The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-30 00:00:00

EM!E==''" - AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The report to be presented at the forthcoming meeting, of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, states the pr , fit for the past year to have been £70,792, but that tie losses from the opium frauds at Hong Kong have amounted to 1:50.323, so that the available balance is only £20,469, out of which a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. for the half-year ended December last is recommended, leaving £4,368 to be carried forward. The accounts from the manufacturing districts for the past week have in some instances been more satisfactory. There has been a larger inquiry for cloths and yarns at Manchester on account of the Indian demand, and prices have slightly advanced. In the woollen districts, however, little change of importance can be reported—prices re maining steady at Leeds, Bradford, and Hudders field. The hosiery and lace trades of Leicester and Nottingham have undergone no change, while a more cheerful tone has prevailed in the hard ware districts, viz., at Birmingham, Sheffield, Walsall, and Wolverhampton. The half yearly meeting to-day of the proprietors of the Bank of Australasia was held to-day. The report stated that an improvement had taken place in the business and the profit of the bank during the past year. The directors intimated that they intend to extend their business to New Zealand. They also declared a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, or 243. per share, and a bonus at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. or 325. per share, free of income tax, being together £2 16s. per share, or at the rate of 14 per cent, per annum. A new financial institution for the Metropolis has been announced, entitled the Westminster and Southwark B ink. The managers are highly influ ential, and in their prospectus the testimony of the utility of the enterprise is circumstantially put forth, and the great success achieved by the prin cipal metropolitan joint banks is referred to as evidences of the remunerative character of bank ing business. The nominal capital required is £l,ooo,ooo,and the first issue is to comprise 5,000 shares of .1.:100 each, upon which however it is not however intended to call up more than £25. Owing to the respectability of the undertaking it is fully believed that the capital will be easily obtained. Two o'CLocK. The Board of Trade returns relating to the trade of the United Kingdom for the two months ended the 281 h February have just been issued, from which it appears that the total declared value of the exports have been £17.343,731 against £16,739,114 in the like period of 1862, showing an Inc, ease of £584,617; the chief increase has been in beer and ale, haberdashery and millinery, hard- Wares, linen manufactures, and woollen and Worsted manufacturers. The importations of the principal articles were larger as regards raw cotton, coffee, sheep and lambs' wool, sugar, tea, tobacco, and wine. The shipping accounts exhibit an increase i❑ the tonnage of vessels employed in both the foreign and coasting trade during the same period, fur toe entry increases and the clearances improve. A further rise of a per cent. has taken place in Consols, Consols being 921 a for money and ac count. Very little business has been negotiated, but sales have been eTicted, and considerable buoy ancy has prevailed. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are last quoted 91 I, being steady. Ex chequer Bills are 4s. to ls. dis. ; India 5 per Cent., 10814 ; and the 5 per Cents, En faced, 114. Turkish Consolides are the chief centre of attrac tion to day in the Foreign Market ; they have been as high as 49 1, but are now a little flitter on sales in realisation of profits. As will be seen by the official lists, the 6 per Cents. of 1854, 1858, and 1862 hive been dealt in at higher quotations. Greek Bonds have risen 12, viz., to 264 27, while the Coupons ate t above the quotations of Saturday, being 11 1. The Confederate Loan is 11 2 prem. In the Railway Share Market th , i operations have been limited, and chiefly connected with the half monthly liquidation, prices, however, have. in some instances, been a shade flatter. London, Chatham, and Dover, have declined £1; North Easterns, ss. ; North Westerns, however, improved 155.; and South Easterna, 154. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue dull at about previous quotations. Joint-Stock Bank end Miscellaneous Shares con tinued in moderate favour, at about previous quo tations. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent lOBl t Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. D tto 5 por Cent Ditto 5A per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 100 1) i , iitioa i...,iii .... Ditto under £l,000 consols for Account, April 8 92a f Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 2,4 per Cent 1 4 dis Ditto £500 BRITISH FUNDS 'LOSING PRICES, Chilian 6 Der Cent — I titto 4-3 per Cent Ditto Scrip, £4O paid Evptirtn 7 pet Cent 961 71 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ins 253 61 $ Ditto Account 261 7 6 1 7 1 Ditto Coupons ll 101 11 12 11i Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account.... . 33 24 34 i New Granada. 1 4 3 /4 Dit ti, Deferred Ditto Land 'Warrants (Hectares)...... 51 1 - 'll,qTl 4i per Cent. Ditto 41 p©r Cent 1862 .... Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, X St Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 92 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account . 901.- Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds 7ll Ditto 6 per Cent. 1&)2 Ditto Account Ditto Quarar teed, 4 per Cent lO2 Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money i)itto Account 92 4 Yesterday morning Cardinal Wis man assisted at high mass at the Roman Catholic chapel at lloorfields, and at the ceremony of blessing the palms, a proceeding which is always (.bserved with great solemnity on Palm Sunday. A large number of persons assembled for the purpose of witnessing the ceremony. The forthcoming exhibition of paintings, says the _Reader, at the Royal Academy, is likely to be of more than average importance and interest. Among the contributors who hove works already completed are Stan field, Roberts, Millais, and Faed. Stanfield will contt ibute a painting, expected to be one of his most successful works, under the title of " The Morning after Trafalgar." A. se cond will be called ' Dover Castle," and a third is now on the easel. David Roberts has completed two large works. Millais will send a work of great power under the some what eccerfric title of "The Maiden All Forlorn." F. Goodhall has two paintings completed, one to be callosi the "Tambourine Girl," and the second (a picture of a Black Boy) "The Pipe Bearer." A third is in a forward state. Hooks also c .ntributes two paintings, "'The Wedding Party," and "Ua the Shore." Dobson has one " Feed leg Fowls," and Elmore one, "A Sister of Mercy." Cal deron has also an important picture ready for the Exhi bition. Importing Tea without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore ; always goa alike, Sold in packets by 2,280 agents. aONEY MARKET A large amount of business was negotiated in the general discount market today, and the applica tions at the Bank of England are understood to be rather numerous. The current rates for first class bills continue at 3i 4 per cent. About £52,000 in gold was taken into the Bank On Saturday. SHARE MARKETS—This Day. Shire Raiiwape. 13.14. 10 St St 50 20 Bir.. IVol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,andblid.Co !Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn wall I Do A A gets no di ti 11 fip c.p an. has Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow.; ;Glasg. and S. Western. ;Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock 8 81 7 8 85 87 115 116 Ditto East Anglian et GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do 13 do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western st Do Str Val zua. stock st ;Lancashire & Yorkshire at (London and Blackwal . at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast at Lon., Chat., and Dover' at Lon. & North Western at Lon. & South Western st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 124 Dot shares 10 Metropolitan sr Midland 6.4.0 Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Cwt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwlok Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecda Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire 19.16.4 1 '. and S. W. Junction. Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Weichpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales I S. York. and River Dun, Staines, Wok., and Wok. Stockton & Darlington D ~ Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do B 12.10 Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny I West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland 'Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 6i 7 40 42 13 14 86 88 106 108 496 606 47 19 24.1 1511 120} 121i1 120 122 134 136 101 103 66 (64 len 1(8! 74 7; 113 115 39 40i 97 9 100 10 45 44 13 11 1221. 1231 lt lip 91 93 50 52 24 ?6 94 98) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOul , 43, 66 i 1001 1 Paid. Closing Busines, Price. dens. 31 P 981 d BRITISH P Cat lwavP atlantic & St Lawrene. 3oro.,Baroda&.Cent In Gu. 5 per cent.. Do. New . Do. E. Shares.. Bullado and Laxelturoi Do. Preference tiuffalo,Brant,&Godricl p. et. bds. Aug. 1,1 S Do. do. July 1, 1875 )0. do. Jun, 1, ]r•:4 ut ra.& S. Eastn. 'apeTown k Dock Scr Plastn. Bengal gu. 6 p. Last Ind_an. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. iT Ext.... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Cana& , o . Ist Pn.'. Bonds Do. ,o. (Inferred.—.. 1)0. if 1 3 r,-, Bon s.. D do d fer ed...... Do. 3d 1' ef. stork ... Do. do. d ierr. d.... Do. 4th Pref. s o Do. do deferred. G t.lndiarenfo.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 .. I Gt. South.of India(Lim ..zuaranteed 5 per cent. W of Canada Shan, Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't Do. 54. .. c. do. '77-8.. I Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. o. Extensiot Dc.4, Do. Fifth Extension. Nielb.Corn. 1 p. e. Bn ft lielb. & liobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Slortg. Bd4. N(l.vitrunswickecCan.i. Clan. A Nnlß N.lll.C'dail pc Ist pt bth Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaubc Do. Do. , g t e,' Do. indus.St. Flo.) 'OLONIAL GIVER Sr Jul 1877-SI • . Do. 6 p. c. Feb.. AUL Do. d p. c. Mar. at. Sept Do. 15 p. c. Do. 6 Inscribed stoci. ! 'ape G.Hope, 6 p c. 187: Do.Ap &Oct. 188 t Do. 18V , I Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p !Ms u!ltius 8 per cent Na!a; G,v. 6 per cent ii.Gov.6p.c.d i Lo. 6p.c.Ap.& Oct. IN, 5.1V.G0v.5 p :.,18 Do. p. io I Do. d0.,1888 drupwth ;New Zealand 6 p cent. !Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling', 1875 Queensland Gov. 6p. c I ,s. Aus G6p.c.1876..t Vtc.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.ct.Jul; Do. in 0., toed 107 d 1.5 7 1(5 1(7 4.7 08 98 98 199 111 113 115 114 116 112 114 111 112 11 112 106 i 101 101 102 100} 1011 100' 101 110 112 100 100 100 109 100 109 107 i 1 - 113 - 111 113 108 110 111} 11111 1111 I ____ PaZTTISH NIINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 id - 21i11ord Amalgamated - 20 22 20 - Devon G. Cono.,"ravist , 1 525 535 520 28 - East Bassett (Illogans 30 75 80 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd ss. id 1p - East Caradon ..... •i 0 11 41 401 - East Carn Brea.... - E. W'lltussel(Tavistk ) 7.19.0 44 5 - Gam.ctSt.Aubyn(Gwen ) 57, 14 16 - Great South Tolgus l7s 5 53 - .3. Wheal Vor(lielston 40 65 7 - - 'Herod's-Foot 46 18 11ingston Downs 4. 7.0 2 25 - Lady Bertha - Margaret (tiny Lelant 34 3G _ 41 arke Valley. 4 I 51endy Iron Ore (Lim 2/ t 5.1 - New Setun .. 10? 130 140 - North Downs =4 24 3 _ , iiasest I 1110 .at, t. 17 4 4 ‘:orth Wbeal Crotty 2.4 5i 5 _ sr Consols (St. Blazes 1 4t 6. 'r.whience(Uny Lelu. 2 44 16natliCaradon(SLClee. !!. 405 415 - S. Cara Brea Illog - an!.. .5.15 3 4 • V.' heal Fran. (Illo4;si. INI 9 875 025 - Stray Park t. Lanar Silv,t Lead Nil,' 4 1 !0 tin Crott 9 22 23 - West Basset (Illoi:a11) l4 1 25 13 4 - Carz.don fLisikeard 5 32 34 - West Soton ..,..•••• •• • / 74 4'5 275 - Wheel Basset (Mogan 75 80 - S, heal Buller(Redruti. CO 65 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant, 2.0.6 - WhealLud ott ,_ wheal M aryAnn (Blen ) 8 154 165 - !Wheal Seton . • 584 215 155 215 I , heal Trelawney (1 Is., 7 17 18 - Wheal Union 3.17 I 5 55 PREFERENCE SHARES. Gt. Western (Perks & Ilants Ext.), 4i per cent. red., 99 Loudon and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1,114 London and Brighton 7 per cent. pre . stock, 154 Stockton and Darlington, ik 5 per cent., 28 PREFErtESCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent, pf., 104 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop Ext., C, 8 per cent., 8i- LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 95 Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 96 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Si Great Luxembourg, 15f San Paulo ;Rm.), gua. 7 per cent., 9i FOREIGN MINES. Fortuna (lim.), 53 United Mexican (Um.), 61 11 Yudanamutana of S. Austr•.lla (lina.), 4 JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Australasia, 83a 3 Bank of Egypt, Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 221 Continental, 1 London and Colonial (lim.), London and Westminster, 774 London and South African, 261 National Provincial of England, IZO Ditto, new, 21: Oriental Bank Corporation, 57} 64 Ottoman Bank, 4. Ditto, new, 124 131 Provincial of Ireland, 89 Union of Australia, 62 DOCKS. London, 57 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, 7ii Crystal Pals e,e, 33 Ditto, pref., 109 Joint stock Discount, 21 1 London General Omnibus Company"(lhn.), if Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, 78i 7f Ditto, new, 47 6 Royal Mail Steam, 591 Trust and Lon Co. of Uprer Canada, 6 Van Diemen's Land, 151 Re National Portrait. Gallery, 29, Great George street, Westminster, will be open to the public on Easter Monday, Tuesday, end Wednesday, from 10 to .5 o'clock. OUTWARD AMERICAN MAIL. QUEENSTOWN, SUN DAY.—Tne Royal Mail ateam•ehip Africa ar rived here at 3.50 p.m., embarked mails, passengers, and the latest telegrams, and proceeded at 4p.m. for New York, all well. The steamship Corsica, bound west, parsed at the same time. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER-HALL The usual Passion-week performance of Handel's " Mes siah" takes place on Wednesday evening next, April 1. HAWKS—Iv the reign of Ed ward 111. it was made felony to steal a hawk ; and to take its eggs, even in a person's own ground, was punishable with imprisonment br a year and clay, besides a MN at the Itiag's pleagirto 55 66 66 87 118 118 1 1 p' 16 lei 1I 12 120 122 42 44 100 102 48 LO 82 34 901 911 67 69 99 101 7 8 37 38 9 10 0 ' 7 1' 7 1 149 15t 2 1 3 1 Pi 79 81 150 160 28 30 43 44 36 S 9 99 101 iSSESSIONS. Closiny Price. 62 t 4 1( 5i 108 k i I p ii bk iP i 7k 8 104 106 1 94 +l 4 l 1064 7 107 103 1 11p i 0 2P 64 66 , t 1 51 5i 57 43 ,5 40 44 31 33 25 27 21 23 1064 1074 I 1 p 104 105 121 3 10v IC2 93 .5 II 'IP 104 i,.5 97 98 94 :6 47 49 3 5 81 13 1064 1074 1.04 i 1054 1 IP 1044 105; 98 100 rt• till; 17 ic..1"11 1061 7} MEN i! THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENINGIIMARCH 30, 1863, MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The country markets held on Saturday were moderately supplied with wheat, for which the demand ruled inactive, at previous quotations. Malting barley was rather cheaper, and other descriptions of spring corn sold heavily, at barely stationary prices. Flour changed hands to a limited ex tent, on former terms. Adviees from Now York state that wheat, flour, and maize were in improved request, and that prices had an upward tendency. On the continent the trade continues in an inactive state. Very moderate supplies of English grain were received up to our market last week. The imports from abroad were :-20,975 quarters of wheat, 9,404 barley, 14,076 oats, 3 rye, 385 peas, 654 tares, 18,678 linseed, 6,246 rapeseed, 1,402 maize, 140 sat ks, and 32,378 barrels of flour. Fresh up to this morning's market the arrivals of Eng lish wheat were very moderate; the condition of the pro duce, however, was tolerably good. The demand both for red and white qualities was in a sluggish state, yet, com pared with Monday last, no quotable change took place in prices. I'o have pressed salts, we may observe, factors woald have been compelled to accept a reduotion of fully Is per quarter. The market was well supplied with wheat from America, Dantzic, Alexandria, and Russia, both ex granary and ex ship. In all these descriptions a limited business was transacted, and previous quotations were barely supp irted. Floating cargoes of grain sold heavily, at barely stationary prices. The supply of English barley was small, and of foreign but moderate. The demand, however, for all qualities ruled inactive, at last Monday's currency. Secondary parcels, however, were in some instances rather drooping in value. Malt changed hands to a limited extent, on former terms. The supply of oats was less extensive, but more than equal to the demand, which ruled heavy at fully the late reduction in prices. With English beans and peas the market was scantily supplied, but the show of foreign qualities was moderate. All descriptions were in slow request at previous rates. Barrel flour, with which the market was well supplied, sold heavily on rather easier terms. In the value of some descriptions no alteration took place, but the inquiry was much restricted. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASVRB. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old 483 54s Ditto, white, new 478 51s Ditto, old 503 57a Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —8 Ditto, new Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding 268 35s Malting 3Bs 438 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 505 668 Brown Kingstown and Ware s6s 70s Chevalier 66s 268 Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding lfs 215 Potato Youghal and Cork, black l6s 229 Cork, white . l9s 25s Scotch, Feeding 2ls 25s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey, new .. 335 35s Maple White, new 36s 408 Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 34s 38s Stockton and Norfolk been done in all kinds of wool, and the quotations have had a downward tendency. The quantity of colonial wool now in the market for the May sales is very large, viz., 8,012 bales Sydney, 27,5'76 Port Philip, i,400 Vc.ln Diemen's Land, 14,325 Adelaide, 74 New Zealand, and 3,007 Cape— total, 54,374 bales. Stock this day.... 15,155 :4q,!,82 72.244 41.1 8 44.496 I 3s3d to 57801 to 581861 to 4680 d to 438 9d to ic 1859. 1880. 1861. 1862. 1863. --- Price of Y.C. .. —s Od — s Od --s od —s Od —8 Od Deliver last week 1,157 7 53 673 ' ,B6i 1,574 Ditto from June 1 89,351 70,750 68,622 105,171 69,611 Arrivals last wee 127 380 828 823 fil2 Ditto from June 1 91,240 ' 92.251 113,772 69.595 75,823 Price of Town .... 558 Od 55s 6d 568 6d 48a 6d r 45. 9d METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market, to-day, was well supplied with foreign stock, but its general quality was inferior. Harubro sheep were worth, on the average, about 255. each. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, were seasonably eaten• sive as to number, and the quality of most tolerably prime. The receipts from Ireland were trifling, and in but middling condition. Alt breeds moved off heavily, at a decline in the quotati compared with Monday last, of fully 2d per 61bs. The best Scots and crosses sold at from 4s 6d to 4. 8d ; the best shnrt horns, Devons, and Herefords, 4s 4d per B.bs, at which a clearance was not effected. The Irish stock was, unusually heavy, great difficulty being ex perienced in effecting sales at any figure. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, w e received 2,000 Scuts, crosses, and short horns ; from other parts of Eng.and, 800 various breeds; from Scotland, 68( Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 70 oxen and heifers. Both as to number and quality, the supply of sheep writ. good. The &wand for all breeds was heavy, at a further ch cline in prices of fully 2d per Blbs. The best Downs and half bras in the wool, sold at 5s 10d, out ( f the wool, 4. 10d per Blbs. Prime Lincolns and Leicesters, shorn, changed hands at 4s 6d to 4s Ms. Prime lambs were in request. at very full prices, viz., 7s 8d to 8s ; but inferior breeds were dull, and 4 per 81bb lower. About 400 came to hand from the isle of Wight. Calves— the supply of which was good—sold heavily, at 2d per Blbs less money. We had a dull sale for pigs, and prices had a drooping tendency, Per Sib. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. l s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 2 3 4' Primecrs-wool d 0.4 10 6 e Second quality do. 3 6 3 10 Pm. S' thdown d 0.5 6 hi Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4' Large orse. calves 4 0 4 8 Prime Scots, etc. 4 6 4 8 Prime small do 4 10 6 2 & int'. sheep 3 4 3 10 ILarge hogs 3 8 4 4 Second quality do. 4 0 4 8 I Small porkers 4 6 4 8 Lambs, 7s Od to 8s Od. Suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Cows — Sheep ..............960 Sheep Calves Pigs. 490 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices c , fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, March 31, 1862, and this day, Monday, March 30, 1863. Per 81b. to sink tho offal. March 31, March 30, 1862. 1863. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 2 10 to 3 0 3 2to 3 4 Second quality do. 3 2 3 6 3 6 310 Prime large oxen .. 3 8 4 0 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots, &c 4 2 4 4 4 6 4 8 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do .. 4 0 4 4 4 0 4 8 Prime coarse-woolled do 4 6 6 2 410 5 6 Prime Southdown do. 5 4 5 8 5 8 5 6 Lambs Largo coarse calves Prime small do Large hogs Neat small porkors 4 2 4 8 4 6 4 8 Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs 360 260 SUPPLIES ON SALE, April 1, 1861.—Beasts, 2,650 — sheep, 15,710—calves, 13—pigs, 320. APRIL 2. 1860.—Beasts, 3,Blo—sheep, 22,070—calves, 130—pigs, 330. The total imports of foreign stow( into London, last week, amounted to 3,687 head. In the corresponding week in 1862, we received 2,054—in 1861, 2,035—in 1860, 2,602 —in 1859, 2,Bol—in 1858, 1,620—in 1857, 1,194 head. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,--This Day. BO W-S fREET. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A. CLERK.--William Trotman, a copying clerk in the service of Messrs. Edwards and Co., solicitors, Delahay-street, Westminster, was charged with stealing about £BO worth of jewellery, the property of Mr. Francis Edwards, one of the firm. The prisoner was employed in Mr. Edwards's private room at the offices in Delahay-street, his duty being to copy letters. In that apartment Mr. Edwards kept a travelling Case, which he had used some weeks ago. The lock re quiring to be repaired, he placed the contents in a despatch box, amongst which were some rings, a gold fuzee box, some breast pins and other articles of jewellery, also a silver read ing lamp. A few days ago on proceeding to replace the ar ticles in the travelling case he found they had been removed from the despatch box. Some information received from another clerk, directed suspicions against the prisoner, who had on a former occasion committed a trivial act of dis honesty by taking some of his master's cigars. Mr. Edward then communicated with the police, and a search amongst the neighbouring pawnbrokers' shops was made. Mr. F. Edwards having deposed to the above'facts in the evidence, said he valued the articles he had missed at at over 180, but as he had been frequenily travelling from his country house and his town residence, he could not say what amount of property he had been robbed of. Mr. Henry asked the prosecutor whether the prisone had means of access to the despatch box containing th valuables. Mr. Edwards replied in tho affirmative. He also recol lected one day leaving his keys on the office table, and on his return for them he found them hanging from the lock of the despatch box. _ _ _ George Brisk, another clerk in the same dace, said he had seen the prisoner take a cigar from Mr. Edwards's case. Prisoner—So you have often. Witness—Yes, and Mr. Edwards knows that. Prisoner—Did not you have some ? Witness—Some times you gave me half a one. Prisoner—But ou have taken whole ones. Witness-1 swear I never took a whale one. Mr. Henry thought the cigars quite immaterial ; what the lirisoner had to answer was the charge of taking jewellery from the despatch box. Sergeant Russell of the A division said he took the pri soner into custody on the 28th of March, at his employer's .ffice. He told him the charge against him, to which he replied it would have to be proved. He afterwards went to pri,oner's lodging', Lut found nothing. The articles pro duced, a reading lamp, a ruler, a gold fusee-box, and some rings, all Mr. Edwards's property, he found at different oawnbrokers. Prisoner afterwards said as certain things had been found out he did not intend to deny stealing the .there. He said another ring would be found at a pawn brokers in the Strand, a pin in York-strect, and a brandy flask at Stratton-ground. Mr. Henry ask:d the prisoner what he had to say to the charge. Prisoner admitted stealing the articles produced, and told the officer where he would find a gold pencil case which he had secreted in Delahay•street offices. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. IMPORTS INTO LONLON LASS From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .... 239 .. 331 .. 282 .. 2 Harlingen .... 361 .. .. 4 .. Hamburgh .... 29 .. 2,059 . -- Boulogne. — • . .. • • Cuxhaven . Vigo — • • NieweDiep Amsterdam — . • Antwerp — Ostend . Carril - Dordt. ...... 19 .. 192 Calais.. - .. --- .. 21 .. - • • - • • 24 • • --- Total .... 708 .. 2,637 .. 340 .. 2 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1862 196 .. 1.681 .. 267 .. 10 18 1 ;1 .. 386 .. 1.223 .. 426 .. 1860 7O .. 2,385 .. .. 147 .. 1859 42 .. 2,709 .. .. 60 .. 1858 406 .. 1,064 .. 152 .. NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets are well supplied with town and country killed mAat. For beef, mutton, veal, and pork the trade rules heavy at our quotations. Per Sib. by the carcase. sdad Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Middling do. .. 3 4 3 6 Frime large do. 3 8 3 10 Do. small do. .. 3 10 4 0 Large pork .... 3 6 4 2 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 sdad Middlingmutton 4 0 4 4 Prime do .. 4 6 4 8 Veal Small pork 4 4 4 8 Lamb BOROUGH HOP. At the late reduction in prices a moderate business is passing in our market. The demand ; however, is in a great measure confined to the best samples of the home growth, and to fine foreign qualities. The import last week amounted to 350 bales from Durkirk, 77 Hambro', 65 Boston, 105 Bremen, 21 Bottiogne, and 404 New York. Mid and East Kents 7os to 180 s per cwt. Weald of Kents Sussex . Belgian Bavarian American 7ss to 86s „ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Full average supplies of home-grown potatoes continue on sale at these mar k ets, but the show of fore i gn qua lities is small, the impo r t l ast week having amounte d t o on l y 149 bags from Rotterdam, 53 sacks from Boulogne, and 5 bags from Harlingen. The demand for all qualities rules inac tive, yet no material change has taken place in prices corn paned with our previous report. _ Yorkshire Regents Do. Flukes Do. Rocks B os t o 908 , , o. Seedlings Kent and Essex Regents lOOB to 125 s ~ Scotch Regents Do. Rocks 7OB to 85s „ Dunbar Regents -8 to -9 „ Foreign 5OB to 60s tt WOOL. Since the close of the public sale" a limited butane's has SEEDS. Cloverseed and fine trefoil rule firm, at extreme rates, Other seeds, however, are a dull inquiry on former terms. In cakes, a limited business is doing, at previous quotations. Turnip, White,p.bus.lls to 1481 Carraway Swede —s —s Coriander l6s ISe 3lustard, Brown .. 98 12s Henapseed, per qr 42s 44s White, Tares, New 7s 6d 8s 6d Crushing Old per quarter - 8 —s Baltic —s —9 Cunary, per quarter 46s 52s Odessa —s —9 Rye grass, new 5 —s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s Clover, Red Eng. ,ct 6os 76s English £lo 06.£10 iOs White Foreign Red.... 40s 568 Rape Citkes,p twin Os £0 Os White. 62s 80s Rapeseed, new,pr qr 15s —s Trefoil, new. 26s 408 TALLOW. The tallow trade is steady, to-day, ane prices have slightly improved. St. Petersburg Y,C. is quoted at 43s 9d per cwt on the spot, and 46s 6d for October to December delivery. Town tallow 43s 3d net cash. Rough fat, 2s 3d per 81bs. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. PICKING POCKETS AT TILE GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. —Francis Collins end Mary Medin were charged with picking pockets at this fashionable place of amusement. I gentleman named Coalthorp saw the prisoners pursuing their profession most industriously on Saturday afternoon in the lobbies, and having satisfi,d himself he gave the female into custody, and then succeeded in capturing the luau in the street with a quantity of the stolen property in his possession, Remanded, WESTMINSTE A very respectable woman made an application to the magistrate this morning for advice. She said her husband, a confirmed lunatic, had escaped from the asylum, and was wandering about London threatening her with vengeance. She had been until lately living sway from England, but she was fearful some injury might result to her personally, as she was about to become a resident in London. The magistrate said if the man was a confirmed lunatic steps ought to be taken for his recapture. The wife said there was not much doubt of tha , as he had given all his money to a wife from whom he had been divorced. The applicant also wished for protection to her personal property. The magistrate told her, as her husband has not deserted her, but bad been taken to a lunatic asylum, he could not in terfere. THAMES. A THIEF IN TIIE Semona' iffith Evans, a Welchman, was chargen with committing several robberies in the Sailors' Hume in Well-street, Wellclose-square. On Thursday night last a seaman, named Edmund Ford, staying in the Home, lost 275. and a knife, and on Saturday morning another mat iner, named James Chapman, missed a new overcoat, valued at 50s. Mr. Newman, one of the stewards of the institution, on being made acquainted with the robbery of the coat, gave information to all the pawn brokers, leaving - shop keepers, and clothiers, and furnished them at the same time with a descrip tion of the coat, On Saturday afternoon the prisoner offered the coat in pawn at the shop of Mr. Tarrant in Cable-street, Whitechapel, He was detained and given into the custody of Adam Carr, 40 H, who searched him and found upon him the knife stolen from Ford on Thursday night. It was ex plained by Mr. Newman that the stewards were respon sible for all losses sustained by inmates in the Home, and that the number of inmates staying there at present was over 200. The prisoner had been an inmate for several days, and left 10 days ago. Of course the prisoner was well acquainted with the place, and being dressed as a sailor no suspicion was excited when he passed in and out. The prisoner, who pleaded guilty, treated the charge with considerable indifference, and said he took the coat by mistake. He was told by the magistrate that the affair would not be treated as a mistake, and that he was sen tenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. SHIPPING—This Day, (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GI;AVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, March 29.—Comet, from New York; Jubilee, from Guernsey. Arrived, March 30.—Yorrick, from INlazatlan ; Janes, from Bruges; lduna, from Hamstadt ; Iris, from Dun kirk ; H.M S, Lord Vivian, from Ja•sey ; Stamboul, from Manilla ; Altona, from Mauritius ; Queen of the Nations, from Shanghai. Sailed—Act Hon, for:Quebec. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed, March 29.—Napoleon, from Calcutta ; Gustro, from Baltimore--both for London. Anchored—Avondale, from London, for Jamaica. All the homeward bound sailed for the river. Vessels spoken with—February 15, the ship Trows, in lat 10 38 S, 1. ng 11 52 W; the ship Sydenham, January 28, in let 35 19 S, long 24 43 E—by the Stuart Wortley. Report per Cosmos :—March 20, in lat 46 0, long 17 40 W, the barque Lucknow, from Mauri , ius, for London; March 21, in lat 47 17 N, long 15 40 W, the ship Blenheim. from Liverpool, for New Ycrk ; March 22, in lat 47 50 N, long 13 40 W, the Norwegian barque Canada, bound west. Th 9 Benebers of the Inner Temple are about to restore the conical roof to the "round" or more ancient portion of the Temple Church. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BILLIARD MATCHES. —The single match between Oxford and Cambridge was won by the former University on Saturday night, Mr. Ward defeating Mr. Payne. Mr. Leighton, says the Atheneum, will probably contribute to the Royal Academy the following pictures :-1. A Lady, upon a garden terrace, feeding pea cocks, two of which, whito and green, stand, gloriously feathered, by her side and at her feet.--2. A Cross-bowman standing with his hands upon the arc of his weapon; his costume that of Italy in the 14th century. 3. Herod's Daughter, dancing, a young girl performing one of those oriental dances, the slow motions and voluptuous grace of which are and have been so powerful to fascinate. 4. A Samian Girl, bearing upon her head a basket, of lonian shape, filled with fruit. 5. Avery large picture, represent ing Ahab and Jezebel meeting Elijah at the door of Na both's vineyard. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. TATTERSALL'S—Tins EVENING. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Physali cost (taken) 10 to 1 agst Bedouin (taken) 10 to 1 agst Attaman (offered) 14 to 1 agst Watchman (taken) 100 to 7 agst Paste (taken) 15 to 1 agst Cape Flyaway (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 12 to 1 agst Oberon (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Merry Maid (taken) 25 to 1 agat Catch• em-alive (taken) 40 to 1 agst Buckenham (taken) METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 15 to 1 agst Asteroid (taken) 15 to 1 agst Umpire (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 8 agst Dankeld (taken) 16 to 1 agst Stradella (taken) 22 to 1 agst Buckstone (taken) 25 to 1 agst Caller Ou (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS, sto 2 agat Hospodar (Laken freely)] sto 1 agst Saccharometer (taken) 10 to 1 agst Rapid Rhone (taken) 100 to 6 agat Early Purl (offered) THE DERBY. 100 to 15 agst Lord Clifden (offered) 10 to 1 agst Hospodar (offered) 15 to 1 agat Sacchat °meter (taken) 20 to 1 agst Melrose (taken) 20 to 1 agst Glenochty colt (offered) 20 to 1 agat National Guard (taken) 25 to 1 agst Automaton (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Rapid Rhone (offered) 40 to 1 agst Dunkeld (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Taje (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Physalis colt (taken) 1000 to 15 opt Bald win (taken) 1000 to 10 agat Stockman (taken) 1000 to 10 agat Avondale (taken) CITY BETTING—THIS DAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 12 to 1 agst Oberon (taken) 20 to 1 agst Merry Maid (taken freely) 20 to 1 agat Glenochty colt (taken) 33 to 1 agst Catch'em Alive (taken) MANCHESTER BETTING-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGARPH. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 14 to 1 agst Oberon (taken) 100 to 6 agst Adventurer (taken: 50 to 1 agst Alchymist (taken) THE DERBY. Lord Clifden much inquired after. MEXICO. (From the New York Herald of March 17.) ; General Forey has, Feb. 23, aroused from his long and quiet siesta in this enchanting town, and is now on the road to put himself at the head of his generals conferring re specting the assault on Puebla. Before leaving Orizaba he published two preclamations—one to the citizens of this town, and the other addressed to the Mexicans—the text of both of which has already undoubtedly reached you, These proclamations simply mean that the French expect to remain a pretty good time in the country; for to fulfil one-half of the promises made will require at least 10 to 20 years, according to the French mode of working, if it be possible for them ever to do it. With the recently published instructions of the Emperor to General Forey before us we can no longer entertain any doubts as to the plans of Napoleon. The result of his ex pedition will not depend upon the Me xicans, but upon the Anglo-Saxen population of this continent. Does it suit Mhem to see established here a powerful Gove , nment in the interests of the midday people of Europe? Will that pon derous human swell of our race—which has overrun the whole northern portion of this confined - , and turned deserts and wastes into populous regions —be turned back by the order of a European leader, or through fear of his martial hosts ? These are the questions which now suggest them selves, and which must be answered with time. At all events we are likely to see illustrated very soon whether America is yet in a condition to receive lessons in govern• mental management from Europe, or whether the nations of this continent are able to take care of themselves, and we shall have to thank Napoleon for the opportunity to demonstrate this problem. The Emperor is unquestionably determined to try to carry out h's ideas, for by every mail we have further assurances that the expedition is to be increased. At present there are about thirty thousand French troops in the country, and we know that some four thousand more have sailed, and that six thousand mere were being made ready when the St. Nazaire mail left for Vera Cruz, It is also said that the g eater part of the French forces in Cochin China will be landed on the west coast of Mexico, and that the princi pal cities on that coast will be occupied during the present year. The great interest which is taken in pushing forward the railway from Vera Cruz, and the other signs of the times, all indicate that the French expect to largely in crease their army in Mexico. Well, if they pursue an open and enlightened policy there is little fear of their building up a Government in the exclusive interest of the Latin race and hostile to the Anglo-Saxon. If they attempt to set up a restricted monarchy with European tendencies a series of prolonged woes will be heaped upon Mexico, which finally will end in the supremacy of our race. Baron de Wagner, the Minister of Prussia, arrived here on the evening of the 21st, having left Mexico on the 18th. He was at last forced to leave the capital owing to the bad relations existing between himself and the Government of Juarez. Before leaving the capital he requested Mr. Cor- win to accept the charge of his subjects, as well as those of France and Spain, left under his charge by the withdrawal of the Count de Saligny, in December, 1861. Mr. Corwin declined to accept the responsibility, pleading that it might lead to difficulties between him and the Juarez party, and the Minister of Prussia was compelled to throw the inte rests of those whom he had been protecting upon the diplo matic cos ps. Tho action of Mr. Corwin may have been very wise, and in ace. rdance with the instructions he has from the St ate Department ; but it seems rather uncharitable at a moment like the present, although it is probable he can't do much for any foreigner who may get into trouble with the Goverment at the present time. With Baron de Wagner have come down some 40 persons—all flying from the des perate situation in Mexico. Amongst these are Messrs. Barren and Forbes, the chiefs of the house of that name, Don Antonio Escandon, the wife and daughter of Colonel Talcott, of the railroad, and several others of good social position in the capital. Baron de Wagner. with most of his company, depart from Vera Cruz by the English packet on the 3d of March. By these recent arrivals we have very exact information of the state of things in Puebla and Mexico. The party only spent one night in Puebla, but were overwhelmed with visits from persons of all classes and parties The general voice is that the Mexicans intend to fight the French They have some 16,000 to 17,000 infantry inside the city, and 6,000 to 7,000 ;cavalry. Their works for defence aro on a grand scale, and they have abundance of ammunition and a number of enthusiastic and plucky officers, mostly fo reigners. But it is said the troops are dreadfully demora lised ; that they are badly paid, fed, and clothed, and are by no means, as a general thing, disposed to fight. 'What is cer tain is that there is a leud between Generals Comonfort and Ortega, and that Comonfort, who has 7,000 men with him at San Martin, will not go to help Ortega at Puebla. If this be true, and there seems no reason to doubt, the effect upon those inside the " devoted city " will be most unfavourable for the defence. A gentleman, wh , , is an old resident in Mexico, and who has seen plenty of similar exhibitions, assures me they will not fight. As he says, the Juarez generals are doing too good a business iu levying forced loans for the defence, and so long as they can keep up at this work they are not going to speak of running away ; but the moment they find that the time is at hand to s•op collecting these imposts, they will not much bother their heads about the defence. My opinion is very similar to this gentleman's; but, in this strange country, one must be prepared to see the most improbable things happen, and own the Mexicans making a her is defence at Puebla. It would be too much to anticipate a deteat of the French ; but even that may happen from their extraordinary bad management. In Mexico they are sti I going forward with their defen sive works and collecting forced loans accordingly. They have cut down all the trees on all the fine roads and passes about the capital, and cut up all the roads and streets with ditches and barricades, It is conceded, however, that the fate of the capital will be decided at Puebla; and if that place falls Mexico must surrender as a matter of course. We hear that the French Consul at Tampico has been thrown into prison, as was very natural to expect after the evacuation of that town. General Forey goes on with his system of evacuating places where the French have been well received by the inhabitants. The last case is San Andres Chalchicomula, where the French were very well received and furnished with many important supplies, and now this town is left at the mercy of the Juarez guerillas. February 25. General Forey should now be with his generals at Aca zingo, some 10 leagues this side of Puebla. The Count de Saligny, with General Migre and the rearguard, will leave Orizaba on the 28th for the encampment in frost of Puebla. Oriz +ba will not be entirely abandoned ; but the place is putting on a very sad appearance with the withdrawal of so many gay uniforms. The grand attack on Puebla will be made on the l€th March, if the Mexicans only fight. The French force before Puebla will be 23,000 men, with 3,000 Mexican allies. -:-- The Artists' General Benevolent Institution, The 48th annual festival of this institution was held on Saturday, at the Freemasons' Tavern, under the presidency of the Earl of Carnarvon. About 200 person s sat down to dinner, including, besides the noble chairman, Sir Charles Eastlake, R A , Mr, David Roberts, R.A., Mr. E. m. Ward, R.A., Mr. W. P. Frith, Mr. H. O'Neil, R.A., Mr. T. Cresswick, R A., Mr. H. Weekes, R.A., Mr. J. E. Millais, R.A., Mr. Faed, A.R.A., Mr. Carl Haag, Dr. O'Connor, Mr. Geo. Godwin, Mr. F. Leighton, Mr. M'Callum, &o. The society, whose object is to extend relief to distressed meriterious artists, whether subscribers to its funds or not, has, since its establishment in 1814, granted 2,066 dona tions, in sums amounting in the aggregate to £26,212. • After the health of "The Queen," which was drunk with the customary honours, The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and the rest of the R o y a l Family," said it was the province of art, and the duty of every true lover of art, to do homage to beauty and grace, and he knew it required very little persuasion on his part to induce them to render full and eager homage, and to do ample justice to that unrivalled smile, that gracious de meanour, and that charming manner which won the hearts of the whole population of this great city on the 7th of March. (Loud cheers.) The toast was drunk amidst great applause. The toast, "The Army, Navy, and Volunteers,' , was re sponded to by Mr. FRED. LEIGHTON, of the Artists' Volun teer Corps. The CHAIRMAN, in giving the toast of the evening, dwelt in forcible terms upon the vicissitudes and misfor tunes which often attended an artist's struggle for a living and fame, and pointed out the usefulness of such a society as this, which stepped in at the right moment to relieve his distress, and did so not only with a liberal hand, but with perfect secrecy, and in a way which could not give rise in his mind to any feeling of shame or humiliation. During the past year no less than 66 applicants had been relieved with the sum of £982, and out of these applications 15 were new cases. One admirable feature of the institu tion was the economy of its management, the working ex penses being only 7 per cent. on the annual expenditure— s smaller sum than that paid by aim. st any other charitable society in the metropolis. Another gratifying fact was that they counted among their subscribers some who had, in a period of temporary embarrassment, received themselves aid from the funds of the institution, The society derives £5OO a year from funded property, the rest of its income being made up by subscriptions, by far the largei proportion of which was contributed by artists. He concluded by giving " The Prosperity of the Artists' General Benevolent Institution," which was enthusiastically responded to and followed by a song entitled " The Artist's Dream," sung effectively by Mr. Henri Drayton, by whom it had been written and composed. " The Health of the Chairman," proposed b). Sir Charles Eastlake ; " Sir Charles Eastlake and the Royal Academy," and a variety of other toasts, including " The Ladies," fol lowed. The subscription list, read by Mr. Henry NV. Phillips, the hon. secretary, showed a total of £744, of which £4BO had been received from artists. Her Majesty sent her cus tomary donation of £lOO, £25 was contributed by Lady Chantrey, and £lO by the chairman, and by Sir C, Ea,t lake and several otter patrons of the society. Mr. and Mrs. Henri Drayton, Miss Ransford, and Mr. G. Tedder were the vocalists who lent their services on the occasion. Rusin eps don. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. CRACOW, March 29. The Czas of to-day publishes a letter from Arch• bishop Felinski to the Emperor. Feliuski maintaics I hat the only means of pacify ing Poland is to unite all the Russo-Polish pro. vines with the existing kingdom into a Polish kingdom under the Russian Crown. Unless this is done submission is impossible, and the country will be devastated. Langiewicz is still at Cracow. The Provisional Government of Poland have issued the following proclamation : " Fellow Countrymen,—The Dictatorship of General Langiewicz having ceased on the 19th of March, the chief authority of the country returns into the hands of the Pro visional National Government at Warsaw, who have never loft off their governmental duties, and are the only and sole legally-constituted authority of the countr3 . Fellow emu. trymen I the return of power into the hands of men who have called forth the rising, and perseveringly directed it, ought to be a guarantee to you that the movement will con tinue, and that it shall not end without victory. Yes, we wilt fight unwearyingly, without being disheartened by ill success or deterred by obstacles. We will not concentrate the whole cause in one person, whose fall might occasion the fall of the rising; and, strong in our p,ssession of the con fidence of the nation, we will boldly stand forth against all factions which might attempt to create, without our con sent, any new power or authority. Fellow countrymen I we grasp again with faith and confidence the helm of the Na tional Government, and, practical in devising remedies in cases of emergency, we are confident in being able to avert the danger which threatens us in consequence of the fall of the Dictatorship. " Faithful to the cause the standard of which, upheld by us, sets aside every misunderstanding of party, we invoke the whole nation to obedience. "To arms I In the face of the foe, in the face of our fall ing brethren, the place of every Pole is in the ranks. " By authority of the Central Committee of the Provi sional National Government, " The Commissioner Extraordinary, " STEPHEN BOBROSKI." A lady writes the following letter from Cracow : Sir,—lt seems hard to tax too severely the generosity of the British public, and yet when was an appeal made to it in vain ? I feel convinced that, if any of your readers could have witnessed the harrowing scenes which I and my sister saw yesterday, they would have emptied their purses to alleviate in some degree the misery which made our hearts bleed. There are four temporary hospitals in Cracow—one in the ball-room in the hotel in which we are staying, and three others in other parts of the t we. Out of about 200 patients I only saw one man over 25 ; the rest boys of 15 and upwards, These youths are many of them from Po. land, and all of them far from their homes. They are de pendent, therefore, entirely on the charity of the towns people, who are already overwhelmed by the claims of their own relatives and friends. There is scarcely a house in which some member of the family is not either sick or wounded, while hundreds of men, women, and children burnt oat of Miechow, and their villages, have sought refuge here. The consequence is that every hole and corner in the town is occupied,and everybody's purse is constantly drained. No less than 1,000 of Langie wicz's followers have been obliged to leave Poland, and arrived here yesterday and the day before in a deplorable condition. Most of them, having joined the camp without any provision for campaigning, have been brought in as Austrian prisoners, foot sore, starving, and nearly naked. Tney have been engaged for the last two days in escaping from Austrian durance, the authorities being only too glad to be relieved of the trouble of providing for them. Large purchases have been made of boots and clothing, and every one is anxious to contribute; still the calls have recently been so heavy—first for subscriptions to the movement, and next for the re lief of distress—that contributions from England would be most thankfully received. It must not be supposed that there is any repining or begging. The young men in hospital are only yearning to be well enough to return to the scenes of their late dis tress; and, though the town wears an aspect of mourning, and the streets swarm with a population clothed in the deepest black, the haggard, worn faces of old and young, men and women, express sniy one sentiment—that of fierce and determined resistance. The capture of Langiewicz has stimu lated rather than dampened i he ardour of the people, and every nerve is being strained to retrieve the effect of the late Director's inconceivable act. If the Austrian Government will only afford the faci lities it gave on an earlier stage of the movement, there can be no doubt of the ultimate success of the revolution, so thorough is the demoralization of the Russian army; but if it renders the transmission of arms and ammunition impossible, the pro spects of the insurgents are gloomy enough. In the meantime, in the name of common humanity let even those who have no political sympathy with Poland help to relieve an amount of suffering which, were the cause less holy than it is, would be en titled to their compassion and consideration. POLISH RELIEF FUND. A number of English ladies recently formed an association, under the patronage of the Duchess of Sutherland and the Countess of Shaftesbury, for the relief of the Poles wounded and reduced to destitution by the present war. They have issued an appeal for assistance, in which they remind the British public of the various claims the sufferers have to the sympathy of Englishmen, and of the fact that funds are already being collected in France and Italy. They express a hope that on this occasion they will meet with the active skriu patby extended to a similar appeal made on beh alf of the Italians in 1860 and 1 661 . The association, through their ac quaintance with trustworthy agents, ar e able to promise that the money collected will be promptly employed abroad, and that, if the patriots are defeated, what remains of it will be set apart as a fund for the support of refugees who may seek shelter in England. Lady Clarence Paget, the lion. Mrs. William Cow per, Lady Goldsmid, Mrs. Samuel Gurney, Mrs. Sslis Schwabe, and Miss Ellis have consented to take an active part in the collection. The Countess of Shaftesbury and Mrs. Saha Schwabe will act as treasurers, and Miss Ellis as honorary secretary. Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co., 1, Pall-Mall east, S.W. ; and Messrs. Barnet, Hoare, and Co., Lombard -street, city, London, E.C., are appointed bankers, and will receive subscriptions. LITE RA TUBE. Journals and Correspondence of' 7homas Sedgewick, D.D. By the Rev. H. Wickham, M.A. Rector of Horeington. 2 Vols, Bentley. These volumes are well worthy of perusal and the stadious and thoughtful reader will find much to entertain and interest him in these records of an earlier generation. The preface most aptly ex plains the purport of the work. It says, that "the events in the history of the subject of this memoir were not so marked from the usual scenes on the stage of life as to call for a biography, and the silence which has continued for so many years would have remained unbroken, but for the contem porary letters of some persons of note which he left behind him." This is truly the ease, and great credit is . due to the editor of this book for having presented us with such valuable documents, reveal_ ing, as they do, the inner springs of action, and the thoughts and feelings of those now long passed away from this transitory scene, but who left be hind them enduring names to live in the memory of men for many generations. The editor also observes in his preface that foreigners often remark that the English do not or cannot form lasting friendships, but that Dr. Whalley at all events was an exception to this rule. "In the correspondence which this work presents to the public we find acquaintance commencing at a period of life, when the judgment was matured, ripening into true regard with increasing years, and terminating only (end in some cases after a very lengthened period) in that bourne of earthly exist ence where all human affections must cease." Per haps the most striking letters are those of Mrs. Siddons. They display wit of no common degree, and a lively fancy that irradiates every page, and renders their perusal most charming and fascinat ing. This lady was on most intimate terms both with Dr. Whalley and his wife. For many years this gentleman travelled abroad, and his diaries are most entertaining, presenting us as they do with pictures of foreign life so different to what they are at present. In the conclusion of the brief memoir of his life, the editor observes that; " In reviewing the character of Dr. Whalley, we see a type of English gentlemen which has now passed away. Great talkers are not tolerated in the present day ; if any one thinks he knows more than his fellows he must let them Lave it on paper, not viva voce. Not so in the last century. Dr. Johnson's society was not culti vated because he had written the dictionary, nor George Selwyn's because he was a man of fashion, nor Burke's because he was a great statesman, but because they all talked well. Such were the powers for which, in a less degree, Dr. Whalley was best known. But for Miss Seward's eulogiums few even of his contemporaries would have heard of his Edwy and Edilda,' now long since passed into oblivion ; but his large acquaintance with the world, his extensive and varied information, his easy and yet powerful flow of language, and his elegant manners, obtained him the distinction of the literary friends whose correspondence is now published, end a general reputation in society, which made him a welcome guest in so many houses." Mr. Wilberforce's description of him is so quaint that it is worthy of quotation. He calls him " the true picture of a sensible, well informed and educated, polished, old well-beneficed, nobleman's or gentleman's house frequenting titer ary and chess-playing divine—of the best sort (not adulatory) I hope beginning to be serious." Hannah More and Mrs. Piczzi also figure among the correspondents of this worthy man, who seems to have realised the idea of the poet that " Next to genius is the power Of feeling where true genius lies." These volumes may be recommended to the earnest attention of those who would wish to become better acquainted with the worthies and celebrities of an earlier day, and they may take them up in the full assurance that they will not be disappointed in their perusal, since they present to them " Thoughts that breathe and words that burn," in the letters which bear the impress of their un studied expressions, and the language of their na tural thoughts as they wrote to their respected friend and held that communing which more than any other form of composition serves to display the true character, and denotes the actual opinions of the writer. This work is a valuable addition to our collection of the letters of the notabilities in the last generation; and all readers who desire to study this interesting style of literature will be greatly indebted to the editor of these volumes, who has presented them with this carefully got up and attractive work. A dvertt'se. How, TVhen, IVhere. Routledge. The author of this useful little work is Mr. Wit- Liam Smith, acting manager of the Royal Adelphi Theatre, and who of necessity must be well ac quainted with the best means of obtaining publicity. the book is not merely a collection of dry directions, but one that will amuse as well as instruct those who adopt advertising as one of the ordinary rule s of business. The author cites many instances where large fortunes have been made by advertising, through the instrumentality of thepublic press, and other methods, added to which he gives such capital hints to those engaged in trade, that the nature of the book has only to become known to ensure the widest circulation. The volume is profusely illus trated with woodcuts, executed in the best style. Taken altogether it is the best book ever published on the " art" of advertising, and one that ought to be in the possession of every person carrying on a business of any description. The following brief extract will show the extent of Professor Holloway advertising. "He commenced as an advertiser in 1837, and in 1845, after a judicious and careful ex penditure of about £5,000 per annum expenditure, he achieved a reputation which was recognised throughout the British Isles. In 1845 the outlay for advertisements amounted to £lO,OOO. At the time of the Great Exhibition in London in 1831 he was expending £20,000 per annum, and in the year 1855 it had risen to the enormous sum of £30,000 ; whilst in the year 1862 it reached the almost incre dible amount of £40,000." ALUMINIUM BRONZE. Messrs. Mappin Brothers,' of Regent.-stree t , in addition to their business of silversmiths and cutlers, intend adding another branch to their extensive establishments, and on Saturday w e attended a private' view of the splended articles manufactured by the firm from aluminium End aluminium bronze. Ringed on a long table in a very noble apartment were candelabra, Spoons, forks, centre pieces, castings from the antique, corn mun;on plate, race cups, &c., &c., all manufactured either from the new aluminium bronze or the pure metal itself, presenting at once a most gorgeous and brilliant sight. The articles fashioned from the new bronze have all the appearance of 18 carat gold, and that, which is a great desideratum, is that it does not undergo a change in colour or lose its lustre by the action of the air, and its resist. ante of all acids save hydrochloric. For domes tic purposes this is of the utmost import ance, and will insure for the new material a place immediately after the precious metals, espe cially as the cost of it will but, in a trifling degree, exceed the ordinary Sheffield Plate. The difference in price is compensated for by the fact that articles, manufactured from it will last, as the saying is "for ever," and retain their pristine beauty for the same indefinite term. The pure metal casting 9 sub milted to our i nßp ectron were wonderful specimens, and , u , is can be made to represent oxydised silver, it becomes peculiarly adapted for works of art. We feel assured that the novelty, beauty, and utility of the new manufacture cannot fail to command en extensive sale, as every article for the table can be manufactured therefrom, and at a price 4,hat will admit of its universal use. ic, hi, at, ire Lncl Ind th ed, Lnd nis uld 000 ack )een the Still onC kely The the 1111 e, vith the the 3g a lead will bas to a un - tra ts," une 'girt 1 of -'hare NO itk 1 zo to too stock stock rock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook stook 204 204 100 100 stook stook stock 20 stock 5 , , 100 stock vock Paid, 2 5 a 1 all 1.() lOC 100 2 1(1 , all all 100 (14)1 ' 100 2 15 100 00, 105 1031 101 - 1