The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-05 00:00:00

leased, the ❑tinople in nshee and the other, for carry be sent to •na to-dal )rous staff. from the hman W ho s received iately pro' l ose by 0 0 , r nors, olviL e consuls• recept: to •a-in chief. e simplest ral should Ld that the rich (bono' Varna that _ N. I nYt u " ters of the were about [not think" lish fined there, the situs' n sending la, so that the We l " ording to including dry, lately to relia 6l,. By during movemen t [lent of th e valuable atteinr ;he follote rajowa ig occuPil any class 0 and for the %Ice knos o ;hall rernA i° all contialrl ,c) do injU'l 'erity of the If Vienna , )wa bring' T of 2,ov u a the 20th ice to Sir previousli acha, who ied to We measures; ants. The Iced from irn of the ON TO the pro' Turkey 111 3ined to 0 0 ; I alone wi ll Dobrudscb il ..)upatioa e exelusiYeif leon, wbor to GalliP A Constair for Vary.' the WO and frail eft wing ° I ;fish troops a, to 100 auxiliari e° I the result FLEET. etter frail ips in th e ten ill the i . I s hould .y m orn ! pg )n the 1Is t ; Q good dee' say, felleva )s'—the re' Besika J 39 '/ y was Ver t Df quinine; strictior' ie 't what We deputri n : a preser A replireUl ?.ceipts. than tbree g a dal °I !s not eeiD e e fly of tb e , .inine is el Ae result. equent 13 21 . 1 " gnal) ma annual A Zees for his confirmed , r, althoug' lly en title )rofession a edly a ye l l I should b° the others he army . ( h 1 ,vided any ro te; me of th e :ellent ou r .: ,ted to b l ' ,ante, I am uthoritY 111 their WO nine, to be nt fellow.* imp or by hospital 0 witholl. Lodation,' have it 0 3 of being .378' longer as arrive ( ' 1-nel, an d )ard )ard , has ca' 'hich, is es ter d.?,,,/ 2 Ea' is morn brae' there to to F . 011 15111 ' ireOt t° Mirai" finer b a g stela er lainag e ye fare d uadrlj w oo- receive d Ric :--- .9 14 ' e bedie lle the L ' a. $ r 9 g reA lot° '" 8 1 111 -% as the Russians are in this sea in their forts par ticularly strong, and they have rendered Cronstadt im pregnable by the erection of adlitional heavy and filling u p a ll th e a pp r o ac h e s, s o th a t our ativart , , will be conducted with caution, and the forte must be taken in detail. Sonic time ago it was proposed by an officer that all the launches and sal ~11 steamers should pass the Isle of Cronsta.,it on its nothern lace, and pro ceed to St. Petersburg (the lint-of-battle ship , : keeping the f orts and Russian 'flotilla ;n check) an,l bombard that C ity ; but we now find that they have, whilst the ice is covering those waters, filled the whole breadth of the channel with massive piles and huge blocks of granite, 80 that no vessel can possibly pass without running close under th e range of their stupendous 'atteries. Yet I , think as soon as the French contingent join we shall move o n and you may expect to hear soon of an attack upon Revel or Sweaburg. The latter place is very s trong,being a series of detached forts—on five islands —these islands form a small and secure harbour, where all the men of war are moored. There is plenty of water for any of our ships to approach these forts, but t he channel is very intricate, yet we are gradually be comingbetter acquainted with this sea, and ere long , quite conversant with its different coasts, rocks, and shoals, of which there are multitudes." ST. PETERSBURG. MISERABLE ATTEMPT OF THE CZAR TO ROUSE THE ENTHUSIASM OF HIS PEOPLE. We read in the Paris papers that the Emperor Nicholas is about to bestow invulnerability on ms chiefs with figure heads of saints. Under Admiral Sir Alexander Nevsky and Admiral his ° lva namesake, not the wicked one, his squadrons 1, 4 37 at least venture from behind the batteries of Sebast o p o l and Sveaborg. The autocratic journals (says the Presse) make a great noise about the devotedness of a certain has Sievers, a Chamberlain of his Majesty, who Lia s placed his yacht, the Wiborg, himself, and the c rew at the disposal of the Grand Duke Con !i.!antine during the continuance of the war. , 4 te Emperor Nicholas is said to have autho- Vied the said Count to wear the uniform of the acht Club of St. Petersburg, and named him chief of the Finland flotilla, under the superior command of Vice-Admiral Jepahtchin. ve may observe en passant that the Wi borg is nothing more than a wretched little Steamer, of 20 - horse-power, running during the Summer, between Wiborg and Helsingtors, and only carrying a crew of six men. At the-same time that every exertion is being made to complete the equipment of the Baltic fleet, nothing is neglected which can tend to excite the religious enthusiasm of the crews. In an enthusiastic order of the day, Admiral Ricord makes known that M. Murascheff, the burgomaster of Cronstadt, has just offered, in the name of the bourgeoisie of that place, to the Grand Duke Constantine a magnificent ima g e of St. Nicholas, the worker of miracles, to be placed at the prow of the admiral's vessels. The Empress 1404 / a lso sent to General Bach, Military Governor - General of Cronstadt, four images representing St. Alexander Nevsky, St. Nicholas, St. Peter, and St. Paul, to be given to the uarrisons of the forts &lexander the First, Kronslo 6 tt, Peter the First, and Paul the First—all of which Russian Empe rors and saints' namesakes are to be under the spe cial protection of Heaven, so far as the forts and ships named after them are concerned ! tXTRAORDINARY PRECAUTIONS AT ST. PETERSBURG. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 21st ult., In the Press of Vienna, says :—" All measures ne cessitated by a long and energetic war are being taken here. Both sides of the mouth of the Neva are being protected with strong defensive works. Yesterday there appeared au order of the Minister ,of Police, prescribing what the inhabitants of St. retersburg are to do in the event of siege, or rather a blockade of that city. If Cronstadt should fall into the power of the allied fleets, women, Children, and old men are immediately to leave the ,Capital. The troops are to be removed from t he aouses, the streets are to be unpaved, and the bells Of the holy churches and the images of the saints are to be removed to Moscow. Notwithstanding all these precautions, the order expresses the as surance that the enemy's fleet will perish on the rooks, and under the cannon of Cronstadt." GREECE. ATHENS, May 28.—The new Cabinet has recalled the insurgent chiefs ; it will remodel the Court , dismiss all public functionaries who may have been Compromised, and require that Athens shall not be occupied. Mavrocordato is expected. Athens remains tranquil. The population is opposed to Russia. The monks of Mount Athos have repulsed th e insurgents. On the 26th ult., the King invited the Ministers of England and France to wait on him. His Hel lenic Majesty received the two Envoys iu the Throne-room, and spoke to them in the following terms " I declare that I will faithfully observe a strict neu trality towards Turkey ; that I will without delay take all the necessary measures to effect it, and that for this Object, I will call to my council% new Ministers, who by thei r character and their intelligence, are the best cal culated to carry this engagement of mine into execu tion.,, Mr. Wyse, as the senior Minister, replied— " Sire,—We shall hasten to report to our Govern ments the words which your Majesty has just addressed to us, and we doubt not that by giving your support to the new Councillors, whom your Majesty has deigned to rail to your aid, we shall no longer have to trans mit to our Courts any information but what will be very satisfactory as regards Greece." FRANCE. The Moniteur contains the following report to t he Emperor from the Minister of War and ap- Proved of by his Majesty : Sire,—Your Majesty having decided that two camps than be formed, one in the North, composed of three corp s d'arm6e, and the command in chief of which your t,Majesty has reserved to yourself, and the o t h e r is the ' o outh, I have the honour to propose the nomination of the following general officers :—Camp of the North, ,under the command in chief of the Emper or ; General Bolin, Chef d'Etat-Major-G6n6ral-Ist Corps d'Armee : First command, General Baraguay having Under him Generals Renault, do Gdrandon, Greiy, de Courtigis, d'Hugues, d'Exea, de Forton, and Gau din de Villaine 2nd Corps d'Armee : First in corn 41and, General Guesviller, having under him Gene rals de Borelli, de Noue, Fririon, de Ladmirault, sterazy, de Leyritz, Grand, Ney de la Moskowa, and Genestet de Phanhol 3 rd Cor p s d'Armee : First in command, General Carrelet, having under hini Generals Lafontaine, Duchaussoy, de Lioux, de Chasseloup Laubat, de Liniers, Chapuis, Rerau, de I \roue, and Esterazy.—Camp of the South : First in ~..eariimand, General d'Hautpoul ; Chef d'Etat-Major veneral, General Carbuccia ; Generals Herbil lon, de 45 0usingen, Mason, de Salles, Duval, Faucheux , C. J4 eraillant, de la Motterouge, Couston, Partonneaux, de Pointe, de Gevigny, and Richepanse." The Emperor has appointed Generals Levasseur and Martin de Bourgon to the command of divi sions of infantry •, General Korte to that of a divi sion of cavalry ; Generals Ripert Courand Marulaz, a nd Repond to brigades of infantry ; and Generals - " ll puch, Dubern, and Marion to brigades of cavalry 11 1 the newly organised army of Paris. Several of the regiments which are to form part of the cam p o f the North have already arrived at • Virnereux, near Boulogne, and are occupied in the construction of the hut barracks intended for the accommodation of the troops. , 'A:Paris letter in the Independance of Brussels Bays : "Admiral Baudin a made last winter in the greatly from a fall which he is also affected with dropsy, Place de la Concorde, and, as he quietude. His intelleetual l his state causes great tits • ill . moral faculties, however, have not been affected. himew days ago M. Ducos, Minister of Marine, went toon the part . of the Em peror to inquire after his healtThe admiral was pro fuse in his thanks. 'Be kind . , y ou are cannot do so enough ., to express my gratitude to the Emperor,' said bt weak,' tuyself —I am so weak !" Well, as ° an- SWered the Minister, 'you must have a Port you, and the Emperor has sent you one. aon wb t ;ea s d up !" And so saying be produced the decree by tell M. audio romoted to the dignity of admiral." t . The Moniteur de l' Armee states that the indica tions published by the journals relative to the dis tricts where the camps of the north and south are to be formed are prematu re, no definitive resolu tionhaving yet been adopted in that res p ect. The Three per Cents. opened yesterday on the oulev a r d at 73f. 75c rose to 74f. 50 c., a nd closed at 74f. 25c. " SWITZERLAND. h -A. letter from Berne of the Ist, in a Zurich jour e, Says :—" The attempts at concilia tion between T ile Conservatives and the Radicals ha ve failed. e proposition of the Blacks to elect six Conser vatives and three Radicals has not been ac ce p ted — n or has any un d ers tanding been come to on th e pr opositionE that it should considered an affair of ele ctoral to vote for the Government in the event of ~e c toral difficulties. The Whites have not th e 1 " 3 unanimously resolved to maintain the pro rinnie of the Government. The town is tranquil. g° o ll many people from the country have ar .ved.” ITALY. _„We read in a letter published by the Parlament° L Turi n that the regulation hitherto in force in the ~Inbardo-Ve net ia n provinces, by which any one 'light free himself from military service upon pay- In e ut of 700 florins (1,750 f.), has now been abolished,. an d that every luau mus t now e ither join the army himself„ or fi n d a su b s tit u t e , which is no easy matter p resent. The Pariamento of Turin having lately pub lisped a letter from its Roman correspondent, in which was alleged that the Pontifical Govern ment intended to modify its policy with respect to political delinquencies, and to be more lenient to wards the refugees, MM. Sturbinetti, ex-Senator of Rome, Galeotti, ex-Minister of Justi:e, and Ma riani, ex-Minister of Police of the Roman republic, being espeelally mentioned as likely to be allowed to return, the latter has written a long letter, dated Malta, 22d ult., to that paper, declaring that he will never accept a pardon from the Roman Pontiff, and recapitulating the arguments which have so often been urged at different times against the temporal power of the Pope. SPAIN. MADRID, MAY 28.—The total expenditure of the State for the month of June is stated at 184,283,486 reals, in which is included the sum of 77,614,480 reals for the half-year's dividend on the Consoli dated and Deferred Three per Cent. Stock. The Government have received about 30 millions of reals in Madrid on account of the new loan ; and it is said that a French house at Barcelona has offered to contract for whatever portion may re main unpaid after the period for making voluntary contributions has expired. COURT CIRCULAR. ~--- The state apartments at Windsor Castle will be closed on and after Wednesday the 7th inst. until fur ther orders. The Princesses Helena and Louisa took a drive on Saturday in an open carriage and four. Yesteday the Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Duchess of Kent, attended Divine service in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated, and administered the Holy Sacrament. The Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court and the domestic household also attended. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone left town on Saturday for Windsor. Despatches were sent on Saturday from the Colonial office to the Governors of Ceylon, Hong Kong, and the Mauritius. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Sierra Leone, the Gambia, the Gold Coast, and Gibraltar. THE GRENADIER GUARDS.—On Saturday evening Colonel Stanhope presided at a splendid banquet of the officers of the Grenadier Guards, at the London Tavern ; his Royal Highness Prince Albert being, from the arrival of the King of Portugal, unavoidably absent. The following were among the distinguished guests : Lord Harewood, Lord Downes, Lord Stopford, Colonel Thornton, Colonel Rouse, Colonel Astell, Colonel Tor rens, Colonel Knollys, and Lieut.-Colonel Lindsay. A NEWSPAPER PIRATE. In the second edition of the Daily News of Friday were printed exclusively some despatches from the Bal tic, bearing date three days later than those of Admiral Napier. They contained an account of the bombard ment of Hango, and of the brilliant expedition to Eck ness. These despatches were reprinted word for word in the columns of the Times of Saturday, with the head ing "From the Shipping Gazette." The attempt to de prive the Daily News of the merit of being the first to publish this interesting news is as obviously unfair as it is certainly dishonest. The Times knew to what paper the first publication of the news was due, and common courtesy, not to mention any higher motive, ought to have dictated an acknowledgment of the authorship of the information. The columns of the Daily News are so often laid under contribution by the pirates of the press, that it would be absurd to complain of an ordi nary robbery. For years past we have constantly seen in the Times and other papers articles quoted "Globe," which the Globe has previously appropriated, without acknowledgment, from the Daily News. Of these past piracies we have never before spoken. But in the pre sent case the theft of our exclusive news from Sir Charles Napier's fleet is so extensive and so flagrant, and the at tempt to conceal the piracy so barefaced, that public justice requires us to direct attention to the fact.--,Daily News. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, June s.—Wind this day at Noon, N.N.E moderate breeze, and cloudy at times. RAMSGATE, June 4.—The Nayade, from Memel to Gloucester, was totally lost this morning in the Galloper; captain and three of crew drowned. CROMER, June 3.—The Autumn, from Shields to Lon don, sprung a leak yesterday off Flamborough Head, and was run on shore near Hasborough ; crew saved by the life-boat. PLYMOUTH, June 4.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Ask more, from London, for New Zealand; Pallas, from Lon don, for Labrador • Avon (s), St. Thomas, and left for Southampton. Sailed— Maitland, for obart Town; Achilles, Port Philip. PORTSMOUTH, June 4.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived H.M.'s steamer Locust, from Moat() Video. SOUTHAMPTON, June 3.—Arrived—Madrid (s), from Gibraltar. Sailed—Tantivy, for Sydney, N.S.W. WIVENHOE, June 4.—The Juno, of Shields, was wrecked on the Heaps on the Ist inbt. A collier brig was lost on the Barrows on the Ist inst.; and another collier brig was lost on the Heaps on the 2d inst. RYE, June 4.—The Matilda, of Laurvig, from Sunder. land to Algiers, foundered off the Lemon and Owers on the 2d inst. ; crew saved by the Creole (brig), cf Bremen, bound to the West Indies. PENZANCE, June 3.—Wind, E. Arrived—Traveller, from Boscastle, for Plymouth, towed in dismasted. SCILLY, June 2.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Mindeeps, for Buenos Ayres. DUNDEE, June 3.—Wind, E.S.E. Sailed—Marchio nees of Breadalbane, for Barbadoes. CLYDE, June 3.—Wind, E.S.E. Sailed— Cathcart, for Callao ; Lord Sidmouth, Quebec ; Larpen, do. ; Governor, do. and Montreal ; Conqueror, Valparaiso ; Eliza Bs; 1, Berbice. NEW YORK, May 20.—The Native, of Yarmouth, N.S., bound to Liverpool, with 12 feet of water in her hold, etc., was spoken on the 20th April, in lat. 46, long. 35, and supplied wth canvass and tools. The Bellona (British barque) was boarded on the 21st April, in lat. 47, long. 37, had been abandoned, with 4 feet of water in her hold, and all her spars were gone. BOSTON, May 19.—The wreck of the British barque Commerce, of London, was boarded in lat. 46, long. 29. ANTIGUA, May 13.--The Orion, of London, from New. port to Jamaica, ran on a reef off Barbadoes, April 27, and has been d. AQUADILLA (Porto Rico), May 13.—The Danish brig Harmonie has been condemned, and will be sold. CALLAO, April 14.—The Emily Taylor (American barque) put in here yesterday in distress, with her crew in a state of mutiny ; they had bored holes in her to cause her to leak. --- (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday, 10.30 a.m. Wind, S.E. ; light, and fine. Arrived—Ruthenia and Westmoreland, from Ferman. buco. Sailed—David Legg, for Dordt ; Melchiere, for Dordt. (BY BUBMABINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.35 a.m. Wind, N.E. ; tide, 14' hour's ebb,; weather, cloudy. Arrived, 4th—Dovre, from Christiania; Albert Lith, Holbeck ; Splide, Bogense ; Lina Holberg, Horsens ; Oak, Danzig ; Mentor, Memel ; Aarea, Randers ; Johanna Maria, Carolinseil ; Anna Gertrude, Fairnain ; Frau Christian, Seduesthorn ; Capella, Kospermunde; Sophia, Antwerp ; Tay, Harbinge ; Naid, Memel ; Antoinetta, Rostock ; Catharina, Leer ; Nagaden, Baltic (prize) ; Ge broders, Biga (prize). Arrived, sth,—Fyenoord, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Lion, steamer, Harlingen ' • Adonis, steamer, Harlingen ; Caledonia, steamer, Hamburg ; Moselle, steamer, Ant werp ; Margaretha, Leer ; Auxilliar, Akyab ; Hermina, Gothenburg ; Achilles, Frederickstadt ; Mary, Antwerp ; Betta Margretta, Emden ; Krons Prius Frederick, Tronde; Catharina, Pilau ; Nanny, Cronstadt ; Anne Margaretha, Molmori ; Emanuel Boakseil. Sailed.—Egbert, for Algoa Bay ; Mary, Launceston. • DEAL, Monday, 9.30 a.m. _ _ Wind, N.E., fresh. Passed.—Resolute, from London, for Hongkong ; Ad miral, from London, for Port Phillip ; Emma, brig, from westward, for the north ; Ocean Gem, from London, for Cardiff; Wilton, from London, for Jamaica; Wellesley, from London for Calcutta. Magnolia, from Cardiff, for London, lost an an anchor and chain of the South Fore land, and has been supplied from hence. NEXT MAILS FOR THE ARMY IN THE EAST.--To-day a notice was posted at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-grand, that the next mails for Constanti nople, per French steamer front Marseilles, will be made up in London on the Bth inst., and until further notice on the 3rd, Bth, 13th, 18th, 23rd, and 2 . Bth, respectively, except when the month shall contain 31 days, and then the 29th will be in time, instead of the 28th. The next mail will be made up on the 13th inst. SOUTHAMPTON, June 4.—To-day the Lady Jocelyn, Captain Bird, belonging to the General Screw Company, left with the Australian mails. She has on board about 110 passengers, 17,2581. in specie, and a very full cargo. The Candia, belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, also left with the heavy portion of the India and China mail, 100 passengers, and 235,1501. in specie. The Candia has also taken besides a full cargo, 600 cases of ammunition, 54 ditto of fire arms, 100 casks of boots, and 27 bales of biscuit bags, to be landed at Malta for Government use. SERIES OF ACCIDENTS ARISING FROM GROSS CARELESS NESS —On Wednesday last, about a qu ar t er -past one o'clock, John Payne, a town carter, living on the Brook, Chatham, was loading a cart with coals at one of the wharves adjoininc , the Sun Pier, a n d i n a most reprehen sible manner left his horse and cart unattended, having taken off the bridle and bit, which were deposit,d on the shafts. During his temporary absence the horse started at a sharp pace. When he got into the High -street he ran rt full speed towards the Military-road. At the end of Globe-lane ho ran against a girl, about twelve years old, of the name of Allen, who was crossing the street, knocked her down, and one of the wheels pass ing over her head cut it severely, and Fshe now lies in a precarious sifite. He next ran upon the pavement, and knocked down Mis Butcher and a friend who was walking with her. One wheel pa , sed over the former and broke her collar-bone, and it then ran over the arm of the latter. seriously injuring it. The owner of the cart, in attempting to stop the horse, received heavy injuries. The cart at length came in contact with another vehicle, which stopped its career before further mischief was done. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY *EVPNING, JAYNE 5, ilfA l a. P ir - .N.L? W.F. -(, TlllB DAY,) CORN .EXCHANGE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were very moderately supplied with wheat; nevertheless, the de mand for all kinds ruled heavy, and the quotations had a downward tendency. Spring corn, the supplies of which were comparatively small, moved off slowly, and prices were with difficulty supported. In flour very little was doing. The continental markets have been dull for most articles of grain, yet shipments to England continue on a fail average scale. The supplies of wheat and flour in the United States were good at the date of our last advices. The arrivals of English grain in the port of London last week were very moderate. From abroad we received 30,274 qrs of wheat, 5,060 barley, 34,126 oats, 1,017 beans, 290 peas, 208 tares, 15,263 linseed, 1,758 rapeseed, 2,875 sacks and 4,127 brig of flour. The quantity of wheat received up to our market, to day, coastwise from Essex and Kent, was only limited, but in good saleable condition From other quarters the arrivals were trifling. Notwithstanding that the shew of samples was small, the demand for all kinds, arising, in some measure, from the small number of buy ers in attend ance, but chiefly from the large imports of foreign grain, was in a very depressed state. So little business was transacted, that the quotations were almost nominal. The few sales concluded were mostly at a decline in the prices of Monday last of is. per quarter. The show of foreign wheat was large, chiefly from the Lower Baltic ports. Very fine parcels were mostly held at full prices, but sales progressed heavily. Several damp parcels moved off slowly, and the quotations had a down ward tendency. Since Monday last, 25 vessels, laden with grain, have arrived off the coast from the westward. To-day, there was scarcely any inquiry for floating cargoes. BARLEY—The supply of which was moderate—was very dull, at barely late rates. The malt trade was exceedingly heavy, at late rates. We were heavily supplied with oats, in which very little was doing, at a decline in the prices of Monday last of from 6d to is per quarter. The sale for beans was heavy, on former terms. In peas next to nothing was doing. The flour trade was heavy, and American parcels were easier to purchase. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex Sc Kent. Red .• new 734 to 853 Ditto•••• ........ old 77s 89 onto, White new 7Th Bis Ditt0........ old 80s 98s Norfolk and Lin. coin, Red, old 73s 84s Ditto new •• •• .. 743 84s Rye—Old •••••••••• .. 51s 52s New •• •• .• 503 51s Baley —Grinding . • • •• 343 403 Malting .•• •• —s —s Chevalie - - .• —s sralt—Saffolk and N 07- folk•• ••••...... 66s 718 Srown••• •• •••••••••• 60s 623 Kirke ln and Ware 73s 75s Malt—Chevalier .. •. 75s to 76 , Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsk.,Feed 291 33 Potato .... 31s 35e Youghal and Cork 81ack....... 29s 32s Cork, White ..... 28s 34s Scotch, Feed. •• .. 33s 35$ Beans—Tick ......... 45s 54s Pigeons ...... •• • • 49. 66 . Peas—Grey..•• 44s 48s Maple . .. • . 48s 53s White..• •• •• •• .. 56s 62s Boilers ... •• .. 56s 66s Flour—Town-made... 66s 70s Suffolk •• •• 58s 62s Stockta & Norfolk 58s 648 SMITHFIELD. Last week's imports of foreign stock into London amounted to 3,657 head. In the corresponding week in 1853 we re ceived 3,698 ; in 1852, 3,775 ; in 1851, 2,944 ; in 1850, 2,490 ; in 1849, 2,405 ; in 1818, 3,788 ; and in 1847, 3,554 head. IMPORTS MO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Hamburgh lO 469 ... Rotterdam__ 260 ... 942 115 ... 280 Harlingen 166 865 ... 4 ... 77 Antwerp — 175 17 ... Bromver3hven Amsterdam 12 Calais Ostend 65 ... - 3 ... 76 - - 81 ... 13 T0ta1.... 465 _. 2,344 ... 195 .. 653 -.-- me yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. fzs3 486 ... 2,450 ~. 20 ... 601 ... 71 852 613 ... 2,368 ... 215 ... 451 ... 28 851 3Ol ... 2,162 ... 19 ... 250 ... 212 850 299 ... 1,673 ... 78 ... 440 ... 849 309 ... 1,695 ... 39 ... 362 ... The show of foreign stock in to-day's market was tolera. bly good. A steamer has arrived this morning from Spain, with 250 oxen on board, in fair average condition. There was a decided increase in the arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts, and we noticed a decided improvement in their general weight and quality. For all breeds we experienced a slow sale, at a decline in the prices obtained on Monday last of 2d per Sibs, and a total clearance was with difficulty effected. A few very superior Scots realised 5s 2d per Sibs. The arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire amounted to 2,250 Scots and short-horns ; from other parts of England, 500 of various breeds ; and from Scotland, 450 horned and polled Scots. We were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied with most breeds of sheep. On the whole the mutton trade, and last week's quotations were well supported. The best old Downs realised fully 5s per Sibs. Lambs, the supply of which was good, moved off slowly, at 6d per 81bs. beneath last Monday's currency. The top quotation was 6s per 81bs. The supply of calves was extensive. A fair average business was transacted in them, at Friday decline in price. The highest figure was 5s 4d per 81bs. For pigs we had a slow sale, on former terms. Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.' Interior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8, Second quality.... 3 10 4 2 1 Prime large o:ec 4 4 4 6' Prime Scots, Ste. 410 5 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 Second quality ...3 10 4 2! Prime crse.-wlled.4 4 4 6 Lambs _ _ s. d. a. d. Prime Southdown 4 8 5 0 Large erse. calves 4 2 410 Prime small d 0... 5 0 5 4 Large hogs 3 0 4 2 Small porkers 4 4 4 8 !Sucklingealves ..22 0 29 0 Ruarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 4s 10d to 6s Od. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ..... . • . .. • . . 764 Sheep .. • • • • . • . • .. 1,540 Ca1ve5.......... • . 254 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of f: stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, ou Monday, June 6, 1853, and this day, Monday, June 5, 1854. Per 81bs, to sink the otfals. June 6, 1853. !June 5, 1854 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts 3 2to 3 4 3 6to 3 8 Second o iality ditto 3 6 3 83 10 4 2 ?lit= :• je oxen 310 4 2,4 4 4 8 Prime Scots, &c 4 4 4 6'4 10 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 2 3 6 3 6 3 8 Second quality ditto ... ... 3 8 3103 10 4 2 Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 0 4 44 4 4 6 Prime Southdown ditto .. 4 6 4 8,4 8 5 0 Lambs ... ... 410 6 44 10 6 0 Large coarse calves •... 4 0 4 614 2 410 Arne small ditto 4 8 5 0,5 0 5 4 Large hogs ... 3 4 3 83 0 4 2 Neat small porkers ... 310 4 4'4 4 4 8 Beasts... 4,009 4,149 Sheep 24,00 d 24,5911 Calves... 335 317 310 SUPPLIES ON SALE, June 7, 1852.—Beasts, 4,375 ; and lambs, 28,570; calves, 319 ; pigs, 310. June 9, 1851.—Beasts, 3,832 ; sheep and lambs, 28,890 ; , calves, 257 ; pigs, 139. TOTAL SUPPLY. Bouts .. • • • • .......... • . 4. 1 49 Sheep . • • • • .. • ....• 24,590 Calves .. • •. •• .. 317 Pigs • • • • .... • • • 310 Although the supply of lins( mand for that article is very i little is doing. Cakes are het business doing in them is cons Tornip,White, per bush. 141 to 20s Swede .• • • •• .• • • 24s 38s VinsLard, Brown•••••• 103 I 3s White, new • • • • .. 103 14s Tares,Winter, new.... 9s Od 98 Gd Old• • . ...... 7s Od 8s Od Canary, per quarter •. 44a 48s, Rye grass • • • .. • • • • • 24s 28s Clover, Red Eng. (cwt.) —s White • • • • .. • • • • a —a . Foreign Red.. • • • • —3 —4 White•.•• —s --ts Trefoil, new .• • • • • •• •• —3 —3l ieed is very moderate, the de inactive. In other seeds but id at full quotations, but the Lparatively small. Carraway ............ 42s 485 Coriander • . .......... lOs 15s Elempseed, per quarter 4(.5 448 Linseed, Eng.iowing • 748 76 5 Crushing ........ 6 s 688 Baltic .......... 66s 708 Odessa •. .. 664 70s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English . 101 Os 12 ' Os Foreign, per ton 915 s 111 53 Rape Cakes, pr ton 6/ 155 715 s Rapeseed,/iew, prlst 3810 s 40101 TALLOW. Our market has become somewhat firmer, and prices have an upward tendency. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 623 per cwt. Town tallow is 593 p er cw t. ne t cash ; rough fat, :is 3(1 per Sibs. 1850. 1 1851. 36,250 40.774 124,300 Price of L C. •• • • Stock this day .•.• • • ! 25,9 54 tto 37A 04 00 s Od 375 3d 'to 00s Ci 36s 9d 37s 6 1 '',o 37s 01 to 47s Od Delivery last week •. i 725 1,144 740 1,135 Ditto from Jane I .... 1 955 i,i 44 630 623 Arrivals last week.. 1,202 861 776 2,715 Dittofrom June 1.... 1,187 I 881 77G 1,603 Price of Town ...... 338 04 33s 04 38s 9.1 1 492 31 35.592 i2a Od t 3 00i Od 913 563 Gls Od MAD.tME TUSSMJDS EXIIIBITION.—In. consequence of the anxitv of the public for information from our fl•ets no , " engaged in the Blacic. 53.9. and Baltic, all naval heroes in this exhibition attract great attention, that particularly of Vie ever to be remembered Lord Nelson, the eat being taken from his face. lie is represented in the uniforin of an A. immoral, decoratel with numerous iird er , th e rewards of his gallant conducit. This figure, we have been informed from tho s e who remembered this distinguished officer, is exoaadingly like ;him in feature and figure. LITERATURE. The Three Days of Wensleydale. By W. G. M. Jones Barker. Charles Dolman. Everybody knows Gilbert White's History of Selborne, as almost everybody nowadays knows the charming volumes upon natural history penned by Broderip and Waterton. Well—here is a grace ful work of a similar character. Mr. Jones Barker has done for the Valley of the Yore what the Rev. Gilbert White did for the village of Selborne. The latter has immortalised that previously ob scure little nook of Hampshire —his birth place and his death place. The former has celebrated the varied charms of Wensleydale, the home of his yolith, the haunt of his manhood, celebrated the wonders of its vegetable and animal life, its fauna and its flora, its heroic memories and h'storical as sociations. Several years ago, as we learn from his graceful " Prologue," the author announced his intention of writing a more elaborate work than the one here issued from the press, a production undertaking to supply the world with a detailed and comprehensive survey of the " History and Antiquities of Wensleydale." The design has been hitherto delayed in execution. It has not, how ever, been abandoned. The volume now submitted to our consideration is intended as a foretaste of the antiquarian feast which may yet be anticipated. And assuredly, from the mer it s o f th ese prelimi nary or inaugurative chapters, descriptive of three memorable days in the history of Wensleydale, we may be permitted to hop e th a t , b e f ore l ong , th e intention of Mr. Barker, at once a dreamer and an observer, may be carried ou t t o it s comp l e t e realisa tion. Although these chapters are especially addressed to the inhabitants o f th a t pa r t of York shire, they possess an interest appealing indiscri minately to the hearts of all Englishmen. For, secluded as the Valley of the Yore is, that beauti ful valley called variously Torrevalle or Yorvale, or Wensleydale, situated in the wapentake of Hang West, in Richmondshire, North York— it has become so associated w ith memor able events andillustrious personages, that it has long since risen to the dignity of an historical locality. It has produced not only many distinguished knights, and barons, and earls, and abbots—not only two chief justices, and three lord chancellors, and five bishops, and four archbishops —one of these a cardinal—but a Prince of Wales also, and a Queen of England. It has been at dif ferent times the residence of the renowned Earls of Brittany, and Carlisle, and Richmond, and Salis bury. It witnessed some of the revels indulged in by the Court of Ki ng Edward IV.,the most effeminate and yet the most heroic of our royal voluptuaries. It was the favourite abode of King Richard 111., beloved by him as the home of Anne Neville, and as the scene of his early love passages when Duke of Gloucester. It received among its inmat es , M ar y Queen of Scots, becoming invested with some of those pathetic recollections supplied by the annals of her long captivity. There, above all, in the green covert of Wensleydale is that famous home of the Marquis of Montague and of his more illus trious brother Earl Warwick the King-maker, that glorious domain of Middleham, to the memory of which we turn not without supreme emotion, whe ther as reverent listeners to the annalist,. or as enthralled readers of the romancist—wheth er as seen through the dramatic and pictorial narrative of Lytton or through the stately and authoritative eloquence of Lingard. Plentifully sprinkled among the letterpress are graphic woodcuts here of Low Fors as a vignette, now of Hardrow Scaur as a frontispiece—now of the Font in St. Oswald's, now of the Saxon-cross in Hauxwell Churchyard—and besides other scenes and structures, Middleham Castle and Deanery, Jorevalle Abbey, Aygoi th Force, and Lake Semerwater. Hitherto the anti quary interested in Wensleydale has been enabled to gratify his curiosity in its regard only by turn ing to such illustrative volumes as Allen's " History of the County of York," as Athill's "Middleham," as Burke's "Historic Scenes," or as Whittaker's "Richmondshire" the last mentioned work, for example, a costly folio published originally at 241. ! A more accessi ble, a more popular, and a more readable, and, let us add, an equally if not more reliable account of the history and antiquities of the m emorable and beautiful valley of the Yore, has been here furnished to the general reader by the laborious and scholarly writer of " The Three Days of Wensleydale." Chapter the first, the " Catholic Day"—chapter the second, the " Day of Change"—chapter the third, the " Present Day"---followed by a " List of Birds," by "Extracts," by the "Sanctuary Roll," and by an " Appendix." The " Prologue" already mentioned, being balanced as it were by " L'Envoi" —tenderly regretful at the close even for a while of a favourite study and a cherished investigation. Grateful for the charming record here given of one of the most renowned, though one of the most secluded dales of merry England, close we the volume penned by W. G. M. J. Barker, not with out a repetition of the hope already avowed that his industry may ultimately give to the world a more elaborate work, descriptive of the annals and antiquities of his beloved Wensleydale. The Friends ; and other Poems. By Warwick Beechwood. Longman and Co. Although we learn from a foot-note to one of the minor poems introduced into this graceful little volume, that the writer contributed as far back as the 10th of April, 1835, to the Times newspaper— from which circumstance we are inevitably led to infer (twenty years having elapsed since then, or very nearly) that Warwick Beechwood is no longer a stripling—we cannot discover anywhere in the pages of our author the marks of careful emenda tion, of scrupulous deliberation, of cautious and punctilious premeditation. 113 re and there he seems to have " rushed into print" —although, as we have said, evidently (from the date mentioned at page 225 in the foot-note just now particularised) no mere boy-adventurer. Several of the fugitive pieces, indeed, appear to have been dashed off " at a heat"—harum-sea.rura, gay, oven boiste rous. "A Farewell at Flitting," par exampl e —what can be less studied or more careless in diction, in rhythm, or in general character ?—Listen : " Garden ! greenhouse ! cottage dear ! Where we once when young and rough Laughing, squalling, full of fear, Breaking windows far and near, Rolled about in blind-man's bat." Or again, in the same half-pensive, half -bantering extravaganza— " Dining-room, alas ! alas! Other hungry human creatures Now will eye the savoury mass, Clear the plate and ompt the glass, " Strangers there with unknown featu res. " Empt," by the way, occurs more than once as among the author's favourite abbreviations —ex pressive, but scarcely euphonious. Ex. gr., its re petition in that stanza of "An Epitaph, No. 11." — "None could quicker empt a glass, Aid a friend or foeraan throttle , None could better woo a lea , Break a heart or crack a bottle, Than thirsty Charley." Mr. Warwick Beechwood has displayed in his chequered. verses no inconsiderable versatility. His themes are curiously diversified, and his style is adapted to them well and this not 'infrequently. Among his "Ballads and Lyrics" we have " Rosa lie" and " Sir Tristram," " The Fairy Isle, and " The Crusader's Farewell." In one the " gay crimson" of the lip of Margaret is celebrated. In another the writer quaintly commemorates the genius and waywardness of Jean Jacques Rousseau. " An Objurgatory Address to the City of London" oddly contrasts in the same collection the erotic tenderness here of a Serenade and there of a Va lentine. The most lengthy and in some respects the most finished and meritorious pieces in the volume are " The Friends " and " The Lady Ade line—the former of which has given the book its designation. As a somewhat daring introduction nowadays to the earlier of the two parts into which the poem of "The Friends" is divided, the reader will be startled by an apostrophe to the genius of Poetry, or rather by a direct Invocation, not ad dressed to all the Muses at once, after the compre hensive fashion of Pope — "Descend ye Nine !" but beginning— " Come, gentle breath of Poesy divine !" How Lord Byron opens oue of his cantoes of "Don Juan" with a slovenly or rather rollicking " Hail Iluse, et cetera !" the readers of that wonde-:ful production will hardly require to be re.dided. The allusion to the blithe profanity, ho..7ever, will be suf ficient of itself to indicat3 somewhat plainly how entirely the age has gone by for poetical exor diums in the way of invocation. By the whole scheme of the minor poem already mentioned as the ballad of " Rosalie," the visitors to the Royal Academy Exhibition for the present sea ,on will be at once reminded of Mr. Henry Holman Huut's singular picture of " The Awakened Conscience." The moral of both poem and painting is not merely similar, but identical. At the close of the fourth and concluding part of " The Lady Adeline" occurs one of the most vigorous and impassioned lines in the volume. It is where the Friar, pronouncing judgment on time fate of the old Knight so strangely " departed," speaks of the lapse of time, or rather of eternity : " Till Purgatory's pangs shall at last make thee whole, And burn out the blood marks that redden thy sou',." Immediately prior to the " Notes" appended to the volume occurs " A War Hymn 1854," preceded by eleven " Sonnets," five of them political (referring to Peel and O'Connell) and the rest upon subjects as suggestive as " Waking Dreams, or " The Beauty of Age," or " Sorrow. and Consolation." 1854. Considerable promise of better thincrs even than the best of those here laid before u 5 for our admi ration, must be regarded, we believe, as discernible in the thoughtful and ingenious "Preface," during the course of which Mr. Beechwood thus speaks of the office of the novelist, els exemplified by the con tributions made by Dickens and by Thackeray to the treasures of our imaginative literature. Our author has just been avowing his dissent from the conclusion drawn from the scarcely dubitable fact that the novel has in a great measure superseded the poem—the deduction drawn from that circum stance, we mean, that the Age of Poetry has gone by for ever. This inference Mr. Beechwood regards as altogether unnecessary and inadmissible. He adds : _ _ " The novel, it is true, is admirably adapted to supply the wants of ordinary readers ; for it is better suited than poetry to afford that species of mental relaxation, combined with excitement, for which recourse is usually had to works of fiction. Some of the reasons for this are obvious. The novelist generally describes everything he touches with elaborate minuteness—whether it b 3 the character, mo tives, actions, or appearance of the principal personages of his story, or the scenery and environment in which they are pl ,ced. This minuteness relieves the reader from the unwelcome 1 abour of thinking. How admirably does Dickens accomplish this in all that relates to the external world ! In reading one of his works, the mind of the idle reader, without exertion, beholds portrayed, with the utmost dis tinctness and fidelity, ovary towa, stree . 6, house, or apart ment to which the skill of the author chooses to conduct him ; the appearance, cress, and behaviour of each charac ter are given with equal elaboration ; and even their pecu liarities of phrase or pronunciation are carefully distin guished. No photograph could be more faithful or exact. Thackeray, with equal success, displays similar minuteness in all that relates to the ilitarnal world. This he has made the field of his finest efforts. Every motive and impulse of his ideal personages, And especially those of the most sordid kind, are so elaborAtely represented that the reader, without the necessity of any great psychological knowledge and with no strain upon his powers of apprehension, looks clearly into the inmost soul of the characters introduced, and can observe with easy, though intense enjoyment, the skill with which their principles are made to work out in action, gradually bu::, Barely, the appropriate moral result. Perhaps the extreme minuteness of these two great writers is sometimes permitted even to violate the just rules of art, by transcending the limits of the agreeable, and becoming repulsive. We are occasionally nutde to see, with too pain ful distinctness, the filthy alley, the pestilential dwelling, the foul intramural churchyard, tile squalid poverty and degradation described by Dickens, or the mean and often hateful springs of action depicted by Thackeray, who can allow no recess, however humble, in the laboratory of hu man motives, to rest undisturbed or uninvestigated." Later on our author thus contrasts in his " Pre face" the position of the poet awl the novelist : " Unlike the novelist, the poet mush in the proper exer cise of his 9it avoid, oven in narration,. the minuteness of elaborate detail. His descriptions should be general, sug gestive, and concentrated : one of his principal aims must always be that of exciting emotions through the medium of the reader's own aroused imagination. Who that has experienced can forget the delishtful flutter of heart and restless activity of mind which accompany and follow the perusal of a fine poem read for the first time ? Every page teems with suggestive touches ; new thoughts, and images unknown to the author himself, rise spontaneously in the reader's mind, and mingle with the poet's own creations. Thus the fertilizing ideas of the poet, clothed in exquisite language, sink deeply into the memory of the susceptible reader, only to spring up again and bloom forth there us in a fresh soil. " Hence, poetry does not supply the reader with every thing, but requires something from him. His mind must remain passive, but must actively fill up from its own re sources that vivid outline which is all that the poet's hand can venture to trace with a few bold strokes. It follows that a man of inert and barren imagination, though he may derive considerable pleasure from a novel, can find none in a poem. Among a nation of such men poetry must neces sa fly languish; for it is essential to the poet's success that his audience be `fit,' though few."' Wherefore he regards as a happy augury what he terms " the present revival of a taste for poetry among large classes of the community." With a view to the gratification of that now, or rather (adopting his opinion) that revived intellectual appetite, Warwick Beechwood has given to the world "The Friends ; and other Poems," in emu lation of so many others among his adventurous contemporaries. Gentle gales speed the little work in its passage onwards to the Future, and bring the tender hopes with which, we doubt not, it is laden, to a happy, if deserved realisation. Sunday Scenes in London and its Suburbs. By Percy Cruikshank. Reeves and Sons, Cheapside. A beautiful moral may be enforced by the most grotesque designs ever pencilled by the hand of the caricaturist. The truth which we have here expressed has been happily illustrated by the latest product of the art of Percy Cruikshank—a volume, or quarto pamphlet, containing twelve engravings as singular suggestive embellishments. Although these embellishments are produced not by any means in the highest style of art, although they are roughly, and some of them even coarsely exe cuted, they at once secure for themselves our warmest avid loudest commendation. The purpose of the work, indeed, extorts our praise, and com mands our admiration. It aims at no less than the removal of more than one monstrous evil from the heart and from the vicinity of the metropolis. Turning over these comical pages of letterpress and illustration, the reader will become impressed with the folly, and not only with the folly, but with the absolute criminality of allowing matters to go on as they do every week, on the sacred day set aside by religion for repose and adoration—and while tolerating so many disgusting abuses on the Sun day actually prohibiting the opening on that day of such innocent and intellectual places of public resort as the National Gallery, and the British Museum, and the Crystal Palace at Sydenham. The large folding frontispiece represents " Prim rose-tavern, Chalk-farm," as the artist saw it on Sunday afternoon, April 24, 1853—with the swing car, and the merry-go-round, and the porter drink ers, and the pipe smokers, and the reeling guards men, and the blackguard-looking donkey drivers, and all the rest of the rag-tag , and . bobtail, con gregated on Sundays in that classic neighbourhood. Afterwards, on May Ist, 1853, Sunday, we find ourselves introduced to the " interior of St. Peter le Poor, Old Broad-street, City," among the wil derness of otherwise empty pews, a sparsely scat tered but attentive congregation. Next conies on May Bth, 1853, Sunday—a capital view of the " fore cabin of a Gravesend steamer, Meteor," on the return to London, at six o'clock in the even ing —with a glimpse through the haze of tobacco smoke of harper, fiddler, and trumpeter. " The Sunday before Greenwich Fair, May 10, 1853," portrays a yet more deplorable rabble rout than that already seen at Chalk Farm—a crowd of loungers, ruffians, and itinerant costermongers. Percy Cruikshank appears to have obtained on the same day a peep into the Painted Hall at Green wich—one from which he has so far profited as to have derived the materials from it for another accu rate and apposite illustration. Next week his foot steps wend towards Hyde-park-corner, for under the date May 22d, 1853, we find very cleverly drawn the appearance of things on that Sunday (the Sunday before the Derby) at Tattersall's—the most characteristic and " telling" of all these twelve embellishments ! Grooms, dandies, peers, trades men—all intent upon making up their books. To wards the evening of the same day the artist lounges on to the entrance of " Oremorne Gardens." Another Sunday (June 5, 1853) carries us through all the noise and riff-raff of the " New Cut, Lambeth," and by dinner hour to the porch of the " Star and Garter at Richmond." Another (J* 31, 1853) brings us to the steam-boat pier at " Hungerford and towards nightfall into the " Red Cross gin shop at Barbican," where drabs and drunkards are swill ing beer and listening to the performance of " sacred music" on the self-acting organ inside the bar ! Yet another Sunday (Sept. 25th, 1853) finds the artist brought face to face with the horrible squalor visible on the ground of the Farringdon-street ex tension, Field-lane. Such are the scenes selected by Percy Cruikshank as the subjects for his twelve timely illustrations. He has significantly inscribed the subjoined on a fly leaf:—" To the Lord's-Day Observance Society, the following scenes, well worthy of their attention, drawn and described from life, are respectfully dedicated, Without Per mission." The whole production is one not less worthy of a humorous observer than of a generous philanthropist—to both which designations the vo lume under notice proves our artist to be eminently well entitled. The Russo-Turkish Campaigns of 1828 and 1029. By Colonel Chesney, R.A., D.C.L., F.R.S. Se cond edition. Smith, Elder, and Co. Colonel Chesney is already most honourably known to the world at large as the commander of the . celebrated expedition undertaken a few y ears since for the survey of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. Shortly after that memorable survey was successfully completed, the gallant officer to whose guidance the expedition had been entrusted by the Government penned a narrative of the enterprise, which even in the presence of the rich store of Travels and. Voyages with wHeli the Englishman's bookshelves were already laden, wal at once rc3o4nised, by the more discerning critics, as a masterpiece. The re collection of the expedition commanded by Colonel Chesney, and of the narrative of that expedition penned by bim afterwards as it s commander, ll not, we believe, be very speedily lost to recollection. The undertaking was ono of a character peculiarly entitling it to the popular remembrance. It was obviously cr: culatcd from the first not merely to lead to the extension of the commerce of Turkey, but to conduce ultimately, and that moreover to the mutual benefit of the two countries, to the more intimate connection of the British and Ottoman Governments. These a dvantages have already, we feel satisfied, accrued to England and to Turkey in consequen ce of Colonel Che sne y 's expedition. It is not too much to assert this plainly and explicitly— observing, as we cannot fail to do., the rapid ad vances a lready made si nce then in the develop ment of the mercantile enterprise of the Osmanli population; and m the more and more intimate association of the Councils of London and Constan tinople, which have accompanied the various stages of that industrial development. As an observer of sagacity, therefore, and as a writer of admitted eminence, Colonel Chesney has long before now secured to himself a high and distinguished repu tation. He needs not a syllable in the way of in troduction. liis name is passport enough to the notice of the general community, particularly with reference to any work relating directly-or indirectly to the affairs of Turkey. A work precisely of this character, a work relating avowedly in its very title, not merely to Turkey, but to Turkey as opposed, in arms, to the forces of the Russian Autocrat, has recently made its appearance. It has scarcely issued from the press before the first edition has been exhausted. The second comes forth, indeed, before we have had either time or opportunity to notify in becoming terms the fact of the original publication. A success almost equal to that which has hailed the picturesque account of the " Russian Shores of the Black Sea," given by the skilled hand of Lawrence Oliphant, may he anticipated for " The Russo-Turkish Campaigns of 1828 and 1829," penned by Colonel Chesney-. If Mr. Oliphant was already favourably known as the author of the work on " Nepaul and the Nepaulese," Colonel Chesney was already, as we have intimated, honourably distinguished as the commander and as the narrator of the famous expedition undertaken for the survey of the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates. He was, moreover, credit ably known as the writer of " Observations on Fire arms." He has passed no less than s 3 years within the frontiers of the Turkish Dominions. Some part of that time as commander of the before mentioned expedition, but some part also simply in his capacity as an intelligent traveller wandering to and fro in search of information. Altogether we have scarcely an Englishman amongst us better qualified to write upon a subject so intimately involving the interests of Turkey as those renowned campaigns of 1828 and 1829, during the course or which the armies of the Czar, undisturbed by the hostility of France or England, was enabled to ad vance beyond the Pruth, and beyond the Danube even to the formidable barrier of the giant chain of the Balkan Mountains. Never did a volume of this description appear more opportunely. No marvel that its publication has been noted with more than ordinary interest. No wonder a second edition has within so brief an interval from the printing of the fist - oem already demanded. It was only very recently that we took occasion to comment, in these columns, upon the extraordi nary interest inseparable from the contemplation of the last struggle between Russia and Turkey, now that that struggle is being repeated at the pre sent moment in precisely the same provinces, along the borders of the same river, under the walls of the same towns—to-day being the renewal, as it were, of yesterday in sieges, and marches, and pitched battles, and bombardments. This was re marked upon the occasion when we reviewed the third volume of Sir Archibald Alison's new History of Europe from 1815 to 1852, from the downfall of the Napoleon to the accession of Napoleon 111. The observation might be further enforced by re ference to the incidents making up the alluring chain of occurrences in Colonel Chesney's narrative. It were unnecessary, however, under the circum stances. Any one turning over the pages now under consideration may recognise the truth of our recent allusion almost at a glance, certainly within the limit of a very few minutes' perusal, without the necessity for any index to the comparison. Among the most attractive portions of Colonel Chesney's volumes must be particularised those in which the gallant author has endeavoured to indi cate the pr: cise nature and extent of the resources of Turkey, as well as the possibility of the Turks continuing a defensive warfare against Russia without any extraneous assistance. Upon this latter point Colonel Chesney, in the " Preface to the Second Edition" of his annals of the last "Russo-Turkish Campaigns," has remarked, as follows : "It has been recently stated by more than one high autho rity, that if the Sultan had d ec l are d war w h en his territory was first threatened, tho Russian army could have marched to Constantinople without difficulty. This, however, is quite a mistake. The organisation o f th e Turkish army had already been in progress for more than two years, and, although it was far from being complet e d, an d many of the fortresses were still unarmed, a respectable force was ready to take the field. On the 30th of May, 1853, Lord Strat ford do Redeliffo announced to Lord Clarendon that Omar Pasha and his army had been ordered to Schumla ; that a flying camp was to be formed between the capital and Kilia (or Kilios), near which place a Russian force might succeed in effecting a disembarkation ; and that the danger of au attack from the side of Batouin and Trebizond had aV6racted the attention of Redschid Pasha. His lordship added, I am informed on good authority, ' that the Porte will be able to collect about 80,000 men for the defence of its dominions in European Turkey. A part of this force w :11 be composed of Rediff or d ilitia.' " It is therefore manifest that the invading army, which, accord* to Consul Gardner's report, was about 80,000 men when approaching the Pruth on the 3d of July last, might have been opposed by an equal force ; and the pro posed, or some better defensive campaign, might then have bean commenced with a fair prospect of success. On th,; 14th of June I ventured to submit to the Turkish Govern ment my ideas on the employment of the means at com mand. The leading suggestions were to hasten to mount the artillery on the fortresses near, as well as bell'ad, the Danube ; that the Turks should push on towards the Pruth, in order to obstruct the enemy's advance through the Principalities ; and, without venturing upon a general engagement against a surrior force of artillery and cavalry in a comparatively open country, to deprive him of the resources of that part of the country. "The first position of actual resistance was to be on the right bank of the Danube ; but there, as well as subse quently, the Turks were recommended to avoid a general action unless under the most promising circumstances. But whatever might bave been tho result of a campaign commenced in July instead of Nore-nber, it may safely be assumed that, as the Russian as we'i as the Turkish forces had to march a considerable distance, the postponement of hostilities was equally advantageous; we know that Tur key, unaided, has hitherto maintaine d the line of the Danube ; nor have the Russians as yet even attacked Kalafat." Nay, even since the foregoing passage was writtc what changes have occurred by way of corrobora tion 1 Witness this the withdrawal of the Muscovite forces from before Kalafat, followed rapidly by the total Russian evacuation of Lower Wallachia. Having commented upn the resolute stand that the soldiers of the Sultan might make oven if un aided [a stand which they have made, as Europe has all along marked, with admiration and sym pathy], Colonel Chesney adds : " But a brighter prospect than that of a spirited and successful defence has opened upon the Turkish people ; for the declarations of Ministers in both houses of Parlia ment, as well as the st;i.ing and dignified speech of the Emperor Napoleon, show that two of the greatest nations of the world have united their powerful energies in the support of Turkey ; and those energies are fin tiler strength• cued by the warlike skill and science of the leaders of both armies, who are about to uphold the Sult an ' s em pi re , a nd secure the peace of Europe on some permanent basis." It is suggested by our author shortly afterwards how rapidly the Anglo-French contingent of 100,000 or 150,000 fighting men might threaten the right flank of the enemy by marching towards the invaded Principalities from the Gulf of Enos, or his left flank, by steaming di rectly round to Varna or the Dobrudscha. The allusion made to the employment among our soldiers of both Brown Bess and the Mini 3 rifle is peculiarly important just now, all things considered ; and, therefore, we scruple not to extract from the same Preface the following Hof quotation : " With regard to such operations, one cannot feel alto gether free from anxiety lest the British contingent should take the field with seine little disadvantage at first. Our regiments will have two kinds of arms and ammunition ; namely, the common musket, and the Minie rifle. It is understood, however, that Major IV. H. Sitwell, un attached, has submitted to Lord Raglan a particular kind of elongated ball, which, by a simple contrivance, gives the accuracy and power of the Minie itself to the ordinary musket ; consequently, if the experiments should justify expectation, this missile will be at once available for the whole of our troops." Another passage, expressive of a hope as to the ad vantages which may possibly accrue from the pre sent struggle, will be perused we doubt not by many with satisfaction : " It is probable," says Colonel Chitebsneueyt,d‘e`itnhgamt do coin " ing hostilities will not terminate weta; n one kind of service for our army.beExperience moreo ained by the British and hutting, or encamping, will soldier ;reds he superior officersawgill acquire facility in moving troopin the field, as we as expertness in mili tary combinations generally. The f.lap, and tight-fitting s wallow-tailed coa tee, will, l n all probability, be replaced by the tunic and a more suitablehope covering for the head." We have scarce l y time to too, with Punch, that, together with the hideous schako, the hor rible old black chocker ma y ultimatel y be aban doned, when lo it is abandoned, according to the Secretary at War's announcement, on Friday evening, in the Legislature. Turning, however, from the Preface, once more to the work itself, we may remark that the text is accompanied by some excellent maps, illustrative of the move ments described. Appropriately enough, the volume n is dedicated " To his Imperial M a j es t y th e S u l ta Abd-ul-Medjid Khan, Emperor of the Ottomans," being so inscribed with the previous cognisance of .Namik Pacha, his Majesty's Ambassador Extraor dinary. to the Court of St. James's. It is particu larly interesting, moreover, to observe towards the close of the Dedication a courtly and eulogistic mention, by C o l one l Ch esney, of " t h e loyaleha racter of the Turk," a tribute all the more valu able and interesting, coining as it does from one so intimately acquainted with more concealed, as well as with the more conspicuous qualities, observa ble among the masses of the Osma.uli population. Diary and Letters of Madame D' Arblay. Pub lished for Colburn by Hurst and Blackett. This Diary, which originally was announced to appear on the first of every month, is now, accord ing to general desire, being published twice a month. It has, therefore, reached the fifth volume, and as NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The high pretensions of the salesmen have had the effect of inducing great caution ou the part of butchers in general who have purchased for immediate wants only, at the fol lowing quotations : Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 2 3 6 Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 310 Do., middling 3 8 4 4 Do., prime large .4 0 4 2 I Do., prime 4 6 4 8 Do., do. small ....4 2 4 4 Veal 3 8 4 10 Pork, large 3 6 4 4) Pork, small ... .- .. 44 4 8 Lamb 4s 8d to 58 101. BORbUGH HOP. The unfavourable accounts from the plantations have produced considerable firmnc-s in oar market, and prices are on the advance. Last week's impoi is were 6 bales from Rotterdam, and 105 from Ostend. The quotations are as follows :—Mid and East Kent pockets, 6/. 6s to 91. 9s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 7/. 108 to 9/. Os ; Sussex ditto, 6/. 10s to 81. 8s per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. A few old potatoes have changed hands, at from 130 s to 190 s per ton. New ones, the supply of which is moderate, are in request, at from 20s to 27s per cwt. Last week's imports were 120 tons-1,005 bags from Rotterdam, 20 casks from Lisbon, 8 baskets from Guernsey, and 293 sacks from Dublin. The new potatoes are coming to hand in excellent condition. WOOL. The public sales were brought to a close on Thursday. The quantity sold was little short of 50,000 bales. By private contract scarcely any business is doing. Last week's imports were large—viz., 980 bales from Hobart Town, 460 from Bombay, 108 from Hamburgh, 1,035 from Algoa Bay, 2,941 from Melbourne, 32 from Monte Video, and 220 from other quarters. DS. SEE ~~- P I'4 it is to be completed in Seven it Vi near its conclti sion. It is too well known to need recommenda tion or criticism. This number is embellished with a portrait of General D'Arblay., - • Lives of the Queens of England. By Agnes Strick- --- land. Vol. VI. Published for Colburn by Hurst and Blackett. This series has reached the sixth - volume, which is entirely devoted to Mary Beatrice of Modena, the Queen of James the Second. It is no narra tive of unchecked prosperity or royal luxury, but it chronicles the troubles and 'vicissitudes of a romance. The two illustrations consist of a por trait of the Queen, and a picture of her escape with her infant son under the walls of Lambeth Church. Critical and Historical Essays. By the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, M.P. Longman. Part IV. We are glad to see these admirable essays issued in a commodious form, easily attained by the poorer members of the community. They have reached the fourth part, and are to be completed in seven. At the low price of a shilling; a number of these essays, whose rank as standard works has long been decided, may be obtained. The present number contains those on Lord Bacon, Sir William Temple, and " Gladstone on Church and State." This people's edition will doubtless meet with immediate and extended popularity . THE MAGAZINES. United Service.—The United Service commences with a memoir of the late Marquis of Anglesey with a portrait. Two papers on " Our Naval Ar maments" and " The War in the East," both re commend an effectual increase of troops and fleets. In the former it is observed that the officers sent to the Tyne and Wear to persuade men to enter her Majesty's service, have found that sailors accustomed to the merchant service have a horror of a mau-of-war. They have exaggerated ideas of the despotic rul e an d r i g i d disciplie, and are appalled at the thought of being shot to death. This, the writer asserts, is from the want of a military edu cation, as the same men. thinnothing of the perils of the sea. He therefore suggests that measures should be tak en t o overcome this be aversion, enteed i o n r la tl t i .g a e t royal naval apprenti ces s h ou l d numbers, or men engaged for ten or fifteen years with a certainty of pension on discharge. The first chapter of " E xcurs i ons i n the Interior of Russia" gives some information respecting the do mestic manners, &c., of the inhabitants. The ex tracts from the " Journal of the late Major Ma cready" are continued. " A Ramble in the Islands of the i - Egean" has many interesting details, which at this time are doubly attractive, as showing the character of the Greeks. Among their singular customs is the following. " When a Greek dies he is interred for a year in a small cemetery, often within the precincts of the church. Unless, however, ho is a very great man he is not suffered to sleep in peace. At the end of that time he is disinterred to make room for some one else ; and the flesh having by this time turned to dust, his bones are collected by his family, tied in a bundle of coarse cloth, and hung up outside the church ; masses are said or sung over them for a few days, and then they are flung with forgotten generations into a common charnel house. We went to see it. It was a pit holding thirty feet of the remains of the rude forefathers of the hamlet —a useful sight, a stern lesson." A topographical sketch of Russia gives some useful geographical information. There is a very interesting article on Scandinavia, and the belligerent Powers. At the present crisis we would especially direct atten tion to some pointed remarks on coast defences, suggested by a very sensible letter from Mr. Philip H. Howard, of Corby Castle, on that national sub ject, from which we shall make an extract in a day or two. MISCELLANEOUS. Tait's Magazine commences with another instal ment of " A Story of the Middle Classes." It is followed by an interesting paper on the late Pro fessor Wilson. An article entitled "Literature, Genius, and Devotion"' gives a criticism on the genius and writings of Robert Hall, by Mr. Murrell. An account of Odessa gives a sketch of its history.—The National Miscellany opens with an article on Oxford, its past and present. It is followed by a very interesting paper entitled " Something about Grammar," which traces the connection between the peculiarities of language and the idyosyncracies of the people whose dialect it is. A continuation of it is promised. It is worth noticing that two extracts of literal transla tion from the Latin and Greek, arranged word for word as in the original, appear hopelessly unin telligible. A memoir of Itubini, and some remarks on Newspaper Stamps are among the chief features of the number. We are glad to see the addition of poetry to this magazine. It is scarcely, how ever, on a level with the prose.—Sharpc's London Magazine has two pretty engravings of Vienna and the Nile. Harry Coverdale is continued with vigour. ' The biography of Henry Fielding is con cluded, and the Studies of Great Authors gives a sketch of Boccaccio. There are several tales and essays.--Hogg's Instructor has several papers on subjects of some importance. " Our Criminals— how shall we treat them?" is one of those, as all will admit it includes one of the most difficult and important of questions of social economy which has not yet been satisfactorily answered. Tho plan of the writer is to establish a kind of surveillance on the offender after his pun ishment is inflicted, so as not to let him loose upon society without a certainty of reforma tion. This is a mere outline of a plan, but we fear it would be somewhat difficult of accomplishment. Undoubtedly, if the criminal could be thoroughly reformed, and then provided with employment, it would be far better than dismissing him to imprison him again in a few months.—Bentley's Monthly Review has two interesting subjects, " The Last Days of Murat," and " Thomas Carlyle."---• Knight's excellent Encyclopmdia is continued. —Orr's Circle of the Sciences has reached the twenty-third nambor, and completes the first To lume.—The Family Friend and Twopenny Pose are two pleasing and instructive little serials. The Journal of the Statistical Society of Landon has much valuable information on political au bjects.-- Le Follet is as attractive as usual. MR. G. WIGIITWICK'S DRAMATIC READLYG. On Thursday last a select, and, considering the na ture of the circumstance, a numerous and fashionable audience met at Willis's-rooms, St. James's, for the purpose of welcoming, on his first attempt of the kind in the metropolis, a gentleman who has, we understand, earned "golden opinions" from an admiring public in the West of England. In addition to literary and scientific pretensions of no common order, the scholar referred to wishes, it would seem, to contribute, by his abilities as a reader, to the improvement of public taste by giving his own views of elocution and reading in connection with the drama, thus enabling many who, from conscientious motives, deny themselves the entree of the theatres, to enjoy the beauties of dramatic diction, without their usual c oncomitant, drawbacks. We are the more disposed to believe that such is the real motive which induced Mr. G. Wightwick to solicit a hearing at the request of several persons of distinction, as we noticed among those present several distinguished members of the church, whose object in countenancing Mr. Wightwick's first attempt was obvious. For our own part we are always inclined to support and en. courage such efforts, because we cannot imagine a more rational or more useful recreation than that of being initiated into the views of a man of taste as to the rig ht co nception and proper feeling of certain passages in our best dramatic writers, and, pre-eminently speaking, of our immortal Shakespeare, being thus made fully ac quainted with the " points" of certain parts, characters, s and situations, which But w e return cursory course of mere reading will hardly suggest, and his reading of the second part o f H enry IV . We deem it no small prai se to ay to th i‘ a l t r. th G e ' n W ew " didate for metropolitan f avors approved himself worthy of taking his rank, w e w with the best readers ill not say above, but on a par we have had the good fortune to hear, and that hi s quiet, unassuming, gentlemanly bear ing won for hi m our b est sthies. His voice, though not striking a t fi rs t , is flex ible ii: and versatile, and the decided variety of it s intonation , in di ff erent parts, met with approbation. He particularly succeeded in com manding the attention and interest of his audience, and received much applause for his impersonation of the most feeling and pathetic parts in the play. His forte, how ever, is the comique, and his Falstaff, his Justice Shallow, his Mistress Quickly, were to the full as much liked as his delineation of King Henry, and of the Prince, in his more dignified moments, while his version of the Lord Chief Justice was approved of and admired. Whether or not Mr. G. Wightwick will succeed in establishing that footing in London, as a dramatic reader, which he probably sataspire o, we will not presume to assert, hut we look pon him as one • of those, who, in these degenerate times of the drama itself, do muc h to save from positive neglecic t those works whi ch are daily gaining in class repute, what they lose in histrionic fame, and who may rescue them from the fate which has awaited many a n oble inspiration, being unheard, unread, uncultivated, - except by the sele ct few. With our cordial congratula• tions, and a sincere wish for his complete success, we ) recommend all persons who wish to combine the study of elocution with the enjoyment of our great dramatists to pa tronise Mr. G. Wightwick 's forthcoming series of " .Readings." ARRIVALS OF SPECIE.--The specie arrivals of the week have amounted to about 120,0001., exclusive of a sum of 140,0001., brought by the Washington for Havre, Lon• don, and Bremen. The exports, with the exception of those above mentioned for China and the troops in the East, have been inconsiderable, and have coneietsi chiefly of a few small parcels of gold to Fens* 7 :4"