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      A Medley Oe Novels. Richard Embleton: A ...

      existence of unutterable misery , amid sin-stained , perchance crime-dyed , devils like themselves . Somebody cries " hah ! hah !"Man , the devils will echo that hah-hah-hah ! -when , in a few short years—perchance days—perchance hours—they seize upon you , and , hurling' you into the innermost recess of hell—where the blaze ia most fierce—where the flames rise highest—and where the heat is most intense—dance with fiendish joy around you , as they watch you -writhe , and twist , and torn in agony unutterable , unendurable , yet still eternal , never ending-, lasting for ever—forever ! A . li g , cooling diet , regular habits , -wholesome exercise , and a careful abstention from ^ writing , is the regimen We should . prescribe for Mr . Powys Oswyn ; some years of that practice may release him from , the " unutterable , unendurable" hallucination that possesses him when he mistakes this hydrophobic foam for Christian rhetoric . Frirwin : a Novel . By Octavia Oliphant . 2 vols ( Hope and Co . )—Frirwin is a pedler , who carries a pack full of mysteries . He is strangely connected with Lady Lackland , a pale copy of Lady Deadlock , who is hectic , beautiful , fond of spaniels , and addicted to curling her lip . The stage is crowded with characters , men and women , high and low , all of whom deliver themselves of their conversational oratory in the stiff , measured language peculiar to one sort of drama . Some ingenuities of invention are developed in the plot ; the sketches of life are often animated ; and there is nothing in the style to repel or to excite ridicule . Julia ; or , the Metropolitan Marriage , and other Tales . By Margaret Tulloh . ( Hope . )—Of the " other tales , " that called " The Bronze Horss" is the best . ^ " The Twins" is a hackneyed absurdity , concerning a young Italian girl , who , during a cholera season , personates her medical brother , is theatrically sent for to attend her high-born lover , and dies by his bedside , he dying also . There is no plan or purpose in the story . " Julia " contains a picture of an Italian domestic interior , which is interesting , because it has obviously been drawn from familiar personal experience ' , but the scheme of the narration is poor and the moral silly . Julia Bellfieldy a young lady who left school too soon , elopes with a Neapolitan marquis , and lives in palatial poverty—with a profligate husband , no men-servants , and Roman Catholics seeking how they may ensnare her into the power of the Church . Of course , Julia bitterly regrets her marriage ; but does penance by fighting for her orthodoxy . Let us hope that Miss Tulloh will obtain the one object she had in view when publishing—that of dissuading young girls from running away with worthless Neapolitan marquises . Not a novel , but better than most novels , is a volume published in Bonn ' s Illustrated Library—Tales of the Genii ; or , the Delightful Lessons of Horam , the Son of' Asmar translated from the Persian by Sir Charles Mpre ' ll . " Sir Charles Morell" was simply the Rev . James Ridley , who died soon after the publication of his fascinating stories , not " translated from the Persian / ' but written by himself . There have been more than twenty editions of the book , which is intensely Oriental in tone and colour . Most persons will remember John Martin ' s magnificent picture , Sadah in Search of tlie JVaters of Oblivion , which illustrates one of the best of the Tales . The Heroes of Asgard and the Giants of ^ JbitunJieiin . By the"Author of " Sidney Grey . " ( Bogue . )—A pleasant and instructive volume for the young , detailing the adventures of the Northern gods and heroes , and illustrating , ia a familiar way , the Scandinavian mythology .

      212 The Leadee. [No. 362, Saturday ,

      212 THE LEADEE . [ No . 362 , Saturday ,

      Eip Van Winkle Awake. Ewjland And Russia...

      EIP VAN WINKLE AWAKE . Ewjland and Russia Natural Allies ; or , Distinct Views of Political Economy . By Bernard Moncriff . Hamilton , Adams , and Co . Rip van Winkle awoke after centuries of sleep , and found the world changed . Mr . Moncriff , waking also from some dim cloister dream , discovers that England is not where she was five hundred years ago . But , unlike the phlegmatic philosopher , he proposes to restore the ancient ways . Such a writer cam give no offence . He has a notion , and he prints it . Well , it is printed , and there is an end of it . So might a speculator with peculiar

      views propose that in future the moon should rule by day and the sua bv night , prohibit steatn , insist on oil-lamps , revive the Star Chamber , enlarge the limits of the wasting Caspian . Plainly , Mr . Moncriff suggests something as impossible . He wants a tax levied on all publications so as to make them ' dear , ' in order that the press may represent " the enlightened and ¦ wealthy classes" alone . " Dearness is the best means to make prints good for it must be a very good book indeed ere a man will pay a good price for it . " We recommend Mr . Bernard Moncriff to lose no time in studying the alphabet of political economy . He shall have an illustration . What are the vilest publications sold in England and in France ? The most expensive . They who will not give a penny for a newspaper-will give a guinea for an abominable engraving . But we intended only to smile at this Northern economist , and here we are reasoning -with him ! He sin <* s of the dancing stars ; he sings of the doedal earth ; he sings of the gianfc wars and other thing-s that were ; but his eccentricities have not the slightest practical bearing- on the men or things of our own daj . Of course , they profess to be distinct views on contemporary questions ; and here is a specimen of their distinctness : — All the Paris journals , with the exception of the Monileur , might be suspended ad infinitum , without producing any other material derangement than a blank in the list of amusements . . Here , also , is a case supposed : —• In order that all possible conditions favourable to " no servitude" may be present let us suppose all human beings now existing to disappear from the face of the earth ' with the exception of a limited number , say , ten young men married to ten voune 11 * ¦ ^ ladies . Any one curious to . learn how Mr . MoncrifF marshals the " tenyounomen married to ten young ladies" as the mothers and fathers of a future world , will consult his sybil book , which the ( public being tired of Russia ) has the advantage of being almost totally disconnected from the subject announced oa the title-page .

      Fitom The London Gazette. Tuesday, Febru...

      FitOM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , February 2 i . BANKBUPTCY ANNULLED . — Bobeiit AsnwoRTir , Vale-mill , Newehurch , liossendale , Lancashire , cotton spinner and manufacturer . BANKKUl'TS . —Edwin Shepherd and WAXTEnSiiEriierd , 12 , Crane-court , Fleet-street , City , lozenge manufacturer—WiXiiAM Sadgkove , the younger , and itiCHAim ItAGG , Eldon-street , Finsbury , and Dunnhigs-alley , Eisliopsgate-streot , City , cabinet-makers and upholsterers—FitEDE-» ick Francis Siuw , 253 , Blackfriarss-road , Surrey , ironmonger— Sjleatuu . Gjboghkgan , 7 , Falsgravo-place , Strand , Middlesex , printer , engraver , and stationer — KoiiiSKT Shaves , Windmill-street , Gravcsend , corn and Hour merchant— Joshua 1 ) qwnin & STANuuitT . lticlmioiid , Surrey , drapcr-TuoMAS White , tho younger , Portsmouth and GoBport , ship builder and engineer — Fkkdeiuck Mouse , 2 . Dunstor-court , Mincing-lano , City , rice and W , ™? er i - ^ - * V Smith , Derby iron merchant - 1 . 'S ' SlmidlllK . Lincolnshire , ficensed victualler T ^ LVi a !? f £ MlXU > S » " » oW . Notts , licensed victualler—JAMKB GiUFPrma , Bristol andOardill ' , builder — UoimiT S Slw ? . Tw ; t , l V ^ ll l' * V or 80 alld cattle dealer -FirANCis von Wang , aimderland , timber merchant — Jamks Ahm-ToTOHft ^ sffi ^^^^ ^^^^^^ P ^ XS ^^ iSSSi S ^ G ^^ Alkxawdek Merchant MttWmjB . GlnVo " v comnnLttoTi juercha . it - Koubbv Maitland , Uobo Mtreet-lai o Kdh burgh , jios' . master and horso dealer . BAN KBUFTOY ANN % i £ Stej | oS M'Miixan Liver pool , shipowner . l iniLLAN , ijivor-« : Hae - ' r ' - " 2 E 5 SSEJSS WALKiiK . Ulackburn , commission ngont— Kdwakd Wit 1 IAM 8 . Chostor , Klazlor—Oabommk lauuix Graat \ Mt ^ aaE ftaas !^

      merchant—Arthur Bbkaks Caistoh , Baker-street , Portman-squaro , saddler—David Cueetham , ltochdale , cottonspinnev — Heniiy Maiitin Main waring , Toxteth-park , near Liverpool , grocer—Thomas Owen , Liverpool , joiner and builder—Wiimam Hadfield , Cockspur-street , Middlesex , merchant—Luke Maud , Wisbcach , St . Peter , Cambridgeshire , plumber —Thomas Hoiijseu , Hart-street , liloomsbury , liouso decorator—Williaiw Bayley , jun ., Buttesland-strcet , Iloxton , carver and gilder—Davjd AJoiuuss , "Wisbeach , grocer .

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      Theatrical Notes. Mrs. Barney Wiixiams H...

      THEATRICAL NOTES . Mrs . Barney Wiixiams has appeared at the ADelphi in a farce entitled In and Out of Place , in which she performs the part of a discharged servant girlj who presents herself again and again to her former master disguised as natives of various countries , including Ireland , Germany , and France . Finally , she conies forth as " a , genooine Yankee gal , " with a new song , called " Independence Day . " All who have seen Mrs . Williams will appreciate beforehand the animation , sparkle , freshness , and abrupt native grace , with which she performs tins character ; and to all who have not seen her we say—Repair the omission on the first opportunity . A wild and fantastical piece of farce- "writing was produced at the Lyceum on Monday evening under the title of A Friend from Leatkerhead . The acting rests chiefly upon Mr . Toole , who is provided with a part such as Mr . Robs on has recently made popular at the Olympic . Mr . Toole has more than once exhibited a tendency to the same kind of grotesque extravagance of lmmour hovering on the borders of the horrible , and has shown , we think , a faculty that way , though lacking the positive genius of his prototype . In this new farce , he plays the part of a Mr . Loophole , who has fallen in love -with an unknown lady , and followed her about in the Regent ' s Park , to her great annoyance . He afterwards goes to the house of his old friend , Captain Squiffem , and finds that the fair one is the Captain ' s wife . Spuiffem threatens to call out the fellow -who has annoyed his spouse ; and poor Loophole is in an agony of apprehension that Mrs . Squiffem . ~\ f ill denounce him the moment she sees him . His adventures in endeavouring to evade this terrible consuinmation- ^ -his feverish fright , his vain disguises , and his leaping out of the window of the drawing-room into a greenhouse below—are all conceived in the most outrageous spirit of farcicality , but receive a kind of wild truth from the acting . The lady is performed by Mrs . Buckingham White , and there is si lady ' s-maid part for Miss Wilton . The piece is written by Mr . Edmund II . Ya . tes and Mr . W . Hariungton .

      Births, Marriages , And Deaths. Jilli-Ti...

      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . Jilli-Tiifci . CAVENDISH . —Oa tho 25 th insfc ., sit 22 , Psuk-streot , Grosvcnor-square , tho Lady Uliivor Cavendish . a son . NORGA'i'K—Ou tho 1 st of J amiary , at Hooslioyarpoor , the wii ' o ol" . L / ieut . J , T . INorgnto , ( 19 th E . N . I .: a son . ¦ MAltlUAUlSS . FORREST-WHIGHT .-On tho 2 ltli insfc ., at St . Nicholas " Church , Ncwcastle-npon-Tyne , Thomas l ^ orsytli Forrest , Esq ., eldost son of Thonuis Foray tu , liaq ., to Miss Sarah Wright , granddaughter of tlio lato John Grace , Jisq ., of No \ vcnstie-iii > oii-TyiH > . TAYLER—GIJJUOJN . —Ontho lstof January , at St . James ' s Church , St . Helena , by tho Rev . W . Helps , GarriMon Chaplain , assisted by tho Jtov . It . Kcmpthorno , rural dean , Lieut . Homy Taylor , H . M . ' s iSt . Helonjt ltugiment , and Fort Adjutant , to Sibelia Uoso : and Lieut . John Baldwin llaiuauH itainiur , of tho same regiment , to Luna Kcmpthorno— tho third and youngest daughters of Lewis Gideon , Esq ., of St . Helena ,, Consul for Tortugal and tho Algarvca . DEATHS . l'OULETT . —On tho 20 th iust ., at Hinfcon Kt . George , Somersetshire , tho Hon . AinioH 1 'oulctt , ogod ^ , youngest son of tho Hurl and CounLoss Jfoulott . IOl'IjAND . —On Friday evening , tho 2 < ILh inst ., at Camberwell , Archer ltyhuid , iCsq ., barristtir-at-luw . Ucnclusr of Gray ' s-inn , and ( Senior Common Plunder of the Corporation of London . TliliUS— On Lho 20 th inst ., at her residence , Uxbridgccpinmon , Airs . Elizabeth ' 1 ' obbs , in hor yard year , widow of the lato John . Tebbs , Esq ., whom nho survived CO years to a day .

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      London, Friday Evening, February 27,1617...

      London , Friday Evening , February 27 , 1617 . The Funds liavc remained absolutely inactive since lust week . There seems a slight tendency to a fall in Government securities , tho second editions having spoken less hopefully of tho chance of a reconciliation with Persia . Tlie majorities in both Houses ha \ e given the political quidnuncs a rust for a while Tho Turkish Six per Cents , stock , and most foreign stocks , continue well supported . An inquiry after the old . much despised Spanish Certificates has led . to some largo purchases , a well-spread report having been started that M . Mirtis is buying them up m order to start his loan , perhaps- ' . Foreign railway shares aro very buoyant . East Indian and . Belgian in the ascendant . Canadian "Westerns aro well supported , and will (? o to 10 premium bef ' oro the autumn , tho railway is doing so well . Canada Trunk railway shares aro Hat , their liabilities ) ana dilliculties scorn overpowering . Tho heavy railway market has been very buoyant all tho week . Lancashire and Yorkshire aro now beyond par , and Midlands bid fair to rival them before long . Tho continuations were light , which proves stock to bo scarce . Caledonians Iiave sprung 20 s . and 30 s . per share , and scorn likely to go higher with an wvin-T money market . Tho rate paid for short loans in tho Stock Exchange has been as high as 7 pur eenr . How long speculators will ( M'd it desirable to carry on their adventures under such disadvantages , is a mystery , yet with any ease in di . stoimls wo Nhould « eo high water and llood-tido with the itul'M nothing but dear money keeps them from operating at t !» s present moment . Joiut-iSlock Hanks keep woll up in prico . Ottoman Hank Hhares aro nearly at 1 premium , and Egypts at pur . Cienural OnnubUB Company sh . ar . oa aro well JiiuiiitaincU in price . Tho Russian railway Hchomo will never obtain any countenance lioro under tho present conditions . Tho ninrkots closo at four o ' clock very heavily . Consols for account , Itai . i ; Turkish Six per Cents ., 'JUi , S ; il » lt 0 ' Four per Ccnta ., 101 J , | .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 28, 1857, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28021857/page/20/