The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-16 00:00:00

........."‘ ontaiD' PAY! • polit? Aaries' : 12. c i a ut of Luis. ); dull' , at coun sel to tnl'j , qu iring of cas es laid COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The Earl of Carlisle, Lord Londesborough, and Mr. Frost, Vice-Presidents of the British Association ; Lord liotliam M.P. •, Mr. Blundell, Mayor of Hull ; Mr. Wells, M.P. ; Mr. Spooner, M.P. ; Mr. Hutt, M.P., and the lion. A Buncombe, M.P., had an interview with his Royal Highness Prince Albert, yesterday morning, on the subject of the meeting of the British Association about to take place at Hull. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, dined with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at her resi dence, Gloucester-house, Piccadilly, yesterday. Their ?Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the rineess Mary also dined with the Royal Duchess at Gloucester -house, last evening. A deputation on the part of the magistrates of Essex, in quarter sessions assembled, to represent their objec tions to the County Financial Board Bill now before rda Parliament, had an int erv i ew w ith Vi scoun t P a l mers t on yeste y . The deputation consisted of Sir JobnTyrell, -,,_ l3a rt.) Sir Wm. B. Smyth, Bart., Sir J. Page Wood, 4 rt. Messrs. Chas. G. Round, N. Burnadeston, W. ' °t t°,int W. Beresford, Chas. Duane, John Disney, and Henry Bullock. ... A deputation, consi s ti ng o f M r . Ch ar l es Hi n dl e y, 1 ... P.) Mr. Ja mes B e ll , M .P., the Rev. C. B. Gr ibbl e , 41 1% John Mayfield, Dr. Hodgkin, and Mr. L. A. ehameroozow had an interview with the Duke of New castle yesterday at the Colonial-office. Smith, depuation from Dartmouth, consisting of Messrs. Cfift, and Chalker, had an interview with Vis ,ount Palmerston yesterday, at the Home-office. The QePutation were introduced by Mr. Moffatt. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. b Last night, the first performance of Handel's Israel in ,' 9 Y.Pt, by thi s society, took place b e fore a very nume io"B audience in Exeter Hall. As a whole, the per 2. tre ance was satisfactory, but, in many parts, there was %u for considerable improvement, especially in some the choruses. The principl e s i ngers were—Mde. ziov e l lo, Misses F. Rowland dand Dolby, Messrs. Ben -11, taudigl, and Formes all of whose voices and exe tive powers were displayed to much advantage. .. n witig to the continued indisposition of Mr. Sims u eeves, Mr. B enson, though he was himself extremely notice,'well consent e d to take his part at a very short The usual perf ormance of The Messiah, in aid of the funds of the R oyal Societ of Musicians—which formerly for next Friday, in fpok place at the Hanover-square Rooms—is announced Sacred Exeter Hall, the members of the le 6 . may' Soci e ty h av i ng vo l un t eere d their as atance for the occasion. THZ MEDITERRANEAN. By SOUTHAMPTON, Arum 15. addin g t on e oPe:iinsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Captain E. Coop er , we have accounts from April ‘, 1 nnstantinople, March 22 ; S m y rna , M a r c h 26 ; Malta, Gibraltar, April 7. w The Raddington experienced fine weather on the out i_4ll Passage, but homewards encountered a heavy gale I n the Mediterranean, and strong easterly winds since leaving Cape Finisterre. She brings 13 passengers, and 0 -I f l c f!'eight 5 packages of specie value 5,2361 ., 1 package lanionds 93 bags of galls, 40 bags of yellowberries, il2 boxes and 1,064 barrels of raisins, 80 drums of figs, 99 barrels of currants, 3 cases of succades, 148 cases of E o 4l f ) ."ges, 68 cas es of opium, 119 cases of gum, 67 bales 2 - q car Pets, 170 ilk bags of hemseed, 439 bags of cumata, i 7 bales of ss, 459 bales p of goats' hair, 66 bales of S hee p ' s wool, 777 bags valonia, 39 bales of madder-root, 7 bags of orange-peel, 26 bags of squills, 3 cases of .„ 4414 ,1 31 , 6 cases of o tt o o f roses , 7 b a l es o f s ki ns , an d 88 e a cKages of general merchandise. On the 29th ult., at 1 p.m., in lat. 36.1 N., long 18.40 the Haddington passed the French fleet, consisting of seven ships of the line, and one steam-frigate, run ning to the eastward. The British freight-ship Progress, 32 days from Corfu, arrived at Gibraltar on the 4th inst., having on board the head-quarters of her Majesty's 30th Regiment of Foot, consisting of 10 officers, 18 sergeants, 6 drummers, and 315 rank and file, under the command of Lieuten ant-Colonel Cavan. Our accounts from Gibraltar aretciaothh, 10 e7:hdaysro instiinm elusive. Th e screw steam-ship A lexandria and 6 from Malta, touched Grecian, at Gibraltar t he 2d i nst ., on her way toLi verp ool.Thescre o w n s teamer Balbec, 6 days from Liv e rp ool , sm l 'aine day, and proceeded for. M a lta, yarriniav,eadndonCothne stantinople. The Royal Yacht d Squadron schooner Con days from Lisbon, Btar lee, 23 days from Cowes an . arr ived on the 3d. The insular And Oriental ,f3rnParly's steam-ship City of London, 5 days from ,2,llthatapton, reached Gibraltar on the Ist inst., and vceeded for Malta and Constantinople. The Royal jet 'ria "Yacht Club cutter Span owhawk sailed for Cadiz a fi n .oni tbejsst. The . Swedish . corvette Najaden, 36 days . her ivr:atta, arrived at Gibraltar on the 6th, and, with colloo.iteoa:ty;as rsteamers Furious and Antelope, was an , , d i . n the bay when the Haddington left. exchanges were quoted as follows :—At 51. 33 3 ' 8 ' , 15e London 51 • Paris, sf. 31c. ; Marseilles, disco ; elle ' a i f . '3 7e '. at 8 ays' sight, on Madrid, ",14,,11,11naaltiee7„re,:i.lal,a.g2'ai and Seville, par ; S'-ilishte'll°' dollsiscount • Valencia, 1 discount , Alicante . all th e wint r ib Y Wind per to proceed °and vessels in Gibraltar-bay were The sc rew Oa their res • o p n re t m he iu i nstant, voyages. Bth 84 . pective voya,, • and ch in st e w sthm enabled on the g th . a n ia i L ,, Iv ..iiia Bengal , with ß t a n d e d o in u e tw o a n rd India ~ Inet tl , ' as Passed by the v incent . a r i , v P . m , about 22 miles south of . Mat ed -4- hav e -th run . of this vessel to that position o i m s esti ill 1111 de; four Sdliae Ne e di e r e occupie apd only y 3 days 10 hours fr the o YS. will r b bl have arrived at Gibraltar NDIA.—Mr. Hugh Fleming, of the \le en fro m 134nY, that uchesterCornmercial Association, has received ad be Secretary to the Hon. East India Corn kructed t Mr ' Wan- Rathbone, of Liverpool, is in -122 0 forward to him, for disposal in Manchester, So gl en and two half bales of cotton, received per the Sots h e j v ' fre na Bombay, and that Messrs. Ketley and Purp ose been directed to forward to him for the same 131h2i2Ptedalefsrl°PY bales produced from New Orleans seed, In Cochin to London, per the Rubicon. The Orle ans consist seed of thirty-t wo grown B e l g i um, f rom N ew differ ; e ighteen of the same d e scription, but with Bel 'different mark ; and seventy-three and half of the thoin g r owth from indi g enous seed, all the produce of ,sea Son -r-T -trn:e uNITED 1850-1. STATES EXPEDITION TO JAVA.--The ; cl States Feb Mississippi arrived at Mauritius InonairsoeolnBhtherovff aybruary, and was to touch at Point de to join the Japan expedition. Com- T a re Perry was on board the Mississipi. the MAUR lYlus.—Accounts have been received from el; Mauritius to the 25th of February. The rate of ex ceAnge for document bills was about 3k per cent. dis welirnet- The shipments of sugar up to the 19th of Feb. I,erie.4lo 8,285,8501 b. against 102,808,5161 b. at the same i nt ,, last year. Oxen were very scarce, owing to the an frUption to the trade with the coast of _Madagascar, . h ( 4 the retail price of beef averaged from is. to is. 3d. c e r, lb• No material alteration had taken place in the Wheat of rice, although the stock bad slightly diminished. neat and flour showed a tendency to improvement. 1., ee Tait WAGES MOVEMENT AT L IVERPOOL.—There have un various meetings this week by the members of different trades, with the view of obtaining an increase of wages. On Monday, the journeymen boot and shoe- Makers held a meeting in the Concert -hall. On Tuesday, there was a meeting of tailors at the Circus-street School-room. On Wednesday evening, the journeymen painters met in the same place. The corn-porters Met on Tuesday evening, in the Tabernacle, Bisp ham-street. At all these meetings resolutions in favour of an increase was adopted. On Tuesday, a number of the journeymen pilots met at Westbrook's, Merchant's Coffee-house Old Church-yard, for the pur pose of taking into consideration . the recent made by the master pilots, in reference to teoniceg"ions and also to discuss certain towing eels by alleged t s o tea Ltin the pilot service, as at present ma naged. After some discussion the meeting broke up, it being u n d e rstood that another meeting will be called,' at 'which matters brought under discussion would receive further consideration, by the men employed in the pilot service.—L iverpool Chronicle. SHIPBUILDING IN AMERICA.—Mr. M`Kay, of East Bostonand t 5 feet is building a ship 32 0 feet long , beam, to me a sure 4,000 tons, for C il l r if . or F n o ia rb ; os t , o be Propelled by th e s cr ew, and to have rig of i n t erme di a t e t o p s ail s . Two other ships—one newo of 1,500 tons, and another of I,2oo—for the same trade. A correspo n d e nt sa ys :—" The seamen are so scarce, and so bad, that we must soon come to a steam-engine for making and taking in sail." FATAL ACCIDENT AT COUTTS'S BANK.—A lad named W illiam Jones, aged 14 years, son of a painter, was on T hursday employed with his father painting the interior of Messrs. Coutts' premises, and was engaged by him self i n a room preparing the window sashes. Sufficient t ime having elapsed for him to complete his work, the foreman, John Archer, and William Jones, the father of the lad, entered the room, and were horror-struck at il ise overing him with his neck jammed between the sash "nes and the stile (upright) of the window, with his feet re sting on the ground. He was extricated, but found to be quite dead. it is su pp ose d th a t in cleaning the slide -where the sash traverses, he got his head under neath the sash-line and let it go with a jerk, when the Weight drew the cord so tight as to strangle him. ROYAL ARTlLLERT.—Considerable misapprehension has occurred, and surprise expressed, at the statement of gunner J. Haveland, who was severely hurt at the recent fire in Holb orn, t h at he would be sent to Woolwich to e tried by court-martial. It ought, therefore, to be known that .by a recent order it is indispensable to bring e very soldier before a court-martial who may meet with ' lll, accident under any circumstances. This measure is jnew n ecessary in every case of accident before the soldier , Pass a medic a l b oar d , to insure by a course of inquiry the circumstances were really accidental. Captain stlohara's company, 11th Battalion, left Woolwich on fiitit.sday for Eastbourne, to be stationed. Captain vilpott's proceeds to Portsmouth on Monday, to re :tee e Captain Levinge's company, 11th Battalion, and The re will join head -quarters here on the same day. 4e are several non-commissioned officers of the Royal 1 11 e 7 to be app o i n t e d a dj utants of Militia Artillery ill the districts instruct the militia eta where it i s i n t en d ed to duties of artillerymen. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) MINES.—The smelters, for reasons best known to themselves, have this week lowered the price of copper 2d. per lb., or about 181. per ton. We may, therefore, we presume, look for rather more than a corresponding fall in the standard for copper ores. In the absence of any falling off in the demand for copper, and of any in crease in the supply of ores, it is difficult to account for this sudden and unexpected move on the part of the smelters ; and, as it would be in vain to attempt to penetrate the mysteries of their craft, we must content ourselves with considering the effect the decrease in the price of copper may have upon the interests of mining. The general share market has not been by any means brisk, and the tendency of prices is decidedly down wards. In the Bullion Market,—Mexican and South Ameri can dollars, 4s. llid. per oz. Bar silver containing gold, all gold above 5 grains in the pound to be paid for, ss. pgd. per oz. standard. Bar silver without gold, ss. itd, per oz. standard. Bar gold, 775. 9d. per oz. standard. Fine cake silver, ss. sd. per oz. In the Metal Market the retrogade movement con tinues, and we regret to announce a fall of 2d. per lb. on Sheathing Copper, and 181. per ton on Tough Cake and Tile ; the respective prices now ruling are, there fore, is. id. per lb., and 1171b.—Tin also, British and foreign, is lowered to Si. 12s. ; Plates full 6d. per box reduced in price, and scarcely any sales making in the article.—Spelter has sustained a further drop of 10s. per ton. --Lead and Manufactured Iron alone maintain their position ; Scotch Pig-Iron is down again to 545. per ton. The gold mining share market this week has been quiet. The inquiries have been chiefly for the Califor nian adventurers, especially for Nouveau Monde, Ague Fria, Anglo-Californian, Quartz Rock, and Yuba River, the accounts recently received by some of these com panies being very favourably interpeted ; on the other hand, the Australian mines are comparatively neglected, and, consequently, to some extent have suffered in price. On Thursday, however, they again rallied, shares were inquired after, and they have since maintained their po sition, and Great Nugget Vein considerably improved. The news received from California has been of great interest. The weather was fine, the roads to the mining districts were good, and business was improving. At Campo Seco, two Mexicans had struck a pocket, from which in five days they took out $5,700 worth of gold, one piece weighing 81bs., washing in their battais in one hour 200 ounces. At Curtisville, three Mexicans had taken upwards of $30,000 out of one claim in three days. A traveller states that he saw three lumps picked out, the largest as big as a brick. A piece of gold-bearing quartz, weighing 250 ozs., and not containing more than 20 per cent. of quartz, had been sent from Sonora. At Poor Man's Creek, another lump had been taken out, weighing over 23 lbs., and valued at 300 dollars. At 'Negro Point, the average gold found by each individual was from 6 dollars to 8 dollars per diem. A report has lately been spread that the value of the 100 dollars shares in the Rocky Bar Mining Company were only of the value of 5 dollars in New York. It appears that it was determined at the last annual meet ing that the denomination of the shares should be changed from 100 dollars to 5 dollars. The old certi ficates have, consequently, been called in, and new will be granted in the proportion of 20 shares of 5 dollies each for every old one of 100 dollars. The Agua Fria Company have received advices from Mr. Hepburn, their superintendent, informing them that Mr. Attwood, the agent, had transmitted to him 121 i ozs. of retorted gold, part of the yield of 160 tons of veinstone from Gold Hill ; not being able to clear out the mortars, he calculated about one-fourth yet remained in them. THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of this day.) The imports of wool into London in the week ending to-day have been 1,778 bales, of which 592 were frorii Sydney, 453 from Bombay, 211 from the Cape of Good Hope, 330 from Galatz, and the rest from Alexandria, Germany, Belgium, &c. The market for English wools is active at full prices, and foreign and colonial samples are held at high rates, which check business.—Sales of foreign and colonial wool have been effected only to a limited extent during the past week. Prices, however, firmlyfair amount maintained, continue- very firm.—ln th e E ng li s h woo l mar k e t th ere has prices are been asales Nh an upward i this of with —ln the Liverpool wool market wool is in good demand, at rather higher prices, particularly for home-grown descriptions. The public sales, next Wednesday and Thursday, will comprise 200 bales Sydney, 1,500 East India, 1,400 Peruvian, 400 Black Spanish and Italian, and 1,000 Oporto, Buenos Ayres, Turkey, Egyptian, &c. The imports during the past week have been 114 Oporto, 209 East India, and 287 Trieste, Leghorn, and Egyptian. The woollen cloth market of Leeds has fluctuated very much this week. On Saturday, there was a brisk and active business done in both the Cloth-halls ; nearly all kinds of goods of a marketable character were eagerly bought, and the stock of cloth in the market (which, for a long time, has been exceedingly limited in quantity) was nearly all cleared out. There has not been a better market this year. On Tuesday very few fresh goods were brought into the Cloth halls ; the assortment from which the merchants had to select was, consequently, in character and inconsiderable in quantity, and a very flat and quiet market ensued. Considerable deliveries of cloth are regularly taking place, by order, direct at the merchants' warehouses, so that, on the whole, there continues a very good trade in balk cloths. There have been several buyers from London, Glasgow, and other parts of the country in the town during the week, which has caused more activity in the warehouses for the home trade. Some of the shipping houses con tinue doing a brisk business, which, together with the demand for own market, causes about an average trade to be doing at present. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET. -- Our market continues without much alteration, and although the season is pretty well over, the demand is kept up very well consi dering how firmly it has been sustained from the com mencement. In some cases prices are a shade easier. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET.—The flannel market has been rather flatter to-day, and a more limited de mand for goods, but the prices have been fully main tained. The wool market has been quiet, with no change worth mentioning. BRADFORD MARKET.—The sales during the week have been limited ; the prices demanded act as a barrier, and the accounts from the country are quite contrary to business being done. Noils and brokes are without change. YARNS.—The business doing is not different to that of many weeks past. The cost of producing yarns is too high to enable the spinners to offer at prices at all satisfactory to the manufacturers. PIECES.—The difficulty of making goods to meet the prices offered is not lessened, and the avocation of the manufacturers continues cheerless and unremunerative. The fair at Leipsic is well attended, but the advanced prices retard operations. HALIFAX MARKET.— There has been a fair call for both yarn and piece goods, particularly the former, for which higher prices are paid. In the wool market, too, the business has been tolerably active, especially as re gards the bright Lincbln kinds, which are fully as dear. Middle wethers are 171 d. to 171 d. per lb. Low and middle short wools are much inquired for : they are scarce, and prices a little tighter. TRADE OF LEICESTER.—The high prices manufac turers require has checked the home demand for the present. There is still a good business doing in the foreign market. Worsted yarns have again advanced a halfpenny per lb. Wools command high prices, and there appears a full confidence they will continue at their present rates, if not still go upwards. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.—The acnounts from New York show a slow but steady course of recovery in the money market, and after the next arrivals from Cali fornia the resumption of specie remittances to this coun try may probably be expected, the imports of foreign goods having been continuously large. As compared with the corresponding period of 1852, when the quan tities taken were unusually limited, the value of the merchandise entered during the first 3 months of the pre sent year exhibits an increase of 3,500,0001. The im migration to New York during the same period had experienced a considerable diminution, the arrivals for the three months having been but 26,54 4 , against 38,660 in 1852 . T h i s has been caused by the diver sion of the European tide to• Australia, and the thinning of the Irish population from previous re movals, and al rea d y th ere were signs of a tendency to operators on ure sto o o n k an i ncrease of wages. The New Y or k Even ingt recentPo t contains th e f o llowing paragraphs regarding the a banksnd otothers e : r — s f `: e M I : nettny Exchangesome eof quite sure th ties at the b an k s h ave go t ou t o f th e i r difficul ties,on account of tl have borrowed ' the large sums they are known to check on the' and this feeling supplies an important have repeatedly tendency of the market. We pressure, to the fact of during the period of extreme new, having borrowedefl some of the banks, old and The case of the Hanover to sustain themselves. one publicly announced,erb Bank has been the only excite ment is over, the real but now that the has existed, we think, should of the evil that The Hanover Bank had to borrowould be made known. Bank of the State of New York had $ 4 00,000, but the sustain itself. This large sum Wasd to raise $900,000 to Mr. A. Belmont and Messrs. Duncan,loaned to them by The necessity to borrow seems to ilaSherman and Co. directors having, with inexcusable reckvlee arisen by the the Bank of Charleston, which had been buying allowed ling exchange on speculation, to overdraw its account uP ster the amount of $BOO,OOO. Of course, this large suns to from'the market limited the amount available to get te n York merchants, at whose expense, therefore, the bank relieved itself. Other banks borrowed largely, and the Bank of Commerce re-discounted its paper to a very large amount, while at the same time it was allowed to avail itself of the large balances it held of the Ohio Life and Trust Company. It seems of some [importance to the mercantile community that they should know what what a fragile reed banks are to rest upon for support." PARIS BOURSE.—The advices from the Paris Bourse mention a circumstance likely to have a favourable effect both in its political and financial bearings, namely, that the projected scheme for constructing a fleet of Transat lantic steamers to be stationed at the port of Cherbourg, and which were expected to cost about 2,000,0001. ster ling, is reported to have been abandoned. From Odessa, under date of the Ist of April, it is stated that much sa tisfaction had been occasioned by a confident impression that orders had been received from St. Petersburgh for disarming. • " The fear of a rupture in the East," it is remarked, " has for two months past kept business in suspense, and we may now hope to see again a httle mote activity." THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1853. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The Senate met on Thursday ; M. Troplong in the chair. Several bills, the two principal of which were that relative to the new organisation of the savin g s' banks, and that which concerns the post age of Paris letters, were brought up from the Lgislative Body, and referred to the bureau for examination. The Senate then declared that it did not oppose the promulgation of the three bills authorising the buying up by the State of the jouissance shares of the canal companies. Three reports were then presented by M. de Thorigny— one on the bill according a credit of 5,000 f. for the Academy of Medicine ; the second on the bill re lative to the transmission of letters between France and the French colonies ; and the third on several bills authorising exchanges of State property with private individuals. The Senate, after due delibe ration, • declared that it did not oppose the promul gation of these measures. The proceedings then terminated. A decree in the Moniteur orders the 80,000 young 'men, called out as the contingent of 1853, to be divided amongst the several departments, according to a table annexed to the decree. The Moniteur publishes a return of the receipts of the taxes and indirect revenue for the firet quar ter of 1853, which amounted to 199,600,000 f., being an increase of 14,334,000 f. on the correspond ing period of 1852, and of 20,489,000 f. on that of 1851. The Minister of the Interior has addressed the following letter to the Prefects, relative to the Universal Exhibition of 1855 : "Paris, April 8. "Monsieur le Prdfet, you are aware that, by the de cree of the Bth of March last, his Majesty has ordered that a Universal Exhibition of agricultural and indus trial produce shall take place at Paris in May, 1855, and that to that exhibition is to be joined that which was to open for our own products on May 1, 1854. It is proper even as early as the present time to call the attention of the persons under your administration to the importance of this solemn competition, and to the necessity which exists for them not to neglect anything calculated to sustain worthily the struggle to which the Government of the Emperor has invited the producers of all the countries in the world. I request you, in consequence, Monsieur le Prget, to place yourselves immediately in relations with the Chambers of Agriculture, Manufac tures, and Commerce, which are the chief representatives, as well as the natural organs of these great interests. You will point out to them, and will call on them to point out to the principal agriculturists and manufac turers in their circumscription, all the advantages which France must derive from the Universal Exhibition, the realisation of which the industrial crisis produced by the political events of 1848 had alone prevented in 1849. They will exert themselves to the utmost,-I am con vinced, to enable our country to preserve in 1855, the eminent rank which it obtained at the universal exhibi- tion of London. In fixing for the Ist of May, 1855, the opening of our Universal Exhibition, the Emperor, in his great solicitude, has been anxious to allow to the French producers, as well as to those of foreign countries, full time to prepare for this vast competition, which, if opened in 1854, would have appeared, not unreasonably, too close to that of 1851; for which the manufacturers of all nations had made extraordinaxy efforts and had imposed on themselves sacrifices more or less considerable. The department of foreign affairs has just notified to foreign governments the Universal Exhibition of 1855. Instruc tions and regulations will be hereafter fixed on for the . . introduction ' of the articles sent from other countries, as well as for the classification of everything ad mitted to the Exhibition. I shall take care, Monsieur le Prefet, to inform you of these instructions, in order that you may transmit them to our chambers of agricul ture, commerce, and manufactures. I will alsotrans mit to you, when the proper moment arrives, the proper rules and papers for nominating the juries of examina tion, and for sending articles to the exhibition. I request you, Monsieur le Prefect, after having communicated to the said chambers of agriculture, commerce, and manu factures, the present circular, to let me know the result of the conferences which you will have had with them, as well as the disposition evinced by our manufacturers and men of business relative to a solemnity which inte rests them so directly. Receive, Monsieur le Prefet, the assurance of m y di s ti ngu i s h e d consideration. " F. DE PERSIGNY, Minister of the Interior." " We can now state as certain," says the Cour rier du Nord, " that no itinerary of the journey of the Emperor in the Nord has yet been decided on. The only thing nearly positive is, that the journey will take place in the early part of Sep tember." The Government has sent to the Council of State for examination a bill to accord, as a national re compense, to the heirs of Girard, the inventor of spinning thread by machinery, two pensions of 6,000 f. a-year ; also, a bill to grant to the widow of M. Eugene Burnouf, the great orientalist, a pension of 5,000 f. a-year ; and lastly the draft of a decree concerning the financial administration of the various colleges throughout France. The Emperor has just had placed in the Tuileries the portrait of Pope Pius IX, painted at Rome, from life , by M. Eugene Goyet. The Moniteur contains a statement of the receipts produced by the indirect taxes for the first three months of the present year. The total amount for that period is 199,600,000 f., which shows an in crease of 20,489,000 f. over the receipts of 1851, and of 14,334,000 f. over those of 1852, for the same period. The Constitutionnel of yesterday has a long article on the budget, showing the large part as signed in the expenditure to works of public utility. After enumerating the sums appropriated to this purpose, the Constitutionnel says : All the great works of general utility, such as rivers, canals, ports, drainages of lands, and more par ticularly railways, receive a magnificent dotation. The idea which guided the Government in the preparation of the budget is thus clearly shown. The greatest severity has been exercised with regard to purely administrative expenses ; the grants for the ministerial departments have been lessened as much as possible ; the effective strength of the army has been reduced, but for those fruitful creations which enrich the country an abundant and generous provision has been made. This is sound policy and good government. The sums devoted to public works are not expenses in the general sense of the word—they are rather investments, advantageous for every one—for agriculture, for manufactures, for commerce, for consumption, and for the treasury itself, which derives an ample interest for its advances by the increase which takes place in the produce of the taxes." BANK OF FRANCE.—The following was the situa tion of the Bank on Thursday, April 14 : Cash in hand Cash at the branch banks Overdue bills Bills becoming due in Paris, of which 45,167,505 f. 08c. are from the branch banks 397,452,239 63 99,989,386 - 146,582 16 118,411,611 33 131,437,585 - 1,038,700 - 880,342 - 35,734,536 10 11,038,400 - 50,701,100 - 16,961,974 - Bills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France Do. by the branch banks Do. on railway shares and bonds Do. in the branch banks Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 Rentes of the reserve fund Rentes of disposable funds Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of branch banks .... Interest in National Discount Bank ... Expenses of administration Sundries 75,000,000 - 10,000,000 - 55,397,271 62 4,000,000 - 3,674,250 - ,52,782 - 854,597 08 178,325 88 1,012,249,682 80 Da. Capital Reserve fund 91,250,000 - 12,980,150 14 R4serve immobiliere 4,000,000 Notes to bearer, in circulation Do. of branch banks 159,390,525 • Do. to order (Post bills) Bills payable at sight Account-current of Treasury Creditor 71,949,131 48 Various accounts-current 111,630,117 96 Do. branch banks 27,823,512 Dividends to be paid 432,185 2f, Discount, interest, and expenses Re-discounts of the last half year Sums received over and above the value of the protested bills Sundries 2,750,208 04 1,012,949,682 80 From these returns, it appears, that the metallic reserve, during the past month, has advanced in Paris 51 millions, and in the branch banks 71 mil lions. The discount accommodation has fallen off 141 millions in Paris, and 71 millions in the pro vinces. The advances on rentes remain very nearly as they were both in Paris and in the departments, but those on railway secarities have advanced 1i million in Paris, and / of a million in the provinces. On the side of the liabilities, the notes in circula tion have increased one million in Paris, and three millions in the branch banks. The account cur rtmaeilnllltiiconof the Treasury has fallen off 26 millions. Privat e accoun t s curren t h ave i ncrease d 12k mil lions i n Paris, and fallen off about k of a million in the derpseasio•eftrmnyeoentetss at departments . he whole amount of the me tallic in esen e t ir i e s u ff io i n m . millions to 669 k 44 per Cents., for e e e c Bourse yesterday d was again characterised by du T ll h n e ess in the demand for Government. Securities, and, with the other descriptions,o business . eiTo end d o f of an the advan cemonth o ,f theresc. i n wast h the a slight de3rase with hursday's quotations in the the conclusion The a e s s. expe riencedt3 per following I o c w e i n n t g s . , are t 80f.h e last 3 cie . q ; u 4 o i no change. par Cents., 103 f. 15c. c quo tations :—For cash-- or the account-3 per Cents., 80f. 30c. ; 4-i- per en Cents., , in Credit 20 c . Fon e ßank ier Stock, 2,745. The transactions Sharesin the l a tt er sf ; .The were made at a decline oazdinCrtehdeitfoMrmoberile former, 13f., 3f., and last quotations were for Credit Foncier, 899 f. 500., and Credit Mobilier, 927 f. 50c. The Railway Share Marl:et was inactive and declining, with exceptions ; Orleans, Paris and Rouen being the only leading nes that escaped a decline. The closing prices were thus :—Northern, 905 f. 25c. ; °Jeans, 1,043 f. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 845 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 944 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,095.; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 807 f. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 10th have arrived in due course, but they are two days behind the tele graphic dispatch published yesterday, and their principal contents were given yesterday from a let ter of the 10th, received by express. The letter, however, we perceive, omitted to mention that by royal decree M. Llorente, Minister of Finance, was charged with the ad interim administration of the department of Justice, vacant by the resigna tion "from ill health" of M. Vabey. The journals give a list of the Senators dismissed from public functions for having voted against the Cabinet in the Narvaez affair. They are—Lieut.-General Santos de la Hera, member of the Royal Council ; M. Lopez de Cordova, ditto ; M. Melchor Ordon nez, Governor of the li'rovince of Madrid ; M. Arrazola, President of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice ; Lieut.-General Shelly, Director-General of Cavalry ; and M. Hilarian del Rey, Director- General in the Ministry of Finance. Decrees nominate other persons to some of these functions, and amongst them is one conferring the post of Civil Governor of Madrid on General Lersundi, Captain-General of the province. The only other item of news in the papers is, that one of General Roncali's daughters was married on the 9th, to Don Antonio Saavedva, son of a Minister of Foreign Affairs under Ferdinand VII.; and that the Queen and King were represented at the ceremony by a Lady of Honour and a Chamberlain. A letter of the 11th, received by express, announces that the Queen had accepted the resignatioa of the Mi nisters, which, as stated on Thursday, had been of fered by them on the previous evening ; but her Majesty immediately charged General Roncali to compose another Cabinet, and he accepted the task. It was thought, however, that he would find difficulty in the accomplishment of his mission. If he should not succeed in it, General Lersundi, or General Armero, the retiring Minister of Marine, would, it was said, be entrusted with the duty by her Majesty. GERMANY. The Mentz Gazette states that the Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt has given his sanction to the project of a railroad from Aschaffemburg to Mentz, and that of a railroad from Mentz to Bingen. A letter from Mentz, 9th, says :—" A communist trial, similar to that of Cologne, will commence on the 2d of naxt month, before the Court of Assizes of this city. The prisoner is a man named Jean Georges Reininger, who has had his domicle in Paris, and is accused of having, in 1851, conspired against the Germanic Confederation. and particu larly against the Grand Duchy of Hesse. He was arrested on the 6th of September, 1851, and has been in prison ever since that period. Dr. Steiber, a Prussian police judge, is subpcmaed as a witness against the prisoner. It is thought that the trial will last a week." A printer named Goldsberg was arrested at Dresden on the 11th, for a speech against religion at a meeting of the pltra-democratic association of that city. He was set at liberty the same day, but the Government dissolved the association. The First Prussian Chamber voted, on the 11th, the bill which confers on the Kammergericht, the right of taking cognisance of political crimes. The Prussian Government has adopted several measures to calm the agitation which has mani fested itself among the woikinen of Berlin since the dissolution of the Hygienic Associations. The Ministry is endeavouring. to establish small houses for the reception of the sick. Previous to the Pblidis solution of the association its cash - box had been a t d o dr gi e N s ,e sed any a removed, and M. Levy, the cashier, has up to this time refused to say what has become of the money. noticeOn the t 012atIlli personsth e President who m gohfte o ab ce le information on the subject. _ The subject of the measures to be taken against Switzerland is shortly to come before the Germanic Diet. The blockade is not intended to be imme diate, and the resolutions are to be prospective, and only to be put in force in the event of Switzer land refusing to comply with the demands urged against her. _ A convent of Jesuits is about to be established at Cologne, and premises have been hired for the purpose. _ _ By order of the Emperor of Austria, the Arch bishop of Milan, and the Patriarch of Venice have arrived at Vienna to take part in the definitive deliberations of Concordat to be concluded with the Court of Rome. The Postampt Gazette of Frankfort states its opinion that these two prelates will be called on to give their advice as to the position of Austria and the Emperor with regard to the Christian populations of the Ra-st. The Corriere Italian() of Vienna states that the commission appointed to carry out the measures relating to the sequestration of the property of the refugees has been instructed not to admit any claims to such property on the part of foreigners without great circumspection. The Vienna Gazette of the 13th contains the offi cial announcement of M. de Bruck having been named internuncio at Constantinople, in the room of M. Reihberg, who is to receive another appoint ment. M. Vietzl has been nominated resident minister at Athens. The Austrian squadron which has lately visited the different islands of the Archipelago has just re turned to Cattaro, where it will remain for some time. Two workmen have been arrested in one of the suburbs of Vienna, accused of participating in the murder, in 1848, of the Minister of War, Count Baillet Lacour. The Official Gazette of Holstein publishes a treaty which incorporates the Oldenburg Principality of Lubeck in the Customs' system of Holstein. The disease amongst the vines of Zante, Morea, and Cephalonia, has greatly increased. TURKEY. The Debats of yesterday returns to the question of the East. It enumerates the chances of war, and gives its reasons for supposing that, although either of two eventualities might lead to a war be tween Turkey and Austria or Russia, it would not necessarily lead to a war in Europe. As regards the chance of European intervention merely for the purpose of preventing the decay and disso lution of the Turkish government, the Debats is of opinion that it is not probable, and it seems not to apprehend any important change from that event in the equilibrium of power in Europe. There was a time when this opinion would have found very few partisans, but other interests have sprung up, and considerations of finance and commerce frequently prevail over the old notions of policy. Even in England, which has been always represented as having a deep interest in the maintenance of the integrity of the Turkish Em pire in the hands of Turkish rulers, there are indi cations of a falling off in the feeling which was en tertained on this subject, and it is doubtful whether the English nation would consent to a war with any European power for the prolongati©n of the reign of the Turks, if it could be shown that they might lose more by such a war than they would hope to gain if ever so successful. It has been stated that coAlognleettaerazeftrtoen,isaSyStslo:Vc_kEh,l:olEmN.of the sth, in the some persons at Orfa had been condemned to im prisonment on bread and water for taking the sacrament without having first confessed. They were, in addition, condemned to apologise for their conduct. This punishment must appear exceed ingly. severe to those separatists who l oo k on th e national church as an invention of the devil. That is the reason why a female could not obtain abso lution, because she refused .to admit that s h e h a d violated the divine law. She remains f or th e pre sent in prison, and the affair will in the end be brought before the King.. Agitation still con ti nues at Orfa, and 62 separatists are accused of having outraged public worship. In the south-west of Sweden, the Mormons ar e beginning to develope their doctrines more bo ld ly . No importance ap pears to be attached to their efforts." SILK Worms.— Silk appears about to have, like gold, its California. The French Academy of Sciences has just received from New Orleans two fpecies of silk worm peculiar to Louisiana, which feed, not on the mul berry tree, as other worms do, but on the leaves of ordi nary trees, even the willow and the walnut. One of the species, the larger, produces annually a quantity of strong silk ; the other, the smaller, produces a silk less strong, and white in colour , but four times a-year. If these worms can be naturalised in France, a complete revolu tion in the productio n of silk will be effected. At pre sent nineteen departmen ts cultivate the mulberry tree and produce silk. The total number of mulberry trees is about 39,000,000, and they yield about 780,000,000 kilogrammes of leaves." SINGULAR CASE OF POISONING.—A rich gentleman residing at Stettin, who had been long suffering from an indisposition for which the medical men of the place could find no remedy, at length consulted a celebrated physician of Berlin, who soon afterwards gave it as his o pinion that the patient was suffering from the effects of poison. It appears that he had in his bedroom for seve ral years a number of stuffed birds, over which it was necessary, in order to preserve them, to strew from time to time a quantity of arsenic, • and -the emanation from this poison has had such an effect on the gentleman's health that great uoubts are entertained of his recovery. 59 I PREFERENCE MARES. St. 100 lAberdeen . - 5 all iDo., No. 2,7 p. c... ... -- St. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 105 . 107 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... St. 100 Caledonian £lO 106 108 107 15 all (Chester do Holyhead Guar. 53 per cent 19 --•20 x d 6 4 3.l:Cork&Bandons3p.c 4 d par 64. all Dundeo Perth&Abcr deen Junction .) . . 6 -- 61 33 all EastAnglian (.£3 )))) 6 per 3# 3i 5 all Do. (E 5) 7 P eg c en t.. 4 4 7,i 2 Do. (J 7175) 7p. ct.. .1 —13 p 63 all Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No.l 14 2 p 21i PE" 6i all Do., No. 2 1 p 10 all Do., New 6p.c. St 144 15 pm 20 all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent lB4 184 183 St. 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts 5 all Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 5A per cent 34 34 St. 100 Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent. S' • 100 Great Northu. 5 p.c. 127 129 t. 100 Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem ll2 113 64 all Gt. Southn. &Westn (Ireland) Eighths Bl3 84 50 6 Gt. Westu. (Berko & Hants Ex. sp. c.) 64 71 St. 100 G. West. fixed 4.3 p c lO6 108 1073 16 6 Lan.& York. F. £2O, 4 d 3 p St. 100 Do., 6p. c., Stock l5l 153 St. 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed sp. c — xd St. 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St xd 50 all Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 ....... St. 100 Do. New Guar. Gp.c. 151 101 50 5 , London &S. Western, Con. Thirds 3l 4 p 124 10 LontlondetTy& Coler 3 Shares 121 all Londy. & Ennis. 3Sh 131 —13 Z 25 all Nlaneli.,Shef.,& Lin., Shares, No. 1 8 9 10 all Do. Now, £lO.. 6 3 Do., £6.... 1) 33 124 , all 1 Marypt.&Carl. 4 p. c. 1271 1 all IDo. per ceut • P 12 4 W, Do St. WO Mid.Consol. 6 p.c. St. • St. 100 Do. Consols Bristol & ▪ • Birm. 6 per cent l4B — 150x(1149 163 5 Do. PAL 4. 1 , per cent 4— 4 p 20 all Norfolk Extension 223 —23 5 all Do. Guar. 5,1, per et si 61 2 all Do. Way. Val. 5p c 11 23 St. 100 N or th British . 109 111 1104 20 all North St a ff or d s hi re 25 26 St. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolvcrh. £15,6p. c. 15 9Do 2 8 all Shrews& Birm. N. G lO4 114 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.lV.Min),B p. c. 173 183 10 10 Do. 5 per cent.. l4p 25 all South Devon l4l 151 10 1.1 Do. New pas p 140 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of Os.6d. 26 263 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 193 201 5 3 Waterfd. &Kilk.6p. c. 3d 3par St. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref. 101 103 1023 17 SDo 5 51 25 10 !York& N. Midla n d 1I 1& S. Purch FOREIGN. 10 3 , tuLwerp&Rotterdam i d 5 3 lelgianEastn. Junct. 1 1 I 20 all r ..!barleroi &Erquelin 13A 1 i 20 6 .)ij on and Besanon 3 —Si p 20 8 Dutch Rheni s h 1 -- 1 dis 6a 20 all East Indian 5 6 p 20 1 Do. Extension ..- 1 lit) 5 all 'R. Indian Peninsula 2. 2b . ) 20 7 id. Juuct. of France li 2 p 20 3 / 4 15. 3t. Western of Canada Shares — 1 p 5 1 Lucca & Pistoja sp.c prof 20 15 Luxembourg 7A 71 10 10 Do. (Railway) 4l 4a 5 2 Do. 5 3 Do. (Canal) l. 2 10 L Jo. 6p. ct. pref..— id —p 20 7 Lyons & Mediterran. —— p 20 43 Iladras 2} 3 p 10i 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) 7i S 71 20 all Do. (ex interest) — 16 ' all Northern of France 3sg --.- 35i 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs.) 14 15 10 all , NorwegianTrunkPref 8A 9 20 10 Paris and Lyons l7 lap 27/ 20 all Paris and Orleans 4l 42 20 all Paris and Rouen 42 43 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 33 3 / 4 334 20 4 ParisCaon & Cherbrg. 5 5 3 / 4 p 10 54 Quebec &Richmond- i pBl 20 all Rouen and Havre—. 20 21 20 all Sambre and Meuse._ 9 93/4 91 a 10 4 Do. 5} p. ct. pref ... ... 20 4 Southern of France 5 5 3 / 4 p 20 2s. Upper India Scrip,,, A i p si all West Flanders 10 6 Do. 5 3 / 4 per c. Pref., , 3 / 4 dis p 20 10 Western of France lO 10 $d 20i p 10 - 2 West. of Switzerland id 20 ' 3 Zealand.. ...... : ..... 1 MINES. 1 ' all Agua Fria . ll 11 p 24 1 1 10s. all Anglo Californian 1 # p 10 2 Australasian 6 1 p 20 5 Australian 4/ —5l p 4 1 all Australian Cordillera 4 # p 1i 4 1 all Australian Freehold. 1 dis— ar 1 all Ave Maria g d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold i li 20 13.5 British Iron 6 8 p 35 244 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 6 64 61 4 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 64 7 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 1 i Carsons's Creek 4 4 p 40 all Cobre Copper 47 48 5 1 Colonial Gold ll 2 32/ ... 14 Copiapo 6 7 St. all Copper Min. of Eng ... ... 25. all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent ... .., p 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. 1 —l4 d 20 all General l7 —l9 2 all Great Nugget Vein ll lip 31 1 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst — 1 all Liberty i i n 1 all Lond.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co 4 d 1 all Mariquita 10 9 Mexican&S.Amerien. 7 4 8 1 all New Granada I - i p 1 all Nou v e au M on d e ll —11 p $ 1 Port Philip par— 4 p 14- 1 all Quartz Rock par -- 4 p 1 50 all Rhymncy Iron 25 —27 p 15 Do. New 7 8 39 10/ Santiago do Cuba 6 7 1 all South Australian par i p 10 7 Tin Croft ...... ....... 281 all United Mexican 6 —64 1 all Waller id Jp 11 04 1 all West Granada, par— p 1 all West Mariposa par p 1 all Yuba 4 Pll JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Nustralasia B9 90 90 xd 50 all British N. American — 20 2 Chrtd. Bak. of India, Australia, & China 4 -,- 11p 3i 100 25 Colonial — ... 20 100 20 Commercial of Load ... ... 10 English Scottish and Australian l4 l iP 20 124 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 34 3 11 3 50 20 London and County ... ... 30 50 10 London Joint Stock ,,, ,„ 100 20 Loud. & Westminster — 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 221 National of Ireland 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 54 56 25 5 Do. New .—... a" 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... .., 10 all Do. New $ 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co .4 dis par 25 all South Australia 49 51 25 all Union of Australia 77 78 ... 2 i Do. New 8 9 50 10 (Union of London ... ... 40 all lUnion of Madrid - • ... MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 85 85 90 89 20 4 Australsn.Pcific.Mail ... „ 10 5 Australn. Royal Mail ~. ... 38i Brit. American Land 83 87 87 i 67 4 6 100 32h Canada — ... 76 5 5 1 Crystal Palace — ... 64 3 4 2 Crystal Pal.of France ~. ... 3 20 1 Eastern Steam • -- ••• 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir ... ~. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navig,at ... ... 304 30 100 50 General Screw Steam ... .. 11 20 24 Irish Beetroot Sugar„, .., 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel.., .., 10 2 Netherlands Land 20 24 Nrth. of E a rop e Steam .. , „ 50 all Peninsular & O r i en t a l ... ~. 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 49 51 1 1 Submar. Telegraph ... ... 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization .., ... 100 284 Van Diemen's Land 20 21 2U 204 21i 20,1 MARKET NE WS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. The demand for both fruit and vegetables ruled steady, as follows : FRUIT.—Pine apples, 8s Od to 12s Od ; hot-house grapes, 12s to 208; Hambro ditto, Os to Os Od per lb ; apples, dessert, lOs Od to 13s Od ; cooking ditto, Gs to 12s per bushel ; pears, Os Oil to Os per dozen ; lemons, is to 2s O 1; oranges, 4s to 9s per 100 ; pomegranates, Od to Oil each ; almonds, 55 per peck ; Barcelona nut s , 20 s per b us h e l ; cob-nuts, s per 100bs. ; chesnuts, 8s to 203 per bushel ; straw berries, is to 2s per ounce. VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, is to 2s Oil ; Brussels sprouts, 2s Oil to 3s 0(1 per half sieve ; brocoli, 2s to 4s ; greens, 4s Od to Gs pe r d ozen b unc h es ; French beans, is to 2s per 100 asparagus, 5s t o O s p er b un dl e ; sea-t r ail, 2s Od to 2s 6CI per basket ; rhubarb, 9d to is Gd per bundle ; cauli flowers, 01 to Os per dozen ; potatoes, 100 s to 165 s per ton ; turnips, 3s Oil to 4s Od ; carrots Gs Oil to Sc Od per dozen bunches ; cucumbers, O s Gd to is Gd each ; celery, Od to is Gil per bundle ; spinach, 2s Od to 3s Gil per half sieve ; onions, 4s Od to 5s Od per bushel ; beet, is Od to 1 s Gd per dozen ; leeks, 3d to 4d per bunch ; shallots, Gd to 8d ; garlic, Gd to 8d per lb ; endive, 2s Gil to 3s Od per score ; small salad, Oil per punnet ; horse-raddish, is Od to 3s Od per bundle ; mushrooms, is Gd to 2s Od per bottle ; parsley, 2s Od to 3s 0,1 per dozen bunches ; turnip greens, is 3d to is Gd per bushel. NEW - GATE AND LEADENHALL. Geese, 4s Od to 8s Oa; Turkeys, 4s to Ss each; Ducks 2s Od to 3s Gd; tame Rabbits, is Od to is 9d; wild ditto, 8d to is; Pigeons, 7d to 10d each; roasting Pigs, 4s 6d to 8s OA each; Surrey Fowls, Gs Od to lOs Od; ditto Chickens, 5s Od to 7s Od; barn-door Fowls, 3s Od. to 6s Od per couple; Pheasants, Os Od to Os Od; Partridges, Os Od to Os Od; Hares, 2s Od to 2s Gd; Leverets, 2s Od to 2s 6d; Woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s 6(1; Grouse, Os to Os Od; Snipes, Od to is Gd; Teal, 6d to Od; wild Ducks, is 3d to 2s Od ; Widgeons, Od to is ld; and Plovers, Gd to is each. English Eggs, 8s Od to 00s Od; French ditto, Gs Od to 7s Od per 120; fresh Butter, is Od to is 2d per lb. TIIE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day Basilan done th's day. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Birmug. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. (Mesh. & Birk , £5O & £25 Cons Do., £20........ Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction 2 9 - 30 5 i -- 6 10J -- 101 7i -- 61 d 21 -- 22 103 -- 1 2 05 64 -- 641 21t -- 224 19 -- 20 3 i - 4 h , 8 -- 9 East Anglian (£25 L.' & E. & L. &D.)..... Do., (.ClB E. & H.).. Eastern Counties.....' Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do do t 4.1 13 - 10 - 11 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 Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock (:Treat Sth. &West. (Ire.)l Western ... 7 . - 7A 73 - 75 55 - 57 73 - 75 32 -- 34 62 -- 64 82 -- 83 47 -- 49 124 - 126 109 110 A 91t —92 i 6t -- 74 92 -- 94 13 -- 761 -- 774 41 -- 4id 3i -- 3 d 151 -16 i Irish South-Easters. Lancaster & Canisle.. Do., Third 5............ Lancash. daorkshirt Do., Fifths ....... Do.; Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt. London & Blaekwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright.& S.Cst., London & N. Westerl Do. Fifths - 291 1031 IG4ip 1194 120 21 3 p 1 lip 4 90 —91 a 3ct 3. 2 i d 11 12 19 21 29i —80 ha 8 74i 7.4 43 45 D0.,10/.5h.,M&8...0 London & S. Western Do., £5O. Do., £4O Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Eunisk. Vanch.Shef.&Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un yi~dland Do. Binning. & Derby. liidland G. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newmarket ••• to 6 3 31 3 f d 3 81 8} 94 52 64 Do. Bury Ex:;ensions Newpt.AbergArlitfd Newry & Enniskillen Newly Warrenpoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k..... .......... Do., New ............. Northn. Counties Un North British . ...... .. 35 —B6d 'North Devon, N 0.1.. Do., No. ...... A Deferred... Do., 4 B Guaranteed North Staffordshire.. North Western........ 8 - 8i 2 - Si p 504 - 514 98 - 100 62 - 63 64 - 66 N. & S. Westin. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland_ Shrewsbury & Binng. Do., L. & N. IVestn. Guaranteed Stock... Shrewsby. & Herefd. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. 73 76 dis, Do. Halves, do: Do. Oswesta 'l7 -- 19 8 a -- 9 i 13 —. 15 3$ -- 20A -21 i 75t 75t 36 -- 37 12i -13 i 4 - 4 - 19 -- 21 Shropshire Union . ISoutli Devon South Eastern.. south Wales.... S. Yorksh. River Dun [IDo. Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Rai1way......... Vale of Neath......... 3 3i 14 15. 94 10 Z 3 35 0i 10 d par; Waterfil. & Kilkenny Watcrford&Limerick West Cornwall ..... ...' Wmbledon &Croydoul Woodford ... ......... ..I York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions 69 70 7A 7 d —21 d 59 60 Do. G.N.p. Purchased York & N. Midland.. 1 1100 5 1 i I 50 16i St. 20 all all all 3 100 100 .00 .00 .00 .00 all LOO all 15 33. i 4 10 20 11i 100 12G 109 911 2 74. pm 771 7 11 16 15i 11036 11196 6 20196 1 Bedford and Bletchley.... 1 Birin. & (WU. guarantee.... I Do. withoutgr L Birm. Woly. & Dudley guar. I Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. a Shares. Do. d Shares. Lon.& Greenw Do.Preferencei Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtu. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Midear. Midld.Bradfd ' Northern and Easternsp.c. ,Do. 6 per et. ID.. Fixeds p c IPrest. &Wyre Do. shares. Roystn.& Hit. Do. Shepth.St , Shef.Roth.and, Geole g. 5 p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst 91 k 30 74h 15 4/ 12i i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. If atal ....A a WAYS . Leasing Compaus, Closing Prices this day. !Loudon Si N. West. Gt.Westn Do Do Do L.&N.W, Caledon IGt.Nrthn. Gt. Wcstn Yk. Now. & Berw. Y. &1 , 131 d Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk, D• L.& N. W. & Midid. Stekton St, Darlingt. Midland.. E. Count, D 0......... De. L. &N.W &Lu&Tk Do Gt Northn Do Lancash & Yorksh. M. MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do C tWestn 1 106 - 108 52 - 54 151 - 153 323 - 333 112 -- 114 56 -- 57 27i -- 28: 13i -- 14: 1 25A —26Ax c 19i -19 i 26 -- 27 2i - 31 116 - 64 - 66 ... 149 - 151 119 - 151 1 d 103 -104 A Business this day. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 'd to 8d; of household ditto, 5d to 01 per 41b loaf. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Od to 3s 81; Mutton, 4s Od to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s Od to 4s 4d; Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 811)s. WHITECHAPEL. Beof from 2s 10(1 to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4.s 4d; Pork, 3s 0(1 to 4s Gd per Blbs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 7s 0d to 12s Od ; Brills, Os 041 to Os Od; Cod Fish, 4s 041 to 8s Od each; Salmon, is 6d to 2s per lb.; Soles, 84 to 2s 3d per pair ; Eels, 6(1 to is per lb ; Lobsters, 84.1 to 2s 041; Crabs, 641 to is 10d ; Whitings, 33 041 to Gs per doz.; Doreys, 2s 6d to 10s 041; Mullets, is to 5s each; Com mon Oysters, o s 0d to 12s Od; Natives, 36s Od to 2s' Odlosapicodeer, bushel; Mackerel, GOs per 100 ; Smelts, Gd to is Gd per doz.; Sento, 64 - 1 to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2 s 3d per gallon; t ß o lo a a s t o ers d , per , is z ti: n 2 ; s i 3 h d d p d e o r ek d s o , ze 6d n; tFo riesshodHeeaerrihur 4s to 6s per 100 ; Carp, is 041 to 2s Od each; TeTic . 11 to 2s Od per brace ; Gurnets, ad to is , Od 6d per lb. foci each ; Halibut, HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to 3d; 6411 b to 721 b, 3(1 1 to 34d; 721 b to 861 b, 30 to 3W; 801 b to 881 b, 30 to :Rd; 881 b to 961 b, Nd to 4 1 ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 4d ; 10411 a to 1121 b Od to Od. Horse hides, 5s Gd to Os Od; calf skins, sheep, 18 Gd to 3s Od; ditto, full, 5s Oct to Os Od; polled sheep, 10s Od to 12s Od; Kents, 980 d tolls Od. ; Half-breds, 98 Od to lls Od ; Downs, Gs 6d to 88 Od ; Lambs, 2 s 3d t o 2s 9d ; and Sh earlings, 18 Gd to is Bd. •••••.....••-••••• H AY MARKETS. ditto, SMITHFIELD.--Aleadow h ay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 13s ; clover 3/ 10i to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 11 16s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 16s ; clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 5/ 53 ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. Supply good, and trade firm. WHITECRAPEL.—M ea d ow h ay, 3/ 3s to 4/ 12s ; clover ditto, .31 8s to 5/ 5s ; and str aw , 1/ O s t o 1/ 13 s per loa d. A full average supply, and a steady demand. LVDEPEYDENCE OP TURKEY. The Mayor of Newcastle has received the following communications, in reply to the memorial adopted at the recent meeeting on the Turkish question : " House of Commons, April 11, 1853. " My dear Sir, —I beg to forward you the reply of Lord John Russell to the memorial intrusted to me for presentation to him by the late public meeting at New castle. lam sure you will concur in the satisfaction with which I receive Lord John Russell's assurances of the interest which the Government of this country con tinue to attach to the maintenance of the Turkish Em pire on its present independent basis. " I am, my dear sir, " Most faithfully yours, " JOHN B. BLACKETT. "The Right Worshipfal the Mayor of Newcastle." " To the Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. " Sir,-.4 have had the honour of receiving an address signed by you on behalf of a, meeting of the inhabitants of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. " I am happy to find that this meeting concurs with me in opinion that this country ought to be anxious to maintain the independence of Turkey.' " That independence could not be subverted without a great change in the territorial circumscription of Eu rope ; a derangement of the distribution of power, sane tioned by treaties, and more especially a violation of the engagements contracted by the great Powers in 1841. " That independence could not be subverted without a danger of the aggrandisement of States already suffi ciently formidable, and a disturbance of the balance of power in Europe. " That independence could not be subverted without a great diminution of British commerce, now fostered by the moderate tariff of the Turkish empire. " You may rely upon the constant vigilance of her Majesty's Government being employed to prevent such misfortunes ; upon the sense of justice and good faith which animates the principal States of Europe ; and upon the weight of the British Parliament, which will be ever ready to defend the rights and the indep en d ence of her M a j esty ' s allies. " I beg you to thank the inhabitants of Newcastle in me ant , and my name, for th e distinguished honour they have done ser great respect, your obedie n t , remain, sir, with " Chesham-place, April 11, 1853." —Newcastle Chronicle, April 15. ~ J. Russut. THE PATENT SMOKELESS FURNACE: (From, the Mining Journal.) As "the time produces the man" for its particular emergency, so does it often elicit the " means" for at taining an immediately desired object ; and just at the moment when the necessity for an efficient invention to prevent the formation of smoke, in all its frightfully in creasing density and profusion, has become manifest, we have both the man and the means before us. The smoke- less furnace invented and patented by Mr. John Les Stevens, with whose scientific ability and persevering industry the readers of the Mining Journal cannot be unacquainted, appears to us to poss ess every re quirement f or th e purposes f or which itis intended, its leading points being novelty of conception and combination, united with extreme simplicity, cheap ness of construction, and durability, unendangered by any moveable parts ; added to which the labour of the fireman is a b so l u t e l y s i mp lifi e d an d lessened,in stead of the contrary. The invention consists in the combination of two sets of fixed fire-bars, the first of which is chiefly fed by the scoria and cinders voided from the second or upper set of fire-bars, with a calorific plate, the face of which may be protected by a few fire bricks ; by which arrangement the current of air enter ing at the lower part of the furnace passes through two strata of fire, and thence between the calorific plate and the bridge, and is thus so intensely heated as continu ously to produce the entire combustion of the gaseous products of the fuel, and to prevent the ordinary forma tion of smoke. It is, in effect, a double furnace, con fined to the limits of, and economically applicable to, any common description of furnace ; has all the advantages of a hot blast without the cost of any pneumatic appa ratus; is so contrived as uniformly to distribute and keep up the requisite heat in boilers of whatever form ; and whilst most effectually preventing the annoyance of smoke, and the usual deposit of soot in the flues, it causes an average saving of at least 20 per cent. in the quantity of fuel consumed, and also admits the substitu tion of the cheapest for that of a dearer quality, and of small instead of large coals, as further means of reduc ing the expense of consumption. These claims to preferential consideration are now unquestionably sustained by the strong and concurrent testimonials in favour of the invention that have been submitted to us, and which place the saving in the cost of fuel a little in excess of the inventor's calculation, being in various proportions that range from 20 to 26 per cent. ; and the highly respectable parties from whom they emanate, agree in declaring that the smoke, visible only when the " hot blast" is suspended by the door being opened for a renewal of coals to the furnace, is re duced to the lowest possible minimum in quantity, thin ness, and duration, and is, indeed, so light, as to be described as " a little smoky vapour." We may, there fore, hope very soon to see the last of the dense smoke, pouring out in thick and murky currents over and through the metropolis, from shafts and funnels innume rable, and hitherto indomitable. Nor will the benefits thus conferred on commerce specially, and on society universally, be confined to London—throughout the United Kingdom they will be shared, and, we doubt not, duly appreciated. Mr. Lee Stevens has already succeeded with his inven tion, modified to suit the various forms of boilers re spectively used by Messrs. Ward and Co., Grand Junc tion Wharf, and Mr. Wm. Batley, engineer, Bridge street Works, Northampton ; Messrs. Samuel and Wm. Standing, engineers, Osborn-street, Whitechapel ; Messrs. Welch and Margetson, Cheapside ; Messrs. Herring, Brothers, and Co., Aldersgate-street; Messrs. Keens and Welch, Garlick-hill ; the General Screw Steam Company's ship the Earl of Auckland, &c. ; and, we understand, is daily adding to the number, both in town and country. We are also happy to hear that be is possessed of those indispensable adjuncts to extensive operations in these days—commercial and official in fluence to assist, and money power to back him, with out which even an enterprise carrying with it the warm est wishes of all who value comfort, cleanliness, and health, might be too much for bis admitted experience and energy. EARTHQUAKE IN AMERICA. • The following account of the recent shock of an earth quake in the northern part of the State of New York is from the Northern Journal, published at Pulaski, Jeffer son county : "A most singular occurrence happened in our village and vicinity on Friday night, or rather Saturday morning last. The day previous had been clear and mild, and the evening closed in starry and cloudless. At about 10 o'clock the sky became overcast, and unusual darkness prevailed, which continued up to the time of the occurrence, which was about half-past 2. Th e p h enomenon commenced with a heavy, distant, and rumbling sound beneath, somewhat like distant thunder, except that it was more smothered, which rapidly approached and increased to a climax, and then re ceded and died away. The roar as it approached was in. terrupted by one gland explosion louder than the loudest thunder, and by a series of reports less loud and less de fined, the whole ending with the same heavy rumbling with which it commenced. The only intelligent description that can be given of the sound is, that it was terrible and appalling. Many who were awakened by it from their sleep pronounced it unearthly. From the first a tremulous motion was communicated to the earth, causing a rattling of the windows, which increased with the roar to such an extent that the buildings were violently shaken, displacing furniture, rattling dishes, &c. The motion was sufficient to cause the bell in the church to strike nine or ten times. The Academy bell rang also, though lower down, and in a position to be less affected by the vibratory motion of the earth. "Some who wore standingin their houses at the time of the shock say that in the height of it it was quit,' impos sible to stand unassisted. In ono instance a chimney was thrown down. In stone and brick buildings the effect was greater anti more threatening. Our villagers were every where aroused, and many rushed into the streets, each supposing that his neighbour's house was being overthrown by some violent explosion. "In other places, in particular directions, the shock and reports scorned equally or more severe and terrific. Mr. Calvin Wakefield, a candid man of undoubted veracity, living seine six miles cast of this, says that the shock threw several stones from his cellar ... en in tn t tl e y . Neighbours rushed wildly to fearful in that meetquarter. said All to havebeen concurred e them, in turn, seeking some distant neighbours, t some .:dire impeonndienvgereyvhilantdh,rteoatbeenaenclimt.heerired friendly sympathy or P. "The whole occurr o en i c .o e te .-^ io s n. lieving destruction. " 4 What was it . is asked in a thousand ways as diverse as the conceits of the ques ,lVas it an earthquake?' ' ques tioned. Was it a concussion of the atmosphere, produced by some wild rushing meteor or that comet?" Was it the bursting of some wandering aerolite i n our midst?' Was it—what was it?' "Nearly all Concur in pronouncing it an earthquake —a genuine bond fide earthquake. What facts are at hand are given to sustain this. First, the noise was clear subter ranean; the motion of the earth; the absence as a ll fi of any light or flash ;no sudden b • i rin, arometic change. The same facts, however, wouldgo to show th ere disturbance or chang e in th was su ffi cient dumb atmosphere for beasts to dis • tha tsomethi n ge discover unusual was about to oc cur. The dogs barked and howled in the streets for some time previous, and those confined manifested the greatest uneasiness. It is possible, however, that the muttering was heard by them before it broke out loud enough to awaken 1 sleepers. As for the i direction in which the shock travelled, we are convinced it was from east to west. We have heard from different points, from reliable sources, and find that at Remsen, Trenton, and Holland Patent nothing was ex perienced; Turin quite heavy, at Copenhag en quite heavy, at Watert own s li ght, at Adams heavy, an d, if reports are correct, heavier than here. From these facts it would appear evident that the course of the—whatever it was— was from east to west, or vice versa. The precise time of the occurrence of the phenomenon was, by Lowville time, 22 minutes to 3 o'clock ; by the time of the Principal of the Academy, lately adjusted by the Watertown time, a quarter past 2 o clock. " Twice before, we are informed, have similar phone• as mena been observable here, though never anything heard severe as this; one fifteen years ago. We have also felt sub it stated there were two or three slight shocks at in . sequent to the grand shock on This risda affirmednight, by those tervals of about five minutes. i in ,... viiinge. n discoverable living east of this, though not_____the DIPLOMATIC SERVICES.—From a return yesterday issued (obtained by Mr. Oliveria, M.P.), it appears that the salaries of persons employed in diplomatic services amount to 117,9551., and the allowance for house rent is 9,900/., making 127,8551. a-year. There is, besides, 7,6791. for diplomatic services in Persia. 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