The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-08 00:00:00

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There was again a decrease of bullion at the Bank of England during the week to the Ist of April, but not nearly so much as there would have been if the Australian ari 4 vals had not supplied means of remittance. The demand for money was shown to be continuous by the large increase in discounts, and the Bank appears to have been a seller of stock. In the Government account there was but a trifling increase. The circulation was largely brought out by the extra accommodation afforded. Compared with the previous week, the changes are as follow : Active circulation £21,634,240 Increase 443 465 Bullion Decrease 179,564 3,757,576 Increase Public Deposits 4,445,788 Increase 21,961 Other Deposits Decrease 55,073 Seven-Day and other Bills Decrease 22,666 Government Securities 11,607,616 Decrease 184,500 Other Securities 16,522,726 Increase 765,122 Notes unemployed 6,633.535 Increase 635,280 The Honourable East India Company drew bills during the fortnight to last evening, upon the dif ferentpresidencies, to the amount of 186,5021.25.8 d. Yesterday afternoon the rates for foreign bills of exchange were still rather heavy. On Paris 90 days' paper was taken at 25 25 to 25 30, on Ant werp at 25 121 to 171, on Amsterdam at 11 15 to 15/, on Hamburgh at 13 4 to 41, on Frankfort at 118/ to 3, and on Trieste at 13 57 to 14 6. A large proportion of the gold received lately from Australia has been purchased for exportation, and to-day the silver per Solent was disposed of— bar at ss. I'4d., and dollars at ss. Oid. per ounce. Among the questiditi'whielt were introduced recently during the debate upon the Budget, it was satisfactory to find the currency included. The operation of the last Act of Sir Robert Peel is now being felt in a way which, although foreseen by that statesman, and prQbably intended, will be none the more acceptable to the community at large. Owing to the suspension of business by several banks since the act came into operation, we have now a smaller volume of currency, and the Bank of England has taken no measures to fill up the void. There is probably, however, a want of appreciation in the Legislature of the importance of this subject, and it will be the business of the public to take it in hand, with a view to modifica tions. We cannot do better, upon the eve of a war, than subjoin the observations of a high prac tical authority, the Bankers' Circular. The editor remarks :--- Rest "The Chancellor of the Exchequer has acted with boldness. He tells the commercial classes that he will only in the last extremity increase indirect taxation. He will not add to the National Debt. He will only ask for a few millions in the shape of Exchequer Bills, to be paid off; as the phrase goes, out of the grow ing revenue.' There can be no objection to the course proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Other Financial Ministers have done the same. But do not merchants see that the Bank resources will be locked up in a manner in which they never were before. For if the wants of the Government are to be supplied by defi ciency bills, those bills must be represented by bank notes before they can be generally applicable to the public purposes. The apprehensions entertained, therefore, by Mr. Glyn are fully justified by the position in which commercial credit will be Placed, if the demands of the Government are to be satisfied by the Bank. The foreign exchanges are at present all unfavourable, and the next returns of the Bank will probably show a decrease in the bullion. As far as the wea lth o f t h e coun t ry , an d th e means o f carry ing on war are concerned, no fear need be entertained. But if, in the midst of this wealth, the credit of the Country is destroyed, the consequences will be ruinous." Why, then, do not the bankers and merchants at once come forward, and by their united efforts enter their opposition to the act which places them in so dangerous a position ? What is done in Liverpool ?—what in Manchester, where the losses in 1839 by the monetary system were stated in the report of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce to amount to 40,000,0001. sterling ? Why do not our great commercial associations, that have devoted so much time to the subject of a decimal currency, turn their attention to a reform in the currency itself ? New York accounts to the 25th ult. have just Come to hand. The Stock Market was rather stronger, the foreign news having had no particular effect. There was much difference of opinion as to the effect of the war in Europe. Many concluded that the Emperor of Russia c )uld defy us. Flour was in better request at 121 cents. per barrel ad vance. Cotton was drooping. Hemp firm, but quiet. The amount of the precious metals exported direct from London during the week to Thursday last was 573,700 ounces in silver, and 29,527 ounces in gold, all to the Continent. The English Stock Market has been very buoy ant again, and th e w ithd rawa l o f th e T ur ki s h Loan, , eonj unction with purchases on Trust Account from t he proceeds of the South Sea Old Annuities just re deemed, with the dividends now being paid, throws amore capital into the market for investment. One if cannot fail'to attract remark, viz., that lf a popular loan like that proposed for Turkey, a nd upon such advanta g eous terms, cannot now be ne gotiated, and which there is perhaps reason to regret, we are tolerably secure against the intro unction of other foreign loans. Consols have been d OIIe as high as 87i and 88 for transfer, and 87i for account. The New 3i per Cents. have been 27* to and the Reduced 3 per Cents. 86i to 86 i. Bank Stock is very firm, at 2144. Exche quer Bills have risen to ls. and 6s. premium. There is a quiet market for Foreign Stocks, and price s are not, in all cases, at the highest range of y e sterday. Brazilian 5 per Cents. are firmer, ei ng 92} ex dividend. Mexican have been 24k "° 44 i, Russian 5 per Cents. at 921, and the 4 4 p e r Uents. at 81, being weaker. Spanish 3 per h Nr wlts. have risen I per cent., viz., to 351, but the Deferred are flat at 171. Dut c h 21. per Cents. 4 a , ye further advanced, being 56 to 57, and the 1 Per Cents. are quiet at.B4f. ra ilway Shares have been about k per cent. better in most cases. The French lines are st eady. Gold Mine Shares are firm ; the Joint Stock Banks without particular change, and the Land i.: l nPanies' steady. A large business has been done '-us. to 15s . Canada Government Six per Cents., at about per Share advance. 13RITISEt FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK . ( From the Official List. ) _ Business done . Ilsak Stock . . ........ .... ..... 214 i . ..... .••••••••••• Per Cent. Reduced Annuities Bsi i i 0 `iper Cent . C onsols Annuities 87$ i 4 ° rr 3 i per Cent. Annuities B7* $ .1)* 30 Years: Exp f• atn.t.o Annuities Ex ire sth Jan., 1860 P. 5 h Jan 1860 ire .. • , 4 11-16 i India Bonds £lOOO Ditto, unde r £lOOO • Con sols for Account 18th April 2 87 Exchequer Bills 2d. S A .£lOOO .. ' 51 6 p 500 Small ............................... 5 1 6 p PRICE or FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. hrazii la.n Bonds, 5 p er Cent. 92/ x d Me xican 3 per Cent. . ... Ditto for the Account ... : .. : ... :: RUssia n Bonds, 1822, 5 per..cnt.. :est 924 Ditto 4A per Cent . _ ... . ,„81Anish Deferred, 3 r Cent .. —.— 'anish New 3 per beld.... Dividends on the above payabl e to Lon 17f don. Nteh Exchange, 2. per Cent. 12 Gnu , 56 7 D itto 4 pe r C en t . Certif i cates ..... Consols Ditto April Account TTVO O'CLOCK. 87i 8 87i 8 THE CIVIL SERVICE.—The appointment of ell °f the Audit Board is vacant, camel by the: whose innretirae retire ment of Si r William Lewis Herries, .cH• superannuation was settled at the Treasury yesterday o (PridaY) afternoon, There are two vacan cies B. ..ssiAant-exatniners in this department. M Vaughan, junior examiner, is to be senio o r te e d x . ami m ne r r . . second-class, vice J. Wilkinson, Prom Albert G, v Braithwaite assistant-examiner, to be jia,: ,.. or . ice B. Vaughan, promoted. Mr. J. S . Slade, of the Commissariat branch of the Treasury, u” been appointed to act as a Deputy-Assistant-Commie' tory-General with the expedition to Turkey. Mr. Ro berts of the A.udit-office, and Mr. Hawkins, of the Queen's Rer nembrance r - o ffice will also pro cee d to Tur key to assist i n the office of the Commissary-General. appointment of Under-Keeper of the. Manuscripts in the British Museu m is vacant, vice Holmes, deceased, salary 400/. per annum, is the gift of the trustees,—the Lord Chancellor, the A rc hbi shop of Canterbury, and the Seaker of the House of Cominons.,—Oiri/ Service gazett e . OMNIBUSES FOR TRADESMEN.—If a spirited company Would take this matter up much good might be done. I !•ode to day in three 'buses, and they were not half full, Irello!ecause the fares were too high, and the deception too noduent. I suspect that these omnibus proprietors will n see their interest until the new light brings the air water carriages upon the road, and then good-bye tot--correeponds of the Builder. "~.- , ,g . ERICA. ARRIY-bL OF THE ARABIA. .(BI 34 ':ELECTRIO TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, 9.30 A.M. By the steamer Arabia we have advices from New York to the 28th, and from Boston to the 29th ultimo. STie has brought $190,048 in specie. The steamer Africa arrived at New York from Liverpool on the 27th ultimo. There was nothing of importance from Wash ington. John Mitchell had issued a proclamation, couched in the most violent terms, calling upon the Irish residents in the United States to rise to a man and invade Canada. The steamer Isabel had arrived at Charleston with advices from Havannah to the 22d ult. Sir Charles G► ey, ex-Governor of Jamaica, was a pas senger in the Isabel. The steamer Black Warrior had been given up to Captain Bullo c k on th e p aymen t o f $6,00 fine. The sugar market was dull, and prices lower. White was quoted at 7-4-c. to 9,1 c. ; brown, at sic. to 74c ; and Muscovado, at 4ic. to 5.1 c. Freights to Europe 5/. ss. to 6/. 6s. per ton. The steamer Texas had arrived at New Orleans with dates from the city of Mexico to the 16th of March, and Vera Cruz to the 22d. Santa Anna left the capital on the 12th, to take the field in person against the insurgent Alvarez. The latter is said to have retreated to the mountains destitute of money and provisions, and nearlydeserted by his adherents, _ The steamer Northern Light had arrived at New York with 615,379 dollars in gold dust from Cali fornia. The steamer John L. Stevens left San Francisco on the Ist March, with 400,000 dollars in gold dust for New York. The New York Stock-market was inactive. Money plentiful, and in good demand. Exchange on London, 108 to 1081 ; Paris, 5 132 to 5 15. Cotton Ac. to lc. per lb. lower. Flour 25c. per barrel lower. Wheat without change. Indian corn 2c. to 3c. per bushel lower. Freights to London without alteration. NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 28. The Africa's news had .no effect on the cotton market. Exchange on London, 1081. COURT CIRCULAR. It is understood that the Levee to be held onWednes day, the 3d of May next, will be the last this season. The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. At the Court the Marquis of Londonderry had an au dience of the Queen, and delivered to her Majesty the ensigns of the most noble Order of the Garter worn by his father, the late Marquis of Londonderry. The Privy Council was attended by H.R.H. Prince Albert, the Earl of Aberdeen, First Lord of the Treasury; Viscount Pahnerston, Secretary of State for the Home Department; Sir Jas. Graham, First Lord of the Admi ralty ; Sir C. Wood, President of the Board of Control ; the Right Hon. S. Herbert, Secretary at War; the Mar quis of Breadalbane,lord Chamberlain; and the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the Stole to the Price. At the Council, an order in council was passed respect ing the colonies. Viscount Palmerston officiated as Lord President, in the absence of Earl Granville. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in waiting. Her Majesty gave audiences to the Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount Palmerston, and Sir J. Graham. The Court was attended by the Earl of Mulgrave, Treasurer of the Household ; Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice- Chamberlain; Lord Byron, Lord in waiting; Mr. R. 0. Gore, Groom i❑ waiting; and Colonel M'Douall, Silver Stick in waiting. _ _ The Queen and Prince Albert took a drive in an open landau and four yesterday afternoon. Prince Albert rode on horseback in the forenoon, at tended by Lord Charles Fitzroy, and visited Mr. Bell's studio at Kensington. Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold took a drive in an open carriage and four. Her Majesty had a dinner party in the evening, at Buckingham Palace. The company included their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge, and the Duke of Cam bridge, Lady C. Barrington, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Spetb, Lord de Roe, Lord Raglan, Sir John Burgoyne, Baron Knesebeck, and Major the Hon. J. Macdonald. The band of the 2d Life Guards was in attendance during dinner, and played the following selection : March G. Kiallmark. Overture, " Ruys Bias" Mendelssohn. Duett, " Tyrolienne" Rossini. Waltz, " Rigolette" Barrett. Motivo, Oboe, composed and performed by Grattan Cooke. Grand Selection, " I Lombardi"...... Verdi. Quadrille, "The Spinster" Tinney. March, ' Gold Hunter" His Serene Highness Prince Victor of Hohenlohe - _ _ .... . Langenburg left - Buckingham Palace yesterday for Dover, ea route to Germany. The Prince visited and took leave of the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office, yester day, to the Governor of Canda. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) Shares in one or two mines have been in greater re quest this week, and at advanced prices ; but, taken generally, the market has been flat. There is a great indisposition among shareholders to pay up calls ; and a strong feeling is gaining ground that it would be better, looking at the present aspect of the money market, to suspend operations at such mines as do not offer a suffi cient inducement for further outlay, or show a prospect of making remunerative returns. In the Bullion Market,—Mexican and South Ame rican dollars, ss. O'd. per oz. Bar Silver containing gold (all gold above 5 grs. in the pound to be paid for), ss. 2d. per oz. standard. Bar Silver without Gold, ss. lid. per oz. standard. Bar Gold, 775. 9d, per oz. standard. Spanish Doubloons, 78s. 6d. per oz. Colum bian Doubloons, 775. 6d. per oz. Fine Cake Silver, ss. 68d. There is still an almost entire absence of business in gold mining shares, buyers and sellers being equally averse to operating ; under these circumstances we have little variation in prices to report ; generally, prices have been steady, and in some instances an improving ten dency has been observable. Agua Frias, however, are the only description that maintain any considerable pre mium. In Miscellaneous Shares, considerable improvement took place in the land companies. In iron and coal companies, during the week, busi ess has been done at the following prices :—Blaenarvon Iron and Coal, 101 ; British Iron has advanced to 9 ; Port Tenant Steam Fuel are unchanged in price ; Au stralasian Coal, dia. to par ; Mount Carbon Coal, to _ _ dis ; Cumberland Hematite Iron Ore. A considerable amount of business in English mining .hares is now regularly done on the Stock Exchange ; and very many of the quotations in our list are fur nished as the result of actual transactions by stock brokers. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) • MANCHESTER, APRIL 7.—The state of feeling produced by the actual declaration of war against Russia was such as to put a stop to business in our market throughout the whole of last week. In the present week that feeling of alarm has been very much mitigated ; and buyers have ventured to make offers for India qualities of yarns and goods, and for some descriptions of yarn for the continent, as well as for home consumption. The prices offered have, however, been extremely low ; but producers have generally made up their minds to meet the neces sities of the case, and the consequence is that business to a fair extent has been resumed. We have now a clear and decided decline in prices—considerable in the aggregate, but hardly quotable because of the irregu larity which exists. The buying consists mainly of a good many small parcels for the supply of immediate wants ; in some instances, however, parties have had the courage to enter into larger transactions. BRADFORD, April 6.—The same depression still con tinues in our market for our staples as for several weeks past, and, to effect sales, a further reduction in price has to be made. LEICESTER, April 6.—Prices remain nominal. Long wools are more in favour of the buyer. Short kinds are in good demand, at late prices. THE WOOLLEN TRADE. ( From the Leeds Mercury of this day. ) LEEDS, April 7.--We have no material change to re port in the state of the woollen market. There was a much better attendance of merchants in the cloth-halls on Saturday than there had been for several preceding market days. Considerable animation prevailed, and a good business was done. On Tuesday the market was much flatter, and the transactions were limited both in number and extent. HUDDERSFIELD, April 4.—There has been a very quiet market to-day, trade generally being rather flat. The woollen trade has kept up uncommonly well, and the manufacturers, upon the whole, are well employed. ROCHDALE, April 3.—There has been another ex tremely slack market to-day in pieces of every description. The wool market has been much the same as the piece market, and prices rather in favour of the buyer. HALIFAX. —Of late each succeeding week has served to show additional gloom and depression in the worsted trade ; and this day's market is no exception. For middle wethers 13d. per lb. is reported ; short wools gave way. SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the 23,092 17 1 C w o e r r e week s ending g March k 2 1 a 6 s , t l y B e s4 .t a r 2,412 1 81 WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAlLWAY.—Traffie return 5 1 10 1 for the week ending March 25 ( 29 miles) 21M Corresponding week last year ( 13 miles:.., ... CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for th week ending April 1, 1854 £l92 3 10 Corresponding week last pikr lB B ,ll 9 SHARE MARKETS (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday. 21 - 23 Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20. . . Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter Ca1ed0nian.......... Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junetion Do. New 4/ - 4 8/ 2sl 7i - 8i 14 —l2 dis 15 17 8 -- 7 d 87 - 89 52 - 524 13 - 15 8 • 10 41 - 43 7 - 8 20 st. st. st. st. ••„ - ..• 115 i - 16 11 - 12 59 - 61 54 - 56 20 -: 22 58 62 8t 87: 76 78 . 120 - 122 90 - 92 72i 73j 85 90 10 12 u 10 12 p 6J 604 8 -- 7ao 11i - 124 8 fd p 95§ 94 95f • 95/ 16d 1 d - 4d 18 d 75 77 —12 AA 12 —11 d ~ ---. ... 19 - 20 57i - 58 32 - 34 ,• ... "d— i di 7 5 dl 6 - 8 43 - 46 33 3A4. 30 31 50 54 par ip 7 - 74 - 7i 27 - 29 80 82 50 - 52 48 - 52 48 - 52 -21• i 13 - 15 , 61 - 71 10 - 4 -3i 13 15 574 —58 i 32 33 4 2d 27 -- 30 2i - 18 19 4 - 5 21 A 23 43 - 53 6 - 64 653 9 84di 5 44(1 453 -- 463 Business done this day. 52 i 111 12 22i 87 64 1201 904 72i i 3,} 60 i OP ~ 12/ 11i „ 71 95 1 i i 50 1 20 35 1 10 1 1 19 i 57i i 81 i Agua Fria I 1 2 p Anglo Austria. Goldl Anglo Californian s p Australasian I 1 d Australian ! I a Australian Cordillera' 1 g Australian Freehold 4- Ave Maria A - Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 4 - Blaenarvon Ir. & Coal 9 11 British Austria. Gold ;i _ad British Iron Braziliaulmp.(issued! at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & 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. 71, p. cent. English and Austria. Copper Smeltg. Co General Great Nugget Vein Do. Registered Great Polgooth Liberty Linares Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Ca Ilariquita Nlexican&S.America New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgibaud Silve. Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Ithymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba south Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa Worthing Mining o: Australia.. Yuba all all 13.5 3i 41 1 2 29 31. e d 39 - 41 i - li 10 - 12 50 - 60 2 - 4p li - 21 4 - - - i - i 5i - 64 i - i i li 15 17 i I ei ii - lip 28 30 8 —lO 3i 4i ii 11 3 3 i i— B d = .•d i - i 4 - 3i 40 id ••• P 4} - - 1 - - P 7- 5d io 4i 4 d 21i 22 6 - 8 dis 5 4 24 34 4 3 d li id 64 - 6 iii == 29 7} 8a llf Ilap all all all all per cent. 5 10 St. 5 all all 100 all too 100 100 6 100 12 25 10 1.00 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 58 ;', 10 25 10 L. 0.6 41 -43 31 - 33 27i - - 278 ... - Pm Id par d 1 7i ... - ... ... - pm 3 -- -2 I?' 5 - pm MARKET NEWS' (THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. Rather extensive supplies of vegetables were on sale in to-day's market, yet the demand ruled active, at our quo tations. In fruit very little was doing. 45i i i pm pm 12i i pm a d FEIIIT.—Pine apples, English, 6s Od to lOs Od each ; ditto colonial, is Oct to is 3d each ; hot-house grapes, 15s to 20s; foreign ditto, is 6d to 3s Od per lb; apples, 6s to 8s per bush ; pears, 3s Od to 6s per dozen ; lemons, 9d to is 6d ; oranges. 4s Od to 12s per 100 ; almonds, 2s to 3s per lb. ; Barcelona nuts, 24s per bush.; cob-nuts, 110 s to 120 s per 1001bs ; chesnuts, 2s to 4s per peck ; filberts, 85s to 100 s per 100 lbs ; walnuts, 8d to is 6d per 100 ; strawberries, 2s per doz. VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, 9d to is 6d. ; Brussels sprouts, 3s Od to 5s Od per half sieve ; brocoli, 9d to is 6d per bund.; greens. 3s Gd to 5s Od per doz. bunches; French beans, 3s to 4s Od per 100 ; potatoes, 110 s to 150 s per ton ; new ditto, 6d to 8d per lb. ; asparagus, 5s to lOs per 100 ; sea-kail, 9d to 2s' per punnet; garlic, 8d to is per lb. turnips, 2d to 3d per bunch ; carrots, 4cl to Bcl per bunch ; cucumbers, is Od to 3s Od each ; celery, 6d t o is 6cl per bundle ; spinach, 4s Od to 7s Od per sieve; onions, 2s 6d. to 3s 6cl per bushel ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz. ; leeks, lid to 3d per bunch ; shallots, 5d to 8d ; horse-raddish, 2s Od to 4s Od per bundle ; parsley. 4s Od to 6s Od per half seive ; rhubarb, Os 4d to is Od per bundle ; endive, 2s to 4s Od per score ; beet, is to 2s Gd per dozen bunches ; parsnips, 9d to is 2d per dozen ; small salad, 2d to 3d per punnet; mushrooms, is to is 3d per pottle ; artichokes, 3s to 5s rer dozen. THE SUN, LONDON, SATritDAT EVENING, APRIL 8, 1854. SPORTING NOTES. A PARTHIAN GLANCE AT EPSOM. The doings on the downs on Thursday will long live in the memory of turfites. They were marked by many important and unexpected incidents, and their effect on the turf market is likely to be lasting. The double vic tory of Virago has already regulated speculation on coming events, and materially limited its range. Indeed, so extraordinary was the racing power which she dis played, that her successful fulfilment of all her present heavy engagements is calculated upon with certainty. So decided and unequivocal was the ease with which her first victory was achieved, that she immediately became the leading favourite for the Metropolitan. The confi dence of her party was not misplaced, and by " doing the double event" it is stated that she won for her owner alone 15,0001! Muscovite, whom I selected soon after the publication of the weights as being likely to prove a most formidable competitor, and for whom I bore up through good and through evil report, ran , second. His party was in earnest, and their belief in his ability to pull through was well founded ; for even on the morning of the race the starting of Virago for the Metropolitan was so problematical that 25, 20, and 15 to 1 were repeatedly betted against her. Royalist de ceived his backers, and the reports which had been cir culated about his formidable pretensions were delusions and shams. He was proved to be a more unmitigated impostor than Contentment, and his inglorious exhibi tion justified the suspicions which I frequently expressed in my notes on the probable result of the race. Jona than Martin ran quite as forward as I expected, and Haco's performance showed the correctness of the favour. able estimate which I made of his chance. Marc Antony is now first favourite for the Chester Cup, a position to which his running for the City and Suburban truly entitles him. He was among the ani mals which I indicated as being " well in" on the first publication of the Handicap, and as in the case of Mus covite for the Metropolitan, time has again proved the accuracy of my judgment and information. By the way I inadvertently fell into an error in my "notes" pub lished on Wednesday last, when I spoke of Marc An tony's being the stable companion of Virago. Marc An tony is trained by John Day, jun., and Virago by John Day, sen. I was not among the "jumpers" on Friday, but I hear the "creatures were at their dirty work again." The proceedings were entirely regulated by the principle of win, tye, or wrangle. I have purposely confined my remarks on the Epsom Meeting to a few general observations. I shall, how ever, inquire into what is termed, in the vernacular of the " Ring," the "Royalist Rig," and shall not hesitate to express freely my opinions on the matter. April 8. A FRESH MAN. THE SECRET MEMORANDUM OF 1844. ( From the Press.) We have received an authoritative communication from an individual, who "desires to be described" as "one competent to make a statement with'respect to the secret Memorandum of 1844." This communication refers to a speech delivered in the House of Lords by the Earl of Aberdeen, on Friday, the 31st ult., in reply to a leading article which ap peared in this journal on the 25th of the same month. Our correspondent states that the description of the secret Memorandum, as " the key of the relations ne tween England and Russia," was not contained, as stated by us, in a private letter from the Emperor of Russia to the present Prime Minister of England, but in a private letter addressed by Count Nesseirode to his Excellency Baron Brunow, then Russian Minister at the Court of St. James's. This letter our correspon dent assures us he has the best reasons for believing was communicated to Lord Aberdeen, and he cannot doubt that a copy of it must exist in England. Our correspondent adds, that there is no other por tion of the article in the Press which he is prepared to question, and which article, in his belief, "conveys an accurate picture of a diplomatic transaction, that was not only intended to be secret, but the secrecy of which, until this year 1854, had been successfully preserved." So much for the " malignant misrepresentations" of the Press newspaper, which the Prime Minister of England deemed it his duty to denounce in the House of Lords, and attempt to refute in detail, on the most solemn oc casion on which a Senate could assemble. We beg to inform Lord Aberdeen that no statesman in this country was ever injured by " malignant misre presentations." No public man in England was ever written down by calumnies, though it has been often tried. But, on the other hand, authentic state ments cannot be refuted by denouncing them as " malignant misrepresentations." Truth will have its way, even if its victim be a Minister of State. Some ten months ago, when the possibility of war first crossed the public mind, and the cue was first given to the Government runners and organs to inveigh against the duplicify and violence of Russia, we ven tured to express, in these columns, our surprise at these expressions on the part of the Government, inasmuch as we had the best reasons for believing that Lord Aberdeen had been privy, from the first, to the designs of the Emperor of Russia, and had approved them ; and that, at the commencement of the year (1853), there had been an unreserved communication of the in tentions of Russia to her Majesty's Government. Last May that, too, was a "malignant misrepresentation ;" it was more—it was "absurd," and came from a quarter not seriously to be noticed." But the " malig nant misrepresentation" so much attracted the attention of the public that it became necessary to notice it. So a circumlocutory contradiction was, at length, ventured on in the principal Government organ, which, while it assailed our statement, did not condescend to mention our name. What is thought of that "malignant mis representation" now ? During the whole of last summer and autumn the Press newspaper continued to make " malignant mis representations." When the Government organ con gratulated the country that the Menschikoff ultimatum was accepted, we maliciously denied the statement ; when we were assured that the affair was a "mere diplomatic imbroglio," and that "all would soon be settled," we maliciously asserted that, on the contrary, " the present prospect was that war would break out." When we were amused with the rumours of conciliatory measures, and that Austria had been engaged effectually to interfere, we maliciously maintained that the Rus sians would pass the Pruth. In the same spirit of deliberate mischief we warned the country of the diplomatic conspiracy, which had resolved, either in the shape of Vienna notes, or Turkish propositions, that the Russian ultimatum should in spirit be adopted ; and in December last, when we were again officially informed that the long-protracted settlement was at hand, we announced that we had authority to state that " the part of Russia was definitively taken, and that part was war." In short, there has been no limit to the spitefulness with which, during our brief existence, we have laboured to obtain authentic information on the Eastern question for the British public. We actually published the final instructions of the Emperor of Russia to MM. Kisseleff and Brunow before they reached the courts which those ministers were commanded to quit, as well as the orders sent out to the allied Admirals as to entering the Black Sea. We were even so malevolent as to throw some light on the mission of Count Orloff at a moment when our contemporaries had agreed that nothing was known on the subject. The consequence of all this evil disposition has been that our journal, in ten months, has obtained a circula tion larger than many of its contemporaries which have flourished twice as many years ; and that the newspaper which a short time back was not even to be named by the Government organ, when it was absolutely neces sary to impugn its authentic statement, has now its articles replied to in detail by the Prime Minister in his place in Parliament. Might not all this induce Lord Aberdeen to suspect that "malignant misrepresenta tions " was only a splenetic misnomer for "inconvenient truths ?" On Friday, the 31st, also, Lord Aberdeen, not for the first time, insinuated that he knew the writer of the article in the Press, or, as he calls it, " the source" from which it emanated. Now, this is very fool ish. With his dreadful exposure about young Mr. Astley still fresh in everybody's recollection, one would have supposed his lips would have trembled at ventur ing on similar conjectures. As we have had occasion to say before, it matters nothing who are the writers of the Press. Newspaper articles are the most self-relying of all conceivable things. They depend only on their own qualities, and their influence rests on the information they offer, the views they promulgate, and the manner in which these are expressed. The articles in the Press which have excited the ire of Lord Aberdeen have been written by various persons, and there is not one among them who would obj ect to sign his name to his observations, if the custom of this country permitted it. The custom of this country does not permit it, as is well known to Lord Aberdeen and the large majority of his colleagues, who have been, and are, themselves habitually anonymous writers, both in political and general literature. At a mo ment when so much is at stake, the writers of the Press believe that, in attempting to throw some authentic light on transactions of great importance, and on the charac ters and conduct of the principal actors on the scene, they are fulfilling an office not unbecoming gentlemen, and the subjects of a free monarchy. Of those subjects, no matter by what means, the Earl of Aberdeen is now the most eminent ; and, in our opinion, it is an elevation highly pernicious to the country. Since Danby there has not been a more dangerous Minister. With an affectation of honesty, and an owl-like prudence, he is, in fact, an unprincipled and reckless man, while, at the same time, he is altogether destitute of those bold views and those large emotions which sometimes accompany and mitigate an unscrupulous selfishness. The unhappy war in which Europe is now involved is entirely owing to his becoming Prime Minister. It is Lord Aberdeen's war. At the moment he was appointed First Minister he was prime councillor of the principal intriguers against the Emperor of the French, with a secret understanding with the Emperor of Russia. These are the antecedents which have produced the present hostilities. Russia advanced not only because Lord Aberdeen was Minister, but because it was well known to Nicholas that Lord Aberdeen was personally hostile to Napoleon. Nor w as any attempt made to remove this impression, even when Prince Menschikoff was menacing at Constantinople. On the contrary, England took that opportunity of pub licly refusing to co-operate with France ! And, not withstandingimorandum ofex a exactly l o y the of the Emperor of Russi a , at the beginning i January, same spoke of France asth at to uf Sirti; esecret Il . Seymour 1844, not a step was taken to disabuse his mind. Lord Aberdeen continued to accept his m l p m ul p se e " I " ia h l e had given " isolee"— a l t h oug h h e h a d " beau r d/ e " h e was p t e 0 0 l a n t; h p i g lim British i e n n tkse about counsels, n ts France received overtures from the Emperor of Russia months before to revive the partition plan of 1844, and although he knew the condition of that project was the exclusion of France from the transaction. It is the exposure of these delinquincies that makes Lord Aberdeen wince under the articles of the Press, and occasions him those sleepless nights of which he complains to the Houses of Parliament. We are enabled to state, without fear of contradiction, that the expressions disparaging to this journal attri buted to the Earl of Malmesbury, in a speech delivered by him in the House of Lords, in reply to the speech of Lord Aberdeen above referred to, were used simply as quota tions from the preceding speech of Lord Aberdeen, with the intention of showing that Lord Aberdeen was not justified in employing the time of the House of Lords, on an occasion of great national importance, in replying at length to an attack in a newspaper, which attack he affected, at the same time, to treat with contempt. We state this because certain organs of the Ministry have condescended to avail themselves of a report of the debate which was evidently and accountably imper fect, in consequence of the simultaneous pressure upon the reporting staff of both Houses of Parliament. 'East Anglian.... 'Do., (a 8 E & H)... Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock IDo., New A. 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Melbourne Dk. & Ry Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) ' Northern of France., Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bds. (filly. B. & Ams. Shs.; NoraregianTrunkPrei Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen &Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Mouse... Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. Southern of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebee (A) .. West Flanders Do 5 per c. Pref Western of France , West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Oct to Ss Od; Geese, b's Oct to Gs each ; Ducks, 2s Ocl to 3s; tame Rabbits, is to is Oct; wild ditto, 8d to is 2d ; Pigeons, 8d to is each; roasting Pigs, 4s 6d to 7s each; Surrey Fowls, Os Od to 9s Od ; ditto Chickens, 5s Od to 6s Gd; barn-door Fowls, 4s Od to 7s Oct per couple; Capons, 3s to 4s Od ; Chickens, is 6d to 2s Od per couple ; hares, 2s Od to 3s 6d each. English Eggs, 7s Gd to 8s Od; French ditto, Gs 6d to 7s Od per 120 ; fresh butter, is ld to is 4d per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 6d. to 12s ; Brills, is to 3s 6d each ; Salmon is 3d to is 10d per lb ; Cod Fish, 2s to 6s Od each ; Soles, 4d to is Gd per pair ; Eels, 8d to is per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 9d. ; Crabs, 6d. to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 2s Od to 10s per doz.; Doreys, 2s to 7s ; Mullets, 6d. to 2s 6d each; Common Oysters, 10s Od to 15s Od; Natives, 40s Od to 50s Oct per bsh; Mackerel, 25s to 35s per 100; Smelts, is Od to sspr doz.; Skate, Gd to Oct per lb; Shrimps, is Gd to 2s 6cl per gallon• Bloaters, is 4d to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 8s Od to Os Ocl per 100 ; Haddocks, 4s to 12s per doz. ; Plaice, 4d to is Oct each ; Carp, 2s Oci per brace; Tench, 2s Od to Os Od per brace ; Gurnets, 4d to is Oct each ; Halibut, 6d per lb. ; Salt Fish, 2d to 5d ner lb. ; Prawns, 2s Od to 4s Oct per lb. ; Flounders, is to Is 6d per dozen ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb.; Pike 6d per lb. ; sprats, 3s Od per bushel. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are frors lOid to lid; of household ditto, Bicl to 10d per 41b loaf. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s Od to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 5s 8d to Gs 10d ; veal, N Od to 5s 4d ; pork, 3s 8d 4s 10d per 81bs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 5s 6d to 6s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10:1 to 5s 2d; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per Sibs. by the carcase. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to Od; 641 b to 721 b, 2id to 3d; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 34d ; 80113 to 881 b, 34d to 41 ; 881 b to 961 b, 3 e id to 41; 961 b to 1041 b, 3d to 4d ; 104113 to 1121 b Od to Od. Horse hides, 6s 6d to Os Od; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 3s 6d; ditto, full, 5s 6d to Os Od; polled sheep, 6s 6d to 7s 6d; Bents, Gs Od to 7s 6d; Half.breds, 68 6d to 7s Od ; Downs, 4s 6d to 5s 9d ; Lambs, 2s Od to 2s 3d ; Shearlings, is 6d. HAY MARKETS. SMITAFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 5/ Os ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1116 s to 2/ 4s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 16s to 5/ 5s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 6/ Os; and straw, 1/ 17s to 215 s per load. Supply good, and trade tolerably firm. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, April B.—Wind this day at Noon, S. ; light breeze, and fine, clear, sultry weather. PLYMOUTH, April 7.—Wind, S.W. A-rrived—Conheath, Mauritius. ----- FALMOUTH, April 7.—. Wind variable. Sailed—Clio, Quebec. Off Port—Esmeralda, China, for Bremen. SHIELDS, April 7.—Wind, N. Arrived—Milos, New York. HULL, April 7.—Wind, W. Sailed — Dauntless, Quebec; Prince Regent, do. ; Ross, New York. NEWPORT, April 7.—Wind, W. Arrived—Belle, Pad stow, for Quebec; John Bunyan, Bristol, for New York; Dardanelles, Nantes, for Rio Janeiro. Sailed—Ova, Rio Janeiro ; Yorkshire Lass, Quebec. VENICE, A r ril 2.—A vessel, with white sails and painted ports, waterlogged and abandoned, part of bulwarks and staunchions standing aft, a roundhouse cabin on the deck painted white, hatches off and cabin wind ows ou t, sup posed to be a Prussian, was passed, 15th F e b. , l a t . 44 , long. 10 W. COWES, April 7.—Arrived—Washington (s), New York. SOUTHAMPTON, April 7.—Sailed—Tagus (a), Gibraltar. CLYDE, April 7.—Sailed—Nova Scotian, Boston. INVERNESS.—Arrived—EI Dorado, Callao. OFF WEYMOUTH.—Ocean Queen, New York. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.40 a.m. Wind S., tide half ebb, weather fin e . Arrived, 7th—Cristophe Colon, Skein ; Joseph, Guern sey ; William Hutt, Christiana. Arrived, Bth.—Caroline, Guernsey ; Belgium (s), Ostend. Sailed—Matilda Lue4e, Demerara. MR. STONOR'S APPOINTMENT. (From the Times.) The unfortunate Mr. Stonor is again the victim of a virtuous and ch eap i n di gnat i on. Poor gentleman ! As he languidly reposes in his cabin, and tries by fits and starts to brush up his little stock of law for the colonial market, he little dreams that patriots are exhausting their holy rage over the shadow of his name. When he arrives at the port where he expects to play the vi- ie tate gravis to a p o p u l ation of golddiggT.s he will find his character already bl as t e d , and his ermine a l rea d y sullied with terrible imputations. In the native dominions of Plutus himself, where the very dust thrown in the eyes of justice is gold, Mr. Sto nor will be " hand and glove" with bribery, and will be g reeted with, " Hail, fellow, well met," by men of unctuous look and glittering brought If he alleges the vagueness of the charges g brought against him,—that nothing was ever proved ; and, furthermore, that money enters into nineteen twentieths of our elections, this will on l y b e a new lesson in corruption to the rude colonial mind, and the functionary whose lips should be the fountain of purity and truth will begin office by blackening the mother country and corrupting the mind of her young colony. For this we have to thank the wise and good Mr. G. H. Moore. The Irish Hercules, roaming about with his lion's skin and his shillelagh, cannot afford to be particular as to the di g nity of his labours. For want of Nemman lions and Eurymanthean boars, he is obliged to be content with very small deer. No dispa ragement to his courage. When Paddy smashed the bald head he saw looking out of a window, because "it was so tempting," it is _probable that he would have been equally pleased to meet a giant in open field. So the accidental circumstance that Mr. Stonor is an in offensive gentleman, of the least formidable character, now some thousand miles from home, who has simply done what almost every Irish barrister has done, and will do again, does not at all militate against Mr. G. H. Moores courage and generosity. Thanks to the carelessness of officials Mr. Stonor is now enjoying a stream of absolute secu rity. He sent in a heap of papers all about the unpleasant mention of his name in the report, and was delighted to find that it was not thought worthy even of notice. He had wasted a defence of his charac ter, for it was not wanted; so he was doubly safe, and could congratulate himself on having challenged accusers without having to face them. He had done his part in the matter. The sleepy official, however, who has pro bably had to read in his time more testimonials than would set up the whole human race in character and fitness for office, seeing a bundle of papers, possibly in scribed in Mr. Stonor 's own hand, as his defence against some unknown charge, thought it best not to stir mud," and left the apologetic bundle unopened. So off went Mr. Stonor, not only unassailed for the time, but, what turned out a real misfortune, with nobody to reply to the charge when it was subsequently brought against him. So what is to be done now ? He has been recalled, and, as he gave up his practice for his appointment, is, of course, a ruined man. That he should be ruined, however, is necessary to the interest of the story, and of course to the triumph of purity. Next to doing good the pleasantest occupation an idle man can take to is doing harm, espe cially of the sudden, surprising, and wholly gratuitous character. When Mr. Stoner gets to Melbourne, his weak mind will be astonished to find that he is no judge atall, and he must come back as quick as he can. These ups and downs serve to keep up the interest of life, especially in the region of the clubs, where excitement is always wanted, and cannot always be had. We don't think there is an English gentleman —in fact, we are sure there is not—who would have undertaken to persecute Mr. Stonor out of his poor little preferment on so paltry a pretence. English gentlemen, however, are not Irish 1 gentlemen, and perhaps it is better they should not in terfere with the Irish monopoly of that article. But this is a pleasant sort of employment for the British House of Commons on the breaking out of a war, the management of which, whether at home or on the scene of action, is not quite as satisfactory as it might be. There is to be a select committee which is to rake up all the " antecedents," as they are called, of Mr. Stonor, and go over again some half-dozen elec. tions in which he has been concerned. To follow up a suggestion of Mr. Drummond's, we might just as well have a select committee to inquire into the Parliamentary history of every gentleman appointed to any legal office within the last 50 years. 'When a rising young barrister, or any gentleman of talents and money, but no parti cular local connexions or political character, goes down to some little wretched borough or seaport, and canvasses the independent electors, nobody imagines that the small 101. householder or the drunken freeman will trouble himself to vote for him simply because he has a good practice, exhibits legal acumen, or has a good property in land or the funds. He expects something for his vote, and will have it, as almost every member of the House of Commons knows to his cost. And if there is a disputed election, and the affair is arranged through the convenient instrumentality of Mr. Coppock or some other Parliamentary diplomatist, there must be com promises, undertakings, and, when the case requires it, the transfer of money. If any member knows nothing of these things, let him remain ignorant, for it is a case where ignorance is bliss. Considering how many who have burnt their fingers at contested elections are now high in office, the only reason that seems as signable for singling out the case of Mr. Stonor is his safe absence. In this country we do not usually try a man in his absence, and in this case absence is the only reason that can be given for the trial. Had Mr. Stonor been made Attorney-General for Ireland, and then shelved on the Bench, there would have been no demand for a select committee upon him. But that is what his enemies now demand, and what Government consents to ; and by the time Mr. Stonor has got up strength enough, or money enough, to re-embark on his return home, he will learn, by further intelligence from this country, that a select committee is pulling him to pieces, summoning witnesses, perhaps getting at his papers, and doing whatever ill-conditioned people take the opportunity of doing when they can get a peep into the affairs of some one they particularly dislike. If this will be an uncomfortable prospect for Mr. Stonor it will be not less discreditable to the character of British fair ness and generosity. It would be at least decent to wait till Mr. Stonor is back, and can direct his own defence. We will frankly confess that we think there was no real occasion to recall Mr. Stonor when once ap pointed to his office, and actually on his way. When the Duke of Newcastle, Mr. Peel, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer all declare that the appointment was made simply on his testimonials and recommendations, without any knowledge of the charges brought against Mr. Stonor, we believe them, and find no difficulty in doing so. Mr. G. H. Moore, according to the custom of his nation, gives them the he direct, and tells the Duke and dr. Peel he does not believe their story ; but apart from what is due to a solemn declaration we really do not see why either the Duke of Newcastle, who at this moment seems to have the affairs of all the world on his hands, or Mr. Peel should have read all the election blue-books, or made it their business to investigate all the charges which Irish gentlemen bandy about against one another. IV° will venture to say that very few English gentlemen, ever so much in the world, with ever so ex tensive a when they or so wid e an acqua i n t ance , were a ware, they heard of Mr. Sto nor ' s a pp o i n t men t, that he had been in any electionee r in g r ows, and had been accuse d of corruption. Beli e vin g , then, that the appointment was made on the recommendations, and wasra.beu. fair . one, we think it might have remained undi et n At least, the Government might well have left to the House of Commons the harshness and hypocrisy of picking out Mr. Stonor from the crowd of similar offenders, in his absence, and on the accusation of an enemy. L e t every member who can stand up and decl are before Heaven that none of his own money or interest ever went to in fluence the vote of an elector, vote for an inquisition on the absent Mr. Stonor, and we shall then have a list of the best and the worst men that ever existed in this country. He must, indeed, be a very bad man who could make such a declaration after the prac tices customary at most elections. We are aware that gentlemen who are returned by intimidation sometimes take a high ground about bribery, but we never heard of even an Irish election at which money and place had not their usual attractions. Everybody in this metropolis knows the immense proportion of Irishmen in office. How came they there ? A native of Tipperary or Mayo may force his way in his own country by merit, but, cast on the streets of this metropolis, he must have good friends, and those friends can only be political. But the fact is too patent to require proof. Everybody knows that, on the very worst supposition, Mr. Stonor's ap pointment is only one of ten thousand, and the only rea son that can be given for making him a scapegoat is, that he is no friend of Mr. G. H. Moore's, and happens just now to be out of the way. THE MAILF3.--SOUTHAMPTON, Friday, April 7.—The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Tagus, Captain J. K. Joy, sailed at 2 p.m. to-day, with the usual contract mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lis bon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, 33 passengers, specie value 1,0001. for Lisbon, 4,0001. for °port), and 5,0001. for Cadiz, and a large cargo of general merchandise. The United States' mail steam-ship Washington, with dates from New York to the 25th ult., is expected off Cowes, en route to Bremen, in the course of this evening or to morrow. The American steam-ship Nashville, with the usual semi-weekly mails, will leave Havre and South ampton on Wednesday next for New York. The Gene ral Screw Steam Company's ships Hydaspes and Har binger—the former from India and the Cape, and the latter from A us tralia, b o th over d ue — ar e daily looked for. THE WAR PREPARATIONS. RDER IN CONCIL. The following Order in Council appeared in the Lon don, Gazette of last evening : At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 7th day of cApril, present th e Q ueen ' s Most Excellent Majesty in Coun 1, Her Majesty being compelled to declare war against his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, and be ing desirous to lessen as much as possible the evils thereof, is pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that Russian merchant vessels which, at th 3 time of the publication of this order, shall be in any ports or places in her Majesty's Indian territories, under the government of the East India Company, or within any of her Majesty's foreign or colonial possessions, shall be allowed thirty days from the time of the publication of this order in such Indian territories, or foreign or colonial possessions, for loading their cargoes and departing from such ports or places ; and that such Russian merchant vessels, if met at sea by any o f h er M a j es t y ' s s hi ps, s h a l l be permitted to continue their voyage if, on examination of their papers, it shall appear that their cargoes were taken on board before the expiration of the above term. Provided that nothing herein contained shall extend, or be taken to extend, to Russian vessels having on board any officer in the military or naval service of the enemy, or any article prohibited or contraband of war, or any despatch of or to the Russian Government. And it is hereby further ordered by her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council as aforesaid that any Russian merchant vessel which, prior to the twenty-ninth day of March now last past, shall have sailed from any foreign port, bound for any port or place in any of her Majesty's Indian territories, or foreign or colonial posses sions, shall be permitted to enter such port or place, and to discharge her cargo, and afterw ar d s forthwith to depart without molestation ; and that any such vessel, if met at sea by any of her M a jesty's ships, s h a ll be permitted to continue her voyage to any port not blockaded. And the Right Lonourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, the Right Honourable the Com missioners for the Affairs of India, and all governors, offi cers, and authorities, whom it may concern, in her Ma jesty's East Indian, foreign, and colonial possessions, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain. C. C. GREVILLE. The City of London, mercantile steam-packet, having on board General Sir de Lacy Evans and staff and a number of Royal Sappers and Miners, for the East, arrived in Portsmouth Harbour yesterday morning from the Thames, to obtain a replenishment of coal. She was expected to get away again last night or early this morn ing. The Cumberland, 70, Captain Seymour, is still taking in supplies at Spithead. She will sail to-day for the Baltic if possible. The serew steam -ship Nile, 01, Commodore Martin - was placed at her moorings in Hamoaze on Thursday, and yesterday commenced taking in shot and shell. On Thursday evening, a t 6 o ' clock, a full-rigged ship, under fore and aft canvas, with top-gallant-masts struck, supposed to be a horse transport, was observed near the Eddystone, in tow of a tug steamer, going down Channel. The Janus, <ru 4 ns, paddlewheel st eam - vessel, Lieut. Commander Colin Campbell Kane, left Sheerness on Thursday, at 3.30 p.m., with volunteers and super numeraries for the portion of the Baltic fleet now riding in the Downs ; after drafting them on board their re spective ships she will proceed under sealed orders. The Cuckoo, 2 gun paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Maste r Commander George Brockman, left Sheerness at 11.30 a.m., this day, with volunteers for ships in the Downs. She also carries victualling stores from Sheerness yard for the use of the ships. On examining the bow-planks of the Miranda, 14-gun screw steam-ship, Captain Edmond M. Lyons, a number of them were found so considerably damaged that it has been necessary to shift them and replace them with new. One forehood on the port bow was torn through by the ice within a bare inch of the timbers. She will be out of the shipwright's department about the 11th inst. The nomination by Captain Superintendent Chris topher Wyvill of Mr. John Cressy, filling the office of secretary to the Captain Superintendent, has been ap proved by the Lords of the Admiralty, and Mr. Cressy has commenced his duties. j The following vessels are to be immediately fitted, I and will proceed to the Baltic : - The Pigmy, paddle wheel steam-vessel of 100 horse-power ; the Prospero, paddle-wheel steam-vessel of 144 horse-power ; the Me dina, 4 guns, paddle-wheel steam-vessel of 312 horse power ; the Medusa, 4 guns, paddle-wheel steam-vessel of 312 horse-power ; the Minx, 3 guns, iron screw steam-vessel of 10 horse power ; the Harpy, iron paddle wheel steam-vessel of 200 horse power ; and the Jackal], iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel, of 150 horse-power. All these vessels are to have their armament considerably increased, and are to be under the command of Captain Ommanney, of the Eurydice, 26 guns, at Portsmouth, for service in the Baltic. The Tartarus, 4 guns, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Richard H. Risk, is hourly ex pected at Sheerness from Scotland, with volunteers col lected from the different northern ports. The Tartarus is to make good defects, and to be fitted for active service in the Baltic. The following appointments have been made : Commander John Borlase (Ha), to the Ceylon, re ceiving ship and flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, C. 8., at Malta. Lieutenants—John J. S. Josling (1847), to the Eury dice, 26, at Portsmouth ; Sir Angus Campbell (1849), and Robert A. Parr (1854), to the Eurydice. Master W. H. Petch (1851), to the Eurydice. Acting Master G. A. Macfarlane (second master of 1847), from the Fisgard flag-ship, at Woolwich, to the Prospero, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, at Pembroke. Chaplain—Rev. F. A. Stratton (1854), to the Edin burgh, 60, screw steam-ship, flag-ship of Rear -Ad m i ra l Henry D. Chads, C. 8., w ith the Baltic fleet. Second Master—William G. Aldrich (1849), from the Impregnable, flag-ship, at Devonport, to the Janus, steam-vessel, with the Baltic fleet. Clerks—George F. Grigor (1851), from the Cumber land, 70, at Portsmouth, to the Excellent, gunnery ship, at Portsmouth ; John H. Duffel' (1750), from the Cum berland to the Majestic, 80, screw steam-ship, for ser vice with the Baltic fleet. Clerk's Assistant—S. S. C. Hill to the Gladiator steam-frigate, at Portsmouth. Rear-Admiral Edward Boxer, who at the time of his promotion to his flag rank, and for many years pre viously, held the office of superintendent of transports, &c., has been appointed to proceed to Constantinople and hoist his flag there, as admiral superintendent of service connected with the transport service and the fleet, having chief charge of all naval affairs there dur ing the absence of the Commander-in -Chief. The flag of the Rear-Admiral was hoisted formally at Woolwich yesterday, on board the Fisgird. Captain Christie, we presume, as superintendent of transports at the Darda nelles, will be under the orders of Rear-Admiral Boxer. A detachment of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines were played from their barracks yesterday by the band of the division to the Dockyard station of the North Kent Railway, and proceeded by the nine a.m. train for London, en route to Portsmouth, where they are to embark for service in the Penelope paddle-wheel steam-frigate, under orders to join the Baltic fleet. The detachment consists of one serjeant, one corporal, one drummer, and 30 privates. The Arnotdale, of London, No. 14, horse transport ship, embarked th e thi r d and last detachment of Capt. Thomas's field battery yesterday morning, and will leave the basin at Woolwich to-day for her destination. The Emperor, contract steam-vessel, took on board yesterday all the staff-officers horses she is to convey to the Mediterranean, and will leave to - morrow. A de tachment of the 19th Foot, from the Tower, consisting of about 120 non-commissioned officers and men, have also embarked in her for a passage to the seat of war. All volunteers to the militia who join regiments of the line previous to the time appointed for them to assemble within their respective regiments for training will receive the full amount of bounty, without deduct ing the 10s. bounty received by them on entering the militia. --. STEAM TRANSPORTS FOR THE CAVALRY.—NO W that the authorities are becoming acquainted with the steam power available and the adaptability of the large steamers for the conveyance of cavalry —not by twos and threes, as in the stunted sailing-ships, but by hun bd e r g e n s n g the t o fineaee thelarg e mistakes paddle andtha that c haver e w - s h b i e p e s n , t m h e a y d en invaluable are trusting our cavalry horses to the mercy of the winds. The Peninsular and Oriental Company have received a communication from the Government at Southampton to know how many horses the Ripon, paddle-steamer, can convey ; and Captain Austin and Lieutenant D'Aranda, of the Admiralty department, have been measuring her capacity. It has also been estimated that some of the available large screw-steamers can take from 300 to 400 horses at one trip. Had all the cavalry been sent to Plymouth, and the opportunity of running them across the bay in fine weather been seized, thousands of pounds would have been saved, and the work would have been ten times better done. ARRIVAL OF 300 FRENCH SAILORS.—On Thursday afternoon the Soho, Steam Navigation Company's ship, came alongside the St. Katharine's steam-packet wharf from Havre-de.Grace, having 300 French seamen on board, with officers in command. The novelty of such an arrival in the port of London attracted a considerable crowd of the curious to witness the debarkation. Each man had his hammock and kit, and a great many wore the badge of the French ship Tancrede. Conveyances b fo y rm the d formed in been proc ure d f or th e l uggage, t h e men in military order, three a b reas t, an d, p re ceded baggage waggons, 140 set out for the Euston-square railway station to tak e th e t ra i n f or Liverpool, and the remainder for the East India Docks. It seems . the French Government have purchased three screw-ships, two of which are at Liverpool and one in the East India Docks, for the transport of troops to the Black S ea , an d these sailors are to man them. The French are nego tiating fbr the purchase and hire of some of our best screw iron steamers in the Thames. S. P i goldamount equal to about six millions of silver roubles, or nearly 3,000,0001. sterling, has been removed from the fortress for the pu r p oses , i t i s to b e presumed, of the war. Allegations were at the same time circulated th a attotal equal to about 19,000,000/. or 20,000,000/. sterling remained. T H s CLYDE.—At Glasgow a million and a half ster lin,, has teen expended in forming embankments, build in;quays, deepening the bed, fixing beacons f o r twenty miles down the river, pro v idi ng s h e d s, and ot h er appa ratus to facilitate the loading and unloading of ships by such means has the Clyde become one of the mos wonderful rivers in Britain. On its banks are to found the works of Tod and Macgregor, of Caird, Wood, and of other firms whose names are connec with tho progress of modern navigation.—The Bui '" ~_ " ~. ~1 9x• l , • i t i6ll thes be t l .'„f / '113H31. y A