The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-11 00:00:00

THE HARBOURS OF THE SEA OF AZOFF.

eoopen, lb. to 12s. ; asetbsease, 14e. to 170.; troefesaden,
lb.; mine., 10s. to 14e. ; stiller! 10e. to lb. ; snare,
to Si.; pointer, &a.. 10e. to 12e. ; phantom lb. to
145.; addling, 10e to 12s ; sbnatakere, to lle. ; gibes.
Ist mid% 144. to 16t. ; newts, 4b1., 10.. to 11.. ; Ink&
esskere, 12.. to 16*. ; übeedwripht., 10e. to 141 Flees.
work: Bviekusekers, 25.. per 1.000; dey 'emitters, 7s. to
Ca. ; sanyen, 16e. to les. per 100 ; naffs, le. per boor ;
thrashers' 'ant b. per tel. TOD supply of usbilled
labour leentaide;ably to gooses of the &mood ; but DO
onsideralde (huge has takes plan is On ran of nines,
the net of rent of the prevalent bed seemarlee of Ufa re-
nebtiog saebaupd.
RATE OP 6111•11 AM'S WAGES AT POET AODLAIDI
the coleoial node, oft., to llelbounte Sytneyo or Via
Dirnea's Laud, 61. per mouth. By „sal. eoettlag to the
rolaay, 61. 10e. per sundb. For Mop voyages, to
Serer, or South America, U. to 81 10s. per nag&

Taganrog, at the month of the Don, had in 1842
a population of 22,472 souls; Mariupol, on the north
shore of the Sea of Asoff, bad 4,603 in 1862;'
Berdiansk, also on the north shore, 6,498 in 1849.
Obeli& (or Mak, or Jeiak) was built on the Death shore
eines 1849, and opened to f.reign commerce for the
first time in 1862: it has already 8,000 inhabitants.l
The foreign commerce of Roetow, on the right bank
of the Doo, began in 1837: it has already 10,863
inhabitants.

AUSTRALIA.

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From our Australian files we gather the following
hems beide' those gives by telegeapb on Saturday
1 Is Ito nelbourse Legislative Council, oat the 16th of
=Z :etbeigiestion of railways for Australia cams os for
ea s sasseas from Sir C. Bahia. It wee
leenialsettleditthe Liesteesst 0 meteor that the proposed
Sea Mask be tenanted upon, with reference as mesh to
the probable future wants of the colony as to Its isseamilies
anyaltemen e; Let that no greater extant of Hess abseil be
endertaken than would hold out a prospect ei beessilag re
munerstive, end defreyiug as leer's* guarastessi by the
State. The interest on the loans required ter the sesseres
non of the railways, to be provided for to the mast el
300,0001. as follows :—A sem of 200,0001. to be merle a
Gouge epos the vote for int. real communication, sad the
remainder to be raised by additional Wanes. Foe the
eventual liquidation chile loan it was proposed to reserve
the land on each side of the railway, the sale, Ike., of which,
as tie ben. fits of the lime made themselves felt in the grow.
lag prosperity of the districts wino they traversed, would,
it was suggested, raise as ample teed to pay off the her
re Ned capital in twenty-one years. The massage was
ordered to be reinvest to • reelect committee. llr. Dees
Tboaspeou, says the Melbourne Herald, has expensed the
bops that he shall *veto travel by railway from Milbank,.
Ito the Gulf of Carpentaria. It is not necessary foe es to be
leo sanguine as thi. If we can connect Melbourne with the
navigable past of the Murray, we shall have eceompluthed a
I great thing, for we shall have saved Methane from east
we fear is the inevitable fate of Sydney—front being Lift se
only one ail a great umber of secoodary sea-port tows.,
wits which the circumference of this great costinent will be
dotted, whilst some new centre of trade and government
would grow into pre-eminence, by its command of the inland
water.. Railways weld save Melbourne frees this, the only
danger that seems to Orestes its future produreisance.
The bill jest introduced by the resistive to constitute •
board for the management and improvement of the port
sad harbour of Geelong. is considered the immediate pre-
cursor of a similar measure fur Melbourne. The Geelong
bill, as introdsoed to the council, t reviles that the
bend shall consist of nine Members, three to be appointed
by the lientenaut-governor, three by the registered ship-
sermon of the port, and three by the hansom of Geelong
sad the electors of the county of Greet ' • one of such son-
elective members to retire annually, sad the same regale.
ties to apply to the two clams of sleeted ambits. The
juriedietlos of the board to extend to all mitten coesected
with the port sod harbour wb aaaaa
to jettlea, docks, ware-
I Meese, ito. The board to lave power levy rates and dues,
tibia may be reeovered by UMW% of property of de-
ainllters ; payment el sash rates to exempt shippseg from
nt of other teenage rates. The board have power to
=sei money for improvements, &e. bin' the sanction of
the lieutenant. reefer& to be first obtlised.
The Melbourne Herald, of March 22. cootie the following
of the state of the Sydney markets from the Sydney
=Nide Journal of March 16. as deseri.ing yen aces-
Maly the state of strain st Melbourne also : The spring
Wadrosootrery to espectetioo, has been exceediagly dull,
eitems pardeuterly in drapery sad piece goods, sad the sum-
Mei trade, which is jest merging, has not proved much
better. We do not think the quantity of goods consumed
me have fallen off with our augmented population, but the
greatly increased competition has so divided the ewes=
mad decreased profits that our immense et eke do rot seen
se have been at all istiseneed by the demand which always
takes place at this season, nor our traders much besatted
ley the business transacted for the last six months. The
very large supplies which are eontissally cesium forward,
sad forced et attrition, caused no doubt by the exigencies of
holders sod the importunities of shippers, have ;invested
that gamma re-action which would otherwise have
Rim pies, and there has been a oessequent depres-
sion puntailisg. We settee with sattsfestios a de-
aler' &mew in the amount of impoetstioas eine,
see lest, although still 1.
*ees. of our present
waste; sassy artistes which have been incurring
heavy loss fur some time t, are sow coming into et least
• ppm& or eves • value, sad numbers of others
see elmeletely !.Meng a pod margin. We must, however,
tiri=•=eMerhisM...tlhenopthnerusuiderothuate sheroulteomstilil
ggmawith whist we see glutted to repletion, and warn them
spinet shipping, exempt for actual iodinate, until we advise a
more decided improvement In oar markets.
The gold market was quiet, the price remaining at V. 16s.
A successful alteration of a " one pound" nets of the
Sydney Union Bank into a " five" had bees direovered by
one of the alerts.
Several nestles= of ability ad enterprise, says the
Natal fweependent, have recently arrived in our rising end
fruitful colony, with a view to interest themselves by culti-
vating its soils It appears that the chief objects of their
attention are coffee and Indigo It is also a good sign when
the attention is draws from the coast lane, as if is the
margin ot Port Natal wee eoneentrat all the hopesu of the
eolinsy. Indigenoss indigo is founded in great abndance
upon the first ridges of the kills, called Mundt Bosch Rand,
end on both sides foe • eossideroble extest. Coffee pleaa
have been planted see halm horse fait is the gardens of
Pietermaritaburg. They may yet be wee there, sad so doubt
can be entertained that they wind* well.
Is the Albert Thou (Cape Frostier paper) it is stated
that, Male time IWO, te'itaa lima teal hal bun
brosght to Seabee-deep byte farmer roadie, spout live
bare' ride from the village. The some valuable erimuse-
Mt, has hoes toned, it is said, ea severe' other farms, as
well as alum, copper, plumb's°, lowestone, &a. An cope-
thawed person host the Australian diggisge considered the
iodisation. near Rissessbere end stew to the farm Moiler-
bolt, to be sash es to lead him to the suppositers thengehl
would he fossil in that seighbotarkoorL
The Prince of Wales 'theatre, erected in Seim sa OM
exposes of 30,0t01., end capable st misting 3,214 taco.
wee opened us March 12.
The Eistleris Proviso firreld eels :—Althoiefth the asps
tbrosibust the Sastero districts are absedsut this semisn
tiered precedes'. *Ririe the memory of the colosisek
intellsiemee of a partial failure sit the crops in the Western
province will meat *elk sr depreeske of prices. Fern.,
however, wellieg et 25.100. be , is far below remunerating
age, and for niferpor qualities of wheat no price car be
p
obtained.

LAIOIII 111A2Xffr, WAR= 3 —Per amens,
will board sod D • ode servants—Male, 401 to
641. ; kuralo, 161 to 261 Faint sorweis—llarned con
kr;
461. to 661 ; rt. al* moo, 401. to 601. ; anaphora, 351. to
464 Per meek, with boord ond lodging: Botcher., 21 to
24 104.; balite', 21 8.. to 21. 14..; bullock:wi thout drivers, 25r.
to lac; onsiaorionors, 21. 12.. P., ay, board
sod learns": Blorkuostbs. 12.. to 14e.; briiklayers,loa.
to 140 ; ballock-driaon, ; ooltiostmskals, 131 to
1411.; Impalas. 10s. to 14c.; oistiagotookso, 14‘ to 16o.;

THE EX.I46ESS,.. MONDAY EVENING, JUNE

FINE ARTS.

WORMS OF ANCIENT RAS nuts AT THE
BRITISH INSTITUCION.

We one not who knows it ; we feel more eery of
O. in criticising this exhibition than any that
NOM with the season. Private gentlemen and
widow* liberally contribute for the pleasere.and in-
elsestion of the public works which they believe to
be tiliqf Asstores of great masters, To disabuse them
d their faith would do no Food ; it would make the
(miters of the works exhibited uncomfortable, and it
might deter others from exposing theirs to the ordeal
of public comment. It has therefore been our prow
ties to select for notice authentic works of unques-
tionable merit, with a view to indicate the lessons
which artists and connoisseurs might learn from than.
We intend to persevere in this course, and shall there.
fore simply remark of the present Exhibition in
penal, that it is scarcely of average extents"
though it contains several interesting and 'matronly@
works.

Hls
The south room, dedicated, as usual, to the works ,
dmensed English masters, is perhaps the most in- '
eesting. We have seen works that take the eye
limere—nay, that possess more intrinsic value, in for-
rase Exhibitions, still there are many that will repay
the inspection of the student of art. For example,
Zoffany is well represented, and it is not easy to pro-
cure a sight of productions of this artist—one of
the original members of the Royal Academy—that
convey an adequate notion of his merits. His
five paintings at present on view are calcu-
lated to elevate the estimate we had formed
of him. His " Indian Scene" has something of that
muddy colouring and detective grouping which
characterise many of his works, but it is expressive
of character. His "Reading the direction" is an
excellent piece of yews. The pa's'. d look of the old
elodpole carrying the hare; the cautious accomplish-
ment of young master who reads the direction ; the
look of his companion, who indicates the place of the
hare's destination and stuffs a piece of bread and
' butter into his mouth at the same time, are life-like
and natural. The grouping is easy and graceful,
and the colour clear and powerful. A singular
interest attaches to one of two paintings of the
children of George 111., by_ Zoffacy. It re-
presents Queen Charlotte, still young, and more
beautiful than we are accustomed to see her
delineated, with the Prince of Wales in a Roman
costume grasping a spear, and the Duke of York (a
mere baby) in an Oriental costume. If the costume
was the choice of the Queen, it opens up a new chap-
ter in her history. There was a strong dash of
romance about her in early life—witness the letter to
the King of Prussia, which is said to have deter-
mined the King's choice of her for a spouse. Bat in
this fanciful attire of her first-born there is the play-
fulness of the young mother superadded What a
mistreat doss it present with the stern self-imposed
ones of her later career! And how little did she
Berra of the heartaches the boy Roman—would
awe her! There is
.perhaps none of our Queens
who has been lees
_justly appreciated than the
wits of George HL How few know that she was the
yahoo and correspondent of De Luc! Any tree
woman, anxious to add a valuable contribution to the
"Lives of the Queens of England," might find such
matter here. Zuffany has also a creditable portrait
of Andrew Drummond, E-q. And this reminds us
that the only Gainsborough in the present Exhibition
is a rather indifferent portraiture of Master Drum-
mond. There was some time ago, a talk in Edin •
burgh of an exhibition of family portraits. What
became of the project we never heard; but a noble
exhibition might be got up of the portraits of illus-
trious members of old English families. Even
to • modern family, like that of Drummond, •
peculiar interest would attach; but how much
greater would be that of the Northumberland', Cecile,
and other really historical families! Then some of
these portraits are valuable as work+ of art. To say
nothing of those by Vandyke, even those of his
uholars—Gandy and others—are occasionally of
high merit. The picture by Hogarth of a Committee
of the House of Commons examiniog Bambridge, the
Warden of the Fleet, on a charge of cruelty towards
prisoners, is not the least powerful of that great
master's productions. The placid indignation of the
round-hoed, be-periwigged senators is most som-
niferous. But Bainbridge is a gaunt wolf, brought to
hay and snapping at his assailants. A historic
interest attaches to this picture: it recommenors the
first movement of the philanthropic party or public
in this country. Thertrait of Miss Horneck
(afterwards Mrs. Gwynne),po by Sir Joshua Reynolds,
is a curious record of that muter. Originally it
must have been as gorgeous as Indian shawls and
jewels amid make it—now it is pale and bleached, a
mere ghost of itself. Fortunately the colours of the
fate have stood, and a face it is of unsurpassed
sweetness. There is a "portrait of a gentleman"
by Jackson—one of the most powerful and charao- 1
teristio productions of that artist. There is also'
en admirable full-length portrait of a lady by Rota-
soy. Willie's "Rabbit on the Wall," Allen's '
*flinging Grove," and Turner's "Covering," are fine
sposineens of the best styles of these artists. We
will sake a tour of the two other rooms—devoted to
the old masters properly so called—hereafter.

EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF STUDENTS'
OF IHE PROVINCIAL AND METROPOLITAN
SCHOOLS OF ART, GORE-ROUSE, KENSING
TON.