The Sun. — London, England, 1854-02-20 00:00:00

n among nfirmed. 3sian in nary de- Austria eedings. 6 during re cona- Hcholas. that the insports are con ished to i,OOO or ablish a inounee ressing. Europe. The from a " Tur- ing left I learn act and re been ong my ing but 30 miles ldin the rters of ood for m affair nstanti ter can ; but I 3xamin present a more ; while fiat, the ridge, l of the having irything regular ,alion of he field )ing the ler the Moslem les the . The of the y house ,ly Tosk clothes Las now tanella, winter n great )dies of e Pruth a keeps for per on that //In and is was, of the ,uppres it been 3onduct st a far iurgevo • ious to Egypt, trouble ►ble and become intel an, and :—" I beau but le first pie first palli ile the every )eyond e. The us pro to the of the iumla. Irudja, ;Wine, Langer The I con :teupa., fulfil tperor Or its tt his A the new Medjid is the key of all, so that th e new fortifica tions of Silistria may be compared to a bracelet, of of which Silistria is the jewel, and Fort Abdul- Medjid the clasp—the two being connected by the minor forts forming a semicircle on each side. These new forts on the plain are placed with strict reference to the bastions of the town and their rayon. All, with the exception of Abd-ul-Medjid, have,been constructed within the last six months, several with block houses of solid stone masonry and all with deep fosses and drawbridges. FRANCE. The first of the fancy balls so long announced came off on Saturday night at the Tuileries. It is described as being very splendid. The Emperor appeared in the uniform of a Colonel of the com pany 9f the Garde du Corps, which is in course of organisation. The Empress wore the costume of an Albanian lady, and looked admirable in it. Vely Pasha, the Ottoman Ambassador, was habited in the gorgeous and imposing costume of a Turkish Pasha of the olden time. His turban of the richest cashmere, the tunic covered all over with gold embroidery, the rich pelisse lined with fur as delicate as the most delicate down, and the diamond-hilted poinard, and scimitar, were truly characteristic. The Em peror spoke for some time with the Pasha, and said, among other things, that he hoped he was satisfied with him as he was about to send 10,000 turbans to Turkey—alluding, no doubt, to the Zouaves. The Ambassador replied, that he was most gratified at the sympathy and co-operation of France ; that the 10,000 his Majesty spoke of would be receive with enthusiasm by the Turkish people and army, and that whether they appeared in tur bans or not, and whatever was the uniform they wore, they would be received in Turkey as French men. The other costumes were varied and rich. The Emperor and Empress entered the salle des marechaux at nine o'clock, immediately after which the ball was opened with a quadrille, in which all the ladies were dressed as heathen goddesses, the leader being the Princess Mathilde as Juno. One of the ladies in this quadrille was the beautiful Countess Potocka, to whom Louis Napoleon paid his addresses, many years ago, when a refugee in Switzerland. She was splendidly attired as Diana, her corsage being of !liver scale armour, the quiver for the arrows also in silver, and the belt by which the quiver was attached to the shoulder of the fair wearer being richly studded with brilliants estimated at upwards of three millions of francs. Immediately after the. quadrille, Marshal Magnan, at the head of all the French generals present, the whole of whom were dressed in the costume of the Garde Francaise of the time of Louis XV., filed off before the Em peror and Empress. The second quadrille was led off by the Countess Maleret, one of the dames d'honneur of the Empress. The third quadrille was a military one, being called "De la per mission de dig heures," in reference to the well known engravings from which the costumes were taken. The fourth quadrille was composed of Hungarian and Polish costumes, and was led off by the Comtesse Tascher de la Pagerie. The Ministers were all dressed in the austere costume of Ministers of the time of Henry IV. Lord Cowley was in a magnificent dress of white satin, said to be the costume of a Knight of the Bath. It was remarked that both the Emperor and Empress were particular in their attentions to M. Hubner, the Austrian Minis ter, and that their Majesties continued for a con siderable time in earnest conversation with him. The supper was laid out in the theatre of the Palace, fitted up for the occasion ; it was beautifulty deco rated, and the coup d'&11 on entering from the ball room was beyond description fine. The rarest shrubs and flowers were everywhere in profusion, and gave the appearance of one of the enchanted gardens we read of in romance. The party did not separate till near four o'clock. General M'Mahon, who has been in Paris for some weeks past, is preparing to leave, and will probable take a command in the expeditionary force to Turkey. Several officers of the staff accompany him to Toulon. It is said that the long-talked-of modification of the French Ministry will be carried but as soon as war shall have been positively proclaimed. A war like manifesto isabout to be published, but it is not quite determined whether it shall be in the shape of an address to the Legislative Corps on its open ing, or as a proclamation to be published in the Moniteur. It is now stated and upon apparently good foun dation, that the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Brabant to Paris is abandoned, or at least post poned. It appears that the parties concerned fee ess l so me alarm at the idea of allowing an Archduch of Austria to visit Paris. It is now reported that it is the King of the Belgians himself who will come to Paris. Some wags had got up the report on Saturday that no less a personage than Prince Menschikoff had arrived in Paris. At the Bourse the rumour was so current that some people actually believed it, but it at length was discovered that the Prince Menschikoff in question was not the bully of Con stantinople, but a much more harmless animal, the bceuf gran, who is to perambulate the streets of Paris on Tuesday, and who has been called Prince Menschikoff by the facetious farmer who had the honour of rearing him. When the true version of the story came out the capitalists who speculated pour /a hausse on the news of Prince Menschikoff's arrival, hastened to liquidate their accounts. Orders, it is understood, have been sent from the War-office to the military authorities in the de partments that all soldiers or officers belonging to the army of Africa who are now in France on leave o f a bsence shall forthwithjoin their respective corps. In official quarters the nomination of Prince Napoleon to be Commander-in-Chief of the expe dition to Constantinople, is considered very pro bable. It appears that active negotiations are going on between the Government and the Paris bankers for a loan. There are three candidates in the field. It is probable that ultimately the house of Roths child will be the contractors. The Council of State has at present submitted to it for examination, amongst other matters, bills to the following effect—to open an extraordinary credit of 672,984 fr to the Minister of Finance from the budget of 1854 ; to open a credit of 4,338,744 fr. to the Minister of the Interior, for the establishment of telegraphic lines ; to allow the town of Meaux to borrow 30,000 f. destined to enable the mayor to reduce the price of bread in favour of the poor ; to authorise the city of Orleans to borrow 120,000 f. for the same purpose ; to per mit the acceptance of an annual sum of 2,500 f. left by Mlle. Couturier to the poor children of the Ist arrondissement of Paris, also of a legacy of 354,000 f., bequeathed by the same person, to the poor children of Paris generally ; likewise several bills of a local character. Count Branicki, a rich Polish refugee, long re sident in France, has obtained grand letters of na turalisation from the Government, and been ap pointed a senator. Count Branicki, who was at one time one of the aides-de-camp of the Emperor Nicholas, is a man of enormous wealth, and has contributed largely to many of the principal in dustrial enterprises in France. He was forced to leave Russia on account of his liberal opinions. The report was current on Saturday afternoon that the Emperor Nicholas had sent stringent orders to his fleet to attack, at all risks, any Turkish vessels navigating the Black Sea. It is to this that the fall in the Metalliques at Vienna is attributed. Th e Bourse was firm on Saturday, with little business. It was men tioned by persons generally well informed that a g reat banking house had con tracted to supply the Government with 100,000,000 f. at 3 per cent., at 62f. 50c. The Three r Cents. and close per at 67f. opened at 68f., fell to 67f. 70c., 85c. for the end of the mouth. The Four-and-?,- alf per Cents. closed at 97f. 45c. ; Orleans Rail way Shares, 1,078 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 8 . 90 f. ; Havre, 445 f. ; Great Northern, 740 f. ; Paris and tras burg, 722 f. 50c.; ditto, Lyons, 822 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, New, 570 f. ;. Parts and 655 f. ; Western of France, 580 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 538 f. 75c. ; Great Central, 440 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 455 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 617 f. 50c. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 14th inst. The Hera/do states that there was no truth in the report that the Government intended to re organize the Royal Council. The Queen had ordered that the measures adopted in the capital, for the relief of the indigent e,nd labouring classes, should be extended to all the districts of the kingdom in which a scarcity of provisions was experienced. The war steamer Leon, having on hoard the Marquis del Duero, arrived at the port of Santa c r uz, of Teneriffe, from Cadiz, on the 3d. inst. The Prince and Princess of Joinville, who accom panied Queen Marie Amelie on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier, at Seville, intended to make a tour through Andalusia. They were to leave Seville on the 9th for Cordova, and to pro ceed from thence to Granada, Malaga, &c. Being anxious to know the country, they were to perform the greatest part of the journey on horseback. The Three per Cents. were done at 37i . the New Three p er Cents., at 191 ; the Debt of the First Class, at 8 ; and that of the Second at 4g. A telegraphic despatch from Madrid of the 15th, announces that the Gazette of that day publishes a Royal decree, ordering the names of General Jose de la Concha and of General O'Donnell to be *truck off the list of the Spanisarmy. SIR,—It appears to me that now is the time when the plan proposed by Mr. James Wilson, M.P., in the Economist of 1847, and republished in his work on " Cui rency, Capital, and Banking," may, with one im• portant alteration, be adopted with great advantage to the country. We are on the eve of war,—money must be found for carrying it on,—to raise it by loan would be to make it dearer when commerce is already suffering by its being too high— to raise it by fresh taxes would be puting ad ditional weight on the springs of industry and checking our onward course of commercial prosperity,—our flood tide would be converted into an ebb tide. This may be averted in a great degree by adopting in part Mr. Wil son's plan. He proposed to issue through the Bank of England, or some separate department of issue, thirty millions of one pound notes in exchange for thirty millions of sovereigns, depo , itilig ten millions of sove reigns and twenty millions of Government Stock as a guarantee at once for their convertibility and safety. Let the plan be so far altered as to substi tute the national guarantee for the actual deposit of Government Stock, and the country will obtain twenty millions with the least derangement to its commercial and financial transactions. For a defence of the sound ness of the principles on which Mr. Wilson's plan is based, T refer to his able and convincing arguments on the subject. There is a prejudice in England against the use of one pound notes, but it is a prejudice and nothing else, arising from the discredit into which the one pound notes of the country bankers fell in the panic of 1825, and which panic was stopped by an issue of one pound notes (accidentally found) by the Bank of England. In Scotland they actually prefer one pound notes to gold, and it is no uncommon occurrence for a traveller on ten dering gold for payment of his bill at an hotel to be asked for notes. And surely if the public can place such confidence in the notes of a joint-stock company, they will not have less confidence in notes which the nation guarantees. There is naturally and properly a jealousy against en trusting the Government with the power of issuing paper money, a power that has in almost every instance been abused ; but in the mode recommended the power of issue is limited—the operation cannot be repeated or extended. The very purpose for which the money so raised would in a great degree be probably expended, in payments abroad for the use of the army, would obviate the only objection to which Mr. Wilson's plan in ordinary times might be open ; for although, as he justly observes, it would not add a shilling to the circulation, as circulation adjusts itself to the requirements of trade—yet it would increase the capital of the country, and tend to raise prices ; whereas by its expenditure abroad, this derange ment woull be avoided. Should the war be happily averted, the same plan judiciously and gradually adopted, would enable the country to get quit of the taxes on knowledge, and to liberate commerce still further. If you can find room for the foregoing, you will oblige, Sir, yours sincerely, HAMER STANSFELD. The Grange, Burley, near Otley, 15th Feb., 1854. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Privy Council at 3 o'clock on Satur day afternoon at Buckingham Palace. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert ; Earl Granville, Lord President ; the Duke of Argyll, Lord Privy Seal ; the Earl of Aberdeen, First Lord of the Treasury ; Vis count Palmerston, Secretary of State for the Home De partment ; the Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; the Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; the Right Hon. W. E. Glad stone, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Sir Charles Wood, Presi dent of the Board of Control ; the Right Hon. Sidney . Herbert, Secretary at War ; the Marquis of Breadal bane, Lord Chamberlain ; and the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the Stole to the Prince. At the Council a proclamation was ordered to be is sued, prohibiting the exportation of arms, ammunition, gunpowder, military and naval stores, and machinery available for war. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Queen gave audiences to Sir James Graham, the Earl of Aberdeen, Earl Granville, and the Duke of Newcastle. The Court was attended by the Earl of Mulgrave, Treasurer of the Household ; Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice- Chamberlain ; the Marquis of Londonderry, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Marquis of Ormonde, Lord in Waiting; and Lieutenant-Colonel the lion. A. N. Hood, Groom in Waiting. Prince Albert presided on Saturday morning at a meeting of the Governors of the Wellington College. His Royal Highness arrived at the New Palace of West minster at 11 o'clock, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood. The other Governors present were his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Earl of Derby, Viscount Hardinge, the Right eon. Sidney Herbert, Sir James Hogg, and the Rev. R. Gleig. The Hon. W. P. Talbot, Hon. Secretary, was present at the meeting. The Rev. William Moseley was in attendance. The meeting separated at a quarter past two o'clock. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Gibbs, visited the Duchess of Cambridge on Friday at her residence in St. James's Palace. The Queen had a dinner party on Saturday, at Buck ingham Palace. The company included his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge, the Austrian Minister and Countess Colloredo, the Earl and Countess of Harrow by, the Earl of Ellenborough, Lord John Russell, Lord George Lennox, the Bishop of London and Mrs. Bloom field, Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley, Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, Colonel the Hon. A. and Mrs. Gordon, Captain - the Hon. J. Denman, and Lord W. Paulet. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic house hold, attended Divine service yesterday morning in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated. Sir John Bowring, Governor of Hong Kong and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, left town on Saturday afternoon for Southampton, en route co the seat of his government. Mr. Roche, M.P., had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Solicitor-General had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer at his official residence in Down- ing-street, on Saturday. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on Saturday at the Council-office. The appeal from Ben gal, "The East India Company v. Nawab Jaffier Hos sein," part heard, was concluded. The lords present were the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Lords Justices Knight Bruce and Turner, and Sir E. Ryan. THE SPEAKER'S DINNER.—The Speaker gave his second Parliamentary dinner on Saturday. The follow ing were present :—The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, Vis count Mandeville, the Hon. Lord John Manners, Lord Stanley, the Right Hon. Lord Naas, the Right Hon. Viscount Newport, the Right Hon. Lord Claude Ha milton, the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, the Right Hon. A. Cristopher, the Right Honourable C. C. Forrester, the Right Hon. George Bankes, the Right Hon. Sir John Trollope, the Right Hon. J. Napier, the Hon. Captain Duncombe, Sir William Jolliffe, Sir Thomas Herbert, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Bateson, Mr. Stafford, Colonel Dunne, Colonel Taylor, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, Mr. Cumming Bruce, and Mr. Henry Baillie. The Marquis of Chan dos, General Sir G. Berkeley, K.C.8., Mr. Beresford, and Lord Henry Lennox were prevented through indis position from attending. HOW TO OBTAIN £20,000,000 FOR CARRYING ON THE WAR, WITHOUT INCREASING THE BURDENS OF THE COUNTRY BY FRESH TAXES OR LOANS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. RAILWAY MEETINGS AND DIVIDENDS. The railway meetings of the week have not been nu merous, but they present some points of interest. The dividend of the South-Western, at the rate of 5 per cent., has been confirmed, and the traffic shows improvement. The directors of the Great Western Company recommend a dividend of 2 per cent. for the half-year, leaving a ba lance of 19,9641. to be carried forward ; but the meeting has been temporarily adjourned, to ascertain the result tt p bee t err not The ea wTt carrieds eceih will el t mfh l b yepe3et company t ff ekyti hrv e eai r ti iedn e hecae n denrvo c eteN e dd: s ai aottw w ogre ofitr i thfo t eh h i ett dhhasteeh surplus Midland u e onp ee L paxro ct o ouce n dsehed d opnabi onvtltanfi. from ayaaetnenonhacdddere eNis North-Western o o a r r n t t hha-. balance t W w t e t e e m o s s b ios e f i t n o2 g , . 8 e4 6 4a , 1t 0 . 3 t T / e . Mr. Hudson 51,0001., in satisfaction of the judgment r ecently obtained for 71,4621 . ; 21 , 0001 . i s to be paid next month, and the balance, with interest at 4 per ' cent. in three annual instalments, secure d by mortgage. The dividend declared at the m ee ti ng o f t h e Hull and Selby Company has been 21. 9s. 6d. per 501. share, an d in proportion upon the other descriptions. The Glocester and Dean Forest dividend is at the rate of 4 per cent., under the terms of the lease concluded with the Great Western Company. The report of the East Indian Railway has been adopted, and the works, it appears, are being prosecuted with vigour. Arrangements have been made under which, in proportion as the proprietors may from time to time avail themselves of the privilege of subscribing, the extension capital is henceforth to be raised by shares paid up in full, and dßoston oflintheeisoto. Ox ford, entit l le o d di a a t c o o n to ce pa to ny t . he T t p d e i r vi c d e e n o t d . guaranteed by the East f e b o f e r t d a h , at the A h o e e r a o b o rateestr Worcester, t 2 e Nottingham, a4i , n dpewr cent.oWolverhampton e r haTmlpeaton directorsn Railway have an nouced a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. on the pre ferential stock. The dividend of the Bristol and Exeter Company, according to the accounts, will be at the rate of 5 per cent. At the meeting of the Dublin and Bel fast Junction Company a dividend of 5 per cent. was agreed to, the balance carried forw ard being 8,9001.1 t is stated that the earnings of the South-Eastern Com pany will allow a distribution equal to the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. The division of the North London Company is 255. per share, and the rev enue of the line continues to increase. The Great Norther n dividend is to be at the rate of 2i per cent. for the half-year, leaving a surplus balance of 3,9401. The dividend of the Eastern Counties Company is announced as 7s. per share, the balance to be carried forward reaching 2,7161. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1854. AtABKET NEWS-(THIN DAY.) SHARE MARKETS (THIS DAY.) 1 ll lull Agua Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian. Australian Cordillera. Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blaenarvon Ir. & Coal British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued 1 y d . —2, CORN EXCHANGE. Considerable inactivity prevailed in the demand for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday, notwith stading that the supplies on offer were but moderate. All spring corn—the receipts of which were on the increase — moved off heavily, and the currencies had a downward tendency. The near continental markets have been dull for wheat and other grain, on easier terms. Large shipments of wheat and flour are being made from France and Belgium to this country. The last accounts from New York are to the effect that both wheat and flour were rather easier. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were very moderate. From abroad we received 17,533 quarters of wheat, 4,306 of barley, 3,193 oats, 8,040 beans, 170 peas, 212 tares, ' , '36 linseed, 1,048 rape seed, 40 mustard seed, 465 sundry seeds ; 7,952 brls and 100 sacks of flour. The quantity of English wheat received fresh up to our market to-day, coastwise, was very moderate, and in middling condition. By land carriage, the supply was small, and the show of samples was, consequently, limited. Notwithstanding that the news from Russia is very war like, and that we had a fair number of country millers in attendance, the demand for most kinds of wheat of home produce was in a sluggish state, at last Monday's prices. For forward delivery, so little was doing that the quota tions were almost nominal. The shew of foreign wheat, fresh as well as the granary, was good. The business doing in most kinds was compara tively limited. In the general quotations, however, no material change took place. Floating cargoes of wheat was held at full prices. Since Monday last, 40 vessels have been reported at Falmouth laden with grain. We were well supplied with both English and foreign barley. The demand for it was heavy, at last Monday's decline in prices. There was a large quantity of malt on show, for which the inquiry was heavy, at barely stationary prices. We had rather more doing in oats, the value of which was well supported. Beans were very dull, and ls. per qr. dearer than on this day se'nnight. Peas were heavy, and the turn lower. The flour trade was dull, and inferior parcels were easier to purchase. CURRENCY FEB IMPERIAL MEASURE. BRITISH RAILWAYS. .0I 2 RAILWAYs. Closing Prices Saturday. Business done this day. 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all - 411 all 1 all :0 13.5 Z 24i 6 - 9 11 P i— i d 7 Rad at £5 pm Do. Cocacs & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek Clarendon Con. Min Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7. p. cent English and Austrin Copper Smeltg.Co General Great Nugget Vein Do. Registered Great Polgooth Liberty • Linares Loud. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co. Mariquita AexicanikS.Americn. New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba gouth Australian ~ Tin 5 6 li 2i 28 30 i— t a 42 44xd par— s p 11 13 60 70 4 6p 15 It. all ;5 all 5 all 2 - 2 14 - 16 ?.0 all 2 all 2 all 3 all 1 all 3 all 1 all id -- P ar i $ t li d 10 11 1 all .0 9 1 all 1 all d 61 d 1 I all !O I all Par -- i.. 11 5 1 1 1 I all 17 19 a d —P 28 30 8 10 a — 4 d 4 5 3 34 i 0 I all L 5 I 15 k) 10 , 1 1 all LO 7 !8i all 1 all 1 911 1 all 1 12s. Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada es West Mariposa Worthing Mining o' ia d d Australia ....... .- 1 Yuba Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red •• • • new 739 to 853 Ditto.. •• ........ old 74s 86a Ditto, White new 76s 90s Ditto.. • • .... old 80s 91s, Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 74s 86s Ditto new • • 748 865 Rye—Old •• •••• 51$ 52s ' , Tow •• •• •• 50s sls Barley—Grinding .•• .. 35s 393 'Salting .•• •• 409 445, llevalier • • •• 453 47s Walt—StiffolkandNor folk•• •• •• 66s 71s Brown ••• •.......•••• 60s 62s tinzstonandWare 738 75s Malt—Chevalier • • • • 75s to 765 Oats vorkshire and lAncolgsh., Feed 285 32i, Potato •• • 38s 345 Youghal and Cork Black. ...•.. 285 305 1 1 all l al 3 d 1 1i 4 3d Par i P Cork, White .•• 27s 33s Scotch. Feed..... 32s 35s Beans—Tick ......... 43s 51s Pigeons ...... 47, 61s Peas—Grey .......... 44s 48s Maple. •• •• 47s 52s White..• •• •••• 58s 64s Boilers ..• —.... 60s 65s irlour—Town-made.— 70s 75s Suffolk •• •• •• 60.1 68s Stocktn 8c Norfolk 62s 72s ... ... 3 . : 21c1 2i 3 p SMITHFIELD. i - i P The imports of foreign stock into London last week were on the average—viz., 3,8'4 head. During the corresponding period of 1853, we received 3,617 ; in 1852, 1,899 ; 1851, 2,229 ; in 1850, 979 ; in 1849, 1,976 head. 'ii ---- ii IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Harlingen 561 -. 25 -. 16 -. 2 New. iep l7 _. 163 _. 16 -. 3 Hamburgh 29 ._ 139 _. ". A n t werp l2 _. .- 20 Rotterdam— 392 -. 1,900 -.-. 439 -. 2i 2i d I i P i .. ••• 1 P Total l,Oll ... 2,327 ... ... 491 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1853 465 2,842 ... ... 289 9 1852 430 1,260 ... 200 ... 9 1851 475 ... 1,488 -. _. 263 _. 7 1850 368 _. 324 _. -. 287 - -- L 849 493 1,287 _. 186 .2 L-- Owing to the strong gales of Saturday, several steamers laden with stock have not made their appearance, conse quently the show of foreign beasts, sheep, and calves here to-day was limited. From our own grazing districts the receipts of beasts fresh up this morning were very moderate but in fair ave rage condition. The attendance of buyers being good, the bef trade rule bisk, at an advance in the prices obtained on e Monday last of r 2d per Sibs, and a good clearance was effected. The primest Scots were worth 4s 10d per 81bs. There were received from Norfolk, Suffolk, &c. 2,200 Scots and short horns • f r om other parts of England , 500 of various breeds ; and from Scotland, 370 horned and polled Scots. With sheep we were seasonably well supplied. For all breeds the sale was heavy in the extreme, and the curren cies gave way 2d per Blbs. The primest old Downs sold at 5s per 81bs. Shorn sheep went at about 8d per 81bs below those in the wool. Very few calves were on offer. The veal trade ruled in active at last week's currency. The highest price was 5s 4d per 81bs. Pigs were in moderate supply, and sluggish request, on former terms. . dis 7 7i 4i 5 1 1. 1 1i 1 id i . d L - iPI 7i - 7i 291 - ik 74 -- 8i 12i -- 13 p 42 44 35 —37 ad 28i 28 ▪ pm 2d par 17i —18 i ld par ▪ 8 8i ... - pm 31 - 41 2 - 3 ••• ""'''' 5 4 al - - Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. S. d. s. d. s. d Interior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 1 'me Southdowa 4 8 5 0 Second quality.... 3 10 4 0 arge crse. calves 4 2 4 8 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 rime small d 0... 410 5 4 Prime Scots, &c. 484 10 Large hogs 30 4 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 0 3 4 Small porkers 4 4 410 Second quality ...3 6 4 2 Sucklingcalves ..22 0 29 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 4 4 6 Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 Beastsßeasts .•• .. •• •• A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Feb. 21, 1853, and this day, Monday, Feb. 20, 1854. Per Sibs, to sink the offals. Feb. 21, 1853. Feb. 20,1854 s. d. s. d. 's. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 3 oto 3 2 3 6to 3 8 Second quality ditto 3 4 3 63 10 4 0 Prime large oxen ... 3 8 3 10 4 2 4 6 Prime Scg, &c 4 0 4 2 4 8 4 0 Coarse and inferior sheep ... 310 40 3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto ... 4 2 4 6 3 6 4 2 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 4 8 410 4 4 4 6 Prime Southdown ditto 5 K 2 4 8 5 0 Large coarse calves ... Prime small ditto ... Large hogs ... Neat small porkers ... Beasts.— Sheep ... ..• Calves... SUPPLIES ON SALE, Feb. 23, 1852.—Beasts, 4,094; sheep, 21,740; calves, 219 ; pigs, 320. Feb. 24, 1851.—Beasts, 3,713 ; sheep, 19,000 ; calves, 70 ; pigs, 295. FORF.TON SVPPT.Y. TOTAL SUPPLE. 3 2 4 24 2 4 4 4 84 10 210 3 23 0 3 8 4 04 4 .. 3,804 • 17,270 ▪ 130 ... 305 5 4 4 2 4 10 3,710 20,810 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of both town and country-killed meat on offer in to-day's markets were seaso.lably extensive. On the whole a good business was transacted on the following terms : Per Blbs by the carcaso. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 8 Do., prime large 3 10 4 0 Do., do. small 4 0 4 2 Pork, large 3 4 4 2 s. d. s. d. Mutton Inferior 3 0 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 8 Veal 4 0 5 Pork, small 4 4 5 0 BOROUGH HOP. The show of samples continues moderate. In prices very little change has taken place. The imports last week were 20 bales from Hamburgh, 415 from Ostend, 3 from Oporto, and 32 from Antwerp. The following are the quotations : Mid and East Kent pockets, 111. 5s to 151. 15s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 9/. Os to W. Os ; Sussex ditto, 7/. 15s to 9/. ; aad foreign, 61. 15s to 81. 8s per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. These markets are well supplied with potatoes, chiefly per railway. Last week's imports were 210 tons from Rotterdam, 5 bags from Rostock, 2 tons from Waterford, 7 from Limerick, 14 from Dublin, and 250 from Belfast. A steady business is doing at these market to-day, as follows : —Kent and Essex Regents, 140 s to 150 s ; Scotch ditto, 120 s to 130 s ; ditto cups, 100 s to 120 s ; foreign, 110 s to 120 s per ton. WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool continue to be well at tended. Since our last report nearly the whole of the par cels have changed hands. The following are the highest and lowest prices :—Port Philip—Clean sheep's, is 4d to 10d ; pieces, 11d to is 5d ; broken, is 2d to is ; hoggetts, is 8d to 1s 10d. Hobart Town—Clean sheep's, is 4d to is 8d ; lambs', is 7d to 2s 2d ; damaged sheep's, is 6d to is 7d ; grease, 8d to 10d ; pieces, 10d to l s 4d ; fleece and scoured, is 4d to is 8d ; skin, lid to is 2d. New Zealand—Hoggetts, is 6cl to is ; clean sheep's, is 4d to is 8d ; mixed, is 1d to is 4d. Algoa Bay — Scoured sheep's, is 2d to is 7d ; grease, &c., 7d to is 3d. Sydney—Picklock, is 6d to is 9d. ; clean sheep's, is 6cl to is 10,1 ; damaged, is 4d to is 6.1 ; combing, is 6d to is 10d ; grease, &c., 8d to is. Adelaide—Clean sheep's, is 2d to Gd ; lambs, Is 4d to is 9d per lb. Several par cels of foriegn have realised 4d to is 8d per lb. Last week's imports were 47 bales from Antwerp, 188 from the Cape, 672 from Port Philip, 240 from Hamburgh, 578 Trom Alexandria, 7 from Naples, 24 from Leghorn, and 250 from Odessa. SEEDS. Clover is in fair request, at full prices. Spring tares are firm, and quite as dear as last week. Linseed is steady, at extreme rates. Cakes command full quotations. rurnip.White, per bush. 22s to 24s Swede .• • ...... 22e 25s .instard, Brown •• .. 12s 14s White, new ••• • .. 14s 16s r tres,Winter, new .. .• 8s Od 9s Od Spring Os Od ( s Od enary, per quarter • 148 6os Rye grass.. ... • • , 28s 34s filover,RedEng. (cwt.) 56 , 68s White 54s 808 Foreign Red .....• 56s 72:1 6 28 45 3 9 3 6 5 : Trefoil, Carraway .... • • ...... 48s Coriander •• • • 17,, 18s Hempseed, per quarter 42s 44s Linseed, Eng.-lowing.. 59s 63s Crushing -• • • .... 55s 589 Baltic .. • • ...... 50s bss Odessa •••••• • • • • 51s 578 Linseed Cake, pr. ton— , English •• . 91 109 11 , .Os Foreign, per ton 910 s 11/ 108 Rape Cakes, pr ton 6/ 108 '7 Os IRapeseed, New, pr let 30/0s 32109 TALLOW. 1.0•( Our market is very dull, and prices are about is per cwt. lower than an Monday last. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot, St. 62s per cwt. For forward delivery very little is doing. 20 Town tallow, 61s Od per cwt. net cash. Rough fat, 25 3s 4d per 81bs. .1 850 * I , 1851. t 3 0 6 31 6d 37s 6d to 7, Stock this day ...... 4n,147 1 42,991 Price of Y. C. .... 6d 008 Od Delivery last week • • 1,744 1,911 Ditto from June 1.... 72,839 74,519 Arrivals last week.. 156 1,111 Dittofrom June I—.. i ii 7,515 91,692 , Price of Town ..,.... 3esfid 394 61 1853. 1854. 38,335 36,9520 458 Od 23 Od t to 008 Od 003 Od 2,013 1,480 76,740 77,138 275 74,447 90,775 i 463 6d 633 3d lAberdeen ..... Ambg. Nottng. Bost. and Eastn. Junct.. • 1 Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley I Birkenhd. Lanesh. tt Cheshire Juliet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., Blyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter-1 Caledonian . . Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junation IDo. New...... (East Anglian Do., (£lB E & H)..., Eastern Counties.... ,Eastern Union, Al Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles... Edin. Prth. &Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western 'Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksh Do., Fifths D . , Wst. Riding lin Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Bright & S. Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths D o .10/ . Sh. , M&8...0 Do. Eighths.. London andS. Westn. Do., X5O. Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng • & Derby Midld. G. West . (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry &Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London Do. Now.Xlo N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire INorth Western.... N. & S. Westrn. June, Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central„ Scottish Midland Shrewsbury &Biimg. Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed St esk Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; Do. Halves, . s Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & MT. Dun Do Staines,Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darling. Stockton & Hartlepl. Taff Vale . Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace West London. . Wimbledn & Croydon York Newctl. Saterw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland._ 20 —20 b 41 - 58 8 - 9 12 —lO disl 16 18 1 6i 5d 96 - 531 - 15A - 13 r - 98 54 166 14 I 7.3 07i all I all . 14 !O all ;CI 2 5 all 5I 7i 0 36 10 all 5 I all !O 15 LO 10 5 2 5 3 LO 5 30 8 .0 12 ?,0 10 *i 3:3' . .0 all WI 2 :0 all 0 all .6 all 0 all .0 all 0 10 .0 I all .oioi 0 I all 8i an LO all ?.0 10 10 5 20 2 20 16 Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Serip Central of Italy Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish . East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Grd. Trunk of Canada Do. Debentures Do. do Gt. Central of France Gt.Westemof Canada Shares . Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Pref Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Madras Maria Antonia Do. do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 20/, 3 p. c Bds (fmy.B. & Ams. Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds . . Paris and Orleans Paris and R0uen...... Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. cent. Pref Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do. 5. per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand THE ORDNANCE ESTIMATES. The aggregate of the votes to be proposed for the ser vice of the current year is 3,845,8781., and as the total voted for 1853-4 was 3,053,5671., the net increase is 792,3111. On the votes for the effective service, which are eight in number, the increase is 792,0801., the totals being respectively 3,674,4321. and 2,882,3521. The pro posed vote for the non-effective service is 171,446, and this sum exceeds the amount of last year by only 2311. In the former class, six votes were augmented, some of them very largely, while two are slightly reduced. We subjoin the particulars, premising that the first and seventh heads are by far the most important :- 1. PAY, ALLOWANCES, AND CONTINGENCIES FOR 19,266 OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND MEN, COMPOSING THE SEVERAL ORDNANCE MILITARY CORPS.—The amount which will be asked for the ser- vice of the current year is 902,8171., which exceeds by 95,3101. the corresponding vote for 1853.4 (807,5071.). The total number of officers and men is raised from 17,598 to 19,266, and the increase is divided between the Royal Regiment of Artillery, the number of which is to be 15,013 instead of 13,855, and the Sappers and Miners, whose strength is to be 2,640, instead of 2,200. The amount of pay is consequently increased liy nearly 70,0001., and the charge for the recruiting service is raised from 20,0001. to nearly double that amount. Other additions of less magnitude make up the total in crease of 95,001/., but it may be observed that the item entitled " movement of troops" remains almost at last year's amount. 2. COMMISSARIAT AND BARRACK SUPPLIES, &c.—The proposed amount for the current year is 557,1761., while that voted for 1853-4 was only 373,2171. ; so that the increase is nearly 260,0001., or about 50 per cent. on the former grant. The details show that . this variation is due in a very great measure to the rise in the price of necessaries. Forage enters for about 240,0001., instead of 160,0001. ; coals for 74,0001., instead of 54,0001. ; and paillasse straw, for barracks, is estimated at 10,4361., in stead of 6,571/. An increase of 120,000/. is accounted for under these and similar heads :—Barrack supplies, at home and abroad, will, it is expected, cost 125,7211., instead of 57,8291., the amount which was last year pro vided for ; and the permanent staff of the militia, for which no vote was taken last year, now appears in the estimates, with 7,344/. as the sum which will be reqr ,4, •'-' 3. ORDNANCE-OFFICE.—The vote is almost exac..., same as that which was taken last year, bui,lshsre is a trifling diminution, the amounts being 73,71 1. ;and 73,9691. Under this head are included the salaries of the Master-General, Surveyor-General, &c., and those of the clerks belonging to the Board, the total number of the recipients being 185. 4. ORDNANCE ESTABLISHMENTS.—The amount pro posed is 281,6451., which is 10,,012/. less than that granted last year. The establishments in the United Kingdom are nearly fifty in number, of which those at Woolwich and at the Tower are by far the largest. Neither of these is much increased, and the total charge for this is 53,6411. In the colonies there are about the same number of sta tions as at home, and the total estimate is 40,4011. For barrack establishments in the United Kingdom the pro posed vote is 73,8141, and for those in the colonies 64,3531. To these sums 28,727 must be added as the pay of clerks of the works, &c., in the United King dom, besides, 20,7091., designed for the saute purpose in the colonies ; and these items make up the total which has been mentioned. There is no variation worth notice in any of the particulars. 5. WAGES.—The amount proposed is 162,3341., which exceeds by 20,897/. the amount granted last year. The only change in the Home Establishment which need be mentioned is, that several departments at Woolwich re quire increased grants—the vote for the laboratory being 28,1271., instead of 16,016 ; and that for the carriage department 47,5611., instead of 39,230. In the Colonial branch there is a reduction of about 3,0001., occasioned mainly by the non-appearance of a vote for two canals in Canada, which was taken last year. The recapitula tion gives us, as the total wages of establishments in the United Kingdom, 142,215, and as the total of the same in the colonies, 20,1191. 6. ORDNANCE STORES FOR LAND AND SEA SERVICE. — The proposed vote is 639,5521., and that of last year was 371,6971. ; so that the increase is 267,855. The items are but few, and the most important among them may be mentioned. For the supply and repair of small arms, 161,4001., instead of 135,8001. ; machinery and build ings for the manufacture of small arms, 100,0001., in stead of nil ; supply of iron ordnance, shot, shells, &c., 33,3191 instead of 31,161 ; saltpetre for the Tower esta blishment, 16,1631. ; gunpowder for Woolwich, 16,5001.; and miscellaneous stores for the former 24,975—f0r the latter, 150, 7841. The aggregate of the Ordnance stores for the two establishments which have been mentioned is estimated at 285,8051., instead of 148,2861., the amount voted last year. There is also an increase from 10,700/. to 15,863/. in the provision made for materials for packing freight, and carriage of arms, stores, and other miscellaneous expenses. 7. WORKS, BUILDINGS, AND REPAIRS.—The vote pro posed for the current year is 902,8211. ; and that taken last year having been 695,6551., the increase is 207,1661. BO that, considering the large augmentation under this head, this is the vote most deserving of analysis. New fortifications at home are estimated at 217,5241., and repairs to those already existing at 22,8971. In these items there has been no great alteration ; but for civil buildings at home it is proposed to take 103,047/., in stead of 18,9661., and for barracks at home, 238,7211., instead of 171,0921. In the charge for these three classes of buildings abroad, there is very little variation. Passing to details, we find that the items exceeding 10,000/. are, for the defences of Dover and the coast of Kent, 30,0001.; for the improvement of the fortifications of Guernsey and Alderney, 61,750/. ;for new barracks at Devonport, 25,0001.; for the fort at Gosport, 12,0001.; for improving the artillery practice at Woolwich, P.5„,_00 0 /.; and for the puzeltase,of land. at Aldershott, ior a camp, 100,0001. Neither of the two latteriteins appeared last year, and it is somewhat singular to find the very necessary training just mentioned included under the head "civil buildings"—which, by this addi tion of 85,0001., are made to enter for 103,0471., instead of being placed at 18,047/., and thus showing no in crease on last year. The total required for fortifications abroad, including repairs, is about 60,0001., and the only large items are 12,0001., in addition to 90,80001. already expended in the defences of Malta ; 15,0001. for the improvement of the defences of Fort George in the Mauritius ; and 12,981/. towards the construction of a new barrack at Fort Needham, near Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is, of course, needless to institute a minute com parison between the details of this vote in different years, because the works undertaken are of great mag nitude, and the proportion to be accompanied in any particular period must always be matter of discretion ; but we shall, under present circumstances, do well to accelerate our progress, and the total increase is by no means extravagant. 8. SCIENTIFIC BRANCH.—Under this head the amount of expense proposed is 154,368/., and the increase over last year i 527,155/. It is intended thatll7,2oo/., instead of 92,000/., should be taken to wards the completion of the survey of counties, and the trigonometrical survey now carrying on in Great Britain and Ireland ; nor can there be any object of the kind in which money may be more usefully expended. The Royal Military Academy is provided for under this vote, and the total allowed for its expenses is 26,2181. Other less costly establish ments raise the total to the sum which has been men tioned, but the variation above noticed is the only one of any magnitude. 9. ORDNANCE NON-EFFECTIVE SERVICES, MILITARY AND CIVIL.—The proposed vote amounts to 171,4461., and the excess over that of last year is 2311. The num ber of military superannuated, among whom are included 306 widows in receipt of pensions, is 1,096, and the sum to be apportioned among them is 104,0541. The civil superannuations and pensions provide for 295 superannu ated and reduced civil officers, 388 artificers and labour ers, and 193 widows, making a total of 876, and the pro portion of the vote allotted to them is 65,417/. The total addition which will at present be made to the charges on our national revenue by the intended increase in our forces will be clearly shown by the fol lowing summaries, which present the aggregates of the estimates for the current year, and for its predecessor. The totals of charge for the two periods are :- 1854-5 1853-4 Increase. Navy £7,487,948 £6,285,493 21,202,415 Army Ordnance 3,845,878 3,053,567 792,311 oal £17,621,312 £15,364,076 £2,257,236 and the effective strength of each service in the two years will stand as follows :- 1854-5. 1853-4. Increase. Navy (including marines) ,694 Army 11 2 ,977 102,283 10 Ordnance Prudence in past years enables us to enter on a war without requiring any vast addition, in the first instance, to our national burdens ; and it will be well that, until fu r ther demands become necessary, the wealth of the public should fructify in the pockets of its possessors. But no one will be surprised if larger votes should before long be asked for, and there can be very few who will not cheerfully submit to an satcs which, in so righte ous a cause, may be required their hands. THE Grow __ RuNIA.—We were present en Thursday at the W i n d sor works, in the City - road, where the Ame rican G old -cr ushing and Amalgamating Machine is at presen t ex hibiting. The place was at times crow d e d b y p of wealth and distinction, and we remarked severa l ladies of title amongst those interested in the workings of the patent. Ten tons of quartz from a Welch mine had been selected by first class assayists— Johnson and Co., of Hatton-garden, as we understood — and this being divided into two portions, the one was submitted to the powers of Berdan's discovery, the other being tried elsewhere by another process. The conclu slOile are to be sent in sealed covers to a committee chosen for the purpose, and to be made public imme diately afterwards. Berdan's machine appeared fully impressed with the importance of its task and the con sequences which hung upon the results ; for there was a gravity and dignity in the action of the immense balls which contrasted singularly with the bopping and skit tish movement whieh we have observed upon other occasions where its duties were light, in consequence of the insignificance of the weight of ore thrown to its merciless operations. The result of the examination of the out-pensioners of Greenwich, in the second Portsmouth district, under the command of Captain Wilson, staff officer, shows 43 fit for sea service, 144 fit for Coast-guard duty, and 150 fit for duty in the fleet in ordinary —total, 347. There were found unfit for further active service 237. The first Portsmouth, the Southampton, and the Brighton dis tricts were included in the inspection, but their results are not yet ascertained. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Feb. 20.—1 t continued to blow very heavily on Saturday night and part of yesterday, with the wind from the Northward, and a hard frost ; but to-day at noon the wind is from the S.W., with a light breeze, and their has been a drizzling rain during the morning. RAMSGATE, Feb. 19.—The Mary (brig), of South Shields, was totally lost this morning, near the Sunk Sands; crew saved. Arrived—Eva Johanna, from London, and sailed for Geelong, having been supplied with an anchor and chain ; Vansittart, London, towed in with loss of anchors and chains. DOVER, Feb. 19.—Wind, N., strong. Arrived—Gem, from Sunderland, for Charente, with loss of anchor and chain ; Patriot, Hull, with loss of foreyard and other damage. Put back—Diligence, for London, with loss of anchor and chain ' - Star, Cork, with damage. MARGATE, Feb. 19.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Cal liope, from Madras, had slipped from an anchor and chain in Margate Roads ; Feronia, Messina, supplied with anchor and chain. FALMOUTH, Feb. 19.—Wind, N., moderate. Arrived —Ceres, from Monte Video, for Hamburgh ; Frode, Rio Janeiro. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 19.—Wind, N. to N.W., hard gale. Arrived—H.M.S. Resistance, from Port Royal. YARMOUTH, Feb. 19.—1 t has blown a hard gale here yesterday and to-day at N. by W., but is now more mode rate. The roads are full of vessels. The Essex (barque), of London, was totally lost on the Scroby Sand yesterday, with her crew. HARTLEPOOL, Feb. 18.—The Sarah Ann, of Sunderland, which was sunk on the bar, Jan. 6, has been raised and brought in here. It has blown a heavy gale to-day from the Northward, and several vessels have been obliged to slip from their anchors and run for the Tees. BRIDLINGTON, Feb. 19.—1 t has blown a strong gale from N. to N.N.W. since the 17th. The Ebenezer, of and fram Maldon for Hartlepool, has been assisted in here, with loss of bowsprit from being in contact with a schooner, with blue-painted perts and figurehead ; the master, mate, and two seamen got on board the latter, which sustained little damage, having stood out to sea. WHITSTABLE, Feb. 19.—The Rangoon, from Ceylon to London, lost anchors and cables in the Prince's Channel, during the gale last night, and is ashore on the main at Herne Bay, with three feet water in her hold, having struck heavily in drifting over the Pan Sand ; anchors and cables have been sent to her from hence. ILFRACOMBE, Feb. 17.—The Eleanor had discharged a cargo of calm at Combmartin, when a gale at N.N.W. sprung up, which caused a heavy sea, and she was soon a total wreck. CROMER, Feb. 19.—After a very heavy gale yesterday, the wind is now moderating. A vessel, supposed to be a schooner, foundered off here last night ; her masts are visible about a mile from the land, heels upward ; light spars, hatches, a boat, and a piece of quarter board marked Eagle, Gainsborough," have washed ashore. WISBEACH, Feb. 19.—1 t has blown a severe gale on this coast, during the 17th and 18th inst., accompanied with snow and hail. The Magnet, hence to Seaham, put back with loss of three anchors and chain, and had to run on shore last night, but was assisted off to-day, after striking heavily. LYNN, Feb. 19.—The Rose, of and for Berwick, fro m Hull, with guano and linseed akes, went ashore last night, off Hanstanton ; she will become a wreck if the sea con. tinues ; crew saved. The True Friends, of this port, cm laden, was wrecked yesterday afternoon on the Royn Sand, Lynn Deeps ; crew arrived here. PARIS, Feb. 16.—The t oßobste, of Dieppe, from Aig sur-Mer to Bordeaux, sunk the mouth of Gironde, on the night of 4th and sth of February ; all hands lost. SYDNEY, N.S.W.—The Auckland (cutter), bound to Matabana, was wrecked on the Island of Moakan, near Cape Colville, 3d Sept.; crew saved. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday, 10.30 a.m. Wind, W. ; moderate and raining. Arrived—City of Glasgow (s. a.), from Philadelphia; Shamrock (s.), from Havre; Glanmire, from Surinam. The W. V. Sent, for Philadelphia, has put back leaky, having struck on the bar of Victoria Channel. Some kegs of gunpowder and " shooks" are washing ashore near New B r i g ht o n, supposed from some vessel thct has gone to pieces during the late gale. The Cherokee, ashore on Dove Point, lies perfectly up- right, and is not making any water. It is not known what vessel the rum that has washed ashore near New Brighton belonged to. BEAUMABIS, Feb. 19. Put in.—The brig Derwent, from Workington for Dub lin, with loss of sails, bulwarks, and one man overboard; the brig Fisher, from Harrington for Dublin, wind bound ; and the Ann Kenny, from St. John's, N. 8., for Liverpool. The barque Penninghame, ashore HonoLsTalitap, Feb. 19. i t slandislo,ely to be got off if the weather holds fine. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.3 a.m. Wind, S.W., tide three quarters' ebb, cloudy. Feb. 19.—Arrived—S. Rulda, from Stravanger. Feb. 20.—Arrived—Brilliant, from Uddewalla ; Lady Cecilia, from Berdianski. Sailed—Empress, for Cape of Go od Hope ; Trafalgar for Adelaide. DEAL, Monday, 9.24 sat Wind. W., light and hazy. Passed —Plantagenet, from Sydney Joseh Shepherd, Bombay ; Tryphena, St. Michael's.; Duncan , Leghorn ; Abyssinia (barque), westward Virginia, Callao ; Lusi tania, Oporto ; Anna Kimball, Calcutta ; Balmoral, Chi na —all for London. Anchored—Charles Sprague, from London, for Cardiff. Sailed—Alice Maude, Euphrates, Circassian, Alert, Tar tar, Superior, City of Lincoln , A lexandrine Maude, Ma ggie , and Calliope, with the who le of the homeward bound, Thomas for the river ; Lord Charles Bentin ck, fo r Valparaiso; Henry, for Barbadoes. 1852. 52,785 35s 3d to 35s 6d 2,480 82,913 1,003 99,164 333 id 0 all it. 100 2 all 0 15 /0 5 2 212 s 25 all 16i 100 10 8 St. 100 25 20 !O 17 :0 all '0 all !I) 14 !CI all .0 51s. ;t. 100 15 20 15 130 100 Shr. St.lloo 20 82 50 all 13i all 31 I 28 2741 all 22 118 i 25 30 St. 100 St. 100 50 all 50 all 20 all 20 12 10 i 50 45 25 I all 25 all 25 all 18 all 20 all St. all . - ..• i.i . 11 - ia 71- 84 4 4i lii - 131 6. - - 67 62 - 61 ii ::: ii • -- ... 75 80 L3O - 132 99 - 101 821 -82 i 92 -- 95 12 -- 134 13 p 661 -66 i 61- 6id 13; - 14 Bi 81 Par — 4P 96 -- 97 104 -104 i P - d r 81 -- 82 9 -- 8d 104 94d .. --. ... 23 - 24 63 - 634 36 - 38 55 57 i— par 5 d 40 2i - 3 6 8 47 50 3 34c1 324 334 8 10 -2; 64 - 74 53 - 55 8 - Si 34 - 36 90 92 55 - 56 55 - 60 55 60 3 2d 15 17 7 i 8 11 13 14 16 62i 63 33 2 a par 5 -- 21 - 3 15i 15i 5 - 5t 24 - 26 6 - 7 I :: *i *l l 50 ,100 'Aberdeen ILO Do. No. 2, 7 p. c. „, 30 Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5a per cent 61 Cork &Bandonsip.c all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all EastAngliau (£3108) 6 per cent all Do. (£5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7p. c all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. c. St. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 51., 10 per cent, all Do. 10. Debentr.Sh• .00 East Lancash. 6p. eta all East and West York shire June. Pref... all EdinbPrth.&Dundee 5 per cent. 1.00 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. 10 Do. 4,i p. c. Scrip 6 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref all Gt, Southn. &West m. ( I re l a nd) Eighths) 4 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh. 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & , Hants Ex. 5 p. c) 100 Do. cov. red. 46 p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c 6 Lan. &York. F. £ 2O 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No.l 9 Do. Quarters,lB4B... 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. e . . 100 Do. Prof., sp. c. Si. all IDo. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 ............... 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton ............ 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds .......... all Londonderry& Coler. 5hare5........ . .. . .. all Londy.&Ennis.i Sh. all Man., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. ... all Do. New, £lO ....... 44 Do. £6 .... . ... . . ..... all Nlarypt.& Carl. 4 P.C. all Do. 4i per cent....... 10i Do ... 100 Mid. Consol.6 p.c.St 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent 5 Do. Pref. 4i per cent 6 Norfolk Debenture 100 Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock 100 Do. sp. c. Eat 100 Do. 5 per ct. pref 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c 100 North British all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.£ls,6 p.c. 15 Do.. .................... all Scot. Cent. , New Pref all Shrews. & all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Nlin), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent........ all South Dev0n.......... 1i De. fixed, 4 per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 44per cent....... all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. all Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent. 5 Do. do. do. all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. 0 . till Ist July, 1856 5 3 \Vaterfd.&Kilk.6p.c• St. 100 York, Newcastle ,and Berwiek,4 p.c. Pref. _ _ _ 17 5 Do 25 10 York&N.Midlandll and B. Parch PREFERENCE SRA RES. • ••• ..• 997 foi 61 - 6i 3 - 31 4 - i i - i P 1 -- l i p 13 -- l -14 P 22i 23i •• ••--- .. ••• .... ~ 21 -3; 119 :ii. .09 - 111 i - i 7 8 -8, 64 7 97 99 90 95 93 d 95 i 137 139 ... - . '-"' go,, • ..-.." eve 2 i-- 3 1 . 2 --- 'l3 9 96 6 i 7i par i p .• .-.... ... ,• --. ... ,• '''" ••• [37 139 11 id .. - ... 100 - 102 - ipm 9i : 7 - 16. 16 gi --10 i 12 -- 14 id -- i 23i1-- 24 ii = ii ii :-- Id 94 97 3i - 4 id id 1 all .6i 111 .65 2 >t. 100 .9i 17 A 11; I la K) all >t. 100 6i 5; 15 17, ;t. lioo ;t. 100 .6 16 11 8 all 8 8 LO 4 LO ti ls! O 17i all O 10 .0 1 m. 1100 0 212 s ;t. 100 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 0 10 61 all 3A all ;0 . all ;0 Gi 5 10 St. 5 531 fi 91 21 7896 1301 8212 15/ 665/ 10i 1.3 i 8 96i 6 103 i 4 23 2/ 62 i :UN. 74 7 74 281 9 81 22h i LITERA.TURE. Electoral Facts, from 1832 to 1863. Second Edition. By Charles R. Dod. Whittaker and Co. It is simply justice 'to the public at large, as well as to the compiler of this very admirable digest of electoral facts, that we should at the present mo ment commend the volume most earnestly to the attention of the general community. An ample guarantee of the accuracy of the work is discover able, of course, on the instant, in Mr. Dod's firmly established and widely-extended reputation. His " Parliamentary Companion " has long since come to be regarded as the vade mecum of every one con nected, directly or indirectly, with the Legislature. Dod in this way is as well known as Hansard in reference to all that has to do with the two great rival Houses under the roof-beams of the national palace at Westminster. His " Peerage, Baronet age, Knightage," &c., must be regarded also as another and a most remarkable token of Mr. Dod's industry, of his vigilance, and of his perseverance. Not one of his compilations, however, can be consi dered to have revealed these qualities more obviously or more satisfactorily than the one to which we would here especially direct the attention of the mass of electors throughout the United Kingdom. Accept able at all times to the politician, it cannot fail to be peculiarly so at the present moment, when the whole framework of our representation appears to be on the eve of changes as various as they are comprehensive. It will be observed from the very titre of the volume that it comprises a survey of electoral facts extending over a pe riod of twenty-three years—over those twenty three years intervening between the New Reform Bill of 1854 and the Old Reform Bill of 1831. A familiar acquaintance with the pages of the work satisfies us that the facts are therein, in truth, " impartially stated," as the title-page promises, and that the compilation constitutes, indeed, a " complete" Political Gazeteer. It comprises, in a compact and condensed form, all the infor mation that could reasonably be desired in refer( ti candidate, and to mitt con in regwrd to_ th for 4.3 es, • *sides its l oca l prevailing influence, the number of the hater(( electors, the annual value of the real property paying income tax, the amount of the assessed taxes, the principal trades, the more noted mem bers, the more remarkable contests, the extent of the population, and, together with these suggestive and important fragments of intelligence, gives the polls for the last twenty years at every place re turning a member to Parliament. Altogether the work is in its way a statistical masterpiece, such as cannot but be peculiarly welcome to every indivi • dual interested to a greater or less degree in the • general scheme of our system of representation. Criticisms. By the Rev. John W. Lester. Third edition. Longman and Company. Criticisms these are by a man of refined taste, of tender sensibility, and of most graceful imagination. A third edition having appeared in 1853 of a work of this particular character, published originally not further back than 1847, must be regarded as a circumstance sufficiently indicative at once of its excellence and of its popularity. Otherwise two in troductory editions would not have been so speedily exhausted, especially in an age when the col lected writings of Macaulay, and Alison, and Car lyle, and Rogers, and Wilson, and Stephens, and Jeffrey, and Macintosh have rendered the public naturally somewhat fastidious in this peculiar de partment of literature. A period when it is rather more difficult for the critic to satisfy his reader's judgment than in the days when Malone, and. Bryant, and Tyrwhitt awarded the bay or the birch to the competitors for the poetic crown of immor tality. If there be any one among the critics of the present day with whose style that of Mr. Les ter might be brought into comparison, it would probably be that of his distinguished northern con temporary, the Rev. George Gilfillan—to whose first volume we had the gratification of according an ear nest welcome before his name was generally known, certainly before he himself could have had any con jecture whatever of the rapid growth of his now extended reputation. Nevertheless, while there is somethingkindredin the florid style of the Rev. John Lester and that of the Rev. George Gilfillan, the former is very far indeed from lacking in originality. He is no servile imitator. He speaks not as an echo, but out of the fulness of his own heart. Indeed the date of the original edition of this charming volume of "Criticisms" must be taken in proof that its writer, who, though he may probably have drunk in with rapture the eloquence of the earlier series of " Literary Portraits," shortly before putting pen to paper in the composition of these graceful tributes of admiration—was at the same time gifted with a manner peculiarly his own, and with a judgment distinguished by its indepen dence. Otherwise, let us add once more, the book could never have run through so many editions, it could never have won for itself so many admirers, it could never have secured for its author the advantages of his present unquestionable popularity, it could never have induced more than some half-dozen journalists who might -Iftippeu • to — be perstMal Wilds of :11 author (which, by the way, we are not—we may, perhaps, be permitted to observe, unfortu nately) to adventure thus upon the apparent anomaly of reviewing a reviewer The in cumbent of Ashton Hayes, Cheshire, for as such we find the writer designated upon his very title page, we must commend at once as the most genial of critics—judging of him, at least, from these selected " Criticisms." He has chosen, in fact, for consideration those only whose effusions have awakened in his heart sympathetic emotions of joy or sorrow—and all the while he has been advancing to a holier mission than might be implied by any such occupations advancing, that is to say, towards the time when he should more seriously and more exclusively minister in the temple of Religion. As he himself expresses it —" We have plucked a few flowers, sunbeamed, while on our way to the temple of the Holiest [blossoms of praise which he has scattered around him with no unstinting hand among the throng of his favourite contemporaries], and ever and anon has arisen a wish [he confesses to us] that they might not fade." Let us echo his aspiration—" May the desire be realised." It were scarcely possible, in deed, to feel churlishly towards the author while turning over the pages of these generous criti cisms. He himself, so gentle in his treatment of others, commands some cordiality of appreciation. He has his crotchets, of course, like most of us. He has his own peculiar views and opinions about our current literature. Frequently, no doubt, we:are, therefore, forced to differ from him—to differ from him, in truth, sometimes diametrically. Never theless, we do so—simply, and without the smallest sense of irritation. For in no instance have we found Mr. Lester perversely or annoyingly dogmatical. He expresses his sentiments with earnestness—that he could not help doing, think ing, and feeling, and believing as he does not by halves, but thoroughly. Yet, when we most dis sent from his notions of things, we never even then find ourselves goaded into any harsh antagonism. He thinks, and feels, and believes, we say, not by halves, but thoroughly. Speaking of Philip Bailey, he regards ins " Festus " as " essentially the poem of the age "—the italics being his own, Speaking of Thomas Carlyle, he remember. calls hi m "colossal." Speaking of another, he ma gnificent.' His eclecticism l ea d s hi m trllove variously var iously the beauties asso c i a t e d w i t h t h e o e vs s of Keats and Wordsworth, of Cowper and. Coleridge, of Heber and Hazlitt, of Croly and Carrington. Among the dii minores of the poesy of the day, too, he can squander appropriate sen tences of commendation —panegyrising whatever he regards as meritorious in the writings of Heraud, and Hervey, and authors of that description. What is particularly noteworthy, , moreover , in this volume, is the circu ms t ance thMr. Lester speaks with all his heart and soul, in terms of unrestricted and unaffected eulogium, of young poets who are but just rising into the sunshine of reputation. Conspicuous among these are two—James Orton and Sydney Yendys—of whose initial volumes we ourselves spoke at the period of their ori ginal appearance in words of praise calculated, let us hope, to prove incentives to their energy during the process of their intellectual development. Re ferring in a particular manner to the former, Mr. Lester proffers the meed of his eulogium to the young critic of " Excelsior," and the young bard of " The Enthusiast." At different times he speaks of Mr. Orton as a " true genius," as " a fine gene rous genius," as " a true and ofty genius"—add ing, with reason, of his " Enthusiast, or the Stray ing Angel," that it is " a poem of much beauty, sweetness, and melody." Closing his tribute, more over, with the gentle aspiration (one we may repeat also, as admirers, in like manner, of both Mr. Orton's "Excelsior" and "Enthusiast, that on his home and hearth might Sunlight ! Numerous other writers are passed under review by Mr. Lester, in company with those already mentioned. It may be observed, cursorily, that among these are Alford, and Blair, and Davis, and Irving, and Pollok, and Wolfe, and Tighe, and Atherstone_while in treating uitlypcans he all of whose writings, Mr. Lester contrives to cull criticism—not a l ways many and many a flowerooffgrace a advances along the path rugged, but with him ever picturesque. 133mbroke-plac . e, Dublin, on M on d a y DRAM OF LORD NETTERVILLIC. — This noblema n di e d demise w i thout issue the titl e b ecomes a las t . his r ß es y id h e i n s ce, extinct. djid, i the ce in stria nied left, WA 8 41 49 69 12i 49 3~;~ ;