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London, England, 1850-05-22 00:00:00

TH SUN,

Nottidge and hi r sisters on seme: day ;-,t l'aunfore
where niece informed Price and Tuomas, that Ilarri_:A_lt
and Agnes had, in obedience to the will or God,
consentA to b, come their wive,. It was tit first t
eropesed that the. marris,rrea Eboull be solemni.sed
.at Brighton; but thet Prince on tha afternorei of
the same day, in'ormed llarriet nod got,: Nottid.o
that it was the v, i!1 of God that the saa.ic' should
be solemnised at Swansea, in South Wake, and
that they ,hould at once proceed hither for Unit purpose,
without first returning to see their mother at Brighton.
In answer to the remonstrances of Harriet and Agnes
Nottidge, that this course would cause gr.-at sorrow to
their mother, it was stated that they must not allow coy
such feelings to prevent them from following the
path marked out for them by God, and that if
they read the book of Jonah, they would see
the effects of acting contrary to God's commands.
It was stated that Prince had induced Clara Nottidge
to promise to marry one Cobbe, one of Prince's
followers. The knowledge of the intended marriaees,
however, had reached their mother, and their brother-in-
law (the friend of the infant), Mr. Ripley, who remon-
strated with the three ladies against the inteeded union with
Le-wis Price, Thomas, and Cobbe. In the latter part of Jane,
1845, Prince left Brighton for Swansea, having previously
preached from his Adullarn.Chapel, denouncing Brighton.
Mrs. Thomas repeated, previously to the 21:t t f June.
her wish to her intended husband to have a settlement of
her property, and the respondent, on his return to
Brighton, and before proceeding to Swansea, addressed
to her the following letter:—
" 2, Wiodsor-terrace, Brighton, June 21. 1845.
" My very dear Agnes,—lt gave me pleasure, by a.
letter from dear Brother Cobbe, to learn that he had
seen you off safely by mail on Thursday morning.. By
this time you are either with beloved Brother William,
or else with the dear Mrs. Maher; I know their love in
Jesus, and that they will do everything to render your
sojourn in Swansea good For you; but I know something
more—l know the boundless love of Jesus; he will be
with you, for his eye is on you, and whatsoever is good
that will he bestow, whether it be joy or sorrow, ease
or trial, comfort or difficulty. All things are yours, for
you are Christ's, and Christ is God's. Let not your
heart be troubled under the present circumstances ;
neither let it be afraid at what friends or foes may sue-
gest ; abide in the spirit and will of God, then will
your peace be like a river, wide and overflowing ; and
your peace will be borne sweetly along the stream of
time, until it reach the ocean of eternal love and rest.
What I say unto you I say also unto Harriet and
Clara. Assure them of my love, and let them trust
themselves to be carried by faith, in the arms of Jesus,
whithersoever he will, not whichersoever they will ; and
they and you will find he will do you good at your
' latter end.' My 'beloved Agnes, I must write to you
just what the spirit leads me to do ; this I do with the
more confidence, because I believe you have an ear to
hear what the Lord may say with you through him
that loveth you. You mentioned your desire to have a
settlement of your property upon yourself ; this I as-
sured you would he very agreeable to my feelings, and is
so still ; but last evening, waiting on God, this matter
quite unexpectedly was brought before me. I had en-
tirely put it away from my thoughts, leaving it to take
its course as you might be led to act, but God
will not have it so. He shows me that the principle is
entirely contrary to God's word, and altogether at vari-
ancQ with that confidence which is to exist between us,
who are one spirit. This desire on your part must be
abandoned; give it up to God, and show that you can
trust his faithfulness, and I can assure you the confi-
dence you repose in him will not be disappointed. I
know God, and I know that none who trust in him shall
ever—can ewer—be confounded. Ile that bath an ear
to hear, let him hear. As regards the promise you
made your parents, I would merely say that any pr, -
mise made when you were unconverted, and which was
not in accordance with the word of God, you are not
bOund, neither would it be right in you, to adhere to.
I crust bid you farewell, and believe me to abide in
much love,
" Yours affectionately in the everlasting covenant,
BR. THOMAS.
" The testimony of Jesus will he proclaimed in Adul-
lum on Sunday. Louisa and Cornelia are in a muel;
More happy state; God is showing his faithfulness to
!lieu)."
The marriages of .Lewis Price, Mr. Thomas, and Wil-
liam Cobbe, with Harriett, Agnes, and Clara, were ce
lebrated in Swansea, on the 9th of July, 1845, Prince
being present, and Starkey giving away the three Misses
Nottidge; and these ladies wearing blsck dresses, and no
settlement having been executed. During the stay of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas at Ilfracombe, whither they had
gone.after their marriage, the following letters were re-
ceival from Prince, • addressed to.. the respondent:—
" Brother Thomas, I command you to arise and come
to Swansea. Amen." And:—" Brother Thomas, I
command you to arise and come to Weymouth. Amen."
They did not, however, obey these. mandates ;
but went on a visit to Mr. Thomas's
mother at Llandilo, in Carmarthenshire. At tha;
time it was stated that Mrs. Thomas was inclined
to dissuade her husband from submitting to
the influence which she perceived Prince was exercisng
over him. In consequence of Mr. Thomas's tardiness
in obeying thin, Mr. Williams, one of the brotherhood,
was sent to fetch him, and the wife's influence over her
husband having been mentioned to Prince, greatly pro•
yoked him. In October, 1845, Mr. Thomas yielded to
the command, and went to Weymouth, where with Mrs.
Thomas, they took up their residence at Prince's house,
where she raid she received a very cold reception, which
she attributed to her exertions to dissuade her husband
from going to Weymouth. She then complained of a
course of harsh treatment to which she bad been sub-
jected. She stated that Williams came behind her at
one time, whilst she was writing a letter in which she was,
expressing her wishes that her husband should leave;
and that Louisa, another sister, should not, as had
been proposed, join them at Prince's house. ' This was
communicated tp him, and gave him great offence.. The
views and 'doctrines entertained by Prince and his fol-
lowers were represented as being;- of this kind—that
Prince, in the latter part of 1845, professed the doctrine
that the practice of prayer was useless and ought to be
abandoned. Mr. Thomas himself stated that Henry
James Prince, and those called in the petition his fol-
lowers, were pre-eminently distinguished as men of
prayer; but, in consequence of holding that the day of
grace was past, and the day' of judgment commenced,
they had discontinuel the practice of prayer; it was
represents I that no distinction was made in the obser-
vance of the Sabbath; they said that they and their ser-
vants, on Sundays, engaged in healthful exercises. Mrs.
Thomas stated iu her affidavit, "I and Harriet Price
were informed that there- was no occasion to
read the Bible, as oar husbands were our bibles; and
through our husbands the will Of God was made known."
A gapemoere was a large building appropriated to the re-
sidence and recreations of Prince's followers; it had a
large building within, upon the top of which was placed
a flag; bearing the inscription, " Hail, holy Love!" with
the effigies of a lion and ,a lamb; and the inmates'were
pro:ected by a couple of bloodhounds, which were under
the control of servants so as to guard against the intru-
sion of strangers... Mr. and• Mrs. Thomas continued to
reside together until February; 1846, when the former
received orders from Prince to join him at Bridgewater,
which bedid, leaving Mrs, Thomas 'at Weymouth, in th'e
expectation that -she Would 'shortly have .to, fellow
her husband. That ladi .in her
~afficlavit stated
ahnt in the - course ;of . that month one of
the servants 'of -Prince's followers, having gone
to `BridgiiaVater, and being aware of Mrs. Thomas's
pregnancy, informed. Prince of the same,' 'and it was
Mated that on learning.this he prohibited Mr. Thomas
from returning to Weymouth,''which he acceded to. No.
cause, was assigned.far this step,' but it was said in' a
note written by
,Mr. Thomas' to his . which also
contained copies; of hyrni), Saturday- night, Bridge-
water—My best beicrved, heyealith enclose you a smalL
portion: eat, drialr,n yea drink abundautly, and let your
soul-delight-itself in fitness... Let the. will God be
your home and reating-place; out of His will' there
can- be no 'happiness, but in His will there is life, and'
joy, and peace. _The servant-of - the Lord told tlrao
you would
-riot be iu your 'present state' unless you had
rebe:led months ago,.and tfrus you will stiffer for it in trot
bring able to go about with me, as you citherWiee *ould'i
but -when Lace you I will tell you 'all' abobt it. For
the present abide quietly' where yeu are, and go, on as if
I were witheyoe,' 'Mrs. Thomas wrote several let-
curs to her husband, to svhich.shis stated she obtained no,
reply; she then addressed•a, letter to him, .employing a'
style somewhat similar to that of Prince and his follow-
ers, to which she received a reply. After some further
communication, Williams,. 'on. the 22d February, 1846,
sent a. message to Mrs. Thomas'at Weymtmth, requiring
her presence, and on goineto attend him she found Mrs.
Williams in his company.' Ile informed her that it was
the mind of.: God that she should no longer remain in
that - house,- and -that she, must therefore pack up her
clothes and leave the house. Upon her remonstrating
with liim'on the hardship, of this step, she was told by
Williams, " If you were in Abe mind of God you would
know where go; you have . brought all 'this upon
yourself by your: rebellious conduct when in Wales, and
yeu must now endure thee punishment'God sees fit to
inflict upon you, and you may think yourself mercifully,
dealt with that you are not hurled at , once into hell."
Under these circumstances, Mrs. Thornis had
,no other
resource than to betake herself to the house of her mo
ther-in-law, Mrs. 'Thomas, at 'Llandilo, whence she had
travelled- alote from Weymouth, and where she was, 04
the 4th 'June, delivered of the infant-petitioner. Mrs.
Thomas stibsequently iemovedto the houseiof her trio-
ther'at Rose-hill,. and during the 'interval had not seen
her husband until early in March, and then only through
a window upon the occasion Of 'Mr:: Thomai attempts,
ing to see or obtain possession of the infanL On the
day in question it.was stated that Mr. Thoinas, Meeting
the child on the lawn, ' asked him his nanie, and, on dis-
covering who he was, endeavotired to remove him, but
the coachman; ''with the assistance of another ser-
vant, interfered, and the child, was taken to his mother.
Mrs. Thomas; inkier affidavit stated' that aubsequently,
otherineffectnal atttippts had been made -tie 'obtain pos-
session of the

Rule nisi granted am)rdit,gly:

EXCHEQ UE It.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON, Slid I.3IFOUS ALDER-
SON, ROLFE, and PLATT.)

'HUTCHINSON V. THE YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICII

RAILWAY COMPANY.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON delivered the judgment of the
Court in this ease, in which the widow of a servant em-
ployed by the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway
Company, sought to recover compensation for the death
~f her huiliand, who had been killed l.y an accident on
the railway, and the question to be decided was whether
a servant could recover compensation as against his
master for any injury he might have sustained through
the carelessness or negligence of a fellow-servant. The
Court thought he could not, being of opinion that
when a servant entered the service of a master he
contracted to run all the risks of the particular kind of
employment in which he was engaged, including the ne-
glect of any fellow-servant. It appeared that i❑ the pre-
sent case Hutchinson was riding on a railway train,
which was under the guidance of other servants of the
company; and, while so riding, he met with the accident
which caused bis death, and which it was alleged arose
from the negligence of those other servants.
The COURT, however, did not think that circumstance
affected the principle that a servant had no claim upon
his master for injury suffered while in the due discharge
of his duty, and the judgment of the Court would there-
fore be for the defendants.
Judgment for the defendants accordingly.

IVIGMORE V. JAY.
In this case, in which the circumstances were nearly
similar,
The LORD CHIEF BARON intimated the Court was of
opinion that there should be rule for a new trial. His
Lordship intimated that the judgment of the Court had
been delayed for some time, in order that it might give
the fullest consideration to the questions which they in-
volved, and had come to the unanimous conclusion that
a servant injured by the neglect of another, in the course
of their common employment, was not entitled to recover
damages against the master.
Rule accordingly refused.

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Justice Wightman sat in Banco this morning, and
disposed of several motions, which presented no f.aturei
of general interest calling for a report.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, and
Justices MAULE, CRESSIVELL, and TALFOURD.)
To-day being the first day of Trinity Term, the court
was crowded at an early hour with persons, chiefly
clergi men, anxious to hear the judgment of the Court,
in tie case of Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter, which it
was anticipated would be delivered this morning. Their
Lordships, however, on taking their seats, intimated
that though the mind of the Court was fully made up
on the subject, the judgment was not yet completed, but
it would be delivered on Monday morning next.
The business brought before the Court was entirely
unimportant.

SECONDARIES'.—('PHIS DAY.)
(Before Hr. Secondary POTTER )
A MONSTER DECLARATION.—LAWRENCE AND ANOTHER
V. GILLINGHAM.
This was an action brought by Messrs. Lawrence and
Nichell, Sheriff of Middles( x, to recover the sum of
3201. 2.i.. 2d., under the following circumstances:—
Mr. J.IBURCHELL appeared as counsel for the plaintiffs,
and stated that defendant was one of the Fureties for
William Henry White, who was formerly one of the
bailiffs of the Sheriff of Middlesex. On the appointment
of White, defendant, with others, entered into a bond
that White should faithfully execute the warrants en-
trusted to him, and pay over the amounts received by
him as an officer of the. sheriff. • White absconded, and
several actions were brought against the sheriff to recover
amounts paid to the Officer for the; plaintiff's in the different
actions, but which he had applied to his own use. The
amount received was 2141. 9s. 2d., and the costs incurred
in settling the different proceedings against the sheriff
amounted to 661. 19s. There was also a further sum of
38/. 18?. 6d. as sheriff's pottndage.
Mr. Mountain from the Sheriff's-office proved the
poundage to be due.
Mr. Nightingale, from the same office, and several
other witnesses, proved the payment of the diffeient sums
in settling the actions against the sheriff.
The jury gave a verdict for 320/. 2s. 2d.
THE SAME V. RUSSELL.
This was an action against defendant as a co-surety
under precisely similar circumstances, and a like verdict
was given.
The record consisted of a parchment roll 23 feet long,
and containing 493 folios of 72 words each.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
(Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE.)
The Court resumed its sittings this morning at the
Sessions house, Clerkenwell-green.
J. Clerk was convicted cf picking pockets, and was
sentenced to be transported for seven years.
Eliza Bartlett was found guilty of stealing two yards
of blanket, mid other property, and was sentenced to thres
months' hard labour.

Sarah Curtis pleaded guilty to stealing a gownpicce,
and way sentenced to six months' hard labour.

MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
A PHYSICIAN CHARGED WITH BEGGING. Samuel
Stephen Beami.sh, who described himselt as a physician,
was brought before Mr. Bingham for final examina-
tion, charged with attempting to impose on the publie
by means of a fraudulent begging petition.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Frankum, of
Burlington-gardens, that about two months ago the pri-
soner calledat his house, and introduced himself as Mr.
Beamish, a physician. The defendant, although a per-
fect stranger to him, made himself quite at home, exa-
mining the ornaments on the mantelpiece, and making
comments on them. The defendant represented himself
to bent great traveller, talked of his reminiscences of
Rome, Naples, and other places in Italy. Witness at
length got tired of the prisoner's visit, and pressed him
as to-the purport of it, when, to his great-surprise, the
.prisoner• told him he was in great distress,
and- wanted some ready money, and in fact he
was so muob reduced that half-a-crown would be a god-
send. From the manner in which the prisoner con
ducted himself witness suspected him to be an impostor.
From information he was in possession of he deter-
mined not to give him any money. Be sent his servant
for a constable and gave'hitn in charge. The prisoner
had previously given him a paper containing the names
of Dr: Moore and 'other medical gentlemen, who, the
prisoner stated, had relieved him with money. This paper
the prisoner tried to burn, but was prevented.
Dr. Moore, Saville-row, identified the priSoner as the
person who obtained .10s. from him about three months
•ego,riby representing himself as connected' with some
friends' of his in Cornwall. He had since ascertained
that the prisoner's statement was false.
) There were • about twenty other gentlemen in court
'who'had hesri duped by the prisoner, but Mr. Bingham
did hot think it necessary to hear their evidence, as there
was ittioihim,Oarge against the prisoner, which would
for thecpreaent remove it out of his jurisdiction. •
_Mr' superintendent of the Dover police, pro-
'ducal a warrant, grantedat the general quarter .sessions
in,Deeember last, for the apprehension of the prisoner,
on a charge of absconding from his bail, he (the pri-
soner) being at the time under remand for fraudulently
obtaining money and goods from various tradesmen in
Dover. •

Mr. BINGHAM then directed Mr. Role to take charge
of tho prisoner end convey him to Dover.

TUB EARLDOM OF ROSCOMMON.—The Dublin
F:reninq Mail states it to be erroneously reported that the
late Earl was the last of the ancient line of the Roscommon
family. When the late Earl (Michael James Robert Dillo►e)
established his claim before the House of Lords, in 1828,
his competitor was a Mr. Francis Stephen Dillon, who,
having fallen into, great embarrassments, was at that time a
prisoner for debt in the Four Conrts Marshalsea, in this city,
where he soon after died. There was no doubt, upon the
investigation before the Lords, that he Was the next heir,
atter Michael James Robert, and as he had died without
issue, the eldest son,of Mr. Francis Stephen Dillon is the
rightful Earl of Roscommon. We are informed that, owing
'to, his father's embarrassments, and being disgusted with
home, he enlisted as a private soldier, and went with his
regiMent to North America, where, we believe, he after-
wards settled, and is now residing. No property descends
with the title. ,
DEATH OF CAPTAIN WHITTINGRAAL—Late on
Monday afternoon a fatal accident befel Captain Henry
whirtingham, of the merchant service, many years engaged
in Baron Rothschild's shipping, and for upwards of a
quarter Of a century in the service of the General Steam
Navigation. Company. The unfortunate gentleman, it ap.
pears, had been transacting some business on Monday at
the Company's offices, in Lombard-street, and was on his
way home between four and live o'clock. On arriving at
Thornton-street, Bermondsey, his foot slipped off the kerb-
stone, and he pitched forward on to the carriage way. At
the very moment a heavily laden waggon, drawn by four
horses,. was
.passing, and before there was time for the un-
fortunate gentleman to roll himself out of the way, the
ponderous waggon passed over his body. The driver, it
seems, was at the head of the leading horse, and was
unconscious of the accident till the shrieks of the unhappy
man apprised him of what had occurred. Medical aid was
instantly obtained, but the fearful injuries Captain Whit-
.tiogham sustained rendered his case hopeless, and he
-expired a few minutes after the accident. The deceased
was in his 67th year, and has left a widow and eight
children to lament his loss. Most Of the shipping in
the river, as well as the vessels of the General Steam Na-
vigation Company, have had their colours hoisted half-
mast high, as a inark of respect to the deceased. An
inquest was held on the body yesterday, when a ver-
dict of Accidental Death was returned. Baron Roths-
child has headed a subscription for the bereaved widow and
family, the youngest member of which is only twelve months
old.

His HoNoua after going at considerable length into all
the facts of she case, and wading many of the affidavits
both in support and againsrthe petition, stated his clear
opinion to be that the prayer of the petition must in
substance be granted, and directed, a reference to the
Master to approve of a proper lierson.to be the guardian
of the infant, any party to he at liberty to go in before
him to propose themielvei; the infant in the meantime
to remain under the care of his mother and grandmother,
with whom he was at present residing.
The caie excited the greatest interest, and the court
was crowded to excess during the whole tia.e his Honour
was giving judgment, which' occupied nearly an hour and
a half.. -
The Court at the conclusion of the judgment pro-
ceeded to hear motions.
The Vice-Chancellor Wigram did not sit to-day,

- -
MADRID AND VALENCIA RAILWAY.—AII applica-
tion is to be made to the Court of Chancery to compel Mr.
Chadwick'e appearance before Ole Muter.

The Rey. William Henry Hill, M.A., late incum-
bent of Ironbridge, Salop, bas been appointed to the living
of St. Andrew, Birmingham. Patron the Bishop of Worcester.
'Value, 400/.

LO ND() N,

it.i. ' iI; ic 0 ' I "I r , 1
l' '
I. QUEE N ' S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) .' HER kil A • ES,t
.• s I REA I RE.
(Sitt4ngs in Banco, b,tore Lord Chief Justice CAMPBELL, ii. M7.ciatne Fet'. zzolini, the prima donna par excellence
ana jUSVCCSP.aTTESON, COLERIDGE, and EP.LE.) of Italy, made her (laid here last eveniog, and
ALEXANDER V. TEOMAS.
.1, achieved one of the greatest triumphs at which we
have ever inert present. \Ye say made her
In this case, whic.li was an action on a bill of exchezige
of the value of. 1,2561., and had been tried before Ltril_..l dan,2.,
beactauie, anit.h?ugh, A.ladartie Frezzoliiii
Campbell at the last strut at Guildhall, a verjict ht.l
been entered for the plan:cid: "Ptiw bill in qw.i.tion him, Yi
i an9ea(red
ears since, her Atajesty S fhaatre some five
and then achieved • a great stic-
been drawn on a Mr. enarles ShadvviAl, diiecting hint-. ,Y ' ,
et she, is
now so improved, both in acting and
-ount a'; ninety days Ether date, •• or when: c.e'sst.3' '
to pay the am
realised." singiiig, and that she has become a star of the first
Mr. KNowt.rs now, on the part of the defendant,. 1 magnitude, one who fairly challenges a rivalry with
moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should. i the greatest of modern singers, and who ' has no
not be set aside and a new trial had, or why the verdict.:l necessity to shrink from a comparison with the
should not be entered for the defendant, and an arrest of ii greatest who have ever appeared. Like Pasta, she
judgment had. He contended that it was not a good ;l lift us a most promising cantatrice ; like Pasta, she
bill cf exchange, as it depended on a contingency,- ] returns to us us the firetnost in -the - very . foremost
namely, that of certain property being realised. '.l rank of lyrical artistes, the Queen of the tragic
•
Lord CAMPBELL—Take a rule. 1 - .1 d

•
:rams. The opera cho-sen for her deb,
was .Lucrezia Borgia, and a better choke
she could scarcely have made for the display of her
great histrionic and vocal powers. Her reading of the
character is a new ono, and is In uoh more effective than
that of any or her predecessors. She gives pre-eminence
to the womanly and tender phase of the character,
rather than to the fiend-like phase in whiCh too many
of her predece?•sws have seemed to revel, and, in
so doing, she is at once more true to his'ory and to
art. Her opening scene with Crennare, "Come e
belle," at once secured her the attention and the admi-
ration of her audience ; her vocalization was brilliant
in the extreme and her acting full of impassioned feel-
ing. The duet which follows with Gennaro was
beautifully rendered by Madame Frezzolini and
Baucarde, and her acting in the closing scene of the
prologue, where she is. unmasked by Orsini, was very
fine. She was called for at the conclusion of the
first act and was led on • by Baucarde.
The terrific scene with Alfonso and Gennaro in the
second act was magnificently acted, and the trio was,
as a matter of course, honoured with an encore. Her
acting in the last scene, in which ,prevails on Gen-
naro to take the antidote, was full
,of the most intense
feeling and pathos. She was again called on at
she
the conclusion, and again enthusiastically applauded.
The great triumph of the night' was, however,
the last scene of the . opera. .Never have we
nothingheard such
surpass heartrending.h
er
look tones as those in
of, unutterable agony,
which she delivered " 21'odj, m'odi !" and
as, falling at Gennaro's feet, she confesses she is his
mother. The applause - the conclusion was
most enthusiastic. She was on three
could
times and was overwhelmed with bouquets.
The Gennaro of Beaucarde was exceedingly beautiful;
and the Orsini of Mademoiselle Ida Bertrand is,
with the single exception of Alboni, the best we
have ever seen. The Brindisi was given with
infinite taste and spirit, and was of course encored.
Lablache resumed his old character of Alfonso, and
the minor characters were (in order to make
the' cast as complete as ' , possible) sustained
by Coletti, Belletti, Calzulari and F. Lablache.
The ballet of the Illetamor:phaies, with Carlotta Grisi,
Marie Taglioni, and pimalia Ferraris in the principal
characters, followed. The house was crowded to
excess. Not a stall was unoccupied.

WEDNESDAY EVENING,

LITERATURE.

LODGE'S PORTRAITS. Vol. VII.
The seventh volume of this valuable work is even
more interesting than many of its predeces.sors, seeing:
that among the subjects of the pen •and-ink and pic-
torial " portraits" of Vol. VII. are personages of CO
less great and varied celebrity than William Pitt
Earl of Chatham, Lord Clive, the first Lord H.ol-
hind, the great Marquis of Granby, the Duke of
Newcastle, Bolingbroke, Pulteney, Sir Robert Wal-
pole, the Duchess of Marlborough, Sir Isaac Newton,
the Duke of Marlborough, Lady Russell, Queen
Anne, cum multis aliis. To refer particularly to all
these varied biographie4 would be impossible, and
is, moreover, quite unnecessary. We have again
and again commended the excellent manner in which
Lodge combines a brevity of description with a cc-
piousness of detail. His pen and-ink portraits are
frequently as faithfully and as happily executed as are
the engravings by their side, end this, in many cases,
is saying much. For example, here is a sweet
sketch of the character of Lady Russell :—" To a
lofty courage and magnanimity it united the most
feminine tenderness and mildness, and sweetened and
refined a sagacity, w hich sometimes amounted almost
to wisdom, with the simplicity and candour of an
amiable child. To these, in her happier days, was
added a cheerfulness, constant, because it was alwa) s
innocent, and throughout the whole of her life a
patience and resignation which never for
a moment left her, because they flowed
from the purest piety." And here, as a contrast, is a
glimpse of the Duke of Newcastle—" Without wis-
dom to guide, or temper to submit to advice, with an
insatiable inclination to govern, but without the dig-
nity of mind or manners to induce respect; at once
rash and timid; ever jealous and suspicious, yet idly
and unnecessarily communicative; fond to excess of
the transaction of affairs, but incapable of method,
and arrogant, the Duke of Newcastle for nearly half
a century filled the highest offices in the State, and
actually shared in ruling the destinies of Europe

PICTURES OF NUREMBERG AND THE
TALLIES OF FRANCONIA. By IL J.
Whitling. 2 Vols.
Books of travels are continually issuing from the
press in multitudinous variety, and too frequently
they are as inattractive as a twice-told tale. When,
however, the revelation of a voyager is unhacknied
in theme and pleasing in style, we are inclined to re-
gard it as among the most interesting and delightful
of literary compositions, in the same way that' a
portrait, according to its subject and treatment, is the
least or the most valuable of pictures. Among the most
attractive class of traveller's tales, both for the matter
and manner of their contents, we must unhesitatingly
reckon these delightful volumes on Nuremberg.
" Germany," says the author, " is a large volume, full
of long chapters, each as various ai it is interesting.
Every duchy, state, and kingdom belonging to it
has its peculiar observances in customs, costumes,
and features—local, civil, political, ecclesiastical—
distinctly marked strong and characteristic." Con-
sequently, in order to understand the actual history
of Germany, each separate chapter must be the sub-
ject of particular and attentive consideration. In a
former work, " Heidelberg and the Way Thither,"
Mr. IVhitliog has given one chapter; and, in the
vol umes now before us," Nuremberg and the Vallies
of Franconia," he contributes another on this very
interesting theme. All who, like ourselves, have had
the pleasure of turning over these pages, sr ill, we are
confident, concur with us in the wish that
the project of this history may not be aban-
doned, or its future instalments long delayed.
If it be asked why Nuremberg was selected as the
subject of this particular "chapter," Mr. Whitling
has abundant and excellent reasons to effer in reply.
Among others, he tells us his choice was so directed—
" Because Nuremberg was for more than 500 years
the chief abode of the German Emperors, and Wag for-
meriy one of the most renowned aid wealthy cities of the
German Empire.
" Because it is at present one of the most interesting.
" Bt cause it was the centre of German commerce, the
nursery of German poetry, the cradle of German art,
and the home of German freedom.
" Because, had there never been a Nuremberg, it is
probable there never would have been a Munich.
" Because, with the exception of a notice in Murray's
excellent guide-book, there has hitherto been no descrip-
tion of it published in England."
These reasons, with many others not here quoted,
would be sufficient to excuse the publication of this
work, were it not in itself its own sufficient recom-
mendation: Nuremberg is also endeared to many
readers by the charming ballad of Longfellow, which
we are somewhat surprised at not finding quoted in
this work, as it is embellished by many flowers of
poetry, some among them being from the pen of Mr.
Whiffing himself. Longfellow, with the true spirit
of a poet and a republican, celebrates the "ancient
city," not as being the former abode of royalty, but of
genius—
" Not thy Councils, not thy Kaisers, win for thee the
world's regard,
But thy painter, Albert Darer, and Hans Sachs, thy
cobbler-bard."
The lines on Albert Durer are so beautiful that we
cannot pass them over while writing of Nuremberg:
'6 Hero, when art was still rdigion, with a simple reve-
rent heart,
Lhe i and laboured Albert Darer, the Evangelist of
art.
Hence iu silence and in sorrow, toiling still with busy
hand,
Like an emigrant he wandered, seeking IT the better
land.
Emigrant! is the inscription on the tomb-stone where
he lies;
Dead he is not, but departed, for the artist never dies
Fairer seems the ancient city, and the sunshine seems more
fair,
That 1/4e once has trod its pavement, that he once Itls
breaded its air."
Then, after naming Hans Sachs, the cobbler poet, the
American concludes his simple ballad :
" Thus, 0 Nuremberg, a wanderer from a region far
away,
As he paced thy streets and courtyards, sang in
thought his careless lay,
Gathering from the pavement's crevice, as a floweret
from the soil,
The nobility of labour—the long pedigree of toil."
Hans Sachs, " the cobbler bard" was, it would seem,
a very miracle of industry. Mr. Whiffing writes of
him—" In the seventy-seventh year of his age he
took stock, and found that his works filled 30 folio
volumes, all written with his own hand. They corn-
pri,ed 4,200 mastership songs ; 208 comedies, trage-
dies, and farces ; 1,700 fables, tales, and miscellaneous
poems ; and 73 devotional, military, and love songs.
Total, 6,181 pieces great and small! lie died full of
years and honour in the year 1576, having spun out
more rhyme than was ever produced by any other
man, Lope de Vega alone excepted. He is
gone, but his fame has outlived him,
faded and revived again. Reprints extracted
from three massy folios, published in 1558.1560,
have even within the last few years been made of
some of his works. His humour is far from con_
temptible. He laughs, and will make you laugh ;
and as far as verse can be compared with prose, his
style is not unlike that of Rabelais." Hans was one
of the Ateistersanger, in whose time poetry was
ranked among the " incorporated trades." The laws
by ae,hich these " incorporated poets" were governed
would be occasionally found useful in modern times ;
they Oa e read) " were cruelly prohibited from em-
ploying sentences which people could not understand!
—or words .without meaning ! which rules, together
with others equally unfeeling, you may see fully given
in the fourth and fifth articles of the Nuremberg
Tabulatur." The chapters relating to art and the
artists of Nuremberg, are necessarily very rich in
attractive materials, seeing that, as above quoted,
Nuremberg was the cradle of German art and the
nursery of German poetry. Then, as Mr. Whiffing
happily reminds us, " Commerce extended art, art
aided and glorified commerce, and the result was to
the advantage of both. What is being done in these '
days by the artistic and polytechnic schools then
breathed in the spirit of the times. A deep love of
art pervaded all. One instigated the other, and each
endeavoured to excel. Every ingenius feculty was
at work ; every worthy invention or improvement
was sure of its reward; every one reaped
the recompense of his exertions, and thus
the .Nuremberg school became renowned throughout
the world." The remarks on Albert Durer in-
teresting though they be, are very mournful, his wife,
Agnes Frey, was, it would seem, a perfect fury, and
he the most amicable, benign, and gentle of men. "It
cannot be doubted,' very sapiently remarks Mr.
Whiffing, " that a quarrelsome temper, ill-nature,
passio • n and ill humour, as attaching to women, are
amongst the worst consequ,nces of original sin. And
no one can think of the domestic misery and early
death of poor Albert Durer without an internal
movement cf great discomfort at the recollection of
his association with all these in the person of that
female devil, Agnes Frey." Turning from the attrac-
tive chapters on art and artists, we find a variety of
most amusing anecdotes, and curious descriptions re-
lating to the peculiar customs of Nuremberg. In
some remarks upon dress, we find one anecdote
so extravagant, that the narrator has thought it best
to introduce it in a footnote in modest type at the
bottom of a page. There we learn why the fashion-
able shirt collars of Nuremberg are turned down a la
Byron :
" This depressive custom seems to have become gene-
ral, in consequence of a frightful accident, said to have
occurred to an officer on his return home after a long
absence. His son, who was the first to greet him, rushed
into his arms. Alas! his collar was high, the ends were
sharp, and the starch was strong. The two points enter-
ing the two eyes, pierced the brain of his venerated
parent, who fell the victim of a dangerous fashion.
From this circumstance these appendages derived the
name of Voter Morder,' or Finher Murderer's,' and
overpowered by the weight of parricidal disgrace which
rests upon them, they have never teen able to hold up
their heads sine."

MA Y 22, 1850.

Anion the singular_ custom of Nuremberg, here is
one of the most singul2r :
" One bright and mocnlioht wc observed
three gills, each with s huge lanYli6rn and two candle,
solemnly preceding trio of ancient danics who liv.o
hard by our place of alide. The distance from the
theatre was short, and the night aas gloriou.ly ch ar,—
there could be no danger of their losing their way.
Our philosophy atiA grievously puzzle.f. a,id curiosity
pleaded so hard to be gratified. that we sottu time after-
wards summed up sufficient courage to ask the reason of
so grave a ceremony. 'lt is the tact of a police regu-
lation,' was tile leply. 'Hoyt ?' That every lady
who is fond of au eveuing ratable must be accompanied
either by candles or a cavalier.' Why?' asked we in-
nocently. 'Because, in default of the latter, if she
have not the former, there isms redress in case of insult.'"
The grave and the gay, the lively -and the severe,
mingle, in these volumes with a delightful variety ;
and the'best means by which we can at once do jus •
tice to Mr. Whiffing and to our readers is to advise
the latter, without delay, to seek in the agreeable
revelations of the former a full; particular, and most
interesting acquaintance with Nuremberg and the
wallies of 'Franconia. The latter, namely, the yanks
of Franconia, are more esrecially the subject of the
second of these volumes,which is dedicated to the lovers
of thri picturesque, the poetical, and the pi.catoria', all
of whom are likely to derive abundant entertainment
from its pages. Let us- not omit to mention, more-
over, that the marvellous and Roost mysterious story of
Casper Hauser (at least as much of it as is known)
is here introduced very appropriately, seeing that its
incidents chiefly occurred at Nuretnberg. To those
as yet unacquainted with' the history this chapter will
be most attractive. In mysterious interest Casper
Hauser is only inferior to the "Iron Mask." Many
engravings adorn these volumes, which increase the
effect and add to the value of this very vivid glimpse
of Nuremberg and Franconia.

OCEANUS; or, a Peaceful Progress o'er the
Unpathed Sea. By Airs. David Osborne.
This is a very useful and agreeable little work. It
contains much valuable information, which is pre•
sented in so attractive a form that it cannot fail to in-
terest as well as instruct the reader. It introduces
him to many countries, and contains many pleasing
anecdotes, besides various amusing details of the
manners and customs of different nations. We cor-
dially recommend it to all who desire to obtain useful
knowledge and entertainment, convinced that they
will derive both pleasure and profit from its perusal.

FATHER FELIX. A Tale. By the Author of
"Mora Carmody," the "Poet's Guest," 6-c.
We have closed this interesting little story with
mingled sensations of pleasure and reluctance--
pleasure accruing from its perusal, reluctance at
parting with the characters it has introduced to us so
pleasantly. "Father Felix" is worthy to become a
favourite of its class, possessing as it does the advan-
tages of being well conceived and well written, in-
dependent of its me:it in being well designed. The
little episode of the guardian angel is a bouquet of
sweet thoughts for the contemplative reader.

THE SISTER OF CHARITY. By Mrs. Anna
Dorsay, Authoress of " Tears on the Diadem,"
This work will prove a rare treat to the lovers of
" religious fictions"—there is so much of the romance
of real life in these volumes, so many beautiful inci-
dents descriptive of the life and charities of the
" Sisterhood" from which the authoress has
taken the name for her tale, that they
are calculated to travel even beyond the
range of their original purpose, and yield food of no
meagre quality to the most fastidious of the novel-
reading public. The shipwreck, the crisis in the sick
chamber of Evelyn Herbert, the trial scene, together
with innumerable others we could name, are penned
with a degree of vigour, and painted with a vividness
of colouring that has quite taken us by surprise, and
we may say this without any disparagement of their
clever authoresv, seeing the unpretending appearance
of the book and the little insight we hitherto had of
her literary capabilities.

THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE.
The papers composing the May number of this able
periodical are diversified, amusing, and instructive.
The opening paper, "Irish Popular Superstitions,"
is exceedingly interesting, as well from the subject-
matter as the happy and playful manner in which it
is handled. " The May-day Festival in Ireland,"
which furnishes matter fur the present chapter on
Irish popular superstitions, is undoubtedly suggestive
of the Eastern origin of the ancient Irish. The se-
cond paper " May. day Melodies," by Jonathan
Freke Slingsby, contains two sweet and characteristic
ballads—the first (which we extract) illustrative of the
poetical though very common mode in which the Irish
peasant bids welcome to a friend or sweetheart,—
" You're as welcome as the flowers in May":—
At day's declining, a maid sat twining
A garland shining with wild flowers gay;
But her heart it was sore, and the tears swelled o'er
Her eye, at the door, on that eve in May.
" And take;" she cried, to her young heart's pride,
"From your plighted bride, on this holy day,
A true-love t 'ken of fond vows spoken
That may not be broken—these flowers of May.
"In life and in death, if you hold to your faith, -
Keep ever this wreath, 'twill be sweet in decay;
Come poor or with wealth, come in sickness or health,
To my heart you'll be welcome as fl ,w'rs in May.
" Yet, oh! if ever, when wide seas sever
Our hearts, you waver in faith to me,
A true Irish utaid will never upbraid
Affection betrayed—from that hour you're free !
" I set small store upon golden ore,
I'll not love you the more for your wealth from the sea;
The hand that will toil at our own loved soil,
Free from crime or from spoil, is the hand for me !"
The blessing half spoke, her fast teas choke,
And strong sobs broke the young man's pray'r;
One blending of la( arts, and the youth departs—
The maid weeps alone in the &dent air.
Full many a score that lone maid counted o'er
Of day•dawns and night-falls—a year to the day—
When, sadly, once more, at the seat by the door,
Stood the youth as before, on that ere in May.
For the love of that maid, wherever ho strayed,
Kept his soul trona stain, and his hand from guilt;
Like an angel from God, till his feet retrod
The cherished sod where his first•love dwelt.
" I bring you no store of the bright gold ore,
But, poor as before, I return to decay;
Fur my bride I've go wealth but broken health,
Hopes withered, end dead as these flowers of May."
The maiden has prest her true love to her breast,
Her joyful haste no doubts delay;
In his arms she sighs, " 'Tis yourself I prize,
To my heart you aro welcome as flowers in May!"
the second, illustrating the poetic sentiment of an
Irish peasant to his love—" Dance light, for my
heart it lies under your feet, love." As we cannot
boast of the power to " draw sunbeams from cucum-
bers," we must be as candid as Slingsby himself, and
acknowledge that we fear it is out of the power of
any English girl to do anything effective with his
imitations of the sing-song sentiment of the Haynes
Bayley school ; we would therefore strongly, anti in
the spirit of friendship, recommend him to stick to
" Ireland and the Irish," in which he has thus far so
eminently succeeded. " Maurice Tierney, the
Soldier of Fortune," is continued. There is
alio an article entitled " Sir James Brooke,
the Raja of Sarawak." The conduct of the
vanquisher of the Borneo pirates has been lately the
subject of so much discussion both in and out of Par- ,
liament, that we need scarcely bespeak an attentive
perusal of this interesting narrative : our own opinion
hasj been so unmistakably expressed on former oc.
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"A few more Random Records of a Ramble
in the -East;" " The Life and Works of Dr. Chal-
mers;" "Recent Novels," &c. &c. Altogether the
present number sustains its high character and po-
sition in the periodical literature of the day, and re-
flects the greatest credit on the spirited proprietor.

The letters from Trinidad to the 20th of April
allude to the marriage of his Excellency to the
daughter of the Venerable Archdeacon Cummins. A
few showers had fallen in the island, and the crop was
advancing, but the canes were not so productive as
last year, and there will probably be a deficiency of
5,000 or 6,000 hhds.

A public meeting to promote colonial reform has
been held at Port of Spain, and petitions to the home
Government were adopted praying for a constitution
similar to that proposed and approved of for the Cape
of Good Hope. Business dull.
Antigua papers notice the decease of the Hon.
Paul Horstorth. Several incendiary fires on sugar
estates had taken place, and a reward of 500 dollars
had been offered for the apprehension of the offenders
Drought still continued to exercise a prejudicial effect
on the prospects of the island.
St. Vincent was suffering severely from drought,
and the crop will fall short of the quantity produced
last year.

Fier Majesty's brig Helen, Commander De Courcy,
touched rocks near Bermuda on her voyage from
ilavancah on the 26th of April. The guns and shot
having been taken out, she was safely got into Port
George, after receiving assistance from the navy yard
of that place.

The 'intelligence from Mexico brought by this
vessel has been anticipated.

INTERESTING FROM HAYTI.
The Jamaica Morning Journal of the 27th ult.
contains the following paragraph :
•‘ By the arrival of the John Bull, from Port-au-
Prince, we learn that three brigs and two schooners of
war were being fitted out, and, when completed, would
wait for a war steamer, which was daily expected, and
then proceed against the Dominicans. The liisytien
troops were daily exercised before the President's
palace, were increasing in numbers, and were soon to
march against the D minieans. Everything was in a
tranquil state. There ass is large quantity of produce
in the market; but, in consequence of the Government
monopoly, there was little doing in trade. A Fmnott
frigate, the only foreign vessel of war on the island, was
lying in the harbour of•Port-au-Prince."

j
THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
From the Sandwich Islands we have news to the
middle Thus
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inEngland lioinfart le.a two
mohaini Maui was visited by a hurri-
cane on the 15th of February, which did great da-
mage to the b hip pi n g in the harbour, and destroyed
much property in the town. The schooner Mary
was driven to sea in the early period of the storm,
and she was followed by the Sophia and two small
schooners. During the night the Sophia capsized,
drowning three of her crew, and three or four natives
who were on board. Both of the schooners—names
unknown—were lost, the crew of one saved. One
hundred houses were blown down or unroofed—the
King's palace among the number. The Polynesian
of Feb. 23, in giving particulars of the storm, re-
marks :—"From all the information we can obtain,
the gales that have visitQtl these i.lands this winter
seem to have been of an unusually violent character
and
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our

SONNET.
He who would win the crown of poetry,
What needs ho? Faith that mountaipttiesßwigopuald:lllol:
And he must have the gift of prophecy,
To read all signs on earth—in heaven above;
And he must have all knowledge, and Joust be
Wise as the serpent—harmless as the dove;
And he must have abundant charity,
For all the rest were nothing without lo►e.
• Then must he have all hope, to bide his time,
And he must purge his sick heart now and than
Of hope deferred, and ask fresh:
And trust, till very trusting seems a crime.
So shall he win his laurels soon or late,
And his reward shall be exceeding great. •

THE BRITISH POLITICAL, COMMER-
CIAL, ECCLESIASTICAL, AND HIS-
TORICAL GAZETTEER, Travelling Road-
book, and Country Atlas.
This great work makes steady progression towards
completion, without any diminution of interest,
amusement, or instruction. The present part con-
tains maps of Bedfordshire and Oxfordshire, with a
beautiful engraving of " The Dorking Railway and
Box Hill," from Denison's Hill.

SICK CALLS. By the Rev. E. Price.
Having from time to time drawn attention to this
interesting. series of papers, as they appeared in Doi
mans Magazine, we are rejoiced to find them pre-
sented to the public in a new and unique form. The
volume before us bears upon its pages the forcefulness
of the old adage, that " truth is stranger than
fiction." It consists of a collection of episodes culled
from the diary of a missionary priest, many. of them
powerfully written, replete with startling incidents,
and each taken separately carrying with it its own
unuii:takable moral. The reader is at once attracted
by the nervous enthusiasm of the style, and quits
the book edified as well as interested. Although
" Sick Calls" will be recognised as the production of
a "Catholic Priest," it is by no means to be inferred
that the narrations are adapted only for circulation
among the members of the Church of Rome. A
glance at its pages will suffice to convince the most
sceptical of the contrary. Theology is strictly
avoided throughout, we have no arguments, no re.•
ligious bickerings, no uncharitableness, no shadow of
acerbity, but, on the other hand, are prepossessed by
the graceful simplicity, vivid delineations, and, above

B irj 'i HISTORY OF TIII3 LANDED GENTRY FOR
isso.—A cheaper edition of this national work, corrected to
the present tinie, has just been published, complete in two
volumes, price only a 2s. Valuable as are Mr. Burke's
Peerage and Baronetage,” we consider this a still moors
valuable work, because we did possess, in some degree.
genealogical accounts of these two classes; but of the
Funded gentry—the untitled aristocrat
(' y—tbis is the firsi at-
tempt to give the world a history likthe present. Of the
execution of the work it is superfluous to speak. It ranks
worthily with its predecessors. It is a faithful and valuable
record of the gentry of the empire, and as such possesses' a
national character. The work gives us, in fact, a peerage of
the untitled aristocracy, a comprehensive genealogical and
heraldic history of that influential body, the landed gentry;
with particulars of 100,000 persons connected with the various
families ! Considering the truly national character of this
repertory of the lauded gentry of the United Kingdom, and
the enormous expense which the publisher has ineurregi in
its production, it is next to a positive duty that those wboae
social and territorial position it records should support it: by
their patronage.—John Bull.
FIRE AT CLAREMONT PALACE.-- Considerable
alarm was caused in the vicinity of Claremont yesterday‘by
the discovery of a fire having broken oat in tt dining-routa
of the palace, but it was immediately extinguished before
any material damage had taken place. The i )utbreak is at-
tributed to the overheating of one of the flues.

. all, by the sympathising love for "suffering humanit•.
(ir:evective of creed s,-ct) which anFears to be so
eminc•ntly the prevailing chat,cteriitic of the author
and his writings.

--_,---___
TEARS ON THE DIADEM-; or, The Crown
and the Cloister;a 'Pale of the White and Red Roses.
By Mrs. Anna Dorsay.
The somewhat attractive and happily selected title
i of this little book will prepare the reader for the
vicissitudes of royalty he finis -recorded in its pager.
" 'Uneasy. lies the head that wears a crown," could
seldom have been applied more truly than to the
beautiful, but unhappy Elizabeth Woodville, the
"once proud consort of England's proudest King."
We are indebted to Mrs. Anna Dorsay for a most in-
teresting memoir of this " fair, ill-feted lady," drawn,
as she acknowledges in her preface, from a sketch by
Miss Strickland in her "Lives of the Queens of
England," coloured also by the effluence of her own
descriptive pen and brilliant imagination. The interest
is sustained from the moment you are first introduced
to the young queen in the metropolitan fortress—
where you discover her "seated at a small table of
massive silver," just then in the zenith of her incom-
parable beauty, her long golden tresses, " so famed
in song and story, sweeping in rich luxuriance to
the very floor, her eyes bent upon an illuminated
manuscript, which she is studying by the light of a
lamp, costly in beauty, and pouring around her an at•
mosphere of fragrance—to the hour when you part
with her in the serge of the religious habit, assisting
at the midnight mass in the conventual chapel of
Bermondsey.

THE WEST INDIALMAIL.
SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY NIGUT.
The Clyde steam-chip, Captain Moss, arrived this
evening with the usual West Indian and Mexican
mails.
She brings 345,737 dollars on merchants' accounts,
exclusive of 70,033 dollars for the dividends ; 45
cases of cigars, 309 bales of tobacco, and 55 cases of
pine apples.
Jamaica was healthy, and the weather in the in-
terior pleasant. In the towns the heat oppressive.
Dr. Scoffein's new process of sugar making was being
introduced into the island by Mr. Knaggs. Business
was dull. Breadstuffs were suffering severely in
price from the abundance of native provision. Sugar
was dull, and quoted 12s. to 13s. per 100 lb. Freights
50s. to 555. Coffee neglected at 28s. to 40s. per cwt.
for ordinary to good ordinary. Ginger iu active de-
mand, but the market had been• cleared of pimento.
Logwood in demand at 403. Exchange on London
—Jamaica Bank, 90 days' par ; Colonial Bank, 90
days, premium ;on New York, 60 days, 2 to 3
premium. Commodore Bennett, of her Majesty's
ship Imaun, had been mulcted in Si. and costs for a
libel at the suit of Captain Brown, of the sloop
Elizabeth.
Our accounts from British Guiana, extending to
the 18th of April, allude to the commencement of a
series of meetings on the subject of colonial reform.
Petitions are to be sent to the Queen, praying for the
establishment of an Elective Council and House of
Assembly in lieu of the existing political institutions.
The combined Courts had brought the financial
business of the colony to a close, and the estimates
had been duly voted.
The Courts likewise passed a resolution for sup-
pressing the sheriffship of the colony, but retaining
the office of second puisne judge. This resolution is
directly antagonistic to the express recommendation
on the subject from Earl Grey.
The weather had been very wet during the fort-
night, but improved a little just before the packet
sailed. The excessive moisture of the weather had
been seriously detrimental to the crops.
We have correspondence from Havannah to the
27th ult. The cholera was diminishing, and the
cases yielded more readily to medical treatment. The
authorities had made every exertion to prevent the
spread of the pestilence by precautionary measures,
and had in addition provided suitable accommodation
in various districts of the city for the reception of and
attendance on persons attacked by the malady. It
had not penetrated the interior of the island. ()wing
to unfavourable weather, it was expected there would
be a considerable reduction in the yield of the sugar
crop from the quantity originally calculated upon.
The prices of sugar have been firmly maintained, with
higher rates on white descriptions. Coffee quite
nominal. In freights, vessels were abundant, and
rates lower than reported. Exchange on London, 11
per cent.; Paris, 2 to 3 discount ; New York and
Boston, par.
Barbadoes dates are to the 28th ult. Several addi-
tional fires had taken place in various parts of the
island. The long drought was broken on the 19th of
April by heavy rains, but the weather had again be-
come dry, and vegetation was checked. The Go.
vernor-General was on a tour through some of the
smaller islands.