The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-19 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty yesterday.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, yes-
terday evening, included the Marquis of Eketer, Mr.
George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Captain
Francis Seymour (Scots Fusilier. Guards).
The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance
during dinner.
The Archbishop of York,
.the director for the evening
of the Concert of Ancient. Music, gave a dinner last
evening, at his residence in Groavenor-square, to her
Royal Highness the Duchess. of Kent, at tended by Lady
Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, and their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by
Lady Somerset, and a select party. •
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived
in town yesterday afternoon, from the Royal Military
College at Sandhurst.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Princess
Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta So-
merset and Major Stephens, honoured Lady Antrobus
with their company on Tuesday evening, at the ball
given by her Ladyship, at her residence in Piccadilly.
M. Tricoupi, the Grecian Minister, had an interview
with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone yesterday, at the
office of the Board of Trade.
Sir Robert Peel arrived at his residence in Whitehall
Gardens yesterday afternoon.
The Lords of the Judicial COmmittee of the Privy
Council had a meeting yesterday in the Council Cham-
ber. The Lords present were—Lord Brougham, Lord
Campbell, the Vice-Chancellor Wigriun, and the Judge
of the Admiralty Court.. ..•,
After disposing of a motion from Bombay " Ram-
dass v. Dairdass;" and petitions from Gibraltar,"Hughes
v. Porral ;" and from Trinidad (to dismiss), "Jackson
v. Protheroc " their Lordships commenced the hearing
of an appeal from the Prerogative Court, " Chambers
v. Wood."
Mr. Thesiger, Queen's Counsel, and Dr. Addams,
were heard for the appellant, and the Queen's Advocate
for the respondent. The case was then adjuurned until
this (Thursday) morning, when it is expected the So-
licitor-General *ill be heard.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, WEGNESDAY EVENING.

The English Market has quite recovered from the de-
pression of yesterday, which is attributed, in quartets•
likely to be well informed, to the delivery of several par-
cels for the heavy stocks, which had been privately sold
a few days back. Consols left off at 9274 92i for Wiley,.
and 92-i 921 for Account ; Bank Stock, 167 •163 ; India
Stock, 249 250 ; Exchequer Bills, 37 39 premium.
The Foreign Securities were rather higher, especially
Dutch and Belgian. The Two-and-Half per Cents.
Stock of the former kingdom closed at 524 52k, and the
Five per Cents. 100 - 1014- ; and the bonds of the latter
nation at 102 103. _Danish remained at 80-: 811, and
Brazilian 67 68.

The quotation of Mexican is lower than yesterday
being 364 37,
Railway Shares were firm. London and Birmingham
179 181 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 53 55 ; Great
Western, 92 93 ; the Half Shares, 64 641 Midland,
; South
Western, 63 64% Gosport, 63% ; North
65 67, the New Shares, 32& ; South Eastern and
;
Dover, 30 30 , the scrip, 7A- 71. ; Eastern Counties,
91 9 ; Blackwall, 11' 1 -the New Shares, 9i 9i ;
and Brighton, 36a to 36-,} per share.
The bonds of the insolvent States were quoted—Co-
lombian, 26i 27,1- ; Peruvian,. 19A-- 2(A; Portuguese Five
per Cents., 3711,
Spanish Five 37i-1 ; the Three per Cents. 22-1- 22i ;
per Cents., and the Three per Cents.,
23 24.
It is to be observed that Peruvian is marked some-
what higher than yesterday. This alteration is conse-
quent upon a report that the Government have assigned
the right of collecting guano,
a species of manure, to cer-
tain individuals, the proceeds of which are to be appro-
priated to the. payment of the dividends. If this rumour
be correct, it shows a degree of honesty which other
nations similarly situated would do well to follow.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)

The demand for money has not been so great to-day
and live per cent. has been the current rate on the Stock
Exchange. The sudden pres Sure is owing, it is sup-
posed, to some public body, the
;al3nT(aiiiii
Tk of England
pkeehrtil.leianepspc,
oocrnascl iettlinugte• Th
the prices arc,
e English
Consolsmar-
per
Cents. for Money 9t.) 9:i 0,2:1 i; tiNorew,t,hle,h/rlecee.oaunicitt.,a.9l2?a:f.
per Cents., 100-a 100 D Bank Stock, 167 168 ; India
Bonds, 18 20 ; and Exchequer Bills, 38 40 premiam.
The prices of Foreign Securities are firm, although
but little has liten -done. Belgian Bonds are 103 ;
Dittoh Two-a-Half per Cents., 52 ; and the Five per
Cents., toll.
Soule extensive transactions cave occurred in Mexican,

the quotation of which has not varied materially, being
364 for Money, and 36?,7 for the Account.
The Share Market has been brisk, and the purchases
rather considerable. Great Western, New, 64+ 641- ;
South Western, 64 64+ ; South Eastern Scrip, 7;
VI ' • Eastern Counties, New, 41. 16s. Bd. ; London and
Birmingham, lBO ; Manchester and Birmingham, 271 ;
Manchester and Leeds, 84 ; Northern and Eastern, 431;
Midland Counties. 75 ; York and North Midland, 93 94 ;
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 56+ ; Blackwall, 111, and
Brighton, 36i.
The only quotations for the bonds of the insolvent
States are—Colombian, 264 27, and Spanish Five per
Cents., and the Three per Cents. alike, 23.
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 16.
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 99i Grand Canal 5t0ck.........
Ditto Reduced ... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent...
Ditto New 1830... 093 Ditto 4 per cent
3i per Cent. Debs.

There ar e no foreign arrivals to-day.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 17—The market
was quiet, without any alteration in prices. The sales
did not exceed 2,000 bales, comprising 200 Surat at 3d.
to 411. ; 100 Pernam, 7d. ; 120 Egyptian, 70. ; 80
Maranharn, 5 t) 6d. ; and 1,500 American, 4d. to 6.td.
LIVERPOOL SHANE MARKET, MAY 17.—There was
no change to notice in. the state of the. market ; business
was very quiet, and confined to Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, 56 ; Grand Junction, 185 ; Halves, 924 ; Old
Quarters, 46+ ; 'New Quarters, 25 ; and Manchester and
Leeds Quartcrs,
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 17.-117(4
have had very little doing to-day. Edinburgh and Glas-
gow New, 24 and 2+ prem. ; Manchester and .Birming-
ham, 27i; Bank of _Manchester, 4* and 4 1-16.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

Bank Stock 163 !India Stock ' ... 249 pm
3 per Cent. Red. '.. 9I i :Ditto Honds
3 per Ceut. Cons.— ..... 92i Ditto Old Annuities
3i per Cent. Red......... 994 Ditto New Annuities B9l
New 3 per Cent... ...... 100 i Ex. B►lls, 1,009/;...2id 39 pm
New• 6 per Cent — Ditto 5001— ... 37 pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 37 pm
Jan. 1869 ... ...... 12 7. If; Bank Stock for Acct....
Oct. 1869 - Iti India Stock for Acct....
Jaa. 18';t)

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent. Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent lO3 'Ditto New Ditto

Buenos Ayres6 per eeiot.

Prussian, 5 per cent.
Russian, 5 per cent....,.

Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, iVietilic ...... . ....
Colombian, 6 per cent — - Spanish, 5 per cent...... 23
Ditto, 1824 27 Ditto, Deferred.... . 104
Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. -e.
Greek, 1823, 5 per cent — Exchange —f —c
Alexican, 5 per cent l36q French, 3 per cent. 119 f. 23-.
Ditto, 6 per cent.. 1837 ..... ; Dutch, 2i per cent. 524
Peruvian, 1823, b perct.
_lDitto, 5 per cent. .. ... 101

SHARES.
Cheltenham and Creat Western (72k paid)... 204
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) .....
Ditto New Shares ( paid)
Edinburgh arid Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 5674-'
Great Western Railway (tss paid)
Ditto New Shares 450 paid) 634
London and Brighton (50 paid)
iltto Loan Notes (74 paid) - ... ...... 8
London and Black wall (25 paid) ll4
London and Birming-ham (90) ...... ... ... 180
London and Greenwich Railway (121 Iss 4d pd) 54
Ditto Preference, or Privilege
London and South Western (38/ I7s 9d pd) 634
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk)
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... ...
Ditto Quarter Shares ('0 paid) 54
Manchester and Biriniugham (40 paid) ... .. 274
Midland Counties Railway ( 100 paid) - 75
Northern and Eastern (45 pail) . 43
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) :y4
Ditto Scrip. (?5 paid)
York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... 94

BRITISH AND FOREIGN lEMPE-
RANCE_SOCIETY.

The annual Meeting of the members. and friends of
this Society was held on Tuesday, at the Aldine Chambers,
Paternoster-pm, the Right Hon. LOrd Teignmouth in
the chair, and aniono•st, those present were the Lord
Bishop of Norwich mid several of the clergy and gentry.
Lord TEIGN MOUTH expressed his satisfution at seeing
so many old friends of the Society, which he considered
was founded on principles at once praiseworthy and
rational, and struck out; a clear line of distinction be-
tween the use of ardent spirits and those fermented
drinks necessary for all useful • and medical purposes ;
but, at the same time, it offered nothing controversial to
societies conduCted on other principles. Their great
object•was to check the progress of intemperance, which
was a great and crying evil. In those southern countries,
where they possessed a clear air and unclouded sky, there
was no resort to ardent spirits, and it was only in the
inure northern situations Where• this moral pestilence
principally existed.. He could not say the result of the
Society had been all that had been anticipated, for they
all knew the difficulties that. baffled its exertions, but, on
the whole, the result had been eminently successful.
Every friend of temperance must rejoice in its success,
for it was founded on truth and inculcated on rational
and Christian principles ; and; whether the Society
should rise or falt, the seeds they had sown would ulti-
mately yield- an abundant harvest, and the Legislature
would one day loOk with pride and satisfaction at the
rise, progress, and results of Temperance Societies. The
Noble Lord sat down amid loud cheers.

Apologies were read from the Bishops of Chichester
and Sodor and Man, Chevalier Bunsen (the Russian
Ambassador), Sir E. Parry, &c.
The SECRETARY read the Report of the Society for
the past year.

The Bishop of NORWICH, in moving that the Report
be received and printed, said the Society had his hearty
support and full concurrence. He alluded to the oppo-
sition that had been shown to the Society by those of
total abstinence principles, mid said that whatever
change might be proposed, and however great the good
that might be effected, or the benefitS it was capable of
producing, it would he sure to meet with partial opposi-
tion. He did not object to the views taken by those of
teetotal principles—on the contrary, he rejoiced in them
for the good they had effect9d in Ireland, where they
had brought many -confirmed drunkards to habits of
sobriety ; bnt he certainly did object to the violence they
exhibited, all the parties who slightly varied from their
rules being denounced as traitors. He, himself, in com-
mon with- the' Noble Lord in the chair, had last year
been branded 14y them as worse than drunkards. He
coudd-attribiiie it only to mental and moral intoxication.
They profeALVadp usehip article containing alcohol—
what 'said-they'. to' sugar? Oh, what wretched chemists!
They werelsbOttring, certainly,• under a fallacy and in-
toxicatiorr---4Art, of moral . delirium tremens, and he
wished h&-iiiid'"milv -2,000 teetotallers before him. In
conclusion; the ittght Rev. Prelate said he was thankful
for the good that had been done, and he hoped that the
Society, Under the blessing of God, would still go on
and prosper.
The resolution was seconded by the Rev. D. RUEL,
and carried unanimously.
Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting, and
enforced its claims upon public attention.

MONEY MARKET. and CITY NEWS.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per
mille, which, at the Diglish Mint-price of 31. 17s. 10Ad.
per ounce for standard - gold, giiTs an exchange of 25
404.., and the exchange at Paris on London' at shOrt
being 25 57k., it follows that gold is 0.68 per cent.
dearer in London than in Paris.

By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 429
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31.175. 10 d.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 7,
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13 9, it follows that gold is 0.93 per cent. dearer
in London than in Hamburgh.
_ _

The course of exchange at NeW.York on London is
1071 per cent., and the par of exchange between Eng-
land and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows
that the exchange is 2.32 per cent. against England.
But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills
at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from
the above difference.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SUIFFNAL

Sweepstakes of 5 Sow. each, with 35 added. Two miles
Mr. Morris' Fat Jack, aged, 9st 21b --(Marlow) I
Mr. Bird's Dr. Allen, 3 yrs, ist 2
Mr.. Skerrat's Hudibras, 4 yrs, Bst 21b 3
Mr. Haworth's Cattonian, 4 yrs, Bst 71b 4
Mr. Flintoff's Wings, 6 yrs, 9st 2lb 5
A good race.
_ . . _ . _

The South Shropshire 'Slakes, of 3 Sovs. each, with 25
added. Mile and half heats.
Mr. Walter's Wilton Brown, 3 vrs, ist 71b 1 2 1
Mr. Skerratt's Sidruphel, 4 yrs, Bst 61b 0 1 2
Hon. F. Ongley's Roderick, 3 yrs, 7st 41b 2 odr
Mr. Charlton's fby Tomboy, 3 yrs, 7st 4th 3 0 dr.
Mr. Tutedge's Jolly Tar, 4 yrs, Sat 61b 0 dr.
Who cleverly.
Sweepstakes of 3 Sovs. each, with 25 added, Heats,
Two miles.

_ .• _ __ _
Hon. G. Ongley's Humility, 4'yrs, 9st 81b 1 1
Mr. Killiek'siLmley, 5 yrs, lOst 91b - 2 2
Mr. Robinson's Finality, aged, lOst 131 b 0 3
Mr. Page's Brewood, 4 yrs, 9st 5113., 0 dr.
4. fine race.

The Hurdle Stakes, of 5 Soya. each, and 25 added, 2
miles, were won by Mr. E. Herbert's Tommy, aged,
list 1 llb (Mr. Powell), beating Mr. Bennet's Woodbine,
aged, llst 41b, and Mr. Westley's Curate. 6 yrs, list 41b,
easily.
MANCHESTER RACES.—TUESDAY.

The Wilton Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 40 added ;
three yrs old, Gst 31b ; four yrs, Bst 41b ; five yrs,
Bst 12Lb ; six yrs and aged, 9st 21b ; mares, &c., al-
lowed 3lbs. Mile and quarter. (7 Subs.)
Mr. Hesseltinz.,'s the Shadow, 6 yrs, walked over.
Match-100 h ft. One Mile.—Mr. Brooke's c by
Zealot out of •Zillah, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (Whitehouse) beat
Mr. G. H. Muore's Hawkesbury, 5 yrs, Bst 71b.-3 to 1
on Hawkesbury, who was beaten in a canter by four
lengths.

The Manchester Cup of 100 sovs. addel to a Handicap
of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared. Twice
round and a distance. (11 Subs., four of whom
declared.)-
Lord Eglinton's the Young'un,. 5 yrs, 7st 71b, walked
over.

Plate of 501., fur Horses that have never won 501.; :3 yrs,
7st; 4 yrs, Bst 41b 5 yr. 4, 8 91b; 6 yrs and aged, Bst`
121 b; mares allowed 31b. Heats, two miles and a dis.
Mr. Thompson's Flamingo, 3 yrs (Lye) 0 1 1
Mr. Park's f by Physician, 3 yrs
Mr. T. Walters's m by Velocipede, 5 yrs._ 0 0 2
Mr. Worthington's Kirkby Lonsdal', 3 yrs 0 0 0
Mr. Kirby's Sir Robert, 3 yrs
Mr. Harrison's Oak Branch, 5 yrs
First heat—Seven to 4 apt Sir Robert, 5 to 2 agst
Oak Branch, and S to 2 agst Flamingo ; won in a can-
ter, Second heat—Two to 1 agst the Physician filly,

and 5 to 2 agst Sir Robert ; won cleverly. Third heat—
Five to 2 on Flamingo ; won easy.

GORHAMBUBY RACE .-WEDNESDAY,

The performance for the .second (lay contrasted un-
favourably with the excellent bill of litre provided for
Tuesday ; it contained the same number of events, but
no two yrs old or handicap race ; nothing, in fact, that
made the moat distant approach to them, or that was
calculated to attract either sporting-men or " the million."
We understand that a new stake of considerable interest
is, made for net, year, and that the most important oventi
will be run so as to place the two days on a-par ; and
that the progress of the subscriptions to the Gurhambury
and other stakes is highly favourable.
The racing commenced punctually at two o'clock with
The Clarendon Stakes of 10 Soya. each, with three
tidded, fur three yrs-old, 7st ; and .four yrs, Bst 101 b.
Cherry Tree mile. (4• Subs.) •
Lord Verulam's Robert de. Gorham. 3 yrs
Colonel Peel's Arch v, yrs
Baron Rothschild's cby SirHercules-IVorthless,3 yrs 3
Mr. Ford's Ballet, 3 yrs
Betting-6 to 4on Archy. Robert de Gorham made
all the running, and won by half a neck ; Archy made
a waiting of it, but ran out close to the chair,—
The Kingsbury (Handicap) Stakes of 15 Sovs. each, for
three yrs-olds and upwards, ridden by Officers, &c.
Cherry Tree mile. (3 Subs.)
M'. Bastard's Teapot, 3 yr,:,-10st 711► (Air. R. Oliver) 1
Hon. G. Ongley's Humility*, 4 yrs, 1 Ist 811)..
2to lon Humility. Teapot had it all his own way.
The St. Alban's Cup, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 Sues.
ettch, h ft ; three yrs, 6st 101 b ; four yrs, Bst slbs ;
five yrs, 9st 61bs; 6 yrs, and aged, 9st 91b; mares,

allowed 31bs. The Verularn Course. (7 Subs.)
Mr. 8. Scott's Mosque, 4 yrs • (F. Butler)
Mr. Nightingale's Nick, 4 yrs

General Wyndham's Aspatria, 4 yrs 3
The following also started but were not placed :
Mr. Booth's-Benjamin, 5 yrs, and Lurd Verulam's Con-
stantine, 4 yrs.
Even on Mosque, 2 to 1 agst Benjamin, and 4 to 1
agst Concertina. Benjamin made play to the turn,
where Nick took the lead, carried the running half way
up the distance, and, with an experienced jockey, would
have won. Wanting this, Mosque, who had waited,
caught him at the stand, and won by a length.
The Town Plate of 501., 3 yrs old, -7st; 4 yrs, Bst 71b;
5 yrs, 9,st; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 51b ; mares and geld-
ings allowed 31h ; and those that never won before the
time of naming allowed 41b. The winner to be sold
fur net —l-leaL,' the Stand Course.
Mr. Parr's lis.aigh Robin, 5 yrs (Parr) 1 .1
Mr. Coleman'S Tenebrosa, 6 yrs
Mr. Smith's Goreebush, aged
LordVerulam's ch h, by Actaeon—Cornubia,4 yrs 2 dr
Baron Rothsvhild's f, by :Buckingham, 3 yrs
Mr. 'Teen's Ilaitoe, 3 yrs
The first heat was won by a length ; the second by
half a length.
The race for the Beaten Plate was won easy by Mr.
Parr's Ate (late Wiltuna),. 3 yrs .(a lad), beatin); Mr.
Coleman's Tenebroqi, 6 yrs, and Lord Verulani's c by
Acta on oat of Col nubia, 4 yrs.

Match, 501. h ft. The last mile.—Mr. Phillitnore's b e
Rochester, Bst Sib received forfeit from Mr. Coleman's
Goneril, Bst.
Mlt.th, SO/. '7lb each.—One mile.—Mr. D.
Radc•.itle's Utlingten received from Mr. Shelley's c by
Sir Hercules, dam by 'Pantaloon.
Mr. Allen's Derby Colt Beleceur, arrived in town yes•
terday from the north en route for Epsom ; 1115 Oaks
filly, Belle Dame is amiss, and trill not travel south.

LITERATURE,
DECIDED PREFEIIENC E. 2 VA
SiTplein and Marshall, London, 1842:

" Decided. Preference" is a sentimental tale of the
" Children of the Abbey" school, and' its object is to
show how exceedingly silly it is in young people to
marry, who have not a decided preference for each
other. This useful, but not very original, moral is
exemplified in the loves of Henry FOrteseue and Julia
Fraser—a remarkably handsome and Well-intentioned
couple, but who, nevertheless, are far from being as
happy in the domestic life as their amiable qualities,
—which are as numerous ss the items in a Strawberry
Hill Catalogue—would entitle them to be. They are
thus picturesquely introduced to the reader's notice :
"Julia possessed the fairest form nature ever framed ;
her beautiful black eyes spoke volumes to the heart of
every beholder ; her raven tresses curled negligently-
round her well-formed head, and in her complexion,
were blended the lily and the rose. Henry, her cow,
sin, was two years her senior. He was tall and grace-
fully proportioned,- had a fine, expressive countenance,
and dark Chesnut hair ; his eyes were of a hazel colour ;
and he possessed, what was of far ;hare intrinsig value,
every virtue the human heart is capable, of. We
perfectly agree Ni ith the author that:it is far better for
a man to possess virtue than even " dark chesnut hair,"
or "eyes of a hazel colour," though we fear that the
majority of boarding school misses - will be of a diffe-
rent opinion. Shortly after their Marriage, Julia and
Henry come up to town ,on a visit to seine friends in
Portman-square, where the former happens to encoun-
ter, at a fashionable evening party, one of those hor-
rible lady-killers whom young ladies of a susceptible
turn can never look on without the most imminent
hazard to their peace of mind. This •monster, who
answers to the romantic appellation of Octavius
. Elliott, stations himself near Julia, while she is sing-
ing "Auld Robin Gravy ;" and immediately she rises
from the pianoforte, there he is, standing close beside
her ! " There was: nothing • particularly striking in
his appearance," we are told, "with the exception of
a pair of very fine dark blue eyes, which were shaded
by long dark lashes; but the greatest charin he pos-
sessed was his smile, which was captivating to a de-
gree." This smile it is that does all the mischief;
though it is but just to Mrs. Forteseue to add, that
when she first sets her eyes on the irresistible Octa-
vius, she holds him in orthodox' horror, notwithstand-
ing his seductive simper. "An involuntary shudder,"
observes the author, " spread over her,- but she could
not account for the feeling ; at length she saw her
husband approaching, and never did she feel so glad
to see him, as if she thought his preSenee was a suffi-
cient safeguard against the Evil One !" Alas, Mrs.
F. soon ceases to shudder at the Evil One ! On a se-
condinterview she chies not think him quite so black as
he is painted ; a third enableS her 0 discover that he is
uncommonly good-lookiii,,; , and at length she is
brought to confess -that Sti' Thtilly has a- very excellent
opinion of him ; Oil her-4,, yiiig which, the Evil One
ir
" threw himself on 'his ktfe'erfkfbrW her, encircled her
slender waist, and imprinted iiiip(iSsioned kisses on her
luinds and lips !" The Sequel May be anticipated..
The lady-killer and his victim start off, one fine moon,
light night, full gallop for the Continent, leaving the
betrayed husband in a condition—to adopt the elo-
quent phraseology-of George Robins—" more easily
imagined than described." After remaining a short
time at PariS, Octavius Elliott and Mrs. F. resolve on
a trip to Italy; but on their road, they are attacked
by banditti, who, after slaughtering the former, allow
the latter to make her escape to a priest's house, which,
happens to lie at a convenient distance from the high-
way. From hence Mrs. Fortescue makes her way to
England ; finds out her husband, who has retired to
a sequestered cottage in the country ; obtains pardon
at his hands ; and; after being saf'ely delivered of a
little Octavius Elliott, dies of a broken
.heart, in the
middle of an extract which the parson of the parish
is reading to her from a pious Tract ! - Soon after her
deatii, Henry Forteseue"forms an attachment to an-
other beautiful young woman, Miss Frances Seymour,
of whom we are told that "- Never was there a more
interesting being, Her mild blue eyes expressed
both softness and feeling ; her light broWn hair wound
in natural curls on her alabaster neck ; she was above
the middle height, but elegantly formed ; she pos-
sessed
the most touching sweetness of voice, and had
in an eminent degree an unaffected simplicity, gen- 1
tleness, and sensibility." This angelic being reci-
procates Mr. Fortescue's attachment ; but alas, a I,
wicked Peer, Lord A., resolveS to blight the lover's
hopes, by himself formally prOposing fbr Miss. Sey-
mour's hand ; and when she rejects him, he abuses
her sweetheart in a way shocking to think of; and
tells her in plain English, If you do not promise to
be mine, by all the Powers of Love, I will bloW that
fellow's brains out." On her reply that she will not
be bullied, he coolly takes out a penknife with a view
of sticking her and himself too; but being in-
terrupted in his diabolical purpose by the
entrance of a morning visitor, he rushes in a paroxysm
out of the house, threatening all sorts of horrors. And
the wretch is as good as his word, for' soon'afterwards,
while Miss Seymour is taking a walk before break-
fast in the Regent's Park, he hires some ruffians to
gag her, and carry her off in a post-chaise and four
to a secluded " cottage, situated at the bottom of at
long shady lane." He then presents himself before
her, but being repulsed with virtuous indignation, he
instantly makes a point of getting drunk, by way of
still further reconciling her to his advances ; and in
this attractive condition, he attempts to " imprint a
kiss upon her lovely lips," whereupon she very pro-
perly knocks him clown ! After remaining a few days
at the cottage, one of the servants, struck with re-
morse for the share she had taken in the fiendish
transaction, resolves to restore the imprisoned fair one
to liberty, and accordingly let; her out at the back-
gate—while Lord A. is snoring drank in bed.
Delighted at her unexpected restoration to freedom,
Miss Seymour hurries with her companion along the
high-road, "favoured by the light of the moon,"
when suddenly she perceives a chaise' advancing ra-
pidly towards her, and cries out at the top of her,
voice, "Oh stop, for mercy's sake, and protect two
young women, who are running away from a wicked
man !" The chaise of course stops, and equally as a
matter of course, out jumps Miss Seymour's sweet-
heart, who singularly enough, happens to be travelling
in the right direction, just in the very nick of time !
A most touching scene now ensues. She faints, he is in
agonies—she recovers, he is in extacies ; and On-their 1
reaching their journey's end, the most interesting ex-
planations take place, after which, the happy couple ,
are wedded, with the full consent of their guardians
and parents ; and go to spend their honey-moon at I
Edinburgh, where they frequently .visit the theatre,
whose manager, " Mr. Murray behaved to them most
kindly and gentlemanly, for which he is remarked;" ,
and as a token of his good-will, put one of the
wedding party "on the free-list !" It is gratifying to
be able to add that the wicked Peer, Lord A., as a

...0,01

just reward for his nc-farious conduct, is visite l by
Providence with a broken INT, of which he dies, :Ab out
a week after his little atfa.ir 'With Miss Seymour; S')
ends the story of ".Decider Preference," which
abounds in umiable, sentimermal twaddle, s•ti CI °5,
formed the delight of our grandtoothers, and is illsb
the sort of work to produce a col;;Iplete E°n 8
hot summer-day.

HORTICULTURAL SOCIET
On Friday last, the third lecture on (leans try AP'
plied to cultivation, Wa s given by Mr, F.4,,urc
jun., at the Society's Rooms, in- Regent7stmet, •whi,c,l
was well attended. We observed amongst
ence Sir John Sebright and family, Sir P.• 3 Lgerti°,ll
and Lady, Lady Caroline Pouleit, the EtiOis of
chester and Sandwich, Lord Prudhoe, Sir (°h"rie3
Lemon, Sir 'O. Moseley, Sir J. South, Hon. IN Ir. VC'
non Harcourt, &c. eze.
We extract the following .from th
Chronicle on the subject:—
" Mr. Solly's third lecture wL delis erect
He commenced by an account of the nature a lid Pro-
perties of nitrogen, showing,that it emi in
of which it constitutes about ; at id
being possessed of properties in all respects the' redi
verse of oxygen, and distinguished by the, ab seruiLai
any marked characters, it appeared that its rrillq.h
otlice is to dilute a‘c oxygen of the air, and c: unini~
the too powerful et:',xts which it would produue tit'i
undiluted state. In Jie air, however, oxygen on'`ll,;
trogen are only mixedwhen combined th ey 11'0-
nitric acid ; and, on the other hand, when nitrle
and hydrogen are combined, they form an
thus affording two excellent, illustrations of tl' en
rious results of chemical coxubination, and the•Ye
r.
great difference existing bet wean compounds • 3' t
their elements. having thus (It scribed the four greg,
elements of Plants, or those e ompounds. of ox gel'
hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, in d ifferent proporious'
which,- as woody fibre, gum, sc gar, starch, glutef!'
Sz.c., constitute vegetable, matter ; the properties,
Lure, and different forms of the. se substances w„
described,. and the curious metamor? !hoses which the.'
undergo, and. the transformations u Which they loit
when acted on by acids and alkalies was .Px1)13,... gide
Mr: Solly, coneluded by saying that, having rm,;(l
through the introductory part of the sul )jest, lie sliwis,
next take up the great question of the food of 10
which would occupy the next lecture." '

THE MURDERER GOOD- 0
A good many incorrect statements in reree•enee ta"11,0
treatment and the conduct of this miserabbe mall °lv
his convictio». having been made public, ,it, ieaYtio,
ecessary to state, frown an authentic source, . wha;ge
the real facts. zeince the'Mteration,and the amel'orit-ot
that have taken place in'the Critninal law, .the trk,:ll,o
of criminals, both before ant/ after conviction, IL: fis
,ie
been very materially modified, Formerly uponi (tie,
viction for murder the culprit was taken to ii cell . arr„;
priated for the purptise, and!kept in this cell alit 471 y
darkness, and sufferingemany: other privations, u4;;11 cit
time came Ibr him to, ascend the scaffold. At the*P7o
time, however, person, charged with murder sae= t"'-'1
• aPP
to a room in the chapel yard,, where they rem til, die
their trial, and if convicted they again retui eill",,:io
same cell, and remain there _in the charge of .00,4.
ivardsmen until the period of cexecution. The firs iN
sion on which this cell was appropriated in ttelice
above described, was in the (mat- of GI-eel-mere, MM ei,i,
then it has been successively- oCeupied by-Goarvul',,t,
Lees, and Blakeslev.
Or
But for the provisions of the!Central Criminal pe
Act, many difficulties would -have been thrown ill'ot
way of the prosecution, by reason of the diODsl
jurisdie:ions that were mixed up in the ease, "Fie
offence in the first instance was cernmitt4
the county of Surrey ; the prisoner wee. s,o. '
quently apprehended in Kent, ,examined li: r
4,
a Justice of that county, and then brought into
,*-',#
sex for examination, and finally commii:'ted froP eil
county ; and but for the provisions 'libove veferi!ed Wei°
would have been difficult to have framed ill"- e'istiio
have freed it from technical objections. It rusts 05,
with the Judges at the Central Criminal Coint ti' ere
whether a convict shall be executed in the couleV W Id
the .'lieged offence is committed, or in Middlesu% i od
as Lord Denman, in passing sentence, merely ineutinpi
• " a place of execution," the convict will be eNeetltetets
the Old Bailey, and not at Iforsemougur-kme. i.".;,
sentence, the Sheriffs now have it in: fin it diS.'-'l''
,11
not, however, exceeding a period of twenty-tine (14':
name the day when the execution shall take:: pleceee, e '
it is understood they have ordered the sentience` w•t9-!
,1 „
• carried into effect on Monday next. -ler
Since his condemnation, Good has never been' 1„e--$,
attended either night or day. For tile first twe Sir,'"
clays, he persisted in the truth of the extraciWidoe
statements made by him after the trial, but it is' 311,01,
stood that he has recently made some further dieclo4°-pe
mk
odifying to a very considerable extent his fortliqt.e4
ment ; but he still persists in asserting thili,this:Wft,
woman came by her death by her own hand. a0Pe9,140
any violence that was offered to her . by atil"4o.
On his being asked to state the address!
who sold matches, and who according to lee
statement, took such an active part In ~iiiil*
awful business, he says that all he knows abbe! eh,l,e4'
that he lives somewhere in Brompton. Jr' will' L'itt'',o(•ll
membered that Greenaere told a story similar!
nnwite
.t 1
respects, to this statement of Good's as turiPeile. Su
which his victim came by her death, and thn'
(latently gave several different versions of the story, a
of the p
that only a feW hours before his execution he gra,
another account of the alleged mode. of, death. !et% 6
expected, however, that Good will yet declare what-1
ifs
truth of the case-really is, and it is said that h 0 has nal'o
an intimation to that effect to the Chaplain, and a" i.
Mr. Cope, the Governor of Newgate.
It was at the suggestion of the Chief Justice that '
obi:
counsel for the prosecution forbore to examine the l'ei I
soner's son as a witnesii• against him. All that he vine o;
have been able to depose- to, was the fact that the aeere
bonnet belonged to the deceased, and that it was to:,:
by the prisoner to Susannah Butcher's, and as Hits.''`' $
clearly proved by other testimony, it was thought:rt e
the
.painful spectacle of a child being produced as :iiPlt t t
against its parent upon a trial of and death,tni'
spared.
_____ ___ T• ' '
LONDON ELECTRICAL SOO.E
rilad---1' ;
TUESDAY, MAY I7.—At this Meeting were -- ~ it-
Extracts of notes from Mr. Weeks, wherein it was 6',:3,
that, when he commenced the experiments. which ' r
shown the development of insects, he =tie mther
ails, e
similar arrangements, through Which he did net.
sle`,
the voltaic current to pass, and in these cases 'l/0 11 r, ,11
are to be found. Mr. Walker, the Secretary, then c A
a long mid carefully written paper " On Ligh.tn ingb, „el
ductors." He took for his subject, or rather,'-h ic'
his subject upon, the damage done to the sta'ePoe'Cy
Brixton Church, by the thunder-storm of Su fobl!'
April 241 and was induced to survey the 'Steeple, It 0,
having just previonsly heard Dr. Faraday'slee4".' 'l,
the subject. The glaring error of placing iliscnatal yet:
conductors at such elevation as, church-steeples el
sent was but too clearly evinced in this ease. An I",
fated cross overmounting the steeple, and an iron lope
also insulated, gave the flash the opportmeitV of 'll' ''Or
through twenty, and then ten feet of air. 'The,,ff4
quent explosions were attended with seric us 'll'7/JP
The "lateral discharge" was much dwelt u non !",11
author. It is' a subject of great diffictilty eiiwlSil
men of science. The mass of mankind do ,30,1,,,t,
stand it at all, and think when they liiie,ir'eqe:'Ai.
a capacious conductor, they have done ealt,-IPocire'
needed. The erroneousness of this position -v•rtseffe
manifest, first, by referring to the experimen to!.„'",
Royal Institution ; and then by explaining Arfli7i,"
curred at Brixton, where the fluid left oue condos 4 di
another, for no other reason than that it obtai/i,gi 0
this means a wider path. And it was shown4h/i el
property of electricity, desiring a wider path as,el w 'O..
directone, renders a badlypLced lightning rod an el
and not a friend. To prevent the " lateyal disch,4,, ,
wherever the probability occurs; it was recommenOelf
convert it into a certainty; that iv, whenever it se for
possible that electricity might pass front eiraluet of
conductor, it should be compelled to pass, not it ~,j
through the air, to develope light and heat, but ill' i
a good metallic connexion, by which it c.ould pas,sf, 4
This communication was draw .1 up with a cons"' koPitte
degree of care, and was illustrated by drawing
church, &c. We must refer our i•eaders to the/
number of the. Proceedings of the Soeiety fur 1,1!e., „ . ,
in full, and meanwhile should recommend arch!.' 'i' '
consult electricians on this important matter':' W° ;44,,c,
omitted to mention that Mr. Walker albetleri i'Leo
immense value of tree.; as conductors, and re 00011';:t.'°if
their being planted wherever it was possib if• I`VO ei
notices on "Electrotype Manipulation" and 'NI f.. ~,,f0 lt
journal were then read.
to
Ar.

WHEAT AND FLOUR 1N P
AND LONDON COPIPARI , :tit?
WHEAL—The present price of w"ient of, d. 4:
quality in Paris, according to the latest ae< 0110fivo
ceived from the " Halle," or C,;rn E Nehang abjcbo,
city, is 28 francs for the hectolitre and a half.; ';100,
tbG,
the present course of exchange in Faris on 1.041;,-foci
bills at one moftth's date of 25f. 40c. " 1"11eji ._.lth'e'o,
pound sterling, corresponds with 425. .9a • for 14'4
fish imperial quarter-of eight bushels ; anti tJ
current market quotation for.the best Ess ex, 'deionr/
Suffolk white wheat in London being 70s. for
roil quarter, shows that the best wheat is &CD 'tiler Atilt;
don than in Paris by 275. 3d. for, or .re ,opol;?;;
the imperial - quarter, being in the .1?1
of sixty-three and very nearly three'i; 4). .L,44
(or, more exactly, seventy-four hundredth'
,aop
cent., and that for the same amount 0,f:,:i4.,1,00
mum ly; 70s. as above, Which is the price in
no more than eight bushels of the- best whit'eivil"i
there may be obtained, in Paris, thirteen Boa
tbry minute fraction of one-tenth bushels, Eicl'7,-,0)
penal measure, of wheat of the first quality- , en'
observed that the above comparison is made bet‘,eiaitY
highest current market prices paid for the bet,t 'Potit t'
wheat usually shown in the two cities of 14'11
Paris respectively, without any reference to stl`',i,olo'l,
ordinarily fine and picked parcels which are oc;3-ce,
to be met with in small quantities in tither ebittord;e
for which the prices demanded, being almost 3:0,1 cl
cannot afford any practical information as re„bdati f!a-
relative position of the two markets. The see°","proP"
inferior descriptions of wheat bear the solti`,.;
tionate value between the two cities as the abo,:o
notin.—The highest.eurrent market priceth
of flour of the first mark cr quality, ne"11"-(!orili;g:.i
latest report received from the " °it.'
iisu9l:zietotgjfraitill'ina teesia.'wiesi
(.11 urti3;o iasn),larnadt hl.
whichexc ae et
dtihigise4.l6lpt.tfti•rleela.qseretilecnastlqcfuto(-°llrtrrttstih'terires(e'esF;be:l:l!:iidi'lao:;lc:6;:°ll:Si
Paris on London; of 25f. .40c. "money" Air

......1

isite I by
des, about
lour
‘4,9•
~ which
s• 0
Intl' is ittht
ies.t t 8

ruili try 3r
"an t
o.et ,
aqi:4
it Charles
A Ir. Icl:

'ice