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

HER MAJESTY'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 membered 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 for no less than three years totally eclipsed. Re-opened that grand arena of the lyrical drama in London actually was on Saturday evening—and with an éclat 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 stags in the glorious days of old, mean i ng 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 roust 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 kilted 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 be at once plainly and distinctly intimated that Mr. Lumley retained to the very last a kind Of imprescriptible right to avail himself of every reasonable opportunity for the winning of golden opinions out of any possible failure or misfortune Which, iu 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 °I musical vicissitude. All this was perfectly tr ansparent to their patrons the public, even While those patrons were wondering, as Swift had wondered a hundred years previously, under aornewhat similar circumstances— " What all this difference could be 'Twixt T weedledum and Tweediedee." Without otherwise taking part in the melodious C ontention, the public regaled themselves alter nately at the intellectual festivities prepared for t hem, simultaneously or successively, here in the neighb o urhood of Bow- street, and there in the Precincts of the Haymarket. - Struggling man „11117 agai ns t th e m o st formidable odds, deserted .7 One "Tower of Strength" after another, in the S hape of singer after singer of rare celebrity, op- Posed by the ample riches of Mr. Delafield, and afterwards by the still more formidable talents of r• Gye, as one among the most gifted of our uPeratic Managers—Mr. Lumley nevertheless eo utrived by the sheer force of his own resolute de termination, a id e d by hi s i n imitable tact and 14 . 18 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 t he very terrible array presented by this immense mid combined opposition. It was only in truth after the resources of not merely one, or two, or thr ee) but actually of four successive rival managers at the Royal Italian had been squandered upon the organisation of Covent Garden Theatre 4 , 8 a permanent lyri ca l e s tablishment, 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 l i ghting him the way out of all his difficulties. So effectually, that while his undaunted competi tor still held together "his own" with a gallant d etermination worthy of better news than came flashing t o hi m a t Paris that miserable spring mornin g through the wires of the electric tele g‘raph---Mr. Lumley already by the 1 0th of May (otherwise in a very little more than two months) Was enabled to re-open her Majesty's Theatre with a ll its ancient glories, scenic, orchestral, lyrical, t erpsichorea n , et cetera, altogether unimpaired. 4 , a achi evemen t, we co nceive this to be, of no un 'l4Portant magnitude. A triumph of managerial energy, and resolution, so remarkable in its W ay that we can ever imagine to ourselves, Mr. 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, W e say, looking out upon it with a strange sort of a Magnanimously indignant admiration. There was, indeed, on Saturday evening—incomprehens ihlethough 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 ri val's misfortunes. A victory so signal of its kind a s to insure at one blow the triumph of an entire c ampaign. 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 on Saturday. Rossini's charming comic opera of La 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 eluicifiuous 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 f ound in the person of Signor Beneventi. In the subordinate part of Alidoro, a new singer of s eize pretensions, named Signor Vario, made his first appearance ; another singer, new to the l yrical stage in this country, a basso cautanti, named Signor Zucconi, making a very successful ctebut before an English audience, in the wonderful burlesque part of Don Magnifico. As for the Regan and Goneril of the comic-opera, the spiteful, eoquetish, and tyrannical sisters Thisbe and Cletilde 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 Rer 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 S ,, at urday to the Don Ramiro of the evening— Signo r Ca His reception, in fact, was only second in cordiality to that which had pre viously greeted Alboni when the curtain first f ° sey disclosing her (in the chimney corner blowing up the fire) in the cinderous dress of Cinderella. Before that curtain rose, however, before the ° Peni began : before the overture commenced, the house itself was not unworthy of particular ob servation. Shadowed over as it hail been for three years by darkness, dust, and vacuity, it shone out in all 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 similarly " glorified ! " Altogether the effect was such that the audience— thronging the pit, 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 theguidanceof 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 ! The vocal harmonies 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 in itself in every way so dulcet and delectable. As for the Opera as a whole, considered in re gard 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 !) 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 choral " 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 collected together in her Majesty's Theatre, with the smallest token of indifference. The Chorus of Cavaliers—(very stiff in the joints and apparently somewhat confused, and even, it seemed, a little ashamed 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, figlie amabile," the pains taking of the last three or four weeks of laborious rehearsal. As for Alboni—what though her voice " gave" once rather unaccountably, and 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 tea, 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 mesta" —encored, as a matter of course, and greeted from first to last, 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 the dramatised 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 in 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," Zucceni 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 " Un segreto d'im portauza." 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 ii., 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 j ust 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 comed by them with the very heartiest outburst of enthusiasm. A ballet divertissement " Lis Quatre Saissons"—extracted from the opera "Les Vepres Siciliennes "—crowned the evening's en tertainment. Mademoiselle Katrina (a Russian danseuse and debutante) being " Spring," Made moiselle 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 ng 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 Clanricarde, the French Ambassador and Madame de ,Persigny, his Highness Aali Pacha, the Earls of Westmoreland, Malmesbury, Cardigan, Lonadale, Wilton, Durham, Stamford and Warrington, Hopetoun ; Ladies Jersey, St. Leonards, Lichfield, Bective, Stamford and Warringtln, Glengall, Harrington, Kelly, Stafford, Dungarvon ; Lords Ward, Mountcharles, Cavendish, Bnrghersh, Canterbury, Sandys, Exmouth, Newark, Lichfield, Adolphus Fitz clarence, H. Thynne, Clifden ; the Lord Mayor, Sir J. Bailey, Bart., Sir Wm. Fraser, Hon. Reginald Capel, Hon. Dudley de Ros, Sir Thos. and Lady B. Lennard, Bart., Capt. Bateson, Mr. Maclean, Mr. Magan, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Lyttleton, Mrs. 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 llzielli, Sir John Lowther, Bart., Sir H. Webb, Bart., Sir W. Abdy, Sir Joseph Bailey, Bart., 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, Hon. Mr. Craven, Sir G. Wombwell, Mr. Doyle, Capt. Hamilton, Col. Morton, Capt. Webb, Capt. Gage, Mrs. 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 lion. We, Boyle, &c. ithout every [lowed event effects npt at litions ion of ffected o regi about order in the v indi nscrip- a tran nd the French might, ♦inces. upon, ,evi in h their h ult. ,ff em ,earner ject is part of t Bey, ilitary DAY. 6m-ship Is from night's (Tues- 'DAY. report, ~ to the oing to 1 sake of y should El person Earl of io have passed, .otestant )oner lie ambeth, , but we i by the in orga- 'rom the obbed of rad last le only a servance )us, and with the ay fair ? ) blinded rindows. nscience lated by and n ot Blow ap lich has e animal ds to be Ly), hurt was able the recorder, Sir B. he names he grand iem that )f a cba ifficulties very im very long Rugeley ford had rou!d not it for the aiding in• er. Also the wilful witted, by partment, %ordinary U far ex here can• eat nual - Bci in the ngements went any rowding• le yard of des with es which a similar ?ages be a barrier vent any into the far as its en done ; equate to )riginally )ved, and Lave been At the ys. This ourt, and a decided 'dents in ce on Sa d Canter- Highness I honours Morris F. Atch- Hewlett st class; nd year; )ay, first ►; Alfred ficates o P, and C. icates of ,r, E. S. e of ho- cates of honour, ddock. .rtificate lica►l Si. 111 of ho• icates of ; certi: Ird. • 1 of ho- Samuel 1 M. J. irs e and rtificate benlohe )uohess ames's. ountess tturday arrived ~.*; ~+' THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1856, SHARE MARKETS. LINES LnASED A.T FIXED RENTALS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS; Leman.; Compans. Closing Prism Saturday. Business this day. RAILWAYS I Paid. 1 RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Saturday Business done this day. 251 -- 261 43 - 41 ... -~~ ». 8i - 9 17 - 18 15 - 16 12 - 13 87 - 89 58 - 59; in : in ••• .... ••• 16i - 9 - 10 33 35 23 - 25 76 - 78 60 - 62 2 7 = 28 88 - 92 7 - 8 93i 94i! 78 - 80 L 25 - 127 02 - 104 Goi 61 57 • 59 67 - 70 5 - 54 - 64 884 - 89 7 74 301 103 100 —100 i d 4d * 94 95 ... 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Ceutral of France 91 —91 p 20 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 211 -- 221 224 2 26 14 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares , 54 5 4 4 all Do. Obligations 3l 3$ 3/ 20 11 Do. re-is. forftd. Sh. 206 all Gt • WesternofCanada Shares . 206 51 Do. New 34 31 100 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. '60... 125 130 100 all Do. do., '73, without option lOB 109 206 all Hamilton & Toronto 26 264 x 100 all Do. 6 per cent. 20 17 Lake Const. & Basle 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... d 5 all Lucca di Fist. sp. c.p —. pm 20 16 Lyons and Geneva 12 —l3 20 14 Lyons & Mediterran. ,„ 20 all Madras, guar. 46 p.c 191 204 20 10 Do. New c 0., SP. c. 14 2 p 20 10 Do. 4/ p. c. Eaten p 31i all Maria Antonia . „, 10 all Do. do. New 20 all Namur & Liege (witl , Interest) 7 •-• 74 74 20 all Do. (ex interest) 6 16 all Northern of France 444 44/ 20 all Do.2ol.Shs. 124 121 20 Do. 201.3 p. c Bdv (fmy.B.4lAms•Shs.) „ 10 all NorwegianTrunkPref 8 20 all Paris and Lyons 574 574 5T 40 all Ditto Bonds 20 all Paris and Orleans 55 57 10 5 Rome and Frascati ... 20 all Royal Danish ......... 19 20 x d 5 all Royal Swedish. . •.. 4 all Do. Obligations 20 all Sambre and Meuse... 111 111 la 10 all Do. 5i p. cent. Prof. =9 9i 20 5 Scinde, guar. s p. c 26p 20 all Do.. ...... ....... 20 all Southern of France.. pm 20 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A). . "" .. 4 8' all West Flanders 5 5 10 all Do 5A per c. Pref — ••• 20 18 W. W. of France 361 371 37 20 all West. of Switzerland ... 6 all Wiesbaden .. ••• ••• 20 all Zealand MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx: 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, 6A. to 71d. ; 50 Bahia, N-d. ; 250 Egyptian, 60. to Bid ; and 700 Surat, 40. 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 on Friday night, viz., that the stock of bullion at the Bank of England is likely soon to 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 921 to 93, and for account, 93- 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 9s. 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 971. Spanish New Deferred are at 24',1 and Portuguese Four per Cents. at 51. Russian are rather flatter, the 5 per Cents. being 1041, the 4i per Cents. 94i, and the Small ditto, 94/. Mexi can Bonds remain at 221, Grenada New Active are 18, and Peruvian 41 per Cents. 77. Dutch 21 per Cents. are 64. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i 7 ; 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., 44/ 5/ ; Ditto De ferred, 242 25 ; Ditto Certificates, 5/ 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 AT ON.E O'CLOCK. ( Prom the Official List. 1 _ linsinAs,. done. Bank Stock $ per tient. Recte.cod Annuitiss..... ......... 91i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92i 3 Yew 3 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities 75. Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l 7 ll 1.16 India Bonds, £lOOO Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 2 id. March. June. £lOOO .. 2 p ldlpar 3 (1. _ _ £5OO 2 p 1 dlpar 3 d Small . 4 p I par 3 d ?RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE 0'0.60(2,1i. Grenada New Active, 1, per Cent. Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditte Account Peruvian Bonds 41 per Cent — Ditto Account 77 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 4 per Cent ... 51 Russian Bonds, 1822, 2 St., 5 per Cent.... 1011 Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto Small . 9lt .ipanist Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. rurkixh Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto Account 97/ Venezuela Bonds, 4i per Cent — Ditto Account 2Bi 1 , ,,t111,18 CM nu fe,OVA .xv rth 1 e in to - inapt,. Dutch Exchange, 2 per Cent., 12 Guilders 64 QUARTER PAST TWO. Consols for Money 924 92i Ditto Account ASTLEYS 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. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent honoured Madame Musurus with a visit, on Saturday, at the residence of the Turkish Embassy, in Bryanston square, to meet his Highness the Grand Vizier. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lord Anna Maria Dawson and Lord James Mur ray, honoured the Opera with her presence of Satur day evening. Her Royal Highness attended Divine Service, yesterday morning, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The " road by Gadshill," where the 2d scene of the Ist part of Henry IV., so well known to all ShaksP e rians, is laid, will henceforth hav e ano th er i nteresting asso ciation. " Gadshill," has b een purc h ased by Mr. CharlessAE D or i ck o e u n B w o h l o r s i s . w native of understand ßochester. th a t the Red Sqtadron 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 L on d on on Thursday to take charge of some pending negotiations, and to arrange several important matters connected t w ith the recently established Ottoman Bank, o f w hi c h he is the chairman. i is e stated v e l : g i t r h e a r d t , w a h l eentteLotter Victor reachedil u ghohnwasli addressedvi ng int to the Rue d "plus grande poete 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 ccitrtesy returned. The Belgian murderer Koll was executed at Antwerp on Thursday morning. He made a good breakfast, and after it asked for a glass of brandy. He listened atten tively to the exhortations of the chaplain, and ascended the scaffold without assistance. A. considerable crowd, chiefly composed of women, assembled to see the execu tion. The Northern Railway Company have just commenced works which, when completed, will bring Amiens nearer to Paris by about 12 miles. This will be effected by a line which has been for a long time in contemplation from St. Denis to Creil, by Chantilly, thus avoiding the circuit by Pontoise. The preparatory operations for this line have been completed, and the Northern Com pany now intend to push on the embankments and mason works with activity, and have the line terminated in a year.—Galignani. POLYTECHNIC.-'--0 11 Saturday evening a large number of persons met, by invitation, at the Polytechnic Insti tution, to witness the Whitsuntide novelties prepared for the public. These consist of :-1. "Demonstrations on the Moon Controversy, by Mr. Pepper. 2. " Per formances by Madlle. Mundie on the Tyrolese instru ment the Cither, and by , Herr Zion on the Emraelynka o r Child's mouth-organ.' 3. " Exhibition of a large and complete model of the North and South aide of Se bastopol, showing the plans of attack and defence, mounting 2,000 guns and mortars, and modelled on a scale of 36 inches to the mile. 4. " Forty dissolving views illustrative of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress,' ac companied by music and an explanatory commentary," by the Rev. J. B. B Brasted. If the satisfaction expe rienced by the visitors on this occasion may be regarded as an index of a more general approbation, that portion of the public who shall visit the Polytechnic during the holidays will ' be excellently well entertained. The model of Sebastopol is one of the best and most decipherable we have seen. The town is an admirable model, and has been made from Carlo Bussolis and Simpson's draw ings. Every portion of the points of attack and defence seems now as common as household words—are indicated with great distinctness, and scarcely any one can fail of possessing a clear and even minute idea of the facts of the great siege. We congratulate Mr. Pepper on having achieved a great auccees. JOINT-STOCK BANKS: -------...--- 40 ..11 Australasia ........... 93 94 25 5 Bank of Egypt .... - 6P 100 50 Bank of London ...... 63 65 40 all Bri„ Col. Bk.&Ln, C. ••• ••• 50 all British N. American ... ••• 67 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asin i —l p 20 4 Chrtd. Bak. of India, i Australia, & China .• • ..., 100 50 City 63 • 65 100 25 Colonial. ...•.. .. .. ! 100 '2O Commercial . of ••• -- 20 all Eng.Scot.S.:A u s.Cht lsi 16} 161 16 20 all Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australis • 18 18 18 20 i 5 Ditto New . . ..... . 50 20 London and ...... y:: •• ••• 831 10G 50 Lnd.&E.Bnkg.Corp. par 2p 50 10 London Joint Stock. • • • 100 10 London and Paris 4 2 d 100 20 Loud. & Westminstel ... ... 100 35 National Pro.of Eng .» ••• 20 10 Do. New , ..- ..• 50 22 National of Ireland.. ••• •• • 20 all New South Wain.... 41 43 25 all Oriental Bank 3 f 41 1 1 43 p 20 5 Ottoman Bank 10C , 50 Royal British .. 25 all Slnth Australia 25 all Union of Australis 69 - 71 70i 6 9 i - 'i Do. New ... 50 10 Union of London.don „ ... r.:. • 1 4 wootmigk ,of •• :..r: Corporalon Lou 6 X aid ( i .. all all all LOO 181 Bedford and Bletcbley Buck ghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. g. 6 pc. E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New GlstrA Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. d Shares. Lon.& Greenw Do. Preference Lon.,Til., &S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Mtn and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 nor et. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & w y:e Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p.c. Shrews. &Her. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&(2omrst 20 12i 25 20 London &I N. West.l L.&N.W. Caledon E. Un. & E. C Gt.Nrthn E. Count Caldonian Do Gt. West]) Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &Nltt, Do Do IS. Easton Do Peto & Co. Norfolk Do L.& N. W. & Midid. Stekton & Darlingt. Midland.. En. Conn. E. Count. Do Do L. At N.W Do Gt Northn Ls.neash & Yorksh. T. Brassey ALMClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do otWeetn. 95 - 97 94 - V 8 11 - 13 132 - 134 4} ... 4i ••• .... 104 - 106 121 - 1:31 110 - 115 2a 2a 93 - 94 it - iP 56 - 58 45 1 - ii i 33 - 135 • •• •.. 31 nd ••• ••• 31a —32 a PEEFERENCB SHARKS. Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. 0 I Do. Debentures Blyth and Tyne 1 Oper c. pref. (issd. at 501) Brix. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares I Caledonian £lO Ches. &Ho. Gu. 51 pc Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandonslp.c Dun.Prth .& Aber. J E. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c Do. do Cis. C 7p. c Eas.Co.Ex,spcNo. Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. o. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 Der cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sb. Do. do. 4 per cent EmairstLa. York. J. 5 ncash.6p.c t t h s w & 01. 5 p.c. sh. Ed. Prth.&Dun.4p.c Furness Glas. & S. W. G. 5 P.C Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem... Do. 41 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red at 5 p. c. pm... Gt.N. of Scot. lat Pre Gt. S. &W. (Ireland) Do. 4per c. Prof, S Gt. W.(B. kll. - Exspe Do. con. red. 41 p.c. Do. con. red. 4 P.C. Do. irred. 4p. c. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref Do. do. do. Do. Birm. Pref. '3h Do. Chester 8 p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Him. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.„ Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. &York. F. £2l , Do. 6.p. c. Stock Lon. &Brigh. G. 5 p.c Do. Pref., 5 p. C. St Do. Now Guar.6 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct 100 _ on. &S.W. 7 per ct all ,ondy. & Coler. 1 Sh. .111 Londy. & Ennis. 10" Xf.,5.,& L.,New,lol 4i Do. £6 all I,farypt .& Carl.4p o all Do. 41 per cent 10:! Do 100 4fid. Consol .6 p.c.St 100 Do. Con.Br.Bir. 6pc 100 ;Do. 41 p. c. Pref. S all , Do. Pref. 41 per cen all Do. Si. Pref. 4 p. c.. 100 Ditto L. &ll. Pref. St di 1 . New., Abor., &c., pr. j sp. c. red. 5 P.c. pm. all (Norfolk Debenture 100 Do. Pref. sp. 0. Stc cl; 100 Do. 5 p.c. Eat 100 ;Do. 51per ct.pref 100 IDo.Way. Val. 5 P.C 100 North British 100 N. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P. 7 Do. de. do 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c 5.N0.1 9 Do. do. Quarters 10 Do.YorkH. &S. Pun all North Staffordshire. 100 Ox, Wo • kW.IS/ spc 91 Do R. Pref. 10/. Sh. all Scot. Cent. ,Now Pr3s all South Devon 11 Do. fixed,4l per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 41 per cent 100 Do. Fixed. 41 p e sh 100 S. Wales Gua. 4p. c all Do. do. 41 p. c all S.Yorksla.4p.e.Guar all qtock. Si Dar. ,5 p. c 15 Do, do. do all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. c. till July 1,'58 . 41 IWatertd.& Kilk. 6 p 1 100 1100 1100 115 - 118 115 - 117 84 ___ 90 94 - 96 96 - 98 16 - 17 • e• '''" .• 5/ - 6i 107 - 112 97 - 102 - i P 12t -12 i Pm Pm 12f ••• '"'. ... Wheat—Essex & Kent. Red ••.• new 53s to 703 Ditto.. • .... old —s —3 Ditto, White new 63s 76s Ditto old —s —s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old —s —a Ditto new • • 58s 695 Rye—Old ............ —s —s New •• •• •• 455 47s Barley—Grinding ..• •• 30s 33s Malting .•• •• 31a 368 Chevalier.• •• • . 40s 43s Malt—Suffolk and No rfolk• •.• •• 74s 78s Brown .•• •• •....... 63s 665 KingstosandWare 755 7881 .. ••••"' - 69 - 71 Ii • - ife 100 100 100 100 1100 100 108 - 110 102 - 104 9i -10 j 6 - 6 95 - 97 88 - 90 89 - 91 98 • 100 9 3 / 4 - 10 161 -17 i 10 - 10* 73 -75 19 3 / 4 - 20 9 -10 14 3 / 4 - 15 - 136 - 138 1135 - 140 ••• -- ...pI - ir 135 - 137 95 - 97 87 - 89 1 - - - 101 -103 93 -95 54 - 51 i. 0 is lop T0ta1.... 21 ... • oe ••• 141 - 154 23? - 24 98 - 100 9i - 10 ... - *. li - ••• —. ••• 2a 2d ... MINES. 1 all tigus Fria ..... •• •• ••• ••• 1 all Anglo Austria. Gold • . t .. 1.08 all Anglo Californian ... . i $ 20 7 Australian l. 1a 1 all Australian Cordillera ... ... 1 all Ave Maria ••• ... 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of ... •.• 50 all Bltenar. Iron & Cot , ' . • 20 14 British Iron 4 6 35 26i Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes AT Cuiab , 24 3 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 25 27 26/ 6 1 4 Clarendon Cons. Min. Co. of Jamaica k - IP 40 all Cobre Copper 63 65 5 1 Colonial Gold — ... St. all Copper Min. of Eng 30 35 25 all Do. Prof. 71 p. cent 25 27 . . . le Copia.po . l7 19 2 16 Fortuna 2 id 20 I all Gencial l4 16 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg. } 2 41 i all Great Polgooth ; 1 5 1 all Gt Wheal Vor United 1 - 6 d 1 ! all Liberty it - 1 3 all Linares 7l 7 x d 5 11 Lusitanian i i r 1 all Siariquita. • . A i 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde k - # 20 all Pontgi.Sil.& Le. Min ll 12 5 1 Port Philip * 1 1 all Quartz Rock 1 $ 50 all Rhymney Iron 22 24 15 all Do. New 30 13/ Santiago de Cubs.— 21 31 . 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 2 1 --3 1 all South Australian # 2 1 all Do. Scrip I - 2 1 E Do. 10 per cent Pref ... ... 46 Tam. S•&L.Min. Co. 21 2 1 10 9 rin Croft 3l 44 284 all 'United Mexican l— 1 31 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa — i 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia ... ... 1 all Yuba MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 Australian Agricult. ,29 31 30 IC all Australn. Royal Mail ... t . 10 all Berlin Water Works 54 64 50 40 Brit. American Land ... ... 100 32? Canada l3B 140 St. Iro C.Go.6p.c.JanSanly 111. 1114 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug 1096 1106 St. 100 Do. 6p.c. Mar & Sept 1091 1104 5 all Crystal Palace.... 2l 3 5 all Do. Preference.. s# 52 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... ... 1 4 Duston Iron Ore ... ... 20 13 Eastern Steam . • -- 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 1/ . 2 St. 100 Electric Telegraph 95 --- 97 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. ... --•-• 5 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier ... --. 7 1 ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... ... 18 all General Screw Steam ... ..• 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 34 m- 3 3} 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. .. . t • 10 all Moditeran. Elec. Tel. 8 io 10 9 Mexican&S.Amerien. 51 6 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ... 10 5 Netherlands Land.... 1 2i 10 all Do. Do. 5 2 Do. BpcPissatld $ Bia 2i 100 80 New B. 41 N. S. Land 18 22 1 all N. B. Australasian 2 i 21 15 Nrth.ofEuropeStaam • 131 all O r i en tal Gas ./.1 in 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" * IP PM 5 all Peel Er. Ld.& Minrl. 21 3 50 all PeninsularltOriental 65 67 50 10 Do. New 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest ll li 1 A Ditto Nov 25 all Soutb Austral:Lama 37 38 6 1 2 1 01 5 00 \I aa 28 1112 5 . i 13D T r vi tr uo ta b u ; 1 : 1 i s ir a e 6 rl; :L i eg s : a. Registered re l o r e i n .14 .1 .. r i l C:f2; il I 01 .1 i ' i s: loil MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. There was only a moderate demand for wheat in the leading country markets held on Saturday. In prices, 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 last week, were very moderate. From abroad, we received 7,732 quarters of wheat, 3,747 barley, 25,692 oats, 1,830 beans, 4 peas, 400 linseed, 3,560 rapeseed, 70 sundry seeds, 1,435 saeks 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 no 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'nnight, but the de mand 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 in 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. _ We had a slow sale for flour, at last week's prices. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Malt—Chevalier .. •• 78s to 80s Oats Yorkshire and Llncolnsh., Feed IBs 22s Potato .. .... 22s 27s 'roughed and Cork 81ack....... 18s 21:4 Cork, White ... •. 208 24s Scotch, Feed. .. •• 26s 30s Beans—Tick ......• •• 33s 37s Pigeons ...... .... 38s 42s Peas—Grey .......... 328 36s Map1e........... 35s 38s White....... • ... 39s 42s Boilers .......... 43s 46s Flour—Town-made. •• 63s 653 Suffolk . ........ 485 51s Btocktn &Norfolk 47s 50s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Very moderate 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 1854, 893 ; in 1853, 3,401; in 1852, 1,995 ; in 1851, 2,893 ; and in 1850, 1,376 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WARR. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam... 14 ... 122 ... 3 ... 43 ... ... Antwerp ... Dordt .•• ••• I I Harlingen ..• - .. 22 ... 4 ... 22 ... - 152 ... 3 ... 93 ... - The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as fellows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1855 961 572 ~. ... 449 46 1854 327 407 2 ... 162 1853 628 2,185 5 ... 527 56 1852 lBO 1,414 3 ... 394 4 1851 534 1,850 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 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 81bs lower than on Monday last. The top figure for Scots was 4s 6d per 81bs. The arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire amounted to 2,500 Scots and shorthorns ; from other parts of England 303 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 81bs. About t we thirds of the sheep were out of the wool. We were fairly supplied with lambs, which met a dull trade, at, compared with Monday last, a fall in value of 4d per Slbs. 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 Blbs lower than on this day week. The best calves realist* 5s 4d per Blbs. Pigs were in moderate supply and heavy request, at barely stationary prices. Per Blbs to sink the orals. s. d. s. d. s. d. e. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 4 I:)rimeSouthdown 410 5 2 Second quality. „.3 6 3 B i Large crse. calves 31U 4 8 Prime large oxen 310 4 2 Prime small do 410 5 4 Prime Scots, &c. 4 4 4 6 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 S 31G Small porkers 4 4 4 8 Second quality ...4 0 4 4 Suckling calves-22 0 29 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 4 B,Quarter old pigs.2l 0 27 Lamb, 5s 6d to Os 6d. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts 4,001 Sheep and lambs •• Calves ..•• .. • • •• •• _72 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ..•• •• .......... . 140 Sheep .. • • ...... •• • • ...... 250 . _ • • A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of f a t stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, May 14, 1855, and in the Metropolitan Market this day, Monday, May 12, 1856. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. May 14, 1855. "May 12,1856 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 3 2to 3 6 3 oto 3 4 Second quality ditto ... ... ... 3 8 3 10 1 3 6 3 8 Prime large oxen ... ... ... ... 4 0 4 43 10 4 2 Prime Scots, &c ............4 6 4 Sit 4 4 6 Coarse and inferior sheep ... ... 3 6 3 8 3 8 310 Second quality ditto ... ... ... 310 4 04 0 4 4 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... ... 4 2 4 4 4 6 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto ... .. 4 8 5 014 10 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 i rl 10 5 4 barge hogs ... ... ... ... ... 3 0 4 0,3 4 4 2 Neat 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 ; sheep and lambs, 25,090; calves, 295; pigs, 310. May 16, 1853. Beasts, 4,064 ; sheep and lambs, 20,460; calves, 217 ; pigs, 335. NEWOATE 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 Sibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. i s. d. s. d Beef, inferior 210 3 0/ Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 2 3 6 / Do., middling ..... 3 S 4 0 Do. prime large 3 S 4 0- Do., prime 4 2 4 6 De,,, do. small ....4 2 4 4 i Veal 3 10 5 0 Pork, large 3 2 3 10 Pork, small 4 0 4 8 Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d. BOROUGH HOP. All medium and find hops, though in good supply, are firm, and prices aro well supported. In other kinds very little is doing. Last week's imports are 79 bales from Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 5s to 6/ 6s per cwt ; Weald of Keats, 3/ to 5/ ss. ; Sussex, 2/ 16s to 41 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., 60s to 75s ; do. cups, 40s to 50s ; middlings, 30s to 40s ; blues, 60s to 70s ; Lincolns, 65s to 80s ; Kent and Essex: 703 to 80s per ton. WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool have been commenced. The biddings are very brisk, and prices show an advance, compared with the previous auctions, of from ld to 2d per lb. It has been announced that 50,000 bales will be offered at the present series. Australian—Clean sheep's has realised is 10L1 to 2s 3:;d ; scoured, is 9d to 2s sid ; lambs, 2s to 2s 2d. ; skin and locks, is 4d to is 8d ; grease, 10d to ls. Adelaide—Clean sheep's, is 81 to is 10d ; lambs, is 10d to is Ind ; other kinds, 10d to is 3d. Cape — Clean sheep's, is 6d to is 10d; lamb's, is 9d to is 10d; grease, dzc., 10d to is 4d per lb. Last week's imports were 4,003 bales. The demand privately is firm. The following are the current rates of English wool : South Down hogs, 17/ 5s to 18/ lOs ; half-bred do., 171 to 171 55 ; Kent fleeces, 151 lOs to 161 lOs ; Down ewes and wethers, 161 to 161 lOs ; Leicester do., 131 lOs to 14/ 105 ; Ricklock, 151 to 181 ; combing wether matchings, 191° t 211 ; Ricklock, 161 to 181 105 ; common, 151 to 161; hog matching, 211. 13s to 231 per pack of 240 lbs. The arrivals of linseed are g a fair home as well as a tr. prices. 'Tore has been a fl cakes, at the late reduotion I meet a more ready sale, owing continental ports. Turntp,wtute, per bush. 22s to 255 Swede • • • • • • •• • • --3 —Bl —s —s Mustard, Brown • • •• • • Mute, new • • • • •• —s —s ares,Winter , new.• .. Os Od 050 d canary, per quarter .. 44d 60s Rye grass • • •• • • .• • . 249 30s Cloyer,R e dEng. (cwt.) --s —s White • • • • .• • • • • —s —S Foreign Red .. • • .. —3 White.... —s Trefoil, new.. • .., ~ • —s !ALM. ,00d. We continue to have iffing expor t demand at full 'air business done in linseed, in price. Rape and oilseeds g to improved advices from Carraway •• 413 50s Coriander • • •... ••• • • . 26s 28s Hempseed,per quarter 54s f. , 83 Linseed, Eng•SoWing.. 633 -s Crushing •••• .... 463 52s Baltic •• • • ---s —8 Odessa ...... —s —s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English ...111 lls 12/ Os Foreign,peiton 101 Os 111 tis Rape Cakes, pr ton 61 Os 61103 Rapeseed, New, pr qr., BSs 90s TALLOW. Although the business doing in our market is very moderate prices are a shade higher than on Monday last. To - day, P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 46s to 46s 3d per cwt. Town tallow 463 nett cash. Rough fat 2s 61d per 8 lbs. 1852. 1853. 1854. 1855. 1866. Stook this day •• • • Price of Y. C .• •• 1 Delivery last week •• Ditto from June 1.... Arrivals last week.. Ditto from Jtmel Price of Town 41,301 168 9cl to 378 Od 1,221 101,326 283 107,093 381 91 24,377 47s Od t to —s Od, 35.324 1 40.643 62s Odto 53s to —s Od 0(1 937 2,502 91,527 83,106 794 100,483 16,607 46s Od :o 46s 3! 2,124 103,656 1,112 '13,721 485 6d - - , 807 111,232 494 34 450 2,288 103,536 87,949 611 93 544 3d I &borth,ete . Nottng. Bost. and - Eastn. Be] fast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh Stour Valley dirke.thd. Lanes) & Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. & Birk. ,1 £5O and £25 Cons Do., ...... Rlyth & Tyne °Herta £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian. Carm. and Cardigan Chester & Holyhead. l Cork and Bandon 1 Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Do. A Do. B Crie ir Junction D ub I in &BelfastJunc Dun. P. & Aber. Jnc East Anglian Eastern Counties E a st. Union, A SO De., B. Stoat . Do., New A East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth & Dunde, Forth & Clyde Jun 3, Furness Do. Extension...,.... Glasgow & 13. Wester, Great N. of Scotlnd Great Northern 'Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire ) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Una. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do. ' Thirds Do. New Thirds &mash. andYorksh. Do., Wst. Riding Un. Liv.Creny. &Southpt London & Blackwall Load. Bright & S.Cst. fJond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths D0.10Z.8h.,111&8...0 Do. Eighths,. LondoliandS. Westn. Do., £5O. Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Kanch.Shef.& Lindy Do., Man. & Lin. Un Metropolitan Midland Do. Birmng. & Derby Midi& G. West. (Iro.; Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskiller Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties lln North British Nth Devon Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock B Stock ... D0.,8 Guarantee , l N. tstern—Berwie Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Purob 1)o. Leeds Do. York North London N . &S.Wstrn.,Harap stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western. ..... . N. & S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester.. Oz., Wore., & Woly Portsmouth 'Scottish Central Scottish Midland ihropshire Uni in South Devon South Eastern South Wales 3. Yrksh. a Riv. Duo Do taines, Wok. kWok Stockton & Darli Stockton & Hrztlepl Taff Vale . Do. Pref., No. 1. Thames Hay. P.& R Ulverstone & Lanes Vale of Neath Watorfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A ...... ........ Do. B West London. IWimbledn&C'roydon 100 100 61s. all all St. Rt. 20 412 s 10 1100 3i 100 all 100 100 3118 16 100 100 5 5 20 10 59 601 100 711 I 151 z n 771 8 7i SPORTING NOTES. SCRAPS AND FACTS. The innkeepers of Chester adhere with marvellous 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 own interpretation of the words into action. On the occa sion of the review, at Portsmouth, certain newspapers I 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 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 conduct 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 exhibition 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 gateely that bis party do not altogether despair of his Derby chance. Typee ran a good game mare. Imogene's running proved that I did not underrate her pretensions in my anticipatory remarks on the meeting. All sorts of excuses were made for Yorkshire Grey, who met with two or three disappointment 3 in the race. His running on Friday, however, would indicate that his alleged acci• 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 i s 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 somewhat insignificant. Indeed his inglorious exhibition, and the unsatisfactory debut of Went worth, has rather per plexed people to discover a Derby horse worthy of trust. Cannobie is steadily supported, and Artillery is b acoming 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 Yandermulin's success a certainty ; and in the full flush of his triumph he offered to take 14 " monkey's" 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 rumours 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 reclined to believe that he will be the trusted representa• 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 obtainiiil77:77; riband" 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, aad was successful in anticipating the re sults of the minor races. I did intend to refer to the meeting which took place at Harrow o❑ 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's 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 mast ingeniously devised rule 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 l 'Longner Hall Stakes. The forfeits for the Cleve land Handicap are to be declared to-day ; it would therefore be ridiculous to attempt to pick the winner until it be known " what is left in." Boer, Corin, Omer Pacha, and Jane Shore seem 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 B►ennial Stakes I shall select Larnlsourne. Quince and Lawn are my fancies for the Hawkestone Cup. For the preposterously light handi. cop, the Sbropshire Stakes, I shall select Veteran, Boer, and St. Clair. The Manchester meeting will draw off many turfitea 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 he inclined to stand her, but a pro bability exists that she will be reserved for the Tradea' Cup. The other noteworthy names are Ellermire (who, by the way, is engaged for the Trafford Handicap), Bere zina, Stork, and Prince of Orange. The Sapling Stakes 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 discuss them and Friday's events on Wednesday. May 12. A FRESH MAN. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(Phis Dan L O NDON, May 1- ) .—Wind this day at noon, N ., light breeze and fine. (rEll ELECTRI(7 TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived- Harmony, Hero, Irie, and Llangollen, from N e wport ; Anna, Emden ; Hope, Poi tsmouth ; Ann, Ply. mouth ; Burgermeister, Memel. Sailed—Alarm, for: Cardiff; Jessie, Newport. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind N.N.W. Arrived—Mindana, from Callao ; Britannia, Portland ; Typhoon, New Orleans ; Saline, Antwerp. Sailed—Falcon, for Yarna ; Josefa and Amelia, Ha. vana ; Naome, Narva ; Fortunatus, Halifax; Riga, Ba rn . merfest ; Maria and Juanna, Havana ; Paul Shelton and Dionisia, Christiansund ; Ly Blaney and Alexander, Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, May 10. Wind S. Arrived—Grace, from Barbadoes ; Jane Goodie, Monte Video ; Matilda, Cassabianca ; Regulus, New Orleans. (Br BIIBBIA.BINN AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) _ ... GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.16 a.m. Wind N. by E.; tide, 3 hours' ebb ; fine. — Arrived, May 12— Neptune, from Da nzic ; Jacob ; Stockholm • Emden, Gottenburg • Le Valiant, Bremr. haven ; Tell Tale ,Lisbon ; John, Moulm ein ; Anna Maria Elizabeth, Svendborg ; Concordia, Eckenford. Sailed, May 11—Johan and Thomine, for Gefle. Sailed, May 12—Abeona, for St. Petersburg. MR. CHARLES DILLON.—The Sheffield Times says : " We believe we are correct in stating, that the manager of our Theatre Royal has taken the Lyceum Theatre, London, for three years, a nd " that it is to o p en un d er hi s m an agement in the autumn . THE REVIEW AT WINDSOR.—III order to prevent the disappointment of which the paragraphs that have gone the round of the newspapers respecting a proposed re view to be held at Windsor on the 29th inst., may pos sibly be the cause, we are requested to state that there is not, an d n ever has been, the slightest intention to hold such a review, and all statements to that effect Ste L I en tirely without foundation, ) A.•