The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-13 00:00:00

EPSOM SPRING RACES.-GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES.—FRIDAY, April 15, lEs9.—The Shortest Route to Epsom is from the Waterloo bridge Station, by the SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Fares Frequent Trains will run during the day. Ordinary will be charged down to Epsom till 11.15 a.m., and up from Epsom after 7 p.m. Single Journey—lst Class, 2s. 3d. ; 2d Class, ls. 9d.; 3d Class, ls. 2d. Return Tickets-Ist Class, 3s. ;2d Class, 2s. 6d. ;3d Class, 2s. Passengers holding these Return Tickets cannot return Epsom until after 7 p.m. Additional Special Trains will rim from Waterloo-bridge to Epsom from 11.30 a.m. till 1.20 p.m. ; returning from Epsom from 3.30 p.m. till 7 p.m. During which time the ordinary trains will be suspended. Fares, by these additional trains, to Epsom and back, 7s. 6d. ; to or from Epsom, 4s. No particular class of carriage can be guaranteed. A Spedal Direct Train will leave Waterloo-bridge Station *t 1.50 p.m. punctually, and will arrive at Epsom in time for parties to reach the Course for the Great Metropolitan Race. St ea m Boats call at Waterloo-bridge and Hungerford bridge, going up or down the river nearly every five m inutes. Tickets may be procured on and after Wednesday, at )tessrs. Tattersalls ; the Universal Office, Regent-circus ; Griffin's Green Man and StivillhOliamxfo-rsdtiseterteetcity;otthdeensCwroasns., Charing-cross 53, King Two-necks, Gresham-street, City ; and Waterloo-bridge sta tion. By order, Waterloo-bridge Station, A I) O Y4L PRINCESS'S THE ATRE, under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will beprodueed Shakspeare's historica' play of KING HENRY V. King Henry. V., Mr. C. Kean ; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS RVENING, will be produced a new Comedy, en titled EVERYBODY'S FRIEND. M r. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. THE CRITIC. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews, Mr. Compton To conclude with a Ballet. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. MASKS AND FACES; Triplet, Mr. B. Webster ; Quin. Mr. P. Bedford ; Sir Charles, Mr. C Selby ; Ernest, ND.. Bil. lington Simms.; Peg Woffiington, Mi ss Woolg,ar ; Mabel, Miss After which, THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. andWoolgar, Ar To be followed by THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Mr. J. L. Toole, C. Selby, Billington, Misses Woo!gar, Keeley, and K. Kelly. Acting Manager—Mr, Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commenee'at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. T HIS EVENING the performances will commence with a new grand Drama, entitled THE THREE MUSKE TEERS, in which Mr. R. Phillips and the company will ap pear. After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing the great star Riders and Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Madlle. Fleurette, and Madame Francisco, being the g,reatest amount of female equ es t r i an talent ever seen in one night in any theatre. Grote sques —Messrs. Hemming and Thorne. To conclude with A THU3IPING LEGACY, Miss M. Jackson. The s p le ndid romance of IV ANHOE ; or, Th e K n i g ht s Templars, is in active p reparation, and w i ll b e rev i ve d w ith Dress Circle, 48 extraordinary ce magnificen . . ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls.; Upper Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, £4 4s, £2 2s, and £1 Is. Commence at' Seven : Carriages at 11. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — Proprietor —c. moaToN. Theiabitc is most respectfully informed that the FrNE ,".118 GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW vy.E.IV DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec evoted th d °ll 424. ctul'es, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may cOnfidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations w i.”..thin, Will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Jungdora. The NuSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock, i jn additi on to the usual entertainment, the SAITVLET of Amsterdam .Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion irk th e principal cities and towns of the Continent, wil_ /)ert° r l3l every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.—Sux OrrIcWAPRIL 13. THERMOMETER, IN THE 411( ADE . 57 —highest since noon yesterday. —lowest this morning and during the night. 50 —this day at noon. BARomET7I-29.42. WIND, N.W. ; light, with dull weather. We have had two divisions this year for the Ballot of nearly one hundred each in its favour, instead of, as usual, one of about two hundred. It n 'vr is plain enough that the desire to save the embarrassment on the grand division has been, as we feared it would, no advantage to our can ". The chances were a hundred to one of such a number of members being ever again collected, and it still appears to us, therefore, that the vot e should have been taken when all were present to v o t e , riowever, we must suppose that all par ties meant well, and the broad fact remains that two hundred and thirty-eight members of this Par liament have declared themselves favourable to the Ballot Of these, the list for the 31st of March must be held to contain men unquestionably good and tr ue. That for the 12th of April must be con sidered a little more carefully, though we would not for a 'lament imagine that any of the additional names are n o t those of genuine friends to the cause. The thr ee l ast divisions on the Ballot stand thus— June 3l the Bth, 1858: Ayes 197, Noes 296. March 31st, 1859 : Ayes 98, Noes 328. April 12th : Ayes 99, Noes 102. What and when will the next divi sion be ? The debate was, perhaps, a hous e , rather especially for so small more animated than usual. Mr. BERKELEY handled in good style the arguments of the Times' correspondents. The two great Whig opponents of the voting were brought out. Mr. SOTHERON BSTcouRT contributed his mite, and Sir RICHARD BETHELL exposed the trustee fallacy in a man ner which evidently quite unhinged Lord J OHN RUSSELL a n d L ord PALMERSTON. The latter almost lost himself in attempts at half jocular argument, evidently conscious that he had nothing better to bring forward. But what does all the argumentatio n amount to? Lord JO HN RUSSELL following up his address, ex plained how far he had modified his views. But his explanation completely cut th e th roat o f hi s solitary argument, and leaves his opposition a help- ' less orphan so far as reasons for it are concerned. He does not now, he says, entertain all the fears of the evil consequences which he once apprehended, because such is the character of Englishm en th a t, after all, they will act truthfully, and ] P ol itical vi proclaim their ews, with the Ball o t as well as without it. Ir et he declaimed at length on the publicity peculiar to all our i for not li institutions as hi s chief reason king . the Ballot. But Lord JOHN must not play fas t and'i Locse with his own ar this way. The t gument in ruth is that th e great body of electors may be able to publi s h their opinions with or without the B a ll ot out detriment to their interests, and will d o so w i th ; but that a very large minority, one quite sufficient to turn the scale at many an election, in the counties especi a ll y, Would prefer to say little, but to vote as they felt inclined. We are told by the Times, and by others, that, do what you will, you cannot keep opinion secret ; that men will let out —nay, will glory in their political views ; and yet we are t o ld again that compulsory secre t voting will beint o l era bl e tyranny. But where can be the tyranny if the vot er can pro claim his vote if he pleases ? He is n o t compelled to silence—he is not forbidden to speak an d to work for his own side. If he wi s h es hi s vote to be known, and if his word be worth any thing to those whom he knows, he his vote. The excellen ce tell them can of the Ballot indeed is, that it permits the fullest publicity, so far as it is advantageous, and enables the voter to maintain secrecy when this is most desirable. The whole question between the relative excel• lence of secrecy and publicity, which seems to be the last refuge of opponents, is really a very com mon-sense piece of business. We practi-e both in common life, perhaps both equally. We conceal as much as we publish. Where concealment conduces to safety, expedition, or personal comfort, we use concealment. Our Government does the same, in its diplomacy and in its Cabinet consulta tions ; and even our courts of justice ix courts martial. The legitimate inquiry is in each case, Will secrecy or publicity best obtain the desired object? There is nothing essentially moral, or even honourable, in either—on the contrary, keeping a secret may be as much a point of honour as pub lishing your accounts if you are secretary of a public company ; and we must think that, now, the confessions of opponents themselves have proved that those who want publicity for their votes could have it under the Ballot, while no one has proved or can prove that those who find secrecy advantageous would fail to obtain it. Why then refuse what will not wrong one set of persons, and what another set of persons affirm will benefit them 81 largely. Well, the question is now remitted to the country. Who wants the Ballot—asks for the twentieth time our contemporary. Let the country answer that question. Yes, but it tells those wh) ask it—you don't want it for yourselves, or for your acquaintances. We are sorry to say we can negative that assertion. We have known tenant farmers who were constrained to vote against their will. We have known tradesmen who had cus tomers on both sides at a contested election, and who dared not but give a vote for each of the rival candidates. We have been on election com mittees, and have known that numbers would like to vote for both the Liberal candidates, for they have told us so, but they dared not do it for their situation's sake and their families' sake. Nay, we do not err much in setting down the whole 100,000 of tenants-at-will who turn the scale in favour of the Tory county members, as now voting under pressure. It is, however, just those who are free to demand the Ballot, because no one can punish them for doing it, that ought to make the demand. Because we do not want it, we ask it for those who do, they being afraid to ask for themselves. We hope and trust that the country will give us this election a majority for the Ballot. FORTY-FIVE MORE SUPPORTERS OF THE BALLOT would give us an absolute majority in the House of Commons, and a large working majority there. Will not the country respond to this demand, and deliver us from the necessity of noticing again the dishonest and shuffling arguments of men who profess concern for our morals, but who want only the control of our votes. Another factious attack has been made against the Government. We regret to say that Sir BEN JAMIN HALL—a gentleman for whom we entertain sincere respect—should have allowed himself to be made the instrument on the occasion. The retire. ment of Captain CARNEGIE from his seat at the Board of Admiralty furnished a plausible pretext for the onslaught. Nothing, however, could be more clear or satisfactory than the explanation given by Sir JOHN PAKINGTON. It has been the invariable rule for a series of years that some one or more of the naval lords should obtain a seat in the House of Commons, in order to assist the First Lord in his arduous duties, and to be enabled to meet the professional objections that might be put forward respecting matters of detail, with which civilians could not be conversant. The same principle has been recognised in every other department. It is an indispensable condition of almost every high office—every Cabinet Minister every Under Secretary, mast obtain a seat in either House, or resign his place. Even the Lords of the Treasury are subjected to the same rule, and we might cite many instances in which it has been enforced under so-called Liberal Administrations. The inconvenience has been clearly manifested daring the present session. Sir CHARLES NAPIER and Lord C. PAGET have repeatedly made attacks on the Naval Administration ; and, although they have been directed more against former Boards than the present one, it was felt to be essen tial that there should be some one competent to reply to professional criticism. It was under such circumstances that a seat at the Board was offered to Captain CARNEGIE, a very distinguished and gallant officer, but it was on the express un derstanding that he would strive to the best of his ability to obtain a seat in the House of Commons. He accepted office on that clear and distinct understanding. There was a perfect compact, such as every Government has been in the habit of entering into, and such as has hitherto been in variably acted on. If the party selected failed in his part of the agreement, he resigned his office. And no question was put to the Minister ! No difficulty raised ! It was regarded as a mere matter of course, in which all parties acquiesced one of the ordinary proceed ings which every Government, whether Whig or Tory, quasi Liberal or Conservative, acted on, and no interrogatory was ever hitherto exhi bited to the Government for the time being on such a point. It was reserved for Sir BENJAMIN HALL to break the chain, and to attempt to introduce a new, and, we must be permitted to say, a most in- convenient precedent. Captain CARNEGIE could have no possible cause of complaint. He had, when the offer of a seat at the Board was made to him, been informed of the extreme inconvenience to which the Government had been exposed, from having no naval lord in the House, and it was tendered for his acceptance on the express condition that he should be willing to enter Parliament whenever he might be required to do so by the Government for any fairly eligible seat. He did not accept it without due time for consideration. He asked for and received 48 hours' time before he gave an answer, and then accepted it with the conditions annexed. Strange to say, when the dissolution was announced he hesitated in fulfilling his part of the contract. He was riot willing to come forward, where he would have, at all events, a fair chance of success. In place of so doing he tendered his resignation, which was at once and most properly accepted. We can only express our astonishment that a gal lant sailor, a man of honour and a gentleman, as Capt. CARNEGIE unquestionably is, should, under any circumstances, have felt himself justified in repudiating the binding obligation on which he had entered. It was sufficient injury to the Government that he should have held office for a time, and deprived his successor of the benefit which he would have obtained in his can vass ; but that he should have furnished an oppo- I A with the materials for an attack on the Ministry of whi c h h e was a su b ordinate member -w as could not by any possibility h ave anticipat e d . We fear th a t th e h onoura bl e an d gallant c a ter will have cause to regret the ques tion of his too good-natured friend, Sir BENJAMIN HALL, and th e very unfortunate precedent thereby established. That Mr. B. OSB ORNE should f ee l pecu li ar l y sensitive on the subject is by no means surprising. His seat—which he obtained as Secretary of the Admiralty, and in consequence of his connection • ' JP- 41 10: • ku . ':(4 .. • - 1 11141 k. i n 410 11 1k 1, .e., dam . a —At. • mix r THE SUN. InDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1859. THEI SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, MO with the Board—was assailed. He would suffer in the most sensitive point—his pocket; for although he might succeed in retaining his seat—a matter by no means certain—he would have to provide for the expenses of the contest. Save as Secretary of the Admiralty he had no claim on the Dover constitu ency. He obtained his seat in that capacity, and that only, and surely he should not complain if that seat should now be sought for by one who possessed the qualification in virtue whereof he received it. In every department there are Parliamentary and permanent officials. The Admiralty would be an exception to the general rule were it otherwise ; and if the naval members were exempted from Parliamentary criticism, it would produce the most injurious , results, and lead to great inefficiency in the management of that branch of the public service which every true-hearted Englishman is desirous of seeing conducted in the best possible manner. Checkmate !—That was the real meaning of the ringing cheer from the side of the Opposition, when before cockcrow, on the Ist of April, a clear majo rity of thirty-nine, in a house of 626 (including Tellers and Speaker), proclaimed the success of Lord JOHN'S factious Resolutions. Checkmate ? Not a bit of it. The apparently Defeated—shewed by another unexpected move that they still had play on their side, and might yet win the game after all. They had their QUEEN left to them. Another moment and the late aggressors are driven to act upon the defensive. There is a new phase in the contest—and out of this new phase there grows up a final and far more formidable struggle for the supremacy. No sooner, however, have Ministers announced the determination of the Crown, at the instance of the Crown's advisers, to dissolve Pdrliament, than the Opposition, baulked in its ambition, becomes restive, becomes absolutely spiteful, becomes abso lutely and meanly cantankerous. The Chancellor of the Exchequer night after night is worried by a series of teazing inquiries addressed to him as Leader of the House of Commons —inquiries as to the exact day of the prorogation, and the precise moment of the Dissolution after wards, There is no precedent for these in quiries. Even if there were, the circumstances of the time just now are in themselves in a very great measure unprecedented. Certainly unprecedented in the manner of their combination. In the first place, the balance of power in Europe is oscillating upon that most imminent turning point, the alternative of Peace or War. The five great powers are upon the eve of either a Congress or—two of them at least—upon the brink of a Campaign. The most solemn week in the whole year—the holy week immediately before Easter— occurs so unusually late in 1859, that it brings us actually " towards the end of the month" of April, according to the words of Mr. DISRAELI—words, the simple and truthful utterance of which somehow comes to be regarded by the irritated Opposition as in some mysterious manner or other a high crime and misdemeanour. Lord PALMERSTON Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Sir GEORGE GREY, Sir GEORGE LEwls—one after another of the principal chiefs of the Opposition strive to bother, to coax, or to bully from the Chancellor of the Exchequer some definite and explicit statement as to the day of the prorogation and the hour of the dissolution. A statement of this kind, we repeat, was never insisted upon before by even the most factious Opposition. And if there were a precedent for it, the present crisis would justify a departure from it upon the score of many momentous interests—interests less national even than Europeans Baffled in this most unfair pertinacity of inquiry, the Opposition breaks at last through all decorum and all courtesy. It insists upon a direct and plain answer to the question, which the Chancellor of the Exchequer then, with an' air of dignity befitting his position, firmly and definitively declines to respond to—reminding his opponents that it is an inquiry that no leader of a Government in that House has ever been constrained to answer under analogous circumstances. Thereupon the Tinges, upon the following morning, endeavours to prove by a few historical facts, slightly perverted, that the prorogation ought in a manner by necessity to follow rapidly upon the defeat of Ministers, and that the dissolution, if not almost simultaneous with, ought to follow hard upon, the heels of the prorogation. Now, both of these assertions we positively deny—we pronounce them to be inexact—to be mis-statements either inadvertent or intentional. According to the Times, the necessity for this rapid sequence of prorogation and dissolution, and re-assembling, upon an adverse decision is easily proven. For example, says the Times, Parliament was dissolved in 1841, on the 23d of April, and fifty-two days afterwards the new Parliament met, namely, on the 14th of June. Again, according to the same authority, Parliament was dissolved in 1851, on the 22d of June, and fifty six days after the new Parliament met, namely, on the 19th of August. Finally, our contemporary observes, in 1857 Parliament was dissolved on the 21st of March, and forty days afterwards its suc cessor had assembled down at Westminster. Ac cording to the Times, therefore, forty days is about the minimum—fifty-six about the maximum. A monstrous and perverse distortion of facts that bring us, on the contrary, to a very different con clusion. The real facts we will now give categorically— beginning with the assembling of the first Re formed Parliament, and ending with that of the present—the seventh Reformed Parliament. Now the First Reformed Parliament—it was the third summoned by King William IV., and met on the 29th of January, 1833—and was dissolved (after an existence of one year and eleven months) on the 28th of December, 1834. Its successor met on the 19th of February, 1835—exactly fifty-two days having intervened. The second Reformed Parliament, the fourth and last of \VILLIAM IV. (after having lasted two years, four months, and 28 days) was dissolved on the 17th of July, 1837, in consequence of the, demise of that Sovereign. Its successor meeting not until the 15th of the November following—shows, as a result, that an interval of 121 days intervened. The third Reformed Parliament, the Ist of Vic- TORIA, being dissolved on the 22d of June, 1841 (not 1851), was succeeded, on the 19th of August in that year, by the fourth Reformed Parliament. There was consequently the interval of 5G days mentioned by our contemporary—but an interval that transpired ten years prior to the year of the Hyde-park Exhibition. The fourth Reformed Parliament, the 2d of VIC TORIA, was dissolved (after an existence of five years, 11 months, and four days) on the 23d of July, 1847. When did its successor meet ? Why, not until 118 days afterwards—namely, on the 18th of November, 1847. The fifth Reformed Parliament, the third of Vic- TORIA (after lasting four years, seven months, and 12 days) was dissolved on the Ist of July, 1852. And when did its successor meet again in West minster ? Not until 126 days had passed by— namely, on the 4th of November, 1852. Finally comes the interval of forty days which elapsed between the 21st of March, 1857, and the 30th of the ensuing month of April—namely, the interval between the dissolution of the last, the fourth of VICTORIA, the sixth Reformed Parlia ment, and the assembling of the present, or fifth of VICTORIA, being the seventh Reformed Parlia ment. So that thrice within the last quarter of a cen tury more than four months have elapsed between the dissolution of an old and the assembling of a new Parliament. Once in 1837—from the 17th of July to the 15th of November : in all 121 days. Once in 1847—from the 23d of July to the 18th of November : in all 118 days. Once in 1852—from the Ist of July to the 4th of November : in all 126 days. These numbers being intervals between the second and third reformed Parliaments—between the fourth and fifth reformed Parliaments—and between the sixth and seventh reformed Parlia ments. They are consequently no obsolete prece dents—but precedents within the last twenty years ! It is simply preposterous, therefore, to lay down any rule absolutely obliging the Crown or its advisers to summon the new Parliament to meet, under any ordinary circumstances, within a period of two months from the date of the dissolution of its predecessor. To insist upon this as a necessity —when history disproves it to be anything of the kind—would be only again to infringe most insult ingly upon the prerogative of the Crown. Such, however, is the disingenuous course pursued at this most critical juncture by a factious, we might almost venture to say a disloyal, Opposition. LATEST NEWS. INDIA AND CHINA. We have received by express our letters and papers from India and China. The following is from the Calcutta Englishman of the Bth of March : The past fortnight has produced no alteration in our position. Nana Sahib, the Begum, and their followers are still lying perdu in the great forests at the foot of the Himalayas, making no movement towards the south. It is said the Begum is trying to negotiate for an asylum with Jung Bahadoor, G.C.8., or through him to obtain some merciful consideration from the Governor-General of India. The Nana can expect nothing, and is no doubt seeking for some place where he can escape to with life and means, to give trouble in the future if he can. He will find this very difficult ; and we do not believe the Nepaulese will give him the slightest assistance. Tantia. Topee and Feroze Shah continue to elude their pursuers ; there are now eight columns in full cry, hunt ing him, yet the light condition and speed of the fugitives enables them to get well away. The bottom of the English will tell ere long, and they must succumb. No doubt their only object is to try and make terms. It is reported that these two chiefs have separated, Tantia taking the better line of Central India, while Feroze Shah remains in the desert. It is also said that a number of their followers have surren dered to the Rajah of Bikaneer. The trial of the Nawab of Furrukabad proceeds. He is defended by an attorney of the Supreme Court of Calcutta, Mr. Carruthers, assisted by two natives and an interpreter. A letter from Calcutta says that the India General Steam Navigation Company was about to declare a dividend of upwards of 100 per cent. Its accounts have now been made up, and the dividend declared is 800 r. per share for the half-year, or 160 per cent. per annum. And then English capitalists buy millions of Australian bonds at six. I would beg any of your readers who distrust Indian specu• lations to read, the following list of the dividends of this company. They are all for the half•year, and the par price of shares is £100: 31st December, 1856 31st June, 1857 31st December, 1857 And one share in five worth 20 0 31st June, 1858 31st December, 1858 And one share in five worth 30 0 -- £154 10 In other words, the company has divided 50 per cent. per annum for three years. It may be said this profit is temporary, but that is only partially true. The company will not again make 160 per cent., but they will make 60, and any number of companies would make 25. There is no limit to the demand, and can be none while there is £16,000,000 worth of produce to come down the river, and £8,000,000 worth to go up, besides the Europeans connected with two armies and four Presidencies each containing kingdoms. Nothing is so thoroughly misdnderstood in England as the returns obtainable and obtained for capital in Bengal. The single fact, however, that 10 per cent. is the minimum rate of interest for capital not in Government securities, on absolute security, such as houses, land, or Government paper, may con vince them there is some difference between our market rates and those of London. The determination to double the existing Cus toms' duties will be announced on the 13th instant, and, I understand, the main features of the new tariff will be as follows :—Man chester goods to pay 5 per cent.; tea, coffee, tobacco, spices, haberdashery, grocery, and some other articles, 20 per cent. ; malt liquor, 4a. (6d.) a gallon ; wines, 2r. a gallon ; spirits, 3r. a gallon ; and everything not mentioned 10 per cent. ad valorem. In exports, bullion, horses, cotton, sugar, tobacco, rum, and raw silk are made or left free, while a tax of 2a. (3d.) per maund of 80Ib. is placed on all grains ; 4 per cent. on lac dye, and 100 r. a chest on Malwa opium, which is not, be it remembered, a monopoly. These measures, none of which involve any injury to trade, or the slightest popular feeling, will produce, it is calculated, £1,300,000, an addition of real value. The rates quoted have been adjusted with remarkable skill, and I question if there will be any public opposi tion. COMMERCIAL. CALCUTTA, Mancll 8. THE PRODUCE MARKET.—We have very little change to report from our last. Two native holidays and rainy stormy weather have caused a cessation of business. The aspect of the market here is generally dull. Sugar—Bombay demand has ceased ; prices easier. Saltpetre lower ; 5 per cent. re fraction quoted at Rs. 9 2. Rice—Table sorts for Great Britain a little higher. Monghy : nothing doing. Raw silk filature lower by 8 as. ; native neglected. Corahs a shade lower, and less inquired for. Shellac firm, at high prices. Lac dye : no inquiry. Hides unchanged, and less ,inquiry. Jute good, sought for at full iates ; large quan• tities shipping. Cutch lower. Safflower none. Linseed slightly lower. Rapeseed firm. THE IMPORT MARKET.—The depression reported in our last for almost all kinds of piece goods continues unchanged, and for fine goods we quote lower prices. In yarns the demand is falling off, and prices are drooping, and though quotations are now low the market has a downward ten dency. MONEY MARKET.—Money is plentiful in the bazaar, and discounts easily obtained at lower rates than the Bank of Bengal. The Government credit remains as low as ever, and we have no payments into the Treasury on account of the loans to report. The Bank rates of discount and mains on Government securities remain unchanged. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.—The course of the market for these securities has not been favourable ; prices have settled at our quotations of 23 'per cent. discount for 4 per cent. Government paper, and 12.8 for 5 per cent. paper. Exc RANGE.—The rates are a shade in favour of the seller. Credits at 2s. lad. to 2s. lid. Documents 2s. lid. to 2s. ltd. Freights remain very dull, with a downward tendency. coast, and a visit was paid to St. John's Island, near the mouth of the Western branch of the Canton River. No news has arrived of the progress of the ex pedition up that branch of the river. It consisted of six gunboats and a small French steamer, with two boom-boats and a hospital chop in tow, with the first Battalion of Royal Marines on board. Its point of destination was Shau-king-fu, one of the most important cities of the province after the capital, and formerly the seat of the provincial authorities, till these were removed to Canton, in order to keep the foreigners under control. The Hon. Mr. Bruce is soon expected out, and it is generally believed that Canton will not be retained in our military possession long after his installation as Ambassador at Pekin, even should the indemnity not be then forthcoming. Canton has been quiet of late ; and no objection has been offered to the expe ditions made in its neighbourhood . ; the country is by no means safe for foreigners unprotected by a military force. We understand, on good authority, that Hwang-tsung•han, the Governor-General of the Two Twang, is about to be deposed, and that it is determined to give the office he now holds to Ho Kweitsing, Governor General of the Two Kiang, and lately engaged in the revision of the tariff and trade regulations. Little credit is attached to the news from the north that Han-kow has fallen into the hands of the insurgents, or, indeed, generally to the Chinese intelligence published at Shanghae. When Lord Elgin's expedition was up the Yang-tsze the rebels were in extremities, and it is not so probable that they have recovered sufficiently to be able to retake Han-kow, as that the report of their having done so has been got up to create the idea that there will be a short supply of teas. Not much is known about the progress of the allied French and Spanish force in Cochin China. The steamer Scotland, which arrived here to-day, brings intelligence that the French fleet and a por tion of the force bad gone to Segon, and that an attack bad been made upon the remainder of the force by the Cochin Chinese, with a loss of about 200 men. They have had several skirmishes With the Annamese, in which the latter employed elephants, and are making but slow way. Rich mines have been discovered by Catholic missionaries in the neighbouring province of Tonquin, and the Spaniards are anxious to proceed against it, not the less, we may believe, on that account, than because of the persecution which has there been directed against Catholic missionaries. There has been a panic at Fuh-chau in the native money market, owing to loss of confidence in Go vernment paper, and for several days there was danger of serious disturbance. During the past fortnight we have only to note the departure of three vessels for Great Britain, with tea. From Canton, the Glendower with 554,8001 b. tea ; the Crisis with 489,3001 b. From Fuhchau, the Herculean with 630,8001 b. From Shanghae none. The total export for the season amounts to 39,796,3001 b. To the United States there has been no depar tures since the dispatch of last mail. The total export of tea for the season amounts to 24,533,3001 b. Our export of silk to Great Britain amounts to 55,090 bales, including 646 per steamer Pekin, and 1,727 bales per the outgoing steamer Ottawa. To Marseilles the Pekin took 273, and the Ottam , a takes 511, making the total export for the season to date 6,509 bales. COMMERCIAL. HONG-KONG, FEB. 26. The trade of Canton does not revive, and there are grounds for supposing that unless the Chinese not only Change their system, but adopt stringent measures for carrying it out, that it will permanently lose the bulk of the extensive foreign trade it has for so many years possessed. The hoppo of Canton is simply the farmer of the foreign duties ; it is needless to say that the system of farming duties, being founded on venality and favouritism, cannot be made applicable to the European principles of collecting Customs' revenue. The mail steamer of 9th January has not arrived. The steamer, the Ottawa, takes a full supply of silk and a large amount of treasure as remittance to Bombay. EXPORTS. _ _ _ Tea,—Supplies are now palpably failing, although the tea districts have been swept, and quantities shipped which are usually csnsidered unadvisable to export. The comparative exports to date stand thus—To Great Britain, from Ist July to date, 431 million lbs., against 461 million last season, and 511 millions the season before. At Amoy and Foo-chow, and Canton teas continue to be eagerly picked up and shipped off as they arrive at rates much in advance of the last London quotations. Raw Silk.—Shanghai : The settlements of the fortnight are reported at 300 bales, making the total settlements for the season to date amount to 62,000 bales, against 51,000 bales at corresponding period last season. Supplies latterly have been coming forward tardily. IMPORTS. Opium.—The only supply imported since last mail has been per Viscount Canning from Calcutta, arrived this day, with about 325 chests Patna and Benares. Hong diong : New Patna has continued in steady demand, with an in variable upward tendency. Exchange, Bullion, &c.—This steamer will take a large amount of specie. Little has been done in sterling—rates similar to those the last mail closed at—say 4 7 to 4 71 f or Private Bills and 461t0 4 61 for Bank Paper. On India the Bank rate is 213. TURIN, APRIL 11. Military stores are embarked unceasingly night and day at Trieste ; even Saints' days are not allowed to interfere with the operations. Shells, cannon shot, biscuits, brandy, flour, oats, wood for the con struction of pontoons, palisades, barriers; in a word, the whole of the shore in the vicinity of the railway has been appropriated by the Government. The steam mills of Trieste, of Duino, and of Fiume, are set to work to grind the corn destined for the use of the troops, to the total exclusion of private stores. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : MARSEILLES, APRIL 12. Advices have been received from Naples to the 9th inst. The malady of the King is becoming more aggravated. It is believed that he will not survive the present week. The disease has attacked the chest, accompanied by vomiting and stupor. The agitation of parties is increasing. The Queen is anxious to associate her son with the future King as councillor, but her success in this undertaking is not probable. The Grand Duke Constantine strongly supports reforms in the constitution. The Hereditary Prince and the Royal Family go to Caserta daily. Advices have also been received from Rome to the 9th inst. The Pope will address the Consistory on Friday next. He will describe the present situation of diplomatic affairs. It is asserted that he will reject the proposal of a Congress. Passports are given by the Roman authorities to volunteers for the Piedmontese service from the States of the Church, but with the intimation that they will be regarded as exiles. TRIESTE, APRIL 12. The transport of goods on the Southern Railway between this town and Vienna is to be discontinued from to-morrow, the 13th, until the 28th inst. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. It is said that the Government of England pro poses that the question of a general disarmament shall be submitted to the Plenipotentiaries as soon as possible after the assembling of the Congress. M. Massimo d'Azeglio, charged with a mission from the Piedmontese Government to Paris and London, is expected here this evening. The tendencies just now are pacific, in conse quence of rumours that the difficulty about the disarmaments is likely to be removed. The journal of the private Cabinet of the Emperor, the Patrie, says on the disarmament— " France will have no change to make in her conduct. She has not armed; she will not arm. She will persist is her attitnde, as far removed from menace as from impru dence. She :will bring to the Congress the most loyal desire for peace,. and she has no pretension to present herself there with her hand on her sword-guard. There will be always time to put her hand .en that when it becomes necessary. But Austria and Piedmont are net in the same situation. If Austria wishes to recall from Italy the army she has oaa centrated there, Piedmont will certainly not refuse to with draw from the Ticino. We are convinced that Francs° would agree with Europe to give her this advice. " But on what conditions does Austria propose disarnw.- ment ? If she does not make of it a condition for some thing else, and if she wishes, with entire sincerity, to refer to the arbitration of Europe, it is not France that will be less mtiderate and confident than she. It is not France that will pat obstacles in the way of an honourable and solid peace. " But if there be at Vienna pretensions incompatible with the security of Europe and the dignity of France ; if Austria means that the general disarmament which she proposes is to have for its consequence the maintenance of the statics quo in Italy; if, in a word, she will not disarm but on condition of evading, and not of resolving, the imperious difficulties of the present situation, then we can only see in this incident the extreme resource of a cause alfeady very bad, and do not count that France will be the dupe of it. " France has no wish to deceive any one, nor to be de ceived by any one whatever. Decided, we are convinced of it, to accept all that is useful and serious, s he is not less so to reject whatever is not worthy of her and of the great interests which she has taken under her protection. The best way then is to await, to remain calm, not to let our selves be led away by premature hopes, nor abandon our selves to exaggerated fears." BOURSE, April 12.—Rente to-day rose 60c. The following were the closing quotations : 41 per Cents. .... 94 75 I Credit Foncier 640 Do. end month .. 95 Belgian 4A — 3 per Cents. 6B Piedmonteso (5) Do. end month.... 67 85 Roman B5 Bank Shares. 2BOO Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 700 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 698 75 Rome Debt 4O 50 COURT OF ALDERMEN. A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday at Guildhall—the Lord Mayor presiding. THE GOVERNORSHIP OF HOLLOWAY PRISON EXTRAORDINARY SCENE. A report was brought up from the Gaol Commit tee, upon an instruction from a former Court, in consequence of the recent dismissal of Mr. Wright from the office of governor of Holloway Prison, to inquire into and report upon the duties and emolu ments of the office, examine the qualifications of candidates, and return the names of three fit and proper persons for the selection of the Court. The committee stated that no present change was neces sary in the duties of the office, recommended that the salary of the governor should be £4OO a year, with house, fuel, and light, and that he should give security for I:500 ; and they returned the names of Mr. John Weatherhead (then governor of Newgate), Captain Vivian Craig, and Captain Edward Hamil ton Finney, from among the candidates into whose qualifications they had examined, as best qualified to fill the office. The report having been received and agreed to, it was further resolved that the Court would forth with proceed to the election, and that the election should be made by the aldermen then present, several aldermen having been requested by the Lord Mayor to enter the court from the adjoining " Aldermen's Room" for that purpose. The TOWN CLERK then called over the names of the aldermen present, commencing with the Lord Mayor, who voted in succession until Sir H. Mug geridge was reached, and he declined to vote. LORD MAYOR—But you must vote. The rule is that every alderman present must vote. Sir H. MUGGERIDGE—Then I will vote for Mr. Weatherhead. Alderman GABRIEL rose next and said—l shall not vote. The TOWN CLERK—But his lordship has ruled that every alderman present must vote. Alderman GABRIEL—WeII, I shall not vote. LORD MAYOR—But you must vote. This is the rule, and if you break it you will be guilty of a contempt of Court. Alderman Gabriel—l do not think that can be the rule. For, suppose I believe none of the can didates to be properly qualified—l do not say that is the case now, but it might be—you would force me to vote for a person I should not consider to be fit for the office. Lord Mayor—lf you did not intend to vote, you ought not to have been present. Alderman Gabriel—But you sent for me. (Hear, hear.) Lord Mayor—Then if you refuse to vote, I shall instruct the Town Clerk to enter upon the journals that you have been guilty of a contempt of court. The Town Clerk suggested that it was not abso lutely necessary that the aldermen present should vote, as it was only an ordinary poll, and not a division. An Alderman—The Town Clerk does not agree with your lordship's ruling. Lord Mayor—My experience is greater than the Town Clerk's ; I have been here longer than he, and I say that he is wrong as to our law. Sir J. Musgrove—But, your lordship— Lord Mayor—l will not go into a discussion in the middle of a poll. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. Musgrove—But the question is whether your lordship is right on a point connected with the poll. (Hear, hear.) Lord Mayor—l have laid down the rule, and I w ill never submit to have my authority. overruled by an officer of the court. (Hear, hear.) Some other votes were then recorded, and the Town Clerk said all the aldermen present had voted, but it was remarked that Sir J. Duke (who had just entered) had not done so. The Town Clerk—Sir James Duke was not here when the question was put and carried that the election be by the aldermen " now present," and therefore he is not entitled to vote. Sir J. DUKE said—To save all dispute on the matter, I think I had better retire (retiring accord ingly). The votes were then cast up, and The LORD MAYOR declared Mr. Weatherhead duly elected to be governor of Holloway Prison during the pleasure of the Court, and subject to such rules and regulations as might now be in force, or hereafter be made, in connection with the office. Alderman WILSON—I shall now move that Mr. Alderman Gabriel be taken into custody by the Sergeant-at-Arms, and brought to the bar, for re fusing to obey the order of the Court. (Hear, hear, and oh, oh.) LORD MAYOR—And if you do, and the Court assents, I shall certainly order the officers at once to act upon the resolution. (Hear, hear.) Alderman WILSON—Then I move that Alderman Gabriel be brought to the bar by the Sergeant-at- Arms. (Oh, oh.) Sir P. LAURIE—If you do that, I shall at once move the adjournment of the Court. (Hear.) Several Aldermen—But be has no seconder. The motion, not being seconded, fell to the ground. Mr. Weatherhead being then called to the bar, formally resigned his office of governor of Newgate, and that office being declared vacant, it was referred to the Gaol Committee to inquire into its duties and emoluments, to examine into the qualifications of candidates, and return the names of three for the selection of the Court, as they had just done in the case of the prison at Holloway. Some routine business was then transacted, and the Court adjourned. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) In the week ending Saturday the total deaths registered in London were 1,201, and they exhibit an increase of 134 on those of the preceding week. In the ten years 1849-58 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,151, but as the deaths in the present return oc curred in a population which has increased, these can only be compared with the average raised in proportion to the increase—namely, with 1,266. The figures show that the deaths of last week ware less by 65 than the number which would have oc curred under the average rate of mortality for the first week of April. The deaths from smallpox rose last week to 22, of which number nearly half occurred in the east districts ; those from measles declined to 15. Fifty eight cases of scarlatina and 13 of diphtheria were fatal. Whooping-cough carried off 61 children, five of these in the sub-district of Somers-town. At 14, Catherine-street, Hoxton New-town, three children have died from scarlatina since the 3d inst., and two others have been attacked by the disease. The medical attendant considers that the severity of the complaint in this instance is due to the bad drainage of the locality. A tailor, aged 79 years, at 5, Back-road, St. George's-in-the-East, was " found dead from want of proper nourish ment." • Last week the births of 923 boys and 914 girls, in all 1,837 children, were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1849-58 the average number was 1,556. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, themean height of the barometer in the week was 29.831 1 11 0 The barometrical readings underwent very small variations during the first four days ; afterwards the lowest was 29.41 inches, the highest 29•52 inches. The mean temperature of the week wa 56.3 deg., whi c h i s 11.1 deg. a b ove t h e average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) The mean daily temperature was likewise above the average throughout the week ; and on Wednesday and Thursday this excess was 15.7 deg. and 17.5 deg. respectively. The thermometer fell to its lowest point, 43.5 deg., on Tuesday, and rose to its highest, 79 deg., on the following day. The entire range was, therefore, 35.5 deg. The mean daily range was 21.8 deg. The range on Wednesday was so much as 33.5 deg. The differ ence between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 9.1 deg. The wind blew on day from the south-west. The rain measured was 0.10 inch. In the 13 weeks that ended April 2, 16,147 deaths were registered in London, of which 8,160, or rather more than half, occurred under 20 years of age. The quarter was healthier than the seine s period of last yea r , an d muc h h ea lthi er th a n that of 1855. The mean temperature of the first quarter in the . present year was unusually high—viz., 43 . 3 deg.; in that of 1858 it was 38 deg.; in 1855, 344 deg. But, though the recent mortality-.has been comparatively not great, scarlatina (including diphtheria) has contributed a remarkably heavy proportion, the deaths from it having been 1,1 67, while in four corresponding quarters they range d only from 353 to 705. Smallpox has lately increased , for whereas the deaths from it in the two winte r , quarters of 1857-8 were 60 and 41, in the la s t quarter they were 201. Of these 201, 8 occurred in the west districts, 38 in the north, 43 in the central, 83 in the east, and 29 in the south. The parts chiefly infested wer e Finsbury, Shoreditc n and Bethnal-green. or Onefgs.l2i g s e v n iol ce, e 2 n s t d b e y at m h u s , 4 rde 3 r 6 o o r c m cu a r n rel s t au b g y h a t c e c r i , d a e n n d t 64 by suicide. • ). , ,NT: L p Conservatives have brought .(11. `vard a candidate in the pers on of Mr. Alderman All en, of the City of London, and with a fair chance of success. The Whigs declare for their present representative, Mr. Samuel son, but are sorely embarrassed by the Radical candidate, Sir Charles Douglas. Parties, thus far, are evenly divided, • with a bias towards IJiberal conservatism , • CHINA. The following is from the Overland China Mail of February 26 : The London mail of the 9th January has not yet arrived. There is no news of much importance. Lord Elgin did not start with the expedition up the Canton River, but went down in the Furious to Hainan, for the purpose of inspecting the new port of Kiungchow, on the north side of the island, and opposite the peninsula which runs out from Kwangtung, but unfortunately the charts were found to be so imperfect, and the soundings so uncertain, that the Furious did not reach the new port, or enter into the channel to the north of Hainan. On its return to Hong- Hong examination was made of several bays on the RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 9OO .. 907 50 New ditto 782 50 .. .782 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 825 .. 830 New ditto Geneva M idi — • • -- Southern Western 535 .. 535 Eastern Grand Central — Sardinian Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 7ic. ; money 25f. 21e. ; three months, paper, 24f. 95c.; money, 24f. 90c. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY NIGHT. The Borrussia arrived at nine o'clock, with New York advices to the 9th instant. The Kangaroo, Persia, and Hammonia had arrived out. From Nicaragua we learn that President Mar tinez, of that Republic, has capped the climax of his hatred to the United States, by seizing all the transit steamers, destroying the bridges, imprisoning the Americans, and throwing open the route to the whole world, regardless of the rights of American citizens. The Hew York Herald says that instructions should be immediately despatched to the naval commanders to blockade all the Nicaraguan ports. General Jerez should be at once dismissed, and General Lama recalled, and a suitable person sent to fill his place ; and that the miserable Govern ment of the Central American State should receive a lesson effective enough to save all trouble in that quarter in future. A Washington despatch of March 30 says that, if the statements relative to Sir William Gore Ouse ley's alleged action in Nicaragua are correct, he has violated not only his own instructions, but the solemn understanding between the British Govern ment and the United States. If the facts are as stated, it is supposed that the President will take stringent measures:to exact a conformity with what ever may have been the stipulations between the two Governments respecting Sir W. G. Ouseley's mission. From Mexico we learn that Miramon had met with several defeats, and had not arrived within striking distance of Vera Cruz. He was said to be at Orizaba. The Veracruzeans were perfectly con fident of success. Advices had reached St. Louis from California to the 7th ult., but they were not important. From Victoria we learn that a proposition had been made to annex that colony to British Columbia. The British corvette Satellite, under orders to visit Nitinat, found and punished the Indians en gaged in the recent outrage on the brig Swiss Boy. Commodore Vanderbilt had agreed to establish fortnightly a mail between New York and South ampton, receiving as a compensation the sea and inland postage. New York cotton market firm. Specie rather higher. Not much doing in exchange, and no alteration in rates. Stock market heavy ; freights moderate. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(Tms DAY). The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Bill was read a second time. Upon the motion of Mr. FITZROY, it was resolved that, in the case of all unopposed private bills originating in the House of Lords, the standing orders be suspended; and that it be an instruction to the Committee of Selection that they have power to appoint committees on such bills to meet f6rthwith. POSTAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN IRE LAND AND AMERICA. Mr. MONSELL inquired when it was probable that certain returns he had moved for some weeks back would be presented. Sir S. NORTHCOTE said the authorities had been in communication with the Admiralty and the Post-office, from which department the necessary papers had been received, but none had yet been sent from the Irish Go vernment. They were therefore incomplete to that extent, but the returns would be placed on the table during the present week, whether complete or not. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. Sir H. 'WILLOUGHBY gave notice that on the third reading of this bill he should ask the Secretary of the Treasury a question as to a vote of £6,000,000, which had been taken for the Crimean war, with regard to the extent to which the vote had been made use of, and the manner in which the money had been applied. EXCHEQUER-BILLS BILL. This bill, authorising the issue of Exchequer-bills to the amount of £13,277,400, passed through committee. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL. This bill passed through committee. CONVICT PRISONS ABROAD BILL. This bill, the object of which was to consolidate certain penal enactments relative to the management of convict prisons in Bermuda and Gibraltar, and for better providing against the escape of criminals, passed through committee. The following bills were withdrawn for the present session :—Ecclesiastical Courts and Registries (Ireland), Vexatious Indictments, Conveyance of Voters, Sale of Grain, &c., Admiralty Court, and Weights and Measures Act Amendment. EDUCATION GRANTS (SCOTLAND). Upon the motion of Viscount MELGUND a return was ordered for the year 1858, of the names of the places in each parish and each county in Scotland in which anyschool was situated in respect of which any money had been paid under the authority of the Committee of Council on Education ; stating the amount paid for each school, and for each parish and each county, respectively ; specifying the religious body with which each school was connected ; and distinguishing the parochial schools from other schools connected with the Established Church (in continuation and amplification of Parliamentary Paper, No. 102, of the present session). PROBATE COURT. Upon the motion of Mr. AYRTON it was agreed that there be added to the returns relative to the Probate Court, ordered on the 10th day of March last, a return of the num ber of grants of Administration issued in England and Wales in the year 1858. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR PROPERTY (METROPOLIS) BILL. Upon the motion of Mr. AYRTON, an address was agreed to for a return of the income for the year 1857 of all p ro • perty situate within the metropolis, as defined by the Me tropolis Local Management Act, held by or in trust for the Bishop of Winchester, and any canon, prebend, or other officer of St. Paul's and Westminster Cathedrals (in conti nuation of Parliamentary Paper No. 29 of the present session). The house adjourned at five minutes to one o'clock. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Only 940 quarters of English wheat have come to hand, coastwi: , e, this week. Fresh up to-day, by land-carriage, the receipts were limited, and the show of samples was small. The demand for all kinds was by no means so active as on Monday ; nevertheless, that day's p r i ces were supported. Importers of forei gn wheat were very firm in their de mands, but the amount of business doing in that article was limited, on former terms. Barley met a slow sale, at the late decline in value. Liberal supplies continue to reach us from the continent. We had a limited sale for malt, at previous quotations. There was a fair consumptive demand for oats, at very full prices. Beans, peas, and flour were in fair request, at full cur rencies. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. English 940 560 ; 1,090 ' 830 770 Irish Foreign IVHITECHAPEL. beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; l am b, 4s Wd to s:s 10d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; and pork. as Od to CO. ,by till) glow trade. BOROUGH HOP. All new hops continue in steady request, at the late im provement in values, Other kinds move off slowly at late rates. $ •