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LITERATURE. THE QUAIITERLIES. The Edinburgh Review. No. CXCVIII. Having already commented at some length on the vulgarity and coarseness of the attacks made this month by th e grea t Whi g Q uar t er ly—one on " Ali -80 L's History of Europe since 1815," and the other ° l l " Mr. Disraeli, his Character and Career," we shall d o no more here than reiterate t h e expression of our really heartfelt indignation. Anything comparable to these two articles in either spite or indecorum has not for many years past disgraced one of th e more i mportant organs o f criticism in the "whole range of periodical literature. Enough of this, however, and rather more than enough. apapers ix ques ti on — a p ar t f rom their humorous u.isplays of mingled wit and personality—would, in a ble le unfairn ess o f cr iti c i sm , have been discredit , to any, even the lowest class of publication. degree are, consequently, disgraceful to the last ucigree a periodic a l like the Edinburgh, enjoying a high and deservedly high reputation. Turning to the o th er rev i ew contained i n the current num • Nve find the difficult question of " Marriage Nitha dece ase d Wif e ' s Si s t er " cons id ere d i n all its vbe arings,, especially i n re f erence t o the views enter rued upon thi s su bj ec t by L or d Denman, as well by Messrs. Binney, Denison, and Campbell- Foster. curious essay entitled " The Church of England in the Mountains" has regard to the position of Wales and the Welsh in reference I : 0 Education an d Ch r i s tianity. During the 111.8 ° of a pleasant but rather superficial and di scursive, i chat about " Recent Novels" cor dial Words o f encouragemen t are a dd r essed to • author of th e four stories —" The Ogil e,s, : Olive"—" The Head of a Family"— e t `t. " Agatha's H us band." Of the first of these e the reviewer observes sententiously that the style was careful, the narrative interesting, sad , the characters on the whole attractive, and well sustained ; but it differed from the B ett r sort of ordinary novels chiefly by a fresher he s ays, and a more thoughtful tone." Of the second s ays, that it " was similar in character, and nea rly d equal in execution, but marked by a ten e6cY to dwell, with too prolonged minuteness, on details of severe mental struggles—always critic a morbid symptom." Of the third the ta t nlo observes, " This tale was a marked improve ment upon its predecessors ; altogether it appeared 11 , - ,, 11 4. 8 , One of the most pleasing and beautiful do mestic fictions we had ever read"—while, .of the j i j ia j t ,b) he writes " Agatha's Husband,' which has "eell published, is equal in interest, and . su perior in artistic merit ; the author treads with a *D a step, handles the pencil with the conscious -1:4;• 13 f more assured power, and in her pictures a reflections displays the resources of a richer a d niaturer mind." We have transcribed these tiT le giums into our columns not simply because . th e y happen happen to accord wonderfully well with "sews j _ already expressed by ourselves as to the th;rl, is of the four fictions particularised, but and We deem it but fair to the youthful We " promising author of those fictions that tp ,„Sliould afford every additional publicity to ra ll Y valuable, because authoritative, encou- O e ulent. Such, therefore, are the opinions pro anted by the Edinburgh upon " The og,ilvies," yPon " Olive," upon " The Head of a Family," and 0 1 °11 " Agatha's Husband." It must do a world good, moreover, to another writer to learn that th e Whig Quarterly, in the same article, declares a t '" about the most exquisitely beautiful and L „ Werful tale of the last thirty years," is " The ",tuiral's Daughter." Speaking of the great nove -6'..0f the present age—and, of course, particu -1)11_111g especially Bulwer Lytton and Charles he c '''-eus—the reviewer remarks of the former, that a " has now b een before the world for a quarter of ce ntury ; has tried first the fashionable, then the te nlantie and incidental, then the sentimental, then th e historical, then the humoristic novel ; has been i Ztnently successful in every line, and immeasurably most successful in his latest phase." True in every fetter—so true that we shall look with some curiosity Z r that elaborate criticism on " My Novel," which er , e Work ought, by its extraordinary merits, to contributions from the Edinburgh. To another of the referred in the present number we have already etred in our leading columns—we allude here to 10 „ 6 . ingenious paper on " The National Gallery," }Zell, by an amusing coincidence, appeared s.inaul i'4eously with Mr. Dyce's pamphlet. Besides a R... °BBl l ) Pingiseview of " Marcellus's Memoirs of the os toration," the Edinburgh contains a dull and derarticle on " The ncoe Tax," a . nd ,, one yet ' e r and heavier on " "Public Education. The Quarterly Review. No. CLXXXIV. 4. Perhap s we should the most accurately charac nse the majority of the articles in the current Zunber of th e Q uar t er ly by designating them mere al / P le rneutary curiosities of literature. This is ffieiently apparent from the titles of the ref erence to contributors. One of them, for example, has 0 7erence to Mr. Scrope's memoirs of the Families "Unstanville, Tiptoft, Scrope, Fastolf, and Bad legniere, given by the biographer in his history of b ? ancient barony of " Castle Combo," in Wilt t,,lCte. Another gives a gossipping accoun t of " Hu -7 Hair," in all its manifold peculiarities. An t:er tells us all about " the Old Countess of Des 11'1" —a chapter of family romance, attractive to tl l ve e rY lettered genE e ologist. This paper refers to " Hungarian Campaigns," with especial re ftenee to the rivalry of " Kossuth and Gorgei," an d e that relates i .to ,the l o ng-prosecuted, but as yet 14 1 4 4 Y . ineffectual, , Search for Sir John Frank- Heref we meet with a cold-blooded analysis lethe "Buckingham Papers," in which the re tic" insists upon the absolute impossibility of kaPers in question having ever been edited by It e 4 '`, r ace the present Duke of Buckingham. There Do ce nts a delightful anecdotal description of the of " Apsley House," lately the scene of a 411)1 -liar pilgrimage. Finally, we have on one hand l i tiniry into " The Two Systems at Penton % pil l e i, ' and on the other a criticism upon " Maurel 14 () ,Te Duke of Wellington." Are not these, we ask, th,Z 3 f them, in subject, curiosities of literature ? And are' are not only so in subject, but several of them ruereov er , in treatment. Take the contribu ih2' a bout " Human Hair" in illustration. Speak vis4,9' the melancholy situation of any unfortunate tilt - 7 4 undergoing the misery of having his hair taai e° "le writer says—" Swathed in wrappers of a ba , the h ea d fixed by a neckfull of short hairs, bu l yl ll , i s planted like an unfortunate wicket, and Dot s ed at by the abhorred barber, with pomatum th e essences, tinctures, and small talk." And lo wn ,• el lPen. he quotes for general delectation the fol laapg humorous scene from Punch, who, says he, ( cr - ,„'E evidently suffered from this martyrdom, of mends a very neat style of batting, or rather `Se tv ()e4 lng the balls, as thus Barber's Shop. Barber's men engaged in • PBra ti " i ng hair, making wigs, and other barbaresque e ns. J ones Enter Jones, meeting Oily the barber. Oily 'I wish my hair cut. Pray, Sir, take a seat. [O il Pray, puts c h a i r for Jones, who sits. During the Oil ' l , ° . l . l °lvireg dialogue Oily continues cutting Jones's J o rs - We'Te had much wet, Sir. Oil s ~Very much indeed. J ooe And y e t N ovem ber's early days were fine. They were. 'ttif t s c i I hoped fair weather might have lasted us Jo ue e end. 43 11 y 37 0 , At one time—so did I. Jo w e have had it very wet. We have. • 1 1 [A pause of some minutes. ~„bt th. know not , Sir, who cut your hair last time ; lg doubt , Sir, it was badly cut : a one t wa s in the country. Oil s_ No ! in town ! a r e o " e ; 10,deea' in ! I should have fancied otherwise. 13 4 lwas cu t town, and in this very room. ke Oily b w ell had an zeraent !—but I now remem er w . awkward new p rov i n cial hand, orTs da from t th e country. Sir, he did s aage my businessweek - .(e4ones4l.4B4%lie.Yvsekill can in a year repair. %). .cut your lair. Oil y_ (looking king at him). No—'twas yourself. J o yself ! Impossible ! You must mistake. [4 - leo don't mi s t a k e —' twas you th a t cu t my hair. 0 . th e ,f e Pause, interrupted only by the clipping o e issor s . r hair is very dry, Sir. v oh! indeed. ,one__ l r • egetable Extract moistens it. 1 , 4 ' 11 Y-_l 3 „:ike it d ry . pis qun ",? Sir, the hair when dry ,ork es __ grey. h„„.• That colour I prefer. b a i d - ne , 'when grey, will rapidly fall off, on es` will will ensue. 11, 0 i1 "e' Y .- Per I would be bald. ve wigs 89 a PS you m ean to say you 'd lik e a w i g .— 'l ora natural th e y can ' t b e to ld J o re al a l hair • [An other Deceptio n I d etest. d own Pause ensues, during which Oily blows li neo ° fles's neck, and relieves him from the d_upi ng wr th a Pper in which he has been enveloped e process of hair cutting. acs brushes, soaps and scent of every kind. 011y~(Pays 6d.) I think you'll , [find that right. I can show you, Sir. Tll 4 • Q t il Y el .°Bli n h ot a h v i e r: g Yet—there may be some y` .1-Low rue. [thing too Name, it Sir. Oily (4 - ,13 1 ,• The door. SoWI cut "hlisinnlaasbe)h--;Tht as a rum customer [ a E t x a i n t any rate. le cut me, littl ad would be ! Weltila&Srls.lifariirenlidpsownihllisaallielour pains requite, 15e for better luck another night. [Shop-bell r i ngs and curtain falls. ' 44341 Yais 14 aCle by Baron Justus Liebig, show. ing that, according to the colour of hair, its pig ment cells reveal a considerable difference in their constitution, is given as thus tabularised _ Fair Hair. Brown Hair. Black Hair. Carbon 49.345 50.622 49.935 Hydrogen 6.576 6.613 6.631 Nitrogen 17.936 17.936 17.939 Oxygen and sulphur 26.143 24.829 25.498 The following passage will be regarded by many as towards its close altogether disgusting and abomi nable. All young lovers more especially we would earnestly recommend not by any means to glance at these matter-of-fact remarks about hair : "An examination of its structure shows that the dif ference of colour is entirely owing to the tinct of the fluid which fills the hollow tube in each hair. This tinct or pigment shows through the cortical substance in the same manner that it does through the epidermis of a negro. Hair is, in fact, but a modification of the skin. The same might be said of feathers, horns, and scales. Not improbably the distinguished lady now honouring these pages with her attention, will be shocked at hearing that her satin-soft shoulder is almost chemically inden tical with the plated and roughened mail of the croco dile—and she will hardly perhaps believe us when we infrrm her that her bird, when he sets right some err ing feather with his beak, is acting with the same chemically composed instrument upon the same chemi cally composed material as Mademoiselle does when she disentangles with a comb her charming mistress's softly flowing tresses. The fond lover again, as he kisses some treasured lock, will doubtless be disgusted when we tell him, that, apart from the sentiment, he might as well impress his fervent lips upon a pig's pettitoe, or even upon the famous Knob Kerry, made out of the horn of a rhinoceros, carried by the king of hunters, Mr. Roualleyn Gordon Cumming." Whereupon the reviewer gives this capital descrip tion of hair anatomically considered : " The hair, anatomically considered, is composed of three parts—the follicle or tubular depression in the skin into which the hair is inserted—the bulb or root of the hair—and the stalk or cortical part filled with pigment. A single hair, with its follicle, might be roughly likened to a hyacinth growing from a glass—with this difference, that the hair is supplied with nutriment exclusively from below. The bulb, which rests upon the reticulated bed of capillary vessels of the cutis and sub-cutaneous tissue, draws its pigment cells or colouring matter directly from the blood—in like manner, the horny sheath is secreted directly from the capillaries—so that, unlike the hya cinth plant, it grows at its root instead of at its free ex tremity. A hair is not, as it appears, a smooth cylindri cal tube like a quill ; on the contrary, it is made up of a vast number of little horny laminae—or our reader might realise its structure to herself by placing a number of thimbles one within the other, and as she adds to this column by supplying fresh thimbles below, she will get a good notion of the manner in which each hair grows, and will see that its oldest portion must be its free ex tremity." Upon the article descriptive of the "Hungarian Cam paigns" we have already in our leading columns com mented. The other, to which we would here more particularly direct attention, is the one contrasting the two systems at Pentonville. The Westminster Review. New Series. No. VI. Unfortunately we have left ourselves but little space for reference to the contents of the new num ber of the Westminster. Altogether it is about the best number since it passed under its present ma nagement. The different contributions comprised in it are more agreeably diversified, and some of them are distinguished by a more than usual dis play of scholarly intelligence. We would particu larly commend, as deserving of careful perusal the charming paper on " Martial and his Times," inter spersed with a profusion of illustrative quotations. Reference was some time since made by us elsewhere in this journal, to the introductory contribution re lating to " Jamaica Distress and British Philan thropy." Perhaps the most readable production in the number is the criticism, or rather, we might more correctly term it, the panegyric on " Thacke ray's Works." There is a thoughtful chapter on " Iconoclasm in German Philosophy." Further on we have another puff direct of the " Poems of Alexander Smith," poems that ought long ago to have set the Thames on fire if they really possessed a portion of that fire of genius which has been eulogised by so many choral publications. Besides these contributions, there are other entertaining papers—one on " French Writers on French Policy," another on " Ruth and Villette," recent novels so entitled, another on the " Educational Institutions of the United States," and another on the Creeds and Heresies of " Early Christianity." Beyond all we have the usual Foreign Quarterly supplement, reviewing in regard to England, Ame rica, Germany, and France, the principal features of contemporary literature. EPSOM-(THIS DAY.) BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS.— Stone Plover, Sir Richard, Talfourd, Telltale, the Pearl, Lady Mary, Helena, Charity, Hothorpe, Snarry, Cotton Lady, Eccentricity, War whoop, Miss Delamere, Frantic, Nabob, Conmore, Dul cet, Hampton, Bushranger, Plumstead, Vermuth, Gipsy Boy, Hambletonian, Invasion, Don Pedro, Apple ton, The Monk, Knavery, The Mersey, Thornhill, Ab dallah, The Greek, Mayfly, f. by lon, 3yrs, Oxus, 2yrs, Mons. Sevigne, 2 yrs, Sine-qua-non, Londesborough, Cranbourne, Spinaway, c. by John o'Gaunt (Glacis), f. by Van Tromp, Lady Audrey, The Arrow, Herbert, Young Norval, May Day, Sweetheart, Iresine, f. by Confederate, Shipwreck, Freestone, The Siege, The Don, Bribery, 2 yrs, by Libel out of Splitvote, Jack Frost, 2yrs, f. by Bay Middleton out of Lady Strut, Cheddar, f. by Epirus out of Empress, 2yrs, c. by Co therstone out of Empress, 2yrs, Honeywood, Grapeshot, Sittingbourne, Filbert, Pharold, Diomedia, Tonic, Hugo, Ada, Folly of the Day, Sabra, Tell, Governor. CRICKET. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. THIS DAY. At Lord's—Two select Elevens of the Marylebone Cricket Club, with Two Bowlers on each side. At the Oval—Oval Club opening day. At Oxford—An Eleven of England v. Fifteen of Ox fordshire. To-Moßßow. At Oxford—The above match resumed. _ WEDNESDAY. At Oxford—The above match concluded. THURSDAY. At Leeds—Leeds Clarence ♦. Manchester Broughton, FIRDAT. At Leeds—The above match concluded SATURDAY. At Lord's —Wellesley House School v. Bruce Castle School. At Vincent-square—Single-wicket match. This being the Derby week, there have, as usual, been but few matches appointed. MARYLEBONE CLUB AND GROUND v. THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. This great annual match, which was commenced on Fenner's Ground, at Cambridge, on Thursday, was brought to its conclusion on Friday evening. Thus was the final score : THE UNIVERSITY. C. Pontifex, Esq., run out 4 s Nicholson, b Walker... 20 H. G. Southwell, Esq., run out 2O s Nicholson, b Walker... 0 W. M. Leake, Esq., b Grundy Sts Nicholson, b Walker... 43 C. Norman, Esq., c Hartnell, b Grundy 3l run out 34 M. Kempson, Esq., c Gades den, b Grundy 0 b Dean A. R. Ward, Esq.; not out... 53 c Nicholson b Walker 0 Hon. D. Campbell, c Walker, b Grundy H. K. Boldero, Esq., b Gor don l2 c Knight, b Grundy 27 F. E. Stacey, Esq., b Grundy 0 b Walker W. Mamie, Esq., b Grundy.. 0 not out T. D. Tremlett, Esq., b Dean 11 c Gordon, b Dean Byes 2, legs 3 . 28 8 Total 207 Total 157 XARYLIEBONE OLUB. C. Gordon, Esq. c Campbell, b Pontifex 2 b Kempson 23 W. Nicholson, Esq., b Kemp son 34 b Kempson Dean, c Stacey, b Pontifex... 6 c Pontifex, b Kempson 2l Grundy, c Kempson, b Ponti fex 8 1 w b, Maule 0 F. Walker, Esq., b Kempson 37 b Maule.. E. G. Hartwell, Esq., b Kemp son G. Knight, Esq., c Norman, b Pontifex 5 s Stacey, b Maule 2 R. Gadcsden, Esq., b Maulo 0 b Kempson 1 C. 0. Eaton, Esq., b Kemp son W. A. Mather, Esq., c Stacey h Manic l5 run out 4 T. Crawley, Esq., not out 15 b Kempson ...... 7 Byes 11, legs 3, wide 5 0 b Maul° 1 8 not out 9 Byes 5, legs 6, wide 4.... 15 ..136 Total And so the M.C.C. were vanquished by 133 runs. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MISSIONARY. By the Rev. J. P. Fletcher, Curate of South Hampstead, author of " A Two Years' Residence at Nineveh," 2 vols., 21s.— We are requested to state that the above work is pub lished this day by Messrs. Hurst and Blackett (suc cessors to Mr. Colburn), 13, Great Marlborough-street, who have also just published—The Duke of Bucking ham's " Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George III.," second and revised edition, 2 vols. Bvo., with por traits, 30s. " Eighteen Years on the Gold Coast of Africa, including an Account of the Native Tribes," by Brodie Cruickshank, Esq., 2 vols., 21s. " Sam Slick's Wise Saw's and Modern Instances, or What he Said, Did, or Invented," 2 vol s . , 21si " Classic and Historic Portraits," by James Bruce, 2 vols., 21s. " Family Romance," by J. Bernard Burke, Esq., author of "The Peerage," &c., 2 vols., 21s. " Narrative of a Journey Round the World, with a Visit to the Gold Regions of California and Australia." by F. Gerstaecker, 3 vols., 31s. 6d. " The Marvels of Science, and their Testimony to Holy Writ,'' by S. W. Fullow, Esq., fourth and cheaper edition, revised, 7s. 6d. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 185 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The leading country markets held on Saturday were very moderately supplied with home grown wheats ; neverthe less, the demand for all kinds was in a sluggish state, and prices had a downward tendency. Barley and malt—the show of which was limited—sold slowly, on previous terms. In oats, very little was doing ; but beans and peas were quite as dear. Flour was very dull. The latest accounts from New York state that the de mand for grain and flour was in a very inactive state, on previous terms. Nearly the whole of the continental mar kets has continued dull, yet the shipments to England have been extensive. The Black Sea markets have been drooping. The arrivals of English grain up to our market, last week, were on the increase. From abroad, we received 28,606 quarters of wheat, 13,172 of barley, 25,353 oats, 89 peas, 87 tares, 2,657 linseed, 2,003 refined, 35 mustard seed, 532 sundry seeds, and 1,404 sacks, and 17,362 barrels of flour. An unusually short supply of wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market coastwise from Kent and Essex. From the east coast the arrivals wore trifling in the extreme, and there was a falling off in the receipts by land carriage ; hence the show of samples of both red and white was very limited, but in full average condition. Notwithstanding that the attendance of both town and country millers was far from extensive, the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce ruled steady, and a good clearance was effected at fully last Monday's decline in the quotations. The fall in the local markets not having been so exten sive as here during the present month, the growers were firm, but the business doing for forward delivery was limited. We were very extensively supplied with foreign wheat, fresh as well as ex-granary. Selected samples of both red and white were in somewhat improved request, at full prices. Low and middling kinds sold slowly, but no change took place in the quotations. Floating cargoes sold heavily, nevertheless previous rates were supported. The arrivals off Falmouth have not been large. Fine English barley was very scarce ; whilst the sale for it was steady, at full quotations. Grinding and distilling parcels of foreign moved off slowly, on former terms. Malt—the show of which was but moderate- sold at last week's currency. Very few home grown oats were brought forward, but the' supply of foreign was large. Sales progressed slowly, yet prices were supported. Beans were in short supply and steady demand, at full currencies. The sale for peas was firm, at late rates. White boilers were the turn dearer. . Very little English flour was on offer, but the supply of foreign was large. The trade was heavy, at barely sta tionary prices. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASIIRE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red •• •• new 37s to 43s Ditt0............ old 37s 47s Ditto, White new 37s 47s Ditto•• •• .... old 398 54s NesrSolk and Lin coln, Red, old 37s 47s Ditto new •• •• •• 83s 42s Rye—Old •• •• •• 288 30s New .• .• •• 293 31s Ltrley —Grinding .• • •• 24s 283 Malting . •• •• 303 32, Chevalier•• •• 33s 36s Malt—Suffolk and Nor folk•• •• •• 52s 88s drown .•• •• •• .......• 461 52s Kingston and Ware 573 60s Malt—Chevalier .. 61s to 633 Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsk., Feed 16s 21, Potato ••• • 20 24, Youghal and Cork 81ack....... 15s 19s Cork, White .• . I7a 21s Scotch, Feed. 20s 25s Beans—Tick 34s 38s Pigeons .... 36. 444 Peas—Grey ..••. • • • • • 30s 35s Maple .•• • • . 33s 36s White... ••• • • • 36 , 403 Boilers •• • . • .... 37 40s Flour—Town-made... 39s 44s Suffolk • • ........ 32s 34s Stockta St Norfolk 32s 36s SMITH: 'IELD. During the last week the import of foreign stock into London amounted to 2,582 head. In the corresponding period of 1852, we received 2,505 ; in 1851, 2,451; in 1850, 2,012 ; in 1849, 1,739 ; and in 1848, 2,355, and in 1847, 2,961 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WHIM. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1 ... 43 ... 8 -- ••• 8 ... From Beasts. Bromvershaven 17 Harlingen 243 Antwerp 29 ... Hamburgh 3 ... 524 Rotterdam-- 170 600 ... 5 ... 289 ... 20 Dordt Sheep. --. ••• 524 ... Total .... 462 ... 1,741 ... 13 ... 338 ... 28 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1852 3BO ... 1,646 30 ... 435 ... 14 1851 426 1,597 ... 45 322 61 1850 227 ... 1,428 ... 230 127 1849 406 976 ... 10 ... 345 2 1849 615 ... 1,329 ... 18 ... 333 ... To-day's market was seasonably well supplied with each kind of foreign stock, the general quality of which was good. The demand was less active than of late, and the value of beasts and sheep had a downward tendency. The arrivals of beasts from our own grazing districts were unusually large, the time of year considered, and of very superior quality ; indeed, the supply was one of the best we ever witnessed at this particular period. Nowith standing that the attendance of both town and country buyers was extensive, and that numerous sales of beasts took place for distant local consumption, the beef trade, arising from the large excess in the supply, was in a slug gish state, at a decline in the prices obtained on Monday last of 2d. per 81bs. The top figure for the general run of Saots was 4s. 4d. per 81bs. ; but we may observe that 10 wonderful Highlanders were sold by weight at 4s. Bd. per 8 lbs. It is necessary to intimate that the sale just alluded to fermed the almost sole exception as to price ; hence, graziers in general will undersand that the average highest quotation for beef was 4s. 4d. per Blbs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we have received 2,600 Scots and Shorthorns ; from other parts of England-700 Herefords, runts, Devons, Scots, &c. ; and from Scotland, 510 horned and polled Scots. There was a considerable increase in the supply of sheep, compared with Monday last ; nevertheless, prime old Downs, out of the wool, sold at Eriday's currency, viz., 4s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. per 81hs. Long-wools and half-breds, especially the former, moved off slowly, and in most instances the quotations pad a downward tendency. Nearly the whole of the sheep were out of the wool. From the Isle of Wight 350 lambs came to hand, and the arrivals from other quarters were tolerably good. All kinds sold steadily, at very full rates, viz., ss. to 6s. 4d. per 81bs. The primost calves were in good request, and the turn dearer, some of them having realised ss. 2d. per Blbs. Other kinds of veal sold readily, at very full prices. We were fairly supplied with pigs, in which a steady business was doing, at fully previous rates. Per 81bs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts ...3 oto 3 2 Second quality ...3 4 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 310 Prime Scots, dic. 4 0 4 4 Inferior sheep ...3 8 310 Second quality ...4 0 4 2 Prime crse.-wlled.4 2 4 4 Lambs t. d. s. d. PrimeSouthdown 4 6 4 8 Large orse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Large hogs 3 4 3 8 Smallporkers 310 4 4 Suckling calves 20 0 26 0 Quarter old pigs 19 0 24 0 5s Od to Cs 4d. TOTAL SLTPPLT. Beasts Sheep and Lambs 22,740 Calves Pigs 330 A statement and comparison o: stock exhibited and sold it Monday, May 24, 1852, an( 1853. Per Sibs, to sink the offals. May 24, 1852. May 23,1852 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 2 6to 2 8 3 oto 3 2 Second quality ditto ... 210 3 2 3 4 8 6 Prime large oxen ... ... 3 4 3 6 3 8 310 Prime Ses, &c ... 3 8 310 4 0 4 4 Coarse and inferior sheep ... 210 3 0 3 8 310 Second quality ditto . ... 3 2 3 4 4 0 4 2 Prime coarse woolled duo 3 6 3 8 4 2 4 4 Prime Southdown ditto ... ... 3 3 310 4 6 4 8 Lambs ... ... 4 2 5 4 5 0 ti 4 Large coarse calves Prime small ditto .. Large hogs ... ~ ... ... ... 3 4 3 104 0 4 6 4 0 4 44 8 5 0 ... ... 1 . ... 1: .. 2 6 3 43 4 3 8 3 6 3 8 310 4 4 3,681 4,869 25,140 22,470 ... 221 237 Pigs ... ... 450 330 SUPPLIES ON SALE, May 26, 1851.—Beasts, 3,835 ; sheep and lambs, 27,070 ; calves, 247 ; pigs, 490. May 27, 1850.—Beasts, 3,317 ; sheep and lambs, 22,850; calves, 19 0 ; pigs, 320. Neat small porkers Beasts... Sheep... . Calves... NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Notwithstanding that the supplies of each kind of meat on offer here to-day were seasonably good, and in fair average condition, the general demand ruled steady, at our quotations. _ _ Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 10 3 0 Do., middling 3 2 3 4 Do., prime largo 3 6 3 8 Do., do. smpil 3 8 3 10 Pork, large 3 4 3 10 Lambs s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 8 3 10 Do.,middling 4 0 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 (1 Veal 3 10 4 10 Pork, small 4 0 4 il is:Od to 6s 4d. BOROUGH HOP. The demand for all kinds of hops is improving, and prices are fully 4s per cwt. higher than on this day se'nnight. The imports last week were 34 bales from Hamburgh, and 34 from Antwerp. Mid and East Kent pockets, 1265. to 1688. ; Weald of Kent, 115 s. to 130 s. ; and Sussex, 112 s to 126 s per cwt. BOROUGH AND SP ITALFIELDS. For the time of year, the arrivals of potatoes coastwise and per railway continue very moderato—indeed, it is evident that the stocks all over the country are now nearly exhausted. Last week's imports were 111 sacks ; 79 tons from Dunkirk, 100 tons from Rotterdam, and 150 ditto from Hamburgh. Although the trade is by no means active at this market to-day, prices are comparatively high. York Regents, 140 s to 180 s per ton ; Lincolnshire do., 120 s to 140 s ; Scotch ditto, 105 s to 140 s ; ditto reds, 1003 to 110 s ; Foreign, 90s to 100 s. WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool commenced on Thurs day. Up to the present time the attendance of buyers has been very moderate, and the biddings have ruled inactive at unaltered quotations. About 6,000 bales have now changed hands, as follows :—Port Philip—Clean sheep's, is Ord to 2s 11 ; damaged lld to is 3d ; black, 9d ; lambs, 2s to 2s 21d ; ditto damaged, 10d ; ditto part black, is 9d ; pieces, is 51d to is 81d ; ditto grease, 9d to is 11d ; locks, is 5d to is 81d ; part ditto, is 7d ; pieces and locks, is 4d to is 71d ; Mixed, is 91d ; grease, 10d to is 3d ; ditto lambs', is 41d ; second skin, is 9d ; handwashed ditto, is 61d to is Bd.—Cape--Clean sheep's, is ld to is 10d ; damaged, is to is 6d ; very low, 3d ; second, is 6d to is 9d ; handwashed, 10d to is 6d ; black and grease, 81d ; pickings, 5d to 9d ; grease, 51d to is 3d ; ditto lambs', 111 d ; skin, is 2d to is 41d ; Pieces, 10d to is 31d.—Laun ceston—Second skin, is 9d ; handwashed ditto, is 11d to to is 7d.—Hobart Town—Handwashed skin, is 5d to is 71d ; ditto damaged, is 51d ; ditto locks, ls 41d ; clean sheep's, is B ::,d. — Sydney--Second sheep's, is 7d to 2s 3d ; handwashed ditto, is 7d to is 71d ; ditto damaged, is 21d ; handwashed skin, is 141 to is 7d; ditt o damaged, b is 2d to is 31d ; clean sheep's, is 61d t o i s 101 d ; second pieces, is 6d to 2s 3d; locks, is 31d to is ;- ditto and black, 111 d ; damaged, 11d per lb. P r i va t e l y, very li tt l e i s doing. Last week's imports were about 500 bales, from various quarters. SEEDS. Linseed continues in very moderate request, and prices are barely supported. Black Sea on the spot has changed hands at 46s to 46s 6d. A ca rgo from the Sea of Azoff has I realised 465. Rape steady. Cakes and other articles are dull in sale. At auction, 150 qrs., Teel went at 50s 6d to 51s 6d. ; and 18 qrs. Bombay rape 40s 6d per qr. - - Tarnip,White, per bush. 9s to 11 s Swede • • lOs 12sl vtustard, Brown.. ...• 7s Os White, new Is (id O s T Ares, Winter, new .. .. Os Od Os Od Spring • • • • .. 4s 6d 5s 6d Canary, per quarter . 40s 44s Rye grass.. •.. •• • Mover,RedEng. White •• Foreign ited...... ..:... 46s 485 'Coriander.. • • 11$ 14s liempseed, per quarter 38s 44s Linseed, Eng.:owing • • 54s 58s Crushing •• • • 45s 80s Baltic .. •• ...... 44s 48s Odessa •• •• —.. .. 465 48s Linseed Cake, pr. ton — English •• . 81 55 9i 10s Foreign, per ton 7110 s 91 55 Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 It s Si Os Rapeseed, New, pr Ist 21105 2410$ Trefoil, new.......... ¶Bs 34s 4is 643 48s 67s 44s 62s 51s 67s 24s 2831 TALLOW. Since Monday last a very limited business has been doing in our market. In prices, however, very little change has taken place. To-day T.Y.C., on the spot, has sold at 475., and for delivery during the last three months 475. 3d. per cwt. Town tallow—the supply of which is very moderate— is worth 465. 9d. to 475. 3d. per cwt. net cash ; rough fat, 2s. 8d per 81bs. I 18 4 9. ; 1850. 1851. 1852. 1853. Stock this day 24,760 24,611 36.848 42,054 23.935 Price of Y. C. ~.. lito2lis9d ci , 3 3 6 . 8 75 9d 0c t t 0 30705. Od to 6d to 3, o s os O o d d 4 0 ,_ 0 s s Od od t0 Delivery last week .. I 1,113 I 1,147 766 956 766 Ditto from June 1.... I 96,560 j 93,305 89,942 102,282 101, 24 9 Arrivals last week ..I 1,743 I 1,376 2,640 709 324 Ditto from June 1....1112,787 1 92,445 101,272 1 107,802 81,556 Puce of Town ..... I 39s 6d 38s Od 38s Od 138 s 9d 493 3d FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts BO6 Sheep Calves 174 Pigs 22 the supplies and prices of fat Smithfield Cattle Market, on this day, Monday, May 23, COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. CITY RAILWAY TERMINUS. On Saturday a meeting of the members of the Court of Common Council was held at the Guildhall, " to con sider the memorial of the City Railway Terminus Com pany, containing alternative propositions for effecting the proposed public improvement in connection with the works of the company, presented on the 20th instant," and for the consideration of the following motion by Deputy Harrison :—" That this court are of opinion that the corporation ought, forthwith, to take steps to raise Holborn valley and Victoria -street, and to open a new outlet from the point where they meet to Smithfield, to the extent at least of the plans recommended in the City architect's reports, at the estimated cost of 316,0001. and 70,0001. respectively amounting together to 386,000/. ; but this court having twice resolved to the effect that a railway along the valley of the Fleet to stations in or near Farringdon-street will be beneficial to the corporation and to the citizens, this court are of opinion that such street improvements ought to be exe cuted in concurrence with the project of the City Ter minus Company, providing they are executed under the supervision and control of this honourable court, and subject to such improvements in detail as this court and some department of her Majesty's Government may think fit to prescribe, in the manner recommended by the Railway Commissioners' report (1846, p. 8). That the memorial be referred to the improvement committee to report whether, in their judgment, the proposition A or the proposition B, contained in the memorial of the com pany, should be adopted by the court, it being distinctly understood that in case A should be adopted the corpo ration shall not be called upon to pay more towards street improvements than the sum of 386,0001. and that the same shall he paid at such time, and in such manner, and by such instalments as this court may determine, with sureties to be previously given by the company, to the satisfaction of this court, to ensure the completion of the entire work. That it be referred to the coal, corn and finance committee to report how and when the sum 386,0001. may be raised and paid for the required im provements ; and that it be referred to the Parliamen tary committee to report what sureties ought to be given by the company for carrying into execution the whole of the undertakings, and what capital ought to be sub scribed before the works are allowed to be commenced." The Right Lion, the Lord Mayor took the chair at 12 o'clock precisely. The memorial of the City Terminus Company, pre sented to the Court on Friday last, and signed by Mr. Acton S. Ayrton, the chairman of the railway company, was then read by Mr. Woodthorpe. The document, which is very lengthy, contains amongst others the fol lowing propositions, to which Deputy Harrison's motion, as it will be seen, refers : " Your memorialists submit for your hon. court's con sideration certain simple and definite propositions, as the basis for an arrangement by which they believe the many complicated questions which would otherwise arise can alone be obviated. (A.) If your hon. court are willing to contribute a fair proportion of the cost of raising Holborn-valley, and the execution of other street improvements in the City, not exceeding, in any event, 500,000/., this company will undertake to raise a suffi cient subscribed capital to execute the entire project of railroad and street improvements, as specified in the plans, sections, models, and descriptions exhibited by your memorialists ; and to give such security as may be approved by your hon. court for carrying the whole into execution, under the super vision, and to the satisfaction of your hon. cou r t ; an d if some department of her Majesty's Government, in the manner specified in the report of the railway commis sioners (1846, p. 8), or if the corporation wish to retain in their own hands the power of clearing the ground, the railway company would engage to pay the corpora tion a stipulated sum, at fixed periods, towards effecting the entire clearances, in return for which the corporation should place the company in possession of the ground required for the purposes of their railway.—(B.) If your worshipful court entertain the opinion expressed by the present chairman of the improvement committee, and the minority of the members of the court in 1845 namely, that the railway should be restrained north of Holborn-valley ; and if your hon. court at the same time are willing to raise the valley, and to readjust the adja cent streets in the manner directed by the City architect's reports, your memorialists are willing to construct their railway and terminal stations upon the same levels north of Holborn.vallay in such manner and form as your hon. court and some part of her Majesty's Government may approve, to be executed under like supervision and control.—(C.) If your hon. court shall be pleased to adopt either of the projects A, B, or C, your memorialists are willing to purchase the site of Farringdon-market and the Fleet prison, and the ground closed in and to be cleared under tha Clerkenwell Improvement Act, at a fair valuation by competent surveyors, or, at the op lion of your hon. court, your memorialists are willing to purchase the site of the prison and the market at a valuation, and to take the ground closed in and to be cleared under the Clerkenwell Improvement Act, by supplying the balance of the funds requisite to complete the lanepurchases, and to indemnify the corporation from the responsibility they have incurred or may incur in executing the provisions of these acts." The memorial concludes with the following prayer : " We pray your honourable court to accept one of the proposals now preferred, and transmit them to some executive department of the corporation, with instruc tions to carry them forthwith into effect." Deputy HARRISON in proposing his resolution, re marked that the subject was of the utmost importance to the citizens of London, and he therefore trusted that nothing would drop during Ow discussion of it of a per sonal or offensive nature. (Hear.) In referring, as he should have to do, to the state of Holborn hill and Skinner-street, he must be understood to mean that he made reference to one of the blots of the City, which they had over and over again recognised and denounced in that Court. (Hear.) Besides that there was another ; he alluded to the connection of Ludgate-hill and Fleet street, which thoroughfare was constantly blocked up — a state of things prejudicial to the business of the City. Means must- shortly be devised to provide increased facilities for the crowded state of the streets east and west, and the proposal he advocated would effect the removal of many of the evils complained of, as well as provide for the convenience of the public in several other respects. They all knew that the dead meat market at Newgate was totally unfit for the purpose, but the scheme before them furnished the remedy. (Hear.) The Leadenhall tradesmen were anxious beyond mea sure for this improvement, and indeed they had offered themselves to lay out of 100,0001., if they might be permitted to become tenants under the corporation—they were willing to do the work them selves, if the Court would let them. It was a question of vital importance to the trade, and those parties, he would remind the court, looked to the corporation to protect them and give to them facilities for carrying on their business, from the want of which their skins could not be sorted until they were injured, and it was a further fact that the skins had to be col lected five times, and sent down the railway five times before they were made into boots and shoes ; so that the cartage alone was worth six times the price of the article carted. He was not going to speak upon the question of the railway, he was looking at the great question of public improvement ; and in the matter he wished the court to be consistent with itself. In the year 1843 the proposal for the improvement of the leading thorough. fares was first brought before that court ; these altera tions he would show to the court by a plan he then laid upon the table. The one marked A in the plan was one of special importance ; indeed it was considered to be the first of a long string of propositions. The proposal was to form a new street from the east end of Paternoster row to Fetter-lane, and a branch street to Holborn, com mencing with the houses at the west end of Cheapside projecting beyond the line of St. Martin's-le Grand • all between Paternoster-row and St. Paul ' s Churchyard as far as Ave Maria-lane, Amen-corner, crossing the Old Bailey to Farringdon-street, to Shoe-lane, Printers'- street, Great New-street, to Fetter-lane, to the City's boundary, and the branch street facing Little New street to the north end of Fetter lane, Holborn, about 3,360 feet in length. The greatest inclivity in the whole of the line would not be more than 1 in 31, and that for only about 370 feet. In 1845 the court agreed on a report of the improvement committee, read on the 3d of No vember in that year, to the following effect :—" That, we your, committee, after carefully inspecting the seve ral plans as to a viaduct over Farringdon-street, and certain propositions for railway termini there, on the petitions of the Direct London and Manchester Railway and the London and Birmingham companies ; and con sidering the statements of the respective parties, with all the circumstances connected with this important subject are of opinion that it is desirable, both for the prosperity and advantage of the citizens of London, to have railway termini within their city ; that the sites proposed to be purchased by both companies are desirable, as they in terfere in but a small degree with the public streets within the City ; and that the plans will afford great accommodation to the traffic passing east and west." This was agreed to, and indeed the feeling of the cour t on several occasions had been in favour of the in troduction of railway termini, the principle recognised being that the projectors should do the work at their own expense. So it was in the instance of the report of the Fleet Valley improvement committee, on the memo rial of Charles Pearson, Esq. He simply asked the court therefore, upon that occasion to be consistent. They had long felt that the time had come when they ought to do something to relieve the traffic from its undue pressure. A late member of that court, Mr. W. H. Ashurst, who was a great authority upon these subjects, and chairman of the City lands committee, had stated, in a letter addressed to the corporation in 1845, as follows :—" To wholesale dealers a City terminus to the northern railroads ir, in this age of commercial competition, an object of paramount importance. In addressing men of business I need hardly say that the city of London is the great central mart of not only the cotton and linen, but the silk, woollen, hosiery, and hardware trades. To bring these bulky and weighty goods from the manu facturing districts into the City by rail, instead of dis charging them into waggons and vans in the outskirts of London, is not merely desirable, but essential to the interests of those who are engaged in these branches of trade. The cost of cartage to the rail at Manchester and from the terminus in the outskirts to the City amounts to more than one-sixth of the charge for the whole 197 miles. Upon goods from manufacturing towns nearer to London the proportionate expense of cartage, of course tells with greater effect. The City Railway terminus proprietary had no desire to mislead the corporation in this application. They proposed that the whole of their capital should be invested before they touched an inch of the city of London. The money would be raised, and the corporation would not be involved, except to any extent they might please. The City archi tect was of opinion that the time was not far distant when the railways might be permitted to enter the City, for he reported on the 16th March, 1846, that `being of opinion that ere long the railways may be allowed to enter the precincts of the City, and thinking also that there should be a line of demarcation which should not be outstepped,' without apparent advantages to the public, such as bearing a due portion of the expense of improvement of the public streets, as would be the case if the termini were formed near Farringdon-street.' " He (Deputy Harrison) believed the project to be one of the greatest measures that had occupied the attention of that court for many years, and he hoped that that court would have the honour and glory of carrying it out. (Hear.) Deputy Harrison then proceeded at great length to show the several steps taken in the matter by the improvement committee during the pre sent year, upon which he hoped that as the court had been uniformly consistent in the matter, the motion he had proposed would be carried. With respect to the sig natures to the petitions in favour, presented on Friday last, he remarked that he never recollected such a show of names as shown upon these petitions. There were upon the last municipal list published, 5,450 voters ; of these, there were the signatures of 3,417. The pro ceedings of that day would be looked for with much interest in every one of the City wards, as there was a majority of voters who had signed in the whole of the wards over those who had not signed of not less than 1,382 names. (Loud cries of " hear.") He would ask the court, then, to agree to raise Holborn-hill, and make all the projected improvements the scheme provided, for 386,0001., and in doing so he asked for no more than had been agreed to upon a former day. He hoped they would pass the resolution, and thus immortalise the Cor poration of London. (Loud cheering.) Mr. ABRAHAM seconded the motion. He thought it impossible either to overrate or to overstate the advan tages comprehended in the plan. London during the last 20 years had stretched into the country, and the country had come to London. (Laughter.) It was so; thousands of houses had been built, and where the in crease would find its limit it was not possible to say. He should advocate it on the grounds of morality and humanity, as well as its being necessary for the facilita of the traffic of the city. The question having been read by Mr. FIRTH, and put, was nearly being summarily disposed of, but Mr. H. J. TAYLOR rose, and said that he did not feel disposed to permit what he considered a great injustice to be done to members of that court. It was well known that Mr. Hall, himself, and others, had an ap pointment at twelve o'clock that day with the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon the question before the court ; and, therefore, it was not possible for them to be in their places when the deputy's opening speech was made. (Hear, hear.) He did not wish to be drawn into any remarks of a personal character, but he rose to say that he thought the opponents of the scheme ought to have had the opportunity of hearing the deputy's speech. He wished to see his way clear in the matter before them—to take care that they were not led into a dilemma ; and he would, therefore, ask them in reason to pause before they passed the motion. The im provement committee had been instructed on this matter to confer with the Government. At the present time their conferences were not complete. It was true that at half past 12 o'clock that day they had had a conference with Mr. Cardwell, and he (Mr. Taylor) would say that such conference had been of the most satisfactory kind, for he could assure the court that no man ever appeared more desirous of understanding the whole subject than Mr. Cardwell had proved himself that day. (Cheers.) Now he (Mr. Taylor) was anxious that every member of the Government should understand the matter. They had conferred with Sir William Molesworth, the Chief Com missioner of Woods and Works, but the most important member of the Government they had to see was the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Hear.) He (Mr. Taylor) did not wish to propose an amendment, but he would rather suggegt the withdrawal of the mo tion. (Laughter, and no.) He would appeal to the judgment of the court, would it not be better for them to wait until they could report on their interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1 (No.) He did not wish to go into the subject that day ' • he thought it would be unwise for them to do so. (Hear, and no.) He would not move any amendment, but he hoped they would not proceed until the conferences were complete. Mr. BLAKE differed from Mr. Taylor. He (Mr. Blake) thought it was 'mist desirable that they should proceed. Mr. Cardwell had not only expressed that day the utmost desire to learn the particulars of the scheme, but he had done more—he had expressed a desire to know the result of that day's proceedings. (Loud cheers.) It was, therefore, in his (Mr. Blake's) opinion, very important that they should fortify them . - selves by a large and powerful majority. (Hear, hear.). Mr. Deputy BOWER was of opinion that the corpora tion in this case had hardly been fairly done by. It had been agreed by some of them that it would be a good thing to have a termini ; but it had never been stated that a certain company were to have all the profits. Yes, and that the corporation should have all the loss. (Hear.) Why it was a pounds, shillings; and pence project altogether. He thought the matter should stand over ; it was not the only thing iii abeyance for want of funds. (Hear.) The fact was that they could not do it, they had not got the money. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) They ought to pause before they proceeded further. It was said that the parties only wanted 386,0001. ; but if that amount was spent and the work was not finished, and instead of 386,0001., 1,000,0001. was required, who would have to furnish the money ? (Hear, and laughter.) With reference to the petition ers, had any meetings been held ? Nothing of the sort. All of them knew how petitions were got up. Men were paid so much a day to collect names, and so it had been in that case. A petition had, he was surprised to find, been presented from his ward ; but he had heard nothing of any meeting, though he had been called upon by three or four parties to sign. (Laughter.) He thought they had better wait until they could see the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when they would know better how to proceed. (Hear, and no.) Mr. DAKIN considered that the court was perfectly justified in passing the modified resolution proposed by Deputy Harrison. Attempts might be made, but it would be found too late to shirk the question then. Whatever was done, they must carry the measure out. They had had several of the petitioners, of great in fluence, at their bar, and they could not escape from the truly pointed answers elicited in favour of the scheme. (Hear.) The facts could not be evaded, and the measure, as modified in the deputy's motion, would be carried out by that court. (Hear.) The mo tion did not pledge them to find the money, it only gave them the power of inquiring how and when it could be obtained. Of course, if the means could be procured, then they would report and deal with the case ; if not, of course the matter would fall to the ground. (Hear, hear.) The question was whether it was desirable to have railway termini in lithe City. The public had said so, and so had a large number of the im provement committee belonging to that court. The Secretary of State for the Home Department had mani fested much interest in the proposal, and so had Sir William Molesworth. (Hear.) The traffic of the City was increasing daily, through the wise and liberal policy adopted by our rulers during the last nine years, that the necessity for something being done was becoming daily more imperative. (Hear.) And, indeed, it was his opinion that unless they adopted some mode of counteracting the evil, this metropolis would lose caste in the eyes of the world, and thus the commerce of the City would be injured and impeded. He hoped the court would give the project a most willing support; that they would give a further—a humane support of the plan. He had presented a petition the day before in favour of it, by 3,400 inhabitants of Clerkenwell, who had memorialised the court to enable them to get to the projected Finsbury Park, by the proposed railway. That was the time for action or never, and, therefore, he hoped the motion would be agreed to. (Cheers.) Mr. DE JERSEY considered that the subject was not fairly before the court. He objected to the way in which the petitions had been got up, and introduced as peti tions from several wards to the town clerk's office. (Hear and laughter.) He believed the introduction of a railway into the City would prove to be madnesi, and a positive curse to the trade and commerce of the metro polis. (Oh, oh.) If the matter was confined to the northern side of the City he should have no particular objection, but he was averse to its being brought into the City, or to the corporation in any way mixing itself up with any railway scheme whatever. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BENNOCH could not agree with Mr. De Jersey. For the life of him he (Mr. Bennoch) could not conceive how the erection of a railway terminus in Farringdon street could be either "madness" or "positive curse." (Laughter.) "What evidence was there of the curse ? But Mr. De Jersey had changed his mind upon the sub ject, for when the project was first broached he was in high favour of it. It was their duty to take a broad view of the question, and decide for the public good. (Hear.) They had sufficient credit to raise any amount of money within reason that might be required, and the least they could do was to make the necessary inquiries in the proper quarters, as proposed by the motion. (Hear.) In Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Notting ham, Birmingham, and other influential cities and bo roughs they had made railways what they ought to be — the handmaids of commerce ; and so ought they to do. Looking at the matter in this light, his -opinion was that it was their duty, even if the cost was nine or ten times as much, to do all they could to promote the in quiry to a successful termination. (Hear.) Deputy LOTT protested against the doctrine that they ought to be influenced as representatives by the whole sale houses. He stated there boldly that he did not like that court to be made the arena of schemers. (A. laugh.) He considered that the retail dealers of the City ought to be looked to, for certain he was that if the wholesal- dealers only were to be attended to the con sequenc would be the destruction of the whole City, and necessarily of the mass of the retail dealers. (Loud laughter and cheers.) It was the fact ; let them bring their railway schemas into operation, and what would the consequence be ? "WV, that enormous warehouses would be erected, and the body of retailers would be driven away through want of business. (Hear, and ob.) Mr. BARNES thought it would be better if the termi nus were to be erected north of Holborn-bridge. The question was an open one. As it regarded the removal of Leadenhall skin-market, he thought, as he always had done with reference to Smithfield, that it would be a silly thing to move it. (Laughter.) Mr. LAMBE, at this stage of th e procee di ngs , move d, and Mr. BARKLEY seconded the motion, "That this court do now adjourn."—Negatived. Mr. ANDERTON considered that, as petitions signed by thousands of their fellow-citizens had been presented in favour of the proposal, they, as representatives, ought to attend to them, and not to assume that they were wiser than so large a number of the municipality. (Hear.) He believed that the retail trade as well as the wholesale would be much benefited if the terminus in Farringdon-street was constructed. (Hear.) It was their duty to see what could be done, whether the - Go vernment might assist or not. If not, that would be another thing. _ _ Mr. BARKLEY warned the court not to listen to the project, as it would involve them in an unforeseen out lay for approaches and other details of the most serious character. He did hope the court would not sanction the scheme. Mr. T. H. HALL inquired of Deputy Harrison where he obtained the item of 70,0001. mentioned in his re solution ? He (Mr. Hall) thought the chairman of the improvement committee knew not to what it referred, nor where it came from. Deputy HARRISON (as our reporter understood), re plied, that that was an amount set down for a new street from Holborn-bridge in connection with the once pro posed new Smithfield market ; or rather, the proposed enlargement of the present site. Mr. T. H. HALL thought that if the Court were to entertain such matters as the one before them they would soon have plenty of applicants. (Hear.) How had that been got up ? Why, by agitation and pres sure. He would advise the court not to encourage it at all. The parties seemed anxious to have goods trains arrive at Farringdon-street. Why there would not be nearly sufficient room for them. When questioned upon their project it did not appear to him, at least, that the parties knew what they were asking for. (Laughter.) He thought the terminus ought to be kept further north than proposed. He should finish what he had to say by moving an amendment, which he did, to the effect, that the memorial of the City Terminus Company be re ferred to the improvement committee for examination and report." Mr. HAWKINS seconded the amendment. Mr. Cox objected to the motion. Mr. GILPIN rose, but in deference, at that late hour (the court having sat for nearly six hours), to the uni versal call for the reply, he gave way. Deputy HARRISON'S reply was very brief. He said they wanted to know " how and when the sum of 386,0001. would be raised and paid for the required improvements ?" To this they wanted an answer ; and, of course, if they could not get the money, the whole scheme would be at an end. The question was then put, the amendment being lost. Upon a division being called for, the following numbers were declared : For the amendment.. For the motion.. . 28 . 52 Majority for Deputy Harrison .... 34 Mr. DE JERSEY moved a similar amendment to the former one, but the majority rejected that also. The proceedings excited the most intense interest throughout the entire afternoon, the gallery being crowded during the six hours sitting. THE DIVISION. The following are the names of the members who voted upon the occasion : FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE. Archer, Dep. Davies, J. 0 wden, T. S. Baker, S. Do Jersey, H. Perkins, J. Barkley, T. Godson, Dep. Phillips, R. M. Barnes, W. Hall, T. H. Rowley, T. Burrowes, T. Hawkins, C. Sprague, T. Christie, Dep. Heaps, J. Thwaites, R. Condor, E. Hogg, C. Whiteside, R. B. Corney, Dep. Lister, W. Young, C. Cox, W. Lott, Dep. Croucher, W. Oliver, G. FOR THE NEGATIVE. Carden, Ald. Edmiston. J. C. Pewtress, Dep. Finnis, Ald. Fox, T. H. Pickering, J. Lawrence, Ald. Fuller, C. E. Raymond, W. Wire, Ald. Gilpin, C. Read, T. Abraham, T. Gresham, W. Rose, W. A. Anderton, J. Harrison, Dep. Snell, J. P. Bache, R. C. Hayward, T. C. Stevens, Dep. Bailey, J. Hickson, E. Sully, C. Barber, W. Kelday, J. Turnbull, T. Barnard, J. M, Lambe, R. C. Tyler, Dep. Bennoch, Dep. Lloyd, H. Valiance, H. W. Blake, H. Meadoway, Dep. Venables, J. Brass, W. Millard, J. G. Vite, G. Butler, C. E. Morris, G. Walter, G. Carr, J. R. Muggeridge, H. Ward, J. Causton, J. Nicoll, D. Watson, C. Chaplin, It. J. Obbard, Dep. Wheeler, W. S. Cornell, J. Parker, J. White, T. Cotterell, T. Patten, H. Williams, It. Cnthburt, G. Pearl, R. G. Williams, W. Davis, E. Pearce, T. PAIRS. AFFIRMATIVE. Bowyer, Deputy Knott, W. NEGATIVE. Dakin, T . Randt4 R. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. An important personage left Paris a fortnight ago for Rome, on a secret mission from the French Government to his Holiness the Pope. It is now known that the object of the mission is to endea vour to induce Pius IX. to visit France in August next, for the purpose of placing the Imperial Crown on the brow of Louis Napoleon. The Government has already received the Pope's answer. His Holiness repeats, as he has always done, that, as far as he is personally concerned, it would give him pleasure to gratify the Emperor of the French by assisting at his coronation ; but that the decision of the question rests not with him indi vidually, but with the Sacred College. In the meantime, Cardinal Antonelli and the clerical party are using every effort to prevent the Pope from taking a step which they consider degrading to the head of the Church. They have sent re- presentations on the subject to - the Court of Vienna, and it is understood that the Emperor of Austria is about to send one of his most eminent councillors—a sort of Prince Menschikoff—to Rome, to counteract the French influence, and to prevent his Holiness from visiting France. It is perhaps not generally known that although the Pope has acknowledged Louis Napoleon as Em peror of the French, he has never acknowledged him as Napoleon 111. The Duke of Genoa, brother of the King of Sar dinia, arrived in Paris on Saturday evening at five o'clock. Having declined the apartments placed at his disposal in the palace of the Tuileries, the royal duke has taken up his residence at the Sar dinian embassy, in the Rue St. Dominique. A guard of honour, consisting of a picket of cavalry, was waiting for the duke at the railway station, and escorted him to the embassy. The Emperor happened to be driving out at the moment of the Duke of Genoa's arrival, and they met in the Rue de Bourgogne. The duke went to the Tuileries yeaterday at two o'clock, to be formally presented to the Emperor and Empress. It is said that the Emperor of Austria has se lected the Princess Charlotte, daughter of the I King of Belgians, as his future Empress. That such a marriage may be contemplated by both - families is not at all unlikely, but it appears rather premature to say that the preliminaries of the mar riage are settled, seeing that the proposed bride will not have completed her thirteenth year till the 7th of June next. The reported marriage of the Duke of Brabant with an Austrian archduchess ---- seems most probable. The session of the Legislative Corps may be said to have terminated on Friday, when that body adopted the budget ; for although the deputies will continue to meet till the 28th, the business brought before them is of so little public importance that it will excite little interest. The mode in which the budget was voted was highly charac teristic. On Wednesday three hours were devoted to " the general discussion" on the budget ; 011 Thursday three hours more were devoted to the examination of the details of the budget of expen diture ; and on Friday three additional hours of intense application enabled the Legislative Body to master all the details of the budget of receipts. After this mature deliberation, the Legislative Corps felt that it had completely mastered the subject of the finances of the year, and it accordingly pro ceeded to vote. The result, as we are aware, was the hearty approbation by the representatives of the country of all that Louis Napoleon and his councillors had proposed. Only four votes—and these were of course factious—were recorded against the budget ; and these four votes were intended as a protest, not against the financial administration of the Government, but against the decrees of the 22d of January, 1852, by which Louis Napoleon disgraced himself and the country by despoiling the Orleans family of their possessions_ and rights. It u g is h t v etroy be th o Legislative Corps, which tlpublie purse, has ocertain guardian that the of in that respect been a failure • but it has b een re marked that during the present:tand independence session it ha s pd last sessio n . It h as spirit shown a good deal mor i e oarnlrleo pretty yo i n d o i r iteha p ol o . l i y nts as thanit Government oiit s did last to manage it s finances but it has ma d e some notable and beneficial changes in some of the general measures introduced by the Go vernment. Among civilother measures, the bill respecting the pensions, the bill re- specting the jury, and the' bi U for the organi sation of the caisses des retrait s, were generally modified. Besides this, it fore ?,c the Govermuent to withdraw the measure by - which Louis N'apo leon proposed putting 300,000 f. :3 ito the pockets of the Prince de la Moskowa and M.. de Persi gny, under pretext of a national r ocornpence to the widow of Marshal Ney ; and it will probably force it to withdraw another most o buc ,xious measure, namely, the bill for the re-est 9 .Wishment of the punishment of death for politic ,al offences. All this shows that the legislative c ps is not without I a certain, though a very limite( 1, weight in the affairs of the country ; and it is to be hoped that in process of time its influence will gradually ex tend. In the Senate the symp toms of indepen dence are not so manifest. Wit; n the single excep tion of Admiral Mackau's repo r t on the promotion of admirals in the navy, it hr ,s shown no spirit of opposition. The Senate wi] 1 sit for a few days longer than the legislative corps, for the purpose of " not opposing the promulgation " of the mea sures brought before it, and of granting to Louis Napoleon the trifling sum of fi ye millions of francs, as a compensation for the ex penses to which he was put in the process of transferring Mademoiselle de Montijo into an Empress.. Several of the German journals have slatted that the Count de Chambord was to attend the fetes given at Vienna in honour of the Kings of Prussia and Belgium ' • but this is n o t th e case . Eti que tt e prevents the Comte de Chambord from holding in tercourse with Sovereigns, or representatives of Sovereigns, who have recognised thepresent French s l a ver ° Government. e n S p a r t e ur se d n aj d ; in tThene chair.legislative Reports body M. on t ß h i Il e a b u i l i l t to extend the jurisdi3tion of the Prefect of Police of Paris to the banlieue of that - city . on the bill to definitively settle the supplementary and extraor dinary credits of 1852 ; on that concerning the execution of the railway from Lyons to the fron tier of Geneva ; and on a number of local bills. A bill was presented to prohibit the carrying of arm in Corsica. Th e P res id ent announced that the B Government withdrew the bill for granting 300,000 f. for the Princess de la Moskowa. The bill to ratify the engagements entered into in favour of the Bourg la Reine to Orsay Railway Company, and which are at the charge of the Treasury, was adopted • as was that accor di ng a credit of 2,700,000 f. for pensions to old soldiers of the Re public and of the Empire. Seven local bills were likewise agreed to. Authorisation was accorded to M. Langlais to print and distribute, at his own cost, his speech on the manner of forming juries in criminal matters. The proceedings then termi nated. The Senate also met on Saturday ; M. Troplong in the chair. Prince Napoleon was present. The bureaux were drawn by lot in the usual way. The order of the day was the discussion on the bill relative to the promotion and position of the supe rior officers of the navy. M. Baroche, president of the Council of State ; General Allard, president of Section ; and M. Barbaroux, Councillor of State, were present as Government Commissioners to defend the bill. After President Delangle, Cardinal Mathieu, Count de Lascases, Admiral Casy, Ad miral Count Cecille, Admiral Baron de Mackau, and M. Baroche had spoken, the discussion was adjourned to Monday. The sitting was then brought to a close. A Council of Ministers was held yesterday, at which the Emperor presided. The Emperor and the Empress drove out yester day, in an open carriage and four, up the Champs Ely sees. They drove out the day before, and visited the works in the Bois de Boulogne, Prince Jerome, who was on horseback, having met their Majesties in the Avenue St. Cloud, conversed with them for a few minutes. The Imperial party re turned to the Tuileries at six o'clock. The lifoniteur dcl'Armee says : " The exceedingly moist state of the ground, in con sequence of the rain, has not permitted the camp on the plain of Satory, near Versailles, to be opened on the 15th inst., as originally fixed, since to place soldiery under canvas in such weather would have been to use lessly endanger their health. But in consequence of the warm weather of the last few days the ground has now become quite dry, and we understand that the camp will be opened on Monday, the 23d of May. Marshal Magnan, the commander-in-chief, will also place himself under the tent. The altar which was used in the Champ de Mars on May 10, is said to be placed in front of the camp, and the troops are to hear mass at it every Sun day. The division Dulac will be the first to go to Satory. It is said that the Emperor will often go over from St. Cloud to witness the manoeuvres." Final quotations.—Money : Three per Cents., 81f. 50c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cent., 103 f. 80c. For the end of the month Three per Cents., 81f. 50e. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 104 f. Bank Stock, 2,700 f. ; Northerns, 025 f. Paris and Or leans, I,llof. ; Paris and Strasbourgs, 958 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 970 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,147 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 813 f. 750. ; Western of France, 785 f. ; Rouen and Havre, 540 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 670 f. ; Caen and Cherbourg, 645 f. ; Dijon and Besancon, 575 f. Dieppe and Fecamp, 360 f. TURKEY. A telegraphic dispatch received via Brussels, announces a reported change in the Ministry at Constantinople. Mustapha Pacha is appointed Grand Vizier ; the former Grand Vizier, Mehemet Ali Pacha, is now Minister of War ; Ali Pacha Minister for Foreign Affairs ; Fuad Effendi, Mi nister of the Interior ; and Rifaat Pacha, Minister of Justice. THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. LIVERPOOL, MAY 22. The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Canada, Captain Stone, arrived in our river this forenoon, with th e usual mails from the United States and British North American pos sessions, about 110 passengers, and specie to the amount of $170,000 on freight. By this arrival advices have been received from New York to the 10th, Boston to the 11th, and Halifax to the 13th inst. The mails per Canada arrived in charge of Lieut. Striven, R.N., Admiralty agent. The Royal Mail steam-ship Asia arrived at New York on the sth, the screw steam-ship City of Glas gow at Philadelphia on the 7th inst., and the Royal Mail steam-ship Cambria at Halifax on the 10th inst.—all from this port. The United States Mail steam-ship Hermann, from Bremen and Southampton, arrived at New York on the 7th inst., and the Genova had also arrived at Quebec. By the arrival of the Canada we are in possession of Californian dates to the 16th of April. Gold dust to the value of $2,000,000 was reported as having lately left the placers for New York. The reports received from California respecting the condition of business, state that it was generally in a very unsatisfactory condition at present. The recent favourable reports had naturally caused a great increase there in the importations, by which the markets had been overstocked, to effect a clear ance of which a ruinous sacrifice had to be sub mitted to. The satisfactory account received by the last advices respecting the prospects of the various mining operations being carried on in Cali fornia was confirmed, gold being still obtained in considerable quantities. The Daniel Webster had arrived at New Orleans on the 9th instant, from California, bringing intel ligence of the occurrence of another dreadful steam boat accident, the boiler of the Jenny Lind steamer having exploded whilst in the bay of San Fran cisco, occasioning the death of 18 persons imme diately, and wounding 30 others in so serious a manner that it is feared many of the cases will ter minate fatally. Intelligence has also been received of the loss, in the Pacific Ocean, of the steamer S. S. Lewes, em ployednia, though w on e are the happyto Nicaraguan he a h r l o e u t t ee report rCtal thatifo r the whole of the passengers and crew were saved in this case. COMMERCIAL. The.reportsuiouare f r a e v s o p u e r c a t b in l g e. business generally thr oug h out the York Money prov eMarketeut d taken b a still continued plaee i tight,rl that respect Newaslight m since the departure of the l as t s t eamer. Money although s, h h e owever, still reported scarce, even for paper of the best description. In the Stock Market business had assumed a more favourable appearance, prices o f good dividend paying securities meeting with steady support. No change had occurred in the quotations for bread stuffs, and the market continued without much activity. The prices were : Western Canal flour, $4.62 x to $4.75 per barrel. Indian meal, $3.00 to $3.1.2 per barrel. Indian corn still remains unquoted. In the Cotton market at New York but few transac tions had taken place lately. Holders were not appa rently inclined to press sales, and the former quotations had been maintained, which were—New Orleans and Mobile mid. fair to fair, 12c. to 12c. per lb. ; Uplands, mid, fair to fair, 11 c. to Hie. per lb. But little ac ti v it y ex i s t e d i n th e Provision market, and no change had occurred from the quotations pre viously reported. shipowners lncrease d; prices an d a t were tbe being time odfetmh the ndede Canada for t, sFdrcepi the following were the quotations :—Freight g . Liverpool, 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. per .barrel; , L po iv ol e , rp s o 4 o 6 l, d 6A'. o to 6d. p d e . r i l i b er . ; bu d s it h t e o l to ic. per lb. Foreign Exchanges wereßi lls [ tendency upwards. of flour to ditto grain to Freight t u b r y e in moderate demand, with ,cmotyttooncottotoHn taovrLe,ivicr-. - lls on London, 1094 to 109 Paris, 5 13i to 5 15.