The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-26 00:00:00

~= j ,~, Ji ET L %AO!. AROIAL TELLIGENCF- CITY, Two o'CLocK. ei J.na Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterd . ay_ zoooatewieriet , 244 1°se d With some excitement, and prices ot Amen is,oopejr blabiesdtarer. The sales were esti 4._€, American were taken for export, and 20-traUli.. (of which 1,000 Surat_ a_ii ,, d , prZtleati, and 3,000 Surat en speculation), co at st 3 11 g 6°o EgYptian at Oct.to 9d- ; d. to 4id •d. lslands at Is. to Is. 6d, per lb • , ,an 80 Sea lull, 5,000 Sur with ° ' Ito Railway Share Market was C. In Ilt Much variation in prices. m arket the state of the London Produce je _ a e eti i during: - the present month, Messrs. H. W tagivrliTli:ial:lrYforer Co. remark : and colonial produce markets . have re ad 4, 44 e' steady since our last, and a large business has i:11°. Importers have supplied the markets f i Th e i_ )44/I.l* instances higher prices have been obtained. Lilt ril,4eNttations were large at the beginning Tile deliveriese4teirlY winds have prevented further. afrnctory, 1 ) , i% fo from the warehouses continue satiae of of the month, vals . tsoq, ar ` t . etne consumption and export. The stocks The e_a, reles still remain in excess of last year c oi ' f . e 't r. Inty of peace, and the breaking up of the . Vienna o P0r,i46411e,5, has focused a reaction in ciernand Produce, which lately there has been a and dy e i, ,sort higher prices have been paid. all goodarticles 44 ilfdluaterials have rather improved in value Dyes ;L' has been is h l i ° a re again dearer. In lac dye there place 41 Pri e llBiti P S d°i ngs but no improvement has taken. er.. ports Btate..rem the Continental produce marketsetbpricees ,teresin 4 that a good b usiness had been done,. 1 'e c.,, e lin ' Prom the cotton manufacturinagn. bust teaialel.-1.11118 are more aatiefactory, and an extensive rates. 14 th"' been none early in the month at improved districts w elt e woollen uistricts the manufacturers had be I:e4?l,loYed, in consequence of the large army contracts, tLue Psit . ,, 'ter prices hail been obtained than for some i Th e iteh ,I•nelv duties upon Colonial produce offer an "e4llzent to L The , a of the st ate suguaursinnieasrskeitn, aMccinocrdi 4 4 yt o Mincing-lane. mes sr& rahly toiltlcill, liolbert, and Co., is, however, tole high+. -tileY inform us that during the last fort % '--- PsotB4ll4a rsoclera.te business has been transacted, i. but ,in gar ou'irliave acted upon an opinion that brought "*ar c ii., be Nisei], and the bulk of thisar t t h icle bi dory on The o "'" changed hands at full awl atyance(. ri glit eittateet are consequently large. During the for o t : , (11/erenqes sales 01 Matuitius comprised 40,000 bags 61.1 fort- P9tt° ls, ,(1 ,lalities, the grocery descriptions t vi °Mice, with brown anti r fining kiwis a . t a steady fist'''v fi c) "; UOO of Bengal , nearly half of which were ,.i c4aree, found buyersatal, improvement of . 4 , 1. (1 . 1) ,, : 1 : ft 'e) 26: till" ,eraainder, very -soft date and 24auriti te, os i k1 25s. t o 27,, °34 per cwt. Native Madras le q u l' 1 ' About 3,000 mats Penang from 2 - 77 to 335. i,3 1144;:"to, heavy brown to fair grocery. In foreb ''lt4, w-'9 'ale•i by : uction have been less important. being 4, iz reeek's deliveries amounted to 4,436 tons, with last )ea t reek's eT,4_', of 2,344 tons, compared only 8,516 ', se, ~,, P? s.xcers in stock at this post is now . tlo tl . 1,1,1 Ch i s to be found chiefly upon Colonial twt?'tle ,i'llty there ha, been a fair amount iif to th•Pr'es Which show an advance of Is 6d perß dsitLl‘a being about an equal division of the increased des . crip s ; jit'Th:l'f'4so buyers and sellers. qw(Mowing are the duties now chargeable on s i uga e r c : 44:e1- 5 1. - A sugar, 20 s • bite .1 ed 17s 6d; l" e qUal to 11)rowni , -(''' 1 ..3 a s Y 9u ; molasses, 5s 4d P Th e , brown o ay e l r , for ()lily 577`eatraer °means, lost by fire, was insuredl crs 41, 0 , 4 „ ,000/, baying cost 99,0001. At -1- , oY e __ , and th40)000/. are stated to have been lost by Thela r Cieneral t est is divided among the offices.emsas i tnif,rtli is Steam Shipping Company se The pate as the Royal Mail was formerly. with, nods have been quiet this morning, for transflittrolich variation in prices. Consols all there hate been at 89 to 89i 1 and for account to and Prettii /4erning at 84. The " Uranium: 18 Ex ellen 11111, aild the New Annuity keTteY Il illa are 10 ik, e p o .. 40 to 2111 ss. to s. premium. ti„ reio li Q, . • 163-lu4. Bank '4l, fu kiln k a have not attracted much ,cattaennd denlit• Bonds have been film at lut E? Bonds g to l 'ln at 86 to 861. Grenada Deferred Qtelid„„l6,• to New 4i per Cents. i(re '4 4 ill t 9 - and Spanish 1 101 4 i 1 a ut. Dutch Bonds have Ti le f 11 „a . 4048 .040 -win_ 14 14, 2-.r4renagdaarne e th fe e rr n e o d m ß in on al da p , r 6 ic i e t s o. o4 ;foimreeifin ir C ' ` e 21 68 to 70; 4 , llt, ,Peruvian, Four per Cents". -k t e , ..) 48 to 50 ; Port uguese9B to 100, th 43 tt o , It% i per Cents., t 90; 1 , ,, , an Fire ditto Three 88 _ o pk il i ala F e ar- t% per Cents., ditto Three t.er "N-evr Deft!rred, 17i to 18a; 4i to 5 i ; Certificates, i i,q`k, 3CI to 36' 3 ,ditto Th 11' ' i ve 3 1 t 1 . t 'ltl l i e l a'st ; 't , ° 4 " ias ascertain aat eei, S railway rece p under : e are ill round. figures as e l d 854 11 . 1) (11,, it 18 55 . 3 756 l att W'e ster £27,3 00 F3l,4llll,e,,terii ......................... 56,189 4 5 2 5 : 040 kik•Wegternn ..... .................. 3litt°!l. 15,351 14,809 ek4141t1114.114-:.:11:1 ''' ' '''''''''' •. '' ::: '''''''''' 25.840 14343 * 2 1 6 4 ,8 3 9 9 5 1 t ( i' ll t ° l,/ 414 ,': 4 t e i - l r .:.; ;; * '' '''''' '' '''''''''''''''''''''''''' 1 1 8 0: 0 91 42 4 * 1 1 0 9 ; 0 69 3 3 0 4011ehi re a •••••••• 20.215 16,437 rtil.t a. ,, ')(1 'Val et ,: ' • '''''''''''' ~ a 356 19,001 ''a..... ire' - 28,671 rti,e Rail Ea5ter.............. 29,948 the re ; wa yll week last year. India n 11° butl ah al. e . Market keeps but quiet, The 11 4 [1 4 are nrltil y ' ll the English lines. . —• 1a,.11Y w ithout )41)Ported, and the Canadian tt:lt'el.e aliiiii lg 811 a'teratiou. ' s ' 13 a.uk s (11111 Share are ra.ther heav 111/ - 3 and the L d Com antes' heavy. 4184 P UN') t 1 P 8 Ti, i Prom, t ii; - ;,.. ,0 b c it t04 Y.-- i - i c , rslNG PRICES. eooier ceut ii..; A 1"48' "n' li tt Bu'i , k Stock 210 1 1 4 oer e,„,• ~ecteeed An,aeiti-- 8• 89 7 i 9 4 4 4,,,, $ "'. ~1 ,018 Anh4it '''..• LA IR A ?er.eett• A4llllities le' '''''''''''' ▪ 81A bitt'cu.'l'(';lti", EXPir(' ,t,I. .T.a?;" ' i .; 4 34 TrAjaDe Ni ?ears, Expire 10th . 0ct1859 3i 3- 16 i stoe'" ............. .1 . 16 .......• 230 41 ' a li ek ..... • blitt ''llB, 4:104 . , - ',PlPrils°'•4ll (te t t 100 0.".: .. . '"_.,: ' ...... • ........ 15 1 StittiqtaL°l.4ceotint, 10th ........ 894 4 B i i i l,b ;;.. .... , .......... . . .................... ia(e)(ol,oka. 111118, 2 4a. 5 kt 500...................... ... ..... - j oo 7 eltaan .............................................. _ _ g o # Drteor iioli4 ...... ....... . 6;;i: " 1 1, 1 859, , „ DAY. ?RI O 4tZlijAh 4,1' OP FOREIGN FUNDS THIS Ditti,-,,,—unds. 5 per Cent. ~ 04)44 tql4,l,"alf, 1852 4A per Cent ... %tide ' . t ire 1 1%4 .; ....... , ... . ... . .......... 15. 144114141/5148: Dlef:rr ent. ... ▪ 6tli 1444"......... 6 rkiih47h!llB, 6 pe; Ven .. t .. .................. ... . - 2 Q es 4 5 vbitto E 3014114. 6 pe r cent . : . ..—:-.1 1 . t . l Ot tl iela 1110..... ...Pe r....................... ... 4qt01)084:1:11, i Cent... .......... A te, bilivhiend:o Per Cent ....... .. iiV Z01i.." . 4 44 Chan ge. ‘ ,1"! the above payable._ ca per Cent. 12 Gull 62,001,00E. r , THRE . A . 89 r'neola Aiitto, iii•a;:••,,; ..... u •• • •.• ............ B9 ......„ 4 ,,,,.......22-_,_ nt Lt.,_ --44ury,, . 4.,,,, 0 A 811 IPPING—(THIS DAY.) LO b li b ri ......_......„___ 03 1 , 1 1;E: •IPti 1 26. -Wind and weather this day at ,5, 0 ,.....uuvi t ecl, trate breeze, and fine dry weather._ or , . uni,,'"tti, A) IttPril 26 . — Patrick Henry, from New . Y ved ic *l 4 (e.)-"Pril 25. Wind, E. to E.N.E. Arri Havre. Nti3l4-cloillizr,:neaci titteniwaY, ork, a nd preceeded for for Za nzibar. . fat it' ll ' (s.: 4Pri l 25.—Wind, S.W. Eloh cl ..Wesi i r ,' horn Balaklava. Sailed—Retrieve r A .rriv9d—B a( s r . lBl, Ilevt44,l,ll,Qat Ap r Ari ; Ken . t,Sclitan. ~ Ilso,-tt il 25. r oi c r tb. o lo Sailed — Hermann (s.), for tli Chte f APril 25 • —The Houton (schooner), te o r f de a y n ) d , " fll t °IA reported yes -der sble e not from Cork, as , EittTbnage t o 011 the 23a, has been got up, with consider- nep,s-qbs ° ship and cargo. gnat to Dir. '''-aril 25. --The Gi ace (sloop), of 0,... 1411 11 , t e t Isliliki %Patti), filled and capsized in a heavy s ea , u and from 1 11 h, bar e ti, e i on the 12th inst.; crev . i . saved and brouht writ s l oo p has since been picked up, and to w ed lt,, 4 ltt A li. A I) " haek li i Ailpril 2 6.—The Susannah, bound to Goole, DERV l ea having been on shore. t set6 11 4 A IN, via, sc.Pril D. —The Warren Packet, of New -6 t 4 hi, randed last night, off Old Skagen, and has elt.,/,' e es ; erew suppos ed to have perished. pit i t , tl, APril 24. T ll, ifeeen, from Swausea to "et haui . el• _ e ° l l the 1 7th, very leaky, and will discharge, 44t1 thoroughly caulk. Malta, - -- - (141tE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thure.lay Morning. .t)(1, E. Na ed~ Al en p1111e ne C.11 :, l a a n et Lnclem. plar,forßio Janeiro; Rap. E °P4; - Em * KINGSTOWN, April 24. , • lla,R ic ze e ll s. and Onward, for Baleklava, with (111 r Fu,. ------ uldAlitNE AND 'BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) \Vim , v GRAVESEND. Thursday, 9.46 a.m. Tu Ar rivel l 'E• ; tide, one hours' ebb ; fine. sratilt", 25th — Argo from Sathelle ; Lady Saltuun, litist,„All.(l; Chrisophe'r Hage, Island of Moen ;Albion, Arri - 1 1 , 41 .11e 1 P' 26th 78, — West F r i es l an d , f rom H empen. 441f0r Guernsey. Ai ta I ‘ l tel l 4 .t. 3 moderate. - cst r i ck %ail ed e 'P n l 7, froemoe, from Co' om b o , f or L on d on I °ll4 "' rr New York, for London. -.le x* Majesty's ship Odin, for Sheerness ; Wider, DEAL, Thursday, 9.18 a.m . i. .. . _ ...--. J °HN 2'441'1t1e3 NATIONAL AND INFANT SCHOOLS, T o ._ gab fu--,,TxtizET ROAD, ISLINGTON. —A concert in aid ' f . et en'b i lis . of the above charity took place on Tuesday .httlkte-:"n the School-rooms, Rawstorne-street. The ~,.tnn, , , -,,,,0 kindly, assisted were— Misses Stab . bach, 41 ,„4..k l'nddart, Laura Baxter, Lizzie Dyer, Biznall, ‘ , De -"' Mascall, Palmer,and Sedlatzek, of the Royal 11,10nra'r4brurY Lane •Aies Miranda, Suchet, Chain '.it'lff "rge Tedrfer, Frank us. Force, Walter B.dtoo, 'l' -.1 alld Aldington' Wallworth. Instrumentalists: liniatioforte : Messrs. Francesco Berger. Force, and F. waa g o ,. )ur Y ; violin, Mr. Viotti Collins. The programme Aa9s a varied and Popular nature, and the concert 01).1'4,4 oteuccessfully. The room was very full, and the the CoMmitte• Was doubtless served. R I/ LN,ft.K.Ef 6. (THIS DAY.) RAIL tVAY 3. PLtiLwAYK. Ciloßtrir lido day. gusine.x dam th!• day. 19 -- 20 Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bowl and Eastn. Junct.. Belfast & Ballymena. firming. Wolverh e Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh Cheshire Janet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and L'2s Con. Do., ....... Myth & Tyn s origina £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen and Car digan Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.. Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Orieff Junction finbl in &BelfastJunc Dundee Perth&Ah Been Junction Do. New East Anglian Eastern Counties... Eastern Union, A Stock De B Stock 41 - 41 see —"'" .. Si -8; 14i -13 i 15 -- 16 9 -- 8 88 - SO 58 - 12 - 13 7' - 9 ••• 4 - 3 5i - 6 14 - .15 11 - 114 30 - 32 20 Do.; New A , ;ast Lancashire n burg b &(41asge Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prtli &I)und, orth & Clyde Juli runless. .. ie. Extension Glasgo w & S. Wes& •rewt Northern ~ 71i 54 - 56 2d - par 18 - 20 67 69 8%3 1 894 72 - 74 23 25 92 •4 63i 6.3 i 58 - 0 Do., A. Stook— ,; ►O. B. Stook ..... Sth. BzWest.(lr , .rest Western...... 11‘) Stour• Vat. Ra Gna. Stk.. .. . . h sesstei & Carl Do., Thirds. .. ih). New Thirds... 65 70 5 7 5 7 751 5. t.,..uessii. ud York )). A st. Riftitiv r • .iv.Girsby &South. f.ondon Ft Riack w. Etr , gtitte..C, suil N. Wew. Fifths . 74 98 99 97 99 1 81 . - 82 9 8 7d , 0.10/.Sh.,Nt&R C Eighths snnlon andS. (De., 250 !De., £4O I.ndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk • Vanch.Sl.e".k Linch, Do. 4 Shares, No. l )0., Plan. & Um. Uti Midland • 4). Birmng. &Devi) , G. West.° re ) )o. Half Shares veweastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrf i Newry & Enniskillen' Kelm Warrenpoint and Rostrevor -• ••••, Norfolk 23 23 7 - 8 _ 68 - f - 40 - 42 11 - 9 1 - 2 ii - 49 Northn.Connties Un North British 27i ... 28 North Devon, No. I Do., No. 2 A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Borwicr Do. do. Extension MA). G.N.E. Purci. Do. Leed5........ •• . Do. York North London Do. New ZIO N. &S. Wstrn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western....... N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxtord, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth oniottish Central Scottish Midland Shropshire Union -4outh Devon SoatL Eastern 'south Wales . vAsh. & Riv. Dni 70 - 71 - 7A - 7 d 4 -- 4 12i -- 13 47 48} d par 5; 1 44 6 Ci 1 d f ar 25 - 27 97 - 99 63 - 65 44 - 46 12A 3 60 60i 26i • 276 5 - 3 2 - 1 . 4 taines, Wok. &Wei; itoekteD St Darli Actor' di Hartlep' Vale Do. £ l O shares. Do. Pre% ) No. 1..., 'I names Raven Dot. and tt-ilws.y Vale Neare... Water!' & Ulan] , Waterfor.l&L;mer West Cornwall..... West End of Lond , and Crystal Palack. West i.ondon.., ,Wimbledn &Croydon lei 3 4 'SO I 'till 7 • 8 .0 I 5 5a 61 ►,p all LO 11.715.' FOREIGN. 10 all A atwerp&Rott •rdan , 74 - 7i 5 4 Belgian Eas tn. Jun.'. 2.; - G 0 10 Beziers to Graissessa 34 -2/ 41 !a. Bombay, Raroda, &nit Central India,Scrii- 1 -- Central of Italy 171 all Demerara ...• ....... 20 10 I 'ntcl' Rhenish 2i - 20 all Eastern of France ?0 10 Do. q e w 6 - 7 20 all East g. sp. c. 231 -23 i 23 g I 20 10 Do Ey:en.is, . 21 -- '2li. 121 100 all Do. 41 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible ••• ••. • 100 all Do. do. do., ' 59 , do .. - 25 15 Gcl. Tk of Canad , A. is 91 - 84 6 25 .11 Do. St. Lawrence Atl a ntic do. ...... 15 - 16 DO .0 Do. Cert. of Lebo% , con. into Stk. till '63 48 50 100 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do 88 - 90 20 10 Gt. Centralof Fran , 1/ - 11 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. 1- 1p 5 1 Do. New 5 per cent par - ip 5 2 Do. Extensions... 4 - 20 12 'great Lnrctobour. Constituted Shares 11 - 2 14 # 4 all Do. Oblimations.. 2fl -24 21 201- all Gt.West:rno;T:anad Shares l7l - 18/ 18 100 all Do. Bds., payable's7, • with option till '55 96 - 98 100 all Do. do., '62, p.'56 . 97 - 99 100 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O . 100 - 102 100 all Do. do., '73, without option 95 97 96 20t, all Hamilton & Toronto 191 - 201 201 1 100 all Do. 6 per cent. - 100 20 14 Lake Collet. Sc. Basle - b all Lucca- & Pistoja 5 p.c p - 41. prof 20 10 Lyons and Geneva 2 -21 J 20 14 Lyons & Mediterran. - •• • 20 161 Madras par - 1p 20 10 Do. New ll 11;) 111 331, 31A Maria Antonia Do. do. New - 2i 20 all Namur & Llege (wl. l interest) si - 6 5 20 all Do. (ex in `,eras;)..... . .• 16 all Northern of France. 34 - 341 20 all D 0.201. Sbs.late Char leroi and Erquelinec guar. 3$ p. C. & red. at 22y.. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 .Mn. 1854 l2l 13 20 all Do. 20/. 3p. c ,(fmy.B.& Ams.Shs -- .; - • • 10 all NorwetriarTrunkPrel 71 - 20 16 Paris and Lyon 221 - 23 1. 39 40 yll -Ditto Bonds ... - • 20 all Paris and Orleans... 11 - 46 20 - all Paris and Rowm... 39 - 41 20 10 i'erisCaen &(,herbrg. - pin ZO 1 Rouen and Havro 2ll 22 20 all Royal Danish par - 1p 5 3 Royal Swedish 2 - lid 20 a, Aambre and Manes. 71 - 8 1,1 ill !)0. 5i p. cent. Prei. 20 2s Sch d ..... le -1/ 1f 1 p 20 4 -outhern of France.. ti.. - pm 20 16 St. kudrow's and Quebec (A). .•• •—• 84 all West 34 4 to ).11 Do 5A per e. ?ref_ d 16 western o;' France... 5 .... 6 p 20 l , .V eFt. o' Switzerlano 6 all Ar'...)shaden 20 Al Zealand - 181 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 802 • 40 4.11 1, witfai.thlts 10 411 British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all British N. American ... 25 5 Ohartd. Bank o f Asia 1d — • d 20 2 Clutd. Bnk. of India, ga if 100 25 Co A lo l u ls i t al ra . l . ia .. , .. l4 C .... h .. 4 . n .. a . 100 20 Commercial of Load. 29 4 20 18 English Scottish and Australian Chart... 1.13 i 174 20 all Loud. Uncut. Bk. of Australia 2O 21 20 5 Ditto New 50 20 London and County ... ." 50 10 London Joint Stock — 100 20 Loud. & Westminster ... ••• 100 35 National Provincial of England ..• ." 20 10 Do. New ••• 50 224 National of Ireland — 0 "; 20 all New South Wales 33 " 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 39 --. 40 3)1 100 25 Provincial of ••• 10 all Do. New lee ••• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co 25 all South Australia 25 teL Union of Australia... 86 68 67i 2- Do. New 74 - 84 50 U) Union of London ‘... 0 . 20j 61.10)0 1?- 5,01111 13i ri I all 2 l9 15 all ;t. 100 ;t. 100 .0 61s. ;0 I all 0 all O 16 .0 !S all it. 100 !O all it. 100 0 t . 63 4 t .4• 3 i An u An St. )0 it. 100 LO I N it E 1.001 50 42;. t 4 It , 41 '5 .411 NYI 25 all -it 14 , A 1(X) 10 all 22i )0 1,0 it 100 50 11.00' .6 all 6 all 8 all 8 all 100 ;5 20 hoo .0 J 3 iF 17? !O ali 0 al] .0 1 Ft. I I 8 St. St. I tOO 40 a• 50 all ?0 a. 01 1 2 THE SUN, LONDON. THURSTJAY EVENING, APRIL 26 I P 5?; LINES LEASED T YA Xis Leattn.4 Company RAILIVAYE. Bedford and Bletchley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr.4 Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon. , Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. than. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury Exton Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p e Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef.Roth ant Gooleg.s p.c. Shrews.&Her S. Statfordsh WearValleygr i per cent... tßAtflomrst Agri Fria ........ . - Anglo A ustrlr. Gold Anglo Californ , an Australian Australian Cordillera Ave Ifaria Baden (GM. Duchy of Blainarvon Iron and Coal British Iron Brazilia.nlmp.(issue at £5 pm.) Do. Coeaes & Cuiab Do. St. John Del list Carson's Cr Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copper Kin. of Eng Do. Pref. 7 p. cern Copiapo . En.lisb and Austin. Copper Smeltg '^ Fortuna General Gt. NuggetVeialleg Great Polgooth Liberty Linares Lusitauian Mar; qui ta. ....... New Granada Now Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgibaud Silye) _ Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Tron Do. New Santiago de Cuba... South A astnlian Tin Croft ....... United Mexican Waller West Mariposa Wortking Mining 6 Australia Ynba. PREFERENI )200 1100 r A berdeeu Do. No. 2, 7 p. c. 31yth and Tyne lOpe , c. pref. (issd. at 50i) Brie. & Ex. 4 p. e. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Oat edonian £.lO !Mester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cqut... 00. do. Pref. No. 2.. Do. do. Pref. No. 2.. Cork &BandonN l L( , Dun.Prtli .4ST .Al)er. J. Anglian Cit. , . Asa do. C s. B 6 p. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eastern Count - h.. Ex tension , 5 p. c. No. Do. No. 2 all 1. • • 11N) 400 )o. New 6 r. C. St Fast Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 ner cent. Do. Iflt.Delientr.Sl . Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash 6 p. et, is.gr.W. York J. sths Prth. &Dun. :o.c. c , u.rne.n, ;las. &5.W.G.5 p.c 4reat Nortlm. 5 p. fo 5 p. c. Redeem' %t• 1.0 p. e. prem. . "to. 4 p. c Do. 5 p.c. Seep, Red. 5 all all t 5 p. c. Gt. N. of Scot. Fat Pr , S . & W. (TreLvid) Do. 4 per c. Pr. 4, t. Westn. (Becks ►:ante Ex:s p. c).. Do. con. roe. 4 , Do. con. ree . •f. p. c. DU. irrecl. 4 p.c. .. 100 1v all 100 90. - 13iim Prep SI , Do.CoesterB p. e.P Do. do. 5 p. c. Do. Birm. qua. Stk. Do. Ches. qua. Sh Do. do. d ....... . Do. do. d 0............ Lan. &York. F. .E. 20 no. 6 p. c. Stock ;4011.5...;8righ. G. 5 p.c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. New Guar.6 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Lon.&N. W., Coy. it Nuneaton 5 p. et Lon. & S. W. Con. 3 Londy. &Coley. Sh. Londy. &Ennie.4 tan., Slid., & Lin New, £lO Do. S 6 Nfarypt .& Car' a c Du. 4i per cent Do aid, Consol .6 p.c F 4 (Do. Consol. Bristol Si. firm. 6 per cent.... Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. e. Pref. 4 pc.r ce , . Do. W. Pr f. 4 p. c.. Dato Leic stet and Hite en Pr. f. St. ;.. ,gorfolk Debenture .. Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stocl Do. 5 p. o. Ext 00. 54 per ct.pref Do. Vi ay. Val. 5 p. c \forth British I. E. Perw, 4 n.c P Do. eo. do ao rkeds 6 p.c. :NO. l Dc. do. Quarters 4` 10. - Vork li , & R. ",;r. Nori,b Stafordsbire.. Oxford, Worcester,; Wolverh.Xls, 6 p . c Scot. Cent. , New Pre Aonth Devon 041. fixed; 44 per cep , R. Eastern (Readin , knn.) of £1 Os. Rd Do. 4i per cent IS Weies G 114.4 p. 0 Do. ~ o . 43 p. c.... Si. Voricsi , .4p.c.Guar Rtock. & Dar., 5 p c Do. • da. do Mock. & ti %111. g. ' !.....c. ti; .Tolv 1, '5" W ,11 , fd & Kin .6 pc London N. W. 't L.&N.W. E. Un. A at.Nrthn. Oaldonian Do 4t. West 1 Yk. New & Deny Y. & N M Do. Do S. East; f)o Peto & Co. Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midi& Stekton & Darlingt. En. Coun, E. Count, Do Do L. & N. W &Ln&Y Do Gt North , Ganeash & Yorksh. T. Brassey itoekt. & Darlings !)o ..... . CitWestn 511NF5. 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Co.II. . 100 284 Van Trust& Dieman'a 1 Can 49aid 124 13 • • 126 13 i4LS , t ess this day. LITERATURE. The Newcomes. No. XIX. By W. M. Thackeray. It could scarcely have been anticipated that within the compass of a single number.the curiosity of the readers of Mr. Thackeray would be satisfied in regard to the three most bewildering doubts ex cited in their imaginations by the domestic plots and counterplots related by our author in this his charming home-story of " The Newcomes." Yet so it has come to pass—the triple mystery being solved within the chapters comprised in the present in stalment. Whether Ethei would marry Princekin? Whether Clara would elope with Jack Belsize, otherwise Lord Highgate ? Whether Rosy would cajole Clive with her wicked, little, artful, simple, 'designing . witcheries ? Already Mr. Thackeray has answered each of these questions —beneficently allaying . thereby the more poig nant pangs of inquisitiveness. The magnificent Fergus Angus Malcolm Mungo Roy, Marquis of Fariutosh, is—dismissed : literally dismissed by Miss Ethel Newconie. His more quizzical ac quaintance would call it, in a whisper—flung aside like a gala bouquet, after being coquetted with by a petulant beauty for a stray hour or two as an amus ing ornament. His damned good-natured friends would blurt out curtly, bluntly, flatly jilted. However this might be surmised, Princekin actually is dismissed, though with a sort of pathetic apology and respectful obeisance. The young belle owns to having been lured on by the glitter of the coronet. She saves herself from the possibility of any future calamity in its acceptance by giving a half-regretful conge to her lordly betrothed. The manner in which this incident is related is in every way inimitable. Whether it be regarded in reference to the display of Ethel's compunction and self-reproach at the outset—merged, long before the close, into womanly pride and self-gratulation ; or whether it be con sidered, on .the other hand, in reference to the amazement first of all awakened in the mind of the Marquis of Fatintosh, irritated before many words have been passed between the wooers into upright wrath and downright indignation—" It's a shame —it's a shame," the young lord cries, with tears of rage and anguish—as they bring to an end their stormy interview.. The truth is, Ethel has been alarmed into this sudden rupture of the betrothal, by the disastrous termination of just such another incongruous union—the one between her delightful brother Barnes and the un fortunate Lady Clara Pulleyn. As before intimated, Lord Highgate has rescued the latter from her miserable home at Newcome, by luring her to an adulterous elopement. Thereupon fol lows the scandalous sequel of a trial for crim. con., resulting in a verdict for the plaintiff—damages so-and-so, as a salve of gold for the wounded spirit, or, as we may call it, a plaster of bank notes for the bruised body of Sir Barnes Newcome, plucked out of his saddle by the strong hand of poor sinning Jack, and flung screaming on the pavement of his patrimonial borough, in the presence of honest Taplow and other members of its astonished population. Then, fast upon the heels of the great case, Newcome v. Lord Highgate, comes the costly luxury of a divorce and the final match (too late for the happiness of either) of poor Clara and poor Jack, now Lord and Lady Highgate. Affrighted by the calamity which has descended upon her family like a thunderbolt, Ethel gracefully, if not graciously, retreats from the consequence of her ill-considered betrothal with Trincekin. It yet remains to be seen whether it might not possibly have been better for the young paragon of the gay world had she borne in mind the sagacious hint lying perdu, as it were, in the wise old adage, which says— --" It's well to be honest and true ; It's well to be off with the old love before you are on with the new !" Ethel takes the recommendation literally; where fore, when we close the number before us, leaving the gentle-hearted Laura Pendennis fairly weep ing, in the presence of Ethel, over the sudden news of Clive's approaching marriage with Rosa Mac kenzie—hinc ilke lachrynue. It must be obvious from all this that, as ever, the story breaks offeven now most tantalisingly. Happiest among all the life-sketches thrown in during the progress of the narrative episodically, so to speak, or as by way of a species of marginal illumination, there must be especially mentioned as conspicuous in the num bers before us, the delightfully callotypic portraits of two or three horridly natural specimens of the genus toad-eater. For example, the florid toady, Frank Henchman, whose " pompous flatteries and ebullient fidelity" have so often called forth the laughter of the late lamented Major Pendennis. And with Captain Henchman, Jack Todhunter, and with,that brace of worthies, Bowman the valet, of whom we are not surprised to hear it said that he was on familiar, not to say " contemptuous, terms with the two other gentlemen." Altogether, this latest fragment of " The Newcomes" is not unworthy of the hand from which it emanates— another sparkling bead strung on the thread of the story which in style, at least, may be already re garded as Mr. Thackeray's masterpiece. The Secret Marriage. By Miss F. Williams. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. The readers of this novel will be considerably perplexed to discover from what it draws its title. It would naturally have been imagined that the tale would have related the antecedents and conse quences of a secret marriage but the nearest ap proach to the subject is the discovery of a certifi cate of marriage which makes the hero the possessor of large estates. The story commences with vigour and effect. Lady Lisle and her friend are watching for the return of her husband from a voyage, when they become the horror-stricken spectators of a shipwreck, in which he loses his life in saving that of an orphan child whom he is bringing home-from Italy. This child, Ormond Greville, is adopted by Lady Lisle, and brought up with her only daughter, Alice, who becomes much attached to him. This affection he scarcely returns ; but at length they are engaged. Ormond then goes to Italy for a few months, where he finds a new attraction in a relation of his Italian mother, Rosina Gonsalvi. He offers to give up every thing for her sake, but she rejects him, and he returns to England, where, after some time, Alice becomes acquainted with his secret, and, though nearly broken-hearted, insists on breaking off the engagement, and he is married to Rosina. Affairs are still further complicated, however, by the discovery of the secret marriage of Ormond's grandfather, who was a Lisle, and his consequent right to the estates, which had been considered the property of Alice, whom he thus deprives of her foitune and her hopes at the same time. She con soles herself in the end with the long-tried affection of an early friend ; so every one is left contented. It must not be imagined, however, that this is the whole of the plot, as several episodes are inter woven at the commencement, which are quite separate stories. The history of Mary Graham and George Alvanley is full of interest, and the career of her gloomy and ill-fated husband is not less striking. His affection for Lady Lisle exer cised a baneful influence over his life, and though so many virtues were to be found in his wife's character, he found too late that in his hasty and inconsiderate marriage he had marred the happiness of another without making his own. The story of Lady Woodash is neither very pleasing nor profitable, and the Count Mattolino could be very well dispensed with. Alice herself is a sweet and gentle character, but a little more reserve and self-control would acid greatly to her attractions. Her openly-confessed affection for Ormond and tha, exigance of her anxiety fail to arouse the reader's sympathy, and the reader is prepared for the inconstancy of Ormond by a feeling that the attachment is on the wrong side, and that the fair Alice all through the transactions is Sadly wanting in self-respect and feminine pride. It is scarcely natural, although the book is from a lady's pen, that Alice should at the end so readily admit her feeling of regret to Eustace Graham, however long or well she may have known him. We confess we should have admired her more if she had, at least, professed to have attained indifference and forgetfulness more quickly. The style is good, though it might be more connected and condensed ; the events of the last half-volume being disproportionate to the preceding part. There is no lack, it will be seen, of variety and incident, and we may expect better things eroni this author. According to a statement just published regarding the various harbours of refuge respectively in course of con struction at Dover, Harwich, Alderney, Jersey, and Portland, the total estimate of their cost is 3,368,959/. Of this amount 1,491,0001. has already been voted, and 234,0001. will be required .to be voted for the present year. The total outlay on each work from its commence ment to its completion will be 650,0001. for Dover ; 125,0001. for Harwich ; 1,300,000/. for Alderney ; 700,0001. for Jersey ; and 588,9591. for Portland. COMPENSATION AND SUPERANNUATION ALLOWANCES —The annual return, published yesterday, shows t h at the total annual amount of compensation- allowann, which remained payable on the Ist of Jantuealy 18 d i'n 1854, was 233,7231 . ; the annual allowances gre. 5,0481. ; the annual amount whichacelawls'aendeeien w1,85,_4h, 20,206/. ; and the annual amount of December, which remained remained payable on the 31stof ation allwances, it 218,5651. As regards supera annual amount appears that 531,929/, remainednnpuayable on o the let of January, 'n 1854 • 46,030/. the annual 1854; that 63,194/. was the of allowances granted. 1185 ,_ ad 487,879 1 . the annual amount which ceased In d ablepay on the 31st of D,ecem amount which remained her, 1 854 . Thus the total compensation a n d superan nuation allowances remaining payable on the 31st of D ec ember, 1854,ounted to 706,4451. the actual charge on the public, after allowing for the deductions i n gBs4, purtniant to the 2 7th 4 section of the act, 4th and . fith of William IV. , cap. 2 . 111 & 1234 94 63i 4 75, 3 / 4 7 ,1:i 98i 8 97 i a in 8111 68 i I a 40 70i 121 8i 12t 48 12i 26 5i 60$ 27 6i NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS HABENA CAPUCINE CLOTILDE . Won by three-quarters of a length. The following also ran Fayaway, Siniopy j Treachery, Antoinette, Bianca, Firelight, and Mosquito, SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS. De Clare Par 05........ : ...................................... Exchange Won by half a length easily. SWEEPSTAKES OF TEN SOVS. Welh am ... Thessaly ... Yeutick . HANDICAP. Hothorpe Nathan . LATEST BETTING. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS. sto 4 agst Habena (taken). sto 2 agst Clot'lde sto 1 agst Mosquito. 10 to 1 agst any other. CHESTER CUP. 15 to 1 agst Scythian (taken) 15 to 1 agst Early Bird (taken) 15 to 1 agat Nabob (taken) 20 to 1 agat Escape (taken) 20 to 1 agst The Reiver (offered) DERBY. 6to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) Bto 1 agst St. Hubert (taken) 10 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick (offered) 10 to 1 agst De Clare (taken) 15 to 1 agst Grreculus Esuriens (taken) 15 to 1 agst Wild Dayrell (offered) 25 to 1 aget Kingstown (taken) 100 to 1 aget Frederick (taken). OAKS. 4to 1 agst Habena (taken) 10 to 1 agst Nettle (taken) .NEW CALCULATING MACHINE. A remarkable machine for the purposes of abstruse calculations has been sent over to this country, and deposited for the present at the Royal society. It is the invention of a Swedish gentleman named Schutz, who has, it is said, expended the greater piertion of his property in the operations necessary to bring his invention to a succeseful issue. It must not, how ever, be supposed that the machine is of a compli cated nature. On the contrary, its simplicity is one of its most remarkable features. There appears nothing in its construction which would overtask the capabilities of an ordinary mechanic, and .the modal exhibited is said to have been constructed by two Swedish workmen, instructed only in the common principles of their art. It is, of course, impossible to give an adequate conception of the machine without the use of diagram'. ,It will be sufficient here to state the principle which-has been made use of to direct its operations, and some of the marvellous results which it is capable of accomplishing. The principle is one well known to mathematicians, and may be verified by a person possessing only a knowledge of the common rules of arithmetic. It is, that all tables of numbers which follow any law, however complicated, may to a greater or less extent be formed by proper arrangements of successive additions or subtractions. Mr. Babbage is the person to whom the world is indebted for show ing the wonderful use that might be made of this prin ciple in the construction of a calculating engine. But the cost involved in the construction of the parts of his engine, and of the tools required, was enormous. We believe that Government contributed as much as 20,0001. to the expenses, and that Mr. Babbage him self disbursed large sums from his own. private means. Moreover, although the portion of the machine which was put into operation produced satis factory results, grave doubts have been expressed by many persons whether the mechanical difficulties to be conquered before a complete engine could be fabricated were not insuperable. The machine, therefore, has never I been completed, and we believe that the only portion of it left in a finished state is to be seen in King's College, London. The estimates for its completion frightened the Government of the day, and Sir Robert Peel is said to have em,)ressed the magnitude of the financial diffi culty in one of the only mots that have ever been attri buted to him. He insinuated a doubt whether Babbage's engine, however powerful, would be able to compute the cost of its construction. The invention of Mr. Schutz may be said to complete the problem started by Mr. Babbage : "Can a machine be made, at once simple and inexpensive, which shall perform laborious and exten sive computations quickly and infallibly ?" Here is the engine. It may he seen in full operation. It will compute all the logarithms in Hutton's tables without the possibility of error. It not only does this, but it prints them and stereotypes them. Hutton's tables are mentioned because they are best known, but other astronomical tables not contained in Hutton can be com puted, registered, and stereotyped by the engine of M. Schtitz in the time that a compositor wouldi take to'set up the type. It will, at the ordinary rate of working, produce about 250 figures stereotyped on plates ready fur printing in about ten minutes. Now, the importance of correct mathematical tables-of the nature alluded to may be judged by the fact that an error in a single figure in a set of tables used by a captain at sea may occasion the loss of his ship. Hun dreds of ca es of a similar nature mi;;ht be given, but it would be useless,as the universal custom of civilised govern ments, in expending large sums in obtaining tables cor rectly calculated, is sufficient to show their value. Many years ago the French Government determined to execute " a monument of calculation, the most costly and im posing which had ever been seen." To carry out this intention it was necessary to employ five or six mathe maticians of the very highest class ; sevenvor eight ma thematicians celebrated rather for acquirements and in-'duStry than genius, and a corps of some elizhty compu ters. The results of their labours appeared in seventeen large folio volumes. All the most important of the computations necessary in these vast opeia,tions can be managed in M. Schtitz's engine by thelsimple turn ing of a handle, and this without the possibility of an error. As a proof of the wonderful powers of the en gine, and the extraordinary delicacy with ,whibh certain operations are effected, one simple example may be given. Tables of logarithms are not considered sufficiently accu rate unless the logarithms are carried out to seven places of decimals. But in order to get seven places accurately it is necessary originally to carry out the coi uputation to a much larger number of places. The first si iven of these are printed, and the rest rejected. Now, it has been ac cepted as a rule by mathematicians, that if the first of the rejected figures is above five, the last of the seven retained is to be increased by a unit. M. Schutz's . machine cal culates to 16 places, but only prints 7. The machinery seems, however, perfectly to understand its duty when the first of the rejected figures is above 5. In this case it acts " like a thing of life." It increases the 7th figure by a unit, as if it were gravely introduced as A correc tion, suggested by its own knowledge of in atbematics. The arrangements of the various portio as of the engine are admirably planned, and the mechanical contrivances models of beauty and simplicity. It must be an object of intense interest to every one, but only those who are acceLainted with the labour of computing.- mathematical tables, the great danger of error, and the time and ex pense of correction, will fully appreciate the excellences of t hi s ma chine, so simple in its operation, and so in fallible in its results. MARKET NEWS-(T1112 DAI.) MEAT MARKETS . NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—Thetraao ruled steady, at very full prices : Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ' • Mutton, 3s 4d to 4 , 6 1 ; lamb , 5s 2d to 6s 0 d ; Veal,. 3's 8(1 to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Sibs, by the carcase.. SOUTHALL, April 25.—The supply of stock on offer in to-day's market was moderate, and the, demand ruled steady, at very full prices. Beef, from 34 4d to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s (d; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6a 1; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 8,1 ; Pork, 3s 41 to 4s 4d per 81bs, to ,sink the offals. 11 OM FOUL), April 25. — T0 - day's market 'cyan rather active, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10(1; Mutton, 3s 4d to 6s Od, Lamb, 5s Cd to 63 10d ; Veal, 4s Od 4s &1; Pork, 38 4d to 4s -Id per Sibs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 20s to 25s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. — Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 51 Oa Od'; clove] ditto, 3/ 0+ to 6 0i ; and straw, 11 4 , 1 to A/ 104 per load. A moderate supply and a steady trade. \ 15 Os to 51 Os ; c love ] s to 0./. Us per load t y t u o :di , . o . A bi te iq D 6 ., — O,, w andstrahway: t ',3 / Supply tolerably good, and trade firm. tVRITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3, Os )5' Os; clovel ditto, 3i 5s to 6/ Os; and straw, 1Z 4s t 0.7.1.1 lOs per mad, Trade steady. . ~~ ~ THE GREAT FLORAL EXHIBITION AT GORE HOUSE. —The preparations at this place for, the great floral ex hibition of the Horticultural Society,.:. on the 16th of May, are in a state of much activity. 'The Royal com missioners are throwing down walls:. removing un sightly objects, and getting the turf into , good order; so that the grounds of Grove Rouse and Gore House now form one beautiful lawn, interspersed with noble trees, and admirably adapted to the purposes of a horticultural promenade. The contractors for the nei v Toads Bromp ton are proceeding with all possible dezprach, and every thing that can rendez the approaches me re commodious is in course of rapid execution. 'Phe Horticultural Society, on its part, has begun to pi tch its enormous tents, and to make its other arranger vents. The band masters of the military bands that are engaged have sur veyed the ground which they are to occupy ; and every ' thing promises that the ensuing florai: exhibition will be one of the most attractive that has y, at been held, even in the neighbourhood of London. 1011 1 5} ~ 1 ~ 2 .3 SPIRiT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. (From, the Times of this chty.) 1 If p- , aeo load been concluded at Vienna upon the terms which were proffered to the acceptance of Russia by the representatives of the allied Powers, no doubt great differences of opinion would have been expressed in this country as to the value of a peace so obtained. The political adversaries of the present Administration and the more excited par tisans and promoters of the present war would have denounced any such compromise as that which was recently proposed as a base surrender of the honour of this nation and a shortsighted bargain for a hollow peace. Men of more moderate opinions might have thought that the results of the war, if it had been thus terminated, bore no adequate pro portion to the spirit in which it was begun, and to the sacrifices it has already cost us ; while the power and influence of Russia, would have been rather augmented than diminished by the energetic resistance she has hitherto opposed to the formid able combination arrayed against her. Nor could much reliance have been placed upon the terms themselves which the Vienna Conference was in duced to offer, for, as Lord Malmesbury observed on Tuesday evening, we could have no material guarantee for the limitation of the naval force of Russia, and if, as would probably have been the case, she violated or evaded her engagement in that respect, the rest of Europe could obtain no redress without a fresh appeal to arms. On the other hand, the partisans of peace would have gained strength by the recovery of that inestimable blessing, and a considerable portion of the community would not have looked very closely at the nature of the con cessions which procured for them a cessation of the burdens thrown by war upon the country. But, although these differences of opinion would have instantly manifested themselves upon the conclusion of peace, we apprehend that the extent to which the allied Powers were disposed to carry their concessions can now be viewed in only one tight. They have shown their desire for the ter mination of this contest to have been so sincere that they would even have signed a treaty of peace Which threw upon Russia none of the burdens or humiliations of defeat. They asked for no cession of territory ; they left even the forts of Sebastopol untouched by negotiation ; did not raise the ques tion of an indemnity either to Turkey or themselves for the expenses of the war, and were conten t to restore matters to very nearly the state they were in before these hostilities began. Greater forbear ance and moderation were never shown to an enemy and an assailant, especially when it is remembered that the whole strength of that enemy is defensive, and that we have absolutely nothing to apprehend from the forces of Russia against ourselves. These proposals have, however, been made in vain, and the Russian Plenipotentiaries rejected them as per emptorily as if they had involved any serious sacri fice of the dignity or the interests of their sovereign. Can anything demonstrate with more irresistible evidence that the sole cause of the duration of the war lies in the obstinate and inveterate resistance of Russia to the fairest terms of peace, that the re sponsibility of prolonging the war rests altogether with the enemy, and that we have no alternative left but to employ force to compel the Russian Go vernment to make peace on such terms as justice and the public security may demand ? The task is a difficult one, and it may be long before we bring it to a successful termination; but this country is not wont to relax in its efforts to obtain a great political object, and our stubborn endurance and resolution have before this accom plished far greater labours than time. The hope of terminating the war by a compromise is at an end ; henceforth it becomes a trial of strength between Russia and the Allied Powers, which can only be terminated by the exhaustion of one or other of the belligerents. It is needless to add that, having carried our offers of concession to the utmost limits of forbearance, we cannot for an in stant recede from the position we have henceforth to defend, and that to make peace on any other terms would be to surrender to the universal ascendancy of Russia all those interests which it is our object to protect from her rapacity and her ambition. We may have underrated the strength of our opponent in the earlier stages of this con flict, for the failure of the Russian armies in their first operations on the Danube gave the world too low an opinion of their skill and courage. But, if the power of Russia be greater than was at first supposed, the more urgent is the necessity to re duce it within limits which shall cease to threaten the independence of other countries. As the rejection by Russia of the moderate terms offered by the Allied Powers is a decisive justification of the war in which France and England are enga g ed, so also this event ought, on every principle of logic and good faith, to exercise a decisive influence on the policy of the German Courts. They have testified from the commence ment of these disputes the strongest desire to bring them to an amicable termination—Prussia by keep ing altogether aloof from the quarrel, and Austria by agreeing to take a more active part in this struggle, if peace could not be obtained by other means which have now been tried and exhausted. Next to Russia herself, who is the prime mover and sole original cause of these calamities, it is impossible to doubt that the p r i n cip a l author of the present distressing state of Europe is the King of 'Prussia. Had he firmly adhered to the principles which he formally adopted in the Protocols of Vienna ; had he laboured, in conjunction with ,Austria, to maintain the union and the dignity of the Germanic Confedera tion ; had he called out the military forces of his kingdom • and had he made the Russian Govern ment fee l that the continuance of this war would place it in direct opposition to the whole of Europe, it is impossible to doubt that peace would before this have been restored, if, indeed, the war had ever begun. But the secession of Prussia and the divi sion of Germany have enabled Russia, as yet, to paralyse Austria and to resist the Western Powers, even when their demands were reduced to the most limited conditions on which a negotiation could be conducted. If there were either honesty or judg ment in the councils of Prussia, these facts could not be without weight even upon her ; but, in the condition to which that Court is now reduced, fear alone will regulate its conduct. The position of Austria is altogether different. She has participated in and has presided over the Conference, which was opened at her solicitation. She has agreed to the last in those terms which Russia has rejected. She has proclaimed her in tention to the world by her Notes, and bound her self by treaty to prosecute the alliance with the belligerent Powers to the complete attainment of their common object. She has assembled for this purpose one of the finest armies in Europe ; amount ing certainly to 500,000 effective men ; and she has now acquired the certainty that Russia will not submit to any terms of peace affording valid secu rities to Europe, except upon compulsion. The case to which all her policy and all her preparations have been tending for the last 18 months is now complete. One bold stroke may place her at the head of public opinion in Germany, may rivet the alliance with France by indissoluble ties, and may transfer to the young Emperor of Austria an influ ence in Europe hardly inferior to that enjoyed by the late Emperor Nicholas in the best part of his life. To hold such cards, and not to play them — to have such a prize within reach, and not to clutch it—to feel the power 'of rendering such a service to mankind, and not to do it—are errors which overshadow the remainder of an existence, and render the most conspicuous positions in the world the least honourable and the least to be desired. It is here, most especially, that the remarkable moderation of the terms proposed by the Plenipotentiaries of the Western Court tells with irresistible effect. The more moderate they were the stronger is the obligation of Austria to support them, for the more cordial and sincere was her own assent to them ; and, as the French and English Governments will now forthwith proceed to call 'upon the Cabinet of Vienna to 'enter upon the fulfilment of the stipulations of the treaty of the 2d of December, it is impossible for that Court to recede with honour from the engagement to take effectualmeasures for the attainment of the object of the alliance, which all pacific means have failed to accomplish. (Prom. t4e Times of this day.) It is now seriously propounded in various quare - ters that England is incapable of making war. W have seen it argued with much philosophy and practical illustration that in proportion as we have become more free, more constitutio‘nal, and more commercial, we have lost that unity of purpose, that warmth of sentiment, and that keenness of pull powerfullys sofagainst power. owoe a nr s e. 1 action necessary to military success. Every man or by th now does that which is right in his own but eyes, and a very delightful state it is, o u p bg e lri r ec a ao t tp e puiiiiion, it is not the political organisation thatatpwroorsk influence of parties and classes, of schools and Pinedirsvidinualsw,aor; byWfoerceinoafyp societies, but while these several forces are real in their own directions, they another, and the result is a The man to carry on war with 'effect meaning b so cuo l t :ti ni l c Ce i who can say, "L'etat! c' es t mo • , must be he under 111 absouteoisvehris‘thalehlutmhe_ pire," where the word has a 1 . ' In a n ct ern _ So vereigndhleepasretrmvaisenntat,bs wishes ii for an the war. Now, nobody lap War countryministe Minister 0 will act War Minister . ) Emperor we very much sz the oWuarrmion Emperor, but without shall but waste y and our myriads of men. The War , Min i stermust be able to command at Minister so 0 f m a onn - De as freely as the Commander-in-Chief at the seat of war. That, indeed, is very much the theoryi - E V!'SP.A.Pi of the office, and we have no doubt that a Ministet,,, ,,. ,_ with the requisite personal qualities would find tl,l ' - 4..‘„... f.5 _ '', s subordinate departments sufficiently at his dispos.y k,,„d5. 11 / 4 land prompt enough to execute his orders. i; t' 4.4.11t,C4 4 then it must be a man who has his heart and . .V1 4.21- ' - '4;Zi• in the war, who is beforehand with every conjanb \ 4-477 - 1 3* 4 1 4, il' , .•...,, i ~, i . ture, who suffers nothing to go by default, a • - 4 - -1444;;; urges on th e war i nstead of lagging behind. Such ..K 1 a War Minister we certainly had not last year. Nor have we now. We believe that at this mo ment the British army in the Crimea is as unpre pared for almost any change of operations as it was any time last year. Whether wo take Sebastopl, or give it up as hopeless for the present, there ie the greatest probability of our finding it neces sary. to take the field and penetrate into the country. For that we are certainly unprepared. We hav e not anything like the proper number of animals, vehicles, or other equipages. We have not oven that summer clothing which by this time must be necessary, whether we take the field or retain our present position before Sebastopol. Rejoiced indeed should we be to find ourselves mistaken ; but we feel hardlya doubt that in the event of a Council of War deciding to take the field as soon as possible, it will be found necessary to wait an indefinite period for the arrival of proper supplies from this country, When those supplies at last arrive the opportunity may have passed, new difficulties may have risen up, the Russian army in the field may have been doubled or trebled, and another Council of War may decide on another course, for which our army will be equally unprepared. The Duke of Newcastle doubtless did his best ; always seeing he appears in his o wn ev id ence , he was seeing obstacles which he was unable to r emove, and att emp ti ng i n va i n to produce direct ness and unity of action amid warring departments and complicated forms. We have seldom read a i. more painful rnea, narrativ e . Indeed the autho r ities in the Crimea, whe n accused . of mismanagement, can now retort triumphantly tly on the confusion at home. From first t o l ast the appears to have been justly dissatisfied with the state and relations of all the departments connected with the war. He was slighted by the H orse Guards. He thought the whole system of the r o a f l Medicalty Department ex tremely bad, and the systemsupplying medical comforts through the Admi could get no information Wfroinachin thetuar nmoeencl a tal•calusa.uthoe rities, but only denials, d out to be untrue. He was dissatisfied h with the org an is a ti on of the Medical, the Ordnance, the Commissariat, and the Transport Departments—vrith how many more we cannot say at this moment. He suggested remedies, overruled forms, and did some things on his personal responsibility. But, somehow or other his well-intended measures fell wide of the mark, or short of it, like Old Priam's jave lin. He had just misgivings, but they did him no service. For example, he was always appre hensive, he says, of the number of soldiers' wives sent with the army, but was overruled by prece dent and the foolish wishes of the soldiers, and found his own views too well justified by the re sult. He felt himself deserted by his colleagues last August and September, and would have pre ferred some Cabinet meetings ; perhaps, however, he says, it did not signify so long as there was nothing of importance—that is, in a period that included the embarkation of the troops from Varna, the landing in the Crimea, and the Battle of the Alma. He suffered from the Board of Ordnance the same insubordination as from the Horse Guards, in the shape of a peremptory order from that board stopping the manufacture of winter huts which he had ordered on his own responsibility. In both instances the insubordinate officials ought to have been instantly dismissed the public service, but the Duke of Newcastle, not having called them to accont, himself pays the penalty, as indeed be ought to do. If there is one thing more than another on which Lard Raglan appears to be ob servant and well informed it is the weather. As early as October his Lordship had formed a dis tinct and very unfavourable view on this important subject, and written home accordingly.. The Duke of Newcastle's prescience, so often exhibited to so little purpose, here whollyfailed him, and he would not believe a winter in the Crimea so formidable as had been represented, though any schoolboy mig • ht have told him that the inhospitable climate of the Euxine was proverbial from the remotest antiquity. It is not a very agreeable task to trace the defi ciencies of a Minister who did his best in a season of difficulty. The Duke of Newcastle found his department in a state of disorganisation ; he found the Horse Guards insubordinate, the Ord nance under a chief 3,000 miles distant, and the Commissariat reduced to the lowest ebb, obliged to collect a staff from the colonies, and eke them out with Treasury clerk, Custom house officers, and policemen, while it was charged. with the custody of all kinds of stores and the pur chase of everything wanted for the army. He found the Medical Department insufficient, disorganised, and without the means of supplying its wants. He found no Ambulance Corps, no Transport Service, except only such as the Commissariat might be authorised to raise, in addition to its other duties, at the order of the Commander of the Forces. He found that, while at home it had been resolved that the war should be prosecuted with the greatest Ti• gour, it was the general opinion of the army and navy in the East, including their highest officers, that nothing was to be done. There was hard, difficulty, physical or moral, he had not to encotut-' ter. Does he, then, stand excused I No, certainly' not. Shortcomings in politics and in war admit of no excuse. It is inexcusable to be beaten. It is inexcusable to allow delays that cost the lives of thousands, and ruin or damage a great cause. It is inexcusable to stand at the helm and not to see the lock of danger. It is inexcusable to be supreme in authority and not in energy, intelligence, and power. Failures are faults in war. What can ex cuse a man for falling into an ambuscade and losing his life ? What can excuse him for losing the lives of his countrymen by tens of thousands ? A. man who undertakes nothing may be excused if he does nothing. The Duke of Newcastle undertook the conduct of the war, so far as England was con cerned. He asked the confidence of thirty million people, and he failed. His task was difficult. That is no novelty in war. Of course, he was aware of this when, having the choice of the Colonies and the War, he chose the latter. On this point even he has not been taken by surprise, and has there fore no excuse if he has failed. : : TOTAL LOSS BY FIRE OF THE TRANS PORT SCREW STEAM-SHIP CRCESUS. A serious loss was made known yesterday at the Ad miralty, by the receipt of telegraphic communications from Genoa, announcing the burning of the General Screw-Steam Shipping Company's iron screw-steamer Crcesus, which had been chartered by the English 'Go vernment for the trAnsport service, numbered 191, and was under the command of Capt. T. V. Hall. The un fortunate catastrophe took place about 11 miles S.E. of Genoa, on Tuesday morning. The Croesus was one of the fine fleet of iron screw steamers which were built for the company about two years since, by Messrs. Mare and Co., at Blackwell. She was upwards of 2,000 tons; was put on the Australian line, and returned from Mel bourne about three montlis ago. She was then taken up by the English Government, and took out the Royal Wilts Militia, from Portsmouth to Corfu. On disem barking the troops there, she was ordered to Malta, where she arrived on the 3d of April, and on being coaled, proceeded with other transports to Spezzia, for the purpose of conveying the Sardinian troops for service in the Crimea. She was then ordered to Genoa, and in the course of Monday the first detachment of the army, comprising the staff, 37 officers, and 209 rank and d lea embarked on board. She also shipped 25 mules, an large quantity of stores and ammunition. took her de- On the following (Tuesday) morning d sal of the Sar eerr:3s7ll"ir Hydaspes, No. 9, and the Government had placed at the p oi . ° the contingent, Sar dinian authorities for the conveyan c e d lore for the East majesty's ship Retribu parturo for Constantinople. The other i,s s h e took which and it is reported took thei e r r p of the Crcesus) ; Erneu, (sister No. '74 ; Cleopatra, o. Harkaway. taiboonu, ;Jason, No, o p . er s i t od fl:; , r'ef acconnts that have been re - Accor ding to the b , i c a ppears that the fi re b ro k e out ceived of the loss, shortly after the • amongst the stores, ill-fated ship had and so rapid was the work of destruction that all Genoa, d all attempts to stay the progress of the flames or save the vessel proved fruitless. Her condition being provi dentially observed, the other transports sent their boats to her aid, and, with those belonging to the Crcesus, th e w hole of the soldiers and crew of the b urning pre served, with th e exception •of ship were o ne sailor. . six of the tr oo ps an d This is the third steamer the the last two months, two company hav e l os t w ithin the Mauriti us , which b y fire, vi z ., th e C rcesus an d was destroy e d w hil e l y i ng i n th e dry-do c k a t Southampton, by the tered Government, by going ashore near Cadiz. The comp any are severe sufferers by these:de plorable disasters , s as the ships, in addition to earning a considerable sum per month, were not insured to their value. The Crcesus cost 93,000/. and was only in sured for 57,0001. i n th e room a t I:loyd's and the prin cipal insurance offices. The Government paid the corn : parry 5,0001. a month for her services. 7 ---- -- -- froM THE MIME. --SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday, April 25. —The United States' mail steam-ship Hermann, Capt. E. gigging, sailed to-day, with the British, French, and Havre. German mails for the -United States, 278 . passengers, a N n e d w faira y o York, is is average hourlyea r g e o x . p e cTtehde sotneahm.crshwipayUntinon, ' The Royal mail steam-ship Laflata, is appo inted . to take out the next West India, Pacific,. and Mexican mails of of the Peninsular mails on the 27th the 2d proximo. The Atrato, with the homeward mails deferred eParture in consequence of the non-arrival from the same quarter, may be lo oked . for about the 30tk in in:t t: w T ill h be e departure of the Iberia, and it is probable that no mail-ship vat leave for those ports until the 7th proximo. • CI: t P . t., 0, ) : 1; 1 4 .4" $. - 4 ere ig inl I Car I , 00 Ltici' rrla ttiftlf 40 5 St. 25 St. '2O St. 15 9i 2i 64 3 !. St. 16 5 St. SCI 25 ' to 'AC 115 i 10 i 104 72 3 19b 1341