The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-14 00:00:00

THE StiN, LONDON,

100,000 florins from the civil list to the country,
0 florins from the appanage: and dowries of
)ncal flinilv—Fribourg Gazette.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. .

the Grand

There was a brisk demand for ,Cotton at Liverpool
yesterday; the sales were 6,000 boles to the trade, besides
2,000 sold to speculators. The prices of American at
and under 4d. per lb. were *d. higher since Friday.
The other kinds were without alteration. The great
demand was for American new Boweds at 4d. per lb.
The sales consist of 7,000 American at aid. to 6d. 400
Pernams at 411. to kid., 200 Bahia at 5d., 400 Surats
et 3d. to 31d., and 150 Sea Islands at Bd. to Is. Oid.
In Railway Shares rather a better business was done.
From the country districts generally we continue to
receive favourable accounts concerning the state of
business, though what is most to be noted is the
hopeful anticipations of the future The im-
pression that !natters ought to improve, goes far, we
know, in producing the desired amelioration. In the
produce markets of the metropolis, there is cer-
tainly much more animation. Yesterday, for example.
there were 1,700 hhds. of West India sugar sold
privetely, and a further advance has occurred
in coflse. Good ord. native Ceylon has been sold as
high as 295. 6d. Rum has been in rather better demand.
Tallow continue heavy.
The Money Market has seldom been in a more
favourable position. Discounts on best bills range
from t e ceand-a-half to three per cent. ; bullion
continues to arrive from nearly all parts, and if only half
be true that is stated of the discoveries of gold in more
than one region, very interesting reflections must nri.e
as to the future metallic standard. Accounts from the
Pacific Coast (St. Francisco) confirm and repeat that
from 60,000 to 100,000 jdollars in gold are
daily extracted. It is said .to be about
23 carats fine. One vessel brought to Mazatlan 75 lbs.,
and; sold it at dollars 14.15 the ounce. There were se-
veral whale ships and other vessels laid up there, about
16 in all; their crews had deserted, and gone to the gold
region. The ship Huntress, which sailed from Now
York on 18th April, had been there for some lime
with Government stores, and could not discharge,
for want of launches. Two-thirds of her crew were off,
and it is supposed she will be obliged to abandon her
voyage to Canton. As much as ninety dollars per month
had been paid for sailors. Mechaeics and labourers,
of whom there were very few, got five and six
dollars per day, and common cooks could and did get
100 dollars per month ; and, in tact, the inducements
at the mines and on shore are so great, that the people
would not go to sea. Unless the Government of Cali-
fornia interfered, all other pursuits would be abandoned.
The whole of the public property of the city of St.
John's, New Brunswick, is advertised to be'sold at auc-
tion, by the sheriff; to satisfy an execution issued out of
the Supreme Court, for 1161 odd. The New Bruns •
wicker says this state of affairs is the result of " bad
faith, bad management, loose system of accounts cor-
ruption, recklessness, and extravagance, of former boards
of Common Council."

The late gale was very severely felt at St. John on.
Monday, but we hear off no report of damage dune to
shipping.
'The ,Fredericton Reporter says—" In about ten days
the line of electric telegraph from St. Andrew's to St.
John will be completed, and in full operation. This is
the continuation—not, we hope, the completion—of a
line which extends from the city of New Orleans all the
way to St. John. Next spring it will be continued to
Halifax, and, we trust, to Fredericton ; as we know the
House of Assembly will give all proper encouragement
to such a laudable undertaking."
There are accounts to-day of October 19, inclusive,
from the Cape of Goop Elope. The Governor, Sir
Harry Smith, had succeeded in settling the affeirs of
the frontier in a manner which gave satisfaction, ap•
patently, to all parties, and there was likely to be a
period of prolonged tranquillity, and we hope !pros•
perity, for the farmers and the aboriginals.
We are glad to announce the receipt of a further
amount towards the dividend on New Grenada Bonds
due in June last. The whole sum required, 16,000 dol-
lars we believe, is not yet forthcoming; but it is ogle-
thing to see the Republic making an effort even.
Great regret may fairly be expressed that Ve-
nezuela should be of late BO incessantly dis-
turbed by revolutionists of one kind or other.! Me-
nages, the President, had recommended that some plan
be suggested by Congress (convoked for the 25th ult.),
whereby the country might be tranquillized. : With
General Paez arrayed against Monagas, and Flores
against Mosquera, the President at Guayaquil, we can
hardly expect much attention to financial matters;
The transfer books for Consols are closed, but there
have b& en a few special bargains. For Money the quo-
tations have been 88* to *, including the dividend, and
for the opening, ex dividend, the rates have been 864 to
871. The premium on Exchequer-bills has be4n 395.
to 425., and on India Bonds, 38s. Bank Stock has been
marked 1891 to 190. The New Three and-a-Quarter
per Cents. have been 87* to *, and the Three per
Cents. 864 to 87*. The steady rise in the French
Rentes, and the impression that there is more Con..
serva,ive feeling among our neighbOurs than was. sup-
posed, has unquestionably produced a good feeling in
monetary circles, notwithstanding the admission that
there may yet be important events on the topic.
Thu Foreign Securities have been generally firm, but
Mexican Bonds must be excepted, for in them there .is
a partial reaction, the quotations being 21} to 22k.
Peruvian Stock has been quoted 38 to 39k. quadur
has been at 2*. Brazilian Small Bonds are 75. Por-
tuguese Four per Cents. have been 24k. Russian Bonds
have risen 1 per cent., being at 102*. Dutch Two-and-
a-Half per Cents. have been 484. Spanish Thf'ee per
Cents. have been quoted 25k.
Railway Shares participate in the buoyancy of the
Stock Markets, and there is an inquiry for nearly all
the principal lines, at advanced prices.

I
0 ~, F, CLONING
, . 'F:t+ Or NlTtelli rUil).. O'CLOCK. eiticEs.
Bank Stock l9O 1891,4 1 189,,2
3, et Cent. Reduced A-ns 86% 87% I b 7 A
3:per Cent. Consols Annuities...-. 884, lh ; esi,„,
New 31A per Cent. Ann 5...... • B7l/41/s IA 7%
~ung, is nns. to expire J tua. 1860 -16 , 894
ndia Bond*, 1,0001.
:South Sea Stock

Ditto Old Annuities
Gaisols for Account 86% 8714 x d 187%xd
. iotcbequer Bills. • 21/2d. & 2d. I
1,000/. March 42 39 p ' 39 p
1,0001. June 3B 40 37 p 37 p
500/. Match.
500/. June
Small, March •• 40 p
Small. June
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE CLOSIN.
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
75
75
2.4

Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, bmall
Equador Bonds ...

7536
2

Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent....,
mean, 5 p
Ditto,xic Deferreder Lent.
—2%
I
1846 221, i 21% 21:1/4
Ditto, Account
Peruvian Bolds, 6 per Cents 3B 39 39
Ditto. Account ..... ... ......
Portuguese 5 per Cents. ' —
Ditto, 4 per Cent
Russian Bonds ...
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account 1214 LAI
Ditto, 3 per Cent ..... ........
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 234 per Cent., 12 Guild 4B LA
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates

24%
102%
124
12%
25%

4814
73

PRICES OF p . BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction VA.....
A.yrshire and Galloway.. 7%
Belfast & County Down 19 ...... —.
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Janet., calls duly
paid, ( r with aguaran. 20
Do, withoutguaractee 20
13i.ming, Wolverh'ton,
and Dudley, calls duly
pd, or with guarantee 10 .....
Do. without guarantee 10
tiirming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 13/. 145... .. .
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June-- 10
Bo,ton, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ...
Bristol and Exeter 9O ... ..
Ditto, Thirds .... ..... 271,E
buckinghamthire... 14/. 4s.
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares .. 814 ....— ........ 1%
Do. New 10/. Pref..... 5

,
Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50
Chester and Holyhead... 50
Ditto, Preference
Clarence
... ..._

-----
DDDOOO...
G2l sdotvcCelrlasanssms;es6nptpterrocanC::,
1100
......
_7
...
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Belfast June. 35 ......
Dundalk & Enniskillen 20
;Cast A.nglia, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 ......
Do., 181., E. & 11.'... 18
Do., 31.105.
Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 113 A % ll -'s
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent. ... ...... 10 ...... 11 ............
Ditto,Extension,s per
Cent., No. 1 61. 13s. 4d....
1
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... % dis
Do. North. & Eastern 50 —
Do., 5 per cent.
Do. Quarters ......... 12% — ............ .
Do. New ... 34
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1
Ditto, Class B (L &
and B.) 2O
Ditto, Class C, ditto... 20 .
Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 10
Ditto, ditto - —
Ditto (C. & E.) guar.
5 per cent......
East Lancashire
Ditto, New ...... ..-.. 21
Ditto, New Quarters 6IA
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
ference Quarters ... 6LA
East Lincolnshire ...... 25
Edinburg.l! and Glasgow 50 ...... .....

Ditto, Half Sharei.... 20 .. ..
Edinburgh and Northern 25
Ditto, Newport —
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch 25/9 .....
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle
6'lasgow,Kilmar , & Ayr 50 ......
Do.Preierence Consol. - •••••• . ...
i4reat Northern
.. 7 I,o§
Do., 72 A Deferred ... 12%...... 4 %.... .......
Do., 1/2 B 6 per Cent.
guai auteed ... ..... 6t4...... 8% ”5-
Do. Extension 2is — -
Great South. and West.
(Ireland) ....... 42%...... .• •..

TH EJ RSDAY EVEN ING, DECEMBER l4, 1848,

i Groat North of England.loo --
D !co, ..Z. ew, 402 4O
Ditt,, ‘.1.,'-0 25 -
1
Ditto, New 31)1 3O
Ditto. I.'; ew,17,/
Great Western
1 Ditto, 1,,A,2 Shares
Ditto, 11/ Shares
Ditto. Fiftlan ... 20 -
_ .

Ditto, Now 17/... 13 9% 10 ...
ILtidersfield and Manch. 30
Ditto, Thirds
and Selby
Dit:o, Half Shares ... 25 ......
Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle..• 5O

Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, 1/2 Shares
Do. Quarter Shares... 17172 — ..„
Do. Fifths.- ........ -.. 9
Do. Sixteenths 614
Do. '1 hird,,(Reg.)..... 13 .„,.
Do. New,Gua.6 percL 5
Do. Liverl, and Bury 43
Ditto (late Hod-
derstield and Sheff.) 43
Do.( Wakefield,Ponte-
tract, and Goole) ... 50
Do.( W. Riding Union) 7 .• .....
Do. (Preston &•Wyre) 25
Do. 1/2 Shares (A)... 9
Leeds and Bradtord 5O
•••
Lends, Dewsbury, tic.... 50 .
Half Shares ... 25
Do., (blue) ,„
I.,eds and Thirsk
Ditto, New.............. 35
••,.,
Do., Prefer., ti per Ct. 31,y.•••• .......«,..,
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport . 31,2
Liverp., illanaster, and
Newcastle Junction... ...............
London & Black wa11...131. 6s. 8d 43/4 ...............

79
44
16

834

4%

J

I%

MEM
4%

Do. Extension ..... 221/...... ....
London, Brighton. and
South Coast
Do.Guarant.s per ct.., 9 - .........
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per et. 50 „ ,„„ .. .............
Ditto, ditto-- 1852 50
—.....—
Ditto, New 51., guar.
6 per cent: ..
London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... 9 .........
Ditto, Preference... 18i 17s 2d... 19%
London and N. Western 100 ......119
~; Do Quarters (L.& B.) 22
Ditto, New
Ditto, Fifths..... .. .. 2 ...... 5%% 5%
Do. .10/.Shares(L. M.) 25 —
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 9 ...... -- .. _
Do. 10/. (11. & B.) B. 9 ...... ... —

2914

Do. 101. iM. &B. C. 1 ....•
Lon.A. &S. Western 50.... 38% 39 3814
Oa. New 504
Do. New 404 . 34
Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50
Ditto ditto 40
Ditto. Thirds.. 6s. 8d —
Do.. New Scrip, 1848,
P,ef. 7 per Cent. on
Deposit, and 5 per
Cent. on Calls _l4 13s. 4d... par ...... par
Landon, Salisbury, and
Yeovil
Lomhynderry&Culeraine 283/4 — ........
Londonderry and Ennis-
kill..n
Lowestoft (4 per et.) Tr!

3814

Ditto (6. per ct.) 13
Man3hester.Buxton,and
ill atlock
MAnchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire 100 ...... ........
D,. Quarters (No. 1) 18

4 000000

Ditto ditto (NO. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 111 A...... ..... .....
Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10
Ditto, Gt.Grimsby ... 40
Ditto ditto . ........ 13 ...... ......... —
Ditto ditto
Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire l5 . ...
Do., Grimsby Dock... 20
Do., idanchester and
Lincoln Union..... 41.25. — ....„ ......
Midland ...100 .... 79 79% . 79

Do. Consolidated Prel.loo
Do., do., 50/. Shares... 20 ••• .• 9%1A 3/4 ......
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
D. ~Consol. Bristol and
Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ll9 11914
Ditto, Brist. & Glocstr. 38
Ditto, ditto l4l. 185....
Ditto,Leieest.& Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo
Midland Great Western
Irish
Middlesbro' and Redcar.

6 per cent. guar.
Newcastieandearits ...100

93/4

Do. Quarters ' 25 —
Newmarket ........ . .. 20
Do. Extension .........21. 125.... ••••
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Heretord 6 .....••
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newry, Warrenpoult,
arid Rostrevor
Norfolk •. .- 100
Do. New 201. .. lO
Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 —
Do. Guaranteed 51/2 pc. 5
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2
N orthern Counties Union 4
North British ........ ... 25 , 15% 15
Ditto, halves ..
Ditto, Quarters
Ditto, Extension O% ... .
Ditto,;Thirds ........ 84 .... 4
North & SoUth-Western 2
North Staffordshire l 5
• orth Wales ... ...... -.. 31,E —
North-Western . . -
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton ...... 50
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
iloystou and Hitchin ... 2
Scottish Central • 25 ...... ...... ....—... 261%4
Scottish Midland 25
Ditto, New
Sheffield, Rotherham,
Goole (Nor. Div.) ... 71,4
Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4 ...... .. . —
Shrewsbury and Lira... 9 - ••• .m...
Ditto ditto. Class B. 5
Ditto, New Guaranteed 6
Shrew:thury and Herefd. 2 ~,,
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.) l7 -
Ditto Halves ... ditto 81 -
~,.... .., ....
Ditto Oswestry ...... 1734 •
Ditto New .. ......... 1 ..
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10
Shropshire Union ...... 4
South Devon
south Do. Preference .... . . 25
-.
•••• •• • • ••••
south Staffordshire....., 61
South Eastern .. ......... [33% 22%3/4
Do.. No. 1... ............ 24
Do., No. ............ 22
D 0 . , No. 3 ••••••• ...... 25 -
Do., No. 4 Thirds ... 10
South Wales••••••••••••••• 28 -1A 7...
S .uth Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole ...... 5
Swans. & Loughor &Ca-

15
6

223/4

.....
6%

meron's Stni. C0a1..,, 6
•.• «
raw Vale Extension ... 8
~.. .. . ... ...
Thames Haven Dock ..
and Railway ........ ... 1N....«
Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 4 -•
Waterford and Kilkenny 1714 -• .. —
Waterford and Limerick 471/a
Waterld,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
arid Dublin ..... - ..... 3 ..... ,--
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed . . .. 5O
...... _
_
Do. do. do. ... 25
Do. do. do. ... 10
„.... ... ..... .. - 7., ri
\% ' est Cornwall ..... .. ..... 6
...
..
„....
West London ....... ... 20 ..... ' -
Do. Do. Ist Class ... 20 •
...... -
Do. Do. 2d Class 20 ...... -
W hitehaven & Furness 14
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western ..... ... 9%
......
Wilts. Scrnerset,& W ..
ey
mouth 4O
York, Newcastle, and ..........•.,•.
Berwick.
Do. Original New and
Berwick .. ...... ... 25 ..... 25 ...... ......
Do. Extensions No. 1. 15
Do. de v- -- "

24th
12%

JO. do. No. 2. _l5 124, 121/4
Do. Gr.N.E.Preference 8 ....: 6% 'il- 6%
York anti North Midland 50
Ditto, Preference ...... 10
Do. East and West Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

Anglo Italian (late Ita-
lian and Austrian). ... 5
Boulogie and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzou)... 17
Ceylon
."..
... ............
15
......
..... .............. .
Demerara
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and ...... .........
Madras 53. • ... -.-
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian 34
...... .. ...... ....
Great Indian Peninsular 1A...,,. ......
- •••• •
Louvain itla Sambre
................
Ditto
11:7)4. .
.....
....
14 ........... ...
Madrid and Valentia 2 ~.... _
Namur and Liege ...... 20 ,„ __ ..'•"......•••
Northern of France.... 12 ...... 7 ''s
Orleans and Bordeaux... 7 .... .__
.... ..........
Paris and Lyons ll
....
......
Do. Do. . lO ...... -- .
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen ... 2O ...... __ ........... .
Paris and Strasbourg
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... __ •••
Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 ...... -
'fours and Nantes ...... .. 9 ....„ ..._ ...........
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasselt ...... 20 ...... __
West Flanders B3A.• ... ....
..
•

OA

_ '4

7
2!4(

7%

; LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
) LONDON, DEC. 14.—Wind E,S.E., light pleasant
breeze, and fine clear dry weather.
ARDROSSAN, DEC. 12.—The Ciydcsdale, from Porto
Rico to the Clyde, which was stranded on the 29th ult.,
at Sea Mill, was got off yesterday, and has been brought
into this port with considerable damage; part of cargo
saved.
HARWICH, DEC. 12.—The General Washington, from
Bremen to New Orleans, was on shore on the Long Sand
yesterday, but got off and proceeded.
OFF PORTLAND, DEC. 11.—Danzig, Past, Batavia for
Hamburgb.
OFF DOVER, DEC. 12.—San Martin, Buenos Ayres.
OFF EASTBOURNE.—Neptune, Cape of Good Hope.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 13.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. 12th,
Duke of York, Chandler. Calcutta; Belle, Fellows,
Bonny; Maine, Littlefield, New York; Frederick, Smith,
St. John's, New Brunswick. 13th, Christina, Singapore;
Juana, Wilson, Valparaiso, Sid. 12th, Republic, Buck,
Baltimore. 13th, St. Clare, Bannermann, New Orleans;
Dash, llartery, Newfoundland.
TEIGNMOUTII—Wind S. to S.S.W.—Arrd. Ilaberdine,
Collings, St. John's, Newfoundland, with part of cargo
thrown overboard.
Cowra, DEc. 13—Wind S.W. by S.—Arrd. Countess
of Durham, Tyler, Cuba.
DEAL, DEC. 13—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Eleanor, Moul-
mein; Jehn Scott, Noswarthy, • Madras; Celt, Islay;
Remittance, Marshall, New York, and not the Retribu-
tion, as reported yesterday ; Stadacona. Quebec. Arid.
from the river, General Palmer, Port Philip; Protector,
Mauritius. Sld. Rio Grande, New Orleans; Fairy
Queen, Doyle, A]goa Bay; Parktield, Smith, Callao;
Hopewell, Hoscason, Jamaica; Active, Havannah; Riw
Grande, Ryan, New Orleans; Brothers, Baxter, Boston;
Agrippina, Rogers, Trieste.
CARDIFF, DEC. 12.—Arrd. Ellen Br; son, Owen, Val-
paraiso; Adelaide., Saul, Havannab.
LOWESTOFT, DEC. 13.—The Magnet (schooner) run
upon the Newcomb Sand, but was assisted off after beat.
ing heavily for several hours, and has been brought into
harbour.

LONDON WEDNESDAY CONCERTS.--The perform-
ances at Exeter hall last night were enriched by a solo
on the French horn from M. Vivier, and a concerto
(Beethoven's, in C minor) from M. Thalberg, on the
pianoforte. Both pieces were executed in masterly
style. Among the most prominent of the vocal pieces
was the " White Squall," which Mr. Sims Reeves ren-
d, red with great energy and effect. The performances
again went off to the satisfaction of a crowded and fa-
shionable audience.

TIIE MURDER AT BROUGHTON:•••PERSHOSE, WEL,
NESDAY.-Thv Coroner's Inquest on the body of Mary
Ann Staight was resumed and concluded last night, by
the finding of a verdict of " wilful murder against Robert
Pulley," who was committed by the Coroner:for trial.
The prisoner asserted his innocence, but there does not
appear to be the slightest doubt of his guilt.

LITERATURE.

711 E VICTIM OF ;THE JESUITS ; or, PI-
(.1 GILL° ALLIAGA. Translated from the French
of Eugene Scribe 'y C. Cocks. 8 Vols..

The first title of this work does not do it justice.
It leads us to expect a religious novel, a species of
literature for which we entertain especial antipathy,
and moreover this title seems to promise a religious
novel of a peculiarly obnoxious character ; whereas
" Piquillo Alliaga" is one of Eugene Scribe's most
admirable romances. It is totally different in charac-
ter to any of the novels which issue from the London
press, and for that reason alone it will find favour
with English readers, and it is quite dissimilar from
the immoral romans and feuilletons of Paris, for which
cause it is deserving of all the favour it maw receive.
The scene is laid in Spain during a period of pecu-
liar domestic interest. A young king has but recently
ascended the throne and exercises a nomi-
nal authority, while the sceptre is virtually
wielded by his favourite though by no means
popular minister, the Duke of Lerma.
The admirable skill with which this Minister baffles
the mancemvres of his antagonists with Machia-
vellian tact, turning their weapons against them-
selves, his continually repeated and continually
foiled attempts to expel all the Moorish inhabitants
of Spain, and the wonderful adventures of Piquillo
Alliaga,constitute the chief points of interest in " The
Victim of the Jesuits." This title, "Victim of the
Jesuits," is applied to Piquillo, because he (being a
Moor) is converted to Christianity and baptised by
the Jesuits, and moreover persuaded to become a
priest, which extraordinary event, according to
Eugene Scribe, is brought about by means of a letter
forged by one of the Jesuits, purporting to come
from Piquillo's father, exhorting him to become a
Christian_ in order; to save his family from the In-
quisition. This circumstances, which occupies but
a few pages, gives its name to the book.
Notwithstanding the doubtful motives of Piquillo's
conversion, after he recovers from the indignation
excited by his discovery of the deception, he appears
perfectly reconciled to his fate, and performs the
duties of the priestly office in a most exemplary
manner. Occupying successively the posts of con,
fessor to the King and Queen, he is enabled to afford
consolation for the secret sorrows of those unhappy
individuals, and also, through the royal instru-
mentality, to many others. The book closes while
Piquillo is still in the enjoyment of these peculiar
privileges. One very pleasing feature in this
work is, that the greater number of its heroes
and heroines are remarkable for their vir-
tues. They emulate each other in heroism
and self-sacrifice. The two heroines, Car-
men and Aiza, are as dissimilar in all other re-
spects as night and day ; in this particular alone they
are the same. Carmen is the young gentle daughter
of a doting father, she is guileless and simple as a
child, while Aiza, the offspring of the ill-used Moor,
inherits all the pride and resolution of her imperious
race. Carmen is betrothed to her cousin, to whom
she has from childhood been devoted. On the eve of
her bridal she puts on her wedding-dress and hurries,
full of joyousness, to exhibit it to her lover and her
friend Aiza. Pausing at the door, she overhears a
few words, and then rushes back to her room annnihi-
lated with grief. Those few words have told her that
her betrothed is devoted to Aiza, but is endeavouring
to overcome his passion, in order to fulfil his pro-
mised engagement, while Aiza, sharing his feelings,:is
encouraging him to the sacrifice. Carmen, gentle
and child-like as she is, exhibits heroism fully equal
to her friends. It would be quite impossible' how-
ever, to give the merest skeleton of this complicated
plot, which runs through many hundred pages more
than the prescribed number—pages filled with mar-
vellous adventures and stirring scenes, which occa-
sionally possess a most enthralling interest. Were it
not for its unattractive title, and the revolting pic-
tures of priestly ambition and depravity, let us hope
greatly overcharged, which mar many of its pages,
"Piquillo Alliaga" would be the most admirable, as
it is the most interesting, romance which has appeared
for a considerable period.

THE HISTORY OF PENDEIVAVIS. By W. M.

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Thackeray. Part 11.
This, the second part of " Pendennis," is devoted to
the history of the first love passage of the hero, the
object of his affections being the highly talented Miss
Fotheringay, the leading lady in the dramatic com-
pany of Mr. Bingley, performing at the Theatre
Royal Chatteries. She is a majestic beauty, and
poor Pen, from seeing her in Mrs. Haller, becomes
irretrievably in love. He is introduced to the father
of his fair enslaver by his old friend Foker. We can-
not resist the temptation of giving Mr. Thackeray's
description of General alias Captain Costigan, the
father of Miss Fotheringay. It is a per-
fect full length portrait of a species of man
that is constantly met with in the coulisses of theatres,
or at late taverns, clinging, as it were, to the skirts
of society.
" General or Captain Costigan —for the latter was
the rank which he preferred to assume—was stated in
the window with the newspaper held before him at arm's
length. The Captain's eyes were somewhat dim; and
he was spelling the paper, with the help of his lips, as
well as of those bloodshot eyes of his, us you see gentle-
men do to whom reading is a rare and difficult °mewl..
tion. his hat was cooked very much on one ear; and as
one of his feet Jay up in the window-seat, the observer
of such matters might remark, by the size and shabbi-
ness of the boots which the Captain wore, that times
did not go very well with him. Poverty seems as if it
were disposed, before it takes possession of a msn
entirely, to attack his extremities first: the coverings of
his head, feet, and hands, are its first prey. All these
parts of the Captain's person were particularly rakish
and shabby. As soon as he saw Pen he descended from
the window-seat and saluted the new corner. first in a
military manner, by conveying a couple of his fingers
(covered with a broken black glove) to his hat, and
then removing that ornament altogether. The Captain
was inclined to be bald, but he brought a quantity of
lank iron-grey hair over his pate, and had a couple of
whisps of the same falling down on each side of his
face. Much whisky had spoiled what complexion Mr.
Costigan may have possessed in his youth. His once
handsome face had now a copper tinge. He wore a
very high stock, scarred and stained in many places;
and a dress-coat tightly buttoned up in tit( se parts
where the buttons had not parted company from the
garment.
" `The young gentleman to whom I had the honour
to be introjuiced yesterday in the Cathadral Yard,' said
the Captain, with a splendid bow and wave of his hat.
I hope I see you well, sir. I marked ye in the
thayatre last night during me daughter's perfawrumance;
and missed ye on my return. I did but conduct her
home, sir, for Jack Costigan, though poor, is a gentle-
man; and when I reintered the house to pay me respects
to me joyous young friend, Mr. Foker—ye were gone.
We' had a jolly night of ut, sir—Mr. Foker, the three
gallant young dragoons, and your 'umble servant. Gad,
sir, it put me in mind of one of our old nights when I
bore his Majesty's commission in the Foighting Hun-
dtherd and Third.' And he pulled ot4 an old snuff-box,
which he presented with a stately air to his new ac-
quaintance.
" Arthur was a great deal too much flurried to speak.
This shabby•looking buck was—was her father. The
Captain was perfumed with the recollections of the last
night's cigars, and pulled and twisted the tuft on his
chin as jauntily as any young dandy.
" I hope, Miss F—, Miss Costigan is well, sir,' Pen
said, flushing up. She—she gave me greater pleasure,
than—than I—l—l ever enjoyed at a play. I think, sir
—I think she's the finest actress in the world, he gasped
out.

" Your band, young man I for ye speak from your
heart,' cried the Captain. ' Thank ye, sir. an old soldier
and a fond father thanks ye. She is the finest actress in
the world. I've seen the Siddons, sir, and the O'Nale—
They were great, but what were they compared to Miss
Fotheringay? Ido not wish she should ashume her own
name while on the stage. Me family, sir, are proud
people; and the Costigans of Costiganstown think that
an honest man, who has borne her Majesty's colours in
the Hundred and Third, would demean himself, by per-
mitting his daughter to earn her old father's bread.'
" There cannot be a more honourable duty, surely,'
Pen said.
"' Honourable ! Boded, sir, I'd like to see the man
who said Jack Costigan would consent to anything dis-
honourable. I have a heart, sir, though I am poor; I
like a man who has a heart. You have : I read it in
your honest face and steady eye. And would you believe
it?' he added, after a pause, with a pathetic whisper,
'that that Bingley who has made his fortune by me
child, gives her . but two guineas a week : out of which
she finds herselfin dresses, and which, added to me own
small means, makes our all?'

"Now the Captain's means were so small as to be, it
may be said, quite invisible. But nobody knows how
the wind is tempered to shorn Irish lambs, and in what
marvellous places they find pasture. If Captain Costigan,
whom I had the honour to know, would but have told
his history, it would have been a great moral story. 13ut
he neither would have told it if he could, nor could if he
would; for the Captain was not only unaccustomed to
tell the truth—he was unable even to think it—and fact
and fiction reeled together in his muzzy, whiakified brain.
" 11e began life rather brilliantly with a pair of colours,
a fine person and legs, and one of the most beautiful
voices in the world. To his latest day he sang with ad-
mirable pathos and humour, those wonderful Irish
ballads which are so mirthful and so melancholy; and
was always the first himself to cry at their pathos. Poor
Cos! he was at once brave and maudlin, humourous and
an idiot; always good-natured, and sometimes almost
trustworthy. Up to the last day of his life he would
drink with any man, and hack any man's bill; and his
end was in a spunging-house, where the sheriffs officer,
who took him was fond of him.
" In his brief morning of life, Cos formed the delight
of regimental messes, and had the honour of singing his
songs, bacchanalian and sentimental, at the tables of the
most illustrious generals and commanders-in-chief, in
the course of which period heidrank three times as much
claret as was good for him, and spent his doubtful patri-
mony. What became of him swasequent to his retire-
ment from the army, is no affair of ours. I take it no
foreigner understands the life of an Irish gentleman
without money, the way in which he manages to keep
afloat—the wind-raising conspiracies, in which tie en-
gages with heroes as unfortunate as himself—the means
by which he contrives, during most days of the week, to
get his portion of whisky and-water; all these are mys-
teries to us inconceivable; but suffice it to say, that
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