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

- TS OA 'Y c f t rirT 1.. '.;C .21 't ' 7 ' '1;. t 11 . : • A- 1 I.tJ A t .l" joh„ AND CO.IIMEBCIAL TELLIGENCE. A DIP INTO THE CHESTER CUP. An "open race" for the Chester Cup is scarcely a novelty, but the betting indicates that the chances this year are balanced with even unusual fairness. On exa mining the handicap no seeming " certainty" presents itself ; so carefully and ably have the imposts been ad justed, that all distinctions appear to be levelled between the old and the young, the good and the bad. The re spective pretensions of the rough and ready, the " bottled up" and highly-trained are equally sound and formidable. To determine, therefore, the probabilities is a task of no ordinary difficulty, and the tecent move ments in the turf market are scarcely calculated to guide one to a due and successful execution of it. The tendency of speculation is doubtful and perplexing, and, indeed, seems only to render confusion worse confounded. Favourites have been set up and knocked down like nine-pins, and the temporary " rise " of some animals appears only to have been neces sary to render their " fall " signal and imme diate. On Saturday a brisk and determined fire of " long shots" soon thinned the ranks of the leading favourites, and those horses which, only a few hours before, had been supported with a spirit and eagerness which promised to maintain them firmly in their posi tions, were deserted by their partizans, and no attempt was made to arrest their rapid retrogression. These movements I will presently endeavour to indicate and CITY, TWO O'CLOCK The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 3,000 bales, including 1.000 American taken on s p ecu l a ti on . The market aosed steadily, With prices of all kinds firm and tight. The sales comprised 4,000 American, 60 Perham and Maran hum at 61d. to 7-W., 150 Egyptian at 51d. to 7*(1., and 500 Surat at 2id. to 41d. per lb. Railway shares were dull. There are numerous contracts out from the Go !ernment for the conveyance of troops and stores to different points. Letters from Birmingham respecting the iron trade state that most of the manufacturers are re fusing orders at present rates, the contracts already 1 11 hand being so heavy. A decided advance is ex pected soon to be declared in finished iron. The Position of the trade generally is sound and healthy , the activity a r i s ing fiom the demand for consump tion and speculation being quiet. Accounts from New York state that stocks were higher and money easier. Breadstuffs were rather 11 usettled, and the export demand wa s q uiet. Freight s were without material change. Hemp was steady and jute dearer. From South Australia we learn that i n the con cluding quarter of the year the colony received an se cession of nearly 1,500 souls from Englan d ; and tor the same quarter the excess of immigration over ;taigratipn was no less than 2, 611 pers ons —these forming a contrast to the decreasing n umbers of victoria. The Adelaide papers notice the comparative POverty exhibited by the few military there. It a ppears that for two years past the p oor fellows have not been able to procure potatoes, in conse pence of their scanty pay. There must be a hi g h Wing in the ranks when men can thus make u p their minds to starve in the midst of plenty, a nd that feeling deserves to be better re trded. The South Australian public seems 'Wined to take up the matter, and they cannot o _etter effect this than by adding a mite to that aoled out by order of the Horse Guards. The few soldiers amongst them will appreciate this better than sympathy. The boisterous state of the weather last evening uaa retarded the arrival of several of the conti nental mails. , The railway meetings announced are th e fol lowing Company. Date. Place, 84c. 11-cindonderry and Coleraine May 23 , Colem an-st.-build. Northern London z iorthern of France 1 10~ yal Swedish .zonth Devon May 23, Plymouth. Stirling of France tidin g and Dunfermline June 1, Glasgow. ttockton and Darlington May 6, Darlington. aterford and Kilkenny IPae stock market has been extremely dull and the quotations are heavy, partly owing to the sus tense respecting the plans of the Chancellor of the tXchequer, and the demand for specie for expor tation. It has been rumoured that the interest on the floating debt is to be raised to 24d. per diem, and that the Bank is to be authorised to issued 3 or 4 millions of notes without the obligation of a imilarly augmenting its specie. Consols have be en n to for transfer, and 81* to for account. The New 3 per Cents. realise 87 to f, and the 3 Per Cents. 86* to -R. Bank Stock is steady at 205. /(chequer Bills are ls. premium to 2s. discount. Foreign Stocks are very dull. Spanish 3 per Cents. are firmer at 361, and Russian 4* per Cents. remain,, at 80. Buenos Ayres Bon ds are q uoted 1 1 .,%, and Brazilian New 4 1 per Cents. 90. Dutch per Cents. are higher, being 57i to 58 *. Mexican Bonds have not been dealt in. The Railway Share Market has been declining, ". 13 s1 some of the lines are about * to 1 per cen t. lower. There has been a fall to this extent in Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, York and Berwick, Great Northern. The foreign lines have been a shade lower also. The Joint-Stock Bank Shares have been dealt in at rather lower rates. Crystal Palace are firm. Land shares are quiet. explain. The field is likely to be numerically stronger than on any former anniversary of the Chester Cup, and it will require all Mr. Hibburd's tact and ingenuity to marshal the starters at the post, and afford a clear course, and no favour. About forty competitors are likely to be placed under his command; the following list will doubt less comprise the name of every runner :-- HORSE. TRAINER. HORSE. TRAINER. Nabob J. B. Day Star of Surrey J. B. Day Newminster J. Scott Sir J. Graham Gill Torment Dilly Jewess Cunningham Lough Bawn W. Oates Jujube C Marson Indian Warrior... Longstaff Sampson Lord Cobnut Abrahams Bridesmaid .... Woolcot Talfourd Bum by Royalist Treen Joe Miller W. Day Miss Sellon .... J. Scott Annie Sutherland T.Dawson Mortimer Dockeray Lancashire Lass... Hopwood Swiftsnre Catspaw A. Taylor Jack Fr05t...... Ford Llanforda ... I. Day. Billingham Wintringham Aldford W. Day Epaminondas.. Smith Sandhurst Eskrett Jephson I. Day P igg y T.Dawson Trump Queen J. Shepherd Dear Me C. Marson Dr. 0'T001e.... J. Day, jun. Acrobat J. Scott Robin H00d... T. Dawson Barrel Abrahams Sir Mark Ford Tom W. Scott Baalbec Bumby Eva Wadlow Duchess of Lor- Domino Godding raine c01t.... T. Taylor' Brown Brandy Woolcot Lurley Saunders Gamekeeper ...... Longstaff Seaweedfilly Morgan St. Clair Wadlow Blame W Mo . Scott People are sorely puzzled in their attempts to discover the intended representative of the Whitewall stable. The movements relative to Newminster in particular have occasioned no little perplexity, for, to use a time honoured turf simile, this horse goes up and down in the betting like a bucket in a well. That he has been heavily backed at all sorts of prices—from ten to one up till fifty—the list of quotations published daily abundantly testifies, and I myself have frequently seen heavy in vestments made on him by individuals who appear to be generally well-informed, and whose transactions are in variably regulated by the shrewdest discriminatio n . The determined hostility which he encounters, however, scarcely seems the result of wild speculation, but rather the effect of a cool and deliberate opposition, having something more than prejudice for its origin. Indeed, at Tattersall's on Saturday he was all but driven out of the market, and 100 to 3 was repeatedly betted against him ; but towards the close of business the " little black Captain" parried further opposition by booking 25 to 1 until layers were discouraged, and cried hold, enough. All manner of rumours too are circulated re specting Newminster, by " people who go about saying things." He is said to be an infirm horse, and this re port seems to be the one to which the readiest belief is attached. When I was at Malton Races, however, I was assured by persons who had good opportunities of knowing, that the horse was never sounder or better— not even when he won the St. Leger. Still, should Newminster's condition be as satisfactory as his most sanguine backers could desire, I shall be scarcely pre pared to witness his success. I never had a high esti mate of his racing ability, and have ever deemed him a somewhat overrated horse. That he is handicapped on most advantageous terms is, however, unquestionable, and should he get off in the first flight he ought to be in the front rank at the finish. My fancy, nevertheless, will induce me to take a " turn " with Acrobat in preference to Newminster. In shape and condition Acrobat appeared at Newmarket " every inch a race horse," and should he be the trusted representative of the stable, I shall expect him to obtain a place at least. His position in the betting is, however, by no means secure, and the support which he has received within the last four-and-twenty hours has been too slight and unsteady to engender strong con fidence in either him or his parties intentions. Miss Sellon is another three-year-old, belonging to John Scott's stable. Several investments have at various times been quietly made on her, but my information re specting her is vague and unsatisfactory. "At this present writing," Aldford and Peggy are the leading favourites. Both have been frequently talked about as being intended to "pull off a good thing," but neither of them has yet displayed any extra ordinary racing ability. Of Peggy, indeed, I have my misgivings, which the result of the Chester Cup may tend to confirm. Notwithstanding the large sums of money which have been invested on her, and the un mistakeable upward tendency in the betting, I am com pelled to believe that the confidence of her supporters is misplaced. Aldford has effectually superseded his stable companion Joe Miller in the betting. The "fondness" which his partisans evince is unequivocal, but their san guine expectations of success may yet be disappointed. His owner, however, appears to be in earnest with him, and if report be true he has good grounds for placing faith in Aldford's chance. The horse was, it is said, tried with Virago, Joe Miller, and Little Harry prior to the Epsom Spring Meeting, and although Virago won the trial easy enough, Aldford was second I The waning of the Star of Surrey, and the silence which is maintained re specting Nabob, seemingly tend to confirm this report, and justify the suspicion that the interest of father and son—John Day and William Day— will, on this occa sion, be "amalgamated." On Saturday, Dr. O'Toole suddenly gave way before a strong current of opposition, and backers seemed little inclined to take advantage of this unexpected turn in the bill of his affairs. Dr. O'Toole's chance is chiefly formidable from his light weight and careful training, and not from decided racing ability. His lenient im post will doubtless enable him to fieure respectably in the encounter. At Chester, fortune has more than once favoured the Danehury stable, and the fickle goddess may again renew her gifts. Among the light weights, however, few appear to me to possess pretensions to support sounder than those of Domino and Baalbec. The former, in particular, has proved by his performances that he is entitled to take rank with the most respectable of our second-class three-year-olds. The recent running of Cham pagne is sufficient to justify some expectations of Domino's success. For the Champagne Stakes at Don caster, Domino was beaten by Champagne by half a length only ; and at the same meeting he conceded 4 lbs. to Acrobat, who beat by three-quarters of a length. For this achievement Acrobat is handicapped to give Domino 7lbs. Baalbec is again recovering from his " temporary depression" in the market, consequent upon the defeat of Boiardo. The lightness of his impost will render him a formidable antagonist. His performances, too, are not so utterly insignificant as to warrant a low estimate of his chance. Of the other three-year-olds the most noteworthy names are, in my opinion, Tom, Eva, Jack Frost, Epa minondas, and Royalist. Notwithstanding the strong " bearing up" occasion ' ally displayed for Sandhurst and Llanforda, lam induced to regard their respective chances with indifference. In ' deed, of the " middle weight division" I shall give the precedence to Indian Warrior and Lough Bawn. For the latter, in particular, I enterta in a stron g p artiality, and should he go to the post as fit and as well as he was at York, I shall be prepared to see him occupy a promi nent position in the race. With a good start and no ac- JOHN BULL IN TROUBLE. cident, he may prove another Goldfinder to the rin g . Jolin Bull, a painter, residing at 17, Gray-street, Man- Indeed, his performance for the Great Northern Handi chester-square, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, cap is sufficie tto induce me to regard his pretensions charged with assaulting Mr. John Paget, barrister, No. with considerable favour. 7, Gordon-place, Gordon-square, and also with assaulting To refer separately to the remaining probable starters the police while in the execution of their duty. would unnecessarily occupy space. I have limited my Mr. Paget stated that on Saturday afternoon, between remarks to those animals only is hose chances appear to four and five, he was passing along Oxford-street, when me favourable, or whose position in the betting renders he saw the prisoner lay hold of a woman, an d them entitled to consideration. The " disappointments" throw her with great violence down on the pavement. and mishaps which will beset so large a field of horses Witness immediately seized hint to prevent further as is likely to be brought out on the " tea cup" course violence, when he struck him repeatedly on the face. at Chester may upset and confound the most seemingly The woman then got up and also struggled hard to kit accurate calculations as to the result of the race. To be witness, and a bull dog that was with the prisoner laid able to indicate the actual winner is almost more than I bold of his trousers and tried to bite him. Complainant dare hope. Still, on carefully reconsidering the argu then forced him into the recess of the doorway of an ments adduced above, and a careful comparison of the upholsterer's shop, and then he let go of him, thinking he chances as they appear on paper, I have arrived at the was secure till the police came, and in a moment pri- following conclusion :-- saner rus h e d at him and struck him a g ain, and laid The front rank will, I anticipate, comprise DOMINO, hold of his cravat and tried to throttl e him. Several , BAALBEC, LOUGH BAWN, and the representative of John oth e r p ers ons who were present held the prisoner until Scott's stable (perhaps ACROBAT), the p o l ice a rrived, when, after a good deal of resistance, In the seco and DR OI nd rank shall place ALDFORD, INDIAN he was conveyed to the station. WARRIOR, . TOOLE. Two gentlemen who witnesssed the whole affair de- I shall go for the "off chance" with EVA and TOM. scribed th e p r isoner's conduct as violent in the extreme. The minor events to be decided to-morrow and the Buckmaster, 97 C, said he took prisoner into cos- I two following days may be briefly dismissed. For the tody—he wa s very violent, and struck, bit, and kicked I Palatine Stakes, I select Adelaide and Bianca ; for the him severa l ti me s. Other constables at length arrived, rslostyn Stakes, Lord Alfred and Flatterer. The and p r i son e r who was perfectly sober was taken into Wynnslay Handicap will perhaps be carried off by either custody. Annie Sutherland or Miss Agnes. Captain Cornish and The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he was Lord-Lieutenant shall do battle nominationstheCheshire Mr. H ar d w i c k said the plea of drunkenness was no I Stakes, I shall, with a start, take Champagne. In his excu se ; it h a d been proved that he was sober at the Absence, either Scythian or Prince Arthur may be the time he committed the assault, and he (Mr. Hardwick) successful competitor. The Triennial, on Thursday, I as a warning for the future should fine him 505., or ; place to the credit of Lord Alfred. Until the result of one month for the assault on the gentleman, and for the T ues d a y's an d Wednesday's races be known, it would assault on t h e cons t a ble he should commit him for one , be ridiculous to offer an opinion on the Marquis of month without fine. 1 Westminster's Plate and other Handicaps. May 8. A FRESH MAN. DEATH OF ARCHDEACON HEADLAM.—We regret to I ieunce the death of the Venerable John Headlam CHESTER.—MoNDay. M.A., Archdeacon of Richmond, which took place in ' ARRIVALS.—Adelaide, Gipsy King, Moor of Venice, Yorkshire on Thursday. The reverend gentleman was Lord Hill, Falcon, Brigadier , Kenn y side Hero, Gui one of the old es t clergymen in the diocese of Ripon, ' co war, Cobnut, Barrel, Pantomime, Sandhurst, Acrobat, laving attained his 85th year. He was presented to the Roscommon, Sextus, Newbold, Athlone by Tearaway, rectory of Wycliffe, near Greta Bridge, in 1795. out of Ballinasole's dam. --- •.• 7 ... Total—. 309 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES ( Prom the Official List.) Business done. 13 1111 k Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B6s 3 per Cent Consols Annu ities B7 A New 31 per Cent. Annuities B7l 7 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 4 13.16 India Bonds, £lOOO — Ditto, under £lOOO l5 5 d Consols for Account 11th May B7/ i a Exchequer Bills, 2d. £5OO Small ......... ... 3 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Britian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto New, 1852, 4 3 / 4 per Cent 9O Buenos Ayres Bonds, ti per Cent 54 Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 4 3 / 4 per Cent. — Ditto for the Account... 59. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent — Ditto Ex all over-due Coupons 37 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St Ditto 4i per Cent BO Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 3 6 3 /4 5 1xPaiih New Deferred, 3 per Cent. l7i Dividends on the above payable in London Dutch Exchange, 2h per Cent. 12 Gull s7i 8i 8 i THREE O'CLOCK. Per Slbs to sink the drab. s. d. s. d.l Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 2 Second quality.... 3 4 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 Second quality ...3 10 4 4 Prime crse.-wiled..4 6 4 8 Lambs TOTAL SUPPLY. Consols B7i Ditto May Account CRIMINAL COURT.-(TIIIS DAY). - - The May session of th• above Court was opened this Morning. By the first edition of the calendar it apoears that there are 118 prisoners for trial at the present session. The Recorder, in the commencement of his charge to the grand jury, said he was disappointed to see that so considerable a portion of the present Session of Parliament had passed away without some alteration being made in the present system of calling grand juries together within this jurisdiction. lie did not think the public were yet pre pared for the entire abolition of grand juries, but it cer tainly did appear to him that it would be an advantage to th e administration of justice if sonic alteration of the pre sent system were to be made, and that, at all events, the necessity for calling grand juries together so frequently as Was now the case should not exist. With regard to the pre sent calendar, he said it was satisfactory to find that, with the exception of two or three cases of murder, there was a remarkable absence of crimes of violence, and the calendar only contained one charge of cutting and wounding. In reference to the charges of murder, he said he was fear ful, from the facts stated in the depositions, they would feel that they had no alternative but to return true bills, and although a question might arise as to the state of mind of the parties, they would have nothing to do with that question, which could only be properly disposed of by the petty jury. His lordship said that there were some other serious cases, but they did not appear to pre sent any difficulties either of law or fact, and there was only one charge of manslaughter which appeared to present any unusual circumstances. In this case a woman was charged with killing her child, and it appeared that, while in a drunken state, she had dropped the child, which was of very tender age, and thereby caused its death. It appeared to him, that in law, it being the duty of the prisoner to protect and take care of her child, and not having done so, in consequence of having, by her own act, rendered herself incapable of perform ing her duty, she would be amenable to the charge of manslaughter ; and if the facts should be proved, it would be their duty to find a bill for that offence. The grand jury then retired. Lamb MARLBO.ROUGEI - STREET.-(THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE. There was a very inactive demand for all kinds of wheat in the country markets held on Saturday, and prices had a downward tendency.. The barley trade was heavy, on rather easier terms. Malt and flour were almost nominal, but oats, beans, and peas sold steadily, at very full prices. Bhr Most of the Continental markets have been rather dull for wheat as well as spring corn. Prices have had a down- ward tendency. Tho last accounts from New York state that a fair average business was doing in wheat, flour, and of , o Indian corn. 2 Very moderate supplies of En g lish grain arrived in the port of London last week. The imports of foreign were extensive, viz., 67,726 quarters of wheat, 11,989 barley, 7,376 oats, 4,162 beans, 73 peas, 321 tares, 3,174 linseed, 2,939 rapeseed, 1,072 sundry seeds, 5,597 sacks and 29,930 barrels of flour. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up . to this morning's market coastwise were very limited, but in good condition. By land carriage very few samples reached us—yet the show, which was partly composed of last Monday's unsold supply, was moderate. For all descriptions the demand was in a very depressed state. However, a few very su perior qualities were disposed of at last Monday's currency; but low and middling kinds changed hands heavily, at a decline in the quotations of from ls to 2s per quarter. Th er e was scarcely any inquiry for forward delivery samples. The imports of foreign wheat having been exceedingly heavy, the supply of that grain here to-day was extensive. Importers were for the most part rather eager sellers, and the trade was dull, at is to 2s per quarter less money than on this day se'nnight. At that decline very little progress was made in effecting sales. Floating cargoes, the arrival of which off the coast con tinue good, were offering at 2s to 3s per quarter less money than on this day se'nnight. We were well supplied with barley—malting samples sold slowly, at full prices, but the value of other kinds had a downward tendency. Malt was in moderate supply, and sluggish request, at barely stationary prices. There was less business doing in oats—the supply of which was good- yet the quotations were supported. Owing to the large imports, beans met a dull inquiry, at barely late rates. Peas commanded very little attention. The flour trade was dull, and American parcels were rather cheaper. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex k KPnt, Malt—Chevalier • • 75s to 76? Red .... new 72s to 83a Oats Y o rkshire and Ditto .• • • ........ old 75s 86s Lincolush., Feed 30s 343 Ditto, White new 75s 86s Potato Ditto.. • • .... old 74s 88s Youghal and Cork Norfolk and Lin. Black. •• 30s 33s coin, Red, old 72s 82 s Cor k, White ..... 29s 35s Ditto new •• .• 72. 82s Scotch, Feed. •• 349 36s Rye—Old •• •• •• 518 52s Beans—Tick •• 45s 548 New •••• • • ...... 50A 51s Pigeons Barley—Grinding .• •.. 36s 38a Peas—Grey. ...• 44s 488 Malting .•• • • 39s 418 Maple. •• •• 488 53s Chevalier •• 423 44s White.•• •• •• 568 62s malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers •• •• 56s 60s folk .• •• • • ...... 668 71s Flour—Town-made... 68s 708 Crown .• ••• •• 60s 62s Suffolk •• •• 608 64s Kingston and Ware 738 758 Stockta Be Norfolk 603 66s SMITHFIELD. Last week's imports of foreign stock into London were on a very moderate scale, the total supply being only 1,122 head. In the corresponding week in 1853 we 1850 re ceived 3,47 4 ; in 1852, 2,072 ; in 1851, 1,923 ; in , 1,425 ; in 1849, 1,486 ; in 1848, 2,434; and in 1847, 1,928 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WINK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lam bs. Calves. Pigs.— H a , m burgh 81 ... 307 ... „. „. Rotterdam 52 •... 482 ... ... 147 ... Harlingen Ostend — - 1 2 ... ... Amsterdam SHARE MARKETS (THIS DAY.) - ... -- 566 ... 3 ... 232 12 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. R 53 854 ... 2,100 2 ... 518 ... [852.......... 279 ... 1,366 2 318 114 1851 514 1,275 2 318 114 1850 322 725 113 258 ... 7 1849 294 963 226 ... 3 Amongst the foreign stocks on offer in to-day's markets were nearly 200 oxen from Spain. With Dutch stock we were but moderately supplied. The arrivals of boasts from our own grazing districts were good as to number, but there was a slight falling off in their general weight and condition compared with some previous weeks. Although the attendance of buyers was rather extensive, the beef trade was in a very sluggish state, at a decline in the prices obtained on Monday last of 2d per Blbs. The top figure for the best Scots was 4s 4d per Sibs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 2,900 Scots and short-horns ; from other parts of England, 600 of various breeds ; and from Scotland, 642 horned and polled Scots. The supply of all breeds of sheep was very moderate. As nearly the whole of that description of stook is arriving out of the wool, our quotations refer to shorn sheep only. The mutton trade was decidedly active, and the quotations were from 2d to, in some instances, 4d per 81bs. higher than on Monday last. Downs, out of the wool, realised from 4s 10d to 5s Od per 81bs. There was a limited inquiry for lambs, at Friday's de cline in the price of 4d per Sibs. The highest figure was 6s 8d per Bibs. Calves were in fair average supply, and sluggish request, at Friday's depression of 2d per Blbs. We had a dull sale for pigs, at barely last week's quotations. s. d. s. d. 'Prime Southdown 410 5 0 !Large crse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime small d 0... 5 2 5 6 Large hogs 3 0 4 2 Small porkers 4 4 4 8 Sucklingcalves ..22 0 29 0 Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 5s 2d to 6s Bd. BRITISH RAILWAYS. FOILED:IN SUPPLY. Beasts .. ••• • • • 4,815 Beasts ...... ........ . 673 Sheep .•••• • • • • • • • 21,230 Sheep .. ••• • • ••• • • • • 220 • 170 Calves . A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, May 9, 1853, and this day, Monday, May 8, 1854. Per Sibs, to sink he offals. Mt ay 9, 1854. May 8, 1853 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts ... 30to 3 2.3 oto 3 2 Second quality ditto 3 4 3 6'3 4 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 310 3 8 4 0 Prime Scots, &c 4 0 4 2 1 4 2 4 4 Coarse and inferior sheep 4 0 4 2 3 6 3 8 Second quality ditto ... 4 4 4 813 10 4 4 Prime coarse woolled ditto 410 5 0 1 4 6 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto 5 2 5 44 10 5 0 lambs ... 5 0 6 o's 2 6 8 Large coarse calves 3 8 4 4'4 4 5 0 Prime small ditto ... 4 6 4 1015 2 5 6 Large hogs ...............3 2 3 8 1 3 0 4 2 Neat small porkers 310 4 4 4 4 4 8 Beasts... 4,669 4,815 Sheep 23,250 21,230 Calves... 263 229 Pigs .................. 435 280 SUPPLIES ON SALE, May 10, 1852.—Beasts, 4,193 ; sheep and lambs, 25,540 ; calves, 231; pigs, 365. May 12, ISS! .—Beasts, 4,71 S ; sheep and lambs, 29,230 ; calves, 268 ; pigs, 410. Closing Prices this day. Business done this day. LITERATURE, NEWGATE AND LEA.DENHALL. The late advance in the value of meat having brought forward large supplies from the provinces, our markets are dull, as follows: — Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do., prime largo 3 8 3 10 Do., do. small 3lO 4 0 Pork, large 3 4 4 0 s. d. s. d. "hu Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 5 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 { Do. , prime 44 4 6 20 Veal 310 5 2 10 i Pork, small 44 4 8 5 5 . 5s Od to as 4d. 10 BOROUGH HOP. 20 The supply of hops continues very limited, and the de• 20 mand is tolerably firm, at our quotations. The import 3: . ; of foreign hops into this country has nearly, or quite ceased. 10 Mid and East Keut pockets, 5/. 5s to 8/. Os ; Weald 2r of Kent ditto, 5/. Os to GI. lOs ; Sussex ditto, 5/. 5s 20 to Gt. Gs per cwt. 20 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Although the arrivals of potatoes, coastwise and by land carriage have been on a very moderate scale since Monday last, these markets are far from active. Prices, however, are fairly supported. The imports are 30 bags from Belfast and 26 from Ghent York Regents, 130 s to 160 s ; Kent and Essex ditto, 140 s to 170 ; Scotch ditto, 130 s to 150 s ; ditto cups, 110 to 130 s ; Irish whites, 110 s to 120 s ; and foreign, 100 to 110 s per ton. THE SUN, LONDON. MONDAY EVENING , MAY _B, 1854. and " the canoe the travelling carriage." Hence the title of the volume—hence the "Boy Hunters" are transformed into the " Young Voyageurs." Immediately we are again introduced to them, as they are revealed to us in the second chapter, grouped together in, their birch bark canoe, although we find them grown somewhat, they are still the same for the most part, pre- The Great -Highway : A Story of the World's Struggles. By S. W. Fullom, author of the " Marvels of Science." Second Edition. 3 vols. Longman. The motto of this work is very symbolical of its contents—" There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philoso phy." It is very evident that to many this reve lation of social mysteries will be a complete novelty, and will betray the meretricious splendour of many literary and scientific stars. Yet it is not only the subterfuges and deceits, the snares and pitfalls laid for the uninitiated, the craft and cruelty of the practised votary of the inner circles of the profes sion, that are selected for description and discussion here. The reader is not indeed confined to one country, far less to one phase of society or one con dition of life. The first volume is entirely occupied with rural scenes in England, in which the com plicated plot of the after events is foreshadowed. In the second, the hero is induced to try his for tunes in the New World, and in that mighty and magnificent theatre for the display of neglected talents, in that opportune sphere for powers useless in their native land, a long time is passed by the young aspirant. The last volume is that referring to literature, as it appears to the inexperienced and unfriended when taken up for a livelihood. The least pleasing portion of the story is unques tionably that which refers to the Mormons, who are traced from their wanderings in England to their native strongholds in the Land of the West. It must be confessed that great skill is displayed in all the details, and especially in the crisis when the people of the New World rise up against the base sect. The accounts of America are very graphic and forcible. On first arriving the emigrants are delighted, as they think they have reached the land of promise in their life of toil. " What an opening, what a prospect; our own language still, but a new form of government, a new people, a new hemisphere. Here, for ages to come, all Europe may throw in its surplus population, and there will still be room. Here flesh and blood in their naked strength are wealth, life, energy, and power." Such are the dreams of the newly landed, which, however, do not always meet with realisation. Ernest Glynn set out on a long and dangerous jour ney, with some fellow-adventurers, in the wilds of America; but it is mentioned that a thousand miles, with swamps, forests, &c., in the way, are nothing out there. It is a relief and a privilege, after the whirl and confusion of the bustling city and its go-ahead inhabitants, to . pass away into the still depths and calm majesty of the eternal forests. To the impassioned and enthusiastic hero such scenes and such sights were full of strange enchant ment and magic interest. As his eye beheld the primeval prairies there, so deserted and gloomy, " his imagination again peopled it with its ancient lords, and gave them back their usurped hunting grounds." Again, from the past he turned to the future ; all around him would change—was chang ing; " the frightful morass would one day be a garden—the gaunt staring rocks would be mantled with vegetation—the ocean river be choked up. How could Ernest look on these things, and think on his own tiny, fleeting, miserable griefs ? What was he, poor helpless worm, in the mighty pre sence of nature and her God? Where would his thoughts be when the everlasting rocks had perished ?" Clara Meredith is a character very successfully dealt with; her strong partiality to her native land, her overweening prejudices in favour of its customs, good and bad, ,% ere rooted sentiments in her heart ; and of these feelings her wily cousin knew how,to take advantage. Too late she found out her mistake ; and Ernest, when losing her favour, was more fortunate than Wdmore, only accepted from spite and vanity. Ernest's next step on the " great highway" of life was not more en couraging. He returned home, but fate smiled not more propitiously upon him in the struggle for renown than in the search for happiness. Rejected in love, he was not chosen by Fame ; and to crown all miseries and mischances, he became what is aptly here styled " a negro of literature"—one who works for others in every sense of the word, with out pleasure or profit—who gives up for their paltry triumph the treasures of his fancy and the stores of his intellect. Not for gain is the sacrifice of glory made, however, as the profits, small or large, never descend to the depths where its originator is buried. It is an unspeakable relief to turn from these mys teries of literature to the sunny sphere of Emily de Burgh's circle. The concluding passages are almost dramatic in their startling events and rapid suc cession. The cousin of Ernest is well described in his selfishness and cunning ; his end is quite sad enough to satisfy any lover of justice. Altogether, the " Great Highway" offers a forcible instance of what has to be borne and what must be sur mounted by the unfriended in the journey of life. If success at last crowns their labours, those labours have been often useless ; and when the admiring crowd applaud the final effort, none consider by how many agonising failures it has been preceded. The following passage exemplifies the sufferings en dured by Ernest in consequence of injustice and selfishness being employed to extinguish his first essay in the lottery of literature : " But the favour with which Ernest's tale was re ceived, notwithstanding the neglect of the usual appli ances, now became a subject of real concern to Edge, who not only had before hint the disagreeable prospect of having to make a payment to an author, but also the possibility that success might even tempt Ernest to re sign his engagement, when, as he well knew, he would infallibly lose the services of his most efficient fag. But the means of preventing such a catastrophe were in his own hands. One of his decoy-books, the production of a deservedly popular authoress, was just ready, and this was immediately brought out, blazoned, paraded, and pushed in every direction, fully answering the pur pose contemplated. Ernest's novel was irrecoverably swamped. "He is sitting alone in his dark chamber—with the dark past and the darker future, as there is but too much ground to consider it, vividly present to his eye. Where now aro the weary hours he stole from sleep ?—where all the hopes, dreams, expectations, that guided and sus tained his useless efforts The bold, manly heart, which, undaunted by adversity, had so long maintained its up standing fight with the world—even the strong frame, is bowed and crushed : not by &Hare, no ! but by injus tice, trickery, and fraud. " A strange sensation seized upon him, as if his whole system, struck down by the sufferings of the mind, had received a simultaneous shock, paralysing and prostrat ing it ; and, with an instinctive foreboding, he put his handkerchief to his mouth : it was full of blood. " That blood cried to Heaven against some one, as surely as Abel's against Cain. Not for all your gains, Mr. Edge ! would we have a drop of it ou our souls !" cisely as we have known them all along Basil is still their bravo and dashing leader, their chieftain by right of personal qualifications as well as by right of primogeniture—Lucien is still the calm, contemplative naturalist—Francois is still little better than a merry ne'er-do-weel, a droll, gay, laughing, light-hearted miniature of a Frenchman. Basil is still ready at an instant's notice to start upon any daring enterprise ! Lucien still cherishes an extravagant contempt for Buffon and Linineus, whom he sneers at as closet naturalists ! Francois is still prepared to en j o y a l aug h i n the midst of difficulties, however seemingly overwhelming ! Conducted by their c o us i n N orman , w h o h as com e from their uncle's station in the far north, on the shores of the Ar c ti c wa t ers , an d t a ki ng w ith th em their old dog, Maren go , as th e i r ever f a ithf u l com panion—the Boy Hunters, or Young Voyageurs, as we have now learnt to call th em , enter boldly upon their long journey or vo y age , which is to conduct them from their flowery home in Louisiana to the snow-covered regions of the Esquimaux. On their way thither, be sure of th a t, th ey mee t w i t h abundance of hairbreadth 'stapes and exciting ad ventures. They encounter perils even i n th e occa sional "portage from river to river, an d d angers enow while they are floating along the current of their long .water-course. *Travelling with th em , the reader becomes acquainted with an extraor dinary variety both of the flora and of the fauna of the northern part of the great American Continent. The trumpeter-swan and the bald eagle, the bison and the marmot, the wapite and the wolverene, the shrike and the humming-bird, the moose and the leopard, the polar h . are and the snowy owl, the arctic fox and the white wolf, the jumping mouse and the ermine, the lynx, the cari bou, and the jerfalcon, with a profusion of other denizens of those marvellous climates, meet us at every turn, soaring, burrowing, swimming, fly in g , crawling. The vegetation, too—how wonderful and prolific in its seemingly endless diversity—the rice plant and the sugar cane, the fan-palm and the broad-leafed magnolia, the pine, the cedar, the maple, the spruce, and the hemlock. Everywhere, moreover, that we come upon a new plant or a new animal, we are not merely entertained, but instructed. Lucien is generally, of course, the interlocutor. Yet, though his explanatory words are sometimes very numerous in his anxiety to impart informa tion to his fellow-travellers, ho generally so con trives matters that he does not become prosy in his prelections. Several of 'the incidents introduced in the course of the narrative are startling enough, and some of them singularly enthralling. As for example, that one recounted in the chapter entitled " Cast Away," or, again, as in the record of Basil's encounter with the bison-bull, during some critical parts of which his jeopardy seems to be abso lutely appalling. It is scarcely possible to pass by without allusion the brief but beautiful dedication prefixed to the volume, brief as an epigram, and beautiful as an utterance of the heart. It is simply this : _ _ "Kind Father, Gentle and Affectionate Mother, Accept this Tribute of A Son's Gratitude." There can be little doubt that " The Young Voyageurs" will command as wide and lasting a popularity as its predecessors. Those predecessors, prized, we question not, by many a noble-hearted boy as among his chief book-favourites—ranged by him on the same dear old self with "The Boy's Own Book," and with the charming tale of " Sand ford and Merton," and with "Robinson Crusoe," the • glorious and beloved masterpiece. Captain Mayne Reid's name has, doubtless, by this time a pleasant sound in the ears of those young readers who have pored late and early over the storied pages of " The Desert Home" and " The Boy Hunters." And by these assuredly a glad welcome will be given to his animated account of the travels and adventures of " The Young Voyageurs"— Norman, Basil, Lucien, Francois. Following them in their movements, from Louisiana onwards, to their Arctic destination—it is like a remem brance of those lovely hexameters of Longfellow, where he sings, in Evangeline : " Nearer and ever nearer, among the numberless islands, Darted a light, swift boat, that sped away o'er the water, Urged on its course by the sinewy arras of hunters and trappers : Northward its prow is turned, to the land of the bison and beaver." Closing the book reluctantly, we still seem to be roving onwards to the North with Norman, Basil, Lucien, Francois—what though we are perfectly conscious, from the last chapter, that they have reached their new home on the shores of the Arctic Sea in safety, and that Marengo has found, no doubt, many an agreeable friend and comrade among the dogs of the Esquimaux. WOOL. The next series of public wool sales will commence on Thursday next. The following quantities will be offered : —Sydney, 8,233, Port Philip, 14,165, Van Dieman's Land, 2,485, Adelaide, 4,146, Cape, 3,384, New Zealand, 7, East I n dia, 2,174 bales. The imports last week were very ex tensive, viz.:-1,100 bales from Bombay, 19 from Shanghae, 180 from Mogadore, 150 from 13.ambro' 9 from L eg horn, 1,800 from Odessa, 657 from Port Beaufort, 1,350 from Melbourne, 3,409 from Port Philip, 300 from the Cape, 2,600 from Adelaide, 500 from Algoa Bay, 2,600 Sydney, 1,200 from Launceston, and 1,24 4 from . The private market is exceedingly heavy , an d fi4roeinl Geelong. The not supported. The following is the nominal value of English :—South-down tegs and half-bred hogs, i s 00 to is ld, South-down ewes, clothing, is ld to is wi , do. combing fleeces , is ld, Kent fleeces is ld to ls 3d, comb in g skin, lld to ls, flannel wool, lid to is 3d, blanket wool, 7d to is ld, Leicester fleeces, is to is 1d per lb. SEEDS. There is a fair business doing in linseed, at very full prices. Inferior Petersburgh has sold at 52s • Odessa, 66s to 70s ; and Bombay, 68s to 70s per quarter. ' Most ther seeds are a slow iuqury. The demand for cakes is tolera bly firm, at previous rates. ritruip,White, per bush. 22s to 244 s we d e 22s 24s 1123: 14s r i:S e l, %3‘ a : r wh d i ne S t, e r nr o e y e.w .• • Old— •••• • •• 7s Od 8s Od 9s Od 9s 6d 8 4 : a y r ic r r y tt , s p s e . qu . a . r . t . er . 2 Clover,RedEm, (cwt.) 588 .4' White ••••.. • • • • 54s 84. Foreign Red.. • •• 523 64 . 25..84.: W Trefoil, new •..h.i.4.e..; 8 2 2 6: 8383; Carraway ............ 43. 46s Coriander ............ 17A 18s ilempseed, per quarter 4( s 44s Linseed, Eng.iowing•• 72s 74s Crushing ........ GBs 708 Baltic 68s 70s Odessa .......... 66. Its Linseed Cake, pr. ton — English .. . 101 Os 11/ lOs Foreign, per ion 915 s ni lOs Rape Cakes, pr ton 6' 15s 7d bs Rapeseed, New, pr Ist 31100 33; Cs TALLOW. Our market continues its a very sluggish state, and prices are barely supported. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 64s 3d, and for forward delivery 65s to 66s 6d per cwt, Town tallow is 62 s 3d per cwt. net cash. Rough fat, 3s 5Ad per S lbs. 1850. 1851. i 1853. 1853. ----, Stock this day •• •• • • 123,646• 3B 748 43,239 24,364 35,81 1 37s Od ,388 3d • • 0,36s Od to 47s Od 648 3d to Price of Y. C. .. •• t ;to 01)404 3tls lid 00s Od to 47s 3d 00s Od Delivery last week —1 1,738 B9l 1,375 1,618 849 Ditto from June 1 ....I 90,473 88,649 1100,105 99,689 90,59) Arrivals last week.. I 273 1,130 1,618 864 2,468 Dittofrom June 1.... 90,878 97,841 106,840 83,425 103,086 Price of Town 385 Od 39s 6d 385 64 495 34 64s 94 22A - 23A' 4A - 4i' 7i - 8j 13 -12 - 17 7 d - 91 - 534 - 140 10 - 43 7 - 8 - 16 - ••• -12 i - 60 - 55 - 22 62 864 75 121 I 90 724 88 12 1:1 12 p 594 81d ion as t urnai we .ffairs has ;erlin the verument had been mari time •oposed to He de iv in force Prussian that the -s to keep ;ion to be in case of into the :ant, state East, on hers is to its post as t he is to ny of the minary to nce. The aptness of nose with .ble, how ,o a severe rith whom e is not so rose expe :ll known, ;essor. birth-day as held at the Tuile ' the death Majesties, facers and ,hstanding 3very time . their car , rush for ties or to c are again emove any and that petitions, high desti e entrance tave orders .ry's office, 'ommande- lore." :tressed by ,partmentS the Empe- F a body of guard, and -ery means nay be ad re to enter orth in the )repared is ending the sed by the in the most and quali n into the )f the Ein ly carried two days its, in the rs, for the ,he Pilori, eror of the uctionaries ) General. cket Lady s morning. ) ; Ceylon, 27th ; St. Vincent, .d has been indigo, 35 Torahs, 93 and 1,000 'en rega xd- . SanipLes endows at itity found nth March, cil 7. Her ay, March it 4th. _ Cie ape• of pm Lisbon, from Cal- The Natal . a Britislh April 13t,1b 1, and duo 1 20th ev- Lip India a the Aineriit )A Y.) n, S.S.W. ; ,nehine, bu ermann (s). Lady Kin-- •oceeded for e, for Chris-, le. .Arrivedi. ion ; Mary' iterranean ; ; Lady Mac- Woolwich Malta, halt iterly gales; r the Medi- John ancL red—Basco— Corinthian, ►ol for St. eral Berry, ards ; Lady oria, Malts. [, Boston ; Hamilton, rah loss or Put back— Tiger, from. q—Albion, , rfolk Hero, nelyn (s s), ved—Jacob e Ugir, i r e , r c i o e . B*. • Arrivedii left on a. arga, from (transport, ived—City )r London. iforning. from Con- nann, for kPH.) ).57 a.m. ay ; Furet, ines ; Flo m, Belize ; a, steamer , n ; Candi )lickstern, lod Hope ; Guernsey; rand ; BA' .20 14.17:14, lon ; Jane, ; Delhi' brig, from 7 London ; Air, from I and PO' rid ay the hire and ie Salford )1 wages, on of the attitude no porter le advice oral' and ,11 the di of a bout n this de mi Satur iloreent IPaid RAILWAYS. .00 Xberdeen Auabg. Nottug. Bost and Eastu. Junct all Belfast B:Ballymena all Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 18i Do., X 20... ....... 30 Blyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45), 100 Bristol and Exeter... 100 Caledonian all 'Chesiter & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon... all Cork, Black, & Pass 12 Cornwall Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth&Aber- 50 50 20 20 deem Junction all Do. New all East Anglian all Do., (£lB E & all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A 50 40 25 25 Stock 100 De., B. Stock 86 Do., New ...... 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 56 Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin.PrLb &Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. 100 , Glasgow& S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk. 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) 100 Great Western 12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 11i Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksik 18 Do., Fifths 114 DD., Wst. Riding Liu all Leeds Northern all Liv.Craby.&Southpt I all London & Blackwall 8i Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Loud. Bright &S. est. 100 Loud. and N. Westn. 12 Do. 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A wonderful gift of memory— unless the author, as we are occasionally tempted very wickedly to suspect, draws for facts, as some other people do, upon his imagination. However this may be, his anecdotes are, we repeat, invariably apposite, and almost always very entertaining. Here is one about a military friend— SHOOTING THE MOON. "Au acquaintance of mine, who had been quartered some months in the same town on the continent with myself, came to England. I found him domiciled in a second floor in London ; he was then on half-pay, and having no further means, had placed his landlady so long on no pay, that though, in the month of January, she had stopped all issues of coals to him, he found his apartments, in the common phrase, ' too hot to hold him.' A leather portmanteau contained all his kit. This he knew the sentry in the shop would not allow to pass. So, one night, when the enemy were at mess, alias supper, availing himself of a long cord brought for the purpose, he quietly lowered his baggage from the window, which a friend, stationed as outpost, received. Our soldier, then, did not beat, but made a silent re treat ; and, between the two friends, his necessaries were conveyed somewhere in the neighbourhood of Covent Garden, and a fair friend gave shelter to the enterprising soldier, who, like an able general, lost none of the ma terial of war in the retreat. He shortly afterwards married a rich widow, and honourably paid his land lady, greatly, no doubt, to her satisfaction, and, pro bably, no little to her surprise." Another time he tells us pleasantly enough of the summary way in which a civil friend of his acted in SETTLING A LONG BILL. The Young Voyageurs. By Captain Mayne Reid. Bogue. A. charming sequel to the " Boy Hunters" brings us into communion once more with our old young favourites—Basil, Lucien, Francois ! Heartily welcome are they—the stripling Nimrods of North America : welcome for their author and for them selves. Adventurous as they were found to be throughout the whole of their well-remembered search after the White Buffalo, in the present narrative of their fortunes they will prove on exa mination to have been yet more so. It will be borne in recollection by the reader of the former story that among all the mazes of its incidents the writer contrived to scatter many delightful illus trations of the fauna and flora of the temperate zone of the great double-continent of the Western Hemisphere. "In doing this, however," as the Preface here reminds us, "many animals, and par ticularly that interesting class known as the fur bearing animals, could not be introduced without bringing the mountain to Mahomet." It is the author's own acknowledgment. Recognising the importance of the omission, he determined at once to obviate the difficulty by the exceedingly simple, and very natural, and most obvious device of taking Mahomet to the mountain. Mahomet, for the nonce, being represented by the three sons of the old Colonel of Louisiana. Alas ! that we should have to say formerly of Louisiana, for the brave veteran has gone quietly to his fathers in the interim, and Hugot, too, the faithful ex-chasseur, faithful oven in death, has followed his beloved master to the grave, attending even across the boundaries of the tomb the gentle emigre on his last removal—this time, however, a removal the reverse of expatriation. But Marengo, the blood hound with the cross of a mastiff, still survives, and his trio of youthful owners, Basil, Lucien, Fran cois, are still together. And so together they start on a new and more daring expedition. Upon this they are compelled, nevertheless, to en ter only after having parted with the poor mule Jeannette. Attended merely by the dog Marengo they set out upon their journey—a journey, as we are told a t t the outset, long, toilsome, and perilous. Th Colonel being dead, Hugot being dead, and Jeannette being sold, the Boy Hunters have never theless one other besides their black-muzzled com panion : Norman—a cousin —the only son of that far-off uncle of theirs, in quest of whom they are going, when the book opens, to travel i orderliro.ugh all the wild regions of the Red River, having n to get thither, first of all to traverse the summer prairies of the South, and to pass . the mighty forests of the Mississippi. A superintendent or " factor" of the Hudson's Bay Company, this re motely situated uncle of the Boy Hunters [a Scotch man who had married the Colonel's sister, Corsica having thereby yielded for once a good wife to a wandering Highlander] lived, as they knew, at his appointed post hard . by the shores of the Arctic Sea—a spot to attaat which they would have to make a canoe voyage across the American Conti nent ! A cruise of many thousands of miles in length, equivalent in length, indeed, to a trip across the Atlantic; the lakes andriversof that wonderful the highway of their country region being, in fact, The World : How to Square it. By Harry Hie. over. T. C. Newby. Well—it has been done at last ! The mystery has been solved. Not the contrivance of a certain means for the discovery of the longitude. Not perpetual motion. Not the Greek kalends. Not the universal language. Not the elixir vike. Not the aurum potabile. Neither do we mean the fabulous kingdom of Prester John—any more than we allude to the imaginarycity of El Dcrado, which, for that matter, might be regarded as having been found at last, either in Melbourne or in San Fran cisco its all-sufficing representatives. No, we refer to none of these things as mysteries which have been explained. Our reference is plainly and simply to the elucidation of what might have seemed to the superficial the elucidation of a yet greater difficulty, the solution of a yet more bewil dering problem, that, namely, of—the Quadrature of the Circle. It has been done at last, we repeat. The problem has been solved, the mystery has been explained. The wizard is Harry Hieover. Here we have it before us, reduced to a compass almost small enough to go into a shell, as the saying is. Certainly small enough to be packed away as toothsome kernel of a moderately sized cocoa-nut shell, or as the sufficiently explosive entrails of a literary bombshell—with the name of the author neatly labelled on the 'title-page, " blazing away" like the fuzee ! THE WORLD—that is the circle (ample enough, in all conscience) selected for illustration—and how to square it! There we have the fact frankly and at once announced—the fact of this marvellous and long-expected achievement. Surely Harry Hieover must be the long-talked-of Coming Man—Come at last. Hitherto we have been impressed by the wntings of our author with the belief that he knows a great deal about Horses. His latest effusion, the book before us, published by Mr. Newby, conducts us irresistibly to the con clusion—that, after all, he knows nearly as much about Man. As full as an egg is of meat, this little volume is of his experiences. Quite as much as the Justice of Jacques in " As You Like it," it is— . " Full of wise saws and modern instances." Altogether, the work appears to have been dictated by sound common sense, flavoured with an agree able tincture of the humorous. Harry Hicover undertakes, through its pages, to set all sorts and classes of readers right—if they will only listen to him—with their neighbours and with themselves. He has a word for every one—for the rich as we st ll as for the poor, for the busy man struggling ag ain indigence, and for the indolent m an blessed or cursed, as the case may be, with a competence. He administers each little bolus of counsel, moreover, agreeably and not repulsively—less like a pill than like a sweetmeat. He does not force you into lis telling to him by talking , on with the vociferoUs perti nacity of a bore. But, instead of this, he decoys you by the button-hole. He go ssips rather than lectures. He trolls you off an anecdote, andwhile your heart is opened in laug hin g at it he drops in a little of the oil of his homel y wisdom—a balm for social bruises, an an odyne for all the hurts acquired in the rubs and buffetings of the World. " The World" --and How to Square it ! How ? Harry you. Turn over his gay co ll oqu i a l Hieover tell s pages briefou learn, not so much by dry argument a s by and practical illustration. Listen to his little scraps of advice—hints, some of them, full of sly fun. Here is a bon bouche : " Never offer an arm chair to an elderly lady !" And he has no malice either, even when his remarks might seem to savour most of the malicious : ex. gr., after strongly urging elderly gentlemen not to dance polkas and waltzes with young ladies of eighteen, he adds : "Let not your anger rise, my hearts of oak, at what I say of you ; you are not alluded to by youth, but by one fast following in your wake, and who, if he went for a weight for we plate,' would not have to carry a feather ; so pr a y take . it in good part, for what I say of you bears on my hapless self so far as pretensions go, though perhaps not as to performance, for I don't polk.' My old friend, Sir John Stevenson, of Irish melody renown, used to say latterly, My legs are very good legs, but they won't walk ;' so, I make no doubt, are mine, admirable legs—they do as well on horseback as ever, really will walk, and occasionally make an at tempt at a run ; but I have a faint younger ones would do better in a dance ; but this is no rule for others to go by—that is, if they can go." His anecdotes are never secondhand. His illus trations are not given to us simply upon hearsay. If he is talking of anything that may seem to re quire such an elucidatory accompaniment he always has some pat reminiscence just apt to the matter under consideration : " Walking through the streets the other day," &c., or " calling upon a friend last night," &c., or "an acquaintance of mine some " An acquaintance showed me a most portentious looking bill that had been sent into him. Gad I' said I, it's a precious long one." "It is,' said my acquaint ance, but he'll find the time a precious deal longer before he gets it.' He went abroad a day or two after wards." Or, take another instance, where our author re counts with charming gravity the repetition of the famous HINT TO AN IRISHMAN. "One well known to most men about town, and, in deed, in most other places, had, as his regular custom, some little time since, exceeded his income by a goodly number of hundreds ; consequently, somebody, or, in sooth, many bodi es , cons t an tl y suffered by it. He is. in figurative language, frequently getting into the fire, but as adroitly gets out of it. He is, in this way, a veritable phosnix. I need hardly say it is about as dif ficult to get an interview with him as with a prime minister, when either know anything is wanted of them. However, a sturdy creditor did, by some ruse, get into the house, and into the presence of him he sought. He was politely offered a chair—for the person alluded to is one of the most gentlemanly men in London. Sturdy, however, refused the offer in no courteous terms. "He was determined to be heard ;" and, after pretty con siderable and lengthened abuse, he told his customer he was a rascal, and he would expose him all over London.' Our hero had never moved a muscle of his face during all the volley fired at him ; but on the last observation, he quietly rose and said, My good fellow, you can tell London nothing about me that it does not know. I dare say you are quite correct as to my being a rascal ; but I have a particular dislike to being called so.' He then, as cooly as he spoke, knocked his visitor down. He rose ; the drawing-room door was politely opened for him ; he took the hint at once, and it was well for him he did. This was certainly one way of squaring an upleasant visit.' " Squaring it, indeed, with the world, and—literally —with a vengeance. Reminding one, in fact, of the exemplary manner in which little aul Dombey is described by his creator Mr. Dickens as having behaved towards the world immediately after his entrance into it. According to a notable sentence on the first page of the memorable fiction, we are given to understand—" Son" [of whom we have learnt before that a few minutes after birth he is ' carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and close to it, as if his constitu tion were analogous to that of a muffin, and it was essential to toast him brown while he was very new']—" Son, with his little fists curled up and clenched, seemed, in his feeble way, to be squaring at existence for having come upon him so unex pectedly." It is not thus, however, that Harry Hieover would have us " square it" with " the world," whether it comes upon us expectedly or unexpectedly. Shortly before bringing his argu ment to a conclusion he gives us, as one of the pre cious axioms to carry about with us like an amulet or a talisman, the holy words— " Live in charity with all men." Howbeit, one of these epigrammatic recommenda tions appears at page 277 in the oddest manner imaginable, coming forth, as it does, from this par ticular volume : " Never give advice." And this advice never to give advice—to add to the joke— is italicised. ! But then—Harry Hieover is a wag : with all his wisdom he cannot be rid of his wag gery. Possibly to which circumstance we may attribute the fact that in his most serious moments he is never tiresome. It is certainly with him in the shadow as an Author, as in all probability it is with him in the substance as a Companion. You are never bored by the grave look, because you are sure all the while the man's heart is sunned by his inextinguishable good humour. And so one closes the little book thankful for its blending of gay seriousness and sober merriment. White's Natural History of Selborne. Edited by the Rev. J. G. Wood. Illustrated. George Routledge and Co. There is no interruption to the enterprise of Mr. Routledge. It is not enough that he is pouring from the press, month after month, week after week, almost day after day, a profusion of popular works of a most miscellaneous charaCter—accessible to we had almost said the poorest, certainly to among the poorest of our railway travellers. Not contented with adding to this a cheap edition of our English Poets, published periodically—and a series of fictions, both reprints and originals —novels and romances, some of them written by authors as celebrated as Dickens and Bulwer Lyt ton. Not satisfied, we say, with all this, the spe culative and munificent firm headed by Mr. Rout ledge, is continually affording the community, from time to time, the opportunity of procuring from the book-stalls at the principal railway stations for two or three of the smaller coins of the realm one of those renowned works which have come long since to be regarded as among the popular classics of our literature. Conspicuous among this must be ranked the book mentioned at the head of this notice, of which the present issue constitutes au elegant edition, adorned with a profusion of appro priate woodcuts by way of scattering among the text both illustration and embellishment. Everybody of even moderate education, has heard of " White's History of Selborne "—that most precious little manual of the English naturalist. It is scarcely necessary to remind those that the production is, in all essential respects, t he work of a life, the work of that calm, contemplative, and observant life of 76 years, passed by the Rev. Gilbert White, in his native village of Seaborne, in Hampshire. Our author having been born on the 18th of July, 1720, and havin ,, died on the 26th of Juue, 1796, peaceful village, the fauna and flora i o n f I t v h l a ki t ch he has. so delightfully celebrated in this collection of Epistles, forty-four addressed to Thomas Pennant, and sixty-live to the Hon. Dailies Barrington. We doubt not that this excellent re issue of " 'White's History of Selborne," edited, by . the way, by the Rev. J. G. Wood, with remark ' able ability, will be accepted as a valuable and. welcome boon by not a few of the more reflective readers among our intelligent population. THE INDIA, CHINA., AND AUSTRALIAN MAIL, was despatched from the General Post•office on Saturday in 22 omnibuses, and from the Waterloo Station in seven railway waggons. It contained nearly 600 boxes, besides bags, and weighed about 25 tons ; 140 of the boxes were for India, and China, and nearly 460 for Australia. CURIOUS CASE OF KNIGHTHOOD.—Sir Samuel Big nold, who was knighted by her Majesty at the levee on Wednesday, met the corporation of Norwich (of which city ho is mayor) on Friday, and narrated the somewhat singular circumstances under which he obtained the honour of knighthood. It appears that he was com missioned by the corporation of which he is the head to convey to her Majesty an address on the subject of the Eastern war, breathing most loyal views, and expressing the fullest confidence in the course her Majesty had adopted. The mayor was introduced by Mr. Peto, M.P., his card of presentation bearing the words " The Mayor of Norwich." After receiving the address, her Majesty inquired the mayor's name. On learning it, her Majesty commanded him to kneel, and there and then he rose " Sir Samuel Bienold " thunderstruck, as he says, with the honour so unexpectedly conferred upon him. The citizens of Norwich are highly pleased with the circumstance, which they regard a s a graceful i t to their ancient city. Two PERSONS DROWNED IN THE THAMES.—Yester day a gentlemanly-looking man was drowned in the Thames at Shadwell. The body was got out of the water, but life was extinct, Being unknown, the de ceased was removed to Shadwell dead-house to be owned and also for an inquest. The body is that of a man about 35, tall and stout, clad in black Oxonian coat and i trousers, and black satin waistcoat. The dead body of another man, a bout 50, respectably clad in black, was taken out of the Thames at London-bridge, and re moved to the vaults of St. Magnus Church, to be owned and for an inquest. HEALTH OF THE BRITISH MILITARY FORGE IN Tut.. KEL —As our readers will doubtless be anxious to learn how our troops fare in respect of health, &c., we pur pose, from time to time, to publish such information as we may be able to obtain from sources on which implicit reliance may be placed. April 18.—The sick at Scutari this day amount to 53, the strength of the garrison being five regiments, or about 4,200 men ; no fevers ; a large proportion of the cases local. April 19.—The barrack and hospital accommodation at Scutari is on a large scale, and the men, for the present, well lodged and healthy. April 20.—The battalion (Rifle Brigade)is exceedingly healthy, what diseases there are being nnimportaut.--■ 1 Medical Times and Gazette. per cent 64/ 1 4 45] 41 a in 20i I 29}$ 13 12! 58 3 / 4 37e 8 81