The Sun. — London, England, 1861-05-16 00:00:00

ROYAL LT Last night the 72d anniversary dinner of the Royal Literary Fund was held in the Freemasons' Tavern. His Royal Highness the Due d'Aumale presided, and among those present were, his Royal Highness the Comte de Paris, the Due de-Chartres, the Prince de Conde, and the Comte d'Eu ; the Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord Stratford de Red cliffe, Lord Ravensworth, Lord J. Manners, Mr. Disraeli, M.P., Mr. Joseph Napier, Sir J. Peking ton, his Excellency M. van de Weyer, his Excel lency Count Platen, Lieut.-General Sir E. Cust, Lord Harry Vane, Mr. Haliburten, M.P., the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, Mr. Twisleton, the Hon. G. Denman, M.P., Sir J. Simeon, Sir J. Boileau, Sir R. Murchison, Sir H. Rawlinson, Sir E. Perry, Sir H. Ellis, Sir H. Holland, Dean of Canterbury, Mr. M. Milnes, M.P., Mr. Harcourt, M.P., Mr. C. Fortescue, M.P., Mr. Stirling, M.P., Mr. Egerton, M.P., Mr. Macaulay, M.P., Mr. Grant Duff, M.P., Mr. Beresford Hope, M.P., Mr. Del fosse, Mr. Thackeray, Mr. Higgins, Mr. R. Bell, Mr. Longman, Mr. John Murray, Commander Forbes, RN., Mr. Anthony Trollope, Mr. Augustus Trollope, Mr. J. W. Kaye, Mr. Theodore Martin, Mr. Lowe, Sir J. Prior, Mr. George Godwin, Mr. (4. A. Sala, Dr. Copland, Rev. Dr. Vaughan, Rev C. Mericale, Mr. Bohn, Mr. Bentley, Mr. E. Dallas, Mr. W. R. Grey, &c, The cloth having been removed, His ROYAL HIGHNESS, who was received with loud and repeated cheering, said, —Gentlemen, beg to propose the health of her Majesty the Queen. These are the first words I have to address to you, and also the first words I have uttered in public for years. Nothing could be more gratifying to me than in this way to break a long silence—(cheers) — for I have not now to fulfil a mere formal duty of etiquette, but to express feelings which are deeply seated in my heart. (Hear, hear.) I have no right to speak the language which might be used on this occasion by a loyal Englishman, but I venture to say that nobody can feel more respect than myself for her Majesty or a more sincere devotion to her Royal person. (Cheers.) I see in yoar Queen the personification of your free and noble institu tions, the Sovereign of a country which is, and I hope will remain, the friend and ally of my own native land—(loud cheers)—which affords shelter to all exiles, without asking them to submit to any humiliating condition, but only to respect the laws under whose protection they live. (Hear.) I also admire in your Queen the most accomplished of ladies, for I have myself had more than one personal occasion to observe—nay, to feel that extreme deli cacy and tenderness of heart which is not common among persons born in so elevated a situation, and of which she has given so touching a proof on a re cent and most melancholy occasion. Thus, gentle men, I am sure that my words correspond to the feelings of all those who surround me when I ask you to drink with me the health of the model of constitutional Sovereigns, the most devoted of daughters, the best of wives and mothers, the most faithful and affectionate of friends, and, finally, the august munificent patroness of this institution— your good Queen Victoria. (Cheers.) The toast was received with all the honours. His ROYAL HIGHNESS, in giving "The health of the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, and the other members of the Royal Family," said—lf there is a meeting where the name of the Prince Consort ought not to be omitted it is certainly the present, for I don't know any one, not only more worthy of universal respect and sympathy, but more fit, by his own personal achievements, to understand and ap preciate intellectual works of all kinds, more inces sant in his efforts to promote the progress of art, science, and literature, and to encourage by all means the establishment of charitable institutions. (Hear.) With his name we will couple heartily that of the heir to the Crown, who, by useful travels and intercourse with the studious youth of the country, is preparing himself for the great duties which I hope, with all my heart, but certainly not more sincerely than himself, he will be called upon to fulfil as late as possible. (Hear hear.) Our good wishes belong also to all the members of the Royal family, whether at the head of the army or learning by active practice the hard duties of a sailor, whether they adorn foreign Courts by their graces and virtues, profit at home by the lessons and good example of their parents, or add by their presence to the charms of social life in Eng land. (Cheers.) The toast having been duly honoured, Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE gave " the Army, Navy, and Volunteers." In doing so his lord ship referred to the distinction which many great soldiers had gained in the republic of letters, and dwelt upon the influence which literature had always exercised in subduing or exciting the war like passions of nations. The toast having been drunk was acknowledged by Lieut.-General Sir E. CUST on behalf of the army. Sir J. PAKINGTON, in responding for the navy, observed that that service was distinguished in the arts of peace as well as in those of war. Modern science owed much to the officers of the navy. They had also made valuable contributions to literature. Who had not perused with delight the writings of Marryat and Basil Hall, or derived instruction from the works of Parry, M'Clure, M'Clintock, or Sherard Osborn ? (Hear.) He assured his Royal Highness that the navy, no less than the rest of the English people, entertained the deepest respect, not only for his illustrious race, but for the ability and dignity of his personal career. (Cheers.) The Earl of SHREWSBURY replied for the Volun teers. His ROYAL HIGHNESS then gave the toast of the evening. He said,—Gentlemen, from the first mo ment when your committee did me the honour of calling upon me to preside at this meeting I felt how utterly unqualified I was for such a distinction, and when I remember the names of those who have preceded me in this chair—when I look around me and see so many persons who would have been per fectly competent to offer the toast I am now pro posing, perhaps with some awkwardness, I feel really astonished to find myself where I am. But, if I had no literary claim to the distinction you have conferred upon me, I may at least say that nobody can wish greater success than I do to this Institution, nor admire it - more sincerely in its double character, literary and charitable. (Hear.) I cannot pretend to be thoroughly acquainted with your literature, but if I know something of it I owe it to two circumstances. The first is, that I was educated by a father who had been an exile, as I am now, who had found on. your shores the same hospitable shelter, and who both knew and loved your country, your language, the great works of your literature, as well, I suppose, as any foreign er ever did or can. (Hear, hear.) I remember that in the ea r li es t days of my life when he was him self free f rom a ll political responsibility, in th e happy and quiet eve n ings of Neuilly, lie used often after having shown to his children the engraved P o rtraits of celebrated m e n an d told their deeds, or Plates which commemorated the military achieve- Talents of our countrymen, to take down from the shelves of the library some huge folio volume of 110ydell's Illustrated nakspeare, a copy which he had bought himself at the Auction-room at Chel tenham, and give us an outline of the finest scenes of your great dramatist, reciting occasionally some of the beautiful passages which had remained en graved in his wonderful memory. (Hear, hear.) That was my first impression of English literature, and one which Rill never be effaced from m y m i nd; for it is connected with one of my earliest recollec tions of the best of fathers. (Cheers. I grew up with one of the first French generations who, aban doning an old tradition, began to study foreign literature—l mean the literature which does not belong to the great Latin family of languages. Well, when I was a young man, the great authors of this country were understood and admired in France, and numerous translations of their works were published for the benefit of those who could not read them in your idiom. Shakspeare was com mented on, quoted, and even imitated by some who were daring enough to try the experiment. (Hear, hear. The walls of our picture exhibitions were covered with works of art signed by the first names, the subjects of which were borrowed from your stage, your poets, or your male. r.l) DIANER. Your novels were in all hands, and I remember, if I may be allowed another personal recollec tion, that more than once one of the Waverley Novels was concealed at school under my desk —(a laugh)—and that when I was supposed to be bent upon one of the celebrated grammatical books which come from the pen of our great Port Royal scholars I was attentively reading Ivanhoe or Old Mortality. (Laughter and cheers.) Such is our natural taste for what we call in French le fruit defendu. I could not now, perhaps, re peat cor rectly all the tenses of a G ree k v erb in ea, but I am sure I could trace the footsteps of Nigel in the streets of Loudon, point out the spot where once stood the house of Jennie Deans or serve as a cice rone in the ruins of Lochleven. (Cheers.) Since the days of Sir Walter Scott the novels of your countrymen have not ceased to command universal attention abroad. Vanity Fair, David Copperfield, Coningsby, and My Novel are as much read on the continent as the works of Georges Sand or Alex andre Dumas, tend on this very day the readers of one of the most important French newspapers,after a rapid glance at the telegrams, hasten to peruse • the feuilleton where they will find the continuation of the Woman in White translated iato their own language. (Laughter and cheers.) Gentlemen, if I were to give a complete review of your modern literature I ought to speak of your historians, your poets, your theologians, your philosophers, your scientific writers, who are certainly worthy of mention, some of them even of admiration. But it would be ridiculous in me to present myself here as a Ginguene or a Ticknor, or to try to give you even a rough sketch of that great desideratum which was brought before your notice at this place by a voice of more authority than mine, that of my illus trious friend me, M. Van Der Weyer. (Hear, hear.) I mean a history of English literature which is yet to be written. I intend only to say a few words of those branches of your literature which I know, perhaps, a little better than others, or which attract more general attention abroad. Among these the most prominent, perhaps, are Parliamen tary eloquence and the public press. (Cheers.) I know that certain persons would not allow the ora torical art to be included in the great literary classification. We have in France an illustrated self elected body whose duty is to maintain as high as possible the standard of literature, I mean the French Academy. Well, I have often heard that far famed corporation abused for having in their elec tions given too exclusive a preference to the vete rans of our Parliamentary fights. I don't know if this reproach is always disinterested, but, at any rate, I don't find it well-founded. I don't look at the philippics of Demosthenes or the invectives crf Cicero against Catalina or Verres as an indifferent. ornament of Greek or Roman literature. I don't suppose that Englishmen will hold that the speeches of a Bolingbroke, a Fox, a Burke, a Canning or a Peel, ought not to be included among the great intellectual works which this country has pro duced. (Hear, hear.) I will not quote the names of your public men of this day ; but I dare say that nobody will contradict me when I assert that they have not degenerated as compared with their forefathers, and I could point out at this very table living proofs of the truth of my assertion. (Cheers.) I know that England does not enjoy the exclusive privilege of breeding clever speakers, and I might at least name one country which is the first in my affections, and 'which could boast of presenting a set of public orators, unfortunately now on the half-pay list—(laughter)--as brilliant and nume rous as was ever seen in the assemblies of any country or of any age. (Cheers.) I am certain, also, that great oratorical power will be, or is already displayed in all those more or less new Parliaments which are now happily sitting in many European capitals. *But it has been your good luck or the effect of your wisdom that you have constantly and without interruption, for a long course of years, enjoyed truly representa tive institutions, and their blessing has im parted to the tone of your public speakers a peculiar character, humorous without frivolity, practical and not trivial, eloquent but never degene rating into mere rhetorical amplifications—in a word. English erg rvr l r r% nes° s.c. 4n mn +1,... ..no 1 ~e4+ avirs. of modern parliamentary eloquence.' (Hear. hear.) The same thing may be said of the daily or periodical press. I know I come to a subject rather delicate to be touched at in this place, and, above all, by me; but I hope to keep within the limits which I ought not to overstep when I say that the press cannot accomplish its real aim nor exert fully its beneficial action without freedom. (Cheers.) I do not contend that this freedom should be carried to the same extent or submitted to the same rules in every country. It rests upon certain general' principles which are known by any man of good sense, and ought to respected by every legislator of good faith. (Hear, hear.) Nor would I deny that the freest press may make some mistakes, inflict occasional wrong, mislead public opinion upon certain questions or in regard to certain persons ; for remember that it is the law of God that nothing can be perfect in this world. (Hear, hear.) I was one day talking on this subject with an illustrious statesman of my country—a moderate but stanch Liberal—l don't know why I should omit his name, for I am aware of no name more entitled to universal esteem and respect—l mean the Due de Broglie. After having carefully canvassed the inconveniences and advantages of the liberty of the press, he thus summed up his opiiaion :—" I am prepared to see honest and good men occasionally calumniated, provided that one day or another the mask is always torn from the face of the dis honest and wicked." Well, I say that a really free press nearly always expresses and gives preponder ance to the opinions and feelings of the great majority of the community, and nine times out of ten the majority inclines towards the best and wise t course. The press exerts upon the Execu tive Tower an action at once stimulative and restric tive. It prevents many rash decisions, and it points out many good things which are to be done, and which single men might not always perceive with out the aid of the hundred voices of the press. (Cheers.) Its action is felt at the lowest degrees of administrative hierarchy. I have been myself a public servant of my country, and I know by my own—unfortunately not very long—experience that nothing impresses a public man with a keener sense of his duty, nothing enforces upon him the obliga tion of meditating carefully before he takes any resolution, or of attending constantly to every part of his duties than the knowledge that all his acts or omissions will be publicly reported to his coun trymen and commented upon, not always in a very friendly tone. (A laugh, and Hear, hear.) Even in another point of view, the press, when it is gagged, cannot give the same weight to literary judgments, nor exert upon literature the same healthy influence. (Hear.) I know that the liberty of the press has existed or exists more or less in many other countries of Europe ; but it has, by various circumstances or by occasional changes of legislation, been subjected to an intermittent state of collapse or over-excitement which has often thrown it into wrong ways, or, at least, prevented it from exercising its full power for doing good. Nobody can deny that Continental journalists have to encounter considerable difficulties, and that they have to display a degree of skilfulness, and often courage, which does them gre a t cre dit. (Hear, hear.) But nothing can r e pl ace th e f ree air which people breath in this happy land, and which I hope some good wind will, one day or other, no family use througho u t t h e w h o l e of Europe. There is diff misfortune, no success of othrs, no event whichwhatever will . alter the opinion I entertain on this point, and with the milk of mwhich, I may say, I have sucked with the I will persevere in re peatinggyrenurse. arch Roman historian, "Potior periculosa 'libertas quiets. ser • " \Vial its dangers to a aulet tnto —I prefer liberty servitude. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, if I have expatiated more than I ought to have done upon some peculiar characteristics of your present literature, my position as a foreigner will perhaps be an excuse for a liberty which one of your countrymen sitting in this chair might not have taken. Ho wever, I know well that the -object of this institution is not merely English, nor merely literary; it is, above all, cosmopolitan and chari table. It is not by giving prizes to essays or con ferring distinctions that you encourage the noble literary profession—it is by charity, not mean, noisy, or humiliating, but noble, secret, and well applied. (Hear, hear.) Your unseen hand is always extended to help the young man in his first and un successful trial, the old one who at the end of his career finds his stren g th f a il hi m , th e w idow, the orphans who are left destitute by a sudden and un foreseen calamity. (Hear.) You do not confine your efforts to the precincts of these islands; you seek everywhere those who have fallen with honour in the great literary contest, whether they are born in the Arctic regi ons or in the barbarous countries which extends south of the Mediterranean • and when I say so I d on ' t use a mere form of words—l speak of facts. It is the greatest privilege of those who are called upon to preside at these • meetings that your records are open to them, and the only drawback to the great satisfaction which results from this inspection is that your chairman is not Wowed to disclose what he has seen. But you prac tise• charity in its real Evangelical way, and your left band must not know what your right band has done. There is only one case of timely assistance given by this society to which I may allude, be cause it has been already brought before the public by the very man who was interested in it—this man was Chateaubriand. It is impossible not to feel a real emotion on seeing the autograph lines in which this illustrious writer declares that without the help he had received from this institution he would have been unable to finish his work called the Natchez, the first which created his reputation; so that if this society had not existed, the glory of that great man would perhaps have been lost for France, and for letters. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I suppose that after this example nothing can be added to show what action this institution may have upon literature and the mutual relations of nations; but the very name of your president is also a symbol, for it means absence of prejudices, high taste for art or letters, practical liberalism, universal kindness. I conclude, then, drinking to the prosperity of the Literary Fund, and to the health of its president, the Marquis of Lansdowne. (Loud and renewed cheering.) The toast was drunk with enthusiasm. , The SECRETARY read the list of subscriptions, including £lOO from her Majesty the Queen, 2,000 f. from his Royal Highness the Due d'Aumale, making a total of nearly £9OO. Mr. DISRAELI said—Gentlemen, the list of those who have now for more than two-thirds of a cen tury presided over the anniversary of our Literary Fund is no mean roll. There may be found there the names of many men eminent in letters and in public life. There may be found the names of illustrious persons, and especially of one near the Throne, whose:sympathy with all that tends to the development of the human intellect has gained for him the respect of the whole nation. But I doubt whether our chair has ever been filled under cir cumstances more interesting than on the present occasion. (Cheers.) It is filled by the scion of an nnciunt house, long oonneetCel with the progrcoo of the most brilliant and refined of modern nations —by the lineal descendant of the great monarch whose name is indelibly associated with the most resplendent period of modern letters. (Hear, hear.) But the claims of our chairman to your sympathy and confidence do not depend upon the past or upon the deeds of those who have preceded him. His claims are present and personal. (Cheers.) If it be true that the most classic order of literary composition is that in which the writer, in whom action and contemplation blend, is enabled to give the results of his own experience, to paint the scenes he has himself witnessed, and to re cord the events which he has himself, perhaps, in some measure occasioned, then, I say, that our chairman can urge the strongest claims to distinc tion in that department. (Hear.) We are indebted to his pen for those vivid pictures, with which you are doubtless familiar, on the origin and character of that recent arm of modern warfare which seems to combine the discipline of Europe with the fire of the Desert. (Hear.) In those precise and picturesque sketches of the Zouaves you cannot forget that the writer observed them on the tented field, where he encamped among the rest, and that he also led the soldiers on to war and to victory, (Hear.) The same pen has analyzed in ancient lore one of the most wonderful campaigns of Cwsar ; I may say that that criticism displays a spirit and a skill not altogether unworthy of the matchless character whose exploits and whose narrative of them he has viewed with an admiring but searching eye. (Haar, hear.) I have always believed that the time will yet come when we shall be indebted to his Royal Highness for the production of some work which will live in the language of that accomplished coun try which he quitted in sorrow but with honour. (Hear.) We live in an age of strange vicissitude. The course of revolution is as rapid as it is strong. Empires dissolve, and dynasties are scattered. Happy the prince who, by no fault of his own, ban ished from the court and camp, can find consolation in the library, and generous occupation in the rich galleries of learning . and art. (Hear.) Happy the prince who in a foreign land, mixing with his fellow men on equal terms, is still marked out by the pre eminence of nature. (Hear.) Happy the prince who, under such circumstances, may, in the realms of liter ature, conquer provinces which he can never lose, and, perhaps, establish a throne which may defy the fate of dynasties. (Cheers.) It is with these feel ings, gentlemen, that I now propose to you the health of our noble chairman, his Royal Highness th d'Aumale. tnsiqt. Was tirtant annum, neart.y aneers.wnteo were renewed when his Royal Highness rose to respond. His ROYAL HIGHNESS said he could not find words to do more than simply thank them for the honour they had done him. He thanked them for their kind reception, and the forbearance with which they had borne his incorrect grammar. (No.) He hoped that his Gallicisms had at least added to the cosmopolitan character of the gathering. (Laughter, and hear.) Mr. MONCKTON MILNES then proposed " The Ambassadors who have honoured us with their pre sence, and his Excellency M. Van de Weyer." M. VAN DE WEYER, after returning thanks, gave The Literature of Great Britain." Mr. ANTHONY TROLLOPE responded. Mr. THACKERAY, in giving " The Literature of France," expressed his deep obligations to the most brilliant, the wittiest, he had almost said the wisest literature of the world. He trusted that one day the literature of France would enjoy entire free dom, like that of Engla n d. (Ch eers .) It h a d b een his lot to be subjected to a good deal of buffeting by the public press both of this country and Ame rica, but he held that that rude exercise of public opinion was essential to the true interests of the profession to which he belonged. The other toasts were " Scientific TravellerF " proposed by Sir R. Murchison and ac k now l e d ged by M. du Chaillu, and " The Ladies" by the Chair man. The company separated about 11 o'clock. THE THAMES B OBANKMENT AND RAILWAY COXILISSION. Yesterday the Commissioners concluded their investigation into the merits of the various plans before them. Mr. F. C. Worsley proposed the construction of flood-gates at London-bridge, an aqueduct sewer on each side of the Thames, together with boule vards, architect ura l wa y s , and a railway. Mr. C. M. Archer, a member of the press, sub mitted a project (which was read by Mr. Kingscote, the hon. secretary, with the consent of the com missioners) for a viaduct, rail,road, and sewer way; the viaduct to be a continuous viaduct from bridge to bridge down the centre of the Thames upon ornamental iron columns, carrying with it the railway or tramway, road or promenade and sewer, thereby leaving altogether undisturbed the shore property and vested interests on either side of the river, the viaduct furnishing facilities;foresta blishment of " river streets, landing places, and wharf accommodation, as well as for telegraphs, water and gas pipes, allowing by the latter means the light up of the river navigation by night, the viaduct conveniently dividing the river into an up and down navigation, to be dredged and deepened where desirable, besides allowing barges and ves sels to be towed up or down stream at all times of tide by rope or horse power by the side of the via duct, which might be made a toll-road—thus en deavouring to meet the main object of the commis sion, " That of the establishment of a new and spacious thoroughfare along the Thames, the im provement of its navigation, and the making of the great low level sewer without disturbing the Strand or Fleet-street." Captain Vetch, of the Admiralty, and engineer for the conservancy of the tidal waters of the United Kingdom, pointed out the lines of embankment best to be adopted along the river route. The walls should be of solid material, and it would be alike desirable for the navigation and sanitary purposes that the river should be deepened alongside to 6 feet at the time of low water spring tides. The commissioners then adjourned, and will next proceed with the consideration of the wharfingers, and other propertied interests on the rivers. ONE THOUSAND POUNDS FOR A PRAYER BOOK. —The manuscript missal of the 15th century belonging to the Abbey of St, Lo, at Rouen, was sold on Saturday, as announced, at the public sale rooms in the Rue Drouot. It was put up at 1,500 f., and the biddings went very slowly to 10 ,000 f., but at that moment the competition became more animated, and the hammer ultimately fell at the sum of 24,850f._Galignani. [A.DI TtRTNEmENT.] Pills and medicine invariably ag avate and perpetuate diseases; their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indiflerent health sending only their address to E. S. Barry, Es q., 7 7, Regent-street, W., London, and they will receive gratis and free by post the " IsvAuns' OWN UIDE," or Natural Restorer, without medicine or ex p 'nsc, of perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, and sleep, 1 3 , to the most enfeebled, insuring the removal ol (d yspepsia), constip a ti on , liver complaints nausea, epilepsy , paralysi s , d e bili ty, nervousness, palP t ta ti °t cough, asthma , consumption, dropsy, flatulency, diarrbcca, refreshingl dysentery, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, noises in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, talon, heartburn, headache, despond ency, cramps, spasm s, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness. sinking, fits, bconaltl3, es -4 Mann ti 4101 7 the safest Quide acidity, palpi to healtl4!), THE7,_PSITN; LONDON, THURSDAY EVENPfGar, MAY IA 1861, One of the naval Armstrong guns,loo-pounder, similar to the one supplied to the Driver at Wool wich, under orders for the coast of America, is about to be forwarded td' the Challenger at Sheerness, likewise ordered for the coast of America. Commander G. H. Gardner, C. W. Hope, J. C. Byng, I. Bythesea, and H. T. Burgoyne, were yesterday promoted to be Captains ; and Lieu tenants P. G. Nettleton, U. T. W. G. Ceyat, W. Pvm. A Morrell, J. H. Bushnell, F. Hardy, C. 13. C. Dent, a. C. Vvered, H. C. Mayne, and C. A. P. V. Robinson, to be commanders. The following appointments were also made at the Admiralty:—Edward E. Williams, third class assistant-engineer, to the Rhadamanthus; Thomas Ritchie and William A. Stewart, third class assistant-engineers, to the Ariadne, con firmed; Edward Tesdall, assistant-paymaster, to the Donegal; and Alexander G. Young, assistant paymaster, to the Donegal. Ti.LE ARMY. , The Alfred, hired troopship, Captain Pope, ar rived at Spithead yesterday, from China, with a detachment of the Ist battalion 2d (Queen's Royals) Regiment on board. She sailed from Hongkong on 20th December, 1860, and from the Cape of Good Hope on the 3d of March, 1861. Her voyage from the Cape has been long and tedious, from the long continuance :of light east winds. She will be towed into Portsmouth Harbour this morning, and land the troops at the dockyard to join head quarters in Portsmouth garrison. The York, hired troopship, Captain Redpath, arrived at Spithead yesterday from China, with a detachment of the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment on board, under the command of Cap tain ,William Hanmer. The York sailed from Hong Kong on the 21st December, 1860, and from St. Helena on the Bth of March. All news by this vessel, as in the case of the Alfred, has been antici pated from the Cape and St. Helena. Four deaths took place during the voyage home. PUBLIC BUSINESS IN THE HOUSE 01? LORDS. The following Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords, appointed to consider " whe ther, by any alterations in the forms and proceed ings of this House, the despatch of public business can be more effectually promoted," was issued yes. terday : " The Committee are of opinion that the forms and practice of this house are well calculated to pre vent delay in the passing of bills, or in the trans action of other business ; but the house has had frequently to regret that bills have been sent up by the other House of Parliament at so late-a period of the session as to render it impossible to give them that full consideration which the public interests require. That this is not a novel complaint is proved by the Standing Order of May 5, 1668, and the subsequent proceedings of this house. It appears to the Committee that two modes of remedying this evil may be suggested ; either that some portion of the legislation which now originates in the House of Commons should commence in this house, or that some alteration should be made in the forms and proceeding's of the other house which would enable it to devote more time and attention to legislative measures during the early part of the session. The Committee would observe that, independently of financial measures, which begin as of course in the House of Commons, the representative character of that house renders it expedient that some other classes of important bills should first be discussed there, and should be reviewed rather than proposed in this house. It is obvious ;hat the course of proceeding by which such measures may be so expedited in their passage through the other house, so as to allow of their full consideration by the Lords, and to enable the Common and this House afterwards to give duo attention o any amendment which may have been proposed there, must rest entirely with the House of Commons itself. In pursuance, how ever, of the power giNen to them, the Committee directed their chairman to place himself in commu nication with the chairman of the Committee in the Commons on the business of the house, with a view to facilitate the co-operation of the House of Lords in any arrangements which might require the joint action of the two horses. They also authorised him to make the following suggestions : "1. That it is expedient, in certain cases, to adopt an abridged form of proceeding with refer ence to bills which stall be again brought before the house after having been passed by it is the im mediately preceding session of the same Parlia ment. "2. That the bills in respect to which such abridged form of proceeding may be adopted shall be, mutatis ?nutandis, the same bills which this house may have passed and sent to the other house, and as to which that house may have resolved that there did not remain time for their due considera tion in the session in which they were received. "3. That on .a resolution being moved that it is expedient again to pats and to send to the other Her Majesty's line-of-battle sailing ship Ganges, 84, which was paid off at Sheerness yesterday, was commissioned at Sheerness on the 25th of .Tune, 1857. After sailing from Sheerness in July of the same year the Ganges proceeded to the Pacific, where bhe has been cruising the greater portion of the time which has elapsed since then. While she has been on commission her crew, which numbered 750, have been generally healthy, and there have been comparatively few deaths among them. The officers, from the captain downwards, speak in ex ceedingly high terms of their excellent conduct and good behaviour. The fallowing petty officers and seamen have been selected to receive the silver medal and gratuity awarded by the Admiralty for exemplary conduct, viz. :—Thomas Hales, car penter's mate ; Cornelius Divers, captain of the mast; Joseph Wren, yeoman of signals; Peter Cole man, captain's coxswain ; Edward Arnold, gunner's mate ; and William Chambers and James Dolby, Royal Marincs. George Fry receives the medal without the gratuity. Prior to the Ganges being paid off the crew were mustered by Capt. Fulford and addressed by him, after which a number of Turkish medals, awarded by the Turkish Govern ment to those seamen belonging to the Ganges who served in the Crimea, were distributed to upwards of 100 of the crew by Mrs. Fulford. The continuous service men, who form the greater part of those on board, have been granted seven weeks run ashore by the Admiralty, at the expiration of which period they will join one of the guardships at either of the naval ports. The Ganges will now be attached to the sailing reserve in ordinary at Chatham. The War Department transport Bomarsund, W. Spicer, commander, arrived at Upnor Castle, Chat ham, yesterday, and land , Fd the powder and shells from the line-of-battle screw steamer Cressy, 80, 400-horse power. A further delivery of the patent Admiralty sig nal lanterns, introduced by Mr. Ward, of Auburn, United States, termed the " Ocean Marine Tele graph," was yesterday received at Woolwich. The compactness of the apparatus, the case, in which a complete set of lanterns is packed ready for im mediate use, being only 18 inches square, was much admired. The officials and signalmen remarked that with the powerful burners of this (No. 3) pattern eignals might be transmitted intelligibly over a sea range of upwards of 20 miles in ordinarily clear weather, and might be used with profit as day sig nals also, it being a readier method than that of flags, in consequence of the lanterns facilitating a much more rapid means of communication both afloat and ashore at short ranges, the shades form ing the three great contrasts of red, white, and black. It further transpired during the inspection that the new system is in course of being adopted by the continental Governments and the navies of Europe generally. Orders have already been exe cuted for the Swedish Government, and the manu facturers are now engaged in completing an eaten sive commission for the Russian navy. Mr. Ward, having terminatedhis arrangements for a continued supply at Woolwich, will leave in a few days to submit his system to the Minister of Marine at Paris. Notwithstanding the universal adaptation of the system, it was yesterday stated that in the event of war a special code appropriate to each individual nation can be made use of, without the possibility of the signals being read be 3 and the privileged circle. The Black Eagle, tender to the flagship at Wool wich, is under orders to sail this morning for Os tend to receive Prince Frederic William Louis of Hesse Darmstadt, betrothed to the Princess Alice. In consequence of the Admiralty not having the flag of Hesse British colours only will be hoisted on board the Black Eagle. I house for its concurrence any such bill tb.e question ( shall be put whether the house will agree to the same, and on such resolution being agreed to the bill to which it relates shall be forthwith sent to the house for its concurrence without any further question being put or any debate allowed. " The Committee also suggested, through their chairman, that it would be expedient that the House of Commons should autnorise some one of its members to move as soon as possible the first read ing and the printing of all bills sent down from the House of Lords, in conformity with the practice adopted by the house with reference to bills sent up from the House of Commons. These suggestions did not meet with the concur rence of the Committee in the House of Commons, for the reasons set forth in their report, which has since been communicated to this house. That report, however, contains certain resolutions agreed to by the Committee of th e H ouse of Commons, which, if carried out would, in their opinion, effect ' changes in their own forms and proceedings which they confidently believe will expedite the despatch of business from the first commencement of the Session, and thus give to the Lords an earlier opportunity of considering their measures. Under those circumstances, and the Committee in the Commons having made their report to the house, it appeared to the Committee unnecessary to prolong their sittings ; and that it would be desirable, be fore any further steps are taken in the Lords, to watch the effect of the alterations proposed, in case they should receive the sanction of the House of Commons. " May 7, 1861." THE CENSUS OF 1861. A list of a number of provincial towns containing upwards of 10,000 inhabitants was published a week since in The Sun with the ascertained result of the present Census appended and compared with those of 1851. The comparison, as will be seen from the subjoined table, can now be considerably extended, through the returns which have come to hand from .2 %/aim n : Population in In- De- Town. 1851. 1861. crease. crease Glasgow* 360,138 446,395 86,257 Birmingham t 232,841 295,943 63,102 Leeds Sheffield Edinburgh ..160,302 167,131 6,829 Newcastle-upon-Tyne.. 89,156 110,753 19,844 Bradford 103,786 106,203 2,417 Hull. 84,690 105,000 20,000 Sunderland Preston . . 69,542 82,888 13,346 Brighton ... 61,568 77,828 16,260 North Shields Nottingham Oldham Hulme . .. 53,482 68,209 14,727 Leicester . . 60,632 68,186 7,551 Stockport Bath - Cherlton-on-Medlock York ~ Chatham .. 31,416 39,162 7,746 Rochdale Ipswich Halifax Great Yarmouth Gateshead 25,568 32,822 7,254 Northampton 26,657 32,801 6,144 Tynemouth Cardiff 18,351 31,235 12,884 Swansea Carlisle Cambridge 27,702 26,351 Newport, Montcouthsh 18,892 24,164 Warrington Colchester Clifton Canterbury Lincoln Stratford 10,576 19,004 Keighley Saddleworth Scarborough 12,444 18,350 Middlesborough .. 7,893 18,273 Bo 3ton Dewsbury Barnesley Wakefield Rochester King's Lynn 20,314 16,510 Stockton Doncaster Stafford L.. tc.. Batley 9,318 14,364 West Hartlepool , Bury St. Edmund'.._ - Bingley Pudsey Newcastle-under-Lyme 10,300 12,636 Rotherham Bridgewater Peterborough Hartlerool 9,614 11,701 Newark 10,930 11,563 Frome 11,850 11,150 - Louth Kendal - A sufficient body of evidence is collected in these returns to show that the present census will exhibit the most remarkable fluctuations of population re corded in the national annals. Towns almost coeval with the existence of the empire have been left far behind by places which 20 years since were little more than villages. Thus, the venerable Bury St. Edmund's has been distanced already by one of the busy, pushing Hartlepools. Glasgow, again, has augmented its numbers to an extent not equalled by 20 or 30 smaller towns massed together; while Edinburgh has lost at least 10,000 of the natural increase of her population during the ten years. In fact, the lesser lights have waned that the brilliancy of the greater might be increased. 5,572 3,245 4,287 3,741 2,120 3,463 8,428 830 5,906 10,380 490 3,800 2,969 611 1,585 4,622 4,356 1,969 5,046 8,783 1,284 2,336 5,278 1,045 3,055 2,087 633 SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE. The following are the census returns of several of the principal places in South Staffordshire. The rapid growth of Wolverhampton, Walsall, West bromwicb, and some others is very remarkable. Bilston is the only exception to the general increase, as the population has not advanced more than a few hundreds : Population in 1851. 1861. Increase. Bilston .• • • .. 23,522 24,332 810 Darlaston .. .. .. 10,591 12,880 2,289 Handsworth 06 edl 7,880 11,460 3,581 Kingswinford (parish) .. 27,303 34,134 6,831 Lichfield (city) .. .. 5,041 6,872 1,831 Oldbury .. .. .. 11,641 15,703 4,073 • Rowley Regis 14,248 19,799 555, Sedgley (parish) .. 29,447 36,629 7,182 Seisdon (union) 13,857 15,871 2,014 Smethwick 8,379 13,351 4,972 Tipton .. 24,853 28,870 4,017 Walsall (including Bloxwich) 25,674 37,882 12,208 Walsall (union) .. 37,434 50.594 13,190 Wednesbury 14,278 21,966 7,685 Wednesfield .. 4,858 8,553 3,695 Westhromwich (parish) .. 34,581 41,774 7,189 Westbrotnwich (union) .. 69,718 92,457 22,744 Willenhall .. 11,924 17,254 5,330 Wolstanton (union) • 22,190 31,641 9,451 Wolverhampton (borough) 57,989 68,858 10,869 Wolverhampton (union) 90,305 111,017 20,712 BATH. The census return for the whole of the parishes comprised in the Bath Union, which includes all the suburban districts as well as the parishes which constitute the city and borough of Bath, gives a total population of 68,320—viz., 28,234 males, and 40,086 females. These figures exhibit a decrease of 1,516 on the population of the entire union, and 1,739 on the population of the city and borough, as compared with 1851. BRISTOL. 1,730 3,804 The comparative statement of the census for 1851 and 1861, showing the increase or decrease in the several districts for the " old city of Bristol," gives the following results :-1851.—Number of houses inhabited, 9,130; uninhabited, 789; buildi ng , 15. 1861.—Number of houses—inhabited, 9,398 ; un inhabited, 1,094 ; building, 27. Population.- 1851.—Males, 30,308 ; females, 35,404 ; total, 65,712. 1861.—Males, 29,610 ; females, 35,539 ; total, 65,149. This shows a total decrease of 563 in the parishes composing the old city, which is accounted for by the fact of the return of persons on board vessels having been made direct to the Census-office instead of being added to the Bristol return as was the case in 1851. The removal of lunatics from the city to Stapleton also makes a dif ference, the return for St. Peter's Hospital in 18 51 being 263, and in 1861 only 138. The total num ber of persons in the district of St. Mary Redchff, St. Thomas, and Temple is precisely the same as in 1851—viz., 14,379. In Clifton and other parts now comprehended within the city and county of Bris tol there has been a large increase, but the returns are not yet perfected. * Including tniburbo. t Incomplete, 1." APProziraate, ROMAN AFFAIRS. A letter from Rome, dated May 4, says :—The quasi -official declaration of the indefinite prolonga tion of the French military occupation of Rome has, of course, tranquillised the fears of the eccle siastical partisans in the same degree that it has quenched the immediate hopes of the Liberals ; but there is no doubt that. the statement given in the Patric affords a plausible view of the present posi tion of the Pope and Rome, and of the inevitable hostilities between Austria and Italy which would result from the unceremonious consignment of the Pontiff and his remaining shred of territory to the safe keeping of Victor Emmanuel. It may be accepted as a singular proof of secrecy and unanimity amongst the Liberals here that although more than 7,000 signatures have been collected for the two addresses to the Emperor Napoleon and Victor Emmanuel, the most indefa tigable exertions of the Roman spies and police agents have not yet enabled them to pounce upon either of these documents ; cafes, barbers' shops, theatres, and other places of public meeting are haunted in vain, and nocturnal invasions of private domiciles are effected without the desired result; nor have the more insinuatingly courteous modes of research adopted by diplomatists and their agents gained them a sight of the mysterious documents. Madame Pantaleoni left Rome on Wednesday to join her husband at Turin. Before obtaining her passport she was required to sign a paper engaging not to return to Rome, nor would she have been allowed to leave without fulfilling this condition. As the police authorities declined giving her a copy of this engagement, she, with much calmness, wrote a copy of it herself in the office. Madame Panta leoni's spiritual and medical advisers, Father Sapeto and Dr. Leonardi, had proposed accompanying her to Civita Vecchia, to see her on board the steamer, but those gentlemen received private warning from the police not to indulge their feelings of sympathy to that extent, and Madame Pantaleoni was conse quently conducted to the railway station only by Mr. Odo Russell and Mr. Pentland, to whose friendly courtesies, as a British subject, she had every right. The Pontifical Government has relapsed into its periodical state of inertness. Cardinal Antonelli is satisfied that his place at the helm of power will be preserved to him by French protection ; and Mon signor de Merode has been very much occupied with the construction, or rather the grooving, of 12 pieces of cannon, at the arsenal behind the Vatican, so that the Pontifical army also has now its rifled artillery. But, although quiet at home, the Papal Govern ment is said to be active abroad, and the reactionary disturbances in the south are entirely attributed to Papal and Bourbonic emanations. The last news we have from the Neapolitan frontier represents a body of 500 reactionists, brigands or Bourbonic sol diers, as hemmed in by the French on the north, and the Piedmontese on the south of the border line, so that they must either surrender or be destroyed. The presence of so many of these disbanded soldiers and disorderly peasants in the Papal ter ritories renders the roads more insecure than usual, and the cities and towns themselves, not excepting the capital, suffer from the nefarious exploits of an unusually large agglomeration of marauders. The Marquis Bargagli, who continues to represent at the Court of Rome the defunct Go vernment of the ex-Grand Duke of Tuscany, was surprised the other morning before daybreak to find a robber standing at his bedside, offering him the disagreeable alternative of a thrust with a stiletto or the immediate consignment of his escritoire. His excellency chose the latter condition, and handed over about 540 scudi to the unwelcome visitor, who nimbly made his exit by the window with his ill gotten booty. On the following day, as the marquis was pon dering over the successive ills which flesh and diplomatists are heirs to, in walked the renowned Jesuit confessor, Father Rossi; and without more preamble than stating that a penitent of his had resolved to regain his peace of conscience by restor ing the property which he had plundered, handed the portfolio and money to the astounded minister, and wrapping himself once more in his ample black cloak, departed as expeditiously as he had come. This same Father Rossi, some months ago, brought back 300 scudi to a Roman money changer, which the latter had given too much, by mistake, to a customer who went to change a note. 2HE LONDON UNIVERSITY. The annual meeting for the conferring of degrees and distribution of prizes to the students of this university took place yesterday afternoon in the Great Hall of the university at Burlington House. A large company was assembled to witness the ceremony; among those were—the Vice-Chan cellor, Sir J. L e f evre , Lord Overstffne, Dr. Billing, Sir James Clark, Professor Faraday, Dr. Hodgekin, Mr. Kiernan, Sir Charles Locock, the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, M.P., Mr. Grote, Sir E. Ryan, :C.8,, Dr. Quain, Dr. Foster, Dr. Storrar, Dr. Sharpey, and Dr. Angus. There were also present Lord Camperdown, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, Lieut.- Colonel Loyd-Lindsay, and Mr. A. Trollope. A report of the proceedings of the past year was read by Dr. Carpenter, the Registrar of the Uni versity, wherein it appeared that 215 candidates offered themselves in July, 1860, for matriculation, of whom 60 distinguished themselves in matheme tics, 9 in classics, 10 in chemistry, 2 in botany, 5 in zoology. In January, 1861, 77 matriculated, 7 of whom took mathematical and 3 classical honours; ano 2 distinguished themselves in chemistry, 2 in botany, and lin zoology. Of the 88 who took the degree of 8.A., 4 distinguished themselves in mathematics, 7 in classics, 10 in English, 6 in French, and 4in German. Of the 35 who passed the first examination for the M.B. degree, 12 took honours in anatomy and physiology, 8 i n che mistry, 7in materia medica, and 4in botany. Nine M.A. degrees were conferred, and an equal number of M.D. degrees. Earl GRANVILLE, (the Chancellor of the Univer sity) said that after having had the agreeable duty of giving prizes and conferring degrees, he rose to make some observations on the condition and pro spects of the university, in accordance with annual custom. Though it was difficult to addre,s many who had been present on several previous similar occasions, that difficulty was diminished by the fact that not only was there deep interest taken in the welfare of the university by its members and by their friends and relatives, but also by many dis tinguished men who were present, and who were not connected with the university. The other day he read a work on the universities of England written by an eminent man, and he was mortified to find the London University dismissed with the short saying that "it was only a board of manage ment." As to the senate, he was quite prepared to admit that it might be called " a board of manage ment." He was embarrassed in speaking of that body by the fact of his belonging to it himself; but be had been a member of it for a very short time, and he was quite out of the class of those men of great merit and ability of whom it consisted. He would not trouble them with a list of the names of the members of the senate ; they were some of the most eminent in politics, literature, and science. He had never known an y body in which so many of such eminent men hid submitted so cheerfully to the de tailed drudgery so necessary to the practical work ing of the university. During the last short year four historians had been lost to the world. One a Frenchman, De Tocqueville ; one an American, Prescott; and two E ng li s hmen, Macaulay and Hal lain. Both of the Englishmen had been associated with this university, and the eminent historian who was now left was always present in th e senate to assist others in promoting the advantage of the institution. The London University laboured under some disadvantages when compared with Oxford and Cambridge. It was far from having their magnificent buildings, and cloisters, and gardens. But in every thing in this world there was com pensation. The very absence of those advantages was in some respects an advantage. They had no legal difficulties to deal with, and were left at liberty to select their own Curriculum, a curriculum superior to that of any other university : other universities were following in their steps, slowly indeed with regard to their curriculum. The example set by the University of London had been followed in Ire land and at Melbourne. At the latter a young man had gained distinction, and had returned to this country and won one of the first East India . prizes. He (the chairman) was sorry to have to point out some deficiencies. The senate was deprived of the services of distinguished members as classical examiners. It was a subject of regret that no can didate for the office of clasiical examiner had come from their own body. He hoped that would not occur again. He also regretted that the ancient languages were not strdied more, as they tended, in conjunction with other branches of learning, to discipline and refine the mind, There were not many degrees in law, and he suggested that it would perhaps have been well if the inns of court had combined to form a legal university. Their mathematicians had shone at Cambridge, and their medical students ranked the highest in England, if not in the world. Convocation had been a little stormy a year or two ago, but that was merely a proof of youthful vigour. With respect to the representation of the University, he was of opinion that if any opposition were offered by the Scottish Universities to the redistribution of seats proposed in the small Reform Bill of this year, they ought modestly and firmly to claim one of the seats for their own University. The noble chair man concluded with some appropriate remarks to the successful and unsuccessful candidates. He wished them all to feel that it was a duty they owed to God and to their friends not to neglect their talents—that they owed it to the University to endeavour to become not only learned and scien tific men, but worthy and good citizens, and real and practical Christians. OUTRAGE ON 111. FAZE It may be remembered that an account was given of an assault in March last on M. Fazy, Vice-President of the Council of State of Geneva, by one Marchand. Two days back this man was brought to trial before the Court of Assizes of Geneva not only for the assault, but on the charge of outraging M. Fazy in the office of his department, and casting on him imputations calculated to affect his honour. The facts of the case were these. On March 25 Marchand called on M. Fazy at the Treasury, that gentleman being also President of the Department of Finance, and asked to he allowed the contract for the demolition of part of the fortifications. M. Fazy answered that the matter did not concern him, but the Department of Public Works, and recommended Marchand to apply there. But the man broke out into violent language, and accused the depart ment of showing partiality to certains persons to the pre judice of others. M. Fazy said that he would beg M. Fon tanel, chief of the Department of Public Works, to examine any claim Marchand might have to the contract which he solicited, but that declaration did not satisfy the man, and he insisted on having a positive promise that the contract would be given him. M. Fazy repeated that he would send a recommendation to M. Fontanel, but as Marchand continued to talk, M. Fazy at last, getting im patient, cried out, "Go away —you weary me I" On that Marchand said, " You are an insolent fellow I" and shook his fist at M. Fazy. That gentleman, fearing to be at tacked, took up a chair to defend himself. At that moment some clerks hearing the noise, entered, and the man was turned out : he went away muttering threats. The day after, as M. Fazy was walking across the Pont des Bergues on his way home from the Council of State, Marchand went up to him, and, without saying a word, struck him a violent blow in the face with his closed hand, and followed it up by two or three others in the breast. He would probably have continued the assault if M. Fazy, and a gentleman who was with him, had not rushed forward and held him until he was taken into custody by the police. The advocate of the prisoner appealed to the jury for indulgence, on the ground that the man received provocation, and had been since kept in prison more than six weeks awaiting his trial. The jury declared him guilty, and the Court condemned him to nine months' imprisonment and the costs. COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWARK—MAY 15. Scarcely an average supply of wheat at market, the trade in which was better, and more money realised. Oats were scarce, and met a firm sale. Barley in small supply, but steady, at late rates. Beans were at extreme prices, with a steady demand. Peas scarce. White wheat, new, 65s to 70s Barley, grinding.. 30s to 33s Red do, 6os to 65s Oats, old, .. 29s to 324 Old white 6sa to 70s New do 24s to 30s Red do. 50s to 60s 1 Beans. 57 s t o 60 s Barley, malting...3Bs to 44s 1 Beans, new 44s to 48s Peas, ....40s to 50s. HULL--MAY 14. A moderate supply of wheat to-day, which was more ist demand, at is to 2s over last Tuesday's prices. Foreign in more general demand. Malting barley met a ready de mand at a slight advance ; grinding sorts in active re meat. Oats scarce, and sold fully dearer. Beans were in average request, and a shade higher; peas steady, and late rates sustained. Wheat.... Old white per qr. 658 Od to 68s Od Old red ~ New white .. „ New red .... „ Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 63s Od to 68s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 60s Od to 62s Od Baltic and Hamburg,red 6OB Od to 62s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, old s2s Od to 55s Od Barley.... English malting 3Bs Od to 44s Od Grinding Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3Bs Od to 40s Od Grinding 32s Od to 34s Od Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per at Os 14d to 140 Friesland and Dutch oBl4ld to 08151 Swedish and Danish oBl4d to 08140 Beans ....English, old, per qr Now pigonn 44s Od to 45s od New tick. 43s Od to 44s Od Egyptian 3Bs Od to 40s Od Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares .... Spring. —s Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding . 52s Od to 54s Od crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £9ls 0 to £lO 0 0 Foreign 9 5 oto 10 0 0 Rape cakes 6 5 oto 610 0 Bones 515 oto 6 0 0 SHEFFIELD -MAY 14. - --- - - A considerable supply of English wheat to-day, with a dull trade. The better descriptions sold at fully the prices of last week; inferior samples were in little request. Bar ley and flour unchanged in price. Beans more inquired after, and scarce. Oats at advanced prices. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels 24s Od to 28s Od White II II 2ss Od to 28s Od New red • t ), 2os Od to 22s Od New white „ ), 22s Od to 26s Od Beans If 16s Od to 18s Od Peas, per qr 54s Od to 55s Od Grinding, barley, pe r qr Malting ditto , II 35s Od to 43s 04 Oats 79 Millers' prices for flour-2s 3d, 2s sd, and 2s 8d per 141 b. - The Vienna quotations yesterday show a further movement of 2 per cent. in the exchange in favour of Austria, showing a total movement of 7 per cent. within a week. [ AD VERTISEMENT.]-IVe have read with much pleasure Du Barry's report of the cures without medicine by Du Barry's food. The following are a few extracts which ap pear to merit the attention of many :—Cure No. 47,121. — Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham cross, Herts ; a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies." Cure Ne. 48,314.--" Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateaore, near Liver pool ; a cure of ten years dyspepsia and all the horrors of nervous irritability." Cure No. 54,812 —Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of consumption, after medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery. Cure No. 51,514, Baron de Polentz, Prefect of Langenau, of many years horrible sufferings of the nerves and an obstinate liver complaint for which the German spas had been tried in vain for years. Cure No. 48,721, General Baron de Zaluskowski, of many years fearful disorders of the digestive functions. 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