern decrees in respect of them all, made him, perhaps,
now less severe in his regulations towards the few un-
happy ladies, their friends, who would be his guests
only a few hours more within the Tower walls.
" The peculiarly mournful situation of these ladies,
the melancholy and :Meting scenes they had so lately
witnessed, their heroic conduct, and their deep distress,
made it impossible to dony to them the sympathy and
visit of a Jew friends. Mary-Wyatt, in her deep sor-
row, might well be supposed to need a brother's consola-
tion, and even, in her forlorn state, a brother's protection.
This gave him, immediately subsequent to the execution,
an amply sufficient reason for visiting his sister in the
Tower; and he soon arranged with Mary all the details
of his enterprise; and Mary soon secured the hearty
co-operation of the other ladies, who were but too well
pleased to lend their aid to fulfil the last expressed wish
of their dying mistress.
"A quiet entrance into the church was all that Sir
Thomas then seemed to need for the success of his plans.
He strolled into the church, conversed unreservedly, and
with as much composure as he could assume, with the
sexton, who pointed out to him the stones which covered
the bodies respectively of Queen Anne and her brother,
Lord Rochford. The man, it appeared, from his con-
versation, had greatly commiserated the fate of the un-
happy Queen, and was shocked at the heartless manner
in which she had been thrust into her grave, without any
attendant priest or religious service. Sir Thomas Wyatt
availed himself of this favourable prepossession, and by
persuasions of various kinds, some verbal, some perhaps,
inure substantial, he obtained of the man permission to
enter the church at midnight, and with the ladies who
had been the Queen's attendants, to complete her funeral
obsequies secretly and quietly, as they best could.
" Of course the sexton never knew, nor did the Con-
stable of the Tower ever dream, of the masterly ma-
❑ceuvre that had been practised against them. So far,
however, had Sir Thomas succeeded, that he had rescued
the body from its grave, and had placed it in hands that
would, to their utmost, protect it. The next step was
to remove it beyond the Tower walls.
" It was natural enough, that from the excitement and
distress of the preceding day, from the terror and grief
they had been exposed to in the actual witnessing on the
scaffold the beheading of their lovely queen, that the
ladies should be more or less ill, and that one at least
should need to be carried to her litter, from illness and
sheer exhaustion.

" When the hour arrived for their departure, they re-
spectively sent their adieus and their thanks to Sir
William and Lady Kingston, and a litter being at the
door, three of the ladies, in the deepest mourning, en-
tered it; and presently Sir Thomas Wyatt and another
gentleman appeared, carrying in their arms a lady, who
seemed but little able to support herself. She was also
in mourning, and closely covered up. This was the
body of Anne. Having safely deposited her with the
others, the whole drove away, followed by the other
maid of honour, disguised as one of the attendants.
Quietly and together the gentlemen walked through the
Tower gates, beyond which their horses awaited them;
mounting these, they proceeded westward, and were soon
lost sight of in the crooked and narrow street which led
directly from the Tower to the City."
The body was afterwards interred at Salle Church
with the proper observance of religious rites. Mr
Warren continues his " Adventures on the river
Amazon," Miss Costello her " Sketches of Switzer -
land," and Professor Creasy his " Comments on the
Six Decisive Battles of the World ;" the Battle of Me-
taurus is the subject of the present comment. Mr.
Postans contributes a graphic account of the "Two
Funerals of Napoleon ;" the one at St. Helena, the
other at Paris, at both of which he was present; and
" A Cape Codder" spins a superb yarn about his
"Adventures among the Mermaids," which is as superbly
illustrated by Leech. M. Appert, under the title of
" Visits, Dinners, and Evenings at the Quai d'Orsav
and Neuilly," gives some pleasant gossip anent various
notabilities of Parisian society. Charles Whitehead
contributes an account of the " Battle of Aliwal,"
which is illustrated by a life-like portrait of Sir Harry
Smith. This is an excellent number of Bentley.

the exact and facile pen of Mr. Percy St. John, we
anticipate a very lively description of that gran,l
popular ni(Nenient which he has just had the privi-
lege of watching ts a spectator. George
v.rites a clever sketch of Professor Nichol, as the
first in a series of sketches of " Popular Lecturers." We
would suggest, however, to Mr. Gilfillan that he is
plunging too many irons into the fire together—al-
ready we have had from him the commencement of a
series of " Literary Portraits " (as a second series),
and of portraits of " Female Authors "—and now %%c
have a third series of "Popular Lecturers"—
all begun and not one completed. We suspect from
his discursive contributions to Tait that he is as vola-
tile in disposition as he is versatile as a book-
man. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder perseveres steadily,
" plodding his pleasant (not his weary) way " along
the margin of the Tyne. " Entails and their Reme-
dies " will prove mostreadable toyoungersons, and " A
Word for Dr. Hampden " will be anything but nuts for
Dean Merewether. " Fragments of the Life of a
German Princess " is an agreeable criticism on an
agreeable book, followed by another " Letter from
the Channel Islands" and a chapter on " Insurance
Societies." The magazine closes with a copious
" Literary Register " and " Political Register," and
by way of an appendix, it administers a bitter blow
to the Cabinet anent the Budget, which is to be
amended, and the income tax, which is not to be
increased.