The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-30 00:00:00

TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF FROME. GENTLEMEN, PERMIT me to return you my heartfelt thanks for the great honour you have this day conferred upon me b 3 returning me as Representative of your borough in the Commons' House of Parliament. To have received the free suffrages of so many honest electors is an honour of which any man may be proud, and it is grati fying to know that the united numbers polled in favour of my opponents—Lord Edward Thynne and the Hon. Major Boyle—only exceed by two the record thus made in my be half. The value of my present triumph is enhanced by the remembrance of my want of success in former struggles. I am assured by it that the principles of Reform and Social progress, which I ventured to enunciate, on first corn ing amongst you, are fast taking wider, deeper, and stronger root in the public mind ; and I am also emboldened to believe that your confidence in me has grown with your opportu nities of knowing me. Whilst I congratulate myself on having attained the proud position to which your favour has raised me, allow me also to congratulate you that your borough cannot in future be spoken of as an appendage to the estates of either of the two noble families whose claims upon your suffrages are now negatived. Your borough will from this date take rank amongst the free and independent constituencies of the empire. The first duty I owe to you will be to make an earnest ap peal to calm the excitement called forth by the contests for the free representation of your borough, and in which strug gles (for the time within three years) I have been almost continuously engaged. The confidence you have so generously reposed in me de mands my warmest gratitude, and I feel that the best return I can make you will be the dedication of my best energies in your service. So long as I shall have the honour of repre senting you it will be my unceasing endeavour to carry out the political principles I have professed, and to promote the social and commercial interests of your town. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful servant, DONALD NICOLL. 14, Park-lane, Hyde-park, London, March 28th, 1857. R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, HAMLET. Mr. Charles Dillon, Mr. Stuart, Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Woolgar. Followed by the gorgeous burlesque of CONRAD AND MEDORA. Miss Woolgar, Mr. J. L. Toole, (Sze. The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super. intendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties t 3 the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. MR. J. L. TOOLE, of the LYCEUM THEATRE, respectfully annDunces his FIRST BENEFIT for TUESDAY next, 31st inst. VIE WONDER. Mr. and Mrs. Dillon, Miss Woolgar, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Toole. DOMINIQUE THE DESERTER. Mrs. B. White, Miss Wilton, Mr. Toole. GOOD FOR NOTHING. Miss Woolgar, Mr. Toole. MY FRIEND FROM LEATIIERHEAD. And the Dazzling TRANSFORMATION SCENE. Tickets, &c., at the Box Office ; Keith, Prowse, and Ca 48, Cheapside; London Tavern; and Mr. Toole ; 14, Ceci street, Strand. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. K , an ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by MUSIC lIATH CHARMS. IHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poynter, Fitzwil 114m, dze. After which, A WICKED WIFE. And LA. FOLIE ET L'AMOR. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed PAUL PRY., Paul Pry, Mfr. Wright. Followed by a new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, &e. After which, A NIGHT' AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. OYAL SURRI , ',Y THEATRE, R , Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Cre.swiek. THIS EVENING, BRUTUS. Brutus, Mr. Creswick. After which, THE QUIET FAMILY. To conclude with JEM, THE DODGER. OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, szc. The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. To conclude with THIEVES ! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F. Robson, G. Vining, &c. Commence at half-past Seven. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (the last week before Easter), Shaks pere's Play of KING lIF.NRY THE FOURTH, with Mr. Wm. Cooke's equestrian illuitrations. Hotspur, Mr. James Holloway; Prince Henry, Mr, W. Cooke, jun.; Falstaff, Mr. J. W. Anson, After which, the SCENES of HORSEMANSHIP in the ARENA. To conclude with FORTUNE'S FROLIC. Commer.ce at seven o'clock. Dress Roxes, 4s. ; Upper 'loxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Fox•o(pice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager Mr, W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. A New Grand Military Spectacle will be produced on EASTER MONDAY. CANTERBITRY HALL. Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popula7 Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel], Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, I. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Conti, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corri ; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. - Hackney, and C. .T. Wilkins, Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, .T. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. alGri WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIES DAT—Morn. 42 rain. et. 4—Evening 5 miff, aft. 5 1 1 A-MOREOw—Morn. 26 min. aft. s—Evening 50 min.aft. 5 THE WEATHER—SIIN OFFICE, MARCH 29. TEZRMOMETER, TN VTR SHADE. 55 —highest since noon yesterday 45 -lowest this morning and during the night. 55 -this day at noon. BAaoxiTrzu, 29'83. Wrivn, S.W.—Light, with dull weather. Slight rain is the morning. MAECH 30. 56 highest since noon yesterday. 49 -'owest this morning and durinl the night. 55 I-Hp day at noon. BAnomencE, 29 . 25—a fall of more than half an inch since yesterday. WIND, S. W.—Light, with mild, dull weather in _the morning. Heavy rain in the night. AFTERNOON.—Wind, S.W.—Rather fresh, with sun. shine and heavy scud. fl" vt - t -f ,; c s ___-• , -s - 4). , - - :':',..,74 ,- *:-1, - - - - '' . ~...,,o• • t (',, ~ , 7 ,, ,,,,-,....4., --‹ ..j.. , , -.._ . ,; , '7"- - ).. - -..-., ~-64.,,,4 LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1867. Altogether: the Elections are going gloriously. The cities and boroughs alone having already given Ministers a clear majority of Twenty! So that, even now, Lord PALMERSTON has his com pensation for the obnoxious Sixteen ! The Manchester School Leaders have been "bowled down" like so many Nine-pins ! That is the principal feature in the returns already received. Manchester itself has nobly vindicated its patriotism—having thrown off scornfully the champions of that miserable and most un-English policy, of which Mr. JOHN BRIGHT and Mr. MIL NER. GIHSoN were the vaunted exponents. Hud dersfield has, if that be possible, still more sig nally repudiated any complicity whatever with that PIMO most despicable and de-nationalising policy—the policy whi c h successively became the apologist, first of all of Russian, and afterwards of Chinese barbarism. Mr. COBDEN, it will be remembered, want:a to sell the Ministry for 2,000,000/. ! wen, be licit f or has been sold, "regularly sold," him se lf , 2,000,000/., b u t f o r 246 !—the maj or i ty by which his supporters wore outnumbered by th ose of the rival candid a t e ! P er haps no political cli_ feat of modern times has, in its way, hc' n more ignominious. We speak of the occurrence, we think of Mr. COBDEN, we refer to his downfall, at this moment, more in grief than in indignation. There is something despicable, of course, in striking a man, still more in kicking a man, when he is prostrated in the very dust. We have no inclination to retort upon Mr. COBDEN his own indecent scurrilities-- the scurrilities with which he outraged the public mind very recently upon a public platform in the City of Manchester. We recognise in him at this ;nstant a man who is down—who is profoundly THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1887. humbled—who is utterly and signally defeated. Remembering what Mr. COBDEN has been before now, remembering what he has already accom plished, remembering what he might still have been, and what he might still have accomplished, had he but been true to his owa antecedents— we can only mourn at an occurrence which is only the culmination or climax of what has been to us during the last few years a source of bitter and protracted disappoint ment. While, however, we cannot find it in our heart to exult over this downfall as far as Mr. COBDEN is individually con cerned we regard it at the same time as an event involving in itself so profound a lesson to politicians generally that we conceive it absolutely and imperatively demands, from us all, very particular observation. Mr. COBDEN'S defeat, we repeat, is a defeat doubly if not trebly ignominious. Never was there a more painfully ludicrous illustration of the engineer--" hoist, with his own petard 1" It is HOGARTH'S Clown seated astride upon the sign post protruding from the wall to which the wise acre has his face directed at the very time he is coolly sawing the beam supporting him in midair ! Here is the Originator of the whole of this grand Political Agitation—the Mover of the " Resolu tions" upon which the Cabinet was placed in a mino rity, and thereby driven to a dissolution of the Legislature—himself sacrificed ! It is the contriver, the Brazen Bull of Phalaris—himself roasted alive in it, first of all by way of experiment. It is Dr. GUILLOTINE—himseIf guillotined ! It is GUY FA.WKES—blowing himself up by mistake instead of the Houses of Parliament ! Never was there a more preposterou% political recoil—a more laughable election eerin g ti- climax ! The quondam glory of Stockport, afraid to adventure upon a struggle for the West Riding of Yorkshire, with draws from the latter constituency and tries to win over to his cause the electors of the little borough of Huddersfield. There—at Hudders field—he is deliberately weighed in the balance and Rejected ! Rejected for a comparatively un known man (Mr. ACKROYD) by the liberal pos sessors of the elective franchise in a small borough, having in round numbers not more than 1,500 as its Constituency ! Mr. COBDEN is not merely rejected himself by a clear majority of 246 out of the n urn ber of that constituency of "True-Born English men," the independent, and patriotic, and out spoken electors of the borough of Huddersfield. But he goes to Manchester a little before that : and there, in that recognised capital of his Political School, advocates, as energetically as his bold voice can advocate anything, the cause of his two most conspicuous political associates, Mr. GrnseN and Mr. BRIGHT—onIy to find them im mediately afterwards peremptorily and haughtily refused as their representatives by the free and honest electors of the populous and intelligent city of Manchester. Honour to these British Voters ! Honour to these men of Manchester and of Hud dersfield ! They have in a signal and startling manner demonstrated the utter unpopularity of the really monstrous views latterly advocated by the Manchester School of Politicians ! They have entered their emphatic and decisive protest against the miserab!e Peace-at-any-Price Humbug They have responded to the appeal made for their de cision by Messrs. COBDEN and GinsoN—but they have done so in a manner those gentlemen little anticipated ! Who was in the right now, Mr. COBDEN t What views do you think, now, are popular, and what unpopular ? Verily, there was much wisdom in that sagacious observation of the landlord of the Lansmere Arms, in My Novel—" Gamptious is gutnptious, and bump tious is bumptious !" &MEW); we need not say who, was wonderfully cockahoop of late—but the " crow" has been suddenly taken out of him : shall we crack a pleasant little joke about it and say—we have had to pluck it with biro ? Nevertheless, while in the abstract, politically speaking, we cannot but exclaim, with OTHELLO, " 'Tis better as it is !" we cannot, at the same time, but lament that such an " is" should have been rendered in any way necessary. We cannot but regret that Mr. COBDEN should have rendered it imperatively requisite for a liberal constituency to reject him, as he has been rejected— ieliberately and ignominiously rejected—by the liberal consti- tuency of Huddersfield. So it has fallen out, however, and Mr. COBDEN has only himself to thank for that the House of Commons volt hence forth miss (for some time at least) the perverse logic and vigorous rhetoric of the Mr. BUCKET of Debate with his undercurrent of forefinger! Lord PALMERSTON has ample cause for self gratulation at the results of "the appeal to the country"—more so than even he himself could have contemplated when he delivered his post prandial oration at Tiverton on Friday evening. That oration was the natural sequel to the Address to the Electors already noticed in The Sun. it was delivered in the very hour of his individual triumph, when he had enjcyed an easy " walk over the course," and been returned without op position for his favourite constituency. At such a time, and under such circumstances, he might have relaxed a little, and offered even a faint out line of the domestic policy which he intended to pursue. Although ho no longer required such aid, it might have been valuable to his avowed sup porters—might have turned the scale with many wavering voters, and returned triumphantly Pal merstonian Candidates who may yet feel the want of such assistance. The Noble Lord, however, clung to his strong position —to the potent intreuchment from which he could not be displaced. In his address he slurred over the domestic policy as a matter of comparatively trivial importance. He stood on the China ques tion, the only point on which ho had been left in a minority, and on which he was well aware that the voice of public opinion was altogether in his favour. There he was unassailable. There the people were altogether opposed to the factious majority, and there he was certain of a complete triumph. But on matters on which the welfare and prosperity of the nation greatly depended on the all-important questions of Parliamentary, Fiscal, Financial, Monetary, and Legal Reforms, he was contented with a few vague platitudes, not containing the shadow of a Principle or a Policy. It is true that ho declared that "at home his guiding principle will be a judicious and well regulated economy (an admirable phrase, but no committing him in the slightest degree), progres- sive improvement in all (!) that concerns the welfare of the nation, the continued diffusion of education among the people, and such well-consi dercl reforms as from time to time may be required by chan ge of circumstances, and by the increasing growth of int e lli gence. " All t hi s i s very line. But the most u ncompromising Tory mi g ht h ave sa id t h e very same, and could not have been called to ac count for any vote h e m i g ht su b sequently be pleased to give. As we have stated, the subsequent o ra ti on d oes any degree h e l p the preliminary address. It does n' oes not even touch in the slightest way on these interesting and i m portant topi cs . E verything that could be desired is given respecti ng th at of which the nation was already satisfied. Nothing where information was required, and Where the utmost anxiety was entertained as to the views of the popular Premier. Now, we would earnestly desire that the eleo tors, where there is yet time, should obtain de . cisive pledges from the claimants for their suffrages on these topics. We believe that more can be ob tained from Lord PALMERSTON than from any other possible Minister. He will give just as little as practicable, but as much as may be indispen sable to the maintenance of his position as First Lord of the Treasury. He would not bind him self when his return was certain. But he is for tunately not pledged on the other side, and any reform, however extensive, may still be enforced. There is no opposing "principle. It is merely the vis inertia? that is to be conquered. Yield ing to a judiciously and well-applied "pres sure from without," Lord PALMERSTON will go as far as can reasonably be anticipated. But there must be that pressure. The prize must be won by the Reformers. They must prove themselves worthy of that for which they profess to be striving. The first great issue is on fo reign affairs, and there the " Chinamen." have not a leg to stand on. Even those who voted in the majority are ashamed of what they have done, and whining apologies are offered by a large pro portion of those who have dared to come to the scratch ? That problem has already been solved, and without in any measure endangering the great issue. Internal matters may now receive a fair share of attention. It depends on the several con stituencies whether they are to be shelved for a pro tracted period ! We trust that professing reformers may prove equal to the emergency. The critical moment has arrived, and on the events of the next few days will depend the fortunes of the country for, perhaps, the following seven years. Electors of England—a great trust is confided to your charge • Exexecute it faithfully and honestly, and you will have cause to rejoice in blessings that will descend to, and be appreciated by, your children, and your children's children, during many successive gene rations. It is very noticeable how egregiously the in tendel Defeaters of the Government have over reached themselves. Out of the memorable Majority on the China Question in the House of Commons, how many, do you suppose, have been defeated in consequence? Why, already positivley as many as THIRTY-FIVE 1 Beginning the list of these Thirty-five Unfortunates with—actually— the "Two Tellers" themselves ! Several of the unhappy delinquents who have thus summarily expiated their vete in favour of Mr. COBDEN'S . Motion have, it is true, fallen, without any ado, voluntarily ! Acting upon the Fat Knight's hint that "Discretion is theibetter par:, of valour," — Ten out of the Thirty•five have "Retired" from the contest, thus warding off the blow which must otherwise have descended upon them overwhelmingly. For example, Mr. BALDOCK retired from Shrewsbury. )) 79 Dover. 2,1) Devizes. Viscount CHELSEA Mr. HENEAGE Admiral HERBERT ,, „ Dartmouth. Sir H. MADDOCK s, „ Rochester. Mr. SANDARS 7, „ Wakefield. Capt. SCOBELL... I) „ Bath. Mr. SUTTON " Newark. Mr. VERNON Mr. WADDINGTON Nine out of these ten exceedingly modest or " re tiring" candidates being Conservatives, who dis appeared from the scene in order that they might make room for Liberal substitutes—Reformers. However, besides these, Ten voters in the Obnoxi ous Majority (one Liberal and nine Conservatives) who have thrown themselves overboard rather than be roughly pitchforked over by their respec tive constituencies—there are twenty-five others who, with a certain amount of pluck, appear to have stood up for the contest precisely for the very purpose, it would seem, of being knocked down ! Foremost among them, as we have be fore intimated— „ Harwich. THE Two TELLERS ! Mr. COBDEN defeated at Huddersfield. Manchester. Mr. GIBSON . WITH TWENTY-THREE OTHER OFFENDERS. Earl of ANNESLEY defeated at Great Grimsby. Mr. BIGNOLD ,, Nor wich. Mr. GEO. BUTT Marquis of CHANDOS Buckingham. Mr. T. S. COCKS Reigate. Mr. H. B. COLES... JP Andover. Mr. J. DRAX........ )) Wareham Hon. W. DUNCOMBE s) East Retford. Mr. B. FOLLETT..... Bridgewater. Capt. J. GLADSTONE 3) Dm :zes. Lord W. GRAHAM. 33 Grantham. Mr. H. GWYN....... /, Penryn cC Falmth. Lord A. HERVEY... ff Brighton. Sir E. LACON Yarmouth. 3) Mr. A. H. LAYARD. „ Aylesbury. Mr. J. MACGREGOR Sandwich. Mr.J.P. MURROUGH Bridport. Sir S. NORTHCOTE.. ), Dudley. Mr. J. OAKES 7) Bury St Edmund' s Mr. R. PALMER 1) Ply mouth. Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE 33 Leominster. Mr.R.J.PHILLIMORE )9 Tavistock. Captain STUART Bedford. Altdgether twenty-five who voted in the ma jority on Mr. COBDEN'S Motion (including Mr. COBDEN himself and his seconder, Mr. GIBSON) have been formally, because of that vote, rejected by the constituencies. Ten others, as we have seen, having deemed it more prudent f 3 withdraw before the certainty of an equally ignominious discomfi. ture. In all, "Thirty-five" of the Majority, directly or indirectly, have paid the penalty of dancing the kotoo into the Lobby of the Opposi tion to the sweet pipings of the two unfortunate Tellers- —six out of the Thirty-five being Liberals, and the remaining Twenty-nine Conservatives. It must not be imagined, however, for an instant that the Ministerial Gains are re stricted to these Twenty-nine. Not a bit of it I Upon the first rough calculation, while the losses of the Ministry may be estimated at 19 or 20— their gains may be taken at the very least at 39 or 40. Leaving a balance of about a score, just, to begin with ! The precise details of the op posing catalogues we give elsewhere in our impression of this evening. From which it will be seen, almost at a glance, how heavy has been the vengeance alre ady wreaked upon the Opposi tion—and how large, even at this stage of the General Election, the consequent advantages ac cruing to the Government. I sides, should difficulties ever arise between the two Governments, these will be easily adjusted, in a spirit of mutual forbearance and concession. I re turn your Lordship my thanks for your kind ex pre,sions and wishes in reference to myself, and feel confident that in our future intercourse we shall proceed harmoniously and satisfactorily in dis charging our respective duties." Intelligence had been received of a dreadful ca tastrophe which occurred on the Great Western Railroad of Canada on the 12th. The afternoon train from Toronto to Hamilton ran off the track when approaching the bridge over the Des Jardines Canal, near Hamilton ' • the engine cut through the timb er wor k of the bridge, the structure gave way, and the locomotive, baggage waggon, and two passenger cars fell from a height of 40 feet into deep water. There were 97 passen gers in the two cars. Of these '7O were in stantly drowned or crushed to death. Sixty bodies had been recovered up to the evening of the 15th ; but all had not been found. The coroner's inquest had commenced, but stood adjourned till the 17th. Mr. S. Zimmerman, the wealthy contractor and banker of Niagara, is among the victims. The Par liament which was sitting at Toronto adjourned when the intelligence of the disaster arrived in that city. _ _ On the Pennsylvanian Railroad, at Altosa sta tion, an emigrant train had been run into by a freight train ; six persons were killed and 10 or 12 others mutilated. On the Salt Lake Plains the past season had been so severe that the Indians had been compelled, in many instances, to devour their own offspring to avoid s'arvation. The George Law had arrived at New York with the California mails and a small amount in specie. Dr. Bates, the State Treasurer, was a defaulter to the extent of $124,000. Advices from Aspinall state that the Filibusters under Lockridge had taken the Fort of Serapgin and had captured a steamer and the town of Cas tellon. These accounts are not reliable. From Peru we learnthat the revolutionary party had been successful to a partial extent. Castillo had taken Paita and Para. Iquique and Arica re mained trnA to the Government. Islay and the Chinchas have declared in favour of Vivanco. There was a reaction in Arequipa in favour of Castillo. The belligerents had fought another naval en gagement in the harbour of Callao, but without either side gaining any material advantage. The Costa Rican Envoy had been unsuccessful in his attempts to negotiate a loan for the purpose of carrying on the war against General Walker, and nothing was said of the projected treaty for the union of the South and Central American States against Filibustering enterprises. Everything was quiet at Bolivia. At Valparaiso business was reported as dull, the only transactions of impor tance being in silver and copper. The scarcity of specie was being more sensibly felt by the continued exportations of silver coin. Freights to England, per ton, English, 3/. 10s. to 4/. Mexican advices state that the troubles at San Juan and Tampico had been terminated. The rumoured revolutionary movements at Blancarte at Guadalaxasa created no alarm. The New Congress is to assemble on the 16th of September. The Mexican Congress had not been in session since the sth, the great day on which the new constitution was sworn to, in default of a quorum. The Monitor has intelligence of new revolutionary movements in Puebla ; via New Orleans dates from Tampico had been received. Possession had been given to General Morena, but Gaza threat ened an attack upon the place. The conducta des tined for the city was expected to pass through Monterey. General Tidaurri had been elected Governor of the State. From Havannah we learn that active prepara tions for the invasion of Mexico were proceeding. General Concha had reviewed 15,600 men. Slaves continued to be landed on the island. Sugars were firm. In the New York stock market there had been a considerable advance on the leading descriptions. In the money market there was a decided im provement. The demand, though large, was fully met by the supply. The current rates were B.} to 12 per cent. for prime paper according to date, and 7 per cent. on call. Exchange on London Bto 81. In cotton the unfavourable accounts per Ame rica had been counteracted by news from the south of a large falling off in the receipts at the ports, and the market closed firm. Flour and wheat were dull. Pork had declined. Beef was buoyant. Tir2pentine was quiet. Iron and tobacco were in request. Freights were without material change. peace," I have already offered some remarks upon , the subject, hnd need not return to it. But the right hon. gentleman says that the result of Lord Palmerston's Government is, "excessive expendi ture and heavy taxation," and the cubs' itute which he proposes is " reduced taxation and social improvement." Now, what I would undertake to show is that_ excessive expenditure and heavy taxation have not been the policy of Lord Pal merston's Government, but, on the contrary, that it has been :diminished expenditure and reduced taxation. (Applause.) The only way to ascertain She facts of the case is to compare our present ex penditure and taxation with what they were during the war. The estimates for the army and navy for all purposes of war, which were presented at the beginning of last session (1856-57), were 56,865,0001. Tho ‘e estimates were made upon the assumption that the war would continue, but happily we signed a pease about Easter. The Government lest no time in revising the war estimate, and iu producing re duced estimates, adapted, as far as possible, to the new state •of peace. It is scarcely neces sary that I should remind you that the enor mous establishments created in a time of war cannot be removed by the stroke of a wand. We must bring home our fleets and armies ' • and I need not e n t er i n t o d e t a il , b ecause i t must suggest itself to the mind of every one thatthere are a great number of expensive operations attendant upon the transition from a war, which had created a foreign expedition on a great scale, to a state of pease. The revised army and navy estimates amounted to 38,061,0001. Well, that was at once a ,considerable reduction. Now, these were esti mates for a year not actually of war, but a year in which many of the expenses incident to the war had to be borne, and as compared with the preced , hig year a saving of 17,000,000/. was effected. But then, you will say, what is your calculation for the year commencing the Ist of April next ? Exclu sive of the Coastguard and packets, which are not for military purposes, the estimates for the year 1857-8 have been reduced to 18,870,0001. as com pared with 38;000,000/. in the preceding year. Now these are positive facts, about which no doubt can exist, because they rest on papers pre sented to Parliament. I ask, therefore, whether it can be said: that excessive expenditure, tried by the test of a great reduction of expenditure, has been the policy of the Government ? (Hear, hear.) But, then we are told that "reduction of taxation" is Lhe policy-which Mr. Disraeli recommends, as con trasted with the policy of Lord Pahnerston.'s Go vernment, which one must presume is that of in creased taxation. Well, now, what are the facts ? The income tax—no small part of our resources— las been reduced from 16d. to 7d. in the pound, :and other redactions of taxation have taken place, partly in consequence of propositions of the Govern ment, and partly by the operation of prospective pro visi ens in statutes; and for the year 1857-58, as com pared with the year 1855-56, there has been a reduc tion of nearly 11,500,000/. I think, therefore, I have proved by figu res , w hi c h a d m it of hosioubt, that " excessive expenditure. and increased taxation" are not the policy of the present Government. (Hear, hear.) I may p er h a p s men ti on , as showing the extent to which the ex p en di ture has been re duced in the present year, since the, charges at tendant upon the transition to peace were defrayed —that the actual diminution in the present quarter (from " January to the first of April) is about 6,500,000/. as compared with the corresponding quarter of the previous year, which was nut a period of active war—that is to say more than 2,000,000/. in each month—rather more than 500,000/. a week, and very nearly 100,000/. per day. (Cheers.) These facts must, I think, con vince you that Government have resolutely put their shoulders to the wheel for the peepose of effecting reductions in the military and naval ex penditure of the country. (Hear.) The right hon. gentleman proceeded to show the practical difficulty of at once reducing establishments framed on a war basis, contrasting it with the easy work of writing on paper a reduction from 30,000,000/. to 20,000,000/. or 10,000,000/., and then continued : "—With regard to the circumstance that led imme diatly to the unexpected dissolution of Parliament —the vote upon the Chinese question—it is proper that I should make some remarks upon it, as it is the question on which the appeal has been made to the country. The hon. gentleman who did me the honour of proposing me very clearly pointed out the peculiar position of our agents in China, sepa rated by many thousands of miles and many weeks of postal communication from England,—a few Englishmen surrounded by an enormous and, it may be, a hostile people, and he has shown that under such circumstances it is not wise, it is not fair, it is hardly decent, I may say, for the Govern ment to scrutinise with a jealous and hostile criti cism all the acts of their subordinates, if they act with perfect good faith, and when there is no imputation upon their honesty, or " upon their desire to serve their country. Now, our agents in China have not been charged with rapa city, with any desire to enrich themselves at the expense of foreign countries, nor of seekirg to ag grandise their country by taking territory from foreigners. No, the most that can be said is, that from an excess of zeal, Sir J. Bowring somewhat erred in asserting the rights of his country, believ ing that a treaty had been violated ; and I say that the Government which should be over-hasty and over-disposed to censure their subordinates would justly excite the disapprobation of the coun try. (Cheers.) lam not called upon to maintain that Sir John Bowring's conduct was faultless and immaculate ; it is not necessary for me to show that his judgment and that of Mr. Consul Parkes was the most perfect and the wisest that could have been exercised under the circumstances. What the Government have to consider in such a case is, whether their agents acted to the best of their judgment and with a reasonable discre tion. Well, now, let us see the ground upon which the Government' acted in the case of Sir John Bowring. When the news first arrived it was im possible for us to know that the next packet might not bring intelligence that the whole matter had been settled • but when that pack e t arr i ve d we found that the b:each had been widened rather than narrowed, that fresh grounds of differences were added, that the Governor of Canton showed a most unconciliatory spirit, and that the quarrel, which was originally of small dimensions, threatened to assume an extensive and even an alarming cha racter. Under these circumstances what was the resolution of the Government ? They thought it expedient to send out a person possessing ampler powers of negotiation than had been given to Sir J. Bowring, who was put in possession of their views, ,and who couldgo out with the authority belonging to ale - 6861f proceeding directly from the central Govern meut,. and who might, by his authority and by his i Superior knowledge of the views of the Government be able to direct operations on the spot, and to ne gotiate with the Chinese Government. The right honourable baronet, after alluding to some mea sures of social improvement which the Government had been obliged to abandon in consequence of the attention of Parliament being concentrated on the war, proceeded to touch upon the extension of the country franchise question. It must not (he said) be forgotten that the 40s. franchise gives votes to a large number of persons in counties, while no such franchise exists in boroughs. He expressed himself decidedly in favour of very considerably reducing the present 50/. county franchise, but would not pledge himself to the exact amount of the reduction, whether to the full length of 10/. or not. He thought it would not be wise to put the same restriction upon county voters as upon borough voters (freemen), and thus prevent a. man from voting unless he resided within a distance of seven miles. Mr. L. King's motion assimilated the right of voting in counties and boroughs, the policy of which he doubted, and_ which, he observed, would be introducing into counties an entirely new element. The law of voting could not be simply transferred from boroughs to counties ; some adapta tion was necessary, and, subject to these restrictions, he was decidedly in favour of Mr. L. King's Bill. In fact the Government had agreed to support the introduction of that bill, but afterwards found that on account of some questions of form rather than of substance it could not be conveniently in troduced ; and that was the reason why they voted against its introduction.. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. baronet next alluded to the Church-rate question, remarking that the recent decision of the House of Lords had placed the law on this sub- ject in a position which rendered the present state of things intolerable. While contending that the Church-rate was a charge upon rent, and that its abolition wonld have the effect of at once putting some 300,0001. or 400,0001. a-year into the pockets of the owners of the soil, he showed the feeling of injustice with which it was regarded by Dissenters, and expressed hiS opinion that, un l es s those friends of the' church who at present would listento no proposal for an alteration of the law, s hoUld assent to a reasonable settlement that would relieve the Dissenters, not many years would elapse before the rate would be abolished and the church esta blishment be maintained by voluntary effort. H e had no fear that such effort woul d be ade quate to maintain our churches ; but t he burden would t e likely to fall more heavily u pon the present ab d the liberal than upon the ab sent and the illiberal. (Hear, hear.) Th e r ight hon. gentleman, after a few further expressions o f his thank s to the electo r s conferr ed lauded. upon his seat very loudly pp A vote of thanks to the returning officer closed the proceedings. DEATH OF ME. ADAM LEFFLER.— This w e ll-k nown bass singer, who at one time held a l ea di ng pos i t i on i n English opera, d ied suddenly on Friday night. BA SBURY ELECTION. TO rnE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Banbury, 28th Mrrob, 1857. Sir.—We ha ye thii day returned our old Liberal member, Mr. 'tailored, by a majority of 158. Tancre d „, ~, ~, ••• 216 Yat 69 • • ... •• • 53 Mr. Tho' nas G. Baring has resigned his appointment of private secretary to Sir Charles Wood, First Lord of the Athr,tralty. It is understood that Miss Nightingale is about to in ape ct, all the large hospitals. Mr. H. Vieuxtemps, the well-known Belgian violinist, baa re ceived from the King of Sardinia the cross of SS. M aurice and Lazarus. M. .E. de Girardin is said to be occupied in writing a comedy, entitled "La Fille du Milliennaire." nistori is to appear next week at the Italians in Stuarda.". LATEST N E WS. IMPORTANT FROM PERSIA AND CHINA. TRIESTE, SUNDAY, MARCH 29. The stonier America arrived here to-day at 2 p.m. from Alexandria, which port she left on the 24th. The Indit, mail was to leave Alexandria on that day with alvices from Hong Kong to Feb. 15 ; Calcutta, Feb. 23 ; Madras, March 1 ; Bombay, March 5 ; aid Busbire, Feb. 15. PERSIA. On the 8;h of February a force under General Outram obtEined a signal victory at Khoosha,b over the Persians who were commanded by Soojah-col- Moolk. On the 3dof February an expeditionary force of 419 cavalry, 4,300 infantry, and 18 guns left 13u shire. In 41 hours they reached the Persian intrench ments at Boarazjoon, a distance of 46 miles, whence the enemy rdreated to the mountains, abandoning their stores and ammunition, all of which were destroyed. Two days ►fter the troops commenced their re- turn march. Au ineffeclual night attack was made by the enemy. At daybreak on the Bth the Persian army, about 6,000 strong, with five guns, was attacked by the British cavalry and artillery, and totally routed. The enemy lost 7(10 killed, 100 prisoners, and two guns. Our total loss consists of 10 killed and 62 wouuded. Lieutenant Franckland was killed; Capt. Forbes, Captain Mockler, and Lieutenant Greentree, were wounded. The expedition returned to Bushire on the ICth of February. CHINA. In China, with the exception of an attack on the junks in the Canton River, no further active ope rations had taken place. Admiral Seymour was at Hong Kong, waiting for reinforcements. The trial of Allum and his fellow-prisoners had resulted in a verdict of Not Guilty. A telegraphic message received at Bombay from the authorities of Calcutta states that the Emperor of China had sent orders to Yeh to conclude peace on any terms. At Hong Kong exchange was 4s. Bd. At Shanghai imports were rather lower. The total silk settlements amounted to 70,500 bale; of which 67,600 had left. Prices had advanced 10 dollars. Exchange 6s. 7d. at Foo-chow. A further ad vance had taken place in tea. The import market was dull, INDIA. Disturbances have taken place in Pegu. They are unimportant, but they led to a skirmish with the troops. The Madras Exhibition was opened by Lord Harris on the Bth of February. Meetings had been held at Calcutta to petition Parliament against the regulations of the new Penal Code, subjecting Europeans to the jurisdiction of the Company's Courts. The Bombay import market was steady. Cotton and oil seeds were very firm. The money market remained unchanged. Government securities had slightly improved. Freights were unaltered. Exchange, 2s. The Calcutta export market was without change. The import market was very steady. Freights were looking down. Exchange, 2s. 21d. • At Madras money was scarce. Imports were in good demand. In exports transactions were limited, owing to shoat supplies. Freights were firm. Exchange, 2s. 24d. to 2s. 21d. CEYLON. The exports of coffee from the Ist of October amounted to 230,000 cwt. The pearl fishery was to commence on the sth of March. It was expected to be profitable. THE MAURITIUS. From excessive wet the sugar crop of 20,000 tons is below the estimate. AUSTRALIA. There is not any intelligen ce o f th e O ne id a) which was expected at Suez f rom Melbourne. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, MARCH 28. Th e Chsmber of Representatives has rejected, by r a majority of 241 to 73, the law relative to the tax on houses. s of P russ i a , A us t r i a , and in the ne go ti a ti ons at P ar i s relative PtoeintlhiPt°aele part Postalentiaarie question. SPAIN. MADRID, MARCH 27. The result of the electi ons k nown up to this time is compl e tely favourabl e t o t h e M oderados. MM. Martinez de la Rosa, Goy onec h Serrano, the Duke sen., and th e Count deßelascoain, Madrid. The G overnment n:erenlc Madrid.' f° p i dcatl hiilgrid."inr the electoral distri c t s o f th e province Nni o The accounts from the province are of the same character. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The ROyal Mail steamship Persia arrived off the port yesterday evening but owing to thick w e a th er did not ven t ure up until this morning. The mails were, however, sent up by a steamtug last night. She has brought advices from New York to the 18th inst. asd $306,335. The Ericsson has also arrived with advices to the 141 h. The Hermann had arrived out. The United States' Senate had adopted a series of resolutions containing the amendments it pro poses in the Treaty of London. The treaty, with these amendments, had been sent to the State Department, and will be immediately submitted to the British Government as the basis of furth.r negotiations. The Senate adjourned on the 14th. Lord Napier presented his credentials to the President on.the 16th. The President in reply to his - L)rdship, said tour Sovereign, I am convinced, could not hay. - e selected a more acceptable representative than yourself to renew those relations of iuterijational . friendship whi c h I t rus t ma y never h erea ft er b e lute/ 1 u pted. The earnest and gracious desire ex- Presied by her Majesty to preserve and advance upok all occasions the interest and happiness of England and America, and the hearty good wishes which her Majesty cherishes for the prosperity of the 1.1 . - ited States, are cordially reciprocated on my part and will elicit an enthusiastic response from the hearts of the American people. No indepen dent Powers have ever been bound together by ma terial interests of such magnitude as those which unite Great Britain and the United States. Indeed the prosperity of the one is necessarily involved in that of the other ; but mutual interests, however vast, without mutual regard, are not always suffi eiest to preserve friendship between nations. How happy, then, am I to receive the assurances that yosr Sovereign, her Ministers, and every order of her subjects, are animated by sentiments of bene volence towards the Government and people of the United States. During my Administration it shall be my agreeable duty, as well as my earnest desire, to increase the friendship and mutual goodwill now so happily subsisting between tho two countries, and to render these sentiments strong and enduring. With such sincere and heartfelt dispositions on both PORTUGAL. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 30. The Braganza steamer brings Lisbon dates of the 24th inst., when the following vessels of war were anchored in the Tagus :—Her Majesty's screw ships Exmouth, Capt. Harry Eyres ; James Watt, Capt. G. Giffard ; Princess Royal, Capt. T. W. Anson and Colossus, Capt. T. W. Thompson ; and Bra zilian corvette Imperial, Warmheiro. The Colossus had arrived on the 23d, and the James Watt was under orders to sail home on the 25th. The French screw ships Tourville and Carole, which had put into the Tagus, had left on the 22d, with the Austerlitz, for Toulon. The Sultan, steamer, with the outward Peninsular mails of the 17th, from Southampton, had arrived at Lisbon on the 22d, and left the same day for Cadiz and Gibraltar. The Byzantine, steamer, due from the Brazilr, bad not arrived at Lisbon when the Braganza left. Our Lisbon correspondence does not contain any political news of importance in addition to the last mail. The suppression of the literary subsidy tax, hitherto collected upon the produce of wine, was unanimously voted by the Hou s e o f Deputies, but considerable difference of opinion prevails as to the substitution of the tax, which amounts to about 25,0001. per annum. The Government plan of d:s• tribution pro rata among the different districts was, however, approved by a majority of 67 against 41 votes. The ex-Minister, M. Soutes, voting with the majority. THE CHANCELLOR OF TILE EXCHEQUER AT _RADNOR. The election for the Radnor boroughs took place on Saturday at New Radnor. The only candidate _was the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Sir G. C. Lewis. The right hon, gentleman, who was r ccompanied by the Lady Theresa Lewis, was drawn into the town in his carriage by the populace, and was enthusiastically applauded Mr. R. GREEN, of Knighton, proposed, and Mr. J. A. PHILLIPS, of Presteign, seconded the nomi nation of the right hon. baronet, who was declared duly elected by the returning officer. Sir G. 0. LEWIS then addrssed the electors, and after touching upon some topics of a local rather than general interest, said :—lt has been imputed to Lord Palmerston's Government, orrather to Lord Palmerston specially, that he is a lover of war, and that he is favourable to a turbulent and aggressive foreign policy. Nevertheless, Lord Palmerston being called to the helm at a moment when the war was rag ing, in no long time, by the success of our arms and by the success of our diplomatic negotiations, w e were enabled to bring that war to an honourable and safe conclusion. Now, if you consider the length of time which former wars of that magni tude have lasted, you must, I think, admit that it required no ordinary effort on the part of the Go vermnent, whether in the oonduct of the war or of the negotiations, to bring it t 9 an honourable issue within so short a time. (Hear.) Upon the return' of peace we were called upon as soon as we c )uld to retrench the expenditure which the war .had occasioned, and to adapt our position to our•altered circumstances. Now, can it be said that the Go vernment has been slow to recognise that change f (Hear.) Mr. Disraeli, the leader of the Opposition iu the House of Commons, in his late election address—which may, I suppose, be considered as one of the principal manifestoes of his party—remarks upo the policy of th e present rt, Government with respect to the charge of expen diture and taxation resulting on the transition from war to peace, and he says—" Lord Palmerstan is an eminent man, who has deserved well of the country." Well, that may be considered as a state ment of some importance, coming from such `a quarter—(a laughter)—but then the praise Mr. Disraeli bestows is somewhat qualified, in the re mainder 'of the sentence, fer he goes .on thus— " But, as Prime Minister, be occupies a false posi tion ; he is the Tory chief of a Radical Cabinet." (Oh, oh !) These flowers of electioneering elo quence are not, I suppose, to be subjected to any severe criticism ; but, perhaps, I may be permitted to remark that, in the event of Mr. Disraeli him self forming an Administration,. he would probably prefer to be the Radical chief of a Tory Cabinet. Well, then, Mr. Disraeli p rocee d s —" With no domestic policy, he (Lord Palmerston) is oblige] tQ divert the attention of the people from the consideration of their own affairs to the distraction of foreign politics. His external system is turbu lent and aggressive that his rule at home may be tranquil and unassailed. Hence arise excessive expenditure, heavy taxation, and the stoppage of all social improvement. ' (" Oh, oh and laughter.) This is Mr. Disraeli's description of the present state of public affairs. He then adds, " The general policy which I would enforce at this juncture may be contained in these words—honour able peace, reduced taxation, and social improve- UMW] Now, with regard to the "honourable, IVIA a 77.:T cais CORN EXCHANGE. The demand for wheat in most of the country markets held on Saturday was inactive, and prices ruled in favour of buyers. There was less activity in the sale for barley, at barely late rates. All other articles were very drill. The continental markets have been heavy for all descriP• tions of produce, except fine barley. In the United States the transactions on English account have been limited. The arrivals of English grain up to our market, last week, were limited. From abroad we received 3,609 quarters of wheat, 16,921 barley, 21,841 oats, 155 beans, 125 peas, 735 tares, 210 linseed, 2,500 rapseed, 40 mustard seed, and 335 sacks of flour. , Fresh up to-day, the arrivals of English wheat were very moderate, and the show of samples of both red and white was consequently small. There were rather more buyers in attendance, yet the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce was in a sluggish state, at prices about equal to those realised on this day sen'night: Bo ne kinds of wheat were is to 2s per quarter lower. We were well supplied with most descriptions of foreign wheat, which moved off slowly. In the quotations, how ever, no change took place. . - Floating carpal% of grain were in fair request, and prime were supported. Very little English barley market, and the supply of for e i gn was b y no means e xtol' sive. Fine dry samples sold a t f u ll pr i ces, b u t i n ferior kinds were dull, and 2s per qr che a p er . wa s in the . We had a heavy inquiry for malt, and late rates wer e barely supported. Oats were in good supply and heavy request, a t bard/ last week's decline in value. In some instances the rate gave way 6d to is per qr. • The sale for beans ruled heavy, at barely late rates to 16 decline. In peas very little was doing, at is to 2s per qrless inonef. Flour was inactive, but no change took place in its Yalu ° CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red •• .. new 49s to 60s Ditt0........ old —s —s Ditto, White new 50s 688 Ditt0........ old —s Norfolk and Lin coin, Red. old --s Ditto new •-. 48. „60s By.—Old ............ —s —a Now •• •• .• • • 38s 40s Harley—Grinding... •• 30s 32a Malting ......... 39, 428 dlaevalier•—• • • 44s 49s Slalt—SaffolkandNor 68s Vas Brown ............ 63a Ms KingstonardWare 70. 798 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Last week's imports of foreign stock into London Wi re only moderate—the total supply being 1,094 head. In tb corresponding week in 1856 we rece i ve d 268 ; in 1,378 ; in 1854, 1,421; in 1853, 2,761; in 1852, Irw", and in 1851, 2,218 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEIN. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves• Fit Rotterdam 49 ... 231 ... • 87 ••• Amsterdam 4 Hambnrgh ll 303 ... Harlingen Schiedam Ostend Antwerp - ... - ... 54 ...,,. ''''''' ••• T0ta1.... 406 541 2 ... 145 •• The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as folio:00,110 Beasts. Sheen. L am b s . C a lves. 1856 92 102 74 ••• -.- 1855.... 1854 613 587 • 218 1853 928 ... 1,416 .. 397 1852 205 ... 664 . 316 ..e 59 1851 4OO 1,547 ... ... 232 1" to , We had only a limited supply of foreign stoc k 5° day's market, and its general quality was inferior. ifa ta The arrivals of beasts from our own grazing d i to were again limited, and in fair average condition. d attendance of butchers was rather n umero us all bree d. 05 beasts sold somewhat briskly, and last Monday's 4a o l t d eta were fully supported. The best Scots rea dily prod"' per Blbs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgesh ire of received 2,100 Scots and shorthorns ; from other P 1 0 %; England, 300 of various breeds ; from Scotland, 300 Sc°— - and from Ireland, 100 oxen. bort The show of all breeds of sheep was limited in n oll3 but in prime condition. The mutton trade was ° ;,; ). nevertheless, last week's currency was supported. O ° li best old Downs, in the wool, sold at 6s; out of the W 5s per Blbs. The few lambs in the market moved off slowly. at fratil 6s to 7s per 81bs. We were scantily supplied with calves,' which 6° d briskly, at Friday's advance in the quotations of 41 P e 81bs, the t -q3 figure being 5s 10d per 81bs. S t Pigs were in moderate supply and sluggish reques t ' last week's prices. Per albs to oink the offals. - o; j s. d. s. d. s. d. $ . 0 Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 Prime Sonthdown 5 8 i Second quality.... 3 8 4 0 lArgecrse. calves 4 5 g 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 8 Prime small do 5 6 4 Prime Scots, dm. 410 5 6 Large hogs. Inferior Sheep ...4 4 4 8 Small porkers Second quality ...4 10 5 0 Suckling calves 23 ~.v g s Prime crse.-wlled.s 2 5 Quarter old pigs 21 Lamb, 6s Od to 7s Od. FOREIGN MITS. 30 Beasts Sheep Calves B9 Calves Pigs 270 A statement and comparison o! the supplies and prjCßs~y ° , f {tl~ stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metrolislii'lZ hi lolo Market. on Monday, March 31, 1856, and this dal I .'"'" March 30, 1857. Per Elbe, to sink the offals. 304 March 31, 1856. Mas h , g l / 4 s. d. s. d. s• T in s v Coarse and inferior beasts ... 32t0 3 4 3 ""4 ! Second quality ditto ... 3 6 310 3 8 4 Prime large oxen ... ... 4 0 4 4 4 ' 6 v Prime Scots, dgc ... 4 6 4 1014 10 4 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 8 4 o' l 4 ! 6 ! Secoad quality ditto ... ~. 4 2 4 6 4 1 ,1 6 v a , Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 8 410 .5 6v. Prime Southdown ditto ... ...... 5 0 5 4 5 ": v, Lambs 6 0 7 0 6 , u , 5 Large coarse calves 4 4 5 2'4 61' Prime small ditto 6 4 510 5 6 4 Large hogs ... ... 3 6 4 2 3 6 0 Neat small porkers ... 4 4 410 4 4 3 355 Beasts... ... ... 4,211 16, , 50 0 Sheep 21,800 $ 9 Calves... 67 Pigs 260 Soumm,' ON Sala, April 2, 1855.—Beasts, 4,319; sheeP and lambs, 27,030; calves, 123; pigs, 310. 0" 7 50 April 3, 1854.—Beasts, 5,199 ; sh ee p and hubs, -0, calves, 97 ; pigs, 320. TOTAL StTPPLY; NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets continue to be fairly supplied with Oilst descriptions of m ea t, i n w hi c h a steady business is d ° at our quotations. Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d. - s. d. s. d. 1 3s. ''s Beef, interior 210 3 2 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 4 4 Do., middling 3 4 3 8 Do., middling 310 A 5 Do. prime large.. 3 10 4 0 i Do., p r i me 4 6 yi Do., do. ema11....4 2 4 6 i Veal 3 8 " r Purk, large 384 2 I P or k , small 4 6 - A BOROUGH HOP. it There is a moderate demand for most kinds of h° l lo , our quotations. The show of samples is tolerably ei ete r. sive. The imports last week were 122 bales from 11 °' dam, 172 from Hamburg, and 47 from Schiedam. Mid and East Kent pockets, 31 103 to Si 128 ; ° t ea r of Kent, 31 5s to 31 18s ; Sussex, 310 s to 3/ 120; J lings ~1/ 105 to 3/ per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. se' The arrivals of potatoes, coastwise and by land c_lt ri e pos• during the week have been only moderate ; nevE" the demand does not improve. In prices, however• wet s little change has taken place. The imp or t s last Wee k ,„,. '1;0 95 tons from Tennessee, 3 bags f r om G o tt en burg, 450 "„ oYd .• from Rotterdam, 51 from Belfast, and 154 bags 0 '- from Limerick. York Regents, 80s to 1203 per ton ; Kent and Esse% a to 80s to • 120 s; Scotch do., 80s to 1008; do. cups, 1 0 °,„ 80s ; Middlings, 60s to 70s; Lincoln, sos to 903 ; Blc 80s to 90s. WOOL For foreign and colonial wool the demand continues 0 .1. inactive, and we have no improvement to notice in the 1.4, quiry for English qualities. T he imports last week I° ' . o 2,04.3 bales from Adelaide , 20 ' fr om Shang-hai, 446 ft ° Taganrog, and 11 bags from Hamburg. The following are the current rates of English we°` 'll Down tegs, is Id to 10 8d ; half-bred hoggets, is 6d t 4),, t v 7d ; Kent fleeces,' is 5d to Is 6d ; Down ewes, is 0,_ ( : is 6d ; Leicester fleeces, i s 4 4 to is 5d ; combing 0 1, 13 i is . 14 to is stl; flannel wool, wool, 10d to is 2d per lb. •anls2dto is 6d , bls SEEDS. eed' We have again t o report a very slow inquiryfor l ine 0 4 an d prices are in favour of b u y ers , a lth oug h the stoek°, 4 4 getting into a narrow compass. A further decline P, taken place in terms, cakes. Rapeseed is a slow sale, on low' Swede Turnip,whit e, _ per bash. 21s to 22s •• •• 21s 22, iftsstard, gr 0wn ...... 20 s 22 1 White, new...... lOs 12s Tares, Winter, new.... • . 6s Od 7s Od —s Uanary, per quarter .. 64s 723 4 70 grass (new)...... 325 4 is Clover,RedEng.(ewt.) 52s 98+ White ..•• ...... 66s 84s Foreign Red...... 683 82s White.... 66s 80 , Trefoil. new.......... 28s 353 Carraway ....... .„ „ 40 .41 40 Coriander •• •• 22s 1 64 Hempseed,per quarter 45 ° 54 0 Linseed, Eng. Sowing • • 7 2 ° 51 0 Crushing 84 Baltic .. ••..• • .. 69 0 Odessa • 683 Linseed Cake, pr. ton— , 1 01 English .. —l O4 10s 5, of Foreign,per toc 94 158 lo o ps Rape CaLes, per ton , 61 00 6 " 80 Rapeseed, pr qr.... • • 865 TALLOW. to There is very little business doing in P.Y.C., cooloO t be the high rates demanded by the holders. P.Y.C. ° li tie spot is held as high as 803, with sellers for the last tbos, months, at 525. 6d. per cwt. Itough fat, 2s 10d per 8 1855. 1856 185> 6 33.913 24.059 --' (x 1 48s Odu 47s 6d u ' B u*, od --s Od —s Od to To 1,370 947 nbog 70,187 90,225 9'06 875 , 940 „ob 68,130 68,7 42 943 485 6d 485 6d u" 6teek this day .... , I . 31,579 1 34,283 [ 444 9.T. T. , 68a 6d trice of Y. C 458 Od e 0, 4ellvery last week 2,010 1,727 i)itto from June I—.l 88,623 85,681 Arrivals last week.. 9 207 Ditto from June' .... 79,572 I 98,642 Price of 464 64 691 6d Malt—Chevalier •• 783 to SOS Oats Yorkshire and Uncolnsk.,Feed Os SOS Potato .... 243 Sp Yonghal and Cork Black.. v... 903 !L s -Cork • White . •• •• 213 9.0. Scotch, Feed •••• 26 3 2 93 Beans—Tick 32 3 38% Pigeons 3 Peas—Grey 36 8 3 3 h igg , Maple 390 White... •• •• .• 393 414 Boilers 385 S a v; Flair—Town-made S 3 s 418 Suffolk ...• 403 Btooktn & Norfolk 393 Sul