The Sun. — London, England, 1861-05-09 00:00:00

THE N. 41,17. Subsequent ad -flees from Cadiz to those published in The Sw• of yesterday state that the Empress of Austria disembarked from the Royal paddle yacht Victoria and Albert at that port early in the morn ing of the Ist inst., notwithstanding that it was blowing a southeast gale at the time. The Em press was conveyed from the yacht to the shore in the Royal barge, which was in charge of Capt. the Hon. Joseph Denman. The Empress, according to the then arrangements, would proceed to Seville. The Osborne paddle yacht,Master- Commander Geo. K. Bower, arrived at Cadiz 11 hours after the Vic toria and Albert. The Bartolemo Diaz, 21-gun screw corvette, with his Royal Highness the Duke of Oporto on board, did not arrive at Cadiz until 21 hours after the Victoria and Albert. All three of the vessels, it will be remembered, left Madeira for Cadiz at the same time. The health of the Em press is stated to have been materially improved by her visit to Madeira. The Flying Fish, 4, screw, Commander C. W. Hope, sailed from Spithead yesterday for Plymouth Sound. A further instalment of Armstrong guns has been received at Portsmouth from Wool wich, comprising 11 100-pounders, nine 40-pounders, and four 25- pounders. Two 100-pounder guns have also been received for the Warrior and the Black Prince. The Marlborough, 131, screw, Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8., when complete in her refit, will receive one 100-pounder and eight 40-pounders. The Rinaldo, 17, screw, Commander Hewitt, V.C., will be sup plied with oue 40-pounder as a pivot gun. In addi tion to forthcoming experiments for more fuliy test ing the penetratin g powers of the Armstrong pro jectile as opposed to iron plates, a new felt wad will be tried and re ported upon. Its intended pu r p ose i s to supersede the present lubricating wad. The ship yacht Sylphide, the property of the Marquis of Downshire, arrived at Portsmouth yes terday from her cruise in the Mediterranean. She sailed from Genoa on the 6th of April, and passed through the Straits of Gibraltar eight days after wards. From the Rock to Lisbon she has had strong head winds. A large number of vessels are reported by her as being astern of her, working up Channel against the prevailing easterly winds. The Sprightly, paddle, Master Commander Allen, with Commander Stokes on board, Assistant Mas ter-Attendant of Portsmouth Dockyard, left Ports mouth yesterday, and proceeded down the western channel of the Solent to superintend the operations for removing the Avon, paddle-steamer, from her position on the Shingle Shoal, all previous endea vours to do so having proved unavailing. In addi tion to the Sprightly, the Pigmy, Master-Comman dant Johnstone, with the steam-tugs Echo and Comet, remain by the Avon in readiness to assist her each tide. None of the steamers had returned to Portsmouth at the time our parcel left. The Industry, screw-storeship, arrived at Ports mouth yesterday evening from the westward. The War Department transport Marlborough, Mr. Fishington, master, arrived at the Ordnance wharf, Chatham, yesterday, and landed nearly 50 tons of shot, of various descriptions, together with other stores, from the line-of-battle ship Ganges, 84, at the Nore. The Rattlesnake, 21, screw steamer, building under the first shed at Chatham, will be ready for launching during the ensuing month, when it is understood that a paddle-wheel steamer will be laid down on the same slip. Her Majesty's screw steam sloop Lily, recently built at Millwall, having received her engines of 200-horse power at Woolwich, yesterday went down the river in charge of the officers of the steam reserve, on her first trial trip. Mr. Partridge, inspector of steam machinery, attended the trial on behalf of the Admiralty, and reported favourably on the working of the engines and the speed of the vessel. The screw steamship Cressy, 80, Captain Thomas Harvey, which left Gibraltar on April 26 with in valids from the Mediterranean fleet, arrived in Ply mouth Sound yesterday. The screw steam sloop Pantaloon. 11, having been completely rigged under the supervision of the Master-Attendant of the Devonport Dockyard, left Hamoaze yesterday, and went outside Plymouth Breakwater to test her eugines at the measurca mire. She is destined for the first division of the steam ordinary in Hamoaze. The paddlewheel steam sloop Geyser, 6, Com mander George F. Jackson, recently returned from the Mediterranean, went on Tuesday from Ply mouth Sound into Hamoaze to have some defects made good by the artisans of the Devonport Dock yard, near which she is berthed. The paddlewheel steam surveying vessel Bann, J. Wills, master, commanding, having been tho roughly repaired at Devonport, left Plymouth on Mouday to resume her duty on the coast of Cornwall. The gunboats Heron and Doterei went on Tues day from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound to try their machinery. The paddlewheel steam tender Advice, M. Ray mond, second master, commanding, from Queens town, arrived in Plymouth yesterday morning with supernumerary boys and men. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lient. Henry Vaaghan, to the Liffey ; Richard E. Pym, master, to the Cum berland, for the Phaeton ; F. W. Rea, master, to the Challenger; A. S. Bradley, second master, to the Challenger; W. J. Warren, promoted to the rank of first-class assistant engineer in the Havoc ; J. IL Binns, promoted to the rank of first-class assist.-engineer in the Majestic, for the Dapper; E. Pearce, promoted to the rank of first-class assist.- engineer in the Asia, for the Escort; B. Foreman, promoted to the rank of acting first-class assistant engineer in the Curacoa; J. Hill, promoted to the rank of acting first-class assist-engineer in the Woodcock ; and G. P. Bell, promoted to the rank of acting first-class avAist.-engineer in the Pylades. TILE ARMY. The Mars, troopship, Capt. Anderson, the arrival of which at Spithead from China was reported in The Sun of yesterday, was yesterday towed into Portsmouth harbour, and will this morning dis charge her troops, Royal Artillery, from China. 'They consist of Brevet Lient.-Col. Barry's battery of the 4th Brigade —two captains, one lieutenant, one assist: surgeon, one veterinary-surgeon, two Staff-sergeants, eight sergeants, five corporals, 18 bombardiers, 89 gunners, 67 drivers, two trum peters, and 13 artificers ; one bombardier of Capt. Milward's battery; and Major Rotton's battery of the 2d Brigade—one lieutenant, one assist.-surgeon, two sergeants, two corporals, four bombardiers, one trumpeter, and two artificers. Lieut.-Col. Barry's battery will proceed to quarters at Christchurch. Major Rotton's battery proceeds to Dover. The names of the officers on board are—Brevet Lieut.- Col. Barry, Capt. Rowley, Lieuts. Phillpots and D yce, surv. Taylor and Harrison, and Veterinary- S nTR. Long. The Mars sailed from the Cape of Good Hope for England, after lying there 10 days on arrival from China, on the Ist of March, calling in at St. Helena and sailing again on April 14 . The Mars had a l ong continuance of easterly and north east winds the latter part of her voyage. One death u~ourred during the passage, which was from dy sentery. The Diadem, 32, screw, Capt. Cockburn arrived at Portz=outh yesterday at 1.30 p. m . , from Jersey, having on beuA the head quarter s an d right wing of the 30th Regimen!, -with band and colours, under the command of Lieut.-Col. J. T. Mauleverer, C. 8., and consisting of 18 officers, 543 men, 5911.t, ien,115 children, and 5 horses. The troops were, on the frigate arriving alongside the dockyard, immedi ately disembarked under the superintendence of Co). E. Somerset, 'C.D., Quartermaster-Gen. of the south-west district, and headed by the band of the 2d battalion, 11th regiment, marched to the rail way station at Landport, whence they were for warded to Farnborough for Aldershot Camp. The Diadem arrived at Jersey at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, having left Portsmouth the previous evening. She anchored about four miles from the lauding place of the troops, who were conveyed to and from the Dia dem by her Majesty's paddle steamer Dasher and a small screw steamer. On the 55th having been landed from the Diadem the embarkation of the right wing of the 30th took place,and at its conclusion the frigate left for Portsmouth at 8 a.m., where she arrived at the time stated above. Strong winds from E. to E.S.E. were met with in crossing the Channel, The Dia dem embarked at Portsmouth this morning the left wing of the 55th Regiment, which leave Aldershot at 8 a.m., and will convey them to Alderney, re turning to Portsmouth with the left wing of the 1 30th for Aldershot. Within the tit st few days the authorities connec ted with the Commissariat Department at Chatham have discovered that the persons under contract to supply meat to the several barracks at that garri son have latterly been in the habit of substitutin3 inferior meat for meat of Fine quality, which by the terms' of their contract they were bound to supply to the troops of the garrison. The discovery of the system practised appears to have been made a few days ago in a purely accidental manner by some par ties who were invited to attend at the garrison on the occasion of fresh tenders being required, when the specimens of meat then in the course of being served out to the troops were examined, on which it was found that the whole was of a most inferior qua lity, and of a kind that ought never to have been delivered for consumption. On the circumstances being brought under the notice of Major-General Eyre, commanding the forces at the garrison, and Assist. - Commissary -General Ibbetson, a board of officers was immediately assembled to examine and report upon the meat then delivered, the result of which was that the whole was condemned and pro nounced unfit for food, and the supply required for the day purchased of private butchers, at the expense of the contractors. On several days dur ing last week Gen. Eyre directed a board of officers to be assembled to inspect the meat, and in nearly every instance the board condemned the supply fur nished, and refused to allow it to be cooked for the troops. On Saturday last no less than 7001 b. weight were rejected, and a fresh supply purchased at the expense of the army butchers. The result of the discoveries made has been that a report of the w help of the circumstances has been laid before the authorities at the Horse Unards, and Ic under stood that the contractors at present supplying meat to the garrison will cease to do so at the ter mination of the present contract. THE WARRIOR. This noble frigate is now jointly in the hands of the builders and the workmen of the Admiralty, both of whom are doing their best to push her for ward so as to have her ready for commission by the end of July. Since her launch a great deal has been done, and from the present date almost as much re mains to be done before she will be ready to receive the pennant. All the armour plates, except the up per row on the starboard side, have been bolted on, and this partial completion of her sea-going equip ment has made a most material difference in her appearance. She is considerably deeper in the water and has rather a marked list to port, in consequence of more of the plates being in their places on that side than on the starboard. Quiet as are the waters of the Victoria-dock, the Warrior has, nevertheless, already given several unmistakable indications of being rather topheavy in her present trim, and an armour plate more or less affixed to either side makes an important alteration in her seat on the water. Of course, when ballasted, with all her coals, stores, and water in, her crankness will be reduced to the minimum for a ship of her class. But, on the other hand, if ever the Warrior burns all her coals out, and has to return to port in heavy weather, she is likely to be, to say the least, almost danger ously topheavy. Captain Ford, of the Thames Ironworks, when building the vessel, proposed a plan to the Admiralty to diminish this tendency to rolling, by filling in between the hollow skins of the ship with water as the coals were consumed. The plan was rejected for the Warrior, but has since been adopted by the new Surveyor of the Navy for the mythical Achilles, which rumour says is always about to be built at Chatham, but with which as yet no manner of progress has been made. The lower masts, topmasts, and topgallant masts of the Warrior are already up. Viewed from outside the vessel, where the eye can take in the whole of her colossal though fine proportions, those spars appears ridiculously disproportioned to the vast, bulk of the ship. They are the manta of a 00- gun vessel notwithstanding, though it is difficult to credit it till the visitor stands close alongside them. The traditional three masts, however, will never do much for this vessel under sail, and, if it is contem plated that she will ever have to depend on her sailing qualities, she should have been given four. most of the lower deck arrangements, as far as the hull is concerned, are now nearly completed, and one can form a pretty fair idea of what sort of a ship she will be for internal accommodation when at sea. She is, of course, of the most roomy dimen sions, though we doubt that in times of peace she will ever be a popular vessel with either officers or men as compared with frigates like the Ariadne or Galatea. In the Warrior, even the little scuttles through which in fair weather officers on the lower deck receive their small modicum of fresh air and hazy daylight are omitted. An armour plate admits of no scuttle or aperture of any kind, so that all within the iron casing below the main deck is as dark as pitch, In times of peace living always by candlelight in a ship that will surely roll awfully will, not unnaturally, be regarded as uncomfortable, though in war time the reflection that all on board are quite sheltered from shot and shell will more than counterbalance these little drawbacks. Even the main deck of the Warrior is now very dim, since the Admiralty have wisely determined to narrow the width of the portholes to 30 inches, in stead of 50. The armament of the vessel has at last been definitely fixed, and we think cur naval readers will hear with surprise that it has been determined to give her only six Armstrong guns— viz., two 100-pounder pivot guns and four light 40- pounders, two for each broadside. The rest of the armament will consist of 36 common 68-pounder guns of 95 cwt. each. Strange to say, also, all the Armstrong ordnance are on the spar deck, and therefore entirely unprotected by armour plating of any kind, while the common guns are under cover. If the whole vessel was armed with breech-loading 100-pounders, the armament would then be lighter than the present comparatively inefficient guns by nearly 50 tons. The fore and aft bulkheads which are to shut off the stem and stern, not coated with armour, are now also finished. An examination of them will give the visitor the best idea of the im mense solidity of the vessel's sides, of which they they are the exact counterparts, except in having only 10 inches of teak backing, instead of 20. They shut in the whole extent of the midships portion of the ship, from the keerto the upper deck. Both on the main and lower deck small doors of communica tion are cut through these bulkheads on the port and starboard sides. closed by doors covTehreedsew, i w th h 4 7 .in n c e h c e s s armour ary, c p a l n be a t es, turning on the most massive hinges, and filling in the doorway so as t o b e perfectly watertight. In the engine -room everything is order. All that now remains completetto b e d o a n n e d d n w perfect is the erection of a cupola furnace for melting iron and filling the hollow shells with the liquid metal. Three or four such shells sent against a wooden ad versary would set her in a blaze from stem to stern in ten minutes; whereas supposing such &projectile to get down a hatchway on to the main deck of the Warrior, it would be as harmless as on a stone pave ment, for the decks are of wrought iron. With all the haste that may be made by the Admiralty ( an d the long delay in completing this vessel is due only to the Admiralty, and not to the contractors), it is likely to be well on to the end of the year before the Warrior can rank among our available defences. By that time the Emperor of the French will have at least 10, if not 12, iron frigates afloat, of which five, it i s mis4itn. Th e therefore expected, a p in p will be actual l y in com arenntot building su pine es seem s inexplicable, an d their apathy becomes alm ost a subject for alarm w hen we recollect tha's France is n m s oreof shipsthe of the Warri or c l ass Admiralty, such a long way ahead, and that, even with re sources, it is almost impos s ible al l our tmanufacturing build oeo f iron frigates in less than 1 8 month s . With the most lavish expenditure, and with all th e a id s our the s private yards could give the Government, it would be impossible, even supposing them to build no more, to be on km equality with our neighbours in this matter in less than two years. The excuse of the Admiralty is that they must wait till they have tried the Warrior and Black Prince. But how can the real efficiency of these ships ever be tested, ex cept by actual warfare ? In all else they are known, as far as our present knowledge of such matters goes, to be as near perfection as they well can be. No doubt future vessels will be built a thousand tons larger, to enable them to carry armour plates from end to end, and 500 tons more coal. Beyond this slight development of principle, even the pri vate builders can suggest no improvement, yet the Admiralty still wait and wait, and lose their pre sent and only opportunity day by day. Our navy ,may really be said to possess only two efficient iron frigates, for the Resistance and the Defence were a compromise. The expense of vessels like the War rior was thought too great, and. so, as the Admi ralty wanted to have more to show for their money, they determined on building two cheap and ineffi cient vessels instead of one good and dear one. Then the Warrior and Black Prince are never to be used as steam rams, though they will have great speed, while the two steam rams are so deficient on this vital point that it is said they will not be able to run down a sand barge if they have first to over take her. In all we have actually four iron ships launched, two frigates and two steam rams, with two more building, which are neither one thing nor the other. So completely does the prestige of success in this class of shipbuilding now attach to France, that the Russians are having two large iron frigates built there. So also are two building for the King of Italy and two for Spain. The latter Power is also having a sister ship to the Ariadne built in England, and like wise a sister vessel to our Orlando. The Achilles, which it is always said is about to be commenced at Chatham, has been put off so often that even the two new vessels just ordered at Glasgow and Mill wall are likely to be afloat before she is well begun. .rlllt.b/..1zu.1. TURIN, MAT 4. At the opening of yesterday's sitting the House of Deputies discussed and voted a bill for very con siderable improvements to the port of Ancona, a commercial and naval establishment long neglected by the Pontifical Government, and which Count Cavour intends to raise to a harbour of the very first magnitude. The Minister of Public Works, Peruzzi, next proceeded to give a plan of the great railway enterprises which are now in contemplation for the whole kingdom of Italy and entered into some important statements which cannot, I should think, be destitute of interest for English readers. That portion of Italy which already acknowledges the sway of King Victor Emmanuel 11., the Minis ter stated, will, in the event of the bills now in preparation meeting the approval of the Chamber, have 1,779 kilometres of railway lines in operation (the kilometre to be computed two-thirds of an English mile), 1,704 kilometres in progress of con struction, and 2,650 to be given out for private speculation. By adding to this the lines either in operation or in progress of construction in the Venetian and Roman, or present Pontifical, pro vinces, the whole of the Italian railway lines will rise to 6,800 kilometres. Of these the old State of Sardinia has already 850 kilometres in operation, and 382 in progress of con straction ; Lombardy, 247 in operation, and 209 in progress; the YEmilia, the Marches, and Umbria, 145 in operation, and 561 in construction ; with plans for 313 kilometres open for competition ; Tuscany has lines in work to the amount of 375 kilometres, and is at work for 436 more, besides 39 kilometres in contemplation. At Naples the lines in work are only 142 kilometres those in progress 96, and the projected lines 1,900 kilometres. The lines projected for Sicily, where as yet no railway exists, amount to 400 kilometres. If we recollect that the first 41 miles of railway in the old State of Piedmont were only opened in August, 1848, when Lombardy and Tuscany already boasted considerable achievements, and when even Naples had its Royal line from the capital to Castellamare, we shall have good reason to congratulate the Subalpine people on the good uses to which they have already put the twelve years' freedom they had the good fortune to enjoy, and to anticipate no less splendid results for the future in behalf of their brethren of the east and south, whom recent events have, it is to be hoped, for ever associated to their destinies. Thanks to the good effects of free institutions that Piodionont, GM= IUtCZt in - the raer, ue i zt, wonderfully been enabled to outstrip all its neigh bours. The works under immediate contemplation, the Miulsters cuutinued, will give as a result the opening of 550 kilometres new railway lines within the present year, and 1,530 more within another year, altogether 2,000 kilometres within the space of two years, leaving 4,300 kilometres for the com pletion of all the contemplated lines. The shortest line between Turin and Rome, along shore by Genoa, Leghorn, and Civita Vecchia, would be 666 kilometres; a journey of 18 or 20 hours. Between Turin and Naples the shortest route is through Bologna and Ancona, across the Abruzzi, a distance of about 800 kilometres, to be achieved in about 24 hours' journey. From Turin to. Brindisi• the line would extend to 900 kilometres ; to Taranto, 863 ; to Otranto, 972 ; to Reggio, the extreme point of the peninsula, about 1,300 kilometres ; to which may be added the 50 kilometres between Suit and Turin, already long since in operation. The shortest lines, however, will not in every in stance be the first brought to a termination, owing to natural difficulties, which must needs retard their construction. The line from Turin to Naples, through Bologna, Ancona, Foggio, and Bari, will be about 950 kilometres in length, exceeding by 50 kilometres the other line, which is to go through the Abruzzi; but with the exception of the hills surrounding An cona and the pass of the Apennines, it runs along shore, and mostly on level ground, so that the Minister thinks it will be greatly advanced within the present year, and brought to a full termination within 1863. In the same manner the road to Rome through Genoa and Leghorn will meet serious obstacles on the Riviera of Genoa, while the other, somewhat longer (715 kilometres), through Bologna, Pistoia, Florence, Chiusi, and Orte (the junction with the line between Rome and Ancona), will be finished first. The Apennine pass of La Porretta, between Bologna and Florence, will, agreeably to the Minister's statement, be ready within two years, and so will the whole line, which is rapidly pro gressing throughout, with the exception of the trunk between Orte and Rome (150 kilometres), for which Italy must await the Pope's or the French Emperor's good pleasure. Most of these lines, as I said at the outset, are of the greatest importance, not only for the Italians and strangers travelling in Italy, but also as a means of rapid communication between distant countries. From London to Alexandria in Egypt, the Minister stated, the distance now, either through Marseilles or Genoa, is 188 hours' journey. It will Ibe reduced to 155 hours, with an economy of 30 hours' time as scon as the line to Ancona is opened, as it will be before the end of the present year. This advantage will be greatly increased when the lines shall be extended as far as Brindisi and Otranto, as it can easily be done within two years. Such are the first fruits Europe will reap from the resolution it has now almost unanimously ar rived at to admit Italy into the sisterhood of free, independent, united, and civilised nations, and to allow and sanction the downfall of those narrow.. minded Governments which were as dead an ob struction to the material well-being and progress of the country as to the intellectual and moral im provement of the people. In to-day's sitting the Lower House discussed the bill for appointing the first Sunday in June for the celebration throughout the kingdom of a national fete, to supersede the festa dello statato, the cele bration cf which, as you know, occurred in the old State of Sardinia on the second Sunday in May. This bill met with rather a formidable opposi tion from the Deputy Chiaves, who argued that it was inexpedient to celebrate the rise of Italian nationality, a fact as yet incomplete, since the emancipation of Venice and Rome was indefinitely put off; that it was absurd to appoint a day to which no national association was attached— a moveable feast in the early days in June, which brought round no important anniversary. He observed that at the period of the year chosen for the solemnity some parts of Italy were already exceedingly hot, and Rome, the chosen capital, unhealthy; that the objection raised to early May as a rainy season, which had often in terfered with the pastimes of the old Piedmontese aCitoinlistatiinmtuee of Constitution-day, might equally militate against n climate ee couldyear , be es pronouncedn o day in the s year in altogetherthe sat taken ereaeinnr,e a any more su reth nhn than all f ol the. the pr famousecautions t tEhgelinfiteoknlenTeosusrnoaf a North British Tournament were of any avail atmosphere.against Finally, he objected that, with the devout tenden cies of the Italian people, a solemnity in which the clergy were free to take part or not as they listed (agreeably to the tenonr of the law, which neither solicits nor demands the co-operation of the clergy), regarded as a rea l f e t e by the i w g o n u o l r d ant nlasse bse. The discussion gave rise to several witty passes never THE SUN, LONDON, TITURSDAT EVENING. MAY 9, 18617_ at arms between Chiaves and otter orators respect ing the perverseness of the weather always con spiring with the priests to marpopular festivities, but the bill passed in the end br a majority of 215 against 20; the Minister, Mingtetti, upon the mo tion of a deputy, engaged that .he fete should be limited to one day only, so farts the Government and the municipal authorities lad any part in it, lest the law might seem to encairage the lazy and frivolous propensities encouraied among the Ita lians by so many years of pollical and religious misrule. COUNT C4VOU.R. A Turin correspondent of th, Paris Presse gives the following lively picture of ount Cavour : Count Cavour is, beyond dismte, one of the three great statesmen of Europe ; lord Palmerston and the Emperor Napoleon 111. beng the others. The loss of this man, in the precut circumstances, would be for ',ltaly irreparabe. Count Cavour's strength does not lie in his prnciples ; indeed, he has no inexorably fixed princhles ; but he has an aim, a clear and definite ain, the greatness of which would have turned the head of any other man ten years ago—to make Italy one and inde pendent. The men, the means, the circumstances have been and aio indifferent to him. He has marched straight, always arm, always alone, sacrificing his friends, his sympathies, sometimes his renown, and sometimes his heart. Nothing has stood in his way. Thy suppleness of his mind is astonishing. He divines every thing, and is seldom mistaken—not as to the truth, but as to the success of a matter. He unites the solid, calculating English tempera ment with the cold, unscrupulous, often ungener ous, political genius of the Italian character. Count Cavour is a mir.ture of Sir Robert Peel and Machiavelli. He has something Byzantine about him—the stratagem, the subtle logic, whose conclu sions are sound, paradoxical as they may some times appear. Read his diplomatic notes ; it is impossible to be right, lr even wrong in a more brilliant, solid, and convincing fashion, One is struck and dazzled eqen when one is not convinced. Count Cavour, who , Infortunately has not always the art of understanding men, has always the art of understanding a situation; and it is this mar -a-- " onntributea tho Italy of to-day. As the Minister of a power of the fourth rank he could not create situations like the Emperor Napoleon, or reckon on the strength of a great nation, like Lord Palmerston. Count Cavour had to find a crevice in the policy of Europe slip in, spring a mine, and cause an explosion. It is thus that he has conquered Austria and secured the aid of France and England. Count Cavour threw himself head foremost, after baying mea sured the depth and calculated the advantages of the fall. The Crimean expedition, his attitude at the Congress of Paris, the cession of Nice, the in vasion of the Papal States last autumn have been the consequence of this vigorous temper of mind. As the man of foreign affairs, he is strong, he is on a level with the situation, with the men of his time, and with the time itself. The man of home affairs is less complete, less finished. Count Cavour has a' general knowledge of these affairs ; he has enlarged ideas, clear and liberal ideas, but he wants the practical ability to set them off to the best advantage. Besides, he is often unfortunate in choosing men. Witness th a e series of agents he sent into Southern Italy—Nigra excepted. Count Cavour feels himself above detail, which, however, is important in administration ; this is the vulnerable side of his policy, for in foreign affairs no one disputes his superiority. There is yet another point which sometimes startles one in Count Cavour's conduct, and that is his self-esteem. Count Cavour knows himself, and knows those about him ; he esteems them little, and he makes the mistake of letting them see it. He does not tolerate equals, not having been accus tomed to find many. Every one who is brought into contact with him must bow, and resign him self to be moulded by that strong hand. The King himself feels his magnetic influence. Now any one that does not consent to be absorbed by Count Cavour is classed, without further ado, among his enemies, or rather among his adversaries. Add to this his sharp and abrupt manner, careless of other people's susceptibilities, the sarcastic smile crystal lized on his face, his habit of giving orders, his bourgeois appearance, which does not give him even a chance of success in his little politenesses and flatteries towards those whom he wishes to wheedle, his abrupt or embarrassed way of speaking, his sharp and metallic voice, which makes a bad first impression, and his petulant, jerky gestures, and you complete the picture of a man who would at tract you little if you were not attached to him by other bonds. Count Cavour conducts himself in Parliament absolutely as if the opposition had no existence, as if he was in his arawing.rooin 11111011 g . 1 -Az rricTiar— especially when he is bored. He talks, he laughs, I ha , ilium hie I.nnir !WI Ma cealonErleS, he lolls, he yawns, twists about the velvet table-cover with his paper-knife, and makes epigrams ! if he had Ame rican habits he would put his feet on the official table. He sees no one there but the majority, that is to say his faithful friends. . _ _ Count Cavour is not an orator in the French sense of the word ; he is one, rather, in the Eng lish sense. He has a difficulty in speaking because he does not wish to say a word too much, a word which has not the exact force he wishes to give. He does not speak for the Chamber, but for Europe. He has a solid, connected, andlucid manner of rea soning; he always touches the heart of the question, and if he is not always right, he at least never falls into platitudes and commonplaces. I sum up—the diplomatist is a giant ; th e a d m i• nistrator is inferior to the diplomatist ; the man is an antithesis. You can never rest in an undeter mined attitude towards him.. You must either obey or rebel against him. He does not let himself be led by' his friends ; he does nor count his enemies. He is the intellect ,of Italy in her foreign relations; he is her heart in her home affairs. He is the soul of the cabinet, which is identified with him. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) The deaths in London registered in the week that endad on Saturday were more than have been shown in any previous return since the first week in March. They rose to 1,261. The average number derived from the returns of corresponding weeks in ten previous years, 1851 60, and corrected for increase of population, is 1,220. The number of persons who died last week therefore exceeds the estimated mortality by 41. The births in the week exceeded the deaths in the same period by- 747. The increase in the mortality is due chiefly to whooping-cough, which carried off 124 children, two-thirds of whom had not completed their second year. Thirteen also died from croup. In April whooping-cough was fatal on an average in 84 cases weekly. It was most fatal last week in the districts on the south side of the river, in which 47 out of the 124 deaths occurred. No less than 9 were recorded in the sub-district of Leather-market, Bermondsey, 4; in that of London-road; 7 in Westminster; 5 in the sub-district of St. James, Clerken well. Eight deaths from small-pox were returned, -30 from measles, 25 from scarlatina, 8 from diphtheria. There were 166 from phthisis, the corrected average of corresponding weeks being 166; and 124 from bronchitis. thp average being 107. The deaths of two certenarians were registered. A female died on the 27th ult. at Windmill-hill, Hampstead, at the age of 100 years ; and the widow of a labourer on the 29th, at 3, Fort-street, Old Artillery-ground, at the age of 102 years. The age of the latter seems to be well ascertained, and her daughter is now living at the age of 81 years. A gasfitter died from "apoplexy following lead palsy." Last week the births of 951 boys and 1,057 girls, in all 2,008 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1851- 60, the average number was 1,717. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.026 in. The barometer rose to 30.16 in. OR Tuesday, and fell to 29.83 in. on Friday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 46.3 deg., which is 3.7 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was below the average on every day Satur dayexcept it was about 8 deg. below the average. The wind generally blew from the north and north west ; on the forenoon of Wednesday it was W.S.W. Wednesday, and on Sunday and A thermometer in the s h a d e f e ll to the lowest point in the week, 29.1 deg. on Sunday, and rose to the highest, 64 deg., on Thursday. The weekly range was, therefore, 34.9 deg. The mean daily range was 21.2 d eg . Th e diff erence b e t ween the mean dew-point temperature and air tempera. ture was 7 8 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 74, complete saturation being repre sented by 100. Though Saturday was cold, the greatest heat in the sun's rays was 109 deg. Not more rain than 0 . 13 in. fell in the week, neatly all of which fell on the last tvo days. There was hoar frost on the .morning of Sunday, and sleet and hail fell on that of Saturday. Well-informed Americans are confident that on the arrival of the Great Easton. at New York, the Northern States will offer to buy her. The agents of the company will probably feel themselves justified in making a provi sional sale upon adequate terms, which could subsequently be referred here for confirmation, LAW .111 , TELLIGENCE.—May 8, COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE, (Before Sir C. Cresswell.) DRUMMOND, COMMONLY CALLED VISCOUNTESS FORTH, V. DRUMMOND, COMMONLY CALLED VIS COUNT FORTH. • This was the petition of the wife for a dissolution of marriage on the ground of the cruelty and adul tery of her husband, who is son of the Earl of Perth, and the respondent entered no appearance. The ease came before the Judge Ordinary on the 17th ult., but previously some circumstances came to the knowledge of the Queen's proctor, which satisfied him that there was collusion between the parties in order to obtain the divorce originally ap plied for, and according to the provisions of the statute of last year relating to this court, he, 'with the consent of the learned judge, pleaded that col lusion as a bar to the relief for which the petitioner prayed. On the day of the hearing, counsel for the petitioner stated that his client could not fully establish the allegation of adultery against the re spondent. She abandoned her prayer for a disso lution of marriage, and limited her application to a judicial separation. The case was proceeded with, and conclusive evidence was adduced to establish the cruelty, but in the course of the cross-examina tion of the mother of the petitioner it was proved that the latter had committed adultery with a gen tleman named Deering subsequent to the filing of the petition, and that she was living at present in a state of adultery. The legal question involved was, whether under these circumstances the peti tioner was entitled to a judicial separation, from which she would be debarred had she adhered to her original application for aissolution of marriage, and the case stood over for argument on this point. Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., and Mr. Markham appeared for the petitioner, and the Attorney-General, Mr. Sergeant Pigott, and Dr. Spinks in support of the plea of collusion. Mr. Macaulay opened the case this morning, and having recapitulated the leading facts, and repeated the arguments he had used at the hearing showed that the Queen's Proctor was not entitled to intervene to prove collusion when the petitioner applied merely for a judicial separation. In conducting the case he had most carefully avoided offering proof tending to establish the charge of adultery against the respondent, which had been abandoned, and therefore the peti tion was really for a judicial separation on the ground of cruelty 'which had been proved. The reason why the prayer for dissolution of marriage was abandoned was, not that any collusion could be shown between: the parties, but in order to prevent the disclosure of the circumstance that his client had eloped with a gentleman, with whom she was living in adultery. However, the fact was elicited in a cross-examination of one of the witnesses, and, as the object of its concealment had not been effected, Lady Forth wished to give the proof which she would have adduced if she proceeded with her peti tion for a dissolution of marriage. That evidence would show such odious conduct on the part of LOrd Forth as would entirely expunge any suspi cion from the mind of the Court that there were grounds for believing the collusion pleaded by the Queen's proctor. He understood that the Court was now to be asked to refuse the application of the petitioner in consequence of the conclusive evidence of her adultery, and if that were so he contended that she should be at liberty, before the case pro ceeded further, to show the whole merits of her case and the demerits of the case of her husband. He was satisfied that if she were granted that per mission she would establish such a case against her husband as should entitle her to the consideration of the Court and exemption from being compelled to live with him again. His formal application to the Court was, that Lady Forth might be permitted to produce additional evidence. The Attorney-General said that this was in reality a petition for dissolution of marriage by the woman, and she confessed, or rather was clearly proved, guilty of adultery pending these proceedings, nay, that she was at present living in adultery. Under these circumstances his application was that the petition should be dismissed out of the court. Mr. Macaulay contended that it was competent for parties to ask for leave to amend their petition, and ask for a decree different to that originally prayed for. Sir C. Cresswell said the learned counsel's argu ment was fallacious in respect to this case. Roman Catholics, according to their religion, could not ob tain a dissolution of marriage, and therefore might limit their application to a judicial separation. But in this instance the petition was filed for a dissolu tion of marriage, and therefore the Attorney-Gene ral was entitled to intervene. Mr. Macaulay denied that the Attorney-General had any materials for proving the collusion pleaded, Lord Forth not having come forward to plead against his wife was a redeeming streak in his cha racter, and was not to be interpreted as collusion on his part. alic. 411. n referred to different legal authorities whose dicta were' in favour of the arguments. The Attorney-General said his first difficulty was to understand what his learned friend desired. Did he want to give evidence to prove that his client was not guilty of adultery ? Mr. Macaulay said that was not his intention. The Attorney-General said the question then arose simply what the Court was to do, the adultery of the petitioner having been proved. He should have been very glad to have been spared the neces sity of coming to the court if his learned friend had accepted the alternative of withdrawing the peti tion for dissolution of marriage and applying merely for judicial separation. But the petition before the Court was for a dissolution of marriage on the ground of adultery and cruelty, and yet at the same time the petitioner was proved to have been herself guilty of adultery. He denied that there were no grounds for believing that there was collusion between the parties. He had not those proofs at present, but if they came into his possession he would feel it his duty to indict the parties at the Central Criminal Court. He contended that accord ing to the settled principle of the old Ecclesiastical Court, which regulated that of the present court, and according to the ecclesiastical law of all Christian countries, applications for divorce a niensa et thoro, when the petitioner was found guilty of adultery he was driven froin the court. In this case the wife com mitted adultery, and she proves excessive cruelty, which she alleges drove her to that act. Having cited the decision of Dr. Phillimore, in the case of " Dillon v. Dillon," in the Consistorial Court, in support of his argument, he contended that the Court could not, consistently with the interests of religion and morality, grant the petitioner relief, and called on the learned judge to dismiss the peti tion. Mr. Macaulay replied, and quoted a judgment of Lord Stowell to prove that that eminent jurist was in favour of the view he advocated. Sir C. Cresswell said that, in the case of "Hope v. Hope." when the parties had the means of ap pealing to the House of Lords, he took the liberty of differing from Lord Stowell, who, he considered, pushed his doctrine to an extent not warranted by authorities. Mr. Macaulay then proceeded to argue the ques tion at length. Sir C. Cresswell said that the application for permission to go into a new case, on the part of the petitioner, could not be allowed. With reference to the other application, as this was the first case of the kind that had come before the Court, he should take time to consider his decision. The case was accordingly ordered to stand over for judgment. WALKER V. WALKER. In this case the wife petitioned the Court for a divorce on the ground of her husband's adultery and cruelty, to which there was no defence. At the trial different acts of cruelty were proved against the respondent, but the case was ordered to stand over. Dr. Deane, Q.C., on behalf of the petitioner, now applied for leave to amend the petition, by adding to the allegations the charge of bigamy against the respondent. Before the hearing of the case the petitioner was aware that her husband had been guilty of the latter offence, but considering that she had proofs sufficient to obtain the dissolution of marriage without adding it to her petition, she did not include it, as she was desirous of not delaying the hearing of the case. The respondent was living in Sydney, and there were proofs of his having contracted the second marriage. The Court granted the application to amend the petition. CIIERRY V. CHERRY. The wife had petitioned the Court for judicial separaticn from her husband, a clergyman of the Church of England, on the ground of cruelty. The case was defended, and the Court, considering that the alleged cruelty had not been established, dis missed the petition. The husband then obtained a decree for restitution of conjugal rights, and the wife was ordered to return home. Dr. Deane, Q.C., on the part of the husband, ap plied to the Court for a decree, enabling him to issue writs to the sheriffs of the diff eren t cou nties of England to arrest the wife for contempt of Court. The decree of 23d December, 1858, directing her to return to her husband had not been complied with, and a writ of sequestration against her property, which had been settled on her, and which was con siderable, was then issued. This writ had been evaded, and Mr. Cherry had no means of enforci n g it, so that he was compelled to make the present application to give effect to the order of the Court. Sir C. Cresswell said that Mr. Cherry would be incurring great expense. Dr. Deane said that he understood that if all the write were issued they Would be about 80 in num. ber. However, he hoped it would not be necessary to issue them all. Sir C. Cresswell inquired if it was usual, accord ing to the* practice of the Court of Chancery, to issue a writ of attachment against the person when there was one already out against the property. Dr. Deane replied in the negative, and said that the writ of sequestration had not yet been brought in. Sir C. Cresswell said he could make no order until the writ was returned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—May 8. MANSION. HOUSE,—Frederick George Har rington, a man of about forty years of age, having rather a respectable appearance, and in the employ ment of Messrs. Alfred Davis and Co., Sheffield and Birmingham warehousemen and foreign importers, was brought before Mr. Alderman Rose, who was sitting for the Lord Mayor, charged with embezzle ment. It appeared that the prisoner had been in the employ of the prosecutors for some years, and it was his duty to receive money from the porters for goods which they had delivered, and if a large sum to hand it over to the cashier at the end of the day ; if a small amount Wednesdays and Fridays were the days on whicth he ought to settle his accounts. On the 21st of March one of the porters, named Neale, delivered two parcels of goods, and received in payment two amounts, viz., £6 9s. 6d. and £l5 13s. 10d., which he handed over to the prisoner. He also handed him another amount on the 4th April, viz., £2 Os. 10d. It was proved that he had not paid those amounts to the cashier, and, when taxed with having robbed his employers, he said that he intended to have paid it back again, and lie wondered it had not been found out before, as he had been carrying it on for the last two years. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and said he wished to be dealt with summarily. He was accordingly remanded until Friday, in order to be dealt with in petty session. HAMMERSMITH.—Mr. Charles Cautoys, the secretary of the London District Telegraph Com pany, Canon-street, City, appeared before Mr. Ing ham, to answer the complai n t o f th e F u lh am B oar d of orks, for unlawfully placing certain wires and other apparatus along Shepherd's-bush and Brook green-lane, without the consent in writing of the authorities having control over the paths. Mr. J. Bird attended in support of the summons and said these proceedings had been taken in a friendly spirit on both sides, and the defendant had agreed to leave it to his worship to say whether the company had acted rightly or wrongly, and were willing to abide by the decision of the court. The works of the company had been carried out under the British Telegraph Company's Act, and it contained a clause to the effect that it shall not be lawful for any company to suspend wires, &c., in any public highway without the consent in writing of the persons having control of the same. The defendant said the whole question turned on the consent in writing. The company had served the board with a notice of their intention to break open the roads and paths on a particular day, and when their surveyor saw the board's surveyor, he told him it was all right, go a-head, or words to that effect. In consequence of the hard frost set ting in, their works were suspended, but directly the weather broke, the men proceeded to put up the poles in the manner complained of. The parish considered they ought to have sent them a second notice, but their surveyor telling their (the com pany's) officer that it was all right, they proceeded with the works. As a rule they obtained the con sent in writing of the authorities, but in this par ticular case, having the approval of the surveyor, they looked upon it as being tantamount to a con sent in writing. Mr. Ingham said there the defendant was wrong, for the surveyor could not repeal an act of Parlia ment. His worship then asked Mr. Bird what ob jection there was to the poles and wires. Mr. Bird said they were an eyesore, and were an obstruction to the footpath, besides being a nuisance. Mr. Ingham inquired what power there was in the act for their removal ? Mr. Bird said the act did not provide any power to remove. The case would come under the common law. Mr. Ingham told the defendant that no doubt a violation of the law had been committed. The defendant said that if they had asked the surveyor for his written consent at the time, he would have given it to them. Mr. In&Tim said they could not waive an act of Parliament, even if all the notabilities of Ham mersmith had met and told them to go on. They were bound to have had the consent in writing of the proper persons. _ Bird said the poles were not only an obstruc tion but dangerous. A short time ago the wind blew one of them down across the road, and an acci oeut vv vula ham, occurrcd to a heavily laden vehicle, if it had not been seen by the police, who cut the Wire and rcmoycd it. Mr. Ingham would suppose a post blew dos n and knocked a man on the had and killed him, the person who erected it would be liable to be tried for manslaughter, as it was put up without lawful consent. The defendant said he was quite aware they had done wrong in not having the consent in writing, but they thought it unnecessary after what had fallen from the surveyor. Mr. Ingham suggested an arrangement between the parties, which was agreed to. Mr. Bird asked for a nominal conviction, which Mr. Ingham consented to inflict, and accordingly imposed a fine of ls., and 2s. costs. The money was paid, and the defendant pro- mised to lay the matter before the directors, to ob tain their consent to placing the wires under ground instead of above. IMPORTAN7 THEATRICAL INQUIRY. DANCE V. BRAHAM. In this case, adjourned from the 26th ult., and which came on yesterday, an action w as brought in the Westminster County Court, by the plaintiff, Chief Clerk of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, and a Member of the Dramatic Authors' Society, against defendant, Mr. Ward Braham, son of the late eminent vocalist, and an officer in the Royal Berks Militia, resident at Bolton row, Piccadilly, to recover the sum of 40s , a penalty he had incurred by taking a character in a piece called " The Won derful Woman," played at the Theatre Royal, Ryde, Isle of Wight, on the 12th of October last, without permission of the author or the society. The case was adjourned in consequence of its being stated by defendant's legal adviser that the society's authority for the performance of the drama could be produced. Mr. G. Lewis, solicitor, Ely-place, now, as pre viously, attended to press the case, and Mr. John M‘Millin ' of Danes Inn, St ran d, t o res i s t, t h e cour t as before being thronged with authors and theatri cals. The first witness called was Mr. Joseph Stirling Coyne, secretary to the Dramatic Authors' Society, who denied ever having given any authority for the piece in question to be performed on the night and at the theatre named. He knew a Mr. Brown as having been lessee of the Ryde Theatre, but the permission of the society to him to play pieces had some months before expired. By Mr. M'Millin—The receipt produced as that of the payment of the society's fee for the playing of " The Wonderful Woman" on the 12th of October last is not mine, nor is it in the handwriting of the author. The only book I have brought is my last year's receipt book. Mr. Lewis—From which your Honour will see, and no doubt be satisfied, that, from its being similar to a banker's book, the witness cannot be wrong as to dates and money received. Mr. M'Milliu—Well then I contend that under the 3d and 4th Wm. IV., cap. 15, what has taken place in the Isle of Wight, a judge in the county court of Middlesex has no jurisdiction. Judge—l overrule that objection, being by a more recent act of Parliament empowered to adju dicate. Mr. M‘Millin—Be it so. Now, Mr. Coyne, have you over sued an actor before ? Mr. Coyne—Yes, repeatedly. Amateurs. The defendent being then examined, stated, that in the month of October last, at the written re quest of Captain Roebuck, a friend, he consented to take the character of Pomeroy, in the " Wonder ful Woman," at the Theatre Royal, Ryde, for a charitable purpose. On seeing the captain, he suggested to him the necessity of getting the society's permission, which the latter assured him should be done, and he was subsequently shown the receipt produced for the fee paid, which was dated October 14th. He believed Mr. Brown was actor." By rate, he was t n h e e arl l y ess a e l e wa a y t s t a h n e , t , itn am e, at b eu u r t, By Mr. Lewis—Had been before threatened by the Dramatic Society with proceedings for per-. forming without their authority, and had settled with them. Mr. Lewis—l submit that the act saying, " any lessee or manager of a theatre, or any other person taking part in the representation of a play, with out permission of the Dramatic Society, is liable to a penalty," in fact to the whole amount that such play produces. Judge —Then suppose one certain play is only performed which realises £.50 in money paid the audience, do you mean to say that N eh actor is liable for that amount if the society can not hold with you ? Mr. Lewis—l maintain that ouch would, be the CPO ; and as thi§ is § vase of vast importance to the theatrical world generally, I hope you will defer your decision, to give your Honour and myself an opportunity to look over some cases bearing on the present facts reported in the law journals. Judge-1 acquiesce in your request, for I should not decide without reflection upon an important matter. The cause was then further adjourned for a fort night. Question of costs reserved. WILD BEASTS IN INDIA. Everybody is aware that wild beasts abound in the jungl3s of the Punjab, but we suspect very few people entertain the remotest idea of the frightful number of human creatures, especially children, that are destroyed year after year by these animals. In the two past years no less than 999 children were killed, principally by wolves, as will be seen by the subjoined abstract :-1859—Killed, 6 men, 1 woman, and 467 children-474; injured, 33 men, 3 women, and 83 children-119 ; total, 593. 1860 —Killed, 9 men, 4 women, and 432 children-445; injured, 24 men and 31 children-55; total, 500. The greatest destruction of life occurs in the Um ritsir division, where 347 children were killed dur ing 1859, and 299 in 1860. In the Goejranwalla district 77 and in Umballa district 18 children were killed in 1859, and 23 and 70 respectively last year. These figures are perfectly astounding, and lead to the suspicion that this exceeding great slaughter is not altogether due to the animals to whom it is ascribed, notwithstanding the Com missioner of Umritsir, in reporting the slaughter by wild beasts of 160 male and 181. female infants in his division, 843 rs—" It is satisfactory that none of the children are of the race notoriously addicted to infanticide." The number of wild animals de stroyed is not so considerable as one would expect, seeing that Government has paid in two 3 ears 14;386 rupees as rewards for the destruction of 4,255, which includes a large proportion of cubs. The total number of each description of animal killed stands thus :—ln 1859—tigers, 12 ; leopards, 192 ; bears, 187 ; wolves, 1,174 ; and hyenas, 2—total, 1,567. In 1860—tigers, 35 ; leopards, 163 ; bears, 350 ; wolves, 2,083 ; and hyenas, 30—total, 2,658. The wolves, we understand, do the greatest mis chief. In the Lahore district 132 of them were slain last year, and no person hurt ; while in Sealkote only 28 were destroyed, notwithstanding 135 children were killed in the district. Similar results are exhibited elsewhere, as for instance the comparison between the wolves and children in the Hissar division is as one child killed to 82 wolves. In the Cis-Sutlej States and the Umritsir division the average is two children to about three wolves. Trans-Stitlej, one -child to three wolves. Lahore and Ferozepore 232 wolves, no children. Goojranwalla in the same division Ito 4, that is 101 wolves, 23 children. In Mooltan division 622 wolves were destroyed and only one child, all of which clearly indicates that where the beasts are systematically hunted down the destruction to human life is least. The greatest number of tigers were killed last year at Umballa, namely, 13; and at Kangra the most leopards, 80. Bears are also found principally at Kangra, as out of 350 killed throughout the Punjab 306 fell in this district. Wolves abound everywhere apparently-, though judging from the number killed they should be scarcest at Peshawur. The wolf is probably the most cruel but most cowardly animal in existence, and a blundering stupid beast, devoid of the cunning which many wild animals display. He does not sneak up to his prey like the tiger or fox, and at tempt to conceal' himself up to the moment of his spring, but advances in the open, at a deliberate pace, until he arrives close to the object he has in view, when, if he experiences the least resistance, a blow on the head for instance, or a thump from a~ man's fist, he will immediately show his teeth and snarl, but at the same time turn tail and be off without inflicting injury. —Lahore Chronicle. COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWARK-MAY 8. A limited supply of Wheat at market, the trade in which was heavy, but lain rates were realised. Oats rather scarce, and met a fair sale. Barley in small supply, but firm, at late rates. Beans were at extreme prices, with a healthy demand. Peas steady. White wheat, new, 65s to 70s Barley, grinding.. 30s to 33s Red do. 6os to 65s Oats, old, .. 29s to 32. Old white 6ss to 70s New do 249 to 30s Red do. sos to 60s / Beans. 67s t o 60 s Barley, malting 38s to 44s 1 Beans, new 44s to 48s Pea5,....40s to 60s. HULL-MAY 7. A moderate supply of wheat to-day, which was inactive in demand, at last Tuesday's piices. Foreign wheat was in more general demand. Barley, malting, met a ready de mand at a slight advance ; grinding sorts in slow re iuest. Oats scarce, and sold fully dearer. Beans were in average request, and a shade higher; peas steady, and late rates sustained. Linseed cakes slow. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr .. 65s Od to 68s Od (lid red 2 I New white .. ~ ...... New red .... , Dantzie Konb , &c. old white 63s Od to 68s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 60s Od to 62s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red 6os Od to 62s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, old s2s Od to 55s Od Barley.... English malting 3Bs Od to 44s Od Grinding 32s Od to 36s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3Bs Od to 40s Od Grinding 32s Od to 34s Od Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st Os 14d to 14id Friesland and Dutch 0514 , 14 to 0815 d Swedish and Danish oBl4d to osl4 1d Beans ....English, old, per qr ' New pigeon 4.4s Od to 45s Od New tick Egyptian 3Bs Od to 40s 0(1 Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares .... Spring, Indian Corn Linseed, feeding ..... ... crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 12 6to £9 15 0 Foreign 9 5 oto 10 0 0 Rape cakes 6 5 oto 610 0 Bones 515 oto 6 0 0 SHEFFIELD-MAT 7. A moderate supply of English wheat to-day, with a good attendance. The better descriptions sold freely at the prices of last week; inferior samples were in little request. Bar ley and flour unchanged in price. Beans more inquired after, and dearer. 'Oats also at advanced prices. Red wheat, per lead of 3 imperial bushels 24s Od to 28s Od White ), /) 2ss Od to 288 Od New red I If 2os Od to 22s Od New white „ ~ —Us Od to 26s Od ff ff Beans 16s Od to 18s Od Peas, per qr 54s Od to 55s Od Grinding barley, per qr 33s Od to 35s Od Malting ditto, „ 3ss Od to 43s 011 Oats ff 2ss 6d to 34s Od Millers' prices for flour-2s 3d, 2s sd, and 2s 8d per 141 b . BRISTOL SUGAR—May 8. Our sugar market continues to be very scantily supplied with samples owing to the prevailing easterly winds, but as soon as a favourable change of w.nd takes place we shall have considerab.e arrivals. Our only sales c nsist of Bar badoes, which go off but slowly at a slight decline. In ruin nothing doing, at late quotations. 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