The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-22 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1853. The contomplo.tcd ronowal of tho Ineonin Tn , r, without revision cr modification, appears to be the exciting topic of the day. Whatever may be thought of the other details of the financial scheme, there is but one opinion respecting the grievous mistake into which the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has fallen, as to its chief feature. As to the probable abolition of the impost in 1860—which he rather hints at than direct" promises—it is completely eliminated from the calculation. We are subjected to so many con- tingences during the interval, that even setting aside the impropriety of attempting to legislate for another Parliament, or to bind a new Finan- cial Minister, it would be totally impossible for Mr. GLADSTONE, even if in office in 1860, to bind himself as to his fiscal policy at that time. All, then, that can now be taken into eonsideration is, that he asks for a renewal for seven, in place of for three years, and that he attempts to cajole the people by a possible reduction of the tax from 7d. to 6d. in the pound after 1855, and from 6d. to sd. after 1857. Now, we do not accept that as a favour. On the contrary, we believe it to be the most injudicious course that could be adopted. We have repeatedly asserted that it is not to the amount of the charge that there is any objection. Far from it. It is its gross and palpable injus tine that excites the disgust and indignation of the defrauded victims. The excellent letter of our correspondent An glinus, which will be found in another part of this day's impression, corroborates and strengthens this view of the case. It shows that the inquisi torial and 'an-English powers given to the collectors are even more objectionable than the amount of the charge. Another letter from an esteemed correspondent, "J. H. G. II," will also be found well worthy of perusal. He complains of the entire impost—believe that it encouraged extravagance and led to the large amount of debt then incurred, as without it we should not have had the credit. This is so far true, but it only, proves the wonderful efficacy of the tax as a fiscal instrument, and proves the valuable results that might be obtained, not only from its continu ance, but extension under a more equitable system than that now in operation. Mr. GLADSTONE may attempt to show that those who are really injured crnstitute but a small propor tion of the payers. If they were in a decided majority the robbery could not have been perpetrated. It is because they are onlyable to protest againstbeingso grossly victimised that the infamous swindle has been so long continued. It is not because pro fessional incomes only produce 1.-22 d part of the entire proceeds of the impost that the injured parties will submit to the plunder without resist ance or remonstrance. He may go on the doe trice—just as convenient for a financial Minister as for " a black-mail collector " for Mr. GLAD STONE as it formerly was for Ron ROY, that " That they should take who have the power— That they should keep who can." He may, however, be well assured that the disgust of the victims will be increased in the inverse ratio of their means of r es istance, that the in tensity of th e i r fee.,li , ,gs will be aggravated by the know ledge of their weakness, and the impossibility of offering ; an ff h eetive opposition . to the project. But, although be weak' they may individually or collec tivelyavailable—the intrinsicli.tve still a powerful weapon ope justice . of their demands —and4hat will and m e n li'Lth powerful effect on English hearts may Profit consciences. Al though they by the wrong, they will refuse to sancti o n or support the wrong doer, or to receive their i' of the booty. Even fundholders themselves, down with contemptuous compassion , on w t h he o look con dition of the unfortunate labo urer f or his daily bread, may feel justly indignant. at the undue fa vouritism that has placed the despised t o il er i. l the same category with themselves, and would re fuse to profit by the palpable partiality exhibited. . _ _ - This will be the first point on which the attack will be made, and on the result of which the sta bility of the Goveriiment must, if not altogether, depend. Mr. DISRAELI, in his Budget, recog nised the distinction between precarious and per manent income, and, of course, the entire strength of the powerful and influential party by which he is supp)rted will divide against the Ministry. But, in addition, there is the Manchester School, as it is termed, the members whereof have spoken) clearly, distinctly, and -unequivocally on the point, and who are not likely to abandon their former views without a sufficient cause. We cannot con ceive how Mr. HuME, Mr. COBDEN', or Mr. BRIGHT could now support the system which they have so frequently, so eloquently, and so truthfully de nounced, or that the contemplated cessation of the chief element in the direct taxation of the country would prove any recommendation iniheir sight. We have, then, not only the Derbyites and the Liberals unequivocally opposed to the plan; but we may assume that the great body of the Irish Members will also resist the injustice, which as the system is about to be extended to Ireland with all its defects they may now do with a better grace than, heretofore. Here, then, we find at least two thirds of the Home against Ministers, while their own supporters, at best a miserable mino rity, are divided. Lord ABERDEMN has fol lowers. He promised an equitable adjustment of the impost. Lord JOHN RUSSELL is not without influence—he held out similar hopes. Mr. GLADSTONE, though unable to number a dozen followers, has succeeded so far as to be permitted to bring forward his plan ; but the dissentients who barely sanctioned its introduction, will not combat a Foutrance on its behalf, or relinquish their hopes of place and emoluments to gratify the crotchets of Mr. GLADSTONE. Yesterday Lord MALMESBURY extorted from his antagonists something like an apology—a sort of shuffling and indirect amends honorable—for the party feeling with which his foreign policy had been malign - ed and obstructed by certain of her MAJESTY'S Ministers when in Opposition. Per haps, among all the important members of the DERBY Government, the Foreign Secretary -was the one who experienced, during his tenure of office, the least amount of honest and manly con sideration. Everything he did was depreciated, and many of his proceedings were distorted by really flagrant misrepresentation. We said as much at the time the Noble Earl was in power, and now that he has fallen from it with his I col leagues, we reiterate our assertion. Fair play impelled us to adopt the course in spite of every imaginable sneer implying charges of tergiversa tion. It was altogether too monstrous to witness, without giving utterance to one word expressive of disdain, the extravagant partisanship revealed towards their opponents by the future members and supporters (d l'outrance) of the Coalition, throughout the whole period of the DERBY DISRAELI Administration. For ourselves, we were naturally, and, as it were, instinctively inimical to almOst every one of the principal views entertained by that Administration. It was impossible not to recognise at once that there could be no bonds of sympathy between the majority of the opinions entertained byourselves and by the Toryadvisers of the SOVEREIGN. Whereas they were Tories—we were Liberals. We were Free Traders—they were advocates of Protection. We were for an extension of the franchise—they were against any enlargement of the area of representation. Our predilections were (speaking in a general and com prehensive sense) for Reform—theirs were, on the other hand, based upon the quieta non movers principle, they were for letting what they called " well" alone ; or, in other terms, were for an exaggerated species of ultra-Conservatism. BUT —they were hurried unexpectedly into office. By the gratification of the momentary pique of their antagonists they were suddenly invested—at a period when they least expected it—with the solemn and supreme responsibilities of Govern ment. They perceived at a glance the be wildering difficulty of their position, and resolved bravely enough on the instant to make one vigorous effort to release them selves from the pains and perils of that state of embarrassment. They appealed to the country, and the electors, of course, placed them in a minority. "Of course," we say, because the vast bulk - of the community - - was in favour of Free -Trade, of Financial Retrenchment, of an exten bio. of 1,11.0 Elootive Franchise, and (generally) of Reform. Whereas—to reiterate for the sake of lucidity—Lord DERBY and his colleagues were notoriously against Financial Retrenchment, against an extension of the Elective Franchise, and (generally) against Reform. They were, in fact, Tories and Protectionists. There was the dilemma. Well, and now let us ask what was the mode adopted by the DERBY-DISRAELI Cabinet to extricate themselves from this maze of difficul ties ? It was simple and, more than that, we think it was honbst. They determined, without eating their own words, or directly abjuring their own principles, to concede to the obvious necessity of the times, and to the mani fest want of the population. They accepted as un, fait accompli the system of Free Trade, estab lished by their former leader, the illustrious real iser of the dreams of ADAM SMITH and WILLIAM HUSKISSON. They bowed to the no longer dubit able stability of the new system under the modu lated title of unrestricted competition. In a word, they broke from the torpor of Toryism, and came forth—as we were the first to call them—Tory Reformers. During the whole period of the Whigs' last con tinuance in power as a Government, scarcely any thing whatever was accomplished in the way of real legislative improvement. The RUSSELL Cabinet, indeed, was notoriously spoken of through out the country as the Do-Nothing Administration. Its leaders were nominally Reformers—but they only talked of Reform—Reform itself they gave the go-by, coolly enough, by a series of Parliamen tary procrastinations. Immediately after the general election of 185, *hen the Derbyites boldly came before the people as Tory Reformers, they gave ample assurance of the sincerity of their political conversion. Insomuch that upon several points they effected more beneficial changes in four or five months than had been accomplished during the five or six preceding years by a so-called Liberal Government. They undertook—in itself a herculean labour—the Reform of Chancery. They prepared to abolish that rotteu old-portion of the State fabric, the Ecclesiastical Courts— hitherto allowed to remain untouched, although polluting and cumbering the land with their cor ruption and dilapidation. These were among a variety of comprehensive innovations upon which the Derby-Disraeli-ites, or, in other words, the Tory Reformers, gallantly adventured. Nevertheless, scarcely any movement could be made by the members of the late Ministry, but it immediately became subject to the abuse or ridi cule of the future Coalition—the then hetero geneous Opposition. Considering the nature and tendency of the innovations attempted by Lord DERBY and his Ministerial colleagues, this was manifestly, on the very face of it, unfair. It was unfair, and not only unfair, but absurd and pre posterous, to obstruct new and enlarged measures of Reform, simply because those measures ema nated from the Tory Reformers, from the mem- • bers of the Earl of DERBY'S Government. It was about as silly a reason for the course pursued in this matter, both in the Lords and Commons, as well as by the majority of the Fourth Estate, as it would have been for our forefathers to re ject the benefits accruing to the nation from the Commonwealth, simply because of the redness of the nose of OLlvfla CROMWELL. It was against the folly and indecorum of these proceedings that we protested, again and again, in terms of honest and impartial indignation. If testimony were required to prove that this indignation was not altogether uncalled for, it would most certainly be discoverable in the con duct displayed towards the ex-Foreign Secretary by the more infatuated upholders of the late Op position. Nothing that Lord MALMESBURY Could do odious was i ns t an tl y pronounce d t o be the most lo u way fiuseended so low abomination the ina i tioz e t usta h m atcould have been perpe trated style of hisde anscetso. quibble eisaabnosluilt the style this diplomatic communications. States men dwindled dow n i n t o h ypercritics. Journalists collapsed into pedants--very captious, ve r y casuis tical, and very splenetic. And yet the Earl of MALMESBURY contrived, while at the head of the Foreign Department, to maintain amicable rela tions between our own and all the other Courts of Christendom; and while effecting thus much in one or two cases under circumstances of some diffi culty, opened up to the commercial enterprize of Great Britain, through the hitherto blockaded 'channel of the Silver River, the virgin wealth of the great South American Continent. That alone would be sufficient to cover with glory the record of his brief but not inoperative Administration. Yesterday, therefore, it was with something like remorse that both Earl GRANVILLE and the Marquis of CLANRICARDE endeavoured, though in vain, to clear themselves from the charge of having obstructed Lord MALMESBURY'S foreign policy by an unseemly and uncalled-for opposi tion. However bootless otherwise in its results, the discussion last night , in the House of Peers must have solaced the Noble Earl the late Foreign Secretary for many byegone and bitter vituperations. It must have appeared, moreover, to the servile eulogists of the Coalition Cabinet in the light, or rather darkness, of a retribution. Nothing could well be more satisfactory than the decision arrived at in regard to the re-organi sation of the Customs by her MAJESTY'S Govern ment. Tho nature of that decision was revealed to the country last evening in the House of Com mons during the course of Mr. WILSON'S masterly explanation. It will now' be perceived how much advantage has been derived from the Report of the Commissioners of Customs transmitted to the Treasury, and from the Minutes of the Select Committee laid upon the table of the Lower House of Parliament. In consequence of the earnest recommendations offered by the Committee and the Commissioners, the Earl of ABERDEEN and his colleagues have resolved upon forthwith submitting to the Legislature a measure for the better constitution thenceforth of the whole of the Customs department. The magni tude and multiplicity of the evils visible in that department have long clamoured for some such resolute interference. The time seems to have at length arrived. At least it is promised to the country at the earliest oppor tunity. A guarantee that this promise will speedily be redeemed is discoverable in the reso lution announced to the House of Commons yesterday, by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Westbury—the resolution formed by Ministers that no vacancies occurring in the Board of Cus toms shall be filled up until after the projected plan has been submitted to the consideration and scrutiny of Parliament. This is well as a guarantee —as a distinct pledge of activity—as a positive or reliable assurance that the question will not be per mitted to die out of the Ministerial remembrance. For vacancies like these cannot be multiplied with impunity in so large and complicated a depart ment of the public service. A term must ne cessarily, therefore, before long be put to this, at present, unavoidable postponement. . . Ultimately,ithe Customs and Warehouses Acts are to be codified into one solitary and comprehen sive statute. That truly will be a wonderful simplification. Two or three score of fiscal statutes condensed into one ! An epic in a nutshell. With changes like these in the way of codifying the laws of England—now the criminal, now the Commercial, now the Ecclesiastical—we may begin at last to have some glimmering of hope that ours may ultimately vie in compactness with the Code of NAPOLEON or the Pandects of Jus- TINIAN. For this gleam of good promise in the future the country has reason to be grateful to her IUAJESTY'S Government. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Aran. 22, WM be performed ELOPEMENTS IN MIGM LIFE. By Messrs. B. Sullivan, Chippendale, Elove, W. Farren, Buckstone, and Comp ton ; Mesdames Fttzwilliam, Reynold% L. S. Buckingham, &c. After which MR. BUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR NASSUS. To conclude with OUR MARY A ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under ement of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, APRIL 22, Will be performed the Tragedy of bfACBETII. Principal charac ters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. After -which will be rerformed the new Drama, adapted from the French of Mons. Scribe, by Mr. Pa:grave Simpson, called MARCO SPAD A. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. THIS EVENING, Ara - rt. 22, Will be performed USED UP. Pr;nclpal character Mr. C Mathews. Atter which, THE GOOD WOMAN 15 THE WOOD. Meru• t ars by 31e - srs. F. Matthews, Suter, Horncastl 84c e, and Templeton Madame Vestris, M i sses Robertson, tglinton, . To conclule with A PRACTICAL MAN. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Preprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, APRIL 22, Will be performed A DESPERATE GAME. After wbich, MASKAND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain —by Messrs. B Webster, L. Murray, Honey, P. Bedford, and 0. Smith ; Mesdames Celeste, Woolgaz, &e. To be-followed by BETSY BAKER—by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with PEPINO THE DUMB BOY, AND PUG, HIS MON K_E • - ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Loam and Manager, Mr. Farrell. THIS EVENING, APR&. 22, Will be performed _THE COUNTRY' SQUIRE. Chiracters by Messrs. Farren, H. Farren, Morgan, - and Clifton; 3lesdames A. Phillips, 11. Gordon, Adams, and E. turner. • After which, UNCLE (tOTCHET. llntle Crotchet, Mr. Farren. To c nclu'.e with THE FLYING DUTCH WAN. ; 4 tmporte 7 l;; 3Tes• rs. 11. Mustoni and F. Robson; Mesdames A. Milli_ s and IL Gordon. k;TT.EY'S' ROYAL A MPHITHEATRE, Sole les,,ee an I 3lanager, Mr. W. Cooke, Brilliant career of the New Spectacle. The extiaordinary and novel. F ats of the 2.'orscs, the Passage of the linniing Wco.., the Leap through lire, and he terrific spring of Amakosa' , steed trout the fearful Heights of the Umtata, continue to be ni.lbtly received with increased astonishment and enthusia , tic approbaeon. The training .f the IRE Fes tor these n-tounding Feats has occupied -Mr. W. Cooke's unremitting attention tor months past. TIIIS EVENING, AMU. 22. And during the week, the Performances will commence wilh the highly successful and magnificent spectacle of AMAKOSA; or, scenes of Kaflr •I"nrfare ; with all its new, beautiful, scenic, inte resting, dramatic, and astonishing Equestlian effects. To be fol:owed by a most novel and brlllant Routine of Gymnas and Equestrian Achievement= in the `'cones of the ARENA, sup ported by the most eminent British and Contnental Artistes of the day. To conclude with a Popular FARCE. Box-otnce open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats DAY --Morning 44 min. afterl2 I Evening 7 min.aft. 1 To-Monnow--Morning 28 min. after 1 Evening 47 min.aft. 1 THE WEATHER.—Stm OFFICE, APRIL 22. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and during the night. 52 this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'43. WIND, S.S.E.—Fresh breeze, and dirty, rainy weather. THE PUBLICATION OF ~ THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SAME EVENING, With all other Hews arriving up to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. $4:-.601, ' . -- , - - ti:.l ' , tk __,.,..,---,.,4--gy- - .: Amu ..._,.......„-„,,, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 185;1. COURT CIRCULAR. It is understood that the Levee to be held on Wed nesday, the 27th instant, will be the last this season. Her Majesty will hold several Drawing-rooms during the month of June. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Higness Prince Albert, attended by Lieu tenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour, visited the• National Gallery yesterday morning. In the afternoon his Royal Highness, attended byLieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour, went to the Zoological Society in Hanover-square. Sir Henry Holland was presented at the levee on Wednesday by the Earl of Aberdeen, upon being created a baronet. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompa nied by her Serene Highness the Princess of Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, dined with the Duke and Duchess D'Aumale, at Orleans House, Twickenham, on Wednes dayevening, - - Fier Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accom panied by her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe,lionoured the Royal Italian Opera with her presence last evening. Her Royal Highness was attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper. A deputation from Salisbury and Warminster, on the subject of the compleL;on of the - Wilts and Somerset Railway, as regards the line between Salisbury and Warminster, had an interview with the Right Honour able E. Cardwell, on Wednesday, at the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of the Right Hon. S. Herbert, T.lr. Sotherton, TLP., Mr. Wyndham, M.P., Mr. C. B. Wall, M.P., Mr. C. H. B. A'Court, M.P., Mr. D. Seymour, /LP., the Mayor of Sioisbury ; the Rev. A. Fa-e, Vicar of Warminster ; the Rev. Bladney, Major-C-!e -era' Buckley, Mr. J. Ravenhill (Warminster), Mr. R. Hetley (Sa"sbury), Mr. J. H. Jacob, Mr. N. V. Square's, Mr. J. Po:,hecaiy, and Mr. G. Smith. The residents of Bellst and Galway Queen's Colleges had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Aberdeen, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation of the watermen acting as pilots on the Thames, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Card well, on Wednesday, at the Board of Trade. The depu tation was introduced by Mr. Rolt and Mr. Chambers, and consisted of Mr. Shoebridge (chairman), Mr. Muson, Messrs. Watkins, Todhunter, Hone, Blain, Langman, Parkinson, Wood, Randall, Forrest, Hinton, Carter, Andrews, and Rodway. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yester day, from the governor of Ceylon, from the governor of Hong Kong, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and the governor of Malta. ELECTION COMMITTEES.-(THIS DAY. MAIDSTONE. The committee appointed to enquire into the petition against the return of G. Dod, Esq., sat this morning, at twelve o'clock, for the first time. Mr. Hutt in the ch air. Mr. Sergeant Kinglake and Mr. E. Jones appeared on behalf of the petitioner, and Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clarke for the sitting member. Mr. Sergeant Kinglake proceeded to open the case for the petitioner, who, he stated, alleged undoubted bribery and treating. The sitting member however, Mr. Dod, having satisfied himself that there had been without doubt au amount of corrupt treating sufficient to void his election, had wisely determined not to perse vere in any opposition to the petition. He would there fore resign his seat. This was not the result of any ar rangement or compromise between the parties. The usual resolution was then passed declaring Mr. Dod nut duly elected, and the election to be a void election. BERWICK-UPON-TWEED. Tne committee sat this morning for the first time. Mr. Ker Seymour in the chair. The counsel for the petitioners were Mr. Slade and Mr. Hawkins ; 'for the sitting members Mr. James and Mr. Rowe. Mr. Slade opened the case on behalf of the petitioners. The allegation in the petition was that of extensive treating ; large sums of money also had been paid for supposed services. A man of the name of Nicholson received 1/. for a promise to vote for both of the sitting members, and 51. after having voted. There were several other cases of direct bribery which he would bring before the com-.-aittee. NEWSPAPER STAMPS.—In the House of Commons, last night, on the motion of Mr. Bright, a return was ordered of all the newspapers in the United Kingdom to which halfpenny stamps were issued during the year 1852—stating the number of such stamps issued to each newspaper, and the amount paid to the Stamp-office by each on account of such stamps. Mr. Bright should amend the return by moving for the amount of penny stamps issued as supplements, as well as those at one halfpenny, for there must have been a large number of penny ones. ManiNE SOCIETY.—The general quarterly court of the governors of this corporation was yesterday held, in their ball, Bishopsgate- street ; Lord Romney, president, in the chair. The minutes of the annual court having been read and confirmed, the secretary presented the report of the committee as to the working of the society for the quarter. It stated that the number of boys on board the Venus, lying off Charlton, was upon the let of January, 150, and that 155 had been since admitted, making a total of 305. Of these 20 were supplied to the Royal Navy, 133 to the merchant service, and two dis charged ; so that 150 remained on board upon the 31st March. Upon Hick's foundation nine boys and girls were apprenticed. The society also supplied 33 appren tices with clothes. The receipts from ordinary sources of income amounted to 2,1171. 10s. 6d., to which is to be added 550'., the portion of Miss Hardwicke's legacy to the London charities, awarded to the society by her executors, making the total receipts for the quarter amount to 2,6671. 10s. 6d. The expenditure for the same period amounted to 2,0841. 12s. 9d., showing a balance of 582/. 17s. 9d. in favour of the society. The report was adopted. The salary of the secretary was then increased, as was the monthly pay of the mate and officers of the society's ship. Some other routine busi ness having been disposed of, theproceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to thechairman. • FINE ARTS, Nelson at Trafalgar. Painted by Charles Lucy. There is now on view at the establishment of Messrs. Squire, late Colnaghi, appropriately enough looking into Trafalgar-square, within a stone's throw of the Nilson Testimonial—one of the most truly national works of art produced within the knowledge of the pre sent generation. It was only this morning that we bad the gratification of perusing the merits of this pictorial masterpiece. " Charles Lucy, Esq.," as the ad vertisement informs the public, is the artist from whose skill the painting has emanated. It represents "the darling hero of England;" at the crowning point of his career—on the brink, so to speak, of Ins greatest achievement, seated at his desk, in the cabin of the Vic tory, on the morning of the battle of Trafalgar. He is portrayed at the moment when he communicated his last memorable signal—" England expects every man will do his duty"—those most glorious of all the Ilatch words of triumph which have s ever since, as it were, been stereotyped among our most heroic recollec tions. The picture—now being engraved in line by Mr. C. IV. Sharpe=lforms an admirable companion to Paul de la Roche's celebrated painting, " Napoleon at Fontainbleau." That was commemorative of a sublime downfall—this of a sublime success. " Napo leon at Fontainbleau " in 1814—represents the most wonderful of the earth's conquerors- in the hour of su preme disaster—that " Idol of the soldier's soul ! First in fight, but mightiest now : Many could a world control, Thee alone no doom can bow." " Nelson at Trafalgar," in 1805, on the contrary, is the re presentation of the greatest sea captain of ancient or mo dern times, at that renowned epoch when, if he had been carried up to heaven in a flaming chariot, he could not, says the noblest of his biographers, he could not have passed away in a brighter blaze of glory. " Nel son at Trafalgar " with every portion of the picture authentic, the cabin of the Victory still in exist ence, the coat worn by the hero (a relic still religiously preserved at Greenwich Hospital), the features of the immortal hero himself delineated from a cast of his face, taken immediately before the battle, on the morning of Trafalgar ! Everything, we repeat, is authentic, and, what is still better, the spectator is enabled fully, at a glance, to appreciate its authenticity. The effect produced by the painting is reAlly wonderful—the man, the occasion, the solitude—every circumstance is fraught with elevating associations. Nelson is depicted by Lacy as imagining the signal which, in the reorniii4 of the 21st of October, 1805, electrified the British then grouped off Cape Trafalgar, and inspired them wit an enthusiasm such as could alone have produced the most memorable of our maritime achievements. The work of art here particularised will be welcomed, we doubt not, throughout this country with the admiration due to so very noble an historical masterpiece. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The present week's arrival of English wheat up to our market coastwise has been very moderate—viz., 2,24 . J quarters, chiefly from Essex and Kent. Fresh up to-day the receipts by land carriage were small—hence, the show of samples of both red and white was limited • neverthe less the demand was in a sluggish state, at Monday's prices. From abroad the imports of wheat have been seasonably large—viz., 14,65;0 quarters. For good heavy parcels we had a moderate inquiry, at full currencies. In other kinds so blittle was doing that the rates were almost nominal. Floating cargoes were quite neglected. Barley—the show of which was no means extensive — sold steadily, at previous rates. We had only a limited inquiry for malt, yet factors were tolerably firm in their demands. Oats were in moderate supply and steady request, at full quotations. The demand for beans, peas, and flour was in a de pressed state. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. 11! alt. 2,240 1,560 1,860 -- 14,583 4,520 -- English .. Irish •• • • Foreign .. Oats Flou . r, 910 8,0 (4840 3,710 i 1,033 Witt SMITHFIELD. The show of beasts in to-day's market was seasonably good, both as to number and quality. Notwithstanding that the demand for most breeds was in a sluggish state, Monday's prices were supported. The primest Scots realised 4s 4d per 81bs ' and a good clearance was effected. With sheep we were fairly supplied, whilst the mutton trade ruled dull, at barely late currencies. The supply of lambs being on the increase, and the weather unfavourable, the sale for that description of stock was heavy, at a de cline of 4d per 81bs. The quotations ranged from 5s to 6s per 81bs. Prime calves were scarce, and quite as dear; other kinds of veal had a downward tendency. Piga met a very inactive inquiry, at late rates. Mulch cows were very dull, at from 161. to 19/. ss. cash, including their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the offais s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts ...3 2to 3 4 Second quality ...3 6 3 8 Prime large oxen 310 4 0 Prime Scots, &e. 4 2 4 4 Inferior sheep ...4 0 4 2 S3cond. quality ...4 4 4 8 . Prime crse.-wlled.4 10 5 0 Lambs s. d. N. d. Prime Southdown 5 2 5 4 Large crse. calves 3 4 4 O. Prime small do 4 2 4 G Largo hogs 3 0 3 6 Small porkers 3 8 4 2 Suckling calves 20 0 25 U Quarter old pigs 19 0 24 0 5s Od to Os Od. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts 994 Sheep and Lambs 6,230 Calves 3OO I'igs 340 MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO 0 CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 5,000 to 6,000 bales, of which 500 American were taken for export. The mar ket closed heavily, and, as compared with Friday's rates, American were id. per lb. lower. The sales include 340 Pernam and Maranham, 6p. to 71a. ; 120 Bahia, 6d. to 6id. ; 700 Egyptian, G 1 d. to ls. 3441.; 800 Surat, 3P. to 4 d. ; 80 Sea Island, at ls. 9d. to 2s. 6d. ; and the remainder nearly all American. Railway shares were rather firmer. In the Produce Markets this week prices have been somewhat irregular, and those which are affected by the Budget have been sparingly dealt in. Tallow advanced, and also palm oil, and tea has been up about Ad. per lb., but in neither of these instances have the dealings been large. Sugar has gone back 6d, per cwt., and coffee as much as to 2s. Spices have been all in request, and rather dearer. Cotton is supported. In jute more has been done. Rum has been dull. The wonderful progress now being made to cast a net-work of railways overy every part of British America, has induced us to clip the • following list from the propositions now before the public, for the construction of railways in Canada. Numbers 2,4, 11, 13, 18, 19, are under contract. Charters have been granted for nos. 3,17, and 28. Anclacts of incorporation are now before Parliament for num bers 1,5, 6,7, 8, 12, 14, 20, 23, and 26. These roads do not include the northern line, from To ronto to Lake Huron, via Barrie, now more than half finished, nor the line from Toronto to Guelph, also in rapid progress to completion. The line from this city to Owen Sound will also be imme diately taken up. The progress of Upper Canada in railway enterprise is almost without precedent, and will, in a few years, render the country one of the finest and most productive in the world :- 1-2. Across the St. Lawrence, at Cape Rouge, and at Montreal. 3. Port Hope to Peterborough. 4. Pobourg to Peterborough. 5. Quebec to Montreal, vid North Shore. 6. Megantic Junction (and Canal). 7. Quebec, yid Montreal, Bytown, and Peterborough to Georgian Bay, Lake Huron. 8. Lake Huron to Vandreuil. 9. Quebec, yid Perth, Hawkesbury, and Peter borough to Lake Huron. 10. Brantford to Amherstburg, vid St. Thomas. 11. Quebec to Trois Pistoles. 12. Brockville to the Ottawa. 13. Grand Trunk, or Montreal to Toronto, via King ston. 14. Montreal, Bytown, and Ottawa. 15. Barrie to Lake Huron. 16. Goderich to Port Sarnia. 17. Toronto to Hamilton. 18. Guelph to Goderich. 19. Brantford to Goderich. 20. London to Port Sarnia. 21. Guelph to Owen's Sound, to Sangreen. 22. Toronto to ditto. 23. Niagara to Fort Erie. 24. Port Dalhousie to Fort Erie. 25. Galt to Paris. 26. Galt to Guelph. 27. Toronto rid Peterborough and Belleville to King• ston. 28. Hamilton to Niagara Falls. 29. Hamilton to Port Dover. 3G. Whitby to Sturgeon Bay. The steamer, Great Western, with the West India mails, is telegraphed as having arrived , but no particulars are yet known as to what specie is on board. The suggestions respecting Receipt Stamps, made a feu- days since raider this head, are being taken up in various quarters, and the letters to our con temporary the Times are a fair test of public opinion. It is admitted that a removable stamp or Queen's head is objectionable, b e cause it may, by accident or design, be taken off, but besides this view which concerns the trader, an important consideration for the Government is the loss of revenue, owing to the ability of any one holding a receipt to affix a stamp at a subsequent period, how ever remote, and therefore having really no in ducement to ask for one at the time of payment. stamped paper would check _this, and answer all policy and o is f in a stamping vou checks, h w e t k h s ,however, ost per sons, because there would be then no want of stamped receipts, except where a banker was not kept, and it is important to have the account itself receipted, insteadof a separate stamped paper being attached to it. As to the Income Tax, its per petuation for seven years is regarded as most un called for. At the utmost, a period of 2 or 3 years is sufficient for any legislature ' in these eventful days to bind it s co n stituents for, and the perpetuation of the impost beyond that time, only renders more doubtful the alteration so ar dently desired, viz., the substitution of a pro perty tax. Finally, with respect to the tax upon newspaper supplements, the. Chancellor of the Exchequer is _ considered to be literally throwing away a large amount of revenue, most inexpensive in collection, for the sole benefit of the Times. No other journal in London will derive the slightest benefit, and rather thereverse, since the monopoly of the journal in question will be perpetuated, and the advertising community deprived of the fair boon intended for them by the vote of Parliament, which was to remove the whole duty. Every one in the city sees through this palpable concession to a single journal, and is incredulous it the apathy of the other papers where their interest is so much concerned Mr. Bright's motion, showing how many papers pay for supplements, will yet enlighten the public, and probably cause justice to be done. The funds are more active, the transactions being principally for money. Consols have brought 1008 to I, and are now 100 i to - for transfer. The account prices are 1001 The telegraphic re ports from Constantinople of the Russian Minister being disposed to quit, is not credited. The New The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 103 k to and the Three per Cents. 998. to Bank Stock has risen to 2271. East India Stock is at 2602, Exchequer Bills of June are 4s. to Bs., and India Bonds 40s. premium. The Foreign Securities have been firm generally, thouguh dull. Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have advanced to 89, and the Deferred to 67i. The Spanish Certificates bring 61 per cent. Mexican are heavy at 21 Buneos Ayres Bonds are up to 66. Brazilian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are worth 1001. Sardinian Five per Cents. are dull at 971. Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents. are firm at 66 to 2. Railway Shares have been without improvement generally, but Great Northern are higher. The French lines are steady. The Joint Stock Bank Shares are quiet. The Land Companies' Shares are heavy, and South Australian have further declined. The Californian Gold Mine Shares are in some request. Nova Scotia Mine are worse, owing to the re port that iron only exists on the company's estate. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY. (From, the Official List.) _ _ _ • Business done. I I • Bank Stock :3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per CeL,L Cousols,Annuities • Now 34 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1360 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 . Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860. India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO South Sea Old Annuities . Consols for Account Exchequer Bills 1 ad. £1000.... £5OO Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Branlian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent lOO 4 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 661 66 Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Peru-cian Bonds, 4i per Cent . B9 8 4 . Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent. 67 h A Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. Slrdinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 974 Spanish Bonds 3 per Cent 47i 8 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Ceut 231 A Spanish Committee Cert. of C ou p . not fun. 6 i p Swedish Loan ......... ...... dis Dividends on the abov e p a y able in London. Dutch Exchange, 2 per Cent. 12 Gu11. Ditto 4 per Cent-Certificates... ...... 974 HALF-PAST TWO. 100 A 5 100 q fl 226 A 991, IC)A 103 A 6 5 13-16 i 6 3-16 260; 40 40 1001 i June. 84 March. Consols... Ditto May Account LLOYDS' siriPPiivo—(THis DAY.) LONDON, April 22.—Wind this clay at Noon, S.S.E.; light breeze, dull and cloudy . , with rain. LIVERPOOL, April 21.—Wind , S. E. Arrived.—Aran thus, Demerara.; Emerald, New Orleans ; Intrinsic, Sa vannah ; Victoria, Halifax. Sailed — Ber aza, Pernam buco ; Manchester, Melbourne ; Lord George Bentinck, ditto ; Corditia, Madras ; Petrel, Africa ; Lady Ann, ditto ; Ceylon, Fernando Po ; Eliza, Port an Prince ; Emma Field, New York ; Connecticut, ditto ; Champion, Boston ; OnWard, Halifax ; Standa rd, St. Stephen's, New Brunswick ; Celeste, Ri c hibucto ; Jupiter, Miramichi Wakefield, Quebec ; Jane Glasson , ditto ; Sultan, ditto ; Mourns, ditto ; Alberta, ditto ; Yor k, ditto ; Agamemnon, ditto. DUBLIN, April 21.—The Esther and Sophia, Liverpool to St. Thomas, is sunk on the Kish Bank; master drowned, crew saved. MARSTRAND, April 14 . — The Test , Newcastle, was stranded o . T Kyrkesum on the 12th inst. The Golden Grove, Newcastle, leaky, having struck on the Paternoster Ridges. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 231 Sheop I Calves t.:oo Pigs LEADENIIALL. he carcase. NEWGATE AND Per Sibs by • s. d. s. d. s. d. r d Beef, inferior 28 3 0 Mutton, Inferior 36 3 E Do., middling 3 2 3 4 Do.,middling 310 4 2 Do., prime largo 3 4 3 6 Do., prime 4 4 4 6 Do., do. small ....3 8 3 10 Veal 3 4 4 4 Pork, large 343 10 Pork, small 4O 4 6 Lambs BOROUGH HOP. Our market is very scantily supplied with all kinds of hops, in which only a moderate business is doing, as follows : Mid and East Kent pockets,' 120 s. to 160 s. ; Weald of Kent, 110 s. to 1265. ; and Sussex, 105 s. to 120 s. per cwt. COLONIAL. -- - SUGAR.—There have been large public saleB, and this lasted to a reduction in prices, although buyers have not been inactive. British Piantation has been barely so high as last week, Barbadoes, by !auction, realising 33s to Ws per low mid to fine, and Jamaica 32s 6(1. to 34s for good to fine brown, and 34s 6d to 35s for mid,_ Mauritius went about 6d lower, good to fine yellow 35s 6d to 375, low to mid 33s to 355, and grainy low to good 35s 6d to 30s. Mr. J.. L. Ricardo, M.P., was elected to-day a director of the . London and Westminster B_,nk. SOCIETY FOB THE RELIEF OF DISTRESSED WIDOWS. — Yesterday the annual meeting of the governors of this society was held at their offices, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly, the Marquis of Cholmondeley, president, in the chair. The minutes of t'ie las:: meeting havin g been read and confirmed, the secretary read th e report of the committee of management :or the past year. It stated that they had in that period relieved 270 poor widows, by an outlay of 5031., but that as the income for the year had been rather less than that of the previous one, and the number of recommended cases larger, they had been necessitated to sell an Exchequer bill of 1001. The income of the charity, arising from ordinary sources, was 5651. 3s. 3d. ; which, increased by 1041., the price of the Exchequee bill, gave a total income of 6691. The expenditure was 5591., showing a balance of 1101. in favour of the charity. The report was agreed to. UpOn the motion of Mr. Labouchere, an alteration in the laws of the society, narrowing the area of its opera tions, was agreed to. Some routine business having been transacted, the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS.—Last evening the interesting ceremony of opening a new court of this order took place at Mr. White's, the Salutation Tavern, Prince's-street, Stamford-street, Lambeth. The D. C. R. having duly read the dispensation, and inaugurated the court, several members were initiated ; after which some members of Vie Opening Court (St. Martin, 1693) ex pounded and expatia.tect on the general benefits of forestry—relief in sickness, life assurance, and family endowments—tile whole of which was assured for a very trivial weekly or quarterly payment, and all guaranteed by virtue of the Friendly Societies' Act of Parliament. The new Court was densely crowded, and several old `Foresters having attested, from their experienolt, the general benefits arising from the order, to the sick and poor, the widow and fatherless, and also the highly moral tendency of its precepts, thanks were voted to the district and opening officers, and the remainder of the evening was spent with conviviality. QUEEN'S COLLEGES, IRELAND.—TWO Parliamentary papers printed yesterday contain the reports of the Queen's Colleges at Galway and Belfast for the academic year 1851-52. In the case of the Belfast College a con siderable increase in the number of students has taken place within the last year, and in both colleges the re ports of the professors engaged in the instruction of the students convey a favourable idea of their application and improvement. In the Belfast College the number of matriculated students had increased to 120, against 110 and 90 in the two preceding years, while the non matriculated students are not se numerous as at the opening of the college. This circumstance explains an apparent discrepancy in the number, for while the total number of students at Belfast College was 195 in 1849-50, and 185 in 1850-51, it is 192 for the year 1851-52, and yet it may be said with justice that the number of the students has increased, since there were lazily 90 matri culated students in 1849 to 120 in 1851-52. In the Galway College the numbers aro as follows :-1849-50, matriculated students, 64 ; non-matriculated, 4. 1850-51, matriculated, 23 ; non-matriculated, 2. 1851-52, matri culated, 32 ; non-matriculated, 5. The total of student , received since the opening of the college is 130, and of these 67 were Roman Catholics, 48 Protestants, and 15 Presbyterians. SINGULAR DUEL.—A singular duel (says Galig ni took place the day before yesterday in the Bois de Won logne. Two private coachmen who had for some time past felt a deep-rooted animosity towards e ac h other and never met without quarrelling, happenin to meet a few evenings since at a wine shop, g by chance one ofthen. l said to the other, "Our quarrelling has _no; lasted too long ; it is time to put an end N to e it.L et us have one We fight, and let that be the last. neither of us under stand anything of sword or pistol • let us fight with our whips." This proposition havi d ng ' been accepted, the parties repaired to the Bois, theancombat. accompanied by their seconds soon commenced the persons assembled to witnesswhich was of con tinued with great animation, when the kee er w s of s the wood came up, and marched off the combatants p to the guard-house. One of the men had received a very seri ous wound on th e f ace , an d t h e ot h er h a d one o f his ear almost cut off. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The members of the departmental commission went yesterday morning to the Prefecture of the Seine to take part in the extraordinary session for which they had been convoked by a decree of the Moniteur, when they were informed that the offi cial journal had committed an error in its an nouncement, putting the 20th • inst. instead of the 28th. M. Vauchelet, historical painter, has just re ceived orders to decorate with allegorical figures the carriage which is to serve for the ceremony of the coronation. These paintings will be executed on pannels of gilt bronze. The Bank of Algeria discounted, during the month of March, 1,244 bills of the value of 910,563 f. On the 31st of March it had in hand 1,378,157 f. of discounted bills, and 1,066,909 f. in specie. These issue of its notes amounted to 1,700,000 f., and the accounts-current to 205,550 f. The Emperor yesterday received the congratula tions of the great dignitaries on the occasion of the anniversary of his birth, but any public demon stration was ordered to be postponed until the 15th of August, the day of St. Napoleon. The anniversary of his Majesty's birthday fell this year on a Wednesday, which was the day of his birth on the 20th April, 1808. Yesterday, at half-past eleven o'clock, the new Bishops of Coutances and Grenoble, Mgrs. Daniel and Ginoulhiac, came to the Tuileries, and took the oath of allegiance in presence of the Emperor. His Majesty was seated on the throne, sul.- rounded by the dignitaries and officers of his household, the Minister of State, and the Minister of Public Worship. The bishops having been introduced, the, Minister of Public Worship pronounced the usual form of oath to be taken—namely, "I swear obedience to the Constitution and fidelity to the Emperor." Each of the two prelates, advancing in succession to the Emperor, placed his hands in his, and said, " I swear." They afterwards signed the minutes that the oath had been duly taken. The Emperor complimented the two bishops on their promotion, and expressed his satisfaction at seeing them placed in a position which would allow them to be of greater utility to the Church. The Emperor yesterday visited the works at the Louvre, and expressed his satisfaction at the ra pidity at which they were being executed. His Majesty first examined the works below, and then proceeded to the galleries, his visit lasting nearly 1 two hours. The Emperor has just had distributed by his First Almoner the following sums from his privy purse :-3001. to the Blind School of Nancy ; 100 f. to found a girls' shool at Bagnois (Puy-de-Dome) ; 60f. to repair a school-house at Bienville, near Compiegne : 100 f. to the Sisters of Nazareth at Bordeaux ; 100 f. to the schools of Uzerche (Cor reze) ; 1001. for au orphans' establishment at Etampes (Seine-et Oise) ; 500 f. to the Orphans' School at Montmorency, near Paris ; 100 f. to a girls' school at Estry (Calvados) ; 100 f. to the Or phans' School of St. Gilles (Gard) ; 100 f. to the Miners' Children's School at Renaissance (Nord) • 80f. to the Dames de Charite (Lozere) • and 150 i. to M. -de Thayer, for the society for the relief of children abandoned by their parents. A convention, destined jo improve the pos tal service between France and Prussia, has just been signed at Paris by M. Drouyn de Lhuys, Ministers of Foreign Affairs, and M. Thayer, the head of the French Post-office, on the one hand, and Count de Hatzfeldt, the Prussian. Minister, and M. Metzuer, of the Prussian Post office, on the other. The Gazette des IliSpitaux states a circumstance which we consider in *the highest degree impro bable, namely, that in the recent dccouchement of the Queen of England, chloroform was adminis tered to her Majesty by Dr. Snow, with the appro bation of Sir James Clark, Dr. Locock, and Dr. Ferguson. The effect, it is added, was very ad vantageous, and the Queen expressed her satisfac tion at it. The Moniteur contains an article devoted to the consideration of the improvements that have been effected in the residences of the working classes. It is there stated that there are at present 70,000 persons living in furnished apartments in Paris, exclusive of 15,000 who reside in the suburbs. The number of buildings required to be abolished in the embellishment of the city having produced a temporary rise in the price of lodgings, the official journal states that th© Government is actively oc cupied with the consideration of the subject. A decree of the Emperor has already placed the sum of 3,000,000 f. at the disposal of the Minister of the Interior, to be distributed amongst those pro prietors of houses who engage to provide cheap and salubrious lodgings. The French funds continue rather heavy, the tenclenc/g .iees, being downwards, the Three per Cents. 110 y iMing declined 40c., and for the end of the month, 30e., and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. both for the account and for cash 20c. A Ell of sf. occurred in Bank shares. Closing prices :—For cash, Three per Cents., 80f. 10c. ; ' Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 30c. For the account :—Three per Cents., 80f. 05c. ; Four-and a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 30c. Bank Stock, 2,730 f. In the business of the ItAilway Share Market no improvement took place, but a decline again oc curred in the shares of the principal lines. SPAIN. The Madrid journals, of the 16th, have arrived. The ministers went on the previous day to Aran juez to kiss the hands of Queen Christina on their appointment, and ou their return they held a coun cil under the presidency of Queen Isabella. It was said that the council was occupied with financial matters, and did not touch on those of a political nature. It was rumoured, and it was said not without authority, that the ministers have resolved not to assemble the Cortes before September next, in order to afford time for the preparation of bills, and for calming the irritation, and, if possible, healing the divisions of the moderate party. Three per Cents. 42 15-16 ; Deferred, 24, 1-16 : Exchange on London 51 10 paper. ITALY. The Parlament° of Turin of the 18th states, from Milan, that the extraordinary contribution paid weekly by that city since the events of February 6th, is to cease in a few days. The University of Padua was re-opened on the 10th. TURKEY. A telegraphic dispatch, dated Vienna, April 20, says :—" There has been a slight riot at Constan tinople, got up by some fanatical Turks. Thanks to the prompt measures adopted, it was soon put down."—Another dispatch of the same date states that another and more serious disturbance had taken place against the Christians at Broussa, and that t welveof them had been wounded. Lord Redcliffe paid his official visit to the min i.; terS of the Porte, and this morning he was re ceived by his Highness, the Sultan, who in an unreserved manner expressed his satisfaction at his. arrival in Constantinople. The Sultan, through the Ambassador, thank - ed Colonel Rose for the sup port and effective advice he had given to his minis ters at most momentous periods. Lord Redcliffe presented Dr. Layard and the commanders of her Majesty's steamers the Tiger and Fury. In fine, the reception was the most cordial and flattering that was ever met with by a foreign representative. The interview lasted upward of four hours. Lacour arrived on the oth ; he landed, and was received at the wharf by about 400 French subjects. He addressed them, but refrained from making political allusions. He will be received in audience by the Sultan, on the 10th. Prince Mentschikoff has failed in inveigling the Porte to conclude a treaty of alliance, offensiven and. defensive. The presence o f Lord' R edcliffe and M. Lacour will now confound him altogether. The Porte has sent to `Egypt a staff of officers, wc2.rtth with hneral Abbasß ekir Pacha P fo a ch r a at their head, to cell a_ supply of troops, in the eventuality of an outbreak with Russia. The Porte is preparing for the worst. It has sent ammunition in large quantities to all the forts of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles. Vizerial letters have been sen t t o all the governors. of the provinces to prepare the way for calling in the Redif Militia, and the mo vements of the troops quartered in this capital are ominous. The Turkish fleet is being manned, and the ac tivity that has been displayed is so great, that it will be ready to take its station in the Bosphorus towards the 15th of the present month. A dispatch was received yesterday in Paris from Trieste, with news from Constantinople of the 12th, according to which Prince Mentschikoff had pe remptorily called for a reply to the terms of his note, or that he would at once call for his pass ports. This news has not excited any extraordi nary sensation. The following is the telegraphic dispatch : it is dated " Vienna, yesterday morn ing" - "Accounts rectifying the former statements relative to the events at Constantinople are dated the 11th, and come by way of Trieste. They announce that the effervesence was increasing, and that a report was current that Prince Mentschikoehad pressed the Divan to come to a 'deter mination, threatening to quit if it were longer delayed." According to :the same despatch, the French fleet was still at the anchorage of Salamis. A second despatch, dated the 12th, via Galatz, announces that a disturbance had taken place at Brous3a, and that the number of Christians killed was 15. The Turkish Government has concentrated troops re at Constantinople, and armed steam-boats bay' taken up positions on the principal points. Russian steamers have left for. Yemleks, in order to protect Russian subjects and the Christians GERMANY. The Prussian Gazette contains a letter from Hanover of the 17th, which says :—" It appears that the government has discovered a plot with e%- tensive ramifications. Domiciliary visits have taken place at Luneburg and Stacie. Up to the present moment only individuals who had endea voured to debauch the soldiers have been discovered. A drummer of the national guard, who some days past made improper observations on the Queen who was passing, was arrested, but the King gave er ders to have him set at liberty." A Berlin letter of the 19th announces the return to that city of the Marquis de Benalova, Ambasee'" dor of Spain, and states that he brought from the Queen the decorations of the Golden Fleece for the Prince of Prussia, the Cross of the Commande r of the Order of Isabella for Baron de Rozenbergf and that of Member of the Order of Charles for Baron de Schenk. SP 01,T ING. INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. Few subscribers were present, and little business irso transacted. The principal movement was relative to th e Two Thousand, for which event West Australian was I ft " increased demand. Early in the afternoon 110 to 80 Ws betted against him, but subsequently several investmen ts were made on him at sto 4. Ultimately 6to 5 was take n ,. about him, and at Ihe close of business he was quoted 10, evens "—the field having the " call." 20, 15, and to 1 were laid against Sittingbourne to small sums. For the Chester Cup 20 to 1 was taken to 1001. ab°l Scarecrow; and 9 to 1, and finaily 8 to 1 were booked ab°il Trifle. The transactions on the Derby were marked by no portant change ; 66 to 1 was offered against the .Iteiveri 1,200 to 1,000 was betted on Orinoco against Cineas, an Ninnyhammer coupled. Closing prices : TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. Evert agst West Australian (take 6 to 5). 3to 1 agst Oronoco (taken). 7to 1 agst Filbert (taken). Bto 1 agst Barbatus (taken). 12 to 1 agst Sittingbourne (offered). ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. sto 2 Sylphine (take 3to 1). 6to 1 agst Vaultress (taken). CHESTER CUP. Bto 1 agst Trifle (taken). 20 to 1 agst Scarecrow (taken). 25 to 1 agst Ann Page (taken). 50 to 1 agst Gossamer (taken). DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Umbriel (offered). 25 to 1 agst Filbert (taken). 25 to 1 agst Hurworth (t :!yen). 30 to 1 agst Cheddar (taken). 40 to 1 agst Speed the Plough (taken). 66 to 1 agst The Reiver. WALTON RACES—TUESDAY. TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. The President Lady Ponsonby Five ran. AMATEUR STAKES. Sweetness Prince President Five ran. MALTON HANDICAP. Le0p01d..... Hobby Ho.rso Seven ran. BIRDSALL HANDICAP. Toosey Child of the, Mist Four ran. UNION HUNT CGr Dress Imp:rcrver Prince President Nine ran. SELLING PLATE. Gip Balleine. ..... ; ,~ BAI2WAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. • ,, , ,p1. LONDON,. BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAIL ,— 6 Traffic retvizn for the week ending April 16, 1 6 6 1853 t Corresponding week last year 11,240 Pa Total of the half-year to this date, 1853. 142, 086 , 9 1 6 Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 132,610 $ 0; LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN EAILWAY.—Tr 9I9 :3 I turn for the week ending April . ,l6, 1853 £13,30 2 14223 8/ Corresponding week last year ---' ---- 6 De crease in 1853 £92l " f GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. — Tv 0 , 14 ;a:e-ri for the week ending April 16, 1853 DOI" AY, _ 4, 16 , ClorresponclAn g woek lemi. year 9 --------% Iner..3a se in 1853 £ls3 v THE GRII&T NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic retori i I the week ceiling April 10, 1853 (283 miles) £15,50 6 6 3 Corresponding week last year (223. f miles) 11,456 1 f LANCASSO RE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAy.—Traf% 6 , 'turn for the week ending April 17, 1853....,£18,04 2 `6 ' Corresponding week last year 16,097 , ft; CHESTER; AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic retail/ railway and steam-boats for the week ending 1:3 J April 17, 4 1853 23,225 ' Corresponding week last year 2,725 A _____....... 4 Increase in 1853 £562. ips CORD AND BANDON RAlLWA 6 l.—Traffic return fc c o week ending April 16, 1853 2211 Corresponding week last year 156 THE PROPOSED CATTLE MARKET IN n !fr HAGEN FIELDS. 1 . • 6l Yesterday a meeting of the Markets Impro Committee connected with the Corporation of t !l e t 3 1 ' of London was held in the Council Chamber Guildhall; Mr. Henry Lowman Taylor preside I or, Ordinarily the meetings of corporate COMMitt held with closed doors ; in this instance, howev public were admitted, the Markets Improvemer mittee being anxious to obtain the opinions of the v i ;ili tl 4 men connected with the market, as to the pract; of the plans about to be submitted, and the i° l fie which had been prepared for the construction of tl /e e market. fi ll Much interest appeared to be excited, man ,7 1 ° Dell most influential salesmen, butchers, and °the r 5 0 ,0 present, in addition to several members of the c ° tee, amongst whom the reporter noticed Mec JerQy, Low, Baker, Hicks (Deputy), Read, B L : I ,6F: (Deputy), Harker, Aitcheson,and others, Si 1 1 0 ,,t0: salesmen—Messrs. Thompson, Borehana, and B.r e i Mr. Goodwin of the house of Challis and SonA.l o oe': . gate-market ; Messrs. J. Venables, sen., B. Ve t ie Stow, Bentice, Frost, Swanton, Mustoie, Scott) t o, Masters, Prebble, Andrade, Thompson, and Wow ' l lo ii i Leadenh a ll- mar k e t—F ors b ur y, Stubbing, Bo o ,c e l i tife f Stanger, Clements, Morris, and Black ; NS/lift .4.0, 11 1 , —Saul (Abraham) and Whiffen ; also Inspecto rs and Porklington, Deputies Cook and Medway, & j o t, J Symonds, memb ers o f th e counc il, were also pros; efriii,:, The CHAIRMAN, i n i n t ro d uc i ng th e b us i n ess, in: # 9 ,4 the gentlemen present of the fact, that it was the of the committee to give to the trade an opporttr expressing their sentiments upon the model then el f l them, as to the prop ose d market, and he should 1 etal!fit to hear any statement with reference to the 4 which the City architect would at once explain A information. 0 , 1 1•04 ts Mr. BUNNING (the architect) then entered 1,4 ')•"'j elaborate description of the plans and models i e , o d whole- Of them were executed in a masterly ati r iof„ 4 l were greatly admired by all prgsent. To be as 13 .. , 0 1 7 possible, it may be stated that the whole of the proposed to be covered amounts to upwards of 1u the details being as follows : • 10°' Acres. Roods. For markets. l5 ... 0 ••• 11 „ Lairs south of the market... 8 ... 0 ••• :39 „ Lairs north of the market... 10 ... 0 ••• „ Lairs west of the market ... 6 ... 0 .•• „ Ditto east of ditto „ Public slaughter houses 4 ... 0 ••• ig „ Private ditto „ Hide market „ Shops, taverns, & standings 2 ... 1 ••• 6 „ Stables „ Building frontage „ Roadway Total he A considerable conversation t 7 0 3 0k to 25 general arrangement of the Model, especially a 5 o tt o o space to be appropriated for the. standing of 0 5 431 3, the market being calculated to hold not less than 01 •13°,, sheep, 6,794 bullocks, and calves and pigs in preP ee nti ll Mr. BUNNING remarked, in reply to one of th e 'fici e . l o men, as to the drainage of the market and and 1 11 ,4 supply , of water, that Sir R. Mylne had inforin vo rl,l`_, that if a river of water was required, it mip,dit be s b ,v l , ll ° without any difficulty. Several technical matters, lit ' l l been disposed of, as to the space each animal 11 V o tt,, e quire, and as to " off droves," _and to other rs si generally unimportant to most of our read, e o A visitors, as by common consent, tacitly adtal' ho tr'h e the market as arranged would be acceptable to 1 e o cie j at large. They then for some time inspected r ts rs ish e e . abattoir Mr. Bunning an d hi s colleagues had 4u w ere were. In this matter several practical observations b ees' e j calved by the architect, many of which will ( 1011 0 i 5 , t ,rt adopted. The whole of the inspection having ° r o l e The CHAIRMAN said he was glad to say, on to of the committee, th a t th e y we r e much oblig e q , trade for their presence on that occasion. Ile rwitl, l ieb to find that upon the whole .they were satisfieh arrangements made by the commit Lee. 1 7 of 00 they had done they had effected to the bes, o ped r iod judgment, after mature deliberation, and be, ' et cnr whole of them would live to see the new marl' •,,,10 into effect. (Cheers.) f e A OI After some little conversation, chiefly O f „ j uin/ y r: l I natory character, the visitors left the room, t,.` l ` i fiee j „,o 6l committee for their cordial reception. T he s ugg' g o! sat some time longer in consideration ofclit, e pia° improvement of some of the details of models.