The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-21 00:00:00

; ; YI ONE y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY TWELVE O'CLOCK. ADVANCE IN THE MINIMUM RATE OF DISCOUNT. The directors of the Bank of England at their meeting to-day have raised their terms of interest and discount from 31- to 4 per cent. The measure was to a large extent anticipated, owing to the terms recently asked in the general money market, and the consequent pressure of nearly the whole of the current business upon the national establish ment. The announcement being expected has not led to much discussion, but in some quarters it is regarded with satisfaction, as it may have the effect of checking the introduction of so many foreign schemes. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are, in round figures, as under : 1863. 1862. Great-Western N orth-Western South- Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter .......... North Eastern Glasgow and Soutth-Western ..... 8,407 8,143 Great Western of Canada The above returns are generally of a satisfactory character. On the Great Western there is an in crease of £1,019; North Western, £1,450; South Western, £349; Midland, £1,406; Great Northern, £1,303 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, £1,824 ; North Eastern, £4,708; and Great Western of Canada, £1,450. The London and Brighton, however, ex hibit a decrease of £527, and the South Eastern of £656, Messrs. Coleman, Turquand,Yonngs and Co. are now paying, on the part of the estate of Francis Ede, Son, and Co., a second instalment of 2s. 6d., making, with the dividend in December last, 15s. in the pound. The biddings for 314,00,000 rupees (E 300,000) in bills on India took place to-day at the Bank of England. The proportions allotted were, to Cal cutta 16,70,000 rupees, to Bombay 12,00,000 rupees, and to Madras 1,30,000 rupees. The declared minimum price was as before, ls. 119 d. per rupee on Calcutta, and ls. 111 d. on Bombay and Madras. The applications within the limits were for upwards of 100 lace. Tenders on Calcutta at ls. 111 d. will . .eceive about 28 per cent. ; on Bombay Is. Hid., about 31 per cent.; and all above these prices in full. Those on Madras will receive in full. Two O'CLOCK. The thirty-eighth annual meeting of the pro prietors of the Provincial Bank of Ireland took place to-day. The following dividend was declared, viz., an extraordinary dividend of 30a. on eaeh £lOO share, and 12s. on each £lO share, of the capital stock of the bank, in addition to the ordi nary dividend of 4 per cent. There has been very little business in the Eng lish Stock Market to-day, speculation being ex ceedingly dull. At one time a little depression was apparent, Console then being 931 for money, and 92 1, less the dividend, for the account ; they have since recovered to 931 1 and 921 4 re spectively. The New Threes are dealt in at 91411; and Reduced, at 911 1; Bank Stock is marked 2331 235 ; the Indian 6 per Cent. Loan, 1091 110-k ; India Debentures of 1864-66, 1001 ; and India Bonds, 13s. to 19e. prem. ; Exchequer Bills are dull at 4s. die, to par. The transactions in the Foreign Stock Market are still on a reduced scale, speculation having recently received a check. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been 541 4 ; the Passive, 341 ; and the Certificates. 121 1, showing depression ; Russian 5 per Cents., 1822, are 951; ditto, 1862, 92/ 2 ; and the 41 per Cents., 901 911 ; Italian 6 per Cents. are 71/, being about 1 per cent, lower. Mexican have receded to 361; Turkish Consolides have returned to the quo tations of yesterday, viz., 51; ; ; and Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are marked 711 -I; Greek are 311 1; and the Coupons 141 1 decline in both instances. New Grenada are marked 161 1, and the Deferred 104. The Conteaerace Loan is n 1 prem., being firmer. Business in the Railway Share Market has been rather inactive, and a further slight depression has taken place in values. Great Northern and Great Easterns have each receded about bs. to 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings the Dperaticns have also been restricted. South kustrian and L om b ar d o -V enet i an have declined to i n , Great Western of Canada to HI; and East Indian to 109 i. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares renerally exhibit rather less firmness. London and Westminster are marked 781. London and Bra niian 43, and Royal Mail Steam 63, BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. lank Stock 235 34 per Cent. Reduced Annuities per Cent. Console Annuities qew 3 per Cent. Annuities few 21 per Cent. Annuities.. tinuities, 30 yrs, expire iith Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — ndia Stock Ditto 5 per Cent 109 k 101 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. ........ Ditto 51 per Cent. ................. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 1001 D ft. Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £1,000.. 'ousels for Account, June 9. 921 :xchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent.... 4 die par Ditto £SOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. lrazilian 6 per Cent Ditto 1843 Kilian 6 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent gyptian 7 pet Cent.. creek 6 per Cent., 1824-6, ex-Coup.ms.. Ditto Ditt Account. ....... . 31t o Coupons .................. lexican 3 pe r C ent . 141 ..... ........ Ditto Account . .. ' . '.•.••. .......... ............... 3/ 1 51 6 few Granada. ............. 1.61 Ditto Deferred ............................... . 101 10 'oruvian 44 per Cent. ................ Ditto 4} per Cent, 1862 .............. Ditto Account ...................... 'ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .......... Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6o' 62.. 491 1 .ussian 6 per Cent., 1822, 5t........ 951 Ditto 4i per Cent., 1850 Ditto 5 per C en t., 1862 punish 3 per Cent Ditto Account 541 1 Ditto New Deferred . Ditto Account,. Ditto Passive Ditto Account 344 panish Cert, of Coup not funded urkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account 711 1 'enezuela, 3 per Cont Ditto Account 241 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above p aya bl e in London. utch 24 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 641 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates alian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 711 Ditto Account TWO O'CLOCK. 93 msols, Money 924 1 xd Ditto Account EXTRAORDINARY MURDER IN FRANCE.—The dar e o f M a i sons Alfort, near P ar i s , h as just been Le scene of a dreadful murder somwitted by a lad only 16 :Lars of ago on his own mother. A steady working man amed Aubrey, employed in an ironfoundry, had long been n ving most un h appily with his wife on account of herda runken habits. T hey had two children, a lad o f 16 an aby in arms. A few days since Aubrey, accompanied by his )n, came to Paris on business, and before leaving strictly aarged his wife not to drink during his absence. On his re alm, he found her lying intoxicated on the bed. In his fury e seized a loaded gun which was in the room. His son hav ig asked him what he was going to do, he replied, " For 21 ears your mother by her drunkenness has made me miser 51e and kept me poor. I can endure it no longer ; I must then kill her or myself." The lad instantly snatched the an from d h at the selis fath 'a hand, exclaiming "No, I will kill " and moment discharg e d the gun into his other's breast. He then threw down the gun end was Inning away, when some of the neighbour s who had heard .e report stopped him. On entering the bedroom they .w the father standing, as if petrified, by the side of hie ife, who was quite dead. Both father and son were at lee given into custody, and when interrogated by the corn iesary of l olice they stated the circumstances of the crime ' given above. The two prisoners have been sent to the 'efecture of police. The murdered woman was first cousin the late Cardinal Morlot, Archbishop of Paris, Clarissa orlot was her whim canoe. SHARE MA RKE T S --- This day. •ihare! Railways. Bir.. Wol., and Str. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,ana MidAJo Bristol and Exeter 1 Caledonian Cork anti Bandon iCornwall IDo A A vets no div Do Btill66pc.pan.has pai to B. Dublin & been Belfast d June. Dun., Perth,& Ab. Juno. 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. Giasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk ; Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian at GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do ,Gt. S. an 1 W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lanoashiee & Yorkshire LoLdon and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So..th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares .• Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. y shares 'Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase 1 Do Let& Do York 13.14. ,5 10 et 8t I 50 20 8 84 76 86 83 e 5 115 116 61 62 40 42 13 14 91 93 107 109 524 63} 47 49 244 254 125 126 127 128 134 138 102 104 67} 67i 110} 111 78i 791 118 120 41 42 100, 1011 1044 1t56. 44 45 I 111 1 1 127 ‘27i 14 IL) 96 98 51 514 24i 25i 101 102 t 8 tSii ssi 691 at Do Carlisle st North London 10 Do New 9.16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction at Scottish Central et Scot N. E., Aber. stock at ; Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Welchpool at Shropshire Union et South Devon ... st South Eastern at South Wales et S. York. and River Dun 20 Staines, Wok.,andWok 25 Stockton Darlington 26 I Do 25 I Do New, 1866....... st Taff Vale.. .. 10 I Do B 10 Do C ............... 50 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do at Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim. et Waterfo r d & Ki lkenny ' et West Cornwall et NV. Hartlepool Har.&R et West Midland Oxford st Do Newport at Do Hereford 115 117 1 1 1 , p 16 161 111 121 118 120 45} f 98 100 50 51 32 33 916 92 (8 70 99 101 7 8 37 38 9 10 o 7 8 153 156 p 5 5i 3 1 3lp 44 15 38 40 99 101 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOUhS. p a id . j Closing Businesf. Price. done 53/ 2/ 481 125/ 126/ 7 111 101 781 101 f 105 I I 45 I 11* 1* 1272 I 1021$ 59 591 I 921 i 2 BRITISH P 79 82 154 156 28 30 ISI ONS. Closing Price. CO 63 1(8& 1 16 p 51 66 1 * 7i 1(8 109 1 1 9} 1091 ilO 112 .(9} 109 1 19 0 lit, 61 65 1 8 61 55 68 4i .7 41 33 36 24 26 21 23 110 )10i 1 2t 1 4 107 108 111 12 9 81, 97 100 89 1 107 108 101 103 48 100 49 51 3 5 E 4 gg "9 1 , 0 107 108 # fp 1 0 7 ICB ip 10f [(6 'T SECURITIES. 106 107 tu3 103 106 96 97 95 97 .11 113 112 114 112 114 117 113 115 109 111 10 111 1061 107 - - 1021 103 i 108} dallways t lantic 8c St Lawrena Itom.,Baroda.t.Cent Gu. syer cent... Do. New . . Do. E. Shares.. Butialo aria Lace Huron Do. Preference • tiuff alo, Bran t,&God ricl p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1572 Do. do. July 1, lbn )0. do: Jutic 1, 4 ;Icutta.d. S. Lash]. ) 'apeTown Az Dock Scrl lilastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Inthan. mi. 5 p. Do. do. G Do. do. H do. . Grand Trunk of Cana4l I fo. let Pr • . Bonds Do. co. deterred..... Do. 24 Fret. Bon E 1,.). do d fer ed...... Do. 3d P ef. stock ... Do. do. d lerr. d.... Do. 4th ['ref. s o k... Do. do deferred...... Gt.lnchaPenin.gua.sp.o Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lirn guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. 01 Canada Shan r Do. New .. Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. q p. o. Extensioi. De. 4 , Do. Fifth Extension. Helb.Corp. a p. a. Ltnth & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. Nlewßr unswrox Cant, Class A an 1 B ... N.Rl.C'da 6 pc Ist pi bdb Scinde ........ Do. Delh! Do. do Do. Punjaub Do. Do. .. .. •• • • Do. Indus. St. Flo.) COLONIAL GOVER dh.tiov. 6 p.c.J a &J —1877-8 I p. c. Feb. & Aut ' — Do. p. c. Mar. S ept Do. Ep. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G.l.lope, 6p c,187: Do.Ap &Oct 188 c , Do. 189, IDo. Jan. & July, 1891.. ,Ceylon, Nov.ls7B, 6 p hfau itiuS 5 per cent Natal G,v. 6 per cent E4.11.60v. p.o..ni.&J — N. SS. D0.W.6 6 p. c.Ap 18 . & Oc: Dv. 5p C4B , A to Do. d0.,1888 &upwth !New Zealand 6 p cent. ,Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gm 6p. c G6p.c.16715.& up r Vic.Gov. Op.°. Ja.&Jul} Do. lo 6 p.o. BRITISH HINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 i fd Lh nora Amalgamated.. 22 2 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist., 1 515 6254 East Bassett(llloganl.. 30 974 10 104 5 1 East Clogau G o l d Ltd. ss. id ip East Caradon ..... ... • . '1.14. , 31 3 314 34 E Cam Brea.,, Ca Brea. 34.0 84 - - E. WI/Wesel (Tavistk. ; 8.1.6 4 3f I Gam.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) 57 4 11 13 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 41 Si il. Wheal Vor(H e l aton , 40 61 7 IGrenville Gerud's- Foot 68.12 47 54 6 49 -- i iingston Downs 4. 7.0 24 3 ILady Bertha ,11argaret ((Joy Lelart J‘ 31 33 'tarke Valley.. 4 , ‘lyndy Iron Ore (Lim 2) 1 4 d New Setun .. 191 110 120 North Downs :4 2 24 .Wli'i ilasePt(lllo 4 at, 1.17.( 44 44 'orth Wheal Crotty . 2.4. i. 44 6 Par Consols(R. Blazey 14 44 54 20 i'rovidenee(Uny Lelnt 10.0.: , 1 13 South Caradon(St.Cleer 14 400 410 4034 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 5.15.0 34 31 -I. Wheal Fran. (Illogah 16.1 .9 85 90 'Stray Park 5 .Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 44 4i 1 Pin Croft e 19 ) I West Basset (Illogan) l4 12 13 —I W Carzdon (Liskeard : 5 29 31 West Seton ... ...„ 474 150 260 %heal Basset (Illogan ) 14 (5 70 c . • heal Buller(ltedruth) 5 60 55 A heal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 -- WhealLud ott ... . W heal 111aryAnn (len.) 8 154 164 Wheal Seton 584 g5O 260 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 13 17 Wheal Union 3.17 44 5 PREPEREIs------ Tc};m ---. IAREs. Great Northern_ A r.... --,- - • - - PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., red. a t 5 per cent. pm., 1074 Ditto, 4 per cent. red. at 10 per cent., 104 1 Great North British 5 Western, per gua. stock, 76 per cent., 110 West Midland, Oxforu, ist guaranteed stock, 1294 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 1051 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. ext., B, 6 per cent.; 10} LINES LEASED At' FIXED RENTALS. Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 96 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 17 Bahia and San Francisco (11m.) gua. 7 per Cent., 204 Eastern of Fr..nce 20 N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (21), 3 Recite ana San Francisca (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 174 ;San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 91 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 221 Capul Silver FOREIGN MINES. , Port Philip, 11 St. John del Rey (lira.), 53 4 United Mexican (liu. Vallanzas3a Gold, lim., JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Agra and Unite Service aim.), 1004 Alliance Bank of Australasi a 74 L ondon and Liv er p oo l (limA 31 4 2 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 101 Cit C y, hart ll.3 ered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 274 1 English, Sao' eh, and Australian Chartered, 224 Imperial Bank (lim.), 221 2 Imperial Ottoman, 214 201 1/ London and Brazilian , lim.) 43 Lonaon and London Ult.rtered Colonißal ank Urn. of Aus tralia, 281 ( London Joint Stock, : s 6 l ), 44 Liverpool, limited, i 7 t B ea, O Oriental National London ent Union of Australia, 544 al a ß ont a d nk Corporation, DOCKS. London, GO} Eoj MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Paine, 341 Ditto, pref., 112 i National Discount Company (lim.), VI Peninsula and U ieutal Steam, 76i Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, lim., Ditto (L ',) 3 Royal Mail Steam, 63 The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Ps is about per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.20 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is n arly 1-10th ier cent. deaier in London than in Peek By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 sterling. - tandard gold at the English Mirt price is, therefore, about 6-10tha per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg __T_he course of exchange at New York on London f o r bills at °u days' sight is 164 to 1641 per cent., and the premium on mold is 50 to 50 per cent. At these rates there is a profit 04 the importgtl l 4l 01 gold Crow the United 54011. Business don. 5i I 109; i 61 64i 4 21 loq 1011 110 104 1074 1101 11i THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVRNING, MAY 21, 1861 DENNAII:S AND POLAND, The stCopenhagen hale issued the f o ll ow i ng - - d t e h n e t s r o o f l s h " Poles I—The struggle of your people fir independence address to u people- - and liberty has excited a lively sympathy in our country, and, while our fellow-citizenc chiefly display it by collecting money to further your cause, we, the youth of Denmark, students of the learned professions, wish to give you a marked expression of our sympathy. "If even at earlier periods internal disagreements and errors of her sons hays contributed to accelerate the melan choly fate of Poland, still, on the other hand, history teaches us that the treacherous fraud and open violence of neigh bours superior in power have completed her ruin. In spite of the law of r ations, the country and people of Poland have been divided and scattered under the dominion of strangers; despite of the treaties entered into for the protection of Polish nationality, she has been oppressed and 11-treated, the religion of the people violated, her language abolished, or nearly so, and many of the noblest sons of the country are confined in distant prisons, or driven into exile. No country, and no people, in an age calling itself that of enlightenment and humanity, has suffered what Poland and her people have suffered. What is regarded as merit i.nd honour in every other land—love of its past glory and prosperity, fidelity to its nationality and its language, devotion to the common country, and belief in its future prosperity—are, as concerns the Poles, looked upon, and punished as the greatest crimes. There- fore, every attempt at the emancit &don and regeneration of Poland is fully justified, and perfectly wcrthy of the participation and active support of the whole civilised world. The tyrannical Government of Russia should not have attempted, like night burglars, to carry off all her in telligent youth to the barracks of St. Petersburg, or to the forts of the Caucasus; and Prussia. the first originator of the par tition of Poland, should not, by lending assistance to such infamous measures, have betrayed her evil conscience, though by so doing she has only kindled again the sympa thies of all noble and generous hearts in ,Europe for your good cause. " Poles J Our sympathy for you ought to be doubly strong; for it arises from a double source, both from the acknow ledgment of the wrongs you have suffered and from the as surance that the emancipation and restoration of Poland will contribute to secure the safety of our own country, and the future welfare of the Scandinavian north. The same Go vernment that has oppressed your people and caused your calamities has also, wherever it had the opportunity, endea voured to extinguish and annihilate Slavonian nationality and language, pretending merely to promote the march of intellect ; it has acted the very same part in South Jutland (Schleswig) that it is now acting in Posen; it is con stantly menacing our frontiers, our nationality, and our language; it would, if it could, prepare for us the fate of Poland. A regenerated Poland is our natural ally against the policy of usurpation and ambitious conquest. And, as the Slavonian tribe can only find liberty and safety by at taching themselves to a regenerated Poland. the northern tribes seek alliance and union trom the same motive. "Poland for ever I God protect and promote her just cause. " (This address was unanimously adopted at a meeting of the students of Copenhagen on the 13th May, 1863.) (Signed on behalf of the meeting) " CHR. FRIDERICHSEN. " EUGEN IBSEN. " SOPHUS NELLEMAN. " CHR. REICHARDT. " H. G. ZENTREN." MARKETS—This Day. MARK LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. —Wheat, 46s barley, 34s 5d ; oats, 21s Ild ; rye, 33s 7d ; beans, 38s 3d ; and peas, 35s Bd. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, 45s lid barley, 34s Ild ; oats, 21s 8d ; rye, 318 2d ; beans, 37s Id peas, 358 3d, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 85,684; barley, 6,425; oats, 2,293; rye, 38; beans, 3,729; peas, 319 qrs. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was rather scantily supplied with beasts, in for the most part fair average condition. All breeds were in steady request, and in some instances the quotations had an upward tendency, a few very superior Scots having realised 5s 2d per Ms. The general top figure, however, was 5s per Sibs. The show of sheep was moderately good, and the mutton trade ruled inactive, at Monday's currency. The best Downs changed hands at 4 , 3 10d per 81bs. Lambs moved oft slowly, yet no change took place in prices. Calves, though in increased supply, were steady, at late rates. The top figure was 5s per Blbs. Pigs were very dull; but milch cows ruled steady, on former terms Per Sib, to s s, d. s. d, s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 1Prinaecrs-wool d 0.4 4 4 6 Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 Pme. S'thdown d 0.4 8 4 li Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Large arse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, o i :c. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Large bogs 3 4 4 0 Second quality do. 4 0 4 2 Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 6 Lambs, 6s Od to 78 Od. Suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 850 1 Beasts Cows 132 f Sheep and lambs 280 .... Sheep and lambs Calves ^— Pigs 3201 ink the offal. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENEALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and the demand rules steady, as fol lows .—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d , mutton, 38 6d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 5,5 8d to 6s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 48 8d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, May 20.—The supplies of stock are mo derate, and the trade rules inactive, as follows : Beef, from 3s 6d to 48 10d; mutton, 48 00 to 5s Od ; 68 Od to 7s Od; veal, 4s 4cl to 5s 4d; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 811 m, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, May 20.—Beasts advanced 2d per 81b, other wise the trade w.s in a sluggish state. Beef, from 38 8d to 5s Od ; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s Od ; lamb, Os Oct to 7s Od , veal, 4s 4d to 58 4d ; pork, 3s 6d to 48 6d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 12s to 18s; quarter-old store pigs, 208 to 275; and milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB 5s each. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The official trial of Messrs. Westwood, Baillie, and Co.'s new 23-inch hydraulic press, erected in Woolwich dockyard, for bending and preparing armour-plates, took place on Tuesday. The officials present at the test were Sir F. Nicholson, Commo dore ; Mr. Turner, master shipwright ; Mr. Fric kett, chief engineer ; Mr. Thornton, assistant master shipwright ; and Mr. Tucker, foreman of the yard ; Mr. Westwood represented the firm. The first test consisted of trial of two 4-lin. armour plates, made hot, forming a thicknness of 9in. of solid iron, which were placed in the press and bent to a curve of 7.Bths in the dreadth of the plates in less than five minutes, at a pressure of 1,000 tons on the whole surface of the piston, the pump making about 130 revolutions per minute. In the second trial the plates were adjusted so as to bring the pressure near the centre of the plate. The pump was then worked up to 1,539 tons by indicator, bending the two slabs of iron to a curve of one-half in their breadths. The third and last trial consisted of a simple test of the working of the pump and the strength of the press. The pump worked up to about 1,600 tons and exhibited no visible signs of weak ness. The press is fitted with an improved appara tus not enumerated in the former notice—namely, a table or guid e at t h e top of the cylinder to keep it from risin g or cantin g , which will enable it to be worked up t o th e enormous pressure of 2,000 tons. The Russian G overnment have des i red Messrs. g Westwood and Co. to supply three of these presses with the utmost possible despatch, after having in vestigated the capabilities of the press by a careful inspection during its erection in Woolwich dock yard. Mr. Tucker, foreman of Woolwich dock yard, yesterday proceeded to Glasgow, by order of the Admiralty board, to survey the three iron fri gates building by Messrs. Napier for the Turkish Government. The Thames Iron Company have like wise entered into an engagement to build a fourth for the same Government. They are to be of 6,000 tons each, and of the Warrior class. A large number of hands are employed in scraping the bottom of the iron screw frigate Defence, and afterwards paying it over with a coating of red lead in No. 10 dock at Portsmouth, to be followed by a coating of Messrs. Peacock end Buchan's preservative composition. It is said that Messrs. Peacock and Buchan only advocate the removal of the softened outer crust of the composi tion with a climb scraper, and that they are entirely opposed to the method now being pursued—that of scraping off the entire composition with sharp steel scrapers, and laying bare the surface of the iron, which then receives the coating of red lead. c tt ' ally car e l ess in rather The compositions on the bottom ofthe thanDefenceby scraping,have be and, a been rem removed sailors e db l y pp na e arehi naturally the use of tools, they no sooner find that the com position in the vicinity of the rivets or under the lands of the plates cannot be reached effectually by the flat edge of the scraper than they bring one of its " points" into play, pickaxe fashion, and open up still further the fibre of the iron and render it t e h tr e ee m tiv o e re .ct imress o which ionab l e i tb y any c h em i ca ll y de may after war d s b e ex posed. With regard to the appli cat i on of red lead to the scraped and bare iron pl ates of a ship ' s bot iot tom, it is maintained by many men of large expe rience in the working of iron, and more especially by those connected with the manufacture of marine engines, that red lead is the best preservative that can be applied to iron which has afterwards to be submerged in salt water. If this is a generally received opinion among iron workers, a very diffe rent opinion is held by eminent chemists and other scientific men. These gentlemen contend that an iron ship's bottom which has had the bare iron of its cuter surface payed over with red lead " sweats" when afloat in salt water, the result being a blister ing of t'ae red lead and the deposit of the lead in a metallic crystolane form on the surface of the iron, each blister thus becoming a miniature galvanic battery, and that a corrosion of the iron fol lows. The Defence's case, then, appears to be just one of those cases which can only be decided by competent and scientific authorities, so far as relates to the application of red lead to the scraped and bare surface of her bottom plates. No doubt whatever can attend the use of the sharp steel scraper to those plates. When used simply in the ordinary manner, the fiat edge only being brought into play, the skin of the rolled plates is torn up and the fibre of the metal exposed to any future deterio rating influences, whether it be from red lead or from anti-fouling copper compositions. Of these latter, so many are now before the public that it will require some little care on the part of the Admiralty to pre. vent the bottoms of our expensively constructed iron ships being destroyed in the endektvour to discover which physician holds the best receipt. Meantime the Admiralty have been doing their best for some months past to find some covering for the submerged parts of our iron ships, and as the result of long and patiently conducted experiments at Portsmouth have arrived at a means of electro-coating iron with zinc in a very superior manner. A still more importan experiment in the same direction is, however, now beicg carried out, the results obtained from which are expected to have a most important bearing upon the covering and preservation of the b Atoms and armour of our iron ships. Some three or four years back a French invention was patented for coating iron ex posed to the action of sea water with an electro de- Posit of copper or brass, with the use of an alkaline solution. The project failed in some of its greatest re quirements. The metal was deposited,.but unevenly, with a dull surface, and was soft and porous. The defects were, however, overcome some time prior to the date of the French method by a well-known in ventor, who can deposit metals on iron as hard, as , . bright, or as thick in substance as may be desired The inventor has placed his services at the dispose] of the Admiralty, and is now o fficially engaged at Portsmouth in the construction of the batteries and other apparatus necessary for carrying out his plans. The screw steam gunvessel Snake , Commander John Moresby, November 30, 1861, from China, arrived in the Sound yesterday e vening. The Esk, 21, screw corvette, of 1,169 tons, and 250 horse power, has been commissioned at Ports mouth, for service on the Australian station. No captain joined her yesterday on the hoisting of her pennant of commission, but several names were current as those of officers likely to receive the command, and among the most prominent were Capts. Boyce and Curtis. The Lk was originally constructed for the Admiralty by Mr. Scott Russell. Since her last commission, however, her hull has been almost entirely rebuilt, and her engines have also undergone considerable repairs. Her armament consists of 15 8-inch guns, muzzle loaders, and four 40-pounder breech -loading Armstrongs—all broad side guns—and one 110-pounder, breech-loading Armstrong as a pivot forecastle gun. HBr Majesty's paddle yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt. his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen. will sail from Portsmouth early this morning for Gravesend, aad will, according to present arrange ments, embark their Royal Highnesses the Prince Louis and Princess Alice of Hesse at the last-men tioned place. She will sail for the Continent oa Sa turday morning. The Black Prince, 40, iron frigate, Capt. Wain wright, will go out of Portsmouth harbour to Spit head at noon to-day, and make an official trial of her speed at the measured mile in Stokes-bay, to morrow. _ The following appointments were made on Mon day at t h e Admiralty:—CJmmander Arthur Barrow, duties ; Wm. to the Cumberland; Henry J. Wm. H. Bell, Stanley, master, to Wm. H. Steil, acting ; Edmund J. Murphy, first-classcajt h hs. si e nie s r d c ri rtir a gso, d tet. d too.b i en t ei i hogtcenoi Cossack; s l etos , ehta f rsec o iak r teok; th e Cossack surveyingE t a . c .e t n in g g in s e e e c r o ' nd-cl ass assist.- engineer, ; Thos. to the Cossack; ea S na . gd G i ti Henryeice e r to tI hv fire r -class eh ict Co s sack . The s s a (a s bc s ) i k s , The following appointments were made on Ties day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Bouverie F. Clark, to the Esk ; Lieut. Armand T. Fowlett, to the Co lumbus ; Lieut. John C. Best, to the Orontes; Lieut. R. B Foster, to the Marlborough; Lieut. Edmund C. Drummond, to the Revenge Lieut.; John Nortt, to the Sheldrake ; Lieut. John D. V. Butler, to the Alert ; E. W. Creak► matter, to the Bak; Sub- Lieut. G. F. Hammick, to the Curacoa ; and James A. Cooke, acting sccond class assist.-engineer, to the Fire Queen. THE ARMY. The 4th battalion Military Train, under Lieut.- Col. O'Brien, is under orders to remove from Aldershott to Woolwich early in June, when its place will be supplied by the sth battalion from Woolwich, under Major de Salis. The Middlesex, East Indiaman, Capt. Cammell, R N.R., which arrived at Spithead on Sunday evening from Calcutta with the head-quarters of the 92d Regiment (Gordon Highlanders) on board, was towed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday. Tho troops were landed by Government steamer on the Gosport side of the harbour, taking up their quarters in the new barracks just vacated by the 6th Foot. The disembarkation of the troops on the day previous was 'prevented by the strong N.E. gale. THE VOLUNTEERS, Under the sanction of the War-office and the Lords of the Admiralty arrangements have been made for a com bined naval and Volunteer demonstration at Southend on Monday. The gunboats and a detachment of Marines eta ticned at Sheerness will, under the orders of the Comman der-in-Chief at the station, Vice -Admiral Sir W. J. H. Johnstone, co-operate with the Volunteer force assembled on the occasion. The guns of the West Essex Yeomanry Cavalry, under the command of Col. Palmer, will also be in position. The various Essex corps of Volunteers and one or two battalions from the metropolis are expected to take part in the manoeuvres, the programme of which has been arranged as follows : the guns of the West Essex Yeomanry Cavalry will be in position on the right of the Coastguard station. The force of Marines will be landed at 4 p.m. at the foot of the cliffs in front of the "new town," and will immediately throw out flank companies of skirmishers, who will at once ascend the heights. The signal for the ad vance off skirmishers on both sides will be the first gun fired from the gunboats, which will be at once replied to from the position guns. The Volunteer skirmishers will fall back on the appearance of the main body of the attacking party, and the positions will also be temporarily abandoned. Upon the advance of the main body of Volunteers the at tacking party will retire to the edge of the cliffs, where they will maintain their position, the firing from the position guns being resumed at the same time. After a short time the first line of Volunteers, being presumed to have suffered severely from the fire of Marines under the cliff, will be re lieved by the reserve. Atter the firing has ceased the en tire combined forces will be formed into quarter-distance column, and will march past the Vice-Admiral. It is intended to celebrate her Majesty's birthday at Norwich on Wednesday, the 27th inst. It is proposed that the 6th Lancers, the West Norfolk Militia, the local en rolled pensioners, and the Norwich battalion of Volunteer Rifles should muster on the occasion, and, weather permit ting, have a field-day on Mousehold-heath, when colours will be presented to the Volunteer battalion, at the request of the donor, by the Hon. Mr. Walpole. A public dinner will afterwards take place at the Royal Hotel, at Norwich, the Mayor (M. H, S. Patteson) in the chair. A great review is to take place at Cambridge on Whit- Monday. The battalions to be reviewed will be the Bed fordshire, the 2d Hertfordshire, the Cambridge, the Isle of Ely, and the Cambridge University, altogether upwards of 1,300 men. The various corps will assemble on Talker's Piece, and will proceed thence to Stourbridge-fair common, where they will execute various evolutions under the com mand of Col. Baker, On Tuesday the Melton, Helmsley, Castle Howard, and Hovingbam companies of North York Volunteers were in spected in Castle Howard Park by Lieut. •Cal. Harman, attended by Captain-Commandant Worsley, and the new adjutant of the battalion, Capt. Hedley. The number of spectators was very large. The Volunteers went through tke various manoeuvres in a soldier-like manner. The in specting officer highly complimented theMalton menfor their proficiency in drill, and for the excellent condition of their arms, and the Helmsley men, who have had no paid in instructor, were similarly honoured. The after part of the day was devoted to dancing on the lawn to the music of the band of the 2d battalion. On Thursday the Pontefiact Volunteers were inspected by Lieut.-Col. Stanhope, accom panied by the new adjutant, Major Cooke. Prizes have been given to the Whitby Artillery Volunteers for compe tition on Whit Monday. Lord Aveland, lord-lieutenant of Lincolnshire, has offered a series of prizes to be competed for by members of the re spective battalions of Lincolnshire Rifle and Artillery Vo lunteers on July 30. The Kesteven and Holland battalion will shoot for corresponding prizes at Stamford. The bat teries of Volunteer A. tillery formed at Boston, Grimsby, and Louth will compete at the Boston battery with heavy guns for various prizes. The Challenge Cup, of the value of 50 guineas, now held by Private Grummitt, of the 15th Lincolnshire R fie Volunteers, will be shot for at Lincoln on Monday and Tuesday, the 3d and 4th August, by mem bers of the respective battalions of Lincolnshire Rifle and Artillery Volunteers. The 3d West York (Bradford) Rifle Corps, with the Bing ley and Keighley Corps (two companies) attached, was offi cially inspected on Saturday afternoon last in Feel Park, Bradford. The inspecting officer was Lieut.-Col. Harman, who, at the close of the review, said he had been highly gratified by all the corps had shown him. He found them in a highly efficient state, and, with one exception, he had not inspected any battalion that had done better. The ground was well kept by the Bradford Artillery Volunteers. THE MAIL STEAM-PACKET SERVICE, There are now 130 Channel and ocean mail steamers subsidised by the British Government. The mail steam packet service has been in existence 20 years, and during that period about 30 packets have been wrecked, in which upwards of 2,000 persons lost their lives, and through which £3,000,000 worth of property was destroyed. Our channel and ocean mail steamers traverse nearly three mil lion miles and carry a couple of millions of passengers in the course of a year. Since the Atlantic has been crossed by steam 20 steamers (mail packets and others) have been lost in that ocean, viz., the President, Columbia, Humboldt, City of Glasgow, City of Philadelphia, Franklin, Arctic, Pacific, Lyonnais, Tempest, Austria, Indian, Arago, Hun • garian, Connaght, United States, North Briton, Anglo- Saxon, and two named Canadian. In the Atlantic two steamers have been burnt, the Amazon and Austria, and two foundered, the President and Pacific, It is worthy of notice that there is no record of any great inhumanity pae tised at any of the wrecks of the great ocean steamers on the part of crews over passengers, or of men over women and children, but there are records of deeds of heroism and huma nity by men in supreme peril. There is scarcely any record of cowardice on the part of the officers of ocean steamers, but numerous instances of skill, daring, self-command, and self denial. There is scarcely an instance of crews or the lower order of passengers in mail steamers breaking open spirit stores and getting drunk in time of shipwreck, such as we read in old chronicles. There has hardly ever been an in stance of a commander leaving any one behind in a wrecked steamer, but many commanders have lost their lives by re maining to the last and trying to save those under their charge. The horrors, therefore, of many shipwrecks have been less than they used to be, showing an improved spirit and humanity from the spread of education amongst sea faring men, and the great power of public opinion. Even common sail)rs now prefer to risk their lives in acts of humanity for the sake of the good opinion of the world, rather than have the finger of scorn pointed to them for saving their lives by acts of cowardice or inhumanity. The wreck of an ocean steamer, with sometimes 600 or 700 souls on board, is sufficiently horrible, without disgracful accompaniments. The most dreadful loss of an Atlantic steamer was that of the Austria by fire, in the middle of tha ocean, with the greater part of 1,000 persons on board. Whole families first em braced each other and then, joined hand and hand, jumped overboard, and perished. The most melancholy losses on the Atlantic were, perhaps, the foun dering of the President and Pacific, no one knows precisely when or where, or whether those on board were unconsci ously engulphed or endured the agony of seeing the ap proach of death. Two of the most singular wrecks in con nexion with mail packets were that of the Tay in the West Indies, which was abandoned by the captain: as a certain wreck, while an engiaeer and one or two of the crew insisted upon remaining behind and succeeded in saving the steamer, and her owners £500,000; and that of the Tyne, which had made a fine passage of 4,000 miles from tho South Atlantic, and when in sight of its haven, and the passengers had voted an address of congratulation to the commander for their safe arrivel, the ship was wrecked on the iron-bound coast of Dorset. Almost all the wrecked mail pac kets were lost in fogs or in the darkness of night, through steaming on to keep time with the mails. The fol lowing are the names of the ships lost by the owners of the Anglo-Saxon, viz.:—The Canadian (No. 1) in 1857, the Indian in 1869, the Hunga rian in 1860, the North Britain and Canadian (No. 2) in 1861, and the Anglo-Saxon in 1863. Owing to the loss At the latter, we shall rarely receive news from Capeßam.an immense expense the telegraph has be en extended to that point from New York, and a sta ff is ke p t at It the ce a n pe . for the reception and transmission o f news. is in c templation, however, to keep a fast steamer there to run out to sea, and communicate with the European and Ame rican packets. GREAT FIRE IN MANCHESTER. --About 12 o'clock on Tuesday night a fire broke out in the timber y a rd of Mr. Alderman N eill, in Sherbone-street, Stra nge . w ays, Manchester. Before the fire brigade could be brought up the flames had got well hold of the timber, and the re sult was that the greatest amount of water that could be thrown upon the fire failed to extinguish it. The whole contents of the timber yard were destroyed, and some cottage property in the neighbourhood suffered severely. The fire was so hot that, despite a wind in the teeth of the flames, the Britannia Works of Messrs. Muir, machinists, on the ,pposite side of the street, caught fire, and were also par tially destroyed. Mr. Neill was insured to the amount of £7,000, but the loss le estimated fit nearly £14,000, The Eon. Mrs. Norton's New Sta Lose and S ved. By the Hon. Mrs. Norton. 3 vole , Hurst and Blackett. The accomplished and gifted granddaughters of Sheridan are at this moment dividing the interest of the lit, I ary world—a new novel from the pen of the Hon. Mrs. Norton, and a new comedy by Lady Gifford (better known as Lady Dufferin), having within the last few days appeared almost simulta neously. Of the brilliant comedy at the Haymarket we have already spoken. The novel of Mrs. Norton now lies before us—a novel, like all the productions of its author, endued with a twofold character— remarkable for its brilliant descriptions, vivacious sketches, and graceful polished tone ; but remark able also, like all the outpourings of that tender poetic nature, for the intense feeling, the tender pathos, and the under-current of subdued emotion that imperceptibly, bat most sensibly, pervade the entire composition. Mrs. Norton is no haoknied novel writer, no conjurer pulling the strings of a puppet show. Her hand, with the rare facility of genius, can touch the chords of the heart so skilfully as to elicit at pleasure every varying emotion . Her writings not only excite our admiration, they extort our sympathy ; and in saying this of and work of art we are according the highest praise. This praise is to a certain extent due to her new story of " Lost and Saved." Tne characters are delineated with wonderful skill, the scenes described are in many instances almost dramatic in their in tense effect, and the story itself—a story of tender trustfulness, her rtless treachery, and cruel suffering —is beautifully told. Yet,as a story, there are many points on which we can accord it but very quali fied approbation. Beatrice Brooke, the heroine, over whose very name the authoress lingers lov ingly, is the child of an Italian mother, and is endowed with that " fatal gift," an ardent and im passioned temperament, so frequently productive of unhappiness. Beatrice, young, inexperienced, and enthusiastic, loves and is beloved by Montagu Treherne, the heir to the earldom of Caerlaverock. It is ordained by the will of an unreasonable grandfather that Montagu Treherne shall espouse one of his cousins or forfeit his share of the family estates. The old Earl, his uncle, is at Venice, and there, in the hope of gaining his consent to their marriage, Treherne persuades Beatrice to proceed, in company with some strangers—the acquaintances of a day. Beatrice goes, although her father, the innocent victim of some unhappy speculation, has just been arrested and is in prison. This first fatal step, neglect of her duty as a daughter, leads by a series of somewhat improbable catastrophes to the elopement of Beatrice and Mon tagu from Venice with the intention of being mar ried at Trieste. They embark by mistake on board the wrong steamboat and are taken to Alexandria. The British Consulate there is, for the time, inacces sible to them in consequence of the arrival of " the Marchioness," a most portentous personage, of whom we shall speak later on. Compelled to pro ceed on a journey through the Desert, the unhappy Beatrice is taken seriously ill, and overcome with exhaustion and anxiety is reduced to the verge of the grave. One grief haunts her—her father will hear of ber death without hearing of her marriage. A travelling doctor in the suite of " the Mar chioness" happens to arrive at the station where the invalid is lying. Commis_rating her condition, he declares her death is imminent unless ber mind can be set at rest. We must transcribe the scene that follows. The chapter is entitled HAY MARK2TS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 Os Od ; clover do., £3 10s to £5 10s; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.. —Meadow hay, £2 2s to £4 4s; clovei do., lOs to £5 lOs; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. Supply good. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £2 Od to £4 Os ; clover do , £3 Ids to .C. 5 10s; and straw, Ll 8s to £1 18s per load. A. full average supply. SHIPPING—This Day BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Thurs lay Morning. Arrived, May 20—Marieka, from Stockholm ; Antonia, Collery gall, from Rostock ; Suantje Moenendal , from Groningen. Arrived, May 21--Auckland, from Rotterdam; Portia, from Dantsic , Salma, from Gottenburg ; Nicola, from MarfeSovereign, Eagles, Odessa, and Jensine , from Dantsio ; Atalanta, from Sudvasthom ; Margaret and Mary, from Stettin; Sophy, from Nibe; Pili na, steamer, f rom Li s b on. Sailed—Caroline Goodyear, for Mauritius ; Eliza Reubec, for for Point de lialle ; C assange, for Jamaica; Sussex Maid, Malta ; Chapman, for Bo m b a y ; U r i nus, f or Demerara ; Nimrod, for Quebec; Triton steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Colombo, Swedish brig, from the east for the west ; Ligon, steamer, of Sunderland. from the west, for the north; Frances, barque, from Porto Rico, for London; Nimrod, from London, tor Quebec; Anglo-Saxon, from London, for Shanghai. Anchored.—Regina, from London, for Colombo. LIVERPOOL AND THE DERBY.— It is many years sinoe there was so much excitement on the Liverpool Ex change as there was yesterday afternoon. From 3 o'clsck until nearly 6 p.m. the flags were crowded, and as soon as it became known that Macaroni had won the Derby there were s3veral loud bursts of cheering for Mr. Naylor and his horse. Mr. Naylor is a Liverpool man, and no doubt this fact caused much more feeling than had any other gentleman's horse won the blue ribbon of the turf, A certain number of elfctors at Strasbourg hav ing offered their support to M. Odilon Bar rot, that gentle man has signified his consent to come forward as candidate, and has forwarded his authorisation to M. Edouard Gloxon, Member of the Constituent Assembly of 1848, to sign for him the oath of allegiance required by the Constitution. IMPROVEMENT IN AREOMETERS.—M. Pouillet last week communicated to the Academy of Sciences a new construction of the Areometer imagined by himself. The usual instrument con sists, as we all know,: of a glass tube with bulb at one end, which renders it buoyant, and a few drops of mercury in a separate compartment below the bulb, to balance it. Beaume, the inventor of this instru • went, having thus prepared it, laid down the following rule for graduating it, in order to determine the densities of liquids :—Put the instrument into distilled water at a tem perature of 15 degrees Centigrade (59 Fahr.) ; mark on the tube the point at which it emerges from the liquid, and call this point zero. Then immerse the instrument into a solu tion of 15 parts, in weight, of sea. salt in 85 of water, and mark the point at which the tube emerges from the liquid, cal ling it 15. Divide the space bete een zero and 15 into 15 parts, and continue this graduati n beyond the latter part as fares convenient. In this manner the density of a liquid will be accurately determined, by observing how far the instru ment sinks into it. Here M. Pouillet remarks that, how ever simple Beaume's method of graduating his scale may appear, it nevertheless has a great defect, uwing to the dr. cumstance that sea -salt seldom marks the same deg.ee, being often mixed up with foreign elements which exercise an influence upon its solution. And as a variation of only one-thousandth part in the density of the latter may give rise to a considerable increase or diminution in the degrees, Pouillet has modified Beaum e ' s method, by using die • tilled water only for the graduation of the are3meter, at the sa me time however modif3 ing the shape of the instrument i n a peculiar manner. His method at the same time offers a direct method of verification for areoraeters of all BEATRICE IS MARRIED. " Are you sleeping, Beatrice P" said Treherne, in a low voice, as he entered the room, after the doctor's prescription had been given to her. " No,—l am dying I I hear you, but the words seem all faded and distant. I see you, but everything is confused, I remember, as if all my life were so long ago—so long ago I Oh Montagu I" resumed she, with a burst of renewed passion, " what will become of me? My father I toy father 1 If I could only say husband' once, and you could tell him I died your wife. Montagu! ' —and her look was one of such wild appeal, that Treherne first shrank, and then with a burst of passion, folded her in his arms; "Would it be a great •in to call me by that dear name to him, even if you cannot get some one to join our hands before I die ? He has suffered so much—my poor father :Heis so proud, so honourable. Oh I God, have pity on me I Thou, who knowest alt hearts, Thou knowest I meant no wrong." And this time, the appealing eyes looked, not to Tre • herne, but with a desolate wildness upwards. Upwards I beyond the blank ceiling that hid the sky—beyond the world that hid God from her thoughts. Then a faint stupor dulled all her being, and she lay with her eyes wide open, and that expression in them which thrilled Treherne's heart with such inexpressible terror; that muddy lustre, like the sunshine on pools full of dead autumn leaves. When she was again conscious, Treherne spoke to her ; he was standing by her bedside with another gentleman, with some one in a dark dress—with a clergyman. Beatrice gave a wild cry of joy. "Here is the chaplain of one of our consulates, Beatrice, who has been good enough to consent to a little delay in his journey, to make you my wife; do you hear, darling ?" Beatrice's eyes moved quickly from side to side, but she answered nothing. " Oh, love of my heart 1 Oh, Beatrice I here is help. Don't die 1" Something like a smile quivered over the hot dry lips of the poor girl, "No," she said, "no, Montagu. I won't die, if I can live I" " Do you think you will understand what this gentleman —what the chaplain will read ?" "Yes. lamto be your wife; let him make me your wife. I will not die till then." She folded her hands with anxious earnestness, and immediately afterwards unlocked them ; they fell by her side. "Clod help us both, and make me a pleasant memory to Montagu, when I am gone 1" she said : and then turning to the chaplain, she added faintly—" I think death must be very near, I feel so much less confused. Marry us quickly: and be sure it is not such grief as it seems. 1 would rather be his wife, though only to die in his arms, than live for any destiny that could part us I" The eyes of the English chaplain were bent on her with the deepest compassion. His voice trembled, the words faltered from his lips, as he read with earnest gravity the brief ceremony appointed by our Church, for that solemn union which death only should have power to unlink I A deep sigh of relief from Beatrice at the conclusion, was echoed by both her companions. Then she turned deadly faint ; she caught nervously at Treherne's sleeve. "Oh 1 Montagu, ' she said, is this death ? Is this indeed farewell ? Farewell, my darling I Farewell love, and farewell life I Don't forget me I" And so saying, a deadly swoon seized her, and she lay with her head on Treherne's arm, like a lovely statue of marble. Does not this tender scene of subdued emotion jus tify all we have said of the writer's pathetic power P The consequences of this incident are deplorable, and hardly within the limits of probability. Mon- :agu Treherne is cleverly described. He is super- latively selfish and irredeemably heartle ss; b u t we are inclined to think that in this instance even his character is somewhat overdrawn. Few men having passed through the ordeal of a scene like that above described, could, on the restoration to health of the unsuspecting victim, make that very scene—that fictitious marriage, entered into on the one Bide with the truthfulness of a death-bed devotion —the substitute for the real marriage that was to be, the excuse for subsequent ruin and desertion. The in cident, while it odds additional darkness to the iniquity of Treberne, affords another excuse to the blindness of Beatrice. With the intensity of her womanly devotion where Beatrice loves, she cannot doubt, and consequently very terrible is the agony of her awakening. Most dramatic i s the sce ne later on , when —in the midst o f her u tter ruin and h e lplessness, whennotaf d friend doctorienncdrev will itt and she 'le o : b e lieve her story of the fictitious marriage, charitable is regarded by all as "lost" . —lost bey on d of"" sav ing although —Maurice Llewelly n, the power Ins of her innocece visit her dying ch i ld , brings a "This is Dr. Foljambe, Beatrice," he began, bat a wild expression illuminated the features Treherne's for saken love; she gasped for breath; then with a sudden movement she locked the door by which they had entered, and drew away the key. "Now," she said, "now you must hear me. Give mo time—give me help, 0 God I Maurice, ask him —ask HIM" —and she pointed to the friend he had introduced, with a strange mixture of repulsion and triumph—" whether I have told the truth I It was You who married me," sh e continued, addressing the stranger with passionate excite ment ;" I owe my ruin—and my child's ruin. to YOU —to your cruel treason—to your base perfidy I How dared you the ordinances of God, by pretending, in that solemn hour of expected death, to unite me to Montagu ? I am low—miserable ; for I am not his wife ; but that is his son I Answer to Heaven for my boy's fate —and for mi ne I', Very powerfully are those chapters penned Which relate the penurious struggles of the forlorn Beatrice —all the more powerfully (alas !) because of their exceeding probability and truthful ness. Without a friend to protect or a " charac to recommend her, the unhappy girl endeavours to earn her bread in vain. She stands—as so many, young and inno cent as she, have stood—alone, on the slippery bor ders of destruction. Not a hand outstretched to "save." "Lost" for time and for eternity, as far as the cold world cares—" lost," for any help from human charity, from man or woman either—only preserved from sinking, only endued with courage to endure, for the sake of that little, frail, fragile existence, cradled within her arms--the cause at once of her hope and of her despair. The following passage is f u ll o f painful truth— " Thou shalt not bear false wit ness against thy neighbour"—hoW many of us are without sin in this respect P Not that the world in general had any particular spite to the Brookes, but that it is the universal practice of that corporate body " Society" to strain at a gnat when good is recorded, and swallow a camel when there is any evil gossip afloat. People run each other down as though they could make pedestals of their neighbours' characters, and stand upon them. No inquiry is made into facts, no allowance for circumstances. In this world accusation is condemna tion. Nothing is so fallible as human judgment, but no thing is so pitiless. It is the one black spot in our hearts (the devil's share in us), that the general impulse is to be lieve the worst, Mercy and peace are kissing each other in some more heavenly habitation, certainly not here, Here, the mass are for ever learning from their dark mister' how to tarnish, and where to sting; and truly he has reason to be proud of his scholars, even among nominally religious and self righteous folk. There is nobody so abased the. he is not tall enough to look down on others—doing unto his neighbour what he would particularly reaeut his neighbour doing unto him; and scorning his fellow-Christian "with all his heart and with all his mind, with all his soul and with all his strength." Yet we know who is the master and teacher of scorn— Scorn is of Devils I Meek compassion lies In Angel words, mad beams from Angel eyes. And angels have been God's messengers from all time. They are not His messengers who go to church (strict Sabbatarians I) and patter out loud litanies to the "Author of Peace and Lover of Concord" to "deliver them from pride, vain glory, and hypocrisy—from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness—to comfort and help the weak hearted, and to raise up them that fall"—and who then re turn home to sit in judgment on their neighbours. Yearn ing for power to punish other men's sons ; slan dering and sneering at other men's daughters ; and fiercely condemning the Beatrices whose true history is to them a sealed book. Who art thou that judgest another? To his own master he standeth or falletb. But Beatrice is " saved." The title of the book proclaims this fact, and we are betraying no secret in recording it. We are not content, however, with the manner of her "saving." We are disap pointed with the conclusion of the story both as a work of nature and as a work of art. It is not true to nature surely that s. heart so passionate and so tender, having loved once so intensely and so truthfully, should, under any combination of circumstances, love again! The only palliation for the faults of Beatrice is the over mastering power of one great affection. To admit the possibility of a second passion is to remove all excuse for the imprudence of the first. As a work of art, to "point the moral" of the world's harsh judgment, the story should rather have had a tra gical or at least a melancholy conclusion. We are rejoiced, however, that Beatrice is saved, only we would rather she had never met with Ludovic Sforza! We leave her happy in her Italian Pa l'ozza, and the third volume concludes with the vale dictory prayer of the grateful Parkes. We have passing glimpse at the o n t o h t er roo c m har f a o c r te m rs o , re ha an t dy n a yet they are worthy, many of them, of an attentive scrutiny. First in order of precedence, by every right and every reason, must come " the Marchioness"—in her own opinion, and in that of all who approached her, about the very greatest lady in the land. " Her sisters called her the Marchioness, as the servants did. Her husband called her the Marchioness. It seemed as if there was no other marchioness in the world." Very humorous is the portraiture as it appears through out the story, for the Marchioness plays a promi nent part in this history, as she does in the world at large. As a foil to her resplen dent ladyship is little Parkes, the humble companion—Parkes, whose ancles are swe:led with hours of standing holding pins during the toilet of the grand lady. " I never ask her to do anything menial," says the Marchioness; "I did not engage her to do anything menial. I don't call pincushions menial !" In the hour of her bitter distress poor Beatrice finds Parkes a true friend. Next in order to the Marchioness of Updown comes her sister, the Lady Eudocia—the model of a match-making mamma, blest with no son, but with five golden haired daughters, whom she calls her five Disap pointments! Lady Eudocia exercises a very bane ful influence on the fortunes of Beatrice; but more fatal is the influence of Lady Nesdale, or Milly, as she is generally termed. Milly Nesdale is the bonne amie of Montagu Treherne, and the heart's devotion of poor Beatrice is far outweighed by her false rival's glittering and meretricious charms. There is something singularly repulsive about the portrait of Milly Needsle ; and her aunt, Mrs. Myra Grey, is even more revolting, and assuredly, for the credit of human nature, let us hope, more untruthful. Mrs. Myra Grey, on a slight p r ovocation, _ . administers poison as if it were water! The chance entrance of her child, and his mother's horror as he is about to drink the deadly beverage, is another instance of Mrs. Norton's dramatic skill, but the age of the child ie surely an anachronism, Mrs. Myra Grey having been an adept in the art of poisoning when in India, before the birth of Maurice Llewellyn, the man she was now seeking to destroy. Sir Bertie Llewellyn, the father of Maurice, and his wife, Lady Diana (another sister of the Marchioness) better known as " Dumpty," are both most love able characters. The old Earl of Caerlaverock and his sponse the Princess Gouglokeff, with her tur quoises and her broken English, are a very different p sir. Even the minor characters reveal the artist's master hand—witness that little glimpse of the servant's hall on Helen's wedding day, when the old nurse exclaims—" T'ant a coronet as'll keep off the headache, nor a star won't keep your heart from acheing neither"—to which the butler indignantly rt joins that " at least them as has a coronet—if so be things don't go smooth, have got something to fall book upon," which was unanimously held to be a much sounder opinion than nurse's ! We must perforce conclude our notice of these very delightful volumes. The pleasant style and the tender senti... meats will linger as an agreeable memory, in spite of the sad story which they narrate. presents% Independentya:ntdhaa especial c t i h a l e Court .Tournas THE DRAWING Roon.—Tbe Court Journal complete resum e of contains by far the most complete and detailed and a vast amount o f original news and to the up e fullestaite lions, e d o u e x n d o t ec o buou l uitrav t t: h t e a ii,a, D r, dt r idc a ela w serc i i n rosi g tnpot ß ei torh o ana o tsit m coefv o nce f eon: S tt.su a : ro u t r eh d se :t stpsorting article is 13 always contains the most amusing and co interesting a b gitn d e he s d nfeo t r erw e W rin s ae ll i e . i kt d C ; h os t Tn e e a hv t p e b e p n e e ar s in r c lasses of society in r acknowledg e dceod.sta stamped, to e b d : t 6 h d e . any paper, being most analytical and practical question W. Thomas, 26, Brydges-street: Covent -garden, and all newsagengoodts, EATIIER AND TEE CROPS. --The rain has at last, and it m be truly said, in its own . w e a last n x i e a t y y Come week had been felt at the long and took pen in hand on this protracted absence of rain of th e A pring. April hadsobee usual during the early part and May had set IA apparently steadily in the like on dry, course, and vigorous,and althoug d h the crops were generally booking well raising, it was fully obvious that each day o drought en beg p an ro tbo tell its tale. As a rule, the wheats bore it well, bat eats arley, beans, peas, and pastures, all exhibited symptom& proving that injury must surely ensue unless a change W'Aill quickly felt. It must, therefore, have been with a Peel ing of absolute relief that our agriculturists viewer.i the heavy showers of the 11th bast , supplemented by the fur ther rain which fell two days subsequently. With the downfall of rain there happily also came a rise in the tem perature, and both combined have already done a vast deal in improving the appearance of the crops ant imparting a great stimulus to vegetation generally. No details are neces sary; every square foot of cultivated soil throughout the country furnishes an index to the progress and improvement that have taken place. Apparently we ars now getting the showers considered to be more properly belonging to the month of April; and the warmth of a May sun and a May tem• perature being superadded, it is not easy to estimate the enormous advantage to crops of every kind and descriptivm. The accounts from the hop gardens are encouraging, This crop, however, is so precarious that little real reliance can be placed on any estimates made at so early a r i d ~er o i 3 f the year; at the same time it is satisfactory t plant is in most cases healthy and • past season has b een taken aclyp -vigorous, and that the culture.—Sussex 41d vor ttprr ..stage o f to attend to careful Thar stock itock stock 'took stook stock stock stock 20 stock stock St 1 St • ock SSE Paid, all 100 (Io 1 100 I ico 10• 100 100 100 100 100 1071 115 115 112 1111 103