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LITERATUBE. THE QUARTERLIES. The Edinburgh, Review. No. CXCVIII. $a aving already commen t e d a t some l eng th o n the vul garity a n d coarseness of the attacks ma d e thi s ta 80 °Il th by the gr ea t Whig Quarterlone on " Ali _ ns Histo ry o f Europe since 1815, y— ' and the other ofMr. Disraeli, his Character and Career," we 01 4 no more here than reiterate the expression co °ur really heartfelt indignation. Anything odeitiparable t o th ese two art i cles i n e ith er sp it e or arable has not for many years past disgraced th e of the more i mportant organs o f cr iti c i sm i n of whole range o f per i o di ca l lit era ture. Enough this, however, and rather more than enough. Th e iP a Pers in question—apart from their humorous s' flays of mingled. wit and personality—would, in ale unfairness of criticism, have been discredit -4lle to any, eve n th e l owes t c l ass of publication.a c l' e eY re, consequently, disgraceful to the last r e, in a periodical like the Edinburgh, enjoying T" and deservedly high reputation. Turning theb es. other review contained in the current num vlt we find the difficult question of " Marriage 13a'ar.a deceased Wife's Sister" considered in all its t a i ti , in ,g B ) especially in reference to the views enter '''. on this subj ec t by L or d D en man, as well 48 by Post Messrs. Binney, Denison, and Campbell- AL• curious essay entitled " The Church of 11 in the Mountains" has regard to the Positi on. to 1 , of Wales and the Welsh in reference c 0 „... - ' 4 ducation and Ch r i s ti an ity. During the arse of a pl easan t b u t ra th er su p er fi c i a l a n d die r eive chat a b ou t " R ecen t Novels" cor the w ords of encouragement are addressed to tri „author of the four stories —" The Ogil -4 Olive".--(4 The Head of a Family"— . Agatha's Husband." Of the first of these c h° ll B t l i the reviewer observes sententiously that . e style was careful, the narrative interesting, n the characters on the whole attractive, indi qui.nal, well sustained ; but it differed from the heftsort of ordi nar y n ovels chiefly by a fresher a nd a more thoughtful tone." Of the second 4;3 , 5, that it "was similar in character, and d ei 7 Y equal in execution, but marked by a ten the e Y A to dwell, with too prolonged minuteness, on "tails of severe mental struggles—always sot o , w , e x i t uat a morbid symptom." Of the third the 14 le observes, " This tale was a marked improve to I t upon its predecessors ; altogether it appeared te e - I: n ° of the most pleasing and beautiful do fo d fictions we had ever read"—while, of the ri, he w r it es " Agatha's Husband,' which has p er i,:•7 l : l published, is equal in interest, and s-u -firra'r artistic merit ; the author treads with a 4,, step, handles the pencil with the conscious ofkict more as su red power, and in her pictures k id re flections displays the resources of a richer ta aturer mind." We have transcribed these th e ° ,,g i llins into our columns not simply because tli e c : u aPPen to accord wonderfully well with to e ,.':_ews already expressed by ourselves as to the of the four fictions particularised, but skf we deem it but fair to the youthful Promising author of those fictions that te a lit'euld afford every additional publicity to valuable, because authoritative, encou- Rea le 4( )1 ,, n i t. Such, therefore, are the opinions pro lipo—ce4 by the Edinburgh upon " The Ogilvies," i lb „n " Olive," upon " The Head of a Family," and of — f , 4 ",A-gatha's Husband." It must do a world tl ie teo, moreover, to another writer to learn that th at ",big Quarterly, in the same article, declares about the most exquisitely beautiful and ALerful tale of the last thirty years," is " The yetg r,,al's Daughter." Speaking of the great nove larico' the present age—and, of course, particu piZng especially Bulwer Lytton and Charles h e - Tlus—the reviewer remarks of the former, that h h as now been before the world for a quarter of to th l t nrY ; has tried first the fashionable, then the 41 to and incidental, then the sentimental, then ti, - .torical, then the humoristic novel ; has been th:nently successful in every line, and immeasurably l et t : 3 4 °st Successful in his latest phase." True in every fo r „ t s-SO true that we shall look with some curiosity "uat elaborate criticism on " My Novel," which t o k wo rk ought, by its extraordinary merits, to e land from the Edinburgh. To another of thee utions in the present number we have already 11 1 , 11 :ed in our leading columns—we allude here to 2 Iti l i„, 4 ngenious paper on " The National Gallery, tIC" , by an amusing coincidence, appeared simul eousl to N Y with Mr. Dyce's pamphlet. Besides a ‘_Plnugireview of " Marcellus s Memoirs of the h a . 'oration," the Edinburgh contains a dull and 4 - 1 3,"'Y article on " The income Tax," and one yet filler and heavier on "Public Education." Ole Quarterly Ileview. No. CLXXXIV. t e , , A erhaPs we should the most accurately charac 4ZBre the majority of the articles in the current 14 " 1 , 41 1?er of the Quarter l y designating them mere ti.V.einentary curiosities by of literature. This is tieiently apparent from the titles of the respec- Ye tq c o ntr i butors. One of them, for example, has cl' e nce to Mr. Scrope , s memoirs of the Fami lies l t ,,,,tinstanville, Tiptoft, Scrope, F . astolf, and Bad. tl i 7ere . , given by the biographer in his history" of , a nci ent of " Castle Combe," in Wilt re, clout barony re. gossipp i ng account of " Hu -144,11 gait," give a its manifold peculiarities. An- L ta er Celli,sr'u"siliallaallbolit_am" the Old Countess of Des „..d!' is i t l . romance, attractive to n o — --a chapter of _l - paper refers to iv lettered. gemeolog . fe te "Rungarian Campfaign_is " with especial re " .Kossuth and Gorgei," ke l ee to the rivalry t f l, that relates ,to the ° long-prosecuted, but as yet 1i 4 () ,1Y ineffe c t ua l, " Search for Sir John Frank of ti , 'fere we meet with a cold-blooded . analysis \i " "Buckingham Papers," in . which . the re :1,,,,. tl i , , insists upon the absolute impossibility of 11 i4 o P4 P e re in question having ever been edited by Ite " . . R r ace the present Duke of Buckingham.. There tc) 4 i.' ll4 a delightful anecdotal description of t f h a e 1)o l ," el lts of ~ Apsley House," lately the sceneo he.llar pilgrimage. Finally, we have handono r ne enton. /1 1.1 e tl il irY into " The Two Systems at % d, a nd on, the other a criticism upon " Maurel ko,i .e .r ikke of Wellington." Are not these, we ask, th „ - " ° 'tilem, in subject, curiosities ofliterature ? t .t.nd kr:" ~a ' o not only so in subject, but several of t . ! u m . t ; io' '„:Dreover, in treatment. Take the con rib k. N li c7 4 .Z u t "Human Hair" in illustration. Spea t ietb„ . - ' 44 e melancholy situation of any unfortunate tlit -- '4, llll dergoing the misery of having his hair f talk" he writ er says—" Swathed in wrappers . o tua„' the head fixed by a neckfull of short hairs, 1 , 4 -‘ ,l 18 planted like an unfortunate wicket, t and t, e " at by the abhorred barber, with PaAnd 1144' essences, tinctures, and small talk." f 1 1 ° 'elip,Pl, he quotes for general delectation the o - -i Pv l ,,' ll ' 'llnormis Beene from Punch, who, says he, ' reed evidently suffered from this martyrdom, i Ll -14 , . r eellds a very neat style of batting, or rather e t Z e Klug the tails, as thus :" e litit -- A ha iryk-....r's Shop. Barber's men engaged in itier, l- ,g. making wigs, and other barbaresque Ries a X rater Jones, meeting Oily the barber. % ea __ Oi r ly - I Wish my hair eut. Pray, Sir, take a seat. [Oil Pray, chair for Jones , who sits. During the Oil f h ° . l ! °l 'fing dialogue Oily ontinues cutting Jones's ' 3' t. .-- e wet, . 0h e „ ...... Ye had much bil y,_ Very much indeed. 4 (\ qle g An d Yet November's early days were fine. IT ' 4 l*--... - -I • h eY were. 1411 tl I hoped fair weather might have lasted us 4011 the end . fii e s - -- a l 3 , -....t , At one time—so did I. 0i1e8.......0t we hav e h a d it ver y we t. We have. 0, 3 ,..... 4 [A pause of some minutes. 4 11 t ft t his / kia l s w not, Sir, who cut your hair last time ; " 4 4 0114 ,7 1 Y, Sir, it was badly cut () Zue___ " Was in the country. . , a Y --- --I t d No ! in town . . fi t :! l eS----. T ee d ! I should have fancied otherwise. W„,"?Y--..A:,,,, - was cut in town, and in this very room. A i , lkd , ‘-"azernent !—but I now remember well. k_ello w ill_ 4w kvra,rd new provincial hand, Vre dart'°lll the country. Sir, he did 4, 4 1 ..11,:ge t. my business in a week ,t1:08t Oct:kill can in a year repair. 40ilie, 4gok.cut yowl. Inlir. ,/ Y----- self! ing at him). No—lwa.s yourself. 04,...,1 lmpossible ! You must mistake. . [ A- 104°.(12a:t I ni.stake—'twas you that cut my hair. 0;1 th e ;'' P 'use, interrupted only by the clipping o: ~ 1 3,___I toe t ii r s so n. 4Qie,,.... hair is very dry, Sir. Jo Y. " - Our y- Oh ! indeed. ();1e5....4 egetable Extract moistens it. Ternsl---.13 Ke it dry . ut, si r - • (mem gr ey.e hair when dry non 5' . A il b t hclhai r, W it That colour I prefer. a aldn e 11 grey, will rapidly fall off, r ,?ne,__, 48 will e nsue. V il Y - 115 el - erh, I would be bald. 1" to/ 11 ‘! %:igs 84 at Y u cve,tnean to say you'd like a wi . g. — a t44 al h,i r , rat they can't be told [Another Deception I detest. `low n, a o P al l'T ensues, during which Oily blows linen wra. i 'es 8 . rieek, and relieves him from the ,I lily 4 .1 t th, l r_T s which he has been enveloped 141,44:ie'aveeebrusi'lees, soafphsairancuttsi d c n e g nt of every kind. %i v Y°u hav e . J - - -If i,,, (f l ays 6d.) I think you'll [find that right. 11 :t 11 3 ,Z .--- 1•1 --re 5 i , ! u,io.thing I can show you, Sir. p., You 1,,, .. o Lning. y e t_ 11--. y Rho... there may be some - Ille. 0 1.1 , t [thing too Name, it Sir. N 13. 1? (b) is The door. , e ' e llt l i-.. - 111411 ) - ---Th t' • [Exit Jones. tut Iv ii t „ ..11 /1 , 21 _, a a a • rum customer at any rate. L., yl i ih k o l i i)li 'e ae h i.f ai or_lre 15 8 to n en o ri r h t iui s as h e h a e d cut wo u m l d e, b e 1 anotheronr pains night.requite, a ck ll qt, analysis made b[ShLp-bell rings and curtain falls.' Y axon Justus Liebig, show ing that, according to the colour of hair, its pig ment cells reveal a considerable difference in their constitution, is given as thus tabularised Fair Hair. Brown Hair. Black Hair. Carbon 49.345 50.622 49.935 Hydrogen 6.576 6.613 6.631 Nitrogen 17.936 17.936 17.939 Oxygen and sulphur 26.143 24.829 25.498 The following passage will be regarded by many as towards its close altogether disgusting and abomi nable. All young lovers more especially we would earnestly recommend not by any means to glance at these matter-of-fact remarks about hair : "An examination of its structure shows that the dif ference of colour is entirely owing to the tinct of the fluid which fills the hollow tube in each hair. This tinct or pigment shows through the cortical substance in the same manner that it does through the epidermis of a negro. Hair is, in fact, but a modification of the skin. The same might be said of feathers, horns, and scales. Not improbably the distinguished lady now honouring these pages with her attention, will be shocked at hearing that her satin-soft shoulder is almost chemically inden tical with the plated and roughened mail of the croco dile—and she will hardly perhaps believe us when we infrrm her that her bird, when he sets right some err ing feather with his beak, is acting with the same chemically composed instrument upon the same chemi cally composed material as Mademoiselle does when she disentangles with a comb her charming mistress's softly flowing tresses. The fond lover again, as he kisses some treasured lock, will doubtless be disgusted when we tell him, that, apart from the sentiment, he might as well impress his fervent lips upon a pig's pettitoe, or even upon the famous Knob Kerry, made out of the horn of a rhinoceros, carried by the king of hunters, Mr. Roualleyn Gordon Cumming." Whereupon the reviewer gives this capital descrip tion of hair anatomically considered : - - - " The hair, anatomically considered, is composed of three parts—the follicle or tubular depression in the skin into which the hair is inserted—the bulb or root of the hair—and the stalk or cortical part filled with pigment. A single hair, with its follicle, might be roughly likened to a hyacinth growing from a glass—with this difference, that the hair is supplied with nutriment exclusively from below. The bulb, which rests upon the reticulated bed of capillary vessels of the cutis and sub-cutaneous tissue, draws its pigment cells or colouring matter directly from the blood—in like manner, the horny sheath is secreted directly from the capillaries—so that, unlike the hya cinth plant, it grows at its root instead of at its free ex tremity. A hair is not, as it appears, a smooth cylindri cal tube like a quill ; on the contrary, it is made up of a vast number of little horny laminae—or our reader might realise its structure to herself by placing a number of thimbles one within the other, and as she adds to this column by supplying fresh thimbles below, she will get a good notion of the manner in which each hair grows, and will see that its oldest portion must be its free ex tremity." Upon the article descriptive of the "Hungarian Cam paigns" we have already in our leading columns com mented. The other, to which we would here more particularly direct attention, is the one contrasting the two systems at Pentonville. The Westminster Review. New Series. No. VI. Unfortunately we have left ourselves but little space for reference to the contents of the new num ber of the Westminster. Altogether it is about the best number since it passed under its present ma nagement. The different contributions comprised in it are more agreeably diversified, and some of them are distinguished by a more than usual dis play of scholarly intelligence. We would particu larly commend, as deserving of careful perusal the charming paper on " Martial and his Times," inter spersed with a profusion of illustrative quotations. Reference was some time since made by us elsewhere in this journal, to the introductory contribution re lating to " Jamaica Distress and British Philan thropy." Perhaps the most readable production in the number is the criticism, or rather, we might more correctly term it, the panegyric on " Thacke ray's Works." There is a thoughtful chapter on " Iconoclasm in German Philosophy." Further on we have another puff direct of the "Poems of Alexander Smith," poems that ought long ago to have set the Thames on fire if they really possessed a portion of that fire of genius which has been eulogised by so many choral publications. Besides these contributions, there are other entertaining papers—one on " French Writers on French Policy," another on " Ruth and Villette," recent novels so entitled, another on the " Educational Institutions of the United States," and another on the Creeds and Heresies of " Early Christianity." Beyond all we have the usual Foreign Quarterly supplement, reviewing in regard to England, Ame rica, Germany, and France, the principal features of contemporary literature. EPSOM-(THIS DAY.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS.— Stone Plover, Sir Richard, Talfourd, Telltale, the Pearl, Ladyllary, Helena, Charity, Hothorpe, Snarry, Cotton Lady, Eccentricity, War whoop, Miss Delainere, Frantic, Nabob, Comore, Dul cet, Hampton, Bushranger, Plumstead, Vermuth, Gipsy Boy, Hambletonian, Invasion, Don Pedro, Apple ton, The Monk, Knavery, The Mersey, Thornhill, Ab dallah, The Greek, Mayfly, f. by lon, 3yrs, Oxus, 2yrs, Mons. Sevigne, 2 yrs, Sine-qua-non, Londesborough, Cranbourne, Spinaway, c. by John o'Gaunt (Glacis), f. by Van Tromp, Lady Audrey, The Arrow, Herbert, Young Norval, May Day, Sweetheart, Iresine,.f. by Confederate, Shipwreck, Freestone, The Siege, The Don, Bribery, 2 yrs,. by Libel out of Splitvote, Jack Frost, 2yrs, f. by Bay Middleton out of Lady Strut, Cheddar, f. by Epirus out of Empress, 2yrs, c. by Co therstone out of Empress, 2yrs, Honeywood, Grapeshot, Sittingbourne, Filbert, Pharold, Diomedia, Tonic, Hugo, Ada, Folly of the Day, Sabra, Tell, Governor. CRICKET. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. THIS DAY. At Lord's—Two select Elevens of the Marylebone Cricket Club, with Two Bowlers on each side. At the Oval—Oval Club opening day. At Oxford—An Eleven of England v. Fifteen of Ox fordshire. To-MORROW. At Oxford—The above match resumed. WEDNESDAY. At Oxford—The above match concluded. THURSDAY. At Leeds—Leeds Clarence ♦. Manchester Broughton. - FIAY. At Leeds—The above match concluded SATURDAY. At Lord's—Wellesley House School v. Bruce Castle School. _ . . . . At Vincent-square—Single-wicket match. ' This being the Derby week, there have, as usual, been but few matches appointed. MARYLEBONE CLUB AND GROUND v. THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. This great annual match, which was commenced on Fenner's Ground, at Cambridge, on Thursday, was brought to its conclusion on Friday evening. Thus was the final score : THE UNIVERSITY. C. Pontifex, Esq., run out 4 s Nicholson, b Walker... 20 H. G. Southwell, Esq., run out 2O s Nicholson, b Walker... 0 W. M. Leake, Esq., b Grundy 81s Nicholson, b Walker... 43 C. Norman, Esq., c Hartnell, • t b Grundy 3l run out 34 M. Kempson, Esq., c Gades den, b Grundy 0 b Dean A. R. Ward, Esq., net out... 53 c Nicholson b 0 Hon. D. Campbell, c Walker, b Grundy l3 c Hartnell, b Walker ... 3 H. K. Boldero, Esq., b Gor don l2 c Knight, b Grundy 27 F. E. Stacey, Esq., b Grundy 0 b Walker 26 W. Maule, Esq., b Grundy.. 0 not out T. D. Tremlett, Esq., h Dean 11 c Gordon, b Dean 2B Byes 2, legs 3 Total 157 Total 207 MARY LEBONB SLIM C. Gordon, Esq. c Campbell, b Pontifex ♦ 2 b Kempson 23 W. Nicholson, Esq., b Kemp son 34 b Kempson . 7 Dean, c Stacey, b Pentifes... 6 c Pontifex, b Kempson.. 21 Grundy, c Kempson, b Ponti fex 8 1 vi , b, Maule 0 F. Walker, Esq., b Kempson 37 b Maule 1 E. G. Hartnell, Esq., b Kemp son, 0 b Maule 1 G. Knight, Esq., c Norman, b Pontifex 5 s Stacey, b Maule 2 R. Gadesden, Esq., b Maule 0 b Kempson 1 C. 0. Eaton, Esq., b Kemp son 8 not out 9 W. A. Mather, Esq.;c Stacey ' b Malik l5 run out 4 T. Crawley, Esq., not out ... 15 b Kempson Byes 11, legs 3, Byes 5, legs 6, wide 4.... 15 wide 5 ............ 19 Total And so the M.C.C. were vanquished by 133 runs. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MISSIONARY. By the Rev. J. P. Fletcher, Curate of South Ham p stead, author of I " A Two Years' Residence at Nineveh," 2 vols., 21s.— We are requested to state that the above work is pub lished this day by Messrs. Hurst and Blackett (suc cessors to Mr. Colburn), 13, Great Marlborough-street, who have also just published—The Duke of Bucking ham's " Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George III.," second and revised edition, 2 vols. Bvo., with por traits, 30s. " Eighteen Years on the Gold Coast of Africa, including an Account of the Native Tribes," by Brodie Cruickshank, Esq., 2 vols., 21s. " Sam Slick's Wise Saw's and Modern Instances, or What he Said, Did, or Invented," 2 vols., 21si " Classic and Historic Portraits," by James Bruce, 2 vols., 21s. " Family Romance," by J. Bernard Burke, Esq., author of " The Peerage," &c., 2 vols., 21s. " Narrative of a Journey Round the World, with a Visit to the Gold Regions of California and Australia." by F. Gerstaecker, 3 vols., 31s. 6d. " The Marvels of Science, and their Testimony to Holy Writ," by S. W. Fullow, Esq., fourth and cheaper edition, revised, 7s. 6d, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 18b MARKET NEWS , -(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The leading country markets held on Saturday were very moderately supplied with home grown wheats ' • neverthe less, the demand for all kinds was in a sluggish state, and prices had a downward tendency. Barley and malt—the show of which was limited—sold slowly, on previous terms. In oats, very little was doing ; but beans and peas were quite as dear. Flour was very dull. The latest accounts from New York state that the de mand for grain and flour was in a very inactive state, on previous terms. Nearly the whole of the continental mar kets has continued dull, yet the shipments to England have been extensive. The Black Sea markets have been drooping. The arrivals of English grain up to our market, last week, were on the increase. From abroad, we received 28,606 quarters of wheat, 13,172 of barley, 25,353 oats, 89 peas, 87 tares, 2,657 linseed, 2,003 refined, 35 mustard seed, 532 sundry seeds, and 1,404 sacks, and 17,362 barrels of flour. An unusually short supply of wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market coastwise from Kent and Essex. From tke east coast the arrivals were trifling in the extreme, and there was a falling off in the receipts by land carriage ; hence the show of samples of both red and white was very limited, but in full average condition. Notwithstanding that the attendance of both town and country millers was far from extensive, the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce ruled steady, and a good clearance was effected at fully last Monday's decline in the quotations. The fall in the local markets not having been so exten sive as here during the present month, the growers were firm, but the business doing for forward delivery was limited. We were very extensively supplied with foreign % wheat, fresh as well as ox-granary. Selected samples of both red and white were in somewhat improved request, at full prices. Low and middling kinds sold slowly, but no change took place in the quotations. Floating cargoes sold heavily, nevertheless previous rates were supported. The arrivals off Falmouth have not been large. Fine English barley was very scarce.; whilst the sale for it was steady, at full 'quotations. Grinding and distilling parcels of foreign moved off slowly, on former terms. Malt—the show of which was but moderate— sold at last week's currency. Very few home grown oats were brought forward, but the supply of foreign was large. Sales progressed slowly, yet prices were supported. Beans were in short supply and steady demand, at full currencies. _ _ . The sale for peas was firm, at late rates. White boilers were the turn dearer. _ _ Very little English flour was on offer, but the supply of foreign was large. The trade was heavy, at barely sta tionary prices. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex k Kent, Red .... new 378 to 43s Ditto. • • • ........ old 37s 47s Ditto, White new 378 47s Ditto.. • • .... old 39s 54s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 378 478 Ditto new •• •• .. 238 428 Rye—Old •• .......... 28s 30s New • • • ..... •• .. 29s 318 1$ aley—Orinding..... 24s 288 Malting ..... .. 30i 32s Chevalier.. •• ... 33s 36s Walt—Suffolk and Nor folk .• •• ........ 528 58s Brown .•• .. •• ........ 461 52s Kingston and Ware 571 608 Malt—Chevalier • . 61s to 63s Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnek., Feed 16s 21, Potato ...... 201 24e yeughal and Cork 81ack....... 15s 19s Cork, White ..... 17s 21s Scotch, Feed. 20e 25s Beans—Tick 34e 38. Pige0n5.......... 36s 44s Peas—Grey 30a 35s Maple . .......... 331 36s White 36s 40s Boilers ••••• • • . • . 37. 40s Flour—Town-made... 393 44, Suffolk • 323 34s Stooktu &Norfolk 323 3Gs SMITHFIELD. During the last week the import of foreign stock into London amounted to 2,582 head. In the corresponding period of 1852, we received 2,505; in 1851, 2,451; in 1850, 2,012 ; in 1849, 1,739 ; and in 1848, 2,355, and in 1847, 2,961 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WHIM From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Bromvershaven 17 ... Harlingen.-- 243 Antwerp 29 ... Hamburgh 3 ... Rotterdam l7O Dordt Calves. Pigs. ... - 5 ... 239 ... 20 COM' OF COMMON COUNCIL. CITY RAILWAY TERMINUS. On Saturday a meeting of the members of the Court of Common Council was held at the Guildhall, ".to con sider the memorial of the City Railway Terminus Com pany, containing alternative propositions for effecting the proposed public improvement in connection, with the . works of the company, presented on the 20th instant," and for the consideration of the following motion by Deputy Harrison :—" That this court are of opinion that the corporation ought, forthwith, to take steps to raise Holborn valley and Victoria-street., and to open a new outlet from the point where they meet to Smithfield, to the extent at least of the plans recommended in the City architect's reports, at the estimated cost of 316,0001. and 70,000/. respectively amounting together to 386,000/. ; but this court having twice resolved to the effect that a railway along the valley of the Fleet to stations in or' near Farringdon-street will be beneficial to the corporation and to the citizens, this court are of opinion that such street improvements ought to be exe cuted in concurrence with the project of the City Ter minus Company, - providing they are executed under the supervision and control of this honourable court, and subject to such improvements in detail as this court and some department of her Majesty's Government may think fit to prescribe, in the manner recommended by the Railway Commissioners' report (1846, p. 8). That the memorial be referred to the improvement committee to report whether, in their judgment, the proposition A or the proposition B, contained in the memorial of the com pany, should be adopted by the court, it being distinctly understood that in case A should be adopted the corpo ration shall not be called upon to pay more towards street improvements than the sum of 386,0001. and that the same shall be paid at such time, and in such manner, and by such instalments as this court may determine, with sureties to be previously given by the company, to the satisfaction of this court, to ensure the completion of the entire work. That it be referred to the coal, corn and finance committee to report how and when the sum 386,0001. may be raised and paid for the required im provements ; and that it be referred to the Parliamen tary committee to report what sureties ought to be given by the company for carrying into execution the whole of the undertakings, and what capital ought to be sub scribed before the works are allowed to be commenced." The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor took the chair at 12 o'clock precisely. The memorial of the City Terminus Company, pre sented to the Court on Friday last, and signed by Mr. Acton S. Ayrton, the chairman of the railway company, was then read by Mr. Woodthorpe. The document, which is very lengthy, contains amongst others the fol lowing propositions, to which Deputy Harrison's motion, as it will be seen, refers "Your memorialists submit for your hon. court's con e sideration hahraising wmne cagibasisalnHinwilling gao forcllbo toonmorcertainHolborn-valley, nye contribute lotisimplea rrangementebbedyuv:tciaea utneae obviated. f a t. a tin questions tsper. xbw)oye heoui definite lwcrtfhtih yiowne no p hou r oou o rftfl p hd o e propositions, otherwiset i o n s, a believes otherthh°en cost sct court 1 :e o street improvements in the City, not exceeding, in any event, 500,0001., this company will undertake to raise a suffi cient subscribed capital to execute the entire project of railroad and street improvements, as specified in the plans, sections, models, and descriptions exhibited by your memorialists ; and to give such security as may be approved by your hon. court for carrying the whole into execution, under the super vision, and to the satisfaction of your hon. court; and if some department of her Majesty's Government, in the manner specified in the report of the railway commis sioners (1846, p. 8), or if the corporation wish to retain in their own hands the power of clearing the ground, the railway company would engage to pay the corpora tion a stipulated sum, at fixed periods, towards effecting the entire clearances, in return for which the corporation should place the, company in possession of the ground required for the purposes of their railway. —(B.) If your worshipful court entertain the opinion expressed by the present chairman of the improvement committee, and the minority of the members of the court in 1845 namely, that the railway should be restrained north of Holborn-valley ; and if your hon. court at the same time are willing to raise the valley, and to readjust the adja cent streets in the manner directed by the City architect's reports, your memorialists are willing to construct their railway and terminal stations upon the same levels north of Holborn-valley in such manner and form as your hon. court and some part of her Majesty's Government may approve, to be executed under like supervision and control.—(C.) If your hon. court shall be pleased to adopt either of the projects A, B, or C, your memorialists are willing to purchase the site of Farringdon-market and the Fleet prison, and the ground closed in and to be cleared under the Clerkenwell Improvement Act, at a fair valuation by competent surveyors, or, at the op lion of your hon. court, your memorialists are willing to purchase the site of the prison and the market at a valuation, and to take the ground closed in and to be Bleared under the Clerkenwell Improvement Act, by supplying the balance of the funds requisite to complete the land purchases, and to indemnify the corporation from the responsibility they have incurred or may incur in ThWe x e e e c pni u r tin ea luy g oyr t oi h ua e p lr concludesh r o o n v o i provisions sl with ifctcourt urt these the to ac t sa followingce accept t o p ti r e ay o e f r rhe proposals now preferred, and transmit them to some executive department of the corporation, with instruc tions to carry them forthwith into effect." Deputy HARRISON in proposing his resolution, re marked that the subject was of the utmost importance to the citizens of London, and he therefore trusted that nothing would drop during the discussion of it of a per sonal or offensive nature. (Hear.) In referring, as he should have to do, to the state of Holborn hill and Skinner-Ntreet, he must be understood to mean that he made reference to one of the blots of the City, which they had over and over again recognised and denounced in that Court. (Hear.) Besides that there was another ; he alluded to the connection of Ludgate-hill and Fleet street, which.thoroughfare was constantly blocked up— a state of things prejudicial to the business of the City. Means must shortly be devised to provide increased facilities for the crowded state of the streets east and west, and the proposal he advocated would effect the removal of many of the evils complained of, as well as, provide for the convenience of the public in several other respects.- They all knew that the dead meat market at Newgate was totally unfit for the purpose, but the scheme before them furnished the remedy. (Hear.) The Leadenhall tradesmen were anxious beyond mea sure for this improvement, and indeed they 4.d . offered themselves to lay out of 100,000/., if they might be permitted to become tenants under the corporation—they were willing to do the work them selves, if the Court would let them. It was a question of vital importance to the trade ; and those parties, he would remind the court, looked to the corporation to protect them and give to them facilities for carrying on their business, from the want of 'which their skins could not be sorted until they were injured, and it was a further fact that the skins had to be col lected five times, and sent down the railway five times before they were made into boots and shoes ; so that the cartage alone was worth six times the price of the article carted. He was not going to speak upon the question of the railway, he was looking at the great question of public improvement ; and in the matter he wished the court to be consistent with itself. In the year 1843 the proposal for the improvement of the leading thorough fares was first brought before that court ; these altera tions he would show to the court by a plan he then laid upon the table. The one marked A in the plan was one of special importance ; indeed it was considered to be the first of a long string of propositions. The proposal was to form a new street from the east end of Paternoster row to Fetter-lane, and a branch street to Holborn, com mencing with the houses at the west end of Cheapside projecting beyond the line of St. Martin's-le Grand ; all between Paternoster-row and St. Paul's Churchyard as far as Ave Maria-lane, Amen-corner, crossing the Old Bailey to Farringdon-street, to Shoe-lane, Printers'- street, Great New-street, to Fetter-lane, to the City's boundary, and the branch street facing Little New street to the north end of Fetter-lane, Holborn, about 3,360 feet in length. The greatest inclivity in the whole of the line would not be more than 1 in 31, and that for only about 370 feet. In 1845 the court agreed on a report of the improvement committee, read on the 3d of No vember in that year, to the following effect :—" That, we your, committee, after carefully inspecting the seve ral plans as to a viaduct over Farringdon-street, and certain propositions for railway termini there, on the petitions of the Direct London and Manchester Railway and the London and Birmingham companies ; and con o sidering the statements of the res p ective parties, with all the circumstances connec ted with this important subject are of opinion that it is d esirable, both for the prosperity have e d to railwaybe with the thepl plans s ub w li i c ll streets afford pt a e n ur d rmc a h i d na v i s within a e n d y e b o to f hteh the irc oemi citytipz companies n n that f a London, trhe e sites to desirable,pre great acco mmodation to the tra ffic p assi ng east a nd west." This was ag reed to, and indeed the feelin g of the small t w e i rf th e i r n e in theb utcaity and that e ; cour t on several occasions bad been i in troduction of railway termini, the principle recognised n favou of the being that the projectors should do the work at their ow n expense. So it was in th e instance of the re p ort of the Fleet Valley improvem ent committee, on the memo rial of Charles Pearson, Esq. He simply asked the court therefore, upon that occasion to be consistent. They had l i ong ,felt that the thee had / come when they-ought to do sothethingto relieve the traffiefrom its undue pressure. A -late-member-of that court, Mr. W. H. Ashurst, who was .n great authority upon these subjects, and chairman of the City lands committee, had stated, in a letter addressed to the corporation in 1845, - as follows :—" To wholesale dealers a City terminus to the northern railroads is, in - this age of commercial competition, an object of paramount importance. In addressing men of business I need hardly say that the city of London is the great central mart of not only the cotton and linen, but the silk, woollen, hosiery, and hardware trades. To bring' hese bulky and weighty goods from the manu facturing districts into the City by rail, instead of dis chargine• them into waggons and vans in the outskirts of London, is not merely desirable, but essential to the interests of those who are engaged in these branches of 'trade. • The cost of cartage to the rail at Manchester , and from the terminus in the outskirts to the City amounts to more than one-sixth of the charge for the whole 197 miles. Upon :goods from manufacturing towns nearer to London the proportionate expense of cartage, of course tells with greater effect. The City Railway terminus proprietary had no desire to mislead the corporation in this application. They proposed that the whole of their capital should be invested before they touched an inch of the city of London. The money would be raised, and the corporation would not be involved. except to any extent they might please. The City archi tect was of opinion that. the time was not far distant ; when the railways might be permitted to enter the City, for he reported on the 16th March, 1846, that being of opinion that ere long the railways may be allowed to enter the precincts of the City, and thinking also that there should be a line of demarcation which should not be outstepped,' without apparent advantages to the public, such as bearing a due portion of the expense of improvement of the public streets, as would be the case if the termini were formed near Farringdon-street.' " He (Deputy Harrison) believed the project to be one of the greatest measures that had occupied the attention of that court for many years, and he hoped that that court would have the honour and glory of carrying it out. (Hear.) Deputy Harrison then proceeded at great length to show the several steps taken in the matter by the improvement committee during the pre sent year, upon which he hoped that as the court had been uniformly consistent in the matter, the motion he had proposed would be carried. With respect to the sig natures to the petitions in favour, presented on Friday last, he remarked that he never recollected such a show of names as shown upon these petitions: There were upon the last municipal list published, 5,450 voters ; of these, there were the signatures of 3,417. The pro ceedings of that day would be looked for with much interest in every one of the City wards, as there was a majority of voters who had signed in the whole of the wtrds over those who had not signed of not less than 1,382 names. (Loud cries of " hear.") He would ask the court, then, to agree to raise Holborn-hill, and make all the projected improvements the scheme provided, for 386,000/s and in doing so he asked for nO more than had been agreed to upon a former day. He hoped they would pass.the resolution, and thus immortalise the Cor poration of London. (Loud cheering.) Mr. ABRAHAM seconded the motion. He thought it impossible either to overrate or to overstate the advan tages comprehended in the plan. London during the last 20 years had stretched into the country, and the country had come to London. (Laughter.) It was so; thousands of houses had been built, and where the in crease would find its limit it was not possible to say. He should advocate it on the grounds of morality and humanity, as well as its being necessary for the facilita of the traffic of the city. The question having been read by Mr. FIRTH, and put, was nearly being summarily disposed of, but Mr. H. J. TAYLOR rose, and said that he did not feel disposed to permit what he considered a great injustice to be done to members of that court. It was well known that Mr. Hall, himself, and others, had an ap pointment at twelve o'clock that day with the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon the question before the court ; and, therefore, it was not possible for them to be in their places when the deputy's opening speech was made. (Hear, hear.) He did not wish to be drawn into any remarks of a personal character, but he rose to say that he thought the opponents of the scheme ought to have had the opportunity of hearing the deputy's speech. He wished to see his way clear in the matter before them—to take care that they were. not led into a dilemma ; and he would, therefore, ask them in reason to pause before they passed the motion. The im provement committee had been instructed on this matter to confer with the Government. At the present time their conferences were not complete. It was true that at half past 12 o'clock that day they had had a conference with Mr. Cardwell, and he (Mr. Taylor) would say that such conference had been of the most satisfactory kind, for he could assure the court that no man ever appeared more desirous of understanding the whole subject than Mr. Cardwell had proved himself that day. (Cheers.) Now he (Mr. Taylor) was anxious that every member of the Government should understand the matter. They had conferred with Sir William Molesworth, the Chief Com missioner of Woods and -Works, but the most important member of the Government they had to see was the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Hear.) He (Mr. Taylor) did not wish to propose an amendment, but he would rather suggest the withdrawal of the mo tion. (Laughter, and no.) He would appeal to the judgment of the court, would it not be better for them to wait until they could report on their interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer s (No.) He did not wish to -go into the subject that day ' • he thought it would be unwise for them to do so. (Hear, and no.) He would not move any amendment, but he hoped they would not proceed until the conferences were complete. Mr. BLAKE differed from Mr. Taylor. He (Mr. Blake) thought it was most desirable that they should proceed. Mr. Cardwell had not only expressed that day the utmost desire to learn the particulars of the scheme, but he had done more—he had expressed a desire to know the result of that day's proceedings. (Loud cheers.) It was, therefore, in his (Mr. Blake's) opinion, very important that they should fortify them selves by a large and powerful majority. (Hear, hear.). Mr. Deputy BOWER was of opinion that the corpora tion in this case had hardly been fairly done by. It had been agreed by some of them that it would be a good thing to have a termini ; but it had never been stated that a certain company were to have all the profits. Yes, and that the corporation should have all the loss. (Hear.) Why it was a pounds, shillings, and pence project altogether. He thought the matter should stand over ; it was not the only thing in abeyance for want of funds. (Hear.) The fact was that they could not do it, they had not got the money. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) They ought to pause before they proceeded further. It was said that the parties only wanted 386,0001. ; but if that amount was spent and the work was not finished, and instead of 386,0001., 1,000,0001. was required, who would have to furnish the money ? (Hear, and laughter.) With reference to the petition ers, had any meetings been held ? Nothing of the sort. All of them knew how petitions were got up. Men were paid so much a day to collect names, and so it had been in that case. A petition had, he was surprised to find, been presented from his ward ; but he had heard nothing of any meeting, though he had been called upon by three or four parties to sign. (Laughter.) He thought they had better wait until they could see the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when they would know bettor how to proceed. (Hear, and no.) Mr. DAKIN considered that the court was perfectly justified in passing the modified resolution proposed by Deputy Harrison. Attempts might be made, but it would be found too late to shirk the question then. Whatever was done, they must carry the measure out. They had had several of the petitioners, of great in fluence, at their bar, and they could not escape from the truly pointed answers elicited in favour of the scheme. (Hear.) The facts could not be evaded, and the measure, as modified in the deputy's motion, would be carried out by that court. (Hear.) The mo tion did not pledge them to find the money, it only gave them the power of inquiring how and when it could be obtained., Of course, if the means could be procured, then they would report and deal with the case • if not, id course the matter would fall to the ground. (Hear, hear.) The question was whether it was desirable to have railway termini in Ithe City. The public had said so, and so had a large number of the im provement committee belonging to that court. The Secretary of State for the Home Department had mani fested much interest in the proposal, and so had Sir William Molesworth. (Hear.) The traffic of the City was increasing daily, through the wise and liberal policy adopted by our rulers during the last nine years, that the necessity for something being done was becoming daily more imperative. (Hear.) And, indeed, it was his opinion that unless they adopted some mode of counteracting the evil, this metropolis would lose caste in the eyes of the world, and thus the commerce of the City would be injured and impeded. He hoped the court would give the project a most willing support ; that they would give a further—a humane support of the plan. He had presented a petition the day before m favour of it, by 3,400 inhabitants of Clerkentiell, who had memorialised the court to enable them to get to the projected Finsbury Park, by the proposed railway. That was the time for action or never, and, therefore, he hoped the motion would be agreed to. (Cheers.) Mr. DE JERSEY considered that the subject was not fairly before the court. He objected to the way in which the petitions had been got up, and introduced as peti • tions from several wards to the town clerk's office. (Hear and laughter.) He believed the introduction of a railway into the City would prove to be madness, and a • positive curse to the trade and commerce of the metro ; polis. (Oh, oh.) If the matter was confined to the • northern side of the City he should have no particular objection, but he was averse to its being brought into r the City, or to the corporation in any way mixing itself up with any railway scheme whatever. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BENNOCH could not agree with Mr. De Jersey. • For the life of him he (Mr. Bennoch) could not conceive how the erection of a railway terminus in Farringdon; street could be either " madness" or " p ositive curse.' I (Laughter.) What evidence was there of the curse ? But Mr. De Jersey had changed his mind upon the sub ject, for when the project was first broached he was in • high favour of it. It was their duty to take a broad [ view of the question, and decide for the public good. ; (Hear.) They had sufficient credit to raise any amount of money within reason that might be required, and the least they could do was to make the necessary inquiries in the proper quarters , as p ro p osed by the motion. • (Hear.) In Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Notting ; ham, Birmingham, and other influential cities and bo- I roughs they had made railways what they ought to be— the handmaids of commerce ; and so ought they to do. Looking at the matter in this light, his opinion was • that it was their duty, even if the cost was nine or ten times as much, to do all they could to promote the in quiry to a successful termination. (Hear.) Deputy LoTT protested against the doctrine thfit they • ought to be influenced as representatives by the whole ; sale houses. He stated there boldly that he did not like that court to be made the arena of schemers. (A. 524 600 ... Total .... 462 ... 1,741 ... 13 ... 338 .. The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1852 3BO 1,646 30 435 14 1851 426 1,597 45 322 61 1850 227 1,428 ... 230 127 ... 1849 406 ... 976 10 ... 345 ... 2 1848 615 1,329 ... 18 ... 333 ... To-day's market was seasonably well supplied with each kind of foreign stock, the general quality of which was good. The demand was less active than of late, and the value of beasts and sheep had a downward tendency. The arrivals of beasts from our own grazing districts were unusually large, the time of year considered, and of very superior quality ; indeed, the supply was one of the best we ever witnessed at this particular period. Notwith• standing that the attendance of both town and country buyers was extensive, and that numerous sales of beasts took place for distant local consumption, the beef trade, arising from the large excess in the supply, was in a slug gish state, at a decline in the prices .obtained on Monday last of 2d. per 81bs. The top figure for the general run of Scots was 4s. 4d. per 81bs. ; but we may observe that 10 wonderful Highlanders were sold by weight at 4s. Bd. per 81bs. It is necessary to intimate that the sale just alluded to formed the almost sole exception as to price ; hence, graziers in general will undersand that the average highest quotation for beef was 4s. 4d. per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we have receiveci 2,600 Scots anZ Short horns ; from other parts of England-700 Herefords, runts, Devons, Scots, &c. ; and from Scotland, 540 horned and polled Scots. 28 , There was a considerable increase in the supply of sheep, compared with Monday last ; nevertheless, prime old Downs, out of the 'wool, sold at Friday's currency, viz., 4s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. per 81bs. Long-wools and half-breds, especially the former, moved off slowly, and in most instances the quotations had a downward tendency. Nearly the whole of the sheep were out of the wool. From the Isle of Wight 350 lambs came to hand, and the arrivals from other quarters were tolerably good. All kinds sold steadily, at very full rates, viz., ss. to 6s. 4d. per 81bs. The primest calves were in good request, and the turn dearer, some of them having realised ss. 2d. per 81bs. Other kinds of veal sold readily, .at very full prices. We were fairly supplied with pigs, in which a steady business was doing, at fully previous rates. Per Blbs to sink the offals. 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 4 Inferior sheep ...3 8 310 Second quality ...4 0 4 2 Prime erse.-wlled.4 3 4 4 Lambs s. d. s. d. PrimeSsuthdown 4 6 4 8 Large crse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small do _4 8 5 0 Large hogs 3 4 3 8 Smallporkers 310 4 4 Suckling calves 20 0 26 0 Quarter old pigs 19 0 24 0 5s Od to 6s 4d. FOREIGN SUPPLY Beasts BO6 Sheep Calves 174 Pigs 22 statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, May 24, 1852, and this day, Monday, May 23, 1853. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. May 24, 1852.,May 23,1853 s. d. s. d.'s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts ... 2 6to 2 8 3 oto 3 2 Second quality ditto ... 210 3 2 3 4 $ 6 Prime large oxen ... 3 4 3 6 3 8 310 Prime Scots, drc ... 3 8 3 10;4 0 4 4 Coarse and inferior sheep ... 210 3 0,3 8 310 Second quality ditto 3 2 2 4'4 0 4 2 Prime coarse woolled ditto 3 6 3 8 ,4 2 4 4 Prime Southdown ditto 3 8 3 10'4 6 4 8 :.. 4 2 5 4 5 0 Large coarse calves ... 3 4 310 4 0 4 6 Prime small ditto 4 0 4 4 4 8 5 0 Large hogs ... 2 6 3 4 3 4 3 8 Neat small porkers 3 6' 3 83 10 4 4 Beasts.., 3,681 4,869 Sheep ... 25,140 22,470 ... 221 237 Pigs ... 450 330 SUPPLIES ON SALE, May 26, 1851. —Beasts, 3,835 ; sheep and lambs, 27,070; calves, 247; pigs, 490. May 27, 1850.—Beasts, 3,317 ; sheep and lambs, 22,850; calves, 190 ; pigs, 320. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Notwithstanding that the supplies of each kind of meat on offer here to-day were seasonably good, and in fair average condition, the general demand ruled steady, at our quotations. Per Blbs by tho carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 210 3 0 Do.,middling 3 2 3 4 Do., prime largo 3 6 3 8 Do., do. small 3 8 3 10 Pork, large 3 4 3 10 Lambs s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 8 3 10 Do.,middling 4 0 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 6 Veal 310 4 10 Pork, small 4 0 4 6 is Od to 6s 4d. BOROUGH HOP. The demand for all kinds of hops is improving, and prices are fully 4s per cwt. higher than on this day se'nnight. The imports last week were 34 bales from Hamburgh, and 34. from Antwerp. Mid and East Kent pockets, 1265. to 168 s. ; Weald of Kent, 115 s. to 130 s . _; and Sussex, 112 s to 126 s per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. For the time of year, the arrivals of potatoes coastwise and per railway continue very moderate—indeed, it is evident that the stocks all over the country are now nearly exhausted. Last week's imports were 444 sacks ; 79 tons from Dunkirk, 100 tons from Rotterdam, and 150 ditto from Hamburgh. Although the trade is by no means active at this market to-day, prices are comparatively high. York Regents, 140 s to 180 s per ton ; Lincolnshire do., 120 s to 140 s; Scotch ditto, 105 s to 140 s ; ditto reds, 100 s to 110 s ; Foreign, 90s to 100 s. WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool commenced on Thurs bdeaeyn. veryU p to moderate,t h epr es e a n n t d ti theme b t i h d e d ' i a n t g t e s n b d a a v n e c e r f le b d u i y n e a r s e t h i v a e s at unaltered quotations. About 6,000 bales have now changed hands, as follows :—Port Philip—Clean sheep's, is Old to 2s 14 ; damaged lld to is 3d ; black, 9d ; lambs, 2s to 2s 24d ; ditto damaged, 10d ; ditto part black, is 9d; pieces, is 5Ad to is 84d ; ditto grease, 9d to is lid ; locks, is 5d to is BAd ; part ditto, is 7d ; pieces and locks, is 4d to is 74d ; mixed, is 94d ; grease, 10d to is 3d ; ditto lambs', is ; second skin, is 9d ; handwashed ditto, is 64d to is Bd.—Cape—Clean sheep's, is ld to is 10d ; damaged, is to is 6d ; very low, 3d ; second, is 6d to is 9d ; handwashed, 10d to is 6d ; black and grease, Bid ; pickings, 5d to 9d ; grease, 54d to is 3d ; ditto lambs', 114 d ; skin, is 2d to is 44d ; pieces, 10d to is 34d.—Laun ceston—Second akin, is 9d ; handwashed ditto, is 14d to to is 7d.—Hobart Town—Handwashed skin, is 5d to is 73d ; ditto damaged, is 5Ad.; ditto locks, is 44d ; clean sheep's, is 84d.—Sydney—Second sheep's, is 7d to 2s 3d ; handwashed ditto, is 7d to is 74d ; ditto damaged, is 24d ; handwashed skin, is lid to i s 7d ; di tto damaged, is 2d to is 3id ; clean sheep's, is 64d to is 10Ad ; second pieces, is Gd to 2s 3d ; locks, is WA to is 54d ditto and black, llid ; damaged, 11d per lb. Pri va t e l y, very little is doing. Last week's imports were about 500 bales, from various quarters. SEEDS. Linseed continues in 'very moderate request, and prices are barely supported. Black Sea on-the spot has changed hands at 46s to 468 6d. A cargo from the Sea.of Azoff ha 4 realised 465. Rape steady. Cakes and other articles are dull in sale. At auction, 150 qrs., Teel went at 5Qs fd to 51s 6d ; and 18 qrs. Bombay rape 40s 6d per qr. - 1 Turnip,white, Per bush. 9s to Ile Carraway ....... .., 465 48s Swede . .... ...... 103 12s Coriander —.. .... ...." 11s 145 Mustard, 8r0wn...... 75 9s Hemmed, per quarter 8 8 s • 44s White, n0w...... 7a od 9s Linseed, E ng• So wing.. b4s 58s TareAWlnter, new.... OsOd OsOd Crushing ........ 45s 50s .1 Spring •• • • :... .. 48 Gd 5s 6d Baltic .......... 44$ 488 Canary, per quarter • . 403 44s _ . Odessa .. • • ...... 465 489. Rye grass• • •• ..•• Clover,ReelEng. (cwt.) 28s 31s 44s 643 White .•••...... 48s 673, Foreign Red...—. 443 623 White.... 51s 67s Trefoil, new...• 2411 283 Linseed.Cako, pr. tort— • English .. 81 5s 9Z 10s Foreign, per ton 71 lOs . 91 bs, Rape Cakes, pr ton 411E4 it Os RaPeseed,New, prlst 2110 s 2411 k TALLOW, Since Monday last a very limited business has been doing in our market. In prices, 'however; very little' change has taken place. To-day T.Y.C. on the spot, has sold at 475., and for delivery during tho last three months 475. 3d. per cwt. Town tallow—the supply a which is very moderate-.is worth 465. 9d. to 475. 3d. per cwt. net cash ; rough fat, 2s. 8d per 81bs. 1849. 1850. 1851. 1852. 1953 ' Stock this day ...... 24,760 24,611 36,848 42,054 23.935 38s 9d 3fis 9d to 37 s 6d t o 37s Od 478 Od to Price of Y. C. .... [to 38s 63 37s Od 00s Od to 008 Od 00a Od Pelivery last week .. 1,113. 1,147 766 956 766 Ditto from June 1 .... 96,560 93,305 89,942 102,282 101,249 Arrivals last week .. 1,743 1,376 2,640 709 324 Pittofrom June 1.... 112,787 92,445 101,272 1107,802 $1.556 trice of Town •. 39s 6d 38s Od 38s Od 38s 9d 49s 3d TOTAL BIJPPLY. Beasts Sheep and Lambs 22,740 Calves 237 Pigs 330 A laugh.) He considered that the retail dealers of the City ought to be looked to, for certain he was that if the wholesale dealers -only were to be attended to the con sequenc ,would be the destruction of the whole City, and necessarily of the mass of the retail dealers. (Loud laughter and cheers.) It was the fact ; let them bring their railway schemas into operation, and what would the consequence be ? Why, that enormous warehouses would be erected, and the body of retailers would be driven away through want of business. (Hear, and oh.) Mr. BARNES thought it would be better if the termi nus were to be erected north of Holborn-bridge. The question was an open one. As it regarded the removal of Leadenhall skin-market, he thought, as he always had done with reference to Smithfield, that it would be a silly thing to move it. (Laughter.) Mr. LAMBE, at this stage of the proceedings, moved, aid Mr. BARKLEY seconded the motion, "That this court do now adjourn."—Negatived. Mr. ANDERTON considered that, as petitions signed by thousands of their fellow-citizens had been presented in favour of the proposal, they, as representatives, ought to attend to them, and not to assume that they were wiser than so large a number of the municipality. (Hear.) He believed that the retail trade as well as the wholesale would be much benefited if the terminus in Farringdon-street was constructed. (Hear.) It was their duty to see what could be done, whether the Go vernment might assist or not. If not, that would be another thing. _ _ Mr. BARKLEY warned the court not to listen to the project, as it would involve them in an unforeseen out lay for approaches and other details of the most serious character. He did hope the court would not sanction the scheme. Mr. T. H. HALL inquired of Deputy Harrison where he obtained the item of 70,0001. mentioned in his re• solution 1 He (Mr. Hall) thought the chairman of the improvement committee knew not to what it referred, nor where it came from. Deputy HARRISON (as our reporter understood), re plied, that that was an amount set down for a new street from Holborn-bridge in connection with the once pro posed new Smithfield market ; or rather, the proposed enlargement of the present site. Mr. T. H. HALL thought that if the Court were to entertain such matters as the one before them they would soon have 'plenty of applicants. (Hear.) How had that been got up ? Why, by agitation and 'pres sure. He would advise the court not to encourage it at all. The parties seemed anxious to have goods trains arrive at Farringdon-street. Why there would not be nearly sufficient room for them. When questioned upon their project it did not appear to him, at least, that the parties knew what they were asking for. (Laughter.) Ho thought the terminus ought to be kept further north than proposed. He should finish what he had to say by moving an amendment, which he did, to the effect, that the memorial of the City Terminus Company be re ferred to the improvement committee for examination and report." Mr. HAWKINS seconded the amendment. Mr. Cox objected to the motion. Mr. GumN rose, but in deference, at that late hour (the court having sat for nearly six hours), to the uni• versal call for the reply, he gave way. Deputy HARRISON'S reply was very brief. He said they wanted to know " how and when the sum of 386,0001. would be raised and paid for the required improvements ?" Te this they wanted an answer ; and, of course, if they could not get the money, the whole scheme would be at an end. The question was then put, the amendment being lost. Upon a division being called for, the following numbers were declared : For the amendment 2B For the motion 52 Majority for Deputy Harritisn .... 34 Mr. DE JERSEY moved a similar amendment to the former one, but the majority rejected that also. The proceedings excited the most intense interest throughout the entire afternoon, the gallery being crowded during the six hours sitting. THE DIVISION. The following are the names of the members who voted upon the occasion : FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE. Archer, Dep. Davies, J. Owden, T. S. Baker, S. De Jersey, H. Perkins, J. Barkley, T. Godson, Dep. Phillips, R. M. Barnes, W. Hall, T. H. Rowley, T. Burrowes, T. Hawkins, C. Sprague, T. Christie, Dep. Heaps, J. Thwaites, R. Condor, E. Hogg, C. Whiteside, R. B. Corney, Dep. Lister, W. Young, C. Cox, W. Lott, Dep. Croucher, W. Oliver, G. FOR THE NEGATIVE. Carden, Ald. Edmiston. J. C. Pewtress, Dep. Finnis, Ald. Fox, T. H. Pickering, J. Lawrence, Ald. Fuler, C. E. Raymond, W. Wire, Ald. Gilpin, C. Read, T. Abraham, T. Gresham, W. Rose, W. A. Anderton, J. Harrison, Dep. Snell, J. P. Bache, R. C. Hayward, T. C. Stevens, Dep. Bailey, J. Hickson, E. Sully, C. Barber, W. Kelday, J. Turnbull, T. Barnard, J. M, Lambe, R. C. Tyler, Dep. Bennoch, Dep. Lloyd, H. Valiance, H. W. Blake, H. Meadoway, Dep. Venables, J. Brass, W. Millard, J. G. Vite, G. Butler, C. E. Morris, G. Walter, G. Can J. R. Muggeridge, H. Ward, J. Causton, J. Nicoll, D. Watson, C. Chaplin, R. J. Obbard, Dep. Wheeler, W. S. Cornell, J. Parker, J. White, T. Cotterell, T. Patten, H. Williams, R. Cnthburt, G. Peed, R. G. Williams, W. Davis, E. Pearce, T. PAIRS. AFFIRMATIVE. Bowyer, Deputy Knott, W. NEGATIVE. Dakin, T. Randl;ll, R. THE FRENCH EMPIRE, PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. An important personage left Paris a fortnight ago for Rome, on a secret mission from the French Government to his Holiness the Pope. It is now known that the object of the mission is to endea vour to induce Pius IX. to visit France in August next, for the purpose of placing the Imperial Crown on the brow of Louis Napoleon. The Government has already received the Pope's answer. His Holiness repeats, as he has always done, that, as far as he is personally concerned, it would give him pleasure to gratify the Emperor of the French by assisting at his coronation ; but that the decision of the question rests not with him indi vidually, but with the Sacred College. In the meantime, Cardinal Antonelli and the clerical party are using every effort to prevent the Pope from taking a step which they consider degrading to the head of the Church. They have sent re presentations on the subject to the Court of Vienna, and it is understood that the Emperor of Austria is about to send one of his most eminent councillors a sort of Prince Menschikoff—to Rome, to counteract the French influence, and to prevent his Holiness from visiting France. It is perhaps not generally known that although the Pope has acknowledged Louis Napoleon as Em peror of the French, he has never acknowledged him as Napoleon 111. _ _ The Duke of Genoa, brother of the King of Sax dinia, arrived in Paris on Saturday evening at five o'clock. Having declined the apartments placod at his disposal in the palace of the Tuileries, the royal duke has taken up his residence at the Sar dinian- embassy, in the Rue St. Dominique. A guard 'of -honour, consisting of a picket of cavalry, was waiting for the duke at the railway station, and escorted him to the embassy. The Emperor happened to be driving out at the moment of the Duke of Genoa's arrival, and they met in the Rue de Bourgog ne. The duke went to the Tuileries yeaterday two o'clock, to be formally presented to the Emperor and Empress. It is said that the Emperor of Austria has ;se lected the Princess Charlotte, daughter of the King of Belgians, as his future Empress. That such a marriage may be contemplated by both families is not at all unlikely, but it appears rattler premature to say that the preliminaries of the mar riage are settled, seeing that the proposed brid .e will not have completed her thirteenth year till the 7th of June next. The reported marriage ( the Duke of Brabant with an Austrian archduchei seems most probable. The session of the Legislative Corps may be sailif to have terminated on Friday, when that body adopted the budget ; for although the deputii(:s will continue to meet till the 28th, the businons brought before them is of so little public importanx:e that it will excite little interest. The mode in which the budget was voted was highly chartto teristic. On Wednesday three hours were devote d to " the g eneral discussion" on the budget ; o n Thursday three hours more were devoted to tb v examination of the details of the budget of expe ai- diture ; and on Friday three additional hours .of intense application enabled the Legislative Body to . master all the details of the budget of receip hs. I After this mature deliberation, the Legislative Coi 1)5 felt that it had completely mastered the subject ,of : the finances of the year, and it accordingly p ro- ceeded to vote. The result, as we are aware, v. r;as the hearty approbation by the representatives of the country of all that Louis Napoleon and :11 is councillors had proposed. Only four votes—a zid these were of course factious—were recorded agai: s st the budget ; and these four votes were intended as a protest, not against the financial administrati kin of the Government, but against the decrees of 22d of January, 1852, by which Louis Napole )u disgraced himself mid the count r y b y despoils ttg the Orleans family of their possessions and righ ts. - It is very certain that the Legislative Corps, while h ought to be the guardian of the public purse, l tas in that respect been a failure but it has b een r ;- marked that during the present session it l Ls shown a good deal m orespiritand inclopend ei 1( on minor points th an it did last session. It lic 's allowed the Gove rnment to manage its il 'nap oes pretty nearly as it chooses, but it has tcle some notable and beneficial changes in some .of the general measures introduced by the (3ri )- vernment. Among other measures, the bill respecting the civil pens i ons, the bill Til- specting the jury, and the bill for the organi sation of the caisses des retraits, were generally modified. Besides this, it forced the Government to withdraw the measure by which Louis Napo leon proposed putting 300,000 f. into the pockets of the Prince de la Moskowa, and M. de Persigny, under pretext of a national recompence to the widow of Marshal Ney ; and it will probably force it to withdraw another - most obnoxious measure, namely, the bill for the re-establishment of the punishment of death for political offences. All this shows that the legislative corps is not without a certain, though a very limited, weight in the affairs of the country ; and it is to be hoped that" in process of time its influence will gradually ex tend. In the Senate the symptoms of indepen dence are not so manifest. With the single excep- tion of Admiral .Maokau's report on the promotion of admirals in the navy, it has shown no spirit of opposition. The Senate will sit for a few days longer than the legislative corps, for the purpose of " not opposing the promulgation" of the mea sures brought before it, and of granting to Louis Napoleon the trifling sum of five millions of francs, as a compensation for , the expenses to which he was put in the process of transferring Mademoiselle de Montijo into an Empress. Several of the German journals have stated that the Count de Chambord was to attend the Rtes Sovereigns,tpagenri rvedcevonet prevents Belgiumra t s t se V t hm i e e l v n t;hch n obo a muhs i tabt n vevt eihedi Sovereigns, cogi o osnh u gn r san,mo o i ots f bert t odi h rl the Kings of Prussia representatives cefraposrelue. present holding ntFrench Etiquett e ren i e n o h i Government. The legislative body sat on Saturday ; M. Billault in the chair. Reports were presented on the bill to extend the jurisdiaion of the Prefect of Police of Paris to the banlieue of that city : on the bill to definitively settle the supplementary and extraor dinary credits of 1852 ; on that concerning the execution of the railway from Lyons to the fron tier of Geneva ; and on a number of local bills. A bill was presented to prohibit.the carrying of arms in Corsica. The President announced that the Government withdrew the bill for granting 300,000 f. for the Princess de la Moskowa. The bill to ratify the engagements entered into in favour of the Bourg la Reine to Orsay Railway Company, and which are at the charge of the Treasury, was adopted ; as was that according a credit of 2,700,000 f. for peasions to old soldiers of the Re public and of the Empire. Seven local bills were likewise agreed to. Authorisation was accorded to M. Langlais to print and distribute, at his own criminalcost,his speech on The proceedings onl tiemapnnereedofifnogrs thenmingjuries in termi nated. The Senate also met on Saturday ; M. Troplong in the chair. Prince Napoleon was present. The bureaux were drawn by lot in the usual way. The order of the day was the discussion on the bill relative to the promotion and position of the supe rior officers of the navy. M. Baroche, president of the Council of State ; General Allard, president of Section ; and M. Barbaroux, Councillor of State, were present as Government Commissioners to defend the bill. After President Delangle, Cardinal Mathieu, Count de Lascases, Admiral Casy, Ad miral Count Cecille, Admiral Baron de Mackau, and M. Baroche had spoken, the discussion was adjourned to Monday. The sitting was then brought to a close. A Council of Ministers was held yesterday, at which the Emperor presided. The Emperor and the Empress drove out yester day, in an open carriage and four, up the Champs Elysees. They drove out the day before, and visited the works in the Bois de Boulogne, Prince Jerome, who was on horseback, having met their Majesties in the Avenue St. Cloud, conversed with them for a few minutes. The Imperial party re turned to the Tuileries at six o'clock. The Moniteur de l'Armee says : " The exceedingly moist state of the ground, in con sequence of the rain, has not permitted the camp on the plain of Satory, near Versailles, to be opened on the 15th inst., as originally fixed, since to place soldiery under canvas in such weather would have been to use lessly endanger their health. But in consequence of the warm weather of the last few days the ground has now .become quite dry, and we understand that the camp will be opened on Monday, the 23d of May. Marshal Magnan, the commander-in-chie4 will also place himself under the tent. The altar which was used in the Champ de Mars on May 10, is said to be placed in front of the camp, and the troops are to hear mass at it every Sun day. The division Dulac will be the first to go to Satory. It is said that the Emperor will often go over from St. Cloud to witness the manoeuvres." Final quotations. Money : Three per Cents., 81f. 50c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cent., 103 f. 80c. For the end of the month : 'Three per Cents., 81f. 50c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 104 f. Bank Stock, 2,700 f. ; Northerns, 925 f. Paris and Or leans, I,llof. ; Paris and Strasbourgs, 958 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 970 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,147 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 813 f. 75c. ; Western of France, 785 f. ; Rouen and Havre, 540 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 670 f. ; Caen and Clierbo,urg, 645 f. ; Dijon and Besancon, 575 f. : Dieppe and Fecamp, 360 f. TURKEY. A telegraphic dispatch received via Brussels, announces a reported change in the Ministry at Constantinople. Mustapha Pacha is appointed Grand Vizier ; the former Grand Vizier, Mehemet Ali Pacha, is now Minister o f W ar ; Ali Pacha Minister for Foreign Affairs ; Fuad Effendi, Mi nister of the Interior ; and Rifaat Pacha, Minister of Justice. THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. LIVERPOOL, MAY 22. The British and North American Royal Mai steam-ship Canada, Captain Stone, arrived in our river this for enoon , w i t h th e usual mails from the United States and British North American pos sessions, about 110 passengers, and specie to the amount of $170,000 on freight. By this arrival advices have been received from New York to the. 10th, Boston to the 11th, and Halifax to the 13th inst. The mails per Canada arrived in charge of Lieut. Sciiven R.N., Ad m i ra lt y agent. The Royal Mail steam-ship Asia arrived at New. York on the sth, the screw steam-ship City of Glas gow at Philadelphia on the 7th inst., and the Royal Mail steam-ship Cambria at Halifax on the 10th. inst.—all from this port. The United States Mail steam-ship Hermann, from Bremen and Southampton, arrived at New York on the 7th inst., and the Genova had also arrived at Quebec. By the arrival of the Canada w e arein possession of Californian dates to the 16th of April. Gold dust to the value of $2,000,000 was reported as having lately left the placers for New York. The r Torts received from California respecting the condition of business, state that it was generally in a very unsatisfactory condition at present. The recent favourable reports had naturally caused a great increase there in the importations, by which the markets had been overstocked, to effect a clear ance of which a ruinous sacrifice had to be sub. mated to. The satisfactory account received by the last advices respecting the prospects of the various mining operations being carried on in Cali fornia was confirmed, gold being still obtained in considerable quantities. The Daniel Webster had arrived at New Orleans on the 9th instant, from California, bringing intel ligence of the occurrence of another dreadful steam boat accident, the boiler of the Jenny Lind steamer having exploded whilst in the bay of San Fran cisco, occasioning the death of 18 persons imme diately, and wounding 30 others in so serious a manner that it is feared many of the cases will ter minate fatally. Intelligence has also been received of the loss, in the Pacific Ocean, of the steamer S. S. Lewes, em ployed on the Nicaraguan route to California, , though we are happy to be able to report that the whole of the. passengers and crew were saved in this case. COMMERCIAL. The reports respecting business generally throughout the Union are favourable. The New York Money Market still continued tight, although a slight improvement had taken place in that respect since the departure of the last steamer. Money was, however, still reported scarce, even for paper of the best description. In the Stock Market business had assumed a more favourable appearance, prices of good dividend paying sbcurities meeting with steady support. No change had occurred in the quotations for bread, stuffs, and the market continued without much activity. The prices were : Western Canal flour, $4.62; to $4.75 per ba rre l. Indian meal, $3.00 to $3.12 3 / 4 per barrel. Indian corn still remains unquoted. In the Cotton market at New York but few transac tions had taken place lately. Holders were not appa rently inclined to press sales, and the former quotations had been maintained, which were—New Orleans and Mobile mid. fair to fair, 12c. to 121 c. per lb. ; Uplands, mid. fair to fair, 11 3 / 4 c. to 114 c. per lb. But little activity existed in the Provision market, and no ch ange h a d occurre d from the quotations pre viously reported. shipowners;lncreased p a r i i i e d e s a w t were beingtie of th the demanded f or Canada's Freight by tp i e ve f rp oll o o o w l, in 2 g s. w 3 e d r . e the to 2s q . u6odt.atpior barrel;:Fro igdlittton of grain nnr to t o Liverpool, 6 d. to d d. per I per b. ; bu d s it h e t e o l ;c d o i t t t t o o n co t t o ton H t a o vr L e, ivi c r . • to ie. per lb. m L o o d n e d ru o t n e , demand, with to 1 p t e a n l r d is ' 3 up t w o a s r d i s 5 . Excha nges ßi v l e ls r e oinn