The Sun. — London, England, 1849-04-13 00:00:00

~/ -n! COMMERCIAL 1 N E CITY QUA R TER 7Y.' , Market at Liverpool yesterua . , gloomy appearance; tie sales were about 6,0J0 includi ng 1.500 f'or extort, at previous prices.—Railway Shares were quiet, at rrevious quotations. The Grain trade in Mark-lane this morning is firm again, and Wheat is about ls. per quarter dearer. All other descriptions of Corn are held likewise for fuller prices. The arrivals of Foreign include 12,110 qrs. of Wheat, and 23 890 qrs. of Oats. In reference to the future course of the Foreign Grain trade, there have been conflicting opinions; but we have taken some pains to obtain data for forming an unbiassed conclusion of our own. It may be noted as a prelimi nary, that the current prices of Grain are low, the last six weeks' average amounting to only 445. 10d. per quar ter for Wheat, while the sales of English Grain in the markets which regulate the duty were but 76,172 quarters of Wheat, 39,669 of Barley, and 15,361 of Oats. It is natural to conclude, as the quantity disposed of has for some time past been small, that foreign must be coming into com petition, for we know that there is no falling off in the consumption, and the farmer, therefore, to a certain ex tent is suffering. He suffers probably from rather a deficient crop, and from the low price obtainable even for the supply which he has. One may admit freely this position, for it cannot be the policy of an enlightened free-trader to blink facts, and yet find a ready answer in the admirable and homely remarks of Mr. Cobden. We are in a state of transition, somebody must be in convenienced, the farmers' turn comes now, and the landlord's will be next. Turning again from mere opinion to realities, what de we observe? Why, in the first place, we find that Grain and Flour are actually cheaper here than at New York, and that upon shipments from Odessa there is a loss. We have been amused at the argument of an agricultural friend, who has himself no reason to complain of the world's unkind ness, and who stoutly maintains that foreigners will do, what he admits that he should never think of doing, viz., continue to supply us at a loss. Common sense is so obviously against this assumption, that we pass at once to our simple assertion, viz., either the price of corn will rise here, or further decline abroad. As far as the Continent is concerned, it would not appear to us that corn will go lower,: as the stocks on hand are not excessive, and if we look to the United States, we must bear in mind that the Irish famine and general European wants took off the accu mulation of two or three years, that the number of con sumers increases very largely every year, and that although we may have a fair quantity, brother Jonathan will not care to force sales at very depressed rates. We doubt also whether some of the Continental nations, France for example, may not have to repurchase Grain in replacement of what they sold when hard pressed for cash some few months since. The present firmness of the Grain trade is attributable in part to the Danish war, which checks imports from the Baltic. On the whole there Was perhaps seldom less speculation in food than at pre sent, and seldom a better prospect of our population being secured the great blessing of a steady supply of the necessaries of life, nor is it possible to conceive that, under an equitable adjustment of national and individual burdens, of state taxation, proprietary exaction, the agri cultural community should not fl our i s h w ith the manu facturing interest. The latest foreign accounts to hand up to the hour of our writing are as follows :—Copenhagen, Baron Zut phen Adler had left for Stockholm, to request aid from the Swedish Government, and it was said that already a great number of troops were assembled in Scanie. No more captured ships had been taken into port. Altona— several petty skirmishes are reported, and generally to the disadvantage of the Danes. At Vienna, on the 7th, the Five per Cents. were 864 to 87k. The entry of the Russians into Transylvania is confirmed. The Frankfort Bourse on the 10th was ra ther heavy. Austrian Metallics, 75i. Berlin advices of the 9th, state that the King's brother was in favour of the Imperial dignity being accepted. At Amsterdam, on the 11th, the Dutch Two and-8,- 110 f per Cents. were 49 11-16. Not a very active business has been done in Public Securities, but they look firm. Consols are 92-k for Transfer, and 921 to I for Account. The New Th ree - and-a-Quarter per Cents.. have realized 914 to 92 i• Bank Stock is 193 to 194, being rather higher. Exchequer -bills are 475. to 50s. premium, and India Bonds 60s. to 655. premium. In the Foreign Market there is no animation, but Spanish Stock has been up to 17f 18 for the Five per Cents., and to 31i for the Three per Cents. Portuguese Pour per Cents. are 284; Mexican Bonds have been 29i to 30, and Peruvian 661. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, are at 504-. Railway Shares are much the same to-day, the bu siness done being still rather limited. I.E~ 0 , E PRIvEg OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 8 per Cent. Reduced Arms ...... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 2 1,(1,! New 3 1 4 per Cent. Ann 5...... t Long Anna to expire Jan. 1860 India Stock 243 India Bonds, 1,0004 ........ ..... Console for Account, May 10 92 A 5 8% Exchequer Bills. : % I%d. & 2d. 1,0001. June ..... ........... ... ..47 50 p _ 5001. June Small. June ONE O'CLOoK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 pe r C en t 38% 39% Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — Ditto Deferred — `). Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 29% 30% Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 66 V st Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent 2 8 14 Russian Bonds . Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild SON4 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 78 CLOSI2C G PRICES. 194 90% 92% 92% 8% 243 63 p 921,4, PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. PRICES 01' PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING • RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 50.; .... 16% 16% Do. Preference Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2 1 4 ......• .. as •• — Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% Belfast & County Down 20% Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per.s par ct.) 5 - Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guar. 20 . Do, without guarantee 20 ... Binning, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... Do. withoutguarantee 10 ....... , Birming.,Wolverh'pton, ••••••• and Stour Valley 13/. 145... Birkenhead, Lancashire, anu Cheshire June—. 10 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire ... 161. 4s. Caledonian Do. Quarters ......... 12% 6M 6 14 Do. New 10/. Pref..... 10 ...... 11% . ..... Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 • -Ci - - t. per Ct. 10 - — Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, :4 per Cent. - Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belf ast J une. 35 ....- . D undalk & Enniskillen 221/2 East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and 11..... 25 Do., 18/., E. & 18 ... Do., 3/. 10 s . ... ......... 2 1 4 Easter n Coueties... ..... 20 ... 8;% 4 %, Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent........,, 10 .. 1114 Ditto,Extension,s per Cent., No. 1....... 6/.135. 4d.... 1 4 p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 133. 4d... par Do. North. & Eastern 50 Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Ditto, 4 Shares Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 314 — Do., Class B(L& B. 22 Ditto, Class C, ditto... 22% 2 . Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 20 Ditto (C. &.E.) guar. ..... 5 per cent............ 2% East Lancashire ..... Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 % •• ............ Do., .6 per Cent. Pre- .1 ference Quarters ... 6 A • ••••• - , 2b654, .. East Lincolnshire •••••• 25 - Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ... ....: Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .••• ..... Edinburgh and Northern 25 — Ditto, Newport l5 •• ••• Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 25,s • Exeter an d E xmouth... . Is. Glagow, Dumfrios, and ... Carlisle Glasgovi,Kibuar., & A yr 50 • • ••• • ........... .... Do. Pr e ference Consol. ..• Great N ort h ern 11 ......... 20 47 , 8 Do., . 1 , 2 A D e f erre d ... 12 1 ...... 4% 1) ,,,0, 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent... 7%. ..... DO. Extension 2% ...... ( real South. and West (Ireland) .." 45 •••••• ... " Great North of England.loo •••••• Ditto, Ne 401.,,,, • 40 Ditto, dit ty ' ... Ditto 3 to .. 85 , New, ............ 30— Ditto, New 1.5/ ...... Great We5ter'n:.................... Ditto, 1 ' 1( 1 ;0 .. .. .. -3% ..-- ......... 93 4 46 1 A Ditto, a 8 8 h h ar ar : ...... 80 19% Ditto, Fifths .. . ..... 28 ••• 194 4% •••—• 18 Ditto, New 171:: ..... 20 ...... 18 12 54 /b Hull and Selby ... ...... 15 ••• •• 1 2%... ......... ••• 00 Ditto, Half Shares . ::: 25 ...... 1 Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 2 1 A . ..... — * Lancaster and Carlisl e . /2 .. • 50 "' Ditto, Thirds ......... 10 ...... 53 54 ' Lancashi re & Y or k s h ire 93 `- ..•......... .... Ditto, ditto ............ 66 . .... ...... ... Ditto, % Shares ...... 46 L. .. ..... ... ...... . • 1-10. Quarter Shares... 17 1 / 2 ...... bo. Fifths... lO .... .. ••• .............. Do. Sixt eenths 6 1 ,4 . ........... •• 1 1 ) °. New, Gua. 6 ne rc t. 10 0. Liverp. and Bury 46 Ditto (Huddersfield ••. ............ and I)%(W Sheff.) ••......... 47 . akefield,Po nte - .. ......... tract, and Goole) ... 50 rrien' 9 11 • " • ' Lteu. au' i:i raulora Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, New ........ ..... 40 •• ••• Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 31,i....., •• •.. Do., Pref. Guar., 1843 6 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 51 , 2— London & Black wall ..... . 121A 3 5% ...... ........ 5A Do. Extension ..... ... 25 ... - Amnion, Brighton, and South Coast Do.Guarant. 5 per cL. 9 ...... Do. Pref. 5 per cent.... 50 ..... Ditto. ditt0...... 1852 50 Ditto, New 51., guar. 6 per cent. London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... ......... ,) ,tto, Preference .. . 20 . Lothion and N. Western 100 Ditto, New Quarters.. 7 ...... 11% l l l4 D• I to, Fictlu ..... .. .. 2 ...... 8 1 % Do. 40/. Shares (L. M.) :30 Ou. 101. (M. glic B.) C. 1 ...... -- ... — .. _ Lon J. &S. W€stern 5O ...... 363! 37 Do. Now 501. ..... 42%.. ....... t )o. New 401. 34 Ditto, Thirds 161.135.4d.... 4 3 A dis 4% dis, Do.. New Scrip, 1848, Pi ef. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls 5 Londonderry , &Coleraine 30 Londonderry. and Ennis killru OOOO .• 30 •• • • M•• ••• •• ...... •• • Maucheiter,Buston,and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 _ _ Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Do. % a Shares (No. 3) 12 1 / 2 ••• Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 ••• Ditto, Gt.Grimsby ... 45 ...... Ditto ditto . ......... 15 ...... ....._.. Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 17%. ... Do., Grimsby Dock... 22 1 / 2 Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.2 s — lidland .. ........ ...100 ..... . 75 1 / 2 76 75% Do. Consolidated Pref.loo ...... Do., do., 50/. Shares... 25 ... .. 15% 16 Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do.Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 46 ...... ..... ...... ... Ditto ditto .... .18/.123.6d.... Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 5u Ditto, Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish 4 7 1 /2 ... Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carhsle 100 ..... Do. Quarters 25 Newmarket Do. Extension .........21. 12s ••• N ewport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 ~... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .. 20 - .. Norfolk 100 Do. New 201. Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc. 5 Do. ,, owestoft(4 per ct) 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) ..... 13 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 — Northern Counties Union 4 ...... ... -• Nfirth British ... .... ... 25 ...... •••• ••• Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto Extension O% - Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8% .. - - North Staffordshire l 7 l /2 l3i ... , orth Wales North-Western ..... ll% Jaferd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 60 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate l2l/2..... 131 / 2 ........ ....... Royston and Hitchin scottish Central Scottish ... 24 Scottish Midland Ditto, New Shrewsbury and Birm ll ...... I.. Ditto ditto, Class B. 7 . ..... Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 .. Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ..... (Nor. W. Min.) lB Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 •••••• .. Ditto Oswestry ...... 18 1 / 2 . Ditto Now 0.11 Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 1,601.0 Shropshire Union louth Devon 5O ...... Do. Preference So.ith Statthrdshire 7% — ..... ••••••-• South Eastern Do., No. 1 Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ..... .. ...... 30 Do., Registered No. 4 10 ...... •••• Do., Scrip No 4 South Wales 33 South Yorkshi re , D "' ..... ...... Caster, and Goole .. :.. . 8 Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 ...... — „.. Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 6 - • raw Vale Extensi on ... 8 • •• ••• .. ...... • ••• ..... 904 .... (shames H aven D ock and Railway ... .. 1 7 1 ...... Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 6 - Waterford and Kilkenny 20 Waterford and Limerick 47 — Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dubhn ••••••• .... Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... ... ..... 60 ...... - •• ..... Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 12 1 . E .. -. ... iVest Cornwall .. -• tV hitehaven & Furness 16 - .. Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... . 12 ...... -- ..... - .• Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth ........ „..... a. 45 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ........... 25 .. ... 23% % 04 Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20.: l7 167/ 8 17% ... Do. G.N.E.Prelerence 8 Do. 11 . 3rtlepool Dock and Railway lOO ...... -.. .. York ..nd N orth Midl an d 50 .... .- .... ... ... . ...... ........ Ditto, Preference lO Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late ha lien and Austrian). ... 5 ...... Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or- Vierzon ) Demerara l 7 l /2 — ... Dutch Rhenish ......... 714 %.. ...... .... East Indian .... .. 3l4' 4 14 4 Great Indian Peninsular 5 Louvain 1. la Sambre ... 7% — Luxembourg 7 Ditto - lO Nladrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege Northern of France l3 Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Lyons ll ..... • Do. Do. . lO Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... Paris and Rouen 2O ... 21 3 4 Paris and Strasbourg ... 10 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ••• .. 4 1 4 Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes .. 9 ...... —....... ..... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 20 West Flanders 8 3%.• ••• .. Ditto ... JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia London Joi n t St oc k London & Westminster. 20 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 13.—Wind S., light breeze said dull cloudy weather, with rain. WHITBY, APRIL 12.—Two parts of a vessel's arch board, on one part " Betsey," on the other "Ipswich,' and some broken parts of a vessel's cabin, were washed on shore at Robin Hood's Bay on the 9th inst. DUNDEE, APRIL 12.—The Crescent, Dow, of and from this port to the Baltic, in ballast, in proceeding to sea this morning, got on the Abertay Bank, where she sunk with ber lower masts under water, ar.d will be a wreck. SHIELDS, ni APRIL 12. —The Hope, schoone r , o f St. eom Male, rmr an nn b eg o: u n g d rot t ul o Alexandria, in proceedi ng t o sea t hi s n t d h e e d fl o o n od t . he point at the LO W Light, and LIVERPOOL, APRIL 11 Wind variable and li g ht.— Sid., Activ e , N ewf oundlan — d; Beraza, Vera Cruz; Uni• corn, St. John's, B. 1 1.—S1d., T W R o o u o R N 7 T p o i a A lO. Sld Sam son,Eliza,Sacznyu"%cue;bec. ditto; Harmony, Dalhousiii_ Crado, Quebec; Eli- Sid. ABERYSTWITH, APRIL zabetb, ditto. GLOUCESTER, APRIL 12.—S1d. Collin*, Queb ec. BRISTOL, APRIL 13.—Wind W.S.W._SId, Lady Va liant, Mauritius. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 12.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Me lody, Hooper, Monte Video. Sld. lltb, Elizabeth, Syd ney, New South Wales. Off port, Bangalore, Aiton, Sourabaya for Antwerp; Asia, Cappon, Ceylon. FOWEY, APRIL 10.—S1d. Good Intent, Quebec; Touch me-not, Rio Janeiro. OFF TORBAY, APRIL 11.—Halen, Paddon, London, and proceeded for Valparaiso. WEYMOUTH, APRIL 10.—S1d. Courier, La Guayra. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 12.—Sld. Ava, Montreal. PooLE, APRIL o.—Sld. Nelson packet, Newfound land; Brothers, ditto. SHIELDS, APRIL 12.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. 11th, Cla rence, Armstrong, New York. Sid. Harriet, Bre men, &c.; London, Quebec; 12th, Stentor (of Hull), Montreal. DUNDEE, APRIL 10.—S1d. James, Quebec. STocicrorr, APRIL 11.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. 7th, Wan derer, llamburgh and Quebec. DEAL, APRIL 11.—Wind N.N.W. to W. and S.— Arrd. 6th, Ceres, Batavia, for Rotterdam ; Javaan, Dekker, Batavia for Amsterdam; Hercules, Ahlmann, Rio Janeiro for Copenhagen ; 12th, Oriental Queen, Thomas, Mauritius. Arrd. from the River, Plan tagenet, Bird, Madras. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Persia, Broadwood, Ceylon; Alexander. Wise. Quebec: Marwood, Moore, Quebec. 47 p 47 p 47 p CLOSINU PRICES. 39% 3 3 / 4 30% 30 1 4 67 28 104 1 ,4 17% 311 h 77% 5 1 % 17 1 4 VA 11% P Par 52 1”q 28 1 4 414 33 3 / 4 _ IFM THE SUN, LONDON, HATITI,VP , .4. APRIL 12 —Wind W. triN rrd. Li ~a"i 9.--:.; 1 :y.• , _i SLIGO, APRIL 11.—Wind N.—Sid., 9th, Jessie, Que bec_,- Sarah Maria, Quebec;_ loth, Industry, Quebec. GALWAY, APRIL 6.—Sid. CaraCi2I.CIIS, New York; 10th, David, Boston. BEARUAVEN, APRIL 9.—Arrd. Sarsfield, Hilbert, St. Domingo for Liverpool, leaky. LIMERICK, APRIL 11.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Barbadoes. YOUGUALL, APRIL 10.—S1d. Charles, Boston. WATERFORD, APRIL 11.—Wind E.N.E. to N.E.— Sld., 10th, Jane, La Guayra; Amazon, Quebec. DUBLIN, APRIL 11.—Wind E.N.E.—SId. 10th, Simeon Hardy, Barbadoes; Enterprise, New York. OFF PENZANCE.—CaIcutta, Hobart Town. FALMOUTH, APRIL 12.—Wind variable and light.— Sid. 11th, Eliza Keith, Miramicbi. OFF THE WIGHT, APRIL 10.—Hebe, New Orleans fur Norway. OFF PORTLAND, APRIL 10.—Columbia, Geerken, New Orleans for Rotterdam. GRIMSBY, APRIL 11.—Arrd. Herschel, Raschen, New York for Hamburgb. BLYTH, APRIL B.—A top board, painted blue or black, and marked Queen with gilt letters, has been washed on shore near this place. OFF THE LIZARD, APRIL 11.—Mary, Callao. OFF SCILLY, APRIL 10.—Lady Sale, Lovett, Bathurst, Gambia. OFF WATERFORD, APRIL 9.—Glondyon, Muirhead, New Orleans for Liverpool. OFF CROOKHAVEN, APRIL 10.—Helen, Jackson, Sa vannah for Liverpool. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. The arrival of English Wheat for our market during the present week having been small, viz., 1,860 quarters, the show of samples of that grain here, to-day, was trifling. Selected qualities of both red and white ruled firm, at, in some instances, an advance on the prices of Monday, is per quarter. The middling and inferior kinds moved: off steadily at full rates of currency. At the close of the market a good clearance was effected. This week's imports of foreign wheat have amounted to 12,110 quarters. There was a some what active inquiry for fine dry quali ties at is per quarter more money. All other descriptions were steady and quite as dear. No English barley at market. Fine foreign, fit for malting, went off on quite as good terms; and, for the middling sorts, there was a better demand, at previous rates. In Malt, next to nothing was doing. The demand was wholly in retail ; yet there were no sellers on lower terms. We bad a free sale for Oats; notwithstanding that the supply was good (upwards of 23,000 quarters having come to hand from ab roa d), and prices improved from 6d to is per quarter. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn and Flour were steady, at full prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. I Wheat. I Barley. Oats. I Flour. I I 1,860 qra. I 1,220 qrs. 2,110 qrs. I 2,9305 ks English Scotch .. •• • • Irish. Foreign 123,890 12,110 I 8,550 Malt. 3,440 qrs. SMITHPIELD. For the time of year our market was but moderately supplied with Beasts, the general quality of which was, however, good. Although the attendance of buyers was by no means extensive, the Beef trade was steady, and, in some instances, the primest Scots produced a trifle more money. The top quotation for Beef was 3s 8d per Blbs. There was a slight improvement in the demand for Sheep, the numbers of which were small, and the best old Downs, in the wool, sold without difficulty at from 4s 2d to 4s 4d per 81138., being an improvement in value of 2d per 81bs. In Lambs exceedingly little business was transacted, and prices receded 4d per 81bs, they ruling from 5s 4d to 6s 4d per 81bs. From the Isle of %Vight 130 Lambs and 10 Sheep came to hand per railway. Calves were in fair average supply and steady request at full currencies. In Pigs next to nothing was doing at late rates. blilch Cows sold slowly at from 141 to 181 each, including their small calf. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. 5. d. to s. d. 'nferior Beasts..... 2 4 2 6 econd quality •• • 2 8 2le Prime large Oxen.. 3 0 3 4 Prime Scots ...• •• 3 6 3 8 Large coarse Calves 3 4 310 i•rime small ditto .. 4 0 4 4 iuckling Calves •• 18 0 26 0 Inferior Sheep . 2 8 210 TOTAL SUPPLY I Sheep. 6,500 FOREIGN I Sheep. 20 SCOT Beasts. I Sheep. 240 190 NEWGATE AND LEADENNALL. Thcse markets were tolerably firm, and prices ruled steady. a. d. to a. d. Second qual. Sheep 3 0 3 6 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 $ 310 Southdown Wether 4 0 4 4 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 • 0 Large Hogs ...• •• 3 2 3 $ Small Porkers •• —3 10 4 2 Quarter old Pigs —l6 0 21 0 Lambs .....• •• •• 8 4 6 4 AT MARKET. Beasts. 883 I Calves. I Pigs. 230 220 SUPPLY. Beasts. 2 Calves. I Pigs. 64 Calves. I Pigs. At per stone by the Carcase. a. d. to U. d. S. d. to s. d. ,inferior...... 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. 2 4 2 8 middling .... 2 6 2 i--- middlin g .. 210 3 4 primelarge .. 210 3 0 -- prime .... 3 6 3$ prime small .. 3 2 3 4 Pork, 1arge........ 210 3 4 Vea1........ ...• 3 4 4 2 5ma11...... .. 3 6 4 2 Lamb. 58 2d to 612 d. Beef BOROUGH HOP Although the market is almost bare of fine samples of Hops of the growth of 1848, scarcely a speculative pur chase has been made for some time past. To-day, the demand for such descriptions is wholly confined to im mediate wants, at fully last week's quotations. In other kinds so little is doing that prices are almost nominal. Sussex pockets, 214 s to 21 18s; Weald of Kent ditto, 21 12s to 3/ 8s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 3133 to 6/ 13s per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—There have been full prices obtained for British Plantation, and since the opening of the mar ket on Wednesday morning a fair business has been done, both by refiners and grocers, at about the rates current before the holidays commenced. The sales of British Plantation were 454 hhds on Wednesday, and 350 yesterday, including 160 hhds of the new crop of Barbadoes, which realised 38s 6d to 42s 6d for low to fine yellow, and 36s 6d for brown, being full rates. EAST INDlA.—Mauritius, 473 bags, sold well; mid to good grey and yellow, 380 to 40s, and washed 38s to 38s 6d. Bengal, 4,000 bags, went at very full quota tions; grainy white, 44s to 495; damaged and washed, 41s 6d to 495; good and fine yellow Dhobah, No. 2, 42s 6d to 455; damped and washed, 42s 6d to 44s 6d ; low and mid sot white Benares, 40s to 41s; low to good soft yellow, 37s to 39s 6d; and damped and washed, 42s 6d to 44s 6d; low and mid soft white Benares, 40s to 41s; low to good soft yellow, 37s to 39s 6d; and damp and washed yellow Mauritius kind, 378 6d to 40s per cwt. REFlNED.—Standard Lumps have been at full prices, brown grocery at 50s 6d to Ms, and fair at sls 6d to 52s ad per cwt. FOREIGN.—There has not been quite so much demand. At auction 1,727 boxes 1 puncheon realised 41s 8d to 42s for washed, the sound being taken in at 43a to 44s for good. The business for exportation is restricted on account, partly of the Danish war. COFFEE.—The transactions in this article continue on as limited a scale as ever. Native Ceylon has not been quite so high, realising 31s to 33s for good ord, and 30s tor ord. Plantation, on the other hand, is at full rates, good ord to f fine ord grey 38s to 47s 6d, triage 25s 6d to 263 6d, and pea-berry 46s to 47s 6d. COCOA.—Trinidad grey to red has been sold at 39s 6d to 42s 6d per cwt. The market is quiet, and there is not much inclination to do business. RICE.--Madras has been sold at 8s to as 6d; Bengal, 2,000 bags and 500 pockets offered by auction was bought in at 103 Gd to 11s for good sound white, holders requiring fuller rates. ARROROOT.—Bermuda bas been is lid, and new St. Vincent 6d to 8d per lb. . . Saco.—Pearl has been cheaper, good greyish, rather bold grill], 19s 6d per cwt. Rum.—The market looks better. East India proof Is , 3d per gallon. SALTPETRE.—The demand is good. Refraction five per cent. 28s 6d. Rough 20s for common. COCRINRAL.—Honduras has realised steady prices; ord dull to good bold silvers as 9d to 4s 5d per lb. COTTON.—There has been a quiet market at steady prices. TEA.-The value of most descriptions is supported, but there is not much doing. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been dull at 38s 6d per cwt on the spot for small parcels. New has been at 39s 9d to 40s. GREEN FRIIIT.—A good demand exists for all kinds, although the cold change in the weather has somewhat checked the demand for Oranges, a cargo of which, ex. Vivid, from St. Michael, sold at public sale by Keeling and Hunt, barely supported the prices obtained last week. Part of a cargo, ex-Ellen, Gillman, from Palermo, sold by the same parties, being out of condition, went at prices proportionate to quality, the sound marks of the parcel being taken for exportation. Lisbon of sound quality command a better price. Lemons are somewhat dull of sale. Nuts are without alteration. The high figure of this article has tended materially to check the consumption. A Cabinet Council has been summoned for to morrow (Saturday) at the Foreign-office. NEWSVENDERS BENEVOLENT AND PROVIDENT IN.. STlTUTlON.—Yesterday evening a meeting of the gene ral committee and subscribers of the above institution was held at the Newsvenders'-hall, Black Horse-court, Fleet-street, for the transaction of general business. The report for the past year congratulated the members on the satisfactory progress the society was making, the Committee having been enabled, by donations and sub scriptions, to increase the present funded stock of the society to nearly 1,0001., invested in the Three per Cents. The receipts, including the previous year's ba• lance, subscriptions, and don itions, amounted to 1401. 17s. 2d. The expenditure left a balanee of 22/. 85. sd. The report concluded with an earnest appeal to the trade to help their poor brethren. THE UNFORTUNATE EMILY SANDFORD.—SOIDe Of the nobility and gentlemen of the county of Norfolk and those members of the grand jury who remained till the end of the assizes, feeling anxious to raise a sure of money to save the poor destitute woman Emily Sand ford from utter ruin, have, we understand, determined to raise a subscription, as the only means of averting the ca l am ity, and Messrs. Banbury, Taylor, and Lloyd, bankers, 60, Lombard-street, and Messrs. Gurney and Co., bankers, Norwich, have kindly consented t o rece i ve any sum, amountingooeyso to not less w thanill ,3 11. e fo p r la th oe a d t humane tho object. The money in committee till some plan can be d ev i se d for tternich has not paid his taxes, about As Prince Me t N ly as s s o a ld u : h h e a r ndsof two hundred years old. 'lame of the wines are a dvantage. a his l7, w o i o n o es fr h a a n v c e s, ohneehois seized,chate siondthe willD uhcehyshootr. 75 1 h 3 1 4 13% 19% 134 97 4 21, 2 22 146 7 7% 23% 17% 6,6 41 8:1& 20 4 8 % 8% 111 A 21~j 4 11 1 4 4% FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1849. LITERATURE. 1 .-IrS ;' THE .1;COTTISI1 CAvALLERks: and Other Poems. By William Ednunulstoune Aytoun. The genius of the old Ballad Literature has in spired the Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the University of Edinburgh. With the subtle discrimination of a scholar, and the exquisite instinct of a poet, Mr. Aytoun has imbibed from his childhood a devotion for that rude but impassioned song which has consecrated Wallace to the affections of Scotland and Robin Hood the Outlaw to the admiration of England. He has here paid the tribute of his homage to the memory of the patriot bards from the apochry phal era of Blind Harry to the almost contemporary days of the Ettrick Shepherd. The elegant volume of his " Lays to the Scottish Cavaliers," reprinted in a collected form from the pages of Blachtvood's Ma gazine, is honourable alike to his ability and his en thusiasm. The Lays themselves are impregnated throughout with that masculine sensibility which finds its passage at once to the core of the heart, and through the heart in tears gushing to the eyes. Best of all amongst them, "The Execution of Mon trose," reminds us of that glorious Ballad of Sir Charles Bawdin, otherwise known at the "Bristowe Tragedie"—that masterpiece among the acknow ledged poems of the incomparable stripling Chatter ton. That is a noble picture of the great Marquis on his road to execution : " He is coming ! he is coming ! Like a bridegroom from his room, Came the hero from his prison, To the scaffold and the doom : " There was glory on his forehead, There was lustre in his eye, And he never walk'd to battle, More proudly than to die. " There was colour in his visage, Though the cheeks of all were wan, And they marvell'd as they saw him pass, That great and goodly man." Again, in "Edinburgh after Flodden," the descrip tion of the Knight telling the tidings of the disaster ;o the magistrates of the capital is infinitely touching. There is genius in the lines we have printed in italics in the following quotation : " Then in came Randolph Murray— His step was slow and weak, And as he doffed his dinted helm, The tears r an d own hi s c h ee k : " They fell upon bis corslet, And on his mailti hand, As he gazed around him wistfully, Leaning sorely on his brand. " And none who then beheld him, But straight were smote with fear, For a bolder and a sterner man Had never couched a spear. " They knew so sad a messenger Some ghastly news must bring: And allot them were fathers, And their sons were with the King." That is an heroic portraiture moreover —that of the chivalrous James IV. guarded by a human rampart of his defenders-- " Every stone a Scottish body Every step a corpse in mail!" And remembering the matchless bravery shown by that unfortunate monarch ou the day of his over throw and destruction, it is scarcely p oss ibl e to read that exclamation of Randolph Murray without a thrill, when he " lifts his riven banner," crying out-.... " Never was a royal banner Steeped in such a costly dye; It hath lain upon a bosom Where no other shroud shall lie. Sirs! I charge you, keep it holy, Is the life-blood of your King!" The whole of this chaunt of lamentation is fill e d w ith ForK Keep p e i s t ta a i s n a y sacred r s e e d e u th p i o n n g, i t a nervous eloquence that commands the emotions of the reader. In " 'The Heart of the Bruce" we have a reminiscence of the chivalrous incidents celebrated by the inimitable translations of Mr. Lockhart. " Come hither, come hither,'my trusty knight, Sir Simon of the Lee"— is too much like the stanza in the first canto of " Childe Harold :" " Come hither, hither my staunch yeoman, Or shiver at the gale?" But that is a noble outburst of the Spanish Sovereign, Why yt dolt tdhroeuadlo a sook French palfe? o Oreman ? when he finds the Douglas dead upon the field of victory : " The King he lighted from his horse, He flung his brand away, And took the Douglas by the hand, So stately as he lay. " God give thee rest, thou valiant soul, That fought so well for Spain; I'd rather half my land were gone, So thou wert here again 1" Lockhart could not have penned it better. " The Burial March of Dundee" is preceded by an impas sioned vindication of the famous Claverhouse, who has been caricatured into a monster by a succession of illustrious Avriters, from Walter Scott down to the fataliy steel, an d scorc hi ng fl a me, theofmindthe field battle 's Passe d the spirit of the Grange I" "The Wid ow o f Glencoe " would be interesting if 1 thunder, i ecran Shot, a nd ki e only as affording us in the introduction incontestable evidence that that infamous crime was the work of William of Orange not of his Minist,ers,but of William himself. The " Lay "is inspired by the same feelings which affected Mr. Sergeant Talfourd in the composi tion of his fine drama of Glencoe—feelings of horror, pity, and indi gnat i on. " The Island of the Scots" commemorates a striking instance of bravery on the part of the exiled Scottish gentlemen who had followed the unfortunate King James into banishment —reminding us of the capture of the island near Wagram, just anterior to that extraordinary victory of the Emperor Napoleon over the Aus trians. The cry of the Captain—" Remember our dead Claverhouse I "—calls to our recollection that glorious signal with which Sir William Hoste com menced the battle of Lissa—" Remember Nelson !" Of all these noble ballads, however, the most affecting, and for that reason the most fascinating to us, is the one entitled " Charles Edward at 'Versailles." It is inexpressibly melancholy. Well may the ill-fated Prince—one of the bravest heroes that ever trod the earth—exclaim in his exiled pomp— " Take away that star and garter, Hide them from my aching sight." And how natural the feverish remembrance of his last fatal battle— " Bring my horse, and blow the trumpet ! Call the riders of Fitajames ; Let Lord Lewis head the column I Valiant chiefs of mighty names — Trusty Keppoch ! stout Glengarry Gallant Gordon ! wise Lochiell I &o. &c. sc o . But the sudden dissipation of his illusion is mournful " Ah, my God where am I now?" We coincide fully with Mr. Aytoun in a nticipating e a very different close to the expedition listenedof 4Charles the with eager expectation to the narrativ e of this royal ifhis a enterprise of "Thethe last o ld Scottishc e n tu r y Cavalier a l the " er pen of b gives—firsti r . Macaulay : an entertaining biography of Lord Pitsligo, a n d o f a t d p vic e e rby. had We been e lnook forward to his hair-breadth 'saves when a venerable man past eighty years of age ; and secondly, an ingenious adaptation of the metre and music of the " Old Cour tier of the Queen—the Queen's Old Courtier 1" After the mere prominent productions in the volume, are grouped together nine miscellaneous pieces, upon several of which we have commented as they appeared from month to month in Blackwood. We have a marvellous liking for that version of the " Scheik of Sinai in ASO,' from the German of Freiligrath— where the Scheik hearing that the Franks are again in Africa, imagining it to be Napoleon, and demand ing in explanation to see a coin of the invad er , s i g h s and speaks thus— "'Tis not his eye—'cis not his brow-- Another face is there: I never saw this man before— His head is like a pear ! But our especial favourite is that charming lament for " the merry days when we were young." " The Buried Flower" is the name of .this tender, gentle, natural effusion of the heart. A mere fragment will reveal its sweetness of melody and its sadness of sentiment. " Early wert thou taken, Mary I In thy fair and glorious prime, Ere the bees had ceased to murmur Thro' the umbrage of the lime. " Buds were blowing, waters flowing, Birds were singing in the tree, Everything was bright and glowing When the angels came for thee. " Death bad laid aside his terror, And he found thee calm and mild, Laying in thy robes of whiteness, Like a pure and stainless child. " Hardly had the mountain violet Spread its blossoms on the sod, Ere they laid the turf above thee, And thy spirit rose to God. " Early wert thou taken, Mary! And I know 'tis vain to weep— Tears of mine can never wake thee From thy sad and silent sleep." We cannot close our notice of Mr. Aytoun's beau tiful contribution to our poetic literature more appro priately than with these sweet but mournful lines of lamentation. They are enough to prove the writer's, claim to a higher title than that of a mere versifier— they ~, , now that his mind is fu-: • rc;~o~;o;1a1. FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY RE VIE W. We regret to learn from the address to the Maso nic craft, with which the present number opens, that Brother Robert Thomas Crucefix is about to retire from public duty in Masonry. His assistance, which could at all times be but ill spared, is now of more importance to the well-being of the craft than ever, and we hope that he will be induced to reconsider his determination, and at all events to postpone for the present his contemplated retirement from public duty in Masonry. In addition to a full and ample chronicle of Masonic intelligence, the present number contains many papers of great interest to the general reader, such, for instance, as the account of Freemasonry in Turkey, Persia, and Japan. The circumstance of masonry existing in the latter country would seem to point out the propriety of employing none but mem bers of the craft in any expedition which it may be deemed expedient to send to the " tiled lodge" of the world. If they cannot " work their way," no one can. This is an excellent number of the Freemasons' Quarterly. THE BRITISH, POLITICAL, COMMER CIAL, ECCLESIASTICAL, and HISTO RICAL GAZETTEER; Travellingßoadßook, and County Atlas. The fourth part of this national publication has just reached us, and fully sustains the high promise of the preceding parts. It contains a well-executed map of the county of Dorset, and is embellished with a beautifully finished engraving of the Conway , Tubular Bridge on the Chester and Holyhead Rail way. The execution and accuracy of this engraving could not be excelled ; indeed, as a mere picture, or specimen of artistic excellence, it is worth more than the enterprising proprietors receive for the whole part. We rejoice to see they intend extending their labours to Ireland and Scotland ; and we have no doubt these portions of the British empire will contribute a generous support to so useful and comprehensive an undertaking. We cannot too earnestly bespeak public support for this Gazetteer, more comprehen sive in design and more minute in detail than any ever yet attempted, and which when completed will form one of the most accurate, useful, and beautiful histories of the United Kingdom hitherto published. COLBURITS UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE. The number of the Milted Service for April is more than usually replete with matter interesting not only to the members of the two services, but to the general reader also. Among these we would parti cularise the " Reliquim Nelsonianre," an admirable review of Mr. Pettigrew's recently published life of the great naval hero, and the paper entitled " The Seikhs and the Punjaub," which is the best account that has yet appeared of the doings in the Punjaub from 1846 up to the present time. THE COLONIAL. The Colonial Magazine appears this month under new management, and, if we may judge from the present number, the editor will completely succeed in the attempt which he is makingl " to render this pe riodical an efficient organ for the diffusion of informa tion on all matters relating to the interests of our Colonial dominions." THE POTTLETON LEGACY'. Part VIII. By Albert Smith. Mr. Wyndham Flitter and Philip go to the Derby, and the description of the Epsom-road on the morn ing of a Derby day, of the Downs, and the doings there, and of the return, is the best thing that Albert Smith has yet done. The drive to and from the Derby of the Wyndham Flitter party is, in its way, quite as great as the " Dick Turpin's ride to York " of " Rookwood." CLEMENT LORIMER; or, The Book with the Iron Clasps. Part VI. By Angus B. Reach. Illustrated by George Cruickshank. This part Completes the interesting romance of " Clement Lorimer," which is certainly the best pro duction we have yet seen from the fertile pen of Mr. Angus B. Reach. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Handicap. T. Y. C. Puleherina ... ... ... .. ... Clerk of Council Match—Seraph beat Pylos. Match—Retail beat Impertinence filly. Match—Saddlo beat Big Jerry. Sweepstakes of 100 SOTS. each. Sobraon ... II" ... ... ... Mundane colt ... ... ... ... Sweepstakes of 100 Boys. each. Ab. M. Drakelowe ... ... ... Honeycomb ... ... ... Charles XII. colt ... ... The Port Stakes Flatcatcher Doter ... ... 1 ••• ••• ... 2 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. VEN 7.IEL - 11NG BETTING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SWEEPSTAKES (THURSDAY.) 4 to 1 on Nnnnykirk-2 to 1 agst his winning this and the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 7 to 4 asst Nunnykirk 0) METROPOLIT. 7 to 2 agst Honeycomb (t) lIANDICIP. 5 to 2 agst Canezou 6 to 1 apt Peep o' Day Boy (t) 8 to 1 agst Flatcatchor 8 to 1 agst Lugar (t) 12 to 1 agst Do-the•Boya 14 to 1 agst Executor (t) 20 to 1 agst Surplice 40 to 1 apt Clifford CHES' 15 to 1 apt Joc o' Sot 16 to 1 agst Chanticleer (t) 20 to 1 agst Rathmines :R CUP. 25 to 1 agst Blucher 30 to 1 agst Lady Wildair :35 to 1 agst Peep o' Day Boy DERBY. sto 2 agst Flying Dutch- 50 to 1 agst Fire King man 2,000 to 25 agst Velveteen 5 to 1 agst Nunnykirk—t. —taken 6 to 1 agst Tadmor 1,000 to 10 agst Norman -14 to 1 agst Honeycomb ton—taken. 20 to 1 agat Osterley—t. THURSDAY. Subscription Plate of 561.,7c,rthree yrs old, 6st 121 b; four, Sst 71b; five, 9st; six and aged, 9st 31b: the winner to be sold for 300 sovs. if demanded, &c. D.M. Captain Lowther's Piccola, 3 yrs (Doekeray) 1 Lord Exeter's Ulysses, 5 yrs (Bartholomew) 2 Sir S. Spry', Bastilion, 3 yrs (E. Sharp) 3 Mr. J. Dayley's Cayenne, 3 yrs (Kitchener) 4 Mr. Batson's Sutlej, 3 yrs (J. Sharp) 0 Mr. T. B. Charlton's Kissaway, 3 yrs (Dean) 0 Duke of Richmond's Paladin, 4 yrs (Robinson) 0 Mr. Shelley's St. Leger, 3 yrs (Pearl) 0 Betting -7 to 2 agst Piccola, sto 1 agst St. Leger, 5 to 1 agst Ulysses, 5 to 1 agst Cayenne, and 6 to 1 agst Paladin. The running was made to the cords by Bastilion was then taken up by Piccola, who won cleverly by a length. Run in 1 min 46 sec. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft for three-year olds; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; 31b allowed, &c. D.M. (15 subs.) Mr. A. Nicholl's Nunnykirk (F. Butler) I Lord Orford's Fire King (Flatman) 2 Lord Strathmore's Sir Lanncelo• (S. Rogers) 3 Lord Exeter's Velveteen colt (Bartholomew) 4 Betting-5 to 2on Nunnykirk. Sir Launcelot made slow running to the new ground, where the other horses closed with him, and they ran together, Nunnykirk taking the lead, which he main to the end, winning cleverly by a length; a length and a half between Fire King and Sir Launcelot. Run in 1 min 46 sec. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three-year old fillies, Bst 71b. T.Y.C. (8 subs.) Duke of Bedford's St. Rosolia (F. Butler) 1 Lord Exeter's Grace (Flatman) 2 Betting-10 to 3 on St. Rosolia, who made all the run ning, and won in a canter. Run in 1 min 13 sec. Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each b , ft, for three-year olds; colts, Sst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b, which never won before the time of closing. D.M. Mr. Gratwicke's Rochester, Bst Jib (S. Mann) 1 Col. Anson's Bon-bon, 7st 101 b (Flatman) 2 Mr. Combe's b f by Bay Middleton, ist 121 b Betting-5 to 2on Rochester, who made nearly all the running, and won in a canter by two lengths. Run in 1 min 47 sec. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each—for three-year olds, 7st 71b; four Bst 121 b; five and upwards, 9st 31b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs. if demanded, &c., and allowances if to be sold for less. D.M. (7.subs.) Mr. Gordon's Queen Mary, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (Flatman) 1 Mr. Verity's Whitstone, 4 yrs, ist 51b (J. May) 2 Mr. Rogers's Marquis of Conyngham, 6 yrs, 7st 7lb 3 Mr. Peters's Velure, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (J. Sharp) 0 Duke of Bedford's Minto, 4 yrs, 7st 71b ...(Pettit) 0 Mr. Hargreave's Burghley, 3 yrs, Est 51b...(Franks) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Queen Mary, and 3to 1 agst Marquis of Conyngham. Queen Mary made nearly the whole of the running, and won easily by a length; Marquis of Conyngham a very good third. Run in im. 45sec. The weather was favourable, and the company, from the anxiety to see the new Derby favourite mako his first appearance, larger than on either of the preceding days. The entire interest of the racing centered in one race, which, it will be seen came off in favour of Nunnykirk, but not i❑ the style in which his admirers had anticipated; this may be inferred from the betting on the Derby-9 to 2 having been taken before the race, and 6 to 1 laid after it. Offers to take sto 2 about Flying Dutchman, and 6to 1 about Tadmor. Nunny_ kirk receded to 2 to 1 for the 2,000 Guinea Stakes, and Honeycomb found favour at sto 2. The Metropolitan betting shows no change, except in Lugar, who has been backed at 6 to 1. The Jockey Club have resolved that in future the en trance for plates shall not exceed three sovereigns. No thing has been settled with regard to the alterations on ,he race course. NEWMARKET, THURSDAY NIGHT LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 7to 4 agst Nunnykirk 1 Bto 3 agst Green's lot 2to 1 agst Honeycomb 1 METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 3 to 1 agst Canezou I 100 to 8 agst Do-the-boys 6to 1 agst Peep•e-Day I 14 to 1 agst Executor Boy—taken I 100 to 6 agst Fernhill 6 to 1 agst Lugar 35 to 1 agst Clifford—t 8 to 1 agst Flatcatcher CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Blucher—t 130 to 1 agst Lady Wildair 25 to 1 agst Rathmines—t I Nothing else mentioned. DERBY. 9to 4 agst Flying Dutch- 6to 1 agst Nunnykirk—t man 20 to 1 agst Vanguard—t 11 to 2 agst Tadmor 1,000 to 15 agst Landgrava ENTRY FOR FRIDAY. Handicap of 15 sous. each. T.Y.C. Clerk of the Council, 4 yrs, ist 121b—St. Antonio, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Chicot, 3 yrs, cst—Pulcherina, 3 yrs, Est 51b. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs. P.M. Lord Glasgow's filly receives forfeit. BURTON CONSTABLE RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 2 tt, for four yrs old, lOst 91b; live yrs, 1 Ist 71b; six yrs and aged, 1 2st 21b, &c. Two miles and a half. Mr. B. Green's Sylvan, 4 yrs ...(Captain Broadley) 1 Mr. T. Dawson's Defaulter, 4 yrs Mr. W. Baxter's br gby The Lion, 6 yrs ... ... 3 The Drawing Room Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 30 added. One mile and a half. Mr. Dawson's Defaulter, 4 yrs (Captain Broadley) 1 Sir J. Gerard's Conceit, 5 yrs Mr. J. Osborne's Pity the Blind, 3 yrs ... 3 Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, 25 added for two and three yrs old. Three quarters of a mile. (5 Subs.) Mr. Woffenden's Postempore, 3 yrs ..,(Holmes) 1 Mr. B. Green's Earl of Albemarle, 2 yrs ... ... 2 Mr. Baxter's br cby Sir Bans out of Rushlight, 3 yrs 3 The Holderness Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 20 added. One mile. Mr. 11. Stebbing's Mallon, 4yrs(Captain Broadley) 1 Mr. Da‘4 son's Levanter, 4 yrs Mr. E. Haworth's Harkove;, 6 yrs ... ABERGAVENNY RACES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. _ _ _ • ABERGAYENINT, APRIL 12. Sin,—The following is a return of our races up to this time.—Yours, &c., THOMAS VAUGHAN MORGAN. The Monmouthshire Stakes of 5 soya, each, and 401 added by the fund, for horses that have never won a plate or stakes value 501. Heats, one mile and a half; three yrs old, 7st 71b; four, Bst Sib; five, 9st 41b; six and aged, lOst; horses bred in the county of Monmouth allowed 51b; entire horses to carry 31b extra. Mr. Crofton's b m Hasteaway, 4 yrs 1 1 Mr. Newman's ch f Gwenny, by Ulick, 4 yrs 3 2 Mr. Halfurd's b c Isaac of York, 3 yrs ... 2 3 The Monmouthshire Ilunt Cup, value 251, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, for horses bona fide the property of members of the Hunt Club. Heats, one mile and a half; three yrs old, 9st; four, lOst 71b; five, list 71b; six and aged, 12st, &c. Mr. T. L. Brewer's ch g Bravissimo, 6 yrs ... 1 1 Mr. Pearce's b m The Morsel, 5 yrs (h b) ... 2 2 Mr. Stretton na. b h Cornet, aged (h b) 0 3 Mr. Cartwright na ch g Pullaway, aged (h b) ... 3 0 EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OP THE MORNING HERALD. Sir,—l notice a communication in your journal under the head of " Railway Competition," which is calculated to give as erroneous impression as to the true position of affairs in reference to the competition for Liverpool and Preston traffic. When wo opened our line on the 2d April, via Ormskirk to Liverpool, we instructed the North Union Company, who book our passengers at Preston station by arrangement, to charge ss. for first class, and other classes in proportion, which were oar Parliamentary fares. They did so; but they charged their own 4s. for first-class, and other classes in pro portion. We wore compelled to reduce our fares to theirs; but they continued to drop till they arrived at the previously unheard-of price of Is. for first, or 6d. only for third class, for 39 miles! On Wednesday afternoon, and all Thursday, we were booking at 25., ls. 6d., and ls.—just double the price of our opponents. As to th© remark in in the article referred to, that the " East Lancashire" refused to listen to any overtures from what it means—l never heard of any overtar s from the "London and North-Western , " I do not k now The 3sbut my only Gd.; , price of a first-class ticket from Li ver p ool to Prees.ton by the Parkside route now is , I believe, 3 s . o p s r e e r s t e n t t h c i s o n e t o e u s l t m a u s n t i o . wish in this letter is to sho w the p ublic and our propru A that t w e e us d t id to not your commen ce fairness cation.—l am, Sir , y ours respjeocutfNullu lINDY, y , Chairman of the East Lancashire Railway April lit), 1849. Company. T. S. Duricomati, Esq., M.P.—The health of this nom Ger,tleman has so far improv e d t h at it is his in tention tc. resume his Parliamentary duties shortly after the termination of the Easter recess. The disease under which nr.Duncombe has suffered so sev ere l y f or a pro tracted p.31 . i0d, has yielded Ito the skill and unremitting care of his medical attendants, who are, we understand. of opinion that with proper precautions the Hon. Mem ber for Fin s bury has yet many years of public useful ness before him. THE COURT. —Her Majesty and the Court return, according to present arrangements, to Buckingham Palace from Windsor Castle, on Tuesday next. At an early hour th e same morn i ng his Royal Highness Prince Albel attended by Colonel Phipps, will depart for Lin coins' Eire, in order the following day to lay the first stone .of the new docks at Great Grimsby. Won easy. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert walked this forenoon in the Slopes and grounds around the Castle. The Royal family took walking and pony exercise. Her Serene Highness the Countess of Erbach and her Serene Highness the Princess Amelie of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, ♦isited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent this morning at Frogmore House, and afterwards proceeded to town. _ The Marquis of Breadalbane and Lord and Lady John Russell also left the Castle this morning. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne are ex pected to arrive at the Castle this evening on a visit to the Queen. Messrs. Jennens and Bettridge had the honour of sub mitting to the Queen and Prince Albert a splendid pa pier.mach4 dressing-case which they have manufactured for the Queen of Spain. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Dean of Windsor, and Lady Charlotte Neville Grenville, the Provost of Eton, and the Hon. Mrs. Hodgson. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance yester day evening in the Castle and performed the following pieces:— Overture, "Abu Hassan" Weber. Sinfonia Mozart. Finale, Ist Act, " Don Giovanni" Lord and Lady John Russell returned to their resi dence, Pembroke Lodge, in Richmond Park, yesterday afternoon. A FLOATING NUISANCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Just above Blackfriars•bridge, on the Surrey aide, there has for some time past been placed a barge, apparently laden with cow dung in a semi-fluid state. Is there not a water bailiff, a navigation committee, or some authority that could cause the same to be taken to a proper place? If the barge is too tender to encounter the agi tation of steam-boats by day, it might be floated up by moonlight. If not moved, it will soon contaminate the river by bursting.—l am, Sir, &c., A. THE CWMGOODY MURDER.—The unhappy convict Griffiths is to suffer the extreme penalty of the law this morning (Wednesday), for the wilful murder of his fellow -servant at Cwmgoody. lie has made a full con fession of his guilt, and is truly penitent. Mr. Lazenby, the governor of the gaol, at his request, and from his dictation, wrote a farewell letter to his old nurse and friends at Stansbatch, Herefordshire. At his own re quest, also, ho has been visited by the Rev. John Evans, Baptist minister, to whose advice and exhortations he seemed very attentive. lie desired that the Rev. Mr. Lee, vicar of Staunton-on-Arrow, where he was brought up, should be solicited to offer prayers for him in the parish church there on Sunday last, and expressed his wish that the Rev. Mr. Evans should do the same at Watergate Chapel. The longest time allowed by law has been granted to the murderer, and the execution is to take place at ten o'clock.—Hereford Journal. THE MAYOR OF MANCIIESTER.—His worship the Mayor of Manchester entertained a numerous party:on Tuesday. Amongst the guests were General Earl Cath cart, the Bishop of Manchester, Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bart., the Mayor of Liverpool, Mark Phillips, Esq., Ro bert Phillips, Esq., and a number of military officers and civilians. INDIA-110USE.—Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India-house, when the new directors elected on Wednesday last—viz., Sir Robert Campbell, Mr. William Joseph Eastwick, Sir James Weir Hogg, Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Sykes, Mr. John Clermont Whiteman, and Sir Henry Willock, K.L.S., took the oath and their seats. Major-General Sir Ar chibald Galloway, K.C.8., was chosen chairman, and Mr. John Shepherd, deputy chairman, for the year ensuing On Easter Tuesday, according to ancient custom, the boys of the Blue Coat School, amounting to upwards of 1,000, ♦isited the Mansion House. They were re ceived in the Egyptian Ilall, and after each getting two buns and a glass of wine, they marched i❑ procession through the saloon, where the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress were seated, with a large party of ladies and gentlemen, who had assembled to witness so gratifying a spectacle. On passing the Lord Mayor, each of the twelve Grecians received from his Lordship one guinea; each of the monitors were presented with half-a-crown; and all the remaining boys got Is., and the whole of the coin being new from the Mint it seemed to be highly prized by the boys, who always look forward with great delight to their kind and hospitable reception at the Mansion House on Easter Tuesday. Captains Cameron and Nicol were instrumental in saving from drowning two young men, brothers, em ployed in the establishment of Messrs. Swanton of' Cove, the boat in which they were amusing themselves on S un d a y baying been suddenly overturned when at a considerable distance from the North Quay,-- Cork Examiner. 1 HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. .ast evening the fir , - •., " Zlr., , :f '' Isssical cueceris," teat is to say of operas without scenery, machinery, or characters—of operas turned into oratorios, to suit a crot c h e t w hi c h h as f or some t i me past taken possession of the brain of Jenny Lind, took place at her Majesty's Theatre last evening. It is much to he regretted that Jenny Lind should have taken up with this particular crotchet at this par ticular time. She, it appears, has certain re ligious scruples as to acting a character in an opera on the stage, albeit she has 'none to singing the music in a theatre, or to attend ing a theatre as one of the audience to witness a dramatic performance. 'We confess we cannot under stand these scruples ; if there be any abstract im propriety in acting, there is surely greater sin in encouraging the commission of that impropriety in others, by attending on and assisting at (as_ , the French would say) their dramatic representations than by acting onesself. We had hoped that Mademoiselle Jenny Lind would have elevated the dramatic profession to that rank which it is entitled to hold among the fine arts, by the bright ex ample of her virtues as well as by her talent. Her mis sion was a great one, it was to prove to the world how perfectly ,compatible was the highest dramatic ex cellence with the most angelic purity, and thus to restore to honour an intrinsically honourable profes fession, which has unfairly suffered in public estima tion from the faults of some of its members. Let us hope that she may be still induced to review her determination, and no longer refuse to use those transcendant powers of embodying the fairest creations of the intellect, with which Providence has blessed her. Since it has pleased Madlle. Jenny Lind to appear only in truncated operas, one better adapted for the purpose could not have been chosen than II Flauto 4lagico of Mozart, the plot of which is absurd and utterly devoid of interest, while the music is of the very highest order. The stage was fitted up as a concert room, and the chorus singers were seated on rows of benches rising one above another to the back of the stage. In front were seated the principal vocalists, Mademoiselle Jenny Lind, the Misses Williams, Madame Cassolani, Madamoiselle Grimaldi, and Signori Lablache, Colletti, Belletti, Bordas, Bartolini (a new tenor from Paris, his first appearance), and Arnoldi. The band occupied the orchestra as on ordinary occasions. The stage was fitted up much in the same manner as it was for the performance of FelicieniDavid's Desert some three or touryears since. Mademoiselle Jenny Lind was led on by Lablache at the commencement of the concert, and was much applauded. During the course of the performances she took part in no less than 13 different pieces of music, so that she exerted herself to the utmost to se cure the success of her pet scheme, and she certainly sang deliciously. Her first solo was that of of the Queen of Night, " Non paventar amabil figlio," a song written by Mozart purposely to ex hibit the powers of the highest soprano that ever was heard, a song which no one living, we believe, with the exception of Jenny Lind, could sing exactly as it was originally written, but which she accomplished with the ease, and power, and brilliancy which so pe culiarly characterise her vocalization. Nothing could exceed the purity of style, and the grace and finish o f execution of Jenny Lind in this bravura, and never were the upper notes of her register heard to greater advantage. Her tours de force in the higher ranges of the scale were sparkling with brilliancy, and she reached the very highest notes without an effort. The audience called for the repetition of this very fatigu ing song, a call which was immediately complied with, and the song was given again in as perfect and fair a style as before, every difficulty was fairly met and fairly overcome, and never was Mozart more conscientiously interpreted. Her other solo was Pamina's aria in the second act, " Ala! lo se piu," one of the most touching, expressive, and pathetic pieces of music that ever proceeded even from the inspired pen of Mozart. Nothing could exceed the sweetness of expression, the purity of tone, the surpassing beauty of loveliness which Jenny Lind infused into the air. The liquid middle notes of her voice were heard in this air to per fection, and in the concluding passages the marvellous power which she posseses of throw ing her voice into distance was exercised with most magical effect—it sounded as though it was the voice of some angelic being ascending through the air. Her duet with Colletti, "La dove prendi," her duettinos, " Piede simile," and " Sepo tesse," with Lablache, her terzetto " Dunqui Mio" with Bartolini and F. Lablache, and her concerted pieces with the Misses Williams, were all delightfully given ; but, with the exception of the two solos, the great triumph of the evening was her duet " Pa! Pa! Pa!" with Lablache. In this, carried away by the music, and by the vivacity of her companion, she acted as well as sung, and it elicited more hearty applause than any of her other per formances during the course of the evening, and was rapturously encored. Lablache was great in Papagena, which he gave with most unctuous hu mour; and Beletti proved himself the first of buffo actors and singers, by his manner of giving " Columba o Tortorella ;" even with out the adjuncts of stage trappings, he produced the most irresistably comic effect, and was encored most enthusiastically. Colletti gave the " Quis degno " very finely, and the new tenor, Bar tolioi, sang in such a manner as to make us desirous of hearing him in character. If he acts as well as he sings he will b a great acquisition. The house was very well filled, and the audience most attentive; the elite of the musical profession were present. It would be unjust to close this notice without paying honour due to Balfe. The orchestra had been excellently drilled and was admirably conducted. Never have we heard the overture and the opening march of the second act (among the most beautiful, but, at the same time, most difficult of the compositions of Mozart) so per fectly performed. Their Serene Highnesses the Princess Elise of Hohen lolls, Schillingsfurst, the Prince Ernest of Hesse Philip stahl, the Prince William of Hesse Philipstahl and the Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar occupied her Majesty the Queen Adelaide's box. Accompanying the Royal party were the Earl and Countess Howe, Comtesse d'Erfa, the Honourable Miss Mitchell, and the Honour able Henry Curson. Her Majesty's box was occupied by Colonel and Mrs. Berkeley Drummond, the Misses Fergusson, the Hon. Mr. Pierpoint, and party. Amongst the company were his Grace th e D u k e o f Wellington, his Excellency the Russian Minister, Madamoisello Olga de Lechner and party, his Excel lency the Swedish Minister and Baroness Rehausen, his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador and suite, his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador, the Duke and Duchessgof Leeds and Miss Lane Fox; the Marquis of Sligo, the Prince Magliani, Lord William Lennox, Lady W. Bentinck, Lady Mary Ross, Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Lady Augusta Wentworth, General the Honourable H. Cavendish, the Honourable C. Cavendish, Major-General Sir Andrew Barnard, Bart., Major-General Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., Lady and the Misses Woodford, Lady C. Sendford, Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P., and Lady Howard, Sir Thomas Barret Leonard and Lady Leonard, Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Admiral Knox, Lady Flower, Sir Thomas Wretford, Bart., Mr. J. Maclean, Mr. Grote, and Mrs. Grote, Mr. Sandford, Mrs. Paul, Mr. H. Broadley, M. P., Mr., Mrs. and Miss Brereton Tre lawney, Mr. C. J. Palmer, Major Buckley, Mr. J. P. Hardwick, Mr. and Mrs. Ewen, M. De Berg, M. de Khremer, Mr. and Mrs. Lennard, Mr. Morgan, &c. QUEEN'S THEATRE, HULL. During the week has been presented at this theatre, Gisippus, Winter's Tale, and Henry the Eighth, all of which have been efficiently enacted, Mr. E. Graham and Miss Goddard sustaining the principal characters. Miss Goddard's performance of Hermione in The Winter's Tale may be considered a finished piece of acting, and the rather difficult part of Leontes, by Mr. Graham, was well supported. The after-piece selected for the Easter holidays was Lalla Rookh ; or the Fire Worshippers, arranged by Mr. W. D. Broadfoot, with all its original effects, &c., which crowned its success for 120 nights in London. e The scenery, dresees, &c., of this entertai9rntar ; highly creditable to the parties engage d . by tn l essee wse.y the brilliant feast the extensive stage of this beentheatr e th h e avi m ng ost extensive ij taken advantage of to produce. were well arranged, calling into active service the whole of of lanthorns by . the lovers of Shakspere. On Wed. a p h an d o c r a a l l l n e i d c f e o fi r 'e th ct r . ep T e h e e te g d ro p u l p e T o; is particularly deserving of notice. On the corps, Thursday Macbeth was repeated in a style to be thei p n r s o t. l , inees. performances will be under the patronage of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, F.M., IC.G., &c., being, we believe, tnalipeespdliaerycaattaheedi loth the the first time his llighness has granted permission of his patronage to We doubt not the lessee, Mr. Caple, will use his utmost exertions to do honour to such a distinguished compliment. •._................_- TH. lao' r" :E IRON TRADE --BIRMINGLIAM THURSDAY.— The thi r d o f the district. meetings was held here to-day, and was w e ll atten d e d , b ut unaccompan i e d b y any new feature. There were a goad many orders reported, and no abatement of prices. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended April 7, 1849:—Coaching traffic, 943/. 7s. ld.; parcels, 291. 12s. 2d.; goods and cattle. 1901. Os. id.; steam •boats, 134/. 7s. 9d. Total, 1,297/. 7s. 6d., exclusive of toll from Shrewsbury and Cheater Com pany, and payment for conveyance of mails. The Mining Journal says—" In our next Journal we shall be enabled to lay before our readers the parti culars of an extraordinary proposition—for impelling, without the aid of engines, boilers, o r the use .l o , t , either fire or water. The description will be iu The report from the Havre cotton market states that business was tolerably active , and that prices con tinued to be firmly maintained. FATAL ACCIDENT. —yeste rday (Tuesday) after noon, as one of the North British Railway workmen was crossing part of the line between Portobello a n d Niddry, at the time when two trains were passing in opposite directions, one of the trains overtook him and killed him. on the spot.—North Brit i sh r