The Sun. — London, England, 1849-04-16 00:00:00

kinds ruled quite as dear. Indian Corn at an advaLce of is to 2s per quarter. Meal was held for more mom y. The Flour trade was firm, and the currencies were a shade higher. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Whaat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevaller• • .... 583 to 59s Red. —..• • • • 378 to 49s Oats— Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 42s 54s Lincolnsh., Feed. 15s 19s Norfolk and Lin- Potato Coln, Red..... 373 393 Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White.... • . 395 49s Black . Irish, Red........ 383 405 Cork, White Ditto,White...... 42s 44s Scotch, Feed •• •• 18s 224 YAYs—Old .... ...... .. 22s 25s Beans—Tick .•••• .. .. 25s 345 Pigeons .•• . • • .... 38s 44s Peas—Grey ••• • • • 31s 355 Maple. ••• • • • • • 33s 34, White. ••••• • • • • • 24s 27, Boilers ••••• • • • . 278 32, Flour—Town-made ..• 38s 42, Suffolk ••••• • • • • • 318 34, Stocktn Sr. Norfolk 30s 33, SEED MARKET. _........... New. 22s 2.5 s B arley--Grlnding .•• .. 23s 25s Malting . ........ 28s 3us Chevalier • . 315 335 lifalt—Suffolk and Nor folk.-- • • • • 588 Brown .• •• • • 48s 50s Kingston and Ware 575 58s Clover Seed moves off slowly, at somewhat reduced prices. In the value of other kind 3 of seed we have no material alteration to report. Cakes continue very du 113 sale. Turnip,Whlte, per bush. lls to 12s Red mad Green.. • • lls 12s Mustard, Brown.. • • . 6s 11s •• •• • • • • • • 85 12s Tares, New • • • • • • .... 7s 8s Old • • • • • • • • • • • • 4s Gs Canary. per quarter .. 100 s 12Cs Rye grass•. •... • • •• 20s 24s Clover, RedEnt,. (cwt.) 30s 5Gs White • .... • • as 43s Foreign Rod.. • • . 2ss 40s White.. • . 30s 40s Trefoil .............. 12s 18s Carraway ...... ••.. • . 298 30s Coriander ........ •• • . 168 18s llempseed, per quarter 32s 34s Linseed, Eng.,;owing.. 488 50e Crushing .... •• • • 36s 38s Baltic ...... •• .. 36s 28s Odessa .. ... ••• • . 36s 40s Linseed Cake, pr.l,ooo— English 10s 101 Os Foreign...—. 61 0 s 81 Os Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 5s 41 10s Rapeseed, per last 301 Os 321 Os The continuance or very low prices here has had the anticipated effect of causing a considerable falling-off in the imports of live stock into London, as well as at the principal outports. The total arrival in the metropolis since Monday last has amounted to only 656 head. At the corresponding period in 1848, there were received 1,156; and at the same time in 1847, 1,936 head. It appears, therefore, that the supply in the week just con cluded has been less by 1,280 head than in 1847, and less by 500 head than in 1848. IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEEK. From Beasts. Harlingen l4l ... Rotterdam ll2 ... Antwerp ... Calais Ostend... Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 22 .. ... 5 ... 8 140 ... ... 104 ... 3 48 ... - - - ..- - Total 256 ... 210 ... ... 179 .. 11 Corresponding reek in 1848 545 612 ... - ... 99 ... - Difference... 289 less. 402 less. 120 more. 11 m Even the time of year considered, our market to-day was very scantily supplied with Foreign stock, the general quality of which was inferior, yet the demand fur it was an a very sluggish state, at barely last week's quotations. The numbers of Beasts received fresh up from our graz ing districts were again extensive and of very superior quality; indeed, scarcely a second-rate bullock was on offer. Although the attendance of buyers was large, and the dead markets were well cleared of their last Week's supplies, the Beef trade, owing to the heavy sup ply, was by no means active. However, a fair average portiou of the Beasts were disposed of at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday last; but the highest general quotation for Beef did not exceed 3s 6d per 81bs. -Beef is now selling at fully Is, Mutton is 4d, Lamb Bd, - Veal 6d to Bd, and Purk 8d to 10d per 81bs. beneath the trice' obtained at the corresponding period in 1848. rom Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received about 1,800 Scots, homebreds and short-horned iiom the western and midland districts, 900 Herefords, tints, Devons, &c.; from other parts of England 600 of carious breeds; and from Scotland 300 horned and polled Scots. The remainder of the supply was from abroad azd the neighbourhood of the metropolis. There as a decided increase in the numbers of Sheep, most of which Trere in good condition ; yet the mutton trade was tolerably steady at Friday's improvement in value. The Pairnest old Downs, in the wool, sold at from 4s to 4s 4d; o r = of the wool, 3s 6d to 3s 10d per 81b. Lambs were good supply, and fair re quest, at from 5s 4d D , 6s 4dlper 81b. We had a better sale for calves, the value of which had sn upward tendency. In pigs exceedingly litt!e business was transacted. Prices remained unaltered. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were about 5,000 to 6,000 bales, including 1,000 on specula tion. 4,500 American realised 3id. to 5;11; 200 Per nams and Muranham, 44d. to 54d.; 300 Surats, 3i I. to 34d.; and 30 Sea Island, 9d. to 1 lid. The Market has steady at full prices. —Railway Shares were quiet, very little business being dote. The fo lowing are some particulars of the Iron Trade, as given in A 7 Birmingham Gazette:— " During the early part of the week considerable dis trust was exhibited by the merchants and buyers of iron, us to the determination with which the nominal advance of twenty shillings per ton in price, would be carried out by the ironmasters here ; %bile, on the other hand, some of the manufacturers of the finer qualities were calculating that they should be able to secure even rather better terms, as it was known that the Shrop shire makers were decidedly firm, and that an advance of wages had been given, both there and in the Welsh district. It was also rumoured that, in consequence of the busy state of the nail trade a further advance was contemplated in nail rods ; indeed, a report pre vailed that 81. per ton had been demanded by at least one house for that article. In conse quence of these conflicting views, although the attendance at Wolverhampton on Wednesday was equal to the usual average, business was transacted very languidly. The same impressions still obtained on Thursday, and for some time influenced the proceedings of the meeting, but towards its close they were gradually relinquished, and bargains were more freely concluded, sellers contenting themselves with supporting their pre vious position, :and customers yielding with some show of reluctance, and although a considerable portion of the business of the immediate home district was deferred till Saturday evening, and caution was throughout very generally the predominant feeling, it was then pretty hell cleared up at Dudley, and upon the whole, the re sult is allowed to be satisfactory, both as to orders and settlement of accounts." The Hamburgh mail has arrived bringing advices of Friday, but they add nothing material to the information previously received concerning the war. The Danes appear resolved to act upon the guerilla system, and to retire to the island of Alsen, thence to operate as occasion serves, and by sea they will be especially watchful. Not even the neutral steamers were allowed to go into the Elbe after the 12th instant, but they will be permitted to clear out until the 30th. At Copenhagen the hope was still indulged that England, France, and Russia, in their own interest, would inter fere to support Denmark. Business at Hamburgh was exceedingly dull as respected all branches, and not much was doing in exchanges. Drafts on London were, how ever, in request, and at long dates were scarce. Money was abundant. The General Steam Navigation Company here has issued a notice that it can take no more freight to Hamburgh, the blockade being so strict as to allow only of mails and passengers being con veyed. Among the merchants connected with the Baltic trade there are sad complaints of the injury sustained, and the corn market already feels sensibly the effect of the interruption of foreign supplies, the quantity of English brought to market being perfectly insignificant. A brisk business has been done in Mark lane today, and wheat has risen is. to 3s. per quarter, all other grain being likewise dearer. No doubt can exist that the commerce of France has recently been steadily improving, but there is, never theless, a slight check within the last week or two. The latest Bank of France return shows this, the decrease in the accounts current being five millions at Paris, although in the provinces there was an increase of two millions. The circulation was lessened by fifteen millions of francs. On the other band, it is satisfactory to find the Treasury balance larger by three millions. The English Stock Market has been exceedingly quiet, and, in consequence of a speculative sale, not quite so firm as on Saturday, when Consols closed at 924 4. There has been a rumour that the Russians intend to assist the Danes, but it may be observed that such is not the expectation among com mercial men, and it is more probable that advantage is taken of the limited business done to keep down values. A time sale, about 100,0001. it is said, has been effected this morning. Consols are 92j 4 for Money and Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 914 to 92, and the Three per Cents. 904 to 91. Bank Stock has been at 192 to 1931. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 455. to 485., and ludia Bonds 635. to 645. premium. In the Foreign Market the operations have been chiefly in connexion with the half-monthly settlement. Mexican are steady at 30 to 304, and Portuguese Four per Cents. at 29 to 4, owing to a remittance having been received towards the next dividend. Spanish Five per Cents. are 174 to 18, and the Three per Cents. 324 to 1, being buoyant. Equador are 3i to 4, and Buenos Ayres. 384. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 50 to 4. Railway Shares have been more buoyant generally, and the favourite lines are quoted at fuller prices. oNE cLO•qiNG tilt ES 01 , D CITISII PLINDs. O'CLOCK PRICES. 'ank Stock 33 of Cent. Reduced Amis 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92 % 1A 92 , isNy 3 per Cent. Anu5....... 91% 92 91 3 / 4 91 3 / 4 Amg Arms. to expire Jan.1860 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 — lii 13-16 ndia Stock — 248 'Alia Bonds, 1,0004 Ditto under LOW... —64 63 p 63 p unsols for Account 92% La 92 xchequer Bills. lU,d. & 2d. 1,000/. Juno ..... -.......- 500/. June Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDs OIIE O'CLOCK. 48 p 46 p ;46 p CLOsibi PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New,1829 and 1839 77% 77% Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 38% 38% Equador Bonds 51exican, 5 per Cent. 1846 3O 30% 30 304 304 Ditto, Account 30% 3038 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — 67 t'ortuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent 294 29 29 Ditto, Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account . 1 7 3 /4 18 Ditto, 3 per Cent .... 32% Ditto, Account 32% Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent .... ... 80% Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Gui1d...... 50 50% 50 1 4 PRICES or PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING , AILWIY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 5O ..... 17 174 16%... 16% Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or w ith a guaran. 20 . ..... ......... ...... ? BU - wing, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... 15% 1 4 3oston, Stamfd ar i ßirm. i Bristol: and Exeter 9O ... .. Ditto, Thirds . .'iuckinghainshire ... 16/. 4s. .2aledoni an v. Do. New 10/. Pref lO ... .. 11% . ..... ...... 11% hester and Holyhead SO Ditto, Preference lastern Counties........ 20 ...... 8 3 / 3i % B% Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. 10 ...... 11%4.-- _ pe, • •• Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 East Lancashire Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6 1 A 71..... Last Lincolnshire ...... 25 .rest Northern Do., ',, 2 A Deferred Do., I A 2 B 6 per Cent... 7 1 ,4 . OA % reat North of England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 401 4O 18 32% 32% 15 1 4 5% 11 1 ,4 19% 17% 7% 2834 O g 4 7 / s 6% Ditto, ditto 35 Ditto, New,ls/ l4 .. .. ......... ...... Great. Western 100 ...... 93 1 4 Ditto, !,‘ Shares dull and Selby .. Ditto, Half Shares - ......... Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Do. Fifths.... Do. New,Gua.6 perct. 10 Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Leeds and Bradford 5O lOO ... ..... ..... 100 Leeds and Thirst( ...... 50 Ditto, New London &Blackwall I 2 IA 5 14 ...... ..... .ondon, Brighton, and South Coast 50..... 39 39 1 4 38% 39% 39% Ditto, New 51., guar 6 per cent. .. Lond mi and N. Western 1(0 13 2 14 133... 133 Ditto, New Quarters.. 7 Ditto,r' 33 1 % 95 1934 494 •• ••. l2 fifths ..... .. 2 ...... r. W.-stern 5O .... 37 1 % 36% Ditto, Third s 16L 13 5.4d..4A , 14 dis 4 4 dis Do.. New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls Uanzlie,ter,Bu rton , and 11 ati0ck........ .......... 4 1 ,4 Midland Do., do., SOL Shares.. 25 . Do.Consol.Bristol ant . i Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 slidland Great Wester)/ 1% 77 16% Irish . 47%. 23 ... . Ymymarket North British - Ditto, Halves .. ,.. 12 1 / 2 6% Ditto, Quartersj...... OA 3 14, Ni or th Staffordshire .... .. 17 1 / 2 l4 Reading, Guildford, ai id Reigate l 2 l / 2.- 1 31 / 2 ........ ....,. Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Birra .. 11 y, Ditto New Guaranteed 8 ...... 9 ' 5 , South Ea3tem ... ..... ... 331/ 8 . • .... 22 1 / 2 22 .. South Wales ,.. 33 ...... Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... ........ 50 ...... ............... Do. do. do. .... 25 York, Newcastle, ai id Berwick. .... .. ....... . 25 Do. Newcastle Este: ti. 20 Do. G.N.L.Preterent 45 8 ..... 6 3 / 4 York and North Midlar td 50 ..... 42 Ditto, Preference ..~ Do. East aad West R i u ing Extension ....... 25 FOE :SIGN RAILWAYS. Demerara ~. 17 1 / 2 ...... 8;4. ......... ... 81/2 Evit Indian .. 3 1 ,4 41% 1 4 ••• ....... • 41A Northern of France...... 13 Orleans and Bordeaux. . 7 Samtre and Meuse ...... . 20 ... _ 4 Tours and. Nantes „11 JOIN 1' STOCK BANKS. Australasia National of Ireland...—. .22% 18%.... ........ ... 14 1 4 61 31,i, 13 1 4 241 9 5 4, 22 144 29M 17 1 A 64 42 21% 33 1,i3/4 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DA Y.) LONDON, A PRIL 16.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.E., moderato breeze and cloudy. DANISH BLOCKADE. TIA3IBURCH, APRIL 13.—The Tribunal of Commerce has this day published the following notice:—Agreeably to a notification from E.B.M. Consul. General of this day, the Commodore of the Danish Navy in the North Sea has given the official notice that from sunrise of this day (12th April) the blockade of the Elbe, Weser, and Iztihe, has commenced, that neutral vessels, however, now lying in the ports of the blockaded rivers, after hiving ascertained their identity, may pass until sunset of the 30th of this month, as well as that also after that date the steamers with the Ro) al British mails shall pasF, provided that only the Post-office letter bags and passengers are on board. CLYDE, APRIL 14.—Wind E., fresh.—Sld. 13th Pur suit, New York; 14th, Birman, Manilla; Sylvia, Dal housie. Put back 12th Hibernia, for Quebec, leaky. TEIGNMOUTH, APRIL 14.—Wind E.—Sld. Nancy, St. John's, Newfoundland. WHITBY, APRIL 14.—The Tutalina is on shore near Runawick, and expected to have received damage. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 14.—Wind S.E., 15th, E.N.E.— Arrd. 14th, Thomas Lee, James, Calcutta; Mary Hart ley, Donough, Mauritius; Wm. Peile, Scott, Buenos Ayres; Ewelie, Paraiba; Salacis, Hannah, New Orleans; Mount Washington, Blaisdell, ditto; Glenlyon, Muir head, ditto; Sir Henry Pottinger, ditto; Clyde, Hali roro, Charleston ; A. G. Chandler, New York. Sld. Negotiator, Bombay ; Arid, Sierra Leone ; Alice, Brooks, Brazils; Light of the Harem, Buenos Ayres; Ann Bates, Rio Janeiro; Haidee, New Orleans ; Isaac Newton, Philadelphia; Saranak, Philadelphia ; Gar r i c k, New York; Liberty, New York; Defence, New York; F. Y., New York ; St. Lawrence, New York ; Cambria, steamer, Boston ; Mary, Newfoundland • Henry, New foundland ; Hero, Newfoundland ; Wellington, New foundland; Shaw, Newfoundland; John, Newfoundland; James, Newfoundland; Horatio, Newfoundland ; Chun, Davis's Straits; Bounty, Hall, Pernambuco; Speculator, Tampico - Ward, Chipman, New Yo r k ; B r it ann i a, Staten Island; 15th, Patrick, Henry, Baltimore; Mary, Ridley, Newfoundland.—Off port, Mary Ann John stone, Brenda, Mischief. MARGATE, APRIL 15.—A quarter cask of sherry, marked "J. Wood and Co.; and two quarter boards, marked " Queen Victoria," have been picked up and brought in here. SCARBOROUGH, APRIL 15.—A quantity of wreck has washed on shore this morning, three miles north of this place, and an arch board marked " Northumbria," sup posed to belong to a large old Collier vessel. Part of tbo wreck, quarter of a mile from the land. No boats have been seen, but hopes are entertained that the crew may have got on board some ship. COWES, APRIL 14.—Arrd. Jot, Young, Pernam buco ; Mina, Forrest, St. Domingo ; Leontine, Thor mann, Charleston; Emma, Edgard, New York, both for Bremen. DEAL, APRIL 14.—Wind W. to E.N.E.; 15, N.N.W. to E.N.E.—A rr d. 14, Mi ran d a, M ar l e , Demerara; Point, Burgess, Jamaica; 16, President, Newman, Rio Grande for Hamburgh; Thornhill, Eils, New Orleans. Arrd. from the River and sld. 14. Soundraporvy, Stamp, Jamaica; Sydney, Whitmore, Quebec; 15, Randolph, Dale, Port Philip; Queen of England, Cawkitt, Cal cutta; Northumberland, Parish, ditto; Symmetry, Rickards, Ceylon; Countess of Zetland, Atkinson, Cape of Good Hope and Penang; Jane Black, Spalding, Rio Janeiro; Earl Durham, Anderson, New York; Hebe, ' Hood, ditto. Sld. 14, City o f Rochester, Shediac; Hymen, Quebec; Marwood, ditto; 15, Northumberland, Calcutta; Eleanor, Bombay. YARMOUTH, APRIL 12.—The Ebenezer, which was put on shore on Hemsby Beach 30th ult., was this morn ing hove off and brought into this harbour, making much water. Many bales, and a large quantity of loose wood, and several pieces of plank, apparently not been long in the water—on one of the bales G. or C. in a diamond, No. 88—were passed, 4th inst., lat. 13, lon. 47, by the Apollo, surd off the Land's End. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 14.—Arrd. Elizabeth, Le Brun, Buenos Ayres, for Ilamburgh; Secret, Miller, Calcutta; William Glaestone, Smith, Valparaiso; llermina, Hen ricks, Rio Janeiro for Bremen. OFF PLYMOUTH, APRIL 14.—Lady Katharine, Bar ham, Jamaica. BLYTH, APRIL 14.—The Village Maid, of and from North Sunderland, for Newcastle, got on the rocks near this place yesterday, but was assisted off this morning, and brought in here. HULL, APRIL 14.—The Rose, Trawler, of Dart mouth, was in contact with a brig, supposed a light collier, on the 11th inst., between the Cromer and Hasborough Lights, and sank ; crew saved. The Mayoress, of Sunderland, for London, coal laden, was towed into the Roads to-day, with loss of fore top mast, bowsprit, and other damage, having been in contact. Per Elba. to sink the offal. a. d. to I. d. s. d. t 0 S. d. 421 *, rior Beasts 2 4 2 6 Second qual. Sheep 3 0 3 6 ZleTund quality .. 2 8 21i Coarse-woolled ditto 3 8 310 41 1 me large Oxen 3 0 3 4 Southdown Nether 4 0 4 4 _Procne Scots 5 1 8 e coarse Calves 3 6 4 0 Largo Hogs •. • . 3 2 3 ir•me small ditto 4 ekling Calves lB 0 26 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 21 0 ir. _ , erior Sheep •• • • 4 6 4 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. I 3,892 20,800 99 SOS FOREIGN SUPPLY. Sh lo 4 eep. I al 7 Cves. I I 1 NEW'GATIS AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat received up to these markets, last Wesek, from Scotland and various parts of England, ttrnounted to abeut 400 carcasses of Beef, 700 ditto of utten, 300 ditto of Lamb, 200 ditto of Veal, and 350 ditto of Pork. With London-killed meat, we have been tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied. Prime lßeef and Mutton have sold to a fair extent, at full prices, I nut Lamb has fallen in value 4d per 81bs. In the value qf other kinds of meat, a e have no change to notice. 3 Prom Hamburgh three baskets of fresh meat have come t o hand, and about 250 carcasses of foreign meat, killed in t be metropolis, have been disposed of. • Beasts. ; 191 Pigs. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. 13,19 e f.lnterlor•—• •• 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. ".• --- middling .. •. 2 6 2 8 1 middling.. prime large 210 3 0 prime - prime small .. 3 2 3 4 I Po r k, l arge .. ••• • •• VO4 1..... . 3 4 4 s. small • • • • 3. d. to 8. d. 24 2 8 210 3 4 3G 3 3 2 10 3 4 36 4 2 Lamb. 5a 2d to Ga-2-cl.- 310311017 GE AND SPITALPIELDS. The arrivals of Potatoes coastwise during the past Vreek have been somewhat on the increase—they having 'amounted to about 3,000 tons, chiefly from Scotland, lforkshire, Essex, and Kent, in but middling condition. foreign imports have been as follows:—From Ant vtrerp, 225 tons, 136 bags; Rotterdam, 56 tons, 312 auks, 2,735 bags; Ostend, 63 tons; Rouen, 113 tons; Cihent, 1,014 bags; Leer, 43 sacks; Hamburgh, 170 sitaks; and Groningen, 50 tons—forming a total quan tity of about 1,200 tons. Sound Potatoes being scarce, slich descriptions continue to move off steadily, at very Bill prices. All other kinds are a slow sale, at our quo. tititions. r • Per Ton. ork. Regent2ss to 155 s Ditto Shawss 1 llss to 135 s B, ,_totch Reds lo ss t o 120 s Liiittto Cup s lo is to 120 s liittto Whites 7ss to 90s ha coln.ltegents.llss to 135 s Per Ton. Essex Regents llos to 130 s Ditto Shims lols to 125 s Ditto Kidneys loos to 125 s French Whites 9os to 100 s Belgian ditto Bos to 92 3 Dutch ditto BOROUGH HOP MARKET. We have to notice a slight improvement in the demand for' the finest hops of last year's growth, at, in some in at a trifling advance in the quotations. All other Itlixds are dull in the extreme, and rather lower to pur ebtase. Sussex pockets, 21 41 to 21 18s; Weald of Kent ditto, 2112 s to 3/ 8s; I.lid. and East Kent ditto, 313 s to 81, 14s per cwt. Tere were rc ce ived WOOL into London, last week, 1,324 bales of Wool from Port Philip, 120 ditto from Iliim b4,trgh, and 70 di tto from the Cape. For nearly all kinds et tll Wool—e spec i ally the low descriptions—the demand is in a very inactive state. To effect large sales, lower 4 CeS must be submitted to by the importers. The heavy tate ocmarked . y b the farmers co n ti nue to operate against ALLOW. Si nce our l ast repor t exceedingly little business has Z:t_,"en transacted in this market, and prices have further chlined quite 6d per cwt. To-day I'. Y. C. on the spot letiF e e r aV Y at 38 g. 6d. For forward delivery there are aat 39s 6d per cwt, but no buyers. Town Tallow hros declined to 38s 6d per cwt, net cash; rough Fat pate 2d per 81bs. Letters received this morning from . Sr . S rr.sburgh state that very little business was doing on 0 xs ace u t and that prices were decidedly lower. 1845. gtatk this dal' • • •• ?rico of Y. C. •• • • Deli very last Week •• .0111 to from Juno 1.... Arrivals last 'week bitto front JUne 1 ... trice of Town • •• - 1846. 1847 1818. 1849.1 2 0,798 388 Id to 0800 1,202 78,414 12,848 10,568 425 3d 48s 9d to 4256 d to 49s 041, 818 824 81,615 74,518 50 78,659 74,453 44s Od 51s Od 754 SO, 21 41s 7,409 27,276 51s Od to 38s 6d Os Od t. Os 893 j 1,049 91,688 18,818 1,437 I 27G 90,996 108,5611 529. j 41s Od tni, THE I RON TRADE Or SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE.— ; — LEY. SATU RDAY .— The quarterly meet i ngs o f t h e 4 rft masters closed in this town tonight, and, taken as hWhole, th e y h ave at each town in which they have b een eld passed off satisfactorily. Notwithstanding the corn- Partitively indifferent state of the home trade, the ad 'Pince in the price of iron made in February has been fully maintained. Prices are now about as follows: bars, 7/. 10s.; hoops, from 81. to 81. 108.; and pigs, from rabrook, and al. Jo s . to 3/. 15s. Messrs. Hooper, Gra ze brook, i ron an d coa l masters of Stourbr idge, have re solved t o a d vance the colliers' and miners ' wages 3d. per maY, and t h e pr i ces o f coal and black 6d. per ton. It has al so been agreed that the wag t hat to wn and neighbourhood should of the puddlers in be a dva nced 6d. r ton, and Pe wh i ch they have h a d not i ce t h a t they are to eiv e . A WOMAN MURDERED BY HER HUSEAND .—The Ilei ghbourho o d o f P eter-street, Westminster, was on S aturday evening, about 8 o'clock, the scene of a murder "un nitted by a l a b ourer, res i dent in 14,g-court, of the name of Yardley i upon his wife, with whom he had been ( 4 1, rel ling, because she would not give him money out ~..,_"is week' s wages. He struck and kicked the woman, ola.o_o was in an advanced stage of pregnancy, in a brutal e n e ner. .A surgeon was sent for, but his assistance was Ittaaavail, and about 9 o'clock the woman died. She . s the mother of 13 children, of whom seven are living. _ said the deceased was much addicted to liquor, that l o t Jaeseebeen twice an inmate of Brixton gaol, and that conn exion of her first confinement there an im purotpnr sister. Y a u was formed between Yardley and her tempted to eatye, but h e Ls.f . ter the commission of the murder, at of the night, was apprehended in the course DEPARTURE O r TH North American Roy e llv e asi . A lll : Bt m eara mt.—The British and the command of Captai n ship, Cambria, under pool, on Saturday afternoon, 11:an"' sailed from Liver _that Passengers, and about 5 3,000/. 7 i in g on boaad nearly 70 fr om Now York, with dates fro u sPeeie. The Canada, I nst., may be expected to-day ornito city to the 4th ~,, LIE Ex-ROYAL FAMILY omporriw. panied 17 the .;,,ount and Countess de Neuilly, ae FRANCE.—The and Princess 'Pik and Duchess de Nemours, the IVi En r ,!oitiville, and the Duke and Duchessede' rolygoung children, left Claremont, on Saturardalaeg last, and In _ t: Leonard's, the Countess having L.4tete to f repa . ir to that favourite marine r es ort for the e., 0 her health. we understand the illustrious ' lll 4 and Countess intend to sojourn there about six Itl e i r4 ' A limited suite attended the Royal exiles. THE ' S UN, LONDON, THE RIVER PLATE. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 14.—The barque Melody, Captain Hooper, 252 tons, belonging to Messrs. Haycroft and Petluck, of this port, arrived hero on the 12th inst., with 4,700 hides, and more than 300 pipes of tallow for Bristol. She is 76 days from Buenos Ayres, having left on the 26th of January, 11 days after thrdeparture of the mail brought home by her Majesty's packet Seagull, Lieutenant James Smail. The only man-of-war of all nations at Buenos Ayres was her Majesty's steam sloop Alecto, which lay in the outer roadstead. About 200 merchant vessels were discharging or loading— viz., 27 British, 19 American, 5 Danes, 10 French, 3 Hamburgh, 14 Spanish, 17 Brazilian, Sec., a large pro portion of which were bound for the Continent. General Roses continued to be highly esteemed by the inhabitants of Buenos Ayres, where a good business was doing, and trade was progressing undisturbed. Exchange 2id. the paper dollar. Fresh beef 16 paper dollars per dollars per quarter. Vegetables dear in proportion. Flour, 200 paper dollars per barrel demanded ashore; and seven dollars per barrel given for American flour out of chips from the southern states. Current Freights—Salt hides, 525. 6d. per ton, and tallow 60s. for Great Britain. The market for salt was plentiful, if not glutted. The only communication with Monte Video is either by mail or private packet. The Melody has had a favourable passage home and continued northing on the same tack through 65 degrees, until she reached about 43 north latitude and 40 west long., when she lost the north-east trades. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY. - The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Montrose, Captain S. Lewis, arrived this evening at seven o'clock, with the usual mails from Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo. in charge of Lieut. Langton, Admiralty agent. The Montrose has brought home about twenty first and second class passougers, and eighteen distressed British seamen. Her freight consists of 588 half chests of oranges, 50 boxes of onions, 17 packages of specie, 33 baskets of potatoes, 11 casks of leeches, and 27 packages of sundries. The Montrose left at Gibraltar her Majesty's steamer Janus, and American store-ship Supply. At Lisbon, her Majesty's brig Harlequin, United States frigate St. Law rence, and the usual Portuguese squadron. The quarantine regulations are still in force at all the ports, and there appears no prospect of their being re moved. LOSS OF THE BARQUE TYNWALD, OF LIVER- POOL, BY FIRE. By the arrival of the Montrose we are put in posses sio❑ of the facts relative to the total destruction of the barque Tynwald, 203 tons, Captain Mills, of Liverpool, in let. 50 7 N., long. 8 31 W., bound to the Cape of Good Hope, with a general cargo. It appears that the ill-fated barque sailed from Liverpool on the 16th of March, and that on the 24th the fire was discovered, and from the rapidity with which the flames spread, and the hold it had on the barque, attempts to subdue it were r. mien d impossible, and the captain and crew were compelled at once to abandon her to her fate and proceed to the barque O'Ferrall, bound to Malta, which ship they reach - ed in safety, at the time steering towards the burning ship, having observed the flames, and being anx ious to render assistance. Having taken the captain and crew on board, they proceeded on their course, it being found impossible to near the Tynwald, as at this time she was in a complete blase, and there was not the least hope of saving anything out of her. The follow ing is the account of the destruction of the barque by the chief mate, Michael Ryan:— " Saturday, March 24.—Steady northerly winds and fine clear weather, all sail set. 30 min. past 6 P.M., going forward to trim the sails, the watch (below getting supper) came on deck and told me there was smoke issuing from the main hatch. I immediately went down, and finding the smoke coming very rapidly from the main hold, I came on deck and took off the after-hatch, and, with ono of the crew, John Jones, went into the hold as far as the main hatchway, but did not perceive any signs of smoke. We had no sooner returned on deck than a cloud of smoke rushed from the after hatch. and I immediately reported the same to the captain, and orders were given to get water. From the first dis covering the smoke the time had not exceeded five minutes before the ship was full of smoke fore and aft, and it was found impossible to get below in any part of the vessel to discover where or how the fire originated. All attempts were made to extinguish the fire, but of no avail. A vessel was seen N.E. about four miles ; hoisted signals of distress, and orders were given by the captain to clear away the boats, and before they were over the side a cracking was heard of the fire in the hold. Afterwards, finding the oflamesordered rteh deburstingbut nd tso totn g o f e t aboutthe t m fi t v a he i on minutes boata t c s h n w dt hay,re maine t fl h s e captainm along side a be came so excessively hot, and tho night being dark, we pulled away in the direction of the vessel we bad seen (taking the bright Star Vega as a guide). In about half an hour a light was shown, and about eight o'clock we came within hail of the ship, which was rounded to im mediately, and rendered all the assistance in their power to save oar lives. When we got on board found her to be the barque O'Fcrrall, of and bound to Malta from Cardiff, Captain Paolo Decandia, 534 tons register. It appeared they had seen the flames and were steering towards us in order to render every assistance. After hoisting in our long boat, they bore away on their course. Our vessel was at this time in a complete blaze, and continued so until we lost sight of her about midnight. t i i t m o eo,uandlcould r must ot have have broken originated oo t s i n o " It is the captain's opinion that the fire had been y se m rv in ed ute u s n e t l i a l p t s h ed e Liverpool; o front the time the s lt to mass of flames. generatingi. fotrheamtge ves!el was in a comp mote ttn k fi e ft w ee e n s o fi r r t s w t twenty " Nothing was suddenly, not Russell), at great risk of the second mate (Mr. saved except the chronometer, which suffoca tion, ran below and secured List of crew of the late barque, Tynwald;—John M.lls, master; Michael Ryan, first mate; John Russell, second mate; Theodore Snoure, carpenter; Peter Beck man, cook and steward; John Jones, William Moore, Isaac Strutt, Nicholas Heeney, and John Poulson, sea• men; William Higginson and Frederick Mills, appren tices. Passenger, Mr. R. Needham. The steward,-M'Cormick, and •he cabin boy, Johnson, came horme as distressed British subjects, having be longed to the Verona, Captain Trimely, from Newport, bound to New Orleans, foundered at sea on the 10th of March, in lat. 26 N., long. 47 W. AMR MAJESTiCS THEATRE. Mademois e ll e P aro di repeated the c h aracter of Norma on Saturday evening, and more t h an j u stified the opinion which we ex p resse d on Wednesday o f h er transce ndent talents. W e extract the following notice of her perform ance of Saturday evening from a cotemporary, as it ex actly expresses our own opinions of the position and the powers of Mademoiselle Parodi :—" The pretensions of Mademoiselle Parodi as a dramatic vocalist are so high, and the sensation created by her Norma is so general, that another notice, a propos of her second appearance on Saturday, cannot b e deemed superfluous. Mademoiselle Parodi must be looked upon as an artist playing for a large stake. There is about her that marked pecu liarity —that decided absence of everything approaching the conventional---that she.must eventually take her posi tion in the very highest rank, or she misses her aim alto gether. She cannot become the mere utilite—the merely pleasing vocalist. It will not be her's to win a public by gentle allurements, " but to gain admiration she must command it —exact it as a tribute due to real genius. The applause which she received on Tuesday, when she made her delnit, was genuine and hearty; that which was awarded her on Saturday was still more enthusiastic. In several respects she was manifestly better than - on the first night. The favourable reception had inspired her with confidence; she was evidently more at home in her new region; her execution had gained in certainty, and her acing in fire. This was particularly observable in the famous trio which terminates the first act. Of the greatness of Mdll e . P aro di' s act i ng th ere can be no question. It i s w h at lyrical tragic acting should be— large, impo s i ng , an d approaching the statuesque . Th e lyrical tragedian eannot, like the speaking actor, dwell on minute details. Th e l anguage of operat i c libretti is written in an ab s t ract style, showing a passion in its broad characteristics ra th er than i n i ts coun tl ess ph ases; and even if it were o th erw i se, the very ac t o f s i ng i ng in stead of speakin g , p revents those n i cet i es o f discrimina tion which form the great merit of ordinary modern acting. Mdlle. Parodi seises on a passion in all its largeness ; it becomes her owe, .aod is strongly marked in countenance and gesture. With those who term her acting exuberant eve cannot agree. On the contrary, it seems to us that - a severe classical discipline has set limits to her ast energetic expression s , an d a l etter (now in print) wLich has been addre sse d to h er by her preceptrees Pasta,' and which especially commends her far avoiding habits of exaggeration, obviously proves our opinion. The indignant scorn with which she up braids Polio is as truthful as it is impressive, while the attitude of grief with, which she kneels to Oroveso, and the pose, during the war chorus, which com bi nes the in spiration of the priestess with the exultation of the vengeful woman, could scarcely be exceeded in the sculptor's art. Taking all things together—the original talent of Mademoiselle Parodi, the distinctness of her style from anything that has been recently seen, her youth (and it is no trifle to play Norma at twenty-two), her association with Pasta, and the impression which she has generally and really made upon the public, it must be admitted that her accession to the operatic company may b© set down as an important event for th ose w h o take interest in the lyrical drama. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, ac companied by her Royal Highness the Princess Mary, their Serene Highnesses the Princesses Amelie and Elise of Hohenlohe Schilliagsfurst, and their Serene High nesses the Prince Ernest and Prince William of Hesse Phillipstahl, and the Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, honoured the performances with their presence. In the Royal party were—the Comptesse d'Erfu and the Hon. Miss 'Mitchel. His Royal Highness the Prince L eo p o ld of Naples, Count of Syracuse, attended by th e Cheva lier Colona, honoured the theatre with his presence. Amongst the visitors were--bis Grace the Duke of Wel lington, the Duchess of Leeds and Miss Lane Fox, his Excellency the Russian Minister and Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner, the Conte Lielowiky, his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador, his Excellency the Swe dish Minister and the Baroness Rehausen, the Prince Magliani, the Marquis of Headfort, the Marquis of Donegal, the Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Cardigan, Earl and Counte s s Caledon, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Ch ester fi e ld, the Earl of Aboyne, the Viscountess Gl en t wort h , t h e Viscountess Newry. the Viscountess Cantilupe, Lord W. Lennox, Lord Gardner, Lady Shelley, Lady Quen tin, Lord Suffield, Lady F. Bentiuck, Lady Flower, Lady Lisburne, Count Benowsky , Lord Elphinstone, General the Hon. H. Cavendish , Baron Talleyrand, Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart, and Lady Graham • Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., and Lady Howard; Sir H. Webb, Batt.; Sir Charles Wombwell, Bart.; Major-General Sir An drew Barnett, Bart,e Sir Charles Desvoeux, Bart., and Lady Cecilia Desvoeux; Sir Michael Bruce, Bart.; Sir Charles Shackerley, Bart. ; Sir B. Fraser, Bart. ; Mr. Grenville Berkeley, M.P. ; Mrs. Dennistoun, Mr. H. Broadley, M.P., Mr. Montgomery, &c. THE EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. A Parliamentary paper has just been issued, contain ing extracts of proceedings and correspondence of the Admiralty in reference to the Artie expeditions. It is dated Admiralty, March 27, 1849, and signed "J. 11. Hay, Chief Clerk." Its contents, which are very inte resting, are divided into five parts. The first includes correspondence relative to the progress of the expedi tion of Sir James C. Ross to Lancaster Sound and Bur row Straits, giving the last accounts from the Enter prise and investigator, "dated 28th August, 1848, let. 73 deg. 50 min. N, and long. 58 deg 6 rein. 30 secs. West," stating that the ships had cleared the main track is Melville Bay, on the 20th of August, and after ex amining Pond's Bay on the 23d, had passed on to the northward in search of Sir John Franklin. The second section refers to the expedition to the mouth of the Mackenzie River, and gives extracts of dispatches from Sir George Simpson, the governor of the Hudson Bay Company, and letters fr im Sir John Richarlson, detailiag the progress of the Arctic expedi tion under his command. The last letter from the vete ran voyager is date I Meth)! Portage, Rupert's Land, July 3, 1848. In it he reports to the Admiralty that, with Mr. Rae, he arrived there June 28, and found Mr. Bell and his party with the boats, who had reached there the previous day. Sir John says:— " Mr. Bell's voyage from Cumberland House, con sidering his detentions by ice and stormy weather, was expeditious; and we should have been able to have descended to the mouth of the Mackenzie by the be4in ning of August, but an unforeseen occurrence has greatly retarded our progress and fatigued the men. Forty horses employed by the company on this portage, and the same number belonging to the natives, being all the horses in this district, died of an epidemis in the winter. Deprived of their aid, the men have had to carry the boats, and all the cargo, over on their shoulders, by very bad paths. The distance is between eleven and twelve miles; and many of the Europeans being unable to carry more than 90 lbs. or 100 lbs. at a time, have had to traverse the ground eleven times with loads (and, consequently, ten times in returning light) in transporting their allotment of packages, which, accord ing to custom, were distributed equally. With the assistance of the horses, we could have crossed this height of land in two days. As several of the men have become lame in consequence of the severe toil, I expect that one third of the portage, which remains to be crossed, will occupy us a proportiociably longer time, and that the portages on Clear-water River and Slave River will be more tardily made than usual. These delays will, per haps, prevent us from reaching !the sea for nearly a week later than that which I had mentioned as the pro bable date, unless we are favoured by southerly winds in the descent of the Mackenzie, when the time lost may be redeemed. I now expect to leave this portage on the 7th or Bth. The conduct lof the men under their dis tressing labour is excellent." The third section refers to the expedition to Behring's Straits, and gives the correspondence of Captain Kellet, C. 8., of her Majesty's ship Herald, and Commander Moore, of her Majesty's ship Plover, showing the pro gress of their expeditions in that quarter. Captain Kellett gives a most interesting narrative of his proceed ings in endeavouring to communicate with the Plover, sent out from England. The Herald arrived off Chamisso Island, in Kotzebue Sound, Sept. 14, 1848. Captain Kellett says— " With the exception of four natives on Chamisso Island, with whom I communicated on the evening of our arrival, and who, being frightened, gave to our leading questions all their answers in the affirmative, we could not find a native in the Sound within reach of our boats; they had all left for their winter quarters. I weighed, therefore, and went to the northward as far as Cape Krusenstern to endeavour to find them, but they had left this and Hotham's Inlet also. " In returning to our position off Chamisso Island, I anchcred off Spaforeif Inlet, on the south side of the Sound, and sent my boats up it. Here we were more successful; we found a native who could converse fluently with the interpreter; he had only just arrived, after a hunting expedition to the northward. " Ho described his distance as a long way north,where the sea came close to the land, and that there were no ships seen or heard of. " He said that there were some white men, like us, inland, one of them with a band on his cap, pointing to ours; that they were southward to us, nearer Norton Sound. While at Michaelouski the Russians informed us of there being six Americans in their vicinity trading for skins. How they came they could not tell. I suppose them to be part of the crew of some American whaler, who have absconded with a boat from her. " These natives could not be induced, by presents or promises, to come to the anchorage at Chamisso Islands, although so short a distance. " I sent boats to the ice cliff in Eschalatz Bay, to col lect any fossils that might be exposed since the Blossom's visit. We were very successful in qnantity and size, but none of them different, I fear, from those obtained by Captain Beechey. " They endeavoured, also, to fall in with another party of the natives at the entrance of the Buckland River, but in this we failed, the Esquimaux had evidently retired somewhere for the winter. "The weather now became excessively cold, the sea had suddenly cooled down to 28 deg.; the whole face of the country covered with snow; all the lakes and springs frczen, so that we could not water from them, and a con stant west or north-west wind was blowing. These evident indications of the winter having set in deter mined me to sail the first favourable opportunity. "Up to the 26th September we had in Kotzebue Sound most delightful weather; I should say that this had been an unusually fine open season. On Chamisso Island we found some of the beeches, and other shrubs, budding a second time. The weather was so mild that that there were many sanguine hopes we should yet meet Sir John Franklin's ship. " After the 26th the weather suddenly became so bad and threatening that I weighed on the morning of the 29th September, and beat out of the Sound, passing the Straits on the evening of the 2d October, in a heavy snow storm. " I lost one man (our fiddler) by death on this long and arduous voyage; with this exception, the health of my crew has been very good until within a few days of making this port, when we had many cases bearing slight symptoms of the presence of scurvy. " No men could have been better clothed or less ex posed; our main deck was always dry and warm, and the strictest attention paid to siring their bedding. Our voyage from Panama to this port (Mazatlan) has occu pied 199 days, 10 of which we were on fresh provisions, fish and beef, and 50 of the days preserved meats and rice were issued. My impression, until this disease made its appearance, was that we might have protracted our voyage for any length of time, with the same precautions and a similar issue of such provisions; the absence of vegetables is the only reason I can assign for it, unless the men may have been predisposed to it from the debi litating effects of their long service in the hot and moist climate of Chaso. " In conclusion, sir, may I beg that, whenever their Lordships may be pleased to order my return they will grant me permission to do so by the western route, touch • log at .Hong Yong, Labuan, and any other interesting place pointed out by the hydrographer." Commander Moore, in several letters, explains the cause of his protracted passage. -He left England on the 31st of January, and arrived at Woahoo, Sandwich Islands, August 22d last, having been no less than 202 days on the passage, including only 12 days at anchor, Even with 9at the Falkland Islands and 3 at Ca llao. half knots a fine fair wind, seldom more t han four and a knots could be got out of the Plover ; her extreme rate of sailing was about six knots, although during a heavy gale she had once or twice gone very nearly seven knots. When within ten miles of the Falklands the Plover was driven back for a week. Captain Moore says—" I regret to say I have been obliged to carry whole topsails and topgallant sails, when other ves sels would have been under double reefs and top gallant sails in, and then she would not move through the water more than one or two knots." He reports that his officers and men were in excellent health, with the ex ception of John Watson, gun-rcona steward, who was in valided at the Falklands. The last intelligence from the Plover is dated Sandwich Islands, August 23d. Com mander Moore says : " I should not have called at these islands, even for the dispatches left here by the Pandora, from Captain Kel lett, but that I found I should lose no time in so doing. I am happy to report that both officers and men are iu must excellent health. " The charts, &c., left here by the Pandora for me, will be of great assistance to me in making Behring's Straits at this advanced season of the year. " I beg also to inform their Lordships, that so soon as I shall have completed my water and got fresh rates for my chronometers (which I regret to say are not going at all well) I shall make all possible dispatch for Behring's Straits, and that the most strenuous exertions, as here tofore, will be made to make up for the loss of time oc casioned by the excessive slow sailing of the Plover, and that should any unforeseen circumstance (such as the winter setting in sooner than usual) occur so as to prevent my getting through the Straits, I shall winter at Petro pauloski or Port Clarence; but again beg to assure their lordships that I feel the greatest possible anxiety as to being their in time, and that not a moment shall be lost in endeavouring to render every assistance to Sir John Franklin and his expedition. " I have filled up (prior to leaving Callao) provisions of every description, sufficient to last until next July (1849). The last from the Herald is dated Panama, January 25, 1849. Captain Kellett then says : " The moment I get on board my provisions and stores sent by the commander-in-chief to meet me here, I shall proceed northerly from Ceiba Island along the coast, surveying to the middle or end of March, when I shall leave the coast and proceed to Oahu, where I have re quested the commander-in-chief will cause my stores and provisions to be sent, and in the following quanti ties:—Twelve months complete for Plover, and eight months for this ship, which is about as much as I can stow on my decks. " From Oahu I shall proceed to Petropauloski and Behring's Straits to meet the Plover. "As the Plover could not have reached the point di rected by their Lordships, I ate (having little informa tion) at a loss to know whether the Plover ought to be placed there this year. In the absence of further orders,e I shall, if possible, place her there, and return at the x piration of the fine season to the north—to the port of Mazatlan —for orders. "I feel, sir, that though I have been unavoidably and painfully unsuccessful in meeting the Plover , that the service of this ship bas not b een thrown away, inasmuch as we obtained all the information that could be obtained at that season, t hat if any of the party to whose assist• ante we were soot should come near that part, they would know from the natives that their Lordships were endeavouring to send relief to them. 'The fifih part of this document contains the following instructions to Sir James Ross:— " PURPORT OF INSTRUCTIONS INTENDED TO BE SENT To SIR JAMES ROSS BY THE NORTH STAR, FORWARDED BY THE WHALE SHIPS. "To the Master of the Ship —. " Sir,—My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty being desirous of ark cting a communication in the course of the ensuing season, with her Majesty's ships Enter prise and Investigator, which were sent out last year under the orders of Captain Sir James Ro►s, i❑ search of Sir John Franklin's expedition, and deeming it expe dient to multiply as much as possible the chances of effecting this communication, "I am commanded by their Lordships to transmit to you herewith a dispatch, addressed to Captain Sir James Ross, of the Enterprise, in the hope that, should you enter or approach Lancaster's Sound, you may have an opportunity of delivering the same to some officer or party b.donging to Sir James Ross's expedition, and who are hereby authorised to open it. " My Lords have reasonable hope that such an oppor tunity may occur if the ship under your command should enter Lancaster Sound, as the Investigator was ;ordered to pass the winter of 1848-9 somewhere near Cape Ren nell (w hich is marked* i❑ the accompanying chart), and to send a boat into Lancaster Sound this summer for the express purpose of receiving a communication from England. You will therefore perceive how desir able it will be for you to keep a vigilant look out for any such boat should you enter or approach Lancaster Sound. "In order still further to increase the chances of the desired communication with the Enterprise and Inves tigator, their Lordships have caused to be forwarded to your address 12 cylinders, each containing a copy of the dispatch now committed to your charge. Their Lord ships request that, should opportunity offer, you will cause one of these cylinders to be carefully deposited (in the manner hereinafter mentioned) at each of the following places, marked on the accompanying chart, —viz., Whaler Point, Cape York, Cape Crawford, Cape Hay, Possession Bay, Pond's Bay, Agnes' Monument; or, if this should not be practicable, in any other con spicuous places on the same line of coast ; obser►ing, however, that those named have been specially selected by Sir James Ross, and are therefore by far the most important. " The following mode of depositing the cylinders is recommended as most likely to answer the intended purpose:— " Select a spot which is conspicuous from a boat rowing near the shore, and not very far from the sea. Bury the cylinder from a foot to 18 inches beneath the sur face, making the ground quite smooth again, and then pile over the spot a large heap of stones, with a staff in the centre. "In addition to the foregoing precautions, and as a mode of possible communication still more easy to be adopted, you are requested to cause not less than four water-tight casks, of large size, to be fitted with a short pole carrying a small flag or tin vane, each cask to in close one of the cylinders before mentioned, carefully packed to prevent its being damaged; and to drop these casks in different places, four or five leagues apart, as tar to the westward as possible in Lancaster Sound, but in those parts where the sea is most generally free from ice; marking on the enclosed chart the places where you drop them, and making a memorandum of the dates. " It is scarcely necessary to add, that should you fall in with either of the ships, or with one of their boats, it will be of the utmost importance to receive in writing from the commanding officer a full account of the past proceedings of the expedition, and most especially to ascertain whether any information has been obtained, or any traces discovered of the ships under Sir John Franklin's orders; and on your arrival in England you are requested to transmit to the Secretary of the Ad miralty, without delay, a full account of the informa tion you may have been enabled to collect, and of the measures you may have adopted in compliance with their Lordships' wishes now explained to you. And if it should happen that, after obtaining any such informs don, you meet with other ships likely to quit the fishery and return to England sooner than your own, you are particularly requested to transmit by two of such ships a duplicate and triplicate account, containing at least the substance of your information, in order that their Lordships may be put in possession of the intelli gence at the earliest possible period. " Their Lordships feel assured that in thus seeking your co-operation in their views for rendering assistance to the gallant officers and men engaged in these arduous enterprises, they may confidently rely on your zealous and efficient aid, so far as your means and opportunities may permit. '• I request you will acknowledge the receipt of this communication, and also of the box of cylinders,t as soon as they may reach.—l am, &c. (Signed) " W. A. B. ILimu.ToN. " (Any expenses that may be incurred in carrying out their Lordship's wishes will be defrayed by the Ad miralty." " Admiralty, March 1, 1849. " Sir,—Herewith you will receive a paper containing the purport of more particular instructions that will be sent out to you in the North Star; and although it is not practicable to furnish you at this early period with the precise orders you may expect to receive, yet their Lordships deem it right to apprise you of their intentions to dispatch a vessel in the direction of Lancaster Sound and Barrow's Strait this season, with supplies for the ships under your orders. '; In the Meantime their Lordships deem it expident to place this notice in the hands of the masters of se veral of the whalers, on the chance of its reaching you before the arrival of the North Star in the neighbour hood of Lancaster Sound. The whalers have also re ceived copies of this notice, hermetically sealed up in metal cylinders, which they are requested to deposit at Whaler Point, Cape York, Cape Crawford, Cape Hay, Possession Bay, Pond's Bay, and Agnes' Monument, should opportunities offer.—l am, &c., (Signed) " W. A. B. HAMILTON. " Captain Sir James C. Ross, her Majesty's ship Enterprise." " PURPORT OF INSTRUCTIONS TO BE SENT OUT BY THE NORTH STAR. " As it would appear from a memorandum of Cap Bird, which was picked up in a cask and brought Captain Lee, of the Prince of Wales, whale-ship this country, that the Enterprise and Investigat or not reach the entrance to Lancaster Sound till the 20th August, 1848, and that the expedition under your orders will virtually have to commence its search this year, my Lords deem it inexpedient that you should be so early deprived of the services of the Investigator as would naturally follow on Captain Bird's adherence to your instructions of the 12th July, 1848, and their Lord ships are desirous that that officer should remain with you in the Investigator during the present year. " For this purpose supplies of provisions, stores, and fuel for the ships under your orders will be sent out this spring in the North Star, in the hopes of her communi cating with the Investigator. " The North Star will leave England about the 15th of May, and will be directed to proceed across Baffin's Bay, and as much further as practicable in the way of Lancaster Sound and Barrow's Strait, looking out for the Investigator' or her boats. "In the event of the 'lnvestigator' or her boats not being fallen in with, the commander of the' North Star' will be directed to land the supplies in sufficient time to se cure his return across Ballin's Bay to the eastward, at such points on the south side of Lancaster Sound, or other places of rendezvous indicated by you in your instruction to Capt. Bird, as may be accessible to the North Star;' or should any of these points prove inaccessible to the ship, the commander of her will endeavour to leave notices as to where the provisions are likely to be landed, together with copies of the instructions he is charged with for you. (Signed) " W. A. B. HAMILTON. " Captain Sir James C. Ross." t A copy of this letter was sent to the masters of seven whale ships, and to each of the seven was sent a box with 12 cylinders, containing the annexed communica tion to Sir James Ross. The whale ships selected were the Prince of Wales, Lord Gambier, Truelove; Abram, of Hull; Advice, of Dundee; Pacific, of Aberdeen; Re galia, of Kirkaldy. In addition to the above, copies of the letter to Sir James Ross were sent to every whale ship that could be heard of. MONDAY 'VVENING, APRIL 16, 1849. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Linda di Chantouni was repeated here on Saturday night, nervousness when Miss Chin incident a t t ea ere firstilYa. relievedaom the appearance, developed fy io refined delicacy of her execution. Her acting in the final scene was even more successful than on Tuesday. She was called before the curtain, and welcomed with enthusiasm. Mdlle. de Merle also came in for a very large share of applause; and the Antonio of Tamburini, the most true and natural piece of tragedy we have seen for years, as o n t h e first occasion, told intensely on the feelings. We perceive that Grisi re-appears for the season on Tuesday, in th e s enz i„ mide, with Mdlle. Angri, the new contralto, as Arsace. The following were among the company who honoured the performance with their presence:—The Marquis and Marchioness of Westmeath, the Earl and Countess of Wilton and Lo r d G rey 'Wilton, the Earl of Cawdor, the Earl and Cou n t ess of Morley,* the Earl of Erroll , the Earl of Cardi gan , t h e Earl of Belfast, the Earl Gran ville, the Countess of Chesterfield, Countess Dowager of Carnwath, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Ebrington, Viscountess Dungarvon, Viscount Cantilupe, Lord El phinstone, Lord and Lady Ashburton, Lord George Manners, Lord Gerald Fitzgerald, Lady Webster and party, Lady M'Naghten, Lady Catherine Egerton, Lady Wallscourt, Lady Morgun, Lady Joddrell, - Lady Wilson, Wortley, Hon . Co l onel Mrs. and Murray, Mrs . Ladymiss F oley, Leeson, Hon. hol.eCoroge Mills, Colonel and iln Mrs. Fitzgibbon, Hon. Hon. John Furtescue' Henryon. C. P epys , Si r Jasper and Lady Atkinson, Sir ri Webb, Sir John and the Misses Burgoyne, B aron de Sternberg, Sir John and George Anson, Ho n . S tuart Wortl Lady Hall, Sir William de Bathe, Sir George Armytage, Baron de Talleyrand, Sir Thomas Hare, Sir Henry Tyr whitt, General Fox, General Campbell, Colonel Barnett, Mr. Baring Wall, M.P., ece. The Conde de Montenaolin arrived safely in town yesterday forenoon.—Post. DEATH OF SIR JOHN HOME, BART.—This young officer died unexpectedly on the 26th ult., at Gibraltar, aged nineteen. From an early age the deceased had been connected with the royal navy, and he was always considered a young officer of great promise. Latterly he has been attached to the Sidon steamer, Sir Charles Napier's favourite vessel. Sir John Home succeeded to the title and estates in 183. The latter lay in Ber wickshire, and will now be inherited by an elder rela tive of the deceased. the Baronetcy bears date 1671. The family have, for some c en t ur i es . occupied a h igh position.. Sir Daniel, of Wedd er b urn , fell at Fl odd en. the He had seven sons, who are describ e d i n i_ e(. 1 well-known Border songs as th e seven spears of W derbuin. POISON To HORSES.—There is a growing practice d van (and which must be checked) among st r f ur ar pose, ,ser as toe s of giving their horses arsenic, fo the y P sky, of making them more pact an d bright skinned, and by this system many farmers have lost their horses en tirely, or had them seriously injure . te dL Nottinghamshire a servant (who is accused of this sys- ast week in tern, and where a valuable horse of his master's died) was committed for trial. The only way to put down this shameful, and we may add cruel, practice is to punish severely whenever a case can be made out against a servant who is guilty of it. Extract from a letter dated Hamburgh, April 11th, 1849:—" The Dutch steamer which arrived h ere l ast night was boarded by an officer of a Danish frigate, w h o told et the mightproceed onward s , b ut not to the Elbe after the II th i nstant; had orders to let all neut ra l vesse l s that, httan: however,p t againcap ait they o i h e h entery e come out of the Elbe unmolested till the 30th inst." Notice has been given that, in consequence of the representations of the committee appointed in the Stock- Exchange on Wednesday last, Messrs. Schneider and Co. have consented to alter the form for receiving the proposed three-fourths of a division upon Mexican bonds, so as to render the parties signing the same quite safe from any demand for repayment. THE RO YAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.--At the meeting of th e counc il held last week, Colon e l Ch a ll oner (chairman of the finance committee) presented the monthly report on the accounts of the society, from which it appeared that on the last day of the month just ended the current cash balance in the hands of the society's bankers was 2,0501, including 1,0004 as the subscription from Norwich, 2811. as 'the amount of arrears paid up, and 7691. as the amount of compositions for life. Me morials for the holding of the society's country meeting of 1850 were received from various places in the western district, and were referred to an inspection committee, consisting of Mr. Raymond Barker, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. Brandreth, Mr. Milward, Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, Mr. Kinder, and Mr. William Shaw, with a r equest that they would report to the n ex t monthly council on the respec tive accommodation afforded by each locality for the purposes of the meeting. The weather, for some days past, has been in tensely cold, with occasional showers of hail. On Fri day night, at ten o'clock, there was a shower of snow, which fell so heavily that, in the course of a short time, the ground was covered to the depth of more than an inch. About midnight, however, there was a change to rain, and the snow rapidly disappeared from the streets. Scotsman. SERIOUS OCCURRENCE.—SIX persons were taken seriously ill last week at Stranraer, after haying break fasted on tea, herrings, and potatoes. They were mem bers of two families, but lived in the same house. The symptoms of the attack gave rise to the suspicion that authori ties.—Dumfries poisono us i ngre di en t had been i n t h e i r food, and the subj ec t i s i n course o f i nves ti gat i on by the Standard. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY. Her Royal Highness the Hereditary Princess of Parma, attended by the Countess Lopez, paid a visit to the Queen yesterday afternoon, in the Castle, and partook of a jouner with her Majesty and Prince Albert. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also visited the Queen yesterday afternoon, and afterwards returned to Frog more House. The Hereditary Princess of Parma took leave of her Majesty and the Prince, and quitted the Castle, at four o'clock, to proceed to Frogmore House, and after visiting her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, returned to her own residence, attended by the Countess Lopez. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne left the Castle yesterday morning. The Marquis of Abercorn arrived at the Castle in the afternoon. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the elder Royal Children, and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in waiting, inspected the great Panorama of the Mississipi and Missouri Rivers, in St. George's Hall, yesterday afternoon. Mr. Banvard was in attendance. The Royal dinner party yesterday evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and the Marquis of Abercorn. Her Majesty's private band played the following pieces in the Castle on Friday evening:— Overture, " Marie" Fantasia, "Souvenir do Spa," Violoncello, Servals. Herr Cossmann March, "Fidelio" Meyerbeer. Coro, " Nel Silenzio"...• ........................... Zwei Lieder, Violoncello, Herr Cossmann Schubert. MarienThis morning . i ..... .. Ijili.a.;o. .......... s ta te o f the weather and his Ro y al Highness Prince prevented her Mo,jestY accustomed early walk. The same Albert taking their . 7.11 1 z i e n r g prevented the Royal Family taking their usual cause airings. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gen tlemen of the Court, and the domestic household a t . ten d e d Divine service this fore noon, i n the private a. cha pel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. L. C officiated. Ileroid. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary dined with her Majesty the Queen Dowager on Saturday, at Marlborough House. Their Royal Highnesses, accompanied by the Princesses Amelie and Ehse of Hohenlohe Schillingafurst, after• wards honoured the performance at her Majesty's The etre with their presence. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign office. The Ministers sat three hours. We understand the East India Railway Company have specially met and accepted the terms of the India House authorities. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. _ .• 11(10 RACES.—SATURDAY. The Farmer's Plate of 401, once round, was won in.W4CSA: two heats, by Mr. Barrance's Streamer, 4 yrs, lOst 101 b (Mr. Thorneley), beating Mr. J. Overman's Wild Boy, agrd. 13st; Mr. Peacock's Young Ratan, aged, 12. t 121 b; Mr. Oldaker's Chester, aged, I2st '2lb; MY. Archer's Rebel, aged, Ilst 71b; M-. Nightingale's Acorn, 5 yrs, llst lib; Mr. Brown's Providence, list 71b; and Mr. John Howe's Resolute, aged. lOst 51b—by half a length. The Hunters' Stakes of 10 Sows. each, list 71b each. Once round. Mr. D. Radcliffe's Margaret ............... (Mr. Beville) 1 . •n in a—c•a•-t;te—r—. . (Mr. S. Batson) 2 Mr. Prince's Leewayvii; The Claret Stakes of 15 Soya. each, 10 ft, and 25 added; for three-yr-olds, 9st 91b; four, lOst 101 b; five, &c.,1 Ist 51b; half-bred horses, bred in Herts or Beds, allowed 101 b. Winner to be sold for 350/. Once round, about a mile and a half. (10 Subs.) Mr. Brand nd Tufthunter, 5 yrs (Mr. S. Batson) I Mr. D. Ratcliffe nd Bird of Paradise, 4 yrs 2 Lord Strathmore's Spectator, aged 3 Several others ran. Won by a neck, after a fine race with the three. 5 soy The a mile,Scu winnerrryStakteos boat' sold fora each, 4ot 0 13111 tu subs), ea wereoh, half won by Mr. Shelley's Philosopher (Mr. Batson), beating Mr. Hobson's Tawney (Owner) and six others. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Sinnington hounds will, meet to-morrow, at Helmsley-10. The Bedalehounds, Thursday, at Catterick Bridge-11. Mr. Morgan's hounds, Thursday, at Chillaton-10. The Devon and Somerset ssaghounds, to-morrow, at Harford; Friday, at Dulverton-10f. Mr. Furse's hounds, Friday, at Berry Moor, Petrock stow-10i. The Pytchley hounds, to-morrow, at Weldon; Thurs day, at Biggen-10t. Earl Fitzwilliam's hounds, Wednesday, at Moorhay Lawn; Friday, at Bulwick-10. "Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence; or why Upon this heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting."—SitiisrEm. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—The past week teems with strange intelligence; in the first place, the first and second favourites for the Oaks, Escalade, and the Sister to Arkwright, have suc cumbed to nags of no account in the marks* the former being a wretched third to the Fire King and Quinine, and the latter a good second to Sobraon, a remarkably stout son of Harkaway, whoa, by the bye, Tadmor beat into fits in the first October meeting last year; at present Ido not consider that either have much dama ged their in chances for the Epsom even t, E sca l a d e b e i ng but so so trim, and the Sister to Arkwright, by no means up to the mark; as regards the defeat of the latter, it must be borne in mind, that she was a very fair second to Sobraon, a horse that will put many a hundred into the Duke of Bedford's pocket before he closes his career. Nina's easy defeat of Legerdemain will make Glance premier favourite for the Oaks. The Craven running has had a marvellous effect on the Derby, having directly or indirectly annihilated the chances of the following:—All Scott's lot but Nannykirk and Strongbow; all Stebbing's lot; all Dilly's but Saucy Dick; all Dawson's; all Kent's and Peck's, but Rochester and Old Dan Tucker; all Day's but Osterley; all Lord Ezeter's lot; and many more too numerous and unimportant to mention. Leaving the following list from which to pick the runners and winner, vis.: Tadmor, Old Dan Tucker, Drakelow, John Bull, the Flying Dutchman, Elthiron, Garrick, Rochester, Landgrave, Vatican, Nor manton, Montague, Rebecca colt, Magician, The Seraph, Saucy Dick, Vanguard, honeycomb, Osterley, Tire some, Nunnykirk, Fire King, Indus, Newport, Uriwl, Strongbow, Captain Parry, Chatterer, Oquetos, and colt by Venison out of Nuthourne's dam; the remaining 208 obscures rank so poorly in my estimation that I would not back the lot at 1,000 to 15; the struggle on the Downs of Banstead, or Epsom, will, I opine, at the dis tance be between Tadmor, The Flying Dutchman, Old Dan Tucker, Saucy Dick, Nunnykirk, Strongbow, and Osterley; and I see no reason why I should alter my predictions of last summer, when I for the first time assured your readers that, bar accident, the Derby of 1349 must come off in favour of the produce of those splendid mares Palmyra, Beeswing, and Barbelle; in my mind's eye I can fancy the result to be thus:— Tadmor (Nat) I Nunnykirk or 2 Flying Dutchman ... (Marlow) The victory of Flatcatcher, with " our ii em" up, for the Port Stakes was a certainty; Dover, who started to save his stake, never in any part of the race being able to fully extend this rattling son of Touchstone and Decoy, who won as he pleased, in the most absurd of canters, by three lengths; he is worth an investment for the Metropolitan, for he is sure to be handy at the finish, if not the winner. The forthcoming week is ono of consequence to the sporting fraternity, containing three meetings of note, to wit:—Bath and Catterick Bridge on Tuesday and Wednesday, Epsom on Friday, and, to crown all, the Metropolitan Steeple Chase on Saturday, plenty of amusement for one week in all conscience. The Catterick meeting is of but little importance to the south'rons, but, as it generally introduces a good many two• year-olds, the result will be read with plea sure. Among the debutantes will be found Mildew, Weldon, The Italian, Lord Eglinton's Derby cracks for 1850, Mayor's, and the Knight of Avenel, the Canada colt, Thackeray, and Cyprus by Ithuriel, all promising youngsters, and safe to be on the winning side at Cat terick or elsewhere. The Bath sport commences on Tuesday next, at two o'clock, with the Trial Stakes, for which I presume Phi lippa, Volley, Hotspur, Woodcraft, Over Fork Over, and perhaps Sponge will run. I see nothing likely to beat Philippa, whom I place first, and Volley e eecn d. For the Weston Stakes, half a mile, there are 21 sub scribers, but as:theformidable name of Officious,figures on the list, not more than six or seven will run, to be se lected from the following:—Officious, Bst 41b—Remnant, Bst 91b—Mountaineer, 91b—Dactyl, Bst 61b—Wans dyke, Bst 91b—Knight of Gwynne, Bst 61b—Miss Lark away, Bst 41b—St. Ursule, Bst 41b—The Old Commodore, Bst 91b—and Kathleen, Tat 131 b. For the winner I look to the first named or Dactyl, and expect to see Remnant and Kathleen close up. For the Somersetshire Stakes about ten will run, viz.: st lb st lb Radulphus, 6 yrs 7 8 Vaut-rien, 4 yrs The Tartar, 5 yrs 7 8 Glenalvon, 3 yrs 5 0 Brandyface, .5 yrs 7 7 Loupgarou, 3 yrs 5 0 Lethargy, 5 yrs . .... 6 11 Cheerful, 3 yrs 4 19 Bacchanalian, 4 yrs... 6 4 Essedarius, 3 yrs 4 11 Brandyface and Loupgarou, from their previous running, ought to be first and second, with Radulphus, Glenalvon, and the Tartar filling the next three places. The second day's sport is very inferior, and calls for no remark. The solitary day's rambling on the Downs next Friday, to witness the race for the Metropolitan, if not too cold, wilt afford infinite pleasure to numerous denizens of " the village," who will be glad to escape, for one day at least, from the cares and troubles of business. For the Two•years old spin the Duke of Richmond will officiate as proprietor of the Stakes, the Cowslip colt and Giraffe being handy at the finish. The Great Metropolitan Stakes.—ln all probability eighteen will be found at the starting post, to be selected from the following:— _ at. lb. st. lb. Peep- o'-Day Boy, 5 Bellenden, 4 yrs 6 4 yrs Executor, 5 yrs 8 3 Muley Moloch filly, Canezou, 4 yrs Mogador, 5 yrs Flatcatcher, 4 yrs ... 8 0 Slashing Alice,3 yrs 5 3 Gwalior, aged 7 7 Loupgarou, 3 yrs... 5 2 Giselle, 6 yrs Fugleman, 4 yrs 6 13 Lugar, 3 yrs Maid of Lyme, 6 yrs 611 Clarissa, 3 yrs 4 9 Valentinia, 4 yrs 6 10 Eva, 3 yrs Fernhill, 4 yrs Tuscan, 4 yrs 6 5 From the light weights, I should select Lugar, Loup garou, and Baby; from the middle weights, Fernhill, and from the heavy's, Flatcatcher, Canezou, and Peep o'-llay Boy ; the struggle I imagine will lay between Flatcatcher, Canezou, and Lugar, whom I place first, second, and third, with Fernhill fourth. Should any " move " affecting my decision take place between now and the day of the race, I will notify the same on Thursday next. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. April 13. whencefaKnatori.luijaPl:wi.int MR. ROEBUCK.—The Sheffield Tunes, of Saturday, corrects several inaccuracies which appeared inaformer paper relative to Mr. John Arthur Roebuck. w Mr. h.Roe buck was not born in Canada, but at Madras , here l a Roebuck returned in 1824, father held an appointment in the civil service of the East 1807 and IS mother, buck came to England in . , who the agent of the Assembly of Lower Canada, was India Company up to the time of his death. h Mr. Roe married a second time, went with her husband and family determined to devote himself to politics. In 1834, Mr. Viger desirous of retiring from his post, and h strongly' ad to Canada, happointment was obvious. T. Roebuck as his suc cessor. The fitness of thi s the ki history, e the laws, and SY: . iced Roebuckdtbe A s s e mbly the manners of the Canadians , and had written with great ability on their grievances. ap pointed, w h o ll y with Lie was therefore out solicitat ion either on the part of ion himself or any of his frien d s. more inaccuracy re mains to b e not i ced. Mr. JOn J. A.R e oebuck's mother was the daughter of Richard Tickell, the direct lineal de scendant of Addison's friend. He was the author of many very pretty, but ephemeral poems, and a much talked of pamphlet entitled " Anticipation." He was a gay man of fashion, brother-in-law of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and a Whig, though a friend of Lord North, by whom he was made a Commissioner of Bankrupts and also Stamps and Taxes. THE " ARMY AND NAVY" IN YORKSHIRE.—At a 1 banquet given to Mr, Cobden in Yorkshire, a few days since, "The Army and Navy" was omitted in the list of toasts of the evening. We most heartily congratulate the services on the omission, and we may add that we wish we could say as much for the Sovereign. To be toasted by such an assembly is one of the heavy penalties which Royalty must, from its position, patiently endure; but, on the part of the united service, we owe our thanks to the ill.mannered and illiterate Yorkshiremen. They seem to possess at least one faculty, and that is the instinct to know that the toast of "The Army and Navy" is only proposed in the society of gentlemen.— United Service Gazette. _ A Glasgow firm is stated to have purchased, in London, ready-made clothes to the v a l ue o f 11,000 1 ., in tended for shipment to California. ~ ~ f PI