The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-02 00:00:00

SMITH.

There was a further increase in the imp Drts of foreign.
stock into London last week, the total sl ;;n31.1 r amounting to
1,378 head. In the corresponding w Telr : in 1854 we
received 1,421; in 1353, 2,761; in 185: ;, 1 ,183 ; in 1851,
2,218; in 1850, 1,151; in 1849, 1,0G1; uu lin 1848, 1,395
head.

IMPORTS RiTO LONDON LAST'S nuty
From Beasts. Sheep. Lar
Rotterdam 32 2'o ...
Calais
Dordt
Corunna
Harlingen
Antwerp - a• •
HaMbUrgh 3O

Calves. Pigs

T0ta1.... 810 ... 363 - ... 203
The yearly comparison of weekly imy orb 3 is as under :
Beasts. Sheep. Lar ibs. Calves. Pigs.
1854 ' 6!3 ... 587 ... - 218 ... 5
1853 928 ... 1,416 ... - - 397 ... .20
1852 205 664 ... - 316
1851 4OO 1,547 ... m 232
1850 - - _.. 142

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To-day's market was but mode rately supplied with
foreign stock, in, for the most part, valor middling con-
dition.

The receipts of beasts from Norfolk- were large and of
excellent quality ; indeed, the show of his description of
stock was very prime. The attendr aiee of buyers was
good, yet the beef trade was in a depr, paged state, at a de-
cline in the prices obtained on Monday 'sat of 2d per 81bs.
In some instances the quotations gave way 4d per Blbs ;
hence, 4s 10d par Sibs must be considered extremeprice
for the best Scots.

From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam shriclgeshire, we
received 2,700 Scots and short horns; fro m other parts of
England, 400 of various breeds; and, from mt Scotland, !,.60
homed and polled Scots.

There was a considerable increase in the c upply of sheep,
compared with several previous weeks; but:. at least two.
thirds of the number were composed of togs of light weight.
Evidently keep is getting very scarce in Ban se of our flock
districts. All breeds of sheep met a dull F. ale, and prices
gave way quite 2d per Sibs. Long-woolle d sheep were
extremely heavy, and even lower than , above quoted.
Shorn sheep sold with difficulty at fully ed per 81bs below
those in the wool. The supply of lambs was moderate,
and the sale for them was steady, at from 5d to 6d per Sib?.
We were scantily supplied with calves, sand the veal
trade ruled steady at 4d per Sibs above last Friday's cur-
rency. Top price 4s led per 81bs. The Bala for pigs was
heavy. In prices no change took place.

Per Bibs to sink the offals.
d. s. d.l d. s d.
Inferior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 4 PrimeSouthdowt4 8 5 0
Second quality.... 3 6 4 2 Large crse. calves-3 10 4 4
Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Prime small do 4 6 410
Prime Scots, dte. 4 8 41G Large hogs .3 0 4 0
Inferior Sheep ...3 3 8 Small porkers 2 4 4
Second quality ...3 10 4 0 Suckling ealves 21. 0 28
Prime crse.-wlled.4 2 4 4,Quarter old pigs 20 0 25 0
Lamb ss Od to 6s OJ.

FOZEIGN tsuftLlC.
Berets ..•• 4,319 . . • 704
Sheep •••••.. ••••..•• •.27,030 Sheep ..••••••...•••.....• 330
.......................0

TOTAL SUPPLr.

Calves . •• •• •• .• •• •• ••

. 1:3

I Pigs....
A statement and comparison of the supplies and. prices of fat
stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on
Monday, April 3, 1854, and this day, Mon day, April 2,
1855.

Per Sibs, to sink the offals. 1
April 3,185? i. lApril 2,1855.
s. d. s. A. •s. d. s. d
Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 3 oto 3 213 2to 3 4
Second quality ditto ... ... ... 3 4 3 6 3 6 4 2
Prime large oxen ... ... ... ... 3 8 310 4 4 4 6
Prime Scots, &c ... ... ... ... 4 0 4 2 4 S 410
Coarse and inferior sheep .., ... 3 6 3 S 3 6 3 8
Second quality ditto ... ... ... 310 4 43 10 4 0
Prime coarse woolled ditto ... ... 4 6 4 8 4 2 4 4
Prime Southdown ditto ... .. 410 5 0 4 8 5 0
Lambs •" ... ... 5 2 610 5 0 6 0
Large hogs
Large coarse calves ... ... ... 4 4 5 413 10 4 4
Prime small ditto ... ... .. ... 5 2 5 6 1 6 410
Nat small porkers ... ..,. .., 4 4 4 8 4 2 4 4
Beasts... ...
~. ... 5,199 4,319
Sheep ... ... ... • • •••.
25,750 27,030
... ... ... . • ... 3 0 4 2 3 0 4 0
Calves... .., ... 97 123
... ... ...
Pigs ...
...
...
...
...
... 320 310
SUPPLIES ON SALE, April 4, 1353.—Begat, 4,677; sheep,
22,290; calves, 203; pigs, 100.
April 5, 1852.—Beasts, 3,368; sheep and lambs, 22,630 •
I.
calveF, 178 ; pigs, 410.

NEWGATE AND LEADENITALL.
Our markets are seasonably well, but not to say bewily,
supplied ; and thy demand for most kinds of Meat is in a
sluggish state, as follows :
Per Sibs by the carcass.
B. d. S. d.
Beef, interior 3 2 3 4
Do., middling 3 6 3 8
Do., prime largo •3 11 4 0
Dv , do. small 4 2 4 4
F.,rk, large 0 3 8

B. d. B. d.
Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6
Do., middling 3 8 310
Do., prime 4 0 4 6
Veal 3 4 4 4
Pork, small 3 10 4 4

BOROUGH HOP.
Our market is vary scantily supplied with home-grown
hops. For most kinds the demand is inactive, on former
terms. Last week's imports were 5 bales from Rotterdam,
188 from Antwerp, GO from Harlingen, and 10 from Ham-
burgh. Mid and East Kent pockets, 14114 s to 201; Weak!
of Kent ditto, 141 Os to 15' Oa; Sussex, 142 to 15/. ; and
yearlings, 71 7s to 121. per cwt.

BOROUGH AND SPIT!, LFIELDS.
The arrivals of potatoes continue large for the time of
year, and in excellent condition. The demand is heavy,
as follows :—York Regents, 1103 to 1203; Kent and Essex
, 90s to 1003 ; do. reds, 80s
; blues, 75s to 85s; Linculns,
100 s to 110 s per ten.
dt
oo ~
5103 ; O 0s
middlings, tolOs; Scotch7osto Bdooa.

WOOL.
As manufacturers almost generally have become short of
stock, there is a slight improvement in the demand for
nearly all kinds of English wcol, and in some instances the
quotations have an upward tendency. In foreign and
very little is doing, on former
were 600 bales from Mel-
bourne,and 70 from New Orleans.9oo from Port Philip,
terms.eolona
1T:1eo
oqualities, importsfromh°vil:abvs
ate
rr weekt'Town,

The following are the current rates of English wool :
Down togs, is 04c1 to is ld ; Down ewes, is to is ;
h%lf-bred ewes, lld to 11 s d ; half-bred teg% is Od to is 0;d ;
Kent fleeces, is Od to is 04d ; long heavy wool fleeces, 9;d
to 100 ; combing skins, 9.1 to lld ; flannel wool, is Od to
is 1(1; blanket wool, 7d to 11:d; Leicester fleeces, 10:, d to
11;d per lb.

IDS•

For most agricultural seed
fully last week's prices.
limited business is doing.
Turnip,wlnte, per bush. 22s to 25v

Is the demand is steady, at
I linseed and cakes only a

_
Swede .. • • ...... —9 —s
Unstard, 8r0wn.... 123 14s
White, new...... .• .. Ss 104
r tres,Wlnter,new.... 11s I2s
Old-- • • .... 9 i
10,
Canary, per quarter •, 44s 544
aye grass.. ... • • 22s 3ls
Clover, nedEng . (cwt.) 521 653
White • • • • ...... 703 /.04

Carraway............ 44s 46s
Coriander........ •• •• 16s Iss
llempseed, per quarter 543 56s
Linseed, Eng.iowing.. GBs 708
Crushing 6Gs 67s
Baltic ...... •• —s —s
Odessa .......... 64s 68s
Linseed Cake, pr. ton—
English .. ...121 Oa 12 lOs

Foreign Red:••• •• 483 6%
White...• 693 7G;
Trefoil, new.. ••...... 253 32i

Foreign, per tot 3 111 Os 121 5s
Rape Cakes, pr ton 6'ss 6! 53
Rapeseed, liew,prlst 33'10k 35? Os

TALLOW.

Since Monday last the business doing in our market has
been very moderate. In prices, however, scarcely any
change has taken place. To-day P.Y.C., on the spot, is
quote lat 48s per cwt. Rough fat, 2s 61d per 8 lbs.

1853. 1854. 1855.
10%0:011to
t 035355
c6J, 144L9:01(it01685,6,10,i0
Price of Y. C
Stock this day 36.281 1 42,882 31,579 34.283 33,943
Delivery ln.st week .• 1,29.3 1,198 2.010 1."27 1,870
DI-:to from A.,;,0 1.... 84,05 n L7'2l 85,13'',;,
Arrivals last week.. 1,289 276 9 207 °*"
68,130
Ditto from June! .... 94,846 101,972 79,574 98,649
694 9; 43s
1
riloo Of Town ....•• Ca 62 3.98 02 468 63 043 s :30dd

ISM.

THE MAGAZINES.

Blackwood.—The first article in Blackwood is
entitled " How to Dress Him," and was written
some time since by one who, at the commence-
ment of the war, " threw aside the pen for the
sword." Now, however, when the general atten-
tion is so earnestly directed to the considEration of
the military system, and when experience has
proved his melancholy anticipations to be well-
grounded, the writer thought it expedient to set
forth the defects which had come under his notice
in the clothing department. Truly, the list of
articles of clothing, which are little short of instru-
ments of torture, is sufliCient to excite astonishment
as well as indignation. The points especially
alluded to are the shako, the stock, and the boot.
The concluding chapter, written after the fulfilment
of the author's prophecies, contains many sensible ob-
servations. "Is disaster," itas asked, " the fault of
men qr systems?" The reply given is, "Of both, but
the men were most culpable. The system was bad—
bad as could be, but it never could have caused such
disaster had there been able men to wieh the might
and sustain the honour of England." It is well
said that "in peace there may be safety in a multi-
tude of counsellors, but there must be one head,
one hand to govern a crisis." It is suggested at the
conclusion that the Government, if unable to make
the necessary provisions from the public depart-
ments, might have taken advantage of " a spirit of
enterprise and speculation that knew not check or
limit—a manufacturing ability which laughed at
time or quantity," which had sprung up since the
, last campaign. •

"Bad the Government expressed its want, how long
would it have been ere a body of able men, with a
civil officer at their head, would have been ready for
any service ?--and.so on. How long would a demand
for warehousemen and wharfingers, to transship and
house the stores of an army, have been announced

in ~V
the City or in Liverpool ers there would
have been volunteers enow ? How long would
our manufacturing firms have been in supplying any
quantity or quality of clothing, tents, &c., or our
trading men in collecting medicine, wine, &c., necessary
for the sick ? Wouid there have not been tenders
by the hundred for undertaking the draught and trans-
port work for any time or any distance ? Has not a firm
volunteered now to furnish meals, ready cooked to our
s 'ldlers at any distance from the coast, at the cost of
31. a day per man ? Does this firm stand alone in
enterprise and patriotism ? All these things might
have been prepared ere our soldiers were ready.
These resources were at hand, but our rulers were too

blind to see, too indolent to avail themselves of them.
[lad they been resorted to, how much of disaster and
disgrace might have been spared. Our generals, without
anxiety for their communications, commissariat, or
transport,_might have bestowed all their attention on
the discipline and tactics of the army. The soldiers
would have marched and fought, with 'the asstiranca of
finding, when all was over, their camp ready, their sup-
percooked, their blankets at hand, and of having a change
qf clothing when the season required it. The cavalry
would have found forage for their charger:, and would
not have known the mortification of seeing the noble
animals which had carried them through a charge, dying
from starvation or cold, or degraded to the work of beasts
of burden. This, with the past fresh in our memory, seems
a Utopian view, yet we have a faith that it may be realised.
We speak not more of the past than for the future. We
believe that, in all our military operations, it would be
better to trust to the general resources of the c3untry,
and the vitality of commercial enterprise, than to depend
on department:, which must becoMe inefficient from
disuse, or the re luctions inevitable in time of peace."
A. second paper is given on " Psychological Inqui-
ries," which is somewhat complex and abstruse in
its nature. The usual instalment of "Zaidee" fol-
lows. In this part we are introduced to a new
group—the family circle of the Disbrowes—the home
where poor Zaidee has taken refuge. We have the
easy,ind olent father,the clever managing"matn ma,"
the real head of the family, the bustling self-pos-
sessed bride, the pert younger sister, and a whole
group of nursery elves, all installed as claimants
for our interest or attention. Zaidee herself ap-
pears to be in a position of considerable difficulty,
yet while her loneliness and ignorance make her
feel helpless and bewildered, and she even doubts
if what she has done is not very wrong, she still
clings to her self-sacrificing resolution even in de-
fiance of the loving words that reach her from her
only fliends, bidding her "come home." A criticism
on the literary character of Charles Dickens
will at once attract the reader's attention. It takes
a review of most of his works, and renders its tri-
bute of admiration to "Pickwick," " Nicholas
Nickleby," the " Old Curiosity Shop," and
"David Copperfield" in particular. While con-
curring in some of the criticisms, we must, how-
ever, demur to the allusion to the theories
of household WOrds at the conclusion. In

the first place, the meaning of the pas-
sage they object to is not very clearly apparent ;
in the second* place, the expression of their own
opinion is still more confused ; and in the third
place, the subject is summarily dismissed as un-
connected with Mr. Dickens' authorship. If so,
why is it introduced ? The general tone of the
article is fair and impartial, however, and many of
its criticisms just. A paper on the death of Nicho-
las is written with fairness and ability. The con-
tinuation of the story of " The Campaign" con-
cludes the number.

Dublin University.—ln this number there are
several sketches and tales of interest. " The
Dramatic Writers of Ireland" is continued. We
are only presented with two characters in this divi-
sion, Arthur Murphy and Hugh Kelly. It is ob-
served of Murphy that he has not had justice done
to his merits. Churchill's satire in the Rosciad
may, it is averred, have had much to do with his
depreciation, as " nine out of ten prefer a tirade of
abuse to a chapter of panegyric." It was unfortu-
nate for Murphy that " Know your own Mind,"
the best effort of his pen, should have been post-
poned publication nine years, and then appeared
simultaneously with the " School for Scandal." It
was cast into the shade by the superior brilliancy
of Sheridan's composition, although of itself excel-
lent, and of an enduring nature.
The most remarkable feature in the life of Hugh
Kelly was the extraordinary confusion that arose
on the appearance of a play called " A Word to the
Wise." On account of some party feeling against
the author the play was bitterly opposed by one
section, and as vehemently supported by the other.
Itvfas impossible at last to have it performed at
all. After the death of Kelly the piece was revived
at Covent Garden, and Dr. Johnson wrote the
following prologue, which was warmly applauded
for its merit and purpose :

" This night presents a play which public rage,
Or 'right, or wrong, once hooted from the stage.
From zeal or malice now no more we dread,
For English vengeance wars not with the dead.

Where aught of bright or fair the piece displays,
Approve it only—'tis too late to praise :
If want of skill, or want of care appear,
Forbear to hiss—the poet cannot hear."

"The Water Cure" is an interesting and well-
written sketch. Its purport and meaning may be
gathered from the words prefixed to it—" Having
our minds sprinkled from an evil conscience, and
our bodies washed with pure water." It is certain
that the two individuals here cited were the very
best qualified to be benefited by the treatment of
the Water Cure. One had exhausted his physical,
and the other his mental, faculties by over-
excitement. To such the invigorating systems for
body and mind were everything. A most pleasing
story is mingled with the reflections in this sketch.°
The cousins bad a moral trial to go through, after
the mental and physical bracing was over. The
discipline of life was theirs to work out in
many of its ramifications. Hardy, the man
of action, retired to his country estates to
be a useful man in his generation, and ameliorate
the many beings committed to his charge. Fyfe,
the man of thought, returned to London to finish
the work laid down in misanthrophy and ennui.
"It will be a different work ! wholesome, cheerful,
brave ; such an one as is the Io triumphe of a great
spiritual Marathon ; such an one as I never
should have written in all my days had I not in
body and soul undergone the Water Cure."
" The Venetian Blind," a picture, is rather
curious in style, but is possessed of interest. It
is not a probable narrative, but skill and feeling
are displayed in its descriptions.
"The Barrier States of Europe" is the subject
of a long article, which is devoted to the consider-
ation of Poland ' • and it is declared that one of two
courses should be adopted—either the war should
be abandoned, and each nation prepare defences
against any crisis, or " a now barrier state should
be constructed, with its north-eastern frontier line
marked by the Dwina and the Dnieper, and ex-
tending from the Gulf of Riga to the harbour of
Odessa. Better—said the old Anglo-Irish Chief-
tain—a castle of bones than a a castle of s
housetonesf.
Better either, say we, than pent o
protocols."
"Flights to Fairyland,"
ken has or
r i s
t s übjec.ttfrom this
time " The Stolen Child," which Is
one of the ancient traditions of Schottudr, and is a
ecord be-
most curious le,end, even thong
longs to fairyand. " Contemporary and Post-
humous Reputation of Authors" contains some
good ideas, and some thoughts which are worthy of
attention. It is said that, " generally speaking,
he will have the best chance with posterity whose
work is most in unison with his age ; he must
neither be before nor behind it." " Let a man ex-
press in art what- ho sees, and those about him
ought to see—in thought; that which his fellows
stand in need of." Napoleon in his youth exclaimed
to his brother, rambling amid the rooks of Corsica;

" I desire to be my own posterity." This, it is-ob-
served, is the right feeling. "Every hero should
contain his posterity within himself."

Bentley's Miscellany.—An article, "Peace or
War," opens this number. It is followed by the
editor's tale of " The Spendthrift," which chronicle
some strange events, ending with a duel. A de-
scription of the Campo Santo di Poveri at Naples
reveals a fearful picture of the management of a
Neapolitan cemetery ; and we do not wonder that
the spectator shares Irving's feeling when he said,
" God grant I may not die at Naples," and ex-
claims, " May English burial economics never
reach the point of constructing wholesale coffinless
vaults." The tale. of " Waded Immediately" is
not very brilliant or interesting. The " Narrative
of a Day's Shooting at the Cape" may afford some
novelty to the lovers of field sports. An interesting
paper by Monkshood gives us some account of the
" Private Journal and Literary Remains of John
Byrom," which have recently appeared • under the
editorship of Dr. Parkinson. The journal, it ap-
pears, possesses one peculiarity, being evidently
intended to be entirely private. The extreme rarity
of such cases is remarked upon, and it is asserted
that " about the utterly private object of this
journal of Byrom's there can be no mistake what-
ever." Whether it is quite fair to make such a
record public is, perhaps, a question. "In un-
unearthing these remains, Df. Parkinson revives
what was once a recognised power in the literary
world, the name and fame of John Byrom, a ripe
scholar, an out-and-oat book buyer, as well as book
lover, an influential writer, a finished table-talker,
a privileged wit, and which he would himself have
laid stress upon, as his especial distinction, the
author of the first scientific work of shorthand." The
name he adopted was John Shadow. It was un-
wittingly an ominous name—Shadow I will
call myself to my contemporaries, seems
to have said John Byrom. Shadow thou
shalt be to posterity, said Time. Foreseeing a cen-
tury of oblivion and change. Byrom took, as it
were, for his device—

" Stet 'umbrae nqntem."

Time, cynically fond of correcting proofs, put his
delete against that reading, and substituted
"Nominis umbra." Byrom's contemporaries would
have hardly believed in the extent, hr the intensity
of this oblivion and this change, though Father
Time had sworn it in their hearing, by his scythe
and hour-glass.—Call we ourselves shadows or sub-
stances, we are, the best of us, such stuff as di earns
are made of, shadows that walk at noonday ; and
rare, indeed, is the shadow that lengthens and
deepens as the sun goes down." An article on
" An Asiatic Campaign" concludes the number.

Colburn's United Service.—A. review of the" cele-
brated work on naval gunnery by Sir Howard
Douglas succeeds the usual narrative of the siege
of Sebastopol. Sir Howard's Essay, it appears,
has been translated by order of every European
Government, but the author. has received .no re-
ward from ours. A descriptive account of Petro-
paulowska and Kamschatka is followed, by "Critical
Observations relative to the Operations on the
Danube," a review of Quartermaster Connolly's
" history of the Royal Sappers and Miners," an
impartial narrative of " The Gavazzi Tragedy in
Canada," 'by Lieut-Colonel Sir J. E. Alexander,
and other interesting or useful matter, including
"On the Alert," a marvellous story of the camp,
and -" The Editor's Portfolio." The Committee
of Inquiry and Mr. Lindsay's remarks on the ma-
nagement of our naval transport, do not appear to
meet with the editor's approval.