The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-11 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCLiL INTELLIGE.NO'Fr, CITY, Two o'CLoCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday was closed. The subjoined is an extract from Messrs. H. W. Jewsberry's and Company's price current, prepared for transmission to India by the Overland Mail : "The Foreign and Colonial produce markets generally have remained quiet since our last, excepting for sugar, rice, and jute, in which articles a good business has been done at ad vanced rates, the General Elections, and the high rate off money checking business in most other articles, excepting !for immediate requirements ; still prices have been well maintaned throughout, and stocks of most articles aro small as compared with last year. Dyes and dyeing materials bavo been in limited demand. In lac dye latuly a large business has been done chiefly on °Peculation . Cochineal and Safflower have continued steady at about former prices. From the Continental produce markets the accounts are, that a good business bad been do se in all articles of produce, especially in sugar, coffee, and rice at very firm rates. From the cotton m anufacturing districts we learn that business had been quiet, but latterly there had been more inquiry, and Prices had an upward tendency. The increase in the Bank rate of discount on Monday last bad, however, checked btu iness for the last few days. From the Wool . len districts the reports are that trade had been dull, but former priers were folly maintained." The official return published by the Bank of France is complete for the month ending Thurs day last, mid the general features it presents are fully as encouraging as expected. The bullion has increased to 9,400,0001., being 508,000/. more than at the date of the previous statement. An aug mentation of 563,0001. is apparent in the note Circulation, and of 432,0001. in the deposits. The late intelligence relative to an increased pressure for money is confirmed by an addition of 700 , 0 001. to the amount of bills discounted, and of 160,0001. to the loans upon Rentes. The Return issued by the Bank of Englani for the week ending the 4th April is of a far less satis factory character, and the serious alteration it ex hibits fully justifies the course pursued by the Directors. The decline in the bullion is larger than has been known for a long time past. The reserve of notes has fallen off more than a million sterling, and the other securities, notwithstanding the amount of bills which arrived at maturity on Saturday, the 4th of the month, have been aug mented instead of reduced. The other items of the balance sheet are in many respects discouraging, but it is now presumed that affairs have taken a favourable turn. The principal items and the Charges they exhibit are as under : Active Circulation £19,537,705 480,835 9,343,720 643,839 Rest Increase Public Deposits Decrease Other Deposits Decrease Seven-Day and other, Bills 743,049 Increase Government Securities Decrease Other Securities Increase Notes unemployed Decrease The official return of the exports of the precious Metals from the port of London for the week end ing Thursday last is as follows : Gold Coin ... Boulogne ... 6,080 Ozs. .. Hamburg ... 5,039 Ozs. &2,0001. Silver Coin ... Belgium 1,000 Ozs. ~ Bare ... Hamburg ...176,000 Ozs. On Thursday a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. 11 .• James Brown and Co., ship-builders, who lately suspended, ' was held at Sunderland. It was re- Solved to wind up the affairs of the firm Minder in spection, and a committee was formed for that Purpose. Increase Bullion Decrease A further supply of about 256,0401. has been re ceived from Australia by the Brilliant and the Copenhagen. The demand for money is rather quieter, but pre vious rates are current. The F un d s h ave b een firm, but few transactions are reported. This may almost be considered a holiday, as many persons are away from business. The - gold arrivals have tended to impart &m -iles; and the unfavourable Bank Return being anticipated it has bad no further influence. Consols have been 92 1. and 921 .1, but the official closing price was 92a 1. For account they have been 92/ I. The New Three per Cents. are 91 ; the Three per Cents. Reduced, 914 ; Exchequer Bills, for March, 3s. pm. ; ditto, for June, 6s. dis. ; ditto Bonds, 981 1 ; Bank Stocks, 21 6 k ; and India Bonds uuderl,ooo/., ls. to ss. dis. Foreign Securities are dull, but generally firm. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 94+ ex dividend, and the 4 per Cents. are 100 g. Business has been re corded in the following, at the annexed prices : Chilian 3 per Cents., 8 ; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 90 ; Spanish Certificates, 6 ; 41 per Cents. French 4 entes, 92.50 ; Exchange, 25.25 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 69.75 ; an d D utc h 2 i per Cnts., 65. The foll ow i ng are t h e nom i na l prices of Foreign. stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6& 7 ; Mexi- Z 1 ,1 3) 23} 1 ; P eruv i an , 76 7: ; d o. 3 per C ents., ` ll s ;_ Portuguese 3 per Cents., 444 ; Russian 5 per' Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 95 7 ; ditto 3 p e r Cents., 41 411 ; ditto Deferred, 241 ; (t ato Certifi ca t es , 6 k ; ditto Passive, si 6. ie the R a il way Sh are M ar k e t thi s morn i ng some v Th t the chief li nes h ave ex hibit e d a s li g ht improve *ellt) but the transactions generally have been. " 4 ~..erY limit e d. C a l e d on i an , G rea t W es t ern, Lan 411ire and Yorkshire, South-Western, and North British have advanced about 5a., and Norfolk ss. t o 108. The French lines are also at advanced quotations. Paris and Lyons, Northern of France, and Southern of France, have each risen about ss. Grand Trunk of Canada, 11. Money Shares are dull, at previous values. J oint -Stock Bank Shares have been in moderate r equest. L on d on Ch ar t ere d o f Australia, London 411 d County, and Union of Australia were a shade 111 .gb - The Miscellaneous undertakings are with out the 'eklt alteration in prices. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( From the Offictal Listi) /41.01305 e done 3 tank Stool; 2161 Per vent: Reduced Annuities 914 3 Per Cent Consols Annuities 921 ' A f dew 3 per Cent. Annuities ......... 914 i India Bonds. LlOOO .......... ....-.. - Ditto, under £lOOO 5 d 1 teasel s tor Account ......, ..93 4 i Exchequer Bills, 24d March. £lOOO ....-.... ......... ........... 3 p £5OO . Small . Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per C en t Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUN.DS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent .. 3 x d Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 3 1:)anisii Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6l p o Turkith Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ots theadt3 o', no above payable In Lonun. Preach Renter, 44 per Cent. 92f. 50c. ex 25f. 25c. .., bitto 3 per Cent. . 69f. 75e. ex 25f. 25c. Dia.teh Exchange, 24 per Cen;`,., 12 Guilders 65 June, 6 d Consols, TWO O'CLOCK. money Ditto for account DREADFUL STORM.—From 6 to 8 o'clock on Thursday evening a storm of a most alarming Cha rac t er h over ed over Stamford and the neighbourhood for some miles ar ound. Th e li g h tn i ng was unusua ll y v i v i d, and the fl t4 l li dity with which the thunder p e als suc cee d e d th e Z a ,them betok ene d th e d angerous prox i m it y o f t h e e l ec - To fluid. Rain fell in torrents, inundating many of 'oe roads to a considerable depth, and inflicting serious 4 b b i u r9 upon the young crops. A district of country out three miles from the town was visited by a re -111, 4rkably heavy fall of bail, the stones being of an C° o st unprecedented size and covering the ground for i n °UrB . We have not heard of any mischief being done S tamford by the lightning, but at South Luffen‘ ti; 4l, a village about seven miles distant, it struck the 4 :i tched roo f o f a l arge b arn on t h e prem i ses of Mr. This occurred shortly befo re 6 o ' c l oc k, w hil e d e owner was on his way home from Stamford ~rket. The b arn had been completely filled only the il 3 ' previous with grain ( w h ea t an d b ar l ey ) , b ot h pb ca shed and in the straw, and th e w h o l e o f t hi s spee dil y r came one mass of fire. The neighbours rendered r e al pt and energetic aid, being well supplied with water ,; (41 :1 the late heavy rain, but they were unable to pre ieot the flames communicating with the house, ono poi.. , t() .,° of which was thatched and adjoined the barn. The va luable contents of the barn were completely destroyed, forlrr! C onsiderable damage was done to th e h ouse, though ol nately a portion of it which had a Elat e d roo f was °aver'. Upwards of two hours elapsed before the arrival ° „ f engines (one from Uppingham, six miles distant, and i'other from Stamford) ;consequently consequently they were of very i ' t t tle use. It was fortunate that the wind was ; bad been otherwise a vast Z`DIOULI, of property, consisting °f stacks, farm buildings, &c., surrounding Mr. Tailby's premises, must have been imperilled. Mr. Tailby was lbsured to the amount of 600 i 'which it is hoped will 9 over hie loss. St. 50 St. St. 20 20 10 St, 20 20 25 25 18 20i 100 100 10 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 Vie issent r just )f the this s now place ballot Lrpose ?er as oeraou Y, the 3andi . and tering .d any clerk, • votes ;overal 1 Dave to be ni (F), n cus deliver ber of B suffi oth or ; and ballot booth If pre og offi -1 exact per to. urning 3red to num e elec ark off 1 such bers so prima whose fact of such side at istrict, I a de m and toes or le poll there npart- a one. person 3e, and a, and upon owing Meer, D., a rve in ,re As tereby t such er tain 1 I by a the quea or in f pro- tally) Ivens, t the as for a line more r the (here )apbr 7ning t for bal th. SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. Pad RAmweits. Closing Pricey this Jay. Business done this day. :3 10'Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junc all Belfast & Bailymena all wrmng. Wolverh. dr Stour Valley... 100 Birkenhd. Lancsh. dt Cheshire Junct all Blackburn ...... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) 100 Bristol & Exeter 100 Caledonian. 100 Chester dr. Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black. & Pass all Cornwall all Da. A 8 Do. B 4 5 Dublin&BelfastJtur:,.. all Dun. P. &Aber. Juno. 100 East Anglian ......... all Eastern Counties..... 100 Easternljnion,A.st. 100 Do., do. 13..... ..... Do. New A 17i East Kent 100 East Lancashire all East Suffolk 4 Do. 100 Ed inburgh & Glasgow, all Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundeo all Forth and ClydeJunc., 100 Furness 100 all 100 100 100 100 100 100 all all 141 12 Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) Great Western. Do. Str.V. R. gna. St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle. Do.; Thirds Do. New Thirds .1100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 6 Do., do. F. £l6 Do., Wert. Riding Un. all Do. Southport. all London & Blackwall 100 Lond.Bright.deS.Cst. • 100 London &N. Western all Dc. Fifths all De. Sh ,M&B C 2i Do. Eighths 100 London & S.Western all Lndndrry.drColerainel all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Man ch. She:. drLineln. 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement 100 :Midland 100 Do. Birming. & Derby al 'Midland G.West.(lr.) all Do. Shares all Newcastle &Carlisle.. all Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd 9 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor 100 Norfolk. Northn. Counties Un :100 . North British 1100 North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock 100 Do., A Stock ......... ,100 Do., B Stock 100 N. Eastern Berwick 23 Do. do. Extension 16t Do , do. G.N.E.Purch. all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York 100 North Lorolon 31.1 N. &S. iirstn., Ramp ste:od, and City Jn 17 "'.;orth Staffordshire North Western .. all N. & S. Westrn. Juno. 'lOO Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 16 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney 100 Scottish Central 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 103 Shropshire Union 4 Sitingbourne &Sheer all South Devon 100 South Ea5tern...... ... all Do. 44 per c. Shares 100 Sonth Wa1e5........... 17 S. rorksh. River Dun all Staines,Wok.,&Wok., all Stockton & Darling.. 15 Do. do., 1854 3 Do. do., 1855 161 Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 22 Thames Hay. D. &R all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Lirnerick all West Cornwall.. all West End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A all Do. B all West London all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class all Wmbledon &Croydon BRITISH PO Atlan. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Con. I nd,guar. 5 p. c. Do. Buffalo d; Lake Hur. Buff., Brat. & God eh. 6 p.e.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do, do., 1 June, '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Do. B. do. IDemerara Eastern Bengal East Indian I Do. C Shares Do.4j p.c.B4ds. ' '57 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent.... Ga. Tank. of Canada Do. 6 p. c, Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 perc Do. New. guar. 5 P.C Gt. Westn. of Canada DD. New TR% Bds., payable '571 Do. do., '76, p. Do. do., '73, do. I Do. do., '73, without option Madras', guar. 4i P.C Do, do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Exten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do Oude (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per c i Do FOR A-itavrpk Rotterdam Ardennes... ......... •. Belgian East. Junct Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New Euphrates Valley Gt. Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Maria Ante :la Do. New Namur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France NorwegianTruk. Prof Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Reoifo & San Fran., (Perham.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Mouse Do. 5i per cent. pref. Southern of France West Flanders.,., Do. 5i per c. Pref W.& N.W. of Franc( Western of Austria West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 p. cent. pref. 7ealand J - OINT-STOI !Australasia Bank of Egypt 1 Bank of London 1 Bri.Col.Bk.& la. Co British N. American ,C.Bk.of Ind.Au.&Ch City Colonial !Commercial of Lond Eng. Scot.&Ans.Cbt Lon. Ch. Bk • of Aust !Ditto New London and County ILnd.diE.Bukng.Corp London Joint Stock.. Lond.andWestminst. National Pro. of Eng. Do. New National Bank New South Wales , Oriental Bank Corp Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland all New 1 IR. Aus. B. &G. Im.Co. all h A 11:, - ,:ral a all 'Union of Australia 2:'; Do. New 10 Union of London 50 Unity Mutual 0 Westrn Bkof Loud 5a 8i - 9 65 - 67 8i - 9 90 - 92 68i - 69: 35 - 36 , • ..... ••• 4 - 5 •• 94 --10 194 204 11i —11 a 52 54 35 —36 i, - 984 - 99 56 - 57 33i - 34, 71 - 81 96 - 97 86 - 88 121 - 123 104 - 103 661 - 671 63 - 65 68 - 72 6 8 p 6 8 r , 101} 102 d par 5 i - 107 - 309 RO5 -105 k ;a part , 1001 —101 ii 66 - 40 81i -81 i 53 - 51 ia = ieq. 58 - 60 44 - 45 86 87 3}— 3d 2 2i 394 t 634 64 96 99'1 5 4id 7 - 74 10 - 11 29 -30 h 6 - 4- 106 108 251 261 48 BO 2h —16 d 176 181 744 751 87 - 88 4i 4id 4i Sid 41 - 43 201 -20 i 4/ - 7 - 9 2. - 3 - 6 I SSESSIONS. 3 - iP i lip 197 99 96 98 96 93 par i p 1 -1 i p 108 • 110 li - 2p 211 -- 211 60 -- 62 1 83 -- 90 1 211 -- 214 - -- 3R 23i 64 26c - 99 -- 100 123 -- 128 122 -- 127 106 108 10 20 211 21 id ip 4 - iP - ••• - ••• li - Zip 7 - 7i •.• - ... li - li 3 - 4p 5 1 5 1 i d par 3ii .-- 35 par IP 231 24; 6i 6i ••• -- •.., 5i - 51: ii -: 33 - 8 21 - 21; 40 - 40, 9 - 10 62i - 62 60 - 62 id- pl 18 20 1 11 9 9A 8?; 9 33i 33 . 4f 5 96 10 31 3'2 par 1 p BANKS. 93 - --- - - T - ';5 2! - lir, 1 1 - 64 - 66 17 -- 18 117 A -- 18? 17 i _- 18!! 46 48 —39 i d pa] 58 60 6i - lOd ••• -- ••• 1 12 .-. ; 91 • 68/ 36 22A all • 20 TIIE SUN, LON PION, SATURDAY F.: VII IN G, APRIL 11 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ---C•fe4 * 7.4.1 47 '" ' lc :0 4 11 V 4 , " i i'' 4 ;:° 7 4. ;u0RTII:14 A PRELUDE. A FP.ESH MAN. CRYSTAL PALACE. Yesterday, after one o'clock, the Crystal Palace and grounds were thrown open to the public at the usual holiday charge. As the trains did not run till after one o'clock many thousands of people, un willing to lose the few hours of glorious sunshine, flocked out to Norwood by the Dulwich -road. Cabs, carts, 'busses, and vans were all pressed into the service, and one continued stream of vehicles rolled steadily through Dulwich towards the Palace. As the trains began to run from London-bridge the station was crowded, and as the would-be tourists arrived at the rate la about ten to every one de spatched to Noiwood there was soon a dense con course of persons assembled outside the station, who struggled and pushed with the utmost good will, but who had as little ultimate chance of getting to the Palace as the station itself. We are sure we speak within the mark when we say that some thousands of persons returned back from the station wearied with vain struggling to approach the doors. The railway arrangements seemed to be loudly condemned by all classes, and, cer tainly, both at London-bridge, and at the Crystal Palace they were far from being as well managed as on previous similar occasions. The great orchestra, which is being erected for the Handel " Commemoration" in the centre tran sept, though nothing but a vast amphitheatre of wood, appeared to excite much attention yesterday. The seats in the centre have been built round the colossal statues of Castor and Pollux and their re spective steeds, each of which seem struggling to emerge from the vast expanse of limber which is overwhelming them. The scaffolding by which this great orchestra is supported is an astonishing labyrinth of woodwork ; poles and cross-poles, beams and supports, cross and re-cross each other in so many ways as to quite perplex the spectator as to how it got up or how it is ever to be got down again. The Interior of the Palace is now beginning to assume its bright summer aspect. The camelias, rhododendrons, and azalias are getting into bud and bloom ; the orange trees are still heavy with fruit, all the plants look hale and vigorous ; and the singing birds, with which the building is quite full, pour forth their melody from the par terres and lofty flower baskets all day long. Greater care seems to have been bestowed during the winter upon the 'exhibitors' Courts' exhibition. Yesterday the Sheffield and Birmingham courts, and the couris belonging to Mr. Holt and Messrs. Elking ton were crowded with admiring visitors. The Ce ramic Court, with its chef d'oeuvres of Sevres and Worcester, was also thronged, and an exquisite plaque from the latter place, in imitation of the Limoges enamel, • and representing a scene from Dante, deservedly attracted great approbation. At the tropical end of the building, where the bark of the mammoth tree has been erected, there was of course a great crowd to gaze upon that colossal spe cimen of Transatlantic vegetation. This tree, in com parison with which the great Adonsonias of Cape Verd seem dwarfed to mere saplings, is from California, about 230 miles from San Franc'seo and fifteen from the diggings of Murphy's Camp. AboutBo of them have been there found towering high over all around diem, and each are known to the gold-diggers by some pecu liar name more or less appropriate. There is the " Miners' Cabin," 300 feet high and 80 in circum ference, and the "Pioneers' cabin," which has been half blown down, but still rears a monstrous jagged stump, 150 feet into the air. The "Three Sisters," the most perfect in the grove, grow from one root, and are upwards of 300 feet high each. The "Old Bachelor" is a forlorn-looking vegetable, standing quite alone, with a rough and ragged-looking bark. The " Father of the Grove," as he is called, was 'blown down, it is supposed, in some great hurri cane many years ago,' and now "lies supine, ex tending many a rood." The height of this mon strous tree was no less than 450 feet, and down its trunk, which is hollow, a man can ride on horse back, it is said, for more than 100 ft. Near this gi gantic trunk grows the " Old Maid," with a " beg garly array" of withered leaves, and her head, unlike any other tree in the grove, entirely bare and bowed, as if with grief. There is also the " Hermit," 320 ft. high; the "Green Mountain," 350 ft.; and the "Sia mese Twins," which have one colossal trunk nearly 60 feet diameter, but separate at some 50 feet above the earth, and then tower high into the air. The bark of the tree which is now at the Crystal Palace was called the "Mother of the Freres`." Its full height was 363 feet, diameter at base 31 feet; judg ing by its concentric rings botanists fix its age at 4,000 years—an almost fabulous antiquity for a tree which was so lately green and flourish ing. According to this estimate it must have been growing when Nineveh was a mere collection of tents, and ere the captive Jews had begun their labour on the Pyramids. The bark which is now erected at Norwood was cut from the tree in pieces eight feet long : each was marked and numbered as it came off, so that the whole is now fastened toge ther precisely as it stood for centuries on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada. The thickness of the bark is 18 inches, and the weight of the 90 feet erected at the Palace nearly 60 tons._ - The very curious and hideous mud-fish, from the river Gambia, which was kept in an aquarium at this end of the Palace, has behaved quite characte ristically since his arrival in this country. 6ome time ago he escaped from his tank, and wandered none knew whither. The other day, however, while cleaning out the large flower fountain at the north end of the building, the mud-fish was found at the bottom, grown twice as large, having passed his leisure time since his escape in devouring the im mense quantity of gold and silver fish with which the fountain was stocked. Neither wino nor malt liquors 'were sold in the Palace during the hours of afternoon sarvice. This arrangement appeared not a little to surpriFe and disappoint the public, and, if one might judge from expressions now and then let fall, seemed to give rise to anytbiag but a pious turn of thought among those who from the counters moved thirsty away. The picture gallery and the gardens were much visited, especially that part of the latter where Mr. Peters has established his archery ground, and where a crowd of ardent young boatmen contended all day long for the honour of shooting nearest to the tar get. The practice was not bad, the extensive slop ing bank of earth on which the targets stood being repeatedly struck. The Crystal Palace Company's band and the band of the Coldstream Guards were in attendance throughout the day, and performed a carefully se lected programme with their usual taste and skill. The conduct of all among the immense crowd of visitors appeared, as far as we could see or hear, to be unexceptionable. DEATH OF A MisEtt.—A few days ago the body of an old man named Partridge, a rag and bone collector, was discovered on a heap of filth in a room in one of the back streets of Exeter. The deceased was in the habit -e prowling about the city and collecting bones and ' , - , e, and he has been seen to eat the most disg ustin g garmbe, ' 'in the streets. He lived alone in a room morsels fru. , ',ad with rags, filth, and vermin. H e had which was fill.. ss a few days before his death, and complained of law. ~ o rted to intoxicating liquors, of -, had, strange to say, 'per his death a savings-bank re. which he drank freely. Ai.. neared that he h a d a book was found, from which it or.am: he had also lent large sum of money in the bank ; o 151. to his landlady, be sides sums of Mch '_e Y t other persons. His death was evidently caused by sOf,neglect, dirty habits, and insufficiency of food. ' ' Easter festivities have been unsparingly provided for turfites. Upwards of half-a-dozen meetings will take place in the course of next week, and the "clashing" of some of them must prove destructive of sport. Should the Warwick Race Committee ever be determined to send' Mr. Merry to Coventry, they could not banish him to a locality where he is likely to be more prosperous. To judge from the programme which he has issued for Monday and Tuesday be seems still to command the .upport of owners and trainers of horAes ; and, despite the grumbling about "unauthorised nominations," the Midland stables are likely to be numerously re• presented at Coventry. At Newmarket there will be a meeting of the good old legitimate character, and the old stagers are longing for their quiet strolls or gentle canters over the Heath. At head-quarters it is expaated that some important movements will be made with reference to the Two Thousand and Derby horses ; I will keep eyes and ears open and faithfully report progress to the readers of The Sun. Ia accordance with my usual custom I shall de spatch my notes from Newmarket for publication in The Sun of Monday. Mr. Johnson will be the ruling authority in the North, and will be found at both Durham and Catterick, directing the business in his quiet, steady, matter-of-fact manner. I shall merely remark, with reference to Mon day's racing, that I fancy either The Assayer or Corra Linn will win the Durham Handicap, and that Weathercock, Tom Thumb, and Theory look "well in" on paper for the Coventry Handicap. Speculation still drags its slow length along. Not even the opposition which early in the week was arrayed against Vedette, and the support which has been con ceded to Kent, have imparted any briskness to the betting. Leamington and Blink Bonny are wonderfully firm in the market for their respective engagements. I regret to state that Mr. Stephen Walker, well known on the turf as the owner of Winkfield and other horses, died suddenly on Thursday night, at his house, High-street, Marylebone. Apia it L I RA'LWAYS. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Vy. E. Lin. g. 6 p.c E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Gistr.&Dn.Fr Hull £t Selby. Do. Shares, Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do.Preferencc Lon. Til., &S. I Do. Ruiz. Sh. Hanch.Bston. and Matlock ~ldld. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. &Est.s P.C. Do. 6 per et Do.Fixedsp.c Prest. &Wyrc Do. Shrs. Roystn.& Hit. Shrews.& Her S. Staaordsh.. WearVal.g6p( Do .Wilts4Somrst Leising ;ompanies Ln. &N. W. ral edon E.U. Ca E. C Gt. Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Do.. 3t.:Vestn Y. ED N.M Do Do 3. Eastern , Do Peto & Co D 0........ Ln. &N. W. & Mialld. Midland... E. Count Do Do Do L. fir. W Do Gt. Northn T. Brassey, M. Masan' Stk.dtDar. Do. ;LW PREFEREN' Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (las& at 501.) Bins. &Ex .4 p.c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares Caledn. £lO 4 p. c. Ches, & Ho. 5 p.c. Do. do. 5 per cent Cork& Bandons p. c Dun.Porth.StAber.J E. Anglian Cls. A Sli Do. do. Cls. B 6 p.'c Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St East .Un. G. 6 p.c Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash.6p.ets E.&W. York. J. sths Edin. Gl. 5 13. o. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5.p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N . of Scot.lst Pre Gt. S &W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref.. St. Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc Do. con, red. 44 p.c. Do, con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 perCont.' Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Sp. c P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Chia. Stk Do, Chesh. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 Do, New Guar. 6p. c. l l Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 1 1 Lou. dr N.W.,Cov. dr l Nuneaton 5 et... Lon. & S.W. 7 per ct. late 3d Shares. Londy.& Color. Londy. &Ennis. Sh. M., S. , &L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 . Do. do. 31 per cent. Marypt. h Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. Ntid,Consol.6 p.c. St. Do. Con.Br.Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St.l Do. L. &H. Pref. St. New.,Abcr.. &c., pr. p.c.red. sp.c.pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. Norfk .Deb. 4 p.c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 1 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 V.5p..,1847 North British Do. 71. Preference ... Berw. 4 p. c. Prf. Do.. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York EL &S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar.. Scot. Cent New Tref: Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. d 0.3 b.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 4i pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 42 p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 4i p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. 5. p.c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd&Kilk. 6 pc.l MISCEL: Australian Agricult. Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works.. Brit. American Land ,Canada • Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July Do, 6 p. c.Feb.&Auv. D 0,6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7§ p. cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference 'Crystal Pal, of France Duston Iron Ore Eastern Electric Telegraph Electric Tel. of. Irel En. &Aust. Cop. Sm Co Eur. & Ind.Jetu. Tel. Gen. Ir. Sc. Col. (lim.) Gen. Steam Navigat. London Discount Lond. Gen. Omnibus Magdalena St. Navig. Meditoran. Elec. Tel. Me xican & S. America Nat. Discount Co Do. New.. Netherlands Laud Do. Do. . Do.B p c.Pf.iss.at Do. Do. New B. &N. S. Land N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. N. B. Australasian... Nrth.ofEuropeSteam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares iPeelßr. Ld. & Minrl 1 Peninsular & Oriental Do. New Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam_ Scot. Austral. Invest. Do. New S. Aus. Gov. 6 p. c. bds. South Austral. Land Submarine Tol. Scrip Do. Registered Trust&Ln Co. U.Can. Van Diemon's Land V. G o.6p.eJan. &July (nosing* Prices yesterday. 92 ~- 94 98 - 102 11 - 13 1.33 - 135 3i - • 41 - 16 1 12? -- 13 23 -- 24 103 -- 105 P 2i -- 2i 89 -- 91 - P 54 -- o 6 si - 134 8 - - 9 9 - 9A 31},- 32i 87 - 89 1 E SHARES. 92 - 94 o' i = 98 51 - 6 108 - 112 108 - 112 - 11i - 12; 73 :- 75 112 '- 114 107 - 109 1 101 - 103 60 -- 62 10i -- 101 6 i 95 - 96 85 -- 87 100 -- 102 10 -10 i 16i -- 17 10 -- 106 72 -- 75 191 -19 i 9i --9 i 141 -14 i 134 -- 136 137 - 140 114 -- 116 1154 - 156 •.• ••• - 66 - 68 133 - 138 97 - 98 87 - 89 1 1 3 r, ••••• 1.01. 103 91 - 93 - - 1 id 211 22 108 - 110 112 - 116 tOS - 110 65 - 70 17A -18 h 22A -23 A 100 - 101 91- -10 A 27 - 28 .2 - 3 p 2i - 3 NEOLTS - 21 it 149 - 7 153 35 - 40 26 - 28 . 2i - 2,1 54 - 93 - 91 1/ li ,par 4p 1 - 4 - 4i d - 3 4 4 41 par IP 18 22 .. ... d, lh 11 par 4p 24 24 23 "-- ii P 6 - 8 ••• - 1• 35 - 37 - 1 - 1 n - 13 • . --. io Business yesterday. 86} 121 i 66i i • 107 i Rug 5 101 100 a li 3n i 9 59i 44k 4 1 30i 29i St. 12A 14 17 20 12i 25 20 25 10 1.0.6; Day.) LLOYD'S SHIPPING. noon, W.W.; LONDON, April 11.—Wind this day a . light breeze and raining. FALMOUTH, April 10.—The Ireland, of I Figu era to Liverpool, struck on the bar in iner place, and remained. PLYMOUTH, April 10.---The Boanerges, from Liverpool to Sydney, Now South Wales, in entering the Mull Bank Dock, went on the bank, and appears strained. CARDIFF, April 9.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Prince Re gent, for Quebec; Morning Star, Teneriffe; Advance, Algiers. 'lymonth, from leaving the for- PORTSMOUTH, April 10.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed—Sol way, for Calcutta ; Abigail, Quebec; Niord, ditto; Star of the North, Bombay; H.M.S. Irvine, eastward. OFF HASTINGS, April 10:—Arrived—Callenda, from New Orleans. PILL, April 9.—Wind S.—Sailed—Ocean Queen, for Quebec. (PER ELECTRIO TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday, 10 a.m. Wind E., with rain. Arrived—Hamburgo, • steamer, from Hamburg. She leaves again on Monday for the Spanish ports. LivED.PooL, Saturday Morning. Wind N.W. arrived—John Bunyan, Dirigo, and Howden, from Bombay ; Fort George, Calcutta.; Majestia, Bonny; Robt. Jones, Monte Video ; Dragon, Mobile; Chieftain, Savan nah ; Peniers, Cadiz; St. Thomas; packet, Rio Hache ; Water Lily, Newfoundland ; Thos. Varsoe, Rouen ; More ton Castle, Christin. QUEENSTOWN, April 9. Wind S. Arrived.—Duchess of Sutherland, from Matanzas ; Ocbtilla, Callao; Ann, Ibrail. Sailed—Fl ora Muir, Halifax; Augusta, Hamburg; H. Huntingdon, Amsterdam ; Calpe, Bayonne. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.39 B.M. Wind S.W. ; low water, cloudy, w ith rain. Arrived, A pr il 10.— I nsnor d enlee, from Thi s t e d ; B e l le. vue, Colomb o; E mmanue l, R oyer; J o h n Robinson, Sh anghai ; Hermiland, Navarre. DEAL, Saturday, 9.27 a.m. Wind N. W, ; light. Passed. — Rauger, (s.s.), for Bordeaux; Queen of the West, and Rother, Rio Janeiro; Freeman, Cardiff; Flo rence, Mogador ; Celestial, Singapore ; Alhambra, Port land Bay ; Florence, Bilboa—all from London. Sailed. -Henry Southern, (8,8.), for Genoa. 100 all all all 100 5,f 50 50 50 25 12 all 100 all all all 100 100 all 100 100 all all all 40 32i 100 100 100 all 100 all LOS. ' 911 all 10 all a:i 80 100 all all all 28, 100-1 'estn. a pm 1081 8 3 d 1091 21$ 66 f 1 SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. SPAIN. The Madrid journa's of the Pith have reached us. The English Ambassador is stated to have notified in the name of his Government that Spain was warranted in requiring reparation from Mexico for the assassination of her sub jects ; but that the English Cabinet hoped it might be obtained - peaceably; Ono of the jour nals says that both England and France are labouring to bring about .an arrangement of the differences between Spain and Mexico. The Government had sent a note .to the Emperor of the French, representing that tha aggressions on Spanish subjects in Mexico must be considered, not as acts of individuals, but as part of a system of di dared hostil ty to Spain. The receipts of the Treasury in February last amounted to 212,124,477 reals, which were 8,675,,396 reals more than those of the corresponding period of last year. It was said that a Ministerial department for the Colonies was about to be established, and that M. Gon zalez, Bravo would most likely be appointed to it. The Duchess de Montpensier had a fausse couche on the 31st ult. • The trial of the Iberia, for publishing a seditious article, had taken place, and ended in• the acquittal of that jour nal, which was ably defended by M. Olozaga. The Queen bad written an. autograph letter to the captain-general of Catalonia, 111.. Zapatero, thanking him for his recent energetic measures for the preservation of order, *and announcing to him that his wife had been made a member of the order of Maria Louisa. A letter says :—"The Government has this day received the news that the Mexican Government has executed four of the assassins of Spaniards at Cuernavacco, but it does not appear that it has proceeded against the func tionaries of the Republic who acted with great fe rocity againit . the Spanish, nor against the assassins of San Vicente. These executions do not satisfy the Spanish. government, Which requires a more complete reparation." CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.) ...,. .. OLD COIT:RT. (Before Mr. Justice Williams). Sabetto lucent°, aged 29, an Italian, was charged with feloniously stabbing Francesco Desemona, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Mr. Way con- ducted the prosecution. - • It appears that the prosecutor and the prisoner were fellow-countrymen and related to each other, and on the 28th February they were drinking together at the resi dence of the former, and when about to leave the prose cutor's, without any apparent cause, made an attack upon the prosecutor, and wounded him in the neck with some sharp instrument, and also cut his thumb in his endea vour to get the knife from the prisoner. ' The defence was that the prisoner had been drinking, and had no recollection of *hat took place. The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully wounding. • The prosecutor strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy. The learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment. Kreutz Chesen, aged 2S, a Norwegian sailer, was also indicted for feloniously wounding ••Charles Felix, a foreign seaman, with a knife. ' Mr. Ribton conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Sleigh defended the prisoner. • It appeared that on the night of the 11th of March the prisoner, the prosecutor, and a number of other persons were at the Prussian Eagle, near Wellclose square where dancing was going on. The prisoner was laying h(.14 of a girl, inducing her to danoe with him, which ehe • refused to do. Prosecutor told him to let the girl alone, if she refused to dance with him. A quarrel ensued,, when, the prisoner took up a beer glass and struck a friend of the prosecutor on the head, and .a general row was the consequence. The prose cutor ma away to his lodgings in Ship-yard, followed by the prisoner and a number of other persons, and as soon as the prosecutor got to the staircase, the prisoner overtook him and struck him a blow on the left side of the forehead, from which blood immediately flowed ; and at the time he inflicted the blow he had bold of the prosecutor by the hair of his head. Before this the pri soner was seen to have a case knife in his hand. After the blow the police were sent for, and the prisoner given into custody.; After the evidence bad been given, Mi. Sleigh addressed the jury on behalf of the pri soner. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sen tenced to 12 months' imprisonment. MARKET NEWS.— (This ray.) COVENT GARDEN. The supplies of fruit and vegetables were only moderate, and the demand generally ruled steady, at last week's prices. Iratrrr. Pineapples, per %As Od folOs Colonta I do., ea. Os Od to Os Od Grapes, per lb 12s Od to 20s Foreign do Os Od to Os Od Melons, each 3s Od to 5s Od Peaches, p. d0z.... 3s to Bsod Nectarines, do. 2s Od to 8s Od Filberts, per 1b.....1s to is 4d Cobs., P. 100 lbs. 140 s to Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to Os Od Walnuts, per 100 6d to is Od Figs, per d0z......1s to 3s Od Strawberries, per ounce is to 2s Apples, p. , sv. 680 d to 88 Od Pears, per d0z....8s to Ai Od Oranges, per 100. tis Od to 12s, Lemons, p. doz. Os Ad to 2s Od Apricots,p. doz. 280 d to . 68 Od Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Od Gooseberries, per half sieve ....Os Od to Os Od Currants, p. do. Os Od to Os Od Plums, per do. 28 Od to 58 Od Green gages, do. 48 Od to 78 Od Raspberries, p. potl. Od to Od YE GET Greens, p. doz. bun. 38 to3s 6d' Cabbages, per doz. 1s to is 9d Savoy do., p. do. is Ocl to 2s Od Cauliflowers, do. 2s Od to& Od Brocoli, p. bun. is 01 to is 6d Potatoes, per ton 603 to 130, New do., per do Osto Os Peas, per quart ...9d tole Odi Turnips, per bunch 21 to 3d, Carrots, per buneh 5d to 7d Cucumbers each 2s to 4s Od Garlic, per lb 6d to•Os ed Sorrel, per sieve Od to 0? Spinach, p. d0...2s Od to 2s 6d Brussels sprouts, per • • half do 2s 6d to•2s 3d Onions, p. bush 2s 6d to la Od New do., per bunch 4d to 8d French beans, per 'ABLE Es. ' Shallots, per lb sa to 8d Horseraddish, p. bun. 2s to 5s Parsley, per do. 6d to 8d Celery, per do Os 9d to is 6d Beet, per doz. is Od to 2s Od. Parsnips, per do. is to 2s 6d Small salad, p. pun. 2d to 3d Mushrooms, p. ptl.lB3dtols 6d Artichokes, each 4d to 8,1 Lettuces, per score 6cl to 91 Endive, per score ls 6d to 3s Radishes, p. doz. bun. 6d to9d Tomatoes, p. hf.sv. 4s to 6s Od Walnuts per 100...0s 8d to is Chillies, per 100 is Od to is 6d Capsicums, per 1001 s Od to 2s Rhubarb, p. bun. 4d to is 3d Asparagus, per 100 Os Od to 9 s Sea kail, per pun. is 3d to 3s 100. Leeks, per do 2d to 4d Turnip green;, per bush is $d to is 6d LEADENHALL. NEWGATE AN Turkeys, 5s Od to lOs Od ; Poults, 5s Od to 7s ; Geese, Os Od to Os Od each ; Goslings, 6s Od to 8s Od ; Duck lings, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; tame rabbits, is 3d to 2s Od each ; wild do., 10d to is 0d•; Pigeons, 8d to 10d each ; large Surrey Fowls, 9s to 10s ; barn-door do., 3s Od to 7s ; Chick ens, 7 s Od to 8s Od por couple ; Capons, Os Od to Os ; Hares, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; Grouse, 2s 3d to 3s Od each ; Pheasants, 3s to 4s Od ; Partridges, is 9d to 2s 3d; Woodcocks, 3s Od to Os Od ; Snipes, 9d to ls 6d; Teal, Is 3d to is 6d; Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s Od; Widgeons, is to is 6d; Plovers, is Od to lspd each ; Guinea Fowls, 6s to 8s Od ; Roasting pigs, 6s Od to 9s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, —s to —s Od ; English do., is 2d to is 4d per lb. ; English eggs, Cs to 8s ; French do., Cs Od to 7s Od per 120; Leverets, 3s 6d to Os Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 6s to 6s 8d ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 2d; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per Blbs., by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 6i 2d to 6s 8d ; veal, 4s Ad to 5s Od; pork, 4s Od. to 5s Od per 81bs., by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 6d to 15s ; Brills, 2s to 10s each ; Salmon, is Cd to 2s ed per lb.; Cod Fish, is 6d to 5s each ; Soles, 2d to is Gd per pair; Trout, is to Os Od per lb ; Lobsters, is to 4s Od; Crabs Ed to 3s Od ; Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Orhers, IGs to 20s ' • Natives, Eo s t o — s p er lash. ; Mackerel, 40s to --s per 100 ;Smelts, is Od to 3s Gd per doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon ; Bloaters, 5s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 49 to Os per 100; Scotch do., Od ; Sprats, 6s Od to Os 01 per bushel ; Doreys , is Od to s each Haddocks, 3s to 12s per doz. • Pike,' 6d ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 7s Od to Os; Mulets, 6d to 2s Od each ; Plaice, 4d to is each ; Halibut, 6d per lb ; Flounders, is Od to is 6d per doz. ; salt fish, Od per lb ; Eels, 8d to ls. - BREAD.. The prices'of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 8d to 8d; of household ditto, Gd to 70 per 4 lb loaf. MI AS AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 5d to 6d; 641 b to 721 b, 6d to 64d ; 721 b to 801 b, Cid to bid ; 801 b to 881 b, 641 to 6id ; 831 b to 961 b, 60 to 7d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 7d to 74d ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od ; upwards, —d to —d ; horse hides, lOs Od to Os Od ; Calf skins, light, 38 Od to 58 Od ; ditto full, 9s 6d to Os Od; Polled Sheep, Od to —s Od ; Dents, 8s 6d to 1030 d; Half-breds, 80 Gd to 108 ; Downs, 6s 3d to 7s 6d ; Shearlings, is 4d to is 5d ; Lambs, 3s Od to 4s. HAY MiavKETs. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 4/ 0s ; clover do., 3/ 10s to 51 Os; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 85 per load. A full average supply and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 41 4i; clover do., 3/ 10s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 11 9s per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, yet prices were sup ported. WFUTECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ Os : :lo ver do., 3/ lOs to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s t o 1/ 8 s per 10a,4* Supply tolerably good and trade dull. ETON COLLEGE. NEWCASTLE SCHOLARSHIP. The examination• for this scholarship closed last week, and the scholar was declared to be Cornish, K.S. ; and the medallist, Stone, K.S. The next in order of merit were —Austen-Leigh, ma., K.S. ; Dyne, K,S. ; Mozley, mi., K.S. ; Wilson, mi., K.S. The other selected candidates were—Mozley, ma., K.S. ;. Puller ; Routledge, K.S. ; Willis, K.S. ; Wilwn , ma., K.S. The examiners were Messrs. H. De Winton and Chitty, and the number of C didatea 25. 557, M. LEDRU ROLLIN. The following extraordinary letter has been acl•-• dressed to the Dai'y News : " Sir,—Having seen my person, and even my name, clearly designated in your paper in connection with the matter alluded to in the subjoined letter, I trait I may confidently rely upon your sense of justice and fair play, and your being kind enough to publish my statement and answer in the columns &your journal.—l am, eco,, " LIMIT ROLLIN." " A CONSPIRACY EXPLODED. "After haiing waylaid me, by his spies, these three years, M. Bonaparte now sets forth, through the news papers and foreign correspondents in his pay, that he has at last caught me in the very act of plotting against him. According to him the charges are so crushing that nothing less than my extradition is at stake. " idle boasting ! fit at most to betray the rankling terror inflicted on tyrants by certain names that stand as a living conscience and faithful guardians of right. "No evasion, then ; no false pretences. It the sea is not a sufficient barrier between M. Bonaparte and me to allay his pangs—if at a distance even be dreads the republic in the person of one of its founders, I am very sorry indeed to disturb his rest, although he must not for that imagine that be is lawfully entitled to demand my extradition. " I will not now deal with that question as closely interesting the honour of England, whom he insults wantonly in thus trying to drag her down lower still than Belgium, nay, lower even than poor Switzerland, who preferred running to arms rather than delivering up M. Bonaparte himself. • "I shall rierely confine myself to examining the ques tion abstractedly in itself, and, by a stretch of imagina tion, I will go the length of supposing extradition pos sible in political matters, albeit truth lies toe other way ; still, in this extreme case to obtain it something more would ultimately be required than uneasiness and fears, however imperial ; in other terms, proofs and a sentence would be wanted. " Well, as to proofs. I challenge M. Bonaparte to produce any—any at all. I say more. Servile to the utmost though his judges may be, who, after having ar raigned him for high treason, are now worshipping his success upon their knees, I defy them to involve my name in ajudicial sentence—indispensable preliminary to that extradition so ardently wished for. "Perhaps it will be asked—in manifesting so much confidence, do I not apprehend the hired approvers aud false witnesses of Tiberius and his famous Jaw of Ma- jesty ? "False witnesses l I most solemnly declare to be pos sessed of such informations as would enable me, before hand, to designate them by the very number by which they are inscribed on the police-rods in Paris. And there is nothing surprising in that ; for no tyrant has ever raised himself through means of treason, who was not, in the long run, doomed to be sold by the treachery of his own tools. "No, indeed. ThUrtatch between us is not an equal one, and M. Bonaparte bad better not have ventured on so perilous grounds. I positively affirm he does not hold anything emanating from me, not a mortal word, not a fainting syllable ; whereas I, on the contrary, actually keep in my hands the proof—no fictitious, spurious proof, such as might call to one's mind the much-spoken-of bank-notes of Boulogne expedition notoriety—but true, fair, and undeniable evidence that the pretended plot, to shich so many respectable citizens have been immo latecf, was invented, imagined, worked, and directed in M. Bonaparte's own cabinet. "To strike 400 families through mere fright, for the sake of a sh'adow, would appear an impro•aable crime were it not with him who has already driven to despair 100,000 of them. Besides, in default of great and noble ideas which might impress and impassion the multitude, what other means has he left of dizzying them, short of an incessant variety of dissolving views and effective strokes of theatrical display ? Above all, there must be no pausing of the performances. The heart-moving drama of war gives place to religious pomp and pagean try; masquerades, industrial exhibitions, raree-shows of princes and select animals, congresses and paternal ar bitrations, caravans of strange-looking and far-coming embassies, have their turn ; anything and everything is welcome, not even excluding legerdemain and necromancy, lest the stage might be vacated for a single moment. "The law of contrast would require this time the buf foonery to be followed by the tragical. Thus, for variety's sake, our indefatigable juggler just fancies a big plot Coupled with some known name—mine or any one else's —might afford a useful diversion of mind from the diiapi dations above and the shrieking misery below, the sinis ter preoccupations of depopulation and bankruptcy, the hatred of popular feeling arming itself for the impending elections. This popular feeling especially he was anxious to terrify by some means or other. Therefore the plot in question emerlt d, and was asserted in his programme. " Plainly, to him who is never haunted by any vulgar scruples of right or wrong, of crime or virtue, there did not appear on the surface of it anything else but a new part called forth by circumstances. He deemed it use ful to his interest, and ordered it to be played. That is all. Tenaciously sticking to what he fancied to be his mission,' he must allow me now to dischar'g'e mine by showing that, in spite of innumerable Seids and bayonets, the matamore is 'beset with fears, yea with great fears, and moreover, that our conspirator of long standing ex hibits an unmistakeable decay of invention and working out, since he was not able to avoid being taken—and helplessly taken—in the very snare laid by him, and wherein be so confidently hoped to see me entrapped. " As for his misdeeds, Victor Hugo, Schcelcher, and Ribeyrolles have abundantly pointed them out. Thus far the exposure is complete, and the pillory stands mas terly erected for all eternity. Should he now aim at his share of ridicule he may have it. He has simply to speak out ; the chance is auspicious, and I undertake to prove him to be as thoroughly mystified as ever trap-layer happened to be. Let him, then, bring forward his de mand of extradition, and an opportunity will be afforded of throwing such torrents of light on his secret schemes and underhand practices as to convert it into an unparal leled sample of farcical grotesque. Truly I cannot for bear laughing at thinking of it ; and if I had any thanks to offer to his charlatan Majesty it would certainly be for having afforded me, by his burlesque contrivance, a few hours' recreation during my eight years of exile. "London, April 6." " LEDRII ROLLIN. THE LATE COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR BARKSLEY. The coroner's inquiry into the circumstances of this explosion, by which no less than 189 persons have lost their lives, was resumed before Mr. Badger at the Brampton Bull's Head Inn on Thursday, when Mr. Joseph Coe, the viewer and underground manager of the colliery, was examined. Mr. Morton, the Govern ment Inspector of Mines, the proprietors, and other gentlemen were present, as at previous sittings. The inquiry has ❑ow occupied seven days, during which 47 witnesses have been examined. Mr. Coe, examined by the coroner, said he was ap pointed viewer of the Lundhill Pit in October last, anti had the entire control, management, and supervision of the underground workings. Ho was in the pit on the day preceding the explosion, when he examined the ven tilating currents, and found them circulating in their usual quantities. Mr. Coe then detailed with great minuteness the particulars of an examination which he made of the whole of the workings on the north ride of the pit on that day, made with unusual care, because of an intended absence for a few days. The whole of the workings, including the goaves, he found well ventilated, perfectly free frcm gas, properly bratticed, and in every respect in the best working order. The Coroner—Are you enabled to state what, in your judgment, was the cause of the explosion ? Mr. Coe—l have thought the matter very carefully over. It has occupied my serious attention, and lam utterly at a loss to account for it. Mr. Morton—Although you may not be able to ac count for the explosion, have you not formed some notion on the matter ? Mr. Coe—l have formed a notion, but it is merely a hypothetical one. We have a very tender roof above the coal, about six or seven yards thick, which falls in the goat - es very freely. Above that is a much stronger roof, neatly ten yards thick, which I presume will support the weight above it after the lower roof has fallen for a considerable distance. Immediately above that strong roof are some seams of coal and a seam of what is generally known as " black shale," from three to four feet thick. The seams of shale and coal give out gas in considerable quantities. After the bot tom roof had fallen down by the extension of the god, the stronger roof above may have given way and libe rated the gases in the measures above. That being the case, the gas may have come out in largo quantities and suddenly, in which case it would necessarily explode on coming in contact with the nearest naked light. I merely give this as a theory, and cannot be positive as to the tact. Mr. Morton—lt is a very probable theory. Do you consider this the most probable cause ? Mr. Coe—l do not form a belief on the matter, but if I did that would be the cause to which I should attri bute the explosion. Mr. Morton stated that it would take eight or ten days longer to empty the pit, and eight oa ten days more would elapse before any one could examine it and be jury. The to give evidence before t he The foreman expressed a strong desire that some mea sure should be adopted to relieve the jury from the die- agreeable and dangerous task of viewing the bodies, and a conversation ensued, during which it was stated that Dr. Holland, Sanitary Inspector to the Board of Health, had visited the pit, and given some highly valuable sug gestions with regard to the recovery and removal of the bodies ; and the coroner promised to task the jury as little as possible in viewing the bodies, The inquest was then adlourned to the 30th inst. GOOD FRIDAY AND THE EXCURSION TRAlNS.—Yester daq being Good Friday, an immense number of the holi day folk availed themselves of the cheap fares and the fine weather, and the whole of the trains on the various railways were crowded by passengers from the metropolis. The Eastern Counties line conveyed several thousands to Epping Forest and other rural parts, while vast num bers of respectably dressed persons travelled on the South- Western to Putney, Kew, Richmond, Hampton Court, and Windsor. Greenwich-park and Blackheath were thronged with visitors from an early hour in the morn ing, while others passed on to the picturesque parts of Charlton and other portions of the county of Kent. The Great Western, the Great Northern, the South-Eastern, and the Blaeltwall Railways were well filled with pas sengers during the day. The trains to Gravesend, Margate, Chatham, Tunbridge Wells, ani nearly all the parts throughout the line, were similarly thronged by the Londoners, who were evidently determined on spend ing a day of innocent pleasure. No accidents worth I re cording occurred on either of the lines. NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO. MARSHAL MARMONT'S MEMOIRS. The following letter addressed to the Moniteur by Count de Flahaut, who was one of Napoleon's aides-de-camp on the field of Waterloo, is by far the most interesting of the many protests that the posthumous works of the Duke de Raguse have provoked : "London, April 6,,1857. "Marshal Marmont says (vol. 7, p. 111), in giving an account of the battle of Waterloo In the course of the day Napoleon found himself so far off from the field of battle that he could not make the necessary modifications in the execution of his plans. More particularly he was unable to support the cavalry movement in 'proper time. That movement being premature and isolated, was useless, while, if the Guard had been sent forward simultaneously the effect might have been decisive. When the army was in disorder, Napoleon's mind was so acted o n b y t error thathe fled at a gallop for several leagues, and every moment (it was dark) fancying he saw the enemy's cavalry on his flank, he sent people to reconnoitre.' It is impossible not to see the malice of this whole story which the Marshal pretends to have had from General Bernard. That cannot be true, because General Bernard was a brave and honest man, and can sequently incapable of telling a tissue of falsehoods. The Emperor placed himself during the battle on a hillock in the centre of the posi tion, from which he could survey the whole of the operations, and from which he saw the advance of cavalry ordered by Marshal Ney, and which did in point of fact appear to him premature and ill timed. He at once exclaimed, There's Ney turn ing a certainty into an uncertainty, but now that the movement is commenced, there is nothing to be done but to support it.' He ordered me accordingly to carry an order that all the cavalry should ad vance to support and follow those troops which had already crossed the hollow, which lay between them and the enemy's position. This was done, but unfortunately, as the Emperor had feared, the moment had not come when such a movement . . might have been sucess3ful. However, it was impossible to recall the squadrons that were already engaged. In war there are certain faults which can only be repaired by persevering in them. I leave to Marshal Marmont the honour, which I do not envy, of the parallel he has insti tuted (p. 125) between the leaders of the two armies, and of the share attributable to each in the results of the battle. He takes a pleasure in prais ing the English General at the expense of the Em peror, but instead of taking so much pains to prove the Emperor guilty of mistakes which led to the fatal issue of the day, he might have understood that the unexpected arrival ou our flank of 30,000 Prussians, whose artillery swept our line of ope rations, was the real cause of the loss of the battle and its disastrous consequences. The Duke of Wellington had the justice to admit this in the report to his Government. As to the terror which the Marshal pretends the Emperor gave way to, I cannot better refute this false assertion than by stating facts of which I was an eye-witness, and which therefore no one is in a better position to bear witness of than myself. After having taken part in the successive attacks of the cavalry and the guard, - and when the retreating movement bad decidedly set in, I went to look for the Emperor. It was dark. I found him iu the centre of a square of infantry, and I did not after wards- leave him. After waiting these some time longer, the battle being irretrievably lost, he left the field by the Charleroi road. Wo went along not at a gallop, as it is infamously said in the Memoirs, but at a walk, and no pursuit of the enemy inspired the Emperor with any such fears as the Marshal's malice attributes to him. So far was the Emperor from being troubled with any personal fears, al though the situation was not very reassuring, that being completely knocked up by the fatigue he bad undergone during the preceding days, he several times fell asleep, and would have fallen off his horse bad I not held him on. We arrived the next mornin g at Charleroi, where we to o k p os t f or Loan. There the Emperor halted to write the bulletin giving an account of the fatal day, and ho then set out for Paris. This is the truth. Let the public compare it with Marshal Marmont's mali cious and lying narrative, and then judge. But how can one express one's feelings of indignation and disgust at seeing a man whose place it was to hope to be forgotten as the best thing that could happen to him—thus attack one who was his bene factor, and defame his memory after having be trayed him when living ?, " COUNT DE FLAULIIT." NEW CODE OF SIGNALS. The Board of Trade could not have performed a more useful and acceptable service to the mercantile marine of this country, and, indeed, of all nations, than when it undertook an investigation of the means of improving the mode of sigualsing between ships at sea. The defects had long been patent and palpable, for all the signal codes in use appear to have been designed and perpetuated upon the vicious principle of numerals, which, confined to ten digits only, made it necessary to provide either duplicate flags or substitutes to represent those already used in a signal, and also confined the range of which four flags are capable, even with the aid of these substitutes, to 9,999 separate signals—a number totally insufficient to effect what is necessary. Hence means were obliged to be adopted to repeat this number of 9,999 in several divisions by the exhibi tion of class or index flags, to denote the divisions re ferred to, hoisted over or under the signal, or at some other masthead ; the consequence of which was that whit u ith the care necessary for placing the substitutes in their proper positions, of distinguishing the index flag :mud the rules and complications involved, signalising was seldom resorted to, and many desirable opportunities of communicating at sea declined on account of the diffi culty of adjusting and deciphering these combinations. It is remarkable that the late Capt. Marryatt, a highly intelligent officer, who published a code of signals about 30 years ago, should have adhered to the numeral sys tem, not only on account of those complications of which lie must have been aware, but because the late Sir H. Popham bad at the close of the war (1816) amended this defect in his "Telegraphic Vocabulary," used in the Royal Navy, by the introduction of flags distinguished by alphabetical letters, so as to enable him, by the in creased number of permutations made available by a larger number of digits than the ten numerals afforded, to increase the scope of his vocabulary. The advantage of this course is palpable ; for we find that whereas in the numeral plan 17 or 18 symbols are required to express the 10 digits, with the necessary ad juncts of telegraph, numeral, geographical, and other sec tional flags, contingent en that system, and involving a display of five or more symbols to express one signal, by giving to 18 flags independent significations, such as let ters of the alphabet, their permutations will produce no less than 78,642 separate signals, and that without a ne cessity for exhibiting more than four in any one signal. The substitution of letters for numeral figures, in de. signating the 18 flags used in the code authorised by the Board of Trade, is not the only improvement. Being divided into two parts, the messages in the first intimated by three, and those in the second by four flags, a means of international communication is made available. The first part is composed of the messages, words, geo graphical names, latitude, longitude, compass signals, &c., which form the substance of all signal books, expressed without reference to alphabetical arrangement. These are classed into subjects, and every signal is intimated by the same letters placed against it. In all languages the sign-. 1 will have the same meaning, and it can be made known either by the same or corresponding flags adopted by previous arrangement. The second part comprises a more extensive vocabu lary, and the words being placed in alphabetical succes sion it is applicable to national use only, or to nations such as England and America, using the same language. This forms also an index to the first part, for all the sig nals therein are enumerated in the second part, with the two or three letters which denote them, and can there fore be readily referred to. There are other advantages, such as the intimation of the nature of a signal by the shape of the uppermost flag; but the most important feature is the means which the vast scope of this code affords of giving to every indivi dual vessel a distinctive signal, by the exposition of which its identity can be made known and concisely con veyed by letter or by electric telegraph, in order to be correctly reported in the shippin,, , lists. The preparation and mainte nance o f a li st of 40,000 or 50,000 merchant vessels renders necessary a separate bock, which contains this and other matter interesting to nautical persons, and is published annually under the title of The Mercantile Nary List. There are also monthly supplements to pro claim the names of vessels supplied with distinctive sig nals in the interval between the yearlypublication of the book, in which they become eventually incorporated. An alphabetical index, available for reference to any particular vessel, the distinctive signal of which it is wished to ascertain, adds greatly to the utility of the scheme. These books with the supplements will be placed in ships of war, Coast Guard stations, and all Government departments. Th€y will also be supplied by slipping masters in every port to captains of vessels when making arrangements for a voyage ; and owners of ships should provide the four particular flags whi ch signif y a vessel's name, and make it imperative that they shall be hoisted whenever opportunity offers. His Majesty the Emperor of Austria has conferred on Mr. Paul Pretsh, the inventor of the art of photo-gal- vanography, the grand gold medal for arts and sciences in recognition of his artistical perfection of the specimen prints which Mr. Pretsh has submitted to his Majesty. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. Handel's oratorio Judas Naccabcus will be performed at Exeter-hall on Friday next, preparatory to the production of the same oratorio at the great Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace. The orchestra for this grand musical congress is now erected at the Palace, and is daily inspected by hundreds of visitors, who contemplate its giant propor tions with surprise. 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