The Sun. — London, England, 1853-05-16 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) T he leading CORN EXcHANGE. country markets held on Saturday were but :irately supplied with wheat, yet the demand ruled -and"eadY, at barely previous rates. Choice barley was scarce, held at full Paces , but low parcels commanded very .tplace,ittle attention. In malt, oats, and flour, no change took Previou 13 oth beans and peas were quite as dear as in the - de'l-cc,ounts'from New York to the 4th inst., state that was more d o i ng i n fl our, a t ver y f u ll prices. The °e land for grain was steady. Most of the continental M arkets have ruled somewhat firmer, but no change worthy of notice has taken place in the quotations. w a l e arrivals of English grain up to our market last 32 — Z we re again moderate. From abroad were received quarters of wheat, 14,596 barley, 24,880 oats, 2,344 ye, 2,115 beans, 100 peas, 778 tares, 3,392 bruised, 1,432 cranct!.2B mustard seed, 185 sundry seeds, and 8,542 sacks i T he quantity of wheat received fresh to this morn ng's market from Kent was larger than for up many previous markets, and in full average condition. From Essex the rklalY was decidedly on the i nc r eas e, a nd o f exce ll en t l t.ei. The arr i va l s f rom th e east coas t were compara ia°eg ht , l- small, but we had a fair sprinkling of samples by carriage from the midland counties. Altogether the of was a good one, owing to which, the small number counry. buyers in attendance and the continuous ar r'lel of foreign wheat and flour' the demand for all de eiptions ruled heavy. Really 'fine qualities were mostly e th d 4 , t full quotations ; but, to effect a clearance of most f er lauds live ecline of is per qr. was submitted to. For dy . next to nothing was doing. Growers both less firm. We were very extensively supplied with meta fresh and granaried foreign wheat. All descriptions Were somewhat v ery dully inquiry, and, in most transactions, prices e° ,_me . what easier than on this day se'ennight. b e : bating cargoes off Falmouth, the arrivals of which have 43-11,8easonably good, were in moderate request, at the ( lecline in the quotations. c gOlected English barley was very scarce, and held at full zriure t rendes. Foreign qualities, the show of which was lar g e, a dull sale and were the turn in favour of buyers. The l es demand malt was in a sluggish state ; neverthe liPrices were supported. for a ggregate supply of oats was unusually extensive G ood time of year, viz., upwards of 40,000 quarters. Isse a Th er e al7 parcels realised previous rates. Damp and ed Irish and foreign were 6d. per quarter chearr. at ieesaas were in very moderate supply, and fair inqiury The t week's currency. sale for peas was inactive. took place • rlo a t. • Ing cargoes of Indian corn were in fair request. low er ° . flo ur trade ruled very dull, and prices were the turn In prices no change CU RRENCY PEE IMPERIAL MEASURE. naGat—Essex & Kent. Malt—Chevalier .... 61s to 633 Ditt o .. Red .... now 40e to 468 Oats—Yorkshire and Ditt o •••• • • •. old 428 51s Lincolnst., Feed 16$ 21e biti. White new 41s 56s Potato ...... .... 20$ 241 Ir °• ••• • •• old t6s 578 Yonghal and Cork grtlk and Lin- Black. ...• •• 15$ 19s Ditto Red, old 45s 51s Cork, White ..... 178 2ls jty,...,-- new ... •.. Hs 46s Scotch, Feed..... 203 252 I. te..e.„Ld ............ 288 30s Beans—Tick ......... 341 383 ••• Vie .....„*..,' •• • • .... 298 318 Pigeons ...... .... 361 44i, 1 .•• •• 24s 283 Peas—Grey .....• •• .. 303 35s kalti 2 .„ Ch e .,„, n -, ••••• • • •• 30s 32- Maple. •• •• •..... 333 368 wi11t...43""""er•• •• ••• 333 36s White... • ....... 368 40s uffolk and Nor- Boilers •.••• —37 s 40 folk.. •• •• • 54s 88s Flour—Town-made... 39s 448 ki ne :• •• •• •••• •• 46s s's Suffolk •••••• • • —32 s 3 . 4 n and Ware 1,78 60s Stocktn & Norfolk 32s 36. -`''' Prices above quoted are taken from the official list. SMITHFIELD. u• Lon b a rin g the last week the import of foreign stock into Aeri, 9 l ll a mounted to 3,601 head. In the corresponding 185 n— of 1852, we received 1,995 ; in 1851, 2,899• in let,' 1,939 '4'473 in 1849, 1,363 ; and in 1818, 2,503, and in h ead. IMPOSTS MO LONDON LAST WEEK. bllroll.l.—vershavenßeasBts. ... Sheep. Lambs. Z il agen. ...... 353 .. ha w e 47 b .Ottere ... ... -- pate 41 ' 1 ".• ..• ] r Ne u Die 13°1 %. ....... Calves. Pigs - . - 314 ... 86 ... 28 1,221 414 415 ... 28 200 ... - - 16 ... - Tot a l Th • 628 2,185 .. 5 ... 527 ... 56 e 4e arlY com •on of weekly imports is as under :- 1812 . Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 18„n. .... • 180 1,414 ... 3 394 ... is .......... 534 ... 1,850 ... 8 ... 442 ... 5? 1849 ... .......388 731 15 ... 240 ... 2 18 48.:;"••••• 18 49 ...... ....193 860 .. 5 ... 301 ... 4 ....... 47 5 1,705 ..: 23 ... 300 ku... The show lat t , of foreign stock in to-day's market was ea taw large, and of good quality. The whole changed on somewhat higher terms. fro m er ! Vali a decided falling . off . in the receipts of beasts . 41 14 Pwn grazing districts . but the general weight idaaa• uthtion of the bullock supply were good. Notwith 411ilig the change few in the weather, the beef trade ruled Prior d piices had an upward tendency. A very fol lots realised at 4s 6d : but the general top figu in tt te wax 4 8 4d per Blbs. There were numerous buyers r. vhas e 11 ,1 8 ; 1100 from various parts of England, and also pu PrZ la rg.„ely for local consumption. le ceb - e - 1 ' L N°rfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, ww of t e t'. 2 ,200 Scats, and short horns; from other parts "tl,,, gla ud, 600 Herfords, runts, Devons, Bcc. ; and from The 400 horned and polled Scots. kom aamber of sheep was considerably less tha . n o . n th e a3r la st, hence all breeds moved off freely, at a rise in th e quotations of 2d per 81bs. The best old downs out of 447%1 were worth from 4a 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs. As at 1 u4(1 il l"'tenths of the sheep are now shorn, it must be '''a l ltr °4:l that we have wholly ceased to quote woolled 'CP es • "/sin e were fairly supplied. with lambs, in which a steady ttt. alb: • w a,e transacted, at full currencies—viz., 5s to 6s t. 3 . v 01 7 choice down lambs were worth 6s 4d per eal ~- " , o ut 450 reached us from the Isle of Wight. the number of which was moderate, sold at t'et 48 advance. The primest veal was worth 5s "ell - w as a fair demand for pigs, and late rates were 311PPorted. Per Ms to sink the offals. It e • s d s. d. ke o tlQ 'T beast • •, 4 -8 ...3 2to - 7 4 e laraz•..3 6 3 8 I•tra R ,:ge en 310 4 4 `ktei dtc • 42 •4 6 N°ll4 e ms •' —.3 10 4 0 r ,, --4 Y —'vvlledA 2 4 4 Lambs Iblyaßts Tot% SUPPLY. 633 ;41tep ................ 6,064 1 Beasts 1:`11' and Lamb .... 930 -sth es .. s ...... 20,460 Sheep 198 —•• ..................... 217 Calves 4, ,tate .................. 335 Pigs st,),:int and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat 4 1, °1 4, 111ib ited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on 'LltaY 17, 1852, and this day, Monday, May 16, s. d. s. d. Prime Southdown 4 4 4 6 Large crse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small. do 4 8 5 0 Large hogs 3 4 3 8 Small porkers 310 4 4 Suckling calves 21 0 25 0 Quarter old pigs 20 0 24 0 5s Od to 6s Od. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. C eahm May 17, 1852. May 16,185 3 tiee,"' and i s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d gealilitferior beasts ......2 4to 2 6 3 2to 3 4 A w e lar ge ' 37. ditto 2 8 3 0 3 6 3 8 ( NZSeot s "n ••• 3 2 2 43 10 4 0 Ne ' l ' and 1 c •• • ... 3 4 3 6 4 2 4 6 Ltiitclegoe'lal,.2llll:rflartosheep •• • •• • 2 8 2103 10 4 0 ... 3 0 3 2;4 0 4 2 1,,74e g e ,7 woolled ditto ... 3 4 3 6;4 2 4 4 1 ;4 1'4134 gbi'd° wil ditto .. 3 6 3 8;4 4 4 6 e °a •• ra • •• •• • • 4 5 4'5 0 6 0 ~I h r' 44 ,B lr ilafle d re s . 3 2 310 4 0 4 6 "lea.l - „"'a ""° •...........4 0 4 4.4 8 5 0 " 1 41. 110 ;;_ ••• 2 6 3 4 3 4 3 8 tea s i, - " ers • • 3 6 3 8310 4 4 She ep ••• 3,714 6,064 Ca lves. •'' • "• ... 22,980 20,460 gt pb , l'ig s • • •• • ... 207 217 4 441.:Q't8 340 335 k: 44 1.12.8, 228 5 05, May 19, 1851.—Beasts, 3,499 ; sheep e ck _ e S , 20 , 18.; Calves, pigs, 510. *- 7 6;Prats, 3,571 . ; sheep and lambs, 26,230; pigs, 3 8. Th NZVVGATE AND LEADENHALL. tow,e4e biarkets continue to be well supplied with both s 14(4 / 4 ;: 1 3. 4 el3illi tq killed meat, yet the general demand 134 prices are well supported. b eef Per Bibs by the carcase. 1) . tBfe r i_ 8 . d. s. d. be1414.41.er ...... 2 6 2 10 1 Mutton, Inferior 1),!') Pri t ,„ l4 .,_ •g• ... 3 0 3 2 Do.,middling l',_. 40. s '„,''''..,„ .0 3 2 3 4 Do., prima -‘) larm • ••.3 6 3 8 Veal '' ...••• . 3 4 3 10 Pork, small ... a4;4lab •.. 48 10d to 6s 2d. s. d. s. d. 36 3 8 .3 /0 4 2 .4 4 4 6 ..3 8 4 10 ~4 0 4 1 W e h aVB 1 . eSix t . alight i ki ill ippi lt4.l7 for Improved demand. for most kinds of ~a tin.o od_ and fine parcels, at our quotations. ttt, x ezi r s poc v i e ce ry limited at this market.— f ts 120 s. to 160 s. ; Weald o _ ; and Sussex, 105 s to 12th per cwt. BOROUGH HOP. , TL, '"iteli Cierrl AND SPITALFIELDS. 4 ,;44-trival f English 1444.1-' 41iddlitt° r • th have potatoes are very moderate, and h til ,, 3' e eu _,. g com ip.on. Iti,ii'llid e a t ;',1,, ,, The imports since Monday last e have 4, 4 is babe The from Rotterdam, 87 tons from Dun 1,- lit. .t, doom Harlingen, and 9 . 1 ditto from Bor- D..°l' iie-d- Moderate business is doing,. as follows :- 0 1C 20a 125 s to 155 s per ton ; Lincolnshire do., v 4 t ° lc 17 ' S cot h di t 10r to 125 s ; ditto reds, --' ; 'l'o reig e u, 85 ' a t' t o o , 100as.s A s , WOOL. J, Plibl' Ih Ai t e ett , the 1 -e sales of colonial wool commence on Thurs xvteit, (1. i)rico_usiness doing by private contract is very %0„ 4iteport.", however, are freely supported. Last 4 ,B2oe'ra .Al O Were he avy —viz., 709 bales from Bombay, cia i . le fro ttl iil e l i -oay, 28 from Antwerp, 292 from Mogadoro, a.l„ ',25 from ,`,Turne, 123 from Alexandria, 165 from the ' 5, 1 'u4 ''," a nghai, 56 from Trieste, 7 from Itotter- T k) ,! 4 es A.,,,,n1.. -otainburgh, 126 from Leghorn, 334 from "IL • -", 1,80) from Sydney, and 1,100 from Hobart i lli , SEEDS. lo ci kt e pr ev __for all kinds of linseed is very inactive, at of a ,1, an us rates. A cargo from Alexandria has sold 1 44. e,„, •••• seve ra ar,, tit tuber the I . from Black Sea at 465. To the end %l ea ead , _, Prices of the latter for arrival is 465. 1'ii.4,11,43it.,„N (111.11,°.:,17csakto__4,8s,for good Calcutta. All other k tta ßw e 4Lite, p „ bn, 0 3 Jame a downward tendency. •••.. Os to us C arraway,........... 468 48s t4l,lViute, r „rn.: ....: 1 1 . 0 21 12s Coriander .. .. ....... lls 14s t. 111i10tg:714.... 7,7 1 9: 1 1 1 ,1 e n In s r i led, per , quarter a w ls gs , 1,411k.,.1 ......•••• 030 d Os Od Ce ruZ ig."wing .: 48s ' 53s dope .!!! (m ane *? ... 5 ! ... 6 5 d 6s 6d Baltic g.. :::::.... 448 488 Zir ect z...... ` : L I 4ts Odessa .. .. ••• •• 46s 488 1 7 4 1 .. t . 6 ' . u ,!: ( "wt.) 44: ,!s_ Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English .. Bl 5s 91103 1,,, `III p, ( l . ` •• " 48s '617; Foreign, per ton 71103 91 58 Tr '--.• , 0ew..kiite......., Sid 628 R ape Cakes, pr t on 4/ 1( a5l Os •.. 24 3 ' l s , ItaPeseed,liew,prlst 2110 s 24103 t lo g TALLPW. INttit,,,-1°13:4(1 for all kinds of tallow has become less active, , the change in the weather and the absence of ° Ae r I ,le b e at present rates, arid Prices are a shade °-(1a37, P.r.e. on the spot is cinoted at 47s per cwt. New tallow for the autumn is held at the same figure. Town is selling at 46s 8d to 47s per cwt net cash ; rough fat averages 2s 8d per 8 lbs. 1849. I 1850. I 1851. _____ Stock this day ..... , - - 24,130 24,382 38s 9d 36s 9d to Price of Y. C. .... [ ,134,974 37s 3d to 1 1852. 1853. 24.377 47s Od 0 00i Od 794 1C0,483 807 81,232 49s 3d 42,301 36s :id to 39s Oct 37s Od 37s 6d to 373 Od Delivery last week .. 1,208 • 1,415 585 1,221 Ditto from June 1 .... 95,417 92,158 89,176 101,326 Arrivals last w eek .. 1,652 I 191 791 'i 83 Ditto from June 1.... i 11;051 I 91,069 98,632 {107,093 Price of Town .... I 39s 6d 138 s Od 38s 6d 38s 9d i ROYAL HIGHLAND SCHOOL SOCIETY. On Saturday the annual festival of this society was celebrated at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The presence of Mrs. Har riet Beecher Stowe, the talented authoress of Uncle Tom's Cabin, who spent some hours in the Ladies' Gallery, and was introduced to the chairman, consti tuted a great attraction. Her excellent husband sat on the right hand of the chairman. After the usual loyal toasts, The CHAIRMAN proposed the toast of the evening— " Prosperity and perpetuity to the Royal Highland Society," which was received with all the honours. He rejoiced to hear the applause with which the sentiment had been received. It showed that their hearts beat with a responsive echo. There was no enlightened mind either in Europe or in America, or in any other part of the globe, which was not interested in the education, the intellectual and improvement of the great Celtic family. (Cheers.) That family was assuming a character which was daily more and more important among the na tions. •Education was a matter of the utmost importance in all countries, and in all times, since it constituted the mighty agent which was to break down all distinctions between nations, and unite all mankind in one common brotherhood. (Cheers.) This made sentiments of truth and justice, when uttered on the other side of the At lantic, meet with a responsive echo in every British bosom. (Loud cheers.) Education was highly impor tant to all the world, and to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland it was particularly so, on account of the tongue that was spoken. However respectable from its antiquity, and interesting from the poems of Ossian, which were originally composed in it, it was still one which was not the language of commerce, and this cast the Highlander into the humblest employments. This should not be—(hear, hear)—and it was one of the objects of this society to show that he was as capable of achieving things as great, in science, in literature, and in art as he had already done upon the field of battle. (Loud cheers.) His deficiencies in these respects were entirely traceable to the deficiencies of his education. The Celtic population was not destined to remain in its present condition. They all knew what a tide of emigration had set in towards America, whither 200,000 Celts had already gone, • and the number was being daily increased. These men should not be permitted to go ignorant, but they should be sent educated, men capable of filling all the positions of civi lised life, as they had shown themselves abundantly capable f doing. Their aim should be to elevate the Celtic race to that proud eminence which the Anglo- Saxons had so long enjoyed—an object which would never be achieved while the Highlanders were ignorant of the language spoken both by England and America. (Hear.) The society bad existed one hundred and fifty years, and had now twelve thousand children under tuition ; and so economically were the affairs managed, that the average expense was only five shillings a head. The toast was then drunk with " Caledonian honours." The health of the Chairman having been proposed, The SECRETARY announced the subscriptions to be about 4001. After some other toasts, the ladies and gentlemen united in the coffee-room, where a number of them re mained for a time to listen to the exciting strains of the bagpipes, and to indulge in the national dances of their country. The order of the arrangements, and the per fect harmony of the entire proceedings, were creditable alike to the Secretary of the society and to the proprie tors of the tavern. The company separated shortly after eleven o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES—No. COCCXXIII. The present week is the most crowded with sport of any this season, thirteen meetings standing for decision. Two of these, Bath and Manchester, are important, and to them I shall confine my observations. The list stands as follows :—Redditch, Halifax, and South Shields meet ings come off to-day and to-morrow • Epping Town on Tuesday ; Bath on Tuesday and Wednesday ; Tavistock on Wednesday and Thursday ; Manchester on Wednes day and two following days ; Coggleshall on Wednes day ; Southwell and the North Herts Yeomanry on Thursday ; Royston, on Thursday and Friday ; harpen denden on Friday; and Ulverstone on Friday and Satur day. THE BATH MEETING.—This meeting commences at two o'clock to-morrow with the Lansdowne Trial Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, 50 added, one mile. Out of the nine nominations for this stake, not above three or four are expected to run • and from what I can ascertain of the state of affairs, I should say the race would be con fined to GOSSIP and Lamartine, the former being the winner. The second year of the First Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added, one mile, will have a very small field. Cineas, of course, does not run, and as Con tentment's starting does not seem to be altogether cer tain, Mr. Powney's AMAZON, although a bad one, may be the one to do the deed. The first year of the Second Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 5 sovs added. The majority of the entries for this stake are as dark as Erebus ; and as I have not heard anything particular in favour of any o: the darkies, with the exception of Monie Moses—who is said to be uncommonly speedy—why, I must look to those who have already appeared in public for the win ner. If the colt by John of Gaunt out of Valentinia, is sent to the post, I should take him for the absolute winner, and place Joan of Arc second best to him, and Monie Moses third. The filly by Venison out of Cestus has got a moderate reputation for being fast, but as she carries the same weight as my fancy horse, it follows that I cannot give her a place. The Somersetshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, &c., with 100 added, two miles and a distance, notwithstand ing it is the principal race of the meeting, will attract but a very small field to the post. Among the top weights there only seems to be one horse whose chance is worthy of consideration, and that one is Sharavogue, who, at 7st 91b, will probably run into a place, but that not the first one. Dawson's Red Lion has been talked about, but will not do at the weight. Peggy, of course, does not run. I have not heard whether Prevention does or does not run • at 6st 21b her chances seem to be out. The light weights seem to have it all their own way. Audubon, at sst 91b, if not had too much taken out of him lately, must be about winning. Ireland's Eye, at 21bs less, is said to be very dangerous ; but I think that Diomedia, at the same weight, has him perfectly safe. Lina, although a runner, requires no remark. In short, the race, to me, seems to be reduced to a match between DIOMEDIA and AUDUBON, and I have a slight fancy that the latter will have a shade the best of it. The Sweepstakes of 10 soya: each, with 50 added, mile and a half, is a certainty for MAssABoNI, if he runs, which is somewhat doubtful. The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each brings the first day's racing to a conclusion. I shall consider Wednesday's racing to-morrow. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. MANCHESTER.—MONDAY. ARRIVALS.—The Alp, Brown Brandy, Lerrywhent, Varmint. Ground hard at present. Chaffwax has left Newmarket for Manchester. Little Davie was scratched for all his engagements here, on May 12, at 3.15. Conmore was scratched for all his engagements here, on May 13, at 4.30. BATH.—MONDAY. HORSES ARRIVED.—In the number of horses arrived are Oliver, La Malheureuse, Harry, colt by Alfred, dant by Dr. Faustus, Monie Moses, Amazon ' Ireland's Eye, Lamartine, Gossip, Audubon, filly by Venison out of Wedding Day, Sharavogue, Red Lion, Dabchick, Chase, Tweedside, Francesca colt, Cestus filly, Massaroni, Glen avon, Dandy, Diomedia, Norna, Montague, Waterfall, Corybantes, Lady Emily, Massena, Tame. The following have left Newmarket for Bath—Joan of Arc. No more are expected from Danebury. ORDER OF RUNNING.-TUESDAY. First race, at two o'clock—The Lansdowne Trial Stakes. Second race—The Biennial Stakes, for three year olds. Third race—The Biennial Stakes, for two year olds. Fourth race—The Somersetshire Stakes. Fifth race—A Selling Stake. Sixth race—The Members' Plate. WEDNESDAY. First race—The City Cup. Second race—The Weston Stakes. Third race—The Dyrham Park Stakes. Fourth race—The Aristocratic Stakes. Fifth race—A Sweepstakes. RAILWAY CONVEYANCES.—The 6.15 a.m. train arrives at Bath at 10.20 a.m. ; the 9.45 a.m. express train ar rives at 12.25 pan. RACING FIXTI The figures within parent] days' J Redditch (2) Bath (2) l7 I JU: Newton (3) Ascot (4) Hampton (2) Beverley, Hull, ac. (2) 15 JU Newmarket (3) Worcester (2).. Carlisle (3) Liverpool Brighton Brighton Club (1) 5 Wolverhampton (3) 8 North Staffordshire (2) 9 Yarmouth (2).. Reading (2) ...13 I AUG RES FOR 1853. lesis denote the number of Manchester (3) 18 Epsom (4) 24 TE. Bibury (1) 42 Stockbridge (1) g 2 'Winchester (1) 28 Newcastle (3) i .2g Stamford (2) 19 Nottingham (2) 21 Goodwood (4) 26 York (3) 17 Radcliffe (3) 22 Egham (2) 23 Derby (2) 24 Eccles (3) 29 Lichfield (2) 30 MBER. SEPTE Warwick (2). Pontefract (2).... 8 Doncaster (4).. l3 Bedford (2) 2O Leicester (2) 21 OCTO Chester Autumn. (2) 4 Newmarket S. 0, (5) 10 Lanark (2) 22 Manchester Autumn (2) 22 Newmarket F. 0. (3) 27 Northallerton (2) 29 Richmond (2) 19 Newmarket H. (6) 2 THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION. DUBLIN, SATURDAY. For the last two days great progress has been made in the unpacking and arrangement of contributions, in fixing and furnishing the different stalls, and in giving to the building an orderly appearance, but several weeks must elapse before the Exhibition can be said to be complete, and before its real character and value as an instructive display can be properly appreciated. From the character of the building, which absorbed in its own construction all the carpenters that Dublin could supply, the necessity of a formal opening has overtaken the management before the other preparations perhaps warranted it ; and June will probably have arrived, UST. IBER. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAT 16, 1853. bringing with it the proper season for excursion trains and shilling days, before the last workman has disappeared with his tools. It is, undoubtedly, , an advantage to every public spectacle to be in com plete order before the public are admitted to in spect it, but this is less to be regretted in the present instance, as the high price of admission charged at the outset throws the inconvenience upon the class which can best afford to sustain it ; and neither tourists from the other side of the Channel, nor visitors from the pro vinces can be expected in any considerable numbers for a month at least. Precautions have been taken, too, to prevent, as far as possible, any feeling of disappointment or discontent in the meantime, for the Fine Arts-hall may be said to be in complete order, and contains a col lection of paintings such as, in point of excellence, has rarely been brought together. Here the season ticket holders, now amounting to 12,000, will find materials for agreeable and refined study, and when tired of this the progress made day by day in other departments will, no doubt, be sufficient to occupy their attention. The Eng lish,(the Belgian, the Prussian, the Dutch, and the French schools are all more or less satisfactorily represented in this hall. Of the last-mentioned some of the specimens are not yet produced, so that for the moment it is placed at a disadvantage with the rest ; but the Belgian and Prussian collections are most complete, every branch of their respective schools being well exemplified, and the Sovereigns of both countries contributing some of the greatest gems in their galleries. The Dutch is a smaller display, but it has been well selected, and fully sustains the fame of the country in art. Of the illustrations of the_English school it is impossible to speak too highly as individual pictures, and in interest and merit, as well as numbers, they undoubtedly surpass those from abroad ; but, on the other hand, they do not represent so com prehensively the style of the school in all its depart ments, nor is its contemporary character (an important point in exhibitions of the kind) so strictly preserved. Again, foreign artists have, with a liberality which does them infinite credit, contributed largely to the display, and, in some instances, painted the works shown by them expressly for it, whereas none of our artists appear as exhibitors, though three of the greatest names among them, and those, too, whose genius shines most conspicuously upon the walls of the hall—Mulready, Maclise, and Danby—are by birth, Irishmen. The British portion of the gallery, therefore, has been supplied en tirely from the generous stesire increasingly felt by the owners of valuable pictures to extend as widely as pos sible their humanising and gracious influence on the mind. Of course, it is obvious that a collection so made strips many a private residence of its choicest ornaments, and that, if repeated too often, the demand for one's best pictures to be kept for months on view at exhibi tions might grow into a nuisance. It is an especial in convenience to those who, having masterpieces of art, afford the public every reasonable facility for seeing them, and who thus (like the Duke of Devonshire for example) render their mansions favourite places of resort during the summer season. This may serve as a useful hint for the future ; but, in the present instance, the great interest and merits of the collection leave no room for regret that the efforts used in getting it together have been crowned with such success. A simple enume ration of, some of the chief pictures will convey to the reader the best idea as to the merits of this part of the Exhibition. Sir Thomas Lawrence is represented by his great portrait of Kemble as Coriolanus. Hogarth, by that extraordinary work, " The Gates of Calais," so full of tragic force, and " The Last Stake," one in the series of "The Harlot's Progress." At one end of the hall hangs Danby's sublime painting of " The Deluge," with its terrible but rather painful details of execution. Near it is placed Barker's " Woodman," a fine specimen of mas culine English art, which has been so extensively popu larised by engravings. Sir Edwin Landseer's famous " Bolton Abbey" appears among several other examples of his style, transferred from the walls of Chatsworth. There are three or four Mulreadys, "The Wolf and Lamb" included, some of them contributed by the Queen, and all of them displaying that mastery of de tails and refinement of execution for which he is distin guished. Maclise's " Weird Sisters" forms a splendid feature of the collection ; Wilkie's genius is represented by "The Rent Day," and Duncan's by the picture of "Flora Macdonald watching over Prince Charles." The style of that gorgeous colourist Etty is exemplified by the "Joan of Arc," and several other works, Calcott's by a delicious view of Venice, and Turner's by a splendid landscape scene in his early man ner. The collection also contains some of the best works of Collins, Leslie, Stanfield, Creswick, Her bert, Redgrave, Cooper, Pickersgill, Elmore, Goodall, Uwins, and many more ; nor is it possible to see so many first-rate pictures brought together without a feeling of gratification that the school to which they belong is our own. Among the Belgian artists who exhibit may be specially mentioned the names of Gallait, Wappers, De Keyser, and Verbockoven. " The Temptation of St. An thony," by the first-named painter, is a work of extra ordinary merit, and for grandeur of conception and power of execution is unsurpassed by anything in the hall. But for the fine contributions from the Royal Gallery kindly sent by the King, the range of modern Belgian art would not have been completely represented Of the Prussian school the examples are numerous, well selected, and brilliant—the most remarkable being, un questionably, a sea piece of Achenbach's, exhibited by the King. This is a picture of the very highest merit, the wild spray of stormy and tumultuous waves against a projecting pier being depicted with extra ordinary truthfulness and skill. Two works by Kretzsch iner—one "An Arab and his Camel," and the other "Crossing the Nile," and both exceedingly clever--were painted expressly for the Dublin Exhibition. There is a fine representation of one of the scenes in Faust, by Bezers, and the styles of Levin and Schroeder are also illustrated by noble examples. Among the Dutch artists who exhibit may be specially mentioned the names of Hendricks, Eckhous, Barton, and Genissen ; and among the French Tassart, Bonheur, and Lehman. The first-named shows a picture of very great merit, representing with less dramatic power, but more poetic refinement than his Belgian rival, the "Tempta tion of St. Anthony." Besides the modern schools, more or less strictly illustrated by contemporary painters, the hall contains some examples of the an cient masters. The Japanese compartment, furnished by the liberality of - the Dutch Government, is already a feature of the Exhibition, though not half in order yet, and artists are busily engaged in sketching the suggestive forms of objects which it con , tains. In the Great-hall the orchestra of the opening ceremonial has been swept away, and trophies of manu facturing skill are rising up over its immense area, diver sified, after the manner of 1851, with sculpture and fountains. Two splendid circular crosses, covered with the moss of centuries, stand on either side of the main entrance, touching relics, amid the evidences of modern lowedsplendour t , h w e a h s i s c o l i c i surround of every them, people, tle o i b l u d t e n m t o i s m t e s ,a sacred when looked backed to through ages of suffering and a history full of sorrow. In the centre of the hall, and, therefore, occupying the most prominent position in the whole building, stands Baron Marochetti's equestrian statue of the Queen a noble work, in the best I manner of a great artist, and fully embodying the grandeur of a reign established in the hearts of her subjects. M'Dowall's " Eve " still retains its place, as on the opening day, at the top of the hall ; and, placed Modestly at one side, is the statue of Mr. Dargan. A fine large bronze of "Hemules and the Bull," full of power, and the work of a young German artist, has been just uncovered, and, when properly placed, will claim the admiration to which its merits entitle it. In the other divisions of the building, and in the galleries, we find promise of many highly interesting collections. Those of Irish marbles, of Irish flax and linen manu factures, of Irish poplins, Irish frieze, and Irish lace, will all be excellent as well as large. The show of ceramic manufactures and of miscellaneous wares is being rapidly arranged, and in a few days the machinery in motion will be in complete working order. Thus the Exhibition grows into shape, though with much still to do, amply provided in the materials of success ; and, though on a scale which forbids comparison with the great display of 1851, it is a spectacle to which the cu riosity and attention, not only of the natives, but of English and continental tourists, may be confidently di rected. THE NEW AMBASSADOR TO THE FRENCH COURT.— The Marquis of Clanricarde is named as the almost certain successor of Lord Cowley, as ambassador at the French Court ; the present functionary is to be ex onerated from his duties long before the august cere monial of the Emperor's coronation. Should the Irish marquis obtain ne coveted appointment it will displace the ambition of another nobleman who has served the Grey and Russell party for years, and who has receivsd, time by time, valuable testimonials in the form of place from his political friends.—Sunday Times. DEPARTURE OF ARTISANS FROM THE ROYAL ARSENAL. —The wheelers, &c., of the Royal carriage department drew up a memorial to the authorities, praying their wages to be augmented to 30s. per week, on account of the rise in all parts of the country in the scale of pay. Their request could not be entertained, and nine of them gave notice of their intention on Saturday last to leave their employment. When the best tradesmen have all left, and the work is performed in a disgraceful way by inexperienced hands, then the board authorities will ap preciate their services, and grant a more liberal scale of pay. The emigration mania has now carried off many experienced hands from this country to seek a fortune at the gold mines.—Kentish .Mercury. FOREIGN. 10 3 Antworp&Rotterdam 1 id 5 3 BolgianEastn. Junct. 1 1 20 4 Beziers to Graissessac 1— ip4l 5 20 all Charleroi &Erquelin. 134 —13 i 20 10 Dijon and Besanpn. • 3 3 1 P 1 20 8 Dutch Rhenish....... 1 -- 1 dis 20 all East Indian ...... ..... 5 — 5l P 20 1 Do. Extension • ~. 1 IRP 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 2 20 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France 21 —21 p 201 15 Gt. Western of Canad Shares .. ... . ..... . ..... par 1 P P 5 1 Lucca & istojasp.a• prcf ...... g...................... ••• par 20 15 Luxenur r 7 71 10 10 Do. (Railway) ......... 4- 4 - 4 5 2 Do. . . .... . . 1 1 ........... 11 1 5 3 Do. (clanal) ...... . ..... 10 2 Do. 6p. ct. pref..... i — P 20 9 Lyons & Mediterran. 20 4? Madras . 2 —21 p 1 20 all Namur & Eiege (will interest) ....... . ....... 7 8 i 20 all Do. (ex interest) .....• 16 all Northern of France 361 371 371 i 1 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds. (finy.B.&Ams. Shs.) 14, 141 10 all NorwegianTrunkProf 8' 91 20 10 Paris and Lyons ...... 18 18 , 20 all Paris and Orleans.... 43 441 20 all Paris and Rouen .....• 451 46 20 all Paris and Strasb our g 37 38 38 i 9 20 4 ParisCaen&Chcrbrg. 5, — 6 p 10 7i Quebec dzßichmond.. —A p 20 all Rouen and Havre.— 21 - 22 20 all S am b r o and Meuse... 84 91 10 4 Do. 5 1 p. ct. p ref.... ... •,. 20 2 Sth-Eastru . of France ... ... 20 4 Southern of France.. 6/ 6 p Pm 20 2s. Upper India Scrip... _ p 41 5 10 11 20 10 Western o f France... 111 —MP all B DWoe.sts rp a e n r d e e . rs _ pre f .... i di g i 10 2 West. of Switzerland id Rd 20 6 , Zealand., , ... li --lid WARE MARKETS.-{THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RATLwAys. jAberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost dt Eastn. June....... Birmng. Wolverh do Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh Cheshire Junet...... Do. Chesh. di Birk., £5O di £25 Cons... Do., £20.... ..... Bristol di Exeter.., Caledonian.. ...... . Chester dr liolyhead Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth &Aber. dean Junction .. Do. New ...... East Anglian (£•25 L. & E. dr L. & D.) Do., (XlB E. & H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh Do do. ...... Do B. &C. East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Binning. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk De., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre. Great Western....... friah Sonth-Easters Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & So ntlypt London & Blackwall Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. bond. Bright. & S. Cst. London &N. Western) Do. Fifths D0.,16/.SI - Szn...o London & Western Do., £5O. Do., £40......... Lndndr..-. 7., Coleraine Lndndrry. & Enniak. March. She:. &Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Ern. Midland .. . .. Do. Birming.& Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. 3 Shares Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newmarket.... Do. Eury Newpt.Aber: - .417. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint dr Rostrevor N0rf01k...... ...... Do., New... ......... Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.i Do No. 2 Dc., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. dr S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Wostn Guaranteed Stock Shrewaby. & Herefd Shrewsby. '& Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do ............... Stockton do Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Rai1way......... Vale of Neath......... Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriek West Cornwall Wmbledon &Croydon Woodford York Newctl.dzßerw Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York 4 N. Midland.. Closing Prices Saturaay. 29 - 30 6 64 10 10' d 21 22 34 - 104 102 - 68 - 684 234 - 24 224 - 234 i . -s'p 8 - 9 6 -- 64 1 4}-- 43 13i -13 g 10d 11 74 - 7t I 724 - 73A1 54 - 56 73 - '74 • - • 32 - 34 88 89 54 55 132 - 134 113 114 90 1 94 9►6 131 14 79 79• 4 --4 3 —lid 16 —16 A 91 -2 p 104 -- IGS 1181 1181 2. 3 p lip 90 91 5 —44 d 4 —31 d 12 13 19 21 29 301 34. 2 1 ,k, 42 44 50 52 Par p 4 3 d 3i 8i Of 53 55 ... ... 3i 2i d 351 —36 1 ... - ...-- 1! 4i - a 84 8 52i - 96 - 98 61 - - 62 65 - 67 73 76 - Oaths 18 20 9 10 13 15 31 -34 d 20 --- 21.4 74. - 741 - 361 --- 37 13 - - 14.41 4 - 19 21 152 i 3A. 33 154 91 104 344 10 10/ Par 61 70 7 7 2 d 4 62 63 PREFERENCE SHARES, Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c... Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5? per cent I Cork &13andon 5 a p.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent ..... Do. (25) 7 per cent Do. (1:717s) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2.. ...... Do., New 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... EastLancash. 6 p.cts. Edinb. Prth. &Dundee 5i per cent........... Glasgow & S.Westcrn guar. 5 per cent.... Great Northr 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed 4 p c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 .. Do. New Guar. 6 p. c. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londondeiry& Color, Shares Londy. & Ennis. Dianch.,Shef., &Lin. Shares, No. 1...... Do. Now, 210........ iDo., £6 .. .... Mai7pt.dlCarl. 4p. c Do. 4i per cent IDo . Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol dt Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 41 per cent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. öi per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North BriLish North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c Do Shrews& Birm. L. G. Sbrewsby. & Ches::3r (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of 21 03.6 d. S.Yorksh.4p.c. Guar. Waterfd.Saiilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pret Do York& N. Midland H. is S. Purch 90 - - 95 ••• --- ,106 -- 108, 107 -- 0 ... - . 1 .. 9 19h - 204 1 P bin Ci 6 4 -- 4 41 -- 5 lkp -- 2k p 1i -- 14i --2 15 A 18 -- 184 3f - 3f .io -- lii 1112 - 113 81 - 8i 61 lO6 - 71 - 108 , P 154- 1152 - -- ad ad ... - ... 151 - 157 3i -- 4 p 10 -- 11 13i -- 144 8 - 9 101 -- 114 - i P, 149 —lslxd i— i p 116 - - li7 25i -26 i - lOl - 2ir ill 17i -1 8 i 15 —1 6 P par 4 P 261 . 2 A 6 i 196 4v2 id iPar 104 - 106 -5! - ipl Buenas clone this day. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Shr. raid. RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices Business Compans. Saturday. this day. 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley. .. N. West ••• 304 Birm. & Oxf:a. guarantee.... Gt.Westn 304 all Do. withoutgr Do ••• 304 all Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do • .. 304 all Do.wtht guar. Do St. 100 Buckghamsh. 107 109 50 all elydesdalac. Caledon 54 —56 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 150 152 25 all Glstr.& Dn.Fr Gt. Westu 33A —3l 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw. 50 all & Selby Y. &NMd 112 114 25 all Do. Shares. Do 56 57 12i all Do. 4 Shares. Do 27i 28 131 all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern 144 141 141 20 all Do. Preference Do 26 27 20 100 Lowestoft ° c.T. 4 per cent. Norfolk 9B 100 20 103 Do. 6 per ct. 5l all Manch. Bxtn. L.& N. W and Matlock & Midld 3 34 50 all MiddleaDro' & Stckton & Redcar 00 all Midld.Bradfd Midland.. 106 108 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count. 65 67 50 all Do. .6 per et. Do — 50 all Do. Fixeds pc Do ••• 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N. W &Ln&Yk 12i 11i Do. shares. Do — St. 100 Roystn. & Hit. Gt Northn 151 1 53 St. 100 Do.Shepth.St Do 151 153 25 181 Shef.Roth.and Laneash & Gooleg.s p.c. Yorksh. 12 9i S. Staffordsh. IM.MClean ---4 d 50 all Wear ValleygriStockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt. 25 all Do Do 33 34 St. 100 Wilts&Somrst GtWestn losi 106, 103 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria ll lip! 10s. all Anglo Californian 1 p i 1 10 2 Australasian par —1 r p 20 5 Australian 44 —4 l p 1 all Australian Cordillera p 1 p 1 all Australian Freehold. 4d par 1 all Ave Mario. d 1. all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold p 18 29 13.5 British Iron B— 1 3$ 24,3 Brazilianlmp.Ossuod at £5 pm 5 5i 33 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 4 5 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l t Carson's Creek p 4) all Cobre Copper 4 61 —47 i 5 1 Colonial Gold — 2 21 14 Copiapo 8 9 R. all Copper Min. of Eng 7O 80 25 all Do. Pref. 78 p. cent 8 9 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co 1 - 14 20 all General l5 —l7 16i 2 all Great Nugget Vein l l3 - lip 3 all Great Polgooth par— p 1 all Lake Bathurst — d 1 all Liberty p p 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co 1 1 all Mariquita d— par 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 8 8i 7i 1 all New Granada — $ p 1 all Nouveau Monde lB le p 28 i 5 1 Port Philip par_ 4 p 1 all Quartz Rock p 50 all Rhymney Iron 24 —26 15 Do. New 7 8 30 10i. Santiago de Cuba 6 7 1 1 0 all 7 Ti So n ut e h ro A f t:stralian ld— ip - 11 28} all United Mexican 5 1 all Waller — 1 all West Granada d— p 1 all West Mariposa par— p 1 all Yuba — P la JOINT4TOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia —87 i 50 all British N. American 62 1 20 2 Clutd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 1 p 100 25 Colonial — 100 20 CommezJial of Loud — 20 10 English Scottish and Austra"an — 20 12i Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia —3 A 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock — 100 20 Load. & Westminster 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 22i National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation s3i 54 3 / 4 54A 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Go3d Imp Co id par 25 all South Australia 5O 49 3 / 4 25 all Caton of 79 78 ... 2i Do. New 8 9 50 10 Union of L0nd0n..... 40 all Union of Madrid..... MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 80 82 79 20 8 Australsn.Peific.Mail 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail . . 50 383 Brit. American Land 68 72 100 323 Canada 65 70 6 5 Crystal Palace 2 2 7i 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 1 Eastern Steam ... 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 14 General Screw Steam 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land 20 7h Nrth. ofEurop e S team 50 all Peninsular & Oriestal 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Anstral.Land 44 46 1 all Submar. Telegraph 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization — tOO 28i Van Diemen's Land 17i 18 18 1 17i 181 l7i LLOYD'S SHIPPIAG-(TI7IS DAY.) LONDON, May 16.—Wind this day at Noon, E.N.E. ; moderate breeze, and fine clear sultry weather. The Rothschild, Liverpool to Halifax, N.S., was spoken May 10, returning to Liverpool, Nrith both pumps going, and had been in long. 20 W. SOUTHAMPTON, May 14.—Wind, S.W. to S.E. Sailed —Calcutta (8), Cape of Good Hope. PLYMOUTH, May 15.—Wind, E. Sailed—Hempsyke, Port PhPip ; Calphurnia, Melbourne. DARTMOUTH, May 15.—Wind, N.B. Sailed—Wizard, Labrador. HARWICH, May 15.—The Anna Geza, of Blanken.se, Hoyer to Shoreham, struck on the Gunfleet Sand, and sank on the Rolling Ground in three fathoms water ; crew saved ; when the weather moderates, may possibly be raised. BRlSTOL.—Sailed—Ashley, Quebec. OFF TORBAY.—August and Julius, Hartlepool, for Rio Janeiro. MlLEORD.—Arrived—Economist, Newport, for Quebec, leaky, and with cargo shifted. HARTLEPOOL.—Arrived—British Queen (schooner), of Sandwich, with considerable damage, having been run into by a brig, apparently foreign, on the 12th instant, whilst lying to off the Light-house. QUEENSTOWN, May 14.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Gladia tor, Mauritius; rteg Merrilees, Valparaiso; Spy, Buenos Ayres ; Philip Dean, do. ; Elizabeth, Liverpool, for Port land, U.S., leaky. Sailed—Sultan, Quebec. Off Port— Reindeer, China, and proceeded for Liverpool ; Thornhill, New Orleans, and proceeded for Glasgow. SCILLY, May 13.—The Duncan Ritchie, of Glasgow, Leith to Melbourne, which put in here on the 27th March, and was surveyed, is rnderstood to have been condemned, and will, it is supposed, be sold. May 15.—Arrived— John Tomkinson, Newport to Acapuleo, leaky, and since proceeded ; Connecticut, Liverpool to New York, very leaky. GALLE, April 17.—The Hydaspes (s), London to Cal cutta, broke down at the Maui itius, and will return to England. MADRAS, April 9.—During the gale on this coast, March 27, the English brig Buccaneer is reported to have been totally lost ; and the Devonshire drove on shore—must discharge, being leaky. The damage sustained by French vessels has been very severe. BOMBAY, April 13.—The Wuzeer, Live;pool to this port, was wrecked, March 27, upon the Chabanean Reef ; crew saved. CALCUTTA, April 7.—The Prince Alfred, from Sydney, N.S.W., got aground in the river in coming up. The wreck of the Dutch barque Boerhave, abandoned, was boarded in Clurbada Straits ; crew saved, and arrived at Akyab. DUBLIN AND BELFAST JUNCTION BAILWAY.—CROS SING THE BOYNE.-At a quarter before two o'clock on Wednesday the first railway train crossed the Boyne. The train consisted of an engine and tender, 25 tons ; four ballast waggons, each laden with 6 tons of iron rails, and between 45 and 50 labourers on each, 50 tons ; to tal 75 tons. The widest span crossed was 80 feet. The deflection was only three-eights of an inch. The engine returned with six passenger carriages, heavily laden, and performed the transit in three minutes and a quarter. The line will be opened for passengers so soon as Mr. Wynn, the Government inspector, shall have made his report. The traffic in the meantime will be carried on over the whole line. THE ISLE OF WIGHT SAVINGS' BANK.—The ac counts of the Isle of Wight Savings' Bank, which has re cently been defrauded, have been audited, and the parti culars made known. The amount of 2,646 balances due to depositors is 66,7781. 12s. 10d. The available assets amount to 58,622 1 . lls. 10d. Amount of defalca tions, 8,1561. ls. The depositors will receive a dividend from this miscalled savings' bank of 17s. Gd. in the pound. The balance sheets of the bank used to agree with the monthly returns of cash received and paid, sent to the National Debt Office, and were falsified in the classified statements of balances and in the amounts ofinterest allowed to the depositors, which cannot be checked in the last mentioned office. The names of the magistrates and clergy o fthe Isle of Wight were paraded as ex officio directors of the Isle of Wight Savings' Bank, which caused the utmost confidence to be placed in it by poor people. It appears that few of these persons ever knew that they were directors, and still fewer ever thought of attending to the affairs of the bank, 881 8 f 54 132 791 100 20 10 50 100 THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. By the Royal mail steamer Arabia, Judkins commander, we have advices from New York to the 4th inst. She has brought $201,717 in specie on freight. The Arabia sailed from New York at 12 32 p.m. on the 4th inst., and arrived in the river at 3 43 p.m to-day, having made the run in 9 days, 22 hours, and 26 minutes—the fastest this year. During the voyage one of the passengers, named Seldon, jumped overboard. A boat was immediately lowered, and every effort made to save him, but when the body was recovered life was extinct. The Arabia passed the steamer Asia,.henee for New York, at 830 p.m., on the 4th. The steam ship Baltic, from this port,' arrived at •Neiv York on the Ist inst. The Government expedition for the survey of the Chinese Seas and the Northern and Southern Pacific Oceans was equipped and nearly ready to start from New York, under the command of Captain Ringgold. The squadron comprises four sailing vessels and one screw steamer, all armed. The expedition is expected to be absent about three or four years. On the 29th ult. a fatal catastrophe occurred about 50 miles from Kingston, Canada West, to the steamer Ocean Wave, which took fire ; and such was the rapidity of tho flames that out of about 50 persons on board, 22 only were saved. Among those who perished was a Mrs. French, of Corn wall. When the fire was first discovered the steamer was only a mile and a half from the shore, for which she was immediately steered, but so in tense was the heat that the machinery became use less, and she was drifted out to sea. The crew were unable to launch the boats owing to the intensity of the heat, and all would have perished had not a vessel come to their assistance. A Providence paper asserts that the King of the Sandwich Islands had applied to the United States Government for protection against the designs of France, which threaten his dominions. Great dissension had occurred at Cincinnati be tween the Protestants and Roman Catholics. The mayor having sided with the latter, the Protestant party called upon him to resign his post, and on his declining to accede to their request indignation meetings were called. Some apprehension pre vailed as to the result of the affair. Brief accounts from Mexico mention that the United States' Minister had given assurance to the Mexicans that his Government would discounte nance the acts of Governor Lane, of New Mexico, in relation to the Mesilla Valley. Mr. Bartlett, the United States' Boundary Commissioner, had given his opinion in favour of the Mexican claim. Very little business doing in the New York stock market, and no alteration to report in prices. Money for all commercial purposes in abundant supply, at 7to 8 per cent. Exchange dull, and lower. Bills on London, lost to 1091 ; Paris, sf. 13-Ic. to sf. 15c. ; Amsterdam, 41 to 411 ; Frank fort, 40i to 40i ; Bremen, 791 to 92i ; Hamburgh, 361 to 361; Antwerp, 515t0 5 17k. Cotton in improved demand, but without change in price. Flour moderately active and steady. Wheat with out change in price. Indian corn in active request, and firm. Pork had a downward tendency. Beef less active, but without change in price. Bacon in fair request, at a slight advance in price. Naval stores in good requess, at advancing prices. Scotch pig-iron was selling at $35 to $36 per ton. Freights to London without change. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 14. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Iberia, Captain John Bowen, arrived at 2 p.m. to day with the usual mails from Gibraltar of the 4th ; Cadiz, the sth ; Lisbon, the 9th ; and Oporto and Vigo, the 10th inst. The Iberia brings 51 passengers, among whom are Lord George Loftus and Captain Paulson, R.N., and on freight three packages of specie, value 7561., seven barrels of dates, 537 half-chests of oranges, 32 half-chests of lemons, 62 boxes and eight bags of new potatoes, 35 packages of green peas, 56 cases of eggs, and sundry merchandise. The Iberia on her outward voyage, while pro ceeding from Oporto to Lisbon, fell in with the wreck of a large vessel bottom upwards, and, as the same wreck was observed in a similar position on the 2d of April last, there is reason to believe that the anchor of the vessel is at the bottom, and will remain there, unless measures, are taken for its removal. Her Majesty's steamer Firebrand. was anchored at Lisbon when the Iberia, left. On the Bth inst., at 5.30 a.m., the steam-ship Ripon, with the outward India, China, and Aus tralian mails was telegraphed passing the mouth of the Tagus, bound to Gibraltar, Malta, and Alex andria. The Lisbon exchanges for bills at three months are quoted this mail at 54A- to #on London ; Paris, 527 to 528 ; Amsterdam, 43, ; Hamburgh, 481 ; Genoa, 525 to 526. Few transactions had taken place, and money remained over on London at 54k; Five per Cent. Stock, 40k to 1 ; Threo per Cents., 32 to 32 ; Bank of Portugal Shares, 185 to 188 milreis discount per share. These rates are in Lisbon bank notes, which were at 2k per cent. dis count. Bank of Oporto shares, 4 to 5 per cent. premium, in metal. The following is the letter of our Lisbon corres pondent, dated the 9th inst. : " The first sod of Messrs. Hislop and Waring's projected railway from Lisbon to the Spanish fron tier was turned by the Queen of Portugal on Satur day last, in a field near the Beato Antonio, about three miles from the centre of the city, and half a mile north of the Tagus. A programme regulating the ceremony had been published on the sth." From Oporto our accounts are to the 10th inst. Exchange for the past few weeks had been stationary at 541 to 1. The Custom-house revenue for April amounted to 159 cantos. The shipments of wine to Great Britain during the same month amounted to 4,000 pipes, and 13,500 pipes for the first four months of this year. The wine market was brisk, and prices continued to keep up. The holders of brandy also looked for higher prices. Politics were quite in abeyance. London wine freights were nominally quoted at 355. The vessels loading were principally Dutch and Hanoverian galliots, there being few British vessels in port. One vessel had arrived to load for Australia. Our Gibraltar advices are to the 4th inst. Her Majesty's ship Antelope, the French war steamers Grondeur and Petrel, the Portuguese steamer of war Argos, and the Sardinian brig of war Eridana, were at anchor in the bay. The British freight ship Emerald Isle sailed for Quebec on the 28th ult. The screw-steamer Tiber, six days from Liver pool, arrived on the 30th ult., en route to Italy. The screw-steamer Grecian, 5 days 20 hours from Liverpool, arrived on the Ist inst., bound to Alex andria, and the steamer Balbec, 14 days from Con stantinople and 5 days from Malta, touched at Gibraltar the same day, en route to Liverpool. The Orestes, 11 days from Alexandria and 5 from Malta, arrived on the 2d, and sailed for Liverpool. Exchange on London was quoted at 51g. Spanish pillared dollars, 21 to 2l per cent. premium. The Spanish steam-frigate Isabella Segunda was to leave Cadiz for Havannah on the 7th inst. ME NEW EXCHEQUEE BONDS.—Subjoined is the re turn from the Bank of England of the progress of the conversion of Consols and Reduced. The amounts con tinue extremely small, and it will be noticed with sur prise that, although the terms upon which the new Ex chequer bonds are to be issued, and which were made known for the first time this morning, are fully as favour able as had been at any time anticipated, not a sin gle application has been received for them. Con sidering that there was more unanimity as to the way in which this new security would be welcomed than existed with regard to either of the others, such a result is very remarkable. It does not, however, furnish any decided indication as to the final turn of public opinion. At this moment the singular depres sion long observable at the Stock-Exchange is more intense than ever, and the general soundness of the scheme of the Chancellor of the Exchequer is not to be impugned by the occurrence of a state of feeling which, in some respects, is as inexplicable as the wea ther, from which, perhaps, it partly has its origin. One cause, however, of the inconvenience now sustained, in addition to any anxiety about the harvest, is sufficiently obvious—namely, the continued absence of regular arri vals from Australia ; and it will be well for the Govern ment to recognise that if their present plans are jeopar dised they will owe the circumstance in no small deg,:ee to their former obstructiveness in relation to steam com munication with that country, and the subsequent want of promptitude in establishestablishing " Bank of England, May 14. t .. e crt l h 7 i 3 s ol Day sB. d. 58,100 Ni1 1 . 6 Thr " A ee m .s o n u d n . t a s -R of a N lf ew por Sto ce c n k t s s. acc7 Half per Cents. 6. sixth for rights of choice amongst the THETExweoholaeoncirtuds-eaErlnb°vAnTdisvE• ... • LAND - —The six public drawing uncom pleted shareholders took place on Saturday, at the offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, in presence of Vis countßanelagh, the Rev. Dr. Worthington, Mr Fector Laurie, Mr. Cribb, and other members of the executive committee and society. Fifty-four rights were drawn by members in the following counties : Middlesex, Surrey, Herefordshire, Yorkshire, Essex, Kent, Gloucester and Herts. Twenty-five shares were added to the list by seniority. It was announced from the chair that the society had progressed, and was progressing, in a way unequalled by any other society of a similar nature ; that some additional purchases of estates will shortly be made, and that the next drawing will take place in the third week in June, at the Freemasons' Tavern, on the occasion of the third quarterly meeting of the society. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. His Excellency Lord Cowley, Ambassador of her Britannic Majesty, on Saturday presented to the Emperor, at a private audience, letters from - .the Queen to their Imperial Majesties, notifving"tci them the birth of a Prince, her son. The Emperor also received, on Saturday, from the Duke of Parma, a reply to the notification of his Majesty's marriage. The Emperor, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton and M. Fould, Minister of State,. went on Saturday to the Menus-Plaisirs to visit the annual exhibition of the works of living artists. The Moniteur of Saturday g ives a long report from M. Ducos, Minister of Marine, on i the neces sity of re-organising the commissariat department of the navy, with a view, first to render it more efficient, and next to introduce certain modifica tions in it, calculated to lead to a reduction in the expense. The report states that according to the ordonnance of Dec. 23, 1847, tho annual cost of this branch of the service was 1,613,800 f., whereas by the plan now proposed it will be only 1,532,740 f., or 81,060 f. a year less. The report is followed by a decree from the Emperor, approving of the modifications proposed in the report, and ordering them to be carried into effect. By a decision of the 14th inst. the Emperor has been pleased to accord a remission of the measures of general safety pronounced by the Commission of Revision of the Ist Military Division and by the Mixed Commissions of the Departments in the case of 19 persons, whose names are given. Amongst thorn are two medical men and a former judge of the Tribunal of Premiere Instance of Bordeaux. The price of. bread in Paris for the second fort night of the present month remains without altera tion at 31 centimes the kilogramme, first quality, and 24 centimes the second. A letter from st. Petersburgh of the 21st ult. announced that the cholera, which.wn:s then raging with great violence at Moscow, had reappeared in the Russian capital, where several persons, among whom were t wo th ea t r i ca l performers, had 2 died. Another letter, of more recent date, states that the disease had not made any further progress, and has been confined to isolated cases. The Ami de la Religion announces the death of the Rev. Father Roothaan the General of th e Jesuits, which took place a t home on the Bth inst. The Princess Achilli Murat, who recently arrived from the Floridas, had a private audience of the Emperor on Saturday. The Princess married, on the 30th July, 1826, the eldest son of King Joachim, and has been a widow since April, 1846. Her High ness is grand neice of General Washington. The Duke of Genoa, brother of the King of Sardinia, is shortly expected in Paris. Apartments are, it is said, being prepared in the Tuileries for his reception. At the Bourse on Saturday, although the amount of business transacted was not very extensive, the previous quotations of the various descriptions of Government Securities were steadily maintained, with an advance at the conclusion of business of sc. in the Three per Cents. for cash. For the account, the Three per Cents. rose 15c., and the Four-and a-Half per Cents., sc. A decline of sf. occurred in Bank of France Shares. The final quotations were :—For money, Three per Cents., 81f. 80c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 104!. For the end of the month, Three per Cents., 82f. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 104 f. 30c. Bank Stock 2,725 A fall of 2f. occurred in Credit Foncier shares, which closed at 882 f. 50c. A rise to the same amount took place in those of the Societe Mobiliere, which were finally quoted at 958 f. 75c. In the Railway Share Market yester day there was again much activity, shares being in demand, and generally at an improved quotation. Paris and Strasbourg shares advanced 15f., and those of the rema'ning lines were lf. to 7f. each, with the exception of those of the Western of France, Rouen and Havre, and. Caen and Cher bourg, which each declined 2f. Closing prices— Northerns, 935 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,120 f. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 953 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 972 f. 50c. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,170 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 857 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 797 f. 50c. ; Rouen and Havre, 550 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette 6 3f. 75c. : Caen and Cherbourg, 647 f. • 50c. AUSTRIA. A report had been received at Vienna on the 14th instant, from the Austrian Consul at Odessa, that the Russian armaments were definitely sus pended. At Odessa no speculations were m a d e in grain, and large quantities of corn had accumu lated in Southern Russia. In spite of extensive purchases made by the Russian Government, the prices had fallen and were still falling. PRUSSIA. M. de Manteuffel has closed the session by a speech in which summed up the good results ob tained. The creation of the peerage will contribute to consolidate the national institutions. The abolition of Art. 105 of the Constitution will per mit the communal law to be based on Conservative principles. The institution of a political court will become necessary, in order to put a bridle on the bad passions of the revolutionary party. Religious discussions, which are doubtless to be regretted, will, however, have the advantage of proving that the Government is entirely decided on maintaining liberty of worship. BELGIUM. The judgment in the action brought by M. de Larochejaquelin against the Nation has been de livered. The incriminated articles have been declared calumnious, and the journal has been con demned to 5,000 f. damages, and the insertion of the judgment in the Paris and Brussels journals. SPAIN. The Ministry is not yet completed, but it is ex pected shortly to be so. Bourse.—Three per Cents., 441 Deferred, 24. Exchange on London, 51 10 paper. TURKEY. The Sultan's mother (Vali& Sultana) died on the night of the Ist inst. She had long been suffering from dropsy. This princess enjoyed the reputation of great wisdom, and she always re ceived the most marked attention whenever she appeared in her gilded araba. She interfered in the affairs of the State, and her son, in questions of great weight and importance, invariably followed her advice. Her acts of benevolence are innume rable. She has built and endowed schools, hospi tals, khans for indigent travellers, and the poor and needy looked up to her as their guardian. Her age must have been about 52. Her remains will be conveyed at midday to their resting place with great pomp. All the ministers and chief employes will swell the funeral train. _ Owini to the above unfortunate event, political discussions are suspended. WURTEMBERG. Advices from Stuttgart state that the two Cham bers have decided that capital punishment shall be inflicted on any one who attempts to assassinate the King. HESSE-CAgSEL. The singing clubs have been dissolved throughout the Electorate. DESTRUCTION 07 A NEW WEAVING SHED.—On Fri day morning an immense new weaving shed of one story in height, belonging to Messrs. Radcliffe, Bro thers, cotton mrnufacturers, near Rochdale, covering 10,000 square yards of ground, only partially covered in, was blown down by a gust of wind, and about 2,000 t. worth of property was destroyed. The builders were at work, but all of them escaped alive, though some few sustained rather severe bruises. Saturday, the the — se O as n on S , first fix an took place at Chiswick. Al. sun shone out gaily, and the weather, as though the THE . HO d ETZL e T r U s IIIE w S f o or crE th r e Y. compared with that of the last six months, was an im provement, still a cutting east wind prevailed, and it Horticultural Society, - was difficult to persuade people to quit their homes even for the enjoyments of such attractions as the gardens afforded. The gathering of the fashionables was thin, and everything seemed bleak and eheerless, e e m e v, p ,e t rs i hg n ro g ewe t n, o , si i ,t ) r st o ehl m ef e tw n r ea a es d s e r a s ,s wereaun usual, lam w r i t os h tf The grass was da m p, an d d i splayed nothing of the t v w h e i e r t dhexceptionfoliage.h oi is sot strroli The first rate qu a lit y . T he plants, flowers, and fruits, were, of their sorts, of admirable beauty and quality. These were arranged beneath the almost endless ex tent of tents erected by Mr. B. Edgington, of the Borough, and classified by Dr. Lindley • and it was under thi s protection that the promenaders were as sembled. The music of three military bands—viz., of the lst Life Guards, of the Grenadier Guards, and of the Coldstream Guards, under the di rection of Mr. Waddell, conductor for the day— added greatly to the pleasure of the meeting, and, had the temperature of the air been genial, nothing would have been wanting to the gratification of the company. Among the most distinguished of the visitors were the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Duchess of Argyll, the Marchioness of Hastings, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord and Lady Bridport, the Turkish Ambassador, Lord AV at'c Frlzer Mr. medals were awarded to Mr. May, Mr. Messrs.. , Veitch Fitzroy, Lord Blantyre, Lady Grey, ._ Green, Mr. Franklin, Mr. Williams,• specimens of Mrs. Lawrence, and Mr. Terry, whoseproduce kept up the high horticultural and floricultural thse exhibitions. The gold i reputation of the exhibitors at ~~ SO' is di° 0 out ny , of a into To a. th' Aud it ' c bf fu ' 3 kr thll? 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