The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-20 00:00:00

I'HE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. SEASON 1857. Filet appearance of Madlie. PICCOLO.MINI.—BOTTARDI, BELLETTI, POCCHINI. TO.MORROW EVENING (Tuesday), April 21. LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. Marie, Mdlle. Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda., Mdlle. Pocchini. A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have been specially reserved for tee public, and may be had on ap plication at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay market. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. La Favorita will be repeated forthwith. Mdlle. Ortolan' Las arrived. nER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, EXTRA NIGHT, THURSDAY, April 23, LA. TRAVIATA, PICCOLOMINI, GIUGLINI, BENEVENTANO, POCCHINI, Opera—LA TRAVIATA. Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. operation of the unwise and impolitic law that had occasioned all the mischief. Now this mea sure which, sooner or later, must be resorted to, might just as well be taken in good time! We should not wait for the abstraction of the steed before securely fastening the stable door ! The indispensable precautions should be adopted while there is yet some bullion to pro tect, and not delayed until every French peasant has 4/. or 5/. in English sovereigns, or French gold carefully hoarded for any emergency that may arise. One of our most consistent and indefatigable monetary reformers, Mr. HAVER STANSFELD, has directed public attention to this inevitable con sequence of the Act of 1844, and the nation has now irresistible proof of the accuracy of the as sertions we have incessantly put forward respect. ing the tendency of this iniquitous and unstates manlike code, intended to make money, or rather currency, scarce and dear, but which may end in something like the destruction of " the goose that laid the golden eggs," and involve the moneyocracy themselves in the ruin of those who have hitherto been their dupes and victims ! As Mr. STANSFELD shows, the Bank of France, "by beingt a liberty to buy the very gold which our laws prevent us from buying, by taking away all inducement to buy," have been enabled to relax the stringency of their rules for discounting, and even to contemplate a further reduction of the rate. They, in fact, gain by being free what we lose by being restricted, and the result is that their gold, as well as the gold of the Bank of Vienna, is increasing, while ours is steadily and rapidly decreasing ; and, as Mr. STANSFELD truly declares, assuming the rate of discount at 6 per cent., " the Bank of France makes a profit of more than 12 per cent., whilst the Bank of England receives only lid. per ounce for the cost of paper and printing. Under such circumstances it is surely well worth its while to pay not merely 125., but ten times 12s. per 100/. premium. The Bullionist organ is exhibiting its usual versatility on this important question. It is already trying to wriggle out of the admissions, so damaging to the cause it advocates,which it made on Friday. On that day it announced, ex cathedra, that " the perplexities of the money market seemed greater than ever," and that " under np circum stances could a return to cheap money be anti cipated for several years." This day, however, it completely changes its views. It declares that the operations of the Bank of France " can have no permanently disturbing influence," and that if the process straitens us to-day, we shall be so much the easier for it a month hence." This is the old and used up cant, that has already been repeated usque ad nauseam. It is not merely a twice told tale," but one continued from day to day with variations of every kind. But the flattering illu sion has been constantly dispelled by the sad reality, and it must still vanish before the wand of truth. The Times acknowledged on Friday that " for many months' persons have been look ing to the present period as that at which some change in the unfavourable state of our bullion balances might be expected, and instead we have the Bank reverting to almost its highest rate of discount, while the stock of gold is reduced to a point lower than at any time during the last ten years !" It is astonished at, but cannot deny the facts. They have, however, been strictly in accordance with the predictions of the Monetary Reformers, the natural and inevitable results of existing and easily-ascertained causes. At present there is a competition for the precious metals. The Bank of England is prohibited from meeting its opponents on equal terms, and there fore must yield. The gold must leave our shores. There must be a dearth of currency ; and the trading and manufacturing interests must be exposed to serious losses, if not reduced to bankruptcy and ruin. This is the actual state of affairs, and with the deplorable experience of past years the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposes to renew the existing code for a further term of ten years, without change or modification of any kind ! This suicidal determination must be resisted by every possible means. The nature of the disease is patent—the remedy easily discoverable. For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and mly be had on applica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakespere's trigcdy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by A GAME OP ROMPS. T HEATRE ROYAL, If A YMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF ADMISSION. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the new Drama of A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Bnckstone ' Comp ton Howe, W. Farren, Rog ers ; M es d ames Reynolds, Poyn ter, Fitzwilliam, dre. After which, for the sixth time, a Classical Lo v e St o ry. un der the Apple-lation of A lALANTA : or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. Concluding with LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. In future the prices will be : Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. B. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes • 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 ITpper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit... Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 61No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL. A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, &e. Followed by THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will perform - After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. TRAND THEATRE.—MInaaer, Mr. T. • Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed RUTH OAKLEY. After which, WILLIAM TELL (Burlesque.) Mesdames Leigh Murray, Cuthbert, Somers, &c. To conclude with a Farce. Commence at Seven. Stalls, as. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. 0 Y ..4,14 SURREY THEATRE, Lessees. Messrs . Shepherd and Creswiek. • THIS EVENING, the new drama of FLORENCE ; or, The Fatal Error. Characters by MCS3r3. Creswick, Norman, Charles, Miss Mortimer, dzc. After which, MIDAS. Apollo, with songs, Miss Poole. To conclude with VIE DUMB SAVOYARD AND HIS MONKEY. The Monkey, Mr. Flexmore. OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will he performed a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, Rte. The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. To conclude with THIEVES I THIEVES ! Messrs. F. Robson, G. Vining, &c, Commence at half-past Seven. ASTLETS ROYAL AMP FIITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (24 week), the highly successful Grand Military Spectacle, called THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS or, The Bkittle of Constantin e , i n t ro d uc i ng M r. W . Cooke ' s admired Stud of trained Horses, &c. After which, Miss Kate Cooke will appear in the EQUES TRIAN ACTS in the CIRCLE. The performance of Signor Corelli and Family. To conclude with A RISIBLE FARCE Commence at seven o'clock. Dress flexes, 4s. ; Upper Rotes, 35.; Private Boxes, from I i., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Vox office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West, Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooko, jun. CANTERBURY HALL. Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow- Inz, company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popnla.: Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, dre., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs, J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmaus, R,. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones. J. Barker, W. Melling. P. Corti, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Austin, Bennett. and Corti ; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Macknoy, and C. .T. Wilkins. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Tricks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. scattered, routed, and condemned by means of a Penal Dissolution ! Like HAMLET'S father, it went to its account with all its imperfections on its head ! But, unlike HAMLET'S father, it could not by any chance have done otherwise ! There was no means of shriving it that we can in the wildest freak of francy conjure up before our imagination. There was no good to be got out of it—and obviously, in its almost every act, not the smallest opening anywhere dis cernible for repentance. "Mr. li." —said the Critic upon CHARLES LAMB'S Farce, so entitled—" Mr. H. thou wert damned !" And so might it assuredly be declared with equal justice of this Mr. H. of a Parliament ! An egregious failure from first to last—it is now, happily, as we have said, a thing dead and gone —a vanished snare, mockery, and delusion. The Parliament just chosen by the constitu encies in place of it—the Fifth Parliament of VICTORIA—about to be assembled for the first time upon the eve of May Day, will compensate, let us hope, in a great measure, for all our recent legislative disappointment 4. Yes—let us take the words literally—Will compensate for our re cent legislative Disappointments in—A Great Measure ! A Measure comprehensive and well considered ! It has the capacity of extracting anything it pleases, in the way of political amelioration and social improve ment, from Lord PALMERSTON. If it only put the screw on promptly and vigorously—it may squeeze anything it pleases from a Premier so pliable and complaisant I Or, supposing the Noble Lord to prove what he has never yet proved—inflexible—it may give him the "go by" instanter. THAT is the alternative before the new Parliament ! Palmerstonism—supposing that to mean wise, immediate, and judicious im provement Anything but Palmerstonism—sup posing it to mean just the very reverse of all this, —supposing it to mean, that is to say, a laissez faire system, Toryism in disguise, or (worst of all) absolute Retrogression. It is a preposterous thing to declare, as the organs of the Prime Minister are doing of late perpetually, that the enormous majority gained upon the aide of the Miniaterialista is literally nothing more nor less than a majority of blind, willi-nilli, thick-and-thin .Paltuerstonians I To assert this, we repeat, is to assert nothing less than an absurdity. The majority is a Liberal majority, It is a majority not in favour of a single individual statesman—but in favour of a great variety of measures. It is a majority of Reformers—not simply one of Palmerstonians. Lord PALMERSTON may make the words synony mous if he pleases. That is his affair. It is, comparatively speaking, a matter of very small importance, or, at any rate, a matter of very secondary importance,ito the general population. It is a subject, of course, of great moment to the Prime Minister, and as such we would all of us commend it to his most serious conside ration. But to the nation, to the Parlia ment, to the constituencies, to their repre sentatives, it really and truly signifies very little, if, indeed, it signifies anything. Whig or Tory-- Peelite or Cansingite—Radical so-called, or so called Conservative ; any statesman of any Party, under any Name, carrying any colours, will be secure of the support and approbation of the pub lic at large upon this one proviso --that he is at the same time a Reformer. If the Noble Viscount now in office at the head of Her MaJzsrfs Go vernment choose to retain power within his grasp upon that one simple condition—so be it I We are ready, upon that explicit un d ers t an di ng, at once to enroll ourselves among the most energetic supporters of Lord PALMERSTON. Tun QUEEN,—As soon as ever her Majesty : .11 strong enough to tra ve l, it i s recommended by the. medical Hen trip . tlemen in attend ance t h at t h e Queen sh. -cold make a short trip to the s ea s id e, so as thoroe _hi_ to complete her ' recovery, aid r es t ore h er h e ag y the short es t poss ibl e ti selth to it s us ua l v i gour i n petted, sh ou ld every.' tee. For thi s p urpose i t i s ex hitherto don e , . , sning go on as f avoura b ly as it has tl i.at her Maj es ty may b e ena b led to leave latter e' town for bee. marine pal ace , O s b orne, I sle of, Wight, the ed of the first week in May.—Observer, r eetarerer COUNCIL. —Summonses were issued on Satu r. 4e.y for a weekly meeting of the members of the Cabinet on Wednesday next, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The Minis. tees are to assemble at three o'clock. ILLNESS OF THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER. --We regret to say that no favourable change has taken place in the illness of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, which continues of a nature to excite serious anxiety in the minds of her Royal relative,. It is unnecessary to say that the greatest attention and interest have been shown to the Royal sufferer. The Duchess Dowager of Cambridge has been constant in her visits. Prince Albert has called several times daily to make inquiries on behal of her Majesty. The Princess Royal and Princess Alice, the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Mary, the Dake of Cambridge, and the Princess of Hohenlohe have also visited the venerable invalid. The list of visitors and in. quirers comprises the names of almost every nobleman and gentleman in town. ILLNESS OF THE MARQUIS OF DALHousiE.--Ars regret to state thae alarming accounts have just reached us " The Bank of Fr ance h ave aga i n increased from Scotland resp ec ti ng t h e health of the Marquis of their rate for the purchas e o f go ld from 4fr. to Dalhousie. The noble marquis h as b een i n b ad health for many years, but until the last f ew wee k s his friends tS fr. per mills." In o th er wor d s t h ey pay a pre- were not apprehensive of any ser i ous result. It is right, however, we should st a t e , th a t D r. Syme, of Edinburgh, mium equivalent to 6 per cen t., or 1 2s. per 1001., where his lordship is, has not yet quite given up a ll for the bullion which th e y supp l y at par to their customers. We need no t Fete ' th at t hi s is opposed hope. The mind of the no bl e marquis, notwithstanding to every sound principl e o f b an ki ng, and that a his great bodily illness, is as cl ear an d vigor gas as ever. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIPRe—We un operation. But yet the managers o f t h e establish- derstand a matrimonial alliance i s arrange d b etween Mr. certain loss must necessarily b e i ncurred in the Beecher, second RCM of the late Si r W. W. B eecher, and ment find their account i n thi s a b normal proceed the Lady E m ily H are , secon d d aug h ter of the late Earl ins, It is perfectly c l ear t h a t so long as it is of Listowel. continued the g o ld mus t b e a t tracted from Eng- Their Royal Highnesses th e D uc h ess o f Cambridge 4 Saturday, at Cl arence House, St. James's, His Excellency Don L uis G onza l ez B ravo, the Spanish land to Fran ce , an d no i ncrease in the rate of The fifth Parliament of VICTORIA may now be and the Princess M ar y v i s it e d th e D uchess of Kent, 0 discount, even w ere it a d vanced to 10 to 12 said to have been completed by the Constituencies. per cent., could res i s t the stream. An a d. It seems only yesterday that the " Fourth" way at this Court, left Lo n d on on S atur d ay even. ditionalins for P ar i s , en route to M adr i d. His Excellency will it . or 1 per cent, i s s i mp l y ridiculous, in the very flush of its existence. Yet it i s be present at the opening of the Spanish Corte., and will and can only be paralleled by the proceeding , actually to-day as much a thing of the past, as probably return to London at the end of n eat month. of Mrs. PeitriNor oN i n st r i v i ng t o sweep hack utterly dead and byegone as any specimen (even The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely arrived in town the advancing tide with a broom. By the course the earliest) of the old Saxon Witenagemot. on tShaet Countessurday,fro of m C l aren . don will have an assembly on adopted the French Bank can obtain an ampl e And already—before its succssor has assembled; The next, at her residence in Grosvenor supply of the precious metals at a comparatively before a single division bes e t ken place, before crescent. trifling expense, which will not only be amply re,. one solitary proposition, good, bad, or indifferent, The Esrl and Countess of Bradford are expected in imbursed by additional business, but for which a has been submitted to its deliberate judgment— sa a n ke h n am th . e state indemnity can readily be obtained at any we may safely predicate of this fifth Parliament town on Wednesday, fr t om the f ir D s a e r a n t le n y ear ba ß v i e rm t i g residence ? E s a of rl m a n r d Jones moment. By this skilful manoeuvre they transfer of VICTORIA that it is a vast improvement upen (of Pantglas), in Eaton-square, for the season. the difficulty from their own to our shoulders and its immediate predecessor. Nor is this saying The Earl and Countess of Durham have arrived in town for the season, obtain perfect ease at a trifling cost ; while the com- very much after al), in praise of the new House of rnercialandmanufacturinginterosts of Greatßritain Commons ! For the old one, the Home of 's2 Viscount and Viscountess Comberm ere arrived obsbi i t. : town fortbe on se S a at an urday, from Combermere A bbey, arson the verge of ruin, and completely paralysed, the House that began its existence by sounding in consequence of the dearth of the "very life- the superfluous Requiem of Protection, and ended Viscount and Viscountess Ingeetre Imre taken a blood of industry," the latter end of the present month. a circulating medium sac: quate by chaunting the worse than superfluous Poaan house in Eccieston-square, and are expected in town at to the wants and exigencies of the country. of the bloody-minded barbarian, Yua ! For Lord and Lad y Naas are staying at Palmerston House, It is easy to ascertain the trifling expense at that Parliament, in the aggregate, we entertain Kiliare, and w ill not return to town u ntil the first of which these untoward results may be produced , not the most spectral semblance of the merest next month, mitts amounts to but sentiment of a regret, It had but one conspicu- A premium of 6 francs per The Dowager Lady Suffield is at present staying on 6,000/. an 1,000,000/. ;to 60 ,000/., on ous merit that we are aware of—the merit of durin. a visit with Lord and Lady Carington, at Wycombe 10,000,0001,, nearly a million more than was re- readily and ungrudgingly voting thesupplies Bucks. Mayfair,H Her ladyship has taken a house in Hertford-street, . tained in the coffers of the Bank of England during the cont:nuance of the aanguinary and expo:33i ° ye The Dowager Lady Leigh is expected in town this Abbey, the week ending the 11th inst. For each 6,000 t., contest with the CZAR of all the Russias. But day from a tcur of visifr. ' or 12 ,0001., as a porti on would he withdrawn even that one redeemi ng characteri s ti c i s all b u t Mr. Edw. Eyre l'ad an interview with Mr. Secretary from general circulation, say equal in amount to blotted out of our grateful remembrance by its Labouchere on S:atnrday at the Colonial-office. that taken from the Bank itself, the stock of equally ready and ungrudaing approbation of the Despatchee, were sent to the Governors of Malta, Gib both precious metala in both departments would despicable compromise called a Peace, with which be reduced by 1,000,0001., and this would no- the Muscovite war was brought to a premature railer, Cr j,i,„, Hong Kong, La uan, and Mauritius, f " ) .,,, n) t i ' Colonial-office on Saturday. -ai•r ' F e . Peel, the rejected candidate at Bury, will, it cessitate, according to the present system, an and ignominious conc l usion. No—frankly be it ie. * th,o . ught (.ay s the Bristol Advertiser), find a seat in increase of 1 per cent, to the rate of discount ; j confessed, as to the House of Commons which has and before 120,000'. had been applied , the ' but just now "died the death," we cannot by any Wjdia°l9 ' of Kara, will make wai"him. that it has understand i r:tle j. Lansdowne borough of Caine, where Sir W. We (Cambridge Independent) " Old Lady' should stop payment, w e the possibility think otherwise than with unalloyed,. been d ec id e d to procee d to a Scrutiny of the votes a n g c i o ven Government int e r tos3 d, an d aga i n suspended the satisfaction of its having been dismissed abruptly ,'at th e l a t e election for Huntingdonshire ; before s Inittll' of the House of corowkas. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIN DAT—Morn. 30 min. aft. 10 —Evening 8 mid. aft. 11 rn-MottitOv —`horn. 0 min. aft. 9—Evening 0 min.aft. 0 TEr E WEATHER —Sim OFFICE, APRIL 19. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 65 —highest Muse noon yesterday. 51 —lowest this morning and during the night. 6.5 -this day at noon. The Bank of England must be enabled, t o compete iu our own markets, on. tqual terms with the foreig ner , or far better it should be freed fr o m every re, vansibility in -- connection with the curr ery,,y, which sh ou ld by a Gov ernmen t de partment under the henceforward be regulatPAt mtrol of Parliam en t . Na tional Bank note of small and conven i ent de nominations, receivable in pay men t o f taxes, and made a 1er: 3 41 tender in a ll par t s of the United Kingd - Jm, would answer every purpose that could be required for a domestic currency. The price of gold would then vary according to the natural laws of supply and demand, and England would be enabled to supply her wants in the same man• ner as other nations, All that she requires, is a clear stage and no favour," She will not shrink from equal competition, but that she has a right to demand, notwithstanding the specious fallacies and pompous platitudes of Mercator and his disciples. The present system cannot be maintained 1 In justice to our indus trial population, we are entitled to demand a decisive and comprehensive change--a mere modi fication, which might have satisfied the people a few months' since, will not answer now. ho activity of th e reme d y must be proportioned T .to , to the extent and magnitude of the disease. BAROMETER, 30'05. Wrxr.—S.W., light, with very fine sunshiny summer weather. Two O'CLOCK.—Wind more westerly, and fresh, but ine. Arun 20. 67 -highest since noon yesterday. 4' -)owest this morning and during the night. 62 -this day at noon. RAnowirrim, 30.30—a sudilen rise. WIND, W.N.W to W.—Light, with fine sunshiny weather. 4Z ? ( v y' " r rr i4c ,%14 . 11, :*1 LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1857. EVENING, APRIL ‘•2O, 4 1857 ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. While the triumphant success of Signor Giuglini was confirmed' by the third performance of " La Favorith," which took place on Saturday night, Mademoiselle Spezia gave evident signs of an ad vance in public favour. Those peculiarities of voice which somewhat marredher best efforts en Tuesday were far less apparent, and may possibly be ex plained away ou the hypothesis of nervous trepida tion. On the other hand, those meritsthat belonged to the histrionic side of the art were more con spicuous than before, and we scarcely desire to see the last scene of "La Favorita" acted with mr , re thorough abandon to the passion of the moment than by Mademoiselle Spezia. Ther© is nothing like complacent mediocrity in her performance. Into the spirit of the character she assumes she enters without reserve, mental or physical, and she spares no effort of voice or gesture to realise her conceptions. The new danseuse, Mademoiselle Pocchini, is a most valuable acquisition to the theatre. The " rruandaise," as she executes it, is au original creation. In the pas de cinq, which is introduced in the course of the ballet, a separate "variation" is executed by each of the five danseuses—Mesde rnoiselles Rolla, Pa,qualis, Morlaccbi, Brunetti, and Kgrliski, who, in vieiog with each other, give earnest of future eminence under more responsible circumstances. The house was filled in every part, and the new vocalists were three times summoned before the curtain. The debut of Mademoiselle Piccolomini is announced for to-morrow (Tuesday), the selected opera being " La Figlia del Reggio:lento." HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. —The Queen's box tit her the Earl and Countess of Desert, Lady G eorg i na B a l. Majesty's Theatre was on Saturday evening ',coupled by four, Miss Balfour, Mr. Balfour, and m r. H erbert. Among s t the company also r,haosino.:Jalliiwneg.— their presence on tLis T oe the theatre with Duchess of Wellingtonobserved :--The 'Lady Julia Hay, Miss Caven dish, Mrs. Macdonal,i and party, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, Lady Alic'a Paulett, the Marquis of Lans downe, the Earl and Countess of Munster, his Excel lency the Prussian Minister and the Countess Bernstoff, the Countess of Glengall, the Countess Dowager of Har rington, and Miss Mary Lee, the Earl and Countess Mountcharles, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Luca% the Earl of Wilton, the Earl and Countess Roseberry, the Countess of Orkney and Lady Isabella Fitzrnaurice, the Earl and Countess of Stamford and Warrington, the Viscount Canterbury, Lord William Paulett, Lord Gif ford, the Count Portalis, the Baron and Baroness Meyer de Rothschild, the Baron Delanois, the Viscount Cl ;f -den, the Earl and Countess of ` , . - belburne, his Excel lency the Peruvian Mu:lister Lord and L a d y P anmure, Lord Lady Grey de Wi lton, Lo r d Burghers!), Lord J Join Hay, Jodliffe, r :xeneral the Bon. H. Cavendish, Sir Ho war Ralph .H 0 ;rd, B ar t., L ady Howard, and Miss Id, Sstichard Gosling, Bart., Sir William Cla Geor y, Bart., an'.l Lady K ay, Mr. Baring, Mr. Corrie, Sir ge Wombwell, Bart., Sir John Lowther, Bart., Lord de Tabley, Lady Barnard, 'Sir Frederick Pottin wer, Bart., Lady Flower, Sir Alexand er S pearman , Bart., Si r J o h n B. Guest, .B.lrt , the Baron Paravicini, Mr. and Mrs. Efarvey Lewis, Mr. Wyndham, the Hon. Mr. Craven, the Hon. Dudley Ward, the Hon. Mrs. Boyll, Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart, Lady and Miss Woodford, General Sir George Bowles, Mrs. Wemyss, Mr. de Horsey and Miss de Horsey, the Hon. Mr. Harbord, the Hon. Mrs. Cost, Colonel Cadogan, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Gore Langton, Colonel and Mrs. Moecreiffe, Colonel and Mrs. Monntjoy Martyn, Mr. C. J. Lyon, Colonel Lockyer Freestun, Mrs. Lockyer Freestun, Mr. Pond, Colonel and Mrs. Watson, Mr. Ronpell, M.P., and Mrs. Trent, &c. HER MAJESTY'S THEITEE.—MdIIe. Piccolomini will appear to-morrow night in "La Figlia del Reggi rnento," and on Thursday in the " Traeiata." Mdlle. Ortolani has arrived from Madrid. " I Puritani" is the opera selected for her debut. Arturo is one of Giuglini's principal parts. LATEST NE WS. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, MONDA Y MORNING. The royal mail steam-ship Europa, with advices from Boston to the Bth inst., is off the port. MARSEILLES, AFRTL 19. Intellgence from Smyrna, of the 9th, states that Admiral Lyons, together with his squadron, had been received there with much ceremony by the Turkish authorities, the French naval division, and the English residents. Admiral Bouet-Willaumez, at a fete which he gave to the British Admiral on board the Poinone, gave a toast, "To the union of the French and English Flags." Admiral Lyons replied in a long speech, in which he developed the advantages of the Anglo-French alliance. COPENIIA GEN, SUNDAY. A. Royal rescript, issued yesterday, charges M. Andrae with the reconstruction of the Cabinet. If he should not succeed, M. Halle will be com missioned to form a Ministry. M. Yon Scheele has announced his absolute retirement from public life, and has sent in the resignation of his seat in the Supreme Council. THE NEUCHATEL QUESTION. The Paris correspondent of the independance Beige has sent to that journal the following analysis of the memorandum presented by Dr. Kern to the Conference on the 3d inst. " On the first point it is declared that the renun ciation of the King of Prussia must be complete. Switzerland cannot concede to him the title of Prince of Neuchatel and of Valangin. At all events, if the King wishes to cult'nue to hear the title in his dy nasty no claim upon Switzerland sh•tll result there from, and its non -recognition shall be declared by an official act. The memorandum referring to a decree of the three States of Neuchatel in the month of November, 1707, which invested Frederick of Brandenburg with the sovereignty of the Canton, establishes that the title of Prince of Neuchatel never was an apanage of the Crown of Prussia. "Dr. Kern then touches upon the amnesty for all political and military offences connected with recent events. Switzerland admits that the am nesty ought to include all political offences of any description anterior to the events of September, 1856 ; ordinary off,lnces are naturally excluded from the amnesty. "As regards the sth point, concerning an in demnity for the rights of Sovereignty, the; Swiss Envoy rejects it, observing that the law expenses and the cost of military occup itton must remain reserved, the Federal Council declaring beforehand that, if the King of Prussia does not ask for money, it will not insist upon repayment of the expenses of the occupation. The Federal Council calculates the cost of calling out the troops, legal expenses, dc., caused by the events of September, at 5,180,000 f. " As regards the Church property, Dr. Kern de clares that it never has been interfered with--it was annexed to the State domain, which on its part engaged itself constitutionally to provide for the wants of the clergy. Private institutions of charity naturally come under the common law of the land. As regards public institutions their maintenance is guaranteed by the Constitution. " The Swiss Envoy then alludes to the Pury in heritance. The town of Neuchittel was declared heir by the will in the usual legal manner. Should i's claim be contested, it ought to be decided by the courts of law, and not by diplomacy. " As regards the revision of the Constitution, it is peremptorily established that the Cantonal Constitution decrees, Article 72, that if the Grand Council, or at least 3,000 electors, asked for a revision, it is for the electoral colleges to decide whether it is to take place either by a Constituent Assembly or by the Council ; and, moreover, the Federal Constitution. Art. 42 admits equally to the enjoyment of political rights every Swiss citizen who has resided for two years in a canton, possessing the electoral qualifications as prescribed by the Constitution. Strangers never enjoyed po litical rights in Switzerland, nor do they at the present moment. " Finally, the present Constitution of Neuchatel was voted by the Neuchatelese alone, as they were called upon for the first time to pronounce them selves upon the future form of government of the Canton." FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The Moniteur, beyond nominations to offices in tribunals of commerc?, juges de paix, and assistant judges, has nothing of home or of foreign interest. BOURSE, April 18.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. iti per Cents 3 per Cents ;9 55 Bank Shares 4,425 Credit Mobilier 1,382 50 Roman Do. Account ......... 1,382 50 Austrian Belgian 4i „ EN Spanish Threes Piedmonteae (5) 9l Home Debt End of Month. 92fr. 50c. 69 85 RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. K. c. tr C. Orleans 1,500 Western Northern l,ol2i— Strasburg Lyons 1,5761 New Ditto Mediterranean 2,155 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Midi thtlf, the ()neon should open the Cortes in person ; and amongst the pri-oners to be first brought for ward was one fora re‘orm of ih , slariffs. Ic was con sidered cett Ain that 11 r Majesty is in an interest ing situation. The Bank of San Fernando had reduced its rate of discount to 5 per cent. At °viol°, 20 persons hal been arrcs ed on suspicion of being concerned in a Carlist conspiracy. Re ports were current that a certa;n number of ipfln ential persons in Mexico had formed the project of requesting Count de Mon - LI/101in ° , or , his In other Don Juan, to assist them in transforming the re public into a monarchy, and to take the crown ; but no importance was atta , led to them. Accounts from Vera Cruz say that 14 or 16 of the assassins of the Spaniards at Cuerna Vaca had been shot, and that as the Mexican government had thus given some sa'isfactiou to Spain, it was hoped that an arrangement between the two countries would be conic to. Numerous persons were being exiled from Mexico, and trade was paralysed. A letter from Berne, in the German journal of Frankfort, says :---" The question of an indemnity to Prussia was warmly discussed last week in the Federal Council. It appears that the mediating powers have confidentially recommended Switzer land to offer a million for the love of peace.' Some members of the council were rather disposed to accept this advice, but, after mature considera tion, it was decided that Switzerland could not admit the principle of an indemnity, and that, con sequently, it was not necessary to discuss the amount. A similar resolution was come to as to the title of Prince of Neuchatel. Switzerland can not prevent the King of Prussia from assuming the title, but she will never recognise his right toga." The responsib'e editor of the Avvisatore Alessan drino, a Piedmontese paper, was condemned by de fault a few days ago by the Culla of Appeal of Ca sale to four years' imprisonment and a fine of 6000 francs, for having published an article under the title of " The Insurrection," in which it wlvocated the overthrow of the constitudoual monarchy. The quarrel which lately took place between the Austrian and Prussian soldiers forming the federal garrison of Mentz was lint attended with the gravity which was at first attributed to it. The Mentz journal, however, in making this rectification, ad mits that one man was killed and ten wounded. CHINA. The Moniteur de la Flotte publishes a letter from Shanghai of Feb. 7, which describes a ceremony that took place there in commemoration of the deliverance of Shanghai by the officers and seamen of the Jeanne d'Arc and the Colbert. A so- lemn mass was celebrated on the preceding day in the French quarter called Yang-King-Paug. to the memory of those who fell under the walls of Shang hai on the 6th of January, 1855. Monseigneur Dauicourt, Bishop of Antifelles, officiated in pre sence of M. Edan, the French Consul ; M. Merle, the British Vice-Consul ; Captain Nicholson, of the British frigate La Pique ; several officers of his staff, the Spanish Vice-Consul, a de!egate from the Portu guese Consulate, all the French residents, and a ' number of the British residents. The mass was followed by a sermon from M. Languillat, a Jesuit. After the sermon the clergy proceeded to the reQi deuce of the French Consul, where prayers were said over the mausoleum by M. Danicourt. The ceremony was concluded by the following speech from the French Consul : 'The two years which separate us from this heroic but costly deliverance of Shanghai, far from losing their effect on the hearts of the population, have, on the contrary, made it stronger. Let us therefore honour this glorious mausoleum as an immortal emblem for the navy, for religion, for our duty, for all Frenchmen, for the ho nour and dignity of the national character, and for that powerful colony of Shanghai, for the honour of the West. Let us give a new and solemn adieu to the noble dead of the Jeanne d'Arc and the Colbert." THE BROTHERTON MEmoßi.kL--The committee sf; pointed at the public meeting L4lei in the Town-hall some time since, for the purpose of securing a memo. SPAIN. I rial to the late Mr. Joseph Brotherton, M.P. for Sal. The Madrid Gazette of the 14th contains a royal ford, havef a monumentrecently determ cn ined th a t the moarial shall over the tomb in t; :e Salford decree, which authorises ' the Miciste r o f P u bli c cn istel-paidc. The coiutuisclo n f or consist of at New Barns, and o a th b e ronze statue :n b at e h n nicipality, the provincial deput a ti on , an d ' th e . given to M r . M att h ew Noble; and its e Works to come to an understanding w ith th e mu- 'esteatittuowehabselie've ministries, for the aggrandisement an d em b e lli s h- : will be one thousand gui neas. The pedestal will ho of p meet of the capital, by enclosing w ithi n th e wa ll s granite ; and in its genera l character the work will be a large tract of ground, and laying it out in similar to the Peel statue—also by Mr, Noble—in the streets, parks, promenades, and by cutting wide Peel-park. A mothl of th e s t a t ue an d pe d es t a l is to be streets in the city, imp rov i ng th e r i ve r, submitted tithe c omm i ttee b efore There was some the work is proceeded building railway stations, 4.7 c. The other with • discussion in the committee as to f the statue, bl several of the members contending for one journals announce that numerous arrests had the weather with a canopy or other prote h c e ti l o i n ve fi:ol . n been made at Madrid, in consequence of the decision rande of a a i t n m o f ; p v en here rf discovery of a Carlist conspiracy headed by felt that thee r with the desire ; f but t e w br e or zl behove t rd is s prie , ts. This conspiracy had ramifications of subscribers, so far at Oviedo and Burgos. In consequence of as that desire could majority of We learn that some agitation at Carinna, near Sarragossa, troops nothing has been decided as to the monumPut to be had been sent to the town from the latter city. A placed over Mr. Brotherton's tomb.-211anchester sword of honour had been forwarded to Washing- Guardian. ton, to be presented to the captain of the United JOHN H ALIFAX , GENTLEMAN. — We arc glad to ob- States war steamer Waterwitch, for services ren- serve that a new and cheaper edition of this sterling dered to the crew of the Spanish frigate Cartagenera, work, comprised is a single volume, has just been pub which ran agroun d i n the mouth of the Parana, lished by M essrs . Hurst and B ackett. There has been A letter from Melilla of the 4th says that the no novel issued for many year n s . !3o ,t _d f eser „ ving of the Puc ess it h as o btained as Jo 11 . li a?c. As the Exa• belonging t o th e M oor s. Spaniards had captured two large piratical vessels h miner justly remarks! "John Halifax is a very g ood aid novel. It is designed to trace th e The Madrid journals of the 13th have reached us. a very a gentre l e e r finrintn u ei ; stinre c a o g b o yhood t - ) age of a perfect man, a Chi i,t,a n The governm en t h a d addressed a circular to th e rid it abounds in incident, both well and presidents o f t r ib una ls, giving them instructions highly wrought. Throughout it is conceived in a Ugh respecting the re l ease of the Carlist prisoners who spirit, and wr.tt,en with great ability, better than any for have lately b een a mnestied. It had been decided mer work, we think, of its deservedly Succe.isfui author." . THIRTY DAYS TO AUSTRALIA (Prom the Liverpool Herald.) There is something startling in this announce ment, because people have no idea, even in then days of progress, .that a voyage to the antipodes could po•isibly be effected in one month ; yet, why not? We understand that the Government con tract for conveying the mails is 59 days, say 60. Mr. Clare, jun., of this town, is prepared to build 4 Iron mail steamers of 10,000 tons etch, that shall average 20 miles per hour, for the sum of 400,000/. each ; boats that, in case of war, could be applied to the Government transit of troops, &c. Now, what would be the result of shortening the voyage to Australia to 30 days ? In the fist instance, we are receiving 20 millions sterling in gold annually from that colony; the interest upon that sum for one month (the time saved for conveyance) would be 840,0001., and drafts to the same amount, hav ing another 30 drys to run, would make a total per annum of 1,680,0001. interest, which, added to 84 1 ,000/., would yield the sum of 2,400,0001. ! So that, in one year, 800,0001. more than► the cost of building this splendid fleet of steamers, suitable for war purposes, would be realised merely by the saving of time. Mr. Clare is prepared to have this num ber of boats ready in twelve months, upon the Government undertaking to pay him such a rate of postage as the expeditious service he would render would entitle him to ; and we are satisfied the colonists would not object to an additional postage that would bring them nearer to this country by at least half the time now consumed. After the first year the Government would be in the re ceipt of 2,400,0001. to meet the expenditure. Suppose the expense attendant upon each voyage was 100,0001., that would amount in the year, twelve voyages, to 1,200,0001. ! thus leav ing a balance in favour of the Government of 1,200,0001. ! To attain the continuous speed here laid down is the great matter for consideration, and many may doubt the possibility ; but Mr. Clare is quite confident that he can accomplish it by the construction of vessels after a plan of his own ; vessels that shall not only attain a greater speed than any hitherto built, but be proof against wind, wave, and foundering at sea ; that can neither leak nor sink, and at the same time be shut and fireproof. Surely such a discovery is of na tional importance, above all little personal inte rests, and, if practically brought to bear, would in time confer incalculable benefits upon Liverpool, her shipowners, and her merchants. MR• PALK, M.P., ON CHURCH-RATES AND REFORM, On Friday afternoon Mr. Palk, the Conservative member for South Devon, dined with a numerous party of his father's tenantry at Torquay, and in the course of a speech, after expressing his grati tude to the electors for the recently repeated wani festation of their confidence in him, and joining with a previous speaker in the hope that much of the unhappy difference that had existed b - tween Churchmen and Dissenters of this coun try might be supplanted by a better state of things , he spoke as follow s :—I a ll u d e more pat ticularly to the question of church rates. It is a question which has agitated the pub lic mind for many years, and I think the time is now come when that question should for ell* be set aside. (Cheers.) But there are difficuttids— difficulties of great importance. The law that would be good for populous towns like this, and for towns of even greater populations, will not alto gether do for purely agricultural districts. But I do hope that the time has arrived when this ques tion of church-rates may be met without political feeling, and that each honourable man—and there are plenty of them—upon bath sides, will together combine and ac cept that which I believe would settle the question for ever—a fair and honourable compromise. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I hardly know that I have yet acquired a position to enable me satisfactorily to bring the quest!en before the House of Com mons. I know too well that a bad advocate fre quently damages a good cause. But whenever the question is brought before the House rest assured that I will endeavour to support or to suggest some measure which, I trust, may have the concurrenee of Dissenters and-the acceptance of the Church men of England. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I look forward to the next session of Parliament with c,n siderrble apprehension. I think matters of vast public importance must be brought before the house ; I think the words which were said to bind party to party have disappeared ; and I think that the tame is come when it is necessary for every wan ' whatever hi s p r inciples may be, to march with the times and to give effect to the opinion which has been clearly, and distinctly, and plainly expressed by the country at large, that the present state of the representation must be a subject for the consideration of the house. (Prolonged cheering.) To that consideration I moan to bring an unbiased and unprejudiced mind. I totally decline to pin my faith to or to guide my actions by any man. I will, with your permission, act as I think is best for you and best for the interests whit you have intrusted into my care. (Hear.) The hen. gentleman concluded by expressing a hope that whenever he had again to resign to the elec tors (if South Devon the privileges which they possesses they would at least admit that, h owever imperfect his talents might be, be had never de ceived them nor pandered to popular i m p u l se, but had used his 7,;9,5t exertions to give them full and efficient service ai:d to further the interests of this great country. (Chi.-.41r5.) ROYAL ITALIAN OPERLi. , onizetti's "Maria di Rohan" was performed at the Lyceum on Saturday evening, nearly in the same manner as last season ; th e only alteration of any i mportance being th e a p pearance of Signor Neri Baraldi in the part of the Count de Chalais. The great feature of the performance was (as it has always been) the magnificent acting of Ronconi in the character of the Duke de Chevreuse. This is probattly th e greatest of his tragic parts—for it is difficult to say whether Ronconi is greater in tragedy or in comedy—and, indeed, it may be said to have alone made the success of an opera not re markable for intrinsic merit. From the moment that Chevreuse diecovers the fatal letter and portrait which at once reveal the infamy of the wife and friend, whom he entirely loved and trusted, to his final exclamation, having wrought his re venge, La morte a lui !" Ronconi was appal ling, and filled exery spectatier with suspense and. terror. That scene alone is sufficient for the salva tion of a whole opera. In regard to his singing, he Ina.'ae up, as usual, f .r a defective voice and un certain intonation by artistic skill and power of e:4ression. He did not sing the aria d'iutrata in the opera, " Ah, non avea," but introduced an other, which was new to us, The opera was got up with the utmost care and completeneis. TilE) chorus and orchestra were admirable, and all the scenic accessories rich and tasteful, D -' CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERTS. The Crystal Palace company gave their 23d con cert on Saturday, which was more fully attended than many of the former concerts, owing most pro bably features were Sp o lu.'a descripti ve symp h ony, " The CI the fineness o f th e weather. The new power of sound," which was admirably played by the orchestra; a manuscript overture to the Tem plar, by H. Laslie, was also played by the orchestra, and proved to be a composition of very great merit. The solo performers on this occasion Iwere Mr. Hallett Sheppa r d an d M r. Pape, the former playing Mendelsaohn's Rondo Brdlatit in E minor, with orchestral accompaniment, which produced but little effect, it being but a very mediocre performance; but Mr. Pape's air, by Weber (concertante for the clarionet and piano) was played with a delicacy of tone and justness of execution rarely equalled on this instrument: Miss Louisa Vinning was the only vocalist. She sang Mozart's " Vol the Sapete" with great purity of voice and chasteness of style. "The Siren Song," by F. Mori, is of a very different character, and obliged this young lady to depart from her naturally elegant and finished manner, to execute the com mon-place passages of this composition, She sang " Home, sweet home," with a fe e li ng that charmed all her hearers, and on the call for its repetition subst;tutel " Coming through the rye," with great naivete. It will be seen from the official return that nearly 6,000 persons were present. SACRED HARMONIC SOC IETY. - .Mendelssolin's "Eli jah" will be performed at Exeter-hall on Wednesday, May 6. 'With the exception of a performance of Mr. I Costa's " Eli" on the evening of Wednesday, June 17, to which all the provincial performers at the Great , Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace will be invited, this will be the last and only other performance of this season. This course is induced by the necessity of lengthened rehearsals for the festival, the issue of tickets for which commences in the Lower Hall, Exeter-hall this (Mo n d ay ) morn i ng, ac 10 o ' c)ook. , A collection of essays, by Sir J. F. W. Herschel, Irons the Edinburgh and other Reviews, is announced for pub lication. WILLS AND CHARITABLE BEQUESTS.—Probate of the will of the Right Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere has just been granted by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. —Lieut.-General Nathaniel Thorn, ICH., 35,000/, per sonally, and has left several charitable bequests ; George Jones, Esq., of Sbackerley, 120,0001., and has bequeathed 1,0001. to the South Staffordshire Hospital ; Lady Brown, of Chester, 5,000/. within the province of Can terbury; Mrs. Sophia Cuthbert, of Berkeley-square, 50,0001. ; Janes Lyon, Esq., of Clapham-rise, 12,0001., and has left bequests to several charitable institutions. The late Mrs. Jane Davies, of Clapham, has left the fol lowing bequests :—Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 2001. ; for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 2001. ; National Benevolent, 2001. ; Deaf and Dumb, 2001. ; St. Ann's School, 2001. ; Sons of the Clergy, 2001. ; Zion College, 200/. ; Blind Asylum, 2001. ; Orphan Asylum, Clapham, 2001. ; Church Build ing, 1001. ; Houseless Poor, 1001.; Shipwrecked Mari ners, 1001. ; Lif.!-boat Fund, 1001, —lllustrated London i News. TREMENDOUS FIRES AND GREAT Loss of PRO "Trim—Yesterday (Sunday) morning, between the hours of twelve and one o'clock, a fire, involving a serious destruction of property, took place in the ex tensive range of premises belonging to Mr. J. Newson, builder and steam saw-mill proprietor, situate in West bourne-street, Pimlico. The mischief done is thus offi cially reported by Mr. Braid wood :—Westbourne-street, Pimlico—Mr. J. Newson, balder and saw-mill pro prietor ; contents and buillings insured in the Lanca shire fire-office ; the whole of the saw-mills, workshops, stables, and lofts were destroyed by fire and water ; cause of fire unknown. No. 53, in the same street—Mr. Thomas Smith (private); back front and back premises dp,maged by fire and breakage ; contents not insured. No. 53, ditto—Belonging to Mr. J. Newson ; back front and sheds damaged by fire and breakage ; insert , Anne unknown. No. 54, ditto—Mr. John Cock, car penter, &c. ; premises and contents damaged by fire, &c. ; insurance unknown. No. 56, in the same street W. Chapman (private) ; similar damage to front premises, and palings at the' back broken ; insurance unknown at present. No. 57, ditto—Mr. John Wil liams ; similar damage ; insurance unknown at present. No. 1, Park's-cottages—Let nut in tenements toseveral persons ; the building, the furniture, and back windows damaged by breakage and removal ; insurance unknown at present. No. 2, ditto—Similar damage ; premises let out in tenements ; inmates uninsured. No. 4, Gresham -street, Weet—Mr. W. Vickers, cowkeeper ; roof of cow-sheds and contents damaged - insured in the Phoenix office. No. 37, Grosvenor-row---Mr. J. Carter back premises damaged by breakage , insured in the f:hoaniz office. MARKET NEWS.-- (finis ray ) CORN EXCHANGE. The country markets held on Saturday were but moder ately supplied with wheat, in which a steady business was doing, and prices had an upward tendency. The barley trade was very firm, and all other kinds of produce were steady. Advices from the Continental markets state that the transactions in grain generally have been very moderate, and that previous rates have been with difficulty supported. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were small, except wheat. From abroad we received 8,317 quarters of wheat, 20,873 barley, 25,732 oats, 45 beans, 181 tares, 2,155 linseed, 7,790 rapeseed, 7 mustard seed, 2,970 sundry; 300 sacks and 9,205 barrels of flour. Fresh up to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, the arrivals of English wheat were seasonably good, and in somewhat improved condition. The show of samples of both rod and white was on the increase, yet, as the attend ance of buyers was good, and as the country markets were rather dearer, the tiewaild for all kinds of wheat of home produce ruled steady, and prices advanced, compared with Monday last, is to 2s per quarter. We were well supplied with foreign wheat, fresh as well as ex granary. Selected samples sold to a fair extent, at an improvement in value of is per quarter, but inferior samples were unaltered in price. Iu floating cargoes very little was passing. Although the show of barley was good, that article met an improved demand, anti, in some instances, fine English parcels were the turn dearer, viz., is per quarter. Malt was in moderate supply, and fair request, at last week's currency. There was a good show of oats ; yet the oat trade ruled firm at an improvement in value of 6d per quarter. Both beans and peas moved off steadily, at very full prices. - The flour trade was steady, and country markets wereheld for rather more money. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier ..•• 773 to 795 Red .... new 48$ to 573 Oats Yorkshire and Ditt0........ old —s —8 .Lineolnsk., Feed 205 22s , Ditto, White new 493 65s Potato .. ..•• 223 29s Ditto.... .... old —s —5 Youghal and Cork Norfolk and Lin- Black. —— •• 18s 221 coin, Bed, old —5 —a Cork, White ... 193 275 Ditto new ... ••• 463 568 Scoteh,Feed....• 24$ 273 Rye—Old ——...•••— —5 —s B eans—T i ck ..: ...... 32$ 333 New .... •• •• .. .• 325 363 Pigeons •• •38 40, Barley—Grinding ••••• 26s 303 Peas—Grey .....• —35 s Malting .....•• •• 383 403 Maple ... •• •••••• 373 3s, Z.‘hevalier.... • • 42s 463 White........... 358 38, Malt—SnffolkandNor- Boilers ••• .. .• 34s 37 3 folk•• •• •• •• •• •• 6 7s 77s Flour—Town -made... 50s 52 3 Brown ~........••• •• 625 633 Suffolk •••••• .• 383 39 3 Kingston and Ware 69e 78 s Stocktn & Norfolk 37a 323 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week were 1,096 head. In the corresponding week in 1856 we received 229 ; in 1855, 951 ; in 1851, 505 ; in 1853, 3,886 ; in 1852, 1,839; in 1851, 1,573; and in 1850, 1,093 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WMEE. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. llamburgh 2 495 ... Antwerp ••• llavre Calais . •• ••• qotterdam ...... 43 Amsterdam 6 Schiedam ...... 23 .. • Harlingen •• 90 ... 18 ... --- T0ta1.... 174 ... 683 ... 225 .. ..• -- ..• 63 150 ... 8 ...''''.. ••• 4 ... 6 The yearly comparison of weekly Imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1856 72 ... 126 31 1855._ 1854 268 128 101 18 L 853 620 2,883 - ... 356 37 1852 4lO 1.038 • 441 1851 lB4 965 337 ... 67 We were very scantily supplied with foreign stock to day. The whole changed hands at high currencies. Compared with Monday last there was a considerable increase in the arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts, and their general quality was good. Still, however, the supply was only moderate for the time of year. The attendance of butchers was not to say numer ous, and all breeds of beasts mo►ed off slowly, at a decline in last week's quotations of 2d per 81bs—the highest figure for the best sorts being 55 per Sibs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 2,200 Scots and short horns ; from other parts of Itatgland, 300 of various breeds; from Ireland, 810 oxen, and from Scotland, 450 Scots. We were again very moderately supplied with all kinds of sheep, the quality of which was prime. The mutton trade was not very brisk, yet Friday's advance in the quo tations of 4d. per Sibs. was supported. The best old Downs, in the wool, were worth 6s 2d; out of the wool, 5s 4d per Blbs. Lambs were in fair supply, and steady request, at from Os to 7s per 81bs. About 200 came to hand from the Isle of Wight. We were scantily supplied with calves, yet the veal trade ruled heavy, at a decline in value of 2d per 81bs. Pigs were in moderate supply and heavy request, at barely stationary prices. Per 81bs to sink the offal.. s. d. e. d.I s. ft. s .1 Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 Prime Sonthdown 510 6 2 Second quality.... 3 8 4 0 LArge crse. calves 4 8 5 2 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 8 Prime small do 5 4 5 8 Prime Scots, 4c. 410 5 0 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...4 G 4 10;Small porkers second quality ...4 0 5 2 Suckling calves 23 0 30 0 Prime crse.-wlled.s 4 5 8/Quarter old pige 21 0 28 0 Lamb, 6s Od to 7e ( d. TOTAL SUPPLY; FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 3,829 Beasts Sheep and lambs 19,830 'Sheep and lambs .. ... .. 500 Calves 125 Calves 75 Pigs 230 Pigs — A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, April 21, 1856, and this day, Monday, April 20, 1857. Per Bibs, to sink the offals. April 21, 1856. Apr 20, 1357 a. d. s . d. d. a. d. Coarse and inferior beasts ... 34t0 3 6 1 3 4to 3 6 Second quality ditto ... 3 8 4 0 8 4 0 Prime large oxen .•. ... 4 2 4 6;4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, dic .•• ... 4 8 4 10,4 10 5 0 ' Coarse and inferior sheep ... ... 4 0 4 4,4 6 410 Second quality ditto ... ..• 4 6 410 5 0 5 2 Primo coarse woolled ditto ... • ... 5 0 5 2 3 4 5 8 Prime Southdown ditto ... 5 4 5 8,5 18 6 2 Lambs ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 6 0 7 2 6 0 7 I Large coarse calves 4 2 5 0 4 0 5 2 P r ime small ditto 5 2 5 8,5 4 5 8 Large hogs ••• ••• 3 6 4 2 1 3 B 4 2 Neat small porkers ..„ 4 4 4 8 4 4 5 0 Beasts... 3.319 •3,828 Sheep and lambs 18 ,3 40 17,740 Calves... Pigs 75 13L ••• •• 270 2lO Simms ON SALE, April 23, 1855.—Beasts, 4,012; sheet, and lambs, 21,580; calves, 155; pigs, 335. April 24, 1854.—Beasts, 4,445; sheep and lambs, 21,471; calves, 167 ; pigs, 380. - NEWGATE AND LEADEN - HALL. The supplies of both town and country killed meat on sale in these markets continue very moderate. Owing to the late advance in prices in the live market higher quota tions have prevailed h ere , yet t h e trade generally is by no moans active. Per Blbs by the carcase. B. d. s. d. Beef, interior ...... 3 0 3 4 Do., middling ..... 3 6 3 10 I Do., prime large.. 4 0 4 4 Do., do. 5raa11....4 6 4 8 r Purk, largo .3 10 4 2 I Lamb, 5s Mutton, Inferior 3 6 3 10 I Do., middling 4 0 4 4 Do., prime 4 6 4 8 Veal. 4 0 5 4 Pork, small 4 6 5 2 ;d to 6s 4d. BOROUGH HOP. Our market continues to be fairly supplied with most kinds of hops. Fine qualities are quite as dear as last week, but inferior parcels command very little alteration. Last week's imports were 122 bales from Hambroi. Mid and East Bent pockets, 31 10s to 5t 12s ; Weeld of Bent. 3/ 5s to 31 18s; Sussex, 31 Os to 31 12s ; year. bugs, 1110 s to 31 per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Coastwise, since Monday last, only moderate supplies of potatoes have come to hand ; but by land carriage the arrivals have been seasonably good. The trade is steady at our quotations. The imports have amounted to 527 bags from Hamburg, 686 ditto from Rotterdam, and 667 ditto from Schiedam. York Regents, 100. E to 145 s per ton ; Kent and Essex do., 953 to 1308 Scotch do., 95s to 115 s ; do. cups, 8.5 a to 951; Middli ng,, 60s to 755; Lincolns, 85s to 100 s ; Blues, 853 to 05s ; Foreign, 80s to 955. WOOL. The next public sales of colonial wool in London will be commenced on the 30th inst., when about 56,000 bales will be brought forward. By private contract scarcely any busi ness is doing, at barely stationary prices. Last week's im ports were very extensive, viz., 1,750 bales from Hobart Town, 3,609 from Adelaide, 6,880 from Sydney, 1,745 Melbourne, 2,312 from Geelong, 2,021 from Algoa Buy, 3 from Paris, and 5 bags from Jamaica. The following are the current rates of Banish wool Down tags, 1s 7d to is 8d ; half-bred hoggets, is 6(1 to Is 7d ; Kent fleeces, Is 5d to Is 6d ; Down ewes, is 5 , 1 t 3 is 6d ; Leicester fleeces, is 4d to is 5d ; combing skins, is id to is 5d ; flannel wool, is 2d to is 6d ; and blAnket wool, 10d to is 2d per lb. SEEDS. Clover seed BWI continues inactive, and late rates are with difficulty supported. Trefoil is a slow sale. Lin seed and rapeseed aro very dull, on lower terms. Canary and most other seeds command very little attention. A fair business has been done in cakes, at full prices. Turme•White,per bush. 21s to 22 • Carraway •• 40. 425 Swede • • 215 22 , Coriander—. ••••• • • • 225 245 4fusta7d, 8r0wn...... 20s 22, flempseed , per quarter 41 , 445 White, new.. •• .. lOs 12s Linseed, Eng.-owing.. 70v 72s Tares,Winter,new...• Gs Od 7s Od Crushing •••• •• .. 56s 68s Old •. —s --s Baltic •• • • ....., --s —s Canary, per quarter .. 683 70e Odessa .. • • ..... 655 €6s stye grass (new) •. 32. 4ts Linseed Cake, pr. ton— Clover,RedEng. (cwt.) 56s 7d, English .. lO2 Os 10' 10e White • • .... •• GOs 753 Foreign,per ton 91 10. 10 101 Foreign Red.. .• 57s 76s Rape Cakes, per ton 61 Os 6 104 White.... FOS 72 , Rapeseed, pr qr....... 80s 84$ Trefoil, new.. 263 32i TALLOW. Our market is inactive, and prices are a shade loW(r than on Monday last. To-day P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted at 533 6d per cwt. For forward delivery nothing is passing. Town tallow, 53s nett cash; Rough fat, 2s 11d per Sibs. 1853 1854. 1856 11857, Stook this clay ,„ 23.961 33,894 32.552 (rice of y . c 47s 0 : 644 3d 518 9do •• LI Os Oi o4s 6•—s Od Delivery last week . 2,507 943 2,290 Ditto from June 95,b25 88,857 76.407 Arrivals last week.. 31 1,033 1,601 Ditto from June' 81,158 19,536 72,959 Price Of Tcifu.,,,.. 43. 60 6489 d 528 0d ( 20.979 i 13,673 4.7 3 d I , 533 6d 47, 6d to —A Od ' 8,181 2,020 97,647 97,353 29 . 89 71,184 94,046 509 6d. Os 94 ti The heavil from t mated tak en dull, a cline& Th e trict s s mau le d bee n u and the De ini n J ta ; l 13 as 14: otnt-S t o e t 4 ar e d ' kl . l 4,tr a j t , ab .1: 4 --a re 9 4iet e A lisce 4 4,1 Nod , Di 8 441 Eig he l p. 4 Stom. Re !e w -.t. Lo \v2il _7 ee tlg• A nuui O, 44tch e cc t io l o ttor 1 kte,, " • b t ' l, ll . 6 it t° . ''' .(,h 4. 1 Stic i h. OF 1( 4B 6 »c D. 'Nes e 1853 !A ti i ,':Atc, A 150 4 ki.i; 4l th , ce°ll T ar tih C onra t tite ce " b I • -Ex 1 t to 4 Per NI Ditto3o'r k