The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-08 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND C 0 MMEE,CIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with firmness, and prices of American and Surat were rather higher ; and all other kinds were un changed. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales, 1,000 on speculation, comprising 200 Pernam and Maranham, 61d. to 7 d. ; 300 Egyptian, 60. to 70 ; and 700 Surat, 40. to 50. per lb. The Railway Share Market was quiet, and prices Were a shade lower than on Tuesday. Accounts from the Belgian grain net state that there is a downward tendency in the prices of wheat and flour. At Waremme wheat is 38f. 25c. per 104 kilos., being 75e. lower than previous quo tations ; rye, 27f. per 93 kilos., a fall of lf. ; and oats, 25f. per 121 kilos., being an improvement of if. At Antis erp American wheat is 17 florins per 80 kilos., and white Zealand 171 florins, with no sellers. American rye is 10 florins, and native grown 102- to 101 per 70 kilos. Zealand barley is in demand at 7 florins per 62 kilos. Reports from the French grain and flour mar kets show very little variation iu prices, but the demand is not great. At Paris the factors de clared to 3,713 sacks of flour, of which 1,695 sacks were sold for 30 days' bills, and 1,591 for cash, at an average price of 54f. 16c. per 100 kilos. For the 4 marks, buyers were not numerous, and prices ruled at 88f. for the current and 88f. 50c, for 4 mouths. At Havre sales to the amount of 3,972 barrels of American flour realised from 20f. 25c. to 37f. 35e. per barrel. Letters from the French cotton factories this week mention that business is brisk, with a good demand for light fabrics. At Mulhouse, prices have a downward tendency, notwithstanding the large orders in hand, and the arrival of fresh com missions from the chief towns. The supply of raw material is steadier, which has contributed to the decline in prices. The intelligence from New York, brought by the Baltic, states that money was generally easy, and the market for Public Securities ruled buoyant. The water had been let into the well and canal, and the Commissioners had decided to open the Erie canal for navigation on the sth May. The naval estimates for the year 1856-7 have been issued this morning. The amount of the original estimate was 1.9,876,6681.; but it has been reduced to 16,568,6141., in consequence of peace. The sum already voted is 16,780,1541., leaving 811,2601. to be made up. The annual meeting of the National Provincial Bank of England was held this day, John Laurie, Esq., in the chair. The report was highly satis factory. Three new branches had been established, viz., at Hanley, Salisbury, and Conway. The result of the year's operations was thus : • Net profits of 1855 Reserved Fund ~ £84,301 12 9 162,690 13 8 £247,195 6 5 Deduct dividend for 1855 Leaving rest or undivided profits, 31st Dec., 1855 £211,195 6 5 The directors announced a bonus of 8 per cent. in the company's stock, in addition to the half-yearly dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. The reserve fund would then be 175,1951. Gs. sd. In consequence of the large increase of the bank's business an issue of 15,000 small shares of 201. each would be offered at par to the proprietors. The report was adopted, and a vote of thanks was given to the directors, to D. Robertson, Esq., the general manager, and officers of the establishment. The arrangement of the Account has occupied the chief attention of the dealers and others to-day, and the market, in consequence of the dearness of money on the Stock Exchange, is much flatter. Consols have been 921 to 921, but they are now about 921 to 93 for money. For June 4 they are about 93, 1 I . The New 3 per Cants. are 92 to 921, and the Reduced 914 Bank Stock has risen to 210 to 2111. The March Exeltequer Bills are to 23. premium, and the June ditto 3s. discount, bein g firmer. Foreign Securities are very quiet and rather heavy. Turkish 6 per Cents. have declined to 98 i and 97f, Spanish 3 per Cent. Deferred are dull at 21i- to 25k, and the Certificates at 5,1. Mexican Stuck is firm at 221 /. Chi Han 3 per Cents have brought 68k, and Dutch 2i per Cents. 63/ to 64. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred thnds, 6 7i ; Mexi can, 22i ; Peruvian, 77 79 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50 ; Rus sian 5 per Cents., 104 106 ; Ditto 41 per Cents., 94 6 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 441 51 ; Ditto De ferred, 241 5 ; Ditto Certificates, 51 ; Ditto Pas sive, 7 The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under ... Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton 13,035 12,618 Midland South-Eastern - 16,416 15,808 Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire tristol and Exeter 5,629 6,127 Chester and Holyhead north Stafford London General Omnibus Comp 8,174 - Glasgow and South-Western Great Western of Canada 16,025 11,662 Grand Trunk of Canada Northern of France North London Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver 3,375 3,200 The Railway Share market is without any change of importance, but most of the English lines are flatter. Lombardo-Venetian are 61 to 7i premium, Riga iii, Italian Junction ± discount to par ; the Colonial lines are dull. Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous Shares are generally at previous values. tRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. CLOSING PRICES. t' Proo, the Ogieial List.) goon.. done. tank Stock , 4 , Per Uent. Redhced Annuities. . . MWOi ' l ', per Cont. Console Annuities 92i i 3 2-1 3 ' 46 w 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860._ 3 3-16 Ditto 30 Yeats, expire sth April, 1885 l7k 1-16 Consols for Account (June 4) Exchequer Bills, 24d. March. June. £lOOO. 2 p 3 d £5OO — Small 3 p 1 d Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent 96 i I i Ditto, 1959 _ . __ . , . PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New 5 per Cent., 1529 and 1839 9Bl Chiliau Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent Itexican 3 per Cent 22s Ditto Account II trdinian Bou As, 5 per Cent. .... apanisi- Bowls, 3 per Cent — 3itto Yew Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account lipanidli Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 5 p c TtirkiVi Bonds, 6 per cent 97s Ditto Account 974 8i 7i Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account lOl3 ' ,,,,, ,, , is 0 ,, the .h.we .:- rh. - Lhndon batch Exchange, 26 per Cent., 12 Guilders 64 3 THREE O'CLOCK. 924 3 .. 931 :3,- Consols for Money Ditto Account (June 4) BRITISH POSTAL GUIDE —A book under this title, Con taining a table of colonial and foreign postage, the times of the arrival and departure of tL mails, and other in formation useful to the public, will, in future, be issued periodically. The Postal Guide will be sold at all head Post-offices, and at the London branch and receiving offices, price sixpence. The first number of the British Postal Guide will be issued on the 15th instant.—By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL, secretary.—General Post-office, May 6. SALE OF A RENTER'S SHARE IN DRURY-LANE THE /MEL—Yesterday, at Garraway's Coffee-house, 'Change alley, Messrs. Farebrother, Clark, and Lye offered to Public auction a 500/. Renter's Share in the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, the property of the late Mr. W. Merry, the holder of which is entitled to a free admis sion, transferable annually, and to a clear rent of ls. Per night of performance. After a brisk competition, it Was knocked down at 451., being a slight advance on the Prices lately realised at public sales of property of this description. At the meeting of the Great Central of France Rail- Way Company, held in Paris on Saturday last, it was announced that the Beard has applied for the conces sion of a line from Paris to Tours, and from Tours to Limoge s , in addition to the Pyrenean system of railways. he compluy has also come to an understanding with Salamairm for the extension to the French frontier of the railway already made from Alicante to Albacete. 5 5 20 10 20 5 t 0 18 JIRY. /NEL ey what is case ; that the Balfour, and was for the to leave 'ter that Ird. He L'Neil t luestion Dr. Bal atement 'aesday, nanated ivocate- t to Sir less, but r James Tulloch or three circum• gave bia ow if he ire that the of pur- he Cost that the staff of )port by of the her Ma• addres n of the he Coal the re• wag to adverted ❑d since address to con• in the rejoiced id been irnmeut !vantage t It WO r the re• , that 1 officeri e short that is tant de' • it al," aussio 0 ; 2 ich will Lt giving f Sir J• SG only, declare 9elltene e ght that me, and fair in- )Ch and to es on that ore light ant wit this de• f an op- sustain o really that of without ring r 8• is upon !aye the cerned, )f those re wise .he one who f this see that say if I lion by ora the to add vhich d as 7ulloch, that in t to the of this to con• as con• oes not th Col. ,1-eneral re die• tempo' cies of ittend• D with- ilder ent as aess of 'ulloch me ob- . aban• 1 come on my' abould mrsUe bands, ed ab• Board it was lesday ['Neil ocate d not be in 3f the as to 6. yes -nom- ee of SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) R AILW A Y S. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday sL. A.rabg. Notti.T. Bob:. and Eastn. all .>3l fast Viro'verb i. Stour Valley ..... ficnealid. Lancai,.dz Cheshire Junct all cio. Che9b. di Birk. 250 and £25 Cone 19 D 5., £2O all & Tyne origins 225 (issd. at .245 00 , friktol and Exeter... 00 aaledonian. ls. Calm. and Cardigan. all Chester it Holyhead. 611 ',ork and Bandon.. ill Cork, Black, di Pas, 18 o,rnviall 111 Do. A 8 Do. B "rie Junction.... I)LbtindißelfastJunc. ill I)nn. P. St Aber. Jnc. )0 East Auglian Eastern Counties +1 tat. ' , llion. A. Bt. .0 DN., B. St.st.. R Do., Now .0 East Kent .Ast I.4ne.aßltire. rgh dt Glasgo Edinb. and Peebles Fdin.Prtb Dint.l , worth & Clyde Jon Furness. )e. Extension if3lasgow ft S. WPgt! !Great N. of Seotlnd.! Arent Northern.., Do., A. Stock L. Sth. West.are treat Western....... Tic, Stour Val. Rat Qua. Stk Irish South-East.or T.,,rwF.oter Carlisle Do., Thirds Du. Now Thirds saixlYorki:! , "ia. • 'Vet. Rifling lin t I .oudon & Blackwell .oud. Bright & s.a , l N. West , )(.. Fifths 1i0.101.611.,M303 C )o„ Etg. , hth3 , ondon audS. Wtsstii. Do., £5O. Do., £4O ',ndrirr7. 'Aanch.Stie', Linel Rr:Lin. MA getropolitau Aidland )o. a. Et Dor'. viidid. G. West. . ‘Teweastle Lz C'arlisl. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrt Newry 3i Enniskille! Newry Warrenpoinl Rostrevor. . Norfolk ''Jortlin.Conntios Un North Britioh Nth D.,vort Rail. & Dock Stock ;0., A Stook. B Stock N. DoDo. B Guarantee ~ 1)o. do. Extension Dodo. Do. Leo& Do. Yolk North London N _ikS.Wstrn.,Hain , - stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshir«•.. North Western__ N. & S. West rn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley Ind Leicester Worc.. k Wolv 'c,rtsriouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland 4hropshire Ihi)n 4 onth Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. Riv. Dui no Stnincs,Wok. &Wol. Stockton & Darli t firztlep IT a ar vale.. )41. Pref., No. TI , .TiteH TTay. n.& R. Ulverstone & Lam:. Vale o Neath IWatertl. & Kilkenn Waterford dtLimer Wet 'Walt End of London, and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B , IWost London..., 117irimbledn & Croydon •tt'tiY ,+. Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes , t,:qlun KtIATI. ere to Oraiss , msa - tornbay, Baroda, an rlontx l r:llndia,Seri Do. )onterara tntel - enish ...., Tastorn of France !lew Rest Indian, g. 5 p. ne . D0.4? 2 p.c.Buds.,'s7 , n„1... ,IG., Gee ong Melbourne guar. 5 per c nt. . Do., Lon. allot., do. Gd. Tk of Canada A Do. Do. Cert. of Damn. ,ion. into Stk. til's• Do. Comp. 6 p. c., Gt. CeLtral of France Gt. Indian Poninsulq Great Lturembourd Constituted Shares Do. Obligation... Do. re-is. forftd. Sh. Gt. Western of Cana(' a Shares Do. New Do. Bde., payable's7 with option till '55. Do. do., '62, p.'55.. Do. do., '76, p. '60.. Do. do., '73, withow option . Hamilton & Toroff Do. 6 per cent. 1_ Lake aonst. &lias1;; I LiotTe and Turnhout Lucca ST Pist. sp. c.p ILyons and Genova Lyons & MacMorran Aadras, guar. 4 p.e Do. New 0., sp. c Do. p. c. Exten laria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (ozitLl interest) Do. fox interest)._ Korthern of France. Do.2ol.She. Do. 207. 3 p. c Bde (fmy.B.& Ams.Shs. Norwe7ianTrunkPre I Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds . Paris and Orleans. . Rome and Frascati.. Royal Danish Roya I Swwl ish Do. Obligations .... Sambre and Meuse._ DO. 5 p. cont. Pref. Scindr, guar. 5 p. c. D 0.... Routhern of Franco St. kndrow'e and Quebec (A) West Flandera Do CA per c. Pref W.&N. W. of wrane, West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden .. Zealand 25i - 26, 4 - 4 8} - 9 17 - 18 15 - 16 12 - 13 87 - 81 60 - 60 i• : 16 ••• ..." ••• • .'" ... 16} - 17, 9i 10 33 35 23 - 25 76 - 78 60 - 62 27 Zs; 88 - 92 7 - 8 05 - 96 79 - 81 125 127 102 104 61t 621 F 7 59 G 7 - 70 5 i - 6 1 54 Ft 884 89 7 - 7i 101 103 100 i - 101 A d P 4 d r , - I 94 - 95 411 f "..". 1141-• - I' 4 741 - 75 43 - 45 ~.. - 13 - 13. 53 - 55 3 i - St.. 34 35A • •• ..... . • 78 -79 6 - 54 34 - 3 - 0 15i - 16 55 56 85 - 90 6 - 51,1 51 - 64 10. E - 101 26 - 28 403 - 105 75 - 77 46 48 '4i 15i 71 - 72 71 - 73 4 - 2 1i - 9 - 71 4 6 37 19 - 20 4i - 5 - 6 - 14 - 2i 5 - 6 - 7 FOREIGN. , 8f - 81 par 2 p 7 741 2 24 4i 5 r - - 42}pl 121 - ?3,} 220 - 23 .. -~ .. ... ''' ... 11 9 (1 14 le 65 - 75 75 - 85 91 101, 211 - 221 61 31 - 261 - 26 i 3i - Sip 99 - 101 100 - 102 125 - 130 108 109 25 - 26 124 - 128 ... - ...( 12 -12 201 1 - 2 ip 7 - 74 51 - 6t 44 - 44; 12 I 2 8 - 9 574 - 58 Ei : 57 is~ 20 11/ - 12 9i - $1 2 - 4 PM 4i - 5 ii : ii . ..". ••• JOINT-STOOX BANKS. 0 11 A• • - 93 94 25 5 Bank of Egypt 50 Bank of London 40 ~1! +;rl, I C 50 tl.' q•iti,l; N. amorican 25 5 (Marta. flank of As i a -- 1 p 20 4 clirtd. Bnk. of India, Xustra;ia, & China ••4 100 50 City ...... - 65 100 2i . ; Colonial •. ••• 100 20 Commercial of Lond 20 all gua.Seot•Sz A.na•Cht l5l —16 i 20 all Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2G 5 Ditto New 50 20 I4.ndon and Conn - 334 3 100 50 Lnd.&E.Bnkg.Corp. par 2p 50 10 London Joint StoclL 100 10 Loudon and Paris 4 -- - 2 d 100 20 bond. & weetminstei ••• 4 78 7 100 35 National Pro. of Bug ••• 20 10 Do. New 50 22.', National of Irelaud.. •••• 20 all New South Wales.... 41 43 25 all Oriental Bank 3f cornorati , n. 4l 43 20 5 Ottoman Bank 1 p 1(X 50 Royal British ••• 25 40 • nth &ostra 26 all tlniou of Akustr , lia 69 - 71 691 70 ' Do. l l 'Tew • 74 - 84 50 11 cf r.ondo • 3 Western Bk of Lond. 44 id 46} Bud/less dons this day 3i l 100 10.1 211 all 100 100 3: la all 3 au all 124 6j 62 li Vi 102 11 1001 211 II 13 12a 5 i I I 4 i I 26/ / 9 TRIM NUM LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 8 , MO. t,•:2,.5t11) AT {1X1.1) Naval and Military Intelligence. Spirit of the Public Journals. Rtadrh,To. Leuela Compzn• Priam yesterday. itusiness this la) It is reported that the Imperieuse, 51, Capt. Rundle B. Watson, C. 8., will carry Lord Cowley to St. Peters burg as Am!,a,ssa,lor from the Court of St. James's. Capt. Watson has been appointed a Naval Aide-de Camp to the Queen, vice Sr Charles Ilotham, deceased. The Eulyalus, 51, Capt. George Ramsay, C. 8., it is reported, will go to the West India station, and a squad ron to B rmnda. (From the Times of this day.) !3cdford at, Rletzhlay Buckghamsb Clydcsdal, Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. tr. 6 pc E. Uu. H. Sh, Gias. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.dt Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway__ Hull & Selby Do. j Share;. Do. Shares. Lon.& Greenly Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bxtn. ' and Matlook Middlesbro' & Rodcar. 'London k' N. Weq. L.&N.W. Calodon... E. Urn. k E. C Ut.Nrti.n. E. Count. Coldonian., The debate of Tuesday night, and more especially the speeches of Mr. Whiteside and Mr. Gladstone, threw a good deal more light upon the question of the Belgian press than was to be gained by a mere perusal of the Protocols. It may therefore be con venient to re-state the question as it stands at pre sent, and to explain more clearly the error into which Lord Clarendon has been led in dealing with the rights and liberties of the only constitutional kingdom in Europe, except Piedmont and our selves. From the 22d Protocol it appears that Count Walewski thought fit to interpolate into the discussion of European affairs a bitter and vehe ment complaint against the free press of Belgium, and intimated that, though France was unwilling to use that language of menace always so unbecoming from the strong to the weak, and had no complaint to make against the Belgian Government, yet she might find herself compelled to give a lesson to Belgium—that is, to the nation, as opposed to the Government,—on the abuse of its liberty. Ciunt Walewski further said that the Belgian Government was not armed with sufficient powers for the repres sion of these evils, and he pointed out as an illustra tion of them the publication of pamphlets urging the assassination of the Emperor of the French and the ex istence of secret societies. These assertions were greedily caught up and re-echoed by the represen tatives of Austria and Prussia, while it is to the credit of Count Orloff that he observed a dignified silence, and forebore to mix up his Imperial master in the ignoble attempt to bully and overawe a Go vernment which holds its rights by the guarantee of Europe, and has used them in a manner to ex tort the admiration of all those who have watched its working without allowing their minds to bo dis tracted by the agency of passion or of fear. The statements of Count Walewski remained totally unchallenged, though now shown to be in almost every respect incorrect, and lie stated, in summing up the results of the Conference, that "all the Plenipotentiaries, and even those who considered themselves boiand to reserve the principle of the liberty of the press, have not hesitated loudly to condemn the excesses which theßelgilllll newspapers itCulge with so moch impunity, by recognising the necessity of remedying the real inconvenience which results from the uncontrol ed licence which is so greatly abused in Belgium." To this conclusion the signature of Lord Clarendon is unfortunately ap pended. True, that when called upon for his opi nion our Plenipotentiary maintained, as might be expected from him, the doctrine of tho liberty of the press ; but it is unhappily also true that he affixed his signature to a document full of the great est inaccuracies, and involving a principle which we are convinced Lord Clarendon's more deliberate judgment must and will repudiate. So far from its being true, as asses ted by Count Walewski and signed by Lord Clarendon, that there exists in Bel j gium an uncon'reiled licence of printing on foreign blovernments, the very reverse is the case. As shown by Mr. Gladstone, any culpable attack on the authority of the Sovereigns or chiefs of foreign Governments is punished by imprisonment from two to three years, and by a fine of from 100 f. to 2,000 f. Such a law appears to us very different from uncontrolled licence. Nor is this all. The foreign Government so aspersed is not obliged, as in England, to institute pro ceedings in its own name, but may make a confidential communication to the Belgian Govern ment, which will then itself undertake the prose cution. Here, then, is the law, and here are the means for putting it in force—law to curb the licence, and power to the injured Government to take means, which cannot fail, of putting it iu force. Nothing, indeed, is wanting except that the accused person should be convicted without trial,—a degree of control which even the would be resuscitators of the Holy Alliance can hardly venture in the face of Europe to claim. But Belgium does still more to preserve the Emperor of the French from any annoyance at the hands of residents within her dominions. There is a treaty of extradition between France and Belgium, not limited, like our own, to ordinary criminals, hut extended to political offenders ; so that upon the commission of any outrage the French Government has nothing to do but to mark out the object of its vengeance, and the Bel gian Government is bound to surrender its guest to its offended neighbour. Besides this the Bel gian alien laW is exceedingly severe. Numerous applicants for the hospitality of the State are sternly rejected, and those who are admitted are subjected at the hands of the police to a strict and even vexatious surveillance. With what justice, then, can the Congress of Paris recognise the ne cessity of remedying the uncontrolled licence of the Belgian press by such means as stroll° . States can employ against weak Ones ? We are far from imputing'to Lord Clarendon that he knew the law which regulated the Belgian press and Belgian Government. He went to Paris with other views, —to settle the relations between the East and the West rather than to mix himself up in disputes between France and Belgium. Something also we would.. urge with all respect on the Ministers and advisers of our great ally. We have just concluded together a glorious enter prise, and are more than ever before disposed to convert our alliance into a durable friendship. How unfortunate that in the very moment of success a Sovereign whose boast and glory it is that he is the elected of 8,000,000 citizens should force upon our notice those funda mental differences which unhappily distinguish his Government from our own I Were it not better to have passed over in silence and contempt the miserable half-sou brochure of some obscure and threadbare incendiary than to have raised a question so full of difficulty and danger as the forcible suppression of a free press in a free coun try? The Emperor Napoleon knows the English nation well, and must be perfectly aware that, should the opinion once take root that we are being dragged by our foreign alliances into a course of reactionary policy,it would neither be in the power of any Government of any conviction or interest, nor of the press itself, to prevent a lamentable and irreparable disunion. We rejoice to see that the French Government has adopted as yet no means for carrying out the decision of the Congress. We hope that these imprudent expressions may, though unfortunately so solemnly recorded, fall without effect to the ground, and that an alliance which has survived so many storms may not be endan gered by a few idle words spoken on an occasion to which they were entirely irrelevant. 95 •- 97 94 -- V 8 11 - 13 132 - 134 4,i ... 4i The new screw three-decker Marlborough, 131 guns, 4,000 tons, was taken out of P,rtemouth harbour yes terday, for a first trial of h er m a chi n ery prior to her I being turned over by the engine contractors (Maudslay and Field) to the Government. The day was most un propitious for a trial of the speed of the ship, a stiff breeze blowing, the force of which was at least 5. Mr. Andrew Murray, superintendent engineer of the steam establishment in Portsmouth dockyard„ . went out to direct the trial, and Mr. Shirred', manager of the firm of Mendslay and Field, went in the ship to note the result for the contractors. A navigating party of 150 seamen from the Duke of Wellington, under the command of the First Lieutenant of that ship (Mr. Ed win T. Hinds), were put in the ship to take charge of her. The Marl borough's engines are on the horiz mtal principle, having two cylinders 82 inches in diameter with 4 feet stroke ; they have 6 beilers and 24 furnaces ; the tube surface of the boilers is 17 feet per horse power ; her screw is 9 ft. in diameter, and was yesterday worked at 26 ft. 6 in. pitch ; the engines made 51.3 and 52 revolutions, with a pressure of 24. of steam ; ber horse-power is nominally 800, but she worked up to 2,700'; the weight of the ma chinery is about 600 tons ; all worked well yesterday ; there was no casualties, such as hot bearings, &e., and the trial was very sa.tisfactcry. Her chief engineer is Mr. J. Davey, R.N. (first class). After leaving Spit head, and pcssing in review before the fleet, it was re solved to make a trial of her speed at the measured mile in Stoke's Bay. In spite of the very high wind the result showed there was nothing to apprehend from adverse features of that kind, as she made the first run in 5 minutes 1 second, giving a speed of 11 960 knots (with the tide) ; tkesecand run gave 10 . 000 knots (against the tide); the third run gave 12.162 knots (with the tide) ; and the fourth ran gave 9917 knots against the tide, the mean average of the four runs realising 11 - 060 knots per hour—a highly important and satisfac tory result ; and there is no doubt that her speed when properly trimmed, and under fair wind and weather, will average from 114 to 12 knots per hour. She was an chored at Spithead for the night, and will return to the steam basin this day. Mr. Tonkin, the assistant master attendant of Portsmouth dockyard, had the responsible charge of her during the trial. A large party went out in the ship. The screw steam frigate Liffey, 50, was launched from Devonport dockyard on Tuesday afternoon. The iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel Trident., Lieut. Commander R. B. Harvey, from Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 16 ; Pernambuco, March 12 ; and Fayal, April 26, arrived at Plymouth on Sunday. The trial trip of her Majesty's ship Orion took place on Friday in Stoke's Bay, and the average speed was 11.502. I Do ...... Gt. Wenn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &N M Do. 14 iiis fit -: iii ifo 2a 2i Midld.Braff 1 Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Eet.s p.c. Do. 6 rear et. 1)o. Fixeds p c Brest. /4 y: , Do. 6 Shrs. A Royatn.& hit. Shof. Roth .a.n Gooleg.s p.c. Shrews./tHer S. Stafford Ah. Wear Valleygr per cent Do 93 - 94 - 56 - 68 45 - 47 132 - 134 7 - 8 3i Qal iii : iii Wiltßk lornrst The works now in progress at Pembroke Dockyarl are expected to occupy two years in construction, as they embrace very extensive alterations and improve ments. The fortifications at Dale Point, ou the northern side of the Haven, ar? proceeding, and, when completed, will form an important a ijunct to the forts on Thorn Island and the Stack. The Cadmus, 20, screw corvette, built at Chatham, is to be launched on the 20th inst. This vessel has been constructed under the superintendence of Sir B. Walker ; her extreme length is 200 feet, and breadth 40 feet 4 inches ; burden in tons, 1,462. She will carry an arma ment consisting of 20 8-inch 60 cwt. guns, each nine feet long, besides one pivot 68 pounder of 95 cwt., and ten feet in length. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—H. J. Moore, to be Lieutenant to the Fal con ; J. 0. Hopkins, to be Lieutenant to the Nile ; J. 0. Kidd and R. J. Coventry, to be Lieutenants to the Cos sack ; G. J. Malcolm, to be Lieutenant to the Excellent (additional for service in the Stork) ; H. Salmon, E. Rice, and J. Buchanan, to be Midshipmen t o th e Royal George; James Wade, to be Surgeon to the Assurance; Cecil Crandell, to be Surgeon to the Surprise ; Matthew Burton, to be Surgeon to the Victory ; Robert Atkin son, to be Assistant-Surgeon (confirmed) to the Vulture; C. P. Fulou, to be Assistant-Paymaster to the Belleisle; G. W. Clayhill, to be Lieutenant to the Algiers ; A. Graves, to be Lieutenant to the Driver; W. Clark, to he Lieutenant to the Sampson ; J. A. R. Dunlop, to be Lieutenant to the Excellent; Henry D. Burney, to be Master to the Coast Guard ; Arthur H. Kelly, to be Acting Assistant-Surgeon to the Euryalus ; Robert D. Rose, to be Acting Assistant-Surg eon to the Powerful; James Guthrie, to be Acting Assistant-Surgeon to the Tortoise ; William H Clarke, to be Acting Assistant- Surgeon to the Magicienne ; Frederick Pierey, to be Acting Assistant-Surgeon to the Dragon ; Frederick A. Codd, to be Assistant-Clerk to the Impregnable; and John 111'1)mgal, to be Assistant-Clerk to the Victory ; J. F. Rish, to he Inspecting-commander of the Coast Guard ; James Hunt, to be Commander to the Electra; J. F. C. Hamilton, to he Commander to the Esk ; W. A. Hood, to be Commander to the Acorn ; H. Y. Hag gard, to be Commander to the Virago ; Edward J. H. Tucker, to be Master to the Alecto ; George Turpin, to be Master to the Acorn ; F. R. G. Llewellyn, to be Master to the Virago ; Tkomas Bowcher, to be Master to the Elk ; George A. Welch, to be Paymaster to the Acorn; Hugh F. Pullen, to be Paymaster to the 1 , irago; John Hill, to be Paymaster to the Elk ; F. 0. Simpson, to be Second-Master to the Resistance ; the Rev. F. W. Smith, to he Chaplain and Naval Instructor to the Amphion ; Richard T. N. Pearce, to be Muster's-Assis tant to the Cressy ; James Hunter, to be Acting-Assis tant-Surgeon to the Falcon. An AcLiiralty order has arrived at Sheerness granting the discharge (on application) of all seamen who have served their term of five years, also to all the pensioners now in active service. yesterday, at 1 30 p.m., Lord Panmure, accompanied by Sir George Grey and Mr. Professor Barlow, arrived at 'Woolwich Arsenal, and were received by Captain Boxer and other members of that establishment. Their object was to inspect the extensive arrangements which have been made for the cele!eration of the national fes tivities. They were conducted through the brass gun foundry to the new paper and pulp factory, where a considerable portion of the principal designs in course of preparation have been stored. They thence repaired to the scene of the late accident. The shed, although of corrugated sh,-et irai throughout, has suffered in many piazes from the great heat of so vast a body of combustibles Successively becoming ignited from the spreading fire of the tourbillon rockets, which cast its sparks about the place, shattering the roof, which was composed of thick glass. Numbers of other rockets and macaroon balls became ignited, and burst with terrific explosions. There were upwards of 40 men and boys in the shed at the moment, but, from the fortunate circumstance of the ordinary fastening+ of the doors having been removed, and replaced by elastic straps called "monkeys,/' so that exit was easily available, only 12 persons were severely injured. Ten are now lying in the hospital in a deplorable condition, one of whom is not expected to survive. Two others were taken care of by their own friend.% and are seriously injured, though not dangerously so. Do.. S. Emden Do I Peto & Co. 'Norfolk Do L.& N. 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The University of Edinburgh has suffered an immense loss in the death of its most distinguished Professor on the morning of Tuesday, the 6th inst. For years he had been in delicate health, and with energy of mind undi minished struggled bravely against an attack of paralysis that affected the whole of his right side from the eye to the foot. With some little assistance from a reader he regularly every year went through the ar duous duties of his chair, climbing with difficulty a steep staircase to to his lecture-room, and his spirit was so indomitable that his class was known to the last as the best worked and most enthusiastic in the whole University. He had just concluded the . usual winter session in his accus tomed health, and the news of his death, which in the last instance we believe arose from congestion of the brain, will take his friends and pupils by surprise. He had projected so many works which have been promised to the public for years that it would seem at first as if be bad died before his time. But his work was really accomplished in the system of thought which he developed in his lectures and in his contibutions to the Edinburgh Review, and the works on which he was engaged were chiefly either editorial or historical, which called for powers of memory arid research pos sessed by many, rather than for powers; of tho ug ht pos sessed by few. His research was, indeed, enormous, and, amid the general poverty of Scottish scholarship, he achieved a reputation as one of the m os t l earned men of his time. In scholastic literature his erwlition was probably unrivalled, and, unless seme of his p u pil s undertake to arrange his notes, immense stores of infor mation from the most recondite sources are lost to the world. He was always adding to these stores, and not long before his decease he might be seen stretched on a sofa, his right eye in a shade, sad his right arm in a sling, with some ponderous tome of the middle ages before him ; in this way, indeed, he submitted to the drudgery of making an index to one of Degald Stewart's treatises, which he was preparing for the press. Sir William's lectures will, we suppose, be published ; they are very carefully written out, and when th ese are given t , ) the world the public will ha ve so me b e t ter idea of his systems, both of metaphysics and of logic, than can now be gathered from the fragments which have already appeared. THE EMBASSY AT ST. PETERSBURG.--"CFO have reason to believe that Lord Wodehouse is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at the Russian Court. The noble lord's kn,wn abilities, and his intimate acquaintance with the affairs of Europe, eminently fit him for this important post.—Post. A special general meeting of the Standard Life Assur ance Company was held at Edinburgh, on Ist May inst., for the purpose of receiving a report by the di. rectors, on the investigation of the company's affairs, as at 15;h November, 1855. and sth divisio a of profits ; George Moir, Esq., sheriff of Ross and Crot uarty, iu the chair. A bonus to the policy holders was declared, varying from 271. 18s. to 18s. per cent. coi. the sums assured, according to the dates at which th e assurances were effected, and it was reported that th , e earlier po lkies of the company are thus more than c !oubled. A policy opened in 1825 for 1,0001. being no . AT r a i se d by additions to 2,1521. A policy opened in 1826 for 1,0001. to 2,0951. A policy opened in 1827 fol: 1,0001. to 2,0381. The directors took the same opportunity of proposing certain res,dutions, with the view of providing, as far as possible, against the forfeiture of poli c i es f rom inadvertence or neglec;, which were unanimously adopted. TRACE MELTING. A few days ago a meeting was convened and held in one of the Yorkshire Liberal boroughs to consider as to what steps should be adopted to commemorate the recent peace, when it was determined that there shall be a pro cession of the mayor and corporation, preceded by a band of music. It was suggested that the mayor, in lieu of his robes and chain, should on the above occasion deco. rate himself with black scarfs, the other members of the corporation to appear with black bat-bands, and that the only music should be Lhe "Dead March in Saul." On the day of the above meeting the following placard was posted throughout the borough : " Men of England !—Rejoice that the mismanaged war is ended, and protest against the pitiful treaty of peace. Our plenipotentiary at Paris appears to have given up many matters of real importance. By a stroke of the pen, and without the consent of Parliament, he has thrown away our maritime right to take the goods of an enemy found in the vessel of a friend—a right and law of nations which England has maintained from time immemorial. Russia has paid nothing, and ceded none of her vast or stolen territories. She is again at liberty, and intends to - overrun and take Cireassia, to make up for her loss of Turkey. Will the day of rejoic'ng prove one for regret ? What next ?" MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended May 8, 1856. made up from the Returns o: the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. I RYE. MP% PEAS. 668 61 408 51 22s 91 33. lid 4ls 111 J 393 Od THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. I BARLEY. OATS. BIS. BEANS. I PEAS. 68s 71 39s 31 23s Gcl ( 42s 101 41s 4d 383 101 QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEKR. Wheat, 101,850; Barley. 30,242;_f1ata, 15,611 ; Rye,l39 ; Beans, 5,293; Peas, 337 Quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—About an average busi ness was transacted here to-day, as follows :—Beef, from 3s to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 81 ; Lamb, 5a Od to 6s Od Veal, 4s Oct to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 2d to 4s 8d per Blbs, by the carcase. _ SOUTEIALL, May 7. —The supplies of each kind of fat stock on sale in to-day's market were tolerably good, and about an average business was transacted, at about stationary prices. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 59 6d; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d ; Veal, 4.1 01 to 5s 4d; Pork, 39 4d to Is 6d per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, May 7.—The general demand ruled steady, as follows : -Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ,• Nluttou, 4s Od to 5s 8d ; Lamb, Is 6d to 6 s ; Veal. 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Pcrk. 3s 4d to 4s 6il per Sibs. Quarter-Old Store Pigs, 21s to 27s each. HAY MARKETS. SHITIIFIELD. —Meadow hay, 3/ 103 to 5/ 15s ; clover do. 5/ 03 to 6/ 103; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ lls per load. Trade rather d ull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 13s to 5/ 15s ' • clover do., 5/ Os to 6: 103 • and straw, it 6s to 11 12s per load. A moderate supply and a fair demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 31 103 to 51 15s ; clover do., 5/ Os to 6/ 12s; and straw, 1/ 5s to 11 lls por load. Trade dull. all 10.) all 100 100 all 110 r) 100 100 100 100 1 100 1100 tOO 1 100 100 100 100 :100 100 100 100 Do_ 12e, PM Pm 135 i 96 } 1021 944 31 LITER ATURt. The Science of Beauty : as developed its IV ature and applied in Art. By D. R. Hay. Black wood and Sons. It is not extravagant to observe that what Locke was to the Human Understanding, Hay is in regard to the Science of Beauty ! The revealer of many hidden harmonies, the organiser of a perfectly novel branch of metaphysics, the fabricator of a clue, guiding us, enraptured, onward and onward through all the manifold intricacies of a hitherto inscrutable and impenetrable labyrinth. It is so. Without exaggeration we may speak as we have here spoken, we may reiterate what we have already more than once very earnestly declared, in reference to Mr. Hay as one of the most original of msthetic inquirers, as ho is also unquestionably one of the most distinguished among our artist-geometricians. He began as an originator ; he has ended by becoming an authority. He is, to our thinking, in one sense of the word, and in the best sense of the word, in its abstract meaning, in its root significance—a poet, a maker, a creator. The poet of a new theory— the maker of a new hypothesis—the creator of a new science—and that science, the Science of Beauty ! So successfully has lie contrived to systematise principles hitherto undreamt of—in regard to form, in regard to colour, in regard to proportion generally, whether considered in re ference to anatomy or in r e f erence t o arc hit ec t ure —viewing Beauty alike as developed in Nature or as applied in Art—that he has long since been acknowledged to have altogether surpassed the most illustrious of his predecessors. To have entirely. superseded the most eminent among the early in vestigators into the subtle and exquisite secrets at once of natural and artistic loveliness ; to have completely and permanently dwarfed into the obsolete by the were force of comparison the earlier treaties upon Beauty penned by Albrecht Durer, by our own inimitable Hogarth, or by the marvellously gifted and versatile Leonardo ! The Authority upon Beauty nowadays we take to be—Hay. Henceforth he assumes rank in his way as a classic upon the national bookshelves. He is in regard to Beauty more, mush snore, than Alison was in regard to Taste, for Alison at best was but a graceful and bewitching theorist, whereas Hay, we take to be, indisputably, much more than the pro pounder of an elegant hypothesis : we regard aim as the demonstrator of a system, as the establisher of a series of lofty principles, as the Founder of a Science, and that science, again we repeat, the Science of Beauty. Insomuch is our author all this that he has been recognised among the philosophic . inquirers, iu this inquiring and philosophic generation, as one of the fore most among those investigators who have done good service in their day in regard to the grand ulterior design of all science, namely, the reduction of the laws of the entire universe into One Code—a Code at once compact, symmetrical, and comprehensive. Mr. Hay has done his part in reference to this dating design of the codification of the laws of the visible universe, by means of a succession of works, instinct we cannot bat remark throughout., with a true love for nature, and a profound and awful sense of homage for nature's God, the un seen but omniscient and omnipresent Omnipotence. As an inquirer, indeed, than Mr. Hay none, we believe, could well be, at one and the same time, more daring and more reverent. The union of these two qualities we conceive to be apparent from the first to the last of his really remarkable publi cations. Those publications already number no less than twelve distinct works altogether—works some of them as costly and elaborate as they are all of them, without exception, novel and beautiful. In one of these Mr. Hay has boldly and definitively traced out the "First Principles of Symmetrical Beauty." In another he has revealed to the ar tist-student " The Principles of Beauty in Colour ing Systematised." A complete repertory of recon dite and most valuable iuformatiou may be found massed together in his ample "Nomenclature of Colours applicable to the Arts and Natural Sci ences." A perfect compendium of the " The Lawa of Harmonious Colouring adapted to Interior De corations" evidences by that cue masterly volume his substantial claims to the title of a lawgiver upon matters of art in its practical application—com bining with the analytic skill of the jurisconsult the synthetic aptitude of the encyclopfediast. In his noble quarto upon " The natural Principles and Analogy of the Harmony of Form," he has afforded signal evidence, if we may so express it, of his lucidity as an art-grammarian ; while de monstrating in the volume which we have here the last but two particularised his industry, perspica city, and research as an art-lexicographer. Besides the five remarkable works already enume rated, Mr. Hay has from time to time given to the world some other treatises of singular novelty and elegance, relating—one to the " Orthographic Beauty of the Parthenon," another to "The Harmonic Lew of Nature applied to Archi tectural Design," a third to the " Natural Prin ciples of Beauty as developed in the Human Figure," a fourth to the " Science of Proportions in the Human Head and Countenance," a fifth defining the " Geometric Beauty of the Human Figure," a sixth analysing the " Geometric Principles of Beauty," in other words the secret charm of Propor tion, the seventh being an essay upon " Ornamental Design," in the course of which its true principles are progressively developed and perspicuously elu cidated. Such are the twelve important works by D. R. Hay, upon which, as upou so many stately and substantial columns, he has reared, so to speak, the intellectual fane of a new Science—the Science of Beauty. The present volume—extend ing to upwards of a hundred pages, and em bellished with twenty-three elegantly-engraved illustrations constitutes an epitome of the dozen books preceding it. Insomuch that the treatise under notice has been designat ed by its author as a résumé of his former writ ings—explanatory of his entire theory, Hay's Theory of Beauty in Form and Colour : and beyond this exhibiting to the general reader " by the most simple mode of illustration and descrip tion," how this theory is developed in Nature, and how it may be extensively, and with ease, applied in those Arts in which Beauty forms an essential element. The difficulty Mr. Hay has had to en counter in thus succinctly and popularly explaining, within the compass of a single volume, the whole of the somewhat intricate and complex theory upon which he has, within the last few years, been building up anew the Science of Beauty, he has himself very clearly defined, where he observes, in his Preface—" Although the law upon which my theory is based is characterised by unity, yet the subjects in which it is applied, and the modes of its applica tion are equally characterised by variety, and con sequently cccupy several volume." Nevertheless, in spite of this very obvious difficulty, he has con trived with admirable ingenuity to give to the public at large in this compacted form the pith and marrow of the desired explica tion. How Mr. Hay works out the problems geometrically illustrative of the glories of the Science of Beauty, of its simplicity and of its sym metry, is a thing to be marvelled at, and to be re membered. Ex. gr. out of the vibrations of the monochord he composes a scale, and afterwards delineates, upon the quadrant of a circle, angles an swering to those vibrations. Having in this man ner obtained a series of triangles, he then combines with these triangles a circle and an ellipse, the proportions of which circle and ellipse are adopted from the very triangles themselves— and out of the maze of the apparently inextricable confusion of this mere " scribbling o'er," he draws forth a never-failing rule from the composition of a human head of ideal loveliness ! Again—as wonderfully indicative of his marvellous adroit ness and lucidity as an elucidator of the ac curacy of certain abstract principles —it may be sufficient to direct attention to Mr. Hay's graceful application of the ellipse of three foci, the Greek oval, or as ho himself terms it the com posite ellipse, a wonder-working symbol, which under his guidance will be found to afford practical forms of in finite beauty and almost inexhaustible variety alike to potter, moulder, pattern-draughtsman, and arch I tect. The scheme of the remarkable volume now before us may be here very readily and very briefly indicated. The Science of Beauty bein g consid ered iu it successively under seven aspects, or, as it may be termed, in seven distinct relations. A s evolved from the Harmonic law of Nature, agreeably to the P y thagorean System of Numeri calßatio. As a pplied t? Sounds. As app li e d to Forms. A s developoi in the human head and countenance. As developed in the human figure. As developed in colours. As appli e d to t h e f orms an d proportions of ancient Grecian vases and orna ments. Six appendices crowning the entire trea tise, a treatise inaugurated as every such treatise l oug ht to be inaugurated, w ith a b e fi t ti ng an d com prehensive introduction. The European Revolutions of 1848. By Edward Stillingtleet Cayley. Solidi, Elder, and Co. The publication of this historical narrative was decided on, we are told, " when the war with Russia seemed about to bring into active operation some of those political events which were likely to arise from the settlement of Europe after the con vulsions of 1848." The work makes its appear ance now that peace is said to be concluded. We cannot say it comes too late, for that would be to admit more than we are disposed to concede. On the contrary, the work possesses consfuerat.le value, for it is an honest contribution by a thoughtful observer, and deserves perusal, however much dis posed the reader may be to question the correct ness of any portion of the writer a views and Im pressions As we have said, it is an honest contri bution. Evidently possessing a conservative bias, the author describes with considerable impartiality and skill the causes, events, actors, and immediate results of the revolutions which convulsed Europe during the above period. Probably no class will Anil its opinions of men and things in this eventful period fuily represented. This, however, may be considered an almost inevitable result of independ ent thought, and as by no means depriving the work of utility. The revolutionary leaders, it may he thought, have not full justice done them ; but, on the other hand, the author does not scruple to paint the oppression and injustice which drove them and their followers to revolt, as becomes au Englishman. His bias to conservatism may be objected to, but not his political ethics. Having gathered the necessary facts for his own edification and guidance, he shaped them, he tells us, for the better accomplishment of his purpose, into the form of a narrative, which of course embodied his foregone conclusions. These he deemed it neces sary to modify, not to conceal ; and, thus modified, the work is presented to the public. The moral of it may be gathered from a quotation in the frontis piece :—" The great inheritance of man is a com monwealth of blunders. One race spend their lives in botching the errors transmitted to them by another. The main cause of all political, i. e., all the worst and most general blunders is this— the same rule we apply to individual cases we will not apply to the public. All men consent that swindling for a horse is swindling ; they punish the individual and condemn the fault. But in a State there is no such unanimity. Swindling I Lord help you, it is called by some fine name, and grows grandiloquent and styles itself policy. In consequence of this there is always a battle between those who call things by their right names, and those who pertinaciously give them the wrong ones." The words are Sir E. B. Lytton's. Their applicability to the author's narrative is in this wise :—He has arrived at the conclusion that the revolutionary movements he describes—bloody and prejudicial as they have proved to the cause of liberty—were precipitated by impolitic and unjust legislation in this country. The contraction of the currency by Sir Robert Peel, and his free trade measures on that contraction, he argues, led to commercial paralysis at home and abroad—com mercial paralysis to stagnation of trade and depri vation of employment—and these to poverty, want, and revolt—the latter being previously provoked by undoubted oppression. That this country es caped revolution he attributes to the lack of inflam mable material ; the people having, under our pe culiar Constitution, no motives to rise in revolt, but the contrary, being self-governed, and able to right themselves peaceably. The following quota tions may not be out of place or unacceptable : " It is not asserted that the policy of Sir R. Peel cast the gun. It did not manufacture the gunpowder or found the shot. It did not load, prime, point, or cock the weapon. But finding the cannon so painted and so prepared, it was Sir Robert Peel's policy that pulled the trigger line and sent the charge warring through all the nations of Europe— and persons who discharge firearms into a crowd are both legally and morally responsible for the destruction which follows. This was the cause (the stringent clauses in the bank charter, coupled with the export of gold to pay for food) which rocked every State of Europe to its foundation—which burst the floodgates of nations, overthrew thrones, and crushed peoples. It is this cause that has so long hampered England--has made it submit to acts of piracy on the part of Russia in the Black Sea—to the imprisonment of its subjects, and the violation of its territory by the United States of America—to every insult which a large State chose to put upon it. And this thraldom has encouraged the aggression of Russia on Turkey, conceiving that under a Peelito Ministry England could trot be moved. But it so happened that the influx of gold liberated industry—the great natural unlimited bank of issue in the gold-fields set England free. Ac cident roused the people, and they forced into a war a Ministry pacific by intention, warlike by accident : man proposes—God disposes." Again— " The currency question, after all, lies in a nutshell; Is commerce to be the slave of money, or money the slave of commerce ? Men?y , is only the measure of value. Things do not lose their real value because there is little money. Are we to stop exchanging what we do not want for what we do, because we have lost the bushel in which we measure it ? It were as rational to stop a draper from selli❑g hie goods because all his yard wands have been lost, while at the same time he has plenty of measuring tapes, which will answer tha purpose equally well." The revolutions of each country are narrated in separate sections, and under the heading of " The United Kingdom, &c.," a sketch is given of the financial legislation of England since the peace of 1815—of the Irish Rebellion and the English Re volution that was to have been—and the reason why the United Kingdom was not revolutionised. By no means pledging ourselves to the author's views, from many of which we dissent, while others meet with our qualified concurrrence, we feel no hesitation in recommending the work to the perusal of our readers. The Annals of British Legislation. Edited by Professor Leone Levi. (Smith, Elder, and Co.) — Promises to be an exceedingly valuable work to many classes of the community. The design of the editor being to epitomise the contents of Blue Books, Reports, cEe., annually issued, on subjects of public interest, so that without wading through a mass of uninteresting matter, the reader may be come conversant with the principal facts on which further proceedings have been or may be taken-- facts alike illustrative of the condition, wants, and prospects of society. A work of this sort has long been a desideratum, and in the proved ability of Professor Levi, the public have the most satisfac tory guarantee that this desideratum will be duly supplied. Members of the Legislature, and of ad ministrative bodies, merchants, bankers, colonists, consuls, literary men, and politicians, will at once recognise the value of such a record. The subjects, we must add, are duly classified—thus under series A we have finance, commerce, and agriculture ; under series B diplomacy and war ; under series 0 ecclesiastical affairs and education ; under series D railway, shipping, and postal communication ; under series E law, justice, and crime ; and under series F British India, Colonies, and Dependencies —a classification at once sufficiently distinctive and comprehensive. The Art Journal offers, as usual, a store of useful information and able comment, in connection with subjects of art, together with a number of ligh class illustrations. Among the latter, " The Chil dren in the Wood," engraved by H. Bourne, front the painting by J. T. Peele, and "Amalfi" (Gulf of Salerno), engrave I by E. Goodall, from the painting by G. E. Hering, both pictures in the Royal collection, together with " Spring," a taste ful engraving by T. M. Knight, from the beautiful statue by B. E. Spence, are especially deserving of notice, as well as the most prominent. The British artist selected for criticism in the present number is Thomas Creswick, R.A., minor engravings from as many of whose landscapes lend additional picturesque beauty to its pages. The Rev. E. L. Cutts, 8.A., contributes an interesting illustrated paper on " The Minstrels of the Middle Ages." Mrs. S. C. Hall, " A New Pleasure" in a recom mendatory exposition of the attractions of " The Marine Aquarium," while in 6 ' A Few Words on our near Neighbour's Taste and Our Own," will be found matter for congratulation by British lovers of art. The _History of France. By Thomas Wright, Esq., M.A.—The second part of this illustrated history contains two beautiful engravings on steel, viz., " Louis XVI. threatened by the Mob," an d " The Battle of Bouvines," the former from the painting by Raffel, and the latter from the painting by Horace Vernet. _History of England. By Charles Knight.—The fifth number of this popular history commences with the reign of Stephen, and terminates with the march of Richard, the Crusader, by the line of the coast of Jaffa, towards Jerusalem. The illustra tions aro both numerous and pleasing. The English Cyclopedia, conducted by the same writer, has reached its 38th part, and, like its predecessor, is devoted to biography, which is brought down to the latest period. The Law Amendment Journal, issued gratuit ously to members of the Law Amendment Soeiety, is, as its title denotes, devoted to the promotion of the object of the society. FLOUR COMING DoWN.—Who could have believed last December that flour in April, from common to good good New York State flour, would be quoted in th i s city at a fraction under 6 dollars a barrel ? Yet this thing has come to pass, and the probablities are that flour, breadstuffs, and provisions of all kinds will con tinue to come down for the balance of the year. The bulk of our prodigious crops of last year still remairte in the interior. In addition to this our farmers last fall, consie ,ering the prospEct of a long war in Europe and of sti Ii upward prices for breadstuffs, put in an immense breaLth of land for the coming harvest. Should this leery est, therefore, be an average one per acre, the ag greg.ate yield will swell our existing surplus to an in cr edible amount ; but, should it be a harvest like that of le et year, bread and meat will be cheap and plentiful b eyond all a nticipations. This will especially be the r esult with good crops in Europe, and the Russian de -1 lots in the Blck Sea and the Baltic opened to the kan ts of En and France. We understand that on Wednesday from 8,000 to 10,000 barrels of flour were fee) Id in this city at an advance of le. upon a specula ti( .n ; but this is no indication whatever of a ouspen• I Si( , n of the ebb tide,—New York licrald. what :dnea :.core r him rther ose is —an men task place ptain pro• ►min 10 all 14 all 14 all '4 is 20 20 95 41 74i a 44 531 4 78 1 15i 1.0. c 40 5 St. 25 all an all all