The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-27 00:00:00

M1P7111L......, . . . , THE, SUN LONDON, V THURSDAY EENING APRIL 27 185 4. ...... the s uPPly the wants of the service, the internal ad- TFIE OVERLAND MAIL SHARE MARK.ETS. uni- ministration of the squadrons, and the instruction 40 to 45 in. Rs. 11 to 2 Ils. 3 annas. . I first hands, and continue saleable as formerly reported. Will of numerous recruits and young horses," and that ..—. 0 .--. (THIS DAY.) Shr. raid. RAILWAYS. Leasing Jlosing Prices Business Cowan& this day, this day. hree the " re-establishment of the sixth squadron of re giments, By the arrival of the Overland Mail we have re- , to Grey mulls in request, and saleable at 1 Its. 14 annas -e. — - ----....... suppressed in 1834 for pecuniary reasons, 11 - T 1 1 BRITISH RAILWAYS. 50 all Bedford and London & , carved our private letters and correspondence from Grey Twills.—At present quite neglected. and Aladapo amb.— le lower qua- T . the is intl . ispewahle to procure a proper organisation , • Bombay to the 28th March, and Hon,,, lion, ~.. e 11th Bleached Shirting Bletchley.... N. West. ... _ ... oull: for the cavalry, so that it may readily be changed March. 4i, and the latter Rs. 2t021 ; for the higher qualities Shr. Paid. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices BllSilleSe done St. 100 Buckghamsh. LAN. W. 93 —95 93 1 St• from a peace to a war footing, and meet all even- INDIA. lities of the former in request, and worth Rs. 31 to Rs. ' this day. this day. 50 all ClydesdaleJe. Caledon... 95 —97 tnal ~ there is no inquiry. , -------- St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. t — Ye n- Itl es. The decree accordingly enacts that " a BogßAy, March 28.—There is news from Bur- T ur k e y re d pr i n ts, 28 yards, Rs. 7to 8 0 dull, with I— 6 per cent. Gt•Nrslan. rung nixth squadron shall be formed in each of the fifty - mah down to the 4th inst., but it contains nothing little inquiry. No sales reported. St. 100 Aberdeen 22i 23. 25 all alas. Barr. & Caldonian. no inqu three regiments of cavalry in which there are at F e ' cf•a n y imp ortance- The King of Ava is reported Dyed Cambrics, 28 yards.—There has been little or 20 Eis Asabg. Nottng. Bost. 4 . 43 Neils. Direct,' ••• ••• es of sent only five" —the said squadron to have the same to be dead, but the report requires confirmation. and Eastn. Junct lf 25 all Do. News._ Do — ... tl sent number of officers and non-commissioned officers as ,If true, it will bring to the throne the brother, who —they are worth at present from R . . to Rs. 4. 50 all Belfast & Ballymena. •... ••• 25 all Glstr,dlDn•Fr Gt. Westn ••• _ ... r for those at • •• ' b h 1 d h in h Dye present existing. _. l has always een teeaer of t e war party tat • . ears doing. air of late for these goods—nso27les are reported Mulls —Nothing app„ l3 l all Birming. Wolverh. & el & Berw. ... ... P• t 28 yards worth Rs. 3 aunas Stour Valley ...... ... 7i 8 i Railway ..... bout Wo read inthe Moniteur : country. A new station, called Thayel Mew, and Black and White Prints.- 28 s.— 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NMd 102 104 ai 31 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh• & "Several foreign journals Bto Rs. 31. 14 —l2 dis 25 all. Do. 1 Shares. Do 5l —52 al have pretended that intended to be the frontier station for our troops, from Cheshire Juliet lOO all lirtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Mule twist.—ln little request, but few orders 27i an limn, the ,French cabinet, in accord with that of London, has been commenced. Throughout the entire the interior coming forward, and as the season advances Do. Chesh. & Birk., 15 d hick has addressed £5O and 225 Cons. —l7 13i all Lon.&Greeuw S. Eastern L. —l3 12i a summons to Prussia with the view country the most profound peace exists, and boats 2l 23 of 4: , dealers show less inclination to purchase. 22 184 Do., £2O . ,otir Consbraint ng that power (de mettre cette puissance go the whole length of the Irrawaddy, from Ran- Turkey red yarns in request, and saleable. •• 121 all Do. i Shares. „ Do ......... 2 , 5 —26 20 100 Lowestoft gr. rti Tar € l l , done , icre) to abandon its neutrality. We have goon to Meanday, with the most perfect security. Orange yarns in little request, stocks heavy in fi rs t 25 30 Blyth &Tyne original .£25 (issd. at £45) g:, —g; 4 per cent. Norfolk... ... • •• sc d the ~ no need to say that this rumour is both devoid of No news of any sort has been received from Ca- hands. Nos. 30 to 60 saleable from Rs. 9 ans. Bto St. 100 Bristol and Exeter... " 91 90 20 tOO Do. 6 per ct. ......... ... •• tl a the au foundation and all probability. It was not at boo] since the last mail left, so lam unable either 14s. 11 ans. 4. St. 100 Caledonian. 53 531 531 3 i 1.15 : the moment at which Prussia in signing the last to confirm or contradict the report given in my Metals.—Since . last report there has been a better 50 all Chester & Holyhead. 134 1 4 4 and Matlock & !bald. 21 21 54 all Manch. Bxtn. L.&N•W• ai o et, 'conference of Vienna, had adhered anewrespecting ost Ma homed having sent a act of the Itedear . Dariingt. ... —• •• tc t 1 10( 1 all Aidld•Bradfd Aidland— 89 90 ain 40 e • • that . principles proclaimed by the maritime powers friendly message M • toMajor Edwardes at Peshawar. has declined from Rs. 2 to 3. inquiry for metals, with the exception 20 all Cork, Black, do Pass. ••• ••• ••• ••• 20 12 Cornwall Linseed 3 Rs 12 ans. per cwt. in ill' . L her intentions could be placed in doubt. The From Persia no annoyance may be looked for to- i Crieff Junction ... ... 50 all Northern and +eases Germ • 41 —43 Es_sternsp.e. B. Count. 54 —56 German cabinets are perfectly enlightened as to wards India. The Governor-General has received 50 45 Dublin&Belfastdunc. a astri* the . • . bar, Rs. 80 to 81. 50 ss • Do. 6 per et. D 0... - ••• 25 all DundeePerth&Aber character and views of the polrzy which France an assurance from the Shah, through the English Pepper. , —But • Col, 65 Rs. to 85 Rs. 6 ans. ; do., Mala- 2 1 1 0 5 Cfl —Mocha 8 Rs. 12 ans. to Rs. 9. prO"' a lt i l l i l l D D E d a o oe si et, New ;A:igB Junc tion lin . . H .. ; .. ..11 i ;,. :. : .. n . . ~ .•• ••• ans England are about to combat. The identity charge d'affairs at Teheran, that, in the event of a 8 i that 25 all ['rest. & Wyre L. W. a of interests guarantees sufficiently the community war between Russia and. Turkey, he will maintain most purchases have been made by natives at 15 16 151 &LnizYk .., ad , 0 join. , of action." Cotton.—Since ° ee. the arrival of the last China a Mail, v,s 2, 121 12 Do. i Shares. Do . xd * era - The St. T a strict neutrality. Throughout India—both in the of from 12 ans. to 1 rupee on former quotations ; a de n this St. 100 Do.Shcpth•St Do ..... ectioelaunched at Brest on Tuesday. The operation, profound peace and tranquillity exist. The elec- Hemp.—Re. 30 to 45 per candy, in request. Wool, St. all Eastern Union, Aa 30 34 25 18 Shef.Psoth.a.na Lancash& l or this Which perfectly succeeded, took place in presence tric telegraph is making gigantic strides all over Its. 100 to 145. Stock itiVt le of a large crowd, who raised cries of " Vive I'Em- the country. Messages are already being sent from . Freights have slightly . receded since last quoted, St. 100 Do., B. Stock 81 Do., New A ... ... 12 91 , 5. Staffordsh. Nl.MClean 3 iid 4, P , Pereur 1 ,, Benares to Agra, from Sepree to Agra, and from St. 100 East Lancashire 5B —6O 50 all WearValleygr itockt. & n anxiety still • • for shipping to China ; the decline l 53 55 6 per cent... Darlingt. ... ... E ths" Narvikci_ Pasha took leave of the Emperor, and Bora bay to Malligum. Before the rains set in, we existing owing to the recent arrivals from Australia, and to the 25 St. 100 Edinburgh&Glasgow labs. ° d eparted for the East yesterday evening. 10 5i Edinb. and Peebles ••• •• • 23 24 25 all Do Do. .. 27 29 I Noteshall be able to communicate via Agra, between has been per and to viaviz,ecritt the rate o i f o t s l . ie t : ) lai o a n t . St. 106 Edin•Prth &Dundee St. 100 Wilts&Somrst OtWestn. 90 -- 92 An Imperial decree appoints General Morris, Bombay and Calcutta, including all the towns on ..........64... I glisls don, and 13„;. to 24 per candy to China. 10 1 Forth & Clyde June. ..,- ~...• member of the committee of cavalry, to the tom- the Ganges, and the various stations on the great MINES e xists. Exchange—Since last report has had an upward ten- st. 100 lasgew& S. Western kl° 04 i 111 ,,! , nd of the division of cavalry of the army of the North-West road. Shouldthe Governor-General beB7 86 i 1 all Aqua Fria ]ready dency, the rates of the day are 2s. id. per rupee for St. 100 Great Northern Stk. N ''' ali t, and General Ney, Duke of Elchingen, to the at Simla, it is expected, in June next, he will be Do., A. Stock 76 74 1 all An to Austrin. Gold 1. t ca w: corn 119 121 i Mand ,-,f +h. 9,1 i-,,icrnrir, ‘,4 eavalry of the same able to have the news from England communicated bills secured by documents. credits ' at six months' sight, and 2s. 4d. to 2s. 11d. for St. 100 St. 100 Do., B. Stock los. all Anglo Californian ... id p St. 100 Gt.Sth.&West.(lre ,B B, , 90 3 ..,.. 10 2 Australasian 1 d 1 supply the wants of the service, the internal ad ministration of the squadrons, and the instruction a numerous recruits and young horses," and that the "re-establish me nt o f th e sixth squadron of re giments, suppressed in 1834 for pecuniary reasons, is indispensable to procure a proper organisation for the ca va l ry, so t h at i t may rea dily b e changed from a peace to a wa r footing, and meet all even tualities." The decree accordingly enacts that " a tsixth squadron shall be formed in each of the fifty three regiments of cavalry in which there are at pre sent only five" —the said squadron to have the same number of officers and non-commissioned officers as those at present existing. e read in the Moniteur : "Several foreign journals have pretended that the F renc h cabinet, in accord w i th that o f L on d on , has addressed a summons to Prussia with the view of constraining that power (de mettre Bette puissance en demeure) to abandon its neutrality. We have no need to say that this rumour is both devoid of all foundation and all probability. It was not at the moment at which Prussia in signing the last e t of the conference of Vienna, had adhered anew %▪ 0 the principles proclaimed by the maritime po wers t,hat her int en ti ons cou ld b e placed in doubt. The erraan cabinets are "t perfectly enlightened as to e characte r an d v i ews of the poliely which France a nd England are a b ou t to combat. The identity c finterest s guarantees sufficiently the community of action." The St. Louis, ship of the line of 90 guns, was 4• 11 nehed at Brest on Tuesday. The operation, . perfectly succeeded, took place in presence t a large crowd, who raised cries of " ViVe rEM - P e reUr Narvik Pasha took leave of the, Emperor, and departed for the East yesterday evening. An Imperial decree appoints General Morris, member of the committee of cavalry, to the com m and of th e di v i s i on o f cava l r y o f th e a rmy of the Zs% and General Ney, Duke of Elchingen, to the a — ,,,,and of the 3d brigade of cavalry of the same y• The Ist and 2d brigades are under the cora ,'"l 7! 4 of General d'Allonville and Cassignolles. f Inc Mo n it eur p u bli s h e s a report to the Emperor forth Magne, Minister of Public Works, setting has the a d van t ages o f th e amalgamation which l'as taken place between the Strasburg Railway and tho se o f B as l e an d o f Wi sem b urg , and that a 1 1°h has been agreed to between the Lyons line that f rom Dijon to •Besanvon and Belfort. to •dae repo r t concludes by recomme riding his Majesty T,,g l Ye his approbation to the se arrang " ements. ° imperial decrees follow, carrying out the sug gestions of the report. Prices maintained themselves yesterday on the B°llr ac• The Three per Cents. closed at 63f. 45c. t o r the end of the month ; the Four-and-a Half per e nts• at 90f. • and the New Loan at 64f. 20c. ; `-' x rleansß a il wa Y Sh ares , 1,047 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 837 f. '' °e • ; Havre, 410 f. • Great Northern, 736 f. 25c. ; Strasburg, 728 f. 75'e. • New Shares, 5 32 f. 50 c.; Paris to Ly ons , 802f.' 50c. ; Lyons to the Medi terranean' 662 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 555 f. ; .a i r ,,ueaux to Cette, 505 f.; Great Central of France, ; Lyons to Geneva, 422 f. 50e. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 498 f. 75c. INDIA. BOMBAY ' March 28.—There is news from Bur mah down to the 4th inst., but it contains nothing of-any importance. The King of Ava is reported to be dead, but the report requires confirmation. If true, it will bring to the throne the brother, who has always been the leader of the war party in that country. A new station, called Thayel Mew, and intended to be the frontier station for our troops, has been commenced. Throughout the entire country the most profound peace exists, and boats go the whole length of the Irrawaddy, from Ran goon to Meanday, with the most perfect security. No news of any sort has been received from Ca bool since the last mail left, so I am unable either to confirm or contradict the report given in my last respecting Dost Mahomed having sent a friendly message to Major Edwardes at Peshawur. From Persia no annoyance may be looked for to wards India. The Governor-General has received an assurance from the Shah, th ro ugh the English charge d'affairs at Teheran, that, in the event of a war between Russia and Turkey, he will maintain a strict neutrality. Throughout India—both in the Bsitish provinces andin the native States—the most profound peace and tranquillity exist. The elec tric telegraph is making gigantic strides all over the country. Messages are already being sent from Benares to Agra, from Sepree to Agra, and from Bombay to Malligum. Before the rains set in, we shall be able to communicate via Agra, between Bombay and Calcutta, including all the towns on the Ganges, and the various stations on the great North-West road. Should the Governor-General be at Simla, it is expected, in June next, lie will be able to have the news from England communicated to him (by means of the electric telegraph, from Bombay to Agra, and thence by express to Simla) in forty-eight hours after the mail reaches the Western presidency. A year ago it would have taken about twelve days to accomplish it. Colonel Ontram left Bombay on the 17th inst., and took charge of his office at Baroda on the 21st. His old enemy, the far-famed Nursoo Punt, died at Ahmedabad on the 19th inst. Another person, whose name has often been before the public in connection with Baroda matters, died a short time ago—l mean the Hindoo lady, Joitabhae Seltani, who was plundered by the rascals who were about the Guicowar. 100 Aberdeen Nottng. Bost and Eastß. Junct all Belfast & Ballymena , all Binning. Wolverh. Stour Valley .... .. 28 Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junct.. all Do. Chesh. & £5O and £25 Cons., 181 Do., £20.. 30 Blyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45), 100 Bristol and Exeter... 100 Caledonian all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass ' 12 Cornwall ff Junction e P u l all Ea a u4s L O l, CDDu o * e . e, Fast Lancashire s s bneidni Anglianlle&-13ubue c 1 dction all Do. New. ..... 0 all Do., (£lB & all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 8 LNanewcastire 100 Edinburgh& Glasgow 56 Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin.Prth &Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. 100 lasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk. 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire ) 100 Great Western 12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 11!, Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksh 186 Do., Fifths 111 Da., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwall 8i Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Loud. Bright & S.Cat. 100 Jond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 D0.101.5h.,M&8...0 2i Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn. 42i Do., £5O 34 0., £4O all Lnudrry& Col eraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Hanch.Shet&Lincln 4 Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. & Derby 476 Midi& G. West . (Ira .) 176 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket 56 Do., Bury Extension 176 Nwpt.Aberg. 76 Newry &Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 36 Northn.Counties Un. 100 North British . 16 North Devon, No. 1. all Do., No. 2 . . ..... all Do., 6 A Deferred . . 8 0., 6 B Guaranteed all orth London 56 Do. New £lO it 18 N.&S.Wstrn. ,Hamp stead, and City Jn 176 North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June. 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton 21 2s Portsmouth 100 tcottish Central . 100 cottishMidland 100 Shrewsbury dr Bitmg. 100 Do. L. &N. Western Guaranteed St ask._ 10 Shrewsby. & Berefd all Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; all Do. Halveso. all Do. Oswestry 61 Shropshire Union . Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per cent all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do 2l 2s Staines, Wok &Wok all Stockton & Darling. 161 Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale 8 Do. £lO shares. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 21 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 16 West Cornwall. 1 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London 51s. Wimbledn & Croydon 1100 York Newctl.&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 136 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland 1 58 62 86 87 75 76 119 - 121 88 - 90 72k -72 i all Agua Fria all Anglo Austrin. Gold all Anglo Californian 2 Australasian 6 Australian all Australian Cordille all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy on all Blaenarvon Ir. & Coal all ' tish Austrin. Gold 13. , 1: ritish Iron . 24i Brazilianlmp.(issued at ,C 5 pra all Do. Cocaes do Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold 15 Copiapo all Copper Min. of Eng. all Do. Prof. 7i p. cent. all English and Austrin. Copper Smeltg. Co. all General all Great Nugget Vein... all Do. Registered all Great Polgooth all Liberty all Linares all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co all Hariquita 9 Mexican&S.Americn all New Granada all New .Linares Mining and Smelting Co all Nouveau Monde all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New I.oi Santiago de Cuba all south Australian 7 Tin Croft all United Mexican ' all Waller all West Granada all West Mariposa 12s. Worthing Mining of ---- 1 d 1 2 72 60i CHINA. (From the Overland Friend of China.) The latest newspaper to hand from Peking is of a date equivalent to our 14th of January, nearly a fortnight before the commencement of the New Year of the old dynasty. In a memorial in it, from the Censor Yungpaou, inspector of the central part of the city, setting forth the want of discipline in the military preparations for defence of the capital, and the distressed condition to which the inhabi tants were reduced, it is incidentally mentioned that (in confirmation of what we have before re ported) at that date the rebel camp was only 70 miles distant ; the Imperialist military command ers were not agreed in their views, and had not succeeded in any plan for exterminating the rebels. From Nanking, the southern capital, we have no other intelligence than the report that the Tartar General Ileang-yung was at last about to vacate the position he had tried to maintain between it and Chin Keang, and that a desperate and final attempt would be made to retake Shanghai. The authorities at Fou-chau have been obliged to give up their endeavours to subdue rebellious parties in the country adjacent, and are now look ing carefully to their own entrenchments. The Emperor's uncle, the Viceroy, was preparing for a trip to Shingking, in Manchouria, to which place, as we mentioned some time ago, the Emperor Hien fung has directed the revenue to be forwarded. About Canton matters remain quiet, though the authorities are now convinced their day is fast ap proaching. The winter, favourable for the insurgent south erns, unused to severe cold, has been of extraordi nary mildness. The ice crop about Shanghai is a complete failure, and, singular circumstance, it will be necessary for foreign residents to import a cargo of the luxury from America. The Imperialists are trying to prevent teas and silk from reaching Shanghai, w here, although their Custom-house is formally acknowledged, the chances of their obtaining duties are doubtful. As many as 5,000 packages of green teas are said to be detained at no great distance from the port. Quotations for hysons, gunpowders, and imperials have advanced fully three taels. 85 87 10 12 u 10 12 60 —60 i 8 -- 7ict i g 110 12 12§ ..• •• 8 8} Par — P 97i —98 A 952 - 96/ lid lad d t 1 * d 76i 774 134 —124 i 10 9 d 4 5 1 3 / 4 2 28 —3O 1 * i cil 39 - 41 - li 10 - 12 50 - 60 2 - 4p Throughout Guzerat the greatest possible interest is being evinced by all classes, both European and native, respecting the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Company. If the scheme is carried out, it will certainly do a vast deal of good to the country. It is proposed, I hear, to strike oft the new line to Callian, a town about 35 miles from Bombay, and to which the Great Indian l'eninsular line runs already. From Callian the line is to run along the coast to Surat, and from Surat to Broach, Jumbooseea, Dholerah, and the very heart of the cotton districts. It is tohave tramways as feeders on the right and left. From a gentlieman who has great experience in the cotton trade of Western India, I hear that this railway would bring to Bombay about ten times the quantity of cotton we get now, and would also bring Int'a cultivation vast tracts of land which are at present lost to any purpose whatever. At present, also, there being no carriage but by sea from Surat to Bombay, great quantities of cotton which arrive at the former port after the rains set in have to be kept there until the opening of the season, a period of at least four months. The con sequence, of course, is a great loss of interest upon ' money thus employed, and a total cessation of the cotton trade for some time previous to the rains. This is moreover particularly inconvenient to the native 'merchants, whose commercial year ends at the Dewallie festival, a period some short time after the monsoon. Should we have railway communi cation between this and Surat, cotton can be brought down at all times of the year to Bombay. This will, in point of fact, just add four months to the Indian trading year, and accelerate by the same time the return upon all money laid out in cotton speculation. I hear that the Bombay, Baroda, and Central Indian Railway will not go further to the north-west than Ahmedabad, and that the task of opening out the communication with Berar, Indore, Candeish, and so on to Agra, will be left to those who were first in the field, the Great Indian Penin sula Company. This is but fair. The new com pany should not be allowed to cut the ground from under the old, who, as the pioneers of railway mat ters in India, are certainly entitled to every pro tection at the hands of Government. Our present Governor takes the greatest possible interest in railway matters, and although he has barely been three months in the country, has found time to make three inspections of the different lines by which it is proposed to ascend the Ghauts from the Concan to the Deccan. This, too, his lordship has managed to do at a season when the heat makes a residence in tents by no means pleasant. Lord Elphinstone seems to be a very hard-working, practical man of business. He spares neither himself nor his subor dinates at the desk. I hear that he has deter mined to recommend that the extension lines of th. Great Indian Peninsula be carried on forthwith from Callian to the foot of thr. Bore Ghaut, and from the top of the Ghaut towards roonah. The Hoolie holidays, of which we were in the midst when I last wrote, are now over ; the hot weather has commenced in earnest, and the supply of water in Bombay is failing very fast indeed. The want of rain at the end of last monsoon is now be ginning to be felt, both here and over the whole country. , Grain, rice, and provisions of all sorts are very dear indeed—some 25 per cent. more so than at this time last year. Lord F. Fitzclarence has just issued an order which has given the greatest possible satisfaction to those concerned ; it directs that all officers, non-commissioned officers, and sol diers belonging to the Hon. Company's European Corps (Artillery and Infantry) in this Presidency, shall in future wear the moustache. To men serv ing in a tropical climate the boon is a very great one indeed. Another order which his lordship has just issued, reducing the number of drilla, has also given great satisfaction in the Bombay army. Lord Frederick has certainly done more good in the army of this presidency than any general officer who has yet been amongst us. By perseverance and firmness he seems to have inspired all the offi cers of the several corps under his command with a love of their profession, and a great desire to ac quire every kind of military knowledge. His military school at Poono, and his drill depot at the same station, will certainlyprove the most substan tial benefits to the army of Western India. They might serve as examples to any country in the world. Mr. Luard has resigned the Company's civil service. He applied to the local Government to re-employ him, but it appears that the orders of the Court were imperative, and that the autho rities here had not the power to restore him without a further reference to England. The whole affair has made a great stir in this presi dency, and it will no doubt prove interesting to many old Indians at home. I should, however, tell you that there has for some time past appeared a series of the most atrocious libels upon Mr. Goldsmid, the present acting chief Secretary to Government, and one of the most able men. who ever came to India in the Company's service. The launch of the Honourable Company's steam frigate Assaye took place on the 15th instant, by moonlight. It was a very grand sight indeed.. Our worthy commodore, Sir Henry Leeke, gave a grand ball in the dockyard on the occasion, at which all the members of the Bombay society, from the Governor downwards, were present. There is no improvement in the commercial markets since my last. Freight is falling. The recent shipping arrivals have checked the advance taking place in freight. Tonnage may now be had to Liverpool at 41. to 4/. ss. ; to London, at Si. 10s. ; and China, Rs. 23 per candy. Exchange on England has been steady at 2s. Id. for the best credits, at six months' sight ; and 2s. Old. to 2s. lid . for bills secured by shipping documents. 1/ - 2} 19 - 20 kin g ' )ti t to D alt estez". ... •-•• ... i - 1 58 - 58, 33 - 35 1 - li * - i 10 - 11 id— id 6 4d i - i 6 - 7 i - i lth is cn~ ll. L o poll - G IY r01t 113.. whole k s are riitrb Mbttion. 6 - 8 45 - 47 3 1 3 10 30 ... 31 I -:--- 1 YORK RACES. 15 - 17 (THIS DAY.) - 1 - 11 29 - 31 8 - 10 3 - 4 2 - 4 1 ;reek ° 3 tow n rgeli t ' s arins' (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYING DUTCHMAN'S HANDICAP. • irag o . Iran.., litderdeeken 50 - 54 k - IP spa - 7# - 7i f IT i-ci Eight ran. EGLINTON STAKES. Zospcdar Australia. ..... all Yuba i - i 28 - 30 Six ran. LONDESBOROi C UP. gal ta. ge ou t red °l4 rs cl ae R eiooro on ge th t he ' r e uing) fi e or o ° lr d , no" Frio' ha ve ) take ° , e d for 4 Selena ii, 86 52 - 54 50 - 52 4 —3idxn, i 5 4d Seventeen ran. LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 10 to 9 agst Boiardo (taken). 3to 1 agst Ruby (taken). 7to 1 agst Middlesex (taken). 15 to 1 agst Champagne (offered). 20 to 1 agst Marble Hill (taken). 50 - 52 - 2 4 - i P . - ... . •-• ..• CANTON MARKET—MARca 9, 1854. Teas.—Black—Of congous, settlements have been made of 20 chops at 17.5 to 21.5 taels for kaysows and oopacks, 16.5 and 20.5 taels for hohnams and monings, and 15 to 16 taels for hohows ; stock 85 chops. Souchong, 13 chops sold at 18 and 25 taels for cargo to, good, 27 and 32 taels for superior ; stock 50 chops. Caper, 300 half-chests sold at 15 taels ; stock 600 boxes. Flowery pkoe, 1,500 chests sold at 20 to 23 taels for cargo and 30 to 36 taels for superior ; stock 800 chests new and 700 old. Orange pekoe, 1,500 half-chests sold at 16 to 18 taels ;no stock. Ning gongs and oolongs, 16,000 half•chests sold, namely-10,000 ning yongs at 22 to 25 taels for cargo to good, 4,000 ankoi at 14 to 15 taels, and 2,000 powchongs at 15.5 to 19 taels ; stock of all kinds, 50,000 half-chests. Green.—The, present stock is estimated at 25,000 half chests. The settlements since our last are—of hyson, 4,000 packages at 25 to 29 taels for cargo, 32 to 42 taela for superior to fine. Young hyson, 8,000 at 26 to 32 taels for good cargo, and 35 to 45 taels for superior to fine. Hyson skin, 4,500, at 15 to 17 taels for cargo to good, and 19 to 24 taels for superior to fine. Twankay, 2,500, at 20 to 22 taels for good cargo, and 24 to 28 taels for superior to fine. Imperial and gun powder, 4,000, at 30 to 33 taels and 33 to 36 taels for good cargo, and 35 to 40 to 38 to 43 taels for superior good. Canton Teas.-800 half-chests Congou sold at 17 to 20 taels for good. Young Hyson, 3,000 half-chest at 14 to 16 taels for cargo to good. Gunpowder, equal to 3,000 half-chests at 14 to 20 taels for cargo to superior. Scented Orange Pekoe, 1,500 boxes at 22 to 26 taels for superior. Caper, 1,000 boxes at 17 to 20 taels for good cargo to superior. Raw Silk.—But little of Nanking in market. Tsatlee 3953. Sewhing 3305, Taysaain 3505, Loongkong 3255, Kumchuck re-reeled 3455. Exchange and Bullion. —On London, 4.11, and little doing. On India Co.'s accepted 233 to 234 Rs. Syce 3i to 4 per cent. prem. Gold, $2l 40 per tael. Freights.—Tonnage scarce, and much wanted. For Great Britain, 6/. 10s. to 7/. To the United States, $22 to $24. To California, $3O to $35. 13 15 6i 76 10 lz 4 3id 4 7 - - 1 d P CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Peggy. 25 to 1 ay. Lough Bawn. 13 - 15 58i - 591 34 - 35 - 4 - 5 , . ..-.. ... ...d1 10— sdl DERBY. 9 to 2 agst Autocrat. 6to 1 agst Dervish (taken to 3001.). 33 to 1 agst Neville (taken). 33 to 1 agst Canute (taken). 3 i al 21 - 22 8 - 10 - lip 8 -10 p ie ii . - ... CURRAGH MEETING. (TUESDAY, APRIL 25.) 2i - 31 17 18 4 - 5 21 A 23 dis . 44 - 5 3 Id 3} 2 d (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) SCURRY STAKES of 5 Sovs. Lord of the Isles Eight ran. SWEEPSTAKES of 5 Sovs. One mile and a half. simpleton **e = ' i il -: is Nine ran. ]ER MAJESTY'S PLATE. Two miles. 1 Rarbinger, c by Tearaway, Hunting Horn, Ariadne, c by Crozier, Chaseaway, and Louisa also ran. 'et Class of MADRID STAKES. New Rathbone Post. It c'sconirnon 7st 41b 1 Si , l'addy lief:Fran, Wild Irish Girl, Lightning, Ossefrage, 64 65 gi - 5t 45 -- 46 6) - 7 29a 291 8 —9 xn 12 -- 12i9 Jitter to Joanna c, Mag on the Wing, Tidy, Mangerton, Cloiae, Rejected, and Singaway colt also ran. 41 —43 d 32 -34 29 -29 t - -• pm LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONI)0N, April 27. Then Tis at length a change in the 'weather. The win tis now from the estward, with Cloud y weather. There has been a very slight f all of I"°•—The Calcutta, Boston to London, which was on *mere near Barrington, Bth inst., was afloat on the 12th, laall,onasu, little water, and would return to Boston or . °2 1 " DOVER, April 26.—Pons Allis, from London, for ort Philip. PLyIIOUTEI, April 26.—Wind, N. Arrived—Geelong, ,London, for Melbourne. Sailed—Buchante, Africa ; ea Tayl or , Ceylon. 27.—P er April Elec. Tel.)---The Carlos (Russian Fin -4141 ... a rgue), from Lisbon to Finland, has been towed Matt by this morning, having been captured off the "Z" bY H.M.'s steamer Avon. ,:cORTMIOUTH, April 26.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—H.M.'s ' l4 • Brisk, from Halifax ; do. Alecto, Sierra Leone. Sou deals, battens, and wTRWOLD, April 26.—A number of ards, marked "R. S.—S. S.—S. H.," also part of a tttdeck, with a bell attached, marked " Alber tina, enborg, 1840," have come in shore, supposed from a ves sel wrecked on the Crossing Sand. taccrWES, April 26.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Uhla, from rnelds for Newport, to stop a leak. 9 A 0 P SALCOmBE.—Panic, from China. LMOUTII, April 26.—Wind, N.E. strong breezes. don I Tived—Constance, from Moulmein, and sailed for Lon ; Bloomer Callao and Cork ; Lion, Buenos Ayres ; °Pie, Jamaica ; Glen Huntley, Gothenburg for Mel. "olirne, to stop a leak. A schooner of about 140 tons, )ainted black, was passed 21st ult. in 43 N. 18 W., dis basted and abandoned ; also a large ship, dismasted and abandoned, 27th March, in 41 N. 14 W. Off Port—Black- Vail, from Port Phillip ; Princess Royal, Batavia for Tfamburg ; Ernest Borkdman, New York, and sailed for Itetterdatu ; Asphalon, Enpatoria. ' l7 39SEsx.x/cD, April 2 L—Win I, N.N.W. Sailed— Phceux, for Calcutta ;' Kipper, do. • Anna, Aden ,• Re fuge, New York ; Niger, Quebec • Arethusa, do. ; Corin thea, ( 10 . ; Empress, do ; Tay, ad. ; Hartlepool, do. ; Exchan ge , d o . * SwANBEa, April 26.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—United, from Coquimb o . S aile d—Goleonda, for St. Jago de Cuba. CIIRIsTIANsAism, April 22 The Christian, from Hor sens to Leith, has put in leaky . n WIBBY, April 20. —The combinedmustflee discharge. tspa passed the East side of this island, 14th inst. steering N.E. No Russian ships of war have been observed. LERWICK, April 24.—The Pomona, arrived . here from Greenland, is said to have received haveid:rable damage in the ice, and reports the weather to considerable bois terous—that the Violet, of Hull, and the Fe e lTz u voefri 're burgh, have been lost, with all hands, except' part a o s f r e. boat's crew b e longing to the latter vessel. Some doubts exist as to the saft.ty of the Agostina, of Peterhead, and it is feared that other losses have taken place. The Ger- Ilan* of Hull, lost three whale boats and three of her crew on her outward passage to Greenland. JERSEY, April 25. — S ailed—Asia, for T rinidad. GIBRALTAR, April 17.—The Genoa (s. s.), from Li ver - Pool, which arrived an here 10thrging inst., is dairetained with damage to her screw, d discha to rep. i -_-_-- 1 .. i - 8 SHANGHAI MARKET—Mims 2. There have been but small transactions, and the deli veries are very trifling, at rates slightly improved since the holidays. Holders are not offering their stocks, an ticipating a still further advance. Teas.—Black—Congous, the settlements are estimated at 20 chops, leaving unsold about 10,000 pkgs. We have no change to note in prices. Ordinary to fair, 11 a 11/ taels, hohow kinds 12 a 131 taels, Ning Chong 14 a 17 taels—very few offering. Green.—The few ohops which have been offered have brought extreme prices, and nothing of clean quality can be bought except at an advance of 10 per cent. The stock is about 5,000 pkgs., chiefly low grade skins. 2,000 to 3,000 pkgs of fair Twankay quality are said to be on the way hither. Raw Silk.—But few bales have found buyers since our last. The only deliveries have been in fulfilment of con tracts, and few parcels remain on hand for sale. The silk-men being unwilling to submit to a reduction in price, are keeping back supplies, and the stock in the silk country intended for this market is reported as very ' considerable. Exchanges and Bullion.—On London, since the last mail's departure, the transactions have been small. The rate 5s 7d was maintained for some time, and we hear of a small amount of Bank bills being sold as high as 5s Bd. Sycee, $l2l per 100 taels. Gold, $175 to $177 for 9.7.3 taels. Freights.—To England, nominally, 81. To the United States, $2O to $2l. Tonnage to both places not to be had, and much wanted. The Aristides gets equivalent to 101. for Halifax, her charter having been taken over at a considerable profit. ..• ."'"' •• • ... - pm ... -. 3 - d 13 —2ipxd .. -- oha ice I ' 3B jug bY l i ed 01 as from i h t d j siat IIY rnoll 2f •ocllic e it erSo ll° P ehae hY vevowe ls. a ccar persolls In the nobody ... •• 6 - 5• a 1 lOUS port tO PUBLIC DEPABTMENTEL-Mr. Ewart has a notice of S a t,. motion on the order book of the House of Commons to the effect that he will forthwith move for a select core- 50 mittee to inquire how far a system of examination or other test of efficiency may be adopted, or further ex- 12 tended, in the case of appointments and promotion of candidates for the different departments of the public 12 ! service. 25 THE LATE OMNIBUS ROBBERY IN THE CITY.—It was a few days ago incorrectly stated in some of the papers that, in the case of Day, who was committed upon the charge of stealing the purse of a lady in an omnibus, Sir R. W. Carden said he would accept bail for the prisoner. On the day after the committal of Day, Sir R. W. Car den declared on the bench that he never for a moment entertained a thought of accepting bail in such a case. THE STOCKPORT STRlHE.—Sevs.ral rather serious tu mults have already arisen out of the strike at Stockport, and the police have had to interfere for the protection of such of the workpeople as have chosen to accept the terms offered by the employers. At three of the largest mills—Messrs. Eskrigge and Co.'s, in Heaton-lane, and Mr. C. Howard's and Messrs. Marshall's, in Portwood —in place of their full complement of thousands, only about 120 in the aggregate are working ; yet, few as the " knobsticks " are (to use the current phrase), the turn outs have assembled each dinner hour and evening in front of the mills to watch them out and to intimidate them. On Monday night the conduct of one of the turnouts was so violent that the police apprehended him, 10 and he has since been committed to prison. On Tuesday n i g ht much larger cro wds assembled, and in front of 13 Messrs. Eskrigge and Co.'s mill, in Heaton lane, a I.OM riotous mob proceeded to assaults upon the workpeople, which induced the police again to interfere. Mr. Brown, st. the chief constable, had sent Sergeant Walters and six 20 police constables to protect the workpeople on leaving 25 the mill, and this force found it necessary to seize two of the most active of the mob, who were at once conveyed 25 to the Lockups. The police were folloSed and stoned, 12,] but resolutely did their duty ; and on their return they apprehended a third man in the act of throwing stones. 5 The riotous multitude were discouraged by these ex- st. amples of the way they might expect to be dealt with, and soon afterwards began to disperse. The prevalent 17 opinion is, however, that more serious riots will yet 25 (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 10.30 a.m. Wind W.S.W., moderate, and raining. Arrived—Shamrock (s). from Havre. Sailed —Mermaid, for Melbourne. There are no accounts to the present time of the steamer Atlanti c , now 11 days out, with the mails of the 15th inst. from Ne w York. ew (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) Wind W.N.W. ; c G lo ß u lt dy V , E w SiC i ll th p 'ra l i h n u ; r t s i d d a e y , , q l2 af t er a e f i t . i. Arrived, 26th—Nadisoha, Russian prize from Aina, Russian prize, from the Baltic; Norwartz, I°ta Wismar ; Blanche, Jam a ica ; Baron Osy, steamer, Antwerp ; Triton, steamer, Calais ; Earl of Auckland, steamer, Rotterdam. S ailed —William Jolliffe, steamer, for Calais. Wmd DEAL, Thursday, 9.45 a.m. W.S.W., fresh and cloudy. Pa ssed—Spirit of the North, from Calcutta for Loudon ; Tallentire, from Magalt an , f or London ; Villisneria Nichol, from Cape of G oo d H ope, f or L ondon ; Larne, from Callao, f orf Leith; Susanna, from London, for Nassau; Queen of e South, f rom St. Michael's, for orders. An chored —Rubicon, No. 38 transport, from London, tor Malta • Nos. 37 and 39 transports, from London, for kalta. Re mains--Admiral Zoutman, fo r P or t Phi ll i p. T he Anemone lies in the same state. 75 railway irons Vwe n landed this morni ng , an d it i s expected she will _.! go ee ff this high water, and tow e d i n t o R amsgate, with 4uou et t 30 tons of iron remaining on board. 1-- 11 '&QI4 fleet j ust in sight, proceeding to tits Downs, PREFERENCE SHARES. 100 Aberdeen 100 Do. No. 2, p. c. 30 Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) 00 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares St. 20 St. 15 ,66 edoillan £lO all heater at Holyhead Guar. 4 per cent 6i ork&Bandons4p.c all undee Perth &Aber deen Junction all EastAnglian (I:310s) 6 per cent all 'Do. (£5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7p. c all Eastern Counties Ex- tension,s p. c. No. all Do. No. 2 all IDo. New .. 6 p. c. St all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent ... all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh -100 East Lancash.6 p. cts. all East and West York- 5 10 St. 5 shire June. Pref... all EdinbPrth.&Dundec St. 16 St. 20 54 per cent. .00 Glasgow 5 t ow&S.Weste rn .00 Great Northn. sp. C. .00 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... 10 Do. 4i p. c. Scrip.... 6 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prel all Gt. Southn.&Westm, (Ireland) Eighths).. 5 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... 100 Do. cov. red. 4A p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do, irred. 4p. c.... 1 6 u. &York. F. £2O 100 Do. 6p. c. Steck .. . 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No.l 9 Do. Quarters, 1848... 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c ... 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St, all o. Convertible, sp. ID c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds , all Londonderry& Color A Shares all [lndy. & Ennia.4 Sh. all \lan., Shef., & Lin., Sharei, No.l. all Do. New, £lO 44 Do. .£6 all y Aarypt & Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 4A per cunt...... 00 1N D o - - 100 \lid. Consel.6 p.c.St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Ltiriu. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Prof. 4i per cent 6 Norfolk Debenture . 1 Do. Pref. 4p. c. Stock 100 Do. 5 p. c. Ext .. . .... 100 Do. 5 per ct.pref.... 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c. 100 North British . ... a ll North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford, Worcester, &I Wolverh.Xls,6 p.c.! 15 Do all Scot. Cent. , New Pref all Shrews. all Shiewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon Do. fixed, V .. ; per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of Os. 6d. LOO Do. 4 per cent all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. all Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent. 5 Do. do. do. all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 3 Waterfd.SzKilk. 6 p.c. 100 York, Noweastle,and Berwick ,4 p.c. Pref. 5 Do ...... ................ ,0 Vork&N. Midlandli. and Furth ....... ii = -e6 6 - 61 2i - 4 - 4t i - ( p " 12 - 1 23 - 24 3 - 3i 10 e i 1 9i 05 -10 - 9 7i 8 .. xd 6 94 8,1 uu„ 87 88 90 Id yar n 1.28 104 .• ....." e• • .. ..... .« ~ ...... ••• 2} - 2i P 5 3 / 4 6i 89 id Par 129 - 131 11 - 94 - 96 8 - 8i 15); - 10 . 11 - 13 22:1 - 23 98 - 300 15 -20 ... - 1- id 87 - 92 - 7. - i 4 FOREI I 9 Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graisse 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip - - - _ ... Central of Italy all Charleroi tt Erqueliu all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 2 Do. Exteasion all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 Gd. Junct. of France 10 Grd. Trunk of Canada 30 Do. Debentures all Do. do 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt.Westernof Canada, Shares Do. Bonds (Ist is. )'57 156 Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 5 Lake Coast. k Basle all Lucca & Pistoj asp. c pref 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway)....... 2 Do. Pref 3 Do. (Canal) 5 Do. 6p. ct. pref 8 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & Mediterran 10 Madras 33A Maria Antonia all Do. do. New 2 Melbourne Dk• &Ry all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds all (fray. B. lc Ams. Shs ) all NorwegianTrunkPre 10 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasboui 10 ParisCaen 6z Cherbrg 10; Quebec dr Richmond all Rouen andHavre 12 Royal Danish 2 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Mouse 6 Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. 6 Southern of France 8 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 5i per c. Pref 10 Western of France 7 West. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden ... 15 Zealand bIISCEL all'Rubin Coal and Iron' 17i Australian Agricult. 14 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 8 Andraln. Royal Mail 4 Berlin Water Works 40 Brit. American Land, 1 Brit. d; Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. 363 = iii 32i Canada 5 Crystal Palace 4 Do. New...... 2 Crystal PaL of France 3 Eastern Steam 20 Electrit Telegmph(A) all Do. (B) 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 18 General Screw Steam 74 Irish Beetroot Sugar 10 Magdalena St. Navig. all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 3 Netherlands Land 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter Steam Navigat. Co all N. B. Australasian Do. Now 10 NAL ofEuropeSteam all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. all Peninsular & Oriental 35 Do. Do. all Portland Iron Co 60 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. Austral. Invest. 25 South Austral. Land all Submar. Telegraph.. all Do. Registered. 28i Van Diemen's Land 75 - 80 6 -6i 16 - 18 1 - 3 i - 1• • • • • ••-•• • • 1 •••.•• i i ••• -.... ••• i - iP ... 2i. -- 24( 34 -- 36 - I - 1 i - 1 10 -- 11 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand ruled steady at this market to-day, as follows : Beef, from 3s Od to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s 4d Por to k 45 4d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 8 d; Veal, 3s 6d. to 5s Od ; ,3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to Si Os ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 6l Os ; and straw, 11 16 s to 212 s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. C IIMBE RLAND.—Meadow hay, 2 1 15 s to 51 5s ; clover ditto, 31 15a to 61 Os; and straw , 1117 s to 213 s per load. Trade rather dull. W H ITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 12 s to Si Os; clover ditto, 31 15s to 616 s ; and straw, 1116 s to 21 20 per load. Supply good, and trade dull. AVERAGES OF GRAIN. The weekly averages of grain have not been issued to-day. - - SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday.—The United States mail s t ea m-ship Washington, Capta in E. M. Fitch, sailed to day for New York, taking the usual se mi-weekly Ame- of rican mails, about 2 50 passengers, and a full cargo more than 600 tons of German, Swiss, French, and British merchandise, shipped from Bremen, Havre, and Southampton. The new American steam-ship Union, of 2,000 tons and 600 horsepower, has been chartered in New York to run during the present season upon the Southampton, Havre, and New York mail line, i n con junction with the steam -ship Franklin. The Royal mail steam-ship Atrato, with the homeward West India Mexican, and Pacific mails, is expected to reach South!. am ton on Sunday or Monday next. The Plata will leave on Tuesday, the 2a proximo, with the mails for the same quarter. RAN.DAL LESLIE'S WORK. NEW The • Right Hononrable Benjamin Disraeli, M.P. A iLiterary and Political Biography. Addressed to the New Generation. Second Edition. Richard Bentley. Whether is it despicable—we would place this catase, with implicit confidence as to the nature of the verdict, before a jury selected from the first chance foot-passengers one might happen to meet any slay at Charing -cross— whether is it despic able to stab another man's effigy through the me dium of an ingenious satire upon the title-page of which your own name, as its author, is boldly and manfully emblazoned, or to stab another man him self, not his effigy, but the man himself, through the medium of a most elaborate, a most malignant, and a most scurrilous invective,—an invective given to the world, moreover, under the dastardly, cut throat, crape -mask of the anonymous, written less with ink than with vitriol, not so much with the pen as with the poignard, a literary performance, in fact, partaking less of the character of a Biography than a deliberate attempt at assassination ? A question—this—whi c h has been forced upon us by a consideration, firstly of the charge directed against Mr. Disraeli by his many nameless assail. ants ; and secondly, of the manner in which those nameless assailants have preferred their accusation. It has been maintained by the enemies 'of the right hon. gentleman tho ex-Ch ance ll or of the Exchequer, these, his secret and masked anta gonists, that he has, both as an orator and- as a novelist, rendered himself in the manner already specified peculiarly amenable to the authority, to the laws, to the punishments of the censorship. It has been insisted by these remarkable moralists, that Mr. Disraeli, both in his fictions and in his speeches, has betrayed an extraordinary dereliction of duty, a perfectly wonderful and altogether incom prehensible obliquity of judgment ; and this espe cially in the former, by assailing several of his actual contemporaries under the shadowy but easily recognisable form of imaginary personages. It has been asserted by these astute and most subtle discriminators between right and wrong, in the conduct of a politician and a man of letters, that in the career of the right honourable gentleman the member for Buckinghamshire there has been something peculiarly dastardly in his mode of deal ing blows about him, both as a romance writer and as a debater in Parliament. In explanation or justi fication of these formidable charges directed against Mr. Disraeli, there have been poured out of the press in rapid succession, and in overwhelming numbers, treatises, and epistles, and essays, and criticisms—in fact, every imaginable species of paper pellet that could be discharged from the culverins and pop-guns of literature, from a carefully-elaborated review in a Quarterly to a slashing leader in a morning newspaper, from a " thin, acid pamphlet" to a big book, like the book before us, pretending to be a sort of ante 'lumens Biography. Now, between the assailants and the assailed there is, as our first sentence has already indicated, this very glaring and remarkable difference : Mr. Disraeli writes, as he speaks, in propria persona, avowedly, boldly, and manfully in his own charac ter—Mr. Disraeli's censors, on the contrary, as saulting him and his reputation, whether through volume, or pamphlet, or review, or newspaper, all of them, anonymously ! Which of the two, there fore, let us ask again, is in truth the dastardly politician and man of fetters—Mr. Disraeli or one of Mr. Disraeli's assailants ? We leave the solu tion of that very transparent problem to the com mon sense of any man in the three kingdoms who can contrive to consider the matter, only for five minutes, dispassionately. It need scarcely be observed in these columns that with Mr. Disraeli's political opinions upon many most important subjects we have no particle of sympathy whatsoever. His persevering advo cacy of the Protectionist principles we were op posed to from first to last diametrically. As Free traders from deliberate conviction, as amongst the earliest advocates of the Free-trade system, as amongst the journalists who from the outset de manded its adoption not by halves, but entirely and thoroughly, we regarded Mr. Disraeli's perti nacity in defending, down to the very last, the obso lete scheme of the monopolists, as a species of abso lute infatuation. True, the Country Party, as such, has at length been broken up and by common consent we have all agreed to abandon henceforth every remembrance of the stormy struggles long maintained between the opponents of the corn laws, and the advocates of the same corn laws, the agriculturists. During the continuance of the struggle, however, both in regard to the Protectionists and in regard to Mr. Disraeli as one of the conspicuous leaders of the Protectionists, we were always outspoken in our opposition. Precisely in the same manner that we are nowadays amongst the most earnest of Mr. Disraeli's antagonists in his character as an avowed enemy of further reform iu Parliament. It is per fectly obvious, therefore, that we cannot in any way be viewed as amongst the number of his par tisans. Nevertheless opposed to him, diametrically opposed to him as we have been so often upon matters of vital importance, socially and politically speaking, opposed to him repeatedly as we are at this present period, opposed to him as we fear we may be very frequently hereafter—we cannot assuredly, on that account, remain blind to the variety or splendour of his abilities, any more than, as hero-worshippers in the nobler sense applied to that phrase by Mr. C ar lyle, we can remain indifferent to the curious' spectacle of the rise and development of his reputa tion. Mr. Bounderby was not one jot more a "self made-man" than the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer. In Mr. Disraeli we recognise an intellectual athlete who has striven for the prize on the legislative arena, and not seldom successfully, with many notable, some of them historical, competitors—the political gladiators of a generation. Himself the son of a poor scholar, we find him, without any extraneous aid, without the prestige of an uni versity education, without advantages either of birth or connexions, but instead of all this, encum bered with the manifest disadvantages of a Jewish name and a Jewish extraction—winning Fame, winning Power, rising to considerable eminence both in the Senate and in Literature, admitted while yet in the ripeness of his manhood to the councils of his Sovereign, the recognised chief of a great Party, and as such, in fact, at this moment, in the House of Commons, the Leader of her Ma jesty's Opposition. Signs—these--if such signs there ever have been, of more than common capa city, of more than usual energy, of more than ordi nary skill, daring, and perseverance. Without this combination of capacity, of energy, of skill, of daring, and of perseverance, Benjamin Disraeli would never have attained his present elevation among his contemporaries. Faults he has, some of them grave faults—but who amongst us is unblemished Mistakes he falls into every now and then, and among these mistakes some of them very grievous ones sometimes—but what man has passed well through the summer of his life without having occasionally tripped and blundered. He has told us himself that the Press is his only . escutcheon. But it is an escutcheon, at least, un flawed by a bar sinister—with a dint, it may be, gained here and there in the conflict, but without being anywhere blurred by one of those indelible stains which are the "damning blots" on the blazonry. Without some better and nobler quali ties than those conceded to him b y his concealed calumniators, he could scarcely have attained the popularity of which he cannot b e e the deprived by the deadliest hatred of h is oppons. Or wise how would it be possible to account for the enthusiasm of his ovation in the Acade mic Theatre at Oxford, at the period of Lord Derby's installation ? Adventurers of dastardly and sinister repute are not usually the favourit es o f those not wholly depraved tohteeilr must,dreofapinearfaoirneaet,ebre, the undergraduates. No— soiething more rem arkable here than t he diatribes directed against Mr. Disraeli by the mob of his lurking detractors would lead the public to conjec ture. Otherwise the object of their affected scorn, and the theme of their scurrilities, and the subject of their sustained and malignant vituperation, could never, we repeat, have risen to his present elevation in the Senate and in Literature. Other wise, the student, and the son of a student, could neve r have Won so brilliantly for himself the privilege of leading a powerful section of the Legislature, or of himself representing in it the county for which John Hampden sat of old—that of Buckingham. Otherwise, again, the popular novelist, the writer whose love stories and romances-of-chivalry are littered about the bookstalls of the railway stations with the fictions of Scott, and Bulwer, and Dickens, could scarcely have won at the same time with his literary repu tation the political glory and power of aiding in the equipoise of parties in the House of Commons, as the acknowledged leader of the Legislative forces opposed to those of the Government. Distinguished, however, amongst the ablest of his contemporaries by these strongly contrasting evidences of his ability, Mr. Disraeli is scarcely less distinguished among them all by the variety and virulence of his anonymous vituperators. It has long been thus—ever since, in fact, the novelist began to have readers and the orator to o btain the ear of the Commons House of Parliament. Un assisted by birth or patronage, the right hon._ gentle mant has, throughout his career, from he first hour of his setting out on the road of fortune, found it necessary to advance towards the attainment of the twin reputation of letters and statesmanship, through the perpetually recurring dangers of an implacable and ferocious ambuscade. Poisoned shafts have fallen about by the way—pointless and unfeathered. There have been continual gleams of the blunt stiletto, and incessant flashes of the unloaded blunderbuss. Perhaps these anony mous attacks were never more numerous, certainly they were never more violent, or more inveterate, more violent in language, or more - inveterate in hostility, than they were recently, during the win ter of 1853-1854, immediately prior to the re assembling of the Legislature. The Government hacks were industrious, every one of them, in be spattering the leader of the Opposition. Not a weapon at command but was turned against the common enemy—the archfoe of a rather deli-. catelysituated Administration. 'The Mons Meg of Printing-house-square thundered at him Of a morn- . ing. And before nightfall' there was an echoing discharge from the little Colt's Revolver of the Treasury. No epithets, as applied to Mr. Disraeli, were too coarse for his vilifiers. Decorum had no part in the arrangement of their vocabulary. The Times decently likened the statesman to a "bawd." The Chronicle as decently spoke of his descending to a " detested grave," One might have fancied at moments that ° party spirit had become so far degraded as to seek expression for its malignity in the language of the brothel and. in the phrenzy of the hell. Judging from the fury of the attack, directed against the Leader of the Opposition dur ing the interval which elapsed between the proro gation and the reassembling of the Legislature, there must have been a wonderful dread as to the force of his anticipated onslaught upon the Government. The supporters of the Govern want, as was justly said at the time, were cry ing out before they were hurt ! At length— after all these reiterated personalities in journals, and magazines, and pamphlets, and quarterlies— the hydra of invective sprouted another head, bigger than all its predecessors put together. It was no longer a column of abuse, or half-a-dozen octavo pages of vituperation. It was a huge volume extending to 640 of these octavo pages—a volume embellished with the name of the &sailed,' " The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli, M.P.," but, we need scarcely add, without that of the assailant—" A Literary and Political Biography," and this, too, "Addressed to the New Generation." Blackwood at once dubbed the author of the work Randal Leslie. And as the performance of Randal Leslie we at once accept it. In every syllable it is worthy of him. It is worthy of him in its concep tion as well as in its execution. It is clever to a certain extent ; it is laboriously compiled ; it is elaborately arranged ; it is scurrilous t o the last degree ; it is by turns pert and then insolent ; it is, besides all this, flippant and affected—affected even to pedantry, a n d flip_ pant to impertinence, throughout. Unfortu nately for its writer, indeed, he contrives in al most every page to reveal not only the spite of Randal Leslie, but the priggishness of Barnes New come. So that the performance altogether might have been absolutely revolting from its ferocity, but that, from its ignorance, it became simply ridicu lous. Closing this volume of envenomed personality, and turning back to the title-page, one is almost surprised to find that Civil is not the publisher, or that Holywell-street is not the locality from which it makes its appearance. It was observed only the other day by a reviewer in the Quarterly, when speaking of Laurence Sterne, that his wit was frequently nothing better than the phosphorescence of corruption. It might so be remarked of whatever ability may be discovered in this corrupt and corrupting performance. It has about it the taint of decomposition. It is utterly without that soul of books—a noble purpose. En gendered by the heat of a most despicable animosity, it comes forth at once still-born and an abortion. The beginning of its exist ence was only the commencement of its decay. So will it ever be with those detestable and dastardly assaults of the hidden traducer upon the reputation of a living contemporary—be the stab given with the cutlass of the venal critic, or the dagger-of-lath of the hireling pamphleteer. What says Pope in his " Prologue to the Satires ?"* Why [sic. verbatim , et literatim], that "--4--. Ne'er one sprig of laurel graoed theso ribalds, From slashing Bentley down to piddling Tibbalds !" No—rather, in lieu of that, a whole forest of birch. Rather than the rttstling bay-garland, the jingling cap-and-bells. And so, borrowing a • phrase from Bob Sawyer, who talked of quaffing malt liquor in its " native pewter," let us toss this preposterous volume from us with a laugh into its native waste paper basket. Alexander Pope's " Imitations of Horace :" Prologue o the Satires—line IG3. METROPOLITAN GOSSIP.—LONDON, Saturday Evening. --Perhaps it is only proper that men of shuttle-cock opinions should be the sport of the winds in popular caprice ; and accordingly the Cabinet, who have been sitting in Council several hours this evening, have been estimated throughout the day with very varying degrees of appreciation. Since symptoms of negative success, if one may say so, have begun to be apparent on the side of Russia, the Czar has been advancing in the good graces of our commercial patriots ; and now that it is no longer so certain as it lately seemed to be that Omer Pasha was going to make mincemeat of the Moscovites, the Sultan is descending in the scale of the same cos mopolitan philosophers, who measure all merit by pro sperity. Hence the sluggishness of our Black Sea sailors is made light of by men who would be explosively indignant were it self-evident that the autocrat was going to be doubled up in the ignoble manner the Unadorned One once proposed to dispose of the house of Itomanoff and all belonging to them. Undoubtedly the Premier is not censured so freely as he was, notwithstanding the unexpected scathings of Wednesday's Thunderer on the procrastinators in the pugnacity line ; and, somehow, a notion seems to be springing up that Aberdeen, after all, has been considerably further north than was at first supposed, and that he will have the world one of these days his way of thinking as to the wickedness of the war, and the consequent wisdom of John Bright. Some strange tales are in circulation about the real, or imputed real reasons of his lordship's reluctance in beginning the fight, and in pursuing it as he ought to do. The mode of getting at these supposed reasons is by a very circum locutary process of induction ; but such as it is said to be here it is :—Among the frequenters of Argyle-house and known personal partisans of the premier is the member for County Tyrone, Lord Claude Hamilton, brother of Prince Albert's groom of the stole, the Marquis of Aber sorn. Lord Claude, in addition to the tolerably notori ous Kremlin predilections of his family, has lately been loud-tongued in private society, and not altogether mute in public, in censuring the quarrel with Russia as & tempting of Providence, an impiety, a desecration of Christianity on behalf of 3lahoramedism, and an every thing that is anything but what it ought to be. Now, it is inferred, with what justice you are just as good a judge as anybody else, that Lord Claude s opinions are not merely his own, but his brother's ; that his brother's are Albert's, and that Albert's aro Aberdeen's. The Premier is reported by some of his Scotch cousins to have in him a considerable spice of the old Caledonian Calvanistic predestinarian, being in that respect a to lerable Turk ; he thinks, as many of the Osmanlis them selves are said to do, that the period of the Porte's po litical presence in Europe has arrived at a full stop that it is all up with the Ottoman ; and that, whether is or not, it would be an uncorking of all the vials of celestial wrath seriously to assist such sons of perdition against a crowned Christian, who makes the cross his emblem, and the delivery of the faithful from the thral dom of the infidel his battle-cry. This being so, if so it be, adepts in the science of seeing into a mill-stone have no difficulty in discerning a clue to the creep-mousey conduct of the Cabinet, especially when the very mini ster, charged with the war executive, happens to be half a Russian in reality, and the other half by affinity and alliance.—Liverpool A MAN POISONED By HIS WM.—Scarcely have the circurnstances of the brutal child mur d er a t M i lf or d, Derbyshire, subsided, than the county has been again thrown into considerable excitement by the poisonin g of a hu s b an d b y hi s w if e, at H ardetaff, in the sam e county. The facts of the case may kle gleaned front the following narrative :—About six weeks ago a man named James Cutts, residing at Hardstaff, and by trade a bricklayer, was taken ill with a fever, from which he had recovered, and during the time of his illness his wife was continually quarreling with him. On Tuesday week she made a pudding for dinner, of which he partook heartily. In the afternoon he was seized with vomiting and complained of great acidity on his stomach. He gradually grew worse, and on Wed nesday he died. After his death his relatives and friends applied to see him ; but the wife refused to allow them. On the day that she had been making the pudding, the deceased's two girls, about 10 and 11 years old, observed Mrs. Cutts put something from a paper, which was on a box in the room, in the pudding ; but they were not aware what it was. They happened, by accident, to tell the circumstance to the deceased's brother, who made in quiries and ascertained that the stuff contained in the paper was arsenic. The deceased had been buried before these ch.- ciatustances were brought to light. He communicated with a Mr. Makorzie, the surgeon, and other persons who advised him to inquire into the matter. The coro ner having been made acquainted with the nature of the case, he ordered the exhumation of the body, which had been interred in the Ault Hucknall church, and a post inortehi examination of the same, which was performed by two medical men. The contents of the stomach were ex tracted and analysed, and arsenic was clearly proved to be iu the stomach. The coroner, Mr. C. S. B. Busby, held an inquest on the b od y at Clay-cross on Monday, when the evidence of the medical men and others was taken, but as it was deemed advisable to examine other witnesses, and have a more minute analysis, the inquest was adjourned. Mr. Makorzie, the medical gentleman who had attended the deceased in his illness, bad not visited him from the ti m e he partook of the pudding up to the period of his death, as he was then almost convalescent. The deceased and his wife had not lived agreeable for some time past, as he suspected she had formed an improper intimacy with other men. The deceased was thirty-three years of age, and the father of six children. The ease has excited great interest in that part of the county. gUlto. i dation ,r part', inelPaL iy w ith to th e he s°" 0, an d it is I ‘ , ll a rm ourt of vn, and Is Ma which Llonver., l e cjareS serViC e 185 2 / D a ve Ce that deut to 1 ` . ,~ COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BOMBAY MARKET:B, FROM TEE 14TH MARCH TO THE 27TH MARCH, 1854. During the past fortnight our money market has continued dull. In the Bazaar, money has been very scarce among the Shroffs, and the effect is shown in our quotations of Inland Exchanges and Government Securities, all of which are lower. The latter are utterly neglected and scarcely sale able at 99 to 991 for 4 per cent. Company's paper, and Rs. 105 for Sicce paper. The quotations are 30 per cent. premium for Bombay Bank Shares, 85 for Oriental Bank Corporation, 261 for Commercial, and 42 to 44 per cent, for Agra Bank shares. During the last fortnight there has been a better inquiry for goods, at prices rather above those last quoted. Grey long cloth, 36 yds. 40 in.—Since our last an ad vance of from 1 to 3 ans. has taken place on the 8 to 9lbs. cloth, with good inquiry ; on 911bs. and upwards there is no change, with but little inquiry ; 45 in. 101bs. are scarce and wanted. Grey T cloth continues much the same as last re ported. Grey domestics are at present not in request ; a few sales have been force d in most i nstances at a reduction of 1 to 2 ans. under the average of last season's prices. The above remarks do not a pp l y to short wid ths, 24 to f s o 4 r i n e . r B A r e Re scarce e s ; no sal es . 2 a 6 reG in rree . y p 30 yards 2 4 in. are wanted ; 2 i to 51b. saleable at 1 IL 14 annas to 2 R. 10 annas. whicheCrta ported Crie maintains, 24 yards their rey printer, are e Grey Maclopollams continue steady as eAre woo lastis reported. a Grey Jacconets,-8 picky p d 50 40 25 25 20 20 10 10 20 20 50 20 96 51 76i ii. 25 20 2 64 I 2 1 10 1 1 46i 1 20 301 50 I 20 20 per cent 59 8i 20 20 20 20 100 20 20i. 30 20 1 1 10 20 20 20 64} i 15 20 20 20 :GN. ... - 5 a in