The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-22 00:00:00

NEW SOCIETY OF WATER COLOURISTS. Oa Saturday afternoon, at the well-known gallery of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours-53, Pall-mall—we had the satisfaction (according to custom) of attending the " private view" of their Annual Exhibition. It is the twenty-second collection displayed year after year since the date when the society was first incorpo rated. The specimens hung round the four walls of the apartment, and upon the two screens flank ing the table of the Secretary and Treasurer, num ' her just 349 altogether, landscapes, sea views, `genre pictures, historical paintings, scriptural corn- Positions, flowers, fruit, in fact (as ever) works of a Character the most miscellaneous. The President Henry Warren—is still, after nil, about the most conspicuous among the contrihutors. Apart from his official pre-erninence—by reason of his very re raarkable powers as a water colourist, aided as those powers are, in their claims upon popular `attention, by the admirable selection of the subjects usually adopted by this master for illustration. gr. 77, and 191—the latter a representation of nagar and Ishmail going forth into the wilderness --the former au ambitious delineation of " Rebe kah first beholding Isaac." This last mentioned being in effect a work of art of reallyremarkable ex - cellen ce , and one which the discerning majority will not fail to recognise on the instant as something extraordinary. The grouping of the figures in the foreground—conspicuously elevated as the heroine of the painting is upon the apex of the hous ings of the camel —is contrived at one and the same time with consummate adroitness and infinite originality. The distant form of the advancing Isaac indicates with wonderful effect the perspective of the sterile waste—while the green and orange haze of sky and sand suffuses the whole scene with a marvellous intimation of the sultriness of the Oriental atmosphere. An intimation not slightly aided in its general forcefulness by the very act of Rebekah daintily veiling herself from the view of the approaching son of Abraham. Another "try noticeable contributor to the gallery of the New Society of Water Colourists, Louis Haghe, favours us with productions the like of which we have seen, over and over again, we don't know how Many seasons in succession. In merit as always remarkable but in subject and general treatment, for the most part, exceedingly monoto nous. No. 50, an " Antichamber of the Tribu nal of the Inquisition," reveals to us the same pen sive lady hanging in the same attitude of anguish about the neck of the same ill-fated nobleman— the same supplicative little boy in the same minia ture trunk and hose and the same satin-slashed velvet doublet, on his knees, pleading in the same utterly futile manner to the same inexorable old curmudgeon, who stands forth as a type of the ghastly, ghostly, grimly, ghoul-like Inquisition. Again, No. 64, the "Town Hall of Oudenarde— Meeting of the Corporations"—Don't we know it all by heart at a glance ? The stupendous chim ney-piece with its gothic carvings and those burly, old, red-faced, purple-nosed, slouch-hatted, short-cloaked, gesticulating, theatric, burgomasters, Who appear to be always conspiring in full fig against a De Witt, or getting ready with corporate Pomp to " put down" like Dutch Lauries, some in surrectionary movement some where or other out side that big Town Hall, with its ornate monster of a chimney-piece. Edward Corbould—one of the Most charming, as he is one of the most popular of slur water colourists—appears this last year to have been in a merry mood enough, all things considered. No. 211, his mist elaborate and pre tentious composition, entitled for the Mane " Ye tymnere hys Dreame," being proof positive of the fact, as the artist's own explanation of it in the catalogue will sufficiently well indicate—that ex- Planation being as follows :—" Falling into a fitful and uneasy sleep, after a long-protracted reading of varied and antagonistic character, he dreams of Patrons of art departed to the Crimea, of himself— as not having a leg left—of falling into the waters of oblivion,' and vainly struggling to call for the drags of the Humane Society, whose men are gone to Greenwich Fair." There, on one side, is "ye I'Ymnere" himself—Ed ward H. Corbould—as sound as a church door, with his nose in the air, his meer schaum smoked out lying beside him on the littered table at his elbow, and the air full of all imaginable and unimaginable shapes, kings and goblins, mailed knights and pretty girls in J enny Lind wide-awakes, gorg ens, chimaeras, the heroic, the homely, the beautiful, and the grotesque. tis a very " painted nightmare" —a dream that might have been dreamt Partly by Ariel and partly by Caliban. Talking of which Shaksperian personages—yonder, in No. 96, will be found Corbould's capital delineations of Goodman "Bottom, the Weaver," carolling about— " The ousel cock, so black of hue, With orange tawny bill, The throstle with his note so true, The wren of little quill : " The singer's ass-head plaintively lipping the words With a relish, and his sturdy legs staggering in the ecstasy of his song—Titania (or as the cata logue has it, " Titiana,") coming forth be witched from among the flowers. The same artist has a pretty graceful " Griselda," in No. 27, and a humorous illustration of the old song about the milkmaid, ending " Nobodie axed you, Sir" "—for the Knight's visage, in which J. B. Buckstone might have sat—in a daze ! Plea santest, however, and at the same time most prolific among the contributors to the Gallery, this season is an old favourite—John Absolon. There "Kiss" (No. 16) to greet the young lady visitors delightfully, almost the instant they nave crossed the threshold.. There are the four sweet little pictures grouped together in one frame property of Herbert Ingram, Esq., M.P.), 'Os- 70, 71, 72, 73, rather unaccountably entitled "Norfolk, Derby, Sussex, Rutland"—as if that Prettygleaner with her sheaf of corn, that piquante beauty in her striped si!k, that dainty damsel with the antique coiffure, and so fortl, got christened so mehow strangely each like a pet racer ! However, n arnes and all, delightful symbols may be for the Four Counties, there they are—" the cynosures of ne ighbouring eyes." And so too with the "Baptism' (-LN 0. 105) from the salmi hand, and again with "• Dora' , (No. 202), the gentle, genial, pensive Dora of Tennyson. There are one or two exe crable things in the gallery—say, for example, that wretched daub "On Leave" (No. 259 ), by G. B. u anciPion—o e that ridiculous " Eventide " (No. .„ " 1 1.), with its leopard skin sky—or that absurd • Judy Callaghan' (No. 165), by W.H. Kearney or, Worst of all, that horrible representation by the arne artist of "The Fululurent" (No. 121), with its s acre d faces tear-beda bbl e d , bl owse d, an d drivel ling,l., Quite refreshing it is to turn from things like these to scraps of natural beauty like (No. 295 ) " Lilac and Hedge Sparrow's .N est," by Mrs. Margetts—moss one can almost handle, lilac one can alnaost scent the fragrance of ! Charming, too, for a similar reason, the "Dead Birds" (No. 325) and the ripe " Fruit " (i n 332) by the camel hair brush of that whilome mythic being—Mrs, Harris ! Exqui site, too, in their way are Robert Carrick's two lit tle pictures, one (313) "Boys Fishing," the other ( 33 1) " Boy at Prayer," with all the truth of Hunt --truth howbeit seen through a medium of grace rather than through one of grotesqueness. The landscapes and sea views—generally the glory of the Gallery, —appear to us this season somewhat deficient both in variety and excellence. Among the happiest efforts in this branch of the art, to our thinking, are two, by S. Cook—(No. 44), a "Morning Breeze," and (No. 83), " Sunset after a Gale"—the latter, especially, beautiful in its healthful freshness. Aaron Penley has a noble view of the "Back of Skiddaw, with Bassenthwaite Lake in the distance," and Edmund G. Warren, a wonderful picture (No. 262) of "The Wye at New Weir"—wonderful in many ways, from the very apple-gathering in the foreground, to the dim beauty of the far-stretching perspective. Turning from which with gladdened senses, we pass out again into the streets from the crowded Gallery. MARKET NEWP.—(This Day.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 15s to 5/14s ; clover do., 4/ 5s to 15s; and straw, 1/ 6s to 11 u s per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 4/ Os to 5/ lEs; clover do., 41 g s to 6/ 12s ; and straw, 1/ Gs to 1/ 12s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 4/ Os to 5/ 15s ; clover do., 41 104 to 61 15s ; and straw, 1/ 56 to 1/ 10s per load. A fair demand. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has bee❑ quiet, but no further de pression is anticipated. Common C9ngou is 9d. Flowery kinds from lid. to is. 2d. have been in most demand. SVGAR.--The market has slightly recovered from its late depressed state, full rates having been obtained for both colonial and foreign, principally for exportation. The re• fined market has been more active at improved prices. COFFEE.—The rates continue firm, although the busi ness done has been small— holders demanding fully pre vious rates. RlCE—There is little business doing in this article, and prices are without change. RUM has been in good demand, and previous quotati ons have been well maintained. TALLOW —The market still wears a qui e t as p ec t, an d quotations have slightly given way. P.Y.C., spot, 47e, and last three months 46s 9d per cwt. A contemporary says :—Mr. Justice Williams did not open the Cardieanshire assizes on the 6th till 12 o'clock at night, having been detained on the road by the break ing down of his carriage, and the supposed intoxication of the postilion. He bad to proceed 15 miles on foot intnetrdigan. A detailed account of the ironwnrks in Austria has jest appeared, and we learn that 1,000,000 cA t. of rails can be manufacturred annually, and 100,000 cwt, of azletrees tires for wheels, &c. ents noir Lustria or 3th inst., id placed Tian Go the Cri- gave no 3oard of coming France Ancona Irmed a 3n their 'l5 days on the 'asuring en. 3 ference nine the to this , e placed Ike part aving a rd Nor iference 31, was ich the at that 'inhered to Gre- Iggested cessions ) move lardinal 3ernetti e, says : onstan dace to ne, and The years, ) shares RKA- i made -vessels ited by to wit- ceed by e their ibarka- isengerS. ellent at 'g-place. boats at )cks, in idgeon, )y ten- aet." ought a and r e will detect- seedy ranee. aving d dis- clone- If this task Some f her their IVTONEZ VIAP.,KET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK The Lirerpool Cotton Market closed yesterday with an animated appearance, and prices ef Ame rican qualities were irregular, but generally Id. per lb. dearer. The sales were 20,000 bales (in cluding 2,000 for export, and 8,500 on speculation), comprising 300 Pernam and Maranharn, 61d. to 7;d.; 560 Bahia, 6&d.; 2,500, 7d. to 10d.; 2,5G0 Surat, 4d. to 41d.; and 2,000 Sea Islands, 10d. to is. 51. per lb. The Railway Share Market was rather heavy. The weekly trade reports of the principal French markets state that buyers are now more numerous, both in the chief manufacturing towns, and the departments, consequently business is more active than it was at the beginning of the month. Those who had held back during the conferences have now come forward since the official promulgation of peace. In the departments where many of the retail dealers had limited their purchases stocks are quite exhausted, and they have become pressing upon the manufactures to meet the increas ing consumption. Speculators, at the same time, are ordering goods of all kinds extensively ; and the prices are rising rapidly. Advices from the manufacturing towns of silk and cotton fabrics are satisfactory. Those of Alsace and Rouen are ex ceptional on account of the rise in cotton and wool and other raw materials ; at the same time the large arrivals of cotton from the United States are expected to relieve the market. The demand for cotton yarns is consi derable, and there is an advance in prices at Colin], Maberly, and Breale. The trade of Paris has not much improved since the announcement of peace, and the shopkeepers complain of dull trade com pared with the same month last year; but this is accounted for by the active season which prevailed before the opening of the Exhibition. The Pari sian manufacturers are busy with foreign orders ; but articles of bronze and bijouterie are not much in request. . _ The Money Market continues in a comparatively easy state, and the preparations in progress for the liquidation of the final instalments of 15 per cent. on the present loan and 10 per cent. on the Fund_ ing of Exchequer Bills, due next Thursday, have not materially increased the demand for discount accommodation. First class commercial bills are negotiated at 5i per cent. ; but during the next two or three days a slight advance upon this rate is not improbable. In consequence of so many of the operators at the Stock-Exchange having made arrangements to b 9 present at the grand review off Spithead, the market for Public Securities is rendered even quieter than for some days past. The quota tions, on this account, have exhibited renewed symptoms of weakness, a decline of per cent. having occurred since this time yesterday. Consols have been 921 to 93 for money, and 93i for ac count. In the NeNN Threes a moderate business has been done at 92 to 921, and the Reduced Annuities are 911 to 92. Bank Stock has risen to 2112 and 213. Exchequer Bills, March, are at par, and the June ditto at 3s. discount to par. The Bonds are marked 981,- g. Foreign Securities are generally rather lower. Turkish 6 per Cents., after being 981 have de clined to 93. Spanish Deferred Bonds are 241 1. Peruvian 4i per Cents. 77k, and the 3 per Cents. 54. Mexican Stock is heavy at 22i Chilian 3 per Cents. are 69, and Brazilian New 41 per, Cents. 941. Sardinian Bonds arel per cent. lower, viz., at 951, and Russian 4i per Cents. rule flat at 941- to 95k. Dutch 2i per Cents. are firm at 61 to 64i, and the 4 per Cents. at 93. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7i 5 4 ; Mexican, 222. 3 ; Peruvian, 77 79 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 53 41 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 94 6 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 45 ; ditto Deferred, 24k ; ditto Certificates, 5i 6 ; ditto Passive, 7 A. Railway Shares are dull, and prices generally tend downwards. Great Northern have receded fully 10s. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, V. ; North Western, 1/. ; Midland, 1/. ; and the others in proportion. As regards the Foreign undertakings there is a general decline, and the Colonial parti cipate in the flatness which pervades all other de scriptions of securities. Mining Snares are very inactive, Banks are at nominal rates, and the Miscellaneous are neglected. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Rron , the Ofßeiat List. ) flown- done. Pank Stock ...... Rullteed Auunitias..„.. ........ 3 per Cent Con sols Annnitieb 934. 24 N'esv :3 nor oPnt. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... :-4 3 k, 3_16 Ditto Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 24 15- 6 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1585 .. 17 1-16 CAccoutlt ............ ............ 93h Tchequer ?id March. .Tun©. 'l9O 500 ........................... ... 14p Ildpar 3 d Z •.. • 52 p I3dpar Ditto Bonds, 1558, 3i per Cent. .......... .............. 98a Ditto, 1559 ................... eHicp, OF FOREIGN FUNDS ',AT ONE o'C,'LocE, Brazilian Bonds 5 per Cent. ................ Ditto New, 1852, per Cent. .......... 9.4 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent ...................... Cent 69 • Ditto per ........................ . )1 3 1 ,.., • ent, ...... •.... ...... Ditto Account .............................. 22, Peruvian Bon is 4A per Cent ............. , . Ditto 3 per Cent .................. al ........ Russiau roods, 1522, t St., 5 per Cent.... Ditto 13 per Cent. . .......................... 5i 84, d muit:tioli. 3 s, 5 per Vent. ..••• •••• 9 5 i Ditto Account Sp, 1.10-i is'. is, .4 per Vent Ditto Yew Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Du I, i•oons, ,; per cent Ditto Account 93 8 i a 7,1,,1ends on the above ~table in London Dutch Exchange, 2? per Cent., 12 Guil GU 4 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates TWO O'CLOCK. 92i 93 93 Consol4, money Ditto Account THE MEN BURNT AT BALAICLAVA. 1, Wbitehall•yard, April 21,1856. Sir Joseph Paxton presents his compliments to the editor of The Sun, and will feel much obliged by his giving insertion to the following extract of a letter just received at this office from the Crimea : " Commissariat Branch Army Works Corps, Balaklava, April 5. "Dear Sir,— I beg herewith to return the letter& and papers of those unfortunate wen burnt on the 17th ult. " It may be a satisfaction to their relatives to know that they were decently buried, ant that I am having a head stone, with their names cut in it, to respect the spot where they lie.—l am, &c., (Signed) " F. WAKEFIELD, " Principal Superintendent. "Ti F. Wragge, Esq." Tiie following are the names and numbers of the men above referred to : No. Edward Neale Stephen West. Stephen Lindrott George Kemp 3071 Richard Williams 3329 Jonathan Tut ner Joh❑ Holland 3232 Charles Glover No. John WI ight Michael Reddan ..... 3271 William Primmett John Lambert 3051 George Foote 3060 William Walden Thomas Gibbs I Henry Daleman ...... 3115 MAILS OF THE lONIAN ISLES.—Our correspondent at Malta writes : — Her Majesty' , ship Caradoc left with despatches for Corfu on the 13th, and her Majesty's ship Triton with the unal mail on the 15th. In future this vessel will leave Malta for the lonian Islands on the 15th of every month, conveying mails and passengers ; and will leave Corfu on her return voyage on the sth of every month, so as to catch the Peninsular Company's steamer conveying the India mail to England. Thi s is a ureat boon to the inhabitants of Matt and the lonian Hands, affording a monthly communication between the two places ar.d Greece. A. MARRYING MAN.—A few days ago Judge Perrin, of thi s city, married a man for the fifth time. A sin gular feature in the case is that the fifth wife was also the third wife. The third marriage not proving a happy one, the parties separated and were divorced. The man married again, and when death claimed his fourth wife the disconsolate widower returned to number 3, and wooed and won her. Judge Perrin thinks he has tied them up effectually this time. The lucky man bad the impudence t., claim a reduction of the marriage fee in .3ousecinence of the large business be was doing in that line. We tl:ink he tught to have been charged double price. ---Covington Journal, TBE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENINri, APRIL 22, 1 856, SHARE MARKETS. YORK RACES.—(This Day.) (TtilS DAY.) ttALlee't.ltic I.~e ,~la t'ait, .pan C .1n yestent, this (BY ELECTRIU TALA'GRA PR.) LATEST BETTING. GREAT NORTEIERN HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst One Act (taken) 6to 1 agst Fandango (taken) 6to 1 agst The Earl (offered) 8 to 1 agst Alston (taken) RAILWAYS. A 1 1 Closing Prices Business done yesterlay this day. Bedford and Blotchley Buckgharnsh. Clydesdale.r , Col. Stour Vy. Sod. and Hal. E. T.in. v. 6 pc. E. Un. H. SI). Glas. Barr. k Neil. Direct 1)n. New..... London & N. Woq. L.&N.W. Caledon... E. Un. E. C... tirt . rt. E. Count. Caldoniatt. 95 - 97 94 - 26 - 27 11 - 13 4 -. 4./ 4j ... 5 LAW INTELLIGENCE. —(This D ay.) 8 9 17i - 181 15i 1( 1 ! 12i 13i, Glstr.& Dn Flrtlpl. Dk Railway... flt. Yk. New. It fiem, Y.& 7 1 / 4 1 - Do COURT OF Cu qAION PLEAS. :Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice Jervis Hull & Seth) , Do. Do. ; Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lon., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. I3xtu. and Matlock Middlesbro' Redear. Midld. Newmarket Bury E. G.spe N.& Est.sp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. Ar y: , Do. Slim A Roystn.& Hit. Shef. Roth_arnt Goole g. 5 p.c. Shrews.&ller S. Staffordsh. Wear Vali ay g r 6 per cent Do Wilts.crornrst 101 - 106 Justic.s Cresswell, Crowder, A nd Willes.) LAWSON V. THE BANK OF LONDON COMPANY. ga 01 60/ 614 • 5i 16:j S. East. - -) Do lii : 110 -- 115 This was a demurrer to a declaration against the de fendants, the shareholders in the Bank of Lond-m, foi doing business under that name, the plaintiff having first established the Bank of London at a considerable expense. Peto & Co Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Stektoo. & Darlingt. • •• "-..... 2i - 21 Lord Chief• Justice Jervis, in delivering judgment, said that it was not necessary to give any opinion as t, what might or what might not be the liability of a bud corporate who, after receiving a distinct notice, did ar act likely to injure another person. Sufficient bad' not P l 4 been stated on the face of the declaration to show that the plaintiff had established himself as a banker to have a right to complain of any injury. All that appeared via,- that the plaintiff was the promoter of a bank to be called the Bank of London, in doing which he incurred certait expenses in circulating prospectuses, &c., and that some body else had beaten bins in the race of competition, and had succeeded in establishing a bank under the name of the Bank of London. It did not appear that the plaintiff had ever carried on business as a banker—that he bad a single customer—or that any single person had gone to him for banking purposes. His lordship said he did not consider there was sufficient on the face of the declara , tion to show the plaintiff had suffered any injury, and be was opinion that an action would not lie. Mr. Justice Cresswell, Mr. Justice Crowder, and Mr. Justice Wines concurred in the judgment of the Lord Chief Justice. x d The demurrer was affirmed. 92= 94 n 56 fo -- 17 (8 10 10,E 31 38 24 - 26 En. Conn. E. Count. Do L.&N.W Do 45 - 47 ;••• :- i 7 - 78 61 - 63 Gt Northn Lancash& Yorksh. T. Brassey WMClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do 134 - 136 i;1 1 •-• •• 7i - 8 31 - 2P ii - 33 88 - 92 7 - 7A 94L, - 9 E 79 - 81 125 126 102 1 04 641 6,1 i I(ltWoßtn. RENUE 11' 7 - 119 lili 119 84 90 94 - E 6 70 - 75 7p 5i 6.4 88t 89i 96 - 98 15! -16 i ... ........ ... In the other courts there were no cases of interest brought under the consideration of their lordships. - 7} 103 101 lelT 1014 par par pl 94 —95 i - - 61 ri 110 SADLEh'S-WEELS THEATRE. Last night Mr. and Mrs. Uttarles Dillon made their first appearance in London at this theatre. The drama chosen for the occasion, "Belphegor the Mountebank, or the Pride of Birth," affords ample scope for the de. velapment of the powers of an actor anxious to elicit the opinion of a London audience as to his abilities ; and the fame that Mr. C. Dillon has acquired in thi provinces prepared us, in a great measure, to expect something worthy of being called acting, in whim expectation we were not disa,.pointed. The cha racter of Belphegor, as most of our reader are aware, requires more than ordinary talent. in order to fully develope the part drawn by tht great French dramatist, and few English actors win have essayed the part have produced more than a toler able performance. The Belphegor of Mr. C. Dillon is rea,ly a masterly piece of acting, and the treinenduu. applause bestowed on it last night was well and richlN deserved. Nothing could possibly be finer than th. acting of this gentleman, iu the second act, where the poor mountebank, heartbroken by the desertion of his wife, is invited to amuse the lordling at the al fresco fete, given by the son of the Dec de Montbrison, a*, hi chateau near Bordeaux. It was, in a, e word, the effor of a consummate artiste. In the earlier portions of thi drama Mr. Dillon was evidently suffering from nervou— ness, but as the applause increased, so he seemed to re cover himself, aid the result was a decided and triuo pliant success—such success, indeed, as he may wee be proud of. We shall not attempt minutely to descrih. the whole performance, suffice it to say, tha , , taken as a whole, it was perfect. The part of Madeline was ver) beautifully played by Mrs. Dillon ; Mr. Rogers acquitter himself very creditably as Fanfaronade, and little Mis, Edouin sustained the part of the juggler's son, Henri with very great abi.ity. 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Steals Navigat. 18 all tlenoral Screw Steam 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 3i m, 3/ 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig 10 all .teititeran. Elec. Tel. 8 10 10 9 fexican&S America. - 6} 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel • 10 5 Netherlands Land.... 14 2 10 all Jo. Do. ...... 31 4i 5 2 Do. 8 pcP iss at 1 d io 100 80 New B. & N.S. Land 18 22 1 all Q. F. Australasian... 1 20 15 Nr th. of Euro peSt ()are •• • 13A 1 all )riental Ga 5.......... 1/ IA ' 1 2s. "New Shares" 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. 3i 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ... 66, 50 10 Jo. New — 100 60 loyal Maif Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest li 11 1 )itto New 25 all ioutb Austral.lAnd 31 39 38 1 all Submar. Tel. Scrip I 1 20 all ' Regiatered 15 5 'rust& L.lo.ll.Can 100 2RI Diatmen'a Land 15 16, -•m /,00.6p.u:JauSauly , THE LATE THOMAS ATT WOOD. - A town's meeting was held in the Town Hall, at Birmingham, yesterday, the Mayor (r. R. T. Hodgson, Esq.,) in the chair, for the purpose of devising the best means of carrying into effAct the resolve of a small meet ing held a week or two Since, the raising up of a me morial commemorative of the great public services of the late Thomas Attwood. The ball wal well filled ; Mr. Muntz, M.P., Mr. Scholefield, M.P., Mr. Salt, Mr. George Edmonds. Mr. William Mathews, Mr. Joseph Webster, Mr. J. Betts, Mr. Alderman Cutler, Mr. Alderman Baldwin, and all the surviving political unionists were present, many of them wearing the long laid-by medals. The meeting was of a most enthusiastic character, and the following, ' amongst oth er r e soluti ons , was passed : " That the eminently patriotic services of the late Thomas Attwood, as the leader of the greatest political movement of thi' century, deserve an acknowledgment from the coun try. In a time of great public peril, when law and liberty were alike in danger, he curbed the passions of the people by his wisdom, and led them to victory by the force of his enthusiasm and the earnestness of his patriotism. He sought no compensation for his sacrifices, and he ac• cepted no reward for his services; and this meeting is of opinion that it is the duty of all who have profited by his labours and who admire his character to mark their gra titude and perpetuate the memory of his good deeds by a memorial that will be a stimulus and an example to his townsmen for ever." A handsome sum was subscribed in the hall ; and a committee was appointed to decide on the form which this memorial of honour and gratitude shall take, LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—;Tbis Day.) LONDON, April 22. - Wind this Jay at noon, N.E. ; slight breeze, and cloudy weather. SWANSEA, April 21.—Wind for Marseilles; Brazilian Packet, Barcelona; Marco Polo, Gibraltar. WATERFORD, Apeil 20. —Wind N.N.E. to W.—Sailed —llllnon, for Quebec. POOLE, April 21.—Wind E.—Sailei—Nelson Packet, For Carboneur. SALCOMBE, April 20.—Arrived—Achilles, from Ceylon. JERSEY, April 20.—Wind E.—Sailed—Christopher Co. lum bus, for Bay Chaleur ; True Blue, Malta. CARDIFF, April 21.—Wind N. W.—Sailed —George Kidd, for Rio Janeiro ; Eustace, Milo; Primus ' Mai. SHIELDS, April 21.—Wind N.—Sailed—John Robin son, for Shanghai ; Hamet, Quebec. HARTLEPOOL, April 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived —Melte, Margaretha, from Fanoe. Sailed—Holland Frauw, for Hong Kong ; Croxdale, Genoa. SKYBBEREEN, April 17,—The Boomerang, of Liverpool, dismasted and abandoned, was passel on the sth inst., in lat. 41. N. lon. 46. W., by the cutter Muscongus, arrived off Cape Clear. MALDON, April 21.—Several smacks were round and stripping a large easel, with Newcastle on her stern, sunk in 3! fathoms at low water, off the Whittaker Spit, on the 19th April. The schooner which was on shore at Thurstill Spit on the 16th April, (line off yesterday. SYRA, 9th April.—The British schooner Timandra, Ellis, from London to Balaklava, put ipto the island of Milo on the 31st of March, her cargo (patent fuel) being on fire ; she had to run on shore and was scuttled ; her cargo would be landed. JONSTANTINOPLE, April 21.—The Omer Pasha (a.), is ashore in the Bosphorus ; assistance has been sent. (PAR KLEMM" TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S. Arrived—Astarte, from Rio Janeiro ; Orion, New Or leans. Sailed—Harriet Stewart, for Konigsberg ; Margaret, Narva ; Thermutis, Beirout. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.43 a.m. Wind, E. ; tide, low water; fine. Arrived, April 21.—Anne, from Dunkirk; Poniard Ostend. Arrived, 22.—Wellington, from Madras. Sailed, April 21.—Jame Shepherd, for Jamaica. Saild, 22d.—Gertrude, for Danzig ; Blue Jacket, Ge flea. DEAL, Monday, 9.30 a.m. Wind N.E., moderate, Sailed—Helena, for London. The Treaty of Peace with Russia contains a clause to the effect that the Allies shall evacuate the Ottoman territ , ry on the exchange of the ratifications. Letters from Riga of the 14th inst. mention that the ice in the river had broken up two days previously, and that the arrival of vessels at the port and the general resumption of navigation might be expected in a fort night, if not sooner. MALT.—During the year from the 10th of October, 1854, to the 50th of September, 1855, 4,513,718 quar ters of malt were made, and 3,843,931 quarters used by brewers and retail dealers in beer. Of this quantity, ' 3.464,160 quarters were used by brewers and victuallers, and 379,771 quarters by retail brewers. 3,557,074 quarters of malt were used in England, 114,839 quar ters in Scotland, and 172,018 quarters in Ireland. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. SAUNDERS, OF TEE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—A most interesting presentation of plate to Mr. Saunders, the seer,tary of the Great Western Railway, took place in the Board-room on Saturday afternoon, when about 200 of the clerks and other employa on the line assembled ; not more than that number, out of about 1,200 gentlemen, employed as managers and clerks on the line, being able to be spared from their duties at one time. The testimonial, which had been got up so privately that Mr. Saunders knew nothing of it within a very few days of the time, consisted of a most elegant epergne—supported by ex quisitely-modelled figures, representing Justice, Indus try, and Wisdom-:—and two beautiful claret jugs. The plate was designed and executed by Messrs. Hunt and Roskell, and the epergne was surmounted by some ex quisite artificial flowers (from the studio of Mrs. Stodart, a floral artist of great talent). Mr. Saunders, who was most deeply affected and loudly cheered, expressed his heartfelt thanks in a very neat end appropriate speech. TIIE MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY. [A part of the following appeared in our impression yesterday.] The Board of General officers reassembled this morn ing at tha Royal Hospital, Chelsea, at the usual hour. Lord Lucan corninznced the proceedings this morn ing by first putting the question to Colonel Tuiloch 'hick, on a previous day, the Board took time to con- ider was a question that ought to be put to him, viz., vhether he would now proc:tice a letter which on a •ormer occa-ion he had stated was in his possession or of Sir J. 11.1'Neil, in which the Government had in i mated their approval of the report of the Commis ioners ? Colonel Tulloch said he had given a letter to the Tudge-Advocate-General that he (Colonel Tulloch) bad received from Sir J. APNeil, in which he stated that Lord Panmure informed him-- The Judge-Advocate-General said, you showed me a copy of a private letter. You must use your own dis retion whether you will produce it or not. Colonel Tulloch—lt will be necessary for me to con nit Sir. J. Al'Neil first. There is a public letter, of vhich the Board have a copy. Lord Lucan—l will put the question to Colonel Tul loch in a different form. Have you a copy of a letter received from Lord P,anmure, in which he intimates the Government approve of your report ? Colonel Tudoch—Here is the copy of the letter I have Alluded to. I should not like to read the whole of it ; but I will a portion of it. Sir J. 111.'Neil says, "And vhen I next saw Lord Panmure he told me he had read every word of it (that is the report), and that he consi lered it to be temperate and moderate ; and he only took objection to a part of it that he thought more pro perly belonged to military statistics, which he would have to lay before the Horse Guards." Besides this, I think the hoard have a copy of an official letter, stating that Lord Palmerston in the House of Commons inti fnated his approval of the report. The Judge-Advocate-General said the board had no such letter. Colonel Tulloch said there was such a letter, and he would furnish the board with a copy of it in the course of the day. Lord Lucan then called Admiral Sir E. Lyons. He said he commanded the Black Sea fleet. He was never applied to for canvass with which to shelter the horses, and had never heard that such an appeal had been made .o the fleet until he entered that Hall. Hai such an appeal been made, he must have known it ; because, whilst the cavalry were in such a sad state, he was in the habit of riding daily to the c Imp to see if assistance could be given them. He did not consider that such an application was made by Lord Raglan ; because, before the 14th of November, as many sailors, ma,ines, and carpenters had been sent to the assistance of the army, with as much canvass as could be spared from the fleet It would have been impossible to have supplied canvass tor covering 2,000 horses. He never had at one time 15 sail of the line. The largest number he had at on:. ime did not exceed 11 ; the average was 7. These ships .gere engaged in patching the coast, and lie had not one ,nan on board any of those vessels when un ter any possible circumstances he could have spared to th , army. Colonel Tulloch had stated that there was nothing to prevent him (Sir E 'mut) 1 Lyons) rom sparing some of his 200 or 300 carpenters, but peaking from memory he should say that he never had nore than 50 or 60 carl‘enters at one time. Lord Lucan—Would you, under such circumstances, .ave given up anythinz on the application of a divisional tied therefore a subordinate officer Sir E. Lyons—Certainly not. By Col. Tulloch—Each ship of war, under ordinary !ircumstances, carried a second set of sails. It would iot be safe to go to sea without ; but it was not usual to tarry a reserved supply of canvass in addition. The quantity of spare sails or canvass for an 80 or 120 gun hip might be 7,844 yards, as stated in a nautical work, out it was impossible for any naval man to recollect the irecise quantity carried. He was unable to say whether :anvass could have been procured at Constantinople. Cher° was a great deficiency of carpenters at Con stantinople, and he bad to write to England for some. The Admiralty wrote to say no more could be obtained from England. Constantinople was again tried for carpenters for the fleet, but none could h e bad, and he was obliged to send to Malta and offer very high wages to get some. If it had been possible to have got carpenters at Constantinople Admiral Grey would have obtained them. He could not say if car neuters and canvas could have been obtained from the merchant vessels in Balaklava Harbour. That could only be known of the admiral in cherge of the harbour, but this he knew that the navy did everything they could to assist the army. So well acquainted wati,.he ..vith the number and strength of the skips in the Black Sea that he could give a list of the names of the ship, and their position in the Black Sea from memory, on any particular day Col. Tulloch might name. The ships were never lying at one time snug in harbour at Kamiesh. It they bad been, there wou'd have been no difficulty in landing the spare canvas and the carpenters to provide shelter. There were only two vessels at one time in harbour, and that was at Kazatch, and for a short period. The line•of-battle ships were stationed at different points commanding the coast along from Eupa ' toria, round Sebastopol, to the other side ; and the other vessels of war were spread about from the Danube to the Circassian coast, changing their number and posi tion as to any given point several times a day. Col. Tulloch explained that he took the number, &c., of the ships from the Naval List of that date, and which he; handed in to the Admiral Lyons —lt's perfectly clear you were nut t here yourself, and you have been wisinformed, and times about the end of it. Examinwion continued—Hi wan of opinion that can vass would have been worse than useless on the plateau as Capt. Drummiind ha f stated, but he was unable to give an 'minion on it with regard to the Valley of Kadi koi. It was a military quei-tion, which he did not feel himself qualified to agswer. Sir G. Berkeley—You have mentioned that you were constantly riding through the cainp. Did it strike you hat there was any want of promptitude or ingenuity display-et' in not having the cavalry horses more under ,nelter ? Sir E. Lyons—Certainly not. I faw a great many offic,rs occupied in sheltering their hones in a way that appeared io me the most efficacious, and that was by iwiog np entbatikmei,ts in a certain direction against. 'he prevalent and piercing NE. wind. Sir George Browne's horses never had any other shelter. Every one appeared to me to be doing their best. Examination continued—He was unable to form an opinion of what ought to have been done, and lie never could admit there was an interval of a month,orany tune, as (Jul. Tulloch assumed, between the 12th. Nov., when the order was given to provide shelter for the cavalry, and the February following, when it was pro vided. Every one always appeared hard at work. By the Judge-Advocate.General—llo you consider yourself c3rnpetent to speak further on the promptitude or ingenuity displayed in providing shelter for the ca valry ? Sir E. Lyons—No. After some further unimportant questions the gallant admiral was informed he might withdraw; but before doing s he addressed the Board on the cordiality and good feeling that had existed during the Crimean cam paign, and which he trusted would continue between the army and the navy, and entered into a detailed statement of the assistance rendered by the navy to the army during their periods cf suffering, after the battles, and subsequently, when afflicted with sickness, &c., because from the statements that had gone forth it might be inferred that there were many things and much assistance that might have been rendered to the army voluntarily or if asked for that had not been done or given. He was far from believing that Col. Tulloch meant to blame the navy for not giving assistance—[Col. Tulloch—No ]—but that he blamed the army for not asking for it. [Col. Tulloch—Yes..] The gallant admiral then read several letters and documents conveying the thanks of Lord Raglan and others to the navy, for the great and valuable assist ance they had given to the array, and for thei r readiness in placing everything they had available for the army at their command, as well as for their a ssistance in getting up ammunition and supplies for the army. The gallant admiral then withdrew. Major Connelly was next called by Lord Lucan.—He was Brigade-Major in the East. On the 3d of October 782 horses of the heavy brigade were landed in the Crimea, and he produced the ret u rn, si g ned by General t-3 carlett. The r eturns of the duties of the cavalry in the East, as stated by Col. Hodge, and pri n t e d i n t h e ap . pendis of the r e p ort, was incorrect, so far as the heavy brigade was c oncerned. Col. Tulloch asked that the correct returns should be put in. Examination continued—The details of brigade duties should be obtained from the Brigade-Major, and for a (division from theA.djutant-Gencral of the division, and not from and divisions. Lord Lucan frequently called his brigatle-mPi.rs and officers of division to con sult together how they might best provide shelter for the horses. Witness read a copy of an order, dated Ist Jan., 1855, in which Lord Lucan informed them they had better take all the care they could of their horses and men, because in all pr ibability the calamities that had befallen the cavalry would be laid to their charge. More promptitude and ingenuity could noc have been displayed, under the circumstances, in providing shelter for the horses, and Lord Lucan had never deterred the officers by any act of his from providing shelter. The Greys changed their encamp client, from the time of their arrival at Balaklava to the 14th November, about seven times ; the ground of the horses might have been changed oftener. He thought it incorrect that the Greys had changed their ground during that period from 20 to 27 times. Witness, with General Scarlett, went repeatedly to Balaklava to procure canvas for nose-bags for the horses; but they never got any. One captain of a ma promised them a sail for that purpose, but be failed to keep his promise. No unfair prejudice could be drawn against the cavalry from the artillery providing shelter for their horses. They had greater facilities for doing it. During the whole time he was in the Crimea he never saw any of the French troop horses hutted. The Fr-nch cavalry mounted on French horses suffered. One regiment suffered so much that the few horses that remained were handed over to another, and the dismounted cavalry were all fresh horsed in April with horses from France. The French never had an out lying picket during the campaign. Several other French regiments suffered with their horses. All the trenches used for sheltering French horses were paved ; they could not have been used without it except new trenches were dug daily. S r G. Berkeley--There were few entrenching tools, and they were very bad. The ends of the picks and the shovels turned up on coming in contact with hard sub stances. The handles also broke. By General Peel—The French did not put their horses under canvas. By Col. Tulloch--The return of horses on the 3d of October had reference only to those landed. There might have been others on board in the harbour at the time, but he could only speak of those which joined the army, and for which the return was signed. The differ ence between the horses landed and the whole strength of the cavalry was named in the return ; if they were in the harbour at that time, they were not reported. The officer c,immanding a brigade was the proper person to make up a return, Such return being furnished and signed by that officer, Col. Tulloch was justified in as suming it to be a correct one. No doubt Col. Hodge was in command when he made out and signed the re turn alluded to. The witness then explained how Col. Hodge had made a mistake in the return alluded to, and which that gallant officer much regretted. Witness was absent on duty the day the return was asked for, and Col. Hodge, who was on duty at the time for him, made it out with the assistance of a soldier who acted as clerk, and hence the inaccuracies complained of. By the Judge Advocate-General—During the months of November, December, and January, the health of the men was very bad, and it would have been worse than cruelty to have worked them harder than they were during that period. The witnesses then retired. Colonel Lowe was again recalled and re-examined by Lord Lucan. He did not remember if the Light Ca valry commenced commissariat duties so earlyas Dec. 13. He did not think he should be properly performing his duty if he allowed himself to be deterred from the per formance of his duties by any alleged altercation between himself and his divisional general. He had never been deterred ny any act of Lard Lucan's from attempting to provide shelter for his horses. His lordship had always urged upon officers the duty of making such provision. This was the whole of the evidence in Lord Luean'a case. Colonel Tulloch said he was not then prepared to go on with his statetnert, and he should require some days to consider the matter. The Court adjourned for deliberation, and on the re turn of the Commissioners they adjourned the Court until Friday next. ME NA TIONA I. GALLERY. -"THE EXAMLNER" v. :31 - 8 C. EAS'I'LAKE. RAILWAYS. Paid l t, A .0i" A A. Ena A. , kabg no' tng. Boot wud Eastu. Junot,.. ' - raw; xl Pra :1 mend. 4 irming. 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Sett, —On the 12th inst., the Examiner, in a leading article on the deb tte on the National Gallery, spoke as follows :—" We really should like Mr. Otway to favour us with a reference to the page of the Examiner (also quoted) on which that journal has been found joining in en unprovoked and ungenerous cry against an able artist arid a competent critic of art." The extracts from the leading jonrna's of England, daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly, which Mr. Otway quoted to the House of Commons in support of his con demnation of Sir C. Eastlake, as utterly incompetent for the directorship of the National Gallery, were pub lished upon my responsibility and were authenticated by my name. I pledge myself to their accuracy. The selection, indeed, errs on the side of leniency. The Examiner, however, is pleased to impugn the accuracy ~f the extract from himself. He even insinuates that there is no f~'unda•ion for it, and thereby casts an impu tation upon the rest. This matter touches both the pub lic and myself, I will return good for evil, by making the Examiner defend, even against the Examiner himself, his claim to having been among the first and the severest to de nrunce the incompetency of the Examiner's now "com petent critic." With a just discrimination, the Examiner once "adopted" from the Spectator, and pronounced substantially collect," and " not over-stated," a charge against S:r C. Eastlake, which. if proved, as it has since amply been, should have excluded him for ever, not only from all authority at the National Gallery, but from any office connected with art. Tile Spectator of this day, April 19, 1356, in a leading article, pronounces Sir C. Eastlake "not a eroper person to be the director f the National Gallery." Let us hope that the Exit miner, as it wisely adopted the Spectator's authority, so it will now emulate the Spectator's consistency. All must exonerate the Examiner's " cry" against Sir C. Eastlake from being " unprovoked" or " ungenerous ;" but the page" to which the Examiner " should really like to be favoured with a reference," is paze 771, Exec. miner of December the sth, 184 G, where, in the Nand 34 columns, the Examiner will find what follows : THREATENED DESTRUCTION OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY. There is too lunch reason to fear that the national collet. time of pictures is not in safe keeping. We have not come to that conclusion hastily, and we speak advisedly. Nor do we use the words is any figurative or hyperbolical sense, bat wish them to be understood iu as literal and strong a sense as possible. As the national property at stake is of a kind that cannot be replaced, we wish to draw the attention of all who haVe influence to afford a rescue. A destruction of pictures is carried ou under the name of cleaning. We will confine our statement to two flagrant cases. One of the most impor tant pictures in the collection has been irreparably darn:igod ; another great work has been so injured that all its beauties are destroyed. Titian's "Bacchus and Ariadne," although for merly injured in parts by tampering and darkened by time, still was a fine specimen of the painter's smaller pictures— small in size, great in design and execution, With the " dirt" ihe cleaners have now removed much or all of the transparent colouring ; and the most obvious results of the damage are these. In nature, the several colours of all objects take a special tone from the quality of the light that shines upon them at any given moment of time; all tints under the same light, therefore, display a certain unity with a ich other : iu this picture one tint of golden light glowed over all the vary ing local coloers ; that quality of light was partly worked out in the shlid paintine-, partly conveyed in the transparent colouring which formed the last stage of painting : that trans parent colouring is removed, and the unity is gone. Thus a summer sun warms the colours of the figures, but the sky is that of January. 'I he perspectivl even is altered, iu the fol lowing manner : In the group or figures s a satyr, whose brown flesh is opposed to the fair skin of two women behind him—that is, they are further from the foreground ; without destroying the brightness of the fairer flesh, the transparent colouring subdued it, makiug it less prominent ; at the same time, as varnish does to a mahogany table, it brought out the colour of the dark satyr's flesh, making it brighter and more prominent. The transpareu , . colours are gone ; the fair flesh low comes more forward than Titian meant it to do ; and the satyr, who is before the woman in position, actually seems further off, through the change in the colour. These results of the damaging process will easily be perceived on examining the picture. The destruction of Rubens's " Peace Driving away the Honors of War" is glaring. Over the whole of this picture also there was one flood of glowing light, giving unity and that richness of tint for which Rubeus is fatuous. With the " dirt" the whole of the transparent colouring ou the sur face has been removed ; the unity is broken into parts, and the warmth has turned to bleakness. The tiger's hide, that was a lustrous tawny, has now turned to a dead brown and grey : the dilfererce between what was and what is, is that between silk and cotton. The flesh of the principal female figure wa and transpareut ; it is Ill)rf harsh and opaq is—a dead white as if paints I with chalk add pink tc»th-powder. The damaging process is exhibited with pain ful distinctness in the shoulder of the man crouching in front. It is a compost of rude, harsh, unblended stains —whitish , reddish, and brown-blackish. If you scrutinise the shoulder of Mercary in the " Judgment of Paris," to the right you can detect, underneath the outer painting, a very similar assem blage of tints; but they are covered with transparent colours,aud combined into the most brilliant and harmonious hue : these colours aro removed from the shoulder of the man in tho " Peace and War," and yon see the consequence. In fact the last stage of Rubeus's work has been undone—the picture has been diefinished. It is not oven as Rubens would have left it an unfinished sketch ; for it has on it the debris of his later painting,an . d b i u ts t s e urf :t ee lk has . bleneuthinejuLesde. It is of not an unfinished work , this picture, the spectator h as the advantage of comparing it with other works by t he same painter, one ou each wall of the same room. And, by the way, if it was necessary to less precious in execution, of " Moses and th e "tr -" this process of cleaning, why not have tried it on ts ?" Four thousand pounds was g i ven f or " Th e Serpents 7" n Judgment of Paris," and then a still finer picture is destroyed. Is this " cleaning" process to be continued throughout the Gallery? We fear that it is, unless some more judicious ad visers interfere. We fear so, because Mr. Eastlake seems to have implied a promise that a great cleansing course should begin this year ; and ws presume that this is the beginning. [The foregoing statement is from the Spectator of Nov. 29, 1846. We (Examiner) adopt it, and give to it what publicity we can, because it describes no imaginary danger. In some minor and non-essen tial particulars it may be questioned and cavilled at, but substantially it is correct, and not over stated. We wait to see what notice the authorities will take of it. The past is irremediable, but an instant assurance and guarantee should be given, against future tamperings.] I am, Sir, yours obediently, N. T. WALTE April 19th. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT MAITLAND PARK, HABIrSTEAD. —Yesterday afternoon, bei,ween 3 and 4 o'clock, a fire of a rapidly destructive character happened on the pre mises belonging to Mr. T. Henley, the builder, of Cam berwell, recently erected in the grounds behind the Load. of Hay Tavern, Hampstead. The whole of the c e il ing had been plastered, and the premises ' had , nearly been cotnplet el, when all of a sudden a c r y of fire ' was raised, West and 'nesse , gers were despatch ed to the fire en g in e houses in town. Without the lea st dela y the en g i nes of the parish, London Brigade, and Wes of Engl an d a t ten d e d , when the firemen found the entire range of premises in a general blaze, and, in spite of all the workmen could do, the work of devastation continued to spread, and at length every room belched forth huge sheets of flame. The firemen, by dint of great perseverance, managed to gft the water thrown over the conflagration, but in spite of which the fire continued to spread, and it was not extinguished until the premises, consisting of four floors, were entirely destroyed, and serious damage done to the next house. The total loss will amount to several bundred pounds, if not a few thousands. From the inquiries made it appears that not a fire bad been used during the day in the premises, and how the out. break was oJcasioned not the least information that could be depended upon could be learned. 3tty. 1856. Sun, ill be boor, orcu- Ad- ;hose ces ;ter,