The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-30 00:00:00

AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The accounts from the manufacturing districts for the past week have in some instances been more satisfactory. There has been a larger inquiry for cloths and yarns at Manchester on account of the Indian demand, and prices have slightly Edvanced. In the woollen districts, however, little change of importance can be reported—prices re maining steady at Leeds, Bradford, and Hudders field. The hosiery and lace trades of Leicester and Nottingham have undergone no change, while a more cheerful tone has prevailed in the hard ware districts, viz., at Birmingham, Sheffield, Walsall, and Wolverhampton. The half yearly meeting to-day of the proprietors of the Bank of Australasia was held to-day. The report stated that an improvement had taken place in the business and the profit of the bank during the past year. The directors intimated that they intend to extend their business to New Zealand. They also declared a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, or 249. per share, and a bonus at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. or 325. per share, free of income tax, being together £2 16s. per share, or at the rate of 14 per cent, per annum. A new financial institution for the Metropolis has been snnminced, entitled the Westminster and Southwark Bank. The managers are highly influ ential, and in their prospectus the testimony of the utility of the enterprise is circumstantially put forth, and the great success achieved by the prin cipal metropolitan joint banks is referred to as evidences of the remunerative character of bank- ing business. The nominal capital required is £l,ooo,ooo,and the first issue is to comprise 5,000 shares of £lOO each, upon which however it is not however intended to call up more than £25. Owing to the respectability of the undertaking it is fully believed that the capital will be easily obtained. Two o'CLocK. The Board of Trade returns relating to the trade of the United Kingdom for the two months ended the 28th February have just been issued, from which it appears that the total declared value of the exports have been £17,343,731 against £16,759,114 in the like period of 1862, showing an increase of X 584,617 ; the chief increase has been in beer and ale, haberdashery and millinery, hard wares, linen manufactures, and woollen and worsted manufacturers. The importations of the principal articles were larger as regards raw cotton, coffee, sheep and lambs' wool, sugar, tea, tobacco, and wine. The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the tonnage of vessels employed in both the foreign and co :sting trade during the same period, for the entry increases and the clearances improve. A further rise of per cent. has taken place in Consols, Consols being 920 1, for money and ac count. Very little business has been negotiated, bat sales have been effected, and considerable buoy ancy has prevailed. The New Threes and Reduced A•inuities are last quoted 91 s, being steady. Ex ch( qtn:r Bills are 4s. to ls. dis. ; India 5 per Cent., 1082 4; and the 5 per Cents. Enfaced, 114. Turkish Consolides are the chief centre of attrac tion to day in the Foreign Market; they have been as high as 49 *, but are now a little flatter on sales in • realisation of profits. As will be seen by the official lists, the 6 per Cents. of 1854, 1858, and 1862 have been dealt in at higher quotations. Greek Bonds have risen 11, viz., to 261 27, while the Coupons ate I above the quotations of Saturday, bein g 11 The Confederate Loan is lt 2 prem. In the Railway Share Market th 9 operations have been limited, and chiefly connected with the half monthly liquidation, prices, however, have, in some instances, been a shade flatter. London, Chatham, and Dover, have declined £1; North Easterns, 51, ; North Westerns, however, improved 15s. ; and South Easterne, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue dull at about previous quotations. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con tinued in moderate favour, at about previous quo- tations. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities lv,ew 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 61 per Cent. 1) i,) Bonds El,i m 0 Ditto under £1,000.. Consols for Account, April 8 92s klxchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent 1 4 dis Ditto £SOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 14ilian 6 per Cent f : , itto 41 per Cent !; , ,yptian 7 pet Cent 96, 71 Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 251 61 i Ditto Account 26a 7 6/ Ditto Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 19., 3w Granada Ditto Deferred P ~,,,, 41 per Cent. . .. Ditto 4 per Cent ~1862 ... Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 5 1 .,,,,i,h 3 per Cent Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded 7 .`uraish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 - I)itto Account .. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1&32 Di , l o Account 7Ol 69a 701 Ditto Guarar teed, 4 per Cent 'enezuela, 3 per Cent .) , ..tto 6 per Cent., 1852 Dividends on the above payable in London. Itali.in, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — iiitto Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account 92 a I Y.sterday morning Cardinal Wiseman assistel 4t high mass at the Roman Catholic chapel at door fields, and at the ceremony of blessing the palms, a Proceeding which is always observed with great solemnity °II Palm Sunday. A large number of persons assembled for the purpose of witnessing the ceremony. The forthcOming exhibition of paintings, says the Reader, at tale Royal Academy, is likely to be °F more that, average importance and interest. Among the orltributors who have works already completed are Stan -451d, Roberts, Millais, and Faed. Stanfield will contribute a Painting, expected to be one of his most successful works, under the title of " The Morning after Trafalgar." A se ,nd will be called '• Dover C,,stle," and a third is now on 113 -=! easel. ()avid Roberts has completed two large works. zrill a i s will send a work of great power under the some ‘vh,it eccm rie title of "The Maiden All Forlorn." F. flodhall has two paintings completed, one to be called the Tambourine Girl," and the second (a picture of a Black "The Pipe-Bearer." A thi r d i s i n a forward state. - vlook s also c ntributes two paintings, "I he Wedding t , trty, ,, an d "On the Shore." Dobson has one. " Feed -1:g Fowls," and Elmore one, "A Sister of Mercy." Cal u - , •cr i has also an important picture ready for the Exhi bilion. r ft e National Portrait Gallery, 29, Great George !freet, Ives!m:nster, will be open to the public on Easter Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, from 10 to 6 o'clock. OUTWARD AMERICAN MAIL. QUEENSTOWN, 4Y NDAIT.—Ttie Royal Mail 0(34m-ship Africa ar r„ived h ere a t 3.50 p . m ., em b ar k e d ma il s , pa ssengers , and ` 4 f) latest telegrams, and proceeded at 4 p.m. for New York, Ftii well. The steamship Corsica, bound west, passed at the - line time. ITAEmoNIC SOCIETY, EXETER-HALL --- 4 4 e usual Passion-week performance ot Handel's " Men -411" takes place on Wednesday evening next, April 1, lONEY MARKET A large amount of business was negotiated in the general discount market to-day, and the applica tions at the Bank of England are understood to be rather numerous. The current rates for first class bills continue at 3-; 4 per cent. About £52,000 in gold was taken into the Bank on Saturday. The report to be presented at the forthcoming meeting of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, states the profit for the pact year to have been £70,792, but that the losses from the opium frauds at Hong Kong have amounted to £50.323, so that the available balance is only £20,409, out of which a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, for the half-year ended December last is recommended, leaving £4,368 to be carriers for ward. SHARE MARKETS—This Day, Share! Railways. fad 1 Closing l Price. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val, Blythe and Tyne. Bost,Sleaf.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cora and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no dig Do. B till Gp c.p an. has ' Leen paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. 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. au W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwah 'Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat-, and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares... Metropolitan Midland Do New t 3.14. 8 81 7 8 85 87 115 116 t 5.4.0 Do Binning. & Derby MM. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. y shares Mid Kent 19.115.4 Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchas Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle.... North London Do New North Staffordshire .. N. and S. W. Junction, Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stool: Do Scot. Mid. stoci:. Shrews. and Welohpoo; Shropshire Union South Devon !South Eastern 'South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok., an dWok Stockton , Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do B 12.10 Do C Ulster Do •• Do _ 6i 7 40 42 13 14 88 88 106 108 494 504 47 49 24i 234 120} 121 f 120 122 134 136 101 103 66 C6f ICBi 1084 71 75 113 115 39 40i 97 9- 10U 1014, 45 45i 1 13 Pi 1231 ,231 lip 91 93 SO 52 24 26 98 984 Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford dz Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.dzit West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford ORDINARY SHARES AND STOW. S. 39 97 1008 BRITISH PO Etat Iwavm t !antic & St Lawrem Bom.,Baroda.t.Cent In, Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New . Do. E. Shares.. Buffalo and Lake Ilium 41 Do. Prelerance Buffalo,Brant,&Godricl ,„ p. ct. Ws. Aug. 1, 1.7!. •"' Do. do. July 1, l 87•• 10( )o. do. .lout, I, 101 I. ut:n...s S. Eastn. 10( 'apeTown it Dock Scrii 10( Mastn. Bengal gu. 6p. 10( East Indian. gu. 5 p. e. toy Do. do. U Ext.... 5 Do, do. H do. Grand Trunk of Canadh tug Do. Ist Pre'. Bonds 41 deferred...... al 2d Pref. Bon is.. u do d fer ed...... all 3d P ef. stock ... al do. d -ferr, d.... al 4th Pref. 0 o k . stock stock 201 20 stools stock stock 20 stock StOa St st Do. ao deferred...... al Gt.lndial'eno..gua.sp.c Do. New gua. sp. c... 1! Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lin. uarauteed 5 per cen ti ( Gt. W. of Canada Shan, al Do. New t ...... Do. 6 p.c. '73 wlth' , :p• al Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8.. 41 Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., sp. C. .. it) Do. 42- p. o. Extensiou 10 Dc. 4. d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. vieib.cort, np. c. Bod 10' Melb. & Hobson's Bay. al Do. 7p. o. Mortg. Bd4. al N7ow Br uns wick a Cxnu. Class A ill t B ... all Nl.ll.l.C'dan po Ist t bds V Seinde (1' 1)u. Delhi Do. do •• • • t Du. Punjaub Do. Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 1p t 11,ONT AIL V h); - "n.t3((nr. 6 p.e..1 a &Jul. 1877-81 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & A 10t - Do. dp. & Selo let - Do. tp. c. Jan. &July. lot - Do. 6 Inscribed stoct- 101 - Cape G.llope, op c,187:- 10( Do.Ap &Oct. 1884 , 104 Do. 189( 104 - IDo. Jan. & July, 1891.. 101 - 'Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p - Mau Itius 5 per cent .. 11 lOri /C 1,5 c 7 (1,5 1( 7 9t44 v 6 v 8 )0 1,c6 lli )0 113 116 )0 114 116 10 112 114 Na. a Guv. 6 per cont la 'N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..) a.&,J 10 , 6p. e.Ap. & Oci 10 N. S.W.Gov. 18 10 1 Do. Sp. c.,18, to L.,4 10 Do. d0.,1888 &upwd, 10 New Zealand 6 p cent 101 !Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 loi Queensland Gov. 6p. a 101 Aus G6p.c.1878.& up. 10 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jub 10 Do. to op.. A.u.&Oct.. 10 0 111 112 0 .11 112 iu 1061 I‘ , 7i 102 101 k ICI 112 )0 1001 10 1006 10 110 106& 107 f .1 113 111 113 [OB 110 111 f 112 - RRITISH :NES. id 20 22 1 525 035 30 75 80 is. id ip 4. %0 41 0.0 9} 91 19.0 4i 5 7, 14 16 17,• 5 5i 0 16 5 6 6 6 1 7 .1? 46 18 7. 0 2 2i 0.6 'A 34 35 3.0 74 s d 1 01 130 140 :6 2b 3 17. t. 4i 4 }.its 6/1 I/I 44 5i 1 . 6 . 7 2 44 13 I 405 415 15. t I 3 4 1' 71 9.2 i 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold - lululoro Amalgamated.. - Devon G. Con.. (Tavist., East Bassett (Mogan 1.. 31 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 51 - East Caradon East Carn 8rea........ 3.0 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk., 7.1 Gain. , t;St.Aubyn(G'wen.) 57 ▪ Great South Tolgus.... 17 G. Wheal Vor (llelston if lGrenville . Herod's-Foot s. Dingston Downs 4. Lady Bertha nargaret (tiny Lela:tit Mance Valley.. 4 5l yndy Iron Oro (Lim 2 New Setun .. 11 North Downs V. MI '1 Basset (II lo 3.1 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey 1 *0 Providence( Uny Lelnt., 10. South Caradon(St.Cleer 5. Cars Brea (Illogan) 5.1 Fran. (Mogan lti.l Stray Park 6 Tar i na r r o S l i t iv.& Lead Mm (0 rir c West. Basset (Illogan) ll W Caradon (Liskeard 5 %Vest Satoh Wheal Basset (Mogan r . l heal Buller atediuth :t heal Kitty (I..T.Lelant ; 2.0 WhealLud ott ........ 2.11 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) k Wheal Seton ...... .. . 5 1 - .z heal Trela.vney (Lis.; 7 - Wheal Union .9 87; .9. 37 124 32 '4€s it 75 (0 LO. 6i 15i Si 250 17 17 I 5 23 I3i 34 275 SO 65 7 tai 160 18 Si 20 520 28 41 40f PREFERENCE SHARES. Gt. Western (' erks & Hants Ext.), 44 per cent. red 99 London and Brighton 7 per cent. pre'. stock, is t FREFErtENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., LINES LEASED A FIXED RENTALS. Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 96 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 8} Great Luxembourg, 15} FOREIGN MINES. _. ____ Fortuna (litn.), 51 _ ____ Yudanamutana of E. Austr , lia (lim.), 4 JOIN T-aTOCK BANKS. Australasia, 83* --- ----- Bank of Egypt, 46* Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 22j Continental, I Lonaon and Colonial (lim.), 3 1 Oriental Bank Co rporation, 87 61 Ottoman Bank, 4.4 Ditto, new, 12* Provincial of Ireland. 89 DOCKS. 55 56 E 6 87 116 118 1 1i 16 16} 11i 14 120 122 42 44 ICO 102 48 to R 2 24 901 91& 67 69 99 101 7 8 87 38 9 10 7 1 7. p 149 15► 4i 5 kl 3 1 1) 79 81 150 160 28 30 100 I 43 44 100 i 36 29 100 1 99 101 i - ;ESSIONB Closin 130. Price. II 62 t 4 1,5 i t 064 2 7 p 5 9; 61 1 94 8 104 106 IF/106, 7 107 108 1 14p i 0 21 P 64 86 49 51 51 57 43 45 40 44 31 33 25 27 21 23 1066 1071 11 1p c 104 105 11 12 3 I. 10u 1- 1(2 II 93 5 2 104 11 ics D:( I X. 97 98 .o 94 . 2 Li 147 49 [1 i 3 6 81 13 iftl 1064 1071 100 114} 1051 2 f 'Sp It. I 1p CO 1044 1(5 4 ( n 98 100 t Shan stock stock stock London, 57 MISCELLANEOUS. London General Omnibus Company:(lim.), ii Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, 78i n Trust and Lon Co. of Upl.er Canada, 6 Van Diemen's Land, 15i Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Aunralia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..Apr 18, via Marseilles Apr. 12, Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Apr. 6 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Apr. 1. inina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Apr. 4. via Marseilles Apr. 21. Falkland Isl a nd s Gibraltar, via Southampton ..... Mar. 28. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, vie Southampton.. Apr. 4 -- via Marseilles Apr. 12. lndia (Bombay), via Southampton Mar. 28 via Marseilles Apr. 4. Portugal.... Apr 6 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 28. via Marseilles Mar. 29 Newfoundland ..Apr. 1 Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, Ly Brit. packet.... Apr. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Apr. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe. . A. Bahamas, via New York App :Mexico.. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Mar, California, and British Columbia. ▪ 3. 1▪ 0. . 9. ▪ 31. 3• 1. HAWKS.—In the reign of Edward 111. it was made felony to steal a hawk ; and to take its eggs, even in a person's own ground, was punishable with imprisonment fora year and day, besides a fine at the King's pleasure, Do. 1)0. Do. )c I THE SUN, LONDO N, MO NDAY E VENING, - MARC EI 30, 1363, Day. The supply of English barley was small, and of foreign but moderate. The demand, however, for all qualities ruled inactive, at last Monday's currency. Secondary parcels, however, were in some instances rather drooping in value. Malt changed hands to a limited extent, on former terms. The supply of oats was less extensive, but more than equal to the demand, which ruled heavy at fully the late reduction in prices. With English beans and peas the market was scantily supplied, but the show of foreign qualities was moderate. All descriptions were in slow request at previous rates. Barrel flour, with which the market was well supplied, sold heavily on rather easier terms. In the value of some descriptions no alteration took place, but the inquiry was much restricted. CURRENCY PER IMPERJAL MEASURE, Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old 4Bs 54s Ditto, white, new 47s 518 Ditto, old 5OB 57s Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —a —8 Ditto, new Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding 269 358 Malting 3BB 439 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 5OB 668 Brown Kingstown and Ware 569 708 Chevalier 66s 25s Oats —Yorkshire:and Lincolnsh., Feeding l9B 248 Potato Youghal and Cork, black l6s 228 Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 2ls 258 Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey, new Maple White, new 36s 40s Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 348 388 Stockton and Norfolk. .. 348 355 METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market, to-day, was well supplied with foreign stock, but its general quality was inferior. Hambro sheep were worth, on the average, about 255. each. _ . The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, were seasonably exten sive as to number, and the quality of most tolerably prime. The receipts from Ireland were trifling, and in but middling condition. Alt breeds moved off heavily, at a decline in the quotations, compared with Monday last, of fully 2d per 61bs. The best Scots and crosses sold at from 4s 6d to 4, £3d ; the best short horns, Devons, and Herefords, 48 4d per Ms, at which a clearance was not effected. The Irish stock was, unusually heavy, great difficulty being ex perienced in effecting sales at any figure. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,000 Scots, crosses, and short horns ; from other parts of Engnnd, 800 various breeds ; from Scotland, 680 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 70 oxen and heifers. Both as to number and quality, the supply of sheep wa• good. The demand for all breeds was heavy, at a furthez di- cline in prices of fully 2d per 81bs. The best Downs and half bred s in the wool, sold at 5s 10d, out of the wool, 48 10d per 81bs. Prime Lincolns and Leicesters, shorn, changed hands at 4s 6d to 4s Ms. Prime lambs were in request, at very full prices, viz., 75 8d to 8s ; but inferior breeds were dull, and 4 per 8113 lower. About 400 came to hand from the Isle of Wight. Calves— the supply of which was good—Bold heavily, at 2d per Blbs less money. We had a dull sale for pigs, and prices had a drooping tendency. Per 51b. to sink the offal. s. d s d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. boasts 3 2 3 4 i Primecrs-wool d 0.4 10 5 6 Second quality do. 3 63 10 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 610 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4 Large crse. calves 4 0 4 8 Prime Scots, ac. 4 6 4 8 Prime small do 4 10 6 2 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 10 Large hogs 3 8 4 4 Second quality do. 4 0 4 8' Small porkers 4 6 4 8 Lambs, 7s Od to 8s Od. Suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts F 56 Cows ' -- 1 Sheep Calves , 24,070 Calves Sheep 147 ) Pigs ... ... . • • Pigs. 490 ) A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, March 31, 1862, and this day, Monday, March 30, 1863. Per 81b. to sink tho offal. March 31, 1862. Coarse and inferior beasts 2 10 to 3 0 Second quality do. 3 2 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 0 Prime Scots, &c 4 2 4 4 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do 4 6 5 2 Prime Southdown do. .. 5 4 5 8 Lambs Large coarse calves .. 4 2 4 8 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs 360 SUPPLIES ON SALE, April 1, 1861.—Beaste, 2,650 sheep, 15,710—calves, 13—pigs, 320. APRIL 2, 1860.—Beasts, 3,Blo—sheep, 22 ,070 —calves, 130—pigs, 330. The total imports of foreign atom into London, last week, amounted to 3,687 head. In the corresponding week in 1862, we received 2,054—in 1861, 2,035—in 1860, 2,602 —in 1859, 2,Bol—in 1858, 1,620—in 1857, 1,194 head. March 30, 1863. 3 2to 3 4 3 6 3 10 40 4 4 46 4 8 3 4 310 40 4 8 410 5 6 58 5 6 70 8 0 40 4 8 410 5 2 38 4 4 46 4 8 4,920 19,640 116 260 IMPORTS INTO LONLUN LAS, WBBIE. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam 239 .. 331 ... .. 282 .. 2 Harlingen •• • • 361 • • -- • . • • 4 .• •-- Hamburgh 29 .. 2,099 .. . . • .. Boulogne. — .. Cuxhaven Vigo — • • NieweDiep — • . Amsterdam — .. Antwerp . • • Ostend . ... .. Carril .. ... 60 • • .. • . • • Dordt _ .. 192 •• •• . • . Calais.. ...... .. 25 • . .-- • • 9 • • - • . --- • . 21 :: -.- - .. - .. 24 .. - Total 708 2,637 .. .. 340 .. 2 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1862.. 18 (1 1 .. 386 1.223 .. 426 .. 1861 7O .. 2,385 .. 147 1859 42 .. 2,709 • . 50 1858 406 .. 1,064 .. 152 MARS-LANE. The country markets held on Saturday were moderately supplied with wheat, for which the demand ruled inactive, at previous quotations. Malting barley was rather cheaper, and other descriptions of spring corn sold heavily, at barely stationary prime Flour changed hands to a limited ex tent, on former terms. Advices from New York state that wheat, flour, and maize were in improved request, and that prices had an upward tendency. On the continent the trade continuos in an inactive state. Very moderate supplies of English grain we're received up to our market last week. The imports from abroad were :-20,975 quarters of wheat, 9,404 barley, 14,076 oats, 3 rye, 385 peas, 654 tares, 18,678 linseed, 5,246 rapeseed, 1,402 maize, 140 sac ks, and 32,378 barrels of flour. Fresh up to this morning's market the arrivals of Eng lish wheat were very moderate; the condition of the pro duce, however, was tolerably good. The demand both for red and white qualities was in a sluggish state, yet, com pared with Monday last, no quotable change took place is prices. To have pressed sales, we may observe, factors woald have been compelled to accept a reduotion of fully Is per quarter. The market was well supplied with wheat from America, Dantzic, Alexandria, and Russia, both ex granary and ex ship. In ell these descriptions a limited business was transacted, and previous quotations were barely supp )rted. Floating cargoes of grain sold heavily, at barely stationary prices. been done in all finds of wool, and the quotations have had a downward tendency. The quantity of colonial wool now in the market for the May sales is very large, viz., 8,012 bales Sydn, y, 27,558 Port Philip, 1,400 Van Diemen's Land, 14,325 Adelaide, 74 New Zealand, and 3,007 Cape-- total, 54,374 JAN. SEEDS. Cloverseed and fine trefoil rule firm, at extreme rates, Other seeds, however, are a dull inquiry on former terms. In cakes, a limited usiness is doing, at previous quotations. Turntp,white,p.bus.ii s to lls , Carraway Swede .......... —3 —s I Coriander las 18s Mustard, Brown .. 83 128 Hempseed, per qr 42s 44s White, ........ 78 8s Linseed,Eng.sowing 72 s 74 s TareB, New ..... .7s M jBs 6d Crushing Old per quarter - s —s 1 Baltic Cknary, per qua r t er 46s 52s 1 Odessa -5 —8 Rye grass, ne w ..... s --8 8 j Linseed Cake, p ton —8 — s Clover, Red Eng., ct. 50s 76s English £lo 0 8 £10 iO s Foreign Red.... 4 White ........ 603 0s 803 Foreign £lO Os Xi lO s 56s Rape Cakes,p ton£6 Os £0 Os White. 62s 803 Rapeseed, new,pr qr 158 -. Trefoil, new.....,, 268 40s TALLOW. The tallow trade is steady, to-day, ane' prices have slightly improved. St. Petersburg Y,C. is quoted at 43s 9d per cwt.on the spot, and 4Gs 6d for October to December delivery. Town tallow 43s 3d net cash. Rough fat, 2s 3d per 81bs. 1859. 1830, 1 1861. i 1 862. 1863. - --- —___ Stock this day... • 15,156 3 vB2 / 72,244 ( 41,1 8 44,496 Price of Y.C. .. i 3531 to 57801 t0i58861 to'46s 01 to 43s 901 to ( from —s Oct — s Od --s Od —s Oct — 8 Od Delivet; last week 1,157 753 673 .86/ 1,574 Dittorrvals m June I last week 8i,3i1 70,750 68,622 105,171 69,611 A 127 380 828 823 r l2 Ditto from June 1 9 1,240 92.2 )i 113,772 09,5,5 75,82 i Price of Town.... 5 5s Od 558 6d 66s 6d : 48s 6d 4sss 9d POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day. BOW-S fREET. - --- EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY ♦ CLERlC—William Trotman, a copying clerk in the ser , si,, of Messrs. Edwards and Co., Delahay.street, Westminster, n-as charged wilh stealing about ,30 worth of jewellery, the property of Mr. Francis Edwards, one of the firm. The prisoner was employed in Mr. Edwards's private room at the offices in Delahay-street, his duty being to copy letters. In that apartment Mr. Edwards kept a travelling case, which he had used some weeks ago. The lock re quiring to be repaired, he placed the contents in a despatch box, amongst which were some rings, a gold fuzee box, some breast pins and other articles of jewellery, also a silver read ing lamp. A few days ago on proceeding to replace the ar ticles in the travelling case he found they had been removed from the despatch box. Some information received from another clerk, directed suspicions against the prisoner, who had on a former occasion committed a trivial act of dis honesty by taking some of his master's cigars. Mr. Edward s hen communicated with the police, and a search amongst the neighbouring pawnbrokers' shops was made. Mr. F. Edwards having deposed to the above facts in the evidence, said he valued the articles he had missed at at over £BO, but as he had been frequently travelling from his country house and his town residence, he could not say what amount of property he had been robbed of. Mr. Henry asked the prosecutor whether the prisons had means of access to the despatch box containing the valuables. Mr. Edwards replied in the affirmative. lie also recol lected one day leaving his keys on the office table, and on his return for them he found them hanging from tho lock of the despatch box. George Brisk, another clerk in the same office, said he had seen the prisoner take a cigar from Mr. Edwards's case. Prisoner—So you have often. Witness—Yes, and Mr. Edwards knows that. Prisoner—Did not you have some ? Witness—Some times you gave me half a one, Prisoner—But y oupave taken whole ones. Witness-1 swear I never took a whale one. Mr. Henry thought the cigars quite immaterial; what the prisoner had to answer was the charge of taking jewellery from the despatch box. Sergeant Russell of the A division said he took the pri soner into custody on the 28th of March, at his employer's office. He told him the charge against him, to which he replied it would have to be proved. He afterwards went to pri-oner's lodging, Lut found nothing. The articles pro duced, a reading lamp, sit rtuer, a gold fusee-box, and some rings, all Mr. Edwards's property, he found at different pawnbrokers. Prisoner afterwards said as certain things had been found out he did not intend to deny stealing the others. He said another ring would be found at a pawn brokers in the Strand, a pin in York-streEt, and a brandy flask at Stratton-ground. Mr. Henry asked the prisoner what he had to say to the charge. Prisoner admitted stealing the artic!es produced, and told the officer where ho would find a gold pencil case which he had secreted in Delahay -street offices. 'rho prisoner WAR fully committcd ftn ti ixl. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. PICKING POCKETS AT THE GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. —Francis Collins and Mary Medin were charged with picking pockets at this fashionable place of amusement. A gentleman named Coalthorp saw the prisoners pursuing their profession most industriously on Saturday afternoon in the lobbies, and having satifi,d himself he gave the female into custody, and then succeeded in capturing the man in the street with a quAntity of the stolen property in his possession, Remanded. NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets are well supplied with town and country killed meat. For beef, mutton, veal, and pork the trade rules heavy at our quotations. Per 81b. by the carcase. stied sdsd Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Middling mutton 4 0 4 4 Nliddling do. .. 3 4 3 6 Prime do 4 6 4 8 Crime large do 3 8 3 10 Veal Do. small do. .. 310 4 0 Small pork ~ Large pork .... 3 6 4 2 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 BOROUGH HOP. At the late reduction in prices a moderate business is passing in our market. The demand, however, is in a great measure confined to the best samples of the home growth, and to fine foreign qualities. The import last week amounted to 360 bales from Dunkirk, 77 Hambro', 66 Boston, 105 Bremen, 21 Boulore, and 404 New York. Mid and East Kents 7os to 180 s per cwt. Weald of Kents Sussex . Belgian, Bavarian American 7ss to 86s „ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Full average supplies of home-grown potatoes continue on sale at these markets, but the show cf foreign qualities is small, the import last week having amounted to only 149 bags from Rotterdam, 53 sacks from Boulogne, and 5 bags from Harlingen. The demand for all qualities rules inac tive, yet ro material change has t ken place in prices cora pareed with our previous report. Yorkshire Regents Do. Flukes Do. Rocks Bos to 90s o. Seedlings Kent and Essex Regents lo os t o 125 s , „ Scotch Regents Do. Rocks Dunbar Regents —s to —8 Foreign „ 50s to 608 „ WOOL. Since the close of the public sales a limited business hal SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, CITY BETTING—SATURDAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 14 to 1 agst Oberon (taken) 20 to 1 agst Gienochty colt (taken) 25 to 1 agst Alchymist (taken) 2000 to 150 was laid that Glenochty colt did not win either this or the Derby. TWO THOUSAND. sto 2 agst Hospodar (taken) sto 1 agat Saccharometer (taken) 10 to 1 age Rapid Rhone (taken) 12 to 1 agat Blue Mantle (taken) 14 to 1 agat Brick (taken) THE DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Glenochty colt (taken) 25 to 1 agst Melrose (taken) 25 to 1 National Guard (taken) CHESTER CLIP. 12 to 1 agst Dunkeld (taken) 16 to 1 agst Stradella (taken) 33 to 1 agst Buckstone (taken) 33 to 1 agst Dusk (taken) Very little betting. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-SATURDAY, The betting was of a very desultory character. The only horses in any particular request were Adventurer and Oberon for the City and 6uburban-100 to 8 was the last price booked about the latter. The principie business was settling for the past week. Closing prices CITY AND SUBURBAN. 12 to 1 agst Adventurer (taken) 100 to 8 agst Oberon (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agat Argonaut (taken) 90 to 1 agst Misfortune (taken) 66 to 1 agat Joey Jones (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS, 5 to 2 agst Hoapodar (offered) sto 1 bar one (offered) 10 to 1 bar two (offered) CHESTER CUP. 14 to 1 agst Dunkeld (taken) 25 to 1 agst Caller Ou (wanted) THE DERBY. 13 to 2on the field (offered) 25 to 1 agst Melrose (offered) 200 to 7 agst Glenochty colt (offered) 500 to 6 agst Munich (taken) 100 to 1 agst Stockman (taken) MEXICO. (From the New York Herald of Karch 17.) General Forey has, Feb 23, aroused from his long and quiet siesta in this enchanting town, and is now on the road to put him-elf at the head of his generals conferring re specting the assault on Puebla. Before leaving Orizaba he published two proclamations—one to the citizens of this town, and the other addressed to the Mexicans—the text of both of which has already undoubtedly reached you' These proclamations simply mean that the French expect to remain a pretty good time in the country ; for to fulfil one-half of the promises made will require at least 10 to 20 years, according to the French mode of working, if it be possible for them ever t' do it. With the recently published instructions of the Empero r to General Forey before us we can no longer entertain any doubts as to the plans of Napoleon. The result of his ex pedition will not depend upon the Mexicans, but upon the Anglo-Saxon population of this continent. Does it suit them to see established here a powerful Government in the interests of the midday people of Europe? Will that pon derous human swell of our race—which has overrun the whole northern portion of this continent, and turned deserts and wastes into populous regions —be turned back by the order of a European leader, or through fear of his martial hosts ? These are the questions which now suggest them selves, and which must be answered with time. At all events we are likely to see illustrated very soon 'whether America is yet ina condition to receive lessons in govern• mental management from Europe, or whether the nations of this continent are able to take care of themselves, and we shall have to thank Napoleon for the opportunity to demonstrate this problem. The Emperor is unquestionably determined to try to carry out h,s ideas, for by every mail we have further assurances that the expedition is to be increased. At present there are about thirty thousand French troops in the country, and we know that some four thousand more have sailed, and that six thousand mere were being made ready when the St. Nazaire mail left for Vera Cruz. It is also said that the g eater part of the French forces in Cochin China will be landed on the west coast of Mexico, and that the princi pal cities on that coast will be occupied during the present year. The great interest which is taken in pushing forward the railway from Vera Cruz, and the other signs of the times, all indicate that the French • xpect to largely in crease their army in Mexico. Well, if they pursue an Winn and enlightened policy there is little fear of their building up a Government in the exclusive interest of the Latin race and hostile to the Anglo-Saxon. If , hey attempt to set up a restricted monarchy with European tendencies a series of prolonged woes will be heaped upon Mexico, which finally will end in the supremacy of our race. Baron de Wagner, the Minister of Prussia, arrived here on the evening of the 21st, having left Mexico on the 18th. lie was at last forced to leave the capital owing to the bad relations existing between himself and the Government of Juarez. Before leaving the capital he requested Mr. Cor win to accept the charge of his subjects, as well as those of France and Spain, left under his charge by the withdrawal of the Count de Saligny, in December, 1861. Mr. Corwin declined to accept the responsibility, pleading that it might lead to difficulties between him and the Juarez party, ant the Minister of Prussia was compelled to throw the inte rests of those whom he had been protecting upon the diplo matic cot ps. The action of Mr. Corwin may have been very wise, and in accerdance with the instructions he has from the Slate Department ; but it seems rather uncharitable at a moment like the present, although it is probable he can't do much for any foreigner who may got into trouble with the Goverment at the present time. With Baron de' agner have come down some 40 persons—all flying from the des perate situation in Mexico. Amongst these aro Messrs. Barren and Forbes, the chiefs of the house of that name, Don Antonio Escandon, the wife and daughter of Colonel Talcott, of the railroad, and several others of good social position in the capital. Baron de Wagner, with most of his company, depart from Vera Cruz by the English packet on the 3d of March. By these recent arrivals we have very exact information of the state of things in Puebla and Mexico. The party only spent one night in Puebla, but were overwhelmed with visits from persons of all classes and parties The general voice is that the Mexicans intend to fight the French They have some 16,000 to 17,000 infantry inside the city, and 6,000 to 7,000 [cavalry. Their works for defence are on a grand scale, and they have abundance of ammunition and a number of enthusiastic and plucky officers, mostly fo reigners. But it is said the troops are dreadfully demora lised ; that they are badly paid, fed, and clothed, and are by no means, as a general thing, disposed to fight. What is cer tain is that there is a feud between Generals Comonfort and Ortega, and that Comonfort, who has 7,000 men with him at San Martin, will not go to help Ortega at Puebla. If this be true, and there seems no reason to doubt, the effect upon those inside the " devoted city " will be most unfavourable for the defence. A gentleman, who is an old resident in Mexico, and who has seen plenty of similar exhibitions, assures me they will not fight. As he says, the Juarez generals are doing too good a business in levying forced loans for the defence, and so long as they can keep up at this work they are not going to speak of running away ; but the moment they find that the time is at hand to s'op collecting these imposts, they will not much bother their heads about the defence. My opinion is very similar to this gentleman's; but, in this strange country, one must be prepared to see the most improbable things happen, and even the Mexicans making a her is defence at Puebla. It would be too much to anticipate a defeat of the French ; but even that may happen from their extraordinary bad management. In Mexico they are sti.l going forward with their defen sive works and collecting forced loans accordingly. They have cut down all the trees on all the fine roads and passes about the capital, and cut up all the roads and streets with ditches and barricades, It is conceded, however, that the fate of the capital will be decided at Puebla; and if that place falls Mexico must surrender as a matter of course. We hear that the French Consul at Tampico has been thrown into prison, as was very natural to expect after the evacuation of that town. General Forey goes on with his system of evacuating places where the French have been well received by the inhabitants. The last case is San Andres Chalchicomula, where the French were very well received and furnished with many important supplies, and now this town is left at the mercy of the Juarez guerillas. February 25. General Forey should now be with his generals at Aca zingo, some 10 leagues this side of Puebla. The Count de Saligny, with General Migro and the rearguard, will leave Orizaba on the 28th for the encampment in front of Puebla. Oriz ba will not be entirely abandoned ; but the place is putting on a very sad appearance with the withdrawal of so many gay uniforms. The grand attack on Puebla will be - - - - made on the ICth March, if the Mexicans only fight. The French forco before Puebla will bo 23,000 men, with 3,000 Mexican allies. General Dila Miron, the Juarez Governor of the State of Vera Cruz, who was doing a good thing for biumelf and commerce at the same time by letting goods go up to Jalapa for a certain high impost on each package, has been cut short in his career by order of Juarez, who regards this liberty on the part of a State Governor as no better than high treason, he (Juarez) considering it the special prero gative of himself to appropriate all the pickings which are to be had for allowing foreign goods to be taken to the in- terior for sale. The Frenchmen exiled from Mexico some time since we hear have all been embarked at Manzanillo, and are ex- pected to arrive at Vera Cruz by the next English packer. Importing Tea without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore, ahvali* good alike, Sold in packets by 25250 agents. WESTMINSTER. A very respectable woman made an application to the magistrate this morning for advice. She said her husband, a confirmed lunatic, had escaied from the asylum, and was wandering about London threatening her with vengeance. She had been until lately living away from England, but she was fearful some injury might result to her personally, as she was about to become a resident in London. The magistrate said if the man was a confirmed lunatic steps ought to be taken for his reccpture, The wife said there was not much doubt of tha - , as he had given all his money to a wife from whom ho had been divorced. The applicant also wished for protection to her personal property. The magistrate told her, as her husband had not deserted her, but had been taken to a lunatic asylum, he could not in terfere. THAMES. A THIEF IN THE SAILORS' HODIE.— Griffith Evans, a Welchman, was charged with committing several robberies in the Sailors' Home in Well -street, Wellclose-square. On Thursday night last a seaman, named Edmund Ford, staying in the Home, lost 278, and a knife, and on Saturday morning another mat iner, named James Chapman, missed a new overcoat, valued at 50s. Mr. Newman, one of the stewards of the institution, on being made acquainted with the robbery of the coat, gave information to all the pawn brokers, leaving - shop keepers, and clothiers, and furnished them at the same time with a descrip tion of the coat. On Saturday afternoon the prisoner offered the coat in pawn at the shop of Mr. Tarrant in Cable-street, Whiteehapel. He was detained and given into the custody of Adam Carr, 40 11, who searched him and found upon him the knife stolen from Ford on Thursday night. It was ex plained by Mr. Newman that the stewards were respon sible for all losses sustained by inmates in the Home, and that the number of inmates staying there at present was over 200. The prisoner had been an inmate for several days, and left 10 days ago. Of course the prisoner was well acquainted with the place, and being dressed as a sailor no suspicion was excited when he passed in and out. The prisoner, who pleaded guilty, treated the charge with considerable indifference, and said he took the coat by mistake. He was told by the magistrate that the affair would not be treated as a mistake, and that he was sen tenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. SHIPPING—This Day, (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GXAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, March 29.—Comet, from New York ; Jubilee, from Gluernsev. Arrived, March 30.—Yorrick, from rllazatlan ; Janos, from Bruges; lduna, from Hazustadt ; Iris, from Dun kirk ; H.M 8, Lord Vivian, from Jnsey ; Stamboul, from Manilla ; Altona, from Mauritius ; Queen of the Nations, from Shanghai. Sailed—Act won, foriQuebee. EALondag. Pas , ed, M arc h 29.—Napoleon , fr , om M Calcu y tta M ; o Gu rnin stro, from Baltimore—both for London. Anchored—Avondale, from London, for Jamaica. All the homeward bound sailed for the river. Vessels spoken with—February 15, the ship Trows, in lat 10 38 S, 1 no. ' 11 52 W ; the ship Syd en h am, January 28, in lat 35 19 S, long 24 43 E— by the Stuart Wortley. Report per Cosmos :—March 20, in lat 46 0, long 17 40 W, the barque Lucknow, from Mauritius, for London; March 21, in lat 47 17 N, long 15 40 W, the ship Blenheim. from Liverpool, for New York ; March 22, in lat 47 50 N, long 13 40 W, the Norwegian barque Ca..ada, bound west. The Be!ehers of the Inner Temple are about to restore the conical 1 oof to the "round" or more ancient portion of the Temple Church. OXFORD AND CAMBRTDGE BILLIARD MATCHES. —The bingle match between Oxford and Cambridge was won by the former University on Saturday night, Mr. Ward defeating Mr. Payne. Mr. Leighton, says the Atheneum, will probably contribute to the Royal Academy the following pictures :-1. A Lady, upon a garden terrace, feeding pea • cocks, two of which, white and green, stand, gloriously feathered, by her side and at her feet. -2. A Cross-bowman standing with his hands upon the arc of his weapon; his costume that of Italy in the 14th century. 3. Herod's Daughter, dancing, a young girl performing one of those oriental dances, the slow motions and voluptuous grace of which are and have been so powerful to fascinate. 4. A eamian Girl, bearing upon her lu ad a basket, of lonian shape, filled with fruit. 5. A very large picture, represent ing Ahab and Jezebel meeting Elijah at the door of Na both's vineyard. &wines+ dene. tinniness don "The Health of the Chairman," proposed b 3 Sir Charles Eastlake ; "Sir Charles Eastlake and the Royal Academy," and a variety of other toasts, including " The Ladies," fol lowed. The subscription list, read by Mr. Henry W. Phillips, tho, hon. secretary, showed a total of £744, of which £4SO had been received from artists.. Her Majesty sent her cus tomary donation of £lOO, £25 was contributed by Lady Chantrey, and £lO by the chairman, and by Sir C. East lake and several other patrons of the society. Mr. and Mrs. Henri Drayton, Miss Ransford, and Mr. G. Tedder were the vocalists who lent their services on the occasion. THE POLISH INSURRECTION, CRACOW, March 29. The Czaa of to-day publishes a letter from Arch bishop Felinski to th.. Emperor. Felinski maintains that the only means of pacify ing Poland is to unite all the Russo-Polish pro • vinces with the existing kingdom into a Polish kingdom under the Russian Crown. Unless this is done submission is impossible, and the country will be devastated. Langiewicz is still at Cracow. The Provisional Government of Poland have issued the following proclamation : " Fellow Countrymen,—The Dictatorship of General Langiewicz having ceased on the 19th of March, the chief authority of the "ountry returns into the hands of the Pro visional National Government at Warsaw, who have never 15ft off their governmental duties, and are the only and sole legally-constituted authority of the country . Fellow coun trymen I the return of power into the hands of men who have called forth the rising, and perseveringly directed it, ought to be a guarantee to you that the movement will con tinue, and that it shall not end without victory. Yes, we wilt fight unwearyingly, without being disheartened by ill success or deterred by obstacles. We will not concentrate the whole cause in one person, whose fall might occasion the fall of the rising; and, strong in our possession of the con fidence of the nation, we will boldly stand forth against all factions which might attempt to create, without our con sent, any new power or authority. Fellow countrymen I we grasp again with faith and confidence the helm of the Na tional Government, and, practical in devising remedies in cases of emergency, we are confident in being able to avert the danger which threatens us in consequence of the fall of the Dictatorship. " Faithful to the cause the standard of which, upheld by us, sets aside every misunderstanding of party, we invoke the whole nation to obedience. "To arms I In the face of the foe, in the face of our fall ing brethren, the place of every Pole is in the ranks. " By authority of the Central Committee of the Provi sional National Government, " The Commissioner Extraordinary, " STEPHEN BOBROSKI." A lady writes the following letter from Cracow : Sir,—lt seems hard to tax too severely the generosity of the British public, and yet when was an appeal made to it in vain ? 1 feel convinced that, if any of your readers could have witnessed the harrowing scenes which I and my sister saw yesterday, they would have emptied their purses to alleviate in some degree the misery which made our hearts bleed. There are four temporary hospitals in Cracow—one in the ball-room in the hotel in which we are staying, and three others in other parts of the t wn. • Out of about 200 patients I only saw one man over 25 ; the rest boys of 15 and upwards, These youths are many of them from Po • land, and all of them far from their homes. They are de pendent, therefore, entirely on the charity of the towns people, who are already overwhelmed by the claims of their own relatives and friends. There is scarcely a house in which some member of the family is not either sick or wounded, while hundreds of men, women, and children burnt otit ot Miechow, and their villages, have sought refuge here. The consequence is that every hole and corner in the town is occupied,and everybody's purse is constantly drained. No less than 1,000 of Langie wicz's followers have been obliged to leave Poland, and arrived here yesterday and the day before in a deplorable condition. Most of them, having joined the camp without any provision for campaigning, have been brought in as Austrian prisoners, foot sore, starving, and nearly naked. Tney have been engaged for the last two days in escaping from Austrian durance, the authorities being only too glad to be relieved of the trouble of providing for them. Large purchases have been made of boots and clothing, and every one is anxious to contribute; still the calls have recently been so heavy—first for subscriptions to the movement, and next for the re- lief of distress—that contributions from England would be most thankfully received. It must not be supposed that there is any repining or begging. The young men in hospital are only yearning to be well enough to return to the scenes of their late dis tress; and, though the town wears an aspect o mourning, and the streets swarm with a population clothed in the deepest black, the haggard, wor❑ faces of old and young, men and women, express slily one sentiment —that of fierce and determined resistance. The capture of Langiewicz has stimu lated rather than dampened ihe ardour of the people, and every nerve is being strained to retrieve the effect of the late Director's inconceivable act. If the Austrian Government will only afford the faci lities it gave on an earlier stage of the movement, there can be no doubt of the ultimate success of the revolution, so thorough is the demoralization of the Russian army; but if it renders the transmission of arms and ammunition impossible, the pro spects of the insurgents are gloomy enough. In the meantime, in the name of common humanity let even those who have no political sympathy with Poland help to relieve an amount of suffering which, were the cause less holy the,n it is, would be en titled to their compassion and consideration. POLISH RELIEF FUND. A number of English ladies recently formed an association, under the patronage of the Duchess of Sutherland and the Countess of Shaftesbury, for the relief of the Pules wounded and reduced to destitution by the present war. They have issued an appeal for assistance, in which they remind the British public of the various claims the sufferers have to the sympathy of Englishmen, and of the fact that funds are already being collected in France and Italy. They express a hope that on this occasion they will meet with the active Byrn pa by extended to a similar appeal made on behalf of the Itali ans i n lsoo and 1861. The association, through t 126 4- acquaintance with trustworthy agents, are able to promise that the money collected will be promptly employed abroad, and that, The Artists' General Benevolent Institution, The 48th annual festival of this institution was held on Saturday, at the Freemasons' Tavern, under the presidency of the Earl of Carnarvon. About 200 persons sat down to dinner, including, besides the noble chairman, Sir Charles Eastlake, R A., Mr. DaN id Roberts, R.A., Mr. E. M. Ward, R.A., Mr. W. I'. Frith, Mr. H. O'Neil, R.A., Mr. T. Cresswick, R A., Mr. H. Wcekes, R.A., Mr. J. E. Millais, R.A., Mr. Faed, A.R.A., Mr. Carl Haag, Dr. O'Connor, Mr. Geo. Godwin, Mr. F. Leighton, Mr. M'Callum, &c. The society, whose object is to extend relief to distressed meriterious artists, whether subscribers to its funds or not, has, since its establishment in 1814, granted 2,066 Bona• tions, in sums amounting in the aggregate to £25,212. After the health of "The Queen," which was drunk with the customary honours, The CHAIRMAN, in proposing "Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family," said it was the province of art, and the duty of every true lover of art, to do homage to beauty and grace, and he knew it required very little persuasion on his part to induce them to render full and eager homage, and to do ample justice to that unrivalled smile, that gracious de meanour, and that charming manner which won the hearts of the whole population of this great city on the 7th of March. (Loud cheers.) The toast was drunk amidst great applause. The toast, "The Army, Navy, and Volunteers," was re sponded to by Mr. FRED. LEIGHTON, of the Artists' Volun teer Corps. The CHAIRMAN, in giving the toast of the evening, dwelt in forcible terms upon the vicissitudes and misfor tunes which often attended an artist's struggle for a living and fame, and pointed out the usefulness of such a society as this, which stepped in at the right moment to relieve his distress, and did so not only with a liberal hand, but with perfect secresy, and in a way which could not give rise in his mind to any feeling of shame or humiliation. During the past year no less than 66 applicants had been relieved with the sum of £9b2, and out of these applications 15 were new cases. One admirable feature of the institu tion was the economy of its management, the working ex penses being only 7 per cent, on the annual expenditure-- a smaller sum than that paid by alm-st any other charitable society in the metropolis. Another gratifying fact was that they counted among their subscribers some who had, in a period of temporary embarrassment, received themselves aid from the funds of the institution, The society derives £5OO a year from funded property, the rest of its income being made up by subscriptions, by far the larger proportion of which was contributed by artists. He concluded by giving "The Prosperity of the Artists' General Benevolent Institution," which was enthusiastically responded to and followed by a song entitled " The Artist's Dream," sung effectively by Mr. Henri Drayton, by whom it had been written and composed. if the patriots aro defeated, what remains of it will be set apart an a fund for the support of refugees who may seek shelter in England. Lady Clarence Paget, the Hon. Mrs. William Cow per, Lady Goldsmid, Mrs. Samuel Gurney, Mrs. Salis Schwabe, and Miss Ellis have consented to take an active part in the collection. The Countea of Shaftesbury and Mrs. Salis Schwabe will act as treasurers, and Miss Ellis as honorary se cretar y. Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, awl Co., 1, Pall-Mall east, S.W. ; and Messrs. Barnet, Hoare, and Ca., Lombard-street, city, London, E.C., are appointed bankers, and will receive subscriptions. LITERA TITRE: Journals and Correspondence of 7 honzas Sedyezcick, Whalley, D.D. By the Rev. 1-1. Wickham, M.A. Rector of Horsington. 2 Vols, B en tl ey . These volumes are well worthy of perusal and the stadious and thoughtful reader will find ranch to entertain and interest him in these records of an earlier generation. The preface most aptly ex _ plains the purport of the work. It says, that "the events in the history of the subject of this memoir were not so marked from the usual scenes on the stage of life as to call for a biography, and the silence which has continued for so many years would hare remained unbroken, but for the contem porary letters of some persons of note which he left behind him." This is truly the ease, and great credit is due to the editor of this book for having presented us with such valuable documents, reveal. ing, as they do, the inner springs of action, and the thoughts and feelings of those now long passed away from this transitory scene, but who left be hind them enduring names to live in the memory of men for many generations. The editor also observes in his preface that foreigners often remark that the English do not or cannot form lasting friendships, but that Dr. Whalley at all events was an exception to this rule. " In the correspondence which this work presents to the public we find acquaintance commencing at a period of life, when the judgment was matured, ripening into true regard with increasing years, and terminating only (and in 801219 cases after a very lengthened period) in that bourne of earthly exist ence where all human affections must cease." Per haps the most striking letters are those of Mrs. Siddons. They display wit of no common degree, and a lively fancy that irradiates every page, and renders their perusal most charming and fascinat ing. This lady was on most intimate terms both with Dr. Whalley and his wife. For many years this gentleman travelled abroad, and his diaries are most entertaining, presenting us as they do with pictures of foreign life so different to what they are at present. In the conclusion of the brief memoir of his life, the editor observes that, " In reviewing the character of Dr. Whalley, we see a type of English gentlemen which has now passed away. Great talkers are not tolerated in the present day; if any one thinks he knows more than his fellows he must let them have it on paper, not viva voce. Not so in the last century. Dr. Johnson's society was not culti vated because he had written the dictionary, nor George Selwyn's because he was a man of fashion, nor Burke's because he was a great statesman, but because they all talked well. Such were the powers for which, in a less degree, Dr. Whalley was best known. But for Miss Seward's eulogiums few even of his contemporaries would have heard of his Edwy and &tilde,' now long since passed into oblivion ; but his large acquaintance with the world, his extensive and varied information, his easy and yet powerful flow of language, and his elegant manners, obtained him the distinction of the literary friends whose correspondence is now published, and a general reputation in society, which made him a welcome guest in so many houses." Mr. Wilberforce's description of him is so quaint that it is worthy of quotation. He calls him " the true picture of a sensible, well informed and educated, polished, old well-beneficed, nobleman's or gentleman's house frequenting liteiary and chess-playing divine —of the best sort (not adulatory) I hone beginning to be serious." Hannah More and Mrs. Piozzi also figure among the correspondents of this worthy man, who seems to have realised the idea of the poet that " Next to genius is the power Of feeling where true genius lies." These volumes may be recommended to the earnest attention of those who would wish to become better acquainted with the worthies and celebrities of an earlier day, and they may take them up in the full assurance that they will not be disappointed in their perusal, since they present to them " Thoughts that breathe and words that burn," in the letters which bear the impress of their un studied expressions, and the language of their na tural thoughts as they wrote to their respected friend and held that communing which more than any other form of composition serves to display the true character, and denotes the actual opinions of the writer. This work is a valuable addition to our collection of the letters of the notabilities in the last generation; and all readers who desire to study this interesting style of literature will be greatly indebted to the editor of these volumes, who has presented them with this carefully got up and attractive work. Advertise. How, When, Where. Rout ledge. The author of this useful little work is Mr. Wil liam Smith, acting manager of the Royal Adelphi Theatre, and who of necessity must be well ac quainted with the best means of obtaining publicity. Die book is not merely a collection of dry directions, but one that will amuse as well as instruct those who adopt advertising as one of the ordinary rule s of business. The author cites many instances where large fortunes have been made by advertising, through the instrumentality of thepublic press, and other methods, added to which he gives such capital hints to those engaged in trade, that the nature of the book has only to become known to ensure the widest circulation. The volume is profusely illus trated with woodcuts, executed in the best style. Taken altogether it is the best book ever published on the "art" of advertising, and one that ought to be in the possession of every person carrying on business of any description. The following brief extract will show the extent of ProfcssorHolloway's advertising. "He commenced as an advertiser in 1837, and in 1845, after a judicious and careful ex penditure of about £5,000 per annum expenditure, he achieved a reputation which was recognised throughout the British Isles. In 1845 the outlay for advertisements amounted to £lO,OOO. At the time of the Great Exhibition i❑ London in 1851 he was expending £20,000 per annum, and in the year 1855 it had risen to the enormous sum of £30,000 ; whilst in the year 1862 it reached the alruos , t incre dible amount of £40,000." ALUMINIUM BRONZE. Messrs. Mappin Brothers, of R2gens-3tree`, in addition to their business of silversmiths and cutlers, intend adding another branch to their extensive establishments, and on Saturday we attended a private view of the splended articles manufactured by the firm from aluminium uud a.uminium bronze. Bulged on a long table in a very noble apartment were candelabra, spoons, forks, centre pieces, castings from the antique, C 0131.• mun;on plate, race cups, &e., &c., all manufactured either from the new aluminium bronze or the pure metal itself, presenting at once a most gorgeous and brilliant sight. The articles fashioned from the new bronze have all the appearance of 18 carat gold, and that, which is a great desideratum, is that it does not undergo a change in colour or lose its lustre by the action of the air, hnd its resist ance of all acids save hydrochloric. For domes- thl purposes this is of the utmost import ance, and will insure for the new mmetial a place immediately after the precious metals, espe cially as the cost of it will but, in a trifling degree, exceed the ordinary Sheffield Plate. The difference in price is compensated for by the fact that artielcp, manufactured from it will last, as the saying is "for ever," and retain their pristine beauty for the same indtfiuite term. The pure metal castings sub mitted to our inspection were wonderful specimens, and as it can be made to represent oxydised silver, it becomes peculiarly adapted for works of art. We feel assured that the novelty, beauty, and utility of the new manufacture cannot fail to command al extensive sale, as every article for the table can be manufactured therefrom, and at a price that will admit of its universal use. d in Brted Aher lo in stic, g of not wal. on 3tty tent stiff !ing ple. afro and Bet— and ort. ins for dr. '~ -~ 't