The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-22 00:00:00

• . s riteAtße ROtAL. FIAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Ivan. 22, . , Will be performed ELOPEMENTS IN HIGH LIFE . By Messts S. Sullivan, Chippendale, Uowe, W. Farren, Buckstone m , and Comp. ton ; Mesdames Fitzwilliam, Reynold% Buckingha, &C. After which MR. BUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR NASSUS. To conelude with OUR "M AltY AN NE. • ROYAL PRINCESS'S TREATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. • THIS EVENING, ApalL 22, Will be performed the Tragedy of MACBETH. • Principal charac ters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean.- After which will be performed the new Drama, adapted from The French of Mona. Scribe, by Mr.• Pa' .grave Simpson, called MARCO SPA DA- ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, APRIL 22, Will be performed lIS'ED VP. Principal character Mr. C Mathews. After which, THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD. Charac• t ars by Messrs. F. Matthews, Suter, Horncastle, and Templeton Madame Vestris, Msses Robertson, Eglinton, &c. To conclu!e with A PRACTICAL MAN. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr• B• Webster. —Directress, Madame relesta. THIS EVENING, APUEL 22, Will be performed A DESPERATE GAME. After which, ND FACE 3; or, Before and Behind ti's Curtain —by NICS6III. It Webster, L. Murray, Honey, P. Bedford, and 0. Smith ; Mesdames Celeste, Woolgar, &c, To be followed by BETSY BAKER—by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with L'EPINO THE DUMB BOY, AND PUG, HIS MONKEY. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, APRIL 22, wm be performed THE COUNTRY SQUIRE. Characters by Messrs, Faxren, H. Farren, Morgan, and Clifton ; Mesdames A. Phillips, H. Gordon: Adams, and E. 'Turner. ' After which, UNcLE CRO,TQUET. UneltiCrofclikt, Mr. 'Parrett To conclude with TFIE , IaGYING DUTCHMAN. supported by Mea rs. H. Marston, and F. Robson; MesdameaX: Phil/I,i and .11 Gordon. ASTLEY'S BAYAL ASIPIIITRiATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Brilliant career of the New Spectacle. The extraordinary and novel Feats of the horses, - ; the, Passage of the i3uraing Wood, the Leap through Fire, and ;he terrific spring of Amakosa's Steed from the fearful Heights of the Umtata, continue to be nightly received with increased astonishment and enthusiastic approbation. The training of the Horses for these astounding Feats has occupied Mr. W. Cooke's unremitting attention for Months past. Tins EVENING, Aram 22; - - - And during the week, the Performances will commence with the highly successful and magnificent spectacle of AMAKOSA.; or, Scenes of Kafir .Varfare; with all its new, beautiful. scenic, inte, resting, dramatic, ani astonishing Equestrian effects. To be followed by a most novel and brilliant Routine of Gymnas and Equestrian Achievement.; in the scenes of the ARENA, sup ported by the most eminent British and Continental Artistes of the day. To conclude with a Popular FARCE. So:-odlee open daily from Eleven to Four. stage Manager. Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tim DAT —Morning 44 min. after 12 I Evening 7 min.aft. 1 To-Ifoaßow--Morning 28 mm. after 1 Evening 47 min.aft. 1 THE WEATHER.—Smi OFFICE, APRIL 22. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and during the night. 52 this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'46. WIND, S.S.E.—Fresh breeze, and dirty, rainy weather. THE PUBLICATION OF 4, THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DE BATES IN PARLIAMENT THE S A ME 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. w. ) 1,111 clearly,' distinctly, and unequivocally on the point, and who are not likely to abandon their former views without a sufficient cause. We cannot con ceive how Mr. Hum; Mr. COBDEN, or Mr. BRIGHT could now support the system which they have so frequently, so eloquently, and so truthfully de nouncek or that the contemplated cessation of the chief element in the direct taxation of the country wo uld prove a n i recommendation in their sight. We have, then, not only the Derbyites and the Liberals unequiVocally opposed to the plan, but we may assume that *he great bodY of the Irish Members will also resist the injustice, which as the system is abolit to be extended to Ireland with all its defects they may now do with a better grace than, heretofore. Here, then, we find at least two thirds of the House against Ministers, while their own supporters, at best a miserable mino rity, are divided. Lord ABERDEEN has fol lowers. He promised an equitable adjustment of the impost. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, is not without influence—he held out similar hopei. Mr. GLADSTONE, though unable to number a dozen followers, has succeeded so far as to be permitted to biirlg forward his plan ; but the dissentients who barely sanctioned its introduction, will not combat a r outrance on its behalf, or relinquish their hopes of place . and emoluments to gratify the crotchets of Mr. GLADSTONE. ( Yesterday Lord MALMESBURY extorted from his antagonists something like an apology—a sort of shuffling and indirect amende honorable—for the 'l 3 arty feeling with which his foreign policy had been Molina ana _obstructed by - certain of "_her MAJEsry's Ministers when in Opposition. Per-_ ,haps, among all , the important members of the DERBY Government, the Foreign _Secretary was the one who experienced, during his tenure of office, he least amount_ of honest and manly con sideration. Everything he did was depreciated, and many of his proceedings were distorted by really : flagrant misrepresentation. We said as much at the time , the Noble Earl was in power, and no* that he has fallen from it with his col leagues, we reiterate_ our assertion. Fair play impelled us to adopt the course in spite of every imaginable sneer implying charges of tergiversa tion. It was altogether too monstrous to witness, without giving utterance to one word' expressive .of disdain, the eitiavakant partisanship revealed towards their opponents by the future Members and supporters (d l'outrance) of the Coalition, throughout s the whole period of the DERBY DISRAELI Administration. For ourselves, we were naturally, and, as it were, instinctively inimical to almost every one of the principal views entertained by that Administration. It was impossible not to recognise at once, that there could be no, bonds' • of sympathy b e t ween th e ma j or ity o f th e opinions entertained by ourselves and by the Tory advisers of the SOVEREIGN. Whereas they were Tories—we were Liberals. We were Free Traders--they were advocates of Protection. We were for an extension of the franchise—they were against any enlargement, of the area of representation. Our predilections were (speaking in a general and com prehensive sense) for Reform—theirs were, on the other hand, , based upon the quieta non . movere principle, they were for letting what they called " well " alone ; or, in other terms, were for an exaggerated species of ultra-Conservatism. Bur —they were hurried unexpectedly into office. By the gratification of the momentary pique of their antagonists_ they were suddenly invested—at a period when they least expected it—with the solemn and supreme responsibilities of Govern ment. They perceived at a glance the be wildering diffidulty of their position, and resolvpd bravely enough on the instant to make one vigorous effort to release them selves from the pains and perils of that state of embarrassment. They appealed to the country, and the electors, of course, placed them, in a minority. "Of course," we say, because the vast bulk of the community was in favour of Free Trade, of Financial Retrenchment, of an exten sion of the Elective Franchise, and (generally) of Reform. Whereas—to reiterate for the sake of lucidity—Lord DERBY and his colleagues were notoriously against Financial Retrenchment, against an extension of the Elective Franchise, and (generally) against Reform. They were, in fact, Tories and Protectionists. There was the dilemma. Well, and now let us ask what was the mode adopted by the DERBY-DISRAELI Cabinet to extricate themselves from this maze of difficul- ties ? It was simple and, more than that, we think it was honest. They determined, without eating their own words, or directly abjuring their own principles, to concede to the obvious necessity of the times, and to the mani fest want of the population. They accepted as un fait accompli the system of Free Trade, estab lished by their former leader, the illustrious real- iser of the dreams of ADAM SMITH and WILLIAM HIISBISSON. They bowed to the no longer dubit able stability of the new system under the modu lated title of unrestricted competition. Ina word, they broke from the torpor of Toryism, and came forth-as we were the first to call them-Tory Reformers. During the whole period of the Whigs' last con- ,nuance in power as a Government, scarcely any- thing whatever was accoMplished in the way of real legislative improvement. The RUSSELL Cabinet, indeed, was notoriously spoken of through out tlAe countryas the Do-Nothing Administration. Its leaders were nominally Reformers—but they only talked of Reform—Reform itself they gave the go-by, coolly enough, by a series of Parliamen- tary procrastinations. Immediately after the general election of 1852, when the Derbyites boldly came before the people as Tory Reformers, they gave ample assurance of the sincerity of their political conversion. Insomuch that upon several points they effected more beneficial changes in four or five months than had been accomplished during the five or six preceding years by a so-called Liberal Government. They undertook—in itself a herculean labour—the Reform of Chancery. They prepared to abolish that rotteu old• portion of the State fabric, the Ecclesiastical Courts-- hitherto allowed. to remain untouched, although polluting and cumbering the land with their cor ruption and dilapidation. These were among a variety of comprehensive innovations upon which the Derby-Disraeli-ites, or, in other words, the Tory Reformers, gallantly adventured.. Nevertheless, scarcely any movement could be made by the members of the late Ministry, but it immediately became subject to the abuse or ridi cule of the future Coalition—the then hetero geneous Opposition. • Considering the nature and tendency of the innovations attempted by Lord DERBY and his Ministerial colleagues, this was manifestly, on the very face of it, unfair. it was unfair, and not only unfair, but absurd and pre posterous, to obstruct new and enlarged measure's . of Reform, simply' because those measures ema nated from the Tory Ref o rme r s, from the mem bers of the Earl of DERBY'S Governmept. JGt was about as silly a reason for the course pursued in this =Ater, both in the Lords and Commons, -as well as by the majority of the Fourth Estate, as . it would have been for our forefathers to re ject the benefits accruing to the nation from the Commonwealth, simply because of the redness of the nose of Ouv.zit CRoMwELL. It was against the folly and indecorum of these proceedings that we protested, again and again, in terms of honest and impartial indignation. It testimony were required to prove that this indignation was not altogether uncalled for, it would most certainly be discoverable in the con duct displayed towards the ex-Foreign Secretary by the more infatuated upholders of the late Op- idno3sibtiii°tll; Nothing vasinsta thlypart o f : Lord uo o lVm e l d A L t zso be lut Rv the could most odious abomination that could have been perpe t ated under the circumstances. Partisanship in this way descended so low as to quibble about the style of his diplomatic communications. States men dwindled down into hypercritics. Journalists collapsed into Pedants —very captious, very casuis tical, and. very splenetic. And yet the Earl of MA.LmEssuny contrived, while at the head of the maintain amicable relit-- Foreign Departm en t , to tions between our own and all the other Courts of ,Christendom; and while effecting thus much in one -or two cases under circumstances of some diffi culty, opened up to the commercial enterprize 'of Great Britain, through the hitherto blockaded channel of the Silver River, the -virgin wealth of the great goruth American Continent. That alone would be suiticient to cover with glory the record of his brief 17at not inoperative Administration. Yesterday, therefore, it was with something like remorse Mat both Earl GRANVILLE and the Marquis of CLANRICARDE endeavoured, though in vain, to &Air themselves from the charge of having obstruct%ed Lord MALMRSBURY'S foreign policy by an unseemly and uncalled-for opposi tion. However bootless otherwise in its results, the discussion last night in the House of Peers must have solacorl the Noble Earl the late Foreign Secretary for many byegone and bitter vituperations. It must have appeared, moreover, to the servile eulogists of the Coalition Cabinet in the light, or rather darkness, of a retribution. Nothing could well be more satisfactory than the decision arrived at in regard to the re-organi sation of the Customs by her MAJESTY'S Govern ment. The nature of that decision was revealed to the country last evening in the House of Com mons during the course of Mr. WiLsoN's masterly explanation. It will now be perceived how much advantage has been derived from the Report of the Commissioners of Customs transmitted to the Treasury, and from the Minutes of the Select Committee laid upon the table of the Lower House of Parliament. In consequence of the earnest recommendations offered by the Committee and the Commissioners, the Earl of ABERDEEN and his colleagues have resolved upon, forthwith submitting to the Legislature a measure for the better constitution thenceforth of the' whole of the Customs department. The raagni tnde and multiplicity of the evils visible in that department have long clamoured for- some such resolute interference. The time seems to have at length arrived. At least it is promised to , the country at the earliest oppor tunity. , A guarantee that this promise will speedily be redeemed is discoverable in the reso lution announced to the House of Commons yesterday, by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for, Westbury—the resolution formed by Ministers that no vacancies occurring in the Board of Cus toms shall be filled up until after the projected plan has been submitted to y the consideration and, scrutiny. of Parliament. This is well as aguarantee —as a distinct pledge of activity—as a positive or reliable assurance that the question will not be per mitted to die out of the Ministerial remembrance. For, vacancies like these 'cannot be multiplied., with impunity in so large and complicated a depart ment of the public service. A term must ne cessarily, therefore, before ..long be put to this, at present, unavoidable postponement. ' Ultimately, k the Customs 'and Warehouses Acts are to ,be codified into one solitary and comprehen sive statute. That truly will be 'a wonderful simplification. Two or three score of fiscal statutes condensed into one ! An epic in a nutshell. With changes like these in the way of codifying the laws of England—now the criminal, now the Commercial, now the Ecclesiastical—we may begin at last to have some glimmering of ,hope thht ours may ultimately vie in compactness with the Code of NAPOLEON or the Pandects of Jus- TLNIAIt. For this gleam of good promise in the future the country has reason to be grateful to her M.AJESTY'S Government. COURT CIRCULAR. It is understood that the Levee to be held on Wed nesday,: the 27th instant, will be the last this season. Hei:Majesty will hold several Drawing-rooms during the month of June. • Her Royal Highness the. Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Higness Prince Albert, attended . by Lieu tenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour, visited the National Gallery yesterday morning. In the afternoon his Royal Highness, attended byLieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour, went to , the Zoological Society in Hanover-square. Sir Henry Holland was presented at the levee on Wednesday by the Earl of Aberdeen, upon being created a baronet. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompa nied by her Serene Highness the Princess of Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper dined with the Duke and Duchess D'Aumale, at ()dean's House, Twickenham, on Wednes day evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accom panied by her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, honoured the Royal Italian Opera with her presence last evening. Her Royal Highness was attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper. A deputation from Salisbury and Warminster, on the subject of the completion of the Wilts and Somerset Railway, as regards the line between Salisbury and Warminster, had an interview with the Right Honour able E. Cardwell, on Wednesday, at the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of the Right Hon. S. Herbert, Mr. Sotherton, M.P., Mr. Wyndham, M.P., Mr. C. B. Wall, M.P., Mr. C. H. B. A'Court, M.P., M r . D. Seymour, M.P., the Mayor of Salisbury ; the Rev. A. Fane, Vicar of Warminster ; the Rev. Bladney, Major-General Buckley, Mr. J. Ravenhill (Warminster), Mr. R. Hetley (Salisbury), Mr. J. H. Jacob, Mr. N. V. Squares Mr. J. Pothecary; and Mr. "G. S m ith. The residents of Belfast and Galway Queen's Colleges had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Aberdeen, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation of the watermen acting as pilots on the Thames, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Card well, on Wednesday, at the Board of Trade. The depu tation was introduced by Mr. Rolt and Mr. Chambers, and consisted of Mr. Shoebridge (chairman), Mr. Muson, Messrs. Watkins, Todhunter, Hone, Blain, L ang man. Parkinson, Wood, Randall, Forrest, Hinton, Carter, Andrews, and Rodway. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yester day, from the governor of Ceylon, from the g.overnor of Hong. Kong, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and the governor of Malta. ELECTION COMMITTEES.-(THIS DAY. MAIDSTONE. The committee appointed to enquire into the petition against the return of G. Dod, Esq., sat this morning, at twelve o'clock, for the first time. Mr. Hutt in the chair. Mr. Sergeant Kinglake and Mr. E. Jones appeared on behalf •f the petitioner, and Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clarke for the sitting member. Mr. Sergeant Kinglake proceeded to open the case for the petitioner, who, he stated, alleged undoubted bribery and treating. The sitting member however, Mr. Dod, having satisfied himself that there had been without doubt an amount of corrupt treating sufficient to void his election, had wisely determined not to perse vere in any opposition to the petition. He would there fore resign his seat. This was not the result of any ar rangement or compromise between the parties. The usual resolution was then passed declaring Mr. Dod not duly elected, and the election to be a void election. LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1853. The contemplated renewal of the Income Tax, without revision or modification, appears to be the exciting topic of the day. Whatever may be thought of the other details of the financial scheme, there is but one opinion respecting the arievous mistake into which the CHANCELLOR of the FACCEE4LTER has fallen, as to its chief feature. As to the probable abolition of the impost in 1860—which he rather hints at than directly promises—it is completely eliminated from the calculation. We are subjected to so many con tingences during the interval, that even setting aside the impropriety of attempting to legislate for another Parliament, or to bind a new Finan cial Minister, it would be totally impossible for Mr. GLADSTONE, even if in office in 1860, to bind himself as to his fiscal policy at that time. All, then, that can now be taken into consideration is, that he asks for a renewal for seven, in place of for three years, and that he attempts to cajole the people by a possible reduction of the tax from 7d. to 6d. in the pound after 1855, and from 6d. to sd. after 1857. Now, we do not accept that as a favour. On the contrary, we believe it to be the most injudicious course that could be adopted. We have repeatedly asserted that it is, not to th 6 amount of Oe charge that there is any objection. Far from it. It is its gross and palpable injus tine that excites the disgust and indignation of, the defrauded victims. The excellent letter of our correspondent An glicus, which will be found in another part of this day's impression, corroborates and strengthens this view of the case. It shows that the inquisi torial and wn-English powers given to the collectors are even more objectionable than the amount of the charge. Another. letter from an esteemed correspondent, "3. H. G. H," will also be found well worthy of perusal. He complains of the entire impost—believe that it encouraged extravagance and led to the large amount of debt then ir: curred, as without it we should not have had the credit. This is so far true, but it only proves the wonderful efficacy of the tax as a fiscal instrument, and proves the valuable results that might be obtained, not only from its continu ance, but extension under a more equitable system than that now in operation. Mr. GLADSTONE may attempt to show that those who are really injured cznstitute but a small propor tion of thepayers. If they werein a decided majority the robbery could not have been perpetrated. It is because they are only able to protest against being so grossly victimised that the infamous swindle has been, so long continued. It is not because pro fessional incomes only produce 1-22 d part of the entire proceeds of the impost that the injured parties will submit to the plunder without resist ance or remonstrance. He may go on the doc trice—jUst as convenient for a financial Minister as for " a black-mail collector " for Mr. GLAD STONE as it formerly was for ROB ROY, that "That they should take who have the power That they should keep who can." He may, however, be well assured that the disgust of the victims will be increased in the inverse ratio of their mea n s o f res i s t ance , th a t th e in tensity of their feelings will be aggravated by the knowledge of their weakness, and the impossibility. But, althou g h th ey of offe ring an effective opposition to the project. collec tively be weak, theyi may individually or have still a powerful weapon available —the justice of their demands —and that will operate with powerful effect on English hearts may pr-r.'ofiti:Abla consciences. Al though they will refuse to sanction O r y f m the support the wrong wrong, they doer, or to receive their are who look booty. Even fundholders themselves,of the down with contemptuous compassion on di tiou of the unfortunate labourer for his the deo:- bread, may feel justly indignant at the undue vouritism that hhs placed the despis e d to i ler ill° same category' with thenlscivek, and wou l d re fusen to profit by the palpable partiality exhibited. This will beidk first point on which the attack will be made, and ou the resi!4„of which the sta bility of the Government must, if not altogether, depend. Mr. DISRAELI, in his Budget, recog nised the distinction between precarious and per manent income, and, of course, the entire strength ,YEWS 141 ' . : , :erful, and influential party by which he iAlt,,,t;_Tr aip , eel will divide against the Ministry. .. .",.„*" ' 7l: - .- 7 `ratfi. , Aim), there is the Manchester School, ". ''' - - '''' .4l4 7.' ' ed, theineAlbdi:S wherealave spoken *... g At, :fp •:', - 1 7 t . , Xi a S THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1851 BERWICK-UPON-TWEED. The committee sat this morning for the first time. Mr. Ker Seymour in the chair. The counsel for the petitioners were Mr. Slade and Mr. Hawkins ; for the sitting members Mr. James and Mr. Rowe. Mr. Slade opened the case on behalf of the, petitioners. The allegation in the petition was that of extensive treating ; large sums of money also had been paid for supposed services. A man of the name of Nicholson received 11. for a promise to vote for both of the sitting members, and 51. after having voted. There were several other cases of direct bribery which he would bring before the committee. ,ISigwSPAPER STAMPS.—In the House of Commons, last, night, on the motion of Mr. Bright, a return was ordered of all the newspapers in the United Kingdom to which halfpenny stamps were issued during the year. 1852—stating the number of such stamps issued to each newspaper, and the amount paid to the Stamp-office by each on account of such stamps. Mr. Bright should amend the return by moving for the amount of penny stamps issued as supplements, as well as those at one halfpenny, for there must have been a large number of penny ones. _ _ - . MARINE SOCIETY.—The general quarterly court of the governors of this corporation was yesterday held, in their hall, Bishopimate-street ; Lord Romney, president, in the chair. The minutes of the annual court having been read and confirmed, the secretary presented the report of the committee as to the working of the society for the quarter. It stated that the number of boys on board the Venus, lying off Charlton, was upon the Ist of January, 150, and that 155 had been since admitted, making a total of 305. Of these 20 were supplied to the Royal Navy, 133 to the merchant service, and two dis charged ; so that 150 remained on board upon the 31st March. Upon Hick's foundation nine boys and girls were apprenticed. , The society also supplied 33 appren tices with clothes. The receipts from ordinary sources of income amounted to 2,1171. 10s. 6d. to which is to be added 5501., the portion of Miss Hardwicke's legacy to the London charities, awarded to the society by her executors, making the total receipts for the quarter amount to 2,667/. 10s. 6d. The expenditure for the same period amounted to 2,0841. 12s. 9d., showing a balance of 5821. 17s. 9d. in favour of the society:. The report was adopted. The salary of the secretary was then increased, as was the monthly pay of the mate-and o n ffi e s c s e h rs of the aving be en society' sdisposed proceedings "other r of, the ciut i n bu s terminatedi with a vote of thanks to the chairman. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL • INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO ()CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated, at from 5,000 to 6,000 bales ' of which 500 American were taken for export. The mar ket closed heavily, and, as compared with Friday's rates, American were *d. per lb. lower. The sales include 340 Pernam and Maranham, 61d. to 7id.; 120 Bahia, 6d. to 6d. ; 700 Egyptian, bid. to ls. 34d.; 800 Surat, nd. to 4id. ; 80 Sea Island, at Is. 9d. to 2s. 6d. ; and the remainder nearly all American. Railway shires were rather firmer. In the Produce Markets this week prices have been somewhat irregular, and those which are affected by the Budget have been sparingly dealt in. Tallow advanced, and also palm oil, and tea has been up about Ad. per lb., but in neither of these instances have the dealings been large. Sugar has gone back 6d. per cwt., and coffee as much as Is. to 2s. Spices have een all in request, and rather dearer. Cotton is supported. In jute more has been done. Rum has been dull. The wonderful progress now being made to cast a net-work of railways overy every part of British America, has induced us to clip the following list from the propositions now before the public, for the construction of railways in Canada. Numbers 2,4, 11, 13, 18, 19, are under contract. Charters have been granted for nos. 3,17, and 28. Andactsof incorporation are now before Parliament for num bers 1,5, 6,7, 8, 12, 14, 20, 23, and 26. These roads do not include the northern line, from To ronto to Lake Huron, viol Barrie, now more than half finished, nor the line from Toronto to Guelph, also in rapid progress to completion. The line from this city to Owen Sound will also be imme diately taken up. The progre ss o f U pper C anada in railway enterprise 18 almost without precedent, and will, in a few years, render the country one of the finest and most productive in the world : 1-2. , Across the St. Lawrence, at Cape Rouge, and at Montreal,_ 3. Port Hope to Peterborough. 4. Pobourg to Peterborough. 5. 9uebec to Montreal, via North Shore. 6. Megantic Junction (and Canal). 7. Quebec, yid Montreal, Bytown, and Peterborougl to Georgian Bay, Lake Hu ro n. 8. Lake Huron to Vaudreuil. 9. Quebec, via Perth, Hawkesbury, and Peter borough to Lake Huron. 10.Brantford to Amherstburg, rid St. Thomas. 11. Quebec to Trois Pistoles. 12. Brockville to the Ottawa. 13. Grand Trunk, or Montreal to Toronto, vid Ring• ston. 14. Montreal, Bytown, and Ottawa. • 15. Barrie to Lake Huron. 16. Goderich to Port Sarnia. ,17. Tcronto,to Hamilton. 18. Guelph to Goderich. .19. Brantford to Goderich. 20. London to Port Sarnia. 21. Guelph to Owen's Sound, to Sangreen. 22. Toronto to ditto. 23. Niagara to Fort Erie.' 24. Port Dalhousie to Fort Erie. 25. Galt to Paris. 26. Galt to Guelph. 27. Toronto rid Peterborough and. Belleville to King. stop. . • 28. Hamilton to Niagara Falls. 29. Hamilton to. Port Dover. 3G. Whitby to Sturgeon Bay. The steamer; Great Western, with the West India mails, is telegraphed as having arrived, but no particulars are yet known as to what specie is on board. a few T h e d s a u y g a g 3: i u t i c o e n s u r n e d s p e r e c t t i h n! R:e h up in various quarters, and the letters to our con temporary the Times are a fair test of public opinion. It is admitted that a removable stamp or Queen's head is objectionable, because it may, by accident or design, be taken off, but besides this view which concerns the-trader, an important consideration for the Government is the loss of revenue, owing to the ability of any One holding a receipt to affix a stamp at a subsequent period, how ever remote, and therefore having really no in ducement to ask for one at the time of payment, stamped paper would check this, and answer all purposes. The policy of stamping checks, however, is still : discussed, ' and is in favour with most per sons, because there would be . then no want of stamped receipts, except where a banker was not kept, and it is important to have the account itself receipted, instead of a separate stamped paper being attached to it. As to the Income Tax, its per petuation. for seven years is regarded as most un called for. At the utmost, a period of 2or 3 years is sufficient for any legislature, in these eventful days to bi n d it s constituents for, and the perpetuation of th e i m p os t b eyon d th a t time, only renders more doubtful the alteration so ar dently desired, viz., the substitution of a pro perty tax. Finally, with respect to the tax upon newspaper supplements, the Chancellor of the Exchequer is considered to be literally -throwing away a large amount of revenue, most inexpensive in collection, for the sole benefit of the Times. No other journal in London will derive the slightest benefit, and rather the reverse, since the monopoly of the journal in question will be perpetuated, and the advertising community . deprived of the fair born intended for them by the vote of Parliament, which was to remove the whole duty. Every one in the city sees through this palpable concession to a single journal, and is incredulous at the apathy ; of the other papers where their interest is so much concerned Mr. Bright's motion, showing how many papers pay for supplements, will yet enlighten the public, and probably cause justice to be done. The funds are more active, the transactions being principally fox money. C onso l e have brought 100# to 4, and are now 1 to 4 for transfer. The account prices ' are 1 4. Th e t e legraphic re ports from Constantinop e of the Russian Minister being disposed to quit, is not credited. The New The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 1034 to f, and the Three per Cents. 99# to 4. Bank Stock has risen to 2274. East India Stock is at 2604. Exchequer Bills of June are 4s. to Bs., and India Bonds 40s. premium. The Foreign, Securities have been firm generally, thouguh dull.. Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have advanced to 89, and the Deferred to 674. The Spanish Certificates bring 64 per cent. Mexican are heavy at 274 4, Buneos Ayres Bonds are up to 66. Brazilian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are worth 1004. Sardinian Five per Cents. are dull at 974. Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents. are firm at 66 to.k. Railway Shares have been without improvement generally, but Great Northern are higher. The French lines are steady. The Joint Stock Bank Shares are quiet. The Land Companies' Shares are heavy, and South Australian have further declined. The Californian Gold Mine Shares are in some request. Nova Scotia Mine are worse, owing to the re port that iron only exists on the company's estate. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From, the O f ficial List.) Business (tone. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities " 3 per Ceut. Consols Annuities New 34 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 Ditto 30 Years; Expire sth Jan., 1860 • 6 3-16 India Stock India Bends, £l000 Ditto, under £lOOO 4° South Sea Old Annuities Consols fur Account Exchequer Bills .lid. June. March. £1000............... ........................ 8 4 £5OO Stuall 4 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ...••• ••• ••• ••••• • 99 i Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent lOO Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 66 Greek ex over-due Coupons ...... •.. lO Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Peruvian Bonds, 4i p er Cent. B9 8i Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.-- ••• Spanish Bonds 3 per Cent 47 8 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 23 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 6i p c Swedish Loan -• 1i dis Div.dends an il;.aboye payable in London, Dutch Exchange, 2i pei:Tent, 12 Gun. 661 6 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates.-- 97f THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto May Account . . looi i LLOYDS' SHIPPINO - -(THIS DA Y.) LONDON, April 22.—Wind this day at Noon, S.S.E.; light breeze, dull and cloudy, with rain. LIVERPOOL, April 21.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Aran thus, Demerara ; Esmerald, New Orleans ; Intrinsic, Sa vannah ; Victoria, Halifax. Sailed—Beraza, Pernam buco; Manchester, Melbourne; Lord George Bentinck, ditto.; Corditia, Madras ; Petrel, Africa i • Lady Ann, ditto ; Ceylon, Fern a ndo Po ; Eliza; Port au Prince ; Emma Field, New York ; Connecticut, ditto ; Champion, Boston; Onward, Halifax ;. Standard, St. Stephen's, New Brunswick ; Celeste, Richibucto ; Jupiter, Miramichi ; Wakefield, Quebec ; Jane Glasson, ditto ; Sultan, ditto ; Mearns, ditto; Alberta, ditto ; York, ditto ; Agamemnon, ditto. ' DUBLIN, April 21. —The Esthef and Sophia, Liverpool to St. Thomas, is sunk on the Kish Bank; master drowned, crew saved. MARSTRAND, April 14.—The Test, Newcastle, was stranded off Kyrkesum on the 12th inst. The Golden Grove, Newc.lstle, leaky, having struck on the Paternoster Ridges. FINE ARTS. Nelson at Trafalgar. Painted by Charles Lucy. There is now on view at the establishment of Messrs. Squire, late Colnaghi, appropriately enough looking into Trafalgar-square, within a stone's throw of the Nelson Testimonial—one of the most truly national works of art produced within the knowledge of the pre sent generation. It was only this morning that we had the gratification of perusing the merits of this pictorial masterpiece. "Charles. Lucy, Esq.," as the ad vertisement informs the public, is the artist from whose skill the , painting has emanated. It represents " the darling hero of England," at the crowning point of his career—on the brink, so to speak, of his greatest achievement, seated at his desk, in the cabin of the Vic tory, on the morning of the battle of Trafalgar. He is portrayed at the moment when he communicated his last memorable signal—" England expects every man will do his duty"—those most glorious of all the watch words of triumph which have ,ever since, as it were, been stereotyped among our most heroic recollec tions. The picture—now being . engraved in line by Mr. C. W. Sharpe—forms an admirable companion to Paul de la Roche's celebrated painting, " Napoleon at Fontainbleau." That was commemorative of a sublime downfall—this of a sublime success. " Napo leon at Fontainbleau " in- 1814—represents the most wonderful of the earth's conquerors in the hour of su preme disaster—that " Idol of the soldier's soul ! First in fight, but mightiest now : Many could a world control, Thee -alone no doom can bow." " Nelson at Trafalgar," in 1805, on the contrary, is the re presentation of the greatest: ea captain of ancient or mo dern times, at that renowned epoch when, if he had been carried up to heaven in a flaming chariot, he could not, says the noblest of his biographers, he could not have passed away in a brighter blaze of glory. " Nel son at Trafalgar " with every portion of the picture authentic, the cabin of the Victory still in exist. ence, the coat worn by the hero (a relic still religiously preserved at Greenwich Hospital), the features of the immortallero himself delineated from a Cast of his face, taken immediately before the battle, on the morning of Trafalgar ! Everything, we repeat, is authentic, and, what is still better, the spectator is enabled fully, at a glance, to appreciate its authenticity. The effect produced by the painting- is really wonderful—the man, the occasion, the solitude—every circumstance is fraught with elevating associations. Nelson is depicted by Lucy as imagining the signal which, in the morning of the 21st of October, 1805, electrified the British fleet, then grouped off Cape Trafalgar, and inspired them with an enthusiasm such as could alone have produced the most memorable of our maritime achievements. The work of art here particularised will be welcomed, we doubt not, throughout this country with the admiration due to sovery naTe an - historical masterpiece. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The present week's arrival of English wheat up to our market coastwise has been very moderate—viz., 2,240 quarters, chiefly from Essex and Kent. Fresh up to-day the receipts'by land carriage were small—hence, the show of samples of both red and white was limited ; neverthe less the demand was in a sluggish state, .. at Monday's prices. From abroad.the imports of wheat have been seasonably large—viz., 14,510 quarters. For good heavy parcels we had a moderate inquiry, at full currencies. In other kinds so 'little was doing that the rates were almost nominal. Floating cargoes were quite neglected. . Barley—the show 'of Which was no meant extensive— sold steadily, at previous rates. We had only a limited inquiry for malt, yet factors were tolerably firm in their demands. Oats were in moderate supply and steady request, - at full quotations. The' demand for beans, peas, and flour was in a de pressed state. English .. Irish •. • • Foreign .. Wheat. 2,240 ARRIVAtfiI TM* WEEK. - Barley. i Malt. 1 Oats. Flour. 1,560 1,860 910' 860 6,840 3,710 1,630 sks 14,580 1 4,520 SMITHFIELD. The show of beasts in to-day's market was seasonably good, both as to number and quality. Notwithstanding that the demand for most breeds was in a sluggish state, Monday's prices were supported. The primest Scots realised 4s 4d per 81bs, and a good clearance was effected. With sheep we were fairly supplied, whilst the mutton trade ruled dull, at barely late currencies. The supply of lambs being on the increase, and the weather' unfavourable, the sale for that description of stock was heavy, at a de cline of 4d per 81bs. The quotations ranged from 5s to 6s per 81bs. Prime calves were scarce, and quite as dear; other kinds of veal had a downward tendency. Pigs met a very inactive inquiry, at late rates. Milch cows were very dull, at from 161. to 191. ss. cash, including their small calf. s. d. s. d. Prime Southdown 5 2 5 4 Large crse. calves 3 4 4 0 Prime small do 4 2 4 6 Large hogs 3 0 3 6 Small porkers 3 8 4 2 Suckling calves 20 0 25 0 Quarter old pigs 19 0 24 0 5s Od to Os Od. Per Slbs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts ...3 2to 3 4 Second quality ...3 6 3 8 Prime large oxen 310 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4 Inferior sheep ...4 0 4 2 Second quality . .. 4 4 4 8 Prime crse.-wlled.4 10 5 0 Lambs TOTAL SUPPLY. FORZIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 994 Sheep and Lambs 6,230 Calves 3OO Pigs 340 NEWGATE AND Per Sibs by Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs LEADENHALL. the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 8 3 0 Do.,middling 3 2 3 4 Do., prime large 3 4 3 6 I Do., do. small 3 S 310 Pork, large 3 4 3 10 I _ _ 284 1,500 200 Lambs s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 6 3 8 Do.,middling 310 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 C Veal 3 4 4 4 Pork, small 4 0 4 6 Ls 10d to 6s 2cl. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is very scantily .supplied with all kinds of hops, in which only a moderate business is doing, as follows : Mid and East Kent pockets, 120 s. to 160 s. ; Weald of Kent, 110 s. to 1265. ; and Sussex, 105 s. to 120 s. per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—There have been large public sales, and this lasted to a reduction in prices, although buyers have not been inactive. British Plantation has been barely so high as last week, Barbadoes, by !auction, realising 33s to 39s per low mid to fine, and Jamaica 32s 6cl to 34s for good to fine brown, and 34s 6d to 35s for mid. Mauritius went about 6d lower, good to fine yellow 35s 6d to 375, low to mid 33s to 355, and grainy low to good 35s 6d to 395. Mr. J. L. Ricardo, M.P., was elected to-day a director of the London and Westminster Bank. SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF DISTRESSED WIDOWS. — Yesterday the annual meeting of the governors of this society was held at their offices, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly, the Marquis of Cholmondeley, president, in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, the secretary read the report of the committee of management for the past year. It stated , that they had in that period relieved 270 poor widows, by an outlay of 5031., but that as the income for the year had been rather less than that of the previous one, and the number of recommended cases larger, they had been necessitated to sell an Exchequer bill of 1001. The income of the charity, arising from ordinary sources, was 565 t. 3s. 3d. ; which, increased by 1041., the price of the Exchequer bill, gave a total income of 6691. :The expenditure was 5591., showing a balance of 1101. in favour of the charity. The report was agreed to. Upon the motion of Mr. Labouchere, an alteration in the laws of the society, narrowing the area of its opera tions, was agreed to." Some routine business having been transacted, the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS.—Last evening the interesting ceremony of opening a new court of this order took place at Mr. White's, the Salutation Tavern, Prince's-street, Stamford-street, Lambeth. The D. C. R. having duly read the dispensation, and inaugurated the court, several members were initiated ; after which some members of the Opening Court (St. Martin, 1693) ex pounded and .expatiated- on the general benefits of forestry—relief in sickness, life assurance, and family endowments—the whole of which'was assured for a very trivial weekly or quarterly payment, and all guaranteed by virtue-of the Friendly Societies' Act of Parliament. The new Court was densely crowded, and several old Foresters having attested, from their experience, the general benefits arising from the order, to the sick and poor, the widow and fatherless, and also the highly moral tendency of its precepts, thanks were voted to the district and opening officers, and the remainder of the evening was spent with:conviviality. QUEEN'S COLLEGES, IRELAND.—TWO Parliamentary papers printed - yesterday contain the reports of the Queen's Colleges at Galway and Belfast for the' academic year 1851-52. In the case of the Belfast College a con siderable increase in the number of students has taken place within the last year, and in both colleges the re ports of the professors engaged in the instruction of the students convey a favourable idea of their application and improvement. In the Belfast College the number of matriculated students had increased to 120, against 110 and 90 in the two preceding years, while the non matriculated students are not so numerous- as at the opening of the eollege. This circumstance explains an apparent discrepancy in the number, for while the total number of students at Belfast College was 195 in 1849-50, and 185 in 1850-51, it is 192 for the year 1851-52, and yet it may be said with justice that the number of the students has increased, since there were only 90 matri culated students in 1849 to 120 in 1851-52. In the Galway College the numbers are as follows :-1849-50, matriculated students, 64 ; non-matriculated, 4. 1850-51, matriculated, 23 ; non-matriculated, 2. 1851-52, matri culated, 32;; non-matriculated, 5. The total of studentg received since the opening of the college is 130, and of these 67 were Roman Catholics, 48 Protestants, and 15 Presbyterians. • SINGULAR DUEL.—A singular duel (says Galignani took place the day before yesterday in the Bois de Bou logne. Two private coachmen who, had for some time past felt a deep-rooted animosity towards each other, and never met without quarrelling, happening by chance to meet a few, evenings since at a wine shop, one of them said to the other, "Our quarrelling has now lasted too long; it is time to put an end to it. Let usthay,c one fight, and•let that be the last. ".We neith er of -nsuilder staud anything of sword or pistol ; let, us fight with our whips." , This proposition having been accepted,the y parties repaired ,to the Bois, and accompanied by their their se conds soon cpEgi t nenced the- combat. ..A number of perdons assembled to witness the scene, -which was con tinue/km.4th great animation, , when the keepers of the wo da, c ame up, auArrn,arclied off the Combatants to the guard-house. One of the men had received a very seri ous wound on the face r and, the other had one of his ears almost cut off. - THEr FRENCH EMPIRE. The members of the departmental commission went yesterday morning to the Prefecture of the Seine to take part in the extraordinary session for which they had been convoked by a decree of the Moniteur, when they were informed that the offi cial journal had committed an error in its an nouncement, putting the 20th ina. instead of the 28th. M. Vauchelet, historical painter, has- just re ceived orders to decorate with allegorical figures the carriage which is to serve for the ceremony of the coronation. These paintings will be. executed on pannels of gilt bronze. The Bank of Algeria discounted, during the month of March, 1,244 bills of the value of 910,563 f. On the 31st of March it had in hand 1,378,157 f. of discounted bills, and 1,066,909 f. in specie. These issue of its notes amounted to 1,700,000 f., and the accounts-current to 205,550 f. The Emperor yesterday received the congratula tions of the great dignitaries on the occasion of the anniversary of his birth, but any public demon stration was ordered to be postponed until the 15th of August, the day of St. Napoleon. The anniversary of his Majesty's birthday fell this year on a Wednesday, which was the day of his birth on the 20th Ipril, 1808. Yesterday, at half-past eleven o'clock, the new Bishops of Coutances and Grenoble, Mgrs. Daniel and Ginoulhiac, came to the Tuileries, and took the oath of allegiance in presence of the Emperor. His Majesty was seated. on the throne, sur rounded by the dignitaries and officers of his household, the Minister of State, and the Minister of Public Worship. The bishops having been introduced, the Minister of Public Worship pronounced the usual form of oath to be taken—namely, " I swear obedience to ' the Constitution and fidelity to the Emperor." Each of the two prelates, advancing in succession to the Emperor, placed his hands in his, and said, " I swear. They afterwards signed the minutes that the oath had been duly taken. The Emperor complimented the two bishops on their promotion, and expressed his satisfaction at seeing them placed in a position which would allow them to be of greater utility to the Church. The Emperor yesterday visited the works at the Louvre, and expressed his satisfaction at the ra pidity at which they were being executed. His Majesty first examined the works below, and then proceeded to the galleries, his visit lasting nearly two hours. The Emperor has just had distributed by his First Almoner the following sums from ' his privy purse :-300f. to the Blind School of Nancy ; 100 f. to found a girls' shool at. Bagnois (Puy-de-Dome) ; 60f. to repair a school-house at Bienville, near Compiegne : 100 f. to the Sisters of Nazareth at Bordeaux ; 100 f. to the schools of Uzerche (Cor reze) ; 100 f. for an orphans' establishment at Etampes (Seine-et Oise) ; 500 f. to the Orphans' School at Montmorency, near Paris ; 100 f. to a girls' school at Estry (Calvados) ; 100 f. to the Or phans' School of St. Gilles (Gard) ; 100 f. to the Miners' Children's School at Renaissance (Nord) ' • 80f. to the Dames de Charite,(Lozere) ; and 150 f. to M. de Thayer, for the society for the relief of children abandoned by their parents. A convention, destined to improve the pos tal service between France and Prussia, has just been signed at Paris by M. Drouyn de Lhuys, Ministers of Foreign Affairs, and M. Thayer, the head of the French Post-office, on the one hand, and Count de Hatzfeldt, the Prussian Minister, and M. Metzner, of the Prussian Post office, on the other. The Gazette des Ilopitaux , states a circumstance which we consider in the highest degree impro bable, namely, that in the recent deeouchement of the Queen of England, chloroform' was adminis tered to her Majesty by Dr. Snow, with the appro bation of Sir James Clark, Dr. cock, and Dr. Ferguson. The effect, it is added, was very ad vantageous, and the Queen expressed her satisfac tion at it. The Moniteur contains an article devoted to the consideration of the improvements that have been effected in the residences of the working classes. It is there stated that there are at present 70,000 persons living in furnished apartments in Paris, exclusive of 15,000 who reside in the suburbs. The number of buildings required to be abolished in the embellishment of the city having produced a temporary rise in the price of lodgings, the official journal states that the Government is actively oc cupied with the consideration of the subject. A decree of the Emperor has already placed the sum of 3,000,000 f. at the disposal of the Minister of the Interior, to be distributed amongst those pro prietors of houses who engage to provide cheap and salubrious lodgings. The French funds continue rather heavy, the tendency of prices being downwards, the Three per Cents. for money having declined 40c., and for the end of the month, 30c., and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. both for the account and for cash 20c. A fall of sf. occurred in Bank shares. Closing prices :—For cash, Three per Cents., 80f. 10c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 30c. For the account :—Three per Cents., 80f. 05c. ; Four-and a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 30c. Bank Stock, 2,730 f. In the business of the Railway Share Market no improvement took place, but a decline again oc curred in the shares of the principal lines. SPAIN. The Madrid journals, of the 16th, have arrived. The ministers went on the previous day to Aran juez to kiss the hands of Queen. Christina. on their appointment, and on their return they held a coun cil under the presidency of Queen' Isabella. It was said that the council was occupied with financial matters, and did not touch on those of a political nature. It was rumoured, and it was said not without authority, that the ministers have resolved not to assemble the Cortes before September next; in order to afford time for the preparation of bills, and for calming the irritation, and, if possible, healing the divisions of the moderate party. Three per Cents. 42 15-16 ; Deferred, 24, 1-16 : Exchange on London 51 10 paper. ITALY. The Parlamento of Turin of the 18th states, from Milan, that the extraordinary contribution paid weekly by that city since the events of February 6th, is to cease in a few days. The University of Padua was re-opened on the 10th. TURKEY. A telegraphic dispatch, dated Vienna, April 20, says :—" There has been a slight riot a .Constan tinople, got up by some fanatical Turks. Thanks to the prompt measures adopted, it was soon put down."—Another dispatch of the same date states that another and more serious disturbance had taken place against the Christians at Broussa, and that twelve of them had been wounded. Lord Redcliffe paid his official visit to the min isters of the Porte, and this morning he was re ceived by his Highness, the Sultan, who in an unreserved manner expressed his satisfaction at his arrival in Constantinople. The Sultan, through the Ambassador, thanked Colonel Rose for the sup port and effective advice , he had given to his minis ters at most momentous periods. Lord Radcliffe presented Dr. Layard and the commanders of her Majesty's steamers the Tiger and Fury. In fine, the reception was the most cordial and flattering that was ever met with by a foreign representative. The interview lasted upward of four hours. M. _Lacour arrived on the 6th ; he landed, and was received at the wharf by about 400 French subjects. He addressed them, but refrained from making political allusions. He will be received in audience by the Sultan, on the 10th. Prince Mentschikoff ? has failed in inveiglin g the Porte to conclude a treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive. The presence of Lord Radcliffe and M. Lacour will now confound him altogether. The Porte has sent to Egypt a staff of officers, with General Bekir Pacha at their head, to con cert with Abbas Pacha for a supply of troops, in the eventuality of an outbreak with . the withßussia. The Porte is preparing fo sent ammunitiox in large worst. It has quantities to all the forts of the Bosphorus and D have been sent t o a ll theargoavneernlloerss. of fVtihzee provinces l o l v e i t n t c e e rs s to prepare the way for calling in the Redif Militia, and the movements of the troops quartered in this capital are ominous. The Turkish fleet is being manned, and the ac wiltiviltybethreaay t t d has been displayed is so great, that it takeothits station in the e Bosphorus towards the 15 A disp a t c h was of the present month. received yesterday in Paris from Trieste, with news from Constantinople of the 12th, according to which Prince Mentschikoff had pe remptorily called for a reply to the terms of -his note, or that he would at once call for his pass ports. This news has not excited any extraordi nary sensation. The following is the telegraphic dispatch : it is dated " Vienna, yesterday morn ing" " Accounts rectifying the former statements relative to the events at Constantinople are dated the 11th, and come by way of Trieite. They announce that the effervesenc• was increasing, and that a report was current that Prinoe Mentschikoff had pressed the Divan to come to a deter mination, threatening to quit if it were longer delayed." According to the same despatch, the French fleet, was still at the anchorage of Salamis. E A second despatch, dated the 12th, via Galatz, announces that a disturbance had taken place at Broussa, and that the number of Christians killed was 15. The Turkish Government has concentrated troo?s at Constantinople, and armed steam-boats have taken up positions on the principal points. Russian steamers have left for Yemleks, in order to protect Russian subjects and the Christians GERMANY.' The Prussian Gazette contains a letter froil l _ :;" Hanover of the 17th, which says : ---" It L ippeara that the government has discovered a plot with ex tensiVe ramifications. Domiciliary visits • haYA taken place at Luneburg and Stacie. u p to the present moment only individuals who had endea voured to debauch the soldiers have been discovered. A drummer of the national guard, who some Bayer past made improper observations - on the Queen wile ; was passing, was arrested, but the King gave or ders to have him set at liberty." A Berlin letter of the 19th announces the return to that city of the Marquis de Ben - alova, Ambassa dor of Spain, and states that he brought from the. Queen the decorations of the. Golden Fleece for the Prince of Prussia the Cross of the Commander of the Order of Isabella. for Baron de Bozenberg) and that of Member of the Order of Charles for Baron de Schenk. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S--;YESTERDAY. Few subscribers were present, and little business wag transacted. The principal movement was relative to the Two Thousand, for which event West Australian was in increased demand. Early in the afternoon 110 to 80 wall betted against him, but subsequently several investraeritA were made on him at sto 4. Ultimately .6 to 5 was taken about him, and at Ihe close of business he was quoted a evens "—the field having the " call." 20, 15, and 12 to 1 were laid against Sittingbourne to small sums. For the Chester Cup 20 to 1 was taken to 1001. abouk . Scarecrow; and 9 to 1, and finaily 8 to 1 were booked a bout Trifle. The transactions on the Derby were marked by no In portant change ; 66 to 1 was offered against the Reivor; 1,200 to 1,000 was betted on Orinoco against Cineas, and Ninnyhammer coupled. Closing prices : • • ,;" TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. Even agst West Australian (take 6to 5). •• • 3to 1 agst Oronoco (taken). - • - • 7 to_ .1 agst Filbert (taken). Bto 1 agst Barbatus (taken). 12 to 1 agst Sittingbourne (offered). - ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. sto 2 Sylphine (take 3to 1). 6to 1 agst Vaultress (taken). • „ CHESTER CUP. Bto 1 agst Trifle (taken). s . 20 to 1 agst Scarecrow (taken). - 25 to 1 agst Ann Page (taken). 50 to 1 agst Gossamer (taken). DERBY. • • • 20 to 1 agst Umbriel (offered). 25 to 1 agst Filbert (taken). . 25 to 1 agst Hurworth (taken). 30 to 1 agst Cheddar (taken): 40 to 1 agst Speed the Plough (taken). 66 to 1 agst The Reiner. • • V MALTON RACES—TuEsPAL TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES.' The President Lady Ponsonby Five ran. • AMATEUR STAKES. Sweetness Prince President Five ran. MALTON HANDICAP. Leopold Hobby Horse Seven ran. BIRDSALL HANDICAP. Toosey Child of the Mist.. Four ran. UNION HUNT Cur. Dress Improver Prince President Nine ran. SELLING PLATE. Gip Balleine RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. - - LONDON, , BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAr.." Traffic 1853 return for the week ending April 16, 737 16 6 ' 29 Corresponding week last . year 1 1,240 3 14 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853. 142,086 2 6 Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 132,610 19 LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN ItAILWAT.--Trafflo turn for the week ending Aprill6, 1853 £13,302 3 Corresponding week last year 14,223 8 Decrease in 1853 £92l 6 re. GLASGOW AND SOUTH-W RAILWAY.---Tray , BSTERN RAILWAY. , g ',Aim for the week ending April 16,1853 24,321 1! 0 corresponding week last year 4,168 Increase in 1853 2153 2 f THE GREAT NORTHER N RAlLWAY.—Traffic retulm- ° 4. the week ending Ap r il 10, 1853 (283 m il es ) 215,693 ?, 5 Corresponding week l as t year (2231 miles) 11,45615 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic r e t ; turn for the week ending April 17, 1853....,£18,012 15 Corresponding week last year 16,097 3 • CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—Trafac return fo r railway an steam-boats for th e week ending April 17, d 1853 Corresponding week last year .......... 2 3 :72 8 5 143 °9 222 Increase in 1853 we C ek oß e k ud A in N g D A ß p A rii ND l O 6 N , 1853 £2ll return for for Corresponding week last year THE PROPOSED CATTLE MARKET IN Nr• HAGEN FIELDS. Yesterday a meeting of the Markets Improvenle, ll ., Committee connected w ith th e C or p ora ti on o f the q t .:, of London was held in the Council Chamber at, tw Guildhall. Mr. Henry Lowman Taylor presided. „ Ordinarily the me e ti ngs o f corporate comm i ttee s xi' held with closed doors ; in this instance, however, tb e public were admitted, th e M ar k e t s Improvement VOP3: mittee being anxious to obtai n th e o pi nions o f th e trade°' men connected with the market, as to the praeticabin of the plans about to b e su b m itt e d, an d th e model s which had been prepared for the construction of the new, market. , Much interest appeared to be excited; many of 0 18 most influential salesmen, butchers, and others bellT present, in addition to several members of the conoe 3 , l tee, amongst' whom the reporter noticed Messrs. '- Jersey,. L ow , Baker, Hicks (Deputy), Read, Harrill° l3 l (Deputy), Harker, Aitcheson; and others, Smithfi eld salesmen—Messrs. Thompson, Borcham, and. Bremrs° t ' Mr. Goodwin of the house of Challis and Sons, NO' gate-market ; Messrs; J. Venablee, sen., B. Venable°, Stow, Bentice, Frost, Swanton, Mustoie, Scott; Criel‘' Masters, Prebble, Andrade, Moral:mon, and Woodhaill: Leadenhall-market,—Forsbury, Stubbing, •Bowertney_i Stanger, Clements, Morris, and Black ; Whitechar r —Saul (Abraha m ) an d Whiff en ; a l so Inspectors Fis.,...b e and Porklington, D epu ti es C oo k an d M e d wa y, a nd xi' Symonds, members of the council, were also present. The CHAIRMAN, in introducing the business, inforul e the gentlemen pre sen t o f the fact that it was the deli" of the committe e t o g i ve t o t h e tra d e an oppor tunitY,_„°( expressing their se n ti men t s upon th e mo d e l th en them, as to the proposed market, and he should be gr to hear any statement with refereeme to the detail'', which the City architect would at once explain for OO P information. Mr. BUNNING (the architect) then entered into ~ ,.I s l l. elaborate description of the plans and models. 31 whole of them were executed in a masterly style, an, were greatly admired by all present. To be as brief 1, , possible, it may be stated that the whole of the gron ° , proposed to be covered amounts to upwards of 70 acr e 7 the details being as follows : Acres. Roods. Pole. For markets. „ Lairs south of the market 8 0 11 • „ Lairs north of the market lO 0 ... 3 9 . x, Lairs west of the market „ Ditto east of ditto Public slaughter houses 4 ... 0 ... 34' Private ditto 5 1 ... 19 „ Hide market _ 1 3 24 „ Shops, taverns, & standings 2 1 14 „ Stables - „ Building frontage , ,1 Roadway Total 73 ... 1 25 t. A considerable conversatio n took place as to i ' ° general arrangement of the model, especially as to space to be appropriated for the standing of the cattleo the market being calculated to hold not less than 42,? / sheep, 6,794 bullocks, and calves and pigs in proportir, Mr. BUNNING re mar k e d, i n re ply to one of the gol t i e it men, as to the drainage of the market and an efgel e supply of water, that Sir R. Mylne had i n f or med tieagi that if a river of water was required, it might be suPlL'.',./ without any difficulty. Several technical matters ha v" - , been disposed of, as to the space each animal migh t quire, and as to " off droves," and 'to other wale generally unimportant to most of our readers, a t visitors, as by common consent, tacitly admitted ° de the market as arranged would be acceptable to the t ra de ' ' at large. They then for some time inspected the Ol u c ' e d, abattoir Mr. Bunning and his colleagues had furn is 'ie. In this matter several practical observations wer e be ceived by the architect, many of which will doubtleeeted, adopted. The whole of the inspection having tern3h 3l ;,, o rt The CHAIRMAN said he was glad to say, on the roe of the committee, that they were much obliged t„vi trade for their presence on that occasion. He was f u 'ribe to find that upon the whole they were satisfied wit ieb arrangements made by the committee. That the ir they had done they h a d e ff ec t e d t o the best o f i t he judgment, after m a t ure d e lib era ti on , an d be hopeu rie cl n. whole of them wou ld li ve t o see the,ei;v market Csr- into effect. (Cheers.) • After some little conversation, chiefly of art, e n - Abo natory character, the visitors left the room, thankubber4 committee for their cordial reception, The ine nl ps titi sat some time longer in consideration, of the B u g g- 21c 1 improvement of some of the details ~of the plo' i models. 4 , :4111,q--3 1