The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-14 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday Closed with excitement. Compared with Friday's rates, prices of Americans were 1-16 d. dearer ; other kinds were extreme. The demand was active, and the market ill supplied. The accounts per Persia encourage people to believe in a sudden falling off in the receipts. The sales were estimated at 15,000 bales, of which 3,000 were for export, and 3,000 on speculation. The sales included 800 Pernam and Maranham, at Gid. to 7d. ; 300 Bahia, eid. to 6d. ; 700 Egyptian, 6id. to 9d. ; 200 Surats, 4id. to sd. ; and 150 Sea Islands, 10d. .to 17d. per lb. In the Railway Share Market there Was no particular feature to note. Accounts from Trieste state that wools are in great demand there in consequence of a large de mand for the English market. Holders of stocks have stood out for au advance and obtained it. Sales of 1,050 bales white Albanian realised from 32 florins to 34k, 340 bales from Scutari of lambs' from 48 to 50 florins, and a lot of coarser quality from Bosnia brought from 37 to 41 florins. Adyices from New York state the Stock market Was quiet, but a revival of business was neon ex pected. During the week, ending March 28, there Was an excess of imports over exports to the extent of $3;261,208. The shipments of specie wefe $ 1 58,706, making the total for the year to the Same date $3,802,573. From California we learn that the gold deposits in the San Francisco Mint during the months of January and February were 234,556 ounces, and the coinage during the same time amounted to $2,405,654, which is an increase of $839,025 over chat of the corresponding period of 1855. Money Was tight, but businesi was active. By the Atrato, West India Mail packet, dates from Pernambuco are to hand of the. 14th March, announcing the arrival at that port of the Black- Wall, which left Port Philip Heads on the 28th December with 87,281 ozs. of gold on freight, and the Victoria, from Adelaide, with pas sengers. Both of these vessels had put in to Per nambuco for supplies. The Atrato brings 680,000 dols. on freight. _ _ _ There is an extremely quiet market for Public Securities, and the quotations are nearly stationary. The arrangement of the Foreign Stock and Rail- Way Share accounts is absorbing most attention at the Stock Exchange. Consols for money are 93 to 93i, and for account. 93: The New 3, per Ceuta. were 92i to 93, and the Reduced 91i to 92. Bank Stock is 2121 to 213 i, being lower. The March Exchequer Bills are 4s. premium, and the June Is. discount. The Bonds are 981 -a. India Stock is marked 229. There is a very inanimate market for Foreign Securities, and the quotations are not much affected by the progress of the settlement. Turkish Bonds are buoyant, the 6 per Cents. having risen to 98 k and 99 } for money, and to 99 and 991 for account. The 4 per Cents. are 1011 to 102. Mexican Bonds are 22k, Equador New Consolidated 15k, and the Ditto Land Warrants st. The other se curities are nominal. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 62 7i ; Mexi can, 222 3 ; Peruvian, 78 80 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 64 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 94 96; Spanish 3 per Cents., 451 6 ; ditto Deferred, 24i ; ditto Certificates, 51 6 ; ditto Passive, 71.1. _ _ • , .. This is " making-up" day in the Railway Mar ket, and the prices are consequently influenced by the arrangement of the account. Money is in re quest, and the rates of " contango" are heavy. The market is active, as the amount of business done recently has been extensive. The French Lines coatinue firm, and the Belgian and the Canadian are firmer. Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous Shares are Without any change requiring special notice. Ba/TLSII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONli o'CLOCE.. (Prom th 4 Oficial List..: nn done. hank Stock a per Cent. Reduced Annuities...., ........ 92 1i 3 per Cent Consols Annuities 93 A New 3 p e r Cent. Annuities ..... ...... ... 93 21 Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 .4 3-16 L- Ditto 30 Yews, expire sth April, 1585... 'i India Stock 29 Cn.isols for Account Etchequer Bills, 2id. March. June. £lOOO - 1:500 — I Eimall 2 p I 3 a Ditto Bonds, 1858, 33 per Cent: 9' ii Ditto, 1859 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO K Zquador Bonds Ditto New Consolidated... Ditto Provisional Land Warrant liJzican 3 per Cent Ttrkith Bonds, K per cent 931 9i Ditto Account 93 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account iiivatenctii on the above ~rant.'" QUARTER. PAST TWO. Consols are now rather flatter, being 924 to 93, for money and transfer; 931 to 93i for the account. TEfE BAND IN KENSINGTON GARDENS, Long before the hour yesterday at whiob it was known "‘ that the band of the Royal Horse Guar is Blue were, by to order of the authorities, to play in Kensington-gardens, an immense concourse of people had assembled. To 2 judge from the aspect presented by the gardens and the 2 park adjacent, there might have been something like 50,000. It was pleasing to watch the orderly and well dressed crowd—the humblest in their holiday suits—to observe their decorous behaviour, and to mark their quiet enjoyment, at one and the same time, of the fresh air, the trees, beginning to assume their spring attire, i 4( and the music—such as the music was. What harm was there in this ? Was it not better, after the hours It devoted to worship, to combine the enjoined repose IA with health and harmless relaxation than to pass the re- u tnainder of the day in close and pent-up chambers, to. gether with the narcotic solace of tobacco, which, in spite of every precaution ingenuity can devise, will it always be accompanied by that other solace of " the glass ?" Were the birds, and the trees, and the green grass, and the air of heaven, all made for nothing ? —or, like the rest of nature's blessings, for our enjoyment ? And how many, in this huge city of labour and toil, are only at liberty to enjoy thesis on one day in the week—two-and-fifty times in the long year ! Now that Government has turned a deaf ear to those who would deprive the people of rational pleasure on the solitary day of recreation which is allowed them, we cannot but think it might be turned to better purpose. The music, which is the point d'appui of these enormous reunions in Kensington-gardens,-has hi- herto been really below par. Last year it was indifferent enough, but this year it is considerably worse. The arrangements, to begin with, are on a ,scale of poverty totally at variance with the praiseworthy object in view. The band is, as it were, pounded in a space so confined, that the musi cians are fairly edged in by the crowd. The plat form, which constitutes the orchestra, is so low that, except by those in its immediate vicinity, nothing can be seen but the red caps of the players while the sound cannot by any means penetrate through that dense phalanx. A raised pavilion, as at the Brus sels fetes, could be constructed at a trifling expense, so as to render the orchestra visible, and the music audible everywhere within reasonable distance. This would ob viate the necessity of thronging round the plaee, to the inconvenience of all, the danger of many, and the semi- suffocation of the majority. To criticise such a performance as that of yesterday may seem out of place ; nevertheless, from a general point of view, we cannot refrain from condemning it as altogether unworthy. Such an audience as was as sembled merited and was perfectly able to un derstand a far better class of entertainment. The pieces executed were, for the most part, sorry trash, while the performance itself was almost beneath mediocrity. We are not of the genus " tight-laced;" yet we are compelled to suggest that a series of waltzes, galops, and polkas was not precisely the programme suited to such a special occasion. In opposing bigotry let us avoid presenting the bigot with arguments against us. We are not here going t ) touch on the vexed question of classical and popular art. The music, since it is addressed to a vast mixed audi- 100 ence should be of a character rather popular than grave, iffy but not altogether so commonplace as to invite a sneer 100 even from those who are warmest in the advocacy of a 20 cause against which Sir B. Hall has manfully declined 20 to oppose the weight of his authority. At present we shall say no more about the quality of the music, or the 20 style of the performance, although both afforded mate- 50 rials for criticism anything but flattering. We trust 15000 that the hints we have given will be taken in good part, 100 and that those in command will not persist in the seri• 100 ous error of imagining that anything is good enough for 100 the people. Not to mention any other iteas in the pro- 20 gramme, the fantasia, with variations, on Scotch rnele- 50 dies, besides being in itself incoherent, exhibited for the 20 greater part a carelessness or, perhaps, an incompetency 25 which was little creditable to those concerned, since it wore the appearance of indifference where indifference 20 was without excuse. 1* 25 25 TROOPS FOR CANADA.—Ten thousand men are to be sent to Canada from the . Crimea, under Sir Lichard go EYre. SAARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Saturday 27i - 28 4f -- 41 ~M ..... 8i 9 17i -- 180 15}.- 16i 12i - 1341 90 - 92 60 , 1 - 614 : 17 17 - 18 10 -- 101 31 -- 38 24 - 26 76 - 78 61 - 63 29 -• 30 88 - 92 .fit - 74 94 - 95 78 -- 80. 123 - 125 104 - 106 644 64 1 58 601 70 - 75 6 - p 6 7 88 7g 103 104 1011— 1011 par Ap l par — 14 P; 944 —95 g ...d •of ''''' M 8 7 29 - 4 741 -74 i 43 - 45 14 16 53 -- 55 3i - 3/.1 34 35 78 -79 6 - 5 3 / 4 3 15f 161 56 3 / 4 57 3 / 4 88. - 92 6 6. lot_.— 1.04 27i 28i1 'O4 106 74 76 47 15 15i 72 —• 73 71 73 4 -- 2 ij id -5 37 •• '-' 19, T.- 20 - 6 6 - 7i ... -- ...d] Business dons I s t, this day. 27 6i 7i Nottng. Bost sad Eastu. all .3-Ifast & Ballymena. all Rirming. Wolverh Ai Stour Valley LandiL. & Juliet all Do. Chosh. & Birk. £5O and £25 Cons 19 Do., £20... ...... . all Rtyth &Tynoorigina , £25 (issd. at .£45 100 oristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian..... . .... 61s. Cann. and Cardigan all Chester & Holyhead. all , Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, &Pass 18 Cornwall all Do. A 8 Do. B Crier Junction 45 Dub:in&BelfastJune. all Dnn. P. di Jnc. 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties, , 1 100 East. `lnion, A SU lOs' De., B. Stove ... Do., New 10 East Kent 100 : , ..ast Lancashire 10G Fdinl , urgh&GlasgoT, all Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin.Prth &Duna,. 9 Forth &, Clyde Jun ,fi all Furness all Do. Extension 100 Glasgow &S. West all Great N. of Scotlnd., 100 Groat Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 1 00 Do., B. Stock 1)0 Gt. Sth. &Wost.are 100 Great Western........ 100 Do. Stour Val. Rai! Qua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle !4i Do., Thirds 8 Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorkal 1 Do. WM.. Riding Urn all Liv:Crsny.&Southrt all London & Blackwall 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Wester 16 Do. Fifths 54 D0.101.5h.,M&8 _C 1 Do. Eighths.. -..... 100 London andB. Westr all Do., £5O . all Do., £40.. • all L n ndrry&Colerain all Ludndrrr.&Ennial. 1 1 0 vlanch.Shef.& Lin& 425. D , k Lin. Un 1 Metropolitan 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmug. & Deer all Midld. G. West. (Ire. all Do. Half Shares...... all Newcastle & Carlislr all Nwpt.Aberg.&Hrf Si Newry & Enniskills all Newry Warrenpoin , and Rostrevor 110 Norfolk 34 Northn.ConntiesUn 100 North British Nth Devon Rai ) & 100 Dock Stock . 100 Do., A Stock %11 Do., B Stock all Do., 4 B Guarantee. 10r.. N. istern—Berwie • 211 Do. do. Extension 15 Do.do. Q.N.E. tuxoh a:1 Do. Leeds 100 Do. York 100 North London 3 , l a N.&S.Wstru.,Ham - stead, and City Jn.. .:"4 North Staffordshir:.. al' North Western.... . all N. &S. West rn. June ' luneaton, Hinckh ,• And Leicester.. • Wore.. k Wolv. 8 t'c.rte:.ionth 100 Scottish Central 'Scottish Midland 100 Shropshire Titian a . South Devon I.x South Eastern. - 100 South Wales 1 • S. Vrksh.& Riv,Du Do ; 6 Staine.,Wi k. &Wo , Stockton %L. Darli lh Sto kten d< Hartlei, 1 )1". Taff Vale . Do. Prof., No. 1.... Hay. D.& R ItTlverstone & Lance all Vale ~t Neath... all Waterfd. & Kllkenn all Waterford&Limer all iWest. Cornwall all 'West End of tondos , and Crystal Palace.. all Do. A _ . . 3 Do. B ... sll IWest London. .0 all ,Wimbledu &Croydon LO .11 10140 !O 10 5 all .8 all _7i all .ie I 13 13 all K: I Ty I 91 11 , 14 111 4 %II FOREIGN. iitworpdrilott rd+m Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes ;elgl an Ens , tn. JnnG 1-;ezi era to Gra sa-asa tiombay, Baroda., an P.ntral 1 Ini!a,f4,rl SA - 9 per— 2 5 2i 21 • 2ir 1 - li; Do. I)emerara ......... Dutch Rhenish eastern of France D o. New ............ !Cast Indian, g. 5 p• "ii 1 34 pl ;c 4 — 4l 12 -14 22i 23 22} 22;; ne. Fly tension. D 0.41 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 I► , do. do.. '69, dr>. Gee ong ne guar. 5 per c nt. . Do., Lon. allot., do. iGd. Tk of CanadaA ii 7 d 17 1.7 D 0..................... no.. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till 'g Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do Gt. CeLtral of France Gt. Tndian Peninsnt Great Lnxembour Constituted Sham - Do. Obligations... Do. re-is. 'orftd. Slit Gt. Western of Canada 75 77 851 86? 6 - 21.1 - 221 611 gi 3i - 3i ..• - •" 24 26 ' 21 , 3 bf 99 10 0 120 -- 125 120 -- 125 Shares Do. NOV ..... Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55.. Do. do., '62, p. '56 .. Do. do., '76, p. '60... Dc,. do., '73, without' option Hamilton At Toronto Do. 6 per cont. Lake Const. Liorro and Turnhout !Lucca 'CY Fist. 5 p. c.p Lyons and Genova Lyons At hforliterrre: litadrap, gua. - 4. p.c Do. New 0., sp. c 107 In 9 25 26 d i l 117 —.122 Pr , 12 - 13 ; 20 -20 A -21 p - P Do. 4i p. c. Exton Maria Antonia .. Do. do. Now Namur & Liege (.rltl interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of Frans D0.20/.Sha Do. 20'. 3 p. c (fmy.ll.&Ams.Shs. tiorgealanTrunkbt Paris and Lyons 7 - 7 6 i 41 - 4 12 12 8 10 53i • 54 ! . 3 - ' 56 Ditto Bondi ...... . IParis and Orleans, .. Rome and Frascati.. Royal Danish ......... Royal Swedish._ Do. Obligations .... Sambre and Me 11136, Do. 5# p. eent. Prof. Scinde, guar. 5 p. C. 164 g - 7 14 - 21 Do Southern of Franoe ' St. Andrew's and Quebec (A), PM 44 -- 5 8; e.ll LO ,11 West Flanders Do 51; per c. Pref., W. di N. W. of Franc West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ... 36 - 37 ... -- • ... -- • Zealand - i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. , 0 .11 i ,-, "Htn..01.,ih... .... .... 96 - V 8 25 5 Bank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of London ._ 63 65 40 al s ir, . co]. Bk.& Ln. C. . ..... . 50 , tl' British N. American ... _ ..• 25 5 Marti. Bank of A.si, ... _ ..: 20 4 o,hrtd. Buk. of India, kustrala. & China . . ._ ...4 100 50 City 64 - 66 100 25 Colonial .. - ... 100 20 Commercial of Loud. 20 An P'.ng.o.cot.&&us.Cht. 16 —16 i 20 all Loud. Chart. Bk. 01 Australia. 16i —17 i 20 5 Ditto New - 2d 2i 50 20 L,udon and County ... ... 100 50 Lud.&E.Bnkg.Corp. par 2p 50 10 London Joint Stock—:. -- 100 10 London and Paris.... 3i -21 d ' 100 20 Loud. & WeatunnateT ... - ... 100 35 National Pro.of Eng ..• -- 20 10 Do. NOW 50 221 Nations' of Ireland ... ••• 1 20 all New South Wales 4O 42 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 42i 431 ; 20 5. Ottoman Bauk 10G 50 Royal British 25 all ...) , Ith &ustralia — 25 all Union of Austra lia l O. -- 72 B ... 4, Po. New , 7i ....-4 84 I KO ln nnion of Landon .. "-:' rli " 30' Western Bk of Lou 3 62 24 • it. St. St. St. St. 25 '0 to all 5 ‘II IV 16 11 , all All Ali . 6 Al) o %II All 5 all 4 all IP ~,l1 THE SUN. E• ;:-) I a 100 St 100 2.5 all lon 5 all h. 100 St. 'lOO L All )0 all all all L7)l all all all St .11.0 J St F 100: 5 all all it. WO 5} 5} all , 0 all all 15 all .24 all h. 1 , 0 M all rdi CO all b all E. MO I St. 6 4 i i St. .t 5 71 101 i 1 9! I itaiLwAYs. Company, London &I N. WoAt. L.&N.W. Calodon... E. Un. & Gt. Nrt.to. E. Count. CaMold= [Do ~ Gt. Wen Yk. New. Berw. Y. dtN Do S. Enter Do Peto & Co Do s r I D & M t . c & atr N it (i ta l SfidlAnd En. Conn. E. Count. Do ... . .. Do L. lz N.W D 0.. . . . at North Gancash Yorksh. T. 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Prof, 6 Gt.W.(B.kH.Exspo 100 Do. con. red. 4 p.c. 100 04). con. red. 4p. c. 1110 Do. irred. 4p. c. 100 Do. sp. c. red. pref all Do. do. do. all Do. Birm. Pref. 5b... all Do.Cheeter 8 p.c.P.S. all Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0. .. 10(1 Do. Birm. QUA. Stk all Do. Ches. Qua. Sh.. all De. do. de....... ..... al Do. do. d 0...... ... ti Lan. &York. F. XIV 10( Do. 6p. c. Stock . 110 Lon. & Brigh. Q.sp. r. 100 Do. Prof., 5 p. o. St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c 1)0 Do. do. 5 per cent 1 . 6 Lon. &N. W., Coy. , Znnenton 5 p. ct . WO oth& S. W. 7 per ct all endy. & Coler. Sh s Londy. & Ennis. 10 51.,5.,& L.,New,le/ 4- ')o. £6 Vfarypt.& Carl.4p o all lu. 4i per cent 1.0 10 100 lid. Consol.6 10( 1 le. Con.l3r.P;r. pc . Do. 4i p. c. Pref. - .6 all Do. Pref. 4i pa. ceu 5 all Do. 5/, PrPf. 4p. c. It. 100 Ditto L. &H. Prof. S New„Abar., (Sze., pr. 5 p. c. rcd. 5 p.c. pm. .00 all Norfolk Debenture It. 100 Do. Prof. sp.a. St ck it. 100 Do. 5 p.c. Fact— St. 100 Do. 54 per ct.prof. St. 100 Do. Way. Val. 6 p. St. 100 North British St. 100 IN. E. rierw, 4 p.o P 17 7 Do. do. do 20 13 I Do Leeds 6 p.c 12ti 9 Do. do. Quarters ... 25 10 Do.YorkPLit S. Por D all (North Staffordshire It. la) lox,wo.,,w.umr .0 93 ,Do R. Prof. pi. Sh A ali Scot. Cont. ,Now Pr, Z 5 .01 South Devon i 0 1 Do. fixed, 4i per cen .0,4 , ‘ll I S. Eastern (Rearli... !.nn.) of Xi Os. 6d. St. 100 Do. 4! per cent._ St. 100 Do. Fixed 4} p c St. 100 S. Wales Gua. 4p, c, 20 all Do. do. 4i p. 0 1.11 ,S.Yorkell.4p.c.Guar. ;5 all ,Stock.AL Dar. ,5 p c. ;5 15 Do. do. do. 2i all Stock. AL liartl. g. p. c. till July 1, '56 A 4. Watortd. & Kilk. 6p cj I. 4 ;na Pria all tnglo AnArla. 6°lo all Ang,lo Californimu 7 kustrolian ell A.ustralien Cordillera all kve Maria. all Baden (C4 , l.lThchy of all 131asnar. Iron & Coa 14 British Iron Rrazilianlmp.(issue•' at 0 pm.) all Do. Cocaes St Cuiab 15 Do. St. Joh , ' Del Re , rj Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica all Clobre Coppor 1 Colonial Cold MD , Copper Min. of En? all IDo. Pref. 7i p. cot, ie I Copiapo 14 eortnna all 'len( zal all it.NuggetV.;inß,T all great Polvooth.... all Gt Wheal Vor United all Liberty all Linares 11 Lusitanian all Aariquita all New Granada all Nouveau Monde... all Pontgi.Sil. & Le. Min 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all ilhymney Iron all Do. New 13? inntizign de flubs. . Os. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. all =onth Australian.. all Do. Scrip Do. 10 per cent Prof 46 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co 9 fin Croft all United Mexican all Waller all West Mariposa 12 s . N'orthing Mining of Australia 111 Srnbs.., 95 - 97 94 - 8 11 - 13 ..• - •• 4i... 5• ... °"." 104 Z 16 fit lib lis """' • - 2i - 21 92 - 94 56 - t 8 134 : 136 7 7 g w_ 2d~ hi PREFERENCE SHARES,. 118 - 122 117 120 84 90 93 -- 95 96 - 98 15! 16i - 6 1 105 110 12/ - lz - ••• 49 , U 6 - 118 107 109 102 -- 104 I ir. 9i - 10 ... --• .. 6 - 64 94 - 96 87 - t 9 89 -* 91 98 100 04 - 10 - 171 10 - 104 74 -76 19i - 20/ - 10 14i - 15/ 36 - 138 ,•• -- *I.- 35 - 140 ••• - )••{. - ••• • I's- 1:17 1 95 - 97 • • ••, •• 102 -104 9! - 94 ti -- 5i I id 97 : 99 . - 1.5 22- '2.3. 98 - 100 9/ - 10 ••• .1 .. ••• •~• ~ y - 1 - 2p - - A .. - ... 3 -- 5 2} 3 3 - 34 25 - 27 - ip (34 - 66 34 - sa 26 - 27 18 - 20 - 14 -16 k - 1 64 ed• 7i - 8 - $ 10 - 12 $ 20 --22 8 - 8 3 -- 37 - 3 - § ••. 2i - 3 4 4i - 4f --- ..• -'" ••• ' • ••• MISCELLANEOUS. 9 Australian A gricult. 11l A ne„raln. Royal Mail all Berlin Water Works kirit. American Land 2 , Canada n.(10.6 p.e..Tan & 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug, 100 Do. 6p.e. Mar & Sept ;rysta , Palace.. all Do. Preference .h.ystal Pal. of France 4 Duster' Tron Ore 13 Eastern Steam all En. &Ails Cop Sm CO 100 Igectric Telegraph... all Plectrie Teleg. o' Tr. all Gen. Iron Se Collier 14 len. Steam Navigat. all general Screw Stearn all Loud. Gon, Omnibus 10 Magdalena St. Navig all Niediteran. Elec. Tel. 9 4exieau&S.A.moricn. ' all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 5 'sTetherlands Land.... all Do. Do. 2 Do. 8p c P iss at 1 d 80 , New B. & N.S. Land B. Australasian 15 Nrth.of Europesta am all Oriental Gas . 2s. Do. " New Shares " all Peel Fr. Ld. & Minrl. all Peninsular& Oriental 10 Do. New 60 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. Austral. Invest,. Ditto New all :ouch Austral. Land al: Submar. Tel. Scrip... al ) Registered........ 5 ['rust& L. Co.U.Can. 0 1 . - I)la.ron's , Tend V*C‘3l6P.C.v.TallBalliy 31 - 33 63 / 4 - 73/4 140 145 109 i -- 110 107 -- 109 'lO6 -- 103 23 51— 5a ••• '''' t.• ••• "" ... li - 2 90 - 92 • • • '''''. ... 3} 3~ 8 10 5i - •.• • - ••• - 2} - 6 1)t 18 - 22 - 1 I 21 - 3 - ••• 1 ... - ...p • •• ...''' 1 a 31 ..... - 39 16 17 00• 6Q i 10 1 50 343 i i 78i 15a 151 56 72f St. 1. 6 3 I 11 7 1 51 85 i 3} 6i 5i 26} A 25} x d ?IINEg. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. APRIL 14 1856. C!.,aiu• Saturia . Mulattos this tay NEWMARKET RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. ) CRAVEN STAKES. A.F. Napoleon 111. Fisherman Won by a head. • BENNINGTON STAKES. D.M. Tyre Druid Three ran. THE MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY. (This Day.) The Board met , this morning at the usual hour when the examination of Sir R. Airey was proceeded with. He said that an answer giden by him on Saturday to a question put to him by the Commissioners, why nothing had he'll done to shelter the horses on the 12th Nov., referred not to that particular date, but generally m to the cavalry up to that time. Col. Tulloch submitted that as the report of the Cri mean Commissioners was founded entirely on the infor mation given to them by officers in the Crimea, it could not be impugned by any subsequent explanation. The Judge-Advocate-General said that Col. Tulloch had better confine himself to examining the witness rather than enter into explanations by running corn ment3`on th'e witness's evidence. Colonel Tulloch wished to know if he was to under stand that Sir R. Airey's explanation was to cancel his former statement made to the Commissioners r ? The Judge-Advocate-General—l think you are. Colonel Tulloch (to witness)—Are these, then, the effect of your answer—that on the 12th of November last the site of the camp had been fixed, that engineer officers were available, that Turks and tools were ready, and that there was nothing to prevent the construction of shelter? Air R. Airey said that the great uncertainty that pre vailed of the cavalry remaining on that spot at the time alluded to prevented the er.ction of shelter. He ex pressed his regret at the indisposition of the C3mmis sioners to examine him personally, for, had they done so, a great many erroneous impressions and conclusions might have been avoided. Colonel Tulloch—Why did you neglect to explain this important circumstance to the Commissioners Sir I. Airey said because he really did not know the object of the Commissioners was anything more than to obtain general information upon general subjects ;` and that a Quartermaster-General's time was fully occupied in tbe discharge of his official duties—not having five minutes to spare in the day? Col. Tulloch—ln the absence of that information could the Commissioners have possibly known that your answer did not refer specifically to the 12th Nov. Sir R. Airey said he was unable to answer that (pies tion. He was not aware that Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon had offered an explanation to the Commis sioners to leadithem to conclude that everything would be ready except the timber. He felt sure Lieut.-Colonel Gordon was anxious to give them all the information in his power. He was not aware that such an explanation as he had given to the Board was given to the Commis sioners. Any alteration of witness's orders would not appear in his office register, because in carrying on such a great war as that they had lately been engaged in many of the orders were given and countermanded orally. A great deal more was done than what appeared in his office register. With regard to Lord Lucan's statement of the 12th November, that an engineer officer would be placed at his disposal, arrangements were made fur that purpose, but beyond that he was unable to state any thing. He, of course, expected they would have been carried out. The Commissioners called at his office three times after Lieut.-Colonel Gordon's examination tee take his (Sir It. Airey's) evidence, but on each occasion he was peremptorily called away. He found by refer- ence to his book that on the 12th Nov. Captain G.rdon was written to by order of the Commander of the Forces to place an engineer officer at the disposal of Lord Lucan, and that the commander of the Engineers was written to accordingly. On being again pressed by Col. Tulloch to say whe ther it would not have been better had the witness afforded this information on subjects on which the Commissioners were desirous of obtaining the fullest in formation at the time they were in the Crimea, he said he was unable to do so from press of business, and that his answers were as short as possible in consequence. Witness continued—The great and primary cause of delay was the want of labour. .With.aufficient labourers they might have done anything, even before the site of the camp was permanently fixed on. He was unable to say if the permanent - site of the camp had been fixed on by the 16th December. It appeared from remarks made by Lord Lucan, and a reference to his evidence before the Board, that the ground for stables for the cavalry had been masked out before the 16th December. Colonel Tutloch said that perhaps Lord Lucan would have no objection to afford the Court the information desired—viz., when the ground was marked out. Lord Lucan—lf you will examine me I will answer that or any other quehtiovi. Sir It. Airey continued his evidence, and said that the questions the Commissioners required him to answer remained in his possession several weeks before he did so. CAonel Tulloch—Could Lord Lucan have constructed shelter without labour, without tools, without materials, and without a permanent site being fixed on before the 12th Nov., arid have provided shelter for the cavalry in acc,rdance with orders that bad been isiued to that effect ? Sir R. Airey—The shelter to be constructed was such as the circumstances would admit of. That might have been merely throwing up of embankments for the night, or any temporary shelter Lerd Lucati might be able to construct under the then circumstances. Cul. Tulloch—The Commissioners having received no ether information except that which they obtained from you and your officers as to the construction of the stables, which appeared to embrace a period of three months, was it not necessary some other information should have been afforded the Commissioners to pre vent them coming to a conclusion that there was a want of promptitude and ingenuity displayed in providing shelter ? Sir R. Airey—Yes. I think it was a great pity they came to that conclusion without calling for further evidence. Col. Tulloch—From whom but from yourself and Col. Gordon o.ould such evidence have been obtained ? Sir R. Airey—l think very much might have been obtained from rne, and I think with one ride between B a l a klava and the camp we might have conversed freely, honestly, and openly upon these matters, and without difficulty have set everything right. Cul. Tulloch—Did not the Commissioners give you that opportunity in writing to yourself, and by four days' examination of your senior assistant ? Sir R. Airey— Of the examination in writing I have already spoken. Mine were merely general and superficial answers to general questions. I had no idea the Commissioners would have blamed or implicated any body. It I had had the slightest idea they would have done so I should have gone more fully into the matter. Cul. Tulloch repeated the question, and added—Did not the commissioners attend three times at head-quar ters for the purpose of seeing you ? Sir R. Airey—You attended in person, but no exami• nation of me took place, and consequently that was null and void. Col Tulloch to the Board) said be wished to show that he gave Sir R. Airey an opportunity of affording an explanation on this point, and asked him—Do you think the commissioners could attach blame to no one when it was found so many horse; bad died ?. Sir R. Airey—l thought it was quite impossible for the Commissioners to have found by these inquiries that, under the peculiar circumstances under which the army was placed, that any one in the Crimea was to blame. It is now my impression that some of the persons in the Crimea were to blame. Col. Tulloch continued to put questions of a similar character to Sir R. Airey, and he replied that if he had had any idea that there would have been a subsequent inquiry, he ;would have afforded the Crimean soldier fuller information. He considered from their question that they were seeking merely for general information, and he gave his answers accordingly. Col. Tulloch—lf the Crimean Commissioners had to report to the Secretary of State for War and ultimately to Parliament, could they have omitted such an impor tant circumstance as when shelter was ordered and pro vided, and should not the information thereupon given to the commissioners been of the most specific character? Sir R. Airey—l don't know what were the instruc tions given to the commissioners, but I thought they merely embraced commissariat duties. I did not know that you were called upon t o re p ort on o ther matters. Col. Tulloch—Could th e y in "any report " have omitted such an important circumstance ? Sir R. Airey—The question is so vague and indefinite that I really can't answer it. Colonel Tulloch—Did it not occur to you that in "any report" made by the commissioners to the Government, that in the absence of such information, if the Quarter master-General's department had done its duty, that the cavalry had neglected theirs. Sir R. Airey—l don't admit the inference that is drawn here, that the cavalry neglected their duty. My impression is that the cavalry under the circum• stances in which they were placed, did all they could. • I can't answer the question in any other way.l Shortly after 2 o'clock, the Court adjourned for half an hour. [We will give the eenelneion in our last Edition.] SACRED HARMONIC SOClETY. — Costa's oratorio "Eli," will be again performed at Ezeter-Hall on the 25th inst. Madame Viardot Garcia will arrive from Paris to sustain the "part of Samuel in the oratorio, as at Bin raingharn, the ,other principal vocalists - being 1114ds,nal Clara No'vello; 24r. Sian LepTo, aad Zieir ' . i• • MARKET Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of wheat on sale in the leading country markets held on Saturday were but moderate, yet the demand for all kinds was heavy, and prices had a down ward tendency. Barley moved off freely at full quotations; but all other articles were very dull. The near continental markets continue dull for wheat and other produce. In the American markets only a mo derato business is doing in wheat and flour on English account. Up to our market last week the arrivals of home-grown produce were moderate. From abroad we received 25,795 quarters of wheat, 1,160 barley, 9,237 oats, 4,065 beans, 297 tares, 15,684 linseed, 23,692 rapeseed, 5,752 sundry seeds, and 342 sacks 9,632 barrels of flour. The arrivals of English wheat, fresh up to our market, to-day, coastwise, were very limited, and those by land carriage moderate, but in fair average condition. Not withstanding that the show of samples of both red and white was far from extensive, tke demand for all kinds ruled exceedingly inactive, at a decline in the quotations realized on Monday last of from 3s. to 4s. per quarter, at which very little progress was made in sales. We were tolerably well f upplied with foreign wheat, fresh as well as ex granary. Fine dry samples were hold tit very full prices; bat the sale for all kinds was very dull, at 2s to 3s per quarter under last week's currency. Float ing cargoes of grain were rather dull, but not cheaper. The show of both English and foreign barley was very limited, and the whole of the supply changed hands iteadily, at fully last Monday's improvement in value; in some instances malting qualities were is per quarter dearer. . We had a steady demand for malt, at very full prices. The supply of oats, though moderate, was equal to the demand. In the quotations of the best samples, no change took place ; but inferior oats were id to is lower. . Beans and peas—especially the former—met a dull trade, at barely late rates. Tick beans were is lower. The floor trade was heavy, and prices were rather in favour of buyers. In the top prices of town made, no change took place. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex >k Rent, Red .... aew 56s to Hs Ditto.. •• old —s —a Ditto, White new 60i 73s Ditt0........ old =s•• —s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old -3 -3 Ditto new •• •• 56s 69s Rye—Old •• •• —s —s New ............ 45s • 478 Rarley—Grinding,.• •• 3 is 333 Malting 32s 36i Chevatier.... • . 40s 45s Sialt--EnffolkandNor . .folk•• ..•....... 718 768 grown.•• ......•... 632 663 KingstonandWaro 74s 7581 Malt—Chevalier •••• 76s to 77s Oats Yorkshire and Lincoinsh., Feed 22s 24s Potato •... 24s 29$ Yonghal and Cork 81ank....... 20s 22a Cork, White •• 21s 25s Scotch, Feed. .. .. 26s 30s Beans—Tlck ......... 33s 37s P11001:18 3Bs 42, Peas—Grey .......... 32s 36s Map1e...........353 38s White... •• .• 39s 42s Boilers 43s 46s Flour—Town-made... 63s 65s Batolk .......... 46s 50s Btooktn &Norfolk 468 503 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. For the time of year the imports of foreign stock cou tinue on a very moderate scale. The supply into London last week was only 705 head. In the corresponding period in 1855 we received 1,090 ; in 1851, 1,202; in 1853, 4,225 ; in 1852, 1,315 ; in 1851, 1,883 ; ani in 1850, 1,241 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WIER. From Beasts. Ptotteriam 11 Harlingen Elamburgh„...,, Calais Antwerp ... Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 52 ... 157 ... 12 ... ... 2 ... '''. • • 6 -- ... 53 - ••• - ••• T0ta1.... 173 ... 338 191 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as fellows : Beasts. Sheep. _ Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1865 4ll ... 623 ..-.= ... 56 1354 565 452 181 ... 4 1853 616 ... 3,208 ... 401 1852 254 754 ... ... 3,7 (851 443 ... 1,018 393 29 1850 464 545 ... ... 235 —• There was a very poor show of foreign stock in to-day's market, and its general quality was inferior. From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were limited, but in fair average condition. We had a brisk demand for all breeds, and prices ruled 2d. to 4d. per 81bs. higher than on this day se'nnight. The best Scots readily produced 4s. Bd. per 81bs., and a good demand was effected. The receipts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire amount() l to 1,800 Scots and short-horns ; from other puts of England, 300 of various breeds; from Scotbind, 360 Scots ; and from Ireland, 56 oxen. With most kinds of sheep, the quality of which was tolerably good, we were scantily supplied, and the mut ton trade was active, at 4d. per 81bs. above the prices realised on Monday last. The best old Downs in the wool realised ss. 4d., out of the wool 4s. Bd., per Blbs. The supply of lambs was small, and the lamb trade was active, at 41. per 81bs. above last week's quotations. The top figure was 7s. 4d per Sibs. About 70 head came to hand from the Isle of Wight. Calves, the supply of which was limited, sold steadily, and, in some instances, prices were the turn in favour of sellers. The highest price was ss. 8.1. per Sibs. We had a very dull trade for pigs, at barely last week's quotations. The p - ork season is now over. Per 81bs to sink the ofralg. 8. d. s. d. a. d. 8 d• Inferiorßoasts....3 2to 3 4 iPrimeSouthdown 5 0 5 4 Second quality.... 3 6 3 10,Largecrse. calves 4 2 5 0 Prime largo oxen 4 0 4 4,Prime small do 5 2 5 Prime Scots, dsc. 4 6 4 81Largo hogs Enterior Sheep ...3 S 4 GlSmall porkers Second quality ...4 2 4 6Suckling calves-22 0 29 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 S 410 Quarter old pigs.2l 0 '27 0 Lamb, 6s CI to 7s 4d. TOTAL SUPPLY. PORTION SUPPLY. Beasts _2,848 Beasts ••..• • • • .... • • . Shoop and iambi —lB,OOl Calves ...... •• 49 •• 1.• •• •••••• Sheep .• Calves... • .. Pigs •••••••••••• A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Nfouday, April IG, 1555, and in the Metropolitan Marko; this day, Monday, April 11, 1856. Per Blbs, to sink the offals. April 16, 1855. April 11,'56. s. d. s. d. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts ... 3 4 to 3 6 3 2to 3 4 Second quality ditto 3 8 4 4 1 6 310 Prime large oxen ... 4 t 4 8 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots, tte 410 5 Olt 6 4 8 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 6 3 iii 8 4 0 Second quality ditto 310 4 0 2 4 6 Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 2 4 4.4 Y 410 Prime Southdown ditto 4 S 5 0 5 0 5 4 La m bs 5 4 6 8,6 4 7 4 Large coarse calves „. ... 4 0 4 6,4 2 5 0 Prime small ditto 4 S 5 0,5 2 5 8 ;Large h0g5................0 4 0 3 6 4 2 scat small porkers ... ... 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 8 Boasts... ... ••• 3 , 241 2 , 88 8. Sheep 19,590 18,000 Calves... 151 49 Pigs 420 195 SUPPLIRN ON SAwl, April 10, 1854.—Beasts, 4,495; sheep and lambs, 23,610; calves, 13 "' pigs, 310. Ap r il 11, 1853. Beasts, 3,518 ; sheep and lambs, 19,103 ; ealvee, 151 ; pigs, 275. NEWGA.TE AND LEADENIIA.LL. -- - These markets are tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied with each kind of meat, in which a full average business is doing, as follows : Per Sibs by th 0 carcase. s. d. 9. Cf. S. d. s. d. Beef, interior 2 S 210 /11ittsri Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 0 3 2 Do., middling ..... 3 8 4 0 Do. prime large 3 1 3 6 Do., prime 4 2 4 4 De. , do. small ....3 8 4 0 1 Veal 3 10 5 0 Park, large 3 2 3 10 Pork. small 4 0 4 8 Lamb, 5s Od to Cs 41. BOROUGH 1101'. There is a moderate demand for good and fine hops, at full quotations, but all other kinds are very dull. The imports last week were 281 bales from Hamburg, 25 from Ostend, 160 from Rotterdam, and 4 from Havre. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ Os to 61 10s per cwt ; Weald of Kents, 310 s to 51 Os. ; Sussex, 21 Ns to 41 10s. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since Monday last only moderate supplies of potatoes have come to hand coastwise and by land carriage. The trade, however, is very inactive, as follows : York Regents, 803 to 90s ; Kent and Essex, do., 70s to 80s ; Scotch do., 60s to 70s i do. cups, 56s to 6',ls ; middlings, 30s to 40s; Lincolns, 6:s to 755; blues, 603 to 70s per ton. WOOL. Very large supplies of wool arrived in the port of Lon don last week, viz. :-270 bales from Rio, 150 from Bom bay, 132 from Callao, 140 from Mogadore, 7,500 from Sydney, 2,2.00 from Algoa Bay, 180 from Hambro', 54G from Adelade, 2,430 from Geelong, and 442 from Moreton Bay. These supplies will be offered at public sale next month. By private contract the trade generally is firm, at very full prices. The following are the current rates of English wool : Down teg9 19 3d to ls 4d ; do. ewes, is 2d to is 3id ; half bred hoggets, is 2d to is 3d ; do. wethors, is ld to is 2d ; Kent fleeces, mixed hog and owes, is 2d to is 3. 1 d ; combing skin, is to is 3d ; flannel wool, is to is 3d ; b.anket wool, 101 to is ld per lb. SEEDS. Linseed, rapeseed, and cakes are very dell, and may be purchased on lower terms ; but most agricultural seeds are quite as dear as last week. Turnip,wnite, per bush. 22s to Carraway. ...... • • • .. 44s sOs Coriander • • • • ........ 268 2,48 liempseed, per quarter 54s 58 Linseed, Eng.iowing • • —6 —8 Crushing • • .• 65s 68s Baltic • • • • • • —s —e Odessa • • • • • • .... —a —s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— , English • • —l3l Os 13' 5s Voreign,Per ton 121 08 131 11 0s Rape Cakes, pr ton 61 158 7 5s Rapeseed, New, pr qr.. as 908 Swede .. •• •• —s %trun.3rd, Brown •• •• 143 24 , 1 Ilhite, new .• 88 lls rares.Winter,new....7B 04 830 d Canary, per quarter .. 58s 62s Rye i*rtss•• •.. •• 24s 30s Clos'er,RedEng.(cwt.) 77s 92. White •• •• .• •• 833 1103 Foreign Red.. •• 693 78; White—. 74s 1098 Trefoil, new.. •• 403 46 3 TALLOW. There is an improved feeling in tho demand for tallow, and prices have advanced since Monday last 11. por ton. Town tallow has risen 21. per ton, and is very scarce at 48s nett cash. P.Y.C. one he spot, 488 fat, 2s and for the 8 lbs. last three months, 48 s 6 d p cwt. Rough Bd. per 1852. 1853. 42,914 128,627 15s 6:i to 45s 9cl —Ol to 46s Od 1,055 2,142 96.603 93,128 1,911, 1,160 102 983 31,127 353 04 'WO 1854. 1855. 1856 Stock this day —• • • • Price of Y. C ...• Delivery last week • • Ditto from June 1.... Arrivals last week.. mre Ditto from Junel ...• iceof • 4 .10 3 AGA; V*.A 33.834 ) 33.241 66s &Ito 48s 9.1 to —ll 01 —s Od 129 2,100 811,014 74,117 69 642 98;533 71,358 6t; DI . 506 03 ,~ ~ . 23,231 1486 Od 4o —5 Od 2,414 t 94,46; 1,656 _71,155 5Qy r•eV ' .. 141 110 91 21 ~,,,~,;,,c~. MAILS BY STEAM TO AUSTRALIA. (From a correspondent of the Morning Advertiser.) The columns of several -- of our contemporaries have for a considerable time past teemed with most fallacious and erroneous statements regarding the quickest, the best, and most advantageous route to Aus'tralia, for the conveyance of mails and pas sengers. As this is a subject of great importance, both to those great colonies and the public, the writer of this, who has taken great pains with the subject, aad is well acquainted with it, in all its details, considers it his duty to place the following correct statements and details before the public, in order that neither it nor the colonies may be any farther misled on these important matters : The distance in geometrical miles from South ampton to Sydney, by Alexandria and Aden, &c., stands thus : Geo. Miles. Southampton to Alexandria • Alexandria to Suez Suez to Aden . 1,321 Aden to Diego Gracia 2.180 Diego Gracia to Albany (St. George's Sound) 3,115 • Albany to Melbourne Melbourne to Sydney 550 11,704 But the Isthmus is equal to 500 miles, sea distance, therefore add 330 Total, this route 12,034 Now the Post-office official list shows that the time—take, for example, the mail of the Bth Jan. .last from Calcutta—from the Post-office Aden to the Post-office London, by overland route, is 21 days, and by the Mediterranean route 25 days (10 days in the one case, and 15 days in the other from Alexandria), varying at times a day more or less by each route. But let us take it at the rate stated, and the rate of speed per day as fixed by the Australian Association ; then from Aden to Sydney the time will stand thus : Days. London by overland route to Men, and clearing it 21 Aden to Sydney, by Diego Gracia, 7,228 miles, at 240, is Stoppages, coals at Diego Gracia and Albany, and one day at Melbourne London to Sydney, overland route [not 44 as stated] 56 Stop at Sy lney 3 Sydney to London, return by same route 56-1- Total outwards and inwards Or 5 days within 4 months for course of post. By sea route, Gibraltar, &e., to Aden Aden to Sydney, as above LITERATURE. The Great World of London. . Part I.' By Henry - - Mayhew. David Bogne. According to that popular Americanism which has been incorporAted with the " very body of the time," by being mixed up in our daily vocabulary —Mr. Mayhew's great work " progresses," and progresses, we will venture in-observe moreover, to admiration. The second instalment relates for the most part to London considered in relation to the twin subjects of Law and. Justice. Another capital photograph, by Mr. Herbert Watkins, portrays to us in a single page the appearance of a C9n vict and a Convict-ess ! Besides this there is a sort of bird's-eye frontispiece, giving the reader a com prehensive view of London traffic, as observable any clear day from the top of St. Paul's Cathedral! Cabs,- 'busses, drays, carts, waggons,--. " Whisky; buggy, gig, or go-cart, Curricle or Tandem"— owarmina,jostling, rumbling, to and fro, al ong th e tiny, far-down perspective of Ludgate Hill ! Steam boats, wager- boats, wherries, ferries,barges, smacks, tugs, and all sorts of cockleshells sailing, rowing, floating, flying , floundering in all sorts of fashions about the s urface of dirty old Father Thames Factory chimneys smoking, and houses-chimneys innumerable, and railways threading the crowded jumble of streets with their iron -rails, and afford ing a groove for the smooth-gliding wheels of the steam-engine and its attendant train of first; se cond, and third-class carriages ! London Traffic t it is a Babel—a hurricane of industry—a whirlpool of " toil and trouble"—a maelstrom of emulation and excitement. Everything combines to assure' us that if the work be only concluded as it is com menced it will be a very wonderful book indeed— the product of a life—an authority—a standard of reference—a repository of curious and com prehensive information. When completed, Henry Mayhew's " Great World of Lon don" might have, as perhaps the most felici tions motto that could anywhere be selectee for its title-page—will Mr. Mayhew accept our suggestion in good-spirit and adopt it when the time comes for the issuing of the title-page ?—the following remarkably apposite passage from CAE... LYLE'S Hero-Worship : " This London City, with all its houses, palace?, and steam-engines, cathedrals, and huge immea surable traffic and tumult, what is it but a Thought, but millions of Thoughts made into One,—a huge immeasurable Spirit of a THOUGHT, embodied in brick, in iron, smoke, dust, Palaces, Parliaments, Hackney Coaches, atharine Docks, and the rest of it !" Led. v., pp. 266-267, ed. 1841. And Mr. Mayhew's enormous book is this same aggregated Thought at last duly and moat ex pressively articulated ! Great Rieges : Ancient and Modern. A Lecture by the Rev. R. S. Brooke. Dublin : Oldham : 1856. Out of the many Discourses, Orations, Prelec- tions, appropriate to the Recent War, &livered during the course of the last three years in all parts of the United Kingdom—this Lecture upon "Great Sieges : Ancient and Modern," by the Rev. R. S. Brooke, may be very well selected as something " out of the common," as one entitled to par ticular consideration. It was originally de livered in the Dublin Rotunda on the sth of last February. It has since been published in the form of a little threepenny pamphlet, and we doubt not will secure to itself, in the fulness of time, a pretty wide circulation. Wherever it is read we are satisfied that the Christian amenity, to say nothing of the judicious patriotism of the speaker, will be recognised upon the instant by every rational mind—a Christian amenity and a Judicious patriotism so signally evidenced where the reverend lecturer talks of the Religion of. our generous and heroic allies the French as a Temple —" full of idols and rags "—" full of spiritual beg. gary "—" full of moral filth"—full of " ignorance," of " falsehood," of " absurdity," of " tawdriness" and the like ! Anything more thoroughly Christian like, anything more truly patriotic in its tendencies, anything more graceful, more delicate, more gra ciously and decently temperate,- both in argument and language—(hearing in mind the " subject" of the Lecture, and the " time" of i's delivery, and the " profession" of the orator)—we, surely, can , none of us call to recollection The Discourse stands forth for these reasonsconspiouously among all kin= dred and contemporary discourses, and must be con sidered therefore quite per se—it is a manifestation ofspatriotic ardour wisely directed to the conser vation of a great national friendship, and an evi dence of Christian magnanimity overflowing 'with fraternal tenderness—such as cannot fail, of course, to excite a very general and a very profound admi ration ! Sufficient for us—cherishing as we do certain carious opinions as to what really constitutes the Genius of Civisni and the Spirit of Christianity—sufficient for us (view ing the matter thus) if we here point to this same Lecture upon " Great Sieges, an cient and modern," an index-finger expressive of anything you please excepting—of course—either scorn or indignation The argument of the lecturer being, as we have already remarked, so distin guished throughout by the judiciousness of the Patriot and the amenity of the Christian. Beyminstre. By the author of "Lena," " King's Cope," &e. 3 vols. Smith and Elder. The writer of this tale is already favourably known to the world of novel readers. The pre sent work will not diminish her reputation, as the characters are interesting, the plot possesses some originality, and the dialogue a great deal of spirit and liveliness. The heroine, Regina Howard, is of an attractive, though somewhat uncommon, character. She has been brought up by her grand mother, a clorming "old lady, the daughter of a French emigre. Regina is often incensed at the neglect her grandmother meets with from their wealthy, though vulgar, neighbours, who, when she was rich, had paid her assiduous attention. She was the widow of the rector of the parish, and, at his death, her income was greatly diminished. Her granddaughter frequently wished for riches, and subsequent events proved to her that our wishes may be often ,granted and not fulfilled. They form the acquaintanCoof a Mrs. Willingham, who comes to live in retirement to escape the no tice of her husband, who had already spent her large fortune, and was new persecuting her to ob tain a small income she had reserved for her son. This son, Alban Willingham, ou his visits to his mother meets Regina, and they are eugiged. His father is by this time reported to have died in America, and he looks forward to inheriting Bey mins're, the old family seat. His uncle, the pos sessor of it, had been the early lover of his mo ther, but she regarded him with indifference, and eloped with his brother a short time before the day appointed for their marria g e. Too late she disco vered her mistake, and that Colonel Willingham only cared for her fortune. Of course Sir Herbert Wil lingham saw them no more. The disappointment embittered his life. But the estate being entailed, both Alban and his mother confidently anticipated his being one day the owner. He had been his mother's great support in her troubles, and she re garded him with the greatest affection. He was the total opposite of his father, of a firm and re served disposition, his only defect was that pride which so often mars noble and elevated natures. While affairs are in this position his regiment is ordered to India, and his mother dies shortly after. Sir Herbert 'Willingham comes to the death-bed of his early love, and there meets Regina. Ile had previously known of her engagement to Alban, and, d y i ng soon after, leaves all his property, the much-desired estate of Beytninstre, to her. It then appears that Colonel Willingham had agreed to cut off the entail for a sum of money, and that Sir Herbert, repenting the anger that had made him vow none of his family should inherit the estate, left it to Regina, thinking thus to atone for it. But he was totally mistaken. Alban was still in India, and the pride of both parties prevented either making any advance. At length Mrs. Ar nold, the grandmother, wrote to him, telling him of nor grand-daughter's intention to resign the estate as soon as she came of age. This letter re ceiving no reply, for the simple reason that it did not reach him, Regina concluded he had become indifferent to her, and a complete estrangement was the result. She still preserved her intention of giving up the estate, however, which made her miserable ' • but many legal difficulties were in the way: At length, on the day of her majority, she announced her resignation, when, to her horror, Beyminstre was claimed, not by Alba]) to whom she intended to resign it, but by Colonel Willing. ham, long supposed to be dead, who had sud denly returned from America ! How the story concludes, how the long-estranged lovers are re conciled, and what becomes of the estate whi c h h as caused so much perplexity, we leave the reader to discover. Suffice it to say that the conclusion is satisfactory, and, the interest maintained- to the end. A great variety of characters are introduced, in all classes of society, and their individuality skil fully preserved. 'The most remarkable of these is Miss Winny Hopper, whose prototype may per haps be found in many village towns, though on ei less exaggerated scale. The dialogue, a pOint in which so many writers fail, is sparkling and bril liant, and will, no doubt, materially contribute t© the success of the work with those who desire to be amused. The episode of Edith Carleton is melan choly enough, but she is of too weak a character to excite much interest. The novel altogether pre sents many attractions to the readers of fiction, who will uo doubt derive considerable eritetteliz• went fro 4 its pages;. Total sea route . Step at Sydney Sydney to London, same route 6O& 60 Total outwards and inwards _ 123' 4 • Or 3 days beyond 4 months as the course of post. The last Indian mail received was 20 days overland from Adeo, ani 21 days from that place by the Mediterra nean. To perform and secure the speed stated would require ships (paddle-wheel) of ZOO-horse power. Their consumption of coals would be, say, 58 tons daily. It is therefore clear they could not be coaled at either Diego Gracia or St. George's Sound (Al bany) in less than two days at each place, and most probably more time would be necessary. Five ships at least would be necessary. Average expen diture for each, yearly, will be 40,0001. Moreover, while the mails from India and China are regulated as those at present are, and, as it is believed, cannot be altered, the mails from Syd ney and Melbourne, &c., could never reach Aden in the rate and time mentioned to meet the India and China mails at that place. The latter would be gone three or four days before the former came up, and the mails, passengers, and cargo, whatever that is, be detained eleven or twelve days, till the next India mails came up. And admitting they could meet exactly at Aden, still on every occasion the passengers, or a great number of those from Australia, would not find accommodation in the steamers from India. The Association unfairly take, and without any explanation, direct lines when it suits their pur pose, but throw them overboard, or misstate them in others, when it suits their purpose. Thus, they assert that the distance from England to Sydney, by the Cape, is 13 367 miles. Now this is not cor rect. Taking the direct sea lines by the Cape, the distance is only 12,350 miles, or only 300 miles more than their pot route. The correct distance from England to Sydney by Teneriffe, St. Helena, the Cape, Mauritius, Albany, &c., &c., is 13,530 geographical miles. The distance can be run, and is offered to be run, in 54 days (53 to Melbourne), including all stoppages, and in the same ship throughout, a convenience of great importance. At the same time, and at the same expense, it gives a regular communication with all the important glaces last mentioned ; while the line by Diego Gracia cuts off the Cape and Miuritiug, and con fers no benefit whatever on any British commercial position from Australia to Egypt. With three days' stoppage at Sydney, the course of post be tween that place and London will be 111 days, or nearly 10 days within four months. The Associa tion's pet route, Diego Gracia and Overland, brings it to 1154 days, and this only for a small portion of the mails ; and 1231 for the her.vy portion thereof and passengers, &c. This, alone, is consi dered conclusive against the plan proposed by the Australian Association. Besides, the whole route by the Cape of Good Hope is worked under the British flag ; while theirs may be interrupted and some day cut off, being under a foreign Power. The bugbear started, of fearful tempests about Mauritius, is unworthy of notice. Every part of the ocean is more or less subject to storms ; but in uo portion thereof does fierce tempests and heavy seas prevail so mush as in the North Atlantic, and yet the whole mail vessels on that station do their work .so as scarcely to vary above one day in a winter voyage. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, April 14. —Wind this day at noon, N.L. ; strong breeze and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Apiii 13.—Arrived—H.M.S. Hydra, from the Cape of Good Hope ; Spat rowhawk, Chatham ; H.M Str. Europas, Sheerness ; Rhadamauthus, Porcupine, Lizard, the two latter with two mortar vessels in tow, H M. gun-boats Lively Erne, Delight, and Mac kerel, eastward ; British Lion, Calcutta, for Havre ; Tai tar (s. tug), Liverpool, with two mortar-boats in tow ; Meffmra, Malta ; H.M.Str. Prometheus, with two mortar-boats in tow. Great Tasmania, for Mo bile. FALMOUTH, April 13.—Wind S., fresb.—Arrived—Ro belt Hay, from Matanzas. Off the port—Arica, from Pasaque, and sailed for Hamburg; Meta, Jacmel, and sailed for Antwerp. CARDIFF, April 12.—Wind N.N.W.—Sailed—Alexnn drine and Charles O. for New York. SWANSEA, April 13.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived--Lady Prie.), from Cuba. - CLYDE, April 12.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Boadicea, from Matanzls. for Sydney. (rEB, Eixonue TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. (s.), from Havro; Britannia, Dub lin ; John and Isabella, Sunderland; Rosarnan, Jorpoy ; Duke of Gloster, Nawport. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind East. Arrived Vocalist, from St. John's, N.B. ; Villa do Equa, Brindisi; Confucius, Bremen. Sailed—Gleaner, for Antwerp ; Venus, Harlingen ; Volga, Gibraltar ' • Ada, Newfoundland ; John Clement, Messina ; Elizabeth, Rotterdam ; Success, Jamaica ; Wm. Thomas, Newfoundland. QUEENSTOWN, April 12. Wind S. Arrived—Mary and Susan, from New Orleans ; Eliza beth Walker, Syra ; Clarinda, Alexandria ; Emlyn, Mau ritius; Enterprise, Havannah; Giaour, Rosins, Mauri tius ; Jane, Moulmein ; Helicon, Matanzas ; Themis, Corfu; Rosina, Callao; Miltiades, Ship Island. (eY SUBMARINE AN)) BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 9.59 a.m. Wind E. ; tide, first hour's ebb, cloudy. Arrived, April 13—American Congress, from New York; Inger Marie, Randers ; Ceaser, Athens ; Ocean ride, Havre; St. Jago, Porto Cabello; Minerva, M a uri B tius ; Susan, Nassau ; Gipsey Queen, Alicante. Arrived, April IL—Fyeuoord, from itottordam ; Lyk kins Prove, Praestow • Albertus, 113111bUTg .Atlas, Fried - richstadt ; Heinrich, Bremen ; Wohlfahrt, Memel ; Leonno, Gravelimis. Sailed.—Clyde, for Sydney ; Moorest, Port Phili p Royal Sovereign, Melbourne. DEAL, Monday, 9.15 a.m Wind N.E. moderate. Anchored—Blanchard, ship, from Charlest on , f or Bre men. Passed —Neptune, and Eagle, from Sunderland, for Madras ; Alabama, Shields, St. Stephen's ; Her Majesty's gunboat, No. 14, from the river, for Portsmouth. Sailed —Lord William Bentinek, for Quebec ; Eliza and Hester, for Constantinople. The Generalissimo of the Egyptian forces, Soly man Pacha (the French Colonel Selves) has resigned in consequence of his son-in-law, Sherif Bey, hav ing fallen into disfavour with Said Pacha's Govern ment. - LIFE PEERAGES.—We are informed that the Govern ment are about to introduce a series of resolutions in tie House of Lords immediately, giving power to the Crown to appoint peeragea for life. It is proposed that there shall be four peerages for life conferred, and at no time to exceed that number, upon distinguished members of the bench of judges. They are to be termed "Lords of Appeal," and rre 'o enjoy, during their natural life, all the privileges of hereditary members of the House of Lords. They a-e to he appointed expressly to sit on appeal oasss, as their tit'e denotes. It is also proposed that each of the four Lords of Appeal shall have the an nual salary during life of 5,0001., inclusive of any pen sion to which they might become entitled to from their previous judicial services on the bench. When the ques tion of these life peerages has been settled, and it is thought there will not be any opposition to the resolu tion of the Government, Lord Wensleydale will be at once enabled to take the required .oaths and hie seat in ,tLo House of Lords. .. . w I .~h... Val 1~,~,.t ~rv~v p.~J `~.. ~w ✓~-. .... , .... < .. a. te , Shr. 10 PM Pm