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

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. s Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS I' VRNING, APRIL 11, Will be performed ELOPEMENTS IN mum LIFE. By Messrs. B. Sullivan, Chippendale, Howe, W. Farren, Bucksione, and Comp ton ; Mesdames Fatzwilliam, Reynolds, L. S. Buckingham, &c. After which MR. BUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR NASSUS. To conclude with DR. DILWORTH. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, APRIL 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. Pegrave Simpson, called MARCO SPADA. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Aran. 11, Will be performer THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Charac tars by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, It. Booby, Baker, Suter and Butler ; Mrs. Horn, and Miss M. Oliver. After which, LITTLE TODDLEKINS. . To conclude with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. THEATRE ROYAL A.DELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, APRIL 1 1 , Will be presented WEBSTER AT HOME, AN ADELPIII FARE OF THREE REMOVES AND A DESSERT. Chkacters by Messrs. B. Webster, L. Murray, Keeley, &c. ; miss F. Maskell and Mrs. L. Murray, &c. After which, never acted, A DESPERATE GAME. With TO PAREET.4 AND GUARDIANS. THE PRETTY. GIRLS OF STILBERG. PEPIN° THE DUMB BOY, AND PUG, HIS MONKEY. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, Aran, 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. Supported by Messrs. H. Marston, Robson, Diddear, Shalders, 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 creases in popularity 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 from the fearful Heights over the Falls of the Umtata are nightly hailed with perfect enthusiasm. air. Cooke has been for months training the Horses for the astonishing Feats. THIS EVENING, Anti, 11, AnS during the Week, the Performances will commence with the magnificent spectacle entitled AMAKOSA ; or, Scenes of Kafir Warfare ; with new and brilliant scenery, costumes, and appoint ments. To be followed by an ent i re change in the ever.populari an and 6"nes in the CIRCLE, int ro d uc i ng the most accomp ilahed Equestr Gymnastic Artistes of the day. To conclude with a Laughable FARCE. _ taco manager, Mr. Box-othce open d a il y from Eleven to Four. b 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 stations are arranged in order of latitude. MULLINGAR— W. strong breeze—partially cloudy. HASTINGS—N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. SOUTHAMPTON. - strong breeze—cloudless. FOLKESTONE—N.W., light breeze—partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE—W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON—N., fresh breeze—cloudless. LEIGHTON—N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock : HASTINGS—N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON —N—W., strong breeze—cloudless. TUNBRIDGE—N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE—W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—N.W., gentle breeze— overcast. STROOD—N.W. gentle breeze—overcast. SWINDON—NAP., fresh breeze—partially cloudy. LEIGHTON—N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. YARMOUTH—N. - V., strong breeze—rain. HOLYHBAD—N. strong breeze—showery. LANCASTER— W., calm—partially cloudy. WHITBY—N., gentle breeze—overcast. DARLINGTON—W., strong breeze—cloudy. SHAP—N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAT —Morning 38 min. after 3 EVening 53 min.aft. 3 To-Monaow—Morning 6 min. aft er 4, Evening 22 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER.--Sum OFFICE, APRIL 10. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 54—highest shies 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 SA ME EVENING, With all other Hews arriving up to the hour Of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. at ,~~ ~~~~~.. LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1853. No stronger evidence could be exhibited of the undue favouritism exhibited by the Chancellor of the Exchequer towards the Fundholdeis 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 2/ per cent., and having twenty years to run; all was couleur de rose. It was certainly beneficial to the public creditors, but it was not more so, than might have been anticipated from the well-known partiality of the Financial Minis ter to that influential class. The reduction of in terest by one half per cent, might be displeasing to a small proportion of the number. But those who by the stringent provisions of family settlements are preiented from seeking more remunerative invest ments, and who for present income would be _willing to incur future risk form but an infini tesimal propOrtion of the class. Nine-tenths, or rather ninety-nine-one-hundredths, look with bankers' eyes on the actual values of the new and the old Securities, and will be prepared to abide by that which affords the best permanent prospect. If the rumour, which received general credence in the money market, and which was endorsed by the great organ of the " moneyocracy," had been well founded—the proposition was this, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was will ing to sell for a present diminution of one half per cent. in the annual payment, a reduc tion from 31. to 21. 10s. per annum for every 1001. Consolidated Reduced Annuities, 16 2-3ds per cent. of the entire dividend--a pledge or guarantee against any f urther alteration for 20 years. This was a tolerably fair equivalent--a not un reasonable barter. Ten shillings a-year present sacrifice for the cc ten hllings' certainty of the enjoym en t o f th e remaining two pounds without dis turbance be willingly made bor alteration, for twenty years, would Y capitalistsas cheap price for the contingent adva n t ages that may, and pro t bably will, arise . during that time gold discoveries in Aust ra li a and California. fiei hae 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 per cent. There was, in fact, a tendency to an im provement of prices so decisive as to show that the operation could be easily carried into execu tion ; and perhaps with mutual advantage to the tax-consumers and the tax-payers. The rumour was, however, erroneous. The Financial Minister, like an over-ardent and rather ver dcvnt youth, bidding against himself at a mock auction, offered so much more than had been an ticipated; that doubts began to arise as to whether Parliament would ratify the provisional contract thus recklessly entered into. An alam was ex cited because "it was thought there was danger of an improvident bargain for the country in fa- your 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 21 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 anticipates. The second branch of the alternative—that for the increase of the nominal capital of the debt—was received with unequivo cal n c carried r :h i e e d p e t u i e t n a t c n c o e r v d i e n r y g F t o u n t h d e_ orin us; notice, an d g i i v f i 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 30,000,0001. or 40,000,0001. ; and every one hoped that he might be successful in the " scramble" that must ensue for the favourite Stock. It was felt the addition w c e n e t . a nodn impoliticsoo,o 0, ; 0 1 0 t O c a /. n S t o c onlyk t h w e o n u l b d e b ol e m l o o st p u e n r acceptable to those who hope to participateinthe booty, to obtain a share of the plunder, snatched from the community in general. If bad for the entire amount, it . . must be bad for the part indicated ; and three or four millions of pounds sterling is not such a trifling or unimportant amount as to be recklessly flung away upon an experiment. The other branches of the alternative are less ob jectionable, but still they are open to many grave and serious questions before they, or either of them, can be accepted by the country. The. Exchequer Bonds, if made for only twenty years, and at 2i per cent., might be a fair and judicious security, mutually beneficial to all parties. The proposed Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock—if the period were shortened to twenty, or even thirty years— might be worthy of consideration ; but as it stands we can only bestow unequivocal con demnation on the new project, in which the in terest of the nation is so decidedly sacrificed to that of the Fundholders. When Mr.HITAIE and Mr. WALPOLE both unite to commend a measure of the Whig SOLICITOR-- GENERAL, we may reasonably hope that it is in a smooth course towards becoming an Act of Parlia ment. And such was the good fortune of Mr. BETHELL when, in remarks called forth by Mr. HADFLELD'S Bill, he 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 amounts, 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 bla%k 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 recommend& tions of the Commissioners will be acceded to, and that a distinct court will be instituted for the trial of all matrimonial cases. Church-rate 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 NICHOLAS 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 o f th e propose d c h ange, t h at t h e Testa mentary Court will now be in name, as well as in f the laitQhticeeennt'us r C y c: n urt ; athough somewhat singular c that its presiding Jud ,, e, up to the early part of was workin g of c commonly mh whole—"only cAeseinasevtieci. To sum u p th e . i a person having a fixed place of residence should die testate within the limits of an isting Diocesan Court, provided the estate ysh existing Diocesan Court, provided the estate should not b exceed a cer t a i n amount, the will proved in th e Di ocesan Court of ili that migh dio t c e ese. But if any question should arise touching h proof of, or any liti gation, af f ecting the will, the tdee cision of that question and of the litigation would be removed to the Court of Probate--the Court of Chancery—ilz Loudon ; ' i x , that court J THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1853. 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 sinecurists ? 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 thp,t, 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 ! ! The almost only deserving parties in the whole affair —the Proctors of Doctors' Commons—are to have what strikes us as but imperfect compensation. (it eoucglluitsivtoe conduct b be ten, if fhneoyt aretwenty h have, years, fora al least) the exclusive 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 1,0001., 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 compensation, since the cost of pecuniary compensation for a whole profession (and the Proctors alone of Doctors' Commons amount to about one hundred and fifty) would hardly be endured. The more it is investigated, the mo r clearly it appears that 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. BETUELL 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. 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 suggestions was anticipated by an intelligent re viewer in the Edinburgh. 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 odd 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 Si,. 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. WimirNs'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, began—to 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 he 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 errors reiterated in the new structure about to be erected in the vicinity of Kensington. Remembering that these views have for some time past been very prevalent, it is in no way surprising that similar suggestions as to the future should have been almost simul taneously adduced by Mr. DYCE and by the Edinburgh. Nevertheless, though the circum stance is thus perceived to be very account able, it is not the 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 the great want in regard to the management of the National Gallery has been that of concentration. Entrusted as the power has been to a cluster of unpaid Commissioners, it has naturally, or 'rather we might say inevitably, been until now most loosely exercised. It is an old sayin g that "what's ever7body's business is no body's business ;" and so it has unquestionably turned out to . be in reference to the working of the National Gallery Board of Management. Never perhaps was the truth of the adage more glaringly exemplified. Everybody, and 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 A the ga ir ins n t a t m h e might b es folly yof s e ne v h ery readily y emi enum ssie e n ra s enumerated. 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 as to render the structure some what less odious as a specimen of our ideas of beauty in architecture. The new edifice would, mean while, have been constructed on the chosen site between Brompton and Kensington. There the collection as it is at present might be adopted as the nucleus of one more worthy of its designa tion. It might be scattered chronologically, or otherwise, through the newly-completed apart ments, and the gaps or interstices be then filled up, as opportunity offered, by purchases made with rather more extended munificence on the part of the Legislature. Besides rendering the National Collection in this manner more compre hensive, it would be well, we repeat, if changes of a no less notable kind were introduced into the machinery of its Management. THE COURT. HEALTH OF HER MAJESTY. The following Bulletin of her Majesty's health was issued on Saturday : "Buckingham Palace, April:9, 1853, Nine o'clock, a.m. " The Queen has slept well. " Her Majesty and the infant Prince are going on quite favourably. " JAMES CLARK, M.D. " CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. " RopT. FERGUSON, M.D." Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty on Saturday. Yesterday the following bulletin was issued : " Buckingham Palace, April 10, 1853. Nine o'clock, a.m. " The Qu,een 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." His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the ladies and gentlemen in wait ing, and the domestic household, attended divine service yesterday mo rn i ng i n th e p r i v ate chap e l o f B uc ki ng h am Palace. Th e H on. an d R ev . G era ld W e ll es l ey o ffi c i ated. Her Roy al Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday, at Gloucester -home. 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 Mo n t eag l e, the Hon. 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--Eart 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 Playfa ir, Professor Forbes, Professor Woodcroft, and Mr. Edgar A. Bowling (secretary). A deputation, consiting of Mr. Murray, Mr. He nr y Rose, and Mr. V. H. Wilson (on the part of the Wy combe Railway Company) ; and Mr. Marsden and Mr. Bowers (on the part of Mr. Pearce) had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell at the Board of Trade on Saturday. A 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. TA. deputation, consisting of the Hon. E. Bouverie, 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. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) CITY; TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 2,000 American were taken for export and on specula tion. The market was tame, but closed firmly. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 500 Pernam and Maranham, at 6d. to Bd., 70 Bahia at 6kd., 200 Egyptian at 6fd. to sid., and 300 Surat at 31d. to 4id. per lb. Railway shares were dull at rather lower prices. Wheat is ls. 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. May AApril Aprili 30;340„ J a r Paris.d Paris.i n e s Paris, a y oar o rn ; s Lyons Ca h en, and Fnh rM:affai dei andte n a L n e n a en. AprilAp r 1 3 3 0 : Paris. Manchester. Cherbourg Paris and Strasbourg April 28, Paris. Sambre and Meuse 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 ult., and beg to state, in reply to your inquiry, that the quarter shares in this railway were created for the Ist August, 1843. Interest, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, being guaranteed for ten years from that time, of course this term will expire on the let 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 Si. per cent. on 201. per share, from 16th January to 31st March, 1853, viz., 4s. 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 sha re , an d on the premium of 101. s s . 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 as a fair average, purchased by the regular dealers in gold dust, and the coming season bids fair to be one of unprecedented prosperity." At Yankee Hill, near Sonora, a piece of gold weighing 247 ounces had been picked up, and in other parts the diggers had been very successful. Accounts of Feb. 7 from Honolulu, Sandwich Island; describe trade as being brisk. The following is an official order from the Em peror of Hayti FAUSTIN THE FIRST, EMPEROR OF HAITI, &C. Company. " 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), say— Coins of 1 centime for 4 centimes. 2 id for 8 ... 6f id for 25 ... 125 id 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 are down to the 19th of February, and represent the mines in the vicinity of the Oregon settlements as exceedingly rich. The affairs of the Territory are progressing favourably, and agriculture receiving proper at tention. 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. The English Stocks have been scarcely so buoy ant, but there is no speculation going on. Consols have been marked 1004 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 Three per Cents. at 991 to par. Bank StoCk is fluctuating between 224 and 2254. South Sea Stock is at 1121. Exchequer Bills are par to ss. premium for those dated March. Foreign Securities have been generally very good. Peruvian Scrip is looking up, being 4 to 4i prem. The 4i per Cents. are 881 to 89. The Turkish Loan has been done at 3 1 1 ,- 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 241 to and the Certificates have fallen to 7i 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 40i ' and the Old 5 per Cents. are up to 43. Equador Bonds are steady at 6, and Bra zilian New have been done at 99. Belgian 4i per Cents. are quoted 1001 ; Austrian 5 per Cents., 994. ; and Danish 3 per Cents. 85, ex dividend. f the Railway Share Market is lower, and there is a preponderance of sales. North-Western have dropped to Great Western Caledonian Eastern Counties I : , Lancashire and Yorkshire f and the South-Eastern, and others, in pro portion. The French lines have been firm. The Gold Mine Shares are dull, except those of California, which are on the advance. The Australian Land Company's Shares are lower, and the British American firm. The Australian Bank Shares are steady. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) 1 - Business done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94 105 994 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities Now 34 per Cent. Annuities... ........ Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Stock . 261 60 India Bonds, £lOOO 43 South Sea Stock South Sea Old Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, lid. June. Mare's. £l000 £5OO — 5 p par Small 2 5 p par PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Brazilian Bonds, 5 por Cent. — x d Ditto New, 1852, 4 1 per Cent 99 4 Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent. Ditto, 5 per Cent ................... Equador Bonds 6 Grenada Bonds, LDeferred, Mexican 3 per Cent 278 i Peruvian Bonds, 1849, 41 per Cent. Peruvian Scrip Portuguese 5 per Cent. 421 3 Ditto, 4 per cent. - 4 O 4O Russian Bonds, 4i per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4B 8 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 244 a 4 Ditto Passive (Converted) 54 4 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 7l 6i 7 61 7 ie Swedish Loan lh d Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 3l P French Rentes, 41 per Cent lo4f Ex.2sf 100 Belgian Bonds, 4/ per Cent. Ex. 25fr lOOl fi THREE O'C LOCK. Consols 100 f; 3 Ditto April Account CABINET COUNOIL.—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 Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of New. castle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat three hours and a half. .„.. COURTS OF CHANCERY AND BANKRUPTCY.-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 24 or 2i 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 out his rival. Keeley escorts his cousin (Miss Woolgar) from a ball. Wigan, disguised as a burglar, breaks into the house—terrifies Keeley out of his wits—pretends to force the heiress to give over all her wealth, and decamps. Keeley is urged by 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 PLAYS. Latta, 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 Paris, has allowed himself to be led into the world of fashion, and to be fascinated with the charms of Agla6 de Moran vine, 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 enters the 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 airou4 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. Loisa 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 Pal is hand in hand, leaving Mdme. de Moranville to solace Ferself with a very respectable suitor. Mdlo. Page was Loisa, and her admirable acting secure I for the piece a success which its weakness of constri action seemed scarcely to deserve. She was fre quentl, y and loudly applauded. The vaudeville of B ru tus, Lache Ccesar, followed, in which. M. Lafont plays the part of the Republican hus band, and wholly by the exercise of some sheer good sense,, vanquishes and puts to fli g ht his wife's Ro y alist lover.. His acting was of course p erfect, and his "make-up" a perfect picture of the period. RII MIRED NAME OF THE YOUNG PRINCE.—Upon every auspicious occurrence, such as the birth of a Prim ;e or Princess, no sooner is the fact of the interest ing a .ddition to the Royal family promulgated than the quid %writs at the west-end are busy in devising the pro babl, 3 name to be given to the illustrious infant. With out r ecapitulating the variety given, or stating anything posit ive on the subject, we believe the rumour which assigi is that of " George " is the most likely, after his Roya, 1 Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who would, in such :i. case, be a sponsor. Moreover, the young Pr ince is bo! mne in the month which reckons the day of "St. Gem :e," England's patron tiaint,—Sunday Times. jfettir ,*/ t4bri.zsi;tai4t NEWMARKET RACES, (THIS DAY.) (EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP. Apostate Sleeping Partner . Seven ran. i SWEEPSTAKES-100 Sovs. each. D.M. W. Rufus Filbe.rt Won easy. .• 0 , $• tra.,o 44. INEWIVIA4KET RACES. (TEIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. EACH, D.M Nathan .... Auchinleck 2 RIDDLESWORTH STAKES. Ilybla Pearl . 1 2 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. .... 1 HANDICAP, 4 yrs. and upwards. T.Y.C. Nutshell All ran. OVERLAND MAIL. The following intelligence has reached us by sub marine telegraph ; it is dated— / " TRIESTE, APRIL 10. " The steamer Adria, arrived here to-day, at 11 o'clock a.m. from Alexandria, after a passage of 137 hours. " The date from Calcutta is the sth March. There was no further news from Burmah. " Two of the Sudder judges have been dismissed by Lord Falkland. " The Governor-General had returned to Cal cutta, where_ the weather was warm, and commer- cial affairs were dull. " There is news from China dated the 25th of February. The rebellion was continued with in creased violence, and a complete panic existed at Pekin." THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. By the royal mail steamer Canada we have ad vices from New York to the 29th, and from Boston to the 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 a% New York on the 28th. The Canada passed the British ship George Kendall, from Cal cutta, going into Boston as she came out, and at 11. a.m. on the 2d passed the screw-steamer Andes, from Liverpool for Boston. The steamer Georgia had arrived at New York with the Californian mails of the Ist ult., and $1,882,530 in gold dust on freight. The news from California is very interesting. The Su preme Court of San Francisco had been abolished by the unanimous vote of the Assembly ' • the weather in San Francisco and throughout the interior continued exceedingly fine ; the roads leading to the mines were in good order, and business generally was improving. The arri vals at San Francisco from the Atlantic ports had been large, which had caused the markets to be well supplied. The band of robbers and assassins headed by the celebrated Joaquin still continued their depredations throughout the southern mines ; upwards of 500 persons had been robbed and above 20 murdered by the gang since last advices ; two of the gang had been arrested and hanged without trial. The accounts from the mines are most cheering. A lump of gold weighing 247 ounces had been picked up at Yankee Hill, near Sonora, valued at about 4,250 dollars. It is said that three Mexicans had taken out upwards of 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 they took out 5,700 dollars worth of gold dust. The El Dorado News says that gold dust continued to be raised in Placerville in unprecedented quantities, and reckons the weekly average purchased by 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 bench of magi strates. The calendar contained the names of only 49 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 Cheverton ' 35, pleaded g u ilty t o s t ea li ng t we l ve quar ters 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 25/. 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 Mr. Wright's possession that gentleman identified it as his own, which had been left in the care of the Dock Com pany. Information was given to the latter, when the prisoner was called before the secretary, Mr. Smithers, to whom he acknowledged his guilt. He also wrote a f org iveness. He (Mr. Lock e ) was i nstructed letter to Mr. Carter, the chairman of the comp any, b eg ging to say that the company was compelled to prosecute in this case, as he had been previously forgiven similar offences which he had admitted. The prisoner received a good character from several tradesmen, and the Court sentenced him to six months' hard labour at Wandsworth. MARLBOROU GH - STREET. -(THIS DAY.) GENTLEMANLY AMUSEMENT.-111 r. Henry Woodward, solicitor, Doddington, Cambridgeshire, and Mr. .Thomas Brown, gentl eman, 27, Bouverie-street, were brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with being drunk and dis orderly at the Argyll-rooms, Windmill-street. Mr. Brown was also charged with assaulting police - constable 125 C whil e i n the execution of his duty. It appeared from the evidence of police-serjeant 4 A, that on Saturday night he was on duty at the above rooms, when the defendants, who wero much intoxicated, applied to the money taker for admission. Seeing that they we re th e 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 r, derately su p p li e d w i t h wheat, in which rather a, lied' business was transacted, at but little alte ra ti on in Fine malting b ar l ey was scarce, and quite w dear. Gil l ing and distilling sorts commanded very little attenfi' The sale for malt was in a sluggish state ; but oats mel off steadily, at extreme quotations. Beans, peas, and dc were very dull. Throughout the Continent all descriptions of prod' have ruled very inactive. In prices, however, no mate change has taken place. The latest advices from isr York state that both flour and grain were a dull inqut owing chiefly to the high freights. Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of Elle grain were very moderate. From abroad, we receil 17,273 quarters of wheat, 8,275 barley, 4,322 oats, l beans ) 122 peas, 1,035 tares, 2,529 linseed, 2,131 rapes° 138 sundry seeds, 13,310 sacks and 15,371 barrels of fle i Fresh up to-day, the arrivals of wheat, from Kent, 10 , moderate —from Essex, an d th e eas t coas t , limited. ' land car r i age , th e rece i pts were by no means extenail and the total show of samples of both red and white I comparatively limited ; nevertheless, owing to the hrl imports of foreign wheat 'from the eastward, and the IN tinuous heavy arrivals of flour from France, Spain,.s l the United States, the demand for all descriptions was a very inactive state, at, in most instances, a decline the quotati ons o bt a i ne d on M onday last of ls per quaf* and a total clearance was not effected. The demand for home-grown wheats for forward delivs was heavy ' - indeed,, scarcely a t ransac ti on was repor t e d any description. The quantity of foreign wheat on offer, fresh as well ox. granary, was extensive. As many of the millers $ peared to be tolerably well in stock, the sale for all descrii tions was dull in the extreme, at from is to, in some stances, 2s per quarter beneath the currencies of Mondl last. The arrival of floating cargoes off the coast has so o what increased of l a t e ; h ence, th e sa l e for them was In depressed state, although holders were sellers on lob terms. Notwithstanding that the supply of barley, was on increase, the inquiry for that article ruled steady, and 0, week's prices were well supported. Malting samples A , rather scarce. Malt—the supply of which was tolerably good—raol, off slowly, but no decline was submitted to in the qilor tion s. We were fairly supplied with oats ; yet the demand tolerably steady at late rates. All kinds of beans sold slowly on former terms. In peas, very few transactions took place, at late r en cies. The flour trade was very dull, and to effect sales, P" porters were compelled to submit to lower terms. CURRENCY PER ImPERLLI, MEASURE. Whear—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier .... 615 toil Red new 423 to 47s Oats Yorkshire and ' t Ditto.. old 43s 52s Lineolnsh.. Feed 163 Ditto, White new 44s 58s Potato 2ls Ditto ........ old 493 GOs Youghal and Cork Nqrfolk and Lin- Black. ••• 16 2 coln, Red, old 46s 52s Cork, White •• 175 Ditto new ...... 37s 474 Scotch, Feed... • • 210 Bye—Old ••• • .. 28s 30s Beans—Tick 34s New ...... •• • • 29s 3ls Pigeons 36 t Farley—Grinding..... 26s 293 Peas—Grey .... ••• • • • 3 0 ! t Malting ..... •• 30s 33- Maple . .......... 33 4 Chevalier.... ••• 35s 3Ss White... 36 Walt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• .. • • 37 5 folk ••• • • 54s FBs Flour—Town-made .• • 415 Brown .• • • • 463 5,s Suffolk .......... 315 f Kingston and Ware b7s 60s • Stoektn &Norfolk 34s SMITHFIELD. • During the last week the imp or t o f f ore i gn stock 111., London were tolerably extensive for the time of year, 3,905 head. In the corresponding period of 1852, vo 3 A ceived 1,045 ; in 1851, 2,066 ; i n 1850, 1,004 ; i n 1' 656 ; and in 1848, 1,256 head. From IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. 14, Amsterdam . Ostend Harlingen 623 Dordt 8 Hamburgh 8 Rotterdam 194 _. 161 -. ._ 892 -. -. 1,476 -. 10 ... ~ 390 ••• Total . - 835 ... 2,651 ... 3 ... 413 • The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under V., Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. [852 54 791 200 ..• 1851 5lB 1,220 ... 281 ... 1850 255 • 515 224 ..• [849 256 210 179 ... 1 848 542 ... 612 99 The following are the imports of foreign stock into the u. 21 Kingdom during th e fi rs t two months of 1851, ,` and 1853 : Beasts Cows . Calves 1851. 2,629 1,465 2,640 14,758 1852. . 2,790 . 2,557 . 2,952 . 15,090 185 3 . 2,61 3 2,90 0 2,801 Sheep Lambs Pigs On the whole, the show of foreign stock in to-day's ket was tolerably good, and in fair average condition. p Compared with Monday last, the supply o f honli i p beasts on offer, this morning, exhibited a .decided fa off in number, but not in quality. The attendAnc-,i, buyers being good, and the weather more favourablety slaughtering, all kinds moved off somewhat briskly, advance in the quotations of quite 2d per 81bs, and A clearance ,;was effected. A few very superior Scots rev 4s 4d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire' received 1,600 Scots and short horns ; from other pa England 800 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c ; and Scotland, 450 horned and * polled Scots. We have to report a decline in the arrivals of sheep ,d most quarters, hence, the mutton t ra d e was a ctive, 4 l prices were 2d per 81bs above those obtained on this : 0 01 se'nnight. A few very superior old Downs i n the 7p produced 5s 4d, but the general top quotation was 51 0 per 81bs. Those out of the wool realised 4s 2d Per without difficulty. Lambs—the supply of which were but Moderate" 6 steadily, at late rates, viz., 5s to Gs pe7131113. Fron l Isle of Wight, 175 head came fresh to hand. The t th o mend supply forthat o a f es e cri alv v e t s io w n 'a o s very fstock moderate wasfar ..h from active, late rates. Per Sibs to sink t ho otTa.l B . 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 Second quality ...4 2 4 6 Prime crse.-wlled.4 S 410 Lambs TOTAL SUPPLY. s. d. 4 'Prime Southdown 5 0 " 4 Large crse. calves 3 4 4 Prime small do 4 2 Large hogs 210 4 3 Small porkers 3 6 0 4 Suckling calves 20 0 Quarter old pigs 19 0 7 ' 5s 0(1 to 6s Od. FOREIGN SUMS 4 :4 Beasts Sheep Beasts Sheep and Lambs 19,100 _ . . . Calves l5l I Calves Pigs 275 1 Pigs if f A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices ' t stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Mar , 1 Monday, April 12, 1852, and this day, Mond a y, Ap ril 1853. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. April 12, 1852. Apr.l ll s. d. s. d. s. 41. Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 2 4to 2 6 3 oto ; Second quality ditto ... ... 2 8 0 3 s Prime large oxen ... 3 4 ... 3 2 2 4 3 8 4 Prime Scots, &c 3 4 3 6 4 0 4 Coarse and inferior sheep ... ......2 6 2 83 10 4 Second quality ditto ... ... 210 3 4 4 2 4 ; Prime coarse woolled ditt o ... ... 3 6 3 8 4 8 ,5 Prime Southdown ditto ... ... 310 4 2 5 0 b , Lambs ... 4 8 6 0.5 0 4 Large coarse calves ... 3 '0 3 8 3 4 4 Prime small ditto ... 310 4 2 4 2 Large hogs ... 2 6 3 62 10 4 Neat small porkers ... 3 8 310 3 6 3 ,0 . Beasts... 3,419 Sheep 17,920 Calves._ ... 182 Pigs , 380 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. ,P Tho arrivals of country-killed meat up to these pi' 0 0, since Monday last having exhibited a falling off, the dc u lfr here to-day was tolerably steady, at our quotations• ti , P supply of meat slaughtered in the metropolis was " means extensive. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. I Beef, infer;n- s. d• I t; 3 4 ".1 ..uf, inferior 262 10 I Mutton, Inferior Do.,middling 3 0 3 2 Do.,middling Do., prime large 3 2 3 4 Do., prime Do., do. small —.3 4 3 6 Veal Pork, large 2 10 3 4 Pork, small ... Lambs BOROUGH HOP. --- • We continue to h ave a s t ea d y demand for all 6.1)°'1 I'll; fine hops, at very full prices. In low samples sc arce l 9„bt transactions have been reported, yet holders are 019 firm. Mid and East Cent pockets, 126 s to 11' Weald of K en t, 110 s to 1265; Sussex, 105 s o per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELP S ' twe The imports of fo re i gn p o t a t oes int o L on don las dif were tolerably good— v i z ., 3 b ags f rom R o tt e rdam, 1 - ) from Hamburgh, 96 tons from Dunkirk, 45,....ditt0 Gravelines, 68 from Calais, 260 from Rouen, 80 y, Havre, and 94 from Pont l'Abbe. The supplies of EO O l aro somewhat on the increase, and the demand is 1 ,/ sluggish state. The following are the quotatior O i York Regents, 115 s to 165 s per ton ; Lincolnshire) 95s to 125 s ; S co tch ditto, 105 s t o 125 s ; ditto 953 to 110 s ; French whites, 95s to 115 s. OOL. English wool, the stock of which i n the metroMi, limited in the extreme, continues i n go dd request ro:oci, full prices ; indeed, in some inst ances rea ll y fine 1'0)1' have commanded rather more m oney . F oreign an t , 11 nial samples move off slowly, owi ng t o th e hi g h raw)? manded by the importers. Th e i mports into Londo%., week were 330 bales from Galatz, 967 from Bombay, 4 ", lid, Hambro', 34 from Seville, 106 from Shanghae,_ Antwerp,lB from Ostend, 554 from Melbourne, 62,00" , Launceston, 300 fr om th e C ape, 1,311 from Port .1- and 719 from Algoa Bay. - SEES. Sales of Bl ac k S ea linseed D on the spot have be i :, ported at 48s 6d to 49s per quarter. In floating ci`t only a mod era t e b us i ness i s d o i ng. Rapeseed—the ;-".4 of which is limited—is held at full quotations. heavy, and lower to purchase Turalp,White, per bush. 9s to lle Swede 10s 12s Mustard, 8r0wn...... 78 Os Carraway.. 46s I Coriander ...• •• jr 4 Hempseed, per quarter 3 ''' — Linseed, Eng,sowing.„ b Bl Crushing Baltic ...... •• • • 4 ,1: Odessa • •• •• • • ''' 1 Llnsee'd Cake, pr. ton— 10', English .. . 81 o'9l Foreign, per ton 711 0 old Rape Cakes, pr ton 4/ ibe 91' Rapeseed, Now, pr Ist 2110° White, new • • .... 75 ed 9,1 Tares,Winter,new.... Os Od Os Od Spring • • • • • • •• .. 5s Gd Gs Gd Canary, per quarter • • 40i 44s Rye grass .• •• '• •• ^ 283 3i3 Clover, Red (cwt.) 4is 644 White •• •• •... • • 50s 704 Foreign Red .. •• • • 488 6 White.... 50s 7( s Trefoil, new...• .... • • 281 30. TALI Our market has become ver sidered, although tho amount say extensive. Prices, comps, a rise of quite 6d per cwt. 1 is quoted from 45s 3d to 45s 6, 45s to 45s 6d per cwt. net cash GOIV." 7 firm, the time of Ye st ot, b of business doing i 8 'OOl bred with Monday last , o re; Po-day, P.Y.C., on th e i if, ; d per cwt. Town tfo'4l 7 ; rough fat, 2s 6adpe i 2 oj os 'Ya 4 / 1 9 ; sj 1849. IMO. 1851. 1851. 27,275 30,688 34.954 38s Gd 36s vd to 40s 3d to to Med 37s 04 40s RI 1,049 1,696 1,379 88,815 84,876 85,462 276 1,801 52 108,558 90,068 94,898 411 Od 883 Od 41p Od 42,05 4 3 s 6d t. - .) 35s 824 9504 S 101,972 385 0 d Stock this day . Price of Y. C.: .... [ Delivery last week . Ditto from June 1... Arrivals last reek . Ditto from June 1... Price of Town .... ,