The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-11 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, Arun. 11, Will be performed ELOPEMENTS IN HIGH LIFE. By Messrs. B. Sullivan, Chippendale, Howe, W. Farren, Buckston, and Comp ton ; Mesdames Fitzwilliam, Reynolds, L. S. Buckingha e m, Ike. After which MR. BIJCSSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT P.AR NASSI7S. To conclude with DR. DILWORTH. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, Aran 11, Will be performed the Tragedy of MACBETH. Principal charac ters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. After which will be performed the new Drama, apted from thed e the French of Mons. Scribe, by Mr. Pa !grave ad Simpson, call MARCO SPADA. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Veatria. THIS EVENING, Aran 11, Will be perform° I THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Charac tars by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, R. Booby, Baker, Suter and Butler ; Mrs. Horn, and Miss M. Oliver. After which, LITTLE TODDLEKINS. To conclude with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Aran. 11, Will be presented WEBSTER AT HOME, AN ADELPHI FARE OF THREE REMOVES AND A DESSERT. Characters by Messrs. B. Webster, L. Murray, Keeley, &c. ; Miss F. Maskell and Mrs. L. Murray, &c. Atter which, never acted, A DESPERATE GAME. With TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. PEPINO THE DUMB BOY, AND PUG, HIS MONKEY. ROYAL OLYMPIC: THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, Anil/. 11, Will be presented SALVATORI ; or, the Bandit's Daughter. Characters by Messrs. H. Marston, Robson, Diddear, Morgan, and Bender; Mesdames Anderton and H. Gordon. To conclude with LIFE IN AUSTRALIA. Supp , rted by Messrs. H. Marston, Robson, Diddear, Shalders, G. Cooke, Morgan, and Bender; Mesdames A. Phillips, Anderton, H. Gordon, E. Turn er, and Bartlett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Unprecedented success of the New Spectacle, which nightly in creases in popelerity and attraction.—The novel and wondrous Feats of the Horses, the Passage of the Buraing Forest, the Leap through Fire, and the terrific spring of Amakosa's Steed wom the fearful Heights over the Falls of the Umtata are nightly hailed with perfect enthusiasm. Mr. Cooke bas been for months training the Horses for the astonishing Feats. THIS EVENING, Aram 11, AnS during the Week, the Performances will commence with the magnificent Spectacle entitled AMA KOSA ; or, Scenes of Ka fir W. dam with new and scenery, costumes, and appoint ments. To be followed by an entro chaiwe in the ever-popclarycenes in the CIRJLE, introducin' s the most'accompFshed Equestrian and Gymnastic A rtistcs of the day. To conclude with a Laughable FARCE. Box-lttice open daily from eleven to Four. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1853. State of the w and and weather at each of the following l'llloo3 at nine o'clock on Saturday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. MIILLINGAR- W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. HASTINGS—N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. SOUTHAMPTON N.W., strong bre( ze—cloudless. fOLKESTONE-N.W., Pght breeze—pal:daily cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE-W., gentle breeze—pal mially cloudy. GREENWICH-N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON-N., fresh breeze—cloudless. cloudy. LEIGHTOH—N.W., strong breeze — pal daily The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock : HASTINGS—N.W., gentle breeze—parti a lly c l ou d y. SOUTIIAMPTON—N-W., s:zong breozc - cloudless. TUNBRIDGE—N.W., gentle breeze —pai :daily cloudy. BASINGSTOKE-__W., gentlalFeeze—pal tinily cloudy. GREENWICH 2-- N.W., gentle breeze— overcast. BTROOD—N.W. gentle breeze—Overca st. SWlNDON—N.W., fresh breeze—partially cloudy. LEIGHToN—N.W. gentle breeze — overcas t. YARHOUTH—N.W., strong breez: —rain. HOLYHEAD—N. strong breez e — s h owery. LANCASTER—W., calm—partially cloudy. WHITBY—N., gentle breeze —overcast. DARLINGTON—W., strong breeze—cloudy. SHAT—N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAY --Morning 38 min. after 3 Evening 53 min.aft. 3 I To-Nfoaaow—M orn i ng 6 m i n. a f ter 4 Evening 22 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 10. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 54—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. 54 this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'11. WIND, N.W.—Fresh breeze, and clouded, sunshiny weather. There was rain in the night. APRIL 11. 57 highest since noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night. 57—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'19. WIND, variable from W.N.W. to N.N.W., light airs and sunshiny weather, cloudy at times. THE PUBLICATION OF " THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DE BATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SAME EVENING, With all other Nem 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. WiWP: • 7.4 ••• Altt . 41,V 0 410 1 .- ham' 477,9 LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1853. No stronger evidence could be exhibited of the undue favouritism exhibited by the chancellor of the Exchequer towards the Fundholders than the nature of the reception afforded to the intimation that it was Mr. GLADSTONE'S intention to move for a Committee of the whole House to con sider the Consolidated Fund and National Re demption Acts, and to the full explanations subse quently afforded as to the nature of his plan. While all was still vag ae and uncertain—while it was supposed that the highest offer made would be a conversion of the existing stock into Bonds or Debentures, with half-yearly Coupon; bearing interest at 2i per bent., and having twenty years to run, all was couleur de rose. It was certainly beneficial to the public creditors, but it was not more so, than might have been anticipated from the well-knoWn partiality of the Financial Minis ter to that influential class. The reduction of in terest by one half per cant, might be displeasing to a small proportion of the number. But those who by the stringent provisions of family settlements are prevented from seeking more remunerative invest ments, and who for present income would be willing to incur future risk form but an infini tesimal proportion of the class. Nine-tenths, or rather ninety-nine-one-hundredths, look with bankers' eyes on the actual values of the new and the old Securities, and will be prepared to abide by that which affords the best permanent prospect. If the rumour, which received general credence in the money market, and which was endorsed by the great organ of the " moneyocracy," had been well founded—the proposition was this, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was will ing to sell for a present diminution of one-, half per cent, in the annual payment, a redly ton from 3/. to 21, 10s, Consolidated Reduced per annum for every 1001. Annuities, 16 2-3ds per cent. of the entire dividend __a pledge or guarantee against any furth er a l teration This was a tolerably fair eluinivalfeonrt 2 a o o y t e a-yearars un s reasonable barter. Ten sh sacrifice for the certainty o f the gpresent enjoyment of the rema i n i ng t wo p oun d s ten shillings, without dis turbance or alteration, for twenty years, price for willingly made by capitalists as a cheap woJd for the contingent advantages that may, and prc arise during that ti me f rom the bably will, gold discoveries in Australia and California. That the proposition would have been beneficial to the creditors, and therefore that it would have been freely and willingly accepted by an over whelming majority of the Fundholders, may b e gathered from the fact that, on the mere rumour, the quotations of the 3 per Cents. rose fto per cent. There was, in fact, a tendency to an im provement of prices so decisive as to show that the operation could be easily carried into execu tion ; and perhaps with mutual advantage to the tax-consumers and the tax-payers. - The rumour was, however, erroneous. The . Fi L iapcial Minister, like an over-ardent and rather Gantt youth, bidding against himself at a mock ivationMfered so much more than had been an , ticipated, tDitt doubts began to arise as to whether ..`7. ' _ tea • miz (Parliament would ratify the provisional contract hus recklessly entered into.:, An alarm was ex cited because "it was thought there was danger of an improvident bargain for the country in fa vour of the Fundholder." There was no such im provement as would otherwise have been. Just as a usurer doubts the solvency of an acceptor that offers 201. per cent. discount, when he might otherwise have obtained the amount he required at 5 per cent., the Fundholder hesitated as to re ceiving 2/ per cent., irredeemable for forty years, with a certain increase of 10 per cent. in the amount of the capital. It was more than he had any right to expect ; and the credit of the nation that would, without any pressing neces sity, indeed as a matter of mere playfulness, add 60,000,000/. to the amount of its obli gations, and could even contemplate rendering a liability, however trifling, irredeemable, must naturally be deteriorated. The unexpectedly high offer led to very different results from what had been anticipated. The second branch of the alternative—that for the increase of the nominal capital of the debt—was received with unequivc cal disgust ; and if carried out according to the original notice, giving the option to every Fund holder 1101. of the New 2i per Cent. Stock, would have proved fatal to the entire project. The limitation of the amount, however, which on Saturday, we pointed out that A might be nearly 44, 000,000/., and not merely 30,000,0001., as generally supposed—however in some degree allayed the apprehensions. It was felt that the wonderfulnatural resources of the United Kingdom could bear the sacrifice of 30,000,0001. or 40,000,000/. ; and every one hoped that he might be successful in the " scramble" that must ensue for the favourite Stoc k. ltwasfe felt s t t h o e ck ad w di o t w ion d of 10 per cent. 0n500,000, 0001. be most unwise and impolitic ; it can only then be acceptable to those who hope to participate in the booty, to obtain a share of the plunder, snatched from the community in general. If bad for the entire amount, it must be bad for the part indicated ; and three or four millions of pounds sterling is not such a trifling or unimportant amount as to be recklessly flung away upon an experiment. The other branches of the alternative are less ob jectionable, but still they are open to many grave and serious questions before they, or either of them, can be accepted by the country. The Exchequer Bonds, if made for only twenty years, and at 2i per cent., might be a fair and judicious security, mutually beneficial to v'l parties. The proposed Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock—if the period were shortened to twenty, or even thirty years— might be worthy of consideration ; but as it stands we can only bestow unequivocal con demnation on the new project, in which the in terest of the nation is so decidedly sacrificed to that of the Fundholders. When Mr. HUME and Mr. WAT.:I:OLE both unite to commend a measure of the Whig SOLICITOR GENERAL, we may reasonably hope that it is in a smooth couL ) towards becoming an Act of Par Ha. ment. And such was the good fortune of Mr. BETHELL when, in renat_rks called forth by Mr. HADFIELD'S Bill, he announced the intentions of the present Governinent in regard to the Testa mentary Jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts. His proposals had solely respect to that particular department ; but, as MI. WALPOLE obsery 1, tl-e Judges and practitioners of these Courts depended for remuneration so very largely upon their testa mentary practice that, when deprived of it, they could no longer be sustained in efficient operation. He, therefore, thought the Government must bring in a much larger measure. To us it appears, however, that all the renaming work of the Ecclesiastical Courts may be easily disposed of. It is nearly all of it just that work which F made them stink in the nostrils of the country, and which has brought unmerited odium upon the really efficient Testamentary and Admiralty Courts in Doctors' Commons. Cases of tithe and defa mation, and especially of Church-rates and brawling, 1 ainous and inter minable suits for trifling amounts, a Churchman enacting , both judge and jury against some re cusant or scrupulous Dissenter, a worthy man made to do penance, to gi.atify some malevolent neighbour or parson—all this the re spectable part of the practitioners at the Court in Doctors' Commons are more than prepared to discard. They dislike it as the black spot of their profession. Indeed, merely ecclesiastical matters have sunk to the lowest ebb in these Courts, while their practice has increased to a great extent in matters connected with the laws of marriage, testacy, and intestacy. There is, we hope, little doubt that the chief recommenda tions of the Commissioners will be acceded to, and that a distinct court will be instituted for the trial of all matrimonial cases. Church-rate case Rill, we trust, come to an end by a very short and easy process, which, in common with Mr. BETHELL, we have already recommended, and shall do again ; tithes, de"amation, brawling, and scandal are surely proper subjects for the secular Courts only ; there remains only " the Correction of Clerk," and as the Bishops appear to feel great interest in that subject, and were all once simple Clerks themselves, we are sure Mr. BETHELL and Mr. WALPOLE may leave that subject in such apostolic hands. The lay public will care but little how the Reverends and Right Reve rends adjust this matter, provided they keep the Courts for their own correction, and do not meke them scourges of scorpions for the laity. The grand feature of Mr. BLIE - gr• - fis plan is to establish one Cc, of Probate, to take • effect throughout the whole of Fug!and and Wales upon all subjects of contentious jurisdiction, and that that Court should be the Court of Chancery, or perhaps we may term it a lyanch of it. The " Com Peculi-r," with all their abominations, are, it appears, sustained at present only by an annual Indemnity Act, and that Act is to be rc fused this year, leaving them to the sentence of annihilation passed on them by 6th, and 7th WILL. IV., chap. 77. rine Diocesan Courts are retained, and' are to be permitted to prove wills " in common form"—that is, when they are un contested—and no examination of witnesses is required to the amount of 1,200/. They will be required, however, to provide legally-trained offi cers, and to transmit all the wills to the Metro politan Court, only retaining official copies for themselves. All contentious jurisdiction is to be transferred to the Metro' olitan Court, and all questions about wills in common form to be re ferred thither too, if needful. A certain extent; of jurisdiction is to be granted also to County Courts in administering and controlling the estates of intestates ; and most of our unprofessional readers will doubtless think that the more that can be entrusted to these Courts the better ; and we think with them. We do not see why a ma chinery for registration could not be connected with them, and all put into their hands which it is proposed to continue in those of the Diocesan Courts. The latter lie at most inconvenient distances about the country. Lon don itself is more accessible to the greater pax t of a projince than its Cathedral city. The County Courts are at hang everywhere. Sometime ago t'iere was a just objection to the Court of Chancery becoming the Court of Wills and Testaments. Sir NICHOLAS TINDAL and Mr. FRESHFIFT D gave evidence against it ; but the late reforms in that Court have done away most of what was objectionable, and its great reformer has promised us that it shall be ultimately as re markable for economy and dispatch as it once was for cos t an d d elay. It i s a grat if y i ng con sequence of the proposed change, that the Test meutary Coln t, will now ba in name, as well. es in fact, a Qu,,en's C.,UYt athoagh somewhat singular that its presiding Jud,cr up to the ear.ly of the 17th cen t ury, was commonly an Ecclesiastic. To s u person tu having lt h e working of the whole---" a fixed pla ce o f residence die testate withi n the limits of any W he should g r a Diocesan Court, provided the estate should not exceed a certain amount, the will might be proved in the Diocesan Court of that diocese But if any question should ar i se touch i ng the proof of, or any litigation, affecting the will, the de cision of that question and of the litigation would be removed to the Court of Probate—the Court of Chancery—in London." In that Court THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 11. 1853 also must all wills be proved, and all letters of ad- j ministration granted in the case of p erson s having I no fixed residence, or dying abroad. Cave ats, moreover, are to be lodged only in the Metropo litan Court ; indeed, the spirit of the whole pro posals are to centralise and simplify as muelt as possible this important department of the at lmi- nistration of justice. But what is to become of Proctors, Judges, Re gistrars, and sine,cwrists? The whole staff, the last excepted, are to be transplanted bodily to Chancery —are to doff the ecclesiastical and to don the Royal livery, whereat we, as loyal subjt 3cts, of course greatly rejoice. The public, howemer, has learned with indignation that, while o ther sinecurists are got rid of easily enough, Mr. MOORE is secure of his disgraceful gains, and -even the reversion of tile office is secured too. Pa rlia ment (as Mr. DISRAELI would justly say) "ii a its wisdom," has solemnly guaranteed it ! ! The almost only deserving parties in the whole ;affair —the Proctors of Doctors' Commons—are to have what strikes us as but imperfect compensation. They are to have, for a time (it ought to be ten, if not twenty years, at leas') the exclusive con , duct of the business of proving wills in common fi arm. They will, of course, lose much of the practis ,e in contentious jurisdiction. It may be hoped, how ever, that the vast improvement of the mod'e of conducting testamentary business, and the ge neral tendency of these measures to attract it to Londoi, will lead to a great in crease of business in the department reserved to them. In all the evidence taken, the high test testimony is borne by the highest legal authori ties too, to the efficiency of the Judges and practiti ni ers of Doctors' Commons in the Testamentary de partment. Cases of fraud have occurred, tnd lately too, in the Diocesan Courts, but in Doctt Commons the vast amount of the duties has be en regularly collected for the Government, and fraud utterly unknown. It is to be remembered tl tat the education of a Proctor is a costly one. ;He must be articled for seven years, must pa 3 a premium of from 6001. to 1,0001., besido s a stamp duty of 1201. on his articles, and expenses of admission amounting to 1001. or nearly so. No doubt there has been something too like 3 a " Proctors' Union" among them, tending to re press " unrestricted and even wholesome com pe tition." The practice of permitting only the thirty-five Senior Proctors to take articled clew ks, and that but once in five years, combined v‘'ith the seven years' articles, and requiring the appli cant to be under eighteen years of age, are all arrangements intended to make the professiol I a close one. Still the cost has been considerab/i to those now engaged in it, and their average inec me being no doubt in proportion, their claim fen • a large compensation, either in money or i n a large exclusive practice, cannot be denied. ' The Solicitor-General has wisely preferred the Ia titer mode of compensation, since the cost of pecuniary compensation for a whole profession (and. the Proctors alone of Doctors' Commons amount to about one hundred and fifty) would haraly be endured. The more it is investigated, the zno r clearly it appears that they have done their Juty well. Quite as cheaply, if not cheaper than ~the a Law Courts, and with much greater expeditiog on the whole (we speak of course of the Testamerr tary department), they have acquired, moreover. , an amount of knowledge and skill in this departn lent which will be for a long time unequalled ; ye , t, as Mr. HENLEY observed, the Proctors are not . in a position to compete with the Solicitors and Bar rris ters of Chancery. The Solicitors of the cowl rtry have, in fact, hitherto been the Proctors' alp lost only clients, and the former would natty •ally endeavour to retain in their own hands the pr )fits of both professions. They, too, have access to the ear of every man ; they actually make the • vast majority of the wills ; and hence have e' rery opportunity to take the double business into. i ,heir own hands, if permitted. It will, however, al 3we have just ob - 37. Jed, be long before they can. pos sibly equal the Proctors in knowledge and ski 11 in their particrlar department. We have no d. oubt, therefore, that Mr. BETUFLL will do full juiti ce to that class of men which alone merits considevs tion in these soon to 13 abolished Courts. The curists he can hardly be unjust to. They 4 . 11 Light to think themselves richly compensated it not called upon to refund. 1 Everybody at all interested in the system atic cultivation of ArL in F9gland, appears to be de cided in the conviction that the time has at Am 'gill arrived when the count:; should possess an isisti tution worthy in all resr ects of being design ated a National Gallery. tie unanimity of fee ling upon this matter is being every day more des trly and unmistakeably demonstrated. An ills tra tion of the fact was very recently rendered vin ible by an agreeable coincidence. M-. DYCE'S pa= ph let—already referred to thrice in these cohn ans in deserved terms of commendation—was scar cely prepared for publication when the majority cd its suggestions was anticipated by an intelligent; re viewer in the Edinburgh. This circumstan. se we regard as singularly propitious, because sing (early significant. The simultaneous arrival at the . same conclusion of two writers, in no other part ieular associated with each other, indicates very pl airily, we conceive, that the necessity of the d esired change had become rather apparent in its el ia,rac ter. The evil complained of by both wi Lb. so much earnestness had come, indeed, to be at last, according to an odd expression now popular, patent to the meanest compreher ision. It could scarcely, in truth, by possibility have been otherwise. The symbol of the me drifter grievance was staring us in the face every day in the centre of our most populous and frequ, ent ed thoroughfares. Nobody could enter Trafa blga ,r -square either from Pall-mall or the Strand, frc dn St. Martin's-lane or Parliament-street, from Coc :k -spur-street or Spring-gardens, without seeing ?be fore him the monument of our disgrace as a ua tion incompetent to advance the real interests.' of Art, whether pictorial or architectural. The ex Ac.nt of that incompetence was visible, in fact, in e Tory stone of that odious building—poor Mr. WILK 'Nes abominable masterpiece. It was small comic at to know that, with a view to remedy this annoy. alive, the surplus left by the Great Industrial Ex hihi tion had been dedicated to the purchase of ce: rta i n market gardens situated between Brompton &ad Kensington, as the site of a new galley projc,cted by the Royal Commissioners. Experience Inade us tremble for the consequences. Therefore., lye began to consider the chances of escape :from any repetition of our previous blunders in the arrangement of a national collection. We beg= —that is to say, every individual really interested in the redemption of our character as a race , of civilised men seriously interested in the develop ment of Art, began—to d read the possibility - of the new establishment proving in the end merely a disgraceful repetition of the old establishnaent on the site of the Royal Mews of the Georges. Hitherto we had seen no recognised system in paintings to be added to the Na the purchase of tional Gallery. We say that that Gallery WOs in complete in a thousand 7--ticularc, and that what there was in it was jumb .1 together in a state o: bewildering confusion. Therefore, we say, every sincere lover of Art in Fn 'and dreaded the possi bility of having all these errors reiterated in the new structure about to be erected in the vicinity of Kensington. Remembering that these views have for some time past been very prevalent, it is in no way surprising that similar suggestions. as to the future should have been almost simul taneously adduced by Mr. DYCE and by the Edinburgh. Nevertheless, though the circum stance is thus perceived to be very account able, it is not the las remarkable for that reason, as indicating the necessity for some speedy and well-ordered innovation. It is really to be hoped that the matter will in this way force itself upon the judgment and candour of her MAJESTY'S Government. Everything has proved heretofore that the great want in regard to the management of the National Gallery has been that of concentration. , Entrusted as the power has been to a cluster of unpaid Commissioners, it has naturally, or rather we might say inevitably, been until now most loosely exercised. It is an old saYing that "what's everybody's business is no body's business ;" and so it has unquestionably turned out to be in reference to the working of the National Gallery Board of Management. Never perhaps was the truth of the adage more glaringly exemplified. Everybody, and there:ore nobody, was responsible. Within a considerable interval of time, scarcely thirty pictures were added to the Gallery by purchase, whereas within the same period hundreds were being bought for the Louvre and the Pinacothek by the French and Prussian Governments respectively. The majority of even the few paintings hanging on the walls of the apartments in Trafalgar-square were the gifts of private individuals, the fruits of pri vate munificence. From the merely " scrambling" nature of these regulations, or rather from the total absence of any thing like orderly or compre hensive arrangements in the gathering together of our so-called National Collection, it results that we have at this period a gallery comprising a few indifferent specimens of a few of the more cele brated masters of the European Continent. In stead of having every master in some sort repre sented I Instead of having every school in some way illustrated ! Instead of having every style conspicuously placed before us in some picture, however far removed from being a masterpiece ! Numerous artists of high and even illustrious re putation are unknown to the visitors of the English National Gallery. A deplorable list of their names might be very readily enumerated. Against the folly of such copious omissions we have already more than once protested ; and against it we shall continue to protest with un abated ardour until the whole of this important institution shall have been reorganised. It may readily be perceiv e d, th en, w h at i s entthi. this immpoertapnreteemnatttebrriinklinthge a w c a t y ual o ly re of im qm pr r o e v d em m might be given up permanently to the Royal Aca demy—the front of it possibly to be adorned in some manner, so as to re n d er th e s t ructure some what less odious as a specimen of our ideas of beauty in architecture. The new edifice would, meanwhile, have been constructed on the chosen site between Brompton and Kensington. There the collection as it is at present might be adopted as the nucleus of one more worthy - of its designa tion. It might be scattered chronologically, or otherwise, through the newly-completed apart ments, and the gaps or interstices be then filled up, as opportunity offered, by purchases made with rather more extended munificence on the part of the Legislature. Besides rendering the National Collection in this manner more compre hensive, it would be well, we repeat, if changes of a no less notable kind were introduced into the machinery of its Management. THE COURT. HEALTH OF HER MAJESTY.. The following Bulletin of her Majesty's health was issued on Saturday :---- , - "Buckingham Palace, April_9, 1853, Nine o'clock, a.m. " The Queen has slept well. " Her Majesty and the infant Prince are going on quite favourably, " JAMES CLARK, M.D. " CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. " ROBT. FERGUSON, M.D." Her Royal Highness the - Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty on Saturday. Yesterday the following bulletin was issued : " Buckingham Palace, April 10, 1853. Nine o'clock, a.m. " The Queen has had another good night. " Her Majesty and the infant Prince continue well. " JAMES CLARK, M.D. " CHARLES LOC OCK, M.D. " ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D." His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the hince of Wales, the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the ladies and gentlemen in wait ing, and the domestic household, attended divine serl:ce yesterday morning in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent •s , :sited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday, at Gloucester-house. The Duke and Duchess d'Aumale and the Princess de Salerno visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Saturday, at Clarence-bouse ' St. James's. Lord Monteagle, th e H on . S. E. Spring Rice, and Mr. F. W. Russell, M.P., had an interview on Saturday with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, at the Board of Trade. A. meeting of the " Museum of Patented Inventions " Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, was held on Saturday at the Privy Council office. Present--Earl Granville (chairman), the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, M.P., the Right Hon. B. Disrael;, M.P., Sir W. Cubitt, Mr. T. F. Gibson. Dr. Lyon Playfair, Professor Forbes, Professor Woodcroft, and Mr. Edgar A. Bowring (secretary). A deputation, consiting ofMr. Murray, Mr. Henry Rose, and Mr. W. H. Wilson (on the part of th e Wy combe Railway Company) ; and Mr. Marsden and Mr. Bowers (on the part of Mr. Pearce) had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell at the Board of Trade on Saturday. A deputalion from the Church of Scotland, consisting of the Rev. Dr. Simpson, Mr. Sheriff Tait, and Mr. Pringle of Why thynk, had an inten:ew with the Earl of Aberdeen on Saturday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. - A. deputation, consisting. of the Hon. E. Bouverie, M.P., Mr. Edward Drake Brockman, M.P., and Mr. Stewart Marjoribanks, bad an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley on Saturday at the Board of T. de. Mr. Brockendon had also an interview with ne 1 . 3. ht hon. gentleman and noble lord on Saturday. The Lord Chancellor 8111 receive the judges, Queen's umnsel, &c., at his lordship's residence, Upper Brook street, at 12 o'clock on Friday next, being the first thy of Easter Term. ADELPHI THEATRE. An extravagant little piece, but full of reckless fan, was produced here on Saturday night. Mr. Keeley goes a fortune hunting after a fair cousin ; and Mr. Leigh Murray, an old and more favoured suitor—who is sup posed to love the lady from purer motives—zoncocLs a scheme to cut out his rival. Keeley escorts his cousin (Miss Woolgar) from a ball. Wigar, disguised as a burglar, breaks into the house—terrifies Keeley out of his wits—pretends to force the heiress to give over all her wealth, and decamp-. Keeley is urgedby his cousin, who is of course in the plot, to pursue. lie does so ; jumps out of window, falls through the Jof of a con servatory, whence he emerge': in a to.a and scarified condition only to meet the burglar, who has returned disguised as a policeman, and to whom he gives a man in buckram sor t of account of his desperate combat with the robber ; the whole winding up in the usual way with the discomfiture of poor Keeley and the thumph of his rival. This little scene of farcical extravagance was given with great spirit, and kept the audience in a con tinued state of merriment dining its performance. FRENCH PLAYS. Loisa, a two act comedy, by Mde. Ancelot, oziginally produced about 10 years ago at the Vaudeville, where the pi:ncipal character was played by Mde. Doche, was on Fi:day night acted for the first time in this country. Kerven, a young Breton, who has come up to Paris, has a"owed himself to be led into the world of fashion, and to be fascinated with the charms of Aglad de Moran vile, a brilliant young widow, who so completely re alises his ideal of fsaiale beauty and elegance that he forgets Loisa, the object. of his attachment in his native province. But poor Loisa has not forgotten him. Released by a death from the ties that kept her in Bre tagne, she comes up to Paris and suddenly enters the lodging of Kerven, w ith the intention of becoming his lawful wife and remaining there. This visit em barrasses him not a little, and Lobe, soon finds out the melancholy secret, and the coolness of her former lover, together with the insulting ardour of a rota friend who finds her in the apartment, drive her into the street with such violence that she is nearly run over by a car riage, and is brought back in a fainting condition by Mdlle. de Moranville her,.elf, who is the occupant of the vehicle. This fne lady, who is made to understand that Loisa is the sister of Kerven, takes her under her own protection. Loisa learns that her protectress has gained the heart of Kerven, while Mdme. de Moranville is mor tified to find ilat the songs and artless manners of the young Bretonne attract admirers who, preNiously, had eyes for her ovin fascinations alone. At last— after a delay, which we need not explain, and which rather im pedes than furthers the development of the leading idea —first love re-aaserts its rights, and Kerven and Loisa quit Paris hand in hand, leaving Mdme. de Moranville to solace herself with a very respectable suitor. Mdle. Page was Loisa, and her admirable acting secured for the piece a success which its weakness of construction seemed scarcely to deserve. She was fre quently and loudly applauded. The vaudeville of Brulas, Lache Ccesar, followed, in which M. Lafont plays the part of the Republican-hus band, and wholly by the exercise of some sheer good sense, vanquishes and puts to flight his wife's Royali , ,t lover. His acting was of course perfect, and is "make-up" a perfect picture of the period. RUMOURED NAME OF THE YOUNG PRINCE.—Ups . every auspicious occurrence, such as the birth of a Prince or Princess, no sooner is the fact of the interest ing addition to the Royal family promulgated than the quid ?pines at the west-end are busy in devising the pro bable name to be given to the illustrious infant. With out recapitulating the variety given, or stating anything p os itive on the - subject, we believe th e rumour which assigns that of " George" is the most likely, after his Royal Highness the Duke of C ambrid g e, who would. in such a case, be a sponsor. Moreover, the young Prince is borne in the month whicli reckons the day of "St. George," England's patron saint. —Sunday Times. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 2,000 American were taken for export and on specula tion. The market was tame, but closed firmly. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 500 Pernam and Maranham, at 6d. to Bd., 70 Bahia at 6d., 200 Egyptian at 6id. to Btd., and 300 Surat at 3-0. to 4id. per lb. Railway shares were dull at rather lower prices. _ _ Wheat is fs. lower in Mark-lane to-day. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing Company. Date. Place. Aberdeen April 19, Aberdeen. Belgian Eastern Junction April 18, Brussels. Demerara April 18, London Tavern. Dieppe April 29, Paris. Dijon to Besancon April 18, Paris. Grand Junction of France April 30, Paris. Lyons and Mediterranean April 30, Paris. Manch., Sheff., and Line April 13, Manchester. North of France April 30, Paris. Paris, Caen, and Cherbourg May 4, P ar i s. Paris and gtrasbourg April 28, Paris. Sambre and Meuse April 30, Jardines. Southern of France April 30, Paris. South Yorkshire May 12, London Tavern. West Flanders April 19, Bruges. The following communication, dated let April, has been received from the secretary of the Hull and Selby Railway : " I am this morning in receipt of your favour of the 30th ult., and beg to state, in reply to your inquiry, that the quarter shares in this railway were created for the Ist August, 1843. Interest, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, being guaranteed for ten years from that time, of course this term will expire on the Ist August next—when the quarter shares will, in every respect, be upon the same footing, as to interest, &c., as the original and half.' shares. There twill be, in the December half-year, ohe month's interest due on them, at the rate of six per cent., and five months at the rate of ten per cent." The following note, dated the 2d inst., has been received from the Secretary of the Birmingham, Oxford, and Dudley Railway Companies : " I beg to inform you that the interest warrants were forwarded to the proprietors by last night's post. In re ply to your letter, the interest was at 51. per cent. on 201. per share, from 16th January to 31st March, 1853, viz., 4s. ld. per share, and on the premium of 101. 58. on those shares, which have not been in arrear three months, viz., 2s. ld, per share. "The Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley in terest was, on 201. per share, from 11th Februaiy, to 31st March, at 5 per cent., - viz. ' 2s. Bd. per share, and on the premium of 101. s s : on those shares which have not been in an-ear three months, viz., is. 4d. per share." The Overland mail is telegraphed, and it appears that the markets at Calcutta were rather dull. The letters from the United States represent money as being rather easier. The imports during the month of March were unusually large, and the exchange tended upward in consequence. The progress of gold mining in California was very favourable. The El Dorado News says that " gold dust continues to pour into Placer v ille in unprecedent quantities ; Leventy thousand ounces per week may be set down and safely relied upon as a fair average, purchased by the regular dealers in gold dust, and the coming season bids fair to be one of unprecedented prosperity." At Yankee Hill, near Sonora, a piece of gold weighing 247 ounces had been picked up, and in other parts the diggers had been very successful. Account,s of Feb. 7 from Honolulu, Sandwicl , Islands, zdesrfribe trade as being brisk. The following is an official order from the Em peror of Hayti : FAUSTIN THE FIRST, EMPEROR OF HAYTI, &C. " From the Ist of Jan., 1853, we order that metallic money shall be received at the following rates in all trans actions toy way of adjusting the nominal value of me tallic money with its commercial value), say—• Coins of 1 centime for 4 centimes. 2 id for 8 ... 61 id for 25 ... —12 i for 50 ... 25 id for 1 gourde. 50 id for 2 id - 1 gourde for 4 id Our Minister of Finance shall cause the present ordon nance to be executed. Given a'.; our palace, &c. &c." Our last advices from Oregon are down to the 19th of February, and represent the mines in the vicinity of the Oregon settlements as exceedingly rich.. The affairs of the Territory are progressing favourably, and agriculture receiN;ng proper at tention. News from Vancouver's reaches to the 12th. One or two English ships from Liverpool arrived in January, wiLh a large number of immigrants. The Ottoman Embassy has at length announced the terms upon wbich. it is prepared to pay off the subLcribers to the town. It appears beyond the instalment,. there 1%11 IC3 34 francs given both as bonus and interest, making 234 francs return upon every 1,003 franc bond. Where parties have paid up in full, they will be allowed 6 per cent. interest from March 1 to Ap_•il 15, in addition to the 34 francs. The English Stocks have been scarcely so buoy ant, but there is no speculation going on. Consols have been marked IC3-i to 10n for Transfer, and 1008. I for Account. As settling day approaches, the dealers are engaged chidy in airanging their books. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been done at 1.03-a to f, and the Three per Cents. at 993 to par. Bank Stock is fluctuating bet Teen 224 1 and 225 k. South Sea Stock io at 112 k. Exchequer Bills are par to ss. premium for those dated March. Foreign Securities have been generally very good. Peruvian Scrip is looking up, being 4 to 41- prem. The 41 per Cents. are sai to 89. The Turkish Loan has been done at 3i prem., crom which it is inferred that the holders will readily accept Vie proffered bonus. The Swedish Loan is at ti dis. Spanish New Deferred Stock has chopped to 24/ to and the Certificates have fallen to 74 and 61. This is probably owing to the heavy speculation of the last week or two, and which may have been carried too far. The New Spanish Railway Scheme, being a private undertaking, does not take in the Certificates. Portuguese 4 per Cents. have been marked 4:01, and the Old 5 per Cents. are up to 43. Equador Bonds are steady at 6, and Bra zilian New have been done at 99. Belgian 4i per Cents. are quoted 1001 ; Austrian 5 per Cents., 991 ; and Danish 3 per Cents. 85, ex dividend. The Railway Share Market is lower, and there is a preponderance oZ riles. North-Western have dropped to 1, Gzer.t Western Caledoniani, Eastern Counties Lancashire and Yorkshire f, and the South-Eastebi, and others, in pro portion. The French lines have been firm. The Gold Mine Shares are dull, except those of California, which are on the advance. The Australian Land Company's Shares are lower, and the British American firm. The Australian Bank Shares are steady. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Ensines- done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Aunuities.......... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities.... ........ Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 South Sea Stock South Sea Old Annuities Consols for Account _ Exchequer Bills, lid. June. March. £l000 £5OO — 5 p par Small 2 5 P Par PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. .................. 99i Brazlian Bonds, 5 per Cent. _ 2C a Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent 99 Danish Bonds, .3 per Cent. Ditto, 5 per Cent lO5 Equador Bonds 6 Peruvian Bonds, 1849, 4i per Cent. Peruvian Scrip .. ~, . Portuguese 5 per Cent d.2l 3 Ditto, 4 per centl Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent . 48:: Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 24i- i Ditto Passive (Converted) 53. Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 7f, .6i 7 P 0 Swedish Loan.... 1 d Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 -- .-fl P Belgian Bonds, 4i per Cent. Ex. 25fr lC3i HALF-PAST TWO. Consols Ditto April Account CABINET COM\ CIL.—A Cabinet Council was held at Cie Foreign office, Downing-street, on Saturday. Tie Ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, . Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of New castle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney f •- • - - t l h t e appear scoau 1 tB. . Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat three hours and a half. PROGRESS OF TRADE. —The returns for the month ending the sth March have been published. The de clared value of exports is 6,272,6491., being an increase Accountants-General AN II R U D F o . .1' 94,097/. over the corresponding month of last year. _,te.:tems upon which the increase is chie f ly shown are, t,tions, linens, woollens, silks, gloves, haberdashery, hordware, and iron. it is not intended that the enormous amountsst stand-. of Chancery and Bunkruptcy should be in i n COURTSthe names O F of. CH ANCERY the affected by the present meacures of the Chancellor of any way the Exchequer, but that they are to be dealt with by a sepa rate proposal. This proposal will b b pro a ly involve a re duction of interest to or 2a2A 4per cent., with a guara ntee that the exact am oun t o f the principalshall always be paid whenever any - eem an d arise s, without any reference to fluctuations in the mar k e t NEW MARKET R ACES. (THIS *DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CRAVEN STAKES. Ariosto Feversham Five ran. HANDICAP, 3 yrs. and 4 yrs. Old. D. M Kitty Coleraine Cuckoo f All ran. HANDICAP, 4 yrs. and upwards. T.Y.C. Nutshell All ran. OVERLAND MAIL. The following intelligence has reached us by sub marine telegraph ; it is dated— " TRIESTE, APRIL 10. " The steamer Adria arrived here to-day, at 11 o'clock a.m. from Alexandria, after a passage of 137 hours. " The date from Calcutta is the sth March. There was no further news from Burmah. " Two of the Sudder judges have been dismissed by Lord Falkland. " The Governor-General had returned to Cal cutta, where the weather was warm, and commer cial affairs were dull. " There is news from China dated the 25th of February. The rebellion was continued with in creased violence, and a complete panic existed at Pekin." THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. By the royal mail steamer Canada we have ad vices from New York to the 29th, and from Boston to the Soth ult. She brought 54 passengers, among whom is Mrs. Harriet' 3 Beecher Stowe, authoress of " Uncle Tom's Cabin," but no specie. The steamer Franklin, from Havre and Cowes, arrived at New York on the 28th. The Canada passed the British ship George Kendall, from Cal cutta, going into Boston as she came out, and at 11 a.m. on the 2d passed the screw-steamer Andes, from Liverpool for Boston. The steamer Georgia had arrived at New York with the Californian mails of the Ist ult., and $1,882,530 in gold dust on freight. The news from California is very interesting. The Su preme Court of San Francisco had been abolished by the unanimous vote of the Assembly ; the weather in San Francisco and throughout the interior continued exceedingly fine ; the roads leading to the mines were in good order, and business generally was improving. The arri vals at San Francisco from the Atlantic ports had been large, which had caused the markets to be well supplied. The band of robbers and assassins headed by the celebrated Joaquin still continued their depredations throughout the southern mines; upwards of 500 persons had been robbed and above 20 murdered by the gang since last advices ; two of the gang had been arrested and hanged without trial. The accounts from the mines are most cheering. A lump of gold weighing 247 ounces had been picked up at Yankee Hill, near Sonora, valued at about 4,250 dollars. It is said that three Mexicans had taken out upwards of :.',0,000 dollars in four days from a new claim near Churtsville. Two parties sank a hole on a claim near Campo Seco, and in five days they took out 5,700 dollars worth of gold ;dust. The El Dorado News says that gold dust continued to be raised in Placerville in unprecedented quantities, and reckons the weekly average purchased by - : - ae regular dealers and brought there at upwards of 70,000 ounces per week. There was no material alteration in the Californian markets. A severe shock of an earthquake had been felt at San Luis Obispo on the 6th of February. Sandwich Islands advices of the 7th of February state that the fever still raged with great violence. M. Perrin, Commissioner of France, arrived at Honolulu on the 2d in the corvette Brillante, and met with a brilliant reception. It was believed everything relating to French interests would be settled amicably. General Pierce was at Washington at last advices besieged by placehunters. No business of importance had been transacted in either House of Assembly. There was an improved feeling in the New York stock-market, and most descriptions of securities were in demand. The money-market was easier. Exchange dull. Bills on London, 108-i to 1091; Paris, 5.131 to 5:161 ; Amsterdam, 401 to 40g ; Bremen, 79i to 792. The cotton market was very firm at late rates. Flour in good demand, without alteration in price. For wheat but a small inquiry, at 117 c. to 120. per bushel for Genessee. Indian corn and corn meal inactive. Pork was selling in small quantities at 15 doll. • 25c., and beef at 14 dolt. per tierce. Butter and cheese without c'ange. The iron market was unsettled. Scotch pig offered on the spot at $3B, and to arrive at $32 to $36 per ton. English bar quoted at $65 for com mon, and $B5 for refined. Freights to London.—Tobacco, 30s. per hhd. ; flour, 2s. 9d. to 35., and turpentine, 3s. 6d. per barrel • measurement goods, 30s. per ton. By telegraph from New Orleans we learn that the steamer Falcon had arrived with the Californian mails and $150,000 in gold dus;. _ _ A terrible steam-boat disaster had occurred in Galveston Bay, Texas. The steamers Neptune and Farmer were racing from Houston to Galveston, when the boilers of the latter exploded, killing the Captain, clerk, steward, engineer, 13 of the crew, and 20 passengers. The English mail steamer Lima arrived at Panama on the 13th ult., with dates from Callao to the 17th, and from Valparaiso to the 19th of February, and $190,C33 in specie. Everything was quiet in Lima. It was expected that the affairs of Ecuador would be definitively settled in a few days. A revolution was shortly expected to take place in Bolivia. The fall of Belyn was considered certain. Chilli was flourishing under the auspices of peace. SURREY SESSIONS.-( THIS DAY.) These sessions commenced this morning for the trial of prisoners at the Court-house, Newington-causeway, before Thos. Puck'e, Esq., and a full bench of magi strates. The calendar contained the names of only 49 prisoners for trial, which is about the usual number it this time of year, owing to the recent Assizes and General Quarter Sessions for the County, which only terminated last week. ROBBERY BY A CONFIDENTIAL SERVANT. George Chevel ton ' 35, pleaded guilty to stealing twelve quarters of wheat, the property of the Commercial Dock Company. Mr. Locke was retained for the prosecution, and Mr. Charnock with Mr. Joyce for the prisoner. From the sta,tment of Mr. Locke it appeared that the prisoner had been in the employ of the company for 25 years, and that his father, whom he succeeded, ha;; been 35 years, and the gzeatest confidence had been reposed in him for years. Ee had charge of the warehouses, and on the cl;',,h o 2 March he called in a Mr. Bond, and sold him twelve quarters of red wheat for 251. 45., which was r3ceived by a carman named. Clark, and sent to a dealer named Wright for sale. The prisoner told Mr. Bond that it was old wheat, and that he had bought it cheap ; but when it came into Mr. Wright's possession that gentleman identified it as his own, which had been left in the care of the Dock Com pany. Information was given to the latter, when the prisoner was called before the secretary, Mr. Smithers, to whom he acknowledged his guilt. He also wrote a letter to Mr. Carter, the chairman of the company, begging forgiveness. He (Mr. Locke) was insti acted to say that the company was compelled to prosecute in this case, as he had been previously forgiven similar offences which he had admitted. v The prisoner received a good character from several tradesmen, and the Court sentencz..l him to six months' hard labour at Wandsworth. MARLBOROUGH-ST4.-,,E8T.-(THIS .DAY.) G . EN AMUSEMENT.—Mr. Ilenry Woodward, colicitor, Doddington, Cambridgeshire, and Mr. Thomas Brown, gentleman, 27, Bouverie-street, were brought before Mr. Bingham,- charged with being drunk and dis orderly at the Argyll-rooms, Windmill-street. Mr. Brown was also charged with assaulting police - constable 125 C whil e i n the execution of his duty. It appeared from the evidence of police-seijeant 4 A, that on Saturday night he was on du4 at the above rooms, when the defendants, who were much intoxicated, applied to th e mone y taker for admission. Seeing that they were the worse for liquor, the money-taker refused to allow them to pass, and requested them to go away, and on their refusing to do 6o he (the Lerjeant), with the assistance of 125 C, took the defendants into custody. On the way to the station the defendant Brown struck the constable 125 C several times with a stick which he had in his hand. Police-constable 125 C said the blow was not a very severe one, as the stick was but slight. Mr. Woodward did not deny being intoxicated, and the usual penalty of ss. was inflicted. Mr Brown, admitted s+riking the constable, but not with the intentiuu of hurting him. Mr. Bingham fined him 40s. for the assault on the constable. MARK RT NEWS-:(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The country markets held on Saturday were but mo derately supplied with wheat, in which rather a limited" business was transacted, at but little alteration in prices.- Fine malting barley was scarce, and quite as dear. Grind ing and distilling sorts commanded very little attention. The sale for malt was in a sluggish state ; but oats moved off steadily, at extreme quotations. Beans, peas, and flour were very dull. Throughout the Continent all descriptions of produce have ruled very inactive. In prices, however, no material: change has taken place. The latest advices from New York state that both flour and grain were a dull inquiry, owing chiefly to the high freights. Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of English. grain were very moderate. From abroad, we received. 17,273 quarters of wheat, 8,275 barley, 4,322 oats, 199 3 beans, 122 peas, 1,085 tares, 2,529 linseed, 2,131 rapeseed.- 438 sundry seeds, 13,310 sacks and 15,371 barrels of flour. Fresh up to-day, the arrivals of wheat, from Kent, were Essex, and the east coast, limited. BT land carriage, the receipts were - by no means extensive,. and the total show of samples of both red and white was comparatively limited ; nevertheless, owing to the larger imports of foreign wheat from the eastward, and the con— tinuous heavy arrivals of flour from France, Spain, and the United States, the demand for all descriptions was in a very inactive state, at, in most instances, a decline; the quotations obtained on Monday last of is per quarter, and a total clearance was not effected. The demand for home-grown wheats for forward deli:7er/ . was heavy ' • indeed, scarcely a transaction was reported iA any description. The quantity of foreign wheat on offer, fresh as well as ex. granary, was extensive. As many of the millers ap— peared to be tolerably well in stock, the sale for all descrip tions was dull in the extreme, at from is to, in some in -- stances, 2s per quarter beneath the currencies of Monday last. The arrival of floating cargoes off the coast has some what increased of late ; hence, the sale for them was ill depressed state, although holders were sellers on lolver terms. Notwithstanding that the supply of barley, was on the' increase, the inquiry for that article ruled steady, and last' week's prices were well supported. Malting samples were rather scarce. Malt—the supply of which was tolerably good—mope d off slowly, but no decline was submitted to in the quo'kee tions. We were fairly supplied with oats ; yet the demand v tolerably steady at late rates. All kinds of beans sold slowly on former terms. In peas, very few transactions took place, at late cue rencies. The flour trade was very dull, and to effect sales, porters were compelled to submit to lower terms. CURNEAY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, --- Malt—Chevalier • • • • 61s to 63 0 . Red .• .. new 42s to 47s Ditt0............ old 43s 52s Lincelnsk. Feel 16s 21° ` 2411 Ditto, White new 44s 58s Potato Ditto. ..... .. old 49s 60s Youghal and Cork Nciriolk and Lin- Black. .• 165 1 911 coin, Red, old 461 52s Cork, White. •• .. 17. 21 , 1 , Ditto new .. 375 47s Scotch, Feed. •• .. 215 k Rye—Old .... ••.. •• 288 30s Beans—Tick ..• ...... 34s 3€4 1 New .... • • ...... 'As 31s • 41 Pigeons ...... .... 6e ~ -tarley —Grinding • .. 26s 298 Peas—Grey .. •• • ....• 3EN 3 ` ,_ , , Malting .•••• •• •• 30i 33- Maple ..•• • —33 s ; Chevalier •• • • ... 358 38s White... • • •..... 36 4t ' vfalt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ..• •• •• 378 41:141 f01k..• •••• •• 545 58s Flour—Town-made... 41s 0' Brown .••• • • • .... 468 bls Suffolk .• • . •..... 30 3 ' s Kingston and Ware 57s 605 Stockta &Norfolk 345 3 " SMITHFIELD. During the last week the import of foreign stock int ° London were tolerably extensive for the time of year, vii''' 3,905 head. In the corresponding period of 1852, we it ceived. 1,015 ; in 1851, 2,066; in 1850, 1,004; in 181''' 656 ; and in 1848, 1,256 head. . IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. From Calves. Pi 0. 4 ... '-' Amsterdam Ostend Harlingen Dordt..... 623 -. 25 8 .-. 161 8 _. 892 194 1,476 Hamburgh.. Rotterdam.. 3 9 10 ... ~ - 3 Total .... 835 ... 2,651 ... 3 ... 413 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pig': 1852 54 ... 791 ... ... 200 ... ;‘, , 1851 5lB ... 1,220 ... ... 281 ... d i 1850 255 ... 515 ... ... 224 ... 1849 256 ... 210 ... „. 179 ... ''. 1848 542 ... 612 ... The following are the imports of foreign stock into the Unit:: Kingdom during the first two months of 1851, 18 5 ''' and 1853 : 1853. Beasts 2,613 Cows Calves Sheep Lambs Pigs .......... ....... 459 On the whole, the show of foreign stock in to-day's ket was tolerably good, and in WI- average condition. „_ ) 1 Compared with Monday last, the supply of horne-fn beasts on offer, this morning, exhibited a decided fa i l, off in number, but not in quality. The attendance : f buyers being good, and the weather more favourable slaughtering, all kinds moved off somewhat briskly, at 04 1 advance in the quotations of quite 2d per 81bs, and a goe! I clearanceiwas effected. A few very superior Scots realise' 4s 4d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire ! received 1,600 Scots and short horns ; from other peatg England 800 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. ; and fro 0 Scotland, 450 horned and polled Scots. We have to report a decline in the arrivals of sheep fro 1,l most quarters, hence, the mutton trade was active, prices were 2d per 81bs above those obtained on this dq; se'nnight. A few very superior old Downs, in the w °e „a produced 5s 4-d, but the general top quotation was 50,;,',0 per 81bs. Those out of the wool realised 4s 2d per mw without difficulty. Lambs—the su ppl y o f w hi c h were b u t moderav4 s — s 1 9 ' very y ek in was oderfitarte' whilst the steadily, at late ra t es , v i z., 5s to 6s per 81bs. Frees mend The for supply that o d f o2 c o a ri lv p r io was of Isle of Wight, 175 h ea l came fresh to hand. from active, late rates. dile; 1851. 1852. 2,629 1,465 2,640 14,758 Per 81bs to - 'nk the offals. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts ...3 oto 3 2 Second quality ...3 4 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 3 10' Prime Scots, &c. 4 0 4 2 Inferior sheep ...3 10 4 0, Second quality ... 4 2 4 6 ,' Prime crse.-wlled.4 8 4 101 Lambs TOTAL SUPPLY. _ el , 1 Prime Southdown t 0 5 4 Large crse. calves 3 4 4 Prime small do 4 2 4 5 Large hogs 2 /0 0 Small porkers 3 6 4 0 Suckling calves 20 0 2 4 Quarter old pigs 19 0 24 5s Od to 6s Od. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 3,518 I Beasts 47 17 ' Sheep and Lambs 19,100 Sheep 2, lif Calves l5l 1 Calves ..., Pigs 275 1 Pigs A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of f' lt sock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Ma r ket, c' li i Monday, April 12, 1852, an d thi s d ay , M on d ay, A pr il 1" 1853. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. 55 5 April 12, 1852. , Apr.11,1- d. d. 'is. d. o• Coarse and inferior beasts ... 24t0 2 6 1 3 oto3 .6 Second quality ditto .•• 2 8 3 0 3 4 Prime large oxen 3 2 S 4 3 8 516 Prime Scots, &c 3 4 3 6 1 4 0 4 0 Coarse and inferior sheep ... 2 6 283 10 4 6 Second quality ditto .. .. 210 3 4 4 2 4 1 0 Prime coarse woolled ditto • ... 3 6 3 8 4 8 4 Prime Southdown ditto ... 810 42 5 0 5 0 Lambs ... 4 8 6 o ' s 0 6 0 Large coarse calves ... ... 3 0 3 8 3 4 4 4 Prime small ditto 310 4 2 1 4 2 4 f, Large hogs ... 2 6 3 62 10 , S 0 Neat small porkers 3 8 310 3 6 ^ 3, 51 Beasts... ... 3,419 Sheep ... 17, 1 920 19,1 .1, Calves... ... . 182 Pigs27' ••••- • • • • • 350 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The arriva's of country-kill:id meat up to these mark e t; since Monday last having exhibited a falling off, the deDa„,l o here to-day was t o l era bl y s t ea d y, at our quotations. -1-,„0 supply of meat slaught ere d i n th e metropol i s was bY means extensive. Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. 0 . e, Beef, inferior 262 10 Mutton, Inferior 34 3 0 Do.,middling 3 0 3 2 Do.,midciling 3 8 4 4 Do., prime large 3 2 3 4 Do., prime 4 2 4 6 Do., do. snifill. .3 4 3 6 Veal 3 4 4 4 Pork, large 2 10 3 4 Pork, small 3 6 4 Lambs BOROUGH HOP. We continue to have a steady demand for all good and fine hops, at very full prices. In low samples scarcelYZ transactions h ave b een reported, yet holders are to l e rably firm. Mid an d E ast Sent pockets, 126 s to,, 1153 Weald of KW, 1103 to 126 s ; Sussex, 1053 " per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The imports of foreign potatoes into London last week were tolerably good—viz., 3 begs from Rotterdam, 6 dittt e from Hamburgh, 96 tons from Dunk , _rk, 45 ditto froo Gravelines, 68 from Calais, 260 from Rouen, 80 froo Havre, and 94 from Pont l'Abbe. The supplies of Englisl' are somewhat on tl.e increase, and thedensandis d le o : sluggish state. The following are the qu o t a ti o ns V 9 Y s o s rk to ß i c 2 g s e s n ; ts, soo ll t s o s h t d o tt l t 6 o s , s Ipoesrs t ton ; Lincolnshirel2s3 ditto re p' 95s to 110) ; French whites, 95s to 115 s. WOOL. English wool, the stock of which in the metropolis i: limited in the extreme, continues in good request at vel ) , full prices ; indeed, in some instances really fine pare have commanded rather more money. Foreign and Col o nial samples move off slowly, owing to the high rates d e ; manded by the impoi Lers. The imports into Landon, week were 350 br_les from Galatz, 967 from Bombay, 42 fro° Hambro', 34 from Seville, IC3 from Shanghae, 5 frct i Antwerp,fB from Ostend, 554 f rom M e lb ourne, 620 Launceston, 300 from the Cape, 1,311. from Port PI3I II P and 710 from Algoa Bay. SEES. Sales of Bl ac k Sea "nseed D on the spot have been r e' ported at 4.8 s 6d to 463 per quarter. In floating care only a moderate bus . .nc-s is doing. Rapeseed—the eto°b of which is limited—is held at full quotations. Cake ° heavy, aid lower to purchase TarniP,Whlte, per bush. 93 to ale Swede )0s 12 kinstard, 8r0wn...... 7e lo • Carraway .. •.•• •• .. 460 t o CoTiander .• • • .... •• • • 110 1 4 4 Rempseed, per quarter 38 0 0 , Liuseed, Eng.-' , owing.. 581 ,0 Crushing .. 481 10 Baltic •.•• .. • ... 480 nit Odessa .. . . Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English .. . 81 15s 101 1 Foreign, per ton 7110 s 1 0 ' 0 Rape Cakes, pr ton 4115 s bt, Rapeseed, New, prlst 2110 s 24' While, new...... 7s ed 93 Tares,Winter, new.. .. 01 Od 080 d Spring . 5s 6d 6s 6d Canary, per quarter 4 0 3 4481 . Rye grass •• •••' • • 28s 31s Clover, Red Enc. (cwt.) 483 64s 505 70s Foreign fled.. •. • • 48s 6is White •• •• 505 7, s Trefoil, new .. . • .... • • 28i 30 s TALLOW. Ourfo il, market has become very fi lm, th e ti me o f year cod sidered, although the amount of business doing i s not si say extensive. Prices, compared uith Monday last, su e t, a rise of quite Gd per cwt. T o -d ay, P . Y . C ., on the sp°;lo is quoted from 45s 3d to 45 s 6d per cwt. Town tallow' 45s to 45s 6d per cw C. net cash ; rough fat, 2s 6id p e r 81! 1849. 1 1850. 1 1851. 1852. 18 53 ' 29, 60 10 4s 3 41 6 ,3 450 A 2, 3 1 1•099 67 470 14 Stock this day ...... 27,276 80,688 134,954 42,058 Price of Y. C. .... I to u O s O:fld 3 3 6 ;: d Oir 4 4 43 0 s s 3 f l id t° t 0 3 3 55.,% Delivery last week 1, 1 '49 1,696 1,379 824 Ditto from Jane 1 .... 88,815 84,876 85,462 95,548 Arrivals last-week .. 276 1,801 52 Ditto from June 1.... 103,558 90,068 94,898 401,972 Price of Town .... 416 Od 38s Od 415 Od 383 Od