The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-28 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The country markets held on Saturday were fairly sup plied with wheat. Selected samples moved off steadily, at full prices ; but low and middling qualities were much neglected. All kinds of barley, the supplies of which were on the increase, changed hands slowly, on somewhat easier terms. For malt very little was doing. Oats, beans, peas, and flour commanded scarcely any attention. In the Continental markets the transactions in grain on English account have continued limited. The flour trade in the United States has been very inactive. Up to our market, last week, the receipts of English grain were on a moderate scale. From abroad we received 9,943 quarters of wheat, 8,890 barley, 4,150 oats, 4,818 rye, 2,620 beans, 260 seeds, 4,518 sacks and 1,817 barrels of flour. The receipts of wheat put up to this morning's market, coastwise from Kent, were but moderate, and in very Middling condition. From Essex, the supply was small, but of somewhat improved weight. By land carriage the arrivals were on a limited scale. Notwithstanding that the show of samples of both red and white was small, the demand for most kinds, owing to the falling off in the at tendance of buyers, was rather inactive ; nevertheless, Most of the samples were disposed of at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday last. For forward delivery, the business doing was compara tively small ; yet growers in general evinced no anxiety to press sales, although the stocks of wheat in the midland counties are represented as good. With foreign wheat, fresh as well as ex-granary we were tolerably well, but not largely, supplied, Good heavy qualities sold at full rates of currency ; but all other kinds moved off slowly, at barely stationary prices. Floating cargoes—the arrivals of which off Falmouth have not increased—sold at full quotations. The total supply of barley being somewhat extensive, that article was in sluggish request. Fine malting parcels sold at full quotations ; but grinding and distilling sorts Were dull, and lower to purchase. We had only a moderate supply of malt on offer. Fine parcels sold at extreme rates. In other kinds, very few transactions took place. The show of Irish oats was tolerably good—that of English and foreign limited. • All kinds met a slow inquiry, but no change took place in the quotations. Very few English beans were brought forward ; but the supply of foreign was good. All kinds sold heavily, at late rates. Although the show of peas was limited, the trade ruled dull, but no actual decline took place in the currencies. The show of flour was good. All kinds moved off slowly, at previous rates. The stock of foreign is on the increase. CURRENCY PER IMPERL4.I, MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier • • .. 61s to 63s Red • • new 42s to 48s Oats Yorkshire and old 503 54s Lincolnsk., Feed 16s 22e Ditto, White new 44s 54s Potato Ditto... • .... old 49s 60s Youghal and Cork Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 475 533 Cork, White ..... 16s 25, Ditto new • • . 37s 47s Scotch, Feed. •• •• 21s 25s R9O-01d ••• • • • 29s El s Beans—Tick .•• • • .... 349 38s New .. •• • . 293 31s Pigeons 36 , 44s Barley—Grinding .. •.. 283 303 Peas —Grey .. •• • . 31s 35s Malting ........ 31s 34.. Maple .•••• • . .. 33, 36,, Chevalier ••• • . 35s 38s White. ••••• • •• 36 40s B Malt—Suffolk and Nor- oilers ••• • . 118 s 4 s folk.. •• • • ...... 54s 58s Flour—Town-made. •• 4 1 S 46 s Brown •• 46 525 Suffolk ••••• . .. • 345 3 , s Kingston and Ware 573 603 atockta & Norfolk 343 Us SMITHFIELD. Owing to the severity of the weather, the imports of forei g n stock into London, last week , w ere on a very mo derate scale, viz., 2,037 head, against 1,525 ditto during the same period in 1852, 2,041 in 1851, 1,382 in 1850, 972 In 1849„ and 1,494 in 1848. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST REHR. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calres. Piga. From Ostend — Ilarlingen ;• 300 ••• • lU ••• liam burgh •• • •• • Rotterdam...... 183 ... 155 ... - 88 ... 55 ... 131 ... - ... 786 ... - ... -- ..• 3 ... 43 ... ... - 265 ... - 493 .•• 1,167 ... 55 ... 311 ... 11 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1851 281 ... 967 ... ... 277 ... 1851 3BO ... 1,396 200 ... 66 1850 492 700 ... 135 1849 363 ... 492 ... 87 ... 1848 853 ... 502 ... ... 13 For the time of year, the supply of foreign stock on sale in to-day's market was tolerably good, and in fair average condition. From our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were by no Means extensive ; nev ertheless, they were quite equal to the wants of the butchers, most of whom purchased with extreme caution, owing to the prevailing comparatively high prices. On the whole, the beef trade ruled steady, at last Monday's advance in the quotations. A few superior Scots realised 4s 4d, but tho genera l to p figure for that breed was 4s 2d per 81bs. The receipts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire, amounted to 1,800. Scots and short urns; from other parts of England, 800 H erefords, runts, Devo, &c. • and from Scotland, 62 0 Scots . Although there was a slight increase in the arrivals of sheep, the supply of that description of stock was very limited, the time of year considered. For all breeds, the demand was in a very inactive state, at a decline in prices of 2d per 81bs. Prime Down sheep, in the wool, realised 5s 2d to, in some few instances, 5s 4d ; out of the wool, 4s 2d per 81bs. Lambs—the supply of which was but moderate—moved off slowly, at 58 4d to Os per 81bs. We had only a moderate inquiry for calves, yet late rates were supported. The primest veal sold at from 4s 4d to 4s 8d per Sibs. rigs moved off slowly ; but no change took place in the quotations. Total .... Per Me to sink the offale. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts ...3 oto 3 2 Prime Southdown 5 0 5 2 Second quality ...3 4 3 6 Large crse. calves 3 4 4 2 Prime large oxen 3 8 310 Prime small do 4 4 4 3 Prime Scots, &e. 4 0 4 2 Large hogs 210 3 2 Inferior sheep ...3 10 4 0 Smallpox kers 3 6 4 0 Second quality ...4 2 4 6 Sucklin ca lves 20 0 2 5 0 Primo crsc.-wlled.4 8 4 10,Quart er old pigs 19 0 24 0 Lambs ........ 5s 4d to 6s Od. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beads . 4,188 Bea sts ............. 840 ........ 827 Sheep and Lambs 17, 760 Sheep ..................... 148 ............... C alves lBl I Calves ...... pi gs 230 1 Pigs ........................ A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, March 29, 185 2 , and t his da y , Monday, March 28, 1853. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Per 81be, to sink the offal& March 29, 1852. Mar. 28,1853 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 2 2to 2 43 oto 3 2 2 6 210 3 4 3 0 S 0 2 23 8 310 2 2 2 44 0 '4 2 Coarse and inferior beasts ... .•• Second quality ditto ... .• • • • Prime large oxen ... •.. .•• ... Prime Scots, &c ••• ••• ••• Coarsand inferior sheep 6 2 8 Coarse 210 3 4 Second quality ditto ... •.. ... Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 1 6 3 8 ?rime Southdown ditto ••• ... 310 4 2 Large coarse calves 3 0 3 8 Prime small ditto ••• ••• 310 4 2 Large hogs 2 6 3 6 Neat small porkers 3 8 310 Beasts 4,479 Sheep ..• 24,750 Calves... 143 BIIPPLIEB 011 SALE, March 31, 1851.—Beasts, 4,017 ; sheep and lambs, 20,060; calves, 130; pigs, 340. 3 10 4 2 4 8 5 0 3 4 4 4 2 10 3 6 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Since our last report, the arrival of country-killed meat up to these markets have been tolerably good, and in fair average condition. To-day, the show of meat slaughtered in the metropolis was but moderate, whilst the general de maud ruled steady, at very full prices. Per Blbs by the carcaso. x. d. d. }3eof, inferior 2B 3 0 Do.,middling 3 2 3 4 Do., prime large 3 4 3 6 Do., do. small —.3 6 3 8 Perk, large 2 10 3 4 Lambs s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 6 3 8 D0.,midd1ing...... 3 10 4 2 Do., ......... 4 4 4 8 Veal .................. 3 2 4 6 Pork, small ......3 6 4 2 5s Od to 6s 2d. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The arrivals of home-grown potatoes have been on a very moderate scale, coastwise and by land carriage, whiist their general quality has proved inferior. Since Monday last, the imports have amounted to 95 tons from Rouen, 135 ditto from Dunkirk, 118 from Calais, and 4 bags from Rot terdam. The demand is in a sluggish state as follows :-- York Regents, 115 s to 155 s per ton ; Lincolnshi,:e do., 955 to 1208; foreign, 953 to 110 s. BOROUGH HOP. During the past week, we have had an import of 40 bales from Antwerp, and 10 ditto from Ostend. The sup plies of English hops continue very limited, whilst the do wel* is in a sluggish state, as follows and East Kent pockets, 95s to 160 s • Weald of Kent, 92s to 120 s ; Sussex, 95s to 115 s per cam• WOOL. The supplies of English wool on sale continues very limited, whilst the demend for all knids is steady, at very full prices. Foreign and colonial parcels are in fair last, quest, at at late currencies. Th e imports, since our have been only 77 bales from Hamburgh, and 14 from Boulogne'. The ships lately arrived from Australia have brought very small supplies of the article. SEEDS. • Since our last report, 10 , 000 quarte rs of Black Sea and lin seed, off th e coast, have sold at from 47 s 6d to 48s ; 2,000 from Alexandr ia at 44 s 6 d pe r quarter, all charges included. Black Sea, on the spot, is nominally quoted at 491; 6d to 50s ; and fine East India, 50 s per q uarter. Cakes steady, at late rates. Turntp,white, per bush. 9s to lls Swede •• • 105 12s Mustard, Brown.. •• .. 75 105 White, new •••••• 7s 0d 108 Tarea,Winter, new .... 4s 6d Ss Od Spring • • 69 Od 65 6d Canary, per quarter • . 28538 s 42s Rye grass . • •• • • 34 51 Clover, Red Eng (cwt.) 489 6351 White •• • • .... 46s 665 1 Foreign Red .. •• .. 48 s 6331 White •• .. 46s 64s Trefoil, new.. •• •• 263 3051 Carraway, new •••• • • 383 415 Coriander, new • • • • ** ! 79 Hempseed, per quarter 399 :5s Linseed, E ng , : i e wing.. 58s 60s Crushing 48s 53s 13altie 4813 50 s Odessa 48$ bOs Linseed Cake, pr. ton — English . 81 159 10 5s Foreign, per ton 7110 s. 101 58 Rape Cakes, pr ton 61 Os 51 53 Rapeseed,New,prlst 2310$ 25; Os TALLOW. The demand for most kinds of tallow has become less ac tive, and prices of Russi an are a shade lower than on Mon day That. To-day, P.Y.C. , on the spot, is selling at 44 s 6d, and for delivery during the last three months, 44s 9d to 5s per cwt. Town tallow, 44s per cwt., net cash; rough fat, 2s 6d per 81bs. - 1849. 185/. stock this day .... • • Price of Y. C.' 27,478 39S 6d to 39* Od 1,369 8C,867 32,108 16s 9d to 37s 3d 1,369 81,857 38,308 40s Od to 4e 3d 1,1;15 82,787 43,804 Ws 6d to vO. Od 1,339 93,526 33.050 448 6d to tOs Od 1,772 86,613 Delivery last week • • Ditto from June 1... Arrivals last week .. Ditto from June 1.... 1,903 106,812 43a Od 368 85,►04 393 6d 457 93,577 43 6d ..... 100,796 2 , ;2 79,565 r ricci of T0nn ....~• ass Od THE CRYSTAL PALACE AT SYDENHAM. The effects of the long-continued wet and cold weather are strikingly observable in the slow progress which the building at Sydenham has made since our last notice, now nearly three months backs, and it is at last become evident, even to the most sanguine of those connected with the works, that the building will require at least three months from the present time, if it be even then in a fit state to throw it open to the public. The con tractors (Messrs. Fox and Henderson) have done very wonderful things in their time, but there are agencies stronger than iron and more powerful than steam, and for once the rain and frost have overturned the calcula tions of our architects and engineers, and we can now only offer the public the consolation of a pleasure de ferred which will perhaps render it the more agreeable when it is realised. The only portion of the vast struc ture which presents a finished appearance is the south western angle, which has been carried to its full height, the centres turned, and the greater part of it glazed over. From the extreme angle floats the old, begrimed, and tattered union-jack, which for so many months waved over the building in Hyde-park, and this and the glazed sashes, the panelled frames, and the white and blue colouring which the iron pillars have retained, call up many associations of its prototype, and make us al most fancy we are again on one of our many pleasant pil grimages to the world's fair. The present entrance for visitors, if any such are tempted out in holiday weather, such as we have lately enjoyed, is at the back of the building and nearly in the centre. After being narrowly scrutinised through a loop-hole in a wicket, and exhibiting your credentials, you pass into the interior, and drop suddenly into a broad and miry cart track, ploughed up into deep groves and ruts, where a footing is maintained with the greatest difficulty, the planks thrown across here and there only embarrassing the traveller, who, before he can look about him, sees a team of horses come thundering and floundering upon him with their enormous waggon load of iron or timber. Making yourself as small as possible amidst the rubbish and debris, the avalanche rolls by, and you think you may now venture to survey the scene of uproar and confusion around you, but a loud shout warns you that another danger is at hand, and long files of workmen pass along staggering under beams of timber or iron pillars or girders, and moving hastily out of the way you are entangled in the ropes and pullies by which some of the large masses of iron are lifted to their des tination at the roof, a civil Irish labourer advising you to "move out of that, unless your head is very hard indeed." To do this is a matter of some difficulty, for there are deep chaspis and pitfalls on every side, and when you have gained a footing on one spot the next may be into yielding mud or treacherous ice, or the end of a plank, which suddenly tilts up and leaves you any way but on your legs. Piles of timber, hogsheads of paint, pyramids of trusses and girders, and whole acres of glass in boxes, or sash bars in various stages of paint ing or priming, with an occasional blinding shower. of snow, are among the obstructions which render locomo tion at the present time almost impracticable. But that we know her Majesty can do many things which her liege subjects would think twice about, we should be puzzled to explain how she spent an hour lately in the midst of such a chaotic and bewildering mass. But it is time to give our readers some idea of the present aspect of the building, which, as we have already stated, approaches the nearest to completion at the south western angle. The back of the building throughout its entire length is run up the full height, and much of it glazed over. The side transept, nearest the south end, has its centres turned, but neither the great central dome, nor the north transept, have yet been commenced, and the whole of the garden or terrace part of the build ing is in a very incomplete state. So far as a rough estimate would enable us to judge, we should say that one-third of the work of the exterior still remains to be completed. The long central avenue, which passes from one end to the other of the building will, when completed, form a magnificent vista ; instead of being flat, as in the Hyde-park building, the roof is arched and much more lofty, and the view, being uninterrupted, will present, if we may judge from the portion completed, one of the grandest arcades that can be imagined. With the exception of the line of pillars which connect it at the back, there is a great gulf in the centre, which separates the building into two portions, and here will be apparently the most formid able portion of the undertaking, the great span and vast height of the central dome rendering has operation f yet to be com throwing the iron centr es across, w menced, a work of greatdifficulty.fi xfixed, and sSeormv too -f f t a l l g i t a a l t l e e r t i h e e s and staircases are already labours of the workmen. As t A he s t s h id e e r s e , w th il e l s b w e c o e n p ly of o t n h e o li i n n e . of galleries runn in,o. terior will be less broken up, while the central open space under the dome will be of vast proportions, and form a magnificent hall for the exhibition of statuary and works of art. We have already referred to the fall of the ground in front of the building, and this has been taken advantage of to construct a number of offices store-rooms, &c., which will obviate the necessity of trenching on the space above, or breaking the uniformity of the building. Here are revealed all the ingenious and complicated but effective arrangements for carrying off the water by means of tubes concealed in the pillars, for lighting, ventilating, warming, and supplying with water the whole of the building, and one of the great defects of the Hyde Park palace—the leakage from the roof—has been remedied, and it is to be hoped will be effectually prevented by a different arrangement of the drains and gutters. The building will be exceedingly rich in sculpture and statuary, the quantity which has already arrived being very great, and completely filling a large compartment of the building, which has been boarded off for the pur pose. Many of the plaster casts have arrived in a very dilapidated state, headless trunks, fractured limbs, and mutilated figures lying about in strange confusion, but, like the philosophers who can build u p the form oisome antediluvian animal from a single bone, there are min ning workmen here employed in restoring, and renovat ing, and re-creating, as it were, the finest conceptions of ancient and modern art. In another large hall Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities are being arranged in chrono logical order, some of the wondrous temples of antiquity being reproduced in a perfect state, and colossal figures of sphynxes, winged bulls, Fel - other uncouth monsters of Hindoo or Egyptian my hology, with lofty pillars, monuments, and tombs, are fast assuming their proper position in this new and interesting pantheon. Beyond these we drop suddenly from the antiquities of the far east to the every-dap life and modern inventions of the western world. The swarthy forms of the workmen, and lurid glare of a number of forges, show where the iron theis rendered pliant and fitt ed for the p art it is to sustain vast edifice, and near thes e steam engines are contributing i their ceaseless energies to abridge the labours of the swarm ing multitudes employe d in the building. Xe have neening, ver visited Niagara, but we can fa nc y the roaring, deaf never-ceasing turmoil to bear some resemblance to the uproar within the Crystal Palace when operations are in h full vigour, and when a thousa nd vi g orous arms, each wielding some instrument of noise, whether file, saw, plane, hammer, axe, or sledge mallet, is contributing its quota to the general din. The operations out of doors have been alsoseriouTshlye impeded by the conti nued unfavourable weather. t whole expanse of the park is bare, leafless, and diversified only by moun ds of cla y and grav of the ou tlines just discernible thro u g h the snow h a dn rcto e, large central and smaller founta ins. The pipes v o t l u h m e e terr o f a w c e a s t , e a r n l d i a v f t e i been f h l j t d e p ar c ‘ o • n n tshupepfolyuntdhae vasttions of ducting from one elevation to another, have been o and nearly all the rough and underground work laid the ; park and ornamental grounds has been competed. A few days of April showers and a touch of April sunshineofthe garden yet required to call the sleeping beautiesof her garden into life, and to clothe the dense fringe .ebafy by which the unds aps re surrounde w 1 1 v s standing here A fewd there clum ; and,f astirfeeisn Ilnioanvkeerbye,eetnnwele.enfrt. two yet f lift t e theirpalace, headsd‘v dwarfed d n a g n the iron shrubbyir on pillars lo ok looking yl con trast i surro u w n i d t s t u a rf p a e c r e st o e f m t s he by with men and horses, all busily occupied, lt ough ehd.th the e ft w y h a o n le d ground whichh is they fitted aree e results are apparently by no means equivalent tteondthede amount of labour bestowed. T he line of t railway from Sydenham to the palace is already iud d cated, although the bill has not y et, we believe, rece.itvhei the assent of the Legislature. If the y are busy within the Crystal Palace and its ground s, the y are equally . in dustrious in the surrounding district. Houses are springd ing up in every direction, and between Annerly and Sydenham we shall soon see a new town constructed with something of the rapidity of colonial enterprise. It is supposed that some arrangement will be made, by which the public may be admitted on the Ist of May "to view the works" at a small charge, by way of com pensation for the disappointment. At present, unless the visitor has great faith in what is to be rather than what is, he will meet with little to reward him for the toil and trouble of a pilgrimage to the Crystal Palace at Sydenham. DOWNING-STREET.--The improvements for some time being carried out at the official residence of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street, are nearly completed. The whole of them, including the new and costly furniture, were from the design of Disraeli. A FLEET OF ENCLISH VESSELS NEARLY BT THE ICE.—By the arrival of the Dutch mail Sa turday, intelligence has been received of a large position of vessels having been placed in a most perilous on the coast, near Cuxhaven, by the immense masses ice which were being drifted ont to sea from the several of 11 on WRECKED number inland waters. Among s t t he shi p s which took the shore we re the Elbe, steamer ; Oder and Washington, barques; the Patria, John Sp encer, Ocean, Baronet, Blessing, Jay, Effart, Galatea , G e m, M a tilda, and many others Should a gale spring up , the most exte x isive havoc must ensue. The Trident, London and Hamburgh steamer, w as so much damag ed with the ice as to p ut into Gluck! s tadt, as also the Juniper, Grimsby and Hamburgh stea rner. At the time the accounts left, the cold was most severe ; snow was falling heavily, and the ice fast accu mulating. Nothing like it had been seen on that part of the coastfor some years. Higher up towards the Sound all navigation is stopped. ABANDONMENT OF AN ARMY CONTRACT.—The con tractor for the supply of meat to the troops in Ports mouth has given notice of his intention to give up his con t ra ct. .By doing so he will, of cours e, have to for feit, or his sureties for him, the heavy bonds entered into on his undertaking the engagement. It is under stood this step is owing to the very heavy loss that has been incurred by the maintenance of the advance in the price of meat, which, considering the large number of troops now stationed at Portsmouth, must have been of seiious consequence the contractor. , IN MATO.— Th e fact of the existence of g old in GOLD the soil of Mayo was perfectly established here last week in the yard of Mr. Brennan, where his workmen were sinking a hole for the erection of his gasometer. The ore found has been tested by Dr. Atkinson, who pro nounced it to be pure gold.—Castlebar Telegraph. 46s 6d THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1853. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. Notwithstanding the coldness of the weather the promenade of Longchamp, on Friday, collected a brilliant train of equipages in the Champs-Elysées. The number of spectators on foot was also great. Scarcely any person well known in the fashionable, diplom,atic, or official circles, was absent from the promenade. The Emperor and the Empress also honoured the Champs-Elysees with their presence. Their Majesties were in an open barouche and four with postilions. The topic of the day in the fashionable world of Paris is the grand ball announced for Thursday next at the Jardin d'lliver, in aid of the British Chari table Fund. The preparations are already com menced ; they bid fair to be of the most fairy-like description, and the company, always of the most destinguished class, promises this year to surpass the attendance at any of the preceding fetes. The illoniteur publishes two Imperial decrees, one appointing Genelal Count Oman Governor of the Invalides, the other calling on General the Duke of Plaisance to succeed him as Grand Chan celier of the Legion of Honour. On Friday evening a peace officer, accompanied by several agents, closed the Casino Paganini, where the petite Bourse have been accustomed to assemble since 1851. The funeral of the Duke of Padua, late Governor of the Invalides, took place yesterday in the pre sence of the Emperor, Prince Jerome Bonaparte, and other members of the Imperial Family. The Moniteur announces that the Emperor has received a reply from the Duke of Saxe Weimar to the notification of his Majesty's marriage. The Marquis de la Rochejaquelin, member of the Senate, has commenced an action for calumny against the Brussels paper called the Nation. The damages are laid at 50,000 f. The municipal council of Dunkirk has voted a sum of 30,000 f., to cover the expense of the recep tion of the Emperor, who, it is said, will visit that town at the end of May or the beginning of June. On Saturday the business transacted on the Bourse was to a fair amount, but the continued rise that has taken place for some days past in the Three per Cents. has been checked, and we have to report a fall of ,15c. in these securities. The Four and a Half per Cents., however, have recovered the fall they experienced the previous day, having advanced 20c. For the account this order of fall and rise is reversed, the Three per Cents. having advanced 10c., while the Four and a Half per Cents. have fallen 15c. Bank Stock still continues to de cline, and is quoted sf. below the closing prices of the previous day. At the conclusion of the business the following were the quotations :—For cash—The Three per Cents. 79f. 90c., and the Four and a Half per Cents. 103 f. 70c. For the account—The Three per Cents. 79f. 95c., and the Four and a Half per Cents. 103 f. 60c. Bank Shares, 2,660. ITALY. The Imperial Lieutentant of Mantua has caused a list of 33 persons implicated in the late trial for high treason, but absent as refugees, to be published with an intimation that they are excluded from the benefit of the Imperial amnesty, and that if they do not return and submit to their trial, they will be judged by default. A letter from Florence of the 18th in the Medi terraneo of Genoa, states there is good reason to believe that Madiai and his wife, have been liberated chiefly through the intercession of the Emperor of the French. _ _ The Government of Lombardy has authorised those who served in Italy under Napoleon to pro ceed to Paris to congratulate Napoleon 111. The Roman Finance Committee terminated their sittings on the 18th, and have disposed of the de ficit of 1,500,000 scudi by retrenchments amounting to 720,000 scudi, and by authority to raise a Govern ment loan of 800,000 scudi. SPAIN. A telegraphic dispatch from Madrid, dated the 24th of March, announces that the report of the committee favourable to General Narvaez has been rejected by 106 votes to 64. A proposition made by M. Lujan and other Pro gresistas to modify the press laws has been re jected in the Chamber of Deputies by a majority of 153 to 47. The Three per Cents. were 44i. GERMANY. The health of the Emperor of Austria is com pletely re-established. He has quite regained his eyesight. The exchange of the ratifications of the Austro-Prussian commercial treaty takes place this week. Tho Cologne Gazette has the following from Ber lin, dated the 23d :—" We learn that, in the vote of the Germanic Diet on the proposition to augment the Federal army by 150,000 men or by 50,000 men, Hanover voted with Prussia for 50,0,00 ; and Austria, Electoral Hesse, Oldenburg, and Bruns wick for the greater number. Yesterday the mem bers of the Customs' Conference forwarded to their governments the treaty concerning the renewal of the Zollverein on the basis of the treaty of Septem ber. The governments are called on to ratify it. All the other points, which remain to be discussed between Prussia and the other States, have been reserved for the general conference." A letter from Berlin announces that the Presi dent of Police, M. Hinkelden, who concentrates in his hands all the upper police de surete of Prussia, has gone to Hanover, where all the directors of the German police are now holding a conference, in order to come to au understanding for the applica tion of uniform measures throughout all Germany. A proposition made in the Prussian, Military Gazette of causing a certain number of officers and soldiers to study the working of railways, and par ticularly the management of the locomotives in order that in case of war the army might be inde pendent of the railway employes, has been favour ably received by the Minister of War, and will be shortly carried into effect.. The Nuremberg Courier was seized a few days since for having copied an article which was not in the first place considered open to prosecution. The resignation of Marshal Radetzky is looked upon as certain, and Prince Charles Swarzenberg, a younger brother of the late Premier, and at pre sent governor of Transylvania, is named as his suc cessor. TURKEY. The latest telegraphic dispatch from Constanti nople states that " affairs continue tranquil. Rifaat Pacha shows himself decidedly favourable to the demands of Russia. Notwithstanding, at the date of the latest intelligence received from the Black Sea, military movements, continued at Odessa. General Luders was concentrating three corps d'armee on the frontiers. Prince Menichikoff has sent to the Russian Consul at Jerusalein dispatches relative to the question of the Holy Cities. The Porte appears to settle the differences with Russia amicably. The funds have risen." We read in the Debats :—" We have received accounts from Constantinople vid Vienna. Prince Menschikoff )324 his audience of the Sultan on the 9th, and made, known to him the demands of his Government. As far as has already transpired, these demands differ in many respects from what had been at first announced ; the Russian u/timettum is said to be much less severe and of more easy accept ance. The language of Prince Menschikoff is, moreover, said to have been very moderate, and th e Sultan and the Envoy-Extraordinary of the Emperor Nicholas are said to have parted well satisfied with each other." Dispatches from Constantinople announce that important conferences are about to take place in that city between the representatives of Turkey, R uss ia, and France, on the subject of the guardian ship of Holy Places. Austria has demanded to be admitted to these conferences, and it is expected that this demand will be acceded to by the other great powers ; but England will s i llh o has no not take part in these discussions, alleging that interest in th e matter in question. The Turkish Government has decided to permit tshtaenctoinnosptrieucttoioßneolgc th d e e. proposed railway from Con " say s — The deepouarrge of rde Marseille, of the 23d, f the squadron from Toulon was a 24 hours, so that it was o n ly accidentally delayed ihis day that it must have sailed. The Constitutionnet gives an account of a dis astrous battle which took place between the army of Omer Pacha and the Montenegrin army after the cessation of hostilities had been agreed to. The ar ms having ab re tui a ot c n hthe o d Omer Pachae f news of the suspension of Montenegrins hhaevinwgithrodoreeiwvedh is no tr i o nf op o s rm , the kind, attacked him on the 25th, and slaugh tered a vast number of the Turks. Omer Pacha was not able to reach Podgoritza till the next day. By the last accounts the Turkish army was concen centrated at Scutari. Letters from Cattaro, in the Lloyd of Vienna, announce the arrival there on the preceding day of the Vladika of Montenegro, with several of his chiefs, to thank the Emperor of Austria for the protection he afforded to the mountaineers in the late struggle. The Voivode of Grahovo died at Globug on the 4th. From later accounts of the 13th, in the same paper, it appears that the Vladika left Cattaro on that day, in company with Lieut.- Col. Stratomirovitsch and other Austrian officers, and the Russian Conamissaries Kowalewski and Berger, to inquire into the truth of the allegations of Omer Pacha against the population of Piperi, whom he accuses of having attacked the Turkish •troops in their garrisons. Omer Pacha still has his troops concentrated at Sputz, Podgoritza, and Antivari. THE SR ARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. ld RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. 29 - 30 6i -- 6Axd 9i -10 i 7A -- 60 , 21 --22 ci 3 i --2Adxd' 104 -- 105 64 -64 A 21 -- 22 18A -19 i 6 —li pin 8 -- 9 ••• 5 i - 51 - 4 10 - ii 72 - 73 57 73 75xd 32 61 63 81 82 4 6 —. 48 122 —l24ad 1 107 —lOB xd 91 92 g4 x d i 13 di p 75 754 I d 3# d 16 161 8 9ixd 11 .1034 —104 i 118 —118 i 2 —3p xd —ltexd 19 21 ' 30 81 3i 3 d 74 —74 A 43 45 50 -- 62 31 -- SA 3 Yd 3 -- 3i 51 -- -- 53 8i 9A 7A -- 8 2; -- 2 d 35 -- 86 41 4 a 8 - - 8i 3 5p 48 - 49 100 - 102 63 - 65 64 - 66 70 - 75 18 20 9 10 14 15 3d 20 —21 i 77 78 36 36i 12 13 4 41 19 21 Business done this day. 3 1 ad I g xx d d I S'i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. Leasing Compares. Closing Prices this day. Business this day. Bedford and Bletchley. Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. D9.wtht guar. BUckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Liucoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. z Shares. Lon.& Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Midclleabr•' & Redear Midld.Bradfd NorLhern and Easternsp. c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p c Preat. & \Tyre London & N. West. 1011 all IGt• Westn Do 30 - 31 29 -30 i 30 - 31 29 - 30 104 -106 52i -53 A 151 - 153 32i -33 A Oi all It. 100 0 all ft. 100 IDo IDo L.&N.W Caledon. 15 I all 10 I all Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y.&NILd Do ill all 15 all .n all .3i all !IO all * all 111 -- 113 55A -56 A, 27. -- 28 -- 13' 14 25A --26. 19 -19 A 25 -- 2 IS. Eastern D 0... D all 5a all Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midid Stckton & Darlingt. 2 - 3ixd 1105 —lo6xcl E. Count Do 64 - 66 'OO all ;0 all 5 all Do L. & N.W &Ln&Tk Do .2il_lli ~ 100 - 100 ;5 18i 2 9i i 0 all Do. Shares. Roystn.& Hit. Do.Shepth.St She - .Roth.and Goole g. 5 p. c. S. S'iaffo-dsh. \Tear Valleygr 6 per cent... Gt Northn D 0... Laneash& Yorksh. Milt Clean Stock . & Darlingt Do ... xd 149 —lslxd ,148 —lsoxd 1 i d ',51 all it. 100 Do ,Wilts&Sonarsl IGtWestn. 32 - 33 11021 - 103 MINES. 1 all A.gua Fria 108 all Anglo Californian 4 p 10 2 Australasian.. ld—ll p 20 6 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 4 p 14 1 all Australian Freehold. par— p 1 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy oi) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold 1 p 14 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 241 Brazilian Imp.(issued at X 5 pm.) 4i 5 20 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 4 • - 41 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 301 30 1 4 Carson's Creek par 4 p I 40 all Cobra Copper 47 —49 48 6 1 Colonial Gold 2l —24 p 24 14 Copiapo Si. all CopperMinersof Eng BO 90 25 all Do. Preference 8 9 p 6 all English and Austin Copper Snteltg. Co ll 1 d 3 4 20 all General l7 —l9 2 all Great Nugget Vein 2l —24 p 44 3 all Great Polgooth ll 1 p 1 all Lake Bathurst dis— par 1 all 14 4 berty p 1 all Lon d. &Californ.Gold Quarts Crush. Co 4 4 d 1 all Mariquita ld par 10 9 Mexican &S. Americ Bl 84 8. 1 all New Granada - 1 all Nouveau Monde — 1 p 24 5 1 Port Philip 1 p 1 1 all Quai Lz Rock par p 1 50 all Rtymney Iron 23 —25 15 Do. New 7 8 30 10i Santiago de Cuba 7 8 1 all South Australian 4 -- l 4 p 10 7 Tin Croft ll 13 281 all United Mexican 64 64 1 all Waller par p 14 1 all West Granada I P 1 all West Mariposa Qdis - p 1 all Yuba Par P JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 92 -- 93 921 50 all British N. American „, „ 20 '2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 1 —21 p 100 25 Colonial — 100 20 Commercial of Lon don 4 English Scottish and Australian 24 —24 p 20 74 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 44— 5 p 174 $0 20 London and County, ... 50 10 London Joint Stock 211 100 20 Lond. &Westminster, 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India ~ par ip 21 2 50 224 National of Ireland 25 all Oriental Bank if Corporation. 584 -- 294 594 9 81 91 25 6 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New ". 6 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp. Co.. 4 die— 4p 25 25 South Australia 5O 52 25 all Union of Australia 77 78 77 2_h Do. New B4 9 50 10 Union of London.-- 40 , all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian Agricult.. , 100 103 103 20 6 Austrlasn.Pcific.Maq 10 $ Australis. Royal Mail 1184 Brit. Americn. Land C!4 5 , 100 324 Canada — 6 I Crystal Palace 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 100 50 General Screw Steam 20 21 Irish Beetroot Sugar ( 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Laud._ 20 21 Nrth. of Europe Steam 50 all Peninsular &Oriental' 84.1 50 25 Do. Do. 46 100 60 Royal Mail Steara.. . 78 25 25 South Austral. La nd 52 54 53 1 1 Submar. Telegraph ) 1 5 2 Universal Emigration 10 and Colonisation,.,( and Colonisation.. Tan Diemen's Land.. ii - ii 231 i LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, March 28.—Wind this day at Noon, N.E., light breeze, and fine weather. DEAL, March 27.—Wind, W. Arrived from the River —Lady Bird, for Port Philip ; Commerce, Quebec. Ar rived from the River, and sailed—Larkins, for King George's Sound. LIVERPOOL, March 27.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived— Chrysolite, Paraiba ; Antilla, New York; Caroline, Que bec and Halifax ; Jessie, Maranham ; Jenny, St. Do mingo ; Jas. Wright, New Orleans ; llearns, do. ; T. J. Rogers, do. ' • Franklin Pearce, do. ; Samuel, St. John's, N.B. ; Fleetwood, New Orleans ; Doreas Prince, do. ; Cora, Baltimore ; Celeste, Belfast, with considerable damage from contact with the Bloomer, for Sydney, N.S.W. Sailed—Laura Campbell, Rio Janeiro; Buce phalus, Trinidad ; Mitrades, New Orleans ; Ocean Queen, Boston ; Verona, St. John's, N.B. ; Europa, New York ; W. D. Sewall, do. ; Cheshire, Boston ; ITriel, do. Of Port--Glenlyon, Konig, William 11., and Emma Fields. Irene, for Valparaiso, which capsized in the River on the 27th ult., has been righted. BRisTor o .—Sailed—Sir Henry Pottinger, New York. FALMOUTH, March 27.—Wind, N., light. Arrived— Ida, Newcastle to Naples ; and Janet and May, Newcastle to Alicante—to stop a leak. PENZANCE, March 27. It blew a hurricane on the 24th inst., and the Eliza, Kirwan, and Sarah Dickson got on shore, and have received damage ; the latter must be docked. •BELFAST, March 26.—Arrived—Albert, New York. SLIGO, March 26.—Sailed—Dromahaer, New York. SHlELDS.—Sailed—Ellogrel, New York ; Stentor, do. ; Chance, do. ; Lord Mulgrave, do. SUNDERLAND.— Arrived .Alexandrina, Maulmain.— Sailbd—Norman, Rio Janeiro ; Royal Oak, New York ; CentUrion, Grenada ; Wm. Herdman, King George's Sound ; Mary Ann, Hong Kong • Europa, Havannah. HARTLEPOOL. —Sailed Antelope, Jamaica ; Petrus, Hong Kong, Bombay . , and Ceylon. '.HULL, March 27.—Sailed--Fergus, Quebec ; James White, Bombay. BALLINA, March 26.—The Schwan, from Ibrail, is on shore, with seams open and butts started, and full of water. LYTHAM, March 26.—The Coromandel, of Preston, got on shorc, came off, and sunk ; crew saved, and cargo ex pected to be saved. NEW YORK, March 12. The Benjamin Adams, hence for Liverpool, was in contact, March 8, with the New Hampshire, arrived here from the Clyde, and had her quarter slighly stove ; the latter lost bowsprit, &c. INCREASE OF POST-OFFICE BUSINESS.—The labours of the Post-office' now and in 1829 are scarcely comparable. In 1840 it was said, with an expression of wondering surprise, that 40,000 letters left London daily—and the entire number passing through the office amounted to 76,000,000 annually. The next year, at the reduced rate, they were more than doubled ; and every year the increase has risen• higher and higher. During the last six years the average increase amounts to no less than 260,000‘letters and 14,000 newspapers daily. It is esti mated that the number of letters which will pass through the General Post-office in the present year will be about 95,000,000 —the newspapers nearly 2,ooo,ooo—over and above the numbers which passed through it in 1846, though the reduced postage law had then been in opera tion for some years. The Report of the Post-offioe of the United States for twelve months ending the 30th June, 1852, shows that the number of letters that passed through the American Post-offices during the year was under 96,000,000, or less than a quarter of the number transmitted in this kingdom ; but it is worthy of notice that 88,710,490 newspapers and other packages of printed matter were charged with postage during- the year, and that in addition, 27,073,548 passed free.—Atheneum. PRIZE FOR ENGLISH HORSES AT CHANTILLY.—The Emperor has presented the sum of 10,000 francs (4001.) to be run for by horses of all countries, at the Chantilly Autumn Meeting, in October next.- The prize will be added to a sweepstakes of 201. each, h ft ; the second to receive 801. out of the stakes ; three year olds to carry 91b, four 1031 b, five 1091 b, and six and upwards 1101 b. English horses to carry 101 b extra ; and winners, in England of 6001., to carry 171 b. extra. Continental bred horses that have never won a prize of the value of • 7,000 francs (2801.) to be allowed, three year olds 71b, four and upwards 101 b. Distance, 3,200 metres (nearly two miles). Engagements to be made on or before Ist of August. 'lOO Aberdeen gi Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Fastn. Junct.... Birmg. Wo & Stour Valley 2 Birk - enhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct. 11 Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. .84 Do., £2O 00 Bristol and Exeter )0 Caledonian ill Chester & Holyhead m Cork and Bandon i ll Cork, Blackrock and Passage Eg Dublin&BelfastJunc D undee Perth&A ber dean Junction Do. New 611 East Anglian (£25 L and E. & L. & D.) ill Do. Do. (181. B.& H.) al Eastern Counties_ i n Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) gi Do., do 11l Do., B. and C X) East Lancashire 111 East & We3t Ind. Die & Lirming. June X) Edinburgh & Glasgow 16 Edin. and Peebles Edin. Prth. &Dundee X) Glasgow &S. Western X) Great Northern Stk )0 Do., A. Stock )0 Do., B. Stock )0 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) X) Great Western .1 Irish South-Eastern dl Lancaster & Carlisle .1i Do., Thirds Lancash.& Yorkshire L 5 Do., Fifths .14 Do., Wst. Riding Un ill Leeds Northern 611 Liv.Crsby.&Southpt 611 London & Blackwall s Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. 9 Lond. Brigt. &S. Cst. London & N. Western Do., Fifths 10 1 Do. ,XlO Sh.M. &B. C St. 100 London &S. Western 50 421 Do., £5O 40 31 Do., £4O 25 all Loaderu. &Coleraine 25 all Lrdndrry. & Ennisk. St. 100 Manch. Shef. &Lincln 81 41 Do., Man. & Lin. Un. St. 100 Midland St. 100 Do. Liming. &Derby 50 471 Midland G. West. (Ir.) 25 171 Do. 1 Shares 100 all NewcasLle & Carlisle i 0 Newmarket 5 Do. Bury Extension 6 Newp. Aberg.&ffftd 71 Newry & Enniskillen di Newry, Warrenpoint, and Restroyor St. 100 Norfolk 15 all Do., New 50 51 Northn.Counties Un St. 100 North British 6 25 50 ' 20 a; 16 1: 16 8 al 8 : 20 17 20 a] 10 11 St. 101 .3 North Devon, No. 1. 6i Do., No. 2 Xll Do., ♦ Deferred 5 Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire 6H North Western 0 N. &S. Westrn. June )0 Oxford, Wo7ce3ter, & Wolverhampton )0 Scottish Central Scottish Midland )0 Shrewsbury & Birmg )0 Do., L. & N. Westu Guaranteed Stock 8 Shrew,by.& Hereford 611 Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) . al Do. Halves do 11 Do Do. Oswestty 6? Shropshire Union 611 South Devon 0 South Eastern 11 South Wales 13 k a, 20 al 20 i 50 al St. 101 50 a 20 1 20 + .5 S. Yorksh . River Dun. 5 Do. L6i Stockton & Rartlepl .9 Thames Haven Dock and Railway .7 Vale of Neath dl Waterfd. & Kilkenny Lll Waterford& Limerick .3 West Cornwall 1 Wimbledon&Croydn .. 1 3.1 25 I 11 20 r 20 al 50 al 20 1: 10 1/. 1 IWoodford . ... St. 100 York Newetl.&Berw. 25 20 Do. Extensions 25 114 Do. G. N. E. Purchase St. 100 York kN. Midland 14 I al 31 12. 22 L St. 101 St. 101 50 a: 20 I a] 25 al 25 a] 18 st] 20 a] 25 I a] St. 11 10 St. li St. li St. li St. li St. li St. 11 St. 11 St. li St. 11 20 ' 20i 1 20 1 t 10 11 684 7 - 694 7t - 7i - 58 - 59 PREFERENCE SHARES., St. 11l 5 al St. 10 20 St: Ili 15 1 s St. Ili st. ID St. Ili St. ii st. ID St. ID St. 11 St. 11 50 St. 111 50 12),j 11 1211 al 121 l a] St. ID 16i 20 a] 5 al St. ID 20 t st. lb 1 10 1 25 al 10 10 6 al 20 I a] st. ID 17 I + 25 I li )01 Aberdeen . ..... 11 Do., No. 2,7 p. )0 & Ex. 4 p. c. St. 5 Do. 4p. e. Shares )0 Caledonian £lO 11 Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent. Si Cork&Bandon 5i p.c. 11 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 11 E. Ang. (705.) 6 p. o. 11 Do. (X 5), 7 per cent. 2 Do. (£7l7s), T. p ct. 1 Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. e. No.l 1 II 0., No. 2 1 10. , New 6p.0. St 11 Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 0 East Lancash. 6p. cts 11 Edinb. Prth.&Dund O Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent O Great Northn. sp. a O Do. 5 p. s., Redeem at 10 p. e. prem , 11 Gt. S outhn. & Westn (Ireland) Eights 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. s ) D Great Western, fixed 4i per cent 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 0 Do., 6 p. s., Stock O Londonand Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. a O Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St. 11 Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 O Do. New Guar. 6p. c. 6 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds • 0 Londonderry & Coler. Shares ............. 11 Londndry. & Ennisk. Shares ..... ........ 11 Manch. , Shef. ,& Lin., Shares, No. 1.... 11 Do., New, £lO ....... S Do., £6 ............. ... Marypt. & Carl. 4 p. s. Do. 41 per cent....... 8i Do - )0 Mid. Consol. 6 p.o.St. 10 Do. Consol. Bristol & Firm. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Pref. 4i percent. 11 Norfolk Extension... Al Di. Guar. 5i per ct. 11 Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent........... )O North British ►ll North Staffordshire.. DO Oxford, Worcester, & • Wolverh. £15,6p. c. 9 Do. El Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed 11 Shrewsby. & Chester Nor.W. (Min), 3 p.c. .0 Do. 5 per cont. 11 South Devon Do. Nev II S. Pastern (Reading Ann.) f £l. Os. 6d. 11 S. Yorksh.4p. e. Guar. 3 Waterfd.kKilk. 6p. c. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. i Do LO York & N. Midland, H. & S. Purchase... lilia -7 108 - 108 18i --19ixd id—par 6 -- 6ixd 3g -- 31 8t -- 4 lip 1 11 1 115 p 18 -- 19 81- 3 xd ',6 --128 1109 - 111 8i - 105 )07 ad ipxd 150 152 io --- 153 al sP 10 11 131 —l3ixd 8 9 161 -- ill i --ipmd .. -- • ... .---". •.. .-- ~ 1148 - 149 22 - - 23 • 11 - 2 109 - 111 254 - 26, ..i : iA 11 - 11 17 183, lip 14 —15 i par 0 p 261 20 21 } d par 1101 - 103 6 -5, par :CAN: 19 xd Ii la m 1: 1 • ltt 11 xd I 1 126 xd lii 110 9 FORE: 3 Autwrp. &Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. Janet. 11 . Charleroi & Erquelin 8 Dijon and Besan9on , 8 Dutch Rhenish R East Indian ....... 1 Do. Extension .. .. 11 IGt. Indian Pen' 7 Gd. Junct. of Franc .5; Gt. Wostn, of Canada — Shares 1 Lucca and. Pistoja, per cent. pref '.5 Luxembourg. . l 0 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. 3 Do. (Canal)... ...... .. 2 Do. 6p. cent. pref. 7 Lyons dr Medterran. Madras Antonia Do. New Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 20/. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy.B. &Ams. Shs.] Norwegian Trnk.Pref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans . Paris and Rouen 1 Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaenkeherbrg 5 Quebes & Richmond 11 Rouen and Havre 11 44 Sam S p o o u . tbshrter ande o cent.f Meuse euPs. France e 2s. Upp erlndia Scrip Bil all _ Wek Flanders.. 6• Do. Si per c. Pre 9 Western of France 2 West. of Switzerland 3 % No w Zealand... ...... id p 1 , L4i _ l5 1 1 P p 1 2 p 1 1. p } P 7i 8 - 4i d 9 —llp 2 —2i p - 74 3 5 4 -- -- 3ti 14 -- 15 1 9i 181 -- 42 -- 434 42-- 43 - 3 4 --5 3 a p 20 -- 21 9 i -- 9i 4i 5 . 1 p P 44 d par 9i 10p' par 1 Oild Shr. 'raid, 10 al 20 1 1 20 al 20 al 20 al 20 20 20 10 20 20 21 13 in 13 xd I i 734 x d 1 81 7 i 2 1 1 2 ! 123 91i 90i I Z irti 5 4C5 8i 9 17. 3 81 3 # l l fi N 74i I 52i 13a 8 14 iii 77i ll 2i i 69i 9 51 8i 109 10 15g 14 14t 15 3 x 4 xd ad ad. xd NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. The reinforcements to Vice Admiral Dundas's fleet in the Mediterranean have at length taken their departure, and considering how promptly the French fle e t was dis patched from Toulon, and the strength of the for ce w h en compared with the inferior but efficient English fleet— looking also to the fact that the French fleet is to have an addition 'of•three sail of the line to the eight already en route to the Archipelago, we cannot help notie• ing the unaccountable delay that has taken place at home in sending out to :the Mediterranean such a num ber of ships as would have made the English force at least equal to that of France. Happily there is a better feeling prevailing between the two cduntries than existed during the Syrian affairs of 1839, 1840, and 1841; else the inferiority of the British force in the Mediterranean would excite the utmost uneasiness. The following is our Portsmouth correspondent's account of the departure of the squadron : PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY. The Sidon, 22 (paddle), Capt. George Goldsmith ; and Leopard, 16 (paddle), Capt. George Giffard, hoisted the blue peter at the fore directly after Church service. 3 P.M.—Both vessels have steam up and hove short. 4 P.M.—The Leopard under weigh. The Prince Re gent, 90, Capt. Frederick Hutton, let fall topsails hove short. 4.lo.—Canted round—filled under topsails, topgal lantsails, royals, jib, and spanker and away for the Nab (east end of the island). Wind, W.N.W. The Sidon steamed away th rough the Needles, taking the West Channel. The Leopard under w r Ogly in the woke of the Sidon. 4.4o.—The Prince _Regent hauled her wind, took in royals, and rounded the Nab. Presuming that the Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord E. Russell, also has been ordered from Plymouth to the Mediterranean, the force of Admiral Dundas, when these ships join him, will be seven sail of the line—still inferior to the French force, as the following will show : BRITISH. Guns.l Britannia l2O Trafalgar Rodney 92 Albion Prince Regent 9O Vengeance , B4 Bellerophon 7B In steamers the followin l forces : Guns. h:p. Retribution 2B 400 Sidon 22 560 Furious l6 400 Leopard l6 560 Tiger l4 400 Wasp (screw) l4 400 Niger (screw) Fury FRENCH. Guns. Ville de Paris Vainly l2O Montebello (screw) Henry IV lOO Bayard 9O Napoleon (screw) 9O Charlemagne (screw) 9O Jupiter . B6 Lg will be , the comparative Guns. h.p. Mogadoro 22 650 Magellan 2O 450 Lave 6 2O 450 Gower 2O 450 Caton lO 260 Chaptal 8 220 Heron 6 200 Narval 6 160 Sentinelle 6 120 We believe that the French• ships do not carry, on the whole, so many guns as the above statement indicates, and that the British steamers (omitting the packets and tenders) are fully equal in efficiency and force to the French. United, however, we find the French and Eng lish forces will be 15 sail of the line, 9 steam-frigates, and 8 steam-sloops &c. ; making a total of 32 men-of-war-- a force, if combined, fully equal to any service it might be called on to perform successfully in the protection; of Turkey.—Herald. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 27. A new code of instructions, to re g ulate the entry and promotion of dockyard employes, ha s just been issued to the heads of the several departments in this dockyard. We presume the late disclosures respecting dockyard pro motions have led to this. The gist of these instructions is, we believe, that men should be promoted for merit alone, and candidates for employment entered whose claims are wholly irrespective of political recommenda tion. We believe these new rules apply to all dockyards and victualling establishments under the control of the Admiralty, and have been confirmed by her Majesty in Council under order dated the 11th inst. They are based on those originally promulgated with the Admiralty cir cular letter of the 27th of February, 1847, when Mr. Ward, the then secretary to the board, published his dockyard educational project. These new regulations, while preserving the spirit of those formerly issued, possess a more practical character, and may, consequently, operate more beneficially. The rules commence with the entry of apprentices, the vacancies for whom are to be reported by the respective dockyard superintendents to the Surveyor of the Navy, and by him to the board in June and December of each year. Candidates for entry will be placed on the superin tendents' lists, biit not without the sanction of the Admi ralty ; preference in all cases being given where the re commendations of the superintendents and the dockyard Officers relate to the children of deserving officers and artificers already employed or who have served. After the examination by the schoolmaster, in the pre sence of the superintendent and one or more of his prin cipal officers, and the report is deemed satisfactory, one half of the admission will be awarded by the board to those passed candidates whose names stand at the head of the graduated list, and the other half will be awarded with reference to the claims of parents. Vacancies for shipwrights will be filled by apprentices (as at present) on the completion of their time, subject to the consideration of the character of the report made upon their conduct and qualifications during the term of service by the respective officers and the schoolmasters ; but entry into the dockyards cannot be claimed when a boy is out of his time as a matter of right, but such as have served will have the.preference if well reported upon, as before mentioned. No artificers are to be entered but such as are qualified in every respect, which must be certified by the superin tendents and their professional officers. If found fit, and entered, they will undergo a month's probationary trial, and after that, if their qualifications are deemed satisfactory, they will then be entered " on the estab lishment." The rules regulating promotion mostly relate to the representations of the respective officers and to the ac quisition of knowledge by the candidate. Every species of recomniendation out of the autho rised channels, whether direct or indirect, is discoun tenanced ; and further (it is stated), will check the future advancement of the parties on whose behalf it is exer cised. The office of measurer is re-established, with improve ments on its constitution of 1809. For the purpose of keeping accurate account, and checking the issue of stores and materials, the Lords of the Admiralty order the employment, in each of the larger dockyards, of four measurers, who, with four ship wrights' writers, are to form, under the direction of the master shipwright, an office for the measurement of work done, the formation of estimates for repairs, and the statement of actual expenditure. This new code concludes by cancelling the circular order of the 13th of April, 1850, permitting the superin tendents of the dockyards to select their secretaries from different ranks of officers, and restricting the selection in future, as formerly, to one of the principal clerks of the dockyard. The Admiral's good-service pension of 3001. per annum, which reverted to the gift of the First Lord of the Ad miralty by the demise of Admiral of the Red the Hon. Sir Bladen Capel, G.C.8., has been bestowed on Vice- Admiral Sir George Seymour, C. 8., G.C.H., Comman der-in-Chief on the West Indian and North American station. The Captain's good-service pension of 1501. per annum, which fell in on the promotion of Captain Boxer to the rank of Rear-Admiral, has been bestowed on Commodore Michael Seymour, superintendent of Devonport dock yard. A report is published that Captain the Right Hon. the Earl of Hardwicke will supersede Captain Hutton in the command of the Prince Regent, 90, the latter having completed his sea-time for his flag-rank, whereas the gallant ex-Postmaster-General has not. The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw three-decker, Captain H. B. Martin, C. 8., is ordered to be undocked to-morrow, and placed in the steam-basin to complete her fittings ; she has her topgallant masts on end; top sailyards across, &c. ; she is ordered to take in twelve months' stores for foreign service. The Megnra, 6, steam-troop-ship, Commander John ston, embarked at Spitheid, yesterday afternoon, draughts of the 36th; 67th, and 69th Regiments, for conveyance to Barbadoes to join their respective service companies. Mr. Thomas William Millar is appointed assistant to" the superintendent engineer in this dockyard, vice Mr. Lambert, resigned for a better appointment with the Screw Steam Shipping Company. The Highflyer, 21, Captain Heathcote, will come into harbour from Spithead to-morrow, to undergo a slight refit. Her crew will, in the meantime; be paid down, and be granted leave. The Dasher, 2, paddle steam-vessel, Commander Le Febvre, arrived in harbour this morning from the Chan nel Islands, to have her crew paid wages, and to undergo a slight refit. The Rhadamanthus, port transport, 'Master-Com mander Belau', sailed yesterday afternoon with stores for Plymouth and Pembroke. The Sprightly, steam-vessel, Mr. George Allen, acting master commanding, returned from Devonport this morn ing with about 40 supernumeraries. The Tyne store-ship, Master-Commander Wellington, went out of harbour this morning, and sailed this after noon with stores for the squadrons on the coastofAf Africa aan s B. American line-of-packet ship, d the hesßorauttl Southampton, a ar rived this morning from the Hutton Thames,u; the Sidon, and sailed afterioonfor ge N ß e e wY nt o , 9 rk o . The Prince Captain paddle-frigate, 22, Captain Goldsmith ; and the Leo. pard, paddle-frigate, 12, Captain George Giffard, are all ordered to sea, supposed for the Mediterranean. The tclurtpasthtrofour, and pi tthheeasdteaa steamers r 0 S St. P H ri el n e e r!'s- R ro eg ad en s a t t a we : l llr the same westwardtimep,etsaskagineg;thtehesid course and througn. Wind W., freshening, the Needles with threatening indications as night advances. on considerably ahead PLYMOUTH, Isi from The Sprightly, steam-tender, arrived yesterdayl Corry, Portsmouth with the baggage of Rear-Adin 116, 1 Captain which she placed on board the Queen, to Ports- Michell, in the Sound. To-day she returned mouth. • her masts to-day, cn 26. The steamer Spiteful received 0 , _ pre paratory to sailing for Woolwieh,t in' repaired. i dock. The St. Jean d'Acre onAFlarirdgaeyi a fair course at half-past 6 down Channel, under gallantsails, head canvas °fe double reefed..opsails and top towed. Wind easterly, blow limnec-nonf-ibnagttle ship was P w s la a t s c a e rt, observed gong blow ing strong. . , SHOCKING MURDER ON BOARD SHIP. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, Intelligence hts just reached this pOrt of a murder committed on boatAl an outward-bound vessel a fe w hours , after her sailing 'from this port. On Tuesday morning the brig William Thrift, of North Shields, L. Buchanan, master, le ft the Mersey, bound to Alexandria, and pro ceedeLdolu_shannel.__ Nothing occurred worthy of notice until about four o'clock on Wednesday morning, when the captain* was roused from his berth by the mate, who in a state of great_ horror, informed him that a murder had been committed on board. Captain Buchanan immediately gave_ordersthat the murderer should be seized and ironed • but on the mate returning on deck it was f oun d th a t after the culprit had completed his crime, by spliting the skull of another of the crew with an axe belonging to the cook, he had cut adrift a boat which was stowed bottom up in the long boat, and attempted. to roll it over the side, with a view no doubt to escape by, it in the darkness. In this he failed, owing to the boat being jammed against some spars ; and seizing a scudding sail boo m he jumped overboard with it and was seen no more. The crew of the William Thrift was shipped from the Sailors' Home, and were remarked to be, perfectly sober and efficient when the vessel left the port. It is believed that the murderer and his victim had come from the same boarding-house in Liverpool, but the circumstances which led to the crime will pro bably 'ever be revealed. No quarrelling between them was observed by the mate, who was the only , person on deck at the time. The spectacle presented on the cap tain hurrying up .from his cabin is described as ver y horrible, the head of the murdered man b e i ng completely smashed by the blows he had received. The brig, with the corpse on board, has put into 'Waterford, where it will remain until an inquest is held. A sLA YE AUCTION IN VIRGINIA. (Froin the New Tork Tribune.) • young_New-Yorker now on his first southern tour, and not yet cottonised by the new influences surround ink • him, has written to one of the publishers of the Tribune an account of a slave auction he attended in Richmond. Believing that, its publication will do good, and in its ultimate consequences tend strongly to perpe tuate and humanise that union which patriots so rever ence, we give it place in our columns, as follows : Richmond Va Thursday, March 3 , 1858. Since I left New York I have seen original Decla ration of Independence, and I have seen it " illustrated" here in this place. Oh;rity God ! Oh, my country I I have been an eye- : witness this morning to scenes such as never have been described, and never can. You and I have been told by some of thaVough faces of the north that the evils of slavery are exaggerated. But they have not been half told, and I have neither the ability nor_the heart to describe the scenes I have this moment come from witnessing. f have spent two hours at the public sales of slaves. There are fOur of them, and all in the same st ree t, not more than two blocks from the Exchange Hotel, where we are staying. These slave depots are in one of the most frequented streets of the place, and the sales are conducted in the building on the first floor, and within view of the passers by. There are small screens behind Which the women of mature years taken for inspection ; but the men and the boys are publicly examined in the tllO en store, before an audience of full one h un d re d. ese examinations are carried on by various p ersons in rested, and are enough to shock the feelings of the most hardened. You really cannot conceive that men . iii human form . could conduct themselves so brutally ; each scar or mark is dwelt upon with great minuteness +its cause, its age, its general effect upon the health, Ste., &c.,. are questions asked and readily answered. I 4.vi full 20 men stripped 'this morning, and not more than three or four of them had what:they termed " clean backs," and some of them—l should think full one guar tbr of them--were scarred with the whip to such an ex tnt as to present a frightful appearance •, une in parti dular was so cut that I am sure you could not lay your finger on any part of his back without coining in contact ith a scar. These sears were from the whip, and were d i om two inches to one foot in length. Th ese mar k s amaged his sale ; although only about 45 to 50 years 1 i 'la he only brought $460; but for these marks he wo u ld ave brought $750 to $BOO. I saw several children sold ; the girls brought the ghest price. Girls from 22 to 18 years old brought om 500 dols. to 800 dols. I must say that the slaves did not display as much reeling as I had expected, as a general thing—but there 'vas one noble exception—God bless her ! and save her oo 1! as I hope he will in some way, for if he does not nterpose there were no men there that would. She was a fine looking woman about twenty-five years Old, with three beautiful children. Her children as well as herself were neatly dressed. She attracted my attention .at once on entering the room, and I took my stand near her to learn her answers to the various ques tions put to her by the traders. One of these traders asked her what was the matter with her eyes ? Wiping away the tears, she replied, " I s'pose I hav e b een cry . ing. " Why do you cry ?" " Because I have left my man behind, and his master won't let him come along. " " Oh, if I buy you, I will furnish you with a better husband, or man as you call him, than your old one." " I don't want any better, and won't have any other as long as he lives." " Oh, but you will though, if I buy you." " No, massa, God helping me, I never will." Did Mrs. Stowe exaggerate the spirit in the slave I No, no. I saw " Casale's" character in this woman fully and fairly sticking out. Her answers to other in quiries put by another man were quite as " liberty loving" as these indicated. The most indecent ques tions were put to her, all of which, after a little hesita tion, she answered. But when asked if she thought she could turn out a child a year, she replied, "No, massy., I never have any more, and sorry I got these." Just before she was put up I left the room, for I am sure I could not have stood the scene, and I should have betrayed myself. A scene occurred in this last room which "may yet be heard from." Just before the sale commenced, a young well-dressed gentleman entered the room ; plac ing himself in one corner of the room, he began to take a sketch, and had not proceeded far before he was no ticed by any one but myself. At last he attracted the attention of some of the bystanders, until full 20 or more were looking over his shoulder. They all seemed pleased with what he was doing, so long as the sketch was a mere outline, but as he• began to finish up the picture and form his groups of figures they began to see what he was about, and then some went up pri vately to the auctioneer (who had by this time got one or two sold), and informed him- what the man was doing. He came down from the stand, went and over looked what was doing for a moment, and saw himself " written down for perhaps the first time in his life." He inquired of tile man what he was doing. The reply was, "I do not know that I am bound to answer your inquiry." Mr. Auctioneer took his stand again, but was evidently so enraged that he could no t go on, for by this time the whole company was aware of what was being done; and while Some proclaimed with a loud oath that the likeness was " d—d fine," "most splendid," others were for "footing him." The artist took the hint, however, with out the kick, and left the room. But now we had a specimen of southern bravery. They were all sure that he was an abolitionist, and they all wanted to lend " a foot" to kick him, while one small gentleman said he e w ite oul ai d ea p t ay se 2 en s d p o as ll s a e r d s e to ve h r ir ; e n a et n , egr he o we to ve d r o , w it i . tho ll ut l e ea e v x - - ing on my mind the truth of the maxim, " that he who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day." But I cannot go further. This subject grows on my hands, and if I should only say half what I think and feel just at this time, I should tire your patience. lam chuck full, and shall reserve the overflow until I see you. But think me not untruthful from thig unavoidable ex citement. I don't tell half the truth. I have said no thing of the brutality of the audiences I saw at four of these auctions. I tell you for a truth that I saw full one hundred Legrees, and even worse than he. These auctions are held daily, and they pay each other the courtesy to wait for each other ; so that the second _ to the last. The auctioneer of the secon d i s on h an d at does not begin until the first has conc l u d e d, an d so on the first auction to announce—" Gentlemen, the sale of a few fine field hinds, including the usual assortment of boys, girls, &c., &c., will now take place on the corner above, to which your attention is directed," suiting the action to the word, he leaves, followed by the whale audience, myself included, to his own store, and so on until four sales have been held. Th e usual " Wall -street honesty" is observed in the sales ; if not sold, the auc tioneer announces " withdrawn, gentlemen." If this morning I had been possessed of the wealth of W. B. Astor, I should' have laid out some money in s t oc k." That would have eased my conscience, if it had not paid a good interest. Let , this be my conclu- I never w G il sion :If d spares me my re ason and my conscience; l vote again for a pro-slavery man, for the fight. " Freedom or . death," sha ll be From this time forth I promise and declare that I am bound "watchword and the cry." (Of co e I only the spirit of the quotation, and don't mean to do any such foolish thing as to kill myself or allow slavery to do_ but to make all reasonable sacrifices i 4 s th d e ec caus t l on of "truth, right, and humanity.") t P vi t c h leate its spirit, —preserve it —and when you see -- me of the like a guardian angel appear to me, reminding vows I now take upon myself. adopt the T" CMCDEMNE'D Cur3nNAL ArnottYahchc°alittßKmout,g.bo,-7-In conse quence of the judges of the late assize not having left tehfis the e ty u s n o ha s p o p o y n Henry Debson, for the as was the execution murder of Catherine Sheridan, which was an nounced to take place on Saturday last, will not be carried into effect until Saturday, the 9th of . April, in order that the usual time may intervene between the departure of the judges and the carrying out of the cap i ta l se ntence. It is satisfactory to state that the de meanour of the murderer has become entirely changed, and he now evinces great penitence. He has written letters to some of his friends at Wakefield confessing his guilt; ,and making anxious inquiries as to the Manner of the interment of his victim. It may be added that Dobson denies the accuracy of some of the minor details of the evidence adduced against him, and that he declares he had no idea that hwo v Ku t ar c aint t nad i t m dysohw u vpi n eomar t ut i until, as he says, he went into the house and spoke to her, she spoke to him, and then he did it." The only reason lie kuNee uet a rpl s si sevtiyheg the peace." for persuading t f eh o a r che the i.m, , , horridHa hadblamescrime Sheridan n eA . nt i is, that she had done. Dobson has had an interview with some people, are very respectable and i n d us t r i ous peo •of his relations, who, though in humble circumstances, e need scarcely say, the scene was o f character. The wretched man is twenty aver i st -seven years of age, and, we understa n d, h a d b een magi ed - Y 1:::t hisand, we, wife died some time ago. Catherine Sheritfifictiia; : at the time of her death, in her twenty-second year. Shr. I r; 101 l 1064 Ibl 281 1 331 5B 20f 9 i I