The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-13 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.- GRAND ENGLISH OPERA. The Public and Subscribers are respectfully informed that the Management have enteredinto arrangements for the production of ENGLISH OPERA with most eminent Ar tistes. THIS EVENING and TO-MORROW Verdi's admired opera of IL TROVATORE. Manrico, Mr. Henry Haigh ; Count de Luna, Mr. Charles Durand ; Ferrando, Mr. Thomp son ; Azucena, Miss Emma Heywood ; Leonora, Miss Dyer. Previous to which the MAGNIFICENT ORCHESTRA of this establishment will perform Weber's overture to the ro mantic opera of OBERON. Balfe's popular opera, THE BOHEMIAN GIRL, will be produced on Wednesday next. Ilalevy's opera, THE QUEEN'S MUSKETEERS, is in ac tive preparation, and will be placed upon the Stage almost immediately. The Band and Chorus, numbering nearly 100 performers, under the direction of Dr. JAMES PECH. The usual Reduced Prices—Stalls, 4s ; dress circle, 3s ; first circle, 2s 6d; pit, 2s ; upper boxes, is 6d ; gallery, is ; upper gallery, 6d ; private boxes from lOs 6d upwards. The Box-office iv open daily, under the direction of Mr. Nugent. Doors open at 7 ; to commence at half-past. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. GRAND ENGLISH OPERA. The Orchestra of this establishment, one of the most magnificent in London, will perform Weber's GRAND OVERTURE to OBERON every evening previous to the representation of the Opera, IL TROVATORE. Conductor and Musical Director, Dr. JAMES PECH. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chip pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. After which, a new fairy romance, THE PILGRIM OF LOVE. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. ROYAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Hr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the comedy of THE MAN OF THE WORLD. Mr. Phelps and Miss Atkinson (their sth ap pearance at this theatre). To conclude with the extravaganza of THE SYLPHIDE. Miss C. Leclercq, Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Helen Howard, Miss Rose Leclercq, Mr. Shore, Mr. Saker, and Mr. Frank Matthews, . _ Commence at 7. ADELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Most powerful attraction for the Holidays. Adelphi Drama and Grand Extravaganza. THIS EVENING, April 13, will be reproduced the popular original Adelphi drama of THE DEAD HEART.• Robert Landry, Mr. B. Webster (who will make his sth appearance since his return from his greatly successful provincial tour); Messrs. P. Bedford, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Stuart, C. J. Smith, Billinaton, Eburne, Powell, Romer, Page; MissWool gar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. After which (sth time at this theatre), the Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq., of THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. King Lachrymose, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Count Pleniposo, Mr. P. Bedford ; Viscount Verysoso, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Graceful. Miss Woolgar ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Emily Thorne (her first appearance at this theatre) ; Mollmopsa, Miss K. Kelly. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 3s. ; Pit Stalls, 2s. ; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. Directress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passengers all hours of the night. - -- TR iS ETENIN7-1 the ;ertormanoes will oonimenae with A BORDER MARRIAGE. Miss Wyndham, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. C. Young. After which, A CHANGE OF SYSTEM. Followed by a new burlesque, LUC REZIA BORGIA AT HOME AND ALL ABROAD. Mesdames Wyndham, E. Scott, Cecilia Ranoe, Miss Clara Morgan, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with ' No. 49." Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, Is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform ance commences at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— Proprietor, Mr. WM. BATTY . Manager, Mr. EnwrN HUGHES. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, Grand Military Spectacle (in Four Acts and Eleven Ta bleaux), founded upon the French Drama, " L'Histoire d'un Drapeau" now HISTORY at Paris with great success, ant entitled—" THE HISTORY OF A FLAG," To give every due effect to the Spectacle it will be supported by a new and efit cient Dramatic Company, and will introduce real Camels, Buffaloes, &c.. bought expressly for the occasion. The Amusements in the Cirque will be supported by a Company of Continental Equestrian Stars, comprising Maddle. Monet, Marie, Fernando, and De Berg ; also, Messrs. H. Williams, Devereux, Wattson, Fer nando, and the Wonder of the World, Jonathan Jaok. Clowns—Messrs. Charles Watson and Thorne. The Entertainment concluding each evening wilt' a Laugh able FARCE. Doors open at half-past 6 o'clock, performance commence at 7. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- THIS EVENING, LUCREZIA BORGIA, (Donizetti). Donna Lucrezia Miss Russell. Man) Orsini Mrs. Anderson. Gennaro Mr. Henry Herbert. Don Altonzo Signor Tivoli. Conductor—Mr. Jonghmans. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, APRIL 13, 1560. THERMOMETER, IN THIS SHADS• 50—highest since noon yesterday. 4.s—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.02. WIND, North-Easterly; light, with dull rainy weather. lIIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, 6h. 57m.—Afternoon, 7h. 29m. To-moßnow.-Morning, Bh. 7m.—Afternoon, Bh. 49m. THE POST-OFFICE AND NEWSPAPERS. Scarcely a day elapses that we do not receive complaints of newspapers missing, being too late, or arriving several posts be hind time. This is an intolerable nuisance to our subscribers, and is, besides, highly prejudicial to ourselves. Where rests the evil ? It is idle to complain, for polite answers and promises avail nothing. Surely Sir Rowland Hill will have some merciful consideration, and endeavouir to redress the grievance. It is a double griev ance, for we are made to pay for not send ing the paper, which is often kept back till next morning, which loses a day to our subscribers, who truly say that old news is no news, causing anger rather than benefit. If the General Post-office be not large enough, then ext en d it, or b u ild ano th er capacious enough for every purpose, be the cost what it may. It will serve for all time. e make this suggestion in a spirit of good-will, and hope that good may come of it. Sun Office, April 4, 1860. , v 452 4 1 1 i Z 4 a ," '..,..., .4 . , i • ~ j . , ,•:`...• : 4 . • '. 7 ;C: - •'\ ,q . t -.4 14Ak 41*P . • ' ° '..- wri - = :-" \ ' - r- , 6•4 ..,-- --- t -,- • .), v ~,, , k -,- f r r :.. .-r . , , ..,..,-.`l, ':'.... - ; Cc . 1 4 - -e:, ‘iy•. ; 1 o * , ,,, , „" z :v:0 t r ":' •,,,, l i i Tot,.. l . - -`=,., - ,: ; 44. ' b 1 - 1.; Z Illic>4•W - Tv - rit, , ~,,.. _ ...i 4 -- - _ :.•, •,• . I '. (.l,l ‘''''N`k::k- - -`,. ' THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1860. As the BOANERGES of Birmingham elegantly expressed it last evening, in the course of his triumphal speech delivered in the Free-trade Hall of Manchester, we have now arrived at an interval or sort of half -way house in the session of Parlia ment. It is an appropriate occasion, therefore, Mr. BRIGHT thinks, for energetic M.P.'s like himself to dismount for a moment for the purpose of having a quiet drain together while (metaphorically speak ing) the horses are being changed, and prior to the moment when the gallant old JEHU shall give the signal for a fresh start, gathering up anew in his experienced grasp the slackened reins of the Go vernment. It is as if Mr. BRIGIIT had taken, in this respect, a leaf out of the book of Mr. WACK- F "D SQUEERS, who was so fend upon similar oc casions of " s t re t c hi ng hi s l egs, " as h e d e li c ately ex pressed it, in the course of his memorable stage coach journey down into Yorkshire. Mr. BRIGHT Spoke yesterday (the reporter c are fully informs us through the electric telegraph), for exactly " one hour and twenty minutes," as though timed by Shrewsbury clock. And during this interval of one hour and twenty minutes, the hon. member for Birmingham w as fo r the most part (according to his wont of late), affording another gratuitous illustration of the wisdom of the advice emblazoned upon his title-page by one of the clevereseof the young novelists of our day (WALTER THORNBURY)—the advice conveyed through those few significant words, " Every Man his Own Trumpeter." The member for Birmingham, as we ought to know by this time, is never loth to be Ms. He is always ready enough to put the brazen mouth piece to his lips, and to indulge us,for an hour and twenty minutes at Et time, with a prolonged and sono rous series of flourishes upon his own peculiar in strument of self-glorification. We all remember how Mr. BRIGHT, starting to his feet in the House of Commons itself, could not resist the inclination about a month since to cry out like DRNNis the Critic, speaking from the pit of the playhouse— " That's my thunder 1" Meaning that Commercial Treaty with France, which was to bind the western allies together in a never ending alliance, and which was nevertheless hardly arranged, even in the preliminaries, before there were evidences only , too apparent of a sudden and sinister estrangement. Whatever credit, however, there might be claimed for the Treaty in the first flush of its announce ment—and a good deal was claimed for it (don't we all recollect that vividly enough ? ) by the intro ducers of it to the .notice of the Legislature—it was credit due (Mr. BRIGHT took good care to inform the country from his place in the House of Com mons) not to Mr. GLADSTONE as England's Chan cellor of the Exchequer, not to Mr. COBDEN, Eng land's undiplomatic Plenipotentiary, not to the Emperor NAPOLEON, as the supreme Autocrat of France, but to the sage and still more supreme adviser, mentor, and good genius of them all, Mr. JOHN BRIGHT, M.P. for Birmingham. In proof of this, Mr. BRIGHT even went the unusual and almost the un-Parliamentary length of quoting his own sagacious and prophetic speeches for the delight of the admiring and obsequious House of Commons: All this is now, as the phrase is, matter of history ; in other words, those who care to enter at any future time upon the dusty and doleful process of disinterment may find the re marks we are alluding to carefully entombed in what the author of " St. Stephen's " has happily called those " sepulchres of speeches," the fast multiplying volumes of HANSARD'S Parliamentary Debates. Remembering what Mr. BRIGHT had the effrontery to say in the House of Commons during the previous part of this present session, it was hardly a matter of surprise to find him vaunting to the very skies down at Manchester that Commercial Treaty with ?ranee which he has already claimed as the distinct emanation from his own brain—somewhat after the fashion of PALLAS starting in full panoply out of the headache of JOVE. Among many other flagrant outrages upon our common sense—indulged in last evening by Mr. BRIGHT in the course of this full hour and twenty minutes of indirect self-glorification —one or two at the very least may be here specified as really and truly nothing short of being absolutely outrageous. For example— Speaking of the duties remitted through the double medium of Budget and Treaty, Mr. BRIGHT ob served that it was objected that those duties were chiefly taken off luxuries. And Mr. BRIGHT thereupon added, " The truth was, we had not ' many articles left, except luxuries, the duties on which could be abolished ! " Not a syllable about the duties still rigidly maintained on tea and sugar—at the very time that the duties are wan tonly taken unasked from silk and from claret ! Another outrage upon our common sense was that before indulged in by Mr. BRIGHT, and which he reiterated vociferously last night when speaking of Mr. COBDEN as England's unpaid and unrewarded benefactor. This has, though the medium of Mr. BRIGHT especially, come of late to be quite a parrot-cry among the glorifiers of the Manchester school of politicians. It has grown at last an assertion no longer, to ourselves at least, in any way tolerable. We distinctly and absolutely deny its accuracy. We maintain that Mr. COBDEN, for whatever good service he has done to his coun try as a Freetrader, as the foremost 'and the greatest of all Freetraders, has not gone " unpaid" and "unre warded," has not gone even without " decorations." . Several years ago, in distinct recognition of his good services to the country, as a Freetrader, as the Freetrader, Mr. RICHARD COBDEN received a round sum of £BO,OOO sterling. If that amount has since then melted away, it is Mr. COBDEN'S misfor tune—it is no fault in any way of the nation. Be sides receiving those £BO,OOO sterling, Mr. COBDEN has twice been elected during his absence from England to a seat in the House of Commons by two important and independent constituencies. Added to which, at the moment of the triumph of the cause which he had so long and nobly advo cated, Mr. COBDEN received a panegyric from the lips of the Prime Minister of England, a man whom Mr. DISRAELI (his severest critic) has finely designated " the greatest member of Parliament that ever lived"—Mr. COBDEN received from Sir ROBERT PEEL a magnanimous eulogium that was certainly, to our thinking, at least, equivalent to any bit of ribbon or tinsel star with which the Great Freetrader's breast could have been deco rated. Enough, however, for this once—we are really tired to death of these flagrant evidences of an utter want of all taste, and these wanton out rages upon the common sense of the great mass of the people with which Mr. BRIGHT is latterly in the habit of " pointing the moral and adorning the tale" of his egregious self glorification. It seems rather late in the day to defend a pure monopoly. Yet this commercially chivalrous task has been undertaken by a contemporary, and by one, too, who has not failed, since the wind set in strongly towards free trade, to ridicule and banter all who wanted to retain protection for their own trade. We were cer t a i n l y rather surpr i sed, there fore, to see the journal we refer to exerting all its influence in favour of the Bible Printing Monopoly, and we scanned with not a little curiosity the ar guments which could be adduced in favour of giv ing to one, or two, or three parties, the exclusive right of printing a book which every family almost in the nation should have, and which every educated person is sure to possess. fric I n a Protestant country, thee cotton Bible fabrics is s a l m ost as universal a want as the of Manchester. No one would term the Bible a luxury. Every religious Protestant deems it to be a religious necessity. He takes his motto from CHILLINGWORTII, that " the Bible and the Bible only is the religion of Protestants." Now we all know that in the age of monopolies, the printing of the Bible was made one also. It somehow survived many others ; perhaps, because it was absurdly supposed that monopoly was a security for accuracy ; though the patent makes no stipulations for that purpose. Perhaps because the Head of the Church was assumed to have a right to print Bibles and Prayer-books for his Church, though it is hard to see how he could claim the right to print Bibles for Dissenters also. Be this as it may the monopoly did survive even to our times. In Scotland it gave way before the attacks of Mr. HUME, and but for the reduction of price, brought about by the efforts of the Scotchmen, and by arousing public attention to the enormous cost of the Scriptures, compared with what that cost ought to be, the English monopoly would have been brought to the test of law, and probably overthrown. It is held by good legal authorities that the Sovereign has no right to grant such a patent. That he ought not to have the right, is quite certain. The chief argument of our contemporary seems to be that the Chairman's casting vote decided the report. An argument amounting to this —that the committee w as half composed of monopolists, half of free-traders; while the IRE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING' APRIL 13, 1860. chairman, Mr. BAINES, being an out and out Free trader, of course would have given half a dozen votes, if he had had them, against monopoly. We have looked through the evidence itself pretty carefully, and we can confidently affirm that, if ever evidence taken by a committee bore out its report, that taken on the Bible monopoly does so. So far as Free-Trade principles have already operated, through the abolition of the patent in Scotland, and the competition of the Universities, it is in evidence—uncontradicted evidence, that the price fell with the opening of the trade, and that the accuracy and beauty of editions of the Scriptures increased while the price fell. The inference would seem to be that perfect Free-Trade would pro duce the most perfect Bible at the lowest price. But, says our contemporary, the printing of the Bible is not a case for the application of ordinary free-trade principles. It is an exception to the rule. The reason is, that the " religious public would be disgusted at careless editions of the Bible. Religious sensitiveness conies in." Quite true. But how could our oracular contemporary fail to per ceive that his argument is altogether in favour of free-trade printing. What tradesman could be so foolish as to print a book for religious people, at which they would be " disgusted," and at which their religious " sensitiveness" would revolt ? That sensitiveness is strong indeed; but just in propor tion to its strength is the absolute certainty of accuracy. Indeed, we may assume that in Bibles printed on free-trade principles accuracy would never be the point of com• petition, for the simple reason that inaccu racy would be certain failure. The competition would be in quality—in type, paper, binding, and all that is included in what is termed getting up. But we demur to what all this part of the argu ment of the Times implies—that because it is a religious book, of superlative importance to Protes tants, therefore the State is to take its printing into its own hands, and to delegate its assumed charge to two universities and one printer. Who made the State our Bible provider ? Who would assert that, in other things, the work undertaken by the State is performed equally well with that turned out by private persons ? And, especially, who will assert that those who monopolise, or even get fairly, Government contracts, perform their work so well as those who manufacture for the general public ? We deny the right of the State to take charge of Bible printing more than of SHAKESPEARE print ing. A needy monarch set the monopoly on foot, not for religious, but for pecuniary considerations ; and now it is pretended that it is a deed of piety to keep the monopoly in the hands of its present pos sessors. We are actually treated to the astound ing conclusion that "number does not affect the case —that when competition begins, it is just as strong between three establishments as between three hundred !" Ask Messrs. COBDEN and BRIGHT— ask the Chambers of Commerce all over the coun try, what they think of this doctrine; their reply will be—yes, but two coach proprietors, or two railways, after having half ruined each other, can, and often will, combine against the public, and indemnify themselves at its cost. In the present case there is the " damning fact" that the three monopolists did keep up their prices till the aboli tion of the Scottish patent, and the efforts of Dr. ADAM THOMPSON, of Perth, in a few months tumbled down monopolist prices some fifty per cent. ! We have but one or two remarks to add at present. If, after the infliction on us of an augmented income tax, merely to make the Budget more perfectly, indeed almost pedantically, a free trade one, Minis ters so grossly violate the principle of their Budget as to saddle us with a renewal of the Bible mono poly, they deserve universal contempt. It will be a piece of cowardice, or of jobbery, only to be paral leled by the shabbiness of the French EMPEROR and his rag shops. The other remark is this. The Bible, that is, of course, not the sacred originals, but the English translation of them, does need revision. Such a revision all persons of sound literary taste agree should not be a retranslation and modernising of the style, making a new book of it, but a correction of imperfect or inaccurate renderings, and of obso lete or antiquated words. Are, then, all revisers of the Bible to be compelled to print their Bibles at the monopolists' offices ? Or, what amount of change is to save them from the terrors of the patent and Chancery ? The translation of the Bible, like a translation of HORACE, may be indefinitely im proved, and nothing whatever ought to stand in the way of such improvement. Perhaps we might suggest a compromise. Let the Government fairly test the worth of its own imprimatur. Let it appoint a board, not to be salaried, but supported by the fees paid by those who resort to it, for ensuring accuracy in editions of the Bible. If such a board could get its living, well and good—it would show that the public "sensitiveness" and "disgust at careless editions" required a Government guarantee, because they were willing to pay for it out of their own pockets; but in the name of free-trade, and especially of our costly free-trade budget, let us have unlicensed printing of the Word of GOD. Although we have done but comparatively little as yet towards the actual realisation of the popular day-dream of National Education—the time, we re joice to think, is fast going by when any one above the position of a Pauper can say with honest Mr. TULLIVER, of Dorlicote Mill, " All the learnin' my father ever paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and the alphabet at th' other !" For the which exquisite morceaux of wit, see one of the earlier chapters in GEORGE ELIuT'S delightful new story of " The Mill on the Floss." As a justification of our more hope ful view, we need only mention what was actually done during the past year 1858-1859 towards the achievement of the great work of National Educa tion —according to the reliable statistics authorita tvoiaetleydp2u4ttfhormthaiyn, t l h B e s l 9 a t fr o o ffi m c official report to h the eordsof f t th e Queen Com mitteeo p d port rrtinwg e o tl f he att C rt o n u t tw n h c ea i o 9e n m34o E ,lo d ot u ho c , cation. From which re enrolled childrenh f a o d r been then, under the inspection of the Government. Recollect, moreover, that for educational purposes in 18.59 there was voted by the House of Commons the munificent amount (munificent considering that we are but now, as it were, at the very commence ment of the great enterprise) of £BOO,OOO • A ny • thing like overweening exultation, however, at sight of these apparently encouraging numbers is checked by the startling estimates advanced in the remarkable report to which we have but just made reference—the calculation, in the first place, that additional provision will have to be made for the instruction not of 934,000, but of as many as 3,000,000 children ! And further, that the sums required to be advanced will have to expand pro portionately:soo 00 to h from te e t n h o e r m ou sa last-mentionednn ualoutlay grant o of f £2,500,000 ! It is consolatory, however, to find from a brief but singularly able analysis of the Re portmentionaend)anfarolymsis tu th e e on C st o i mm ti i n t g tee on o e f Council ( al (already dy Education,of the most attractive papers in the newly p ublished number of the Edinburgh Review—it is at once consolatory and encouraging to find that ex- • ception is taken forthwith (and for good and valid reasons) to the estimate that £2,500,000 will be imperatively required for the annual payment of the education of the bulk of the yet uneducated children in England ! Exception being also taken at the same time (and for equally valid reasons) to the statement officially advanced that the aggregate of those children must neces sarily embrace as many as 3,000,000 ! The calcu lations of the Committee of Council on Education are based, it must be remembered, among other notions, upon the idea that the children will enjoy an average of twelve years' instruction ! A most fallacious premiss to begin with, as the writer in the Edinburgh at once takes occasion to point out. Again, the official estimate goes the extravagant length of insisting that 80,000 teachers will be re quired to educate this hypothetical total of 3,000,000 children. Admitting which imaginary necessity, one could hardly wonder, after all, that the annual cost of such a gigantic system of National Education as this would involve a yearly disbursement of £2,500,000. According to the more moderate and ra tional views of the _Edinburgh critic, however, it will be seen, upon the merest cursory glance down his pages, how it comes to be estimated by him upon mature consideration that the 30,000 teachers " collapse by nearly one third !" How the yearly grant of £BOO,OOO instead of increasing to between two and three millions would have to expand (upon the largest computation) to a maximum annual ex penditure of £1,600,000 ! How the duration of say, instead of being taken at " twelve" years, would have to be taken on the contrary at six. And how finally the total number of children in England between the ages of three and fifteen being, according to the last census, that of 1851, close upon 5,000,000, or, to be exact, 4,908,696—the largest attendance of scholars in the public schools that could reasonably be expected would be a maximum of 2,000,000 ! " Indeed" observes the Edinburgh critic upon this last point, "we shall have fewer, because the dame and private schools will always have a quota, though a diminishing one." Rather a " bull," that, by the way on the will always have a quota, part of the Edinburg/o—u though a diminishing one !" Decidedly a " bull,' —unless, indeed, the diminution of attendance here anticipated, a diminution always going on and yet never reaching its ultimatum— unless, we say this constant but never-ending diminution have some mysterious resemblance to the famous geometrical problem of the two points perpetually approaching one another nearer and nearer, but never touching ! To the lovers of the picturesque, or what is pretty well synonymous, • the admirers of SHENSTONE'S poetic masterpiece, it may be matter of regret perhaps, for a moment, that the " Dame's School" will probably very soon, indeed, at this rate, be entirely a thing of the past. True that even here, there is one solace for the urchins of a later geleration, who may no longer have reason to look askance beyond the threshold of the village schoolmistress, where—(SHENsToNE has sung fantastically, after the manner of SPENCER)— ic . all in sight cloth rise a birchen tree, Which Learning near her little dome did stowe, Whilom a twig of small regard to see, Tho' now so wide its waving branches flow, And work the simple vassals mickle woe ; For not a wind might curl the leaves that blew But their limbs shudder'd, and their pulse beat low, And as they look'd they found their horror grew, And shaped it into rods, and tinglsd at the Wow." Truely—now that (in Lord BROUGHAM'S famous phrase) " the schoolmaster is abroad"—the old fashioned schoolmistress will have to disappear—it is too tempting, indeed, not to add—she will have to cut her stick even from the old familiar birch tree. The Earl of Beverley is passing the season at Torquay. His lordship will not arrive in town until June.. Viscount Campden has arrived at his residence in Portman. square for the season. Lord and Lady Feversham are expected in town in a few days from Dancombe Park, Yorkshire, for the season. Lord and Lady Lovaine come to town to-day from Albury Park, Guilford. Baron and Baroness Dalloz have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street. The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke and family will return to town on Monday from Wimpole Hall, for the season. His Excellency the Belgian) Minister and Madame Van de Weyer come to town to-day from New Lodge, Windsor Forest. His Excellency the Brazilian Minister, Madame de Carvalho Moreira, and family have left Cavendish square for Paris. During his excellency's absence the Chevalier A. d'Andrada will act as Charge d'Affaires. Visconnt and Viscountess Barrington are ex pected in town early next week from Beckett House, Berks. Viscount Gage has returned to Whitehall from a fishing excursion in Scotland. Lord Ernest Bruce arrived at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, on Tuesday, and left the following day for Paris. We regret to announce the death of Mr. W. S. Stanley, who died yesterday morning at Paultons, the family seat, near Romsey. Mr. Stanley was for many years well known as a zealous supporter of the turf. He married, in 1804, Lady Gertrude Howard, daughter of Fre y Lady M. Leveson Gower, first Marquis of Stafford. secondd s e e r v i e c r k a , d fi fa f ou t m h gih E l tosesrr of f f f rCoanrkli Granville, sl a e r , e placed in mourning by the b l mournful event. The Danish Government has appointed Colonel Kauffman, curator of the University of Kiel, its military delegate to the Germanic Confederation. Intelligence froth Stockholm announces that the King of Sweden presided at a Council of Norwegian Minis ters on the 4th inst., in which his Majesty declared that he refused to sanction the decision of the Norwegian Storthing relative to the suppression of the office of King's Lieute nant for the kingdom of Norway. The Belgian war budget for 1861, just distributed to the Chambers, proposes to fix the strength of the army at 40,445 men and 8,760 horses. The total expense is esti mated at 32,252,630 f., being 39,460 more than for the pre sent year. HER MAJESTY'S TIIEATRE.---" LaTavorita," was performed here last night for the debut of Madame Borghi- Mamo. The lady's voice is a mezzo soprano, and last night she fully vindicated her claim to the lofty position accorded to her in other countries. Her success was complete, and she will prove one of the bright particular stars of Mr. E. T. Smith's company. Signor Everardi, the new baritone, was likewise very favourably received. Signor Mongini appeared for the first time in the part of Fernando, with much success. Signor Vialetti was the Baldassare, whilst the subordinate parts were well filled by Madame Nardi and Signor Mercuriali. The house was well attended. SIR R. PEEL IN SWITZERLAND.—.& letter from Berne, dated April 9, says :—" Sir Robert Peel, who arrived at Geneva yesterday, is the object of great attention from the leaders of both political camps, who, however, may now be regarded as one, as the C onserva ti ves di sp l ay a t l eas t as much zeal as their former opponents in maintaining the rights of Switzerland." - The newspapers have not done half justice to the memory of Mrs. Jameson. It was this accomplished lady who, when at Paris, being asked by one of the eleven the meaning of the word gratitude, answered, "The memory of the heart." A more beautiful definition could not have been given.—Derbyshire Reporter. SHOCKING GUN ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday last Mr. Coroner Whiston held an inquest at Ilkston, Derby shire, on the body of Joseph Davis, a lad ten years of age, whose death took place the previous day from the effects of a gun-shot wound on the top of the left shoulder. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased and a lad named John Green, aged nine yea rs , wen t i n t o a c h am b er over a stable for he purpose of getting hen corn, and shortly afterwards the report of a gun was heard by a man in the yard. John Green afterwards came out of the chamber, and said to the man, " Oh, Jack, I was pull ing the riddle off that table and the gun went off, and Denty (meaning deceased) is dead.'' Green was sent to tell the deceased's father, who immediately entered the chamber and found his son lying On his right side, quite dead, with his head towards the door, and his feet in the direction from where the gun was placed. From the statement made by John Green, it appeared that ho was in the act of pulling the gun towards him with a stick, when it went off, and the contents lodged in the shoulder of deceased. From the medical evidence it was proved that the gun could not have been discharged by the deceased himself, but there appear ing no satisfactory evidence as to how the gun was dis charged, the jury returned a verdict to that effect.—. Derby Reporter. The funeral of M. Louville took place yesterday at St. Koch, and was attended by a great number of emi nent persons, belonging to the judicial, political, and lite rary circles. The chief mourners were the two sons of the deceased and his brother. The pall was held by MM. Picard, Plociue, Desmarets, and Yairixt, LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, APRIL 13. The illoniteur of this morning contains the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows the following results as compared with the Alarch account : DECREASED. Cash Bills discounted not yet due 9- • 9 1-6tla millions. Advances Current accounts Treasury balance .. INCREASED. Bank notes . ... 531 32 millions, PARIS, APRIL 13. It is stated that the Cabinet of the Tuileries is about to address a memorandum to the Powers who signed the final act of Vienna. The aim of this memorandum is said to be to establish, by strategical considerations, the unim peachable proof that if France ever had an inten tion of menacing the neutrality of Switzerland she could do so notwithstanding all the guarantees stipulated in the treaties of 1815, since the military road leading from France to Germany through Switzerland now no longer exists, neither in the territory of Faucigny nor of Chaublais, but at an other point not included in the neutralised districts. The Cabinet of the Tuileries hopes by that to show that the annexation of Savoy to France does not virtually deprive Switzerland of her strategical position, neither does it involve any of the dangers put forward beforehand by the Federal Council of Berne. BERLIN, THURSDAY. The Kreuz Zeitung of this evening says :—"ln well-informed circles it is believed that a union will lee effected between Prussia, England, and Austria, in reference to the threatened interests of Switzer land, but it is expressly stated that no hopes are entertained that Russia will join this alliance." GENEVA, THURSDAY. The Federal Council has to-day despatched a note to the Powers, which states that, as Switzer land had not been consulted on the occasion of the vote of Savoy, she protests against any violation of her rights which may result from such vote. MARSEILLES, THURSDAY. A letter from Naples state that the combat at Palermo was very bloody, most of the insurgents having perished at the barricades. Several monks of the convent were seized and imprisoned. Reinforcements have been sent into Sicily. The commercial steamboats have been put into requisi tion. and the army in Sicily will be augmented to 30,000 men. Prince Castelcicala has returned to his post as governor of the island. Prince Filangieri has arrived, in order to confer with the King. The panic at Naples on the 6th inst. was general, but without consequence. ROME, APRIL 12. The Duke of Rochefaucald has given 12 rifled cannons to the Pope. ROME, WEDNESDAY. General Lamoriciere has issued an order of the day, in which he declares that he has not hesitated to resume his sword when required by the Pope. He continues thus— " Catholic Christianity is the life of civilisation. " Europe is threatened by revolution, as it for merly was by Islamism. " The cause of the Pope is that civilisation and liberty." The General concludes by exhorting the soldiers to have confidence in the success of the cause which is entrusted to them. TURIN, APRIL 12. General Garibaldi, in an interpellation made in to•day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, af firmed that the voting of Nice will be effected under French pressure. He censured the action of the Provisional Government of Nice, as attack• ing the liberty of the vote, and concluded by pro posing the adjournment of the vote in that pro- vince. After the rejection of several orders of the day, implying disapprobation of the conduct of the Go vernment, the following order of the day was adopted by a great majority : The Chamber, hoping that Government will maintain the constitutional guarantees, and effica• eious provide for the liberty of the Tote in Savoy, passes to the order of the day. VIENNA, THURSDAY. Baron Prokesch, the Austrian Internuncio at Constantinople, has demanded and obtained leave for six months. He will be replaced ad interim by Count Ludolf, Councillor of the Austrian Em bassy, who (being here on leave of absence) will start by the next mail steamer for Constantinople. MADRID, MARCH 12. The son of General Ortega has presented a peti tion to the Queen, requesting her Majesty to spare the life of his father. A search is being made for fugitives in the north• west provinces. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 12.—The market opened with buoyancy, but realisations produced a slight reac tion. The railway shares were in demand. The dividends of 1859 are fixed at 63f. on the Lyons, and at 65f. 50c. on the Northern Railway shares. Threes, after having been done at 70f. 45c., receded to 70f. 25c. ; Mobilier varied from 805 f. to 800 E; Austrian, 536 f. 25c. to 533 f. 75c.; Lombard, 547 E 50c. to 545 f. ; Saragossa, 502 f. 50c. to 498 f. 75e.; Lyons, 935 f. to 930 f. ; Orleans, 1,370 f. to 1,365 E; Northern, 970 f. to 965 f. ; Southern, 526 f. 25c. to 522 f. 50c. The following are the last quotations:- 4f per Cents. .... 96 30 Credit Foncier 790 Do. end month .. 96 50 Belgian 4} 3 per Cents 7O 20 Piedmontese (5) .. 83 Do. end month 7O 25 Roman B4 Bank Shares 2815 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 795 Spanish Threes Do. Account RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto B7O .. 872 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 931 25 .. 933 75 thatova 45.5 .. 455 Southern Western 570 .. 575 Eastern Sardinialt Austrian Lombard .... Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 16c. ; money, 25f. 15e. ; three months, paper, 24f. 8 5 c. ; money, 24f 822 c, man, named Sobradiel, who had accompanied him and been arrested with him, should also not be executed, in the event of being condemned to death. From a despatch communicated to the newspapers, it appears that it was M. Mon, ambassador at Paris, who, under date the 3d, made known to the Government that Cabrera had left Liverpool to join Ortega, and that the Count de Monte molin himself had passed through Paris for Cette, to embark for - Valencia to join him. " Monte niolin," added the ambassador, " did not wish to go, but Ortega told him that the occasion was favourable. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the Bth have arrived. Ortega had been ordered for trial before a court martial sitting at Tortosa ; but Elio was to be tried by a civil court. Ortega's wife and children had arrived at Barcelona, from the Balearic Islands. The 27,000 duros in gold seized in his baggage after his flight are, it appears, the property of the Go vernment, they having formed part of a sum sent to him to pay for fortifications executed at Mahon. In addition to sparing the life of the Carlist chief Elio / the Queen had ordered that a young noble r SARDINIA. A Turin letter of the 9th says :—" General Garibaldi's partisans prepared for him a popular ovation on a small scale as a compensation for his check in Parliament. Instead of accompanying his colleagues to the church for the funeral of Gene ral Queglia, he remained at the palace where the Parliament sits. The people in the street having raised the cry of Garibaldi!' he appeared on the balcony, and said, If the question of Nice had de pended on the population of Turin, that town would not have been given up. In the name of Nice, now abandoned, I thank you.' The general seems rather embarrassed by the agitation which has been got up, and, before the interpellations in the Chamber, some of his friends had addressed themselves to Count Cavour with a view to prevent the question assuming a tone of bitterness which could not but prove injurious to the interests of Italy. The Pre- It:tier received the parties well, approved of the con ciliatory character of their mission, and gave ex• planations relative to Nice which greatly contri buted to allay the apprehensions entertained by some persons. There is to be a meeting of the de puties of the ministerial party this evening, when the Count will give all necessary explanations respecting tho Lliu t,.,1 r with Franco." INDIA. We have received the Calcutta journals of the 10th March. The Englishman of that date says:— " The trial of Khan Bahadoor Khan has con cluded. He has been found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. Mumme Khan, another leader of the rebels and adviser of one of the Begums of Oude, has been found guilty of the charge of par ticipation in the murder of Sir M. Jackson and other European victims, who had taken refuge in the Kaiser Bagh. The brother of the ex-King of Delhi, Mirza Feroze Buckht, is dead. A correspondent of one of the up -country papers says that the Ranee of Shansi is alive and in Nepaul. Another letter says that some of the rebel sepoys who despaired of pardon committed suicide in the Nepaul Terai. Among their effects have been found a detailed list of the victims who perished in the Cawnpore mas sacre. "The agrarian disturbances threaten most seri ously to damage the planting interests of Bengal, and if not promptly checked will very materially decrease the production for this season, or even pre vent it altogether through large districts. " The currency- system now introduced by Mr. Wilson fulfils every condition which we have repeatedly urged, and for the most part in the manner we have advocated. Silver remains the standard, and absolutely convertible notes from 5 rs. to 1,000 rs. are to be issued on the security of deposit of one-third in bullion and two-thirds in public securities in the treasuries. The issue is to be controlled by commissioners in the presidencies, and deputy commissioners in circles, into which India is to be divided. The notes of each circle to be convertible into silver at the treasury of the circle or at the Presidency, and to be a legal tender both in private operations and in payment of all Government demands. The now idle treasury balances are eventually to be utilized and the privilege of issuing notes by the presidency banks is to be withdrawn. But it is not so much in the intrinsic value of his measures that Mr. Wil son has achieved so great a success as in the resto ration of public confidence. Every European in India recognises her great capabilities, and the mere assurance of the presence of a man of busi ness and common sense in the Legiolature gives fresh vitality to the energy which is not disgraced by its succumbing to the paralysing influences of a Canning with a Harrington for a right-hand man, for—against stupidity the Gods themselves war in vain." COMM ERCIAL. CALCUTTA, MARCH 10.—Produce Market.—Business continues to be done only in fulfilment of tonnage engage ments. The small supplies of produce enable holders to sustain prices, but there is no animation in the market. We still are unable to mention a single article of export that is not above home rates. Import Market.—The beginning of the last fortnight showed marks of a revival in piece goods, but suddenly the long prevailing tightness of the money market became greater and this checked business to a high degree. Not only the transactions have been very limited, but prices generally have receded a little. Exchange—Rates of Exchange on London have remained, with some slight fluctuation, at previous rates—say, 2-11 to 2-1 a for Bank bills, and 2-1 i to 2-1 a for credits. Docu ments at 2-11. Freights—We have no change to notice on freights to Europe since the departure of last mail. CHINA. The flow/ Kong Mail of the 28th Feb. says : " From Shanghae the most important intelligence is the departure, under sealed orders, of H.M. ves sels Sampson, Actaeon, Algerine, and Dove. Doubt less they have gone to survey the state of matters at the mouth of the Peiho, and we have heard it whispered that they have been sent with the special intention of taking a strip of land in the Gulf of Pechelee and the province of Shantung, for the pur pose of forming a depot. This is ♦ery probable, as a depot in the gulf will be absolutely necessary in the event of warlike operations being entered on, and we understand there is one strip so situated that a single gunboat could guard the communica tion with it. Kweiliang, the Chief Imperial Com missioner, had asked permission to retire from public service on account of failing health, but this request had been denied to him. We hear it rumoured that the Chinese have withdrawn the guns from the Taku forts, in order to strengthen with them the fortifications of Tien-tsin. " Affairs in Japan remain in an unsettled state. Mr. Alcock, H.B.M. Plenipotentiary has again been lecturing the British community there, on account of their preference of Yekohama as a place of settlement to Kanagawa. His letter will be found in another column. It is said that a Ja panese servant of Mr. Alcock has been murdered at Yeddo, while playing with some children; and as a Japanese forfeits his life by leaving his own coun try, and the man in question had been to the United States, it was thought by some that he had been made an example of by the Japanese authorities. The Japanese authorities, however, attended his funeral, and profess themselves desirous of bring ing his murderers to justice. " The census of Hong Kong, taken at the close of 1859, gives only 1,034 European and American in habitants, against 1,109 the preceding year; but we are not satisfied that complete returns have been made, or that there actually has been any decrease of this portion of the population. A great many persons, however, went home last year, others re turned to Canton, and the Superintendency of Trade was removed to Shanghae. The tJhinese population continues steadily to increase in numbers, respecta bility, and wealth, there being now about 85,000 of them upon the island. " The collision at Swatow between the barque Chin-Chin and the Customs' House boat is being investigated before the Magistrates' Court in this colony, and will probably be referred to the decision of the Supreme Court. The case consists of a charge of murder brought against the captain of the Chin-Chin ; and there is all likeli hood that it may open up several difficult questions as to the present anomalous position of Europeans on the coast of China. COMMERCIAL. Our latest dates from England are to the 10th January, brought up by the Ganges on the 26th inst. Business continuos uninterrupted at all the ports, and although there are indications of uneasiness at Shanghae, ui c 9 sequence of the departure of four vessels-of-war with sealed orders, it cannot be affirmed that trade has in any way suffered in consequence of the approaching campaign. HONG KONG, FR,.. 27.—1 n Hong Kong business has revived, but with an improved demand a reduction in the price of several of our textile fabrics has been experienced, Freights—For England are without change; £2 is the current rate for tea from Canton. Exchange is lower. Bank bills do not command more than 4.9. First-class oredits, 4.91 ; documentary paper, 4.9,1 ; Calcutta, 3 days' sight, rs. 226 per 100 dols. ; Born' bay, rs. 225 per 100 dols. Bar silver, nominal, 61 to 7 per cent. Sycee, 5.; to 51. Gold leaf, 23.40 per tael. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, FRIDAY. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's screw steamer, City of Manchester, Capt. Cummings, from New York, on the 31st ult., has arrived. Her news has been anticipated. LITERATURE. Poems before Congress. By Elisabeth Barrett Browning. One vol. pp. 65. Chapman and Hall. This hastily written and prematurely printed volume will now, that it is unhappily published, add nothing to Mrs. Browning's reputation. Far worse than that, however, it will militate seriously against the fair fame won by the abundant beau ties of our poet's last and most ambitious effort, " Aurora Leigh." To begin with, the book is a misnomer. Nothing :can be said to be before (in point of time) what is absolutely non-existent. So is it—with these " Poems" (so-called upon the title page ?) Before—what never was or apparently will be, namely—" Congress." As a literary pro duction—(That we should have had this to say of any book from the hand of Mrs. Browning !")-0.1 a literary production the volume is really unworthy of notice, it is beneath contempt, it is vile, vulgar, and worthless. Imagine any songstress with such -ar for nu. " vice on" and—'n`;eY in rhymu as to couple thus-- turret" and " hur ried"—" Modena" and " in a"—" open" and " agrope in"—bprne in" and" morning"—" summer" and " come here"—" cascine" and " green way"— and, over and over again, in two lines by them selves, as if she were proud of the Cockney reson ance of the sounds, as a very rare discovery in rhyming—(we wince in the mere quotation of it!)— “ Emperor Evermore !" Fancy any one talking as Mrs. Browning actually' does here—vide page 24—of the blue sky over head " swooning with passion," of the mountains around " heaving mighty hearts," the said mountains at the same time " sighing a rapture in a shadow" — and all this to the end that they might—[though how they could possibly manage to do it we can't imagine—for there was no earthquake at the time helping them to any such absurd proceedings)—all in order that they might CC And touch the holy stone where Dante sate." For these and countless other reasons squandered over 65 pages of—we will call it versification—the book is really worthless, to say the least of it, as a lite rary production. Then, viewing it in its political significance, what shall we say to the absurd anti climax of the " annexation" following hard upon the issue from the press of the following rhapsodi cal ejaculations : Shout for Franca and Savoy Shout for the helper and doer. Shout for the good sword's ring, Shout for the thought still truer. Shout for the spirits at large Who passed for the dead this spring, Whose living glory is sure. Shout for France and Savoy ! Shout for the couicil and charge I Shout for the head of Cavour ; And shout for the heart of a King That's great with a nation's joy. Shout for France and Savoy This is from the first of the Eight Poems—the one entitled," Napoleon 111. in Italy." It is the very poem in which the authoress shouts (we beg her pardon ; it is her own word) " shouts " with the blatant roar of a Cockney Catnach broadsheet, over and over and over again— " Empero r Evermore !" As at the close of the:following clever little photo graphic glimpse of Napoleon M.'s triumphal entry into Milan : Ay, it is He, Who rides at the King's right hand ! Leave room to his horse and draw to the side, Nor press too near in the ecstasy Of a newly delivered impassioned land ; He is moved, you see, He who has done it all. They call it a cold stern face ; But this is Italy 'Who rises up to her place ! For this he fought in his youth, Of this ho dreamed in the past ; The lines of the resolute mouth Tremble a little at last. Cry, he has done it all I "Emperor Evermore." Here is Mrs. Browning's explanation of the Emperor's reason for the Treaty of Villafranca, that lamentable bathos to the sublimity of the Milan Proclamation —justifying anew the Great Na poleon's witty phrase that there is really but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. Here, we say, is Mrs. Browning's clue to the heart of that labyrinthine mystery of Villafranca. She writes : But He stood sad before the sun, (The peoples felt their fate). " The world is many,—l am one ; My great Deed was too great. God's fruit of justice ripens slow : Men's souls are narrow ; let them grow. My brothers, we must wait." Enough, however—we fling the book aside—We apologise to our readers for tarrying so long over anything so valueless either politically or poeti cally—and we rest satisfied that in the end Mrs. Browning will, if she cannot do so already, lament sincerely as we do ourselves, being amongst tile number of her sincere admirers, that tkese unfor tunate " Poems before Congress " should ever have seen the light of day in the form of a substantial publication. 11118 DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Only a limited supply of wheat came fresh to hand tod day, both from Essex and Kent, in but middling condition. For good and fine samples there was a fair demand at quite Monday's currency, but low and damp parcels met a dull inquiry. In prices, however, no change took place. The imports of foreign wheat aro 4,060 qrs., and there was a better show of samples. The business done we e much restricted. However, late rates were well supported in every instance. Floating cargoes of grain were hold at full quotations, but the demand for them by no means active. Barley, though in somewhat increased supply, moved off steadily at full prices. We had a dull sale for malt on former terms. The oat trade was firm, and extreme rates wore realised in every instance. Ilans, peas, and flour were unaltered in value. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. English 1,910 ( 1,590 i 3,350 ' 750 1,91 0 Irish Foreign .. 4,060 8,330 22,010 220 mks. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on offer here to-day are seasonabli good. On the whole, a fair average business is doing, al/ follows : Per Sibs. by the carcase. s. d. p. d. Inferior BQef 2 6to 2 10 d 0..... 3 oto 3 4 Pm.largedo. 3 6to 4 0 Do. small do. 4 oto 4 2 Large pork.. 3 6to 4 2 Lambs, 5s s. d. g• cl; Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 Mid, do 3 Bto 4 Prime do. 42t0 4 Veal Small pork d to 6s 6d. BOROUGH }tor. Good and fine hops continue to command full prices ; but all other kinds move off slowly, at irregular quotation''• The show of samples is moderately good. Mid and East Kent pockets-80s to 140 s per owt. Weald of Kent do 620 to 82s ~ Sussex do. 6os to 76s ~ COLONIAL. TEA.—The dealings have been very limited. pricelt however, aro well maintained. SUOAR.—The demand for all descriptions has been moderate, and prices have shown no material alteration. 111 '„.. Refined Market less activity has been apparent, lower Vv tations for dried goods being current. or COFFEE.—At the public sales of plantation CO' or slightly reduced rates were obtained for most of the bet descriptions, inferior qualities being unsaleable. een on RICE.—The demand for the better qualities k as b the increase, and full rates have been readily obtained; SALTPETRE.--The market is firm. No dealing's 04 portance, however, have been entered into. ent d e. TALLOW.—There has been more inquiry for pre t!„ c. os livery, and prices show an upward tendency. Pe • the spot is quoted 56s 6d to 56s 9d per cwt. of GREEN Fiturr.—Demand improved es from the Easter holidays. Several cargoes orang Michael, Terceira, and Valencia, sold by heelingtanricee at public sale, were taken freely by the trade a i _p uiry . for character with condition and quality. More tl j' i'e 4l3l ° l.3 ' et ' lemons and nuts—a parcel of new Brazil are ll!_ ssina so urs part sold at 45s per barrel. Palermo and i' l ! rc i t y of sours maintain their value, in consequence of the Sea Tale. consequeuce,t. _ 3 iONEY The Forei open e d o n There has, h transacted. former value ec ffee. Tea has been ex Spices. For en quiry, pr the drug sal , and tallow I] ing o.n upwa delivery. In the Lii Hess continu en sold at market close b lted a furth At the Ban bullion open by the Panai Itandard. To-naorroNN t2O 000 2 ,is c way shares. There is a "anced rates, Ic eommodatil the change, t The balanc la offered to 106 . Tenders at 2 o'clock, tittee of the Notice hc.s Italian Junct to receive, or Lions for any j a s lled by the able at the ra extending ovi 18 67. Inters °e allowed fr( %eh bond wil ill4talraents 14t July, and The market Quiet state 1 teeorded eithe b een 941 foi i New Threes ' 3 ; the New I ndia Loan i; , 'llfaced Pape qitto remain ; 121 . prem. In Foreign b ens is records Ported. Turki New, 61 'to 6 It/ It Bra n zilia d ents., at 108 b ut the 4 per tt 211 ; Spa. Per Cents. at E The Oaean preen. ; the U , 'tia Debentm limas. D. 1 l ithe prices oi baited States 6 1 it 6 per Cent k k rYland 5 per C i seaehusetts 51 bonds °nnksylvania e j barna 5 per C o,"?.tucky 6 per I elo 6 per Cent. I.: 4l sylvania 5 y I t 7/ I .llessee 6 per is is at 0::po g i t or idoor n ee. mortgagea6Cir t .e: 6 epui per bena ednirtieCentral ) cars al : C fl. rn7. ti ll 'tinia 5 per Ce b i t .,l l ois Central 6 I, l °. sharps, 60 dc biehi g a n Centra "sw York Cent: C not convertible 6t itrtil New Yor . N 1857 .59 • do. shares... s vr York and E k • do. shares 114 ' York and E gio nvertible I W York and E l itking fund m ama. 7 per C r i ese Str. Bond 5 . do., 2d do. of In the Railv business ha g own more fix ti es, Midland, 1 4 . 1 1 3 roved ss. ; v k laeashire an ;orth British, ` 4o llt 5 8 . The Foreign t e tY inactive }:), and East tl t Grand T] s 10 s . kh l oint-Stock OR little va ~k ' J e improved ; Great Shii Nleral Omni h i TisH FUr L l * Stock er Cent. 11eolt 4`'r Cent. Cons 4," 3 per Cent. l t ,t2i per Cen' b b ie t s " p er CE Ditto Enlaced Di tto 5 pe a r e Ce pi t ,itto 5i per C Debenturebi tt 'tto, 1809... bi tt o Bonds, £l, Cp under L 1,6 hiols for Acco b! / I , t he quer Bills (' Small, lid hEIGN FU mrAzilian 6 per 1 .:, 114 &n 3 er C bii t i l o tian 4i per (Uribarret It1 1 2 1 :t 0 3 per Ct V'lan 1822 1 +„ 'Rh 3 per 1 14 4 P 0 6 per C Di tto G e t:rant 1) 4 , DividenC 1?tio t Ejeerhrfilg Consols, / Dittc