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LII ERA T URE.

lIARRISON AL). SWOR TIP S WORKS. Vol. V.
Cheap Edition.
Another volume of ti,is beautiful edition of Mr.
.Ainsworth's ron3ances gives the subscribers the first
portion cf his very popular work called " The Tosser
of London." Having on several previous occasions
comtne•nted upon the singular excellence and remark-
able cheapness of this publication, we find only addi-
tional reason to reiterate our commendations with the
appearance of each successive portion. Nor can we
refrain from applauding an improvement recently
perceptible in the undertaking, timely, an extension
of some of the longer stories into two volumes, instead
of compressing the letter-press into a smaller compass
by means of smaller type. The advantage of such an
alteration as this must be perceptible to every one,
seeing that the diamond type required in miniature
editions is rather estimable ie books of reference,
such as in Maunder's invaluable " Treasuries of
Knowledge," than in productions designed merely for
amusement. The eyesight of the reader becomes less
wearied in the former than in the latter instance,
from the circumstance of the gaze not being so con-
tinuously applied to the perusal. Another improve-
ment also worthy of notice is that if binding the
volumes of this cheap edition in cloth at what Men-
tague Tigg would call the ridiculously small amount
of sixpence. By this arrangement the series is ren-
dered much more capable of preservation, besides
being benefited in regard to compactness of size and
beauty of appearance. Within a day or two, we be-
lieve, the second volume of the " Tower of London"
will appear, when the number of the readers of that
clever historical fiction will doubtless be materially
increased. Those who, like ourselves, have
watched with interest the rise of Harrison Ains-
worth's reputation, need not this opportu-
nity to become familiar with the renowned
personages introduced in its pages, those beings whose
life-like aspect in the narrative displays very con-
spicuously the novelist's power to create life anew
under the ribs of history. Besides these, it will be
remembered that there are a crowd of other characters
more purely imaginary, such as the subtle and diabo-
lical Simon Renard, Maugre the Headsman, a sort of
elder " Dennis," lit the dwarf, and the three
portly giants bight Og, Gog, and Magog. We
observe, with pleasure, from the announcement made
by way of advertisement, that the next volumes ap•
pearing, in the course of April, will comprise the
whole of " Saint James's" and " Auriol." When are we
to see the new edition of "Jack Sheppard ?" We look
eagerly for is appearance, if only by way of spite to the
mawkish sentimentalism upon which we have already
animadverted.

THE BYE LANES AND DOWNS OF

ENGLAND. By Sylvanus, c.
To the sporting world in general, but more parti-
cularly to those who in any degree admire and culti-
vate the turf, this book recommends itself from many
causes, and we feel disposed to add our testimony to
its cwn internal evidence, that while treating of and
descanting upon subjects which may be deemed ob.
jectionable by many, its aim is clearly to work good,
prospectively at least, out of existing evil, and to
effect, through the means of a thorough reform, a
radical cure in a noble pastime and national branch of
industry too deeply rooted in the hearts of all, to be
given up on account of even the many and sad abuses
it has given a scope fur. But for this truly philoso-
phical view taken of the subject by the author, we
might have been less inclined to dwell, as we now do,
upon a work which treats wholly, or at least chiefly,
upon the turf. We are aware that this a topic
liable to be very differently viewed and commented
upon, and we must admit that we do not wonder at i's
being the theme of much controversy, considering
the harm which has accrued to many from over-in-
dulgence in its allurements and fascinations ; but
of this the author of the "Bye-Lanes and Dawns
of England" is so well aware, that he never
loses the opportunity of applying the lash
of his indignant censure to those excesses
which disgrace the turf, nor palliates the error
committed by its votaries, nor fails to speak in high
and honourable terms of those of its patrons who,
actuated by the purest motives, look upon the turf as
a great means to a great end, and act in accordance,
discarding all base motives, and endeavouring only to
do good. Were it on no other ground than that of
moral courage, we would praise the author for having
made known many of the malpractices which snake
the turf dangerous to the unwary, and for having
conveyed to the minds of all, in forcible and elegant
language, the lesson which the turf as at present con-
stituted can and does offer. But we must not forget
that we have to deal with him its a literary point of
view, and it gratifies us much to say that the " Bye-
Lanes and Downs of England" is not only a good
book, but also an interesting book ; and whether we
consider its gallery of portraits, all evidently taken
from the life, or its style, uninterruptedly pleasing
and humorous, when not strictly moralising, its
quaint anecdotes and stirring insight into the man-
ners of a class of men, most of whom, from their
station in society, education, connexion with the soil,
&c., claim our best sympathies (of course we speak
only of the true lovers and patrons of the turf, and
leave to the vituperation of the author and execration
of the world those who, like the harpies of old, only
defile what they touch), its occasional bursts of feeling
as regards the beauties of nature, evinced in the title, and
never lost sight of throughout the book, and the many
proofs of sincere patriotism, occasionally even carried
to the verge of prejudice, he gives us throughout the
work. We are glad to see talent enlisted in the ad-
vocacy of what we deem a good cause, for, after all,
we must return to the assumption, that inasmuch as,
of the many enjoyments or pursuits called sports, the
turf has now become so identified with the habits of
the inhabitants of this country, that to entertain the
question of its utility or expediency were the work
of supererogation, so we may consider as entitled to
the highest and most unqualified praise all attempts to
restore it to its pristine simplicity and honesty of pur-
pose, and to free it from foul impurities and prurient
excrescences, and such a desideratum may and we
trust will he effected by the "Bye-Lanes and Downs
of England."

SKETCHES OF CANTABS. By John Smith,
of Smith Hall, Gent. 2d Edition.
We are always glad to see an old iriend, and the
more so if he come with a new face, and in the present
instance we are disposed to give our waggish friend a
double welcome ; first, because in spite of the old
saying about twice•told tales, we positively enjoyed a
second reading of his little book, and, secondly, be-
cause we believe it is calculated to do much good in
certain quarters. Let us ask our friend the author
why he, John Smith, of Smith Hall, is now (as he
professes to be) abroad? Let him be candid in this
respect as he is in others, and he will doubtless tell
us, which we engage to believe, as we did his former
communications, cum grano sans, that his goings on at
and about his Alma Mater have had no small share
in inducing him to desert the hall of his fore-
fathers and visit the continent ! Be that as

it may, we return to his book, which, as
we hinted before, we are glad to find has reached a
second edition. There are many people into whose
hands we would put the " Sketches of Cantabs :" to
young men about to repair to the universities we
would say read it, you will not only derive amuse-
ment but profit from a perusal of its pages—(we do
not recommend it to those at present at the university,
because we feel certain that it is on the table of by
far the majority of the young men there, not doubting
that most of them act on the principle of the model
man in the sketches before us, page 212)—and will
at least learn what to avoid. To parents and guar-
dian, we would say, read it, you may find in it many
a valuable hint, as for instance, pages 57, 58, &c. ; but
we would chiefly call upon the dignified and vener-
able heads of our universities to read it, if only to
cull from its good-natured, yet justly satirical, pages
so much information as would induce them to attempt
all necessary reforms ; for society, looking upon Ox
ford and Cambridge as making the very heart which
draws to itself the best blood of the country, has a
right to expect that it, or rather, to drop the meta-
phor, they shall return it free from all impurities, the
work of time.

FINE ARTS.
PORTRAIT OF MAJOR EDTVARDES.
Painted by Henry Moseley.
On Saturday we were favoured, by Messrs. H.
Squire and Co. (late Colneghi
inimitablePuckle),
exquisite -
i
trait, now exhibiting n their gallery, in Cockspur-
street ; painted by Henry Moseley, and representing
Major Herbert Edwardes, C. 8., the illustrious soldier,
whose heroic deeds in Hindostan have rendered him
the Rising Star of our Eastern Empire, and whose
recent arrival in England has made him the Lion of
the present London Season. A more interesting pro.
duction of art we have not, for a long time, had the
gratification of witnessing, and we doubt not the public
will eagerly scan the features of the young hero, as
they are bore pourtrayed, with such graphic
power and lite-like accuracy by the gifted brush of
Mr. Moseley. Brief as the period is, which has
elapsed since the return homewards of Major Ed-
wardes, our distinguished artist has, nevertheless, found
sufficient time to transfer to canvass the appearance
of the youthful but already renowned warrior. It
must be a matter of interest in fact to the multitude
to know, that the portrait now under consideration,
although produced Kith such extraordinary rapidity,
is an exact and authentic copy, taken from the living
original—Mr. Moseley having completed his work on
Saturday, the 16th instant, when he we; honoured
by Major Edwardes with the seventh and final sit-
ting. Those, however, who are familiar with the
features of the illustrious young soldier, will re quire
no such assurance of the authenticity of this splendid
picture, from the marvellous felicity of the resew •
blance. The likeness, in truth, is altogether a
triumph of artistic skill, a miracle of pictorial art—

i the vraisemblance being, in fact, perfect. Not one
amongst us but must feel deep gratification in be-
holding so real and felicitous a representation: cf the
countenance of a man destined, as all England is
convinced, to play a graT,d pact in the history of his
country. Every one recg•goises in young Herbert
Div:lades the germ of a great career, his previous
actions containing evidence of all those character-
istics of genius, valour, and promptitude which
make up the requisites a a great sol-
dier. And Major Edwardes, as was observed,
by the present Commander •in-Chief of the British
Indian army, shortly before his leaving this island
for India, has already shown himself not only a great
soldier, but a great financier, and in his way, too, a
great statesmen. It requires not us to mention all
the marvels achieved by aim in the Punjaub, his acts
of a gallantry never surpassed, and of a daring rising
to the height of rashness. Those acts are even now
inscribed in golden characters in the pages of our
history, and their remembrance is cherished in the
heart of England. Hence it is that we are certain
the portrait of Major Edwardes, by Mr. Moseley, will
be examined with peculiar pleasure by the public, and
it is gra,ifying also to know that a copy from the
original painting may very speedily be obtained, in
the form of a very beautiful engraving now on the
eve of publication. When these engravings are
issued we feel assured that thousands will be eager to
possess themselves of an impression, and to adorn their
walls with an effigy that may remind their children
how the sons of old England should serve their
country and their Queen with the strong arm, and the
brava heart, and the genius, and the heroism, of the
young and gallant Edwardes.

EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY
OF BRITISH ARTIST'S.

Saturday being the day fixed for the private view
of the gallery of this excellent and distinguished so-
ciety, we had then the gratification of examining this
its twenty-seventh annual exhibition.
Each of the members and associates of the institu-

tion appear to have exerted themselves during the
past twelve months, and to have applied themselves to
the decoration of the walls of the different apartments
with unusual assiduity. Among artists, as among
other classes of the community, competition seems in.
this respect to have exercised a wholesome and bene-
ficial influence, exciting those who have hitherto
proved successful to maintain their reputation, and
arousing in others previously unknown or unnoticed
an ambition that might otherwise have remained
dormant. It must be remembered, moreover, that
the Society of British Artists is enabled in several
particulars to compete for popularity with the more
favoured among similar and contemporary associations.
If, for example, the Royal Academy has its Landseer,
this academy has its Herring, if the one has its Tur-
ner the other has its Pyne, and so on through the
different departments of art. Herring, in the present
exhibition, has no less than ten ; Pyne, no less than
five; Woolmer, no less than eight; Tennant, no less
than ten ; Hill, no less than seven ; Hurlstone,
thirtten, Boddington eleven, Allen eight, Chirt six,
Shayer eleven, and Hassell seven productions of va-
rious, and, in some instances, of superior ability.
Josi, we observe, has nothing this season; Latilla only
one, Lewis only one, Noble three, Gill tour, Bax-
ter two, and the other members in different propor-
tions. No. 19, " Interior of a Stable," represents
the animals and fowls in such a building with that
animation and naturalness, AN hich are pre-eminently the
characteristics of J. F. Herring. No. 3, " Rustic
Courtship," by J. J. Hill, is a charming picture of
rural simplicity, the beauty of the sketch being con-
centrated principally in the rustic countenances. No.
31, " Erhinbrightstein on the Rhine," by Pyne, has
all that sparkling delicacy of finish, and all that dim
and liquid charm of atmospheric perspective which
impart so much individuality to the pictures emanat-
ing from the same master hand. No 48, "At Co-
logne, on the Rhine," is a companion painting, circu-
lar
in form, from the easle of Mr. Pyne. No. 43.
" The Minstrel," by Woolmer, but for the quota-
tion in the catalogue, we should have imagined to be
a sketch suggested by the exquisite " Genevieve" of
Coleridge. No. 55, "At Upgang, near Whitby,
coast of Yorkshire," by Hurlstone, forms an appro-
priate specimen of the manner cf. this charming pain-
ter. No. GO, `• Rail way by Moonlight," by Ten-
nant,is a wonderful illusion, almost bewitching one
into the belief of its reality. No. 94, a capital
realization of one of the incidents mentioned in the
" Diary" of the inimitable Pepys. It speaks well
for the fancy of the artist, Mr. Noble. No. 104,
" Evening Bath, from the Italian," by Woolmer, is
one of those delicious pictures of voluptuous garden
scenery which seem to point out Mr. Woolmer as
the fittest illustrator of " Boccaccio." No. 108,
" The Young Shepherd," by Hill, forms an excel-
lent illustration of the peculiar style in which this
gifted artist is wholly and altogether unapproach-
able. Other productions, too numerous to particu-
larise, attracted our attention, sad fully compen-
sated us for the time occupied in the inspection of
the present brilliant and most successful exhibition.

KIDD' S NEW PROCESS FOR ILLUMI-
NATING, SILVERING, DECORATING,
AND EMBROIDERING ORNAMENTAL
GLASS, 6-c., c.
Tnat the present is a stirring, inventing, improving
age, is an axiom so nearly approximating to a truism,
that in spite of our admiration for " old times," we
must needs pay some tribute of approbation to the
efforts unceasingly made in our own to remove the
bounds of science and art, and dispute with ages by-
gone the palm which some would still award to re-
mote periods ; for our own part, we gladly welcome
whatever appears to us highly meritorious, either as
likely to conter a benefit upon the community, or cal-
culated to raise the standard of good taste, and diffuse
its influence widely ; and such a result, when fairly
attained, we deem not only a novelty, but a benefit
which entitles to our best thanks, and to the patronage
of all classes, but particularly of those gifted by for-
tune, the man who has devoted his best energies to
the pursuit of so desirable an end. Such seems to
us the position in which Mr. Kidd stands, and we
sincerely hope the public at large, and the nobility and
gentry in particular, will visit (and we doubt not
that the result will be such as he may expect, and as
we think he deserves,) a small but very beautiful collec-
tion of specimens of illuminated, silvered, and, as he
himself aptly terms it, embroidered glass, applicable to
a variety of purposes, but intended by him to be
adapted in the first instance to the decoration of
objects which have hitherto been used with plain
surfaces, such as mirrors, dressing-glasses, and gene-
rally to all fancy and artistical ornaments for the
drawing-room or the boudoir. That this collection
of specimens is not an extensive one is not to be
wondered at, considering that, as Mr. Kidd mo-
destly says, the art which he has long cultivated
is in its infancy, and it will require time to
enable him to provide for what we deem
will be the inevitable demand, but we question
if the man of taste, and lover of the art, will not pre-
fer seeing these specimens as they now are, and fsr
our own part, we deem Mr. Kidd's success to have
been such as to warrant us in saying that he will
find it very difficult to surpass himself. But this
time will show. We were favoured with the view of
a work of ancient time, from which it would seem
certain that the art of silvering and illuminating
glass was not unknown to the Romans, and wonder-
ful indeed and curious is that antique specimen of
early art. But if in this, as in many other branches
of artistical industry, the ancients had the start of us,
it is equally evident that we have over them the great
and important advantage, that owing to the great
strides of science, particularly of chemistry, we can
obtain a degree of durability and permanency which
they could not impart to certain things ; and it was,
for instance, with considerable satisfaction that we
ascertained that the combination of substances em-
ployed by Mr. Kidd, in silvering his glass, was such
as to resist the effect of time; in other words, not to
lose its polish and brilliancy. But much as we were
pleased with the singularly beautiful novelty which
Mr. Kidd is about to introduce, we must say that
we were still more delighted to find, that taking a
truly liberal and artistic view of the application of
his new process (albeit adapted to manufacturing
purposes), Mr. Kidd seems in one respect to make
this a secondary consideration, and from the exqui-
site grace displayed in the forms he gives to all ob-
jects made by him. From the consummate judgment
evinced in the selection of those who assist him in his
arduous labours, among whom we should mention
Mr A. Conne, a most intelligent and first-rate waist
in his peculiar line (engraving on glass), to whose
abilities Mr. Kidd liberally ascribes a part of his
success, and whose name he in the same fair spirit
associates with his enterprise, from the sound taste
evinced by :him in avoiding all semblance
of mystery, and trusting rather to his un-
tiring efforts and natural abilities than to
the protection of the law of patents (except in one
case, in which he claims, and very fairly too, its
support). It is clear we are to view him as an artist,
and if we add that we found him as straightforward
and explicit in the view he takes of his present enter-
prise as modest in his conception of its merits, we only
anticipate the opinion of all who are likely to come in
contact with him, or his works, and think we can
predict for both the patronage of the public. We
should be guilty of an injustice if we omitted to say
that Mr. Kidd's claim to the sympathy of all liberal
supporters of the arts rests not upon his new process
alone, or even the efforts made by him to bring this to
ideal perfection—as an engraver on glass, Mr. Kidd
may be equalled by a few, but surpassed by none, and
all lovers of cut-glass will derive considerable gratifi-
cation from an inspection of the exquisitely beautiful
specimens exhibited by Mr. Kidd in that branch of
ail. If' we expect, ere long, to see the gentlemen's
and ladies' mirrors reflecting, and eliciting at one and
the same time, the admiration of many a noble
I countenance and many a bright eye. If we fully

reckon upon seeing the national mirror a national
theme of congratulation to Air. Kidd and his new
process, we deem it equ:div certain who ver sees
the tasteful and elegant, application of engravi;:g to
glass, as executed by Mr. Kidd, will consider no
draw inp,-room ns furnished, no boudoir as complete,
no collection of works of arts as perfect, unle,s he has
some such specimens to boast of as those we had the
gratification of viewing.

ASSAULT ON HE EDITOR OF A
PROVINCIAL NEWSPAPER.
A considerable sensation has been excited in the
county of Cornwall by an assault committed by the
late high sheriff of the county on the editor of the
West Briton, an influential newspaper in the West of
England. An exaggerated account of the occurrence
has appeared in some of the local prints, but the fol-
lowing has been ascertained from careful inquiry to
be a correct statment of the facts. It appears that
at the county meeting of the 12th of February, called
in favour of agricultural protection, there was only
one of the county members present, T. J. Itobartes,
Esq. The other three members were attending
their duties in Parliament, and sent letters ex -
pressing their sentiments on the subject. Two cf
these letters (from Sir C. Lemon and W. H. P.
Carew, Esq) were read in full; the other, from E.
W. IV. Pendarves, Esq , the oldest of the county re-
presentatives, and a gentleman held in high esteem by
all parties, was only partially read to the meeting, the
part suppressed being that in which he exposed the
falsity of some statements made in the requisition cal-
ling the meeting. Mr. Pendarves complained in a letter
to the county papers, of the discourtesy of the Sheriff
shown to himself and his constituents by the suppres-
sion of a part of his letter at the county meeting. Sir
S. T. Spry, the High Sheriff; replied to this in ex-
traordinary terms ; the letter was published in one
of the county papers, and the other (the West Briton)
commented on it in severe language. The West
Briton appeared on a Thursday evening, and on
the next morning, Sir Samuel Spry called at the of-
fice with a solicitor. The editor was not there, and Sir
Samuel and the solictor went to his residence. Some
conversation took place on the subject of the com-
ments in the paper; Sir S. Spry was much ex-
cited, and on the editor refusing to withdraw the
comments he had made, Sir Samuel raised a short
riding whip which he had brought with him, and
struck at the Editor. The latter caught his arm
and wrenched the whip from him, and a kind of
scuffling fight ensued between the parties, until the
solicitor, recovering from his astonishment, went
forward and parted them. There was no great per-
sonal damage done, though the editor's face was
somewhat scratched by Sir Samuel's nails. The
proprietors of the paper conceive it necessary that the
editor should be protected in the discharge of his •
duties; and in consequence a bill of indictment for
the assault has been preferred against the late Sheriff
at the present Lent Assizes for the county.—Nest
Briton.

INDEPENDENT ASSURANCE COMPANY.-0a Friday
the Master in Chancery, Tinney, appointed Mr. G.
Hutton, accountant, official manager, to investigate and
wind up the affairs of this concern, which, according to
the staterneiit of the petitioners presented to the Couit,
was established in :1848, with the view of extending the
benefits of life assurance among the poorer classes by
granting policies for securing the payment of sums of
money and for receiving premiums thereon by weekly,
monthly, and other instalments. The directors were—
Lord Teyitham, chairman; Alderman Farebrother, Mr.
Purton Cooper, Lieut.-Colonel Dean; and Messrs. R.
Williams, W. Holt, F. J. Clark, N. Hogan, R. Swift, J.
11. Thompson, and W. Baring. The proposed capital
was 100.0004, and each of the petitioners subscribed for
150 shares. The shares taken amounted to 2,070, but no
deposit was paid on 543, nor the first call on 692. Having
raised a capital of 614/. only, and borrowed 1,0001.
from their tankers, the company commenced business,
Petitioners allege that the affairs were managed in a
costly and extravagant manner that there was an unne-
cessarily large staff of officers, at unnecessarily large
salaries; that the expenses of the compau far exceeded
its means ; that the directors had liberal allow-
ances, and that shortly before the company
failed it was urged that they should receive
no remuneration until the concern was in a
condition to afford it, and that they should forthwith
refund what they had received. Policies acre granted,
and the premiums payable thereon received; but the paid
up capitil and money borrowed had been exhausted in
carrying on the business. The subscribers declined to
pay the deposits and calls, while policies to the amount
of 3,000/. have become payable, and others to a large
amount are daily expected to full in, and there are no
funds or assets wherewith to meet them. The managing
director was dismissed, and others either neglected the
business, disqualified, or became absentees. As twenty
qualified shareholders could not to got together nothing
could be done, and in August last the company ceased
to exist, with creditors threatening, encumbered with a
large amount of debts, and with no existing assets.
FOREIGN SHIPS.—On Saturday a return to Par-
liament obtained by Mr. Wawn, the Member for North
Shields, was printed, stating the sums paid for foreign
vessi Is admitted under treaties of reciprocity. The
t tal amoul.t paid to the end of 1849:was 741,589/. 6s. sd.
of which 39,2951. 17s. 4d. was paid in the year 1849.
EDINBuRGu, DUINDEM, AND PENTII RAILWAY.—

At the halt-}early meeting of this railway on Friday,
at Edinburgh, Mr. John Balfour, of Balbirnie, the
chairman of the company presiding, the directors' re-
port, with the accompanying resolutions, was adopted.
The amendment of Mr. Monro, W.S., in favour of a
committee of investigation, having been negatived by a
large majority, Mr. Ileriot moved that no systematic
traffic should he allowed on the line on the Sabbath; but
there were only 132 vt tea for that motion, while there
were 356 for the previous question.
TUE Titucx SYsTEkt.—Por the last month or two
these have been a great many prosecutions in East Wor-
cestershire and Staffordshire against parties chiefly con-
nected with the coal and iron mines of that district for
paying their workmen in truck. The war against the
system has be en taken up by gentlemen and tradesmen
of Dudley, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Wednesbury, &c.,
and a great many convictions have taken place, which it
was thought would have a very salutary effect. Another
case hay, however, just beta tried at the last-named
place with a different result. The defendant in this case
is a butty collier, named Thomas Lawrence, and he was
defended by Mr. Sergeant Allen, who succeeded in
showing that the tickets given to the complainant were
in the form of cheques, and thereupon it was contended
that this was a legal payment, authorised by Act of Par-
liament, and the magistrates dismissed the case.

ARTIST,' BENEVOLENT FUND.— The anniversary
dinner of this institution took place on Saturday evening
at the Freeinaiene Tavern, and was presided over by
Mr. Baring About sixty gentlemen partook of
the good cheer provided on the occasion. The institu-
tion has now been established for forty five years, and
during that period has proved uf great benefit to the
widows and orphans of artists left in imposarished
circumstances. During the past year it appears from
the report that the dividend allowed to the recipents of
the fund, has been increased to 181. in the case of widows,
arid 51. in that of orphans. The ploceedings of the
dinner did not vary much from the usual routine on
similar occasions—the secretary announcing in the
course of the evening subscriptions amounting to about
5001. In the list of toasts proposed and duly responded
to by the company the different societies formed in the
metropolis for the promotion of art and the encourage-
ment of artists were included. Reference was made by
several of the speakers to the approaching Exhibition of
1851, and its probable effect on the permanent interests
of the fine arts in England. It was also strongly urged
that every means should be taken to extend a taste for
art 'among the masses cf the people, and to draw
more closely together the connexion between art and
manufactures. The evening passed off very agreeably.
TOE EMIGRANTS IN THE BARQUE INDIAN.—A
number of gentlemen,
members of the Stock Exchange,
have subscribed 80/., which has been sent to Caroline
Arnold, as an acknowledgment of her moral courage in
exposing the outrages committed on the female emi-
grants on board the barque Indian, and in overcoming
the difficulty of getting the case inquired into by the au-
thorities in Australia.

,
INCREASE OF SHIPS AT SHIELDS —Though the
first quarter of the }ear has not yet expired, no less than
forty-six vessels have been added to the port of Shields
since New Year's Da making an increase of nearly
13,000 tons to the preyvious tonnage of the young port, a
considerable part of which are new vessels and other
ships that have recently been purchased by our fellow-
townsmen, the remainder consisting of vessels that have
been transferred from the port of Newcastle. Should
this immense accession of tonnage to the port continue
in a corresponding ratio with that of the last twelve
months, we shall soon be able to raise our customs' esta-
blishment to a second-class port.—Newcastle Guardian.

LINCOLN.—The very beautiful oriel window which
lately adorned the south end of the ancient city palace of
John o'Gaunt has been removed, and having been pur-
chased by the county magistrates, is to be placed between
the entrance gates to the Castle.—Stumlord Mercury.
A. M. de Lagniou, a journalist and dramatic au-
thor, and according to his own account, an active mem.
ber of the Legitimatist party, was, some time ago con-
demned, by the Tribunal of Correctional Police, to
thirteen months' imprisonment for swindling. He had
ordered some shawls to be sent to him by the Villes de
France, and made use of the name of M. de Laroche-
jacquelein, and other noted legitirnatists. The inquiries
made respecting him not being satisfactory, only one
shawl, worth 200 f., was sent with a receipted bill. Toe
shopmsn not being able to obtain the money took back
the shave 1, but by mistake left the bill. At the foot of the
bill was a note that if the shawl should not suit the money
would be returned. A few days later the prisoner went
to the Villes de France with the bill, and producing a
shawl, which he pretended he had bought, demanded
that the money should be returned. Supposing that the
shawl was one which had been sold, the director of the
establishment received it back and caused 200 f. to be
paid to the prisoner. It subsequently turned out that
the shawl was an old one, not worth 80f. Yesterday the
prisoner appealed to the Court of Appeal against his
condemnation, but, after hearing the facts, the judgment
was confirmed.— Ga/ignani.
A Ricci PAUPER.--A widow woman named Nanny
Mole died last week at Bewdley. She had for many
years received relief from the parish, and after her death
the family were agreeably surprised to find that she had
amassed a sum of 1701., part of which was found in an
old stocking, and 1004 in the Bewdley bank.—Manches-
ter Chronicle.