The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-18 00:00:00

HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY.—Families, Hotel keepers, Club houses, and Parties about to Furnish, will effect an Important SALVING by adopting the use of MEC Ii I'+ I PROV ED ELECTRO-PLATED SPODNS and FORM. A inirantee will be given for their durability and silver-like appearance during fifteen years' constant use. The following table of prices will convince the most sceptical of the advantages derivable from the use of these articles : TaMe Spoons..per doz. 2 4 0 Table Forks.. „ 2 0 0 Dessert Spoons „ 1 14 0 De7sert Forks „ 1 10 0 Tea Spoons.. „ 0 16 0 Salt Spoons.. „ 0 18 0 4, Leadenball-street, London. e. d. Mustard Spoons, rer doz. 18 Gravy ditto.• •• • . each S. 6 Soup Ladle ... •• • • •• 16 6 Sauce ditto ... • • ,, 4 6 Sugar To: gs ,, 4 6 THEATRE ROYAL, HAY3LiIHKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, APRIL 18, Will be performed ELOPEMENTS IN HIGH LIFE. By Messrs. B. Sullivan, Chippendale, Howe, W. Farren, Buckstone, and Comp ton ; Mesdames Fitzwilliam, Raynolds, L. S. Buckingham. &c. After which MR. BUCKSTONi'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAIt• 1 , 1 A SSUs. To conclude with OUR MARY ANNE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, APRIL IS, Will be performed the Tragedy of MACBETH. Principal charac• tern by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. After which will be performed the new Drama, adapted from the the French of Mons. Scribe, by Mr. Pa:grave Simpson, called MARCO SPADA. ROYAL LYCEUM •THEATRE. Under the Management or Madame Votes. TIIIS EVENING, Aran, 18, win be performed USED UP. Pr:nclpal character Mr. C. Mathews: After which, THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD. Charsc. ere by Me-srs. F. Matthews, Suter, Dorncastle, and Templeton; Madame Vestris, M saes Robertson, Egliaton, &c. To conclu.:e with A PRACTICAL BIAS. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste, THIS EVENING, Amur. 18, Will be performed A DESPERATE GAME. After which, MASKS A ND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Ctutain —by Messrs. B Webster, L. Murray, Honey, P. Bedford, and 0. Smith ; Mesdames Celeste, Woolgat, &c. To be followed by BETSY BAKER—by Mr. and MB. Keeley. To conclude with PEPINO THE DUMB BOY, AND PUG, HIS MONKEY. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, APRIL 18, Will be presented ESMERALDA. Supported by Messrs. 11. Far. ran, Robson, Dlddear, ald G. Cooke; Mesdames Anderton. J Adams, and Bartlett. After which, UNCLE CROTCHET. Uncle Crotchet, Mr. Farren ; Pompey, Mr. Ronson; &mime, Mrs. A. Philips. To couclude Aith CATCHING AN HEIRESS. Torn Twig, Mr. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. 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 Bursting Woot the Leap through Fire, and the terrific spring of Amakosa's Steed trom 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. THIS EVENING, APRIL 18, Ant during the week, the Performances will commence with the highly successful and magnificent rpectacle of AMAKOSA ; or, Scenes of Kafir Wnrfare ; with all its new , beautiful, scenic, inte resting, dramatic, and astonishing Equestrian (fleets. To be followed by a most novel and br.iliant Routine of Gymna s . and Equestrian Achievements in the =cones of the ARENA, sup ported by the most eminent British and Continental Artistes of the day. 'lO conclude with a Popular FARCE. -------rs):-otnee open daily from Eleven to Four. Sta g e M anagers Mr. W. West. THE PUBLICATION OF T HE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE 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. DAI LY WEATHER TABLE. MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1853. • State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock Saturday morning. The stations are arranged in ordor of latitude. LIMERICK—S. W. strong breeze—overcast. MULLINGAR— S.Nir., strong breeze—rain. HASTINGS—N.W., g entle breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE--N., fresh breeze—partially cloudy. TuNB RI DGE - -N.1., stronc , breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWIC H—N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. ST ROOD—N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. SWINDON —N.W., gentle breeze—cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock : HASTINGS—N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON W., gentle bre( ze—foggy. FOLKESTONE—W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—N.. strong breeze—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE--N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. G a EV.7 WICH- —N.W., calm— overcast. SraooD—N.W.. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON—N.W., g entle breeze—cloudy. strong breeze—cloudy. DIGIT WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRIS DAY —Morning 43 min. after S Evening 27 min.aft. 9 To-nonßow—Morning 9 min. after 10, Evening 50 min.aft. 10 11.1 E WEATHER.—SON OFFICE, APRIL 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 60- this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'19. WIND, S.W. to IV.S.W.—Light breeze, and fine, clear, sunshiny weather. Afternoon cloudy, with strong breeze. APRIL 18. 61— highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 301.5. WIND, S.W.—Light airs, and fine, sunshiny, summer weather. lg ,§llll O LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1853. This evening the curtain will be uplifted, the mystery revealed. The statement will be de livered on which the future fate of the Admini stration must greatly, if not altogether, depend. It will then be ascertained whether the shares in the joint-stock concern are to be quoted at a pre mium or a heavy discount, or, possibly, not transferable at any price. Considering the diffi culties that have almost invariably attended a considerable surplus, the numerous conflicting interests that are to be conciliated, a prosperous state of the Exchequer affords by no means a bed of roses to the Financial Minister. Even under the most favourable circumstances, he must evince a nice discrimination to avoid giving offence. Happily, however, he has been relieved of one portion of his task. The Adver tisement Duty, long condemned by the voice of public opinion, has had that condemnation con firmed by a decisive and unequivocal majority of the popular branch of the Legislature --two hun dred of, the chosen representatives of the people having voted for its immediate extinction. The Advertisement Duty then may be regarded as virtually repealed, and something more than 160,0001. per annum is taken from the surplus and applied under that head. The Right Hon. Gentleman will also, doubtless, feel bound to give effect to the division on Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR'S motion respecting the duty on Attorneys' Certifi cates, amounting to 120,0001., so that 300,0001. sterling in round terms may be considered as already disposed of. Th egreat question, howei er , w ill b e on th e renewal of the Property and Income Tax. That is the hinge on - which everything else must turn. The impost is now extinct, or rather in abeyance, for, although it expired on the sth instant, th ere is almost a ce r t a i nty of its revival in a modified form—in its present state, it can never again be tolerated for a singl e d ay. During the last year it produced nearly 5,0 00,000/ we should lend an easy cr e d ence to the state mentAn(l that the Financial Minister , c was not pre pared to relinquish so large an amount." It must be renewed, then, unless we are prepared t o ex change the anticipated surplus for a d ep l orable deficiency, and with it the existing pro s p er i ty for a monetary panic—a commercial crisis —worse even than that of 1847-8. But in what form ? That is the question ! the all-important point. If the rather significant hint of Lord ABERDEEN, and the all but positive pledge of Lord J. Rus- SELL, be taken into consideration, it would seem to be beyond the possibility of doubt that a decisive effort will be made to place the matter on a proper *undation, and to render it as nearly equitable as possible. From the recorded opinions of the : f - First Lord of the Treasury, and the Ministerial L - ader in the House of Commons, we should believe a judicious and equitable arrangement of of the points in dispute as a matter of certainty. But, unfortunately, the views of Mr. GLADSTONE —the responsible Minister—have been even more freely and unequivocally put forward on the other side. He argued that any distinction between permanent and precarious income would be an act - of gross injustice to the public creditor ; and he has shown that his feeling in favour of the class is by no means changed by his recent propo sitions for the conversion of 500,000,0001. of Consols, andßeduced on far more favourable terms than the holders had any right to have antici pated. How, then, he can change with these declarations and acts registered in the pages of HANSARD, appears to be a mystery almost as impenetrable as the nature of his own intentions, of will h not the slightest inkling hip as yet been suffered to leak ote. The leap must however be taken. A few short hours will dispel the mists that have hitherto prevented a clear perception of the subject. We would then, ere it is too late, tender our final advice to the Right Hon. Gentleman. His gifted predecessor had recognised the distinction between precarious and permanent income. That very recognition was made the pretext for the most virulent and almost factious attack against the Administration of which he was a leading Mem ber, and it proceeded from the present occupant of the office, who has, therefore, no possible claim for indulgence on the point. He must expect to have the same measure which he bestowed on his opponent meted out to himself, or to assign very satisfactory reasons why he should be exonerated. He cannot adopt Mr. DISRAELI'S proposition. That would be an act of gross piracy—such as an injunction ought to be granted against—if Chan cery could interfere in such matter. He should, therefore, go much further, offer more liberal terms if he wishes to obtain popular support. In dustrial incomes ought, as we have repeatedly shown, to be altogether exempted ; if, however, he is not prepared to go to that extent—to which it must eventually come—he should at least, make some approximation to justice, so that the plain common sense and natural equity of the nation be no longer offended by the gross par tiality exhibited towards the favoured class. Everything becomes a matter of importance which indicates, however indirectly, that the amicable relations which have now subsisted dur ing the last 37 years uninterruptedly between the French and English Governments, are ripening into a friendship between the two nations, and that that friendship is becoming every day more and more firmly consolidated. It is interesting to observe every indication of the kindly feelings entertained towards each other by the two most civilised races of Christendom. An incident has very recently been recorded in the public journals on both sides of the British Channel, such as par takes in a remarkable degree of this eminently satisfactory character. Its commencement has already been commented upon by ourselves. Its completion has only within the last few days been formally announced. Considering its nature, we conceive that it is in every way entitled to yet further consideration. It is, on the part of Albion—once deemed so " perfidious" by her neighbours—the last tribute of sympathy by which she endeavours to remove an intolerable burthen from her conscience by a generous and touching act of expiation. Expiation for the un necessary cruelties inflicted upon the most wonder ful of modern conquerors. Expiation, we repeat, for the needless severities heaped upon that fallen enemy who had vainly appealed to our magna nimity, like a new, but less fortunate, THEMI STOCLES-expiation for the ignominies so very shamefully inflicted during six long and terrible years upon the Captive of Saint Helena—ex piation for the brutalities perpetrated by Sir HUDSON Low; and for the expatriation sug gested by Sir WILLIAM WRAXALL. So far as those cruelties, those severities, those ignominies, those brutalities, and that expatriation could be expiated—they have been expiated by our admi nistrators. The Will of Napoleon has lately been transmitted to France by Lord CLARENDON, as the Remains of NAPOLEON had been long since for warded thither by Lord PALMERSTON. The readi ness with which both these graceful acts of resto ration were effected (for as such they must be regarded) is, to our thinking, doubly significant. It is significant of the cordiality felt towards the Cabinet of the Tuileries by the Cabinet of S James's, and it is peculiarly significant of the re morseful sentiments with which England looks back to that petty vengeance with which the close of the last war was unhappily and infa mously celebrated. " For 0 ! it was not well, it was not well, Nor tuneful with our lofty-chaunted Past." As the vanquished Chieftain himself proclaimed to the world in his ever memorable Protest—he advanced to our hearth, he extended his hand in good faith—and he was immolated ; but bygones may now, indeed, in this matter be treated as by gones both by Frenchmen and Englishmen. For the ashes of the great Emperor were conveyed to the banks of the Seine during the monarchy of Louis PHILIPPE, and those ashes have at length been followed thither by his Will during the Empire of LOUIS NAPOLEON. Nothing more remains to be accomplished by us in re gard to the heroic departed. We have fulfilled his wish that his body might repose among the people whom be loved so well, and we have placed in the archives of that people the very document in which that wish was expressed by his dying hand, on the eve of dissolution. That last will and testament, together with the codicils— promised by Lord MALMESBUItY under the DERBY Administration—have been delivered up by Lord CLAItENDON under the ABERDEEN Administration. Consequently, two Cabinets have vied with each other in evincing their eagerness to comply with a very reasonable and amiable solicitude on the part of the French Government. Immediately on the requisition of the Proc tor of the Crown, the Court of Doctors' Com mons, it appears, issued an order dated as far back as the 16th of last February, to the effect that the required document should be handed over to the judicial authorities across the Channel with the utmost possible expedition. Thereupon " the will with its annexes " was confided to her Bri tannic MAJESTY'S principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Earl of CLARENDON, and was by him placed in the possession of the Count WALEWSKI, the French Ambassador. It would seem from the official account (given in our im pression of the 14th instant), of the subsequent facts connected with this exceedingly interesting transaction, that Count WALEWSKI soon afterwards charged the First Secretary of the French Em bassy at London, M. CHARLES BAUDIN, to carry the precious MSS. to Paris for the purpose of pre sentation to the EMPEROR, and that accordingly on his arrival in the latter capital, M. BAUDIN was conducted to the Tuileries by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and there had the honour of presenting the will of NAPOLEON the Great to his successor in the name of his Imperial MAJESTY'S Ambassador. Since then, it appears, the docu ment has been transmitted to the President of the Tribunal of Premiere Instance of the Seine for the customary purposes of signature and registration, and was subsequently conveyed to M. CASIMIR NOEL, Notary to the Imperial Family, in order that an authentic copy may be taken for conser vation in his offices—after which the original is *to be placed, by the EMPEROR'S orders, among the national archives. It can scarcely be a subject of wonder that the Moniteur takes occasion to allude to these occurrences with evident feelings of exul. tation. Apart from the peculiar interest attached to it as a circumstance affording a new illlustration to the chequered history of the Great NAPOLEON, the incident is gratifying, for inasmuch as it yields new evidence of the amicable sentiments cherished at this period between the French and British Governments. It is an incident, let us add, of no trivial importance, if that, in truth, be the test of the most lasting friendship —identity of preju dices and partialities, or rather o f regrets and aspiration.s—idem, velle, et idem, nolle, ea demum f irma amioitio eat, according, to the familiar aphor, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 185:3. ism of SALLUST, one of the most philosophic among the classic historians, as he was certainly the most sententious. Let us look with confidence upon the efficacy of this criterion. Interest, not less than humanity, calls for the continuance of amity between the two most powerful and enlightened of the civilised races of Christendom. If the value of our new judicial courts, as the Election Committees term themselves, is to be tested by the effect of their sentences, they cannot be rated very highly. The established practice of picking pockets Wider the gallows is very fairly urged as an argument, pro taut°, by the opponents of capital punishment. So far from deterring men from crime, it affords them, say they, an oppor tunity for committing it. Most certain it is that the Blackburn Committee, and the Lancaster Committee too, if report be correct, have only furnished the electors of those boroughs, by unseat ing their members, with fresh occasions for repeat ing old practices. Political gratitude is proverbi ally at par with Spanish or Mississippi credit, but Blackburn appears in unusual haste to evince that it had not even a spark of that quality. Having got its writ by a kind•of special good luck, and having enjoyed the honour (to save Mr. GLAD STONE'S consistency) of throwing Bridgnorth again into the " charitable " embraces of the WHITMORES, it forthwith proceeds to prove itself Blackburn still, and Blackburn with a witness ! Bands of ruffians, hired from adjacent towns, in addition to a very adequate supply of the same electioneering agency in the borough itself ; the grossest violence at the poll ; carrying off voters ; brutal and literally bloody attacks upon them ; the reading of the Riot Act ; the calling in of the mili tary ; and a whole day of savage riot and violence. Such were the first performances of a borough just liberated from the clutches of Parliamentary justice. And all this being hardly enough to do justice to the kindness of Parliamentary friends, they must even have another grand riot on a sub sequent day, to take wild vengeance on the vic torious party. By way of contrast, Bridgnorth admitted a Memberwith most edifying resignation. It is clear that the family boroughs are the boroughs for exemplifying the meeker Christian virtues. They obey well the injunction to "be subject to the higher powers." We cannot say that we have heard from our " own correspondent" at Lankester ; but one, at least, of our paternity who has reports that " extensive" bribery pre vailed. Surely, however, so old a Member as Mr. GREENE would scarcely incur the likelihood of a vulgar pun upon his name, by laying himself open to an election petition. Time will show. Taken altogether, the elections just over prove most pain fully the incurableness of constituencies which have sold their virtue. They prove, too, that if they are to be preserved as constituencies, not only must the most condign punishment be inflicted on every agent who treats, bribes, in timidates, or employs hired ruffians, but the very nerves of the corrupt or brutal agency must be cut by the Ballot. Above all things, it ought to be made highly penal to employ, as was done at Windsor, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and elsewhere, a hired force. He who begins it necessitates others doing it. If violence is apprehended, let the magistrates be applied to, and special constables sworn. Every election where roughs, lambs, or stickmen are hired, should be ipso facto void. It should be made the interest of both parties to refuse such aid. The facts brought out before the Election Com mittees continue to present the same disgusting aspect. Vulgar bribery and treating are plainly the weights which turn the scale in too many constituencies. Tynemouth and Taunton have furnished some disgraceful revelations in the very few facts necessary to be proved for unseating a Member. At the former place treating appears to have been systematic even for fifteen months previous to the election. At Taunton, a carpenter, virtuous in intention, received 21. for a gimlet which cost him 3i d. ; he carried it about for a fortnight, purposing to return it, but only verified the old experience of the deceitfulness of Mammon. Another, who, sitting between two canvassers at the back-room table of a public-house, found five sovereigns done up in a piece of paper— a sum which he considered " stunning " fortified by the higher virtue of his wife, actually did return the money, and voted as a freeman. A charming fact this for the advo cates of female suffrage. Let ARISTOPHANES of old, and his modern threepenny substitute, laugh at the strong-minded women as they will, a few Mrs. MOUNTSTEPHENS in these delinquent boroughs - - would save our " glorious-constitution" doctors a world of trouble. Dartmouth although Sir THOS. _HERBERT, by some convenient legal imper fection we suppose in the evidence, retains his seat—does not appear to have been immaculate. Really the gallant and veteran Admiral deserved to win. He spent 5001. on his 146 supporters, though " he did not know, sailor-like, how it was expended ;" but best of all, his brother sailor, Captain CARNEGIE, like a true British tar, came to his aid. H. M. steam-frigate Barracouta steamed into the little port of Dartmouth, ordered thither by some propitious invisible power and naval jollity, no doubt operated very success fully on the electoral opinions of the Dartmouth voters. Even the Mrs. MOUNTSTEPIIENS of Dart mouth may have found blue jackets more eloquent than sovereigns. Who sent such a novelty as a steam-frigate to Dartmouth Election, Sir Thos. HERBERT, though a Lord of the Admiralty, could not divine. The Committee called for no evidence to enlighten him. Thirty navvies, " a rough lot," at 14s. per day ; 600 men altogether, hired by Sir THOMAS, and brought into the town ; men EO drunk at the poll that the Mayor could hardly take their votes ; one of them " kissing his thumb " instead of the book, to evade the bribery oath. These are Dartmouth facts for next year's Reform Bill. Still more so is the case of BROOKING, the agent, intimidating GEORGE H. GRANT, mason, by threatening him with the loss of Sir H. SEALE'S work, and by withholding part of his bill, unless he would vote for HERBERT. "It was the coercion BROOKING used towards him—he meant the coer cion to work, for BROOKING could put as much as 1001. a-year in his way, and he had a young family of six children to provide for." Let every Member of Parliament who is a father, think of GEORGE HILL GRAN; mason, and his six children, when he has to vote on the motion for the Ballot. One pleasing new fact we gladly record in Par liament. Mr. WALPOLE will bring in a Bill against treating ; he will include it amongst the subjects into which the Commissioners are to inquire. An other, that Ministers were left in a large minority in the case of Clitheroe, by Mr. DISRAELI, the Liberals, and the honest Conservatives, on including treat ing and violence amongst the " corrupt prac tices" for which a Commission ought to issue. One painful fact has also come to light, the com plete and systematic subversion of the indepen dence of the Borough of Rye by a system of loans, ranging from 11., 21., 201., 501., and even 600/. ! A practice dating nearly from the time of the Reform Bill. We would earnestly in.vite public attention to the report of the meeting of the joint Committees of the Perth and Inverness, and Inverness and Elgin. Railway Compani es. It will appear that the prospects of these it iteresting and important undertakings are very auspicious, and that we may now look forward to their speedy realisation. The mere traffic of the d Istria would unquestionably render the speculation very remunerative to those embarking their capital therein. But there is a still greater inducemer A not merely to the inha bitants but even to st rangers. It will open up the most romantic ar Al beautiful districts hitherto only accessible to pedestrians, to the more luxuri ous and wealthy tourists—those who wish to carry with them a the comforts and appliances to which they ha - re been too long accustomed to relinquish with(ar t a considerable effort. Even the Duke of Are :ora, has recognised the propriety of the move - in( 3nt ; for, notwithstanding his Grace's almos( 1 norbid anxiety for privacy, and his well-unde ,tood desire- that there should not be any 74 4 , ilway through Athol' : he has 4e- dared, that "if it is thought that the in terests of the public require a line, he will not allow his own personal feelings to stand out against it, however much he may otherwise re gret it." This is as it should be ; affording, as it does, almost a certainty as to the ultimate and complete success of these meritorious projects. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess. Royal, and the Princess Alice, the Duchess of Kent, and the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, attended divine service yesterday morning, in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wel lesley officiated. The ladies and and gentlemen in wait ing, and the domestic household, also attended the service. Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, al tended by Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, visited the Gallery of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours, in Pall-mall, on Saturday morning. The Duchess Augusta of Saxe Coburg visited the Duchess of Kent on Saturday, at Clarence-house, St. James's. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Adelaide of flohenlohe, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, honoured the Royal Italian Opera-house with her presence on Satur day evening. A deputation from the Committee of Portuguese Bond holders, accompanied by Sir James Duke, M.P., Mr. Wm. Williams, M.P., Mr. Matthew Forster, M.P., Mr. Richard Thornton, Mr. Thomas Thornton, Mr. James Hutchinson (Chairman of the Committee of the Stock Exchange), Sir Henry Pynne, Captain Gardiner, and Mr. C. Quende, had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon, on Saturday, at the Foreign-office, when Mr. Thornton, the chairman of the committee, presented a memorial to his lordship, praying his lordship to inter pose his good offices in obtaining redress for the griev ances and continued injustice inflicted by Portugal on her long-suffering foreign creditors. A deputation of directors of the East Kent Railway Company had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley, on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of Lord Sondes (chairman); Mr. Alderman Salamons (deputy chairman), the Right Hon. S. R. Lushington, Sir J. M. Tylden, and Mr. C. M. Lushington (directors), Sir Edward Dering, Bart., M.P., Mr. Sadlier, Mr. William Cu bitt, and Mr. Mills, the engineers, and Mr. C. Fresh field, the solicitor for the company. A deputation on the part of the magistrates, merchants, bankers, and citizens of Rochester, Chatham, and Gil lingham, in Kent, who had memorialised the Board of Trade on the subject of the proposed Kentish railways, now before Parliament, also had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley, on Saturday. The deputation included Sir Thomas Herbert Maddock and the lion. F. Villiers, M.P.s for Rochester, Mr. W. H. Nicholson, and Mr: Manclark. Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, and Mr. Pressly, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Saturday, at his official residence, in Downing-street. Mr. Hutt and Mr. Ailhuson had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. Mr. Weston Wood had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley, on Sa turday. Dispatches were sent from the Colonial-office, on Sa turday, to the Governors of the West India Islands. A deputation on the subject of a reduction in the colo nial rate of postage, including Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P., the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, M.P., Mr. Brother ton, M.P., Mr. Macgregor, M.P., Mr. Marshall, M.P., Mr. Thomson Hankey, jun., and Mr. Matthew Uzielli, had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen, on Satur day, at his official residence, in Downing-street. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were—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 Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Moles worth. The Council sat three hours and a half. QUARTETT ASSOCIATION. This association was formed last season, under the most distinguished patronage, by MM. Sainton, Cooper, Hill, and Piatti, four of the most accomplished and con summate artistes of the day on their respective instru ments, and who, by constantly practising together, are enabled to perform the compositions of the great mas ters, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Spohr, &c., with the most perfect and finished execution. A work never before heard in this country is promised to be produced at each meeting ; and a talented and most interesting critical analysis of the compositions selected for performance, prepared by Mr. G. A. MTarren, is annexed to each programme. A pianist of eminence is also to be engaged for each of the six fortnightly per formances. The association commenced the present season on Thursday last, at Willis's Rooms, with the following programme—the pianist on this occasion being Miss Arabella Goddard, whose great reputation is now permanently established :-- Quartett in C, Op. 30, No. 1 Hummell. Quartett Concertante in D, No. 7 Mozart. Grand Sonata, pianoforte, in B flat, Op. 106 Beethoven. Quartett in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2 Mendelssohn. The quartett of Hummell, ably led by M. Sainton, is the first of a set of three that has been many years in existence, though hitherto neglected and but little known, and is a most effective and pleasing composition. The sub ject melodies of the last movement are somewhat of an Ethiopian character, but they are most skilfully treated both as respects combination and contrast. Mr. Cooper led the quartett of Mozart with fine execution and true artistic feeling. In the trio we were pleased by the novel effect so beautifully produced by the retardando en the distributed and detached notes of the four instruments which lead into a resumption of the subject. The quartett of Mendelssohn was led by M. Sainton who played the first and last movements with an impetuous rapidity that fully developed the pervading character of restlessness and agitation in the composition. The other movements were well played, the peculiar Scherzo dis playing M. Sainton's remarkable neatness of bowing. The performance by Miss Goddard of Beethoven's wonderful Sonata was most astonishing. Her execution of the entire work was dignified and unconstrained, and her conception of the grandeur of the composition vigorous and profound, and at the same time genuine and unaffected, all the difficult phrases and eccentric groupings of notes flowing with the utmost gracefulness and freedom. The fugue she dashed off with extraordi nary rapidity and firmness, and the whole performance was received with great enthusiasm by a thoroughly musical audience, comprising all the eminent pianists in London, who alone can duly appreciate the unparalleled difficulty of the work. Judging by the numerous and fashionable attendance, it is very gratifying to witness the brilliant success of what may be truly entitled the most perfect and refined classical concert of the season. MEETING OF THE TORY PARTY.—Yesterday forenoon, pursuant to notice, a numerous gathering of the Tory members of the Lower House took place at the residence of the Earl of Derby, in St. James's-square. About 200 answered to the call. Mr. Disraeli was amongst the earliest arrivals ; the right honourable gentleman ap peared in excellent health and spirits. Sir John Faking ton; the Right Honourable Spencer Walpole, Lord John Manners, &c., were present. The gathering would have taken place on Monday last, but for the demise of Lord Skelmersdale, the Countess of Derby's father. The re cent Ministerial defeats seems to have infused new life into the Protectionists. —Sunday Times. ALLEGED DEATH FROM VIOLENCE.--On Saturday Mr. Roberts, one of the summoning officers of the coroner, received information of the following suspicious death : On Friday a man, named James Brown, was taken out of Granby-street, Waterloo-road, to Lambeth workhouse, suffering from some severe injury to the brain. He was attended to by Mr. Duke, the house surgeon, and everything done for him that the nature of his case required, but without effect, and he died on Saturday morning. Before his death he stated that on the previous Saturday he was in Gravel-lane, Southwark, and some man whom he knew insisted upon fighting with him, who afterwards t hrew him out of the house, and then kicked him on the head whilst on the ground. The injuries the deceased than received are presumed to have caused his death, and the police were therefore informed of the event, and they are in search of the lan des. MR. ALFRED LIITWYCHE.--On Saturday evening, at a dinner given by the members of the parliamentary corps of the Morning Chronicle to Mr. Alfred Lutwyche, upon the occasion of his retirement from amongst them, the colleagues of that gentleman took the opportunity of presenting him with a very elegant testimonial, bearing an inscription expressive of their admiration for his great scholarly acquirements, and their esteem for his high social worth. The compliment was well deserved, for during a connection of many years with this paper Mr. Lutwyche obtained the respect and confidence of all who knew him. Highly gifted, and possessing every quality which can make a man worth knowing, his colleagues feel that they experience a loss in his retirement. The testimonial was designed and manufactured by the Messrs. Angell, of the Strand, and the dinner took place at the London Tavern, under the special supervision of Messrs. Bathe and Breach. BRITISH MUSEUM.—Yesterday the annual accounts relating to the British Museum were printed in a Parlia mentary paper. The estimate of the sum required for the year ending the 31st March, 1854, is 55,8401. The sum granted for the year 1852-3 was 52,3421. The number of visitors to the establishment from Christmas, 1851, to Christmas, 1852, was 507,973. In the pre ceding year the number was 2,527,216 ; the increase arising from the opening of the Great Exhibition. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,500 Ame rican were taken for export and on speculation. The market was tame, but closed steadily at pre ♦ious rates. The sales comprised 4,500 American, 230 Pernam and Maranham at 60. to 7d., 500 Egyptian at 51d. to 7id., 700 Surat at 3id to 41d., and 120 Sea Island at Is. 9d. to 2s. 6d. per lb. Railway Shares were quiet but steady. At the quarterly meetings of Ironmasters last week there was a very full attendance, and prices were well maintained. Orders are given reluc tantly, but railway wants are expected to be large, The Board of Inland Revenue have directed that in future Birmingham shall be entered as a first-olass district for revenue purposes. By the steamer Tay there are later advices from Brazil and the Argentine provinces. The vessel has on board 12,0001. in specie. Buenos Ayres was still besieged, and trade was at a stand still. The hopes entertained of a rising trade between Paraguay and Europe seem likely to be realised, and the production of cotton will receive a great impulse from the free navigation. of the Parana. At New York on the 6th inst., money continued in active demand at full rates, and bills were wanted, the rate being up to 9/, and expected to go higher. Importers were in the market for loans to enable them to make remittances. The new sil ver coin had been issued, and was 9 parts silver and one part alloy. The amount of specie imported into New York during March, was, 6,471,258 dol lars. From Canada, the accounts to the 2d inst. state that the Inspector-General proposed to reduce the duties on raw sugar from 9s. to 65., and on refined from 14s. to 10s. He also proposes to allow goods going upwards through the St. Lawrence Canal to pass the Welland Canal free, and vice versa. The Newfoundland accounts state that 175 ves sels manned by 7,000 men, had sailed for the seal fishery. In a communication from Toronto it is stated " As an evidence of public confidence in the pros perity of the Bank of Upper Canada, the undis posed balance of its new stock, amounting to 75,0001., to complete its subscribed capital to the amount of 500,0001., the limit of its present char ter, was all taken up last week by citizens of Toronto. We have no doubt that with an increas ing dividend next July, which, we trust, the Bank will be in a position to give, the stock of this old and popular Bank will soon be at the same pre mium as most of our other well-managed banking institutions." The stock of the Toronto and Hamilton Railway Company, which was reserved for Canada, was im mediately absorbed upon the subscription books being opened there. By way of the United States, Demerara papers have been received, which mention that the weather had been very dry. An enormous number of rats had appeared, and one bite by them caused the canes to wither and die, both stalk and stool. Dogs and head-money had proved ineffectual in stopping the nuisance. The combined Court had determined to import yearly, at least, 4,000 immi grants. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : Company. Aberdeen Date. Place. April 19, Aberdeen. Belgian Eastern Junction April 18, Brussels. Demerara Dieppe and Fecamp April 29, Paris. Dijon to Besancon April 18, Paris. Glasgow Harbour Mineral April 18, Edinburgh. Gran Junction of France April 30, Paris. Great Indian Peninsula...., April 27, 3, New Broad-st. Lyons and Mediterranean April 30, Paris. North of France April 30, Paris. Paris, Caen, and Cherbourg May 4, Paris. Paris and Rouen May 3, Paris. Paris and Strasbourg April 28, Paris. _ _ Sambre and Meuse - April 30, Jardines. Southern of France. April 30, Paris. South Yorkshire May 12, London Tavern. West Flanders..., April 19, Bruges. Official returns give the tonnage of sailing vessels registered in all the colonies last year at 530,417 tons. _ _ The Stock market has been very quiet, and the speculators refrain from business, with the desire to await the presentation of the Budget. Consols have been 1.001 to for Transfer, and 100 a to for Account. The Bourse at Paris had an upward tendency on Saturday, and the news from Constan tinople is decidedly pacific. The New 31 per Cents. have been 1034 to and the 3 per Cents. 991 to par. Bank Stock has been very firm at 2251 to 2261, and East India Stock rather fluctuating at 260 to 2611. Exchequer Bills of June have been quoted 55., and East India Bonds 38s. to 40s. premium. Foreign Stocks are firm generally, though not very active. Buenos Ayres have risen to 64k and 65 upon the prospect of even a temporary cessation of hostilities. Mexican Stock has been steady at 28k to #, and Equador is exceedingly firm at 61. Grenada Deferred have been quoted 11 f. Peruvian Deferred Bonds have realised 67. Spanish New Deferred Stock is worth 24# to and the Certificate remains at 6k to . Portuguese Four per Cents have been at 40g. Russian Five per Cents. are 119 f, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 66. • The Railway Share Market has been steady though very quiet, and higher prices have been current for Great Southern and Western of Ireland, Brighton, South Eastern, and the York lines. French Shares are very firm. The Gold Mine Shares have been mostly at the former values, but the Land Companies' Shares are flat, and. also the Australian banks. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. ( From the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 994 100 99i 100 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 34 per Cent. Annuities • lo3g B A Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 India Stock 2606 16 60 li India Bonds, £lOOO 4O 38 Ditto, under £IC 30 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills lid. June. March. £lOOO.. £5OO ...................... Small ...................... 59 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.....„ Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New Bonds, 1829 dz 39, 5 per Cent 99f Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 64t, 5 EqUador Bonds G rena d a Bonds, Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Peruv i a n Deferred 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. Russ i an Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 4A per Cent lO4 Spanish Bonds 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 241 i .I. Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6i 7 4 p , i D u t c h Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Gull. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 96f TffREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto May Account .,. lOOl 1 THE FACTORY QUESTION.—On Friday last a meeting of the Central Short-time Committee of Yorkshire was held at the New Inn, Bradford, for the purpose of con sidering the present position of the factory question, and of determining, or otherwise, the propriety of joining the agitation now going on in certain parts of the county, to alter the present law. The Rely. Dr. Burnet, vicar of Bradford, presided, and, after a most careful considera tion of the subject, the committee fully approved the course pursued by the local committee, and the following resolution, moved by Mr. William Walker, and seconded by Mr. Joshua Pollard (two of the magistrates for the West Riding) was unanimously adopted—" That the central committee is willing to co-operate with the cen tral committee of Lancashire in an effort to secure for the operatives a strict enforcement of the law as it now stands, but until this be effected the committee is not prepared to join in any further agitation as to a change in the law." MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.— Some painters were work ing in the yard of the Dolphin Hotel, in Southampton, on Saturday. One of them was on the top of a ladder, about 60 feet high, when a gentleman, named Chamber layne, of Cranbury Park, Hants, drove his own carriage into the yard. The carriage touched the ladder, and the man on the top was thrown from it. In falling to the ground he fell on, some iron pailings ; one of the pales snapped in two with the force of the concussion, and on another he was impaled literally alive. Several persons rushed immediately to the spot and took him off, and Dr. Wiblin, a surgeon of the town, who wa s passing, was called in, but the poor fellow lived but a few minutes. His name was Holloway ;he had but recently married. Mr. Chamberlayne handed over 501 . in the course of the day for the benefit of the widow. THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.—A public meeting of the inhabitants of Manchester is to be held ° n ext, to take into consideration the presentC i ond h i u ti rs on da o y f the British West Indies, with a view of securing to that great country the blessings of good government. The Mayor has called the meeting in compliance with a num erously signed requisition. T h is will be the second meeting respecting India, toe first having dealt only with commercial matters; this is to deal with the poli tics of the question. ELECTION COMMITTEES.-(THIS DAY.) MAYO. At the sitting of the committee this morning, Captain John Floyd, a captain in the 3d Regiment, stated that he was stationed at Castlebar during the election. One night, a short time before the election, he was called up at 11 o' c l oc k i n consequence of a dis turbance which had taken place in the town. He found a number of priests making violent and seditious speeches from the windows of the Armstrong Hotel. They alluded to what had taken place at Stockport, and exhorted the voters not to vote for the Crown and the Castle. Colonel M'Alpine's voters were assaulted in a most brutal way, and Colonel M'Alpine, if he had not been guarded by an escort of dragoons, would have been in great danger. Stones were thrown in great numbers, some of them very large ones. The minister of the parish was pelted in a most brutal way. On the day after the nomination witness was ordered with his company to Ballinar. On entering the town the troops were hissed, an occurrence which he had never witnessed in Ireland before. The town was in great excitement all the day, and the magistrates were obliged to release several persons who had been taken by the police in order to quiet the mob. On the first day of polling there was no disturbance until after the polling. Witness had to escort a large body of Col. M'Alpine's voters out of the town they had great difficulty in getting through the mob. A violent attack was made on the voters, and the mob attempted to get the voters out of the hands of the escort. The troops were so closely pressed that witness was obliged to order his men to load, and threatened to fire. On hearing this some of the Roman Catholics priests came forward and per suaded the mob to decline, though up to that time they had been urging the mob on. The voters from Kiliala were brought up in a steamer which was procured for the purpose. Without an escort it would have been quite impossible for any of . Col. M'Alpine's voters to have got in or out of Ballinar. Previous to the Riot Act being read, witness gave orders to his men to run any of the mob through who attempted to lay hands on the voters whom they were escorting. Cross-examined—Witness did not see one individual voter prevented from giving his vote. Francis O'Donnell, clerk to Mr. Ormsby of Castlebar, was under examination when our report left. COCKERMOUTH. This inquiry was resumed this morning, when wit nesses were called as to treating, but no facts of any im portance were elicited. In the course of the morning the room was cleared on the question of Mr. Senhouse's agency, which was decided by the committee to be prima facie established. BARNSTAPLE. This committee resumed this morning at half-past eleven, when the examination of witnesses was proceeded with. A Buckingham—Was a freeman of Barnstaple. Was canvassed for his vote by Sir William Frazer and Mr. Bremridge. Mr. Marsh and Mr. Evans were with them. Was canvassed at his own house. Did not re member if he promised his vote at that time. I knew Mr. Marsh's house in Barnstaple. Went to Marsh's house several times before the election. Went to the house of a man named Williams on the polling day. Was told to go there by Charles Parkins. Went to Williams's to get something to drink. Believed he also meant to try and get a little money for his vote. Went into a bedroom at William's, where he saw several voters. There were refreshments there. There was some talk about money for votes. Went from William's house to the poll. Had heard that he might get 6/. for his vote. After voting went back to William's house. Saw 61. in a room there. Took the money up. Wil. Rams was in the room at the time. Saw other voters go into the same room. (This witness was under examination when our re port left.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) CHARGE AGAINST A LICENSED VICTUALLER. Mr. Walter Charles Cross, the landlord of the Black Horse Tavern, Oxendon-street, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with being drunk, and obstructing police-constable Bendall, 148 C, while in the execution of his duty. The officer stated that about 11 o'clock on Saturday night, he was en duty in Oxendon-street, when he saw an omnibus at the door of the defendant's house. Both the driver and conductor were in the house. Witness remained there for about two or three minutes, when the defendant, who was drunk, came out of his house, and asked him whether he (witness) had received any particular orders to remove carriages from the door of his house, and supposed complainant was one of those fast gentlemen who wanted to take the bread out of everybody's mouth, but he would see whether witness had a right to interfere. Witness desired him not to obstruct him in taking the number of the "'bus," when he said if he persisted in taking the number he (defendant) would go to the sta tion and see Mr. Otway and Inspector Whall, and would see if such an animal as witness remained in the force. Complainant told him if he had any complaint to make against him he had better go to the station and see the Inspector. Witness then took out his pocket-book for the purpose of taking the number, when d e f en d an t pushed against him a second time ; and as h e pers i ste d in interfering with him in his duty, he (witness) took him into custody and conveyed him to the station. In reply to the charge, the defendant said about half past ten, on Saturday night, a Brentford omnibus which, for the last six years, had been in the habit of stopping at his house, drove up his door, and the conductor and driver came in for their usual refreshment. While at the bar the men said they were not to stop there any more. Defendant said he was sorry for that, and would go out and speak to the constable on duty about it. He did so, and when the latter told him he was going to take the number of the omnibus, he (defendant) said " Surely you are not going to take bread out of my mouth." The constable then pushed him away, and be (defendant) certainly did get a little excited, and told him he would complain of him to the inspector. The constable then, without more to do, laid hold of him, and took him to the station, where he was pushed into a cell, where he remained for three hours without his coat. He denied being drunk. Mr. Bingham said defendant ought not to have inter fered with the officer in the execution of his duty—if the latter had taken the number of the omnibus, a summons would have been taken out, when defendant could have attended here and stated any complaint he had to make against the officer. He (Mr. Bingham) thought de fendant had been very indiscreet, and he considered it necessary to impose a small fine of 55., for improperly interfering with the constable. S TATE VISIT OF THE JUDGES TO ST. PAUL'S. —On Sunday afternoon, the judges, according t o annua l cus t o m, attended divine service in St. Paul's Church, to celebrate the first Sunday in Easter Term. The sacred edifice was crowded, and an eloquent sermon was de livered, which was listened to with great attention by all present. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the sheriffs, several aldermen, and Common Council mem bers arrived at an early hour, and at the conclusion of the service the judges formed in procession, passed through the cathedral, and took their departure in their carriages. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE.—The entertainments pro duced this week at the above highly popular establish ment, under the direction of the enterprising lessee Mr. W. Cooke, have been numerously and fashionably at tended. Among the many families of distinction were those of the Duchess of St. Albans, the Earl of Yar borough, &c. &c. The new spectacle of Amakosa, or Scenes in Kafir Warfare, has been crowned with com plete success, and the arena presents a brilliant phalanx of attraction. _ _ _ ' ----- THE PRANKS OF A LtrNATic.—On Saturday after noon, a man, apparently labouring under some intense excitement, commenced stripping himself of his clothes in front of the Royal Exchange. When stark naked he danced upon the pavement for some minutes, the by standers apparently petrified, and not interfering. There was no police. After some time he darted off at full speed up Cheapside, to the great consternation of the passengers of this crowded thoroughfare. The poor fellow, in al probalility, had made his escape from a lunatic asylum. THE ST. CROSS HOSPITAL CONTROVERSY.—The churchwardens of the parish of St. Faith, Winchester, in which the celebrated hospital of St. Cross is situated, have exercised jurisdiction in the beautiful church of St. Cross, as their parish church. They have also taken formal possession of the churchyard of St. Cross, by affixing a chain and padlock on its gates. All this has been done in direct opposition to the Rev. Earl of Guildford, the master of St. Cross. FESTIVAL OF THE THREE CHOIRS.—The triennial meet ing of the three choirs of Worcester, Hereford, and Glo cester will be held this year at Glocester, and the pre liminary arrangements have been so far carried out that the following noblemen and gentlemen have undertaken the duties of stewards of the festival :—The Right Hon. Lord Leigh, the Hon. Ashley Ponsonby, M.P., Sir William Russell, Bart., Mr. Nigel Kingscote, M.P., Mr. Mullings, M.P., Mr. W. P. Price, M.P. Mr. W. H. H. Hartley, lat e Hi g h S heriff of Gloce sterslire, Mr. C. J. Monk, son of the Bishop of Glocester and Bristol, Mr. R. P. Davies, Mr. J. Ford, sen., the Rev. H. A. S. Atwood, the Rev. B. S. Claxson, D.D., the Rev. L. B. Clutterbuck, the Rev. T. Evans, D.D., the Rev. H. B. Evans, and the Rev. C. G. Hutchinson. It is under stood that the first talent available will be secured, and the meeting, it is expected, will be held in the second week in September. Saturday FlRE.—About a quar ter to 12 o'clock on night a fire of a very alarming nature broke out in the house of Mr. Purssell, the large confectioner, 29, Ludgate-hill, which at one time threatened not only the destruction of the extensive establishment where it originated, but the houses in its immediate vicinity. The flames were first seen to issue from the shop win dows ; they then ascended with fearful rapidity to the drawing-room, and in a very short time the devouring element rushed rapidly through every portion of the house. An alarm had, in the meantime, been given at the fire station in Farringdon-street, and in a short space of time engines from that and other fire stations were quickly on the spot. A plentiful supply of water being at hand, the firemen set to work, and their energies were so well directed that the progress of the fire was considerably arrested. It was evident from the first that Mr. Purssell's house must suffer severely from the effects of the fire, and the great object of the firemen was to prevent the flames from spreading to the adjoin houses. In this they were quite successful, and by half past 12 o'clock the fire was completely extinguished, but not before the interior of Mr. Purssell's establishment was completely gutted. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY•) CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the provincial markets held on Saturday w e ! but moderately supplied with wheat, yet the demand for all kinds was in a sluggish state at drooping prices. Barley moved off steadily at full quotati o n s . O a t s were cfalt e d dear ; but malt, beans, peas, and flour were very dull, , lower to purchase. Advices from New York state that both wheat andtcer were in active request, at higher terms. In most of . continental markets the general dem a nd ' O hairquied h,ea v i,„ ; notwithstanding that the supplies on off e r h a ve Vim means extensive. "Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of Eng lii j i grain were limited. From abroad we received 9,43 9 (11 " . of wheat, 5,703 barley, 2,110 oats, 1,700 rye, 1,724 2,005 tares, 2,796 linseed, 112 mustard seed, 66 eon's seeds, 700 sacks and 11,076 brls. of flour. Wheel Fresh up to this morning's market, th e ar r ivals of W from Kent, coastwise, were rather limited ; from moderate. From the east coast, the supply was trlan, By land car r i age th e rece i p t s were sma ll , h ence the 0 0 ,, of samples of b o th re d an d an d w hit e were li m it e d, but 3 fair average condition. The attendance of both town _.,4 W country millers being f a r f rom numerous , an d the prwli i. of foreign flour rather h eav y, th e d eman d f or all kind, wheat of home p ro d uce was i n a s l ugg i s h s t a t e. In Prime however, no change t oo k pl ace , an d a t o t a l c l eara nce '— with difficulty effected. The amount of business doing in wheats for forwar d at: ivery was trifling in the extreme. With foreign wheat we were again extensively =PP chiefly ex granary. Good heavy qua liti es so ld slow l / 0 last Monday's currency • but low and middling kinds °„-' much neglected, and almost nominal in value. Floating cargoes, the arrivals of which have not be el , / large, met a dull inquiry, on former terms.' We were but moderately supplied with barley. 1118 7,1 samples were quite as dear as last week. Grinding distilling sorts sold slowly, yet the quotations were supported. NYE) were extensively supplied with malt, the axle f°l which was heavy, at barely stationary prices. e ra The show of oats was seasona bly goo d. M os t kinds li r in fair request, and late rates were fairly supported. t o We were but mode ra t e ly supp li e d w ith b eans , i n 1171 • P only a limited business was doing, at late rates. The sale for . peas ruled very inactive, but no chant took piaci in prices. The flour trade was heavy, and the top price of the b e/i co town-made was 445. per 2801bs. American parcels very dull. RIAL IdEASURL rstalt—Chevalter 61s to Oats -- Yorkshire and 911 Lincolnsk., Feed 1 0 ' 90 Potato ...... • • • • 211 Youghal and Cork IN 81ack....... 1 61 Cork, White. • • •• i7l 4i Scotch, Feed... •• 3.. 0' Beans—Tick ......... 3 4 ' 41 , Pigeons ...... 36 ' 5. 4 Peas—Grey 30 ' Maple . 3 3 ' 40 White... 36 40 1 Boilers •••.• • • •• 27' 4 4 ' Flour—Town-made. •• Suffolk .......... 31° 9ci Stockta & Norfolk 32' IMPORTS LOTTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. 12 ... 12 ..• , 1,505 ... -- 977 ". 359 ••• T0ta1.... 616 3,208 401 ••• The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. 1852 254 754 ... ... 307 ••• 0 1851 443 ... 1,018 393 1850 464 545 235 ••• 1849 325 580 185 ••• 1848 532 ... 588 ... ... 136 ••• #3 , To-day's market was fairly supplied with foreign Ott the time of year considered ; whilst the general qua the supply was good. - ebe From our own g raz i ng di s t r i c t s, th e rece i p t s o f ,„ ec fresh up this m orn i ng were on t h e i ncrease, and 1,00 cellent condition. O n th e w h o l e, th e a t ten d ance of town and country butchers was tolerably numerous V f itf owing to the change in the w ea th er , th ere was l es s se,' o r in the trade. However, last wee k' s p r i ces were we'eo petted, and the general top figure f or b ee f was the se' on Friday last, viz., 4s 4d per 81bs. The arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and i f oO, bridgeshire amounted to 1,800 Scots and short horns ; other parts of England, 600 Herefords, runts, Downs , and from Scotland, 300 horned and polled Scots. i (er Comparatively speaking, the numbers of sheeP, Ar very moderate ; but the general weight of the suPri ti ttd a fair average one. Notwithstanding that the e l c or trade was considered in a very sluggish state, late s eil , rencies were paid by the butchers. The primest old Do tie in the wool, were worth ss. 4,1.—0ut of the wool, 4° ' per 81bs. fi Lambs, the show of which was by no means ezte.4 sold at from ss. 4d. to 6s. 4d. per 81bs. From the Wight, 200 came fresh to hand. „ 6 We were rather scantily supplied with calves, '''- rnand for which ruled steady, at full prices. „l e o In pigs, very few transactions took place ; nevertm the quotations were well supported. (I , 15. 4 s. d. 5 0 Prime Southdown 5 2 4 Largo crso. calves 3 6 4 ',Prime small do ...4 2 5 , mall hogs ......... 3 0 4 A mall porkers ...... 3 ,I 4 o' l , uckling calve. li) Z; ,z,) Quarter old p i g s 58 4d to 6s 4d ink the offals. roastos SUPPLY. 90 (1 10 1 ..................... Beasts Sheep Calves CIJRRENCY PER Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red • ... new 42s to 47s Ditto.... .. .. .... old 438 52s Ditto, White new 44s 58s Ditt0........ old 49s 60i Nctriolk and Lin coln, lied old 46s 52s Ditto new .•• • .. 373 47s Rye—Old ...... • • 283 30s New .... 29s 2ls arley —Grinding ... • . 26s 293 Malting ........ 303 33 Chevalier .. • • •• • 359 3 s Walt—Suffolk and Nor- folk•• •• •• •• •• •• 54s lBs Brown •• .• 463 s;s KingstonandWaro 573 60s SMITHFIELD. 0 During the last week the impo r t o f f o r e ign stock London amounted to 4,225 head. In the correspe period of 1852, we received 1,315 ; i n 1851, 1,66°, ; 1850, 1,244; in 1849, 1,093; and in 1848 , 1,256 beau' From Bordeaux Ostend — Harlingen 234 Antwerp Hamburgh — Rotterdam 350 Per Blbs to si s. d. s. d. 1 Inferior Beasts ...3 2to 3 41 Second quality ...3 6 3 8 Prime large oxen 310 4 0 Primo Scots, dtc. 4 2 4 4 Inferior sheep 4 0 4 2 Second quality ...4 4 4 8 Primo erse.-wiled.4 10 5 0 Lambs . „____ TOTAL BUPPL r. Beasts Sheep and Lambs Calves . 4,092 .20,460 183 303 I Pigs , Pigs ........................ A statement and comparison of the supplies and price s °,t, oe s t o ck exhibited and sold in Smithfi e ld Cattle 31arldj$ Monday, April 19 , 1 852, and this d ay , M on d a y, Apr 1853. Per Sibs, to sink the offals. 16 ' 4 April 19, 1852. AP';' l4 ' e• s. d. a. d. e• 2 2to 2 43 2 6 210 3 6 4 . 3 0 2 231 0 ,. 4 . 3 2 3 44 . 2 6 2 8 4 0 4 210 3 44 4 5 3 6 3 8,4 10 5 310 4 25 g 6 4 6 5 6 5 3 0 3 8 , 3 2 ° 4 310 4 24 3 2 6 3 4 3 0 3 8246:2842238106 8 3 Coarse and inferior beasts Second quality ditto Prime large oxe n .. Prime Scots, die • Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality ditto ... • Prime coarse woolled ditto . Prime Southdown ditto . Large coarse calves ... . Prime small ditto ... Large hogs .. Neat small porkers ... Beasts... ... Sheep ~. ... Calves... ... Pigs ... ... 380 0 4 SUPPLIES ON SALE, April 21, 1851.—Beasts, 3,254 ; , and lambs, 22,560; calves, 194; pigs, 400. 00,7 v., April 22, 1850.—Beasts, 3,658 ; sheep and lambs, ' calves, 126 ; pigs, 230. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. .10 1/ Since this day se'nnight the arrivals of countri d o' l meat up to these markets have been seasonably goo ti t er` in fair ave rage con diti on . T o -d a y the supply slaug eo e in London was by no means extensive, whilst the g demand ruled steady, at our quotations. a. 0 , B. o Mutton, Inferior 3 u 4 o Do.,middling 3 Ag 5 4 Do., prime 4 4 o Veal 3 6 4 Pork, small 4 ° 4s 10d to 6s 4d. Per 81bs by 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 Do., do. small ....3 6 3 8 Pork, large 3 4 3 10 Lambs BOROUGH HOP. The show of all kind s o f h ops cont i nues very TD ° O 3 , Selected samples m ove off steadily at full prices. ' y n s ' kinds very little is doing, at the following quotatio„o Mid and East K en t poc k ets, 1265. to 160 s. ; Wed' Kent, 115 s. to 126 5 . ; an d S ussex, 1 00 s. to 115 s. Per ) BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Coastwise and by l an d carr i age th e rece ipt s of trot,, i 'i during the week h ave b een b u t mo d era t e . The 11- „i l , have amounted t o 60 t ons from Havre, 76 from Ite t1 ; 1 1 ~ 1 from Bordeaux, and 19,i from Dunkirk. The daT' o s', very inactive. The following are the quotatio je, York Regents, 110 s to 165 s per ton ; Lincolnshi r "' 95s to 125 s ; Scotch ditto, 105 s to 125 s ; ditto 90s to 1103; French whites, 90s to 110 s. WOOL. viitty There is still some activity in the market for all 'wit,' English wool, the prices of which are freely suPPL every instance. The prospect of a short clip, and val of orders from Belgium, have induced many r i r , ',yl hold for higher currencies. Foreign and colonial ; 0 0 6 are firm, and quite as dear. Last week's imports ,„or'L bales from Hambro', 13 from Ostend, 142 from i rn 517 from Sydney, 91 from Alexandria, 120 from t u ' and 18 from Dunkirk. SEEDS. 1)°,1 Since our last report, the arrivals of linseed Wi o gro but moderate ; yet the demand has continued in state. On the spot, Black S ea h as c h ange d hand , ' ` s t, fO,l 47s to 48s per quarter. Al exan d r i an , off the c°, 3 ,. t; sold at 44s 3d. all char ges i nc l u d e d. At p u blic 0 4 "" ci ol e l l quarters Calcutta went a t f rom 44 s t o 455. BAP° el° i but the best Calcutta is worth 48s per quarter. seed and cakes have a downward tendency. carraway .. •••• • • • • 10 .1 Coriander........ ••_." 6,1 Hempseed, per quarto; DO 1 1 , Linseed, Eng.iowing' • 413 0 Crushing .• ••• • " 48 11 Baltic • • ••.. •• " 41 6 Odessa • • •• • • • • •' Linseed Cake, pr. toArbo 5 , 15 English •• . Si co Rapeß a p e s F C o e e r ad e k i , g esx x p wp e r : tpo t r o n : 4 7 2l l ill, Turnip,White, per bush. 9s to lls Swede .......... 10s 12s' Mustard, 8r0wn...... 7e 9s White, new 7sod 9s Tares,Winter, new Os Od Os Od Spring .......... 5s 64 6s 6d Canary, per quarter .. 403 44s Rye grass...• • • 283 84s Clover, Red Eng . (cwt.) 4ls 623 White .• • • .... • . 48i 673 Foreign Red •• • • 441 62s White.. •• 50s 67. Trefoil, new.......... 28s 33a TALLOW. stV Since Monday last our m ar k e t h as ru l e d and tho general quotations have had an upward ‘ ,l to To-day, P.Y.C., on the spot, i s quo t e d a t 4is and for delivery during tho last three months' e tcir 46s 3d per cwt. Town tallow is 46s 6d per cwt. , rough fat, 2s 7id per Elbs. 1 1849. 1851. - 18 52 1, 42, 91 ! 3 . s to o °' 0 5 1, 5 0,60 , 1, 19 1 102, 98 ' 360 /:$6 Stock this day ...... ' 26,243 29,182 1 34,242 Price of Y. C. .... I Z ' O B Je 9 (l l dl 37 o B os t d Od to 440 ossOdi,dto Delivery last week ..: 1,322 1 1,570 777 Ditto from June 1.... ' 96,137 1 86,446 86,2 Arrivals last week .. 269 B9 65 Ditto from June 1.... ' 108,847 90,157 94,963 Price of Town ......1 41s Od 38s Od 4ls Od 9 1 10 4 c ofl 4 /' 9 3 ' 1 1 0 1, I 9 1, 490