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

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS S YENINE3, Aran. 11, Will be performed ELOPEMENTS IN BIWA LIFE. By Messrs. B. Sullivan, Chippendale, Bowe, W. Farren, Buekstone, and Comp ton ; Mesdames F►tzwilliam, Reynolds, L. S. Buckingham, &c. After which MR. BUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR NASSUS. To conclude with DR. DILWORTIL 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, adapted from the the French of Mons. Scribe, by Mr. Pa:grave Simpson, called MARCO SPADA. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. THIS 'EVENING, APRIL 11, Will be performe THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Charac tars by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, 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, .Arsti. 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, 140. After which, never acted, A DESPERATE GAME. With TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILI3ERG. PEPINO THE DUMB BOY, AND PUG, HIS MONKEY. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, .&rau, 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. Supplrted by Messrs. H. Marston, Robson, Diddear, Raiders, G. Cooke, Morgan, and Bender; Mesdames A. Phillips, Anderton, H. Gordon, E. Turner, and Bartlett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Unprecedented success of the New Spectacle, 'which nightly in • cretriea in liopularity and attraction. —The novel and wondrous Feats of the Horses, the Passage of the Burning Forest, the Leap through. Fire, and the terrific spring of Amakosa's Steed trom the fearful Heights over the Falls of the Umtata are nightly haile d with perfect enthusiasm. Mr. Cooke has been for months training the Horses for the astonishing Feats. Tars EVENING, Assm. 11, AnS during the Week, the Performances will commence with the magnificent spectacle entitl e d AMAKOSA.; or, Scenes of K afir Warfare ; with hew and brilliant scenery, costumes, and appoint ments. - To be followed by an entire change In the ever-popular Fcenes In the CIRCLE, introducing the most accomplished Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes of the day. To conclude with a Laughable FARCE. Bur-ottea open daily from Lieven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. .DAILY WEATHER TABLE. MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1853, State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock on Saturday morning. The stati ons are arranged in order of latitude. MuLLINGAR—W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. IiAsTINGs—N.W gentle :breeze—cloudless. SOUTHAMPTON IsT.W., strong breeze--cloudless. FOLKESTONE—N.W., light_l?TeeZe — partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—N.W., strong breeze—pbreeze—partially cloudy. , gentle breeze —partially cloudy. a BA RE K E N N a w s i T e o :_N E-7 entla breeze —partially cloudy. sw iNDos _N,, fresh breeze—eloudlesst _ , stzong , breeze,partially cloudy. -The returns-from thit following - pMees indleate the Alta of the weather on-Friday morning at nine o'clock HAsTni4s—N.W., gentle breeze—liartially: cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON—N.4W.,:strong breeze—elomlless. TUNBRIDGE—N. - W., gentle breeze—partially-eloudy. BASINGSTOKE-- W, , gentle breeze--partially, cloudy. GagEivwxoH--N,W„ gentle breeze- OVereaSt. STROOD—N.W., gentle breeze —overcast. SWINDON — N.W., fresh breeze—partially clendy. LEIGHTON—N.W. gentle breeze —ov ercas t. YARMOUTH—N.W., strong breeze—rain. HOLYHEAD--N., strong breeze—showery. LANCASTER—W., calm—partially cloudy. WHITBY—N., gentle breeze —overcast. DARLINGTON—W., strong breeze—cloudy. SHAD—N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAT —Morning 38 min. after 3 Evening 53 min.aft. 3 To-Meaaow—Morning 6 rain. after 4, Evening 22 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER.--Sus OPFICB, 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 DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SAME EVENING, With all other News 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. 7: 1 :r „tn, 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 vague 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 Coupons, bearing interest at 2i per cent., and having twenty ye ars 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 cent. 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 m one y 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 dim inution of one- Italf per cent. i n the annual payment a reduc tion from 3/. t o V • . 10s p er annum for every ery 1001. Consolidated Reduced Annuities, 16- 2-3ds per cent. of the entire dividend_a pledae or gu arantee against any further alteration for 2 0 years. This was a tolerably fair not nt—ye:r present un reasonable barter. Ten shillings sacrifice for the certainty of the enjoyment of the remaining two pounds ten shillings, without dis turbance or alteration, for twenty years, would be willingly - made by capitalists as a cheap price for the contingent advantages that may, and pro bably will, arise during that time from the 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 be gathered from the fact that, on the mere rumour, -the quotations of the 3 per Cents. rose to j per cent. There was, in fact, a tendency to an im- Pruvement 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 Financial Minister, like an over-ardent and rather verdant youth, bidding again st himself at a mock auction, offered so much more than had been an ticipated, tat doubts began to arise as to whether Parliament would ratify the provisional contract thus recklessly entered into. An alma 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 2i 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 50,000,0001. 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 unequivo ocarligcinsalgunstot;icae giving n, di,f:ineagrried out according to the 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, which on Saturday we pointed out, might be nearly 44,000,0001., 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 30,000,000/. or 40,000,000/. ; and every one hoped that he might be successful in the " scramble" that must ensue for the favourite Stock. It was felt the addition of 10 per cent. on 500,000,0001. Stock would 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 per cent., might be a fair and judicious security, mutually beneficial to all parties. The proposed Three-and-a-Tialf 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 qot of, ,the . • • ti 7 hen tr..ttniiiai - ilfMr --- W7ll2oLi,boili unite to empueucl a measure of.,the, Wbig SQ . LICITOR GENERAL, we may reasonably hope that it is in. a smooth coarse towards becoming an Act of Parlia ment: And such *as the - good fortune of Mr.' BErntra, when, In remark's Called forth'hy Mr. HADFrEnn's - Bill, hie announced the intentions of the present Government in regard to the Testa mentary Jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts. His proposals had solely respect to that particular department ; but, as Mr. WALPOLE observed, the 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 remaining work of the Ecclesiastical Courts may be easily disposed of. It is nearly all of it just that work which has 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, ruinous and interminable suits for trifling amount's, a Churchman enacting both judge and jury against some re cusant or scrupulous Dissenter, a worthy man made to do penance, to gratify 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, a nd that a distinct court will be instituted for the trial of all matrimonial cases. Church-rate cases will, 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, defamation, brawling, and scandal are surely proper subjects for the secular Courts only ; there remains only " the Correction of Clerks," 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 make them scourges of scorpions for the laity. The grand feature of Mr. BETHELL'S plan is to establish one Court of Probate, to take effect throughout the whole of England 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 branch of it. The " Courts Peculiar," with all their abominations, are, it appears, sustained at present only by an annual Indemnity Act, and that Act is to be re fused this year, leaving them to the sentence of annihilation passed on them by 6th and 7th WILL. IV., chap. 77. The 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 Metropolitan 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 part of a province than its Cathedral city. The County Courts are at hand everywhere. Sometime ago there was a just objection to the Court of Chancery becoming the Court of Wills and Testaments. Sir NicuoLAs TINDAL and Mr. FRESHFIELD 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 cost and delay. It is a gratifying con sequence of the proposed change, that the Testa mentary Court will now t b i e in as well as in a Queen's Ctiurt fact, a lough somewhat singular that its presidingwasJudge , commonlyll to the early part of the 17th century, d E ,:n ccl ee esiastic. a T To er suns so n u h p a t v i h the having o a r k fixedng of p the ace whole— o ; reasnishouldWhenever die testate within the limits of any existing 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 arise touching 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 also must all wills be proved, and all letters of ad ministration granted in the case of persons having no fixed residence, or dying abroad. Caveats, 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 much as possible this important department of the admi nistration of justice. But what is to become of Proctors, Judges, Re gistrars, and sine,curists? 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 subjects, of course greatly rejoice. The public, however, has learned with indignation that, while other sinecurists are got rid of easily enough, Mr. MOORE is secure of his disgraceful gains, and even the reversion of the office is secured too. Parlia ment (as Mr. DISRAELI would justly say) " in its wisdom:" has solemnly guaranteed it I ! The almost only deserving parties in the whole affair —the Proctors of Doctors' Commons—ase 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 least) the exclusive conduct of the business of proving wills in common form. They will, of course, lose much of the practice in contentious jurisdiction. It may be hoped, how ever, that the vast improvement of the mode of conducting testamentary business, and the ge neral tendency of these measures to attract it to London, will lead to a great in crease of business in the department reserved to them. In all the evidence taken, the highest testimony is borne by the highest legal authorities too, to the efficiency of the Judges and practition ers of Doctors' Commons in the Testamentary de partment. Cases of fraud have occurred, and lately too, in the Diocesan Courts, but in Doctors' Commons the vast amount of the duties has been regularly collected for the Government, and fraud utterly unknown. It' is to be remembered that the education of a Proctor is a costly one. He must be articled for seven years, must pay a premium of from 6001. to 1,000/., besides 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 a " Proctors' Union" among them, tending to re press " unrestricted and even wholesome compe tition." The practice of permitting only the thirty-five Senior Proctors to take articled clerks, and that but once in five years, combined with the seven years' articles, and requiring the appli cant to be under eighteen years of age, are all arrangements intended to make the profession a close one. Still the cost has been considerable to those now engaged in it, and their average income being no doubt in proportion, their claim for a large compensation, either in money or in a large exclusive practice, cannot be denied. The Solicitor-General, has, wisely, preferred the latter mode of compensatiorl, ,since the cost of pecuniary compensation. for a whole professiom (and the Tractors alone of D actors' Commons amount to "about one hundied!'' hnd 'fiftj)' would hardly be eraured. The 'more it is'iiivestigated, the mo r clearly it appears thftt,they have done their duty well.. ,Quite as cheaply, if not cheaper than the Law Courts, and with much greater expedition on the whole (we speak of course of the Testamentary department), they have acquired, moreover, an amount of knowledge and skill in this department which will be for a long time unequalled ; yet, as Mr. HENLEY observed, the Proctors are not in a position to compete with the Solicitors and Barris ters of Chancery. The Solicitors of the country have, in fact, hitherto been the Proctors' almost only clients, and the former would naturally endeavour to retain in their own hands the profits 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 every opportunity to take the double business into their own hands, if permitted. It will, however, as we have just observed, be long before they can pos sibly equal the Proctors in knowledge and skill in their particular department. We have no doubt, therefore, that Mr. BETHELL will do full justice to that class of men which alone merits consideration in these soon to be abolished Courts. The sine curists he can hardly be unjust to. They ought to think themselves richly compensated if not called upon to refund. the National Gallery Board of Management. Never perhaps was the truth of the adage.more glaringly exemplified. Everybody, and therefore 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 anything 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 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 perceived, then, what is actually required in this important matter in the way of improvement. The present building might be given up permanently to the Royal Aca demy—the front of it possibly to be adorned in some manner, so at to render the structure 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 ano less notable kind were introduced into the machinery of its Management. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. Company. 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 Qudeplas,elept • • • "Her Majesty -and the infant , Prince are going on :quite lavOurably. " JAMES CLiRK, M.D. • " CHARLES Locock, M.D. " RoBT. 'FERGUSON, M.D." - - - Her Royal Hi g h nes s: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 LOCOCK, M.D. " ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D." " From the Ist of Jan., 1853, we order that metallic money shall be received at the following rates in all trans actions (by way of adjusting the nominal value of me tallic money with its commercial value), saT— Coins of 1 centime for 4 centimes. -- 2 id for 8 ... - 64. 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 at our palace, &c. &c." Our last advices from Oregon ae 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 receiving proper at tention. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal arid the Princess Alice, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and the Princess Adelaide of Hoheniohe, the ladies and gentlemen in wait ing, and the domestic household, attended divine service yesterday morning in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited 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-house, 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. Disraeli, 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 of Mr. Murray, Mr. Henry Rose, and Mr. W. H. Wil son ( on th e par t o f 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. News from Vancouver's reaches to the 12th. One or two English ships from Liverpool arrived in January, with a large number of immigrants. The Ottoman Embassy has at length announced the terms upon which it is prepared to pay off the subscribers' to the loan. It appears beyond the instalment, there will be 34 francs given both as bonus and interest, making 284 francs return upon every 1,000 franc bond. Where parties have paid up in full, they will be allowed 6 per cent. interest from March 1 to April 15, in addition to the 34 francs. Everybody at all interested in the systematic cultivation of Art in England, appears to be de cided in the conviction that the time has at length arrived when the country should possess an insti tution worthy in all respects of being designated a National Gallery. The unanimity of feeling upon this matter is being every day more clearly and unmistakeably demonstrated. An illustra tion of the fact was very recently rendered visible by an agreeable coincidence. Mr. DYCE'S pamph let—already referred to thrice in these columns in deserved terms of commendation—was scarcely prepared for publication when the majority of its The English Stocks have been scarcely so buoy ant, but there is no speculation going on. Consols have been marked 100-i to 1001 for Transfer, and 1001 / for Account. As settling day approaches, the dealers are engaged chiefly in arranging their books. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been done at 1031 to f, and the Thre e p er Cents. at 99 1 to par. Bank Stock is fluctuati ng between 224 and 2251. South Sea Stock is at 1121. Exchequer Bills are par to ss. premium for those dated March. A deputation from the Church of Scotland, consisting of the Rev. Dr. Simpson, Mr. Sheriff Tait, and Mr. Pringle of Whytbynk, had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen on Saturday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. — A. deputation, consisting of the Hon. E. Bouveile, M.P., Mr. Edward Drake Brockman, M.P., and Mr. Stewart Marjoribanks, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley on Saturday at the Board of Trade. Mr. Brockendon had also an interview with the right hon. gentleman and noble lord on Saturday. The Lord Chancellor will receive the judges, Queen's counsel, &c., at his lordship's residence, Upper Brook street, at 12 o'clock on Friday next, being the first day of Easter Term. Foreign Securities have been generally very good. Peruvian Scrip is looking up, being 4 to 41. prem. The 44 per Cents. are 881 to 89. Th e Turkish Loan has been done at 3* prem., from which it is inferred that the holders will readily accept the proffered:bonus. The Swedish Loan is at 1 dis. Spanish New Deferred Stock has dropped to 24i to and the Certificates have fallen to 71 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 49±, 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 4 per Cents. are quoted. 1004 ; Austrian 5 per Cents., 99 ; and Danish 3 per Cents. 85, ex dividend. The Railway Share Market is lower, and there is a preponderance of sales. North-Western have dropped Ito f, Great Western Caledonian Easterncounties *, Lancashire and Yorkshire , And ;the South-Eastern, and others, i n 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. suggestions was anticipated by an intelligent re- viewer in the Ediv,burgh. This circumstance we regard as singularly propitious, because singularly significant. The simultaneous arrival at the same conclusion of two writers, in no other particular associated with each other, indicates very plainly, we conceive, that the necessity of the desired change had become rather apparent in its charac ter. The evil complained of by both with so much earnestness had come, indeed, to be at• last, according to an oad expression now popular, patent to the meanest comprehension. It could scarcely, in truth, by possibility have been otherwise. The .symbol of the monster grievance was staring us in the face every day in the centre of our most populous and frequented thoroughfares. Nobody could enter Trafalgar square' either from Pall-mall or the Strand, from St. Martin's-lane or Parliament-street, from Cock spur-street or Spring-gardens, without seeing be fore him the monument of our disgrace as a na tion incompetent to advance the real interests of Art, whether pictorial or architectural. The extent of that incompetence was visible, in fact, in every stone of that odious building—poor Mr. Wilacm's abominable masterpiece. It was small comfort to know that, with a view to remedy this annoyance, the surplus left by the Great Industrial Exhibi tion had been dedicated to the purchase of certain market gardens situated between Brompton and Kensington, as the site of a new gallery projected by the Royal Commissioners. Experience made us tremble for the consequences. Therefore, we began to consider the chances of escape from any repetition of our previous blunders in the arrangement of a national collection. We began —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, beganto dread the possibility of the new establishment proving in the end merely a disgraceful repetition of the old establishment on the site of the Royal Mews of the Georges. Hitherto we had seen no recognised system in the purchase of paintings to be added to the Na tional Gallery. We say that that Gallery was in complete in a thousand particulars, and that what there was in it was jumbled together in a state of bewildering confusion. Therefore, we say, every sincere lover of Art in England dreaded the possi bility of having all these errozs 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 less 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 tie great want in regard to the management of the National Gallery has been that BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) • Business done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99 100 99i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 34 per Cent. Annuities..... Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO South Sea Stock Soitth Sea Old Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, lid £lOOO £5OO Small 1121 984 4 . 100 i i June. March. ..... 27 5p par .... 5p par 2 5 p par PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent 99 i Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent. Ditto, 5 per Cent , lO5 Equador Bonds 6 Grenada Bonds, Deferred, Mexican 3 per Cent 27 Peruvian Bonds, 1849, 42 per Cent. Peruvian Scrip Portuguese 5 per Cent. 42 i 3 Ditto, 4 per cent. Russian Bonds, 4i per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Spanish .New Deferred, 3 per Cent 24i i 4 Ditto Passive (Converted) Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 76 6t 7 6i 7 is Swedish Loan IA d Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 3 l - P French Rentes, 4i per, Cent lo4f Bx.2Mf 10. Belgian Bonds, 4A per Cent. Ex. 25fr lCOi i 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 inost 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 SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1853. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 2,000 American were taken f or 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 60., 200 Egyptian at 6k-d. to sid., and 300 Surat at 30. to 41d. per lb. Railway shares were dull at rather lower prices. Wheat is is. lower in Mark-lane to-day. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : 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, Paris. Paris and Strasbourg 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 Ist 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 tilt., 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 will be, in the December half-year, one 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., 45. ld. per share, and on the premium of 101. ss. 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 February, to 31st March, at 5 per cent., viz. 2s. Bd. per share, and on the premium of 101. ss. on those shares which have not been in arrear 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 Placerville in unprecedent quantities ; seventy thousand ounces per week may be set • down and safely relied upon • os 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 nedr , Sonora, a piece of gold weighing -247• ounces had-been picke4 up,, and in other parts the diggers had been verfsuocessful. ACcounts- sof .Feb. 7 from Honolulu, Sandwich Is ands describe trade as. being brisk. Thefollo*ing is an official orcler froth the Em peror of Hayti :--- FAIISTIN THE FIRST, EMPEROR OF HAYTI, &C. TffREE O'CLOCK. 103 100 Consols.... t Ditto April Account CABINET COUNCIL.—•A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign office, Downing-street, on Saturday. The Ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Gr a n v ill e, the D u k e o f 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 Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat three hours and a half. COURTS OF CHANCERY AND B ANKRUPTCY.--It appears it is not intended that the enormous amounts stand in the names of the .Accountants -General of the Courts of Chancery and Bunkruptcy should be in any way affected by the present measures of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but that they are to be dealt with by a sepa rate proposal. This proposal will probably involve a re duction of interest to 21 or 24 per cent., with a guarantee that the exact amount of the principal shall always be paid whenever any demand arises, without any reference to fluctuations in the market price. ADELPHI THEATRE. An extravagant little piece, but full of reckless fun, 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—concocts a scheme to cut oukhis rival. Keeley escorts his cousin (Miss Woolgar) from a ball. Wigan, disguised as a burglar, breaks into the house—terrifies Keeley out of h is w its—pretends to force the heiress to give over all her wealth, and decamps. Keeley is urgedby his cousin, who is of course in the plot, to pursue. He does so ; jumps out of window, falls through the roof of a con servatory, whence he emerges in a torn and scarified condition only to meet the burglar, who has returned disguised as a policeman, and to whom he gives a man in buckram sort 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 triumph 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 during its performance. FRENCH PLAI'S. Loisa, a two act comedy, by Mde. Ancelot, originally produced about 10 years ago at the Vaudeville, where the principal character was played by Mde. Doche, was on Friday night acted for the first time in this country. Kerven, a young Breton, who has come up to P ar i s , has allowed himself to be led into the world of f as hi on , and to be fascinated with the charms of Agla4 de Moran ville, a brilliant young widow, who so completely re alises his ideal of female 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 e n t ers t h e lodging of Kerven, with the intention of becoming his lawful wife and remaining there. This visit em barrasses him not a little, and Loisa soon finds out the melancholy secret, and the coolness of her former lover, together with the insulting ardour of a roué 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 herself, who is the occupant of the vehicle. This fine lady, who is made to understand that Loisa, is the sister of Kerven, takes her under her own protection. Loin learns that her protectress has gained the heart of Kerven, while Mdme. de Moranville is mor tified to find that the songs and artless manners of the young Bretonne attract admirers who, previously, had eyes for her own 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-asserts 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 acti ng 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 Brutus, Ladle awn-, followed, in hus band which, c , M a n . d L a w f o h n o t n y playsby thee part exercise some ßepublican sheer good sense, vanquish e s and puts to flight his wife's Royalist lover. His acting was of course perfect, and his "make-up" a perfect picture of the period. RUMOURED NAME OF THE YOUNG PRINCE.—Upon 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 nuncs 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 positive on the subject, we believe the rumour which assigns that of " George " is the most likely, after his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who would, in such a case, be a sponsor. Moreover, the young Prince is borne in the month which reckons the day of "St. George," England's patron saint. —Sunday Times. 113 - '''ottrtbmition NE WMARKEf 'RACES, (THIS DAY.) (EP ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP. Apostate Sleeping Partner Seven ran. SWEEPSTAKES-100 Sovs. each. D.M. W. Rufus Filbert Won easy. ) 'Nat •,, 'baton NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. EACH, D.M. Nathan Auchinleck RIDDLESWORTH STAKES. Elybla Pearl . NEWMARKET RACES. (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. 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 toe 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 7 cretalied Violence, and a compleie palate 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 30th ult. She brought 54 passengers, among whom is Mrs. Harriette 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 1.1 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 ad vices ; 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 artabout 4,250 dollars. It is said that three Mexicans had taken out upwards of 30;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 th e y t oo k ou t 5,700 d o l lars worth Of gold j 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 the 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. There was an improved feeling in the New York stock-market, and most descriptions of securities were in demand. The cotton market was very firm at late rates. SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) These sessions commenced this morning for the trial of prisoners at the Court-house, Newington-causeway, before Thos. Puckle, Esq., and a full b enc h o f magi strates. The calendar contained the names of only 4-9 prisoners for trial, which is about the usual number at 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 Oh,everton, 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 statment 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, had been 35 years,. and the greatest confidence had been reposed in him for years. He had charge of the warehouses, and on the sth of March he called in a Mr. Bond, and sold him twelve quarters of red wheat for 251. 45., which was received 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 MX. 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, M r . s m i thers, to whom he acknowledged his guilt. He also wrote a mLpoeclkleed) wtoasprionssetcriiiitceteidn begging to Mr. Carter, the chairman of the company, an H y e wa (Mr s co . rg th iv e en co e m ss p . this case, as he had been previously to s say that f forgiven similar offences which he had admitted. The prisoner received a good character from several tradesmen, and the Court t sen enced him to six months' hard labour at Wandsworth. MARLBORO UGH - STREET. -(THIS DAY.) GENTLEMANLY AMUSEMENT.—Mr. Henry Woodward, solicitor, 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 while in the execution of his duty. It appeared from the evidence of police-serjeant 4 A, that on Saturday night he was on duty at the above rooms, when the defendants, who . were much intoxicated, applied to the money 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 so he (the serjeant), 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 striking the constable, but not with the intention of hurting him. Mr. Bingham fined him 40s. for the assault on the constable. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The country markets held on Saturday were but 11 2, 1 °. derately suppli e d w ith w h ea t , i n which rather a linliw* business was transacted, at but little alteration in pri (3 l: Fine malting barley was scarce, an d qu i te as dear. Gri.n: iu,g and distilling sorts commanded -very little atteutol The sale for malt was i n a s l ugg i s h s t ate ; b ut oats mo ve' off steadily, at extreme quotations. Beane, peas, and M ir were very dull. _ _ Throughout the Continent all descriptions of probe!, have ruled very inactiv e . I n prices, howeve r , no m atelt change has t a k en pl ace . Th e l a t est advices from N" York state that both flour and grain were a dull, inquirl` owing chiefly to the high freights. Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of Engli l grain were ve r y mo d era t e. F rom a b road, we rece io" 17,273 quarters of wheat, 8,275 barley, 4,322 oats, 19 9 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 whea‘from Kent, were , , moderate—from E ssex , an d th e eas t coast, limited. .12: land carriage, the receipts were by no means extensi o and the total show of samples of both red and white No! comparatively limited ; nevertheless, owing to the larP imports of foreign wheat from the eastward, and the O r ' tinuons heavy a rr i va l s of flour from France, Spain, 0 . 11 the United States, the demand for all descriptions was a very inactiv e state, at, in most instances, a decline I the quotations obtained on Monday last of is per quartet' and a total clearance was not effected. The demand for home-grown wheats for forward delivel, was heavy ; i n d ee d, scarce l y a t ransact i on was reporte d" ' any description. The quantity of foreign wheat on offer, fresh as well 0 ex. granary, was extensive. As many of the millers or peared to be tolerably well in stock, the sale for all descrir tions was dull in the extreme, at from is to, in some stances, 2s per quarter beneath the currencies of 31onaN last. The arrival of floating cargoes off the coast has soma' what increased of late ; hence, the sale for them was io • depressed st a t e , although holders were sellers on low terms. Notwithstanding that the supply of barley, was on t ° increase, the inquiry for that article ruled steady, anal week's prices were well supported. Malting samples Iver rather scarce. Malt—the supply of which was tolerably good—move d off slowly, but no decline was submitted to in the qu° tr tion s. We were fairly supplied with oats ; yet the demand vi° tolerably steady at late rates. All kinds of beans sold slowly on former terms. In peas, very few transactions took place, at late O r rencies. The flour trade was very dull, and to effect sales, iT il. , porters were compelled to submit to lower terms. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.. Wheat—Essex ft Kent, Malt-69 Chevalier .... 61$ to , Red .... new 42s to 47s Oats Yorkshire and .l!' Ditt0....,.,,.. old 43s 52s Lincolnsh., Feed 165 ; 41 , Ditto, White new 44s 58s Potato ...... .... 2I Ditt0........ old 49s 60s Youghal and Cork 19° Norfolk and Lin- 81 ac k....... 16 8 , 0 , ooln, Red, old 46s 52s Co r k, Whit e ....• 17' '5l Ditto new ...... 37s 47e - Scotch, Feed. .• .. 210 Rye—Old •• •• •••• • ... 28s 30s Beans—Tick ...•• .... 34" 4 41 , New ............ .39s 31s Pigeons ..... ..... 36 , 3 4 , arley—Grinding..... 26s 295 Peas—Grey .......... 30. ;7 5 Malting .•• ...... 303 33 . Map1e ........... 33- "01 Chevalier.... ••• 35s 385 White.-- ...36. c o Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ......... 37s 4 . 61 f01k...—. •• .... 543 58s Flou r —T own - ma d e. •• 41 6 3,1 8r0wn................." •• • • ........ 46 8 5 28 Suffolk .......... 3is ~,,,• Kingston and Ware 57s 60s etAckta RD Norfolk 34s R ' SMITHFIELD. During the last week the import of foreign stock 1 1 London were tolerably extensive for the time of year, vi z ' 3,905 head. In the corresponding period of 1852, vro4 ceived. 1,045 ; in 1851, 2,066; in 1850, 1,004 ; i n 1 64 " 656 ; and in 1848, 1,256 head. 4 IMPORTS I/7TO LONDON LAST WEER. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs.. Calves. Pin From Amsterdam Ostend..... Harlingen....... 623 ... 25 ... 8 ... 161 Hamburgh....... ,8 892 ;.. .. - Rotterdam.... 194. ..., 3 ..: 390 ... Total. B'3s ... 2,651 ... 3 ... 413 ... The yearly dodiparison (if - weekly imparts is AS under Beasta. Sheep. 7l Lambs. ei,ives. 1852 " .54 ~ ..• 2 0 0 -• 1851 h- 518 ... 1,229 2SI. . '1859 '25 4 5- 515 ... ... 1 1849 256 ...- -21 0 '179 1848..... The following are the imports of foreign stock into the 11 10 ,i , , Kingdom during the first two month s o f 1851, PP' and 1853 : 9 1851. 2,629 1,465 2,640 14,758 1852. 1853. Beasts 2,790 Cows .... 2,557 Calves .... . 2,952 Sheep ' Lambs Pigs On the whole, the show of foreign sto c k i n t o -d a y's W'' ket was tolerably good, and in fair average condition. te l Compared with Monday last, the supply of home l beasts on offer, this morning, exhibited a d ec id e d f a ll off in number, but not in quality. The attendance buyers being good, and the weather m ore favourable 'OO slaughtering, all kinds moved off somewhat briskly, at , j advance in the quotations of quite 2d p er 81b s, an d a lit.li clearancelwas effected. A few v er y super i or S cots rea llo' 4s 4d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, an d C am b r id ges hire, d ift received 1,600 Scots and short horns ; from other pert° 0 England 800 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. ; and fr ° Scotland, 450 horned and polled Scots. We have to report a decline in the arrival s o f s heep f _,,4 most quarters, hence, the mutton trade was active, prices were 2d per 81bs above those obtained on this ° P A, se'nnight. A few very superior old Downs, in the v l°- 2 ,i produced 5s 4d, but the general top quotation 'wa s suy per Blbs. Th ose ou t o f t h e wool realised 4s 2€l. per without difficulty. t 0 g Lambs—the supply o f w hi c h were but moderate-1y steadily, at late rates, v i z ., 5 s to 6s per 4lbs. From - Isle of Wight, 175 head came fresh to hand. The supply of calves was very moderate, whilst trn a ; mand for that description of stock was far from active, late rates. Per Blbs to ink the offals. $ s. d. II Prime South - down 5 0 u, Large crse. c a l ves 3 4 : I Prime small do 4 2 lk Large hogs 2lO II; Small porkers 3 6 'ii Suckling calves 20 0 o ' . Quarter old pigs 19 0 Z i 5s Od to 6s Od. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Of Beasts Sheep and Lambs 19,100 I Sheep Calves l5l 1 Calves / Pigs 275 1 Pigs 0 A statement and com p ar i son of the supplies and prices 01 0 stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market to Monday, April 12, 1852, and this day, Monday, Apra 1853. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts ...3 oto 3 2 Second quality ...3 4 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 310 Prime Scots, &c. 4 0 4 2 Inferior sheep ...3 10 4 0 Second quality „A 2 4 6 Prime crse.-wlled.4 8 410 Lambs TOTAL SUPPLY. Per 8113 s, to sink the offals. S.° April 12, 1852.1Apr.114, I s. d. s. d.:s. d. 2 4to 2 83 0 to. I 2 8 3 o ' 3 4 1 3 2 3 43 8 = s 3 4 2 6'4 0 ,4 2 6 2 83 10 _4 210 3 44 2 - !1 3 6 3 84 8 310 4 2'5 0 ..b 4 8 6 05 0 'se 3 0 3 B'3 4 _4 310 4 24 2 .4 Coarse and inferior beasts Second quality ditto Prime large oxen ... Prime Scots, &c Coarse and inferior sheep ... Second quality ditto ... Prime coarse woolled ditto ... Prime Southdown ditto Large coarse calves Prime small ditto ' Large hogs :.. Neat small porkers Beasts... Sheep ... Calves... 2 6 3 6210 3 8 310'3 6 3,419 17,920 ' • ) , h1 182 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The arrivals of country-killed meat up to these wagr pl since Monday last having exhibited a falling off, the d em ` l lO here to-day was tolerably steady, at our quotations- , supply of meat slau g ht ere d i n th e metropolis was izE I means extensive. Pigs Per Slbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 62 10 Mutton, Inferior Do., middling 3 0 3 2 Do.,middling Do., prime large 3 2 3 4 I Do.; ri me DO., do. small —.3 4 3 6 Veal, Pork, large 2103 4 I Pork, small Lambs BOROUGH HOP. ' 11114 We continue t o h ave a s t ea d y demand for all il l good fine hops, at v er y f u ll pr i ces. I n l ow samples s carce % transactions have been reported, yet holders are toh firm. Mid and East Kent pockets, 126 s to it . Weald of Kent, 110 s to 126 s ; Sussex, 105 s to per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The imports of foreign p o t a t oes i n t o L ondon last "4„ were tolerably goo d— v i z ., 3 b ags f rom Rotterdam, 6 '',„0.01 from Hambu rg h, 96 t ons f rom D unkirk, 45 ditto Gravelines, 68 from Calais, 260 from Rouen, 80 Havre, and 94 f rom P ont l ' A b be. The supplies of E 4 f o are somewh a t on th e i ncrease, and the demand / sluggish s t a t e. The following are the quotation York Regents, 115 s to 165 s per ton ; Lincolnshire .0 1 95s to 125 s ; Scotch ditto, ‘oss to 125 s ; ditto : v 95s to 110 s ; French whites, gs to 115 s. 8 . d. 0 3 4 .3 8 4 2 4 4 .3 4 .3 6 'WOOL. ---- English wool; the stock of which in the metropol limited in the extreme, continues in good request at r e; full p r i ces ; indeed, in some instances really fine p have commanded rather more money. Foreign an d vial samples move off slowly, owing to the high rs it( manded by the importers. The imports into Lond( m week were 330 bales from Galatz, 967 from Bombay, ti'P A , 4 Hambro', 34 from S ev ille, 106 from Shangh ae , 5 1 , '";if Antwerp,lB from O s t en d, 554 f rom M e lb ourne, 61 l 0 sift Launceston, 300 from the Cape, 1,311 from Port P 1 and 719 from Algoa Bay. _ ' SEEDS. Sales of Bl ac k S e a li nsee d on th e spo t have bee] 3 , , e 1 ported ported at 48s 6d t o 49 s ,p er quar t er. I n fl oating ca n',Y only a moderate business is doing. Rapeseed—the, ~,5,,,;r,v0 of which is limited—is held at f u ll quotations. (ir heavy, and lower to purchase. 0 1 Turnip, White, per bush. 9s to Ile carraway ..........,.. o f 0 1 Swede .••• • • • • iOs 12s Coriander llB 4 4 Mustard, Brown •• .• 7s 9s llempseed, per quarter 588 br ' White, new •• • ... 7s od 9e Linseed, Eng..lowing.* 588 tr„, Tares,Whiter, new.. —OsOdOs Od C rushing ...• • , 489 PS Spring •••••...•• 58 6d 6s 6d Baltic .. . 489 0 , C anar y, per quarter .. 40s 44 s Odessa .. - . 475. 28s , 34s ) 48s . 643 50s 703 . 48s 64s 503 • 71 s 283 303 TALI Our market has become ver sidered, although the amount Rye grass.. ... • • (lover, Red Eng (cwt.) White •• •• Foreign Red...... White.... ......... Linseed Cake, pr. ton— 0 English .81 15s 10 4 0 0 Foreign, per ton 7/ lOs. 0 0 Rape Cakes, pr ton 41153 A loi Rapeseed,New,prlst 21/032 Trefoil, new.. •• ...... 'OW. firm, the time of yea cod of business doing is r 1°! ) . 1 Lred with Monday l as t, 0' t, ro-day, P.Y.C., on th© °PI ;d per cwt. Town.- tallc 1 ; rough fat, 2s 6id per 1849. I 1850. 1851. Is). say extensive. - Prices; 'comp; a rise of quite 6d per cwt. 9 is quoted from 45s 3d to 45s 6 , 45s to4ss 6d per cwt. net cash Stock this day ... 3 4 , 2 5 ,0 6 5 •, 1 to 35s d 824 1 95048 101,972 .384 Od Price of Y. C. .... Delivery last week .: Ditto from June 1 .... Arrivals last week • • Ditto from Juno 1 .. .. Price of Town ...... 27,276 30,6881 34,954 38s Gd 36s ttel to 40s 3d to, to 00s Od 37a Od 40s Fd 1,049 1,696 1,379 88,815 84,876 85,462 276 1,801 52 108,558 90,068 94,898 • 41s 04. ..114,0d .413 Qd i f,y32 09, I ' ly 4 46 1.0 tj 9 0 . P 10 61 10 *- 410 I