The Sun. — London, England, 1854-05-01 00:00:00

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A :o nu es o w „ o re tbe".' te d a" °° :lot , nl ust eted ) countsa a servo t he iittiog t,,e to we re v bich w e d ; reit° t es Win 1 log r 1 In ess•l‘i ~~_ THE ROYAL ACADEMY. Immediately after her Majesty's visit to the royal Academy on Friday afternoon, we were amongst the earliest of those who passed slowly round the three prin- cipal rooms of the Exhibition. As a reward for our punc- tuality in attendance, we were enabled to obtain some thing better than a merely casual glimpse of the paintings arranged along the walls --a rather unusual advantage on the day of " private view," when hats, elbows, and bonnets ordinarily occupy afterwards the chief share of our remembrance. It is perhaps not unworthy of re mark just now, when the evidences of loyal enthusiasm possess a more than customary interest, that the Queen, both on arriving and returning, was greeted on the 28th instant by the assembled crowd with acclamations. Her Majesty an d hi s R oya l Hi g h ne ss the Prince Consort were accompanied on the occasion by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and by two or three of the younger children. During the stay of the royal family within the walls of the .National Gallery, the concourse outside appeared to watch with peculiar sati faction the seven state carriages and the scarlet and gold liveries in attendance. Directly after the Sovereign had taken her departure, we ascended the staircase, and were rewarded, as already intimated, with a leisurely, and what might be called with more reason than usual, a really ".private view" of the preset year's collection. Scarcely ally one had arrived at the time of our entrance, but prior to our taking; leave of it, the gallery had become tolerably well crowded with the privileged throng accus tomed to assemble on this annual occasion of the private view of the Royal Academy—a throng including most of the celebrities of the day, whether members of the aristocracy or members of the republic of literature— the vernal paradise of the tuft-hunter or the hero worshipper, where he may have the delight of rubbing elbow s with eminent statesmen, authors, peers, and academicians. The season of 1854 brings the Royal Academy to its 86th exhibition. So that it has long since passed its grand climacteric. It has survived even the three score years and ten allotted on the average to humanity. It has advanced yet further, and has come to be more than an octogenarian. It is interesting to glance back, even fbr a few hurried moments across the interval of of those eighty-six years, from 1854 to 1768, from the present date of its existence to that of its onginal insti- tution. Curiously enough it is the precise interval occupied by the life of the recently deceased Marquis of Anglesey. When that veteran was born in 1768, the Royal Academy was just then established. He expires, now, in 1854, ripe in years and honours, almost simultaneously with the opening of the academy's eighty-sixth exhibition. At the former date, namely, in the year of our Lord 1768, the French Revolution had not commenced. It was not far from the eve of its breaking out. The last great European war was, therefore, fast approaching the verge of its dread beginning. At this moment the nations are Somewhat similarly, nay, yet more perilously, situated. In this still more memorable year of our Lord 1854, the preliminary sounds of another great European war are already becoming audible—only under rather different circumstances —thanks be to God, under rather different •ircumstances ! Not with England and France opposed to each other in deadly animosity, but with a cordial union established between their people and their Govern- Mentg. Not a war in defence of the " right divine," of absolutism, of tyranny, of " legitimacy" not war of conquest or of spoliation, but a war against despotism, against autocracy, in behalf of the weak, in defence of truth, in vindication of justice, in the triple cause of peace, freedom, and civilisation. It is a wonderful contrast altogether, that presented by the comparison of these two notable dates in the history of the Royal Academy, 1768 and 1854, the date of its foundation and the date of its eighty-sixth anniversary. sow many brilliant triumphs of the brush and of the chisel have been achieved by its more illustrious disciples between the time when Sir Joshua Reynolds held and that 'when Sir Charles Eastlake holds the distinction of its presidency ! How many noble reputations have been made within its walls between the epochs when Oliver Goldsmith and when Henry Hallam enjoyed the hono rary title of the Academy's Professor of Ancient History —between the marvellously contrasting, though after all not such very widely separated, dates when Dr. Johnson and when Mr. Macaulay occupied the Aca demy's chair of the Professorship of Ancient Literature ! A retrospective glance like this, we cannot but feel assured, will be regarded as not altogether invaluable, because we rest satisfied that among the mainr;«, •L -more reflective it will be fauna, especially at this pre sent moment, in many important particulars, altogether wonderfully suggestive. Art flourishes in the midst of War. The truth has been often almost miraculously illustrated. Amongst our neighbours, did not David rise into celebrity as an historical painter, first of all through the civil agonies of the Reign of Terror, and then afterwards through all the sanguinary glories of the empire ? It was the same nearly about the same time with the sister art of Sculp ture. Canova's fame was contemporaneous with that of Napoleon. Art, we repeat, flourishes in the midst of War. History has declared this, experience has proved this, even in the continental lands which have been ravaged by the armies of the belligerents. How much more securely therefore in those countries which, by their Geographical position, are secluded for the most part f rom calamities of that appalling character ! As, for example, in our own " snug little island," where, as on Friday afternoon, the monarch could saunter through the galleries of her Academy of Arts, at the period when her soldiers arebeing despatched. te the Turkish frontiers to op pose the advancing hordes of the northern Autocrat, while h er mighty fleets have gone forth into the Baltic and into the Euxine, to fight, side by side with those of • Prance, the battle of civilisation. Looking nearer home than to France and Italy— the fatherland of David and Canova—we certainly find amongst, ourselves at the present day, that whether art l iourishes in the midst of war or not, the rumours of War have at any rate failed to affect it in any con elijouous manner prejudicially. The collection now °l,oened to public view within the walls of the Royal Academy affords proof of this, proof in every way satis factory. The season of 1854 may in this respect, indeed, .vie with the average of its recent predecessors. The reality of this is shown abundantly among the 1,531 Works of art, in painting and sculpture, here arranged to gether for exhibition. Especially is this the case in reference to a considerable proportion of the 628 more • I.einarkable or more highly favoured pictures disposed al ong the walls of the three principal apartments. 4 - few of these, perhaps half a dozen of them, are distinguished by their extraordinary merit scarcely less th an by their ambitious character. Several others d eserve the praise due to uncommon excellence. A con . eiderable number secure approval by their evidences of t he union of skill, ability, and application. The rest are li g h tly above, or are on a level with, or are a little be lo w, mediocrity. Altogether, therefore, we repeat that t he collection for the season of 1854, the 86th Annual )tliibition of the Royal. nurroeuTete 3441111 the average of ifs 'recent psedecessors. • tr liquestionably the most attractive, perhaps we should la, the most arresting, picture in the whole exhibition 44 ( 3 79) by Daniel Maclise—an enormous painting re- Presenting " Strong bow's Marriage with the Princess vr's the bride being the daughter of Dermot MacMur -1*(101, King of Leinster, and the marriage ceremony taking Place on the battle-field immediately after the terrible and successful siege of the city of Waterford. Gigantic as the canvass, it is for th e most part crow.led with • : I _, various groups introduced, an d every portion of this _ t .raordinary picture, moreover, a pp ears to h ave been finished with the utmost degree of elaboration —an ela boration, indeed, kindred in its minuteness with that Which delineated every petal of the May blossoms in ' • " Alfred in the Camp of the Danes," with that again which defined every individual in his " Caxton's Workshop" in the sanctuary of W esiminster. The principal personages in the centre n a f u the ti are arranged with admirable ; effect— an sfere pathos depicted on the visage of the defeated c• , Inonarch, lovelinessin the form of the bride, valour in th e ° lett and knizletly figure of the bridegroom. Con :. fusedthe ample es :7:: h o o f dead and dying litter the foreground, Whit e fri the rear and high up along the adjacent accli a— - still contending belligerents fills up ti,.aoti_o us n, p h ie ow measur e of the composition. A single exarni ever attentive, of this daring work of art, appre ciation, altogether inadequate for its complete _ Mr. Maclise's large picture_ occupies a con ilePotteau.ous Place in the "Middle Room," and two other raent bl . ° eonfr , ont each other—one on the eastern, the other on the western wall of the same apart In colonr.poet, P. P. • Pool ( -) "The Song of the Troubadours," by whosewe hrecognise the genius of that gif , ed our admiration_ OLO al trln d r,!. h n a gf s s u o p often before commanded of the streets revea - led by t o ' interior of the. hol• C with equal facility the Job, and the grim tragedy . toe lurid light of the brazier . Poole has of Solomon Eagle during the Plague of London. Mr seldom • revealed gr t noble production in which he haesaher power than in the' revealed Fo rin outside pro. the battlements of the Castle obese 'vte:ircue,,thone the seashore, the heroic form of Bertrand de warrior-bard of the 12th century cha LC:Lin themoonlight one of those glorious metrical, ror: • the m . 843 vv il a tI r v s 0 00 lv g e - s ~o e f e nt hseueTroubadours.ii .Never before on can moot-die-it !Itis a triumph of - art. The whole scene is suffused with the nocturnal I splendour—the stars are paled by it—and there trails across the sea that broad flood of the glory of the moon beams, which we remember one of our most poptilar ing writers lets said, very beautifully, appeared to him in the day dreams of his childhood, to be the veritable pathway up to heaven. One can hear, in imagination, on that calm summer night in Provence, under the walls of that grey old castle, in the midst of the lustre of that divine moonlight, mingled with the sound of the surges not far off, and with the rippling strings of the lyre played in accompaniment to the war song, the grand, vibrant, sonorous tones of the voice of Bertrand de Boru, chaunting to the winds of night his triumph as a troubadour. In (403) 'The Last Sleep of Argyll," by E. M. Ward, we have an affecting historical incident, realised with all the vividness of reality. This picture, we learn from the catalogue, is one of a series painted for the Commons' corridor, by order of the Royal Com missioners. It is a work in every respect worthy of its destination ; and cannot fail, we believe, materially to enhance Mr. Ward's already high but still rising reputa tion. Unlike the majority of his productions of a similar character—such, for example, as his representation of the " Execution of Montrose," or of "Napoleon signing his divorce from Josephine," or of " Louis XVI. and his Family in the Temple," or of "Charlotte Corday on her way to the Scaffold," wherein Robespierre, Danton, and Desna-mlins were portrayed as almost within arm's length of the "Angel of Assassination "—unlike those paintings, in all of which so many contrasting figures were introduced, the production contributed to the Royal Academy Exhibition for the present season by Mr. Ward contains only three figures altogether—the form of the recumbent Argyll, that of the gaoler, and that of the renegade privy councillor. The incident is taken from a passage in Macaulay's " History of Eng land"—a touching incident here, most pathetically treated. Sir Edwin Landseer contents himself with two contributions to the gallery—one (360) being an other of his inimitable dog-portraits, " Dandie Dinmont, the favourite old Skye terrier of ber Majesty the Queen," and the other, the more important work of the two (63), a large painting representing " Royal Sports on Hill and Loch," a picture in which the Queen, the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, and Viscountess Jocelyn are cleverly introduced. Prince Albert is assist ing her Majesty out of a boat- both gazing at the same time with evident satisfaction at the pile of slaughtered deer in the foreground, the heir apparent on a pony to the left, and the Viscountess unobtrusively in the background. Although Clarkson tanfield has three other pictures in the collection, (315) will be regarded as the only one of an importance worthy of hi- reputation—a wonderful glimpse of snowy moun tain scenery, being a view of the " Pic du Midi d'Ossau,' in the Pyrenees. Mr. Webster indulges his many admirers with three pictures—all of them small—but one of them (85), "The Villager's Offering," capital as a limning of rustic childhood. Mr. Roberts has contrived to be almost as industrious as ever, though the loveliest of his Venetian scenes cannot compensate for the lack of another of his marvellous interior views of cathedral architecture. Mr. Jones preserves to himself his pre eminence as a battle painter by his inspiriting memento (13) of the victory of Hyderabad. There is another of those luscious sunrises of mingled crimson and gloom, in (34) "The Departure of Ulysses from Ithaca," which Mr. Danby pints as with the pencil of the Magician of the Landscape. For all the picture tells us to the contrary, however, the hero of it might be the father of Gulliver quite as well as the father of Tele machus. The happiest product this year of the easel of Mr. Uwins, is (79) " A. Cabin in a Vineyard," a charm ing view, brought from the land of the grape, not a hundred miles, we fancy, from Bordeaux. A graceful embellishment to one of the daintiest passages in the most delicately elaborated of all the poems of Pope, is given, we are rejoiced to observe, by Mr. Leslie, in (192) his well-selected scene from the " Rape of the Lock." Sir Plume is the very perfection of empty headed foppishness, precisely the 'man in all the world to be— delights our eye with a truly national laa;:.lscaPef as in (326) he charms us with a glimpse of the sylvan st:.. l itud e of " The Mid-wood Shade." A curious effect of water) air is produced by Mr. Creswick in (302) "The Pass ing Cloud," one of the most notable works in this de partment of the exhibition. Another of Mr. Anthony's microscopic delineations of foliage (420), " Nature's Mirror," cannot by possibility be overlooked. In portraits the Gallery is for the present season pe culiarly rich—in portraits, we mean, of superior excel ' lence. The most commendable among all which are un questionably two very noble paintings from the master-hand of F. Grant, the academician (69) " Mr. Macaulay," and (193) a full length of " Lord John Russell." Both are wonderfully life like, and hit off exactly the character, or the intellectual personality as it may be termed, of the two distinguished statesmen. There are two other historical portraits, as they may be called, which will be recognised by many as having been already exhibited elsewhere in the galle ries of popular printsellers—(l4) " His . ltriperial Majesty Napoleon III.," by J. G. Middleton—a surprisingly good likeness ; and (247) " Nelson meditating in the Cabin of the Victory, previously to the Battle of Tra falgar," a picture some months since mentioned by our selves in these columns eulogistically. Personages of various note will be recognised in effigy in all parts of the collection. Here (74) " Viscount Gough," by Grant, in the dress worn by the noble veteran in his battles in Hindostan. Here (133) the "Duchess of Argyll and the Marquis of Lon]," by W. S. Herrick—neither mother nor son, however, in this latter picture, painted very pleasingly. There (206) " Lord Dufferin in his robes as a Peer,' ;a production of considerable merit by A. Schyfer, although marred in some measure by the hardness of Pre-Raphaelisin. There, again (372), the brave old " Earl uf Dundonald," by W. Ross. Yonder H. Wei gall's recollection (381) of the "Duke of Wellington," and, not far from it, T. N. Joy's well-known portraiture of the gallant Sir Charles Napier, the Baltic Commander in-Chief. Several others might be particularised in de served terms of commendation. But among the many meritorious portraits of private individuals scattered through the collection, an especial word of praise is com manded for itself by (321) the exceedingly clever "Portrait of a Lady," by T. Brigstock, an artist of already advanced, but still advancing, reputation. It may not be forgotten that it was to the brush of Mr. Brigstock the public were indebted for that remarkable full-length painting of Cardinal Wiseman, robed in his scarlet vesture, which a season or two back arrested such general observation. The present work from the same hand reveals in several particulars an evident advance in the artist's already recognised skill as a portrait painter. Without any know ledge whatever of the original, it is obvious at a glance that the picture has the peculiar merit of a vraisent blance. Another portrait revealing particular ability in the artist is (198) that of the Rev. E. Hearn, by E. Kaulbach—a work of art full of thoughtful expression and intellectual individuality. There are numerous other heads hardly less ingeniously pencilled, several of them, as, for instance, the portraits of "Dr. Forbes Wins low" (128), of " Colonel Sabine" (182), and of the late " Viscount Beresford" (125), depicting men of celebrity in various departments or professions. A cursory glance is all we have yet been enabled to take at the numerous contributions to the collection of sculpture arranged in the downstairs apartment. It is difficult, however, to pass over without allusion in this division of the exhibition, to the exquisite bronze relievi by Matthew Noble— (1398 and 1400)—illustrative of the " Bridge of Sighs" and of the "Dream of Eugene Aram," portions of the now famous monument on the eve of being erected over the grave of Thomas Hood in Kensal-green Cemetery. The former of these emi nently beautiful works of art is expressive in every graceful line and swell of the metal of the pathos of the poor poet's stanza : "Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care, Fashioned so slenderly, Young and so fair l" The latter relievo is, on the other hand, delineative of the picture conjured up in those pensive verses—now blithe, now sorrowful : " Like sportive deer they coursed about, And shouted as they ran— Turning to mirth all things of earth, As only boyhood can ; But the Usher sat remote from all, A. melancholy man." SHARE MARKETS• (TIIIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prises' Saturday. BusineMa done Saturday. -- of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane." We venture to predict a wide popularity for Mr, Frank Stone's (258) version of "The Old, Old Story," whenever it shall be reproduced in an engraving. It i s delicious. According to Mr. Charles Dickens "the old, old story" is Death, judging from his account of little Paul Dorabey's departure. According to Mr. Frank Stone. " the old, old " z--- -if we may guess from that coy maiden listening, half fluttered, half-delighted, to the whispered nonsense of the comely young fisherman. In (330) eery one will recognise at the first glance the delightful mannerism of Mr. Frost—his chef d'ceavre for 1854 being a group sym• bulical of "Chastity," as suggested by an allegoric pas sage of exquisite beauty occurring in Milton's masque of " Comus.:' Mr. Goodall has had recourse to a more modern poet for inspiration. A couplet in Mr. Rogers' " Pleasures of Memory" exactly depicts the central charm of his admirable picture of (50) "The Swing"— round which we have watched the observant faces of the urchins wondering at the little lassie as she Besides these touching tributes from the genius of the arubt, to Lunt or tile ueparted poet, Mr. Noble, we ob serve, has contributed to the Academy this year, besides another bust, a vigorous and lifelike semblance (1489) of George Stephenson, the Watt of Railroads and the Newton of Engineering. In the room devoted to drawings and miniatures it will be seen that Sir W. C. Ross has proved himself, as so often before, industrious. No less than eight of his graceful and inimitable portraits are contributed to the collection by Mr. Carrick—the artist fame I long since for his popular and well-known drawings of such celebrities as the noble Lord the present Leader of the House of Commons, as the . great Italian Basso, or as the yet greater Irish Liberator. Lance, of course, contributes another of his gorgeous fruit-pieces (435) : and, though last, not least, the distinguished President of the Royal Academy con fides this year to his one isolated picture of "Irene" (129), the difficult but not overwhelming task of sustain ing his artistic reputation. " Soared in the swing half pleased, and half afraid, Thro' sister elms that waved their summer shade." From Mr. Gooc all this season we are compelled to con tent ourselves with this one production. Somowha tantalising I But then—how many are altogether absent from the gallery this year among our more eminent artist-con temporaries ! Mr. Mulrea,cly, as usual, has nothing— resting, as he well may at last, upon the ample laurels of his reputation. Neither has Mr. Dyce anything. Nor has Mr. Herbert. Nor has Mr. Elmore. And we believe we might, with a little trouble, still further extend the list of the defaulters among the academicians. Conspicuous, however, among all the more notable painters who contribute nothing whatever to the collection of 1854 conspicuous, although only an associate—is Mr. Millais, the leader of the pre-Raphael ites. His absence, for once, from among the number of competitors for public applause, is sincerely to be regretted. For of late his unquestionably high genius has revealed the progress of a manifest and remarkable ' development. The school, or rather the revival-of-the school, of which he may be regarded as the chief origi nator, and as certainly the principal champion and ornament—is but indifferently represented even by a gifted disciple like Mr. Hunt, the most notable among all the disciples of Mr. Millais—from the former of whom we have this year (337) " The Awakened Con science," and (508) "The Light of the World," each in its way astonishingly clever, but both wonderfully ex travagant. Although an academician, Mr. Cope, by the way, has, particularly of late, shown himself some thing of a pre-Raphaelite. In testimony of which we have simply to refer to (217) " The Friends," and to (84) " Baby's Turn"—the latter especially fraught with the graces of truth and tenderness. - Several humorous pictures of more than common merit shine out through all the surrounding seriousness of the collection. Pre-eminent among then we would at ?ace 1144011/61) alt titeZea'Side;"-i'birtori: —an elaborate representation of the gaietio and oddities of a watering place, pencilled with much of the fun of. Hood, and' with some of the wisdom of Hogarth. Im mediately after this exceedingly clever performance, come the companion paintings of Mr. Solomon—(314) "First Class : the Meeting," and (361) " Second Class : the Parting"—the last mentioned, however, mingling some what of the pensive also with the broadly humorous. As THE CANADA WORKS, BIRKENHEAD. The Canada Works are a thing of magic, in the rapi dity with which they have been constructed and brought into active operation. Here it is that Messrs. Brassey, Jackson, Peto, and Betts, the contractors for the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, are constructing their plant and materials for carrying on that great undertaking. The premises are very extensive and as complete as pos sible. The main building is 900 feet in length by 36 feet in width, and there are also other erections. The yard encloses a long water basin, where coals and other neces. sary stores are landed at the very spot where they are wanted. Besides this, the line of railway is carried from the docks to all parts of the yard. The establishment is divided into two distinct compartments ; one for the manufacture of locomotives, waggons, carriages, and plant, and the other for the construction of bridges ; for all the large bridges on the Canada Railway are to be tubular and one of them, over the St. Lawrence, will he a mile and three-quarters in length, throwing into the shade all previous attempts at tubing, the famous Britannia Bridge included. The general management of the Canada Works is in the hands of Mr. Harrison, a gentleman of great experience in such matters ; and the " bridge department" is superintended by Mr. Evans, who E brings equal ability to the performance of his duties. The main building is, of course, divided into separate E c compartments, the principal of which is the fitting, turn ing, and erecting shop, a noble room, 300 feet long. , There is, also, the boiler makers' shop, the smithy (wish 22 furnaces), the brass-moulders and copper-smiths' shop, the pattern-makers' shop, the cast-iron foundry, the warehouse, the store, and other smaller "shops." The bridge department includes two "shops"—the emitli,y..aed the plating-room. Spacious offices, and a euitable houeielbr the, "foreman's' residenee, 'stand letsel:Led from the other buildings. There is, also, sta bling for a number of horses employed in " out-door " work. The premises include an eating-room and a read- , ing-room, for the use of the artisans employed. The locomotives and their tenders are entirely con structed at these works, as also all the castings, mould- ings, and forging—in fact, all the iron-work—for the carriages and waggons of the Grand Trunk Railway ; but the wood-work and fitting-up of the latter are, for very obvious reasons, effected in Canada, principally It Montreal. Two large stationary high pressure engines, of 30-horse power each, supply the motive power to the numerous slotting, planeing, punch b machines, steam h ammers, and • other me obanical • contrivances for assisting the labour of harelicraftsmen. These machines are constructed by Whitworth and Naysmith, of Manchester, Shank, of Johnston, near Glasgow. The locomotives are constructed ten at a time, and the first batch often are now drawing towards completion—five of them for passenger and the other five for goods traffic. It is expected that steam will be up, and the first five of these ready for delivery at their destination by the end of May. It will be in teresting to many to state that the Grand Trunk Rail way of Canada is on neither the " broad" nor the " nar row gauge" principle. The Canadian gauge 5 feet 6 inches. The contractors have bought a large vessel to be employed solely in conveying the locomotive and car riage work across the Atlantic, and her 'tween decks are being opened up and fitted so as to give great stowage for such heavy freight. She can lay alongside the yard, where there it a powerful crane that will hoist her car goes on board as they are completed. • Of the ultimate extent of the operations carried on at the Canada Works, it may be somewhat premature to speak just now, but the number of men employed now is upwards of 300, and every week additional hands are being taken on until the maximum of 600 is reached. Che wages of the mechanics range from 28s to 34s per week, the average being 31s. 6d. The monthly expendi ture in wages alone is now upwards of 5,000/. ; and, when the works are in full operation, it will be more than double that amount, or at the rate of 1 20,000/. per annum—all, or nearly all, of which will be spent amongst the shopkeepers of Birkenhead. It is calculated that the works are capable of turning out 40 locomotives, with their tenders, in the course of a year, which, at the mo derate estimate of 2,5001. for each locomotive (they are very large and powerful ones), gives 100,002/. annum for the work of that department alone. double that and m am is o ce u l a lan t, e a o u u d s woe: of work turned out ye- beabclay.rrir carriage, worth Feat . • The people or as speedily as possible, --ailway will becom.p,e, • er-time, and the machinery , v the Canada'.3ooWoooroklii have 300,0001, ‘Jana-dala- alvier:tithleuds the assurance that their illn,trativo of the manners and customs of England in this age of railroads, love, and adventure, Mr. Solo mon's twin pictures of First and Second Class are drolly awl delightfully characteristic. Several attractive works of a somewhat less pretentious description than those already mentioned deserve, however, to be here especially particularised. The visitor will not fail to remark with interest the quaint little sketch (9) of " Cinderella," by George Cruikshank—in which the crickets, and the rats, and the pumpkin figure very prominently. There is some humour too in (176) "Dr. Johnson at Cave's the publisher," by 11. Wallis—at least in the supercilious expression of the serving -maid, who brings. the plate of meat behind the screen to the poor thread bare scholar. Considerable sweetness of expression is thrown into the faces of the tiny toddling "Children in the Wood," (344) painted by J. Sant, with colours taken from the palette of the Pre-Raphaelite. We can not but recognise at a glance, moreover, in (390) " The Lady Emily" of G. Landseer, abundant promise both in skill of hand and in liveliness of imagination. The thought is taken from the " White Doe of Rylstone." We shall look for still bette shings from the young artist when he goes in quest of his theme elsewhere than to the rhythmical feebleness of Wordsworth. A smile will, we doubt not, be provoked from the lips of the majority of observers by R. Hannah's representa tion (426) of " The Countess of Nith s d ale Petitioning George L,"--a picture distinguished b y i ts preposter ously grotesque exaggeration. Of landscapes; this year, there are but few ,in the Royal Academy's collection deserving of any particular comniendation. Messrs. Lee and Cooper, however. still labour together in such wise as to command every now and then our cordial and unaffected admiration. As, .for example, in (362). that ;. lovely, perspective, ql the boUgh-eanopiad road . with the flock - of sheep scattered about it in shadow and sunshine. Mr. Redgrave, in (212) "An Old EngliEll How • 47t,fFiStead 14ur ZS k A „,4 4 12 cl w oriits.4 _ _ . _ „ . Tim gLINT.....LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAT l, 1854. 1 all 1 all Os. all !O 6 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all 11 all 13.5 ;5 124y ' Agua Fria 1 Anglo Austen. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blaenarc'on Ir. & Coal ,British Austrlu. Gold British Iron Brazilian Imp. (issued 10 all 15 1 1 6 _ 1, 1 - p d 1 2 1 8 10 15 1. all 5 all 5 all ;0 all 2 all 2 all 3 all 1 all 3 all 1 all at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek IClarendon Con. Min 1 all 1) 9 1 all 1 all 1 all !O all 4 5 li 2 29 31 i —11 d Co. of Jamaica.- Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo popper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 71 p. cent English and Austrin Copper Smeltg. Co General Great Nugget Vein Do. Registered Great Polgooth Liberty Linares Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. Aar iquita Nlexicau&S.Ammicn. New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgibaud Silver . Lead Min. de Smelt. Port Philip Quartz Rock Illymuey Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba Routh Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller VVest Granada West Mariposa Worthing Mining of Australia e•••• Yuba 39 - tl 10 -12 i 50 - 60 2 - 4p li - 2i .. ... i - 1 1 - 16 5 1 1 all all 5 15 10 1 all .0 7 , ;8i all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 12s. 1 I all 10 - 11 Antvrerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to GraiSSOSSae i 6 - 7 4 - i I -= "i 15 17 par an 29 31 8 10 4 4 g 2i 3i d Bombay, Baroda, an Central In dia,ScriT Central of Italy Charleroi dt Ercineliu Demerara Dijon an Besancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Ex - tension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France rd. Trunk of Canada Do. Debentures Do. do . • : •• • i.l i d lat,.Centra l of France Gt.Wosternof Canada - Shares Do. Bands (Ist is.)'s7 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle 'Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. pref -" - Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Pref Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. pref.._ Lyons and Geneva Lyons d; Mediterran, 72 - 74 Aadras Maria Antonia Do. do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of Franco Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (Imp. B.& Ams. Shs. ) NorwegiauTrunkPref Paris and Lyons D,',! , to Bonds Paris .2r.cl Orleans Paris awn _Rouen Paris and &Osborn% ParisCaen & Chei'2 )l Y. Quebec & Richmonci Rouen and ria,vre Royal Danis' , Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5A p. cent. Pref. Southern of France.. St. Andrew's and i id li lid 5 4 dl 3 2 dl 43 45 36 - 38 65 - 67 6i - 7i 4 —Sad xn 6 1 5 4d - -i P 3d 4 _7 i t _ 24p 1 1 P .d 4} 3 d 214 9 11 - lop 8 —10 p dis 5 3 11 11 —11 d 3i 2id Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5? per c. Pref 1 Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand 1 --- id 6i - 71 29} :: io 8 —9 xn 12 1242 41 43xd 31 29 --- 29 ... 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Pork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJune Dundee Perth&Aber deep Junction Do. New. ...... East Anglian Do., (XlB E & !E as t e rn Counties Eastern Union, A Stock De., B. Stock 0., Now A East Lancashire Edinburgh& Glasgow Cdinb. and Peebles Edin. Pith & Dundee Forth & Clyde June, LG ilasgow E:. Westo Greattrorthern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Stli. &West.(lre.) Great Western rish South-Eastern 4 master & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New . Thirds .„ Lancash.andYorksli Do., Fifths D 3., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Orsby.&Southpt London & Blackwati Lond. Tills. & Sthend. Loud. Bright A S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/.5h.,M&8 ,„( Do. Eighths London andS. Westu Do., £5O ........ Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch .Shef.& Linclu Do., Man. & Lin. Un. Midland Do. Birmng. & Derby Alidld. G. West. (Ire. Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoia and Rostrevor. Norfolk ....... Northn.Counties Un. North British ...... North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 .. 0., A Deferred... i 0., B Guaranteed orth London ........ Do. New £lO N.St.S.Wstrn.,Harap stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central , Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Bi i mg Do. L. Qs N. Western Guaranteed St tek hrewsby. & fletefd hrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; Do. Halves, i 6. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dm2 IDo Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darling. Stockton & Taff Vale De. £lO shares Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny 'Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London Wimbledu & Croydon York Newctl. &Bent Do. Extensions Do, G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland PREFERENCE SHARES. . 100 berdeen t. 100 Do. No. 2, p. c. 5 30 Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) rt. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 10 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... t. 100 Caledonian £lO 5 all heater & Holyhead Guar. 56 per cent 64 64 Cork &Bandonsl p. c 61 all DuudeePerth &Aber deen Junction 3?, all EastAnglian (X3los) 6 per cent all sO. (L 5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (X 7 17s) 7 p. c all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. I all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. C. St all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 10/. Debentr.Sh [oo East Lancash.6 pets. all East and West York. shire June. Pref all Edinb Pith. &Dundee 56 per cent. 100 Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Nof thn. sp. c 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem , at 10 p. c. prem 10 Do. 46 p. c. Scrip 6 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prct all Gt. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) 5 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh. 6 Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) [OO Do.coY..reigthhe , [OO Do. con. iod. 4p. c 1.00 Do. irred. 4p, c 6 Lan. &York. F. £2( [OO Do. 6p. c. Stock 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No.l 9 Do. Quarters, 1848_ 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 13. c 100 Do. Pref., sp. ,c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852.............. . 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton . . .......... 5 London.& S. Western Con. Third 5 . ...... .... all Londonderry&CobV. , 6 Shares all Londy. &Ennis.iSh. all Man., Shef., & Shares, No. 1. all Do. New, £lO ....... 46 Do. £6 ................. all Jlarypt & Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 46 percent....... ........ 5 10 St. 5 1N D 0.... 100 Pibt.Coneol.6 p.c.St.l 100'. Dolkeintspl. Bristol St . . Bin, 6 per cent.... 5 be. Pref. 44 pe r cent 6 Norfolk Debenture .. 100 Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock 100 Do. sp. c. Eat .....•• 100 Do, 5i per ct . pref.... 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c. 100 North British ......... all North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford, Worcester, at Welverh. £15,6 p.c. 15 Do.. . . .................. all Scot. Cent., New Pref all Shrews. St Birr.u.N.G. all Shrewsby. & Closter (Nor.W.lsliu), S p.C. 10 Do. 5 per cent....... all South Devon ........ .. . L De. fixed, 4,1; percent. all S. Eaetern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Ito,l\ 1 s D o id 4 r lp s e h r , c ip ea x t . . 611 .. m ..... all Stockton and Dar. lingtou, 4 por cent. 5 Do. do. do i all Stockton and aortic pool, guar. 5 p. c• till Ist July, 1856 ; 3 Waterfd.StKilk.. 6 p. c . . 100 York, Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref. 5 IDo 10 York&N.Midlandli, and S. rureb ii = .i 6 6 - 64 2 - 3i 3 i - P 121 - liP 23 - 24 ... - - ►Pata . a 3t. {1 00 ;0 B2 ;0 all all a I 28 76 all 2 184 ',5 30 ;t. 1100 >t. 100 10 io 45 ;5 I 0 0,5 I all L all !O all 8 it. 100 it. 100 .0 56 it. 100 LO 1 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 021 all 113, .6 2 >t. 100 .9i 18 A 114 i 0 all . ;0 all 1 all it. 100 it. 100 !O 12 LO 1 1.2 26 it. 100 5 all ;5 all it. 100 :2s 44 it. 100 it. 100 50 474 n 174 10 all >t. 100 64 5 5 174 i 0 7i . 0 .0 all ;t. 100 i 0 36 ;t. 100 L 6 16 L 6 all 8 , all 8 8 sil LO IV is :0 all :0 10 ',01:1 1 ;t. Iwo A 2/ 2s ;t. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 1.00 [0 10 ;6i all L3A I all N) 1 all 0 -all IL 100 50 all 20 15 20 5 20 2/ 2s 25 all, 1G Bt. 100 10 8 St. 100 25 21 9 17 !O all Ti 116 ?,0 all LO 51s. it. 100 5 20 i 5 130' it. 100 90 53 I 2, 151 .1.2 i 1 59 i 55 4 864 75 k 120 19i 2B, 725; i 001 1 1 98j 20 96 1 100 100 771 20 19i 1. 681sti li per cant. I 21 691 60 59i 1 2( 34i • I 1( 3 - n .xd 113 105 9 i -9i 10 7i 8 .. xd 6i - 128 - op• .... ... gel , ••• !I !!"-. I •.• ••• •.• P •••.' ••• 6i 8 9# Par ... •••' • SO 129 131 14d ••• •• '••• N• 94 \\.- 96 - 8 - 81 15i - 16 94 ,- 11 - 13 - iF r 224 - 98 - 100 15 - 20 °""" ••• ••• ••• ~. ` .:.. 1 al 87 . -4- 92 31.?. it t t is JOINS 'Australasia 'British Colonial Bank I and Loan Company British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. lank. of India, Australia, & China colonial Commercial of Lend English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminster National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales EOrientalProvincial New Bank ial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg, & Gold Imp Co—, South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London I FOREL 0 I all 5 I all 5 5 10 25 .0 all 5 1 1,5 I all :5 all 1.0 I 9 5 I 3 0 I all 7i all span 5 lO 10 30 0 all K)` all 0 5 5 all LO lO 5 2 5 3 10 5 .0' all . O 2 0 all .6 all .O 1 au L 0 all .0 all :0 all .0,1 10i 9 I all !O I 6 8 all 10 all tO 10 LO 7 N:1 2 ?0 15 zu 1J 1 4ealuuti. MISCELLANEOUS 5 all Aubin Coal and Iron ... ••• 25 Austra.lian Agricult. 37 38 20 14 k.ustralsn.Pcitle.Mail 10 8 .kustraln. Royal Mail ..• 10 4 Ilerlin Water Works 50 40 Brit. American Land •,. .•• 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. 100 32 Canada — 80 5 5 Crystal Palace 6i 6 1 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France •• • 20 3 Eastern Steam ••• ••• 25 20 ElectriiA•clograpb(A) 16 18 25 all Do. (B) ..• ••• 1 1 Electric Teleg. o 1 Ir. •.. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ••• 20 18 General Screw Steam ••• ••• 20 7 i Irish Yeettoot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 3 Netherlands Laud—. 1 3 2 1 N. S. IV. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. 1 all B. Australasian... 1 1 Do. New — 20 10 Nrth.ofFuropeSteam • 5 a ll Nei Br. Ld. Sr, Minrl. 1 d 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 50 35 Do. 2 all Portland Irc - 1 Co 100 60 Royal Mai! team ••• ••• •• • 1 all Scot. Austrr.' .In vest. SI 2 ‘xorl x d 25 25 South Austral. Land 34 36 1 all Salomar. Telegraph — 1 1 all Do. Registered 100 • 28:1 Van Dionen's Laud 1 -•- 11 DREADFUL COLLISION AND Loss OF 180 LIVES IN THE BRITISH CHANNEL.- -PORTSMOUTH, Saturday.— The Bremen bark Favourite, Capt. Hoegman, with 180 passengers on board, which sailed on the 23d inst. from Bremen for Baltimore, came into collision yesterday , morning, at two o'clock, off the Start, with the Ameri can bark Hesper, of Newburyport, Capt. Jones, from Charleston for Antwerp. The Favourite was struck on the starboard bow, and cut down to the water's edge, her foremost at the same time going by the board. The captain, mate, and four of the crew got on board the American during the collision, leaving the unfortunate passengers to their sad and untimely fate. Thepa yourite is supposed to have gone do wn instantly, th 180 human beings, as nothing could be seen of her at daylight. Some of the crow were supposed to have got into a boat, but nothing has been seen or heard c o de d The American sustained some damage, but proc on her voyage. The captain, mate, and men that escaped were brought on shore by the Agenora, pilot-boat, and pl...ced under the direction of Mr. Vandenbergh, the Bremen consul at this port. JUSTICE TO WOMEN. —Surely there is work wanting to be done in the marital code of England Surely there are wrongs to be redressed and reforms to be made that have gone too long unmade ! Surely . we have here a righteous quarrel with the laws —more righteous than many that have excited louder cries. Justice to women. No fanciful rights, no unreal advantages, no prepos teruus escape from womanly duty for the restless, loud, and vain ; no mingling of women with the broils of political life, nor opening to them of careers which nature herself has pronounced them incapable The rogition of their of following following ; no high-flo wn assertion of equality in kind but simple jus tice. gnitionec of n their natural right viduality as wives , the reco as mothers, the pe rmission to them to live by their own honourable industry , untaxed by the legal right and moral wrong of any man to claim as his own that for which he has not wrought—reaping where he has not sown, and gathering where he has not strewn. Justice to women. Th is is what the phrase means ; this is where the thing is truly wanted ; here is an example of the great injustice done to them, and of their maltreat ment under the eyes of a whole nation, by the law.— Diamed the y 1331 2 Li dis 95 4 .L ALLIZICET NEWS--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of wheat on sale in the country markets held on Saturday were somewhat on the increase. For all kinds the d .mand ruled heavy, at a decline in the quota tions of from is to 2s per quarter. In barley, very little was doing on easier terms. Oats, beans, and peas, sup ported former currencies ; but flour was dull, and easier to purchase. The continental markets have been rather inactive for most articles. In the United States, the trade has been excited, and a considerable advance iu the value of wheat nd flour has taken place. Up to our market, last week, the receipts of English grain were very moderate. From abroad, we received 52,047 quarters of wheat, 7,053 barley, 38,563 oats, 530 beans, 71 peas, 69 tares, 382 linseed, 857 rapeseed, 2,725 sacks, and 6,405 barrels of flour. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market, this morning, were on a very moderate scale, and there was very little addition to the supply of that grain by land carriage. The show of samples of both red and white was limited ; nevertheless, the demand for all descriptions was in a very inactive state. In some instances, prices were a shade lower on this day se'nnight ; and the amount of business doing was limited. _ _ For forward delivery, scarcely a transaction took place. We wero heavily supplied. with all kinds of foreig n wheat. The inquiry for all descriptions was confined to immediate wants, and low and middling parcels were lower to purchase. The arrival of floating cargoes off the coast continues good. The show of both English and foreign barley was season ably large. Although the business doing in that grain was comparatively small, no actual decline took place in prices. The transactions in malt were devoid of interest. In prices we have no change to notice. With oats we were well supplied. Sales progressed steadily, at full quotations. Beans were in short supply and good request, at an ad vance of Is. per quarter. Peas and flour sold heavily, at barely stationary prices. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red .• new 74s to 843 old 763 873 otto, White new 76s 88s Ditt0........ old 763 90s 'Norfolk and Lin coin, Red, old 74s 843 Ditto new •• •• 74. 84s Rye—Old .... • • .... .. 51s 52s New •• •• ........ 503 51s Barley—Grinding ..• .. 363 383 %Salting . • • • • . • • • 393 41s ... 423 44s Valt—Suffolkand Nor folk ....•....... 66s 71s Brown.•••••• 603 623 KinggtonandWare 730 75s Malt—Chevalier •... 758 to 76• Oats Yorkshire and Lineolnsk.,Feed 30s 34s Potato ...... .• • 32s 36 5 Youghal and Cork Black.•••••• 305 33s Cork, White .•• .• 293 35s Scotch, Feed. • • 34s 36s Beans—Tick ..• • • .... 45s 54s Pigeons ...... ••.. 49 66s Peas—Grey .• ...... 44s 48s Maple..• •. •• 48s 53s White... • • ...... 56s 62s Boilers •• • • 56s 60s Flour—Towu-made. •. 688 709 Suffolk .• •• • 605 64s Stockti & Norfolk GOs 665 SMITHFIELD. Last week's imports of foreign stock into London were decidedly on the increase, the total supply being only 1,104 head. In the corresponding week in 1853 we re ceived 3,550 ; in 1852, 1,944 ; in 1851, 1,647 ; in 1850, 1,360 ; in 1849, 1,211; in 1848, 1,090; and in 1847, 1,241 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Hamburgh 153 40 ... Rotterdam B2 154 ... Harlingen 204 ... 30 ... Ostend — ... Amsterdam 20 Bordeaux Dordt..... . Antwerp 192 ... - 34 ... 2 --- •.. ---- •.• --- •.• - 20 ... - ... 13 ... - Total . 244 - 319 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 853 9OB 2,124 1 474 43 852 3BO ... 992 22 535 ... 5 .S5l 443 ... 772 ... 11 348 ... 73 850 338 ... 607 ... 2 303 ... 849 252 750 ... 239 ... The show of foreign stock in to-days market was mode rately good, both as to number and quality. From our own grazing districts the receipts of beasts fresh up to-day were rather extensive, and in excellent condition. Still, however, tho demand for all breeds ruled steady, at Friday's advance in the quotations of 2d per Sibs. The primest Scots sold readily at 4s 6d per Slbs, and a good clearance was effected. The receipts of beasts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire amounted to 2,200 Scots and short-horns ' • from other parts of England, 700 of various breed s ; and from Scotland, 700 horned and polled Scots. With sheep we were well supplied. Although the de mand for that description of stock wag by no means so active as on Friday, when prices advanced 2d per Sibs, sales progressed steadily, at full value. The highest value of the best old Downs in the wool was 5s 2d per 81bs. Lambs, the supply of which was seasonably extensive, were tolerably firm, at full currencies —viz., 5s 6d to 7s DOT Slbs. There was a full average business doing in calves, at last week's currency. The prituest veal was worth 5s 61 per Slbs._ We had a slow sale for pigs, on former terms. Per Slbs to sink the offals. s. d. B. d.l a. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 4;PrimcSouthdown 5 0 5 2 Second quality.... 3 6 3 8 Larc., , c crse. calves 4 6 5 2 Prime large oxen 310 4 2!Prime small do._ 5 4 5 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 4 4 &Large hogs 3 0 4 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 8 3 10!Small porkers 4 4 4 8 Second quality ...4 0 4 6LSuckliugealves ..22 0 29 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 8 4 lOQuarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 Lambs ss 6d to 7s Od. 1 FOREIGN SITFPLY. Beft.iti .. ••• • • • .......... 4/68 f Beasts ••..• • • • . ..•• • • .. . 264 Sheep .. ••. .. ...... .. .. .. 25,020 sheep .. •••••• • • • • ...... 470 'al ves .••.••••• .. .. .. .. 2H; Calves .• • • ••..•• .. 167 Puts.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29i Pigs— ......... .. .. ...... -- TOTAL SUPPLY. A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, May 2, 1853, and this day, Monday, May 1, 1854. Per Blbs, to sick the otals. May 2, 1554. May 1, 1853 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior bea5t5......3 oto 3 2 3 2to 3 4 S econ d quality ditto ... 4 3 6 3 6 3 S P r ime large oxen ..• "'3 8 3103 10 4 2 P r i me Scots, die ... 4 0 4 2 4 4 4 6 Coarse and inferior sheep ... 4 0 42 3 S 310 Second quality ditto ... 4 4 4 8 4 0 4 6 Prime coarse woolled ditto „. 410 5 0',4 8 410 ' Prime Southdown ditto .. 5 2 5 4'5 0 5 Lambs ... 5 0 6 05 6 7 0 Large coarse calves 3 6 4 2'4 6 5 2 Prime small ditto ... ..• ..• ... 4 4 4 8',5 4 5 Large h0g5............... 3 0 3 613 0 4 2 Neat small porkers 3 8 4 44 4 4 8 Beasts... ..• ... 4,303 4,66 S Sheep ... , • 24,300 25,020 228 Pigs 310 SUPPLIES ON SALE, May 3, 1852.—Beasts, 3,974 ; sheep and lambs, 23,940; calves, 226; pigs, 350. May 5, 1851.—Beasts, 3,974 ; sheep and lambs, 25,460 ; calves, 233 ; pigs, 360. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Since our last report very moderate supplies of each kind of meat have been offer in these markets. The general de mand is steady, and prices are well supported in every instance. Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 4 1 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do., middling ..... 3 8 4 2 Do., prime large 3 3 3 10 . Do., prime 4 4 4 6 Do., do. small ....3 10 4 0 1 Veal 4 0 5 4 Pork, large 344 2 i Pork, small 44 4 8 Lamb ss 4d to 6s 10d. BOROUGH HOP. Wo continue to have a moderate inquiry for most kinds of hops, the supply of which is limited, at late rates. Last week's imports wero 11 bales from Antwerp. The quo tations aro—Mid and East Kent pockets, 61. lOs to 121. Os ; Weald of Kent, 6/. Os to 71. Os ; Sussex, 51. 12s to 6/. lOs per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since Monday last the arrivals of potatoes, coastwise and by land carriage, have been on a very moderate scale. The supply to-day is small, and a steady business is doing, as follows :—York Rege nts, 120 s to 155 s ; Kent and Essex ditto, 120 s to 150 ; Scotch ditto, 105 s to 120 s ;dittodi to cups, 100 to 110 s ; Irish whites, 100 s ; foreign, 9 100 s per ton. WOOL. We have again to report a very dull sale for all kinds of English wool. To effect large transactions, lower rates must be submitted to. Foreign and colonial parcels are heavy, and almost nominal in value. Las 1 t wee b k's ales from imports were 1.17 bags from Hamburg h, and ,300 Hobart Town. 3Ra in linseed since our last . somewhat easier. Bombay ; Odessa, 64s to 68s • and carter. Cakes are firm, and There has been less bushy. re port, and prices have ruled has sold a t from 68s to 70s Petersburgh, 66s to 688 per qn quite as dear as last advised. rurolp,Vihte, per bush. 228 to 243 Swede • • • • • • •• • • 223 24s :Aufnard, Brown • • • • • • 123 14s White, new • • • • .. 13s M t : rares,Wiutcr, new.... 9s Od 9s fid Old • • • • • • • • • • . • • 7s Od 88 Oil canary, per quarter . 483 548 Rye grass • • • •• • . „ 245 285 Moyer, Red Eng . (cwt.) 583 6.13 white • • • • 5 is 84s Foreign Red..-- 5 23 63 ' . , White— 623 -- Trefoil, new.... „ .. 253 9 3 0 S 33 Carraway .... • • ...... 43; 46s Coriander ............ 17s iss Hempseed, per quarter 4Cs 44,1 Linseed, Eng. Sowing.. 70s 74s Crushing .... •• • • 66s 68s l Baltic ••—•• 6lis 6!: ; Odessa ••••• • • • ' -, s Linseed Cake, pr. ton -3 English •• . 101 Os 11, 10 Foreign, per ton 9/ 53 111 lOs Rape Cakes, pr ton 6/ 15s 7 , Rapeseed, New, prlst 31 1 0 s 331 Ps TALLOW. Our market is in a very depressed state, and prices aro still drooping. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 645, and for forward delivery 65s to 66s per cwt. Town tallow is 62s per cwt. net cash. Rough fat, 3s Nd per S lbs. 1850. 1851. 1853. 1851. Stock this day .. • • •• I Price of Y. C.. .• • • Delivery last week .. Ilitto trom June I .... Arrivals last week.. Ditto from June 1.... Price of Town ....•• 2G,171 31,476 42,99 G 75,108 36s 5d 38s lid ;o 36s Od to 47s Gd to 3750 d 395 Od 003 Od to 00s Od 1.733 i 893 930 7,216 89,605 87,750 d.,8,730 98,081 54 610 1,083 1,408 91,875 96,711 1105,192: 82,561 335 Od 395 64 1 385 Od 49s 3d 34,192 ; is Od to 003 Od 784 89,741 1,082 100,618 6is 9d SCOTTICH TiosriTAL.—On Friday a special general meeting of this corporation was held in Crane-court, for the election of pensioners, Mr. W. Kirk, one of the governors of the corporation, presided. There were fifteen vacancies, twelve of the first class, and three of the second. Three scrutineers were appointed, and a ballo took place at three o'clock. The meeting having been summoned fur the purpose of filling up the vacancies in the lint of pepionfah Aca other husiuees transacted. 72j x in 22 11 i 291 I , AUSTRALIA. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 29.—8 y the Royal Mail steam-ship Atrato we have received, via Panama, accounts from Melbourne to the 3d of February, being a few days later than were received by the last overland mail. In the Legislative Council of Victoria on the let of February a bill for the extension of the fran chise to the diggers was introduced by the Colonial Secretary. The New Constitution Bill had also been considered, and a report on the Ovens Mining Company Incorporation Bill presented to the House. The attention of the colonists was principally directed to the means of defending Melbourne and Port Philip from an attack by Russian cruisers in the event of war, and the Melbourne papers were chiefly occupied with discussions upon the subject. It was proposed to raise a militia, to fit out gun boats, and to arm small steamers with Congreve rocket batteries, for the destruction of any hostile naval force that might approach the Australian shores. With regard to the wreck of the Marco Polo, tho following letter appears in the Argus from the com mander of that ship : "The Marco Polo has been lightened of all her pas sengers and luggage, and a lighter is to-day taking off the small portion of cargo she has on board. The greater portion of her water (say 90 tons) has been started and pumped out. Her top hamper has been sent down, and it is confidently expected by Captain Ferguson (who has been giving valuable assistance to me) that she will be towed off to-morrow. The crew have worked most cheerfully, only four having left the ship, which they did the first night the vessel went on shore. The injury to the windlass is so slight that it was in use yesterday. The vessel has made no water since being on shore, and does not show the slightest appearance of being in jured by straining or otherwise. Her false keel has not suffered at all." A subsequent announcement in the same paper says :-- "It is gratifying to be enabled to announce that this celebrated vessel has been rescued from what appeared inevitable destruction. A despatch was received from her by Messrs. J. B. Were, Kent, and Co., Lloyd agents, on Monday, an d M r. W ere i mme di ate l y pro ceeded down with additional assistance, and, under the abla and judicious directions of Captain Ferguson, the harbour-master, at 4 o'clock yesterday morning the ves sel was hove off and brought up into Hobson's Bay about mid-day," There was nothing new from the mines. The correspondent of the Argus, wr iti ng f rom Bendigo says of the rich discoveries at B r y an t' s L e d ge : $ "These:digg,ings are now pretty well understood here, and, if some of the exaggerated statements hav e b een shorn of their brilliancy by the discovery of the truth, on the other hand, it is pretty certain that on these ranges a gold field has been discovered which, in respect to ex tent and richness, will take rank among the rec ogn i se d gold fields of Victoria, and that is saying a good deal. From authentic information I believe that there are about 6,000 or 7,000 people at work there, and 20 gill lies have been opened, in all of which gold has been found. There are numerous other gullies untried, re• sembling those which are in work, and there is every likelihood that the gold deposits will be found to extend over a considerable tract of country. The gullies are deeper, and the adjacent hills steeper and higher than those on the Bendigo. I have not heard of any main creek or stream of water, but the gullies tend towards the Loddon. The holes are about 16 or 20 feet deep in general, but in some places not more than 4 or 5 feet. The washing-stuff is pretty thick, being frequently 1S inches, and in some claims the diggers wash the whole height of the drive. One hole has been sunk to a depth of 60 or 70 feet, by a party of Germans, but want of funds compelled them to abandon it. They went through the first bottom, and finding, as it is said, a deposit of gravel beneath it, they were induced to persevere so long as they were able. In some of the gullies the gold deposit is found in a narrow gutter a few feet wide. Those who hit upon this channel get washing-stuff which pays very well—as much as three ounces to the load in many cases. It is expected that some very good hill-sinking will be found, as many of the hills there have similar deposits of pebbles aril cemented clays and gravel to those which are found on some of the hills at Forest Creek and on the White Hills here. The richest part yet struck is the flat which was first opened. Num• bers continue to pour into the digging , , but many have left, not seeing any probability of working the ground with much profit in the present dry weather. It is their intention, however, to return when the rainy season has set in. Water is very scarce. There is hardly any for washing, and the nearest extensive supply is at the Loddon some eight miles off." Gold was quoted 3/. 16s. 9d., with a fair business doing. Cash price for flour—firsts, 35/. per 2,000111.1-seconds, 32/., -At Invor -flour-was 501. a-ton. The import markets were generally un changed. From New South Wales and Adelaide we have no later accounts. MORE RUSSIAN PRIZES. PORTSMOUTH, Saturday.—The revenue cutter Active, Lieutenant John J. C. Tracey, RN., commanding, brought into Spithead at noon to-day as a prize, the Russian barque Fyra. Broder (Four Brothers), ~ f 400 tons, and 14 men, bound from llieres for Nystad, laden with salt. She sailed on the 25th of March, and was boarded and captured at 1 p.m on the 27th inst., liast ing,, bearing S.W. 15 miles. She was taken this evening to the Thames by her captors. • DOVER, Sunday Evening.—linother Russian prize was brought into Dover Harbour yesterday afternoon by the Lion revenue cruiser, Capt. Win. Pearn. It is a schooner, the Johannes, Capt, Szeinan, of Burgo, laden with salt on Russian account. The capture was made off Folkestone. Positive intelligence has been received that one, if not two Russian ships, are hovering about in the Channel. Great exertions are consequently being made to effect the capture of one or both of these vessels. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May I.—Wind this day at Noon, Westerly ; light breeze, and dull, cloudy weather. The Mercury hart fallen considerably, and is now at 29 (Rain). PORTSMOUTH, April 30.—Wind, W.S.W., blowing hard. Arrived—Helen, from Maulmein ; Ariadne, Dantzic. Off Port—Katherine P. Forbes, front Singapore ; Wellington, Portland Bay.—The Agenoria, No. 18, pilot-boat, of this port, landed hero yesterday the captain, mate, carpenter, and three seamen, part of the crow of the Bremen ship Favourite, from Bremen for Baltimore, with emigrants (186 in number), which had been in contact yesterday with the American barque Hesper, of Newbury Port, from Charleston for Antwerp, the Start bearing N.B. about 14 miles ; the Favourite, it is suppose d, shortly after sunk. The Hesper proceeded in charg e of a pilot, with bows stove, cutwater carried away, and with loss of jibboom and foretop-gallantmast.—The Fyra Broder, from Hyeres, for Nystad, laden with salt, was captured, April 27, 15 miles S.W. of Hastings, bed.M.' revenue steamer Active, and was brought in hero yerday, and then proceeded to the Eastward. Newcastle, for Constan tinople,been in contact.—The sailed for London ; Nicolaus, Jamaica, with damage, hav ing d ea D v O L E r , R from April Oran, with Wind, loss B. O W f . an to ch W o; and chain, E a n a d - Johannes (Russian schooner), from Cadiz to Elsinore, with salt, was brought in hero yesterday in prize to ' Lion, C.H.C. been vii.iiithcondtaanictag;e, Garland, having T HUR SO, April 27.—Tho Ariadne (schooner), from Nor way, Lg., is on shore on the rocks below Penreglandhouse, having parted her anchors and chains ; cargo expected to be saved. MARGATE, April 30.- A Russian galliot lying at anchor near the Tengo Lighthouse, has been taken in by a French frigate and a sloop, and have proceeded up the Princes Channel with her. SOUTHAMPTON, April 29.—The Commerce, of London, laden with coals, was fallen in with 21 th April , in lat. 44 N. long. 34 W. abandoned, but with her hull in good order, and making no water, by the Atralto (s.), arrived here. SCARBOROUGH, April2B.—The Comet (sloop), of Whitby, with stone, being in a leaky state, was run ashore in Foley Bay, and. has since become a wreck ; crew saved by the life•boat. HARWICH, April 30. - The Good Intent (sloop), of Hull, from Newcastle to London, with a cargo of bricks and glass, sank off Cromer on the 28th April ; crew picked up in a boat by the Active (smack), of London, and landed here. PERNAMBUCO, April G.—The Spirit of the Times sailed hence 4th April, in ballast, bound to Paraiba, but missed stays and went on shore on the reef near the lighthouse ; was subsequently assisted off and into port, making In inches of water per hour. ROTTERDAM, April 24.—The Whitby, from Newcastle, with loss of mainmast and foretopmast, has been assisted int Goere by the Glen Albyn (s.) The Noord, from Ba tavio a to this port, was lost on the Banyard yesterday after noon; crew saved. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday, 10.30 a.m. Wind W., fresh breeze, and fine. Arrived—Ann, from Maranhani ; Eton, Aleasaidria ; Colon, Melehiere, and Adolphus, from Odessa; City of Manchester (s), Philadelphia. Off Port—Charlotte of Derby , Chesterbolnie, Christina, Liverpool, Wiltonwood, Jane, and Rama, all inward bound. yVVV (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) DEAL, Monday, 10.10 a.m. Wind W.S.W., fresh, with thick rain. Passed—Caractacu s, from rellallg ; Flora M.Donaiti , Callao—both for London. THE LATE MARQUIS Or ANGLESEY.-By the demise of the Marquis of Anglesey there becomes vacant the command of Cowes Castle, which will not be filled up ; the lord lieutenancy of Staffordshire, the colonelcy of the Oxford Blues, the lord lieutenancy of Anglesey, the office of constable of Carnarvon Castle, and the Ranger ship of Snowdon Forest. The Premier has, in addition to these prizes, a blue ribbon to give away. There ara now on the roll of the British army but two field. marshals—viz., his Royal Highness Prince Albert and the King of the Belgians. LONDON HOMOLPATHIC Hos consequence of the lamented death of Field Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey, the president of the hospital, the conversa• fixed for tomorrow, May 2, is postponed until further notico, and the tickets already issued will be theia. available. EV ■