The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-17 00:00:00

I Cloefi enrnircr .rictorirmg. !t9-zr qzlitir.Fs f n r ici case war cannot be kept a.iou ituu; our ue~.r fatherland." THE HANSE TOWNS. The following order, respecting the exportation ~..1 31 article s co ntraband of war, was published. at H amburg on the 11th inst.:— "In consequence o f the existing state of war between Turkey, France, and Great Britain on the o ne hand, a nd Russia on the other hand, the Senate has determined for the protection of the interests of the trade and navi• gation of this city, to make and publish the following enactments : " 1 . The exportation of articles contraband of war to the Powers now at war, or to their subjects, is pro hibited. "2. Articles contraband of war consist of arms, ord aliee, firearms, and ammunition of every description, b ut furthermore particularly powder, balls (kugeln), rockets, fusees (zUndlcatehen), and all other material used immediately in war, as also saltpetre, brimstone, and lead. " 3 . The transgression of the present order will be f ollowed by a confiscation of the articles contraband, of war, and th ose who are guilty of such transgres tl", or are accessory to it, will be, moreov er, p unished With severity. "Decreed at Lubeck, at a meeting of the Se nate, on e 10th day o f Ap r il, 1854. "C. T. 0 VERBECK, Secretary." "NOTICE. "In consequence of the war which has broken out b etween several of the great European Powers, the ,Council (Rath) feels called upon as a preliminary , to make the following orders with respect to the intercourse with the harbours and places of the belligerent States :-- "The exportation of all articles deemed contraband of Wary or which are understood to be such by the law of na tions and the exiting Hamburg State treaties, as also 1 10 exportation of ammunition, moreover of powder, . 11 tpetee, brimstone balls (kugeln ), fusees nil also all description of arms, and generally all such rticles as can be immediately used in war, is forbidden : 41 1 the - day of the date of the proclamation equally ti nder the Hamburg and by foreign flags or by land to til w States of those Powers now engaged in war. Whosoever acts in contravention of this order, be it " owner or master of the vessel, or as exporter of the g o ods,, will incur not only the confiscation of the before h Cilled articles, but will also be further punished by a t e4l- 3 7 fine and by imprisonment, according to circum :alleeß. In order that a necessary control may be ex -1'04(3d over all exportations to the States at war the articles must be accurate l y spec ifi e d, an d th e s up er - F li Ption 'merchandise,' or any similar general desorip -1I", will not be admitted. 11 " No captain or master of a ship sailing under th e alliburgh flag must violate a blockade , or after s uc h (blockade) - has been duly notified to h im, sail throu g h c l a n destinely ; nor must he either carry two sets of p' papers or bear a foreign flag, so long as he is in ession of Hamburgh ships' papers (schiffspasse). 0 , 4 4 NV he ever may require to know more respecting the ,elera and n o tices with reference to navigation and trade t i n eutrals, as issued by the belligerent States, must ad ,„rese the mse lves to the Department of Commerce (Com "'tree Comptoir). 1 0 en in our Assembly of Council, Hamburgh, the t h of April, 1854." CONSTANTINOPLE. following telegraphic despatch has been re ll'ed from Constantinople, dated April 6 : `` Th e whole of the fleet is now in the Black Sea. c ' The new Mufti waR insulted on the 3d. 1 ' The declaration of war reached Coustanti la 0 , 1118 on the sth. " The Porte was about to issue a manifesto in v ' ()ll sequence. L ord Stratford has addressed to the British t l isuls a circular condemning the Greek insurrec 4. There was nothing new on the Danube up to t ge Ac counts from Constantinople, of the s th inst., tt l e that Count Zamoiski has at length received the Permission of the Turkish Government to form 1 4 , p olish legion. The legion, when organised, will , lia, !ent i n t o Armen i a, an d serve aga i ns t th e Rus of? in Georgia. Count Zamoiski is the nephew Prince Adam Czartoriski. ir k ARRIVAL OF FRENCH TROOPS. /V" following is dated Gallipoli, March 31 : Morning the French steam-frigate Christophe 4„,, ° . l zbe, towing the transport No. 6, arrived here, 10g on board Generals Canrobert, Bosquet, and 4h ",,tunprey, commanding the Ist and 2d division, t l 4 ' , the general staff of the French army respec 'velY • also 600 men of the chasseurs a pied, with %% Ile s , appers, and 30 horses for the staff. The k i lerals landed at half-past 11 , and were rece ived so me the Pacha of Adrianople, who has been here for ' l ee days for that purpose, and the president and t l , e ttibere of the commission sitting en permanence to t t eiljtate transactions between th;foreign armies and ( tii , ‘ 'v,es. The Commandant, or rather Col. d'Anglar f t ; latter is his rank in the Turkish army), who has iq:clne years been engaged in organising the light try—with what great success Oltenitza showed Aame down from Stamboul last night, and was ; present at the landing of the generals. It is a the that we, too, have not more officers who know 0 04 . Turkish language and manners. Major f or ' l lg'svood Dickson, of the Royal Artillery, who five years superintended the Turkish laboratory ~.onstantinop le and who also served in the 1 1 .14 , ) au campaignis the only one we have. He is W. attached to the general staff of our army, and 14 131 11 aria collecting information. The troops , au i ll ieneed landing at half-past one, but did not 1. 11 ; 941 d to-day. Another steamer, the Africaine, b e nvir transport, has arrived. She has stores on ; also 100 men. All excitement amongst the tio b sve3 appears to be confined to the younger por- S I Z The fact of its being Friday (the Turkish the a3') will in some measure account for this, for k e -Lurks h ave not struck me as being the apathetic boli P ,, le, in manner at least, that they are generally tO: k e d• Yesterday Mr. Wrottesly inspected the Th e ',,u 3 see wliat troops could be accommodated. Deereeks seemed greatly pleased with the pros inOf having English soldiers iu their houses; and th e ' ll e or two houses, too bad to put troops into, 1p people seemed very much disappointed. Mr. tiC t ealey had the tact to call on the Greek arch er',P a day or two since, which may hav e had some ";, The Turks are naturally not quite so wil hOg' eeuause they must entirely vacate any of the )tiq i cs Where Christian soldiers are admitted , if the y th, i :to live i n the extreme privacy they like. As or houses are, as a general rule here, not so good, the ß ,, 4l °Te correctly speaking, much worse, than 1t 04 31, of their Christian fellow townspeople , it Vin :q be a pity to inconvenience them. The Tr e - b g e s of Yeni Keni, about five miles from Old 411e:,and Yeni-shaor and Erin Keni between that Le e ,'" Dardanelles, also the latter town have tl At ; examined and found capable of accommo tl:g about 6,000 men. At Nogara Point, too, pill is an empty lazaretto, and there are several so t - g e s on the Thracian shore of the Dardanelles ; ktr„ - , a t if a division, or even a larger portion of our p i ny', arriv es before the declaration of war, the men dee° under cover, such as it will be. If war is 4t ared before the Russian reinforcements arrive 4tt the Danube it is evident that by sending 41144.111ers enough ' , French and English troops can be o r to the mouth of that river or to Kavarna Bay, c 0 ,,, - Piewhere thereabouts, in such numbers that, )1, - :"J'lned with the 40,000 Turks now in that ti l l ghbourhood, and more than might be brought 11„ el. e, the allies w ou ld b e in superior force to the p s '''sians, and we ma y b eg i n th e campaign under I ,,p' favourable ci rcumstances. Th e ti me for this co g) however, most probably be past before war is t l 'etnenced, and in a m on th or s i x wee k s R uss i a w ill ehably have 300,000 men at the seat of war. w ring the autumn the Turk s gave a ll th e ir at :4ollth the sea batteries of V arna — w hi c h i s a p ity, k „ t he land batteries may be requi re d if we d e lay Celt lon ge r. A strong intrenched p os iti on on th a t if ° N of Bulgaria would be most useful to us, for 20°11tnumbered there, we might leave 15,000 or t ti4 , 1)(40 Turks to defend the positio,n, and ship the li vo "".,of our available forces for the Crimea. This k i u -.I not, as may at first sight l appear, permit the te kans to advance further, eavin d g id n s e o arr e 2 m s, l o g o h O t t et W atch this position ; for if they andl fn to our secure landing-place at any moment, sztf,,, in a -- on their communications force. For to Y, then, they would always be obliged either to L o the entrenchments, or leave in the neighbour sal a force nearly equal to the entire moveable 44 1 ,1 . of the allies. Schuml ais not tenable against a th e - - e ,'"uPerior force. Omer Pasha thinks he can beat ar rQ 4- '.ußsians singlehauded ; the latter have nowan b et : of 100,000 disposable men in a straight line een his right and left flank (a distance, by the . ate, of about 300 miles). This separation of his but e vidently tend s to weaken him. We are going Dot se as soon as war begins, and fortify as a de taaie I. ;r Coals, " the island of the serpents," as it is at the mouth of the Danube. GREECE. ht, A ' 4 l April B.—The Greeks have been beaten qw.iliiro, where they lost 300 men. The utmost to cr t on Prevails amongst their leaders, who begin A iY tre ason. Metaxa has arrived at Athens. The English, litt e nian, French, and Swedish Ministers did not 4 4,1 1 . - ';the Te Deum, on the 6th, when the anniver- Ti a °l ,the independence of Greece was celebrated. qr si l 4 -4, l teqsor reports that the expulsion of the vat r :',,s Is going on at Constantinople ; but a pri alibi' uesPatch states that Poman Catholic Greek V ets a re allowed to remain. of p e toad the following in the Post-AI-apt Gazette oth rakfort, under the head Athens, 30th ultimo. " i ceounts from not Athens of a later date (the ith raention th :irouraAances related, k ill / -..., - - iit +hist is n^l positive proof grinst their authen tlClt, :- " The reply given by the Government to the ultimatum of the Ottoman Porte has produced the greatest enthusiasm here. Enrolments are made openly, and Lieut.-Col. Corsini is forming a new legion by order of the Russian Ambassador, and with the assent of the Minister of War. This legion will be armed and clothed on the model of the Russian troops. In the midst of the Hellenic movement, the Russian party makes itself remarked under the direction of the Minister of War Susso. This party wishes to raise a Russian Grand Duke to the throne of Greece." A letter from Trieste, of the 11th, says :—" The Russians yesterday fired salvoes in giving up their vessels, which now bear the Greek flag. A part of the crews have set out for Lugbach. Accounts from Epirus confirm the intelligence of the defeat of the insurgents near Janina. Grivas, who had a horse killed under him, is retreating with his troops." FRANCE. Marshal St. Arnaud left Paris on Saturday morning, by the Lyons Railway, at 10.35, for Con stantinople, to assume the command of the army of the East. He will embark at Marseilles. There was a large bevy of officers of rank, with Marshal Magnan at their head, in waiting at the station to take leave of him. The evening papers state that Lord Raglan will not go to Marseilles till Tuesday. The Duke of Cambridge was to go to Versailles yesterday to see the waters play. It was said that the Duke would leave on Monday (to -day). Prince Napoleon left Marseilles on Saturday for Toulon, accompanied by Vely Pasha, the Ambas sador of Turkey. A speech made by the Prince at Marseilles pro duced a great sensation. He declared that the Black Sea should be open and free for all, and that commerce should be the gainer by victory. Letters from Brest of the 12th state that on the ' preceding day 900 marines had been embarked on board the Inflexible, the Tage, and the Jemappes, which were waiting in the roads for orders to make sail for the Baltic. Five other ships and three frigates will follow them without delay. The journals of Bretagne announce that a num- , ber of regiments, both infantry and cavalry, de stined eventually to take part in the expedition to • the Baltic, were being put in order of march. St. Brieux will become the centre of a corps of from 5,000 to 6,000 men. Captain Galinier, Aide-de-Camp to the Gover nor-General of Algeria, has arrived in Paris, ac companied by the Algerian deputation, to offer to the Emperor the flag which the Mussulmen popu lation destines for the Algerian sharp-shooters. The Emperor has decided that this fine regi ment should, like all the other corps, receive its flag from the head of the State. In consequence, he directed that a deputation consisting of four native inhabitants of Algiers should be appointed to receive it. General Randon named for the pur pose El-Nadi-Mohammed-Ghurnavioth, mufti of the Hunefi worship, who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca, a man of great learning ; Abderrahman Auled l'Amin, first Iman at the grand mosque of Algiers ; Ahme , i- Boukandoura, assessor at the Im perial Court of Algiers, and Ahmed-ben-Abd-el- Latif, a rich merchant of Algiers, already well ac quainted with the manners and language of France. Troops continue to be embarked at Marseilles. A battery of artillery was placed on board on the 12th. General Monet had embarked the evening before. Intelligence has been received from Algiers to the 10th. The embarkation of troops was going on. On the Bth and 10th two squadrons of the Ist mounted African chasseurs were embarked on board about 10 commercial vessels. The Moniteur of Saturday promulgates the law increasing the military contingent for 1854 from 80,000 to 140,000 men. The ildoniteur also publishes the returns of the indirect taxes and revenues during the first quarter of 1854, which amounted to 196,165,000 f. They had produced during the same period in 1852, 185,266,000 f., and in 1853, 199,600,000 f. The ships of war belonging T o the Baltic squad ron at present in the roads of Brest are-1. The ship of the line Inflexible, carrying the flag of Vice- Admiral Parseval-Deschenes, Commander-in-Chief, 2. The ship Jemmapes, commanded by Captain Robin Dupare ; 3. The ship Tage, Captain Fabre ; 4. The ship Breslaw, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Penaud, and commanded by Captain Bosse 2 • 5. The steam-frigate Darien, Captain Didelot ; 6. The frigate Poursuivante, Captain Prudhomme de Borre ; and 7. The frigate Semil lante, Captain Chiron de Brossay. The Moniteur contains the following para graph :- " The Emperor accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, went to-day, at three o'clock, in an open carriage to Joinville-le-Pont, to assist at an interesting experiment of bridge-making. In a second carriage were Lord Raglan,General-in-Chief of the Eng lish army in the East ; his Excellency Marshal Valliant, Minister of War ; and his Excellency Marshal Magnan, Commander-in -Chief of the army of Paris. His Ma jesty was received at the entry to the park of Vincennes by the general in command of that place and the princi pal officers of the garrison, who escorted them through the park and to the opposite gate. There his Majesty quitted his carriage, and went on foot towards Marne, 700 or 800 yards below the point at which a bridge of boats, of the invention of M. Janvier, the civil engineer, had just been placed. A great crowd sur rounded his Majesty and the noble visitors, mixing their acclamations with those of the troops, who were ranged in battle array near the spot where the boat was placed. This budge, which is 75 metres long, was composed of 45 boats, joined together, formed of a thin framework of wood, covered with an impermeable cloth. Its hand some appearance, and the lightne-s of its materials, were of a nature to inspire fears, which were promptly dis sipated when it was seen that it resisted, almost without fluctuation, and without its producing a single accident, the passage of a battalion of chasseurs it pied, of a squadron of cavalry, and of a battery of artillery of twelve-pounders, completely charged. All these troops mounted the bridge to the cry of Vive l'Empereur repeated with enthusiasm by the population who en cumbered the two banks. The passage having been completed, his Majesty visited in detail the different parts of the bridge, and listened with interest to the ex planations of the inventor, to whom he war pleased to testify his entire satisfaction with a system which must have success, if future trials confirm the results obtained to-day." The Three per Cents. opened on Saturday at 63f. 30c., fell to 62f. 90c., and closed at 63f. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 89f. 50c. ; and the New Loan at 63f. 75c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,040 f. ; Rouen, 817 f. 50c. ; Havre, 407 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 730 f. ; Strasburg, 710 f. ; New Shares, 522 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 7 82 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediter ranean, 650 f. ; Western of France, 550 f. ; Bor deaux and Cette, 501 f. 25c ; Great Central of France, 397 f. 50c. ; Lyons to Geneva, 420 f. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 475 f. The Three per Cents. were done on the Boule vard yesterday (Sunday) at 62f. 75c. . ITALY. The Milan Gagette publishes a notification, by which the Imperial Lieutenant of Lombardy re serves to himself during the state of siege the right, of regulating the quantity of saltpetre to be pro duced in the province and its consumption. The Armonia of Turin, a clerical organ, publishes an address from the Subalpine and Ligurian bishops to the Piedmontese Senate, praying it to reject the bill on the modifications of the Penal Code—first, because it tends to restrict tho freedom of the Divine word (meaning the restrictions it contains on preachers with regard to political matters) ; and, secondly, because it gives too much freedom to dissenters from the Catholic faith. The follow ing passage of the address is remarkable : " The bill consecrates as a truth the complete equality , of all Piedmontese subjects before the law, as if Catho lics and Protestants were perfectly equal in the face of God and the Church, so as to enjoy the same rights and liberties in matters of worship." The Duchess Regent of Parma has issued a decree, by which she provisionally assumes the attributions of Grand Master of the Order of Constantine. SPAIN. A communication from Madrid, of April 11, mentions that Lord Howden has addressed a note to the Spanish Government requiring that it shall close its ports against Russian privateers, if Russia issues letters of marque. The Madrid Gazette of the 10th contains a royal decree, accepting, on account of his ill health, Gene ral Count de Mirsasol's resignation of the post of Captain-General of Andalusia. It also announces that M. de Grimaldi had obtained the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic. THE CABLNET.—Lord Palmerston, the Duke of Argyll, Mr. Sydney Herbert, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and Lord John Russell have left town for the recess. The Duke of Newcastle and Lord Aberdeen are at Windsor Castle. The Earl of Clarendon, the Chancellor of the orth Exchequer, Sir J. Graham, and Sir W. yt M ilwe o murder of a main in London. con victed T krE CatoNLlCTlaEstAsthoEnTle.r—seJtatansessizeßsaoilfe young girl named Eliza Cole, has been reprieved, with a view to a commutation of the capital sentence to penal servitude for life. The intellect of the wretched criminal is of the lowest possible order ; and he had been so greatly neglected by his parents as to have grown up to manhood in a state of the darkest ignorance. He is, in short, scarcely removed from the condition of an animal, and under all the circurwtances of his case it was not thought necessary that the extreme penalty of the law should be carried into effect. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1854, LITERATURE. Atherton, and other Tales. By Mary Russell Mit ford, author of "Our Village." Three vols. Hurst and Blackett. The announcement of a tale from Miss Mitford is of itself a great attraction to all novel readers ; but when it is further considered that this story before us is the longest which has been presented to us by the gifted authoress, it is probable that the interest will be increased and the expectations. heightened. Neither hope nor attention will be thrown away on the perusal of " Atherton," for it is a charming and graceful sketch of calm and sweet simplicity. A country life in a secluded village, with nothing of modern hurry and tumult to disturb its serenity, was the lot of the heroine. "Remote from towns she ran her goodlyrace ;" nor, although subsequently becoming a great heiress, did she manifest the slightest desire to leave her rural abode. Her position became a very trying one at a later period, and it must be seen by every one that Katey Warner exhibited more true feelings of the heart and right judgment than the courtly Lord Delaney and his accomplished son, skilled in all the refinements and acquisitions of society. She even surpassed -the intellectual guide of her inexperienced and un cultured girlhood in the best of all wisdom—the art of knowing her duty, in the complicated posi tion unwise friends and skilful enemies had con trived to create for her. Lord Delaney is a very life-like sketch of the representative of an old and honoured line, clinging to the remnants of his time honoured and dearly beloved home, preferring death itself to being torn away from its holy shades. Many other persons are characteristic of the re semblance to truth and nature that Miss Mitford's creations always peculiarly possess. Mrs. Bell, the bustling, strong, and good-natured mother, Mrs. Warner, the calm and serene grandmother, who ruled her large property with a gentle dignity and genuine kindness that many a magnate might have envied. The chief charm in the story is in the description. The pure and fresh scenes of the country appear before us in all their glowing verdure and flowery loveliness as we trace the path of our heroine in her wanderings. It is a pleasing thought to dwell upon at last, that she is not removed from the sphere she was calculated to adorn and to beautify, and that she had passed through a trial of great severity with the calmness and candour which dis tinguished and elevated her simple nature. Ather ton-hall in its pride and grandeur never owned a nobler daughter amid its titled ranks than the one who put aside the glittering coronet held out to her, and turned away from the high place offered for her acceptance, when the conviction came upon her that she should go no further. In the other stories we meet with in the remaining volumes a great deal of variety exhibits itself in country, scene, and manners. " The Lost Pearl" is interesting, and furnishes a proof of cunning and deceit rarely equalled. " Wedding Slippers" is a very remarkable narrative, and although the scene is laid in England, the events partake of the nature of Oriental wonders rather than the transactions of our own country. " The King's Page" is a very ingeniously contrived ad venture that befel the favourite of Frederick the Great, in consequence of his imprudently throwing out of the window some portions of a letter which had a double meaning. " The King's Ward," and " The Oaken Cross," bear a likeness to the tales of the chivalrous ages, while " The Ploughing Match," and others, contain the doings and sayings of modern rural life. "Tb e Gleaner," is a very interesting sketch. An old man returned home, rich and friendless, and wishing to know the true from the false, he first presented himself before his rela tives as a poor mendicant. They all repulsed him with but one exception, and he next r came among them the proprietor of the hall, which he had just purchased. The. astonishment and horror of the one side, and the delight and gratitude of the other may be imagined. The varying emotions are skilfully exhibited, and Mar garet, the widow, who had offered him her home when he appeared destitute, was welcomed to the hall to dwell with the proprietor, from whom she had expected to rent a cottage. A great deal of life as it is appears before the reader who glances over these pages. Whatever be the time, place, or circumstance selected for notice, the same fidelity to truth is evidenced, and talent is em ployed to pay homage to the pure, and crown with lustre the works of the good. Modern German Music. By H. F. Chorley. Two vols. Smith, Elder, and Co. - A part of these volumes has already appeared in a work on " Music and Manners in France and North Germany," which the author published in 1841. Since then he has frequently visited Ger many, and made a further acquaintance with the progress of the art in that country. He has con sequently revised and added to his former descrip tions, introducing some sketches of life and man ners in that part of the Continent, without materially altering the form of the work or retracting former opinions. Independently of the interest attaching to the impressions and criticisms of one who is evidently an enthusiast on the sub ject, the work presents an attraction in the ac counts of an eye-witness of the different festivals and .ingers of the chief towns of Germany. It commences with " A North German Festival" in Brunswick, in 1839, which was conducted by Men delssohn, and which the author travelled to Bruns wick expressly to hear. The second part, "In the Harz," is chiefly a travelling narrative. " Glimpses of Berlin and Dresden," in the same year, give criticisms on the chief singers of that period, the progress of the opera, the effects of court patronage, &c. One portion of the second volume is devoted to a criticism on Dr. Spohr's music, which analySes his works and powers. Most readers will regard the portion of " Music in the Rhine Land" with interest, which relates the ap pearance of Jenny Lind, and the universal excite ment which prevailed. The concluding division of the work is entitled " The Last Days of Men delssohn," with whom the author was personally acquainted. Many incidents and remarks relating to him are mentioned throughout the volumes, which conclude with a tribute to his genius, and a summary of his claims to be ranked among the greatest composers. An account is given of the Beethoven Festival at Bonn, in 1845, during the inauguration of his statue. While at Vienna the author paid a visit to his tomb : " It is a cheerful looking white sarcophagus, having an obelisk ornamented with a gilt lyre, and a butterfly within a coiled serpent for its devices ; for its motto, simply BEETHOVHY. The taste of all this is quiet and good, if not exalted. But it is hard to express how the air of placidity, not to say prosperity, belonging to that tomb, struck my ima gination as curiously at variance with the youth, the life, and the death of the stormy being who sleeps there. Never was the dark and cureless unhappiness of his life so forcibly made present to me as by that contrast. It might be owing merely to the influences of day and noon, working by antipathy ; but I never felt the weight of Beeth ;yen's sorrow so gravely as in that place, where every object conspires to soothe the senses, and to sug gest the thought of honour, love, obedience, troops of friends,' around the deathbed of the man of genius. I thought of his early difficulties not those com monplace and unimportant struggles to gain hear ing and opportunity, which form a part of the class education of every artist, essential to the free play of his faculties and to that self reliance without which no great work is achieved—but of the waking up of a rugged temper and a suspicious spirit in the midst of impulses the most generous—in the midst of affections which lacerated their possessor in the shape of self remorse after those moods in which the dark angel got the ascendancy. I thought, too, what must have been the peculiar terrors o slow-growing deafness to one of such a harsh, singular, intractable nature as his—vexed by the misdeeds of rapacious and disreputable kindred, and aware that the sense essential to the delight of his existence was dying out, day by day, sound by sound. I thought now the struggles of Bee thoven with his calamity, instead of converting it into a disguised blessing, resembled the ferocious strength and the aimless impotence of the writhings of an animal in torture. Like a child ho tried to hide his malady, as if conce alment could give bim back consciousness of sound. gloomy despondency—' rages ' not like those c hildhood, 'silent,' but immoderate, striking s left, often he avil y woundin g those steady and Then orifg Bhty ra c o l n i n me d, considerate friends of whom, beyond all other men of genius, he stood in need. Then came death, after a long time of disease —to a body worn with pain —to a mind haunted by ceaseless fears of want, and by cruel convic tion that he was dying forsaken and ungratefully treated." The musical student will find in this work many interesting criticisms, analyses, and comparisons, which may afford him profit as well as pleasure. The contrasts between the various styles and ex cellences of different composers is effectively shown by one who has evidently studied the subject. THE FOREIGN-OFFICE.— Mr. Henry Unwin Adding ton has resigned his office of Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, which he has held since March 4, 1842. Mr. Addington en tered the service of the Foreign-office as far back as 1807. After having been successively attached to the missions in Sicily, Spain, Berlin, Stockholm, and Switzerland, Mr. Addington was appointed Secretary of Legation at S . witzerland in 1814 ; at Copenhagen, 1821; at Washington, 1822 and Minister Plenipotentiary at Frankfort in 1823 ; and at Madrid in 1829. He is, of course, entitled to hi s diplomatic pension after so many years' service, and on his retirement has been elevated by the Queen to the rank of a Privy Councillor. Mr. Addington is suc ceeded as permanent Under Secretary of State in the Foreign Department by Mr. Edmond Hamond, who en tered the Foreign-office in 1824, and who has been a clerk of the first class since 1841, at the head of one of the departments. MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There was a slight increase in the supplies of wheat on sale in the leadinc , country markets held on Saturday. On the whole, a steady business was transacted, and in some instances prices had an upward tendency. Barley and malt were held at full quotations. There was very little doing in other articles of grain. The continental markets have been tolerably firm for wheat and flour, at full currencies. The latest advices from the United States are to the effect that most articles were selling on lower terms. The receipts of English grain up to our market last week were very moderate. From abroad, we received 11,615 quarters of wheat, 4,608 barley, 15,696 oats, 650 beans, 168 tares, 6,390 linseed, 1,249 rapeseed, 37 mustard-seed, 88 sundry seeds, 750 sacks and 970 barrels of flour. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of wheat from Essex and Kent were very moderate as to quantity, but in excellent condition. From the East coast the re ceipts were limited, and those by land carriage exhibited a falling off compared with several previous weeks. The show of samples of both red and white was limited; how ever, in the early part of the day, the factors were firm in their demands, and almost generally refused to sell except on higher terms. However, there 'was no inclination shown on the part of the millers to operate, and only 'a limited business was transacted at last - Monday's prices. We were fairly supplied with foreign wheat, notwith standing that last week's imports were but moderate. Good Baltic wheats were in fair request, at full currencies. Most other kinds moved off slowly, but we have no change to notice in prices. All floating cargoes met a dull inquiry. In the quota tions no change took place. We were but moderately supplied with both English and foreign barley. On the whole, the demand ruled in active, at late rates. The inquiry for malt was confined to immediate wants, on former terms. We had an improved sale for oats, the supply of which was small, at full prices. Beans were quite as dear as last week, with a fair inquiry. All kinds of peas sold to a fair extent, at late rates. The flour trade was by no means active, on former terms. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Malt—Chevalier .. • • 758 to 76t Oats Yorkshire and Linoolnsh.,Feed 305 34s Potato •3 25 36s Youghal and Cork Black, ~..•• 308 325 Cork, White..... 298 358 Scotch, Feed..... 34s 365 Beans—Tick •..... 435 82s Pigeons 47. 61s Peas—Grey ••••• • • • .. 448 485 maple. • • ........ 478 52s White. ••• • • • 665 62s Boilers • •• •• .. 565 66s Flour—Town-made... 685 70s Suffolk •••• • • • • . 605 645 Stookts &Norfolk 608 668 Wheat—Essex Tic Kent, Red •• .• new 74s to 843 Ditt0............ old 768 Vs' .)ttto, White new 76s 88s' Ditto.. •• .... old 76s 90s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 74s 84s Oitto new 74s 84s live—Old ............ 81s 52s gew ............ 803 bls Barley—Grinding..... 36s 383 %tatting ......... 39s 41s, ... 42s 44s lialt—SaffolkandNor folk... ..... 66s 7ls Brown.•••• •• ....•••• 608 62s KingstonandWare 73s 75s SMITHFIELD. Very moderate supplies of foreign stock arrived in the port of London last week, the total import bein g only 1,202 head. In the corresponding week in 1853 we re ceived 4,225 ; in 1852, 1,315 ; in 18 51 , 1 ,883 ; is 1850, 1,244 ; in 1849, 1,093 ; and in 1848, 1,256 head. Calves. Pigs. 25 ::: - 85 ... - 5 8 ..-. 4 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost• and Eastn. Junct Belfast & Ballymena Binning. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Irancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20..... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter Nedonia4- ....... Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, &Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction o. New East Anglian. ..... ....1 Do., (XlB E & 1i)....1 Eastern Counties ..... 1 Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock IDo., New A,.., rEast Lancashire Edi Edi nb nb. an h dte G eblf ow Peebles Edin.PrLli &Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Westo Great Northern Stk. 0., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) Great Western Irish Sonth-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksh IDo., Fifths ID D.; Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Loud. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do .10/. Sh. ,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London andS. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O dndrryez Col eraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. & Lineln I Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. & Derby Midld. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extension. Nwpt. Aberg. & Ilrfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoinl and Rostrevor ....... (Norfolk Northn. Counties Un, ,North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred... Do B Guaranteed' jNorili London IDo. New £lO N. &S.Wstrn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester.. I Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth !Scottish Central„ 'Scottish Midland Shrewsbury &Birrag. Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed Steak._ Shrowsby. & Herefd. Shrowsby. & Qtester r. W. iNfin ; Halves,a. s Do. Oswestry . hropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern Muth Wales Yrksh. & Riv. Duni Do Staines, Wok. &W ok Stockton & Darling. Stockton & Hartlepl. Taff Vale . Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway [Vale of Neath Waterfil. & Kilkenny Waterforcl&Limeriek West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace.. West London. Wimbledn & Croydon York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland Closing Prises this day. 21 -- 23 4k - 4i ••• •.. 8i 14 —l2 die 15 17 8 7d 89 - 91 1 52f 53i 13 - 15 ' -8 • 10 - 7 - 8 0 is Lli - 121 59 - 61 56 - SS il :: ii 58 62 84i B.q 73 75 120 - 122 89 - 91 71i -72 j 86 88 10 —l2 v 10 -- 12 p 691 —60 i 8i 7ict 111 12,E . 7i 8 . Par i P 97 —9B 94i -95 i 16d— 1d i d 1d 1— i d 751 761 14 —l3 1 12 lid 19 - 20 57i - 581 33 - 35 ---. ... 7 5 dl 6 - 8 44 - 47 31 30 30 ... 31 50 54 Pax iP —68 d; 7#— 7t 28 - 30 83 85 51 - 53 50 - 52 50 52 34 24(1 13 15 64 74 10 lz 4 3id 13 15 57i —58 j 32h 331 4 . 2d 1 5 ••• ••• 27 - 30 2/ - Si 17i 18 4 - 5 21 23 4 - 5i 6 - 7 64 65 94. Bid 4d 45 -- 46 PREFERENCE SHARES. 'Aberdeen to. No. 2, p. c. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (lad. at 500 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO 'Chester & Holyhead Guar. 54 per cent Cork &Bandonslp. c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (X 5) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension,s p. c. No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- East Lancash. 6 p. cts. East and West York shire June. Prof EdinbPrth.&Dundee 5)1 per cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. C. prom , Do. 4i p. c. Scrip Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Pref Gt. Southn.&Westm. all all 100 all (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... Do. cov. red. 4i p.c. Do, con, red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 p. c Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock Leeds N. 6 p. c. No.l Do. Quarters, 1848 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref,, 5 p. c. St. (Do. Convertible, 5 p. c.,1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton London & S. Western Con. Thirds LondondaTy&Coler 1 Shares Londy. & Ennis. Sh. Man., Shef., & in., Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. £6 Harypt.&Carl.4 p.c Do. 4i per cent Do Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol, Bristol St i Uirm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4 a per cent Norfolk Debenture, Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Do. 5i per ct . pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. e North British 100 100 100 100 all 100 (North Staffordshire. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh..els, 6 p.c Do.. Scot. Cent. , New Pref Shrews. & Birm.N.G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon De. fixed, 44 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 ?per cont. S. Yorksh.4p. c . Guar Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent. Do. do. do. Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&liiii.6p.c ] York, Neweastlo,andl Ben ., rick,4 p.c. Pref. Do.. York&N.MidlandH, and S. rani' .. 95 - 96 6 - 6i 3 - 31 4 - 4i i - *P != I P 12 - 12? 23 - 24 3 —3i xd tio ::lixd 105 - 107 9 A - 91 76 8 ••. ad 6A 7 94 96 87 89 88 90 Id par 128 132 • • • b••• ... --- ... xd 2 -- 2i pl ..• .•• i 1 64 8 9 Pax 129 131 lid ••• "ad •.• ad: ••• ad •• . - x(11 Business done this day. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. From Ostend. Hamburgh 24 Calais ... Rotterdam...- l9 ... Harlingen 483 New Diep 35 ... Bromvershveu 4 - ... -- ••• 276 ... - ••• 175 ... - ... T0ta1.... 565 452 ... 181 4 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1853 616 3,208 ... 401 1852 254 754 307 1851 443 1,018 --393 ... 29 1850 464 545 ... ••• 235 ••• 1849 325 ... 580 1 85 ... 3 The supply of foreign stock in to-day's market was limited as to number, and deficient in quality. Prices were well supported, with a good demand. There was a considerale falling off in the arrivals of English beasts fresh up this morning, compared with Mon day last ; but their general quality was good. Although the attendance of buyers was not very extensive, the beef trade ruled rather brisk, at an advance in the prices ob tained on this day se'nnight of from 2d to, in some in stances, 4d per 81bs, and a clearances was effected. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 1,700 Scots and shorthorns; from other parts of England, 700 of various breeds ; and from Scotland 560 horned and polled Scots. With sheep we were but moderately supplied. All breeds moved off steadily, and last week's currency was well sup ported. The best old Downs, in the wool,,sold at ss, out of the wool, 4s 4d per Sibs. We had a steady sale for lambs, at from 5s 6d to 72 per 81bs. Calves were in short supply and fair request, at extreme rates. Pigs sold slowly, but no decline took place in prices. Per albs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 4 Second quality.... 3 6 3 8 Prime large oxen 310 4 0 Prime Scots, dm. 4 2 4 61 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 Second quality ...3 10 4 4 Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 4 8 Lambs s. d. s. d. I Prime Southdown 410 5 0 Large crse. calves 4 6 5 2 I Prime small d 0... 5 4 5 8 ; Large hogs 3 0 4 2 Small porkers 4 4 4 8 Sucklingcalves ..23 0 29 0 Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 5s 6d to 7s 3d. TOTAL SUPPLY. Boasts .................. 3,384 Sheep . • • • .. • ........... 17,870 Calves .................. 100 Pigs •••••••••• • • • • • • •• •• 350 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ............ ..... . 336 Sheep .................... 160 82 Pigs.... ............ A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, April 18, 1853, and this day, Monday, April 18, 1854, Per 81bs, to sink the otfals. April 18, 1853. Apri117,1854 s. d. s., d. s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts ... 3 2to 3 43 2to 3 4 Second quality ditto ... ... 3 6 3 8 3 7 3 8 Prime large oxen ... 310 4 03 10 4 0 Prime Scots, dm 4 2 4 4'4 2 4 6 Coarse and inferior sheep 4 0 4 2'3 6 3 8 Second quality ditto ... 4 2 4 83 10 4 4 Prime coarse woolled ditto 410 5 o'4 6 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto 5 2 5 44 10 5 0 Lambs ... 5 4 6 4 5 6 7 0 Large coarse calves 3 6 4 04 6 5 2 Prime small. ditto 4 2 4 615 4 5 8 Large hogs ... ... 3 0 3 63 0 4 2 Neat small porkers ... 3 8 4 2 1 4 4 4 8 Beasts... ... 4,092 3,384 Sheep 20,460 17, 870 Calves... 188 100 350 SUPPLIES ON SALE, April 18, 1852.—Beasts, 4,886; sheep, 26,42 aloes, 221; pigs, 3,180. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Since Monday last the receipts of country-killed meat up to these markets have been rather extensive the time of year considered. To-day the show of each kind slaugh tered in the metropolis was moderate, whilst the demand ruled steady, as follows : Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. 0. d. Beef, inferior 210 3 2 Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 4 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do., middling ..... 3 6 4 0 Do., prime large 3 8 3 10 Do., prime 4 2 4 4 Do., do. 5ma11....3 10 4 0 Veal 4 0 5 4 Pork, large 3 4 4 2 Pork, small 4 4 4 8 Lamb ss 6d to 7s 2d. BOROUGH HOP. - - The supply of all kinds of hops in our market is small Selected qualities are in moderate request, at full prices ; but all other kinds are a dull inquiry. Last week's im ports were only 54 bales from Hamburgh. Mid and East Kent pockets, 6/ lOs to 12/ ; Weald of Kent, 6l to 7 1 ; Sussex, 51 12s to 6/ 10s. SEEDS. Clover seed is in fair request, at full prices. There is a good inquiry for linseed, but the business doing is compa ratively limited, owing to the high pretensions of im porters. Bombay has realised 72s ; Black Sea, 70s ; and fine Petersburgh, 6Ss per quarter. Cakes command ex treme rates. furnip,White, per bush. 224 to 243 Swede .......... 225 24s Mustard, 8r0wn...... 128 148 White, new ••• • .. 13s 16s rares,Winter, new.... 9s Oct 986 d 438 4Gs Coriander 17s 185 Hempseed, per quarter 408 448 Linseed, Eng. Sowing.. 705 00s Crushing ........ 668 68s Baltic ...... • • 638 7es Odessa .......... 63s 7 0 s Linseed Cake, pr. ton — English . 101 Os 111103 Foreign, por ton 915 s 111 10s Rape Cakes, pr ton 6115 s 71 5 r Rapeseed, New, prlst 3110 a 331 Cs Old— • • • • • • 7s Od 8s Od Canary, per quarter •• AO 54s Rye grass • . •..•• • • • • 243 28s Clover, Red Eng. (cwt.) 58s 64s White .. • • .... • • 54s 843 Foreign Red.... 52s 643 White— •• 62s 90s, Trefoil, new...• 26s 3351 TALLOW. Since our last report, a very moderate business has been doing in our market, and prices have had a downward tendency. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot has sold at 66s 6d per cwt. For forward delivery very little is doing. Town tallow, 62s 6d net cash. Rough fat, 3s 5Ad per 8 lbs. 1850. 1851. 1852. I 1853. 1854. Stock this day ...... 29,182 1 31,242 42,914 28,627 Price of Y. C. .. 36s 9d ,4N Od •,0 35s 6d to 45s 9d, .. [to—s Od i 40s 6d —s 5d to 46s Od Delivery last week ..I 1,570 777 1,055 7,142 Ditto from June 1.... i 86,446 86,239 96,603 93,138 Arrivals last week.. i 89 65 1,911 1 ,160 Dittofrom June 1.... 93,155 94,963 102,983 81,127 Price of Town .... • • 38s Od 41s OA 38s Od 488 6d 33,834 ;66 6ti to 00a Oct 929 88,014 569 98,533 643 9d APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTlONS.—Lieutenant - Col. Hugh Henry Rose, C. 8., her Majesty's Secretary of Embassy at Constantinople, and formerly Consul-General in Syria, is appointed her Majesty's Military Commi s . sioner to the French Expeditionary Army in the East. Col. Rose went to Syria in 1840 with the British officers employed there, and was attached to the Staff of Omer Pasha, with the rank of Deputy Adjutant-General. H e was wounded in an affair of cavalry, Jan. 15,1841. H© w as afterwards appointed to the command of the detachments. When Consul General in Syria, he rescued the Prince of Lebanon and others from the Druses. He is tho roughly conversant with the warfare and the politics of the East. Mr. William Congreve Brackenbury, Consul at Madrid, is appointed British Consul at Bilbao. Mr. D. Cameron, unpaid Attaché at Berne, is appointed un paid Attaché at Copenhagen. Mr. Goold, from Hanover, is appointed unpaid Attaché at Berne. The Hon. W. Jocelyn is appointed unpaid Attache at Hanover. Mr. Edward Romilly, one of the Commissioners of Audit, is appointed Chairman of that Board, in succession to Major-General Sir W. L. Herris, K.G.H., resigned. Mr. T. Phinn, M.P. for Bath, is appointed Coun sel to the Admiralty in the place of Mr. R. B. Crowder, Justice of the Common Pleas. Mr. James Noel (from the Department of the Surveyor of the Navy); Mr. R. J. Callander (from the Controller of the Vic tualling Department); and Mr. James Scott (from the office of Director General of the Navy)„are appointed third-class Clerks in the Admiralty . , Whitehall. Th e Lord President has selected Mr. Major Rhode Hawkins for appointment to the office of advising Architect to the Committee of Council of Education, in the room of Mr. Westmacott, who has retired. 85 75 t i 4e 60 i i i per coat. 583 / 4 a 334. 92 - 95 . ad 81 81 15i -16 i ' 94 -10 11 -- 13 P 22 -- 2 3 97 -- 99 15 -- 20 ..• ••• 2 -- 1 d 85 - 90 31 - 3i 11 .... ti Pm 12 pm 11 pm x d MINES 1 all •Igua. Fr .t 1 all inglo Austrin. Gold 10a. all Ingio Californian 10 2 ins t 20 6 Ostraliau 1 all Australian Cordille 1 all Australian Freehold 4 1 all Ave Maria A-1 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 50 all Blaenarvon Ir. &Coal 9 11 1 all British Austrin. Gold 4 20 13.5 British Iron 35 243 Brazilianlmp.(issued at .£5 pm 4 5 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 1i 2 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —32 30 1 Carson's Creek 1 6 Clarendon Con. Min Co. of Jamaica_ 40 all Cobra Copper 39 41 5 1 Colonial Gold z 15 Copiapo St. all Copper Min. of Eng 5O —6O 25 all Do. Pref. 7} p. cent 2 4 ' 5 all English and. Austrin: Copper Smeltg.Co. It —2l 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget Vein — 2 all Do. Registered . 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares .• . • ..... . 10 lad 11 1 all Lond.&Californ.G o ld x d Quartz Crush. Co ~ 1 all Nlariquita 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 5 , 6 1 all New Granada i 3 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co 1 all Nouveau Monde s 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Load Min. & Smelt. 15 17 5 1 Port Philip — 1 all Quartz Rock 50ail Rhymnoy Iron 15 15 Do. New 8 —lO 30 10i Santiago de Cuba 1 all :Aouth Australian 10 7 Tin Croft 2 4 284 all United Mexican,, 3 3i 1 all Waller — id 1 all West Granada 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining o Australia 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 72 74 72 4 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all British N. American 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia if 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 1i lid a 100 25 Colonial ••• 100 20 Commercial of Lend. „, 20 12 English Scottish and. Australian —3 i 20 15 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 3 2 d 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock — 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 34 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New 50 22A National of Ireland 20 all' New South Wales — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 43 45 45 25 5 Do. New - 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New 5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg & Gold Imp Co — 25 all South Australia 36 38 36 25 all Union of Australia 63 65 63x4 ... I 2A Do. New 6 7 6, 7 , r5O 10 Union of London — NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Sabra ... Coalition SWEEPSTAKES of 50 Sovs. for Fillies_ Lady Elegant Apropos Four ran. CRAVEN STAKES. Calumus Alas Five ran. Won by two lengths. BETTING ON THE COURSE. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Defiance (taken). L to 4on the field. Tne following horses are here for the Newmarket Handicap :—Adine, Nutpecker, Defiance, Eladidjah, Nicotine, Poodle, g by Assault, Veteran, Virago, Bracken, Sine-qua-non, Epaminondas, Coup-d'etat, Little Jem, Adeline, El Dorado, Selina, Lincoln'ti-Inn. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY NIGHT. The Royal Mail Steam Company's ship La Plata has arrived from the West Indies. Her dates are Jamaica, March 27 ' • Trinidad and Demerara., 25 ; St. Thomas, April 2. Amongst her passen gozs are Lieutenant St. John, from the Darien expedition. Amongst her cargo is specie to the value of about half a million of dollars. The Atrato arrived out at St. Thomas ila 13i days. _ Cholera. had broken out on board the Derwent, and several of the black sailors on board had died. The mail steamer from Honduras had not ar rived when the mail left Jamaica. Disturbances had broken out on the Isthmus of Panama, in consequence of the New Gramadian Government attempting to impose a poll tax on the persons crossing the Isthmus. The Americans re sisted the tax. At Greytown the old dispute about the la nd on the American side is again revived. At Carthagena the French admiral h:sd de manded satisfaction for a national outrage, and had obtained it. The murderers of the crew of the Virago have been discovered. At Jamaica there has been no improvement in the market. Exchange on London, 90 day 3, par ; 60 days, 1 per cent. premium ; 30 days, 1 pea cent. premium. The West India islands are healthy. There is a great want of shipping everywhere. There are great quantities of sugar and few ships. From California we learn that two American men-of-war were anchored off the head-quarters of Gen. Walker, to prevent any reinforcement, to the Fillibusters. From Peru we learn that General Castilba is getting stronger, and that the rule of President Echenique is drawing to a close. The ship Charles Jones, of Liverpool, bound to Valparaiso, is wrecked, and the crew drowned. The Panama Railway will be finished by next August. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. LONDON, April 17.—Wind this day at Noon ? E. ; light breeze, and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, April 16.—Wind, E. to S.E. Arrived— Cornwall, from London, for Cork and Malta, with loss of anchor and chains • Hendrik Hudson, London, and sailed for Now York ; H.M.'s at. Simoom, Malta. Sailed—Mary Ann, fox Symrna. Off Port—Euphrate, for Marseilles. SALCOMBE, April 15.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Reno vatio, from Shields, for Vigo. QUEENSTOWN, Marchf 15.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Wal demar, from New York ; Mary Bailey, Afazaga.n ; Therun, Odessa • Buchanan, do. ; Anna, Galatz ; Bloomer, Callao, and sailed for Falmouth ; Sophia Margaret, Mazao-an ; Portia, Odessa ; Heather Bell, Kertch ; Energy, Constan tinople; Toniva, Marseilles. MILFORD, April 15.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Oberon (s s), from Dumbarton, and left for Melbourne. Sailed — Sophia, for Quebec. GOOLE, April 15.—Wind at noon, N.E. Arrived —The Wrangle, from Stettin (wheat); the Norfolk (a), from from Rotterdam (general cargo) ; the San Kirwan (a), Antwerp (general cargo). On Good Friday-all the vessels 1 1 in Goole Docks hoisted their colours .half-mast high,. in consequence of the death of Captain Collier, the efficient and much-esteemed dockmaster. PLYMOUTH, April 15.—Wind , Lady Elgin, from London for Sydney, N.S. W. Sailed—loose, for Genoa. The Charlotte Maria, from London to St. Michael's, has arrived at this port totally dismastod. GALATZ, A pr il 3.—The master (Mr. Pryde) of th e Stranger arrived at Ibraila on the Ist April, from below, and reports that h is vessel _is . detained by R ussian gun boats, which do not allow him to proceed without an order from Prince Gortscha t ko is ff or General Ludera. N e ith er e . n h of these person a g es ar neighbourho o d, b ut l etters have been ad dressed to l them on the subject. Meantime the Russian Consul has given an order to the commander of the gun-boats to allow the Stranger to pass, and with this letter it is expected Mr. Pryde will go down to-mor row morning. Should this order not prove sufficient, Mr. Pryde is recommended to remain in his vessel, and the more formal order would be Bent to him as soon as it could be obtained. (ET ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday, 10.30 a.m. Wind, S. ; moderate and fine. Arrived—British Queen (s s), from Constantinople. Off Port—lsmyo, from Venice ; Isabella, Buenos Ayres ; Lady Russell and John Knox (ships), Anglia (barque), and Callao (brig). There is no account of the steamer Africa, with the mails, from New York, either here or off Holyhead, to 10 THE DAY OP FASTING AND BUMILIA TION. (From a Supplement, published on Saturday, to Friday night's Gazettc.) A PROCLAMATION FOR A DAY OF GENERAL HUMILIATION AND PRAYER. VICTORIA R,—We, taking into our most serious con sideration the just and necessary war in which we are engaged, and putting our trust in Almighty God, that he will graciously bless our arms both by sea and land, have resolved, and do, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, hereby command, that a Public Day of Humiliation and Prayer be observed throughout those parts of our United Kingdom called England and Ire land, on Wednesday, the 26th day of April instant, that so both we and our people may humble ourselves before Almighty God, in order to obtain pardon of our sins, and in the most devout and solemn manner send up our prayers and supplications to the Divine Majesty, for imploring His blessing and assistance on our arms for the restoration of peace to us and our domi nions : And we do strictly charge and command that the said day be reverently and devoutly observed by all our loving subjects is England and Ireland, as they tender the favour of Almighty God, and would avoid His wrath and indignation : And, for the better and more orderly solemnising the same, we have given direc tions to the most reverend the archbishops and the right reverend the bishops of England and Ireland to compose a form of prayer suitable to this occasion, to be used in all churches, chapels, and places of public worship, and to take care the same be timely dispersed throughout their respective dioceses. Given at our Court at Windsor, this fifteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and in the seventeenth year of our reign. God save the Queen. A PROCLAMATION FOR A DAY OF GENERAL HUMILIATION AND PRAYER IN SCOTLAND. VICTORIA R.—We, taking into our most serious con sideration, the just and necessary war in which we are engaged, and putting our trust in Almighty God that he will graciously bless our arms, both by sea and land, have resolved, and do, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, hereby command, that a Public Day of Humiliation and Prayer be observed throughout that part of our Kingdom of Great Britain called Scot land, on Wednesday, the 26th day of April instant, that so both we and our people may humble ourselves before Almighty God, in order to obtain pardon of our sins, and in the most devout and solemn manner send up our prayers and supplications to the Divine Majesty for imploring His blessing and assistance on our arms for the restoration of peace to us and our dominions : and we do strictly charge and command, that the said day be reverently and devoutly observed by all our lov ing- subjects in Scotland, as they tender the favour of Almighty God, and would avoid his wrath and indig nation. Our will is, therefore, and we charge, that, this our proclamation seen, ye forthwith proceed to the Market Cross of Edinburgh, and all other places needful, and there, in our name and authority, make publication hereof, that none pretend ignorance ; and our will and pleasure is, that our solicitor do cause printed copies hereof to be sent to the sheriffs of the seve ral shires, stewarts of stewartics, and bailiffs of regalities, and their clerks, whom we ordain to see the same published ; and we appoint them to send copies hereof to the several parish churches within their bounds, that, upon the Lord's day immediately preceding the day above men tioned, the same may be published and read from the pulpits, immediately after divine service. Given at our Court at Windsor, this fifteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and°lfifty;four, and in the seventeenth year of our reign. God save the Queen. FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE ON THE EASTERS COUNTIES RAILWAY. On Saturday forenoon, Mr. William Laker, the coro ner for East Middlesex, held an inquest at the Royal Standard Tavern, Albion-street, Waterloo New Town, Bo t h nal-g re en, on view of the mutilated remains of Charles Finder, aged 45 years, who was found dead on the line of the Eastern Counties Railway. it appeared from the evidence, that deceased was a signal man engaged by the company near that portion of the railway passing over Brick-lane, and on Friday afternoon last, between three and four o'clock, he was last seen alive at his tusual duties, apparently in good health. Shortly afterwards several trains passed up and down the line, when a labourer, who was proceeding towards the goods station, discovered the body of deceased lying across the 'Fails. The head was tear fully cut and crushed to pieces, the upper portion having been carried away. Both legs had sustained com pound comminuted fractures, and the bones were pro. truding. Other portions of the body and limbs were more or less shockingly torn and mutilated. An alarm was raised, when the deceased was placed on a stretcher and carried to the depot in Brick-lane, where medical assist ance was promptly in attendance, and on the arrival of Mr. Vandenberg, of the Bethnal-green-road, that gentle man made an examination of the body, when he was o opinion that the deceased must have been killed instan taneously by the wheels of a railway carriage passing over him. Several of the servants in the employ of the tascer. y were closely examined by the coroner and i htaaii7petnheed,mbauntntebroyinfawilehdichiath eliciting amelancholyy Y facts, occurrencen aod a t dn o been crossing presenti t the is line snp j po u s s e t d b t e h fo a r t e a t h e t traindeceased was passing, p must assin h g av , aeb person saw him. The Coron a e s, Coroner having remarked on the m y sterious na ture The jury returned.an open verdict of ‘ ‘ but Fobuno w o d dead y on a railway with certain mortal injuries, what means the said injuries were caused, they had no legal evidence to prove. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 9.55 a.m. Wind, E. ; tide, near low water ; weather, fresh. Arrived, 16th—Caledonia (s), from Hamburgh. Arrived, lith—Fyenoord (s), from Rotterdam ; Ravens• bourne (s), Antwerp ; Magnet (s), Amsterdam. Sailed—Earl of Auckland (s), for Rotterdam. DEAL, Monday, 9.14 a.m. Wind, E.N.E. ; fresh and cloudy. Passed—William 111., from London, for Swansea; City of Bristol, from Shields, for New York ; Commonwealth , Shields, for London. There aro several vessels passing at the back of the Goodwin Sands to the westward. tit* , 174Vttlion4 NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS. Student.. . Caliban ..... Reel colt ~ ............................. ..... . 2 3 Three ran. SWEEPSTAKES •OF 50 SOPS. Weathercock 1 Census . - 2 Folly o' the Day .. 3 Three ran. -- MATCH. Sittingbourne beat Pelion by nix lengths. NEWMARKET HANDICAP--LATEST BETTING 2to 1 agst Defiance (taken). 4to 1 agst Virago (offered). Bto 1 aget Adine (taken). 12 to 1 aget Poodle (taken). 15 to 1 agst Little Jem (taken). fourtbMitton SUN OFFICE, Skoo'Clock. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) HANDICAP PLATE—C. C. f. by Sosostrie .......... f. by John n'G aunt . . A Five ran. MATCHES. Invasion beat Caracara. Doublethong beat Poodle easily. LATEST FROM SPAIN. MADRID, APRIL 10. The directors of the Bank of San Fernando are holding a meeting to-day, to determine what course they shall pursue in consequence of the dismissal of the late governor and sub-governor, and the ap pointment of Senor Llorente as governor of the bank. Some speak of resigning their seats, others of drawing up some kind of protest. The situation of the bank is a critical one, and somewhat similar to that of 1848. The knowledge that Senors San. tillan and Mier have been dismissed, because the Government considered that they did not use their influence with the directors to the extent-which they might have done in procuring further oda vances, makes the public suppose that the bank will be induced to act differently under the new governor. The funds have risen to-day, owing to the higher prices at London and Paris. The Three per Cents. are quoted at 32 60 to 75 ; ditto Deferred, 17 251 Redeemable Debt, first class, 7 50 ; ditto, second class, 4. Exchange on London, 51 75. COURT CIRCULAR. SUNDAY, APRIL 16. The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, Princess Alice, and the Duchess of Kent, the ladies and gentle men of the Court, and the domestic household attended divine service this morning in the private chapel of the castle. The Earl of Aberdeen was also at the service. The ion. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated and admi• nistered the holy sacrament. 100 8i 27i 22 25 100 100 all L all all 12 25 25 18 20 St. 100 181 all 2i 100 42i 34 all all 100 81281 64 25 50 20 100 3i 100 16 11i all 20 20 10 10 2/ 2; 100 100 100 100 10 26i 13 20 20 2l 2s all 16! 100 20 20 50 20 all 51s. 100 20 13§ 100 5 10 St. 5 15 8i 8 10 10 25 10 1.0.6 52i I 14 87 98 95i i 11 li 77 6i 19/ i 581 8