The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1863. The Chancellor of the Exchequer on Evening Classes. The distribution of prizes and certificates in the department of Evening Classes, in connexion with ding's College, took place 13st night in the large hall of the College, under the presidency of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., the Chancellor of the Exchequer. On the platform there were, beside the chairman, the Bishop of Lichfield, Sir Thomas Phillips, the Rev. Dr. Jelf, the Principal of the College, many of the professors, and a considerable number of ladies. The bpdy of the hall was crowded to excess, and the proceedings were marked by the greatest en thusiasm. The Rev. Dr. JELF, in opening the proceedings, said that these evening classes were among the most remarkable in Europe, because the members of them had for six months, after the toil of their daily avocations was over, devoted their evenings to the pursuits of literature and science; and he challenged any educational institution to produce more self-denying or more indus'rious students. Daring the six or seven years the classes had been in existence the conduct of the members had been such as to excite his admiration, and one important feature was the strong and deep feeling which per vaded all in favour of the College principle. (Cheers.) The Rev. Mr. PLUMPTRE, the Dean of the Col lege, addressed the meeting on the subject of the evening classes, which he said were established in 1835 through the instrumentality of Mr. J. W. Cunningham, the secretary, and those who took counsel — with him on that occasion. Their object was to meet the wants of the class of young men in the offices and warehouses of this great city, who desired to spend their leisure hours in improv• ing their minds and strengthening their charac ter, but who up to that period had been little thought of. The classes opened with only five matriculated students, who increased to seven and 15 the two following years. At the end of the three years they determined to admit them to the privileges of the college ; and in 1858 the number of matriculated students rose to 104, bu since then there had been a slight deflection in the number. On the other hand, there were the non matriculated students. They began with 177 of those students, and in the years following the num bars were respectively 177, 147, 323, 445, and 555 ; bat last winter there was a downward tendency, in consequence of the general commercial depression, the number being 523. Altogether, however, the number of students attending the evening classes last winter was 604, and they included members whose ages varied from 14 to 45, and even 50. (Hear, hear.) After specifying the different branches of knowledge taught, the rev, gentleman said that an important feature of the classes introduced this session was that schools with a large number of students were allowed to enter and form a separate class, and to have special examinations. Of this privilege Dr. Yates, of the upper and middle schools at Peckham, had'availed himself, and as the result he would have the pleasure of introducing, for a certificate of honour, Mr. Edward M.Dermott, one of that gentleman's pupils, who had earned that mark of distinction in the division of " the principles of commerce." (Hear, hear.) The Chancellor of the, Exchequer then prcceeded to deliver the prizes and certificates to the success ful competitors, addressing a few appropriate words of encouragement to each. The following are the names of those to whom prizes and certificates of honour were awarded. Prizes and certificates of honour are of equal value, and are given to the student who stands first in the examination for each subject, provided he has gained at least three-fourths of the full num ber of marks. We omit, for want of space, those who received certificates of merit, which are given to all students who gain, in the examination for each subject, at least three-fifths of the full num ber of marks : Divinity—Henry William Atkinson—certificate of honour; Edward Stainton—prize ; William David Ground—prize ; William Farren—certificate of honour ; George Garners— prize. Latin—George Galliers—prize; Henry William Atkin son—prize ; Joseph Heptinstall Marshall—prize; George Butler—prize; James Golding—prize. Greek—George Galliers—prize; James Bower—prize; Henry William Atkinson—prize; James Golding—prize. French—Frank Bretherton—prize ; James Robert Cole —prize ; Francis Medland Phillips—prize; James Brether ton—certificate of honour ; James Bower—prize; Frede rick Heather—prize; Henry Wicks—prize. German—Edward George Pearse—prize ; Samuel B. Flaxman—prize ; Henry Temple—prize; Thomas Adams Phillips—prize, Italian—• Edward Forbes Gaitskell—prize ; Horace Hope Bloxham—prize. Spanish—Llandaff Watson and Edward George—certifi cates of honour ; Francis Medland Phillips—certificate of honour. English Literature—George Butler,certificate of honour. English Composition—George (dalliers--prize ; James Kirkwood—certificate of honour. Grammar and Composition—William Honey —prize Henry King—prize. History—Walter Miller Taylor—prize. Geography—Thomas William Green—prize, Mathematics—Carlton John Lambert—prize ; Frederick Joshua Whitworth—prizA, ; William James Wood—certifi cate of honour; Edward Stainton—prize ; James Bower —prize. Arithmetic and Bookkeeping—Stephen Henry Emmens —certificate of honour. The Principles of Commerce— Llandaff Watson—prize , , " On th e - b est means of impreving mercantile morals ; ' Frederick William Groves—prize; Edward 3l'Dermott— certificate of honour. Writing—Georn Flack —prize. Chemistry —Stephen 'Henry Eramens— prize. Mechanics—William Penile—prize. Experimental Physics—John Simonet Scott—prize. Political Economy —Joseph lleptinstall Marshall—prize. Logic—Thomas de Conrcy At kins —certificate of honour; James Russell Tunks—prize. Physiology—Robert Shakell Knight —Trize. Drawing—Arthur ebenham—prize. Botany—Lewis Angell—certificate of merit. Zoology—Arthur Pye Smith—certificate of merit; John Simonet Scott—certificate of merit; George Butler, certifi cate of merit. Prizes to the Five Students who Gained the Highest Aggregate Number of Marks in all the subjects respectively brought up for examination.—George Galliers—Divinity, Latin, Greek, English, History ; Joseph H. Marshall— Divinity, Latin, Greek, Physiology, Political Economy ; Francis M. Phillips—Divinity, French, Greek, German, Spanish; James Bower, Divinity, Latin, Greek, French, Mathematics ; Thomas W. Green—Latin, German, Geo graphy, Physics. At the conclusion of the ceremony, Dr. JELF expressed his thanks to the Rev. N. Plumptre, and other professors and teachers who had assisted in conducting the classes. On the motion of th e Bi s h op o f L ICHFIE LD, who was formerly Principal of King's College, seconded by Si, rrEtomeS PHILLIPS, a vote of thanks was passed by acclamation to the Chancellor of the Ex chequer for his kindness in officiating on that oc casion. The CHANCELLOR of th e address the m ee ti ng Was EXC HEQUER on rising to which hraevc.eived with most enthu siastic cheering, My Lord Bishop, ladies, anding subsided, he said, — were true that I have confergreediemeni if indeed it my presence markable favour by u pon you any re my share in the proceedings of this evening, , and l hy sll'lld have received much more than an adequate reward in the kind and cordial manner in which I ha ve been welcomed among you ; but, as the Bishop of Lichfield has very well observed, it has become almost a law of our political and social condition that those who are charged with the responsibility of public situations should from time to time take the opportunity of bringing themselves into con tact, outside the walls of Parliament, with various classes of their fellow-countrymen. And permit me to say that I believe none are more willing to sub mit to that law than we, whose duties, whose habits, and whose privilege it is, as far as our limited opportunity allows, thus to seek occa sion of meeting face to face those with whom we sympathise, and those with whom we desire to sympathise—those upon whose cultivated minds and intelligent convictions the Government of this free country in the main depends. For we feel that a great portion of the strength we may possess, of any capacity that may be accorded to us to serve our country, mast depend upon oar living and acting in the light of day, and upon our making our elves thoroughly acquainted with the studies and the progress of mind and intelligence among our fellow -countrymen, (Cheers.) It is a matter, in another view, of the greatest interest to me to come ......---. to King's College. In the first place, I never can forget how important has been the part which this institution has taken in the general moot went of the age. Most of us think in this country that, whatever be the special designation under which we may be ranged by others, or under which we would like to range ourselves, the greatness and strength of England consists in reconciling and harmonising together what is old in our laws and institutions with what is new in the real demands and in the real civilisation of the time in which we tive. If other countries have been less happy in their destiny—if they be precipitated upon violent and even bloody changes—if even these violent and bloody changes have failed for them to issue in stable order and extended freedom —it is because they have not had the secret of reconciling those various elements of their constitution and their con dition ; but they have come into violent collision one with another. In that work of reconciling and harmonising which is the great characteristic of this country King's College has borne a distin guished part. It was founded with one hand, as it were, laid upon the tradition of the past—upon the laws, the religion, and institutions of the coun try—and with the other hand pointing and beck oning onward, and announcing the intention of those who founded it and those by whom it was conducted, to offer within its walls to the intelli gence of their countrymen the means of meeting and satisfying every demand society was likely to make upon its resources. We have now, I ven ture to think, reached a time when it is no longer a question so far as this institution is concerned, whether that reconciliation can be happily effected. I know that much has been due to the labours of the excellent Principal who now so worthily occu pies that place—l know that much has been due to the ability, self-denying zeal, and unwearied as siduity of the teachers and professors of this col lege; but not even these powerful agencies would have availed to effect the results which have been actually achieved unless the principle had been sound, and unless the plan of the college had been found to combine a just relation to practical ex perience. (Cheers.) But I must say to those who occupy positions sneh as that which I unworthily fill, opportunities like these are the means of afford- rig many lessons. It is true that this ancient community of which we are members is like wise in one sense a young community, because it has about it the vigour, elasticity, and growth of youth ; and while it expands in power we rejoice to believe that it is likewise growing more and more compact in internal solidity and strength. The meeting of class with class to which reference has been made, from several and distinct positions, tends to unite us in mind and heart. It is true I require to think that is the sphere in which I ordinarily live and move, so much has been done to consolidate the institutions of the coun try by improving its laws and by bettering the con dition of its people. But it is also true that if we want to know what is the special security of our social strength and national prosperity we must look for it, not in what can be done by Parliaments and legislatures, but by the earnest, patient in telligence of self-denying efforts of men and public bodies, who do their duty each in his own sphere. And I know no more valuable instance of the success of such efforts than in the case of the evening classes in King's College. (Cheers.) There is no doubt a great want to be satisfied—there is no doubt that the immense commercial progress and material activity of the age require not only stimulants but correctives. They require not that they should be repressed, not that they should be discouraged, but that they should be balanced by the higher cultivation of our nature—of our intellectual and moral and, above all, of our spiritual nature. (Cheers.) There have been made efforts, which I cannot characterise otherwise than most gallant, to carry that higher degree of cultivation into spheres which of all others it was the most difficult for it to enter—l mean the sphere of those who are already burdened with the avocations which ordinary men may well deem to be fully equal to their strength, and such as entitle them when the ordinary labours of the day are done to retire to their repose. But it has been shown that there is in society, even in the heart of this vast and crowded metropolis, no inconsiderable portion of men—an increasing portion, I hope, and venture to believe—who are willing, even after the exhaustion of the day, to enter on new efforts, Lr the purpose of giving to their minds the immense advantages that are to be derived from refined education. In the profession to which I belong we do, for six months in the year, at any rate, know something of what it is, within the compass of 24 hours, to finish one day's work and then to go down to Westminster and begin another. (Cheers.) So far I am able to sympathise with you, because that which we do under the strongest obligations —that which I venture to say we must do almost whether we like it or not—you have done by a free and spontaneous effort, and the result is accorded in the marks of distinction which I have just distributed. I for my part do not go down as far as the lowest classes in this country are concerned. It becomes a matter of increasing difficulty to induce even young men among us to make the efforts and exertions which are necessary to achieve progress in the work of education. There can be no doubt that we require in all classes of so ciety the stimulus of necessity in order to induce us to labour and to reap through labour the reward it produces. It is impossible not to see what immense labour is required of the teachers of our schools and our Universities, who have to do with the highest classes of the country, and in how many cases it happens that th e mos t d evo t e d l a b ours b estowe d in the most intelligent manner and with a zeal and self-denial not to be exceeded produce but slender results ; but there is a broader strata of society, an immense mass of intelligent material, which is sus ceptible of every kind and degree of cultivation ; and if we have come to the time when, in certain classes of society, the attractions of wealth and the outer world prove too much for the more sober at tractions of learning, then it has become more then ever necessary that we should look downwards into those veins of rich material in which the English nation abounds—(cheers)—and that by efforts such as these new recruits should be continually brought forth in increasing numbers to add themselves to the body of those who are the followers of the Muses or students in the inferior walks of letters and men tal cultivation. It is therefore a great work to which the promoters of these evening classes have addressed themselves, and the importance of which cannot be measured even by the results attained within these walls. Much may be done here, but why should not that much be multiplied elsewhere ? You have had n o a d vantages, you powers, except what are possessed by h (H av e e ar h , a h d ea no hear.) others, what a man has done a man may do ; but you have lifted up a lamp in the face of the country which I trust will serve tolead others to imitate the efforts here made, and to draw forth from among industrious youths —not ex eluding other periods of life, for nothing has struck me mote than the manner in which varied ages are here combined in one affect i onate brotherhood brotherhood and one generous emulation forth the struggling energies of youth, to satisfy its nobl er asp i rat i ons, and to call away, no t o nly from vice and dissipation, but from sluggishness and indolence, and to encourage every man to End within himself, and to develope to the best of his abilities, the gifts with which Providence has en dowed him. I rejoice to see that these evening classes have been attended by no common success. I need n o t say how cordially I continued suc cess to their meritorioushave had need I assu re th ose to whom h thead thepri prizes s n a o n u d r of distrib u ti ng with my own hands certificates, how earnestly I desire that the reward s they have receiv e d, an d the testimonials afforded t o them to-night may be to them not merely signals and records of what they have done, but also much more—namely, incentives and encouragements to persevere in a continuing industry, to continue the cultivation of their gifts, to consider themselves re sponsible before God and man, every one of them, for applying and opening up to the best of their ability all the faculties they possess, and to find in the exercise of those faculties, and in their exertions in every work that is for the glory of God and the good of man, no small solace amid the difficulties of life, no small pledge that when that life comes to its close it may prove to have been but the harbinger of a better and a brighter one. (Cheers.) I beg to return you my sincere thanks for the vote which you have passed, and to assure you that the instruc tion which I receive and the practical knowledge I derive from meeting you on an occasion like the present encourages ma in the laborious profession to which I too am given, and satisfies me more and more that the increasing strength and happiness of this country will continue to be found in efforts like this—in conscientious individual exertion, each man striving for himself to do his duty co the best and utmost of his ability in that sphere and station of life to which it has pleased God to call him. (Loud cheers.) The proceedings then terminated. THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) CRACOW, May 12. Of late there has been a marked improvement in the conduct of the Russian troops near Cracow. I fancy this is to be attributed less to the restoration of discipline than to the fact that they have been successful in all their recent enterprises against the insurgents, It is defeat which brings out their worst qualities, and when they are compelled to retire they seldom do so without murdering the wounded on the ground and massacring the pri soners who have fallen into their hands. The scythemen, who gave no quarter themselves, seldom find mercy under any circumstances at the hands of the Russians. A Russian prisoner who was brought to a place near Cracow the other day told a friend of mine that he thought nothing of killing a scythe man, " because mowing was not fighting, and the scythe not a Christian weapon.," A few days ago the General who now commands at Miechow sent back several Galicians who had been taken prisoners. On one occasion last month Prince Schachoffsky did the same ; but, what- ever the good intentions of some of the cow wanders may be, it is certain that the sob diers have only to be provoked by failure to renew at all times the atrocities which have now become habitual to them. I hear from eye witnesses that at Jezioranski's great battle, which lasted seven hours, in which the Russian forces en gaged were four times as numerous as those of the Poles, the Imperial troops, f nding their most des perate attacks were all in vain, ended, as they fell back, by firing in their impotent rage upon the wounded. The Austrians who watched the battle from a neighbouring elevation and cheered the Poles with enthusiasm throughout their hard fight—as trying for them as that of Inkermann for the English—had been prevented with difficulty from assisting what at first appeared to be the weaker side, and their indignation knew no bounds when they saw the wounded being put to death. They even went under fire to save them, but without taking part in the fighting. At the critical point of the battle, when the Russians, after an hour's rest, recommenced their attack from a new position and with redoubled fury, Jezioranski had to refuse the aid of 200 of the bravest and most generous troops in Europe. A message was sent to him to the effect that 200 Hungarian Hussars, officers and men, were only waiting for his orders to fall upon the Russians, and that they would charge at a moment's notice. He was of course obliged to tell them to remain where they were, and added that, if they joined him in spite of his wishes to the contrary, he should be forced to treat them as enemies. The colonel of the Hussar regi ment thanked Gen. Jeziorankski for his reply, which was no doubt as prudent as it was honourable. On the night of the Bth Jezioranski marched west ward along the frontier leaving his camp fires burn ing. A hundred cavalry remained to mask the move ment. It is said that Jezioranski, with his able co adjutors, Smiechowski and Waligorski, is on the point of joining, or has already joined, Chachow ski's corps in the province of Sandomir. He ap pears to have been threatened by greatly superior forces, but it is hoped that by his night march along the frontier he has outmanceuvred_them. It was reported yesterday that he had re-entered Galicia; but if so he only re-entered it by a sort of mistake in making a short cut from one point on the frontier to another. People are anxious about his position, however, especially as now that Taczanowski (in the province of Kalisch) has been beaten and his de tachment broken up, Jezioranski's corps and that of Chachowski are the only very formidable ones in the Kingdom. There are nearly 200 small bands about, however, of from 50 to 500 men each, and even in the unfor tunate Cracow district insurgent companies are no sooner dispersed than fresh ones are formed. Since Easter five detachments have been utterly defeated near Cracow,—Gregowic's, at Szklary ; Mossa kowski's, beyond Olkusz; Mieroslowski's, at Igolo mia ; Miniewski's, beyond Olkusz; and Rumowski's at Sice. But five new detachments, as numerous, as well armed, and, it is to be hoped, much better provisioned than the others, are now on the point of starting for the frontier, and it is expected that hey will all be in the Kingdom before the end of the week. A grand funeral service was performed here this morning for General Francisco Nullo at the Church of the Capucins, but the most magnificent cere monial i❑ his honour was got up, not by those for whom he died, but by those who killed him. By order of Prince Schaehoffsky, the Garibaldian officer was buried at Olkusz with all possible pomp and with full military honours. The whole army was drawn up in line, and saluted the remains as they were carried past ; a mortuary mass was celebrated in the principal church of Olkusz, and the Prince, with. his Staff, detachments from each regiment, and all the Polish population of the town, lA loa ed the procession to the grave. This will be looked upon by many as a hypocriticll demoustra- ion on the part of the Russians, but I do not think the Russians have said any thing about the matter, and my account of the funeral is derived from a Pole who witnessed it, and who arrived here from Olkusz this evening. Properly considered, the conduct of these men, who admire in Italy what they hate in Poland, like that of so many others, who admire in Poland what they hate in Italy is, not hypocritical, but simply anomalous. It is a fact, however, to which any one who has visited Russia during the last two or three years can testify, that Garibaldi's exploits excited the greatest enthusiasm throughout Russian society —so much so that the principal journal of Moscow found it advisable to have a regular correspondent at his camp—a sort of thing never heard of before or since in Russian journalism. The losses in Minie wski's retreat from Olkusz are roughly estimated here at 10 killed, with an indefi nite number of wounded ; but an officer of Nullo's corps assures me that of the Italian and French volun teers alone 26 were either killed or taken prisoners, It is not easy to ascertain exact numbers in these affairs on either side, and it must sometimes be im possible to compute them on the part of the Poles. Altogether, however, after the three defeats of Igo lomia, Olkusz, and Sice, the loss of the insurgents in killed, wounded, and arrested has not, I think, amounted to more than about 200. The loss in rifles and ammunition must have been proportion ately far greater, as many who escaped being ar rested by the Austrian soldiers were only able to do so because they had thrown their arms away before crossing the frontier. This is most unfortunate, as i❑ the present state of the Polish war-market rifles seem to be worth more than men. It would be interesting to get at some true par ticulars as to the number of insurgents actually under arms throughout the territory of ancient Poland. In the " Congress Kingdom" I doubt whether 20,000 men could be accounted for, but no one reckons the insurrectionary force at any higher figure. In Lithuania it may amount to about 10,000 —certainly not more, if even so much. In Volhynia, Podolia, and the province of Kieff there has hitherto been .. no ri s i ng at all, though Volhyn i ans an d P o d o - I ans . , as as Galicians and Poseners, are fight ing the Xingdom. If the Pol e s had an unlimited co mmand of a rms, i f they had en open sea coast, or any one port th rough which arms could be smug gled, 30,000 men would not rep resen t a f orm idable resistance on the p we must remember what ol a thenation,,. a ti o i n n s o u f r 2 r 4 e , c o t o io o n ,oo s o p . r a ß n u g t out of, under what difficulties it h as t o be main- - tained, and that it is nevertheless kept up and goes on increasing. Yesterday, in the Municipal Council of Cracow, M. Valery Wieloglowski questioned the Mayor as to the circumstances under which two Prussian offi cers, named Annenkoff and Muchanoff, the latter, until recently, Director of the Police at Warsaw, had received " quarter tickets," in virtue of which they had been living for some days at the Hotel de Russie at the expense of the inhabitants. The Mayor being unable to give the requisite informa tion the proprietor of the Hotel de Russie—or "of the Rose" (" Mil," instead of " Rossje), as it is henceforth to be called—was sent for and examined with reference to the Russian gentleman's bill, which appeared to have been settled in the usual manner,and quite to the satisfaction of the inkeeper. " Quarter tickets" had really been given to them, hat seemingly in the way of compliment, by Aus trian officers, and not by the municipality of Cra cow. Such a compliment would be regarded as a doubtful one by officers in some parts , f the world ; but it is, of course, all a matter of taste and fashion, and it would appear that in these regions orders for private rooms are freely exchanged among the mili tary, and that a chop-ticket may be accepted, just as in England one accepts an opera bone. The visit of MM. Muchanoff and Annenkoff to Cracow will not ho forgotten, either by the inhabitants or by themselves. Their arrival was announced in large type at the very beinning of the Czas, In quiries have been made after them in all directions during their brief residence here; one of the lead ing members of the Town Council has made a point of asking publicly how they were lodged ; in short, no such attention has been shown by the people of Cracow to any visitors since the departure of Mr. Hennessy. The Prussian vassal has also received a visit from an emissary of the Czar. The envoy, General Minkvitch, found a Royal carriage waiting for him at the Berlin Railway terminus, and, instead of being offered soup tickets and gratuitous lodging a: a second-rate hotel, was provided with accommoda tion for a short time at the Palace. The town-coun cillor there will have no opportunity of asking im pertinent questions about his bill. His proceedings, however, do not escape notice, and I learn from a paragraph in the Czas, which bears the stamp of authority, and is signed with the letter " R," affixed only to communications from a certain mar vellously well informed quarter, that the Russian General spent an hour and a half with the King and three hours with M. Bismark, after which he proceeded to Posen, and attended a Council of War. General Minkvitch has now returned to Warsaw, and it is said that, since his visit to Prussia, Prussian and Russian engineers have been engaged together in inspecting bridges and roads in the Kingdom of Poland, and that the 3d Prussian Corps has been ordered to the frontier. countries. The Confederates, of course, have not lost sight of this topic now that it can be turned against Americans themselves. They speak of " Lincoln's hirelings" with the utmost contempt and indignation, and call Europe to witness the measures to which the Northern people are resort ing for the conquest of their freeborn brethren. We are really almost compelled to believe their allege tions when we look at the temper in which the North takes the war. It should be remembered that the terrible battles of which we have lately been reading were not fought in any remote province, or at such a distance that the echoes of the fight were lost. All that slaughter and carnage occurred close at home. From Fredericksburg to Washington the distance is but trifling ; indeed, in one of the earlier campaigns the wounded were actually taken to the Federal capital for succour. Yet still no grief dis turbs the gaiety of New York. Society cares no more for these fallen soldiers than if they had been troops of another nation. There is a dark side of the war at Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg, bur there is a bright side of it in the North-Eastern cities, and they turn their lot to good account. Still, such things leave us with much that we cannot understand. Certain classes of people are gainers by the Civil War, as is the case in all wars, bur, as those gains must necessarily be counterbalanced by losses far heavier and more extensive, how does it happen that the slighter cause should determine the aspect and policy of the nation ? How is it, in abort, that if contractors gain while America loses, America rejoices and the War goes on ? PosT.—Accepting the most favourable construc tion which can be placed upon the Federal accounts of the recent engagements in Virginia, there can be no doubt that the Grand Army of the North has sus tained a signal defeat. The object with which Gen. Hooker crossed the Rappahannock undcebtedly was the reduction of Richmond, and that object he has failed to attain. If, like his predecessor, Gen. Burnside, he had simply failed to force his way through the lines of entrenchments which his oppo nents had thrown across his route, and had mately succeeded in saving from annihilation the remnant of his army, he would, to say the least, occupy no lower position than those Northern generals who have already attempted, but in vain, to secure the possession of Richmond. But there is only too much reason to believe that General Hooker has sustained a defeat with which in the annals of the present war it would be impossible to find a parallel. In the disastrous battle of Chan cellorsville, and the retreat of Sedgwick across the Rappahannock, it is not difficult to determine the turning point of the present war. Notwithstanding the cloud of words in which the Northern press have enveloped the story of the recent engagements, it is easy to detect the plain and unsophisticated truth. The fifth and last invasion of Virginia has proved a failure. The Northern Commander-in-Chief has been out-generalled,and his forces have been beaten. Nothing could apparently have been more favour • able than the opening which presented itself t o Gen. Hooker. For some two or three days he had the initiative, and was himself at liberty to deter mine his mode of attack. In directing the main body of his forces towards the north-west of Frede ricksburg he at least gained the advantage of sur prising his adversaries. There is every reason to believe that the Confederate General was taken un awares when he found Hooker attempting to out flank him. Every preparation had been made by Lee to cheek the advance of his adversary across the line connecting Fredericksburg with Richmond. In the December campaign the calculations of the Con federates in this respect proved to be correct. Burnside marched direct south from Fredericks burg, and found his course arrested by intronch meets which he found it impossible to force. Warned by the mishap of his predecessor, Hooker decided on turning lines which he could not pene trate. His advance to Chancellorsville surprised the Confederate Chief, though it did not find him entirely unprepared. On Friday, May 1, the day before the general engagement, Lee withdrew his forces from bis entrenched lines, and drew them up in front of the Federal battalions. The following day a battle ensued, and on this occasion it is ob servable that the Southern forces were enabled to turn no natural or artificial advantages to account. They engaged the Northern troops on even terms, and compelled them to abandon their position, and entrench themselves for further security. The judgment, promptitude, and gallantry of the Con federates not only saved them from defeat, but turned the scale against their opponents. Hooker had hoped to have outflanked Lee, and, instead, found himself obliged to retire in order to save his army. The experience of preceding campaigns has not been thrown away on the Southern Generals, and on the present occasion they have shown a prompti tude which, if exhibited on previous occasions, would have materially enhanced the value of their vic tories. On the Ist of May they abandoned the lines which they had been at so much pains to de fend in order to frustrate the object of the Federal Commander-in-Chief, who, at another point, was endeavouring to turn their position ; but, this object once frustrated, they then concentrated their forces and recovered the position which, to all appearance, they had surrendered with reluctance. As apiece of military strategy, the course taken by the Confede rate Commander-in-Chief in the first week in May is beyond all praise. To abandon a position which for months he had laboured to make impregnable must have cost him a pang of regret ; but still he had the genius to perceive that on the frustration of Hooker's scheme depended the complete success of the enterprise which he had undertaken. Strong as were the lines at Fredericksburg, he knew that they would be untenable if once the Federal General was enabled to attack him in the rear, and ho had the resolution to abandon them in order to prevent the occurrence of such a contingency. Subsequently, by undaunted courage, and (as there is reason to believe) with the aid of superior forces, he regained the position which he voluntarily abandoned. There now can exist no doubt that General Hooker com mitted a fatal mistake in separating Sedgwick's di vision from his main body. Assuming that he could have succeeded in outflanking the left wing of the Confederate army, he might indeed have placed it between two fires ; but then a failure to execute this manoeuvre was equally certain to place him at a terrible disadvantage. On Saturday, May 2, when Sedg wick carried the dreaded heights of Fredericks burg by assault, he met with little resistance. Thus far the result realised his most sanguine expecta tions. When, however, he subsequently attempted to co operate with his chief at Chancellorsville, not only did the interposing columns of the Confederate army arrest his passage, but the arrival of addi tional reinforcements in the Southern camp rendered the position he had gained untenable. From that time, until he withdrew the broken remnant of his forces across the Rappahannock, General Sedgwick was compelled to fight a losing battle. The heights were evacuated under thEeoverwhelming pressure of the advancing battalions of the Confederate Chief, and the luckless General was oblige to retire fight ing his way step by step, in the vain hope of secur ing some shelter under cover of the town of Frede ricksburg. The slaughter made in the Federal ranks in this retreat, and especially when the retir ing army attempted to cross the Rappahannock, we can readily believe was unexampled on any previous occasion. The results of these last engagements have been so disastrous to the Federals that it is almost an impossibility that the invasion of Virginia can be renewed during the present summer. It is, of course, not without the bounds of possibility that at some future period the North, if it chooses to persevere, may succeed in marching a victorious army into the Confederate capital. But, judging from appearances, we should consider the happening of such a contingency as very remote. Five several times have the armies of the North endeavoured to force their way over the comparatively narrow strip of ground which separates Washington from Rich mond, and on every occasion they have signally failed, Is there any reasonable hope that success will attend their efforts so long as the population of the South continue sufficiently numerous to supply armies such as those which have in succession dis comfited M'Clellan, Pope, Burnside, and Hooker ? We must reply in the negative, and every citizen in the Northern States, unless bli n d e d b y pre j ud i ce and vanity, must Concur in that reply. It may be very well to bluster on platforms of prosecuting the war !Intll the population of the Confederacy are ex terminated, and the Southern States made an un inhabited waste. But though such folly and wicked ness may be conceived by the human heart, it is not permitted to human hands to carry it into execu tion. Through the gloom occasioned by this last and most signal defeat of the greatest army the North has as yet been enabled to bring into the field we think we recognise the faint glimmeringof approach mg peace. HERALD.—The most difficult part of the French campaign in Mexico, considered simply as a strate gic operation, will be accomplished by the reduction of Puebla. This town, lying about two-thirds of the way on the road from Vera Cruz to the capital, is the chief fortified place, and about the only position of strength in the republic. The long delay of Gen. Forey, the many months which it has taken him to get as far as Orizaba, an d f rom thence to Puebla, 150 miles from the coast, are t o b e exp l a i ned b y the real difficulties which attend on such an expedition. The importance of securing communications, and of guarding against any attack on the rear or on either flank o f the advancing force, the diffi culties of the com m i ssar i at, the trouble and d e l ay attending the transport of the siege train and cavalry from Europe, and the risk of yellow fever sear the coast in the hot season, must all be borne in mind. In this case there does not seem to have been a dd e d t h at crown i ng diffi cu lty which would have rendered the task of General Forey well nigh impossibl e . The people of Mexico, a rtlce of degenerate half-castes and Indians, are indolent, apatkets.c, and good nattred. They do not seem to he ill-disposed to the French. According to Gen. Forey they welcome them with open arms. Not that they go oat of their way to hail them as deli verers, or anything of that sort. The poor imbe ciles are not conscious that they have anything par ticular to complain of,or from which to be delivered. It requires French perspicacity to discover that. Juarez and Forey are very much the same to these Indians. They like the look of the uniforms and the sound of military music. If the new comers will conduct themselves innocently, pay for the pro visions which they consume, and desist from rob bing and murdering them, they are delighted to trade with them and house them comfortably. Gen. Forey has not, then, to make war against a nation in aims, against a people every man of which is jealous of the national honour and burring for the destruction of the invader. There are no raids upon his stragglers, no murders of solitary soldiers, no attacks upon the baggage or sumpter mules. He has nothing to fear but from the men who make a trade of arms, and the military adventurers who lead them. Even some of these are on his side, and Mexicens fight against Mexicans under the banner of France. To have marched thus far towards a point 300 mile sin the heart of a hostile country would have been a task of immense difficulty. To have accomplished as much, in spite of a few thou sands of halt disciplined troops commanded by men whose only experience has been in the irregular war fare which prevails among savages, is an achieve. ment which does him credit, but which he might reasonably have been expected to perform. The dispositions of Gen. Forey seem to have been skil fully made. His little army has advanced in three columns, at some distance apart, one led by General Douay, another by L'Heriller, and the third or centre by Forey himself. General Neigre, leading the reserve, kept up the corn misaliat arrangements, and watched over the villages where there were flour-mills. From Orizaba, the last place where there was any fight ing, the army of General Forey commenced its march about the end of February. On the 16th of March it had arrived before Puebla. Marquez and his Mexicans were sent on another route, in order to divert, if possible, the attention of the enemy. Some opposition was looked for at a place called Amozoe, but on the news of the approach of a French column the place was promptly evacuated, and no enemy was met with in the various towns and villages be tween Orizaba and Puebla. On nearing the latter place the news was heard that Juarez had been there, reviewing and haranguing some 18,000 troops who formed its garrison. Comonfort was in its neighbourhood with 3,000 regular troops. He in tended, doubtless, to throw himself into Puebla, but the French were too quick for him, and when he came up at last he found the city invested. Juarez himself, fearing perhaps that he might fall into the hands of the invaders, returned to Mexico before their arrival at the second city of the republic. Puebla, formerly called the City of Angels, is built in a fertile plain at the foot of a wooded hill. The t ouses are large and built of stone, the churches and convents numerous, and the cathedral is thought to be the handsomest edifice in Mexico. Thera are 80,000 people in Puebla, and the population at the time of the siege must have been swelled by the garrison. General Forey hoped to have been able to capture Puebla by March 16, that he might pre sent it as a birthday gift to the Prince Imperial. He was to be disappointed in this. He had just arrived before it on that day. The investment was com pleted on the 18th, and the first trench opened on the 23d. The general appears to have been ill-in formed as to the strength of the place and the deter mination of its defenders. He has to batter tort after fort, and to fight for each house with the bayonet. His soldiers were picked off by riflemen in the belfry of the cathedral, and French guns were pointed against the sacred edifice. By last accounts the siege had gone on for nearly a month, and yet Puebla was not taken. From the 18th March to the 12th April, the French had been eontending fiercely with the defenders of the Mexican stronghold, who really seem now to fight with muck bravery. The outlying forts had been captured, and three of the suburbs occupied. The walls of the houses were riddled with cannon balls, the rooms blown open to the air and blackened with gunpowder, the thresholds stained with the blood of their late inmates. We do not share in the fears which are expressed in Paris for the success of General Forey. To take Puebla, at whatever co-t, has become now a point of honour with him, although it cannot be done without a great sacrifice of the lives of his brave soldiers, fighting in a distant country in an ambiguous cause. That Puebla will fall, however, and that Mexico will be open to his army, we have no doubt. The military triumph will, we doubt not, compensate for the un popularity of the enterprise. But the real difficul ties will begin when the French army has no more cities to take or enemies to fight. If, after defeat ing their army i❑ the field, the French Emperor be able to induce the Mexicans to form something like a settled government, he will have achieved much for France, for Europe, and for civilisation. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. `fIM Es.—American affairs have two aspects, and one seems to belie the other. From the field of battle we get none but the gloomiest pictures and the darkest views. The Federals are beaten in suc cessive engagements, without a gleam of good for tune to cheer them ; they fail hopelessly in one en terprise after another, and above all the loss of life in their armies is so great and so terrible that it might be expected to throw the whole land into mourning. If we look, however, at the actual con dition of things, we find no mourning at all—no distress, no symptom of public suffering or nati ona l woe. The great cities o f the North-Eastern Stat es are as full of gaiety, gladness, and mirth as P ar i s on a day of festival. Never were New York or Boston in better or apparently happier plight than at present. " Society" enjoys itself with every appliance of contentment and luxury that opulence can yield. We are assured that their prosperity takes even the form of progress, and that they have advanced with rapid strides during this devastating and ruinous war. Of this material prosperity and present abundance we can give some explanation, but it is not easy to understand how such an enormous sacrifice of life can have left such little apparent impression on a population in which the ties of blood were never held in light esteem. An intercepted despatch from the Confederate Govern ment to one of its own representatives puts the losses of the Federals since the commencement of the war at 349,500 men, and this statement was transmitted to our own Government by the Federal authorities without any impeachment of its accu racy. But th e rec k on i ng was ma d e i n September last,—eight mon th s ago ,— s i nce which time the most dreadful carnage h as t a k en p l ace on the Rap pahannock, and a more silent consumption of life has been steadily going on in the pestilential camp before Vicksburg. Altogether we may be justi fied in supposing that the estimate recently given by our own correspondent in the Southern States is not much overstrained, and that the total losses of the North up to this time ap proach to half a million of men. The South, it was computed, had lost 200,000; but, whereas that sacri fice had filled the Confederate States with grief, and plunged society everywhere in the deepest section, the North has given no indication of sor row or distress. An explanation of this contrast is to be found to some extent, no doubt, in the diffe rence of material distinguishing the Northern and Southern armies. The Southerners have sent their best blood into the field for a cause on which their hearts are set, and they mourn over the slain as Tyrolese or Swiss might mourn over the fallen cham pions of independence. The Northerners, on the other hand, have created and replenished their armies from the floating Population of their large cities, from Irish and German settlers, and from newly arrived emigrants. Still, they must needs have drawn also on their native stock. If we allow that of the 500,000 slain on the Federal side as many as 300,000 were men little likely to be missed or mourned, there will still remain 200,000 to be ac counted for on different terms. Admitting, again, that these 200,000 were drawn from a population nearly three times as numerous as that of the South, such sses, we should think, would still be serious enough to leave marks of affliction on many a house hold. The North-Western States, which have borne the brunt of the war in Tennessee, must have sent some of their best citizens to those bloody fields, and we can hardly doubt that the New York and Mas • sachusetts regiments include some of the genuine population of those parts. They certainly did so at one time, for the earliest victims of the war were young men from Massachusetts of consideration enough to be sent back to their own country for interment. It was said, too, that embalming had become a regular trade, and that practitioners in this ancient art attended the Northern armies—a fact whi c h wou ld bespeak the value and impor tance of the lives exposed to destruction. Never theless, look where we will, we find no evidence of mourning in the North. The letters of our New York correspondent give us pictures of feverish ex citement, of groundless confidence alternating with deep despondency, of political intrigues, of wild speculation, of profuse expenditure, and of riotous living, but not of a State mourning for her children. Even the day appointed for a public Fast was de voted to public enjoyment. For all that reaches us from these North-Eastern cities we should be unable to conclude that any drain upon the lifeblood of the nation has been going on at all. Even the loss of officers—heavy as it has occasionally been—seems not to have been felt. We know how different were our own feelings during the war in the Crimea, and Mr. Kinglake has described the impression which may be produced on English society by the casual ties of even a single brigade. But there is no such impression made i n A m erica. Either the lost men were never "in so c i e ty," or society loses them without regret. Less surprising, however, is the material abundance in which these great towns are now revelling. If they have, indeed, no losses to deplore, we can understand readily enough how they find much to enjoy. It is in these towns that the money raised so recklessly by Government is mostly spent, and though it may be only paper money, this, as long as its credit lasts, will do as well as any other. It is in New York and in Penn sylvania and i n N ew E n gland that the rich con tracts are tak en on w hich s o many speculators fatten. All who gain by the war belong to those countries. E normous f or tunes are realised at public cost, and money so g ot is proverbially soon spent. The results are seen in that excess of luxury which astonishes European visitors. Money of Mr. Chase's manufacture is abundant, and it circulates without stint. War is raging on the Rappahannock and th e Mississippi, but trade is good in Boston and New York, and "society" in dulges itself in brilliant and sumptuous festivi-. ties with li ttle heed of war ' s costs or consequences . One of the favourite topics King George orators in former days was drawn from the employ ment of German troops in the armies which we sent of the United States' over to compel their return to allegiance. That 111. s h ou ld not only fight against American p a t r i ots, bat fight t h em w ith H ess i ans , was describ e d as an act of pe culiarly odious tyranny. We have j us t read, however, that the right wing of the army ginia was c omp which th e F e d era ls sent to invade Vir nsed mainly of Germans, and its other Divisions, we believe, included a very large number of emigrants recently landed from these DEATH FROM FIRE. Yesterday morning Mr. H. It Walthew resumed, at tie Three Crowns Tavern, East-road, City-road, an inquiry relative to the death of Eliza Thornhill, who was burnt to death under very horrible circumstances. Deceased was found burnt to a cinder at ten o'clock on last Tuesday fortnight, the room of the house in which she lived at, No. 8, Frances-street, East-road, being in flames, She was so blackened and charred that the doctor who was called in said that she resembled, as she was seen reclining against the bedstead, one of the figures of the recumbent blacks in the Crystal Palace. Every vestige of clothing had been burnt off, and the etcel hoops of her crinoline were lying in circles on the floor around her body. A witness, named Sarah Field, swore that a waiter with whom deceased was known to cohabit, had been seen by her to leave the house at half-past 9 o'clock, and that he had not since been seen. Upon the resumption of the inquiry, however, William Partridge said that he was present when the man in ques tion returned to the house on the evening of the fire. He was apparently quite ignorant of what had happened, and when told of it would have fallen to the ground in a faint if he had not been supported. The woman Field, who appeared to have had some quarrel with him, came up, and said that he was at the bottom of the deceased's death, and that he should see how she would do for him at the inquest She said that, after a deal of abuse, in which she did not mention that she had seen him leave the house about the time of the fire. Sarah Field, recalled, said that she had not bad any row with the man in question on the evening of the fire. On being confronted with the witness Partridge she admitted, however, that she had had some words, but she did not call that a row, as he said nothing. (Laughter.) She further admitted that she did not see the man actually coming out of the house just before the fire was first seen, but that he was only coming from the direction of the door. She now believed the fire was all an accident. Henry Clinton, waiter, said that he left the house at 8 o'clock on the morning in question. Deceased was not then in the room, and he believed she was not sober. She was smoking, He had not assaulted the deceased, but she had fallen and injured herself. The jury returned a verdict—That deceased was found burnt to death in a certain room, and that she had set her self on fire while smoking, she being at the time under the influence of drink. DEATH FROM CHLOROFORM. Yesterday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at King's College Hospital, touching the death of John Henry Lawrence, 38, a clerk, who expired whilst under the influence of chloro form, administered for the purpose of an operation, on Sa- turday last. George Lawrence, brother of the deceased, said his brother had always expressed a dislike to chloroform, and that he believed it was administered against his wish and that of his friends. He was a very nervous and excitable man, and he was suffering from a disease of the heart; and one of the surgeons at the hospital had told deceased so. He felt con fident he must have he over-persuaded to submit to the influence cf chloroform. Wm. Fergusson, house-surgeon at King's College Hos pital, said that deceased was an in-patient, and was suffering from fistula. He had performed an operation on him in Ja nuary last, when he used chloroform successfully. On Sa turday last it was administered, in his presence, by one of the pupils with the utmost care and caution. He took it at first without any particular symptoms. He became a little incoherent, and was convulsed. He was then allowed to breathe a little fresh air. The chloroform was again admi- nistered, the convulsive action still continuing, when sud denly he ceased to breathe, the pulse at the wrist ceasing about the same time. The usual remedies to resuscitate him were used, but in vain—the poor man was dead. He never offered any objection to the chloroform in his presence. He was satisfied the chloroform was the same in quantity and strength, and used in the same way as on the former occa- sion. - He was not aware that he was suffering from disease of the heart, or any other complaint which would make the use of chloroform dangerous. Arthur J. Pollock, house physician, said he made a post mortem examination of the body on Monday. There was some disease of the heart and lungs, but not sufficient to ac count for death. He had no doubt he died from chloroform. After hearing further evidence, The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from chloroform properly administered. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s 4d. and 4s. "High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 46. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agenti in every town supply it in packets, POLICE INTELLIGENCE-•-May 20. MANSION-HOUSE.—Joseph Walters was brought bi fore Sir IL Carden, who was sitting for the Lord Mayor, the custody of detective officer Hancock, charged with stem ing eight parasols from the warehouse of Messrs. Meyer New Earl-street, warehousemen, his employers. The prisoner was in the service of Messrs. Meyers ! porter and packer, and on Tuesday, at about 12 o'cloc , Hancock, the officer, saw him leave the warehouse with parcel which he left at a booking-office, and returned to tl warehouse. The officer then went in and had the prison up and asked him what was in the parcel which he bt seen him take away from the warehouse. The prison denied tak'ng anything, and he was given into custod, The officer then went to the booking-office, and the pal" was given up to him. It was found to contain eight o parasols, and he had left it stating he would call for another time. They were identified by one of the war housemen, and upon the stock teing examined they we missed. The prisoner's lodgings were searched, and the the officer found six muffs iu boxes and two umbrellas, of which were identified ty the prosecutors. The prisoner said he bought the muffs 18 months back a man in the streets, and also one of the umbrellas. Ol of Messrs. Meyers' assistants, however, proved that ti umbrellas had not been made more than a month. Committed for trial. BOW-STREET.—Henry Esquilent, a well.known eb ratter, was charged before Mr. Corrie with attempting break into a house in Essex-street, Strand. The case a quired additional interest from the belief expressed by tl police that the prisoner was the third man concerned in tl Gower-street burglary, and who had till now escaped 01 prehension. Jane Honeybun, wife of a policeman, having charge Of set of chambers at 25, Essex-street, stated that she lc cleaning her rooms on the first floor, at about a quarter six in the morning, when happening to look out of winder she saw a man standing on the ledge of the window, on t i ground floor, at No. 23. She called up her husband imre diately, and informed him of the circumstance. Prison was the man. Police-constable lioneybun, husband of last witness, ea th4t, on being aroused by his wife, he looked through tl keyhole of the front door for some time, and saw the Pr soner as described. He moved away, and then witness g on a chair and watched him through the fanlight over tl door. He saw the prisoner descend and get on to the lee! of the other window of the same floor, and ho then apcil i a piece of iron rod to that part of the window opposite tl catch, and broke it. He then appeared to be disturbed I some noise, for ho jumped down, and ran off. Witne pursued and overtook him, and had a great struggle W . him, the prisoner swearing he would do for witness if did not let him go. Witness succeeded, with the assistall' of his wife, in getting the prisoner back to their own cheu hers, and here they detained him till the arrival of a Fo lic ' man en duty, when he was taken into custody. Harriet Everett, servant to Mr. Moss, of 23 Essex-etr ee said the house was fastened up by inside shutters a previous night, but she found the window broken near' catch the previous morning. Belcher, 63 F, deposed to taking prisoner into cuet° d : and finding an iron wrench and two knives in his possession Other officers of the F division said the prisoner was W e known, and they believed he would be identified as one the three men concerned in the burglary in Gower-80 and murderous assault on a constable. Mr. Corrie remanded him for further examination. HIGHGATE.—CharIes Lethbridge, the landlord of al Bull public-house, North-hill, Highgate, was sumn lo , l3B by InEpecter Willoughby, of the S division, before I ' l Bodkin and Mr, Mills, for unlawfully opening bis bct for the sale of wine, spirits, beer, &c., on Sunday, the 11) ' before the hour of one in the afternoon, the same not b ell) for the refreshment of travellers or lodgers therein. The case having been fully proved, the magistrates flicted the full penalty of £5, and 14s. costs. COUNTRY MARKETS. LYNN—TUESDAY. t A fair attendance at market to-d a y, with a model' s show of wheat. to 35 White 45s to 50s 1 8ar1ey...........35 5 30 FM.. 4ss to 46s I Grinding .. 288 to Beans .348 to 36s I Oats,. 2 4 1 New —s to —s I Peas _$ to ' TU HULL—ESDAY The wheat trade during the week has . been very dull, a few transactions took place in foreign To-day there 01 a small supply of English wheat, which was take n . . slowly at a; ut last week ' s currency. Wheat.... Old white per qr. ... 48s Od to 5 ° 9 0 ,1 Old red 458 Od to 470 'in II New white .. ~ New red .... , 44s Od to 47 0 u„ Barley.... English malting ' 328 Od to 380 v„ Grinding 268 6d to 28s v,, Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 2386: Od to to 4: Uu- Grinding .... .. 28s Od to 31 s 0 Oats English, old l3 Archangel and Riga, per st.. 08120 to . Friesland and Dutch 0513d to 0813 i, Swedish and Danish 05120 to 013 0 , Beans ....English, old, per qr 4ss Od to 46s „, New pigeon 42s Od to 4 1 s 0 i 26s Od to 28s 0 New tick. 4os Od to 42s „( Egyptian .. 33s Od to 343 : Peas .. Foreign boilers Grinding Tares ....Spring —3 l: Od °d ttco 335 111'( ° . Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing .. 4 oo os Od Linseed cakes (Hull) Foreign £9 10 8 15 Rape cakes 6 5 oto 610 0 ttoo to 51 0 5 2 c ce () Bones 5 5 oto .5 .10 NEWARK , -WEDNESDAY. )ps have progressed rspicill° durably reported of. Barley,grinding 28 6 s t t o o 3 3° 4 Oats, old, 2 s New do 21s to 0, 6 '/ Beans.. 38 s to 4', new 34s to 0 0 i 40s to Beans,s. Since the late rain the era and all kinds of grain are fay, White wheat new, 48s to 53s Red do. 42s to 47s Old white sss to 60s Red do. 50a to 54s Barley, malting 38s to;418 Peas, CORK-TUESDAY. 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