The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-09 00:00:00

oNEy MARKET AND COMMERCIAI4 MTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE &CLOCK. The inquiry for discount accommodation to day is by no means active, but the rates show undiminished firm ness. The Bavaria from New York has brought £28,800, and the Asia £119,486 in specie. The traffic receipts of the Great Western Railway of Canada for the week ending Feb. 20 amounted to £14,910, against £10,474 last year. The accounts from the manufacturing districts for the past week have been satisfactory. The dealings in both cloths end yarns at Manchester, however, have been limited, although prices have shown a slight upward tendency. In the woollen districts of Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, a seasonable busi was transacted in summer fabrics, while at Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton, there has been more activity in most departments. With regard to the Silk Market the following is from Messrs. Durant and Co.'s circular :—We have a quiet market in silk—during the last fortnight especially so. The deliveries are good, and con sumption is supposed to be going compara tively well, but there is no disposition to Purchase, except particular classes—in the meantime prices • are fairly supported. The large arrivals of last month have swelled ur stocks to a tolerably large total, but, speaking generally, there is no sensation of excess. It may be that the disinclination to purchase was increased by the knowledge that the cargo of the Colombo was to be sold by publio auction, but from the moment of the silk reaching London, it was evident that it was far too extensively damaged to be available for any general purposes. The sale took place yester day--the silk was sold without any deduction for increase by water, in many stases amounting to nearly cent. per cent., and therefore at nominally l ow prises —but the result to the purchasers is very uncertain bPyond that of lengthened occupation to the mills, In China silk the transactions have been especially small, Taysaam only being in demand. Japan silk continues in great favour, and forms the eleeption to the general quietude. In Bengal no thing of moment. Persian still continues in fair Consumption. Two o'CLocx. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes ranged from 70f. to 70f. sc. An extreme degree of quietude has pervaded the market for Public Securities today, owing to the dulness of business and the limited attendance of operators. Consols are quoted 921 d for transfer, and 921 for the account. The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced are flat at 90991. Exchequer Bills, 3s. dis. to ls. prem.; Bank Stock, 2381 ; and India per Cents., 1081 1. There has not been much activity in the foreign market, but prices in several instances have tended upwards. Egyptian are 961, 97 ; ditto 2d issue, 961. Greek have improved to 20;,1; ditto Coupons are 82,-. Mexican Stock is 31 I ; Spanish Passive, 261, 271; ditto Certificates, 9/, d, being depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents. 1854, are 901 ; do. 1858, 69i; do. 1862, 691, 4 ; and the Consolides have improved to 42, 1. Italian 5 per Cents. are buoyant at 691. Business in the Railway Share Market continued dull, and the few bargains entered into were at a slight decline ou former rates. Lancashire and Yorkshire, and South Westerns receded 55.; North Eastern (Berwick), and South Eastern, 10s.; and Great Northern, 15s. ; North Westerns, however, improved ss. In the Foreign and Colonial Markets there has been no change of importance. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares exhi bited in one or two instances rather more firmness. London and Westminster were eealt in at 77 I ; London and County at 451 a Bank of Australia at 81i 82i ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam im proved to 732 1. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 23BA 3 , , per Cent. Reduced Annuities ' 3 ,,„Per Cent. Consols Annuities .. New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. - Ditto 5 per Cent I ) , ,t.i. 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 100 DD. bonds .41,900 Consols for A ccoun t, April 8. 921 Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent 1 pm Ditto Small Ditto Advertised 3 1 die FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Egyptian 7 pei Cent 97 61 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-.5, ex-Coupons l9 20 Ditto Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 941 Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 Spanish 3 per CenV' — Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account 461 Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account 9Ol Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent. l 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account .. 694 TWO O'CLOCK. Coasols ' M oney Ditto Account 923 i Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) LIVERPOOL, March 9. Market quiet. No change. Sales 5,000 bales, Import 1,629. GAME PRESERVES IN AUSTRALIA. —We have been favoured by Mr. Thomas Austin's gamekeeper with a few details respecting the gallinacea which are so care fully tended at Barwood Park. After thinning out the cock pheasants, so as to ensure a proper equality for the breeding seasonbreeding to the dam es, thero are twen ty-two hens in the theconmesptasrvtmar:enntm e which have laid two hund red e gg s, fowls,out of which number, 142 are placed under s ittin g young that they birds a re laying, mingle have got on admirably, from 15 to 16 eggs. The partri d g es y• There are about 2 0 eggs , an d four These birds have become so domes ticatedfrom the with the ordinary fowls, and feed hand. The hares, though improving in form and waxing fat, still preserve their shyness. The chief diffi culties that lie i n th e way of the preservat i on o f gam e have been successfully combated, as is illustrated by the remains of :100 eagle hawks, s , me of which measure eight feet from tip to tip of expanded wings. During the past year, 1,000 native eats came to an untimely end. The hawks still con tinue their depredations. The warren of wild rabbits is now redolent of life as an ant-hill, and swarms of bunnies are thrown off, which find their way to Armytage's old sta tion, up the Leigh, and down the Barwon banks, for miles affording increasing sport to the gun. The newly imported Quail are doing satisfactorily, and seem to luxuriate in their hew abode. Snipe abound in this pastoral retreat, no fewer than 21 brace being knocked over by one gun last week.— Geelong Chronic,e. A.:'; EXTRAoRDZSARY COUNTY.—It is a curious e irentnstance COUtitett - d with the principality o f W ales, the Prince and Princess of which are now being ' w elcomed, that there is one county in it (Merionethshire) that has no resident titled person of any sort—duke, mar earl, baron, v i s count, baronet, or knigh t . Formerl y ' her e was a baronet in the county, but he dieu five or six Years ago, and the title became extinct. Theme is no cor poration, no mayor, but it has one special advantage, that th e county b e i ng per tly i u the diocese of Ba n g or and p artl y in the diocese of St. Asaph it has term. bishops to look atter its spiritual interests. The county has one member to re present t h e whole of it, there being no borough in it which has the privil ege o f re t urn i ng a re presentative to the House °ora tions. The following notice occurs in the obituary of '.. 16 Surrey Times:--" On the 28th Dec., at Lady r ey, Aliwal North, South Africa, William Hughes, C.E., v a ged 45, secon d son of the l ate T homas H ug hes, C,E., authorter of works upon roads, bridges, foundations, and other ki ndred subjects, and grandeen of John Hughes, in en of the steam dredging machine, engineer and cone t ia ra e e or for many Government and other large public works 'United Kingdom. There being no clergyman on the spot, the burial service was read by Mr. Pearce, J.P., ,and his remains were followed to the grave by all the Eng lish residents, who evinced sincere regret at the loss of so esteemed a member of the community." h M 'darae Ratazzi, who was an authoress before „ er last marriage, is now advertising a new novel called Mademoiselle Million," which bears her present name on the title-pages PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 41 per cent. red., 981 9 Great Western, 5 per cent. red. pref., loit si Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., 1251 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent, 21 20f Great Luxembourg . , 15f Recite and San Francisco (11m.), gua, 7 per cent., 18f San Paulo gua. 7 per cent. (all), 231 FOREIGN MINES. Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lim.), 4 JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 22 London, B. Ayres, and R. Plate (him.), 12 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23 Lonaon and Colonial (him.), 43 London and County, 451 1 London Joint Stock, 51 London and Westminster, 77 Ottoman Bank, 12 Ditto, new, 113 Union of Ireland (him.), 91 MISCEL LANEOUS. Electric Telegraph, 100 Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, 131 South Australian Land, 31i Van Diemen's Land. 133 THE CORLODGE COLLIERY CATASTROPHE,—The whole of the bodies of the unfortunate young men and boys, nineteen in number, who lost their lives in the explosion at the Coxlodge Colliery, near Newcastle, under the circumstances reported in out last impression, having been recovered, an inquest upon them was formally opened on Saturday, and Ns as adjourned till Wednesday next. PRESENTATION OF A ROYAL STURGEON TO THE PRINCE OF WALES.—In the course of Saturday afternoon a royal sturgeon about eight feet long, and weigh ing about 2( 1 01bs , was conveyed to Windsor as a marriage present by the catcher, a fisherman from Chichester Har bour. 1 HE COST OF ALGERlA.—According to a calcu lation made by the Presse, Algeria, from its con quest to the present time, has cost France the large sum of 4,632,484,000 f. (£185,299,360), counting the expenditure with compound interest. M. Sarcy, of the Opinion Nationale, has just been sentenced to I,ooof. damages and 200 f. fine for a rather too severe critique against Mdlle, Pauline de Melin, the actress at the Odeon, apropos of a piece wherein she did not per- form. THE RUSSIAN FORCES IN POLAND.—The Gene ral Correspondence of Vienna publishes a list of the Russian forces now in the kingdom of Poland, and in the old Polish provinces. The total number amounts to 10 divisions ; or 150,000 men, and a reinforcement of 10,000 men is shortly expected. Out of these forces the kingdom possesses 80,000, of whom 30,000 are necessary for the de fence of Warsaw, and 25,000 for that of the fortified towns, leaving therefore only 25,000 men disposable for other services. Lrt of the it Up that pur pre" andra )CO of it re' klace, mem" .yard, h ad s (old L e rest The ted to lhapet a ality Misfit Le top are 7eigh t ;arat 9 • in of o pted, 'ect to essari lace t 0 V pro civic tatioo our of , I , car- net at )5, the the ir iateli h e arty their ace d 6 - • , it. ells Eng: w hich ted bi; es of th A e 4 on" leas o f )1 1013e. Min ds he 7tl. sign ed artist' Li - o 1113° vase 3 Pell salute° Bog' , Prio; Royal illus . Pr i g . stand ban d ' cr o c k by 6 If 3111 ; o, au"' 3 13106 t lusty the secoea Le a the lepto d " It mud ?SS 1113- i i v g, to Y serer yo ung it ,ister d Car: e fro' „ ity ba nd , o ts ' e tb ° l btbit )e : 1 isnea” , h CO OI )anq ue : e P la t , u • CI )1 ,1 ck h t bel- • h. „gil all 11° ; oi , a tio tio Tl 3 ° Ca ,ll °Be ho~pe of fa of 113 tal‘t n . e ci ‘ t '!'ned ' to 0 1)1 w jjl° t he dor. effo rt erY Die u° ol , e o: ;cl n "i b ietrco SIIAnt MARKETS--This Day. ORDINARY SllAlth -, AND STOuft.S. Share' Railways. I p„,,,, Closing Business 1 i - --. 1 Price. , done. 13.14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 81 15 I Blythe and Tyne. 10 I Bost.,Sleat,anciAlid.Co all 7 8 at 'Bristol and Exeter st 'Caledonian 201 5 100 0 l C CDDo o oor i . ' n k Aßl a v n al d all l Bandon lo ', 116 117 1161 t A in g 6p et e s .p l a to n. ; i i s iv s l a aa l li l l = 6l __:_ i been paid to B. 3 60 Dublin & Belfast June. all 41 13 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. all 13 14 at 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 88 20 st ,Glasg. and S. Western.; 100 106 108 st Great Eastern, Ord. stk I 100 4 91 501 49 st Ditto A stock llOO 45 47 44 at Ditto East Anglian at: 100 2 4 1 25 25 at GreatNorthof Scotland 100 at Great Northern • 1 0 0 122 124 122 st Do A stock at Do 11 do st ',Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland 100 100 101 1011 at [Great Wertern at ,Do Str Val gua. stock 1 00 (1z " st ,Lancashire Y or k s hi r e 100 1(81 109 5 1095 . c5 at ;London and Blackwall 100 7/ :34 73 26 at L0u.,1 Bright.,& S. Coast 100 114 115 at Lou,,! Chat., and Dover 100 40 .1 9 2 994 at 'Lon. & North Western loo 81 Lou., ,lan. ,& s h S e o t . 1: South W estern unoo iti 10000 1 4 0 1 1 4 1 5 0 4 11 4 1 5 0_1 6 50 IMaryport and Carlisle. all 121 Do 5 5hare5........ 6.4.0 e MpidolaNndew 10 Metropolitan all 14 115 145 I 5.1.0 I l i Ifp 100 I 1241 125 1241 5 P st Do Birming. & Derby 100 94 96 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 1 shares 25 311 d Kent 10 Do Cray Line at North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 1100 211' 261 at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 981 99 99 81 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16,13.4 —— d (1 at Do Lecds lOO ss( 67 565 st Do York at Do Carlisle lor , at North London 10 iDo New v. 16.1 North Staffordshire .. all 165 Is; 161 10 N. and S. W. Junotion all 11i 111 al Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 45 46 at Do Soot. Mid. stock lOO 101 103 1 0 Shrews. and Welchpool all st Shropshire Union at 'South Devon lOO 82 34 at !South Eastern at South Wales at IS. York. and River Dun 100 20 IStaines,Wok.,andWok all 7 8 25 Stockton & Darlington all 371 381 25 Do l5 9 10 o Do New, 1860 8 71 8 (. s' Taff Vale. 10 Do B 8 45 5 12i IC. Do C 3 -1 35p 50 Ulster 2 5 Do 2O p 12.1 0 Do st Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 150 160 at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 at West Cornwall lOO 29 31 at W. Hartlepool Har.&R , 100 at West Midland Oxford' 100 411 121 st Do Newport 100 35 37 st Do Hereford ' 100 96 98 BRITISH POssEsSioN.._;. Closure share Bailways 100 itlantic &St Lawrence 411 63 65 stk s flom.,Baroda&Centlne 10 , 104 105 105 44 Gu. 5 per cent........ 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares. 5 4 1 P 204 Buffalo and Lane Huron aii 41 5 10 Do. Preference ...... all 79 8 100 Butlalo,Brant,&Godricl 10 , 77 8 0 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1871 100 79 76 100 Do. do. June 1, lts; , l 100 73 76 st Clcutta.&S.l 4 :astn.(l , l; ) 100 103 105 st Cape Town & Dock Scril 100 108 109 109 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 106 147 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 106 1064 1011 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 5 2 lip 20 Do. do. H do. .. 5 1 fp stock Grand Trunk of Canada 104, 204 214 100 Do. Ist Pref . Bonds.. alt 65 67 100 Do. co. deferred...... all 50 53 100 1)0. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 57 69 10 0 Do. do defer/ ed..— all 44 46 100 Do. 3d P ef. stock all 40 44 1 0 0 Do. do. deferred. • all 34 33 100 Do. 4th Pref. sic 1c . ... all 24 28 100 Do. do deferred...... all 22 24 stock Gt.lncltaPenui.gua.sp.c 100 1054 106 1054 6 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 1 t 20 Do. January, 1862.. 4 1 I stock Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 102 104 103 204 Gt. W. of Canada Sharef all 12 131 12 2 0 4 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 100 102 100 1 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 93 05 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 lip stock Madras guar., sp.c. .. 100 1034 lut 104 stock Do. 4/ p. C. Extensior 100 96 98 stock De. 4A do ........ 100 13 5 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 - - stock Melb.Corp. ap. a. Bud, 100 - - 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 49 51 100 Do. 7p. c. 51ortg. Bds. al' - - 10 Newßrunswickrt Candy Class A sn 1 B all 3 5 pc Ist 1 bds 100 83 65 stock &dude 2sto o o p unj D e lhi . r f 100 1 1 1 01 I 1. 1 11 1 0 1:4 4 1044 Do. do gi 2 st Do. Do. , 100 :03 104 1041 4'rck Do. Indus. St. Flo.) - ,98 100 ) 1.4 /NT 'V El: 1 - 1877-81 - Do. 43 p. c. Feb. et Au 100 5 ('7 - Do. a p.c.Mar.JE Sero 100 Its 1( 7 - Do. Ep. c. Jan.&July. 10, 97 98 974 - Do. 5 Inscribed stocl , 100 05 97 - ape G. Hope, A p 0.187 100 i(9 111 Do.Ap &Oct. 1808 10° 113 115 Do. 189. 1' 114 ]l6 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 10 112 114 - Ceylon. N0v.1.01, 9p c - Alru itius rer cent . I'd) 110 11'. - Na a' G,v. 5 i•er ca: , t . . 1,0 2 9 111 - 6 p.c. ,) 10 106 I:i7 - I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & oco 10u - - S.W. ov. 5 p c.,18 101. 1004 1014 - Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1 101 1004 1014 - I Do. d0.,1888 &upwd, 100 100 101 1004 - 'New Zealand 6 p 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. a p. c - ster;ing, 1875 ID , 1064 1074 - Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO o 112 - a. Aud U6p.c. la7e.'t up OOl 110 112 1111 vic.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul3 100 108 110 - Do. to 's o.e. An.&Det., 100 tlli 111/ BVITISII N 2 c C i a i m tio b r ri a a A n m Co a n lg s a t a G te o d ld .. , id fi l i : a e s v vvt on ia G ßr . nu t: Bs o en n rie .. (Tavist. 20 22 I 530 540 East Bassett (Mogan 30 r 2, 874 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. id P - East Carado - a r e m a ( t l' ay's t k 1. 7 3 ; 1 1 °1 9 :: .0 96 5 41 4 5 417 1 °6 - . t & s S o t u .A th ub l y o n ig (G u ze . n ) , 1177. 6t16 18 - G. Wheal Vor (11elston' 10 61 7 - I - (Grenville. , e dr n oy v d - I Ilin"t e n r F t: D a otwns 8.12 46 48 4 . 1 7. 0 24 3 2.0,6 La 1} Margaret Lelant of 34 36 - Niarke Valley.. 4 \lyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) U ; 1 4 d - New Setun l9l 135 145 - North Downs2l 34 S.Wh Basset (Illo.fan 2.17 . c, 4i 4 - North Wheal Crotty .. 2.4.9 41 6 - Car Consols (St. Blazey 14 4* 5 10 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 0 42 - , South Caradon(St.Cleer, 14 400 410 S. Carn Brea (Illogan).. 5.15.6 4 5 - S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.1 5.9 90 05 - Stray Park 5 TamarSilv.& Lead Min 44 1 10 Tin Cron 194 204 - I West Basset (Illogan) l4 124 134 - W Caradon (Liskeard) 5 35 37 - West Seton - Wheal Basset (Illogan) I 65 70 - Wheal Buller ( Itedrutb) 5 624 675 - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 7 S WhealLud, ott W heal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 154 164 - Wheal Seton . 584 240 250 2474 - Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 17 18 - !Wheal Union 3.17 6 54 rHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1863. MARKETS--This Day. MARK-LANE , The country markets held towards the close of last week were but moderately supplied with wheat, yet the trade was very dull at further reduced rates. All kinds of spring corn, including flour, moved off heavily, and the quotations had a downward tendency. The continental markets are very dull, whilst from New York we learn that the trade for wheat and flour is less active, on easier terms. Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of English grain were very moderate. The imports from abroad amounted to 27,951 quarters of wheat, 21,807 barley, 11,375 oats, 953 beans, 55 tares, 850 linseed, 13,935 oil-seeds, 217 maize, 160 sundry seeds, 1,529 sack, and 26,537 barrels of flour. Fresh up to Mark-lane to-day the receipts of home-grown wheat were very moderate, and of but middling quality. The trade, both for red and white qualities, ruled inactive, yet no change took place in prices compared with Monday last. _ _ The supply of foreign wheat was large. In all descrip tions a limited business was transacted; nevertheless the quotations, almost generally, were steadily supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, but with out leading to any alteration in the rates current last week. The market was well supplied with barley, foreign pro duce especially being freely offered. Malting qualities moved off slowly, at last Monday's prices; otherwise, the trade ruled heavy, and the quotations had a downward ten dency. The inquiry for most kinds of malt was far from active, on former terms. With oats the market was moderately supplied. Home grown samples, fresh up, fairly supported previous rates; but other kinds sold heavily, at fully the late reduction in prices. Mazagan beans, being in small supply, realised former prices; but other kinds—the receipts of which were some what extensive—declined Is. per quarter. The show of peas on offer was very moderate, and the de mand ruled steady, at late currencies. Barrel flour was in slow request, at the recent fall in prices. For other descriptions, the inquiry was much re stricted, yet prices were unaltered. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE . Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old 4Bs 54s Ditto, white, new 47s 51s Ditto, old sos 57a .Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s s Ditto, new Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding 26s 35s Malting, lBB 43s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk sos 66s Brown Kingstown and Ware s6s 70$ Chevalier 66s 25s Oats —Yorkshire and Lino°lush., Feeding, 20s 25s Potato Youghal and Cork, black lBB 25s Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 22s 26$ Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey, new Maple White, new 4OB 4)s Boilers _..41s 42s Flour—Town-made Suffolk 34s 38s Stockton and N0rf01k..... 34s 35s other descriptions of ld per lb. The export demand is still extremely limited. The following pi ices have been realised: Sydney—Clean sheep's is 4d to 2s 3icl, scoured is 41d to 2s lid, skin is 3d to is 6d, grease is to is ld. Port Philip —Clean sheep's is 7d to 2s 2id, scoured is 81d to 2s 41d, locks and pieces is ld to is 7d, grease 91d to 1 , 2d. Van Dieman's Land— Clean sheep's is 5d to is lid, skin is 21e1 to is 6d. New Zealand—Clean sheep's is 31d to is 71d, lamb Is 4d, locks is 01c1 to is 21d. Cape—Clean sheep's Is Old to is ld, scoured is 2d to is 61d, lamb is 70, grease 81 to is 21e1 per lb. The import last week amounted to 2,252 bales from Sydney, 2,279 Adelaide, 6,440 Port Philip 922 Algoa Bay, and 470 bales from Constantinople. In the private contract market we have to report continued heavi ness, and prices have a downward tendency. SPORTING NOTES. SEEDS. Cloverseed and trefoil move off steadily, at fully previous rates. In linseed and rapeseed, only a moderate business is doing, and other seeds are a slow sale. Cakes are in moderate request, on former terms. Turnip, White,p. bus 11s to 14s Swede —s Islustard, Brown White, Tares, New 7s Gd 88 6d Old per quarter - s —s Canary, per quarter 46s 528 Rye grass, new s _ s Clover, Red Eng., et. 45s 72s White Foreign Red 42s 55s White Ms 7Js Trefoil, new. 26s Hs Carraway Coriander l6s 188 Hernpseed, per qr 42s 448 Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 748 hi u Crsng 66s 70s Baltic - —s —s Odessa —s —s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £lo os£lo 10e Foreign £lO Os .£ll Os Rape Cakes,p ton£6 Os £2 15s Rapeseed, new,pr qr 78s SOs TALLOW. There is about an average business doing in most kinds of tallow, and prices are supported. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 43s 9d per cwt. Town tallow is 43s 6d per cwt. net cash; rough fat, 2s 34d per 81bs. 1859. 1 1860. 1861. t 1862. 1863. -- --______ Stock this day Price of Y.C. .. , .'• • • 1Y.271 34 875 71,847 , 43,649 45.779 5 52801 to's?fs 9d to 59861 to 46s 9d to 43s 9d to I -s Od —8 Od 60s Od —s Od —s Od Delivery last week 1,073 1,020 843 ~666 911 Ditto from June 1 81,773 67,918 66,232 100,0.3 65,96! Arrivals last week 163 ,275 1,635 2,425 1,13! Ditto from June 1 91,4,7 99,712 110,965 ' 86,9 7 1 73,462 Price of Town .... 538 6d 608 3d 6Os 3d 488 6d 45s 9d POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SCANDALOUS BRUTALITY BY A CAB DRlYBR.—Robert Newell, cab-driver, badge 3,256, was brought before Mr• 'l'yrwhitt, on a warrant, charged on a complaint of Mr, W. Love, chief officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals with the following brutal treatment of a horse. It appeared from Mr. Love's statement (borne out by several respectable witnesses) that, on February 18, prisoner was entrusted by the owner of the horse to driva it for th a t day only, and about four in the afternoon the prisoner was seen to drive up to a publichouse in Jermyn-street, the horse at the time sweating profusely and trembling. The prisoner then gripped the horse several times in a savage manner under its flanks, causing it to kick and plunge. He then beat it about its head with his fists, and jagged its mouth severely with the bit for some minutes. After this the prisoner got on the box, gathered up the reins, held the horse tightly in, and while doing so punished the horse unmercifully with a whip till the poor animal became so affrighted that it ran back and overturned the cab. The prisoner then drove up and down Jermyn-street and the Haymarket, all the while lashing it. The prisons afterwards kicked the horse several times in the belly, say- 1 ing, with an oath, that he would do for it before he got home. Several persons then interfered, and on threaten ing to give him into custody he drove off, beating the horse in the most unmerciful manner. On the horse getting home it was found in a dreadful state, the owner having to sit up all night with it. The prisoner told the owner that he had earned no money with the horse. The case having been proved. Mr, Tyrwhitt said prisoner was a greater brute than the horse—one of the base cases which they unhappily occa sionally saw. The witnesses had done their duty like men in coming forward against the prisoner. It was a base, unmanly, brutal, disgusting case, proved up to the hilt, as one would say. The prisoner was then committed for six weeks, with hard labour. --- - AN EMPLOYER ASSAULTED BY A WORKMAN.—George Faulkner, pianoforte-maker, was charged before Mr. Tyr whi tt for assaulting Mr. Llewellyn, pianoforte manufacturer of Bolsover-street. From the statement of Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, who appeared for the prosecution, it appeared that. the defendant had been in Mr. Lowellyn's employ and absented himself for some days. On Saturday afternoon about two, after Mr. Llewellyn had paid his men, and they had left the premises, the defendant went there and forced his way into the workshop, saying he was going to finish a job he had left unfinished. Mr. Llewellyn told him that he could not do it then as he wanted to close the place, when the defendant said he was —if he would not, and on Mr. Llewellyn attempting to put him out, the de fendant struck him with a saw on his arm, the blow, how ever, being aimed at the head. Mr. Llewellyn, and a boy in his employ, having borne out Mr. Lewis's statement, The defendant entered into a long and rambling defence, Mr. Tyrwhitt said Mr. Llewellyn had a perfect right to close his place if he thought proper to do so, and fined the defendant £3, or a month's imprisonment in default. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, March 9.—Wind this day at noon—West; light breeze and fine weather, but cold. PORTSMOUTH, March B.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Imperieuse, from Hong Kong; Her Ma jesty's ship Melpomene, from the West Indies; Manilla, from London for Kurrachee ; Aurora, from London fur Madeira, with captain sick; her Mojetsy's ship Revenge, from the Eastward. QUEENSTOWN, March B,—Arrived—Asia, steamer, from New York. OFF PORTSMOUTH, March B.—Azrived--Wave of Life, from London for Melbourne. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, March B—Planet, steamer, from Hamburg. Arrived, March 9—Duke of Cornwall, from HuelTa ; Excelsior, steamer, from Gottenburg. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed—Calcutta, screw steamer, from India; John Cobbold, from Table Bay; Augus t a , screw steamer, from the west—all for London M on trose, for St. Vincen t ; Era, for St. John's ; James Wilson, for Kurrachee ; Kate Abell, for Ascension ; Alcoa, for the Cape of Good Hope—all from London ; Johannes, from Shields, for Odessa ; Fontabella, from London, for Jamaics. NATURAL EISTORY. M. B We have been favoured with a view of Jo court's collection of Siamese curiosities, mentioned in last week's sitting of the A cademy of Sciences. It consists :-1, of a series of very interesting pho tographs ; 2, of a large number of specimens of fishes and reptiles preserved in spirits ; 3, of a con siderable number of stuffed birds and mammalia ; and 4, of various specimens of curious plants, among which we may mention the monkey's ladder, a creeping plant, so called by the Siamese because of its singular shape, consisting of two parallel stems joined together by intermediate shoots strongly resembling the rungs of a ladder. Among the photographs we remarked the portraits of the King and Queen of Siam, and of some of their relatives ; that of a barefooted page, and another of a mandarin, who, it would seem, had contrived to reduce his outlay in wearing apparel to the veriest imaginable minimum. A Buddhist pagoda struck us as remarkable both for its immense size and the ela borate scu'pture with which its whole surface is covered. The collection of fishes is extremely rich, the rivers of Siam being peopled with an incon ceivable variety of that class, a circumstance which accounts for the fact that the Siamese, as M. Bocourt told us, are essentially an ichthyophagous people; their food consisting almost exclusively of fish and rice seasoned with the most pungent condiments. Among the new species brought by M. Bocourt, there is a kind of Galeichthys, which fetches so high a price in the Siamese market that it seldom finds its way to any but the royal table. There are also the Gourami, another delicate fish ; the Taxotes jacula tor, which catches flies by squirting drops of water at them; the Flagusia bilineata, which adheres to bottom of ships, and when in sufficient numbers emit sounds forming a singular concert ; and lastly, the Tetradon, a big-bellied fish, which the Siamese hollow out, and use for a basket. Among the reptiles, there are the jecko, so called from its peculiar cry; the Cylindrophis, a snake believed by the Siamese to sting with its tail, but perfectly innocuous, and a specimen of the Acrochordus java nensis, which brought forth 29 young during the home voyage ; both mother and offspring are now doing well in spirits of wine. Lastly, there is the Neja t r ipudisns, a kind of cobra de capello, which, instead of the pair of spectacles which the usual spec ies displays on its head, has, to continue 'the metaphor, only an eye-glass—that is, only an oblong circle of a lighter colour than the rest of the skin. The collection also comp r i ses a var i e ty of mon k e ys, rats, weazels, squir re l s, & c., severa l o f w hi c h the museum did not possess before. M. 80. court's collection, which compri ses upwar d s o f 4,000 s pecimens, is not public , since it occ u pi es one of the rooms of the Administration of the Jardin des Plantes ; but u pon application, st rangers are easily admitted between 12 and 3. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. There was a moderate supply of foreign stock on offer in to-day's market; but its general quality was by no means first-rate. Sales, consequently, progressed slowly, at about stationary prices. Compared with Monday last there was a falling off in the receipts of beasts from our own grazing districts; but the arrivals from Scotland were again extensive fpr the time of year. From Ireland the supply was trifling. On the whole the stock was good, and most breeds of beasts commanded a steady sale, at prices equal to Monday last. The top figure for Scots and crosses was 4s 10d; but some really good heavy beasts changed hands at 4s 8d per 81bs, and at which a fair clearance was effected. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 1,800 Scots, short-horns, and crosses ; from other parts of England 600 various breeds ; from Scotland, 600 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 60 oxen and heifers. The show of sheep was limited as to number, but the quality of each breed was good. Downs and half-breeds, in the wool, moved off freely at quite last week's currency, the top quotation being 6s per 81bs ; but long-woolled, as well as clipped, sheep changed hands slowly, and in some instances prices were a shade lower. Shorn Downs realised 5s per 81b._ Lambs, tie supply of which was less extensive, were in moderate request at slighly enhanced rates compared with Thursday. Prices ranged from 7s to 7s 8d per Blbs. We have to report a slow sale for calves, at late curren cies—viz., from 4s 4d to 5s 6d per 81bs. The supply was rather limited. The pork trade was inactive, on former terms. Per Sib. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Primecrs-wool d 0.5 0 5 8 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Pme. S'thdown d 0.5 10 6 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Large orse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Prime small do 6 2 6 6 erse. ez inf. sheep 3 6 4 0 , Large hogs 3 8 4 4 Second quality do. 4 2 4 10 Small porkers 4 6 4 8 - - Suckling calves, 10s to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. FORBIGN SUPPLY • Bessie Cows — , Sheep Sheep Calves Pigs 350 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices ci fat stock exhibited and sold in the great nietropolitan cattle market, on Monday, Mtirch:lo, 1862, and this day, Monday, March 9, 1663. Per 81b. to sink thu offal. March 10, 1862. 3 oto 3 2 34 3 8 310 4 0 42 4 4 3 6 310 March 9, 1863. 3 4to 3 6 38 4 0 42 4 6 4 8 410 36 4 0 Coarse and inferior beasts. Second quality do Prime large oxen Prime Scots, &c td inferior sheep Joarse anL Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do Prime Southdown do. .. Lambs . 4 0 4 6 5 2 0 0 4 4 5 0 5 4 0 0 i 2 ilO 50 5 8 510 6 0 00 0 0 am 1,. Large coarse calves .. 4 0 4 6 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 8 Beasts .. Sheep Calves Pigs 340 310 SUPPLIES ON SALE, March 11, 1861.—Beasts, 4,130 — sheep, 18,340—calves, 74—pigs, 380. MAR= 12, 1860.—Beasts, 3,9 Bo—sheep, 19,110—calves, 103—pigs, 390. The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 3,961 head. In the corresponding week in 1862, we received 1,398 —in 1861, 1,964—in 1860, 3,670 —in 1859, 1,704—in 1858, 194—in 1857, 1,988 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDuN LAO wEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs Rotterdam .... 242 .. 539 167 .. Harlingen .... 358 • . .. 5 .. Hamburgh .... 31 .. 2,234 .. . Boulogne. . Medimblik Vigo NieweDiep . Amsterdam.... Antwerp .. Ostend ..... Carril . 4O .. Dordt. ... 28 .. Oporto — 44 5 0 52 5 6 38 4 4 46 4 8 4,120 17,740 - .. - .. 82 .. .. - .. 26 .. -- •• i --- •• --- •• -- •• -- 199 .. -- .. - .. - Total .... 699 .. 2,972 .. .. 280 .. The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1862 9l .. 1,026 .. .. 281 .. 1841 .. 749 .. 1,011 .. .. 167 .. 37 1860 416 .. 2,976 .. .. 125 .. 63 1859 2C3 .. 1,232 .. .. 129 .. -- 1858 2OO .. -- .. .. 94 •• ~.. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of town and country-killed meat on sale at these markets is moderately large. The demand is by no means active for any description, yet prices are steadily supported. Per 81b. by the carcase. acted Inferior beef .. 2 8 3 0 Middlingmutton 3 10 4 2 Nliddling do. .. 3 2 3 6 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 [rime 'at-A - a do. 3 8 310 Veal )o. smaedo. .. 4 0 4 2 Small pork ~ Large pork .... 3 4 4 0 amb Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. The imports of American:hops are on an extensive scale, and since we last wrote the arrivals from oontinental ports have bee moderate. For all qualities we have to report a heavy trade, and pikes, owing in some measure to the holidays, are nominal. Last week's import was 62 bales from Hamburg, 15 from Stettin, 5 from Antwerp, 102 from Bremen, 25 from Ostend, 133 Boulogne, and 602 from New York. Mid and East Ken ts 70s to 180 s per cwt. Weald of Kents .... . ..... 60s to 140 s ~ Susses E a vari 7 7 0 0 : to t 2 0 1 1 l26s Belgian ................ 65s to 76s „ American ................ 75s to 86s If BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supply of home-grown potatoes is large, and consi derable quantities of French produce have been received since our last report. Good and fine qualities are in fair demand at about stationary prices; otherwise, the trade rules heavy, and for foreign parcels the quotations are very low. Last week's import was 280 tons from Dunkirk, 200 tens from Rouen, 130 tons from Calais, 169 sacks from Boulogne, and 106 bags from Rotterdam. Yorkshire Regents Do. Fluk es 91 Do. Rocks .... Seedlings " o. Kent and Essex Regents 9 O 758 s to 1 - 20 s Scotch Regents to 120 s Do. Rocks .... 70 s to 85s " Dunbar Regents )9 -- -14 tO ---ig Foreign 4ss to 60s " ..-- ff WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool since their commence ment have gone off slowly. Compared with last series, P or t Philip qualities show a fall of id ; and nearly all (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) A split in the Stamford Cabinet, in the secession of its principal jockey, gave the lovers of small talk and the chroniclers of small beer ample matter for discussion at Not tingham, and it was no very refreshing sign of the times to know that he had never pulled a horse except by com mand of his employer I It was not the first time that the lord of Enville and his jockey had quarrelled, and at Good wood, last year, the cap and jacket were asked for, but the breach was healed without Edwards leaving the stable. Stable quarrels are no very edifying topics, and although it has been announced that this second rupture is remedied, yet it is believed that Edwards has finally surrendered the blue jacket and black belt; but, in any case, as there will never be any perfect confidence between the master and his jockey, their separation is considered the best solution of the difficulty. Last week's racing gazetted me with a series of winners, which had been re commended through your columns; but as for the sport itself, there was very little of permanent interest in the proceedings. But for the discreditable withdrawal of the Mountain Maid filly for the Nottingham Handicap, I could not have missed the winner in that instance, as she would have won, and Revolver's forcing the pace and winning completely astounded the rulers of his Own stable, as they had not even the price of a pound of cigars on the race. Derby was alone noticeable for the manner in which Em blem cut down her field in the steeplechase, and all the bookmakers and cognoscenti generally insisted that, bar ac cidents, she could not lose at Liverpool. The result was to make her a tremendous favourite, as the news of her success was at once wired to every place where a price could be obtained. The mare won, with her head up, pulling double, and George Stevens said, as soon as he got into the weigh ing-room, that " they'd have to find a better one than he had ever been on to beat her next Wednesday." Her late form must be somewhat irritating to Golby's party, as they had her in their stable till within a very short period, and only started Sinking Fund to make sure that they had got her measure at home. A melancholy topic during the week was the death of poor George Caldwell, so well known on the turf by his connection with the press, and his universal sporting knowledge. Although bred and educated a gen tleman, he was compelled at a late period in life, like many of the decayed gentry, to make his pen his means of sub. sistence. He was best known as a contributor to the Field, and one of the special correspondents of the Times, but was never brilliant in the practical departments of the turf. Some papers of his on studs and stables, which appeared in the Field, first brought him into notice, and from being a scholar and full of anecdote, his society was much sought. Still, his vein of humour was more calculated to tickle the ear in a convivial how, than to gratify the ordinary social circles. At a hunting song he had few equals, and the richness of his tally-ho, and view halloo always roused the hard riders to the highest pitch of enthusiasm. The pre sent week will witness the celebration of the Liverpool Spring Meeting and the Grand National Steeplechase. Mr. John Frail, too, has his supplementary gathering at the incorruptible borough of Shrewsbury. Mr. Topham's meeting is sure to be enormously patronised by the of pollos in consequence of the general holiday, and the national festivities, but opening, as it does, on the day of the Royal nuptials, will deprive it of the patronage of the patricians. The clerk of the course, in anticipation of the prevalent loyal enthusiasm, has added to the pro grame £2OO in the shape of a new race, which is proudly named the Prince of Wales's Cup. To-morrow (Tuesday) there are seven races to be run, and, with one exception, all have closed. The Liverpool Spring Cup has a very supe rior number of animals engaged to what we have lately seen for this race—Balham, Brilliant, Costa, the Mountain Maid filly, Bohemia, and Oakapple having the best of the weights—and, being of fair class, seem bound to supply the winner between them. Brilliant and Costa are certain to beat all the old ones. and among the three nothing has a chance with Bohemia, in my estimation, as her running with Lord • Clifden at Doncaster, and Rapid Rhone and Woldga at Newmarket, place her almost on a par with the best fillies of her year. The mention of Woldga's name reminds me that I may inform the followers of Sir Joseph Hawley that this horse has lately thrown out curbs, and is doing no work. Should Lord Strathmore, under the guid ance of his avowed commissioner, Mr. George Herring, back Bohemia for the Spring Cup, she will about win ; and I hear that his lordship borrowed a horse of Mr. Hughes— most probably Flash. in-the-Pan—to try the mare with, but the betting would tell whether the private spin came off well or not. The three which will beat the field are Bohemia, Costa, and Brilliant, and of th; se I must stand solely by BOHEMIA. The Prince of Wales's Cup being only three • quarters of a mile—a popular distance—may bring a pretty numerous field together, the pick of the basket being Tolurno, Fra vole, Ace of Clubs, Ellerton, Libellous, Countess, and Dualla. Ace of Clubs, though afflicted with roaring, is very fast, and will only have to beat Tolurno to win. The Tyro Stakes has a good entry ; but all are unknown to fame with the exception of Faith and Coimbra. Lord Stamford has three engaged, and his best will probably be a favourite; while Mr. Merry has a filly by Wild Dayrell, out of Lady Lurewell, nominated, whose engagements involve many hundred pounds, and who, according to reports from train ing quarters, is very forward in her' work. Faith has run sufficiently well to be worth following, and either she or Mr. Merry's filly may be found good enough to win. The Sweepstakes of 3 soya each will be carried off by Xenius or His Excellency. In the Hurdle Race, Shropshire or Ava lanche must be capable of defeating the remainder, now that Nosegay is hors de combat. Northern Light and Sink ing Fund have "paid," and Emblem is sure to be reserved for the great event. 'Wednesday will be the Grand National Steeplechase day, which will give rise to the usual excitement, although the majority of the field are no more than cast-offs and rejected platers, with few of the properties of legitimate cross-country horses. The following are likely to be runners :—Medora (Mr. Row lads) ; Jealousy (J. Kendall) ; Jerusalem - (Nightingall or C. Boyce; The Dane (Walter White) ; Lincoln (Knott) ; Arbury ; Satellite (Mr.F. Martin) ; Thomastown (Murphy) ; Yeller Gal (Griffiths) ; Emblem (G. Stevens) ; Remedium or Chester ((Ti. Bennett) ; Light of other Days (Mr. Ling ton) ; The Orphan (Mr. Goodman); Fosco (Holman, jun.); and Birdbolt. Medora has been steadily supported, although carrying the steadier of 12st. She is, however, such a superior mare, that her owner is justified in having some confidence, with all the weight, as the mare has be fore now won with equally great weights. Jealousy, after being under considerable suspicion, has been brought to the very foremost ranks in the betting by money which seems like .the genuine outlay of a " party," as it did not escape observation that Mr. Dick Porter, who usu ally has the right office, was busy investing. Mr. Bennett's lot also includes Remedium and Chester, the former having been backed, but I should fancy with no prospect of beating the winner of 1861. It is impossible to gainsay Jealousy's chance, but from the antecedents of her division, it would be dangerous to trust their animals. The Dane has been backed by Captain Christie, who has also dropped the hint to his friends. Shropshire is also reported to be a certain runner, but according to the tone of the market can have no chance with the Dane. At Birmingham the last men tioned, when running with Emblem, wrenched a plate, and was not persevered with, but it was obvious that, but for the accident, he would have been near the winner at the finish. Lincoln, though knocked out, will be among tho starters, but will never stay the country, and the same remark applies to Satellite. Jerusalem, should he " come" in the market, will be most dangerous, as it will be a guarantee that the bill-of-sale business connected with him will have been satisfactorily arranged. His public credentials stamp him as a many great horse, and that he is the best of Golby's, over four miles, lam perfectly convinced. I must leave your readers to watch the market closely themselves con cerning him, and, if the money should appear to be going on in the right direction, they should immediately follow the demonstration. Master Begot is a most uncertain brute ; and, unless I am greatly misinformed, Avalanche will be an absentee, owing to her owner having been fore stalled. Anatis, even should she start, has seen her best day ; but Arbury, from the confidence evinced by his stable, must be held harmless. I have now treated of every horse of any pretensions, and khan select the following to beat the field :—Medora, The Dane, Emblem, Jerusalem, and Arbury. Should all be well, I doubt whether I could find a better champion than Jerusalem alone; but amidst the uncertainty which prevails regarding him, I must rely on EMBLEM and THE DANE. The Handicap 40 soya I must award to Leontes or Little Lady ; and the Sefton Handicap to Tolurno, Juliet, or Lady Nichol. Leontes or Twilight will carry off the Shrewsbury, which takes place on Thursday and Friday, and will form the subject of some remarks on Wednesday, PEGASUS. Aspect of London Early on Saturday. When a new theatre or a new shop is opened for first time, the earliest visitor—the man in the Van guard of the audience—always treads on the retir ing skirts of the last carpenter. Such was the case with the vast and general preparations for the re- ception of the Princess Alexandra. Although every gasman, carpenter, decorator, and labourer worked all Friday night by flaming lamps to get the miles of balcony finished along the line of route, the clink of hammers closing rivets up met the takers of the first seats on Saturday morning. The streets were alive with company at an early hour—ladies going to their seats, roughs (who had evidently been up _ _ _ . all night) parading the footways, Punch and Judy men, Ethiopian serenaders, jugglers, and tumblers going to business in the side alleys, stray bands of music, sellers of the only correct programmes, fruit vendors,builders of frail platforms, and all the met:ey assemHage which is generally seen on th) morning of a holiday like the present. Hyde-park was it; the hands of the costt rmongers all night, and day break showed the erection of two miles of stands, in which egg-chests, sugar casks, old kitchen chairs, cracked planks, flower shelves, and a variety of third or fourth hand lumber, was pressed into the service of sight-seers. These structures more or less valuable according to their position, were guarded by fourth-rate prize-fighters, fish sellers, and general costermongers, whose wives and chil dren, in very muddy garments were keeping them company on the damp grass. Faithful dogs were not wanting who watched over their master's pro perty, and we hope that so much energy was re warded by many honest pennies in the course of the day. The Surrey side of the water was astir equally early, and workmen were putting the finishing touches to triumphal arches and crimson erections long before hot-roll time. The roads had had just enough of rain to lay the dust—the wind was just high enough to put life into the thousands of flags, and when the sun came out about nine o'clock every one thought that a fine day was certain. Those who remembered the glories of old Bartlemy Fair (and Bartlemy Fair had glories, though we have now learned to despise them) were reminded of the aspect of that once cheerful arena by the appearance of the streets. The temporary bal conies at private houses and shops; the covered seats round churches and in churchyards ; the sloping seats in front of clubs, banks, and insurance offices, were all more or less suggestive of old Richardson's show. The flags that fluttered from a thousand housetops all flapped a hearty welcome, but many of them were raised regardless of their meaning in the language of banners. The quaran tine flag seemed to be as popular as any, and an old sailor might have fancied the City was stricken with the plague. The streamers dipped down from housetops before the noses of the more lofty spec tators, and hundreds of flag-lines were strung across the streets, giving them the appearance of a varie gated laundry drying-ground. The ladies were very generally decked out in the Danish colours— scarlet and white—opera cloaks, bonnet ribbons, and even dresses being made in the fashion. Some of the gentlemen wore rosettes—though these orna ments were not common—and the scarlet necktie with white stripes seemed to be the favorite sign of loyalty. The thousands who left their beds early, wished to see the preparations along the line of route, and cabs, carts, omnibuses, and carriages began a sight seeing procession as early as 8 o'clock. By 10 the footway had become almost impassible for anyone except the most patient or athletic travellers ; and thousands darted down the side streets to reach the most interesting points more quickly. The river and steamboats were crowded with passengers, and that neglected interest, the City watermen, also reaped a little harvest for doing ferry work. The banks of our dingy old river were decorated here and there— but the great objects of attraction were London bridge and the lime-light apparatus erected on the ball of St. Paul's. London-bridge, seen from the river, was a sight worth a journey—the statues, streamers, and triumphal arches being the grandest show in the whole line of procession. The churches came out nobly with seats and decora tions. St. George's and St. Saviour's in the Borough, St. Mary Woolnoth, Bow Church, St. Paul's, St. Bride's, and St. Dunstan's, in the City ; and St. Clement's, St. Mary-le-Strand, St. Martin's, and St. James's, at the west-end, never looked so gay within the memory of the oldest in habitant. The Gresham Club, the Globe Fire-office, the Bank of England, were filled with ladies—the roof of the latter building being alive with visitors. The more distant Royal Exchange also gave places crowds. The Mansion-house—to to sight-a:ming use an advertising phrase —was a galaxy of splen dour, the old smoke-coloured columns being covered with crimson cloth, and the balcony being faced with a white and gold cornice. St. Paul's churchyard, though loaded with visitors, con tributed very little to the show, the church yard seats being the only gay structures in that enclosure. The splendid fronts of the large Manchester warehouses here were made nothing of, and we hope their proprietors will atone for this on the night of the wedding. Temple-bar was completely built over with white and gold cor nices, which follow the lines of the building, and crimson cloth. The taste of this was more than questionable. The arch—comparatively modern as it is—is an historical monument, and ought to be above having its face painted by theatrical decora tors. Somerset-house had no decorations worth speaking of, though great preparations are being made for the illuminations. Several hugh stands — particularly one at Hungerford-market—attracted much attention ; and all the club houses along Pall mall and St. James's-street were covered with co loured drapery. By a singular chance, the Danish colours are the colour of a barber's pole, and several balcony decorators contrived to reproduce this fami liar sign in the columns of their woodwork. The Reform Club —though it departed from the colours —clung to the design, and several other buildings followed its example. Further on—at the entrance to Hyde•park—the glistening sea of mud had been covered with gravel —and the sele3ted pathway—taking a wide curve nearly across the centre of the Park—had been freshly gravelled. The houses in Park-lane were half a mile from the show, and some of the poor costermongers with their frail platforms were also a long way from the procession. The marble arch, with very good taste, was left in its natural state, and the flags and colours began again in right earnest in the Edgware-road. A triumphal arch here, decorated with evergreens, amongst other things, and another arch across the Grand Junction road, were points of attraction. Covered seats were erected in the gardens of the last-named thorough fare, and the road along London-street, and the station itself, including the Great Western Hotel, was made as gay as possible. The whole decora tions along the line of route from the Bricklayers' Arms to Paddington were a great success, and even where they failed a little, if judged by the severest taste, the will atoned for the deed. The thorough fares off the line of procession were equally loyal, and hundreds of little back streets and alleys in the suburbs burst oat in holiday blossoms. The south door of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, will be open at 10 o'clock a.m. on Tuesday next for thea es lleardimi,ssion o f visitors having tickets for the nave and g and the door will be closed at 11 o'clock, The eight and last volume of the " Histoire de la Revolution de 1848," by M. Garnier-Pages, has just appeared. We need not dwell upon the merits of this important work ; the mere circumstance of the author'shav ing played so prominent apart in that eventful drama, and devoted fourteen years of his life to the work in ques tion, being eulficient to recommend it to the attention of the public, A. period like that of 1818, in which both princes and peoples may find ample matter for reflection, could not have found an historian better fitted for the task of bringing its salient points before the public than one of the principal actors, who, to a thorough knowledge of the subject, adds considerable attraction of style. INFAMOUS INSINUATION.—A story is told of a shrewd but not over honest stock raiser in Canada, who took the first prize, at an agricultural show' for a bull on which he had fitted a h an d some p a ir of horns taken from a dead animal, besides artificially puffing out the skin in various places to conceal defects, and numerous other de ceptive contrivances. He had learned these tricks, he said, by watching his wife, from time to time, as she made her toilette for a ball or party ~,-_ ,~~.._ _~ L_ ___ LITERA TITRE Dublin University Magazine. "Linglake's Narrative of the Crimean War" is the subject of the first article. It is said that the first volume which is devoted to the eonsidere , tion of the causes which led to the war, the author of Eothen has set before us e verything that the hungriest reader will care to know. The second volume, it states, devotes almost too much space to the description of the battle of the Alma, but the whole account is done so artistically, that one is fain to pardon Vs diffuseness. "In languag e clear, stirring, el a b ora tely simple, yet flowi n g with an air at unsteadied grace, and pregnant with sound thought in many thinks, the writer US brought before us the strange ebbs and flows of a most chequered . struggle, as it moved on here and there over a . wide field, f rom m i nu te to minute, during several beers of noise and bloodshed and wild uncertainty." It is observed, in conclusion, that for some reasons Mr. Russell's and N:lpit:r's• sketches may be preferred, but a full, true, and sug gestive account of the battle of the Alma, these almost Homeric pictures of Mr. Kinglike wilt fur nish to the general reader. A new story is com menced called " Bella Donna; or, The Cross before the Name." It is very romantic, and will most likely prove exciting as it proceeds. "Abhrain on Bhudeil" is a spirited sketch in verse, by Hyacinth von Carolan. "Little Flaggs, the Almshouse Foundling" is continued, and this in stalment is very eventful, as we meet with various changes. Mary escapes from her tormentors, but the last passage leaves her in the grasp of a rude hand. This reminds one of a passage in Oliver Twist. " Sterne and his Dog" is continued in the same style as formerly. "The British Newspaper" is a suggestive article, that will repay perusal. Various other subjects are met with in this periodical that will prove attractive and interesting. Bentley's Ilitseellany. The editor's historical romance of "Cardinal Pole" proceeds with interest, and chronicles in this in stalment the important event of the Royal marriage. A paper on " The Hermit of Gauting" relates the adventures of an eccentric and by no means attrac tive character. We have also an account of a man whose life is of a more active kind—Benito Suarez, the present President of the Republic of Mexico. We have another biographical paper in an outline of the career of Madame Schroder-Devrient, a dis tinguished dramatic singer, recently deceased. The narrative of "A Visit to Russia," and the description of A Summer in America," are both continued. There are fresh instalments of two tales, and a pleasantly-written paper on " The Channel Islands and their Legends." Monkshood, always one of the cleverest writers in this periodical, contributes a very readable essay on " The Advantages of Im pudence." Afacmillan's Magazine Contains some interesting articles. To the philolo gist, Professor Max Muller's lecture " On the Science of Language," which he delivered at the Royal Institution last month, wi,l prove attractive. A paper by Dr. T. L. Phipson , F.C.S., " On the Chemistry of the Sea," contains not only scientific information for the learned, but some statistics which will amuse the general reader. It is curious to observe that there are cases where the continuous influx of fresh water into inland seas, combined with an efflux of salt water, causes the sea or lake in the course of time to become fresh, as in the case of Backal Lake, in Siberia, the change being gra dual. The fish and plants which were originally indigenous to salt water seem to change their nature with the change of element, and shoals of herrings are to be seen disporting in the fresh water as naturally and happily as their ancestors did in a primeval age. The second and concluding part of "A Visit to Lutzen in October, 1862," by Herman Merivale, takes up the account of the battle after the fall of Gustavus, and Mr. Merivale enters into a long dissertation on the character and history of Wallenstein, of whom he entertains no very favour able opinion, considering him to be a humbug. The misery which the thirty years' war brought upon Germany is well described in the following ex tract : And so farewell to Wallenstein and to Gustavus--cha rectors over which the imagination lingers, though one was assuredly both worse and lower than his reputation : the other so far elevated by fate and his high purpose above the ordinary sons of men that he loses something o f mere human interest. Such as they were, they left no succ essor behind them. Except the short-lived hero, Bernard of Saxe Weimar, no subsequent personage of that war has made any appreciable mark in history. Uneontrollei by master spirits, the contest lingered on, bloodier and more indecisive, till, out of the two parties, the one bent on sub jugation, the other on independence, a mere confused and mangled residue remained, with scarcely voice enough left to expend in feeble groanings for peace at any price. Famine, sword, and pestilence had uprooted a whole gene ration. Equal honors may have occurred in barbarous countries, but never, assuredly, in a civilized and Christian community like that of Germany, where num berless active pens were engaged in chronicling them. Its population, say some authorities, shrank from 16 or 18 millions to four millions. Whether this be accurate or no, one curious evidence of the extent of depopulation is to bs found in its forest history. The country had thriven se greatly in the 15th and 16th centuries, that its vast sylvan riches were beginning to show symptoms of exhaustion. In North Germany numerous edicts were issued before Im o 1600 for the preservation of the woods. It is recorded of a oertain Duke Augustus of Saxony, that, on his walks, he always carried a hollow brass rod filled with acorns, to drop one by ono into the ground There are three things, Me lanethon used to say, which will fail before the end of the world comes : good friends, good money, and firewood. The Thirty Years' War effectually adjourned these com plaints to another age. The forest covered again whole traots which had been under cultivation. What with the diminution of people, and what with the increase of wood, no need of the old kind seems to have been again felt until the middle of the 18th century; and it is said that the forest had then become so overgrown, that the tempestuous seasons which prevailed 1780-1790, destroyed many square miles of them. Germany went back in cultivation and in political spirit and independence, even more than in mere numbers; it required a Frederic the Great to raise her again after a hundred years, and that but partially; and even the Germany of the 19th century, in which politi cal lags so far behind every other class of thought, bears the impress of that long reign of darkness and terror which broke down the medieval spirit of self-government. "The Water Babies" is brought to a conclusion. It is, of course, our want of perception, but we con fess that we can make neither head nor tail of this wonderful production from first to last—in fact, the last, i.e., the moral, is rather more ambigu ous than the story itself. "Vincenzo, or Sunbeam Rocks," is continued. " A Gossip about Oysters, and their Natural and Economic History," should be read by parties after an oyster supper. " The Russian paper "On Sermons and Politicalp Preaching," ae hia g P Pre ss," y , " t a h n e d ß:v. Canon Robinson, complete the number. FATAL COLLISION.—The barque Tuspan, of and from Havre for the West Indies, came in collision with the City of Peterborough, from Cochin for London, on the sth instant, about 200 miles south of Scilly. The latter vessel went down with the captain (Wright), the first mate, and three of the crew. The others, eight in number, got on board the Tuspan and were saved. The Tuspan has arrived at Bristol for repairs. GREAT INCREASE IN THE EXODUS FROM LITER. POOL. —The Government emigration officials at Liverpool have j oat issued their usual monthly return of the number of emigrant ships which sailed from the Mer sey in the month of February. From the tables we l earn that there sailed, " under the act," during the past month 14 ships for the United States, having on board 4,230 pa:: eengers ; to Victoria, three ships, with 937 passengers and to Queensland, one ship, with 291 a total of 5,528 passengers. The nunibetrhoe with or vessels not under the act, which left the portwi th passengers—makingf,siort ships, 676 pas sengers, were—to the UnitednSetsahtelps: • with 23 passengers; passen gers; to New South Wahles3oo passengers; to South Ame rica,to Victoria, one ship, with passengers; to Africa, one ship, four ships, wi h and to West Indies, one ship, with 10 with 12 passengers; a grand total in ships, under and not underth.tehatcht, those ef passenge rs—ma ki n g 0 28 t h 8 e souls. previous T These t h, skew figures, wanhene increase o m - pared w it h o f 1,397, and of 3,920 over the corresponding period of last year. THE:NIIIRDER OF MR. FITZGERALD.—At the Limerick Assizes on Saturday, true bills were found against Matthew and Dennis Dillane for being accessories before the fact to the murder of Mr. Francis Fitzgerald. At last assizes a true bill was also found against the Pri7 soner Cooke, who stands charged with harbouring one ne of the murderers, James W a l s h, and he will be put on his tri al at the conclusion of that of the Dillanea. of rcb, pre and the the 'roDl I be the nod, lite- reet, go reet, ?ugh Joe, wad- Inter r the wint the /A be the the 11 be pass It of p the they o t se will Ting• ) olis. the l