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

'-'O,III4.ROIAL INT EriLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. „ 1 rho e tto n ir , .40a e d • ° -- Market at Liverpool f Aineri ,,,,_ with some excitement, and prices o est ._ Z t were id, yesterday 1,00 V,. per b alesearer. The sales were ln i, , 4‘16,00.) (of which 1,000 Stfra2"ooao 400441nerican were, taken for export, and. corn- guars.i ean ' and 3,000 Surat au speculation)Lc 500 t , ---,optian at 6d. to 9d. ; 5,000 b rat Surat pd to 4id. ; and 80 Sea Islands at ls. tol wi sq 'tl.N. r lb• Tile Railway Share Market was dull, p 2; ° e rntsetvrer i4var iation in prices. the state of the London Produ_ce . marks , during Co present month, Messrs. H. w ill°ll,rY.and Co. remark taai44ioregn and colonial produce markets have re dds Y steady since our last, and a large business has km in of% buporters have an plied the markets freely,. ed Th e - Ir'a'iY instances higher prices have been obtain • hllt tlhineprtations were large at the beginning of the month, Th e dei• "rIY winds have both for O des froni the warehouses continue satisfactory,. oi ____ of prevented further The stocks tam stO_Ptce orisuraption and export. .The tss ertsi lielos still rernain in excess of last rien„ arrivalB Cotf er n of Nat, and the betaking up of the 0, tsli:snee% has caused a reaction in all articles 0 1 de tn , t , P/oduc for which lately there has been and tiyei,g, and higher prices have been paid' Dyes 14(ii','Paterials have rather improved in value ; cochineal zso re le are again dearer . In lac dye there ham been is Nie:.nveS% dOillg, but no.im;rovement has taken place pottvzatate throanit atlie goodCoritin t 1 produce the-`44 finn. pbusi n e ss hade manufacturing districts iie,,,41,•e ra Ora th, CeOnttOal t markets the re prices d u extensive bust ben done, and 1 4 e Bt4, beenaLueoere antylfaCtol7, a n a . bad been i ten th e i nonth at improved rates. Rbil erne i'oolien nistri th e 1 oianufacturers tracts, . Nibetteqed, in consequence o 1 the large army c ( m ksth t Prices ban been obtained than for some time Th e irapeeew duties upon cohynial produce offer an The Rat ,. ,onifeet to .business in Mimi ng_latte.___essrs. j 4 ; to _ , the sugar market, according to M 'tam': ilulbert, and Co., is, however, tolerably Ilight!ileY inform us that during the last f t,„ ?1,113, randerate b • lt been : 11 41.: 1 ' 8 have acted urtlauulatt non that the (1°‘3•() transacted, bu i t l "w ar - d rl be raised, tin% the b i ti l lk of this article brought ts. 44 ITileele,r,,' changed hands at fall and "ancetilienfotert the"'3 are conseqnently large. During bags of t ' 4 ere rt 50.181, ot Mauritius comprised s h . 444 quiities, the groce ry descriptions at s t ea dy 1`1540t%n44.7. with brown and x•fining kinds .o _ hh were 40,000 at6l. p ets tett,:el j,!600 of Benga, n( nirly half of w_ .1,,,.,., 6 , 1. t„, til l. Tontni buyer s at an Enproveruent otl rind, 'Q4 'elnainder, very soft date and Mauritius it“,.se. 8 d t .'' to 311 t o , , 27,, 4 h • Per cwt. Nati, he Madras is quoted7s. -4 2 to 3.3d* t : 10w h 'llt 3,0 00 mats P e nang from , In foreign aar th (i '7 brown to fair- grocery. important. stll. v reek , : a ',"„ bY unction h, s-ve bee n less n , ke r n. e uenveries amount al to 4,43 b t° with last NI., 1,173 of 2 344 tons, compared only 8,516 *os eer • ' tio wi tieti . eera in stock at thiis , port is now ... i descrip ,_ being tiotn, T o.,} la to be found chiefly, upon C t , 9 ','. st.,trY there has been a fair amotuAnotm•-aftob°,Beinpeeere ( 1,,`. tl4 iel whieh shew an a (4 vance of 11 6d . et a 'nig about an equal division of the increased Th s ,, ,to buyers and telle rs . .it,,, tsilowien . sugar : I N ..4 e d , naat, ?,,tre the duties r lOw chargeable clayed, 0 at , . 114 egilaii brownie(())iivhi clay •c•d, 178 (as,see, 50. 4,1 per on Bug 8 , 1 • mol The 13 for IttillYPeatuer Crcesus, lost b y fire, was insured Lloy d's .I''')llt 24t;°2()1' having cost 99,0001 .. At .___ Oa ti dth e '-'9O/. are stated to I lave been lost b . y a% eiv S eat i 3 divided am .ong l' as ~,t,rtee'rew Stearn Shipr 'ling Company 8 the offices. 'ha re as th e It 1M a . 1. was-formerly. V 4, 4, i oya. 1 . andmorning, it'ant ii;l`l3,laave been qu bet. this o%fer h lle'i variation in prices. Consols for account , 41, ave bee r , at 89i to 89 and for Petil• Illortti,a,„ is i to tll I litii the 84. Th. s "Uran iu m"l6 i Ex iqner '1,.,1d New An; ti nay 16 3- #. Bank ~ek i - ",,, 111 8 are ss. to 1,02. premium. - ~ t ~,,, .t.O t o 2 1 , , °4 . I ,'ll S tOck ' I. ted much atten qktd. , e r k is , s have not a Atrac . at 73i i and k„ q111,i44 at sl4elids have t 'e'en fil D m eferred Bonds I). etl 4 4 ei. t ° B % Gre ,riada r Cents. have ar e ealt razilian New' 4i pe . sh Bonds ll 'rai 4a t 94. Dutch and Spam Th e f I l lal. licta‘sel(4:4Thlg are the uonii ;nal prices of foreign ix, ll , t , 2 (1 4 , retlada Deferred I ;onds 6k to 6i ; 11 - Three 0 -,, 21 . ditto 44,eat a " , Peruvian, 6: 3 to i 0; per Cents., flit to '' 13' 7 to 50 ; Portug :item Four, 98 to 100; 11. Foti),,,,,l',„sialt Five per Cents' 88 t o 90; k r d'll Iszewwt-a-Ralf per Cents., • ditto Three ii tt,l er l t k e Deferred, 17i - to 18i ~ _e a, 4i. to 5 1; T 1444114uC1 t ia 3 0i ; ditto .Certificat i 4) tis. ll 1 4 e, 37 g to 4k. reed up qte Week' • certain 4te • S rauway fi ruc'siPts as der : tr a 're in round __gur es as 1855. un 1854. 11 :11 4t \l 'at ROO 423,7" )kil'\Vev''l - .... £27,- 55,040 tli .teril ................ -• • 56,189 14 809 Oht.,,,'%ttrn ••• ...... "" ........... • • 15,35 1 , *14,391 11 4 •'•••. • ..... • ........ -'• - 1• 4,343 (4411' ......" ................. -••• 9• 5 840 26,895 eiti ed kc ..,.... ........ -- ' *19,030 0, mhiat;''4....... ... ......... - 10,693 t14%tk)14i...‘...- .............. •-• . 10,914 16,437 lo r.i , hi s:',,i' ••....... ........ -• " 20.215 19 001 4 •EZ, - ; ' ‘'orkatii;:e. ............. 1• 9.356 -- ' 4 ...... .... g 28,671 ....... .... 29,94- , /1 1 , ta,t, ......... *"" 41 er , v Itailwa ,r week I sat year. t. but 1 4,f' e iil 11,1 I)L'll4l'e Mar ket keeps quie The to la ar e t,.,4 11 tY in the , English lines. Nnall Ti s 3' Shares I'D'ile, 6 1 , and the Canadian i,e,Alinitit, teratio„ (kaiiiiks . a are rat heavy, the Joint- Itb, till, and bi e r . , heavy. .........: , Die La and Companies 11 184 Joint . Tr..,7"------ PRICES. It f pro,z"--, bA) •.-CLOSING 14 et ei" Oacia I Li r:- a kir ant ° ck .. Business done lt,, Ete4,••••••••.. ........ 210 11 fie,,,%kat, (lon 'ced ikniniitias***- ........ 871 ! 8 A. I4N' Per eot1„1 4buttities. *- " ' - ...... 84 U I : A , tkAiNti 'ttOillitieS ... .............. 1 8'l i g B bi ' i i i 4t , 30 yte'a, xpirc. stl, Jah:• -i•;,;,:q; .' - 3. i 14.. Ne w rs. EXpire 10th 0, ••It 1859 3i 1,1,144te,k •••••• ....................... -.. ' ...... 16 3-16 i , ittlolh(lll,..4;:ii:jiii ........... .....• : ............ 230 s•orils),, t iOde r t lo on . ..... "• • ''''' - ....... • tlliltita o.r konntit, 1,.,:;. ........... .. .......... I.r 1 , et,,,,,,:. ••• . , .......... - , 11 y ..... .. ......... , u l i ; 4' l ',Set itill s , 24d. ............ • ... ......... i 1 1 t 4,00 ........ 4 .................. 10 5 . /4741 ................. -, . 4..- ...... 10 7 tlie/:1•0••••. ......... ... ...... .'. ...... 10 r At, 4(181858, 3i . ii . r i ' .... .... 91 it 4 4 a I M9, P ell • ........ 99i Dit",l4') Itoki/Dr FOREIGN FUND .. ... THIS DAY. (4,-*tqb,r New .' 5 Der Cent. ...... . - 0r4„..(4 e„,..i.°`"4, 4A per Ce .. .. ' .... 95i k'l/4tqk 11 ° •...: . • • -****-- 3i itek tn, 4 4. 8 .) 14 4 Per . .de . ... ...... - ........... 15 ~pk.,,,3-,,_•.,a, beferred .. ••• --• ............. 6i Iti.0'41111"4 sent, .......... - ..... .. 20i i).h 11 0 ,, l '' 5 Per (-.371..t•-•‘••• .. ...... - 86 I i s i I,„',tto F 174,41, 6 Per cent •..' • ..... ' '.. -.......---- ~.ritela to ..." • •• • ....... - ... .. ..... 732 4)itt, bete t148,3i per 6 e ;;i* ... • ........ ....., 4 Nk i , 1t,1.,,,,,',,e'ci1. 1 Per Cent .. ... .. .. ............. 1. 1 4olisuigs: ( T . ,' nu) above DAS al ile in Lonoo -1 Per Cent. 12 "du11.... 62 Co n ._ THREE CPC-- TAOCE• Ditto, 'll:ti .................... ... ............. 89 ................_4Y4A-ceount ..... ............. 89 401, 1) , ~, - ---,1, ..........,1"........... g 0,., , tOt, ~,, BITIPPIN ( ---.(THIS DAY.) ~ -mkt , , -------_-_,,,______ clay at 61:1,11. ; , x t r i l 2 6 _ Wind and weather this r (: 0 1)0Vtli (Aerate breeze, and fine dry weathe • New York. b t • WF%, d ' APril26.-Pairick Henry fromA -ved- Fikil s ,,t' (s.), ? t it 25.- Wi wi E. to E.N.E. --nkavre. ~ PC;alizr:)111 Near - York, and preceeded for f0rtr.n40,040014 A Etnroa, for Zanzibar. . a -E ar l of %,(s.ti,j 4,,k1125. -Wind, B.W. 'Arriv e ver (8•8')' fryßon '' elst 6 `r°4l Balaklava. Sailed-Retriever 2\tew :yrtittl4l,lolt't of Afric a ; Kent, Scutari. nu (s.), for N . Ev• ' ti t' "' , 25,--Hermann-Herme Nir of and n r° W , Ap r i l (schooner), I, bi,-.1, f "erfora r' 25 . - -Th e Renton yesterday), 14,1 ' , eil ev, mot. fr olz , as reported, ._ h consider ke,,'larns n : 31. op lb 9rqonl Cork, rep, with L , gI RL 4- ~, „ hi , , ..,01, h as b een got d from 04,1'154t. trilli2rl Cerge4 (sloop), of an a , off !44)444413.114,1•FW°1iii .6--11rrd and capsized in ) a heav d y b se rou'ght la he r e' the lo'oo the 12teli inst. ; crew saved picked up , all and towed , • 4 °I) baa since been ear, Ni 34,,.. Alit '4 A ', bound to Goole, k‘ 1,,, ek i phi 6' The Susannah, tttilebtils, 144 Y. having been on shore. of New toa,s'i was fit `11)'11 19.--The Warren Packet,and has fielo pkee4rt.nnied last night, off Old Skagen. kt jr,l4',Y, 4,l4'ile,t°,v finppoged to have perished. a to Mala, 'te I,' Qere `4.The Fifteen, from Swann will dischar g e,g l• sill (i° the t^ti 1 k and ' 1114 th°roll6>h4 cvaeurlk." Y' ____ (11 4 ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Morning. LrvitapooL, Thursday Iti m, 111111 . ikti t11,...en c i e : s Pt iil e i le ° 4 : r e d ia L nd eta . play , for Rio Janeiro; Rapid, tti,_ l44ll 4 l ,_ N i.%•t. KINGSTOWN, April 24. vu i l l; ea.lY Rq9sell and Onward, for Balakllsva, with tailla, N-antes. N til IRA: (11/ t „E/NE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.' a.m. .k . I N. /ki• I. t . GRAVESEND, Thursday, I ) lti It .tri.,,t, •--• ; ide, one hours' ebb ; fine. 0 nitritad .45th --Argo, from SAthello ,• mLadeny .SAalltboinonn: Nfit Christopher Rage, Island of o ' A ft Refiner4iloilelLiv,-26t11"-- riesland, from Hampen. —4IYo, nsey \Pi NtnotA 11 (1, iI.t..DEAL, Thursday, 9.18 a.m. tred.......,t nioderate. toitioltileti iselle Vile, from Co'onabo, for London ; 11o(1--4Y. from /cew York, for London. 44. or &tajesty's ship Odin, for Sheerness ; Wider, 4 iit w . scuooL;, St ~,,,-arriotsr,kr, AND ist ~NT - f” ..-4 RoAn, IsLINGTON. —A "llde Vet,i Of the above charity took plane torneet. The concert inTuesday f ittlittet • i;i the School -rooms Rawstorne-s stlbbach, '''4oti ti.lvaci kindly asßiqed 'were--Misses ._l2nlol, it. 4.4 ctuddart, Laura Baxter, Lizzie Dyer,.-13 Royal I)l3iDilera, ibriStura_sci*al, Palmer; and Sedlatzek, of the 1 . Miranda, Suchet, (~ lam 11 n' Goo Y "O ; Mess"' Walter Bolton, 4.. k ge Toker, Frank F.;rce, ' `l.. l'iann .' r 4114 A Idingtou Wall worth. lnstrumentalist snnd}, .: 4‘i ug,ii; r °l l, .e :.Messrs Francesco Berger. Fororoe,r,rarnme IN or Y violin, Mr. Viotti Collins, The p p ay a varied and popular nature, and the concertthe % ht off sccessfully. The room Was very full, an 9t 94- e 0 q• W• 411 tionbileis served. - - - R E MA. it TS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. 3AILwI Yt . Aberdeen. Ambg. Nottng. Bose andEastu. Junet Bo I fast & Ballymena Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley ...... Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & £5O and £25 Cons. Do., X 20......... ... Hlyth &Tyns origin £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian. Carmarthen and Car digan Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pas , Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &A.la,-. (leen Junction Do. New ... East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Do., B Stock.. Do.; New A: .asi Lancashire Kdinburgb u Glasgeu Edinb. and Peebles.. Edin. PrLb di Dundet ortii it Clyde Jun.'. Purness Do. Extension.. Glasgow &S. West: , ireat Northern .... Do., A. Stock..._ Do., B. Stock Stli. 81,Weet.flro treat Western Do. Stour Val. Ra Chia. Stk.. I rich Routh- Easter , . LAneaster 4t. Cariic e Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lanc.u3h.andVork st. RidiTt 1 ) .iv. !Crsby .SzSontlipi !.ondon At Black .ond. Bright & • ,ond. and N. West, )o. Fifths ...... F :)0.10/.Sh.,M&FI 00. Eighths Anvion and& NYesti, .£s‘ , Do. £4')toadndrry&Colerain, (Avindrry.& Enuisk. 4ancll.lThe r .k Do. Shares, No. ) Mau. & Liu. LTD. Nfidland 0. Birmng. & D crb ti G. West. (1 re ) : )o. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoini And Rostrevor., Norfolk . qorthu.Counties North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., 6 A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwici Do. do. Extension Do.do. CUT. E. Purch Do. Le^ds Do. York North London Do. New .£lO N.StS.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western.... N. & S. Westru. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester........ Oxford, Worcester,l4 Wolverhampton Portsmouth 3cottisb Central.... IScottighldidiand:.. thropebire Union South Devon SontL Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun IStaines, Wok. &Wok Stockton t Darlir, Qtc*ten & Fiastlepl Taff vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Doel , and Railway Vale of Neath... Waterf 1. & Kilkenny WaterforadtLimeri. West Cornwall West End of London 'and Crystal Palace.. West London. Wimbledn &Croydon Closter Prices Usle lay. BUBilleiS don* this day.• 19 - 20 4a 4$ 8} 81 —13 i 15 16 9 8 d 88 - .90 58 - 594 12 - 1 . 7 - 9 4 - 3 J - 6 it - 15 11 - 114 30 - 32 20 - 22 Ili —72 i 51' 56 2d par 18 20 67 - 69 88} - 894 72 - 74 23 - "i 5 92 - n 4 63k - 63 i 58 CO 65 _ - 70 5. - 7 • 5 . 7 75} - 7j 98 - 99 97 99 4d d 1 81 • 82 9 S( 8 7d. 6q - 4 - 4 40 - 42 11. - 9 - 2 ii -= i*6 274 ... 28i 70 - 7t 74 - 7 (I 4 - 4 124 - 13 474 484 d par id f I 6} 4i 6 64 1 d par 25 - 27 97 - 99 63 - 65 44 - 46 i2i 60 60A 26 . - 27; 5 - 3 2 - 1 36 -• 38 ••• ....." ,•• 1(1 7i 3i - 44 i' 1 IT ". ••• - FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June, Boilers to Graissessa Bombay, Baroda,ancl Central India. Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dntcl , Rlienish Eastern of France ”, Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p. c. Do EY'Amuu.... Do. 4. p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of CanwittA is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Frau , Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent : Do. New 5 per cent Po. Extensions. .• Great Luxembourg Luxembourg Constitr.ted Sb.aret. Do. Obligations ...... Gt.WestarnofCanad Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '60.. Dn. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Contd. & Basle Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons d Mediterran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. Now Namur & Liege (wit) interest).... Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. D o .20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3 p. c. & red. at 22 y. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bde (ftu y. B. & Am s. Shs. NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Rondo Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen... T'arisCaen &Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre oyal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and 51eue5... Do. 59 p. cent. Pref. Sch.di Southern of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do sAProf per c. Pref. Western of France._ sgeF 4 :,. of Switzerland, WiJsbaden Zealand JOINT-S' ..... British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 'Britiih N. American ;Chartd. Bank of Asia 10hrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australiap Chart... Loud. Chart. Bk. of Amstralia Ditto New Loudon and County London Joint Stock iLotld. & Westminster !National Provincial 1.0 221 all all lof England Do. New National of Ireland 'New South Wales • Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New all Royal Austrah.Bkg. & °oil Imp Co ~ o ath Australia Union ..)f Australia Do. New Union tof London k„.. 2i - 2 31 - 2i -4P 34 - - 23} -23 i - 2y►: 9i 1- ii 15 - 16 48 50 1 88 •90 11 11 Par - - 113 VP 2 21 2i 17i 181 96 - 98 97 - 9 9 100 - 102 95 97 191 - 201 99 -- 100 2 - 4 6 14 - 2i 54 - 6 ... 34 -- 311 124 - 13 . 1 4 22 -23 a _ 46 39 41 .. 1 D 2 1i p £2 3 - 14d 11 7i 8 11 - lip - pm 5 - 6 P ..• ---. • • • 1.3 - 18 80 - 82 ... ••• ld —id i id 16i - in 20 - 21 - IP ... ... ... -.. 33 - 35 39 - 40 ••• ..... 1.11 66 68 7i 7 si tti I 25 Bt. 20 20 20 10 10 L 0 5 20 20 75i 74 98i 8 97daiii 81 i 1 68i // 40 GO $ 27 61 231 12i TRH SU - N 14 0 .N;. - DO IN: THURS 1...) A. Y 111 VENIN *A P : RI . 17, `26 ',-, Ei 6Li LINES LEASED %T t. RENTALS. 4 tr t : 111 • , - . 0 1, "ir , g,lo i. 410 . • . , tit ts.to LITERATURE. Lowing CompanF 0 toeing te, this day. tills CSS thle day. The Newcomes. No. XIX. By W. M. Thackeray. It could scarcely have been anticipated that within the compass of a single number the curiosity of the readers of Mr. Thackeray would be satisfied in regard to the th r ee most bewildering doubts ex cited in their imaginations by the domestic plots and counterplots related by our author in this his charming home-story of "The Newcomes." Yet so it has come to pass—the triple mystery being solved within the chapters comprised in the present in stalment. Whether Ethei would marry Princekin? Whether Clara would elope with Jack Belsize, otherwise Lord Highgate ? Whether Rosy would Cajole • Clive with her wicked, little, artful, simple, designing witcheries ? Already Mr. Thackeray has answered each of these questions —beneficently allaying thereby the more poig nant pangs of inquisitiveness. The magnificent Fergus Angus Malcolm Mungo Roy, Marquis of Farintosh, is—dismissed : literally dismissed by . Miss Ethel Newcome. His more quizzical ac quaintance would call it, in a whisper—flung aside like a gala bouquet, after being coquetted with by a petulant beauty for a stray hour or two as an amus ing ornament. His damned good-natured friends would blurt out curtly, bluntly, flatly jilted. However this might be surmised, Princekin actually is dismissed, though with a sort of pathetic apology and respectful obeisance. The young belle owns to having been lured on by the glitter of the coronet. She saves herself from the possibility of any future calamity in its acceptance by giving a half-regretful cong6 to her lordly betrothed. The manner in which this incident is related is in every way inimitable. Whether it be regarded in reference to the display of- Ethel's compunction and self-reproach at the outset—merged, long before the close, into womanly pride' and self-gratulation ; or whether it be con sidered, on the other hand, in reference to the amazement first of all awakened in the mind of the Marquis of Farintosh, irritated before many words have been passed between the wooers into upright wrath and downright indignation—" It's a shame —it's a shame," the young lord cries, with tears of rage and anguish—as they bring to an end their stormy interview. The truth is, Ethel has been alarmed into this sudden rupture of the betrothal, by the disastrous termination of just such another incongruous union—the one between her delightful brother B trues and the un fortunate Lady Clara Pulleyn. As before intimated, Lord Highgate has rescued the latter from her miserable home at Newcome, by luring her to an adulterous elopement. Thereupon'folf lows the scandalous sequel of a trial for crim. con., resulting in a verdict for the plaintiff—damages so-and-so, as a salve of gold for the wounded spirit, or, as we may call, it, a plaster of bank notes for the bruised body of Sir Barnes Newcome, plucked out of his saddle by the strong hand of poor sinning Jack, and flung screaming on the pavement of his patrimonial borough,, in the presence of honest Taplow and other members of its astonished population. Then, fast upon the heels of the great case, Newcome v. Lord Highgate, comes the costly luxury of a divorce and the final match (too late for the happiness of either) of poor Clara and poor Jack, now Lord and Lldy Highgate. Affrighted by the calamity which has descended upon her family like a thunderbolt, Ethel gracefully, if not graciously, retreats from the consequence of her ill-considered betrothal with Princekin. It yet remains to be seen whether it might not possibly have been better for the young paragon of the gay world had she borne in mind the sagacious hint lying perdu, as it were, in the wise old adage, which says— -_,, It's well to be honest and true ; It's well to be off with the old love before you are on with the new !" Ethel takes the recommendation literally; where fore, when we close the number before us, leaving the gentle-hearted Laura Pendennis fairly weep ing, in the presence of Ethel, over the sudden news of Clive's approaching marriage with Rosa Mac .kenzie—hinc illce lachrymce. It must be obvious from all this that as ever, the story breaks offeven now most tantalisingly. Happiest among all the I life-sketches thrown in during the progress of the narrative episodically, so to speak, or as by way of a species of marginal illumination, there must be especially mentioned as conspicuous in the num bers before us, the delightfully callotypic portraits of two or three horridly natural specimens of the genus toad-eater. For example, the florid toady, Frank Henchman, whose " pompous flatteries and ebullient fidelity" have so often called forth the laughter of the late lamented Major Pendennis. And - with Captain Henchman, Jack Todhunter, and with.that brace of worthies, Bowman the valet, of whom we are not surprised to hear it said that he was on familiar, not to say " contemptuous, terms with the two other gentlemen." Altogether, this latest fragment of `‘ The Newcomes" is not unworthy of the hand from which it emanates— another sparkling bead strung on the thread of the story which in style, at least, may be already re garded as Mr. Thackeray's masterpiece. The Secret Marriage. By Miss F. Williams. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. The readers of this novel will be considerably perplexed to discover from what it draws its title. It would naturally have been imagined that the tale would have related the antecedents and conse quences of a secret marriage, but the nearest ap proach to the subject is the discovery of a certifi cate of marriage which makes the hero the possessor of large estates. The story commences with vigour and effect. Lady Lisle and her friend are watching for the return of her husband from a voyage, when they become the , horror-stricken spectators of a shipwreck, in which he loses his life in saving that of an orphan child whom he is bringing home from Italy. This child, Ormond Greville, is adopted by Lady Lisle, and brought up with her only daughter, Alice who becomes much attached to him. This affection he scarcely returns ; but at length they are engaged. Ormond then goes to Italy for a few months, where he finds a new attraction in a relation of his Italian mother, Rosina Gonsalvi. He offers to give up every thing for her sake, but she rejects him, and he returns to England, where, after some time, Alice becomes acquainted with his secret, and, though nearly broken-hearted, insists on breaking off the engagement, and he is married to Rosina. Affairs are still further complicated, however, by the discovery of the secret marriage of Ormond's grandfather, who was a Lisle, and his consequent right to the estates, which had been considered the property of Alice, whom he thus deprives of her fortune and her hopes at the same time. She con soles herself in the end with the long-tried affection of an early friend ;' no every one is left contented. It must not be imagined, however, that this is the whole of the plot, as several episodes are inter woven at the commencement, which are quite separate stories. The history of Mary Graham and George Alvanley is full of interest, and the career of her gloomy and ill-fated husband is not less 'striking. His affection for Lady Li s l e exer cised a baneul influence over his life, and though so many virtues were to, be found in his wife's character, he found too late that in his hasty and inconsiderate marriage he had marred the happiness of another without making his own. The story of Lady Woodash is neither very pleasing nor profitable, and the Count Mattolino could be very well dispensed with. Alice herself is a sweet and gentle character, but a little more reserve and self-control would add greatly to her attractions. Her openly-confessed affection for Ormond and the exigence of her anxiety fail to arouse the reader's sympathy, and the reader is prepared for the inconstancy of Ormond by a. feeling that the attachment is, on the wrong side, and that the fair Alice all through the transactions is sadly wanting in self-respect and feminine pride. It is scarcely natural, although the book is from a lady's pen, that Alice should at the end so readily admit her feeling of regret to Eustace Graham, however long or well she may have known him. We confess we should have admired her more if she had, at least, professed to have attained indifference and forgetfulness more quickly. The style is good, though it might be more connected and condensed ; the events of the last half-volume being disproportionate to the preceding part. There is no lack, it will be seen, of variety and incident, and we may expect better things from this author. ------------- According to a statement just published regarding the various harbours of refuge respectively in course of con struction at Dover, Harwich, Alderney, Jersey, and Portland, the total estimate of their cost is - 3,368,959/. Of this amount 1,491,0001. has already been voted, and 234,0001. will be required to be voted for the present year. The total outlay on each work from its commence ment to its completion will be 650,0001. for Dover; 125,0001. for Harwich ; 1,300,000/. for Alderney; 700,0001. for Jersey ; and 588,9591. for Portland. COMPENSATION AND SUPERANNUATION ALLOWANCES. —The annual return, published yesterday, shows that the total annual amount of compensation 1854, allowances i which remained payable on the I s t of January, 18 5 was 233,723/. ; the annual allowances grante d in in 185 4 , $ • I ,048/. ; the annual a mount which ceas ed in which 20 206/ • and the annual amount of allowan remained payable on the 31st on a llowances, it 218,565/. As regards superannuaCale o n the let ofb o f p e o e mber, 1854, appears that 531,9291, remaine d p a y January, 1854; that 63,194118.5w4a.s of allowances grante d i n B a. , 487, a 8791. the annual 4t6h, the annual the a a m nn u u n al amount whichceased in d l 54 ;_ pa, able on the 31st of Decem amount wbich•reco ber, 11 4 54. Thus the aiD r e e el total a jn y i n compensation n an t the n ofullesrtan nui:tion allowance s 1854,a . mounted to 706,4451.—the actual December, charge on the public, after allowing for the deductions 1n11854, pursuant to o t: l3 e 27t h section of the act, 4th and ,othof William IV., • Z 4.. . ~. ,_ ~ . London & N. Weld. L. &N. W. Cpl edon... E. Un. & at.Nrthn. Caldonian, Do Gt. Werra Ylc. New. & terw. Y. & N M Do., S. Hasten Do Peto & Ca Norfolk IDo L.& N. W Sy Midld. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland.. En. Cour E. Count. D 0... Do L. & N.W &Ln&Yl Do Gt Northi Lancash Yorksh. T. Brassey AlCleai• itockt. & Darliugt ..... 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Steam Navigat — 26 20 all General Screw Steam 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. - 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. ... 10 9 Alexican&S.Amerien. 6 7 10 2, Do. New 1 all - Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land.... 11 2 1 N. S. W. Coal Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. .„ 1 all N. B Australasian... 20 12i NAIL cirEuropeSt all Peel Er. Ld. & Min L 24 21 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 61 63 62 50 10 Do. New ...p 11 3 / 4 2 all Portland iron Co ls 14 - 100 60 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. Austral. Invest 1 j 1$ 1 Ditto New. — P 2i all Smith Austral. Land 26 37 36;1- 6 all Submar. Tel. Scrip a ll fst-,-...+ - vred..., 20 5 Trust& Co.U.Can. ,„,.. 100 zsi Van Dienmea •e. MO. ... 12i ..b. 1$ 40 67i 8 .W 4 NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ONE HABENA CA PUCINE, CLOTILUE Won by three-quarters of a length. The following also ran : Daffodil, Fayaway, Simony, Treachery, Antoinette, Bianca, Firelight, - and Mosquito. THOUSAND GUINEAS SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS. _ _ --- Dft 'Clare 1""aros Exchange ••• Won by half a length easily SWEEPSTAKES OF TEN SOVS. Welham Thessaly Yeutick HANDICAP. Hothorpe Nathan LATEST BETTING. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS. sto 4 agst Habena (taken). sto 2 agst Clotilde 5 to 1 agst Mosquito. 10 to 1 agst any other. CHESTER CUP. 15 to 1 agst Scythian (taken) 15 to 1 agst Early Bird (taken) 15 to 1 agst Nabob (taken) 20 to 1 agst Escape (taken) 20 to 1 agst The Reiver (offered) DERBY.' 6to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) Bto 1 agst St. Hubert (taken) 10 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick (offered) 10 to 1 agst De Clare (taken) 15 to 1 agst Grmculus Esuriens (taken) 15 to 1 agst Wild Dayrell (offered) 25 to 1 agat Kingstown (taken) 100 to 1 agat Frederick (taken). OAKS. 4to 1 agst Habena (taken) 10 to 1 agst Nettle (taken) NEW CALCULATING MACHINE. A remarkable machine for the purposes of abstruse calculations has been sent over to this country, and deposited for the present at the Royal Society. It is the invention of a Swedish gentleman named Schutz, who has, it is said, expended the greater portion of his property in the operations necessary to bring his invention to a successful issue. It must not, how ever, be supposed that the machine is of a compli cated nature. On the • contrary, its simplicity is one of its most remarkable features. There appears nothing in its construction which would overtask -the capabilities of an ordinary mechanic, and the mad exhibited is said to have been constructed by two Swedish workmen, instructed only in the commofi principles of their art. It is, of course, impossible to give an adequate conception of the machine without the uie of diagrams. It will be sufficient here to state the principle which has been made use of to direct 1 its operations, and some of the marvellous results which it is capable of accomplishing. The principle is one well known to mathematicians, and may be verified by a person possessing only a knowledge of the common rules of arithmetic. It is, that all tables of numbers which follow any law, however complicated, may to a greater or less extent be formed by proper arrangements of successive additions or subtractions. Mr. Babbage is the person to whom the world is indebted for show ing the wonderful use that might be made of this prin ciple in the construction of a calculating engine. But the cost involved in the construction of the parts of his engine, and of the tools required, was enormous. We believe that Government contributed' as much as 20,0001. to the expenses, and that Mr. Babbage him self disbursed large sums from his own private means. Moreover, although the portion of the machine which was put into operation produced satis factory results, grave doubts have been expressed by many persons whether the mechanical difficulties to be conquered before a complete engine could be fabricated were not insuperable. The machine, therefore, has never been completed, and we believe that the only portion of it left in a finished state is to be seen in King's College, London. The estimates for its completion frightened the Government, of the day,,and Sir Bobert Peel is said to have expressed the magnitude of the financial diffi culty in one of the only mots that have ever been attri buted to him. He insinuated a doubt whether Babbage's engine, however povierful, would be able to compute the cost of its construction. The invention of Mr. Schutz may be said to complete the problem started by Mr. Babbage : "Can a machine be made , at once simple and inexpensive, which shall perform laborious and exten sive computations quickly and infallibly ?" Here is the engine. It may be seen in full operation. It will compute all the logarithms in Hutton's tables without the possibility of error. It not only does this, but it prints them and stereotypes them. Hutton's tables are mentioned because they are best known, but other astronomical tables not contained in Hutton can be Com- Suted, registered, and stereotyped by the engine of M. chtitz in the time that a compositor would take to'set up the type. It will, at the ordinary rate of working, produce about 250 figures stereotyped on plates ready for printing in about ten minutes. Now, the importance of correct mathematical tables of the r.ature alluded to may be judged by the fact that an error in a single figure in a set of tables used by a captain at sea may occasion the loss of his ship_ Hun dreds of ca-es of a similar nature might be given, but it would be useless as the univ e rsal cus tom of civilised govern ments, in expending large sums in obtaining tables cor rectly calculated, is sufficient to show their value. Many years ago the French Government determined to execute " a monument of calculation, the most costly and im puting which had ever been seen." To carry out this intention it was necessary to employ five or six mathe maticians of the very highest class ; seven or eight ma thematicians celebrated rather for acquirements and in dustry than genius, and a corps of some eighty compu ters. The results of their labours appeared in seventeen large folio volumes. All the most important of the computations necessary in these vast operations can be managed in M. Schtitz's engine by the simple turn ing of a handle, and this without the possibility of an error. As a proof of the wonderful powers of the en gine, and the extraordinary delicacy with which certain operations are effected, one simple example may be given. Tables of logarithms are not considered sufficiently accu rate unless the logarithms are carried out to seven places of decimals. But in order to get seven places accurately iL is necessary originally to carry out the computation to a much larger number of places. The first seven of these are printed, and the rest rejected. Now, it has been ac cepted as a rule by mathematicians, that if the first of the rejected figures is above five, the last of the seven retained is to be increased by a unit. M. Schutz's machine cal culates to 16 places, but only prints 7. The machinery seems, however, perfectly to understand its duty when the first of the rejected figures is above 5. In this case it acts "like a thing of life." It increases the 7th figure by a unit, as if it were gravely introduced as a correc tion, suggested by its own knowledge of mathematics. The arrangements of the various portions of the engine are admirably planned, and the mechanical contrivances models of beauty and simplicity. It must be an object of intense interest to every one, but only those who are acquainted with the labour of computing mathematical tables, the great danger of error, and the time and ex pense of correction, will fully appreciate the exce ll ences of this machine, so simple in its operation, and so in fallible in its results, MALLET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) NEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade ruled steady, at very full prices :—Beef, from 3s 24 to 4s 6d • Mutton, 3s 4tl to 4s 6 t ; lamb, 58 2 d to 6s 6 d ; Veal, 3s Bdto 43 8d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, April 25.—The supply of stock on offer in to-day's market was moderate, and the demand ruled steady, at very full prices. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Mutton, 38 6(1 to 5s Od; Lamb, 5s 44 to 6s 6d ; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 8.1 ; Pork, :is 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs, to sink the offals. ROM FORD, April 25.—Tc-day's market was rather active, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; Mutton, 38 44 to 5s Od; Lamb, 5s 6d to 6s 10d ; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; P or k, 3 s 4d to 4s 44 per Sibs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 20s to 25s each. HAY MARKETS. SmrrnvlnD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 51 Os ; clover ditto, 3/ O.!, to 61 0 , , ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ lOs per load. A moderato supply and a steady trade. UmunicaLaNn. Meadow h.sy, 3/ Oa to 5/ Os ; clover ditto, 3/ Os to 6/ Os ; and straw. V 5s to 1/ lie per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade firm. W lIITECHAP7gL.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 5► Os; clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 610 s; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 108 per load. Trade steady. THE GREAT FLORAL EXHIBITION AT GORE HOUSE. —The preparations at this place for the great floral ex hibition of the Horticultural Society, on the 16th of May, are in a state of much activity. The Royal com missioners are throwing down walls, removing un sightly objects, and getting the turf into good order; so that the grounds of Grove House and Gore House now form one beautiful lawn, interspersed with noble trees, and admirably adapted to the purpcses of a horticultural promenade. The contractors for the new roads to Bromp ton are proceeding with all possible despatch, and every thing that can render the approaches more commodious is in course of rapid execution. The Horticultural Society, on its part, has begun to pitch its enormous tents, and to make its other arrangements. The hand masters of the military bands that are engaged have Bur -1 veyed the ground which they are to occupy ; and every ' thing promise-; that the ensuing floral e x hibi t i on w il l b e one of the most attract i ve that has yet been held ; even in the neighbourhood of London. 7t 115 i 1014 1 5f 10 g 10i 73' 3 1341 )6 dig SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOU.R.NALS. (From the Times of this day.) If peace had been concluded at Vienna upon the terms which were proffered to the acceptance of Russia bt , the representatives of the allied Powers, no doubt great differences of opinion would have been expressed in this country as to the value of a _ peace so obtained. The political adversaries of the present Administration and the more excited par y, titans and promoters of the present war would .f, lave denounced any such compromise as that which /vas recently proposed as a base surrender of the honour sof this nation_ and a shortsighted bargain for aholiow peace. Men of more moderate opinions might have thought that the results of the , war, if it had bema thus terminated, bore no adequate pro , x)rtion to 'lie spirit in which it was begun, and to t he sacrifice git has a l ready cost us ; while the - fluence of R uss i a would have been p ewer and in r , ither augmen,qid than diminished by the energetic re sistance she ha s hith er t o opposed to the fornaid at, le combination arrayed against h er . Nor cou ld mt ich reliance have been placed upon - the terms th. =selves which Ole Vienna Conference was in duL cod to offer, for, asord Malm es b ur k observed on. - Tuesday evening, we! could have no material guE. ;rantee for the litnitatiim of, the naval force of Rn isia, and if, as would probably have been the oaa ), she violated or evaded her engageinent in that nos?;p ect, the rest of Europe could obtain no redress w it beou t a fresh appeal to arms. On the other hand, th .e Par tisans of peace would have gained strength by • the _recovery of that inestimable blessing, and a t ionsi d!erable portion of the community would not ha ve twalted very closely at the natnre of the con ceg sions: which procured - for them a cessation of the bu, :glens thrown by war upon the country. 1 lat, although these differences of opinion would hay 'e histantly manifested themselves upon the, con, ilmion of peace, we apprehend that the extent to a 'hi the allied Powers were disposed to carry their c oncessions can now be viewed in only ono light. They have shown their desire for the ter minal ie )n of this contest to have been so sincere that they u 'ould even have signed a treaty of peace which t hrew upon Russia none of the burdens or humiliations of defeat. They asked for no cession of tern tory ; they left - even the forts of Sebastopol untoud led by negotiation ; did not raise the ques tion of an indemnity either to Turkey or themselves for the expenses of the war, and were content to restore matters to very nearly the state they were in bafoi re these hostilities began. Greater forbear ance at al moderatiOn were never shown to an enemy and : in assailant, especially when it is remembered that th e whole strength of that enemy is defensive, and that we have absolutely nothing to apprehend from . the forces of Russia against ourselves. These prop osals have, however, been made in vain, and the . Russian Plenipotentiaries rejected them as per empt o rily as if they had involved any serious sacri fice c )f the dighity or the interests of their sovereign. Can .n aything demonstrate with more irresistible evide2 ce that the sole cause of the duration of the weir lie ss in the obstinate and inveterate resistance of . Rue sia to the fairest terms of peace, that the re spo nsi bility of prolonging the war rests altogether will a the enemy, and that we have no alternative left but to employ force to compel the Russian Ge yen tmemt to make peace on such terms as justice and the public security may demand ? T, ie task is a difficult one, and it may be long befo: mo we bring it to a successful termination; but this country is not wont to relax in its efforts to obtai r a great political object, and our stubborn endu rs snce and resolution have before this accom plish.,3C I far greater labours than those. The hope of tern iinating the war by a compromise is at an end ; I tenceforth it becomes a trial of strength betwee n Russia and the Powers, which can only b 4 3 terminated by the exhaustion of one or other of the belligerents. It is needless to add that,. h, aving carried our offers of concession to the utmost 'limits of forbearance, we cannot for an in stant; r(3cede from the position we have henceforth to de fe:nd, and that to make peace on any other term; would be to surrender to the universal ascen da,ncy of Russia all those interests which it is our o bject to protect from her rapacity and her ambitdon. We may have underrated the strength of our opponent in the earlier stages of-this con flict, fa r the failure of the Russian armies in their first op erations on the Danube gave the world too low an opinion of their skill and courage. But, if the power of Russia be g reater than was at first suppose 3d, the more urgent is the necessity to re duce it within limits which shall cease to threaten the And ependence of other countries. As 'the rejection by Russia of the moderate terms .offered by the Allied Powers is a decisive justification of the war in which France and England are engaged, so also this event ought, on every 'principle of logic and good faith, to exercise a decisi ye influence on the policy of the German Courts. They have testified - from tie cOmmeilce- meat of these disputes the strongest desire to bring them to an amicable termination—Prussia by keep ing alto , gether aloof from the qudrrel, and Austria by agreeing to take a more active, part in this strugglo ' if peace could not be obtain e d by o th er means which have now been tried and exhausted. Next to Russia herself, who is the prime mover and so ;'e original cause of these calamities, it is impossible to doubt that th e p r i nc ip a l author of the present distressing state of Europe is the King .. of Prussia. Had ho firmly adhered to the priumples which he formally adopted in the Protocols of Vienna ; had ho laboured, in conjunction with Austria, to maintain the union and the dignity of the Germanic Confedera tion ; had he called out the military forces of his kingdom ' • and had he made the Russian Govern ment feel that the continuance of this war would place it in direct opposition to the whole of Europe, it is impossible to doubt that peace would before this haw been restored, if, indeed, thp war had ever begun. But, the secession of Prussia and the divi sion of Germany have enabled Russia, as yet, to paralyse Austria and to resist the Western Powers, even v,then their demands were reduced to the most limited .conditions on which a negotiation could be conducted. If there were either honesty or judg ment in the councils of Prussia, these facts could not be without weight even upon her ; but, in the condition to which that Court is now reduced, fear alone will regulate its conduct. Tho position of Austria is altogether different. She has participated in and has presided over the Conference, which was opened at her solicitation. She has agreed to the last in those terms which Russia has rejected. She has proclaimed her in tention to the world by her Notes, and bound her self by treaty to prosecute the alliance with the belligerent Powers to the complete attainment of their common object. She has assembled for this purpose one of the finest armies in Europe, amount ing certainly to 500,000 effective men ; and she has now acquired the certainty that Russia will not submit to any terms of peace affording valid secu rities to Europe, except upon compulsion. The case to which all her policy and all her preparations hare been tending for the last 18 months is now complete. One bold stroke may place her at the head of public opinion in Germany, may rivet the alliance with France by indissoluble ties, and may transfer to the young Emperor of Austria an influ ence in Europe hardly inferior to that enjoyed by the late Emperor Nicholas in the best part of his life. To hold such dards, and not to play them— to have such a prize within reach, and not to clutch it—to feel the power of rendering such a service to mankind, and not to do it—are errors which overshadow the remainder of an existence, and render the most conspicuous positions in the world the least honourable and the least to be desired. It is here, most especially, that the remarkable moderation of the terms proposed by the Plenipotentiaries of the Western Court tells with irresistible effect. The more moderate they were the stronger is the obligation of Austria to support them, for the more cordial and sincere was her own assent to them ; and, as the French and English Governments will now forthwith proceed to call upon the Cabinet of Vienna to enter upon the fulfilment of the stipulations of the treaty of the 2d of December, it is impossible for that Court to recede with honour from the engagement to take effectual measures for the attainment of the object of the alliance, which all pacific, means have failed to accomplish. (From, the Times of this day.) It is now seriously propounded in various quar ters that England is incapable of making war. We have seen it argued with much philosophy and practical illustration that in proportion as we have become more free, more constitutional, and more commercial, we have lost that unity of purpose, that warmth of sentiment, and that keenness of action necessary to military s ucces s . Every man now does that which is right in his own eyes, and a very deligh tful state it is, but it is not the political organisation that pros pe in war. We may operate powerfully as rs individuals, or by force of public opinion, or by the of power. the S o _ influence of parties and classes, of schools a n d societies, but while these several forces are uatatwork in their own directions, they pull against another, and the result is a great loss him, binister is his one The man to carry on war. with effect : lo t ; dr a at t ehr .t he c a ' s es a t a r:.? lei ! . n 1 , , In must i t be e m h e .. solute over alhlutnihe p i who re , : e c g ' r a n w v n ai h su s e ta a r 3 b y e : the w ord but, L t w u : d vbie e e p re a si rtments concerned in th e war, ail; Wartahr i thus Minister countryM inisterowf i w a t e 0 s an Emperor we shall but waste much Is the willf or Now, nobody. Emperor, but without act very our millions of mone y and o ur myr i ads of men . The be abl e t o - freely Ell the CO home as nlrffaudeF-in.Ohief .at the .._ . . It is not a very agreeable task to trace the defi ciencies of a Minister who did his best in a season of difficulty. The Duke of Newcastle found his department in a state of disorganisation ; he found the Horse Guards insubordinate, the Ord nance under a chief 3,000 miles distant; and the Commissariat reduced to the lowest ebb, obliged to collect a staff from the colonies, and eke them out with Treasury clerk, Custom house officers, and policemen, while it was charged with the custody of all kinds of stores and the pur chase of everything wanted for the army. He found the Medical Department insufficient, disorganised, and without the means of supplying its wants. He found no Ambulance Corps, no Transport Service, except only such as the Commissariat might be authorised to raise, in addition to its other dutieg, at the order of the Commander of the Forces. He found that, while at home it had been resolved that the war should be prosecuted with the greatest vi gour, it was tho general opinion of the army and navy in the East, including their highest officers, that nothing was to be done. There was hardly a difficulty, physical or moral, he had not to encoun ter. Does he, then, stand excused ? No, certainly not. Shortcomings in politics and in war admit of no excuse. It is inexcusable to be beaten. It is inexcusable to allow delays that cost * the lives of thousands, and ruin or damage a great cause. Rif; inexcusable to stand at the helm and not to see the rock of danger. It is inexcusable to be supreme in authority and not in energy, intelligence, and power. Failures are faults in war. What can ex cuse a man for falling into an ambuscade and losing his life ? What can excuse him for losing the lives of his countrymen by tens of thousands ? A. man who undertakes nothing may be excused if he does nothing. The Duke of Newcastle undertook the conduct of the war, so far as England was con cerned. He asked the confidence of thirty million people, and he failed. His task was difficult. That is no novelty in war. Of course, he was aware of this when, having the choice of the Colonies and the War, he chose the latter. On this point even he has not been taken by surprise, and has there fore no excuse if he has failed. TOTAL LOSS BY FIRE OF THE TRA.NII PORT SCREW STEAM SHIP CRCESUB. A serious loss was made known yesterday at the Ad miralty, by the receipt of telegraphic communications from Genoa, announcing the burning of the General Screw-Steam Shipping Company's iron sorew-steamer Crcesus, which had been chartered by the English Go vernment for the transport service, numbered 191, an d was under the command of Capt. T. V. Hall. The 1111= fortunate catastrophe took place about 11 miles S. E. of Genoa, on Tuesday b ui ri o e r f n a in c g co . un T ts he n C tao r t ces thh u eay s ce w rce as besu o ei l n; ie trhe e e. f the line fleet of iron screw steamers which were built fo r the company about two years since, by Messrs. Mar e and Co., at Blackwell. She was upwards of 2,000 tons, was put on the Australian line, and returned from Mel bourne about three months ago. She was then taker slip by the English Government, and took out the Rs lel Wilts Militia, from Portsmouth to Corfu. On die rem barking the troops there, she was ordered to Ms ilta, where she arrived on the 3d of April, and on bi Ping coaled, proceeded with other transports to Spenzia, .for the purpose of conveying the Sardinian troops for service in the Crimea. She was then ordered to Genoa, and in the course of Monday the first detachment of the arm y, e e m om b p ar r k is o in d g on tla b e o s a t r a d ff . , .3 s 7 he offi ala ce o rs e , hi a p n p d ed 2 2 o9 s ra n k - and n a d nd fd e, a large quantity of stores and ammunition. I the .`p de parture r t e h f e o f r °ll.(lwig C onstantinople. (T ue sd a) the Government had placed at the dispo: he conting cut, Re the tt : i E b as u. t iar dinian authorities for the of conveyanc a e rt Tmhoern otherin and it is reported took their tion • Jason, No. 84 (sistel . :!, : P ~,,,,c iaspe , gsh!vessels took of hewrirdice-h s No. 9, a n d No. '74 ; Cleopatra, No. I °' ' '''' of the Crcesus) about the same period, were hierclt2mPajesty's shfoli; Harkaway. it appears that the fire b k ro e out ceived of the loss, shortly after the ill-fated ship amongst the stores, rapid was the work of destruction had mthpeany that left Genoa, and so tlleprogress of all attempts to stay . the flames or, save According to the the vessel proved fruitless. Her condition being provi dentially observed, the other transports sent their boats whole This o i f s the the soldiersthirl steamerand crew e e a o f to her aid, and, with. those belonging pre haveburning s hiplostw;ith": served, with the exception of ' • one sailor. six of the troops and the last two months, two b the Mauritius, which was yfire, viz., the Crcesus and dry-dock at d es tr oyed while lying in the tered by the Preach Southampton,and one, the Natal, char- Cadiz. The comp any Gover n ment, by going ashore near ' are severe sufferers by these de plorable disasters , as the ship s , i n a ddi t i on to ear ni ng a considerable sum per month, were not insured to their value. The Crcesus cost 93,0001., and was only in sured for 57 , 00 0/. in the room at Lloyd's and the prin cipal insurance offices. The Government paid the cora -1 Pally 5,0001. a month for her services. o:: THE MAIM—SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday, April 25 . —The United St a t es ' ma il s t eam -ship Hermann, Capt. E. Higgins, sailed to-day, with the British , French, an d German mails for the United States, 278 p assen gers, and a fair average cargo. The steam-ship p i nt Union,ed 0 I New York, is hourly expected on h er wa y t o Havre. The Royal mail steam-ship La Pata a is out the next West India, Pacific, and Mexic an ma i ls of the 2d proximo. The Atrato , with the ho meward mails from the same quarter, may be looked for about the 30th s l -s a h p inst. The departure of the Peninsular mails on the 27th inst. will be deferred in consequence of the non-arrival of the Iberia, a nd it is probable that no mail-ship will' leave for those perts. ll -atil the 74 proximo.: -....„... seat of war. Th a t, i n d ee d , i s ver v much the -.... theory of the office, and we have no doult that a Minister with the requisite personal qualities vinpuld find the subordinate departments sufficiently at his dispoial, and prompt enough to execute his of 'ders. But then it must be a man who has his heal 't and soul in the war, who is beforehand with evez y conjunc ture, who suffers nothing to go by de fault, and urges on the war instead of lagging behind. Such a War Minister we certainly had not last year. Nor have we now. We believe that at this mo ment the British army in the Crimea is as unpre pared for almost any change of operations as it was any time last year. Whether we take Sebastopol, or give it up as hopeless for the present, there is the to t a ke reatest prob and ability of our fi n di ng i t n e c e ss a ry the field penetrate into the country. unprepared. W e h ave ve For that we are certainly not anything like the proper number of an i mals, hicles or other e , • quipages. We have not even that summer clothing whi c h b y this time must be necessary, whether we take the field or retain our present position before Sebastopol. Rejoiced indeed should we beto find ourselves mistaken ; but we feel hardly a doubt that in . the event of a Council of War deciding to take the field as soon as possible, it will be found necessary to wait an indefinite period for the arrival of proper supplies from this country.. When those _supplies at last arrive the opportunity may have passed, new difficulties may have risen up, the Russian army in the field may have been doubled or trebled, and another Council of War may decide on another course, for which our army Will be equally unprepared. The Duke of .Newcastle doubtless did his beet ; but, as he appears in his own evidence, he was / always seeing obstacles which he was unable to remove, and attempting in vain to produce direat ness and unity of action amid warring.departments and complicated forms. We have seldom read a more painful narrative. Indeed the authorities in the Crimea, when acc used . of mismanagement, can on Fromnowrefitrsertt totriumphantly lastth the Duke ap pears justly dissatisfied with the state the confusion at home. all the departments connect edao an t ( 7 r h e a la v t e ion b s ee o n f G with the war. He was slighted by the the whole system of the Medical lrds. Be thought tremely bad, and the System of c: e i part men tex comforts through the AdmiraltynPaPnom-nal me dic al H could get no information from the medi al o l us. th e au o rities, but only denials, which turned out to be untrue. He was dissatisfied with the organisation of the Medical, the Ordnance, the Commissariat, and the Transport Departments—with how many more we cannot say at this moment. He suggested remedies, overruled forms, and did some things on his personal responsibility. But, somehow or other his well-intended measures fell wide of the mark, or short of it, like Old Priam's jave lin. He had just misgivings, but they did him no service. For example, he was always appre• hensive, ho says, of the number of soldiers' wives sent with • the army; --but was overruled by prece dent and the foolish wishes of the soldiers, and found his own views too well justified by the re sult. He felt himself deserted by his colleagues last August and September, and would have pre ferred some Cabinet meetings ; perhaps, however, he says, it did not signify so long as there was nothing of importanc e —th a t i s , i n a per i od that, included the embarkation of the troops from Yarns., the landing in the Crimea, and the Battle of the Alma. He suffered from the Board of Ordnance the same insubordination as from the Horse Guards, in the shape of a peremptory order from that board stopping the manufacture of winter huts which he had ordered on his own responsibility. In both instances the insubordinate officials ought to have been instantly dismissed the public service, but the Duke of Newcastle, not having called them to accont, himself pays the penalty, as indeed he ought to do. If there is one thing more than another on which Lord Raglan appears to be ob servant and well informed it is the weather. As early as October his Lordship had formed a dis tinct and very unfavourable view on this important subject, and written home accordingly. The Duke of Newcastle's prescience, so often exhibited to so little purpose, here whollyfa iled him, and he would not believe a winter in the Crimea so formidable as had been represented, though any schoolboy might have told him that the inhospitable climate of the Euxine was proverbial from the remotest antiquity. se. ia at 13' 1e 174 all all 1 , till 171 s. all 4 10 28. 20 50 50 ion 100 20 50 20 25 1231 94 63. 71 701 12 8 i 12/ 48 12 41 26 51 2 ' 96 201 i