The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-11 00:00:00

MONEY and COMVERCIAL NEWS'

Gladstone, on Thursday, at the office of the Board of
Trade. •

Mr.Dtuin, of Lancaster, Mr. B. W. Horne, Golden-
croSs, Charing-cross, Mr. R. Fagg, Bell and Crown,
Holborn, accompanied by Mr. Thomas Greene, M.P. for
Lancashire, and Mr. George Martin, M.P. for Lancastcr,
had an interview on the subject of the Mail-coach Duties
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Wickham,
Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, and Mr. Presslys,
on Saturday. in Downing-street.
Mr. Ball, and a Deputation of the Zinc-trade, had an
interview with Mr. Gladstone, on Saturday, at the
Board of Trade. -

Despatches from the Governor of Malta were received
yesterday at the Colon;a1-0ffiee.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH STEEPLE CHASE —FRIDAY.
Sweepstakes of h soya each, with 30 added, 12,t each, &c.

Three miles.
Mr: King nd Vanguard, 6 yrs (Mr. Goddard) 1
Mr. Lampleigh nd The Rnmp
Mr. Ekin's .1 he Duenna, aged 3

Mr. Farley nd Matilda, 6 yl:s

Several others started,

The Selling Stakes of 2 sous. each, and 10 added, llst each,
Sic., were won by Mr. Bradley's John Bull (owner) beating
Mr. Halford's L ttle Bob, i Ir. Snewing's Actor, and five others.

AYLESBURY STEEPLE CHASE.

The Purse of 30!,, &e., 12-t each, four wiles, was won by
Baton Rothschild's Grou.ie beating eight whers,and the Baron's
Silver Plate, by Mr. L7per's Ploughboyteating tour other*.

i'HIRSK STEEPLE (EIASE.

A Sweepstakes of 2 sous. each was won by Mr. Applegarth's
Nershani Lasz bating Mr. lieseltine's Jvrry and five others.

IJURfiAM RACES—Ft:IOAT.
The Tw•o year old Stakes of JO guineas each, and 20 added.
Three qrs. of a mile.
Mr. Bell's \Vinesour, Bst alb
Mr. Eluseil's Inheritess

Lord Eglinton's e by Emihus— Variation' Bst 31b 3
Won by half a length.
The Maiden .plate was won in four heats by Mr. Bell's
Eboracum, 3 yrs, beating Mr. Smith's Candide, 111 r. Dawson's
Biddy, and 5 others.
BET I ING AT MANCHESTER—Fain..v.

2,000 GUINEAS STAGES.-11 to 2 agst Timoleon.
CHESTER CUr.—ll to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn, 16 to 1
agst Cormorant, 20 to 1 agst Satiri,t, 25 to 1 agst The Squire,
8 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinek's lot, 35 to 1 agst the Young'un.
The rest as before.

DERBY.-17 to 1 agst Chatham, 18 to I ag4t E'ers, 10 to 1
agst Day's lot, 45 agst Sir. Osbaldeston's lot. No other change..
OAKs.-11 to I agst Passion, 100 to 5 agst Equa'ion—taken
NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.

NEWMARKET, S', NDAY AFTERNOON.—SinCe oar last,
several of the leading supporters of the Newmarket meet-
ings have arrived, and from the orders for post horses
received at Hockerill and Chesterford, there is every
reason to believe that in the item of rank, the attendance
will be considerably above par. We fear, however, that
this influx must be attributer!, not to the racing, for the
list promises indifferently, but to the Jockey Club meet-
ing appointed for Tuesday, to take into consideration
Lord G. Bentick's Protest, the action for libel brought by
Mr. Thornton against the Stewards, and other circum-
stances connected with the unfortunate Gurney affair. The
list published in the papers on, Saturday last will have
shown the quantum of sport to be anticipated, and as a
mark was affixed to the horses already in the town, we
have only to add the names of these who came in on
Saturday ; they were three in number, viz., the Duke of
Richmond's The Currier, Lord G. Bentinek's Tedworth,
and Mr. Gregory's Fitzroy. After scanning the list,
therefore, it will be seen that if the racing should
fall short (and in case the fields will be
small), it will not be for the want of horses.
The only forfeits declared at present are Lass of Lonton
and Darling, for both their engagements ; Ld. Jersey's
two for the Riddlesworth ; Mr. Watts's and Lord Jersey's
fillies for the Tuesday's Riddlesworth ; Lord Jersey's
brother to Plicenix for the 200 Sow. Stakes on Thursday ;
and Coronation for the Port ; Eusebia Gunter, and The
Ladye of Silverkeld Well, are the only starters spoken
of for the Raddlesworth.

The coure is in splendid order for running, and the
weather fine.

Annx vaLs.—Marquis of Normanby, Earl and Coun-
tess of Albemarle, Earl Verulam, Hon. Colonel Anson,
Hon. G. S. Byng, Hon. G. Fitzroy, Mr. Greville, Col.
•
Udny, &c.
Poor Conolly, the jockey, died here yesterday morning,
leaving a widow• :Ind three young children.

Won by halt' a citngth.

The Maiden Plate of 50, the gift of the County Mem-
bers for horses that never won 501. Beats, 2 miles.
Mr. Bell's Eboracum, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Bumby) 0 0 1 1
Mr. Harrison's Oak Branch, 3 yr,, 7st 21b 0 1 2 3
Mr. Dawson's The Biddy, 3 yrs, 7st 21b 0 0 0 2
Mr. Allen's The Wasp, 3 yrs, 7st 21b .O 0 3 dr.
Mr. Jack Son's Hardbargain • 0 0 0 dr.

Col. Cradock's The Prior, 3 yrs, 7st 51b 0 3 dr.
Mr. Smith's Candide, 3 yrs, 7st 51b 0 dr.
Capt. Pott's The Viewer, 3 yrs, 7st 511 i 0 dr.
The first was a dead heat between Candide and Ebo7
racurn, and the others were well contested.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH STEEPLE CHASES.
FRlDAY.—Sweeps of 5 sovs. each, with .30 added, l2st.
. each, &c. Three miles.

Mr. King, nd Vanguard, 6 yrs (Mr. Goddard) 1
Mr. Lampleigh, nd, The Romp
Mr. Ekins', The Duenna, aged
Mr. Varley, nd, Matilda, 6 yrs
Several others started. Won very easily.
The ,Sellitz Stakes of 2 so vs. each, and 10 added, 11 st.
each, were won by Mr. Bradley's John Bull (owner),
beating Mr. Halford's Little Bob, Mr. Snewing's Actor,
and five others.
AYLESBURY STEEPLE CHASE.

The purse of 301., &c., 12 st. each, 4 miles, was won by
Baron Rothschild's Grouse, beating eight others ; and
the Baron's Silver Plate by Mr. L.•pper's Ploughboy,
beating four others.
THIRSK STEEPLE CHASE.

A sweepstake of 2 sovs. each was won by Mr. Apple-
garth's Neasham Lass, beating Mr. Heseltine's Jerry
and five others.
NOTTINGHAM STEEPLE CHASES.

A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 50 added by the
town: of Nottingham, and the Noblemen and Gentlemen of
the neighbourhood, for horses, Stu. of all denominations,
12st each ; the erinner of a steeple-chase previous to the day
of starting 4lbs, of two 7lbs, and of three or more 101bs extra;
the second horse to cave his stake, and the winner to pay 101.
towards the expenses.
Mr. Tilbury nab g Gaylal, 12ss 101 b (Mason) I
Mr. Loft's b g Creeper, 6 yrs
. .

Mr. E. Baxt;r's b dbySaittlbeck, aged
Officers Race—A Sweepstakes, cf 10 sovs. each, 5 ft. (.Twelve
Subscribers. )
Captain Dyson's ch g Hawk, 12st 1
Mr. Rodon's g g Ccelebs, 12st
A Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, with 10 added, for horses, &c.
of all ages, bona fire the property of a subscriber at the time
of running, and residing within fifteen miles of the town of
Nottingham ; four years old, 11st ; five, list 71b; six, 12st;
and aged, 12st 21b ; ages from Ist of May ; the second horse
to save his stake, the winner to pay 2 sovs. towards the ex-
pences ; distance, and other conditions, the same as in the
first race. To close on Tuesday at 12 o'clock.
Mr. Wright's b m Jenny Clever (Shaw) 1
Mr. Orton's g h
Mr. Hardy's b g

NEW STEAM FRIGATE- THE

LARGEST IN THE WORLD.

The Admiralty have given instructions fur the build-
ing and equipment of a new steam frigate, which is to
surpass, in size and poWer, .everything of the kind yet
afloat. Slw is to be of 660 horse-power ; to have en-
gine room for 600 tons of fuel ; complete stowage under
hatches for one thousand troops, with four months' stores
and provisions, exclusive of a crew. of about four hun-
dred and fifty men ; and is to be armed with twenty
guns 'of the heaviest calibre, besides carronades. The
Cyclops, Gorgon. Geyser. and other war steamers, now
talked of as wonders for magnitude, will sink into insig-
nificance as compared with this ; the largest of them
will be little more than half her size. For the sake of
greater expedition she is to be made out of one of the
new frigates lately built (the Penelope, 44) cut into
two, with 55 feet in length added. The designer of
the vessel is John Edye Esq., the ably assistant sur-
veyor. of the Navy, (well known to all naval archi-
tects for his invaluable work on the " Equipment,
Displacement, &c., of Ships and Vessels of War,")
and sae is to be completed at Chatham Dockyard, un-
der his immediate superintendence and direction. The
engines are to be on the Gorgon plan, and the commis
sion for building them has been given to the inventors of
that plan, Messrs. Seaward and Capel. The vessel is
expected to be fully completed, and ready for the sea before
the close of the present year. By nothing can such dis-
asters, as have lately befallen our arms in the East, be
so effectually repaired, or their recurrence more certainly
prevented, than by the fitting out. a few such leviathans of
war as this. It is, moreover' a simple mechanical fac
which admits of no denial, that Great Britain can show
forth a power in this way (thanks to her mechanics
thanks to her workshops l thanks to her practica
science I) which no other country in the world can at all
approach, far less rival. Every year, for the last half
dozen, has witnessed some paper decree for the forma-
tion of a French steam navy, with engines of 300, 400,
and 500 horse-power, but where are they ? It is noto-
rious, that all France has never yet been able to pro-
duce au engine, good for anything, of more than 200
horse-power. Were such such an order, as has been
just given by our Admiralty for a pair of 325 horse-
power each, to be furnished in nine months, to be given
by the French Government to French manufactnrers, it
could not be executed (if at all) in as many years...J._
Mechanic's Magazine.

MATCH AGAINST TIME.-011 Friday last, Mr•
Skrymsher, of Herne BaY, undertook, for a wager of 201. a-side,
to drive a pbmton and pony, only twelve hands high, from the
Pier Hotel, Herne Bay, to Canterbury Barracks, and back, a
ditance of seventeen miles, in one hour and fifteen minutes.
The weather was very wet and unfavourable for the undertak-
ing, yet notwithstanding which the feat was performed in an
hour and ten minutes. Those who are aware ,of the hilly
character of the road between Canterbury and Herne Bay will
be able to appreciate the extraord.nary nature of the perform-
ance. We understand the pony is now open to runthe distance
in an hour.—Dover Chronicle.

(From The Sun of Saturday.)
The English Funds continue firm at the prices of yasteraalsil
wi.h, however, as is usual on a Saturday, but little bum,
ness. Consols are 901 for Money, and 9041 a for the
count; Three per Cents. Reduced, 894 ; New Three-00.
Half per Cents., 100 ; Think Stock, 166%, ex clir• ;
chequer Bills, 36 38 prem.
Tranractions in Foreign Bonds are limited, and the iiltintisa
tions of these documents remain much as before; the etll2ll
if Peruvian being 1741 ; Mexican, 411 41; Buenos Ayres,
Spanish Five per Cents., 25/1 ; the Three per Cents, 25,1.
dt
Railroad Shares ate still good. Birmingham, 1761;
Western, 93} 94; York and North Midland New Share,,og.;
South Western, 601; South Eastern and Dover, :.;8i
Brighton, 37#; the Loan Notes, premium. ose
The last accounts from China are considered to be Lae/ the'
able for a continuation of the present price of Tea, urliffsal.
supposition that large supplies will be able to be draw° 000
Canton. That such will be the case during the present sllos,
is highly probable ; the necessities of the Chinese then) oiikeN
and the anxiety to get rid of the quantity which is most
to be there, will induce shipments at almost any sacrike• 7.
PRICES OF IRISH. STOCKS, DUBLIN, APRIL
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 9Bl Grand Canal Stock ...... ••' ✓
Ditto Reduced
Ditto New 1830... .... . 98i Ditto 4 per cent. ..... ••••
31 per Cent. Debs.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL B.—The market of
tinnes the same as last week, but, if dny thing, 11e the
lower. This applies, as heretofore, more particularli,w felt
lower than to the better qualities of good and gnstr
There is no superabund..nce, and their relatively high ere
tions show that they are duly appreciated. '1 hese remar 000
intended to apply to American short staple ; but it is the 10.
with Sea Islands. The qualities worth from 91d. 010,i10
are abundantly offered at the lowest quoted ratethole
the fine and very fine are sought after. 'sit!b'
Egyptian. &c., as heretofore. Surats are 0110
out change, not lower. There continues to be dile'
export demand, and this morning there is a little inereWed tft
bat
the on speculation, probably in some measure proill;
the low rate of discount at the Bank of Engle.' ist,
the week closes without any relief from the long cor'.:,lo
previous dullness. The sales of the week amount to idoisas
bags. of which 3,000 American have been taken on spec° e
and 1,800 American and 110 Pernains for export. osto'
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, APRIL B.—A fair 110 teto°'
business was done in several shares to-day, and the Ins!.
tissi'
the whole was firm. The following were sold at the guaraws,
New Eastern Counties, 41. 15s. sd. ; Great Western 4,0*
65%, Fifths, 10a ; New Brightons, si; Manchester so
Quarters 5 ; North Midland Thirds, 221. 18s. 4d. so bs°
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 8.-Shoself.
been much buoyancy in the Share Market, and a gin
quiry far stock, with an upward tendency in prie'-•
oter
Midlands, 701 ; Midland Counties, 80 801; Manch 00.0 -
Birmingham, 2t_i 284 ; Bristol and Exeter, 401 41;
and Preston, 27 271._

BRITISH FUNDS.
ffink Stock .. 1661 India Stock.- ....... 16
3 per Cent Red.... 9O Ditto Bonds ....... ......"
3 per Cent Cons 9oi Ditto Old Annuities •••
Si per Cent Red .
New 3i per Cent - 10.4 I Ex. Bills, 1,000/...".1 SP:
New 5 per Cent.
Long Annuities ~oexpire Ditto 5ma11...." 1701
Jan. 1860 ... Bank Stock for Acct
(Jet 1859. 12 5-16' India Stock for Acct.'''
Jan. 1860. •.... 'Consols for A ect ........ •
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 paw cent— , . Portuguese 5 per c . en,'
Belgian, 5 yes cent — Ditto, New Ditto .........
Brazilian Bonds — Prussian, 5 per cent. •"
Buenos Ayres ti rer emit Russian, 5 per cent...." ",
Chilia.n, 6 per
Colombian, 6 pet cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent. •."
Ditto, 1624.. 27i Ditto, Deferred.•••
Danish, 3 per cent Frenci, 5 per cent. "*"..
Greek, 18:45, 5 per cent — ; Exchange f d
Mexican, 5 per cent..,.. 41 French, 3 per cent . 051'
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1637 Dutch, 21 per cent. •
Peruvian, 1825,5 per et. 174 Ditto, 5 Der cent.
SHARES.
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid)
Great Western Railway (65 paid) .....
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ..... ... ••••• 101
Ditto Fifth (4 paid) •
• 57!
London and Brighton (50 paid)........... • • bi
itto Loan Notes ( 5 paid) ........
London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)••• 171,
London and Birmingham (90) ...... "
Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) . .
London and South Western
North Midland Railway (100) ............. ••55
Ditto New Shares (40 paid) . .......... ••• gel
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid). ... . . •
York and North Midland (50 paid) ...... S 5
Ditto New Shares (15 paid) ........... ••••

A.lfr
FLANDERS AND DUTCH lf 1-1C1541i
BRUSSELS, APRIL 7.—The average price Y
~°• A„Aot
last week, was 22.00 f., and that of rye I,2oBl;the 0;i0
the 15 ships which sailed from Antwerp, nil, clik
this month, was the Belgian schooner J uPi.telcollloo
Herloghe, bound for New York,
.with a cargo ') sort
BRUSSELS, APRIL B.—On 'Tuesday a 'erk.
mutiny broke out in the military prison at: flyer #ll°'
originated in the refusal to supply the P5O, rid'
tobacco for smoking. They attacked the l'neer he
were obliged to yield to numbers. O°
master coming to the spot, and see"'rea "'jog
asperation of the men, caused tobacco to be gl
this restored tranquility for a time, but on tlih iverevell
morning they made further demands, hr ato IV
fused ; on this they again mutinied, and r'e,,ecale
the prison doors, in which they did not slhth tP,OIII
magistrates have surrounded the prison wildieo,;
They then got on the roof and pelted the • s,°,..se
stories, so that it was necessary to have reeo,l" Leo
on which the roof was immediately clearen',ive
persons were wounded, one mortally. blean`b.), th.e.pe;
were sent to Alost from Brussels and Ghent' t 3.1?
way. Detachments of lancers in barrack s.oo°,
and several brigades of gendarmes.or Brabant the t'
Akst. It seems that order is restored since the
darines received orders at Asche to return•tei'ncon t 5
THE HAGUE, APRIL 6.—Yesterday of ightifc,
solemnity of the betrothing her Royal lja
Princess Sophia of the Netherlanch.,, ,e
Hihness the Hereditary Grand Duke of :793. 9'4
a
nag performed in the Palace. hi I) se 4,3
PERSlA.—Accounts from Moscow wThe,ersianply
received by way of Berlin, affirmed that a 00f,
of 50,000 is on its march against Herat- e$0•10i
that the Shah was not to be dissuaded fr° „-ce§ of
the plan he had formed by the renionstra
threcii,
British Ambassador and not even by the Oa/
Et%land Mould consider this step as a doltilfghtl
against itself. As well as the insurrection in,„,.„Liugjo.
ti• •as ,I„;?
this movement is ascribed to the prep° r 0
once of a northern power, whether yustlYL of tiloo
a question, so that We et en heard of a 6" .d
1O iii;
cowed as a
nvsofsilyseurbrsuidbylestowehniaehuethielimShah
to uncle'
pedition. All this needs confirmation. ;0. 0.
DUTCH FUN 03.....Amsranoan, igoy•
Actual Debt, `2)% pet •Cent • ,5211 Pilaf
Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. ....... ..........................
Amert Syndic, 4% per cent.... ... j'tg
Ditto, ditto, 3k per cent .........»•»•••'«•' 1564 It
Commercial Company, 4!„, .... ..... lc° rtfir.
Ditto (1535 and 1837) 5 per cent. •• •• th
Loan 1837, 5 per cunt... ....................
Exchange on London, One month.. .......... 05
Two months ........ • 3
5
Hamburgh, One month... ........
Two months.: ........
Dutch Papers, April 9; Aran'sss4
tiELUIA .1 Nits—ciaussitf.d. ... u
Actual Debt, 2%, per Cent. ............
Rothschild's Lean, 5 per Cant ....................
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent...
......
p.er Lent. .........
. ••-••••••• ..... ITS
• WI
ssLooacnainke
tooy 110
Belgium,
eke:
goy
r,
err4e
ch,r
eCpr
tnr. 74
..
tiona I Society ....... ........
Excnange on London (short) ...........
—Brussels Papers, April 8. 0051 i
AUwIRIA N FUN .
• reeper Cents. Bletalliques . ........
Four per Cents... ...... ................. .....
Three p:r Centi. ........ ...... ...........
pre
/
Bank Shares •.. ......
HAMBU UGH BORSEN HA LLB, 1,,
RABA:unnsgssktiiroais.naßhnasuspsi 10110;_j
per Cent., let eerier, .
Inscription, let series . . ...... . and 4th f 914 !Qy
Russian a per Cent. Hope and Co., ..fa
Series .... .............. ........ Co.,
... Y 74
Ditto in Certificates ............................. ,
New 4 per tent. ............... 51%1 /
Dutch Actual Debt. per Cent. .........
..
Ditto ,a per Cent. ............ 154_
polish Boy& ............................. ........ ..." 10:3&
New Tickets.ni ............. . ..... ...... .
..... itt;•!
Anglo-Dash Loz' n 3 per Cent.... ..............
SpaLish, New 5 p:.r Cents. .......................
EXLH A NOES ON L0ND024.:, 8
HAMBURG, APRIL 5. A.--1 wuntriall,i6
ST,,CnIioL,I, MARCH 29.—:,,,11ty-BVe
BREMEN. APRIL i —1 .o months, ii
VIENNA. :MARCH 1.9.--lhree months. IL I.`,PAp9ii, 00;
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—OnsLMoTag. ply
.. tog 17.*
St. Schuld. Sch., 4% per cent. ....
Prussian English Loan, 11330, 4 •
per cent...
is:xch.nge on Landon, three month' . u
—Ps* riesion I;,,trfle. April !

1842. •
The following is the House List of Governors and Directors
of the Bank of England, for the year ensuing :--;
FOR GOVENORS.
. William Cotton, Esq., Governor.
John Benjamin Heath, Esq., Deputy-Governor.
FOR DIRECTOIIS.
Robert Barclay, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq.
Edward lien. Chapman, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq.
Hui-Amy Dobree, Esq. James Paulson, Esq.
Charles Pascoe Gren!ell, Esq t_hristopher Pearse, E"I•
Kirkman Dan. Hodgson, Esq. Charles Pole, Esq.
J. Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. David Powell, Esq.
Chas. Frederick Huth, Esq. Sir John Rae Reid, Bart.
Al red Latham, Esq. William R. Robinson, Esq.
William Little, Esq. Thomas Charles Smith, Esq. •
James Malcolmson Esq. William Thompson, Esq:, and
Humphrey St. John Alildmay, Alderman.
E.q. T. :Matthias Weguelin, Esq --
Jacuies Alurtis, Esq. 1,1 ' ' is .!",nn, E'q'
The 17'miun I:ii. Cinvereur v.,
lie.:(1 at the ll,alk nor
„,... _ t i s,v c r nor wll be ,VoNDY..O ', : .- - • -,
fi, r
u olv. Des
, oil tic i.,, , • . •
the forenoon , poor emigrants about °Lubin king 1
•
tors, on Wednesday, the lath April, Lora felt in
T .s,l 0, •• .. _,.. . v.n Ito three- , Alrith. w ,;:,,,-o: . • ,
I cork.
tilifour in the afternoon. A

CITY, SATURDAY EVENING.
The prides of the English Funds were not quite s°
good at the close of the business as they were yesterdai-
The trifling decline is assignable to no particular cause,
the extent of business having been but small. CoLisca
left off at 904 90-k for Money and for the Account ;
Bank Stock, 1661 167 ; Exchequer Bills, 36 38 prem.
The Foreign Bonds were all flat, and in some instance,
rather lower. Mexican were last quoted at 401 44;
Colombian; 2727 ; the Portuguese Five per Cents'
36 361 ; the Three per Cents., 21 211 ; Spanish iteti;,l3'
Five per Cents.; 25 25* ; the Three per Cent. Stgc7
25* 25* ; the price of Belgian was 1031 1041 ; Bra
Lan, 67} 681 ; Danish, 801 81 ; the Dutch 'Two-and-a'
Hall per Coat., 524 521; the Five per 'Cents., 100 10,i.
Railway Shares were without material alteration. i 315
mingham were 85 87 ; Great Western, 28 29, the.
Shares, 14i-s 151 premium. Birmingham and Gloucester;
56 58 ; South Western, 60 61 ; Gosport, 60 61 ; Fortl
Midland, 70 72, the New Shares, 351 ;Blackwall, 4'
the New Shares, 10 I; and Brighton, 36S 3731- per share'
South Eastern and Dover. 211 21 ; and Eastern Cour
ties, 13i i - discount. These prices show an imprelr.
went in North Midland and South Eastern,
.and
trifling decline on Great Western and Brighton.
Several very heavy payments for produce fell due
to-day, and, among others, the prompt of the Janultri
Indigo sale. It has sedum occurred that they have bet,.
so regularly and easily met as upon the prevent occaso;a
The reduction in the rate of interest, may have 0,,
tinily contributed to this ; but a large amount had to lr:
remitted by the country buyers, to complete their peo
chases of Indigo, and which must necessarily have Pe
provided for before the alteration could have had 11111 t,
effect. This would appear to lead to the conclusion t.hon_
mercantile affairs in
she country have. somewhat 1.;
proved, and this conclusion is strengthened by the
_c_l,
cumstance that the orders for purchases for the lw.,
trade are, it is expected,,numerous for the quarterly
which will commence on Tuesday.
There has nut been a single foreign arrival, from 31/1
part, to-day. _ _

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
z.. Since the debut of Tamburini, there has been no first
_earttlice on these boards so calculated to produce a
4°:tapent effect on the musical taste of the country, as
ilkoecHlt, On Saturday, of Signior Giorgio Ronconi, the
basso cantihile, par excellence of Italy. Since his
k,44PPearance in 1831, at Pavia, Ronconi's career has
s hPne continued series of triumph; and in every•city
tsarlasednative land, the palm of superiority has been
,s him.
and a host Tur
ofquato Tasso, Franersco Donato, 11
other operas, have been writtten for
lasf Porpose of affording him an opportunity for the dis-
•lr° his talents, and from Naples to Milan, from
• Oce to Venice, throughout the length and breadth
has the supremacy of Giorgio Ronconi been
seuwledged. Nature has done much for him ; his voice
amazing Compass, it is said, that it extends as low
su'eand as )sigh as C in alt, and what is unusual in voices
tot, bgreTst compass, there is no break in it ; it ascends
'kirk .7 note from the highest to the lowest, as fully, as
41e
II(' '4ld as clearly as the most perfect musical instru•
There is no confusion, no weakness about the
"e 3s—no sudden transition—no hiatus between
i t°ce di petto and the voce di testa ; indeed, in this
s„,,
,Zct the voice of Ronconi stands alone. Over this
r: perfect instrument Ronconi possesses the most
%wet ommand. Educated by his father, who had
asled n the school of Pachecrotti, Giorgio Ronconi
attain taught, by assiduous practice and severe study,
til)t,ain that intimate knowledge of the principles of his
Which alone hehas been enabled to develop so cons-
e'"`l.y those powers with which nature has endowed him.
goies although formed upon the most classical models of
thst classical times, is yet completely original. Grace,
aties, and execution lie possesses, to a greater extent
ilib,ll' other singer of the day, yet he never indulges
Leuless flourishe'S. There is nothing meretricious in
; he is classically correct, but yet not cold
Is an ideality, 'a spirituality of expression in his
that nothilig but the most felicitous combine-
t.t. of
taste, of science, and of power can give. His
IOWc powers, a,lso, are of a high order, so that he
th everything, one of the most accomplished artists
e day The part chosen for his debut was the rolc of
•
htiov,.in Lucia di Z. ammernwor. His distinct enun•
ken, on his first appearance, created a strong
'org in his favour—it betokened a man who
kee-ut!ig. hly understood his profession ; and his
,71,2 of the first aria, in the part of Crucla
sinania, at once insured his success. His a°
the the duo, ".sisragion mi fe spietatu," in the second
4e, with Madame Persiani (who appeared for the first
dot this season as Lucia), was full of beauty and pathos.
'•11,
rd;
Wo lug could exceed the tenderness with which he gave

" A.la si taccio dcl passato,
Tuo fratello io sono ancor."
It
ttilet us be silent on the past, I am yet your
el'). The triumph of the night, however, was
lao•niticit duo "Si tradirmi to potrai." In the
4,lge

" Ne tuoi sogni mi vedrai
Ombra iratu e minacciosa ;
Quella scure sanguinosa,
/04 Stara sempre innanzi a te."
shall see in your dreams my angry ghost
'iill4btening you ; the axe stained with blood
e ever before you), there was something awe-in-
',40141.g in in his tones. They seemed to thrill to the heart.
•It hs duo he st:owed himself the most perfect singer
ca a:,aPl3o"4,red in England for years. It is needless
14t, the applause was enthusiastic, and Ronconi
410 'lie effort completely established himself with the
.44 musical public. Signior Guasco was the Ed-
and, notwithstanding he was suffering from
Ikstlless, went through the part in a mannor that
jlroved him to be fully entitled to the high reputa-
vs" has acquired. His duo with Madame Persian',
!411," conclusion of the first act, " Verano a te
fl O ura" was exquisitely given and loudly applauded,
►za's Concluding scena, " Tombe degli avi miel" there
,
the tenderness of Rubini, but with greater power.
I)'t not been for his hoarseness, Guasco's execution
PErlls scene would have been perfect. Madame
lani, whose looks and whose tones have, if possible,
11:sc'ved since her last visit was, with Ronconi, and
Co, called for at the Conclusion of the opera, and
jvere all three greeted with enthusiastic app Royal
erg was crowded with fashionables. Her Royal
itiphiless the Duchess of Cambridge, with the Princess
and a distinguished party, occupied the Queen
ti,ger's box, and frequently testified their approval
~e performance. Her Majesty did not honour the
,-11'e with her presence, and the Royal Box was un-
.l,,Tied during the whole evening.
"„e follow ing brief sketch of Ronconi, is taken from
übserver —Georgio Ronconi was born in Venice, in
y'ear 1812. His father, Domenico Ronconi, a man
d'l4 among bis fellow-citizens, at once as an artist
kpi3 a professor of music, and in his early youth a
rott of the great Babini, and the still greater Pache-
Wl' gave him all the advantages which a refined taste,
kikul Prnfound. knowledge, aided by paternal affection,
"4,„",talpart to his tender mind ; and it is to his in-
ti`,tien that all those ideal graces, that classical per-
`'ll of style, and that fascinating spirituality, which
loth;' chief characteristics of the present singers
, are wholly and entirely due. In the year 1831
!Ilvt°lli appeared, for the 'first time on the boards of
Nr theatre, at Pavia,- and his debut was most success-
. Since then he has run a career of triumph through
-City of his native country. No less than thirty,
ki4 43 liave been written 'for him, among the most pro-
(NrPt of which may be named " Torquato Tasso "
Ft, !ortned in this country about two years since), " Il
c,1°0." " Desertore per Amore," "Maria de Ru-
i "' "Pia di Tolomei," and " Francesco Donato."

HAYMARKET THEATRE.
At - misusing piece was produced at this theatre, on
t,iitlisday evening, under the title of The Pretty Girls of
1,447'9. It is adapted from a French vaudeville. which
tueaveen very popular in Paris, ani though, in some
kettre, indebted for its success to the assumption of
ute attire by a party of spirited spinsters, is possessed
ttt 11%cient merit otherwise to entitle it to a favourable
*Ptiou. The plot turns on the pranks of some young
-8
who form part of the suite of the Emperor Napo-
The Emperor being absent with the main body of
14.-`,1;1113-, leaves his pages quartered in a chateau, near
41;,;:dage of Stilberg. The young men amuse them-
tvit-' by making love to the girls of the village, and
tree the prettiest of them to a ball at the chateau,
NI, Which they contrive to eject or exclude the
e 4 men of the place. After dancing all night
gls wish to depart, but find that they have been
he Prisoners of war by the pages, who have locked
fe~ePtes of the chateau to prevent their departure. The
(ht4",44, are frightened almost to death, but Magot
Celeste), bolder than the rest, threatens'to corn-
to the Emperor, who, she believes, arrived at the
(4, 4o that morning. This threat suggest to Ernest
!tror,t
; Areb;ter), one of the pages, who happens to bear a
resemblance to the Emperor, to' personate Srapo-
kti,iiii an interview with the girls. The idea is ap-
A, m(=d by his companions, and the mimic metamor-
WtZs himself in an instant into a very striking double
lathyll4e trnperor. This sudden and unexpected transfor-
tbrought down a torrent of applause. The stimu-
klif, -"`apoleon now receives the complaints of the girls,
hi',,Professing himself shocked at the immorality of his
titi;s, orders each of them to marry one of the
fthey had so dishonourably trepanned ; the eul-
„'„'gn submission to the mandate, and a wedding
Wltittle is ordered on the instant, at which the
8, the girls, and- the Emperor himself assist.
144 (Iffiers fall aileep on their chairs, and the Bavarian,
ktE,rls, from the scabbards of the sleeping soldiers.
44u tio2ir swords and retire to the guard-house. Pre-
t 3' the cry of "the Prussians!" is raised; the French-
-o,tl start from their dream only in time to see a regi-
ket. march before them, and to find themselves priso-
the/414 the hands of the enemy, Treachery has robbed
t()1)1 °f their arms, and, by the fate of war, they arc
"thtlelled to yield to " the pretty girls of Stilberg !"
tlirw,coneluding scene, in which the female soldiers go
el oh their evolutions, was well executed. Mdlle.
lkA;ste is the commanding officer, and the skill and ap-
kho 11eo of her "men" bespeak the strictest regularity
ificipline. The vaudeville was announced for repe-
ilartudst loud applause, and is likely to have along run

tov
1 CERT.—EAST ERN INSTITU-
T!, TION.
Te sixth and last Concert- of the season took place
4a bU ‘day evening, and was attended, like the former,
I,l'erq,um
erous and brilliant audience. The vocalists
4b14-1) Miss Birch, Miss Poole, Mr. Guibilei, and Mr.
' • Solo performers, Mr. Thierwall on the
violin,
elarrat on the horn. Miss Birch sung her old
`llll " Cease your funning," " The last Adieu,"
Auld Robin Gray," with her usual success, but it
7
✓time for her to favour the public with a fresh
v°ttrn• :Miss Poole bids fair to become as great a fa-
:t4R4t,l-e in the concert-room as she used to be on the
'; She was deservedly encored in " I'll be no Sub-
-1,54ti.e wife," although her good natured countenance
'onm,ittildieted the burden from the beginning to the end.
;At 841 d Giubilei had each a new ballad, and we hope
~.ltvo—,se applause they received will stimulate them to
us with more frequent changes. Thirlwall's solo
jay treat treat to the admirers of the violin, and dis-
SriTh., complete command over the difficulties of the
ntf meat ; it was an excellent composition, and his
llietkance was characterised by great energy and feel-
..44;ted with brilliance and neatness of execution.
Zl/4 and c W
sod was ably led and conducted by Messrs.
~ il-
nve-„" 1,. Phillips, and, altogether, the Directors
4tity is'eaSOn to be proud of their success, which, we hope,
have terminated profitably to the institution.
SUICIDE.-.—On Friday, Lieutenant. C.
411 N -.ttrY of the Na committed suicide, by cutting his
ade ttt, itt his lodgings, No. 40, Long-lane, Bermondsey.
.0n
it t, 1 e:• dde nt
rgo yd ainygthedecered summoned his wife to Union-
some s of crockery, and on that occa-
-I,'!t feeling seemed tore
xist between them. The deceased
Court with two of his friends, and as he appeared to
Nti"er excited feelings, they advised him not to return to his
111t'',„P that night, but to sleep either at his brother's, or at
L',l),tea4.l' and, Which he, on parting with them, promised to do.
qlke ' "owever, of following the advice, appears he went
O.°;1 at six o'clock yesterday mornin the landlady heard
1,-°tUt -,Tor door open ard hend the deceased exclaim in a
" am gone, am gone." She hastened to the
%tau was shocked on seeing the dece .sed lying on the
t„•'0„„'" ts throat cut ; and a surgeon being sent for he was
t; tlilio""d to be quite dead. Mui ray, a policeman attached
eed -11,"h,a11, went to the house soon after the act was perie-
ie no found no person there but the landlady-:-neither
wife nor her mother being present. From
lett• ie Of th':, nightCint it seems the deceased must have sat up the
• era we_writing, for
d on the table in the room several
thr,asit, ound a.ddre:se to his friends, a.nd also a paper
i'vtitirtg rus wishes as to the disposition of his property. In
I'4
,tht"ed,,_f_yesterday Mr. Cottingham was made acquainted
f:siv, ,i:n
.of the unfortunate gentleman by two of his
‘n, • waited upon him tor that purpose; and in speaking
‘t, 3- :" was one of the ino-t honourable minded
ttitl‘ 11,e :ollcluct wirsileit-14.war6 him by those who
`'°t e trtatvu hitu ixr tiinutuutiy, had iCtl to time fatal act.

THE DECEIVER GENERAL.
'(From the Examiner.)
When first the project of the income tax was broached
it was pleaded that it was very little and very short-lived
—only sevenpence in the pound, and only for three years.
Sir Robert Peel, having upon these pretences felt his
footing, has already dismissed one of them, and he now
boldly declares that the tax may be for five years, or for
longer, if need be. Its duration is thus already length-
ened, and so full surely will be its amount. It will grow
in magnitude as well as in years, and will be the prop of
its worthless parent, the Corn-law. And so it is that
Sir Robert Peel makes his way—" give Lim the inch and
he takes the ell," every step being gained under cover of
false pretences. By false pretences he got the Govern-
ment ; by false pretences he obtained his large majority;
with false pretences he ushers in and gains sufferance for
his measures. What wit was to Falstaff false pretences
are to him, and he not only deals in them himself but is
the cause of them in others, and all his followers find
themselves under the necessity of breaking the pledges
and engagements by which they obtained their re-
presentative trusts. Their last trick has a very common
parallel. A. countryman falls in with a very smooth-
spoken gentleman, a true farmer's friend, who warns him
against the cheats of London, and promises to show him
how to take care of his money. Hodge is full of grati-
tude and confidence, puts his all ink the hands of his be-
nevolent adviser, who makes a parcel of it and sees that
Hodge szcures it carefully in his fob ; in due time the
honest farmer opens his pocket arta finds copper for his
gold, notes on the Bonk of Elegance for his notes on the
Bank of England. Loud and vehement is the agrest bel-
low at this discovery, loud and vehement as the bellow of
farmers at the substitution of the len, Corn Bill for the
old one, the new Tariff for the old protections. They
confided in the farmer's friend, their representative, and
Sir Robert Peel, his chief, as the countryman in the street
trusted to the sharper, believing in his promise to place
in security the very things which 'be takes from them,
and in addition to the smart of the:loss they feel the trea-
chery of the deceit.
The new Corn-law is better than the old law ; the
proposed tariff, with all imperfe4tions, better than the
existing one ; but we may make these admissions with-
out any approval of the deceit which has been practised
on the interests concerned to indiice them to convey to
the existing Government the pdv,er which has been
turned against them. The last general election was, as
we stated at the time, a general mite in.
"Do you see how that fellow is cheating you ?" said
a spectator to a gamester. " Husk", replied the latter—
"don't concern yourself about thei matter ; I intend to
pick, his pocket as he goes home."
This, at. the best, is Sir Robert 'Peel's morality. He
saw how the monopolists were cheating the country,
and, instead of breaking up the game, he bethought him
of picking their pockets on their way home from the bus-
tings. A roguery is made the means of the restitution.
There are practices in politics to which no better, no
apter name than sharping or swindling can be- given—
sometimes it is the hidden card up the sleeve, or the
cogged die, sometimes the obtaining goods under false
presences. We see advertised a publication called the
History of Great Pull c Deceptions, it should be the
Life of Sir Robert Peel ; but the title would be rather
mild, for the doings the most analogous to those of Sir
Hebert Peel we are accustomed to see figuring in Police
Reports.
When Sir Robert Peel was pressed to divulge his
views of financial and commercial policy tosfore the gene-
ral election, his answer was, that there was not a topic
on which he had not at some time or other explicitly
stated his opinion. This naturally referred back the
farmers to what he had not very long before declared on
,the corn question, in a debate on one of Mr. C. Villier's
motions:—

" If you could convince me that the Corn-law was pro-
ductive of evils, which you have failed to do, I would not
trust to the lottery of legislatiln for a better bill."
But the farmers having, on the faith of such pro- •
testations, given Sir Robert Peel his large majority, he
feels that he can afford to put into the lottery of legis-
lation in utter recklessness of his pledge against such a
venture. We are glad that the Corn-law is thrown into
the lottery, we are glad to see this bad law so sported
with, so unsettled, so given to the chances of change—
whatever the ticket may be drawn, it must disappoint
one-half or the other half of the country, and there
must be a fresh scheme with lower terms for the land-
lords ; but though we rejoice in the present distur-
bance of the law, and the prospect it opens of more ex-
tensive future changes, we must at the same time hold
in dishonour the signal inconsistency and breach of en-
gagemcnts to which we owe the advantages, such as
they are, that we contemplate. Throughout there is
deceit. The agricultural interest was deceived with the
promise that there was to be no change of the Corn-
law, and the public are now deceived as to the extent of
the change.
Mr. Hawes has exposed the trick fur lowering the
averages
"Forty-nine towns had been added from districts ge-
nerally growing wheat of an inferior quality, while only
twenty towns had been taken from districts growing
wheat of the best quality. Now, he would ask the Right
Hon. Gentleman, whether he could show that he had
added towns from districts growing wheat of the finest
quality in the same proportion as from districts u here it
was inferior ? He could defy the Right Hon. Gentle-
man to prove that. He (Mr.'Hawes) would next refer
to the return respecting the fifteen agricultural towns,
and in that paper there was the peculiar features that
London had been left out and Livsrpool added.—(Hear,
hear.) London, where the highest prices were invari-
ably had, was left out ; and Liverpool, where the lowest
prices prevailed, was added.—(Hear.) He would ask why
this was done ? He was bound to say that the tendency
of the measure was to affect the averages as against the
public."
This is what we expected from the first ; the duties
are reduced, but so are the averages, so that the one
thing is a counterpoise to the other, the lowering of the
averages and the stringent mode of taking them being in
effect equivalent to raising the duties.
The Irishman,who found his blanket too short to cover
his legs, hit upon the clever expedient for lengthening it
of cutting a piece from the top and sewing it on to the
bottom. This is pretty much what Sir Robert Peel has
done for the amendment of the Corn-law ; what he has
cut off from the duty he has tacked on to the averages.
To be sure he solemnly protested that he had no in-
tention to counteract the reduction 'of the duties by the
depression of the averages, but he has done it neverthe-
less ; but the Liberals in opposition are by far too com-
plaisant to advert to these things, and are only eager to
put their faith in some new engagement. Thus, a suspi-
cion having gained ground that Sir Robert Peel was fish-
ing for the income tax with the bait of the tariff bill, and
that if he secured the tax he would not care about losing
the bait, a declaration that such was not his purpose was
elicited from him (which was obviously a profession of
course, for he could not have confessed to such a design),
upon which divers members professed to be perfectly sa-
tisfied, and Mr. Ellice had the face to say=

" He knew enough of the Right Hon. Baronet to believe
that he meant honestly what he said."
Mr. Ellice, then, either knows much more or much
less of Sir Robert Peel than anybody else in the world.
There is not a man of the Premier's own party who ix-
lieves that he means honestly what he professes. Those
who think best of him would but say—
" I do believe you think what now you speak,
But what we do determine oft we break.
Purpose is but the slave of memory ;
Of violent birth, but poor validity,
Which now, like fruit unripe, sticks to the tree,
But fall unshaken when they mellow be."
Certain it is that in the ripeness of Sir Robert Peel's
opinions they drop to the ground,. and his party have
therefore naturally lost all reliance on his professions,
and we cannot see why opponents should have a faith in
his engagements which his supporters have not.
Sir Robert may keep his word as to the tariff, he may
or he may not ; but the event will not depend on the
promise. And here let us advert to the different prin-
ciples on which he proposes to deal with the income tax
and the tariff. In the income tax he declares that there
shall be no discrimination, no regard to varying interests,
inflexible injustice is to be the rule ; but in the Tariff
Bill—

" Many important interests would be seriously affected
by the alterations proposed, and it was considered but
just to give the parties an opportunity to have the sub-
ject duly weighed before the measure was introduced, in
order that the tariff might undergo such changes as cir-
cumstances seemed to demand."

-The protected interests concerned in the Tariff Bill
are to be treated with all respect and consideration, and
justice is to be studied as to them • but the Income Tax
is to be imposed without any regard to the inequality or
unfairness of its pressure on different means subjected to
the same rate of charge. Thus the measure for
burthening the public is to be inflexibly applied,
but that for relieving it is to be subject to
alterations which the interests protected at the expense
of the rest of the community may be able to extort. The
lariff is thrown open for a scramble for exemptions and
deductions, and 'amidst the pushings of the interests the
poor public will go to the wall.
A very exaggerated measure of praise has been given
to the projected amendment of the tariff. That it de-
serves praise we do not deny, and we would concede to
it as much as Orlando bestows on his horse, to which he
attributes all excellent qualities, against which is only to
be set off the one fault, that life is not in him. The life
of a wise and just tariff would be the abolition of the
Corn Monopoly, the master nuisance of all. By Sir
Robert's partial scheme various branches of industry are
to be opened to competititn, but the poor concerned in
them are to earn their bread on the rule of competition,
and to eat it at the price of monopoly.

CHURCH RATES.—A petition is about to be, or has
been presented to the House of Commons, from a Mr. Manning
a landowner, 'of Orlingburg, in Northamptonshire, setting forth,
by the vote of a meeting held in that parish, consisting of another
landowner, four of his tenants (two of whom are Church-
wardens), and the Rector of the said parish, it was determined
to take down and entirely rebuild the said church in a most
costly manner, and a rate, amounting to 1,2001. was voted to-
wards defraying a part of expense. An eminent architect
gave an opinion, that the necessary repairs might be executed
for 4001., the outlay of one. third the sum already voted. The
population of the parish does not exceed 350, so that it is not
for want of Church accommodation. The petitioner will have
to pay nearly one-fifth of the whole amount of the rate.
The staff division of the 78th Regiment of Ross-
shire Buffs arrived on Tuesday, at two o'clock, at the Euston-
square terminus of the Birmingham Railway, on their route
from Dublin to India. This fine corps is known sis the Mac-
kenzie Highlanders, and they wear the tartan of that clan.
They marched along the City-road for Blackwall, where they
will embark for Gravesend ; and the novelty of so fine a body
of Highlanders, with the national music, attracted a large con-
course of spectat ors, who repeatedly cheered. Part of the regi •
ment will remain in London for a short time, in order to re-
cruit and : eceive volunteers. It is not generally known that a
considerable fund was subscribed durirg the war for the rtlary
of a clurgyni,n to peach to Hie;hland soldiers or sailors, when
pass ng through London, in their vernacular tongue and a
sermon is still preached in the national church on Sunday
aftern( ens.

LITERATURE.

WESTMINSTER RE VIEW, No. LXXIII.
Hooper, London, 1842.

Like a lady's letter, the most important article in
this Number is introduced by way of Posteript, and is
a discussion on the financial project of Sir Robert
Peel, wherein the reviewer enters a just and forcible
protest against the income tax, observing, " we pro-
test against the injustice of so levying the tax that it
will fall lightly on the rich, but with a crushing
weight upon the commercial and professional classes.
We deplore the wrong about to be committed, as
bringing odium upon a principle of taxation in itself
just, and which, when confined to realized capital, is
undoubtedly the best mode of obtaining a revenue,
because that which interferes in the slightest degree
with the productive interests of a country." The
Reviewer then goes on to speak in terms of qualified
approbation of the new commercial tariff, adding,
however, by way of drawback, " a false princi-
ple pervades the whole; which we regret exceed-
ingly to see set up, and which we remark with
some surprise, because opposed to the spirit in which
most of the reforms appear to be made. The " false
principle" here alluded to, is the principle of protec-
tion. which, says the reviewer, " Sir Robert Peel de-
stroys with one hand, while with the other he calls it
again into operation." In the "Memoirs of Jeremy
Bentham," one or two anecdotes are related of the
philosopher's youth, which, we are assured, exhibit an
extraordinary " sedateness of thought and self-
reliance." On one occasion, it seems, "the Duchess
of Leeds said, Little Bentham,l you know who I am?'
I had no notion she was a great lady, and answered,
No, Madan', I have not that honour.' " We must
honestly confess that we are blind to the " sedateness of
thought and self-reliance" of this reply. There is an-
other anecdote. " A short time before dinner Bentham
was summoned up stairs to the Duke of Leeds's
apartment, where there was a physician, to whom he
said, "This is Bentham, a little philosopher.' A
philosopher !' replied the doctor : can you screw
?Tour head off and on ?' The answar was, No, Sir."
This answer seems to have thrown the reviewer into
transports of admiration, for he detects in it not only
a world of " sedateness of thought and self-reliance,"
but also the precocious understanding of the " em-
bryo founder of the utilitarian philosophy." In
another part of this article, we are told that Dr.
13owring, to whom Bentham " bequeathed the
greatest marks of his esteem, is a poet and
a linguist." Linguist he may possibly be, for
we believe he has translated, one after another, and
with equal success, all the known and unknown lan-
guages of the world ; but we must in common justice
acquit him of the charge of being a poet, for anything
less resembling poetry than the majority of the
Doctor's rhymes, we never yet read. We should as
soon suspect Mr. Wakley of being a poet. " Recent
Tragedies" is a disriminating criticism on two suc-
cessful dramas that have lately appeared from the pens
of Messrs. Troughton and Marston. In the " Political
Retrospect " for the last ten years, the reviewer
points out several of the principal defects of the Re-
form Bill, adding, "we do not consider that the
present existence of a Conservative majority is by any
means to be taken as a proof that the Bill was wholly
a failure ; but we assert an opinion long weighed and
deliberately formed, that in the instance of numerous
small constituencies, the Reform Bill introduced de-
moralizing influences infinitely-greater than any which
prevailed under the old system of pocket-boroughs."
From a notice of some recent Travels in the
Himalaya," we quote some interesting details of that
wild, mountainous region :
It must not be supposed that eternal snow prevails
always in theSe regions. The valleys, though set in a
frame of everlasting snow and ice, are often very warm
and exceediegly productive. Grain of several kinds
is produced, sometimes to a considerable height up the,
mountains, where the flocks in summer also find abundant
pasture. After crossing a snowy pass, or sterile district
of peaked rocks, the traveller will occasionally descend
suddenly upon a valley neatly laid out in fields and gar-
dens of peas, beans, and turnips, abundantly supplied
with water .by numerous channels, and studded with
rural cottages and villages, and where there are shady
avenues of apricots and widely spreading walnuts, which
form dark arbours and afford a cool retreat. In some
favoured spots two crops of grain are produced an-
nually ; of the vine, eighteen kinds are cultivated in the
district ; and so plentifully is fruit, that the inhabitants
would often bring loads of grapes to feast our traveller's
followers, and would shake the trees, when the party
passed through an avenue of apricots, to shower down
their produce in the greatest abundance. Even potatoes
are to be had, thanks to the author's brother, who- dis-
tributed more than 2,0001b5. weight for planting ; yet
the natives are not so • Hibernian in their taste as he
could desire, for the root is not nearly so common as it
ought to be. This, however, does not surprise us ; for
if the inhabitants can, as the Captain reports, get a tole-
rable supply of sheep and goat's flesh, with grain, vege-
tables, and fruit in abundance, they can hardly be blamed
for looking coldly on the potatoes. The climate of this
region is almost as remlrkable as the face of the country,
and a person may, in a short space, experience every
change from the heat of the torrid zone almost to the
temperature of a Lapland winter.

HISTORY OF INITIATION.
Spencer, London, 1842.
In this volume we have the substance of twelve
lectures, comprising a detailed account of the rites
and ceremonies, doctrines and discipline, of all the
secret and mysterious institutions of the ancient world.
The work is got up with evident care, and the ar-
rangement being in a great measure new, and propor-
tionably abstruse, " I have," observes the author, the
Rev. Dr. Oliver, "advanced with much caution, and
have not ventured to introduce any single fact with-
out its accompanying authority." We may add that
the voluine displays in every page marks Of extensive
research ; that the materials are well digested, and
the language of the lectures imposingly recommended
by ease and perspicuity. Those who take an interest
in Freemasonry will read it with pleasure.

THE TWO ADMIRALS. 3 Vols.
Bentley, London. 1842.
Mr. Cooper must be a man of a strange, wayward
temper, for nothing ever seems to give him satisfac-
tion. If he writes about America, he is sure to write
in such a tetchy, unpleasant spirit as never fails to give
offence to his American readers • and if he writes
about England, he produces similar effects on the
minds of-his English readers. Some few years ago he
took to abusing the habits and manners of the aristo-
cratic classes in London, notwithstanding he was
kindly received among them ; and in his novel of
"Eve Effingham" he lavished similar abuse—but with
much more justice—on the fashionable circles of New
York. He is now out of humour with the petty,
purblind character of American nationality ; and in
speaking of the naval system of the United States, is
quite indignant that the Yankees exhibit such reluc-
tance to collect a fleet, and to reward naval offi-
cers as they deserve to be rewarded. " The Repub-
lic," he says, in his preface, " possesses the mate-
rials for collecting a fleet, but has ever seemed
to be wanting in the will. A strange and dangerous
reluctance to create even the military rank that is in-
dispensable to the exercise of a due authority over
such a force, has e?cisted in . the councils of the State.-
The legislators of the country apparently expect that
men will perform miraoles without the inducements
which usually influence human beings to perform
anything.—Whenevei•Ahe national councils shall give
us admirals and fleets to write about, it will be our
delight to aid, in our own humble way, in attempting
to illustrate their' deeds." These censures may, or
may not, be deserved, but at any rate they are mis-
placed in a work of fiction, where an author's object
should be to conciliate as many of his readers as pos-
sible, and not offend a large and influential body of
them, like the American middle classes, at the very
threshold of his narrative. Mr. Cooper, however, is a
man whose temper—we judge only from his writings
—too often gets the better of his judgment, and who
imagines that he is expressing wholesome, well-inten-
tioned truths, when he is merely giving vent to
his spleen. He has yet to learn that there
is a natural difference between the hasty ebullitions
of a waspish temperament, and the sound convictions
of a calm and matured understanding. But to the
tale before us. It is, as the author observes, almost
exclusively a " Tale of the Sea," and refers to the
middle of the last century—about the year 1745,
when Oakes and Bluewater, who are the two Ad-
mirals, were first and second in command of the
channel fleet, on the occasion of a battle with the
French fleet, which, as a matter of course, terminated
favourably for the English. In the two first volumes
—more especially the first—the interest of the nar-
ration sometimes flags ; but when once Mr. Cooper
gets fairly launched into his proper element, the sea,
his incidents become exciting in a high degree, and
his descriptions exhibit uncommon vigour, combined
with, apparently, the most literal and pains-taking
minuteness. His details of the manoeuvres of the
fleets in action, are among the happiest and most
striking effects he has yet produced in fictionilhough,
as a whole, we consider the "Two Admirals as in-
ferior to the " Pilot," or the ." Red Rover."