The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-05 00:00:00

• UNE v M A RKET A.ND (10,VMERCIAL INT ELLIGEIi OE. Th e til osed COt , toia CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.. market at Liverpool, on Saturday, alli t o u ti .,!'th a firmer appearance. The sales Lh (i',, A "`‘a to 10,000 bales, comprising 7,500 Amer-- I N . 4 00 f o r of Which were taken on speculation, and 5 °00 1 1 x311 1 400 Egyptian at 5 id. to 60., and Ori te S urat at) 3d. to nth per lb. Railway Shares daitlt h, Iht ie f 1 11 at 21. to 3/. advance. ever t b ° "wing account of colonial wool sales is 4 1 , 4 Y Messrs. S. B. Edenborough and Co. : (Sls o ° 111.8 t series of sales of this year commenced on and terminated on Saturday afternoon. " 11 .°"" comprised the following, viz. :—Austra - n• 361 bales ; South Australian, 883 • Port-Phi ' N N2 1 88 ,l Van Diemen's Land, 2,359 ; dape, 7,768 ; 1 / 4 •Co t. 17, ,and, 828 ; Swan River, 94 ; East India, 2,367 444'2. 35 , 748 ; Sundries ad Foreign, 4,899—T0 -7 7 i ub li e L at tendance th roug h ou t h as b een nunrrous , and Ntlih o un Yers hav e operate d l arge l y, competing eager l y t let% bastne c onsumers . Trade in the manufacturing . die cop lately su ff ere d from the genera l d epression ; kil*P l Pled with dearness of provisions and scarcity of fi,i',,eaUsed prices to decline from to 2d. per lb. 144.,"Ydzsey clothing qualities, and ad. to ld. on Port ' 4ol li i t! eaPe. East India was in good demand, and s upported. Great caution continues to be t o 7 all purchases,ch and stocks are much reduced, and ltilllo nut elligence brought by the steamer Atlantic •k, reports a continuance of the ease 'a the money market, and the banks large stocks of specie. The last I the city banks contrasted favour htatement made at the corresponding Fancy Securities were generally (ed, though at the latest date there Atrato has arrived with the West t her adirices will not be in town is from St. Petersburg give many .ils of the Emperor's death. Upon by Dr. Mandt in the evening of the Lis end was approaching, the Empe le communication very tranquilly, in he should be paralysed. This a not able to indicate the %, and the Emperor then addressed [ring to know when he should be -1.• Previous to his decease the Em r ~t , „e . /oral distinguished persons to his room, 4 i th t h ei allY Count Orloff and Count Adlerberg. Ottf eeti 6l:ll he made various arrangements in ,l eitt Y collected' manner. At the latest at i all the members of the Royal family i ll ," St. P e t ers b urg were i n the cham retuding the grandchildren, who save- DN k e t i 'red the Emperor's blessing. The c i ' l l tlT ? troops '4 6 7 of the quite resigned. As regards the atti eeps and the population upon Alex i , • iss n • t 4 4 , ing his proclamation, there was no te p r ,.° be desired, according to the statement Vtie m ;rs jail envoy. ke,2t . e rn le sent away by the steamer to India is '''' 1 )000 The Atlantic, from New York, brings 4The opedellars. oth, :jug prices of the funds were not quite kirkla y 4 . there is less doing after the excitement ti, itte , 11114 Saturday. Consols have been 93i /, iklibe el r c 'w 93g i. For time the transactions k - ' b e g i n t 93 a i, and since at 93g A. The specu , to reason that peace is not so near as 0, and 'kl• The New 3 per Cents. have been ik l lte . Bi tice 94} 4. Exchequer Bills are ss. V e ip e r ti llin ' tL-140„ .. g/1 securities have been very brisk. k% Y 14 -. ° l ' l 3ol:lds have been at 784 and 79g, with N I A% t ro °ll / 1 t of business. Sardinian Steck has t ot; %di: 85 4 to 861. Dutch 4 per Cents. are V l lo 4 , i gian 4i per Cents. 94. Spanish De , I %,:tit ee Z have been in request at 18i to 131. 40% 4 are at 364, Peruvian 3 per Cents. k t aarked 501, Grenada Active Bonds 4 4 %," Deferred si. Brazilian Small Stock , 1 Per n _rtfiCted 102. Mexican Stock is about 21, , tmte:Aja has been done at 221, Swedish 4 hook:foil ‘e 79k. . ol t i._ 4 ,,_••••.Q,. Ong are the nominal prices of foreign n _cui t o ',,euada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi vebt4 t s li ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto Three 1.' 3 l'u to 52; Pori uguese Four per Cents., 3 ttussian Five per Cents., 93 to 100 ; 1 lir- and-a-Half per Cents., 89 . to 90 ; r 9' " Deferred, 184 to 184 ; ditto Three 36 1 to 37i ; ditto Certificates, 41- to 5 ; rat e, 4 to 41. ` Lvf4 Y meetings announced are the fol- :Iso :~ -. (1 Chen any. • Date. Place. 411 Holyhead --42 d" ************** Mar. 7, London Tavern. and South. Western M ar. 7, Glasgow. -.enabourg Ida Mar. 13, Canada West. and Carlisle ra and Yorkshire . Mar. 7, Manchester. ‘gq Mediterranean .... Mar. 20, Paris. Sheff. and Line. Apr. 4, Manchester. Lt ish on ............ Mar. 16, Shrewsbury . . . Mar. 15, Bridge-heuseHotel. ............. .. L Mar. 27, Brussels. at tt , t b ;ap e .. . Mar. 9, London Tavern. Z r an.,e, Mar. 5, Paris. !itr been a lively market for railway kat e, 4 44t:'tirday's rates to a further advance in ... e ek North-Western, Caledonian, 4 e):41 4 04,2 10 tie5, Great Western and Midland tkx4ild .7 0 st in favour. Foreign Shares are in 67 40 ) ilkol Icling Eastern a France and - '%ll. 1 United Mexican Mine Shares are 44 1 quotations, the banks are steady, Companies' well supported. ANDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOk: , ( Prom the Qrscia/ List. ) Badness done - Annuities 94 31 Consols Annuities 93/ t• Annuities Ira. Annuities el l Expire sth Jan., 1860 , nut 9th March 931 411 8. 21d. .. . 0 000000000000000000000 -01.••• 000000 8 5 8 5 85 • 1858, 34 per Cent. 9 9?1. 1859, „ 2 0 1P 2OREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. .`", 5 per Cent.-- ". "' 86 Is 5 per Cent 102 Bon 11. .. li . per . Cent ........ 15. 14 Deferred '7, 4 3ind ee s,4i ! )er Cent. to ~5 per . Cent 50i 861 5} 61 ' New 3 Per Cent 36; Co-It beferred 3 per Cent. — (416 Account 11 01 , 111 2ttoe Cert. of Coup. not fun. 4i 5 4 p 0 fo r 4 ."`". per cent — o.‘bile Account 79 81 91 81 - L - ‘R„ 4 ;• ..... 7 9 i et i , N.,,' - -Li4 .. ... 'Pe; . Cent. . ... ..... ..... ..... 22i 4, L t o n ends on 4 the above payable In London. V 1 4.4 4 1 per Cent. es. 25 fr 94 li. "Q 4 b ar r t ) .2A per C ent. 12 Guil —l vell t. Certificates . .. k .11.4iF-P.A ST TWO. i o 10i+ .. _ 0 . March Account 25 St. 20 St 1, 0 11) 'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAP.) 44 '11 1113 0, . 4 March s.—Wind and weather this day at ka • •Vir ' 4 4 4 • ; Marchgentle breeze, and fine weather. 112 3 arch L arch 2. from Dense- tttAtt -tiATB, M arc h 3 .—Alo bi , f rom C a ll ao . a, it Fis, Mar c h 3 . —A rr i ve d—C orne li us Smit, from mtit,;"t ltotterd am , w hi c h h as p u t in here on account : 8 / 41 ° 11 11 , the Dutch coast. I Z, iiT/ March 2.—Since yesterday there has been V4 t 5 deg of warmth. • 11,11tkiii,"'Qt111, March 3. Wind, from Java. I3 TR. March 4.—Wind, S. to S.E. Arrived- s ‘telltiel,Yilus, from Devonport ; do. Rhadamat?th e n s , kqe, 1,4 Rlesina, China ; Peter Gooddeffroy, Chin h . . Y . / eakd wet 14 al t ' 1114 % fro d lu se n h d a e r r g l e a . nd to Bordeaux, has put in El t „,, --- " , 1 4PPho, from Pars ; North American, New e, Apalachicola. 1 41 4 ). 4; 1 . 1 1 1 .W. QUEENSTOWN, March 2. \11 1 ; Bindostan, and Ocean, from Callao ; - n k B Matanzas; Suez, Demerara; Ruthinia, 100 mbar:; Aurora, New York. 100 or}Prar".. Pwrlmism, March 4. 20 flinge, from Charleston, for Liverpool, on shore i e at,,eiriod, went to pieces yesterday morning ; her 20 41, 4 along the beach. ---- (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. 20 (lity „ a „, -- Ob. u ' uI tARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH . ) m 50 50 , it i d I s t .,, ,E l u . GRAVESEND, Monday, 10. 30 a. • 100 4 414. b ve ' -,: • tido first hours' flood ; weather, fine.. _ 100 4 4 0 1ie 14 -(.. 1. 41- arch 1---Jenny from Trieste ; Javinde ...4'14 i k — b e)°lirn e ; Afrielnue, Cape Coast Castle ; Tag 1 4 e ll, PPcere • CutpertOn Berbiee ; D'Arcy, Belize , 20 50 ‘4%",tas; i'llgaPere ; Teresa ,' Havannah ; Coldstream, . •SAlni 44ll a; Buenos Ayres • George Dean,. Mauritius 6 ; 2 2 0 5 tt t i t l, be, Calcutta • Leone L'acorst, Mau . ritius ; .Charle a. Lk t ; l ; Irk e rtFa; Golden Gate, Shanghai; Granite, J too k'%4,, svlkl. Sinairaciall°sl-1-11r3;ar Evans, from New York ; 10 " 4 4: 17:relines ; Belu a s r ;Te e r t eeira ; Flor de Marie, Tar- 5 lit ih • bi " (e.), Boulogne ne ; Germania, Bremen. g 45 a.m. 25 •c' -41 , DEAL, Monday, -• 25 Z 141 & 1 'kt• 4,.-,.„1, ;light, and fine. tilki,:a"kahire, from London, for Now York ; ... 150 " ' ta b for Pernambuco. 0 ,z_z!evi:i%oreki' 1110 t 1 Ced in tq Clll3 eitied ii ikly- Prot of i fe vlth the st; 0! 117 1 854. 790001 heavii st eamer alai], but • 4 : °rl'C'W counts - " un g Metal • 11 1 ) Priaed likete tha,t bi ‘44i ved thf • s ,rM Ntized wbei ' was t 400aeut, -1 1 de s i r 114:1414, orate d,.l'4l 8 even- k $ ,hOl are !, ' k 4 taarke, If Ad 44, 1 ... i ll% Defe A, • pe; I.lo o ted 11 1 h e it ti l s 4 ' 4 la ha liZe foi/ at e 7 9 i ° Via at g Gr enada 21 i • tts_ 4 . ,_ , t ti p (a , 3 Ut) tO t 0, , ,70 t o 3 ttussiai t ilr- and-a. . ' ,- , i.1.44,"eW Dail ..111.,."3.? 361 to , -. ° 4 We 4tol 1 ' . tail ' .0,„ Way m N ' - Company. , Aillk ' and Ghent. ~I,tnd Holyhes ' r 01 Bando n .. . . . ila k 7 and South .: Vtoxembourg 1 • '' lk t extern of Ca !•11, r and C ar li a Irl Ike': and Yorl . i .4\l444,,poit:cir Shell. it?rar°l t , It• %TT • *** I 11101 1••• • 10'44444e' a] 'PO/ 1 0 41 4z i aNk % -- L . t • iittlb i bit`. , .! lii3 n 0,441 tOter4l._tiiii;;;* 6$ 4 04;74 r beE 4itie hbat:ttirCia' 1 4t -tli n heek 1, 4._ 4 Lvollt)tiel I . Nriklost it , '7‘t!tti LC:1210) is i A`qtritigu• , . kid t $ l/I N4I • flill ii `,):1 II: La lld ao, 4 . ~• -418 11 - , ~ AND 0 ,1 i ' lir ,toelit, 114, 1 n _ uced • I,_ ••en.sols , r : ItZr r C ellt. A n ,Ikkokia44:itZ:t• A- V - kNtkee'Zxr, / I I 4 1053" Bil:, 1 1r 0 1 . ........... , ~, q .... . ........ Atei liOiaaii 1 P ct /# 4 I° t 11 00 N fill le po R otilNtonclB, 5 r tI A 1 R 4 (1°) 5 1 e oo il ‘4414A4 4 18 8.: ... 01 ' ‘ kit ir R —lid 4,1 Oar 'l/1% da c ent,' i irps h t o ds , 5 , .0 I/ i) l i tt o I.z kis s 3 f tt4 L_ e w beferi , 5 6 .4 of if t- Itth av o r the A, f l i o , t i l t t,4 l t o kittte: if , , 'o hi,bikt*ht for the' A P ol i ii -N 4 %11 " Vki_. B oilii;: .... P i / O F % 61 ' 41 aoi 4 1 , :,' k b 4:11,14:4 1 pi j ri ',‘ I t f" 4 41,,_ e. 2 per Cent 0 1 7 0 0 t 0 $ 2ifil . itto. Ma ' O 4 ' 'l ol . kip c"/ • D's ro j k ;_to v ,_ 1,1 1, P E r ~,.. Marc `Lkiiii• ', • ; g 4 id °Pt *..11') 11 et 1i,,,1,e,i1e):44,,,,tmii.:T1ii 4, i' ) /1 t 4 1 4.i;,t ., ito ti 0 ' 6 % t4,4),hvZ:ihl ip ii l i p o ir. ,c),,,,t,*th 5 d 's f • 14_ 0 4 , 4 4 140 t /, 0 .io 0 Vit.R . 40 13 TR, 10/ \ hpiett!ryiln P I ' w t til l 1?, ' Rle! f, if' 4 4 1 3; 4 °Ma, f ii• 1 V • /., and 0 evf 11le \ , i ,. (1' 9 e t t ' l•l 4l •W •p/ ti tk 4 1- -13%p pi 01, Iv., tlariee, vi s 0 0 V 04 11 1 d1 l 'i•liV ,Of ,mt e f it v5kt..._ . .... t,... % el_ Ind SHARE. MARKETS. (TIIIB DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Saturday. Buxinews done this day. Paid.l 100 Aberdeen. 81 Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. all Belfast & Ballymena. all Birming. Wolvcrh & Stour Valley 291 Birkenhd. Lancsh & Cheshire Janet all Do. Chesh. & Birk., .250 and £25 Cons. 19 Do., £20..._ 30 Blyth & Tyn s origina £25 (issd. at £45 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian 21s. Carmarthen and. Car digan all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, di Pas 16 Cornwall 11 Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth&Abez Been Junction all Do. New 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties IGO Eastern Union, A Stock 100 De., B, Stock 86 Do., New A 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles... 100 Edin. Prth & Dundee 1 Worth & Clyde June. all Furness . all Do. Extension ... . . 100 Glasgow &S. Wester). 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock IJO Gt. Sth. &West.are 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rai Grua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14i Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds._ 100 Lancash.andYorksi , all Do., Fifths 11i Do., Wst. Riding Un all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwal 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 16 Do. Fifths 5 D0.101.5h.,M&8 I 24 Do. Eighths 100 London and S. Westn .42t Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Lnnd.rry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Vanch.Shcf ' , ugh all Do. } Shr "3 No. 3 41 Do., Man. & L:n. Gn 100 Midland 100 ' )o. Birmng. & Derby all Midld. G. West. (Ira. ) 221 Do. Half Shares All Newcastle & Carlisle. 54 Newmkt.BuryExten. 21i Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd. 8 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and itostrevor LOO Norfolk 3 Northn.Counties Tin !OO North British . all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred .. all Do., B Guaranteed L OO N. astern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Purch all Do. Leeds [OO Do. York all North London all Do. New £lO h N.&S.Wstrn.,Hainp stead, and City Jn., 17A North Staffordshire., all North Western.„ .... all N. &S. Wostrn. June., Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester .00 Oxford, Worcester, & - Wolverhampton 8 Portsmouth ,00 'Scottish Contra] .00 Scottish Midland , „ all ihrowsby, di nerefd 00 Shropshire Union ►❑ south Devon ,10 South Eastern 11 south Wales Yrksh. & Riv. Dui 5 Do 12 4taines, Wok. &Wol al Stockton Darliu 15 it‘ Acton ea Ilartlepl .00 ruff vale 9 Do. £lO shares LOO Do. Prof., No. I__ 21 i rhames Haven Doe and Railway all Vale of Neath all Waterf I. & Kilkenn3 all Watcrford&Limeri , V 18 West Cornwall 3 West End of Londor. and Crystal Palace all West London 141 s. Winibledu &Croydon 20 - 21 4i - 5 81 - 8 i 13 - 12 16 17 74 —64 d 90 - - C 4,14 ii --- i:i! 3i - 2i 5} - 6i it 15 lla —11 i 29 - S 1 20 - 22 70 72 55 57 2d par 20 21 70 - 72 91 - 92 72 - 74 127 - 128 89 - 91 65 -65 A 60 - 62 70 - 75 5 - 7 5 • 7 76i - 77 ..• "'"'"' • • • ••• •••d 7i 8 4 99 - 101 99; 100 id id ; 1 — d 85 86 8 7; 7; —6; 24 - 241 7i - 69 -69 i 40 - 42 11 - - 24 50 - 52 3$ .3A 29i ... 304 8 10 - lid 6A 7s 73 74 7 —6),(!, 4i 3t 12i —12 i 49A LOA 49 :0 d par - 4 48 5A 6 1 d tar 29 - 31 99 - 101 63 - 65 47 - 49 .2i -13 i 61 62 281 - 29} 4 - 2 2 - 1 37 - 39 ••• '''' 31 - 4 16 17 34 - 23 - 4 5 5} - 6i • - •• • 6 . - 7 FOREIGN. all Antwerp&Rotterdam 3i Belgian Eastn. June.. 10 Beziers to Graissessae 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central I ndia,Soril, Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 10 Dutcb Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian 10 Do. Eslension all Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, do 15 Gd. Tk of CanadaA is. all Do. St. Lawrence & - Atlantic do. all Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of Franc , all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent. 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shards all Do. Obligations all Gt.WesternofCanadll Shares . all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 all Do. do., '62, p.'56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, without option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 11 Lake Const. & BitC3 all Lucca & Pistoja sp. prof 10 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & Meditorran. 16i Madras 10 Do. Now 31i Maria Antonia M a ll Do. do. New I all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all D 0.201. gimlet° Char leroi and Ergnelines guar. 30 p. c. & red. at 2244 dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.., all Do. 20t. 3 p. c 13de (fmy.B.4tAms.Shs.) all NorwogianTrunkPref 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans.... all Paris and Rouen..... 10 ParisC,aen & Cherbrg all Rouen and Havro 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Ileum) all Do. 54 p. cent. Pref 14 Southern of France 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 54 per c. Prof 16 Western of France 16 West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden all Zealand JOINT-STOI all Australasia all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond 18 English Scottish and Australian all Loud. Chart.. Bk. of Australia 5 Ditto Now 20 Loudon and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond• & Wostroinstel 35 National Provinoia of England 10 Do. New 22 , ! ! National of Ireland all Now South Wales a ll Oriental Bank of Corporation. 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co all South Australia all Union of Australia 2,, Do. New tlaiou of London - 64 -7 - 3g - 3 par— 4P - P I -- 6 - 7 li - 2 I i - lip 24 211 par 4p par ip 3 3i 21 3 171 -17 i 95 - 97 95 - 97 99 - 101 02 94 1. 1 2 d pa 97 100 • .., db. —21 p d par t ip ••• ... • • 6 1 - 7 1 11i - 12 RA -- 9A 22i - 221111 46 40 42 Pro 22i —23 A 2i ld par 8 —B. ••• ""'' ... pin ... - 3 3 / 4 - • •• .... 171 i - 8 p' ••• '''' 18 - 19 31 3 2i BANKS. -- 82 ••• •• ld—i•d '-". ••• 2i 21 20 par ••• 34 - 35 37 - 39 38 -- 40 64 - 66 7 9 see r. ". 10 5 20 20 20i 100 20 20 10 20 20 8t 10 20 20 G4i 13 12a 13 12a 91 I I i 74 3 65i 6 5i 77s I i i 1001 100 100 f ICO 69i 70 691 71 8 8 33/ 4 31 i 22 11i I i 11 12i f N LONDON MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, THE Arkurzi. NEWS--(THIS DAY.) LITEBATtIizz. Sketches ' legal and Political. By the late Right Hon. Richard Lalor Shiel. Edited by M. W. Savage. Hurst and Blackett, for Henry Col burn. The sparkling volumes before 11S are more than ordinarily acceptable. They recall to mind, agree ably enough, the animated eloquence and keen ob servation of one of the last, as he was also, in an other sense, one of the first, among the great ora tors of Ireland. We are gratified to observe that a biography of Richard Shiel, from the pen of one no less competent for the task of writing it than Torrens M'Cullagh, is at length announced for early publication. In the meantime we are re joiced to have the opportunity of affording the pre sent collection of " Sketches" a welcome befitting their various, brilliant, and uncommon excellence. As already in so many similar instances, their tardy issue from the press in this country, in a form thus aggregated and revised, seems to be attributable chiefly, if not entirely, to the appearance of an un authorised production of a like character (a pro miscuous jumble of papers, attributed, some cor rectly, some incorrectly, to the late Master of the Mint and Envoy to the Court of Tuscany)—an enterprise not arising, of course, from any of the great houses of the Row, but (the old story again) from the illicit bookstalls of New York and Phila delphia. However it may have happened that these volumes have at length found their way into existence, authoritatively, amongst ourselves, they are welcome for the sake of their departed writer— for their own intrinsic worth—and, beyond this, if for no other reason, because they are the realisation of a design, the accomplishment of which has in various quarters been, now for some time, deside rated. Nay, let us be so far candid even as to acknowledge that we entertain a sneaking sort of kindness for, a species of spurious, and, morally speaking, a wholly unjustifiable gratitude to, the piratical presses of Brother Jonathan. It is, as we have already intimated, by no means the first occa sion upon which we have been indebted to the ne ' farious speculation of certain unscrupulous pub lishers of the United States for the issue at last, so to speak, perforce amongst ourselves of some long-desired collection of papers; until then scattered disjointedly among forgotten volumes of reviews and magazines literary treasures thereby allowed to remain, in fact, the veritable waifs and strays of periodical litera ture. But, for substantial works of this descrip tion, formerly pirated at one time in Paris, and at another in Brussels, and still at intervals, likewise, up to the present moment, in America, it is not quite certain that many a now familiar volume, long 1 since well-thumbed from title-page to appendix, would be smiling down upon us in goodly roan, or goodlier calf, from our more frequented book shelves. It has been peculiarly thus, indeed, with the particular department of polite letters to which these " Sketches' by . Mr. Shiel of right belong— effusions midway between essays and memoirs, equidistant from political satire and literary criti cism, partaking at once of the attractions arising out of the colloquial of the diarist, and out of the more studied and didactic, though not less alluring, revelations of the autobiographer. A glance at the " Preface by the Editor" will inform the uninitiated that the papers now at last collected together in these volumes first appeared in= termittently, and almost as a matter of course from the circumstance of their political character anony mously, in the pages of the Neu; Monthly Maga zine. Each essay has here prefixed to it the date of its original publication. Tile earliest date being the October ef 1822, and the latest the August of 1831—a period of nearly nine years—when the New Monthly was confided to the editorial guid ance of Thomas Campbell, consequently before it passed under the sway of Hood's literary fasces— [a sheaf of comic pens surrounding a pencil, if pos sible, yet more comic and grotesque !]—therefore, no less obviously, prior to the time when that same eminent periodical, long since become the ap panage of Mr. Harrison Ainsworth; had for its sub-editor one no less skilled than' Mr. S. C. Hall, and for its editor a man of letters no less illustrious than Sir Bulwer Lytton. It was, consequently, we must remember, during the early period of the career of the New Monthly that Mr. Shiel was Wong the number of its hid den' contributors. Throughout the whole series of his " Sketches Legal and Political," issued through the pages of the New Monthly, from time to time, and only thus tardily grouped together after having undergone a certain moderate degree of revision, it would have been difficult for the most discerning critic to have detected the identity of the writer at the time of their periodical appearance. It was only here and there, indeed, that the orator could have been conjectured by the more astute observer, through the glimpses inadvertently given of any favourite tricks of rhetotic, dr pet eccentricities of phraseology. Everywhere in the "Sketches," the author of them, alternately as a Legal Pasquin and a Political satirist, concealed his individuality under the ingenious assumption, an assumption cleverly sustained from first to last, of the writer being an Englishman ! It so happens, consequently, by reason of Mr. Shiers amusing anxiety to hide his own face behind the mask lie is carefully holding before him as lie writes, that he not unfrequently falls foul of himself in the most unwarrantable manner, speak ing in terms the most reprehensive, if not the most opprobrious (just as it may suit his fancy on the instant), now of his own policy, now of his own speeches ' n ow even of his own personal peculiarities or defects. The result isirodnded on the reader's mind by the passages in question must be allowed to be not the least entertaining in the work before us—one or two of the more unexpected allusions of the kind being in their effect, for the moment, so to speak, bewilderingly delightful. It is thus, for example, when we find Mr. Shiel writing at page 48, vol. ii. " Mr. Shiel rose under similar disadvantages. The echo produced by the diminution of the crowd drowned his voice, which, bei ny - n aturally of a harsh,,.quality, requires great management, and, in order to produce any oratorical impression, meat be kept under the control of art. Mr. Slid became disheartened, and lost his command over hi e threat. He grew loud and indistinct. He also fell into the mis take of laying aside his habitual cast of expres uy droll feelin a g s s a o f c o hisol impertinence and of thought, and i n p l ace o f en d eavour i ng to excite wearied a uditoryin the theta w iv a it y h. a laborious detail of uninter est i ng f acts. " Equally a the BOROUGH HOP. of self-depreciation i$ th e ment i on ma d e o f Mr. Shiel by himself at p. 201, vol.ii when recording eiwntoYork. London o u w r e were a 7 r l k b et ale i : the fact of his appearance • tive for all kinds of hops, the prices of which role famous Penenden He very macon the platform at the ath Meeting, on Friday the from Last O s w te e n a d, s a i n m d p° 2l9 3 offr hopsm Now about stationary. Mid and East . Kent pockets 141 108 to 24th of October, 182 -- - 8 - Speaking of himself in ditto, 141 to 151.; American ditto (in bond), to . that instance rather sneeringly, Mr. Shiel calls 211 Os per cwt. ; Weald of Kent ditto, 14/ to 7 f6l; 9l Sussex himself " Mr. Shiel, the Irish demagogue," and adds, ludicrously enough it must be admitted "That gentleman sat, in one of the waggons aPPa" reatly careless of the impression which he should pro duce ; but his pale and bilioy face , in which discontel; and solitude, mingled with a spirit of Sardonic virulence, are expressed, and his restless and unquiet eye, gave indications that he was annoyed at the opprobrious epi thets which were showered upon him, and that he was anxious about the event , as it should personally affect himself. There is certainly in Mr. Shiers face and per son little to be,speak the favour of a public assembly ; and if he produces oratorical effects, he must be indented to a power of phrase and an art in delivery of which in this uproar in which he spoke it was impossible in that meet ing to form any estimate." Perhaps, however, the meat ridiculous incident of the kind discoverable in the whole work is that which may be found yet further on in the same volume from which we have already quoted, namely, atij.34 tsh, where Mr. Shiel thus humoro us ly de scribes e difficulty of his (Mr. Shiers) own posi tion as the Marq uess of An g lesea 's nominee in the representation o f Milbourne Port : "There is this farther awk w a rd ness in his position : as a Government member allowance would have been made for his necessity to sustain the Administration which put him in : he has now no apology to make to his constituents. If he votes against Government he will be charged with as oblivion of favours ; and if he votes with Government he will be denounced by his friends as a traitor to the people. The little gentleman is in a practical dilemma, which it will :-,quire some of his habits of rhetorical artifice to escape in his sketches If our orator -essayist can contrive thus shrewdly to hit off himself with all his oddest peculiarities.— I n ' tl t y Y , P s c e s a searchingly pho tographed merely, they are at the best, but such sketches! No paltry silhouettes—snipped peculiarities— be ostuh r e e r h s, e h i i s s n o o o t a a te j m ot po l r e a s r s ies sk . il f u l out of black .upon white ac with the petty scissors of some priggish proilist. No mere washy shadowings-forth, as if in indigo on as though pads on paper of a neutral tint. But actual life peaoorhtrabiatsd—bNe• tographed ! 11 ; slow Mr. Shiel brands up ,s tablet, not with been keenly, i b n r d in c h a t a crayon, but as if with lunar caastic, that sketch of the Reverend Sir Harcourt Lets —whom he here depicts as " a little lumpish man, who rather looked like a superannuated jockey than a divine, with an equestrian slouch in his walk, and the manger in his face, and with a mouth the graceful configura tion of which appeared to have been formed by the humming of that stable melody vith which the ap plication of the currycomb is generally accompanied. After looking at this singula r figure, which the tutelary genius of the Church had chosen for its residence, I gave up all my belief iu physiognomy, and renounced Larater for ever," Again, look at his outline of Major M‘Nainara—cc a Protestant in religion, a Catholic in polities, a Mil e siau i n descent"—whose figure comes before us out of the canvass, in spite of any likene ss to Geor g e IV., with a resemblance, in our mind's eye, both to CORN EXCHANGE. Very moderate supplies of home-grown wheat were on sale in most of the country markets hold on Saturday, yet the demand for most kinds was in a sluggish state, and prices were barely supported. Barley and malt were very dull and cheaper. Oats, beans, peas, and flour had a downward tendency. From New York we learn that both wheat and flour have realised higher rates. The continental markets lave been devoid of animation. Very moderate supplies of English grain were received up to our market last week. The imports from abroad amounted to 2,810 qrs of wheat, 1,200 barley, 1,460 beans, 56 tares, 21,164 linseed, 3,113 rapeseed, 142 sundry seeds, 13,99 T sacks, and 10,105 barrels of flour. The quantity of English wheat received fresh up this morn ing from Essex and Kent coastwisewas moderately good, but the receipts by land carriage were small. The show of samples of both red and white was by ne means extensive. The trade, however, owing to the prospect of peace with Russia, was in a most depressed state. For some time after the open ing of the market scarcely a transaction took place, and the few sales subsequently made were at a decline in last Monday's quotations of from 3s to fully 4s per quarter. There was a fair average quantity of foreign wheat on sale. No inclination whatever was shown.to invest in any description, and prices were nominally about 35 per quar ter lower than ou Monday last. Scarcely any of the fresh arrived samples were in the market. There was very little doing in floating cargoes, the prices of which were not supported. Both English and foreign barley came slowly to hand. Although the stands were scantily supplied, the barley trade was heavy, at a fall in value of from is to 2s per quarter. We had a dull inquiry for malt, the prices of which had a downward tendency. The oat trade was excessively heavy, and the quotations fell is per quarter. . Bans met a very dull sale, at a fall in value of is per quarter. In peas scarcely any business was doing, and prices gave way is per quarter. The flour trade was very dull. The top price of English was 70s per 2801bs, and other kinds were lower to purchase. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red . new siis to 683 Ditt0............ old 63s 70a Ditto, White new 74s 798 Ditto. . old 77s 82s eferfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 643 '76.3 Ditto new ..••.• 64s 75s Kye—Old ............ —5 —8 New 423 44s Barley—Grinding..... 28s 30a Malting . • • .. 325 348 Chevalier...• • •• 343 35s Wait—Suffolk and Nor folk .... •• 62s 67s Brown.•••• ••........ 58s 60s Kingston and Ware 68s 70s Malt—Chevalier .. • • 703 to 71s Oats Yorkshire and Lincolush.,Feed 25s 28s Potato .... 28s 30s Tough* aadCork Black. ...... 24s 29s Cork, White ..... 26s 30s Scotch, Feed..... 27s 30s Beans—Tick ......... 373 39s Pigeons ••••. 43.4 45s Pear—Grey • • 33s 37$ Maple... •• 38s 41s White..... ......39s 42s Boilers ......... 41s 438 Flour—Town-made..• 65s 70s Suffolk •• 54s 60s iStooktn & Norfolk 533 54s SMITHFIELD. Last week's imports of foreign stock into London were on a very limited scale—the total supply being only 318 head. In the corresponding week in 1854 we received 2,331; in 1853, 2,834; in 1852, 1,519 ; in 1851, 2,327; in 1850, 1,318; in 1849, 1,695 ; and in 1848, 701 head. Beasts. BOROUGH AND SPITA.LFIELDS. Since our last report, ve7 moderate supplies of potatoes hare appeared on sale in this market. Generally, the demand is in a sluggish state, on the following terms : York Regents, 1108 to 120 s; Sent and Essex, 105 s iddlin to 110 x; Scotch do., 100 s to 1 10 3 ; reds , 80s to 95s ; m g, 70s to 80s; blues, 80s to 90s; Lincoln, 1003 to 110 s, per ton. WOOL. The wool sales are now concluded. A bout 34,000 bales were actually disposed of, and prices showed a decline of from 00 to id per lb. compared with the former sales. The following rates have been paid in the past week : Sydney—clean sheep's, is 24 to 2s 00 ; lambs', is 3d to 2s 4d ; akin, is ORI to is Gti ;• locks, is 90 to is 6d. Port Philip—clean sheep's, is id to 2s 04:1 • lambs', is 2 4 to 2 s 24 ,• skin, 100 to la ; pieces, is id to Is 3d ; grease, 6d to 110. Van Diemen'sLand.--clean sheep s, is 3d to . is 80 ; lambs' is 20 to 2s Od. ; skin, is to is 4d ; locks, 9d to is lid ; grease, 10d to ls. Cape—clean sheep's, 81 to is 5d ; grease, 6d to 11d. Australian — clean sheep's, is 1.0 to 28 ; 31ipe, 9d to is 4d ; pieces, 100 to is 44 ; grease, 6i4 to 100. South Australian—clean sheep's, is 2Ad to Is 7d; grease,' is 00 to is ld. East India—sheep's, 3id to 74d. Mogadore—sheep's, 60 to 71. Turkey—sheep's, 2d to 614. Danish—sheep's, 4id to 50 per lb. There is little or nothing doing in the private contract market, and most kinds of wool are offering on lower terms. Last year's imports amounted to 189 bales from Buenos Ayres, 234 from Gibraltar, 1,754 from Algoa Bay, 198 from Geelong, 112 from Trieste, 38) from Bom bay, 380 from Port Adelaide, and 985 from Port Philip. The following are the current rates of English wool : Combing skins, lld to is ld ; short-shorn sorts, 9d to is 3d ; Down and fleeces, is Od to is 044 ; ewes fleeces, is to is 04d ; wetber fleeces, is to is 14 ; Down tags, 114 to is ; combing fleeces, is to is ; half-bred hoggs, is Od to is 0d ; Leicester fleeces, lid to is Od; Kent fleeces, is Od to is ; flannel wool, 04 to is 2d ; blanket wool, 74 to is per lb. 36,610 49s Od ,co 508 Od 1,417 64,214 2,516 64,824 541 34 Major Bagstock and to Major randennii. - Tratoh him, as ho saunters by, while we are looking with. Mr. Shiel out of this memorial window of tha Past : "In Dublin he may be seen at hall-past fouro'clock, strolling with a lounge of easy importance, tom ards Kildare-street Club-house, and dressed in exact imitation of the King, to whose royal whiskers the Major's are considered to bear a profusely powdered and highly frizzled affinity. Not contented with this single point of resemblance, he has, by the entertainment of a score or two of tailors,' and the profound study of the royal fashions, achieved a complete look of Majesty ; and by the turn of his coat, the dilation of his chest, and an aspect of egregioua dignity, succeeded in producing in his person a very fine effigy of his Sovereign." Sometimes with one master-touch in the shape of a single felicitous phrase Mr. Shiel brings his man before us, finished to aT. Witness this, his mention of the " purposed swell and dilation of the shoulders," but above all the " elaborate erectness" of Honest Jack Lawless. Or, again, his pen cilling of Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald, with his "gentle gracefulness and easy intrepidity." Or that fine dash of vigorous and impromptu portraiture where he talks of Father Murphy of Corofin, and his " smile of ghastly derision." Th e same ep i gramma ti c powers of description are discernible in Mr. Shiel's sketch of the tall, brawny, pallid figure of Lord French, with cheeks as white as parchment, and a voice " which, rolled out in a peculiarly melancholy mo dification of the Irish brogue, had a dismal and appalling sound I" Then, moreover, who that has once read it can forget his picture of Lord Win chelsea, roaring out to the mob on Penenden Heath, " with the lungs of- a stentor, and the gesture of a pugilist, and the phrenzy of a fanatic !" Who, again, can resist a smile at his mention of Mr. George Moore, once M.P. for Dublin, with his " look of ruddy juvenility at forty-eight," and his " formidable flow of tautology "—the same un fortunate wight who was dubbed (if we recollect rightly by Mr. Disraeli) as "Sir Forcible Feeble." It is not alone by the vivacity of his derision, how ever, that Mr. Shiel displays his quick and vivid appreciation of his contemporaries. he delineates them accordingly as they appear to him deserving of delineation—some he warms into life before us by the fervour of his panegyric ; . others, on the con trary, as we have shown, he preserves for our in spection (as flies are congealed in amber) by holding them suspended in the refrigerating current of his vituperation. Among his more genial descrip tions, commend us to his portraiture of O'Gorman Mahon, with a form "in which the strength of Hercules and the symmetry of Antinous were com bined," and whom our author here describes as retorting with semuch humorous chivalry at the famous Clare 'election, to the mandate to remove from his breast the symbol of the obnoxious " Order of Liberators." When the High Sheriff called out before the assembled multitude in the Court-house " I -tell that gentleman to take off that-badge "—and when, after a moment's pause, O'Gorman Mahon thus responded slowly and arti culately—" This gentleman (laying his hand on his breast). tells that gentleman (pointing with the other to the sheriff) that if that gentleman presumes to touch this gentleman, this gentleman will defend himself against that gentleman or any other gentle man, while he has got the arm of a gentleman to protect him." Among the mere sarcastic limnings of those with whom Mr. Shiel came in contact, we need go no further in search of any remarkable example than his sketch of the functionary just mentioned, the High Sheriff, who, Mr. Shiel drolly avers- to have so contrived, en his return from China to Ireland, as to have imparted " the ca dences of Wesley to the pronunciation of Confu cius." A more extended specimen of our essayist's Mina.si-like powers of portrait painting in pen-and ink will not be unacceptable to our readers, we feel assured. Wherefore, we can scarcely do better than transcribe Mr. Shiel's miniature description of the renowned concoctor of whisky }inch, and in comparable adept in the use of scholastic syllo gisms— " FATHER TOM." "His manner is peculiar; it is not fhwery nor decla matory, but is short, somewhat abrupt, and, to use the French phrase, is tranchant. His countenance is adapted to his mind, and is expressive of the reasoning and con troversial faculties. A quick blue eye, a nose slightly turned up, and formed for the tossing off of an argument, a strong brow, a complexion of mountain ruddiness, and thick lips which are better formed for rude disdain than for polished sarcasm, are his characteristics. He is not greatly gifted with a command of decorated phraseology ; but he is master of vigorous language, and has a power of strong and simple reasoning, which is equally intelli gible to all classes. He employs the syllogism of the schools as his chief weapon in argument ; but uses it with such dexterity, that his auditors of the humblest class can follow him, withaut being aware of the techni cal expedient of logic by which he masters the under standing." Another wonderfully life-like miniature is the following sorio-comic:sketch ig DOCTOR DRUMGOOLT." "He was, beyond doubt, a very well-informed and a clever man. He had a great command of speech, and yet was not a pleasing speaker. He was slew, monotonous, and invariable. His countenance was full of medical and theological solemnity, and he was wont to carry huge stick with a golden head, on which he used to press both his hands in speaking: and, indeed, from the ' manner in which ke swayed his body, and knocked his stick at the end of every period to the ground, which he accompanies with a species of strange and gutteral hem he seemed to me a Mud of rhetorical paviour, who was busily eogaged in making the great road of liberty, and paving the way to emancipation." As companion portraits, moreover, take the sub joined outlines of two far-famed English dema gogues. MR. COBBETT. "Cobbett is generally represented as a man of rather a clownish•looking demeanour ; and I have read, in some description of him, that he could not, at first view, suggest any notion of his peculiar intellectual powers - . Ido not at all agree in the opinion. He has certainly a rude and rough bearing, and affects a heedlessness of form, amounting to coarseness and rusticity. But it is only requisite to look at him in order to see, i❑ the expression of his countenance, the vigorous mind with which he is endowed. The higher portion of his lace is not unlike Sir Walter Scott's, to whom he bears, espe cially about the brow, a resemblance. His eyes are more vivid than the great author's, while the lower part of his countenance is expressive of firm, vehement ensotions. Ile was dressed in a grey frieze coat, with a red hand kerchief, which gave him a very extraordinary aspect, and presented him in contrast with the body of those who occupied the waggons, who, on account of the pub lic mourning (the Duke of York had died shortly be fore), were dressed in black. He seemed in excellent health and spirits, for his cheeks were almost as ruddy as his neckcloth, and set off his white hair, while his eyes sparkled at the anticipation of the victory which he was confident he should obtain." MR. HUNT. "I was surprised to find in Mr. Hunt a man of au exceedingly mild and gentle aspect, an almost youth ful cheek, a bright and pleasant eye, a sweet and ur bane smile, and altogether a most gentlemanlike and disarming demeanour. His voice, too, is exceedingly melodious, and es soft as his manners. This Gracchus of Manchester is utterly unlike the picttire which the imagination is apt to form of a tribune of the people ; and, indeed, I do not consider him to possess the exter nal qualifications of a great demagogue, though be is certAinly endowed with that plain and simple. eloquence which is so peculiarly effective with an English multi tude." Above all, we would here present to view, through a rather lengthened quotation, Mr. Shiel's masterly sketch of Father Murphy, of Corofan, in which may be recognised the portraiture of— A GENUINE IRISH PRIEST. " Father Murphy, the parish priest, came to the en trance, dressed in his surplice. As he stood surrounded by a dense multitude, whom he had hushed into pro found silence, he presented a most imposing object. His form is tall, slender, and emaciated ; but was en veloped in his long robes, that gave a peculiarly sacer dotal aspect. The hand which ho stretched forth was ample, but worn to a skinny meagritude and pallor. His face was long, i,unken, and calaverous, but was illuminated by eyes blazing with all the fire of genius, the enthusiasm of religion, and the devotedness of pa triotism. His lank, black hair fell dawn his temples, and eyebrows of the same colour stretched in thick straight lines along a lofty forehead, and threw over the whole countenance a deep shadow. The sun was shin ing with brilliancy, and rendered his figure, attired as it was in white garments, more conspicuous. The priest proceeded to the altar, and commended the people to abstain, during the Divine ceremony, from all political thinking or occupation. He recited the Mass with great fervency and simplicity of manner, and with all the evidences of unaffected piety. However familiar, from daily repetition with the ritual, he pronounced it with a quiet emphasis, and went through the various forms which are inci dental to it with singular propriety and grace. The people were deeply attentive, and at was observable that most of them could read, for they had prayer-books in their hands, which they read with n quiet devotion. Mass being finished, Father Murphy threw his vestments off, and, without laying down the priest, assumed the politician. Tie addressed the people in Irish, and called upon them to vritd for O'Connell in the name of their country and of their religien. It was a_ mu:A extra ordinary and powerful display of the externals of elo quence ; and, as far as a person unacquainted with the language could form an eAirnate of the matter, by the effects produced upon the auditory, it must have beet, pregnant with gen&ne oratory. IL will be supposed that this singular priest addressed his parishioners in tones and gestures as rude as the wild dialect to which he was giving utterance. His action and attitudes were as graceful as an accomplished actor could use in de livering the speech of Antony, and his intonations were soft, pathetic, denunciatory, and conjuring, according as his theme varied, and as he had recourse to different expedients to influence the people. The general cha racter of this strange harangue was impassioned and solemn, but he oceasiocally had recourse to ridicule, and his countenance at once adapted itself with a happy readiness to derision. The finest spirit of sarcasm gleamed over his features, and shouts of laughter at- IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WRNS. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 22 ... - From Ostend Harlingen Carril 4O Total._ 240 ... 118 -- The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1854 775 .-.. 1,333 ... ... 223 1853 475 ... 2,126 227 6 1852 344 985 190 ... 1851 395 1,571 341 20 1850 529 552 237 1649 369 „. 1,142 184 The show of foreign stock in to-day's market was un usually small. From our own grating districts a very small supply of beasts came fresh to hand, but its general quality was good. There was a moderate number of buyers in attendance, and the beef trade ruled brisk, at an improvement in the quo tations obtained on Monday last of 2d per 81bs, and a good clearance was effected. Thu best Scots produced 5s per 81b. The arrival of beasts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire amounted to 1,600 Scots and short horns ; from other parts of England 300 of various breeds; and from Scotland 240 horned and polled Scots. We wore very scantily supplied with all breeds of sheep. The primest old Downs, from their extreme scarcity, were about 2d por Blbs dearer than on this day se'nnight, yet the g eneral top figure for mutton, in the wool, did not ex ceeds(l per Sibs. Half-breds, Swintons, and other breeds, were steady, but not dearer. There were about 1,000 sheep out of the wool, which sold at 6d per fillos under these in the wool. There were very few calves in the market, yet they changed bands slowly, at from 4s 2d to 5s per 81bs. The pork trade was very dull, but we have no change to notice in prices. _ Per Sibs to sink the only. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8 Second quality.... 3 .10 4 4 , Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8j Primo Scots, &e. 410 5 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 81 Second quality ...3 10 4 4. 1 Prime erse.-wlled. 4 4 4 8j s. d. 0 d. Prime Southdown 410 6 0 Large ens. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small d 0... 4 8 5 2 iLargo hogs 3 0 4 0 !Small porkers 4 2 4 4 I Suekling calves.. 22 0 29 0 iQuarter old pigs 19 0 25 0 l FOSEIGN SUPPLY. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts .......... 2,928 ( 8ea5t5............ ..... . . Sheep ......... _11,840 Sheep Calves ...• ...• .......... 43 I Calves..— .............. 14 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, March 6, 1854, and this day, Monday, March 5, 1855. Per 81bs, to sink the ofals. Mar. 6, 1854.1Mar..5, 1855. s. d. s. dds. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts 3 oto 3 2:3 6to 3 8 Second quality ditto ... 3 4 3 6 1 3 10 4 4 Prime large oxen ... 3 8 4 0 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &e 4 2 4 44 10 6 0 Coarse.and inferior sheep 3 0 3 43 4 3 8 Second quality ditto 3 6 4 2,3 10 4 2 Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 4 4 6A 4 4 S Prime Southdown ditto 4 8 5 0,4 10 5 0 Lambs 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 Large coarse calves 4 6 5 2 4 0 4 6 Prime small di6to 4 4 5 8;4 8 5 2 Large hogs ••• 3 0 4 2;3 0 4 0 Neat small porkers 4 4 4 10'4. 2 4 4 ,B,easts... 4,501 2,92 S Sheep 20,710 14,840 Calves._ 105 43 Pigs ••• SEvras ON SALE, Mar c h 7, 1853.—Beasts, 4,407; ... 410 310 msheep, 16,140; calves, 148; pigs, 165. March 8, 1852.—Beasts, 3,874; sheep, 21,900; calves, 138; pigs, 380. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Our markets are tolerably well, but net to say heavily, supplied with most descriptions of malt. The general de mand is far front active, yet we kayo scarcely any change to notice in the quotations. Per 81bs by the cameo. s. d. s. d. Beef, interior 3 0 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do., prime large 3 8 3 10 De , do. small 4 0 4 4 Pork, largo 3 0 3 8 s. d. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do., prime 3 10 4 4 Veal 3 • 8 4 8 Pork, small 1 .3 10 4 4 SEEDS. We have an improved demand for tares, at fully last week's prices. For linseed and cakes we have only a mo derate inquiry, on former terms. Clover and trefoil are held at full quotations. In all other seeds very little is doing. Turtup,White,per bush. 22s to 25s Swede , Anstard, Brown • • • • • • 123 14s White. new .• 88 10A rireS,Willter,neW.... 118 12. Old• • • • • • .... •• 93 Ins Canary, per quarter • • 443 543 Rye ;rasa— • • • •• • 223 263 Clover,RedEns. (cwt.) 50s 64: White .......... .0s 75s Foreign sled .. • • .. 1 64 604 White•• 54s 753 Trefoil, new.. • • .... •• 248 293 Carraway............ 443 46s Coriander. •• • .... .• • 163 18s liempsced, per quarter 54s 560 Linseed, Eng.:iowing 72s 75s Crushing •• •• .• • • 66s 70s Baltic ••••.. • • .. —0 —s Odessa • • 64. 68s Uw ned Cake, pr. ton— Fnglish 121 Os 13 Os Foreign, per ton 11' Os 12 , 10s Rape Cakes, pr ton 6/ Oa 6' 105 Rapeseed,New,prlst 33 'lO 35 Ps TALLOW. Owing to the prospect of peace with Russia lour market is excessively he av y , and a ownsiderable fall has taken place in the quotations since Monday last. To-day, P.Y.C. on the spot, is selling at 49s to 50s per cwt. There is nothing .ughdo for hoeward eli very. Town tallow, 52s net cash Ro fat m , 2s 101 d Per Sibs. 1851 . 1862. ' 1853. 104. 1855. --- --- --_,_ —. Price of Y. C .... Stock this day ...... 39.612 49,344 1 37.818 ) 35.702 r 88 91 to 35s 9d ,445 3d to 638 3d • Delivery last week • • 1,727 2,160 , 1,802 1,378 1 3 —s 01 to —ROC- ` 44s 6d —s odo, Ditto from June 1.... 77,822 87,754 80.601 80,160 Arrivals last week.. Y 24 278 2.664 101 Ditto from June'.... 91,916 , 100,564 77,791 92,547 Priem of 9ow* ...... 39.1 ca 1 390 ca. 453 9d 63a 34 494 50 18 • tended his description of a AI Sirable 6athelio who ehould I prove recreant to the great cause, by making a sacrifice 'of his country to his landlord. The close of his speech was peculiarly effective. He became enflamed by the power of his emotions, and while he raised himself into the loftiest attitude to which he could ascend, he laid one hand on the altar, and shook flee other in the spirit of almost prophetic admonition ; and, as his eyes blazed and seemed to start from his forehead, thick drops fell down his face, and his voice rolled through lips livid with passion and covered with foam. It is almost un necessary to say that such an appeal was irresistible. The multitude burst into shouts of acclamation, and would have been ready to mount a battery roaring with cannon at his command." A noble and even wonderful description, that ! and one which justifies our author in asserting that in the person of Father Murphy might be recog nised rather the enthusiastic Macbriar in Scott's novel of " Old Mortality" than that Irish priest of farce and caricature, the sycophantic Foi'ard in Farquhar's comedy of "The Beaux Stratagem." Penenden Heath has already been mentioned in this notice—indeed, it is from Mr. Shiers amusing description of the celebrated gathering there in 1828 that we have extracted not only his descrip tion of himself, but his delineations also of Messrs. Hunt and Cobbett, and my Lord Winchelsea. Referring in that saint) account to his reported but inaudible speech to the meeting, Mr. Shiers narra tive contains an allusion to ourselves, which it may amuse our readers to see, if only by reason of its — facetious gravity. "Of what Mr. Shiel actually said it is impossible to give any account, and the miraculous power by which The Sten newspaper of that night contrived to publish his oration in three columns must be referred to some Hohenloe's interposition in favour of that journal. I heard but one sentence, which I afterwards recognised in print as having been spoken."—Sketches, p. 212, vol. ii. Through the medium of these animated sketches the youth of the present generation may make themselves acquainted with all particulars of in terest in regard to occurrences dating back some twenty or thirty years from the present time.— events as renowned ler their political importance as that same "Penendenfleath Meeting," or as the memorable " Clare Election," or for the focal intere , t attaching to the " Tabiuet Ball," or to the propo sals made once upon a time in the Rotunda with a view to the cultivation of the science of " Zoology in Dublin." Meritorous, however, as are the ma jority of the literary papers here collected together from the New Mouth/y, there are one or two amongst them we cannot but think which had been better left unrifled from the earlier volumes of that magazine. Capital jeuz d'esprit they may pro bably have been in their day, but vapid, witless, dull—like Peter Bell—" dull beyond all expression dull," they have now indubitably be come. In illustration of our meaning we need only refer to the farcical nonsense entitled " The Exor cism of a Divine," being the burlesque account of au imaginary miracle by Prince Hobenloe. By introducing into the present collection this prepos terous extravagance, -an extravagance which ought to have been left to die out and be forgot ten, the editor of "Shiel's Sketches" has betrayed as little judgment as he has elsewhere not unfre quently shown, scattered about in the volumes be fore us, in foot-notes, as pert as they are unneces sary. Literary sins of commission we should scarcely have expected from the shrewd and agree able author of " The Falcon Family," and the " Bachelor of the Albany." Although an enthusiastic Celt in all his thoughts and feelings, Mr. Shiel was by no means either provincial or restricted in his partialities. He re cognised clearly, for example, as lie himself has declared very beautifully, that "compared to her proud and pampered sister, clothed as she is in purple and gold, Ireland with all her natural en dowments, at best appears but a squalid and ema ciated beauty." It is in his description of Ireland and of Irishmen, however, that we chiefly discern the abilities of the Milesian demagogue—it is his evident devotion tdErin that wins the. sympathy of an English heart to this ambassador to Florence and member of the British Legislature. His am ple knowledge of his country and of her political i history is here lavished upon us in a copious stream of lively and agreeable information. Through these sketches we become familiarised (supposing the persons hereafter enumerated to have been, any of them, strangers to us previously) with the motley group of individuals who more or less signalised themselves among the crowd of more prominent Irish advocates of Catholic Emancipation. With John Keogh, the retired silk mercer of Mount Jerome, and originally of Parliament-street, Dub lin—John Keogh, the unrivalled leader of the Catholic Body in 17 92 and 1793, nay, even up to the time of the appearance of the veritable Liberator ! Afterwards with Daniel O'Connell himself the uncrowned Monarch of Ireland ! With Dennis Scully for some time his active coadjutor—in his character as a vigorous and eloquent pamphleteer! With Wolfe Tone, the Secretary to the Catholic Committteei- in the Irish capital ! With the late E al of Fingal, the Pre mier Catholic nobleman in the sisterkinedom. With his son the .present Earl, when Lord Killeen. Wi th "J. K. L.," the celebratedDoctorDoyle the Catho lic Bishop of Kildare and Leiglilin. With ..Eneas M`Donnel, the London agent of the Catholic Asso ciation—of whom, when Lord Norbury observed him descending the steps of the house of Dr. Troy, then Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, the Scarrou of the Bench remarked, in a memorable witticism —" There is pious Eneas coming from the sack of Trey !" Together with these more conspicuous figures in that epoch of agitation others are recog nisable in Mr. Shiel's Political Sketches—energetic advocates of emancipation. English lay advocates, such as Charles Butler of the Temple, or Irish clerical advocates,such as Father:Sheehan of Water ford. It is entertaining, moreover, beyond the scope of the materials for entertainment here im plied, to discern sketches introduced, here and there in those pleasant volumes, of other celebrities, some dead, some still surviving, of Sir Francis Burdett and Lord Brougham, of Sergeant Toler, afterwards Lord Norbury, and of Mr. Stanley, now Earl cf Derby, and leader of the great party of the Conservatives. Of Lord Norbury, Mr. Shiel ob served, in 1827, that his orations were " fraught with a kind of truculent bombast, a sort of san guinary ' fee-fa-furn l'" While of Lord Derby's oratorical powers he wrote, in 1831 :—" His lan guage, although it is faultless and flows from the well of English undefiled, is not rich, coloured ; or diversified ; his expression does not sparkle ; it has neither the glitter of fancy nor the splendour of imagination." Such, in truth, were not among the characteristics of the genius of Richard Lalor Shiel himself as a speaker—of him none could ever say "no generous exclamation ever breaks from his lips ; his eyes are never on fire with a moral in spiration ; he is never 'lifted from the ground' by auy ascendancy of emotion." Witness this that noble and even magnificent peroration to his great speech at the close of the Clare election—when descanting on the power exercised by the Catholic Association over the Irish peasantry, he cried out with the true cestrum of the orator, so to speak, in au agony of adjuration—" NV hat think you of all this ? Is it meet and wise to leave us armed with such a dominion ? Trust us not with it ; strip us of this appalling despotism ; annihilate us by concession ; extinguish us with peace ; dis array us by equality ; instead of angry slaves make us contented citizens : if you do not—tremble for the result !" During the earlier part of which splendid harangue the orator had exclaimed with such wondrous effect—" Do you think that Mr. Daniel O'Connell has himself, and by the single powers of his own mind, unaided by any external co-operation, brought the country to this great crisis of agitation ? Mr. O'Connell, with all his talents for excitation, would have been utterly powerless and incapable, unless _he had been allied with a great conspirator against the public peace and I will tell you who that co nfederate is--,-]e ° iil s .ought Mr. to ° b e de tnheeirlsawmoafintheaslsaonediateits,elafntd tihatllast been nounced as the mighty agitator of Ireland. The rod of oppression is the wand of this potent enchan ter of the passions, and the book of h is spells is the Penal Code. Break the wand of this political Prospero, and take from him the volume of his m agic, and he will evoke the spirits which are un der his control no longer." Eloquence such as this it is seldom our opportunity now to chronicle --only, indeed, at rare intervals, as when but the other evening, in the House of Commons, one of the most able and gifted among the orators of the present age, the honourable member for the city of Manchester, in a burst of oratory worthy of John Bright, worthier of a jester argument than John Bright was then enforcing, and net unworthy of the rhetorical powers of Shiel, or of any one of Shiers immediate contemporaries, solemnly ad jured the Prime Minister of England to allay the shedding of blood in the present war against the, Russian Autocrat, exelaituing—c‘ The angel of death has been abroad throughout the lantr; you may almost hear the very boating of his wings. There is ue one to sprinkle with blood the lintel and the side posts of our doors, that he may spare and pass on ; but he calls at the castle of the noble, the mansion of the wealthy, equally as at the cot tage of the humble, and it is on behalf of all these classes that I make this solemn appeal." As in some measure the incidental record of au eloquence kindred to this in its emotional fervour, and coloured into exquisite beauty by a ll the adorn meuts of a copious and varied, but, even during moments of the greatest intellectual excitement,an aptly and fastidiously selected phraseology—these from the of " Sketches, Lega l and Political," the pen of the late Right Hon. Richard uponßichardbLnaolko-h r s S e l l i v eL, . arc not undeserving of a place 4 , S PA I'l A-. ---9--) ..,t'l.- U 1 tr:',,..,, - alr6itay a Cicero, of a Chatham and a DinfOttopies. '‘Th . is is high praise when accorded to iscaliction , of fugi tive contributions to a magazine, but preserving to us, as some of these occasional pieces do, examples of the oratorical genius of Mr. Shiel—it is, we can not but think, praise eminently well deserved. When may we hope to recognise the opportunity of according some yet more cordial welcome to a work still worthier of commendation—a work more substantially valuable as an accession to our na tional literature ? When may we have the satis faction of hailing the appearance—thoroughly re vised and carefully annotated—not of " 'Shiel's Sketches," but of " Shiel's Speeches ?" MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES. Tait's Edinburgh Journal sustains its improved character. It has some clever political articles, and some interesting papers on literary topics. Among the latter the second part of " Reading Raids" may be mentioned. The Agational Miscel lan is of a more serious and reflective character. Among the subject 3 in the present number are Naval and Military Arrangements, and Em igra tion. Mu c h a bility is generally. displayed in this magazine. Hogg's- Instructor contains its usual variety. The continuation of " Sister Anne," by the author of " Ethel," is not the least attractive feature. Macphail's Edinburgh Ecclesiastical Jo a rital is, as its name implies, c hi e fly devc, , ted to the consideration of theological and similar topics. —Sharpe's London Magazine has several Very in teresting tales = among them one by the pleasing writer who has given us the history of Mary Powell, and the 'continuation of " Harry, Cover dale's Courtship," which is also appearing in monthly parts.—The Illustrated London, Magazine numbers among its contributors the Hon. Mrs. Norton, Fanny Fern, Horace Mayhew, Captain Mayne Reid, and many other well-known names. An interesting account of the early adventures of the potato is given. - -Home Thoughts is a little serial of average merit.—Le Follet has, as usual, four graceful plates, but 'the literary portion scarcely deserves mention.—The Governess, a re pertory of female education, gives the rudiments of many branches of instruction.—We must not omit to mention that Knight's English Cyclopcedia is continued with its usual ability. The Art-Journal.--An article by Mrs. Merri field, " On Design as applied to Ladies' Work," is continued, and is likely to be of service in explod ing those daring incongruities of design which young ladies sometimes perpetrate. Francis Danby, A.R.A., is the subject of an interesting notice under the head of " British Artists." The notice is illustrated by four exquisite engrav ings by J. G. Nicholls, from Danby's cele brate pictures, " The Passage of the Israelites through the Red Sea," " The Contest of the Lyre and Pipe in the Valley of Tempe," " The Opening of the Sixth Seal," and " The Enchanted Island." W. Fairholt, F.S.A., contri butes a noticeable paper on " Albert Durer, his Compatriots, and his Times," with illustrations from original sketches by the author. Among the remaining papers may be pointed out " Co louring Statues," a subject quite apropos at the present time ; " Nomenclature of Pictorial Art," by J. B. Pyne, and a " Memory of Mary Russell Mitford," written with a just appreciation of the genius and the virtues of the deceased. The larger engravings consist of " The Virgin Mother," by Dyce, engraved by Tremen ; " The Windmill," from the picture in the Royal Collec tion, engraved by Prior, quite a gem in its way, and " The Rescue," engraved by A. Roffe, from a drawing of the medal, executed by W. Wyon, R.A., for the Liverpool Shipwreck and Hu mane Society. The anatomical development of the principal figure is worthy of praise. Among the lesser engravings are examples of useful designs, including specimens of the celebrated pottery of Bernard Palissy, a Chinese enamelled vase, to which must be added three admirably-worked illustrations of the encaustic tiles of Messrs. Maw and Co. The illustrations are executed by the process known as block colour printing. SPORTING NOTES. THE COVENTRY MEETING. Time will only permit me briefly to refer o the races to be decided at Coventry to-morrow. Those appoint. ments are the only bona fide " fixtures" which have not been marred by the frost. I shall not attempt to determine the probabilities or calculate the comparative chances, for, at so early a period in the season, when horses have, with few exceptions, been stopped in their work, such a task would merely resolve itself into guess work. The programme contains five items, of which three _are legitimate events, and two arc devoted to the jumpers. A somewhat large field may be brought out t) c•mtest the Craven Steepleel.A ie. Old Oscar looked in most blooming health and condition when I saw him last week at Oundle, and he seemed to go free and well. Should he start, I shall expect to see him achieve an easy success. People who intend to "assist" at the gathering at Aintree on Wednesday will have hard work to reach Liverpool to enjoy breathing time before the commence ment of the proceedings. The decision of Admiral Rous recently promulgated with respect to the invalidity of the engagements entered into for the different stakes has created some little confusion, but its effect, however, sound as that decision may be, will be rather negative in its operation. There will be the "added money" to be run for ; the only difficulty which will exist will be with re spect to the liability or non-liability for forfeits. Recent movements in the Turf Market have confirmed the opinions which were published in the The Sun of this day week in reference to the Grand National. I still hold to the belief that, if her owner be "on," Miss Mowbray will be the winner. In her default I shall stick to Needwood. To-morrow, however, I will enter into a re-discussion of the probabilities ; caution inducing me to await the " Doings at the Corner" this afternoon. March 5. A FRESH MAN. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. OUNDLE STEEPLECHASES. SATURDAT. The SELLING STEIPLECIIASE of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 25 added. Optional selling weights. About two miles. Mr. Clark's Lord of the Isles (1001.), aged, 10st 71b (Mr. G. Walker) 1 Mr. J. Clarke's Cheddington (2501.), 6 yrs, 9st 12Ib (Gamulidge) 2 The following also ran :—Ben Lontond (1501.), aged, list ; Quickstep (30l.), aged, lOst ; Eurus (501.), aged, 9st 121 b. Betting-7 to 4 agst Quickstep, sto 2 each agst Lord of the Islet and Ben Lomond. A close race in. Won by a short neck. Quickstep was a bad third ; Eurus last. Ben Lomond fell at the brook, and went no further. The winner was sold - by auction to Mr. Newsome Mason for 135 guinea.. The WELTER STAKES of 20 secs each, 11 ft, with 100 added, 16st each, certain allowances, gentlemen riders, &e., about three miles, was won by Mr. Brown's Harry, agd, beating Slapdash, Mustapha, and Malt. Betting---Even on Harry, 3to 1 agst Malt. Won easily by four lengths. Mustapha and Malt were pulled up some distance from home. and TRADESMEN ' S FARME RS' Price FRIDAY. S J l z i kTl C e ll iffi r . T. fir The st . , but was disqualified in conse quence of having been in a " trainer's stable," contrary to the condition.. The race was therefore given to Huntsman, who ran second. Barg AND SOMERSET RACES.—By mistake, in No. 6 of the sheet calendar, it is announced that the entries for the City Cup close on the 6th May, instead of Tues• day next, the 6th of March, on which day the Somerset• shire Stakes also close. NOTTINGAAM BAcEs.—To avoid clashing with the Liverpool meeting, which now stands postponed to Wednesday next, the first day at Nottingham is altered, to Thursday instead of Wednesday. A LONG SENTENCE.—The effect of the death of the Emperor of Russia, and the unopposed accession, which we have elsewhere announced, .of the Cesarewitsch Alexander, upon the present and the future of Europe, must be, till events afford a positive solution, the upper most subject of speculation in the mind of every man of every nation who has a stake, however trifling, in the arrest or progress of civilisation—so widely extended were the relations which that restless and scheming sprit established throughout the earth, so numerous were the Sovereigns and so varied the races over whom a su d e e d e , p a ly nd e , a u le n e d l e a r ted all sy c s ir tecltaomfpnteiesy,,keuvntvain ryirtgly view, pur. had ena'Aed the Czar Nicholas to acquire remarkable in fluence.--21torning Post. The Echo (la Pacifique gives the follolN ing details of the successor of the late King of the Sandwich Islands, whose death nn recently announced. " Prince Alex ander Liholilio, the successor of Kamehamelia, 111., un dt r the name of KaMeliamelia. IV., is 24 years of age. 110 is well educated and intelligent. He has travelled in Eorcpe and in the United States, and speaks Eng lish fluently, having received his education in that country, The new king of the Sandwich Islands ob stinately opposed all id ea o f a li enat i ng the Ilawaian so vereignty, and, his approbati on , h e w ill b e t h e gran d cause of the failure as the treaty of annexation must receive of the project." SAMBRE AND MEUSE RAILWAY. —At a meeting Of the Sambre and Meuse Railway Company, on Thursday, a resolution was passed for raising ten per cent, on the 1 Capital amounting to 62,000 1 ., for the purchase of rolling I stock, by a preference dividend of 6 per cent. ---..;.,...,_., ~r 14 11 733 3 11i i SO i 73i 4 100 6lj 13i 1111 i