The Sun. — London, England, 1854-05-25 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were e stimated at about 6,000 bales, including 1,000 American t a k en f or ex p or t. The market closed heavily, with prices of all kinds in favour of bu; ers, but not to the extent of id. per lb. The -des comprised 5,000 American, 300 Pernam and Xaranham at fild. to 81d., 350 Egyptian at 6d. to I °c l ., 300 Surat at 3d. to 31d., and 180 Sea Island at 10d. to is. 10d. per lb. BY the arrival of the ship Kent, which brings dates of about the 28th February from Melbourne, and 6 3,735 ozs. in gold, we are informed of the loss of the steamer Australian at the Cape of Good M ope, with 350,0001. on board. She had arrived safely there, and we are not yet apprised how the accident occurred subsequently. Fortunately t he crew and passengers were sav ed, and t he gold and mails had been recovered. The ac counts from the colony appear to be sa tisfactory. There had not been much done in the gold market, the price being 31. 17s. 3d. P e r ounce. The intelligence of the appointment O f Sir Charles notham, as Governor of Victoria, a ppears to have given satisfaction, upon the simple P r inciple that as he would come out divested of c olonial prejudices he would be more likely to f orm correct views. Indeed, the colonists are so utterly sick of their late ruler, Mr. La Trobe, that t hey have long been most anxious for a change. The Legislature had passed a resolution to the effect that the new constitution could not be altered Without a majority of two-thirds, a proceeding Which was considered rather injudicious by some of the public writers in Victoria. The labour mar- Ant was fairly supplied as regards agricultural ser- Vants and single men, owing to the conclusion of t he harvest ; married couples for home stations and si ngle shepherds were rather scarce. Good female ser vants were still very difficult to obtain. The wages of labourers were 12s. to 14s. per day, but without I, a tious, and for general farm servants, with ra tions, U. to 15s. per week. Ploughmen and car ters earned 21. per week, and bush carpenters, With rations, 31. to 41. Married couples for home stations, with rations, earned 651. to 801. per an num. Female thorough house-servants could ob tain 26/. to 351., and housemaids 261. to 301. per annum. The Australian letters of the latest date mention that th e commercial markets were dull and heavy, . wl lich was rather an unusual circumstance at that time of the year. Ironmongery, however, was in ac tive demand. Trade was feeling more the effect of competition. The prospects of the gold fields W ere encouraging. Exchange on London, 2 per c ent. dis. Freight for gold, 4id. per oz., and in s nrance, ak guineas. In the direction of Geelong, the Wardy Yallock 4 ggings were very thriving. At Ballarat, there h ad been extraordinary " finds" of gold. The New Zealand accounts to Feb. 9 notice the `useovery of a copper mine by the natives of D'Ur /ille's Island. There are several arrivals of Australian vessels ° 12, 1 f the coast. The Constant, from Melbourne, r ings 12,000 oz. of gold. The quantities, if any , b the Derwentwater and Stirlingshire, from Vail ierilen's Land, are not yet reported ; nor the F rancis Ridley, from Melbourne. The Irene, which left Adelaide about the first Week in February, is at Portsmouth. She brings t he details of the wreck of the steamer Australian. The Medway, Capt. Mackwood, with Govern keut emigrants, arrived at Melbourne, Feb. 21, ill 87 days from Southampton. The emigrants W ere all in good health. There were two births on the passage. • ,The measure adopted by the Chancellor of the - "-4zehequer yesterday afternoon for raising the in terest upon the Unfunded Debt to lid. per cent. Per diem appears to have given general satisfac tion, although many had formed the opinion that 2d. would be the future interest. The whole amount outstanding is now, however, to receive 2 1d., and this, unless money becomes much more stringent, should be sufficient to preserve them at something above par. A very large premium they, ought not to bear, as the danger to the -wlker s and others increases proportionably in Periods of fluctuation and excitement. A very Judicious alteration is suggested by the Times, namely, that in future it would be much more convenient to make the interest an even sum per a tillum, and in the present instance 3i per cent. Would probably have been preferable. Should a further alteration become necessary, this point may be recommended to the attention of the Govern- The market for English Stocks has been buoyant, chiefl y upon the statement , that the Four Power 44 'ire now entered into a common convention to tide their policy towards Russia. Many will be °f opinion that this quadruple alliance is more cal ciliated to hinder than to promote a satisfactory I t ttlement. The circumstance that Exchequer iliz are not to bear a higher rate than 2id, is in fa vour of Consols, as an increase to 21d would have rendered the unfunded debt a strong com petitor. The premium now is ls. to 45., whereas, then it was first announced that the rate was 21d. Yesterday afternoon after hours, some of the s ealers offered them at 4s. to s s. discount. India B onds are ls. to 4s. premium. Bank Stock has in to 204 and 206. There has been a bar g ain fonds the N e w Five per Cents. at 1 14 . Exchequer scrip is -k premium. Consols have been 89 k for transfer and account, and are now 89k oreign stocks are almost nominal. Spanish 3 I 'er Cents. bring 39, and the Deferred 19k. Rus ',,,t4o 5 per Cents. have been at 95i. Dutch 2-i per `'ents. have been at 59/. The market for railway shares has been better in 'plae instances, although there is not much doing. T he London and North Western are about s s. h igher, and Midland, South Eastern, Lancashire 4 1d Yorkshire and Caledonian have risen about -a. F oreign shares are firm. Northern of France are 11 P 11, Th e last week's railway receipts ascertained up 1 this day are in round figures as under 1854. 1853.* Great Western 11. ° I al -Western S outh- Western aighto n idi and So uth -Eastern C aledonian, and Edin. and Glasgow 16 , 175 14 , 454 Great Northern 17,174 15,867 Lancashi re an d Y or k s hi re 19,386 23,113 York and N ort h Midl an d Newcastle and Berwick 30,789 27,014 Leeds Northern * Whitsun week. The Shares of the Gold Mi n i ng Companies have been rather more dealt in, and the Australian are t dearer. The Land Companies' Shares are mostly firm, but neither the Australian Agricultural nor the Feel River are quite so high. The Joint Stock Bank Shares have been well s upported, and in the Oriental, the London Char red of Australia, and the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered, there is a slight improve 3zent. 11 ItrrISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( From the Official Liat. ) Busin es s done 3 111111, - Stock 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities BB * 8 Per Cent Console Annuities /se w .489 k a 1, i I f . - -i per Cent. Annuities BBi i 9 media 5 per Cent. Annuities. " - "clia Bonds, .ElOOO .... ........ ..... ...• l4 p ... bitt o, under £lOOO 1 4 p C onsols for Account i th Juno B9i i i Exclieciner Bills, 2id. tl000 bitto Advertised par 1 d ze heciner Bonds Scrip P RICE , OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOC K. / ussian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St 951 S p a nish Bonds, 3 per Cent 39 'Vanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. l9i Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2 per Cent. 12 Guil s9i HALF-PAST TWO. Consols Ditto June Account 89 4 b9i i TEE PROPOSED STAMP DIITIES.—A meeting of mer chants and bankers has been arranged for Friday next at the L on d on Tavern aga i nst t h e propose d stamp d ut i es on foreign bills. The opposition to this measure is based on the view that fho tax: w.,uld seriously interfere with many commercial and financial operations of which Englandis now the centre, without yielding an amount of revenue adequate to the injury that would be inflicted. FOUR WAR MAPS. BY H. G. COLLINS• There have just been issued from Mr. H. G. Collins's establishment in Paternoster-row four , valuable hand maps, illustrative of the events now transpiring in the seat of war along the frontiers of the Russian empire. Published at a cheap rate, and in a portable form, clearly drawn and brilliantly coloured, these four maps will be peculiarly accept able, we doubt not, to the observant community. Oue affords us a complete view of " Russia and Turkey," embracing in this comprehensive view charts of the four great seas—the Baltic, the Black, the North, and the Mediterranean. Another displays to us the " Baltic Sea" in particular, giving on an extended scale the whole of the principal fortifications. Another represents the entire coasts of the " Black Sea," giving also with this, along the margin in separate compart ments, plans of Batoum, Varna,Odessa, Trebizond, and gebastopol. Another, the fourth, on a scale of six miles to an inch, portrays the relative situa tions of localities along both si des . of the " Danube," hitherto the seat of war par excellence, the scene of all the stormiest encounters between the belliger ents. Every encouragement is due to these spirited efforts to supply the community with reliable de lineations of every portion of the Russian frontier already illustrated, or likely to be illustrated, by the momentous struggle between the Czar and Sultan backed by the chief powers of Christendom. THREE WAR SKETCB ES. By N. WHITTOCK. A brilliant series of lithographs having just been published by Lloyd Brothers, and Company, of Ludgate-hill, printed by Day and Son, drawn on stone by E. Walker, and originally sketched by N. Whittock, we would at once direct public attention to them as works at this moment of particular im portance, representing, as they do, clear, masterly, faithful, and comprehensive bird s-eye views of Odessa, Cronstadt, and Sebastopol. Nothing that has yet appeared in illustration of these remarkable locali ties, can be regarded as in any way comparable with those clever and timely lithographs. They afford the most vivid idea of those three notable spots that can well be formed on the retina of the mind of the untra.velled Englishman. Take, for example, the representation here given by Mr. N. Whittock of the town, forts, and harbours of Sebastopol. It has been taken avowedly from the illustrations to the imperial survey of the ports of the Black Sea— an official work of authority, produced under the direct supervision of the Russian Government. The spectator is supposed to be looking out towards the Black Sea, having immediately at his feet the Black River running into the inner harbour ; the inner harbour where the Russian fleet is seen to be snugly lying at anchor ; at its mouth, to the right, a battery of 30 guns, and to the left Fort Paul; turning to the left, and having at its entrance as guardians Fort Paul and Fort Nicholas, the Southern port. Beyond Fort Nicholas, going out again, seawards, but still to the left, Artillery Bay ; still pressing out seawards, on the left the 50-gun battery of Sebastopol, and the 120-gun battery of Fort Catherine. Still going seawards, again, the two great exterior bulwarks, to the left, the 90-gun battery of Fort Alexander, to the right, the 110-gun battery of Fort Constantine. Beyond these the Black Sea—to the right on the cliffs on the foreground, the lukermane Light-house —to the left, on the distant sea coast, the ruins of Chersonesus. On the peninsular portion of the Crimea, lying between the Southern Port and Quarantine Harbour—the city itself, the arsenal, the fort, and the barracks of Sebastopol. Mr. Whittock's Bird's-eye View of the Town, Harbours, and Forts of Odessa has been sketched also from the same official work produced by order of the Imperial Government. Here, however, not as it was in re gard to the preceding lithograph, the spectator is supposed to be viewing the locality from the sea, looking directly landwards. Before him, he has to the left Quarantine Harbour, or Mule, for mer chant vessels—the harbour, or mole, spared during the recent bombardment. Slightly to the right, or almost in the centre of the picture, is the Im perial Harbour, or Mole, for vessels of war—the scene upon the same occasion of the chief destruction effected by the British and. French war-steamers. Towards the left, imme diately beyond Quarantine Harbour, is Cape Langeron. Towards the right are the Granaries and Salt warehouses. Situated in the niiddl? of Odessa is the domed Cathedral. Opposite this is the Governor's Palace , a nd leading down from this to the principal landing place, you pass through Richelieu place and directly at the foot of the monument. Mr. Whittock's Bird's-eye View of Cronstadt, unlike the preceding ones in its origin, has been traced from the survey and sketches taken on the spot in 1853, by Mr. Eric Sweynson, civil engineer. It displays Cronstadt itself insulated in the centre of the picture, surrounded by the waters of the Gulf of Finland—with its five great insular fortifications anchored, as it were, out at sea to the south, and dimly seen beyond the mouths of the Neva, slightly inland on the shores of the European continent, the Russian capital of St. Petersburg. It is scarcely necessary to add that these remarkable drawings possess an interest, when examined, almost amount ing to a species of fascination. They are produc tions for which we regard ourselves as indebted to the skill of Mr. Whittock, and to the enterprise of Messrs. Lloyd Brothers and Company—a series of lithographs calculated to secure, as they assuredly I deserve, a very wide popularity. t LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. Haydn's Oratorio of The Creation was performed at Exeter-hall last night by this Society, and, as usual, it attracted a numerous audience. It is always a general favourite, but last night there was an additional attrac tion in the fact of the performance being for the benefit of Mr. Surman, the founder of the Exeter-hall oratorios, who was the conductor. The principal singers were Miss Birch, Mrs. Terrsple, Mr. Perring, Mr. Lawler, and Mr. Phillips. Miss. Birch sang the two beautiful airs, " With verdure r.dad," and "On mighty wings," with great effect, and Mr. Perring received an encore in " In native worth." The other singers also very ably sus tained their parts. The choruses were given with their usual precision and effect. The Oratorio was preceded by the Cantata in honour of her Majesty's birthday, composhd by Dr. Elvey. HERTFORDSHIRE ELECTION. --~-- OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL. HERTFORD, May 24.—This morning having been ap pointed by the High Sheriff for making the official de claration of the numbers polled for the respective candi dates, notwithstanding the weather was very wet and stormy, a considerable number of the electors assembled at the hustings at the appointed hour, 12 o'clock. The High fheriff, after the usual formalities, stated the numbers to be—for Smith Puller - 2,205 _ 2,151 Majority for Smith 54 He had therefore to declare that Abel Smith, E,q., had been duly elected to serve in Parliament as the repre sentative for the county of Hertford, in the place of Thomas Puller Halsey, Esq., deceased. (The announce ment was received by loud cheering by the friends of Mr. Smith.) Mr. Smith and Mr. Puller then afterwards addressed the electors. FREI'.7OII PLAYS.—The new piece produced here yes terday evening is a triumphant addition to the reper toire of the manager. It is entitled La Joie Fait Peur, and is from the pen of Madame de Girardin. It is a comedy in one act of the most larmoyant character — that class of drama which is, perhaps, the most diffi cult to be adequately represented from the danger of steering between the Charybdis of bathos on the one hand, and the Scylla of extravagance on the other. When, however, we mention that it has been performed with unqualified success for 50 nights at the The4tre Francais, one may judge that its mise en scene has been pretty perfect. M. Regnier and Madame Allan, who appeared in the original characters in Paris, and on whom the main action of the piece rests, happily met on the boards of St. James's, to produce a repetition of its first success. THE NEW GOVERNOR OF PRINCE EDWABDS.—A. very numerous and influential party of Reformers, consisting of the Solicitor-General of Ireland, Mr. Green, M.P., Mr. Devereux, M.P., Mr. Beamish, M.P., Mr. John Sadleir, M.P., Mr. Cogan, M.P., Mr. Joseph Parkes, Mr. Ellice, Mr. Dowling, Capt. Maher, and about 40 members of the Reform Club, dined at Lovegrove's Hotel, Black wall, yesterday evening, as a testimony of their esteem and regard to Mr. Dominick Daly, previous to his departure to take charge of the government of Prince Edwards. Mr. Carew O'Dwyer took the chair, and after the usual loyal toasts he proposed the health of Mr. Daly, and referred in very eloquent terms to that gentleman's long and successful colonial career in the Public service, and more particularly to the important part he took in carrying, when Provincial Secretary of Canada, the final establishment of responsible govern. ment in that section of the empire. Mr. Daly returned thanks, and expressed his sincere desire to follow up the liberal principles he had always adopted in the service of the Crown, and, in doing so, he would only be now obeying the wise and enlightened instructions and policy of his distinguished chief, the Duke of New castle, whose statesmanlike policy had, within a very short period, restored contentment and prosperity to our nunnerou. , colonies, at, l al.ic l m iteri,4,ly to The wealth and solidity of the empire. (Cfh 6 or , •) After several other toasts the party separated at eleven o'clock, well contented with Mr. Lovegrove's good fare and the social evening they had passed. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1854. THE ROYAL GALLERY OF ART. EDITED BY S. C. HALL, F.S.A. SPORTING NOTES. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) DERBY DEMONSTRATION. The " ombardment" of the Derby favourites has been carried on with a determination and effect which have created no little sensation. Hostile operations Stir were commenced against Autocrat towards the close of last week ; but not until Tuesday was a full battery opened against him. The charge was led in gallant St style by a well-known captain on the railway platform at 20 Swindon during the " waiting interval," en route to 50 Bath Races. He kept up the fire pretty briskly, 1:3 discharging at first a random shot of 800 to 100, which was received by the Leviathan. " Long sh o ts" were 31 subsequently fired at intervals throughout the day, and 21 before midnight the retreat of Autocrat was signal. This attack was followed up on Wednesday against King Tom, whose position was speedily demolished. It yet, however, remains to be seen whether the " aggres- St Hors" will come off with flying colours. Si To indicate the origin of the Autocrat movement is 5( almost impossible, so vague, contradictory, and impro bable are the reports in circulation. The horse has, it 21 is said, broken down , an d t his rumour a pp arentl y re- 21 ceives the readiest acceptation. People, however, who have II good opportunities of knowing, assert that he is well and R l j fit. From the quarters to whic h I have a pp lied for in- ` formation, I have received nothing which justifies the supposition that he is "gone allto pieces." Whilst, how- 2 ever, his retrogression is attributed to unavoidable cir- 1 cums t an ces, yet other causes are assigned, w, f sake of honesty and fair play, are, I trust, imaginary. S The determined hostility which he has encountered is calculated to destroy all hopes of his r eturn into favour, S but expectations are entertained of his "coming again." And it is alleged that the rumours in circulation respect- s ing him are merely " weak invention s of the enemy." 1 The ranks of his opponents have, however, greatly in creased since the first hostile operation was commenced, 10 and they number some of the most shrewd and influen- st. tial members of the turf. Still, the fact of his having St. been at the recent long odds somewhat heavily backed, St. is rather significant, and must not be overlooked. St. Turfites had scarcely recovered from the sensation St. created by the " fall" of Autocrat, when they were sur- St. prised by the suddenness of the demonstration which g upset King Tom. This demonstration was commenced yesterday, and apparently simultaneously at Bath and in 16 London. It was, too, sustained with a consider- St, able show of spirit, and so discouraged were backers by 19 it that none seemed either capable or willing to arrest 14 . the horse's " downward tendency." King Tom has, it 50 is said, also broken down On the race course at Bath, 20 therefore, a disposition was evinced to back his stable 11i c ompanion Middlesex, on whom th e investments at 1,000 ls-?. to 15 and 1000 to 20 were heavy and numerous. St. To use a railway term, Dervish was also shunted on 20 to the down line. No decided demonstration was, how- 10 ever, made against him. 12 On the retrogression of King Tom, Andover became St, second favourite. He belongs to a " stable" that has 50 brought out more than one Derby winner ; and, what is 40 more, he is under the care of a man who knows bow to 25 train a horse for the Derby. Andover and his stable 25 companion Hermit have been heavily backed "coupled," 87t2; and the " intended" will be a most dangerous antago- St. nist. At present I have a strong fancy for Hermit. St. Neville, too, is in good demand, and his party ealcu -50 late with confidence upon his success. So satisfactorily 25 do they deem his trial that they assert that Barrel could 100 not win were he " in" at 6st. 71b., and I believe it, al- St. though no Neville were in the race. 6; The above " rough notes" I collected at Bath. They 25 may be taken as a preface to the remarks which I shall 20 publish on the Derby chances. The running at Bath requires no particular comment. St, Mr. Parr was in luck there, and the race for the Somer. 50 setshire Stakes, and the race for the Aristocratic Handi- St, cap, show that it is impossible, handicap horses how you 16 will, to " bring bad ones and good ones tegether." 16 8 Rataplan won the S omersetshire Stakes with evident ease, and yesterday Defiance 4 yrs, conceded 2st. toso Garforth aged, and beat him in a canter 1 10 May 25. A FRESH MAN. 10 BRITISH RAILWAYS. A splendid series of engravings, we learn, may be expected very speedily to issue from the press, under the title of the " Royal Gallery of Art,"—a selection of engravings published in the form of a costly periodical. The enterprise altogether is one of a somewhat remarkable character. It has been un dertaken, we are at once informed, with the sanction and approval of her most gracious Ma jesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. In it the originators of the undertaking propose to offer to the lovers of art a series of engravings from a selection of the masterpieces (ancient and modern) now in the possession of the Queen and of the Prince either as the Art Heir-Looms of the Crown, or as portion of the private collections of her Majesty and his Royal Highness—paintings at this moment adorning the walls of Windsor Castle, of Buckingham Palace, and of Osborne. Con spicuous among the remarkable pictures which will be thus placed in a manner within reach of the community are several choice examples of the ' Dutch and Flemish schools, including, among others, admirable specimens of Rembrandt, Ruysdael, Os -1 tide, Jan Steen, Teniers, and Vandevelde. Be sides these, which are chiefly, we believe, at Buck ingham Palace, there are, from the Windsor Castle collection, numerous chefs-d'ceuvres of the different Italian schools, comprising, besides many others, productions of note from the master hands of Cur reggio, Titian, Guido, Guercino, the Caracci, and Domenichino. At Osborne, we learn from the Prospectus, " are principally collected works of modern art, chiefly of the British school," but including with these, examples also of the con temporary schools of Belgium, France, and Germany ; among others, productions by Cooper, Dyce, Fripp, Grant, Haglie, Roberts, Scheffer, Delaroche, and Winterhalter. Added to all which, must be numbered amongst the treasures of the Royal Collection paintings by artists of celebrity, such for example, as Reynolds, West, Hogarth, Wilkie, and Gainsborough. When we are told in addition to these particulars that the selec tions now being made from works of this varied kind and undoubted excellence are to be given to the public through the aid of some of the most eminent engravers of Germany, Belgium, and France, as well as of England —that the engravings from the ancient and dead masters, are to be " touched" by Mr. Uwius R.A., prior to their issue from the press—and that the whole series of plates will receive one by one the sanction and approval of H.R.H. the Prince Consort, before their publication —it becomes obvious that every care is about to be taken, if reliance can be placed for once in the promises of a prospectus, that the entire work shall be ren dered as worthy as possible of its title as an enterprise avowedly conducted under Royal patronage. Especial confidence will be reposed in the success of the undertaking, we believe, when it is remembered that " The Royal Gal lery of Art" will be produced under the personal superintendence of Mr. Samuel Carter Hall, the accomplished editor of the Art Journal—a circum stance of itself sufficient to guarantee the value and elegance of the publication. As, in a manner, inaugurative of this somewhat ambitious enterprise, a collection of water-colours, taken from the original pictures at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, and Osborne, is now on view in Pall-mall. in one of the apartments at Messrs. Paul and Dominic Colnaghi's establishment. A visit to this apartment, in passing, afforded us on Monday no small amount of gratification. Although merely a few comparatively of the works of art about to be engraved for the proposed " Gallery" have been grouped together in this collection, enough are there displayed to encourage . the most sanguine hopes as to the merit of the forthcoming periodical. Besides a variety of familiar favourites, there will be found among this collection of water colour sketches several never before offered to the notice of the community. A charming " Landscape," by Hobbima, beautified with some of his wonderful umbrage—a pastoral glimpse of a " Homestead," by 'Paul Potter—a mar tial group of horse and foot on the tented field gathered round a " Trumpeter," by Wouvermans—a gorgeous "Sunset," by Lorraine— a limpid view of " Venice," by Canaletti—a cluster of booted sportsmen " Preparing for the Chase," by Cuyp, lit up from the centre by the glory of a scarlet saddle—these are among not the least valu able or the least interesting pictures in the collec tion, as they are assuredly about not the least characteristic. The visitors to this attractive room at the Messrs. Colnaghi's will not fail to notice, moreover, the luscious and affluent beauty of that symbolism of "Abundance," byVanEycken, or the pathetic charm of Le Jeune's " Liberation of Slaves among the Ancient Jews"—any more than they will fail to note with interest the quaint, little, natural, life like group of the " Children of Charles 1.," by Vandyck, with the baby form of the future James 11., King, only to be discrowned, and de throned, and expatriated, and beside him the plump stolidity of the boy face of that embryo of the Merry Monarch of the hereafter I A blue-eyed, golden haired delineation of the " Princess Charlotte " is there too, copied from the original from the pencil of Lawrence. There also will be found a glimpse of the sensuous grace of the " Cupid and Psyche," by Uwins—a dingy sketch of " The Fisher Boys," by Collins—a better one of " The Young Shrimp ers," after the same master—and one exquisite little grove or garden perspective by Jutsum, en titled " The Promenade." Almost every one who sees it will recognise as an old favourite Mulready's village scene of the " Wolf and Lamb." Horsley's "II Pensoroso," moreover, and Frost's " Cupid Sleeping discovered by the Nymphs of Diana," will scarcely fail, with the majority, at the first glance to be well remembered. As a fa vourable specimen of Stanfield we have the " Royal Yacht off the Coast of Cornwall" —of Armitage, the blusterous animation of the " Battle of Meannee," with its chaotic confusion, among smoke and dust, of Asiatics and Europeans. Cope's splendid representation of " Cardinal Wol sey," shortly before death, on his arrival at the porch of the old monastery, and Danby's magnifi cent idealisation of the " Seraglio at Constanti nople," with several other water-colour sketches scarcely less attractive or less interesting, will be examined, we doubt not, during the next few days, with something more than idle curio sity or passing admiration. As reflections from the beauty of the originals, from the hand of the painter, and as foreshadowings of the future copies in another art from the hand of the engraver, the water-colour collection now on view at Pall-mall is eminently deserving examination. It augurs well for the " Royal Gallery of Art," as a notable and almost national publication. I Paid.' RuLWAYS. 01011111 ff Prices yesterday. MA RKET NEW.-(THIS DAY.) 120 10 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended May 25,1854, made up from the Returns of tile In,pector* in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS.I RYE. 1 BEANS. PEAS. 78, 22 37s 2.1 293 41 48s 62 49s 31 478 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. P ARL ET OATS. RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 79s id j 378 Id 288 6d 508 6d 47s 6d 44* Ild DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I I BARLEY. OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAL Is Od Is 02 Is Od lls 02 Is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SO LD LAST Rye, E 90 ; Beans, WEK. Wheat, 51,981; Bar'ey, 13.83'; Oats, 13 3183 1 4,659; Peas, 329 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. --Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 5/ 5s ; clover litto, 3/ lOs to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1116 s to 212 s per load. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. CUMBERLANI3. — Meado w hay, 21 15s to 51 5s ; clover ditto, 31 103 to 61 OP ; and straw, 1117 s to 213 s per ]oad. fair average supply, and a steady demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2110 s to 51 Os; clover ditto, 31 8s to ti/ 6s ; and straw, 1116 s to 21 2s per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly. NEWGATE AND LEIDENHALL.—The general demand ruled steady at this market to-day, at full prices. Beef, from 3s 2d to 45 4d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 45 8d ; Lamb, 5s 2d to 6s 4d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 5s 2d ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per Sibs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, May 24.—Beasts sold readily, at a further advance of 2d per 81bs. Other kinds were in but moderate follows :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 8d • Mutton, 3s 10d. to 54 01 ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6 s 8 d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per Sibs, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, May 24. —We have a fair demand a this market to-day for each kind of stock, on the following terms :—Beef, from 3 s 6 d to 4 s 1 0 d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s oa ; Lamb, 58 6dVeal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; Pork, 3s 8d to 4s Bd. per Blbs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 27s each. ST. PETERSBURG.—The letters from St. Petersburg are to the 16th inst. The effects of Sir Hamilton Sey mour had been slopped on board a Prussian vessel. It is also said that the Ann McAlister had sailed from Cronstadt on the 15th. The total number of vessels entered since the opening of the navigation had been 16, and, although the period had arrived at which the blockade was understood to be intended to commence, an attempt would be made to load them, in the hope of getting them away. The rate of exchange was 351 d. THE LATE MAYOR OF RYE.—A deputation, consist ing of many members of Parliament and other influential gentlemen on Tuesday waited upon Lord Palmerston, to present a memorial, addressed to her Majesty, praying for a free pardon for Mr. Jeremiah Smith, the late Mayor of Rye, who was convicted in March last, at the Central Criminal Court, of having committed perjury before a committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into alleged acts of bribery at the election for the borough of Rye. Mr. De Nicoll stated, that Mr. Smith in his evidence denied having paid with Mr. Mackinnon's money for a certain dinner given to the electors of Rye, feeling himself to be justified in making this denial, because Mr. Curteis, the retiring member, openly professed to give this dinner, for which he issued invitations in his own handwriting, as had been proved by a recent statutory declaration and by a letter from Mr. Curteis, in which that gentleman took upon himself the responsibility of the dinner. Neither of those facts had been produced upon the trial. No less than 40 testimonials to the high character and in tegrity of Mr. Smith were presented to Lord Palmer ston. His Lordship said, that nothing could be stronger than the testimonials ; but what he should have to con sider was, not so much the former character of the per son as the act for which he had been convicted. Lord Palmerston then asked why the facts in question bad not been proved at the trial ? and remarked that it was impossible they could have the same validity now as if they had been brought forward at that time. He, how ever, would look at the case with every possible atten tion, and would consider all that had been urged by the deputation in favour of Mr. Smith. THE ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION.— -The treaty for the free navigation of the rivers Parana and Uruguay, signed on the 10th of July by Sir C. Hotham and the pro visional director of the Argentine Confederation, has been laid before Parliament. The conferation concedes the free navigation of these rivers, wherever they may belong to her, to the merchant vessels of all nations, and agrees to maintain beacons and marks pointing out the channels, such navigation to remain free to the merchant flag of all nations in case of war between any of the States of the River Plate or its confluents, excepting in what may relate to munitions of war, such as arms, gunpowder, lead, and cannon balls. A uni form system is to be established by the confederation for the collection of Custom-house, harbour, and other dues. No favour is to be granted to the flag of any other nation which shall not equally extend to the British. Tho high contracting parties, considering that the i.lalid of Martin Garcia may impede free navigation „Ali, confluent , of the Plate, agree to use their influence to prevent that island being held by any State which shall not adhere to the principle of free navigation. The treaty was ratified CHZ the 11th of lAaroh. Business done St. this day. 50 St. 23 - 24 - 4i ' ••• 1100 Aberdeen.... ......... 81 Aicabg Nottng. Bost. and Eastn. Junct... all Belfast & Ballymena. all Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey......... 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct. ..... all Do. Chesh. & £5O and £25 Cons. 18i Do., £20.... ....... ••• 30 Myth & Tyne origin& £25 (issd. at £45; 100 Bristol and Exeter.. 100 Ca1ed0nian.......... all Chester & Hoyhead all Cork and Bandon.. all Cork, Black, & Pass 12 Corgi Jail Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction all Do. New. ...... all East Angliaa.... all Do., (£lB E&H) , all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A Stock 100, De., B. Stock 81 Do., New A 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 51, Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin. PALL & Dundee 1 I , "orth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk. 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock ....... 1.00 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) 100 Great Western 12 Irish South-Eastern• all Lancaster & Carlisle ] ni Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds 100 Laneash.andYorksh 184 Do., Fifths 111 Do., Wet. idingUn all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt all London & Blackwal' 81 Loud. Tilb. &Sthend. 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.Sh.,U&B 0 21 Do. Eighths 100 Londor andS. Westn 421 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all L n ndrry&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Aar eh .Shef. & Lincln 4 Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. & Derby 471 Midld. G. West. (Ire.) 171 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle. ~ .00 Newmarket 54 Do., Bury Extension, 17 Nwpt.Aberg. & firfd.l 7; Newry &Enniskillen' all - Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor . 100 Norfolk 3? Northn.Counties Un 100 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred . 8 Do., 6 B Guaranteed all North London 51 Do. New £lO 1/ is NAS.Wstru.,Hamp stead, and City Jn IV, North Staffordshire all - North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June. 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley , ' and Leicests • 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton .... 21 2s Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury &Biimg 100 Do. L. &N. Western Guaranteed Si ar k 10 Shrewsby. & Hetefd all Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; all Do. Halveso. 4 all IDo. Oswestry 6. Shropshire Union :Do. A, B, C,& all Ipaid .ip at per cent South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 ,Do 2s Staines, Wok &Wok all Stockton & Darling 16i Stockton & tlartlepl. LOO Taff Vale . 8 Do. £lO shares. .00 Do. Pref., No. 1 21 Thames Haven Doc]; and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 16 West Cornwall. I. West End of London and Crystal Palace.. all West London 51s. Wimbledn & Croydon' 100 York Newctl.&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 13§ Do. G.N. E. Purchase 1100 York &N.Midland 8 - 9 13 -12 IEBI 15 17 8 7d 66 - 92 55 - 55 i 13§ - 14 9 1 . -- •• • z : •dia 7 - 8 lEi = je 12~ -12 i 59i - 60 53 - 55 23 - 58 87 72 120 - 89 - 73i • ••• 85 -- 87 10 12 v 10 12 P 60 —6 0 i 8— 71d i i• 7... iii . 88 P ' LOOA 10 961 -96 i lid 1 d id id 77 —7 8 d 12 111 10 9d 19 -2(:) 58,} - 58! 32 - 34 d d 7 5d 2} -- 2 6 - 8 46 - 48 34 31 30A 31 ... -- • 50 6 4 A d il, 54 sid 7 74 ~ - ... 28 - 29 87 52 • 54 5:3 - 58 53 - 58 3 - 24, 13 -- 15 10 6 - 1-- 74 4 -- 3id 13 15 61 61. 34 35 4 2d 4 5 30 = 32 17i g 18 4 4 -- 5 20 4 22 6i - . 4 65 66 9 B.d 5t 4d 46 -- 47 65i 111 i dis St. 20 25 FOREIGN. 10 9 Antwerp&Rotterdam 35 —3 dan 5 5 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 1 15 St. 11 20 8 Beziers to Graissessae 4 3 d 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, ant 17 C en tral India,Scr4pm id— 5p 25 Central of Italy ... ... . .. 20 all Charleroi & Erque li n. „. —.. . 171 all Demerara ••• 20 14 Dijon and B esan con 4 „. 1 p 20 9 Dutch Rhen ish 4l 4 d 1 20 all East Indian l/ 2 p 108. 20 2 Do. Ext ension 1 a • 10 5 all Gt. Indian Peninoula k _ p 20 20 10 Gd. Juliet. of Fi.lnce . .. 1 25 74 Grd. Trun k of Canada .._ ...d 1 100 30 Do. Debe ntures 9 7 d 1 100 all Do. do ... ... 1 20 10 Gt. Centra l of Fran ce 1 i d 50 204 all Gt.Westerno:Canada 1 Shares lB5 194 20 . . Do. Bonds ast is. y 57 ... ..... .. p 35 204 all Flamilton & Toronto par 1 p 100 all Do ke 'C. 6 per cent. 20 5 Lao nst. & Bask ... _ ••• 20 5 all Lucca d; Pistoja 5 p.c pref die 1 •• 1 20 15 Luxembo 10 10 Do. (Railway urg 54 si ) 34 3 40 5 2 Do. Pre f 5 5 3 Do. (Canal) 10 5 Do. 6p. ct. pref i —14 d 20 8 Lyons and Geneva 25 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran. ... . .. 5 20 13! Madras id par 331 3 331 Maria Autor 'a • --• ... 20 10 all Do. do. New 2( 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry. ... ..• 2 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) 7 75 3 1 20 all Do. (ex interest) - 3 16 a u Northern of France 32 325 321 i i 1 Do. 20/.3 p. m s c . s. ) --Bdshs. ... .. 20 all (fulY. B.& A 10 a ll NorwegianTrunkPref 8 9 . 1 10 2 0 10 Paris and Lyons l6 —165 p 4 1 40 all Ditto Bonds - I•• 1 10 all Paris and Orle- is 44 46 20 all Paris and Rouen— 35 —37 1 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 30 —3osx) 304 ad 20 20 10 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. ... pm 104 10; Quebec & Richmond ... ,„ 5 20 all Rouen and Havre ... 1 ... 20 12 Royal Danish 3 2 d 50 5 2 Royal Swedish — d 15 20 all Sambre and Meuse 8 84 30 . . 6 Do. 54 p. cent. Prof: ... ... 1 20 6 Southern of France ... —pm 10 20 8 St. Andrew's and 28 Quebec (A) ...... si all West Flanders i— 4 1 10 all Do 54 per c. Pref ... d • 1 1 20 10 We3tern of France 4 S ad 1 10 7 West. of Switzerland 31 —44 20 2 Wiesbaden 20 1 15 Zealand 1 MISCELLANEOUS 4( 4( 5 all Aubin Coal and Iron ... .... i 25 175 A us t ra lian Agricult. 465 475 465 21 20 14 Australsn•Pcific•Mail ... ... • 2( 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail ... ... 10 4 Berlin Water Works ... ... 50 40 Brit. American Lane 101 65 75 101 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. , 21 ; 100 324 21 ddaßeduction Co.. . ... eb 85 2( 5 5 Crystal Palace 6i 6 76i 5 14 Do. New - 1 35 51 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France ... ... 51 20 3 Eastern Steam — ••• 101 25 20 ElectritTelegraph(A) 17 18 10 I, 25 all Do. (B) •.• -- ••• 1 1 Electric Toles. of Ir ... ... 21 •t, 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... ... 5 20 18 General Screw Steam ... ... 2 n 20 74 Irish Beetroot Sugar ... ... 2 • 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... ... , 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ._ , 1 10 3 Netherlands Land— i ii 2 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. ] Steam Navigat. Co. ... -- 1 1 all N. B. Australasian... i I ) ; 1 5 Do. New ...... ..• ill 20 10 Nrth.ofEuroPeSteam ... ••• j 0 5 all Peel Rr. lA. & Minrl par-- i us 5 t. 50 all ?eninsular & Oriental ... --- ”. 50 35 Do. Do. ... —•—3 B 1 • 2 all Portland Irc - i Co 4— iP s ,ic 100 60 Royal Wit Steam 53 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. fLa 2a rib 25 25 South Austral. La nd 37 39 38 b id , 1 all Submar. Telegraph — 1 Lor I 1 all Do. Registered. .... .2. 1 8 , 3.00 284 Van _ Dimon Loa 3. i LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. QUARANTINE NOTICE. OPORTO, May 18.—The Lisbon Board of Health having declared the ports of Vienna and Camintra suspe cted, an d Virgo infected, all ships for Oporto must first go to Lisbon to perform quarantine, or have their papers examined. LONDON, May 25.—Wind this day at Noon, S. to S.W. ; light breeze, and fine. OFF HASTINGS, May 24.—Ariel, from Port Elizabeth. COWES, May 24.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Mercurius , from Callao, and sailed for Antwerp. OFF THE WlGHT.—Derwentwater, from Hobart Town. BONCHURCII (Isle of Wight), May 24.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Cleopatra, from Demerara. PLYMOUTH, May 24.—Wind, W. Sailed—Foreru n ner (a), for West Coast of Africa. OFF DARTMOUTH, May 2 3 . — Furious Ridley, from Mel- bourne. SUNDERLAND, May 24. Wind, S. S. E. Arrived D'Arcy, Moulmein. PORTSMOUYii, May 25.—The Irene, arrived h ' ere from Adelaide, S.A., reports that the Australian (s.s.), from Australia to England, has been wrecked in Table Bay, crew, passengers, gold, and mails saved. CORRY (Isle of Skye), May 18.—The Countess of Liver pool, schooner, of and for Newcastle, from Arklon, sprang a leak, and was run upon the beach at Kylerhea, May 16. ST. MAWES.—Arrived — Ocean Gun, from the Cape of Good Hope. ST. MICHAEL'S, May 2.—The Italia brig, of Genoa, Buenos Ayres to Southampton, with artificial guano, was run on shore at Rosto de Cao, with cargo on fire, 27th ult., and was burned to the water's edge ; a small portion of cargo saved and sold. CORK, May 23. — Wind , N. Sailed—. Albion, for Bar- CORK, ; Zephyr, Quebec. FALMOUTH, May 24. — Wind , W. Off Port—Constance, from Melbourne ; Ariel, of Aberdeen, Port PhiliP ; Col lin g wood, Java. CARDIFF, May 24.—Wind, S.S.W. Sailed—Robertson , for Havannah ; Hannah Thornton, New York. QUEENSTOWN, May 23.—Wind, variable. Arrived — Globe, from Pernambuco. Off Port —Araby Maid, from Mauritius for Liverpool ' • Oceanica, do.; Ser in g a p atam, Callao; Woodstock, do.; Dante, Porto Rico. The pilot cutter, Dolphin, has fallen in with a derelict vessel, lade n with pitch, pine timber, and cotton , su pp osed thto be the Bona Dea, of Liverpool ; her stern is out, but e cargo from the mainmast forward appeared to be all in her. Assistance has been sent out to bring her in. ELSINORE, May 22.—The Baltic (s.s.) , of Hull, from the Clyde to Pillau is on shore on the Swinebottoms and leaky ; assistance has been sent to her. CUXHAVEN, May 22.—The C o ncordia, from Hamb urg h to Perth, which was on shore on Medon; Sand May 20, h as been got off after discharging a portion of her cargo, and has come into the harbour. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, Wednesday Evening. The ship Constance, Captain Stewart, which left Mel bourne on the Bth of January, with a gold freight, was o ff Falmouth on Tuesday evening, and landed a mail and 28 passengers ; 70 passengers are gone up channel in her. LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 10.45 a.m. Wind, S. ; moderate, and fine. The Araby Maid, from Mauritius, has not arrived, as reported on the 22d inst. Arrived—Patriot Queen, from Calcutta ; Gitana, Bahia ; Manuelmonth, St. John's, N. 8.; and Confucius, Shanghai. Off Port—Regulus, Alciope, Colun?.bus, Jessie Munn, John Patchett, Fidelia, Junon, and Vicar of Bray. Sailed—Adriatic, for New York; Wasp, New Orleans; and Liberia, St. John, N.B. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.13 a . m . Wind, S.W. ; tide, half flood ; fine. Arrived, 24th—Amalia Laura, from Dantzic ; Wilton, Jamaica ; Albion. Porto Rico ; Hope, Galatz ; Albert, New York ; Wellington, Hobart Town ; Kent, Port Philip ; Siren, Bahia ; Paris et L o ndre (s), P ar i s . Arrived, 25th—Concordia (s), from Rotterdam ; Baron Osy (s), Antwerp ; Earl of Auckland (a), Rotterdam ; Triton (s), Calais. Sailed—Minkiena, for Pillau. DzAL, Thursday, 9.30 aim, Wind, W.S.W. ; very fine. Passed—Collingwood, from westward ; Emlyn, Colombo Monteiroc, Oporto ; Ocean Gem, Cape of Good Hope—a] for London. Anchored—Salacia, for Hobart Town ; General Wilt shire, Aden ; Christiania, New York—all from London. Sailed—Tantivy, John Scott, John Bright, and Laura. The Fre, ch steam corvette Milan sailed for the Baltic 11 at six a.m. Toe brig J ohn Scott, in working out of the Downs this morning, came iu contact with the barque Elspeth, and carried away the latter vessel's quarter boat. The former Motel proceeded without damp. 20 20 50 20 55$ / 14; 121 i 73 I St . St 89k 25 731 St. 20 St. 15 60f I 66: 8i I 5 101 7, 96i 7 sst i I 5 31} S 12} ISt. 50 12 14 12 12 10 12 per cent 61j I I Paid. RAILWAYS. all Bedford and Bletehley 100 Buckghamsh all Clydesdale Jc 'lOO E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. all him. Barr. & Neils. Direct all Do. New all Glstr.& Dn. Fr all firtlpl. Dk. & Railway all Hull & Selby , all Do. Shares. all Do. Shares. all Lou.&Greenw all Do. Preferenc: 100 Lowestoft gr. -I per cent. WO Do. 6 per et. all Nlaneh. Bxtu and Matlock all \liddlesbro' Redeal• all Nticild.Bradfd all Northern awl Easternsp.c. •,. Do. 6 per et. all Do. Fixeds p . all Prest. & Wyre 50 25 12' 13 20 20 12 I Do. i Shares. 100 iloystn.k Hit. 100 Do.Shepth.St 18ii hef.Roth.ann Gooleg.s p.c. cli i. Statlordsh. a ll Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... all I Do 100 Wilts&Somrst Leasing Company. London & N. West. I L. &N. W. Caledon... Gt.Nrthn. Caldonian. Do Gt. Westn Yk. New. Berw. Y. &,N Md Do Do 'S. Eastern Do Norfolk L.& N. Nii(11(1. Stekton Darlingt. ~iiilland.. S. Count. D 0.. . Do L.&N.W kLuZz.Yk Do Gt Northn Laneash & Yorksh. A.MClean 4tockt. & Darlingt. I:ltWestn. .6 = o& ..• -- ad xd ;2i Y 2dl 29 - 30 90 - 92 2k - 3i 3i - 4 12/ - i - i -12 i 23 - 24 1.• •• l• '.... ••• 3 - 3} -- 112 -- 114 105 107 ys 10 ~. --- •• 74 8 .. xd 6 6 94 96 87 89 88 90 Id pal 128 132 21 - 2i i-) 53 64 8 9 i —id 1 130 132 it lid 95 - 96 - 9 15A -16 A 9A -- 10 11 -- 13 ia -- i p 22i - 231 98 - 100 15 -20 ... - . 41•• ''''''' .2 id 88 - 92 3 - 3§ 1+ - 1 1i 1 1 p d 1 2 10 6 8 4i 4i 2 2i 29 31 i— i d 11 - 2k a I 1 - if A - $ 10 - 11 - 6 -61 i i - 1 "I - - 15i -- 16 23-1 8 -10 3 -- 4 43 - 45 h - 10 - 12 50 - 60 2 - 4 p PREFERENCE s 100 1. berdeen .............. 100 Do. No. 2, p. c. ...... 30 Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) 100 Brie. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... 100 Caledonian £lO .. .. , all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... 6i Cork &Ba.ndonsip.c. [ all Dundee Perth &Aber- deen Junction all EastAngliag (.£3 10a, 6 per cent all Do. (X 5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (X 7 17s) 7p. c all I Eastern Counties Ex. tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 all Do. No. 2 . all IDo. New 6 p. c. St. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 101. Debentr.Sb-1 East Lancash. 6 p. cts. all East and West York shire June. Pref... all EdinbPrth.&Dundee 5 10 St. 5 5 per cent. 100 Glasgow &S.Wester Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... 10 Do. 41 p. c. Scrip .... 6 Gt.N. of Scot. ist Pref all Gt. Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths)... 5 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh, 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Rants Ex. 5 p. c)... 100 Do. cov. red. 4. p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c.... 6 Lan. & York. F. £2o' 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No.l 9 Do. Quarters, 1848 .. 100 Loudon and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c )1.00 Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. all 'Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 , 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c 100 Lon. &N. W., Cov. 61 16i 1 10 St. St. St. Nuneaton 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds all Londonderry& Coler 4 Shares all L'ondy. & Ennis. a Sh. all Sian., Shef., & Lin., i Shares, No. 1. all Do. New, £lO 4,A Do. £6 all NEarypt .&Carl.4 p.c all Do. 4a per cent 10%, Do 1 100 - \lid. Consol.6 p.c.St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & %rm. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Pref. 4a per cen: 6 Norfolk Debenture .. 100 Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock 100 Do. sp. c. Ext . 100 Do. 5a per ct . pref.... 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c 100 North British all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.Xls,6 p.c. 15 Do all Scot. Cent. , New Pref all Shrews. &,Birm.N.G. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.3lin), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon . De. fixed, 4 per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Anil.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4 t iper cent. all 3.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent 5 Do. do. eo. all Stockton and Plarth pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 3 Waterfd.&Kilk .6p.c.' 100 York, Neweastle,andl Berwick ,4 p.c. Pref.l 5 Do.. 10 York&N.Midlandll w i s. YureL all ,Aqua Fria all Anglo Austrin. Gold all Anglo Californian 2 Australasian 6 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all Waenarvon Ir. & Coal all Brit Austrin. Gold 13.5 British Iron . 243 Braziliar Imp.(issued at £5 pm all Do. Cocaes & Cuiad 15 Do. St. John Dcl Rey Carson's Creek Clarendon Con. Min: Co. of Jamaica all Cobro Copper 1 Colonial Gold 15 Cop;apo all Copper MM. of Eng all Do. Pref. 7. p. cent all English and Austrin Copper Smeltg.Co all General all Great Nugget Vein all Do. Registered all Great Polgooth all Liberty all Linares all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co all Aariquita 9 llexicau&S.Americn all New Granada all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co all Nouveau Monde all Pontgibaud Silvei Lead Min. & Smelt 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymue? Iron 15 Do. New 10. Santiago de k,alaa all ''outh Australian 7 tin Croft all Jnited Mexicau all Waller all West Granada all West Mariposa 12s. Worthing Mining 01 Australia.... ....- all Yuba .................. 7losilla Prices yesterday. 93- 95 94 - 96 - LO 1 -103 6.0 - 62 2,5 - 26 - 13 22 -23 2i - 2i 6 = 90 54 - 56 ..• -. . 1 -- i 2i a * - - JOINT-STOOK BANKS• a ll A u stralasia ........... 77 all British Colonial Bank an d Loan Company a ll British N. American 5 Charm. Bank of Asia: 1 2 arta. guk. of India, i Australia, & China 2 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Loud , 12 English Scottish an Australian 20 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New .............. • 22, 1 , National of Ireland. all New South Wales... all Oriental Bank of id lid 50 50 100 100 4i -- 3i , 20i -- 21 20 50 20 25 Corporation 5 Do. New 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australu.Bkg & Gold Imp Co all South Australia all Union of Australia '24 Do. New 10 Frnion of London 46 - 48 46 7 il - 43 69 - 71 7 - 8 MORE YACHT CRUISERS TO THE BALTIC.—The beauti ful yacht Czarina, built by Mr. Camper, of Gosport, and belonging to Mr. T. Farmer Bailey, will leave for the Baltic in a few days, and in all probability will be pre sent at the "ehelling" of Helsingfore. Samoa other Engliala yachts Rill agOlt Bt jalaeaa thi I day. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Now that the opening is fixed for the 10th of June, the staff of the company are straining every nerve to get creditably through the large amount of work which can thus no longer be postponed. It is somewhat start ling to go over the place and see how much they have to do, but what in this country must be done generally is done ; and the men who have already achieved such wonders are not likely to acknowledge even impossibilities at the last moment. Sir Joseph Paxton has assumed an absolute dictatorship, and exerc i ses summary jurisclio tion over everything and everybody, within and around the building. This is the right way of going to work in such an emergency, and, as hi s h as b een conspi cuously the master-mind throughout the undertak ing, both officers and directors will readily acquiesce in his constituting himself pro. tem. a sort of modern "Mayor of the Palace" at Sydenham. Already the vast interior begins to assume a dressed and orderly appearance. The statues, no longer herded and hustled about, have their proper positions assigned to them, and the general arrangements of the nave and transepts take their final form. From the further end of the building, to which it has for months been confined, the collection of plants is now rapidly extending along the entire length; nor will the favourable anticipations that have been formed of the delightful and refreshing effect of green foliage heightening and relieving the general system of decoration be at all disappointed. The etherial architecture, the sc u lpt ure , an d th e pl an ts harmonise admirably, constituting of themselves a display almost fabulously imposing. At present the immense propor tions of the building dwarf the vegetation. Two Nor folk. Island pines, the finest specimens in the kingdom, have been placed in the grand transept, and look mere saplings ; but we are told that they really are so, and that a time will come when their tops, now hardly level with the second set of girders, will reach almost to the arched and glittering roof. Departing from the ar rangement of the old Crystal Palace, the central sweep of the nave has been cleared of everything to disturb the impression of its length and size, except the fountains; and the same plan has been adopted with the grand tran sept, which, with a few large objects at either end and at the points of intersection, is to be left to produce Its full effect upon the mind of the spectator. Nothing more will be attempted than to help the eye to measure the greatness of these imposing spaces. One of the aids for doing so will be Ostler's famous crystal fountain, which is now rising with renovated splendour in the interior. 'ith great propriety it still occupies the centre of the old transept which stood in Hyde-park, and will, no doubt, for many a long year to come, awaken remini scences of the service which it did as a trysting spot in 1851. Although the Palace is about to be thro w u9mparatively unfi n i s h e d state, yet those people thro wn open are 3B i i n very much mistaken who on that account jump to the conclu sion that it is n o t wort h se Ia every department the w or k is quite Jen enoughthe m a ean d t v i a m n e e . ed occupy many visits in exhausti ng it s interest. Though t the gardens, for example, are not finished, and we can 4 not have the great fountains in play till next year, yet where else in the world can one see such terraces —such thousands of marble vases, all filled with sweet smelling flowers—so noble a prospect—or such arrangements for providing to the pent-up inhabitants of a great city the blessings of fresh air and delightful country recrea tion We have no misgivings as to the brilliant suc cess of the opening. The Queen's presence alone in sures that. A grand canopied dais is being constructed for hei reception and that of the royal family in the centre transept. Approached on all sides by a double flight of steps, it will be placed in such a position as to be within view, not only of all spectators in the transept, but also of those assembled along the nave. On either hand will be placed the foreign ambassadors and the members of the Government—who have all been spe cially invited and will attend in official costume. Seats have been reserved for peers and peeresses, and for the members of the House of Commons and the ladies, who intend being present as season ticketholders. The Royal Commissioners and Executive Committee of 1851, the Commissioners who visited the United States last year, Mr. Dargan and the Committee of the Dublin Exhibition, the Imperial Commissioners from France to represent the Exposition of next year in Paris, the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of Lon don, the Mayors of the large provincial towns, and the Presidents of the chief societies in the metropolis will all be asked to attend. Such an assemblage collected in the grand area of the centre transept, with the Queen in the midst, will alone form a spectacle of the highest attractiveness. While the i-pace affords facilities for vastly increased effects, few of the formalities which attended the ceremonial of the opening in Hyde-park will be omitted. Her Ma jesty will be in the morning costume, and the Royal procession in the building may not be conducted with such high state, but, otherwise, whatever difference may be made will be to the advantage of the Crystal Palace Company. A chorus of 1,000 voices will be present, to which the harmonic societies, not only of the metropolis, but of Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Bradford, and other large towns will contribute their best singers. In addition to the company's brass band two military bands will be in attendance. This im posing body of 1,400 vocal and instrumental per formers will be accommodated on a platform rising tier above tier from the ground in amphitheatrie form, and occupying the area of the great transept immediately behind the Royal dais. M. Costa will officiate as conductor, and promises to give the Hallelujah Chorus and the National Anthem with a musical effect which has never been equalled in this country. When the Queen has taken her seat upon the dais, Mr. Laing, the chairman, will read an address to her Majesty, describing briefly the objects for which the Crystal Palace and park have been formed, and tracing its origin to the Great Exhibition of 1851. The chief officers of the company will then in succession present to her Majesty the handbooks describing their respec tive departments. After this a Royal procession will be formed, and the Queen, attended by the Court, will tra verse the entire length of the main building, taking on her way a view of the park from the lower balcony of the grand transept. On her return to the dais his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury will offer up a prayer for the success of the undertaking. The " Hallelujah Chorus" will then be performed. and her Majesty, hay. ing declared the palace open, will take her departure. The public will not fail to observe what an extraordi nary mark of her royal favour the Queen is thus pre parel to confer upon the enterprise of a private company. Seldom, indeed, have undertakings of a commercial cha racter been so honoured. She has visted the works re peatedly in their progress, and knows more about them . than most of her subjects. A fine suite of apartments is being prepared for her use at the north end of the • building by Mr. Crace, of Wigmore-street. She is a large contributor of plants, and she has set everybody who can follow it the example of how they ought to act towards the Crystal Palace Company, by becoming a season ticketholder. Let all those who can follow her example. Even the directors and officers of the company have done so. The question, whether by the natural and healthy agency of a joint stock company we can do something more than. has yet been attempted to correct the sordid and lower ing tendencies of the age, is about to be decided. If Sydenham does not take with the public, we cannot ex pect for many years to see the experiment repeated. If the financial results justify the enterprise, it is difficult to calculate all the advantages which the other great towns of the kingdom, and, indeed, large communities throughout the civilised world may derive from so en couraging an example. So far as success can be com manded by a liberal expenditure of capital in the execu tion of a magnificent design, all that could be reasonably expected has been accomplished. It only remains by judicious and vigorous managemen t to g et the out lay _ that may still be necessary well in h and—to see that v e to ory become possible facilityitua l e i i s t o a r il s o_r afforded i t n o e t k a b e theli s n u g ch st epublic may be requisite to place the exhibition of modern in dustry on a level with the artistic attractions of the sculpture courts, and the other more showy but less re• munerative portions of the general scheme. THE NEW SMITHFIELD MARKET.---The City Corpo. ration are bestirri n g themselves res p ectin g the new has a b at Copenhagen-fields. The con tracteen taken by Mr. Richard Smithfield fo r the cattle w o m r a k r s k market Walker, of Bermondsey, who is proceeding energetically with its e xecution. The building and other erections are to be of the most substantial character, and they are to consist entirely of brick and iron. The bulk of the iron work, amounting to several thousand tons, is to be galvanised by Messrs. Morewood and Rt . :gars tinder their patent. It is, as we understand, the intention to open the market before Christmas next. DEPARTURE OF THE AFRICAN EXPLORING EINEM. Tism—This interesting expedition, so . important to the scientific and commercial communities, is now fairly started, for the steamer Pleiad, by which the exploring will be carried on, has s ailed for her destination. The Pleiad was tried on the river on Saturday week, and attained a speed, under steam l of ten knots an hour, thus maintaining the reputation of her builder, Mr. John Laird. On Wednesday last she sailed for King*. town, an d took her departure from there on Satur da y . for Fernando Po direct. Captain Johnston, who com manded the steamer Argentina, accompanied her that far, after which she will be under the charge of Mr. Be croft, the British consul at Fernando Po, for the remain der of the expedition. The explorers are all medical gen tlemen of scientific attainments. Dr. Taylor, Mr. Hutchi son, Mr. Crawford, and Mr. Whyatt accompanied the Pleiad from this port ; and two more gentlemen in the Admiralty service will join her at Fernando Po. Dr. Taylor is well known in the African trade, and has been on that coast for several years. Mr. H u tchinson has also followed his profession in that loca lit y for some time, and is the author of a series of instructive papers which have recently appeared in a local contemporary on the subject of Western Africa. The others are younger men, but not a whit less earnest than their elder associates in the desire to carry the expedition to a successful issue. The Pleiad will explore the rivers Niger and Schada,f for the purpose of making geographical surveys, d endeavouring to open up a trade with those almosaltnwujno known parts. Only four of the crew of thevtehseseresselll be white men, so that there is little chance of gi nator and chief promoter of the expedditelooli theM being left destitute of a crew to work expedition _ _Th r e places to Mac gregor Laird, whose personal knowoleerg arrangements for be visited enabled him to make pr The Admiralty contri the carrying out of the scheme. rta i buses a large proport ion of the t p t e h xpe, but the vessel is Mr. Laird's. The resulf e_ nse and looked to with interest.— Livei pool Courier ng will be THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY. — Traffic return for £17,174 6 2 we ek last year Corresponding the week ending May 14,1854 LA.NCA.BILIRE AND . Y ORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending May 21, 1854. ..... £19,386 12 1 oareoponclog week last Yuri ...... nin, 102 4 893 8 LO ry li le ril, the 1 to I at Ilry lays luth ;EST lIEEt 3r at,