The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-13 00:00:00

o evince )ectacles, rduced is ilities af shine by counter ►r enter- iad their uourable wont to lavished rdeu and too, the ctious of e houses y of the ; but, tud with little of the bills n Easter rM both ader the nd Gye, ie strong Of their already that the he ballet opening id a new The in xpensive ome em [ore con re opera ►n Easter in of the ra" with feature. is sup compauy increase 'ormliuce riven on piece, in I by Mr. ologi cal )f " Ata- Le female iened by Wilton, dialogue reported and the expecta iful pro parodies cen e rally ment of an addi decided attrac military illustra- ie return from the Teri si yes ; or, Velcome, ug hill," Like and succeed original Riugton, ay ; Mr. eslie, by the bill udience, arsal for with Mr. ;he most ance on visitors urlesquo tbjeot of r season ;er, with 'eek, and interest, ihepherd Ler fro]. g jurtber , le to the L the part Bque of fore are iavoyard ipectaele mralio op trianiso3 RE .will 3veniDgy r. The Heart" )al parto O'Hara, er ; anal Soutar, Phelps RD, and , - ve been be holi in this ae ; the [go, the f parts, anti the iary aid e'.r fre- .ramatie ALBERT eriences t Blanc Olio of , cal and G, addg thieved )uthero by the Mrs. after its which gi Mies other chorus [ellorfo an eous r. Soy- Henri tration ant de of the vides s r of its etions. Globe, Na y, the dame I, pro e, fir ts, and to por t way, Leovni ugh to e cele- the melo r. On ne his to the Liter," itureg ana pre ess 0 1 ective isbecl) s that -wbat police longs other renal mnet► These It f en' ause' t the MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWo o'CLocK. The advices from the manufacturing d'stricts iu the north describe business as being dull, but no complaint is made of the operatives being unem ployed. Of course the late discount restrictions, following; the dullness occasioned by the elections, has prevented the revival that was anticipated. Later accounts from New York hare been re ceived by the steamer Africa, but they announce no material change either in monetary or commer cial affairs. The last return published by the City banks, contrary to general expectation, exhibited a decline in the discount and loan operations, but as the payments during April on mercantile account would be very heavy; no immediate relief was an ticipated in the money market. Although the Bank rate of discount is fully main tained the • inquiry is less urgent, and. an easier feeling prevails. The influx of gold still continues; a large proportion of the receipts are going, and are expected to go, into the Threadneedle-street vaults, and the continental demand is curbed through the precautions taken by the authorities. There is, consequently, reason for increased confi dence. Still, it mist be acknowledged. no cause exists for congratulation, the monetary system is deranged, and the inconvenience is extremely bur densome to the ceminerca of the country. Perhaps them was never a period when the inefficiency of the existing currency was more fully proved The same banking facilities which may have been ample in 1844 are totally inadequate to the requirements of the present time, the development of trade in the interval- having doubled the commercial transactions of the United liegdom. The Means by which these operations are conducted being inefficient, constant fluctua• tions in the value of accommodation—which, how ever, is always maintained at a high point—take place, and embarrassments ensue among firms who - le engagements too greatly exceed the limits of their capital. Any modification of the existing laws is temporarily delayed, but as the difficulties caused by their_ operation increase as they most certainly will, so must the necessity of an alteration be made apparent even to those who have hitherto steadfastly supported them. The movement of the precious metals last week 2 Was extensive, but less so than in the previous one. lc As far as can be ascertained (for the receipts of silver 2 5 from the Continent can only b e roug hl y estimated), 2 the imports of the precious metals amounted to 4 76,2841., while the exports during the same period g Were 173,250/. A large supply of Australian gold has been an nounced to•day by the Royal Charter and the Light of the Age. The former brings 128,000 ounces and 13,000 sovereigns—together, 525,000/. —and. the latter 6,500 ounces, or 26,0001. The Africa, from,New York, has $34,000 on board, but this is no doubt intended for France. An improvement of i per cent, has taken place in the English Stock Market to-day, owing to dimi nished pressure for money, the influx of gold per the Royal Charter and the Light of the Age, and the increased confidence felt in the probable COUnie of monetary affairs. The Bears have ahown a disposition to close their engagements, and several purchases, both real and speculative, have been effected. Consols have been 92k, 93, and 63 k for money ; and 931 4 for the account. The llevr Threes are 914 92 ; the Reduced, Ex chequer Bills •are is. discount for those dated March, and 6s. discount for the June ditto. In Foreign. Securities the dealings have been limited, but the quotations are firmer. Turkish 6 p e r Cents, haVe been 94i 1, and 94 3 / 4 ex divi dend. The 4 per Cent. Guaranteed have been 1001. Sardinian Bonds are 90k, Portuguese 3 per Cents. 45, Peruvian 4 3 / 4 per Cents. 77, and Bra zilian 5 per Cents. 99 3 / 4 . The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 3 / 4 7 ; 233/4 4 ; Peruvian, 77 8 ; do. 3 per Cents., 5 45 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 441 51 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 44 per Cants., 95 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41i ; ditto Deferred, 241 25 ; ditto Certificates, 61 4 ; ditto Passive, 5i 6. There has been rather inore activity in the Rail way-Share Market, and some of the principal under takings have • shown an upward movement. Eastern Counties have improved about 55., Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Western, South- Western, and Midland, 10s. ; and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and South-Eastern, 15s. to 1 /. The Canadian lines are also at improved quota tions. Grand Trunk of Canada improved about 1/. astern of France, Northern of France, Paris and Lyons,' and Southern of France are each about 68 . higher. No business of any importance has been done in British, Foreign, or Colonial Mining Shares, and prices are quite nominal. • Joint -Stock Bank Shares ruled all but at previ ous rates. Australasian Bank improved about 55., and Union of Australia ss. The Miscellaneous undertakings were cpiet, at Previous quotations. Peninsular and Oriental Steam rather declined, being 663- 67. B aOISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE '.'CLONE.. (From the Offinal Ltst:) • • ausinest, done „ 8 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities iz,Per Cant C onso l s Annuities ne w 3 per Cent. Annuities 9lB i 2i 1j 2 Lo.ig Annuities, expire nth Jan. 1860... Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 2 13.16 co.„nsols for Account ,, „ ,„ 93$ ztehequer Bills, 24cl March. I June. 21000 £5OO .l • •• • • 1 d 1 6 d I 3 d b S mall"... .......... . . 64 . •LIIICFS OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE 0'01.04 A' Brazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, .q per Cont. Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Pe ruvian Dollar Bonds, 46 p er C en t. P ertuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent. — Ditto Account 45 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Turkitt.h Ponds, 6 per cent Ditto Account . . . 94.3 / i Ditto Guaranteed, 4 p er C en t, - """"aDivldende on the - above payable In Lou ~n. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money 92i 93 Ditto for account The King of Denmark has not yet accepted the resig nation of the Ministers on the 10th of April. There was to be a secret meeting of the Council of State on the llth, when the question would be definitively settled. The Bund of the 10th declares that the Federal Conn ell has uttered its last word in the affair of Neuchatel. nr. Kern is not to make any further concession. M. Piaget does not return to Paris. News from Bombay, of March 19, received at Trieste on the 11th, states that an opinion in favour of peace wei gaining bound in India. The Government has countermanded by the telegraph the departure of the regiments under orders for the Persian Gulf, and the maritime authorities have ceased t freight transports. No news from China. • We (Western Times) have the pleasure to state that Lord John Russell has contributed 1001. to the expenses of the coratuittee for conducting Mr. Bulier's election. Ilia lordship is, we understand, expected at Castle Hill to spend the Easter holidays. The Post-office authorities have given notice that a flail for the Cape will be taken out by the steamship iljnialaya. Letters may be posted in London until Wednesday evening. The Himalaya will take out the nails shipped on board the Transit. TUE NEW SPEAKELL—Mr. Denison possesses good qualifications both of person and character, and ho is one Year younger than Mr. Baines ; but we should not have t hought that in accurate knowledge, in business habits, 'n public services, or in the ability to preside over such a body as the House of Commons, he was neatly eqeal. 'to that gentleman. He has, however, an advantage Which weighs surprisingly with our governing classes, le being the son-in-law of a duke ; whereas Mr. Baines they may from th e p eop l e, an d hi s mer i ts, whatever e ll may may be, are all his own. We must be excused if e s a y that it does not seem quite in the spirit of t he constitution that aristocratic connexion should be vi . all owed to decide in the ch o i ce o f t h e fi rst o ffi cer of a " 10 ,,T4e of Commons.—Leeds Mercury. IsalN ST. GILICS'S.--Yesterday . (Sunday). about no on, a fire happened in the premises of Mr. Kopmon Bit:eons, No. 29, 'Dudley-street, St. Gil es ' s. T he pro prietor of the ko,nse, a Jew, bad been engaged in making and selling Passover cakes, and yesterday he was sud denly called to serve in the shop, when the instant he entered his clothes burst forth in flames, setting the shop On fire. Before the fire could be put out the unfortunate I m an was so severely burned that it was found necessary that r emove him to Ch ar i ng - cross Hospital. It is believ e d he set his clothes en fire whilst standing in the Parlour. Fires also took pace yesterday in Charles reet, Middlesex Hospital, and Walwoith-road, but the d amage done was very trifling. ttE .111ARKETS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. ;Liz! rad I Murmurs, Ambg. Notting. Bost. & Eastn. June...—. Belfast & Ballymena 13irmng. Wolverh. & Stew Valley ..... .... t. 100 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junc'z,...... 25 all Blackburn . ....... .... ?5 all Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) It. 100 Briitol & Exeter_ it. 100 Caledonian. St. 100 Chester & Holyhead 50 all Cork and Bandon 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass 2 0 all Cornwall 10 all 17). A. [0 8 Do. B 50 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. i 5 all Thin. P. &Aber.Junc. t. 100 East Anglian ... .... . l 0 all Eastern CountiC;..... it. 100 EasternUnion,A.stk. ;t. 109 Do., do. B. 5 8i Do. New A... ...... ... i 5 176 East Kent ..... . It. 100 East Lancashire ...... ?,0 all East Suablk ........ LO 4 Do. 3t. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 0 all Edinb. and Peebles._ 1. 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundeo 0 all Forth and elydeJune. St. 100 Furness ... .... .. St. 100 IGliikow & S.Wes - tern 10 all Great N. of Scotland St. 100 'Great Northern St. 100 Do., A. Stock .., R. 100 Do.. B. Stock ...... St. 100 Gt. Stb.&West.(lre.) St. 100 Great Western... St. 100 Do. Str.V.R gua.St 12 all Irish South-Eastern 50 all pLancaster &Carlisle. 16i I 14 Do., Thirds.... ..... ... 1611 12 IDo. New Thirds 2 i i Di 50 all L 3 all 100 Laticash. drYorkiliir; 6 Do., do. F. .£l6 I Do., Wst. Riding lin all Do. Southport all London do Blackwall 100 Lond.Bright. dr S.Cst. 100 London &N. Western 1 all Do. Fifths all Do. ,16/.5h.,Mdt8...0 26 Do. Eighths 100 London ir S. WeStern all Lndndrry.d/Colerainel all Lndndrry. di Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef.drLificir ' 1 Matropolitr. i 1 Do. --J. L. Ricardo's arrangement ~ 100 Midland . 100 Do. Birming. do Derby I all Midland G. West. (Ir. ) all Do. 5hare5.... :.... I all Newcastle dr Carlisle all Newpt•Aberg.dalrfd 9 Newry lc Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint di Rdstrevor 100 Norfolk. . 3i Northn. Counties lJn 100 North British 1100 North Devon, Rail. dr Dock Stock St. 1100 Do., A Stock St. 100 D0.,•8 Stock .... ... SL. ,100 N. Eastern - Berwick 25 23' Do. do. Extension" ' 25 16: Do do. G.N.E.Purch 50 I all Do Leeds St 1100 Do. York St. ;100 North London . . ... 10 31.1 N. &S. Wstn., Ilainp stead, and City Jn 20 17i North Staffordshire 20 all North Western 10 all N. dr S. Westrn. Juno 1 St. 100 Oxford Worcester d r Wolverhampton 20 16 Portsmouth 10 10 Rhymney St. 100 Scottish Central St. 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdo. St St. 100 Shropshire Union 10 4 Sitingbourne &Sheer 50 all South Devon St. 100 South Easter a 10 all Do. 4. per c. Shares St. 100 South Wales ...... 10 17 S.. Yorksh. River Dun 10 7 D 0... ... ..—.... 10 all Staines ,Wok. , &Wok . 15 all Stockton & Darling 15 15 Do. do., 1854 15 3 Do. do., 1815 ' 161 Stockton & Hartlepl 3t. 100 Taff Vale 3t. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 15 22 Thames Hay. D. &R 10 all Vale of Neath... 10 all Waterfd. dr Kilkenny i 0 all WaterforddrLimerick 10 all West Cornwall l 0 all West End of London and Crystal Palace 5 all Do. A 5 all Do. B !O all. West London .0 all Do. First Class !O all Do. Second Class .0 1 all Wmbledon &Croydon I 0 all Atlan. and St. Law, 18 9 Bombay, BAroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c, .8 all IDo. Oil 10i Buffalo & Lake Hur. )0 1 100 Baff., Brut& Godeh. )0 let) 6 p.e.bds., 1 Aug. ,72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 )0 100 Do, do., 1 June, '74 O 2s. Calcutta and S. East. :0 2sld C:mtral Oude (Lim.) lOs Ceylon A shares 1 Do.. B. do. all Demerara 2s. Eastern Bengal ,100 East Indian 15 Do. C Shares all D 0.44 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, do. all Geelong & Melbourne gnat 5 per cent 1C 9 Gd. Trunk. of Canada all Do. 6p. c. Deben all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pare 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c all Gt. Wcstn. of Canada 8 Do. New all Do. Bds., payable '57 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, do. all Do. do., '73, without option all Madras, guar. 4A P.C all Do. do., 5 per c. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Eaten 5 Do. 3a Ex., g. sp.c 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. ss. Oude (Limited) 5 Seinde, guar. 5 per c all Do FOR: all Aatwip &Rotterdam 14 Ardennes all Belgian East. Junct. 16 Bezicrs to Graissessac all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry 12 Dutch Rhenish an Eastern of France all ' Do. New 2s. Euphrates Valley 18 Gt Central of France 17 Great Luxembourg 4 Italian Junction all Lake Const. & Pale all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo-Venetian all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. all Lyons and Geneva all Lyons Sr, Mediterran all Maria Antezia all Do. New all Namur & Liege all Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref all Northern of France all NorwegianTrak. Pref all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 7 Recife dt San Fran., (Perna/a.) g. 7 P. c. 7i Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish all Sambro and Mouse all Do. 5i per cent. pre:. all Southern of France all West Flanders,.. all 1130. 5A per c. Prof all IW.drN.W. of France 6 I Western of Aust r i a,,, all IWest. of SA azerland all \ Wiesbaden all Do. Bp. cent. pref all .Zealand BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Price, Saturday. 53 -5, 81 - 9 65 - 67 8i - 9 31 - 92 es - 35 - - 5 ... ... 01 9? - 10 19 - 20 'll/1 - lig 52 - 54 354 - 36! 8A -- 7 984 - 99 ii = ii 33L' - 3 71- 96 97 86 - 88 121 - 123 101 - 106 - 67.} 63 - 65 68 - 72 6 6 8 pp, 101 3 102 ; d par I sk - 107 - 109 1105 - 105! •... par 11001 'lolii 39 -- io 814 -81 i 53 - 54 ••• • •• 16 - 16 58 60 3 i 3 i d 44 45 86 87 34 3 d 2t 2i 394 —40 A, 634 61 96 " 99 5 4id 7 74 10 11 291 - 301 6 - 4. 106 - 108 -26 i 4.8 - 50 2h lia 174 181 741 751 87 - 88 4i 44 Sid, 41 - 43 201 -20 i 4f-- 4il 7 - 2 5 I _....- Business done this day. 174 20 St. 20 100 100 20 20i 100 100 100 100 20 25 20 1 00 10 100 100 100 i - it I — 13 P 197 99 96 98 96 98 par P 1 =ii-pl 108 - 110 1i - 2p 214 - 21/' 60 - 62 1 83 - 90 214 - 214 26 - lip - 264 3i - 3 32 99 - 100 123 - 128 122 - 127 106 108 19 20 211 —21 i Id ip iP 0 ••• - ... li - 2jp IGN. 7 - 71 ••• 3 4p 5 d par 34i 35 par 23i 24 6i -- ii - 1- 33 8k- 8 21 -21 A 40 - 401 9 - 10 62& -62 R 60 - 62 a •pl 18 20 1 13- 9 81 9 33i —33 i 5 10 31 32 par 1 p JOINT-STOOK BANKS. all 'Australasia 181 Bank of Egypt 50 Bank of London all Bri. Col Bk.& Lu. Co all British N. American 8 C. Bk.of Ind. Au. &Ch 50 City 25 Colonial . 20 Commercial of Lond all Eng..Scot.&Aus.Cht all Lon. Ch . Bk. of Aust all Ditto New 20 London and County 50 Lnd.&E.Bnkug.Corp -10 London JOint Stock 20 Lond.andWestminst 35 National Pro. of Eng 10 Do. New 2g - liP - 64 - 66 17 -- 18 171 -- 17i -- 183 221. National Bark all New South Wales all Oriental Bank Corp 15 Ottoman Bank i 5 Provincial of Ireland all Do. Now 1 R. Ans. B. &G. Im. Co all South Australia all i Union of Australia L- I 2i ID°. New 10 Unionl of London ..„ 50 Unity Mutual ... 0 Westrn Bk.of Loud. , 46 4S I 38 A d part 58 601 6i - ••• -- ... i 12 -10 d I TIE SUN, .LONDO N 4 MOND Ai_ v Yi, IN G AP' 11, 13 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. MATITCP , T ay NEWIVI4I3,KET . RACEE.—(This Day.) -.•~- CORN EXCHANGE. (BY ELECTRIC . TELEGRAPH.) Tho transactions-in wheat in most of the country mar kets held on Saturday were very moderate, and prices had a downward ten lency. Barley and oats were like wise cheaper, and all other articles commanded very little attention. CRAVEN STAKES. Flacrow Huntington Four ran. The whole of the continental markets continue dull for wheat, the supplies of Which have been on the increase. Spring corn has changed hands slowly. In the - United States very little has been passing on English account. The arrivals of home-grown produce up to our market last week were very moderate. Froth abroad we raceived, 5,671 quarters of wheat, 30,352 barley, 31,558 oats, 1,884 zye, 685 beaus, 60 peas, 58 tares, I,lsllinseed, 5,205 rape seed, 960 Indian corn, 20 sacks and 1,250 barrels of flour. As is invariably the eau) during the holidays, the at tendance of buyers here, to-day, was limited. Coastwise and by land carriage, We re6i-ipts of English wheat were again smal, consequently the show of samples was trifling. For all kinds, however, we bad a slow inquiry at last Mon day's. quotations. Most of the finest wheats were disposed of. • SPORTING NOTES, A DESPATCH FROM HEAD-QUARTERS. Sleepy Hollow was not to be compared with Newmar ket. There, departed Dutchman did revisit the glimpses of the moon, and indulge in a game of skittles, but hero neither mem nor beast shows itself; and now, ac the shades of evening gather round, I feel it would be a relief if even a nightmare were to make its appearance and march in solemn state through the long, deserted street. Joking apart, however, Newmarket is the verit- able region of dulness ; there is literally nothing stirring --nothiiig but stagnation. The day has been miserably cold, with now and then a bright gleam of sunshine, and now and then lowering black clouds, which discharged their contents of rain, hail, and snow. Pied, proud April certainly looks gay enough at times, but it scarcely seems attractive through flying snow flakes and under a nipping wind. No s'pecial train has Thera was a full average supply of foreign wheat on of for. ;.That. grain met a very dull inquiry at almost nomi , nal prices. For floating cargoes of grain there was very little inquiry, The shoW of foreign barley was extensive, and that ar. tide moved off heavily,: at a decline .in the quotations of is t 023 per quarter. . Malt moved off slowly, but no actual change took place .n value. arrived—the present ruling authorities of the Eastern Counties having suspended the customary accommoda tion. By the way, these same authorities have adopted a cheese:inongering system which the shareholders are little Owing to the large influx of oath, the oat"trade was de pressed, and prices gave way fully is per quarter compared with Monday last. Beans and peas were steady, at last week'd currency. The flour trade ruled heavy;•but no further change took place iu value. The imports from abroad are limited. likely to approve of. Surely the chaitnaan's religious scruples should not be allowed to destroy the entire holi day traffic of the line. 1 have little matter of interest to communicate with respect to the racing. People here seem to be agreed about the result of the Newmarket Handicap. They bold hard and fast to the opinion that either Pantomime or• Eloquence will win. I have had oCular proof of the fitness of the mare, and• as an intelligent member of the touting fraternity remarked to me "she will take a deal of doing." CURRENCY PER 1 Wheat—Essex 14 Kent; ,BERIAL MEASURE 4alt—Chevaiter 77s to 79s Red new 476 io 568 lats = Yorkshire and Ditto ...• old —s —8 Ditto, White new 483'' 64s Ditt0........ old --5 —s Norfolk and Lin- .. cola, Red, old —5. —a Ditto new ...... 46s 56s Rye—Old •••••••••••• —s Nov 32s 36.3 .Barloy—Grinding.•••• 265• • 30a • Malting ...•••••• 38s 40s Chevalier...•' . 423 48s litalt—BuffolliandNor folk.. •••'.• ..•• •• 675 77s' Brawn 625 633 Kln„lton.tudWare 695.. 78s Lineolnsh., Feed 20s 225 Potato . Youghal and Cork Black. ...• .. 18s 22 Cork, White ..• .. 19s 27s Scotch, Peed... 248 27s Beans—Xlck ....... .• 32s 335 Pigeons 3B'. 40s Peas—t4roy •....... 358 '36s Maple . .. 37s 388 White... 35s 385 Boilers • . • 34s 37s Flonr—Town-made... 508 52s Suffolk • . 338 39s Stoektn & Norfolk 37s Sas John Scott has six horses here, and we Alan be treated with a sight of Colonist, Athlete, and the reappearance, after his severe indisposition, of Fazzoletto. Indeed the Port Stakes seems likely to revive the cry. of "Go it ye cripples," for not only Fazzoletto, but Brother to Bird on-the-Wing and Yellow Jack are likely to be brought out for it. Mary Copp will also, perhaps, go to the post. Between Lord Derby and Lord Glasgow Chen) is a bet of 1,0001. pending on the running of Fazzoletto and Brother to Bird-on-the-Wing, but ff "Faz." be in form it will be a pipe of port to a bottle of, blacking.on the result. • METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week were 1,033 head. In the corresponding week in 1856 we received 705; in 1855, 1;090; in 1854;1,202 ; in 1853, 4,225; in 1852, 1,315; in 1851, 1,883; and in 1850, 1,244 head. -- IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEBS. From Beasts, Sheep. Lambs. Harlingen 264 _ ' Flamburgh • • 20 Rotterdam..- 40 Antwerp 8 .. Ostend • Schiedam 24 Calves. Pigs. 301 ... 8 174 On the minor races I have scarcely' an opinion, and, indeed, they do not possess sufficient interest to induce me to waste pens, ink, and paper about them. Kent has attracted considerable attention since his s " location" here. He certainly goes and looks well, and altogether he is worthy of the support which he has re ceived in the market. Mr. Howard's horses, Vengeance, Goldfinch, and Drumour have left Newmarket for Findon. The first mentioned deals in "hops," the second has not grown, but the third, it is said, looks remarkably well, and that Harlock had hopes, if the horse remained under his charge, of repeating the Stock well triumph with him. An equine celebrity has arrived here within the last two days. Ellington, the winner or the'Derby, is now in the to szn,' having been purchased by Baron Roths child for, it is said, 1,000 guineas, whether for stud pur poses or racing purposes deponent sayeth not. I know so little about the racing at Coventry and in the North that I should be only leading my readers astray if I were to refer to it. Newmarket, April 12. • 23 T0ta1.,.. 356 .... . 366 ... . 10 ... 301 ... The yearly comparison. of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1856 173 338 194 ... ~.623 .... 1854 565 .. 452 ... 1853 616 3,208 ... 1.852 254 754 ... 1851 443 1,018 ... 1850 464 ... 545 -- ••• 181 401 307 393 235 - ... - ... There was a, very limited show of. all kinds of foreign stock in to-day's market. The whole of it changed hands at high prices. From our Own grazing districts, as well as from Scot land, the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were small for the time of year, and in but middling condition, owing to which, and the-return of cold weather, the beef trade ruled' brisk, at an 'advance in the quotations, com pared with Monday last, of from-2d. to 4d. per 8 lbs. The best Scots realised'ss. 2d. per 8 lbs. The arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, , Essex, and Cam bridgeshire were only 1,750, Scots and short horns ; from other parts of England, 300 of - Various breeds; from Scot land, 300 Scots; and from Ireland, 9i oxen via Liverpool. We were again scantily supplied with sheep, the quality of which, however; was• prime. As the receipts of shorn sheep were smaller than . usual, - we find it necessary still to quote sheep in the wool in our usual tables.. The mutton trade ruled firm, at fully last week's prices.• The beat old Downs, in the wool, sold at ss. 101—out of the wool; ss. per 8 lbs. • • • • A FRESH MAN. LATEST CITY BETTING.—SATEIRDAY NIGHT, NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 3 to 1 agst Pantomime (taken) sto 1 agst Eloquence sto 1 agst Laverna 10 .to 1 agst Manganese 10 to 1 agat Firmament GREAT NORTHERN. 9to 2 agat St. Giles (taken) 9to 2 agst Skirmisher (offered) 6to 1 agst Chevalier d'lndustris (taken and off) TWO THOUSAND. 9to 2 agst Vedette 11 to 2 agst Kent • 10 to 1 agst Schiedam (offered) 100 to 8 agst, Sydney (offered) 100 to 8 agst Lord of the Hills (offered) 100 to 8 aget Apathy (offered) 15 to 1 aget Anton 25 to 1 aget Kingmaker 30 to 1 aget Turbit 50 to 1 agst Drumour Lambs were in modetate stipply and sluggish request, at from 6s. to 7s. per 8 lbs. From the Isle of Wight, only 50 lambs came to hand.... We were moderately supplied with calves, which moved off slowly, at last Xonday's currency. The top quotation for veal was ss. 10d. 1:)1. 8 lbs., being 2d. lower than on Thursday last. The pork trade ruled heavy; but wa have no change to notice in the•quotatione. • Per Bibs to sink the caals. s. d. a. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts... t 3 6to 3 8 PrimeSonthdown 5 ; 6 510 Second quality.... 3 10 4 2 Large crse. calieW4' 2 5 4 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 11_, Prime small do 5 6 510 Prime Scots; drc. 5 0 5 2)Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...4 2 4 6 Small porkers Second quality ...4 8 4 10Suekling ealves 23 0 30 0 Prime tree.-wiled.s - 0 5 4f quarter old pigs 21 0 28 0 • Lamb; es Oct to 7s Cd. A statement.and comparison of .tho supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the. Great Metropolitan Cattle Mark , t, on Monday, April 14, 1856, and this day, Monday, April 13, 1857. . . Per Sibs, to sink the offals. . . April 14, 1856.;Apr.13, 1857 s. d. s. d. ,s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior boasts ... 3 2to 3 41 6to 3 8 Second quality ditto ... 3 6 3 101 10 4 2 Prime largo oxen 4 0 4 4;4 4 410 Pllme Scots, 1.. c ~• Coarse and in:erior sheep Second' quality ditto Prime coarse woolled ditto ... Primo Southdown ditto Lambs 4 6 3 8 4 2 4 8 5 0 6 4 4 8:5 0 4 04 2 4 64 8 .4105 4;5 6 7 4,6 0 Large coarse. calves Prime small ditto ......... 4 2 5 2 6 Large hogs .., 3 /6 - 13 8 Neal small porkers ... 4. 4 4 8 1 1 4 5 0 Beasts... . 2.888 3,828 Sheep and.lambs 18,000 17,740 Calves... 49 131 210 Surttass o.N.S.m,s; April.l6, 1855.—Beasts, 3,281; shoe! , and lambs. 19.,529; calves, 151; pigs, 420. . April 17, 1854.—Beasts, 3,384; sheep and lambs, 17,870; calves; 100 ; pigs. 350. . TOTAL.SUF2LY: • • I . FOREIGN SUPPLY. Blasts 2,874 Sheep and lambs 14,640 Calves Pigs 260 ' Beasts 136 Sheep and lambs .. 175 Calves B2 Pigs — NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of London-killed meat on sale in there markets continue very moderate. From Scotland and the provinces the arrivals are extensive. The trade generally is by no means active, yet prices are fairly supported. Paid' 100 100 all 100 all 100 ItAnweiro. Enekghamsh Clydesdale Je. Col.Stour Vy. E.Lin. g. 6 p.e E. Un. H. Sh. Gias. Barr. di Neils. Direct. Do. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Hull & Selby. Do. 1 Shares. Do. j Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do.Preferenec Loh. Til., &S. trk. Sh. Manch.Bxton and Matlock Mdld. Bradid. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N'AEst.s p.c. Do: 6 per ct.. Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. &WV"- Do. 2 Shrs. Roystn.& Hit. Shrev... , .& Her S: Steo-dsh.. WearVaLg6pc Db.. WiltstS,')mrst Leasing Companies Caledon E.U.dtE.C, Ct.Northni E. Count. Caldonian. Y. & N.M I Do S. Eastern. Do • Peto &Co Do I,n. &N. W dr Midld E. Count Do Do .. Do L. &IS A. W Do Gt. Northn T. Brassey M. Mae= Stk. &Dar Do PREFE4ENI 'ot.w, Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd. at 501.: Bris.&Ex.4 p. c. St. Do.. 4 per c. Shares.. Caledn. £lO 41 p. c. Ches. & no. 54 p. c. Do: do. 5 pm. oeut... Cori &Bandon 5 Dun .Perth.&/ , oer.J. Cls..A Do. do. B 6 p. c. Do.• do. Ols. C 7 ri. e Eas,Co. gs,sp.cro.l Do. No. 2 IDo. New 6 pr. c. St, east Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. al.. 10 per cent, 1Do.•1O1. Debentr.Sh Do. do. 4 per cent Ea,sl - ,Lancash.C;p.c:.s E.AW. York. thg Edin.&Gl. sp.c. Ed.Prth.&Dun.!:p.c. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Nowth.n. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at !O p. c. prem 'Do. '4 per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. - G . of Scot.lst'Pre. Gt. S & W. (Ireland) D6:4 per c. Pref.' St. Gt. W. ( B. &11. Ex.spc Do: con. red. 44 p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per lent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do: Birm. Pref. 'Sh Do. Chester Sp. c. P. S. Do. do. 5-p. c, do : Do. Vim . . Gua:S",k. Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh. Do: do. do ' )o. do. do Lan.* York. 6 pc: St. Lon. & 3. C. 5 pc. No. 1 DO. ,*P., 5 p. c. St:No. 2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct... Lou. & S.W. 7 perct late 3d Shares ' Londy.& Color. Sh. Loiidy. &Ennis. 4 Sh. M., S., &L. 6 p. Cent. Do: do. do. £6 ... Do. do. 34 per cent Maiypt. it Carl. 4 p.c Do. 44 per cent Do. do. Vlid:Consol. 6 p.e. St. Do. Con.Br.Bir.6p.e. Do; 44 p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. &H. Pre:. S. sc:; 'pr. 515.c.red. 5 n. d.pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et„ Norf k .Deb. 4 p.c. St). Do: 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1,47 Do:Wv.V.sp. ..,7347 North Eritish . ...... IDo. 71. Preference E. Berw. 4 r.c.Prf. Do: do. do Do. Leedfi 6 pc. No.l D o:*do. Qrs. , 1848... Do. York H. dx S. Pur. North Staffordstire.. Os., Wor..& Wolv. C p:c., Ist - guar..-- Do. 6 p. c. ,2d guar... Scot: ont.Necv Pief. Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. Do: do. 7 p.c. pf. Do. d 0.31 p.c. pf. St South Devpn Do:'fixed 4{ pr Cent S. Eastern (Iteldintz Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d Do: 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4'p. c Do. do. 44 p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., sp. c Do:'do. do. , • 'Stock. & liartl. g. 5 p. 6; till Silly 1, '56 Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. BRITISH Alfred Cons. (PIAlk. British Irpn Conduro (Carabrn.) D ev. Gt. Cnsis. (Tay.) Great South Tolns G rt. W. Alfrd. ( Phi lk. ) Grt.W. Vor (lletstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blazy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co S. Oaradon (St. (Mel S. Cam Brea (Illogn. S. W.-Frances (Illogn. Tam. S. & L. Min. Co. Tin-Croft • • lUD. Mines CG we am p) V. of Towoy (Camer.) W. Basset (Illogan).. W. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh.. Basset (Mogan). Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh.. Edw ard(Calstek - ) Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) NI/I.lla. Ann (Menht. Wh, TrelaWney (Lis.) Closing Prices Saturday. 92 - 94 98 - 102 11 - 13 1133 - 135 I 3i -- 44 107 1156 12; -- 13 23 -- 24 103 -- 105 P 24 -- 2i 89 -- 9L i - $ P 54 - 56 1 131 - 134 8 - 9 9 - 9i ... - 31 - 87 - ,E SHARES. 92 - 91 95 -- 93 51 - 6 1108 - 112 108 - 112 -.1 - - 114 - 124 . ••• 73 - 75 • - 107 - 109 101 - 103 60 -- 62 108 ---14 - 64 95• - 96 85 -- 87 100 102 'lO 16i -- 17 10 -- 106, 72 --. 75 191 -19 i . 93 14 -14 i 134 136 137 - 140 114 - 116 L 54 - 156 - 66 - 23 - 135 97 -• 98 87 - 89 ;•• • •• lf lfp 1.01 -- - 103 91 93 ld ••• ••• 1 4d 21§ 22 .08 - 110 !12 - 116 - 110 65 - 70 17i - 18, 22i -23 i LOO - 101 9,1 - • 104 27 - 28 • 2 3 p - 3 MINES. - 23 7 - 8 160 - 170 445 - 465 133 -- 143 6A 74 •5i - 6 16 - 1S 25 - 30 .5 - 6 6/151 5 1 44 .0 1 9 22 - .6 18 -- 335 - 6 - 320 - 1.286! 7s . 4 4 200 200 -- 1 32A 33A 150 -- 160 260 -.280 350 -- 370 4 4A 17 19 44 -- 46 21 ^ 7 26 221 i FOREIGN MINES. 20 7 Australian 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issuee: at .£5 pm) 30 all Do. Comes & Cuiade 2 2t 20 15 Do: St. John Del Re) 19 21 1 t Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica j id 40 all Cobre Copper • 6O 63 ' . . 16 Copiapo 2 all Fortuna 20 all General • l4 15 . 3 all Linares 5 1 Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita' • • 1 1 all New Granada S 1 all Noveau Monde 20 all Pont.Sil.alM.&Smlt 6 8 ' • 5 1' Port Philip — ••• 30 16, Santiago do Cüba 5 1 all '4outh Australian • 1 1 all Do. Scrip 1 all Do. 10 p. c, Prof , 28i all United Mexican 3 1 3 4 • MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 'Austral:an AgTieult. 1 201 211 10 all Australn. Royal Mail , • • 10' all Berlin Water Works.. - 54 50 40 Brit. American Land 105 32 Oahu% 1.49 - 153 St. 100 DO.Go.6pc.Jan&Jr - : SL. 100 Do, 6 p.c.Feb.&Ar.^. SL. 100 D 0,6 p.c. Mar,&Sept. . . St. all Copper Min. of rag. .35 40 25 all Do, Prof. 7t p. cent. 26 28 5 all Crystal Palace • • 2$ 24 8 5 all Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal, of France ... 1 ti Duston Iron Ore 20 18 EaacrnSteam.' .. .........— St. 100 Electric Telegraph 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel — 5 all En.&Aust.Cop.SinCo 11 10 10s. Ear. & In&Jetn. Tel. par 25 911 Gen. Ir.Sc.Col.(lim.) 15 (4 Geh. Steam Nailgat. . . 20 1 5 London Discoulit • 1 • 1 4 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 4 4 } 20 10 MAgdalena St. Navig. • 10 ill Mediteran. eo"rel. • 10 all Mexican& S. Amtricn 2i 5 .5 Nat. Discount Co. 4 d 5 '5 Dd; 'New ' 10 5 Netherlands Land., - I. l f 10 all D 6." Do. 5 all Do.B p c.PLiss.at 1 d 4 4} 5 .1 DO. Do. .I) 100 go New B. &N. S: 'Land 'lB 22 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.e.D. 1 all IsTi'B. Australasian... 0 r all Ntth.ofEuropeSteam ' ' ...d 111 1 all Oriental Gas 12 ss. DO: Now Shares par ". 4p 25 all IPeelßr. Ld. & Minrl 24 —ll 50 all Peninsular & Oriental • ... 67 61 50 10 Do. New 50 all Rhymnei Iron' 15 all Do. New. 6 8 1 00 60 Royal Mail Steam • 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest li 14 1 all Do: New • •. ..• St. 100 S. Aus. Gov, 6p. c.bds. 25 "Atli South Austral. .Land 35 37 36i 1 all' Submarine Tel.- Scrip • 1 I all Do. Registered 121 5 Trnst&Ln Co.U.Can: 100 28,4 Van Dienion's •LAnd 11 .•'-• 13 . St. 100 V.Q o . 6 l..eijan,6July a Business this day. Per 81b1 by th 6 carcase. s. d. s. d: Beef, interior n 10 3 2 Do., midediag 3 4 3' 8 Do. prime large 3 10 4 0 Do., do. small 4 2 •4• 4 ( 'Pak, large • 3 8 •4• 2 I s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 6 3 10 5 2 Pork, small 4 6 5 2 Lamb, 5s 8d to 6a 6d. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Coastwise, the arrivals of Potatoes since our last report have boen only moderate ; but the receipts by land car riage have been seasonably extensive. The imports have been 369 bags from Hamburg, 87 tons from Rotterdam, 81 tons from Teranzen,. 130 tons from. Harlingen, 3 sacks from Emden. and 281 bags from Bair lam. Selected qua, lities are in good request, at our quotations, but inferior parcels are dell. York Regents, 100 s to 130 s per ton ; Kent and Essex do., 95s to 125 s ; Scotch dn., 85E1.0 105 s ; do. cups, 75s to 90s ; Middlings, 60s to .70s ; Lincolas, 80s to 95s ; Blues, .85s to 'Zs ; Foreign, 75s to 90s. BOROUGH HOP. Fine new hops are in .fair request, at full prices ; but other kinds continue dull. The imports last week wer3 only 20 bags from Rotterdam. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 10s to 51 12s ; Weald Kent, 3/ . 5s to 3/ ISs ; Sussex, .3/ Os to 3/ 12e ; year lings, 1/ 10i to 3/ per WOOL. Owing chiefly to the high value of money our market continues heavy, and prices era barely supported. The stocki of wool are now on the increase, the imports lact week being. 988 bales from Launce-Aon, 1,912 from Algoa Bay, 136 from the Cape, 258 from Adelaide, 2,039 from Melbourne, 3,391 'from Geelong, 30 from Shanghai, and 55 from Paris. The following are the current rates of English wool : Down ten, is 7d to is 8d ; lialf - bred hoggets, is 6d to is 7d ; Kent ,fleeces, is 5d to is 6d ; Down ewe:, is 5d to is 6d,. Leicester fleeces, Is 4d to is 5(1 ; combing skins, is 3d. to 18 . 511 ; flannel wool, is 2d to Is 6d ; and blanket wool, 10(1 to is 2d per,lb. - SEEDS. Cloverseed meets a slow rale, on rather lower terms. Trefoil is steady. Caearysoed realises barely former prices. Linseed is in limited request, and late rates are barely maintained. Cakes colllmand very little attention. Mnstardsmi is in fair demand ; but in other articles very littre is doing. - Tamtp,wntte; per bush. 215 to A;iede 211 225 . Lusi•srd, 8r0wn...... 20s 225 White, new...... 105— 128 Tares,Wlnter,new.... 6s Od 750 d Canary, per quarter •• 685 709 Rye grass (new) ...... 399 4 fa Clover,RedEng. (cwt.) 549 • 80. White ....... 625• 763 Foreign Red...". 641 78s (QB, 725, Trefoil, nevi......;... 2fi3 . 323 j Carravray .... 401 42s Mriander •• .• •• • • 22s 24s IlemNeed , per quarter 41s 44s Linseed, Eng. Sowing•• 702 72s ... Crushing • • •• ** 56 ' 68s Baltic —s —8 Odessa .......... 65s 668 Linseed Cake, pr. ton— "' English .. ...10/ hs 101 10s Foreign, par ton 91 lOs 10. lOs Rape Cakes, per ton 61 Os 61101 4 liapeseed, pr qr. ...... 808 84s TALI W. ... Oar market has bumps steady, and prices are rather on the advance. To-day P.Y.C., on the spot, is selling at 53s tid per cwt. For forward delivery the quotation is 535. No alteration in•town tallow.. . . 1854. 33,834 66s Cd c—soc .329 88,014 33.241 Lis Odu —s Od 2,100 74,117 642 71,358 504 06 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, April 13.—Wind this day at noon, W.; fresh breeze and squally at times. PLYMOUTH, April 12.--Arrived—Kelpie, from Bahia ; Alexander, Havana. • Sailed—Agra, for Bermuda. FALMOUTH, April 12. —Wind W.N. W., fresh breeze.— Arrived—Sara, from Aux Cayes; Commander, ditto ; Janus, Calcutta; Raum a, Havana; Chas. Chaloner, Savannah; fox Truro. Sailed—General Bertrand, forGoree ; Fernea, Quebec. COWES, April 12.—Wind W.—Arrived—Ferozepore, from Manilla. patra, Ti from ET e octartpson. ril 11.—Wind S.W.— Arrived—Cleo CLYDE, April 11.—Wind W.S.W.--Arrived—Alice Franklin, from Savannah ; ... Wandsworth, Quebec. DUBLIN, April 11.—Wind for Pernainbuco. YOUGHAL—Arriveir— Rebecoa, from New York. Sailed—Albion, for Quebec. CROOKHAVEN, April 11. —Half a stern frame and other pieces of a wrecked vessel, of American build and quite new, of about 1,000 tons burden, picked up; supposed to be from the Sulina, Liverpool to New York. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday, Morning. Wind N.W. ; showery. Arrived—Limerick Lass, Gertrude, .Tames, Susannah, and Rane, from Newport; La Poule, Cherbourg; Brigand, Swansea; Rising Sun, Cadiz. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind N. Arrived, April 12—Hortense, from Antwerp ; Lea, San tander; Australia, New York; Express, Buenos Ayres; Cornucopia, St. John's, N.B. ; Georgia, Savannah ; Hen drika, Seville. Arrived, Aprill3—Witch of the Wave, from Mauritius; Zaberdina, Schiedam. Sailed—Saxon, screw steamer, for Hamburg; Mallard, Calcutta; Donegal, Newfoundland. QUEENSTOWN, April 11. Wind N.W. Arrived—Albatros, from Callao; Derwent, Barbadoes. Off—Mary, from Cardenas, for Liverpool; St. George, Callao, for London. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITI SII TELEGRAM.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.10 a.m. Wind W. ; tide low water; weather cloudy, with slight rain. Arrived, April.l2--Itunnymede, from Calcutta ; Mary Ellen, Demerara ; Alice, Frederickstadt ; Mary Ann, Memel;" Linda, Calcutta; Souter Johnny, Chinbas Islands; Adelaide, Mauritius; Pet, Sines; Black Cat, St. Michael's • Vere, Jamaica. Arrived 13th—Union, from Cadiz ; Onyx, Algoa Bay ; Ella, Rotten. _ _ _ DEAL, Monday, 9.50 a.m., Wind W.N.W., . fresh. Passed 1211—Adelaide, fromAlanzitins, for London. Passed in Tow—Light of the Age, from- Sydney, for London. Passed—Paris and London, s.s., from Paris ; Constance, Swansea; Sandford, Villa Nova; Robert Bright, Marini tins—all for London. Anchored—Priscilla, from Ipswich, for Swansea ; Con stance Margaretha., from Portsgrund, westward; Margaret, from Santos, for Hamburg. Sailed in tow,—Mautitius, for London. Put back.—Transit. and Margaret, from the westward. The Pays announces as official news from London that the Grand Duke Constantine will visit England, and may be expected in London in the second fortnight of May. The Chevalier de Sekl, one of the functionaries at tached to the Ministry of CoMmerce at Vienna, blew out his brains a few days back, in consequence of heavy losses by Bourse speculations. The sultan has announced to Lord Stratford the con cession of a piece of ground for the building of a Protes tant church and hospital at Pera, for whiei a large sum has already, it is said, been subscribed in England. EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF CONTRABAND MALT.—The officers of the Inland Revenue have just succeeded in effecting a great seizure of contraband molt at Worthing, on the premises of a maltster named Allen, who, although suspected of Illegitimate practices for some time past, has, up to the present time, succeeded in avoiding de tection. The quantity of grain seized is not less than 3,0N0 quarters, and the whole is now in process of re moval from Worthing to the stores of the Inland Re venue in the Tower of London. The first consignment, conveyed in a special train on the Brighton and South Coast Railway, left Worthing on Saturday. The value of those 3,000 quarters of malt, at the lowest market price of the day, would be about 10,0001. The penalties recoverable for this infraction of the Excise laws will amount to an enormous sum of money. Great excite. ment prevails on the subject of the discovery. PROSPECT OF THE SCOTCH ItIOORS.—The two recent bad breeding seasons led to such a ecarcity in grouse that many sportsmen began to think thy" great demand for moors must ceise ; yet, notwithstam;.iag, w e learn n t, the best authority that they are in great: I.* request e tba , ever. Already English gentlemen are o or t i throughout the Highlands, and securing everything offer ing fair prospects of sport. We are informed by a sport s- man on whose judgment we can rely, that there a re evident tokens of a complete cessation of the mysterioi as disease which has thinned the red ( " ro use for some yea rs 'past. During several days' research on extensive moo rs -he did not fall in with a single diseased bird, and tits droppings, which are the surest sign, were quite free , from that peculiar a ppearance which always 1-4,ecompa nies the presence of disease. With dry weather 'irt June a great grouse, season may certainly be cxpe ci •Ayr c e Observer. 1121 I 351 1021 1/ 108 105471 1014 a 21i 6321 303 ?,; 468 6 100 54 50 all 50 all 50 all 25 'all 122 all St. !100 10 0.11 12 all 50iall 25 all St. 100 l 5 1 all t. 100 0 60 Lo rtll . 4t. 100 * 15 St. 100 "it. 100 3t. 100 3t. 100 8 all 10 all [0 all it. 100 16i all .3 ) 3 all O all ;t. 100 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 It. 100 tt. 100 It.lloo ft. Iwo 12 all 12i all St. 100 6 4i St, 100 Ili all 124 all 124 10: St. 100 St. 100 it. 100 it. 100 10 all St. 100 SA all St. 100 St. 100 St. 103 25 all 10 all .0.6, all it. 100 1.0 all it. 100 it. 100 9 all ;5 all ;5 15 .24 all 5 1 all .. 2112 14 10/ 31 ... 1866d1 Po.. 1371 113 1 1853. Stoca this 401 ........ 29,627 ?rive of Y. C 456 pl 46s 0;1 Delivery last 'week . 2,142 Ditto from June 1...:; 93,125 last•week.. I 1,460 Ditto 81,127 Price of I 481 6cl 1856. 1 1867. 22.323 15,604 41s Od to 533 Gd --s Od co —s Od 2,444 1,414 91,4G3 95,333 1,656 859 71,155 93,957 ~50s 558 9EI 5 2 4 6 - 4 10 5 4 5 10 7 0 5 4 5 10 4 2 7 CjOUßT—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Henry Caner, a boy of 12 years of ago, convicted last session of felony, and who has been five times convicted, and repeatedly whipped, without any effect, was planed at the bar and sentenced to two months' imprisonment with bard labour, and at the end of that period to be detained three years in a reformatory. The Common Sergeant and Mr. Commissioner .Pren dergast were occupied in the other courts disposing of the remaining cases, which were of no general interest, and-which terminated the business of the session. ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY, The following is the report of the directors to the ' proprietors of this company, to be submitted to the general meeting, at the London Tavern, on Thurs day next : The shareholders have already been furnished, a. usual, with a statement of the, company's accounts for the year 185.6, in reference to which the directors beg to offer the folewing observations : The item of coals, as compared with 1855, exhibits an increase of 14,5211. 43. 5d., although, compared with the year 1854, there is a decrease of 23,4951. 10e. 63. The increase arises partly from the fact that the charge for 1855 was unusually low from temporary causes, as stated et the October meeting in that year, and partly from the expendtturo occasioned by the extra voyages of ships sent home for repair. The diminutio❑ of 2,5341. 18e 5d., under the head 4)1 wages, is caused by the disConthauatice of the transport service ; and this difference would have been stillgreater but for the extra voyages before mentioned. The same remark may be made in reference to the item of provisions, which is 11,3391. 4d. 9d. lees than the previous year. The reduction of 11,4821. 4s. 3d, in the expenditure for stores is also to be attributed to the cessation of the transport service. There is an increase under the head of general service and stations of 3,054/, 10s. 10d., a portion of ahica arises from the naval review, and the remainder from expenses of the station at Colon, and a slight increase at St. Thomas and Jamaica. The item of salaries has been increased to the extent of 1,0791. 123. 6d. This is accounted for by the appoint- ment of Captain Wilson as Colonial superintendent, and of an additional clerkin connection with the engineers' department, together with increased ,renanner4tion for servlces. . the other items of expenditure, seem to call for co particular, remark.. , The directors have great pleasure in referring to the receipts from the ordinary sources of traffic, all of which fxhibit an increase, amounting in the aggregate to 51,5414 10s. lid, t is, at the same time, very grati fying to them to state, that notwithstanding the nume rous lines of steam-ships which have been recently established between Europe and the Brazils, the speed and regularity of the royal mail steam packets have maintained a decided preference in their favour, and the directors entertain a confident hope that the perform ances of the company's vessels will secure for them a continuance of public support sufficient to defy any seri ous competitipn. ' In consequ enc e of the failure of Messrs. Copland, Barnes, and Company, it has been.necessary to make other arrangements for conducting the business of the Providoring department, and the directors have decided on taking it into their own hands.- Although there may appear to be some objections to this system, still it is thought, on the whole, to possess more alvantages than any other mode that has yet been attempted by the company. The directors very much regret the failure of Messrs. Copland, Barnes, and Company, as they feel assured that it was their desire to carry out their con tract with the company in a fair and liberal spirit. It is a matter of great annoyance to the directors to be compelled so soon after the loss of the Tay to advert to another serious disaster. The stranding of the Tyne, as the proprietors are aware, took place at a time when her voyage Was so nearly completed that such a calamity could hardly have been looked for; but the subsequent recovery of this vessel has rendered the occurrence far less injurious than it would otherwise have been, and it is be lieved that the whole of the expenses consequent thereon, including of course the coat of repairs, will be fully co vered by the sum appropriated to insurance for the first half of the current year, viz., 22,5001. It will be satis factory to the shareholders to learn, that though the ship continued . so long upon the rocks, her form remains un altered, and that when repaired, she will be as .good and serviceable a vessel as she was before she grounded. There is every reason to expect she will be ready to re sume service in the course of October next. Since the general meeting held in October last, the Dee and Camilla have been brought home for repair. After a thorough overhaul and refit, the Dee was de• spatched on the Bth Feb. last, as an extra ship, to the West Indies, and the Camilla will be ready to start from Southampton about the middle of June next, for the purpose of resuming service between Rio de Janeiro and the River Plate. The Wye, one of the vessels stationed on Intercolonial service in the West Indies, having met with accidents to her machinery, has been withdrawn from the malt service, and ordered to England. The rest of the ships employed on the branch routes are reported ,upon as fol lows by the company's colonial superintendent, who has lately returned from a tour a inspection in the West Indies : " During the time I have been absent from England I have made passages in La Plata, the Solent, Conway, Wye, Derwent, Thames, and Orinoco, and have fre quently inspected the Clyde , Trent, and Eagle, and it gives me much s a ti s f ac ti on t o be able to report that the state of those ships generally is such as to reflect credit on all concerned ; and I would also remark that the Wye being now withdrawn by order of the directors, I am of opinion that the state of the company's ships in the West Indies is such as t - .) furniSh every reason to hope that th, service in those parts will be carried cut in a highly sa tisfactory manner." Since this report was made intelligence bas been re ceived of damage to the Transit's engines, by the break ing of an intermediate shaft. Herservices will therefore be unavailable until she is supplied with a new one, which will be forwarded-from England without loss of time. The company's superintendent at St. Thomas states, however, that he has still ships enough to carry on the service until the Trent is again put into efficient condi tion. By the death of C. W. Short, Esq., the company have been deprived of his valuable services as deputy-chair man, and the directors take this opportunity of express ing their regret at the loss of a zealous, active, and able colleague. The directors beg to inform the shareholders that at a recent special court, held in accordance with the com pany's charter, it was resolved to limit for the present the number of directors to nine, besides the chairman an& deputy-chairman. This they were enabled to do, in consequence of receiving from John Irving, Esq., an in timation of his intention to retire from the direction. The directors have now to propose that the usual dividend of 21. per share be paid for the second half of the year 1856, and that in addition a bonus of 11. 10-% per share be declared out of the amount beyond 200,0001. standing to the credit of the insurance account, and that such dividend and bonus be payable, free a income-tax, on the 21st instant. By order of the Court of Directors, R. T. REEP, Secretary. GENERAL STATISTICS. - The following statistical details are extracted from A General Abstract for the United Kingdom from the years 1.842 to 1856, published by the authority of Parliament. The figures must be understood as referring exclusively to last year (1856). The net revenue paid into the Ex chequer was 72,218,9881., and the deficiency 10,104,413'. The Customs yielded 22,370,779/. ; the Excite, 17,357,4591. ; stamps, 7,102,515/. ; taxes, 2,956,604/. ; the income-tax, 15,717,155/. ; the Post-office, 1,248,147/. %The total expenditure was 78,113,0351. viz., 28;656,5931. for the charge of the public debt ; 8,392,6221: fer the civil list and all other civil charges; 25,049,825/. for the army, and 16,013,995/. for the navy. The amount of taxes repealed or reduced was 2,203,4751., almost ex. c'usively arising from the "malt war tax." The balance in the Exchequer at - the end of the year was 6,942,4281., and the grand total amount of the public debt 807,981,7881. The total imports of raw cotton amounted to 1,023,886,5281 b,, and of wool to 116,211,3921 b. The value of home produce (British and Irish) exported wa , 115,890,8571. The computed value of the principal and other articles of foreign and colonial merchandise ex, ported in 1856 was 23,425,365. The total tonnage of vessels entered and cleared' was 21,589,049 viz., 12,945,771 British, .and 8,643,278 foreign. 1,150 ves sels, of 244,578 tons, were built and registered in the united kingdom. 18,419 sailing vessels and 851 steamers were employed in the home and for ei g n trade ,o the kingdom, making a total of 1 9 , 270 vessels f employing 173,918 men. The average price of British wheat wa , 695. 2d. per quarter throughout the year against 74e. Bd. in 1855, 725. sd. in 1854, 535. 3d, in 1853, 40s. 9d. in 1852, a le 6d, in 1851, and 40s. 3d. in the year 1850.. Barley averaged 41s, id., and oats 255: 2d. 5,046,736 quarters ot wheat were sold in the prin. cipal market towns of England and Wales, 2,670361. quarters of barley, and 701,159 quarters of oats. 6,476,0601. was coined at tbe Royal Mint, 7,741,4531. was 1 1 received, and 8,023,583/. paid by the trustees ot say ings banks, the capital being 34,032,4711. The aggregate amount of promissory notes payable to bearer on demand i n circulation through the united kingdom was 33,206,074/. (maximum) and 36,493,035/, (minimum) The estimated population was 19,044,000 (Englaud anti w a l e s), the births 657,704, the deaths 391,369, and the inarriages 159,000. The population of Scotland was 3,033,177, the births 101,738, the deaths 58,452, and the ewouerile 20,494. On the let of January, 1857, there were 843,806 paupers in recept of relief in England and Wales ; in Scotland, 79,973; and in Ireland, 56,094. The total number of emigrants from the united kingdom to various destinations amounted to 176,554 against 176,807 in 1855, 323,429 in :1851,* 329,937 in 1853, 36'8,764 in 1852, 335,996 in 1851, and 280,849 in the year 1850. DESTRUCTION OP INDIAN BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS. —We regret much to learn, that besides a vast number of printed books, many of them of great rarity and value, destroyed by the late Ere at Messrs. Allen and Co.'s, of Leadenhall-street, several unique Oriental manuscripts have either been consumed, or so charred- by the fire as to be valueless. It is stated that the property was in sured to the extent of upwards of 20,0001. But some part of the damage sustained must be irreparable. — smith, Elder, euid Cos's Overland t* val and 41 - Altai y We hear it-rumoured that Vice Admiral Sir Thf )ns as Cochrane will be appointed commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean. b The iron steam troopship Transit, Commander 'Ennis Chambers, was removed from the steam basin in :Porte. mouth Dockyard and placed alongside the Bellerophon hulk on Saturday to reship her stares, provisions; &e s , and to re-embark her troops. The provisions, we are glad to report, were found damaged only to an incosisi- • derable extent, the influx of water having been confined only to the two fore compartments of the ship. It is currently reported that the ship was detained by.a little jobbery last week, or she might have left Portsmoatie earlier, and have avoided, in all human probability, the necessity for anchoring before clearing the western pas sage to the Needles. We give this exactly as it has been conveyed to us, without vouching for its authenticity ; but we are in possession of a few facts which appear to give a colouring tc-such a report. The ship appeared to be well ventilated, and no fault was found with the ex isting means, but an official thought six more ventilat ere would be an improvement, and six were consequently unfitted from the gunboat flotilla the same night, as.th ere were none in store ashore. These were not fitted to the Transit before an order was received to supply her st ith some of a new invention by Mr. Watson, of Halifax, to which place they had to be telegraphed for. This g:- ye double work to the fitters on board the ship, " doing sad undoing," as is the " way they have in the Navy." It is remarked that the new article does not appear lik ly to prove so efficient as those in general use, nor so ea- dy made good if defective. • It will consequently prove an additional expense in the long run beyond the fact of being more costly to start with. The Hiniala,a is being supplied with 10 of the same sort. Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, M.P., was in the doekyaird on Saturday taking notes of these ships, so it is pos-ible the ventile ors may be further ventilated, The Himalaya was sup. posed to bo the most admirably ventilated troopship afloat, whether for cavalry or infantry. No neces sity for airing her decks was discovered at Plymout where she was last fitted out, but on her arrival at Ports mouth to receive her troops she is delayed for this pus pose. _ _ The paddle frigate furious, 16, Capt. S. Osborne, C.D., s ready to go to Spithead. The Cormorant, 4, steam de ipatch gun vessel, Com. Samnarez, will also soon be ready. She hauled alongside her hulk to ship stores, Scc., on Saturday afternoon. The Turkish screw frigate Geyvan Bahri will leave Liverpool for Constantinople to-day. She has been fitted it the Firmer port by Mr. Laird with a lifting sere N and steam machinery. The steam troopship Lebanon, Cwt. Cook, having embarked the four companies of Royal Artillery, as die. coiled in The Sun, sailed from Woolwich pier on Satin•. 34 at 3 o'clock for Canada and Halifax. Major-General Sir W. F. Williams, attended by his aide-de-camp and the garrison staff, and accompanied by Brigade-Major Shaw; made a careful inspection of the several compar ments of the vessel, and expressed himself highly satie: fled with the superior accommodation afforded by the Lebanon for the comfort and convenience of the troop:4. The Mooresfort and the Neleus sailing transports, de ,tined to take out the four Artillery companies to China, 'save likewise anchored alongside the pier at Woolwich Arsenal, and are making preparations to sail to-morrow. The Violet freight ship, Captain Paton, partly laden with stores for Hong Song, bad bent sails and termie nated her arrangements to heave anchor at the conx tnencernent of the week, but in consequence of the delay in the transport from the military store department she will probably not sail for six or eight days. Two maga zines capable of holding 51 and 21 tons of ammunition nave been erected, as well as extra cabins for the accom inodation of the officers and of the military deparment and she medical corps ordered to take passage in the Violet. Her Majesty's iron screw steam gun-vessel Minx, Lieut Commander Richard H. Roe, arrived at Woolwich ma Saturday from Africa, last from, Portsmouth, and together with the Baun and Brune (the crews of the latter hay ing been turned over to the Leven and the Slaney) is to be retained in ordinary, all standing. The paddlewheel steam-vessel Adder, in charge and tow of one of the dockyard hulks, laden with machinery and boats for Sheerness, left Woolwich on Saturday. The Admiralty yacht Banshee returned to Woolwich on Saturday, hay.. in conveyed the Persian envoy and suite from Dover to Calais. Two additional troops of the 2d division of the nilitary train, under orders for China, having arrived at Woolwich, under the command of Major Robinson, aro xpected to embark on Thursday. Her Majesty's screw steath.vessel Buffalo, at present !ischarging stores at Woolwich, is under orders to be paid off and laid up in, ordinary, and the steam store. -hip Rhadamanthus is ordered to be docked to be sup. plied with new boilers, &e. Mr. Alex. Brown, the present master of the Vesuvius e guns, paddlewheel steam-ship, commissioned her on Saturday for a post command. Her destination is re ported to be the coast of Africa, on particular service. Lieut. C. J. Balfour has taken up his commission and. joined. The Pylades, 21 guns, screw steam corvette, was put out of the fitting basin at Sheerness on Saturday, and, towed to harbour moorings. The Miranda, 15 guns, screw steam-ship, Capt. Robt. Hall, was taken into the fitting basin at Sheerness on. Saturday, to be dismasted, and is returning her arma ment and stores, preparatory to her being paid off on. the 21st inst. The Seagull gun-boat, being fitted as a surveying ten-. der to the Porcupine at Sheerness, is to be commander{ by Mr. WM. Stanton, master of the Porcupine (when away on surveying duties). The Porcupine and Seagull will be ready to leave in a few days. Charity, iron screw merchant transport at Portsmouth, has completed with provisions and stores, and will col ,- vey to the Cape Rear Admiral the Right Hon. Frederic k Grey, the recently appointed commander-in•chief that station, relieving Rear Admiral Trotter. . She will also convey Captain Henry Lyster, appointed to cola. tnand the Castor, 36, sailing frigate, and several other officers. She is expected to sail on Tuesday next. Janus and Firm, 2, screw gun-boats at Portsmouth, are now Complete—little men-of-war topsail schooner:. Their quarters are fitted with hammock rails, and they have threel months provisions on board.. In lien of their heavy guns, which have been placed on board the Furious, they have been supplied with a considerable quantity of 8 'and 10 inch shot, which serve as trimming, ballast racks having been fitted for the purpose. Moreover, a most important improvement has been carried out in these gnu-boats, which will be, adopted generally—tl at of high-pressure engines. The credit of the improvemi at is due to Mr. Francis Pierce, chief engineer of the Edin burgh, 60, screw block ships. The invention consists of a circular bridge of brickwork, in the shape of a horse. shoe, which saves the tubular boilers from the extreme heat of the furnace, besides effectually preventing the tubes from getting choked. The expense of the altera tion is very trifling. CHATHAM, April 12.—A great deal of activity prevails in the shipbuilding department at this dockyard, which has received considerable impetus in consequence of the order issued by the Admiralty for the completion forthwith of those vessels now in course of constrile" tion. The metal and saw mills are also in full work, and the various other departments of this establii h. ,vent are in active operation. Among the vessels now building, and which will be completed forthwith, are the Hero, 91, screw steamer, of 3,127 tons burthen, commenced in June, 1854, which will be fitted with engines of 600-horse power ; the Hood, 'BO, crew steamer, of 660-horse power; the Irresistiole, 80, screw steamer, intended to be supplied with machinery of 400- horse power ; the Mersey, 40, which will be the largest frigate in. the British navy, and will be fiited with en. glees of 1,000-horse power. In addition to these large vessels there are also two steam screw corvettes build ing, both of which are in a very forward state ; they are the Racoon, 21, which is ready for launching, and the Chars bdis, 21, each of which is of 3,400 tons burthen and of 400-horse power. Two other large screw steamers are intended to be laid down, one which will be of 91 guns and 3,000 tons burthen. The following appointments were made en Saturday at the Admiralty : Lieut, R. 0. Leach, to the Cordelia ; Lieut. W. J. Walker, to the Vesuvius ; W. W. Poynder, midshipman, to the Cumberland; J. R. Fittock, 'master, to be ageat for transports ; D. H. Wright, surgeon, to the Cordt c la ; Stephen J. Burke, acting assistant - surgeon, thel Cumberland, th u e m c b o e r r d a e n i a. , da 1 1. di l a he 11E'oll:loBl‘wlidoindugll:ce,°smineiaebtseat'euFapsaatysesturi'serstaasFtretir'setta(18tt'49) were on Sa turday promoted to payma , ters : 7 - R. Taylor, P. G. Smith, W. J. Stevens . , W. E. Kelly, G. Munro, and T. Bradbridgc. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK, The arraugemen is which a short time since were on the lapis for effectrig a co mpromise between the creditors and the shareholders of the bank have been suspended for a time, in cone queue° of the dissolution of Parliament preventing the carrying of a bill through both houses applying the prin ciple of the rights of majorities to the settlement of the affairs of this unfortunate concern. Immediately on the assembling of the new Parliament a bill will be intro doced by the Attorney-General for making binding on the small minority who may refusp to accept it the compro mise which the &eat body of the creditors may be will ing to receive. The whole subject of the law rela.ing to joint-stock banks and their management, as illustrated by the proceedings of the Royal British and Eastern Banking Company, will no doubt be made the subject of special inquiry, as Mr. Wyld, M.P., intends on the earliest possible day to move for a select committee to inquire into the whole subject of joint stock banks, and the state of the law as affect'ng the appropriation of moneys entrusted to the care of these institutens. SUSPECTED MURDER OE AN ARTILLERYMAN AT WOOL wicu.—At the Woolwich police court on Saturday la, t, John Walsh and Catherine Coulson ware placed at the bar, before Mr. Traill, on a remanded cha r g e of causin g the death of John Lawler, a gunner of the 11th Battalion, who was drowned in the Theme s, off flog lane-stairs, on the night of the 24th of blarch The only additioual evidence produced was that of a Mu named Green, who deposed that, on the night in questit.n, he heard a scuffle near the a a er side and cries for help. He also heard some person say, " Give it him, Jack." From the evidence previously taken, it is beyond doubt that the deceased was thrown into the water whilst intoxicated, and as the tide was hies he had no chance of escape. The police are still actively engaged in investigating the matter, and a portion of a pair of tongs, marked with blood, has been found in a back yard near the spot where the scuffle took place. In consequence of the strong opinion which prevails that several crimes of a similar nature have been committed in Hog-lane, which abounds with brothels of the worst description, a memorial, numerously signed by the in habitants of Woolwich, has been presented to the Wool wich Local Board of Health, and that body is now in communication with the Commissioners of Police, with a view to the adoption of measures for the removal of the evil. -- 6741 63 821 1 86} 201 401 64A 4 75i i 59 i • • 565 18,533 646 94 i ; ~.,i~-"'.o