The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-25 00:00:00

ONE y MARKET( SHARE MARKETS---This day, AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is a very moderate demand for discount accommodation, and the rates continue easy. The bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday comprised the influx of £98,000 in gold, and the withdrawal of 90,000 sovereigns. The prospectus has appeared of the London Bank of Scotland, with a capital of £1,000,000, in shares of £lOO. The great development that has taken place in the trade of Scotland since any large bank was established there, the impr .ved culture and value of the land, the increase of her industry and population, have encouraged the directors to anti cipate the successful working of their new institu tion. It is asserted, moreover, that the financial operations now carried on between London and Scotland are somewhat complicated, as they are obliged to be transacted through agencies. The London Bank of Scotland will endeavour to remedy this great drawback to merchants and others, by establishing a uniform and more economical charge for transacting business than at present exists. Agencies will also be hereafter established in the other principal towns. The undertaking is likely to meet with the support of the investing classes. A pamphlet has just been issued by Mr. Effing ham Wilson on the subject of debenture stock, as affected by the recent decision of the committee of• the House of Commons on the We,t Hartlepool Hsrbours and Railway Company. It contains a brief statement of the facts of that case, and a num ber of extracts from the comments of our contem poraries upon the results likely to flow from this extraordinary innovation upon the established practice of Parliament. The subject continues to excite considerable anxiety and discussion, as it is impossible not to see that the establishment of such a precedent must affect the market value of all such securities, and, indeed, all securities which depend upon the good faith of Parliament and its Acta, The pamphlet is entitled "Debenture Stock no Security, an Act of Parliament no Protection." Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 69t. 40o.—inanimate. The movtments of the precious metals during the week have been very extensive. The imports have amounted to about £263.850, while the exports Were to the extent of £201,079. Business in the English Stock Market, to-day, has been very quiet, and it has not led to any change of importance in quotations. The tendency, however, has been decidedly unfavour able, sales and Consols having taken place at 921 for money as well as the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 91/ ; Exchequer Bills have risen to 3s. 6s. ; and Bank Stock is marked 234 235. Transactions have taken Place in India Stock at 228, in the 5 per Cents, at 1091, in the 4 per Cents. Enfaced 98, in the 5 per Cents., do,, 1071, and in the 51 per Cent., do., at 11 51 the Debentures have been quoted at 1001. There has not been much activity to-day in the Market for Foreign Securities, and the variations have been rather limited. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, have been 87 871 ; do., 1858, 671 684 ; do., 1862, 70 ; and the Consolides are 471 I, being a little firmer. Spanish Passive continued firm at 30 4, and the Certificates are about 10/ Q. Greek have been dealt in at 28e 29; and the Coupons at 13,1. Mexican Stock has continued steady at 331 I; and Italian Stock is marked 71. The Confederate Loan has risen to 1/ prem. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been limited, and the general tendency of prices has been downwards. Caledonians, North Westerns, Metropolitans, and North Eastern (Berwick) have each declined about ss. ; and Great Northern A Stock, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have continued inactive, at about previous quotations. For Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneout , Shares there has been a very limited inquiry. Agra and United Service has improved to 99 4 , nd 99k; City Bank to 100; and Royal Mail Steam are firm at 61.1. BRITISH FUNDS --CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 231 5 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Ce n t. Annuitiest.i :nutties, 30 yrs, ex pi re s t h J an., ,880 — 3 Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 14A India St oc k 228 Ditto 5 per Cent lO9l Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent 9B Ditto 6 per Cent rt. 51 per Cent 7 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 10.1 Console for Account, May 7 Exchequer Bills, $l.OOO 2 per Cent 3 6 4 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-68-60 Gre ek EgVptian 7 pe t C ent 9Bl 7/ 5 per Cent,, 1824-5, ex-Coup•ms — Ditto A . 29 81 Ditto Coupons l 3a ital him 5 per Cent. (Raremmana Railway) 76 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account .. 33 Purucian 41 per Cent. Ditto 186 Ditto Account j2 88a Portuguese 3 p er Cent., 1853 Ditto 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 44 per Cent .' 1860 .. Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Scrip, £B4 12s. paid Ditto Account Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account.. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 • — I.? itto Account 7O 1 Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 .... 581 7i 81 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gu11........ Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates francs...... . 100 f Italian, 5 per Cent., 186 1, Ex. 25 .. Ditto Account ...................... 71 Consols, Money ................ TW O O'CLOCK. Ditto Account 921 sellers 921 sellers Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) Sales, about 4,000 bales. Steady. Import, 8,019 The Committee appointed to manage the finan cial part of the late reception of the Prince and Princess of Wales by the City and of tie present of jewels to her Royal Highness, met yesterday to make up their ac ounts, when they found that the entire sum expended by t he corporation in connection with the Royal marriage will be close on £30,000. This is inclusiv e of £lO 0 00 worth of ewels presented to th e P r i ncess of Wales. ' ME QUEEN.----The special objpct whi c h h er Majesty had in visiting the Windsor Infirmary the other day was to attend the death-bed of a very old and valued servast, who had been for some time an inmate of the establishment. This act of gracious kindness brought with it great consolation to the aged sufferer. Signor Tambprlik had a cold, and could not ding " Trovatore" on Sunday last at Paris, to the manifest dis gust of several carriage loads of well-dressed ladies who Itid taken tickets and hurried over their dinners. T IIE ALABAMA.—Th e Puhjiub, Miller, just ar rived in the '!'games from Calcutta, reports:—.A . 11 p.m on the 14th of March, in lat. 840 N., long. 31 30 N' i y a , while under full sad, saw a ship lying right in her t_ , ck.. She hailed her, and passed right alongside, when Itioy lost eigh t of her. At saw a ship bearing do wn Upon them et. : At daylight they eovwrect t o h e a , which, by the aid of a glass, they di-- concluded this toseamer under sail only. They at once ever, soon ovebertook the • her to. Sh e prova Punjaub, and fired a shot to bring Captain Semmee ga:: directions the C on f e d erate steamer Alabama, lmird, when ho s toldt rections for Captai n Mill er t o go on wa sots bond or the ship wou that e i t h er he must give a ran for 5 , 5,000 dots., and the i v d be burnt. A bond was given taking on board prisoners pant, was allowed to proceed, A. Parks, which had been pree:•°f the American ship John ins Star, also arrived in the I h imi lou e sl y b urnt) —Toe Morn- At 11 a m , en the 23d March, i u s l f e r t o m Calcutta, reports : RaW a vessel bearing down upon her . n 2B d N' long. 26 W., Short time she overtook her, and rceeivn erier steam. In a to. She was then found to be the Alabamoarders to heave e,oand Captain t o e tnmes, after ordering the captain on board ' give a bond fur 61,750 dots. or ho would 'bur'unp t e h lled hi . in e ship. I he captain having signed the bond the ship Was allowed to Proceed, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuf , S, Sharei Railways. Raid. Closing Business Price. I done. 13.14. Ihr., Wol., and Str. Val. 25 !‘ilythe and Tyne. 10 !Bost.,Sleat.,anu st 'Bristol and Exeter st ,Caledonian 50 !Cork and Bandon 20 ,Cornwall 10 Do A A gets no di s 10 B ' B e l e l n 6p p c a p id an to ha b Dublin & Belfast June. I Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st ,GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock I Do Bdo Gt. S. an 1 W. of Ireland Great Western i Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashite & Yorkshire ',London and Blackwali 'Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast !Lon., Chat., and Dover !Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr.th Western !Man., Slid., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do f shares ,Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming,. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. ¢ shares Mid Kent I Do Cray Line North British Edict, Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwhit, Do, G.N.E. purchase i Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle.... North London Do New ,North Staffordshire iN. and S. W. Junction ,Scottish Central Scot E., Aber. stock I Do Scot, Mid, stock !Shrews. and Welchpool !Shropshire Union ! ;South Devon ;South Eastern South Wales , S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1866 Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath ...... 1 Victoria sta. and Pim:: 1 Waterford & Kilkenny 1 West Cornwall 1 VV. Hartlepool Har.&R 1 I West Midland Oxford 1 Do Newport 1 Do Hereford 1 8 8i 7 8 83 r 5 112 112 ei 6 all all 40 42 13 14 89 91 106 108 51 62 44 46 24 25 1201 124 120 12 , ' 13-1 138 101 103 66 (64 [O7l 1071 76 77 114 116 39/ 40/ 9.* 071 101 lt2 43 44 12 12} 1224 123 1 lip 91 93 6.4.0 50 51 24 25 99 100 551 664 86 67 115 117 1* 1 r 15i 16* 116 to 120 122 43 14 98 KO 1416.4 48 60 32 33 911 Mt 67 69 99 101 7 8 37 38 15 153 p 4 5 I , .41 3}p 12.10 2.0.6 2.10.8 8 58i 7 3.17 - P' 79 81 1M 156 28 30 43 15 37 38 96 100 ,SIONS. (;lirma, Price. 60 62 1(8 109 1 16 p P 4i 66 7* 8 1( 7 1( 8 1.9 11 1071 8i 119 ii„ )1 1) 11( r, o li 62 66 47 60 53 56 40 ,5 7 42 32 16 23 26 21 23 119 110 1 it, 106 107 1 2 8i 8i 99 101 88 c 2 , El 3 106 107 100 102 87 ,9 47 49 3 5 FO 12 is 8 09 1 , 7 I. 9 la 1p 6s 107 3 ¶l3 104 106 n 3 5 103 1(,5 94 96 5 , 3 ¶5 110 112 111 113 111 113 113 115 Ir 6 113 113 110 114 51 11 120 i I 12(4 19f 66 i 1071 1 15 141 39i 9ii 7 102 43i I 12 it 11i 122 t fd 20 22 610 ,20 IJ2 95 id p i 2 43 8 9i St 4i 14 16 O 5 / 6.5 7 6i 6 46i 2i 3 18i 2gi 12 28 :55 (.7k 50 4i 5 15i 14 15 255 1t 17i 4) 6 14 g go 1 67 43 i , tusiness don, 108 f 1074 110 108 100 i lli I 108 I 104 } 3 1021 1 no 41i I- 4 5 1 [ARES. 5 per cent. pm., 107 , 44 per cent. red., 981, PREFERENCE S. Great v orthern, 5 per cent., red. al Gt. Western (: erks & Hants Ext.). Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 9 South Eastern (Reading Anne., £l. South Wales, gua. 4 per cent., 89 PREFERENCE SHARES A Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 10i1 London, Chatham, &e., Metrop Ext., B, 8 per cent., 10) Stocitton and Darlington, Class D. pref., 29' LINES LEASED A FIXED RENTALS, Ea,4 Lin oln, gua. 6 per cent., 135 Hull ..nd Selby, ill .0.6), 231 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Bahia and S4ll Franc sco (li m. gut. 7 per cent., 211 Recite an I San Francisco (litn.), g - ua, 7 per cent., 17k Royal Swedish, 7 per cent., lk FOREIGN MINES. i ;United Mexican (lim JOl \ T-61"/CK RANKS. Agra and Unitea Service (Rm.), .0 , 91 9 Bank of Egypt, "2 .1 Chartered Ban' , of India, Australia, and China, 261 i 6 Chartered Ater. of India, London, and China, 99 City, 1, 0 s London uOloori::eonic: t aaßnAnaddu Bank Chartered s.ek:_couauottil"ratp,yAo l 3 , 6 Corporation, African, oTill o f : 5246 l Australia, S u n n u t t o h n A: s i t . I s :: it London, a , n 3 8, 344 i MlS:amenblic:L:LeA,N.Eo:6,Sni., ,), 291 Berlin Watero:::B7trria.•Bl,l3l E Cry g s u t i a sh l i a 'a n f d . Oriental Inland steam J ) T,*.lil peninsula and 0 iental Ste4, -2 e ' v 41 :,,, Rio de Janeiro City mein Ditto, X' 31 Royal 31 , 11' Steam, 011 South Australian Land, 33 Van Diemen's Lana, t G---This Day, LONDON, April 25 —Wind this day at noon —North- Westerly; light braze, with fine weather. OFF PORTSMOUTH, April 24.—Arrived—Maid of Judah, from Sydney. FALMOUTH, April 24.—Wind variable.—Sailed--Ado na, for Buenos Ayres. NEWPORT, April 23.—Wind S.lV,—Sailed—Teutonia, for Rio Janeiro. BRITISH POSE dai I wayo. -har 100 Btk I t ian tic Az St Lawrenci Jtom.,Baroda&Cent In, Gu. kper cent.. Stock atock sock 100 100 lOU 100 IGO 100 100 100 stock 8 to, k +~ ~ ck Do. New Do. E. Shares.. Buffalo Ana Lake Hurun Do. Preference ...... Buff alo,Brant,&Godricl o p. et. bds. Aug. 1, Is% Do. do. July 1, 1679 do. Jut 1, t.;l,•utta,t , S. hastn. !apeTown & Dock Ser.! Eastn. Bengal gu. b p. Last Inthan._gll._ 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext.. . - •.L.ttot.np.e.Ja 1877-41 .......... Do.ap.c.Feb.&Auk , Do. d p.c.Mar.& Sept Do. 6p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stow. .t ape G. H ope. ep 0,187: Do.Ap & Oct. 188( Do. 189. 'Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, Nov.lßtil, 8 p 'MAu ittus 1 per cent G,,v. 6 per coat i.o. dp.c.Ap.&Oc, N. S.W. Gov.!' p 19 Do. 5 p. c.,18,, to 1 , Do. d0.,1888 &upwd, 'New Zealand 6 p tent. ;Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. ster:iw, 1875 'Queensland GCv. 6p. J , .Aus G0p.c.1670.& up. ; vio.Gov. 6p.c.Ja.&Jull Do. to Apo. A0.40-mt. 2 5 al, all 10, all 100 (ii., 1100 100 100 100 100 100 Pazd Do. do. H do. . Grand Trunk of canad Do. Ist Pr- .Bonds. Do. co. deferred..... Do. 2d Pref. Bones.. Do. do d.fer ed...... Do. 3d P ef. stock Do. do. d-lerr, d...... Do. 4th l'ref. s o k... Do. do deferred...... Gt.lndtarentu.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Share: Do. New ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. 0. .. Do. q p. o. Extensiot Dc.4 , d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. a p. o. Bnd Melb. & Ilobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. Newßrunswlck s Cands Class A an I B. N. Ill.C`daB pc Ist pt bde 'Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do ..... . Do. Puujaub Do. Do. .. • • • • Do. I ndus. St. Flo. I rY PLDN I FiIiTTISH Cambrian Consol. Gold linoru Amalgamatod !!;)evon G. Cons. aavist , East Bassett (Iliozim East Clogau Gold Ltd. ;East Caration ..... East Carn Brea... E. WI Russel (Tavistk ;! iGam.&SLAubyn(Gwen )! G neat South Tojgus I.:. Wheal Vor(ld.elston !Grenville Herod's- Foot ....... I inzaton Dorms Lady Bertha ‘largaret (tiny Lelant ksl arke Valley.. lyndy Iron Oro (Lim New Setun .. North Downs BasePt ( 1110 4 - an orth Wheal Crotty tar Consols (st. Blazey , 'rovidenee(Uny Lelni.; .South Caradon(St.Cleer, :S. Cart Brea (Illogan) Wh ea) Fran. (I Hogan Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min Tin Croft West, Basset (Illogan) 'Wr earzdon (Liskeard • j West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan G'r heal Buller (Redrut h) I w heal IC tty (U.Lelant WhealLud ott ........ W heal 31aryAnn (Alen.)l 'Wheal Seton Treks,vuey (Lis.)l Wheal Union 58. '1.14.1. 3.4. A 8.1.6 6.16 t 4. 7.01 1 2.0.6 4.3.0 16] L 17 ., 2.4.0 5.15.1; 28.9. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, April 25—Luther, from Porto Rico; British Yeoman, from Bordeau , British Tar, from Jamaica; Aeron Vale, from Porto Rico. Saito I, April 26—Favourite Lass and Iberia, steamer, for Newfoundland. Passed—The Unity, from DEAL Spain, S f a o t r ur A da n Willson, trom Shields for Montreal; Kirkham, from Lon don for Canterbury; First Fruit, from 1.40K.40A for St. Joblvo, ,ND STOCKS. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BOW STREET. CHARGE OF ROBBERY AGAINST AN ACCOUNTANT.— A gentlemanly-dressed man, named Saunders, of W ood Green, Middlesex, accountant, was placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie, charged with stealing a cheque for £2OO, the property of his employers, the Real and Personal Loan and Discount Company, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden. Mr. Digby, solicitor to the company, appeared for the prosecution. It appeared that the prisoner absconded about the middle of last month, when considerable defalcations were discovered. A warrant for prisoner's apprehen sion was at once applied for and granted, and until last evening he managed to elude the constable who held the warrant when he was captured at the corner of Store and Gower-street, where the prisoner, though a married man, was keeping an appointment with a female He first denied his name was Sanders, but Shore, the con stable, however, told him he was sure he was the person, as he was acquainted with him while he was engaged at the office, upon which ho admitted he was the man. Shore then told him he held a warrant for his apprehension on a charge of stealing a cheque for £2OO. Prisoner replied, " I know you have. I knew it days ego." He then took him to the station••honse, and information was given to the society of the capture of the prisoner, Mr. Digby said at present he had only to apply for a remand, as there were a number of other cases against the prisoner which would bring up the amount of his defalca tions to over .€l,OOO, Mr. Corrie at once remanded the prisoner for a week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. USING A KNUCKLE-DUSTER.—ROBBERY WITH VIO LENCE.—Joseph Williams was charged before Mr. Knox with being concerned with others not in custody in violently assaulting and robbing Mr. Vincent Maland!, hotel-keeper, of 29, Church-street, Soho, of his watch in Dean-street, Soho. The prosecutor, Mr. Melandi, an Italian, in answer to questions put to him by Mr. Knox, said that about a quer ter to one that morning he was standing at the corner of Dean .street, Soho, with some friends, when the prisoner and some of his companions came up and insulted them, and then surrounded him. He was then pulled to the ground, and while down, struck in the eye by one of the men who had an instrument in his hand (a knuckle-duster). His watch was then taken from him by force, the chain be ing broken in two, one part of it hAino taken with the watch and the other part left behind. On a constable appearing, the prisoner's companions made off, but the pri soner was secured by the constable and one of his (prose cutor's) friends, Mr. .tinox asked if the knuckle-duster had been found, and was informed that it had been. A friend of Mr. Melandi's spoke to the violent attack made on Mr. Melandi, and said that he was also knocked down violently. A constable said that, seeing the prisoner running, and hearing a cry of " Stop thief,' he t topped him, the last witness following him at the time. The prisoner gave a false address. Remanded. WESTMINSTER. DANGEROL S PRACTICE —A little fellow, named John Newman, about 11 years of age, was charged with throw ing stones in a public thoroughfare, to the danger of the passers by. Patrick Denny, 189 B, said that at a quarter past 6 last evening, he was on duty in Warwick-square, and saw the prisoner and a number of other boys throwing stones at some well-dressed children who were pasting by. He watched them doing this for some time, and then took pri soner in o custody, the other boys escaping. Mr. Ingham inquired it he threw the stones to the danger of the passers by. The constable replied in the affirmative. The defendant and his companions were throwing the stones about utterly regardless of where they went to, and were chasing the other children through the square, There had been great complaints of late about the nuisance. The boy's mother said, as all mothers do, that her son was a very good boy, and had not been out five minutes, having only left St. Gabriel's Church, where he was in the habit of attending the singing class. Mr. Ingham said this was a most dangerous practice to indulge in, but as the boy was so young he should only fine him Is. this time, but would punish him severely if he came there again. We understand this most dangerous practice is very common in the above neighbourhood, and that one gentle man has paid no less than 40s. for windows broken by boys. THAMES. THE YANKEE AND HIS SWEETHEART.—Anna Maria Westbrook, a woman of the town, and Thomas Jones. alias George F. Morton, third mate of the sloop American Eagle, lying in the London Docks, were brought before Mr. Par tridge, charg, d wi h forging and uttering an advance-note for the payment of £4, and purporting to be signed by M r Alex. Massey, an American shipping agent in Upper East Smithfield. Inspector Allison, of the K division, said that a great many advance notes, which were quite worthless, had been recently uttered, and the printed forms could be purchased at any stationer's shop in the East. A man was brought into the King David-lane Station last night for obtaining L 3 on a forged advance note. He gave up the money, and was set at liberty. The prisoner - Westbrook came to the shop of Mr. Wm. Stout, an outfitter, in the West In is -road, yesterday (Frid4y) afternoon, and presented an advance note, signed "A. Massy," for the payment of £4, a month's wages, three days after the sailing of the ship American Eagle, from the London Dock. The woman said that she did not want any goods, but wanted the whole amount in money. Mr. Stout at once knew the note was a for gery, and told her so. He also said that the firm was not Massy's, and that he used a very different one. The note was endorsed George Fullerton, and the woman said Mr. Morton was her husband, and that he was to sail next day. Mr. Stout's father then remarked, "Y o u have no rings on your finger," and gave her into custody, and she said the note was given to her by Mr. Morton, her hus band, who was second mate of the American Eagle. The prisoner Jones, who is the second mate of the American Ragle, and had assumed the name of Morton, was arrested in the London Dock last night. He was asked by Thim bleby, a police•constable, 119 K, if he knew a young girl named Morton, to which he replied "No, but a girl to whim " I gave that name has been living with me a month." He also said it is not her fault, it is all my tault. I gave it to the girl and I am willing to suffer the law for it. The male prisoner was no sooner in custody at the Poplar station-house than the woman, who was already locked up in a cell, recognised his voice, and said Is that you Frank," and he called out "All right." Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoner until Saturday next. SYMPATHY WITH POLAND. Last night a public meeting was held of the in habitants of the parishes of St. Andrew, Holborn, and of St. George -the-Martyr, Middlesex, and the following resolutions were agreed to : " That the Poles, after having long exhibited, under cir cumstances of the most cruel provocation, a calm and dig nified demeanour in the firm but peaceable vindication of their rights, which entitled them to the respect and admi ration of all civilised nations,' have been forced into their present insurrection by acts of continued and intolerable oppression and insult on the part of Russia, and by the ab solute necessity of taking up arms in self-defence, in order to preserve their national existence." " That for the last century it has been the constant aim of the Russian Government to denationalise the people of Poland and to efface the remembrance of her former great ness and freedom, and this nefarious policy has been pur sued by means of constant confiscations, exiles, and mas sacres, wholly without a parallel in the history of any other ccuntry ; and the anarchy which f his system has naturally produced in Poland is dangerous as well as disgraceful to the civilized States of Europe and an insult to the majesty of international law, on a gross violation of which the dominion of Russia in Poland was founded." " That in the interests of humanity it is the duty as well as the right of the European Powers, by their united re monstrances with the Government of Russia, or, if need be, by their joint intervention, to put an end at once to a state of things so dangerous and disgraceful ; and although this meeting is convinced that if a firm resolve were expressed by France and England to place Poland in a position of independence, the enfeebled Government of Russia would yield to their wishes without a stru t gle, it is still more convinced that if, contrary to its expectation, this more peaceful policy should fail, and hostile measures should become necessary, the sacrifices which such measures might entail would be borne with cheerfulness by the whole of the English people." It was also agreed that petirons founded on the resolu tions should be presented to her Majesty, and also to both Houses of Parliament. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about per mine the short exc h ange on London is 25.224 per £1 sterling. m On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 '75. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is n • fitly 2 -10ths i,er cent. des, er in London than in Paris. advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 sterling. ,tandard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1664 to 1674 per cent., and the premium on gold is about 62 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the i mportation of gold from the United States. The Private View of The in Old Society o f P a i nters Water Colours took place this day at the Society's gallery, No. 5, Pall-mall East —the attendatce being both very numerous and very fa.,hionable. Our opinion of the collection there for . this . present season we are compelled to delay until the beginning of raw Week, Prophecies for the Great Northern Handicap. The following are the " tips" of the various writers in the weekly sporting journals : OBSERVER—FieId. Fantail ran so well this week that she strikes me to be the only one capable of sticking to Carbineer, and between them the race, I conceive, will rest, any bias I may have being in favour of Lord Zetland's horse. AFunlay Times. The winner will emanate from the following :—Carbineer, the Physalis colt, Fantail, Manfred, and Venison. At the time we write Lord Zetland's horse has an unhealthy ap pearance in the market, and we must reluctantly discard him, and rely upon the following, in the order named : Fantail, 1; Physalis colt, 2; Manfred, 3. BEACON —porting gazette. I must look to the Physalis colt, Double X, and Fan tail to furnish the winner, giving the preference to the latter. FLY-BY -NIGHT— Weekly Times. The weights of Adventurer and Haddington are each raised 141 b, in both the Great Northern and Flying Dutch man's Handicap, which entirely eclipses their chance, and leaves the longer race (two miles) at the disposal of Car bineer, the Gameboy colt, and Fantail, and, looking at the style in which the mare disposed of Villafranca and another for the Coffee Room Stakes, value 300 sous, yesterday, I should really consider her deserving of primary attention, should the right division support her. Bell; - Life. We must look to Fantail, who won in such an exercise canter this week, to tackle Carbineer or Piccador; and if there is a better in the race than this pair, we own our in genuity to be at fault in discovering him. AUGUR —Sporting Lye. Knowing the commission has been executed in favour of Fantail since her success this week at Newmarket, I shall at once give my confidence to Fantail or Piccador as the winner of the Great Northern Handicap. TOUCHSTONE—Era. Lord Zetland's colours are the most likely to greet the Judge first, Piccador having the best of the weights with all the three-yr-olds ; and if Carbineer is superior to him it must be a real good thing for the " spots." Illustrated Sporting News. To Fantail and East Lancashire we must look for the winner, but if one of the elder horses should do the " trick," then we shall look to Carbineer. SPORTING INTRZLIGENCE. NEWMARKET F►RST SPRING MEETING. FRIDAY. Handicap Plate of 100 sovs for three-yr-olds and upwards. R M. Mr. Elphinetone's Lapidist, 4 yrs, Tat 41b .. (E. Martin) 1 Mr. G. W. Fitzwilliam's Rubicon, 5 yrs, 7st ..(Murfet) 2 Mr. Rochester's Anaticulus, 3 yrs, 6st llb (Loates) 3 The following also ran : —C anwe ll, T he Prophet, Drum- The Principal, Vill age Belle, Fletton, Betting-2 to 1 ag.t Lapidist, 3to 1 agst Indolence, 7 m ln e d r ol ß en oy ce, A T ii h fi e r M e' alster, and Tom Ki ng . to 1 agst The Principal, 8 'zo 1 agst Canwell, and 100 to 8 agst any other. After a false start, in which the Ma!titer and Rubicon got we .l away, they were despatched evenly, The P. ophet, Misfire, and Drummer Boy at first showfng in front ; but Rubicon,te the cords, th where latter they soon gave way to Lapidist and Anaticul us . Thi s pair p W a e s ' s e i n s g o ota j oined e the two leaders singled themselve s out from the re mainder, hr e e a . y t r t - h e e l d before ßushes- getting the favourite whining in a canter by four lengths. Anaticulus was a bad third, Misfire fourth, The Principal fifth, Canwell sixth, and flacon headed the others, who were tailed by The Malater, the latter bping beaten off. Plate of 50 sovs for maiden two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs. Last half of R.M. Mr. Eyton's Yates, Bst 71b ................ (Bradford) 1 Mr. Daley's Pretty Bird, Bst 41b .. . ....... (Daley) 2 Lord , tamford's Corsica, Bst 41b............ (Edwards) 3 r. C. Al, sander's Sugarcane, Bst 71b ...... (E. Sharp) 4 Mr. Taylor's Yafa colt, Bst 71b .............. (Rogers) 5 Betting-6 to 4 agst Corsica, and 3to 1 each agst Sugar cane and Yates. Pretty Bird led for a few strides, but she soon gave way to Yates and Corsica, who came on with the running, the Yafa colt bringing up the rear. Before get ting to the cords Pretty Bird took second place, but she could not overhaul Yates, who won easily by a length; double that distance divided the second and third; Sugar cane was a bad fourth; the Yafa colt pulled up a long way in the rear. Match ; 100 h ft. TN C. Lord Chesterfield's Black Lily, 5 yrs, Bst 71b .. (Rogers) 1 Mr. Payne's Alchymist, 4 yrs, Bst 7lb ...... (J. Goater) 2 Betting-11 to 10 on Black Lily. They ran together down the hill, when Black Lily went in front, and after a good race won by a neck. Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; weights for age, with selling allowances. 4 subs. Mr. Fl ruing's Miss Emma. 5 yrs, 9st (60 soya) (Norman) 1 Mr. Goddaro's Peru, 4 yrs, Bst 61b (25 sovs).... (Daley) 2 Mr. Price's Rataplan filly, 4 yrs, Bst Gib (25 sous) (Custance) 3 Betting-2 to lon Miss Emma, who made all the run ning and won easily by a length. The Rataplan filly was beaten in going down the hill, and finished a bad third. The winner was claimed by Mr. Goddard. Sweepstakes of 10 BOPS Lech ; 2-yr-olds, Est 101 b ; 3-yr olds, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 60 sous. First half of Ab. M. 6 subs. Mr. T. Stephenson's Heirloom colt, 2 yrs, Est 101 b (A. Woodhouse) 1 Mr. Flutter's Sacrilege, 2 yrs, Est Vb (Loates) 2 Baron Niviere's Colombine, 3 yrs, Bst 7 , 1) (A.. Watkins) 3 Bettis g-2 to 1 on Sacrilege, who waited upon the Heir loom colt into the cords, where she made her effort, but, failing to get up, was defeated by a head; Colombine was a bad third. The winner was claimed, The Newmarket Stakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fiilies, Bst 51b, The second saved his stake. 0.1‘.1. 20 subs. Baron Rothschild's Brother to Morocco, Bst 101 b (Wells) 1 Lord Stamfcrd's Onesander, Bst 101 b (Edwards) 2 Mr. Merry's Gladstone, Bst 101 b .......... (Challon er ) 3 Lo-d Derby's Santhal, Bst 101 b .......... . (Fordham) 4 1, ,, rd Newport's Meriden, Bst 101 b ...... (H. Grimihaw) Mr. W. S. Crawturd' s Wil d Tom, Bst 101 b.. (S . R ogers) 6 Mr. Savile's Princi Lee 800, Bst 101 b ...... (J. Goater) 7 Betting-7 to 4 agst Onesander, 2to 1 agst Gladstone, 8 to 1 agst Brother to Morocco, and 10 to 1 each agst Prince Lee 800 and t'anthal. n ew ground, wh ere Theeelliogthgtolteeadw,awyhoinchexhceelhleen.dt ttoertmhse, Meriden soon tak inghe was passed by Gladstone and Onesander, Santhal and Brother to Morocco tak,ng their places behind Meriden, dozen stride s o f who died away a q uar t er of a mile from h ome. I n the colt, cords former Gladstone gave holdin g w h a i lead y s to ° t ja o " withinaiide andr the Ba ron ' s home, where Brother to Morocco got up and won by a neck, Gladstone being two lengths in the rear of the pair ; San thal finished half-a- dozen lengths in the rear of Gladstone, but the others were beaten off. Sweepstakes of 100 soya each, h ft; weight for age ; the winner to be sold for 2,000 sous, or to carry 7th extra. D.I. 5 tubs. Lord W. Powlett's Tim Whißilar, 4 Yr° , Rat 111 b ( i nc. 71b ext/ a) Mr. R. Boyce's Carisbrook, 4 yrs, SA 41b, saved his stake. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—YESTERDAY. The little done on the Derby exhibited no change ; and for the Great Northern Handicap, t he only horse really i n force was Fantail, ab ou t whom 3 to 1 was freely taken. Great anxiety was exhibited to get against Carbineer ; to wards the close 20 to 1 was offered without response. Closing prices : GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Fantail (taken) Bto 1 agst Physalis colt (taken) Bto 1 agst Piccador (taken and offered) 12 to 1 agst Manfred (offered) 14 to 1 egst Doefeot (taken) 20 to 1 agst Carbineer (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1863. APRIL. York Spring ...28 I 6alisbury ......... .30 M' -- Chester 5 Bath Harpenden Epsom l9 Radcliff e .............. 25 M ancheste r 27 Marlborough 29 Ascot 2 Newton lO Hampton Odiham 16 Bibury Club 17 Beverley. . 17 Stockbridge lB Chelmsford 23 Newcastle -on-Tyne 23 Carlisle 3O Worcester Summer 2 Newmarket July 7 Liverpool ..13 Abingelon 14 Hungerford l6 Pontefract 16 ULY. ; Stamford l6 r l Winchester 2l ; Nottingham 21 ; Cambridge .... ; Southampton.. 22 Gocdwood 22 rOTJST. Brighton Brighton Club .... 6 Lewes .... Wolverhampton lO Reading l2 York August lB Plymouth 2O Egham 25 Stockton Oxford 27 Lichfield SEPT. Devon And Exeter 1 Derby Summer Warwick Leicester Doncaster _l6 - 00 Ti Coventry Newmarket S. Q„ ..... 12 NovE: NVorcester. . EMBER. Brecon 2l Richmond 22 Monmouth 24 Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket let Oct. 29 OBE R. Lincoln Autumn 20 Newmarkel. Houghton 26 :MBER. Shrewsbury Autumn ? IRISH. APRIL. Athlone 2l i Curragh .... 28 JUNE. Wicklow l7 I Curragh 23 JULY. Bellewetown DowiatoY4l Corporations2B 1 ............. 130 THE POLISH QUESTION. (From the Iforniv Herald,) The attitude of bweden on the Polish ques tion naturally excites considerable interest. It Russia is to be coerced by a European war into the surrender of Poland, Sweden would be an invaluable ally to the executioners. Efficiently supported, she could strike Russia in some of her weakest points, or could alone occupy the attention of a large portion of the Russian army and navy, and thus render the work of the French army,which the Morning Poet has arranged to land at Riga, much easier. And there can be no doubt that the will of the Swedish nation is good enough towards such a role. A war with Russia, in which France stood on their side and pledged herself to their defence, while Poland was weakening and harassing the empire, would gratify an old hatred of the Swedes, and perhaps enable them to take satisfac tion for an old injury. The robbery of Finland is not forgotten nor forgiven in: Sweden, and a war which promised to restore that province to Swedish rule would be very popular throughout the domi nions of Charles XV. The Crimean war shook the prestige of Russia ; the great social changes through which she is passing seem to have shaken the frame work, and, for the time at least, destroyed the power of the empire; and Sweden would therefore rush with eagerness to a combat from which she shrunk nine years ago. Even then, had the war but lasted a few months longer, Sweden would pro bably have been a partner in it. The treaty by which England and France guaranteed the King of Sweden his territories was evidently designed to be the forerunner of a defensive and offensive alliance. We do not need the glowing accounts of the enthu siasm which has been shown at Stockholm for Prince Csartoryski, or at Malmoe for the crew of the Ward Jackson, to teach us that the Swedes heartily sympathise with the Polish insurrection. The Russian is their common enemy ; but no exhi bition of their sympathy will seriously menace the relations between the two countries. The Swedes and their King may burn with eagerness for war with Russia, but they will take very good care not to move a step in that direction until they are thoroughly assured of the support of France. The Swedish Government knows its own weakness, and dreads being used as a catspaw. It cannot sup press demonstrations of sympathy with Poland, and will not do so, because the Russian Government is not in a position to make such demonstrations a casus would have to fight the whole of Europe at once if it were foolish enough to declare sympathy with Poland an act of hostility. But the ' Swedish Government will take care not to do any act of which Russia could fairly complain. It has fulfilled its international duties by putting an em bargo on the Ward Jackson ; and it will take care, until it has full assurances of support, not to com mit itself to any measure which must have for its consequence war or an abject apology. The fact is, that although the attitude of Sweden is worthy of attention, it is only so because that attitude may reveal the intentions of France. Warlike prepara tions in Sweden, and an cff-nsive demeanour of its Government towards Russia, would be grave signs, because they would mirror warlike designs on the part of one or both of the Western Powers. In a matter like this the declaration of the Swedish peo ple or the chit-chat of the King have not the slightest value. We know beforehand that they would like to strike a blow at their old enemy, Russia, but we know, too, that they will do nothing of the kind until they are asked by some great power to help in the enterprise. A German newspaper which pretends to publish every day diplomatic secrets, and announced some time ago that the h,mperor of the French had demanded the erection of Poland into an independent kingdom for the Duke de Leuchtenberg, declared the other day that it had been for some weeks in pos session of a most important statement of the King of Sweden, and proceeded to comment upon its great significance and the proof positive it furnished that war is coming. His Majesty said, or rather is alleged to have said, "Let but two French ships appear in the Baltic, I shalt beat hand with 100,000 men." Well, put aside the fact that the King of Sweden would have very considerable difficulty in getting his 100,000 men together, the bravado, it really uttered, only told what everybody knew before, that Sweden would go to war with Russia at this moment if the Emperor of the French asked her assistance and promised her his protec tion. Two French ships would be the precursors of two hundred transports. The conduct which Swedeu is disposed to pursue is mirrored in the report of the committee of the Rigsdag to which the motions of the different Chambers, expressing sym pathy with the Poles, and proposing to call upon the Government to take, in conjunction with the other powers parties to the treaties of Vienna, the necessary diplomatic steps towards the re-establish ment of the kingdom of Poland, were referred. The committee, whilst affirming that these notions only express the general feelings of the Swedish people, recommends that the Rigsdag should take no steps, but leave the question in the hands of the Go vernment, " which will act according to the wishes of the people, where these can be regarded with out endangering the true interests of the country." LONDON GAZE T TE—Yesterday. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 22. Notice is hereby given, that her Royal Highness the Princess ( f Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold a Drawing Room at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on Saturday, the 16th of May next, at 2 o'clock. It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to her Royal Highness at this Drawing Room shall be considered as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty's birthday will oe celebrated on Saturday, the 6th of June next. Notice is hereby given that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold a Levee at St. James's Palace on behalf of her Majesty, on Wednesday, the 13th of May next, at two o'clock. It is 'he Queen's pleasure that presentations to his Royal Highness at this Levee shall be considered as equivalent to presentations to her Maj#-sty. FOREIGN OFFIJE, APRIL 21. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint William Graham Sandford, Esq , now Attache to her Majesty's Legation at Turin, to no a Third Secretary in her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 22. The Queen has oeen pleased to appoint Joseph Beau. mont, Esq ,_to be Chief Justice for th, colony of British Guiana; Win. Hackett, Esq., t 3 be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of her Maj sty's Forts and Settlements on the Geld Coast, and Assessor to the Native Chiefs within the protected territories near or adjacent to the said forts and settlements; and Thos. Lewis Ingram, Esq., to be her Majesty's Advocate and Podce Magistrate for her Majesty's settlement un the River Gambia. CROWN OFFICE, APRIL 22. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Thetford—Frederick John Fitzßoy (co rn . monly tailed Lord Frederick John Fitzßoy), in the room of William Henry Fitzroy (commonly called Earl of Eus ton), now Duke of Grafton, summoned to the House of Peers. APRIL 23. County of Dublin—lon Trant Hamilton, of Abbotstown House, Castleknock, in the said county of Dublin, in the room of James Hans Hamilton, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of her Majes.y's Chiltern Hundreds. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED, Sharp Greenwood, draper, Bradford BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of any importance which appear in the Gazette : John Garbett, builder, Bilaton Sarah Inkson, butcher, King's Lynn Francis. Webb, brickmaker, Sheffield Henry Scholey, greengrocer, Shadwell Edward Henry Dale, tailor, Folkestone Philip H. Conrath, baker, Camden-town Thomas Pearson, builder, Mitcham, Norfolk David Williams, coachmaker, Carmarthen Wm Thwaites, auctioneer, Redcar Henry Beech, victualler, Congleton John Jones, wine merchant, Pimlico Joseph Eorrester, commission agent, Wolverhampton Thomas Wm. Vernon, iron master, Smethwick. Henry Sparke, miller, Boxted, Essex Joseph Sands, carpenter, Sibley Northlands, Lincoln Henry Pullinger, farmer, Southampton Richard Clark, umbrella maker, Basinghall-street Thomas Price, house agent, Bedford bury,Covent-garden Robert Gibson, lieensed victualler, Old Kent-road Charles Watts, currier, Aldershot Thomas Nank well, grocer, Illogan, Cornwall George Swift, grocer, Oldham, Lancaster SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. James Kerr Lindsay, plumber, Glasgow Morris ,, ns and Co., warehoubernen, Glasgow J. and J. Howie, coalmasters, Maxwood, Ayrshire Course of the Exchange—Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 18 11 18i Antwerp . Brussels — 25 45 25 60 Hamburgh — 13 71 13 8 25 26 Paris - - - Short 25 20 Ditto 45 25 60 Marseilles Frankfort on Maine -.... 1191 1191 11 45 11 65 Vienna - 11 45 11 55 Trieste 351 351 Petersburgh — - Berlin 49 49i Stadrid O• •• 48 / 491 Cadiz Leghorn _.25 521 25 57 25 52} 25 Milan 25 52 Genoa Naples . ............ ,-• 26 66 25 60 -- Palermo •— 25 67i 25 62 M es sina 621 Lisbon Dporto -52 i Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z...... £3 17 91 NI e xican Dollars (. ................ 0 0 0 isSoiluvaler iL u ßars (Standard)oubi__ .................... 0 5 1 19948 Ittlyttetryttforet 0 0 0 LITERATURE. Six Months in the Federal States. By Edward Dicey. 2 vols. Macmillan and Co. It is not simply that these two most attractive volumes comprise within them the collected corres pondence (carefully revised) which was contributed during his sojourn in America by Mr. Dicey to Macnitllan's Magazine au d the Spectator newspaper. It is much more than that mere revisal and accu mulation of the bit by bit information sent at un certain intervals by a special correspondent to a popular monthly, or to a popular weekly periodical. The work is, in fact, an ex pansion of those communications on the one hand to Macmillan, and on the other to the Spectator. Viewed as such, they are especially interesting to us, as distinct indications enough that the labours of intelligent, and gifted, and conscienti ous men like Mr. Dicey and Dr. Russell—their labours, that is to say, as Special Coirespondents— are in no way so ephemeral a s m i g ht b e s upposed , by superficial observers. Their correspondence, in point of fact, furnish the raw materials of History Their scattered communications would repay any search that might be made after them in the broad sheets of the newspapers in which one or the other series might have originally made their appearance. But, happily, for future Prescotts and Macaulays, the Captain Pens who have gone out " taking notes," like that canny , " chiel" of yore, Captain Grose, have them selves grouped together their piecemeal produc tions, have sorted them, re-arranged them, revised them, expanded than, numbered them in chapters, and portioned those chapters out again in volumes octavo—so that, out of a straggling, scrambling Correspondence there emerges something at last bearing about it the appearance of a sub stantive contribution to our literature. Dr. Russell having thus told us in two entertaining volumes, as much as he himself had to tell us, about "North and South"—Mr. Dicey now, in his turn, recounts in two other volumes, quite as entertaining in their way, though altogether of a very different character indeed, all about his " Six Months " Stay in " The Federal States." When we have said, as we may at once say, even here at starting, that the work is worthy both in its tone and in its style (viewing it at once as a literary composition and as a political survey), that it is worthy upon the whole of Cavour's bio grapher, we have already pronounced a panegyric upon it. It is a commendation however to which it is unquestionably entitled. Mr. Dicey is no mere bookmaker. He sets out with a comical ex pression of his horror of that most tedious of all possible exemplars of book-making—the Diary Proper, or Matter-of-fact Journal-keeping. " I own," he says, "to me, the perusal of any other person's diary is singularly uninteresting." Surely that is what Shakspere had in his " mind's eye, Horatio,"—when he coupled with. " suckling fools" the "chronicling of small beer." Upon the very same page of vol. 1, speaking of your Diary Proper —"I always wonder," he writes, "when I think of it, what conceivable satisfaction a fellow passenger [while crossing the Atlantic with Mr. Dicey, keeping a careful log (this fellow passenger) of the vessel's progress] what conceivable satisfaction he expected to derive hereafter from the knowledge that, on one day during that weary, dreary blank which a sea voyage forms in human life, we were in longitude 42 degrees 15 minutes, and the next in longitude 46 degrees 38 minutes." Nothing of this kind will the reader of these two alternatively instructive and amusing volumes, find himself wearied with, while turning over their leaves. Twaddle is a thing abhorrent to the soul of the writer. Often enough we find ourselves at variance with him in the conclusions he arrives at. But always—even when differing the most widely—we respect the earnest thinker in Mr. Dicey, we are conscious that it is no mere fianeur who has been sauntering down Broad way for our advantage; one scanning the men and things, the events and prospects of America in this dread period of her history, either through the spy-glass of my Lord Dundreary, or through the half closed eye-lids of Sir Charles Coldstream. Of the quality of the man, both as a writer and as an observer we will forth with, however, and without any further preamble, afford our readers a sufficiently striking specimen. Here, then, culled from pages 220-221 of Vol. 1., is I%lr Dicey's vivid portraiture of PRESIDENT LINCOLN, If you take the stook English caricature of the typical Yankee, you have the likeness of the President. To say that he is ugly is nothing : to add that his figure is gro tesque is to convey no adequate impression. Fancy a man six-foot high, and thin out of proportion, with long bony arms and legs, which, somehow, seem to be always in the way, with large rugged hands, which grasp you like a vice when shaking yours, with a long scraggy neck, and a chest tco narrow for the great arms hanging by its side; add to this figure, a head cocoa• nut shaped and somewhat too small for such a stature, covered with rough, uncombed and un combatable lank dark hair, that stands cut in everey direc tion at once; a face furrowed, wrinkled, and indented, as though it had been scarred by vitriol ; a high narrow fore head ; and, sunk deep beneath bushy eyebrows, two bright, somewhat dreamy eyes, that seemed to gaze through you without looking at you; a few irregular blotches of black bristly hair in the place where beard and whiskers ought to grow; a close-8 , t, thin-lipped stern mouth, with two rows of large white teeth; and a nose and ears, which have been taken by mistake from a head of twice the size. Clothe this figure, then, in a long, tight, badly-fitting suit of black, creased, soiled, and puck ered up at every salient point of the figure—and every point of this figure is salient—put on large, ill-fitting boots, gloves too long for the long bony figgers, and a fluffy hat, covered to the top with dusty, puffy crape; and then add to all this an air of strength, physical as well b s moral, and a strange look of dignity coupled with all this gro tesqueness, and you will have the impression left upon me by Abraham Lincoln. You would never say he was a gentleman ; you would still less say he was not one. There are are some women about whom no one ever thinks in connf ction with beauty, one way or the other —and there are men to whom the epithet of " gentlemanlike" or " un gentlemanlike" appears utterly incongruous, and of such the President is one. Still there is about him a complete absence of pretension, and an evident desire to be courte(ms to everybody, which is the essence, if not the outward form, of high-breeding. There is a softness, too, about his smile. and a sparkle of dry humour about his eye which redeem the expression of his face, and remind me more of the late Dr. Arnold, as a child's recollection recalls him to me, than any other face I can call to memory. Of Mr. Lincoln'sfacetice several amusing specimens - are given immediately after the above very curious description of the personal aspect of this Man o Mark— that "first-rate second-rate man," as Wendel Phillips wittily called him! It is characteristically said of Mr. Lincoln by our author, while giving a few selected specimens of his comicality, that the wit betrayed by him through many of these anec- dotes, is, oftener than one would with, too Aristo phanic for quotation ! " He is a humorist," however, Mr. Dicey says emphatically, " not a buffoon." Of Wendell Phillips, whose name we have just mentioned, our author gives us a copious report of a speech he himself had the gratification of bear ing him deliver in his character as the Great Anti- Slavery Orator. One fragmentary p ss this oration we are tempted to g ive as affording a mere passing flavour or w hiff from thea ‘ a ‘ g f east o of reason and flow of sonl"--the speech itself in its entirety or in its in te g rity ! It is where th e Orator exclaims to his Northern audience at 'Wash. ington— holitionist, I have no great interest in " I repeat, as; an n t a ake no interest in the choice of paths by t hi,. war _ t hat .61 Government shall lead us, because, as far as I which the tu dy events and results, I honesty believe am able to whatever this convulsion does, or fails to do, one thing prevent its doing, and th-t is, shaking nthoamt:no.Parot o ff t h e chains y t ' e c v a e n ry negro on the continent. Ido not mean that any man intends it, for I don't care what man intends. When a person gets into the rapids of N agara it doesn't matter much what he intends ; he will go over." It Mr. Dicey shows himself — as h e i ndu b itably do, a —singularly skilful as a reporter of men's words, and as a describer of their outward appearance, no less than occasionally also as a delineator of their inner temperaments and idiocycracies—it may be as well to afford our readers likewise some notion of his aptitude as a depicter of scenes and places, in one word, as a t opograp h er. H ere then is hismar vellously cl ever li tt l e out li ne o f the," Empire City," . - across the ocean—that is, of the far.famed— CITY OF NEW YORK. The Island of Manhattan, on which New York is placed, is very like the shape of a sole. Now, if you suppose that the skeleton of a sole had a network of cross-bones, parallel as well as perpendicular to the backbone, you will have an CZAOt Woo of the plaiz of Now York, Tin /backbone is Broadway; the parallel cross-bones aro the avenues, num bered from east to west; and the bones at right angles to the spines are the streets, numbered consecutively from the sole's mouth to its tail. This arithmetical nomenclature of the streets, which seems so barbarous to us in Europe, is really of great practical convenience. The system is not perfect, because the streets in the cld part of the town have names of their own; but still it is sufficiently so, to enable anyone to tell, given the name of a street, whereabouts it is situated, and how to get to it. The corner end of the island, corresponding to the sole's mouth, is the commercial tw p e a ir: r h t et , ht t heif h eer e city of New Y or k, o f w hi c h W all-street i s t h e Cornhill. Broadw a y i s th e great thoroughfare, where all the h eassht resort shops st ofs and storesntdhe runningacross Upper n Thousand situated; and Fifth Avenue, hiseutheaenfda,shtihoenaßbeiglegruavaria ocfe the n tr a t l o p w a n r k. and beyond Across the are l o a f rg the e, e island tr fig g stretches lia g suburbs, the w w h ho ie s h e streets stand n in d ahifgehw ea u y pi r n a, the multipli ca ti on t a bl e, an d if New York should grow at its present rate, to cover the whole island of Manhattan. Across the Hudson and the East River, which join at the city end of the island, lie the great suburbs of Jersey City and Brookiyn—Birkenheads, so to speak, to the New World Liverpool. So much for the topography of New York. The volumes under notice are inscribed by their writer, " by permission," he tells us, to no less for • midable a reader of any man's lueubrations, than— JOHN STUART age II . .IIL I L ,h , e p r e e r i h s aps the coura st ge m i o ns p uc h h il 7 o d pe ed hl . in keeping with it, there is a c ourage o f cation--of o d n o — f b o u u r t, thought and of expression apparent to us, again and yet theagain o ,t s h p r o o kn u e gho v u o t lume. s whole we read o of Mr. them even manfully outspoken where they are the most directly opposed to our own views, with that especial satisfaction with which we all turn to the examination of the writings of a man who is really himself in earnest. Before closing our remarks upon Mr. Dicey it is but justice to him to observe that he is not less of an Englishman in his views, because, in one sense, he is more of a cosmopolite. Dr. Samuel Butler's Atlas of Mockrta Geography. A New Edition. 33 Maps. Longman and Co. We are never surprised at the announcement of another New Edition of the compact and admira ble little Atlas of Modern Geography, for which so many English students have so long stood in debted to the skill and the research of the late Bishop of Lichfield. But—even in these days of cneapness and enterprise—we are, for once, surprised by certain peculiarities noticeable in the entirely New Edition of the work but just now issued from the press by the Messrs. Longman. While very considerably improved, it is, at the same time, wonderfully cheapened. Containing three and thirty full coloured maps, carefully engraved in steel by Mr. Edward Weller, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a draughtsman well up to his work—this royal quarto atlas by the late Bishop of Lichfield, Dr. Samuel Butler—pre viously head master of Shrewsbury School, com prises within it several additional maps never be fore published; being, besides that, minutely cor rected throughout "from the Government surveys" es well as "from the most recent authentic sources of information." The whole vvork, moreover, has been edited by the author's son, the present rector of Langan, the Rev. Thomas Butler, M.A., F.R.G.S., As evidence of the care taken with each division of the work as it passed through the hands of the en graver it may be sufficient to observe that the discoveries of Livingstone, Burton, Speke, Barth, and others were very cautiously taken into account in the map of the continent of Africa. This Modern Atlas (now costing no more than half a guinea) is in a manner perfected as a book for instant refer ence by an Index wonderfullycopious when viewed in connection with the moderate dimensions of tho volume and the scale upon which the maps con tained within it have been drawn. Herbert Fry's Shilling Guide to the -London Charities. Pp. 174. Robert Hardwicke. Remembering the dictum of the Prince of the Apostles about charity covering a multitude of sins, one cannot, while looking over the pages of this most affecting catalogue of the abundant charities of London—one cannot but think, with a sense of awe and of hope of the charity that may literally be "covering " or overshadowing the sins of the Great City. It is a wonderful catalogue. Though merely a list of names and dates, and addresses, and objects, and incomes—it is pleasant reading, for all that. We have a feeling of obligation towards Mr. Fry for the industry with which he has compiled these useful and consolatory particulars. It is a shilling's worth of information well worthy of the careful study of the benevolent. MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN, The supply of fruit and vegetables is by no means ex ;ensive, and the trade rules firm, as follows. FRUIT. e. d. s. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Orapes,per lb 0 0 to 0 0; Foreign do 1 6 to 2 6 Melons Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 01 Apples, per hf-sv. 2 6 to 4 6, j Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 6 0 to 10 0 j Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberries hf sveo 0 to 0 01 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 8. d. s d Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 2 oto 2 6 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, rer doz 0 oto 0 0 Damson . 0 0 to 0 0 Currants, per b.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries,prpt 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Cabbages, Greens, dz p b r u d n o c z b 01 2 006 so E t 0 0 01 3 06 6 a b or a rs l s ee o ry t a s , d, per per rh. d l pi b tdt . ( 0 6 t 1, 00 tt o o 6 o 02 0 00 Red ditto Savoy do., pr dz 0 n oto 0 91 Celery, per ditto 1 o to 1 6 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 0 Beet, per doz. .. 1 ti to 2 6 Brocoli, per bus. 1 oto 1 2 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 80 to 140 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 3 New ditto, pr pnt 0 9to 1 0, Alushrooms.p ptl. 0 9to 1 6 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6to 2 0 Artichokes, each 0 0 t. , ) 0 0 Carrots, pr do 4 9 6 to o 3 5 A C m a i b n i t m a g' n e d i e s t a t v , s o c r o y r . e . 0 0 0 t t o o 0 0 0 Cucumbers 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sy. 0 oto 0 0 1 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Brus.sprouts,h.s. 1 3to 2 0, Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn.. 1 3to 1 61 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 Bto 1 0 1 Rhubarb, per bun 0 2to 0 8 Spinach .. 0 Bto 1 0 , Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Turnip greens .. 0 BSo 0 101 Seakale, per bun. 0 9to 1 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 68 Od to 8s Od; geese, Os Od to Os Od each; goslings, 4s Od to 8s Od ; ducks ' 2s 6d to 5s Od ; duckling s , Os 6d to Os 04; rabbits, is Od to 2s od each; wild do., 104 to is 24 ; pigeons, Os 6cl to is Od each ; Surrey f o wls, lOs Od to 1.5 s Od ; chickens, 6s Od to 9s Od ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 7s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges,Os Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od; snipes, Os to Os Od; teal, is 6d to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, is 6d to Os Od ; plovers, is Od to Os Od each; each; Ostend fresh butter, 10d to is Od ; E g guinea fowls, 58 Od to 6s Od ; roasting pigs, OsnOdlitsoh,Osloo4d S to s l o s d 2 t d o p S e s r 9 lb d ; perE Od to Os Od each. English Od; mullets, 08 6d to is ' O% BILLINGSGATE. and halibut, Od ;shleevgegi:es,o7.ooo.4 to Os Od ; Frenc h do., per prawns, Os; skate, cod, 2s Od to 5s Od ; brills, 0, Od lb. ; turbots, 4s Od to 15s; Salmon, is 6d to4ldsto9d6d; ;trsoturut,geoOdnto, Os ; eels, 54 to 10d Od per dozen ; mackerel 4d d • crabs, to2s 6d , plaice t p o er 100; bloaters, Os to 0 , lobsters, 6d to 2s 6 , and glirnets, Od to Os Od each ; soles, per pair • 1 9 0 5 8 .0 s 4s to 128 ; snel ; whitiu 3s Od to 6s ; haa a &melts 1 to 0 s Od; . s ;o , cn l ka s Bti Od e t s o ,G6d 6 66 s dst O ot d o s pc. bu. , , col:11178n, , BOd to I 6 tioun 7 1 to is a d ; herring f 2. per 100 ; fresh bOsOdto Os per brace. ' - ; ; Carp an d tenc , oys t.edresrs, 3s Od t o 4 s Od d 'to mutton, ;lamb, 3NsEB:IVP°4IIs T Bd . Beef, from 2s 6d t o 3 s 10 ; and pork, 3 s Gd to 58 6d to 68 4d ; vea l , 48 6d per 81b s . b y t h e carcase. Beef, from 2s Gd l t 7 o 1:F1:r10Ed ,ItintttoPßna3s Odto 4s Od; lamb, 5s 6d to Os 4d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3a Gd to 4s 6d per Blbs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wh ea t en b read in the metropolis are from 7id to 8d , of household do., 51d to 7d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d 'to 31d • 721 b to 801 b, 3d t o 3id ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d t o 41c1 ; 881 b to 961 b, 4id t o 40 ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 1041 b to 1 121 b, Od to Gd. Horse hides, 8s 6d to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 4s Od ; full, Os Od to Os Od ; poled sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; half-breds, 98 3d to 108 6d ; Downs, 7s od to 9s Od ; lambs, 2s 6d to 3s 10d; shearlings, is 6d to Os Od. HAY MARK ZTS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Oa to £4 Os Od ; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 10s; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16. per ►oad. Both hay and straw were in slow rcque.t, at our quotations. CUMBERLAN 11,—Men'tOW Lai), £2 2s to £4 OA; olover £3 lOs to £5 10e ; and straw, 11 lOs to £1 16s per load. Trade dull. WHITECRAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Od to £4 Os ; clover do , £3 10s to £5 10e; and straw, £1 104 to £1 lOs per load. A slow demand. tThe.arrange ---__ THE LATE MR. APSLEY PELLATT.—Yesterday morning, the remains of the late Mr. Apsley Peliatt service were interred in the family mausoleum at Staines cemetery. As a mark of respect to the deceased, many of the leading shops in Southwark were partially closed, and business was wholly suspended at the factory in . llolland-street. The funeral cortege, on its arrival at Staines, was joi n , d by large number of workmen employed by M essrs p a In accordance with the wish of the deceased ellatt. ments were of an u nostentatious character. was kaprews i ve ly performed by the Rey, /k. he I r ` Harper,