The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-19 00:00:00

• .ed the privationi p ee n subjected.„ )NY. mblishes the instra4 binet to the Ivl ring ring the dat e of Jo) l e Diet on DOC. 9 ' . A la t though it is d o ) sly to theor dergir con tingent r ed W $ rithia from saves 02 iotice may be gill: by any means sgrei,,:l nit an attack is tr he A ustrian tru c k 'cops on the 0, , to be consideoolo ities, since it we e p ;t the defence of t e it to great dare: ent the Russian 4 iovenaen t s of sac ,'ii in the vicinity 01,10 sr9 ded to act agsivj accepted the fo n Cabinet thinks, ertil :e of that Poi" ; preparations ord a d r means carried to nll ) sed, seem to Salo to )ug h at the saroet,lsf 'eady whenever the r the 110, la t 13°11 : • ea In resterday fogs , 01 0 01 , D federal 006 • nment will 01/00 srtry probsoloo gf i rY and artillm ISIA. geode, e Gaze tte 0 ,1;0 r 05 eluded be s t e r c i o f the tel e r ttli e rich is noW, tbo also opened nooev patches hsfe;sl/;,t4sl, ,rded grattlsio,4 ithe techni 4°‘ ; and last c'foortt;'ol blic at large.tefietto 3ial despatches ig lines of ,38 , 1 1 r ef last year/ 0.41 hes, hoverer,' jotOti ), and brolig,b' 00.4 which 50 r o f the expenses i;05.9 for the 1 6 l o ry 5,307 thalerket, 0 per co:lWe apd ng of Stat°,4odidili 552, the WotP.iir tal loss of ill' lM matnent. lated. 15th iv' ,i, pliYed to th• As" 4 1 1 4 . The rren,i, ,ch on the 319w001 et Vienne, i°,liley to accept the sian i d e spatf i b. a by the lA° perists to , t1 : 1 6 ,/ 0 2,1 safety Red° -cosy' c o nfedera tion promises thenio seduction OF 000 1 the Engli9 try, thi pr oven. 2 , ;1Y the gr<oiiiir and orporiL l e before' w lost extreore, Konigsberg' ".do.,4,jti,e 3 COT Of IVO resp tt Irculatioo Or- 4 ions, in `4 )b, Vistula 0 'is res° lcej It il yed oa Vt that this If olitica l • 00 ° t rilitos v' ' , -DIA 1101° , ------- 0 7 1 , %-IVI-SElll7,l4l'°wileti -4YMOtiVal Vri 001 )orcipany's it l Pt milder WaltAiefs 1. hotnesOrth ..,11ei," of vreatbef4',,cl 4,14 r, Denier 0. 37, Pt' rth ;. Jafil'Pori' r, / 29th ; ° etPloot,, st. 00031,pre.orfor among' 1(110+ ' . Mr. sod ce p, ti o f or" , 234 bela y V ridriOs, Iges rata' of iti 00 E lts(fei 0 0 11 pac ,L 1 : p 0 brocr 7 doltreis:' ti 's ete 'll°lll` '.ward 01 t ~ ii , if , ~ie Sa"it GP; oil tlie 0",,a too / r St. Til()1/. be , P' k t 0 9; ~,ee_ 5, . 6.'t Tli°l" I 6wyer, P-7-' 3! Tuoil4 I'll i ls , St. II ill, `' Ige s, Jav-00 A AtilVg. oil)" )110,S' 0, 0' 1 ivr Or lata Ws le3Vjerd, is tloW C 013511 0 Ctof, partially IV tlit,fdr oo " lr wed /11v . t 1 0 to be opetiea last. 1011. .0 A ed at 64 uatl3l°Eit. 01 . et la f pops statioli ~04 Fri& noc., ifitp Pio,' 6ses at Pt• •neolo 00. 5110 erlu , f/ olio ward VO,),glIoe'1,(: cperieuced IT4P lAl ijell 0` ,0 1" tnail9 wero to d d 1)00 i,, convey:toes ce pr o° tg, she iltigt... 011 ------- . riti is COnterrei 11)1'0,1 t t. Sidle' d -presideo tof 00",??,' Phe Sort h-Weetts.ool Cain John S. C.:110 6 wails, arrivepiSeilti eying been ( . , 0 1 her ticusil tilli,tig t 1 eas While er°TitrDLO,rvi r jogy-bo3, ~,or r; I'o, ancl part of P Ile.box. n Li 4 °N /di A K T & 20 RD 1? al 14 r:LL ra El; 'E. CITY, TWO o'CLOCt ,„„I'laere was no particular alteration in the cotton ko ofi e b at Li verpool on Saturday. The sales were kid k al e; all to the trade, including 90 Pernam t-tO i ' ll a. 4l at Gd. to G cl., 100 Egyptian at way ~?a a nd 500 Surat at 3Lcl. to Ad. per lb. Th etrad e declinedd-I to 1 per cent. Iteeioc°o, is exceedingly dull to-day, in the The ta , t . i late accounts from abroad. 4 terd ed "'"s from the Continent are many of them r p ',,ed there is, consequently, a dearth of `oty et 441 e steamer from the United States has te lltea,,, r rived, and owing to the prevalence of - J wind, • allya ce() is not yet expected. !guy• 'nuts from the West India colonies gene ;ettheqrescribe b us i ness as be i ng d u ll , an d t h e i t , ne tkaie 3.t uniform i n th e different islands. In lort a j a de bad been rather languishing, but titt ._2% of ez rou about the previous value. The 4 , o eii ange were without alteration. 7 " r 4ie • 8b important foreign news received this ttl ot tlies g th isr f e j na Lima, announcing the . total defeat, eru anuary, of Echenique, the President aed k i IA o f t he his army, by Castilla, formerly Pre kkonlaiirvietue Republic, and eminently popular for hea and patriotism. The victor was of hsh zd with but little bloodshed, as aypor etrisetk "enique's army went over to their too N ,at the onset, and the President only th o 4 ilif ti l4 te Lima with four lancers. He }ly / 1 44 in the house of Mr. Sullivan, Itte r i g Consul, and the people would 1 4 , , ,...lie t i n ' e ed him immediately, but for Cas tej`N /31! given him the protection of a kk°lleihe when town of Lima was a scene of great the the latter General made his entry; ' t0,. °4 04 4 .1 1 g of guns, ringing of bells, and other ‘ );reip at °ll3, told of the popular delight at li d ' l4l from the corrupt rule of Echenique ac ibere 1 6 6 tot ou , Ws. Castilla, a tried soldier and ot .tt never have taken up arms but at a large majority of his country •vre has consequently been no untie /101e kld the or spoliation of private pro- Os. 'ue Whole of the Republic acquiesces Nit. restored rule of its former honest 4 Pei l ' t rat l' e gs 3:1,,,0 r 5• To the English holders of the - of Apt, Peru the result is most cheering. e e ta t re h e past the parties who have become ,teL Ni t 744 tild e home bonds at the very low prices .1„114 e avoaring to get them quoted offi ,Vittetu London Stock Exchange, and this the kito o eQy A-nglo-Peruvian Bondholders has Ve3hiphr e isted. The Stock Exchange Corn 46 a e a ,,,`Y to its credit, has refused to sanction Ilei‘geroes precedent, although the home Ofd evere) knowing the tottering condition V 2 114 meat which has fostered the creation VlHitiery.-atneents of home stock, were becoming key, b lir gent. The Stock Exchange, there -1441 c i aal e fairly congra t u l a t e d upon having e r 41 44 r itself, and assisted in throwing its tier . 0 -ce over the public and the for e ign kt rti 4 gai ts l t ° t re, the fact that Castilla took up tl3 4t pt t e m t he financial extravagance and the l the ho °f his successor, we may fully expect kl 4tk li t t yrop oro :! e b will be reuced to its original 3aust , and kept d out of the European 1: 1 1 gliA . ,op e 4 e Stock Market has not fully sup wen,P,r°ved rates of Saturday, although re 5 0 1 to C onsols being 91 to for transfer, The t oi ti fo r °r account. The present quotations e ~r uipn eY, and 90 / 1 to 91 for time. "rile • of thAreours as to the intention of the t' o `i-e " h easi,4' French to visit the Crimea, excite et, b o 'llfou ilu ss ) although it is hoped they will 11,1)411%7194 U. The New Three per Cents. i i ` l %at! r ?11, and the Reduced 91 to 911. oft I t l,%tf t , have been Os. to 9A., and India t he 4% dot lndia Stock is 220. new ,Z ll ,ke t : t ee, , e has been published for paying p 2 p e ;Nq tk , l ‘ l , ends in circulation, and issuing 13 1) „,°41,2• 4 - , o tet t he same terms as at present ,tfe ; 44 ar e W e eari' t tr diem. b ee pe d i n 'Ne 4 , t a have been dull. The Turkish h owever, ar s e ma r k ti . ,wevei, at 4 0 8 - • Spanish De -1),1,82. e c ", 1 101 . Idrazilian Old 5 per Cents. In t b .:ll 4 ' 3 ardi,. Mexican 21. Danish Threes ' l lO f Per 0 "'an. Stock has been at 86, and 0 11 ents . °Witi or • • are at 921 to - 20 are . - • 4,vreeada Deferred nominal prices of foreign Ap t L ° 21 • p.,„ Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mem -43'13' .50 io 5; 4 Viat i? 70 to 71; ditto Three o ) ttus s i ari ' P ortuguese Four per Cents., I ve per Cents., 98 to 100 ; Q s, ur -011 - a f per Cents., 87 to 89 ; 'YR. 3r , Qforrpd, 17? to 172 ; ditto Thre© t ° 34; Certificates, - 41 to ; 41 4% tii va •e) 4 to 44. 1 4 0. „ 1 "Ods for the second half year of 1854, ' 4 ounced are these :-Great Western, 3 Ctt't annum, carrying over a balance of 4 ;l 3lividend for 1854, 3 per Cent. Great t~petPer Cent. per annum, carrying over a 14 ra .tllt. s s. 11d. ; total dividend for 1804, tre„ t iettti : 1 -4 .°lidon and Blackwall, 4s. Gd. per lli. gt abt x , t Vend for the year 7s. Od. per . l u t t a r tii nu tN l A• 1 ,,,, t ' t 9 5. per Cent. upon the average /%1„ vid e „,,lll, l 4 bare. Midland 3,1 per Cent. t• A -rt h a : L 't for ; 1 . Lt_ over a balance of 32,2881. rkie fla ' l ' o 4l ‘ '°4, per Cent. totai!terWick" Stock 4 per cent. Ideiid D ividend2s for 1854, 3 per Cent. 185, 1 1 Per Cent, per Annum ; total 14 1 2 6 10 at tera ,„' per Cent. " Leeds" on Pre ' s '' o ll, y r Cel l i -1 ". Extensions, 1848, No's. 1,2, ,LtBs4 A lper e Per annum. Stockton and Dar -407 Per Z it ' Per annum ; total Dividend (4, 7 1 1 1 t fog Per ail en t• Lancashire and Yorkshire, IZetid f or g um, and adding to the surplus Ti r 0 ,„. ! 4 ? i re the previous half-year, total :36121.4'. pe r , per Cent. Eastern Counties, ; tot s an num, carrying over a balance dividend for 1854, 28 per Cent. meetings announced are the fol -41411) C°ll3 ks, 4ll ::et Pa nY. kid to.. Date. Place. ' l / 4 1 %k 14 Aieet . ' • ••• Feb. 28, Nottingham. ................ Mar. 3, Brussels. 6 Itteter . bbe... ......... Feb. 28, Blackburn. ......... Feb. 22, Bristol. 401,_ ••. ......... Feb. 23, Euston Station. 104.4tpe4.ud ......... M ar . 7, London Tavern. . elil, ............ Feb. 28, Cork. 11aadle!fa 4t ... Feb. 28, Truro . . yT i t44 wl e i ciovr u ....... Feb. eb. 24 :) , .. .... .................. Feb. 20, London Tavern. Co , Dublin, ................ Feb. 23, London Tavern. O t t ‘ti si t h:ti , lt e i reta .. .. ............... FFeb. 27, LoKinngdo's n ci T 'o a ss ;ern. Feb. 28, Edinburgh. .... ...... Feb. 20, 2, Park-place. • N.. 6 ............ Feb. 21, Brussels. 1114%ke t prr, • ••• . . ......... Feb. 28, Albion Tavern. t i N 1V: (1 0 1(14; e .. -2 ........... Mar 1; Paddington. I,4 l l ar c , t t;s kt i a .k ......... Feb. 20, Kingston-on-Hull. Y, Southport Ft-b. 28, Liverpool. 444,144445tte1••••. ......... Feb. 23, Paddington. ...... Feb. 20, London Tavern. ItiltkiStel.ktkiXt‘':3lelstern.. Feb, 23, Euston-square. 14%.pbnt,:ki,licift''Western Mar. 1, Waterloo Station. 4 8 ` ,1 q%4% a nd Line. Apr. 4, Manchester. * Ctr1.......... Feb. 26, Florence. 1iZP0 rt 4 i5,....... Feb. 21, Maryport. ............ Feb. 21, Derby. 4'44k 411 (1t rei•••• ......... Feb. 28, London Tavern. 114 kli A , !Id Heref. Feb. 28, London Tavern. 4 111 en Feb. 27, Guildhall Coffee-h. ......... Feb. 28, Office. bkilkiAet er .. - ' 4 ' l unction Feb. 20, Easton-square. .."•••• .......... Feb. 2S, London Tavern. °II . • .." •• . 3 York. at. or. ........ Feb.• - 8 5 4 % 4, s e Nte r ..... • ..... . Feb. 23, Easton-station. Vt11. 4 ,44 4t 1l a nd Wol tobt q er • .... ...... . Feb. 21, London Tavein. he Ld4lsin ......... Mar. 1, Paris.' ) (teti„;••• • ....... Mar. 15, Bridge-housellotel. gl i w ay .......... Mar. 1, Office. tdrn ith Share Market has been firm, el- • W. . ‘P il ,l4 bi k l idj a , little doing. Only Great Ll4L'etti" h ave b , North-Eastern, and. , one or two 4 Ti ; l aler 1 n on dealt in. The ' foreign shares k 4 ) t !it ti th i ng nominal. k lel l 4 . l'R a 1 .. ? a 0 . t here is very little alteration, `'tt la a N a , - tock Banks there have been a n ' Ne e ing hirather lower rates generally. Not „ . 41 0, a , the miscellaneous shares. General • er, and Cyrstal Palace at na b "NIA -LITIS DAY AT ONE O't titt °gem/ 'i n t. t 4 ,1 '4l C e'lli ced A Re-17108S doe , 0 914. , 1 90i1 N 1, le, t'unnuties - 9 1 1 4 ti,7 "xi4r e t t, ,tt,, 4,4 are , an., 18(1) 4 :l4t,o'P l re 10th Oct., 1859 44 1 / 4 1: kr 't t1000'"-•••• k'2 11 ,i04 ..... . ........ 1951 : 9011 .... .2 . .. ..................... . 6 9 t itto r ..• • • • ............... 9 ... , k;), • , 0 per Cent...-. _ ()? " )9, e opp-r, „ • " r , e ,, Flt'-IDs AT s )LO Ntt o it„,,' 0 1 82,5 , 3 ............... 101 ... Cent '1.4, 1 :N4 11 ( Z t , 14, -. 4 "1 t• o,„'eont,t ........... k V ° ll " 14 :-' )1)(1 r ................. .21 1; e : v b, 1 •,, P(.1 (lout •- tti rot P t , q, ri - rre(l, 3 e:•- Cent............... N . ith 'ount .............. ti . t t a4; (.l e 1 " ""' • ........ b t t ' , 1 ) : 1* Cent. • ~,eeet. 12 ox - 6 • ettineates.. tul 17, 4 , 51 1 HALF-PAST b•' l Floi s itto. if 1- ........... .. ... ......... 902 AeevUllt ...... 90& 1 S 2 t. 3 corresp , o i "01v4V n_ ireulatio o , : ,,_,l 40 - 4 , 0 . 94 . ions, in IE:,61:A0 4 0 Tq 4, nits. It fly Atc le foi el vr, and sb•V j e t 044. 10' e l4 og A ir 1,,, 2 1 : i - G, !se land nl63°,l, " 4 :, e to the mpg • "f i ' t o 4 4. • AI) ktfo tt 4 4 . P 3 0 4! oi the 13tb, z\T ,ft Mtlliblt - ttki._ A. , of the EllSl Acio.l l„ _ 4s ? coning for T 7 le 7,t , k th . t b il kk 41 i d ). mission .0 - ',', ' ° t e l: - -- 1; 1 0 ,1 titil kt gllt t, of the 15tb.,!:, '44,4.%/.;''.11 Ist the Sessal;, Ai 'therilto,. tingent. AO; h41 ,2e (4 ° urell ' ''''teo been p gate r . , aired to 0 ' ' t o , IV "111,.''t a O kt 8. ,%. French tr o°l- 0 fa 1- 44. i nu t Oi l ' Pr N a 'lv 0, and- a, , 4 1 a p er rth %in the rOrgior. ' 4 1 p, t the 001°11 i bYurk:INI V ttivide ' ndependase th e °1.," ,%;clnee'lQc 11 en curreol,ot, I 14,2, 6, e Crimea, volAift Von, t" ilso that 1t or 1,,_ 1 854 9 iten-ded to nor Ito et t oe , 1 1 the even t ° ' Bl "'' , . 14;loRkt ; 1 . 1 )mo doubts o' ~.-, 41 e lid 0 1/ .itl'er 'll (`,en me nieasureisOoltl ,i1,114e, I. RUSSiO (10 ' L I.4i] 1 fir , . ,hree or it-Ag tt.o.ii Aki, •••., er. It 3 r t io, . 0 41 1; It t t ecl. bellin3 0,1 k.os,t,lsi, )st utl6ll3ll),,irforp Nil( Vistula ;: i 1 bk'44:11010.4a14,, is resolvv,:or , t,tit kittli I, ppnyed 0 0 0 44 that thil a Alt il kli. l.l olitieal ° g AO ' 04 44 , -- 1-4,•rt, iS nv 4 41 1. !44,1 d viiNtl;_'. T 10( 8 100 100 100 100 100 100 11) 5i 21A 8 I'lo 21?, all all 11 al 1 SUARE MARKETS. (11-ii. DAY.) RAILWAYS. fILWAT Closing Prices Friday Basins , : (tone this day. Aber,leen 20i - 4g Arnbg. Nottng. Boa - , and Easter. Jrtnet Belfast & Ballymena Birming. Wolverh. ;:i';tour Valley Birkerthd. Lance'. di Cheshire hind Do. Cheth. & Birk., - X5O :tad £25 Cone. £20... Blyth &Tyns origina £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen and Car digan • oboe .., 8L- - 9 12 - 11 16 —64 d 93 - 95 61,1 Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandop Cork, Black, & Pas, 1 . Cornwall i - i 6 - 7 13 - 11:1, 29 19 - 21 72 74 r)5 57 2d par 19 70 72 83 - 89 69 - 71 26 - 128 90 92 64. - 65 60 - 62 72 - 77 7 - 9 7 - 9 74 - 74.!, -- 5 ... - ...t 74 8 4 - 97 - 99..1 1001 gd id - id 1 85 86 8 7 7A 6 ••• - ••• - 221 93j - 6i,t 69 41 - 43 ... -•-• . Par P 9 2.} 50 - 52 '3 3-4 28 .. 29 8 10 - 7, 74 75 7 61; , 1 41 12/ 121 5 o 514 51 par Ad 4$ - 4$ 6 4 30 - 32 100 - 102 64 - 66 45 - 47 -2i 136 54 , 58i 283 - 29 3 - 3i 17 3/ 4{ 24 - 6 5 - 6 - 7 Orieff Junctiou T)tibi in f.;BelfastJunc Dundee Perth 4r.Ab,:i' deen Junction Do. New East Ang1ian.,...... attern Counties ;astern Union, A Stock ...... Do., B Stock Do., New A.. East Lancashire Edinburgh & Crlasgdw Edinb. and Peebl.ez Edin. Prti, Dundee forth & Clyde June. Furness Do. Extension..... ... (IlasgoweLS. - Wes.ten 4:rest Northern Do., A. Stock.. Do., B. Stock.., .mot. Eth. &West.(lrc qreat Western Do. Stour Val. Raiff Gua. Stk.. !Irish South-Easter 'Lancaster & Carlisc Do., Thirds Do. New Laneash.andYork , •• .00., iifths Da. Wst. Riding Un. Liv:Craby.&Southpt London & Black wal .ond. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. West!, Fifths Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B 00. Eighths ,oudon and S. Westr )0., VS() )0., £4O laulacirry& Coleraine rmclncirry.& Eunisk. Vtanch.Sh ef. ft; Li nel ). Do. Shares, No. 1 : )0., Mau. & Lin. lin. Midland ... , o. Birnang. & Derby Aidld. G. West. (lre,) roo. Half Shares 7iewcf-zstle & .. , Tewnikt.Bury Exton. N - wpt.Aberg. 'Cowry & tennis ~illa~ cowry Warreulieint and Restrovur., Cork Lk o m.O o unt es Uu Vorth British `;orth Devon, No. 1. )0., No. 2 ,0., 1 A Deferred . )o • 4 B Gnaraut ,, r d Y. Eastern—Borwick .)o. do. Extension .. Do.do.G.N.E. Puck Do. Leeds Do. York .forth Lonflon Do. New £lO 4.&S.Wstrn.,llami stead, and City .in north Staffordshire worth Western_ _ r & S. Westrn. Junc Nsu~caton, Hinckley and Leicester )xford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth 4cottish Central IScottisliMidland. ihrewsby. & Herefd ihropshire Union 1.. South Devon 3outl. Eastern south Waies Yrksh. di Riv. Dui .ttaines, Wok. &W( itockton it.c. - Arten dg liartlep: t'afr.Vale )o. £lO shares. •)o. Prof.. No. 1 rhq.mes Flavin Do& and 11, i 'way Vale o? Neatil___. Watern - Vaterfora&Limeri„ West Cornwall__ Vest End of Londoi And Cry Paiace West London. linblodn &Croydon FOREIGN. Akntwerp&Rott , rdam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to C4raissosme Bombay, Baroda, and Central I ndia.Scrip Central - of Italy Demerara ... Dijon atil3esancon flute', 11,11enish Eastorn of France . Do. Now East Indian , Do. Extension . Do. 4A p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. TL of Canad.A is. Do. St. Lawrence & -Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of lichen., con. into Stk s till'C3 Do.'Cornp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Fran, Gt. Indian Penim , ulf , Do. Now 5 per cent Great linsembour, , Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Cad Shares ... Do. Bds., payablo's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 . Do. do., '76, p. '60.. Do. do,, '73, without option Fr a milthn & Toronto Do. ri p r cfmt. u t ko Cont. & Basle r.ncea & Pisto; a 5 p. 0, prof f.,yons and Geneva Lyons Ss Mediterreo 'Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New N'ainur Li Liege (witi interest). Do: . (ex interest) 'Zort.hern of France,: D0.20/.Shs.late Char leroi and Erqueline: guar. 3 p. c. & red. at 221. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.... i)o. 701. 3 p. c Db. (frny.B.&Ams.Shs.)! N'or we2.-jaii.Truul:FreP ii Lyons„, itto Bonds aris and OrlQaus. 'aria and Pvonen... 'arisCaen dt Cherbrg. 3 mien arid oyal Danish R.() y al Swaisli iax - .1 - bre and Tticrase Do. 5 p. cent. Prel, - -;outbern of France., &udrew's f.,uellec (ti) ceit I.4l.auders fiA - per b. Prof.. Western of France.. of Switzerlam ,vicsbaden Zmland TODIT-STOCi: all I A u..tra.A.si til G; if ieh Colonia.l Pant , and Loan Compan:, 5 .tiliart, of Asi: of India, Id 1 d ...it Lob!? I i ._:.J iii'.. , 2) par p H 5 - 31 Lon , tot) t county Lontioti Sto,A Lona. Wez,truiuq, onal Provittei ox 17:n I go,. New dtieuai o ire . L.L(l New South ' , Vv.los.. tank of 31 - 36 37 ;- 39 • Corpciratior . cf Ire 11 Do. Now , 1 Royal AuArair..l3hg. it Gold Imp CO , 40 64 - 66 7 9 Al 3trzZlia T.TniblA J iittntraha.. Do. New 10 Lawn of London - - - par —A - P 2i - - 32 5, 41 - 6i 1 - - iP par IP par ip 2i 24 • 21 17A - 18 94 96 95 97 99 - 101, 93 95 2 d par 97 -- 100 .•• 1 - I,h) I..d—: d 3 G 1 - 74 33i -- 333 12 - 12 - 9 1 20i - 2011, 45 47 39 40 ply 21i id par 21 •7 . !J 8 PM 3s 6t) 17 - 1S; g BANKS. all 16 all all all all i 4 16 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY MdIiKET NEWS—(THIS DAY.) LITERATURE. CORN EXCHANGE. Cinderella and the Glass Slijner. Illustrated by _ Very moderato supplies of wheat were on sale in the country markets held on Saturday, yet the demand for all kinds was heavy, and priceS had a downward tendency. Barley was very dull and cheaper. All other articles sold heavily, on rather easier terms. George Cruikshank. - b av id Bogue. Excellent Mr. Harris, of St. Paul's Church yard, never dreamt of such a delectable treat for the chubby young nursery folks for whose intellec tual appetites he catered so long and so very plea santly—ho never dreamt, we say, that charming Mr. Harris, that grandfather Whitehead among booksellers !—of the issue from the press of any "Fairy Library" like this—a fairy library, edited by the pure pen, and embellished by the delicate and agile pencil of our perennial and beloved George Cruikshank. Already the same artist-story-teller has recounted to us, all over again, and with what an accession to the old legendary tales of grace and wizardry ! the wonderful fortunes of Sir Mannikin "Hop o' My Thumb" (reminding us in etchings of magical merit how the Ogre was bamboozled out of his Seven-League Boots by the adroitness of Hop, the eltrich Whippersnapper), as well as the still more wonderful fortunes, if that be possible, of clever Master Jack and the weird beanstalk, by the aid of which the hero-urchin clambered in a twink ling from the back garden up through the clouds to the brink, not, however of heaven, but of the realms of giant cannibalism ! In a delightful article about picture-books for children, contri buted by Mr. Thaekeray to the recently-published number of the old Quarterly Review—a charming chapter of most genial wisdom and facetiousness, to which only the other day we took occasion to direct our readers' attention very earnestly—the wittiest of modern critics has said regretfully, and almost reprehensively, of our artist, "We prefer the comic and fanciful t o th e hi s t or ic, romantic, and, at present, didactic George." While we coincide to the full with the judicious preference by Signor Buonarotti Titrearsh for those more fasci nating attributes of the genius of George Cruik shank—namely, the " comic" and the "fanciful," we cannot, for the life of us, regard either of them as left in abeyance, or subordinated, in any way nowadays to the historic, romantic, or didactic powers of our "brave, honest, kindly, pure-minded artist, humourist, moralist " Witness this the exquisite series of shilling publications now coming before us by instalment after instalment, tfiis graceful " Fairy Library," through the embellish ments of which George Cruikshank proves himself to be more conspicuously than ever, both humorous and imaginative. Comically as he has so often appeared, time and again, since the memorable evening in the days of his boyhood, when his keen eye detected, from the street outside, over the parlour window-blind of a low public-house, ostentatiously perched above the tap-room chim ney-piece, that plaster-of-Paris bust of Shakspere, with the clay pipe in its mouth. Sight of outré fun, and bizarre extravagance, the grotesque gla mour of which wakened up on the instant all the dormant drollery of the future prince among cari caturists ! Fanciful and comic as the artistic powers of George Cruikshank have since then shown themselves to be so abundantly—as once upon a time by his illustration of Washington Irving's conceit about the little dog, whose tail curled so tight that it lifted him off his hind legs— we cannot remember them to have been ever more brilliantly indicated as such—as comic almost to exaggeration and fanciful almost to extravagance— than in these delicious revivals of the dear old tales of the nursery fireside—" Jack and the Magic Bean stalk "—seven-league-booted "Hop-o'-my-Thumb" —and the earliest and sweetest of our first-loves, charming little glass-slippered Cinderella. Already we have noticed in these columns the graceful merits of the two former—in our comments upon each at the time of its original appearance. It was scarcely possible, indeed, to haat - e passed either by without observation—the mere announcement of their forthcoming being provocative among many of what we cannot but regard as a very pardonable curiosity both as to the letterpress and the accom panying embellishments. Surely it must have been thus a hundred years ago, when the prospectus was first issued of a new edition of " Hudibras," to be adorned with etchings from the needle of Mr. Hogarth. And so with something no less kindred between theme and illustration has it been amongst ourselves very recently in regard to this issue of a new " Fairy Library," founded upon the old, old tales, dear to the hearts and memories of all as having been first drunk in with wondering delight by the exquisitely appreciative senses of childhood —the issue in this new form of these same darling fictions of the nursery—no longer embellished by gaudy-coloured woodcuts without any other charm beyond that arising out of the brilliant varie gation of gamboge, carmine, Prussian blue, and vermillion. A "Fairy Library" from the pen and pencil of George Cruikshank I A game of romps with Robin Goodfellow 1 Better we take it, speaking on the part of the young folks in whose behalf the undertaking has been benefi cently designed, better than chestnuts for roasting at Christmas, or snapdragon for broiling on Twelfth night. For the which magnificent preference let this one story (retold and re-embellished) of " Cin derella and the Glass Slipper" be taken in justifi cation. Little Cinderella, herself prettier than ever, her dainty foot far daintier, her golden hair more golden-e-musing einderously in the chimney corner in that wonderful frontispiece ! With that marvellously small peewit of a witch opposite, ill the peaked hat and the high-heeled shoes I Below— the glass slipper on a velvet cushion, supported by the golden trumpets of the king's trumpeters ! Above— the clock "on the prick of" midnight—the melon and the rat, the mice and the lizards ! Everything, indeed, from first to last throughout the whole series of the ten beautiful etchings here introduced, is befitting the witcheries of the bewitched and be witching Cinderella. Even after the transformation has been effected by the crutch-handled wand of that delightful fairy godmother in the legend— George Cruikshank has so guided his pencil that you still see the origin of all through the pomp's and glories of the magic turn-out—the melon in the state coach, the lizards in those gorgeous flun kies' and the whiskered rat in th a t l ong - mous t ac h e d coachman. Enough, how ever, in regard to the if but continued as it has been com menced,merits of this third instalment of a "F a i ry Libraryei will render yet d earer than ever to the children of England a name already pleasant in their ears, that of their genial and jocund George Cruikshank. As most of the continental ports are now frozen up we have no sales of grain to report for immediate shipment. From New York we have advices to the effect that flour was cheaper. The arrivals of English grain up to oar market last week were on a limited scale. From abroad we received 923 quarters of wheat, 420 barley, 250 oats, 887 rye, 181 tares, 3,814 linseed, 1,297 rapeseed, 838 sundry seeds, and 1,009 barrels of flour. •. Owing to the extreme severity of the weather, and the great difficulties in the navigation of the Thames, scarcely any fresh supply of English wheat came to hand to-day. The show of samples was extremely small, yet it was equal to the demand; but we may observe that, as all craft work is now suspended, millers refrained from making pur chases, as it is almost impossible to land cargoes even when ariived. There was, therefore, literally no business doing in any kind, and prices wore nominally the same as on Monday last. There was no foreign wheat on show except in granary or by railway, yet no disposition was shown to purchase any description. In the quotations we have uo change to notice. _ _ . Floating cargoes off Falmouth wero held at full priee3. The supply of barley, both English and foreign, was trifling. The trade, however, was in a depressed state, at nominal currencies. Malt sold heavily. In prices no alteration took place, Oats were mostly held at full prices, and the sale for them was steady. For beaus, the supply of which was moderate, the in quiry was very inactive, at late rates. The demand for peas was heavy, but we have no change to notice in their value. Flour sold slowly, on former terms. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Malt—Chevalier .... 71s to 725 Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsk., Feed 26s 23 Potato ...... 28s 30. Youghal and Cork Black. ...... 25s 29s Cork, White .•• 26s 80s Scotch, Feed..... 28s 31s Means—Tick . •• 37s 39. Pigeons.— ... •• 433 46s Peas—Grey ..•• •• 113 s 37). Maple... •• •• •• 39s 42s White..... •• 39s 42s Boilers ......... 42s 44s flour—Town.mado... 65s 73s Suffolk 54s 60s Stocktn & Norfolk 53s 54s Wheat—Essex iz Kent, Red ...• new G2B to 783 Ditto.. •......... old 66s 72 Jim, White new 76s Sts Ditt0........ old 78s 84s slorfolk and Lin coln, Red, old GGs 783 Ditto new ...... 665 78s Bye--Old ............ —8 —5 New .. ••• • .. 42s 44s Barley—Grinding . 293 3la 51alting .••••.... 32s 348 •illevalier•••• ... 353 36s halt—Suffolkand Nor folk.• •••••• 62s G7s • • . •.••• •• 583 6 ° 3 Kingston and Ware Cis 70e SMITHFIELD. Owing to the severity of the weather, the imports of foreign stock into London last week were only 379 head. In the corresponding week in 1854 we received 3,834 ; in 1853, 3,617 ; in 1852, 1,899 ; in 1851, 2,229 ; in 1850, 979; and in 1849, 1,976 head. Prom Ostend . Laugh At," is so far remarkable, however, amorp, its compeers on the book-stalls of the railway sta tions, that it glitters outside with more than usu ally brilliant colouring. Its sparkling hues, never theless, resemble in other respects than their splen dour those visible on the surface of a floating soap-bubble—they are not one iota less fleeting iu their evanescence. TILE NEWSPAPER STAMP. (From, the Daily News of this day.) The Chan-Mic? of the Exchequer is to bring before the House of Commons this evening his resolution with reference to the newspaper stamp. The plan proposed is not an abolition of the tax : it is simply an alteration —the removal of an impost counterbalanced by the withdrawal of a privilege. Unless the details be consi derably modified, the scheme is one which is likely to be injurious to the public as well as - to the press ; and it is brought forward unsupported by the recommendation of any committee, and in direct opposition to the testimony already given by Government officials. Hitherto the question has been considered fiscally, as one of 350,0001. per annum. It has been argued that if newspapers were allowed to be published without stamps, this would be the total suni involved ; and that any loss would bo reduced in proportion to the postal charge to which they might be subjected. The Chan cellor of the Exchequer contemplates a more extensive range. He disdains to deal with the postal transmis sion of newspapers alone, but includes that of all printed matter, called the book post ; and, instead of printed papers pa3sing through the post at a charge of Gd. per pound, he proposes that they shall be charged at the rate of id. ler four ounces, thus converting the post-office into a parcel-post, and inviting an exten sive trade at a rate which will, according to the evidence of Mr. Hill, be uaremunerative. Nay, more ; either in irony, or with that happy departmental independence for which the country has during the last few months been paying so heavily in blood and treasure, a notice has just been issued by the Post-office, announcing that the Colonial Book Postage will, after the let of March, be reduced to the Inland rate, so as to double the effect of this new financial arrangement. In justice to the Newspaper Stamp Committee, it must be stated that such a tampering with the revenue was not recom mended by them ; and it might have been thought that the present was not the moment at which to venture upon experiments which cannot be productive, and may be seriously injurious. While the scheme of the Chancellor of the Exchequer is open to these objections on fiscal grounds, it is one which, by the inevitable ld. on each transmission, will relieve local residents at the expense of those who reside at a distance. We do not stay to argue as to the manner in which partial views and local prejudices are moderated and removed by means of the sixty-six millions of newspapers passing an eually through the Post-office. We simply point attention to the fact thet the change proposed cannot lessen, but will in many instances increase, the cost of those newspapers which now pass through the Post office to a daily average of more than 200,000 persons. This portion of the population is a class which is speci ally entitled to consideration, and they have a right to protest against a plan which has the peculiar objection of lessening the revenue and at the same time increasing their expenses. Are there then no means by which the Government can avoid the difficulty from which they shrink— namely, the definition of a newspaper ? It seems to us that the remedy is easy. Abolish the newspaper stamp, and let Any one publish without stamp or inquisition any news, intelligence, or comment that he desires ; but at the same time give special postal privileges to the proprietors of such defined serial publications as shall choose to register their 'publication at the Stamp-office and to stamp their whole impression. This mode would effectually solve the pre sent difficulties, and might be so arranged as to benefit the public, and at the same time increase the revenue. Litigation would be avoided, for the stamp w ou ld b e sought as a privilege, and not evaded as a burden ; and as special postal privileges would be confined to those papers whose whole impression was stamped, the inconvenience, expense, and evasion which are now oc casioned to the Post-office by partially stamped issues, and which will be continued by the plan at present sug gested by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, would be altogether got rid of. The only question of importance in such r scheme would be the cost of the stamp. Here the Government should adopt the postal principle, and by a graduating scale remove the present unfairness, which charges as much for the postage of the Globe as for that of the Times. By a scale of id. for two ounces, and /d. for each additional ounce or fractional part of an ounce, all the evening papers would pass for /d. ; the ordinary papery for Those publications which contain only local informa tion would not need a stamp, and thus would be free. On the other band, the leading journals both in town and country, which seek and obtain a wider range, would desire to secure to themselves, on terms so advan tageous, a postal privilege, and would stamp their whole impression. By this means another important public advantage, now about to be sacrificed, would be pre served—namely, that the whole extent of the circulation of any stamped newspaper would be at all times known to the Government. Although personally glad of pub licity, we doubt the fairness or propriety of publishing the stamp returns to gratify an idle curicsity and to affect the interests of the proprietors of newspapers ; but there cannot be a doubt that it is desirable for a Government to know the extreme extent of influence possessed by the various organs of the press,-in a country where it is so free as here. Take the l'inzes as an instance. It is published in a city whose population is greater than that of any other capital. It is reputed to possess a more extensive circulation throughout the provinces of this kingdom, in its colonies, and on the conticent, than any other paper in the world. More powerful and more widely distributed than any newspaper, what would not be the estimate if its extreme issue could not be tested by the return ? It, in New York, with about a quarter of the population of London, a circulation of inure than 20,000 per day, or in Paris, with half the popula tion of London, a circulation of more than 40,000 per day can be obtained, is it not likely that a fabulous circulation would be ascribed to the Times, if the returns did not ruthlessly show that its sale does not equal that of its Parisian contemporary ? This is a consideration which ought not to be lost sight of by our rulers ; for while we contend most strenuously for all fair and legitimate influence, we shall be sorry to witness the adoption of measures which give greater room for undue importance to the influence of the press, either collectively or individually. The terms of the resolutions are sufficiency vague to allow the Chancellor of the Exchequer in any bill which may be based upon them to meet some of the points before adverted to. There are other points, such as copyright, which will require careful consideration upon any revision of the newspaper laws. We postpone, there fore, for the present, any further remarks upon the sub , ject. As more than four-fifths of the newspapers issued aro reputed to pass annually through the Post-office, the postal question is one in which the public is more inte rested than the proprietors of newspapers ; and, if a new arrangement be now made, the smaller and the larger newspapers ought not to be subjected to the same die , criminating rate. _BRITISH OFFICERS FOR THE TURKISH SERVICE. Military officers who have offered themselves, and have been noted at the war department, for service wit h the Turkish army, or with irregular levies attached to the British army during the present war, are requested to communicate their present addresses to that depart ment without delay.—War Department, Feb, 17, 1855. The foregoing notification doubtless applies to the execution of the new military convention just made be • tween the British Government and the Stiblime Porte, empowering the former to raise a military force, net exceeding 20,000 men, from amongst the subjects of the Sultan, to be employed in conjunction with the allied armies of the East. Of the convention the Observer of yesterday says : " Steps have already been taken, and officers despatched to the Turkish provinces to raise 15,030 men. This force is to be levied, armed, clothed, fed, and paid by England, and entirely under her command. It will consist of two divisions of infantry, aid a corresponding force of cavalry and artillery, and will probably be employed in Asia at the opening of the campaign. It is not intended to inter fere with the peculiar discipline of so many of this contin gent as shall happen to be Mussulman, who will probably be under the command of regimental officers of their own faith and country. No doubt many foreign officers and men will be incorporated with this legion, and it is not un likely that many Christian subjects of the Sultan will be found fighting in its ranks. The chief direction, however, will be entrusted to British or foreign officers of experience, selected here for the highest commands. Government are desirous to obtain for this service experienced officers who are not otherwise employed. It is understood that arrange ments are in progress by which officers who have served in the East India Company's service will be enabled to join the corps on better conditions than they were hitherto enabled to obtain. PERILOUS POSITION.—On Saturday last, Mr. Lan;- bans, plumber, was placed for a short time in a position of extreme peril, and from which it is almost miraculous that be escaped without injury. He had been on the tep of Emmanuel College, clearing the scow from the gutters, and came down, forgetting his hat on the roof. Before he recollected where he had left it, the fasten ings of two laddere, which had been tied together to en able him to go up, were undone, and, ithwilling to take the trouble of re-tying them, lie raised the longer of the two, and aecandedgaining the uppermost stave, he found he could no t reach to y t he yarapet by eevcral inei ; but, nieuntieg en the pr. jectieg cndsof the shies, and making a violent spring, lie succeeded . n grasping the edge of the wal!. T.Javieg recovered leis hat, he pre pared to descend ; hut, when hanging on the edge of the p;:rapet, he was hoirilied to find that he could- Lot touch the ladder. He sh:eeted t a men who was holding it below, bet who would appear to have become paralysed with terror'; fur, without enleaveuring to raise the ladder a little more, by bringing it cheer to the wall, he only added to Mr. Teaegham'e daeger by telling him that his feet wanted several inches of the lad der. After baeging for some minutes in this painful and dangerous peeetioneling that he would soon be compelled to let go his hold from his fingers becoming be numbed with the cold, he summed all his energy and let himself down—presenting, as he did so, the utmost pos sible resistance to his fall by clinging with desperate tenacity to the wall with the palms of his bands. Most providentially be gained the ladder, succeeded in steady ing himself, and reached the ground in safety.—Oem. bridge Chronicle, RAILWAY RUBBISH-BOOKS. 8 ; Spence.rlitloe sitiyngol„. Friend ? Piper, Stephenson, and to Laugh At. a little and One By A, . whol© IV. Cole. James Blackwood. By J. U. Friswell. some of thecontributorst w i s ic e h b h y v a o v :m ew Twelve j S ' e e e r s a l l lßl s s lia e d a ce s k o ‘av n s back volume was issued was candidly entitled by o its writers " A Shilling' s w , ortia of Nonsense. ' El ere, however, in one of the half-crown's worth publications above particularised,fprottmilcitt_hetiiperwes foisted upon the public rather more disineenuously ) _if we mistake not, by some of the contributors to Diogenes. Everything in the book, from the first page to the hundred and twelfth, breathes of hav ing been produced with malice prepense and afore thought, for the expresspurposeof being ridiculous. Artists and writers aro evidently of that genus the members of which are funny to order —wags em- • ployed for the public as certain jesters were of " by the more empty-headed o f yore, our ancient sovereigns. Shall we call them by their right names—Buffoons? or designate them as they are designated by Shakspere and the old dra matists ? namely, by a very precise and accurately descriptive monosyllable. 'Whatever they may be termed Fools, Jesters, or Buffoons—as the Clown says in the Pantomime, —Hero they are ! They have donned the motley and duly painted their visages of the becoming pie bald, and, in a tr ice, for the small sum of half a crown, are tumbling before her Majesty's lieges— grinning through horse-collars and performing all manner of absurdities. Aevays„ remember, to order ! Always like that meanest of parasites _th e rich man's jokel— invited to the feast to set the worthier guests a-laughing. Honestly we have a horror of these deliberate, and at best but lukewarm, hashes of utterly i nane facetiousness these gandly-coloured and gro tesquely illustrated volumes of vapid and shallow fun—to our mind no fun et all, but sheer stark staring folly. "Something to Laugh At,,, for sooth ! Something rather fora higher intelligence to lament as wholly frivolous, and, if not actually drivelling, entirely prepostereus and extravagant. Scarcely anything out of all this mass of twaddling letterpress and ill-drawn embellishment rises above the dead level. of the mere nonsensical. If we except, perhaps, , for their ultra absur dity, two or three sketches of a certain obese Wight pursued by a mad bull through the meadows. As where—his enemy charging after him in the di stance —you are shown the unfortu nate struggling to esca pe through a small aperture in the, garden wall—an aperture so r:dianlouely small as to admit only of his head and shoulders. Or, more absurdly still, where—on the other side of the same wall—you are s hown the horror-atricken expreseion of the wretch's countenance—suggestive, in the midst of wriggling and dismay, of what may be happening all the while to his unseen 11101ety ! With minute excep t tions of the merely ludicrous, such as in these in stances of the very coarsest caricaturing— productions like those hero spread out be fore us are only distinguished by their inanity and their senseless extravagance. " Something to 61a x d 65a i i 8 74. 98 10Gi IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WREN. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs . ... Uarliugen --- 197 —. Nieu 17 Calais ....... - 25 ... - Total ... 214 ... 107 ... 165 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. rigs. 1854 1,011 2,327 491 5 1853 475 2,842 289 ... 9 1852 430 1,260 —'2oo ... 9 1851 475 1,484 263 ... 7 1850 361 324 287 1249 493 1,287 186 Scarcely any foreign stock was on offer here to-day. There was a slight increase in the arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts compared with Monday last, and their general condition was very prime. Owing to the unusual severity of the weather, and the decrease iu the consumption of food, arising from the want of em ployment amongst the labouring classes, the beef trade was heavy, at a decline in the quotations of 2d. per 8 lbs. The top figure for beef was 4s. Bd. per 8 lbs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 2,600 Scots and shorthorns; from ether parts of England 400 of various breeds ; and from Scotland 200 horned and polled Scots. Notwithstanding that the supply of sheep was but mo derate, all kinds moved off slowly, at prices barely equal to those of Monday last. The primest old Downs were worth ss. per 8 lbs. There were about 300 clipped sheep in the market. The few calves en offer sold heavily at Friday's decline in value of 61 per 8 lbs. There was a dull inquiry for pigs, on former terms. The supply on offer was limited. Per Slbs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. 5. cl. g d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 4 Prime Southdown 410 5 0 Second quality.... 3 6 4 0 Large crse. calves 4 2 4 8 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 Prime small d 0... 410 5 4 Prime Scots, dm. 4 6 4 B,Large hogs 3 0 4 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 BjSmall porkers 4 2 4 4 Second quality ...3 10 4 2:Suckling calves..2l 0 28 Prime erbe.-wiled.4 4 4 81Qualier old pigs 20 0 25 0 TOTAL SUPPLT. FOREIGN SUPPLY. 3,651 Beasts ••. .. •• •• •••• • 192 Beasts ................ shee,p .......... ..... .• ..19,110 Sheep ,•••••••• Calves .••• •• 85 Calves.. •• •. •• •••• •• •••• Pigs •••••• •• •• •• •• •• •• 250 ; Pig 5................ ..... . A statement and comparison of the supplies and pricos of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Feb.2o, 1854, and this day, Monday, Feb. 19,1855. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Feb. 20, 1854.!Feb.19,1855. • s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts 3 6to 3 S 3 2to 3 4 Second quality ditto 310 4 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6'4 2 .4 4 Prime Scots, &e ... 4 8 4 104 6 4 8 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 0 3 4P 4 3 8 Second quality ditto ... 3 6 4 23 10 4 2 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 44.4 64 4 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto 0 4 8 5 0,4 1 0 0 0 5 0 Lambs 0 0 0 1 0 Large coarse calves 4 2 4 8 4 2 4 8 Prime small ditto ... 410 5 44 10 5 4 Large hogs „.. 3 0 42 3 0 4 0 Neat small porkers 4 4 410 4 2 4 4 Beasts... 4,900 3,654 Sheep 22,410 19,110 Calves._ 235 85 Pigs ... 310 250 SUPPLIES ON SALE , Feb. 21, 1853.—Beasts, 3 , 804 ; shee p , 17,270; calves, 1 3 0 ; pigs, 305. February 23, 1852.—Beasts, 4,094; sheep, 21,740; calves, 219 ; pigs, 320. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Sinco our last report largo supplies of veal have come to hand, chiefly from the west of England. That description of moat has sold heavily, at a decline of fully Gd per Sibs. Other kinds—the arrivals of which have been seasonably good—have sold slowly, at our quotations. Per bibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 2 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do., prime largo 3 10 4 0 Do., do. small 4 2 4 4 Pork, large 0 3 8 0. d. 0. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 310 Do., prime 4 0 4 2 Veal 3 10 4 10 Pork, small 4 0 4 4 BOROUGH HOP. We have very few really fine hops on offer. The demand for them is steady, and the quotations are well supported. Low and middling kinds move off slowly, at barely sta tionary prices. Last week's imports were 110 bales from Ostend. Mid and East Kent pockets, 14110 s to 211 Os; Weald of Kent ditto, 141 to 161; Sussex ditto, 141 Os t o 15 / 4 Yearlings, 9/ to 121; American ditto (in bond), 71 to 9/ per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Very moderate supplies of potatoes have come fresh to hand since Monday last, yet full average quantities were on offer. The general demand was by means active, on the following terms :—York Regents, 105 s to 1211 s ; Kent and Essex, 100 s to 105 s; Scotch do., 95s to 105 s ; reds, 80s to 90s; middling, 65s to 755; blues, 75s to 85s; Lincolns, )5s to 110 s, per ton. WOOL. The public sales now in progress have commenced some. , what steadily. Most fine qualities have realised former rates, but inferior parcels have given way ld per lb. The following quotations have been realised :—Sydney—clean sheep's, le 3d to 2s OM; lambs', is 3Ad to 2s 3d; skin, is Odi to is 21d; locks, 9Md to is &I. Port Philip — clean sheep's is 19d to is 1114 ; lambs', is 3d to 2s Od. ; skins, Is 2d to is 31d ; pi eces , is ld to is aid; grease, 6id to 1i d. Van Diemen's Land- -clean sheep's, is 3d to Is 9d ; lambs', is 3d to is 9d ; skins, is lid to is 4d ; locks, 91d to is O t id ; grease, 10d to is. Caps-- clean sheep's, lid to is 3d ; grease, BAd to 9d per lb. Scarcely any imports have taken place, and the private market is very dull. The following are the current rates of English wool : Combing skins, lid to is ld ; short-shorn sorts, 9d to is 3d ; Down and fleeces, is Od to is OAd ' • owes fleeces, is to is 0:;,1; wother fleeces, is to is id Down togs, lid to is ; combing fleeces, le to is Old; half-bred hoggs, le Od to is Old ; Leicester fleeces, lid to le Od ; Kent fleeces, is Od to is O d ; flannel wool, is Od to is 2d ; blanket wool, 7d to is per lb. SEI We have a fair demand for are well supported. The s checked operations in all of very full prices. Taruip,W late, per bush. 223 to 25; Swede .. •• .. • • —8 —s itstard, Brown .• •• 124 1 White, new .. ss io, Ares,Wititer, new .. 11s 12. Old •• •• •• • • 93 IC. •,iimary, per quartet • 41s Ms •• •• • 22; 2C,1 Mover , led (cwt.) 5.4 Cl' While • • • 503 Foreign iced 463 (10, While.... 514 75 Trefoil, new ..'• •• • 2.13 29,1 Ms. linseed, the prices of which ieverity of the weather has Cher seeds. Cakes command Carraway.... •••• • • .. 443 4Cs Coriander ... 16, IPs lien:Timed, per quarter tits 56F Linseed, Eng.4owing.. 723 75s Crushing ........ C 6 7os r> itic •. • • ...... —s Odes ft • . .. 64.4 C6i; iLimled Cake, pr. ton— E.tgllsh ... 12! 0; 13 0: Fordini por ton IV 03 121 11) ;tape Cal;co, pr tJo 6 , Oi 6 , 10/ itAposetA, Neu - wrist 33 10, 35' Gs TALLOW. Since 'Monday last the amount of business eoing in our market has been very modurate, yet no material change has taken place is the quotations. To-day, P.Y.C. on tho spot is selling at 563 per cwt. Town tallow, 56s Gd, not cash. Rough fat, 351 d per Slbs. ' 1853. 1854. 1 8 '51. stock thig day .... • • Price of T. C •• • • 1855 Delivery last week •-• Ditto from June 1.... Arrivals last week.. Ditto from ,;unel.... Price of T0wn...... 42,691 52,735 ; :58,335 ) 36,952 37,160 175 Gd to 353 3d 453 Od 625 . 0 d '0 56s —5 04 to 35s 6d —s 3d —5 0(1 to —s Cd , 1,911 2,4110 , 2,013 1,410 2,081 74,519 82,913 76,740 77,278 E 0,132 1,111 1,0 53 275 176 91,692 99,164 74,447 90,775 62,092 391 6d 381 64 463 6d 63s 31 536 01 991 9 42. f 28 9 75 4 19, 1855. THE GREAT FIRE NEAR BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE. SUNDAY NIGHT, Ten o'Clock.—Notwithstanding that 48 hours have elapsed since the breaking out of the disastrous fire, briefly noticed in this journal of Saturday laq, in Holland-street, Blackfriars-road, it is even now far from being subdued. The premises in which the disaster commenced were in the occupation of Messrs. Routledg e an d C o., the extensive saw-m i l l proprietors. The different buildings occupied by this firm were of considerable extent, and were fitted up with machinery of several thousand pounds value, in addition to which there were many hundred pounds worth of timber, be longing to sundry tradesmen in the neighbourhood, sent to the mills to be sawn into boards ; whether the latter is insured by what is technically termed " floating poli cies," or not, is unknown. The buildings belonging to the firm just mentioned comprised several structures, including the steam-engine house, the boiler-house, the store-rooms, the sawing compartments, the pattern-house, and sundry other pre mises, including some thousand pounds' worth of stock deposited, the whole of which has been reduced to ashes. The horses were rescued, but it was nearly a miracle that some of them had not perished, owing to the intensity cf the heat. The fire seized upon two dwelling-houses occupied by persons in the employ of the firm, and no little difficulty was experienced in getting the furniture out, and, as it is, much is partially destroyed. From this point the fire enveloped nearly 20,0001. worth of property belonging to Messrs. Waters and Steel, the flour factors ; and from that place it laid hold of two dwelling-houses and a long range of stabling and a variety of carriages and waggons, the property of the same gentlemen. The flames next extended to two dwelling-houses on Rooper's-wharf, the lime merchants, and also the ware house. The next building that the conflagration seized upon was that in the tenure of Messrs. J. Richmond and Co. the bottle merchants. The different dwelling-houses were soon in a complete blaze, and they were quickly levelled with the ground. The next building the flames reached was that belong ing to Messrs. Rennie, the engineers, sep ara t e ly on ly by a wall about 25 or 30 feet high. This place contained property valued at the least at a quarter of a million sterling, including the machinery intended for several steamships for the use of her Majesty's Government. Fortunately, many of the buildings are saved as well as some thousands of pounds' worth of stock and sundry moulds ; but the machiners' shop (a building about 300 feet in lengths, the pattern shops, the fitting shop, and pattern stores have been destroyed. Had it sot been for the extraordinary exertions of the firemen none of the property could have been saved, and, as it is, an area of ground nearly two acres in extent has been cleared, or nearly so, of everything that at one time stood upon it. Between 400 and 500 men will be thrown out of em ployment at Messrs. Rennie's by this disastrous event. The loss, at a moderate calculation, it is expected, will reach 1.50,0001. FIRE AT THE JEWS' GREAT SYNAGOGUE. A tiro, by which at least nearly 18,0001. worth of pro perty was placed in jeopardy, took place in the premises known as the Jews' Synagogue, situate in Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate. The engines of the London Brigade soon attended, but the fire was not subdued until the chief entrance and other parts of the premises were either burnt or damaged by fire. Cause, overheat of the flue. Five other fires took place during the day, but the damage in the whole did not exceed 1,0001. and fortu nately no lives were lost. FIRE AND PROBABLE LOSS OF THREE LIVES. Afire took place during Saturday, which, it is expected, will be attended with the loss of at least three lives. The fire broke out on the premises known as,Lock-wharf, Agar Town, St. Pancras, near King's-cross. The build ing in which the disaster occurred was nearly destroyed by the action of the fire and the force of the explosion, and three of the workmen were compelled to be carried to the hospital, where they remain without the least hopes of recovery. The fire was caused from the still head blowing off. CABAL AGAINST LORD PALMERSTON. We have adverted, in our first leading article, to a particular danger to which the uew Administration of Lord Palmerston is exposed. But that is not its only peril. It is in jeopardy from another and altogether different source. Lord Palmerston has to contend with foes within his Cabinet as well as from enemies without. A cabal has already been formed against him by some of his colleagues. If he be not on his guard, he will fall a victim to the Peelite members of his Administra tion. We do not speak without book. We will even go so far as to say that the leading Peelites—a term which, as we before remarked, is synonymous with Puseyites— had ulterior views of their own, when they agreed to join his Government. And those views were only strengthened and still more fondly cherished, when they ' were defeated in their efforts to force upon him Lord Aberdeen as President of the Council, and Mr. Card well for some other seat in the Cabinet. Their feeling of hostility to the noble lord has now assumed the cha racter of a determination to be revenged for their dis comfiture. They now aim at wresting the reins of power from the new Premier, and placinf,r them in the hands of Mr. Gladstone. Strange as this announce ment niay appear, it is true. Mr. Gladstone has leng been ambitious of the Premiership, and he thinks the time has arrived for his attaining that grand object of his ambition. Iler Majesty has tried all the other leaders of parties, and they hare failed to form air Administration. And if the heels of Lord Palmerston can in any way be only tripped up, or he be induced to resign, instead of wait ing to be ejected from the Premiership, the Peelites regard the advent of Mr. Gladstone to the office of First Minister of the Crown, as an absolute certainty. We only record a fact, for the truth of which we can vouch, when we state that the Right Ron. Gentleman's mot intimate friends in the University of Oxford regard his almost immediate accession to the Premiership, as being as much a matter of certainty, as if it were already an accomplished fact. It is right we should add, that a noble lord is the prime mover in the cabal which has for its object the ejection of Lord Palmerston from Premier ship, and the substitution of Mr. Gladstone. We could enter more into details, but we do not think it expedient to do so, in the present position of affairs.—Norning Advertiser. MR. LAYARD AND ADMIRAL DUNDAS. The following correspondence has been forwarded to us for publication : "Little Ryder-street, Feb. 17. "My dear Mr. Drummond,—l regret to find from the statement you made in the House of Commons, and from what you have told me to-day, that certain expressions in a letter of mine, which was not intended for publication, but which was printed in the Times newspaper, have been misinterpreted, and have, therefore, naturally caused much pain to Admiral Dundas. Wo agree that there are two points upon which that letter requires explanation. In the first place, I stated that Admiral Dundas, in a letter which I had seen, rejoiced in the sinking of a part of the Russian fleet. I admit that the letter to which I alluded does bear the construction which you now inform *me Admiral Dundas states ho intended it to bear, and I regret that I should have placed any other upon it. Se condly, with regard to any words which may appear to re flect upon his personal courage or private character, I beg distinctly to state that it was far from my intention to reflect upon either, and that I alluded to his professional conduct as Commander-in-Chief, and to what I considered a reluctance to meet responsibility. I am sorry to learn from you that my words should have been otherwise con strued by him, and I willingly express my regret that they should have caused him pain. I beg you will assure Admiral Dundas that such are my sentiments, showing him this letter, of which you may make any other use you think fit. " Believe me, yours very truly, " A. H. LAYARD• "Henry Drummond, Esq., M.P." "London Hotel, Albemarle-street, Feb. 17. " My dear Drunamend,—After the explanation you have received from Mr. Layard, and which you have forwarded to me, I have no desire to think more of the matter be tween that gentleman and myself. "Yours faithfully, " J. D. DUNDAS. " Henry Drummond, Esq., M.P." UNIVERSITY. INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 17. THE PREVIOUS EXAMINATION FOR 1856. In conformity with the alterations introduced by the Grace which passed the Senate on the 7th inst., we, the undersigned, give notice that the following will be the subjects of examination i n the last week of the Lent ' term, 1856 :-1, The G os p el of St. Matthew • 2, Paley' s Evidences • 3, the Persa 3 of .lEschylus ; 4, the Fi rs t Book of Cicero's Tusculan Disputations ; 5, the Ele ments of Euclid, Books 1., IL, 111. ; 6, Arithmetic, B. GUEST, Vice - Chancellor. J. A. JEREMIE, Regius Professor of Divinity. J, T. ABDY, Regius Professor of Laws. J. H. koNDTßegius Professor of Physic. W. H. Triomrsox, Regius Professor of Greek. N.B. In regard to the Greek Testament and the classical subject; every person, when examined, will be required (1) to translate some portion of each subject, (2) to construe and explain passages of the same, and (3) to answer both in writing and viva voce such plain ques tions in grammar, geography, and history, particularly the Old Testament history, as may arise immediately out of the subject. THE MAURITIUS STEAIf - SHIP. — SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 15. —The fire, which up to a late hour of yesterday con tinual to burn, is now extinguished, having consun el every particle of combustible matter which her hull con tained. The figure head and bowsprit, together with the greater portion of the cutwater, are very slightly in jured. Yesterday afternoon the graving -dock, in which she lies, was entirely cleared of water for the purpose of enabling the engineers to ascertain whethsr the lower p-rtions of the hull were so far damaged as to render the entire remains of the ship totally useless. It is un fortunately the fact that, beyond the actual value of the iron, and that in a considerably damaged state, what is now left is comparatively worthless. Nothing ha s y et transpired which can at all satisfy the direct ors and shareholders as to the origin of the fire, butettrionng wasthe greater portion of yesterday a priviteaintvethsirsi:, i port, the being made at the company's r d e a s y ul l t ar o g f e which nu mb i e s r fso of r thep personsres ° n y is i t e. e i s tri t e h l e d. s cDenuerionfg the calamity. - _ ,_ y_ x- -1-V-17-1773, iaz...c 4, ...,-...,:._..5.. 7- 1 -:4 -, .. , ,..,:; \ ~ ,ft tri,„.„. ...t.-,‘ ----avef^..-\-11\ve.7 ,- --:;-. , ~, -. 7..... -2.,, 14., -t.4 • 2 '`.f. , -1..i,r3' 7.-= 1111 ;-..., i . . , ;. 2 77 _ FURTHER NEWS OF TEE 4\14. Though the correspondence of the papers of Saturday acquainted the public that a commencement had already been made of the railway works on the intended lino from Balalelava to the heights around Sebastopol, yet, as letters have been received from the navvies them, selves, and from some others connected With the en. gineering, expedition, the details so furnished will be read with interest, especially when it is added that the testis mony of several of the writers confirms all that has been said of the chaotic state of things that prevailed on shore at the time of their arrival, though matters have since seemingly undergone a little improvement. It should be first mentioned, however, that at the date of those advice, there had reached Balaklava the under. mentioned vessels, with men and materials, viz. :—Lady Alice Lambton, Jan. 2S ; Hesperus, Jan. 30 ; and Prince of Wales and the Great Northern, Feb. 2. The Earl of Durham and the Samuel Laing arrived at Con. stantinople on the last-mentioned date. The Mohawk, sailing vessel, was.passed off Cape Matapan on Jan. 25, beating up under double-reefed topsails. Tho - ves - sels which had reached Balaklava accomplished the voyage without any casualties, and the whole of the men were landed in good health and spirits. Arrange ments having been effected for the immediate discharge of the vessels' cargoes,the railway works were commenced at ' once, and considerable progress had already been made. No difficulties are presented by the nature of the ground, but, owing to the want of horses, the undertaking is ex. pected to occupy a longer time than was at first antici pated. The first mile and a half from Balaklava is nearly level, the incline being only 1 foot in 60 ; there are then 2 miles of steep incline, rising 1 foot in 15 for the first half mile, and then 1 foot in 25 ; but from about the end of this distance to Lord Raglan's quarters the ground is nearly level. The field - marshal and Sir John Burgoyne are said to think favourably of the enterprise, but the greater part of the engineering officers entertain doubts of its utility, or at least evince no very lively faith in its feasibility within a period sufficiently brief to admit of its proving that essential auxiliary to the operations of the siege which its projectors, the Duke of Newcastle and Sir Samuel Morton Pete, Bart., originally anticipated. Quite different, however, is the opinion of those charged with the realisation of such expectancy. The principal engineer is full of confidence that if Sebastopol is to be captured at all, its downfall will be essentially accele rated by the railway. In that faith the navvies ply their picks and shovels ; and it is fortunate indeed they took out a good supply of these implements with them, for those on the spot, in use by the ordnance, are miserably scanty and of still snore miserable quality, possessing every quality they ought not. The weather had improved, the thermometer standing at 50 ; and if it continues favourable, the progress of the works will no doubt be rapid, as the men had arrived in the highest state of efficiency, and set to at once in high spirits and with the greatest good will. They seems to have been literally appalled at the unimaginable state of filth, confusion, and universal piggishness that per vaded Balaklava, whether afloat or ashore, and for which they declare not all the descriptions of the press had pre pared them. The first thing they did to prevent their own affairs being engulphed in the general medley was to secure a wharf for the special use of the navvy fleet —an invaluable precaution, and one which permitted something like a system of order and method being created out of the chaos. A fatigue party of soldiers was also obtained to pull down some old buildings to admit of a distinct locale being made for the navvies, respecting whom instructions had been given for the whole of them to be berthed and victualled aboard the vessels they arrived in until huts could be erected for their accommo dation on shore. This arrangement, with the excellent food and warm clothing provided for them, will, it is presumed, keep them in their present healthy and rigorous condition. Not a single case of sickness oc curred among them during the voyage out, nor had any complaint been made of the quality or quantity of the provision.. Mindful, however, of the compliment paid them by Capt. Andrews, on their embarkation at Blackwall, as to the " eyes of Europe being upon them," they have been at some pains to keep themselves conspicuous be fore the several " nationalities" during their progress to the East. Thus, at Gibraltar, a party of them achieved the hitherto impossible exploit of storming the Rock, to the amazement alike of commanders and sentinels, and roamed all over the place, despite of every remen , strance, the authorities good-humouredly tolerating eccentricities which a little more license and a little more delay might have converted into serious excess. This ebullition was reproved on board, and it was inti mated that they must not go on shore at Malta, or, if they did, they might do so penniless, far they would be allowed to take no money with them. Nothing dis heartened by this admonition, and the pecuniary depriva tion attending it, they landed, and hit upon a most characteristic expedient for raising the wind. Some dozen of them went about Valetta as perambulating advertisers, proclaiming that at a certain hour a grand display of the noble art of self-defence by real Bri tish pugilists, and for the special benefit of two pro fessors of the same would come off. And come off it accordingly did, amidst a large concourse of spectators, and with sterling results, through the importunities of the navvies, who, hat in hand, solicited not only their own countrymen of the place, but the natives—descend ants mayhap, many of them, of Ti'oulques de Valleret and other knights and grand masters—to contribute to this illustration of the chivalry of Pierce Egan and Toni Oita,. Again, at Constantinople, they insisted on goin , ashore, and when told that they could not go, as the place did not belong to the Queen, they exclaimed that it ought to belong to her, and that it soon should, if they had their way. However, they had not their way there at all events ; and so reached their ultimate destination in quietness. Sonic g,ruinblings and growling,s, more or less ups roarious, which they have had amongst each other since their arrival seem to have begot fears among the military authorities that there may be serious disturbances. But those who know the idiosyncracy of the navvy think nothing of these little manifestations, and regard occa sional phlebotomy in the manner prescribed in "Boxi ano." as one of the luxuries essential to the equanimity of the roughs, which they will indulge in, no matter at what alarm to the nerves of disciplinarians, whether in black coats or red. There is no doubt they will be a trifle unruly at the outset, but as little that they will go on steedily, however doggedly and unsentimentally, afterwards. Their enterprise has certainly been commenced, all circumstances taken into considera tion, under the most favourable auspices. The great drawbacks at present are the want of horses, and. the difficulty of procuring auxiliary labour. The sol diers are described as overworked to a degree altoge ther incredible to the navvies, looking in their eyes es the very spectres of poor-house paupers at home, the worst feature in the whole case being, according to the letters we are quoting from, the utter apathy and list lessness, the callousness and indifference to their own life and that of everybody else, which seem to suffuse all classes, owing to the protracted scenes of suffer ing of which Balaklava has been the theatre. Still, the soldierly esprit (le corps and sense of self-respect tower above all mere corporeal miseries. No complaints, no murmurings, amongst the men ; but buoyancy and alac rity, as far as nature will probably permit, at the whisper of duty, and readiness and eagerness to grapple with the enemy, as though all had hitherto been sunshine and hilarity. Terrible, however, as was the condition of their own countrymen in the view of the stalwart navvies, it seems to have been that of sybarites com pared with the sad plight of the Turks, who are rapidly dwindling away under the combined influences of incle ment weather and scarcity of provisions, so that out of the 6,000 originally sent out scarcely a tenth part now survive. More navvies will probably be required, and a supply of good horses is also very desirable, and would. greatly accelerate the operations. Neither horses nor forage to feed them are to be got in Balaklava, and a supply of hay and corn would have to be sent out for their subsistence. When the incline is reached, the want of horses may be remedied, to some extent, by a double tramway, by which a train of empty earth tracks could be pulled by the loaded ones ; but at present, for thepurp stated, ose are or purposes of th e w plentyth e of foragedesiderata, to e n a g * already sus fain them in working condition, and prevent their pes horses, rishing as so many squadrons have already done.--.. Morning Chronicle. The Panama Star states it as tolerably positive that the railroad would be opened through to Panama by the end of January. REPRESENTATION OP STIRLINGSHIRE.—Through the death of Air. Forbes, of Callendar, a gentleman of very high Conservative politics, but of great personal amia bility, the representation in Parliament of this important county has become vacant; and it is said Mr. Blackburn, of Kil learn, best known in connection with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, aspires to the seat.—Sottish. Press. We understand that two of the medical officers ap. pointed to form part of the Sanitary Commission about to be sent out by Government to inquire into the condi• tion of the Hospital at Scutari, are Dr. Gavin and Dr. Southwood Smith. One of the members of the late board will, it is expected, also serve on the Commission. Mr. Hadfield, late secretary to the South-American Liverpool Company, will proceed to-morrow, via Mar. seines, to Constanti nop l e , t o t a k e c h arge there of the fleet of steamers of his company chartered by the Go. vernraent. ESCAPE OP CONVICTS PROM NEWGATE.—On Saturday morning the officials of the gaol of Newgate were thrown into a state of groat perplexity on discovering the escape of three criminals, who, having been con• victed and sentenced, were up to that time 'serving their probationary term prior to being drafted to their several destinations of transportation or penal servitude. It ap peared that all the prisoners were called over at eight o'clock, and at nine o'clock three men were found to be missing, viz., John Berry, who was sentenced to be transported for fifteen yews for passing forged 5L notes ; a man named Brown, convicted and sentenced to four teen years' t ran sportation for a burglary comm itt e d i n the neighbourhood of and during th e late great fire at Skoreditoh ; and Spiers, the Bank cl er k, w h o was sen traced to 1 5 years transportation for committing a for gery on Spooner and Att wood's Lank. At the east end o f the prison is an open :;pace of is supposed that by means of a rope suppliedround,ahuttitnog uponthem the yard of an empty house in Warwick-square, and it front the outside the prisoners were enabled to scale the mall ; and once in the yard they found no difficulty in getting in at the window of the first floor of the house in Warwick-square, and thus making their way into the street, their escape.being materially assisted by the cll.. millstone° of their nut haring on the prison dress. The usual steps were taken for the detection and apprehen sion of the offenders, but with what success remains to 1 be seen. 20 St. i; St. 20 too 20 5 2O 100 23 i 27' 7 40 313,} 49, , t 19i 26, Q