The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-17 00:00:00

!s, ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Crum.= KIM ON EASTER MONDAY 4. WONDERFUL WOMJ.N. After which. FAUST AND MARGUERITE To conclude with A AINCE FOR AN HOUR. MC; H WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY—Morn. 25 min. aft. 11—Evening 0 min. aft. 0 Tes-Monnow—Morn. 6 min. aft. 12—Evening 36 min. aft.l2 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MARoan 16. THER3IOHETER, IN THE SHADE. 42—highest since noon yesterday. tl—lowest this morning and during the night. 47 —this day at noon. BABOUF/FEE-30 . 07—falling. WIND:E.S.E. to S.E.—Moderate, with dull weather and some sunshine occasionally.; fine rain in the evening. Modtat 17. 48—highest since noon yesterday. 42 —lowest this morning and during the night. 45 —this day at noon. - BAROMETER, 30. WIND, E.S.E.—Light, with dull weather. The rain last eveninz was very genial, after a month of dry, burn ing, easterly and north-easterly winds. Al,ll t - o t s LONDON, MONDAY, MISCH 17, 1856. England rejoices with France • at the auspi cious birth, yesterday morning at a few minutes past three o'clock, of an heir to the Imperial Crown of Napoleon lll.—his infant Majesty the King of Algeria. So wonderful are the muta tions of public opinion, so extraordinary are the fluctuations of national temperament not less wonderful or extraordinary -ndeed than - the vicis situdes of remarkable historic characters. England rejoices with France--rejoices with her con amore with " heart and voice "—at the important event which, so far as poor human foresight can at all predicate in a matter of such amazing uncertainty, appears to have consolidated the NAPOLEONIAN dynasty once more as in the days of the Great Man—when at six o'clock on the morning of MArch the 20th, in the year of-our Lord 1811, another king—the baby-king of Rome—was born to an inheritance apparently no less durable than it was vast in its dimensions, the gigantic empire carved out of old Europe by the resistless sword and swayed by the irresponsible sceptre of the modern SESOSTRIS, younger than C_ESAR, and greater than CHARLEMAGNE. All that we can hope now in regard to the infant EMPEROR, born but a few hours since, in the purple of the new dynasty, is, that a happier des tiny may be reserved for him than awaited the child of its immortal founder. A longer reign than that vouchsafed to NAPOLEON ll.—(a reign, that, of but a few hours towards the close of the June of 1813)—is reserved, let us hope for NA POLEON IV., when the remarkable career of his august parent shall have been consummated. The present EMPEROR, now in the forty-eighth year of his age, may still cherish the belief (without much extravagance in the way of such anticipations) that his life may yet be spared to himself, to France, and, we will add, to the world at large, until such time as the heir just born to his Imperial Throne may be capable in his turn, of grasping with a strong hand the sceptre of those later CiEsans, the NAPOLEONS—in obedienee to the sovereign will of the People, and with a view to the advancement of the supreme interests, not of princes or of dynasties, but of humanity and of civilisation ! GOD grant that this hope may prove no idle day-dream. For otherwise than through it there is seemingly no escape whatever for France —or, for that matter, consequently, of course, for Europe—from more dis astrous and more appalling political convulsions, than those which France and Europe have already of late years so often experienced. With the fulfil ment of this not unreasonable, or, at any rate, in any way impossible day-dream, England and France may yet preserve their intimate alliance with each other intact, and together secure to the world at large the blessings of a sustained and progressive civilisation. The great event, so anxiously looked forward to throughout France and Europe, has duly come off, and in the most auspicious manner. A child of France is born, and there is, therefore, ground for hope that the NAPOLEON dynasty may not only be prolonged, but that the Imperial Throne may be occupied by the direct descendants of the EMPEROE,. This is, unquestionably, satisfactory, but there are attendant circumstances wkich mate rially diminish the gratification which every true hearted Englishman must otherwise have felt. We do not desire to dwell on the many former disappointments to claimants for the French Throne—of the cup of promise being so frequently hurled from Royal lips—Dii avertite omen. We earnestly hope that the Princely infant may be spared to become a real blessing to his parents and to the great country that participates in the fer vent rejoicings at his advent. But we cannot ap prove of the ridiculous and unmeaning ceremonies prescribed for the occasion, which savour too much of the follies of the effete race leenished by indignant Franco from its shores. One of the acts ol the EMPEROR which excited gene ral hope and joy was his magnanimous and honour able choice of a Consort. He selected the woman whom he loved, without regard to the royalty of birth, which has been one of the ridiculous attri butes still regarded in many quarters as indispen sable. The act of the Imperial Reformer was hailed with general acclamation. It was hoped that it might have prevented many sacrijic es yet to come—that the offspring of such a marriage would be emphatically children of the people, who would receive that popular support which was denied to many formerly placed in similar posi tions. But, alas ! the promise has not been faith fully carried out. The trumpery and almost far cical performances indicated assume the aspect of so many apologies to despotic powers, to make up for the absence of the divine ichor, that ought to circulate in the infantine veins—apologies that may disgust and alienate the People, but cannot conciliate those to whom they are thus obsequiously tendered—who will not maintain appearances a moment longer than it may be convenient to re tain the mask. We greatly fear that it is not merely in these paltry observances, better suited to the atmo sphere of St. Petersburg, or of Thibet, than of Paris, that conciliation to those who cannot ap preciate the term has been carried. Prussia, who had so long nibbled at its leek in inglorious obscurity, has been invited to send representa tives to the Conferences. Whether that be merely to render a formal assent to matters already con cluded, or to fling additional weight on disputed points into the Muscovite scale, seems to us equally objectionable. Nor can the strongly-expressed anxiety of the Emperor NAPOLEON to have the proclamation respecting the final arrangements for the cessation of hostilities, and of the birth of the Imperial heir simultaneous, be regarded as without extraordinary significance. It is diffi cult to say at this moment what concessions may have been made to forward that object, and to induce the Russian and German Powers to re cognise the infant heir. Time may tell—and it is by no means improbable that the Peace thus prematurely arrived at may not be hereafter regarded as so very felicitous an event by the Peoples of France and England, or one calculated to add great brilliancy to the Imperial Crown. There are tales in all languages respecting the failure of early precautions to avoid dreaded evils for youthful heirs. We earnestly hope that none of those taken on the present occasion may here after serve to " point a moral or adorn a tale," to add a further tag to homilies on the futility of human wishes and human care. That certain solempities should attend the birth of the heir apparent to so imperial an heritage is doubtless correct, but the exhibition of more natural feeling would be far more pleasing. The transmission by the hands of the Grand Chan cellor of the Legion of Honour of the Grand Cordon of the Order and the Military Medal to the infant still " muling and puking in its nurse's arms," is simply ridiculous, and calculated to bring the noblest, because the most widely based order, ever instituted by earthly sove reign into contempt and disrepute. As well might the babe receive an immediate corn mand, and have its aide-de-camps in attendance to transmit its orders. From one misfortune that attended the last Prince so welcomed, the present is happily ex empted. He has no German Imperial blood to 'least of, and therefore may not be considered a necessary victim on the Altar of Kingcraft--a Royal sacrifice to the Moloch of despotism, and to unholy alliances, that may be deemed objects of State necessity. The near relationship to the KAISER did not preserve his inheritance, or his life, to the youthful King of ROME. Had he been more roughly cradled—more honestly nurtured-- his fate might have been very different, and we witness with sorrow a departure from the course which. might have rendered the Princely infant, not merely a child of France, but of its magnani mous anti mighty people—a suitable "Emperor of the FRENCH," whenever the time should arrive for the fulfilment of his destinies. Th© memorial from the Literary Association of the Friend.i of Poland submitted to Lord PAL MERSTON, on Saturday last, was certainly not un called for, nor presented a moment too soon. Admitting there are individuals in the Ministry alive to the duty of securing a safe and honour able peace, and not insensible to the fact that justice to Poland is an essential element towards the attainment of such a peace, it is even more certain that secret influences are at work, which would have Poland thrown overboard altogether, or left to the uncovenanted mercies of her oppres sors. It is well, therefore, that the Premier should be reminded of what the Friends of Poland, and the country at large, have a right to look for at his hands, and should be put in possession of s° unanswerable a plea for insisting on rigid stipulations in favour of Poland being inserted in the Treaty of Peace now being con cocted in Paris. It was no question of chivalry or romantic interference that was pressed on the attention of his Lordship through the memorial ; it was the claims of honour and self-interest, which alike demand that this country should see to it, no;v that the opportunity is proem ted, that a national barrier to the aggressions of Russia, wrongfully prostrated, should be restored, and the conclusion of a war of right should not be rendered for ever infamous by the condonation of a monstrous wrong. Reminding his Lordship of the fact that the cause of Poland was in some sort pleaded by a British Minister, at the Congress of Vienna, as " the first and most urgent want of Europe ; that the stipulations then consented to still remain binding on Russia, and that the signature of the British Plenipotentiary of 1815 remains for ever indelibly fixed on that Treaty, which has been notoriously and scandalously violated by the Power whom our successes have at last enabled us to bring to account"—the memorialists nc4 in aptly intimate that they have a right to look for at least equal consideration and firmness, ou be half of Poland, from the present liberal Govern ' ment to that shown by a Tory one. Whatever weight this may have with the Premier—and it would not redound much to his credit if it had [lone—we would fain . hope he is not inseu ' sible to the reasoning by which it was shown chat so long as the Polish question remains unsettled, "so long the weak point of European stability remains where it was, and the balance of power is, as it were, out of equilibrium ; and this because Russia, though in this war she may have been severely wounded, has as yet suffered no material or permanent injury to impair her terri torial and political position of predom:nauce towards Europe, which will not be altered so long as she maintains her present hold of Poland." In • other words, if Poland is suffered to remain in the unholy bondage of Russia—the Allies have done nothing towards restoring the lost balance of power—and Russian predominance, momentarily overcome, will in a few years be even greater than ever. Poland, it is justly urged, is the natural ally of Turkey against Russia, and that ally the champions of the independence of Turkey will have left prostrate, though, if Russia be iu the oondition she is represented to be, they might have raised her ! Forcibly and most truly is it remarked—" Should the negotiations be concluded upon terms below what Eu rope has a right to expect will be efficient for curbing Russia, the result will be to induce that Power to raise her pretensions. She would thus be proclaimed to the world as being single-handed a match for all Europe, or, at least, for so much of Europe as the influence of the Allies would prevail on to act cordially against her." What true-hearted Englishman is there but must agree with what follows?—"Brought up in the almost religious belief which the spirit of the last war called forth, that England was the first country in the world, and as such was equal to the duties and responsibilities of that position, it is daily more disheartening to find her considered only as among four or five of equal pretensions." It is a fact, stomach it as we may, to this degra dation we have been reduced ; and if peace is to be had without another campaign, the more impe ratively is it the duty of Government to insist on justice to Poland, for otherwise, iu this state of degradation we must still continue. This is a consideration which it would be treason to the country to overlook. On every principle of honour, justice, and'prudence, we would under other circum stances have been bound to have interfered peremp torily on behalf of Poland; but as matters go, that interference is essential to the redemption in some measure, of our lost prestige. It may or may not be deemed politic, at the present time, to insist on a full measure of justice being rendered to that country, to wit, the , restoration of her independence ; but no conceivable pretence could excuse France and England from insisting on the observance of the stipulations of the Congress of Vienna, to which they were parties, before con cluding a Treaty of Peace. Should the oppor tunity be suffered to pass unimproved, they wculd both be dishonoured, and henceforth the might of Poland would go permanently and cordially to swell the already over-grown strength of Russia. tit •. THE SUN, LONDON, lIONDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1856, LATEST NEWS. ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH. PARIS, SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 9 A.M. The Monitenr publishes the following :- 44 MARCH 16, A QUARTER PAST 3. " The Empress has just been delivered of a Prince. " Her Majesty and the Imperial Prince are in good health." Her Majesty and the Prince are in good health. To-day the preliminary baptism (oncloyement) of the Prince took place. His Majesty presented the Prince to Monsignor the Bishop of Nancy, his First Almoner, who was attired in a white cope and the mitre, and bore the cross. The Bishop, assisted by the Cure of St. Germain l'Auxerrois, wearing his stole, took the baptismal water in a golden vase, and poured it upon the head of the infant, pronouncing at the same time the sacramental words, amidst the deep arid devout attention of the assembly. The Bishop then sang the Te Deurn, which was continued by the choristers of the Imperial Chapel s accompanied on the organ and harp. During the singing of the Te Dena& the Bishop of Nancy remained standing at the foot of the al tar. The baptism register having been removed from the table placed in the middle of the sanc tuary, the Cure of St. Germain de l'Auxerrois carried to the Emperor the two registers, in which was entered the act d'ondoyentent of NAPOLEON EUGENE Louis JEAN JOSEPH, File de France. His Majesty received a pen from the Cure, and signed the two registers, which were immediately afterwards signed by hi Highness Prince Murat, his Excellency the Due d'Albe, his Excellency - Mar6chal Valliant, Minister at War, his Excel lency M. Troplong, President of the Senate, and his Excellency the Comte de Morny, President of the Corps L6gislatif. PARIS, SUNDAY. The Empress was taken with the pains of child birth at about 5 o'clock this morning. So soon as it became known that the accouchement was at hand due notice was sent round to the Princes of the Imperial family by the Princess of Essling, Grand Mistress of the Empress's household. The attend ance was prompt. Among those of the family who were summoned to the Tuileries was Prinoe Lucien Louis Bonaparte, who only arrived from London on Tuesday evening last. His Highness had met with a severe accident in his own house before leaving; a piece of marble fell where he happened to be standing, and broke the great toe of his left foot. Aware of the approaching accouchernent of the Empress the Prince was anxious to come to Paris at all risks, but the pain he has suffered since the journey is intense. When he received notice this morning from the Palace he expressed his desire to be present, but the pain and in aammation in the foot were such that the Emperor desired he should remain quiet— the Prince resides, when in Paris, in the Rue de Rivoli—and that he should be represented on the occasion by another Prince of the family, the son of Prince Charles (of Canino). Tho summons was sent round to the Ministers, the Senate, De puties, Council of State, and the high functionaries of the Government. The Senate soon after as sembled at the Luxembourg and the Deputies at their Chamber. The Presidents of those bodies and the high functionaries of State proceeded to the Palace of the Tuileries to be in attendance. The Emperor, the Princess d'Essling, and Ma dame Montijo, the Empress's mother, have re mained the whole of the day in the Empress's apartment. The dignitaries of the Empire are assembled in the green drawing room hard by the Empress's chamber. In the apartment further off aro the Emperor's aide-de-camps and the offi cers of the household. The first pains, it is said, were savere, but were less so some hours after ; and, so far as could be known, up to 4 o'clock the Empress was going on as well as could be expected. The following is the official notice posted up at the Bourse at a quarter past 2 o'clock p.m.:---- " Her Mtjesty the Empress felt the first pains of labour about 5 o'clock this morning. Ye shall be informed immediately of birth of fae Imperial infant." The Municipal Council of Paris is assembled en permanence at the Hotel de Vile. Numerous groups were stationed from an early hour on the Place du Carrousel, and in the gardens and terraces of the Tuileries. Preparations are made at all the public buildings for illuminations, the first sound of the cannon of the Invalides is awaited with anxiety - , and the artillerymen are standing at their guns with matches lighted the whole of the day, expecting every moment the signal flame from the Tuileries. Independently of the political importance attached to an event which makes people forget for the moment the Conferences, it cannot ba denied that great inte rest is very generally felt and good wishes breathed for the safe delivery of the Empress. PARIS, MONDAY. The health of the Empress and of the Prince is excellent. The Pope being Godfather of the Prince Impe rial, and the Qaeen of Sweden Godmother, the Emperor has decided that he would be Godfather, and the Empress Godmother, of all children born in lawful wedlock, throughout France, on the day of the 16th of March. BERLIN, MARCH 16. The proposal to betroth the Princess Royal of England to Frederick William, son of the Prince Royal of Prussia, is spoken of. The Prince will probably set out for London very shortly. his visit was already fixed for the early part of the spring. MARSEILLES, MARCH 15, 11 A.m.. The Carmel has arrived with advioes from Constantinople of the 6th and from the Crimea of the 4th inst. She brought 200 soldiers. ;Some eases of fever having occurred on board, she was placed in qua- rantine. Despatches loft at 9 a.m. THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received the following telegraphic de spatch from Trieste : TRIESTE, SUNDAY, MARCH 16. The steamer Australia arrived here this- morn ing at S a.m., in 116 hours from Alexandria, which port she left on the 11th. The Indian mails left Alexandria on that day, with advises from Calcutta of the 9th of February; and Bombay of the 16th of February. On the 'Ttb. of February a proclamation was issued amounting the annexation of Oude, and that the King had been deposed. The Snthal rebellion had been renewed. Lord panning reached Madras on the 14th of Februar•. Lard Dalhousie was very unwell, and was to leave Cacutta for Suez immediately after the ar rival of lord Canning. Tradevas inactive and prices ft actuatin, with the exceition of indigo. The uimey-markets were easier. Exchaige at Bombay, 2.211 ; Calcutta, 2.2 i. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. The to tear publishes the following bulletin of the halth of his Imperial Highness Prince Jerome : SUNDAY, ° 3.3O A M. " Dtariig the morning of Saturday the patient was at eae, and had a short sleep at nine o'clock at night. "Duriig the rest of the day the Prince was much beter." A Paris letter, in the Independatice of Brussels, says :—"Baron de Brunow, exhausted with fa tigue, fahted on Wednesday in the Cabinet of the Minister )f Foreign Affairs, just as the plenipoten tiaries woe about to enter on their deliberations. This incident, which caused great emotion amongst the members of the Congress, had no painful re aults—M de Brunow having promptly recovered and heel able to join his colleagues. Although peace be not yet signed, the question as to who will be We future Ambassador at St. Petersburg has begin to be discussed. General do la Hitte, the Maiquis de la Rochejaquelein, General Can robert, Baron de Bourqueney, and many others are si - x.l;en of. It is said, however, that before any nomination be made, Count de Morny, Presi dent of the Legislative Body, will be sent as Am bassador Extraordinary to Moscow, to attend the coronation of Alexander II." The rumours of peace do not diminish the pre parations for war. At the arsmal of Metz 60 women aro now employed daily in the making of cartridges for the infantry. The semi-official journal of Stockholm, in its number of the 4th, announces that " his Majesty the Emperor d the French had chosen her Ma jesty the Queca Josephine, his relative, as god mother of the child whose birth is expected by France." The despatch of the French Government containing the invitation to the Queen was pre sented by the French Ambassador on the 2 7 th ult. A letter declare: that both the court and the nation feel flattered at her Majesty having been selected. A letter from Rome, of the 6th, in the Piemonte of Turin, says :—" The King of Naples has come to a definitive understanding with the Holy See. His Majesty consents that the celebrated privileges of the Sicilian Monarchy shall be nearly all abo lished ; and has accepted the brief in virtue of which the Holy Father destroys the secular prero gatives of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal of Sicily. WILLIAM IT. AND ADMIRAL NAPIER !—Mrs. D. showed me a letter from --, which says, " I went, yesterday, with their Majesties to the private exhibition at Somerset House. We were received by the president of the Royal Society, who, among other portraits, pointed out to the King that of Admiral Napier, who has been commanding the fleet for Don P edro. His Majesty did not hesitate to show his political bias on this occasion, by. exclaiming immediately, Captain Napier may be d—d, sir, and you may be d—d, air ' • and, if the Queen was net here, sir, I would kick you down stairs, sir I' "—Raikes's Journal front 1831 to 1847. BOARD or REALTH.—A 'deputation from the Asso ciated Registrars' Society had a lengthened interview on Saturday, with the Resident the Hon. Mr. Cowper, relative to the onerous duties imposed upon the regis trars, by the present and proposed Vaccination Bills, and the inadequate amount and unsatisfactory mode of obtaining the contemplated remuneration, The marriage of the Hon. Miss Thellasnu with M r William Rose took place on Saturday, at St. George's, Hanover-square, in the presence of Lord and Lady W al gingham, Lady Rose, Hon. Arthur and Mrs. Thalluson and Miss Tbelluson, the Earl of Malreeebury, the Earl of Euston, Viscount and Viscountess Milton, Hon. and Rev. Dmizlas Garden and Lady Ellen Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Dawkins and Miss Dawkins, Lady Rose Pane, and Lord Burghersb. After the ceremony, Lord and Lady Walsinglram gave a dejeuner in Arlington-street, arid subsequently the bride and bridegroom left Lolidon for Tichford Park, one of Lord Ca.rringtou's seats, in Buckinghamshire. The Queen has appointed the Rev. A. Birch to the Rectery of Middleham, Yorkshire, vacant by the decease of the Rey. Dr. Wood. THE ACCOUCHEMENT OF TEE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH —The Empress of the French, it will be seen from our telegraphic despatches, was safely delivered of a Prince yesterday morning, at a quarter past three o'clock. Our readers are aware that, on Sunday, transactions take place in the French Funds. The effect of the announce. meat of an heir to the throne of France caused a slight rise in the public securities of that country. —MO rning A clv eraser. RDIOICINGS AT THE FRENCH EMBISSY.—On receiv ing the happy intelligence of the birth of an Imperial Prince, the Ambassador of France yesterday caused a Te Dense of solemn thanksgiving to be sung at the Frenclz Chapel, at the conclusion of High Mass. His Excellency, all the members of the Embassy, and a great number of French residents in London, were present at the service. In the evening the Ambassador gave a dinner to all the French of distinction at present in Lon don. His Excellency proposed as a toast A l'Ern pereur, h I'lmpdratrice, et au Prince Imperial. Puisse le genie de Napoleon 1., la grace de Napoleon IL, et la eagesse de Napoleon 111., e'xe un jour l'apage du futur Napol6on IV." THE NEW BISHOP OF CARLISLE.—It is expectel that the consecration of the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Henry Montague Villiers, who has been appointed to the Bishopric of Carlisle, will take place in the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, on Monday, April 13. Tho bishop sleet has appointed Mr. Lee, of Queen Anne's Bounty Office, Westminster, to be his secretary. THE MURDERER BOUSFIELD.—The execution of Bons field, who was convicted at the last session of the Central Criminal Court of the murder of his wife, and against whom there are three other indictments for the murder of his three children, is fixed to take place on Monday the 31st inet. In the ordinary course the sentence of the law would have been carried into effect on the 24th, but that being Easter Monday, tho sheriffs considered it advisable to postpone the event till the following Mon day. Since his conviction the criminal has been visited by his father and mother, who are respectable persons in humble life. His general demeanour has been most apathetic. He has seldom alluded to his dreadful crime, and appears to wish it to be thought that he is utterly ignorant.of having been guilty of the act imputed to him. It is understood that efforts have been made to obtain a commutation of the punishment, on the ground that the prisoner was not in a sound state of mind ; but the Secretary of State has returned no answer to the appli cation that has been addressed to him. THE CONDEMNED CRIMINAL, JOHN FOWSIDE.-We understand that John Fowkes, upon whom sentence of death was passed by Lord Campbell last week, will be executed in frontlet the county gaol, Welford-road, next Wednesday morning, at 8 o'clock. Fawkes has not hitherto made any confession of his guilt, nor has his demeanour altered since his convietion. He still seems unimpressed by the responsibility of his position. ALARMING ACCIDENT AT A LAUNCH OF GUN-BOATS.- On Saeurilay, the Drake and the Janus, two of the large gon-boats which the Government have in course of consti uction at Pembroke were launched, and we are sorry to say was attended with an alaming accident. The boats are very powerful onee, as their measurement will show. The Drake is 237 tons, and the Janus 228 tons, and they measure 110 feet between the perpendicu lar=, have 95 feet 3. inches keel for tonnage, 21 feet 114 inches extreme breadth, and 6 feet 6 inches depth f hold, and they will be propelled by screws worked by engines of 40-horse-power. As the beats were gliding off the frame, amidst the loud huzzas of the shipwrights and spectators, one of them unfortunately ran against the beam of a platform, on which stood the storekeeper of the docks and a number of ladies and chi.dren, who had come to see the launch. The momentum of the vessel carried away the sepports of the platform, which with its living freight fell into the slips. A scene of alarm and confusion ensued, but as soon as the parties could be got out from amongst the debris of the plat form, it was found that one young lady, Miss Matthews, had received a fracture of the collar bone and concussion of the brain, and that the storekeeper andisome others had received severe contusions. Miss Matthews re ceived speedy medical assistance, and it is hoped that she will recover from the injuries. THE EXPENsE OF A BARONETCY,-A return moved for by Mr. Guinness, M.P., shows how dearly certain dignities must be paid for in this country. Thus the fees chargeable on a baronetcy in the Herald's-office are reported by Sir C. G. Young, Garter King-at-Arms, to amount to 211. 2e. 3d. (payable to the Herald's College), besides which there is a sum of 151. 2s. 4d., "incidental to the ereetion of a baronet," and payable by the for tunate dignitary for the necessary certificate of his "arms and pedigree" registered in the college, so that the sum total payable to the Herald's-office is 361. 48. 7d. ; but this is a mere trifle. The newly-created baronet, it would appear, is further mulcted by the Crown-office in the sum total of 2571. 9s. ld., of which 1201. is for "stamps," nearly 58/. for the "Royal household," and 211, for the heralds. We next come to the dignity of "Knight Bachelor." The knight is required to pay a fee of 9/. Bs. 3d. if the dig nity is conferred by the Sovereign, 9/. 13s. 6d. if it is conferred by patent, and 181. 15s. 2d. when the knight hood is conferred prier to the admission into the Order of the Bath as a G.C.B. This is in the Herald's-office. Io the Crown-office a sum of 155/. 12'. 10(1. is exacted, of which 301. is for stamps and 691. 12s. 41. for the Royal household. Baronets have also to pay a demand of 171. 16e. 61. to the Patent-office. As regards the Order of the Bath, there are no fees chargeable by the Herald's College, except on the preliminary grade of common Knighthood, already described. THE £2,000 PAULO VERONESE! A handful of fairy gold turned into dead loaves —a pig in a poke—Hobson's choice—anything most ridiculous in the shape of a " bad bargain" would be just a treasure trove to the preposterous addition recently made to the National Gallery ! The big picture called " The Adoration of the Magi," painted by the grand old master Paolo Cagliari, otherwise known as Paulo Veronese ! A picture paraded in the place of honour—at the top of the principal apartment. A picture having the one conspicuous quality, no doubt, of being very large--but having other qualities, besides, not a jot less conspicuous—qualities rendering it, to us, at least, decidedly unpleasant as a sub ject for contemplation. In it, we look in vain for the distinguishing characteristics of the masterhand from which the painting no doubt emanated —we look in vain for each familiar sign-manual of Paulo Veronese, his fine warm colouring, his rich and noble composition. The arrangement of the picture is not only thealri cal, but actually inelo-dramatic. The colouring is not only tawdry, but positively lurid. We speak of this boasted work of art after having examined it carefully where it hangs now at the head of our national collection. After traversing the outer rooms, in ,order to approach the new iniportaTion —we defy any person but the most infatuated believGr in the infallibility of the taste of Sir C. Eastlake to examine this huge canvass which he has brought over to England from the Continent as such a "God-send " without experiencing sen sations of mingled dismay and disappointment. Passing through the outer rooms before we get to it, there are the dear old favourites familiar to us all—that divine .P.'cce Homo of Corregglo ! that matchless Christ and the Doctors of Leonardo ! that wonderful Poly Fainily of Alurillo ! that astonishing Old Man's Head of Vandyck ! that exquisite Cuyp ! those delicious C4nalettos ! those marvellous Rembrandis ! Together with glimpses, besides all this, of what Thompson sang in his " Castle of Indolence"— " Whate'er Lorraine light touched with softening hue, Or Savage Rosa dashed, or learned Poussin drew." Beholding in the angelic features of the St Catherine and in the colossal fragment of the Massacre of tits Innocents testimony actually before us of the truth of Dyrderes couplet— " See Raffaella there, his forms celestial trace, - Unrivalled sovereign of the realms of grace." And after wandering through the gallery—look ing to the right hand and to the left, to the faded but exquisite Venus of Titian, to the golden glories of our own Turner's Lido Building Carthage, to the St. John of Parn3egiano, and the Landscape of Rubens, to school after school, to masterpiece after masterpiece, we come at last to the great, grand, crowning triumph of the whole collection, as we are led to expect—this vaunted picture of the Adoration of the 11.1a,gi, by Paulo Veronese. The horridest specimen of a great master that perhaps could well be conceived— coupling its demerits with its magnitude ! One gazes at it without a single, even momentary, sensation of pleasure. Nay—the very reverse. Our emotions are diametrically opposite to the pleasurable. We have already de scribed them, tend described them we believe cor rectly, as those of mingled dismay and disappoint ment. And fox this—for this " thing"—we are coolly informed that 1,9891., in fat just close upon 2,0001. in round numbers, have been paid out of the public purse in obedience to the ad vice of our maundering President of the Royal Academy! No , wonder the hon. member for Staf ford appeared to be incredulous of the fact on Friday evening, until informed of the perfect ao curacy of the rumour by Mr. Wilson, the acquiescent mouthpiece of their very easy-going Lord ships of the Treasury. 1,97 7/. for the picture and 121. for its carriage from Paris—paid over with the concurrence, at the suggestion, by the advice, of Sir Charles Eastlake ! Even now the reality of all this seems scarcely conceivable! We knew perfectly well of course—the cir-. cumstances being familiar to almost every student in azt—that Paulo Veronese had oc casionally vieflated the laws of painting as in the instaece of his picture of Perseus and Andromeda, in which, contrary to the strict rules of his art, he had represented the principal figure in shade. But then we could remember that he acted thus at those moments of apparently unaccountable caprice, for a purpose—as in the very case alluded to, where his intention, accord ing to the saeacious view of Sir Joshua Reynolds, was " solely to produce an effect of light and shadow ; evorythisg being sacrificed to that one intent, and the capricious composition of that picture suiting leery well with the style which he professed." But this big, melodramatic, straggling, lurid painting of his—The Adoration of the Magi--it stands apart altogether—beyond any previous conjecture of ours as to the extent of his violation of th.e rules of his art, as to the daring of his capriciousness ! Vainly should we look in it for any justification of the famous panegyric pro nounced by Du • Fresnoy " Paulo Veronese was wonderfully graceful in his airs of women, with great variety of brilliant draperies, and incredible vivacity and ease ; nevertheless," adds the author of the Arte Graphica, " his composi tion is sometimes improper, and his design incor rect [as, certainly, in this instance !] : but his colouring, and. whatsoever depends on it, is so very charming in his pictures, that it surprises at the first sight,, and makes us totally forget those other qualities in which he fails." Unhappily in The Adoration of the Magi even this redeeming merit of rare colour is altogether awanting ! • The picture, to oter mind, was never intended by Paulo as a deliberate manifestation of his genius —it was rather a huge canvass requiring to be filled in with as little regard as possible to colour, or drawing, or composition. Altogether—a truly wretched evidence of evil taste on the part of the President of our Royal Academy ! A blunder that ought to preclude him, henceforth, from the possibility of squandering again the public money thus preposterously. Alre4dy we have given Mr. Hurlestone's opinion upon the matter. Subjoined we may now add that of another intelligent correspondent ; Sir,—Some years since a committee of inquiry sat and heard evidence which, to the public at least, proved that our national collection of pictures included several specimens indifferently representing the masters by whom they were painted, as well as sonic absolute copies which cost the nation large sums of money. These pro ceedings, however, were futile, inasmuch as the pictures, those condemned by the concurrent testimony of men of acknowledged judgment, still disgrace the walls in Tra falgar-square. It would seem as if some fatality neu tralised all attempts to assert Beglano's netion;4i ;Appre ciation and patronage of the fine art painting. Thus. when a collection of painting' , by native arti,ts—ranking second only to that of Mr. Vernon—was bequeathed to the people, it was consigned for a long tune to i!;car ceration in cellars, and thence transported to IVlorl borough-house, where it still Lybernates ie a sort of darkness visible. The eext step was to appoint a keeper of the National Gallery, and then a traveller, at a heavy charge to the potpie, and what are the results ? Elolbein, a " School of Belline," (No. 234 in the catalogue) and " The Adoration of the Magi" just pur chased—the first long since sentenced--tile second, whiCh cost 5001. at Woodburn's, are perfectly w orthlese; , and the third a convincing proof of the inc nvetency of those to whom it is permitted to expend in pictures by old masters, the small amount of money voted periodi cally for the purpose of enriching our national collection: The two salaries and heavy travelling es:pensee are certainly paid in vain, when we find that they end in the further outlay of nearly 2,000/. in the acquisition of a specimen of Paulo Veronese, which has nothing to re commend it unless it be its magnitude. I totally disagree with those who term " The Adora tion of the Magi" a copy—there is little doubt it was a commission (something of the nature of an order for a drop scene), to be painted for a specified sum of money, of certain dimensions, as an attraction to the edific e for which it was destined—for it was evidently not executed with any regard to the fame of the artist, and although the design is comprehensive, it is theatrical rather than seriously impressive, and having been much injured, many portions of the picture have been so clumsily repaired, that the bungler's work is patent to the most inexperienced eye; then the contemptuous expression of the Virgin—the convulsion of the Infant, the nonde , cript lambs are actually such gross caricatures that one might be led to suspect the painter had designedly expressed his estimate of the terms of the commission. How any men, even had they never seen another picture but No. 26, " The Consecration of St. Nicholas" from the hand of Paolo Cagliari, could so misapply the funds entrusted to them as to purchase for their employers this debate able specimen, when they were already possessed of that work, which is in the best manner of the master and in excellent condition, is a mystery which, to men of common sense, is inexplicable ! And whilst on the subject of No. 26, let me avow that a cleaning has, in this instance, tended to alc4 the original brilliancy of the colours and th e deliciously contrasted greys, the value and management of which none so well understood as this great master of composition and colour. Parliament is called upon to put a stop to this waste of ways an means, and I believe the largest proportion of those who feel an interest in art would be proud to see any money, that can with propriety be devoted by Government to the purpose, spent in the first place in the erection of a fittin g build ing for the eihibition of the muni fi cent gift of Robert Vernon—as an inducement to further bequests and pre sentations ; and, that desideratum being effected, then to the annual purchase of native, rather than " old" works, especially under the present system.—.Et.W. SPORTING NOTES. ODDS AND ENDS. So far as steeplechasing and horse-racing are con cerned, the current week will be " drawn blank." Still tnrfites will have sufficient to occupy their attention in the preparations for the approaching gathering at Northampton—the first really important legitimate meeting of the season. The betting on the "Stakes" has been somewhat limited, but Winkfield has been in much request. Wells is engaged to ride him, and well-founded confidence is placed in the horse's chance. The two days' racing at Salisbury last week was marked by several incidents of prospective importance. With judicious management the meeting is likely to be come as popular as any of the early Spring gatherings. By the way, strange stories were tad at Ssliebury of the eccnitricities of the "Squire," who hag, in high dudgeon, removed his horses from Warrener's. A pretty quarrel it seems has arisen, and the " Squire is likely to be involved in legal difficulties. Some surprise has been excited thatso absurd a letter as that which appeared in the Times on Saturday last, condemnatory of steeplechasing as a cruel and barbarous sport, should have obtained insertion it, that influential jot:rnal. The writer's squeamish sympathy and Resa- Matilda horror were most amusing to people who know anything of steeplechasing or the busting field. Why, bless his sensitive and timid nature, does be know that there is not half the danger to life and limb in a steeple chase that is daily experienced in the bunting field ? He belongs to that &ass of people who would have ail healthful and hardy sports abandoned for Sybarite ease and slothful enjoyment. Of course, he would decry cricket because fingers are occasionally broken or shins damaged in the pursuit of that invigorating game. Boatir g and yachting, too, he would doubtless put down, because people who engage in them are sometimes drowned. Fishing is, of course, in his opinion, a barbarous pas time, because the "finny tribes" are hooked bleeding from their native element. Shooting naturally horrifies him, and the thoughts of hunting must bring tears down his " sensitive nose," because a pack of hounds scud to the hcundsman's cry in chase of a poor tiu'id hare, a, stag, or a fox. Mr. Leech's humorous and graphic pic tures of the moving accidents which fox-hunters encoun ter by flood and field must fill this considerate creature's soul with horror and dismay. Out upon such maudling sentiment and mock sympathy as that expressed by this precious correspondent of the limes. Another hard blow has been dealt at the system on which Selling Races are now invariably arranged. Clerks of courses have thought proper to set the Jockey Club law at defiance, and to ignore altogether the New market role of claiming. Th'e following resolution will therefore be moved, and doubtless adopted, at the next meeting of the Jockey Club : " That the stewards of the Jockey Club shall not han dicap for a race at Newmarket, or at any meeting of which they are ex-officio stewards, any horse that, after the passing of this resolution, shall run for a selling race not under the Newmarket rule of claiming." This resolution will out off a great portion of the re. venue of certain clerks of courses, but it will at the same time impart something like honesty and fair play into Selling Races. A FRESH MAN. March 17. THE CRIMEAN COMMISSION. Major-General Sir Richard Airey, Quartermaster- General to. the Forces, has been for the lavt three weeks preparing his answer to the charges contained in the Crimean report of Sir John M‘Neil and Colonel Tulloch. He is assisted in his laborious work by Sergeant King lake, Queen's Counsel, Mr. Towers, solicitor, Colonel Steele, Coldstream Guards, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, and Major Hackett. - Major-General the Earl of Cardigan has sought the assistance of Mr. Sergeant Merewether in preparing answer to the charges contained in the Crimean sioners' report. Tile Feld-Marshal Commanding-in• Chief has directed that several of the officers who are on leave of absen es in England, frotu the Crimea, shall not return to the East until the breaking up of the Crimean Board of General Officers. THE FATE OF THE PACIFIC STEAMER The fate of the American steamer with its living freight and valuable cargo still remains in doubt. A letter was received on Saturdey morning from Messrs. Brown and Shipley, the agents at Liverpool, the particulars of which were immediately communicated to the Unlerwriters' Rooms, at Lloyds, much interest, of course, being felt by the Underwriters in consequence of a large amount having been insured in the town on the ship and cargo Messrs. Brown and Co. write:—" In reply to yours, we have toistate, we do not consider the case of the Pacific hepeless, nor shall we give her up until we have had a fort night's westerly wind. In case the bloke down, it is quite impassible she could haare made, under sail, any port in time te hear of her by last dates from America. The winds have been against her for some time, and the latest dates for sailing ships from New York are from Feb. 2, and from Newfoundland Feb. 8. It is quite clear, unless a steamer had fallen in with her, that we could not by any possibi lity have heard of her yet." This just leaves a bare hope that the Pacific is not lost ; but then, to set against this, there is the fact of the reck lessness of American captains, and the comparativo unsea worthiness of American-built ships and steamers, particu larly of the clipper build. The number of American-built ships and steamers totally lost within a short period is per fectly frightful, and the loss ofilife and property enormous. The loss mostly falls on this country, as the greater por tion of the insurances are effected here. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court, on Saturday afternoon, at Buck ingham Palace. Mr. J. Buchanan had an audience, and delivered to her Majesty his letter of recall as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of Ame rica. His Excellency was introduced by Viscount Palmer ston, G.C.8., First Lord of the Treasury (officiatingfor the Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), and conducted by Major-Gen. the Hon. Sir E. Cast, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. Viscount Palmerston had an audience of the Queen. The Queen, attended by Lady Churchill, Maier-General Buckley, and Capt. the Hon. D. de Rue, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, atler residence in St. James's Palace, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. The Princo of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Gibbs, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou cester Her Majesty had a dinner party in the evening. The company included her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Madame Tricoupi (the wife of the Greek NU nister), Count Colloredo, the Austrian Minister; the Earls of Aberdeen and Elleuboreugh, Lady Blantyre, the Right Hon. Sir George and Lady Grey, the Right Hon. Henry and Mrs. Fitzroy, Col. Barker, C. 8., Royal Artillery, and Lieut.-Col. G. V. Maxwell, C. 8., 83th Regiment. The band of the Royal Horse Gaards was in attendance during dinner. Yesterday, her Majesty and his Royal Hi g h ness th e Prince, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred. and the Princes s Ali c e, the L , dies and Gentlemen of the Courts and the Domestic Household, attended Divine Service in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Rev. John Vane, Deputy-Clerk of the Closet, read the prayers, and preached the sermon. Their Royal Highne, , ses the Duchess of Can.thridge and the Princoas Mary left their residence at Sr. Jau►eM', Palace, on Saturday, for Cambridge Cottage, Kerr, f.d. the holidays. On Wednesday, the Royal Duche.,3 and Princess will leave Sew, on a ♦isit to her - Majesty, at Windsor Castle. His Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Mi nister, will leave town to-day for Dover, in order to receive the Ring of the Belgians, on that Sovereign landing at that port, to-morrow, from altend, on his way to Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster and the Lathes Grovenor arrived at Grosvenor House on Saturday, from Motcombe House, near Shaftesbury. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury have left town for Hatfield for the recess. The noble marquis and family have been placed in mourning by the death, at Madeira, of his son-in-law, Mr. James Maitland Bal four, late M.P. for the Haddington burghs, married to Lady Blanche, the marquis's second daughter. The Marquis of Exeter has left Grosvenor-square on his return to Burghley House, near Stamford. The Earl•Jermyn, M.P., and Lady Elizabeth Harvey, have joined the family circle, visiting the Duke of Rut land at Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire. The noble earl has quite recovered from the effects of his recent accident at Cadlands, while out shooting. The Earl and Countess Talbot and the Ladies Talbot, who are at present in Madeira, are not expected to re turn to this country before the month of May. The Countess and Lady Victoria Talbot have both derived benefit from the mild climate of the island. Selina Viscountess Milton and Mr. Foljambe and family, who came to town from Nottinghamshire in order to attend the nuptials of Mr. Foljambe, jun., and Lady Gertrude Acheson, daughter of the Earl of Go sford, have left Fife House for their country seat. APPROACHING MARRIAGII IN HIGH LIFE.--We are enabled to announce that a matrimonial alliance is ar ranged, and will shortly take place, between, the Lady Lavinia Bingham, daughter of General the Earl of Lucan, and the Hon. Charles Hardinge, M.P., eldest eon of Field-Marshal Viscount Hardinge. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. The whole of the country markets held on. Saturday were active for wheat, and prices advanced to semi extent, with only moderate supplies on offer. Barley and most other 'piing corn, including flour, were dearer. The near Continental markets have become somewhat firmer for wheat, and prices have had an upward tendency. The shipments from Crimea of late have been very mode rate. UP to our market last week, the arrivals of English , grain were limited. The imports were 8,712 quarters of wheat, 16,847 oats, 14 beans, 367 tares, 2,762 linseed, 5,721 rapeseed, 5 mustard seed, 12 sundry seeds, and 40 sacks of flour. There was received fresh up to our market to-day, coast• wise, only a small supply of English wheat, in about aye' rage condition. By land carriage the receiptswere trifling, and the show of samples was very moderate. The attend ance of buyers was by no means extensive. For most kinds of wheat of home produce we had a fair, but not to say brisk demand, at 4s to 5s per quarter above the rates current on Monday last. We were but moderately supplied with foreign wheat. The trade was net so brisk, yet the quotations were 2s per quarter higher than on this day se'nnight. Floating cargoes were held at very full prices. Scarcely any foreign barley was in the market, and the supply of English was limited. The trade was firm, at fully is per quarter above the rates current on Mends,' last. 31,1 t was in good reqnsst, sad is to 2s per qr. dearer. There was au improved fueling in the oat trade, and, 1 0 most instances, the quotations advanced 6d to is per quarter. We had a fair demand for beans, and prices had an up ward tendency. Peas changed hands steadily, at very full prices. The flour trade was firm, and thl quotations were 3,1 to 4s per quarter higher than on Monday last. The top pries of Town-made was 65s per 2SOlbs. CURRENCY PER IMPERLAL MEASURE. Atilt—Chorelier .. • • 76s to 77 5 )nts Yorkshire and Lineolusk.. Feed 22, 24s Potato . 21, 29s Toughal and Cork Black. 20s 2 26 cork, White 2ls 2 55 Scotch, Feed..... 26s 3 (1 BOEUIS—Tick ......... 33s 3 8 ' Pige0n5.......... 39. 424 Peas—Grey .......... 32s 365 Maple. •• •• •• •• •• 35e 3" 39s 425 Boilers ....435..... 464 .Floor—Town-made... 63s C 55 Suffolk .......... 493 515 Stoektn & Norfolk 503 54$ Rad new 615t075h rritio.•••..... old ---s Ditto, White new 62s 735, D1tt0........ old —s —s' Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old —s —a' riitto new .••• 59, 72s aye —Old ........ •. • —s —s .yaw • . • 45s 47s 31‘ 333 Malting ......... 323 358 ' - r3.ev•Vier , .... • . 37s 42s 5144—SuffolkandNor, 1 folk....•••••••• 71s 76s arown.•.•••••••••••• Gile 66s Kingitonandware 74s 75s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Last week's imports of foreign stock into London amounted to only 181 head. In the corresponding week in 1855 we received 551$ ; in 185 k, 2,399 ; in 1853, 2,485 ; in 1852, 1,726 ; in 1851, 2,12 t ; and in 1850, 1,920 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WISIIK. Bauts. From Calais itotterdam .119 Ostend Ela,rlingen Sheep. Lambs. Calves. rigo, -- ••• 3 ... ... _ ... 18 ... *"." - .•• --- ••• 17 .•• --- ... Total... 122 17 42 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :-- Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs• 1855 355 ... 66 ... 133 1354 716 1,377 ... 206 1853 615 1,577 ... 296 1852 337 1,205 184 1851 466 1,395 219 1850 579 966 ... ... 103 ... There was a very poor show of foreign stock in to-ale market, and that of Irish stock was confined to 112 beasts , and 90 pigs. The receipts of beasts put up from our own grazing dia• triets were seasonably good as to number, but their gener o condition was by no means first-rate. All breeds moved off slowly at barely last Monday's currency. The extreele value of the best Scots was 4s 6d per 81bs. The arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Car bridgesbire amounted to 2,500 short horns and Scots; from other parts of England, 40) of various breeds; BS! from Scotland—chiefly by railway —3OO horned and polle 4 Scots. We were tolerably well supplied with sheep of full 0 0 ' rage weight. For all breeds we experienced a slow Wet and, in some instances, prices were the turn in favour of buyers. A few very prime old Downs sold at se, but the gener.l top figure for the best Downs in the wool wels 441 d per Blbs. Out of the wool the quotation was 4s 2a per 31bs. Ths few lambs ;in the market sold at very high rata' viz., 76 4d to Se 81os. Calves were in short supply, and active request, at per Blbs more money. The top quotation was 60 per 8110. We had a slow sale for pip, at last week's currency. The Great L'inkb Market Hill be held here on Thursda next, instead of Friday as hitherto. !iins to sink the I)itala. s.d. 6.d. 1 b. inferior 11ea5t5....3 2to 3 4PrimeSouthdown 4 8 4i s Aceud quality.... 3 6 3 Large crse. calves 4 6 5 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 2 Prime small do.„ 6 6 6 Prime Scots, dte. 4 4 4 6iLarge hogs Inferior Sheep _3 4 3 81Smal1 porkers 4 4 4 1 0 f',ccono quality „.3 10 4 2 i liuckling calves-2C II 29 0 crae.-wlled. 4 4 4 6j,iiiaiter old pigs.2l 0 27 , I roalion surnA, 25. 3,709 1 Rensts•• ................ • 2:,510 ;Sheep .. —•• •............. i t k statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fol stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, 02 Monday, March 19, 1855, and in the Metropolitan Marke t this day, Monday, March 17, 1856. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. TOTAL 617PFLT. :alies March 19, 1855.'March17,'‘`," 6 s. d. s. d. d. s• Coarse and inferior beasts ... 32t0 3 413 2to 3 il l Second quality ditto ... ... 3 6 4 2 1 ,3 6 3 , Prime large oxen ... ... 4 4 4 64 0 4 ; Prime Scots, &c 4 8 410 4 4 4 Coarse and inferior sheep ... 3 6 310 3 4 3 Second quality ditto ... 4 0 4 4,3 10 4 it Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 6 4 1014 4 4 Prime Southdown ditto 5 0 5 24 8 4 I Lambs ... 0 0 0 010 0 0 Large coarse calves Prime small ditto .. ~4 0 4 6 ~4 8 5 0 Large hogs Neat small porkers ~3 0 4 0 ~4 2 4 1 4 6 6 $ ,5 6 6 $ 14 4 1 3 4 f d -rOl, Beasts... ... ... 4,311 Sheep 20,040 2,1, 5" Calves... ... ... 107 • Pigs ... 310 14, SUPPLIES ON SALE, March 20,1854.-Beasts, 3,631; shed' 18,S80; calves, 119; pigs, 385. March 21, 1853. Beasts, 4,016 ; sheep,. 17,030 ; ca 1,94 192 ; pigs, 220. NEWGATI AND LEADENHALL. Since our last report those markets have been fairli supplied with each kind of meat, in which about an altr rage business is doing, at very full prices. Per Sibs by the carcase. e. d. s. 41. ( s. d. 4. 4 0 Beef, interior 2 lt ) 3 0 1 Mutton Inferior 210 3 Do., middling 3 2 3 6 / Do., middling 3 2 3 " Do. prima large.. 3 83 10 Do., prime 38 4 4 De , do. 5ma11.... 4 0 4 2 ) Veal . 3 8 414 Pork, large 3 2 3 10 1 Pork, small ..... ~.4 0 4 BOROUGH HOP. Really fine hops move off steadily, at full quotations ; but all other kinds are a dull sale, at barely the late deeliv ° in value. Last week's imports were 16 bales from Rotten dam, and 324 do. from Hamburg. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ Os to 61 ]Os per owl; Weald of Keats, 3/ Os to 5/ Os. ; Sussex, 2116 s to 4110 s. BOROUGH AND SR7 ALFIELDS. bare received large supplies of potatoes since MC 0 Or day last, coastward and by railway. For all kinds the dern:.nd is heavy, at barely the late decline in the quota • tions. York Regents, EO3 to gss ; Kent and Essex, do., 701 to SOA ; Scotch do., 60s to 70s ; do. cups, 45s to 5 00; middlings, 40s to 455; Lincolns, LOA to 60s; blues, 506 W liOs per ton. WOOL. The few parcels of foreigu and colonial wool on sale are hel , i at very high prices. Th« English qualities ---the supply of which was limited—the demand is active, an d the quotations continue to advuce. List week's importe were 7 bales from Hamburg, and 585 from the Cape. The following are the current rates of English wool Down tegs, 1s 3d to la 4d ; do. ewes, le 2d to le 3!d ; half tired hog t zets, is 2d to is 3d ; do. wethers, is ld to is 2d; Kent fleeces, mixed beg and ewes, is 2d to is 30; combing skin, Is to is 3,1 ; flannel wool, is to is sa; i)lanket wool, 10d to is ld per lb. SEEDS. We have a much bgter feeling in the demand for nearlf all seeds, and pikes generally are well supported. Cake s are quite as dear as last week Tura p,Whi,o, per bush. 22s to 25 Carraway (new) ...... 42a 4 , 4 ! Coriander • 26r 3 v" flempseed, per quarter 5 4 s 6(l Linseed, Eng.iowing • • —e 6 0 Crashing .. 643 g ltaltic .......... —5 Odessa .......... —0 Linseed Cake, pr. ton — English • • Os 13 Foreign,per ton 121 Os 13 1 ;', 4 Rape Cates, pr ton 61 144 7 1 ,„', Rapeseed, New, pr qr.. 885 '" Swede .. • • .....• —a —s »lasts rd, Brovrn...• .. 14$ 24 , White, new ••• . .. ME , 1i s rares,Winter, new.. —75 Od 13s Od enary, per quarter .. 503 62, 'tye :rase• .• .• •• •. 30e Clover,RedEns. (cwt.) 76$ White ...• 504 105$ Foreign Red ...... 69s 7is White.... 74s 93 403 46$ trefoil. new . • • • • - • • • • TALLOW. We continue to have a very inactive demand for of kinds of tallow, and prices are rather lower than on Moll day last, although the imports have been trifling. To-doll P.Y.C. on the spot, is quoted at t s s 6 d per cwt. Bongo fat 2s 10d per 8 lbs 1852. 1863. I i 1854. I 1855. 186 6 . 45,143 3%090 t 35.483 ) 35.532 2202 36i Oa tol , 44s 6d , 64s Odto4s 6.1 to bbs 6 !. i x 368 3d Ito 448 9d, —s Od I—s Od to - v -62 1,938 , 2,005 ' 1,407 1 1,439 92,487 I 84,841 83,921 66,891 88,45 n 232 , 726 2,6 0 5 892 ' n 100,796 I , 79,393 1 I 95,039 66,423 64,64 v 389 Od , 4589 d I 64i id sos Od 530 64 Stock this da9 -..• • • Price of Y. C .... Delivery last week .. Ditto from June 1 .... Arrivals last week.. Ditto from Junel .... Price of T0wn...." SECOND MASTER DRNNEHY.—This unfortunate officer, who, it will be remembered, was sentenced to death for cowardice—a sentence afterwards commuted to transpcf tation for life, and who has for the last month been is the custody of Master at-Arms Wm. Reynolds, on boa rd the Victory, was on Tuesday last *delivered u? by h im to two of the Admiralty police, who removed him to Milbank Prison.—Portsmoath Times. 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