The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, [The following appeared in our Third Edition of rowing clubs attached to the Thames were out in their Saturday:—] full colours. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE Two accidents occurred, which, although at the time creating much excitement and alarm, were, fortunately, ROWING MATCH. unattended with any serious result. In the way up, the (PROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) Leander, four, capsized, owing to the swell caused by the The great aquatic contest between the students of operations of so many paddlewheels, and as the same Oxford and Cambridge came off to - day under the most club's eight was moving towards their assistance, four te r am w e i r t s h o w n a o .e n r e side ana and she about four on the other, filled favourable circumstances. The weather was propitious, ru T se h e e „ w a n s o a le crew n the tide good, and the wind all that could be desired. ware immersed, when "Robi nsonweut The rage was appointed to take place between Putney who looks as though he never washed Ls face, and e paddlee ' about in a canoe, is called, came up, and af and Mortlake, a distance of about four miles and a for d de p d very timely h assistance to one of the gentlemen, half, the starting point being Putney-bridge. Of course, all escaped with t eir coxsw a i n, dh who cannot swim. Happily on such a fine, sunshiny day, with so great an out-doorA gentleman and horse attraction in store, London poured forth its hundreds Of also fell into the w a ste u r c fr i o n t the towing-path, but soon citizens to the neighbouring suburb. There was, how- scrambled o-t. ever, not so great an assemblage as might have been ex- On the whole the course was well kept, but there w f as one universal complaint as to the overloading petted, but this was probably owing to the match coming o b t t le h e ,. steam h -boats, though it should not be forgotten off on a Saturday, when every one knows Londoners have who grumb le circumstance, that the e and at m ena no time to devote to pleasure. The South-Western by of ic spor ts atb de pends e Railway brought a considerable .number of spectators to sure upon a full attendance of the pub a li gr o Putney and Mortlake by a special train, which left the doubt as this healthy and harmless amusement is yearl y obtaining Waterloo an increase of votaries, the future accommo y - Waterloo station at twelve o'clock, but the great ma defattihon will be up on h a corresponding scale. At the close jority reached those places by the aid of Oid Fatherm en led rested h upon their oars for a few Thames. More than half-a-dozen of the Citizen steam- mome e nt m s a t t e (' acl:no e w t in e rr a r p e p a l n au d se that was bestowed boats brought from town full cargoes of anxious sight- on them, and then s wingi ng n h e er, it returned Ait to , . Putney, seers. Two of them were specially engaged by Messrs. where they afterwards Lea' together . certainly was a very pleasing spectacle, a . nd the c At S ea rle and Son, to enable their friends and subscribers the th wea ther with the fulness of the: tide, which overflowed steamers t o ri f b th t e d river, and flooded the surrounding mea to follow the match. There were also several other e rae v ti a y s e tly to the enjoyment of the most steamers which obtained a good share of patronage. doews b an ks c popular and att ractive The small craft upon the river was rather limited, amateur e . boat race we have ever Notwithstanding, however, the large muster of people, had the good fortune t o At Mortlake fashionable than at Putney, there was a want of animation about the scene, which the attendance was far w m it o n r e e ss a . nd num t e h r e o u us h an d showed that these sports ou the Thames are not so c a o r t:clu l sion . of the match considerably reduced the flow of fashionable as in times gone by. The long wooden maepirits which had . previously characterised the stand has given place to willow plantations, and the ta- Ca mbridge ' par ty, : t he . festivities of the day were kept vern, with its spacious and commodious rooms over- up with greathilarity until the evening. looking the river, and once so thronged on these occasions, is shut up, untenanted, damp, and dreary. Another proof of the decline of aquatic contests, as an amusement to the higher classes, was to be found in the almost entire absence of the fair sex. We should say that the sons of the Isis and the Cam composed a goodly portion of the crowd, judging from the number who wore the colours of the contending parties. The colour of the Oxford men was dark blue, and that of the C'ambridge men light blue. Many of them were mounted on horseback, and endeavoured to keep up with the race along the b an ks of the river—an attempt which could scarcely be successful, owing to the rough state of the pathway and the advance of the tide, GRAND PROMENADE AT THE The start W:3 fixe.l f)r 1;31F-p:Lit one o'clo,:k, as it wou:d be 13.4 h water at it'otnoy at half-past two, but it did not take p 1503 elevar minutes More two. All admitted that better or more equally 'matched crews could no' bare been :elected, and they welt) lE,th in excellent training. They were all fine, active men, in prime condition for the work, and weighed en the average about, elev.n st3ne each. Tho crews comisted of till following gentlern,Ln : OXFORD,—I, Prescott; 2, Greenball; 3, King; 4. Buller; 5, a:nne; 6,',ii.longUon; 7, Nyed; 8, Chitte;. CtAton . (coxswair.). CADIDRIDGE.-1, H. E. Tnkcy; 2, H. Brandt; 3, J. Sha.v; 4, LI. B. Foord; 5, a 12:4wLy; 6, W. S. Long more; 7, J. W. Sir: on; 8, B. Corker. C. Crouse (caxsvtain). . _ _ - . Every one cpcle in high terms of -their outriggers, which ere of very beautiful construction. They were both built by - elessee. Se'srle end Son, rtoee eminence in this particular branch of art is well known. The Cambridge beat is E 2 feet in length, and the Oxford one 63 feet, both being snout two feet three inches iu breadth. Both crews entered their boats opposite the premises of Messrs. Searle amidst encouraging cheers, and rowed sanely to the bridge, where they took up their several positions. Yesterday decidedly the Oxford men were the favourites, but less certainty exiated as to their superior merits to-day, it being thought that the wind would favour their opponents in covert:pence of a pecu liar way in which they heeled their oars. It is but richt. however, to state that no two parties could agree on the probable prospects of either of the antagonists. There was very little betting, and what did take place was entered into with much hesitation and no spirit. As we have already mentioned, the contest com menced at eleven minutes to two. The start was excellent. For a few hundred yards they kept abreast, but the Oxford men shot gradually shoed, and they were nearly a full boat's length be fore the Cambridge men on reaching the end of the Bishop's grounds. Nor did they lose their ground; on the contrary, they gained an addi tional advantage as they proceeded, and when they turned the bend of the river the length el' a boat and a half was about the distance that separated them. At Putney it was generally supposed that the Cambridge men purposely kept behind, and would, before the race termieated, get up their steam, and slyly advance before their competitors; but the result will show how far that supposition was justified. (FROSI ANOTHER REPORTER.) The annual aquatic conteet between the Oxford and Cambridge Clubs came off cilia afternoon upon the ac customed spot above Patcey•bridge. The day was fine, though piercing cold, the wind blowing from the south east, and the company was snore than usually numerous. Considerable interest was attached to the match, be- CRUSe it was generally understood that the two clubs were remarkably well up to their work, and it was uni versally predicted beforehand that the contest would be a close and severe one. The betting, therefore, was about even, but the Oxford crew eppearkd to have the most supporters, and the odds of 5 to 4 were taken about them with spirit and freedom. The respective managers on both sides had taken care to charter several of the Citizsu boats, and some time before twelve o'clock the river : beyond Westminster -bridge presented a lively and animated aspect. Rowing boats, from the cristeeratie eight-oar down to the dingy punt of the coalwhipper, dotted the aurfaee of the water, while here and there was an overcrowded steamer, furnished with the colours - ef the party to which tile paer engers belonged, and a somewhat I ml ay b rass band, w h ose performances were observed to be more distinguished for vigour than winged precision o r delicacy of taste. Of c ourse, " cigars and Cognac," relieved with' occasional draughts of bottled stout and bitter beer, was the order of the day; and each steamer contained as, jovial a set of fel lone es ever figured at a elassir a i e eee n ee te e e or pm aided at an equetic or. spertine festive). We, ourselves took advantege cf a kind invitation, tor warded to us by the renewed firm of Searle and Sone, and , left s ta r, ewe shortly after the clock struck twelve hi the Cit'val I boat " Haberdasher," surrounded by a motley group' of gay , young sparks of the Cambrid ee divieion, who sported brilliant light blue rosettes or glori e d i n neat c.a.v?Ltrt et sf the same pteaeieg colour. The j o u rney up te le river was ° ° t done in capital style, no stopp ages oceuring to the tempers of the fashionabl e cargo , though e then a cockney scalier would persist in getting i n t h e track of the vessel, giving rise to tremendous shouts of " Ease her," " Stop her." on the part of the call-boy, and terrible anathemas on the part of the Universit men. In this way Putney was soon reached, where the scene was all life and animation. The little town VMS completely choked wah visitors, and we were not die. appointed to find that there was a tolerably good sprinkling of the fair sex present, because they always lend a charm to these festivals which they otherwise would not possess. There were numerous equestrians cantering np and down on the banks on either side of the river, and the sun having approached his meridian he shone forth gloriously, adding vastly to the cheerfulness of the surrounding prospect. The first gun. fired preparatory to the starting went bang! bang! about five minutes before two, and in another Second the starting shot was fired, amidst a roar of " They're off, they're off !" The bet ting was even at starting, with here and there a stray offer to lay 5 to 4 against Cambridge, but im mediately after the start the odds came to 2 to 1 on Oxford, and as Oxford cam round the bend above Putney, a clear length a-head of their opponent, the odds advanced to 4to 1. The style of rowing on both sides was highly scientific, and displayed both the " skill and dexterity" which llibelia sings about. It was, of course, much admired, but the steering of the Cambridge boat was pronounced to be perfection itself. After the boats had passed Hammersmith the Oxford men, however, were evidently the most practised pullers, and they kept the lead from the start to th e finish, passing under Hammersmith-bridge nearly two lengths a-head, and gradually increasing the distance until they won in a canter (to use a turf phrase) by at least six boats' lengths. The pace was good throughout, the entire distance of four miles and a quarter being got over in twenty-one minutes, being three minutes and a half less than the time occu pied lsst year. It, is needless to say that the Oxford Men were cheered tremendously as they returned home, bar their f r i en d s an d admirers, while th e C am b ridge ' appeared to be greatly chagrined at the hollow nature of a contest which previous reports had led eh a far. - 4:a ern to anticipate would be a very fine losing l am e for was made, as excuses always are, party on such occasions, to the st arts that , o n t a k starting, the coxswain tho first turn in the river after and the rowers were afterwards unable How this may be wei m to ad r e ec a oy m er iat t a h k e e ; lot advantage. ireen_nable to decide, as we merely give the excuse as ght _ bi c an f u a l , ated amongst the gentlemen who wore the li with the additional plea that owing to the supdiad:insdhispesition of ono of the Cambridge crew, his who necessarily ceukl not leave to be supplied hhPli,eetcl done.d by a man tent of training which his prede ll e! „ s we same The scene es the two cutters dashed th;elleer very striking. There were some de:err Cieh: water was completely crowded, and ms they felleeee • 3 ° eteatners tell in the clvvith ' the boats they seemed like a reeving mount a i n wa k° of beings. Tee left ben!: of the river was uo less th of human horsemen. and as tney ashed though thereclit'sf'c ,ow!ne,e to splashed through the e dwth which, ong to the direc r tion cf the bl " tide Wilt; nhees u elly high to-day, many t oe 1 1 1:nd bacesne uuteated, while others lest their a t rl 3 l or bmarne submerged in the river, Most of tit; LONDON, Reid, M.D., has succeeded Stuff Surgeon Collins at Graves end. Staff Assistant-Surgeon Bray brooke has left Ceylon for Hong-Kong. Staff Assistant-Surgeon Payne has been appointed to Chatham. Staff Assistant-Surgeon Jenkin has removed from Ceylon to Corfu. Staff Assistant- Surgeon Campbell has been appointed to the Cape of Good Hope, Alexander Robertson to Chatham, and Ed ward Brien to the Gambia. _ _ The following Regiments of Infantry, stationed in Ireland are first on the roster for foreign service:- 40th, let Royal, 2d Battalion, 31st, 57th, 71st Highland Light Infantry, Ist Battalion. 89th, 39th, 14th, 9th, 62d, 17th, 52d Light Infantry, 63d, 81st, 27th, 90th Light Infantry, and 91st, let Battalion The following depots, stationed in Ireland, are first on the roster for Great Britain, viz.: -66th, 34th, 73d, 6th Royal 41st, 49th, 59th. 47th, 92d Highlanders, 68th Light Infantry, 55th, 3d Buffs, 74th Highlanders, 60th Rifles, 2d Battalion, 2d, or Queen's Royal, and 43d Light Infantry. Lieutenant Barnes has succeeded Lieutenant O'Brien as Paymaster of the Depot, 73d Regiment. Lieutenant Oxenden is Paymaster, and Lieutenant Baillie is Adju tant, of the Depot, Ist battalion, Rifle Brigade. CRYSTAL PALACE. The committee for the preservation of the Crystal Palace, determined to show the capabilities to the fullest extent for the recreation and amusement of the public, throw it open on Saturday as a grand promenade. A little before two o'clock the six bands of the Ilousehod Brigade, and of the Royal Artillery assembled in - the centre of the traneept, &c. As the clock struck two the Royal Artillery struck up one of Streik's marches, and pro ceeding down the centre aisle took up its position in the east gallery; the First Lite Guards' band followed, teking up its station on the north side of the west nave; the 2,1 Life Guards and the Scotch Fusiliers proceeded to the aeuth and nort side of the east nave; the Grenadier Gnerela to the south side of the western nave, while the Royal Horse Guards and the Coldstream Guards' bands remained under the south and north transept, where, during the remainder of the day they continued to entertain the assembled multitude with se kctions from ravel:rite composers. The building soon filled - rapidly, and towards four o'clock it reminded ua of the busiest days of the five shilling period. The crowd of promenaders in the centre was as numerous, and of as fashionable an ep pearanco, as see ever remember seeing in the building, while the spec.° under the trausept was so crowded that loeomo:ien re2s utterly impossible. Considering that the majority of the bands were placed on the ground floor, 2n:rounded by dense crowds, and that no preparation had been turtle to piece them in the best posit!on, it would be unfair to judge of tho acoustic preperties of the building from the present experiment merely. Among the vast number of distinguished visitors were the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Eul of Carlisle, Lord and Lady Palmerston, the Marchio . roes of Stafford, the Countess of Hop loun, Lord D e l awarr, Lord No rmanby, Colonel Grey, Lard Alfred Paget, Sir R. M. Bellew, the Hon. C. Caven dish, Admiral Sir George Sartorina, Sir Jofieph Paxton, General Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P., the Right non. Sidney :Herbert, 11LP., Joseph Hume, Ea., M.P., the Alexander Right Hon, C. T. D'Eyncourt, m.p,, Cockburn, MA'., George Moffatt, Esq., M.P., J. Head- Esq., M.P., E. B. Roche, Eig., Ste. At a about a quartn to five o'clock a boll was rung, and the Coldstream Guards band were stopped. The several bands in succession then marched from their ee !mai stations to the centre of the transept, one at a time, each playing asplendid march. The drums be a t a roll, and upon a signal _being given, the whole seven bands thus brigaded together struck up " God save the Queen," and the Evict waa really overpowering. At the end of each part of the anthem the multitude as sembled cheered in the most enthnsiutic manner. The brightness of the day, the varied hues of costum e , and the wonderful order and quiet which prevailed, all combined to render it a most splendid entertainment. It was a gorgeous sight, and the palaoe being emptied of the rich contents which had made it the admiration of the world, strangers were more than ever astounded at the vast dimensions of the building. With reference to the numbers who formed this 4 ' goodly meeting," it is difficult to ascertain that point with strict accuracy, but we were assured on good authority as we lett that the numbers were about 80,000. The streams of pedestrians, and the hosts of vehicles which pursued their way along reminded one cf the opening days of the Ex hibition. The police were oblig , d for a time to compel the returning vehicles to turn up Park-lane, is order to remove the obAruction. Petitions, wo are informed, to both Houses of Parlia ment for retaining the palace have been placed on various tables in the building, and have been signed already by upwards of 100,000 persons. Similar petitions will be forwarded to the provinces for signature. TILE AltilYlY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette.) BOMBAY COMMAND —Lis rumoured that Lieutenant- General Auchumv, C. 3, ab )ut to return home on pro motion, will be appointed Cornmander•in-Chief of the troops at B:lmbay, iu auccusion to Lieutenant-General Sir John Grey, now on his passage to England. Commander Charles Latch, retired under the Order in Council of 1830, has been removed to the Senior Commanders' Retired List, and Lieutenant Henry Beazeley (1611) has accepted the rank of Commander, under the Order in Council of 1830. THE ACTIVE LIST OF LIEUTENANTS.—The Lieute nantq on the Active List now amount to 1,221, or 21 more than the number to which it is to be reduced. however, tho promotions to Commanders on reserved half pay worn completed, the Lieutenants' List would be reduced to under 1,200. Captain Justinian Barrell, a Commander of 1815, has been promoted to the List cf Retired Captains under the Order in Council of 1851, vice S. B. Here, deceased. THE NEW SYSTEM or S HIP ' S ACCOUNTS.—We h ave already announced that it has been determincd t o make an alteration in the Systemof paying the pursers of the fleet, nod that they aro to be salaried officers at certain rates of pay, and that their half-pay is to be increased. We have also stated that, accordin g t o th e new arrangements , the clerks of the navy are to have a superior tooting to that which they now enjoy ___ :!l , , , t , tricy ere to have half-pay when unemployed, an d cleir full pay is to be slightly increased. With the eliang2s, a new system is to he adopted of keeping sh ip's ac , ounts , an d a Boar d of Officers have as. sombled nt the Admiralty, consisting of Captain Milne, ono of the Lords, Mr. Grunt, Comptroller of the Vic tualling Board, and three paymasters and pursers, to take into consideration the best manner of placing all the different accounts now kept on board a man-of war, so as t o pl ac e there all under the direction of the Paymaster. Messrs. Bell (of the Royal yacht), J. Grant, ' and Parmeter, are the paymasters. LIR FRIENDS OF THE NEW ADMIRALTY.—It will be seen by o ur appo i ntmen ts that the new Senior Naval Lord, R ear . Admixai Hyde Parker, has pro v ided f or one of his old officers, Captain E. a Scott (1838) has been appointed to Portsmouth Ordinary, in the room of Cap tain Yates, who has been allowed to retain the command for four years. 0 —drain Scott, however, has good services, bat he h been' and a half years SS afloat only two since the year 1824; his last service being with Rear- Admiral Hyde Parker, as commander of the Rodney, 92, when she obtained so much celebrity for her man-of war-like efficiency. But, seeing that he has never served yet as a captain, it is hardly fair to older officers to give to Captain Scott an 12 0-gun ship to commence w ith. Such an appointment, exce pt as a flag nomination, Is un precedented. 1 - STAFF OF SCOTLAND.—We understand that Major" General Shaw Kennedy has declined the command at Edinburgh, vaunt by the promotion of Lieutenant- General Riddell. Lieutenant -Colonel Magenis, 27th Regiment, is to suc ceed Major-General Falconer as Inspecting Field Officer of the Liverpool Recruiting District. STAF F. — Lieutenant -Colonel R. Blucher Wood, C. 8., has been appointed Assistant-Commandant of the Ca valry Depot at Maidstone. LIVERPOOL PENSIONERS' DISTRICT. Lieutenant.. Colonel Swan, Staff Officer of Pensioners at Notting ham, is to succeed Captain Gregg as Staff Officer of Pensioners at Liverpool, he having been appointed Commissioner of Police for that place. RETIRED QUARTER=MASTER.--'The Lords Commis sioners of her Majesty's Treasury have sanctioned an increase of 2d. per diem to the present maximum rate of 7s. 10d. per day, as the half or retired pay of Quarter. masters of the Royal Artillery. RECRUITING STAFF.—Lieutenant Hughes, 89th Regi ment, Lieutenant Westropp, 51st Regiment, and Lieu tenant Francis, 64th Regiment, having been two years absent from their regiments, but now employed in the recruiting service, have been ordered to join the detach ments under orders for embarkation to India. _ _ CHATRAII GAll.lll5iN.:k new chapel school is to be built at Chatham, the present one being . ordered to be fitted up as a model room for the Engineer establish ment, and the cooking houses are to be converted into a laboratory and work,hop for the use of the Engineers. The barracks at Pontypool, Monmouthshire, have been given up by the Board of Ordnance, and the stores forwarded to the Barrackmaster at Newport. The Cavalry and Infantry Barracks at Windsor aro ordered by the Board of Ordnance to be lighted with gas. Inspee:or• General (Local) Henry has relieved In spector. General French in Canada. Deputy Inspector- General Scott, M , has removed from London to Chat ham. D e p ut y Inspector-General Dempster has moved from Elinburgh to Jamaic3. Stuff-Surgeon Thom, late 86th 11 )- g i rnent, is to proceed to the ilauritlw. Stuff Surgeon bertsou, M-1)., has proceeded to Dublin. Stuff-Surgeon PRICES OF SHAKES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. f ETBLISHEID EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON. FRIDAY, APRIL 3. SOIRT-STOCZ 31.&MILS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- - .--., a. d. 4 sd. . Australasia .......... 51. per cent. 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Stock. all 227 inn Fire .. ..... .. - H 213 Ditto Life ..... - 48 0 United Kingdom Universal Life lO% ctacbs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 39% Victoria Life .... - 412 6 5% BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X • th d. Z. e. d. Hmigerford ...• .• .. •• - - - - Sonthwrk .... -- - - 100 0 0 - - Ditto Nw of 73. p.c. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo ...... -- •• - 100 0 0 - 3 Dlttr) Old Ann. of 81. 21.83. Od. - 60 0 0 24% Ditto Nw ditto 0f..71. 21.2 e. Od. - 40 0 0 22 Vauxhall ..,• ... Av. 21. 70 10 8 - 18% WATER-IRTORN.S. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ........,,,,,,.........•••• .......... £ a. el. £ a. d. East LOndon. ..... .... 81. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 155 Grand Junction •• •• .. 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 67 tent.........• •• •• •• 41. per cat. 100 0 0 - 80 Lambeth •••••• •• •• .. 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 New River Company • . 21.105. - - 60 Southwark & Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0' 0 - - West Middlesex •• •• •• ,61.05. pr cut. - - 10244 DOCN.S. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. .....,......................... ..................... ............... ••••••••=n0.../ ••••,,,.,,, £ 8. d. X s. d. Commercial .......... 4/. pr cent. Stock, - 903 4 Fast and West Ind'a ... 6341. pr cent. Stock. -, 114 E•zit Country •. 201. per sh. 100 0 0 - London ..... ..... • • 51. pr cent. Stock. - 1213 4 Ditto Bonds.. • •.41. per cent. - - - St• Katharine .... •• • • 314 per cent. Stock, - 82 Ditto Bonds.. •• •••• 4 41. pr cont. - - - Southampton ........ 11. per cent. 60 0 0 50 0 0 20 cazrAzds. .4 1 1 .'; Dividend Names of ~,.. 'Dividend , Pilo. Names of p., Companies. 1g i Per Companies. as , per Pr ice . .ca ' Annuli. v: I Annual. 10 I ........—,.......... i __........ —......... -----....._..._ ____ ----,_ ....a...a Ashtn& Oldh 58' 71. p. ct.' 140 Macclesfield •. 100 21.105. 50 Bunsley...• 160; Neatk .... • • 100 161 . UrknkfcAbrg 150 51. 85 Oxford.... • • 100 131 ' 133 Birmingham 40 41. Peak Forest. 78 ' 31. DSc 10 Coventry.... 100 , 251. 300 Regent's •• •• 33 it. 3s. 16% Derby •• • 100, 61. 63 R ochdale.... 35 21. 42 Ellsrnre&Chs 69 2N 0. ct. 33% Ssmrset Coal 150 GrandJanctn 100 3/. pr.ct. 48 Do.LkFd St 12 11Do.. 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. ct. 11% Stil - rd &Wore 140 281. 405 Grand Surrey 100; 21.0•. 32% Shrewsbury.. 125 grand Unica 100 11. 10s. 24 Stonrbridge.. 145 201 ' 290 Konnt& Avn 39 4s. 04. 5% Severa andl 21.05. 24 Lancaster . 100' Wye nail. 1 ... Geods&Livrp 100 201. 455 Warwick& / Leicester.... 100, 1 51. 66 Birming. .5 10 0 44 40 Lelcstr&Ntli S3' 41. 44% Warwick& 100 31. 28 Lonviboregh 142 701. 510 Napton .. ) - Monmouthsh 100 Worcstr &"/ sint,:emrysh 100 -- Firming. 378 3l. 83 Af eltnliwbry, 100 Wilts & 'lrks lls. 6d. 7% (1.8.3•1J0RT AND COICE COMPANIES. -------- Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---_-- --.-- -..... . . British ..•• ••-•• • • •• 11. . 0 I. d. X. s 5. 40 0 0 18 0 0 10% Ditto Provincial"- 11. 85. 20 0 0 20 0 0 18 Brielton ..........., 51. 90 0 0 - 15% City of London ...... 61. 180 0 0 160 0 0 128 OontinentalConsolidat. 50s. 75 0 0 31 5 0 F,quitable - ....... •• .. 50s. 1.0 0 0 60 0 0 2734 Grant Central,- ..... 5 1. 0 0 0 10 0 0 13 Imperial .. ... •• •• •• 31.& bonus. 60 0 0 50 0 0 66 Independent . ... .. .... 61. 40 0040 0 0 46 - 50 0 0 50 0 0 •••••• Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 710 0 .... Phosuin .• • ...• ••• • .. 311. per cent. 60 0 0 49 0 0 26M Ratcllff.• •• • ........ 51. 100 0090 0 0 - United General ...... U. 50 0050 0 0 1634 i WoctsainsterChartered Si. per cent, 50 0 0 -. 39% Ditto, Now ........ 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 734 LIST OP EICOTTISE COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 0...1MM1e....MM1M1 .40,418 ONON ............ ...... t s. d. A a. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 201 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank 61. percent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10% Clydesdale Bank-- •• 634 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 121 3s Commercial Bank Eastern Bank - ••• • - 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 9% Edinb.kGlasgow Bank 31. per cent. 50 0 50 0 3% Exehange Bak of Scot.. - 100 0 0 38 0 0 47, National Bank 634 percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15% Northof Scotlaudßank 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% Ro3•alßank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 . 100 0 0 182 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 85% Western Bank•• •• •• .• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 60 0 0 66 Alliance Fire and Life 8341. pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 2136 British Guarantee Caledonian Glasgow F ire Life In snr. 16011..pPeerr cent. 25 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 '; . 5 38 City o f Si. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 21( p p e a r r c o a e n n t t : 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 125 170 6 0 2 3 1 % 2 14 Eng.& ~co , Life an d Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 0 2711.6 d National Fi re h t L i L fe a w I n Lifes n r 6 8 1 1 .. Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 31. 15s 5 6 1 1 . . p p e e r r c c e en n t t .. 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12 1 % Dame. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 801.0 d Edinburg. Scottish Union United Deco•-- su 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 20s Od MISCELLANEOUS. a. r . a . n . ce Dividend Amount • per of Paid. Price. Name of Carpi:W: l Y. Annum. share. 914-Ct°llitiihnia Br iti sh ra St and ard L i fe i fe i • n . 5 . n r . . - --.... .....-----. ..-..-.--•••• X. a. d. X. s. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 9% .... Assam Tea ••••• • • • • ' 2/. sg . 50 0 0 - 26 34 Auction Mart.. • • .. • • 11. Australian Agricnliiirl Al• ner cent. - 85 0 0 21 ' .- 10 Australian Trust •• • • -' 0 0 10 0 0 23 % Angle -Mexican Mint.. 11 . 10s. 100 003 5 0 0 1634 - 2 10 0 - Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 38 10 0 - British Americau Land - 1100 003210 0 49 Canada ... -........ 61. per cent. - 100 Do. 5 per cent B onds - -- 109% Ditto, 6pr ct. Bonds 61. per:cent. I - - 933 City Nayigation B on d s 31 per cent. - Gen.Reers. 8c Invest. 5 p.c.l4be, 21100 0 0 100 0 0 94 Equitable R 100 0 0 119 eversienry 51 pr. oent. 100 0 0 .. _ Ditto New .. . 5O 0 0 7 10 0 - % Gen.SteamNavi.gZon 10 p.ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 28 Hudson's Bay._ .... Stock. -- 206 [ - Hungerford ........ 21. ss. - London Institution .:: 100 0 0 47 - 78 15 0 5 - New Zealand Company - 25 0 0 2 5 0 0 - Ditto, New .. ..... • '25 0 0 12 10 0 - - nasal Institution.... 96 5 0 - - Peninzlrfc Orient.Stm. 81.13.7.8 & b0. 50 0 0, 50 0 0 79 Reversionary Int. Soe. 4 341. pr cent. 10Co 0 0 100 0 0 101 Royal Mail Steam.... 41, p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 81 34 South Australian..... 1 Lim sntro. 25 0 0 2 5 0 0 2454 Van Dieman's Land.. 10ti 0 29 00 a - - COMMUNICATION WITIK - THE MAURITIUB.--There has been no postal co mmunication to this country from the Mauritius since January last. Not only did the • mail boat from the Mauritius fail to reach Ceylon in time for the over land communication in February last, but it has also failed to reach Ceylon iu time for the mail which arrived in England in March. The latter failure is altogether extraordinary and unaccountable. MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1852. TURKEY. According to accounts of the 17th inst. from Constan tinople, it appears that the differences which have existed for some months past between the Porte and the Vice roy of EGYPT have latterly assumed a degree of gravity which makes a speedy rupture almost inevitable. The last replies of ABBAS PACHA., which were couched in very unconciliating terms, have raised the discontent of the Imperial Government to the highest pitch. By an express order of the SULTAN, the Council of Ministers held extraordinary sittings three days consecutively to de liberate on the affair, and it was unanimously decided that no fresh concession could be made by the Turkish Government, and that ABBAS PACHA must 132 immediately compelled to conform himself in all points to the orders of the SULTAN. The Council was, however, of opinion that a last attempt at conciliation should be made, before having recourse to any ex treme measures. Sir STRATFORD CANNING continued, it is said, to espouse warmly the cause of ABBAS PACHA, but his efforts were unavailing. M. DE TITOFF, the Russian Ambassador, was about to quit Constantinople for Naples, on leave of absence. A letter from Constantinople, in the Cologne Gazette, states that Mr. ALIBON, the Secretary of the British Embassy, had returned from Belgrad e w i thout h av i ng obtained from the Servian Government the satisfaction which he went there to demand, and which consisted in having the English flag saluted by several salvos of artillery. MOVING MONOLITHS, 4.c. To transport and elevate the enormous s ton es (obe lisks and other monoliths) raised in Egypt, required no ordinary skill. A proof of this i s f ound in the éclat , the Fren c h eng i neer, i n Lobes, the fro m L uxor to P ar i s, and elevated it on the Plsce de la C oncorde. This was whichlB3 6, deemed au achievement, and, inde e d, was so: it demanded w h a e t t n e nhdeed removedM . L great care, skill, and forethought. The operations were commenced in 1831, by the destruction of a village to make way for it. Eight i hundred men were occupied for three months in bringing t down to th e Nile. It was conveyed across the Mediterranean, and deposited in Paris December 1833. A pedest a l was f orme d f or it ; an inclined plane built ; 300 artillerymen with five capstans pulled it up the incline by a clever arrange ment of ten masts, 70 feet high. It was pulled upright in two hours and a half, in October 1836, and the king and all the people went to s ee i t d one. M. Lebas was " decorated," and received various appointments. He had the honour also of being caricatured as a rope dancer, with the obelisk under his arm I Now Egypt was actually covered, frn -- -n 1 one end to the other, with similarly gigantic monuments, so that efforts such as those alluded to mast have been of constant occurrence. Pliny speaks of raising one, when Rhamses caused his own son to be bound on the top of it to make the work men careful. The colossal figure of Rhamses at the liemnonium weighed 836 tons!! ' And this was con veyed, 120 miles overland.—Builder. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the malls aro sent front the Go "" 1 b 7 the night—and Mby the morning—dispatch.] Post-office April 0.. 11 7 1 t h e e . n PLACZe. America (by Brit. pkt.)N l ILondon: I patched. a ti r h o e r n a m i paodste.uopecioso I From port d w ,.3 h . st I America (by U.S. pltt.) X Ap r il 1 i .. .. Liverpool • • April 6 America (by MS. Pkt.) N April 6 .. .. ,Liverpool .. April 14 .. ,Southampt. April 9 Africa (West coast)•• 1414th of Silo month 'Plymouth April X Belgium •• • • • • N, Dail y .. .. .. Dover .. Daily Brazil .. .. .. ',. - 91,11 of the, month Sonthempt. April 16 Btlenes AYraa • • •• • 11 9ti l of the month 'Southampt. April 16 California(viaChaffr.‘l, Cape of Good Hoke N -1 14th of month -- ,-4 2d &17th of month I Southam pt. Arrived Constantincplo* ,Plymouth.• April 3 Central America •• It ed.& 17th of mon. !Southampt. Arrived Channel Isles ..• '• ' N7till7th I7t hof mo ;Dover .. April 10 '• 1'i2.10n., Wed., &Fri. , Southampt. To. TD.tiat Haraburgh • . .. N Chill .. .. .. . Fr Gr an occ c o% •. 1 1 17th of the month ie,onthEunpt. Arrived London .. Tues. Sat. •. IT 7thl7th27thof trio Dover .. April 10 .•.' ••M tc Is.TlTwiee daily .. .. Dover .. Twlcedeily Honduras .. .. . Rolland .. .. .. M Wedne4. & Satnr.'London .. Mo.. Thur Tuesday & ' , tidal Nl7O of the mouth Southanspt. March 23 Ireland .. .. l i t /I- N ."••••• Twice daily • • • • I llolyhead .• Twicedally Indifi(via Southamp.) X 2.oth of the month,)louthampt. April 21 India (visMazsaill er .) Liediterranzaa (via NBth& 24th efmonth i Dovar .. April 16 Sslutharr " tm) •• 11 20th of the month Sonthampt. ;April 21 Ifediten ahem (via m 24 „ a" ..,,,„ ei11ea) '• •• 1 1 BthBr 24th ofmonth 'Dover • • April 16 —— • •• • • .......t of the month.. Southatnpt. April 5 Madera .. • • • •• 11 nth of the month Southampt. Apr;l 16 Malta* .. .. El I & 30th of month th.l7th,l9th,27th Papal State* .. .. 1 Dover •April 10 Naples's• • • • • • N i Bth 15th 25th of mo DOTCr .. IA prll 2 N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover .. 'April 2 t eninSUl ar•• •• .. X ,7th 17th 27th ef me Southampt. April 6 Peru .. . ~,,, • •• •• Mil7th of the month Southampt. ,Arrived Tuscan - , -•• • • •• N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover • • !April 2 West Indies .. .. X 17th of the month Soutbampt. lArrived West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) X 23 of the month ..;Southarapt.;Aprgi 8 * The mail, to those countries thus marked ( 0 ) are conveyed by French packet via Marseilles. Sontharapt.;Aprfi S cod (*) aro convoyed by LAND DRAINAGE. A lecture on drainage was delivered last week at Kirtling, near N ewmarket, b y M r . Hewitt Davis. The lecturer, in introducing the subject, said he c ou ld no t offer any inform a ti on more deserving the attention of landowners and farmers than that which was to be gained in considering the advantages to be derived from the i thorough drainage of wet had: at first t might be sup posed these two class e s were the only gainers, but this was not so ; for in drawing the water off the surface of land, by means of underground drains, much of the 6 source of damp and fog removed, and in this way the climate of the country may be greatly ameliorated, and the health and enjoyment of all classes be greatly im proved. The lecturer entered into various plans that have been pursued to drain land. He showed by quo tations from Colarnella and Cato, that the system of draining 2,000 years . ago had be en b y d ra i ns of three and four feet deep, laid with stones and wood; and that up to the introduction of tiles, in the l as t fif ty years, little or no improvement in draining had been made. He then referred to the insecurity of any other material than tiles, and the danger in using any form but the circle. He stated that the expansion and contraction of a clay soil by wet and drought was 'such, at four feet deep, as to crush any form but the circle, or to press up the bottom so as to fill up the vacuum; a tile choked with clay he had brou g h t from the Regeat's found Park, where they wereand ho exhibited , in all directions, - and where ho was now draining four feet deep with pipes, after many attempts had been mad e without success at s hallower depths and with other material s . Th e Board of Health have recently published a b ody of ev i dence an d statistics referring to this subject, to which atten tion should be forthwith drawn. T he matter is one of gre at importance to the country,—Builder. PRESERVATION OF FRUITS BY STEAM,—The heat of steam destroys the ferment in fruits, so that they may be preserved for a long time. To learn when this point, has been reached, it is necessary to know how high the tempera ture rises in the fluid enclosed in the bottles, when they stand shut up in a room, the atmosphere of which has been heated to 184 deg. Fahr., and to learn the time requisite as well as the degree of heat which 'es necessary for the destruc tion of the ferment. In no instan ces the fluid contents of the bottles which were placed in the steam-room reached the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere, until they had stood, at the very least, an hour in it. In glass bottles, the influence of the heat was quicker than in stone ware. From the commencement of the operation, that is, when the fire is first applied to the stearn-apparatus, nearly half an hour is required before the tempera ture of the steam-room is reached by the contents of the when they hold about t wo pints, and are made of When made of stone, d ou bl e that time is necessary. giass. bottles, These results arise from each kind of vessel requiring a different quantity of heat traise it to the temperature of the steam-room, consequently, am-r does nut arrive at a temperature of 184 deg. with the same quantity of fire with each kind of vessel. When this temperature has been reached in the'steam-room, the contents of the glass bottles will be at 164 deg., and those of the stone-ware ones at 86 deg. Mayet's researches show that fruits and their juices do not require a temperature of 212 deg. Fehr. to preserve them, and that 184 deg. is sufficient to destroy their ferment, but that care must be taken to ascertain that contents of the vessels have really reached this temperature.—Annals of Pharmacy and Practical Chemi stry. RAPE AND SuicinE e —O n Wednesday evening last, at a special sitting of th e W est Riding magistrates for the district of Doncaster, an o ld man named George Briggs, 61 years of age, was charged with having committed a rape upon the body of a little gi r l named Clara Thompson, aged nine years, daughter of a labouring man living at Branton, about four miles from Doncaster. The prisoner for some time past has obtained a living by driving sheep and cattle, and by acting as shepherd occasionally for various parishes in the neighbourhood. The prisoner denied the charge in toto, but the magistrates at once committed him to York Castle for trial for the capital o ff ence. On his way to the borough gaol he declar e d they should not take him to York, and this he repeated wh en he was put into his cell. The policeman in charge took the precaution of moving the pri soner's neckerchief and garters before locking him up for the night. Yesterday rootnin_, a rug and his body belt, ghad which however, he was discovered suspended from the b ars of the pr been left in his posses • ison window by means of sion. ~H is feet r es t e d upon the ground, and his body was thrown back. Life wee quite extinct. Twenty years ago Briggs was impri sone d for twelve months for an assault with intent, and has b orne an indifferent reputation since. HEROIC SER VICE R ECO GNISED.—The First Lord of the Admiralty h as addressed the following characteristic letter to Captain G eorge Davies, R.N. who, it will be re collected, display e d such bold daring and cool judgment at the wreck of the New Commercial, about fifteen months age, on the Briesons' " Admiralty, March 20, 1852. "Dear Sir,— It gives tne much pleasure that I am able Land's End to offer you, for your S an, the first naval cadetship which has fallen to me, as it enables me to express to you that I vices you have rendered .offer it as a high mark o f my appro bation of the great ser the respect w hi ch I feelthe cause of humanity, and of for g allant conduct at th e " Yours, &c., NonTnustnentAten. Land's End. your " Captain George Davies, R.N." This is as it should be. The whole naval service, nay, all friends to the cause of humanity, will rejoice at this public and prompt acknowledgment of such gallant conduct, par ticularly as it refers to a g en tl e man who has been personally engaged in savi ng 200 lives from shipwreck.—The Life Boat Journal. SUITORS IN CRANCRRY RELIEF BlLL.—This Bill (as amended in Committee) has been printed. It contains 51 clauses. The principal provisions are directed to the re duction or abolition of fees, the payment of salaries from the consolidated or suitors' fee fund, and the collection of fees. All fees Will be paid into the suitors' fee fund. The offices of Clerk of Hanaper, Secretary of Decrees, one of the gentlemen of the Chamber,, and the compensations to be the Chaff-wax, the Sealer, and their deputies, a re a b olished allowed them p rescribed. The duties o f t h e su b poena and affidavit offices will be performed in future by the clerks of records. MIDDLEt+IF.x IlocriTAL.—Yesterdsy morning the Rev. Sir H. R. Dukintield , Bart., M.A., preached a sermon on behalf of thi s charity, at St. James's Chapel, Westmore land-street, St. Marylebone. The reverend gentleman in the course of a very eloquent appeal stated that during the past year the hospital had received 2,328 in-patient, and 11,002 out-door recipients ; and the committee needed the assistance of the benevolent to meet the urgent claims upon the insti tution. At the conclusion of Divine service a liberal collec tion was made is aid of the (uncle. ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. The anniversary festival of the Artists' Benevolent Institution took place on Saturday evening, at the I Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, and was at tended by a very large number of the friends and pe trona of this deserving charity. It may be neeeesary to remind our readers that two charitable funds aro now established for the purpose of rendering assistance to these who, depending on the practice of the fine arts, have been unfortunate in their circumstances—one enti tled the Artists' Benevolent Fund, the other the Artists' General Benevolent Institution. The first, in point of date, is the Artists' Benevolent Fund, which was estab lished in 1810. It was formed by artists associated for the laudable purpose of assieting each other during the pressure of sickness or the infirmities of age, and for affording relief to the widows and orphans of members. The society, however, does not and cannot afford relief to any artist, however great his merit or unfortunate his circumstances, who is not a member. The Artists' Benevolent Institution was, therefore, founded, its object being to extend relief to distressed meritorious artists, whether subscribers to its funds or not, " whose works have been generally known and esteemed by the public, as well as to their widows and orphans," merit and dis tress constituting the sole claim to its benevolence. From the establishment of the society in 1814 to De cember, 1651, 1,293 donations have been granted, in sums amounting in the aggregate to 14,483/ ; thus showing that the average of such donations has, from the limited means at the disposal of the society, been of necessity small. Tho amount of distress and suffering, however, which it has been the means of relieving has been very great; and, from the liberality with which it affords assistance to all, whether members or not, it is fairly entitled to the support of all patrons of the arts. The chair was taken by the Earl of Carlisle, who was supported by Sir Charles Locke Eastlake, President of the Royal Academy; IL Weekes, Esq., A.R.A.; Jacob Bell, Esq., M.P.; Thomas Creswick, Esq., R.A. ; George Godwin, Esq.; J. Scott Russell, Esq.; R. Chambers, Etq., of Edinburgh; Charles Wigram, Esq ; E. W. Crake, Esq., A.R.A. ; Sir W. Ross, W. C. D an d y , Esq., &c. The entertainment was upon a scale of unusual de grace, and there was evidently a marked and decided improvement in the whole of the arrangements, indica tive of the energy and enterprise of the now proprietors of the Freemasons' Tavern. After the cloth had been removed, and the grace— " For these and all thy mercies," sung by the vocalists, who were under tho direction of Mr. Hobbs, The CHAIRMAN, in giving the first toast, said, in ad dition to the loyalty they all felt, they were bound to add their special gratitude, because in their Sovereign they recognised ono under whose immediate protection this institution was placed by her own gracious com mend. He gave them---" Her Majesty the Queen," three times three. Air—" God tare the Queen." The CHAIRMAN said he was now about to give them " The Health of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Patron of this Instinetion." He need not remind them that since his arrival in this country Prince Albert had been recognised ueive.really as the judicious and en lightened patron of the fine arts.—(Cheers.) Indeed be was not quite sure that if his position had not confined him to the office of being a patron, he might not have proved himself a formidable competitor.—(Cheers and laughter.) The general feeling of respect and gratitude to his Royal Highness would. ho was sure, not he dimi nished when he had the privilege of announcing to them, on the part of his Royal Highness, a contribution of 50/. for the purposes of the institution.—(Loud cheers.) The toast was drunk with mach enthusiasm. Glea—" Robin Hood." Tao CHAIRMAN then gave " The Health of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family."—(Drunk with all the honours.) The CHAlllMAN—Gentlemen, I now give you the brave defenders of our peaceful homes, " The Army and Navy." May they long be peaceful and tranquil; and should the occasion arise, we know that in the :army and navy wo shall find hearts able and willing to defend them.—(Cheers.) Glee—" I wish to tune." The CHAIRMAN, having called for a bumper, rose and said—Gentlemen, we are now come to the toast which more especially concerns the purpose of our being assembled here this evening. In addressing an audience like this, and on an occasion like the present, one must always feel groat difficulty, because some of those whom I address must be perfectly well acquainted with the subject-matter which it is my duty to place before them, and besides their aequaintarce with the subject, I pre sume that many feel and understand the purposes of the present meeting. Therefore, anything that I can sub mit to you in the way of information would seem to be superfluous, and anything in the way of an appeal a work of supererogation. You must all of you know, Gentlemen, that the two essential conditions for admis sion to the benefits of this institution aro distress and merit. I think these have been most appropriately and wisely made indispensable conditions; beyond this I un derstand there is no exclusion or limitation whatever. That distress should be one of the conditions of course follows as a necessary result from its bring a benevolent institution, but I think it has also been most salutary to make merit another necessary ingredient ; for this shelters it from the only objection which I conceive might. otherwise attach to an undertaktng of this kind. If it could bo said that you are opening the door to me diocrity, and that it was assumed, as we all know it is by some, that decided talent and natural genius in art will always ensure their own way and command their own success—it, in addition to this, you should be con ferring a provision upon any one who, without those claims of superior merit, might pretend to them, it might then be contended that you were alluring to a precarious service, which was almost sure to terminate in failure and disappointment, the hopes, the energies, and the ex pectations of a life which might elsewhere thad a more appropriate development and a more legitimate exercise. —((Tear, hear.) You have done wisely, then, I think, to make merit as well as distress an iudispenable condition for the reception of your bounty. But will it be said that merit can, in all cases, ensure its own re ward, and that it is necessary to make no provision for it? Alas! this might be the case, Gentlemen, in some world perhaps not too bright for the glowing imagina tion of the painter to portray, but brighter at all events than the one in which our own lot is cast, for it takes no account of the numberless shocks and vicissitudes which in an age and a country like this must affect private as well as public fortunes, the patron as well as the painter. —(Hear, hear.) Not to mention 'the changes of taste and the caprices of fashion, you must know well that it comes within the range of probability, nay, often within the range of your own experience, that the cold grasp of disea se w ill palsy the fingers th a t h ave s h e d their witcheries over the glowing landscape, and handed down to distant ages the lineaments and features of those who are most renowned and most endeared to us—the fingers that have fixed the fl acting traits of character, worked out the mysterious treasury of passion and feeling, breathed life into the glowing marble, and in the service of our solemn temples, our glittering palaces, and stately halls, have rendered architecture the fitting frame work and sister of tho other arts.—(Cheers.) You know well that time when age dims the eye, and dulls the fancy at the sudden touch o f di sease—when the failure of the nerves, end all the other incidents to which flesh is heir, have prevented the cunning of the hand from giving any longer effect to the glowing con ceptions of the brain.—(Hear, hear.) I take up the paper which has been placed in my hands to-day, and I find among the dry details of this institution many items calculated to impart to it a deep and affecting interest. I find that during the year just past, the society has relieved 63 cases, involving an exaenditure of upwards of 8001. Among the recipients of your bounty I find " a distinguished artist," " a highly talented artist," " the widow of a miniature painter, " the widow of a landscape painter," "an architect and draughtsman," " the widow of a portrait painter," "the daughter of an historical engraver," and many others of the same class, who have been relieved as far as the means of the institution would permit. In the toast which I last proposed, " The Army and Navy," you are aware that for the shattered limbs and declining years of our naval and military veterans this country has provided noble and costly receptacles to shield their declining years; but you are also aware, and I say it not as a mat ter of complaint but of fact, that for the votaries of art, for the peaceful votaries of the fine arts, no such provision is made. Painting has not her Chelsea, sculp ture and architecture have not their Greenwich.—(Hear.) They may be employed during their years of health and vigour in commemorating deeds of valour, and in trans mitting the lineaments and forms of successful conque rors to distant ages. Alexandors may still draw after them their Apelles in their train; but with respect to the fine arts, for sheltering their broken fortunes they must rely, not on nations, but individuals—not on the public, but ou their patrons—not ou England, but on you.—(Cheers.) It is in their decay of fortune, it is In their night of distress, it is in the cold shadow of penury and neglect that they appeal to you for your kindly and compassionate aid, and I trust they will not make that appeal in vain, and that you will not dispute their moral claims, or grudge the benefits which you confer upon the recipients of your bounty. Think much of them, but also think of the matter as it bears upon yourselves. Of yourselves it must be ad mitted that, whether considered in your individual capacity, or as citizens of a free community, the nation to which you belong has derived great, essential, real, and practi ca l b ene fi t f rom the pursuit and encou ragement of the fine arts.—(Hear, hear.)—They have had much of civilising, much of humanising, and much of enobling influence. Well, then, for the gratitude which I make sure you will all fool, you cannot find a more appropriate relief—but I would rather not use that term—you cannot find a happier opportunity for the indulgence of that gratitude than in aiding the benefits which aro furnished by the operations of this society , and thus you will, one an d all of you, shed over your . memory hues which you may find, if you will, more tender than those which glowed upon the canvas of Cor reggio—seore divine than those which bathed the dreams of Raphael, because they have the tenderness and dignity of charity it se lf.—(C heers.) the Sir CHARLES EASTLAKE said he had b e n p„f with the next t oas t, " The health of tbsir deisti-n-gwariusshtel (Cheers.) He was Chairman, the Earl of Carlisle."_ sensible of his own inability to do—justice to the claims of his Lordship to the respect fleeted with the arts , and ot all who wore ,ts, ari a a? 0 , eon drink the toast with th w e h s i ue was sure would inheerest good will. There were many reasons ciety to solicit his Lorde,hipc's had induced the se e so ouviousprtehsaettire —indeed, they evero n n eed that occasion not refer to them. his Lords hip h need not r em i nd them of the great interest he had always broughtad alma taken, and the exertions which terests thes e ae s e to bear in forwaraing the in of w ero cennected with the arts. - confessed, however, that th;chief reason why they had solicited him to preside and to aid them on the pres e nt ° 'was their knowledge of his hearty benevolence —of a benevolence which, from the remotest times Was exerted by his family whenever the cause of humanity I could be adv ance d, w h et h er i n a d vocat i ng t h e cla i ms of the suffering sons of genius, or in support of those other institutions which excite their commisseration, or eolieit their aid so behalf of those who were dificient in the commonest gifts and endowments of this life. When he (S:r C. Eastlake) had ventured to ask his Lord.hip to preside on the last anniversary, his reply, although not intended as a refusal or impediment, was, that " he had served." It appeared that he had presided at the festival of the sister institution, the Artists' Benevolent Fund; thus affording another proof his readiness at all times to promote charitable objects. He had only alluded to the circumstance in order to notice the expression he had quoted—" I have served," an expression that might hare been used accidentally, but was really characteristic, because it implied that the p romot i on of the cause of benevolence and humanity was one of the duties that devolved upon the nobility of that country. (Cheers,) They might, he thought, humbly hope for a blessing on that country in which the noble and the affluent reck oned it among their obligations to serve their distressed brethren and their inferiors, but in the truest spirit of brotherhood.—(Loud cheers.) Birth and lineage woula ever command that genercus loyalty for which this country was distinguished; but they might rejoice that their nobility aimed at higher titles to their esteem and respect—titles which " not all the blond of all the Howards " could command—(Applause) —and which were founded on the lasting esteem and gratitude of the nation.—(Loud cheers.) The toast was drunk with ranch enthusiasm. The Earl of CARLISLE, who was received with great cheering, said—Genticusen, I feel the extreme kind ness of my friend Sir Charles Eastlake in introducing my name, and I assure you I feel a real gratification in presiding on this occasion, and feel that I am doing an act of homage which is al ways duo to the delight ful service of art, and although, unhappily for my self, I am not one who ministers in her temples, I shall ever be proud to be allowed to assist in distributing alms at her gate. (Much cheering.) I am sure you all feel that the time is come when we should express our feeliegs of respect for the Royal Academy and for Sir Charles Eastlake, who has been appropriately selected as its president.—(Hear.) It is not for me, in an audience like this, to dwell upon the substantial services which the Royal Academy has ren dered to the public taste, and the services it has rendered to art in general. I believe they have been great and various, and that every day they are more and more appreciated; and I am sure the Royal Academy will stand still higher in public estimation from having a man like my friend Sir Charles Eastlake in the honour able position of its president.—(Cheers,) The works of Sir Charles have done honour to his heart as well as to his genius; and among his other merits may be reckoned his love for the sister art of poetry. He hes quoted for me a line of Pope, and I am aleasys willing to follow such a lead and retaliate. I may say, then, that I congratulate the country and the Royal Academy that it has placed in the most distinguished position in connexion with the service of the fine arts a gentleman who has both illustrated by bin example, and discrimi nated by his precepts, the various kinds of excellence in all the branches of his own delightful art—who has evinced " Carracci's strength, Correggio's softer line, Carlo's free touch, and Titian's warmth divine." (Great applause.) It is fitting that such a man should preside over the important and honourable institution at the head of which he is placed, and I therefore give you, Gentlemen, " Sir Charles Eastlake and the Royal Academy." Sir CHARLES EASTLAKE briefly responded to the toast. The followitig toasts were afterwards given: —" The British Institution and all the other Societies establish( d for the Promotion of the Fine Arts," " The Artists' An nuity and Benevolent Funds," " The Officers of the Insti tution," and " The Ladies." The company separated shortly after eleven o'clock. In the course of the evening. the secretary announced a lung list of subscriptions and donations to the institution, amounting to above 6001. Mr. Toole officiated es toast master. RESERVE STEAM NAVY. The debate which took place in the House of Com mons on Tuesday evening, in reference to the proposi tion of Mr. Andereon, the Member for the Orkneys— " To inquire into the practicability of providing, by means of the commercial steam marine of the country, a reserve steam navy, available for the national defence when required" —was on© of the most interesting aLd important, in a truly national view, which has occurred for years. Mr. Stafford, the new Secretary to the Admiralty, having been prevented from entering into any explana tion in connexion with naval affairs upon the passing of the navy estimates, with much tact, judgment, arid good sense, availed himself of this opportunity to make seve ral valuable statements, not only in regard to our own navy, bat as to the navies both of France and Russia, to which we invite the serious attention of our professional readers and of the public at large. He commen ce d a speech characteri se d no l ess by modesty than ability, by showing th e num b er of her Majesty's ships in commission on the h ome station, and the vessels forming what bas been t erme d a " screw reserve," viz.:—" Nine sail of the line, 5 frigates, 1 sloop, 2 screw -steamers, sod 8 paddle-steamers. There were 14 other vessels nearly completed for the steam reserve. The whole of our naval defence on the home station stood thus:— Vessel!. I M , :5 e 6 4 31 3 8 4 °. Woolwich Sheerness Portsmouth Devonport Cork Total 160 men; Pluto, 55; ........... 11,906 To these add Hecate (cruising), Antelope, 55; Vulcan, 152; making in all 52 vessels and 12,328 men, exclusive of 4,500 marines on shore, and coast guard and dockyard battalions; being alto gether 29,648 men." In addition to this, we believe that the undermen tioned steamers (forming the first.class advance) are sh ort period, be r ea dy at present, or will w ithi n a very to proceed to sea upon the shortest possible SCREW LINE-OF•BATTLE SHIPS.--Sau3p and Edinburgh, 60 g uns . sreil, 81 guns, STEAM-FRIGATES.—Amphio n ia (screw) , 33 guns; Cy clops, 6 6 guns; Odin, 16 guns; Sidon, 22 g uns; an d V lure, gu. STEA3I-SLoors.—Barracouta, Tiger, Basilisk, Vesu vius, Buzzard, Desperate, and Argus. This at first sight presents a very imposing aspect; but, let it be remembered, all power is but comparative, and our navy in this instance must be viewed with re ference to the duties required of it, both at home and abroad, and the great and daily increasing navies of France and Russia—an abstract of which is here sub joined:— FORCES OF GREAT BRITAIN, PRANCE LND RUSSIA.. Sailing p_ stearneM7— _ ___2. 0: i 1 2- r 4 t =- 4 - • (.3 , L 8; % 14 -;•, T, 7 3 23 7,3` 4 0 ^ c -; Country. E , ...D E l Z 9 ;..4 ..q Great Britain— Afloat ... ... ... 56 75 78 209 28 93 4 121 Building ... ... 16 8 3 2; 9 18 -- —..... Total ... ... 72 83 81 236 37 ji -- - -- France ... ... ... 45 55 157 1 57 257 61. I 134 Russia ... ... ... 45 10 99 174 8 24 11 , 3 2 Now, tho most superficial o b server calm. , ,_,. Now, the most superficial Jbse r va. cannot fail to be struck with the immense steam power of France °r whilst Great Britain boasts of one hundred and thirt y . four me n - o f- war steamers, Frenco is now able to glory in no less th an one h un d re d and e i ghteen ! But whist is more curious and instructive is —that of thi s numb,r sixty-one are d es i gnate d as large steamers, Whilst En' umanner ' land has only thirty-scven answering to that descrtptioiga: and that there should be no possible mistak e subject, Mr. Stafford stated, in a bold and candid , that "it was shown in a letter from Mr. Tuttibliti, Consul at Marseilles, that one of these ateamers otr Vendree, Montezuma, carried in 1848 from Oran to Port from the 20th to the 24th of April, 1818 men of the 6'h Light Infantry and 56th Regiment of the Line, and 195 officers and crew of the ship—making 2,013 men altogether! " This statement seemed to have considerable effect upon the Hon. Member for the West Ridin g of Y or k e shire, who the preceding evening had been edifying the /louse with a tedious descriptiou of the time o cupied by Napoleon in the preparation of his e x a c . dition to Egypt, and his threatened denonstPra lion from Boulogne. But when the Secretary to tb Admiralty showed that one steamer could in a four moijaearstOntheee days' voyage convey 1818 soldiers from Afric to France, and that France had 61 large steam 4 effect was so perfectly electrical as to de the specious and fine-spun arguments of th peace ! Nor did the Secretary of the Adineiralty stop friends of here. Lie pointed out in strong and ,forcible language that the very difficulties which tented invasion in 1802—viz , that of collecting tro P ports, embarking them in small b °Ps' providing trans and exposing them to all the er and tidal harbours, an the dangers of capture in perils of a lee-shore, a ~,„..a. detail, were the iden e tic n l y alrn cultist which modern scie the practical application, to nee had overcome, by electric telegraph, v , purposes of war, b th paddle 'ways, and steam-veesels— 0 and screw ! " Don't let tho Hon Member .for the West Riding look back ti the to . ginningf tis century for a preee dent,”exclaitned th:Secretar o y to the Admiralty, " when Afir2ona, Algiers, Civita Vecchia, an d Palermo, are fresh to our recollectiou '' had the Gallant ee E resh, indeed! and . it would be well Brighton (Sir George Pechell) participated number for in this freshness ; for, if confidence he not f placed by at large in the pacific intentions 9 France, as the nation this cannot be said to apply to inferred by Mr. Cobde n , or their gallant representa the good folks of Brighto n , souls —the fifth is a town with 6 5 ,000 town tine. Haze in the kingdom in payment of assessed texes, wi t h ~oooOul of money invented in railways--within four hours' 0 steam of the French e , oast—witho u t a s i ngle fort, a battalion of infantry, a company of artillery, or a vessel of war! And yet it is asserted we place no c)efidance in the pacific intentions of France! Look at Worthing, Brighton, Hastings, Ramsgate, Margate, Yarmouth, Hull, Newcastle, Leith, Dundee, and Aberdeen, and then let us turn our eyes to the towns on the French coast, and great indeed will be the contrast. Mr. Stafford accomplished two great objects, fuel fee doing 3o he naerii:s oar warmest nehnewk.agroeYs. R e opened the eyes of the House of Commons to our real 1 , dangT.ra, end ext rac t e d from it the aeitelseion that it was to the nAvg We ulws!, in a grea t measure, l ook for I national defence, and that to make assurance doubly sure, the country mast poem, ill ticldittea to the pro- posed militia fore, a na v y equal to meet anY 1131 e ( :or and sudden erutwgincy.--Herald. T 1E C 0 (j/N Ta. Y . ill A l - t --, :r i. it‹. ~E t . to-. day; LIVERPOOL, APRIL 3. —P r i ces are well suort. ecurreit MANCHESTER, APRIL 3.--No material chan pp ge h. as 0 Vett for all in the state of the t ra d e d ur i ng the week, the dem Nee part o f articles having continued extremely limited. On t. itecl, anc 1 holders, however, somewhat more steadiness was exhib elerabl) , in the limited business passing previous prices were a at ' are well maintained. Int o Li verpool or Runcorn there . , c hi e f . r s t ; arrivals coa twise worthy o f not i ce, and from Ireland the j , e f oatmeal. supplies F consist abroad of e,' , we 705 have quarters to of noticeo at s andfurther 6 , 8 t)5 lo; liberal ' per ations of of w ot h h e e a r t beans, p a rt nd )duee Owair market a h r o k w e e t v e t r b , is onl ym morningodt iriisi quantities again of a lifeless character, but so li tt l e c h ange occurres 1 of the value of any article that we canno t a l ter the quotation this day Ee'nnight. .1.8 — at very languid, NOTTlNGna o m n , d APRlL bt,tb w wheat 3.—Yesterday, d t e r b d a a r y l , e lower. 28, is stone. Barley, for malting, 28s to 335; for grinding, y at ru p le e d rby l; Beans, old, Wheat, red, 40s to 42s ; white, 46s to 48, per ijl , 303 per 3 , stone. Oats, 21s to 24s per 24 stone. t a r aqdnes quarts t I own market to-day we had a very 34s per 20 stone. At our . market, but quite equal to the de -395 to 4J5 per 38 stone. Flour, 31s to 325; super, 33s to small supp'y of wheat at . . slow sale at se condary sorts were is per quarter lower. y e no alteration. a reduction of Is per quarter. In oats and beans . lepod. Only the finest samples maintained their price ; stone; new follow :.—Wheat, old white, 46s to 49s per 36 , . ditto, 39s to 4-s , The present prices of grain and flour in Nottingham are as ditto, 43s to 48s, old red, 38s to 43s ; new barley, 27s t o 31 s per quarter; for gr i nd i ng, 27s to 28s per to 3 30 stone ; oats, 20 s to 233 per 24 stone ; beans, old, 363 3 stone ; new. 30s to 335 ; Egyptian, 31s to 325; flour, super, 31s to 365 per 20 stone ; fine, 28s to 30s. 1 i At Ipswi c h tra d e was dull; the maltsters are bringing the season to a close, and are disinclined to buy much barley. At Woodbridge the supply was short, but both wheat and barley were is. per quarter cheaper. At Bury the millers ; bought picked samples of wheat at late rates, Out all other *descrip tions were is. lower. On Thursday, at Stowmarket, w hea l was in short suppl y , b ut cheaper, and though there was a goo supply of fine barley, little business was done, as the holders insisted on late rates. WORCESTER, APRIL 3.—At our market to-day farmers were inclined to hold, but the transactions effected weiv at last week's prices. Millers would not advance. Eng lish white wheat is worth lbs 6d to 165 6d per bag of three bush, 'le, and red 14s 6d to 15, 6d. Malang barley maintains its val, le —about 45 per bushel ; grinding 3s 6d. English beans, 44 for new, and 4s 6d to 4s 10d for old. Foreign, 3s 8d to 3s 10d '.. Old English oats, 3s 4d to 3s 6d per 391 b, and new 2s 9d to 3s 3d. Irish, 2s 8d to 3s. Spring vetcaes, 4s to 4s 6d; winter, 35 10d to 4s 4d. White peas, 3s 8d to 4s per bushel ; gray, from 3s 6d to 8s 10d per bushel. Averages:—Wheat, 2/ lUdd per quarter'; barley, 1/ lOs Sid. At Stourbridge market on Friday there was a fair demand for wheat at fully last week's rates. Barley, however, receded in value is per quarter. Beans, peas, and oats stationary. Vetches and clover seed are flat. At Wolverhampton the supply was short, and dealers being firm, last week's prices were fully supported, but business was not brisk. English white wheat sold at 5s 4d to 5s 6d per 621 b ; and red 5s ld to 5s 3d. Malting barley depressed and difficult of sale at 28s to 39s per quarter, being Is per quarter lower. Beans remained unaltered in value and less inquired for at uls 6d.to 12s foe new, and 13s to 14s for old, per 1961 b. Oats a limited sale at rather lower prices, good English at 21s to 225, and Irish 19s 6d to lls per 3121 b. At Kidderminster market there was but a short supply of wheat on sale, and trade wa s d u ll a t a d ec li ne of Is per quarter. Barley not in demand, and the sale was limited at last week's rates. Oats dull at former quotations. Beans and peas a slow sale. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, APRIL 1. At our market to-day the numbers were oxen, 69 2 ; sheep, 894. The sup ply of cattle was larger than last week, and the quality of a superior description. Prices much the same as last week. Best ox beef 445, current 40s to 425, inferior 325 to 36s per cwa,all sold. The market was well supplied with good sheep an i the demand brisk. Best mutton bid, current 5d to s}d per lb, inferior 41 2 d per lb. ; all sold. Daaxeme, APRIL I.—The relative weight per four bushels, of the three prices of wheat were 18st 111 b, 18st 41b, and 16st 121 b. Oats, 12st 31b, 12st 31b, and Ilst 91b. Barley, 16st 21b, I:ist 91b, and 15st 11b. Peas and beans, 19st 71b, 18st 21b, end list bibs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 233 Wheat ... ...... Z 2 6 6 £2 1 3 £1 15 0 1044 Oats ......... ~. 1 3 4 1 1 4 0 18 0 2 w_he G at rain 233 Barley ........... 1 12 6 1 4 6 ABERDEE N ,v A er P ag ar e t of 19 0 65 Peas and Beans 117 0 114 0 110 0 401bs per bushel ; barley, 24s 6d to 00s Od, 521bs per bushel ; bear, 24s 6d to 2690 d, 521bs per bushel; wheat, red 35s to 375; —Oate lf3 l l3 7 7 s ld 9d to 18, 3d, ditto, white 42s to 435, 621bs per bushel; oatmeal, 14, lid to 15s per boll ; flour, 3 2s to 32 8 6d per sack. Provisions—Beef, 4 o 6d ; d to 6d per lb ; mutton, di tto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, 4d t pork, per stone, 3s to 3s 6d ; lamb, per qr., 5a to 6s Od; tallow, per stone, 3e Od to 38 6d ; potatoes, per peck, 4d to 6d ; rabbits, each, Od to Od ; h ares , eac h, O s eggs, per do z , to Os Od ; grouse, per brace, Os to O s ; b utter, per l b , 8d to 9a; 5d to 7d ; cheese per cwt, Os to Os Od pee pair, 2 s 6 d to 3s Od; chickens,ditto, 25 (id to 3s Od; ducks, do., 2s Od to 2s 6d; ducklings, ditto, Os to Os Od; turkeys, per pair, 7s to 8s Od; geese, ditto, 7s to 86 ; butter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 60s to 62s •' eggs. wholesale pric e , per dozen, Od to 4id ; 41b l oaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 141bss Os i'd to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od; pork, large 38 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to os. ideal--Oatmeal, is 5d to Is 6d; barley dust, 9d to Od; peaserneal, Is Lid to 25 0d; aids, Od to 7d ; beremeal, is 4d to Is sd; flour, Is 9d tole 10,1; barley, per lb, il i d to 2d; barley flour, is 5d to Is 6d. Duaners, Aram 2.—We have no alteration to report in currencies at our corn market since Tuesday; every descrir tion of grain met a very dull sale, and transactions were chiefly confined to retail. Wheat, w hit e , 23 s O d to 26s Od ; red ditto, 22s Od to 23, 6d ; b ar l ey , I2 s 6d seed to 158 Od ; berg, 178 Os Od s 6d to OOd ; oats, 10 5 0 d to l ls 6 d ; rape - , flour, 145 Od ; oatmeal, Il s 6d to 12 , Od; bakers ' per cwt, 128 6d to 15s ; Indian co rn , 4Bolb 29z Od to 31s Od. per I - CORK. A PRIL 2. The trade continues exceedingly dull, and there ap pears no immediate prospect of a return to activity or brisk ness. Very large ar r i va l s from abroad have taken place during the week, and these, acting on a previously depressed market, have caused a decline in the value of the principal articles of consumption, Wheat, in particular, has been seri ously affected, and with a considerable depreciation in price, the business poising is moderate in the extreme. The supply of home grain is trifling, the receipts for the week being only —s Wheat, 14551 brls. at 1736 d t o 21s 3d ; barley, 299 brls. at 12 8d to .; y oats, thl,3 at 9 s 10d to I ls 6 d per b arre l - Wheat gave wa to e extents'of 6d er barre the eek- Barley contin ues fi rm, and oats are un p changed l in on value. w . A 5 we have already remarked the transactions in foreign wheat are very restricted, although holders, anxious to meet the views of purchasers, are willing to sell at the reduction which has taken place, and which we cannot look upon as less than fully Is p ue. Oatser barr e l on the week. Bar val ley is firm and unchanged ill are dull and difficult of sale, the trade remaining precisely in the state noticed in our last. The trade in fine flour also is very dull. Bakers, impressed with the idea that it must give way in value, buy only as their more pressing wants require, and the consequence is a dull and dragging trade. Coare flours continue in good demand, in India n C rrn is very moderate, for though holders have /nide a concession of 2s 6d per ton buyers are seeking a still further reduction in the article. We quote the value of Galata 71 to 71 2s 6d per ton. e..a.t......:00005s Od d d t t o o 0000ss Od 00s Barrels. Currency. 00000 BDDRWaiiedhttrttliooetwyehw..h..e.a.t. .. 00 001 8 0 0 d d t t o o 0 00 0 a s ......... Od to 00s Od Od °d °ClOOs O o d d - - 2 2 0 0 & stens 0 Ditto 0 ......... sOd to 00s Od 00a Od , -16 do 0 Ditto ... ...... 008 Cd to 00s Od 183 13ere , ..... .....00s Od to 00s Od Oa Od Oats. ...... ... ... 93 4d t o 10 s 4 4 80 Ditto ..... lt's 4d t o Il s Ed 0 Ditto ... .... ..003 Od t o 00 s Od 0 0s Od.-14 do 00 Pigs. .......... .00s Od to 00s Od 00s Quantity sold a t th e Hi ghest Prices: Od per ow9 — • ° barrels white wheat; 0 red ; 0 barley; 0 here; 2 oats; ° Pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last wee :-.. Wheat. 68. Barley, 2C.9. Oats, 2,246. Pigs. 210. Return of Cattle sold for week ending March 27. Pigs, 645. Sheep, 425. Cows, M. COR K. — Flaur—First 12s 6d to 141 Od; extra 14s 6d; seconds, his Od to 12504; households 9s to lOs 6d; thirds, 7s to 9a per cwt. Oatmeal lOs 6d to 11$; Indian meal 7s 6d to 7693; wheat meal, 10s to lOs 6d per cwt. Indian corn 71216 d to 717 a 6d per ton. Bran 85s to 87s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 20s to 325; average 28s; dealers 3hs to 40s Od; average 34s per ton. St: aw—Farmsr s 140 Od to 32s Od; average 18s; dealers 00a Od to 00s Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf bid to 04 ; household loaf bid to Od per 41 Freels butter, 8d to 10d per lb. Eggs -4s 4d to 4s 64 per hundred. Coalr_,_ Newport 15s Od ; Lydney 15s • Landore ON ; Oulu° 12s 6d per ton. Tallow 37 18 Od to 38s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 59 9d per imperi a l gallon. Most —Beef 4id to 7d ; mutton 5d to bid ; veal bd _ to 7d ;pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; Images bd per lb 110 1 4 818 a to 9/ Oa per cwt. Bangor slates 211718 6d to 310 s per ton. Bark, red 71to 8110 s per ton. Fleece wool 14s to 15s per ston e. red Hemp 29/ to 34/ per toe. Fish—Seotch herrings 19 s ton. Timber—Memel, 7 0 s per ton; 191 pine, 100. ; H Y td ditto, 24s to 003 per barrel ; Newfound: e ar, ine l , o/ 3, os ta b to s I l e l i f o o; es— ditto, 21 15s per ton; deals, 4 _, 90, 151 to t° 26s per cwt ; calf skins Market 18s to 255; Hal— -- to 12d. Guano--Peruvian, whit. 8d t o 94 • pinks, aid to Od p er 113. Potatoes, 101 10s to 11/ ; lelliabos, ell 10d Peruvian, to 9101 per ton. Tar —Archangel, 191 per barrel. OF IiLDECOROUGIE AND HOLLOWAY medicine, aster every e th er, mean had failed. See extract from hill a EM pt il Ls l : —.]Al l —T as il to E un E ditt A g itL e nr - e - by A a, Leghorn, Feb 21, 184E4 disorder in my liver and stomach which all the most Lordship's Professor Holloway—Sir . I beg to acquaint you that your p il ls have el.. this inirachloo dated . villa Messi n eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the continent, Dad net b een able to effect ; , nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Ma- Signed) ' the These wonderful pills wig ease of the liv cure an y disease er or stoma ch ,— Sold (also Holloway'! Ointment) at Professor 11011oway'S Establishment, 244, Strand. It , " fect r ed AD a by ..„ mmicinn vendors throughout the civilised worm. rienhad. ( „„--....—..---.....—.„__ V taroE 11letter, o ir a. BIRTHS. On the 31st tilt. at or A. ON. Oldham, M.A. , Glasgow, the wife of th e R ev. R, S . On the Ist On the Ist inst ., at Gl engall-terrace, Mrs. H. Dettmar; n., at Forest -hill, Sydenham, Mrs. H. Smith. OP A DAUGHTEM. On the 2d inst., at M ontague -square, London, the wife of George D. O'lielly Templer, Esq. On the Ist inst., at St. Leonard's-on -Sea, the wife of C. O. CilLie Pemberton Esq. On the 31 s t ult. MARRIED. Inspecting Com ander of th e B anff District, Scotland, to Elizabeth Strutt,tn , Esq., of Hersham, Surrey. only daughter of the late William Jeakes, On the let inst., at St. Ma r ti n ' s -i n - t h e -Fi e l ds, Frederick Gibbs M. Bantill,Esq., of Newton Abbot, Devon, to Emma', seventh daughter of the late John Cross, Esq., of Grove hous___ I e Cheshunt, Herts. DIED. On tho Ist inst. at at Westbourne-place, Eaton-square, Ed ward Ir. , ,nt Young., formerly Captain H. M. 18th Regiment, and second son 'DI . the late Lieut enant •General R. Young. On th e Ist inst., t. aged 71, Sus Esq., A nglesey, Gospor anna, wife of John Ryleo On the 30th u lt., a t St o k e -hall, Ipswich, Jcs% h Burch SMyth, EN., aged 86. On the 2d inst., in Wandsworth -road, Mr. Thomas Grove, sen.,la , e of Charing-cross. urged 79. On the :',oth uit., Isabell a , w if e of the Rey. C. J. Hutt:np • rector of liketshall, St. John' s , S uffolk, aged 53. London: Printr. , .l and Publialied 111111tDO of No. 112, Strfn I, Printer, at Tile Sun Office, No. 112- Strand, in thi Precinct of the Savoy, ilk the mak/ 9f , Alouday, Aptil 5, 1852, ~_~ wit bat tior Wit to ten' eve The fact hi t not wit Pips: anti to 1108 RA Or 1 ' , orb dal chi lig Pb Ca