The Sun. — London, England, 1853-06-13 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. ruder the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, JVNE 13, win be performed (the Seventh time) THE CRUEL KINDNESS. Characters by Messrs. Barry Sullivan, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers, Corri, and Buckstone ; Mrs. Fitzwllliam, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, Re. After which, MR. BUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR NASSUA. To conclude with OUR MARY ANNE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES KEAN respectfully inform the Public that their ANNUAL BENEFIT will take place THIS EVENING, Just 13, on which occasion will be performed PERFECTION. . Principal characters by Mr. W. Lacy and Miss C. Leclercq. After which, will be presented Lord Byron's Tragedy of S AR DANAPALU* KING OF AssYRIA (considerably abridged for stage representation). The Costume and Architecture through out the Play selected throughout the Play selected from Layard's discoveries of the Monuments of Nineveh. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Characters by Messrs. Harley, J. Vining, Chester, and Everett ; Mrs. W. Lacy, Misses Daly and C. Leelercq. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, JUNE 13, • Will be performed TRYING IT ON. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews . After which, A WONDERFUL WOMAN. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Madame Vestris, &c. To be followed by TB It LAWYERS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Nt atthews, and Roaby ; Mrs. F. Matthews, and Misses Robert. on and Ellis. After which, A BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame celesta. THIS EVENING, JuNE 13, Will be presented TUE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Cha racters by Messrs. Parselle, H. Bedford. 0. Smith, Woolgar, and P. Bedford ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. &c. After which, NORMA. Messrs. Paul Bedford and H. Bedford, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with BETSY BAKER. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. LAST FIVE NIGHTS of THE CHASE, which must be withdrawn for the production of the Grand Military Spectacle of the BATTLE OF WATERLOO, on SATURDAY, JUNE 18th, the Anniversary of the great national victory. THE FOURTH JUVENILE EQUESTRIAN MORNING PERFORMANCE Will take place on WEDNESDAY, Juno 15, commencing at Two o'clock. THIS EVENING, JUNE 13. And during the week, the Entertainments will commence with th e highly successful Hippo Drama, with new scenery, costumes, and appointments, entitled THE CHASE, er LIFE ON THE TUR F _ illustrating a Sporting Man's Career. ents To be sacceeded by graceful and classical equestrian Achievem etes in Scenes of the ARENA, supported by the most talented Arti in Europe. The Equestrian Wonder, Miss Emily Cooke, will appear in her nnpara'le ed Feat of Leaping through 16 balloon?, both forward and backward, never !Wore attempted by any other Artiste, and which has been nthtlY grest9 I with deafening applause. To conclude with me Melodrama of THE FOREST OF BONDY in which the celebrated Dog Hector will appear. 8t....0we open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Weet. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, JUNE 13, CHUSAN and the FEAST OF LANTERNS. Splendid MENAGERIE, containin; a vast number of Specimens of Natural History, including an Orang-Outan, the only one exhibiting in this country. GODFREY'S unrivaled MILITARY BAND. Vocal acd Instrumental Concert. At Dusk a most bi iPlant display of Fireworks. N. 13.-06 IVEDNE •DAY NEXT, Jana 13, the Hoyt of the Royal Hospital Schools will visit the Gardens, accompanied by their uvei ile Band. 111011 WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAT —Morning 54 min. after 5 I Evening 18 min.aft. 6 To-Meaßow—Morning 45 min. after 6 Evening 12 min.aft. 7 THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, JUNE 12. THERMOMETER, IN TEE SHADE. ' 78—highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 64 this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'82. WIND, N.W. —Dull weather. JUNE 13. 65 highest since noon yesterday. 55 —lowest this morning and during the night. 58—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 83. WIND, W. to W.S.W.—Rainy weather. THE PUBLICATION OF " THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERT AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, for or against Constantinople. Meanwhile, the warlike preparations making both on the side of Russia and on the side of Turkey are, as we observed on Saturday, unparalleled in their magnitude. Ismahil, it seems, is not only the depot in which are being col lected together materials for a bridge of boats with which to effect the passage of the Danube— it is not only being hurriedly prepared as the scene of the Imperial head-quarters —its houses are being transformed into hospitals, and its pub lic buildings' into gigantic stores for boots, saddles, and other campaigning accoutrements. The Rus sian Fleet in the Black Sea, again is already, it appears, moored in the roadstead, having been promptly conducted thither from the port of Sebastopol. The SULTAN and the Divan are, in the meantime, if possible, yet more active, in the same warlike direction, than the CZAR and the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh. The Egyptian con tingent promised by the Viceroy, ABBAS PACHA, will amount, it is asserted, to no less than 150,000 in the aggregate. The mobilisation of the militia of Roumelia, we have before remarked, has been esti mated as certain to produce 90,000 armed men, almost immediately. The Emperor NAPOLEON, moreover, is declared to have intimated his inten tion to send 30,000 French soldiers to Constanti nople, in the event of news being received of the Cossacks having entered the Danubian principali ties. Altogether, with the Turkish troops under the command of OMIR PACHA, between 200,000 and 300,000 may, in case of emergency, be concen trated upon Schumla for the defence of the Balkan range of mountains. Besides which, the Turkish fleet will be aided, on the out break of hostilities, by the united naval ar maments of France and Great Britain. Then —Adieu to the ,prestige of the mighty despo tism of the AUTOCRAT ! Adieu to it even though it secure the aid of his obsequious vassal the Red EMPEROR ! Adieu to the further existence of his boasted fleet in the Euxine ! Adieu to his cherished day-dream of the capture of Constan tinople The House of Commons last week arrived at a conclusion adverse to one of the recommendations of the Common Law Commissioners, and that on a point of no ordinary importance.. The question arose in Committee on Mr. WHITESIDE'S Bill for the improvement of the administration of the law in Ireland—a measure which strikes at the root of many of the chief abuses that have sprung up during successive ages, and which introduces more extensive changes than any ever brought under the consideration of the Imperial Parliament, either by a law officer of the Crown, or an inde pendent Member. It is time that it is to be limited in its operation to one part of the United Kingdom—that a boon will be conferred on litigants in Ireland, which for a while will not be extended to suitors at Westminster. But it is certain, that if the new enact ments should operate beneficially at the other side of St. George's Channel, they will speedily be adopted in this country. Atihough it might be instructive and interesting to the Jurist to witness the working of the two different systems in the English and Irish Courts, it would be in many respects a dangerous experiment if long persisted in, and strongly opposed to the wise policy that urges the expediency of assimi lating the laws of the two countries, and cement ing more firmly the bonds by which they are united. If the principles contended for be good in themselves, why should the advantages to be obtained from their recognition be withheld from this country. If otherwise, why should they be sanctioned in Ireland ? Wo could scarcely justify a rash experiment in such a case, on the ground that it was tried on " a worthless subject." Our Irish brethren would not consider such an argu ment as very flattering to themselves, or judicious or equitable on the part of England. Tho question which has led to this diversity of opinion between the Commissioners and the Legislature, viz., the propriety of requiring " a verification of the pleadings," in every cause, is one which has excited much discussion, and on which very conflicting views have been taken among the most zealous and consistent legal re. formers. On the one side it was contended that he unnecessary multiplication of oaths material] -il lessened their efficacy, and exercised a very de moralising tendency—the familiarity with a pro cess of every day occurenca diminishing the re spect that should be entertained for so solemn an obligation—the feeling of awe with which an appeal to the DEITY should be attended. It was also urged—and it was much apparent truth— , that the pleadings frequently consisted of mixed fact and law, to the truth and accuracy whereof it would be difficult, if not impossible, for a con scientious person to swear. That the rule, if adopted, would, as the Attorney-General declared, operate as a snare to tender conscience, while it would offer no obstacle to the unjust and unscrupulous"— that the oath would, in fact, speedily degenerate into " a mere matter of form," and that a lose and " conventional morality" would spring up for such points that would be prodnctive of very in jurious results. On the other side, it was insisted with equal force and energy that it was the dan gerous and impolitic license permitted to phaders that oecasioned many of the abusers so loudly and justly complained of in our superior courts of common law—that the evils of " special pleading" which it has at length been deemed expedient to abolish, mainly spring from this source, where the imagination and fancies of the pleaders were re garded rather than actual facts, and such have constantly decided on grounds quite apart from the substantial merits. What could be more dis graceful thau to find our tribunals occupied in the investigation of totally different issues, where alle gations were put forward on the same side, some of which must necessarily be false, as, for an instance, where a direct traverse was coupled with a plea or pleas in confession and avoidance —as, for instance, where the same person pleaded that he was never in debted payment, and the statute of limitations. Many cases of similar description, and of every day occurrence, might be adduced that justified our American brethren in ridiculing the anomalies thus sanctioned by the well-known story of the " kettle," when, in answe r t o a demand for damages for a kettle, that had been returned in a damaged state, it was pleaded, first, that the de fendant never borrowed the kettle ; secondly, that the kettle was damaged when it was bor rowed ; and thirdly, that it was sound and in condition when returned ! We may smile at the absurdity of such contradictory assertions, but we can assure our readers that pleas just as ridiculous and as much opposed to each other, may be found in immense variety on the files of the different Courts. Surely this reproach should be removed from the administration of our national justice. This stain stain from the national character, and every means practicable should be resorted to for such a purpose. It is also just as essential that a check should be imposed on unfounded and unwarrantable actions, as on contradictory pleadings. We should not encourage vexatious or inequitable suits. Be fore the passing of the act for the abolition of ar rest on mesne process, a large proportion of actions in debt and indcbitatus assampsit, were verified on affidavit, and in the olden time a plaintiff who put forward an unjust demand was liable not merely to the severe censure of the Court, but to actual imprisonment. The conclusion of the form of judgment for a defendant, " let the plaintiff be in mercy for his false claim," sufficiently indicates the existence of this salutary practice, which, un fortunately had been per m itt e d t o b ecome obso ete)panracelfeallinto disuse. According to the exist ing tie, any man can be dragged into Court at the mere will and pleasure of any pauper, who, although w i thout a shadow of claim, may 1 subject su innocent _party to heavy costs, 1 of which h e stanceo3 obtaill ua" never, under any circum, payment. It is true that . AND TDB LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SAME EVENING ; With all other News arriving up to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. - NI • . I'COW - r 41 0 LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1853. It remains to be seen whether the Earl of CLARENDON and the Earl of ABERDEEN may not, ere long, be solemnly impeached before the High Court of Parliament. It remains to be seen whether they will not have to be arraigned on the aggregate charge of having .compromised the dig nity of the British Crown—of having jeopardised the tranquillity of Europe —of having slighted France and neglected Turkey—of having deceived and infuriated the Russian AUTOCRAT. A brief interval will acquaint the people of these islands with the accuracy or the falsehood of these most formidable and momentous accusations. The truth must, indeed, within a few hours, be elicited from Ministers in one or other, or, more likely, iu both Houses of the Imperil Legislature. It will then be learnt whether the extraordinary statements recently put forward by the Press of Saturday, and by the Herald of this morning, are actually correct, or simply supposititious. Those state ments, it must be confessed, are as bold as they are categorical. They are to the effect that, early in the spring of this year, the demands then about to be made upon the Sublime Porte by the AUTOCRAT were formally submitted by Baron BRUNOW, the Russian Ambassador at the Court of St. James's, to the Earl of CLARENDON, her Britannic MAJESTY'S principal Foreign Secre tary. It is added, by the political organs alreatly specified, that the object of the CZAR in making this communication through his represen tative, was to ascertain, biiereband, the views entertained upon these subjects by the English Government. Lord CLARENDON is stated to have raised no objection to the demands then submitted to his consideration, to have obstructed them, in deed, with no manner of discouragement what soever ! It is observed, moreover, that although the Earl of ABERDEEN was, the Cabinet collec tively was not, consulted by • the Chief of the Foreign Department and that only afterwards, the course pursued in the name of the Coalition was reversed, on the folly of Lord CLARENDON'S proceedings being explained by Lord PALMERSTON to the assembled Administration. Assertions like . these, assertions so grave in theirnature and so posi tive in their utterance, must perforce be brought forthwith under the scrutiny of Parliament. It must be at once decided whether there is the slighest particle of truth in these terrible charges, put for ward against the Ministry by the weekly and daily organs of the OppOsition. Until all this be cleared up, it must be allowed that there is considerable show of probability in the declarations above mentioned, however start • ling and unprecedented. The furious conduct of the Emperor IsT reuoras--hitherto notoriously a man of calm and wily calculation—remains otherwise altogether inexplicable. So also con ti nues th a t unaccountable o r d er sent Admiral DUNDAS t o weeks since to abstain from proceeding at once—as the French fleet did —to the entrance of the Dardanelles. Happily but a brief period is now requisite before the whole of these bewilder-. ilidoubts,and difficulties may be removed by the promptitude olta parliamentary explanation. Simultaneous with the receipt of these as tounding• t two im portant ChargeS Members `to' the Coalition— oainst the Prime Minist er and , 0 the Foreign Se —there reaches us th e iumour esterday revr rY alent in the French Capi y taltikhat, the Austrian Cabin et is undecided thrown into the AWE , whe ther its inituence should be THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 13. 1853. he may obtain the evidence of the plaintiff, that either of the litigants can, at a certain stage of the proceedings, call upon his opponents to sus tain on oath the truth and accuracy of his allega tion. But, unfortunately, this is not until the mischief has happened and the greater part of the expense being incurred. The greater portion of these evils would be averted by requiring , a preli minary verification, either, by affidavit or solemn declaration (which if untrue would subject the party making it to stringent penalties). Such a verification is required under the Common Law Procedure Act, where a party applies for leave to take issues at law, and, in fact, in common par lance, to plead and demur to the same pleading. In such case he is obliged (Section 80), to make affidavit that he is advised and, believes that he has just ground to traverse the several matters proposed to be traversed by him, and that the several matters sought to be pleaded by way of confession and avoidance, are respectively true in substance and in fact ; and that he is further advised and believes that the objections raised by such demurrer are good and valid objections in law." This enactment has hitherto had a very beneficial effect, and prevented the recurrence of double issues of law and fact being taken, unless there were adequate grounds for such a course, which, if adopted, would be calculated to further the ends of justice." On the whole then, and with considerable diffi dence in differing from the Learned Commissioners, and from legal reformers so zealous and so con sistent as the Attorney-General of England and the Solicitor-General of Ireland, we believe that " the due verification of the pleadings" at every stage will be attended with the most bene ficial results in the great majority of cases, and that no serious mischief can in any instance arise if a discretion be allowed to the Court or a Judge in Chamber to relax the rule and substitute some other test, whenever the circumstances of the case may render such an indulgence necessary ox expedient. We trust, then, that the principle which, so far as Ireland is concerned, has already received the Legislative sanction, may be intro duced into the promised measure for carrying the recommendations of the Common Law Com missioners into practical operation. We have no doubt that the result will be materially to di minish the number of unconscientious demands and of vexatious defences. An Engineer of eminence has at length been found hardy enough to protest against the dogma tism, the jobbing, and the incompetency of Mes sieurs the Sanitary Commissioners. Let us acknowledge at once that we are heartily rejoiced at this formal protest coming from one of the members of the injured profession. It exonerates them from the imputation of submitting meekly to a course of proceedings such as may have been deemed by some portions of the community to have derogated at once from their dignity as a body and from their independence as individuals. It exonerates one of the members at least—the gentleman who has dared to raise his voice as a dissentient against the views carried out by the potentates of Gwydyr-house—Mr. HAWKSLEY, C.E., of Nottingham. A letter has recently, we observe, been addressed by him to the Marquis of CHANDOS, in reference to the exercise of some of the extraordinary powers which he declares to have been "assumed" by the General Board of Health, in contempt of all right and of all reason, and in direct violation of certain injunctions laid down by Act of Parliament. Mr. HAWKSLEY goes further than this—he ventures to illustrate the accuracy of his statements by an enumeration of divers "public and private wrongs," which he maintains to have traced to the domineering inter ference (in matters in which they ought never to have interfered) of these same potent and prag matical officials—the Sanitary Commissioners. It appears, no doubt, from the latter part of Mr. IIAwKsLEY's communication to the Marquis of CHANDOS, that ho himself has experienced at the 1 hands of the Commissioners some rebuffs and much shameful treatment in his capacity as a Civil Engineer. And from this circumstance wo have every confidence that those who swear by the wiseacres clustered together under the ,roof beams of Gwydyr-house will deduce the comfort ing conclusion that the whole- of the accusations entered against the Board of health by Mr. HAWKSLEY are attributable to the petulance of a disappointed man, to the rancour of personal an noyance, to the jealousy, the spleen, and the indignation engendered by a sense of persona,l dis paragement. All this might be wonderfully well in the way of ingenious and sophistical extenua tion—but that, as ill-luck would have it, the writer of the letter to Lord CHANDOS is capable of some thing more formidable than mere empty vitupera tion. Mr. lIAwKsLuY may possess, for aught we know to the contrary, a, marvellous facility for calling names, a surprising capacity for invective, or a knack like that of "An Englishman" for tickling the vulgar appetite of a mob with a mix- cure of elegant rant and rhetorical Billingsgate. He may be. able to patter slang with PIERCE EGAN the Elder, or with Mr. WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH. He may exult in a refined inventive ness of abuse like that displayed upon occasions by the Irish Liberator, as where he is described as having thrown a fish fag into hysterics by accusing her of appearing in the streets the night before with a couple of triangles, assailing her at the same time with the opprobrious epithet of a walking parallelogram in petticoats ! Mr. HAWKSLEY, we say, may possess all these rare and enviable gifts as a disputant—but, in that case, he has taken care to conceal the fact altogether from his readers. If he be nothing more than an angry man—surely never did angry man display more consummate coolness, more exemplary self-command, or a more cool-blooded determination to prove his case with the preci sion of a mathematical solution, so that one almost expects to find, instead of his initials at the end of the docuinent, the customary Q.E.D. The truth is—Mr. HAWKSLEY, from all we can learn, had no need to be in a passion either to demonstrate the accuracy of his assertions, or to vindicate his own professional reputation. All that he had to do to satisfy the cravings of his " great revenge" was to hold a mirror up, not to Nature, but to Gwydyr-house, and to reveal pre cisely as they are the solemn conclave of the ne'er- do-weels of the Sanitary Commission. It is ex actly this, we believe, that Mr. HAWKSLEY has done to the members of the General Board of Health. He weighs the matter at issue in the balance with all conceivable deliberation. He takes the whole system to pieces, wheel by wheel, pulley by pulley, hinge by hinge, and shows, at any rate to our thinking, before he has done with it, that here also might be said, as was said by the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer of Mr. GLAD STONE'S famous scheme in regard to the Fund holders, that " Never was there a more elaborate piece of machinery—for doing nothing !" But no—the Board of Health does in its way much worse than Nothing. It is true, of course, that its powers have proved long since to be entirely inoperative of any good in the creation or diffusion of anything at all bearing even the mere semblance of sanitary improvement. it is true, moreover, that so far from working good to the community in this direction, it has actually presented a posi tive obstruction to the advance of the sanitary movement—that its contrivances for a better sys tem of drainage have been productive only of pes- rence--that its endeavours to secure ventilation have not enabled it even to ventilate itself—that it, as a body, perhaps more directly and positively than the interested body of the ecclesiastics, transformed into a dead letter the vaunted and " amended" measure for the prevention of intra mural sepulture ! Added to all which, the Board of Health, while doing no good itself, and actu ally preventing good from being done by others, has striven to keep up appearances by a fussy display of activity, setting on foot inquiry after inquiry, getting compiled report after report, sending inspectors into the provinces here, there, and everywhere, and encouraging those inspectors to job for their own emolument, while pretending to carry out simply and even-handedly the designs of ber MAJESTY'S Government. Row all this is demonstrable may be recognised at a glance through the statements set forth in Mr. HAWKSLEY'S rather remarkable communica tion. Whenever any great public abuse becomes intolerable, commend us to a disappointed man like this good citizen of Nottingham ! It is our painful duty this day to record the death of JAMES HARMER, Esq., of Ingress Abbey— a death which will be very widely and deeply lamented. As an earnest reformer, as a zealous advocate of the popular advancement, and more especially as one of the most able and practical labourers in the cause of crimi nal ref•rm, Mr. HARMER will be publicly re gretted, while to the large circle of private friends, who could best appreciate his individual ex cellences, his death will be a most severe affliction. We do not wish to pronounce over his ashes the words of empty panegyric --the best epitaph for a man whose heart was all goodness, whose genial kindliness and sympathy were proverbial, whose sterling worth requires no comment, the best epitaph is pronounced not by the lips, but by the hearts of those who knew and loved him, and cordially and universally will such a tribute be awarded to JAMES HARMER. EXCURSIONISTS TO CHOBILI,II. It will be observed, we doubt not, with very general satisfaction, that to-morrow, Tuesday, the 14th of the pre sent June, a special train, at 9.20 a.m., is advertised to start for Windsor from the Great Western Terminus at Paddington. This, of course, will be in addition to those other trains which have already been notified. Consequently the pleasure-seekers who are resolved to visit the great encampment of our troops at Chobham will find that every facility has been afforded to their movements by , the Great Western Railway, according to the usual enterprise displayed by the officials of that vast establishment. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Coun tess of Desart, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, went on Saturday to Twickenham, and visited their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness left Buckingham Palace at one, and returned at half-past five o'clock. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by her Serene Highness the Princess Ade laide of Hohenlohe, and attended by the Countess of Desart, the Hon. Flera Macdonald, Lord Rivers, Lord Charles Fitzroy-, and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, honoured the performance of the French play at the St. James's Theatre, on Saturday evening with their pre sence. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, and the domestic house hold, attended divine service yesterday morning in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Gerard Wellesley officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompa nied by her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson. Lady Augusta Bruce, Sir George Couper, and Lord James Murray, honoured the concert of the Cologne Choral Union, at the Hanover-square Rooms, with her presence on Saturday morning. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers present ware, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duhe of Newcastle, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir Wil liam Molesworth. The Council sat three hours and a half. A deputation to urge the completion of certain county works in Ireland that were at present suspended for want of advances, on loan, from the Treasury, had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street, upon which the right honourable gentleman was pleased to accede to their request. The deputation consisted of the Earl of Clare, Lord Montearde ' Mr. Macartney, M.P., Mr. Bate son, M.P. Mr. Wyndham Goold, M.P., Mr. F. W. Russell, M.P.f (Limerick), Mr. Davison, M.P., and Mr. Pak enlia n, M.P. A deputation from the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire Railway Company had an interview with the Right lion. E. Cardwell on Saturday at the Board of Trade, on the subject of the Merchant Shipping Bill. The deputation consisted of the Earl of Yarborough, Dir. C. 'Turner, M.P., Mr. C. Geach," M.P., Mr. Allport, Mr. Stable, and Mr. Parker. THE DUKE OF GENOA. His Royal Highness the Duke of Genoa paid a visit to the Knightsbridge cavalry barracks, on Saturday morning, for the purpose of inspecti»g the quarters of the Itiyal Horse Guards Blue. Thu veteran Marquis of Anglesea, colonel of the rniment, was in attendanoc to receive his Royal Highness. The Doke inspected the men's dormitories and mess-room, and afterwards visited the officers' quarters and stables. The perfect arrange ment of the latter were greatly admired by the illus 7 trious Prince. His Royal Highness subsequently paid visits to the Senior United Service and the Army and Navy Clubs, at which the Prince was received by the respective pre,. sidents, by whom he was conducted through the va rious saloons and departments of these magnifident establishments. In the afternoon, the Duke, accompanied by their Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenberg Strelitz, and the Duchess Caroline of Mecklenberg Strelitz, and attended by his Excellency the Sardinian Minister and a numerous suite, went to Sydenham, to inspect the works in pro gress at the New Crystal Palace. The royal party were received by Mr. Owen Jones and Mr. Grove, the secre tary to the company, and after devoting a couple of hours to the examination of the building, their Royal Highnesses retired, having first expressed their unqua lified admiration of the great undertaking. On Saturday night his Royal Highness dined with the Duke of Cambridge, at his apartments in St. James's Palace. The Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenberg Strelitz and the Duchess Caroline of Mecklenberg Strelitz were invited to meet his Royal Highness. After dinner the Duke and the royal party repaired to the Royal Italian Opera., Yesterday morning his Royal Highness went to Kew, and paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. Early in the afternoon the Duke left town for Brighton, from whence his R o y a l Hi g h nes s intended to go on to Arundel Castle, the seat of the Duke of Norfolk, last evening. An inspection of the royal dockyard and garrison of Portsmouth will occupy the Duke to-day. His Royal Highness returns to town this evening. FRENCH PLAYS.—MddIe. Rachel's performance of Adrienne Lecourreur was honoured, on Saturday even ing, with the presence of her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, attended by the Countess of Desart, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lord Charles Fitz roy, Lord Rivers, and the Hon. Colonel de Res. There were also present :—The Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis of Stafford, Lady Panmure, Lord Annesley, Earl of Kilmorey, Lord Valletort, Lady Huntingfield, Lady John Beresford, Dowager Lady Ashbrook, Lady Bowyer Smijth, Sir Charles Cunningham, Hon. Mrs. Liddell, Mr. Frederic Elliot, Mrs. Oswald Smith, Mr. Fazakerly, Mr. Raikes Currie, Mr. A. Campbell, Cap tain and Mrs. Laffan, Mrs. Prinsep, Mr. Dallas, Capt. Gerard, Miss Thackeray, Mr. Roache, &c. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—EarI Granville (Lord Pre sident) has appointed Charles Edward Boothby, Esq., of the Council-officc , , to be his lordship's private secretary.. Mr. Boothby was sometime secretary to the Marquis of Lansdowne. Mr. A. W. Hanson, late her Majesty's Consul at Liberia, is appointed Consular Agent at Sherbro Castle. Mr. W. Augustus Tolle mache, Unpaid Attache at Paris, is appointed Paid Attache to her Majesty's Legation at Rio Janeiro.— Observer. _ _ CUSTOMS DUTIES.—In consequence of directions from the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, the Commissioners of the Customs have caused the resolu tions of the House of Commons, reported on the 10th inst., altering and reducing the duties of customs on a further number of articles of foreign merchandise on im portation into this country, to be transmitted to their principal officers at the several ports in the United Kingdom, with directions to admit the articles therein named at the rates of duty therein specified on and after Saturday, the 11th inst., under the usual (nominal) con dition of the parties abiding the ultimate decision of Parliament 4 ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gen tlemen having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the Court of Examiners, on the 10th inst. : Messrs. Henry Jones, Soho-square ; Bransby Roberts, North-building, Finsbury-circus ; Henry William Alex ander Coleman, Elstree, Herts ; John Charles Robert son, Waterloo, Portsmouth ; Robert Death, New Broad street; Donald Patrick Stewart, Blair Athol, Perth shire ; Henry Webster, Dulwich ; and Edward Side bottom, Mottram, Cheshire. MEETING OF VOTERS TO CELEBRATE LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S DEFEAT.— The voters and influential gentle man-of this town, as well as those employed in her Majesty's Dockyard and Royal Arsenal are making arrangements to have a public dinner to celebrate the defeat of Lord John Russell's bill to disfranchise the dockyard men. We understand that M. Chambers and P. Rolt, Esqs., will be solicited to honour the company with their attendance to celebrate the event.—ltentigh MOWN M. PULSZKY'S LECTURES. An intelligent and fashionable audience among whom we recognised his Excellency the Hungarian Liberator, and the honourable member for the West aiding of Yorkshire--assembled at Willis's-rooms on Saturday aaernoon, for the purpose of hearing the first of a series of eight lectures by Francis Pulszky on "The History of Ancient Art," and, generally speaking, on Archaeology. The welcome accorded to the distinguished lecturer was such as we rejoice to be the means of noti fying. It was a tribute eminently well. deserved by that gifted patriot, that cultivated man of letters, and that skilful diplomatist, who first became known to the people of England as the authorised representative of the Free Hungarian Government. If the audience of Saturday might have been more numerous, it could not well have been more atten tive. And its attention to the discourse delivered by M. Pulszky was admirably repaid by a store of curious and recondite information—the fruits, evidently, of no merely recent and superficial information. The subject chosen by the lecturer to be that of his introductory dis sertation was the enthralling study of Egyptian Art and its History. From the printed syllabus it appears that the whole course will be illustrative of the Fejervary Museum, now on exhibition at the Archzeological Insti tute. In the collection of this singular and attractive museum, Francis Pulszky has shown an uncommon amount of energy, and a more than ordinary degree of intelligence. He has evidently dedicated to the subject, upon which he is now expatiating with so much zest and with such evidently unaffected enthusiasm, the best years of his manhood, the whole force of his in tellect, the whole scope of his ripe and instructed judg ment. It was not difficult to recognise these truths from the thoughtful and original lecture to which we had the gratification of lending our attentive hearing on Saturday. From it we cannot but augur excellently for the rest of the remaining seven, which, we observe, according to the syllabus, are to be delivered every Wednesday and Saturday until their completion. It may here be remarked, that the second will have re ference to the Monuments of Nineveh, Babylon, and Persepolis ; the third, to the Sculpture of the Hindoos and Chinese • the fourth, to Etruscan Antiquities ; the fifth, to Greek and Roman bas-reliefs ; the sixth, to the Grecian and Roman statues in bronze and marble ; the seventh, to gems, terra cottas, vases, ivories, and paint ings ; the eighth, embracing a general view of the de velopment and relation of the different branches of Plastic Art, and thus sequentially bringing the whole course to its conclusion. When completed, we hope to welcome the series of these eight remarkable lectures in a different form, namely, on their appearance as a collected publi cation. From the specimen presented to the public at Willis's Rooms on Saturday, we may already aver, without anything like idle precipitation, that M. Francis Pulszky has revealed even now his skill as a lecturer, and we rest assured that in that new capacity he will enhance the reputation previously acquired by him, both as an author and - as a diplomatist—in the former in stance through his various writings, and in the latter through his conduct at London as Hungarian Ambas sador during the glorious interval of the Magyar War of Independence. Besides M. Kossuth and Mr. Cobden, we noticed several other men of note in attendance at Willis's Rooms, during the delivery of M. Pulszky's lecture on Saturday. ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS. To JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, ESQ R.A., SECRETARY TO THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS. SIR,—As you "do not doubt being able to answer my various queries, and give me such, useful information into the bargain as will save me from again hazarding in genious speculations and statements which are not strictly according to facts," " provided T. S. comes from behind his anonyme," the proposition is too good not to be accepted. But in thus throwing off my incognito, I must premise that, as I am personally unacquainted with any member of the Royal Academy, I beg to be understood that, in presuming to " summon the secretary of that body before the bar o: public opinion," I am less actuated by personality than a feel ing of obligation to contribute my quota towards getting at the root of those heart-burnings which ever and anon proceed from the management of the National Gallery, especially the eastern portion of it. Why I have pre ferred the medium of a public journal to convey to you my inquiry, is, because I do not assume to be the only artist outside the Royal Academy pale, whose performance has been, this season, so unceremoniously rejected. And being fully aware how inconvenient it would be for a secretary whose time is valuable, to reply personally or by letter to every grumbler disposed to demand why his individual production should be amongst the rejected. Therefore, to save unnecessary trouble, I deem a personal application inexpedient,— being persuaded, that from the description I gave of the "Rejected Miniature" in The Sun of last Monday, you would be able to inform me, and those whom the matter concerned—the reason of the rejection, which, if satisfactory to myself, I did not doubt would be equally satisfactory to those artists who had been suhjectod to a similar disappointment. Though flat tered by your polite - offer to gratify me with a per sonal interview, I must decline the honour, so long as "The mysterious four seals" may not be broken. But with reference to my "hazarding ingenious speculations and statements which are not strictly according to facts," I beg, in one respect, to plead guilty. In con trasting the management of the two National Exhibi tions of England and France, I believe I conveyed an impression that the Exhibition of the latter was still held in the Palais of the Louvre. The mistake was not perceived until it was printed ; but though I could not avoid regretting the lapsu,s, I did not think it of suffi• cient importance to substantially affect nay state ment ; but having my veracity called into question, I hasten to correct the unintentional error. After the Revolution of 1848, the National Exhibition of Works of Art was removed from the Louvre to the Palais Royal, and thence to the "Menus Plaisirs," Rue Faubourg Poissoniere. With this correction I feel guilt less of any other misstatement, unless the hypothesis, that " the council, whose decision is final "—(in the absence of any information to be met with in the catalogue) assumed to be composed of R.A.'s, be a misstatement ; but allowing myself an equal latitude to make inferences with that which enabled you so ingeniously to discover that T. S. was the " Nettle," I did come to the conclu sion that " the inquisition" of Trafalgar-square—the "terribly mysterious council"—was composed of mem bers of the Royal Academy. But should it turn out that this " council whose decision is final" is neither more nor less than her Majesty's Privy Council, I beg to assure you, Mr. Secretary, that, thenceforth, I will be moi.e cautions about " hazarding ingenious speculations" for the future. Meanwhile, I must throw myself upon your generosity for enlightenment on this point as well as on others in which I may nnwittingly have, erred, albeit, at present, 1 be unable to avail myself of a personal interview.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS SKAIFE. Vanbrugh-house, Blackheath, 13th June, 1853. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) The June sessions of the Central Criminal Court com menced this morning. The number of prisoners for trial is ninety-three. The jedges who are to preside are the Chief Baron (Sir F. Pollock), Mr. Justice Maule, and Mr. Justice Erie - and the aldermen w h o are u p on the rota to attend to form a coin t are Sir P. Paurie, Sir G. Carroll, Sir J. Musgrove, Finnis, and Cubitt. Tue grand jury having been sworn, The Recorder proceeded to deliver the usual charge. It was gratifying to find that there were no cases of great brutality on the calendar. The first case to which he would direct attention was one against a gentleman of a learned profession for procuring abortion. If they attached credit to the depositions which would be laid before them, it would be their duty to find a true bill against ' the person indicted. With regard to the other persons implicated in the affair, though it did not appear that any one had been present except the principal offender when he used the instrument, yet if the grand jury thought that they were aware of the purpose for which he visited the young lady in question, and concurred in that object, then that would be felony. The next case was that of a person, who, having taken a letter of credit for a small amount on a banker in this country, and then proceeding abroad, by altering the amount, had obtained large sums on account of it from conti nental bankers, much exceeding that for which it was originally obtained. If the offence had been committed in this country, it would have amounted to forgery, but as it was committed out of the jurisdiction of the tribunals of this country, there would, no doubt, be con siderable technical di4ficulty in proving the case, and the course which he would advise them to pursue would be, if they found the main facts proved, to find a true bill and leave the technicalities to be disposed of by her Majesty's Judges, who would have to try the case. The learned Recorder then proceeded to direct the atten tion of the grand jury to the case of the attempted ex tortion of money from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which he described as of great importance to social morality. It was a case which might happen to any individual, it was as such serious from the nature of the charges, and it was only a man of unblemished reputation and moral character who would be able completely to escape the effect of it. Neither was it every man who had strength of mind to biing such an offender before the public. The Grand Jury having retired, several true bills were immediately returned, and the trials were pro ceeded with. DESPERATE SUICIDE FROM BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE.— At a late hour on Saturday night an elderly female, name at present unknown, caused a considerable deal of excitement amongst the numerous persons passing over Blackfriars-bridge, owing to her mounting the steps of one of the recesses, and deliberately plunging head fore most towards the bed of the river. In her attempt her head came in contact with one of the piers of the bridge, which broke the frontal bone, and other . wise so injured her that there is no doubt she was killed before she reached the water. A man named Copeland succeeded in bringing the poor female ashore, and she was conveyed, in the first instance, to the Christ Church dead-house, when Mr. Kibblewhite, the beadle, had her taken to the Angel Inn, in Upper Ground-street ; but, in spite of the most strenuous exer tions of all present, it was impossible to do the least good, as the vital spark had fled. The inquest, it is ex pected, will be held to-morrow (Tuesday), LITERATU.RFL Bleak House. No. XVI. By Charles Dickens. The interest of th e s t ory i s at t a i n i ng i ts hi g h est pitch,. now that " Bl ea k H ouse " i s rap i d l y approach ing its completion. Suspicions gradually close round Lady Dedlock as the presumed murdere,s of the old man of the name of Tulkinghorn. Yet, in spite of all these suspicions, we continue to cherish a con viction that Mademoiselle Hortense, the discarded waiting-maid, is the actual criminal—and rather shrewdly calculate that the incident of her walking through wet grass once upo n a ti me i n Ch esney Wold—in her stockings—had something or other to de with a vow of vengeance. We have not for gotten how the assassinated lawyer excited the fury of the same woman of violent passions one evening outside the door of his chambers in Lin coln's-inn-fields. Neither have we lost a recollection of Hortense having previously figured, in the same chambers in the apparel of her former mistress, to poor Jo's bewilderment. Mr. Bucket is altogether too shrewd a Detective to be deceived simply by appearances. Besides which he receives those letters containing the two words " Lady Dedlock" letters evidently written by Hortense to rouse his suspicion against the object and intended victim of his insatiable thirst of revenge. And, further, we have not failed to remark the significance of that sen tence occurring at page 596, in the present number, where the author observes of Mr. Bucket that "he. often sees damaging letters ,produced in evidence, and has occasion to reflect that it was a green thing to write them." Besides Mrs. Bucket (described just before as having " a natural detective genius," like her lord and master) is said to be "de pendent"—during all the stir of her husband's researches—" on her lodger (fortunately an ami able lady in whom she takes an interest) for companionship and conversation." During the excitement, moreover, of the funeral, while the mourning coaches are standing in Lincoln's-inn fields waiting for the corpse of the deceased to be brought out for conveyance to the place of its in-' ferment, Mr. Bucket (hidden in one of the closed carriages, observant of all that is going on outside) watches his spouse there standing among the spec tators by the door-step of the departed lawyer's residence, and watches her with this soli loquy—" There you are my partner, eh ? And so you are. And so you are ! And very well, in deed, you are looking Mrs. Bucket ! There you are my partner, eh ? And our lodger with you. I'm taking notice of you, Mrs. Bucket," [and he might have said of " our lodger" also !] I hope you are all right in your health, my dear !" Now, this lodger is surely no other than—Hortense. The writer of the letters to Mr. Bucket con taining the two words "Lady Dedlock." The murderess of Tulkinghorn. And remember, in addition to all this, Mr. Bucket is the pink and pattern of Detectives. So much for our guesses as to the plot and its denouement. Throughout the sixteenth number of " Bleak House," there are touches of humour that could come from no other hand than that of Charles Dickens. Who else ,could have thought of de scr:bing that " tiny, old-faced mite" of a baby of the Tt'rveydrops as having "a countenance that seemed to be scarcely anythingbut cap-border," and as being so small, and weak, and quiet, and patient, that " the sole desire of its life seemed to be to He quiet and think !" Who else would have depicted so well the discovered marriage of Rick and Ada— the cool obstinacy of poor George, in regard to de fending himself only by the truth, and not by lawyers—',)est of all, every light and shade (even the most delicate) in the character of " the old girl" —the incomparable old girl—the " Colour-Sergeant of the Nonpareil Battalion ?" Certainly none other than Boz could ever have dreamt of saying that " through the placid stream of his (Mr. Bucket's) lifel there glides an under-current of fore finger I" And most certainly Boz alone could have penned, in regard to Mr. Tulkinghorn's funeral, such sen tences as these—" The peerage contributes more four-wheeled affliction than has ever been seen in that neighbourhood. . . . Such is the assemblage of armorial bearings on coach pannels, that the Herald's College might be supposed to have lost its father and mother at a blow. . . . The Duke of Poodle sends a splendid pile of dust and ashes, with silver wheel-boxes, patent axles, and all the last improvements, and three bereaved worms six feet high, holding on behind, in a bunch of woe." Then, again, the notion of Mr. Bucket sitting con cealed in one of the inconsolable carriages, " quiet among the undertakers and the equipages, and the calves of so many lags all steeped in grief !" But, above all, commend us to the dialogue between the Detecive and Mercury, with which the number is brought to its termination. The Young Heiress. By Mrs. Trollope. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. __ _ This work will be read with interest ; it attracts attention from the vigour of its descriptions, the power of its style, and V. 3 originality of its cha racter. Yet, 01 the otl it hand, there is a mixes' feeling produced by its perusal ; for while it un doubtedly lays claim to regard from its merit, it certainly is marked by several peculiarities not of the most pleasinc; kind. For instance, there is something painLi to the feelings in the circum stances attending the scenes at the Warren House which requires all the skill of the authoress to render tolerable. If departures are desirable from the established title in fiction, they should not be of the nature here resorted to. The position of Sarah Lambert is irreconcileablo with taste and sentiment, yet it is impossible to avoid being deeply affected with the good qualities displayed in scenes of trial, in which few more favoured women would have shone. Notwithstanding this draw back in the narrative in point of tone, there is much to win approval in other respects. Helen Beauchamp is admirably depicted : she is a natural character ; her faults and fancies are seen. Her idea of her own position, and the influence it gives her, is very ably described. In this there is much to admire ; for generally heiresses are held up as paragons, only thinking of others, and ready to resign all pretensions to their rights for the benefit of any of their friends. Yet this heroine was not selfish—far from it. Her love for her un foitunate brother was a proof of her innate good• ness of heart ; and her refusal of Harrington showed her high sense of honour—unwilling to use her influence to induce another to sin against con viction. The greatest interest is felt towards the conclusion, and it is well sustained by the skilful denouement. On the whole, none can deny the existence of superior talent in the composition of this work, if they do not altogether, perhaps, like the sphere it chooses for its display ; and this ad vantage will obtain for it many admirers. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE IN VICTORIA PARK THIS DAY.—This morning, at an early hour, considerable ex citement prevailed among the quiet inhabitants of South Hackney and Bethnall-green, in consequence of the body of a gentleman being discovered suspended to one of the upper branches of a lofty tree in the enclosure of Vic toria-park near the eastern lodge gate. It appears that, shortly after six o'clock, when Michael Bryan, a park keeper, was proceeding along the gravel walk towards the principal entrance of the park, he had his attention attracted to something on one of the trees, and upon making a closer inspection of the tree, he was much alarmed at finding a male person hanging to one of the branches directly ever his head. The officer could not reach the body, but ran for the assistance of another constable, and gave an immediate alarm. A lad der was procured, and with considerable difficult/ the deceased was cut down, but the body was warm. Mr. Alfred Bether, the surgeon of South Hackney, was soon in attendance and rendered every aid. but all efforts to restore animation were frui- less as the vital spark had fled. The deceased was re spectably dressed, and was suspended by a silk pocket handkerchief. In his pockets were found two keys, eleven duplicates, a purse, black-lead pencil, a pen-knife, and two-pence in coppers. Mr. Vaughan, the coroner's officer for Bethnal-green, subsequently took charge of the body, which was conveyed to the Victoria public house, and f:om inquiry since made by the constable, he ascertained the deceased's name w as Willi am Trimlett, aged 35 years, whose frienis reside at No. 29, New street, Philpott-street, Mile-end Old Town. The cause of the rash act could not be ascertained. MELANCHOLY AND DETERMINED SUICIDE OF THE WIFE OF CAPTAIN HARDING.—On Saturday evening Mr. W. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, held an inquest, at the Hampton Court Palace, Francis-street, Newington, on the body o f Mrs. Tryphena Harding, aged 36, the wle of a naval officer, residing at No. 7, Marlborough terrace, Walworth-road.—Eliza Roberts, a servant, de posed that upon Thursday morning last, upon going into the garden, she perceived the lid of the water-butt lying on the ground, and upon looking into the butt discovered deceased in the water. Captain Harding, the husband of deceased, had been absent, on a voyage to Australia, about two months, during which period the deceased had been in a most desponding condi tion.—Mr. J. A. Ellis deposed that Captain Harding had resided in his house for upwards of six years. The butt only being partially filled with water, the deceased deliberately sat down at the bottom, but there still being not sufficient water to accomplish her purpose, she bent her head downwards between her knees, in the position in which she was found. The deceased was a lady of great accomplishments and sensitiveness, and upon every occasion that Captain Harding was at sea displayed the utmost distress of mind. On one occasion witness, having missed her for some time, upon strict inquiry, found that she had Taken a special train, and started for Plymouth, to make inquiries about her hus band. To make this case of 'a more melancholy cha racter the unfortunate lady was near her accouchement, and has left two children to deplore their loss. Some further evidence of an unimportant character having been adduced, the coroner summed up in a most feeling and impressive manner, and the jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of " Temporary.inennitY• I MARKET NEWS-(T.III5 DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Nearly the whole of the provincial markets held, on Saturday were but moderately supplied with wheat, i i _ l e which a steady business was transacted at an a dvance ,T, from is. to 2s. per quarter. Barley , and malt sold st T ex ' pricel. Oats were Gd. to ls., and peas is. per que r dearer. There was rather more inquiry for flour. , _,„ Advices from New York to the Ist inst., state that only a moderate inquiry was experienced for grain and.ll9ex., previous terms. On the Continent,% grain, wheat apd oats, has commanded more attention, sna currencies have had an upward tendency. Were The arrivals of grain up to our markets last week , tea your moderato .From abroad, the imports amoun_, 20,376 quarters of wheat, 3,580 barley, 5,970 oats, 5 Vie, 55 tares, 1,073 linseed, 1,716 rapeseed, 37 sundry S ' " 178 sacks, and 8,561 barrels of flour. especially. Vie to Notwithstanding that the arrivals of wheat up were morning's market, coastwise from Essex and Rent, somewhat in excess of those reported on this daY se nn gy they were very moderate the time of year considcre . e ..:0 land =triage the receipts were scanty, but in full av 7 , t. , condition. The show of samples of both red and We t , being small, and the attendance of both town and co millers good, the demand for all kinds of wheat f helve produce ruled steady, at an advance in the price obr i di a on Monday last of fully is. per quarter, at w 1 five clearance was effected. In a few instances, veil' parcels were 2s. dearer. saveoles, There was more inquiry for forw ard deliveryr the value or which had an upward tendency. Ahle The possibility of a war with It ussia had considero_. influence upon the holders of foreig n g rain. At the co_' mencement of business, they demanded extravagantlYwo prices for wheat. Hail they been less film, ve r Y coss transactions would have taken beelce for shipnient rip o wp f e r . om H i o s. w t e o ve 2 r s ,. he tradequarter. may call r Or ° Floating cargoes were held at 2s. per quarte money. ff reig ll No English barley was on offer, and the supPlY °--° lell was but moderate. The trade ruled firm, and last We e quotations were well supported. wo e Malt—the show of which was by no means ex moved off steadily at late rates. ,i forg i f li We were scantily supplied with both home an d - ..ild grown oats. The trade ruled steady, and the Curr` - . improved 6d to is per quarter. „,,l 0 Very few beans were brought forward. Th e ° them was firm, at is per quarter more money. __ w ,. , Peas moved off steadily, at a rise of is per quar_i" a , • There was an improved demand for flo ur, the wa ll - which was well supported. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL AMOURS. glom Whear—Essen & Kent. Malt—Chevalier •••• Red .... new 40s to 46s Oats Yortshire rnd ~, 2, Ditto .... .. (4 .. .. .. old 40a 50s Linca n sh., read '1: 2$ trate, WM.° new 403 504 Potato !••••••••• Ditto.• • • .... old 42s 58s Yougbal ardCelt 161 9 Norfolk and LAD- Black. ••'• • l ii $ cola, Red, old 403 50s Cork Wnite••• •• 2 1 $ 0 . 1 , Ditto new •• •• .. F6s 45, , SCO:;.7, Feed. •." 3 - 6 1 4 4 „7 Rie—Old ..•• ••...... 285 30a Beans—Tick .••••"" - 8 ' l New .... —— " " U9s 31s Pigeons ••••••'" 7 : 3/ 0 1 B triev—Grindlng.•• •• 24s 28s P Cr .••• " ''.. 3 3 2 5 - s matting .•• •• .... ?. Os 32- Peas - apr • ... •..• 0 . 1 ' 0 Chevalier.... ... 333 3 6 s wh - f t e e ::. ..... ..• - z - 8 9 ; 4 4 0 0 talt—Suffolk And l'i or - f01k....ir0wn... :: :: :: .... 6 46 2 5 3 5 68 2: Fim l iTi o e lk rwill : :gl.:l " d:°::.. 321 395 3" 32.4 so Norio% - Eangaton au.l %Vitro .578 60s I STAckta SMITHFIELD. k ja o During the last week the import of foreign 8tc)c o ; i 1 London amounted to 4,735 head. In the corre%6 ; !'l 7 period of 1852, we received 4,948 • in 1851, 3 f f' 0 , (1 11 1850, 2,124; in 1549, 3,187; and in 1848, 3,C" 1817, 3,129 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST REES. vo From Beasts. Sleep. I -,mbs. Calves. . 1 Bromvershaven 31 ... 15 ... Si ... i --; ." .. i , Harlingen 90 ... 926 ... 2 2 ..- 1„'" ... Antwerp 9 ... ... • - ... Hamburgh 5l ... 299 ... ••• Rot: lrdam 316 ... 1,118 ... 432 ... Dordt . 4l ... 190 ... 12 ... Nieu Diep...... 14 ... 32 460 "' 10 '" 111 "" 45 ". T0ta1.... 552 ... 2,889 ... 547 • 711 der:- The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as l in i'l . 3 Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calv es. 1852 6 8 ••• 5 3 650 3,237 ... 310 .. 0 1851 199 ... 2,376 ... 157 1850 370 ... 1,285 58 375 ".. 1849 324 ... 2,210 89 .. 494 ." 1849 362 2,878 ... 29 ... 371 . 0 0 We were somewhat extensively supplied to -al :0 114 foreign stock, in fair average condition. O n the the demand for it ruled steady, at very full prices . , b 4 1 0 From our °ma grazing districts the receipts clt 0 $ l l , fresh up this moi_ong was seasonably good, W l ' el 3 ` number and quality. Notwithstanding tha t that: r fr r ante of both the tovk n and corntry buyers was e merous, the beef trade was in a slugjish state. - 1 , - :_ v eieo' n the decline noticed in prices on Friday last was hence, from Monday, we have no alteration ton 44, the cui.:encies. The top general fige-e for bcef per 81bs. 1 C B 01 The arrivals from Not:olk, Suffolk, Essex, a nt . • bridgeshire amounted to 2,5 C) Scots and short bores pc , other pm is of England, 600 Herefords, rents , Day°ll* ),„ and from Scotland 304 hoaxl and Scots. . e . The show of sheep we-, tol'rably extensive, .na set ved a decided improvement in the' , gaaeral `re Most breeds commented a steady, though not to flal,ro is inquiry, at prices equal to tho-e paid on that day se w , oP The best old Downs sold at from 4s 6d to 4 s B ti per aot Lambs, the supply of which were moderate, ra,° slowly, at Friday's quotations, viz., 4s 10t1to 63 ?AI rale* Prime small calves were in good request, at f L ' Otherwise, the veal trade was in a sluggish state. All There was a fair average supply of pigs on offer , which sold slowly, on former terms. Per 81bs to sink the offp's. s. d. s. d. 0. (1 ‘ ; .1! f Inferior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 4 Pfime Southdown 4 gr: 6 Second quality.... 3 6 3 8 Large crse. calves 3 10 5; 6 Prime large oxen 310 4 2 Prime small d 0... 4 8 Prime Scots, else. , e. 4 4 4 6 Large hogs 3 4- 4 ,, Inferior Sheep ... 3 2 3 6 Small porkers 3 " Second quality ...3 8 310 Suckling calves ..19 0 24 Prime crse.-wiled.4 0 4 S t Quarter old pigs 19 0 Lambs 4s 10d to 6s 20. r FOREIGN stir. a• • . TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts .. Calves.. • • •• • • • • • • • • , Pig 5............ ••• • " c 1 A statement and comparison of the supplies and stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Monday, June 14, 1852, and this day, Monday, '` . 1853. Per 81bs, to sink th o 14, ol& June ffa 1852.1Ju n i 013, • s. d. d. is. 1,:to f Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 2 Bto 2 1.0 3 ," :3 5 Second quality ditto 3 0 32 3 4 t ; Prime large oxen ... ... 3 4 2 63 1 1 4 6 Prime Scots, do 3 8 3 10 '4 2 SIJ Coarse and inferior sheep ... 210 3 0 3 3 4 Second quality ditto ... ... 3 2 3 4 3 ',.', Prime coarse woolled ditto ... ... 3 6 3 104 6 " 5 Prime Southdown ditto ... 310 4 0 4 's 6 4 0 50 4 g 0 Large coarse calves ... ... 210 3 6.3 •'" b; Prin e small ditto ... 3 8 4 0 4 3 41 ;; 4 Large hogs ... 2 6 3 4 3 . 0 4 As j Neat small porkers • 3 6 38 3 4,' 0 10 Beasts._ ... 3,990 2.5, 1 Sheep ... 21,410 0 c 3 Calves... ... 350 • d Pigs ... 455 „ 9 ; SUPPLIES ox SALE, Juno 16, 1851.—T3casts, 3 , 77 p and lambs, 29,680; calves, 328; pigs, 427. bg 31 ' 71 Juno 17, 1850.-113asts, 3,601; sheep and LAO— , calves, 338 ; pigs, 315. Sheep and Lambs (Awes .. • • . • • • 420 NEWGATE AND LEADEN) A L, _ /!:d o f ii!r Notwithstanding that the supplies of each 1 0 0 1 - on sale in these markets are very moderate, t he nand is inactive, and prices are not supported* Per Sibs by tho carcase. d. s• s• „ 4 0 s. s. d. d. • Beef, interior 2 8 3 0 Mutton, Inferior 3 8 A 4 Do., middling 32 3 4 Do., middling•••• •l 4 4 6 Do., prime largo 3 4 3 6 Do., prime ......... ; 8 Do., do. small 3 8 310 Veal ................ • 10 4 Pork, large 3 4 3 1 Pork, small ....••• Lambs 4s Sd to 6s Oe BOROUH HOP. °a 0 li,v Although the plantation ac G counts are considc rto, 4. 40 able, tile demand here for all kinds of hops i g poe l os , prices aro well supported :—Mid and East e ~d susi 1263 to 163 s ; Weald. of Kent, 115 s to 12Gs ; 110 s to 1243 per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALF IEL —nS. to le r 3 The supplies of potatoes on sale here conting' oo 1 1 ° good, but in you inferior condition ' • a l l k in wef e b b, at depressed currencies. Last wcok' s tons from Rotterdam, 105 tons, 20 bags fro:ioilovs, 52 bags, 21 tons, 143 baskets from Dunkirk, ninshirn York Regents, 85s to 130 s per ton ; for 803 to 115 s; Scotch ditto 85 s to 1 1 ° 75s to 80s. -- WOOL. The colonial wool sales were broug ht to a c loso °s of 1/45, day. The total quantity of wool disposed of vr o P , ' o a bales, including 2,817 bales East India, Cb in TsupP °l.4 ;c' foreip qualities. Throughout, pikes were iv° rather ill 0 , In the private contract market the demand. is notiooo tive, but we have no change to notice in t,,h ° ' l 4 35 fto Last week's impel . ..a were 15 bales from l'aL; SS 1500 Ostend, 103 from Hambro', 827 from A/go3,'-ci'l'eY, A ntweip, 775 from Bombay, 2,231 from PY from Melbourne, and 1,500 from flobai;; SEEDS. 11 0 tis The demand for linseed continues very in activ ? °P p s pot .131:1c orce quotations are not suppoi 4xl. On the , scoo t p op ° Calcutta is quoted at 465. For riva l East india have changed hands at the same figure. dull, at 45s to 47s per qr. I n other sc.-215 v"/ doing. Cakes steady. Tarnip,White,per bush. 9s to 119 Swede .. •• • . Os 12s Mustard, 8r0wn.... •• 70 95 White, new...... 7s Od 94 Tares,Winter, new.... 050 d Os Od Spring .......... 45 6d 536 d Canary, per quarter .. 40 5 44s Rye grass •••....• .... 285 34s Clover, Red Eng. (cwt.) 44s 645 White •• • • 48 8 67 ' Foreign 443 621 51,5 67s Trefoil, new.......... 24$ 28s X Bl 46S Carraway .••••• • • • • • l ig Coriander •• •• ••• • •: • so go flenipaced, per (111w11r,e'. 645 tr Linseed, Eng.S o ing . 4tr, Crushing •• •• • • •., 434 4, Baltic •• •• .• •• ". 48 1 4 ' Odessa ...... • Linsengreigisnakeper,pto: , 91 / 1 00 1 rso Rape Cakes, pr 12111, 24;01 Rapeseed, NW, gild TALLOW. 'ces b°ll what active, and Pr' c~vt To. ott Our market continues gome\ advanced sinco Monday last from 6d toy ol perso, day P.Y.C. on the spot is sel"ng at 47s Gi to 47, "2",; c ot. for delivery Liming the last Oro months, 4Ss 6t l (ph fat, Town tallow is 46s 6d to 47s per cwt• net C3Ol r 23 8d per 81bs. 1 1d5I• ' 59 ,531 i 47s 6 1 34S :'- 475 '4 • 6d 1,19 - ° 1,26 7 !M I i 897 titlfr '24 n,2 93 80 8 49 , S 4 3 9 1 64 1850. 1 101. -_--. ------ 1 -- Stock this day ...... 123,990 1 24,870 36,745 38s 6d 3 4 33 9d to 378 3d to Price of Y. C.: .... Eto 3950 d 375 Od 37s 8 ;(1 Delivery last week •. I 1,035 1,583 ~,.4 Ditto from June 1.... 1 2,338 2,538 1,91.7 Arrivali last week .. 497 1 4 3 1 Dittofrom June 1.... 155 3,754 2•1.0 Price of Town .....• 394 6d 385 Od 380 Od 1849. L"