The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-12 00:00:00

1, and witlin tit 'ould be everY, ickly followo such even as the effects ry attetnp . t the condition: s cessation o. it be effected nally two regi' together abou t maintain order prebend in the The new indl. the co d assure trail- Rome and the ;, the French ountry mig ht ' bed provinces. • agreed uPT 3 ' 3f the nev; 11 !" sed with tbea ,he 27th 111 * Ich staff eV .kish steaMe r teir object et Is t er n part Rifaat 805'9 ,he military °H) FRICA . DENT.) , MONDAY.. iii steam-sblP le mails fro ° America. y this =row (Tiles' SUNDAY , Day) , 'al Court 5614 mourable the the Recor der ' orub, Si r ll' iins the ilsrne° 9 to the grand m them t hat lot of a C 131 1: fly diffieulti e " one very )f a very lo n g m the Ruge ley Stafford 1 0 >n Would not 'ender ation, for 00 ;o standing ig° 'almer. A ith the wilfal :ommitted, by ) Departs:lo4 extraordig iall will far e%' :d there 05111 --- to r y great n gaged in t" 0 arrange men prevent rer-ero cvding a the yard ricades s' .l l, - enues vvbi e " of a eiwilat . - passages be' ad a barr i e r prevent Of ere into the as far as it 9 I been done 1 adequate t ° h origics lJl A .emoved, an' h s, have bee ° ry. At I tb o 11° rneys. , Le court, a nd ras a decide' .students is place on S 2l ; p of Cant er , Highoe s : and hononr° ; Morril 3. F. Atch" Hewlet t first class; econd year ; 1 Day, first size; Alfred rtificates 0 ray, and C' -tificates of rear, E. on. mte of ho• tificates 01 of honour' rraddock. ; certificate Eedical .s°' rtes of ho' ti fiesta of cer. ti . y ; ceT ti tford tee of b 0 I Satn ind I' 'earse and cert:ficate louen lobe " Duc he , o , s g ,-r arn es sa countes€l turclaY e arrived' HER DIAJESTZ S THEATRE. Saturday evening, the 10th of May, 1856, will henceforth be a memorable date in the annals of the Italian Opera in England. It will be re member-ad as the very noteworthy occasion upon which her Majesty's Theatre was once more opened to her Majesty's lieges, after the star of its for tunes had been fur no less than three years totally eclipsed. Re-opened that grand arena of the lyrical drama in London actually was on Saturday evening—aud with an eclat so remarkable of its kind that the season of 1856 could scarcely in any way have been more brilliantly inaugurated. Shadows of the coming event had been cast before it—shadows thrown forward, indeed, very markedly by the glare of the Covent Garden conflagration. Everybody felt satisfied at once how it would be, upon the morning of the melancholy sth of March, when the Royal Italian Opera House in Bow street was nothing more than a smouldering ruin —that structure, once the historic scene of the histrionic triumphs of the Kembles, where John and Charles had in succession strutted and fretted their hour upon the stage in the glorious days of old, meaning the famous nights when Sarah Sid dons reigned supreme at Covent Garden, and later on when Edmund Kean was at once the glory and the prop of Drury Lane. Everybody felt certain how it would be, directly the evil news spread through London that the former of these two great theatres had fallen a prey to what the penny-a-liners conventionally write about as " the devouring element." And nobody was mistaken. " It's an ill wind," says the proverb, " that blows no one any good ;" and an ill fire it must be that crackles no one any advantage—if it be only the glaziers and the bricklayers. But beyond this, there was a Dramatic Nemesis to be satisfied—a sort of avenging spirit of the lyric stage, led on by Terpsichore, and supported by Thalia and Melpomene. Without entering into the rights and the wrongs of the quarrel which, during several successive years, re sulted so far in good to the public at large, that it afforded us Londoners the unaccustomed luxury of a choice of operas all through the season—it may bo at once plainly and distinctly intimated that Mr. Lumley retained to the very last a kind of impcescriptible right to avail himself of every reasonable opportunity for the winning of golden opinions out of any possible failure or misfortune which,in the long Chapter of Accidents, might per chance befal the rival establishment. That—we take it—was obvious throughout. Diamond cut diamond—Director against Director. Each strove to out-do the other—and each alternately failed or prospered, accordingly as their fortunes fluc tuated in the "ups and downs" of every species of musical vicissitude. All this was perfectly transparent to their patrons the public, even while - those patrons were wondering, as Swift had wondered a hundred years previously, under soroz.what similar circumstances— . What all this difference could be 'Twixt T weedieduni and Tweediedee." Without otherwise taking part in the melodious contention, the public regaled themselves alter nately at the intellectual festivities prepared fur them, simultaneously or successively, here in the neighbourhood of Bow- street, and there in the precincts of the Haymarket. Struggling man fully against the most formidable odds, deserted by one "Tower of Strength" after another, in the shape of singer after singer of rare celebrity, op posed by the ample riches of Mr. Delafield, and afterwdrds by the still more formidable talents of .Mr. Gye, as one among the most gifted of our Operatic Managers—Mr. Lumley nevertheless Contrived by the sheer force of his own resolute determination, aided by his inimitable tact and his extended experience as (during so many glo rious and memorable seasons) the solitary Director of her Majesty's Theatre, to keep open that vast establishment year after year in spite of the very terrible array presented by this immense and combined opposition. It was only in truth after the resources of not merely one, or two, or three, but actually of four successive rival Managers at the Royal Italian had been squandered upon the organisation of Covent Garden Theatre as a permanent lyrical establishment, that Mr. Lumley relaxed his really extraordinary exertions, and withdrew from the contest without the ---- smallest discredit to himself or the slightest slur upon the prestige of his managerial reputation. Three seasons have elapsed since then—three years, during which the Director of her Majesty's Theatre is understood to have endeavoured earnestly, but until now unavailingly, to resuscitate the fallen fortunes of the natural home of the lyrical drama in the Haymarket. At length the catastrophe of the sth of March came as a beacon lighting him the way out of all his difficulties. So effectually, that while his undaunted competi tor still held together "his own" with a gallant determination worthy of better news than came flashing to him at Paris that miserable spring morning through the wires of the electric tele graph—Mr. Lumley already by the 10th of May (otherwise in a very little more than two months) Was enabled to re-open her Majesty's Theatre with all its ancient glories, scenic, orchestral, lyrical, terpsichorean, et cetera, altogether unimpaired. An achievement, we conceive this to be, of no un important magnitude. A triumph of managerial .skill, energy, and resolution, so remarkable in its Way that we can ever imagine to ourselves, Mr. Gye, looking out upon it from the " smooth Waters" of the little sheltering haven he himself has found in the Lyceum, we can even imagine him, We say, looking out upon it with a_strange sort of a magnanimously indignant admiration. There Was, indeed, on Saturday evening—incomprehens iblethough it might seem in some particulars—this 'great operatic victory won by the Director of her Majesty's Theatre out of his own defeat and his rival's misfortunes. A victory so signal of its kind as to insure at one blow the triumph of an entire campai g n. After so triumphant an inauguration, Mr. Lumley need scarcely feel any anxiety what ever as to the success of his undertaking. La Cenerentola, as all the world (that is to say, all the " world of fashion" within dining distance of May-fair) knows full well already, was the opera selected for the opening of her Majesty's Theatre •n Saturday. Rossini's charming comic opera of Lea Cenerentola ! A master-piece of lyrical drol lery, sufficient of itself to elevate its author to the very highest rank among buffo composers. Ma dame Alboni, the dulcifluous and bewitching Alboni (after an absence of five years from Lon don), was again the " bright particular star" of the night as Angelina, otherwise, the heroine Cinderella. The Dandini of the occasion was announced to have been an old favourite no less Welcome to the opera-going public than Signor Belletti, but in consequence of the ill-timed indis position of that basso, a substitute had to be found, and fortunately a very creditable substitute was found in the person of Signor Beneventi. Iu the subordinate part of Alidoro, a new singer of some pretensions, named Signor Vario, made his first appearance ; another singer, new to the lyrical stage in this country, a basso cantanti, "lamed Signor Zucconi, making a very successful debut before an English audience, in the wonderful burlesque part of Don Magnifico. As for the Regan and Goneril of the comic-opera, the spiteful, coquetish, and tyrannical sisters Thisbe and Clotilde --they were, as usual, ungrateful parts, rather unusually and gratefully filled by Mademoiselles Rizzi and Berti, cantatrici, no less strangers to the musical public of our metropolis than Signori Vario and Zucconi. The hero of the night (as Madame Alboni was the heroine) was a tenor not unaccustom ed to that distinction in front of the footlights of Her Majesty's Theatre, as any country cousin Who had never been there before might have understood on the instant without any preterna tural degree of shrewdness, on recognising the Welcome accorded by the immense audience on Saturday to the Don Ramiro of the evening— Signor Calzolari. His reception, in fact, was Only second in cordiality to that which had pre viously greeted Alboni when the curtain first rose, disclosi ng h er (i n the chimney corner blowi ng up the fire) in the cinderous dress of Cinderella. Before th a t cur t a i n rose, h owever, b e f ore th e opera began, before the overture cowmenced, the _~~,~. house itself was not unworthy of particular ob servation. Shadowed over as it had been for three years by darkness, dust, and vacuity, it shone out in ail its former splendour on Satur day evening, undimmed and untarnished. The paintings looked as fresh as ever, the gilding as brilliant, even the gorgeous box-hangings of damask satin seemed to have the same rich golden gloss upon them as upon the first season when they " glorified " the interior, as that wonderful interior had never previously (at any rate within our recollection) been siwilarly " glorified !" Altogether the effect was such that the audience— thronging the pie, and piled tier upon tier in the boxes, and crowding the huge gallery from the front row up to the very roof-beams--hailed the burst of light from the great central chandelier with visible and audible satisfaction. The ap plause breaking forth afresh when Signor Bonetti assumed the conspicuous post occupied formerly by Mr. Balfe, and earlier still by Signor Costa— applause, first of all of good-humoured encou ragement, but afterwards when renewed later in the evening, by eminently' well-merited approba tion. The principal evidence of which we con ceive to have been observable in the very brilliant performance under the guidance of Signor Bonetti's baton of the exquisitely graceful and piquante Overture. Rather in the Overture, in sooth (if a little unwelcome truth may be uttered thus plainly) than in the accompaniments. The latter being in parts so vociferous and Verdi-ish, so to speak, as to transform the vocalisation (occasionally even not merely of a solo or a duet, but of a quintette or a sextette) into so much dumb show— at least be it said to the ears of the unlucky groundlings ! Time vocal harmonic; soaring away inaudibly over the blatant roar of brass and cat gut. A little less verve at these times in the energy of the orchestral accompaniment and Signor Bonetti will leave his auditors less cause for disappointment, after the expectations roused by his masterly surveillance, if we may so phrase it, of the artistes threading the melodic intricacies of an Overture iu itself in every way so dulcet and delectable. As for the Opera as a whole, considered in re gird to its vocal rendering on Saturday evening --what shall be said ? That it has seldom been listened to with more genuine satisfaction since the first night of its performance during the Car nival of 1817 (just nine and thirty years ago 1) in the Theatre Valle at old Rome, when the now classic Maestro Rossini was in the early flush of his precocious and brilliant reputation. From the introductory outburst of the blithe, joyous, jubilant "Si, si, si," to the full chor,ll. " Piano, piano, a poco, a poco," closing the First Act ; from the half-playful, half-pettish dialogue be tween. Dandini and Angelina inaugurating the Second, to that delicious outpouring of melody which is the crowning triumph of La Cenerentola —nothing appeared to us on Saturday night to be listened to by the vast audience there and then uolleeted together in her Majesty's Theatre, with the smallest token of indifference. The Chorus of Cavaliers—(very stiff in the joints and applrently somewhat confused, and even, it seemed, a little ashrtmed of themselves somehow, as they trooped in again and again during the evening in a slovenly kind of shambling double procession)—evinced, at the very outset of their steady unison in " Oh, fighe amabile," the taking of the last three or four weeks of laborious rehearsal. As for Alboni—what though her voice " gave" once rather unaccountably, anl though here and there some two or three of her notes seemed to us rather subdued in their into nation occasionally—she sang the night before last as she sang five years ago—exquisitely ! Her first sweet dainty solo aria, " Una volta c'era, un Re," the lovely inaugurative melody of Ceneren- taa, was as bewitching as ever : and more be witching than ever, it seemed to us, was that final triumph of song, already hinted at as the crown and glory of the opera, the renowned " Non pin testa" —encored, as a matter of course, and greetel from first to lasi - , at every momentary pause, with acclamations. Nobly did Alboni win the laurel wreath, and the flowers thrown to her as the performance closed, and the hearty call which summoned Cinderella and her companions in thedramatised love-story before the footlights between the two comprehensive acts. Several abbreviations occurred according to wont, shortening these two, however, rather consider ably—scenes 10 and 11 in Act i., and scenes 3 and 7 iai Act ii., being bodily " cut out " with shears as remorseless as those of Atropos. Cal zolari's great triumph was of course in "Si ritrovarla io giuro," and in the lovely duet with Angelina, "Un soave non so che." Beneventi gaining a hearty round of applause by Dandini's ever welcome aria, "Come un' ape ne' giorni d' Aprile," Zucconi winning to himself both "hands" and "laughter" by Don Magnifico's marvellous assinine dream " Miei rampoli feminini ;" these two very clever buffo singers together rendering afterwards with delightful humour the ever-fresh and ever-famous comic duet " Tin segreto d'im portanza." Once and once only there was a "hitch" in the stage management, and a " hitch" occurring awkwardly enough as it happened in the midst of that most important scene 5, Act in which a thunder storm (contrary to all our ideas of the natural) rolls up in about two minutes, and Don Ramiro's carriage is supposed to be over turned. Calzolari's gaucherie in keeping the stage waiting during several minutes, however, was allowed to pass over with just the faintest token imaginable of the " goose," drowned immediately afterwards in a good deal of well-tempered laughter, when the Don at last managed to make his appearance. For—was it not the " first night," of a season prepared for with an astonish ing display of promptitude in every department of that vast lyrical establishment, from Mr. Marshall, with his splendid scene painting down to the humblest of the stage carpenters ? Alto gether, Saturday evening was the occasion of a brilliant success for Mr. Lumley as the reinstalled Director of her Majesty's Theatre—and such that gentleman must have felt it to be, when, after the performance of the National Anthem, at the con clusion of the opera, he was summoned upon the stage by his first night's patrons, to be there wel cogof ae e tn d r teh b su y as ii t as h ss o e mu m .s „ w —A i t xbt t ar l tt e v der divertissement ro h m ea t r h t e i s o t per aoutburstLLeess Vapres Siciliennes "—crowned the evening's en tertainment. Mademoiselle Katrine (a Russian danseuse and debutante) being " Spring," Made , moiselte Lizereux, " Summer," Madle. Albert Bellon " Autumn," and Mdle. Boschetti " Win ter" —M. Nadaud leading the music in the orchestra, and M, Petit having acted judiciously as the maitre de Ballet. Among the very brilliant and fashionable company present were the follow ' rug : The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Duchess of Montrose, the Duchess of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the Duke of Devonshire, the Marchioness of Bath, the Marquis of Sligo, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanrcarde, the French Ambassador and Madame de Persigny, his Highness Aali Pacha, the Earls of Westmoreland, Malmesbury, Cardigan, Loosdale, Wilton, Durham, Stamford and Warrington, Hopetoun ; Ladies Jersey, St. Leopards, Lichfield, Bective, Stamford and Warrington Harrington, Kelly, Stafford, Dungarvon ; Lords Ward, Mountcbarles, Cavendish, Burghersh, Canterbury, Sandys, Exmouth, Newark, Lichfield, Adolphus Fitz clare.nce, H. Thynne, Clifden ; the Lord Mayor, Sir J. Bailey, Bart., Sir Win. Fraser, Hon. Reginald Capel, Hon. Dudley de Roe, Sir Thos. and L a dy B. L eona rd, Bart., Capt. Bateson, 111 r. Maclean, Mr. Magan, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Lyttleton, M r s. Twiss, Hon. Mrs. Dudley Ward, Mrs. Trelawney, Hon. 0. Ward, Dr. Young, Sir Alex. and Lady Woodford, Mr. W. Frazer, Hon. Mr. Chichester, Sir P. Cautley, Mr. Theodore Uzlelli, Sir John Lowther, I3art., Sir H. Webb, Bart., Sir W. Abdy, Sir Joseph Bailey, B ar t., Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Sir Thos. Sage, the Hon. Mrs. Vernon, Col. Dixon, Mr. W. E. Wilkinson, Mr. Henry Brown, Mr. J. Williams, Mr. H. Hope, Mr. Vansittart, Mr. N. Macdonald, Mr. Crombie, Capt. Lyon, Mrs. and Mrs. Tudor, Gen. the Hon. H. Cavendish, H on . , Mr. Craven, Sir G. Wombwell, Mr. Doyle, C apt . Hamilton, Col. Morton, Capt. Webb, Capt. Gage, Mrs. i Cooper, Col. White, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. A. Peel, Miss Poole, Mr. A. Lumley, Mr. Campbell, Mrs. and the Misses Godery, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, the Hon, Mrs. Boyle, &c, LINES L.351,(1) it trIXBD IwENTA.Li3• 41 , i fibi 753 4'll* !Paid, leartmAlf. Leain . Company, Clnzitu. Plan. this day. nzlllnoss this dap. 'EL SUN,' LONDON,_ MONDAY EVENINCI-, MAY 12, 185& SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. TATTERSALUS.—(This Evening.) DERBY. 100 to 30 agst Wentworth (offered) sto 1 agst Cannobie (offered) 8 to 1 art Fazzoletto (taken) 14 to 1 agst Fiy-by-Night 16 to 1 agst Rogerthorpe (taken) 25 to 1 ago The Prince (taken) 25 to 1 agst Coroner (taken and offered) 100 to 1 agst Sir Tatton (taken) ARRIVALS AT SHREWSBURY. Defiance, Shoreham, Lawn, Naughty Boy, Colin, Roving Betsy, Vine, General Picton, Heir of Lynne, Flatterer, Ather,,tone, Roulade, Ninette, Saucebox, tJHurer, Goorkah, The Abbot, and Peeping Tow, out of Lady Godiva. MALTON.—Bracken is expected to leave for Shrews. bury. ARRIVALS AT MANCHESTER. Edermire, Domino, Prince of Orange, Blink Bonny, Night Hawk, Barrel, Fatalist, Double Gloster, Alfred, Siding, Berezina, Saunterer, First Fly, Bibby 8., Fisherman, Alcyone, and Little Emma. NEWMARKET.—MiddIeton is expected to leave here :or Manchester. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGYMOR CITY, Two o'CLocit. The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed with animation, and prices were without change. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales, (500 for export, and 1,500 on speculation), includ ing 200 Pernam and Maranham, 60. to 71d. ; 50 Bahia, 60. ; 250 Egyptian, 6.1 d. to Bid ; and 700 Surat, 4s 1. per lb. The Railway Share Market was lower, but little business was done. The Havre Cotton Market closed on Saturday after an unusually quiet week, and at a decline of fully 1 fr. per 50 kilos. upon all sorts. Very ordi nary New Orleans left off at 95 fr., lower qualities 89 fr., and inferior at from 81 fr. The sales of the week comprised a total of 6,907 bales chiefly New Orleans, and the arrivals amount to 6,332 bales. The stock on hand on the 9th May was 96,307 lb. against 95,028 ditto at the corresponding period in 1855. The arrivals of cotton by sea at the port were 40,517 lb. since the commencement of the year, of which 34,428 were from the United States, in twenty-three vessels, being the same number as last year. The Ocean Chief, which arrived from Melbourne on Saturday, brought 50,000 ounces of gold, valued at 200,0001. The Invincible, Johnson, also from Port Philip, is announced off Hastings, with 20,013 ounces of gold, and advices to the 18th February. These continued arrivals of the pre cious metals and the diminution in the shipments to Turkey, will no doubt soon prove the accuracy of the statement made by Sir. G. C. Lewis in the House of Commons ou Friday night, viz., that the stock of bullion at the Bank of England is likely soon t,) exhibit a material augmentation. There is increased firmness in the English Stock Market this morning, partly in consequence of the specie arrivals, and the prospect of an early in crease in the amout of bullion held by the Bank of England. The market presents rather a quiet aspect, but there is still a disposition to speculate for an advance. Consols, for money, are 922- to 93, and for account, 933 being firm at Saturday's quotations. The New 3 per Cents. are 92 to 921, and the Reduced 91i Bank Stock is 211 to 212. The March Exchequer Bills are ls. dis count to 2s. premium, and the June ditto 3s. dis count to par. India Bonds are marked Os. dis count. Foreign Securities are mostly steady at previous values, but there is very little animation in the market. Turkish Six per Cents. are dull at 97k. Spanish New Deferred are at 241 and Portuguese Four per Cents. at 51. Russian are rather flatter, the 5 per Cents. being 1041, the 41- per Cents. 94k, and the Small ditto, 941. Mexi can Bonds remain at 22/, Grenada New Active are 18, and Peruvian 41 per Cents. 77. Dutch 21 per Cents. are Gt. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 67 ; Mexi can, 22i 4 ; Peruvian, 77 9 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50 ; Rus sian 5 per Cents., 104 6 ; Ditto 41 per Cents., 94 6 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44i. 54 ; Ditto De ferred, 241 25 ; Ditto Certificates, 51 I; Ditto Passive, 7 Railway Shales are generally rather flatter, and a very limited business has been done. Most of the English lines are at a slight decline. The Foreign are equally heavy, and in the Colonial no change of importance has occurred. Banking and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES. I , rotet the Ogicial LiE. , Bank. Stock i per Cent. Eteds.ced Annuities 2l' 11 911 3 per Cent, Consols Annuities 921 3 2 New 3 per Cent. A nnu iti es New 2i per Cent. Annuities 751 Lon x Annuities, expire stb Jan. 1860... 3.1. Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1860 3$ Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7i 1-16 Nam Bonds, £lOOO 9 p C)nsols :or Account Exchequer Bills, 'lid, March. June. £lOOO E,500 2 p 1 Tar 3 d ar 3 d. qmall 2 p 1 d par 3 d • Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent. 4 p p 98} PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1825 ............ Ditt o 5 per Cent .............................. 101 i Grenada New Active, 2.1 per Cent. Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds 4. per Cent Ditto Account ........ 77 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 4 per Cent. ............................ 51 Russian Bonds, 1822, I: St., 5 per Cent.... 1041 Ditto V ; per Cent. 94} Ditto Small 91 Boulds, 3 per Cent Ditto Few Deferred, 3 per Cent. Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. nA fun sg p Inrkibh Bonds, ri par cent Ditto Account 971 lir,:nentela Bonds, 4.1 per Cent Ditto Account thy, .-.,KIS 0 .. the ah.Ve Dutch Exchange, 2.1- per Cent., 12 Guilders GI THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Money Ditto Account (June 4) 93k ................. 22i i ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. The entertainments provided for the holiday makers this evening at the Royal Amphitheatre are of the most attractive nature. A new and original equestrian ro mantic spectacle, written expressly for this theatre, entitled "The Horse of the Cavern, or the Mounted Brigands of the Abruzzi, is announced for representation for the first time. At the conclusion of the spectacle, the ever attractive "Scenes in the Arena" will follow, in which the whole of Mr. W. Cooke's stud will appear; and the entertainments will conclude with a grand tableau equestre. From whatlwe have personally heard, a great treat is in store for all those who visit this theatre to-night. The "road by Gadshill," where the 2d scene of the Ist part of Henry IV., so well known to all Shakspe rians, is laid, will henceforth have another interesting association. " Gadshill," has been purchased by Mr. Charles Dickens, who is a native of Rochester. SALE OF GUN-BOATS.—We understand that the Red Squadron or division of gun-boats has been sold to the Hon. East India Company, to be employed in the sup pression of piracy in China.—United Service Gazette. It is stated that Mr. Layard, M.P., left London on Thursday to take charge of some pending negotiations, and to arrange several important matters connected with the recently established Ottoman Bank, of which he is the chairman. It is stated that when Victor Hugo was living in the Rue de Vaugirard, a letter reached him addressed to the " Plus grande poets de l'univers." He enclosed it, un opened, to Lamartine, then living in the Rue de l'Uni versite, by whom it was with equal promptitude and c Jurtesy returned. The Belgian murderer Koll was executed at Antwerp on Thursday morning. Ho made a good breakfast, and atter it asked for a glass of brandy. He listened atten tively to the exhortations of the chaplain, and ascended the scaffold without as-istance. A. considerable crowd, chiefly composed of women, assembled to see the execu lion. Bedford snd Bl et ley Buckghanish. Clydesdale J. . Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. g. 6 pc, E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New__ Cllstr.dt Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway__ Hall & Selby Do. Sharce. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon., Til., & S. Lbwostoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bxtn and Matlock Middlesbro' & Rodcar Midid.Bradfd Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.s p.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & NN , Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shof.Roth anf? Gooleg.s p.c. Shrews. &Her S. Sta.ffordsh. Wear Va]ioygr 6 per cent Do WiltsVomrst London & N. Wert. L.ttN.W. E. Un. E. C tit.Nrt6D. E. Count. realdontr.n. IGt. Wosrn Yk. Now. & Be: w. 'Y. &Nll Do. Do.. S. Easton Do Peto & Co Norfolk Do L.& N. W. & Midi& Rtekton & Darliugt. llidlan (1.. En. Coun. E. Count Do L.Sz N.W Do (It Northn Ganessh & Yorksh. T. Brassey N.llMc an Stockt. & Darlingt '4f WePtn. 95 - 97 94 - y 8 1 11 - 13 1133 -- 135 4i ... • •• ...." -. ••• e 104 166 12i - 124 .. - ... 110 - 115 • •••• • • 211 _xi 93 - 94 - OP 56 - 58 45 - 47 133 - 135 ••• 74 - 8 3i 31i -: 3211 PREFERENCE SHAI E 3. St. 100 Aberdeen ll5 - 118 St. 100 Do. N 0.2, 7p. c. 115 - 117 St. 100 Do. Debentures B4 90 4 all BlythandTyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/, ... St 100 Brie. & Ex. 4p.c. St .4 - 96 20 ' 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares St. 100 Caledonian £lO 96 - 98 15 all 'lles. &Ho. Glu. 56 pc 16 - 17 9/) all Do. do. Pref. No. 2. ... 4 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 - 61 all Cork Ltßandons4p.c all Dun.Prth oltAber.J. 5- 10 2 71, Anglian Cls. ASh ... - St. 100 Do. do. Cis. B6p. c. I')7 -- 112 St. 100 Do. do Cis. C7p. c. 97 - 102 6 , , all Eas.Co.Ex,spcNo. 6 Pm 6s all Do. No. 2. -t3 pm 10 all Do. New 6F.e. St 1 24 -13 121 X , all East Un., G. 6p. - 6 all Do. &1., 10 Der cent 10 all Do. 1)l. Delientr.Sl , . - all Do. do. 4 per cent... - St. 100 East Lancash.6p.et -- 5 all P.lcW. work. J. sth , 10 1 Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh. - it. .100 F.,1 Prth.&Dun.4p.c 69 - 71 20 all Furness - St. 100 Gins. &S. W. G. 5 p. c - Bt. 100 Great Northn. sp. c 1117 - 119 St. 100 Do. sp. o. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prom. 108 - 110 108 i St. 100 Do. 4 , p e lO2 -- 104 124 74 Do. sp. c. Scrip, Red at sp. c. 1 a 7a 1 10 all flt.N. of Scot. Ist Pre 9i - 103 St. 100 Dt. 'VW. (Ir..qaud, - 20 11 Do. 4per e. Pref.:; 50 6 lt.r.V.(ll.4olExspc • 6 - 61, St. 100 Do. con. red. 4-1 p.c. 95 - 97 St. 1100 Do. con. red. 4p. c 88 - 90 Wit. 100 Do. irred. 4p. C. - 91 St. XlOO Do. 5 p. c. red. pref 98 • 100 10 all Do. do. do. ... - 8 all Do. Birm. Pref3h 9A -10 94 10 all Do.; Chester Bp. c. P.S l6l - 17} 10 all Do. do. sp.c. do ... St 100 Do. Birm. Gna. Stk 73 -75 74k /65 all Do. Ches. Gina. Sh l9/ -20 k 134 all Do. do. do - 101. 20 al Do. do. do ... . • - 153 16 6 Lan. &York. F. 1:2 , ' - Ad St. 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock .. 136 - 138 138 St. 100 Lon. &Brigh. G. 5 p.c. St. 100 Do. Prof., sp. c. St. - St' 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. 135 - 140 St. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent . - S. 100 Lon.&N. W., Cov. A Nuneaton 5 p. ct ... - - St 100 _ mat S.W. 7 per ct - 121 all Andy. & Color. Sh - 121 ail Lowly. & Ennis.. S 1 - St. 10 W.,5.,& L.,New,lo/ - 6 4r Do. XS h - I 124 all Warypt & Carl. 4p o 121, all .10. 41. per cent .. - ••• 121 10' Do ,.• St. 100 lid. Consol.6 - St. 100 Do. Con.Tir.P , r. 6p( 115 - 137 St. 100 Do. 44 p. c. Pref. -; 95 - 97 1.6;, all , Do. Pref. 4 per cer. - 5 all Do. Si. Pref. 4P. c.. St. 100 ;Ditto L. &H.Pref. S 87 - 89 t . New., Aber., Pr. /0 P- c. red. 5 p.c. pm. ** 10 all ;Norfolk Debenture St. 100 Do.Praf. sp.e. St cl, - St. 100 IDo. 5 p.c. Ext • - ••• St. 100 ;Do. 5A per et.pref... - St. 100 IDo. Way. Val. 5 /3. at. 100 North British lOl -1(3 St. 100 IN. E. Berw, 4 p.c P 53 -95 934 17 7 Do. do. do 5 - 5 i 20 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c :No.l 124 9 Do. do. Quarters ... - 25 10 Do.YorkfT.& S. Pnr 1 - id 20 all North Staffordshire. .. - St. 100 Ox,Wo, kW 1511 p, 93 - 103 1.0 9i Do R. Prof. 101. Sh. - di all :Scot. Cent. ,New - pm 25 all South Dovon l4l - 151 10 11 po. fixed,44 per cent . 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Readiti,- Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 231 -23 a St. 100 Do. 44 per cent 9B - 100 St. 100 Do. Fixed 44 pc eh 9l - 10 St. 100 S Wales Gua. 4p, c - 20 all D do. 4i p. c.... - 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Ouar. - 25 all stock.& Dar., sp. c. -• 25 15 Do. do. do. 14 -24 p 124 all Stock. & Hartl. g. p. c. till July I,'5P 5 4i IWatertd.&Rilk.6p • 2i - 24 d ,2,4 - Per Sibs to sink the oirals. s. d. s. d.l s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 4 PrimeSouthdown 410 5 2 Second quality.... 3 6 3 8i Large crso. calves 310 4 8 Prime large oxen 310 4 ...(Prime small do 410 5 4 Prime Scots, &c. 4 4 4 6.Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 8 3 IG*lall porers S eco nd quality ...4 0 4 4(Suekling calves 22 0 29 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 4 BjQuarter old pigs 21 0 27 0.. Lamb, 5s sa to 6s 6d. TOTAL SUPPLY. I FOREIGN SUPPLY. cheep ant lambs •• .... • • 19,590 1 Sheep 290 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monthly, May 14, 1855, and in the Metropolitan Markel this day, Monday, May 12, 1856. Per Sibs, to sink the offal& May 14, 1855.'May 12,1556 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 3 2 to 3 6 3 o to 3 4 \ Second quality ditto ... ... ... 3 8 3 101 6 3 8 Prime large oxen ............ 4 0 4 4,3 10 4 2 Prime Scots, &e ... ... ~. ... 4 6 4 Sit 4 4 6 Coarse and inferior sheep ... ... 3 6 3 83 8 310 'Second quality ditto ... ... ... 310 4 011 0 4 4 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... .., 4 2 4 4 1 1 6 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto ~. ... 4 8 5 0! 110 5 2 Lambs ... ... ... ... ,„ ... 5 2 610 5 4 6 4 Large coarse calves „, „, ... 4 0 4 83 10 4 8 Prime small ditto .., ... ... ... 410 5 4,4 10 5 4 Large hogs ... .., .., .., ... 3 0 4 0,3 4 4 2 STeat, small porkers ... .., ... 4 2 4 4,4 4 4 8 Beasts 3,786 4,001 Sheep ... .., .., ... ... 20 , 110 19,590 Calves 140 72 Pigs ... ... ... ... ... ... 530 260 SUPPLIES ON SALE, May 15, 1854.—Beasts, 4,106 ; slices and lambs, 25,090; calves, 295; pi g s, 310. May 16, 1853.-- Beasts, 4,064; sheep and lambs, 20,46 0 ; 1 calves, 217 ; pigs, 335. MINES. 1. all 'Una Fria ... - ... 1 all Anglo AustrLi. Gold ... - ~.. 10s all R Anglo Californian 4 - 4 20 7 Australian 1 16, 1 all Australian Cordillera ... - .. 1 all Ave Maria - ... 1 all Baden (Gd.Duclay of' ... - _ 50 all Blamar. iron & Coa . - ... 20 14 British Iron 4 - 6 35 265 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm.) ._., .. : 3l - 31 30 all Do. Cocaes & ()dab , 2A - 3 20 15 Do. St. John Del Roy 25 - 27 261 6 1 4 Clarendon Cons. Min, Co. of Jamaica i - IP 40 all . Cobra Copper 63 - 65 6 1 Colonial Gold - ... St. all Copper Min. of Eng 30 - 35 25 all Do. Pref. 75 p. cent, 25 - 27 ... le Copiapo . l7 - 19 2 15 Fortuna 4 - id 20 all Genc:al l4 -16 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßog 41 all Great P01g00th..... 4 1 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 1 5d 1 all Liberty / - 4 3 all Linares.. 7l - 71 5 j 1/ Lusitanian 1 - 4 r 1 all Mariquita. . • .... ..... 4 - i 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde.. . - i 30 all Pontgi.Sil.& Le. Min 11 .- 12 5 1 Port Philip i - i 1 all Quartz Rock 1 - 8 50 all Rhymney Iron ..... - '74 15 all Do. New 6 -- 8 30 13i ,antiaeo de Cuba. 34 - 4 . . Cs. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 21 - 3 1 all South Australian $ - $ 1 all Do. Scrip 4 - 4 1 i Do. 10 per cent Pref ... - ... . . 45 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. 21 - 21 10 9 Mu Croft 3l - 41 285 all United Mexican 3l - 3} 1 all Waller S - 1 1 all West Mariposa ..... - i 1 12s. Worthing Mining o' Australia .... - ..... 1 all Yuba - ... MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 Australian Agricalt. ,29 - 31 ,30 IC ill Australn. Royal Mail . - . . 10 all Berlin Water Works 5 5 -. 6 5 50 , 0 Brit. American Land 100'1' Canada 37 - 139 qt. 'OO C.Go.6p.c. Tan& 7oly 11 --- 1114 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug 109. i - 1101 St. 100 Do. 6p. e. Mar & Sept 109 ~ - ;104 5 ail Crystal Palace 2/ - 3 5 all Do. Preference si - 55 4 nil Crystal Pal. of Franc ... - - 1 4 Duston Iron Ore ... - ... 20 13 Eastern Steam - 5 all En. &Aus Cop Sin Co 11 21 11 St. 100 Electric Telegraph 95 - 97 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. ... ••• 5 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier ... - ... 44 15 14 ..on. Steam Navigat. ... - ~. 18 all General Screw Steam ... - . 154 16 4 all Lond. Gcn. Omnibus 3/ 34 35 Z - i 10 Magdalena St. Navig , ~ 10 all Wediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 -. l 0 10 9 Mexican&S /merlon. 5/ -5/ - 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel - ~ 10 5 Netherlands Land._ I/ -2/ 10 all Do. Do. - 4t 5 2 Do. 8p c P iss atl d $ - it) 25 i 100 80 New B. & N.S. Land 18 - 22 1 all N. B. Australasian 4 - 4 $ 20 15 Nrth.ofEuropeStaam . . - ... 131 1 all Oriental Gas li - 18 i. 2s. Do. "New Shares" A -h, PM 5 all Peel Rr. La.& Minn). 24 ..... 3 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 65 - 67 50 10 Do. New . ....... 35 -45 p 14 100 60 'Royal Mail Steam ... 72 - - 74 7 43 1 all Scot. Austral. Inv est. 1 i - 1 1 3 ir 1 i Ditto New .. $ - 15 1 25 all ,ioutb Au str,l 7.ani > 7 ..... 38 at Submar. Tel. Scrip... i 1 20 al 9,i. Registered 4 - 1 15 5 Orust& L. Co:If . Cz, I) --. up \ 2,8 Var, Ilie.mpn i F '‘ sncl ;44 ..., 154 1 V,Go.6p.e.Jang , .Tnlv . 4 , - . SHARB MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. LPal(1. 1 1 t{~~ 9~ RAiLways. A.rabg. No'.: , t).q. 805 t,.. and Paste.. Janet qs•lcaet T.:ally/Donn Sinning. Wilverb Stour '4 al; . 2ri-ej d. LanfA3l.. Che6iiire Ji.nct f)o. 0.107.11. di Birk. £5O and £25 Cons Do., . itlyth &Tyne or igina (isad. at £4 Bristol and Exeter !Caledonian Is. Cam. and Cardigan rt.ll Chester fa Holyhead. all Cork and Random all Cork, Black, 4 Pas: 18 awowsll all Do. A 8 Do. B Criefr Junction..... 15 l ) ub(indißelfastJuue. all Dun. P. & Jnc. )0 East Avglian ....... 411 Eastern Counties.. )0 East. :713.10n, A Sri- LtY B. Stout. 8{ Do., New A.....,. .0 East Kent 'Kast Lancashire,,,,, ".4ldinturgh& Marge , . Edinb. and Peeblou Edin.Prth d:Duncl. Perth & Clyde Jrna.: Furness. Do. Extension....,. Glasgow &G. West Great N. of Scotlnd Great Northern Do., A. 5t0ck.....„ Do., B. Stock ilt. Sth. &West.(fxe. Great Western..,,,, , Do. Stour Val, Ra Gna. Stk [rich So uth-Fastorn Lancaster earlisi• Do., Thirds Do. Now Thirds LAncash.andYorksl, t),,, wVet.iiidingUn Liv.Creby. &Southpt London & Blackwell Lond Bright S.o4t Loud. and N. Westl 1 . )o. Fifths D0.101.6h.,bi&8„ to. Eighth 5,........ . _ London and& Wost , Do., £5O. Do., £4O fAndndrryes Col °rain 14ndruirt-. nowt Linel MaTi. kLin. Uri getropolitan Ifiddand - ) 0 . !liming,. &Deers Aidld. West. (Ire, )o. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlid( Nwpt.Aborg. &Firtl Newry & Newry Warrenp3ini and Rostrovor. Norfolk Nlor thn.Conuties Un North British Nth Ttovon Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock --- B Stock Do.; B Guarantai, N.Eastern—Berveic Do, do. Extension Do.do. Do. Leeds Do. York INorth London N,&S.Wstrn.,Elain, stsr.d, and City Jo North Staffordshir.... NTorth Western :T.& S. Westrn.Junc, gnneaton, ilinekle), , and Leicester Oa., Wore., 4: IV°lv i'ortßraouth ISe °WEI Ca ntrri IScottiehtlidland Shropshire UL;i3ll Smith Devon o t h Eastern.., south Wales ..., S. Yrksh. clt Riv. Dui Do Stain Wok. &Wol , Stockton & Darli Hto - Acton & fit.rtlep Taff Vale . Do. Prof., No. 1 T , ,kmes Hay. T).& R Inverstone & Lane 2 Vale of Neath 19 - 20 41 - 5 Waterfd. & Kiikonn , Waterford&Limer , c West Cornwall 'West End of Londer and crystal Palace . Do. A ....... Do. B 6 - 8 lk - 2} • 61p 'West London..., Wimbledn &Croriou' *6 - ',I FOREIGN. 10 all kutworp&Rott rd-'m 81 - 86 81 / 40 40 Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 par - 2 p 20 10 Ardennes 6l - 711 5 all elgiari Eastn. Juno 2 -- 24• 2i 20 14 Boaters to G'raisar•sae. • 41 - 411 ltik . 18 45' Bombay, Baroda, an i Central India, Seri ~_ li - 111 18 all Do. •••• - 176 all Demerara - •••• -. ••• 20 11 Dutch Rhenish 1 -IA p 12A I 20 all Eastern of France 20 19 Do. New 2 ... '''. . 20 all east Indian, g. sp. c 221 •--. . 2 34 20 15 Do. Eytensier,. 22 ._23 23 21 100 all D0.46p.c.8nd5.,'57 , 100 a'l Do. do. do., 'sf4, d- , ,, - " 20 16 Gee'onn ° • •tz Melbourne ••• guar. 5 per c nt.. ... - ... 20 all Do., Lon. allot., do. ... •.... ~. 211 25 221 Gcl. Tk of CanadaA.is 10 -10 Ad 25 'Ol Do. - 15 15 100 90 Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till'6' 65 - 75 1.00 all Do . Comp. 6p. c., do 79 _ 81 20 14 Gt. Central of Franc( 94 -10 p 234 20 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 214 - 22# 221 2 26 14 Great Luxemboure Constituted Share. , 54 - 54 51 1 4 all Do. Obligations 3d -3/ 36 20 11 Do. re-is. forftd. Sh. ... - ... 201 all Gt. Wostorn of Canada Shares . - 261 261 206 56 Do. New 3/ - 311 100 all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 99 - 101 100 all Do. do., '62, p. '56 lOO - 102 100 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O 125 - 130 100 all Do. do., '73, without option lOB 109 2W all Hamilton k Toronto 26 - 264 x n 1.00 all Do. 6 per cent. 20 17 Lake Conet. & Basle _ - ... 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... - ...d 5 all Lucca & Pist. sp. c.p _ -pm 20 16 Lyons and Geneva 20 14 Lyons 4 Mediterran _ - .. 20 all Madras, guar. 44 p.c 191 - 204 20 10 Do. New , 0., sp. c, 16 - 2 i' 20 10 Do. 4/ p. c. Eaten par -- 1P 311 all Maria Antonia ~. 10 all Do. do. New - ••• 20 all Namur 4 Liege (with interest). 7 - 74 7i 20 all Do. (ex interest) 6 - 61. 16 all Northern of France 441 - 441 20 all Do.2ol.Shs l2O - 121 g 0 Do. 2W. 3 p. c Bde (fray. 11.& Ams.Shs. ) ... ... ... 10 all Norweg,ianTrunkPref 8 - • 9 20 all Paris and Lyons 57 - 574 57 10 all Ditto Bonds - ... 20 all Paris and Orleans 55 - 56 10 5 Rome and Frascati ... - ... 20 all Royal Danish • 10 . - 20 x 5 all Royal Swedish .... . •.. - ... 4 all Do. Obligations 20 all Sambre and Meuse ll6 - 11/ 114 i 10 all Do. 5i p. cont. Prof. 91 - yi 20 5 Scinde, guar. s p. c. 2 '"• 2 il , 20 all D 0... .................. ... ... 20 all Southern of Franco.. ... - pm 20 16 St. Androw's and Quebec (A)......... ... - ... 8 ell West Flanders........ 45 - 6 10 all Do 6A per c. Prof... ... - 20 18 W. &N. W. of wr 93l e' 36 4 - 37 4 3 7 20 all West. of Switzerland ... - ... , 6 all Wiesbaden .... ....... ••• - ••• ' 20 all Zealand ............... ... - ... ;10INT-STOOK BANKS: lAustralaaih. , ...... Bank of Egypt ...... Bank of London .... Col. P.k.tzlin. C. British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Ohrtd. Br.k. of India, Australia, & China City..................... Colonial . ............... Commercial of Lond. Eng.Scot.&Ans.Cht. Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia ............. Ditto New ............. Loudon and Conn' 7.. Lud . &E. Bnkg. Corp. London Joint Stock. London and Paris.... Load. & Westminste) national Pro.of Eng Do. Now ........... National of Irelaud.. New South Vv alBx Oriental Bank )f , 'or ....... .• • Ottoman Bank ...... Royal 8riti5h......... Jon th Vistra;i9. ..... Union of Australia...' Do. New /....• 1144 n I On • f London Western Bk of Lond, 93 -- 63 --65 ti) • •• .... ... •.• -- .. i -1 . p 63 --. *d •*. ... is is: 18 - 19 2 - li. ••• ••• Par 2p 4 -- 2 ." . M."' . , 0 • II" ...... ... . ••• - ... 41 - 4,3 69 - 71 7i »- gi •.. 41 -- 431 1 p' C:osing Prices this day 253 - 26, - ••• '''' ”. - 9 17 - 18 15 - 16 12 - 13 87 -8) 59 - 59, - , .. ... 16.4 - 91 10 33 - 35 23 - 25 7G - 78 GO - G 2 28 - 29 •.. - gg - 92 8 94 - P 5 78 - 80 [25 - 127 [O2 104 59i - 60.4, 67 - 70 54 6* 884 - 89 , • • ".. • . 64 7 101 102 100 1004 4 (1 pia• 4 (1 par) 94 - 95 •• '.." eve 281 - 29 - 1 .4 741 -74 i 43 - 45 µ F arr H ~~ n. :34 : 13i ... 53 - 55 3A - S T , 34 35 10 . ... • ".... ••• 77 -78 64- - 6 36 - 3 156 16 54i 556 85 --- 90 61 6 d 64 101 —1() 26 - 28 03 - 105 75 77 45 4 7 !4 15 70 71 71 73 4 2 1 id 9 7 37 is ^ ••• Business done this day. all all .00 00 100 all all all 1 100 100 211 100 100 :34 1p 20 2) 50 5 5 20 10 5 50 all all 59/ 60i 59/ 74 15J x n 774 8 7i 161 16 181 fi i 8 831 3 701 691 23i 8 Do.. DIAIIKET NEWS.—(Tilis Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. There was only a moderate demand for wheat in the leading country markets held on Saturday. In pricag, however, very little change took place. Barley, though in short supply, moved off heavily, at drooping currencies. Oats, beans, peas, and flour ruled about stationary. _ No material change has taken place in the value of grain in the Continental markets. Full average supplies of grain and flour continue on sale in America. The arrivals of English grain up to our market laet week, were very moderate. From abroad, we received 7,732 quarters of wheat, 3,747 barley, 25,692 oats, 1,810 beans, 4 peas, 400 linseed, 3,560 rapeseed, 70 sundry seeds, 1,435 sacks and 1,858 barrels of flour. The arrivals of English wheat up to our market to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, were very moderate, and the show of samples was by uo means extensive. As the attendance of both town and country millers was rather limited, the amount of business done in wheat of home produce was small. However, though the trade was de cidedly inactive, no anxiety was shown on the past of factors to sell on lower terms. Prices, therefore, ruled about the same as on Monday last. There was a moderate supply of foreign wheat in the market. Fine heavy samples were held at prices fully equal to those realised on this dayse'unight, but the de mama for them was inactive. Inferior kinds moved off heavily, at barely previous rates. Floating cargoes of grain were firm, at fully last week's prices. The malting season being now over, malting barley was almost nominal in price. Grinding and distilling sorts were dull, but no material change took place iu the quotations. Malt sold to a fair extent, at last week's prices. We were rather heavily supplied with oats, and the de mand for all kinds ruled very inactive, at last Monday's decline in value. _ . . Beans and peas were in fair supply, and sluggish request, on former terms. _ _ . Wo had a slow sale for flour, at last week's prices. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex Ir. Rent, Red •• • new 53s to 703 Ditto.. • • .... old —s —a Ditto, White new 63s 76s Ditt0........ old —s —s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old —s —3 Ditto new •••••• 58s 69s Rye—Old ............ —5 —s New .• •• •• 45s 47s Rarloy—Grinding... •• 305 333 !Keating •• 31e 36s Chevalier.. •• . • 403 433 Stan—Suffolk and Nor folk •• • • •• 74s 78s Brown. • • • • • • ........ 6 is 663 KirustanandWare 75s 78s Malt—Chevalier • • • • 78s to 80s )ats Yorkshire and Lincolnsk., Feed 18s 22s Potato Youghal and Cork 81ack....... ISq Cork, White ..... 20s 24s Scotch, Feed. .. .. 26s 30s Beans—Vet ......... 33s 37s Pige0n5.......... 343 42g Peas—Grey ~........ 32s 36, 333 3Ss White........... 39:4 421 Boilers -......... 433 46s Flour—Town-made... 63s Gss Suffolk •• •....... 48s 51s fitockta 8; Norfolk 475 508 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Very moderato supplies of foreign stock were received into London last week—the total importation being only 272 head. In the corresponding week in 1855 we received 2,031; in 1851, 893 ; in 1853, 3,401; in 1852, 1,993 ; in 1851, 2,893 ; and in 1850, 1,376 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WERE. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs Rotterdam l4 ... ... 3 43 ... Calais — ... . _ Antwerp — Dora — Harlingen - ... - ..• Total—. 21 ... 152 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1855 964 ... 572 ... ... 449 ... 46 1854 327 ... 437 ... 2 ... 162 ... 1853 628 ... 2,155 ... 5 ... 527 ... 56 1552 lBO ... 1,414 .., :3 ... 394 ... 4 1851 534 ... 1,8514 ... 8 ... 412 ... 52 1850 3BB ... 731 ... 15 ... 240 ... 2 The show of foreign stock in to-day's market was very limited for the time of year, and in but middling condi- J ... tion. From our own grazing districts the receipts of beasts fresh up this morning were tolerably good, and the general weight and condition of most breeds were good. Indeed very few inferior animals were brought forward. Although the attendance of buyers was tolerably extensive, the beef trade ruled heavy, and prices were 2d per Blbs lower than on Monday last. The top figure for Scots was 4s 6rl per 81bs. The arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire amounted to 2,500 Scots and shorthorns ; from other parts of England 300 of various breeds ; from Scot land 650 Scots, and from Ireland, via Liverpool, 130 oxen. Notwithstanding that the show of sheep was by no means so extensive, the mutton trade was in a depressed state, and the quotations were from 4d to 6d per 81bs lower than on this day se'ennight. The best old Downs, in the wool, sold at 5s 2d—out of the wool, 4s 8d per Sibs. About two thirds of the sheep were out of the wool. We wore fairly supplied with lambs, which met a dull trade, at, compared with Monday last, a fall in value of 4d per bibs. About 600 lambs reached us from the Isle of Wight. The supply of calves was limited, yet the veal trade was heavy, and prices were 4d per 81bs lower than on this day week. The best calves realised 5s 4d per Sibs. Pigs were in moderate supply and heavy request, at bately stationary prices. • - - •- - NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Since our last report these markets have been tolerably well supplied with both town and country killed meat, whilst the general demand has ruled inactive, as follows : Per 81bs by the carcass. s. d. s. d. t s. d. s. d Beef, inferior 210 3 0 M u tt o n, inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 I 2 3 6 Do., middling ..... 3 8 4 0 Do. prime large 3 8 4 0 Do., prime 4 2 4 6 Do , do. small ....4 2 4 4 i Veal '3 10 5 0 Pork, large 323 10 I Pork, small 40 4 8 Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d. BOROUGH HOP. - - - All medium and fine hops, though in good supply, are firm, and prices ere well supported. In other kinds very little is doing. Last week's imports are 79 bales from Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ fis to GI Gs per cwt ; Weald of Keats, 3/ to 5/ 53. ; Sussex, 2/ 16s to 4/ 15s. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The arrivals of potatoes last week were but moderate, but the demand generally is heavy, and late rates are barely supported. York Regents, 803 to 90s ; Scotch do., GOs to 75g ; do. cups, 40s to 50s; middlings, 30s to 40s; blues, 60s to 70s ; Lincolns, 63s to BJs ; Kent and Essex, 70s to 80s Kr ton. WOOL. The public s'ales of colonial wool have been commenced. The biddings ore very brisk, and prices show an advance, compared with. the previous auctions, of from la to 2d per lb. It has been announced that 50,000 bales will be offered at the p resent series. Australian—Clean sheep's has realised is 1 Ckl to 2s ; scoured, is 9d to 2s s<d ; lambs, 2a to 2s 2, i. ; skin and locks, is 4d to is Rd ; grease, 10d to is. Ads laide—Clean sheep's, is Rd to is 10d ; lambs, is 10,1 to 1 s 11Ad ; other kinds, 10d to is 3d. CaPe—, Clean sheep's, is 6d to is 10d; lam b's, is 9 d to is 10 ' ; grease, &c., 10d t. )is 4d per lb. Last week's imports were 4,063 bales. The. demand privately is firm. The following r ire the curren t rows of English wool : South Down hog ;, 17/ 5s to 181 lOs ; balf-bred do., 17/ to 17/ 5s ; Kent flee ce s, 151 103 to 161 10s ; Down ewes and wailers, 161 to 1 ,6/ 103 ; Leicester do., 131 lOs to 14/ lOs ; Ricklock, 151 t o .181; combing wether mat s chings, 19/ to ; Ricklock, 16' to 181103; co mmon, 11 to 161; h og matching, 211. 13s to 231 per pack of 210 lbs. SEEDS. lins eel. We continue have The arrivaTis of o , s well e as ed a are trifling export demand at full a far home prices. There has b een a fair busi ne , i , done in linseed cakes, at th , , late reduction in price. R a p e an d oilsee d s meet a morns Toady sale, owing to improved advices from continental ports. Turnle,vinite, per bush. 22s to 25s Swede •. •• —s —s sfustard, Bra wn• • •• • • —3 —5 T/hlte, n —s r tres,Winte ,•,new....es Od Oi 0,1 Canary, : quarter . 443 60s : r1 " ••• •• • 24s 30s ,dEn,. (ewt.) —s Wb it e „ „ For e ign Red...... —3 —6 White.. •• —s Trefoil, new.. •• .• •• •• Carraway •• •• 440 50s Coriander.— ........ 26. 2Ss - - iHempseed, pe r quarter 54s : 8 s Linseed, Eng •Sovi'ing•• 63s s Crushing .. •• 465 525 Baltic , —5 —5 Odessa • • ......... —5 —5 Linseed Cake, pr. ton — English .• ...111 115 12 o , f Foreignoer tc ni 10' Os 11! 05 ',Rape Cakes, pr to 5 610- 6; 10 litapeseed, New, BSs 90• A TALLOW. Al' lough the business doing in our m Arket is very mod irate prices are a shade higher than on Monday last. To lay, P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 41)s to 46s 3d per cwt Town tallow 46s nett cash. Rough fat, 2s 6d per 8P 31. 185'2. 1 - 853. 1854. 18 55. Mock.. this • • •_.! Z'rice. of T. C "• • I /Delis ery last week • • Ditto from June 1.... ArriN qtls Nast week.. Ditto • from Juuel .... Price , of TONNU ...•• ?,:301 :16, 9 1 t 37A 01 1,221 !01,326 24.377 35,324 i 40. 843) 16,607 47s Od 62s Ocito 53s it tol 4is 01 ,0 —s 0 —s CILI —s , Oct \to 46s 3' 7.14 937 ~ d .502 2,124 100,483 91,527 8.! i,116 1103,6 807 450 ' 1,288 1,122 81,232 (103,536 8 7,949 i 43,721 2 , 13 107,093 38 91 499 3J 61; 91 I ,45 3a' 48s Gd tive of the stable. If my memory serves me aright, John Scott has not yet won a Derby for Lord Derby, who now stands a good chance of obtaining the " blue ribaud" with Fazzoletto. Report states that the Prince is likely to prove another "Merry Monarch." He is certainly a monstrously fine horse. Sporting writers, with their habitual modesty, have been parading before the public the accuracy of their divinations on the events decided at Chester. As a proof, therefore, that I possess, to an equal extent, the faculty of seeing into the middle of next week, I may state that I named the absolutely first and second for the Chester Cup, and was successful in anticipating the re sults of the minor races. I did intend to refer to the meeting which took place at Harrow on Saturday, but on inquiry I found the affair was too contemptible to notice. It was expected that the " new rule of claiming" would spoil Mr. Frail'a game at Shrewsbury. No such thing. John Frail is not a man to be easily discouraged, or to allow anything to baulk his determination of car rying out his undertaking with success. He has pre pared a most attractive programme, and has established a most ingeniously devised rale of his own for the re gulation of his selling races. The meeting will com mence to-morrow and terminate on Wednesday, the last day clashing with the opening day at Manchester. It is with considerable hesitation I offer an opinion on the events appointed for decision. Lawn ought to win the Salopian Stakes. Admiral Lyons may carry off the Longner Hall Stakes. The forfeits for the Cleve land Handicap are to be declared to-day ;it would therefore be ridiculous to at►,empt to pick the winner until it be known " what is left in." Boer, Corin, Omer Pacha, and Jane Shore see= to have the best of the weights for the Salop Cup. Of these I shall be induced to " stand" Corin and Jane Shore. For the Biennial Stakes I shall select Lambourne. Quince and Lawn are my fancies for the Hawkestone Cup. For the preposterously light Nandi , cap, the Shropshire Stakes, I shall select Veteran, Beer, and St. Clair. The Manchester meeting will draw off many turfites rom Shrewsbury on Wednesday. The Trafford Han cap I assign to Ellermire ; Bourgeoise is next in my esteem. It is somewhat puzzling to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion as to the probable issue of the race for the Union Cup. Types is amongst the nomina tions, and I should be inclined to stand her, but a pro bability exists that she will be reserved for the Trades' Cup. The other noteworthy names are Ellermire (who, by the way, is engaged for the Trafford Han dicap), Bees - zina, Stork, and Prince of Orange. The Sapling Stak may go to Blink Bonny, and the Produce Stakes to Aleppo. Barrel and Prince's Mixture shall do battle for me for the Philips Handicap. Typee will doubtless win the Trades' Cup ; Paletot may be second. I shall not at the present refer to the other items contained in Thursday's programme, but will di ruse them and Friday's events on Wednesday. May 12. A. FRESH MAN. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, May 12.—Wind this day at tIOOD, —NT .9 light breeze and fine. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived- Harmony, Hero, Irie, and Ll ang ollen, front Newport• ; Anna, Emden; Hope, Portsmouth ; Ann, Ply. mouth ; Burgermeister, Memel. Sailed—Alarm, fo: Cardi LIRP ff; Jessie, Newport. VE OOL, Monday Morning. Wind N.N.W. Arrived —Mindana, from Callao ; Britannia, Portland; Typhoon, New Orleans ; Saline, Antwerp. Sailed—Falcon, for Varna ; Josefa and Amelia, Fla' vana ; Nao ne, Narva ; Fortunatus, Halifax; Riga, fl merfest ; Maria and muanna, Havana; Paul Shelton and Dionisia, Christiansund ; Ly Blaney and Alexander, Quebec. QUEENSTOVirN, May 10. Wind S. A rr ived—Grace, from Barbadoes ; Jane Goodie, Monte New Orleans. Video; Matilda, Cassabianca ; Regulus, (15Y SUBMAIIINS AND BRITISII DiTELEGRAPH day .) ND bb ;fine. flom Danzic ; Jacob ; on, 10.16 a.m. GRAVESE Wind N. by E.; tide, 3 h o urs' e Arrived, May 12 —Neptune, Stockholm ; Emden, Gotteuburg ; Lo Valiant, Bremer. haven . - Tell Tale, Lisbo John, Moulmein ; Anna Maria Elizabeth, Svendborg ; Concordia, Eckenford. Sa,iled , May 11- -3011311 and Thomine, for Gefle. Sailed, May 12—Abeona, for St. Petersburg. Aim, Cu ARLES DILLON. —T e effieid Times says " we believe we are correct in stating, that the manager of our Theatre Royal has taken the Lyceum Theatre, Lonii on, for three years, and that it is to open under his mana,gernent in the autumn." Ts): REVIEW AT WINDSOR.—In order to prevent the di sa ppointment of which the paragraphs t a hat haveosed gon re. e ' the round of the newsp a p ers respecting prop view to be held at Windsor on the 29th inst., may pes• sibly be the cause, we are requested to state that there hukt, never has be the s lightest intention to old, such an a d review, and allen, statements to that effect are entirely without foundation. gPORTigG NOTE SCRAPS AND FACTS. The innkeepers of Chester adhere with marvellettS unscrupulosity to the memorable last words of Marmion. During the recent meeting they seemed more deeply impressed than ever with the significance of the cry of " Charge, Chester, charge," and they neglected no op portunity which presented itself for putting their ONVII interpretation of the words into action. On the occa sion of the review, at Portsmouth, certain newspapers stated that the charges made for beds were quite "fabulous ;" there was, however, nothing fabulous about the demand which was made for sleeping accom modation at Chester—the exorbitant charges were a shameful reality. No wonder, then, that the visitors were disgusted by the extortion which was practised upon them, and many of them have determined for the future to lodge for the race week at the different towns and villages in the neighbourhood. Many persons from London merely stopped to see the race for the Cup, and returned to town the same night, rather than furnish the black mail levied by the innkeepers. Bigotry and blas phemy, too, were rampant at Chester. The walls were I placarded with Scriptural quotations, and Bibles were paraded through the streets, preceded by ranting, loud• tongued fellows, consigning in no measured language all persons who visited the races to perdition. They were, however, allowed to pursue their outrageous conduot unchecked by the authorities, and they were not only blasphemous and obscene in themselves, but were the cause of blasphemy and obscenity in others. People were scarcely prepared for the successful finale to the One Act which was played out on Wed nesday. The mare's running on Tuesday, and the line furnished by Theodora, seemed to indicate how insignifi cant was her chance in comparison with that of Yellow Jack's. Her success caused people to question the accuracy of her Tuesday's performance, and many seemed inclined to regard the exhibition which she made with Theodora with suspicion. If that exhibitiait were intentional it was most cleverly managed. I, however, am inclined to believe that she sustained a legitimate defeat, an opinion which receives additional confirmation by her running with Eulogist on Thursday. Mr. Howard experienced a second disappointment with Yellow Jack, who, however, ran so well and gamely that his party do not altogether despair of his Derby chance. Typee ran a good game imam. Imogene's running proved that I did not underrate her preteusieus in my anticipatory remarks on the meeting. All sorts of excuses were made for Yorkshire Grey, who met with t go or three disappointment; in the race, His running on Friday, however, would indicate that his alleged dents did not materially affect his chance. They who saw Rifleman before the race were not surprised by his breaking down. He is now ruined for racing purposes, and the rapacity which caused him to be sent to Chester has been deservedly punished. The incidents which marked the Cup Race, however, must be familiar to every person interested is sporting affairs. I shall therefore not unnecessarily occupy space by a further re ference to them. The defeat of Ellington for the Dee Stakes proved that this horse did really run up to his true form at York, and that, despite the bolstering up in the .bet ting which he received, his Derby chance is some‘viiat insignificant. Indeed his inglorious exhibition, :laid the unsatisfactory debut of Wentworth, has rather per plexed people to discover a Derby horse worthy o f trust. Ca.cnobie is steadily supported, and Artillery is becoming a good favourite. Vandermulin, too, is much talked about, and his owner intends on this occasion to give the Ring Jack up the orchard and no mistake. After Lady Florence's running on Friday, he considers Vandermulin's success a certainty ; and in the full flush of his triumph he offered to take 14 " monkeys" to one. He was, however, only " accommodated" to the extent of a " pony." After all, however, I am inclined to think the winner will come from Whitewall. " Will it be Fazzoletto or Fly-by• Night ?" is a question, however, frequently asked. All sorts of runsours are in circulation about Fly-by• Night ; some state that he is incapable of taking regular exercise, others that he is all right and doing good work. That Fly-by-Night is, or was a good horse, the running of Manganese sufficiently proved. That Fazzoletto is also an animal with pretensions raised far above mediocrity, his victory over Yellow Jack clearly demonstrated. From the earnest manner in which he is backed, I am =lined to believe that he will be the trusted representa- , 190 11(1r1 100 I_oo 100 20 20 t's, l 591 i 151 9i I 28 i 100 I 67 6 ,tI C IN