The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-02 00:00:00

AND 0024M.ERCIA L //V T ELL IGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The cotton market at Liverpool on Saturday closed with considerable animation, and prices of all kinds were extreme. The sales were estimated at 12,000 bales (including 1,000 for export, and 2,000 on speculation), comprising 200 Pernam and Maranham, at Md. to 6id ; 300 Egyptian, at 6d. to 71d. ; 2,500 Surat, at 3d. to Od. ; and 50 Sea Islands, at is. to ls. 14d. per lb. The Railway Share Market closed heavily, at rather lower prices. The corn trade in Mark-lane is firm to-day. The railway meetings announced are the follow- ing :--, Company: Date. Place. Dieppe and Fecamp Manchester, Shoff and Line Apr. 4, Manchester. St. Andrews and Qnehec, (Class A) The remainder of 'the Indian and Australian mails, via Southampton, is expected on the 9th inst. Advices from Constantinople state that, in con ;sequence of the news from Reni, there had been a rise in the price of grain at Constantinople. The Austrian Internuncio, however, had declared that the app re h ens i ons enterta i ned were exaggerated,t 25 and that the conduct of the Russian commatdant st at Reni had been disavowed, so that it was hoped 80. - the na v i ga ti on o f th e D anu b e would be permitted St still to neutral vessels not carrying contraband of g War. 20 St St. St. Sts. St. St. St. A journal entitled the Eastern Press, and pub lished probably at -Constantinople, asserts that Prince Menschikoff had died at Perekop. The roads having improved, several Cossack, regiments had arrived at Perekop ; but at present could not otter the Crimea, the roads having been rendered 1.2 ezo bad by the snow and wet as to need extensive 5 0 repairs, and which they were undergoing. The 163 Russian government has appointed a pope or priest 5 61 to every 100 men i n th e army, an d he will 194 carry at their,head as a standard the double cross 13 of the Ch r i s ti an Ch urc h i n t h e E ast. In the-Baltic Provinces great preparations are making against the St. Allies. The s c h oo l at R eve l f or i ns t ruc ti ng the St 20 children of the military of Finland, Courland, Li- 10 /lonia, and Esthonia, had been removed into the i s t interior ; and the A gr i cu lt ura l E x p os iti on f o r the 50 Provinces of Tschernischoff, Rjasan, Pensa, Jury- 1 0 shill, and Moluleff, which was to have taken place 25 this year, has been postponed. At Nijni-Nowge- St. red another conclucta had arrived for the Govern- % k I si s being with 8,3001b5. of g o ld f rom th e U ra l mines, st.B being the third within six months. St. The Fi rs t P russ i an Ch am b er h as h a d under dis- 2550 cession the important and vexed question of the 00 Sound dues. The town of Stettin alone is stated 2 ?. - to have to di s b urse annua ll y f or extraordinary EU e xpenditure connected with this impost, no less 20 fan mOOO rix dollars. The following resolution 'Was passsd :—" The Chamber, fully agreeing with the Government, recognises the injurious effect Irhich the Sound dues exercise upon the commerce and mercantile marine 9f Prussia, and feels confi dent after the information afforded by the Go. " r eroment, that the latter will not neglect any favourable opportunity for bringing about an abo lition of the impost." The Second Chamber was expected to adopt a similar resolution. MAdrid accounts mention that unless the Minis ter of Finance could come to an understanding With the capitalists, he would have recourse to a National loan. The municipal authorities were very tardy in furnishing returns concerning the ceremonal lands which the Government proposed to tell. The revenue return is considered very favourable, "Peeially when we consider that the quarter is five days shortened under the new arrangement, tereby the account is made up to the end of karch. The funds continue heavy, however, as m oney stock still comes to market, and apparently On Government account. The telegraphic advices ef the Russians having been to a certain extent auccessful in one of their sorties, are likewise tem- Perarily against the market. Consols have been 92 i to 93 for transfer, and 921 to 93 for account. xcliequer Bills have been 6s. to Bs., and India .Bonds 10s. to 13s. premium. Exchequer Bonds ar e 9 91 to 1 e Foreign Stocks there has been a fair business a " at steady p r i ces genera ll y. Mex i can Bonds ha ve bee n quoted 24-, Peruvian 3 per Cants. 491, 4 h i ld Grenada Deferred 6:4 to 7. Buenos Ayres ev e realised 53 to 54. Sardinian Stock has im p Turkish ro ved from 864, at which it opened, to 87k. is in demand at 801 to 81.. Spanish De blerred are dull at 18k. D u t c h 21 per C ents. have eell 62 1. French Scrip has b een d ea lt i n a t 6 Pre mium. lit The following are the nominal prices of foreign , c ' ek s :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i to 7; 20 i to 20l ;.Peruvian, 70 t o 72 ; ditt o Th ree 1 6 °1. Cents., 48 t o 50 ex di v. ; Portuguese Four per 1 4 .7 43 . ' 42 t o 44; Russ i an Fi vo per Cents., 99 to 101; I't.(3 Pour-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91; PerPallisla New D e f erre d, 18 to 181 ; ditto Three 0 e nte., 361 to 37 ; ditto Certificates , 5 t 9 si; Th e Passive, 41. to q. oti ul le follo w i ng i s t h e off i c i al statement of traffic 1 2 the Antwerp and Rotterdam Railway, for the ,16:e7el'a ending 25th M arc h : 429 Feb. 4_2260 March 4..2421 ' 231 ... -- 11._ 307 ... 11... 424 4t.. 284 18... 354 --. 18.. 440 230 25... 344 ... 25... 515 ...____ Total • 2957£1,803 Xt e f or 12 weeks, £4,035. £1,275 t nl „. twe ". ( Six and seven miles are yet to be opened 14- ee rdyke and t o B re d a . Th e l arge and heavy e ere l a te lla nd ise cannot be re ce i ve d un til th e w h o l e is e Ap ril. ) which will be during the month of Z ile q uo tations of most of the p r i nc ip a l E ng li s h th-aY Shares ex hibit a s t ea d y appearance, but li - ftille nat of b us i ness d o i ng i s, very limited. The N; LI ,. °4 ntest in favour are Great Western, North thetern ai ,, ' and South-Eastern. In the foreign un- Ailt;gs there are a few dealings at firm rates. a t ies are rather more active, and are supported. B ank de . , Cuba, are higher. The Joint-Stock Lannil:i are extremely dull. Australian Agricultural 4 t l Vat a ce r e heavy, and C r y s t a l P a l ace at a further altr iliz , —4 F UNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. r Fro m tot Onicial Li"- 3 Per 0„, Ruziness done Iticlii st-',. Col:viols Annuities 93 21 1114 is 11oe' bitt Qods, ...... ........... 13 004,101:,,tintior 2 1000 3l 10 14 Esc}; Lc)r Account, April 93 24 i 4 iraler gills t, 24d. 8 8 6 u,,,,;;12u....................... 698 9 E._zehii"e„,/..?, ..................................... : _ ~ 9 . ```citz4e"r i i•.. , ........................ t 9 ° t itto °lids 185 3, 3i per Cent. 91, 1 g ps NR•tr, 1359, ~ n 'len - ''' lJ OF FOR EIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. e nb47,, A3 ' l 'ss lio ,-, 'lds, 6 per Cent 53 4 Q t quad o ' r el• •-t• Matanzas &Sabanilla Bonds) 93 reli_ .a jioucts CirenZuct Bb°11(18 li per Cent 'at xic , ' ,-"onds, Defer'. (1 . 7 66i i Diet - Per (lent. e eriiia for the Aceetla ................... 20i ~. f itte 1 4 1/°M s 4, t . per Cent. _ k1°, 41 4 i " P e r Ce ' ut -.. gp,ui 411 to Ids 5 ***a*** i.. ..... . ....... ,D. N . 42 qads, ip or lie j r • 864 7/ " Ta4l Bll ri"ew Deferrode, n 3 per Cent lBl 0 • Turkish"etsinitt Dittytm% e Cert. of Coup. not fun. 51 i p Accountper nt ~,ila velp_itto° Sittlile ........ . ........ I.)it"Zileht t on 'd •••••... t o f or the 113,4 i per Cent. .... ..... 2 - 7 uitto Deferred, lr I :e t i ..... prencill?elvuldends on the above payable in London. bitt n s . !' es, 3 Per Cent Del . 4 - c 111) ..... • 'ilit:z4el"nr4'. 2 4 . ;;;; . 6 . 1;i: . . ..1 Dor Cetit. Certifieates .... 11 • •—• 914 2k x a b itto c) , ,,,, THREE O'CLOCE., . Aliii . Acc(;ni ......................... c gi 3 l a In ________.______ verti - meetin,, of tho Poltimore Mining Company, ad : till the 2r- ,heeliebl on the 4th April, has been postponed otn Apnl Intelli,,,,ence from. Galatz, of the 26th inst ,reports that 1 the Danube have everal Austrian merchant vesse s on been detaaned by the Ruftsians. hag-4econtit from Genoa, of the 27th, state that Carrara been declared in a state of siege, owing to the fre uent occurrence of assassinations Lettert_fr?rn Panama recei that h veil' at New York state at that port fro „ex' llajesty's steamer Virago arrived ~ , v, it Arana• the Mexican coast on the 24th of February, a . ~,.... w " NaILLOLI of dollar' frozn En land. _ _ i 0 N MARKET I SBARE MARKETS. (Tb. 1.5 DAY.) RAILWAYS. !Closing Prices 1 this day. 20i - 21 4i - - 13i -12 b. 15 16. 71 -- 6,14( 88 - 61 -6?, 12 - 6 - 8 • •• . ••• 3i -2: 5i ei la la 72 `5 57 ld"— par 2J 21 68 - 70 83 - 88. 72 - 74 . '23 - 125 91 - 65 65i 59 - 61 65 - 70 5 - 7 5 • 7 - ... ...1. 74- 8 97 91 99i 100 id id 0 i d 1 i 82 84 9 41, 8 741 24 2: 8 - 693 - 69 1 41 - 43 - 2 48 - 50 3# 3; 281 ... 291 71 72 4 3 124 )3 48 —49 49 d par id t 4# 4 6 C d ar 29 - 30 98 - 100 62 - ,;4 45 i 7 3 60 2 1 61 27 t - l 8 i 4 2 2 - 1 • 4 - 6 Paid.l BAILWATI. .100 Aberdeen Arnbg. Nottng. Boat and Eastn. Junct. . all Belfast & BallYmena. all Birming. Wolverh Stour Valley 29i Birkenhd. Lancsh Cheshire Jnnet all Do. Chesh. dr Birk. £5O and k. 125 Cons. 19 Do., 30 myth & Tyn 3 origina £25 (isad. at £45 100 Bristol and Eiceter 100 Caledonian Us. Carmarthen and Car digan all Chester dz Holyhead all Cork and Bandon.. all Cork, Black, dr Pas 16 Cornwall Crieff Junction 45 I)ublin&Belfa.stJune all Dundee Perth dzAh, :teen Junction all Do. New [OO F.ast Anglian 411 Kastern Counties... . 00 , 'astern Union, Stock ....... .00 Os., B Stock 8 , Do., New A. ..... 00 East Lancashire :Minburgh&Glaseoi , all Edinb. and Peebles 1.)(1 Edin. Fria, & Dundi -1 'orth & Clyde Jun all Furness all Do. Extension ...... 100 ( llasgow &S. 'Neste) 100 treat Northern 100 Do., A. Stock ..... . 1 00 Do., B. Stock JO Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. 100 Great Western....... 1..)0 Do. Stour Val. Rai Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastert all Lancaster & Carlis', 143 Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds.., 100 LAncash.andYorksl all Do., Fifths 11 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwal .00 Lond. Bright &S. Cst 00 Lond. and N. Westn 16 Do. Fifths 52 Do.lo/. Sh., M&8... 24 Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn 42A Do., £5O. -4 . Do., £4O all Lndndrry4Colerain all Ltidndriy.& Ennisk 00 Aanch.Shef & Lincl all Do. No. 44 )0., Man. & Lin. Un 100 ifidland *o. Birmng. & Dario: all Widld. G. West. (Ire, 222 !ha. Half Shares 411 Wewcastle & Carlial 51 Wewnrkt.Bury Exton 212 Nwpt.Aberg. & Urn S 'Jewry & Enniskillen all Wewry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor 00 Worfolk 32 Worthn.Counties Un. [OO Worth British all Worth Devon, No. all Do., No. 2 all )0., 1 A Deferred all Do., B Guaranteed .00 W.Eastern-13erwiel 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. (3.N, E. Purcli all Do. Leeds 100 1)o. York all worth London all Do. New 410 3 I F N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn. 171 Worth Staffordshire. . all' Worth Western . „ all W.& S. Welstrn. June. 1 >run cab n , Hinckley and Leicester........ 00 )xford, Worcester, 14 welverhampton 8 z'ortsmouth (,0 4i.ittisit Central • Scottish Midland all oirewsby. & Heref 00 -,tropshire Union 4, iuth Devon Eastern ',nth griliett ......„ I . V rksh. ds MN'. Tho '2 Wok. &W , , a :toekton Darli 1 & iTartle) Vale 9 £lO sharos (.). Pref., No. L - .4: ?, 'l - ..a.Tnee Haven Do, and R-iilway 2,1) V , Lle Neath... al •Va,taif 1. & '-:aterforl&Limer , 18 Nest Cornwa!l. :3 'jest End of Londoi. And Crystal Palace.. all Most London. 114111( Wimblefin & Croydoi. Business dohs this day. 43 i 20 10 50 25 25 St. St 20 20 10 10 22 - - 7 .. - 6 FOREIGN. A/ all .Y e t pl..ttott , rtim 5 3 Belgian Eagtn. June !() 10 nieziers to Craissessav l 0 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip Central of Italy .7i all nemerant .. O 11 Dijon and Be=ancon.. O 10 Duteb Rhenish O all Eastern of France '0 10 Do. New O all Fast Indian O 10 Do. Ev! . .cnsion O all Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, do 15 Gd. Tk of Cana , l4,A is hi] Do. St. Lawrence Z., Atlantic do. ail Do. Cert. of Deben., I con. into Stk. till '63 all I ' •Do Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 (Gt. Central of Franc, all Indian Peninsul. 1 Do. New 5 per cent 12 Great Luxembourw Constituted Shares. all Do. Obligations all Gt. Western of Canad Shares all Do. Rds., payable's7, with option till '55 all Do. do., '62, p. '56 . all Do. do., '76, p. '60.. all Dn. do., '73, without option all Ilanniton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 14 Lake Collat. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. prof 10 Lyons and Geneva ... 12 Lyons dt Mediterran. lo .+, Madras 10 Do. New t Maria Antonia .11 . Do. do. New all Namur & Liege (with interest). all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France. all D 0.20/. Sh s.late Char leroi and Erqueline:, guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 22M. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. :854._ all Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds. (filly. B. & Ams. Sits ) all JorwegianTrunkPref 16 Paris and Lyons all hitt() Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen... . 10 "arisCaen &Cherbrg. all 'mien and Havro 20 h;oyal Danish 3 'loyal Swedish all iambre and Meuse all Do. 54 p. cent. Pref 4 Southern of France 16 it. Andrew's and Quebec (A). all 'Vest Flanders all Do 5i per c. Pref 16 I Western of France. Sept. of Switzerland all WiJsbaden all Zealand JOINT-S! all j lustra, sia all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond 18 , English Scottish and Aiistral;An all Lond. Chart. Ek. ot, Australia. 5 Ditto New. 20 if.ondon and County.. 10 'London Joint Stock.. 20 Lord. & Westminster 35 INational Provincial of Eugland 10 Do. New 22i National of Ireland. all New South Wales... all ; Oriental Bank of Corporation. 25 Nrovincial of Ireland all iDo. New 1 Royal Anstraln.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co all iSouth Australia all 'Union of Australia... 2i Do. Now 10 Union c Loudon 81 - Si i - 1.4 24 - 2,i par i p 35 -- If : •• - •• 9 - .8 9 / 1 - 8i 49 51 89 - 91 2 - 241 - - it) 2 - 2i 22 - 24 17? 3 . 18 96 - 98 96 - 98 100 - 102 94 96 19i - 20 98 - 100 . . - flip fi - 2ip par ip li 4p 6i - 61 34i -35 i 12} -- 121 S.— 9 221 22ip 48 :: 65 40 42 p 22} par par ip 2 —lg i 8 —B# ..• - ••• ... - pm 3i - 5 i - 6iPj iii :- f 6 BANKS. 80 - 82 • . • ld—i • d 3 -- 2id 20 21 d ip 33 -7- 38 3! - 4.1 37 - 39 65 - 67 7i .w = m • 76i 4BKET NEWS-(THIB DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The leading provincial markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with wheat. Most kinds moved off slowly, yet very little change took place in the quota tions. The barley trade was tolerably firm. Oats and flour were dull; but beans and peas sold steadily, ut full prices. Our last advices from New York state that both wheat and flour were firm, at very full prices. On the Conti nent only a limited business has been transacted in grain on English account. Very moderate supplies of English grain were received up to our market coastwise. The imports from abroad were 3,654 qrs of wheat, 1,693 barley, 6 beans, 893 tares, 8,202 linseed, 2,202 rapeseed, 108 mustard seed, 38 sundry seeds, 539 sacks and 4,742 brls of flour. Fresh up to our market, this morning, the arrivals of English wheat, coastwise, were on a moderate scale. By land carriage the receipts were small, and the show of samples was rather limited. The attendance of millers was by no means extensive ; yet, the demand for most kinds of home-grown wheat ruled somewhat steady, at last Monday's currency._ The general quality of the sup ply was seasonably good. Foreign wheat, the supply of which on offer was but moderate, was inactive as regards business. Importers, however, were very firm in their demands, and late rates were well supported. In floating cargoes no business was reported. Scarcely any foreign barley was in the market, and the show of Englieh was but moderate. The barley trade was firm, and, in some instances, paces were is per quarter higher than on Monday last. The sale for all kinds of malt was heavy. In prices no change to )1c place. The supply of oats was very moderate; yet the oat trade was rather inactive, at late rates. We had a fair inquiry for beans, at full prices. The supply was small. Peas sold steadily, but no change took place in their value. The flour trade was rather firm, at last week's currency. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex• & Kent, Red ...• new 62.4t0 72a Ditt0............ old 68s 74. Ditto, White new 78s 82$ Ditt0........ old 79s 84s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 64s 76a Ditto new •• •• •• 6ts 75s Kyo—Old .......... •• —8 —a Nialt—Chevalier .... 703 to 71s Oats Yorkshire and Lineolush., Feed 25s 29, Potato ...... •• 28s 30s Tough* andeork Black. ...• •• 24s 29s pork t Wliit!..... 26s 303 Scotch, Feed..... 278 30s Beans—Tick 36s 398 Pigeons ...... 38 , 448 Peas—Grey .......... 33s 3 s Map1e...........36s 368 White......• •• •• 368 428 Boilers .........428 45s Flour—Town-made... 60s 65s Suffolk .....• •• •• 488 518 Stocktn &Norfolk Os 528 New .... •....... Barley—Grinding.•• 293 Malting ..• ...... 323 . •• 333 lialt—SuffolkandNor- f01k............ 62s 67s Brown.— .• .• ........ 58s 60s ELlngstonandWare 68s 70s SMITHFIELD. There was a further increase in the imports of foreign stock into London last week, the total supply amounting to 1,378 head. In the corresponding week in 1854, we received 1,424; in 1853, 2,761; in 1852, 1,185; in 1851, 2,218; in 1850, 1,151; in 1849, 1,061; and in 1848, 1,395 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs Rotterdam...... 32 ... 2I 0 ... 135 Calais Dordt 9 ... Corunna Harlingen Antwerp ". Hamburgh 3O ... ---- ... 55 ... - ... -- ... 4i2 - T0ta1.... 810 ... 365 ... ... 203 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1854 613 ... 587 218 5 1853 928 1,416 .852 205 ... 664 851 4OO ... 1,547 .850 272 ... 737 ... 397 ... 20 ... 316 ... - ... 232 ... 29 ... 142 ... -- To-day's market was but moderately supplied with foreign stock, in, for the most part, very middling con dition. The receipts of boasts from Norfolk were large and of excellent quality; indeed, the show of this description of stock was very prime. The attendance of buyers was good, yet the beef trade was in a depressed state, at a de cline in the prices obtained on Monday last of 2d per 81bs. In some instances the quotations game way 4d per 81bs ; hence, 4s 10d per 81bs must be considered an extremeprice for the best Scots. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,700 Scots and short horns; from other parts of England, 400 of various breeds ; and, from Scotland, 160 horned and polled Scots. There was a considerable increase in the supply of sheep, compared with.several previous weeks; but at least two thirds of the number were composed of tegs of light weight. Evidently keep is getting very scarce in some of our flock districts. All breeds of sheep met a dull sale, and prices gave way quits 2d per Blbs. Long-woolled sh,,ep were extremely heavy, and even lower than above quoted. Shorn sheep sold with difficulty at fully 6d per Blbs below those in the wool. The supply of lambs was moderate, and the sale for them was steady, at from 5d to 6.1 per 81bs. We were scantily supplied with calves, and the veal trade ruled steady at 4d per Blbs above last Friday'r. cur rency. Top pica 4s 10d per Sibs. The sale for pigs was heavy. In pi ices no change took place. Per Sibs to sink the oil Us. s. d. s. d.l s. d. s d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 41PrimeSouthdowo 4 8 5 0 Second quality.... 3 6 , 4 2i large erse. calves 310 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 61Prime small d 0... 4 6 410 Prime Scots, Lee. 4 8 416 Large hogs 1 0 4 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 1 Sniall porkers 3 2 4 4 Secon6 quality ...3 10 4 I.llSuckling calves-21 0 28 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 2 4 4 Quarter old pigs 20 0 25 0 Lamb ss Od to Gs 0.1. TOTAL BOTPLT. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .• •••••••. .. • • • • 4,319 Beasts•• ....... .• •• ••.. • 704 Sheep 27,030 1 Sheep .......... •• ••.... 330 Calves ..•• •• •• •••• •••• .. 13 I Calves.. .........• •• •• •• •• 80 Ailitatcmcnt and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat 1854, and this d a y, M on d ay, A pril 2, s t oc k exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, April 3 , 1855. Per 81bs, to sink the offal% April 3,1854.1 April 2,1855. s. d. e. d. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts ... 3 oto 3 2' 1 3 2to 3 4 Second quality ditto ... .•• ••• 3 4 S 6i3 6 4 2 Prime large oxen ... .•• ••• 3 8 310 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, dze 4 0 4 2 1 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep ... ..• 3 6 3 8,3 6 3 8 Second quality ditto ... ~. 310 4 4,3 10 4 0 Prime coarse 'mooned ditto ... ... 4 6 4 8,1 2 4 4 Prime Southdown ditto .. 410 5 0 4 8 5 0 Lambs 5 2 6 lU i 5 0 g 0 Large coarse calves 4 4 5 03 10 4 4 Prime small ditto 5 2 5 611 6 410 Large hogs ... ... 3 0 4 , i 3 0 4 0 Neat small p0rker5......... 4 4 4 8 4 2 4 4 Beasts... ... 5,199 4,319 Sheep ... 25,750 27,030 Calves... ... 97 123 Pigs ... ... 320 310 SUPPLIES ON SALE, April 4, 1853.—Beasts, 4,677 ; sheel', 22,290; calves, 203; pigs, 190. April 5, 1852.—Beasts, 3,368; sheep and lambs, 22,630 : calves, 178 ; pigs, 410. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Our markets are seasonably well, but not to say heavily, supplied ; and the demand for most kinds of meat is in a sluggiih state, as follows : Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Boef, inferior 3 2 3 4 Mutton, Inferior Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do., middling.... Do., prime large .3 14 4 0 , Do., prime ; De , do. 5ma11.... 4 2 4 4 Veal Fvrk, large _3 0 3 8 I Pork, small s. d. s. d. 34 3 6 .3 8 3 10 .4 0 4 6 34 4 4 ,3 10 4 4 BOROUGH HOP. Our market is very scantily supplied with home-grown hops. For most kinds the demand is inactive, on former terms. Last weeks imports were 5 bales from Rotterdam, 188 from Antwerp, 60 from Harlingen, and 10 from Ham burgh. Mid and East Kent pockets, 14/ lls to 20' ; Weald of Kent ditto, 141 Os to 15' Os; Sussex, 141 to 151. ; and yearlings, 71 7s to 121. per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The arrivals of potatoes continue large for the time of year, and in excellent condition. The demand is heavy, as follows :—York Regents, 110 s to 120 s; Kent and Essex do., 100 s to 1103; Scotch do., 90s to 100 s; do. reds, 80s tc, 95s ; middlings, 70s to 80s ; blues, 73s to 85s; Lincolns, 100 s to 110 s per ton. WOOL. As manufacturers almost generally have become short of stock, there is a slight improvement in the demand for nearly all kinds of English wool, and in some instances the quotations have an upward tendency. I❑ foreign and colonial qualities, however, very little is doing, on former terms. The imports last week were 600 bales from Mel bourne, 1,100 from Hobart Town, 900 from Port Philip, and 70 from New Orleans. The following are the current rates of English wool : Down tegs, is OM to is ld ; Down ewes, is to is ()id ; half-bred ewes, lld to 11. d ; half-bred tegs is Od to is 01d ; Kent fleeces, l Od to is 04d ; long heavy wool fleeces, 91d to 101 d ; combing skins, 9d to lld ; flannel wool, is Od to is ld ; blanket wool, 7d to 116 d.; Leicester fleeces, 10d to lld per lb. :DS. For most agricultural see( fully last week's prices. Ii limited business is doing. __ Es the demand is steady, at L linseed and cakes only a Turnip, White, per bush. 22s to 2531 Swede •• —8 —s ?if as'vard, Brown .....• 12i 1-1 s White, new...... Ss r tres,Virinter, new.... 11 s 12, Carraway...... •• • • .. 443 465 Coriander • • 163 188 llempseed, per quarter 5,43 56s Linseed, Eng. - ;owing.. 68s 70s Crushing • • • • 663 67s Baltic • • •• • • —s —s Odessa • • •• • • 643 68s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English 12/ Os 12 10s Foreign, per ton 11' Os 12/ 5s Rape Cakes, pr ton 6' 5s 6' 53 Itapeseed,New,prlst 33 13, 35 Os _ Old •• ••• • • • 9i 10. Canary, per quarter .. 443 54; Rye grass • • •.. • • ... 223 31s Clover, Red . (cwt.) 523 65; White •• • • • • 703 H 43 Foreign Red.. •••• 48 3 G White•... 6 i 76., Trefoil, new.......... 2.11 32H TALLOW. Since Monday last the business doing in our market has baen very moderate. In prices, however, scarcely any change has taken place. To-day P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted at 48s per cwt. Rough fat, 2s 6d per 8 lbs. 1351. 1853. 1854. 1855. Stock this day 36.281 -10 s °to Price of Y. C 04 , —I 42,882 31,579 34.283 35s to 35 s 6d9dl 448 9d to 68s 6,1 'o 33,943 48s Od ••• . Od I —s Oci to —s Od Delivery last week 1,296 1,198 2,010 1,727 1,870 Ditto from June 1.... 84,09 94.724 88,623 85,681 70,187 Arrivals last week.. 1,249 276 9 207 3 , 7 Ditto from Junel 94,846 101,972 79,574 98,649 68,130 Price of Town .. 414 61 aog 04 460 61 698 94 480 64 624 a d 12 13 I 65i I n 100 i 891 83.1 3 2} 71} 2 14 13 121 49 81 G2i 601 14 60i 17 22 111 19t 8; f THE MAGAZINES. Blackwood.—The first article in Blackwood is entitled " How to Dress Him," and was written some time since by one who, at the commence ment of the war, " threw aside the pen for the sword." Now, however, when the general atten tion is so earnestly directed to the consideration of the military system, and when experience has proved his melancholy anticipations to be well grounded, the writer thought it expedient to set forth the defects which had come under his notice in the clothing department. Truly, the list of articles of clothing, which are little short of instru ments of torture, is sufficient to excite astonishment as well as indignation. The points especially alluded to are the shako, the stock, and the boot. The concluding chapter, written after the fulfilment of the author's prophecies, contains many sensible ob servations. "Is disaster," it is asked, "the fault of men or systems?" The reply given is, "Of both, but the men were most culpable. The system was bad— 1 had•as could be, but it never could have caused such disaster had there been able men to wielcl the might and sustain the honour of England." It is well said that " in peace there may be safety in a multi tude of counsellors, but there must be one head, one hand to govern a crisis." It is suggested at the conclusion that the Government, if unable to make the necessary provisions from the public depart ments, might have taken advantage of " a spirit of enterprise and speculation that knew not check or limit—a manufacturing ability which laughed at time or quantity," which had sprung up since the last campaign. "Had the Government expressed its want, how long would it have been ere a body of able men, with a civil officer at their head, would have been ready for any service ?—and so on. How long would a demand for warehousemen and wharfingers, to transship and house the stores of an army, have been announced in the City or in Liverpool ere there would have been volunteers enow How long would our manufacturing firms have been in supplying any quantity or quality of clothing, tents, &c., or our trading men in collecting medicine, wine, &c., necessary for the sick ? Would there have not been tenders by the hundred for undertaking the draught and trans. port work for any time or any distance ? Has not a firm volunteered now to furnish meals, ready cooked to our soldiers at any distance from the coast, at the cost of 3s. 3d. a day per man ? Does this firm stand alone in enterprise and patriotism ? All these things might have been prepared ere our soldiers were ready. Thesa resources were at hand, but our rulers were too blind to see, too indolent to avail themselves of them. Had they been resorted to, how much of disaster and disgrace might have been spared. Our generals, without anxiety for their communications, commissariat, or transport, might have bestowed all their attention on the discipline and tactics of the army. The soldiers would have marched and fought, with the assurance of finding, when all was over, their camp ready, their sup per cooked, their blankets at hand, and of - having a change of clothing when the season required it. The cavalry would have found forage for their chargers, and would not have known the mortification of seeing the noble animals which had carried them through a charge, dying from starvation or cold, or degraded to the work of beasts of burden. This, with the past fresh in our memory, seems a Utopian view, yet we have a faith that it may be realised. We speak not more of the past than for the future. We believe that, in all our military operations, it would he. better to trust to the general resources of the country, and the vitality of commercial enterprise, than to depend on departmetiO, which must become inefficient from disuse, or the reductions inevitable in time of peace." A second paper is given on " Psychological Inqui ries," which is somewhat complex and abstruse in its nature. The usual instalment of "Zaidee" fol lows. In this part we are introduced to a new group—the family circle of the Disbrowes—ihe home where poor Zaidee has taken refuge. We have the easy,indolentfather,thecleverrnanaging"mamm a ," the real head of the family, the bustling self-pos sessed bride, the pert younger sister, and a whole group of nursery elves, all installed as claimants for our interest or attention. Zaidee herself ap pears to - be in a position of considerable difficulty, yet while her loneliness and ignorance make her feel helpless and bewildered, and she even doubts if what she has done is' not very wrong, she still clings to her self-sacrificing resolution even in de fiance of the loving words that reach her from her only friends, bidding her "come hpme." A criticism on the literary character of Charles Dickens will at once attract the reader's attention. It takes a =review of most of his works, and renders its tri- I e of admiration to ng"Pickwick," " Nickolas Nickleby," the " Old Curiosity Shop," and "David Copperfield" in particular. While con curring in some of the criticisms, we must, how ever, demur to the allusion to the theories of Household Words at the conclusion. In the first place, the meaning of the pas sage they object to is not very clearly apparent ; in the second place, the expression of their own opinion is still more confused ; and in the third place, the subject is summarily dismissed as un connected with Mr. Dickens' autlorship. If so, why is it introduced B The general tone of the article is fair and impartial, however, and many of its criticisms just. A paper on the death of Nicho las is written-with fairness and ability. The con tinuation of the story of " The Campaign" con cludes the number. University.—ln this number there are several sketches and tales of interest. " The Dramatic Writers of Ireland" is continued. Wo are only presented with two characters in this divi sion, Arthur Murphy and Hugh Kelly. It is ob served of Murphy that he has not had justice done to his merits. Churchill's satire in the Rosciad may, it is averred, have had much to do with his depreciation, as " nine out of t en p re fer a tirade of abuse to a chapter of panegyric." It was unfortu nate for Murphy that " Know your own Mind," the best effort of his pen, should have been post , poned publication nine years, and then appeared simultaneously with the " School for Scandal." It was cast into the shade by the superior brilliancy. of Sheridan's composition, although of itself excel lent, and of au enduring nature. The most remarkable feature in the life of Hugh Kelly was the extraordinary confusion that arose on the appearance of a play called " A Word to the Wise." On account of some party feeling against the author the play was bitterly opposed by one section and as veh emen tl y supporte d by the other. It was impossible at last to have it performed at all. After the death of Kelly the piece was revived at Covent Garden, and Dr. Johnson wrote the following prologue, which was warmly applauded for its merit and purpose : " This night presents a play which public rage, Or right, or wrong, once hooted from the stage. From zeal or malice now no more we dread, For English vengeance wars not with the dead. • • • • Where aught of bright or fair the piece displays, Approve it only—'tis too late to praise : If want of skill, or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss —the poet cannot hear." " The Water Cure" is an interesting and well written sketch. Its purport and meaning may be gathered from the words prefixed to it—" Having our minds sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water." It is certain that the two individuals here cited were the very best qualified to be benefited by the treatment of the Water Cure. One had exhausted his physical, and the other his mental, faculties by over excitement. To such the invigorating systems for body and mind were everything. A most pleasing story is mingled with the reflections in this sketch. The cousins had a moral trial to go through, after the mental and physical bracing was over. The discipline of life was theirs to work out in many of its ramifications. Hardy, the man of action, retired to his country estates to gisncohmis generation, and ameli ora t e the committed to his charge. Fyf e , the manye le a m u a s n ef uolf man generation, returned to London to finish the work laid down in misanthrophy and ennui. "It will be a different Work ! wholesome, cheerful, brave ; such an one as is the Io triumphe of a great spiritual Marathon ; such an one as I never should. have written in all my days had I not in body and soul undergone the Water Cure." Venetian a pictur e , i s ra th er curious n possessed of int eres t. It is not a probable narrative, b u t s ki ll and feeling style but are displayed in its descriptions. " The Barrier States of Europe" is the subject of a long article, which is devoted to the consider ation of Poland ; and it is declared that one of two courses should be adopted—either the war should be abandoned, and each nation prepare defences against any crisis, or " a new barrier state should be constructed, with its north-eastern frontier line marked by the avina and the Dnieper, and ex tending from the Gulf of Riga to the harbour of Odessa. Better—said the old Anglo-Irish Chief tain—a castle of bones than a castle of stones. Better either, say We, than a pent house of protocols." "Flights to Fairyland," has for its subject this time " The Stolen Child," which is taken from one of the ancient traditions of Scotland, and is a most curious legend, even though the record be longs. to fairyland. " Contemporary and Post humous Reputation of Authors " contains some good ideas, and some thoughts which are worthy of attention. It is said that, " generally speaking, he will have the best chance with posterity whose work is most in unison with his age ; he must neither be before nor behind it." " Let a man ex press in art what he sees, and those about him ought to see—in thought, that which his fellows stand in need of." Napoleon in his youth exclaimed to his brother, rambling amid the rooks of Corsica, " I desire to be my own posterity." This, it is ob served, is the right feeling. " Every hero should contain his posterity within himself." Bentley's Miscellany.—An article, "Peace. or War," opens this number. It is followed by the editor's tale of " The Spendthrift," which chronicle some strange events, ending with a duel. A de scription of the Campo Santo di Poveri at Naples reveals a fearful picture of the management of a Neapolitan cemetery ; and we do not wonder that the spectator shares Irving's feeling when he said, "God grant I may not die at Naples," and ex claims, " May English burial economics never reach the point of constructing wholesale coffinless vaults." The tale of " Wanted Immediately" is not very brilliant or interesting. The " Narrative of a Day's Shooting at the Cape" may afford some novelty to the lovers of field sports. An interesting paper by Monkshood gives us some account of the " Private Journal and Literary Remains of John Byrom," which have recently appeared under the editorship of Dr. Parkinson. The journal, it ap pears, possesses one peculiarity, being evidently intended to be entirely private. The extreme rarity of such cases is remarked upon, and it is asserted that "about the utterly private object of this journal of Byrom's there can be no mistake what• ever." Whether it is quite fair to make such a record public is, p3rhaps, a question. "In un unearthing these remains, Dr. Parkinson revives what was once a recognised power in the literary world, the name and fame of John Byrom, a ripe scholar, an out-and-out book buyer, as well as book lover, an influential writer, a finished table-talker, a privileged wit, and which he would himself have laid stress upon, as his especial distinction, the author of the first scientific work of shorthand." The name he adopted was John Shadow. It was un wittingly an ominous name—Shadow I will call myself to my contemporaries, seems to have said John Byrom. Shadow thou shalt be to posterity, said Time. Foreseeing a cen tury of oblivion and change. Byrom took, as it were, for his device— " Stet umbrae nomen." Time, cynically fond of correcting proofs, put his delete against that reading, and substituted " Nominis umbra." Byrom's contemporaries would have hardly believed in the extent, in the intensity of this oblivion and this change, though Father Time had sworn it in their hearing, by his scythe and hour-glass.—Call we ourselves shadows or sub stances, we are, the best of us, such stuff as dreams are made of, shadows that walk at noonday ; and rare, indeed, is the shadow that lengthens and deepens as the sun goes down." An article on " An Asiatic Campaign" concludes the number. Colburn's United Service.—A. review of the cele brated work on naval gunnery by Sir Howard Douglas succeeds the usual narrative of the siege of Sebastopol. Sir Howard's Essay, it appears, has been translated by order of every European. Government, but the author has received no re ward from ours. A descriptive account of Petro paulowska and Kamschatka is followed by " Critical Observations relative to the Operations on the Danube," a review of Quartermaster Connolly's " History of the Royal Sappers and Miners," an impartial narrative of " The Gavazzi Tragedy in Canada," by Lieut-Colonel Sir J. E. Alexander, and other interesting or useful matter, including "On the Alert," a marvellous story of the camp, and " The Editor's Portfolio." The Committee of Inquiry and Mr. Lindsay's remarks on the ma nagement of our naval transport, do not appear to meet with the editor's approval. LITEBATURE. A _History of Modern Italy, from the First French • Revolution to the'year 1850. By Richard Weber Wrightson. Richard Bentley. In these pages will be found a compendious sketch of the occurrences which have contributed to decide the destiny of the Peninsula, and which have paved the way for its present condition. The spirit in which they aro narrated may be gathered from the preface, in which the auth or t e ll s us t h e purpose he has had in view is to present such a re trospect of the past as may be useful in estimating the hopes and probabilities of the future, and to deprecate any interference by foreign sympathisers on questions which can only be brought to a satis factory solution by the intelligence and fortitude of the people whom they concern. The work is there fore not a Mazzinian history, nor, on the other hand, is it a reactionary one ; while the Italian demo crat meets with little favour, a strong faith in constitutional government, as the panacea required with a desire for its application, is perceptible throughout. The author's style is vigorous and flowing, and whethpr wa_ngree with him or not on certain points we must accord him the merit of being thoroughly conversant with his subject, and, in a literary point of view at least, well able to deal with it.. With one passage ive fancy some of our readers will be a little struck. "An idea," we are told, " has long been current among Italians that the prospect o f country would be brightened by a relegation of the Turks from Europe. On this account, England, being considered the princi pal stay of Turkey as it is, is often regarded with no small jealousy and dislike." Autobiography of .7a . mes Silk Buckingham,. Vols. I. and 11. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longrnans. This book, the amiable and accomplished author tells us in the preface, will surprise many and en tertain, it is hoped, not a few. On the first head we are unable to express an opinion, but on the second we may say there can be little doubt of the author's hope being. realised. The contents of these volumes, in fact, form very pleasant reading, and are not without considerable value in the way of information and instruction. In the aubbio graphy, we are informed, Mr. Buckingham intends to include his voyages, travels, adventures, specu lations, successes, and failures, interspersed with characteristic sketches of public men with whom he had intercourse during a period of more than fifty years, and to set down everything with fidelity and frankness. The reasons which have induced him to write his biography deserve to be recorded; they are (1) a conviction that few public men have been more misrepresented than himself ; (2) that few travel lers have seen more, and few personally have ex petienced greater vicissitudes ; (3) a degire to en courage .others about to begin life by showing the beneficial results of industry, temperance, and perseverance in surmounting the greatest dif ficulties ; and (4) a wish to leave behind him for the consideration of posterity his deliberate views as a social reformer. The cogency of reasons like these few will be inclined to dispute. Vols. I. and 11. contain the history of the author's early life, together with his experiences and adventiires up to the period of his second , visit to India. Among other things we are introduced to the late Mahomed Ali and sundry other notables, the reader's at tention by the way being kept up from first to last. A portrait of Mr. Buckingham accompanies the work. The Fibrous Plants of India. By J. Forbes Royle, M.D., F.R.S. Smith, Elder, and Co. A work Lby so eminent an authority as Dr. Royle on a subject of so much importance at the present day as the adaptation of the fibrous plants of India for cordage, clothing, and paper can re quire no comments of ours to insure its perusal. All, therefore, we shall do is to state that the same powers of observation, discrimination, and careful research which give their character to the other works of the learned botanist are obvious in the present volume, and that the result of his investi gations is a conviction that an abundant supply of cheap and effective materials for paper making and our textile manufactures may be had from the vegetable kingdom without confining ourselves to flax and cotton ; while, with regard to cordage, neither our royal nor our mercantile marine need restrict themselves to European sources of supply. Not the least valuable part of the work, we may add, is the accurate account of the cultivation and preparation of flax, hemp, and their substitutes. In this the disheartened colonist and planter will have access to much useful information. The Irish Quarterly Review (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.), for March, contains papers on education, poetry, and general literature. An article on the ancient MSS. of Trinity College (Dublin) Library will prove interesting to the Biblical student. The Crimea, with a Visit to Odessa. By C. W. Kech ; with illustrations. Routledge. Those who wish for information with respect to the climate, soil, &c., of the Crimea, on which they may feel they can depend, should buy this cheap little book, which is written in an unexaggerated vein, and affords proof of observation and judg ment. The author's visit was paid prior to the oc cupation of the Crimea by the allied armies. The work, we may add, is a continuation of his eastern travels. Photographic Pleasures Popularly Portrayed with Pen and Pencil. By Cuthbert Bede, B.A. T. M'Lean. ----- Under the above alliterative title, and in the most amusing manner, the art of Photography is presented to us in various lights. First we have it as " a light subject," then in a legendary, high art, artistic, portrait-painting, love, amateu r , ar i s t ocra tic, negative, positive, and detective light; and, by way of conclusion, "in all man ner o f li g ht s " beside,Vie veritable biographer' of Verdant Grove 4.002, a r, 4,11 > 2,,„ SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock, TATTERSALL'S, (THIS EVENING.) NEWMARKET HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Quince (take 6to 1) 7to 1 agst Crown Pigeon (taken) Bto 1 agst Dr. O'Toole (taken) GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Atberstone (taken) 100 to 6 agst Spencer CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agst Scythian (taken) 20 to 1 agst Muscovite (taken) 20 to 1 agst Andover (taken) 30 to 1 agst Joe Miller (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Little Davie THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to 4 agst St. Hubert (taken) 6to 1 agst. Lord of the Isles (taken) 6to 1 agst Polydore (taken) DERBY. 6to 1 agst St. Hubert 10 to 1 agst Rifleman 10 to 1 agst De Clare (taken freely). 12 to 1 aget Grawculus Esuriens. 20 to 1 agst Wild Dayrell (taken). 20 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick (taken freely.) 25 to 1 agst Bonnie Morn. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES PROM FIELD• MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN. ( From a Supplement to Friday's Gazette.) WAR DEPARTMENT, APRIL 2. Lord Paninure has this day received two despatches and their enclosures, of which the following are copies, ad dressed to his Lordship by Field-Marshal the Lord Rag lan, G.C.B. Before Sebastopol, March 20, 1855. My Lord,—l do myself the honour to transmit to your lordship a letter from the Inspector-General of Hospitals, forwarding the weekly return of sick to the 17th inst. The number of sicii is not diminished, but the cases are lighter, and every day the men in camp exhibit a more healthy appearance. I have, &c. The Lord Panmure, &c. &c. &c. Enclosure. RAGLAN. Before Sebastopol, March 19. My Lord,—ln transmitting the weekly state of sick of the army to the 17th instant, I have the honour to state, that though the sickness still amounts to 14.31 per cent., the mortality does not e/eceed 0.51 per cent., which is a proof that the diseasesare mi!derin character; and I think I may safely say the general health and appearance of the men is greatly improved ; and had not the duty, by the unavoidable operations of the siege going on, been increased of late, I think the sick list would have been still more diminished, as the men's condition is in every other way so much improved both in diet, dress, and accommodation. It has been proposed by the Minister-at-War to give the men tea, coffee, , and cocoa on alternate mornings, and to-morrow your lordship will receive the report of the Medics! Thud ordered to consider the subject. The two first, I think good, and the change will be both agreeable and beneficial to the men, but cocoa I am afraid requires too much preparation to be usefully adopted in the army unthr present circumstances. The prevailing diseases aro fevers of a low typhoid form in sonic instances, and in others assuining in in termittent and rt mitterit type, and 'bowel comp!aints. Fevers have been rather on the' incrra-ie of late, but bowel complaints have become much fewer in number, and milder in ch:iracter. Scurvy, too, though the number appears large in the return, is on the d e cr ease; an d I cui assure your Lord ship, rom recent personal inspection of the men of the different divisions, that the gen era l i t y o f the cases re turned under that head are of the most trifling character, and under the use of the present change of diet, I am in hopes the disease will sou totally disappear from our list. In the Ist Division, the Brigade of Guards continues to improve in health and appearance, from its change of situation; and the brigade of Highlanders is also effi cient. The 79th and 93d are influenced by the locality of their camps, which cannot well be changed, and have more sickness than the 42d, which are more favourably placed, and in this regiment the most scrupulous atten tion is paid to the sanitary condition of their camp. To show how locality affects the health of the men, I may mention the wing of tho 2d battalion of the Rifle Brigade which occupies the high promontory of the southern extremity of the Balaklava, lines overlooking the sea and here, though the men are exposed, and the duty as as severe as in any other part of the camp, there is little or no disease: In the 2d Division, the •41st and nth Regtments have been more unhealthy than the rest, and have had a larger number of fever cases than others ad mitted into hospital. and many of them have been of a serious character. It is difficult to account for this, as there is nothing in the locality of the ground occupied by these two regiments different from that of the rest of the division. Perhaps their terts were a little more crowded than the rest, and the hospital huts, from the pressure of sickness, had more men in them than was advisable ; but this I directed to be remedied when I visited the hospitals a few days age. The health of the 3d Divison is improved, decidedly so in some of the regiments ; and the health of the 4th and Light Divisions is improved also. The cavalry, with the exception of the 2d Dragoons, is in good health, and the health of the 2d, the Superin tending Medical Officer seems to think, has been influ ence 1 by local causes that are now in course of removal. The health of the artillery has been tolerably good during the week, and the cases under treatment, both in the general and convalescent hospitals at Balaklava, have progressed favourably ; and when the remainder of the hospital huts at the Castle come into use, expect great advantage from their occupation, both by con % alescents and wounded men, should we unfortunately have any.—l have &c., J. HALL, Inspector-G .B ene ., ral of Hospit a l s . To Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, G.O Commanding-in-Chief. Before Sebastopol, March 20, 1855. Mr LORD,—In my despatch of the 17th inst., I re ported to your lordship the progress made in forming the parallel constructed to unite the right of our attack with the left of the French on the Inkerman heights. The contest of the latter with the enemy for the 'pos. session of the rifle pits in their immediate front was renewed after dark on that night, and was continued for several hours, the fire being excessively heavy, particu larly of musketry, and considerable loss must have been sustained by our allies I fear, as well as by the enemy, who continue to hold the ambuscades ; but the French persevere, notwithstanding, in working forward, and are approaching the mamelon, on which the Russians are busily engaged in building a formidable work, though frequently interrupted by our batteries and those of the French. On the. night of the 17th the English parallels were not attacked, but the fire to which I have above alluded was so continuous, that the whole force was either under arms or ready to turn out. _ _ _ I enclose the returns of casualties to the 18th inst. It was currently reported yesterday that Prince Men schikoff had died on his way to Moscow. I have not been able to ascertain if this ,report be founded ; but it was so fully credited as to have been despatched to Con stantinople. , Prince Gortshakoff is stated to have arrived at Batschi-Sarai, and to have assumed the command of the army. Reinforcements are reported to be on their Way from Russia, and the 9th bivision to have reached the neigh bourhood of Eupatoria. The position of the Russian troops in the vicinity of the Tchernaya remains un altered. _ - .. _ Th e progress of the railway oontinues to be satisfactory, an d wo are already ena b led to use it f th considerable adv in antage, both f or the conveyance way on o suppli this side of Kads and huttg, ikoi, so far as the hi g h ground some Nr. Beattie's exertions deserve every commendation. -I have, &'., RAGLAN. ........,....... a...* RETURN. Enclosu re 1. OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 16 TH TO 18 TH OF MARCH, INCLUSIVE. 17th Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file missing. 34th Foot-3 rank and file, wounded. 49th Foot --1 rank and file, wounded. 57th Foot —1 officer, wounded. 77th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 89th Foot-2 rank and file, woun d 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade-2 ran sld file, wounded. Royal Artillery -1 sergeant, wonunded. Royal Sappers and ra-1 rank and Al., wounded. is quite an enthusiastic photographer, and all the wit and drollery of the work is directed, and most successfully, to elucidate the history, present con dition, value, and prospects of the ar t, f or t h e ad miration and insti uction of the gentle public. The chapter on " high art " will hardly meet with the approbation of some connoisseurs, but the whimsi cal pencillings cannot fail to ,excite general merri ment. " Photographic Pleasures," " The Fixity Process," " The Photographist i n a Fi x ," an d " T o secure a pleasing Portrait is everything" are ex ceedingly good. Mahomedanisin, in its Relation to Prophecy. By Ambrose Lisle Phillips, Esq. Dolman. An interesting inquiry into the prophecies con cerning Antichrist, with reference to their possible bearing on the events of the present day. Tem perately written and learnedly ; of course tinctured by the religious Views of the author, a distinguished convert, if we are not mistaken, to the Roman Catholic faith. Those who wish to see how Roman Catholics interpret prophecy cannot do better than purchase this work. WOUNDED. MARCH 18. 67th Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant George Mitchell, dangeroualy. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. • E 4. NOMINAL RETURN OF osure NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES MISSING FROM 16Ta TO 15TH MARCH, 1855, INCLUSIVE. MISSING. MARCH 17. 21st Regiment of Foot. Private Hugh Al`Wiggin. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCO URT, Adjutant-General. MA.RYLEBONE POLICE COURT. Mils AFTERNOON.) EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SHOP-LIFTING BY A LADY This afternoon, Mrs. Mary Rainsbothan, who, it will be recollected, was taken into custody on a charge of the above-mentioned nature, was brought up on a remand from last week for further examination. The hearing of the case appeared to excite the greatest interest in the neighbourhood, and the court was crowded almost to suffocation. The prisoner, who is the wife of Dr. Ramsbotham, a highly -respectable physician, residing at No. 7, Port man-square, was charged with stealing four cam bric handkerchiefs, the property of Mr. Moule, draper, Baker-street, Portman-square. Although the case occu pied the attention of the magistrate almost to the time of our going to press, and evidence at considerable length was taken, the facts may be very shortly given. The prisoner, it was stated, entered the prosecutor's shop, and after inspecting different articles, purchased some lining, which she ordered to be forwarded to her residence. Before she left the shop, however, she was observed by one of the assistants to take the handker chiefs with which she went away. She was followed to a stationer's shop in the locality, and on coming from it was spoken to relative to the property. She at first denied ever being at the shop, bat at length produced the hankercbiefs, and admitted taking them, adding that she intended to take them home to show her sister, and if the latter bad not approved of them she should have returned them to the prosecutor. At the conclusion of this evidence the prisoner was committed for trial at the next Westminster Sessions. Bail was, however, again taken for her, the same sureties who had previously been bound for her renew ing their recognisances. THE MISSION OP_ DROUYN DE L'HUYS. We extract the following from a letter received this morning from Paris. It is dated Sunday 6 p.m. : " When we are told that M. Drouyn de I'llnys is going to - Vienna with pacific intentions,' it is not meant that he is charged by• the Emperor Nis. poleon or by the Eoglish ' , 3-overntuent to propose guarantees or conditions ls .2 stringent or less enorgstic than those_ already proposes' to Russia or that he is to accept -'-sshatever concessions the Czer may think proprr to.allow us. On Los band, it Las never been iutended that on entering the ball where the Conference holds it; .sittings, M. Drouyn de l'Huys is to open a firs of opprobrious epithets on Prince Gortiehakeff, try a cmc-ca-janzbe with M. de Burr!, use scurrilous lanerrage behind his back agairst the Prussian resident ini,ter, or, failing in his object, propose to the company all round (coming fresh as he does from England) to decide the quarrel there and them by a pugilistic enc.runter, with Lord trolls ts his bottie-holder. We are all pacific, and have been so, some think, too long ; had we been otherwise at an earlier period many believe matters would not now he as they are. To say that the presence of the .French ISl:nh-ter at Vienna is a proof of our disposition to assum e a less decided attitude, to withdraw our armies fro m the Crimea, and consent to our own discredit, and Become the object of the eulogy or the pity of the Asscmblee A'ationale, is what cannot be allowed. M. Drouyn de Lbuys' reason for going to London was, very probably, to come to an under tanding with the English Govern ment on the necessity of notallowing time to be frittered away at Vienna, but at once to present another ultima tum, and call upon the Russian Plenipotentiary to declare his acceptance or rejection of it at once, aid in the event of the latter, to insist upon the immediate breaking up of the Conferences. To this very likely the Eng lish Cabinet bas assented, and hence the supposition that towards the end of the present week we shall be able to form a pretty clear idea of the state of affairs. In the meantime it is expected that no relaxation of hos tilities will take place before - Sebastopol ; that the siege will have been pressed on with a vigour commen surate with the improvement in the condition of the troops and the favourable change in the weather, and that, in the ful ness o f ti me , the long-talked of assault' will be made." LL ES ICO t T, 1 ( ) rank anti file, wound e d ; J. B. BUvAgla- Adjutant-Genera/. Total— n i k oaffindeefirlel,smerigsse7.iagt.„, Elosure 2. NOMINAL . RETURN Enclosure OF OFFICERS : 411 2 BANE BEEN WOUNDED FROM THE 16Tti ; 4 - TITE 18TH MARCH, INCLUSIVE. Enclosure 3. NOOMFIIINCAELRSRAENTURD PNRIVOAFTENSONW-80uMNMDEISIDSIFORNOEIT 16TH TO 18TH MARCH, 1855, INCLUSIVE. WOUNDED. MARCH 16. Royal S appers and M Private H. Masters, slightlyiners.. 77th Regiment of Foot. Private Robert Wiley, slightly. MARCH 17. 49th Regiment of Foot. Private Thomas Routledge, dangerously. 89th Regiment of Foot. Private JohnVall, slightly. Private John Kelly, slightly. 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade. Private Emanuel Gillard, R•yal Artillery. Serjeant Alexander Hunter, slightly. MARCH 18. 34th Regiment of Foot. Private Robert Hughes, severely. Private Andrew Humphri-:s, severely.. Private Sidney Vining, slightly. 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade. Private Thomas Franklin, severely. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS_DAY.) LONDON, April 2.—Wind and weather this day at noon, E. ; light breeze, and fine clear weather. RAMSGATE, April I.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Mutlah, for Calcutta. PORTSMOUTH, April I.—Wind, N.E. Arrived— Leander, from London, for the Crimea. Sailed—Victory (s.s. transport 193), for Constantinople. SOUTHAMPTON, April I.—Wind, N. Sailed—Blenheim, for Melbourne. DARTMOUTH, April I.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—Talbot, for Newfoundland. FALMOUTH, April I.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—Corrido, from Pernambuco. PLYMOUTH, April I.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Glovank from London, for Sydney. Sailed—Margarette, for Porto Rico; Witch of the Wave, Crimea; Avoca, do.; War Cloud (transport), do. ; Germania (s.), do. SWANSEA, March 31.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—William Nicholson, for Cuba. BRlDPORT.—Sailed—Fear Not, for St. John's, New foundland. SHIELDS, March K.—Sailed—Kate for Ceylon. GIBRALTAR, March 22.—1 t blew sAerrific gale at S.W. yesterday. The Zephyr, from Gallipoli to Barbadoes, was stranded near the Devil's Tongue. The Economist (barque), from Cardiff to Athens, went on shore on the Western Beach, and is leaky. CALCUTTA, Feb. 21.—The Hyderabad, for London, is aground on Rangafallat Lump, but is expected to float off next spring tide, and will return into dock. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, MoLday, 9.35 a.m. Wind, S. S.W. .- Arrived— Dr e adnoug ht, from New York. QUEENSTOWN, March 31. Wind, S.S.E. A rr i ve d—Foreman, from: Perpanabueo ; Jason, Monte Video ; Cintra, lifsan , 'United, Caldera ; Alargaret Kelly, St. John's, N. 8.-0 (By SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday,lo a.m. Wi n d, N.B. ; tide, half hour's flood ; weather, cloudy. Arrived, April I—Fortuna, from Embden; Induatrie Scavenger ; Furet, Gravelines ; e, Hamburg. Arrived, 2d—Redbreast, from Mosell Santander ; Ravens. bourne (s.), Antwerp ; Panther (s.), Boulogne. DEAL, Monday, 9.25 Wind, ; moderate, and cloudy. Passed —Great Britain, from London, for Montreal ; Jarrow, from L on d on, for Plymouth. And red—Harvest, from London. The Telegraph, from London, for Constantinople, has not passed, as reported. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.—Messrs. Hurst and Black ett successors to Mr. Colburn, announce as forthcoraibg t he following new works :—The third and fourth voltimea of the Duke of Bukingharde Memoirs of the Court and Cabinet of George 111., from original family documents, comprising the period from 1800 to 1810, and completing the work ; The Memoirs of Lieutenant Bellot, with his Journal of a Voyage in the Polar Seas in Search of Sir John Franklin ; A New Work, by Leigh Hunt ; The Monarchs of the Main, by George W. Thornbury, Esq. My Travels ; or, An Unsentimental Journey hrough France, Switzerland, and Italy, by Captain C h amier ,A.lso, New Novels by Mrs Trollope, the author) « Emilia Wyndham," Mrs. Msainbgelreltyo,npthoenteanuotyb,our4o. SOCIETY. T il m Nt io sT:R t Ep he n au A t E h m or o o N f lo " —ltendelssohn' s Elijah will be performed to-morrow evening by this society at Exeter Hall, under the directi on o f M r . Surman. The principal vocalists are Miss Birch, Miss C. Henderson, Misses Wells, and Mr. Lawler, and the band and ohms 004,46,01 noatrly 800 pericipint THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 2 185