The Sun. — London, England, 1854-05-08 00:00:00

MP •••ft.wil as t al we , state st, on I is to ►ost as e is to of the ary to The less of e with how severe whom not so expo nown, th-day field at Toile ; death jesties, rs and ending y time 3ir car- Leh for- or to e again >ye any id that titions, _ i desti itrance ) orders 3 office, nande- ised by talents Empe body of rd, and means be ad u enter L in the Ared is ina the by the he most quali nto the he Em carried ro days in the for the Pilori, or of the ionaries General 3t Lady corning. Ceylon, 'th ; St. Vincent, ias been, Ego, 35 calls, 93 1 1,000 regard- S'amples down at ty found L March, 7. Her , March fth. Cape of Lisbon, .om Cal le Natal , British Aril 13th and the 30th ex- Indian 3 Ameri- S.S.W. ; hine, but mann (s), ady Kin eeded for for Chris- Arrived n ; Mary aiTanean ; ; H.M.S. dady Mac rooiwieh alta, both :rly gales; the Medi- Tohn and d—Basco- )rinthian, for St. -al Berry, Is ; Lady ia, Malta. Boston ; [amilton, la loss of at back— [ger, from —Albion, 'olk Hero, elyn (a a), d—Jacob Cefimes, gir, do. ; Arrived eft on a •ga, from ,ra,nsport, red—City London. orning. rom Con- ann, for PH.) 57 a.m. r ; Furet, nes ; Flo 6, Belize ; , steamer, ; Candt icksteril, .d Hope ; uernseY ; and ; BA' 80 al ; Jane, L ; Delhi, prig, from London ; ur, from and pas- id a y the hire and e Salford f wages, )n of the attitude ko porter e advice oral' and h the di of about this de n Satur! loyment' MONEY MARKET ANT) COMMERCIAL T E LUC EN* CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Li verpool on Saturday were taken estimat e d at 3,000 bales, including 1 5 000 A merican on speculation. The market closed steadily, with Prices of all kinds firm and tight. The sales e Teprised 4,000 American, 60 Perna tn and Maran h°'T at 6id. to , 150 Egyptian at 50. to 'lid., , "u 500 Surat at . 20. to 4 3 / 4 d. per lb . Railway llshares were dull. There are numerous contracts out from the Go :ereraent for the conveyance of troo p s and stores to different points. Letters. from Birmingham resp ectin g the iron tr ade fuss !' State that most of the man ufacturers are orders at present rates, t h e c ontracts alrea d y in haul belng so heavy. A decided advance is ex 'eted soon to be declared in finished iron. The I)os ition of the trade n- ene rally is sound an d healthy, .. activity arising from the demand for consump tionand speculation being quiet. higher and from New York sta te that stocks were and money easier. Bre adstuffs were rather uns ettled,p and the export dem and was quiet. ; e ights were without materia l chan g e. Hemp Steady and jute clearer. e w l ° lll South Australia we learn that in the con eluding quarter of the year the colony received an for the of nearly 1,500 souls from England ; and Emigration same quarter the excess of immigration over was no less than 2,611 persons—thse It! illi ng a contrast to the decreasing numbers of iet oria. p o Th e Adelaide papers notice the comparative an L ver tY exhibited by the few m ilitar y there. It have that for two years past t he poor fellows je not been able to procure p otatoes, in conse quence of their scanty pay. Th ere must be a high th ling in the ranks when men can thus make up eir minds to starve in the midst of plenty, and that feeling deserves to be better re warded. The South Aus tralian p ublic seems inn b e vuued to take up the matter, and they cannot Bol ter effect this than by adding a mite to that I out by order of the Horse Gu ards. The few soldiersth amongst them will apprec iate this better than Sympathy. sYmpathy. The boisterous state of the weather last evening ' l 7 retarded the arrival of seve ral of the conti - "tal 11 : 11e railway meetings announced are the f01..,ng .., ng C ompany. Date. Plate, Ste. LO ll'Kkeder r y and Coleraine May 23, Coleman-st.-build. N orth Loralon C ti leni of France Ykl Swedish Fio titli D evon May 23, Plymouth. 4i 4 li t !lera of France V 0e1 1 , 11. ,g and Dunfermline June 1, Glas g ow. ir at 1 " ,1 and Darlington May 6, Darlin g ton. erford and Kilkenny % r ile stock market has been extre mel y dull and O: quotations are heavy, partly o win g to the sus le respecting the plans of the Chancellor of the t a T9uequer, and the demand for spe cie for expor t6len• It has been rumoured that the interest on floating debt is to be raised to 2, 1 2 d. per diem, or iul that the Bank is to be authoris ed to issued 3 millions of notes without the obligation of aTaiiarly augmenting its specie. Conso ls have been tai for transfer, and 8,1 to 3 4 for account. „ e ANew 3i- per Cents. realise 8 7 to k , and the 3 861- to g. Bank Stock is steady at 205. '',e,uequer Bills are is. premium to 2s. discount. r °reign Stocks are very dull. Spanish 3 per Ce nts. re are firmer at 36i, and Russian 4i per Cents. k m ain at 80. Buenos Ayres Bonds are quoted 2 and Brazilian New .A per Cents. 90. Dutch lit Per Cents. are higher, being 57/. to 58k. e rn xican Bonds have not been dealt in. a nd some Railway Share Market has been declining, some of the lines are about to 1 per cent. Gr eat There has been a fall to this extent in andreat Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, York h ave Berwick Great Northern. The foreign lines 'uve been a shade lower also. The Joint-Stcs:k Bank Shares have been dealt in at rather lower rates. Crystal Palace are firm. s'Aild shares are quiet. SPORTING NOTES A DIP INTO THE CHESTER CUP. An " open r.ice" for the Chester Cup is scarcely a novelty, but the betting indicates that the chances this year are balanced wish even unusual fairness. On i•xa ts mining the handicap no seeiiiing " certainty" presen Lself ; so carefully and ably have the imposts been ad justed, that all distinctions appear to be levelled between the old and the young, the good and the bad. The re spective pretensions of the rough and ready, the " bottled up" and highly-trained are equally sound and formidable. To determine, therefore, the probabilities is a task of no ordinary difficulty, and the recent move ments in the turf market are scarcely calculated to guide one to a due and successful execution of it. The tendency of speculation is doubtful and perplexing, and, indeed, seems only to render confusion worse confounded. Favourites have been set up and knocked down like nine-pins, and the temporary " rise " of some animals appears only to have been neces sary to render their " fall" signal and imme diate. On Saturday a brisk and determined fire of " long shots" soon thinned the ranks of the leading favourites, and those horses which, only a few hours before, had been supported with a spirit and eagerness which promised to maintain them firmly in their posi tions, were deserted by their partizans, and no attempt was made to arrest their rapid retrogression. These movements I will presently endeavour to indicate and IS DAY.) I IitITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOUE ( P4'olll the Olickst Lest. Business ctrint , tank. Stock 4 per Cont. Reduced . Annuities .............. . 86$ i 3 per Cent Consols .kunuities ................ 87$ New 31 per Cent. Annuities ........ ~ ~_., .... 87i 7 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., .1860 ..• Ditto 30 Years, Expi:ro s th Jan., 1860 4 13-16 consols for Account 1 ith May B7i i Exchequer Bills, 21. 2500 Small •••• • PRICE OF FORDIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK nrazillan Bonds, 5 pur Cent. — Ditto New, 1852,41 i per Cent Bu enosl,.. Ayres Bonds,. 6 per Cent 54 "rtnguese Bonds, 4. per Cent — , D itto Ex all over- , lue Coupons 37 '''issian Bonds, 1822 , 5 per Cent. £ St — Ditto 4i per Cent BO Eina --418 h Bonds, 3 pe r Cent 36.1 Dividends on the above payable in London 1344- ' l % Exchange, 2i per Cant. 12 Gull s7i 8i HALF-PAST TWO. Consols Ditto May Acta omat . B7 e4 I CRIMINAL• COURT.-(THIS DAY) T he May session. of the above Court was o p ened this Orni ng, th ere the first edi lion of the calendar it apoears that 7!,'e are 118 prisc iners for trial at the present session. til l:he Recorder, it the commencement of his charge to en e grand jury, saiid he was disappointed to see that so L' a e a siderable a port ion of the present Session of Parliament th e Passed away rithout some alteration being made in thi s Present system of calling grand juries together within : Ile did not think the public were yet pre pared for the enth .e abolition of grand juries, but it cer th'elY did appear to him that it would be an advantage to adhunistratim i of justice if some alteration of the pre -et system were to be made, and t hat, at all events, the 4_ cessity for ig: grand juriestog ether so frequently as v' 43 now the case skiould not exist. With regard to the pre ttet calend ar , he sr iid it was satisfac tor y to find that, with e exception of t w o or three cases of murder, there was a t e triarkabl e absen c e of crimes of violence, and the calendar °III Y contained or ie charge of c uttin g and wounding. In refe rence to the L :barges of mu rder, he said he was fear ful, fro m th e fac is stated in the depositi ons, the y would f that they hact no alternative but to return true bills, 114 e .0 although a q uestion might arise as to the state of ind of the partie a, they would have nothing to do with tha t i: question, wh Loh could only be properly di s p osed of th e p et t y j ur y. His lordship said that there we re 133' t e e ttle other serious cases, but they did not appear to pre , e t any difficulties either of law or fact, and there was only ne charge of man ei laughter which appeared to presen t an y , `Tniv a l circums eances. In this case a woman was c harged with killing her child, and it appeared that, while in a drunl Len state, she had dropped the child, w hich was of vei ry tender age, and thereby caused its d eath. It appe: tred to him, that in law, it being the ti t il l tY of the prisoner to protect and take care of her and not h aving done so, in consequence of having, .3 1 her own aci4 rendered herself incapable of perform leg her duty, i the would be amenable to the charge of (c anslaughter ; and if the facts sh ould be p roved, it Would be their duty to find a bill for that offence. The grand j ury then retired. AfARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DAY. i I'.) THE SUN, LONPON, MONDAY EVENING - , FAT, 8, 1854. LITERATURE. Al ARK ET explain. The field is likely to be numerically s tronger than will on any former anniversary of the Chester Cup, and it require all Mr. Hibburd's tact and ingenuity to marshal the starters at the post, and afford a clear course, and no favour. About forty competitors are likely to be placed under his command; the following list will doubt s less comprise the name of every runner : .se- TRAINER. HORSE. TRAINER. HORSE. nigh Nabob J. B. Day Star of Surrey J. B. Day iee up Newminster J. Scott Sir J. Graham Gill gham plenty, Torment Dilly Jewess C C Manson Lough Bawn ...... W. Oa tes Ju j ube otter re- Indian Warrior... Longst aff Sam p son ...... Lord alit seems Cobnut Abrahams Bridesmaid .... Woolcot they cannot Talfourd Bumby Royalist Treen mite to that Joe Miller • W. Day Miss Sellon .ards. The few Annie Sutherland T.Dawson Mortimer sc iate this better Lancashire Lass .. Hopwoo d Swiftsuro Catspaw A. Taylor Jack Frost ..... . Ford Llanforda .. I. Day. Billingha.ua.....Wintringhan a teather last evening Aldford W. Day Epaminondas.. Smith Eskrett Jepbson I. Day several of the conti- Sandhurst Peggy T.Dawson Trump Queen J. Shepherd Dear Me C. Marsou Dr. O'Toele.... J. Day, jun. announced are the fol- Acrobat J. Scott Robin H00d... T. Dawson Barrel Abrahams Sir Mark Ford Date. Plat e, Scc. Tom W. Scott Baalbec Bumby se... May 23, Coleman-stabuild. Eva Wadlow Duchess of Lor- . May 11, Euston-square. Domino Goldin rains c01t.... T. Taylor May 24, Paris. Brown Brandy ... Woolcot Lurley May 29, Stockholm. Gamekeeper ... .. Longl staff S Blame eaweed filly... M W organ May 23, Plymouth. St. Clair Wadlow . May 30, Paris. People are sorely puzzled in their attempts to discover Tune 1, Glasgow. the intended representative of the Whitewall stable. , v 6, Darlington. Th e movements relative to Newm inster in p articular 11 London Tavern. have occasioned no little perplexity, for, to use a time -strenaely dull and honoured turf simile, this horse g oes u p and down in the wing to the sus - betting like a bucket in a well. That he has been heavily , cellor of the backed at all sorts of prices—from ten to one up till for expor- fifty—the list of quotations published daily abundantly `erest on testifies, and I myself have frequently seen heavy in diem, vestments made on him by individuals who appear to be 'd 3 generally well-informed, and whose transactions are in f variably regulated by the shrewdest discrimination. The determined hostility which he encounters, . however, scarcely seems the result of wild speculation, but rather the effect of a cool and deliberate opposition, having something more than prejudice for its origin. Indeed, at Tattersall's on Saturday he was all but driven out of the market, and 100 to 3 was repeatedly betted against him ; but towards the close of business the " little black Captain" parried further opposition by booking 23 to 1 until layers were discourage", and cried hold, enough. All manner of rumours too are circulated re specting Newminster, by " people who go about saying things." He is said to be an infirm horse, and this re port seems to be the one to which the readiest belief is attached. When I was at Melton Races, however, I was assured by persons who had good opportunities of knowing, that the horse was never sounder or better — not even when he won the St. Leger. Still, should Newrninster's condition be as satisfactory as his most sanguine backers could desire, I shall be scarcely pre pared to witness his success. I never had a high esti mate of his racing ability, and have ever deemed him a somewhat overrated horse. That he is handicapped on most advantageous terms is. however, unquestionable. and should he get off in the first flight he ought to be in the front rank at the finish. My fancy, nevertheless, will induce me to take a " turn " with Acrobat in preference to New minster. In shape and condition Acrobat appeared at Newmarket " every inch a race horse," and should he be the trusted representative of the stable, I shall expect him to obtain a place at least. His position in the betting is, however, by no means secure, and the support which he has received within the last four-and-twenty hours has been too slight and unsteady to engender strong con fidence in either him or his parties intentions. Miss Sellon is another three-year-old, belonging to John Scott's stable. Several investments have at various times been quietly made on her, but my information re specting her is vague and unsatisfactory. "At this present writing," Aldford and Peggy are the leading favourites. Both have been frequently talked about as being intended to "pull off a good thing," but neither of them has yet displayed any extra ordinary racing ability. Of Peggy, indeed, I have my misgivings, which the result of the Chester Cup may tend to confirm. Notwithstanding the large sums of money which have been invested on her, and the un mistakeable upward tendency in the betting, I am com pelled to believe that the confidence of her supporters is misplaced. Aldford has effectually superseded his stable companion Joe Miller in the betting. The "fondness" which his partisans evince is unequivocal, but their san guine expectations of success may yet be disappointed. His owner, however, appears to be in earnest with him, and if report be true he has good grounds for placing faith in Aldford's chance. The horse was, it is said, tried with Virago, Joe Miller, and Little Harry prior to the Epsom Spring Meeting, and although Virago won the trial easy enough, Aldford was second ! The waning of the Star of Surrey, and the silence which is maintained re specting Nabob, seemingly tend to confirm this report, and justify the suspicion that the interest of father and son—John Day and William Day— will, on this occa sion, be "amalgamated." On Saturday, Dr. O'Toole suddenly gave way before a strong current of opposition, and backers seemed little inclined to take advantage of this unexpected turn in the bill of his affairs. Dr. O'Toole's chance is chiefly formidable from Ids light weight and careful training, and not from decided racing ability. His lenient im post will doubtless enable hint to figure respectably in the encounter. At Chester, fortune has more than once favoured the Danebury stable, and the fickle goddess may again renew her gifts. Among the light weights, however, few appear to me to possess pretensions to support sounder than those of Domino and Baalbec. The former, in particular, has proved by his performances that he is entitled to take rank with the most respectable of our second-class three-year-olds. The recent running of Cham pagne ie sufficient to justify some expectations of Domino's success. For the Champagne Stakes at Don caster, Domino was beaten by Champagne by half a length only ; and at the same meeting he conceded 4 lbs. to Acrobat, who beat by three-quarters of a length. For this achievement Acrobat is handicapped to give Domino 71bs. Baalbec is again recovering from his " temporary depression" in the market, consequent upon the defeat of Boiardo. The lightness of his impost will render him a formidable antagonist. His performances, too, are not so utterly insignificant as to warrant a low estimate of his chalice. Of the other three-year-olds the most noteworthy names are, in my opinion, Torn, Eva, Jack Frost, Epa minondas, and Royalist. Notwithstanding the strong " bearing up" occasion ally displayed for Sandhurst and Llarifordas I am induced to regard their respective chances with ind ifference. In deed, of the m iddle weight division" I shall gi ve the JOHN BULL IN TROUBLE. John Bull, a painter, residing at 17, Gray-street, to Indian Warrior and Lough Bawn. For ch ar - uare Man- precedence the latter, in particular, I entertain a strong partiality, char e r d sq ith , was brought before Mr. Hardwick, Mr. John Paget, barrister, No. and should he go to the post as fit and as well as he was at 7, assaulting Go g rd r o w n-place . Gordon-square, and also with assaulting York, I shall be prepared to see him occupy a promi nent position in the race. With a good start and no ac thepo ice while in the execution of their duty. Mr. Paget stated t hat on Saturday afternoon, between cident, he may prove another Goldfinder to the ring. four he Indeed, his performance for the Great Northern Handl ee and five, war ; passing along Oxford-street, when ",, saw the prism ler lay hold of a woman, and cap is suffi . cie tto induce me to regard his pretensions the her with gres .t violence down on the pavement. with considerable favour. 'Witness immediate ly seized him to prevent further To refer separately to the remaining probable starters The"? ole uee, w h en he struck him repeatedly on the face. would unnecessarily occupy spa ce . I have limited my woman then got up and also struggled hard to hit remarks to those animals only a hose chances a p pear to Z i t, e ness, and a b all dog that was with the prisoner laid me favourable, or whose position in the betting renders thenolu of his trou ter s and tried to bite him. Complainant them entitled to consideration. The " disappointments" forced hira into the recess of the doorway of an and mishaps which will beset so large a field of horses u pholsterer's shop, and then be let go of him, thinking he as is likely to be brought out on the "tea cup" course w otaslesrecure ti l .l etre police came, and in a moment pri- at Chester may upset and confound the most seemingly lier rushe.A a' t him and.. struck him again, and laid accurate calculations as to the result of the race. To be able to indicate the actual winner is almost more than I hold o f bi a crwat and tried to throttle him. Several dare hope. Still, on carefully reconsidering the ar u ments adduced alove, and a eareful comparison of g the the persons r svho were present held the prisoner until chances as they . appear on paper, I have arrived at the h _ Po ice arrived, when, after a good deal of resistance, de- fol T lo h w e in f g ro c n o t n r c o lu n s k ion w i e e ,rari conveyed to the station. - 1 - . -wo gentlemen who witnesssed the whole affair will, anticipate, comprise DOMINO, scribed the prisoner's conduct as violent in the extreme. BAALDEC, LoUGH BAWN, and the representative of John Scott's stable (perhapsko I shall oLE , A To ceon . asr). toe t y uckmaster, 97 C, said lie took p risoner into cos- In A the tw R, second and d DR. rank " —he was very violent, and struck, b it, and kic e place ALDFOBD, INDIAN him several times. Other constables'at len g th arrived, wiu drunk two i ,r shallhf) lminori fallow j o ti for a n,d, e t an h yt e ss nt, "off aoy bbee chance"dberniiefil decided itth dismissed.o- E l Tl v o t rr a o n w d aFTniod: the him ee an dprisoner who was perfectly sober was taken into custody, prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he Palatine Stakes. I select Adelaide and Bianca ; for the ste ." . fla_eit the time and knew not what he was about eqr_useHardwic! s said the plea of drunkenness was no , . Wynnslay Handicap will perhaps be carried off by either l'slostyn Stases, Lord Alfred and Flatterer. The time he ; it had bean proved that he was sober at the Annie Sutherland or Miss Agnes. Captain Cornish and as a Committed the assault, and he (Mr. Hardwick) , _ one warning for the future should fine him 505., or Lord-Lieutenant shall do battle for me for the Cheshire 8.8 " e t month o for the assault on the gentleman, and for the month n the con stable lie should commit hire for one Welter Cur. Of the sixty-one nominations to the Dee without fin e. Stakes, I shall, with a start, take Champagne. In his Absence. either Scythian or Prince Arthur may be the -..—.., DEATH so A - York7ih P ....,, , OHDEACoN HEADLAM.—We regret to place to the credit of Lord Alfred. Until the result of announce the death of the Venerable John Headlam, Tuesday's and Wednesdays races be known, it wculd Archdet icon of Richmond, which took (lace in be ridiculous to offer an opinion on the Marquis of rector attained „,,, 0 Y orkshire on Ti sem d a y. The reverend gentleman was Westminster's Plate and other Handicaps. e Z n : the of dest clergymen in the diocese of Ripon, ' May 8. A FRESH MAN. a.blache ina' kes his ..Ssth year. He was presented to the : ---- L . 37 of Wye 'life, bear Greta Bridge, in 1795. C HESTER.--MosiDev. . Italian 0 his first appearance at the Royal : A King, of • RRlVALS.—Adelaide, Gipsy Moor Venice, oil which Pela osa T u e sday in the " Barbiere di &sights," Lori Hill, Falcon, Brigadier, Kenn side Hero, Gui the, se Z e occasion Mario also a ppears for the first time cower, Cobnut, Barrel, Pantomime, Sandhurst, Acrobat, Y, - 14 'n'n• . "Do a Gi ovann i" is announced for Thurs. 1 Roscommon, Sextus, Newbold, Athlone by Tearaway, ' —1 "" 0051 PlaYi ag the Don, lout of Ballinasole's darn. T0ta1.... CORN EXCHANGE. There was a very inactive demand for all kinds of wheat in the country markets held on Saturday, and prices had a downward tendency. The barley trade was heavy, on rather easier terms. Malt and flour were almost nominal, but oats, beans, and peas sold steadily, at very full prices. ehr Most of the Continental markets have been rather dull for wheat as well as spring corn. Prices have had a clown- ,--- ward tendency. The last accounts from Neweat York our, sta St te that a fair average busines s was doing in wh, fl and Indian corn. 20 Very moderate supplies of English grain arrived in tare port of London last week. The imports of foreign were 50 extensive, viz., 67,726 quarters of wheat, 11,989 barley, r.-I 7,376 oats, 4,162 beans, 73 peas, 321 tares, 3,174 linseed, 2,939 rapeseed, 1,072 sundry seeds, 5,597 sacks and 29,930 31 barrels of flour. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to this morning's 21 market coastwise were very limited, but in good condition. By land carriage very few samples reached us -yet the 2 : show, which was par tl y com p osed of last Monday's unsold 2; supply, was moderate. For all descriptions the demand was in a very depressed state. However, a few very su- Si peri , r qualities were disposed of at last Monday's currency; S' but low and middling kinds changed hands heavily, at a 5 1 The in the quotations of from ls to 2s per quarter. 5 There was scarcely any inquiry for forward delivery 2 samples. 2 The imports of foreign wheat having been exceedingly 1 5 heavy, the supply of t hat g rain here to-day was extensive. Importers were for t he most p art rather eager sellers, and 2 the trade was dull, at is to 2s per quarter less money than on this day se'nnight. At that decline very little progress 2 was made in effecting sal es . 2 I Floating cargoes , the arrival of which off the coessast con- F tinue good. were offer in g at 2s to 3s per q d u. rter l money than on this day se'n ni g ht. We were well supplie with barley — mal tin g sam p les sold slowly, at full prices, but the value of other kinds had a downward tendency. Malt was in mo derate su pp l y , and sluggish request, at barely stationary prices. There was less business doing in oats—the supply of which was good - y et the q uotations were supported. Owing to the large imports, beans met a dull inquiry., at barely late rates. Peas commanded very little attention. The flour trade was dull, and American parcels were rather cheaper. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheal—Essex & Rant, 'Malt —Chevalier •• —75 s 76s Red •• •• new 72,4 to 83a Oats Yorkshire and Ditto ••• • .. Ditto, White new 7 5 s 86 s Potato . ..... •• .. 3 0s 36s 1s Ditto.• •• •• •• old 74 s 88s You lorfolk and Lin. Black. •• —.. 308 33s ,totn, Red, old 72s 82s Cork, White •.. .. 29s 35s )itto new .• •... 72. 82s Scotch, Feed. •• .. 34s 368 Rvo--Old •• •• •• ...... 51s . 52s Beans—Tick .•• •• .... 45s 548 New ...: -66 s Raley —Grinding .•• .. 36s 38s Peas —Grey ..•• ...... 448 48s Malting .•• .• .... 395 418 Maple. •• •• —.. .. 48s 53s ` - 'hevalter .• •• • ...42s 44s White.•• •• •..... 568 62s AAR—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers .••• .. .. 56s 68s folk.. •• • • ...... 65s 718 Flour—Town -made... 6 685 0 e 64s 708 3rown .• ••••••• .. .. 601 62 s S uffolk •• •• —..— Kingston and Ware 73s 75s Atocktii Fe Istorfo* 60s 66s - --- SMITHFIELD. Last week's imports of foreign stock into London were on a very modera te scale, the total supply being only 1,122 head. In the corresponding week in 1853 we 1850 re ceived 3,47 4 ; in 1852, 2,072 ; in 1851, 1,923 ; in , 1,425 ; in 1849, 1,486 ; in 1848, 2,434; and in 1847, 1,928 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. St. From :Beasts. Sheep. ➢ Lambs. Calves. Pigs. St. Rot terdam Bl ... 307 ... ... ... 50 Rotterdam_ Harlingen 169 ... 77 ... 2 ... 83 ... 12 t oo Ostend 1 ... 2 ... st Amsterdam 7 ... -- __ .-- —. 25 566 ... 3 ... 232 ... 12 50 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : 20 Sheep Beasts. . Lambs. Calves. Pigs. St. .853 ....... 854 ... 2,100 .., 2 ... 518 ... 1852 279 ... 1,366 .., 2 ... 318 ... 114 50 1851 514 ... 1,275 ... 2 114 St. 1850 ......... 1849 294 ... 963 ... ... 226 ... 3 1 Amongst the foreign stocks on offer in to-day's markets 8 were nearly 200 oxen from Spain. With Dutch stock we 50 were but moderately supplied. 10 The arrivals of beasts from our own g razing districts 10 were good as to number, but there was a slight falling off in their general weight and condition compared with some 20 previous weeks. Although the attendance of buyers was 20 rather extensive, the beef trade was in a very sluggish 10 state, at a decline in the prices obtained on Monday last of 10 2d per 81bs. The top figure for the best Scots was 4s 4d per 81bs. St. and Cambridgesh ire From Norfolk, Suff olk, Essex, we received 2,900 Scots and short-horns ; from other parts 20 of England, 600 of various breeds ; and from Scotland, St. 642 horned and polled Scots. St. The supply of all breeds of shee p was very moderate. As St. nearly the wnole of that description of stock is arriving Bt, out of the wool, our quotations refer to shorn sheep only. The mutton trade was decidedly active, and the quotations 10 were from 2d to, in some instances, 4d per 81bs. higher 28i than on Monday last. Downs, out of the wool, realised from 4s 10d to 5s Oct p er 81bs. 13 There was a limited inquiry for lambs, at Friday 's de- 20 cline in the price of 4d per 81bs. The highest figure was 20 6s 8 , 1 per Sibs. ... Calves were in fair av era g e su pp l y , and sluggish request, at Friday's depression of 2d per Sibs. W 50 e had a dull sale fo r p i g s, at barely last week's St. quotations. 50 Per 81bs to sink the oftals. 20 s. d. s. d.l s. d. s. d. 20 Interior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 21PrimeSouthdown 410 5 0 20 Second quality.... 3 4 3 6 Large crse. calves 4 4 5 0 25 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 0 Prime small d 0... 5 2 5 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4 Large hogs ......... 3 0 4 2 St. Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 Small porkers 4 4 4 8 10 Second quality ...3 10 4 4 Suekliugealves St. P r ime crse.-wlled. 4 6 4 8 Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 25 Lambs ss 2d to 6s Bd. - .•• ... ' 309 ... 1 Beasts .. ••• • • • ........ 4,515 Beasts .•..• • • • • •• . Sheep •• • . .••.• .. 21,230 Sheep .. • ••• • • • •••••••••• • • •• •• .• i 9 Calves,.... ••..•• • • • • • t'alvea • 20 FOILEIGN SUPPLY 673 20 220 50 7 0 20 TOTAL SUPPLY. The Great • Highway : A Story of the World's Struggles. By P. W. Fullom, author of the Marvels of Science." Second Edition. 3 vols. gman. The motto of this work is very symbolical of its contents—" There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philoso phy." It is very evident that to many this reve lation of social mysteries will be a complete novelty, and will betray the meretricious splendour of many literary and scientific stars. Yet it is not only the subterfuges and deceits, the snares and pitfalls laid for the uninitiated, the craft and cruelty of the practised votary of the inner circles of the profes sion, that are selected for description and discussion here. The reader is not indeed confined to one country, far less to one phase of society or one con dition of life. The first volume is entirely occupied with rural scenes in England, in which the com plicated plot of the after events is foreshadowed. In the second, the hero is induced to try his for tunes in the New World, and in that mighty and magnificent theatre for the display of neglected talents, in that opportune sphere for powers useless 1 1 in their native land, a long time is passed by the young aspirant. The last volume is that referring to literature, as it appears to the inexperienced and unfriended when taken up for a livelihood. The least pleasing portion of the story is unques tionably that which refers to the Mormons, who are traced from their wanderings in England to their native strongholds in, the Land of the West. It must be confessed that great skill is displayed in all the details, and especially in the crisis when the people of the New World rise up against the base sect. The accounts of America are very graphic and forcible. On first arriving the emigrants are delighted, as they think they have reached the land of promise in their life of toil. " What an opening, what a prospect; our own language still, but a new form of government, a new people, a new hemisphere. Here, for ages to come, all Europe may throw in its surplus population, and there will still be room. Here flesh and blood in their naked strength are wealth, life, energy, and power." Such are the dreams of the newly landed, which, however, do not always meet with realisation. Ernest Glynn set out on a long and dangerous jour ney, with some fellow-adventurers, in the wilds of America; but it is mentioned that a thousand miles, with swamps, forests, &c., in the way, are nothing out there. It is a relief and a privilege, after the whirl and confusion of the bustling city and its go-ahead inhabitants, to pass away into the still depths and calm majesty of the eternal forests. To the impassioned and enthusiastic hero such scenes and such sights were full of strange enchant ment and magic interest. As his eye beheld the primeval prairies there, so deserted and gloomy, "his imagination again peopled it with its ancient lords, and gave them back their usurped hunting grounds." Again, from the past he turned to the future ; all around him would change—was chang ing ; " the frightful morass would one day be a garden—the gaunt staring rocks would be mantled with vegetation—the ocean river be choked up. How could Ernest look on these things, and think on his own tiny, fleeting, miserable g riefs? What was he, poor helpless worm, in th e mighty pre sence of nature and her God? Where would his thoughts be when the everlasting rocks had perished ? " Clara Meredith is a character very successfully dealt with ; her strong partiality to her native land, her overweening prejudices in favour of its customs, good and bad, u ere rooted sentiments in her heart ; and of these feelings her wily cousin knew how to take advantage. Too late she found out her mistake ; and Ernest, when losing her favour, was more fortunate than Wilmore, only accepted from spite and vanity. Ernest's next step on the " great highway" of life was not more en couraging. He returned home, but fate smiled not more propitiously upon him in the struggle for renown than in the search for happiness. Rejected in love, he was not chosen by Fame ; and to crown all miseries and mischances, he became what is aptly here styled " a negro of literature"—one who works for others in every sense of the word, with. out pleasure or profit—who gives up for their paltry triumph the treasures of his fancy and the stores of his intellect. Not for gain is the sacrifice of glory made, however, as the profits, small or large, never descend to the depths where its originator is buried. It is an unspeakable relief to turn from these mys teries of literature to the sunny sphere of Emily de Burgh's circle. The concluding passages are almost dramatic in their startling events and rapid suc cession. The cousin of Ernest is well described in his selfishness and cunning ; his end is quite sad enough to satisfy any lover of justice. Altogether, the " Great Highway" offers a forcible instance of what has to be borne and what must be sur mounted by the unfriended in the journey of life. It success at last crowns their labours, those labours have been often useless ; and when the admiring crowd applaud the final effort, none consider by how many agonising failures it has been preceded. The following passage exemplifies the sufferings en dured by Ernest in consequence of injustice and selfishness being employed to extinguish his first essay in the lottery of literature : " But the favour with which Ernest's tale was re ceived, notwithstanding the neglect of the usual appli ances, now became a subject of real concern to Edge, who not only had before him the disagreeable prospect of having to make a payment to an author, but also the possibility that success might even tempt Ernest to re sign his engagement, when, as he well knew, he would infallibly lose the services of his most efficient fag. But the means of preventing such a catastrophe were in his own hands. One of his decoy-books, the production of a deservedly popular authoress, was just ready, and this was immediately brought out, blazoned, paraded, and pushed in every direction, fully answering the pur pose contemplated. Ernest's novel was irrecoverably swamped. "He is sitting alone in his dark chamber —with the dark past and the darker future, as there is but too much ground to consider it, vividly present to his eye. Where now are the weary hours he stole from sleep ?—where all the hopes, dreams, expectations, that guided and sus tained his useless efforts? The bold, manly heart, which, undaunted by adversity, had so long maintained its up standing fight with the world—even the strong frame, is bowed and crushed : not by failure, no 1 but by injus tice, trickery, and fraud. " A. strange sensation seized upon him, as if his whole system, struck down by the sufferings of the mind, had received a simultaneous shock, paralysing and prostrat ing it ; and, with an instinctive foreboding, he put his handkerchief to his mouth : it was full of blood. " That blood cried to Heaven against some one, as surely as Abel's against Cain. Not for all your gains, Mr. Edge ! would we have a drop of it on our souls 1 Lon and " the canoe the travelling carriage." Hence the title of the volume—hence the " Boy Hunters" are transformed into the " Young Voyageurs." Immediately we are again introduced to them, as they are revealed to us in the second chapter, grouped together in, their birch bark canoe, although we find them grown somewhat, they are still the same for the most part, pre cisely as we have known them all along Basil is still their brave and dashing leader, their chieftain by right of personal qualifications as well as by right of primogeniture—Lucien is still the calm, contemplative naturalist—Francois is still little better than a merry ne'er-do-weel, a droll, gay, laughing, light-hearted miniature of a Frenchman. Basil is still ready at an instant's notice to start upon any daring enterprise ! Lucien still cherishes an extravagant contempt for Buffon and Linnaeus, whom he sneers at as closet naturalists ! Francois is still prepared to enjoy a laugh in the midst of difficulties, however seemingly overwhelming ! Conducted by their cousin Norman, who has came from their uncle's station in the far north, on the shores of the Arctic waters, and taking with them their old dog, Marengo, as their ever faithful com panion—the Boy Hunters, or Young Voyageurs, as we have now learnt to call them, enter boldly upon their long journey or voyage, which is to conduct them from their flowery home in Louisiana to the snow-covered regions of the Esquimaux. On their way thither, be sure of that, they meet with abundance of hairbreadth 'stapes and exciting ad ventures. They encounter perils even in the occa sional " portage" from river to river, and dangers eno w while they are floating along thel current of their long water-course. Travelling with them, the reader becomes acquainted with an extraor dinary variety both of the flora and of the fauna of the northern part of the great American Continent. The trumpeter-swan and the bald eagle, the bison and the marmot, the wapite and the wolverene, the shrike and the humming-bird, the moose and the leopard, the polar hare and the snowy owl, the arctic fox and. the white wolf, the jumping mouse and the ermine, the lynx, the cari bou, and the jerfalcon, with a profusion of other denizens of those marvellous climates, meet us at every turn, soaring, burrowing, swimming, flying, crawling. The vegetation, too—how wonderful and prolific in its seemingly endless diversity—the rice plant and the sugar cane, the fan-palm and the broad-leafed magnolia, the pine, the cedar, the maple, the spruce, and the hemlock. Everywhere, moreover, that we come upon a new plant or a new animal, we are not merely entertained, b ut instructed. Lucien is generally, of course, the interlocutor. Yet, though his explanatory words are sometimes very numerous in his anxiety to impart informa tion to his fellow-travellers, he generally so con trives matters that he does not become prosy in his prelections. Several of 'the incidents introduced in the course of the narrative are startling enough, and some of them singularly enthralling. As for example, that one recounted in the chapter entitled " Cast Away," or, again, as in the record of Basil's encounter with the bison-bull, during some critical parts of which his jeopardy seems to be abso lutely appalling. It is scarcely possible to pass by without allusion the brief but beautiful dedication prefixed to the volume, brief as an epigram, and beautiful as an utterance of the heart. It is simply this : "Kind Father, Gentle and Affectionate Mother, Accept this Tribute of A Son's Gratitude." There can be little doubt that " The Young Voyageurs" will command as wide and lasting a popularity as its predecessors. Those predecessors, prized, we question not, by many a noble-hearted boy as among his chief book-favourites—ranged by him on the same dear old self with "The Boy's Own Book," and with the charming tale of " Sand ford and Merton," and with " Robinson Crusoe," the glorious and beloved masterpiece. Captain Mayne Reid's name has, doubtless, by this time a pleasant sound in the ears of those young readers who have pored late and early over the storied pages of " The Desert Home" and " The Boy Hunters." And by these assuredly a glad welcome will be given to his animated account of the travels' and adventures of " The Young Voyageurs"— Norman, Basil, Lucien, Francois. Following them in their movements, from Louisiana onwards, to their Arctic destination—it is like a remem brance of those lovely hexameters of Longfellow, where he sings, in Evangeline : " Nearer and ever nearer, among the numberless islands, Darted a light, swift boat, that sped away o'er the water, Urged on its course by the sinewy arras of hunters and trappers : Northward its prow is turned, to the land of the bison and beaver." Closing the book reluctantly, we still seem to be roving onwards to the North with Norman, Basil, Lucien, Francois —what though we are perfectly conscious, from the last chapter, that they have reached their new home on the shores of the Arctic Sea in safety, and that Marengo has found, no doubt, many au agreeable friend and comrade among the dogs of the Esquimaux. Paid.' RAILWAYS. 8i 2s I A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold iu Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, May 9, 1853, and this day, M onday, May 8, 1854. Per 81bs, to sink the otrals. May 9, 1854. May 8, 1853 s. d. s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts 3 oto 3 2 3 oto 3 2 Second quality ditto ••• ••• ••• 3 4 3 63 4 3 6 P r ime large oxen ••• ••• •.• 3 8 31 0 3 8 4 0 P r ime Scots, &c ••• ••• 4 0 4 2 4 2 3 8 4 4 Coarse and inferior sheep ••• 4 0 42 3 6 1 Second quality ditto ••• ••• 44 4 B'3 10 4 4 2 , P r ime coarse wooded ditto ••• • 410 5 0 6 5 0 2( 4 8 P r ime Southdown ditto ••• •• 5 0 6 0, 5 2 6 8 , 5 2 5 4 i 4 10 Lambs ••• ••• ••• ••••• 3 8 4 414 4 5 0 Large coarse calves ••• ••• ••• Prime small ditto ••• ••• 464 • 3 10 1 5 256 20 Large hogs •.• ••• ••• ••• •• 2 38, 4 3 0 4 4 2 17 20 Neat small porkers ••• ••• 310 4 4 4 8 Beasts... ••• ••• 4,669 4,815 20 Sheep 23,250 21,230 20 Calves._ ••• ••.• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 263 229 20 280 5 Pigs S UPP LIES ON SALE, • May 10, 1852 —Beasts, 4,193 ; sheep 20 i and lambs, 25,540 ; calves , 231; pgs, 365. 25 100 May 12, 185 1 . — Beasts , 4,718 ; shee p and lambs, 29,230 ; 100 ca lves, 268 ; pigs, 410 . 20 20 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The late advance in the value of meat having brought forward large supplies from the provinces, oar markets are dull, as follows: — Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior ...... 3 0 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middling..... 3 6 3 8 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime large .3 83 10 Do., prime 44 4 6 Do., do. small .... 3 10 4 0 Veal 3 10 5 2 Pork, large ........ 3 44 0 Pork, small 44 4 8 Lamb ss Od to 6s 4d. BOROUGH HOP. The supply of hops continues very limited, and the de • mand is tolerably firm, at our quotation s. Thee import of foreign hops into t his countr y has nearly, or qit ceased. Mid and East Kent pockets 5s to 81. Os ; Weald of Kent ditto, W. Os to 6/. lOs ; Sussex ditto, 51. 5s to 6/. 6s per Cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Although the arrivals of potatoes, coastwise and by land carriage have been on a very moderate scale since Monday last, these markets are far from active. Prices, however, are fairly supported. The imports are 30 bags from Belfast and 26 from Ghent York Regents. 130 s to 160 s ; Kent and Essex ditto, 140 a to 170 ; Scotch ditto, 130 s to 150 s ; ditto cups, 110 to 130 s ; Irish whites, 110 s to 120 s ; and foreign, 100 to 110 s per ton. .00 Aberdeen 8 A.nabg Nottng. Bost and Easts. Junct all Belfast & Ballymena all Birmiug. Wolverh. Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh & Cheshire Juuet all Do. Chesh. & Birk , £5O and £25 Cons 18-4 Do., £2O 30 Blyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) 100 Bristol and Exeter... 100 Caledonian all Chestier & llolyhead. all Cork and Bandon... all Cork, Black, & Pass 12 Cornwall 4 Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc al] Dundee Perth&Aber- 22i -- 241 - 41 ... ••• 7 - 8i 14 —l2 die 17 8— 7 d 89 - 136 - 8 41 - 7 - 11 . - deen Junction all Do. New ...... all East Anglian all Do., (£lB E& H) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A Stock 100 De., B. Stock 81 Do., New A. .00 East Lancashire ....., .00 Edinburgh & Glasgow 51 Ediub. and Peebles .00 Edin.Prl,ll &T)undee 1 Forth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Western 1.00 Great Northern Stk. 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) 100 Great Western 12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle' 11.41 Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds ... .00 Lancash.andYorksh 184 Do., Fifths 11-1 D 3. , Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Soutltpt all London & Blackwell Si Loud. Tilb. &Stliend. 100 Loud. Bright &S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westu. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.5h.,M&8. „( 2. Do. Eighths 100 London and S. Westn 421 Do., £5O. 34 Do. ' £4O all kLndndrry& Col eraine I all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef.& Linclu 44 Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. & Derby 47.4 didld. G. West . (Ire.) 17 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket 51,, Do. , Bury Extension. 174 N wpt.Aberg. & Hrfd. en Newry &Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. 100 Norfolk . .. 31 Northn.Counties Un 100 North British • 16 North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., 4 A Deferred 8 Do., B Guaranteed all North London 51 Do. New £lO 1.1 is N.&S.Wstru. Xam p stead, and City Jn 171 North StaFfordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June. 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 2/ 2s Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury &Thirug 100 Do. L. &N. Wester]] Guaranteed St c •Ir , 10 Shrowsby. & Hmefd. all Shrewsby. & Ghestei (N. W. Min ;., , all Do. Halvesd. • all Do. Oswestry 64 Shropshire Union ... Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent, all South Devon .00 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do I/ 2s Staines, Wok. &Wok all Stockton & Darling. 164 Stockton & Hartlepl LOO Taff Vale 8 Do. £lO shares. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 21 flames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all 'Waterford&Linierick 16 West Cornwall 1 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London 51s. Wimbledn & Croydon) 100 York New ed.& Berw . I 20 Do. Extensions 130 Do. G.N. E. Purchase ,100 York &N.Midland Lii ~ --'.. ... 58 - 53 - 22 - 88 - 85 -- 10 - 10 - WOOL. The next series of public Wo;1 sales will commence on Thursday next. The following quantities will be offered : —Sydney, 8,233, Port Philip, 14,165, Van Dieman's Land, 2,485, Adelaide, 4,146, Cape, 3,384, New Zealand, 7, East India, 2,174 bales. The imports last week were very ex tensive, viz. :-1,100 bales from Bombay, 19 from Shanghae, 180 from Mogadore, 150 from Hambro', 9 from L eg horn, 1,8 00 from Odessa, 657 from Port Beaufort, ,350 from Melbourne, 3,409 from Port Philip, 300 from the Cape, 2,600 from Adelaide, 500 from Algoa Bay, 2,603 from Sydney, 1,200 from Launceston, and 1,244 from Geelong. The private market is exceedingly heavy, and prices fo are not supported. The llowing is the nominal value of English :—South-down tegs and half-bred boo'', ls OAd to is Id, South - d own ewes , clothing , is ld to p ls o . d, do. combing fleeces, 14 ld, Kent fleeces Is ld to is 3d, com bin g skin, lid to ls, flannel wool, lid to is 3(1, blanket wool, 7d to is ld, Leicester fleeces, is to is ld SEEDS. There is a fair business doing in linseed, at very full t T o he for cakes is tolera -7 demand Most other prices. Inferior Petersburgh has sold at 52s ; Odessa, 66s t o seedsiOs a r ; bly rm, at previous rates. eastuslißolovm 68sinbciayui,ry. Farnto,White, ver bush. 222 s 2 24+ t. 4= Swede ••••.• • • • • 24\ i 2, 14+ .i usutrd, Brown• • • - •• 131 16= White, new •• • • •• r tres•Winter, new.... (.1s 04 Vs fmi 7s 04 8s Od l lAnary , per quarter • Rye ,;rasa • • -• • " • • 44 28+11 2 1 Clover, Red Eni.,. (cwt.) 58e 6441 IWhite •• • • .... •• 54s 6441 Foreign Red.. •• • • 52s 64 . White•• .. 62s 9s Trefoil, new.• ••••.. •• 263 33' Carraway ~ ~ ........ 43 468 Coriander ............ 17: 185 llempseed, per quarter 4( F 44s Linseed, Eng. 4:owing • • 72• 74s Crushing ........ 68i 708 Kahle .......... 68i 70s Odessa .......... 66. 7,s . Linseed Caku, pr. ton— ; English .. . 101 Os 11 10 ... Foreign, per ton 9 5s 11 , lOs Rape Cakes, pr ton 6t 151 7 53 liipeseed, New, pr Ist 31 (Os 33' es TALLOW. Our market continues in a very sluggish state, and prices are barely supported. on the spot is quoted at 61s 3d, and fort or ward delivery 5s to 66s 6d per cwt, Town tallow is 6s 3d pet cwt. net cash. Rough fat, 3s 5.d per 8 lbs 1853. 1850. 1851.1 1852. 1..-----.‘-----„ Stock this day ...... 23,646 31,748 43,239 24,384 35,811 Price of Y. C. .... iitc,3l'sond 383:5341;i° 3))oss°'ol,tlo'to474B7 ° 3 1 ,1 ' PP 3 0 1 d t° D e livery last week •. j 1,73 8 891 1 • 375 1 ,6 1 8 849 Ditto from Jane 1 ....1 90,473 , 88,649 1100,105 99,689 90,590 N r rivals last week.. 273 1,131 1 •'; 18 864 2468 Dittofrom June 1.... 90,1578 1 97,841 106,840 83,425 103,086 PSICO of Town ...... 38 a Od 395 0 355 0 495 34 64s 9d SIIARE MARKETS THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Saturday. Business done this day. - 47 - 54 - iP 7 7# - 7 6d' 27 - 29 51 - 50 - 52 50 - 52 3 - 24 13 15 6a 4 10 7 lz 4 —3O "• ••• 13 15 56 —58 i 34 35 4 2d 4 5 30 - 32 ... - ... - •• • '''''' 3 - 3 4 17 174 4 - 5 20 22 ••• '''''''' -•- •• 5t - 64 65 - Sid 5} 45 - 46 - per cent. FOREIGN. 9 Amtvierp&Rotterpui 3 Belgian Eastu. Jutm. 8 Beziers to Graissessac 2s. Bombay, Baroda , and Central India,Scrip ... Central of Italy all Charleroi& Erqueliu all Demerara 14 Dijon andßesaucou 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 2 De., Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 'ld. Junct. of France 10 Grd. Trunk of Cana& 30 Do. Debentures all Do. do 10 Gt. Central of France , all Gt.Westernof Canada Shares Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 154 ilaruilton St, Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 5 [Ake Coust. & Basle all !Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. pref 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. Prof 3 Do. (Caual) 5 Do. 6p. et. pref S Lyous and Geneva , 12 Lyous & Mediterrau. _ . io stadras 33-!, Nfaria Antonia all Do. do. New 2 Aelbourue Dk. &Ry all Namur & Liege (with' interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds all (finy.B.&Ams.Shs ; all NorwegianTrunkPrel 10 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg' 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg 101 Quebec (St Richmond all Rouen andllavre 12 Royal Danish 2 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse._ 6 Do. 55 p. cent. Pref 8 Southern of France. S St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 5A per c. Pref 10 Western of France , 7 West.- of Switzerland' 2 Wiesbaden 15 Zealand 10 . 20 10 20 20 5 all ?,5 174 1 14 10 8 10 4 50 40 5 54 4 2 20 3 25 20 25 all 1 1 15 14 20 13 20 7 20 10 1 all 10 3 2 1 1 I all 1 II —3O xi] 1 5 4d Id i P - P - 4 a 14 2 p - IP :::d . 4 7 a .. 41 - R a 20 - 21 7 - 9p 4 —10 p 8 -10 p 4i - 2i _ ild 4 2d i = is - • 1 • '''' • .. ---- • 6i - 7 29 = - xn 121 -- 13i9 41- -- 43 33 -- 35 291 -- 30 ". ... -- .2 _ l'cli * it - 8 - pm i l .. li 21Pxd d - 6 1: "6-al 311SCELLANEOUS Rubin Coal and Iron .ustralian Agricult. kustralsn.Pcific.Mail Xustraln. Royal Mail ierlin Water Works Brit. American Land 3rit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. Canada •_lrystal Palace Do. New....... Crystal Pal.of Francel Eastern Steam El eetrit Telograph(A) 1 Do. (B) Electric Teleg. of Ir ; 1 . I , ;en. Steam Navigat. `,..,leneral Screw Steam' trial , Beet:oot Sugar IlAagdalena St. Navig. Vat. Pat. Steam Fnel, , Netherlands Land.... N. S. W. Coal It Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. N. B. Australasian... .)o. New ............... \ 10 Psel it rtlio.Eurol m eSt ii ea n ni .i. \ SO all Peninsular& Oriental $0 35 Do. 2 all Portland Iron C o DO 60 Royal Mail Steam ~. 1 all Scot. Austral. In vest. 5 a 25 25 South Austral.L antl 1 all Submar. Telegraph .. 1 all Do. Registered. .00 28; Van Diemen Land 37 - 37j1 373 75 -- 61 - 80 6t L 6 - ~ --- 18 117, - 2A - 36 - 11 866, 75 121 90 72 82 12 ID 12 N. 594 84u lo 59/ t B/ 95i 5 i 761 7 72# i li 2 57 i 61 30i 30 years ago," &c.—always the subject spoken of ap pears to evoke from his mind s o m e p ar ticular case precisely in point. A wonderful gift of memory— unless the author, as we are occasionally tempted very wickedly to suspect, draws for facts, as some other people do, upon his ima,gination. However this may be, his anecdotes are, we repeat, invariably apposite, and almost always very entertaining. Here is one about a military friend-- SHOOTING THE MOON. "An acquaintance of mine, who had been quartered some months in the same town on the continent with myself, came to England. I found him domiciled in a second floor in London; he was then on half-pay, and having no further means, bad placed his landlady so long on no pay, that though, in the month of January, she had stopped all issues of coals to him, he found his apartments, in the common phrase, too hot 'to hold him.' A. leather portmanteau contained all his kit. This he knew the-sentry in the shop would not allow to pass. So, one night, when the enemy were at mess, alias supper, availing himself of a long cord brought for the purpose, he quietly lowered his baggage from . the window, which a friend, stationed as outpost, received. Our soldier, then, did not beat, but made a silent re treat ; and, between the two friends, his necessaries were conveyed somewhere in the neighbourhood of Covent Garden, and a fair friend gave shelter to the enterprising soldier, who, like an able general, lost none of the ma terial of war in the retreat. He shortly afterwards married a rich widow, and honourably paid his land lady, greatly, no doubt, to her satisfaction, and, pro bably, no little to her surprise." Another time lie tells us pleasantly enough of the summary way in which a civil friend of his acted in SETTLING A LONG BILL. " An acquaintance showed me a most portentious looking bill that had been sent into him. Gad I said I, it's a precious long one." "It is,' said my acquaint ance, ' but he'll find the time a precious deal longer before he gets it.' He went abroad a day or two after- wards." - Or, take another instance, where our author re counts with charming gravity the repetition of the famous HINT TO AN IRISHMAN. _ " One well known to most men about town, and , in deed, in meat other places, had, as his regular custom, some little time since, exceeded his income by a goodly number of hundreds ; consequently, somebody, or, in sooth, many bodies, constantly suffered by it. He is, in figurative language, frequently getting into the fire, but as adroitly gets out of it. He is, is this way, a veritable phoenix. I ne e d h ar dly sa y it is about as dif ficult to get an interview with him as with a prime minister, when either know anything is wanted of them. However, a sturdy creditor did, by some ruse, get into the house, and into the presence of him he sought. He was politely offered a chair—for the person alluded to is one of the most gentlemanly men in London. sturdy, however, refused the offer in no courteous terms. "He was determined to be heard ;" and, after pretty con siderable and lengthened abuse, he told his customer he was ' a rascal, and he would expose him all over London.' Our hero, had never moved a muscle of l'iis face during all the volley fired at him ; but on the laot observation, he quietly rose and said, :'My good fellow,' you can tell London nothing about me that it does not know. I dare say you are quite correct as to my being a rascal ; but I have a particular dislike to being called so.' He then, as cooly as he spoke, knocked his visitor down. He rose ; the drawing-room door was politely opened for him ; he took the hint at once, and it, was well for him he did. This was certainly one way of ' squaring an upleasant visit.' " Squaring it, indeed, with the world, and —literally —with a vengeance. Reminding one, in fact, of the exemplary manner in which little Paul Dornbey is described by his creator Mr. Dickens as h a ving behaved towards the world immediately after his entrance into it. According to a notable sentence on the first page of the memorable fiction, we &co" given to understand—" Son" [of whom we hav e learnt before that a few minutes after birth he ill ' carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in. front of the fire and close to it, as if his constitu tion were analogous to that of a muffin, and it was essential to toast him brown while he was very new']—" Son, with his little fists curled up and clenched, seemed, in his feeble way, to be squaring at existence for having come upon him so unex pectedly." It is not thus, however, that Harry Hieover would have us " square it" with " the world," whether it comes upon us expectedly or unexpectedly. Shortly before bringing his argu ment to a conclusion he gives us, as one of the pre cious axioms to carry about with us like an amulet or a talisman, the holy words— " Live in charity with all men." Howbeit, one of these epigrammatic recommonds , tions appears at page 277 in the oddest manner imaginable, coming forth, as it does, from this par ticular volume : " Never give advice." And this advice never to give advice—to add to the joke— is italicised ! But then—Harry Hieover is a wag : with all his wisdom he cannot be rid of his wag gery. Possibly to which circumstance we may attribute the fact that in his most serious moments he is never tiresome. It is certainly with him in the shadow as an Author, as in all probability it is with him in the substance as a Companion. You are never bored by the grave look, becatioe you are sure all the while the man's heart is stained by his inextinguishable good humour. And so one closes the little book thankful for its blending of gay seriousness and sober merriment. The World : How to Square it. By Harry Hie over. T. C. Newby. Well—it has been done at last ! The mystery has been solved. Not the contrivance of a certain means for the discovery of the longitude. Not perpetual motion. Not the Greek kalends. Not the universal language. Not the elixir vitae. Not the aurum potabile. Neither do we mean the fabulous kingdom of Prester John—any more than we allude to the imaginarycity of El Dcrado, which, for that matter, might be regarded as having been found at last, either in Melbourne or in San Fran cisco its all -sufficing representatives. No, we refer to none of these things as mysteries which have been explained. Our reference is plainly and simply to the elucidation of what might have seemed to the superficial the elucidation of a yet greater difficulty, the solution of a yet more bewil dering problem, that, namely, of—the Quadrature of the Circle. It has been done at last, we repeat. The problem has been solved, the mystery has been explained. The wizard is Harry Hieover. Here we have it before us, reduced to a compass almost small enough to go into a shell, as the saying is. Certainly small enough to be packed away as the toothsome kernel of a moderately sized cocoa-nut shell, or as the sufficiently explosive entrails of a literary bombshell—with the name of the author neatly labelled on the title-page, " blazing away" like the fuzee ! THE WonLD—that is the circle (ample enough, in all conscience) selected for illustration—and how to square it! There we have 1 the fact frankly and at once an nounced—the fact The Young Voyageurs. By Captain May ne Reid. of this marvellous and long - expecte d achievement. Bogue. i Surely Harry Hieover must be t he lon g -talked-of A charming sequel to the "B o y Hunters" brings 1 Coming Man—Come at last. Hitherto we have been us into communion once more with our old young i impressed by the writings of our author with the favourites—Basil, Lucien, Francois ! Heartily belief that he knows a great deal about Horses. welcome are they—the stripling Nimrods of North His latest effusion, the book before us, published America : welcome for their author and for them by Mr. Newby, conducts us irresistibly to the con selves. Adventurous as they were found to be elusion—that, after all, he knows nearly as much throughout the whole of their well-remembered about Man. As full as an egg is of meat, this little search after the White Buffalo, in the present volume is of his experiences. Quite as much as the narrative of their fortunes they will prove on era- Justice of Jacques in "As You Like it," it is— mination to have been yet more so. It will be borne in recollection by the reader of the former "Full of wise saws and modern in stances." story that among all the maz es of its incidents the Altogethernd c ommon sense, flavoured with an agree the work appears to have been dic tated b wr iter contrived to scatter many deli g htful illus- sou t ra tions of the fauna and flora of the temperate ab y le tincture of the humoro us. Harr y Hieover undertakes, through its pages, to set all sorts and Hemisphere. "In do in g this, however," as the c l a sses of readers right — if they w ill onl y listen Preface here reminds us, "marry .animls, and par- to him—with theirneighbours and with themselves. ocularly that interesting class known as the fur- He has a word for every one—for the rich as well THE INDIA, CHINA., AND AUSTRALIAN liec.Ate was bearing animals, could not be introduced. without as for the poor, for the busy man struggling against despatched from the General Post•office on Satorday in bringing the mountain to Mahomet." It is the indigence, and for the indolent man blessed or 22 omnibuses, and from the Waterloo Station i.R seven author's own acknowledgment- Recognising the cursed, as the case may be, with a competence. He railway _waggons. It contained nearly 600 boxes, boxes were for India and China, and nearly 460 for importance of the omission, he determined at once administers each little bolus of counsel, moreover/ .b Kt b gs , and w . eighed about 25 toes ; 140 of the to obviate the difficulty by the exceedingly simple, agreeably and not repulsively—less like a pill than boxes and very natural, and most obvious device of taking like a sweetmeat. He does not force y f ou i to CURIOUS CASE OF KNIGHTHOOD.—Sir Samuel 13ig - Mahomet to the mountain. Malionaet, for the tening to him by talking on with the . voci erounsperti nold, who was knighted by her Maesty at the levee ma nonce, being represented by the three sons of the tacit of a bore. But, instead of this he decoys you Wednesday, met the corporation of Norwich (of which old Colonel of Louisiana. Alas ! that we should by the button-hole. He gossipsaran, ther than lectures. dropswhie your heart city he is mayor) on Friday, and narrated the somewhat% have to say formerly of Louisiana, for the brave He trolls you off an anecdote, e d in a little of singular circumstances under which he obtained the veteran has gone quietly to his fathers iu the is opened in laughing at it h wisdom — balm for social honour of knighthood. It appears that he was COin interim and Hugot, too, the faithful ex-chasseur, the oil of his homely d forwiall the hurts aci • missioned by the corporation of which he is the head to faithful ' even in death, has followed his beloved bruises, an anodyne . acquired in convey to her Majesty an address on the subject of the the W buffetangs of orld, " Ta e master to the grave, attending even across the the rubs and to Square it 1 H ?had boundaries of the tomb the gentle emigre on his World"—and How Turn over his OW , Harry the fullest confidence in the course her Majesty last removal—this time, however, a removal the Hieover tells you. , P , eto. reverse of expatriation. But Marengo, the blood- pages and you learn, not 30 much by dry argument M.P., his card of presentation bearing the words The and practical illustration. the address, her hound with the cross of a mastiff, stilFsurvives, and as by brief Listen to Mayor of Norwich." After receiving ~ little scraps of advice—hints, some Majesty inquired the mayor's name. On learn' i ng IL, his trio of youthful owners, Basil, Lucien, Fran- his --of them, f full cois, are still together. And so together they startof sly c . • Here is on a new and more daring expedition. Upon an Etrra Bois, he has noderstruck, malice either, even when his remarks unexpectedly conferred upon he says, with the honour so . . this they are compelled, nevertheless, to enter only might seem to savour most of the malicious : him. The citizens of Norwich are highly pleased vitta after having parted with the poor mule Jeannette. ex. gr., after the circumstance, which they regard as a graceful tom' urging elderly Attended merely by the dog Marengo they set out gentlemen not to dance s olkas and waltzes • ptiment to their ancient city. s Areater upon their journey—a journey, as we are told at 1? he adds : with young ladies of eighteen, TWO PERSONS DROWNED IN THE THAME • drowned in the the outset, long, toilsome, and perilous. Tao da •,y a gentlemanly -looking man was ut of the " I et got o Colonel being dead, Hugot being dead, and I , not your anger rise, my hearts of oak, at what T; lames at Shadwell, The body was unknown, the de- Jeannette being sold, the Boy Hunters have never onsea fast ofyou ; you are not alluded to by youth but by w 3.ter, but life was exti,nct, 1131 edienagd-house to be owned. theless one other besides their black-muzzled com-o \Ting in your wake, and who, if ' he went c( ased was removed to Thebhadw of that for a `weight body is that of a DWI panion : Norman—a cousin—the only son for age plate,' would not have to carry al id also for an inques a feather • t t: clad in black Oxonian coat and far-off uncle of theirs, iv. quest of whom they are of you bears so pray take it in good part, for what I say al 3out 35, tall and blacksts°•':tin waistcoat. The dead body of going, when the book opens, to travel through all oat my hapless self so far as pretensions tr ousers, an a out '5O, respectably clad in black, was go, thou l the wild regions of the Bed River, havg in order pelk.' g m i pe o r l i d ap i : i n en o d t aistiro John Stevenson, ' for I don't a ta m tlig,tehneroumtat: :f the Thams at Loudon -bridge, and re. to get thither, first of all to traverse the summer b :yl o .i f t. Irish n ' t 3 Ted to the vaults of Stets:gnus Church, to be own melody renown, y used to ' say latte i rl prairies of the South, and to pass the mighty good legs, but they won't walk ;' 3 13 ' 0 ' , I n y tak e 'e s no ‘ doubt, e very au; d for an inquest. forests of the Mississippi. A. superintendent or are mine, admirable legs—they do as well on horseback . HEALTH OF VIE wi ll doubtless MILITARY FORCE IN Tile " factor" of the Hudson's Bay Company, this re- ic: inc.—As our readers v . till r doubtless be anxious to lea as ever, really will walk, and occasionally make an at- ct of health &c motely situated uncle of the Boy Bunters [a Scotch- tempt a t a r un ; but I have a faint it'-• ones how our troops far in t espe .. ~ f ~ r pular - . 2'. younger from time to time, o pubush such in orma ton man who had married the Colonels sister, Corsica would do better in a dance ; but this is no rule f or I i°Se , be able to obtain from sources on which implicit having therety yielded for once a good wife to a others to go by—that is, if they can go." •we may as they knew, r e liance may be placed. April 18.—The sick at Scutari wandering Highlander] lived, - i ' this day a mount to 53, the strength of the garrison being appointed post hard by the shores of the Arctic trations are not given to us simply upon hearsay. five regiments, or about 4,200 men ;no fevers ; a large Sea—a spot to attain which they would h av e to If he is talking of anything that may seem to re- proportion of the cases local. April 19.—The barrack and make a canoe vo yage across the American Conti- quire such an elucidatory accompaniment he always ital accommodation at Scutari is on a large scale, tent 1 A cruise of many thousands of miles in has some pat reminiscence just apt to the matter and the men, for the present, well lodged and healthy. length, equivalent in length, indeed, to a trip across under consideration : " Walking throughthe street s April 20.—The battalion (Rifie Brigade) is exceediegly the Atlantic; the lakes andrivers o f th at won d er f u l th e other day," &c., or " calling upon a friend las t healthy, what diseases there are being unimPortant" region being, in fact, the highway o f t h e i r coun try night," ex., or "an acquaintance of mine Isom A MediCa Tinto and Gazette. White's Natural Idistory of Selborne. Edited by the Rev. J. G. Wood. illustrated. George Routledge and Co. There is no interruption to the enterprise of Mr.. Routledge. It is not enough that he is pouring from the press, month after month, week after week, almost day after day, a profusion of popular • works of a most miscellaneous character—accessible to we had almost said the poorest, certainly to among the poorest of our railway travellers. Not contented with adding to this a cheap edition of our English Poets, published periodically—and a series of fictions, both reprints and originals —novels and romances, some of them written by authors as celebrated as Dickens and Bulwer Lyt ton. Not satisfied, we say, with all this, the spe culative and munificent firm headed by Mr. Rout ledge, is continually affording the communiry, from time to time, the opportunity of procuring' from the book-stalls at the principal railway station for two or three of the smaller coins of the really one of those renowned works which have come long since to be regarded as among the popular classics of our literature. Conspicuous among this mivit be ranked the book mentioned at the head of this notice, of which the present issue constitutes an elegant edition, adorned with a profusion of appro priate woodcuts by way of scattering among the text both illustration and embellishment. Everyb.odl of even moderate education , has heard of " Wh!te 0 History of Selborne "—that most precious little manual of the English naturalist. It is sc . arce. l 7' nece ssary to remind those that the production is, in all essential respects , the work of a life, the work of that calm, contemplative, and observan. t life of . 7 n fi at y iv ea e rs v , il p l as a : e ed o b f y s t e h ib e o ße rne v : author havina been born on the 18th of July, iGnilubearrat W psh ht ire. te : isi o h ur ts 1720, and havg died on the 26th of June, 1796, in that peaceful little village, the fauna and fora of which he has so delightfully celebrated in this collection of Epistles,. forty-four addressed to Thomas Pennant, and sixty-five to the Hon. Daines Barrington. We doubt not that this excellent re issue of "White's History of Selborne," edited, by the way, by the Rev. J. G. Wood, with remark able ability, will be accepted as a valuable anve d welcome boon by not a few of the more _reflecti readers among our intelligent population.. x in - : 90 53 21 d 7 1 4 124 d 9d 86 5 641 i 101 13 12 37i 8 U