The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-14 00:00:00

Babiet ,earatr per' swall r 31 3 ' Pleas , • some c h 10 Mr, ed bill The nOti CS ut 00 Bit'Ob to the. seated LO/8 MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTFT.TJGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK, The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed with excitement. Compared with Friday's rates, prices of Americans were 1-16 d. dearer ; other kinds were extreme. The demand was active, and the market ill supplied. The accounts per Persia encourage people to believe in a sudden falling off in the receipts. The sales were estimated at 15,000 bales, of which 3,000 were for export, and 3,000 on speculation. The sales included 800 Pernam and Maranham, at 64d. to 7d. ; 300 Bahia, 61d. to bid. ; 700 Egyptian, 61d. to 9d. ; 200 Surats, 4-id. to sd. ; and 150 Sea Islands, 10d. to 17d. per lb. In the Railway Share Market there WAS no particular feature to note. Accounts from Trieste state that wools are in great demand there in consequence of a large de mand for the English market. Holders of stocks have stood out for an advance and obtained it. Sales of 1,050 bales white Albanian realised from 32 florins to 34k, 340 bales from Scutari of lambs' from 48 to 50 florins, and a lot of coarser quality from Bosnia brought from 37 to 41 florins. Advices from New York state the Stock market was quiet, but a revival of business was soon ex pected. During the week, ending March 28, there was an excess of imports over exports to the extent of $3,261,208. The shipments of specie were $158,706, making the total for the year to the same date $3,802,573. From California we learn that the gold deposits in the San Francisco Mint during the months of January and February were 234,556 ounces, and the coinage during the same time amounted to $2,405,654, which is an increase of $839,025 over that of the corresponding period of 1855. Money was tight, but business was active. By the Atrato, West India Mail packet, dates from Pernambuco are to hand of the 14th March, announcing the arrival at that port of the Black wall, M'Kerlie, which left Port Philip Heads on tho 28th December with 87,281 ozs. of gold on freight, and the Victoria, from Adelaide, with pas sengers. Both of these vessels had put in to Per nambuco for supplies. The Atrato brings 680,000 dols. on freight. _ There is as extremely quiet market for Public Securities, and the quotations are nearly stationary. The arrangement of the Foreign Stock and Rail way Share accounts is absorbing most attention at the Stock Exchange. Consols for money are 93 to 93k, and for account 93: The New 3 per Cents. were 921 to 93, and the Reduced 911 to 92. Bank Stock is 2121 to 2131, being lower. The March Exchequer Bills are 4s. premium, and the June is. discount. The Bonds are 98i India Stock is marked 229. There is a very inanimate market for Foreign Securities, and the quotations are not much affected by the progress of the settlement. Turkish Bonds are buoyant, the 6 per Cents. having risen to 981 and 99k for money, and to 99 and 991 for account. The 4 per Cents. are 1011 to 102. Mexican Bonds are 22k, Equador New Consolidated 15f, and the Ditto Land Warrants 51. The other se curities are nominal. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7i ; Mexi can, 22 1 3 ; Peruvian, 78 80 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 54 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 94 96 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 45/ 6 ; ditto Deferred, 24i ; ditto Certificates, 5/ 6 ; ditto Passive, 71 4. This is " making-up" day in the Railway Mar ket, and the prices are consequently influenced by the arrangement of the account. Money is in re quest, and the rates of " contango" are heavy. The market is active, as the amonnt of business done recently has been extensive. The French Lines continue firm, and the Belgian and the Canadian are firmer. Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous Shares are without any change requiring special notice. 00 2F 50 20 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. I 2 51 (From the Official List. ,; swoon , done. tank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92 i 4 i 3 per Cent, Consols Annaitiew 93 4 3 New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 3 3-16 4 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l6k India Stock 229 Co - .sole for Account E!chequer Bills, 24d. March. June, .. 21000 k 2500 Small 2 p 3 a Ditto Bonds, 1853, 34 per Cent. 9'i tl Ditto, 1.859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Equador Bonds Ditto New Consolidated l5l Ditto Provisional Land Warrant 113xican 3 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Turkish Bonds, 6 par cent 9Bi $ 9i 9 84 Ditto Account 99 $ x d - Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above ;sayable in Lnnnor Trench Rentes, 4; per Cont. 92f. 50e. Ex. 25r. 37; c, Ditto 3 per Cent 73f. Ex. 25f. 374 c Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 10 Gull., £ 86 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, money . . 924 3 Ditto Account (May 8) . 934 $ THE BAND IN . KENSINGTON-GARDENS, Long before the hour yesterday at which it was known that the band of the Royal Horse Guar ls Blue were, by order of the authorities, to play in Kensington-gardens, an immense concourse of people had assembled. To judge from the aspect presented by the gardens and the park adjacent, there might have been something like 14,000. It was pleasing to watch the orderly and well- ",; dressed crowd—the humblest in their holiday suits — to observe their decorous behaviour, and to mark their LI quiet enjoyment, at one and the same time, of the fresh air, the trees, beginning to assume their spring attire, I, and the music—such as the music was. What harm was there in this 4 Was it not better, after the hours devoted to worship, to combine the enjoined repose with health and harmless relaxation than to pass the re mainder of the day in close and pent-up chambers, to gether with the narcotic solace of tobacco, which, in spite of every precaution ingenuity can devise, will always be accompanied by that other solace of " the glass ?" Were the birds, and the trees, and the green grass, and the air of heaven, all made for nothing !—or, like the rest of nature's blessings, for our enjoyment ? And how many, in this huge city of labour and toil, are only at liberty to enjoy them on one day in the week—two-and-fifty times in the long year ! Now that Government has turned a deaf ear to those who would deprive the people of rational pleasure on the solitary day of recreation which is allowed them, we cannot but think it might be turned to better purpose. The music, which is the point erappui of these enormous reunions in Kensington-gardens, has hitherto been really below par. Last year it was indifferent enough, but this year it is considerably worse. The arrangements, to begin with, are on a scale of poverty totally at variance with the praiseworthy object in view. The hand is, as it were, pounded in a space so confined, that the musi cians are fairly edged in by the crowd. The plat form, which constitutes the orchestra, is so low that, except by those in its immediate vicinity, nothing can be seen but the red caps of the players while the sound cannot by any means penetrate through that dense phalanx. A raised pavilion, as at the Brus sels fetes, could be constructed at a trifling expense, so as to render the orchestra visible, and the music audible everywhere within reasonable distance. This would ob viate the necessity of thronging round the place, to the inconvenience of all, the danger of many, and the semi suffocation of the majority. To criticise such a performance as that of yesterday may seem out of place ; nevertheless, from a general point of view, we cannot refrain from condemning it as altogether unworthy. Such an audience as was .as sembl'ed merited and was perfectly able to un derstand a far better class of entertainment. The pieces executed were, for the most part, sorry trash, while the performance itself was almost beneath mediocrity. We are not of the genus "tight-laced ;" yet we are compelled o suggest that a series of waltzes, galops, and polkas was not precisely the programme suited to such a special occasion. In opposing bigotry let us avoid presenting the bigot with arguments against us. We are not here goirg to touch on the vexed question of classical and popular art. The music, since it is addressed to a vast mixed audi ence should be of a character rather popular than grave, but not altogether so commonplace as to invite a sneer even from those who are warmest in the advocacy of a cause against which Sir B. Hall has manfully declined to oppose the weight of his authority. At present we shall say no more about the quality of the music, or the style of the performance, although both afforded mate rials for criticism anything but flattering. We trust that the hints we have given will be taken in good part, and that those in command will not persist in the seri ous error of imagining that anything is good enough for the people. Not to mention any other item in the pro gramme, the fantasia, with variations, on Scotch mele dies, besides being it, itself incoherent, exhibited for the greater part a carelessness or, perhaps, an incompetency which was little creditable to those concerned, since it wore the appearance of indifference where indifference was without excuse. q wet. SHARE MARKETS. (Tills DAY.) RAILWAYS. RilLwArs. Closing Pricos this day Shr. !Paid 4)I all 1.31 all a 1 29i :731 all K. 100 ;t..100 LO 610. ij all ;3 all OLO all 0 1 i 0 45 St. 100 '0 all 100 100 15 10 It. 100 3t. 100 LO all It. 100 4:1 all 10 all ;t. 100 .0 all it. 100 It. 100 It 100 It. 190 It. 100 It. 100 .2 all all 6i 144 .61 8 It. 100 Ll 4 all h. 100 kt. 100 .0 si l 2A !t 100, i 0 all LO all all 15 all , It. 100 '2O 82a. .0 1 3t. 100 it. 100 151 all 3t. 1100 3i 100 100 8 all 8 all It. 1.00 5 21i io an It. 100 ;t. 100 .IF, .0 1 all 100 8 A. 100 ;+. 10 St. 1.00 it. 110 It. 100 30 1:, 0 i 6 t 6 t. t. Lin 5 f,2 all ) all i 0 all ) all .0 all A. be r A.mbg. Nottrig._ Bow andEastn. Janet Belfast & Ballymena Birming. We'verb Stour Valley Birk eAhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Cheah. & Birk. £5O and £25 Cons Do., £20..... ..... Myth & Tyne ori gins. £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian. Carm. and Cardigan Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Paso Cornwall Do. A Do. B Crieff Junction ..... • Dubtin&BelfastJune. Dun. P. & Ab'r. Jne East Anglian Eastern Counties East. (Tnion, A De., B. Stowt Do., New A East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles. . Min. Peal &Dua de Forth & Clyde Juns. Furness Do. Extension Glasgow &S. West:-r , Great N. of Scotind Great Northern r Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt.Sth. &West.(lre . Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai: l Gua. Stk Irish South-Easteru. rAncaster & Do., Thirds.. Do. New Thirds !Anemia. andYork.o- D 3., Wet. Riding nu Liv.Crsby. &South pt London & Blackwell Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Loud, and N. Westi, Do. Fifths D0.101.3h..M&8...0 Do. Eighths London and& Westn I Dc., .£5" - Do., .C4O Lndndrry& Col erai n Lndndrry. & EnniAit Manch .Shef. & Lincln Do., Man. 1k Lin. Cu. Metropolitan Midland Do, Birmng.&Derh Kidld. G. West. art Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Cs.rlisl Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrf : Newry & Enniskille, Newry Warrenpoin and Rostrevor .lorfolk Northo.Connties Tin North British Nth Devon Rail & Dock Stock Do., A Stock... ... Do., B Stock Do., B Gnarvitoo N.Eastern—Berwic Do. do. Extension ~ Do.do. G.N.E. ?nroh Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. 2/ S. Wstr n. ,Ilam - stead , and City Jn,. North Staffordshir North Western &S. West rn. Jun(' quneston, Hinekle , and Leicester..... Wore.. 4 Woly. t'ortsraouth Scottish Coatral ,„. Scottish Midland Shropshire Uri South Devon Soath Eastern South Wales . S. Yrksh. & Aiv. Deu Do , ttaines, Wok. &Wo k Stockton & Droll Sto & Hutler l'raff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1..... Tt“imes Hay. D.& R. ITlyerstone & Lane' Vale of Noath Waterfd. & Kilkonn: Waterford&Limer •( 1 IWest Cornwall West End of Lando' and Crystal Palso Do. A ......, . Do. B West London. Wimbledn&Croydor 2G 27i 4 T. 41 ••• ".... 8i - 9 .17k - 180 15k - 16 12i - 134 8) -- ;7: 60 - 61 1 i6i ti 174 • N N• 17 - 18 10 -10 E 31 -38 24 - 26 76 - 78 61 - 63 29 - 30 88 - 92 - 74 94 - 95 78 -- 80 123 - 125 104 - 106 epq 65 70 - 1 5 6 6 7 p 15i - 64 89 89i, 103 lo4' 101 i - 102 par - A p, Par - 1 3 1 94 - 95 ••• - 7 •• • d • • • 29 - 293 - -• 75 -75 i 13 - 45 - - ... -- 14 16 54 - 56 34 - Sr 344 ~. 354 ... --~ 781 - 791 5 - 3 -3: 151 - 56 5 6 7 88 - 92 6i - 6 6 -• 10 10, 27 -28 i 'O4 -- 106 74 - 76 47 9 15 J 5 72i - 732 71 73 4 - 2 - 37 - 191 2N 4t -- Di 6 ... ... d - -- •.• •••R FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rott , rd , m Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con in Sh, at par till '64 1 Ardennes gastn. Juno 1 Boziers to Ora;ss,ssa 1 Bombay, Baroda, an flentral india,Seri! Do. Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do, New !East Indian, g. 5 p. Do. F',77 l ;Png in, D 0.4 p.c.Bmls. ;57 Do. do, do.. 'CSI, Gee ong (7, Melbourne guar. 5 per c nt.. Do., Lon. allot., do. 10d. Tk of CanadaA Do. .................. Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till '4V Do. Comp. 6p. e., do Gt. Ceutral of Francc Gt. Indian Peninsul , Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations._ . Do. re-is. forftd. S h . iGt.Western of Can/Val Shays Do. Now Do. Bd s. ps.yable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p.'56 ~ Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto , Do. 6 poi cent. Lake Const. & Basic Liorre and Turnhout Lucca & Piet. 5 p. c.p Lyons and Genova ' Lyons & Mediterrar. Madras, guar. 4 p.c Do, New 0., sp. c Do. 4i p. e. Exten Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (•vitti Interest) Do. (ex interest)... Northern of France. Do.2ol.Shs Do. 201. 3 p. c Bde (fmy.B.& Ams.Shs. NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans._ Rome and Frascati.. Royal Danish ......... Royal Svmd je11... ~ Do. Obligations .... 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Worthing Mining Australia vub! , ..... - 3 it it •i E* 24 - 3 3 - 34 25 - 27 ip 64 - 66 117 18 Pm i 2l Pm 1 1074 117 6 i 5 34 38 26 28 17 19 14 ,r-..16 id I 1 id 71 - 1 1 I 7. 1 10 12 I 0 /8h 1 1 95 d 108 2i 2 - 22 .6 1 3 - 3i 24 - 3 - ft* "..* ... ... .... ... 141 110 9,1 21 i al I 100 all all ill 10 60 all 65i 6 MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY. Mis Day.) The Board met this morning at the usual hour when the examination of Sir R. Airey was proceeded with. He said that an answer given by him on Saturday to a question put to him by the Commissioner., why nothing bad been done to shelter the horses on the 12th Nov., referred not to that particular date, but generally as to the cavalry up to that time. Col. Tulloch submitted that as the report of the Cri mean Commissioners was fouuded entirely on the infor mation given to them by officers in the Crimea, it could not be impugned by any subsequent explanation. The .Tudge•Advocate•Generjl said that Col. Tulloch had better confine himself to examining the witness rather than enter into explanations by running cam , ments on the witness's evidence. Colonel ToHoch wished t) know if he was to under stand that Sir R. Airey's explanation was to cancel his former statement made to the. Commissioners? The Judge•Advocate-General—l think you are. Colonel Tulloch (to witness)—Are these, then, the effect of your answer—that on the 12th of November last the site of the - camp had been fixed, that engineer officers were available, that Turks and tools were ready, and that there was nothing to prevent the oonstruction of shelter? Sir R. Airey said that the great uncertainty that pre vailed of the cavalry remaining on that spot at the time alluded to prevented the er ction of shelter. He ex pressed his regret at the indisposition of the C.)mmis sinners to examine him per4onally, for, hal they done so, a great many erroneous impressions and conclusions might have been avoided. Colonel Talloch—Why did you neglect to explain this important circumstance to the Commissioners Sir R. Airey said because he really did not know the object of the Commissioners was anything more than to obtain general information upon general subjects ; and that a Quartermaster-General's time was fully occupied in the discharge of his official duties—not having five minutes to spare in the day? Col. Tulloch—ln the absence of that information could the Commissioners have possibly known that your answer did not refer specifically to the 12th Nov. Sir R. Airey said he was unable to answer that wies tion. He was not aware that Lieutenant• Colonel Gordon had offered an explanation to the Commis• sioners to leadithem to conclude that everything would be ready except the timber. He felt sure Lieut.-Colonel Gordon was anxious to give them all the information in his power. He was not aware that such an explanation as he had given to the Board was given to the Commis sioners. Any alteration of witness's orders would not appear in his office register, because in carrying on such a great war as that they had lately been engaged in many of the orders were given and countermanded orally. A great deal more was done than what appeared in his office register. With regard to Lord Lucan's statement of the 12th November, that an engineer officer would be placed at his disposal, arrangements were inade'for that purpose, but beyond that he was unable to state any thing. He, of course, expected they would have been carried out. The Cornmie,ioners called at his office three times after Lieut.-Colonel Gordon's examination to take his (Sir R. Airey's) evidence, but on each occasion he was peremptorily called away. He found by refer- ence to his book that on the 126 h Nov. Captain Gordon was mitten to by order of the Commander of the Forces to place an engineer officer at the disposal of Lord Lucan, and that the commander of the Engineers was written to accordingly.' On being again pressed by Col. Tulloch to say whe ther it would not have been better had the witness afforded this information on subjects on which the Commissioners were desirous of obtaining the fullest in- formation at the time they were in the Crimea, he said he was unable to do so from press of business, and that his answers were as short as possible in consequence. Witness continued—The great and primary cause of delay was the want of labour. With sufficient labourers they might have done anything, even before the site of the camp was permanently fixed on. He was unable to say if the permanent site of the camp had been fixed on by the 16th December. It appeared from remarks made by Lord Lucan, and a reference to his evidence before the Board, that the ground for stables for the cavalry had been marked out before the 16th December. Colonel Tallith said that perhaps Lord Lucan would have no objection to afford the Court the information desired—viz., when the ground was marked out. Lord Lucan--lf you will examine me I will answer that or any other question. Sir R. Airey cootinu,d his evidence, and said that the questions the Commissioners required him to answer remained in his possession several weeks before he did an. Colonel Tulloch—Could Lord Lucan have constructed shelter without labour, without to )14, without materials, and without a permanent site being fixed on before the 12th Nov., and have provided shelter for the cavalry in acc..rdance with orders that had been issued to that effect ? Sir R. Airey—The shelter to be constructed was such as the eircumstances would admit of. That might have been merely throwing up of embankments for the night, or any temporary shelter Lord Lucan might be able to construct uncle; the then circumstances. Col. Tulloch—The Commissioners having received no other information except that which they obtained from you and your officers as to the construction of the stables, which appeared to embrace a period of three months, was it not necessary some other information should have been afforded the Commissioners to pre vent them coming to a conclusion that there was a want of promptitude and ingenuity displayed in providiig shelter ! Sir R. Airey—Yes. I think it was a great pity they came to that conclusion without calling fur further evidence. Col. Tulloch—From whom but from yourself and Col. Gordon could such evidence have been obtained ? Sir R. Airey—l think very much might have been obtained from me, and I think with one ride between Balaklava and the camp we might have conversed freely, honestly, and openly upon these matters, and without difficulty have set everything right. Col. Tulloch—Did not the Commissioners give you that opportunity in writing to yourself, and by four days' examination of your senior assistant Sir R. Airey— Of the examination in wilting I have already spoken. Mine were merely general and superficial answers to general questions. I had no idea the Commissioners would have blamed or implicated any body. If I had had the slightest idea they would have done so I should have gone more fully into the matter. _ Col. Talloch repeated the question, and added—Did not the commissioners attend three times at head-quar ters for the purpose of seeing you ? Sir R. A irey—Tou attended in person, but no exami nation of me took place, and consequently that was null and void. Col Talloch (to the Board) said he wished to show that he gave Sir R. Airey an opportunity of affording an explanation on this point, and asked him—Do you think the commissioners could attach blame to no one when it was found so many horses had died Sir R. Airey—l thought it was quite impossible for the Commissioners to have found by these inquiries that, under the peculiar circumstances under which the army was placed, that any one in the Crimea was to blame. It is now my impression that some of the persons is the Crimea were to blame. Col. Tulloch continued to put questions of a similar character to Sir R. Airey, and he replied that if he had had any idea that there would have been a subsequent inquiry, he ,would have afforded the Crimean soldier fuller information. He considered from their question that they were seeking merely for general information, and he gave his answers accordingly. Col. Tulloch—lf the Crimean Commissioners had to report to the Secretary of State for War and ultimatily to Parliament, could they have omitted such an impor tant circumstance as when shelter was ordered and pro vided, and should not the information thereupon given to the commissioner., been of the most specific character? S r R. Airey—l don't know what were the instruc tions given to the commissioners, but I thought they merely embraced commissariat duties. I did not know that you were called upon to report on other matters. Col. Tulloch—Coul d the y in "soy re p or t'' . have omitted such an important circumstano ? Sir R. Airey—The question is so vague and indefinite that I really can't answer it. Colonel Tulloch—Did it not occur to you that in " any report" made by the commissioners to the Government, that in the absence of such information, if the Quarter master-General's department bad, done its duty, that the cavalry had neglected theirs. Sir R. Airey—l don't admit the inference that is drawn here, that the cavalry neglected their duty. My impression is that the cavalry under the circum stances in which they wer e p lacer), did all they could. I can't answer the question in any other way. Shortly after 2 o'clock, the Court adjourned for half an hour. The Court having re-assembled, General Sir R. Airey was recalled. Col. Tulloch—When the order was given to provide shelter on the 12th Nov., and it was not completed until the middle or end of February, could the Commissioners have come to any Sher conclusion than that it arose from any other circumstance than a want of promptitude and ingenuity, especially when the great in irtality amongst the horses was taken into consideration ? Sir R. Airey—l think it is an error the Commission ers committed in not going sufficiently into the evidence. Col. Tullosh--What could the Commissioners have done more than examine yourself and your senior as sistant ? Sir R. Airey—My examination taken on the spot appears now to have heel) incomplete. Col. Tulloch—lf you supposed that the inquiry of the Commissioners was confined to the Commissariat, why should they 'have gone to the Quartermaster-General's department for information ? Sir R. Airey—That was best known to the Commis sioners themselves. Probably it was because he was in Continual correspondence with the Commissary-General. - Col. Tiilloch—Why did you not at once reply to our inquiries by denyilit NA' authority in regaid - folfte matc ter of sbelter for the horses!. Sir R. Airey—l was desired by the Commander• cf the Forcea to appear before the Commissioner=, and to give them all the information I could. Col. Tullocb—Why, under any circumstances, . did you give inforinfition which must of necessity lead to erroneous conclusions? . Sir R. Airey—lt appears to ma that I have answered that question in spirit several times. I gave ail the general information t bat at the moment appeared to me to he embraced in the Commissioners' questions, and I had no reason to believe that they required any further specific iuformation. They knew where I was in the Crimea, and after my return to England they might have found me in London, and if they required more informa tion had 'they applied to me I would have given it. • C - alonel Tulloch—Are you not aware that when com misiioners have taken evidence, and that-evidence is signed by the persons giving it, the duty - of the commis sioners may be said to be ended ? Sir R. A-irey—l think that when commissioners are sent to make inquiries into circumstances such as those the* -took place in the Crimea, theyought to leave no stone unturned to obtain the most complete infor mation. If after the evidence of officers had been given it was found`that the evidence was not complete, they should have applied to those officers for further Informa tion. In the Crimea, when cholera prevailed, and there was great fear in consequence—men in full health were taken ill at 11 o'clock and were corpses in the afternoon— there were necessarily many difficulties. The Commis. sioners themselves were obliged to go to Constantinople for the benefit.of-their [health, but they did not return again to the Crimea. After the gallant General gave some farther evidence, the Court adjourned at four o'clock. MAILS BY STEAM TO AUSTRALIA. (From a correspondent of the Morning Advertiser.) The columns of several of our contemporaries have for a considerable time past teemed with most fallacious and erroneous statements regarding the quickest, the best, and most advantageous route to Australia, for the conveyance of mails and pas sengers. As this is a subject of great importance, both to those great colonies and the public, the writer of this, who has taken great pains with the subject, and is well acquainted with it, in all its details, considers it his duty to place the following correct statements and details before the public, in order that neither it nor the colonies may be any farther misled on these important matters : The distance in geometrical miles from South ampton to Sydney, by Alexandria and Aden, &c., stands thus : Southampton to Alexanlria AltxAndria to Suez Geo. Miles. - 2,958 _. 170 Saes to ♦den 1 321 Aden to Diego Gracia 2,180 Diego Gracia to Albany (St. George'd Sound) 3,118 Albany to Melbourne Melbourne to Sydney 11,704 But the Isthmus is equal to 590 miles, sea distance, theretore add Total, this route 12,034 Now the Post-office official list shows that the time—take, for example, the mail of the Bth Jan. last from Calcutta—from the Post•ofce Aden to the Post-office London, by overland route, is 21 days, and by the Mediterranean route 25 days (10 days in the one case, and 15 days in the other from Alexandria), varying at times a day more or less by each route. But let us take it at : the rate stated, and the rate of speed per day as fixed by the Australian Association ; then from Aden to Sydney the time will Stalid thus : Days. London by overland route to Aden, and clearing it 21 Aden to Sydney, by Diego Gracia, 7,228 wile., at 240, is Stoppages, coals at Diego Gracia and Albany, and one day at Melbourne London to Sydney, overland route [not 44 as stated] 561 Stop at Sy iney 3 Sydney to London, return by same route s6i Total outwards and inwards Or 5 days within 4 months for course of post. By sea route, Gibraltar, St.s., to Aden Aden to Sydney, as above Total sea route • 60 Strap at Sydney . ' 3 Sydney to London, same route Total outwarrl4 and inwar is Or 3 days beyond 4 months as the course of post. The last Indian mail received was 20 days overland from Aden, ani 21 days from that place by the Mediterra nean. To peqorm and secure the speed stated would require ships (paddle-wheel) of 600-horse power. Their consumption of coals would be, say, 58 tons daily. It is therefore clear they could not be coaled at either Diego Gracia or St. George's Sound (Al bany) in less than two days at each place, and most probably more time-would he necessary. Five ships at least would be necessary. Average expen diture for each, yearly, will be 40,0001. Moreover, hile the mails from India and China are regulated as those at present are, and, as it is believed, cannot he altered, the mails from Syd ney and Melbourne, &c,., could never reach Aden in the rate and time mentioned to meet the India and. China mails at that place. The latter would be gone three or four days before the former came up, and the mails, passengers, and cargo, whatever that is, be detained eleven or twelve days, till the next India mails came up. And admitting they could meet exactly at Aden, still on every occasion the passengers, or a great number of those from Australia, would not find accommodation in the steamers from India. The Association unfairly take, and without any explanation, direct lines when it suits their pur pose, but throw them overboard, or misstate them in others, when it suits their purpose. Thus, they assert that the distance from England to Sydney, by the Cape, is 13,367 miles. Now this is not cor rect. Taking the direct sea lines by the Cape, the distance is only 12,350 miles, or only 300 miles more than their pet route. The correct distance from England to Sydney by Teneriffe, St. Helena, the Cape, Mauritius, Albany, &c., &c., is 13,530 geographical miles. The distance can he run, and is offered to be run, in 54 days (53 to Melbourne), including all stoppages, and in the same ship throughout, a convenience of great importance. At the same time, and at the same expense, it gives a regular communication with all the important glaces last mentioned ; while the line by Diego Gracia outs off the Cape and Mauritius, and con fers no benefit whatever on any British commercial position from Australia to Egypt. With three days stoppage at Sydney, the course of post be tween that place and Loudon will be 111 days, or nearly 10 days within four months. The Associa tion's pet route, Diego Gracia. and Overland, brings it to 1151 days, and this only for a small portion of the mails ; and 123} for the heavy portion thereof and passengers, ke. This, alone, is consi dered conclusive against the plan proposed by the Australian Association. Besides, the whole route by the Cape of Good Hope is worked under the British flag ' • while theirs may be interrupted and some day cut off, being under a foreign Power. The bugbear started, of fearful tempests about Mauritius, is unworthy of notice. Every part of the ooean is more or less subject to storms ; but in no portion thereof does fierce tempests and heavy seas prevail so much as in the North Atlantic, and yet the whole mail vessels on that station do their work so as scarcely to vary above one day in a winter voyage. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess, of Gloucester, yesterday, at Gloucester-house. PENRHYN SLATS QUARBIES.—Two melancholy acci dents have just occurred in these quarries. Thomas Roberts, an old man a above 60 years of age, and a' youth of 15, were, within a few hours of each other, killed by large portions of the robk falling upon them. They were conveyed immediately to the quarry hospital, but though every attention was paid they survived only a few hours. THE EQUITY AND LAW COI:MTS.—To morrow (The:. day) the law and equity courts will be opened on the commencement of term, after the judges and others have been received by the Lord Chancellor. There is a good deal of hu.-iness before the courts. There are 71 rules in the common law c Junta. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—Cost es oratorio "Eli," will be again performed at Exeter-Hall on the 25th inst. Madame Viardot Garcia will arrive from Paris to sustain the part of Samuel in the oratorio, as at Bir mingham, the other principal vocalists being Madame Clara Novello, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Herr Forme'. The Generalissimo of the Egyptian forces, Sob , - man PAcha (the French Colonel Selves) has resigned in consequence of his son-in-law, Sherif toy, hav ing fallen into disfavour with Said Pacha's Govern ment. LIFE PEERAGES.—We are informed that the Govern ment are about to introduce a series of resolutions in the House of Lords immediately, giving power to the Crown to appoint peerages for life. It is proposed that there shall be four peerages for life conferred; and at no time to exceed that number, upon distinguished members of the bench of judges. The y are to be termed "Lords of Appeal," and are to enjoy , d urin g their natural lite , all Lth,erdpsr.ivilTegheesy are t of hered i tary ie appointededi ) tarymemb ersofth Rouse of expressly to sit on appeal cases, as their title denotes. It is also proposed that each of the four Loa's of Aiipeal shall have the an nual salary during life of 5,0001., inclusive of any pen sion to which they might become entitled to from their previous judicial services on the bench. When the ques tion of these life peerages has been settled, and it is thought there will not be any opposition to the resolu tion of the Government, Lord Wensleydale will be at once enabled to take the requited oaths and his seat in the House of Lords. - - MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. Tho supplies of wheat on sale in the leading country markets held on Saturday were but moderate, yet the demand for all kinds was heavy, and prices had a down- . ward tendency. Barley moved off freely at full quotations; but all other articles were very dull. The near continental markets continuo _dull for wheat and other produce. In the American markets only a mo derate business is doing in wheat and flour on English account. ITp to our market last week the arrivals of home-grown produce were moderate. .. From abroad we received 25,795 quarters of wheat, 1,160 barley, 9,237 oats, 4,065 beans, 297 tares, 15,684 linseed, .23,692 rapeseed, 5,752 sundry seeds, and 342 sacks 9,632 barrels of flour. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market to-day, coastwise, were very limited, and those by land carriage moderate, but in fair average condition. Not withstanding that the show of samples of both red and white was far from extensive, the demand for alUsinds, ruled exceedingly inactive, at a decline in the quotations realized on Monday last of from 3s. to 4e. per quarter, at which very little progress was made in sales. _ . _ We were tolerably well t upplied with foreign wheat, fresh as well as ex•granary. Fine dry samples were hell at very full prices ; but the sale for all kinds was very dull, at 2s to 3a per quarter under last week's currency. Float ing cargoes of grain were rather dull, but not cheaper. The show of both" English and foreign barley was very limited, and the whole of the supply changed hands steadily, at fully last Monday's improvement in value; in some instances malting qualities were is per quarter dearer. We had a steady demand for malt, at very full prices. The supply of oats, though moderate, was equal to the demand. In the quotations of the best samples, no change took place ; but inferior oats were id to is lower. Beans and peas—especially the former—met a dull trade, at barely late rates. Tick beans were is lower. The flour trade was heavy, and prices were rather in favour of buyers. In the top prices of town made, no change took place. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex 3. Kent, Red .. new 56s to 68a Ditt0........ old —s —g Ditto, White new 60s 73s Ditt0........ old —s —s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old —s —a Ditto new •• 563 G9s' Bye—Old ............ —s —s Sew •••••....... 45s 47s Batley—Grinding••• .• 31s 33s Ntalting . •. •• ...• 32s ais . . 403 45s italt—Saffolkand Nor folk.. • • •• 71s Ms Brown ..• • . •• ........ G3s 66a KingstonandWare 74e 75s 'Malt —Chevalier .... 76s to 77s ,Oats Yorkshire and Lincolusk., Feed 22s 24s Potato Youghal and Cork 81ack....... 203 22, Cork. White ..... 21s 2.5 s Scotch, Feed. •• •• 263 3Os Beans—Tick ......... 333 37s Pigeons ...... 345 42 Peas—Grey ..•• 32s 364 Map1e........... 35 34s White....... -... 394 424 Boilers .•....... 433 46s Flour—Town-made... 63s 65s Suffolk •• •• •• • 46 , 50$ Stooktn & Norfolk 46s 50s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. For the time of year the imports of foreign stock con tinue on a very moderate scale. The supply into London last week was only 705 head. In the corresponding period in 1855 we received 1,090 ; in 1851, 1,202 ; in 1853, 4,225 ; in 1852, 1,315 ; in 1651, 1,883 ; an,' in 1850, 1,241 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WRRK. From Beasts. Rottoriam ll tiarlingon Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 52 ... 1 271 Oalais - -- ... Antwerp — ... 2 ... -- .. 53 ... - -. ..• T0ta1.... 173 333 ... ... 191 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1855 4ll 623 _56 .554 565 „: R 53 616 3,208 .859 851 850 464 545 ... - 161 4 - 401 ... - 37 ... -- - 393 235 - There was a very poor show of foreign stock in to-day's market, and its general quality was inferior. From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were limited, but in fair average condition. Wo had a brisk demand for all breeds, and prices ruled 2d. to 41. per Sibs. higher than on this day se'nnight. The best Scots readily produced 4s. 81. per 8113., and a good demand was effected. The receipts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire amounte ; to 1,800 Scots and short-horns ; from other parts of England, 300 of various breeds ; from Scotland, 360 Scots ; and from Ireland, 56 oxen. With most kinds of sheep, the quality of which was tolerably good, we were scantily supplied, and the mut ton trade was active, at 4d. per Sibs. above the pricos realised on Monday last. The beat old Downs in the wool realised ss. 4d., out of the wool 4s. Sd., per Blbs. The supply of lambs was small, and the lamb trade was active, at 4d. per Blbs. above last week's quotations. The top figure was 7s. 4d per 81bs. About 70 head came to hand from the Isle of Wight. _ _ _ Calves, the supply of which was limited, sold steadily, and, in some instances, prices were the turn in favour of sellers. The highest price was ss. Bd. per Sibs. We had a very dull trade for pigs, at barely last week's quotations. The pork season is now over. Per 811)13 to sink the °Talc s. d. s. d.F s. d. s d• Piteriorßoasts....3 2to 3 4 PrimeSouthdown 5 0 5 4 Sociond quality.... 3 6 3 10,Largecrse. calves 4 2 5 0 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4 ! Prime small do 5 2 5 8 Primo Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 S 4 G;Small porkers 4 4 4 8 iecoud quality ...4 2 4 6,Sueklitig ealvos 22 0 29 0 Prime erse.-wlled.4 Si 410 Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 Lamb, 6s 4d to 7s 4d. TOW, SUPPLY. 1 TOSEION BrITLY. least , ..... ........... 2,8411 Seasts.• . . sheep and lambs •• ...• —18,00) Sheep .• .• •• • 49 I Calves...• .. • • .. 15 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, ou londay, April 16, 1855, and in the Metropolitai Market this day, Monday, April 11, 1856. Per Blbs, to sink the offals. April 16, 1855.' April s. d. s. dds. d. s. d. rloarse and inferior boasts 3 4 to 3 63 2to 3 4 second quality ditto ~„ ... 3 8 4 9 6 310 Prime largo oxen .., 4 6 4 8 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots, &c 410 5 0 4 6 4 8 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 6 3$ 3 8 4 0 Second quality ditto ... 310 4 O r t 2 4 6 Primo coarse woolled ditto 4 2 4 4'4 8 410 Prime Southdown ditto 4 8 5 0 5 0 5 1 Lambs 5 4 6 8;6 4 7 4 Large coarse calves 4 0 6 . 4 2 5 0 Prime small ditto 4 8 5 05 2 5 8 Largo hogs 3 0 4 013 6 4 2 Neat small porkers 4 2 4 4'4 4 4 8 Beasts. 3,281 2,888 Sheep ..„ 19,590 18,000 151 49 195 SUPPLIEd ex Sets, April 10, 1854.—Beasts, 4,495; and lambs, 23,610; calves, 131; pigs, 310. April 11, 1853. Beasts, 3,518 ; sheep and lambs, 19,10 J ; *Alves, 151 ; pigs, 275. NAWCIA.TE AND LEA.DENIIALL. These markets are tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied with each kind of meat, in which a full average business is doing, as follows : Per 81be by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. N. d. Beef, interior 2 8 210 Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 0 Do., middling 3 0 3 2 Do., middling ... 3 8 4 p Do. prime large 3 d 3 6) Do., prime 4 2 4 4 Do. , do. small ....3 8 4 0 ! Veal 3 10 5 0 Park, large 3 2 3 10 Pork, small 4 0 4 8 Lamb, 5e Od to Cs 4d. BOROUGH HOP. There is a moderate demand for good and fine hops, at full quotations, but all other kinds are very dull. The imports last week were 281 bales from Hamburg, 25 from Ostend, 160 from Rotterdam, and 4 from Havre. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ Os to 6/ 10s per cwt ; Weald of gents, 310 s to 5/ Os. ; Sussex, 2/ 16s to 4/ 10s. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since Monday last only moderate supplies of potatoes have come to hand coastwise and by land carriage. The trade, however, is very inactive, as follows : York Regents, 80 3 to 903 ; Kent and Essex, do., 70s to 80s ; Scotch do., 60s to 70s ; do. cups, 56s to 60s ; middlings, Ns to 40s; Lineolns, 63s to 755; blues, 603 to 704 per toe. WOOL. Vary large supplies of wool arrived in the port of Lon don last week, viz. :-270 bales from Rio, 150 from Bom bay, 132 from Callao, 140 from Mogadore, 7, 500 from Sydney, 2,`:00 from Algoa Bay, 180 from Ilambro', 546 from Adelade, 2,430 from Geelong, and 442 from Moreton Bay. These supplies will be offered at public sale 'next ru , ,nth. By private contract the trade generally is fi rm, at very full prices. The following are the current asterr of English wo l : o Down tega, is 3d to 154 d ; do. s2dto ls ; half bred hoggets, is 2d to is 3d ; do. weLhers, is ld to is 2d ; Kent fleeces, railed hog and ewes, is 2d to is 3Fd ; combing skin, is to is 3d ; flannel wool, is to is 3 ; blanket wool, 103 to is ld per lb. SEEDS. Linseed, rapeseed, and cakes are ♦ery dull, and may lye purchased on lower terms; but most agricultural seeds are quite as dear as last week. r vm p,wmtu, per bush. 223 to 25e Swede nfustsrd. 145 24• T !bite, new Rs 11' T tres,Winter,new....7s Od 840 d Canary, per quarter . 5; 625, .tve ;,r . aas•. •• „ 241 30s Clover,RedEng. (cwt.) 77s 92; White •••• .• .• '• 83 104 Foreign Red.. •• •• 655 74. White•... 745 Trefoil. new.. •• 465 Carraway ....... ••• 44c 50e Coriander •• • • •• •• 2i3 2Rs liempseed, per quarter 54s 58; Linseed, Eng..iowing.• —s I Crushing •••• .. .. 65s 68s Baltic ••• • • • —5 —5 Odessa ••• • • • —8 —s , Linseed Cake, pr. tom— , English • • ...131 Os 18' Sc Voreign,per ton 12/ Os 13! 1(1 • Rape Cakes, pr ton 61 les 7! bs Rapeseed, New, pr qr., 38s 90s TALLOW. There is an improved feeling in the demand for tallow, and prices have advanced since Monday last V. per ton. Town tallow has risen 21. per ton, and is ♦ery scarce at 48s nett each. P.Y.C. on the spot, 488 ; and for the last three months, 48s Gd per cwt. Rough fat, 2s 8d per 8 lbs. 1853. 1854. 185.6. I r,,ti. 4tock this day .• • . Price of Y. C .... Delivery last week • • Ditto troin June I .... krrivals last week.. Ditto from Junel.... ice QC Town ...... 42,914 4 23,627 33.831 33.211 23,231 15e 6 Ito 45s 9d 66s 6.lta 4Ss 9.1 toy 48s Od . —od te 46s Od —3 Od —s Od {to —s , 1,055 '2,14 1 2,100 i 2,414 96,603 93,123 $1,014 74,117 i 94,46 1,911 ' 1,160 1 69 642 1,6: d: A 102,983 81,127 98,533 71,358 71,05 383 01 4S. 61 64s M 50* Od 50‘. 6d! 01 - _ _L ERATUR F. The Great World of London. Part I. 13y Fleury Mayhew. David Bogue. According to that popular Americanism which has been incorporated with the " very body of the time," by being mixed up in our daily vocabulary —Mr. Mayhew's great work " progresses," and progresses, we will venture to observe moreover, to admiration. The second instalment relates for tke most part to London considered in relation to the twin subjects of Law and Justice. Another capital photograph, by Mr. Herbert Watkins, portrays to us in a single page the appearance of a Con vict and a Convict-ess 1 Besides this there is a sort of bird's-eye frontispi ec e, giving the reader a corn. prehensive view of London traffic, as observable any clear day from the top of St. Paul's Cathedral! Cabs, 'busses, drays, carts, waggons,— c. Whisky, buggy, gig, or go-cart, Curricle or Tandem " swarming, jostling, rumbling, to and fro, along the tiny, far-down perspective of Ludgate Hill Steam boats, Wager-boats, wherries, ferries, barges, smacks, tugs, and all sorts of cockleshells sailing, rowing, floating, flying, floundering in all sorts of fashions about the surface of dirty old Father Thames ! Factory chimneys smoking, and houses-chimneys innumerable, and railways threading the crowded jumble of streets with their iron -rails, and afford ing a groove for the smooth-gliding wheels of the steam-engine and.its attendant train of first, se• cond, and third-class carriages ! London Traffic ! it is a Babel—a hurricane of industry—a whirlpool of " toil and trouble"—a maelstrom of emulation alai excitement. Everything combines to assure ne that if the work be only concluded as it is com menced it will be a very wonderful book indeed—. the product of a life—an authority—a standard of reference—a repository of curious and coat. prehensive information. When completed, Henry Mayhew's " Great World of Lon don" might have, as perhaps the most felici. tious motto that could anywhere be selected for its title-page-will Mr. Mayhew accept our suggestion in good-spirit and adopt it when the time comes for the issuing of the title-page ?—the following remarkably apposite passage from CA.R. LYLE'S Hero-Worship : " This London City, with all its houses, palaces, and steam-engines, cathedrals, and huge immea surable traffic and tumult, what is it but a Thought, but millions of Thoughts made into One,—a huge immeasurable Spirit of a THOUGHT, embodied in brick, in iron, smoke, dust, Palaces, Parliaments, Hackney C Aches, atharine Docks, and the rest of it !" Lect. v., pp. 266-267, ed. 1841. And Mr. Mayhew's enormous book is this same aggregated Thought at last duly and mosb ex. pressively articulated ! Great Sieges Ancient and Modern. A Lecture by the Rev. R. S. Brooke. Dublin : Oldham ; 1856. Out of the many Discour-es, Orations, Prole°. tions, appropriate to the Recent War, delivered during the course of the last three years in all parts of the United Kingdom—this Lecture upon "Great Sieges : Ancient and Modern," by the Rev. R. S. Brooke, may be very well selected as something " out of the common," as oue entitled to par ticular consideration. It was originally de livered in the Dublin Rotunda on the sth of last February. It has since been published in the form of a little threepenny pamphlet, and we doubt not will secure to itself, in the fulness of time, a pretty wide circulation. Wherever it is read we are satisfied that the Christian amenity, to say nothing of the judicious patriotism of the speaker, will be recognised upon the instant by every rational mind—a Christian amenity and a judicious patriotism so signally evidenced where the reverend lecturer talks of the Religion of our generous and heroic allies the French as a Temple —" full of idols and rags "—" full of spiritual beg• gat y "—" full of moral filth"—full of " ignorance, ' of " falsehood," of " absurdity," of " tawdriness" and the like ! Anything more thoroughly Christian like, anything more truly patriotic in its tendencies, anything more graceful, more delicate, more gra ciously and decently temperate, both in argument and language—(hearing in mind the " subject" of the Lecture, and the "time" of its delivery, and the " profession" of the orator)—we, surely, can none of us call to recollection ! The Discourse stands forth for these reasonseonspicuously among all kin dred and contemporary discourses, and must be con sidered therefore quite per se—it is a manifestation of patriotic ardour wisely directed to the conser vation of a great national friendship, and an evi dence of Christian magnanimity overflowing with fraternal tenderness—such as cannot fail, of course, to excite a very general and a very profound admi ration ! Sufficient for us—cherishing as we do certain curious opinions as to what really constitutes the Genius of Civism and the Spirit of Christianity—sufficient for us (view ing the matter thus) if we here point to this same Lecture upon " Great Sieges, an cient and modern," an index-finger expressive of anything you please excepting—of course—either scorn or indignation I The argument of the lecturer being, as we have already remarked, so distin guished throughout by the judiciousness of the Patriot and the amenity of the Christian. Bcyrninstre. By the author of "Lena," Cope," &c. 3 vols. - Smith and Elder. The writer of this tale is already favourably known to the world of novel readers. The pre sent work will not diminish her reputation, as the characters are interesting, the plot possesses some originality, and the dialogue a great deal of spirit and liveliness. The heroine, Regina Howard, is of an attractive, though somewhat uncommon, character. She has been brought up by her grand mother, a charming old lady, the daughter of a French emigre. Regina is often incensed at the neglect her grandmother meets with from their wealthy, though vulgar, neighbours, who, when she was rich, had paid her assiduous attention. She was the widow of the rector of the parish, and, at his death, her income was greatly diminished. Her granddaughter frequently wished for riches, and subsequent events proved to her that our wishes may be often granted and not fulfilled. They form the acquaintance of a Mrs. Willingham, who comes to live in retirement to escape the no tice of her husband, who had already spent her large fortune, and was now persecuting her to ob tain a small income she had reserved for her son. This son, Alban Willingham, on his visits to his mother meets Regina, and they are engaged. His father is by this time reported to have died in America, and he looks forward to inheriting Bey minstre, the old family seat. His uncle, the pos sessor of it, had been the early lover of his mo ther, but she regarded him with indifference, and eloped with his brother a short time before the day appointed for their marriage. Too late she disco vered her mistake,and that Colonel Willingham only cared for her fortune; Of course Sir Herbert Wil lingham saw them no more. The disappointment embittered his life. But the estate being entailed, both Alban and his mother confidently anticipat ed his being one day the owner. He had been his mother's great support in her troubles, and she re garded him with the greatest affection. He was the total opposite of his father, of a firm and re served disposition, his only defect was that pride which so often mars noble and elevated natures. While affairs are in this position his regiment is ordered to India, and his mother dies shortly after. Sir Herbert Willingham comes to the death-bed of his early love, and there meets Regina. He had previously known of her engagement to Alban, and, dy i n g soon after, leaves all his property, the much-desired estate of Beyminstre, to her. It then appears that Colonel Willingham had agreed to cut off the entail for a sum of money, and that Sir Herbert, repenting the anger that had made him vow none of his family should inherit the estate, left it to Regina, thinking thus to atone for it. But he was totally mistaken. Alban was still in India, and the pride of both parties prevented either making any advance. At length Mrs. Ar nold, the grandmother, wrote to him, telling hint of her grand-daughter's intention to resign the estate as soon as she came of age. This letter re ceiving no reply, for the simple reason that it did not reach him, Regina concluded he had become indifferent to her, and a complete estrangement was the result. She still preserved her intention of giving up the estate, however, which made her miserable ; but many legal difficulties were in the way. At length, on the day of her majority, she announced her resignation, when, to her horror, Beyminstre was claimed, not by Alban, to whom she intended to resign it, but by Colonel Willing. ham, long supposed to be dead, who had sud denly returned from America ! How the story concludes, how the long-estranged lovers are re conciled, and what becomes of the estate which has caused so much perplexity, we leave the reader to discover. Suffice it to say that the conclusion is satisfactory, and the interest maintained to the end. A. great variety of characters are introduced, in all classes of society, and their individuality f u all preserved. The most remarkable of those is _Mi ss wi nn y Hopper, whose prototype may per -Imps be found iu many village towns, though on a l ess exa ggerated scale. The dialogue, a point in which so many writers fail, is sparkling and bril. liant, and will, no doubt, materially contribute tis the s uccess of the work with those who desire to be a mused. 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