The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-20 00:00:00

_ . There is no change to report in the general con dition of the di±count market, although the supply of Money in some quarters is rather less abundant. T he Bank of England return for the week end /3g Wednesday lastshows an increase in the stock , bullion, and an augrn-ntation in the other seen lilies. The particulars are as subjoined : Active Circulation .. £19,459, 9 .30 Increase .. 231,025 14,547,812 Increase .. • • •• 219,634 Rest 3 671,064 Increase .. 4,728 Public Deposits .. 9,343 499 Increase .. .. 669,6 0 Other Deposits.. 13,003,088 Decrease 279,517 Sewn Day and other Bills .. 553,101 Decrease .. .. • • 20,359 Government Securities 11,193,588 No alteration. Other Securities .. 20,191,582 Increase .. .. 383.813 Notes Unemployed .. .. 8,8:3,215 rr, Decrease .. •• • • • ' 9,335 The • directors of the Union Bank of Ireland have bade a call of £5 per share, payable on or before the ..oth proximo. 'fatherless animation has prevailed in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few e, a Ye• Sugars have in some instances shown a "ght decline, but full rates have been obtained for '`free and rice. At the public sales of tea, the bid 1114ga were rather languid, and there was no altera "°e of importance in the rates realised. Saltpetre e h "tiened in fair request, at full rates, but tallow , l s slightly declined for both resent and forward "livery. - - At the public auctions of colonial wool, which eo4l naenced on Feb. 26 and closed yesterday, there "a been a good attendance of home dealers and tEl nufacturers, but prices generally had a down vard t en d ency, rang i ng f rom ld. to lid. for e a l 3 e, and 21d. to 3d. per lb. for Australian deFcrip -I°ll'3. The quantity oiLred amen ated to 49 , 097 bales, chit fly from the Cape of Good Hope. tp Willa regard to the Salvador Loan, M. L. W. Wewood begs co give notice that he has, at the e arliest p oss ibl e mo ment, called the attention of 'ls Excellency Don Carlos Gutierrez, the Minister, : 1 " of the other commissioners for the loan, to the .„' llr ooured threatened invasion of Salvador by the t "Esident of Guatemala. Toe private advises from h c'ee well informed stigmatise this action on the , 114 :t of Guatemala as anprivoked and most unjus- It is by no means certain that hostilities 117i11 ensue. It is gratifying to be able to state that t he desire of the Commissioners to maintain the Public credit of Salvador has overruled all others, ki d that, consequently, Mr. Haslewood is Who tis-ed to inform the subscribers, and intending sub 841bers t o th e a bove loan, that the lists will be ''opt open until ten days after the arrival of the 11ekt mail from the P.:,cific (due 31st inst.), and that lt the news then to arrive shall not be deemed satisfactory to any subscriber, he shall he at liberty at any time during such ten days to withdraw his 4 e PPlication, e.;,d will receive his deposit. The th at desire most emphatically to state 4 ,` 44 t the p rocee ds of this loan were required solely ". internal improvements, and that if war should unf ortunately break out they will await some more f 41 'enrabl e opportunity for its negotiation. TWo O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's t alegra m the 3 per Cent. French Rentes were 6 8f, 9 7 0. ' The Glasgow and the Borussia have been an - Paced from America, with an aggregate of 260 ,000 in specie. There has been no fluctuation today in the m arket for the English Funds, Consols remaining at 921 for ra t nsf- r and 92- 4 1 , I for the account. t , 4 siness is very inactive, and there is not the illi ghtest feature of interest to record. The New 3 t i-„ er Cents. are heavy at 90 a a ; the Reduced at 9 0, 4; -a cii€qu,,, Bills, 4s. to is. dis.; India 5 per Cent. "le, 1081 Business in the Foreign Market has been mode :,lstelY active, and prices have, in some instances , -- 2 4 1 " 71 1 more firmness. Greek Bonds have risen to ; Egyptian are 961; ditto, 2d issue, ; - teica n , 31 1 I • Moorisn, 931 ; Peruvian New , 11 , ; Portuguese ditto, 47; Russian ditto, 1 1; Sp an i s h P ass ive, 26a ; ditto Cer.ificates, 91 S ; „ '"rkish 6 per Cents., 1858, are 67i, 68/ ; ditto, 1862, 6 8 : 1 69 1 ; and the Consolides have improved to 41a 4 2 the New Italian Loan is 1 dis to k prem. ; and the Confederate, 41 5 prem. From the official return issued to day it appears t 13 4 a t the revenue of the South Austrian and Lora ql4lo Venetian lines (extending over 1 ,3 2 3 miles) , tit 'ing the week ending the 11th inst., was £46,133, o 42,903 less than the company received in the :the tim e i n 1862, on 1,203 miles. On the Central t f I tctly branch, from Plaisance to B .ilogna, a die- Z A Tic e of 91 miles, the receipts were £ 3 , 202 , against 'MO in the same period of last year. bp s he d ea li ngs i n th e R a ilway Share Market have 4 1 limited, and prices have shown a further ° weward movement. Great Westerns receded os.; I l eel.shire and Yorkshire and Brighton, 10s. ; 4 kdonian, £1; and Great Northern A Stock, £1 ss. T he Foreign and Colonial lines were dull , at abo ut previous qu.,tations, l ejot-Stock Bank end Miscellaneous Shares in 6°l he instances exhibit rather less firmness. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 1 ) . Et. 1 I 0 K Stock Shut al''' . Cent. Reduced Annuities ~ , " Pe r Cent. Consols Annuities 92/ 2 •ml ,;•`",, • per Cent. Annuities / ',;:, 21 pe r Cent. Annuities.. 21,11 a. Stock — bitto 5 per Cent loBa / Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. tt o 61 per Cent, 4usls for A c c o unt, April 8 9 21 e hequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent 1 die Ditto Small t FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ; ,:ailiatt 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852.53-60 1-, V .Ptian 7 pet Cent 96 o."itto, Second Issue 1,/ Di tto, 5 per Cent , 1824-5, ex-Coup ins 2loi 1 Wean 3 per Cent .... 4Ditto Account I.)e'rish Imperial 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Gent. -uitto 4A p er Cent ~1862 .. .. pobitto Account •Puguese 3 per Cent., 1853 47 1, , it to 1862 `l,ssian 5Di er Cent., 1822, £St . 94 / I P tto 5 per Cent., 1862 Pa rliPh 3 per Cent .r;!tto Account. 531 •tto Pa ss i ve Spanish 26j- Cert. of Coup not funded .. 9. 4411 ish per Cent. 1854 ii) itto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account 67i 8 4-,ltto 6li per Cent. 18 ,2 . 69+ itto Acc oun t vuitto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent enezuela, 3 per Cent "„itto 0 per Cent., 1832 'Attu 11 nor Cent t , Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. lit ' l 3. 21 Cent., Ex. 12 Gull — bt per 9 ' Ito i t 0 4 per Cent. Certificates 1 -"tu 1 4 , 0 5 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Account 0 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account 92i i - _ Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) LIVERPOOL, March 20. Sales of the week, 34,520 bales, including 18,380 'Peculation, and 3,120 for export. Quotations of f air 0.-leans, 25 . ; Mobile, 241 ; Upland, 24. 0,1e4 ,Is, 22 ; Mobilo, 24 ; Upland, 13 ' Stock, 378,3i0 bales. Imports of the week , ' 321 . Swats, 10 to 19. .„ 'larket SAles to. day about 4,000 bales. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. WARWICK RA( E..—Tnrs DAY. Plo SCU RRY HANDICAP Wer Safety 4.4,,kerul rdStanley 2 an Four ran. LATEST BET LING. CITY AND SUBURBAN• 11 to 1 agst Adventurer (taken) 20 to 1 agst Gardener (taken) PREFERENCE SHARES. Great orthern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. prenl, lo7 Mid. Consolidated, Bristol and Birm., 6 p• r cent., 13 Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 33 West Midland, Oxford, 2d guaranteed stock, 1181 PREPEA.E CE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and Blackwall, 4i per cent, shrs, London, Brighton, &c., 4 per cent., 1853, 101 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop Ext., B, 6 per cent., Stockton and Darlington, Class D. pref., 29t ---- LINES LEASE I) Al' FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Ho yhead 5 per cent., 114 i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Royal vanish, 16 151 San Paulo him), gua. 7 per cent. 231 South Austrian aid Lombardo Venetian, 23k - FOREIGN MI: ES. Fortuna (Urn.), Kapuilla (Urn.), 1* Scottish AustraPan, United Mexican 5} Yudanamutana of S. Australia (11m.), JOIN T-sTOCK , sANKS. Bank of Wales, a Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 22i I City, 9 Eng., Sco'., and Australian Chartered, 28# London Chartered Bank of Australia, 281 London and South African, 2;a g 711ctrop. and Prov. Bank (11m.), 12. National Provincial of England, new, 2I Ottoman Bank, 38 Ditto, new, 10} Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi aim.% 3 Standard of thitish South Africa (lim"), 91 Union of London, 341 DOCKS. London, 5 MISCELLANEOUS. East India Irrigation and Canal, la Electric Telegraph, 101 General S earn Navigation, 27i Joint stork Discount, 21 Van Diemen's Lana. 15} Bank of England Return.--Yesterday. An Account, pursuant to t: cap. 32, for the week ending of March, 1803 : ARTMENT. Government Debt :611,015,1C 0 Other Securities 3.634,90 ) Gold Coin & Bullion 13,672,415 Silver Bullion £.28,322,115: BANKING DEPARTMENT. r• op rie tors' Capi- Government Seed al £14.553,000 rities (including Rest inblie Deposits (in- nui ty) £11,193.588 eluding Exelie- Other Securities 20,191,582 quer, Savings ' Notes Banks, Commis- G old and Silver 875,367 missioners of Na- Coin tional Debt, and Dividend Ae- O Seventehoeurn counts) e p p — a o . y s . i ********** 1 9 3,0 3 0 1 11 other Bills ...... 553,101 i.e Act 7th and Bth Victoria on Wednesday, the 18th day ISSUE DEE otes issued 22,415, £28,322,445 XI 023 752 £41,128,752 MILLER, Deputy Gushier, Muoli 19, 1863. This was a suit instituted for the dissolution of marriage by the wife against the husband. The parties were resident in Chesterfield, the respondent carrying on the business of a glass dealer. The wife it appeared had an income of about £6O per annum previous to her marriage, and it was afterward- so arranged that the husband was precluded from all in.erest therein. The cause which led to the first difference between the -parties was the circumstance of respondent placing in the hands of his sister all the management of the business dufieg his absence, and ultimately the whole direction of the household affairs. This led to continued differences, the wife feeling that she was quite superseded in the management of the house. The respondent, she alleged, treated her with great cruelty, and aggravated the treat ment by committing adultery with several women of the lowest description. Tho defence was that the petitioner was a person of violent temperament, and that her own incapacity to attend to business was the cause of the respon dent having his sister in his house. The case comment• d yesterday, and up to going to press this afternoon the examination of witnesses was still being proceeded with. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SYSTEMATIC ROBBERIES —Mary Ann Sullivan was charged before Mr. Knox as follows :—Reb rt Simmingtou, jun., son of Mr. Simmington, draper, of 33, Charles-street, Marylebone, said that on the previous afternoon the priso ner walked up to the door of the shop and took some pairs of stockings from the place where they were hanging, and, placing them under her shawl, walked away. His brother brought the prisoner back, and the stockings were found in her possession. In answer to Mr. Knox, the witness said that he had observed the prisoner about the shop for the last 14 days, and, suspecting that she intended to steal some of the goods, he watched her, A constable said that on searching the prisoner he found two pairs of women's boots upon her, evidently just stolen, from their being fastened together. He believed sho had been convicted before, and wished for a remand. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner, who had no questions to ask, for a week. THAMES. COAL STEALING ON THE RIVER. —Henry White, a no torious thief, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with stealing 561bs. of coals from a barge, the property of Mr. William Cory and others. George Goode, a police constable of the Thames division, No. 13, stated that about eight o'clock last night he was off Cole-stairs, Shadwell, in a police galley, and saw the pri soner on the land near Mr. Cory's coal barges, He went on shore and watched the prisoner, who went on board a barge called the " Deb" and put two lumps of coal into a basket with which he came on shore. The prisoner walked into his hands and was secured. The two pieces of coal weigt al i lib. The prisoner said in his defence that he was very sorry for what he had done. It was his first offence and it should bo his last. The prisoner's assertion that it was his first offence created much surprise among the officers in court. Cex, a police sergeant, 45 K, said the prisoner had been repeatedly convicted summarily for various offences. The prisoner—No such thing—it was my brother. We are very much alike, and it is surprising what mistakes have occurred in consequence. (A laugh,) Roche, the gaoler of the court, here seized the prisoner's right hand, and said, " Your brother lost three of his fingers —you have lost none. Mr. Selfe—You know him, Roche ? Roche—Yes, sir. He has been convicted 20 times in the course of the last 12 years. The Prisoner—lt was not me, sir. You would be sur prised how much me and my brother are alike. (Laughter.) Roche—Yes, they are alike. Both have been convicted here repeat dy. The prisoner has had three or four years in a reformatory. It did him no good. The prisoner—lt was a mistake, Mr. Roche, it was my brother. (Laughter.) You see how inconvenient it is for two brothers to be so much alike. (More laughter.) Mr. Selfe—l am afraid you are very much alike in roguery. The prisoner—l will admit taking one piece only, not two. Mr. Selfe —You are sentenced to three months' impri sonment and hard labour, If you are to be brought here again you will be committed for trial. ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. MARKETS—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuhS. Closing Business 6hare! Railways. Paid. Price. done. Bir., Wol. and Str. Val. , Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andlgid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledcnian Cork. and Bandon Cornwall o - ets no di Do A 1 • ^ till e.. Do. B been p pa p id to B. Dublin it Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June. Edinburgh Glacgow., IGlasg. and S. Western.l (Great Eastern, Ord. stk I Ditto A. stook _ Ditto EaAt Anglian at GreatNorthof Scotland I Great Northern... Do A stock Do 13 do Gt. S. an i W. of Irelanni Great Western .. Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire ILondon and Blackwal' Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Slief. , & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle . Dot shares Metropolitan Midland Do New . Do Birminz. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent _ Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do Yor Do Carlisle.. North London Do New North Staffordshire '. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stool, Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon.. South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun taines, Wok.,and Wok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, MO Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of death i Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford .3z Kilkenny West Cornwall IV. Hartlepool Har.ezit , West Midland -Oxford Do Newport' Do Hereford 8 84 7 8 86 88 115} 1161 61 7} 40 S 2 13 14 86 88 107 tO9 19 50 47 49 24} 15 121 ¶23 119 121 131 136 101 103 651 (61, ICBI ICB.I 75 14 114 U 6 39i 40] 97 08 10 ,, 101 45 46 Pi 11 122 i 123 1 lip Ea el EO 52 24 26 9Si 961 d 551 561 E 6.1 87i 114 118 1 16 1C 114 11 121 123 42 44 1lOt0? 101 103 48 tO 21 COI GI/ 69 100 102 7 8 37 38 9 10 p 7 i 8 1; 149 151 45 kg 3 i 1.) 00l 1 00f 07 79 81 150 160 28 ZO 41 42 35 37 98 100 BRITISH. PO'i - E6SION ,- -. Barr dal (ways Pa o. Price. !insiness don. 100 tI! antic &St Lawrenc , - ill 62 64 ioni.,liarodaA.Cent !no 1041 is 55 1011 / Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares.. .. 5P A/0 Bunko :ma Lase Huron kk 4f 1I 10 Do. Preference all 70 8 100 ( ituflalo,Brant,ACrodricl! _ I p. et. bds. Aug. 1, .1.87` 100 Do. do. July 1,1870 tot. 100 .Jarie 1, m 1: st 100 1(:3 105 st ' , peTown Dock 8,7 r ,100 II (11 stock fCastn. Bengal gu. sp. 1W 106 7 stock East Indian, 0,11.5 p. to, lost 1061 1061 I 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 5 1 14p 20 Do. do. H do. .. 5 4 IP 55 rock Grand Trunk of (3: .0a 14 100 ) , o. Ist . Bonds 85 (7 67 100 Do. ,o. deferred...... all 50 53 00. 2d I'rel. Bones.. , i 1; 56 68 100 do - &ler ed...... all 41 .6 100 1)0. 3d P et. stock ... 40 44 (00 Do. do. d -ferr d.... al 34 38 1.00 Do. 4th ('ref. s o k... all 2 28 100 Do. ao deferred...... all 22 24 stock titinchaPenin.gua.sp.c (0€ 1054 ;065 106 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 1 I 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 4 1 stock Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. tlio 103 104 101 205 Gt. W. of Canada Shark, all 124 24 121 205 Do. New .. is 8 75. 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 100 102 LOO Do. 55 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 93 , 5 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 , 41) itock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 101 1031 In 1 - 4 itoel Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 96 98 stock Dc. 4, .... 100 r 3 5 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock p• Bud - in ' 50 llelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 49 51 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. alt 20 iewßrunswick a Canda Class A en 1 B. all 3 5 N.lll.C'da6 pc lst pt bds 100 81 13 stock Scinde .... ••-. • • 1 (101 116 HI 101 st i Do. Delhi Do. d 0...... 2 4 0p 21 20 Do. Punjaub 15 at Do. Do. , leo te3 4 101i' 1 1 0 5 1 stock Do. lndus.St. Flo.) in 98 too 98i OWN' AL ti /V It fl..\ n,‘• ! n_;cl A ;.n.(iov. 6 p.e.J a &J el - 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. AAu 100 t , 5 c 7 ; Do. dp. c.:11 - er. A Sent 100 i( 5 ic 7 Do. S p. c. Jan.&July. 100 075 954 911 - Do. tt Inscribed stock 100 06 I-8 'ape G.Hopc. A p c,187: 100 tC9 111 ; Do.Ap & Oct. 1881 100 113 115 Do. 189 s 100 114 116 !Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 114 Ceylon, N0v.1961, 6p r 10 - Bleu itius ri per cent .. 100 111 112 Na a GA , . 6 per cent.. 130 ,11 112 IS.Goy. p.e.,/ (01 106 107 ; Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - ; N. S.W. Gov. 5 p c., l 103 1005 1014 - Do. t, p. c.,1871 to 1.1; I 100 1005 101 Do. d0.,1880 &upwds 100 100 101 1001 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. I sterling,, 1875 tCO 1065 1074 ; Queensland Gov. loo 1 113 Au Gip. up lOO I'l 113 - 'Vic.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.AJIII3 100 108 110 Do. in a a.e. An.A.Ont.. lOO 1115 112 111 rri Ski Cambrian Con sol. Gold litiont Amalgamated Devon G. Con.. (Tavist , East Bassett ( T East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon East Carn Brea... Vi"l Russel (Tavistk Gam.&St.AubyntGwen j 1 Great South Tolgus : Wheal Vor(Helston I G renvi Ile .. tierod's-Foot ingston Downs Lady Bertha Nlargaret (Uny Lelaut NI arse Valley.. '•Tyndy Iron Oro (Lim ' New Setun .. ',North Downs w 'i Basset .4 an 'north Wheal Crofty Par Consols(t. Blazey •rovidence (Uny Lelnt, South Caradon(St.Cleer. o. Carn Brea (Illog - an) 2 Wheal Fran. ( 'Stray Park tl: , ntar Silv.6s Lead Min Tin Croft West Basset (Illogan) W Caradon (Liskeard • West. Seton •.• • • • 4Vlieal Basset (Mogan 4Vheal Buller (Redruth 'O, heal Kitty (11.Lelant ,VhealLud ott `•Z' heal Mary Ann (2111 en 17 h h e e a a l l'I S `r e,t , ° ta n wney Wheal Union • 115 i 15 6i 6} isa 1(4 40 250 17 18 5 5a THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 18690 LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF DIVORCE. CARTLIDGE V. CARTLIDGE. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK SPRING MEETING, MARCH 11. offered). No change upon any other event. Closing prices : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAGES. 11 to 2 agst Knutsford (offered) 6to 1 agst Grimstone (offered) 9to 1 agst Canzonette (taken and offered) WESTMINSTER. SELF-ACCUSATION OF CHILD MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. —Emma Cobblestone, a respectably dressed young woman, was placed at the bar charged with having accused herself with the murder of her child, and with making two or three attempts to commit suicide. William Laughlan, police. constable 56 B, said—l was on duty in the King's-road, Chelsea, at half-past one this morning, when I SAW the prisoner, who appeared in a most excited and dejected state. I inquired of her what was the matter, when she said that her distress was caused by her having thrown her child from Battersea-bridge into the river Thames. She ran towards the bridge, and I followed her, accompanied by 285 B, determined to wa ch her closely, When she got to Cheyne-walk she filled her handkerchief full of stones, and tied it round her neck. She then got over the railing between her and the river. and was about to plunge in when I seized and pre vented her. She assigned as a reason for attempting to jump into the river that her heart was broken in conse quence of her having destroyed her child. She did not at tempt to deny that it was her intention to drown herself. Mr. Arnold—Did she give any further explanation of her conduct ? Witness—She said that her husband had left her, and that she became destitute, and had in consequence been in duced to throw the child into the Thames. She was very excited, and appeared as if she had been drinking. Mr. Arnold—Did you make any search for the child Witness—We did, and found it safe at prisoner's mother's. Her sister is here now with the child. Prisoner made two other desperate attempts to drown herself. Mr. Arnold—Did you not take her to the station when you took her n Cheyne-walk Policeman—She was anxious to show us the particular spot, as she said, where she had thrown her child into the water, and took us to Battersea. bridge for that purpose, when she twice suddenly broke away from us. The sister having produced the child, which is at the breast, the magistrate suggested that it should be given up to the prisoner, whom he remanded for a week, but that the sister should accompany her to the prison, lest she should hurt it. MARKETS--This Day. MARK-LANE. The fresh arrivals of English wheat to this morning's market were very moderate. Selected samples moved off steadily, and prices ruled firm, but the demand for inferior produce was by no means active, on former terms. I'ho market was well supplied with foreign wheat. The business transacted, however, was chiefly in retail, yet the quotations were supported. Floating cargoes of grain changed hands to a moderate extent, at previous currencies. The supply of foreign barley was large, of English mode rate, and the trade was in a sluggish state, at fully the late decline in prices. In the value of malt no change took place. Oats, the supply of which was small, were vary dull, but holders were indisposed to accept further reduced rates. Beans and peas changed hands somewhat heavily, and the quotations had a downward tendency. In flour sales progressed slowly on former terms. The supply of American qualities was moderate. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English.-- 730 I 1,660 8,660 i 130 / 620 Irish.. — Foreign.... —15,460 11,760 61,020 201 sks 11,280 brlB. The Debdale Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25 added, 12st each, for horses that have been regularly and fairly hunted. Winners extra. Half-bred horses allowed 7lb. To be ridden by gentlemen. Two miles. 14 subs. Mr. J. S. Shaw's Little Dick, 6 yrs, 12st 71b (in. 71b ex.) (Mr. W. Beville) 1 Mr. F. Rowland's Gavazzi, 5 yrs, 12st (Owner) 2 Lord Westmoreland's Tambourgi, list 91b (Capt. Little) 3 Mr. Park's Paddy from Cork, aged, list 71b (car. llst 101 b) Mr. Elyod's St. James, aged, 12st Mr. Wadlow's Pot•pourri, 4 yrs, 12st (Mr. Edwards) 6 Paddy from Cork started in advance, followed half-way up the hill by St. James and Pot-pourri, and others lying some lengths in their rear. Approaching the House the latter went to the front, closely attended by St. James and Little Dick, Gavazzi and Tambourgi following side by side next. In this way they ran along the Swan-meadows, but on reaching the half-mile post Tambourgi ran past his horses and for a brief period held possession of the lead, and then dropped back—Gavazzi at the same time joined the two leaders in Star. close. In a few strides after Pot pourri was beaten, leaving the race with Little Dick and Gavazzi, the former having the lead, which he held to the end, and won in a canter by three lengths, Tambourgi was a bad third, Paddy from Cork fifth, and Pot Pourri next. The Walton Handicap of 5 soya each, 2 forfeit, with 25 sovs added, for all ages ; five furlongs. 12 subs. Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Batsman, 3 yre sst 121 b (Murfitt) 1 Mr. T. Jacob's Lufra, 3 yr s , sst 7th..., (Ward) 2 Mr. ll..dguaan's Confusion, 6 yrs, 78t (T. French) 3 Mr. Meredyth's Abernethy, 3 yrs, sst 71b (J. Grimshaw) 4 Lord Strathmore's Sugarstick, 4 yrs, 6st 21b ....(Jebb) 5 Betting-6 to 4 (at first sto 4) agst Batsman, sto 2 agst Abernethy, 4 to 1 agst Confusion, and 7 to 1 agst Sugar stick. Several failures preceded the'start, in which the favourite broke away and ran to the distance. Whenithe flag was lowered Confusion, being the first away, came on with a clear lead, with Abernethy and Batsman next, but before they reached the half-mile post Abernethy rushed to the front, and made strong running, with the favourite and Con fusion lying up, Sugarsti-k bringing up the rear. At the distance Abernethy was beaten, and his place was taken by Batsman, who with Confusion and Lufra finished the race home, Batsman winning cleverly by two lengths, Confusion Was a bad third, and Abernethy fourth. The Great Warwickshire Handicap of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 200 added. The second horse to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes. Two miles, 43 subs, 26 of whom pay 5 soya each. Count Batthyany's Suburban, 6 yrs, 7st 91b (Wheatley) 1 Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Optimist, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (G. Fordham) 2 Mr. F. Swindell's Tolurno, 4 yrs, Bst (inc 51b extra) (S. Adams) 3 Lord Stamford's Dulcibella, G yrs, Bst 411).... (J. Mann) 4 Mr. F. Cooper's Bonnycastle, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Chillman) 5 Betting-6 to 4 agst Tolurno, 2to 1 agst D u l c ib e ll a , 4t o 1 agst Optimist, and 6 to 1 agst Suburban. Suburbanin advance was off, othfeDfiaricsitbeiia and Bonny cast l e, t h e l atter and came p as t th e s t an d a length running wide on the right ; then came Optimist and To lurno. These positions were retained until they fairly entered the Lammas land, where he was headed by Dul cibella, who, on going up tho hill, increased her lead, Suburban going on second, Optimist third, with Bonny catle and the favourite bringing up the rear. On enter ing the meadows, at the far side, Suburban joined Lord Stamford's mare, the pair singling themselves away from their followers, and raced across the Swan Meadows fur the lead, Tolurno, with Optimist at his quarter, lying close up, the four joining issue as they reached the half-mile post, and ran together to half way across the Star enclosure, where the favourite obtained a decided lead, and came in advance of Dulcibella into the straight, where the latter was in trouble, and shortly after gave way to Suburban and Optimist, the former coming up on the upper ground, and the latter next the rails, and joined Tolurno at the enclosure, had him beaten in a few strides, and finished the race home together, Suburban full of runnin3. winning in a canter by a length, four lengths separating the second and third. Dulcibella finished a bad fourth, and Bonnyerstle last, beaten off a long way. The Two years-old Snakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds; colts Bst 101 b, and fillies Bst 71b. Win n e r s extra. About three furlongs. 25 subs. Captain Rennie's Starbeam, Bst 1 llb (includ 41b extra) (Reeves) 1 Prince D. Soltykoff's Whitefield, Bst llib (in 41b extra) (Custance) 2 Mr. H. Marsh's Lady Nichol, Bst 1 llb (in 41b extra) (H. Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Royston, Merry Sunshine dam filly, Area, Bristles, Jane Shore, Chicquot the Jester, Faith, and Sorceress. Betting-2 to 1 agst Lady Nichol, 4to 1 agst Starbeam, 7 to 1 agst Chicquot, 100 to 12 agst Whitefield, 12 to 1 each agst the Area filly and Faith, and 20 to 1 agst Royston. A tedious delay took place at the post, upwards of an hour being lost before Mr. M'George could in any way get them in older, At length the signal was given to one of the most unsatisfactory starts, the:horses being widely spread at the time. Starbeam,with Whitefield at her girths, got away several lengths in advance of L'Ay Nichol next the rails, the three a little distance in front of Chiqrtot the Jester, Jane Shore, Royston, and Sorceress, who came on i o a body on the upper ground, the others following in straggling order, with the exception of Faith and Mountain Deer, who were left at the post. At the half distance Starbeam got her head in front, and won, after a find set to, by that dis tance; Lady Nichol, who was chopped early in the race, never fairly got up, and was beaten by two lengths, Chiquot the Jester was a bad fourth, Jane Shore fifth, and Royston next; the others were pulling up as they passed the post. On returning to scale Lord Bateman lodged a complaint against the starter. After the race the starter also made a complaint against H. Grimshaw, Payne, and Reeves, who were fined £lO each for disobedience. A Handicap Plate of £5O for all ages. Three-quarters of a mile. - Lord Stamford's Ellerton, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b.... (J. Mann) 1 Lord Bateman's Peignoir, 4 yrs, Bst 71b.. (G. Fordham) 2 Mr. Merodyth' s Ab erne th y , 3 yrs, Est 81b • • (Whir°lcY) 3 Mr. Brayley's F o i e d e G ras, 3 yrs, Est 81b.. ( S . Adams) 4 Mr. G. Lambert's Kangaroo, 3 yrs, Est 61b.• • • (Morgan) 5 Mr. Saxon's Churchman, 4 yrs, 7st 71b...... (31idgley) 6 Ellerton jumped away with the le id, with Churchman and Kangaroo in attendance from half a mile, when Peignoir took the second place, but failed to get up, and was beaten easily by a length. Abernethy finished an in different third, the others close up with them. Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 soya each, 1 ft, with 30 added ; a winner of a handicap hurdle race after the declaration of the weights (Feb. 27, at 10 a.m.) to carry 71b extra; the second horse to save his stake, and the winner to pay 5 soya towards expenses. Two miles, over five flights of hurdles. 26 subs. Mr. Hud s on' s Lit t l e Dick, yrs, 9st 131 b (B. Land, jun,) 1 Mr. Green' s M ut i neer, aged, 9st 31b.... (J. Nightingale) 2 Mr. West's Mary Stewart, 6 y rs , 9 s t ( car 9 s t 31b) (R. Sherwood) 3 Mr. Bignell's Th e P rop h et, 6 yrs, 9st 71b .. (Knott) 0 Betting -6 to 5 agst The Prophet, 2to 1 agst Mutineer, 7 to 2 agst Little Dick. Mutineer started with the lead, followed by Mary Stewart, the Prophet, and Little Dick, in the order we have given them to the hurdle opposite the stand, which was cleared by Mary Stewart in advance, but she was shortly after headed by Mr. Hudson's horse, who went on with the running, attended by Mary Stewart, the Prophet, and Lit tle Dick. Both hurdles were placed in the meadows at the foot of the hill, at which the favourite blundered and fell, and unhorsed Knott, which left the two leaders a long way in advance of Little Dick. On rounding the turn into the straight Mutineer somewhat increased his lead, waited upon Mary Stewart and Little Dick, to the hurdles at the distance, which the latter struck heavily and nearly came down, but he was soon righted, and before Mutineer reached the stand he was at his side, and won in a canter by a length; a bad third. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGEMENTS.--On the 16th inst., at 9 a.m., Promotion and Fat Jack out of Warwick Spring engagements, and Hubert out of Doncaster Spring Handicap ; 11 a.m., Libellous out of Londesborough Cup, Doncaster ; and at 1.30 p.m., Avalanche out of all engagements in England. On the 17th, at 9 a,m,, Master Bagot out of all engagements; at 12.30 p.m., Ireton out of all engagements ; and at 6.10 p.m., King of Kent out of the Northamptonshire Stakes. On the 19th, at 11.5 a,m., Sister to Sage out of the Northamptonshire Stakes. The Bishop of Orleans on Poland. The Bishop of Orleans has published the follow ing reply to the appeal made by M. E. Quinet to the Catholic clergy in favour of Poland : Sir,—Among the astonishing events which one often experiences in these extraordinary times, it has rarely happened to me to meet any equal to that caused by the appeal to the Catholic clergy, published by you in the columns of the Siecle end of the Opinion Nationale. It is you, sir, who some years since wrote this phrase—." Catholicism must be dishonoured—that is not enough, it must be smothered in mud." Son and Pontiff of the Catho lic Church, my hand trembles in copying this out rage. I must surmount a strong repugnance in order to write to the author, and you would esteem me but little if I entertained any other feeling. You would laugh at my credulity if I did not mistrust the prayers you address to-day to that clergy whose faith you so cruelly attacked yesterday, and whose honour you wound even in that prayer. Neverthe less, I will—l ought—to respond to a challenge so strange that one asks oneself, while reading it, whether it is an homage or an insult—a snare or a defiance. You accuse us in the first words of taking our place on the strongest side, This calumny enrages me. We are in Great Britain on the side of Ire land, in the East for the Christians of the Lebanon, in America on the side of the slaves, in Russia on the side of Poland, in Italy on the side of the Pope, throughout the entire world on the side of the weak, the poor, the children, the deserted ; on the side of modesty, conscience, probity, of all here below that is buffeted, insulted, crucified with Jesus Christ. That is how we are on the strongest side. You say that we have during the last century broken the heart of Poland. When I open the his tory of the last century I see that Pope Clement XIII. wrote on April 30, 1767, to the King of France, to the King of Spain, to the Emperor of Germany, in favour of Poland ; that Clement XIV. again recommended that great cause on Sept. 7, 1774, 15 days before he appeared before God; that 20 times—bear this in mind—in public and solemn documents these two Popes alone in Europe pro tested with all the energy inspired by faith, charity, love of justice, against the iniquity of the conquest and partition. And I read in the same history of the last cen tury that on the 18th of November, 1773, Voltaire wrote to the King of Prussia, " It is pretended that it was you, sire, who imagined the partition of Poland ; and I believe it, because it was a stioke of genius." After this strange exordium of the prayer you address to us, what, sir, do you finally demand of us ? Our money P We are ready to give it for the victims. But you say yourself that there is no ques tion here of collections. Our words ? Who then has spoken during a century ?—who have written so eloquently—who are petitioning at this moment for the Poles more than the Catholics ? Is it not one of us, the Count de Maistre, who from the first proclaimed the partition of Poland execrable P What do you want, then ? Acts ? What acts ? That we should march forward ; that we should sound the tocsin ; in a word, that we should make an appeal to arms ? I answer you. All that can be done by the clergy the Polish clergy are doing valiantly. They bless, they console, they care, they support. The churches are open to the wounded ; the priests fear not to expose themselves to all perils in order to succour their brethren, and I bless them for it. When one knows what has passed and is passing on that land—what souls and faith have antlered there during a century, it is impossible not to feel that there is a great Catholic cause there. The Polish clergy is national, and there is not a single priest among them whose heart does not beat with the heart of his country. You wish that we should preach war. Should we do so, are you certain that some of your party would not remind us that wo are ministers of peace ? Could ye not, however, do more than we are do ing—speak louder and excite all hearts for this un fortunate nation ? I examine not whether we could do so; but, if we do not, who prevents us? It is you; yes, you, who al ways drive the clergy behind he altar, and who call them forward when that suits you ; you, who fetter them, and then reproach them for not acting ; you, who wished that arms should be laid down at Castelfidardo, and wish that they should be taken up at Warsaw ; you, who ex hort them to silence when they speak of defending themselves against you, and to be violent when you think they may assist you. There is something more serious on this occasion, which both the most elevated and the gravest inte rests of Poland induce m? to tell you. It is you, Sir, and those who follow you—it is you who not only east a cloud over, but destroy the best causes, by meddling with them ; you who render liberty respected, and ruin it by uniting with force and revolution, which destroy it. An honourable man does not know how to move, pressed between two obstacles—laws which prevent what he wishes to say—parties which corrupt what he wishes to accomplish. If we could give the signal you demand, who would come to the meeting ? Those not called on. We could induce generous souls and Christian heroes to hasten, and at your voice would come revo lutionists to fall on that noble and religious nation to make it their prey. We could summon eagles, and vultures would come. This is the great danger of Poland. lam ready to obey you if you promise that the revolution shall not meddle with it, If La Vendee was great, it is because you were not there. If 1789 was compromised, it is because you were present. _ Moreover, the signal is no longer to be given; it is done. Men are dying ; we are praying. What shall happen to-morrow ? Should God permit it, the victory or defeat must be glorious—that Poland shall come out of this unequal struggle more free and more deserving than ever of love, compassion, and respect. You eay that that nation will not be free except through us. You are right. Abandoned to revo lution, it should tremble for its liberty. But, no; I entertain better hopes. The blood which flows is fruitful when it is pure. Even victorious, were the cause corrupted by the agitators throughout Europe, it is lost—even vanquished, if served by patriotism and faith only, it will rise again, for jus tice is eternally justice. _ _ _ Do you know, sir, how should I wish to serve Poland? It is in the councils of the nations of Europe. I would, at the cost of my blood, per suade those who can accomplish what we cannot that there is a great iniquity to be repaired, a right scandalously violated to be restored, a bar rier necessary to Europe and to France to be raised. And may we never know to what extent we may require that barrier, of which Providence so admi rably marked the place, and which has been so imprudently and unworthily . sacrificed. FELIX, Bishop of Orleans. FIRE AT BERMONDSEY.—Last night, between 7 and 8 o'clock, a fire took place in the range of pre mises belonging to Mr. T. Thacker and Co., export and inland coopers, No. 20, Pages'-walk, Bermondsey. The flames originated from some unexplained cause in a brick and timber building used as the workshops. Adjoining the building were other structures filled with goods, whilst the open yard contained stocks of timber. The fire brigade was soon in attendance, and the supply of water was good. At a little before midnight the firemen had succeeded in getting the flames extinguished, but not until the work shops and their contents were nearly destroyed, including the men's working tools, and part of the roofs burned off, The sufferers were insured in the Phconix, At a meeting of the Royal Dublin Society held on the 16th inst.—the Rev. Profeszor Naughton in the chair—Mr. Locke gave a detailed account of John M'Douali's third and happily successful attempt to penetrate through the geographical centre to the north coast. lie started from Mooiooloo, one of the outlying pastoral stations of South Australia, on the 20th December, 1801, and on the 25th of July fol lowing planted the British flag on the shores of Van Dieman's Gulf, in let. 21 deg. 14 min. 50 sec. The expedition was in every respect successful, and Mr. Stuart arrived safely at his starting-point, Mooloo boo, in the middle of December, having been absent one year all but a few days. We subjoin some in teresting passages from Mr. Locke's paper respect. ing the aborigines, the natural history of the northern country traversed, and its capabilities for colonisa tion :—" The stolid obstinacy of the aborigines in adhering to their miserable lifc of savagery, with the full light of intellectual power and Christian civili sation before their eyes, is a fact as marvellous as the l i proved impracticability of arresting their decadence in presence of the superior race; and this cotempo raneous existence of barbarism and progress of the age of stone and age of all the metals may supply instructive suggestions on a subject which has lately been discussed with unreflective haste and rashness by some even of the highest scientific authorities. Human development has not eonsisted in a gene rally unform gradation from primitive barbarism to civilisation ; but there has been in all ages and in every region a Pariah people who, fallen by their own fault from a state of comparative enlighten ment in primitive times, have been unable without external aid to emerge from their condition of bar barism; and sometimes, as in this instance of the Australian savage, seemed doomed to inevitable extinction notwithstanding all the laborious solici tude of Christian philanthropy. The very fauna and flora of Australia are at this time undergoing beneath our colonising influences a mutation as complete and radical as any geological revo lution could effect ; and if the Papuans of that vast region were extinct, the stone implements scattered over the plains, or imbedded in refuse heaps of shells of edible fish on the banks of the creeks or inland waters, would indicate the same design and phase of existence as similar remains discovered throughout Europe beneath the peat, and lower still in the alluvia of the pleistocene. Now, the ebvious induction from these facts would be, that as now, so in former ages, as far back as history is confirmed by the tangible records of archeology, human life was presented under the same cotem poraneous contrast of decadence and progress. Thus in this green islandof ours, it may have been thatan ancient debased race gradually declined in presence of a more enlightened people ; and, retreating into the forests and marshes of the interior, there hunted, or rather worried to death, with their rude weapons of flint, the broad-antlered giant and other great pachyderms, until at length both themselves and the animals that supplied their food alike perished, giving place to men of superior mental' cultivation, who introduced a new fauna and flora, as British colonists are in this century accomplishing at the antipodes. However, no historic notice of either of these races has reached us ; and so may it have been likewise that the mound builders of the Mis sissippi were contemporaries of the architects of those gorgeous fanes in Central America wh:ch are covered with an undeciphered symbolic sculpture. Even supposing the geologist to be successful in welding human history upon a distinct geologic epoch, his success could only establish the secular conditions of a limited region ; and these are likely to be different, both in circumstances of time and physical relations, from the disclosures of similar researches in other parts of the world. We shall, therefore, reason more satisfactorily from the few and scattered intimations supplied by archaeological discovery upon the antiquity of man, if we carefully note the distinction between indefinite geologic dura tions and historic time. The extant creational phase of Australia,for instance, exhibits nogradational im provement in type, but rather decline; the evidence of alternating formative agency is not legible in the everlasting rock. Marsupial and apteim remain unchanged, save in dwindled size, an coincide, or nearly so, with the pre-historic oolitic fauna of other ..ea for aietaes re g ime:, A noralia. in short, is alto gether strange and isolfsted in its conditions of or ganic life, and may be more significantly denomi nated a new world to the men of this generatior. than America was to Columbus 370 years ago. There dwell together, yet unmixed, the savage of a remote and uulenown past, and an immigrant people who, both in time and in the character of their civilisation, approximate the sixth millennium of the history of man upon the globe. Now, these brief remarks, for which the subject gives fair occa sion, are not intended to intrude the historic evi dences of the 11.1osaic record into the domain of com parative geology, but rather to question the converse of this proposition so rashly theorised in the mate rialistic hypotheses of our day. Certainly, if Scrip ture history be authentic, enlightenment and bar barism were exhibitea in contrast even in the primeval societies of man, while their associated continuance, ever since, awaits its solution in the future : and pre-historic, in application to the human species, is altogether a misnomer, if intended to in timate a period when an enlightened people, capable of transmitting the record of their era, did not exist ; though philology may have failed as yet to interpret the media of transmission, or the record itself may have perished in the lapse of ages. The country from Newcastle Water in lat, 17 deg. 35 min. to the coast is described to be peculiarly suitable for the prodnotion of cotton ; wood, water, tropical temperature, and a virgin soil, being all present, and the one indispensable requisite of labour alone want ing. In lat. 13 deg. 44 min. 14 sec. he came to an elevated plateau which presented a strange and very interesting sample of stratification. ' The top course (he writes) of this table land is a layer of magnetic ironstone, which deflected my compass upwards of 20 degs. Underneath is a layer of red sandstone, and below that an immense mass of white sandstone, very soft, and crumbling away from action of the atmosphere.' Again, in the same vicinity border ing the Adelaide River, he passes over a great num ber of steep, stony rises, composed of conglomerate quartz, resting upon a course of slate lying north west, and nearly perpendicular ; also several layers of iron -stone, and a sharp rectangular grey flint. I should think' (he continues) this is a likely place to find gold, from the quantity of quartz, its colour, and having so lately traversed an extensive basaltic and granite country ; the conglomerate quartz bedded in iron, and the slate perpendicular are good signs.' Now gold is found in Australia not only in the matrix of white quartz veins, and interstices in the primitive rock, but also frequently associated with black magnetic iron-sand in the superficial de tritus; and it is not unlikely that Stuart's conjec ture may prove correct; but his notices respecting mineralogy, botany, and other branches of natural history are so few and incomplete, that we must wait for the report of Mr. Waterhouse, naturalist to the expedition, ere we possess sufficient information to enter on the discussion of these interesting and important subjects. The claim of South Australia, founded on priority of discovery, for an extension of territory to the north coast, bisecting the continent by a comparatively narrow strip, is not to be entertained by the Home Govern d m is e c n o t v ; er b e u d t s pacious and secure roadstead be ifa c within not seem any of Adelaide e stablishing a mercantile marine and goods depots fi t h n e a n g c u i gulf of ohfinVdarann Diemen,c t the there merchantsdoes on the northern coast, thereby avoiding the perils end delays of the circuitous ocean routes, i e., pro vided the overland transit is ascertained to be safe and facile, as well as also less expensive for trans ports of cattle and merchandise. The abandonment in 1847, after nine years' trial, of Port Essington (only one degree north of Stuart's terminus and nearly on the same parallel of longitude), in consequence of insalubrity of climate, unproductiveness of soil, and want of markets, will render the British Government cautious in encouraging colonial settlement without a careful prelimi nar y surve y and examination, especia,ly of the climate and capa bilities of the maritime districts. Again, Govern ment may be disposed to organise a penal settlement on the northern coast. The nucleus of such settle , meat would be over 1,200 miles from the nearest colonial capital ; and the measure might likewise be rendered less distasteful by making it available for Australian as well as British convicts. Wittin little morn than half a century the State Executive has recaded from sanguinary severity to the ex treme of injudicious lenity; and statesmen seem gradually inclining to the necessity of readopting the punishment of exile for repeated and incor rigible offenders, as desirable not only in a financial view, but chiefly to preserve social and civil interests at home from the dangers involved in the over whelming increase of criminals among a dense population within a very limited territory ; at the same time not altogether abrogating the reforma tory system, which may serve the co-ordinate pur pose of neutralising crime in its incipience in the case of juvenile offenders, just as sanitary preven tives to counteract the injurious effects ofmiasmata are combined with great conduits for expulsion of the selvage, which, if damned back, would he de war:tire of health and life in cur eitica. In thus adverting to the i robability of a partial recurrence to the punishment of transportation, I by no means presume to advocate that measure with special re ference to Australia; but certainly a great propor tion of our adult convicts would be employed more advantageously (in a moral point of view) for them selves and the British world at large, in cultivating cotton on the shores of Van Diemen's gulf or even collecting the precious metal in Stuart'a - gold-fielcis on the Adelaide (supposing his conjecture true) than in gaols and reformatories at home, where their mode of living is in every respect more com fortable than that of our honest agricultural labourers or poor artisans. However, the prosperity, wealth, and public spirit of these great colonial commonwealths entitle their declared opinion upon all Australian matters to respectful considera tion." Society for Encouragement of the Fine Arts, Last night a meeting of the members of this so ciety was held at their rooms, Conduit-street, Regent-street—Mr. Earle in the chair. Mr. H OTTLEY read a lecture on " The Present Position of the Royal Academy." . The appoint ment of the royal commission to inquire into that institution was a great fact, whatever might be its results, but whatever these results were to eventuate in the promotion of the welfare of the arts and its professors solely depended on the artists themselves, who must take the lead if the public were to take up the question and see all parties righted. The lecturer then referred to the last agitation on the subject, which he defined as one purely limited to the "ins" and the "onto," but the possessions of large funds and the support of fashion gave the former the victory. The chief griev ance was perhaps the irresponsible action of the " hanging committee," by which, at the annual ex hibitions, the works of those who were working their way to fame were placed out of sight, and it often happened, too, that the worst pictures were those selected for exhibition. He would not say so designedly—that these inartistic works might serve as a foil to the works of the academicians. Nothing, however, came of the contest, as the public only looked upon it as a professional squabble, and Sir Nlartin Arthur Shee, the then president, succeeded in making good his position—that it was not a na tional but a royal institution. He took the same course in 1839, and refused to comply with the order of the House of Commons calling for an ac count of the receipts and expenditure of the institu tion. So matters went on until last year, when Lord Etch° succeeded in obtaining the appointment of the royal commission, and although the noble lord had to some degree lost the confidence of the public as an art reformer, from his subsequent con duct in dining with the academicians, still the same public had now come to look with greater discern ment upon the importance of a national art-educa tion. Looking at the constitution of the commis sion, he was afraid that Lord Eleho would surren der his old point and allow the academy still to re tain the National Gallery. Mr. Denby Seymour was very likely to take the same course, and the other noblemen and gentlemen associated with them were unknown either es artists or men of taste, although some of them were men of learning, and others were men of crotchets. However, in con eenting to the commission, the academy had sur rendered the high ground of irresponsibility to Parliament taken up by Sir M. A. Shoe; but their complacence was to be regarded with some hesita tion and doubt, although it was undoubtedly good policy on their part to yield, They were still the "ins," and the "outs'' were still unrepresented; but the sooner their inactivity was got rid of the better, else they and the public would have t o thank themselves for the failure of the com miseion, and the condition of the artists of Great Britain would be in a lower and more degraded position than the Poles, who, although oppressed, were fighting for their liberty. The admission of lay members —amateur artists—would lead to dilettanteism, which had always been the curse of art; and, so far as the intentions of the commission had leaked out, he dreaded they would establish a huge and gigantic monopoly. Having re ferred to the modifications which have already taken place in the constitution of the academy and the position of the associates, which was, he said, one of indignity, he said the number of academicians was too confined. It was said that, as the academi cians had the first claim for space, there would not be room for the works of a greater number than those already incorporated, and it was said by Wil kie to the hanging committee, " Gentlemen, first take care of yourselves, next of your friends, and next of the poor devils who have no friends." Looking to the state of feeling at the time the aca demy was established, and the haste with which it was constituted, the public had now a right to ask, if it were now to be established for the first time, would it be placed upon the same basis as that on which it had hitherto been placed P The inquiry by the commissioners should not be limited to the terms of the commission, but should go to show how to supply a great public want and put the crown upon the art education of the country as initiated in the schools of design throughout the kingdom. Mr. SoLLY inquired if George 111. had not esta blished s: me prizes in the academy. Mr. OTTLEY rer lied in the negative. Mr. HURLSTON was afraid the subject was one that excited little interest in the public, who were satisfied with the annual exhibition without in quiring what portion of it was the work of the academicians, and how others had been forced to send their works there as the only place in which they would have an opportunity of being seen. The occupation, however, of the National Gallery by the Royal Academy was a great grievance, and one in which the public did take a deep interest. Their occupying so much space had kept down the na tional collection to a dwarfish size, as there was not room for the admission of good pictures. They had, h too, ein b a o n u d g h p t a u spurious e p s i e c , t andur es r a e s j e t c h t e e d s u t p h p e o se Hol - Michael nowbeenoffered in the possessioneed to theof Mr. nation lea f b o o r u e i h 2 e o r ci e Angel o altho although it h A great deal of ridicu le had been ca st on the build ing itself, but that had been the work of the ac a d em y I through the agency of Mr. W r ithes. F rom th e mo ad ment the academy got possession of the rooms they now occupy, they determined to remain there, and t they were now intriguing to get po ssess i on o f the whole building, which had cost the nation 4 '90,000. Mr_ WOOD inquired whether the influence of Government would or would not be beneficial in the promotion of the fine arts, through the agency of such an institution. He hoped that on some future occasion Mr. Ottley would enter into a detail of the delinquencies of the academy, und suggest practical remedies for their refortr. Mr. HURLSTONE considered the annual dinner the great protection of the Royal Academy. Mr. OTTLEY said that on a future cecasion he would consider the academy in three aspects; first, as an educational establishment ; second, as a foun tain of art honours ; and, lastly, as an exhibitioual institution. The thanks of the meeting were voted to the lec turer, and the proceedings tel minated. The next conversazione will take place on the 26th inst. ; that in April at the rooms of the Society , of British Artists; and that in May in the Man sion-house. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. Only moderate supplies of town and country-killed meat are on sale at these markets, and tho trade rules firm at our quotas ions. Per 81b. by the carcase. d s d sdsd EnTerior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Middling mutton 4 2 4 8 Middling do. .. 34 3 8 Prime do .. 410 6 0 Prime large do. 3 10 4 0 Veal Do. small d 0... 4 2 4 4 Small pork 4 4 4 Large pork 36 4 2 t.amb Inferior mutton. 3 6 4 0 BOROITGH HOP. Good and fine English hops are in somewhat improved request at fu►l quotations; otherwise, the market is in an inactive state on former terms. Mid and East Kents 7os to 180 s per cwt. Weald of Kents 6os to 140 s I) Sussex Belgian Bavarian American .. 75s to 863 „ COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales terminated yes t er d a y afternoon and prices closed with ou t any material var i a ti on . SUGAR.—Busine ss h as b een ' inactive, and h o ld er s have shown a disposition t o accept lower rates for b ot h f o r e ign and colonial descriptions. In the refined market there has ben little variation in values. COFFEE.—The demand for the finer qualities of both plantation and native Ceylon continued moderately active, and prices have shown an upward tendency. RlCE.—There has been a steady demand for export, and full rates have been obtained for good and fine descriptions. SALTPETRE.—Business has been more animated, but there is little change of importance to record in prices. TALLOW.—The operations during the last few days have been limited, and a slight decline has taken place in values, P.Y,C, on the spot being quoted 445, and last three mouths' delivery 46s 6d per cwt, NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. Acceptances for the Newmarket Handicap of 25 soya each, 15 it, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added. From the starting post of the R.M. to the end of B.C. 74 subs, 27 declared. . Age st lb Lawyer (h b) .. 5 8 13 Fairwater .. 5 8 10 Cape Flyaway .. 6 8 10 Stampede .. 6 8 9 Brown Duchess .. 6 8 7 Paste .. 6 8 5 Cariabrook.. 4 8 5 Croagh Patrick .. 5 8 0 Bathilde .. 5 8 0 Black Prince .. a 7 1 3 Gabrielle d'Lstrees 5 7 13 Hartington .. 4 7 12 Man-PA-Arms .. 6 7 12 Rouge Dragon 5 7 10 Canwell .. 4 7 5 Sappho .. 4 7 2 Harlequin.. .. 4 7 0 Rubens 4 6 13 Watchman .. 4 C 10 Villette .. 4 6 8 Squire Percy 5 6 8 Barbadees .. 4 6 8 Bedouin .. .. 4 6 7 Physician .. a 6 7 Age st lb Magnum Bonum .. 4 6 7 Barchettina 3 6 6 Fee.. 6 6 6 Attaman 4 6 6 Lapidist 4 6 6 Canaco .. 3 6 4 Ernest N . 3 6 3 Amazonian • 3 6 0 Equinox .. 3 6 13 Battery .. 3 510 Monitor 3 5 9 Fantail ~ .. 3 5 8 Sandford 3 5 7 Jack &Newbury 3 5 7 Bro to Springbok.. 3 5 7 Chaff 3 5 7 C uracoa 3 5 7 Falcon • 3 5 7 Colleen Rhuo 3 5 7 Sylvania ~ .. 3 5 7 King of Italy 3 5 7 Warhorse.. .. 3 5 7 Physalis colt .. 3 5 7 NORTHAMPTON MEETING. Acceptances for the Earl Spencer's Plate (handicap) of 100 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 15 sots etch. New Spencer Pate Course, straight. 64 cubs, 32 pay 5 sous each. Age st lb I Age st lb Lady Clifden .. 59 9 Fiancee .. . 36 12 Peignoir, iu 71b ex.. 4 8 9 Lady Abbess . 3 6 12 Queen of Trumps 4 8 3 1Interduca .. .. 4 6 11 Argonaut .. .. 48 2 , Newmarket. ,36 10 Exchequer .. 4 8 1 Flying Fi s h • 3 6 8 Kinsman .. .; 3 6 0 I Alvediaton.. .. 48 1 Glenorchy.. ..3 6 2 Biondella .. .. 4 8 1 Speedy. .. ... 4 6 0 3 6 0 Bertha .. .. 4 7 12 ' Middlewatch .3 6 0 7 East Sheen .. 510 Antidot e .. •. 35 12 Humphrey • • y 4 7 7 Jenny W reu .. 36 10 B ,i l t a t e l k e LLialciyLily..:: '5 '' 7 7 12 12 lurc os .. Miss Livingstone.. 4 7 5 Nebula .. .. 3 5 10 Zora • . .. 5 7 4 Rest .. ..3 5 7 Al c hymist.. .. 4 7 Harleston .. .. 36 7 .. 4 6 13 Gaz'Ale .. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—T Run „ A y. This has almost been a blank day on future events. A few small amounts were put on Cauzonette for the Great Northamptonshire Stakes, who finished at 8 to 1 (taken and 119 f 181 135 86 51 1081 74 114] 97 i I 101 50/ 11 501 98i 551 861 DISCOVERIES IN AUSTRALIA. 13.14. 25 10 st st 30 20 X 5.4.0 9.16.4 12.10 ss. 7.19.0; 4. 7.0 2.0.6 t 3.0 2.4.9 14 10.0.7 11 5.15. 18.9. 2.10,8 9 58} 7 3.17 11201 Of 2461 124 1